This Is Spinal Tap: Remembering Rob Reiner. Remembering the Beginning
CatBusRuss did not intend to pull out an episode from the archives, but with the passing of Rob and Michelle Reiner on Sunday (December 14, 2025), he felt it was important to keep them in our minds and in the proper light. Rambling Ronnie and ThePoeticCritic kept their language at a "PG-13" level during this conversation about Reiner's debut feature, so our host hopes that he did not make this a "R" with stating his feeling towards the criminal who is squatting in the White House during the introduction.
For the first time, "NinetyForChill: The #Podcast" has gone international. Rambling Ronnie has come on to discuss one of her favorite comedies and what is unquestionably the most important mockumentary of all time, "This Is Spinal Tap". This was the first R-Rated feature that ThePoeticCritic rented along side her little brother Cool Movies Darth. Needless to say, all parties are excited to tell the world aboot the excellence of this film.
“I Dig Crazy Flicks” was founded as “Ninety For Chill”. It is Russ Stevens’s blog dedicated to movies with runtimes between 70 to 100 minutes. This runtime was the standard for horror movies and goofball comedies. Without the time for drawn out narratives, throwing everything at the wall and seeing what would stick was the rule. Thus, craziness ensues, and cinephiles like CatBusRuss want to preach the greatness of embracing the insanity.
Recent Episodes
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Episode 163
HappyBeebsMeowMeow (or just Beebs) returns to the podcast to discuss another one of her favorite movies, "The Princess Bride". A movie with Christopher Guest and Andre the Giant, how could CatBusRuss resist?
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CatBusRuss is joined by Veronica Vetter and ThePoeticCritic to discuss “This Is Spinal Tap”. It is the most influential mockumentary and immediately established the legitimacy of a directorial and comedic legend, Rob Reiner.
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Episode 249
CatBusRuss and Gregory Carl determine if the French beat John Hughes to “Home Alone”. “Deadly Games” is the tale of a young boy defending his mansion and grandfather from a psychotic Father Christmas.
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CatBusRuss explores what are perhaps the most influential movies Mark L Lester ever directed: the classic “Class of 1984” and the “Class of 1999” franchise. The Roger Corman influence is shown in White Snake exploitation tale “Groupie”.
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CatBusRuss reviews the anime “A Whisker Away” and how the second day of Chicago TARDIS actually provided a non-Whovian panels and activities to do after a very neurospicy day one.
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CatBusRuss knows a lot about “Doctor Who”, but does he really know anything about the BBC’s most famous television show? This is his tale of how he fought to enjoy this strange fandom.
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The Stevens’s siblings needed to be in Chicago on Thanksgiving for the “Doctor Who”, TARDIS. Only the Lombard AMC had food for sell that holiday, so CatBusRuss & ThePoeticCritic went to the movies.
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Episode 248
It is Thanksgiving Week, and CatBusRuss is very thankful for the opportunity to interview the writer/director of "Cuisine de la 'Pocalypse", Kyle Weingart. If you want a story about good food in a desolate land, this is a far better tale than the white washing of colonialism's effect on Native Americans.
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Episode 247
The conclusion of CatBusRuss and Gregory Carl's conversation about the most politically-minded movie from John Carpenter, "They Live": The two paid recognize the actor/stuntman legend Al Leong and the use of props from far more renowned films. Let's go bust some Reagan policies.
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