Killing Your Darlings

  • Author: Vários
  • Narrator: Vários
  • Publisher: Podcast
  • Duration: 92:42:40
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Synopsis

Join husband and wife team, Dan and Chrysten, while they revisit classic film and television from their childhood and see if it holds up through the cynical eyes of adulthood!

Episodes

  • KYD 043 - The Pagemaster

    09/10/2017 Duration: 01h22min

    This week we are joined by our fellow nostalgia nerds across the pond, Mark and Sophie of the You Know What I Like...? podcast!  We watch and discuss their pick, the 90s fantasy film and Macaulay Culkin vehicle, The Pagemaster!  Mac plays a young boy who is afraid of pretty much everything.  When his dad (Ed Begley, Jr. sans smart car) sends him to pick up nails at the hardware store, he seeks shelter from an unexpected thunderstorm in a mysterious library.  When he slips and falls on the wet library floor he knocks himself unconscious and goes on an incredible adventure guided by three anthropomorphic library books that help him to face his fears and become the hero he is destined to be!  Sound cheesy???  Yeah, we thought so too...join us and find out if Macaulay Culkin charms us in this the same way he does in My Girl!  Oh, also Christopher Lloyd is in it and he's awesome.  Check it out!  And don't forget to RATE, REVIEW & SUBSCRIBE! 

  • KYD 042 - Mousehunt

    02/10/2017 Duration: 01h02min

    This week, we answer Twitter fan, Cugino Bambino's request and watch a movie that we have successfully managed to avoid our entire lives...Mousehunt!  We know absolutely nothing about this late 90s Nathan Lane vehicle, other than Nathan Lane is in it and that he...hunts a mouse?  Also Lee Evans is there...and he...does stuff too?  Maybe also involving the mouse and hunting it?  We dunno, we didn't grow up with this one so...you know how that tends to go on this show.  Or will it...?  Join us and find out!  And don't forget to RATE, REVIEW & SUBSCRIBE!  

  • KYD 041 - Overboard

    25/09/2017 Duration: 01h02min

    Continuing our nautical theme with a Kurt Russell twist, this week we watch Chrysten's pick, Overboard!  Starring real life #relationshipgoals couple Kurt Russell (hubba hubba!) and Goldie Hawn (hubba hubba!), the story centers on struggling carpenter and father of four, Dean Proffitt.  When he takes a job building a shoe closet for snobby and insufferable yacht owner, Joanna Stayton, she insults him and ultimately stiffs him on his payment.  When Joanna accidentally falls off the aforementioned yacht, she suffers amnesia.  Dean, looking to seek revenge on his abusive former client, picks her up and convinces her they are married and turns her into the lower middle class housewife she always abhorred!  Dean only intends for the ruse to continue for a month, but when he and Joanna unexpectedly fall in love, things get tricky!  OK, ok, listen...we realize what this premise sounds like.  Just stick with us...How else will you find out if Dan fell "overboard" for this movie?  And don't forget to RATE, REVIEW &

  • KYD 040 - Captain Ron

    18/09/2017 Duration: 55min

    As a wave goodbye to the golden days of summer, we are sticking with our nautical theme of the past few episodes and watching Dan's pick Captain Ron!  Martin Short plays Martin Harvey, a middle-aged man with a boring desk job who dreams of a big adventure beyond his home city of Chicago.  When he inherits his uncle's boat, he takes his wife (Mary Kay Place) and two kids to the Caribbean for a long adventure on the high seas!  When the boat dealer he has agreed to deliver the boat to at the end of his trip learns of the boat's less-than-stellar condition, he hires a cut-rate local sea captain to help the Harvey family on their journey.  The titular character Captain Ron (played by American treasure and certified hunk, Kurt Russell) is not exactly the type of captain the Harveys bargained for and plenty of high seas hi-jinks ensue!  But will Chrysten and Dan be charmed by the eye-patched antics of Kurt Russell with Martin Short as the straight man?  Join us and find out!  And don't forget to RATE, REVIEW &

  • KYD 039 - Splash

    11/09/2017 Duration: 01h02min

    Who doesn't love Tom Hanks?  For those of us that grew up in the golden age of Hanks, this movie is the one that started it all.  This week, we dive into Chrysten's darling, the 80s oceanic rom-com, Splash! When produce company owner, Allen Bauer's live-in girlfriend breaks up with him, he takes a cab ride from NYC to Cape Cod (not a real thing you can do in NY, btw) to do some soul searching.  While in Cape Cod he is saved from drowning by a mysterious, beautiful woman who follows him to NY.  They spend a week together and fall madly in love.  But there's something fishy about this mysterious lady...she's a mermaid!  Starring the aforementioned Tom Hanks as Allen, Daryl Hannah as Madison the mermaid, John Candy as Allen's womanizer brother, Freddie, and Eugene Levy as a crazy scientist hell bent on exposing Madison's secret to the world!  It's a sweet and sexy twist on your typical rom-com that Chrysten has loved since she was in short fins.  But will her cynical sweetheart, Dan, be as swept away?  Join us a

  • KYD 038 - Free Willy

    04/09/2017 Duration: 01h12min

    This week was Dan's pick...and hoo boy...it was...something.  This week we watch extended after school special and large water mammal liberation film, Free Willy.  We open with orphan and stereotypical bad kid, Jesse, vandalizing the tank of Willy the whale, the main attraction at a local marine park.  When Jesse is caught, he has to work at the park removing the graffiti he and his bad kid friends...sprayed?  Tagged?  Whatever, I'm old...  During his time at the park he forms a special connection with fellow bad kid, Willy, who refuses to let the park's trainer (Lori Petty) tame him.  Also, Michael Madsen is Jesse's foster dad and he is...very Michael Madsen in this.  We spent most of the movie just waiting for him to cut somebody's ear off while playing Steeler's Wheel, but, alas...Featuring an amazing closing song by Michael Jackson, this is a "whale" of a morality tale.  But will our hosts be moved by its message?  Join us and find out!  And don't forget to RATE, REVIEW & SUBSCRIBE!

  • KYD 037 - Babe

    28/08/2017 Duration: 01h03min

    Fun fact...James Cromwell's ringtone is him saying his most famous line.  You know the one... "That'll do, Pig..."  This week we watch the movie that made that line (and James Cromwell, for that matter) a part of the American lexicon: Babe!  As a piglet, Babe is taken from a dreary slaughterhouse and won in a contest by farmer Hoggett.  Babe, an outsider on the farm, is adopted by a family of sheepdogs and, in turn, starts learning to become a great sheep-pig in his own right.  This sweet, family friendly movie about daring to be yourself in a world that constantly rebukes individuality is a 90s classic and was nominated for several Oscars.  But will it pass the test of our incredibly judgmental hosts?  Join us and find out!  And don't forget to RATE, REVIEW & SUBSCRIBE!  

  • KYD 036 - My Girl

    21/08/2017 Duration: 01h01min

    FINALLY breaking his very long streak of watching childhood classics that he never saw as a child, Dan suggested we watch the 90s family dramedy and Macaulay Culkin vehicle, My Girl.  Excellent suggestion, Dan!  Who doesn't love this movie?  Dan Aykroyd as a curmudgeonly widower who runs a funeral parlor, Jamie Lee Curtis as the sexy make up artist who wins his heart, the aforementioned MAC as the sweet nerdy sidekick...and starring smart ass perfectionist assistant Amy Brookheimer (aka Anna Chlumsky, aka the former star of Dan's childhood romantic fantasies)!  A delightful coming of age tale, with plenty of chuckles, tears and heart, this is one of those movies that you would cancel plans to stay home and watch on TBS.  But will both Dan and Chrysten weep as openly at the demise of Thomas J as they did as adolescents?  Join us and find out, darlings!  And don't forget to RATE, REVIEW & SUBSCRIBE!   

  • KYD 035 - Snoopy, Come Home

    14/08/2017 Duration: 01h15min

    Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, this week we have a very special guest on our show of shows...our very own fairy pod-father and the star of iTunes' LGBT Podcast Essential, Scream Queenz: Where Horror Gets Gay, Patrick Walsh!  We are watching Patrick's darling, the oddly dark and very psychedelic 70s cartoon movie Snoopy, Come Home.  Iconic Peanuts character, Snoopy, gets a letter from the little girl that owned him before Charlie Brown and he has to make the biggest decision of his whole puppy life!  This movie traumatized Chrysten, Patrick and a host of Patrick's fellow childhood contemporaries.  Dan, really keeping it on brand, has never seen it.  But will this dramatic installment of the Peanuts series have the same effect?  Join us and find out!  And don't forget to RATE, REVIEW & SUBSCRIBE!  And while you're at it, hop on over to Scream Queenz and check it out http://screamqueenz.com/!

  • KYD 034 - Mary Poppins

    07/08/2017 Duration: 01h12min

    We're back on that audience request tip, with Lindsay G (@poormanstinafey)'s darling and Disney live action/animated classic Mary Poppins!  Neither Dan nor Chrysten grew up with this movie and neither has seen it as an adult, so...this is gonna be awkward.  Starring legendary clarion soprano, Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke at his most bang-able, and two extremely wooden kid actors (one of whom looks like a tiny Toby Jones) this movie has a host of fun and whimsical musical numbers, animated fantasy sequences and a whole lotta un-necessary musical numbers as well.  Like, seriously, can I get the first thirty minutes I spent watching this movie back, please?  But will our two cynical hosts love this movie as much as Lindsay da original G does?  Tune in and find out!  And don't forget to RATE, REVIEW & SUBSCRIBE!!!

  • KYD 033 - Mr. Mom

    31/07/2017 Duration: 54min

    First of all...we need to address the elephant in the room: Michael Keaton is by far the most underrated actor of the past 30 years.  Guys, he's so good.  Like, for real, just so f**kin' good.  Take this week's film, Mr. Mom.  This is a goofy fish-out-of-water role reversal comedy.  And yet somehow, Michael Keaton is doing some of the subtlest, most interesting work of his magnificent career.  Also Keaton = Best Batman, THIS IS NOT A DEBATE!!!  Btw, Teri Garr and Martin Mull are also bringing their A-games in this movie.  Set in the suburbs of Detroit, Jack Butler has just been laid off from his job as an engineer at a major car manufacturer.  His wife, Caroline, has been a stay-at-home mom for the past few years, but has a background in advertising.  When Caroline secures a job at a big advertising firm, Jack is forced to take on the role of homemaker with HILARIOUS results.  This was one of those movies that Chrysten's parents taped off of HBO that she would rewind and re-watch on a constant loop.  Dan has,

  • KYD 032 - Batman: The Animated Series

    24/07/2017 Duration: 58min

    This week we're going a liiiiittle off format and revisiting a childhood favorite of kids everywhere that needed a distraction while they were doing their homework: Batman: The Animated Series!  We selected four of our favorite episodes (2 each, we like to keep things democratic here at KYD) and discussed in detail what made this series so awesome when we were kids.  We are introduced to one miss Harley Quinn, experience traumatic heartbreak with Mr. Freeze, and realize that Mark Hamill was entirely miscast as a hero...this dude was born to play a villain!  Plus...the amount of famous voice actors that were on this show is almost as insane as the Joker himself.  But is this show as awesome as our middle school addled brains thought it was?  Join us and find out!  Same bat time, same bat channel, darlings!   

  • KYD 031 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

    17/07/2017 Duration: 01h09min

    This week our good friend and Sixth Borough Brewery brewmaster, Dan Rogers, joins us for a viewing of the most successful independent film of all time (no, that's not a joke) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles!  Set in New York City (and by New York City we mean on a sound stage in North Carolina) a mysterious underground crime ring, known as the Foot Clan, has been robbing NY of its precious TVs and car stereos.  None of the Foot Clan have been seen...until our four green heroes catch them robbing cracker jack reporter, April O'Neil!  A rivalry is sparked between the Turtles and the Foot and lots of sweet, ninja fighting action (and hilarity!) ensues!  Starring Jim Henson's Creature Shop, Corey Feldman's voice, and lots of pizza, this 1990 classic kicks the shell out of those Michael Bay imitators!  But does this small, indie flick withstand the nostalgia test?  Join three drunk idiots fueled by Sixth Borough Brewery beer and find out!      

  • KYD 030 - The Goonies

    10/07/2017 Duration: 01h12min

    This week we delve even deeper into the missed opportunities of Dan's childhood and watch a movie that almost everyone our age loves that Dan has NEVER SEEN!  Darlings, this week we are hopping on our bikes, grabbing our maps and hunting for treasure in the 80s action adventure The Goonies!  Starring a prepubescent Samwise Gamgee (aka Sean Astin) and mothereffing Thanos himself (aka Josh Brolin) as brothers who, along with their friends, face eviction from their homes so that some rich pricks can build a f**king country club.  Rich people are the worst.  In order to raise the money to save their homes, this ragtag group of misfits go on a treasure hunt where they face off against booby traps so fantastic only Steven Spielberg could think them up AND a family of criminals that are hell bent on getting the "rich stuff" for themselves!  Plus Corey Feldman is there at his absolute Corey-est!  It's pretty clear from this description that I'm psyched about this movie...but will Dan love it as much as I do?  Join us

  • KYD 029 - FernGully: The Last Rainforest

    03/07/2017 Duration: 01h42s

    OK, so legit the creators of this movie should sue the crap out of the creators of Avatar because it's basically the same movie....except after this one I didn't wish I had the last three hours of my life back!  AWWWW SH***T!  But seriously, folks, we're here to do more than talk smack about Avatar...we're here to talk smack about this week's darling, FernGully: The Last Rainforest!  Starring bonafide 90s hotties, Samantha Mathis and Christian Slater, the late great Robin Williams, and acting genius Tim Curry, this animated feature follows the story of a colony of fairies living in the last rainforest in Australia and the battle that ensues with anthropomorphic pollution demon, Hexxus.  We've already established that Avatar sucks...how does FernGully fare under our cynical adult eyes?  Tune in to find out!  And don't forget to rate, review and subscribe!     

  • KYD 028 - Rock-A-Doodle

    26/06/2017 Duration: 01h30s

    Oh, Flannel Cakes...what have you done to us?  This week we watch the movie that sunk Don Bluth's animation studio...the absolutely "fowl" (get it?) singing chicken story Rock-A-Doodle.  Don't blame us.  Our friends over at the Flannel Cakes podcast made us do it.  Loosely based on characters from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, this movie stars one "cocky" (can't ever get enough chicken based puns!) rooster named Chanticleer who thinks that he makes the sun rise when he crows.  But the evil Duke of Owls hates Chanticleer's singing and devises a nefarious plot to keep him off the farm forever!  That's a very basic plot summary...this movie is far more bananas than that.  You gotta see it to believe it.  Or are you too...chicken?  Join us, darlings! And don't forget to rate, review and subscribe!

  • KYD 027 - Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

    19/06/2017 Duration: 01h07min

    OK, so no joke...when people ask me who my favorite Disney princess is I always say Jessica Rabbit.  And anyone who has seen this movie I'm sure would agree!  This week, I introduce Dan to one of my childhood favorites, the live action/animation masterpiece Who Framed Roger Rabbit?  Starring the late great character actor, Bob Hoskins, as the whiskey-soaked former gumshoe to the animated stars of old Hollywood, this movie has everything: a lovable cartoon rabbit, Christopher Lloyd at his most insane, and of course, everyone's favorite cartoon femme fatale.  You can probably tell from the blurb that I still love this movie so hard...but will Dan love it as much as I do?  Join us and find out!  And don't forget to rate, review and subscribe! 

  • KYD 026 - The Brave Little Toaster

    12/06/2017 Duration: 57min

    Our friends over at the Wine & Crime podcast (#podernfamily) put in a request for us to watch The Brave Little Toaster ... So we did...and hoo boy, this one is a doozy!  Wine & Crime ladies, I hope we're still friends after this one!  Your dear hosts did not grow up with this movie, so this one is a double blind taste test, darlings... Join us on the epic journey of a group of household items that leave the cabin they live in to find their master, a goofy red-headed kid named Bobby.  This movie is at times charming, funny and grimly dark.  Mostly that third one.  We're scarred for life now.  Find yourself a portable power source, plug in and don't forget to RATE, REVIEW & SUBSCRIBE!

  • KYD 025 - Singin' in the Rain

    05/06/2017 Duration: 01h08min

    What a glorious feeling!  We welcome back (by popular demand!) Dan's sister, Ellie, and watch another of her childhood favorites, the movie musical classic Singin' in the Rain!  We discuss the most traumatic parts of the movie as well as the things we love the most (a.k.a. Donald O'Connor) as well as the genius of Gene Kelly and how this show is the greatest movie musical of all time and the worst stage musical ever!  Also...is there anyone that isn't completely confused by the "Broadway Rhythm" dance sequence?  Regardless, this movie is amazing and we can't help but live in awe of it.  Chills!  Thrills!  Romance!  And above all...dignity.  Always, dignity.  Join us for the timeless darling, Singin' in the Rain!  

  • KYD 024 - SUPER SPECIAL EDITION: Interview with The Childlike Empress

    29/05/2017 Duration: 48min

    Boy, oh boy, darlings, have we got a treat for you!  This week we forgo our normal show format and sit down for an interview with the delightful Tami Stronach, oh, you know, just...THE CHILDLIKE EMPRESS from The NeverEnding Story!  We discuss the film with Tami, what she remembers most from her time on set, and her brushes with stardom.  We also talk to her about what she has been working on in the years since the film's release and what her life is like now!  Just like her character in the movie, Tami is an utter delight and an inspiration to keep on believing in the power of your imagination!  Join us, darlings!      

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