Episode 81: Bugsy Malone - The Front: September 17, 1976

Episode 81 of the Opening Weekend podcast, hosted by Jason O'Connell, Fred Berman, Dan Matisa, titled "Episode 81: Bugsy Malone - The Front: September 17, 1976" was published on September 7, 2022 and runs 73 minutes.

September 7, 2022 ·73m · Opening Weekend

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Summary

Little kids dancing with guns and elected officials attacking the entertainment industry. No, this isn’t a Texans For Trump rally, they’re just the plots of the two big openers of September 17, 1976: BUGSY MALONE and THE FRONT. Fill up your splurge gun with fresh whipped cream and get ready to answer the big question: Are you or have you ever been a member of Episode 81 of Opening Weekend?!

Episode Description

September, 1976: the bells of liberty are ringing loudly as our young podcasters celebrate the Bicentennial with Captain Kangaroo, The Magic Garden, and McCarthyism. Yes, the blacklist depicted in “The Front” was a terrifying time in American history, but apparently not as terrifying as Bob Keeshan’s ping pong balls falling from the sky into young Dan’s nightmares.

Speaking of nightmares: Hey, check out little Scott Baio and that gang of screaming, violent children!

And then after you leave the MAGA rally, check him out in “Bugsy Malone” too!

(That joke was written by Woody Allen “fronting” for Fred).

And please don’t get Jason started on Mister Rogers!

All this and face full of splurge on Episode 81 of Opening Weekend!