Donald Pleasence, genetically cloned Michael Crichtons, and some movie pitches.

We open on two film fans: Dave B and Casey.
Mortal enemies who must introduce the audience to this show and compete in a battle of wits.
Who will win the day?
What will the loser do?
And can Donald Pleasence still surprise us all?

NOTES:

Who Donald Pleasance is.

Michael Crichton’s Twitter page

Fantastic Voyage Trailer

Shoney’s

Chumbawamba, a World War II buddy movie, and some movie pitches.

Imagine a world in which the band Chumbawamba never existed. Nuclear war has wiped out humanity.

Wise-cracking banana slugs are the dominant species. Sounds awful, right?
Luckily, Chumbawamba does exist. And they provide some inspiration for Dave B’s pitch.

NOTES

All about Chumbawamba

The Power of Now

In the Mouth of Madness — “Everything turns blue”

“Budd & Leni,” Longreads

Ancient Greeks, Deadpool Lies & Videotape, and some movie pitches.

Imagine two movies that don’t belong in the same universe.
Now jam them together.
For example, DIE HARD meets WEEKEND AT BERNIE’S.
Can you see it?
In this one, Dave B and Casey mash several unlikely movies together.

“How to write an elevator pitch,” No Film School

“The Mutilation of the Herms,” Bryn Mawr Classical Review

“Schizopolis,” Wikipedia

“His Girl Friday,” Wikipedia”

Sequels, prequels, Peckinpahs, Brian Dennehys, and some movie pitches.

The long awaited sequel is here!
(Even though this is episode 4. But never mind that.)
Your favorite characters are back in an all-new zany adventure, with some lovable new guests joining them along the way.
Dave B and Casey make fake sequels to real movies you may not have heard of.

NOTES:

“F/X is the coolest movie franchise you forgot about,” CHARGE!

“Convoy,” Wikipedia

Buckaroo Banzai Against the World Crime League by Ernest Cline

It’s a genre within a genre, and some movie pitches.

We open on a movie pitch that soon realizes it’s in a movie about movie pitches. That’s right… Dave B and Casey are going meta.

NOTES:

Wim Wenders Sets The Record Straight On…‘Hammett’, IndieWire

Interview: Charlie Kaufman on Synecdoche, New York, RottenTomatoes

Ultimate Genre List, StudioBinder

You can rent a Blockbuster to sleep in at AirBnB

From the cradle to the grave, and some movie pitches.

Fade in on Dave B. and Casey arguing about why those who pronounce the word biopics as “BI-opics” are wrong. Then they pitch some movies about people.

NOTES:

I Have A Confession To Make About Biopics, Britt Skrabanek

What is a Biopic & Why Are They Dominating Hollywood?, No Film School
The Curious Case of the Biopic, Film School Rejects

We’re putting together a team of safecrackers, getaway drivers, con artists, and some movie pitches.

Dave B and Casey turn to a life of crime… in the movies, of course. This episode is all about the crime genre.

NOTES:

Criminal Conduct, Season 2

Unlocking the Crime and Gangster Genre in Film and TV, No Film School

The 40 Best Movies Based on True Crimes, EsquireThe 25 Best Heist Movies of All Time, Vulture

It turns out “Perfection is the enemy of good” is a well-known aphorism, attributed to Voltaire.

A long time ago… in the future… which may or may not be a dystopia… there’s some movie pitches.

In space, no one can hear you pitch movies. So Dave B and Casey are using this episode as an opportunity to talk about all things sci-fi.

NOTES:

George Kennedy scene from Modern Romance

The 50 Best Sci-Fi Movies Of All Time, Empire

George Orwell’s review of Yevgeny Zamyatin’s We

10 Great Movies That Owe a Deep Debt to Philip K. Dick, Popular Mechanics

The American Astronaut, IMDB

Superintelligence by Nic Bostrom, Wikipedia

Middle Aged Metalheads podcast“The Farts of Others”, Excerpt from “Easy Riders Raging Bulls”