IMMP
The Inter-Millennium Media Project, where a GenX dad subjects his Millennial son to 20th century media.
About the show
Matthew Porter and his son Ian Porter explore movies, TV, books and music from Matthew's youth, way back in the 20th Century. What stands the test of time? What doesn’t? And what's still worth binging in the new millennium?
Son learns what made Dad ... whatever he is today. And Dad learns what Son thinks of all this.
(Music by Jason Aro / Pond5)
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Episodes
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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
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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.
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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!
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.