IMMP
234 episodes - English - Latest episode: 17 days ago - ★★★★ - 11 ratingsMatthew Porter and his son Ian Porter explore movies, TV, books and music from Matthew's youth, way back in the 20th Century. What stands the test of time? What doesn’t? And what's still worth binging in the new millennium?
Son learns what made Dad ... whatever he is today. And Dad learns what Son thinks of all this.
(Music by Jason Aro / Pond5)
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141: NIMOY'S PREVIOUS FRONTIER
April 01, 2024 11:00 - 55 minutes - 38.4 MBNow that we've talked about Leonard Nimoy as host of IN SEARCH OF..., it's finally time for the IMMP to discuss the dramatic action-adventure series whose ensemble included Leonard Nimoy, years earlier. It premiered in 1966, and while it had fans from the very start it exploded in popularity in the years that followed. It came back in the 1980s with a revival series, and also gave rise to a long-running movie franchise.
140: IN SEARCH OF… Hosted by Leonard Nimoy
March 18, 2024 11:00 - 49 minutes - 34.2 MBIn the 1970s, kids interested in paranormal weirdness received an amazing new cornucopia of ...well, lots of stuff. It was IN SEARCH OF... hosted by Leonard Nimoy.
139: David Lynch’s DUNE (1984)
March 04, 2024 12:00 - 1 hour - 43.6 MBIs the Weirding Module code for Transcendental Meditation? Was Kyle MacLachlan way too old to portray Paul Atreides? Did the Guild Navigator really need that guy with the shop vac? Ian and Matthew discuss these questions and more after a trip to the Alamo Drafthouse to see David Lynch's 1984 adaptation of Frank Herbert's DUNE.
138: Bette Davis in NOW, VOYAGER
February 19, 2024 12:00 - 55 minutes - 38.4 MBMelodrama month continues with 1942's NOW, VOYAGER. Bette Davis and Paul Henreid star in a saga of metal health, personal transformation, and really, really bad parenting.
137: MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION (1935)
February 05, 2024 12:00 - 1 hour - 41.2 MBBefore THE CELESTINE PROPHECY...before THE SECRET...before female characters had agency?...there was...John M. Stahl's 1935 film MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION starring Irene Dunne and Robert Taylor.
136: ADVENTURES IN BABYSITTING
January 22, 2024 12:00 - 1 hour - 49.6 MBAn epic American quest of danger and self-discovery through the mythic land of Chicago. The IMMP looks at 1987's ADVENTURES IN BABYSITTING.
135: MYST
January 08, 2024 12:00 - 59 minutes - 40.5 MBIan takes over podcast and reaches into the world of computer games for a discussion of one of the most formative media properties of his life: MYST.
134: THE YEAR WITHOUT A SANTA CLAUS by Rankin/Bass
December 25, 2023 05:00 - 48 minutes - 33.2 MBChristmas 2023 at the IMMP wraps up with one of the weirdest of all Rankin/Bass Christmas specials: THE YEAR WITHOUT A SANTA CLAUS. Listen for tales of elemental magic with the Miser Brothers, the terrible power of Mother Nature, and speculation about the abyssal Lovecraftian horrors that lurk in Santa Claus' dreams.
133: Rankin/Bass’ SANTA CLAUS IS COMIN’ TO TOWN
December 11, 2023 12:00 - 54 minutes - 37.5 MBThe IMMP Rankin Bass Christmas continues with the sprawling Santa Claus fanfic SANTA CLAUS IS COMIN’ TO TOWN. Which leads in turn to talk of Adventure Time, creepy 70s musical numbers, and a Game of Thrones for Sombertown.
132: RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER from Rankin/Bass
November 27, 2023 12:00 - 54 minutes - 37.6 MBWe kick off the holiday season at the IMMP with a Rankin/Bass Christmas classic: RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER. And some detours into human (and elf) dignity, identity, the biology and diet of Abominable Snow Monsters, and psychotherapy for toys.
131: Irwin Allen’s THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE
November 13, 2023 12:00 - 52 minutes - 35.8 MBIt's a little early for New Year's, but never too early for an Irwin Allen disaster movie like 1972's THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE.
Bonus: DRACULA (Spanish language 1931)
October 31, 2023 13:00 - 13 minutes - 8.98 MBOne final Halloween treat for 2023. This is a discussion from the Patron feed, and from the Drafthouse Diary video series, about the 1931 Spanish version of DRACULA starring Carlos Villarías and Lupita Tovar.
130: THE WOLF MAN starring Lon Chaney Jr. (1941)
October 30, 2023 11:00 - 53 minutes - 36.9 MBIan and Matthew close out Halloween 2023 with another Universal monster movie: the psychological mystery of THE WOLF MAN. But they can't help themselves from also arguing some more about THE INVISIBLE MAN, and whether any Universal monster movies really have a hero at all. Except for Van Helsing in DRACULA. Professor Van Helsing remains awesome.
Bonus: THE LOST ISLAND
October 22, 2023 23:00 - 13 minutes - 9.6 MBAt long last, Ian and Matthew have seen a mysterious, legendary part of the Sid and Marty Krofft universe: THE LOST ISLAND. It’s a mash-up of Lidsville, Land of the Lost, H.R. Pufnstuff, and more, and appeared as a segment of the Krofft Superstar Hour hosted by the Bay City Rollers!
129: THE INVISIBLE MAN (1933)
October 16, 2023 11:00 - 46 minutes - 32.1 MBHalloween season 2023 continues at the IMMP as Ian and Matthew watched (well, sort of watched?) Claude Rains in Universal's 1933 THE INVISIBLE MAN. WARNING: Includes a very nerdy digression about hidden movement boardgames.
128: THE MUMMY (1932)
October 02, 2023 11:00 - 54 minutes - 37.7 MBThis year’s Halloween theme at the Inter-Millennium Media Project surveys more of the Universal movie monster landscape, starting with Boris Karloff in 1932’s THE MUMMY, a tale of love, death, magic, and dangerous jewelry.
127: MY FAVORITE YEAR
September 18, 2023 11:00 - 52 minutes - 36.3 MBCome visit the live television industry of 1954 through the lens of a movie from the 1980s: MY FAVORITE YEAR directed by Richard Benjamin, starring Mark Lin-Baker and Peter O'Toole. Truly a movie for fans of movies!
126: STAR BLAZERS - Live from NDK 2023
September 04, 2023 11:00 - 52 minutes - 36 MBRecorded live at Nan Desu Kan 2023 in Colorado, this special episode takes on STAR BLAZERS -- the Americanized version of Leiji Matsumoto's SPACE BATTLESHIP YAMATO, and the object of Matthew's first anime fan geek-outs with his middle school friends, way back in the 1970s. Video version will be on the IMMP YouTube channel soon!
125: THE ITALIAN JOB (1969)
August 21, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 45.5 MBOur 2023 Summer Road Trip season wraps up with a beloved car movie out of Swinging England of 1969: THE ITALIAN JOB!
124: SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT
August 07, 2023 11:00 - 51 minutes - 35 MBThe IMMP Summer Road Trip continues with a 1977 classic about an intrepid truck driver (Jerry Reed), with his buddy (Burt Reynolds) and his buddy's sudden new girlfriend (Sally Field) hauling bootleg beer one step ahead of the law (Jackie Gleason). It's SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT!
123: THE GUMBALL RALLY
July 24, 2023 11:00 - 52 minutes - 36 MBSummer is time for road trips. And for the IMMP that starts with the odd, stylish 1976 action comedy THE GUMBALL RALLY.
122: Lego BIONICLE (The Millennial Strikes Back)
July 10, 2023 11:00 - 55 minutes - 38.1 MBThis week Ian takes over to show Matthew the 2003 direct-to-DVD movie BIONICLE: THE MASK OF LIGHT, which turns into a discussion of all things related to Lego's BIONICLE, a saga that extended beyond the toy line it was created to support.
121: CLASH OF THE TITANS (1981)
June 26, 2023 11:00 - 51 minutes - 35.5 MBThe IMMP's final Harryhausen Month comes to a close with the final film of Ray Harryhausen's career: the 1981 epic of Greek mythology CLASH OF THE TITANS.
Bonus Show: DUNGEONS & DUNGEONS & DRAGONS & DRAGONS
June 13, 2023 00:00 - 37 minutes - 26 MBA bonus show from the Patreon feed: Of course Ian and Matthew had to see the 2023 DUNGEONS & DRAGONS movie. But what about the first one, from 2000? They watched both!
120: JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS (1963)
June 12, 2023 11:00 - 55 minutes - 38.1 MBIt's June, and at the IMMP that means Ray Harryhausen Month! This year, as we near the end of Harryhausen's filmography, we enter the realm of swords, sandals and Olympian gods with the 1963 epic JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS.
119: FANTASTIC VOYAGE
May 29, 2023 11:00 - 52 minutes - 36.3 MBVoyage to the Bottom of the Sea featured a very big submarine. This episode features a very tiny submarine, traveling inside the human body on a FANTASTIC VOYAGE.
118: Irwin Allen’s VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA (TV Series)
May 15, 2023 11:00 - 49 minutes - 34.3 MBThree years after the Seaview saved the world in the 1961 movie VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA, she sailed into a very different world as the star of a hit TV series. Ian and Matthew discuss what remained the same for this version, and what was very, very different.
117: Irwin Allen’s VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA (1961 Movie)
May 01, 2023 11:00 - 56 minutes - 38.7 MBIn 1961 sci fi and disaster master Irwin Allen loaded Walter Pidgeon, Robert Sterling, Barbara Eden, Frankie Avalon and Peter Lorre into the submarine Seaview to save the world on a VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA.
116: THE STING
April 17, 2023 11:00 - 40 minutes - 29 MBPsst. Hey. Yeah, you. You look like a smart guy. Can I interest you in what might be the best grift movie of all time? It's Robert Redford and Paul Newman in 1973's THE STING.
115: THE NATURAL starring Robert Redford
April 03, 2023 11:00 - 1 hour - 41.7 MBJust in time for baseball season, Matthew introduced Ian to his favorite baseball movie of all time: THE NATURAL starring Robert Redford.
114: THE SWORD AND THE SORCERER
March 20, 2023 11:00 - 58 minutes - 40.2 MBIn ancient times of high adventure -- 1982 -- there was a sword. And there was a sorcerer. And their tale was told in a movie with the imaginative title THE SWORD AND THE SORCERER.
113: TIME BANDITS
March 06, 2023 12:00 - 59 minutes - 41.2 MBIn 1981 Terry Gilliam’s third feature film took us beyond space and time through cracks in the universe. A strange and silly universe. The week Ian and Matthew talk about TIME BANDITS.
112: THE GREAT HOUDINI(S) Starring Paul Michael Glaser
February 20, 2023 12:00 - 46 minutes - 32 MBIn the early 1900s, Harry Houdini became the world's greatest entertainer by executing seemingly impossible escapes from every imaginable type of captivity. In the mid 1970s, ten-year-old Matthew was captivated by THE GREAT HOUDINIS, a biopic starring Paul Michael Glaser of Starsky and Hutch fame. How will Ian escape this TV movie?
111: Disney's ATLANTIS: THE LOST EMPIRE
February 06, 2023 12:00 - 1 hour - 42.7 MBIan takes over the podcast to lead a discussion of an action-adventure tale that had a deep impact on his young movie-loving mind: Disney's ATLANTIS: THE LOST EMPIRE.
110: H.P. Lovecraft’s AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS
January 23, 2023 12:00 - 58 minutes - 40.1 MBFollowing their arctic visit to Ice Station Zebra, Ian and Matthew continue their icy endeavors with a journey to the Antarctic to explore H.P Lovecraft's AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS.
109: ICE STATION ZEBRA
January 09, 2023 12:00 - 50 minutes - 34.7 MBAs we deal with the icy winds of January, we ask ourselves: what if we take these icy winds and add Cold War nuclear tensions? And a cool nuclear submarine? Join Ian and Matthew for a talk about 1968's ICE STATION ZEBRA.
108: CONAN THE DESTROYER
December 26, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 56 MBCHRISTMAS WITH CONAN continues! Right on the tail of 1982's CONAN THE BARBARIAN, Raffaella De Laurentiis produced 1984's CONAN THE DESTROYER. New villain. New sidekicks. New director. New tone. Same Conan?
107: CONAN THE BARBARIAN starring Arnold Schwarzenegger (1982)
December 12, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 52.7 MBHappy Hyborian Holidays! Our December theme is Christmas with Conan, starting with 1982's CONAN THE BARBARIAN starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.
106: Ralph Bakshi’s THE LORD OF THE RINGS (1978)
November 28, 2022 12:00 - 1 hour - 42.2 MBMore than two decades before Peter Jackson made the world believe that New Zealand is Middle Earth, animator Ralph Bakshi gave us an ambitious and deeply weird adaptation of Tolkien's THE LORD OF THE RINGS. Or the first half, at least.
105: THE HOBBIT (Rankin Bass, 1977)
November 14, 2022 12:00 - 44 minutes - 30.4 MBTricksey hobbitses! In this episode Ian and Matthew discuss Matthew's junior high Tolkien obsession, and specifically the 1977 Rankin Bass animated version of THE HOBBIT.
104: THE MUNSTERS
October 31, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 43.1 MBFor Halloween 2022, our Frankenstein theme wraps up with one of the stranger, and most beloved, takes on classic monster tropes: the 1960s TV sitcom THE MUNSTERS.
103: YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN by Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder
October 17, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 44.6 MBAfter the 1931 Universal Adaptation of FRANKENSTEIN -- 43 years after -- Mel Brooks and Gene Wilder revisited the material with ... a parody? A sequel? Both? Something more? Ian and Matthew try to figure it out as they talk about YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN.
102: FRANKENSTEIN (1931)
October 03, 2022 11:00 - 54 minutes - 37.5 MBAs Halloween approaches once again, we return to the Universal Pictures monster movie canon to talk about the 1931 adaptation of Mary Shelley's FRANKENSTEIN.
101: HOMESTARRUNNER.COM (The Millennial Strikes Back)
September 19, 2022 11:00 - 57 minutes - 39.6 MBThe Millennial Strikes Back! Ian takes over the podcast to share the most influential show from his youth: HOMESTARRUNNER.COM
100: GIGANTOR! live from NDK
September 05, 2022 11:00 - 43 minutes - 29.9 MBFor our special 100th episode, Ian and Matthew discuss the first anime Matthew ever saw: GIGANTOR! Recorded live at Nan Desu Kan 2022 in Aurora, Colorado.
099: LOGAN’S RUN
August 22, 2022 11:00 - 52 minutes - 36.2 MBFor late August 2022, Matthew chose to show Ian the 70s sci-fi feature LOGAN'S RUN. For reasons that will become clear.
098: Mike Nichols’ THE DAY OF THE DOLPHIN
August 08, 2022 11:00 - 44 minutes - 30.2 MBThe poster does its best to give the game away: "UNWITTINGLY, HE TRAINED A DOLPHIN TO KILL THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES." It doesn't bother to mention that he also taught the dolphin to talk. Ian and Matthew discuss the 1973 marine biology techno thriller (!?) THE DAY OF THE DOLPHIN.
097: Bill Murray in MEATBALLS
July 25, 2022 11:00 - 49 minutes - 33.8 MBIt's the height of the summer, and for many that means memories of summer camp. Or summer camp movies like MEATBALLS from Bill Murray, Ivan Reitman and Harold Ramis.
096: THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL (1951)
July 11, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 45.1 MBFrom the depths of space comes a message of peace...or else. Matthew and Ian discuss the 1951 movie THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL.
095: Harryhausen Month: SINBAD
June 27, 2022 11:00 - 1 hour - 46.5 MBThe IMMP sets sail with Captain Sinbad! Three different Sinbads, as a matter of fact: THE 7TH VOYAGE OF SINBAD (1958) THE GOLDEN VOYAGE OF SINBAD (1973) and SINBAD AND THE EYE OF THE TIGER (1977)