Episode 171 - Pixels and Panties

We were longing for simpler times, when all you needed to be happy were video games, psychic powers and a few garter belts. We start off with 1983's Joysticks from maestro Greydon Clark. It is enjoyable if you think of it as a parody of the teen-sex-comedy genre, but extremely rough-going if you watch it as a regular movie. We follow that up with the "star"-packed 1982 movie Zapped, with Willie Aames and Scott Baio caught up in basically a Disney movie with boobs...it is not good, but it really took us back to that simpler time when we had no idea just how problematic these types of stories were. Listen in and let us know where your cinematic "happy places" are and let's all try to find some relief during these trying times.Send us your thoughts on the show and recommendations for future episodes to [email protected] or [email protected]. You can also reach us on Facebook, Instagram, Letterboxd. YouTube.