The Rees Company Podcast

This week, Chris and The Bull watch Episode 38 of Polka Connection, a local music program from NE Pennsylvania. This 1998 broadcast has a lot going on, including chicken finger controversy, family drama, and the legend of Joe Grabowski Full original episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSuS6yuQtlM&pp=ygUTcG9sa2EgY29ubmVjdGlvbiAzOA%3D%3D Got TRC fever? Follow us on ALL of our Social Media P...

MOTWOTW: The Missing Are Deadly from 1975. This film features Leonard Nimoy and its plot bears a resemblance to events in recent history. A boarding school-bound "genius" gets bored. So he steals a mouse from a medical lab, putting the whole world at risk of contracting Mombasa fever. Will Leonard Nimoy develop a successful serum to combat the disease before thousands die? Let's find...

This week, we rate and review Go Ask Alice, the 1973 TV adaptation of the bestselling "diary" of a teenage girl whose life spirals out of control after her first drug experience. Morganti also has a novel business idea. Full movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dzQBQ4SMnQ --- Follow us on ALL of our Social Media Platforms --- Find The Rees Company on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com...

Chris and The Bull take a look at The OJ Simpson Story, a made-for-Fox account of Simpson's life leading up to his arrest for the murder of his ex-wife and her friend. This film aired a week after opening arguments in the murder trial began; a time when America was still getting used to the idea that the beloved cultural icon could be responsible for the deaths of two people. Don't worry....

A new Netflix documentary marks the 30th anniversary of the siege on the Branch Davidian compound outside Waco, Texas. But did you know - before the standoff even ended - NBC rushed into production a made-for-TV version of the still-unfolding events? We check out Tim Daly (Wings) as Davidian leader David Koresh in In the Line of Duty: Ambush in Waco. --- Follow us on ALL of our Social Media Platfo...

This week, Chris and The Bull take a look at Hustle, Peter Bogdanovich's 2004 telling of the Pete Rose gambling scandal, featuring Tom Sizemore as the embattled baseball legend. Full movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7l8Mg1Zy2w --- Follow us on ALL of our Social Media Platforms --- Find The Rees Company on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheReesCompany Follow The Rees Company on Twitt...

In our Movie of the Week of the Week, Rosanne Barr and Tom Arnold star in The Woman Who Loved Elvis from 1993. Based on a novel called Graced Land, it's the age-old story of an Elvis-obsessed mother-of-two trying to dodge suspicions of welfare fraud. Full movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7loWEj1sYrU -- You can now find The Rees Company Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Pandora, Amazon, Spotify...

Our Movie of the Week of the Week is The Last Child. "In the not-too-distant future," an expectant couple are on the run from authorities for violating America's one-child policy. Full movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-YJ6UyXlCg -- You can now find The Rees Company Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Pandora, Amazon, Spotify or wherever else you find your podcasts! --- Follow us on ALL...

MOTWOTW: Twirl, from 1981, in which a beauty pageant with a bizarre focus on baton twirling pits best friends against one another. Starring Lisa Whelchel (The Facts of Life), Erin Moran (Happy Days), and Stella Stevens (Girls, Girls, Girls; The Nutty Professor), who died the day before we shot this episode. Also, a German ballet director has a novel response to a harsh critic. Full movie: https://...

As the Super Bowl nears (with the Eagles as combatants), Chris and The Bull take a look at Tony Danza's 1998 Disney Channel movie. Danza portrays an Irish-American (not a typo) garbage collector who ends up playing for the Eagles as a kicker. Full movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRScnoazYhM --- Follow us on ALL of our Social Media Platforms --- Find The Rees Company on Facebook: https:/...

MOTWOTW: Viewer request. Yesterday's Child, starring Shirley Jones and Stephanie Zimbalist. A girl goes missing only to turn up 14 years later. Or does she? Is this young woman really who her father says she is? Is John Wayne's son worthy a bigger role? All of these questions and more are answered on the latest episode of The Rees Company. Also, another segment of Funny or H@te Crime. And...

As the Super Bowl nears, Chris and The Bull take a look at a classic TV film about a unique friendship in gridiron history. Brian's Song stars James Caan and Billy Dee Williams as Chicago Bears teammates Brian Piccolo and Gale Sayers.  It's well-regarded as one of the best (and saddest) made-for-TV movies ever produced. But don't worry. There are jokes.

Our friend in Pittsburgh puts his own spin on the story of a local robbery.  MOTWOTW: Murder by Natural Causes from 1979 starring Hal Holbrook, Katherine Ross, and Barry Bostwick. Plus, NY Rep George Santos has an honesty problem.   Full Movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCoGSRZShy8 You can purchase Darin Martinez's Moosedumps books and more digitally at the link below. 1. Moosedump...

We reached our subscriber goal and prizes will be awarded. MOTWOTW: Is there Life Out There, which stars Reba McEntire as a middle-aged wife and mother with dreams of a college education. Also, Morganti has a run-in in a supermarket parking lot, and Iron City Jay reveals his "Liar of the Year." And it's no one you'd expect.  Full movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnHEj_P4m1A --- Follow u...

This week, we discuss a recent Waffle House melee in Funny or Hate Crime. We also check in with our war correspondent, stranded in Ukraine. Plus, Iron City Jay: Music Encyclopedia. No MOTWOTW, instead we have Struck By Lightning, a CBS Frankenstein's monster sitcom that aired only three episodes.  --- Follow us on ALL of our Social Media Platforms --- Find The Rees Company on Facebook: ...

An all-star cast faces the threat of a madman terrorizing women on Los Angeles freeways in our Movie of the Week of the Week. Also, we take a closer at the solo work of Iron City Jay's occasional co-host.  Full movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlOg4xfHJDk - We're now also ignorable on the following platforms: Apple Podcasts, Pandora, Amazon, Spotify or wherever else you find your podcas...

Chris and The Bull review Under the Influence, a 1986 made-for-TV film featuring a pre-stardom Keanu Reeves and dawn-of-Matlock Andy Griffith.  Then, the guys take a look at Iron City Jay's latest complaint about food-related mistreatment.  Full movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgi47LOZO4M - You can now find The Rees Company Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Pandora, Amazon, Spotify or wh...

We take a deeper dive into the world of the public access curiosity we introduced last time. The self-proclaimed "forgotten son" of the Steel City has more complaints about food service from Progie [SIC] Fest, and Rib Fest. And you won't believe the ignorance on display at graduations these days. - You can now find The Rees Company Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Pandora, Amazon, Spotify or wherever el...

Chris and The Bull watch a Pittsburgh public access host get pranked in the 90s. It reminds them of their humble beginnings. They then see what that host is up to today. Spoiler alert: he's causing scenes at casino sports bars.  --- You can now find The Rees Company Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Pandora, Amazon, Spotify or wherever else you find your podcasts! --- Follow us on ALL of our Social...

Between Silver Spoons and berating Costco employees, Ricky Schroder starred in Terror on Highway 91, a 1991 made for TV motion picture in which no one is terrorized anywhere, let alone Highway 91. This week, we check it out.  --- You can now find The Rees Company Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Pandora, Amazon, Spotify or wherever else you find your podcasts! --- Follow us on ALL of our Social Med...

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Chris and The Bull bring it all back home with a made-for-TV film starring Richard Crenna - the star of their first Movie of the Week of the Week. This time, Crenna is NYPD Lt Frank Janek. He investigates a serial killer terrorizing Grand Central Station while Ving Rhames eats a lot of doughnuts.  --- You can now find The Rees Company Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Pandora, Amazon, Spotify or whe...

Chris witnesses questionable behavior at a water park. Movie of the Week of the Week: Lucky Girl. Just before achieving international fame, Elisha Cuthbert starred in this Canadian made-for-TV film about a teenage gambling addict.  Watch key scenes with us and stay to the end to find out how many Meredith Baxters we give it.   Full movie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvOclkxTGQ8 --- Y...

This week, Chris and The Bull celebrate 40 YouTube subscribers and take a look at Fatal Error, a 2006 made-for-Lifetime film starring Anne Heche and Eric Roberts.  --- You can now find The Rees Company Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Pandora, Amazon, Spotify or wherever else you find your podcasts! --- Follow us on ALL of our Social Media Platforms --- Find The Rees Company on Facebook:  http...

Quentin Tarantino appeared on a podcast last year and discussed a made-for-TV movie we discussed recently. Did he appropriate plot points from "Hotline" for use in his own work?  Also, Chris and The Bull watch a clip of their old show - The Passive Aggressive Hour - during which they read embarrassing poetry they composed in their younger days.  There are updates to the stories behind th...