Interview: Lea Thompson and Ed Gale -- Howard the Duck 30th Anniversary

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🗓️ 31 August 2016

⏱️ 94 minutes

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Before the MCU ruled the box office, George Lucas brought Marvel’s most notorious feathered antihero to the big screen. For the 30th Anniversary of Howard the Duck, Now Playing Podcast's sister show, Marvelicious Toys, revisited the cult curiosity that dared to mix aliens, rock ‘n’ roll, animatronics, and interspecies romance. Arnie sits down with Ed Gale, the performer inside the duck suit, to discuss the physical demands of bringing Howard to life, the technical challenges of 1980s creature effects, and what it was like to work under the Lucasfilm spotlight. Then Hollywood icon Lea Thompson (Back to the Future, SpaceCamp) joins the show to reflect on playing Beverly, the film’s rocky reception, and the surprising staying power of this oddball comic adaptation. Along the way, we dig into the movie’s many home video releases, bizarre promotional tie-ins, and the long, strange journey from box office punchline to cult favorite. Is Howard a misunderstood classic, a beautiful mess, or something uniquely 80s that could never hatch today? Listen in and find out.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Mallardlicious Toys, with the hosts trapped in a podcast they never made, Arnie, Marjorie, and Justin.
0:19.8	And special guests
0:21.6	Howard the Duck stars Leah Thompson and Ed Gale
0:25.6	We bring you news and reviews of Howard the Duck toys, statues and more
0:31.6	Because not all Marvel collections can be laid and hatched
0:35.6	They're not just toys.
0:39.6	They're Mallardlicious.
0:53.8	Hello and welcome to Mallerlissys. This is Marjorie.
0:57.9	I am not Arnie anymore. Yeah, I am, Arnie. And I'm more than just a little bit disturbed.
1:06.7	Ah, Justin. You should be, Justin. I live this.
1:13.2	So yes, welcome to Mallardlicious Toys, a special show, because in August 1986,
1:21.8	30 years ago, George Lucas's follow-up to Return of the Jedi came out in theaters, Howard the Duck.
1:30.6	Yes, it did.
1:32.6	We're specifically talking about the Howard the Duck that George Lucas and Willard Hike brought to the screen 30 years ago.
1:41.8	People may know I am a Howard the Duck collector.
1:45.2	We displayed some of my movie production pieces,
1:48.9	the animatronic head and the duck feet in Indiana earlier this year.
1:52.7	Does that make you a decophile?
1:54.3	Or what's this make you a Howardophile?
1:56.3	Crazy, what?
1:58.1	I wouldn't admit to anything that ends in no file, Arnie.
2:02.9	But there's audio file.
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