TCBCast 343: A Very Clambake Christmas 2024 - The Clambake Files

Merry Clambake!

The entire TCBCast gang is joined by Rabia and Felix from Suddenly: A Frank Sinatra Podcast, Jamie and John from EAP Society, Kristen, Benita and Margarita from Those Elvis Girls, David "Ghosty" Wills from We Say Yeah: A Cliff Richard Podcast, Garrett Cash from "The Beat! With Garrett Cash", and Darin Evans, all in a manner never quite heard before - a non-linear episode intercut across four different discussions!

The TCBCast Gang tackles the movie head on, giving Gurdip, Ryan and Bec (who missed most of the last two Christmases) the chance to voice all their questions about what makes this low-rated Elvis movie so eminently watchable... and also confusing. Meanwhile, Olivia brings her own deep dives. Oh, and most of them are drinking. 

The Suddenly Crew took an experimental approach this year, watching the film "Bake to Front," starting their viewing at the halfway point of the film and working their way back around to the infamous "Clambake" musical sequence as an unintended finale.

Those Elvis Girls discuss what makes Elvis' films fun to watch, what it's like to view his film career while being relatively new to the fandom, and call for #JusticeForClambake!

And a gathering of film buffs get together to explore the year 1967 in film: what the big hits and notable releases were, and how Elvis' film career slots into the overall picture between the fading old Hollywood studio system and the more experimental and independent New Hollywood. Most fun of all, there's an exploration of some of the movies that Elvis Presley himself is known to have watched in 1967.

There's a few surprises in store throughout as well!

As of this episode's release date, "Clambake" can be watched freely (with ads) on TubiTV and Pluto TV in the United States and may be available on a streaming platform in your region as well. The "Clambake" soundtrack is on all major music platforms.

Chapters:

0:00: Start (Part 1 Begins)

9:40: TCBCast Host Intro

32:05: Those Elvis Girls Intro

40:38: "Bake to Front"

50:00: 1967 In Film

1:16:25: An Alternate Opening, Gold Bullion & Sunken Treasure

1:33:53: "Sure Must Have An Awful Long Cord": Mobile Car Phones in 1967

1:42:14: Golddiggers of a Different Sort

1:51:29: GOOP, Baby!

2:06:27: Elvis, the Cinephile

2:29:48: (Part 2 Begins Here) The End of the Hays Code & Elvis' Late-Career Films

2:46:48: Airboats and Costuming Woes

2:54:33: Shelley Fabares

3:08:04: The Women of Clambake

3:21:27: Character Business You Never Noticed + "Slang of Ages"

3:36:41: The Girl I Never Loved, and Other Soundtrack Songs

3:44:23: "With a C..." and Alternate "Confidence" Demos

3:57:06: The Films That Released Alongside Clambake

4:07:00: Magical Mystery Tour, Kiddy Songs and In The Ghetto

4:22:18: "The Magic Word" and Shortnin' Bread

4:35:20: Closing Thoughts - TCBCast Hosts, Film Buffs & Those Elvis Girls

4:43:08: What is a "Clambake Musical"?

4:46:30: Closing Thoughts - EAP Society & Suddenly

4:52:30: Why Clambake? & Finale

Thank you to all our friends who joined in this year. Please make sure to follow their shows:

Suddenly and We Say Yeah can be found on all the same major podcasting platforms as TCBCast. EAP Society can be found at youtube.com/EAPSociety and EAPSociety.com. Those Elvis Girls can be followed at youtube.com/ThoseElvisGirls and instagram.com/Those.Elvis.Girls, and Garrett Cash's radio show "The Beat with Garrett Cash" can be found on Soundcloud at https://soundcloud.com/garrett-cash-635212819.