45. Earth Girls are Easy (1988)

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10/31/22 • 66 min

Welcome to Season 2 of 5678: A Movie Musical Podcast! Crash your spaceship and go to the beach to see the intergalactic 1988 Earth Girls are Easy! Starring Geena Davis, Jeff Goldblum, and a shockingly hot Jim Carrey. Prepare for spectacular physical comedy, huge continuity errors, and a nurse who deserves better. You've never seen a dance battle quite like this! So shave an alien, destroy your own house, and don't forget to have a mental margarita!
Homework:
I Like 'em Big and Stupid
Staged Reading of Earth Girls are Easy

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44. Bye Bye Birdie (1963)

Welcome to Season 2 of 5678: A Movie Musical Podcast! Write a hit song and sneak your way on to the Ed Sullivan Show for the 1963 Bye, Bye, Birdie! Starring Dick Van Dyke, Janet Leigh, Ann Margaret, and an over the hill Elvis impersonator. Strap in for boggling floor plans, strange animations, and a genuinely fun dance number. You've never seen a Russian ballet quite like this! So drug a tortoise, ponch a rockstar, and meet us at Maude's Madcap Cafe for a drink (or three)!
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Homework:
Jerome Robbins' Mistake Waltz
Got a Lot of Livin' To Do

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46. In Old Chicago (1938)

Welcome to Season 2 of 5678: A Movie Musical Podcast! Get in your horse drawn carriage and prepare for the 1938 In Old Chicago! Starring Alice Faye, Tyrone Power, and a very kicky cow. Brace for political backstabbing, inconsequential songs, and the most expensive fire on film. You've never seen an ending monologue quite like this! So start your own laundry business, manipulate your brother into running for mayor, and burn it all down!
Homework:
Fire Whirls
1938 "In Old Chicago" review in The Chicago Tribune