Chillpak Hollywood Hour

Original Air Date: Monday 21 August, 9 pm Eastern Description: Pop quiz: What show features discussions about the great Motown artist Barrett strong, founding member of The Eagles Randy Meisner, Tony Bennett, Pee-wee Herman, the director of The Exorcist and The French Connection , a rock musical parody of The Exorcist , Dean’s final (?) “X-Files” improv (at a forthcoming “X-Files” convention), and...

Original Air Date: Monday 14 August, 9 pm Eastern Description: This weekend, Dean and Phil recorded one VERY LONG conversation that will be edited into the next two installments of YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour. The next time they record, they will be together in Dean's Motor City-adjacent stomping grounds! This week, you will hear your friends in broadcasting and podcasting discussing the new cine...

Original Air Date: Monday 7 August, 9 pm Eastern Description: This week, after a cold open involving Pee Wee Herman and David Hasselhoff, Dean and Phil discuss Dean's travel plans, a big 30th anniversary "X-Files" convention and the latest news involving the Hollywood labor battles. Then Dean offers up another suggestion of a vintage television series you might want to avail yourself of while no n...

Original Air Date: Monday 31 July, 9 pm Eastern Description: It's Happy Birthday to Dean Haglund and boy has he been celebrating! On this week's show, you will hear all about his celebrations. You will also hear about his road trip to upstate New York. And you will hear about a very bizarre social calendar for Phil! The latest news in the writers and actors strikes gets discussed, as does the cont...

Original Air Date: Monday 24 June, 9 pm Eastern Description: This week's show picks up where last week's show left off, in a cold open about Godard's Contempt and Scorsese's Raging Bull . Then, Dean and Phil talk about the importance of supporting movie theaters, and Dean offers up another vintage TV title ripe for viewing/re-viewing during what promises to be a very lengthy halt in television pro...

Original Air Date: Monday 17 June, 9 pm Eastern Description: A question from a loyal listener like you (yes, YOU!) leads to a passionate and thoughtful discussion about what television and movies you should be watching while no new television and movies are being made due to the writers' and actors' strikes. Moreover, Dean and Phil will discuss the ways all of us can greatly improve the chances of...

Original Air Date: Monday 10 June, 9 pm Eastern Description: This week’s show begins with a cold open about Spanish film star Carmen Sevilla. It continues with Dean and Phil previewing an email from a loyal listener (that they will answer on NEXT week’s show). The email involves the ongoing Writer’s Guild strike and Dean and Phil use it as a springboard to discussing the latest labor negotiation n...

Original Air Date: Monday 3 June, 9 pm Eastern Description: A question about UFO Disclosure from a listener leads to a fascinating, hilarious and inspiring opening to this week's show. Afterwards, Dean and Phil follow up on their (ongoing) discussion surrounding the Kirk Douglas-starring musical version of "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" by appreciating the all-too overlooked actress Susan Hampshire and...

Original Air Date: Monday 26 June, 9 pm Eastern Description: The riddle: What show covers the best film of 2023 (thus far), one of the best films of the 21st century (a movie from Hungary), the 11th greatest film of all time (according to the Sight and Sound poll), AND one of the worst films of all time (a musical version of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde ), in addition to drag shows in Florida, the char...

Original Air Date: Monday 19 June, 9 pm Eastern Description: After a cold open about the found of Hollywood’s Magic Castle and about the greatest professional football player of all time, this week’s show gets started with Dean discussing upcoming "X-Files" convention appearances. And, thanks to an email from a loyal listener like you (yes, YOU!), Dean will share one of the most hilarious behind-t...

Original Air Date: Monday 12 June, 9 pm Eastern Description: This week’s show begins with Dean and Phil discussing one of Dean's all-time favorite films and filmmakers: My Winnipeg by Guy Maddin. Phil hails it as perhaps the greatest film NOT to be on the Sight and Sound poll of the 250 greatest films ever made. From great movies to great television, your friends in podcasting and broadcasting shi...

Original Air Date: Monday 5 June, 9 pm Eastern Description: Dean previews his upcoming improv show. Phil previews his forthcoming travels with his cat. Dean and Phil analyze the latest news in the escalating showdown between the Hollywood studios and the creative unions, including the terms of the tentative agreement between the studios and the directors. Then, the rest of the show is about a hand...

Original Air Date: Monday 29 May, 9 pm Eastern Description: After three special theme shows celebrating their 16 years of changing the way people listen to the internet, your friends in podcasting and broadcasting are back doing whatever the heck it is they usually do! Dean and Phil discuss all the news coming out of the Cannes Film Festival and the latest in the ongoing labor turmoil in Hollywood...

Original Air Date: Monday 22 May, 9 pm Eastern Description: We hope you enjoyed last week's special episode celebrating the cinematic legacies of two of Hollywood's greatest actor/producers - Kirk Douglas and Burt Lancaster. This week is part 2 of that conversation, and covers the years 1960-1990. Some great movies, some horrible but (unintentionally) hilarious movies, and some fascinating stories...

Original Air Date: Monday 15 May, 9 pm Eastern Description: This week, year 17 gets underway in style with the first part of a special two-part theme show where Dean and Phil discuss the cinematic legacies of two of the biggest stars of all time: Kirk Douglas and Burt Lancaster. This episode focuses on these famous actor-producers' careers though the year 1960. And it also involves discussions of...

Original Date: May 8, 2007 Dean Haglund and Phil Leirness bring you movie chat from the inner workings of Hollywood’s indie film machine. Today’s Topics: Dean comments on a documentary he saw at the Silver Lake Film Festival called Improbable Collapse, and Phil reports on a “star” ceremony in Palm Springs, an addition to their Walk of Fame. The guys also talk about Spiderman 3, Waitress, the MPAA...

Original Air Date: Monday 8 May, 9 pm Eastern Description: On the 8th of May 2007, good friends and collaborators Dean Haglund and Phil Leirness started to "change the way people listen to the internet" with a free weekly podcast called "From the Heart of Hollywood". Eventually, of course, the show became known as YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour and today the show turns 16 years of age, old enough to...

Original Air Date: Monday 1 May, 9 pm Eastern Description: Rabbit, Rabbit! Welcome to May and welcome to the final show of year 15 of YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour where Dean and Phil get the ball rolling by discussing the obituary fictional character Dame Edna wrote for her creator prior to his death. Phil remembers the legendary playwright Robert Patrick and he and Dean ponder the life - not the...

Original Air Date: Monday 24 April, 9 pm Eastern Description: This week's show begins with plenty of mystery as Phil riddles Dean about a hidden Japanese teahouse and a vintage movie ad from the late 1970s! Then, Dean and Phil tackle a wide array of topics including a commemoration of Japanese internment, the latest lawsuit involving Alec Baldwin and Phil’s encounter with Malcolm McDowell. In "Cel...

Original Air Date: Monday 17 April, 9 pm Eastern Description: Dean is back from Amsterdam and he and Phil have a lot to discuss! Dean has advice on travel, and has stories about Vermeer, Rembrandt and Heineken. Phil has stories about TCM host (and Czar of Noir) Eddie Muller, and stories about stepping down from his roles at the famed Los Angeles Breakfast Club. Dean and Phil discuss the possible f...

Original Air Date: Monday 10 April, 9 pm Eastern Description: On this week's brand new installment, friend of the show and great music journalist Yoshi Kato joins Phil to celebrate the life and legacy of the brilliant composer, musician and actor Ryuichi Sakamoto, who died at the age of 71. Then, Phil and Dean welcome back Eric Mark, who gives a full report on this year's Sundance Film Festival, r...

Original Air Date: Monday 3 April, 9 pm Eastern Description: This week's show begins with a round of Dean and Phil's vintage movie ad game before becoming a preview of April events to which Dean and Phil are looking forward. From there, the show seques into a discussion of the latest news surrounding the Rust on-set shooting trial as well as the latest news involving the ever-expanding on-screen u...

Original Air Date: Monday 27 March, 9 pm Eastern Description: Welcome to an excellent installment of your Chillpak Hollywood Hour that begins with tales of springtime before a couple of great soapbox moments courtesy of the “sensitivity editing” of Agatha Christie and newspaper headline treatments of black men in the media. An actress who starred in many beloved projects, a screenwriter behind cro...

Original Air Date: Monday 20 March, 9 pm Eastern Description: This week’s show begins with “What We’re Reading” and continues by asking such big questions as: Is the John Wick franchise the best action franchise ever? Is “Andor” the best iteration of Star Wars ever? Is “Severance” one of the best television series ever? Was there anything memorable from last week’s Oscar telecast? Are the prosecut...

Original Air Date: Monday 13 March, 9 pm Eastern Description: The bulk of this week’s show is comprised of two pre-recorded interviews with special guests. The first was a conversation between Phil and Eric Kurland, the pre-eminent authority on the art, science and history of 3-D. The second was recorded last weekend on Santa Monica Boulevard in Hollywood outside the Broadwater Plunge (with a live...