TFR Ep. 503: VFW, Screwballs, Top 5 80’s Comedies
Episode description
This week on The First Run, Chris and Matt discuss the latest from director Joe Begos, ‘VFW’. After recently discussing his prior film ‘Bliss’, a horror film about drug enhanced vampirism that we found, okay. So how does this Fangoria produced entry about a group of veterans fending off an attack by a drug dealer’s crew in a collapsing society. Does Begos out Carpenter John Carpenter? Then our 80’s Sex Comedy Marathon continues with the Porky’s inspired Canadian import, ‘Screwballs’. A bit more obvious in its presentation, just how sleazy can we get? The answer maybe all the sleazy. There’s the nail-biting rundown of the big Physical Media Picks, featuring the Streaming and Straight to DVD Picks of the Week. Then the show closes with Matt and Chris sharing their 5 Favorite Comedies from the 80’s! How can the guys possibly choose just 5? Listen on to find out!
00:00-11:45: Intro/VFW
11:46-24:47: Physical Media Picks
24:48-36:27: Screwballs
36:28-51:58: Top 5 80’s Comedies
51:59-54:16: Wrap Up
Theme music by Jamal Malachi Ford-Bey