“Xanadu” (or don’t)

https://media.blubrry.com/proudlyresents/proudlyresents.com/media/prp029.mp3Podcast: Download | EmbedSubscribe: RSS“Xandu” is both one of the biggest flops & most loved movie of all time. Writer Chris Regan (The Daily Show), actress Judith Benezra and host Adam Spiegelman get critical and historical on this film. Learn how and why it was made. Why Gene Kelly came out of retirement for this, his final movie. Why roller skates? And we ask “Is that graffiti or are you just happy to see me?”

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“The Apple” w/ Jimmy Dore & Eric Drysdale

https://media.blubrry.com/proudlyresents/proudlyresents.com/media/prp028.mp3Podcast: Download | EmbedSubscribe: RSSEric Drysdale (writer, “The Colbert Report”), Jimmy Dore (host, “Comedy and Everything Eles”) and Adam Spiegelman proudly resent “The Apple.” It’s a movie musical about the devil, disco and elements stolen from better films like “Tommy,” “Rocky Horror” and “Xanadu.” This 1980 movie takes place in the way future date or 1994. The whole world is run by disco music, angular clothing, rectangle glasses and entertainment. I guess they didn’t know that Napster was only 5 years away.

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The Devil is in the Disco

This week’s “Proudly Resents” we proudly resent “The Apple.” The episode will go up on Wednesday. Get ready for our next film, “The Apple.” A movie musical about the devil, disco and elements from better films like “Tommy,” “Rocky Horror” and “Xanadu.” Join Eric Drysdale (writer, Colbert Report), comedian Jimmy Dore (host, “Comedy and Everything Eles”) and Adam Spiegelman (host, “Proudly Resents”) LISTEN TOMORROW FOR “THE APPLE” – GO TO ITUNES AND SUBSCRIBE TO “PROUDLY RESENTS.”

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Bad Movie Night San Francisco

https://media.blubrry.com/proudlyresents/proudlyresents.com/media/prp011.mp3Podcast: Download | EmbedSubscribe: RSSEvery Sunday at “The Dark Room” theater in San Francisco they play the worst movies and encourage people to yell at the screen. I visited the curator/host Sherilyn Connelly and one of the show’s star performers, Mike Spiegelman, to pick their brains about what makes a good bad movie night.

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