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Late to the PartyWillowIn 1988 George Lucas and Ron Howard jammed J.R.R. Tolkien into a Star Wars mindset along with cutting-edge special effects and came out with a "dragon" so terrifying Matt instantly blocked it from his memory. Sydney and West watched "Willow" for the first time, and with Matt they revisit the fantasy would-be franchise-launcher that features Warwick Davis, Val Kilmer, a disturbingly-moist human-to-pig transformation sequence, old ladies wailing on each other, a likely sexual predator with a pretty blatant double-standard, probably-offensive fantasy slurs, and more.
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Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/late2theparty/support2022-06-251h 07Late to the PartySpy KidsIt's a reverse episode of Late to the Party! Sydney and West watched a lot of Spy Kids growing up, but Matt was "too old" for it by the time it came out in 2001. Is it the frantic hyperactive mess he was always expecting? Does it hold up for West and Sydney? Was the whole movie just a coded exposé of the Weinstein and Epstein crimes?
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Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/late2theparty/support2022-06-251h 05Late to the PartyLimp BizkitEver had "one of those days"? Apparently everyone did in the late 90's. Forefathers of Rap-Rock Limp Bizkit were everywhere in the late 90's and early 00's with hits like Nookie, Break Stuff, Rollin', and My Generation. They even had the fastest-selling rock record at the time. Matt rocked out to the Limp B-I-Z-K-I-T. West and Sydney had never heard them before and listened to the albums "Three Dollar Bill, 'yall" and "Chocolate Starfish and the Hot Dog Flavored Water" to catch up. How do Fred Durst's sick rhymes and Wes Borland's face-melting guitar riffs sound in 2020? And why did...2022-06-2547 minLate to the PartyBill & Ted's Excellent AdventureStrange things are afoot at the Circle K as Matt, Sydney, and West talk about Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, a classic that EVERYbody saw when Matt was a kid, but Sydney and West have never seen. How does it hold up for them? What's it like to date a "Ted"? And does anyone ever get over the super-awkward experience of trying to ask girls out at the mall when they were teenagers (or, you know, time-travelling historical figures)?
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Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/late2theparty/support2022-06-251h 01Late to the PartyKiller Klowns from Outer SpaceHorrific killer klowns from outer space terrorize a town with some outstanding puppetry work. Matt caught the "biker scene" of this movie as a kid and hard-noped it right out of there. Now he returns to it with West and avowed horror-head - and former haunted house clown - Sydney to see how it looks with the benefit of being a grown adult. How does this movie play with the "youth" in 2020? And how did we fall bass-ackwards into it being a metaphor for this year? (Note: This episode was recorded on May 24, 2020.)
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Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify...2022-06-2555 minLate to the PartyLast Action HeroWhat do you get when you put all the 80's and 90's era action movies in a blender and add love? Apparently a movie that only 14-year-old Matt saw. West, Sydney, and Matt look at the 1994 love letter to action movies, "Last Action Hero," starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. How does a 26-year old movie based on the action tropes and pop culture of its era hold up? (The first half of this episode was featured on an internet webcast in support of the locally-owned, KC-based theater, Screenland.)
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Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/late2theparty/support2022-06-2556 minLate to the PartySplashYounger generation folks West and Sydney talk with the "seasoned" Matt and special guest Kelly about the 1984 comedy "Splash," featuring Tom Hanks, Daryl Hannah, John Candy and Eugene Levy. Sydney shares her delightful stories of ultra-dark mermaid documentaries, while Kelly and Matt marvel at the surprisingly high amount of mermaid sex and (sometimes) digitally removed butts in this classic from their childhoods.
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Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/late2theparty/support2022-06-2558 minLate to the PartyTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)As a child, Matt believed in the power of turtles and a bitchin' soundtrack. Sydney and West have some... legal questions... about human/turtle relations. What does the group make of this 30-year-old ode to giant turtles, ninjutsu, pizza, and misused sporting equipment?
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Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/late2theparty/support2022-06-251h 01Late to the PartyReal GeniusWho knew that Val Kilmer made a secret Tony Stark origin story movie back in the 1980's? Matt starts to realize why he likes nerdy brunette women, while everyone tries to figure out the difference between talking like you're smart and actually being smart, along with their emotional tolerance for witty pranks.
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Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/late2theparty/support2022-06-2549 minLate to the PartyDie HardJust what every growing body needs: A smart-ass New York cop in the horny state of California in the wrong place at the wrong time. We're talking about the classic 1988 action (Christmas) movie, Die Hard. Hear all about the movie that launched a thousand copies, questionable American accents, role models, the best Die Hard that isn't Die Hard, and the dangers of dropping acid and watching Total Recall.
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Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/late2theparty/support2022-06-251h 02Late to the PartyShort CircuitAh, the cultural missteps and robot/human romantic subplots of the 80's... The 1986 classic "Short Circuit" has a special place in Matt Sameck's heart from his childhood, for better or for worse. Matt talks with West Everts and Sydney Williamson after their first-ever viewing of this classic science fiction comedy with Steve Guttenberg, Ally Sheedy, Fischer Stevens and Johnny #5. Does it hold up? What were they thinking casting Fischer Stevens? How did #5 get so smooth?!
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Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/late2theparty/support2022-06-2553 min
Kansas City Actors Radio TheatreThe Bickersons Holiday Episode & A Kansas City Actors Theatre Eggnog PartyHoliday fun is here! This episode of Kansas City Actors Radio Theatre features a holiday installment of the comedy classic, "The Bickersons," and an Eggnog Tasting Party with new Kansas City Actors Theatre company members Jerry Mañan and Bri Woods along with Host John Rensenhouse! Whip up a batch of homemade eggnog and enjoy.
Find the Joy of Cooking recipe for Uncooked Eggnog here.
Featuring Hillary Clemens, Jerry Mañan, Bri Woods, Matt Schwader, and Host John Rensenhouse. Sound Design and Engineering on "The Bickersons" by Mary Robinson and Direction by Gary Heisserer. Sound En...2020-12-2528 min
Kansas City: Actors, TheatreThe Bickersons Holiday Episode & A Kansas City Actors Theatre Eggnog PartyHoliday fun is here! This episode of Kansas City Actors Radio Theatre features a holiday installment of the comedy classic, "The Bickersons," and an Eggnog Tasting Party with new Kansas City Actors Theatre company members Jerry Mañan and Bri Woods along with Host John Rensenhouse! Whip up a batch of homemade eggnog and enjoy.Find the Joy of Cooking recipe for Uncooked Eggnog here.Featuring Hillary Clemens, Jerry Mañan, Bri Woods, Matt Schwader, and Host John Rensenhouse. Sound Design and Engineering on "The Bickersons" by Mary Robinson and Direction by Gary Heisserer. Sound Engineering for "A KC...2020-12-2528 min
Kansas City Actors Radio TheatreKansas City Actors Radio Theatre PreviewHosts John Rensenhouse, Walter Coppage, and Cinnamon Schultz preview the series to come, including preview excerpts of future episodes, interviews with “Kansas City: 1924” playwright Forrest Attaway; experienced stage, film, and radio actor Victor Raider-Wexler; and director Darren Sextro.
Featured Actors: David Fritts & Matt Williamson in “A Murderous Revision;” Ellen Kirk & Matt Schwader in “Kansas City: 1924;” Hillary Clemens & Matt Schwader in “The Bickersons;” and Sidonie Garrett, Nedra Dixon and John Rensenhouse in “Easy Aces.”
Sound Design by Matt Sameck.2020-10-0228 min
Kansas City Actors Radio TheatreThe Invisible, Omni-Present Hand - Stage Management with Equity Stage Manager Alex MurphyAnyone involved in professional theatre will tell you: A good Stage Manager is invaluable in getting a production to run smoothly. The Stage Manager begins official work on a production before almost anyone else, and is the one who works the longest, shepherding the production until even after the final curtain comes down. But what, exactly, does a Stage Manager do? What do they not do? In this episode, Alex Murphy, an Equity Stage Manager who has worked extensively in Kansas City, talks with Matt Sameck, Kansas City Actors Theatre Director of Marketing and Development, about what the Stage...2020-08-2921 min
Kansas City: Actors, TheatreThe Invisible, Omni-Present Hand - Stage Management with Equity Stage Manager Alex MurphyAnyone involved in professional theatre will tell you: A good Stage Manager is invaluable in getting a production to run smoothly. The Stage Manager begins official work on a production before almost anyone else, and is the one who works the longest, shepherding the production until even after the final curtain comes down. But what, exactly, does a Stage Manager do? What do they not do? In this episode, Alex Murphy, an Equity Stage Manager who has worked extensively in Kansas City, talks with Matt Sameck, Kansas City Actors Theatre Director of Marketing and Development, about what the Stage Manager...2020-08-2921 min
Kansas City: Actors, TheatreJohn Rensenhouse - Play Selection and KCAT's Season 16Kansas City Actors Theatre Director of Development and Marketing, Matt Sameck, and Artistic Committee Chair (and well-known Kansas City-based actor), John Rensenhouse talk about the process KCAT's "ten-headed Artistic Director" of an Artistic Committee goes through to select a season. They also discuss KCAT's coming 16th Season, the motivation behind the selection of the plays, and - God willing and the creek don't rise - what to look forward to in the coming year. Find more out about KCAT's coming season - and subscribe yourself - at www.kcactors.org/season-16/2020-04-1525 min
Kansas City Actors Radio TheatreJohn Rensenhouse - Play Selection and KCAT's Season 16Kansas City Actors Theatre Director of Development and Marketing, Matt Sameck, and Artistic Committee Chair (and well-known Kansas City-based actor), John Rensenhouse talk about the process KCAT's "ten-headed Artistic Director" of an Artistic Committee goes through to select a season. They also discuss KCAT's coming 16th Season, the motivation behind the selection of the plays, and - God willing and the creek don't rise - what to look forward to in the coming year. Find more out about KCAT's coming season - and subscribe yourself - at www.kcactors.org/season-16/2020-04-1524 min