Gleaming The Tube

We're back for spooky season with a discussion of the vampire classic The Lost Boys! There's not a lot of skateboarding in this one but there are a lot of rat-licking punks, trash cans filled with flames, greased up saxophone players, obnoxious comic book store workers, and Coreys. So many Coreys. Kevin and Mike discuss all of this along with where we think this movie fits into the pantheon of vampire movies and how much we both loved Sinners from earlier this year. Sleep all day, party all night, never grow old, never die. It's fun to be a skateboard podcast. Happy Halloween!Theme music is by Kissing Kontest Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2013’s The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, directed by and starring Ben Stiller, is a visually ambitious reimagining of James Thurber’s classic short story with a surprisingly high amount of skateboarding during its runtime. Despite this, neither Kevin nor Mike were particularly fond of this particular movie. Discussed: A particularly terrible profile of Stiller in The New Yorker around the time of this movie's release, the great Rodney Mullen acting as Stiller's skateboard stunt double, the many, many things we didn't like about this film, and which Ben Stiller films we actually do like. Why bother with flights of fancy when you can occupy your brain with a new episode of GLEAMING THE TUBE?! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The year was 1991 and Hulkamania was running wild in cinemas across America with the release of Suburban Commando! The film stars professional wrestler Hulk Hogan as an outer space warrior of some sort who finds himself having to blend in on Earth while living with a suburban family. Shenanigans, as they say, ensure. Christopher Lloyd, Shelley Duvall, and Larry Miller are also in this nonsense.While it's true that the Hulkster does ride a skateboard in this film, Kevin and Mike lament having to watch something so terrible for the podcast. Kevin tells Mike a bizarre story about the time Hulk Hogan ran around the backstage area of the tv morning show he used to work on chasing a mouse, Mike and Kevin discuss a weird character they've been performing for each other since the late 90s, and we try and figure out if the special effects in this movie were made by a Video Toaster or an actual toaster. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Y2K from 2024 is an apocalyptic comedy science fiction horror coming of age film directed by Saturday Night Live alum Kyle Mooney in his directorial debut. It follows a group of high school students who attempt to survive on New Years Eve when the year 2000 comes and all technology comes to life and turns against humanity. It's also got skateboarding! Kevin and Mike didn't like this movie all that much so spend a lot of time talking about skateboarder Eric Koston and his shoe line (which are referenced several times in the film), how much they hate rock music from the 1990s (particularly Limp Biskit), the time Mike gave Limp Biskit frontman Fred Durst a tattoo, and the time Kevin spent NYE 2000 hiding in a bathroom. It's one of those episodes, in other words. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Dìdi is a 2024 coming-of-age film, written, directed, and produced by Sean Wang in his directorial debut. The film follows a 13-year-old Taiwanese-American boy as he navigates the challenges of adolescence, his relationship with his mother, and his love of skateboarding. In a departure for movies covered on this podcast, it's really good.Kevin and Mike discuss the film and then go on some weird semi-related tangents around deathbed summons and snack cakes, the Scottish pop band Belle & Sebastian (who are featured on the movie's soundtrack), and their own embarrassing adolescent memories. This episode is messy and all over the place, kind of like how being 13 years old feels like. So yeah, we meant to do that. It's conceptual. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We're back!2005's DECK DOGZ is an Australian film about three skateboarding teens who are trying to escape the law, school, parents, their demons and a couple of criminals to realise their burning ambition; to meet world class skating champion, Tony Hawk and compete in his skating competition.We watched the heck out of this terrible movie and also discuss the larger implications of what having Tony Hawk in your skateboarding film meant circa 2005. Our conclusion - go watch BMX BANDITS. At least that movie has a young Nicole Kidman in it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

1989’s Honey, I Shrunk the Kids stars the great Rick Moranis as a nutty inventor and father who accidentally, well, shrinks his kids. And his neighbor kids. A whole lot shrinking happening and a tiny bit of skateboarding, which is why Kevin and Mike watched this movie. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

1989’s SHREDDER ORPHEUS is a dystopian science fiction skateboard retelling of the myth of Orpheus and Euridyce. And it's exactly as good as that description makes it sound.Kevin and Mike enjoy this movie in spite of itself and discuss the skateboarding, the connection to Hadestown, the Providence, RI rave scene of the early 1990s, and how their knowledge of members of Ronald Reagan's presidential cabinet is entirely due to Bloom County comic strips and/or Dead Kennedys songs.Join us as we dive into the genuinely bizarre SHREDDER ORPHEUS! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2007’s HOT ROD tells the story of aspiring stuntman Rod Kimble, played by Andy Samberg, and his attempts to pull off his most impressive stunt yet to help raise money to save his stepfather, played by Ian MacShane. And there's some skateboarding.Kevin and Mike are joined by their pal Guy Benoit to discuss this deeply silly movie. So strap on your best false mustache and check out this exciting installment of Gleaming the Tube! Cool beans! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2011’s CHALET GIRL stars future Rebel Alliance soldier Felicity Jones as a former skateboard champion who goes to work at a posh ski resort in the alps where she discovers snowboarding, romance, and montages about snowboarding and romance. Not necessarily in that order.Kevin and Mike talk about the film, the relationship between skateboard and snowboard culture, and why you should really just watch Blue Crush instead of this thing. Welcome to 2024 - it's an all-new episode of GLEAMING THE TUBE! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The young stars of the 90s are middle aged men in the 80s in 2023’s AIR, a film based on the true story of the AIR JORDAN sneaker and NIke’s attempts to woo then-basketball rookie Michael Jordan. Kevin and Mike discuss the film, the one character in it who skateboards, how the Air Jordan sneaker fit into 1980s skateboard culture, and many, many other tangents. If you listen to one podcast episode this year that has two dudes who know next to nothing about basketball try and pontificate about the sport and one of its most famous players make sure it's this latest installment of GLEAMING THE TUBE! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

2014’s A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHT, written and directed by Ana Lily Amirpour, was promoted as The first Iranian Vampire Western, although when I have been describing it to people I’ve said it’s the first Iranian Skateboarding Vampire Western. It’s in black and white, all the dialogue is in Farsi, and there's a skateboarding vampire.Kevin and Mike talk about the film, artsy vampire movies, and spend more time than is probably necessary on a tangent about Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Happy spooky season, y'all! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.