MARC SUMMERS – Michael and Lawrence are here to tell you that dreams do come true! We were given the opportunity to sit down and discuss the happenings of the classic 80s television classic Double Dare! Mathew Klickstein author of Slimed!: An Oral History of Nickelodeon’s Golden Age, facilitated this great conversation. Did you know that Marc Summers has an off Broadway play about hid life? Did you know there is a documentary out about him? Listen and find out!
Tag: 1980’s podcast
Episode #216 – Academy 5: Assignment: Miami Beach
Police Academy 5 – Michael, Lawrence and new Sometime Co-Host Josh take our talents to South Beach this week. The old Commandant Lassard, leader of the Police Academy, goes to Florida to receive an award. In the city arrives also the cynic Captain Harris who wants to take Lassard’s job. Hold everything! The cadets are dropping in on Miami Beach for an all new adventure. Captain Harris is about to lose his trouser and his mind in Miami!
Podshort – Punky Brewster
Punky Brewster – Michael and Lawrence get the opportunity to go to another Cubs game and decide to take you all along for the ride. This time it is all about that girl we all know and love PUNKY. Punky Brewster is a show about a girl named Penelope “Punky” Brewster. She is abandoned with her dog, Brandon, in a supermarket by her mother. What kind of impact could a 4 foot 3 inch person with a pension for mismatched shoes really have on the leaders of tomorrow? 
Episode #215 – The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
The Naked Gun – Michael and Lawrence unpack what it may truly be like to host a visit from Queen Elizabeth…..Oh Yeah and what it may be like to make a film with a guy named Orenthal. We are back this time with the an incompetent lieutenant who always ‘gets his man’. Visual gags come thick and fast, and it’s impossible to catch them all. The villain? Even Mother Teresa wanted him dead.
Episode #214 – Rad
Rad – Michael and Lawrence take to their dirt bikes and give Hell Track a try. It’s going to take a lot more than skill for Cru Jones to conquer the toughest BMX challenge in the world. It’s going to take a miracle. Gettin ready to break the ice, feels like time is standin still. And you ride for your heart, ready to take another spill. A hometown kid on his BMX against the best in the world. At Helltrack… the heat is on.
Episode #213 – Boomerang
Boomerang – Michael and Lawrence take turns pretending they are the Mac Daddy, the guy on the cover of Jet magazine and pretend to be the coolest. We cheat again and podcast about Eddie Murphy one more time even if the film was made in 92′. Marcus is a successful advertising executive who woos and beds women almost at will. After a company merger, he finds that his new boss, the ravishing Jacqueline, is treating him in exactly the same way. A Player Who’s About To Be Played.