The Brandon Peters Show

Cabaret holds the distinction of taking home the most Academy Awards at a ceremony and not winning Best Picture. It won 8, including major categories like Best Director, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Cinematography but lost out to The Godfather on the grand prize. Seeing as that film is also turning 50, loads of attention is being paid to it, and rightfully so.

Not that Cabaret isn’t being recognized, but for my show, I wanted to give it its due. Personally, I have corners of the internet with me discussing The Godfather and writing about it already. Cabaret is one of my favorites ever and truly worthy of every bit of awards it “took” from The Godfather.

An impressive film, with an impressive legacy and a whole lot to say. I’ve welcomed show staple Greg McGoon on board to discuss the film and he and I went for damn near 2 hours discussing it. And crazy enough, it’s all super focused and completely on topic. It’s better than I could’ve possibly imagined and I hope you enjoy it.

-Brandon

The Brandon Peters Show will return Wednesday (4/6) with the premiere of Old Space Show – The Planet of the Apes.

TECHNICAL INFORMATION

Vocals
Brandon – Shure SM58-LC
Greg – Laptop Microphone (Recorded with Zoom)

Post Production
NCH Wavepad Masters Edition v8.38
NCH MixPad Masters v5.22
The Levelator 2

RUNTIME: 119 minutes

Cabaret is available on DVD and Blu-ray. You can find it currently streaming on HBO MAX. It is available to rent or purchase digitally on Apple TV, Amazon, YouTube, Vudu/Fandango, RedBox, DirecTV and AMC Theaters OnDemand.

Both Mike Vanderbilt’s return and The Transformers: The Movie has been in the works for a LONG time over here on the show. We are busy guys and one thing leads to another. All of a sudden almost 7 months have passed since you were trying to set it up. Well, it’s finally here and rest assured, dear listeners, it doesn’t disappoint.

Our discussion is one of nostalgia, passion, details, appreciation and the people who brought this movie to life and the legacy it has carried for 36 years. It’s a smooth conversation that really digs into the movie, the times, the different eras of your life watching it and more. Yes, I’m talking about the 85 minute cartoon about alien robots in outer space trying to get the shiny circle that gives them great power. It means THAT much to us.

If you enjoy Mike and you enjoy the conversations we’ve had on the show in the past or his other programs, this is another one you’re going to love. It was great to get back behind the mic and share time talking shop with him and it wound up being a fantastic episode.

00:01:11 Catching Up with Mike Vanderbilt
00:21:36 The Transformers: The Movie Discussion
01:20:56 What Else?

-Brandon

The Brandon Peters Show will return Wednesday (3/9) with the finale of Old Space Show – Space: 1999.

TECHNICAL INFORMATION

Vocals
Brandon – Shure SM58-LC
Mike – Unknown Microphone

Post Production
NCH Wavepad Masters Edition v8.38
NCH MixPad Masters v5.22
The Levelator 2

RUNTIME: 93 minutes

The Transformers: The Movie is available on DVD, Blu-ray and 4K Ultra-HD Blu-ray. You can rent or purchase it digitally on Amazon, YouTube, AppleTV, Vudu/Fandango or RedBox.

We are sticking around in the 1970s for a second week in a row here on the show. We are talking about an underseen cult classic horror film, Let’s Scare Jessica To Death. A very stealth vampire film, this one is super moody and a complete feel through its ambiguous narrative.

Regular guest Jamie Alvey has brought the film to the table. We get into a fantastic discussion about a great many aspects of the film, from Carmilla adaptations, to mental health, technical achievements and much more. This might mark our best conversation to date.

There’s some wandering off topic, but it’s actually stemming and returning to topic quite well so I left a lot of it in. There are some extra bits that are in the YouTube version if you really gotta see EVERYTHING.

00:04:20 Assault on Precinct 13 discussion
01:07:06 What Else?

-Brandon

The Brandon Peters Show will return Wednesday (2/2) with Old Space Show.

TECHNICAL INFORMATION

Vocals
Brandon – Shure SM58-LC
Jamie – Laptop Microphone (Recorded w/ Zoom)

Post Production
NCH Wavepad Masters Edition v8.38
NCH MixPad Masters v5.22
The Levelator 2

RUNTIME: 83 minutes

Let’s Scare Jessica To Death is available on DVD and Blu-ray. It is available to rent or purchase digitally on Amazon, Vudu/Fandango, AppleTV, Google Play, YouTube and Microsoft.

We talked about his movie last week and now he’s here to tell us about his new book. Greg McGoon is back for his fourth trip onto the show and tells us all about Once Upon A Fairy Tail, which you can purchase now on Amazon.

Greg also brings a holiday fave to the table, the 2006 remake of Last Holiday starring Queen Latifah. I had not seen the film before this. And, as always with Greg, it wound up being quite a deep and thorough conversation on this little bit of screwball comedy. Definitely a film that deserves much more appreciation than it has had in the past.

This film and episode was a great way to wrap up the holidays and the year on the show and I hope you enjoy that I left it extra stuff and lengthy as a bonus gift for my dear listeners.

0:01:05 – Greg’s new book
0:12:59 – Last Holiday Discussion
1:21:49 – What Else

-Brandon

The Brandon Peters Show will return Wednesday (12/22) with Old Space Show.

TECHNICAL INFORMATION

Vocals
Brandon – Shure SM58-LC
Greg – Unknown Microphone (Recorded w/ Zoom)

Post Production
NCH Wavepad Masters Edition v8.38
NCH MixPad Masters v5.22
The Levelator 2

RUNTIME: 105 minutes

Last Holiday is available on DVD and Blu-ray. It is currently streaming of Fubo, Showtime and DirecTV. You can rent or purchase it digitally on Amazon, YouTube, Vudu/Fandango, RedBox and AppleTV.

Purchase Once Upon A Fairy Tail only on Amazon:

Your wait has come to an end. The Summer of 2004 has arrived!

The Summer of 2004 at 20 is a weekly retrospective journey through American pop culture during May, June, July and August of 1993. Brandon Peters, The Wrap’s Scott Mendelson and We Live Entertainment/Out Now with Aaron and Abe’s Aaron Neuwirth take a weekend by weekend look at the films released during the summer as well as the news stories, television and music that rounded out the public’s lives as they lined the pockets of the box office to see these movies.

May 7-9, 2004: We open up with a bonafide summer kick-off film in VAN HELSING starring Hugh Jackman and Kate Beckinsale. The Olsen Twins stop in for a NEW YORK MINUTE. We are bored with a cult icon surfer search in OFF THE LIP. And Scott can’t help but super size it with SUPER SIZE ME.

We’ll also be discussing the box office report, notable news stories, the top 10 Nielsen rated tv programs for the week and the top 10 of Ryan Seacrest’s weekly American top 40 from the week these films were released.

Please consider becoming a patron by going to http://patreon.com/brandonpetersshow

Follow the Facebook page or @brandon4kuhd on Twitter and Instagram. Scott Mendelson is on Twitter @scottmendelson. Find his work at Puck News and The Outside Scoop

Aaron Neuwirth is on Twitter @aaronsps4. Find his work on weliveentertainment.com and on Out Now with Aaron & Abe (wherever podcasts are found).

More information and content available at thebrandonpetersshow.com. “The Summer of 2004 at 20” and “News” themes featured in the episode are by Pres Maxson (@presmaxson).

-Brandon

The Brandon Peters Show will return Friday (5/3) with Jessica Alsman and the Britney Spears music video for “Toxic”

TECHNICAL INFORMATION
Vocals
Brandon – Shure SM58-LC
Scott – Unknown Microphone (Recorded with Zoom)
Aaron – Unknown Microphone (Recorded with Zoom)

Post Production
NCH Wavepad Masters Edition v8.38
NCH MixPad Masters v5.22
The Levelator 2

RUNTIME: 130 minutes