Ticklish Business

Samantha, Drea and I are all together for Christmas....or the Ticklish Biz Christmas episode at least. We sit down to discuss Robert Mitchum in Holiday Affair (1949). Is Mitchum a man who loves children or, as Drea calls him, a Man Who Loves Children? We also share the Christmas movies we love and hate.   Want to support the podcast? Consider leaving an iTunes rating and review or becoming a Patro...

Ticklish Biz is taking the holidays off and sharing with you some special gifts as we prepare for our special Christmas show on Holiday Affair. In the meantime, I'm sharing with you an episode of my Patreon-exclusive show, Doubled Features.   Adam Kautzer and I talk about the movies Hollywood enjoys doing again, and again, and again. We kick things off by looking at The Blob. How does it change be...

Ticklish Biz is taking the holidays off and sharing with you some special gifts as we prepare for our special Christmas show on Holiday Affair. In the meantime, I'm sharing with you an episode of my Patreon-exclusive show, Based on a True Podcast.   Based on a True Podcast sees co-host William Bibbiani and I talk about how Hollywood discusses itself. We tackle the George Reeve murder (possibly?) b...

Samantha and I jump on-board the Mayflower to find out about the passage to America as laid out in 1952's Plymouth Adventure. Along the way we talk about our differing views of Van Johnson, why Gene Tierney is in this, and why the heck is Plymouth rock?   Want to support the podcast? Consider leaving an iTunes rating and review or becoming a Patron via Patreon. If you become a Patron now you'll ha...

Drea joins me as we honor both Centennial star Anne Shirley AND the shadowy month of #Noirvember by discussing Dick Powell, the noir genre, and 1944's Murder, My Sweet.   Want to support the podcast? Consider leaving an iTunes rating and review or becoming a Patron via Patreon.    NEXT TIME: Samantha Ellis and I celebrate Thanksgiving by looking at how movies portrayed the first Thanksgiving in 19...

Samantha and I couldn't stop at listing our three favorite Twilight Zone episodes so we devoted an additional bonus episode to looking at the 1983 Twilight Zone: The Movie. Listen as we discuss '80s Hollywood's attempts to remake certain episodes, dive deep into the horrific accident that mars the film, and more.   Want to support the podcast? Consider leaving an iTunes rating and review or becomi...

Samantha and I mix things up this Halloween by talking about our top three favorite episodes of Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone. And be sure to listen to our bonus episode where we go in-depth on the 1983 movie adaptation of the series!    Want to support the podcast? Consider leaving an iTunes rating and review or becoming a Patron via Patreon.     CREDITS: Creator and Host: Kristen Lopez (@Journ...

Co-host Drea Clark joins me as we unintentionally kick-off Halloween looking at Alfred Hitchcock's 1943 drama Shadow of a Doubt.   Want to support the podcast? Consider leaving an iTunes rating and review or becoming a Patron via Patreon.    NEXT TIME: Samantha Ellis and I discuss all things Twilight Zone.   CREDITS: Creator and Host: Kristen Lopez (@Journeys_Film) Guest: Drea Clark (@thedreaclark...

Co-host Samantha Ellis joins me as we look at romance in the '40s, thirst over Peter Lawford, and swim alongside Esther Williams in On an Island With You.   Want to support the podcast? Consider leaving an iTunes rating and review or becoming a Patron via Patreon.    NEXT TIME: Drea Clark joins in to start a new Centennial tribute, honoring actress Teresa Wright in 1943's Shadow of a Doubt.   CRED...

TCM On-Locations tour guide Sarah Louise Lilley joins me as we look at CinemaScope, outrageous fashions, and Marilyn Monroe in How to Marry a Millionaire.   Want to support the podcast? Consider leaving an iTunes rating and review or becoming a Patron via Patreon.    NEXT TIME: Drea Clark joins in to start a new Centennial tribute, honoring actress Teresa Wright in 1943's Shadow of a Doubt.   CRED...

New Ticklish Business co-host Drea Clark joins me to talk about Centennial Celebrant, Robert Walker in his homefront drama Since You Went Away (1944).   Want to support the podcast? Consider leaving an iTunes rating and review or becoming a Patron via Patreon. If you become a Patron now you can listen to my bonus series, Based on a True Podcast and Doubled Features.   NEXT TIME: TCM tour guide Sar...

Author Tom Lisanti joins me to talk about his book, Talking Sixties Drive-In Movies and the 1965 Elvis Presley movie, Girl Happy.   Want to support the podcast? Consider leaving an iTunes rating and review or becoming a Patron via Patreon.    NEXT TIME: Drea Clark joins in to start a new Centennial tribute, honoring actress Robert Walker in 1944's Since You Went Away.   CREDITS: Creator and Host:...

Nell Minow returns to close out our Centennial Celebrant on Rita Hayworth by discussing the bizarre Orson Welles feature, The Lady From Shanghai.   Want to support the podcast? Consider leaving an iTunes rating and review or becoming a Patron via Patreon. And if you're a TCM Backlot member you can read my article about Rita Hayworth, which goes more in-depth on the actress and her work.   NEXT TIM...

Nell Minow returns to celebrate our Centennial Celebrant for June, Rita Hayworth by discussing her turn as the ultimate femme fatale in 1946's Gilda.   Want to support the podcast? Consider leaving an iTunes rating and review or becoming a Patron via Patreon. And if you're a TCM Backlot member you can read my article about Rita Hayworth, which goes more in-depth on the actress and her work.   NEXT...

Guest Lauren Humphries-Brooks is back to finish out May's Centennial Celebrant John Dall by discussing his turn as one half of a murderous couple (again) in Gun Crazy.   Want to support the podcast? Consider leaving an iTunes rating and review or becoming a Patron via Patreon. Anyone who becomes a Patron in May enters to win a secret Ticklish Biz prize pack! And if you're a TCM Backlot member you...

Guest Lauren Humphries-Brooks is back to discuss May's Centennial Celebrant John Dall by discussing his turn as one half of a murderous duo in Alfred Hitchcock's Rope.   Want to support the podcast? Consider leaving an iTunes rating and review or becoming a Patron via Patreon. Anyone who becomes a Patron in May enters to win a secret Ticklish Biz prize pack! And if you're a TCM Backlot member you...

The episode's a bit later than I anticipated but blame it on the TCM Classic Film Festival. Guest host Diana Bosch joins me to close out our William Holden tribute looking at our three favorite features starring him.   Want to support the podcast? Consider leaving an iTunes rating and review or becoming a Patron via Patreon. Anyone who becomes a Patron in May enters to win a secret Ticklish Biz pr...

William Holden expert Diana Bosch joins me all month as we honor April's centennial star. Diana and I look at Holden's performance opposite Gloria Swanson in 1950's Sunset Boulevard.    Want to support the podcast? Consider leaving an iTunes rating and review or becoming a Patron via Patreon. Anyone who becomes a Patron in April enters to win a secret Ticklish Biz prize pack! And if you're a TCM B...

Kimberly Pierce helps me close out our tribute to actor Robert Preston as we discuss the feature that made him a legend, the 1962 musical The Music Man.    Want to support the podcast? Consider leaving an iTunes rating and review or becoming a Patron via Patreon. Anyone who becomes a Patron in April enters to win a secret Ticklish Biz prize pack! And if you're a TCM Backlot member you can read my...

Kimberly Pierce joins me this month as we honor March's Centennial Celebrant, Robert Preston. This episode we look at Preston's earliest major role in Cecil B. DeMille's 1939 epic Union Pacific.    Want to support the podcast? Consider leaving an iTunes rating and review or becoming a Patron via Patreon. Anyone who becomes a Patron in March enters to win a secret Ticklish Biz prize pack! And if yo...

Lauren Humphries-Brooks joins me once again as we honor February's Centennial Celebrant, Ida Lupino. This episode we look at Lupino as director with her 1950 drama Outrage.    Want to support the podcast? Consider leaving an iTunes rating and review or becoming a Patron via Patreon. Anyone who becomes a Patron in March enters to win a secret Ticklish Biz prize pack! And if you're a TCM Backlot mem...

February's Centennial star is actress/director Ida Lupino. Lauren Humphries-Brooks returns this month as we look at Ida Lupino, actress, with the 1946 costume drama Devotion.    Want to support the podcast? Consider leaving an iTunes rating and review or becoming a Patron via Patreon. And if you're a TCM Backlot member you can read my article about Ida Lupino right now, which goes more in-depth on...

My Leonard Bernstein tribute comes to a close as Kaci Kielmar and I discuss Bernstein's only original film composition, 1954's On the Waterfront.   Want to support the podcast? Consider leaving an iTunes rating and review or becoming a Patron via Patreon. And if you're a TCM Backlot member you can read my article about Leonard Bernstein right now, going further on the composer.   NEXT TIME: Februa...

My year-long Centennial Celebration kicks off with a two-episode look at composer Leonard Bernstein.   Guest Kaci Kielmar joins me to start things off with a look at Sharks, Jets and brownface in the Bernstein-composed musical adaptation, West Side Story.    Want to support the podcast? Consider leaving an iTunes rating and review or becoming a Patron via Patreon. If you're a TCM Backlot member yo...

Guest Diana Bosch joins me as we share the classic films we each discovered in 2017. Want to support the podcast? Consider leaving an iTunes rating and review or becoming a Patron via Patreon. Right now Patrons can vote on which centennial star I'll be honoring in February.  NEXT TIME: Ticklish Business' year-long Centennial Celebration kicks off with a tribute to composer Leonard Bernstein and 19...