Don"t Call Us Shirley! A Parody Movie Podcast

Welcome to DON'T CALL US SHIRLEY! A PARODY MOVIE PODCAST, proudly sponsored this time by MacDougall's House of Horrors, just near Stroud.Hosted by A. J. Black and Matt Latham, Don't Call Us Shirley! explores the breadth of cinematic parody and pastiche across the decades, tackling the great, good and obscure along the way. In this episode, they look at the 1948 Universal Monsters pastiche, Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein. One of the earliest spoofs to become a sizeable hit, it features two

Welcome to DON'T CALL US SHIRLEY! A PARODY MOVIE PODCAST.Hosted by A. J. Black and Matt Latham, Don't Call Us Shirley! explores the breadth of cinematic parody and pastiche across the decades, tackling the great, good and obscure along the way. In this episode, they look at the 1998 gangster film spoof, Jane Austen's Mafia. The last film of both star Lloyd Bridges and director Jim Abrahams, this takes aim at The Godfather, Goodfellas and more in a genre marked by violence and tragedy. Does it

Welcome to DON'T CALL US SHIRLEY! A PARODY MOVIE PODCAST.Hosted by A. J. Black and Matt Latham, Don't Call Us Shirley! explores the breadth of cinematic parody and pastiche across the decades, tackling the great, good and obscure along the way. In this episode, they look at the 2003 political puppet satire, Team America: World Police. Trey Parker and Matt Stone's polemic against the War on Terror stands as a striking deconstruction of America's reaction to 9/11, but does it resonate twenty years

Welcome to DON'T CALL US SHIRLEY! A PARODY MOVIE PODCAST.Hosted by A. J. Black and Matt Latham, Don't Call Us Shirley! explores the breadth of cinematic parody and pastiche across the decades, tackling the great, good and obscure along the way. In this episode, they discuss the brand new sequel to 1984's classic This Is Spinal Tap, Spinal Tap 2: The End Continues. How well does Rob Reiner revive this assortment of now ageing rockers? Does the film successfully fit into the world of the

Welcome to DON'T CALL US SHIRLEY! A PARODY MOVIE PODCAST.Hosted by A. J. Black and Matt Latham, Don't Call Us Shirley! explores the breadth of cinematic parody and pastiche across the decades, tackling the great, good and obscure along the way. In this episode, they turn it up to eleven by tackling the king of the 'rockumentary', 1984's This Is Spinal Tap. With a sequel imminent, they look at how well this defined spoofing the music industry for decades to come, joined by podcaster and music

Welcome to DON'T CALL US SHIRLEY! A PARODY MOVIE PODCAST.Hosted by A. J. Black and Matt Latham, Don't Call Us Shirley! explores the breadth of cinematic parody and pastiche across the decades, tackling the great, good and obscure along the way. In this episode, they go back to what many might consider the greatest film in this entire sub-genre - 1980's Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker spoof Airplane! It is the best of all in terms of spoof? Has it aged well? Can either of us speak jive? Get on board and

Welcome to DON'T CALL US SHIRLEY! A PARODY MOVIE PODCAST.Hosted by A. J. Black and Matt Latham, Don't Call Us Shirley! explores the breadth of cinematic parody and pastiche across the decades, tackling the great, good and obscure along the way. In their first full episode, they tackle the brand new reboot/revival of The Naked Gun, directed by Akiva Schaffer... Host / Editor A. J. Black Co-Host Matt Latham Special Guest Sgt. Fred Cirrcone Find the podcast on social media via

Welcome to DON'T CALL US SHIRLEY! A PARODY MOVIE PODCAST. Hosted by A. J. Black and Matt Latham, Don't Call Us Shirley! explores the breadth of cinematic parody and pastiche across the decades, tackling the great, good and obscure along the way. In this shorter introductory episode, they begin by looking at the first very instance of recorded parody - 1900's 1-minute short film at the beginning of cinema itself, Sherlock Holmes Baffled, a film so obscure nobody even knows who starred in