Brian Posehn

Comedian Brian Posehn joins us to talk Walter Hill, John Woo, and a whole bunch of other movies that made him.

Show Notes:

Movies Referenced In This Episode

This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977), a “fascinating misfire,” according to Joe
The Long Riders (1980)
The Warriors (1979)
The Jerk (1979)
The Bad News Bears (1976)
Hard Target (1993)
A Better Tomorrow III: Love & Death in Saigon (1989)
The Gauntlet (1977)
The Muppet Movie (1979)
Brewster’s Millions (1985)
Hard Times (1975)
The Driver (1978)
Hickey & Boggs (1972)
The Thief Who Came To Dinner (1973)
Freebie and the Bean (1974)
Mother, Jugs & Speed (1976)
48 Hrs. (1982)
Streets of Fire (1984)
Southern Comfort (1981)
Gremlins (1984)
Liar Liar (1997)
Unzipped (1995)
Cape Fear (1991)
Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
Ghostbusters (1984)
Pet Sematary (1989)
The Three Musketeers (1973)
The Getaway (1972)
The Wild Bunch (1969)
The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970)
Straw Dogs (1971)
Straw Dogs (2011)
The Killer (1989)
An American Werewolf in London (1981)
Face/Off (1997)
Internal Affairs (1990)
Broken Arrow (1996)
Mission: Impossible II (2000)
Mandy (2018)
True Lies (1994)
The Bourne Identity (2002)
The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
Go (1999)
John Wick (2014)
The Isle (2000)
The Eye (2002)
John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (2019)
Eraser (1996)
Freddy vs. Jason (2003)
Phantom of the Paradise (1974)

Other Notable Items

Alfred Hitchcock Presents TV series (1955-1965)
Collyn McCoy and Diesel Boots 
Otep 
Tomb Mold
Sixes 
Conan 
Primitive Man
Bongripper
Black Sabbath
Iron Maiden
William Friedkin’s podcast episode
Angelyne
Patton Oswalt
Mr. Show with Bob and David TV series (1995-1998)
The Sarah Silverman Program TV series (2007-2010)
Reno 911! TV series (2003-2009)
The Big Bang Theory TV series (2007-2019)
Brian’s new book Forever Nerdy: Living My Dorky Dreams and Staying Metal
The second Dana Gould podcast episode
John Carpenter
George Lucas
Walter Hill
John Woo
The Muppet Show TV series (1976-1981)
James Remar
Second City Television and its excellent cinematic parodies
The Ben Stiller Show TV series (1992-1993)
Saturday Night Live TV series (1975- )
WTF with Marc Maron podcast
Brian’s work on the Deadpool comic book series
Bruce Campbell’s Ash Williams
Kurt Russell’s Jack Burton
Eddie Murphy
Sam Peckinpah
The “Noon Wine” episode of ABC Stage 67 TV series (1966), directed by Peckinpah and starring Jason Robards and Olivia de Havilland 
The Nuart Theatre
The New Beverly Cinema
Rush
Margaret Cho
Trailer Park Boys TV series (2001-2007, 2014-2018)
The Shield TV series (2002-2008)
The Panos Cosmatos podcast episode
The Mission: Impossible film series (1996-2018)
The John Wick film series (2014-2019)
Berlin Alexanderplatz

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