About this episode

Curtis and John celebrate the 30th anniversary of the iconic 90s disaster movie Twister, discussing its production, personal experiences, and related topics.

"Meg's gravy is famous. It's practically a food group." Shine on! This week on the podcast, Curtis and John celebrate the 30th anniversary of an iconic 90s disaster movie: Twister! We discuss this film's long, troubled production cycle; our experiences with this film; John's childhood fear of tornados; Ottawa's recent experiences with tornados and other nasty storms; the stacked cast; and how a spat over the soundtrack recording sessions led to Sammy Hagar leaving Van Halen! Before that, we run through some discussion topics, new releases, and what we watched this week. Next episode we will return to the David Lynch Watch Series to discuss WILD AT HEART. TIME STAMPS 00:00:00 Introduction 00:05:55 John's experience at a horror convention in Toronto 00:08:15 Rise of YouTubers turned filmmakers 00:11:43 RIP Anthony Head 00:14:17 New Releases: Scary Movie; Cape Fear; Masters of the Universe; I Love Boosters What We Watched This Week 00:18:58 Margo's Got Money Troubles [Season One] (Curtis) 00:20:45 Palestine 36 (Curtis) 00:22:35 Bridget Jones' Baby and Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy (Curtis) 00:23:37 Bloody New Year (John) 00:25:52 The Dirties (John) 00:28:17 Freddy vs…

People in this episode

Hosts: Curtis, John

Topics covered

• 90s disaster movies
• film production
• personal experiences
• tornadoes
• soundtrack disputes
• new releases
• film reviews

Keywords

• Twister
• 90s movies
• disaster film
• tornado
• film discussion
• Van Halen
• Sammy Hagar
• new releases
• film reviews
• horror convention

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Van Halen

Books & works: Twister, WILD AT HEART, Margo's Got Money Troubles, Palestine 36, Bridget Jones' Baby, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, Bloody New Year, The Dirties, Freddy vs. Jason, Shivers

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