The Director Who Set the Standard for VHS Humor.
CatBusRuss grew up on the comedy of Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, and Jerry Zucker. “Airplane!”, “Top Secret”, “The Naked Gun”, “Hot Shots”, and when he was old enough to stay out late, “BASEketball”. His parents introduced him to these because they probably did not want his little brother quoting “Blazing Saddles”. And our podcast host feels a little bit cheated since ThePoeticCritic would info dump all of MAD Magazine movie satire they offered up. Now he is a podcaster, so he knew he was smart enough to handle the subtlety.
Mel Brooks Movies
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"The Producers 1967" with Michael Dubois - The Clean Portion
CatBusRuss and Michael DuBois discuss the first feature directed by Mel Brooks and how any antifascist should embrace the film’s messages.
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"The Producers (1967)" & "Jay and Silent Bob Reboot" - The Dirty Portion
Michael Dubois ends up serving as CatBusRuss’s therapist. How did that come from talking about “The Producers”? CatBusRuss also reviews the mouthy “Jay and Silent Bob Reboot”.
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Spaceballs with Jessica Kwazz & ThePoeticCritic
CatBusRuss and ThePoeticCritic discuss the last perfect Mel Brooks film. We get to hear Jessica Kwazz’s thoughts on the whole of #StarWars as the 1st podcasting smeg up from our host.
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Mel Brook's "Young Frankenstein" (1974)
CatBusRuss is joined by legendary Vegas magician Paul Draper to heap praise on one of Mel Brook’s finest features, Young Frankenstein.