Ep #113: Raiders of the Lost Ark
The Fools post their FINAL EPISODE with the movie of all movies: Raiders of the Lost Ark. It's been a fun ride and we hope you like this episode. Thanks for listening and E.
Apr 08, 2017•1 hr 13 min
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Ep #110: Groundhog Day
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Ep #109: Gravity (2013)
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Ep #108: Empire Strikes Back (1980)
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Ep #107: Star Wars (1977)
The Fools finally tackle the Force and George Lucas' 1977 space adventure, Star Wars, and remember what it felt like to see this film for the first time.
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Ep #106: First Blood
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Ep #105: Goodfellas
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Ep #104: Creature From the Black Lagoon (1954)
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Ep #103: Wolf Man (1941)
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Ep #102: Mummy (1932)
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Ep #101: Tree of Life (2011)
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Ep #100: 2001 Space Odyssey
The Fools celebrate their 100th episode with arguably the most popular movie ever made by aliens: Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey.
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Ep #99: Matrix (1999)
The Fools go join Keanu Reeves on his journey into The Matrix, the 1999 Wachowski Brothers' techno action classic, where we don't hang up. We just say click.
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Ep #98: Rashomon
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Ep #97: Breathless (1960)
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Ep #96: Bicycle Thieves
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Ep #95: French Connection
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Jul 21, 2016•52 min
Ep #94: Searchers
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Ep #93: All About Eve
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Ep #92: Apocalypse Now!
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Ep #91: Inglourious Basterds
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Ep #90: Deer Hunter (1978)
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Ep #89: Godfather 3 of 3: Beyond Redemption
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Ep #86: To Kill a Mockingbird
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Ep #84: Usual Suspects
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