Episode 179: Bob Clark (feat. Bill Ackerman)

<div id="block-2f691b85c8631ba96d1d" class= "yui3-widget yui3-block-base yui3-block-parent-base sqs-block-html sqs-block html-block"> <div id="yui_3_17_2_1_1600102347700_14558" class= "sqs-block-html-content sqs-block-content"> <div id="yui_3_17_2_1_1600102347700_14575" class= "sqs-dd-invalid-handle yui3-widget sqs-html sqs-html-focused sqs-content-item-focused"> <div id="yui_3_17_2_1_1600102347700_14577" class= "sqs-html-content"> <p class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Returning guest Bill Ackerman of <a href= "http://www.nowplayingnetwork.net/supportingcharacters/">Supporting Characters</a> joins me to discuss the fascinating career of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Clark">Bob Clark</a>, best known for his work on two very different Christmas classics. However, we went a different route focusing mainly on his Vietnam horror gem, <a href= "https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068457/"><em>Deathdream</em></a> as well as the film that kick-started an entire genre of sex comedies. No, not <em>Loose Cannons</em>, it’s the original <em>Porky’s</em>.</p> <p class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">In addition for the what we watched segment, Bill reviews one of several of new films this year from Abel Ferrera with <em>Tommaso.</em> Jim catches up with the latest from Christopher Nolan (not sure if you’ve heard about it) as well <em>I’m Thinking Of Ending Things</em> from Charlie Kaufman now available on Netflix. Have no fear, later in the show we of course discuss Bob Clark’s beloved <em>A Christmas Story, Black Christmas</em> in addition to the hard-to-find <em>Tribute</em> w/Jack Lemmon.</p> <p class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">00:00 - 15:10 - Introduction<br /> 15:11 - 16:27 - What We Watched Song<br /> 16:28 - 1:06:23 - What We Watched This Week<br /> 1:06:24 - 1:07:26 - Director Song<br /> 1:07:27 - 2:09:49 - Deathdream + Porky’s<br /> 2:09:50 - 2:48:27- Other Clark Films<br /> 2:48:28 - 2:52:25 - Top 3 Clark Films / Outro</p> <p class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">For two longer dissections of