127 – Bamboozled

Damon Wayans examines a racist collectible in Bamboozled (2000)

Tim and Jen welcome back Sean Morris to discuss one of Spike Lee’s most fascinating and controversial trainwrecks, Bamboozled.

Per Sean’s recommendation, check out the official video for “Lovin’ It” from Little Brother’s “too intelligent” album The Minstrel Show.

If you’re curious about the camera Spike Lee used to make Bamboozled, you can read a history of the Sony DCR-VX1000 here.

In 2005, Dr. David Pilgrim wrote a powerful essay about the collection that became the foundation of the Jim Crow Museum at Ferris State University in Big Rapids, Michigan. In “The Garbage Man: Why I Collect Racist Objects” he reflects on the emotional toll collecting exacted on him, as well as the anger and sadness the objects still inspire and the lingering stain of anti-black bigotry in the United States.

Watch the Levi’s 501 button-fly jeans commercial directed by Spike Lee and starring…Rob Liefeld lol

097 – Disco Godfather

Sean Morris joins Tim and Jen to talk about an underseen movie from Dolemite himself, Rudy Ray Moore! Hear the whole episode at our Patreon and get access to more than 50 bonus episodes!

Disco Godfather is easily viewable for free, and via a very nice transfer, courtesy of our favorite streaming service, Tubi.

For more on the Disco Godfather himself, Rudy Ray Moore, put yo’ weight on his official website.

And if you can’t get enough of the voluble Sean Morris, check out our episode on the unfairly forgotten Livin’ Large!

080 – Into the Night

Jeff Goldblum and Michelle Pfeiffer in John Landis' Into the Night (1985)

We dissect John Landis’s first flop, Into the Night from 1985, with returning guest Sean Morris.

If you can get your hands on a copy, you must read Outrageous Conduct: Art, Ego and the Twilight Zone Case by Steve Farber. Farber provides a definitive case of the infamous Twilight Zone movie disaster. Try your local library!

For more of Sean, listen to our episode on the weirdest hit of 1998, Bulworth!

033 – Livin’ Large

Sean Morris joins Jen and Tim to discuss a favorite forgotten comedy, Livin’ Large, which prefigured “Marxist propaganda” film Sorry To Bother You! We make the connections and also ramble about symptoms of dystopia like SoundCloud rappers.

For more Sean, try our episode on the Warren Beatty comedy Bulworth!

023 – The Canyons

Sean Morris (@saneiscrazy) rejoins Jen and Tim for a postmortem of the Paul Schrader/Bret Easton Ellis mishap, The Canyons. This movie stars James Deen so uhhh trigger warning for discussion of rape I guess

Read the New Yorker article that spilled the tea on the ill-starred production.

For more Sean, listen to our episode on Bulworth!