The Academy Academy

Was the Summer of Love literally just a summer? Is Gaddafi a dictator or a type of juice? Do the Sunday Shame Boys wax rhapsodic about a cadre of 80s standard-bearers? You bet we do that and more and we discuss Lost in America and Broadcast News on this week's The Academy Academy!!

Hold on to your pineal glands, folks- because this Academy Academy is gonna be a bumpy ride!! Don and Pat take a devilish detour down Barbara Crampton Boulevard to discuss her performances in three iconic works: From Beyond, Castle Freak, and You're Next. Which host only knows Ken Foree from Kenan & Kel? Which Hollywood celebs own a resonator? How would Danny Collins deal with a Castle Freak? Tune in to find out!!

Don and Pat tackle Modern Romance and Terms of Endearment on this week's episode of The Academy Academy! Is it possible to make quaaludes look uncool? Shall the shame boys once again sing the song of MacGruber? Do your two favorite ding-dongs provide some light analysis of Must-See TV?! Download this pod and find out!!

Oh no, not another interstitial miniseries!!! Before we tackle our next bracket, Don and Pat are going to take a little detour down Cerebral Dramedy Boulevard and examine the works of Albert Brooks and James L. Brooks. Learn the faux-Irish origins of James L. Brooks! Discover fascinating television tidbits about the Rural Purge!! Listen to us discuss whether or not Burt Reynolds can effectively portray yet another late seventies/early eighties sad East Coast divorcee!!! Does the Academy Academy allegedly support crime? Tune in to find out!

We have to go back to the Baywatch :(

Noted Brestians Don and Pat tackle all 6 hours of Scent of a Woman and Meet Joe Black on this week's episode of The Academy Academy. Would Scent of a Woman still work with Stephen Dorff in the Chris O'Donnell role? Was every person of note in history actually killed by two cars? Was Death a dang himbo?! Tune in to find out, folks. This one is a corker.

The Heat Is On, folks.... and we're all doing the Neutron Dance! Join Don and Pat as we cover arguably the most successful and critically acclaimed works of Martin Brest, Beverly Hills Cop and Midnight Run, on today's The Academy Academy! #YuppieAndTheHump #MoreMitch #AnnoyingButLovable

It's time for another interstitial The Academy Academy miniseries, folks! Don and Pat want to figure out what makes Martin Brest, the director of both Beverly Hills Cop and Gigli, tick. In this episode, we take a look at his earlier works. Two are student features. One, on its face, appears to be a seemingly straightforward Hollywood debut. Is there more than meets the eye? If you wish to find out, please take the Gigli pill, calmly imagine George Burns as Thor, and let Ray Sharkey drive you on this wild and bumpy ride into the world of Martin Brest.

This isn't a podcast about Sal Pacino. This isn't a podcast about David Pacino. This podcast could only be about Al Pacino. Pat and Don record some regrets, dole out the Academy Academy Awards, inaugurate eight actors into the Academy Academy Hall of Fame, and tally the votes that shall determine the best Al Pacino performance. Does Serpico stand a chance? Will Dog Day Afternoon have its day? Tune in to find out!!!

On today's pod we discuss Righteous Kill, the crass cash-grab; and The Irishman, the meta masterpiece. Why do the police keep crafting poetry? Who would play James Cameron in a Greatest Showman-style musical about his life? And just which British actor is mad at the Shame Boys this time?? Tune in to find out!

Note- The King of the Geezer Teasers: Inside Randall Emmett’s Direct-To-Video Empire, Where Many Hollywood Stars Have Found Lucrative Early Retirement by Joshua Hunt is an article that was published on Vulture, not The Ringer. It's definitely worth the read if you want to know why A) Righteous Kill and The Irishman both have the same producer and B) Righteous Kill can be seen as a predecessor to those VOD films that have Bruce Willis in them for maybe 10 minutes tops. 

The article: https://www.vulture.com/article/randall-emmett-movies.html