The Gen X Files

Our second Gen-Xtreme movie takes us to 1986, where everything was Rad! At least, if you lived in a fictional town in Oregon that's obviously Calgary. And if the town revered BMX racing so much, they expected a student and a an out-of-towner to dance with their BMX bikes at prom. Starring Bill Allen, Lori Loughlin, Talia Shire, and Ray Walston, with direction from Hal Needham, is the movie Rad, really Rad? Listen to find out!

Welcome to Gen-Xtreme! First up is BMX Bandits, the Australian movie that gave us Nicole Kidman. Kids just wanna BMX, but thieves have to steal and it's up to our intrepid teen heroes to stop them. Directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith, the amazing Ozploitation director and starring David Argue.

Join your ol' stepdads as we discuss All That ZAZ!, including some new spoof movies that we saw, our recommendations for movies, TV, and video games, and maybe a surprise or two. Maybe. We're tired and can't remember what we talked about.

For our final entry into All that ZAZ! month, we answer the question, "How does one follow up the monster smash hit that was Airplane!?" Unfortunately, the answer is, "not that easily." Top Secret! is the feature film debut of Val Kilmer, though, so Top Gun fans can thank ZAZ for unleashing him into the world. A weird mashup of a World War II spy thriller, a '50s Beach movie, and their take on Elvis, Top Secret! has some great scenes, but does it all add up? Find out when you listen to the episode!

For our second entry into All that ZAZ!, we're going to be covering the grandaddy of all spoof movies: Airplane! Based on Zero Hour, which was recorded by accident by ZAZ, it is one of the highest grossing and critically lauded comedies of all time. The brilliance of casting serious drama actors, like Peter Graves, Robert Stack, Lloyd Bridges, and Leslie Nielsen, not only changed their careers, but changed the landscape of comedy in Hollywood, forever.