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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.

168: A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS

April 14th, 2025 | 48 mins 8 secs

60s, action, drama, movie, western

In 1964, the dream team of actor Clint Eastwood, director Sergio Leone and composer Ennio Morricone changed westerns forever, with just A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS.

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