Ep 196 - Dreamscape Deep Dive + Top George Wendt

Ty & That Guy

Wes Chatham & Ty Franck

Science Fiction, Fiction, After Shows, Tv & Film

5 • 653 Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

In this deep-dive episode, Wes Chatham and Ty Franck throw on their psychic headsets and plunge into the 1984 sci-fi cult classic Dreamscape. A film ahead of its time—or at least weird enough to feel that way—Dreamscape delivers Cold War paranoia, nightmarish visuals, and a telepathic Dennis Quaid trying to save the President from his own dreams.

Ty celebrates the always-watchable David Patrick Kelly, while both hosts reflect on the heavyweight presence of Christopher Plummer and Max von Sydow, who somehow make dream infiltration feel Shakespearean.

The guys also take a heartfelt detour to remember the late George Wendt—his small role in the film sparking a bigger conversation about his underrated legacy beyond Cheers.

It’s government secrets, dream battles, and 80s weirdness at its finest.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome back.
0:10.8	Tying that guy.
0:13.1	I'm West Chatham.
0:15.1	This is my good body.
0:18.4	Super talented.
0:20.3	Super handsome. Wearing glasses today. I'm not used handsome, wearing glasses today.
0:23.5	I'm not used to him wearing glasses.
0:26.2	Ty Frank, he's a famous book author, puts words on page.
0:31.2	The books without pictures, there's chapters.
0:33.8	So I haven't had a chance to read them yet.
0:35.9	A little bit challenging.
0:37.9	You're challenging. Too challenging.
0:38.4	And today I want to introduce our mediocrely talented producer, Joseph.
0:47.0	Hello, Joseph.
0:51.5	What are we talking about today, Ty?
0:53.7	We got some sad news recently um with the passing of george went
0:58.2	and so we decided we needed to do something for george i mean guys our age grew up with george
1:06.4	because cheers was on for 37 years george was such a standout comedic actor on that show.
1:14.5	So, I mean, we all just sort of grew up with this guy,
1:16.5	and the idea that he's gone is really sad.
1:19.2	But we wanted to do a movie.
1:21.9	And the movie that both Wes and I like that has George Wend in it,
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