Box Office Battle

Reviews: Iron Sky: The Coming Race, Ford v Ferrari, Bikram: Yogi Guru Predator, and Parasite

Mon, 02 Dec 2019 22:03:41 GMT

For the bonus episode of Box Office Battle this week we review Iron Sky: The Coming Race, Ford v Ferrari, Bikram: Yogi Guru, Predator, and Parasite.

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Waterworld vs Runaway Train

Mon, 25 Nov 2019 14:04:08 GMT

Kevin Costner is a gilled mutant who uses woman for currency in a water world named...well...Waterworld. Jon Voight and Eric Roberts get on a runaway train heading down the track. And that runaway train's never coming back in...Runaway Train.

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Reviews: One Child Nation, The Apollo, Jojo Rabbit, and The King

Mon, 18 Nov 2019 13:55:44 GMT

For the bonus episode of Box Office Battle this week we review Jojo Rabbit and talk about it's Oscar potential. Amazon's One Child Nation and HBO's The Apollo are explored. And Netflix's The King is discussed as is Robert Patterson's upcoming turn as Batman.

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The Warriors vs Willow

Mon, 11 Nov 2019 17:44:11 GMT

A gang must battle across New York to get to safety in The Warriors. A dwarf must battle across Andowyne to get a baby to safety in Willow. The comparisons end there. Join us for the first movie debate between man and machine.

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Reviews: Truth, The Addams Family, Zombieland Double Tap, and Dolemite is My Name

Mon, 04 Nov 2019 21:25:44 GMT

Welcome to the new bonus episodes of Box Office Battle. In this edition we review Truth, The Addams Family, Zombieland Double Tap, and Dolemite is My Name.

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Little Shop of Horrors vs Lady Frankenstein

Mon, 21 Oct 2019 15:04:13 GMT

At the Little Shop of Horrors a plant will grow...as long it's fed people. Lady Frankenstein is an irresistible creature with an insatiable lust for the dead. Plus we review In the Tall Grass, Joker, and El Camino.

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Fun with Dick and Jane (1977) vs Weekend at Bernie's

Tue, 08 Oct 2019 02:09:50 GMT

Dick and Jane can't hold onto jobs, so they rob everyone else in Fun with Dick and Jane. A dead man becomes a puppet for...reasons in Weekend at Bernie's. Also American Factory, Between Two Ferns and 3 From Hell are reviewed.

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Josie and the Pussycats vs The Doom Generation

Mon, 23 Sep 2019 07:40:24 GMT

We pit Parker Posey movies against each other. Josie and the Pussycats finds a band battling brainwashing and Carson Daly. And teenagers murder and screw across America in The Doom Generation. Plus we review It Chapter 2.

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Back to School vs Swamp Thing

Mon, 09 Sep 2019 14:54:48 GMT

Season three finally launches with the movies of Adrienne Barbeau. Rodney Dangerfield buys his way into college in Back to School. A man's transformed into a thing in the swamp in...umm..Swamp Thing. Finally we review the french film La Grande Classe.

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Tremors vs Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins

Thu, 05 Sep 2019 03:26:59 GMT

Giant creatures eat find people through vibrations in the ground and then devour them in Tremors. Then a cop has his death faked, is forced to undergo plastic surgery, and learn impossible martial arts in order to protect America in Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins. We're doing a double dose of Fred Ward.

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Big Trouble vs X-Men Last Stand

Fri, 21 Aug 2015 23:58:44 GMT

Stories of cops, criminals, kids, and others intersect in the comedic movie: Big Trouble. Mutants are given the choice of taking a pill and losing their powers, or fighting humans (I guess). Also, there's a mutant who becomes a more dangerous mutant whilst being entangle in a love triangle (I guess) in X-Men The Last Stand. Ben Foster(?) gets the Box Office treatment this episode.

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Raising Cain vs Bronson

Thu, 06 Aug 2015 04:16:38 GMT

A man with multiple personalities (John Lithgow) steals as many children as he can to traumatize them into have multiple personalities themselves in Raising Cain. A man will stop at nothing to be famous, even being incarcerated well beyond his original sentence. Tom Hardy stars in Bronson. Which movie will win? Hell, which personality will win?

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Dylan Dog Dead of Night vs Scott Pilgrim Vs the World

Wed, 17 Jun 2015 07:37:39 GMT

Brandon Routh gets a double feature, and lucky for all of us neither movie is Superman Returns. First Routh is a detective in a monster movie noir: Dylan Dog Dead of Night. Then Scott Pilgrim must face the League of Seven Evil Exes in Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World.

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Kung Fury vs John Wick

Tue, 02 Jun 2015 19:22:13 GMT

Kung Fury answers the question: what happens when a cop from Miami in 1985 goes back in time to kill Hitler? He finds friendships with dinosaurs, vikings, and the Norse God of Thunder of course. John Wick is the tale of a retired hitman who loses it when the mob kills his dog. Today we explore two balls out action movies to decide who will make it up to Mount Valhalla.

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She Devils of the SS vs Rapture Palooza

Wed, 20 May 2015 06:46:45 GMT

A lot of naked women join the Nazi party and try to keep moral up anyway they can in the grindhouse feature: She Devils of the SS. The evil facing it involves the Antichrist taking over the world (perched in Seattle), and deciding he's going to get down with Anna Kendrick in Rapture Palooza.

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The Avengers vs The Avengers: Age of Ultron

Wed, 06 May 2015 05:38:02 GMT

Today we break from the formula to pit The Avengers against (out in theaters right now) The Avengers Age of Ultron. You already know what these movies are, so let's just say that one is better, and we're going to get to the bottom of it.

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Sudden Death vs MacGruber

Wed, 15 Apr 2015 07:23:54 GMT

Jean Claude Van Dam is trying to disarm many bombs from exploding, and fights a penguin mascot in Sudden Death. Will Forte and Kristen Wiig can't seem to disarm even one bomb, and fights with a celery stalk up his @$$ in MacGruber. The movies of Powers Booth face off tonight, and only one can survive.

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Mystery Team vs. Safety Not Guaranteed

Wed, 18 Mar 2015 07:39:49 GMT

Aubrey Plaza movies face off today. First, a group of teenagers a-la The Hardy Boys try to solve a crime in Mystery Team. Then a curious ad on Craig's List that's attempting to find a partner for time travel leads to an hilarious adventure in Safety Not Guaranteed.

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Zapped! vs The Shining

Wed, 04 Mar 2015 07:00:34 GMT

Today we cover Stephen King inspired movies featuring Scatman Crothers. Scott Baio is a high school student who gains the ability of telekinesis and uses it as any of us would: to undress girls in public in the teen comedy Zapped! Then Jack Nicholson moves his family into haunted hotel and decides to kill them when he gets bored in the Kubrick masterpiece The Shining.

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Big Trouble in Little China vs The Thing vs Miracle

Wed, 25 Feb 2015 20:30:02 GMT

Today: a Kurt Russell-off! First a trucker (Russell) and Kim Catrall fights wizards and creatures in the "classic" Big Trouble in Little China. Then a group of scientists in Antartica (Russell, Wilford Brimley, Keith David, and others) battle a shape-shifting alien and paranoia in The Thing. Finally Kurt Russell coaches the 1980 USA hockey team in the biopic about The Miracle on Ice--Miracle. Aaron Donaldson guest stars as our judge.

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Jersey Girl vs. Zack and Miri

Wed, 25 Feb 2015 20:28:12 GMT

This week we have two under-appreciated films of Kevin Smith. Ben Affleck loses his wife, and has to raise his daughter with only the help of his father (George Carlin). But perhaps the most difficult thing for him is to put aside his old life for the new one in Jersey Girl. Seth Rogan and Elizabeth Banks play best friends who consummate their relationship while making a self produced internet video (you know the kind) in Zack and Miri.

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Gremlins vs. Die Hard

Wed, 25 Feb 2015 20:25:11 GMT

Hoyt Axtin obtains a mogwai that comes with three rules. He gives it to his son who doesn't hesitate to break all of them. Zack Galliger and Phoebe Cates star in Gremlins. Then Bruce Willis crawls through air ducts and broken glass just to find true love in Die Hard. It's two underrated holiday classics squaring off today.

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Fast Break vs. Amazing Grace and Chuck

Wed, 04 Feb 2015 10:42:07 GMT

Gabe Caplan plays a hard on his luck coach who takes four street ballers from New York to college in Nevada and turns the basketball world upside down in Fast Break. Chuck is a child who decides that he won't play baseball again until nuclear weapons are disarmed. Amazing Grace is the Boston Celtic who gives Chuck's movement traction. Gregory Peck plays the president who must deal with these two and the Russian Premier in Amazing Grace and Chuck. Only one film will sit atop the standings.

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Celtic Pride vs. Little Giants

Wed, 04 Feb 2015 10:20:27 GMT

Two die hard Celtic fans kidnap the star player of the Utah Jazz the night before Game Seven in Celtic Pride. Two brothers coach against each other for the right for their teams to play Pee Wee football in Little Giants. Only one movie will score enough points.

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The Walking Wounded vs. Just Say Yes

Wed, 14 Jan 2015 09:07:09 GMT

The men of Shooting the Show take over hosting duties this week and debate albums: The Walking Wounded vs. Just Say Yes. A winner will be chosen. Editing will be done. Paper airplanes will be thrown. Enjoy.

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Return of the Killer Tomatoes vs. Burn After Reading

Wed, 17 Dec 2014 18:03:18 GMT

A mad scientist creates tomatoes that turn into people with the sound of certain songs. This could reignite the tomato war from ten years ago. George Clooney stars in Return of the Killer Tomatoes. Then a lot of stupid people do stupid things the Coen Brothers film Burn After Reading. It's a George Clooney tour de force.

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Shakes the Clown vs. Death to Smoochy

Wed, 10 Dec 2014 09:25:12 GMT

An alcoholic clown (Bobcat Goldwaith) learns a valuable lesson about drinking too much on the job and not beating up mimes en route to rescuing his girlfriend (Julie Brown) from a cocaine addled children program host (Tom Kenny) in Shakes the Clown. Then a host of a children's program (Robin Williams) vows to kill his squeaky clean replacement (Edward Norton), but might be beaten to the punch by the mob, a network executive, or many other dangers in the dark comedy Death to Smoochy. Only one R-rated demented children show starring Robin Williams can come out victorious.

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Highlander 2 vs. The Prophecy 2

Wed, 03 Dec 2014 07:14:49 GMT

Today we pit Virginia Madison sequels against each other. Highlander 2 is the tale of immortals that can only die by getting their heads chopped off doing battle again. But this time they're aliens, coming back to life, and fighting under a sky roof. Never mind, it's complicated. The Prophecy 2 has Christopher Walken reprising his role as Gabrielle, still determined to wipe humanity off of the Earth.

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Revenge of the Green Dragons vs. The Blue Room vs. Dear White People

Wed, 26 Nov 2014 17:48:17 GMT

We break up the formula for one week. Today Zac and Biggs offer reviews of three independent movies in theaters right now: Revenge of the Green Dragons, The Blue Room, and Dear White People.

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This Is 40 vs. Defending Your Life

Wed, 12 Nov 2014 16:05:49 GMT

Today we explore two films starring the immortal Albert Brooks. This is 40 is the story of...well...being 40. Defending Your Life is about people dying and trying to move further into the afterlife through a courtroom setting. Both are funny. Both have wry observation. Only one will make it to the mountain top.

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Pirate Radio and Radioland Murders

Wed, 05 Nov 2014 08:33:22 GMT

The BBC has strict rules about playing rock and roll on the air so a group of DJs broadcast rock from a pirate ship in: Pirate Radio. A voice cuts into the first broadcast of WBN , and cast members wind up dead in the comedy/mystery movie: Radioland Murders. Only one will survive.

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Double Dragon vs. Super Mario Brothers

Wed, 08 Oct 2014 20:16:50 GMT

Two video game movies from the nineties face off today. Double Dragon takes place in New Angelos in the future year of 2007. The Lee Brothers take battle against the Shadow Demon (Robert Patrick) with help from their friend Marion (Alyssa Milano). Super Mario Brothers is the story of two different brothers (Bob Hoskins and John Leguizamo) try to save a princess from King Koopa (Dennis Hopper) and other dinosaurs.

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Finding Forrester vs. Real Genius

Sun, 05 Oct 2014 18:18:14 GMT

We're pitting young geniuses against each other tonight. Finding Forrester is the tale of a reclusive author who's brought out of his shell by an inner city youth who also has a gift with words. Real Genius is the Val Kilmer vehicle about college kids who unknowingly make a weapon for the government...and undermine it with wackiness.

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Highlander vs. Mortal Kombat

Wed, 01 Oct 2014 15:48:09 GMT

It's a Lambert-off. First, Christopher Lambert, Sean Connery, and Clancy Brown are immortals killing each other until their is only one left because...well...there can only be one. From the bowels of the eighties comes Highlander. Next, Christopher Lambert plays Rayden, a God who decides that maybe mankind being annihilated is a bad idea. So he sponsors man in a fighting tournament based off of an arcade game. Even gods have to get inspiration from somewhere.

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Batman Forever vs. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

Thu, 11 Sep 2014 16:37:26 GMT

Val Kilmer gets a double header. Batman Forever is the story of a...well come on. You already know. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is the tale of a private detective joining up with another PI for adventures and stuff. Just listen. I'm tired of typing.

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Enemy Mine vs. Attack the Block

Fri, 05 Sep 2014 13:33:11 GMT

It's an alien theme tonight. Enemy Mine is the story of a human and a Drack who find friendship despite trying to murder each other multiple times. Attack the Block is a story about humans who murder aliens and never find friendship with each other. Shit's about to get real uncomfortable.

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Big Fish vs Velvet Goldmine

Thu, 21 Aug 2014 14:55:44 GMT

A son (Ewan McGregor) goes to find out how authentic his father's tall tale is in the Tim Burton film: Big Fish. Ewan McGregor stars with Christian Bale in the glam rock love letter: Velvet Goldmine. In the end their can Obiwan.

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Apocalypse Now vs Red Dawn (1984) vs Flight of the Intruder

Thu, 14 Aug 2014 15:23:08 GMT

We battle out another three way, this time with the movies of John Milius. First the Milius written bomb which has since made up it's money and become a classic: Apocalypse Now. Then the Wolverines battle the red army in Colorado in: Red Dawn (the original). Finally, a forgotten Vietnam film starring Danny Glover and Willam Dafoe: Flight of the Intruder.

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Dr. Strange vs The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

Fri, 08 Aug 2014 15:37:01 GMT

This week we cover two movies which clearly don't use their comic book source material at all. Dr. Strange is the story of a doctor at a psych ward who learns to become a sorcerer. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen is about several literary characters (Allan Quartermain, The Invisible Man, and Tom Sawyer) who team up to fight evil. Only one awful, awful movie will mount Valhalla.

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Any Which Way You Can vs Following

Thu, 31 Jul 2014 06:28:48 GMT

A bare knuckled brawler (Clint Eastwood) fights in a championship of sorts. It catches the kind of attention from Nazi gangs and the Jersey mob that you don't want. Clyde the orangutan also stars in Any Which Way You Can. It's opponet is about an author who follows a thief and winds up learning the ropes from him. But he learns harsher lessons in the process. Christopher Nolan's first movie: Following.

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Predator 2 vs. Brain Dead

Wed, 16 Jul 2014 08:02:26 GMT

This Bill Paxton themed episode of the podcast stars Danny Glover as a police chief who is tracking down an alien in the jungle of Los Angelos in the future year of 1997. He discovers the first cinematic tie-ins to AVP, as well as the fact that he's too old for this shit. That's right...1990's Predator 2. Also, Bill Pullman stars along side Bill Paxton in a trippy Roger Corman movie about two brain surgeons. One is employed by a wealthy corporation, the other lives off of grants. But what happens when they team up and one of them begins to lose his grip on reality? Brain Dead is what happens. No matter who wins, Bill Paxton loses...or wins...I guess.

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Leaves of Grass vs. The Frighteners

Thu, 03 Jul 2014 07:20:40 GMT

Leaves of Grass features Edward Norton playing duel roles: one is college professor estranged from his family. The other is a pot dealer. Things don't go well. In the other corner is Peter Jackson's The Frighteners. Michael J. Fox plays a psychic who must stop a serial killer from beyond the grave. Only one movie will perch atop Valhalla.

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Envy vs. Saving Silverman

Thu, 26 Jun 2014 17:24:22 GMT

Jack Black strikes it rich with his new product Vapoorizer. His best friend and neighbor Ben Stiller goes crazy with jealousy in the movie Envy. Jack Black and Steve Zahn kidnap Amanda Peet in order to help their friend, Jason Biggs, find the right woman in Saving Silverman. Either way Jack Black will be victorious.

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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas Vs. The Replacements

Thu, 19 Jun 2014 07:59:22 GMT

Keanu Reeves mans a football team filled with scabs to get through a strike affected football season in The Replacements. Johnny Depp and Benacio Del Toro mourn the end of an era by going on a drug fueled adventure in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. As usual, there can be only one.

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How High vs. Stealing Harvard

Thu, 12 Jun 2014 06:18:10 GMT

Method Man and Red Man smoke a lot of weed and shake up Harvard in How High. Jason Lee and Tom Green commit multiple crimes and escape prison in Stealing Harvard. Only one Ivy League graduate will come out victorious.

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Disorganized Crime vs. The Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy

Thu, 05 Jun 2014 13:16:27 GMT

Ed O'Neil, Lou Diamond Philips, Fred Gwinn, Corbin Bernson, and Hoyt Axton star in a Disorganized Crime. This bomb covers a group of bank robbers trying to get a big score while staying one step ahead of Montana police and the FBI. Brain Candy is sketch comedy starring The Kids in the Hall that weaves sketches into a central story about a new pill that unlocks peoples happiest memories. Only one film will make it to the top of the Philadelphia Art Museum to shadow box.

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The Slaughter Rule vs. They Live

Thu, 29 May 2014 10:26:27 GMT

This week's podcast has a special guest judge: Sentient Rotten Tomatoes! Zac reviews The Slaughter Rule. It's an independent film about a teenager (Ryan Gosling) who plays six man football and deals with drama on and off the field. They Live is a John Carpenter directed movie that pays homage to fifties sci-fi films. Roddy Rod Piper and Keith David play two men who put on special sunglasses that show the world is run by aliens who control humanity through subliminal messages. As always, their can be only one.

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The Fantastic Four (1994) vs. Army of Darkness

Thu, 22 May 2014 12:31:29 GMT

We review Roger Corman's 1994 version of The Fantastic Four. Find out what happens when a production company is given 1.5 million dollars to make a superhero movie that they don't want anyone to see. In the other corner we have the Sam Raimi cult classic: Bruce Campbell vs. The Army of Darkness. A man from the future lands in medieval times and trades in his chainsaw arm for a cybernetic fist. Along the way he learns bravery, how to love, and how to make ammunition all while fighting evil demonoid creatures. In the end...there can be only one.

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Hot Rod Vs. Southland Tales

Thu, 15 May 2014 06:01:19 GMT

Hot Rod is the tale of a wannabe stuntman (Andy Samberg) who tries to raise enough money through stunt work to pay for an operation for his stepfather (Ian McShane) so that he can kick his ass. Southland Tales is the complicated movie starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Sarah Michelle Gellar that tells of the end of the world. There can be only one.

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Captain America (1990) Vs. Skatetown, USA

Wed, 07 May 2014 13:34:01 GMT

Welcome to the podcast where we take apart two movies, debate them, and grade them to see which will be redeemed. Today we dust off the underrated film from 1990: Captain America. It starred Matt Salinger as Steve Rogers, Scott Paulin as the Italian Red Skull, and Ned Beatty It never saw the light of day in US theaters, and was a dusty VHS tape passed around at Comic Cons until recent history. We also review the forgotten roller disco movie: Skatetown, USA. Patrick Swayze, in his first role, plays a street tough who "owns" the roller disco. Scott Baio, Flip Wilson, and Dorothy Stratten also star in this movie which is a series of comedy vinettes, roller disco dance numbers, and band performances. It has never been legally released on home video in any format.

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