The Black Dog Podcast Lee Medcalf

This weeks shambles is solely Lees fault due to his inability to read an email, or a diary or tell the difference between the number 16 and 23. 

However, this week, Jim laments the quality of graffiti these days and witnesses a police raid on a old age pensioner drugs ring. Elton wonders why everything sounds so odd in Three Body Problem. Darren gets a shiny head and says a lot (without saying a lot) about Fallout the TV show. While Lee suffers gastric issues thanks to a weekend of Guinness, Pizza and a burger that has mac n cheese hidden under a cheese burger. 

Then after a quick bout of feedback its on to this weeks film. A movie that asks you to "choose life" or better yet choose friends who are not violence addicted psychotics and heroine junkies as we go Trainspotting. 

Media discussed this week
Trainspotting (Film 4 / 4OD)
Three Body Problem (Netflix)
Fallout (Amazon Prime)
 
Music
"Farting Around" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
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This week Jim returns to normality, but still manages to watch a film about screaming foreheads. Elton runs, well walks, well kinda misses, a half marathon. Darren gets a new(ish) phone which is not wanted by the police, HONEST! He also watches Monkey Man and plays a horror game fighting Muppets (as you do). While Lee takes part in a film quiz, in a cinema, surrounded by "media studies" students, a pillow of popcorn hangs in the balance. And he also watches a creepy low budget indie film found in the depths of Amazon Primes rent list. 

Then after some feedback for last weeks episode we move on to this weeks film. A remake (kinda) of the Patrick Swayze 1989 action classic Roadhouse which should have perhaps been renamed Beach Front Tiki Bar.

Media Discussed This Episode 
Trail of the Screaming Forehead (Amazon Prime)
Monkey Man (Cinema release)
All the Fiends of Hell by Adam Neville (book)
My Happy Neighbourhood (PC/Xbox)
Monolith (2022) (Amazon VOD rental)
Roadhouse (2024) (Amazon Prime)
Roadhouse (1989) (Amazon Prime)

Music "Boogie Party" and "Farting Around" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

This week Jim watches Madam Web, pray for mojo. Elton has a Traitors evening and spends most of this evening trying to explain to Lee what Traitors is. While Darren works over the holiday break, enjoys Blue Eyed Samurai and comes under questioning about Batman and Ninjas...

Also we may have slipped into the 1930s gangster speak which makes sense in context... I won't try and explain it here.

Then after a bit of feedback its off to the 80s to point at stuff and say "thats a bit rubbish" over and over, while trying to find a serial killer in a Max Headroom mask, in this weeks movie Totally Killer.

Media Discussed This Week
Madam Web (cinema and Amazon Prime rental)
Traitors (BBC iPlayer / Board game shops)
Blue Eyed Samurai (Netflix)
Stray (PC / Xbox / PS5)
Return of Captain Invincible (Amazon Prime)
Totally Killer (Amazon Prime)
A lot of 1980s musical acts.

Music
"Boogie Party" and "Farting Around" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
 

This week due to unforseen circumstances which may or may not be introducing us to GI Joe, Elton is not in the first half of the podcast as he has gone to live with all your missing childhood pets on a farm.

Elsewhere however, Jim is astounded by another oddly normal cryptid and is interviewed on a YouTube channel... Darren watches The Gentleman and also is overcome with emotion thanks to Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire. While Lee watches the latest found footage horror hot ticket Late Night With The Devil  and the Netflix film Damsel

Then after that we get seriously self congratulatory with all the positive feedback from last weeks episode and finally move on to this weeks film. Jeffrey Wright stars in the biting Oscar nominated comedy drama American Fiction
 
Media Discussed this week:

Morgan Scorpion Channel (https://www.youtube.com/@MorganScorpion)
The Gentlemen (Netflix)
Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (Cinema release)
Late Night With The Devil (Cinema release)
Damsel (Netflix)
American Fiction (Amazon Prime)
Music:
"Boogie Party" and "Farting Around" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

"Albertross" excerpt from "Madballs (You Told Me They Were Vitamins Mix)" by Makke available via Remix 64 
https://remix.kwed.org/remix/2664 

This week is.... Well... Its a thing...

We see the return of Darron Diamond (just long enough for us to probably be hit with enough copyright issues to ensure we never show up on any platform again)

Elsewhere Jim watches Community and the second week of batchelordom causes him to wonder about Emergency Ambulances in a way that might confuse and confound. Elton spends his week becoming an emotional wreck thanks to the ending of several tv shows. Darren watches Code 8 Part 2 and gets excited by Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow comic, while Lee whiles away a Saturday night watching Sam Rockwell dance and Anna Kendrick turn manic pixie dream girl up to insanely irritating levels in the Neflix show Mr Right.

Then after some feedback for last weeks show its on to the main event...

A true grenade thrown into our collective laps as we all shout Yo Joe, a lot and realise precisely how many double entendres were being passed before kids eyes in the 80s as we review Eltons pick GI Joe The Movie.. 

Media Discussed This Week
Community - Netflix
Glow - Netflix
Masters of the Air - Apple TV+
The Office (US edition) - Netflix
The Sopranos  - Apple TV+
The Many Saints of Newark - Netflix
Code 8 Part 2 - Netflix
Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow - Comic / Trade Paperback
Mr Right - Netflix
GI Joe The Movie - DVD / YouTube

Music

"I'm Just Joe" sung by Darron Diamond (Parody of "I'm Just Ken" by Ryan Gosling / Mark Ronson)
Backing track used for parody under UK Copyright (Fair Use exception parody, caricature and pastiche)

"Farting Around" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

This week, Jim is home alone with nothing but a pot noodle fort and a warhammer 40K bolter for comapany. Darren falls asleep to Sandra Bullocks Lost City while Lee foils Bromleys most inept movie pirate operation, loses his headphones and has a cinema to himself to watch Dune part two in the front most centre seat.

Then after some tube / straw / pipe talk... Yes really! We move on to this weeks film a low budget, high concept, little seen sci fi thriller on Netflix... Freaks.

Media Discussed this week
Dune Part Two (Cinema Release)
Warhammer 40k Bolter (Xbox)
Lost City (amazon prime)
Freaks (Netflix)

Music
"Boogie Party" and "Farting Around" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/