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040: MOONLIGHTING

May 18th, 2020 | 50 mins 59 secs

80s, comedy, mystery, romance, tv

In 1985 Glenn Gordon Caron, Cybill Shepherd and Bruce Willis turned a classic Hollywood formula into one of the most 80s TV series ever produced: MOONLIGHTING

039: THE HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY

May 4th, 2020 | 52 mins 16 secs

2000s, 70s, 80s, comedy, movie, novel, radio, scifi, tv, uk

Starting with the 1981 BCC TV show, Ian and Matthew discuss the sprawling multimedia Douglas Adams masterwork THE HITCHHIKER’S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY.

038: MAZES AND MONSTERS

April 20th, 2020 | 1 hr 3 mins

80s, drama, movie, tv

An 80s TV movie about troubled students playing pseudo Dungeons and Dragons. Roll saving throw versus sensationalism. Warning, SPOILERS!

037: THE FIRST EASTER EGG

April 6th, 2020 | 39 mins 41 secs

2000s, animation, comedy, easter, family, holiday, kids, millennial strikes back

The Millennial Strikes Back! Ian takes over the podcast to focus on his favorite Easter cartoon — and Matthew’s.

036: BUCK ROGERS IN THE 25TH CENTURY

March 23rd, 2020 | 1 hr 13 mins

70s, 80s, scifi, tv

Can a cocky US Air Force pilot from the 1980s save what remains of humanity 500 years in the future? It’s 1970s TV. Of course he can.

Bonus Show - HACKERS

March 21st, 2020 | 37 mins 33 secs

90s, bonus, movie

A special bonus show, previously heard only on the IMMP Patreon: the gloriously goofy 1995 movie HACKERS.

035: MY FAVORITE MARTIAN

March 9th, 2020 | 57 mins 15 secs

60s, bixby, scifi, sitcom, tv

The Bixby Boys return to talk about Bill Bixby and Ray Walston in the high-concept sitcom classic MY FAVORITE MARTIAN.

034: Disney’s THE ABSENT-MINDED PROFESSOR

February 24th, 2020 | 42 mins 35 secs

60s, comedy, disney, family, movie

Eight long years before The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes, Disney introduced Medfield College — and “flubber” — in THE ABSENT-MINDED PROFESSOR

033: Disney’s THE COMPUTER WORE TENNIS SHOES

February 10th, 2020 | 1 hr 6 mins

60s, comedy, disney, movie

Before he was MacReady in THE THING, before he was Snake Plisskin in ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK, Kurt Russell was happy-go-lucky Medfield College man Dexter Riley in the Disney comedy THE COMPUTER WORE TENNIS SHOES.

032: John Carpenter’s THE THING

January 27th, 2020 | 1 hr 11 mins

80s, horror, movie, scifi

Ian and Matthew discuss another version of the classic story of survival against an alien invader in a frozen wasteland: John Carpenter’s 1982 version of THE THING.

Bonus Show: THUNDERBIRDS Live Action Movie (2004)

January 21st, 2020 | 16 mins 47 secs

2000s, adventure, bonus, kids, movie, scifi

Reposted from the IMMP Patreon feed, this special bonus episode covers the 2004 live action THUNDERBIRDS movie.

031: THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD

January 13th, 2020 | 1 hr 19 mins

50s, movie, scifi

Ian and Matthew discuss the 1951 sci fi classic produced by Howard Hawks.

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