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A Very Suspect Podcast
by Luis and Glenn
Two oddball, longtime geek friends from Toronto's Best Cult Video store get together and talk about topics the mainstream ignores. Everything from cult directors, strange celebrities, childhood recollections, music, comics, you name it.What's the topic? Tune in and hear.
Episodes
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Agent Provocateur: A Suspect Look at the wild world of Lydia Lunch Part 1
STRONG WARNING: THIS EPISODE CONTAINS ADULT MATERIAL AND MAY OFFEND (But that's what Lunch is all about) Author, musician, actor, performance artist and..the object of Glenn's unwholesome attention. Lydia Lunch has had the kind of underground carreer that suffers no fools. That proves that anger...
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From an Emmy, to a Roast, to Space: A Very Suspect Look at William Shatner Part Three
Actor, author, singer, astronaut, captain, comedian, Canadian. Shatner continues to surprise his fans and detractors with an Emmy for playing the same great character in two t.v. shows, writing and creating a S.F. universe in prose and television, being the butt of one of the best celebrity…
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After Kirk to Rock God: A Suspect Look at William Shatner Part Two
Actor, author, singer, astronaut, captain, comedian, Canadian. Star Trek cemented the icon's stature but his career post Trekking had the man doing made-for-t.v. flicks, theatrical movies, a classic 'Saturday Night Live' hosting and.. music. And oh, that music! Join Luis and Glenn as they discuss...
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From Thespian to Trekking: A Very Suspect Podcast look at William Shatner Part 1
Actor, author, singer, astronaut, captain, comedian, Canadian. From doing Shakespeare to going into space, William Shatner has had quite a varied and multi-disciplanary carreer. In this first episode we'll be looking the early years of Shatner's carrer. From the stage in Canada, to his first...
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Have Yourself A Suspect Little Christmas: Holiday faves from family friendly to XXXmas !!
HoHoHo ! It;s that time of year again and so sorry we've been remiss in our podcast duties but we're back with a Christmas miracle: A new Very Suspect Podcast all about Christmas, some of our fave holiday television specials and some select movies too! Luis and Glenn discuss everything from…
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Mashin' with the Monsters: A Very Suspect look at the Monster Cereals Part Two
The fellas are back with part two of our look at the Monster Cereals! Luis and Glenn chat about all the cool premiums you'd get both in and as send away items, and the look at the monsters' audio adventures ! Featuring lots of awesome commercials and excerpts: Count Chocula's first commercial...
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Monsters, Milk and Marshmallows: A Suspect look at the Monster Cereals! part One
The fellas are back with a special two parter on everyone's favorite universe of sugary breakfast mascots: Count Chocula! FrankenBerry! Boo Berry! Frute Brute! Yummy Mummy! Could any other cereal compete with these monster-liscious family of marhmallow goodness? We think not. In this…
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Weddings, Bodies and Brains: Three Canuck classics !
We're BACK! (Sort of!)with a new episode FULL of SPOILERS so if you like to have seen the movies discussed watch 'Wedding in White', 'Heavenly Bodies' and 'The Brain'. Well, Luis is back with a special guest. Yes, we're going to be doing some special episodes featuring some of our long term...
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Mad Daddy Monsters: A Suspect look at The Cramps.
What do you get when you mix deviant sex, b-movies, hot rods, surfin', goth, rock and roll, fetishism, horror comics and humour? You get one of the most insane, rock and roll bands of all time: The CRAMPS. Beginning in 1976 and labelled 'psychobilly' by some, the Cramps' style of…
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Suffrage to Scooter Computer! A Very Suspect Podcast look at School House Rock: Part Two
First they helped a generation with their cool tunes and lyrics about.. multiplication! Then came the same cool tuned formula for.. grammar ! But after conquering those massive topics came School House Rock's focus on U.S. History, Science, Computing (!?) and Environmentalism (!?) . Join us for...
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KNOWLEDGE IS POWER! A Very Suspect Podcast look at School House Rock: Part One
Waay back in the olden times of the 1970s Saturday mornings were ruled by kids. All morning every major station only broadcast cool shows for kids. In between they'd get commercials for cereal, toys and... mathamatics , grammer and more! Yes, cartoons with cool storylines, catchy tunes and..…
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WE'RE NOT WORTHY!: Concluding a Suspect look at ALICE COOPER!
We finish our look at the career of the rock and roll shockstar in this extra long episode. Cooper's image and character has appeared in popular media since the seventies and we finish our deep dive into his appearances in other media. Join us in part three of our look at Alice Cooper in film,...
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New Wave to A Return of the Nightmare:A Very Suspect Look At Alice Cooper: Part 2
The 1980s and 90s was a drifting period for our favorite shock rocker. Embracing various musical avenues and experimenting with new sounds and looksm we saw a few new incarnations of ALICE. Yes, embracing a leaner new wave asthetic was considered by many to be his low point, (We dissagree...
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From Spiders to Nightmares: Part 1 of A Very Suspect look at ALICE COOPER
He's been called the godfather of punk, the king of shock rock, the heavy metal monster! He melded the world of theatre with the world of rock in a way that no one had ever seen before. Inhabiting the personas of killer, monster, child, and taking the name of a dead girl. He gave voice to...
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Hanover Fistes to Love, Death & Robots: A look at HEAVY METAL Part 2
Here it is! Part two of our look at the movie HEAVY METAL! We look and gab about the second half of the movie from Captain Sternn to Taarna and the subsequent HEAVY METAL projects, completed, proposed and everything-but-in-name. Come listed as Luis and Glenn gab about the origins of the magazine,...
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Soft landings and Harry Canyons: HEAVY METAL Part 1
It emerged at a time when extreme sex and violence could be movie theatre fodder. It was a glorious celebration for S.F., Horror and Comic fans.. it was ANIMATED AND had a KILLER SOUNDTRACK to boot ! It was HEAVY METAL!!! Just a few years after the seminal 'adults only' graphic magazine was...
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ALL ORIGINAL STARS! ALL ORIGINAL HITS! K-Tel Part 2: The Records!
Here it is! The famous K-Tel record collections! Yes, they cornered the market and sold a whopping 500, 000, 000 records during their tenure at the TOP of the record industry. The collections are legendary (well.. to us, at least) and span not only a wide variety of radio hits but also thematic...
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Patty Stackin' & Record Selectin': K-Tel Part One:The Doodads!
As advertised On TV ! NEW ! IMPROVED! If you grew up anytime between the late 60s and the mid 80s there was NO WAY to avoid the ever present SPACE SAVING! TIME SAVING! Doodads from K-Tel ! Yes, with out K-Tel how would we stack perfectly uniform patties? How would we select our records or 8 track...
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Psychedelia, STDs & Showtime Intermissions: Something Weird Part Two
Hey cats ! Get ready for part two of our look at the glory of SOMETHING WEIRD VIDEO! Yes, we continue our peep into the SWV brand of lunacy as well as discussing what lies in the future for the label of lewdness. Come along and get WEIRD!! Come join Luis and Glenn as they jump into the second…
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Gettin' In The Nog! A Very Suspect Podcast Christmas Playlist Part 2!
Note! Adult content and recorded (of course) remotely. Tis the season to be jolly, imbibe and listen to part two of our COOL YULE TUNES! Here's part two of our carefully curated look into a bunch of weird, wild, wacky or wonderful Xmas tunes! Sit back, drink a gallon of yuletide ale and listed to...
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HoHoHos & Mistletoes! A Very Suspect Podcast Christmas Playlist Part 1!
Note! Adult content and recorded (of course) remotely. Tis the season to be jolly, imbibe and listen to COOL YULE TUNES! You probably thought Luis and Glen were going to poopoo the season of avarice abd good will towards others, didn’t you? Nope. We’re big fans of the jolly fellow in red and also...
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Sleaze, depravity & wholesome fun: Something Weird Part One
Get ready for part one of our look at the glory of SOMETHING WEIRD VIDEO! The house that Mike Vraney built in the faraway age of 1990. A house of everything from nudism, sleaze, rough sex, depravity, gore and Betty Page is our topic this week. Sure the movies themselves may be lacking competence,...
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Paul Williams Part Two: Death Records and Beyond
Our look into the career of Paul Williams continues with his great work in the seminal 'Phantom Of The Opera' 'Battle For The Planet Of The Apes' and other lesser known gems from Mr. Williams' career! Join us for part two ! We promise lots of cool clips!! P.S. Become a patron here:...
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Scary, Spooky, Swingin', Screamin': Halloween Novelty Songs
Get ready for our Halloween special! We're going to be talkin' and playin' some of our favorite Halloweeny novelty tunes and we're avoiding stuff like Monster Mash, Purple People Eater and others of their ilk. Not that we don't love them too.. it's just that we're giving some love to lesser known...
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Paul Williams Part One: We've Only Just Begun
Paul Williams is a renaissance man. Most here may know him primarily as the amazing SWAN from The Phantom Of The Paradise but he's so much more. He's left his indelible mark in the world of music, film and television and was everywhere when we were kids. His small stature certainly contained a…
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The Resurrection: Harvey Keitel Part 2
Harvey Keitel's career reached it's zenith in the late 80s and early nineties with his fearless and provocative work with Abel Ferrara and Quentin Tarantino as well as other projects that reinforced his place in the pantheon of gritty, take-no-prisoners actors. Join Luis and Glenn on part two of...
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Hey Sport! Part 1 of our look at Harvey Keitel !
Harvey Keitel has been one of the most interesting, vibrant actors of his generation. Fearless in his choices of roles, few actors have appeared in both mainstream fare like 'Sister Act' while also exploring the extremes of his craft by inhabiting such flawed characters as the 'Bad Lieutenant'....
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The Night has a Hero: The World of Clive Barker Part 2
The success of Hellraiser and the Books of Blood led Clive Barker to more exploration into the dark recesses of media. Books like The Damnation Game and Weaveworld and the films Nightbreed and Lord of Illusions were unleashed with Barker as the chief creator and others' interpretations of his...
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Demons to Some.. Angels to Others: The world of Clive Barker Part 1
When his seminal collections, The Books of Blood, exploded onto the horror world it was impossible not to feel the earth shift below our fear loving feet. Clive Barker had arrived on the wave of the British Splatter scene but his ambitions were far larger. His tales were beautifully literary..…
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From Kongs to Pink Ladies: The World Of Sid and Marty Krofft Part 2
The seventies ! When psychedelia and disco, bubblegum music and COLOUR, even permeated kids shows. And noone did a better job of altering the young marbles of generations of kids like Sid and Marty! Join us in our second part down the Kroffthole as we look into the brothers' output from the...
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Sleestaks & Pufnstuf: The World of Sid & Marty Krofft Part 1
Chaka! Pufnsuf! Horatio J. Hoodoo ! Yes - It's the bizarre Saturday morning world of of Sid and Marty Krofft! For a generation these psychedelic children's shows introduced a world unlike any young eyes had ever seen. Funny, odd and even serious shows that featured some pretty great music and…
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From Tranya to Eaglebauer: The career of Clint Howard
"Let us have.. Tranya! Ah..Hahahaha.." And with that, our collective minds were forever altered, the image of an odd space child with an adults' strange cadence confronts Captain Kirk and laughs that bizarre laugh.. Clint Howard is one of those character actors you have seen. Maybe in a cameo,...
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A look at the Pope of Trash: John Waters Part 2
MORE John Waters! Yes - we continue to look at the crazy output on one of pop cultures coolest cats. His movie output, his books, his spoken word shows! The man is busy !! Come join us in celebrating John Waters ! LOTSA cool clips including: Shock Value film festival promo Movie Theatre smoking…
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A look at the Pope of Trash: John Waters Part 1
John Waters! More than just about any other underground, subversive filmmaker, he's managed to go from the fringes of midnight cinema to mainstream darling. From making films that skewer everything from abortion, deviant sex, alcoholism, necrophilia, murder.. you name it.. to being on the…
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The Cinema of Transgression Part 2
Here's the second part of our look into that extreme filmic movement called the Cinema of Transgression. We discuss some of the major personalities directly involved and even some of the precursors and even those filmmakers who's ethos and styles owed much to this DIY gore and socially…
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The Cinema of Transgression Part 1
Richard Kern. Lydia Lunch. Nick Zedd. Are these names familiar to you? They should be, explorers of cinema! These are three of the biggest names involved in a New York born and bread Cinema movement that embraced shock, anger, violence and high levels of all manner of offensive behaviour and...
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Monster Rock Part The Second !
Part two of our Monster Music chat! L & G directly continue their monster themed music chat ! From the 1950's heyday of classic novelty records and the great collections of those amazing records to the cross over monster moments of the Hilarious House of Frightenstein's Wolfman who introduced so...
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MONSTER ROCK! Part One
Monsters and music - two great things that go great together! Sure the supernatural and the devilish has always had a corner of music since music began. Classical music and opera toyed with deals with the devil, murder and madness. Folk songs reflected dark fables, mystical creatures and…
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THE MAGIC OF POWER RECORDS
Come take a trip with us waaay waay back to a time before superhero and comics based t.v. and movies were everywhere. A kid's comics fix was relegated to a couple of 60's cartoons, the occasional Saturday morning show and.. well... actual comic books. Then along came POWER RECORDS to deliver a...
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Ape Universe! After the original movies!
The live action T.V. Series, The Animated Series, Marvel Comics, Toys, View Master, Games, Reboot, New Series.... We conclude our look back at POTA by talking about everything after the original film series. Just 'cause the powers that be stopped the original film series after the fifth…
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The World of the Planet of the Apes: Part 2
We continue our look back at POTA by talking about the last three films of the original run. The series got smaller and smaller budgets but still delivered quality ape entertainment and LOTS of cool political/religious subtext. Hear about Apes kickin' human ass! What gorillas REALLY think of...
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The World of the Planet of the Apes: Part 1
The only good human.. is a dead human !!! We delve into the series that will not die! It began with a french science fiction book by the author of BRIDGE OVER THE RIVER KWAI which was (kind of loosely) adapted into a major motion picture that resulted in countless cultural memes. There was no…
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Trucker & C.B. Culture Part 2: KEEP ON TRUCKIN'
Oh yeah! Part two of our white line podcast. We go right into this one and chat about music about and inspired by life on the truckin' road (of courre we uncover some of the weirdest), the merch associated with it so you to can truck vicariously and other stuff too! Some pertinant, some not, you...
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Trucker & C.B. Culture, Good Buddy, Part One
Hey there good neighbour ! Got yer ears on ? Here's a little radio check. You all ready to read the mail? Cause those ratchet jaws, L & G,are gonna talk smokey, mama bears and lot lizards. Heck, they're even gonna jaw on 10-4 good buddies. So pay your water bill, sit a spell and get ready to read...
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SUSPECT CULTURE MAGAZINE
Did you know that your pals at Suspect Video were planning on producing an honest-to-goodness MAGAZINE? It was going to be an awesome, counter culture rag that covered movies, music, comics and more.. PLUS.. we were going to do mail order for tons of cool zines n'stuff! We published a SINGLE…
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The films of Rob Zombie
Rob Zombie. One of the most polarizing filmmakers working in horror. From his first feature 'House of 1000 Corpses' to his re-imagining of 'Halloween' to his most recent film '31', the man's work certainly has it's fans but, let's face it, his detractors are legion. Why is that? How could the…
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The Golden Age of Made For T.V. Movies
Starting in the 1960s the big three U.S. television stations went into feature film production as a means of self generating films and creating exciting televised 'events' to counter those pesky big screen theatres that were pulling audiences like crazy. Thus was born the Movie of the Week !! The...
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Marvel Comics' Horror Heroes
The 1970's was a time of change: music, movies and especially comics. The loosening of the strict Comics Code Authority's banning of zombies, werewolves, vampires and pretty much anything ghoulish and macabre opened up a sliver of hope for all us monster kids and Marvel took full advantage by not...
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SATURDAY MORNING WAS FOR KIDS
Sugary cereal WTH TOYS ! Sleestacks ! Hanna-Barbera! School House Rock ! Scooby Doo! Herculoids! Eating in front of the T.V. ! Luis and Glenn, being oldsters, reminisce about the magic that was Saturday mornings for kids in the 70's. Yes, before everything was immediately accessible at any time,...
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KISS! The highs.. and the lows...
Luis and Glenn start off by trying to narrow down what they're going to talk about (because they are so professional) then tackle the biggest band in the land.. KISS! Yeah, like so many of our generation KISS was almost the gateway band for nerdy geeks like them. They talk about how they…
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Two oddball, longtime geek friends from Toronto's Best Cult Video store get together and talk about topics the mainstream ignores. Everything from cult directors, strange celebrities, childhood recollections, music, comics, you name it.What's the topic? Tune in and hear.
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