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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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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

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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

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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

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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)

Travolting ·

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

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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?

31:39

A Very Travolting Christmas

Travolting ·

2021/12/21

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all of our Travolting listeners! Brace yourselves for our very first (and probably only) Christmas special episode! This episode is full of laughs, jolly, and some unexpected guests that bring some surprising gifts to the podcast. Enjoy and Merry Christmas!

106:59

A Love Song for Bobby Long

Travolting ·

2021/12/14

So let's be real for a second. We've been hitting a rough patch with Travolta lately. Battlefield Earth was the iceberg, and the Travolta's been sinking for a while. But... in our deepest and darkest moment, a light shines through... a light that gives us hope that one day, John Travolta may be able to come back to our graces and give us the life that we've always wanted with him. That tiny ray of hope is A Love Song for Bobby Long.

122:06

The Punisher

Travolting ·

2021/12/07

Remember the early Marvel days? Before the MCU? Back when X-Men, Spiderman and Blade ruled the superhero industry? Where there's always this one sleeper film that not a lot of people talk about, and to be honest... the viewing experience can be quite a punishment. That's right, on this episode, Jeff, Stuart and special guess David Wilczynski talk about the 2004 vigilante film, The Punisher. Gun shot noises

104:31

Basic

Travolting ·

2021/11/30

Imagine you're watching a movie and it's got a lot of twists, and then there's the big twist at the end and you think you've got the whole movie figured out, but then there's another twist! After that twist you're a little confused but maybe you could piece things together but then after that THERE'S ANOTHER TWIST! AND BEFORE YOU COULD EVEN GRASP WHAT MATERIAL THE UNIVERSE IS MADE OUT OF THERE'S SEVEN MORE TWISTS AFTER THAT!!!Sounds pretty 'Basic' right?

109:27

Austin Powers in Goldmember

Travolting ·

2021/11/23

On today's episode of Travolting; Stu, Jeff and our very shagadelic friend Alex Wilson get shagalicious with this shagomatic cinematic masterpiece in which John Travolta graces for about 4 seconds (we counted). Oh behave baby... AH THANK YOU!

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