253 Blade 1998
Does This Still Work?
He’s half man and half vampire but all Wesley Snipes. Join the boys as they go back to 1998 and chat about the very first entry in what would one day become the Marvel Cinematic Universe. 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 Wikipedia on Blade Facts about Blade
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252 Cool Runnings 1993
Does This Still Work?
This film is described as loosely based on the Jamaican national bobsleigh team at the 1988 Winter Olympics. But the word, loosely, is doing a lot of work there. Regardless of that though, does this picture still hold up? 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 Interview with two of the REAL 1988 Jamaican Olympic Bobsledders
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251 Addams Family Values 1993
Does This Still Work?
In popular culture the term Family Values originated with George W. Bush Administration and was used in the 1990s as shorthand for morally upright but really meant, no social safety net and “let’s discriminate against The Gays.” Fortunately, this movie has nothing to do with that so that’s a point in its favor. But does it offer anything more? 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 The Bobbitts Lobster Boy Grady Stiles Ojibwe - Wikipedia
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250 Audition 1999
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It’s our 250th episode! Join the boys in celebration by listening to them do what they do every week. But just because it’s not out of the ordinary doesn’t mean this episode isn’t special. On today’s show we look at a Japanese horror classic that is considered both feminist and anti feminist at the same time. 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 Audition (The Movie) @ Internet Archive Japanese Recession Dioxin Nuclear Random facts
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249 Home Alone 1990
Does This Still Work?
Were this a drama, this would be the story of someone suffering from severe psychopathy but it's a comedy so when a kid sets up a blow torch to fry someone’s scalp it becomes a laugh riot. 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 High School Break In Big bucks
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248 Killer of Sheep 1978
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This story of a slaughterhouse employee living in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Watts in the late 70s certainly has it’s fans but will the boys be among them? 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 Watts Festival 1978 Killer of Sheep Press Kit Judas Goats: Agriculture’s Bizarre, Drug-Addicted Masters of Deceit Once Ruled the Killing Floor
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247 The Candidate 1972
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At one time in America you couldn’t be a convicted felon and rapist and still get to be President of the United States. The boys take look at a film from that bygone era. 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 Nixon defeats McGovern Real Reason for War On Drugs
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246 The Breakfast Club 1985
Does This Still Work?
Don't you forget about this movie. Don't, don't, don't, don't don't you, forget about this movie. Join the boys as they discuss this popular John Hughes flick otherwise they’ll be alone, dancing, you know it, baby. 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 Summer jobs Teen preg
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245 Dear White People 2014
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We pop back a mere 10 years ago (doesn’t it seem longer than that?) and check out this film about black college students on a predominately white campus and the tensions that went along with it. Links You can rate and review us in these places (and more, probably) Does This Still Work? - TV Podcast https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/does-this-still-work-1088105 Does This Still Work? on Apple Podcasts Brock University Blackface Arizona Blackout
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244 The Last Detail 1973
Does This Still Work?
Baby faced Randy Quid gets led to the hoosegow by a mustachioed Jack Nicholson and a not- as-famous-as-those-two-Otis Young. And that’s it. That’s the movie. Could a story this basic not work? Have a listen and find out. 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 Sailors Smoke The Ganja Black Sailors Complaints Sailor Given Prison Time
info_outlineBaby faced Randy Quid gets led to the hoosegow by a mustachioed Jack Nicholson and a not- as-famous-as-those-two-Otis Young. And that’s it. That’s the movie. Could a story this basic not work? Have a listen and find out.
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https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/does-this-still-work/id1492570867
Sailors Smoke The Ganja
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-ithaca-journal/156979164/
Black Sailors Complaints
https://www.newspapers.com/article/independent/156978658/
Sailor Given Prison Time
https://www.newspapers.com/article/hartford-courant/157018457/