Patreon Bonus #11 - A Tribute to George Romero

'80s All Over

Scott Weinberg and Drew McWeeny

Comedy, Tv & Film

4.6 • 800 Ratings

🗓️ 28 August 2017

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

An absolute legend passes, and two of his biggest fans spend an entire bonus episode speaking on the man's drive, his genius, his talent, his work, and the way that work affected not just them, but multiple generations of filmgoers, and filmmakers.

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0:00.0	Hi, everyone. My name is Drew Mcweeney and welcome to a very special 80s all over. I'm joined,
0:22.9	as always, by my co-host, Scott Weinberg. Hi, everybody.
0:26.7	Who is joining us, as always, from Philadelphia. And Scott, I'm going to just start by saying
0:32.8	that when you brought up the idea of doing doing this episode it was a little i the only
0:39.6	hesitation i had is i have such big feelings about this that not speaking on it so far has been
0:46.7	the only way i've actually processed it um but this is going to be our attempt to pay some
0:51.6	small tribute to the enormous work and life of George Romero.
0:56.2	Yeah.
0:56.9	George Romero is, by all accounts, by anybody, opinion that matters, is a true titan of the
1:04.4	horror business.
1:06.3	Wait, let me start.
1:07.0	Sorry.
1:07.4	Sorry.
1:07.7	Sorry.
1:09.8	Yeah.
1:09.8	Yeah.
1:10.7	George Romero, without question, one of the finest horror filmmakers ever.
1:16.1	Even if you don't like horror, you can just look at what he did from an independent
1:19.7	filmmaker standpoint and find a lot to admire if you want to talk about social relevance and
1:25.0	taking a brave stance on issues that were difficult at certain times.
1:30.0	He was a brave man.
1:31.2	He was a smart man.
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