I Can't Believe You Made Me Watch That

It only took us 91 days but we did it, we made it through the best movies of the 50's, leading us all the way here to BEN-HUR (1959), a movie that defines the word epic in every sense. is there a little blackface as well? brother it wouldnt be ICBYMMWT if there werent. helping us decide how much racism is TOO much racism is our old pal Josh, and his enchanted drink cart. If you wanna see Josh's (a...

We're going back in time, to when a man was a man and his mistress was a freshman in high school! that's right it's GIGI (1958), the colorful musical bonanza about how grooming is cute, actually! And back to help us get past that is our dear friennd Jimmie! welcome back, jim! Don't forget to spay and neuter your pets here: https://www.aspca.org/pet-care/general-pet-care/spayneuter-your-pet And if...

It's 2023 baybeeeey and you know what that means WE'RE BACK, refreshed and ready to talk the razzle dazzle world of..... prison camps? well they cnt all be glitz and glamour, folks. Fortunately we're joined by old friend Mat to talk military tactics, war crimes, and obi wan. HAPPY NEW YEARS!!!!! If you'd like a non-churchy alternative to AA, check these folks out:  https://www.smartrecovery.org/ I...

Alright! Let's start the back half of the best movies of the 50's with AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 DAYS (1956), based on the jules verne classic, starring anyone in show business with a decent agent! Helping us out is our old pal, Pete, returning for the first time this season! The movie is over three hours of white people treating the world like a zoo, but we kept the episode under 90 minutes for you....

"MY LONELINESS IS KILLIN' ME" - a big fat italian guy. Folks this week we're watching MARTY (1955), a movie about Marty! It stars ernest borgnine and refers to women almost exclusively as dogs! To help us figure out dating in our 30's in the 50's, we brought back Kelly Martin! It's Marty! If you or anyone you know is having thoughts of suicide, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline...

alright, with all the union talk in the air, let's watch the most celebrated movie about a guy selling out his unnion to the feds of all time: ON THE WATERFRONT (1954), directed by A FUCKIN RAT. And back to talk all about it are old friends Anna and Amy K, welcome back buds!  To bone up on the rail strike story going on right now, read these: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2022/11/rail-strike-why...

Ah the heady days of Hawaii in 1941; drinking, fighting, colonizing, getting gonorrhea... were we ever so young? to ruminate on this question and more, we're watching FROM HERE TO ETERNITY (1953) with our pal Beth Scorzato, and not worrying AT ALL about all the conspicuously placed calendars nearby noting that today is December 6th and that nothing infamous is expected in this weekend's forecast!...

We hope you like greasepaint and love pentangles, because it's clown week here on the pod and we're all horned up! Welcome, to THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH (1952), a movie that DARES to be half documentary, half soap opera, and the actors all actually have to do their own trapese work! To help us tackle this EPIC stunt with NO NET, we brought on our pal Jess, who is professionally qualified to set o...

We're back (again) this time we're feelin pretty patriotic so we brought on "all go, no quit, big nuts" Bill to be our special guest for the best movie of 1951, AN AMERICAN IN PARIS! We talk a lot about grooming, and also dancing, and also football. It's a real hoot! Enjoy! if you'd like to contribute to abortion funds across the country, here's a good central portal:  https://abortionfunds.org/ I...

well holy shit, we made it, it's the 1950s and we're sock-hoppin our way through the best movies of each year! First up, ALL ABOUT EVE (1950), the timeless tale of more than one woman existing in a place, and therefor drama and betrayal take place. Not the most enlightened story, but hey, Bette Davis is in it, so lets give it a whirl! At least we've got old friends Hilary and Josh back to keep us...

Our last film of the 1940's, ALL THE KING'S MEN (1949), is finally here! We get very spicy with the politics talk, remember some Cary Grant movies, and reccast the motherfucken X-Files. With special guest Amy K & Anna!!! if youd like to donate some warm winter gear, here's a good spot: https://www.onewarmcoat.org/share-warmth/donate-coats/ remember to register to vote! If youre minnesotan, head he...

Amy and her friend return from a brief hiatus to talk Olivier's adaptation of Shakespeare's masterpiece: HAMLET (1948)!! Joining them is their old pal, Nick, the only shakespeare expert they know. Welcome back! Go see the thrilling conclusion to the Laurie Strode Saga: https://www.halloweenmovie.com/ if you'd like to adopt a pet, find a rescue near you via bing.com! amy got hers here:  https://www...

Ah, at last, a movie about discrimination, where a white christian male pretends to be jewish so he can finally understand that bigotry is everywhere. His best friend is Jewish, but why ask him? Much more fun to go undercover!! It's the best movie of 1947, GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT, which is apparently not code for swapping wives! Who knew?? If you'd like to contribute to a Jewish organization fightin...

Wow it's been a crazy week for your hosts, losts of visitors and travel, but we SOMEHOW squeezed out an episode on time! This week we're tackling PTSD and piss poor social safety nets with THE BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES (1946), with special guest Steve! If you'd like to learn more about the fight for disability rights and how you can help, go to this website:  https://adapt.org/ And as always, check...

WARNING: this week's episode is about alcoholism, and true to our nature, we talk about it in both serious and silly terms. We talk about it medically, and also personally, with our own experiences and memories. If hearing this type of shit would bum you out or make you upset, we get it! Skip this one! We'll see you next week, talking about something else! Love you so much! For everyone else, we'r...

folks, it finally happened: one of us got Covid on air. There we were, enjoying some middle-of-the-road light comedy about catholic priests spending a lot of unsupervised time with troubled young boys when suddenly, the test results were in. and from there it was all downhill. Anyways, we watched GOING MY WAY (1944) with our pal Sarah! We talked all about the songs, the oscars, the entertainment T...

Ah, Morocco! Land of... mystery! Intrigue! and Marital infidelity! Yes folks, it's finally here, we're watching the best movie of 1943, CASABLANCA (1942)!! I know the years are getting wishy-washy here, but the Academy has it's rules and we're slaves to them, same as you are. Anyways... Mystery! And here to assist our journey is none other than literal professional journey-assister, Dan Dewald! We...

New Deccade! New guests! New week! New movie! Folks we've got an awful lot of everything in this one, as we finally go toe to toe with the stinkin' Nazis in the 1942 classic MRS. MINIVER. We're watching our kids fall in love, watching our friend cultivate new breeds of flowers, and sailing off to Dunkirk as we keep calm and carry on to VICTORY! Joining us to help black out our windows and build ou...

folks, somehow or other, we accidentally did Wales Week right in the middle of Seven Days of Squalus, how's that for wordplay??? Anyways, we're BACK with a brand new episode, this time looking at one of the great directors, with John Ford's HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY (1941)!! Is it pro-union propaganda or reactionary hogwash? Sexist or progressive? Anti-church or the greatest cheerleader for traditio...

Good evening. This week we've brought you a tale so macabre, so twisted, so sinister, it could only be done justice by one horny man: Alfred Hitchcock returns to the pod, this time with REBECCA (1940)! that's right, more young engenues in way over their heads, more daphne dumaurier discussion, more, MORE, MORE!!! And back this season to help us figure out "whodunnit" is old pal Kelly! as always we...

Well I do declare, it's the end of the decade and the end of "civilization," as we finally tackle one of the all time greats of cinematic history, GONE WITH THE WIND (1939)! There's a whole heap of shit to talk about with this bad boy, from gender roles, race relations, historical fidelity, clark gable's smile, and soap opera twists a-plenty! So you know we had to bring in a very special crew: Amy...

wow, the streak has come to an end folks, we went two years straight with guests, but this week IT WAS NOT MEANT TO BE. that's right, it's original recipe, bare bones ICBYMMWT this week, just Amy and her friend, chopping it up, losing internet connection REGULARLY, talking about an old movie together. it's the best movie of 1938, YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU!!! If you'd like to learn more about the...

Zut Alors! we're back and LEARNING this week, both about 19th century french scandals, and about how our choices about which bands we'd wipe out of existence can hurt others! Mostly, though, we're getting drunker every time our wifi cuts out and lamenting the sad state of our judiciary. convenient, because it's BAD JUDICIARY WEEK, and we're kicking it off with the best movie of 1937, THE LIFE OF E...

A three hour long movie about a show business producer who manipulated the talent professionally and romantically! All this plus some blackface! Great Ziegfeld? More like Gross Ziegfeld! GOT 'IM!! Sorry, that joke was just so good I had to use it twice. WE'RE BACK, and we're tackling the supposed "BEST" movie of 1936, THE GREAT ZIEGFELD, which if you're a longtime listener you may also recognize a...

AHOY MATEYS, its NAVAL DISASTER WEEK and we're kicking off our double feature with the best picture of 1935, MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY!! this thing's star-studded and tackles real life events at sea that's both invigorating and patronising! VERY BRITISH!  "Stowing away" with us is our old swashbuckling pal, Mat! He teacches us some history facts, we learn about dueling womanisers, and we forget to do o...