218 Cocktail 1988
Does This Still Work?
Show Notes Look, a movie can be dumber than a box of rocks and still work…or not. We will discuss. But here is the real question, were drinking and dining establishments wildly understaffed in the late 80s? Because every place in this film looks packed and yet only one or two people seem to be on staff. WTF? Links You can rate and review us in these places (and more, probably) Does This Still Work? - TV Podcast Does This Still Work? on Apple Podcasts Long Island Iced Tea . Seven Up Gold Jamaica Bobsledding
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217 Flight of the Navigator 1986
Does This Still Work?
Technically, a child abduction movie but as Disney is the producer the abduction is done for laughs. You see the abductor is an alien spaceship that sounds an awful lot like Pee Wee Herman. Definitely a kid’s movie but does it still work? Links You can rate and review us in these places (and more, probably) Does This Still Work? - TV Podcast Does This Still Work? on Apple Podcasts Challenger Explosion
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216 Batteries Not Included 1987
Does This Still Work?
Living machines from out of space having nothing better to do with their time help a bunch of New Yorkers hang on to a condemned building. Does that sound stupid? Sure. But maybe it still works? Links You can rate and review us in these places (and more, probably) Does This Still Work? - TV Podcast Does This Still Work? on Apple Podcasts Two Gross People Fight
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215 Teen Wolf 1985
Does This Still Work?
It’s the movie that launched a sequel, a cartoon, a TV show and a remake. But does that mean it still works? Also, just how many montages can a 90 minute movie have? A lot of them, evidently. Links You can rate and review us in these places (and more, probably) Does This Still Work? - TV Podcast Does This Still Work? on Apple Podcasts Sports 1985 15 Facts About NE
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214 Manhattan Murder Mystery 1993
Does This Still Work?
Our patreon people picked this minor Woody Allen movie. Can’t say here if it still works but we can mention that the women are all age appropriate and nobody wants to bed an underage child.so that’s different from Woody’s usual fare. Links You can rate and review us in these places (and more, probably) Does This Still Work? - TV Podcast Does This Still Work? on Apple Podcasts Twin Towers LIRR Shooting
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213 Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans Guest Calvin Williams
Does This Still Work?
It’s not a sequel. It’s not a remake. It’s simply another Bad Lieutenant but this time he’s in New Orleans and he is Nicolas Cage. Does that make it better or worse? Links You can rate and review us in these places (and more, probably) Does This Still Work? - TV Podcast Does This Still Work? on Apple Podcasts Calvin Radio Free Brooklyn MejisticLV - Twitch Hurricane Katrina Inquiries Cops go up the river
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212 MATEWAN 1987
Does This Still Work?
It is the final movie in our Union Films Series. Here we look at an 80s movie about 20s coal miners attempting to unionize under horrible circumstances. Have a listen. Links You can rate and review us in these places (and more, probably) Does This Still Work? - TV Podcast Does This Still Work? on Apple Podcasts Few Clothes Johnson/Dan Chain Fire In The Hole Lyrics by John Sayles and Mason Daring Music by Mason Daring (c) 1987 Daring Music/ASCAP Sung by Hazel Dickens
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211 Norma Rae 1979
Does This Still Work?
Before her Oscar willing performance here, Sally Field was a flying nun on TV and starred in a movie about smuggling 400 cases of Coors beer. So, this was a step up. Anyway, join the boys for our latest installment of Union movies month. Links You can rate and review us in these places (and more, probably) Does This Still Work? - TV Podcast Does This Still Work? on Apple Podcasts Bureau of Labor Statistics Steelworkers Massacre
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210 Blue Collar 1978
Does This Still Work?
We continue our union films month with this forgotten Richard Pryor, Harvey Keitel and Yaphet Kotto flick from 1978. Links You can rate and review us in these places (and more, probably) Does This Still Work? - TV Podcast Does This Still Work? on Apple Podcasts Work Stoppage 1978 Detroit Edison Wildcat Strike
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209 The Devil and Miss Jones 1941
Does This Still Work?
We kick off union movie month (in March, get it?) with this chestnut from the forties picked by our Patreons. This comedy, about a boss spying on workers who want to form a union, was a box office hit back in its day. How does it hold up over eighty years later? Links You can rate and review us in these places (and more, probably) Does This Still Work? - TV Podcast Does This Still Work? on Apple Podcasts Labor Stats of 1941 On Just One Day in March, 1941
info_outlineHost of the Scathing Atheist Noah Lugeons joins George and Joe as they take a look at a film that dares to say, ‘racism, it's bad,’ and learn how the answer to curing our racism problem is falling down a flight of stairs.
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Noah's Plugs
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