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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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107:21

Flubber

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2025/09/24

"Who hasn't made a Flubber in their lifetime?" - Jeff

123:10

Deconstructing Harry

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2025/09/17

Jeff and Stuart's second time covering a Woody Allen movie but this one being a full fledged written by, directed by and starring Woody Allen about a writer who cheats on his many wives. An obvious complete fictitious fabrication from Allen's mind which bares no resemblance to any of his real life alleged controversies and issues... allegedly...Please don't sue us.

53:55

Father's Day

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2025/09/10

Besides their unscripted cameo on the popular TV Show "Friends", the only other project famed best friends Robin Williams and Billy Crystal would star in together was the 1997 film, Father's Day. With the comedic chemistry that exists between these two improv giants, you would think these two would thrive and soar in this movie.... we have some terrible news...

110:45

Hamlet

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2025/09/03

To be (in this movie) or not to be (in this movie)... that is the question Robin Williams must ask himself as he joins back up with Kenneth Branagh for a short and quick role in his 1996 epic cinematic adaptation of William Shakespeare's Hamlet.

47:22

The Secret Agent

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2025/08/27

"ITS SMEEE!!!" Just kidding its actually Bob Hoskins in a very different role portraying a russian agent who uncovers a conspiracy in which involves his special needs brother-in-law played by 22-year-old Christian Bale. Robin makes an "explosive" appearance in this film as "The Professor".

108:07

Jack

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2025/08/20

From the director who brought you The Godfather Trilogy, Bram Stoker's Dracula, and Megalopolis, comes a movie made for... well... nobody really... I mean we don't even know if Jack is made for kids only, adults only, or both. Either way, Jeff, Stuart and Brian had a blast talking about the rise and fall of one of Hollywood's most famous/infamous directors.

70:14

Aladdin and the King of Thieves

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2025/08/13

Wait a minute... isn't this the third Aladdin movie? Wasn't there one in the middle? Return of Jafar? Well you are correct but Robin Williams isn't in that one because of a dispute between himself and Disney. Aladdin and the King of Thieves, the second direct to video sequel of the classic first movie, reprises Robin Williams in his famous role of the Genie. There's a couple of okay musical numbers but all in all its exactly what you'd expect from Disney's direct to video slop pipeline.

100:41

The Birdcage

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2025/08/06

"Chewing gum helps me think!" "Sweetie, you're wasting your gum." Robin Williams and Nathan Lane play a gay couple who own and run a nightclub in Palm Beach Florida when their son's fiance's conservative parents (Gene Hackman & Dianne Wiest) decide to drive down to visit. An instant classic with great laughs and a joyful message of love.

120:50

Jumanji

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2025/07/30

It's Stuart's greatest fear, getting Jumanji'd into one of his board games. But wait a second... is getting Jumanji'd when you go into the game or when the game comes out of the game to you? This 1995 adventure film stars Robin Williams as Alan Parrish who has been sucked into a board game trying to survive the jungle for the past 26 years only to find out he must finish the game he started. This movie lived on a bunch of millennials VHS shelves!

134:14

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar

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2025/07/23

A mouthful of a title but an important milestone of a film in queer cinema. Watch Patrick Swayze, Wesley Snipes, and John Leguizamo in drag drive across the country to compete in the Drag Queen of America contest and run into all sorts of interesting situations and personalities of which themselves and the people they meet come away with the appreciation for expressing your truest self.

68:31

Nine Months

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2025/07/18

This week's episode features a classic 90's rom com where Hugh Grant and Julianne Moore are suddenly expecting! Hugh Grant, the usual non-committal lover boy, has to come to terms with whether he's truly ready to be a father. Robin's role in this? Well obviously its the Russian gynecologist.

45:50

In Search of Dr Seuss

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2025/07/09

A journalist explores the early life and career of famed children's author Dr Seuss through retelling of his most popular stories told through the lens of significant cultural and sociopolitical events. Robin pops in for a short but heartfelt sequence where he reads the Cat in the Hat to his daughter, Zelda.

84:11

Being Human

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2025/07/02

Imagine Cloud Atlas but if it was boring.

135:23

Mrs. Doubtfire

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2025/06/26

If you were born in the 90's, this and/or Aladdin was your childhood introduction to Robin Williams. This heartwarming Chris Columbus movie has a dark spin among certain audiences, like Jeff.

122:36

Toys

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2025/06/18

Robin Williams reunites with Good Morning Vietnam Director Barry Levinson in this blank check, first draft film that combines the ideas of Willy Wonka, Small Soldiers, and Apocalypse Now.

141:40

Aladdin

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2025/06/11

MAKE WAAAAAYYY FOR PRINCE ROBIN!!! Robin at the height of his acting career hits another homerun as the titular Genie in Disney's 1992 animated classic, Aladdin. When the writers and producers were attempting to do some research on middle eastern culture, they decided going to the Saudi Arabian expo at the Los Angeles Convention Center was all that they needed. That all said, Robin's role as the genie is what will cement his voice and "stream-of-consciousness" mind into children and adults all

104:00

FernGully: The Last Rainforest

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2025/06/04

Jeff, Stuart and special guest Alex Wilson talk about Robin Williams' first feature length animated role as Batty Koba in FernGully: The Last Rainforest. Batty is a bat, as the name would imply, that suffered under human experiments which led to him having erratic mood changes where his personality switches like changing the channel on a TV.

29:33

A Wish for Wings that Work

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2025/05/28

Before FernGully, before Aladdin, Robin does a single scene voice cameo for a children's animated short film based on the penguin who wished he could fly. "Technically" this is Robin's first ever animated role in his career.

146:25

Hook

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2025/05/22

Williams first of his two collaborations with the legendary Steven Spielberg. Join Jeff, Stuart and Rebecca Johnson as the three all go toe to toe in debating the ultimate question: Is Hook a good movie?

138:51

The Fisher King

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2025/05/14

Robin's second collaboration with Terry Gilliam involves a grungy New York city where a disgraced DJ played by Jeff Bridges befriends Robin Williams who plays a homeless man who believes he is a knight on a mission from god to find the holy grail.

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