- Publication Date |
- Jan 17, 2019
- Episode Duration |
- 01:13:24
Two weeks in a row! Gotta be some kind of record right? This week VIA VHS goes back to a golden age of comedy in the late 70s to check out a film by popular stand-up comedian and SNL side piece Steve Martin. The Jerk is directed by Carl Reiner and stars Steve Martin, Bernadette Peters, Mabel King, Richard Ward and Caitlin Adams. To discuss The Jerk, we’ve brought in an all around nice guy, a Southern gentleman from Tennessee, John Davidson, who may be enjoying an extended stay at VIA VHS. In this week’s Flux Capacitor we look back at films celebrating their 20th and 30th anniversaries. From 1989 we have the skateboarding cult classic starring Christian Slater, Gleaming the Cube. Also from ’89 we have the abysmal knock off of the Abyss called Deepstar Six. From 1999 we have the oft forgotten box office bust Virus starring Jamie Lee Curtis, William Baldwin and Donald Sutherland. Finally we end with this years most well known Flux Capacitor film so far in the raunchy, teen comedy about Texas high school football, Varsity Blues Alex, John and Wesley also discuss the role of PC culture in films today, and how it effects Comedy films. so puke and rally, then enjoy this episode of the VIA VHS podcast!