Johnny Dangerously: Michael Keaton's Forgotten Comedy Masterpiece

🚨 Subscribe to our newsletter!- https://the-cinema-psychos-show.kit.com/9e9a267e76 Before Batman, before Beetlejuice — Michael Keaton was making people lose their minds in a gangster parody so dense with jokes it makes Airplane! look restrained. Brian is joined by special guest KT Baldassaro to dig into the 1984 cult classic Johnny Dangerously — a PG-13 movie that somehow snuck in an exploding-balls PSA, and Weird Al Yankovic losing his VHS rights over money. They break down why the film works more like an SNL sketch marathon than a traditional comedy, why Joe Piscopo was actually a star in 1984, the infamous "fargin ice holes" of Maroney, Amy Heckerling's wild career trajectory from Fast Times to this to Clueless, Danny DeVito playing basically pre-Batman Penguin, and the deeply confusing love-it-or-hate-it divide in Letterboxd reviews. CHAPTERS: Introduction [00:00] Welcome to the Cinema Psychos Show [00:36] Discussing Johnny Dangerously [01:51] Housekeeping and Calls to Action [03:22] Synopsis of Johnny Dangerously [04:00] The Parody Element of Johnny Dangerously [05:45] Michael Keaton's Career Context [09:02] Diving into the Plot [14:13] 1. Review: The Movie is Great [59:40] 2. Review: Disappointment with the Jokes [01:00:45] 3. Review: Mixed Feelings about the Humor [01:05:44] Final Review and Conclusion [01:09:14] KT's New Projects [01:14:30]