159: Americathon (Elvis Costello, Meat Loaf) ft. Scout Tafoya

About this episode

Scout Tafoya joins to discuss the 1979 film Americathon, a satire about America's financial crisis.

Writer, filmmaker, critic and friend Scout Tafoya joins us to chat about AMERICATHON, a 1979 "comedy" "satire" about America going so broke it has to resort to a telethon. Stars John Ritter as the president, Harvey Korman, Fred Willard, Elvis Costello and Meat Loaf. It's a pure nightmare movie but a great conversation. Join Scout's Patreon here, damnit: https://www.patreon.com/c/honorszombie/posts Watch his amazing 'Unloved' series here: https://vimeo.com/honorszombiefilms/videos/page:1/sort:date Join our Supporters Club here

People in this episode

Guest: Scout Tafoya

Topics covered

• film
• comedy
• satire
• music
• television

Keywords

• Americathon
• John Ritter
• Harvey Korman
• Fred Willard
• Elvis Costello
• Meat Loaf

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Patreon, Vimeo

Books & works: Americathon, Unloved

Places: America

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