All Episodes - Damn Good Movie Memories
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Episode 492 - Our Miss Brooks (1956)
Based on the popular radio program (and later a TV series), Eve Arden stars as a popular high school English teacher and her humorous interactions with the students and faculty. Co-starring Gale Gordon, Don Porter, Robert Rockwell and Richard Crenna.
Episode 491 - Dumb & Dumber (1994)
A modern screwball comedy about two morons (Jim Carrey & Jeff Daniels) who take a road trip from Rhode Island to Colorado to return a briefcase to its owner (Lauren Holly). Directed by the Farrelly Brothers.
Episode 490 - That Touch of Mink (1962)
A romantic comedy starring Cary Grant and Doris Day who meet unexpectedly and try to figure out what type of relationship works best for both of them: casual or serious? Co-starring Audrey Meadows, Gig Young and John Astin.
Episode 489 - Bridesmaids (2011)
A great raunchy comedy following a single woman (Kristen Wiig) who is struggling to figure out her life after being picked as maid of honor for the wedding of her best friend (Maya Rudolph). Co-starring Rose Byrne, Melissa McCarthy, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Ellie Kemper, Chris O'Dowd, Jill Clayburgh and Rebel Wilson. Directed by Paul Feig.
Episode 488 - Duck Soup (1933)
The fifth and final film for the Marx Brothers with Zeppo and Paramount Pictures. Find out how Rufus T. Firefly (Groucho) saves (?!) the country of Freedonia from a revolution.
Episode 487 - The Bank Job (2008)
Loosely based on the 1971 Lloyds Bank robbery. A group of low-level thieves are hired to steal a safety deposit box, but soon get in way over their heads. Starring Jason Statham and Saffron Burrows.
Episode 486 - How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life (1968)
A movie filled with merry mixups like an extended episode of Three's Company, as a carefree bachelor (Dean Martin) attempts to help his best friend (Eli Wallach) with his marriage troubles. Co-starring Stella Stevens and Anne Jackson.
Episode 485 - Rhinestone (1984)
In order to get out of her contract with a sleazy manager, a popular country singer (Dolly Parton) must turn a New York City cabbie (Sylvester Stallone) into a decent singer for a one-time performance. Co-starring Richard Farnsworth, Ron Leibman and Tim Thomerson. Directed by Bob Clark.
Episode 484 - Lost Horizon (1937)
A timeless film about the meaning of life and finding happiness, as a group of plane crash survivors find themselves deep within the Himalayan mountains which hides the mythical valley of Shangri-La. Starring Ronald Colman and Jane Wyatt. Directed by Frank Capra.
Episode 483 - Absolute Power (1997)
Based on David Baldacci's novel, a master jewel thief (Clint Eastwood) finds himself caught in a murder conspiracy involving the President of the United States (Gene Hackman). Co-starring Ed Harris, Laura Linney, Scott Glenn, Dennis Haysbert, Judy Davis and E.G. Marshall. Directed by Clint Eastwood.
Episode 482 - Kill the Umpire (1950)
A baseball fanatic (William Bendix) with an irrational hatred of umpires decides to become an umpire himself when he can't find a steady job. Co-starring Una Merkel and William Frawley. Directed by Lloyd Bacon.
Episode 481 - Career Opportunites (1991)
A lovable loser (Frank Whaley) finds himself locked in a Target store overnight with the girl of his dreams (Jennifer Connelly). Screenplay written by John Hughes.
Episode 480 - It Happened in Flatbush (1942)
A disgraced ex-ballplayer (Lloyd Nolan) gets a chance at redemption when he's hired to manage and rebuild the struggling Brooklyn Dodgers. Co-starring Carole Landis, William Frawley and Robert Armstrong.
Episode 479 - Witness (1985)
A Philadelphia detective (Harrison Ford) discovers a murder conspiracy within his department and hides out in Amish country in order protect his witness. Co-starring Kelly McGillis, Lukas Haas, Josef Sommer and Danny Glover.
Episode 478 - The Mechanic (1972)
An aging hit-man (Charles Bronson) decides to take on a younger protégé (Jan-Michael Vincent) in this action-thriller. Directed by Michael Winner.
Episode 477 - Werewolf of London (1935)
The first (and often forgotten) werewolf film produced by the Universal monster series. Henry Hull stars as a botanist bitten by a creature while researching in Tibet and...yeah, you know the rest. Co-starring Walter Oland and Valerie Hobson.
Episode 476 - Almost Famous (2000)
Cameron Crowe's love-letter back to the music he grew up on. A teenage journalist gets an opportunity to go on the road with an up-and-coming rock band in the early 1970s. Starring Kate Hudson, Billy Crudup, Frances McDormand, Jason Lee, Patrick Fugit, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Zooey Deschanel, Anna Paquin and Fairuza Balk. This is a cross-over episode with our friends from the Growin' Up Rock Podcast! Check out their episode where we discuss the Almost Famous soundtrack track-by-track!
Episode 475 - Wedding Crashers (2005)
Owen Wilson and Vince Vaughn star as best friends who crash weddings as their main hobby. Co-starring Rachel McAdams, Isla Fisher, Christopher Walken, Jane Seymour and Bradley Cooper.
Episode 474 - Foreign Correspondent (1940)
An American crime reporter (Joel McCrea) is reassigned to Europe shortly before WWII and discovers a spy ring. Co-starring Laraine Day, Herbert Marshall, George Sanders and Robert Benchley. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
Episode 473 - V.I. Warshawski (1991)
Kathleen Turner stars as a Chicago private investigator hired by a teenage girl (Angela Goethals) to find the person who killed her father. Co-starring Jay O. Sanders, Charles Durning and Wayne Knight.
Episode 472 - Woman in Hiding (1950)
Ida Lupino stars in this film noir as a woman who discovers her new husband (Stephen McNally) married her only to take over the mill she inherited from her father. Co-starring Howard Duff and Peggy Dow.
Episode 471 - The Thing (1982)
John Carpenter's groundbreaking reimagining of the 1951 sci-fi horror classic The Thing From Another World about a group of researchers in Antarctica who are terrorized by a shapeshifting beast. Starring Kurt Russell, Wilford Brimley, Keith David, T.K. Carter and Richard Masur.
Episode 470 - Son of Flubber (1963)
In this sequel to The Absent Minded Professor, Fred MacMurray returns to create another life-changing substance called "Flubbergas", which can be used to manipulate the weather. Co-starring Nancy Olson, Keenan Wynn, Ed Wynn, Tommy Kirk, Leon Ames and Paul Lynde.
Episode 469 - Summer School (1987)
Nobody wants to go to summer school...until now! Mark Harmon stars as a high school teacher forced to teach summer school for a group of misfit teens at risk of flunking out. Co-starring Kirstie Alley, Courtney Thorne-Smith, Robin Thomas, Dean Cameron, Gary Riley, Kelly Jo Minter, Shawnee Smith and Richard Horvitz. Directed by Carl Reiner.
Episode 468 - Alice in Wonderland (1951)
The Disney animated version covering the classic Lewis Carroll story of a young girl who discovers a magical world filled with unusual characters like the Mad Hatter, Tweedledee & Tweedledum, Cheshire Cat, White Rabbit, Queen of Hearts and others. Featuring the voices of Kathryn Beaumont, Ed Wynn, Sterling Holloway, Richard Haydn, Jerry Colonna and Verna Felton.
Episode 467 - Superman II (1980)
One of the best sequels of all-time as Superman (Christopher Reeve) must fight off three super-villains from Krypton to save the world. We cover both versions of the film directed by Richard Lester and Richard Donner. Co-starring Gene Hackman, Margot Kidder, Terence Stamp, Sarah Douglas, Jack O'Halloran, Ned Beatty, Jackie Cooper, and Marlon Brando (in Donner's version).
Episode 466 - C.H.O.M.P.S. (1979)
A young inventor (Wesley Eure) who works for a home-security company creates a robotic watchdog to curtail the crime wave in his city. Co-starring Valerie Bertinelli, Conrad Bain, Red Buttons, Chuck McCann and Jim Backus. Produced by Hanna-Barbera.
Episode 465 - Music and Lyrics (2007)
A has-been 80s pop star (Hugh Grant) is tasked with writing a song for a popular new artist and finds help from an unexpected source (Drew Barrymore). Co-starring Brad Garrett, Kristen Johnston and Haley Bennett.
Episode 464 - Gilda (1946)
The film noir classic featuring the stunning Rita Hayworth as the title character and Glenn Ford as the small-time gambler who can't resist her. Co-starring George Macready and Joseph Calleia.
Episode 463 - Starsky & Hutch (2004)
"Do it...do it." Based on the 1970s buddy cop TV series, Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson assume the roles of the two detectives tasked with taking down a drug kingpin (Vince Vaughn). Co-starring Snoop Dogg, Jason Bateman, Fred Williamson, Carmen Electra, Amy Smart and Chris Penn.
Episode 462 - Appointment With Danger (1950)
A film noir starring Alan Ladd as a U.S. postal inspector hired to investigate the murder of a fellow inspector. Co-starring Jack Webb and Harry Morgan of "Dragnet" fame and Phyllis Calvert.
Episode 461 - The Saint (1997)
Based on the classic character from novels, radio and TV - international thief Simon Templar (Val Kilmer) attempts to stop a Russian oil tycoon from obtaining a formula for cold fusion. Co-starring Elisabeth Shue and Rade Šerbedžija.
Episode 460 - Please Don't Eat the Daisies (1960)
Doris Day and David Niven star as a married couple with four young sons who decide to buy a country home, while Niven attempts to keep working as a theater critic in New York City. Co-starring Janis Paige, Spring Byington, Richard Haydn, and Jack Weston.
Episode 459 - Spaceballs (1987)
Mel Brooks' hilarious parody of the Star Wars saga, as we follow Lone Star (Bill Pullman) and his sidekick Barf (John Candy) as they try to rescue Princess Vespa (Daphne Zuniga) and her droid Dot Matrix (Joan Rivers) from the evil Dark Helmet (Rick Moranis). May the Schwartz be with you!
Episode 458 - Buck Privates (1941)
The breakout film for Abbott & Costello as two inept con-men who join the Army to evade being arrested.
Episode 457 - The Ref (1994)
A jewel thief (Denis Leary) attempting to evade the police, takes a constantly bickering couple (Kevin Spacey and Judy Davis) hostage on Christmas Eve.
Episode 456 - Young Frankenstein (1974)
Mel Brooks' satirical classic reimagining the tale of the Frankenstein monster. Starring Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle, Marty Feldman, Teri Garr, Cloris Leachman, Madeline Kahn and Gene Hackman.
Episode 455 (and 75) - Pulp Fiction (1994)
Quentin Tarantino's breakout masterpiece starring John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Uma Thurman, Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Amanda Plummer, Ving Rhames and Bruce Willis. And from the archives we include a lost episode covering the Pulp Fiction soundtrack with "my other brother Brian!"
Episode 454 - The Whistler (1944)
Based on the popular radio series of the same name, a grief-stricken man (Richard Dix) mourning the death of his wife hires a hit-man to kill him, only to discover she may not be dead after all. Co-starring J. Carrol Naish. Directed by William Castle.
Episode 453 - No Mercy (1986)
A Chicago cop (Richard Gere) travels to the Louisiana Bayou to take down the mobster (Jeroen Krabbé) that killed his partner. Co-starring Kim Basinger.