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Super Sized Episode 500: A Clockwork Orange
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Holy Cats! That’s right folks the B-Movie Cast’s 500th episode is here! Mary, Nic, and Juan are joined tons of listener feedback as we reflect on 499 episodes, Vince Rotolo’s legacy and more! In honor of Vince we also check out one of his favorite films- 1971’s “A Clockwork Orange”! So, gather your droogs and get ready for a ‘very special episode’ of The B-Movie Cast!
Episode 499: XANADU
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The B-Movie Cast has finally done it. We’ve gone down the road less traveled… and we did it on roller skates. That’s right for episode 499 of The B-Movie Cast, Mary, Nic and special guest Steve Turek are getting our disco balls out and grooving into “Xanadu”. Steve was particularly well qualified to join us for this episode because… well honestly, Nic had a hard time finding anyone else! But, aside from his willingness to endure the sensory spectacle that is “Xanadu”. So, put on your best leisure suit, get out your roller skates and get ready for the film that dared to ask the question “Can Gene Kelly roller skate?” as we check out the infamous disc fever dream that is- “Xandadu”!
Episode 498: Gymkata
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The B-Movie Cast is back and the countdown to our 500th episode continues! For film #3 in the countdown, Mary and Nic are joined by show favorite Michael Worth! The gang checks out “Gymkata” the most gymnastics filled rip off of “Enter the Dragon” that director Robert Clouse could come up with in his desperate attempt to recreate the lightning-in-a-bottle magic of his original work on the Bruce Lee classic! This film has everything you could hope for in a martial arts film shot in Hungary from rural villages filled with conveniently placed gymnastics equipment to the director employing the real residents of a local mental hospital to play a town full of crazies! So chalk up your hands and get ready to flip for the first… and last… film to claim to be the ultimate mix of Olympic gymnastics and martial arts- “Gymkata” on episode 498 of the B-Movie Cast!
Episode 497: From the Orient with Fury
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The B-Movie Cast is excited to have special guest Dr. Adrian Smith with us for this episode. Adrian joins Mary and Nic and the gang checks out some Euro-spy fun with the blondest James Bond knock-off: Agent 077- Dick Malloy (Ken Clark) in “From The Orient With Fury” (AKA- Fury on the Bosphorus). When a scientist who’s invented a disintegration ray is kidnapped it’s up to zero-double seven to chase some clues all over Europe before the bad guys can sell the secret of the ray to the highest bidder! There’s lots of clumsy fighting, inept goons, and unnecessary roughness to the actresses… but hey, it was shot in exotic locations so that’s cool right? Grab your passport and get ready to see the sight with Dick Malloy in “From the Orient with Fury” on this episode of the B-Movie Cast!
Episode 494: El Baron Brakola
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Classic film legend Steve Vertlieb is up for a Rondo award:
MY RECENT TV APPEARANCE NOMINATED FOR A RONDO AWARD!
The annual Rondo Hatton Award nominations were announced early this morning, and I’m thrilled to see that my recent appearance on New Jersey Public Television’s “Classic Movies with Ron Maccloskey” concerning “King Kong” has been nominated for “Best Event of the Year” under the heading of “Talking Kong.” To vote for my appearance, just send your name and choice to taraco@aol.com, along with my thanks and gratitude.
“KING KONG” … WILLIS H. O’BRIEN … RAY HARRYHAUSEN: EXPLORING THE CULTURAL INFLUENCE AND LEGACY OF A “MONSTROUS” MOTION PICTURE CLASSIC!
I had an opportunity quite recently to sit down once more with Host, Actor, Comedian, and Writer Ron MacCloskey for his Emmy Award Winning Public Television Series, “Classic Movies with Ron MacCloskey.”
Ron is the writer and producer of the new feature length documentary motion picture, “Boris Karloff: The Man Behind The Monster,” now playing in theaters all across the globe.
For this Halloween themed episode of the popular program, however, we explored the cultural significance, history, and legacy of the most famous “Monster” of them all … King Kong … and his nearly ninety year influence on gorilla films of all shapes and sizes, as well as his career defining impact on the lives and reign of Stop Motion Animation legends, Willis H. O’Brien and Ray Harryhausen.
Our spirited conversation both precedes and follows the film segment. Simply click on the projector below in order to screen the program.
Long Live The “King” … VOTE RONDO!
Steve Vertlieb
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Also, vote for The B-Movie Cast for the 2022 Rondo Awards! https://rondoaward.com/rondoaward.com/blog/
Episode 493: Gothic
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The B-Movie Cast is back and the countdown to our 500th episode continues! For film #8 in the countdown, we decided to try something freaky but tied to the classics: Ken Russell’s 1986 film “Gothic”! Joining us to look at this strange flick is filmmaker and show favorite: Brian Cunningham! Mary, Brian, and Nic try to make sense of Ken Russell’s interpretation of what happened in Lord Byron’s villa the night that Mary Shelley wrote her classic “Frankenstein”. Join us as we dive headfirst into the madness on episode 493 of the B-Movie Cast!
