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What's in the Basket

Tv & Film

Frequency: 1 episode/19d. Total Eps: 43

What's in the Basket is a female-hosted film history podcast that combines research, humour, and leftist politics to deliver the absolute hottest of takes on Old Hollywood, modern movies, and fan culture. Updated Tuesdays at 8 PM Eastern.

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22. Leave Her to Heaven (1945): Hell Popping Around Here

mercredi 24 novembre 2021 • Duration 02:10:56

Surprise Noirvember ep! It's Tierney Time once again as we discuss John M. Stahl's Technicolor noir masterpiece Leave Her to Heaven (1945). Topics include monkeys and coconuts, Vincent Price club bangers, boat massacres of all kinds, and more Bosley Crowther bullshit.

Show Notes & Sources: https://wp.me/pbeIfn-gj

Theme Music by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io): "Dark Hallway (Distressed)" and "The Show Must Be Go"

21. The Mummy (1932): He's Got On a Caftan and He's Very Dry

mercredi 27 octobre 2021 • Duration 01:38:38

With just enough time for one more spooooky Halloween episode, we're busting open Imhotep's tomb to cover The Mummy (1932). Join us as we discuss the film's roots in the Egyptomania craze of 19th and early-20th centuries, its place as a lesser entry in the Universal horror canon, and whether or not we think Boris Karloff pissed his pants. Webbys do not interact!

Show Notes & Sources: https://wp.me/pbeIfn-g9

Theme Music by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io): "Dark Hallway (Distressed)" and "The Show Must Be Go"

17. Poltergeist (1982): You Obviously Don't Know How Much a Skeleton Costs

mercredi 14 octobre 2020 • Duration 01:54:20

Our Halloween theme continues this week with another notoriously "cursed" horror movie: Tobe Hooper and Steven Spielberg's haunted house classic Poltergeist (1982). We tackle the question of just who actually directed the film, explore its iconic special effects, and confront the moral implications of the popular "curse" narrative. Please note that this podcast has not been and will never be censored by Pizza Hut. Finally, another content warning—today's episode addresses the deaths of two of Poltergeist's young stars, Dominique Dunne and Heather O'Rourke, and in doing so includes some discussion of real-life violence against women.

Show Notes & Sources: https://wp.me/pbeIfn-bh

Theme Music by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io): "Dark Hallway (Distressed)" and "The Show Must Be Go"

16. The Exorcist (1973): Sometimes the Vibes Is Right

mercredi 30 septembre 2020 • Duration 01:57:10

We're back! After losing an episode to our very own MP3-devouring curse, we emerge from the shadows to kick off the Halloween season with a look at William Friedkin's similarly cursed horror classic The Exorcist (1973). We trace writer William Peter Blatty's journey from Georgetown to...well...Georgetown, attempt to address at least a few of the approximately one billion things that went wrong during the film's production, and mourn the omission of Father Dyer's sick Snoopy sweatshirt. Fair warning: this episode is centered around a movie that's full of disturbing subject matter and includes a brief discussion of a real-life homicide.

Show Notes & Sources: https://wp.me/pbeIfn-ak

Theme Music by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io): "Dark Hallway (Distressed)" and "The Show Must Be Go"

Bonus 16. Basket Case 2 (1990): First Anniversary Episode Brought to You By Jolt Cola

mercredi 2 septembre 2020 • Duration 01:08:05

This week all the crickets in the state of California join us to celebrate the show's one-year anniversary with a look at Basket Case 2 (1990), belated and beloved sequel to the first movie we ever covered. Topics include the Belial Babies, our own tragic Hollywood endings, and—somehow—Tony Randall. Thanks for sticking with us this year, and here's to the next one!

Show Notes & Sources: https://wp.me/pbeIfn-aH

Theme Music by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io): "Dark Hallway (Distressed)" and "The Show Must Be Go"

Bonus 15. Romance on the High Seas (1948): Jack Carson Has Risen From the Grave

mercredi 5 août 2020 • Duration 01:24:58

On this week's bonus episode we tackle the postwar Warner Brothers musical Romance on the High Seas (1948), starring Doris Day, Janis Paige, Oscar Levant, S.Z. Sakall, and absolutely no one else. Warning: The following podcast contains material that may be disturbing to the ghost of Jack Carson. Listener discretion is advised.

Show Notes & Sources: https://wp.me/pbeIfn-ac

Theme Music by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io): "Dark Hallway (Distressed)" and "The Show Must Be Go"

Bonus 14. Rollercoaster (1977): He's Got Timmy Bottoms Eyes

mercredi 22 juillet 2020 • Duration 01:14:01

Amusement parks may be off limits this summer, but at least we've got the disaster flick Rollercoaster (1977) to hold us over. Join us for this week's bonus episode as we discuss George Segal's tiny hat, Timothy Bottoms' stinky bomber jacket, Richard Widmark's Sophia Petrillo glasses, and Henry Fonda's enviable late-in-life disaster movie cameo grift.

Show Notes & Sources: https://wp.me/pbeIfn-a6

Theme Music by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io): "Dark Hallway (Distressed)" and "The Show Must Be Go"

15. Holiday (1938): Not Caring is Cool

mercredi 1 juillet 2020 • Duration 01:33:39

Today we're taking a look at Holiday (1938), arguably the most understated of Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn's four films together. We discuss the early years and muses of playwright Philip Barry, Holiday's role in launching Hepburn's career, her contentious but unwavering friendship with director George Cukor, and we finally have a legitimate reason to talk about Lew Ayres — plus Candice serves up another edition of her Puppet Corner and tackles the ultimate question: is it weird that Edward Everett Horton lived with his mom?

Candice would like to clarify that she is aware she mixed up Lewis Milestone and Jacques Tourneur in her Night of the Demon (1957) anecdote and is suitably repentant. Please don't haunt us, Jacques Tourneur.

Show Notes & Sources: https://wp.me/pbeIfn-9F

Theme Music by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io): "Dark Hallway (Distressed)" and "The Show Must Be Go"

Bonus 13. Berlin Correspondent (1942): That's Not His Natural Chomp

mercredi 3 juin 2020 • Duration 59:22

This week the Gruesome Twosome heads back to the ol' Dana Andrews well for a research-free look at the World War II thriller Berlin Correspondent (1942). We discuss the film's extremely poor attempts at emulating Foreign Correspondent (1940), the evolution of Hollywood's approach to the war as it unfolded, Hans Gruber's Super Cool Postage Stamp Emporium, and that time Dana's adult braces fused his jaw shut.

This episode was recorded prior to the onset of protests against racism and police brutality across the United States and around the world. If you're unsure how to help, a list of resources can be found at https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co

Show Notes & Sources: https://wp.me/pbeIfn-9M

Theme Music by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io): "Dark Hallway (Distressed)" and "The Show Must Be Go"

14. Safety Last! (1923): Back Then They Didn't Have Uber Eats

mercredi 13 mai 2020 • Duration 01:26:13

The time has finally come—we're covering a silent film! This week we take a look at the early life and career of Harold Lloyd, culminating in the production of his first masterpiece Safety Last! (1923). Topics include child scammers, prop bombs that aren't prop bombs, towel delivery vans, and our impassioned arguments for why the so-called "third genius" of silent comedy deserves a greater legacy than he has been allotted.

Show Notes & Sources: https://wp.me/pbeIfn-9m

Theme Music by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.filmmusic.io): "Dark Hallway (Distressed)" and "The Show Must Be Go"