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Silver Linings Playback 266 – Superman IV: The Quest For Peace

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Joel Murphy and Andy McIntyre watch maligned movies and find their silver linings. For July, in honor of the two competing summer blockbusters, they are watching maligned Superman and Fantastic Four films.

This week, Joel and Andy watch Superman IV: The Quest for Peace and talk about Cannon Films, the unhinged studio that made it.

  • Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
  • Directed by: Sidney J. Furie
  • Written by: Jerry Siegel & Joe Shuster (character created by: Superman), Christopher Reeve & Lawrence Konner and Mark Rosenthal (story by), Lawrence Konner & Mark Rosenthal (screenplay by)
  • Starring: Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, Margot Kidder, Jon Cryer, Mariel Hemingway, Mark Pillow

Theme Song: â€śBankin’” by Bronson Scott

Pivot Music: “Fanfare” (Cinematic Sound Effects) by Michael Schuller Music

“Time Lapse of a Thunderstorm at Night” stock footage courtesy of Pexels

Silver Linings Playback recently launched a Patreon, which you can sign up for here.

Silver Linings Playback is is presented by HoboTrashcan.com and is a part of the Peak Sloth Podcast Network. Hear more shows at PeakSloth.com.

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Silver Linings Playback 266 – Superman III

Silver Linings Playback

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Joel Murphy and Andy McIntyre watch maligned movies and find their silver linings. For July, in honor of the two competing summer blockbusters, they are watching maligned Superman and Fantastic Four films.

Joel and Andy kick off the month with Superman III, in which Superman battles his shadow self and … Richard Pryor?

  • Superman III (1983)
  • Directed by: Richard Lester
  • Written by: Jerry Siegel & Joe Shuster (character created by: Superman), David Newman & Leslie Newman (screenplay by), Mario Puzo (characters: uncredited)
  • Starring: Christopher Reeve, Richard Pryor, Jackie Cooper, Marc McClure, Annette O’Toole, Annie Ross, Pamela Stephenson, Robert Vaughn, Margot Kidder

Theme Song: â€śBankin’” by Bronson Scott

Pivot Music: “Fanfare” (Cinematic Sound Effects) by Michael Schuller Music

“Time Lapse of a Thunderstorm at Night” stock footage courtesy of Pexels

Silver Linings Playback recently launched a Patreon, which you can sign up for here.

Silver Linings Playback is is presented by HoboTrashcan.com and is a part of the Peak Sloth Podcast Network. Hear more shows at PeakSloth.com.

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Silver Linings Playback 265 – Wet Hot American Summer (ft. David Wain)

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Joel Murphy and Andy McIntyre watch maligned movies and find their silver linings. For June, they are going to camp!

Joel and Andy close out the month strong. They discuss the once-maligned cult classic film Wet Hot American Summer with a very special guest … co-writer/director David Wain.

  • Wet Hot Americans Summer (2001)
  • Directed by: David Wain
  • Written by: Michael Showalter & David Wain
  • Starring: Janeane Garofalo, David Hyde Pierce, Michael Showalter, Marguerite Moreau, Paul Rudd, Zak Orth, Christopher Meloni, A.D. Miles, Molly Shannon, Gideon Jacobs, Ken Marino, Joe Lo Truglio, Michael Ian Black, Amy Poehler, Bradley Cooper, Marisa Ryan, Elizabeth Banks

Theme Song: â€śBankin’” by Bronson Scott

Pivot Music: “Fanfare” (Cinematic Sound Effects) by Michael Schuller Music

“Time Lapse of a Thunderstorm at Night” stock footage courtesy of Pexels

Silver Linings Playback recently launched a Patreon, which you can sign up for here.

Silver Linings Playback is is presented by HoboTrashcan.com and is a part of the Peak Sloth Podcast Network. Hear more shows at PeakSloth.com.

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Silver Linings Playback 264 -Camp Nowhere

Silver Linings Playback

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Joel Murphy and Andy McIntyre watch maligned movies and find their silver linings. For June, they are going to camp!

This week, Joel and Andy discuss Camp Nowhere. The film stars Christopher Lloyd as a grifter who is convinced to run a fake summer camp by some scheming kids.

  • Ernest Goes to Camp (1994)
  • Directed by: Jonathan Prince
  • Written by: Andrew Kurtzman and Eliot Wald
  • Starring: Christopher Lloyd, Jonathan Jackson, John Putch, Peter Scolari, Romy Walthall, Thomas Wilson

Theme Song: â€śBankin’” by Bronson Scott

Pivot Music: “Fanfare” (Cinematic Sound Effects) by Michael Schuller Music

“Time Lapse of a Thunderstorm at Night” stock footage courtesy of Pexels

Silver Linings Playback recently launched a Patreon, which you can sign up for here.

Silver Linings Playback is is presented by HoboTrashcan.com and is a part of the Peak Sloth Podcast Network. Hear more shows at PeakSloth.com.

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Silver Linings Playback 263 – Ernest Goes to Camp (ft. Michelle Faulkner-Forson)

Silver Linings Playback

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Joel Murphy and Andy McIntyre watch maligned movies and find their silver linings. For June, they are going to camp!

This week, Joel and Andy are joined by the Baltimore Improv Group’s managing director and Ernest P. Worrell scholar Michelle Faulkner-Forson. Together, they discuss Ernest Goes to Camp.

  • Ernest Goes to Camp (1987)
  • Directed by: John R. Cherry III
  • Written by: John R. Cherry III & Coke Sams (screenplay by), Glenn Petach & Steve Leasure (additional dialogue)
  • Starring: Jim Varney, Victoria Racimo, John Vernon, Iron Eyes Cody, Lyle Alzado

Theme Song: â€śBankin’” by Bronson Scott

Pivot Music: “Fanfare” (Cinematic Sound Effects) by Michael Schuller Music

“Time Lapse of a Thunderstorm at Night” stock footage courtesy of Pexels

Silver Linings Playback recently launched a Patreon, which you can sign up for here.

Silver Linings Playback is is presented by HoboTrashcan.com and is a part of the Peak Sloth Podcast Network. Hear more shows at PeakSloth.com.

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