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Mike Veerman, host of “Mike on Much”, and pop culture aficionado Shane Cunningham, along with their long-time friend, award winning writer/director/producer (and MENSA member) Jonathan Popalis, all bring you “The Pedestal Podcast", presented by MUCH studios. Join them for a deep dive into some of the movies we all hold near dear to our hearts — and debate whether or not they really belong there.
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Wednesday Oct 17, 2018
Wednesday Oct 17, 2018
In this episode, we picked the wrong week to quit drinking with the 1980 Zucker Brothers comedy AIRPLANE!
After Shane reveals Airplane’s connection to the movie Ghost (6:42), we begin the case for keeping it on the pedestal with how well it exploited dramatic dignified actors for extremely ridiculous roles (10:46). We talk about how many modern jokes have been harvested from this film (15:25), the underrated genius of Robert Stack (20:01), and the emergence of Leslie Neilson as a comedy legend (27:47). We move on to the case for knocking it off the pedestal with Airplane’s overreliance on stereotypes (31:01). We debate whether or not Captain Oveur is actually a pedophile (38:13), Mike defends his position on the guitar scene (40:42), and we get into why the flashbacks were potentially the movie’s weakest links (45:16).
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