Episode 386 – Ben Hur (1959)
About this episode
The hosts discuss the 1959 film 'Ben-Hur' as part of their new series 'Tops and Bottoms'.
Friends, Romans, Countryfolk . . . lend me a dollar, won’t you? No? Well, fine, we’re doing a new series anyway! So quo that in your vadis! This time we’re choosing a random year every two episodes and discussing the most successful movie of that year and the biggest bomb of that year. At Mike’s direction, we’re calling it “Tops and Bottoms.” Personally, I don’t see what bathing suit components have to do with cinema, but Mike was very insistent about this title . . . although he kept giggling every time he said it, so I’m not sure how serious he was. Tops and Bottoms . . . nossir, I don’t get it. Anyway, this time we’re using the highly sophisticated Max-O-Tron 9000000 to generate the year (ignore any rumors that you might hear regarding the fact that the Max-O-Tron 9000000 is, in fact, a six-sided die and a set of percentile dice. Lies, I tell you, lies!) and through this incredibly complex algorithm (it would take a scientist to explain it), we settled on 1959. And what was 1959’s biggest cinematic success? A small-scale family drama involving a nice Jewish family called “Ben-Hur.” There’s love, spear-throwing, a friendly little chariot race and a few appearances by a young…
More episodes of Max, Mike; Movies
- Episode 390 – Avengers: Infinity War (2018)
- Episode 389 – Star Wars: the Force Awakens (2015)
- Episode 388 – Jem and the Holograms (2015)
- Episode 387 – Sleeping Beauty (1959)
- Episode 385 – The Pink Panther (1963)
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