The Incomparable

Discussed in these episodes

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  Lions, Towers & Shields August 31, 2023 Sunset Boulevard

  82 Diva with a Monkey

  Shelly Brisbin with David J. Loehr, Randy Dotinga and Micheline Maynard

  We watch Billy Wilder’s story of a silent film queen’s life in middle age and the screenwriter who stumbles into her world. Noir, melodrama, dark humor, horror. It’s all here in this classic, staring Gloria Swanson. She’s all of 46 when she made this movie, but a has-been like her character. This episode is full of excellent trivia and unexpected connections made by our super-smart panel.

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  The Incomparable Mothership August 28, 2016 “Sunset Boulevard” and “Stalag 17”

  315 Show Some Respect for the Chimp

  Jason Snell with Erika Ensign, Philip Michaels, Steve Lutz, Shannon Sudderth, Andy Ihnatko, Dan Moren and Monty Ashley

  Old Movie Club returns with two classic films directed by Billy Wilder and starring William Holden: The darkly tragi-comic Hollywood story “Sunset Boulevard” and the dramati-comic World War II prisoner-of-war story “Stalag 17.” Monty pitches a “Sunset Boulevard” prequel featuring a butler and a chimp. We notice the similarities between “Stalag 17” and an enormous number of sitcoms and comedy films from the following 30 years.