Does This Still Work?

A podcast where we look at old movies and ask "Does this still work?"

247 The Candidate 1972 12/11/2024

247 The Candidate 1972 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 /episode/index/show/dtswpod/id/34338690

246 The Breakfast Club 1985 12/04/2024

246 The Breakfast Club 1985 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 /episode/index/show/dtswpod/id/34212175

245 Dear White People 2014 11/27/2024

245 Dear White People 2014 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 /episode/index/show/dtswpod/id/34177035

244 The Last Detail 1973 11/20/2024

244 The Last Detail 1973 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 /episode/index/show/dtswpod/id/33953642

243 How Stella Got Her Groove Back 1998 11/15/2024

243 How Stella Got Her Groove Back 1998 Spoiler: She got her groove back by schtupping a guy half her age. Would you like to know more? Join the boys as they discuss. 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 Jamaican Tourism Wealth Romance Novels /episode/index/show/dtswpod/id/33948942

242 Panic in The Streets 1950 11/06/2024

242 Panic in The Streets 1950 Show Notes We’re going back over 70 years to explore this story of sick crooks and the attempt to bring them in before they contaminate the whole town with bubonic plague. This flick is a way long time ago, can it possibly 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 Panic in the Streets @ Internet Archive Polio Outbreak Measles Udulant Fever /episode/index/show/dtswpod/id/33766477

241 Beetlejuice 1988 10/30/2024

241 Beetlejuice 1988 We hear this movie got a sequel. Did you know about that? Anyway, the boys take a look at the original. 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 Ghost Vacaction Ghost Ship /episode/index/show/dtswpod/id/33649957

240 Gloria 1980 10/23/2024

240 Gloria 1980 No, it's not Archie Bunker’s daughter (Wait, does anyone born after 1983 get that reference?). Rather she’s a mob moll with a little boy to protect. It’s the pod’s first John Cassavetes movie. Cassavetes was a big deal director in his time but are the boys impressed? 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 John Lennon Murder, Aftermath Not enough Lock ‘Em Ups Mafia /episode/index/show/dtswpod/id/33523947

239 The Professional 1994 10/16/2024

239 The Professional 1994 This is a heartwarming story of a hitman who protects a 12 year old girl from murderous cops and the little girl turns around and…falls in love with him? Wait, what?! No, honestly what the f- 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 /episode/index/show/dtswpod/id/33464517

238 The Evil Dead 1981 Guest Kitt Nowokunski 10/09/2024

238 The Evil Dead 1981 Guest Kitt Nowokunski See Bruce Campbell as you’ve never seen him before…with one eyebrow. Bruce’s unibrow is the least disturbing thing to come out of this film that kicked off The Evil Dead films series. Will that unfortunate scene with the tree ruin this horror epic? Listen in as Kitt and the boys discuss. 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 Log Cabin Demonic Possession Shots fired /episode/index/show/dtswpod/id/33364932

237 Stir Crazy 1980 10/02/2024

237 Stir Crazy 1980 With this film Richard Pryor became the first black actor in US history to get a million bucks for a movie.This is also the first R-rated comedy by a black director (Sidney Poiter!) to make more than $100 million. Which is great and all but does the film 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 Bank Robberies Escapee /episode/index/show/dtswpod/id/33254762

236 Little Shop of Horrors 1986 09/25/2024

236 Little Shop of Horrors 1986 On the 19th day of the month of December in a middle year of a decade not too long before our own the human race suddenly encountered a movie musical starring Rick Moranis. Join the boys as they tap their feet and discuss if 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 Skid Row Musicals /episode/index/show/dtswpod/id/32891702

235 Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants 2005 Guest Jacqueline Carr 09/18/2024

235 Sisterhood Of The Traveling Pants 2005 Guest Jacqueline Carr In the UK pants are what Americans call underwear. Was this movie called traveling pants in England? And if so, were people disappointed when they weren’t watching a film with everyone running around in their panties? Anyway, what did Joe and George think of this movie? 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 Documentary Girl’s Soccer Mall /episode/index/show/dtswpod/id/32891672

234 The People vs. Larry Flynt 1996 09/11/2024

234 The People vs. Larry Flynt 1996 He’s a smut peddler. She’s a drug-addled stripper. And they are…in love? That aside, the most shocking thing in this pic is being reminded that the Supreme Court wasn’t always a rubber stamp for right wing BS. Join the boys as they discuss that and anything else that pops into their heads. 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 Porn Ban Cable Ban Making Porn Play Susan Faludi article Jerry Falwell, Hustler Capri Ad Patron Script Link: /episode/index/show/dtswpod/id/32891752

233 Ten Things I Hate About You 1999 09/04/2024

233 Ten Things I Hate About You 1999 It’s Taming of the Shrew but set in a high school because, honestly, would you sit through Shakespeare unless it had an updated spin? Shakespeare straight is boring. Dude wrote his plays over 400 years ago. You think his stuff is still fresh? And is this movie? The boys 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 WTO Protests The Truth About 7 Common Concussion Myths /episode/index/show/dtswpod/id/32852432

232 Win Win 2011 08/28/2024

232 Win Win 2011 Paul Giamatti plays a lawyer who engages in defrauding an elderly client while getting mixed up in the life of a nice teenager and his not so nice mom. Joe hasn’t seen this movie since it came out. George has never seen it. Will it win the boys over? 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 HS Wrestling. Crooked Lawyer Patron Script Link: /episode/index/show/dtswpod/id/32753632

231 Anger Management 2003 08/21/2024

231 Anger Management 2003 One of the hosts of this program had to manage his anger as he sat through this Adam Sandler\Jack Nicholson movie that he…did…not…like.. Listen and find out which one. 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 Pill Culture Pops Genetic Map /episode/index/show/dtswpod/id/32625017

230 Gone Baby Gone 2007 08/14/2024

230 Gone Baby Gone 2007 The world’s worst mom, Boston’s dirtiest cops , a very young PI and a missing child add up to one very unusual child abduction case. Or is it a child abduction case? George and Joe look into the mystery that was Gone Baby Gone. 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 World Series Baby Names Bomb Scare /episode/index/show/dtswpod/id/32553577

229 Crimson Tide 1995 08/07/2024

229 Crimson Tide 1995 Denzel Washington and Gene Hackman star. Do you enjoy all male movies with lots of shouting and no sex? Then this may be the movie for you. But what do the boys think? 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 Rebels Violation /episode/index/show/dtswpod/id/32447532

228 Doubt 2008 07/24/2024

228 Doubt 2008 Philip Seymour Hoffman plays a priest who might or might not be a pedo. Meryl Streep is a nun who thinks there is no might about it, he’s a pedo. Meanwhile, poor Amy Adams doesn’t know what to think. But George and Joe do. 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 Pope at Yankee Stadium Newsday Poll /episode/index/show/dtswpod/id/32239737

227 Death Race 2000 1975 w/ Kitt Nowokunski 07/17/2024

227 Death Race 2000 1975 w/ Kitt Nowokunski Ever hear someone refer to vehicular homicide as “earning points?” This is where that started. Joe takes a vacation, George does history, and Kitt Nowokunski tells us all about Death Race 2000 from 1975! 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 Nazi’s Wife Wants Out Lake Hill's New Figure 8 Races Likened To Demolition Derbies Racetrack Management School Set /episode/index/show/dtswpod/id/32147602

226 GI JANE 1997 07/10/2024

226 GI JANE 1997 She’s a real American hero! Join the boys as they look back at this film about a woman who joins the Navy SEALS. 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 Seal Imposter Navy Seal Dies Navy Seal Training /episode/index/show/dtswpod/id/32055472

225 Love and Basketball 2000 07/03/2024

225 Love and Basketball 2000 We Americans have had Love American Style. We’ve had a Love Boat. We had a Love Story. And 24 years ago we got Love and Basketball. Now the boys see if 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 Los Angeles Lakers Weddings UK Wife Carrying Race /episode/index/show/dtswpod/id/31945392

224 Starship Troopers 1997 06/26/2024

224 Starship Troopers 1997 Are the bugs the baddies or is it the human race? Well, only one of them looks fascist as hell and it’s not the insects. The boys discuss. 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 Nazi Gold UFO /episode/index/show/dtswpod/id/31887087

223 Down Periscope 1996 06/19/2024

223 Down Periscope 1996 We’ve seen misfits in a police academy. We’ve seen misfits in a school. We’ve seent misfits in a mall. Now, we get misfits on a submarine! Oh, boy! 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 Roboships Spy /episode/index/show/dtswpod/id/31725377

222 Full Metal Jacket 1987 06/12/2024

222 Full Metal Jacket 1987 Hey, you maggot!. We will not love you long time. We will not sucky sucky. But we will tell you what we think of this movie. And you will be happy about it, you goddamn communist heathen. 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 How accurate is the portrayal of the Marine Corps boot camp in Full Metal Jacket? Booze and Sex Scandal Sgt Stufflebeam Demoted Charges Dropped /episode/index/show/dtswpod/id/31374452

221 Rent 2005 06/05/2024

221 Rent 2005 Moo with us! Or maybe get a place in Santa Fe? We promise, it won’t take us 525,600 minutes to tell you what we think of this movie. Housing Bias HIV Open Mic 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 /episode/index/show/dtswpod/id/31590752

220 Buffalo Soldiers 2003 05/22/2024

220 Buffalo Soldiers 2003 Released after 9/11 and the start of the war in Iraq this film left American audiences pretty damn angry. Criminal GIs and low life, if not outright incompetent military officers, were not going with the prevailing zeitgeist to say the least. Well, it’s now been over 20 years, why not join the boys as they explore how this film plays today? 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 Germany and France Oppose War NBC News War Stats Donohue fired The Real Reason Donohue was fired /episode/index/show/dtswpod/id/31370422

219 Buck and The Preacher 1972 05/15/2024

219 Buck and The Preacher 1972 It’s an old movie that George has never even heard but Joe sure has. He watched it in real time, so you know it’s old, and so is he, 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 /episode/index/show/dtswpod/id/31249197

218 Cocktail 1988 05/08/2024

218 Cocktail 1988 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 /episode/index/show/dtswpod/id/31165072

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