TV Movie Night!

Mark and Andrew begin their month-long look at After School Specials by raising their self-confidence. And there's no better way to do that than by instilling COSMIC AWARENESS. And there's no better way to do THAT than by watching ABC's "The Amazing Cosmic Awareness of Duffy Moon." From 1976, this special will teach you the skills of making funny faces, hearing sexy ladies chant your name, and bus...

Mark and Andrew's salute to Oscar winners in made for TV movies ends this month with a film from Best Director winner Ron Howard, "Cotton Candy." Following the story of a high school jam band, "Cotton Candy" has it all: high school romance, a really bad cover of "I Shot the Sheriff" played multiple times, and Clint Howard. Join Andrew and Mark in getting down with the hottest rock and roll act thi...

Mister Booze has taken hold of America and it's up to Andrew, Mark, Jackie Gleason and Art Carney to get the nation back on track. This week, Gleason and Oscar-winner Carney play two vaudeville performers turned prohibition agents, who use all of the costumes from the prop house they can to bust up the bourbon bandits. From 1985, it's "Izzy and Moe." Listen in, how about?

With the Oscars this month, Andrew and Mark make their own salute to Hollywood by looking at TV movies starring Oscar winners. This week, EGOT holder Helen Hayes leads her boozy crew of seniors as they attempt to solve a murder they basically caused by trying to catfish someone. From 19171, it's the Golden Girls meets Psych via ABC's "Do Not Fold, Spindle or Mutilate!" Listen in, how about?

Mark and Andrew have a brand-new pair of roller skates and this week's movie, "Roll, Freddy, Roll," has a brand-new key. From 1974, "Freddy" stars comedy legend Tim Conway on a journey to win a world record wearing roller skates in order to impress his son. And what this generally means is Tim Conway falls down...a lot. Strap on your blades and get rolling with us and listen in, how about?

Mark and Andrew are getting ready for the laughs in January 2020, and there's no better place to start than the laff-a-minute story of Robin Hood. Told through impressionist Rich Little, "Rich Little's Robin Hood" features all your favorite late 30s to early 70s impressions, in one convenient package. Listen to our tale of the brave Robin and two noble podcast dumb-dumbs, how about?

Mark and Andrew round out the year by looking back and feature our second made-for-tv movie about Eastern Flight 401. Going down in the Everglades 47 years ago this week, Eastern Flight 401 was the basis for "The Ghost of Flight 401," and now is the center of "Crash" from 1978. Starring William Shatner, Adrienne Barbeau and "Green Acres'" Eddie Albert, "Crash" gives us more of the moment-to-moment...

Mark and Andrew pool their Christmas wishes to get the ultimate gift: a Hallmark movie starring Ernest Borgnine! "A Grandpa for Christmas" is a treasure trove of holiday dreams and septuagenarian roles. Youngeter Becca lucks into getting Ernest Borgnine as a grandpa. What kind of crazy hijinx will these two get into? If you said, "Sing Christmas songs in a recital," then this is truly the most won...

Andrew and Mark finish off November with some exercise as we talk a short walk through New York City's wonderful subway system via ABC's "Short Walk to Daylight." Starring James Brolin, "Daylight" takes the idea of a plot twist to a new level, by having characters tackle the exact same problem multiple times in one film. Groundbreaking, if you ask us. Gather the family around the Thanksgiving tabl...

Andrew and Mark get roasted by ABC's "Heatwave!" on this week's TV Movie Night, as we look at natural disaster movies. Starring "Die Hard's" Bonnie Bedelia and "The Big Lebowski's" David Huddleston, "Heatwave!" tells the gripping story of a whiny guy who drags his poor pregnant wife all over Los Angeles, while pissing and moaning about how hot it is. Also, that pregnant wife knocks back a couple b...

We got confused with this fall back time change and decided to fall back to the final week of October for our final Stephen King adaptation. To round out the King series, we've got HBO's "The Night Flier" from 1997. Tabloid reporter Miguel Ferrer is hot on the heels of a sky-bound Dracula, armed only with his most powerful weapon: the first amendment! Don't know how that's gonna stop a Dracula, bu...

I'll admit, it's rare. But, on certain nights, during certain months, it's pretty apparent that sometimes, just sometimes, THEY come back. Who's they? Well, Andrew and Mark get to the bottom of THAT question on this week's TV Movie Night, looking into CBS' "Sometimes They Come Back." Starring Tim Matheson, I'm gonna guess the "they" are these troublemaking rebels who don't seem to have a cause in...

Andrew and Mark buckle up for some high-octane thrills with 1997's Sci-Fi Channel's "Trucks," based off of the Stephen King short story. Timothy Busfield shifts into maximum overdrive to get chased around by a modest, tv-budget army of possessed trucks. But, zero Green Goblin-themed trucks in sight, so prepare your expectations. No AC/DC, either, but The Bus is here, so that's something. Listen in...

The scary month of October (and September 30th) are all about the master of horror Stephen King and his 90-minute made-for-tv adaptations. Starting things off is Fox's "Quicksilver Highway," featuring one of his short stories, along with Christopher Lloyd as a storytelling goth, Matt Frewer as a subdued pickpocket and Mark and Andrew as your humble hosts who are ghosts or something. Fuel up and jo...

The boys of summer are still here, as Mark and Andrew continue their trek into baseball movies in September. To round out the month, we have HBO's "The Comrades of Summer," starring Joe Mantegna. What a classic combination of baseball, the fall of the Soviet Union and how people speak different languages and such. You could say, this movie is a home run! You could also say a lot of other things as...

Mark and Andrew are back in the lineup this week, with a new baseball-themed movie in September. Up to bat this time is CBS' The Man from Left Field, starring Burt Reynolds as a mysterious drifter who coaches little league, which if you've ever played little league baseball, isn't that far off. Listen in, how about?

The boys of September are here, and their names are Mark and Andrew, as we check out baseball movies for this month on TV Movie Night. First up to the plate is 1980's "The Comeback Kid" starring John Ritter and The Partridge Family's Susan Dey and a team of intercity youths. One might think this is a Bad News Bears knockoff, what with the premise, but you'd be wrong, because that movie was about b...

In our final week of literary made-for-tv classics, Mark and Andrew head out to the country to look at 1999's Animal Farm. Teeming with recognizable faces and voices, this Orwell adaptation answers the important question: Why didn't Orwell give the pigs access to video editing software in the original source material? Get ready to start painting the rules on the side of the barn and listen in, how...

Our month of literary classics continues with Showtime's Robin of Locksley! From 1996, this takes the classic tale of Robin Hood, adds in a bunch of mid-90s heartthrobs and prep school shenanigans, and makes sure that you know it's the 90s by making Robin Hood a hacker. Fire your own arrow at the play button (or use your finger, I guess. I don't know how you're reading this)and join us. Oo-de-lall...

August is all about the classics told in the most important way possible: made for tv movies. This week, Andrew and Mark resurrect the horror classic Frankenstein, made possible by 1984's Yorkshire Television's "Frankenstein." Starring David Warner and Carrie Fisher, this movie has it all: fire! Weird makeup! And stiffing working-class grave robbers on tips! Tune in and learn about the classics!

Andrew and Mark are on the lookout, because The President's Plane is Missing on this week's episode of TV Movie Night. It's always the last place people look, but we're joined by "Beverly Hillbillies" Buddy Epsen and Peter Graves in the big time search of this 1973 ABC classic. We're trying to see if we can hear the alarm of this darn thing, but join us in the hunt, how about?

Andrew and Mark use their special relationship to investigate HBO's "The Special Relationship" this week on TV Movie Night. Michael Sheen and Dennis Quaid play Tony Blair and Bill Clinton, and we find out what makes them so gosh darn special. I think it has to do with calling French fries "chips," but I could be mistaken. Our Presidential month rolls on throughout July, so listen in, how about?

Andrew and Mark begin their look at presidential TV movies in July with The Family Channel's "Tad," starring Kris Kristofferson as Abe Lincoln. Learn more about the Lincolns' youngest son, Tad, as he interrupts funerals, insults war widows and sentences dolls to death. You know, typical boy stuff. Listen in, how about?

Vacation is over and the boys are getting back to work from the work they were working. But, they're checking out the vacation destination of Disneyland beforehand, via 1970's "Disneyland Showtime." Kurt Russell and the Osmonds got a show to perform and a Haunted Mansion to investigate, and by god, we're along for the ride. Listen in, how about?

Andrew is joined by friend of the show and Disney lover Chris Svehla to discuss ABC's "My Date with the President's Daughter," the wackiest look at the White House this side of NBC's 1600 Penn. 2000's Disney Channel mainstay Will Friedle chases after Dabney Coleman's daughter, Elisabeth Harnois. Not interesting enough? Did we mention that Dabney is THE PRESIDENT? HMMMM? Good enough for you? Well,...