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The 1999 movie SIMON SEZ features a brief scene where Dane Cook sports Dennis Rodman cosplay, and it is not even among the top 10 most painfully dated, over the top and out of place moments in this glorious vanity project for sadly, the person keeping US and North Korean relations afloat.  Listen as Kenny, Phil and returning Guest Teddy Bressman dissect the arc of Dennis Rodman’s career as an actor, the rise and fall of Dane Cook’s star and get behind the scenes info from one of the screenwriters on the experience of taking 5 months in France having to write a movie where an Interpol agent is friends with two hacker monks one of which refers to himself as Free Willy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

So, Podcast Like It's 1999 wasn't 'spose to be this way We did Analyze This, The Matrix, and a Bride who Ran Away!  The movies of 9-9 are great, that's clear But so many other things went down each week and month of that year, so...   We'll do TV, too! Like Friends Season 5 We'll do TV, too! Soon West Wing, Sopranos and more We'll do TV, too! 'Cause we're running out of mooooo... vies... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

If you’re a fan of set design, boy do we have a movie for you!  Jarett Weiselman (Netflix social media) comes back to the podcast to discuss Jan de Bont’s “The Haunting.” Now, if you’re a fan of logic, dramatic tension, character development, believable motivation, legitimate scares, special effects, utilizing the strengths of your actors or proper villains, look elsewhere.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In 1999, there were three distinct takes on the modern American mafia.    One, The Sopranos, was wildly successful both commercially and creatively and remade both American's understanding of the Italian Mafia, as well as the entire television industry.   A second, Analyze This, performed respectfully at the box office and among critics, providing audiences with both unexpected laughs and pathos.   A third, Mickey Blue Eyes, had Hugh Grant trying to talk like an American gangster, which sounded like a man choking as he attempted to gurgle marbles.    Join Phil and Kenny as they discuss the least successful, but silliest (!), entry in the late 20th Century mafia canon. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, Podcast Like it's 1999 takes a pass at it's stated goal of expanding its field of coverage beyond their home turf of movies and TV to include the beautiful game and one of its most legendary teams, the 1999 Women's Soccer Team.   Barbara Friend (Station 19) teams up with Phil and Kenny to kick around topics such as feminism, equal pay, progress in sports in America, representation, the similarities and differences between the 1999 and 2019 World Cup Champs, and the use of soccer puns when blurbing. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Tea with Mussolini is Franco Zeffirilli's 1999, semi-autobiographical film about his upbringing in WW2 Italy by a group of British ex-pats of a certain age (played by the Dames Judi Dench, Maggie Smith and Joan Plowright) and a couple of American women (played by the Goddesses Lily Tomlin and Cher).    It is also no better than the 10th date Phil, Kenny and guest Barrett Doss (Station 19, Broadway's Groundhog Day) would like to share with historic, brutal tyrants, following:   - Irish Coffee with Muammar Gaddafi - Hot Cocoa with Nicolas Maduro - Egg Creme with Idi Amin - Chardonnay with Pinochet - Pabst Blue Ribbon with Kim Jong-Un - Cosmopolitans with Genghis Khan - Red Dot with Pol Pot - Bee Pollen with Joseph Stalin  And - Champagne with Saddam Hussein Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Check out the thrilling conclusion of Podcast Like it’s 1999s two-podcast series on a The Matrix! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How do you blurb a movie like “The Matrix?”  How do you write a blurb that doesn’t suck?  How do you blurb a movie like “The Matrix?” By mentioning that it’s now beloved by cucks? Many a-things you’d want to blurb about it.  Many a-things you still don’t understand! But how can start to say The film deserves all the A’s Without sounding like a goober or a Stan?! How do you blurb a movie like “The Matrix?” How do you stop a bullet with your hand? Emily VanDerWerff (Vox Media) joins Phil and Kenny to analyze and break down the revolutionary, uber-successful and impossibly influential film “The Matrix.”  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Did you know that in 1999 there was a machine invented called the “Random Sundance Movie Generator?” That’s right! For a fraction of what a screenwriter cost, this machine spit out a complete Sundance movie script in seconds.  Take, for instance, “Happy, Texas.” No human could have come up with this seemingly unrelated combination of elements: Unlikely Lead Actors: Jeremy Northam, Steve Zahn Genre: Low-Stakes Heist  Flyover Country Setting: Rural, Texas Town, Present Day (But make it feel like 1983) Quirky Complication: Children’s beauty pageant   Far-fetched Cover Story: Characters pose as a gay couple Expected Price Tag at Sundance: $500k (or $10 million if you can get Harvey Weinstein to a screening).  So join Phil and Kenny as they discuss the Random Sundance Movie Generator’s magnum opus, “Happy, Texas” and the film festival it was created for.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're breaking the mold this week on Podcast Like It's 1999 -- which be prepared we'll be doing more as we explore TV shows, award shows and much much more in the coming months -- but this week Phil sat down with Jaan Kittask (the man behind our wonderful theme song and logo) to do a deep dive into the soundtracks of 1999. We talk about the soundtracks to Magnolia, Cruel Intentions, Rushmore (which was released in 1999) and Go not to mention Dawson's Creek and Ally McBeal as well as some of our favorite albums of the year. Jaan and I also discuss the creative process behind making our awesome theme song! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.