Jessica Ritchey's guest appearances

Jessica Ritchey

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Junk Filter

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Eric Goldman

Alfred Hitchcock

Brian Reitzell

Nero Wolfe

Todd McFarlane

Ben Stiller

Jennifer Armstrong

Angelica Jade Bastién

Dave Attell

Wyatt Cenac

Samantha Nelson

Jimmy Pardo

Jim Henson

OwlTail

The writer and critic Jessica Ritchey returns to the show for a look at the strange body of work William Shatner put together in the 1970s, the wilderness years in between the end of the Star Trek TV series and the start of the Star Trek film series.  We focus on four of his films, all currently available to watch on YouTube: The Horror At 37,000 Feet (1973), a TV movie that combines The Exorcist with the Airport series, with Shatner as a defrocked priest fighting against the demonic possession of a transatlantic flight.  Pray for the Wildcats (1974), also made for TV, with Shatner as a depressed ad executive forced to go with his partners on a motorcycle ride through Mexico with a rich client (Andy Griffith) who turns out to be a psychotic monster looking for consequence-free thrills. Impulse (1974), a deranged regional grindhouse feature by scholckmeister William Grefé starring Shatner as a murderous gigolo, the ultimate Florida Man depicted on screen. Disaster on the Coastliner (1979), an all-star TVM starring Shatner as a charming conman who gets swept up in the takeover of a train by a deranged engineer determined to smash it into an oncoming train (with the Vice President’s wife on board!) We also discuss the notorious video of Shatner’s spoken-word version of “Rocket Man” at the 1978 Saturn Awards for science fiction, and other highlights from this very strange and adventurous period in his long career. Become a patron of the podcast to access exclusive episodes every month, including this summer's entire Miami Vice sidebar series. Sign up at ⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/junkfilter Follow Jessica Ritchey on Twitter, and support her work on Patreon. Jessica’s YouTube mixtape “Shatner’s Wilderness Years” with links to the programming we discuss in this show. You can order the Grindhouse Releasing limited edition blu-ray restoration of Impulse here! Trailer for Impulse (William Grefé, 1974) William Shatner Loblaws commercial for Canadian TV, 1972 The “Rocket Man” clip from the 1978 Saturn Awards, AI-remastered

The writer and critic Jessica Ritchey returns to the show for a look at the strange body of work William Shatner put together in the 1970s, the wilderness years in between the end of the Star Trek TV series and the start of the Star Trek film series.  We focus on four of his films, all currently available to watch on YouTube: The Horror At 37,000 Feet (1973), a TV movie that combines The Exorcist with the Airport series, with Shatner as a defrocked priest fighting against the demonic possession of a transatlantic flight.  Pray for the Wildcats (1974), also made for TV, with Shatner as a depressed ad executive forced to go with his partners on a motorcycle ride through Mexico with a rich client (Andy Griffith) who turns out to be a psychotic monster looking for consequence-free thrills. Impulse (1974), a deranged regional grindhouse feature by scholckmeister William Grefé starring Shatner as a murderous gigolo, the ultimate Florida Man depicted on screen. Disaster on the Coastliner (1979), an all-star TVM starring Shatner as a charming conman who gets swept up in the takeover of a train by a deranged engineer determined to smash it into an oncoming train (with the Vice President’s wife on board!) We also discuss the notorious video of Shatner’s spoken-word version of “Rocket Man” at the 1978 Saturn Awards for science fiction, and other highlights from this very strange and adventurous period in his long career. Become a patron of the podcast to access exclusive episodes every month, including this summer's entire Miami Vice sidebar series. Sign up at <a href="https://www.patreon.com/junkfilter" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/junkfilter</a> Follow <a href="https://twitter.com/Ruby_Stevens" rel="noopener noreferer nofollow" target="_blank">Jessica Ritchey</a> on Twitter, and support her work on <a href="https://www.patreon.com/coldtakesjmr" rel="noopener noreferer nofollow" target="_blank">Patreon</a>. Jessica’s YouTube mixtape “<a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/85585544" rel="noopener noreferer nofollow" target="_blank">Shatner’s Wilderness Years</a>” with links to the programming we discuss in this show. You can order the Grindhouse Releasing limited edition blu-ray restoration of Impulse <a href="https://shop.grindhousereleasing.com/products/impulse-1974-deluxe-2-disc-blu-ray-set" rel="noopener noreferer nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>! Trailer for <a href="https://youtu.be/uZueagf4O_w" rel="noopener noreferer nofollow" target="_blank">Impulse</a> (William Grefé, 1974) William Shatner <a href="⁠https://youtu.be/I3Kh8Pii0p4⁠" rel="noopener noreferer nofollow" target="_blank">Loblaws commercial</a> for Canadian TV, 1972 The “<a href="https://youtu.be/Co2ZVdVM26E" rel="noopener noreferer nofollow" target="_blank">Rocket Man</a>” clip from the 1978 Saturn Awards, AI-remastered

137: Shatner in the Seventies (with Jessica Ritchey)

The Maryland-based writer and critic Jessica Ritchey is my special guest for a show that compares the current decline in the interconnected comic book movie business to the collapse in the late sixties of the Roadshow Musical with a look at the notorious 1969 musical western Paint Your Wagon (starring Lee Marvin and Clint Eastwood) with 2022’s box office disappointment Black Adam, meant to launch a new DC superhero franchise for star Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. Hubris connects these two movies: Paint Your Wagon was a troubled production that was extremely expensive to make and not nearly the hit Paramount expected it to be, while Black Adam was The Rock’s brazen attempt to take over the direction of the DC Universe but released at the moment a new regime took over at Warner Bros’s DC unit. Black Adam came from the Shazam saga but Johnson consciously distanced the would-be franchise from its source and even teased a future battle between this antihero and Henry Cavill’s Superman that also helped to doom the following Shazam sequel to box office oblivion, leading to public feuding between its star Zachary Levi and Johnson. Jessica and I discuss the cultural conditions that swallowed up these two films in their respective eras, the questionable politics of these films, and why the Simpsons parody of Paint Your Wagon works better than the original! There are over three dozen premium episodes of the show available exclusively to patrons: some notable previous Patreon guests include Jared Yates Sexton, Jacob Bacharach, David Roth, Bryan Quinby and Will Sloan. More to come! Sign up at ⁠https://www.patreon.com/junkfilter Follow Jessica Ritchey on Twitter and subscribe to her Patreon! Trailer for Paint Your Wagon (Joshua Logan, 1969) Trailer for Black Adam (Jaume Collet-Serra, 2022) The legendary Simpsons' takedown of Paint Your Wagon

The Maryland-based writer and critic Jessica Ritchey is my special guest for a show that compares the current decline in the interconnected comic book movie business to the collapse in the late sixties of the Roadshow Musical with a look at the notorious 1969 musical western Paint Your Wagon (starring Lee Marvin and Clint Eastwood) with 2022’s box office disappointment Black Adam, meant to launch a new DC superhero franchise for star Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. Hubris connects these two movies: Paint Your Wagon was a troubled production that was extremely expensive to make and not nearly the hit Paramount expected it to be, while Black Adam was The Rock’s brazen attempt to take over the direction of the DC Universe but released at the moment a new regime took over at Warner Bros’s DC unit. Black Adam came from the Shazam saga but Johnson consciously distanced the would-be franchise from its source and even teased a future battle between this antihero and Henry Cavill’s Superman that also helped to doom the following Shazam sequel to box office oblivion, leading to public feuding between its star Zachary Levi and Johnson. Jessica and I discuss the cultural conditions that swallowed up these two films in their respective eras, the questionable politics of these films, and why the Simpsons parody of Paint Your Wagon works better than the original! There are over three dozen premium episodes of the show available exclusively to patrons: some notable previous Patreon guests include Jared Yates Sexton, Jacob Bacharach, David Roth, Bryan Quinby and Will Sloan. More to come! Sign up at <a href="https://www.patreon.com/junkfilter" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">⁠https://www.patreon.com/junkfilter</a> Follow <a href="https://twitter.com/Ruby_Stevens" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jessica Ritchey</a> on Twitter and subscribe to her<a href="https://www.patreon.com/coldtakesjmr" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Patreon</a>! Trailer for <a href="https://youtu.be/ufnDlkujmNo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Paint Your Wagon</a> (Joshua Logan, 1969) Trailer for <a href="https://youtu.be/mkomfZHG5q4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Black Adam</a> (Jaume Collet-Serra, 2022) The legendary Simpsons' takedown of <a href="https://youtu.be/_W_g7_KJP_o" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Paint Your Wagon</a>

126: Paint Your Wagon & Black Adam (with Jessica Ritchey)

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