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Duckin" the Usher

JAS LIVE EVENTS

On Duckin" the Usher, Josh and Zak will discuss movies you wanted to see... but did not pay to view at the theater. Ranging from cult classics, sleeper hits, total flops, and the hidden gems that you may have forgotten existed at all! We delve into the facts, troubles, and triumphs of the production while - hopefully - providing the listener an entertaining, educated, and enlightened experience as we take you on a roller-coaster of nostalgia. Make sure to follow/subscribe to Duckin" the Usher on

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01:16:13

EP. 24 - Love Potion #9 (1992)

Duckin" the Usher ·

2020/02/22

Josh and Zak talk about this massive flop!Unlucky in love, chemist Paul Matthews (Tate Donovan) visits gypsy Madame Rosa (Anne Bancroft) for help. Quickly realizing he is a hopeless nerd, she gifts him with Love Potion No. 8, which makes anyone who wears it irresistible to the opposite sex for four hours. Paul and animal psychologist coworker Diane Farrow (Sandra Bullock) decide to test it on themselves. The awkward pair suddenly find themselves alluring to anyone they approach, but soon realize

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01:34:25

EP. 23 - True Romance (1993)

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2020/02/15

Happy Valentines Day! Josh and Zak discuss True Romance (1993) voted by our Patrons. A comic-book nerd and Elvis fanatic Clarence (Christian Slater) and a prostitute named Alabama (Patricia Arquette) fall in love. Clarence breaks the news to her pimp and ends up killing him. He grabs a suitcase of cocaine on his way out thinking it is Alabama's clothing. The two hit the road for California hoping to sell the cocaine, but the mob is soon after them.PRODUCED BY- JAS LIVE EVENTS/BLACK JACKET

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01:54:11

EP. 22 - Super Mario Bros. (1993)

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2020/02/08

Josh , Zak and Guest Host Chris Rios talk about the Cult Film - Super Mario Bros. (1993) eat some mushrooms and slide down the pipe with us.Brooklyn plumbers Mario and Luigi get the shock of their lives when they discover a parallel world populated by the intelligent descendants of dinosaurs. It seems they weren't destroyed by a meteor millions of years ago but hurled into another dimension and, now, they have plans to rule our world. It's up to our unlikely heroes to battle the evil King Koopa and

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01:22:33

EP. 21 - Little Giants (1994)

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2020/02/01

Josh and Zak Gear up for the Superbowl (LIV) with the classic Little Giants (1994)Ever since childhood, nerdy Danny O'Shea (Rick Moranis) has felt inferior to his brother, Kevin (Ed O'Neill), a former college football star. Danny runs a gas station, while Kevin coaches the local youth football team. When Kevin's team rejects Danny's daughter, Becky (Shawna Waldron), because she's a girl, Becky convinces her dad to start a rival team, though the city can support only one. To prove himself against his

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EP. 20 - Johnny Got His Gun (1971)

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2020/01/25

Josh and Zak discuss a Dalton Trumbo Classic!War has plunged Army soldier Joe Bonham (Timothy Bottoms) into an unending nightmare. Hit by an artillery shell in World War I, Joe has suffered injuries that have all but erased his humanity: he's lost his sight, speech, hearing and sense of smell. But he still has the ability to think and remember, which, in the end, may be more a curse than a blessing. Trapped in his body, Joe realizes there's only one way out of his misery: death. Can he get a

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01:41:13

EP. 19 - Duck Dive (Q & A)

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2020/01/18

Josh and Zak answer movie related questions submitted by the Fans (Quacks)!-One time Donation (Paypal)-Be a part of the show (Patreon)

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01:14:56

EP. 18 - Tremors (1990)

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2020/01/11

Josh and Zak talk about the cult film Tremors (1990)Repairmen Val McKee (Kevin Bacon) and Earl Bassett (Fred Ward) are tired of their dull lives in the small desert town of Perfection, Nev. But just as the two try to skip town, they happen upon a series of mysterious deaths and a concerned seismologist (Finn Carter) studying unnatural readings below the ground. With the help of an eccentric couple (Reba McEntire, Michael Gross), the group fights for survival against giant, worm-like monsters hungry

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01:13:24

EP. 17 - Death To Smoochy (2002)

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2020/01/04

Happy New Year 2020!Josh and Zak talk about "Death to Smoochy"-Tells the story of Rainbow Randolph (Robin Williams), the corrupt, costumed star of a popular children's TV show, who is fired over a bribery scandal and replaced by squeaky-clean Smoochy (Edward Norton), a puffy fuscia rhinoceros. As Smoochy catapults to fame - scoring hit ratings and the affections of a network executive (Catherine Keener) - Randolph makes the unsuspecting rhino the target of his numerous outrageous attempts to exact

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EP. 16 - Rare Exports (2010)

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2019/12/28

Final show of 2019! Josh and Zak have one more holiday treat! "Rare Exports" (2010)A young boy named Pietari (Onni Tommila) and his friend Juuso (Ilmari Järvenpää) think a secret mountain drilling project near their home in northern Finland has uncovered the tomb of Santa Claus. However, this a monstrous, evil Santa, much unlike the cheery St. Nick of legend. When Pietari's father (Jorma Tommila) captures a feral old man (Peeter Jakobi) in his wolf trap, the man may hold the key to why reindeer are

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01:08:56

EP. 15 - Gremlins (1984)

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2019/12/21

Josh and Zak talk about the cult favorite Gremlins (1984)A gadget salesman is looking for a special gift for his son and finds one at a store in Chinatown. The shopkeeper is reluctant to sell him the `mogwai' but sells it to him with the warning to never expose him to bright light, water, or to feed him after midnight. All of this happens and the result is a gang of gremlins that decide to tear up the town on Christmas Eve-One time Donation (Paypal)-Be a part of the show (Patreon)

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01:23:24

EP. 14 - Star Wars: Ewok Adventures (1984-85)

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2019/12/14

Josh and Zak do a double feature!Caravan of Courage- When a family's spacecraft crashes on the forest moon of planet Endor, teenage son Mace (Eric Walker) and his little sister, Cindel (Aubree Miller), find themselves separated from their parents. Soon these lost children encounter the Ewoks, the small and furry warriors who call the moon home. With the help of these adorable yet fearless natives, brother and sister set out on a quest to rescue their parents from the grip of a vicious monster known

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01:14:23

EP. 13 - The Good Son (1993)

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2019/12/07

Josh and Zak talk about a not so happy movie!Mark (Elijah Wood), a young boy who loses his mother, must stay with his extended family while his father is away on business. Mark becomes acquainted with his cousin Henry (Macaulay Culkin). However, the extent of Henry's depravity becomes clear when Mark sees him kill a neighbor's dog and intentionally create a traffic pileup on the highway. After a supposed mishap on an icy pond with Henry's sister Connie (Quinn Culkin), Mark tries to reveal Henry's

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EP. 12 - Frozen (2010)

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2019/11/30

Josh and Zak discuss the 2010 film Frozen.Three skiers stranded on a chairlift are forced to make life-or-death choices, which prove more perilous than staying put and freezing to death. -One time Donation (Paypal)-Be a part of the show (Patreon)

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01:07:07

EP. 11 - Dutch (1991)

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2019/11/23

Josh and Zak discuss their pick for Thanksgiving!Working man Dutch (Ed O'Neill) is dating the divorced Natalie (JoBeth Williams), and he offers to drive her stuffy 13-year-old, Doyle (Ethan Randall), from his private school in Atlanta to his mother's home in Chicago for Thanksgiving. Doyle is not interested as he blames Natalie for the divorce and wants nothing to do with Mom's new boyfriend, especially given the man's lowly, working-class roots. This pairing makes for a journey filled with

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01:30:07

EP. 10 - The Adventures of Baron Münchausen (1988)

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2019/11/16

Josh and Zak Talk about The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988) by Terry Gilliam.During the "Age of Reason" of the late 18th century, the Turkish army lays siege to a European city where a theater production about the extraordinary heroics of famed German aristocrat Baron Münchausen is underway. A man steps forward to object that the performance is full of inaccuracies, claiming that he is the real Baron Münchausen (John Neville). When the Turkish army approaches with gunfire, the baron undertakes

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01:18:19

EP. 09 - Blue Thunder (1983)

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2019/11/09

Josh and Zak discuss Blue Thunder from 1983!!Frank Murphy is a courageous and honourable Los Angeles police officer who is chosen to test run Blue Thunder, a high-tech experimental attack helicopter. While flying Blue Thunder, Murphy and his partner discover that the government intends to use the helicopter for corrupt crowd control and surveillance-One time Donation (Paypal)-Be a part of the show (Patreon)

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01:22:49

EP. 08 - Turbo Kid (2015)

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2019/11/02

Josh and Zak discuss Turbo Kid from 2015 with a special Guest Host!In a post-apocalyptic wasteland in 1997, a comic book fan adopts the persona of his favorite hero to save his enthusiastic friend and fight a tyrannical overlord.-One time Donation (Paypal)-Be a part of the show (Patreon)

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01:15:03

EP. 07 - Ernest Scared Stupid (1991)

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2019/10/26

Josh and Zak discuss the Halloween classic Ernest Scared Stupid.Ernest P. Worrell (Jim Varney) is working as a garbage collector in a small Missouri town. Despite the warnings of superstitious local Old Lady Hackmore (Eartha Kitt), he accidentally unleashes devious troll Trantor (Jonas Moscartolo), a slimy creature confined under a tree for 200 years. Trantor changes some kids into wooden dolls and turns Ernest's dog, Rimshot, into a log. Ernest then teams up with Old Lady Hackmore to get rid of the

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01:33:44

EP. 06 - CopyCat (1995)

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2019/10/19

Josh and Zak Discuss the film Copy Cat (1995)Deeply shaken after being assaulted by a deranged man (Harry Connick Jr.), Dr. Helen Hudson (Sigourney Weaver) must face her fears if she is to help solve a series of murders. Helen is a psychologist who has studied serial killers, but this case, in which the crimes seem modeled on the work of infamous deviants, is grimmer than most. With the help of two San Francisco police officers (Holly Hunter, Dermot Mulroney), Helen tries to come between the

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01:09:48

EP. 05 - Barfly (1987)

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2019/10/12

(Strong Language) Josh and Zak talk about Barfly from 1987!Down-and-out writer Henry Chinaski (Mickey Rourke) spends his nights drinking and picking brawls at a dingy Los Angeles watering hole. One night Henry spies a kindred spirit in pretty barfly Wanda (Faye Dunaway) and, despite warning signs that she may be unfaithful, shacks up with the woman. When Henry's fears are confirmed by Wanda's infidelity with bartender Eddie (Frank Stallone), he begins an affair of his own with wealthy publisher

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