Sam Pancake Presents the Monday Afternoon Movie
128 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★★★ - 235 ratingsActor and comedian Sam Pancake sits down with friends famous and funny to discuss the surreal, silly and nonetheless star-studded made-for-TV movies of the 1970s. It's a loving look at baffling not-quite-feature-length flicks that often aren't on DVD and have largely been lost to time.
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THE SAVAGE BEES with Lizzy Cooperman
September 16, 2019 19:32 - 1 hour - 174 MBSam Pancake’s personal war on bees continues with THE SAVAGE BEES, a 1976 made-for-TV creature feature that has the unique distinction of not sucking to the point that it was actually released in theaters abroad. How much does it not suck? Lizzy Cooperman — actress, comedian and avowed insectophobe — joins Sam to discuss the film, which stars Ben Johnson, Michael Parks and the city of New Orleans itself. Help support Monday Afternoon Movie at our brand-new Patreon page: https://www.patreon.co...
TARANTULAS: THE DEADLY CARGO with Pip Lilly
September 09, 2019 19:36 - 1 hour - 71.2 MBWhat animal strikes more fear into the heart of man than… the banana spider?!?! Well, at least that’s the premise the creators of TARANTULAS: THE DEADLY CARGO were hoping would win over made-for-tv horror fans in 1977. This creature feature — weirdly a Christmastime release, for no reason in particular — doesn’t quite come together, but luckily actor Pip Lilly is on hand to talk with Sam about its hunky eye candy. BANANA SPIDERS!!! Help support Monday Afternoon Movie at our brand-new Patreon ...
SNOWBEAST with John Cantwell
September 03, 2019 18:58 - 1 hour - 74.7 MBHalf-human, half-animal and 100 percent made-for-TV magic! This week, Sam is talking about the 1977 sasquatchploitation favorite SNOWBEAST, starring Bo Svenson, Yvette Mimieux and Sylvia Sidney. And along for this sinister sleigh ride is Love Connie herself, John Cantwell, and there is perhaps no better team-up to discuss the less-remembered performances of the TV movie era. Get your yeti on. Help support Monday Afternoon Movie at our brand-new Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/mondayafte...
KILLER BEES with Jeffery Self
August 26, 2019 21:16 - 1 hour - 164 MBHey, remember when we thought the bees were going to kill *us* instead of the other way around? LOL! This 1974 bug paranoia flick stars none other than Gloria Swanson as a real queen bee (and queen B) alongside Kate Jackson, Eddie Albert and a whole lot of actual bees that were not compensated for their participation. Sam is joined by actor and comedian Jeffery Self to discuss this film, just one of the many made-for-TV wonders tackling the subject of deadly bees. Help support Monday Afternoo...
GARGOYLES with Daniele Gaither
August 19, 2019 22:32 - 1 hour - 56.8 MBNo longer mere architectural ornaments, gargoyles come to life in this enjoyably shclocky offering from 1973. Sam is joined in this episode by his first-ever repeat guest (!!!) Daniele Gaither, a comedian and actress with a thorough command command of pop culture. To its credit, GARGOYLES actually won an Emmy for Outstanding Achievement in Makeup, and it is good… even if it’s used to make it really hard to tell that under all that monster drag is Bernie Casey, an actor of color given a rare p...
DEVIL DOG: THE HOUND OF HELL with Lisa Stockdale
August 12, 2019 19:46 - 1 hour - 71.1 MBIf your idea of good entertainment is Richard Crenna and Yvette Mimieux fighting a devil-possessed German Shepherd, then have we got a film for you. Monday Afternoon Movie’s animal-tastic third season continues with the 1978 novelty Devil Dog: The Hound of Hell, which, yes, is a very literal title, it turns out. Producer Lisa Stockdale joins Sam to talk out the intricacies of the film, which gives new meaning to “Bad dog! That is no!” Help support Monday Afternoon Movie at our brand-new Patre...
THE CAT CREATURE with Becky Thyre
August 05, 2019 17:59 - 1 hour - 156 MBWelcome to season three! Sam Pancake is back for a new season of Monday Afternoon Movie, and this time it is themed: Attack of the Animals. Every episode this season features your favorite 1970s stars sparring with wild beasts (supernatural and otherwise), and we’re kicking it off with THE CAT CREATURE, a 1973 treat featuring a pre-Family, pre-Family Ties Meredith Baxter. Actress Becky Thyre joins Sam to discuss. Meow. Help support Monday Afternoon Movie at our brand-new Patreon page: https:/...
WHEN MICHAEL CALLS with Michael Varrati
April 15, 2019 23:11 - 1 hour - 155 MBSeason two ends with a cavalcade of Michaels! A young Michael Douglas stars in this 1972 chiller about calls coming from beyond the grave. OR ARE THEY? On hand to discuss WHEN MICHAEL CALLS is writer and Dead for Filth host Michael Varrati. Official website: https://mondayafternoonmovie.com On Facebook: https://facebook.com/mondayafternoonmovie On Twitter: https://twitter.com/afternoonmovie On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/64KyzfFUZ0Juc6TWM0yKJ2 On Google Play: https://play.google.co...
A TASTE OF EVIL with Jeremy Kinser
April 08, 2019 21:05 - 1 hour - 171 MBIt’s hot Barbara-on-Barbara action as Barbara Stanwyck and Barbara Parkins co-star in A TASTE OF EVIL! It’s psychological horror by way of Aaron Spelling, which means yes — both Barbaras seem to understand they’re in a made-for-TV version of the psychobiddy genre. Journalist Jeremy Kinser joins Sam to revel in the campiness of this 1971 offering and also offer some insight from Barbara Parkins herself. Official website: https://mondayafternoonmovie.com On Facebook: https://facebook.com/monday...
CROWHAVEN FARM with Rose Abdoo
April 01, 2019 21:19 - 1 hour - 189 MBPilgrim buckles have never looked creepier than in this 1970 thriller starring Hope Lange and Paul Burke. Fellow Gilmore Girls star Rose Abdoo joins Sam to discuss a movie that Wikipedia summarizes simply as ”A haunted house makes its occupants miserable.“ Not inaccurate! Official website: https://mondayafternoonmovie.com On Facebook: https://facebook.com/mondayafternoonmovie On Twitter: https://twitter.com/afternoonmovie On Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/64KyzfFUZ0Juc6TWM0yKJ2 On Goo...
BAD RONALD with Calpernia Addams
March 25, 2019 20:41 - 1 hour - 57.5 MBA domestic thriller in the literal sense, BAD RONALD answers the question, "What if Dorothy Zbornak's son were a murderer?" This 1974 ABC TV movie stars Scott Jacoby as a teenaged killer lurking within the walls of an unwitting family's home. It's got some issues, as Sam and guest Calpernia Addams find, but it also has enough potential that we should all want to see the 1992 French remake. Official website: https://www.mondayafternoonmovie.com On Facebook: https://facebook.com/mondayafternoon...
THE LEGEND OF LIZZIE BORDEN with Gwynedd Stuart
March 18, 2019 23:18 - 1 hour - 157 MBDon’t believe the jump rope jingle! Lizzie Borden didn’t actually give her mother forty whacks. Also, it really undersells the amount of lesbian tension in this story. Yes, Sam is talking 1975’s The Legend of Lizzie Borden, which puts two sitcom greats — Elizabeth Montgomery and Katherine Helmond — into corsets to tell a true(ish) account of one of the most famous murder stories in American history. Gwynedd Stuart joins the show to share her thoughts and plan out her own murders in a surefire...
THE NORLISS TAPES with Lucas Zachary Hazlett
March 11, 2019 20:48 - 48 minutes - 44.5 MBCan the pilot for a failed detective series be turned into a successful standalone feature? Why do you think they filmed this on location in Monterey? Could there be a less interesting name for a leading male character than Norliss? Didn't Angie Dickinson have something better to do? Why are there so few people of color in these TV movies? These and more questions shall be answered in Sam's discussion of 1973's THE NORLISS TAPES, with special guest Lucas Zachary Hazlett. Official website: htt...
SUMMER OF FEAR with John Arthur Hill
March 04, 2019 20:55 - 44 minutes - 40.8 MBOn Halloween night, 1978, NBC aired SUMMER OF FEAR (a.k.a. STRANGER IN OUR HOUSE), starring Linda Blair and several perms. The film — directed by Wes Craven and based on a novel by Lois Duncan — is a witchcraft-tinged thriller that plays on the very relatable fear of having an evil cousin take over your posh life in the Malibu countryside. Fran Drescher co-stars. Her accent is not explained. John Arthur Hill joins Sam to discuss. Official website: https://www.mondayafternoonmovie.com On Faceb...
SATAN’S SCHOOL FOR GIRLS with Daniele Gaither
February 25, 2019 19:56 - 1 hour - 147 MBNot long before they became Charlie's Angels, Kate Jackson and Cheryl Ladd appeared in this 1973 Aaron Spelling production about coeds who also happen to be members of a Satanic cabal. Yes, it's another case of a surprise ending made less surprising by the film's title, but Sam is joined by Daniele Gaither for an in-depth discussion of a campy classic that is also a study in mid-70s fashion. Official website: https://www.mondayafternoonmovie.com On Facebook: https://facebook.com/mondayafterno...
THE DEVIL’S DAUGHTER with Tony Rodriguez
February 18, 2019 17:01 - 1 hour - 141 MBWhat if Rosemary’s Baby but with Shelley Winters and also the movie gives away a central plot point in the title? THE DEVIL’S DAUGHTER features Belinda Montgomery, Robert Foxworth and Diane Ladd, with a script by the writer of Harold & Maude and 9 to 5. And that might seem like an impressive line-up, but Sam is joined by comedic actor Tony Rodriguez to discuss all the ways this one goes off the rails. Official website: https://www.mondayafternoonmovie.com On Facebook: https://facebook.com/mon...
THE SPELL with Frankie Frascatore
February 11, 2019 18:00 - 49 minutes - 45.7 MBWelcome to season two! We’re kicking off this new run of Monday Afternoon Movie with The Spell, a 1977 made-for-TV marvel that really wants to outdo Carrie and probably doesn’t but stars Lee Grant and that is enough! Sam is joined by Frankie Frascatore, a font of pop culture knowledge, to talk ploth oles, magic powers, and this film’s very particular brand of 1970s clutter set dressing. Come for the TV-censor approved horror. Stay for confusion about what banana cake is. Official website: htt...
HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS with Sam Greisman
December 11, 2018 01:11 - 1 hour - 56.6 MBHave you gotten this far in your life without knowing that Sally Field starred in a 1972 Christmas-themed horror movie that pits her against the baroness from The Sound of Music? Not only does your host get into this Aaron Spelling-produced made-for-TV wonder, but he does so with writer-director Sam Greisman, who just happens to be Sally’s son. He reports that his mother remembers the film having a great cast but nonetheless being “a piece of shit.” Home for the Holidays also stars fellow Mar...
THE HORROR AT 37,000 FEET with Alonso Duralde
October 22, 2018 17:01 - 50 minutes - 46 MBA decade after William Shatner starred in the Twilight Zone episode “The Nightmare at 20,000 Feet,” he took a lead role in this TV horror movie with a similar name. Did it outdo his original fight against otherworldly forces on an airplane? No. But did it give actresses like Tammy Grimes and Paul Winfield a chance to play bigger than they would have in a cinematic outing? Oh my goodness, yes. Critic Alonso Duralde joins Sam to revel in this exercise in cost-effective terror. Official website:...
HAUNTS OF THE VERY RICH with Alec Mapa
September 24, 2018 18:30 - 35 minutes - 32.8 MBThink of Lost by way of Fantasy Island with a Twilight Zone chaser, and if that’s not incentive enough, know that Haunts of the Very Rich’s band of castaways is 1972 TV royalty, including Lloyd Bridges, Cloris Leachman, Ed Asner, Anne Francis, Donna Mills, Robert Reed and more. The ebullient Alec Mapa joins Sam for this episode, the finale to the first season of Monday Afternoon Movie. Official website: www.mondayafternoonmovie.com/ On Facebook: facebook.com/mondayafternoonmovie/ Sam on Twitt...
THE INITIATION OF SARAH with Nina Millin
September 17, 2018 19:56 - 48 minutes - 44.4 MB"What if Carrie went to college?" That's a question few people asked, but the 1978 TV movie THE INITIATION OF SARAH seeks to answer it anyway. Actress and gaucho pant enthusiast Nina Millin joins Sam to talk about the high fashion and glaring plotholes in this thoroughly enjoyable flick about sorority sisters and psychic powers. The movie stars Kay Lenz, Morgan Brittany, Morgan Fairchild and Shelley Winters, though the star of this episode is clearly Sam's imitation of Shelley Winters. Offici...
TRILOGY OF TERROR with Roz Drezfalez
September 10, 2018 19:06 - 32 minutes - 29.8 MBIt's finally here: the movie that derailed Karen Black's career! The 1975 TV movie TRILOGY OF TERROR offers viewers four different flavors of Karen Black, but Sam and guest Roz Drezfalez find that there's a reason the last vignette is the one everyone still remembers. Zuni fetish doll for the win! Official website: http://www.mondayafternoonmovie.com/ On Facebook: facebook.com/mondayafternoonmovie/ Sam on Twitter: twitter.com/jsampancake Roz on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rozdrezfalez
SCREAM, PRETTY PEGGY with Matt Cornwall
September 03, 2018 20:54 - 33 minutes - 45.8 MBIt goes without saying that the star of 1973's SCREAM, PRETTY PEGGY is Bette Davis, and the star of this episode is Sam Pancake's impression of Bette Davis. Matt Cornwall joins Sam to relish in every moment Davis spends onscreen, even the ones where she's just nervously holding a whiskey-filled teacup. Official website: https://mondayafternoonmovie.com/ On Facebook: facebook.com/mondayafternoonmovie/ Sam on Twitter: twitter.com/jsampancake
DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK with Adam Dugas
August 27, 2018 19:20 - 34 minutes - 31.4 MBLong before Guillermo del Toro fleshed it out as a feature film, Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark was a TV movie legend that loomed vividly in the memory any kid who happened to have caught its first airing in 1973. But does this haunted house flick stand up if you watch it as an adult? Sam is joined by writer-director Adam Dugas to talk plotholes, scrotum-faced goblins and Kim Darby’s unfortunate styling. Official website: https://mondayafternoonmovie.com/ On Facebook: facebook.com/mondayafternoo...
CURSE OF THE BLACK WIDOW with Drew Droege
August 20, 2018 18:29 - 33 minutes - 45.4 MBWho is the ambiguously European-accented woman murdering the men of Los Angeles? What family secret could Donna Mills and Patty Duke be hiding? Why are they playing twins? Can you tell the difference between June Lockhart and June Allyson? These questions and more are asked and kinda-sorta answered in Episode 3 of the Monday Afternoon Movie, where Sam is joined by Drew Droege to explore the 1977 detective thriller-monster movie CURSE OF THE BLACK WIDOW. Official website: https://mondayafterno...
THE HOUSE THAT WOULD NOT DIE with Selene Luna
August 13, 2018 19:15 - 37 minutes - 51 MBLesson learned: If there’s a storied home in Pennsylvania Amish country, it’s probably haunted. The House That Would Not Die stars Barbara Stanwyck, Kitty Winn and Barbara Stanwyck’s amazing Nolan Miller wardrobe, who all join forces to get to the bottom of a centuries-old mystery and also get in good with their handsome neighbors. Actress and comedian Selene Luna joins Sam to talk about how bonkers this movie is and how it succeeds in spite of being totally bonkers. Official website: https:/...
SOMETHING EVIL with Theo Brown
August 06, 2018 19:56 - 37 minutes - 51.7 MBSteven Spielberg’s first TV movie, Duel, won widespread acclaim and even got a theatrical release. Something Evil, which aired on CBS just two months later, did not get a theatrical release, but fans of Spielberg’s work will nonetheless see why the director went on to such success. Sam is joined by writer-director Theo Brown to discuss the film, which stars Sandy Dennis and Darren McGavin as a couple who makes the crucial mistake of purchasing a house. It doesn’t go well. Official website: ht...
Trailer: Sam Pancake Presents the Monday Afternoon Movie
July 30, 2018 06:04 - 4 minutes - 6.3 MBComing August 6 to a listening device near you... It's Sam Pancake Presents the Monday Afternoon Movie, a weekly series that has actor and comedian Sam Pancake reliving the wonderment of the made-for-TV movies of the 1970s. Sam sits with friends Alec Mapa, Selene Luna, Drew Droege and more to talk about the the bad, the bonkers and the bizarre about movies including Trilogy of Terror, The Initiation of Sarah, Don't Be Afraid of the Dark and more.