Crackpot Cinema: Ep. 31 — MAGICAL MYSTERY TOUR (1967) + SGT. PEPPER’S LONELY HEARTS CLUB BAND (1978)On a very special final episode of Crackpot Cinema, Aaron Lee, Kat Ellinger and Ben Reiser pay loving tribute to our fallen pod-rade, Mike “Mc

Ep 30 - Mike

Dec 17th, 2020 14m 59s

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Ep 29 - Bustin' Loose & D.C. Cab

Dec 11th, 2020 1h 42m

Crackpot Cinema: Ep. 29 — BUSTIN’ LOOSE (1981) and D.C. CAB (1983)Guest co-host PAT HEALY comes roaring back for high-octane, outrageously anti-social, bizarrely heart-warming careen into the early-’80s R-rated comedy oddities BUSTIN’ LOOSE

Ep 28 - Patrick + Patrick Still Lives

Nov 25th, 2020 1h 24m

Crackpot Cinema: Ep #28 — PATRICK (1978) and PATRICK STILL LIVES (1980)Give thanks! Actor, writer, director, funnyman, and comatose horror hero namesake PAT HEALY returns as the first-ever Crackpot Cinema Co-Guest-Host for a jarringly wide-e

Ep 27 - Whatchoo Talkin’ ’Bout, Rainn Wilson

Oct 12th, 2020 1h 23m

Crackpot Cinema: Ep #27 — Whatchoo Talkin’ ’Bout, Rainn WilsonRainn Wilson guests on Crackpot Cinema to marvel at Gary Coleman living in a train station locker and picking racetrack winners in the 1981 opus, ON THE RIGHT TRACK. That’s rig

Ep 26 - Student Bodies

Oct 6th, 2020 1h 39m

Crackpot Cinema: Ep #26 —“Student Bodies” (1981)Craft your horsehead bookends, watch out for gum on the steps, and DON’T drink Malvert’s prom punch! Crackpot Cinema is here to salute writer-director Mickey Rose’s bombastically brilliant slas

Ep 25 - Firesign Movie Theatre

Sep 27th, 2020 1h 34m

Crackpot Cinema: Ep#25 — Firesign Movie TheatreDon’t crush that electrician on the bus, you bozo! Noise rock overlord Christopher Sienko joins Mike and Aaron for a triple feature of films created by and featuring surrealistic “head” comedy su

Ep 24 - The Legend of the Lone Ranger with President David Goodman

Sep 18th, 2020 1h 36m

Crackpot Cinema: Episode 24—“The Legend of the Lone Ranger” (1981) with President David GoodmanDon your black masks, bizarre blue jumpsuits, and faithful companions this week as THE PRESIDENT joins us to discuss the retro-stinko disaster, TH

Ep 23 - —Pat Healy IS The Maniac Robert Mitchum!

Sep 10th, 2020 1h 37m

Crackpot Cinema: Ep #23—“Pat Healy IS The Maniac Robert Mitchum!”Actor, film fanatic, and profoundly committed “Robert Mitchum completist” PAT HEALY (CHEAP THRILLS, THE INNKEEPERS, COMPLIANCE) joins Mike and Aaron to take on two of Mitch’s m

Ep 22 - Alphabet City with special guest Jonathan Hertzberg

Aug 31st, 2020 1h 14m

Ep 22: Alphabet City (1984) with Jonathan HertzbergFun City Editions honcho Jonathan Hertzberg joins us to herald his new imprint’s maiden release—an astounding collector’s edition Blu-ray of Amos Poe’s ALPHABET CITY, starring Vincent Spano.

Ep 21 - L.A. Punk Movies, Part 1 with Allan MacDonell

Aug 24th, 2020 2h 2m

Crackpot Cinema Ep 21 - L.A. Punk Movies, Part 1 with Allan MacDonellIn our most fluid-spewing episode to date, author, raconteur, and Mike and Aaron’s former Hustler magazine boss ALLAN MacDONELL joins us to take on Penelope Spheeris’s gött

Ep 20 - H.O.T.S. with special guest Mr. Skin

Aug 17th, 2020 1h 30m

Crackpot Cinema: Episode 20—H.O.T.S. with Mr. SkinHands Off Those Suckers?! Help Out the Seals?! No! In this case, H.O.T.S. stands for Hear Our Twentieth Show!!! Jim “Mr. Skin” McBride joins us for a double-X celebration of the ebullient dri

Ep 19 - MALIBU HIGH with Daniel Waters

Jul 31st, 2020 1h 42m

Crackpot Cinema Ep 19: MALIBU HIGH with Daniel WatersHEATHERS screenwriter Daniel Waters joins the Crackpot Crew to celebrate MALIBU HIGH (1979), the bombastically berserk teen-prostitute-turb-mob-assassin blowout that Crown International Pi

Ep 6 - Lunatic Liz Taylor, Part 1

Jul 13th, 2020 1h 29m

Don your most Herculean headdress, down any and all intoxicants within reach, and storm into our salute to the titanic extra everything-ness that is Elizabeth Taylor in BOOM! (1968), THE BLUE BIRD (1976), and THE MIRROR CRACK'D (1980).

Ep 1 - Dirty(Magazine)Movies

Jul 13th, 2020 1h 7m

For the maiden voyage of the SS Crackpot, Mike McPadden and Aaron Lee reflect on their past as HUSTLER magazine pros with four films dedicated to the “men’s sophisticates” game: the decidedly non-obscure THE PEOPLE VS. LARRY FLYNT (1996), Steve

Ep 2 - Ritter Me This

Jul 13th, 2020 1h 41m

The Episode That Glows in the Dark! Mike McPadden and Aaron Lee pratfall into Le Cinema du John Ritter with AMERICATHON (1979), HERO AT LARGE (1980), THEY ALL LAUGHED (1981) and SKIN DEEP (1989)

Ep 3 - Krackpot Kirk Douglas

Jul 13th, 2020 1h 19m

Crackpot Cinema honors the dimpled-chin demigod that was Issur Danielovitch, aka Kirk Douglas, with a salute to four of his least-loved productions: MOUSEY (1974), THE VILLAIN (1979), SATURN 3 (1980), and TOUGH GUYS (1986). Find out what we "Du

Ep 5 - Toxic Masculinity Breakdowns

Jul 13th, 2020 1h 37m

Eat, drink, and explode miserable male bombast! It's Apocalypse Testosterone time as we mansplain LA GRAND BOUFFE (1972), PRAY FOR THE WILD CATS (1974), and I MELT WITH YOU (2011). Who will survive and what will be left of their boyish fragilit

Ep 4 - That's Brookesploitation!

Jul 13th, 2020 1h 42m

PRETTY BABY. BLUE LAGOON. ENDLESS LOVE. When contemplating "Brooke Shields movies," these leap to mind. Not here. Mike McPadden & Aaron Lee crack the pot with JUST YOU AND ME KID (1979), TILT (1979), WANDA NEVADA (1979), SAHARA (1983) and BREND

Ep 7 - Adult (Book) Movies: THE BETSY vs BLOODLINE

Jul 13th, 2020 1h 15m

It's all page-burners and potboilers when two behemoths of '70s lust literature turn the silver screen blue: Harold Robbins' THE BETSY (1978) and Sidney Sheldon's BLOODLINE (1979).

Ep 8 - Stink or Stan: THE FAN (1981) vs DER FAN (1982)

Jul 13th, 2020 1h 31m

Homicidal headcases hunt their heartthrobs in two early-'80s sagas of celebrity worship gone wackoid: the sanguine Lauren Bacall showcase THE FAN (1981) and the meaty German new-wave mouthful, DER FAN (1982).

Ep 10 - HollyWOOFS: GABLE & LOMBARD and W.C. FIELDS & ME

Jul 13th, 2020 1h 27m

"That's enter-taint-shit!" We salute two nostalgia-sopped, putty-mugged, magnificently moronic Golden Age of Tinseltown biopics from 1976: GABLE & LOMBARD and W.C. FIELDS & ME! (Billy Barty IS included!)

Ep 9 - The Heritage of Joel M. Reed: An Orgy of Sick Minds

Jul 13th, 2020 1h 13m

"Master!... He is DEAD!" [Applause] Come mourn the passing of BLOODSUCKING FREAKS perpetrator Joel M. Reed as he's crackpotically honored by hosts Mike McPadden, Aaron Lee, and our first-ever special guest—L.A. comedy legend JOE WAGNER!

Ep 11 - G******g or Gangrene? SUNNYSIDE vs. BOARDWALK

Jul 13th, 2020 1h 5m

Don your colors for two of 1979’s most stupefying street-gang epics. No, it’s not THE WARRIORS & THE WANDERERS. It’s not even BOULEVARD NIGHTS & WALK PROUD. It’s SUNNYSIDE with Joey Travolta and BOARDWALK with Lee Strasberg & Ruth Gordon. Wisco

Ep 12 - Fred Willard Forever: CRACKING UP & FIRST FAMILY

Jul 13th, 2020 1h 15m

In a salute to recently departed side-spitter supreme FRED WILLARD, we take on two of his more unsung efforts: the sketch comedy CRACKING UP (1977) and Buck Henry’s White House romp FIRST FAMILY (1980). It’s a pod-slapping Fredstravaganza!