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179: Val Kilmer in REAL GENIUS

September 15th, 2025 | 1 hr 15 mins

80s, comedy, movie

It's Back to School time at the IMMP, so Ian and Matthew check in with the gang at Pacific Tech for the 1985 comedy REAL GENIUS.

178: Live at NDK 2025 - BATTLE OF THE PLANETS meets GATCHAMAN

September 4th, 2025 | 42 mins 7 secs

70s, action, adventure, animation, kids, scifi

Anime special from Nan Desk Kan in Colorado -- You may know them as SCIENCE NINJA TEAM GATCHAMAN. But middle-schoolers in the 1970s knew them as G-Force from BATTLE OF THE PLANETS!

Bonus Show: INTO THE 8th DIMENSION

August 27th, 2025 | 30 mins 44 secs

80s, action, adventure, bonus, comedy, scifi

Following their talk about THE ADVENTURES OF BUCKAROO BANZAI: ACROSS THE 8th DIMENSION, Matthew and Ian explored an amazingly detailed feature-length documentary about the making of this beloved film. It's 2016's INTO THE 8th DIMENSION.

177: Danny Kaye in THE COURT JESTER (1955)

August 18th, 2025 | 1 hr 4 mins

50s, comedy, movie, musical

Special guest (and Matthew's brother/Ian's uncle) Jim Porter returns to the podcast to discuss the 1955 Danny Kaye medieval comedy Technicolor epic THE COURT JESTER.

176: CODE LYOKO (The Millennial Strikes Back)

August 4th, 2025 | 1 hr 13 mins

2000s, animation, kids, scifi, tv

RETURN TO THE PAST NOW! Specifically, return with us to 2003 for a Millennial Strikes Back episode about the French animated kids' sci fi cartoon CODE LYOKO.

175: Electric Light Orchestra - A NEW WORLD RECORD

July 21st, 2025 | 45 mins 23 secs

70s, music

This week Matthew introduces Ian to the 1976 ELO album A NEW WORLD RECORD.

174: V: The Original Miniseries (1983)

July 7th, 2025 | 56 mins 7 secs

80s, action, drama, sci fi, tv

On this episode Ian and Matthew tackle the jackbooted space lizards of V, the original miniseries from 1983.

173: BUCKAROO BANZAI

June 23rd, 2025 | 1 hr 11 mins

80s, action, adventure, comedy, scifi

This week the IMMP dives into one of great cult movies of the 80s: BUCKAROO BANZAI.

172: THE CRYING OF LOT 49 by Thomas Pynchon

June 9th, 2025 | 55 mins

60s, book, comedy, mystery, novel

Was the D&D panic of the 80s sorta kinda correct? Ian and Matthew talk about this and more while discussing of of Matthew's favorite novels.

171: Burt Reynolds and Clint Eastwood in CITY HEAT

May 26th, 2025 | 1 hr 1 min

80s, action, comedy, drama, movie, mystery

Ian and Matthew discuss Burt Reynolds and Clint Eastwood in CITY HEAT, the 1984...Comedy? Drama? Violent actioner?

170: DIRTY HARRY (1971)

May 12th, 2025 | 1 hr 1 min

70s, action, crime, drama

Not necessarily a "fun" movie this time, but an interesting one to talk about.

169: HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER

April 28th, 2025 | 51 mins 6 secs

70s, movie, western

After learning the ropes in Sergio Leone's Italian Westerns, Clint Eastwood took the reins to direct the 1973 film HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER.

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