Yesteryear Ballyhoo Revue

Zach welcomes the illustrious film critic, historian, and podcaster Leonard Maltin (Leonard Maltin's Movie Crazy, Maltin on Movies) aboard to sift through the rubble and reap the rewards of the embattled but lastingly entertaining Jack Benny film from 1943, THE MEANEST MAN IN THE WORLD. Follow along as the two navigate the film's rocky road to development, marvel at the stand-off between Jack and...

Zach welcomes back podcaster Zack Beins (Talkin Troma) for a gigantic discussion surrounding the early cinematic legacy surrounding the ill fated White Star Line Ship ... the R.M.S. TITANIC. Journey with the duo as they unpack Zack Beins' life long fascination with the subject of Titanic, become marveled by the long cinematic lineage of the disaster on celluloid, explore with shock and bafflement...

Zach and Rashmi hop aboard a ghost ship and set sail for for the terrors found within Hiroshi Matsuno's 1968 pulp shocker, THE LIVING SKELETON. Come aboard and listen to the duo as they unpack the film's high marks amid a low budget, dig deeper into the religious threads intertwined throughout, marvel at the many Western tropes of scares brilliantly achieved, and assess how this B- Picture makes t...

Zach welcomes back podcaster Ryan Frost (Reel Nerds Podcast) for a Top Ten Countdown nearly a century in the making as they present to world: THE GLEE OF 1933 All last year, Ryan and Zach celebrated the 90th anniversary of one of cinema's landmark years. Now join along as they each give you their list of Top Ten Films that run the gamut from Musicals to Monsters! PLUS: The duo fix the 1933 Academy...

A Special Radio Revue quadruple bill followed by a special conversation from the 4th Annual Jack Benny Convention Zach and Ballyhoo pal Keith Scott (Historian, Voice Artist, Leading Citizen of Frostbite Falls Minnesota) sit down and engage in the work of Mr. Jack Benny on radio's premiere drama program, SUSPENSE! After a presentation of Jack's four appearances on Suspense, Zach and Keith will sift...

Zach and Rashmi wind down a spooky path or revenge as they take a closer look at Kaneto Shindo's 1968 tale, KURONEKO. Tune in for a thrilling discussion that analyzes the haunting detail and the inspired visual flourish that brings this tragedy of trauma into the pantheon of horror film and how Shindo's use of silence creates a chill down your cinematic spine

Zach welcomes back filmmaker and podcaster Brad Haag (Reel Nerds Podcast) to cover.... MARTIANS? AGAIN? Yes, the duo team up to tackle the special effects wonder factory that was George Pal & Byron Haskin's 1953 spectacle, THE WAR OF THE WORLDS! Settle in as the two scrutinize and study the long journey this H.G. Wells story had getting to the screen, marvel at the innovative special effects wizar...

Zach and Rashmi get caught up in a sweeping epic of the supernatural as they dive deeply into Masaki Kobayashi's 1964 supreme anthology, KWAIDAN! Tune in for a production tale filled with swirling misfortune and perseverance, deep appreciation for the grandeur Kobayashi's technician's bring to the table, and become unabashed fans of Biwa music.

Zach welcomes MattyGhost (Musician/DJ, Composer of Ballyhoo Theme) and Andrew Bueno (Writer/Comedian) to the program for the Stereophonic sensation coming from the House of Mouse as they take a deep dive into Walt Disney & Leopold Stokowski's 1940 musical triumph, FANTASIA! Sit back and get lost amid beautiful animation, stirring orchestrations, and the mad fever dreams of emcee Deems Taylor. As y...

Zach and Rashmi get under the skin and over the langer lines as they take a close look at Hiroshi Teshigahara's 1966 New Wave existenstial terror piece, THE FACE OF ANOTHER (Tanín no Kao). Tune in as we unravel the bandages and sift through the origins of Teshigahara, take a scalpel and dissect the plot and its many themes, and take extensive note of the Ikebana laden set design. PLUS: Yes.... Zac...

The Ballyhoo hands over the hosting duties to Paul Kovit (No Soap Radio) as he sits down to interview Annette Bochenek (Hometowns to Hollywood), Hope Sears (IJBFC, All of the Classics), Victoria Gordon (Wednesday Night Cabaret) , Natalie Gordon, and Zach about being younger fans of Golden Age Hollywood. Tune in soon to hear them all chatter about their respective origins, how they perceive the bes...

Zach and Rashmi must face off against a terrifying vampire blob from beyond the stars as they unpack Hajime Sato's 1968 cult horror classic GOKE, BODY SNATCHER FROM HELL! Tune in for a chat that ranges the gamut from adoration of practical effects to how the film comes around in the wake of Japanese New Wave. PLUS: We can't praise Tobe Hooper's LIFEFORCE enough.

Zach takes time to give a belated salute to the shows third birthday and to share some radio selections from the heart this holiday season. Thank you to the guests and listeners for Three Years of Ballyhoo! The Shows The Chase and Sanborn Hour with Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy Guest: Madeleine Carroll Airdate: October 30th, 1938 The Jack Benny Program (The Grape Nuts & Grape Nuts Flakes Progr...

Zach and Rashmi encounter the Mightiest Monster In All Creation as they navigate with the delight the world of Ishirō Honda's 1961 kaiju masterstroke, MOSURA aka MOTHRA! Thrill to all the films kaiju splendor as the innovations of Eiji Tsuburaya continue to delight, the ambitions and passions of Honda are praised, and the experience of big screen monsters from Japan provide excitement and educatio...

Zach welcomes aboard journalist and blogger Annette Bochenek (Hometowns to Hollywood) as the Ballyhoo embarks on it's journey back to school as they gain admittance to Tate College to properly deep dive the 1925 Harold Lloyd classic, THE FRESHMAN. Step right up and call them talky as the two unravel the origins of Harold Lloyd, analyze how his silent comedy differentiated itself from his contempor...

Zach and Rashmi continue their journey through Japanese Horror with a closer look at Eiji Tsuburaya and the Tokusatsu genre at large by dissecting 1949's THE INVISIBLE MAN APPEARS and 1957's THE INVISIBLE MAN VS. THE HUMAN FLY (1957). Stay tuned for loving dive into the world of Visual Effects and how the techniques spread through the country and how the films managed to help spark a flame of spec...

Rashmi Menon and Zach Eastman are proud to bring you KOWAI- A look at Japanese Horror, courtesy of YBR Presents! Tune into Chapter 1 where Rashmi and Zach go all the way back to 1926 for a closer look at the chaotic collage of terror that is Teinosuke Kinugasa's A PAGE OF MADNESS. --------------------------------------------- For More YBR PRESENTS, including Tour de Tati and The Shamley Silhouette...

The Tour de Tati reaches the finish line as Sterling Cook and Zach Eastman say goodbye and hello to Monsieur Tati as they take a closer look at his final film, PARADE (1974), and then take a look at where he began with an analysis of his early short films. All the while, the duo ponder the legacy of Tati's work, how his final bow wraps it up with a bow at large, and feel immense gratitude for the...

The Tour de Tati embarks on its Penultimate Pod. This time around, Zach and Sterling get stuck in and enjoy every minute of 1971's TRAFIC. As they honk the horns of analysis and scoot down Plot Lane one inch at a time, they come to embrace and adore the final narrative outing of Tati, while also bidding farewell the magical man that is Monsieur Hulot. PLUS: Tati gets fan-casted in everything from...

Tune in and listen to this teaser for the upcoming YBR PRESENTS series, 'KOWAI- A Look at The History of Japanese Horror ', with your hosts Rashmi and Zach ----------------------------------------------------- Look for the new series soon here or at the YBR Presents feed Spotify-https://open.spotify.com/show/6QoRdbnAWobbDcFM0jYkxp Apple- https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ybr-presents/id1580678...

The Bally-Boo's plan for a humorous Halloween capper is interrupted when an alien invasion jams our podcast signal with THE MERCURY THEATER ON THE AIR'S October 30th, 1938 presentation of THE WAR OF THE WORLDS! Tune in to hear as we are patched in with special guest Amy Cornell, who helps Zach breakdown the broadcasts inception, it's production, and the aftermath of one of the most noted radio dra...

The Bally-BOO brings forth another ghastly tale as October carries on! Zach welcomes back filmmaker and podcaster Sterling Cook (CFVA, 'Tour de Tati' on YBR Presents) to unravel the creepy and quirky occurrences brimming over in James Whale's 1932 classic, THE OLD DARK HOUSE! SHUDDER... as the two unfurl the making of the film and the state of Whale and Karloff in a post-Frankenstein success RECOI...

The Bally-BOO marches on as Zach welcomes back Matt Willocks (Writer/Podcaster) for a return to the world of God's and Monsters as they travail the woods in Wales and the terrors found by moonlight as they dive into 1941's THE WOLF MAN! SCREAM... as they unravel the long journey taken to get a definitive werewolf film to screen! GASP... as they learn the origins of Lon Chaney Jr.'s rise to Monster...

The Bally-BOO is Back! 4 terrifying tales for October to tingle the spine and shiver the soul! The horror-thon begins with Zach welcoming back Henry Jarvis (Filmmaker/ Podcaster) for a trip across the pond to unravel the atmospheric terror of Carl Th. Dreyer's 1932 horror classic, VAMPYR! TREMBLE as the boys dig through the intriguing origins of the production. SHUDDER as they unpack the plot of a...

Zach welcomes back filmmaker and podcast pal Marshall Rosales to the program for an epic Two- Part discussion surrounding the motion picture and the production story of Herbert J. Biberman's 1954 epic that would be suppressed amid the Hollywood Blacklist, SALT OF THE EARTH. In Part 2, Zach and Marshall dedicate the entire show to breaking down the fraught and embattled history surrounding the maki...