The Incomparable, number 789, October 2025.

Welcome back, everybody, to The Incomparable.

I'm your host, Erica Ensign, and I'm taking over for Jason.

As we commemorate a momentous and unique movie anniversary, we are celebrating the 50th anniversary

of a film that is still in theaters five decades later and has never been pulled, making it the

longest running release in film history. Of course, that's none other than the Rocky Horror

Picture Show. And to help celebrate this event, I have a group of unconventional

conventionists to tag along. Let me introduce them now. First up, we have Anthony Johnston,

a hero. Damn it, Erica. No, hang on. That doesn't rhyme, does it? Hello. Lovely to be here.

Sadly, no.

Good luck to anybody finding a light swear that rhymes with Erica.

You go.

Next up, we have Shelley, Brisbane, a heroine.

Hi, I was just sitting down to a nice slab of meatloaf.

Won't you join me?

Oh, boy.

We also have Brian Hamilton, a scientist.

Hello.

And last but certainly not least, we have Monty Ashley, an expert.

Oh, Rocky.

I'm very glad that you all agreed to join me for this when I realized it was the 50th anniversary. I thought that we can't let this go by uncommemorated. And it's not really Jason's cup of tea. So I stepped in to basically take the reins. I have a lot of like

amorphous feelings about this movie, but not a whole lot of like smart and insightful things to say,

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