Episode 795: Some Like it Hot (1959)
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April 8, 2026 · 2h 21m · Season 1 · Episode 795
About this episode
Mike discusses Billy Wilder's film 'Some Like It Hot' with co-hosts and a scholar.
Comedy Month continues as Mike talks with co-hosts Keith Gordon and Heidi Honeycutt about Billy Wilder's Some Like It Hot (1959). Chicago, 1929. Musicians Joe (Tony Curtis) and Jerry (Jack Lemmon) are barely scraping by when they stumble onto the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, witnessing Spats Colombo and his mob gun down a rival gang. With the killers on their tail, the two desperate musicians disguise themselves as women and join Sweet Sue's Society Syncopators, an all-girl band heading to Miami. Aboard the train they meet Sugar Kane Kowalczyk (Marilyn Monroe), a ukulele-playing singer with a weakness for saxophonists and a dream of marrying a millionaire. Mike also talks with scholar Noah Isenberg — author of the Los Angeles Times bestseller We'll Always Have Casablanca and currently completing a cultural history of Some Like It Hot for Norton — about the film's origins, its enduring legacy, and what it still has to say. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-projection-booth-podcast--5513239/support . Become a supporter of The Projection Booth at http://www.patreon.com/projectionbooth
People in this episode
Host: Mike
Guests: Keith Gordon, Heidi Honeycutt, Noah Isenberg
Topics covered
- comedy
- film analysis
- Billy Wilder
- cinema history
- cultural impact
Keywords
- Some Like It Hot
- Billy Wilder
- comedy
- film history
- Marilyn Monroe
- Tony Curtis
- Jack Lemmon
- St. Valentine's Day Massacre
- cultural history
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Los Angeles Times, Norton
Books & works: Some Like It Hot
Places: Chicago, Miami
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