Gotta Love the Gute

Join Nate and Kakki as they explore the 1987 Comedy, Drama, Family “3 Men and a Baby”.   Also check out The Guttenberg Bible: A Memoir and The Kids from Disco at amazon.com. Movie Plot: New York City roommates Peter (Tom Selleck), Michael (Steve Guttenberg) and Jack (Ted Danson) are all successful and happily unmarried, but Peter and Michael get the surprise of a lifetime when a young woman abandons an infant in front of their loft. They also receive a letter stating that the child, named Mary, belongs to Jack, but he's away on business. Michael and Peter are then forced to care for Mary -- and though they make hopeless babysitters, they soon become quite attached to the girl.

Join Nate and Kakki as they explore the 1987 Comedy “Surrender”. Is Nate drunk again? Who wore it better, Sally Field or Dee Dee McCall (Stepfanie Kramer) undercover as a prostitute? Will Iman get a line in this movie? All these questions and so much more will be covered in this episode. Movie Plot: A wealthy writer who has had terrible experiences with money-hungry girlfriends & ex-wives pretends to be a broke, washed-up novelist to see if the woman he loves wants him for himself or just for his money. Also check out The Guttenberg Bible: A Memoir and The Kids from Disco at amazon.com.

Our very special episode is a bit different from our regular format. We talk about all the Steve Guttenberg films we've analyzed in 2015. Listen to find out the dizzying highs, terrifying lows, and creamy middles. We also talk about some projects we had to skip. Finally, hear about what's coming up for 2016! It's all here! And in case you haven't heard enough about the 1983 film The Man Who Wasn't There, well rest assured there's plenty of blue Kool Aid talk in this episode.

Join Nate and Kakki as they explore the 1987 Comedy “Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol”. Movie Plot: Feeling that his squad is not up to snuff, a police commander comes up with an unorthodox plan to hire everyday citizens to work alongside police officers. Unruly Sgt. Carey Mahoney (Steve Guttenberg) is given the job of training the citizens. At first Mahoney does not take the job seriously, but, when he learns that his nemesis, Capt. Harris (G.W. Bailey), is gunning for his commander's job, Mahoney focuses on making the plan work -- and bringing down Harris at the same time. Also check out The Guttenberg Bible: A Memoir and The Kids from Disco at amazon.com and RedLetterMedia.com.

Join Nate and Kakki as they explore the 1987 Crime Mystery Thriller “The Bedroom Window”.   Movie Plot: When his lover witnesses a crime from his bedroom window, a man agrees to go to the police on her behalf in order to keep their affair secret. But the man soon discovers there is much more to the story than there seems in this Hitchcock-inspired thriller. Also check out The Guttenberg Bible: A Memoir and The Kids from Disco at amazon.com.

Join Nate and Kakki as they explore the 1986 Comedy Sci-Fi “Short Circuit”. Movie Plot: After a lightning bolt gives it human emotions and intelligence, a military robot escapes and finds refuge at the home of an animal-loving pacifist. Also check out The Guttenberg Bible: A Memoir and The Kids from Disco at amazon.com.

Join Nate and Kakki as they explore the 1986 Comedy “Police Academy 3: Back In Training”.   Movie Plot: The alumni of Commandant Lassard's Police Academy (1984) return to the school to train new recruits and prevent its closure. Also, check out The Guttenberg Bible: A Memoir and The Kids from Disco at amazon.com and two of our favorite podcasts mentioned in this episode - The Adam Carolla Show and Good Times, Great Movies!

Join Nate and Kakki as they explore the 1985 Comedy “Bad Medicine”. Movie Plot: Jeff Marx wants to study medicine and become a physician. However, his grades are far from enough to get him into an American medical school. But instead he gets a chance to study medicine abroad, in a small Latin American dictatorship, governed by the dictator Ramon Madera, who fall in love with Jeff's girlfriend, also a medical student.  Also check out The Guttenberg Bible: A Memoir and The Kids from Disco at amazon.com.

Join Nate and Kakki as they explore the 1985 Sci-fi film “Cocoon”.   This one is a bit long. We really love this movie! Movie Plot: When a group of trespassing seniors swim in a pool containing alien cocoons, they find themselves energized with youthful vigour.   Also check out The Guttenberg Bible: A Memoir and The Kids from Disco at amazon.com

Join Nate and Kakki as they explore the 1985 Comedy “Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment” starring Steve Guttenberg. Movie Plot: When a new gang moves into town it's up to the screwball police team to stop them.  Be sure check out The Guttenberg Bible: A Memoir and The Kids from Disco at amazon.com. Also check out the mobile app ColorArtist and one of our favorite podcasts Good Time, Great Movies!

Join Nate and Kakki as they explore the 1984 Comedy “Police Academy”. We finally made it to the beginning of the golden age of The Gute! Do yourself a favor and revisit this 80’s classic. Movie Plot: A group of good-hearted but incompetent misfits enter the police academy, but the instructors there are not going to put up with their pranks. Also check out The Guttenberg Bible: A Memoir and The Kids from Disco at amazon.com and one of our favorite podcasts “Star Wars Minute”.

Join Nate and Kakki as they explore the 1983 Sci-Fi Drama “The Day After”. This is our first 100% on Rotten Tomatoes reviewed film. This movie is a must see if you grew up during the cold war. Be prepared, it’s a major bummer man. Movie Plot: A graphic, disturbing film about the effects of a devastating nuclear holocaust on small-town residents of eastern Kansas.    Also check out The Guttenberg Bible: A Memoir and The Kids from Disco at amazon.com and one of our favorite podcasts Stuff You Should Know.  

Join Nate and Kakki as they explore the 1983 Sci-Fi Comedy “The Man Who Wasn’t There”. Movie Plot: A State Department employee finds an egg-shaped device with a green fluid inside that makes the person who drinks it invisible. He finds himself being chased by foreign agents who want the substance.   Also check out The Guttenberg Bible: A Memoir and The Kids from Disco at amazon.com and one of our favorite podcasts The Flop House.

Join Nate and Kakki as they explore the 1982 comedy drama “Diner” . Movie Plot:A group of college-age buddies struggle with their imminent passage into adulthood in 1959 Baltimore.   Also check out The Guttenberg Bible: A Memoir and The Kids from Disco at amazon.com and one of our favorite podcasts Seincast.

Join Nate and Kakki as they explore the 1980 Comedy Musical “Can’t Stop the Music”.   Movie Plot: This is a Pseudo autobiography of disco's The Village People. Also check out The Guttenberg Bible: A Memoir and The Kids from Disco at amazon.com and one of our favorite podcasts How Did This Get Made.

Join Nate and Kakki as they explore the 1978 sci-fi thriller “The Boys From Brazil”. Movie Plot: A Nazi hunter in Paraguay discovers a sinister and bizarre plot to rekindle the Third Reich.  Also check out The Guttenberg Bible: A Memoir, The Kids from Disco at amazon.com and one of our favorite podcasts Keith and the Girl.

Join Nate and Kakki as they explore the 1977 forgotten comedy classic “The Chicken Chronicles”. Movie Plot: A high school senior tries to score with Margaret. Yeah, that about sums it up.  Also check out The Guttenberg Bible: A Memoir  and The Kids from Disco at amazon.com.

Join Nate and Kakki as they explain why they have chosen to explore the career of the lovable Steve Guttenberg.