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Dead Mikey Number 12: Conan The Barbarian This episode is just madness. Jean leads us through a dark valley of “Dead Mikeys” that are baked into the 1982 flick, Conan The Barbarian. In the mean time, Heather suffers from being forced to watch it and Doug desperately tries to find spots to read the commercials the gang couldn't record during their covid shut down. Scenes: "What

Dead Mikey Number Eleven :Human Highway : The Musical So the gang finally got to see the movie Jean had been anticipating all season long, Human Highway – starring and directed by Neil Young. The flick also stars Dennis Hopper, Dean Stockwell, Russ Tamblyn, Sally Kirkland and Devo. Right at the top of the episode, Doug decided the best way to do an episode about a cult film most

Dead Mikey Number Ten Requiem For Ishtar Jean and Doug are joined by their daughter Heather to discuss the 1987 Elaine May film, Ishtar and the controversy surrounding the movie upon its release. We also talk about Crocs, The Kiss Kruise and other madness. Footnotes and Follies: Links:“Little Darlin'” by Rogers and Clarke A Letterman segment on Ishtar The Vulture Scene from Ish

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Dead Mikey Number Nine The Full On Ruckus Of Faye DunawayIn this episode Doug goes over a line by line list of times Faye Dunaway may or may not have either behaved unprofessionally or straight up cold clocked someone. Seriously, Amber Heard doesn't have literal shit on Miss Dorothy Faye. Jean also teaches Doug how to say “Mahershalla.” Footnotes and Follies: Check out this voi

Dead Mikey Number Eight Working GirlIn this ridiculous episode, the guys are joined by Heather "From Corporate" Dellamore from the podcast, “That Wasn't Supposed To Happen” to talk about the madness that went on behind the scenes during the filming of the Mike Nichols film “Working Girl.” Footnotes and Follies: Due to the ADD in the room (Assholes Douglas and Dellamore) Jea

Dead Mikey Number SevenA David Lynch Pin Of Shame In this episode, Jean talks about an interview Laura Dern gave in Rolling Stone where she describes the contents of David Lynch's refrigerator. Jean then confesses to having some shame about never having seen Eraserhead. The boys later do a guided meditation on all this episode has taught them. Footnotes and Follies: The first synth

Dead Mikey Number SixWhat The Halen?Comic book writer Matt Anderson (Richie Rich, White Picket Fences) calls in to talk about the tragedy of Van Halen's Gary Cherone era. You read that correctly. This episode features three grown men talking about Van Halen on microphones – for the ladies! Footnotes and Follies: Clip of the infamous MTV music awards appearanceAwkward post awards

Dead Mikey Number Five The Exploding Dennis Hopper TrickDoug recounts that special evening in May of 1983 at RICE University when during a Q&A screening of the film Out Of The Blue, Dennis Hopper performed a stunt called The Russian Death Chair with 4-6 sticks of dynamite, while a crowd of students and drag race fans looked on. Footnotes and Follies: This episode starts with so

Dead Mikey Number Four : The Origin Of A Necromancer In this ridiculous episode, Jean tells the story of his son's ethereal connection to both Gordon Lightfoot and The Underworld. Unfortunately, that's all we can say about it in the liner notes. Footnotes and Follies: *Clip of the original Elvis Costello SNL incident from 1977*Clip of the recreation of that incident featuring Beast