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Wild, Wild Podcast

Adrian Smith

Tv & Film

Arts

Frequency: 1 episode/19d. Total Eps: 92

Join Adrian Smith and Rod Barnett as they explore a wide range of Italian genres, one filone at a time.

You can listen to the podcast on Acast, Spotify, Stitcher, Amazon Music, Apple, YouTube, Google Podcasts, Tunein, Podtail, Pocket Casts, Podchaser, Goodpods and Podcast Addict.

If you enjoy the podcast, why not buy us a coffee? Espresso, naturally. Grazie mille!

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🇺🇸 USA - filmHistory
19/08/2026
#92
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18/08/2026
#89
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15/08/2026
#84
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14/08/2026
#59
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13/08/2026
#67
🇺🇸 USA - filmHistory
11/08/2026
#86
🇬🇧 Great Britain - filmHistory
30/07/2026
#97
🇬🇧 Great Britain - filmHistory
29/07/2026
#90
🇬🇧 Great Britain - filmHistory
28/07/2026
#69
🇬🇧 Great Britain - filmHistory
27/07/2026
#52

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https://www.instagram.com/wildwildpodcast
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https://www.instagram.com/mr.steven.ross
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https://twitter.com/thewildwildpod
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https://twitter.com/TreasFilmsUK
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Score global : 79%

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Bonus Episode: Interview with comic writer Steven Ross

Season 7 · Episode 10

Wednesday, August 28, 2024 • Duration 01:10:08

In this bonus episode Adrian chats with comic writer Steven Ross, who was responsible for encouraging Luigi Cozzi to write a new story in the Starcrash universe, The Midas Star (which we reviewed in a previous episode). Steven is also working on a new translation of the original Yor - the Hunter From the Future comics, so there is plenty to discuss!

If you want to follow Steven Ross and find out more about these projects you can find him on Twitter and Instagram.

We would love to hear from you if you have any favourite Italian comics or your memories of seeing Starcrash or Yor for the first time. You can contact us on Twitter and Instagram or by email at wildwildpodcast@gmail.com. You can also find our YouTube channel here.

Please also remember to rate and review us on your podcast platform of choice!

If you enjoy the podcast, why not buy us a coffee at ko-fi.com/wildwildpodcast? Espresso, naturally. Grazie mille!

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Mister X (Avenger X, Piero Vivarelli, 1967)

Season 7 · Episode 9

Wednesday, August 21, 2024 • Duration 53:28

Bored of winning the golf championships all the time? Is life with your beautiful fiancé just not quite giving you the thrills you need? In that case, why not put on a black mask, stick a big X on your belt and then head out to fight international criminals? That's just what Mister X did, and he's never been happier, whether he's chucking henchmen out of windows or blowing up phone boxes.

Yes, we're back with another episode in our Fumetti season, and this is one of the lesser-known films based on a relatively unsuccessful comic. As usual with this season, there's no decent home video release to speak of, but you can find a poor quality copy on YouTube. It's good fun though, and gives Rod and Adrian plenty to discuss.

We are now coming towards the end of our fumetti season. If you want to do some background reading on the most popular Italian comics of the sixties, there's a great resource here on Comic Vine.

We would love to hear from you if you have any favourite Italian comic or masked hero/ villain-based films, or if you have used your fiancé as a honeytrap to catch a sleazy mafia boss. You can contact us on Twitter and Instagram or by email at wildwildpodcast@gmail.com. You can also find our YouTube channel here.

Please also remember to rate and review us on your podcast platform of choice!

If you enjoy the podcast, why not buy us a coffee at ko-fi.com/wildwildpodcast? Espresso, naturally. Grazie mille!

Superargo vs Diabolicus (1966) & Superargo and the Faceless Giants (1968)

Season 7 · Episode 2

Wednesday, February 14, 2024 • Duration 01:20:52

In this episode Rod & Adrian grab their bulletproof spandex and head for the wrestling ring for a tag team bout with Superargo! Based on his previous form, it's not likely to end well for our two middle-aged podcasters. Yes, Superargo is here, in a double-bill featuring maniacal mad men, secret underground lairs, killer robots, deadly swamps, femme fatales and extremely valuable cocktail olives!

The fumetti season is well underway! If you want to do some background reading on the most popular Italian comics of the sixties, there's a great resource here on Comic Vine.

We would love to hear from you if you have any favourite Italian comic or masked hero/ villain-based films, or if you ever got thrown out of the ring by a man in a mask. You can contact us on Twitter and Instagram or by email at wildwildpodcast@gmail.com. You can also find our YouTube channel here.

Please also remember to rate and review us on your podcast platform of choice!

If you enjoy the podcast, why not buy us a coffee at ko-fi.com/wildwildpodcast? Espresso, naturally. Grazie mille!

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Kriminal (Umberto Lenzi, 1966) & Il Marchio di Kriminal (Fernando Cerchio, 1968)

Season 7 · Episode 1

Tuesday, January 16, 2024 • Duration 01:14:24

The Wild, Wild Podcast emerges blinking into the light after the long dark Christmas break to bring you a new season dedicated to the heroes and villains (but mostly villains) of the films adapted from or inspired by the fumetti neri publishing phenomenon of the sixties (which is still going strong today in Italy).

Our first episode sees us going toe to toe with a devious, ruthless, devilishly handsome villain, Kriminal. He's self-serving and will stop at nothing to get what he wants, in the comics at least. The films have him toned down a bit, as we explore in this discussion, which also covers such vital topics as the best way to shave and how to deal with your dad being Mussolini.

If you want to do some background reading on the most popular Italian comics of the sixties, there's a great resource here on Comic Vine.

We would love to hear from you if you have any favourite Italian comic-based films, or if you ever got beaten up and robbed by a man in a skull mask. You can contact us on Twitter and Instagram or by email at wildwildpodcast@gmail.com. Please also remember to rate and review us on your podcast platform of choice!

If you enjoy the podcast, why not buy us a coffee at ko-fi.com/wildwildpodcast? Espresso, naturally. Grazie mille!

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Tarzana The Wild Girl (Tarzana, sesso selvaggio, Guido Malatesta, 1969)

Season 6 · Episode 4

Tuesday, December 5, 2023 • Duration 57:56

For the final time, pack your mosquito spray and come with us into the fake jungles of Rome's film studios in search of a mythical white goddess who has the kind of sex appeal that even the animals can dig. Yes, it's Tarzana, the beautiful heiress whose parents died in the plane crash that left her alone in Kenya to survive and thrive, learning such essential jungle skills as how to swing on vines, how to direct elephants, and how to weave tiny thongs.

In the episode we discuss the lack of available interviews with star Ken Clark. Rod mentions some videos, but on post-episode examination it turns out these are interviews with British politician Ken Clarke. However, the fanzine European Trash Cinema did interview our Ken back in 1995. You can find part of that interview reproduced HERE. If you want to read the whole thing, the issue is currently for sale on eBay.

The only decent online coverage of Tarzana can be found on the blog Spinning Image.

We hope you have enjoyed this jungle-themed mini-season. We would love to hear from you if you have any favourite Jungle Girl films, or if you ever got lost in the jungle yourself and ended up befriending the animals or becoming a god to a local tribe. You can contact us on Twitter and Instagram or by email at wildwildpodcast@gmail.com. Please also remember to rate and review us on your podcast platform of choice!

Samoa, the Jungle Girl (Samoa, regina della giungla, Guido Malatesta, 1968)

Season 6 · Episode 3

Wednesday, November 8, 2023 • Duration 01:13:33

Come with us up river with Edwige Fenech and Roger Browne as we look for diamonds amongst the stock footage and become on speaking terms with Samoa, the only jungle girl in history to not actually live in a jungle. Yes, it's our penultimate episode in this jungle-flavoured mini-season, and this one is a little different from what we've become accustomed to. But it's still great fun! Just don't pin all your affection on Clint. He'll let you down.

In the episode we discussed a great podcast interview with Roger Browne by Derek Koch. You can listen to that HERE.

There's not a lot out there written about the film, but we did locate two blog posts which are quite good, HERE and HERE.

We would love to hear from you if you have any favourite Jungle Girl films, or if you ever got lost in the jungle yourself and ended up befriending the animals or becoming a god to a local tribe. You can contact us on Twitter and Instagram or by email at wildwildpodcast@gmail.com. Please also remember to rate and review us on your podcast platform of choice!

If you enjoy the podcast, why not buy us a coffee at ko-fi.com/wildwildpodcast? Espresso, naturally. Grazie mille!

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Luana, the Girl Tarzan (Luana la figlia delle foresta vergine, Roberto Infascelli, 1968)

Season 6 · Episode 2

Tuesday, October 24, 2023 • Duration 01:12:47

Stop us if you've heard this one before: a plane crashes in the jungle, killing both parents and leaving a solitary three-year-old girl to fend for herself. Communing with the animals, she grows into a beautiful young woman who the local tribes worship and fear as a goddess. Yes, if you asked AI to write you a jungle girl movie, it wouldn't be all that different from the plot of Luana, but we here on the Wild, Wild Podcast love it, and her, anyway.

You can learn more about the star of the film, Mei-Chen, and see plenty of pictures, over on Pulp International. You can also check out the amazing Luana comic strips and Frank Frazetta artwork HERE. And of course, if you want to watch Luana, it's available on YouTube.

If you enjoy the podcast, why not buy us a coffee at ko-fi.com/wildwildpodcast? Espresso, naturally. Grazie mille!

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Gungala la pantera nuda (Ruggero Deodato, 1968)

Season 6 · Episode 1

Thursday, September 28, 2023 • Duration 01:14:29

Grab your pith helmet, machete and mosquito net and come with us into the deepest, darkest, fakest-looking jungle in search of the lost heiress Gungala. Yes, we're back with a brand new mini-season, taking a look at the brief burst of Jungle Films to come out of Italy in 1968-1969. Gungala la pantera nuda is significant for a number of reasons; the first is of course the presence of Kitty Swan in the lead role, and the second is that it was Ruggero Deodato's first jungle movie. Give him another few years and he would become infamous for what he caught on camera in the jungles of South America. Here however it's Africa, although it's mostly the De Paolis sound stages in Rome. You will struggle to tell the difference.

You can read all about Kitty Swan's terrible accident and miraculous recovery in THIS ARTICLE. Or if you just want to look at lots of photos of Kitty Swan THIS LINK has you covered.

If you enjoy the podcast, why not buy us a coffee at ko-fi.com/wildwildpodcast? Espresso, naturally. Grazie mille!

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Ranking the Pastapocalypse!

Season 5 · Episode 13

Wednesday, September 13, 2023 • Duration 31:25

We've reached the end of the road, so join us one last time in the apocalypse, as we rank the ten films viewed in this season. Also, as a bonus, we discuss the Italian-adjacent post-apocalypse masterpiece that is Warrior of the Lost World (David Worth, 1983).

We would love to hear from you if you have any favourite post-apocalypse films, or if you want to rank these film too. You can contact us on Twitter and Instagram or by email at wildwildpodcast@gmail.com. Please also remember to rate and review us on your podcast platform of choice!

If you enjoy the podcast, why not buy us a coffee at ko-fi.com/wildwildpodcast? Espresso, naturally. Grazie mille!

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The Final Executioner (L'ultimo guerriero, Romolo Guerrieri, 1984)

Season 5 · Episode 12

Wednesday, August 30, 2023 • Duration 01:06:42

It's time for our epic journey across the irradiated wastelands to come to an end, so what better film to bring things to a satisfying conclusion than The Final Executioner? Join Rod and Adrian as they struggle to find anything positive to say about this late entry in the pastapocalypse cycle whilst still remaining upbeat. This is a film that even it's mother would have left out there in the desert to fend for itself, but there is action and the occasional bit of funky synth, so it's not all bad.

You can watch the film on YouTube if you want to see what you've been missing.

We would love to hear from you if you have any favourite post-apocalypse films. You can contact us on Twitter and Instagram or by email at wildwildpodcast@gmail.com. Please also remember to rate and review us on your podcast platform of choice!

If you enjoy the podcast, why not buy us a coffee at ko-fi.com/wildwildpodcast? Espresso, naturally. Grazie mille!

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