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Cracker Classics#178 - Just Get Hit By a Philanthropist's CarThe movie: Within Our Gates (1920) Joshua makes Ian watch the oldest surviving movie made by a Black filmmaker, with hopes that it will spark some desire to watch "Birth of a Nation." Will Ian be convinced? Are there messages in this film still relevant 100 years later? How far have we really come as a nation? http://www.crackerclassics.com https://www.patreon.com/crackerclassics2023-09-1633 min
Cracker Classics#177 - Grooming a Teenage WitchThe movie: Sabrina (1954) Ian and Joshua watch this Billy Wilder classics and hope for a shirtless William Holden. Ian looks out for a talking black cat, while Joshua re-examines his sexuality. It's always good to check in on it from time to time. http://www.crackerclassics.com https://www.patreon.com/crackerclassics2023-09-0834 min
Cracker Classics#173 - Mustache Rides: Double or NothingThe movie: Smokey and the Bandit (1978) Joshua and Ian want to see some sweet 'stache and go for Burt Reynolds bootlegging across the South with Sally Field. Will they regret their decisions and be turned off facial hair forever? http://www.crackerclassics.com https://www.patreon.com/crackerclassics2023-08-1135 min
Cracker ClassicsBeaten By Belloq ['80s Edition]The movie: Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) Joshua and Ian seek adventure and history while seeing Indiana Jones be a sexist pig who always has the right answer to every archaeological mystery. Here's hoping your ears won't melt at the end of this episode. http://www.crackerclassics.com https://www.patreon.com/crackerclassics2023-08-0132 min
Cracker Classics#169 - Motorboating the Leather DaddiesThe movie: The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming (1966) Ian and Joshua watch this Cold War spoof and wonder how they will avoid stumbling into World War 3. Are we all stupid, or just the Russians? Joshua also begins to question the feelings that arise from a young Alan Arkin in leather and a moustache. http://www.crackerclassics.com https://www.patreon.com/crackerclassics2023-07-1432 min
Cracker Classics#168 - Don't Neglect Your TeethThe movie: Call of the Wild (1935) Joshua and Ian watch Clark Gable and his trademark moustache rough it in the Yukon wilderness with a dog. Does this destroy a classic book or give it a new twist? Did they include Loretta Young just to meet the misogyny quota? How much gold is too much?2023-07-0731 min
Cracker ClassicsAn Astronomical Glitter Budget ['80s Edition]The movie: Legend (1986) Ian and Joshua were suggested a childhood favorite for this month's '80s movie. At least it was someone's childhood favorite. Tim Curry plays a devilish creature alongisde a young Tom Cruise with unicorns and a metric ton of glitter. What could possibly go wrong? http://www.crackerclassics.com https://www.patreon.com/crackerclassics2023-07-0433 min
Cracker Classics#167 - The Jade Monkey In Lace PantsThe movie: Farewell My Lovely (1975) Joshua and Ian wanted more Marlowe, and decided to go all the way with an aging Robert Mitchum being stalked by a goldigger while trying to solve murders in this '70s film noir in color. Will it be as convulated and awful as it sounds? http://www.crackerclassics.com https://www.patreon.com/crackerclassics2023-06-3034 min
Cracker Classics#166 - To Tittle a TittlerThe movie: The Big Sleep (1946) Ian and Joshua watch this classic Raymond Chandler story of murder, drugs, and pornography and see how the Hays Code handled it all. Is it still good? Or is it cleverly alluded to being good through witty dialogue and innuendo?2023-06-2334 min
Cracker Classics#165 - John Hurt in a Space Age TeddyThe movie: Alien (1979) It's time to venture out into space and see if there's screaming to be heard. Ian and Joshua watch this franchise fountainhead and question the definition of the word "alien". They also explore the effects of capitalism in outer space. Guess it even exists out there, too. crackerclassics.com Patreon2023-06-1631 min
Cracker Classics#164 - Poverty With a Little Sex In ItThe movie: Sullivan's Travels (1941) As a fan of Gulliver's Travels, Ian makes Joshua watch the satire of the film industry, hoping for a similar dose of social commentary. But it's a Hollywood film from the '40s, so will it just be self-serving with no substance? https://crackerclassics.com/2023-06-0937 min
Cracker Classics#163 - Too Bad They Weren't Searching for TruthThe movie: The Searchers (1956) It's been long enough. The pain has subsided, and the memories of the last John Wayne movie Ian and Joshua watched have mostly faded. So they give it another in their lifelong quest to find talent within the man, and meaning within one of his movies. The long search continues.2023-06-0232 minCracker Classics#162 - In 1962, Nothing HappenedThe movie: American Graffiti (1973) Ian and Joshua finally watch this nostalgia classic to see what all the hype is. Just what was so momentous about 1962 that made George Lucas want to reminisce about it? Were cars just cooler back then? What confessions will a teenaged Opie have?2023-05-2631 minCracker Classics#161 - All It Takes Is a JobThe movie: My Man Godfrey (1936) As another Great Depression looms, Joshua and Ian watch how the rich handled it the first time back in the '30s. Were Harvard men safe from the trouble as well? Just how insane and out of touch are rich people? Can some good come out of not-good actions? And where can one find a bowl of Japanese men and a forgotten goldfish in the middle of Manhattan?2023-05-1934 minCracker Classics#160 - Maybe That's Part of the Grift?The movie: The Lady Eve (1941) Ian and Joshua watch Barbara Stanwyck con a naive and rich Henry Fonda. It's the ride of his life, but who's grifting who? Did Henry learn a thing or two while spending a year up the Amazon? Or is it all just a bunch of card tricks?2023-05-1232 minCracker Classics#159 - Showing Your Privilege CardThe movie: Rollerball (1975) Joshua and Ian see what people 50 years ago thought life was going to be like five years ago. Will showing chest hair still be a thing? Are there still dozens of sports for an individual to choose from? And what about that Equal Rights Amendment? 2023-05-0533 min
Cracker ClassicsAlways With the Sunglasses ['80s Edition]The movie: Big Trouble In Little China (1986) Ian and Joshua watch this '80s gem of appropriation and cringe and wonder if Kurt Russell was considered for a role in They Live. 2023-05-0130 minCracker Classics#158 - You Don't Need Weed to Laugh At This MovieThe movie: Reefer Madness (1936) Ian and Joshua had intended to do this movie for 4/20, but...some stuff happened and they forgot. Mainly that 4/20 was a Thursday this year, but they digress. Listen as they try to get through this anti-marijuana propaganda film completely sober. Will they make it? Will they change their wicked ways by the end?2023-04-2832 minCracker Classics#157 - What Does the Fox Even Do?The movie: The Court Jester (1956) Joshua heard about this Danny Kaye comedy classic and its epic swordfight scene, so he and Ian just had to check it out depite having never heard of it. Have they spent all these years missing out on a bunch of medieval silliness and a snarky Angela Lansbury? Or have they just been doding a bullet? Listen as they check for the special mark on the baby's butt and uncharestically defend the restoration of the monarchy. But be warned: they might just be under hypnosis.2023-04-2132 minCracker Classics#156 - The Devil Wears Cha Cha HeelsThe movie: Female Trouble (1974) It's about time a John Waters movie got the Cracker Classics treatment, so Ian and Joshua watch how Divine is both the mother and father to her child, becomes beautiful by injecting liquid eyeliner, and takes some acid. But not that kind of acid. Is this just hot, delightful garbage? Or is there something deeper and more meaningful going on amid all the trash?2023-04-1433 minCracker Classics#155 - The Source of Sergio's PowerThe movie: Yojimbo (1961) Remembering the promise they made last week, Ian and Joshua watch this Kurosawa classic where A Fistful of Dollars got all its ideas from. Which one is better? Just how power hungry is Sergio Leone and did he use Clint Eastwood to get that power?2023-04-0732 minCracker Classics#154 - Drink Drink, Pew Pew, Boom BoomThe movie: A Fistful of Dollars (1964) Joshua and Ian search for meaning in a Clint Eastwood spaghetti western adapted from a Kurosawa film. Will they be sorely disappointed? Is there at least a chance for some cheap entertainment? Saddle up and don't pick a side as they mosey into town to shoot up this film.2023-03-3130 minCracker Classics#153 - Beer: The First Participation TrophyThe movie: The Bad News Bears (1976) Ian and Joshua watch a rag-tag team of misfit kids and their drunken coach stumble their way through the perils of Little League and pre-adolescence. They also examine how different life was for kids in the '70s. Did they get away with more back then? Or were parents just cooler back then?2023-03-2433 minCracker Classics#152 - Radar ConsistencyThe movie: MASH (1970) Joshua and Ian this black comedy classic and try not to compare it to the TV show. They look at the similarities of war and football, plus examine how army surgeons in the '50s respond to homosexuality.2023-03-1735 minCracker Classics#151 - Praying For PachydermsThe movie: Brief Encounter (1946) Joshua tempts Ian with a David Lean film based on a Noel Coward play. But did they get more than they bargained for? Or will they go on separate trains?2023-03-1033 minCracker Classics#150 - The Uncut Hunk of KansasThe movie: The Wizard of Oz (1939) It's our sesquicentepisode! Join Ian and Joshua as they take the very familiar journey down the yellow brick road and actually take a look at what the hell is going on around them. And there are questions. Is the Wizard a mob boss? Just what is Glinda up to anyway? And just how attracted is Dorothy to those farm hands?2023-03-0336 min
Cracker ClassicsForget it, Eddie. It's Toontown ['80s Edition]The movie: Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) Joshua suggested watching one of Ian's childhood favorites. But was that a wise choice for Ian and his nostalgia? Just how awful is the justice system in 1940s Hollywood? What is dip anyway?2023-03-0132 minCracker Classics#149 - Discount Lion KingThe movie: Robin Hood (1973) Joshua hopes that they are finally going to watch a good Disney movie, while Ian just wants to rip everything including billionaires and folklore to shreds.2023-02-2431 minCracker Classics#148 - Lifting BalzacThe movie: The 400 Blows (1959) Time for another movie not in English, and Ian exposes Joshua to French New Wave. The semi-autobiographical story about youth and its misgivings. Will it be epic and inspiring? Or is it just well-done boredom?2023-02-1733 minCracker Classics#147 - Dogs Are Better Than MenThe movie: The Women (1939) Joshua was inspired by Anna Kendrick and so he and Ian watch a movie with no men and lots of divorce. The train to Reno is calling and though the men may be stupid, there will be dogs.2023-02-1034 minCracker Classics#146 - Pursued By NunsThe movie: Lilies of the Field (1963) Joshua and Ian watch Sidney Poitier do the bidding of some nuns. They discuss God and racism, getting paid for labor, and how hard it is to say no to a nun.2023-02-0334 min
Cracker ClassicsMr. Hand and the Problematic Boobies ['80s Edition]The movie: Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) Ian and Joshua go back to high school and discuss jailbait while admiring Judge Reinhold's work ethic. Is this a time capsule capturing life at a time when Reagan was still though to be competent? Or is it just a front to score some underage boobs?2023-02-0135 minCracker Classics#145 - Teacher-Lickin' GoodThe movie: Grandma's Boy (1922) Ian and Joshua examine Harold Lloyd and the silent era and wonder if there's any connection to that one cringetastic movie from a few years back. There is also an inquiry into what it means exactly to lick your teacher.2023-01-2730 minCracker Classics#144 - The Ten Plagues of HollywoodlandThe movie: The Day of the Locust (1975) Joshua and Ian watch this commetary on Hollywood in the 1930s that is supposed to have some horror. But is it just horrible? Ian thinks it's going to be like Fame without the music, while Joshua just hopes for lots of frogs.2023-01-2033 minCracker Classics#143 - The C.K. Dexter Haven Variety HourThe movie: The Philadelphia Story (1940) Joshua and Ian hope for some good ol' romantic comedy with Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn. Plus there's a drunk Jimmy Stewart. What could possibly go wrong? http://www.crackerclassics.com 2023-01-1332 minCracker Classics#142 - Carl Reiner Will Ruin YouThe movie: The Jerk (1979) Ian and Joshua watch this Steve Martin vehicle and wonder why he's called a jerk. They are also reminded of the importance of family and the downsides to capitalism.2023-01-0634 min
Cracker ClassicsThe Hottest Summer In New York So Far ['80s Edition]The movie: Do the Right Thing (1989) Ian and Joshua check out this Spike Lee classic and see how people in New York dealt with the heat back when 90 degrees was considered a heat wave. Those were the days!2023-01-0131 minCracker Classics#141 - Love. Is It Decent?The movie: Gilda (1946) Joshua and Ian watch Rita Hayworth not give a damn as they ponder what a prison in Maine has to do with it. Will they have to tunnel their way out of this one? Just how stupid are men when it comes to love?2022-12-3032 minCracker Classics#139 - Primates Prefer BlondesThe movie: King Kong (1933) Ian and Joshua finally watch this sci-fi classic and wonder if all apes have a thing for blondes. And just how many dinosaurs are there on that one island? Joshua also hopes for bananas because stereotyping.2022-12-1633 minCracker Classics#138 - Conquers Is Such a Strong WordThe movie: Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964) Joshua and Ian get into the holiday spirit by watching something commonly listed on all-time worst movie lists. They have questions. Why is Santa suddenly in the colonizing mood? Does he use any artillery? Or does he conquer them through the magic of the holiday spirit?2022-12-0932 minCracker Classics#137 - Animal Ex MachinaThe movie: The Muppet Movie (1979) Ian and Joshua get a little meta and search for Myth as they learn the story of how the Muppets got their start. Is Miss Piggy just toxic and abusive? Is Rowlf actually playing that piano? Why was Dr. Honeydew creating what was essentially Viagra? Will Animal's head ever shrink back down after all that Viagra? 2022-12-0231 minCracker Classics#136 - Have Yourself Some Creepy Little MonkeysThe movie: Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) Ian and Joshua go all wholesome and see what Judy Garland was like outside of Oz. Joshua gets a bit creeped out by some toy monkeys, and Ian hopes they really do wind up at the World's Fair.2022-11-2530 minCracker Classics#135 - Pilar and Her Band of Merry MenThe movie: For Whom the Bell Tolls (1948) Joshua and Ian dive into some Hemingway and try to find the metaphor. Or at the very least, the point of any of it. Is it all just a bunch of talk to hide cowardice?2022-11-1831 minCracker Classics#134 - A Couple of SIC MenThe movie: Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine (1965) Ian and Joshua explore the world of forgotten '60s parody with this strange mix of spy flick and beach party spectacular. They also debate the weight of gold and the importance of Vincent Price.2022-11-1132 minCracker Classics#133 - A Rigid Milk PyramidThe movie: A Hard Day's Night (1965) Joshua and Ian throw on their mop-top wigs and scream at The Beatles, giving them a glimpse at what life was like on speed in the mid '60s.2022-11-0431 min
Cracker ClassicsBasil and the Case of the Incongruent Accents ['80s Edition]The movie: The Great Mouse Detective (1986) It's time for '80s Disney! Ian and Joshua discuss British stereotypes and how Americans are simply too important to tell the difference between regional accents. All while trying to solve a dastardly kidnapping.2022-11-0131 minCracker Classics#132 - Ian and Joshua Meet Vaudvillian HorrorThe movie: Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) Cracker Classics takes another jaunty jump into the Halloween-y but this one is more rib-tickling than rib-devouring. Hopefully.2022-10-2832 minCracker Classics#131 - Men Are From Mars, Zombies Are From VenusThe movie: Night of the Living Dead (1968) Ian and Joshua go all brain-dead and debate the origin and legitimacy of zombies. 2022-10-2134 minCracker Classics#130 - Heaven Has a New WitchThe movie: Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971) Joshua and Ian watch a witch in training try to stop the Nazis and ponder the parentage of the children she's been entrusted with keeping safe.2022-10-1430 minCracker Classics#129 - Marlon Brando's Objective TruthThe movie: Apocalypse Now (1979) Joshua and Ian go to war again and ponder the messiness of insanity and leadership. Also tattoos.2022-10-0737 min
Cracker ClassicsDo WHAT with a Chainsaw? ['80s Edition]The movie: Heathers (1989) Ian and Joshua see how Winona Ryder stole the show before stealing other things. 2022-10-0230 minCracker Classics#128 - Like Herding CatsThe movie: To Catch a Thief (1955) Ian and Joshua go Hitchcock again and ponder the evils of Grace Kelly and tipping culture. 2022-09-3032 minCracker Classics#127 - White and FluffyThe movie: Cotton Comes to Harlem (1970) Joshua and Ian watch the allegedly-first blaxploitation film and hope for some gritty crime action and a lot of hilariously stereotyped white people.2022-09-2329 minCracker Classics#126 - What the Ham SawThe movie: To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) Ian and Joshua watch the story of a little girl who occasionally dresses as pork products and the disturbing racist world through her eyes.2022-09-1630 minCracker Classics#125 - Stockholm Syndrome and the Glittery GPS HorseThe movie: La Belle et la Bête (1946) Ian and Joshua watch this fancy Jean Cocteau classic and see if it lives up to modern Disney standards. Just how cursed is this beast? Are there still talking household items? Do a few other Disney films find their way through?2022-09-0932 minCracker Classics#124 - Trickle Down Family DynamicsThe movie: Chinatown (1974) Water scarcity is becoming a bleak reality and real estate might be to blame. Joshua and Ian watch this Jack Nicholson classic to see if there's anything we can do about it without getting John Huston involved.2022-09-0229 min
Cracker ClassicsStop It, Mom, You're Embarrassing Me! ['80s Edition]The movie: Back to the Future (1985) Ian and Joshua watch this science-y classic and suffer some massive nostalgia. Also they point out all the science that's wrong with it.2022-09-0133 minCracker Classics#123 - Duck and Cover or: How I Learned to Love the Fluoridation of Bodily FluidsThe movie: Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb Nuclear war has unfortunately been in the news again recently, so Ian and Joshua watch this Kubrick classic to see how close we are to total annihilation.2022-08-2632 minCracker Classics#122 - Secretly Hoping For a BingThe movie: Road to Singapore (1940) Ian and Joshua check out one of those Bob Hope/Bing Crosby buddy travel movies and they just might regret it. They debate pregnancy references under the Hays Code and ponder the possibility of a secret love affair between these two sailors.2022-08-1932 minCracker Classics#121 - Greed About the Mouth and EyesThe movie: House On Haunted Hill (1959) Craving some Vincent Price, Ian and Joshua strap in for a haunting thrill ride with some capitalism on the side. Do they get what they bargained for? Or is all just a bunch of strings and acid?2022-08-1233 minCracker Classics#120 - Underwear On the OutsideThe movie: Superman: The Movie (1978) Ian and Joshua fantasize about saving the world and being true Americans by watching an illegal alien finding himself in the scorched fields of Kansas. Plus there's a newpaper and an evil Gene Hackman.2022-08-0533 min
Cracker ClassicsFaking a Salad On the Side ['80s Edition]The movie: When Harry Met Sally... (1989) Ian and Joshua explore relationships and Billy Crystal's humor level in the late '80s. Is it possible to just be friends with zero sexual attraction whatsoever? 2022-08-0232 minCracker Classics#119 - Baby and the TrampThe movie: The Kid (1921) Joshua and Ian finally watch a Charlie Chaplin movie. They wind up discussing adoption, gangsters drawing guns on children, and the weird, incomplete Christian vein that runs through American society. 2022-07-2933 minCracker Classics#118 - Shh...Just Let It HappenThe movie: Bringing Up Baby (1938) Joshua and Ian watch this screwball comedy involving a leopard and Cary Grant in glasses. Also there's money and some sort of story in there somewhere. Does it make any sense? Is it wise to analyze screwball comedy? Is Katherine Hepburn just stringing them along for the ride against their will?2022-07-2231 minCracker Classics#117 - Somerset Maugham Was Not a Lizard PeopleThe movie: The Razor's Edge (1946) Ian and Joshua watch this adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham's classic novel about a man who pursues the ideals of life and challenges society around him. Sounds like The Fountainhead. Is it going to be better, or just another march through Hell playing the Devil's game?2022-07-1533 minCracker Classics#116 - Let Me Give You My PookaThe movie: Harvey (1950) Joshua and Ian discuss mental health and fitting into society as they watch this Jimmy Stewart classic. Can fantasy aid in being pleasant? And who's really the crazy one here? Is Harvey real or just a neat conceptHow are you, Mr. Wilson?2022-07-0831 minCracker Classics#115 - Headlights On Your Broom and Crowns On Your BackThe movie: Playtime (1967) Ian and Joshua watch this Jacques Tati classic, knowing that it looks cool, but that's all they know. Will watching the movie provide more info?2022-07-0132 min
Cracker ClassicsDrag Your Way to Success ['80s Edition]The movie: Tootsie (1982) Ian and Joshua look at ambition in the '80s and the hypocrisy of Dustin Hoffman trying to save his career.2022-07-0128 minCracker Classics#114 - Who's Afraid of Your Coping Mechanism?The movie: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1967) Ian and Joshua debate reality and how we all deal with it, with mixed results. Are we all garbage people? Or are we just doing the best we can with all the (gestures wildly)? Maybe it's just the alcohol...2022-06-2426 minCracker Classics#113 - The British Museum Plundered This EpisodeThe movie: The Mummy (1932) Joshua and Ian watch a horror classic and expect some screams and pre-Code gore. Instead they wind up discussing the hypocrisies of archaeology and the fine print to curses.2022-06-1730 min
Cracker ClassicsI Gotta Gozer ['80s Edition]The movie: Ghostbusters (1984) Joshua and Ian revisit childhood memories and debate Zuul and marshmallows as they watch this mysoginisitic '80s classic. How toxic was the workplace? Did the California Raisins rip off Slimer?2022-06-0129 minCracker Classics#111 - Bye Bye BirdbrainsThe movie: Bye Bye Birdie (1963) Ian and Joshua say goodbye to screaming teenagers and gold tights with this movie musical most likely made to not stand the test of time.2022-05-2733 minCracker Classics#110 - When Your Mom Is Just PracticeThe movie: The Graduate (1967) Ian and Joshua ponder cringe, lies, affluence, ennui, and scotch as they explore what it was like to have an affair before the internet. 2022-05-2032 minCracker Classics#109 - The Confusing HandkerchiefThe movie: Othello (1951) Ian and Joshua finally dive into Shakespeare and watch this Orson Welles interpretation of this classic tale of deception and manipulation. But is the lighting too much? Or is that just Orson's ego getting in the way?2022-05-1330 minCracker Classics#108 - Mad Hatter Smash or PassThe movie: Alice in Wonderland (1951) It's time for Disney again, so Ian and Joshua try to obtain some drugs and indulge in some good old-fashioned Victorian nonsense. Did Walt do it justice? Or did he just traumatize it like everything else?2022-05-0628 min
Cracker ClassicsKick the Rich Off the Boat ['80s Edition]The movie: Overboard (1987) One of the perks of being a patron is being able to suggest movies for us to do. One patron picked this classic comedy about class and amnesia, a childhood staple of Ian's. Joshua goes in blind and is rightly concerned about the amount of consent, or lack thereof. Support us by subscribing to our Patreon and you too can suggest a movie: https://www.patreon.com/crackerclassics2022-05-0133 minCracker Classics#107 - Never Accept a Baby From a PriestThe movie: The Omen (1976) Joshua and Ian discuss religion, politics, evil, and conspiracy. They all mysteriously intertwine in this '70s horror classic. But does that make it a good movie?2022-04-2931 minCracker Classics#106 - '60s WokeThe movie: The Party (1968) Joshua and Ian watch this '60s movie not knowing what they're in for, namely Peter Sellers as an Indian. They discuss party etiquette, foam, and onder how far we've come since then.2022-04-2231 minCracker Classics#104 - The Five Grapes of GriefThe movie: The Grapes of Wrath (1940) Joshua and Ian watch this depressing classic and ponder the meaning of work and government safety nets. They also hope for more grapes than wrath and a glimmer of better times on the horizon.2022-04-0832 minCracker Classics#101 - Shut Up, CordThe movie: Circle of Iron (1978) We revisit the world of kung fu and hope for some enlightenment. Does Joshua wind up hearing the flute? Can Ian settle his monkey mind? Or is Bruce Lee just rolling in his grave?2022-03-1831 minCracker Classics#99 - The Eve of Our DiscontentThe movie: All About Eve (1950) Ian rewatches one of his favorite movies while exposing Joshua to it. Deception and ruthlessness are discussed, as is the enduring allure of Marilyn Monroe.2022-03-0432 min
Cracker ClassicsFeed Me, PatronsThe movie: Little Shop of Horrors (1986) Ian just had major dental surgery and is still on meds. Joshua decides to make him watch a sadistic dentist and a hungry talking plant. And it's a musical. He merely sits back and enjoys Ian's reaction.2021-12-2534 min
Cracker Classics#88 - My Humphrey HigginsThe movie: My Fair Lady (1964) Ian and Joshua sit down and watch one of Ian's favorite childhood movie musicals. Was Ian misled as a kid? Or did he transform into a member of proper society? And what's so bad about wanting to be a flower girl anyway?2021-12-1732 min
Cracker Classics#87 - The Unbearable Hostility of Being WoodyThe movie: Annie Hall (1977) Joshua and Ian explore the origins of the rom-com and ponder the humor of Woody Allen. Is there more than just the drugs and nipples?2021-12-1029 min
Cracker Classics#84 - We're Still Taking ItThe movie: Network (1976) This is the film with that oft-uttered line "I'm mad as hell, and I'm not going to take this anymore!" Joshua and Ian watch to see how well we're coming along 45 years later. 2021-11-1934 min
Cracker Classics#80 - Dr. Frank-N-Furter's Footlong ShowThe movie: The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) 'Tis the season, so we're finally watching Rocky Horror! Joshua swoons a bit and tries real hard not to do the Time Warp, while Ian makes a foolhardy attempt to dissect the plot.2021-10-2233 min
Cracker ClassicsAmateur DentistryThe movie: The Ballad of Narayama (1958) Ian and Joshua watch a Japanese story centered on death, elder abuse, and demon teeth. 2021-10-1529 min
Cracker ClassicsThe Magnificent AudacityMovie: The Magnificent Ambersons This week, Ian and Joshua watch the other good Orson Welles film to see if it can beat Citizen Kane in its mediocrity. Will the comeuppance be worth it? Or will we lose all our money for nothing?2021-10-0830 min
Cracker ClassicsWhat Ever Happened to Believability?The movie: What Ever Happened to Baby Jane Joshua and Ian hope for a classic bombshell feud. Instead, Joshua's anger gets the better of him. 2021-09-2431 min
Cracker Classics101,000 Abandoned PurebreedsThe Movie: 101 Dalmatians Have we seen it before? Of course! It's Ian's all-time favorite Disney animated film. Will it still be after we're done? We look at inheritance, the fad of purebreed buying, and the difference between good smoke and bad smoke. Also Joshua ponders the scarcity of cake in the English countryside. 2021-09-1034 min
Cracker ClassicsThose Wilhelm Screams!We go '50s sci-fi again this week and watch "Them!" Ian hopes to try and process some childhood trauma, while Joshua marvels at the sight of a working government.2021-07-2331 min
Cracker ClassicsIt's a Long, Long, Long, Long MovieCraving some outdated zaniness, Ian makes Joshua watch "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" for the first time. He had no idea how long it was before recording. I wonder how mad we really got watching this...2021-04-1630 min
Cracker ClassicsThe Greatest Episode Ever RecordedJoshua and Ian, one a recovering Christian, the other a knotty anticleric, observe Good Friday by watching the 1965 epic "The Greatest Story Every Told." Sure, the story is great, but how great is their storytelling?2021-04-0233 min
Cracker ClassicsZip-a-Dee-No-NoIt's our 50th episode! We celebrate by watching the controversial "Song of the South." Joshua comes armed with research while Ian reminisces about our very first episode.2021-03-2639 min
Cracker ClassicsGrab-Ass LukeWe watch "Cool Hand Luke" and ponder criminal justice reform. Also Ian gets a bit distracted by all the skin and we might have to save Joshua from getting lost in Paul Newman's eyes.2021-02-1934 min
Cracker ClassicsThe Chicken Fried NudityWe look at sketch comedy with "The Kentucky Fried Movie." It's a teenage favorite of Joshua's, but will Ian be impressed? Join us as we count all the herbs and spices!2020-11-2031 min
Cracker ClassicsThe Brits on the River DenialWe had war on the mind so we watched "The Bridge on the River Kwai" and learned how empires dwindle. This is one of Joshua's favorite films. Will Ian agree or just make him cry?2020-11-0633 min
Cracker ClassicsThe Spy Who Kicked In The DoorIan and Joshua watch and discuss the classic of black cinema The Spook Who Sat By The Door2020-06-1931 min
Cracker ClassicsSilverdigger LaneIan and Joshua get ready for their closeups, as they watch and discuss Sunset Boulevard.2020-06-1337 min
Cracker ClassicsSinging With The FluIan and Joshua discuss Singing In The Rain, and its damn near perfection.2020-04-2413 min