Made-For-TV Movie Club Podcast

This dark comedy follows the strange true story of Wanda Holloway, who was accused in Channelview Texas in 1991. Holloway was accused of hiring a hitman to kill Verna Heath, the mother of Holloway’s daughter’s supposed cheerleading rival. And then everyone tried to cash in, including Holloway and Heath. It’s a bizarre movie, and a bizarre story. But it stars Holly Hunter, and we love her! https://...

Single mom Karen Williams gives birth to a daughter. Bianca Hudson wants to save her marriage to her Air Force Captain husband, so she fakes a pregnancy.  Then she kidnaps Karen’s newborn. (Hence the title!) Based on a true story, this tv movie from 1992 stars David Duchovny and Nancy McKeon. https://www.tvtango.com/movie/baby_snatcher https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103749/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 https://...

Babysitter Michelle finds herself in danger after the mother of the children she babysits is found dead. Was it murder? And if so, who was responsible? https://variety.com/1996/tv/reviews/the-babysitter-s-seduction-1200444362/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112437/ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005392/?ref_=tt_cl_t_2 https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005392/awards/?ref_=nm_awd https://www.imdb.com/name/n...

In one of his first roles, Jeremy Renner is featured in this 1992 TV movie. Also starring, Gerald McRaney and Shelley Fabares, this movie follows the Zarn family. When mom Lily Zarn suddenly disappears, everyone insists she left her life willingly. However, daughter Sarah Zarn feels like something terrible happened. Will her nightmares become her reality? https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0134848/?ref_...

This tv movie from 1996 stars Yasmine Bleeth as Emily Gilmore, a timid woman who was scarred during a car accident as a child, who is conned into stealing from her employer. After her release from prison, she has surgery to remove the scars and seeks revenge on the man who conned her. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116265/ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000109/?ref_=tt_cl_t_1 https://www.imdb.com/nam...

Barbie and the Rockers (1987) has Barbie and her band are going to outer space to perform a concert for charity. In the sequel, Barbie and the Sensations (1987) return to Earth in 1957, where they keep on rockin’! https://movies.fandom.com/wiki/Barbie_and_the_Rockers:_Out_Of_this_World https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6381486/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0313254/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 https://en.wikipedia....

Originally airing on Showtime in 1992, this made-for-tv movie stars Rachel Ward, Sela Ward and Bruce Boxleitner in a thriller with a full on 80s vibe. Was a murder with a witness self-defense, or was there more than meets the eye? https://filmpedia-the-films.fandom.com/wiki/Double_Jeopardy_(1992)#:~:text=Double%20Jeopardy%20is%20a%201992,1992%20on%20the%20Showtime%20network . https://www.imdb.com/...

Everyone who listens knows how much we love Tracey Gold! This made-for-tv movie from 1998 has Gold playing Annie Nolan, a woman who tells the story of being gaslit into murder in a series of flashbacks. https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_girl_next_door_1998 https://variety.com/1998/tv/reviews/the-girl-next-door-1117487800/ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002102/?ref_=tt_cl_t_3 https://www.imdb.com/...

“We’re excited and delighted! Everyone is having fun and you’re invited!” – Camp Cucamonga Rap We reviewed and recapped yet another made-for-tv family tagline. This one, from 1990, stars many big tv stars of its day – including Jennifer Anniston! Join us in the Clubhouse, and find out if Camp Cucamonga keeps its accreditation! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_Cucamonga http://tvtango.com/movie/c...

The tagline for this VERY special 80s made-for-tv family comedy is “When the wrong boy meets the right girl.” Michael J. Fox and Nancy McKeon star as potential love interests, with obstacles, of course. There’s also a teacher subplot and lots of big stars of the day. http://tvtango.com/movie/high_school_usa http://tvtango.com/listings/1983/10/16/high_school_usa https://letterboxd.com/film/high-sch...

Our beloved Muppets are going to surprise Fozzie’s mom, Emily ‘Ma” Bear and the results are the most delightful chaos that only Muppets can experience. And Robin sings! And the Sesame Street gang join them. Oh, and there may be a Fraggle cameo! We love this special from 1987. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0251282/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 https://tvtango.com/listings/1987/12/16 https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0...

For this episode, we are reviewing two very, very weird, animated shorts! First up, from 1977, we review and recap A Cosmic Christmas. Second, a very strange Christmas special that aired to promote a doll. It is called The Adventures of Candy Claus: Part 1, The Beginning from 1987. Candy Claus might be the most bizarre “family” animated show ever created.   https://nelvana.fandom.com/wiki/A_Cosmic...

In the U.S. during the month of November, we celebrate Thanksgiving. For this episode, we review two animated tv movie shorts from the 1970s with a Thanksgiving theme! First up, a space-age fantasy about a family of space farmers seeking new lands to harvest. The other is about a talking squirrel who must save Thanksgiving. Yes. The 70s were a weird time in animation. Join us in The Clubhouse! htt...

This tv movie from 1975, is based on the novel of the same name. Set in the 1930s, Sooner, nine, is being raised by a poverty-stricken bootlegger named Old Mam Hawes. When Sooner is removed from the home, she becomes the ward of a childless couple in the hill country of Velray, Indiana. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073047/ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001665/?ref_=tt_cl_t_1 https://www.imdb.com/n...

This tv movie from 1988 is a remake of the theatrical release from 1965 starring Joan Crawford. The movie follows two teenager who make prank phone calls, only to get the attention of a serial killer who is worried they witnessed a murder. http://www.tvtango.com/listings/1988/05/20 http://www.tvtango.com/movie/i_saw_what_you_did https://headhuntershorrorhouse.fandom.com/wiki/I_Saw_What_You_Did_(19...

This tv movie from 1983 follows a detective as he investigates the brutal murder of a young teacher in NYC in the early 1970s. While fictional names are used, it is based on the murder of 23-year-old New Yorker Roseann Quinn on January 1, 1973. http://www.tvtango.com/listings/1983/10/15/trackdown_finding_the_goodbar_killer http://www.tvtango.com/movie/trackdown_finding_the_goodbar_killer https://w...

In this tv movie from 1996, Tom Deese becomes obsessed with his daughter’s roommate, Amanda, and they have a very brief affair. After Amanda is murdered, the police investigate a separate stalker. But Tom’s daughter, Catherine, doesn’t believe the puzzle pieces fit together. Who killed Amanda and why? Check us out! We made the 60 Best Movie Podcast list! Link below: ⁠https://blog.feedspot.com/movi...

College Co-Ed Joanna Halbert is lured into becoming an adult escort. When she tries to quit, the owner of the escort service forces her to continue working for him. At her wit’s end and trying to quit again, she shoots him in self defense and must face a trial. Will she be found guilty or innocent of attempted murder? Join us in The Clubhouse to find out! Check us out! We made the 60 Best Movie Po...

One of eight tv reunion movies from the popular Hart to Hart tv series, Home is Where the Hart Is (1994) finds Jonathan and Jennifer (and Max!) returning to her hometown of Kingman’s Ferry to find out who killed her mentor and late boss, Eleanor Biddlecomb. Check us out! We made the 60 Best Movie Podcast list! Link below: https://blog.feedspot.com/movie_club_podcasts/ http://www.tvtango.com/listin...

We never thought we’d find a place where we belong . . . I said jump, down on Jump Street! 21 Jump Street (1987) is the tv pilot movie for the 21 Jump Street show about undercover cops who infiltrate high schools, busting the criminals committing crimes. Listen as we recap and review one of Beth’s favorite tv shows of the late 80s/early 90s! https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/1486-21-jump-street?langua...

The Family Ties Vacation (1985) premiered a week before the season four premiere. Alex Keaton begins a scholarship program at Oxford and the rest of the Keaton family tag along and make a vacation out of it. Unbeknownst to them, they get entangled in a mystery involving bungling spies and Scotland Yard. http://www.tvtango.com/series/family_ties https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089125/ https://www.imd...

This is the pilot movie for the tv series Baywatch, about a team of L.A. County lifeguards who are led by newly promoted Mitch Buchanan (David Hasselhof). Parker Stevenson also stars.   https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096542/ http://www.tvtango.com/listings/1989/04/23 http://www.tvtango.com/movie/baywatch_panic_at_malibu_pier https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0130085/?ref_=tt_cl_t_8 https://www.imdb.com/n...

Mrs. Garrett and the girls, Tootie, Blair, Jo and Natalie, fly to France in this tv movie from 1982! The girls are enrolled in a French immersion program at a private school and Mrs. Garrett is enrolled in cooking school. When the girls find out they will be spending time in the French countryside, they collude to break away and spend time exploring Paris. Mrs. Garrett, on the other hand, is also...

After Maddie Hayes is left penniless when her accountant steals all her money, she finds out she owns a detective agency. Poised to sell it off for the cash, David Addison, head detective, persuades her to keep it open. Before she makes her decision, they find themselves solving their first case together for the Blue Moon Detective Agency. Join us in The Clubhouse and relive the nostalgia of this...

Sins of the Mother, starring Elizabeth Montgomery as Ruth Coe, is about a domineering mother and her serial rapist son, Kevin Coe. This tv movie from 1991 is an adaptation of Jack Olsen’s true crime book Son: A Psychopath and His Victims about the South Hill Rapist who was active from 1978-1981. http://www.tvtango.com/listings/1991/02/19/whos_the_boss_1984 http://www.tvtango.com/movie/sins_of_the_...