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Literary adaptation Awards Bait is a clear part of any year in films legacy, so this week Phil and Kenny discuss Snow Falling on Cedars, the Ethan Hawke vehicle about a town wrestling with a racially charged murder, information I assume you are all learning now because it effectively doesn’t exist. “ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In 1999, one artist released an Album and Music Video so popular and influential that its aesthetics and attitude dominated pop culture throughout the the earlier parts of the next decade. A meteoric rise of popularity was the consequence for its star who thrived as one of the biggest stars on the planet off the back of this record. She's had her ups and downs but now 20 years later we have begun to re appreciate her music and her stardom. The album and music video is ...Baby One More Time and the artist, well, its Britney bitch! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Get ready to get taken for a ride cause this episode Phil, Kenny, along with guests Ashley Lyle(Narcos) and Melissa Lora talk DRIVE ME CRAZY, Melissa Joan Hart/Adrian Grenier high school comedy. The boys and guests take a trip down memory lane and have a lively conversation about what DMC gets right about the High School experience, digging themselves in a deeper hole with the 10 Things I Hate About You fans, talk about the boys and how cute they may or may not be and GASP! at Phil’s lack of familiarity with Clarissa Explains It All. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A hard boiled crime movie taken away from its director. A star whose then future, now past makes it hard to watch. This Week, Phil, Kenny and guest Ben Acker (Thrilling Adventure Hour, Supernatural) talk about Payback, a film that would be up all their alleys if not for a good amount of tonal confusion, it having two cuts that neither of which completely fix it and some sexism disguised as genre trappings. Oh, and its star is also an abusive anti-Semite. We dig deep on Mel Gibson’s Controversial career, Lucy Liu’s treatment by Hollywood, Ben Acker’s love of the Parker books (inspired by the movie), Director’s Cut v Theatrical Cut shenanigans, the biggest gap in 99 in ratings for a movie we’ve ever had. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

HEAT VISION AND JACK, an experimental comedy pilot which was exposed to inappropriate levels of irony which made it the world’s most ahead of its time 30 minute TV episode. PODCAST LIKE ITS 1999, the podcast with the brains of two TV writers. Together (this week) try to analyze, joke about and appreciate Heat Vision and Jack’s place in the comedy landscape of the time and its influence on 20 years of comedy since. THE PILOT is viewable on Youtube here https://youtu.be/6lWgXDOAJ5s, watch it quick before the deadly ABC and NBC corporations attempt to stop you. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The 1999 movie SIMON SEZ features a brief scene where Dane Cook sports Dennis Rodman cosplay, and it is not even among the top 10 most painfully dated, over the top and out of place moments in this glorious vanity project for sadly, the person keeping US and North Korean relations afloat. Listen as Kenny, Phil and returning Guest Teddy Bressman dissect the arc of Dennis Rodman’s career as an actor, the rise and fall of Dane Cook’s star and get behind the scenes info from one of the screenwriters on the experience of taking 5 months in France having to write a movie where an Interpol agent is friends with two hacker monks one of which refers to himself as Free Willy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

So, Podcast Like It's 1999 wasn't 'spose to be this way We did Analyze This, The Matrix, and a Bride who Ran Away! The movies of 9-9 are great, that's clear But so many other things went down each week and month of that year, so... We'll do TV, too! Like Friends Season 5 We'll do TV, too! Soon West Wing, Sopranos and more We'll do TV, too! 'Cause we're running out of mooooo... vies... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

If you’re a fan of set design, boy do we have a movie for you! Jarett Weiselman (Netflix social media) comes back to the podcast to discuss Jan de Bont’s “The Haunting.” Now, if you’re a fan of logic, dramatic tension, character development, believable motivation, legitimate scares, special effects, utilizing the strengths of your actors or proper villains, look elsewhere. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In 1999, there were three distinct takes on the modern American mafia. One, The Sopranos, was wildly successful both commercially and creatively and remade both American's understanding of the Italian Mafia, as well as the entire television industry. A second, Analyze This, performed respectfully at the box office and among critics, providing audiences with both unexpected laughs and pathos. A third, Mickey Blue Eyes, had Hugh Grant trying to talk like an American gangster, which sounded like a man choking as he attempted to gurgle marbles. Join Phil and Kenny as they discuss the least successful, but silliest (!), entry in the late 20th Century mafia canon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Podcast Like it's 1999 takes a pass at it's stated goal of expanding its field of coverage beyond their home turf of movies and TV to include the beautiful game and one of its most legendary teams, the 1999 Women's Soccer Team. Barbara Friend (Station 19) teams up with Phil and Kenny to kick around topics such as feminism, equal pay, progress in sports in America, representation, the similarities and differences between the 1999 and 2019 World Cup Champs, and the use of soccer puns when blurbing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tea with Mussolini is Franco Zeffirilli's 1999, semi-autobiographical film about his upbringing in WW2 Italy by a group of British ex-pats of a certain age (played by the Dames Judi Dench, Maggie Smith and Joan Plowright) and a couple of American women (played by the Goddesses Lily Tomlin and Cher). It is also no better than the 10th date Phil, Kenny and guest Barrett Doss (Station 19, Broadway's Groundhog Day) would like to share with historic, brutal tyrants, following: - Irish Coffee with Muammar Gaddafi - Hot Cocoa with Nicolas Maduro - Egg Creme with Idi Amin - Chardonnay with Pinochet - Pabst Blue Ribbon with Kim Jong-Un - Cosmopolitans with Genghis Khan - Red Dot with Pol Pot - Bee Pollen with Joseph Stalin And - Champagne with Saddam Hussein Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Check out the thrilling conclusion of Podcast Like it’s 1999s two-podcast series on a The Matrix! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How do you blurb a movie like “The Matrix?” How do you write a blurb that doesn’t suck? How do you blurb a movie like “The Matrix?” By mentioning that it’s now beloved by cucks? Many a-things you’d want to blurb about it. Many a-things you still don’t understand! But how can start to say The film deserves all the A’s Without sounding like a goober or a Stan?! How do you blurb a movie like “The Matrix?” How do you stop a bullet with your hand? Emily VanDerWerff (Vox Media) joins Phil and Kenny to analyze and break down the revolutionary, uber-successful and impossibly influential film “The Matrix.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Did you know that in 1999 there was a machine invented called the “Random Sundance Movie Generator?” That’s right! For a fraction of what a screenwriter cost, this machine spit out a complete Sundance movie script in seconds. Take, for instance, “Happy, Texas.” No human could have come up with this seemingly unrelated combination of elements: Unlikely Lead Actors: Jeremy Northam, Steve Zahn Genre: Low-Stakes Heist Flyover Country Setting: Rural, Texas Town, Present Day (But make it feel like 1983) Quirky Complication: Children’s beauty pageant Far-fetched Cover Story: Characters pose as a gay couple Expected Price Tag at Sundance: $500k (or $10 million if you can get Harvey Weinstein to a screening). So join Phil and Kenny as they discuss the Random Sundance Movie Generator’s magnum opus, “Happy, Texas” and the film festival it was created for. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're breaking the mold this week on Podcast Like It's 1999 -- which be prepared we'll be doing more as we explore TV shows, award shows and much much more in the coming months -- but this week Phil sat down with Jaan Kittask (the man behind our wonderful theme song and logo) to do a deep dive into the soundtracks of 1999. We talk about the soundtracks to Magnolia, Cruel Intentions, Rushmore (which was released in 1999) and Go not to mention Dawson's Creek and Ally McBeal as well as some of our favorite albums of the year. Jaan and I also discuss the creative process behind making our awesome theme song! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ron Shelton made some of the best and most beloved sports movies of all-time in Bull Durham, White Men Can’t and Tin Cup. Boxing has long been considered the sport that lost naturally lends itself to dramatic storytelling, as evidenced by such classics as Raging Bull, Rocky and Million Dollar Baby. So, when Ron Shelton came out with his boxing movie in 1999, audiences were expecting a knockout! And what they got was... an extended gay panic joke? Christian Lander (black-ish, The Mick) joins Phil and Kenny to dissect just how this seemingly perfect marriage of artist and subject was apparently derailed by the marriage of a director and his star. And then they talk about WWE for 30 minutes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

PHILLIP ISCOVE (co-host, “Podcast Like it’s 1999): It was really just supposed to be another episode, not unlike the 75 or so we had previously done. KENNY NEIBART (co-host, “Podcast Like it’s 1999”): But something was different that day. Something in the air. ERNIE HURTADO (producer, “Podcast Like It’s 1999”): That was the just the airplanes. NEIBART: Aside from the airplanes. Something else. A certain je ne se quois. WHITNEY FRIEDLANDER (entertainment journalist, guest “Podcast Like it’s 1999”): I think what Kenny is referring to is squeezing a non-problematic podcast from this very problematic movie. ISCOVE: Yes! We somehow avoided being problematic while talking about Woody Allen. NEIBART: I don’t know if I’d say we were completely without controversy. What about the part where you defended Woody’s behavior? ISCOVE: I never defended Woody’s behavior! FRIEDLANDER: I don’t think any of us defended him. NEIBART (smirking): Phil did. ISCOVE (steam rising): I did no such thing! NEIBART: Ernie? HURTADO: I don’t know. He may have when one of those 15 planes flew over. NEIBART: Yup. ISCOVE: I never defended him! Stop putting that out there! NEIBART: I guess our listeners will have to listen to the entire episode to find out. FRIEDLANDER: This got real weird, real fast. (Pause) ISCOVE: I didn’t defend him. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Special Double Episode! Fantasia 2000 with Karen Han and Julien Donkey-Boy with Ben Hosley Podcast like it’s 1999 is proud to bring to you a double bill that goes together like yogurt and sand. First, Karen Han (Polygon) joins the guys for a deep dive into 1999s second most experimental film, Disney’s Fantasia 2000. And then Karen stays on as Ben “Monster Man” Hosley (Blank Check) chimes in to talk a little Harmony Korine and the first most experimental film of 1999, Julien Donkey-Boy Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Before The Avengers. Before the Guardians of the Galaxy. Before the Justice League. Before the X-Men. Before the Agents of Shield. Before the Fantastic Four. Before the Suicide Squad. Before the Eternals. Before Birds of Prey. Before The Legends of Tomorrow. Before a The Defenders. Before the Teen Titans. Before the Umbrella Academy. Before Supermansion. But after Josie and the Pussycats. There were the Mystery Men with classic heroes like Mr. Furious! Blue Raja! The Bowler! The Shoveler! The Invisible Boy! And everyone’s favorite, The Spleen who’s secret power is super farts. Join Phil and Kenny as they welcome David Sims (The Atlantic, Blank Check), a superhero of film criticism and podcasting, to discuss this groundbreaking(-ish) superhero comedy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The year was 1999. Woodstock. Free Love. The Moon Landing. Any one of them could make for a good movie. But Walk on the Moon defies that half-assed bullshit and just throws it all into a blender and somehow churns out a single, spectacular film. Writer/Producer Toby Herman joins the Pod to discuss this hidden little gem. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On a cool and spooky night Phil, Kenny and Ira Madison III (Daybreak, Keep It podcast) we’re mysteriously invited to discuss “House on Haunted Hill” and should any of them survivor the podcast, he would receive $1,000,000. Unfortunately, they all died. But the podcast lives on! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this biblical epic, Billy Crudup plays the son of the the son of God, a man set adrift from his family, his society and himself. Gideon Yago (The Newsroom, Quantico) joins Phil and Kenny as they discusses the religious implications of this retelling of the Book of Fuckhead. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Phil and Kenny are joined on the podcast this week by director and animator Miguel Jiron (Into the Spiderverse) to discuss - yawn - Hiyao Miyazaki's "Princess Mononoke." We have some real slogs in 1999, but few are as rote as this one, folks. It's a story you've heard a million times. Boy kills giant hog imbued with a demon spirit. The spirit gets inside him and gives him, you guessed it, superhuman strength but, yup, is also going to kill him. In an effort to find a cure, he encounters a wolf goddess and her human daughter, San. I know, grow an imagination, Miyazaki. Of course, they don't fall in love, but grow to have a mutual respect for each other, like pretty much every story about a young man and woman in traumatic circumstances. That says nothing of the other mundane things he runs into, like your cliched group of bandaged of lepers manufacturing firearms or the tree spirits who probably hold the secret to all life on earth. On top of that, visually it looks like a Monet come to life and populated with best and worst living dreams and nightmares of a opium eater. Like every other fucking movie ever. Well, we said we'd do every movie, so here's Princess Mononoke for you. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Alexandra Amin (WME) joins Phil and Kenny to talk about The Wood, a 1999 movie about the unexpected boners of growing up and the way those boners affect us all the way into adulthood and the friends you make along the way to help you get past your biggest boners as you stop being such a boner. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Phil and Kenny are joined by producer Laura Neibart (Entourage, their children) to discuss Girl, Interrupted... Come for the thoughtful discussion about women’s mental health as portrayed in the film, but stay because you want to know who married Kenny. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dana Schwartz (Entertainment Weekly) joins the podcast to discuss Stuart Little, a movie that proves it’s not the size of the mouse that counts, it’s the size of his heart, which is also minuscule, because Stuart is a mouse. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sean O’Connor (Late Late Show) joins Phil and Kenny to discuss Risa Bramon Garcia’s New Year’s Eve flick “200 Cigarettes” starring Paul Rudd, Nicole Ari Parker, Courtney Love, Dave Grohl, Krist Novaselic, Dave Chappelle, David LaChapelle, Martha Plimpton, Martha Plimpton’s friend, A Scottish Guy, Jay Mohr, Would Have Preferred Jay Less If You Know What I Mean, Kate Hudson, Ben Affleck, Casey Affleck, the Aflac Duck, Gabby Hoffman, Christina Ricci, Thora Birch, Ashleigh Aston Moore, Guillermo Diaz, Fuck you, Fuck you, Fuck you, You’re Cool, Angela Featherstone, Paula Poundstone, Jeanine Garofalo (duh), Elvis Costello’s Glasses and Seamus McNally as “Crazed Driver” (uncredited). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Anupam Nigam (Station 19, Psych) joins Kenny and Phil to discuss “Blue Streak,” Martin Lawrence’s 1999 remake of the beloved British Heist Film “The Big Job.” “Blue Streak” is one of the few remakes we cover in 1999 and, frankly, the most superfluous. Of what use is Martin Lawrence’s portrayal of diamond-thief-cum-imposter-police-officer when compared to Sid James’ legendary work in the original? For whom is the easy chemistry between Lawrence and co-star Luke Wilson, when anybody could type “The Big Job” into any steaming service and relive the timeless, oft-quoted repartee between Mr. James and Dick Emery? And which constituency was crying out to have the masterful scene where Mr. James disguises himself as a Italian food courier - replete with those classic wonky British dentures - reenacted by Mr. Lawrence? “Blue Streak” is, on own merits, a perfectly cromulent caper. But it is rendered obsolete in a society like ours, for, as everyone knows, “The Big Job” is cultural touchstone for families the world over. In remaking a timeless classic like “The Big Job,” moviegoers in 1999 likely wondered if Hollywood had simply run out of new ideas. Fortunately, it did not portend a permanent problem for the film industry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Erik Anderson (Awards Watch) join Phil and Kenny to break down and examine the 1999 Oscars, which got pretty much everything wrong. Fortunately for movie lovers, the Academy has pretty much figured it out in the last 20 years. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Erik Anderson (Awards Watch) joins Phil and Kenny to discuss the multiple Oscar-winning film "The Cider House Rules" and the 1999 Oscars. But first, much like a certain Cider House, this podcast has rules. The Podcast Like It's 1999 Rules: 1. Please do not talk about The Cider House Rules as if it was a worthy Best Picture nominee over Magnolia, Being John Malkovich, Eyes Wide Shut or The Talented Mr. Ripley. Or Toy Story 2. Or Notting Hill. Or The Mummy. Or EdTV. Or Anywhere but Here. Or Deuce Bigelow. 2. Please do not mention Michael Caine's Best Supporting Actor performance without also including that Tom Cruise was robbed. 3. Please do not speak positively about John Irving's Best Adapted Screenplay win without noting the category also included Election, The Talented Mr. Ripley, the Insider and The Green Mile* (*Mentioning the Green Mile is optional). 4. Please do not give this film "bonus points" for tackling abortion or the exploitation of marginalized workers without also noting the issues are shown exclusively from the point of view of white men. 5. Please do not drink or smoke on the roof. If you follow those rules, we should have a great podcast, you Princes of Maine, you Kings of New England. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s time for Podcast Like it’s 1999 Back with Part 2 today Podcast Like it’s 1999 Come on, it’s time to hit play! There’s Phil, the proud Canadian Kenny, he’s often hoarse Ernie, the quiet producer And Griffin, the man himself, of course It’s time for Podcast Like it’s 1999 Excluding Blank Check, it’s the very best! It’s the rootin-est, tootin-est Podcast That has an episode on “Wild, Wild West!” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on Podcast Like It's 1999, Phil and Kenny have the unique pleasure of talking with America's greatest living podcaster, Griffin Newman (Black Check with Griffin and David, he also stars on The Tick), about one of his favorite movies, Toy Story 2. Join us for this in-depth conversation about Woody, Buzz, Jessie, Pixar, John Lassetter, Sarah McLaughlin, Toy Story, Toy Story 3, Toy Story 4, Partysaurus, Babe: Pig in the City, Detective Pikachu, Frasier Crane, Prince's Super Bowl Halftime Show and the meaning of life. And come back next week for Part 2 of our discussion with Griffin! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When there’s something strange, in the neighborhood, who you gonna call? GHOST DOG! When there’s mobsters trying, to contract a hit, who they gonna call? GHOST DOG! When you’re doing a pod, with two writers from Step Up: High Water, what movie you gonna do? GHOST DOG! When you’re watching Jim Jarmusch, and it don’t make sense, what movie are you watching? GHOST DOG (or any of his other movies)! GHOST DOG GHOST DOG GHOST DOG (I ain’t afraid of no birds) GHOST DOG GHOST DOG GHOST DOG (Forrest Whitaker’s really great in this) GHOST DOG! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

HELLO Hello hello h e l l o... PODCAST LIKE IT’S 1999 HAS A NEW EPISODE Episode episode e p i s o d e ... ON A KEVIN BACON MOVIE Movie movie m o v i e (THOUGH NOT ONE THAT WILL HELP MUCH WITH THE KEVIN BACON GAME Game game g a m e...) IT A LITTLE LIKE THE SIXTH SENSE Sense Sense s e n s e... BECAUSE THERE’S A KID WHO SEE AND HEARS GHOSTS Ghosts ghosts g h o s t s... BUT THAT’S WHERE THE SIMILARITIES END End end e n d... JOINING PHIL AND KENNY ON THE PODCAST Podcast podcast p o d c a s t... IS KERRI DOHERTY Doherty doherty d o h e r t y... A WRITER ON SCHOOLED Schooled schooled s c h o o l e d... TO HELP BREAK DOWN Down down d o w n... STIR Stir stir s t i r... OF Of of o f... ECHOES! ECHOES! ECHOES! ECHOES! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Erin La Rosa (Netflix social media) came back to the podcast for her second Brendan Fraser-Hugh Wilson film. She thought she was just there to talk Fraser, but she never could have anticipated what awaited her. When people talk about the best twists of 1999, they’ll mention The Sixth Sense or The Matrix. Perhaps the more artsy of us will ride for eXistenZ. And maybe those who don’t understand twists will stan for, I don’t know, The Bone Collector? But the biggest twist of all is that this movie about a simple Canadian Mountie and his flatulent horse named Horse based on a little-loved cartoon is not only good, it’s great! Listen to this episode to find out if this write up was itself a twist as well and it’s really as bad as you think. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Bicentennial Man is a film from 1999 with a title that gives away the ending. If the studio was intent on giving away the ending, perhaps they should have gone with one of their alternate, snappier titles instead, such as: “I Fucked My Fridge” Todd Van Der Werff (Vox) and Libby Hill (LA Times) join us for a high-minded discussion on the film* that ended Robin Williams’ career as a leading man. * ”Jakob the Liar” can also make this claim, but fortunately for us we won’t be covering it because it was made in ... well, fuck. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Phil, Kenny and Okieriete Onaodowan (Hamilton, Station 19, sorry, did you miss what we said? Hamilton. The original Broadway Cast. He was Hercules Mulligan and James Madison. If you knock him down he’ll get the fuck back up again! Oh my god, I’m fanboying out and I’m just a bot that generates amusing podcast writeups, back to the movie) take a trip to a little redneck mountain town (which is directly from the movie. The MOVIE is using the derogatory term ‘redneck,’ you ass-licking cockholes) to review Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s masterpiece (yeah, masterpiece. Hang it in the Louvre, shitsniffers!), SOUTH PARK: BIGGER LONGER AND UNCUT! So strap in you big ol dildo pirates as we let Stan, Kyle, Cartman, Kenny, Chef, Mr. Hat and Satan serenade us with the best - and only - toe-sucking, pubic hair-ingesting musical of 1999. Oh, and Happy New Year, Fuckers! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Are you ready to ROCK?! Oh, no, you’re not? Then, well, are you ready to ROLL?! Not that either? Hmm... are you ready to PAINT YOUR FACE LIKE A DEMON AND STICK YOUR TONGUE OUT?! Oh, not your bag either, huh? Okay, then... ARE YOU READY TO LISTEN TO A PODCAST ABOUT A THINLY-VEILED INFOMERCIAL DISGUISED AS A PROBLEMATIC ROAD MOVIE?! You are?! Then, my good man, do we have the podcast for you. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week on the pod Matthew D’Ambrosio (The Vampire Diaries) joins Phil and Kenny to discuss Kevin Williamson’s directorial debut, “Teaching Mrs. Tingle,” a film best known for changing its title pre-release from “Killing Mrs. Tingle” and thereby solving the problem of violence in America once an for all! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Christmas comes early for the listeners of Podcast Like It’s 1999 as Phil and Kenny are joined by Eric Carrasco (Supergirl) to discuss the 1999 Denise Richards vehicle “Dr. Christmas Jones and the World Is Not Enough” (co-starring Pierce Brosnan as James Bond). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We all have dreams, but the truly great ones dare to dream the dreams that have never been dreamt before. Take Carrie Gillogly (AMC), our guest for the week. Carrie had a dream to guest on the podcast about October Sky, the 1999 Jake Gyllenhaal-Chris Cooper space/mining drama, and make co-host Kenny appreciate it for the sensitive story of one man’s perseverance it is. At every turn, she experienced seemingly insurmountable odds. Yet, like the protagonist Homer Hickman, she persevered. But, did she succeed in her mission? Tune in to find out! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Once in a generation, a podcast comes along that is so riveting, so ravishing, so revolutionary that it can only be described as a SUPERCAST. Unfortunately, our podcast on Molly Shannon’s Superstar is not that supercast. It is, however, an honest and frank discussion of a wildly misunderstood and underappreciated diamond in 1999’s rough. Much thanks to our guests, Molly Green and James Leffler (Station 19), for excavating said diamond and holding it up to figuratively/audibly shine for everyone. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In honor of our first full year of chronicling the films of 1999, Phil and Kenny look back at their first 52 episodes and give out awards (for which only the films we’ve arbitrarily chosen to cover are eligible!). Join us as we run down our Bests (like actors, actresses, screenplay, song and scene), Worsts (like worst movie, worst fashion and worst aged) and Biggest (surprise, letdown). We also give our top ten so far and preview the next 52 and beyond. Thank you for listening so far and we have some very exciting things planned for next year! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s been a full year here at Podcast Like It’s 1999 and Phil and Kenny are celebrating in style as they are joined by producer Hailey Wierengo to discuss Pedro Almodóvar’s Oscar-winning film “All About My Mother!” I just write the synopses, so I don’t know what this movie is about, but Moms are great, so I’m sure it’s a sweet tale about fun moms! Mwah! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Kenny and Phil are not your average podcasters. Most podcasters look at humanity and see a small sliver who can podcast at even a remedial level. But not Kenny and Phil. They believe that podcasting comes from within... that it comes from the heart. So, it was with that spirit, that they invited Melissa Lora and Corinne Stikeman - two podcast guests with a scant four guest episodes of experience between them - on to the podcast. But Phil and Kenny did not take it easy on Melissa and Corinne. They could have started slow, with a rip-roaring crowd-pleaser like "The Mummy" or a meaty hunk of podcast fodder-beef like "Wild Wild West," but, instead, Melissa and Corinne were forced to come up with 90-120 minutes of aural delight about the Violins-in-East-Harlem, Meryl Streep-vehicle, "Music of the Heart." We can hear you shudder. How can two novices, two amateurs, two rookies spin such a plain, boring, rote film into podcast gold? Well. Take a listen. You won't believe your ears. As long, that is, as you listen with your heart. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

One of the quirks of 1999 is that the year produced several high-profile entities’ most off-brand films. Included among these is David Lynch’s not-weird “The Straight Story,” Eddie Murphy’s not-funny “Life,” Disney’s not-musical “Tarzan,” and Rob Reiner’s not-good “The Story of Us.” Add to that “Outside Providence.” Emily Fox (Hindsight, Girlfriends Guide to Divorce) joins us to discuss the Farrelly Brothers-written, coming-of-age, stoner dramedy that doesn’t have any bird’s heads falling off, one-handed bowlers, conjoined twins, or even one drop of semen in any character’s hair. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, tune in for a discussion about M. Night Shyamalan’s “The Sixth Sense” with Phil... Kenny... and... ***TWIST*** No guest! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It was a dark and stormy night when Clarke Wolfe came into the podcast studio like hurricane to weather a conversational storm about Forces Of Nature with Phil and Kenny. A flood of analysis was followed by a tidal wave of critical thought and a tsunami of disagreement. Is Forces of Nature a tornado of fun or is it a volcano, it’s molten lava slowly threatening to devour you from the ankles up, as you struggle to break free but your femurs have already been disintegrated by its trudging witticisms, leaving you know chance by ride out the storm with Ben Afflecjk and Sandra Bullock? Tune in and find out! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What is Life? For centuries, the greatest minds in science, philosophy and theology have endeavored to answer that most unanswerable of questions. We’ve grappled with its meaning, questioned its purpose and cursed its inevitable end. While the experience is universal, it’s the ineffable nature of it has baffled us all. A satisfying answer, it seemed, was never to be. But then, in 1999, like a bolt of lightning, an answer came: Life is a prison-set comedy with dramatic overtones starring Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence. Chuck Hayward (Step Sisters, Dear White People) joins Phil and Kenny to discuss this most momentous of discoveries. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This podcast started as a bet. Could Phil and Kenny take any guest and turn him into the Podcasting King? After rejecting a few deeper-voiced possibilities, they settled on David Iserson, who had glasses. David proved to be more than meets the eye, however, when he shrewdly chose the film “She’s All That,” an oft-requested classic of the teen genre, as his movie. David proceeded to wow the boys with his podcasting bona fides. Turns out, he’s a seasoned writer - features and TV, comedy and drama - making him highly desirable to podcasts ranging from Scriptnotes to WTF to the one where Doug Benson gets high. He’s also full of podcast-able tidbits like, did you know he had a She’s All That poster in his college dorm room? And that it was in French?! But the only way to prove that David is the new podcasting king of the internet is if this episode gets more download than any before it. Can David do it? Can Phil and Kenny do it? Or will love get in the way? Download to find out! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.