Chillpak Hollywood Hour

Original Air Date: Monday 6 March, 9 pm Eastern Description: Dean is back in Los Angeles and Phil picks him up at the Eastern Columbia and they take to the mean streets of Los Angeles at the outset of this week’s show! Topics discussed include Dean’s experiences with the late character actor Tom Sizemore, the live-streamed Chris Rock special on Netflix, and the disappearance of the great actor Jul...

Original Air Date: Monday 27 February, 9 pm Eastern Description: Dean and Phil commiserate about power outages in Dean's Michigan neighborhood and about snow in Los Angeles! More important than winter season weather, however, are which way the winds are blowing in Hollywood's award season and they discuss the latest news and how it affects handicapping this year's Best Picture Oscar race. Long bef...

Original Air Date: Monday 20 February, 9 pm Eastern Description: This week's show begins with a cold open wherein Dean and Phil discuss Phil’s 4th wedding anniversary, 100 years of Disney, and 16 years of Chillpak, while also celebrating the life and cultural legacy of Burt Bacharach. Dean then reveals his plans to see 80 for Brady (!) before he and Phil compare notes on Pearl , the sequel to X ....

Chillpak Hollywood Hour – Season 3, Episode 54 Original Air Date: Monday 13 February, 9 pm Eastern Description: This week's show picks up right where last week’s show left off with Dean and Phil revealing which films topped their lists as the best of 2022! Dean regales (?) with tales of his recent adventures in the nation's capital before he and Phil compare notes on their respective Valentine’s D...

Original Air Date: Monday 6 February, 9 pm Eastern Description: Last week, Dean and Phil discussed the ten films nominated for the Best Picture Oscar, the ten films released in 2022 that earned the most revenue at the domestic U.S. box office, and the ten (or twelve) or so films the critics have come to consensus on as the best of the year. This week, it's Dean and Phil's turn! They will revel the...

Original Air Date: Monday 30 January, 9 pm Eastern Description: Your friends in podcasting and broadcasting start the show with a "cold open" about some greats of Italian cinema and the genius of Jennifer Coolidge and the cinematographer of "The White Lotus". Then, after Phil regales with tales of a one-day, 650 mile road trip to Turlock and back, Dean and Phil spend the bulk of the show doing a d...

Original Air Date: Monday 23 January, 9 pm Eastern Description: On this week's installment, your friends in broadcasting and podcasting tackle the latest show biz news, including criminal charges in the on-set shooting death of Halyna Hutchins, and the closure of dozens of multiplexes in the Regal Theater chain. Three musicians, two groundbreaking dancers, a legendary broadcaster and two famous ju...

Original Air Date: Monday 16 January, 9 pm Eastern Description: This week's show begins with Phil trying to surprise Dean with details of a very famous person who lived in what is now Dean’s hometown of Birmingham, Michigan, and then, Phil tries to stump Dean with a vintage movie ad (from 55 years ago!). Then, because they have been falling behind in discussing "Celebrity Deaths", Dean and Phil wi...

Original Air Date: Monday 9 January, 9 pm Eastern Description: Their cross-country holiday travels behind them, Dean is back in Michigan, Phil is back in Los Angeles, and they will regale you with stories of Hollywood parties, catch you up on awards season news, analyze the merits of two award hopefuls (the disastrous Babylon and the controversial The Whale ) and one indie horror film franchise. T...

Original Air Date: Monday 2 January, 9 pm Eastern Description: Happy 2023, everybody! Dean and Phil get the year off to a good start by regaling each other (and you) with their respective holiday week road trip adventures. Dean drove all the way back to Detroit and Phil explored the two-lane back roads of Maryland, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, as well as the mean streets of the Big Apple. Because...

Original Air Date: Monday 26 December, 9 pm Eastern Description: Happy St. Stephen's Day, Happy Boxing Day, Happy (final day of) Hanukkah AND Happy 2nd Day of Christmas! Dean and Phil celebrate it all by comparing notes on their holiday celebrations, by sharing stories of Dean's jury duty and of Phil's cross-country travels with THE Fuzz Aldrin! Film critics everywhere have been weighing in on the...

Original Air Date: Monday 19 December, 9 pm Eastern Description: Next Monday, your friends in broadcasting and podcasting will return with a brand new “live” show that will catch you up on all the news of the season. This week, it’s part two of the road trip adventure Dean and Phil recorded on Friday December 9 when they drove from downtown Los Angeles to Montecito and back. The Sight and Sound po...

Original Air Date: Monday 12 December, 9 pm Eastern Description: Hop into the car, and head up the California coast with Dean and Phil on this week’s rollicking, free-flowing show! Your journey begins on the mean streets of downtown Los Angeles (just outside a certain “historic building”) and concludes by a babbling creek in the tree-lined splendor of Montecito. At those destinations, and at local...

Original Air Date: Monday 5 December, 9 pm Eastern Description: Recorded late last week from a certain "historic building in downtown Los Angeles", this episode begins with Phil doffing his cap about what Dean got right in discussing Sarah Polley's Women Talking a few weeks back AND wagging his finger at what Dean got wrong while discussing Netflix's "Wednesday" this past week. Phil then hails Joe...

Original Air Date: Monday 28 November, 9 pm Eastern Description: Pile into the back of the car, buckle up, and join Dean and Phil, reunited on the mean streets of downtown Los Angeles, as they make their way into Hollywood for a live improv comedy show! On the way there, Dean reveals his Thanksgiving celebrations, Phil reveals his birthday celebrations, and they discuss the life and legacy of Iren...

Original Air Date: Monday 21 November, 9 pm Eastern Description: Dean is on a crazy road trip from Detroit, one that has led him to Des Moines and Denver. What city beginning with "De" will be his next stop? You will find out! The show opens with a tale of bad behavior by one of the biggest stars currently living in the Hollywood Hills. The latest on the Rust on-set shooting tragedy, and ensuing l...

Original Air Date: Monday 14 November, 9 pm Eastern Description: After a brief cold open about Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas, Dean and Phil switch gears from the Holiday Season to "Awards Season" as they tackle a handful of this year's award hopefuls, including Tár, Don't Worry Darling, The Menu, Cate Blanchett and Ralph Fiennes. There is a brand new "Lawsuit of the Week" AGAIN involving t...

Original Air Date: Monday 7 October, 9 pm Eastern Description: This week’s show opens with a brief interview with one of the stars of a "Live Event of the Week". Dean is in Washington, D.C. and he gives a full report on one of the most beautiful road trip sights he has seen and an exhibit at the National Gallery focusing on Joseph Singer Sargent. Phil has just returned from his (penultimate?) trip...

Original Air Date: Monday 31 October, 9 pm Eastern Description: Happy Halloween! Come trick-or-treating with Dean Haglund and Phil Leirness as they take a cinematic tour of “Horrorville USA”, the new nickname Phil has coined for Detroit! Several horror films get discussed, including the current Detroit-set shocker Barbarian as well as non-Detroit-based classics like The Leopard Man and Séance on a...

Original Air Date: Monday 24 October, 9 pm Eastern Description: A cold open about the horror classic (?) Phantasm gets the ball rolling on a fascinating, funny, free-wheeling conversation between Dean and Phil about such topics as Dean’s forthcoming creative endeavors, Phil’s stressful experience judging a costume competition, the ongoing Los Angeles city council scandal and the difference between...

Original Air Date: Monday 17 October, 9 pm Eastern Description: Dean is getting into the spirit of Halloween, Phil is dressing up in steam punk to judge a fashion show, and they are both curious about Jim Thorpe PA, and they talk about all of this! The death of Nikki Finke inspires a celebration and analysis of the Deadline Hollywood website that was her creation and a discussion of a recent headl...

Original Air Date: Monday 3 October, 9 pm Eastern Description: During this week’s cold open, Dean and Phil finish up their discussion of Marlon Brando and Jack Lemmon, offering up some final movie recommendations. Phil is back after a lengthy trip to the east coast and he returns with tales of a Shakespeare Theater production about Leonardo Da Vinci and thoughts inspired by Hurricane Ian about how...

Original Air Date: Monday 3 October, 9 pm Eastern Description: After another hilarious cold open, Dean and Phil briefly discuss the actors George C. Scott and William Shatner, the time their careers intersected, and how memory might have played a role in their careers. Then, it's a deep dive into the careers of two of the most accomplished screen stars of the 2nd half of the 20th Century: Marlon B...

Original Air Date: Monday 26 September, 9 pm Eastern Description: Ike Eisenmann starred in the "Witch Mountain" movies for Disney. He acted alongside such giants as George C. Scott. He appeared in award-winning movies like Martin Ritt's Cross Creek. He worked with William Shatner on numerous occasions. He even "stayed at his post while the trainees ran!" in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. Current...

Original Air Date: Monday 19 September, 9 pm Eastern Description: After a cold open that involves a fascinating horror film from the UK in the 1940s (a rarity at the time) and the scientific theories it helped spawn, Phil reveals the horrific travels he undertook since he last convened with Dean on YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour! In “Celebrity Deaths”, the political cinema of Jean-Luc Godard gets an...