The Road to Wellville: Deep Thoughts About Scatalogical Comedy, Health Crazes, and What Films You Should Never Watch With Your Dad
About this episode
The episode discusses the film The Road to Wellville and its commentary on health crazes and family viewing experiences.
Send us a message! Include how to reach you if you want a response. With friends like these, who needs enemas? This week on Deep Thoughts About Stupid Shit, Tracie revisits the star-studded yet mostly forgotten 1994 comedy The Road to Wellville. Set at the turn of the 20th century, this film offers cultural commentary on the bonkers health crazes that gave us breakfast cereal as health food, opium as an all-purpose panacea, and the idea that an erection was a flagpole on the grave. And yet, ...
People in this episode
Hosts: Tracie Guy-Decker, Emily Guy Birken
Topics covered
- scatological comedy
- health crazes
- film commentary
- pop culture
- family dynamics
Keywords
- The Road to Wellville
- scatological comedy
- health crazes
- 1994 film
- pop culture
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: The Road to Wellville
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