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We take a fresh look at a classic movie, long-running TV show, or legendary performer through the eyes of someone discovering it for the very first time. Each episode, a different guest describes their first encounter with one of these classics. Does it hold up? Should it still have "classic" status? What took you so long?
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Jessica Eason (Babysitter's Club, Night Court) had never seen Beverly Hills Cop. We talk about some of the surprising movies she did see (Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, et al). We revel in the magic that is Eddie Murphy! Jessica Eason on Instagram @Jessica_Elaina_Eason James Eason on Instagram @James_Eason_Music Follow the podcast: Instagram: @LastOneTo…
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Jessica Eason (Babysitter's Club, Big Show Show, Night Court) is a Scorsese/DeNiro devotee but she'd never seen Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore. She sees it for the first time and comparisons to Boyhood and a detour through Hannah and Her Sisters. Jessica Eason on Instagram @Jessica_Elaina_Eason James Eason on Instagram @James_Eason_Music Follow th…
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Jessica Eason (Babysitter's Club, The Big Show Show, Night Court) sees Peter Bogdanovic's What's Up Doc? for the first time. It evokes conversation about Caddyshack, stalking (hilarious and otherwise), and Streisand! Jessica Eason on Instagram @Jessica_Elaina_Eason James Eason on Instagram @James_Eason_Music Follow the podcast: Instagram: @LastOneT…
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Actor/writer Von Montegut III joins us to talk about watching The Godfather Trilogy for the very first time. He shares his ranking of the three films and his overall opinion of the much-debated Godfather III. Jessica Eason on Instagram @Jessica_Elaina_Eason James Eason on Instagram @James_Eason_Music Follow the podcast: Instagram: @LastOneToThePart…
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The tables are turned! Jessica Eason (Babysitter's Club, The Big Show Show, Night Court) hosts and interviews me about legendary performer Patti Lupone! We dish on the Tony Awards, jazz black holes, and Broadway in general. Jessica Eason on Instagram @Jessica_Elaina_Eason James Eason on Instagram @James_Eason_Music Follow the podcast: Instagram: @L…
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Actor/Improviser Tara Copeland (and longtime friend) finally sees Taxi Driver. Both Jess and I and Tara's husband Andrew know it very well. Tara finally gets caught up and offers a sometime contrarian opinion. Jessica Eason on Instagram @Jessica_Elaina_Eason James Eason on Instagram @James_Eason_Music Follow the podcast: Instagram: @LastOneToThePar…
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Another podcast-within-a-podcast! This one features the talented and hilarious Bayne Gibby. Bayne is an actor/writer/director who most recently appeared in the Oscar nominated film Lady Bird. She portrayed Connie on HBO's Enlightened and was Gigi on the HBO's The Comeback. Just a few of her other television credits include Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (CW),…
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The Russian nesting dolls of podcasts. Worst of the Best is a demo of a pitch of a podcast. While we fine tune it, I present the first draft here for you. Improviser/writer/actor/magician New Jersey native and Bruce Springsteen devotee Matt Donnelly calls out the worst album Bruce Springsteen has ever put out. Is it the one you would've picked?…
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Mel Brooks is promoting History of the World, Part 1 on KGO Radio on a show hosted by my dad! Bonus info: I was there in studio and also escorted Mr. Brooks to the TV side to do AM San Francisco. Bonus Bonus info: He was utterly great and even told me a joke -- just to me! A private joke from Mel Brooks to me! Lastly, that network news anchor at th…
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What happens when you combine a teacher's strike and disgruntled, talented, irreverent, audacious music students? We mark the 35th Anniversary of the Berklee College of Music's teacher's strike with the tiniest phenomenon from that unprecedented time. Not for the faint of heart -- the music thumbs its nose at convention and even taste. IG: LastOneT…
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Theodore Isidore Gottlieb was a one-of-a-kind performer whose career spanned six decades. He was known for stream-of-consciousness monologues which he called "stand-up tragedy". He frequently had himself introduced as "a noted philosopher, metaphysician, and podiatrist”. Theodore occupied a unique space in the entertainment landscape. Give a listen…
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Caught without a guest, I improvise an episode about improv. Improvise in the sense that upon my late night realization that I had no episode I opened the mic and started talking. Proust has nothing to worry about. This is a loose, one-man, oral history of a small slice of what it felt like to be a part of the theater at its nascent stages. email: …
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Hyland Harris joins us to talk about two movies that attack race and prejudice through satire. Hyland is a jazz drummer, tai chi instructor (www.chutaichi.com), manager at Louis Armstrong House (https://www.louisarmstronghouse.org), and musicologist. In this episode we get into a deep alternate theory of Watermelon Man (Godfrey Cambridge, Estelle P…
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A listener gave a shout out to "Hotties" a while back. If you don't know (and nobody should know anything about these movies), Hotties I & II are two flat-out awful movies that I was in back in 2005. It's cheap exploitation and all of us were suckered in by the listing which promised lots of improv. Well, I was 7 years deep into my improv journey a…
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Jess had me watch Widows (2018) with Viola Davis, Liam Neeson, Michelle Rodriguez, Elizabeth Dibicki, et al. Is Robert Duvall the important "glue" in every movie he's done? Will Widows become a must-see movie within the next five years? Instagram: @LastOneToThePartyPodcast email: LastOneToThePartyPodcast@gmail.com Twitter: LastOneToThePa1…
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Jessica Eason (The Babysitter's Club, The Big Show Show, Real Housewives of South Boston) talks to James Eason about John Cassavette's A Woman Under The Influence. An all-time favorite of Jess's the conversation gets into gender roles, the movie Housekeeping, and gets deeply emotional. Instagram: @LastOneToThePartyPodcast email: LastOneToThePartyPo…
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Jessica Eason (The Big Show Show, The Babysitter's Club, Real Housewives of South Boston) knew Richard Pryor was a legendary stand up but had only seen him in two movies. She dives into two Richard Pryor concert movies and one very famous album. A lot of tangents into other stand ups, persistent social issues, and more Instagram: @LastOneToTheParty…
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John Flynn (actor/writer/director, co-host of Two Old Queens podcast, and longtime member of the UCB Theatre community in NYC and L.A.) heard our recent episode on Patti LuPone and had ISSUES! He wrote us an email and, because he's an old friend, we put him on the podcast immediately. John offers up dissent, rebuttal, addenda, corrections, gossip a…
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