We continue the comedy groups film history panel on The Ritz Brothers:

How organized were Hal Roach/RKO Pictures compared to these knock-off comedy crew's productions?

Why they would appeal to today's cult movie seekers?

Are they much like George Burns where modern audiences know about their later appearances and guest features but not their main starring vehicles?

And how many trashy drive-in movies did they feature in while they were on their last heels?

CLIPS FROM:

The Ritz Brothers- A Retrospective YT Video

Tom and I continue our exploration of lesser known yet rather influential comedians who's earlier eras actually show up in later comedy acts.

How do the Dead End Kids manage to make a living despite their innumerable times they renamed themselves?

Would they had benefitted from having RKO Pictures and Hal Roach take over their distribution instead of Warner Bros.?

Are they still rather liked or are they often associated as a Little Rascals knock-off still to this day?

OPENING CLIP:

"The Dead End Kids on Dress Parade" Trailer

For this 2nd week of April, we continue the Humor theme by doing more tributes to famous comedian groups from all eras:

Tom and I kicked it off by digging into the timeless Laurel and Hardy duo who went from the silent to sound era of their 25 year span!

What comedy duos are anywhere similar to this style nowadays?

What famous fans were inspired to emulate this lovable duo in their sitcoms and comedy acts?

Start tap-dancing away with us back in time to the '30s!

The guests are back & more gory mayhem is afoot:

We get to list our Top 10 deaths and wishes in the WISHMASTER film franchise.

Which deaths are the most confusing yet brutal?

Which ones are the scenes that first come to mind among moviefans?

And which ones are just jaw-droppingly witty and original?

PODCAST GUESTS:

Ken Sledge (Sledgehammer Horror),

Nick Sheist (Bad Movies We Luv),

Mondo (I Luv the Films on Insta),

Jim Evans (Film Rage Podcast)

& Matthew Skelly

SONG USED:

"Egyptian Crawl: by AudioNautix.

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 International License.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Getting to talk about Andrew Divoff's other cult franchise OBLIVION also shows how he can steal the show under all that cool make-up:

What was the comic book sequel like as a third installment?

Where does this rank in the canon of Charles Band's Full Moon Pictures?

And what are the other fun SciFi and Western tropes that the late great writer Peter David gets to riff on?

Stampede into town for more nostalgia in this minisode!

GUESTS:

Erica Wright, Jon Mark, Oreo, Jeff Kerr & Daniel "Smurf" Sharner

SONG USED:

"Oblivion 2 music" by Pino Donaggio

For this segment, we cover the infamously disowned Night of the Living Dead 3-D remake (2006) & its sequel Re-Animation (2012):

Why should you throughly avoid watching either of these sad excuses for zombie films?

Why are Andrew Divoff's shotgun blasting and Jeffrey Combs's dramatic turn (both reuniting from 2000's FAUST) the only ones working overtime here?

All that and some of the shady trivia we've heard about the making of these poorly-run cashgrabs!

SONG USED:

"Corruption" by Kevin MacLeod.

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

We got a re-edit from the archives remastered for your listening ears:

Erica, Jon, Tom & I remark on the many genre entries for the multi-talented actor Andrew Divoff.

How many pirates, crooked cops and bikers does he get to portray here?

What terror and supernatural fantasy elements exist in some of these flicks?

And why is he still such a beyond reliable character actor?

We wish you would join us and find out why!

FILMS REVIEWED:

Mac & Me (1988)

Toy Soldiers (1991)

Running Cool (1993)

Magic Island (1995)

A Low Down Dirty Shame (1996)

Deadly Voyage (1996)

Blast (1997)

Captured (1998)

Killers in the House (1998)

Blue Hill Avenue (2001)

Demons (2017)

The Hatred (2017)

Vault (2019)

We begin the full week of April by bringing the listeners tons more off-color themed comedy:

We decided to host a WISHMASTER themed week for the iconic action-horror-fantasy-comedy film series and all things related to evil genie portrayer Andrew Divoff!

In this side-chat with my guests, we talk about the sequels to the first two films that should've happened. Tons of crazy cool ideas emerge and laughter erupts!

GUESTS:

Ken Sledge (Sledgehammer Horror) AKA as the man who's folks used to own a local videostore rental place called Downtown Video!,

Nick Sheist (Bad Movies We Luv),

Mondo (I Luv the Films on Insta),

Jim Evans (Film Rage Podcast)

& Matthew Skelly

MUSIC USED:

"Wishing Well" by Bob Mould