Movie Meltdown
· Season 1 · Episode 8 · Latest episodeNell Campbell - Unsung Cinema
This episode we welcome Nell Campbell. Actress, singer, dancer, entrepreneur… Little Nell is a pop culture icon that has lived an amazing life. And she’s spent so much of her time talking about playing Columbia in The Rocky Horror Picture Show, this time we mix things up and discuss her early career, as well as some of the other films she’s been in over the years. And all before we round things out discussing George Sluizer’s 1988 film The Vanishing.
And while we each continue to do our own thing, we also delve into… Federico Fellini, Roger Daltrey’s torso, Jules et Jim, Jubilee, Phyllis from The Office, tap dancing, 400 blows, Satyajit Ray, Shock Treatment, kindness is everything, Barry McKenzie Holds His Own, The Golden Egg, Summer of Secrets, Akira Kurosawa, Richard O'Brien, selling a milkshake at the right soda fountain in Hollywood, Jim Sharman, the shadow cast, Ken Russell, he kept looking at me with two different pairs of spectacles, Lisztomania, Ringo Starr paying for lunch, François Truffaut, science fiction, Derek Jarman, French new wave cinema and making out with Adam Ant.
And while we each continue to do our own thing, we also delve into… Federico Fellini, Roger Daltrey’s torso, Jules et Jim, Jubilee, Phyllis from The Office, tap dancing, 400 blows, Satyajit Ray, Shock Treatment, kindness is everything, Barry McKenzie Holds His Own, The Golden Egg, Summer of Secrets, Akira Kurosawa, Richard O'Brien, selling a milkshake at the right soda fountain in Hollywood, Jim Sharman, the shadow cast, Ken Russell, he kept looking at me with two different pairs of spectacles, Lisztomania, Ringo Starr paying for lunch, François Truffaut, science fiction, Derek Jarman, French new wave cinema and making out with Adam Ant.
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16:30Season 17 · Episode 14Murder by Jake (Promo)
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14:42Season 17 · Episode 11Kill, Creepy Kid... Kill! (Promo)
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1:33:32Season 17 · Episode 10What's Your Favorite Dinosaur?
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16:31Season 17 · Episode 9Loud & Upsetting (Promo)
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1:44:39Season 17 · Episode 8WonderProm
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14:05Season 17 · Episode 7Falling into the Pit (Promo)
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2:18:30Season 17 · Episode 6Chicken Jockey and the Robotic Companion
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11:17Season 17 · Episode 5Dead and Confused (Promo)
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1:37:22Season 17 · Episode 4Drop in the Convention with the Most Interesting Man in the World
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2:33:27Season 17 · Episode 3The Videodrome is the Message
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19:17Season 17 · Episode 2Monster in a Box (Promo)
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1:51:11Season 17 · Episode 1The All You Can Eat Buffet of Beetlejuice
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16:40Season 16 · Episode 20A Silent Night Trip to Grandma's House (Promo)
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22:26Season 16 · Episode 19Hooray for Thanksgiving Pizza (Promo)
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59:34Season 16 · Episode 18A Tote Bag Full of Laserdiscs
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1:58:19Season 16 · Episode 17Halloween Party with the Devil
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2:38:17Season 16 · Episode 16The Crow-back
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20:51Season 16 · Episode 15Release the She Beast (Promo)
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1:19:26Season 16 · Episode 14Shift It with Max Neace
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12:41Season 16 · Episode 13Bava and Black Lace (Promo)
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