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One of the quirks of 1999 is that the year produced several high-profile entities’ most off-brand films. Included among these is David Lynch’s not-weird “The Straight Story,” Eddie Murphy’s not-funny “Life,” Disney’s not-musical “Tarzan,” and Rob Reiner’s not-good “The Story of Us.” Add to that “Outside Providence.” Emily Fox (Hindsight, Girlfriends Guide to Divorce) joins us to discuss the Farrelly Brothers-written, coming-of-age, stoner dramedy that doesn’t have any bird’s heads falling off, one-handed bowlers, conjoined twins, or even one drop of semen in any character’s hair. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week, tune in for a discussion about M.  Night Shyamalan’s “The Sixth Sense” with Phil... Kenny... and... ***TWIST*** No guest! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It was a dark and stormy night when Clarke Wolfe came into the podcast studio like hurricane to weather a conversational storm about Forces Of Nature with Phil and Kenny.  A flood of analysis was followed by a tidal wave of critical thought and a tsunami of disagreement. Is Forces of Nature a tornado of fun or is it a volcano, it’s molten lava slowly threatening to devour you from the ankles up, as you struggle to break free but your femurs have already been disintegrated by its trudging witticisms, leaving you know chance by ride out the storm with Ben Afflecjk and Sandra Bullock? Tune in and find out! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What is Life? For centuries, the greatest minds in science, philosophy and theology have endeavored to answer that most unanswerable of questions. We’ve grappled with its meaning, questioned its purpose and cursed its inevitable end. While the experience is universal, it’s the ineffable nature of it has baffled us all. A satisfying answer, it seemed, was never to be. But then, in 1999, like a bolt of lightning, an answer came: Life is a prison-set comedy with dramatic overtones starring Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence. Chuck Hayward (Step Sisters, Dear White People) joins Phil and Kenny to discuss this most momentous of discoveries. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This podcast started as a bet. Could Phil and Kenny take any guest and turn him into the Podcasting King? After rejecting a few deeper-voiced possibilities, they settled on David Iserson, who had glasses. David proved to be more than meets the eye, however, when he shrewdly chose the film “She’s All That,” an oft-requested classic of the teen genre, as his movie. David proceeded to wow the boys with his podcasting bona fides. Turns out, he’s a seasoned writer - features and TV, comedy and drama - making him highly desirable to podcasts ranging from Scriptnotes to WTF to the one where Doug Benson gets high. He’s also full of podcast-able tidbits like, did you know he had a She’s All That poster in his college dorm room? And that it was in French?! But the only way to prove that David is the new podcasting king of the internet is if this episode gets more download than any before it. Can David do it? Can Phil and Kenny do it? Or will love get in the way? Download to find out! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Phil, Kenny and Michaela Dietz (Steven Universe) will boldly attempt to do what no three people have ever done: have a thoughtful and sensitive conversation about Rob Schneider’s Magnum Opus, “Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo.” Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Oh, how wonderful! 1999 has brought us yet another treat in the form of a movie from the Disney Renaissance, the delightful era that birthed such classics as "The Little Mermaid, "Beauty and the Beast" and "The Lion King." How sweet they are, with their singing animals, dancing inanimate objects and overall sense of wonder! I can't wait to see which one we get to-- Oh, it's "Tarzan." We got "Tarzan?" You know, Me, Tarzan, You Jane "Tarzan?" The one where the characters don't sing. Or dance. Where it all takes place on basically one beach. The one with the Phil Collins' song that beat Aimee Mann for Best Original Song!? That's the one we get?! Well, we'll be damned if Emily Morris (21 Laps) didn't come on and defend the shit out of her beloved Ape-man and his rock-hard abs. And we'll be further damned if she didn't get Phil and Kenny to see beyond the lack of theme park-ready set pieces and find a warm, tender, beautiful and sad movie at its core. Sometimes you open a present and it's not what you want, but it's what you need. And, maybe in 1999, the world needed "Tarzan." Or maybe it needed "Toy Story 2," but we'll get there eventually. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Are you ready for a podcast about football!!!???!!! Get your helmets on, your spikes tied and your jocks strapped as Phil, Kenny and Zander Lehmann (creator of Casual) bring you some hard-hitting, brain-bashing, eyeball-popping football movie talk!!!!!?????!!! Is Any Given Sunday a celebration of modern day gladiators, a critique of its bloodthirsty culture or both????!!!!??? Can a moviewatcher separate his revolted visceral feelings about a movie if he agrees with its message?????!!!!!???!? Has there ever been a sports movie that hates the sports it’s about more than Any Given Sunday?!????????! And how tired was Al Pacino when he made this???!!!!??? He looks basically DEAD!!!!!!!! Slam it here for the answers to these and many more bone-crunching questions on Podcast Like it’s 1999!!!!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Phil and Kenny welcome Alison Eakle (Shondaland) to the pod to discuss a film that puts its all right out there in the title.    But between the unsuccessful suicide attempt that opens the film and the more successful ones that close it, is a beautiful, haunting film about the joys and horrors of growing up female in suburban America.   The joys include camaraderie among your peers, dew-lit school dances, sexual awakening and the discovery of yourself.   The horrors include that James Woods could be your father.    Please join us as we dive deeper into Sofia Coppola's debut film, "The Virgin Suicides." Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

And then they were down to three contestants in the Mr. Podcast Like its 1999 pageant: Phil Iscove, Kenny Neibart and Jarett Wieselman (Netflix Social). With all three men tied, it would come down to their answers in the interview portion.    Phil went first and his question was: "If you were stuck on a desert island, what one movie from 1999 would you take with you and why is it Drop Dead Gorgeous?" But Phil protested that it would actually be either Magnolia, The Straight Story or Toy Story 2 - depending upon who was asking the question - and was eliminated from competition.    Kenny was up next and was asked: "Which character from Drop Dead Gorgeous do you most relate to?" But when Kenny responded it was Denise Richard's character Becky Ann Leeman, the booing and hissing was so loud it drowned out the remainder of his answer and he was awarded zero points.    Finally, Jarett was asked: "Why isn't Drop Dead Gorgeous available on any streaming service in the world?" Jarett went into a violent rage and murdered everyone as a homage to Drop Dead Gorgeous, leaving the judges no choice but to award Mr. Podcast Like It's 1999 to... Kirsten Dunst! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.