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S4E6 Emergency Mini-Episode with The Birds (1963)
Netflix has a Hitchcock series going right now so--gasp--there are actually movies on the world's biggest streamer that are from before 1980! I know, it's hard to believe but because of The Master of Suspense there are even movies from the 1950s and 60s--and they're being promoted on Netflix's landing page like they're a big deal and everything. We couldn't and shouldn't pass this opportunity up, so Cory and Bob talk about Hitchcock's apocalyptic chiller THE BIRDS from 1963. Cory even gives this movie his stoney medal of approval as he talks about meeting the classic film's star Tippi Hedren in Bodega Bay, where the movie was filmed, and talking to her about her bizarre passion project ROAR (1981), a film she made where even more people were mauled by animals during the filming than they were during THE BIRDS. Life goals. We had a couple of guests fall through here, so this is a bit of an emergency episode, so just one movie this time, but as Bob says, "it is epic." Be sure to subscribe so you don't miss our next episode where Philena's partner Sage joins us to have Bob torture them with old HORSE MOVIES with Fred MacMurray in SMOKY (1946) and FRANCIS JOINS THE WACS (1954). Sage really likes horse movies too, but they might not so much after this episode. PS: We might do another mini-episode to tide you over because we aren't recording the horse ep until late, late July, so subscribe so you don't miss that too. Hosts: Cory Sklar and Bob Calhoun Greg Franklin and Philena are on assignment. Old Movies for Young Stoners Theme by Chaki the Funk Wizard. Used with permission. "Goddess of the Sea" by Jimena Contreras via YouTube Audio Library. Seagull, crow and horse sounds courtesy of Freesound.org: Seagull Swarm at Port by Kinoton -- https://freesound.org/s/468080/ -- License: Creative Commons 0 SWAG CROW FX by harrisonlace -- https://freesound.org/s/792222/ -- License: Creative Commons 0 Crows and Rooks 5 by Jagadamba -- https://freesound.org/s/222043/ -- License: Attribution 4.0 20060419.horse.neigh.wav by dobroide -- https://freesound.org/s/18229/ -- License: Attribution 4.0 Web: www.oldmoviesforyoungstoners.com Instagram/Facebook (Meta): oldmoviesforyoungstoners Bluesky: @oldmoviesystoners.bsky.social Twitter (X): @OM4YStoners Contact: oldmoviesforyoungstoners AT gmail DOT com
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S4E5 PhilenApocalypse III: Drag Story Time w/ To Wong Foo... (1995) & Hurricane Bianca (2016)
The PhilenApocalypse is back with a vengeance in Super 3D! Well, it's an audio podcast, so it's not really in 3D but this is the third PhilenApocalypse. Have there really been three of these things??? Yes, there have been three and this time it's the DRAG STORY TIME edition where Philena fails to completely torment the olds but she does enlighten them. First she goes back 30 years for the family-friendly, Spielberg-produced, and strangely-titled drag queen road epic, TO WONG FOO, THANKS FOR EVERYTHING! JULIE NEWMAR (1995) where ripped action stars Patrick Swayze and Wesley Snipes get in touch with their feminine side as drag queens driving across America in what the filmmakers described as "Easy Rider with dresses." Along for the ride is comedian and performance artist John Leguizamo as Chi-Chi Rodriguez, a young drag queen in training. Then Philena digs into her teen years HURRICANE BIANCA (2016) with RuPaul's Drag Race Season Six champ BIANCA DEL RIO, who wreaks havoc on a Texas high school after they fire her cis-gendered alter-ego Richard for being gay. Starring Rachel Dratch (!) as the evil vice principal with Alan Cumming in a jarring cameo as a kind of agent for high school teachers I guess, and RuPaul via Zoom or Skype, or whatever people were phoning things in with in 2016. Does Philena torture Bob, Greg and Cory with this one? You'll have to listen to find out, but the results may surprise you. In the opening, the OMFYS crew avoids talking about Nathan Fielder (barely), but they do talk about the box office phenomenon of SINNERS, even though Philena and Cory scold Bob about daring to reveal even the most minor plot points. Bob and Greg also tell their tale of meeting the late JOE DON BAKER (RIP) at the Judo Gene LeBell Roast which somehow ends with Tigger twerking with deadly MMA superstars. You will not want to miss this. Hosts: Philena Franklin, Cory Sklar, Bob Calhoun & Greg Franklin Old Movies for Young Stoners Theme by Chaki the Funk Wizard. Used with permission. "William Tell Overture" by Rossini; "Heaven and Earth" by Jeremy Black; and "Glaze My Ego" by The Soundlings via YouTube Audio Library Trailer audio via Archive.org Web: www.oldmoviesforyoungstoners.com Bluesky: @oldmoviesystoners.bsky.social Instagram/Facebook (Meta): oldmoviesforyoungstoners TikTok: @oldmoviesforyoungstoners Contact: oldmoviesforyoungstoners AT gmail DOT com NEXT EPISODE: We're supposed to have DAVID ZIRIN of THE NATION on to talk about WHEN WE WERE KINGS but need to check back with him. It's been a while, but you really should subscribe so you don't miss it, whatever it is.
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S4E4.2 Gene Hackman Tribute feat. Lennie Loftin w/ The Quick and the Dead (1995)
Gene Hackman left us in shocking and tragic circumstances on February 18, 2025. With his signature intensity, he may be one of the least stony actors of all time, but he was one of the best. To pay tribute to him we have his trippiest movie this side of CISCO PIKE (1971) with the quick-cut, dolly-shot, bullet-hole-cam madness of Sam Raimi's THE QUICK AND THE DEAD (1995). In this tribute to Sergio Leone's ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST (1968), Gene Hackman delivers one of his most villainous performances as old west tyrant John Herod, who draws every shootist to his desert town for an annual gunfighting competition where the contestants duel to the death. Joining us to talk about Raimi's modern spaghetti western is actor LENNIE LOFTIN, who plays the grizzled townie Foy and gets to toss around an up-and-coming Russell Crowe in the movie. THE QUICK AND THE DEAD also stars Sharon Stone in the gender-swapped Man-with-No-Name role, Crowe in his first U.S. picture, and then rising star Leonardo DiCaprio as the cocky kid who is pretty good with a six-shooter. Plus Lance Henriksen, Keith David, Pat Hingle, Raynor Schiene, Roberts Blossom, and the great Woody Strode in his final film. Just about everybody's in this one and we are so lucky to have Loftin here to talk about this amazing film. Also joining host Bob Calhoun in her OMFYS debut, Rosemary Picado. Now you have heard her haunting vocals in the "O Nosferatu" carol in our NOSFERATU CHRISTMAS episode, but this is her first time as a panelist. She's a QUICK AND THE DEAD expert and fanatic, so we couldn't do this episode without her. Cory, Greg, and Philena are on assignment but they'll be back for The PhilenApocalypse III: Drag Story Time where Philena returns to torture the olds with TO WONG FOO, THANKS FOR EVERYTHING! JULIE NEWMAR (1995) and HURRICANE BIANCA (2016). Subscribe on your favorite podcast app so you don't miss it. Old Movies for Young Stoners Theme by Chaki the Funk Wizard. Used with permission. Web: www.oldmoviesforyoungstoners.com Bluesky: @oldmoviesystoners.bsky.social Instagram/Facebook (Meta): oldmoviesforyoungstoners TikTok: @oldmoviesforyoungstoners Contact: oldmoviesforyoungstoners AT gmail DOT com
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S4E4 Easter 420 with Jesus Christ Superstar (1973) & The Day the Earth Stood Still (51)
Easter falls on 4/20 this year so we've got HIPPY JESUS and SPACE JESUS with JESUS CHRIST SUPER STAR (1973) and THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL (1951). While Hippy Jesus screaming in the desert and Space Jesus getting shot at by jittery soldiers in Cold War Washington D.C. All this plus Carl Anderson delivering the performance of a lifetime as Judas Iscariot and GORT, the giant silver robot, melting tanks and cannons. This episode has Philena singing "I Don't Know How to Love Him" and Bob saying "Gort Klaatu Barada Nikto" to make her stop. What's the Buzz? We are buzzed. Before we get into the High Holiday weed pairings, Bob reviews FREAKY TALES, a movie that's hopefully still playing somewhere, because you should get really high and see it. Cory fills us in on his big move to Arkansas where he has found a wonderland of storied fast food chains that we do not have in California, Philena fills us in on the new build your own icecream sandwich joint in the Valley, and Bob recounts playing for a dive bar filled with Nazi skinheads with the Disneyland fireworks going off in the distance. And if that wasn't enough, we are joined by Sage, who has thoughts on JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR. JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR is currently streaming on Prime, and THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL is available on disc at your local library and here: https://archive.org/details/the-day-the-earth-stood-still-1951_202106 Come back in May for The PhilenApocalypse III in Super 3D with TO WONG FOO, THANKS FOR EVERYTHING! JULIE NEWMAR (1995) and HURRICANE BIANCA (2016). Subscribe on your favorite podcast app so you don't miss it. Hosts: Cory Sklar, Bob Calhoun & Greg Franklin Special appearance by Sage Porter courtesy of Sage Porter Enterprises, LLC Greg Franklin is on assignment Old Movies for Young Stoners Theme by Chaki the Funk Wizard. Used with permission. "Come to My Seminar" by Count Dante and the Black Dragon Fighting Society used with permission. Handel's "Messiah," "It Was a Time" by Track Tribe and "The Quantum Realm" by The Whole Other courtesy of YouTube Audio Library Trailer and archival audio via of Archive.org. Web: www.oldmoviesforyoungstoners.com Bluesky: @oldmoviesystoners.bsky.social Instagram/Facebook (Meta): oldmoviesforyoungstoners TikTok: @oldmoviesforyoungstoners Contact: oldmoviesforyoungstoners AT gmail DOT com
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S4E3 Livin' the Dream feat. Ngaio Bealum w/ Tampopo (1985) and The Incredible Mr. Limpet (64)
Cannabis comic Ngaio Bealum is back and we are livin' the dream with a pair of movies about strivers who live their dreams, and their dreams are really friggin' weird. First, Nobuko Miyamoto is a single mom with dreams of making the greatest ramen in all of Japan and Tsutomu Yamazaki is the cowboy trucker who is going help her achieve her dream in TAMPOPO, a "ramen western" from director Juzo Itami in 1985. This movie is filled with surreal tangents, tasty-looking food and a fair amount of freaky sex! Describing the plot does not do it justice. It's also hilarious. One of Ngaio's all-time favorites, you'll definitely want the strain--and ramen--recommendations for this one. And then Don Knotts turns into a fish AND fights the Nazis in THE INCREDIBLE MR. LIMPET, a half-animated, half-live-action cross between "The Little Mermaid" and "Hogan's Heroes" from Warner Bros. "Why does Captain America have to be a fish," Ngaio asks, and there really isn't an explanation except that Don Knotts has "fish rizz" according to Philena. So glad Greg could make it for this one so he could talk about classic animators Bill Tytla and Robert McKimson who shaped the amazing cartoon sequences of this baffling maritime classic. We go a little long in the opening segment where we discuss the "fan" reaction to the new-look Shrek, the upcoming release of the animated THE DAY THE EARTH BLEW UP with Porky Pig and Daffy Duck, and Philena's culty new job + Bob finally saw THE SUBSTANCE! Next month: EASTER 420 with JESUS CHRIST SUPER STAR (Hippy Jesus) and THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL (Space Jesus). Subscribe so you don't miss it. Hosts: Philena Franklin, Bob Calhoun, Greg Franklin Special Guest Host: Ngaio Bealum. Find Ngaio on Instagram and all the social medias at Ngaio420 Cory Sklar is on assignment Old Movies for Young Stoners Theme by Chaki the Funk Wizard. Used with permission. "Come to My Seminar" by Count Dante and the Black Dragon Fighting Society used with permission. "Bohemian Beach" by Chris Hagen courtesy of YouTube Audio Library Archival audio and "Les Préludes" by Franz Liszt via of Archive.org. Web: www.oldmoviesforyoungstoners.com Bluesky: @oldmoviesystoners.bsky.social Instagram/Facebook (Meta): oldmoviesforyoungstoners TikTok: @oldmoviesforyoungstoners Contact: oldmoviesforyoungstoners AT gmail DOT com
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