Escape From New York (1981) - NYC-Ya Later! (Part 1)

About this episode

Luke and Vonn discuss the 1981 film Escape From New York while on vacation in New York City.

Join Luke and Vonn on this very special episode of the podcast. They're on vacation in the Big Apple and there's just one catch. Their travel agent didn't book them any way out of this place! They have no choice but to do an emergency episode to kick off their pairing of movies about people trying to escape specific burroughs of the city that never sleeps. Of course, the high in this pairing is none other than the 1981 John Carpenter classic Escape From New York! Get social with High & Lo...

People in this episode

Hosts: Luke, Vonn

Topics covered

• movie review
• Escape From New York
• vacation
• emergency episode
• New York City
• 1980s film
• comedy

Keywords

• Escape From New York
• John Carpenter
• 1981 film
• New York City
• movie review
• comedy podcast
• vacation

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Escape From New York

Places: New York, Big Apple

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