Jan 8, 2016
Movie Meltdown - Episode 335
This week we return to one of our more popular running series - People who Died... Died. The arguably living Meltdown Gang get together to discuss many of the great performers that we lost in 2015. It's our own "special" kind of tribute.
And as we realize that the lousy
straight to DVD stuff actually keeps the wheels turning in the
industry, we also come to terms with... you're my favorite dentist,
a George Pal production, hailed as the next My Big Fat Greek
Wedding?, you're the person I hate the least, I almost walked out
on that movie, David Lynch, The Big Short, a knock-off Gone with
the Wind, now that one freaked me out, I'm so thankful for the
existence of YouTube, The Outer Limits, the blind sheriff, Jewel
Jules Franklin Guy, nipped at Harvey Levin, the mom who makes you
want to kill, that man was not above chewing the scenery to pieces,
beets are the bastard child of the vegetable world, he's the kind
of guy... if he didn't have parents in the industry - would he have
made it?, reverse mortgage, did you like Cats?, the kid from the
Sandlot... and My So-Called Life, William Girdler, one of my top
ten films - of all time, he's so damned likable, the glut of media
that's hitting the shelves, who gets his hands bitten off, That
70's Show, all the big blocky clam-shell Disney VHS tapes in my
collection are filled with this man, we can't make this like the
ending of The Vanishing, it's like an Agatha Christie with a
monster, he's the biggest red herring in most of the movie, Frank
Booth, shooting on actual film, Condorman, reinvigorating the
horror genre, Sean Connery, local no-budget cinema, what was the
dog's name?, 2015 really hurt... so I'm hoping 2016 is gonna
blossom, I know him best for making me afraid to live in Los
Angeles, a young beautiful Montgomery Clift, The Faculty, he got a
little bit of time with Elizabeth Taylor, it was so bad I just
purged it from my memory, my uncle was in that movie and you're not
leaving this room until you write a script!
"When I saw he passed, I was
like... awww no - my childhood."