167: Space Wizard Musical

The Incomparable Mothership

Jason Snell

Arts, Tv & Film, Leisure

4.8 • 694 Ratings

🗓️ 9 November 2013

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Summary

Old Movie Club returns! We look at three films from 1952: “Singin’ in the Rain,” “High Noon,” and Best Picture winner (!) “The Greatest Show on Earth.” One of these movies is not like the others. Plus: The haunting repetition of Tex Ritter! Charlton Heston’s commitment to the circus! And Phil asks Jason what it feels like to have no soul! Travel back 61 years in time and join us, won’t you?

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0:00.0	The Incomparable, number 167, November 2013.
0:09.2	Welcome back to The Incomparable Podcast. I'm your host, Jason Snell, and this is our second
0:13.9	edition of our old movie club, where we travel back in time and watch movies that are very
0:20.4	old, in this case, 61 years old, and that we may or may not have seen before.
0:25.6	I had seen none of these movies before.
0:28.6	They're all from 1952.
0:30.4	They were selected by our old movie sommelier, Philip Michaels, who is here with me now.
0:36.2	Hi, Phil.
0:37.2	Hello.
0:38.7	Let me introduce our panel before we get to these three movies.
0:41.8	Yes, it's an epic cast, almost like a Cecil B. DeMille film.
0:46.2	It's practically a Cecil B. DeMille production.
0:49.2	I can't wait to see who the killer clown is.
0:52.0	It's probably Steve Lutz.
0:54.1	Hi, Steve. Dignity, Jason. Always dignity. to see who the killer clown is. It's probably Steve Lutz.
0:54.8	Hi, Steve.
0:56.7	Dignity, Jason.
0:58.4	Always dignity.
1:04.5	You heard the laughter of Lisa Schmeiser there.
1:05.0	Hi, Lisa.
1:06.6	Hi, it's a pleasure to be here.
1:07.7	Good to have you here.
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