Legends Podcast

Hi and Welcome to Legends Podcast Here we discuss Entertainment Legends, and Legendary entertainment. Cult, Classic, New, Old, Original, Sequels, Reboot, Remake, web, TV and more, for better or worse. Come and meet Beef, Lobster, Rum Daddy, Rita and many other special guest as we comment on our favorite entertainment.

Legends Podcast #790: Aug-Heist: The Shawshank Redemption (1994) 08/05/2026

Legends Podcast #790: Aug-Heist: The Shawshank Redemption (1994) Legends Podcast is cracking open the cinematic vault and bringing you a whole month of cons, capers, and car chases! Whether you’re a wrongfully-convicted banker or an aspiring fashion designer, you’ll find the big score right here on our podcast. This is Aug-Heist! This week takes us to Maine’s Shawshank Prison for a 1994 film directed by Frank Darabont based on a Stephen King novella. When Andy Dufresne is locked up for a crime he claims to be innocent of, he’ll go to extraordinary lengths to survive, including ripping off the crooked warden and planning an elaborate escape. With an ensemble cast including Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman, Bob Gunton, William Sadler, Clancy Brown, Gil Bellows, and James Whitmore, the film bombed at the box office upon initial release. However, the film scored strong reviews and seven Oscar nominations, and with word-of-mouth finally catching up, it went on to become the top-rented film of 1995. The film began airing regularly on the cable network TNT, turning it into something of a pop culture phenomenon. Today, the film frequently appears on lists of the best films ever made - a true example of a film that was sentenced to cinematic obscurity but escaped and stole the hearts of its audience. Now we’re reviewing one film that “got away” from us last Aug-Heist… The Shawshank Redemption! For more geeky podcasts visit GO VISIT THE OSR The Ohio State Reformatory. Paid tours are available and a great place to roam and see history in many forms. You can find us on iTunes under ''Legends Podcast''. Please subscribe and give us a positive review. You can also follow us on Twitter @LegendsPodcast or even better, send us an e-mail: You can write to Rum Daddy directly: You can find all our contact information here on the Network page of GonnaGeek.com Our complete archive is always available at , Show Music:Danger Storm by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 /episode/index/show/legendspodcast/id/42321920

Legends Podcast #789: Miracle Mile (1988) 07/29/2026

Legends Podcast #788: Murder By Death (1976) 07/22/2026

Legends Podcast #787: The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover (1989) 07/15/2026

Legends Podcast #786: The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025) 07/08/2026

Legends Podcast #786: The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025) We’re celebrating summer by heading to the drive-in! Over the next two weeks, we’re bringing you a double bill of blockbuster movies from last summer. Maybe you saw them, maybe you missed them, but we think you’ll enjoy Last Summer’s Drive-In Movie Double Feature! Hit the restroom, refill your popcorn, and settle in for a late night… our second feature is starting now! Marvel’s first family has had a long and sometimes tortured cinematic history. After several Saturday morning cartoons, they almost made their first big-screen outing in 1994 in a low-budget production from B-movie master Roger Corman. However, the film was buried by Marvel producer Avi Arad and is only available on bootleg. They finally hit the silver screen in 2005 with a big-budget film, which was successful enough to earn a sequel in 2007. A reboot, Fant4stic, was released in 2015 to poor reviews and box office results. With Disney’s purchase of 20th Century Fox, the stars of the World's Greatest Comic Magazine were finally folded into the Marvel Cinematic Universe with the release of this 2025 film, colon First Steps. Starring Pedro Pascal as Mister Fantastic, Vanessa Kirby as The Invisible Woman, Joseph Quinn as the Human Torch, and Ebon Moss-Bacharach as the ever-lovin’ blue-eyed Thing, this fantastic flick was the first film in MCU Phase Six of the Multiverse Saga and the first MCU installment set entirely in another universe. The Matt Shakman-directed film received solid reviews and outperformed the other two Marvel films released last year. Join us as we bring our drive-in movie viewing to a close with The Fantastic Four: First Steps! BONUS- POWER PACKED EPISODE.. Plus, we give our review of Supergirl! For more geeky podcasts visit You can find us on iTunes under ''Legends Podcast''. Please subscribe and give us a positive review. You can also follow us on Twitter @LegendsPodcast or even better, send us an e-mail: You can write to Rum Daddy directly: You can find all our contact information here on the Network page of GonnaGeek.com Our complete archive is always available at , Show Music:Danger Storm by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 /episode/index/show/legendspodcast/id/42002395

Legends Podcast #785: Superman (2025) 07/01/2026

Legends Podcast #785: Superman (2025) We’re celebrating summer by heading to the drive-in! Over the next two weeks, we’re bringing you a double bill of blockbuster movies from last summer. Maybe you saw them, maybe you missed them, but we think you’ll enjoy Last Summer’s Drive-In Movie Double Feature! Grab a corndog, tune in your radio, or hang that weird staticky speaker in your window… our first feature is starting now! In 2022, after Discovery, Inc. and WarnerMedia merged to become Warner Bros. Discovery, CEO David Zaslav hired director James Gunn and producer Peter Safran to lead the newly-formed DC Studios, rebooting the divisive and ultimately financially unsuccessful DC Extended Universe, the so-called Snyderverse, into what is simply known as the DC Universe. The first official film in the new DCU slate, called “Chapter 1: Gods and Monsters,” (nod to last week) was a soft-reboot of the universe focusing on the same character Zach Snyder used in 2013 to start his universe: the Man of Steel himself, the Last Son of Krypton, Superman. With the vibe of “we now join the program already in progress,” this overstuffed actioner sees David Corenswet don the tights as Kal-El / Clark Kent, Nicholas Hoult shave his head as Lex Luthor, and Rachel Broshnan step behind the keyboard as intrepid reporter Lois Lane. Oh, and there’s about a bajillion other people in this movie (plus one cute CGI dog and some robots) because let’s just throw the spaghetti at the wall and see what sticks. Imagine the pastabilities! Earth’s yellow sun was shining, however, as the film scored the tenth highest-grossing release of 2025, was the highest-grossing superhero film of that year, and was the first DC-based film to surpass all Marvel films released within a single year since The Dark Knight in 2008 - when the first Iron Man hit screens. But with this film’s spin-off/follow-up already in theaters and a sequel in production, is Superman still bulletproof or has this pocket universe already met its Kryptonite? For more geeky podcasts visit You can find us on iTunes under ''Legends Podcast''. Please subscribe and give us a positive review. You can also follow us on Twitter @LegendsPodcast or even better, send us an e-mail: You can write to Rum Daddy directly: You can find all our contact information here on the Network page of GonnaGeek.com Our complete archive is always available at , Show Music:Danger Storm by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 /episode/index/show/legendspodcast/id/41915375

Legends Podcast #784: Gods and Monsters (1998) 06/24/2026

Legends Podcast #784: Gods and Monsters (1998) Director James Whale brought Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein to the big screen in 1931, and followed it up with classics like The Invisible Man, The Old Dark House, and Bride of Frankenstein. Throughout his Hollywood career, Whale lived as an openly gay man, something quite rare in the ‘20s and ‘30s. Along with his horror pictures, Whale directed Remember Last Night?, Show Boat, and The Man in the Iron Mask before retiring from filmmaking in 1942. One of his last major pictures, The Road Back, a sequel to the Great War movie All Quiet on the Western Front, was the victim of studio interference - and Nazi German influence - which contributed to Whale’s decision to leave Hollywood. His sexuality, according to contemporaries, was well-known, but “nobody made a thing out of it.” However, Whale’s later life was marred by health problems leading up to his suicide in 1957 at age 67. Christopher Bram’s 1995 novel, Father of Frankenstein, explored what his last days could have been like, with filmmaker Bill Condon penning and directing a 1998 adaptation starring Ian McKellen, Brendan Fraser, and Lynn Redgrave. Condon’s script won an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay, and McKellen and Redgrave were both nominated, but the film failed to attract lightning at the box office. Now, as we wrap up our mini-Pride Month film festival, we welcome a new world with Gods and Monsters! For more geeky podcasts visit You can find us on iTunes under ''Legends Podcast''. Please subscribe and give us a positive review. You can also follow us on Twitter @LegendsPodcast or even better, send us an e-mail: You can write to Rum Daddy directly: You can find all our contact information here on the Network page of GonnaGeek.com Our complete archive is always available at , Show Music:Danger Storm by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 /episode/index/show/legendspodcast/id/41788290

Legends Podcast #783: To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995) 06/17/2026

Legends Podcast #782: Spaceballs (1987) 06/11/2026

Legends Podcast #781: The Illusionist (2006) 06/03/2026

Legends Podcast #780: Goldfinger (1964) 05/27/2026

Legends Podcast #780: Goldfinger (1964) Nineteen Sixty-Four was a huge year for cinema, especially for movie musicals. Mary Poppins and My Fair Lady went one and two at the annual box office, with the French film The Umbrellas of Cherbourg and The Beatles’ first film, A Hard Day's Night, becoming breakout hits. But for his birth year pick, Rum Daddy didn’t play along with the band. He went with Bond. James Bond. Yes, the third outing for the British superspy landed in third place at the ‘64 box office, cementing the budding franchise’s blockbuster status. Starring Sean Connery as Ian Fleming’s secret agent once again, the film established many of the series’ standards, including the pre-title action sequence and the “now pay attention, 007,” briefing by Desmond Llewelyn’s Q, followed by the introduction of many gadgets and the iconic Aston Martin DB-5. And then there’s the titular villain, played by Gert Fröbe, who can’t quite help explaining his entire evil plan to the hero and his silent-but-imposing henchman, Oddjob, who has invented weaponized headwear. And, of course, we must have a Bond girl, or four, toplined by Honor Blackman as the improbably named Pussy Galore. But does Rum Daddy have the Midas Touch? Is this not only the best film from the year he was born, but could it also be the best Bond movie ever? Join us as we paint the town gold with 1964’s Goldfinger! For more geeky podcasts visit You can find us on iTunes under ''Legends Podcast''. Please subscribe and give us a positive review. You can also follow us on Twitter @LegendsPodcast or even better, send us an e-mail: You can write to Rum Daddy directly: You can find all our contact information here on the Network page of GonnaGeek.com Our complete archive is always available at , Show Music:Danger Storm by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 /episode/index/show/legendspodcast/id/41434790

Legends Podcast #779: The Help (2011) 05/20/2026

Legends Podcast #778: Tropic Thunder (2008) 05/13/2026

Legends Podcast #778: Tropic Thunder (2008) Around the same time that cinematic universes began to dominate every multiplex, one satire landed like a live grenade tossed directly into Hollywood’s lap. Co-written, directed by, and starring Ben Stiller, the movie follows the catastrophically doomed production of an over-budget Vietnam War epic whose cast of self-absorbed actors - including Stiller’s fading action hero, Jack Black’s substance-abusing comedy star, and Robert Downey Jr. as a thespian who goes a little too method - find themselves dropped into a real jungle conflict in a parody proudly following in the footsteps of The Three Amigos and Galaxy Quest. Along with a platoon of scene-stealers and a nearly unrecognizable Tom Cruise, the film took a proverbial machete to prestige filmmaking, Oscar bait performances, and celebrity egos with a ferocity rarely seen in big-budget studio comedies. While it’s undeniable that the film was a critical and commercial success, it feels equally unbelievable that Downey’s performance earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. But nearly twenty years later, does this savage send-up of Hollywood excess still land laughs with explosive energy, or has “cancel” culture invaded film discourse to the point that merely discussing it feels like wading into a minefield? Join us as we pop open a fresh can of Booty Sweat, crank some Ludacris, and prepare to put ourselves in the shit with Tropic Thunder! For more geeky podcasts visit You can find us on iTunes under ''Legends Podcast''. Please subscribe and give us a positive review. You can also follow us on Twitter @LegendsPodcast or even better, send us an e-mail: You can write to Rum Daddy directly: You can find all our contact information here on the Network page of GonnaGeek.com Our complete archive is always available at , Show Music:Danger Storm by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 /episode/index/show/legendspodcast/id/41273620

Legends Podcast #777: Hook (1991) 05/06/2026

Legends Podcast #777: Hook (1991) Thirty-five years ago, Steven Spielberg released his updated take on the classic children's story Peter Pan by J. M. Barrie. Arriving in theaters in 1991 with enormous expectations, the film was toplined by four actors at the height of their fame: Robin Williams stars as an aged-up Peter, fresh off Dead Poets Society and Awakenings - and just a year away from Aladdin and Mrs. Doubtfire; Dustin Hoffman, riding high after his Oscar win for Rain Man, as the titular Captain Hook; Julia Roberts, newly-minted as America’s sweetheart after Pretty Woman, donning the wings as Tinkerbell; and Bob Hoskins as Mister Smee, following up his breakout blockbuster Who Framed Roger Rabbit. With a prime Christmas release date and a sweeping John Williams score, the film looked destined to become an instant Spielberg swashbuckling classic. Instead, a famously troubled production - marked by massive (and expensive) sets, shooting that ran 40 days over schedule, and a strained relationship between director Spielberg and ingénue Roberts - resulted in a film that critics were quick to call indulgent and uneven. Spielberg himself later admitted frustration with the project, and despite solid box‑office returns, the film was seen as a disappointment during a peak period of Spielberg's career. And yet the pixie dust of nostalgia has quietly rewritten the narrative: the film has become something of a cult favorite, embraced by fans who grew up with VHS rewatches. Now we’re dropping anchor in Pirates Bay to see if Hook conjures up any happy thoughts, or if it is better off getting lost, boy! For more geeky podcasts visit You can find us on iTunes under ''Legends Podcast''. Please subscribe and give us a positive review. You can also follow us on Twitter @LegendsPodcast or even better, send us an e-mail: You can write to Rum Daddy directly: You can find all our contact information here on the Network page of GonnaGeek.com Our complete archive is always available at , Show Music:Danger Storm by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 /episode/index/show/legendspodcast/id/41171950

Legends Podcast ITHACON 49 Special: Chris Condon & Ultimate Wolverine 05/02/2026

Legends Podcast #776: The Secret of NIMH (1982) 04/29/2026

Legends Podcast Special: Interview with Ve Neill, Oscar-Winning Makeup Artist 04/26/2026

Legends Podcast Special: Interview with Ve Neill, Oscar-Winning Makeup Artist This week, we have a special treat for you, as we are joined by Legendary makeup artist Ve Neill! After being inspired by Planet of the Apes cosplayers at a sci-fi convention, Ve began her career and has worked with makeup and effects artists like Fred Phillips, John Chambers, Rick Baker, Greg Cannom, and Stan Winston. Ve has collaborated with directors like Tim Burton, Chris Columbus, Ron Howard, Steven Spielberg, and Robert Zemeckis, and worked on famous faces like Johnny Depp, Danny DeVito, Paul Reubens, and Robin Williams. Her talents have featured extensively in blockbuster franchises including The Amazing Spider-Man, Batman, The Hunger Games, Pirates of the Caribbean, Star Trek, and X-Men. She has won three Academy Awards, for her work on Beetlejuice, Mrs. Doubtfire, and Ed Wood, and has been nominated for eight Oscars in total. She’s also won two Emmys and served as a judge on SyFy’s reality TV makeup competition series Face Off. Most appropriately, Ve opened her own school, Legends Makeup Academy, in Los Angeles in 2021. Ve spills the tea on working with wonderful (and difficult!) celebs, her favorite projects, and behind-the-scenes stories from her decades in making movie magic! ! Follow Ve on Instagram: Check out Ve’s new film The Wolf and the Lamb, in theaters April 24: Support Ve’s project Haunted Hookers on Kickstarter: For more geeky podcasts visit You can find us on iTunes under ''Legends Podcast''. Please subscribe and give us a positive review. You can also follow us on Twitter @LegendsPodcast or even better, send us an e-mail: You can write to Rum Daddy directly: You can find all our contact information here on the Network page of GonnaGeek.com Our complete archive is always available at , Show Music:Danger Storm by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 /episode/index/show/legendspodcast/id/41023390