Ryan O'Neal Archives - Have You SEEN This?

248 – Turn On

Jen and Tim unearth a cursed relic: the television show cancelled before the final credits even rolled, Turn On!

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Thanks to SoapsNThings on YouTube for archiving so many episodes of Peyton Place!

The offensive Aussie show Jen alluded to that also got cancelled during the first episode was Australia’s Naughtiest Home Videos. You can see the singular episode at the Internet Archive!

The 7-second TikTok joke Tim referenced “Moving a photo in Microsoft Word“.

Finally, Gershon Kingsley’s “Popcorn” is kind of a bop.

247 – The Driver

Iggy and the Stooges’ prequel to The Passenger

Tim and Jen ride along with a taciturn Ryan O’Neal for Walter Hill’s sinuous neo-noir, The Driver!

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Walter Hill spoke with Deadline in 2024 about his influences, Tony Scott’s idiot brother, and of course, westerns.

Hill also talked about the controversy surrounding The Warriors in an interview for Esquire:

I think the reason why there were some violent incidents is really very simple: The movie was very popular with the street gangs, especially young men, a lot of whom had very strong feelings about each other. And suddenly they all went to the movies together!

226 – Tough Guys Don’t Dance

Oh God! Oh man! Jen and Tim and Mets devotee David J. Roth square up with Norman Mailer’s demented neo-noir, Tough Guys Don’t Dance.

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Read David’s piece on a true American original, B-movie stalwart Wings Hauser. Did you know that he was in Beastmaster 2: Through the Portal of Time? Well now you do!

Collider profiled the one and only ersatz Charles Bronson (or the most prominent and successful, we assume), Hungarian actor Robert Bronzi.

Hear Wings Hauser sing the concluding track for Vice Squad, “Neon Slime.” His vocals have the same gusto as his average film performance, as you might imagine.

How to Come Alive With Norman Mailer (the documentary Jen wanted to call “How to Be a Cool Fuckin’ Guy”) provides a breezy overview of the colorful life of the author.

On YouTube: Mailer comes out swinging at Gore Vidal on the Dick Cavett Show, and gets bitch-slapped back by Vidal, Cavett and author Janet Flanner.

Want more conversation about inexplicable auteur statements? Try our episode on a certain Amazing Movie!