(NOTE: There are a few audio issues during this episode that unfortunately we could not fix. We apologize.)
Well, nobody’s perfect.
On today’s podcast adventure, Adolfo and Mark discuss the 1959 Billy Wilder classic: SOME LIKE IT HOT!
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On today’s discussion:
- AMC Best Picture Showcase
- The Best way to watch a movie is to know nothing about it
- Why Mark can’t drink Red Bull
- Discussing the 2016 Oscar contenders
- How we didn’t take notes for this screening
- How open-minded Some Like It Hot is about “Alternative lifestyles”
- How we first experienced Some Like It Hot
- The funniest movie ever made
- Joe E Brown & Jack Lemmon: The MVPs of the movie
- Billy Wilder’s epic career
- The unlikely origins of SOME LIKE IT HOT
- A remake of a remake of a remake
- Frank Sinatra in drag?
- Marilyn Monroe’s delays to the production schedule
- 47 takes for 3 words
- Why Tony Curtis had to be perfect on every take
- Why Marilyn Monroe was underrated as an actress
- That weird Cary Grant accent
- How the film addressed multiple issues that are prevalent today: homosexuality, transgender issues and the objectification of women
- The film is half a gangster movie
- George Raft: Tango Dancer
- Oh boy, am I a boy.
- Our terrible Cary Grant impressions
- Great gangster casting
- Why the film was shot in black and white
- Adolfo doesn’t get Jerry Lewis’ humor
- More Simpsons references (of course)
- The final line was almost cut
- A discussion on Alamo Draught House and dine-in theaters.
- Coke is better than Pepsi
- Is there a funnier comedy than Some Like It Hot?
- The Funniest movies of all time according to AFI
PLUS REFERENCES TO:
- SAFETY LAST! (1923)
- SCARFACE (1932)
- DUCK SOUP (1933)
- IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934)
- ANGELS WITH DIRTY FACES (1938)
- DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944)
- MURDER MY SWEET (1944)
- THE LOST WEEKEND (1945)
- SUNSET BLVD. (1950)
- ALL ABOUT EVE (1950)
- THE ASPHALT JUNGLE (1950)
- ACE IN THE HOLE (1951)
- SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN (1952)
- STALAG 17 (1953)
- GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES (1953)
- HOW TO MARRY A MILLIONAIRE (1953)
- FROM HERE TO ETERNITY (1953)
- DUCK AMUCK (1953)
- SABRINA (1954)
- THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH (1955)
- WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION (1957)
- RAINTREE COUNTY (1957)
- SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS (1957)
- BEN-HUR (1959)
- THE APARTMENT (1960)
- THE MISFITS (1961)
- JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG (1961)
- THE NUTTY PROFESSOR (1963)
- DR. STRANGELOVE: OR HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB (1964)
- MARY POPPINS (1964)
- THE GRADUATE (1967)
- 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968)
- M*A*S*H (1970)
- A CLOCKWORK ORANGE (1971)
- THE GODFATHER (1972)
- BLAZING SADDLES (1974)
- ANNIE HALL (1977)
- CADDYSHACK (1980)
- MANIAC (1980)
- THE SHINING (1980)
- AIRPLANE! (1980)
- GANDHI (1982)
- TOOTSIE (1982)
- FULL METAL JACKET (1987)
- MAJOR LEAGUE (1989)
- MY WEEK WITH MARILYN (2011)
- AMOUR (2012)
- ZERO DARK THIRTY (2012)
- MANCHESTER BY THE SEA (2016)
- LA LA LAND (2016)
- LION (2016)
- MOONLIGHT (2016)
- HACKSAW RIDGE (2016)
- SILENCE (2016)
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