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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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Year 19, Episode 27

Chillpak Hollywood Hour ·

2025/11/10

Original Release Date: Monday 10 November 2025 Description: After almost 19 years of “changing the way you listen to the internet”, your friends in podcasting are about to change the way they continue to … change the way you listen to the internet! They discuss their plans on this week’s absolutely excellent show. Dean discusses a big improv performance he gave this weekend and goes deep into explaining the improv game “crime endowment”. In the long-awaited return of “Celebrity Deaths”, iconic

71:23

Year 19, Episode 26

Chillpak Hollywood Hour ·

2025/11/03

Original Release Date: Monday 3 November 2025 Description: After a cold open wherein Phil sets the stage, the show gets started in mid-conversation as frequent contributor Jon Lawlor shares some of his thoughts about Aziz Ansari’s Good Fortune. The topic then turns to Paul Thomas Anderson’s 2002 film Punch-Drunk Love with particular emphasis paid to the way Anderson used music while shooting the film. This leads to Dean explaining the ways on-set music would be used in the silent film era, and

67:30

Year 19, Episode 25

Chillpak Hollywood Hour ·

2025/10/27

Original Release Date: Monday 27 October 2025 Description: In what might be a first, Dean will offer up both a point and a counterpoint (all on his own) about the merits and deficits of Charles Laughton's The Night of the Hunter. Then, Phil will discuss the long career of the great cinematic surrealist Luis Buñuel and take a deep dive into one particular masterpiece of his, the 1950 Los Olividados ("The Young and the Damned"). Buñuel’s famous collaborations with Catherine Deneuve will lead Phil

77:13

Year 19, Episode 24

Chillpak Hollywood Hour ·

2025/10/20

Original Release Date: Monday 20 October 2025 Description: Big changes are on the horizon for YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour! This week's show begins with Dean and Phil discussing them. Then, they shift gears into a wide array of topics including: Unexpected events at local screenings of One Battle After Another, the variable frame rates of the silent era, a movie that had wildly different endings depending on in what country you saw it, a documentary about the making of The Night of the Hunter,

77:11

Year 19, Episode 23

Chillpak Hollywood Hour ·

2025/10/13

Original Release Date: Monday 13 October 2025 Description: This week's episode picks up where last week's show left off with a deep dive into Charles Laughton's 1955 masterpiece The Night of the Hunter the ending to which Dean greatly misunderstood. In fact, a special guest stops by to help explain the ending and to discuss the film through the prisms of expressionism, surrealism and absurdism. Then, Dean, Phil, and (frequent collaborator) Jon Lawlor discuss several filmmaking and film

107:49

Year 19, Episode 22

Chillpak Hollywood Hour ·

2025/10/06

Original Release Date: Monday 6 October 2025 Description: In what might be our longest episode ever, but is certainly an epic installment in any event, your friends in podcasting delve into the potential new relevancy of late night television, the frightening potential merger of Paramount/CBS/Skydance with Warner Bros/Discovery, and the power of TikTok (and other social media platforms) in turning this year's Superman into a box office hit. Four of the all-time great films (Carl Thodore

70:05

Year 19, Episode 21

Chillpak Hollywood Hour ·

2025/09/29

Original Release Date: Monday 29 September 2025 Description: Because Phil is on the road, tending to family matters, this week’s show was pre-recorded last week and much of the episode is dedicated to discussing two icons: The historic landmarked Mayan Theatre in downtown Los Angeles closed its doors for good on September 14, and the great leading man, filmmaker, and supporter of the arts and the environment, Robert Redford, left the stage on September 16. Dean and Phil do a deep dive into his

59:41

Year 19, Episode 20

Chillpak Hollywood Hour ·

2025/09/22

Original Release Date: Monday 22 September 2025 Description: Phil is hitting the road, but before doing so, he recorded a great deal of material for the next two installments of YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour! This week, he and Marc Hershon discuss the following television series: "Your Friends and Neighbors", "The Studio", "Alien: Earth", "Chief of War", "Peacemaker", and "Code of Silence". Dean reveals whether or not he is participating in a Winnipeg-themed art show, and talks about why any

69:47

Year 19, Episode 19

Chillpak Hollywood Hour ·

2025/09/15

Original Release Date: Monday 15 September 2025 Description: In another episode featuring now regular contributor Jon Lawlor (longtime purveyor of excellent Chillpak Hollywood Hour theme songs), Dean tells stories of his ongoing trip back to his hometown of Winnipeg and the workshopping of a theatrical play that was the reason for his trip. He also reveals details of what may, or may not, be a Winnipeg-themed art collection he will be (or might not be) showing at a forthcoming Hamilton, Ontario,

70:45

Year 19, Episode 18

Chillpak Hollywood Hour ·

2025/09/08

Original Release Date: Monday 8 September 2025 Description: This week’s show was recorded several days early because Dean is off to Canada to workshop a new play, to re-visit some of his old, musical stomping grounds, and to prepare for an art show! Phil hosted a live stage show this past week, one that featured such good friends of Chillpak as Lily Holleman and Jon Lawlor. Phil offers a full report in “Live Event of the Week”. An email from a loyal listener about the dangers and responsibility

69:41

Year 19, Episode 17

Chillpak Hollywood Hour ·

2025/09/01

Original Release Date: Monday 1 September 2025 Description: It's the symbolic final weekend of summer 2025 and your friends in podcasting commemorate in style with almost 70 minutes of rich podcasty goodness! They discuss how one of Dean's all-time least favorite films might become a television series. They discuss how a Todd Haynes period detective film they would have loved to see might just be back from the dead. They discuss how and why Weapons has captured the cultural conversation in a

62:14

Year 19, Episode 16

Chillpak Hollywood Hour ·

2025/08/25

Original Release Date: Monday 25 August 2025 Description: This was not the show we expected to be bringing you this week, but all of a sudden, during their “side project” (“The Art Life” with friend of show Jon Lawlor), Dean started holding court about the current box office smash Superman. Suffice it to say, Dean had THOUGHTS! So, we bring you what ensued, a free-wheeling discussion not only of the James Gunn-directed blockbuster, but a discussion of DC comics’ history, of the character’s

78:12

Year 19, Episode 15

Chillpak Hollywood Hour ·

2025/08/18

Original Release Date: Monday 18 August 2025 Description: This week, another “audio collage” of two different conversations recorded at different times, both exploring different facets of comedy. First Dean and Phil convene to compare notes on the new reboot of The Naked Gun – what it did right, what could have been done better and what good things its success (especially with young people) might portend! Another recent release, Riff Raff gets reviewed, and the importance of sketch and improv

61:44

Year 19, Episode 14

Chillpak Hollywood Hour ·

2025/08/11

Original Release Date: Monday 11 August 2025 Description: This week, Dean and Phil go deeper into the life and career of the brilliant Tom Lehrer before opening the Chillpak morgue and remembering astronaut Jim Lovell, actor Alfie Wise, WKRP star Loni Anderson, wrestling superstar Hulk Hogan, heavy metal icon Ozzy Osbourne, and beloved "Cosby Show" star Malcolm-Jamar Warner, in "Celebrity Deaths". These discussions lead to several unexpected an fascinating topics. After that, Phil describes

75:08

Year 19, Episode 13

Chillpak Hollywood Hour ·

2025/08/04

Original Release Date: Monday 4 August 2025 Description: Dean Haglund turned 60 this week and on the occasion, Phil Leirness and (friend of show and composer of numerous themes songs) Jon Lawlor met up with Dean via Zoom to discuss the importance of celebrating birthdays. They also celebrated the incredible life and hilarious artistry of the great Tom Lehrer. This leads into a discussion of the gents' all time biggest comedy influences. Finally, they discuss the fact that two of the films

63:44

Year 19, Episode 12

Chillpak Hollywood Hour ·

2025/07/28

Original Release Date: Monday 28 July 2025 Description: Because your friends in podcasting really wanted to take a much-needed week off, they pre-recorded this week's show in two parts. One part involves Dean and Phil continuing their ongoing reappraisal of the "Mission: Impossible" films, as they debate the merits of the most successful (and critically acclaimed) installment – Mission: Impossible - Fallout. The other part was recorded with good pal Jon Lawlor during their weekly discussion

60:49

Year 19, Episode 11

Chillpak Hollywood Hour ·

2025/07/21

Original Release Date: Monday 21 July 2025 Description: It’s been a while since Phil brought out the ol’ Chillpak soapbox, but on this week’s show, it comes in handy as Dean and Phil delve into the huge show biz news in “The Explanation of the Week” involving late night shows, corporate mergers, bribery, evangelical Christianity, and Stephen Colbert. In “What We’re Reading” the teachings of Taoist philosophy go into the spotlight. The first two episodes of “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds”

63:07

Year 19, Episode 10

Chillpak Hollywood Hour ·

2025/07/14

Original Release Date: Monday 14 July 2025Description: Dean and Phil begin by remember "Live Aid" at 40, before celebrating an influential rock star, a chart-topping R&B performer, a journeyman actor with countless credits, a "The Dukes of Hazzard" funnyman, and the composer responsible for all the music of "The X-Files" in "Celebrity Deaths". Then, Dean answers a question from a listener, revealing his favorite two episodes of "The Lone Gunmen", both the one he most enjoyed watching and the

70:17

Year 19, Episode 9

Chillpak Hollywood Hour ·

2025/07/07

Original Release Date: Monday 7 June 2025 Description: This week, you will hear your friends in podcasting discussing an ill-fated screening of Spaceballs, the 4th of July, patriotism, fireworks and the seminal band, Earth, Wind and Fire. In "Celebrity Deaths", actor-singer Aki Aleong, journalist Bill Moyers, televangelist Jimmy Swaggert, actor Michael Madsen, and actor Julian McMahon all get remembered. Dean and Phil go back and forth singing the praises of the Netflix comedy-mystery limited

68:16

Year 19, Episode 8

Chillpak Hollywood Hour ·

2025/06/30

Original Release Date: Monday 30 June 2025 Description: Phil is in Montecito, California. Dean is ALMOST back into his house in Birmingham, Michigan. They got together via the magic of podcasting (and zoom) to discuss: The week that was for "Cobra Kai" star Martin Kove, the latest company splits for "Legacy Media" conglomerates, and California's now official increase in the annual Film & TV Tax Credit funding. Wes Anderson and The Phoenician Scheme, Apple and their F1 and Fountain of

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