Episode 6: Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl - Megaforce - Blade Runner - The Thing: June 25, 1982

Things get dark and gritty this week as the boys travel back to June 25, 1982 to reappraise a couple of sci-fi classics, and to ruminate on the most dystopian vision of them all: Barry Bostwick in a Lycra jumpsuit… It’s Opening Weekend’s first quadruple bill — BLADE RUNNER, JOHN CARPENTER’S THE THING, MEGAFORCE, and MONTY PYTHON LIVE AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL!LEARN…  all about the new dance craze sweeping the nation (or, at least, the podcast booth): The Persis Khambatta Love Jump! DECIDE… if THE THING is an allegory for disease, a meditation on the breakdown of society, or just an excuse to kill a bunch of dogs and make a guy’s head plop off of his body like a doody and then grow spider-legs and stuff!FEEL… Fred’s horror as Jason and Dan admit that they (shudder) actually dig Harrison Ford’s Naked Gun-style voiceover in BLADE RUNNER!DISCOVER… Sheila’s true feelings for Dan!FIND OUT… how many times Jason can work variations on the phrase “Gurrera’s Dry Bed” into a conversation!And MAKE SURE… to listen allllllll the way to the end of the episode for a call-in from a VERY special guest!It’s time for something completely different: Episode 6 of OPENING WEEKEND!