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Travolting

Jeff Sweeney & Stuart Elmore

A weekly investigation into the strange filmographies of cinemas most fascinating careers.

tv & film film history

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30:40

3 to Tango

Travolting ·

2022/05/10

On today's episode, Mister Travolta is joined by Mister Worldwide on a singular art piece so exquisite you'll be asking yourself two questions: Does it really take three to tango? And...Does Travolta rock the bald look?

60:39

I Am Wrath

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2022/05/03

It's no accident that we're covering this movie on our 66th episode. John Travolta, aka Stanley Hill, aka Mister Wrath, wrecks havoc John Wick style on the corrupt city of Columbus Ohio as he takes his path of vengeance all the way to the top. Oh and Christopher Meloni, Detective Elliot Stabler himself, is in this.

91:16

In a Valley of Violence

Travolting ·

2022/04/26

John Travolta in a WESTERN!? Well... kinda... Best quote of this whole episode though, said by our reoccurring special guest, Cole Bradley: "Ethan Hawke has the face of a person who knows what a latte is."

86:22

Criminal Activities

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2022/04/19

Pretty much every movie past the year 2009 has been criminal activity for John. We brought our good friend Adam Blythe who was able to remember this movie better than Jeff and Stuart. Remember Dan Stevens from that live action remake of Beauty in the Beast? He's in this.

58:09

Life On The Line

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2022/04/12

You all remember the Ladder 49 episode? The one where it was dedicated to our firefighter men and women in uniform? Well this one is like that... but about electrical grid workers known as "line men". I know what you're gonna say... "fellas... in this new era of direct to video movies, what more entertainment can you guys offer?". Well let us be the one to tell you that this episode is full of surprises such as a last minute special guest, and A NEW NUMBER ONE HAIR RANKING!

57:12

The Forger

Travolting ·

2022/04/05

John Travolta stars in a weird luke warm mix between Ocean's 11 and Portrait of a Lady On Fire. Christopher Plummer plays a crusty old irish grandpa in this movie, and that kid who plays the young cyclops in the new x-men movies is in this. What can we say at this point? Travolta has officially entered into his new transition of "$2 red box films".

91:39

Killing Season

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2022/03/30

Two old foes, joined together after many years apart, become friends, then become enemies, then they become friends again, then they become enemies again, and so on, until the movie ends and you're left wondering.... "what was with Travolta's russian accent?" Joined by our good friend and fellow LOTR fan: Brian Delisi.

104:22

Savages

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2022/03/22

Joined again by one of our favorite reoccurring guests, Mark Tilley! The boys have a wild time discussing the intricacies of this Oliver Stone film where John Travolta plays a dead beat chump of a DEA agent who works with two hippy small time weed dealers who think its a good idea to take on a Mexican drug cartel. They are savages.

12:13

The Wickedly Talented Adele Dazeem

Travolting ·

2022/03/15

Soooo..... this happened. We won't lie, we originally were gonna have Savages premiere this week. But schedules got mixed up and we unfortunately had to spend 12 minutes of our lives talking about Travolta being extremely cringey in real life as opposed to being cringey in movies. Oh and by the way, this is all Goldie Hawn's fault.

47:02

From Paris With Love

Travolting ·

2022/03/08

Travolta.... is..... BALD!!! BALD!!! BALD BALD BALD BALD BALD!!! That's all Stuart has to say about this episode, because he and Jeff couldn't remember much else about this movie. Something about Wax? Spies? Hookers? Cocaine? What is this movie!?

83:07

Old Dogs

Travolting ·

2022/03/01

The third and final Travolta/Disney collaboration but this time we are greeted by one of great icons, Robin Williams. Williams and Travolta are "old dogs" in this movie, and after 57 episodes, Jeff and Stuart feel like old dogs too.

152:00

The Taking of Pelham 123

Travolting ·

2022/02/22

Jeff and Stuart hop on the Era 3 train, and first up, a train kidnapping movie. It's almost as if the boys are being kidnapped into a darker Travolta world.

52:44

The A-List Era (Recap Episode)

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2022/02/15

From Pulp Fiction in 1994 to Bolt in 2008, Jeff and Stuart recap the past 14 years of John Travolta's comeback phase. From the sudden sharp rise to A-list movie star, his Icarus moment with Battlefield Earth, his attempted rebound films, his Disney Trilogy, to the inevitable fall. The boys have a discussion about where Travolta's been, where he is, and where he's going.

92:34

Bolt

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2022/02/08

Bolt, a fun-loving classical tale about a dog that, since a pup, had been raised in the film industry as a superhero dog. The catch? The filmmakers make the dog actually believe that it is a real life superhero. Joined by fellow film-industry worker Ang Gardner, the three talk about the ramifications of such a choice. Is this humane? Does this dog deserve a better? Should Bolt have died at the end of the movie? Hear them out and you decide.

101:34

Hairspray

Travolting ·

2022/02/01

You've seen him be a 50's greaser, you've seen him be a disco dancer. Now... in the year of our lord 2007, get ready to witness our favorite man dawn on the wig, the legs, the cheeks, the ass, and the lips; as John Travolta presents the silver screen as the legendary Edna Turnblad in the hit musical, Hairspray.

129:14

Wild Hogs

Travolting ·

2022/01/25

It's 2007, Don Elmore (early 50's), just got home from a hard day at work. His two young boys, Stuart (12) and Mathew (9) have been home from school for a while. It's a Friday, and he promised the boys that they'd watch a movie together. So they drive to the movie theater. What's playing you might ask? Spiderman 3? Nah. The Game Plan with Dwayne Johnson? Too childish. No Country for Old Men? Too Mature. WILD HOGS?? Perfect...So Don and the boys sit down and watch the movie. They have a decent time

78:34

Lonely Hearts

Travolting ·

2022/01/18

It's the late 1940's, Detective Elmer Robinson (Travolta) and Charlie Stromboli (Gandolfini) are heavy hitting detectives on the prowl looking for the infamous "Lonely Hearts Killers" (Hayek & Leto). Jeff and Stuart take a look into this period piece tale with awe and wonder, as they ask themselves the question: "Couldn't we have just watched Public Enemies?"

39:22

Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D

Travolting ·

2022/01/11

SPACE!! The final frontier, these are the voyages of podcast, Travolting. It's 73-episode mission, to explore John Travolta. To seek out old and new films and puzzling performances. To boldy go, where no podcaster has gone before...It's a documentary about the moon landing and Travolta voices Jim Irwin in it.

85:02

Be Cool

Travolting ·

2022/01/04

Happy New Year folks! Don't you just hate sequels? They're almost never as good as the original, they reuse bits, ruin your favorite characters, sloppy writing; it's all bad. But we're all gonna 'Be Cool' as we give this sequel a shot-- oh wait... breaking news... Vince Vaughn commits a war crime in this movie? Oh boy....

124:48

Ladder 49

Travolting ·

2021/12/28

You folks have probably figured out by now which types of movies our hosts enjoy. For Jeff, it's the silly, not too serious, low-brow but thoughtful movie like Boris and Natasha. For Stuart, it's the heartfelt, earnest, inspirational, thought-provoking movies like A Love Song for Bobby Long. Well get ready for another "Stuart" film, Ladder 49, where Jeff unfortunately may have made one too many firefighter jokes for Stuart to fully endorse this episode.Who writes these descriptions by the way?

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