Category Archives: Dungeons and Dragons

Silver Linings Playback 228 – Mazes and Monsters (ft. Dr. Wendy Fonarow)

Dungeons and Dragons, Featured, Podcasts, Satanic Panic, Silver Linings Playback, Tom Hanks, Wendy Crewson

Joel Murphy and Andy McIntyre watch maligned movies and find their silver linings. It’s October, so it’s time to panic … with a month full of Satanic Panic films!

Joel and Andy are joined by anthropology professor Dr. Wendy Fonarow. Together, they discuss Mazes and Monsters, a made-for-TV movies from the 80s where a thinly-veiled Dungeons and Dragons type RPG makes Tom Hanks go crazy.

Mazes and Monsters (1982) 
Directed by: Steven Hilliard Stern 
Written by: Tom Lazarus (teleplay), Rona Jaffe (novel) 
Starring: Tom Hanks, Wendy Crewson, David Wysocki, 
Chris Makepeace, Lloyd Bochner

Theme Song: “Bankin’” by Bronson Scott

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Silver Linings Playback 213 – Dungeons & Dragons (ft. Marty McGuire)

Dungeons and Dragons, Featured, Jeremy Irons, Marlon Wayans, Podcasts, Silver Linings Playback

Joel Murphy and Andy McIntyre watch maligned movies and find their silver linings. For the month of June, they are watching blatant cash grab films!

This week, they don’t just discuss the 2000 Dungeons & Dragons film, they live it. With the help of Dungeon Master Marty McGuire and official character sheets released by Wizards of the Coast as a movie tie-in, Joel and Andy play Dungeons & Dragons while discussing Dungeons & Dragons.

Dungeons & Dragons (2000) 
Directed by: Courtney Solomon 
Written by: Topper Lilien & Carroll Cartwright (written by), 
E. Gary Gig (game) 
Starring: Justin Whalin, Jeremy Irons, Zoe McLellan, Marlon Wayans

Theme Song: “Bankin’” by Bronson Scott

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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