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Chillpak Hollywood Hour

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Each week, Dean Haglund and Phil Leirness take you on a journey.

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Season 3, Episode 20

Chillpak Hollywood Hour ·

2022/06/21

Original Air Date: Monday 20 June, 9 pm EasternDescription:Since 1984's Risky Business, Tom Cruise has been one of the most reliable and bankable stars of major motion pictures. Since 1984's Stranger than Paradise, Jim Jarmusch has been one of the most reliable and influential auteurs in independent cinema. This week, Dean and Phil compare and contrast these two icons’ filmographies, making recommendations, drawing parallels between two very different artists, and examining forty years of American

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Season 3 Episode 19

Chillpak Hollywood Hour ·

2022/06/14

Original Air Date: Monday 13 June, 9 pm EasternDescription:From the sublime to the ridiculous, from the cosmic to the deeply personal, Dean and Phil are going deep on this week’s show! Remembering the haunting, ethereal "voice" of "Twin Peaks", Julee Cruise, leads into ruminating about the afterlife, hauntings, consciousness, and moral underpinnings to the universe. This, naturally, involves analyzing two new Netflix comedy specials - Ricky Gervais' "SuperNature" and Norm MacDonald's "Nothing

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Season 3 Episode 18

Chillpak Hollywood Hour ·

2022/06/07

Original Air Date: Monday 6 June, 9 pm EasternDescription:Although summer hasn’t officially begun in the northern hemisphere, it sure feels like it has what with Dean and Phil discussing Dean’s new sandbox and the state of the summer box office! Not only that, but there’s a message from Agent Summer (“Summer” – get it??) that gets discussed! An on-air production meeting yields an outstanding idea for a future show all about movies, while on this week’s show, such movies as Otto Preminger’s The Man

54:17

Season 3 Episode 17

Chillpak Hollywood Hour ·

2022/05/31

Original Air Date: Monday 30 May, 9 pm EasternDescription:Dean is back from the UK and reports on his travels. Phil has been availing himself of classic movies and has thoughts on an indie gem from the 1980s, a mind-bending oddity from Joseph Losey, and a 1960 epic about the founding of Israel. The episodic series “Space Force”, “Barry” season 3, “Our Flag Means Death”, “Hacks” season 2, “The Book of Boba Fett”, “Obi-Wan Kenobi” and season 2 of “The Mandalorian” get discussed. Four giants of the

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Season 3, Episode 16

Chillpak Hollywood Hour ·

2022/05/24

Original Air Date: Monday 23 May, 9 pm EasternDescription:Because Dean is "on assignment" in the UK, he and Phil recorded a very special episode for this week! Dean and Phil pay tribute to their friend Mark Bennett, who died at the end of 2021. Mark was a journalist, a filmmaker, a philosopher, a researcher, and a truly gentle, caring man, who features prominently in Dean and Phil’s The Truth Is Out There, and who last appeared on YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour in March of 2021. He has been described

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Season 3 Episode 15

Chillpak Hollywood Hour ·

2022/05/17

Original Air Date: Monday 16 May, 9 pm EasternDescription:Because Dean will be traveling to the UK, next week’s episode will be a special, pre-recorded, “theme” show. On this week’s show, Dean previews his trip. Phil shares an email from a loyal listener like you (YES, YOU!) about a rare and hard (impossible?) to find program from 30 years ago. That leads to a tribute to the late, great Robert Morse. Phil then pays tribute to a friend of his, a fixture of The Los Angeles Breakfast Club, who was as

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Season 3 Episode 14

Chillpak Hollywood Hour ·

2022/05/10

Original Air Date: Monday 9 May, 9 pm EasternDescription: Year 16 of YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour gets underway with a truly mind-blowing episode! It begins with a celebration of Kane Tanaka, who was, at the time of her death, the world's oldest-living human! Phil then corrects Dean on an urban legend involving John F. Kennedy and a jelly donut. The Zen artistry of Bill Murray leads to an appreciation of The Man Who Knew Too Little. The inappropriate workplace behavior of Bill Murray leads to a

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Season 3 Episode 13

Chillpak Hollywood Hour ·

2022/05/03

Original Air Date: Monday 2 May, 9 pm EasternDescription: This week, YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour turns 15 years old! And Season 3 Episode 13 features several anniversary celebrations, including wisdom from a special guest, a story from Dean about why he is no longer a vegetarian and the return of a classic movie ad from the Vintage Movie Ad Game that saw Dean and Phil through the pandemic! There is also an email from a loyal listener who both asks a question and throws accolades in the direction of

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Chillpak Hollywood Hour #208

Chillpak Hollywood Hour ·

2022/05/02

Original Date: May 10, 2011A week ago, your friends in podcasting, Dean Haglund and Phil Leirness, were in the United Kingdom, visiting their friends at Sci-Fi London, celebrating the Royal Wedding, attending the World Premiere of their documentary The Truth Is Out There and discussing the death of Osama Bin Laden. This week, they’re back in Los Angeles, where Dean is preparing his brand new gallery for this Thursday’s Downtown Art Walk and where Phil is directing an incredibly ambitious short film

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Season 3 Episode 12

Chillpak Hollywood Hour ·

2022/04/26

Original Air Date: Monday 25 April, 9 pm EasternDescription: In their last episode before they celebrate their 15th Anniversary of "changing the way people listen to the internet", Dean and Phil have a lot to discuss in a show biz world that seems to be getting ever more back to "normal". There are TV shows like "Better Call Saul", “Barry”, “Julia” and "Our Flag Means Death" to weigh in on, and movies like "The Batman", "Kimi" and "Everything Everywhere All at Once" to analyze. A wide array of

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Chillpak Hollywood Hour #52

Chillpak Hollywood Hour ·

2022/04/25

Original Date: May 6, 2008Our 52nd Episode! Guess that means a year – Dean and Phil serve up a plate of knowledge and advice about the entertainment business, and you should listen up. Special guest: Mila the Doberman.

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Season 3 Episode 11

Chillpak Hollywood Hour ·

2022/04/19

Original Air Date: Monday 18 April, 9 pm EasternDescription: Dean is back in the environs of the Motor City, Phil is back in Los Angeles, and they have a lot to discuss on this week's show ... Phil asks Dean about his SoCal travel adventures and about Dean's grandfather, a truly remarkable man. Dean and Phil preview new seasons from two utterly terrific television series and also discuss a current show you might just want to check out. The box office is, at long last, seemingly revived and there are

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Season 3 Episode 10

Chillpak Hollywood Hour ·

2022/04/12

Original Air Date: Monday 11 April, 9 pm EasternDescription: This weekend, Dean and Phil got together in-person on the "American Riviera" for a fascinating discussion inspired by a loyal listener like you (yes, YOU!). The conversation involves the importance of awards not only recognizing and rewarding great work, but also rewarding the great stories surrounding the making of that work! Somehow that inspires Phil to reappraise the entire filmography of James Mason. That great Belgian sleuth, Hercule

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Season 3 Episode 9

Chillpak Hollywood Hour ·

2022/04/05

Original Air Date: Monday 4 April, 9 pm EasternDescription: This week, Dean and Phil follow up on one of their best episodes ever by discussing the importance of manners as they relate to masks, shoes, and award shows! They have some bracing words about the nature of "safety" in show business. Then, they turn their attention to the Oscar-winning documentary Summer of Soul before discussing Oscar-winner George Chakiris and what he thought made original West Side Story choreographer Jerome Robbins so

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Chillpak Hollywood Hour #406

Chillpak Hollywood Hour ·

2022/04/04

Original Date: February 24, 2015Today is the day the annual movie awards season comes to a merciful conclusion and your friends in podcasting stick the final nail in its coffin with their annual review of the Oscars telecast wherein they reveal who they predicted would win in all 24 categories. As always, there’s a wager involved and for the 2nd year running, you’ll be treated to some classic clips from Academy Awards presentations past. And now, the envelope, please …

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Season 3 Episode 8

Chillpak Hollywood Hour ·

2022/03/29

Original Air Date: Monday 28 March, 9 pm EasternDescription:Phil (in Hollywood) and Dean (in the environs of Detroit) checked in with each other before, during and after Sunday night’s Oscars and recorded their conversation about the movie industry’s big night. There are insights, there are jokes, there is snark, there are criticisms, and oh, yes, Dean has been drinking!

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Season 3 Episode 7

Chillpak Hollywood Hour ·

2022/03/22

Original Air Date: Monday 21 March, 9 pm EasternDescription:Phil has been chasing trains all over California and he has stories. St. Patrick's Day was this past week and Dean and Phil have jokes about that. In "Celebrity Deaths", Oscar-winning actor William Hurt gets remembered and the controversy surrounding celebrations of his legacy will get examined. Star of the original "Godzilla" and a great story about him get discussed, and before the Chillpak Morgue closes, R&B great Timmy Thomas has his

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Season 3 Episode 6

Chillpak Hollywood Hour ·

2022/03/15

Original Air Date: Monday 14 March, 9 pm EasternDescription:Dean starts the show by talking about shoveling his driveway. Phil talks about location scouting and chasing trains. Then, they roll up their sleeves and in “Celebrity Deaths”, they remember 8 actors and 1 legendary studio exec turned producer who was responsible for some of the greatest and most beloved films of the past 45 years. Speaking of great films, two of this year's fascinating and inspiring nominees for Best International Film

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Season 3,Episode 5

Chillpak Hollywood Hour ·

2022/03/08

Original Air Date: Monday 7 March, 9 pm EasternDescription:On this week's episode, Dean and Phil pick up right where they left off last week when they were discussing the SAG Award winners. Specifically, they will analyze what the foreign-language "Squid Game" winners tell us about the ways Americans in general (and younger generations in particular) consume their entertainment and their openness to subtitles. This conversation continues with a review of the multiple Academy Award-nominated

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Season 3 Episode 4

Chillpak Hollywood Hour ·

2022/03/01

Original Air Date: Monday 28 February, 9 pm EasternDescription:Phil is back from Hawaii and bringing with him observations about how the islands AND America have changed since he last visited the spots he traveled to (24 and 36 years ago respectively). He and Dean bring back "What We're Reading" after a lengthy absence, and the discussion of books will lead to discussions of comedy, the Golden Age of Radio, watercolor painting and YouTube instructional videos! In "Celebrity Deaths", an

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