Footloose- Episode #858
Zen Pop
Todd and Cathy Adams
4.9 • 637 Ratings
🗓️ 3 March 2026
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Summary
Jump back! Cathy and Todd discuss Footloose to kick off Dance Month! Directed by Herbert Ross and released in 1984, Footloose made Kevin Bacon a star and helped define the MTV-era teen movie. But beneath the music this $8 million film (that grossed over $80 million worldwide) is really about grief, fear, father-daughter tension, and a town trying to outrun tragedy. Cathy and Todd discuss the culture clash between Ren and Reverend Moore (John Lithgow), Ariel’s push for independence, and the wisdom of Vi Moore (Dianne Wiest). They talk hot takes and WTF moments, the real Oklahoma town that inspired the ban, and why the final prom isn’t just a dance, it’s a community loosening its grip on fear.
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| 0:00.0 | He's the new kid in town, and the music's on his side. |
| 0:09.8 | Let's dance! |
| 0:12.5 | Footloose. |
| 0:14.4 | You recognize that voice? |
| 0:21.3 | The person who was speaking over that? |
| 0:23.9 | Yeah. |
| 0:24.2 | No, who is it? |
| 0:25.0 | I think it was Kevin Bacon. |
| 0:26.5 | Oh, really? |
| 0:27.2 | Let's try it again. |
| 0:32.9 | He's the new kid in town, and the music's on his side. |
| 0:56.1 | I'm telling you, that's Kevin Bacon. Really? Yeah. Okay. Well, it very well could be. Hi, everybody. My name's Todd Adams. I'm with Zen Pop. And this is Kathy Adams. Welcome back to another episode, a movie that we like to call Footloose. And other people call it footloose as well. And this month is dance month, everybody. |
| 0:57.1 | So just get ready. |
| 1:03.6 | Do you know why I'm playing this music? |
| 1:04.0 | No. |
| 1:06.1 | Let's see if you can figure it out. |
| 1:13.2 | It sounds like Battle of the Network stars or something. |
| 1:20.2 | That is the intro music when you're watching CBS in March for March Madness. |
| 1:22.3 | Oh, not Battle of the Networks. It's also known as the big dance. |
| 1:24.5 | Ah. |
| 1:25.5 | Dance, dance, Zen pop, March Madness. Are you picking up what I'm putting down? I'm picking up, but let's not let people think that there's any basketball involved in these movies we're doing. But we are doing a baseball movie at the end of the month. We are, but that's for spring training. And you don't want to reveal the movies that we'll be doing over the next few weeks, |
| 1:45.1 | correct? |
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