Jul 16 2024 83 mins 4
Fascism is scary AF but it's always been ripe for satire, so as counter programming to this week's RNC, we're pairing strains with two sendups of strutting authoritarians with THE ANTIFA EPISODE, aka the F--K FASCISM EPISODE.
Hitler was named chancellor of Germany in January 1933, and the Marx Brothers spoofed the shit out of him by the end of the year with DUCK SOUP, which is widely considered to be their greatest work. Groucho is Roofus T. Firefly, who is installed on the throne of of Freedonia by wealthy widow Mrs. Teasdale (Margaret Hamilton). The plot hardly matters though, as it's all about the classic mirror gag, Harpo taking an oversized pair of scissors to everything he can lay his hands on, and the stellar word play between Chico and Groucho. Directed by Leo McCarey (AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER) with a surprising amount of musical numbers. FREEDONIA! FREEDONIA!
Then we pay tribute to Roger Corman with DEATH RACE 2000, his cult hit about a future fascist America where David Carradine, Mary Woronov, and Sylvester Stallone compete in a coast-to-coast race where they score points by running over hapless pedestrians in their rad muscle cars. Bob saw this at the Redwood City Drive In when he was 7-years-old and it's safe to say that the satire went waaaay over his head back then. Also featuring Martin Kove (KOBRA KAI) and Wendy Dio (wife of Ronnie James), and directed by the great Paul Bartel.
Bob also tells you what he really thought of Kevin Costner's HORIZON, beardless Cory reveals the terrible new Paramount logo, Philena blames everything on people born in 1999, and Bob wonders what the hell is wrong with Generation X. Plus, it's FREEE SLURPEE DAY!
Hosts: Bob Calhoun, Cory Sklar, Philena Franklin
Greg Franklin is on assignment
Special Guest Star: Holzfeuer, courtesy of ArnoCorps, the Greatest Band of All Time
Trailer audio courtesy of Archive dot org
"Sound Off Alert March" by the US Marine Band and "69 Bronco" by DJ Williams courtesy of YouTube Audio Library
Sound effects via freesound.org
Marching 3.wav by WebbFilmsUK -- https://freesound.org/s/200322/ -- License: Attribution 4.0
190318 pounding banging wood door close distant, mono, KMR82i.flac by TRP -- https://freesound.org/s/573808/ -- License: Creative Commons 0
Be back here on August 12th when Odie Henderson, author of “Black Caesars and Foxy Cleopatras: A History of Blaxploitation Cinema," joins OMFYS for BLACULA (1972) and DARK TOWN STRUTTERS (1975)
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Hitler was named chancellor of Germany in January 1933, and the Marx Brothers spoofed the shit out of him by the end of the year with DUCK SOUP, which is widely considered to be their greatest work. Groucho is Roofus T. Firefly, who is installed on the throne of of Freedonia by wealthy widow Mrs. Teasdale (Margaret Hamilton). The plot hardly matters though, as it's all about the classic mirror gag, Harpo taking an oversized pair of scissors to everything he can lay his hands on, and the stellar word play between Chico and Groucho. Directed by Leo McCarey (AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER) with a surprising amount of musical numbers. FREEDONIA! FREEDONIA!
Then we pay tribute to Roger Corman with DEATH RACE 2000, his cult hit about a future fascist America where David Carradine, Mary Woronov, and Sylvester Stallone compete in a coast-to-coast race where they score points by running over hapless pedestrians in their rad muscle cars. Bob saw this at the Redwood City Drive In when he was 7-years-old and it's safe to say that the satire went waaaay over his head back then. Also featuring Martin Kove (KOBRA KAI) and Wendy Dio (wife of Ronnie James), and directed by the great Paul Bartel.
Bob also tells you what he really thought of Kevin Costner's HORIZON, beardless Cory reveals the terrible new Paramount logo, Philena blames everything on people born in 1999, and Bob wonders what the hell is wrong with Generation X. Plus, it's FREEE SLURPEE DAY!
Hosts: Bob Calhoun, Cory Sklar, Philena Franklin
Greg Franklin is on assignment
Special Guest Star: Holzfeuer, courtesy of ArnoCorps, the Greatest Band of All Time
Trailer audio courtesy of Archive dot org
"Sound Off Alert March" by the US Marine Band and "69 Bronco" by DJ Williams courtesy of YouTube Audio Library
Sound effects via freesound.org
Marching 3.wav by WebbFilmsUK -- https://freesound.org/s/200322/ -- License: Attribution 4.0
190318 pounding banging wood door close distant, mono, KMR82i.flac by TRP -- https://freesound.org/s/573808/ -- License: Creative Commons 0
Be back here on August 12th when Odie Henderson, author of “Black Caesars and Foxy Cleopatras: A History of Blaxploitation Cinema," joins OMFYS for BLACULA (1972) and DARK TOWN STRUTTERS (1975)
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