

The Movies That Made Me
SpectreVision Radio
Filmmakers and entertainers discuss the movies that inspired them. Hosted by Oscar nominated screenwriter and TFH Guru Josh Olson and fearless leader himself, director Joe Dante. The Movies That Made Me is recorded live in Hollywood and engineered by film composer Don Barrett.
SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring the anomalous, the luminous, and the numinous. We’re a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curiosities, shared interests and persistent passions.
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SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring the anomalous, the luminous, and the numinous. We’re a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curiosities, shared interests and persistent passions.
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Nov 3, 2026 • 1h 12min
Adam McKay Returns Again!!
The great Adam McKay joins hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante to talk about overlooked climate change movies.
Show Notes:
Movies Referenced In This Episode
Digger (2026)
The End (2024)
The Act of Killing (2012)
Don’t Look Up (2021)
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Speed Racer (2008)
Vice (2018)
An Inconvenient Truth (2006)
The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)
No Blade of Grass (1970)
Silent Running (1971)
Soylent Green (1973)
Roger and Me (1989)
Starship Troopers (1997)
The Pawnbroker (1964)
Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
Naza (2026)
Thrash (2026)
A History of Violence (2005)
Other Notable Items
Our revamped Patreon!
The Hollywood Food Coalition
Joshua Oppenheimer
Rotten Tomatoes
The Academy Awards
Alejandro Gonzalez Innarrittu
Tom Cruise
Yellow Dot Studios
The Hollywood Reporter
Deadline
Penske Media
Sinclair Media
Joe Morgenstern
The Wall Street Journal
Newsweek
Rupert Murdoch
Rachel Carson
Barack Obama
Joe Biden
Donald Trump
Xavier Becerra
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Flávio Bolsonaro
Bill Clinton
Michael Moore
NAFTA
Elizabeth Holmes
Chris Hayes
MS Now
The Wachowski Sisters
The Holocaust
Nora Ephron
Richard Nixon
James Hanson’s 1988 Senate hearing speech
George W. Bush
Dick Cheney
Jennifer Lawrence
Leonardo DiCaprio
Netflix
A24
Neon
The Mad Max series
Current Affairs
David Lynch
Gavin Newsom
Chuck Schumer
Hakeem Jeffries
Tim Kaine
Amy Klobuchar
Karen Bass
Ronald Reagan
Professor Eliot Jacobson
Climate News
Drop Site News
The Lever
The planet is the warmest it's been in about 120,000 years. We have seemingly gone past the 1.5-degree tipping point mark for global warming that's been advised, which could be very dangerous for all of us!
SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring creativity, the esoteric, and the unknown. We’re a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curiosities, shared interests, and persistent passions.
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Oct 27, 2026 • 1h
WICKER writer/directors Alex Huston Fischer and Eleanor Wilson
Wicker writer/directors Alex Huston Fischer and Eleanor Wilson talk hosts Joe Dante and Josh Olson through the romantic movies that made them!
Show Notes:
Movies Referenced In This Episode
Wicker (2026)
Snowy Bing Bongs Across the North Star Zone (2017)
Beauty and the Beast (1943)
The Sound of Music (1965)
West Side Story (1957)
High Society (1956)
Camelot (1967)
Edward Scissorhands (1990)
Strictly Ballroom (1992)
Romeo + Juliet (1996)
Moonstruck (1987)
Joe vs. the Volcano (1990)
Wild Mountain Thyme (2020)
Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019)
Petite Maman (2021)
Before Sunrise (1995)
Before Sunset (2004)
Before Midnight (2012)
Dazed and Confused (1993)
Slacker (1990)
Boyhood (2014)
Nouvelle Vague (2025)
Blue Moon (2025)
Pride and Prejudice (2005)
Anna Karenina (2011)
Cyrano (2021)
High Fidelity (2000)
Brief Encounter (1945)
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Oliver Twist (1948)
Great Expectations (1946)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Legends of the Fall (1994)
Past Lives (2023)
Love Serenade (1996)
Punch-Drunk Love (2002)
Phantom Thread (2017)
Magnolia (1999)
Boogie Nights (1997)
Hard Eight (1996)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
I Heart Huckabees (2004)
Other Notable Items
Our revamped Patreon!
The Hollywood Food Coalition
Weta Workshop
Alexander Skarsgård
Peter Dinklage
Richard E. Grant
James Bond
Brad Zimmerman
Justin Lothrop
Olivia Colman
"The Wicker Husband" short story by Ursula Wills (2008)
Ed Sinclair
Topic Studios
Ryan Heller
Oliver Kassman
Andrea Cornwell
Jean Cocteau
TCM Film Festival
Christopher Plummer
Ve Neil
Alan Arkin
Baz Luhrmann
Tara Morice
Bertolt Brecht
Terry Gilliam
Wong Kar-wai
Danny and the Deep Blue Sea play by John Patrick Shanley (1983)
Norman Jewison
Nicolas Cage
Cher
Emily Blunt
Richard Linklater
Geronimo
Joe Wright
Succession TV series (2018-23)
Matthew Macfadyen
Spooks TV series (2002-11)
David Lean
The Academy Museum in Los Angeles
The Aero Cinema in Santa Monica
Brad Pitt
Our Celine Song podcast
Shirley Barrett
Miranda Otto
Adam Sandler
Paul Thomas Anderson
Jon Brion
Emily Watson
SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring creativity, the esoteric, and the unknown. We’re a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curiosities, shared interests, and persistent passions.
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Oct 13, 2026 • 1h 24min
CRYSTAL LAKE showrunner Brad Kane
Spooky season is upon us, and what better way to celebrate than with the latest steward of the FRIDAY THE 13TH franchise? CRYSTAL LAKE showrunner Brad Kane is on the slab this week, and he walks hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante through the sleazy movies that made him!
Show Notes:
Movies Referenced In This Episode
Warrior (2011)
Friday the 13th (1980)
Halloween (1978)
The Parallax View (1974)
Klute (1971)
The Spy Who Loved Me (1981)
Cannonball Run (1981)
Class of 1984 (1982)
Oliver! (1968)
Firestarter (1984)
Armed and Dangerous (1986)
Commando (1985)
Blackboard Jungle (1955)
It’s Alive (1974)
Q: The Winged Serpent (1982)
Dressed to Kill (1980)
Sisters (1972)
Psycho (1960)
Mandy (2018)
The Beast Within (1982)
The Howling (1981)
An American Werewolf in London (1981)
Total Recall (1990)
The Monster Squad (1987)
Fright Night (1985)
High Plains Drifter (1973)
Hollywood Blvd. (1976)
Demon Seed (1977)
Doctor Zhivago (1965)
The Legacy (1978)
Performance (1970)
White of the Eye (1987)
Don’t Look Now (1973)
Wild Side (1995)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
The Terminator (1984)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre II (1986)
Gremlins II: The New Batch (1990)
The ’Burbs (1989)
The Last Movie (1971)
Beetlejuice (1988)
The Breakfast Club (1984)
Vice Squad (1982)
Barry Lyndon (1975)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Beastmaster (1982)
I Eat Your Skin (1971)
The Kindred (1987)
Obsession (2026)
From Beyond (1986)
Re-Animator (1985)
Society (1989)
Song of the South (1946)
The Devil and Max Devlin (1981)
Sleepaway Camp (1983)
The Cowboys (1972)
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Xtro (1982)
The Brood (1979)
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990)
10 to Midnight (1983)
Cape Fear (1962)
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects (1989)
Other Notable Items
Our revamped Patreon!
The Hollywood Food Coalition
Brad’s new show Crystal Lake (2026- )
The Friday the 13th franchise
Our Jonathan Tropper podcast episode
Linda Cardellini
Tokyo Vice TV series (2022-24)
Lodge 49 TV series (2018-19)
Our Jim Gavin podcast episode
DTF St. Louis TV series (2026- )
Emmy Awards
Sean S. Cunningham
Victor Miller
Peacock
TIFF
Mad Men TV series (2007-15)
Our Walton Goggins episode
TFH Guru Roger Corman
Mark L. Lester
Mark Lester
Michael Patrick Kelly
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Twin Peaks TV series (1990-91, 2017)
Clint Eastwood
Doonesbury comic strip (1970- )
Perry King
Roddy McDowall
Tim Van Patten
The Sopranos TV series (1999-2007)
Michael J. Fox
Leopold and Loeb
TFH Guru Larry Cohen
John P. Ryan
Michael Moriarty
Nicolas Cage
Brian De Palma
Alfred Hitchcock
Michael Caine
Angie Dickinson
Janet Leigh
Our Keith Gordon podcast episode
Our Panos Cosmatos podcast episode
American International Pictures
Empire International Pictures
Charlie Brown
Christopher Walken
The “More Cowbell” sketch on Saturday Night Live (2000)
Ronny Cox
Paul Verhoeven
Tom Holland
Fred Dekker
The MPAA ratings board
Julie Christie
Pierce Brosnan
The Simpsons TV series (1989- )
Donald Sutherland
Nicolas Roeg
Donald Cammell
Robert Vaughn
Fritz Weaver
The Cannon Group
Tobe Hooper
Dennis Hopper
Tom Hanks
Bill Moseley
Michael Keaton
Wings Hauser
Frank Capra Jr.
Frank Capra Sr.
John Alcott
Stanley Kubrick
The Cinerama Theatre in Manhattan
The Loew’s Orpheum Theatre in Manhattan
Gary Swanson
Steve McQueen
“Herbert West—Re-Animator” short story by H.P. Lovecraft (1922)
Charles Band
Brian Uzna
Stuart Gordon
Barbara Crampton
Jeffrey Combs
The United Artists East 85th Street Theatre in Manhattan
Bruce Dern
John Wayne
The Brothers Quay
David Lynch
David Cronenberg
Douglas Sirk
Charles Bronson
J. Lee Thompson
Looney Tunes
The Aero Theatre in Santa Monica
SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring creativity, the esoteric, and the unknown. We’re a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curiosities, shared interests, and persistent passions.
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Sep 15, 2026 • 1h 16min
RUNNER director Scott Waugh
Scott Waugh, action director, producer, and former stuntman, discusses Runner and the films that shaped his craft. He explores why emotion should drive spectacle, how Spielberg taught him patience, and why vulnerable heroes make action unforgettable. Expect stories about Hooper, Rocky, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Lethal Weapon, Die Hard, Jackie Chan, Point Break, and making Runner’s bicycle chase practical.

Sep 8, 2026 • 1h 14min
IDIOTS co-writer/director Macon Blair
Idiots director/co-writer Macon Blair breaks down his favorite comfort movies with podcast host Josh Olson!
Show Notes:
Movies Referenced In This Episode
Mission: Impossible — Fallout (2018)
Idiots (2026)
Straight Outta Compton (2015)
State of Grace (1990)
Jaws (1975)
Goodfellas (1990)
Bugsy (1991)
The Godfather Part III (1990)
Miller’s Crossing (1990)
Rattle and Hum (1988)
Suburbia (1983)
Repo Man (1984)
Green Room (2016)
Trust (1990)
Amateur (1994)
Simple Men (1992)
Boogie Nights (1997)
Inherent Vice (2014)
Licorice Pizza (2021)
The Late Show (1977)
The Lost Boys (1987)
Near Dark (1987)
Dracula (1931)
Eddie and the Cruisers (1983)
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974)
The Taking of Pelham 123 (1998)
The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009)
Sullivan’s Travels (1941)
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)
Batman Returns (1992)
The Dark Knight (2008)
Heat (1995)
Shaun the Sheep Movie (2015)
Elephant (2020)
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon (2019)
Shaun the Sheep: The Flight Before Christmas (2021)
Highlander (1986)
Point Break (1991)
Commando (1985)
Alien (1979)
Aliens (1986)
Other Notable Items
Our revamped Patreon!
The Hollywood Food Coalition
Henry Cavill
Dave Franco
O'Shea Jackson Jr.
Kiernan Shipka
Nicholas Braun
Peter Dinklage
Ice Cube
Macon’s last podcast episode
Phil Joanou
The Washington Post
Gary Oldman
Mickey Rourke
Robert Shaw
Ed Harris
Robin Wright
John C. Reilly
Sean Penn
Thomas Jane
U2
Penelope Spheeris
The Vandals
T.S.O.L.
D.I.
Hal Hartley
The Catcher in the Rye novel by J.D. Salinger (1951)
Adrienne Shelly
Martin Donovan
Edie Falco
Oz TV series (1997-2003)
The Beat TV series (2000)
Mark Ruffalo
Derek Cecil
Gary Shandling
Paul Thomas Anderson
Art Carney
Lily Tomlin
Inherent Vice novel by Thomas Pynchon (2009)
The Lost Boys musical by David Hornsby and Chris Hoch (2026- )
The Tony Awards
Tina Turner
Bela Lugosi
Kiefer Sutherland
Tim Cappello
Joel Schumacher
Jason Patric
Jami Gertz
Edward Herrmann
Kino Lorber
David Shire
Walter Matthau
Robert Shaw
Adam Sandler
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three novel by Morton Freedgood (1973)
John Travolta
Denzel Washington
Edward James Olmos
Vincent D'Onofrio
Lorraine Bracco
Preston Sturgess
Veronica Lake
Joel McCrea
William Demarest
Our Peter Ramsey podcast episode
Boaz Yakin
Batman
Shaun the Sheep TV series (2007- )
Aardman Animation
Wallace and Gromit
Walt Disney Pictures
Christopher Lambert
Sean Connery
Clancy Brown
Patrick Swayze
Keanu Reeves
Mark L. Lester
Crime and Punishment novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky (1866)
The Idiot novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky (1869)
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Sep 1, 2026 • 1h 8min
ONSLAUGHT star Adria Arjona
Onslaught star Adria Arjona joins hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante to talk the movies that made her!
Show Notes:
Movies Referenced In This Episode
Onslaught (2026)
The Guest (2014)
The Belko Experiment (2014)
Blink Twice (2024)
Hit Man (2023)
Splitsville (2025)
John Wick (2014)
Star Wars (1977)
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006)
Step Brothers (2008)
Bridesmaids (2011)
Cinema Paradiso (1988)
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
White Dog (1982)
Them That Follow (2019)
Thelma & Louise (1991) - 28:13
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
Scorn (2026)
School of Rock (2003)
Before Sunrise (1995)
Before Sunset (2004
Before Midnight (2013)
Blue Moon (2025)
Nouvelle Vague (2025)
Boogie Nights (1997)
Hard Eight (1995)
Ratcatcher (1999)
The Rider (2017)
Hamnet (2025)
Buddy (2026)
Notting Hill (1999)
Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
Love Actually (2003)
Kill Bill: Vol. I (2003)
Kill Bill: Vol. II (2004)
Opening Night (1977)
A Woman Under the Influence (1974)
Gloria (1980)
The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
Other Notable Items
Our revamped Patreon!
The Hollywood Food Coalition
A24
Adam Wingard
Irma Vep miniseries (2022)
Our Michael Angelo Covino and Kyle Marvin podcast episode
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Criminal TV series (TBD)
Criminal comic book series by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips (2006- )
Andor TV series (2022-25)
Tony Gilroy
Our Lexi Alexander podcast episode
Will Ferrell
Jack Black
Adam McKay
Ennio Morricone
Sergio Leone
Matthew Pusti
Ricardo Arjona
The Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York
Our Walton Goggins podcast episode
Olivia Colman
Ridley Scott
Callie Khouri
Richard Linklater
Glenn Powell
The Hollywood Forever Cemetery
Brad Pitt
Penélope Cruz
Javier Bardem
Woody Allen
Paul Thomas Anderson
Lynne Ramsay
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Chloé Zhao
Anne Hathaway
Richard Curtis
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Rhys Ifans
Quentin Tarantino
Uma Thurman
Gena Rowlands
John Cassavettes
The Smokehouse Restaurant in Burbank
SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring creativity, the esoteric, and the unknown. We’re a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curiosities, shared interests, and persistent passions.
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Aug 25, 2026 • 1h 9min
COYOTE VS. ACME director Dave Green
Dave Green, director of Earth to Echo, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows, and Coyote vs. Acme, explores the cartoon spirit hiding in live-action cinema and the cinematic craft behind animation. He celebrates Beetlejuice, Batman Returns, Ghostbusters, Addams Family Values, Pixar, Airplane!, Evil Dead 2, Raising Arizona, Predator, and M, while reflecting on Coyote vs. Acme and his hopes for a future horror comedy.

Aug 18, 2026 • 58min
BUDDY writer/director Casper Kelly
Writer/director Casper Kelly unpacks his favorite movies about television with host Josh Olson. Casper's new movie Buddy opens August 28th!
Show Notes:
Movies Referenced In This Episode
Buddy (2026)
Mandy (2018)
Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1983)
UHF (1989)
The Ring (2002)
Ringu (1998)
Death to Smoochy (2002)
Stay Tuned (1992)
Switching Channels (1988)
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (2026)
I Saw the TV Glow (2024)
Network (1976)
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Heaven’s Gate (1980)
Room 237 (2012)
Director’s Commentary: Terror of Frankenstein (2015)
Dr. Strangelove (1964)
Soylent Green (1973)
Falling Down (1994)
Raising Cain (1992)
A Face in the Crowd (1957)
On the Waterfront (1954)
Good Night and Good Luck (2005)
The Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
The King of Comedy (1982)
Nightcrawler (2014)
Sound of Metal (2019)
My Favorite Year (1982)
Ten From Your Show of Shows (1973)
Requiem for a Dream (2000)
Irreversible (2002)
Memento (2000)
Enter the Void (2009)
Drive (2011)
Videodrome (1983)
Poltergeist (1982)
Scanners (1981)
The Brood (1979)
Being There (1979)
Mulholland Drive (2001)
Other Notable Items
Our revamped Patreon!
The Hollywood Food Coalition
Your Pretty Face is Going to Hell TV series (2013-19)
Too Many Cooks TV special (2014)
Adult Swim Yule Log TV special (2022)
Adult Swim Yule Log 2: Branchin’ Out TV special (2024)
Our first podcast episode with Casper
Weird Al Yankovic
Barry Levinson
John Ritter
Reacher TV series (2022- )
Jane Schoenbrun
Justice Smith
Martin Scorsese
Steven Soderbergh
The Airport film franchise
Rodney Ascher
William Holden
Paddy Chayefsky
Faye Dunaway
Peter Finch
GG Allin
Sterling Hayden
Beatrice Straight
Ned Beatty
Robert Duvall
Brian De Palma
Arrow Video
Batman TV series (1966-68)
Andy Griffith
Walter Matthau
Elia Kazan
Jimmy Kimmel
Clifford Odets
Robert De Niro
Shelley Hack
Paul Schrader
Dan Gilroy
Jake Gyllenhaal
Riz Ahmed
The Sid Caesar Show TV show (1963-64)
The Dick Van Dyke Show TV show (1961-65)
Mel Brooks
Errol Flynn
Selma Diamond
Night Court TV series (1984-92)
Peter O'Toole
Mark Linn-Baker
Your Show of Shows TV series (1950-54)
Mr. Show with Bob and David TV series (1995-98)
The Ben Stiller Show TV series (1990, 1992-95)
Ellen Burstyn
Gaspar Noé
Nicolas Winding Refn
Grand Theft Auto video game series
David Cronenberg
Jack Warden
Melvyn Douglas
Twin Peaks: The Return TV series (2017)
David Lynch
SpectreVision Radio is a bespoke podcast network at the intersection between the arts and the uncanny, featuring a tapestry of shows exploring creativity, the esoteric, and the unknown. We’re a community for creators and fans vibrating around common curiosities, shared interests, and persistent passions.
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Aug 11, 2026 • 1h 24min
BOORMAN AND THE DEVIL director David Kittredge
Boorman and the Devil director David Kittredge walks hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante through the movies he loves that a lot of other people think are terrible!
Show Notes:
Movies Referenced In This Episode
Boorman and the Devil (2026)
The Exorcist (1973)
Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)
The Exorcist III (1990)
The Godfather (1972)
The Godfather Part II (1974)
Blow-Up (1966)
Rocky (1976)
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
Excalibur (1981)
Grease (1978)
Gremlins II: The New Batch (1990)
The Apple (1980)
Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026)
The Odyssey (2026)
Barbie (2023)
Oppenheimer (2023)
The Thing (1982)
E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
Sorcerer (1977)
The Wages of Fear (1964)
Cruising (1980)
Bad Boy Bubby (1993)
Taxi Driver (1976)
Dangerous Men (2005)
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970)
The Black Hole (1979)
Star Wars (1977)
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
Condorman (1981)
The Watcher in the Woods (1980)
Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Can’t Stop the Music (1980)
The Fabulous Allan Carr (2017)
Xanadu (1980)
Hudson Hawk (1991)
A History of Violence (2005)
The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (1990)
Batman Returns (1992)
Batman Forever (1995)
Looker (1981)
The Stepford Wives (1976)
Rosemary’s Baby (1968)
Animal House (1978)
Midnight Madness (1980)
Meatballs (1979)
1941 (1979)
Jaws (1975)
It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
Dumbo (1941)
Scavenger Hunt (1979)
The Love Guru (2008)
Southland Tales (2007)
Room 237 (2012)
Ghost Boy (TBD)
Spice World (1998)
A Hard Day’s Night (1964)
Black Narcissus (1947)
Other Notable Items
Our revamped Patreon!
The Hollywood Food Coalition
The Aero Theatre in Hollywood
Mark Kermode
John Boorman
Martin Scorsese
Michael Schultz
The A-Team TV series (1983-87)
Victor Hsu
Aerosmith
Earth Wind and Fire
Steve Martin
Carol Channing
The New Beverly Cinema in Los Angeles
Richard Kelly
Robert Evans
IMAX
TCL Chinese Theatre
Christopher Nolan
John Carpenter
William Friedkin
Menahem Golan
Rolf de Heer
Nicholas Hope
Cinefile Video
The Cannon Group
Joss Ackland
Walt Disney Pictures
Roddy Macdowall
Slim Pickens
Anthony Perkins
Michael Eisner
Jeffrey Katzenberg
ILM
TFH Guru Edgar Wright
The Venice Film Festival
Caitlyn Jenner
Allan Carr
Valerie Perinne
Steve Guttenberg
The Village People
Tammy Grimes
Paul Sand
Bill Butler
Nancy Walker
Disco
Jeffrey Schwartz
The cursed 1989 Rob Lowe Oscars
Michael Beck
Brain Dead Studios in Los Angeles
Bruce Willis
Danny Aiello
Andie MacDowell
James Coburn
David Caruso
Sandra Bernhard
Richard E. Grant
Steven de Souza
Daniel Waters
TFH Guru Michael Lehmann
The Unmaking of Hudson Hawk by David Hughes (2026)
David Hughes’ Rogue Commentary podcast
Tim Burton
Batman
Val Kilmer
Nicole Kidman
Michael Crichton
Albert Finney
Susan Dey
Leigh Taylor-Young
HBO
Rick Rossovich
Tim Rossovich
CinemaScope
Barry De Vorzon
Michael J. Fox
David Naughton
Stephen Furst
Andy Tennant
CalTech
Eddie Deezen
The Exorcist TV series (2016-17)
Steven Spielberg
The Zoot Suit Riots
William Fraker
Treat Williams
Ned Beatty
Dan Aykroyd
John Belushi
Joe Flaherty
Christopher Lee
Toshiro Mifune
Warren OatesRobert Stack
Mickey Rourke
Wendie Jo Sperber
Nancy Allen
Murray Hamilton
Lorraine Gary
Tim Matheson
Columbia Pictures
Universal Pictures
Samuel Fuller
John Williams
The Egyptian Theatre in Los Angeles
Dick Miller
Vincent Price
Richard Benjamin
James Coco
Scatman Crothers
Ruth Gordon
Cloris Leachman
Cleavon Little
Roddy McDowall
Robert Morley
Richard Mulligan
Tony Randall
Dirk Benedict
Willie Aames
Stephanie Faracy
Richard Masur
Meat Loaf
Avery Schreiber
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Mike Meyers
Cannes Film Festival
Rodney Ascher
Steven Poster
Moby
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson
Sean William Scott
Saturday Night Live TV series (1975- )
Cheri Oteri
John Lovitz
Nora Dunn
John Larroquette
Miranda Richardson
Justin Timberlake
Kevin Smith
Janeane Garofalo
Wallace Shawn
Zelda Rubinstein
The Spice Girls
Richard O’Brien
Michael Powell
Emeric Pressburger
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Aug 5, 2026 • 1h 21min
GIVE IT UP writer/star Gareth Reynolds
Give It Up writer/star Gareth Reynolds breaks down some of the movies about comedians that made him with hosts Josh Olson and Joe Dante!
Show Notes:
Movies Referenced In This Episode
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
Give it Up (2026)
The Aristocats (1970)
The Aristocrats (2005)
Funny People (2009)
This is 40 (2012)
Man on the Moon (1999)
Jim and Andy: The Great Beyond (2017)
I’m From Hollywood (1989)
Comedian (2002)
American Movie (1999)
Joan Rivers: Piece of Work (2010)
A History of Violence (2005)
Rabbit Test (1978)
George Carlin: Jammin’ in New York (1990)
George Carlin’s American Dream (2022)
George Carlin: It’s Bad for Ya (2008)
Punchline (1988)
The Omen (1976)
Bill Hicks: Relentless (1992)
American Splendor (2003)
American: The Bill Hicks Story (2009)
Richard Pryor: Live in Concert (1979)
Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip (1982)
Blue Collar (1978)
The King of Comedy (1982)
Meet the Parents (2000)
Taxi Driver (1976)
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
Pee-wee as Himself (2025)
Innerspace (1987)
Other Notable Items
Our revamped Patreon!
The Hollywood Food Coalition
Air New Zealand
The Dollop Podcast
Peter Jackson
Weta Workshop
The Lord of the Rings film franchise
Dave Anthony
Our first podcast with The Dollop
John Lennon
Paul McCartney
Our Glenn Howerton podcast episode
Harlan Ellison
New York Friars Club in New York
The Hollywood Improv in Los Angeles
Judd Apatow
Adam Sandler
Scott Alexander
TFH Guru Larry Karaszewski
Andy Kaufman
Jim Carrey
Comedy Central
ABC’s Wide World of Comedy TV series (1973-76)
Elvis Presley
Bob Zmuda
Fridays TV series (1980-82)
Mark Blankfield
Lawrence Welk
The Pretenders
Late Night with David Letterman TV series (1982-93)
Kyle Anderson
Jerry Seinfeld
Gary Shandling
Orny Adams
Dane Cook
Joan Rivers
Don Rickles
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson TV series (1962-92)
The Dewey Decimal System
Dick Clark
Russell Crowe
Edgar Allan Poe
Billy Crystal
Gareth and Dave’s Past Times Podcast
George Carlin
Johnny Carson
Tom Hanks
Sally Field
John Goodman
David Seltzer
Bill Hicks
Paul Giamatti
HBO
MC Hammer
Vanilla Ice
Rush Limbaugh
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno TV series (1992-2014)
David Letterman
David Cronenberg
Denis Leary
Richard Pryor
Paul Schrader
Yaphet Kotto
Harvey Keitel
Robert De Niro
Jerry Lewis
Sandra Bernhardt
Just a Shot Away: Martin Scorsese’s Life in Film book by Mark Binelli (2026)
Paul Reubens
Thomas Jane
Our Martin Short podcast episode
Gareth and Jake Johnson’s podcast We’re Here To Help
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