In the 1980s, there were only 63 Black films by, for, or about Black Americans. But in the 1990s, that number quadrupled, with 220 Black films making their way to cinema screens nationwide. What sparked this “Black New Wave?” Who blazed this path for contemporaries like Ava DuVernay, Kasi Lemmons and Jordan Peele? And how did these films transform American culture as a whole? Presenting The Class of 1989, a new limited-run series from pop culture critics Len Webb and Vincent Williams, hosts ...
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359: "Special Thanks To Elayne Boosler" - Meatballs Part 2 (1984)
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This week on Saturday Night Jive We watched Meatballs Part 2 because Bill Murray was in the first Meatballs. We've never seen the first Meatballs movie but that doesn't matter since this movie was never intended as a sequel to Meatballs. It was just a movie that resembled Meatballs a lot (we suppose as we've never seen it) that featured a character named Meathead that they renamed Meatballs 2 after the fact. Life's funny sometimes, but Meatballs 2 is not funny. There's an alien in this movie, but that's not fun at all. Richard Mulligan, Paul Reubens, and John Larroquette all waste their talent. It's a real big bummer of a film but special thanks to Elayne Boosler for all you do. Enjoy!
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This week on Saturday Night Jive We watched Meatballs Part 2 because Bill Murray was in the first Meatballs. We've never seen the first Meatballs movie but that doesn't matter since this movie was never intended as a sequel to Meatballs. It was just a movie that resembled Meatballs a lot (we suppose as we've never seen it) that featured a character named Meathead that they renamed Meatballs 2 after the fact. Life's funny sometimes, but Meatballs 2 is not funny. There's an alien in this movie, but that's not fun at all. Richard Mulligan, Paul Reubens, and John Larroquette all waste their talent. It's a real big bummer of a film but special thanks to Elayne Boosler for all you do. Enjoy!
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