Tag[]
- "Are you ready to (the Broadway equivalent of) rock? In this episode we discuss Rock of Ages."
Movie Summary[]
Premise[]
A small town girl and a city boy meet on the Sunset Strip while pursuing their Hollywood dreams.
Story[]
The songs of Journey, Bon Jovi, Def Leppard and other artists underscore a tale of big dreams in Hollywood. Soon after hopping off a bus from the Midwest, aspiring singer Sherrie Christian immediately finds herself in trouble. Coming to her rescue is Drew, a bar-back at the legendary club the Bourbon Room. With stars in their eyes, the young lovers chase their dreams, but a misunderstanding involving rock god Stacee Jaxx threatens to tear them apart.
- Freddy Krueger @13:30
Final Judgments[]
- judgment unclear (Hallie) @35:20
- Between Bad-Bad Movie and Movie I Kinda Liked (Dan) @36:00
- Bad-Bad Movie (Elliott) @36:45
Episode Highlights[]
Tangents[]
- Encyclopedia Brown
Movie Pitches[]
Quotes[]
Elliott: Now, should we talk about what happens in this movie? Dan: Well, I think you could probably imagine what happens in this movie. Hallie: I don't think so. Elliott: All we've said is: a jukebox musical with '80s power ballads. Hallie: I didn't imagine what happened in that... Dan: Imagine that somebody is trying to construct a musical comedy around the existing songs, and then just imagine the generic plot that that would be. And that's pretty close to what it— Elliott: Okay, so let me try to guess it. A caveman and an astronaut fall in love at a discotheque. Suddenly, a volcano erupts. It turns out that the Babylonian god Bel Marduk is angry. They're gonna have to find five magic gemstones, each of which is buried inside of a different famous singer's brain...
- — @06:15
Elliott: You see those videos online of evangelical exorcisms and stuff like that. Usually the demons want to make people gay— Dan: Yeah. Elliott: —and that's what they exorcise out. And it's like...demons: is that the biggest...like, that's the most damage you could think up? Hallie: Yeah, demons: you gotta get with the times! Dan: Usually they exercise it by inserting a penis into a butthole, you know. Elliott: Oh, Dan. Dan: I'm just saying! Elliott: Dan, this is a family podcast. Dan: Is it? I've been doing it wrong all these years!
- — @54:40
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Listener Mail[]
Mailbag Song[]
- @Time
Letters[]
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Recommendations[]
- Time Limit (Year) by Karl Malden (Elliott) @57:15
- Red Dawn (1984) by John Milius (Hallie) @59:30
- Tabloid (Year) by Errol Morris (Dan) @1:00:40
- Werner Herzog @1:01:10