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Duckin' the Usher
by JAS LIVE EVENTS
On Duckin' the Usher, Josh and Zak will discuss movies you wanted to see... but did not pay to view at the theater. Ranging from cult classics, sleeper hits, total flops, and the hidden gems that you may have forgotten existed at all! We delve into the facts, troubles, and triumphs of the production while - hopefully - providing the listener an entertaining, educated, and enlightened experience as we take you on a roller-coaster of nostalgia.Make sure to follow/subscribe to Duckin' the Usher on all your podcast channels.
Episodes
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S:3 EP:4 - We're Back: A Dinosaur Stroy (1993)
Zak, Josh and Special Guest Shae Money!! Talk about We're Back! We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story is a 1993 American animated adventure comedy film based on the 1987 Hudson Talbott children's book of the same name. It depicts four intelligent anthropomorphized dinosaurs (or, more correctly,...
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S:3 EP:3 - Scrooged (1988)
Zak and Jash Talk about a Holiday Classic Scrooged (1988) It's Not Christmas till Bill Murray yells at you from the TV! In this modern take on Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol," Frank Cross (Bill Murray) is a wildly successful television executive whose cold ambition and curmudgeonly nature…
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S:3 Ep:2 - The Greasy Strangler (2016) (NSFW)
Zak and Josh discuss the vulgar film The Greasy Strangler! *This Episode contains Strong Language* The Los Angeles-set tale follows Ronnie, a man who runs a Disco Walking tour along with his browbeaten son, Brayden. When a sexy, alluring woman comes to take the tour, it begins a competition…
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S:3 EP: 1 - Hook (1991)
"Have to fly, Have to fight, Have to crow, Have to Save Josh, Have to Save Zak... Duckin' the Usher is Back!" Zak, Josh and Megan Discuss the Cult Classic, Hook from 1991! The first episode of Season 3! When work-obsessed corporate lawyer Peter Banning's children go missing, the only clue is a...
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S:2 EP: 19 - Dune (1984)
Zak & Josh end Season 2 with the cult classic Dune form 1984! In the year 10191, a spice called melange is the most valuable substance known in the universe, and its only source is the desert planet Arrakis. A royal decree awards Arrakis to Duke Leto Atreides and ousts his bitter enemies, the...
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S:2 EP:18 - The Thief and the Cobbler (1992)
Zak and Josh talk about a classic that took over 28 years to make! The Thief and the Cobbler is an unfinished animated fantasy film directed by Richard Williams.[Originally conceived in the 1960s, the film was in and out of production for nearly three decades due to independent funding and...
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S:2 EP:17 - Six String Samurai (1998)
In 1957, World War III ended and the United States lost. Decades later, Buddy (Jeffrey Falcon), thinking that he's a dangerous Buddy Holly, traverses the radioactive landscape with a guitar and a sword. Dodging mutants, cannibals and the occupying Soviet army, he heads for "Lost Vegas," picking…
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S:2 EP:16 - The Rocketeer (1991)
Zak and Josh talk about one of Josh's favorite childhood films The Rocketeer ( 1991) Cliff Secord (Bill Campbell) is a cocky stunt pilot in love with a beautiful actress, Jenny Blake (Jennifer Connelly). When he discovers a jet pack hidden in a biplane, Cliff straps on the rocket, dons a flashy...
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S:2 EP: 15 - Streets of Fire (1984)
Raven Shaddock (Willem Dafoe), along with his gang of merciless biker friends, kidnaps rock singer Ellen Aim (Diane Lane). Ellen's former lover, soldier-for-hire Tom Cody (Michael Paré), happens to be passing through town on a visit. In an attempt to save his star act, Ellen's manager, Billy Fish...
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S:2 EP: 14 - The Thirteenth Floor (1999)
Zak, Josh and special Guest Jay talk about The Thirteenth Floor (1999) A man awakens to discover a bloody shirt in his house and his boss murdered the night before. Did he do it? Why can't he remember? "The Thirteenth Floor" is a sci-fi thriller that explores the ominous possibility of...
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S:2 EP:13 - The Fifth Element (1997)
Zak and Josh discuss the cult hit from 1997 "The Fifth Element" In the 23rd century, a New York City cabbie, Korben Dallas (Bruce Willis), finds the fate of the world in his hands when Leeloo (Milla Jovovich) falls into his cab. As the embodiment of the fifth element, Leeloo needs to combine with...
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S:2 EP:12 - Mortal Kombat Annihilation (1997)
Zak and josh discuss mortal kombat annihilation from 1997 Every generation, a portal opens up between the Outerworld and Earth. Emperor Shao-Kahn (Brian Thompson), ruler of the mythical Outerworld, pounces the moment the portal reopens and slips through with his mighty warriors, intent on total...
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S:2 EP:11 - The Last Dragon (1985)
Zak and Josh Discuss a Film that is the essential 80's kung-fu film Leroy Green (Taimak), a young martial artist living in New York City, trains tirelessly to attain the same level of mastery as the great Bruce Lee. One night, his life changes forever when he rescues television personality Laura...
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Duck Dive # 2
Fish and Zak Answer questions on Facebook live as they do the second Duck Dive!
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S:2 EP:10 - Big Bully (1996)
Zak and Josh discuss Big Bully from 1996! David Leary (Rick Moranis) returns to Hastings, Minn., the childhood home town he was happy to escape years ago. But when David, now a writer and single father, takes a teaching position at his old school, he's a kid again, tormented by the very same…
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S:2 EP:9 - Rubin & Ed (1991)
Zak, Josh & Megan ( Josh's Wife ) Discuss a forgotten Film Rubin & ED! Also a Bonus interview With Director Trent Harris! Plot : It is about an eccentric, unsociable young man who is forced by his mother to make some friends before she'll return his stereo to him. He is joined on a trip through a...
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S:2 EP:8 - The Holy Mountain (1973)
Zak, Josh and Guest Jay discuss the absurdist/Art House film The Holy Mountain (1973) A Mexican master (Alexandro Jodorowsky) leads a Christ figure (Horacio Salinas) and other disciples to a mountain of immortal wise men. The Holy Mountain (Spanish: La montaña sagrada) is a 1973 Mexican...
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S:2 EP: 7 - Starship Troopers (1997)
Josh & Zak with special guest Jay Wethington talk about Starship Troopers 1997 In the distant future, the Earth is at war with a race of giant alien insects. Little is known about the Bugs except that they are intent on the eradication of all human life. But there was a time before the war... A...
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S:2 EP:6 - Batman Returns (1992)
Josh & Zak talk about the Sequel Batman Returns 1992 The monstrous Penguin (Danny DeVito), who lives in the sewers beneath Gotham, joins up with wicked shock-headed businessman Max Shreck (Christopher Walken) to topple the Batman (Michael Keaton) once and for all. But when Shreck's timid…
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S:2 EP: 5 - Double Feature: Home Alone (1990) & Home Alone 2 (1992)
Josh & Zak tackle two Christmas classics!!! Home Alone (1990) Kevin is an 8-year-old who, through a series of mishaps, is left behind when his large family flies to Paris for the holidays. Blissful at having the house to himself, he's soon interrupted by bickering home invaders Harry and Marv…
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S:2 EP:4 - Commando (1985)
Josh & Zak are Back!!! New Studio!! They kick off the new space with Commando from 1985! Retired Special Forces soldier John Matrix (Arnold Schwarzenegger) lives with daughter Jenny (Alyssa Milano) in isolation, but his privacy is disturbed by former commander Franklin Kirby (James Olson), who...
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S:2 EP:3 - Pleasantville (1998)
Josh, Zak and Special Guest Jay discuss this amazing film! Impressed by high school student David's (Tobey Maguire) devotion to a 1950s family TV show, a mysterious television repairman (Don Knotts) provides him with a means to escape into the black-and-white program with his sister, Jennifer...
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S:2 EP:2 - Batman The Movie (1966)
Josh and Zak Talk about the Classic Campy Film Batman The Movie 1966!! Kaaapowie! Holy feature film, Batman ... based on the tongue-in-cheek, campy 1960's television series. Watch Batman (Adam West) and Robin (Burt Ward) battle sharks, Catwoman, The Joker and The Riddler on the big screen. Can…
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S:2 EP:1 -Mom and Dad Save the World (1992)
Its Been one year! Josh and Zak kick off Season 2 with Mom and Dad Save the World! Emperor Tod Spengo sees Marge Nelson and using a giant magnet, kidnaps her and her husband Dick, hoping to make her his bride before blowing up the Earth. He and other inhabitants of his planet are somewhat less…
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EP. 39 - The Frighteners (1996)
Josh and Zak talk about this Great Film! The Frighteners! Once an architect, Frank Bannister (Michael J. Fox) now passes himself off as an exorcist of evil spirits. To bolster his facade, he claims his "special" gift is the result of a car accident that killed his wife. But what he does not count...
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EP. 38 - Dick Tracy (1990)
Josh, Zak and Special Guest Ben Pennell (Snap Crackle Podcast) talk about Dick Tracy (1990)! Dick Tracy is a 1990 American action crime film based on the 1930s comic strip character of the same name created by Chester Gould. Warren Beatty produced, directed, and starred in the film, whose...
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EP. 37 - Maximum Overdrive (1986)
Josh and Zak cover another Stephen King Film Maximum Overdrive!!! After a comet causes a radiation storm on Earth, machines come to life and turn against their makers. Holed up in a North Carolina truck stop, a group of survivors must fend for themselves against a mass of homicidal trucks. A…
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EP. 36 - Water World (1995)
Josh, Zak and Special Guest Mark Williams talk about Water World (1995) Directed by Kevin Reynolds. With Kevin Costner, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Dennis Hopper, Tina Majorino. In a future where the polar ice-caps have melted and Earth is almost entirely submerged, a mutated mariner fights starvation…
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EP. 35 - Apt Pupil (1998)
Josh & Zak discuss a film by Bryan Singer & short Novella by Stephen King. Apt Pupil is about Todd Bowden (Brad Renfro) a college student studying the Holocaust who discovers that his neighbor (Ian McKellen) is a death camp criminal hiding out in America. Bowden makes him an offer; tell me what...
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EP. 34 - Fritz The Cat (1972)
*Strong Language used in Clips Josh & Zak discuss Fritz the Cat ( 1972) a film that has a lot of Criticism! A persiflage on the protest movements of the 60s. Its hero is the bold and sex-obsessed tom-cat Fritz the Cat, as created by the legendary underground artist Robert Crumb. Quitting…
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EP. 33 - The Great Outdoors (1988)
Josh & Zak discuss this Great Outdoor Film! The Great Outdoors is a 1988 American comedy film directed by Howard Deutch, and written and produced by John Hughes. It stars Dan Aykroyd, John Candy, Stephanie Faracy and Annette Bening in her feature film debut. The film follows two families spending...
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EP. 32 - Street Fighter (1994)
Josh & Zak talk about this forgotten film from 1994 based on the video game! Street Fighter!! Gen. Bison (Raul Julia), the evil dictator of Shadaloo, captures a busload of relief workers and holds them for ransom. Col. Guile (Jean-Claude Van Damme) leads an international strike force to invade...
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EP. 31 - The Ninth Gate (2000)
Josh, Zak and Special Guest Chris Rios Talk about The Ninth Gate! Dean Corso (Johnny Depp) specializes in tracking down rare and exotic volumes for collectors. Boris Balkan (Frank Langella) has recently acquired a seventeenth-century satanic text called The Nine Gates- a legendary book written by...
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EP.30 - Bubba Ho-Tep (2002)
Josh and Zak discuss a lesser known film called Bubba Ho-tep (2002) After falling into a lengthy coma following a freak accident involving hip gyration, a now aged Elvis Presley (Bruce Campbell) wakes up in an East Texas nursing home, where he befriends Jack (Ossie Davis), an African-American...
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Zaksploitation - Introduction
Zaksploitation is a new bonus series that will explore and exalt the bargain basement bastards of exploitation and horror cinema! Join Zak aka “Fish” as he dives into the many facets and subgenres in the underbelly of paracinema!
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EP. 29 - Godzilla (1998)
Josh, Zak & Guest Host Berol Talk about Godzilla (1998) During a nuclear test, the French government inadvertently mutates a lizard nest; years later, a giant lizard makes its way to New York City. Dr. Niko Tatopoulos (Matthew Broderick), an expert on the effects of radiation on animals, is sent…
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Ep. 28 - Carriers (2009)
Josh and Zak talk about a movie that may reflect current events..... well maybe not so much! When a virus threatens to wipe out humanity, Danny (Lou Taylor Pucci), his brother Brian (Chris Pine), and their friends Bobby (Piper Perabo) and Kate (Emily VanCamp) set out across the desert in the...
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EP. 27 - The Boondock Saints (2000)
Josh, Zak and Guest host Jay Wethington discuss the cult classic Boondock Saints! Tired of the crime overrunning the streets of Boston, Irish Catholic twin brothers Conner (Sean Patrick Flanery) and Murphy (Norman Reedus) are inspired by their faith to cleanse their hometown of evil with their…
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EP. 26 - Green Street Hooligans (2005)
Josh and Zak discuss an underground film form 2005 called Green Street Hooligans Unjustly expelled from Harvard when a stash of cocaine is found in his possession, Matt moves to London to live with his sister and her husband Steve. He is quickly introduced to Steve's chirpy, cock-sure younger...
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EP. 25 - Hollow Man (2000)
Josh and Zak give you a leap day movie! After years of experimentation, brilliant but arrogant scientist Sebastian Caine has discovered a way to make matter invisible. Determined to achieve the ultimate breakthrough, Caine pushes his team to move to the next phase - using himself as the subject....
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EP. 24 - Love Potion #9 (1992)
Josh and Zak talk about this massive flop! Unlucky in love, chemist Paul Matthews (Tate Donovan) visits gypsy Madame Rosa (Anne Bancroft) for help. Quickly realizing he is a hopeless nerd, she gifts him with Love Potion No. 8, which makes anyone who wears it irresistible to the opposite sex for...
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EP. 23 - True Romance (1993)
Happy Valentines Day! Josh and Zak discuss True Romance (1993) voted by our Patrons. A comic-book nerd and Elvis fanatic Clarence (Christian Slater) and a prostitute named Alabama (Patricia Arquette) fall in love. Clarence breaks the news to her pimp and ends up killing him. He grabs a suitcase…
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EP. 22 - Super Mario Bros. (1993)
Josh , Zak and Guest Host Chris Rios talk about the Cult Film - Super Mario Bros. (1993) eat some mushrooms and slide down the pipe with us. Brooklyn plumbers Mario and Luigi get the shock of their lives when they discover a parallel world populated by the intelligent descendants of dinosaurs. It...
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EP. 21 - Little Giants (1994)
Josh and Zak Gear up for the Superbowl (LIV) with the classic Little Giants (1994) Ever since childhood, nerdy Danny O'Shea (Rick Moranis) has felt inferior to his brother, Kevin (Ed O'Neill), a former college football star. Danny runs a gas station, while Kevin coaches the local youth football...
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EP. 20 - Johnny Got His Gun (1971)
Josh and Zak discuss a Dalton Trumbo Classic! War has plunged Army soldier Joe Bonham (Timothy Bottoms) into an unending nightmare. Hit by an artillery shell in World War I, Joe has suffered injuries that have all but erased his humanity: he's lost his sight, speech, hearing and sense of smell.…
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EP. 19 - Duck Dive (Q & A)
Josh and Zak answer movie related questions submitted by the Fans (Quacks)! -One time Donation (Paypal) -Be a part of the show (Patreon)
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EP. 18 - Tremors (1990)
Josh and Zak talk about the cult film Tremors (1990) Repairmen Val McKee (Kevin Bacon) and Earl Bassett (Fred Ward) are tired of their dull lives in the small desert town of Perfection, Nev. But just as the two try to skip town, they happen upon a series of mysterious deaths and a concerned...
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EP. 17 - Death To Smoochy (2002)
Happy New Year 2020! Josh and Zak talk about "Death to Smoochy"- Tells the story of Rainbow Randolph (Robin Williams), the corrupt, costumed star of a popular children's TV show, who is fired over a bribery scandal and replaced by squeaky-clean Smoochy (Edward Norton), a puffy fuscia rhinoceros.…
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EP. 16 - Rare Exports (2010)
Final show of 2019! Josh and Zak have one more holiday treat! "Rare Exports" (2010) A young boy named Pietari (Onni Tommila) and his friend Juuso (Ilmari Järvenpää) think a secret mountain drilling project near their home in northern Finland has uncovered the tomb of Santa Claus. However, this a...
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EP. 15 - Gremlins (1984)
Josh and Zak talk about the cult favorite Gremlins (1984) A gadget salesman is looking for a special gift for his son and finds one at a store in Chinatown. The shopkeeper is reluctant to sell him the `mogwai' but sells it to him with the warning to never expose him to bright light, water, or to...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
On Duckin' the Usher, Josh and Zak will discuss movies you wanted to see... but did not pay to view at the theater. Ranging from cult classics, sleeper hits, total flops, and the hidden gems that you may have forgotten existed at all! We delve into the facts, troubles, and triumphs of the production while - hopefully - providing the listener an entertaining, educated, and enlightened experience as we take you on a roller-coaster of nostalgia.Make sure to follow/subscribe to Duckin' the Usher on all your podcast channels.
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JAS LIVE EVENTS
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On Duckin' the Usher, Josh and Zak will discuss movies you wanted to see... but did not pay to view at the theater. Ranging from cult classics, sleeper hits, total flops, and the hidden gems that you may have forgotten existed at all! We delve into the facts, troubles, and triumphs of the...
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