This week, Windy and Melissa make use of listener Ryan Alexander’s suggestion and talk about BOOZE MOVIES! (“Because meta,” writes Ryan.) We, of course, did not do this episode sober. We found a bottle of wine with a sheep on it (Le Grand Noir Malbec) and enjoyed it very, very thoroughly. Show notes behind the cut! Movies mentioned: …


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This week, Windy and Melissa make use of listener Ryan Alexander’s suggestion and talk about BOOZE MOVIES! (“Because meta,” writes Ryan.)


We, of course, did not do this episode sober. We found a bottle of wine with a sheep on it (Le Grand Noir Malbec) and enjoyed it very, very thoroughly.


Show notes behind the cut!




Movies mentioned:

The Thin Man

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle

Withnail and I

Hudson Hawk

Cocktail

The World’s End

Shawn of the Dead

Sideways

Flight

The Hangover

The Saddest Music in the World

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

Lost Weekend

Days of Wine and Roses

M*A*S*H

Arthur

A Star Is Born

The Player

Barfly

Bad Santa

Strange Brew


People mentioned:

Ryan Alexander

Richard Burton

Elizabeth Taylor

Patrick Stewart

Mercedes Ruehl

Richard E. Grant

Gary Oldman

Michael Caine

Bruce Robinson

Paul McGann

Edgar Wright

Simon Pegg

Nick Frost

Paul Giamatti

Thomas Hayden Church

Denzel Washington

John Goodman

Guy Maddin

Mark McKinney

Isabella Rossellini

Johnny Depp

James Mason

Eddie Izzard

Orson Welles

Robert Altman

Mickey Rourke

Peter O’Toole

Mark Linn-Baker

Billy Bob Thornton

Rick Moranis

Max von Sydow


Books mentioned:

With Nails, by Richard E. Grant

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, by Hunter S. Thompson


Places mentioned:

The Heights Theater

The Walker Art Center


Other things mentioned:

War of the Worlds concept album


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