Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast - Mini #189: Bad Werewolf Movies

Episode Date: November 8, 2018

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Starting point is 00:00:53 Tennessee sounds perfect. Here we go boys. Hi, this is Gilbert Gottfried, and this is Gilbert and Frank's Amazing Colossal Obsessions. Colossal Obsessions. And with us is a very brave man who, it's the southern black jazz singer, Raybone. Wait, he's a jazz singer now? He's a blues singer. Well, yes. I'm talking about the Neil Diamond jazz singer. Oh, I see. T. Neil Diamond, jazz singer.
Starting point is 00:01:43 Oh, I see. With Laurence Olivier going, I have no son. Very good. And anyway, he came out. It took a lot of courage to come out and say this, that he's suffering from Munchausen syndrome by proxy. I love that movie. My favorite Coen brothers. And he's, you know, up until now, because that's, I think, two,
Starting point is 00:02:17 I think one out of every two people in the public has Munchausen. I didn't know that. Yes. And now they announce it may be a lot more than that. It's under public science Munchausen. I didn't know that. Yes. Oh. And now they announce it may be a lot more than that. It's under public science. Yes, yes.
Starting point is 00:02:29 For something that's such an epidemic. Munchausen. If it's all right with you, next week I'd like to bring my proxy. Bring your proxy. I'd like to.
Starting point is 00:02:37 And I think Bono is doing a concert. Really? Yes. That's right. Good old Bono. Concert for Mooncos. Who cares about his fans?
Starting point is 00:02:47 Now, here's something from the Dracula one we did. Okay. We did worse Dracula movies, in case you weren't listening last week. Now, although Lon Chaney Jr. was miscast as Dracula. Yeah. The movie wasn't terrible. Not terrible, but not good. No, not really good, but it has parts that are okay. It was the first on-screen transformation. Yes, yes.
Starting point is 00:03:16 Into a bat. And so it's a passable one. Some say even kind of good. Okay. And Dracula's Daughter. i got shit for that one online people said dracula's daughter is good because it's got the lesbian scene yes that was the first thing i said when you mentioned see perverts like me and the rest of the guys out there know about good lesbian scenes in horror? Yep.
Starting point is 00:03:48 In fact, it was proxy by Mount Chausen or whatever his name is, Paul Raybone, who brought that up. Well, I'm the one who brought it up first because I know it had a lesbian scene. Yeah, so we apologize. That's what I love about that. We apologize to the fans, Chris Cluess, if you're listening, and the fans of Dracula's Daughter. Because it's that scene
Starting point is 00:04:09 where she's painting, she needs a girl model, and she's painting her, and it turns very lesbian. Okay. It could be more or less lesbian, but this was very lesbian. Extremely lesbian.
Starting point is 00:04:26 Mucho lesbianos. Which is that I watch that on the Spanish channel. Mucho lesbianos. I like the music. This one's off the rails at the three-minute mark. Now, should we mention a passing? Yes, who passed? Oh, well, we're going to do a whole episode about our friend James Caron.
Starting point is 00:04:51 We know James and love him too much to try to squeeze him into two or three minutes here. We wanted to squeeze him into mucho lesbiano. He might have appreciated that. He would have died a lot happier. We will do a future episode soon, a proper tribute and send off to the great, wonderful James Caron. So, yeah. So, that was wrong, Dracula's Daughter. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:05:18 Because it's a respected, weird cult film. Okay. So, let's see which ones you have issue with this week. Unrelected, weird, cult film. Okay, so let's see which ones you have issue with this week. And Son of Dracula, you know, not a classic, but perfectly watchable. Just Cheney miscast as the count. So since we're threatening to take up the whole episode with this introduction, I have more introductory material I would like to introduce. Because we like to keep the podcast on a strict scientific basis.
Starting point is 00:05:43 Yeah. Because we like to keep the podcast on a strict scientific basis. Yeah. Okay. So a researcher looked since 1850, there have been 56 case descriptions of people who believed they were metamorphosizing into an animal. 13 met the criteria for clinical lycanthropy. Wow. Excellent.
Starting point is 00:06:02 That's what you'll have next week. Yes. And you can get that in some of our best offerings, the clinical lycanthropy box. Next week, he'll open the show by saying you have clinical lycanthropy. Yeah, that's right. I made a mistake, you're saying? You shouldn't have brought it up. But I appreciate that you took a scientific approach to the concept.
Starting point is 00:06:20 I like to try to get us back on the rails. And the one who discovered that was Dr. Lon Chaney Jr. Yes. Paul, as a scientist, Paul's bringing a scientific perspective to the show. You have to appreciate that. Thank you, Paul. Thank you. I like my work to be noticed.
Starting point is 00:06:37 That really means a lot to me. You're in the wrong place. Professor Lawrence Talbot discovered clinical lycanthropy. I promised Gilbert last week that we would do, even though by the time you're listening to this episode, Halloween month has come and gone. But we have one holdover because we did bad Frankenstein movies. Gilbert got very, very excited. Frankenstein, yeah. I haven't seen you that excited since Muchos Lesbianos debuted.
Starting point is 00:07:08 And I had seen and was familiar with every one of those awful Frankenstein movies. Scarily enough, including the one starring James Caron. Yeah, especially. And then we did bad Dracula movies, and you were active and animated, not as much. But this week, I promised you bad werewolf movies. So Raybone and I did some digging, and this is what we came up with. I don't know if I'll be, because I'm a strict Chaney Jr. fan. Well, what if I started out with one that starred George Zuko?
Starting point is 00:07:46 Oh, my God. And had Glenn Strange in it. Wait, wait, wait, wait. Was that Mad Monster? You bet. Oh, my God. Yes. He's amazing, isn't he?
Starting point is 00:07:55 Yes. From 1942. That's right. And as always, and they even used it in this next to last. Oh, the first of the Jurassic World pictures. They have what's his name with the long name? He's always the villain. I think it's an Italian name, which explains why he does bad things. In the first Jurassic Park?
Starting point is 00:08:23 No, no. The last, the first Jurassic World. Oh, which I didn't see. Vincent D'Onofrio. Yeah, D'Onofrio. Yeah. He, when I saw him in that, all I could think is, well, this guy's been hanging out with George Zuko.
Starting point is 00:08:41 He says, we can train these velociraptors and they'll fight wars for us. Famous last words. And so, yeah, in Mad Monster, Mad Monster is like Glenn Strange doing a combination of the Wolfman and of Mice and Men. He and of mice and men he plays petro yes petro and and it's it's also mice and men because he's walking around when he's pedro he's like well uh okay doctor it's it's both a wolf man and a mice and men homage? Yes. How disturbing. There's one part in the movie I love. Glenn Strange is, you know, the guy was about eight feet tall in real life.
Starting point is 00:09:34 And really big, bulky guy. And George Zucco sends him to kill someone in the room. So he tiptoes up behind him like you wouldn't hear him. It would be like Frankenstein tiptoeing. He tipped. So, yeah, that one I like. You're actually going to defend this one, okay? I'll defend, no.
Starting point is 00:10:05 I mean, it's a piece of shit. Don't get me wrong. It's a likable one. It's an enjoyable piece of shit. It took five days to film this masterwork. That sounds like one-shot Bodine. No, it was actually Sam Newfield. I have one trivia piece with this.
Starting point is 00:10:21 In a few years earlier, George Zucco was in in 1939 the cat and the canary yes starring with what mesmerizing woman oh oh paulette goddard paulette goddard the reason she was in the cat and the canary is that she had tried out in 1939 for another film and lost to vivian lee and that film was gone with the wind. Yes, of course. And I don't know if I said this, George Zuko, actually late in life, his wife drove him to the office or maybe the apartment of Ed Wood, and they wanted to see if Ed Wood was making a movie that he could put George Zuko into. Wow, that's heartbreaking. That's horrible.
Starting point is 00:11:08 I think you may have mentioned that in our George Zuko episode, but it's no less sad to hear it a second time. too sick to do anything. He called a producer and said, can you just call him and say you're offering him a job in a movie? He'll say no, but it'll make him feel better that people remember him. Sounds like Sunset Boulevard. It's heartbreaking. Here's a last piece of trivia before we move on. I heard he was trained to perform cunnilingus on rich women. Nice callback. Because chimps back then were trained to perform cunnilingus on rich Hollywood.
Starting point is 00:11:59 As previously established. True throughout the industry. Got to be true. established throughout the industry gotta be true according to british film historian phil hardy this film uh man-made monster shocked the british censor enough to ban it until 1952 oh wait wait i think i think mad monster that that the english censor they put out a warning on the film that uh in real life doctors are not using animal blood. Yeah, it says, and only then they had to insist that it should be accompanied by a disclaimer on the matter of blood transfusion.
Starting point is 00:12:33 Yes. Is he amazing? Yeah. Dr. Gottfried. Amazing. Okay, Gil. They should have added to that if you were that fucking stupid that you think doctors would actually use animal blood. What if I told you Columbia, a year later in 1943, no, not the studio, released a vampire picture with a Lugosi that also contained a werewolf?
Starting point is 00:13:00 Oh, wait, wait. That was something of the vampire. Yes. It also starred Nina Foch or Nina Fuck or Nina Folk. I never knew how she said her name. Yeah. F-O-C-H. Wait, wait.
Starting point is 00:13:17 He played Armin. Return of the vampire. Yeah, he played Armin Tesla. Yes. Very good. And it was Dracula. Yes. But they couldn't call it Dracula. Yeah. Because it wasnmin Tesla. Yes. Very good. And it was Dracula. Yes. But they couldn't call it Dracula.
Starting point is 00:13:28 Yeah. Because it wasn't made by Universal. And they had a guy who was supposed to be the Wolfman, but wasn't the Wolfman, with a guy who kind of acted like Lon Chaney, but wasn't Lon Chaney. So the whole thing's a knockoff. Yes. I kept trying to say Armand Tesla backwards or something because it sounds like
Starting point is 00:13:47 Alucard. Armand Tesla. Why did they come up with Armand Tesla? Here was another trivia piece. Bela Lugosi was paid $3,500 for four weeks of filming. A lot of money back then. And now check this. You guys have to fact check this. Wikipedia
Starting point is 00:14:03 says this was the last time he would receive top billing from a major studio. Oh. In 43. 43. Does that sound right? Yeah. That's 12 years. A good 12 years after Dracula.
Starting point is 00:14:13 And, but they do have a scene where when he's got the stake in his heart or the sunlight, where you see his face melting away. So that's good. And I think they have a werewolf transformation scene. There must be. I have never seen this. It wasn't terrible. Another case wasn't great, but, you know, wasn't that good even,
Starting point is 00:14:41 but wasn't terrible. That was very precisely articulated. What a race. Return of the vampire. Why do they call him Armin Tesla? Because he invented the radio. And the werewolf's name was Marconi. I'm determined to stump you with one of these.
Starting point is 00:15:02 You're very good on the Lugosi. He was Italian, Marcon these. You're very good on the Lugosi Chaney pictures. He was Italian, Marco. Very, very good. You can't stump him on anything with Glenn Strange or Chaney. Maybe I get him on this one, Paul. This is from 19... And, you know, Glenn Strange, I think it was Bob Burns who went to Glenn Strange. Oh, yeah, they were tight.
Starting point is 00:15:23 Yeah, and he said, you know, Chaney Jr. died. Nobody wants to talk about him. And so Glenn Strange got out of bed, went to a station, talked about him, and they said a few days later he was dead. Yep, it was a great story. Yeah, Bob was very close to Glenn Strange. Yeah, he saw him as a father. Do we stump you with this one?
Starting point is 00:15:45 From 1961, Werewolf in a Girl's Dormitory. Oh, yes. That was a... Was that a Guinea production, I think? Very good. Italian horror film. See? Directed by Paolo Huish.
Starting point is 00:16:00 Right, except that the producers insisted that he go under the name Richard Benson because we will not have an Italian director film in this studio. But shot at Cinettita. There you go. Shot in Italy and grossed 115 million Italian lira. How about that? What does that come out to? It was one of those they could appeal to guys in the audience, not just with a monster, but with pretty girls,
Starting point is 00:16:25 and dormitory sounds really hot. The American version of the film added the rock song The Ghoul in School to the opening credits. So I'm not going to say this is, I'm not going to defend this. Werewolf in a girl's dormitory. And I'm not sure if I ever saw it or just saw stills in famous monsters. Oh, you saw it.
Starting point is 00:16:49 I'm sure you saw it. I'm sure I did. The German actor Kurt Lowens plays the werewolf. Oh, geez. In the film. Does that mean anything to you? Yeah, he's good. Oh, he's good.
Starting point is 00:16:59 Yes. I think so he wouldn't be hung for war crimes he he was punished by starving in this i see it was this or the nuremberg trial what about this one and in the middle of filming he said is it too late to get on the nuremberg trial we will return to gilbert Gilbert Gottfried's amazing colossal podcast after this. reactions. That's not really what I do. Is that because you don't have any knees? The Scorebet. Trusted sports content. Seamless sports betting. Download today. 19 plus. Ontario only. If you have questions or concerns about your gambling or the gambling of someone close to you, please go to
Starting point is 00:17:56 connexontario.ca What if I told you I had a Lon Chaney Jr. one for you? Oh, excellent. This is probably the Mexicanican one very good what's the title was it castle of horror no or uh uh castle of terror you are so close uh paul should we help him out yeah i don't have this one so la casa del terror but it was released under the title the face of the screaming werewolf and i remember what i remember best about this
Starting point is 00:18:29 movie there's a transformation scene yeah that's you know a good transformation mummified werewolf it's like and it's probably because you know cheney was older now and his drinking was certainly uh yeah he passed not long after this yeah this is 65 so he was already you know years of alcohol because i remember seeing the werewolf when he turns into the werewolf i go wow he's got a big nose well what actually happened is an american filmmaker a a low-budget filmmaker named Jerry Warren, combined parts of two unrelated Mexican horror films, which they did in those days. La Momia Azteca, I assume means the Aztec mummy, and your guess, La Casa del Terror. You know something?
Starting point is 00:19:20 He appears as the mummy. I think they open up the coffin or what do they call that? The sarcophagus. The sarcophagus, which Raybone is suffering. Advanced sarcophagus. And he's the mummy, but he's got his faces like melting and blonde. It sounds right. That's where the face of the screaming werewolf comes from.
Starting point is 00:19:50 And then they unwrap him, and I guess he was a mummified werewolf. Would you like to know the actual plot? Okay. A psychic woman named Ann Taylor regresses to a former life through hypnosis. She leads archaeologists into a pyramid where they discover a tomb of two mummies, one who turns out to be a mummified Caucasian werewolf. That was a classic book, A Tale of Two Mummies. Yeah, but Dorothy has two mummies.
Starting point is 00:20:14 Yes. I think it was. From a few years ago. Very progressive. The other was a mummified ancient Aztec warrior. Okay. And a mad doctor played by Jorve Beirut kidnaps the mummy slash werewolf to his lab and manages to revive
Starting point is 00:20:29 him when the unwrapped creature transforms into a snarling werewolf. Oh my god. Yes. But you knew it. That's what's amazing. I just said Lon Chaney Jr. He knew it was Mexican. Yes. Based on a true story. Based on a true story. What did you find, Paul, on the face of the screaming werewolf?
Starting point is 00:20:49 I didn't find much, but I was interested to move on to another one here. Uh-huh. If you want to go to... We may have jumped over that one. Well, how about the one with Michael Landon? Yeah, Gil, what's your take? I was a teenage werewolf. I was a teenage werewolf. Well, it's... Made by Samuel Arkhoff. Oh, yes. In, Gil, what's your take? I was a teenage werewolf. I was a teenage werewolf.
Starting point is 00:21:05 Well, it's... Made by Samuel Arcoff. Oh, yes. In the IP, yeah. And certainly I'm a fan of Arcoff, so I've got to give it extra points. Me too. And Landon, I like. So it's one of those movies that, no, it's not good.
Starting point is 00:21:24 The transformation scenes aren't bad. I watched some clips of it today. Yeah, so those are good. And it's not good. The transformation scenes aren't bad. I watched some clips of it today. So those are good. And it made Landon. It made his career. He got Bonanza a couple years later. What'd you find on that? I've run down the budget again. On this one, a budget of
Starting point is 00:21:39 $82,000 and it grossed $2 million. Made money. So that's not bad. Profitable movie. Would you invest $82,000 to make $2 million? Absolutely. And it grossed two million dollars made money so that's not a profitable movie and would you invest 82 000 to make two million and it spawned those those teen wolf movies the the michael j fox and the jason bateman teen wolf movies are sort of sort of homages to i was a teenage werewolf the teenage werewolf and teenage frankenstein both pop up in, what is it called, The Monster Maker? Oh, I know the one you mean. The one that's about the character based on Jack Pierce? Yes, yes.
Starting point is 00:22:14 He's a disgraced. I think it's called The Monster Maker. Yeah, he's a disgraced movie maker. Oh, How to Make a Monster. Yes, that's it, that's it. That's an AIP from 1958. Was that Whit Bissell? Yeah, I think Whit Bissell's in
Starting point is 00:22:29 Teenage Werewolf. He's the mad scientist. This one was made in 58. How to Make a Monster is the one you're thinking of with Robert Shane and Spector Henderson. Oh, wow. So I was going to read that on a card of other oddities, but you jumped me again.
Starting point is 00:22:47 Jeez. You knew that one. How to Make a Monster 1958. If it's monster shit, I know it. What about She-Wolf of London from 1946, which was a Universal production with June Lockhart was the werewoman. She was a werewolfess. June Lockhart was the werewoman.
Starting point is 00:23:04 She was a werewolfess. That one also seems like one I'm sure I saw. You did, with Don Porter. Yes, I'm sure I saw it. I'm sure I saw it. But all I can remember really now is in photos I saw in Monster Magazine. Okay, what about hammer productions i know you're not a hammer fan but in 61 they put out a curse of the werewolf uh with oliver reed which is actually purported to be a good picture when was that what year was 61 61 yeah i don't know
Starting point is 00:23:40 they did they don't care for that one they spent too much time on what made him a werewolf. And it was like ridiculously exaggerated. Like there's a wedding, like the king is getting married and they bring in a drunk and the drunk insults the king and the king locks him up into a dungeon and in the dungeon uh he escapes and all the other mad men escape and they rape this one girl and then she's put in a dungeon and beaten for years and her son's a werewolf and you go, just have him get fucking bitten by a wolf. Just get to the throat ripping. That's what you want. You want the werewolf scenes. You don't want all that exposition.
Starting point is 00:24:32 People like that picture, directed by Terrence Fisher, who made a lot of hammer pictures. A lot of classic hammer pictures. What if I said to you, Gilbert... He did pictures about hammers. What if I asked you if David Jansen, of fugitive fame, ever played a werewolf? Holy fuck.
Starting point is 00:24:50 David Jansen. I cheated a little bit because it's a TV movie, and it's called Moon of the Wolf with Bradford Dillman. Oh, that title sounds familiar. And it's about a werewolf in the Louisiana bayou, and it was directed by Daniel Petri. Wow. How about that? This one I'm a little stumped by. You're a little stumped by that one?
Starting point is 00:25:10 Made for TV movie, 1972. We'll see what our listeners have on this one. Oh, they're screaming right now. They'll write in. This one is just to make Paul laugh. There's one from 72 called Dr. Jekyll and Hombre Loco. There's one from 72 called Dr. Jekyll and Ombre Loco. I want to watch that right now.
Starting point is 00:25:34 I don't know anything about it. Apparently there's a werewolf in it. Oh, but you want to know a great urban legend about David Jansen. Oh, is that he's the son of Clark Gable? Yeah, but not real. Yeah, but that was a great one. Yeah, Drew tried to convince me for years that Larry Storch was the brother of, oh, who was it? Some famous comic. Oh, I'm going to screw this up.
Starting point is 00:26:01 I'll think of it. But, of course, they weren't related. He comes up with some weird ones. Yeah, he makes them up. He said to me very seriously that Eddie Cantor and Shemp from the Three Stooges were having a homosexual affair.
Starting point is 00:26:20 That's like his one about Clark Gable and who was it? Oh, Clark Gable and Andy Devine. And Andy Devine. He makes them up. Which I say, that one is so good, I say it's true. Yeah. I don't need any proof.
Starting point is 00:26:36 Clark Gable and Andy Devine fucking each other in the ass. And also the James Comack from Chico and the Man fame was the illegitimate son of Uncle Miltie, which is another thing he claims. Drew, if you're listening, we're coming for you. And he said that, well, this they were friends and they knew each other. But he says that Lon Chaney Jr. and Brother Crawford would at would, at the studio, dress up in women's clothes.
Starting point is 00:27:07 Now, that one I believe. That one sounds good. It would definitely make a good TV movie of the week. We'll have to do a whole mini-episode with Drew about all of these rumors. We'll just have Drew come in and bullshit us. These are always very disturbing. Always disturbing and juicy. What about from 1972 also,
Starting point is 00:27:26 The Rats Are Coming, The Werewolves Are Here? The title I know. I know the title. And finally, from 1975, and these are just... Who was in
Starting point is 00:27:37 The Rats Are Coming? I couldn't tell you. Write it down. Or maybe you just don't want to tell me. Leave Oldman we do know that no rats were harmed
Starting point is 00:27:48 no rats were harmed maybe some werewolves in 75 this is the last oddity I have on my card here the werewolf of Woodstock starring Michael Parks
Starting point is 00:27:58 oh wow of then Kane Bronson yes and produced by Dick Clark doesn't that yeah kind of blow your mind sure
Starting point is 00:28:04 Woodstock is that kind of blow your mind? Sure. Woodstock is that kind of place. I think I saw Michael Parks at one of the last of the- He was at the Chiller Convention. Yes, I saw him. He passed away. And, oh, he- Well, we were going to book him on the show, but he wasn't in very good shape. No.
Starting point is 00:28:20 And then he passed away. And he looked terrible there. I'll ask you about this last. I never saw Wolf, the Nicholson picture. Yes, with James Spader. And Michelle Pfeiffer. Yes. Any good?
Starting point is 00:28:36 It's mixed reviews at best. Yeah, they could have shortened it. It's got some parts that are okay, but it's by no stretch a classic. And what about, did you see the Benicio Del Toro remake of The Wolfman? Yes, yes, yes. And what's your verdict on that? That one, okay, well, getting back to, oh, in Wolf, Jack Nicholson, Jack Nicholson's makeup was very much like Henry Hull's makeup. Was it Rick Baker, I think?
Starting point is 00:29:03 Yeah, I think so. But it was very much like Henry Hull's makeup. Was it Rick Baker, I think? Yeah, I think so. Yeah. But it was very much like Henry Hull's makeup in Werewolf of London. Interesting. Because he had like a toned down, like big sideburns and the teeth. I never saw it. It was supposed to be sort of a satire, right? Yeah.
Starting point is 00:29:19 Yeah. Not a straight werewolf movie. And, you know, it's got parts that are okay. It's not great by any stretch. And the remake of The Wolfman in 2010? Okay. That was one I'll say I'll give it a generous passable. Okay.
Starting point is 00:29:38 He's a stern critic. Yeah. He's harsh. Yeah. I mean, it won't match up to the original Wolfman, but, you know, it was a nice try. Okay. I love the description in IMDb, the plot of the Wolfman. Upon return to homeland, American man is bitten and cursed by a werewolf.
Starting point is 00:29:58 That's it. Isn't it? That's every werewolf movie. Yes, yes, yes. Pretty much. Oh, here's my favorite description of a movie on tv they had on this charles bronson movie murphy's law and him and uh kathleen wilhite i think okay i started to say that like johnny carson oh kathleen wilhite-oh! And it says, a police detective, a wrongly accused police detective, goes on the run with a rude girl.
Starting point is 00:30:37 That's a great description. Fantastic. And sure enough, during the movie, She's saying to Bronson Hey Dog breath So she was rude That's rude So she was very rude
Starting point is 00:30:50 Lift up to its synopsis Two wolf movies I kind of like And they're both Strange werewolf movies They're on the fringe Of being werewolf movies One is Neil Jordan's
Starting point is 00:30:59 The Company of Wolves I don't know if you know That picture That's kind of like A fairy tale It's like a little Red Riding Hood take. Yeah, I recommend it with David Warner
Starting point is 00:31:07 who we love, Terrence Stamp, and Angela Lansbury. It's kind of a kinky revisionist take on Red Riding Hood. And I don't know if you've ever seen Albert Finney and Gregory Hines in Wolfen from the 80s. Which I kind of like. And I think it was produced by
Starting point is 00:31:23 Alan King. That is correct. Yes. And Rupert Hitzig, kind of like. And I think it was produced by Alan King. That is correct. Yes. And Rupert Hitzig, his former partner. And because- I don't know why I know that. Because Albert Finney, as he proved in whatever that Julia Roberts movie was- Aaron Brockovich. Eric Brockovich.
Starting point is 00:31:41 Eric Brockovich. Yeah. Aaron. He doesn't do the most convincing american accent no he doesn't bother sometimes so they wrote into the movie into wolfman wolfman wolfman is the jewish the jewish the jewish werewolf They wrote into it that they wrote in a line like, oh, they used to call me the limey. He didn't say he was from England, but limey is a cover. The cover, the bad accent.
Starting point is 00:32:18 Yes. Because in. But I love his accent in Brockovich because there it's like he's a southern. I love Albert Finney in anything. Yeah, because then he's like, well, Aaron, I'm sending you on an important assignment. And you go, oh, good job, Albert. You're making him sound like Dub Taylor. Yes.
Starting point is 00:32:44 So we recommend Wolfen and Company of Wolves. Gilbert says some of those bad werewolf movies aren't so bad. And also, just for personal reasons. None of them are great. None of them are even respectable. Well, good. Yeah. Then we lift up to the title of this episode.
Starting point is 00:33:01 They're all like kind of like, you know,, Passable, if you like, a dopey movie, and Wolf by no stretch great. And for personal reasons, I will recommend the great Larry Cohen, our former podcast guest, directed a comedy called Full Moon High. And I'm only going to recommend it because of the cast. Adam Arkin, Kenneth Mars, Pinky Tuscadero. Oh, wow. going to recommend it because of the cast adam arkin kenneth mars pinky tuscadero oh wow pat marita louie nye ed mcmahon oh you just impersonated dimon wilson and of course our friend bob saget
Starting point is 00:33:34 see now that i have to see full moon high larry cohen and larry cohen he was gotta get him back here he was a piece of work you You know, most of our guests, you know, after like an hour, hour and a half, they start, you know, they get tired of sitting, talking, all that. He would have gone on,
Starting point is 00:33:54 if we let him, he would have been talking now. If we left, he would have kept doing the show. We love Larry. I'm sure he's got many more stories in him, so we'll have him back. And he's another one of those guys who, when you listen to him, you think, he's wonderfully full of shit.
Starting point is 00:34:10 He's great. He's what this podcast is all about. So that, my friend, that wraps, excuse me, Bad Werewolf Movies. Thank you for your help, Paulie. Could I add one little tidbit? Quickly, as we're out of time. We're out of time. We saw the new Halloween this weekend, and I
Starting point is 00:34:26 highly recommend it. Do you? It's much better than it had to be. Okay. So, check it out and tweet us and let us know what you think. Alright. On your say-so. Gilly, shall you take us out? Oh, okay. This has been, um...
Starting point is 00:34:42 Yeah. Okay. The face of the screaming werewolf. What has this been? Oh, wait, wait, wait, wait. Let me just remember one thing. Even a man who is pure at heart and says his prayers by night may become a wolf when the wolf bane blooms,
Starting point is 00:35:07 and the autumn moon is bright. This has been Gilbert and Frank's amazing colossal obsession with bad werewolf movies. Marie is starting to sound a little like Hervé. Yeah. Those obsessions were truly amazing. I'm the werewolf! Maria's starting to sound a little like Hervé. Yeah. Those obsessions were truly amazing. Ah, it's a web! Oh, no!
Starting point is 00:35:29 Run for your lives! Get me my silver boot! Thank you.

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