Amusing Ourselves to Death – Details, episodes & analysis

Have a smoke, take a shower, pop some Dexedrine and put on some movement clothes because this month we're covering Bob Fosse's ALL THAT JAZZ. Starring Roy Scheider, Jessica Lang, the Mayor from Ghostbusters and the Dad from Alf. I almost typed Elf, which would have been either Bob Newhart or James Caan. Those are the Dads from Elf. But we're not talking about ELF, we're talking ALL THAT JAZZ. A movie about a irredeemable man taking advantage of women and then dying, having learned nothing. Which I guess is most men right? HEYOOOOOOOO

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This week we're joined by comedian and actress Danielle Tampier to discuss the 1989 comedy TEEN WITCH starring Robyn Lively, Brad Powell and Zelda Rubinstein.

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IT'S ALRIGHT! IT'S OKAY!! THERE'S A NEW EPISODE TO LISTEN TO!! JIAH TOLD ME SOOOOOOOOO! This month we're covering the 1999 cult classic documentary AMERICAN MOVIE. Brought to us by Chris Smith and Sarah Price, we follow the trials and tribulations of filmmaker Mark Borchardt as he desperately tries to finish his horror films NORTHWESTERN and COVEN.

This doc feels like it was filmed entirely in another dimension. The more time we spend in Milwaukee with Mark and his crew (especially his childhood friend Mike Schank) the more we bare witness to the never-ending struggle of being an artist and the toll it takes to fulfill an artistic vision. Which is something we definitely do NOT relate to. At all. Not in the slightest. Nope. No problems over here. Making art is EASY and FUN.

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On Mondays, we podcast! This week we discuss the 2004 Mark Waters, Tina Fey classic MEAN GIRLS. Also the new horny musical I guess. Also the gang gets real with true stories of bullying, school yard fights, yearbook autographs and...TV Jocks? I don't know. Either way, this episode is Fetch.

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Do you hate starting your day with a confrontation? Then you should listen to our new episode instead! That's right, we're back and covering Paul Thomas Anderson's 2017 offering PHANTOM THREAD. Starring Daniel Day Lewis, Vicky Krieps and Lesley Manville. We talk all things fashion, breakfast and routine. And if you listen closely, perhaps you'll catch the plenty of tangents we stitched lovingly into the fabric of this episode.

We strongly recommend listening alone or with headphones as not to disturb your loved ones at breakfast.

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It's that time of the year again! Christy, Jiah and Justin go through their Top 23 of 2023 lists. Get ready for some chip munching, multiple bathroom breaks and Jiah learning what a Pot Pie is.

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On this week's episode, instead of going to bed at a reasonable hour, we talk lengthily about Purple Rain.

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This week we're talking the David Fincher film Fight Club starring Brad Pitt, Edward Norton and Helena Bonham Carter. Also, a new KIDPROVISED MOVIES.

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Have you ever wondered where the Wicked Witch of the West got her hat? Or how those Monkeys learned to fly? Or how many Sleeping Tulips it takes to get a Goat with Tenure fired? Or how that road in OZ got so yellow? Well I don't want to spoil it for you, but it ain't all the Munchkin Piss.

On this week's episode we're talking all things WICKED. And no, we don't mean the New-England-specific term of endearment. We mean the 2024 theatrical remake by John Chu of the 2003 Broadway adaptation by Winnie Holzman of the 1995 novel by Gregory Maguire which was a kind of re-imagining of the 1939 MGM studio movie which, in turn, was a re-telling of the 1900 L. Frank Baum novel The Wizard of Oz. Phew. What a mouthful. Someone get me an Elixir.

Anyway, we learned a lot from this movie. And the singing is pretty good too. Let's just hope we make it to November 2025 so we can potentially see a green woman fuck a scarecrow.

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