#305 Armed and Dangerous

About this episode

The episode discusses the comedy film 'Armed and Dangerous' featuring John Candy and Eugene Levy, exploring its reception and the performances of the cast.

Candy-ed Yams returns with a goofy comedy pairing SCTV pals John Candy and Eugene Levy: Armed and Dangerous! Why doesn't Meg Ryan get more to do? She's great here! What incredible, easy chemistry from Levy and Candy. Why did everyone involved disown this movie? All this and more! We’re going to a new schedule: the 1st of the month on Patreon for $5 and up members, and the 15th on the main feed. Want to hear the rest of this episode? Visit Patreon.com/DissectingThe80s to learn more! “NewsSting, Ouroboros” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Keywords: John Candy, Eugene Levy, 80s, eighties, movie, podcast

People in this episode

Hosts: Tripp Laino, Andrew Laino

Topics covered

• comedy
• film review
• 80s movies
• actor chemistry
• movie disownment

Keywords

• John Candy
• Eugene Levy
• 80s
• movie
• podcast
• Meg Ryan
• comedy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: SCTV, Patreon

Books & works: Armed and Dangerous

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