Ep 11 - Laughter’s The Best Medicine Pt 02 & The Big Lebowski

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09/07/20 • 105 min

After being shot, standup comedian Rufus wakes up to discover that he’s been under the care of the very woman who shot him. But who is this mysterious redheaded siren? Why did she shoot him? And can Rufus trust a single word that comes out of her mouth? Take a listen to find out!
And mix yourself a White Russian because Chris and Will are talking about The Big Lebowski! The Coen Brothers fashioned The Dude as a sort of stoner private detective based in part upon Raymond Chandler’s Philip Marlowe. So we’re going to take a look at how El Duderino stacks up as a brother shamus in this story of mistaken identity, kidnapping, and bowling.

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Ep 10 - Laughter’s The Best Medicine Pt 01 & Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

Rufus is a standup comedian who, sadly, isn’t very funny. But every week he’s up on stage cracking jokes for an indifferent audience and hecklers. Then she walks in. A woman so beautiful she stops him cold, mid-act. And the trouble she brings into the comedy club with her entangles Rufus in a sinister criminal enterprise that isn’t any laughing matter.

And for their film talk, Chris and Will discuss the merits of the comedy-noir Kiss Kiss Bang Bang starring Robert Downey Jr., Val Kilmer, and Michelle Monaghan. Director Shane Black’s loving comedic sendup of the private detective genre is a fun examination of hard-boiled conventions.

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Ep 12 - Laughter’s The Best Medicine Pt 03 & Who Framed Roger Rabbit

Rufus may have gotten Alice’s three hundred grand from the P.O. Box, but now he’s got a henchman holding him at gunpoint. Can our hapless hero make it out of this captive situation and get back to his new love without taking any more lead in his belly? Find out in the exciting conclusion of “Laughter’s the Best Medicine”!

And this week we’re talkin toons! “Who Framed Roger Rabbit” seamlessly blends the conventions of a noir story with the antics and humor of classic Warner Brothers and Disney cartoons. You’ve got Bob Hoskins as the hard drinking gumshoe Eddie Valiant going up against a band of gangster weasels and a certain buxom redheaded femme fatale named Jessica Rabbit who’s about as far from a Disney Princess as you can get without falling off a cliff in a puff a smoke Wile E. Coyote style. So join us as we talk about this smart mix of film noir and cartoon chaos.