Episode 50: The Empire Strikes Back - The Shining - The Gong Show Movie: May 23, 1980

“Heeeeeere’s Episode 50!” The boys are celebrating a year of hot, buttery cinematic nostalgia by jumping back to May 23rd, 1980 and taking a deep dive into THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK, THE SHINING, and THE GONG SHOW MOVIE. Grab your axe, slice open that dead Tauntaun and lie back and relax with Rip Taylor and the gang, ‘cus it’s Episode 50 of Opening Weekend!May 23, 1980: a day filled with Jedis, Jack, and GENE, GENE, THE DANCING MACHINE!!!! It was a spring filled with so much excitement for our three young podcasters: Dan was salivating over his new Millennium Falcon toy; Jason was salivating over the marriage of his sister’s Cher doll to Chewbacca; Fred was salivating over…Time Magazine? And, oh, the anticipation! Will Darth Vader catch up to Luke and the Rebels? Will Danny Torrance make it through that hedge-maze with all his limbs intact? Will Jamie Farr gong that 85 year old woman playing the violin with a chicken bone while her husband smashes pickles against his bare chest? GONG, BABY, GONG!  While Jack Nicholson was huffing and puffing, Chuck Barris was cutting and snorting.  And if you thought Yoda had a wacky voice, wait until you meet my little mouth-friend Tony! Tony? Wait…what’s that, Tony? You want me to talk more about…oh, I don’t think I can do that, Tony.  Really? You want me to talk more about…”Zapped”? REDRUM REDRUM SCATMAN REDRUM!And, throw on your tux, spit-polish that thorax, and get ready to Kripp AND Dorf, cus the boys are celebrating their 50th episode with the “Wedding of The Century” as super fan/hybridized murder-hornet-woman, Sheila, finally ties the knot with Richard Dreyfuss! Wait, wha…GONG!!!!!!!!!