Labyrinth (featuring David Goelz)

About this episode

The episode celebrates the 40th anniversary of the film Labyrinth with guest David Goelz, discussing its impact and legacy.

For our 200th episode, we're revisiting the film that inspired our podcast name! David Goelz of The Muppets joins us as our very special guest to celebrating the 40th anniversary of Labyrinth. The film paired Jim Henson’s creature-shop with a Terry Jones screenplay, George Lucas producing, Brian Froud's world-building, and David Bowie doing what only Bowie could plausibly do: play a goblin king as if he were headlining a particularly sinister school dance. Jennifer Connelly’s Sarah, annoyed beyond reason at being asked to babysit, spends the film crossing a maze filled with sarcastic puppets, impossible architecture, and a villain who seems to believe charisma and a Limahl fright wig is a substitute for governance. It recouped less than half its budget at the box office, but is the lighter companion to The Dark Crystal (1982) a delightful adventure that rightfully found a devoted audience on VHS, or should it be locked in its own oubliette? Find out! Support us on Patreon to nominate films for us to cover, access exclusive bonus content, and vote on the final verdict! Rate and review us on your podcast platform of choice, and tell a friend about us. Follow us on TikTok , YouTube…

People in this episode

Hosts: Conrad Chambers, Daniel Goh

Guest: David Goelz

Topics covered

• film review
• interview
• Muppets
• 40th anniversary
• fantasy film
• puppetry
• cult classic

Keywords

• Labyrinth
• David Goelz
• Jim Henson
• David Bowie
• fantasy film
• puppetry
• 40th anniversary
• cult classic
• film review
• interview

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Labyrinth, The Dark Crystal

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