Episode 72: Romancing The Stone - Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes: March 30, 1984

The King of the podcast Jungle is back! This week the boys swing by March 30th, 1984 for the releases of ROMANCING THE STONE and GREYSTOKE: THE LEGEND OF TARZAN, LORD OF THE APES.  It’s Episode 72: The Legend of Opening Weekend, Lord of The Podcasts!Me Tarzan, you Gene. March 30, 1984: A time of adventure and exploration.  A time when Cabbage Patch Kids and RPG nerds and middle school Mathletes ruled the jungle known as the Tri-State area. Just as Ian Holm’s Belgian-French-Hobbit-explorer is teaching Christopher Lambert’s Tarzan-Not-Tarzan the ways of British civility and decorum, Fred’s 6th grade babysitter is teaching him the ways of British black-comedy (The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy) and depravity (A Clockwork Orange). Terrycloth robes may or may not be involved.While Michael Douglas does his best to wear the mantle of Indiana Jones and sweet-talk his way into Kathleen Turner’s heart and bed, he’s no match for the 7th grade Cassanova of Calculus, the Man-Beast of the Mathletes: Jason “Abacus Finch” O’Connell.  (Cue Glenn Close ADR’ing a young female Mathlete  moaning and groaning) And Dan’s call-back to his sister’s Cabbage Patch Kid sends Fred into a deep spiral of repressed memories, dark secrets, and possible Furby-Fetishim.  Jeffrey Parker, Jr ain’t afraid of no ghosts! And two old friends call in to Romance the boy’s Stones and possibly pitch some new business ideas.  Bon Ape-Tit!