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Join sagacious cinema meshugganah Marty Schwartz and uber-groovy movie goober Scott Sharplin as they concoct spurious links throughout filmdom and brazenly pioneer new ways of looking at pictures in motion.

  1. The TV Dick Triptych Episode 25

    FEB 1

    The TV Dick Triptych Episode 25

    The "dick" jokes come thicker than ever before as Scott & Marty celebrate one of the greatest of Columbo's adversaries: Dick van Dyke. Also, David Addison turns out to be a sequel; leprechauns are everywhere; and Jack the Ripper turns out to be an incompetent undead dork. Listen!!! Episodes we dismember: Columbo S4E2 "Negative Reaction" at 1:42Moonlighting S3E1 "The Son Also Rises" at 12:53Forever Knight S2E4 "Bad Blood" at 28:13Continuity Boulevard at 42:35Lightning Round at 47:57 Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Amazon Music. Visit us at slackandslashpod.com Email us at slackandslash@gmail.com

    1h 13m
  2. 129 - Lauren Bacall Part 2 of 2

    JAN 25

    129 - Lauren Bacall Part 2 of 2

    The mirror might have two faces, but Marty & Scott are pretty sure that Lauren Bacall only had one face... but what a face!! In this episode, they flit merrily through the last four decades of Bacall's 60-year filmography. Films we flirt with: The Shootist (1976, Dir. Don Siegel) at 1:43The Fan (1981, Dir. Ed Bianchi) at 17:46The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996, Dir. Barbra Streisand) at 33:40Dogville (2003, Dir. Lars von Trier) at 46:25Plus Continuity Boulevard (at 1:03:54) and the Lightning Round (at 1:15:03)Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Amazon Music. Visit us at slackandslashpod.com Email us at slackandslash@gmail.com

    1h 38m
  3. 128 - Lauren Bacall Part 1 of 2

    JAN 19

    128 - Lauren Bacall Part 1 of 2

    "Discovered" at 19, Betty Joan Perske became one of the brightest (and most durable!) stars of Hollywood's Golden Age. She also became Lauren Bacall! In this episode, Scott and Marty learn how to whistle by blowing through Bacall's first two decades onscreen. Jump around a bit, why don't you? To Have and Have Not (1944, Dir. Howard Hawks) at 2:14Key Largo (1948, Dir. John Huston) at 19:45How to Marry a Millionaire (1953, Dir. Jean Negulesco) at 35:36Written on the Wind (1956, Dir. Douglas Sirk) at 49:26Continuity Boulevard at 1:04:33Lightning Round at 1:12:37Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Amazon Music. Visit us at slackandslashpod.com Email us at slackandslash@gmail.com

    1h 34m
  4. The TV Dick Triptych Episode 24

    JAN 12

    The TV Dick Triptych Episode 24

    So, this one's called "An Exercise in Fatality" because it's about an exercise dude. Get it? And then there's "Stranger than Fiction," and that one's about an author, see? And then "Camille," well that's the cleverest episode title of all... uh... Pilloried this week: Columbo S4E1 "An Exercise in Fatality" (at 1:51)Moonlighting S2E18 "Camille" (at 19:08)Forever Knight S2E3 "Stranger than Fiction" (at 34:17)And don't forget Continuity Boulevard (48:10) and the Lightning Round (52:25)! Get it? Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Amazon Music. Visit us at slackandslashpod.com Email us at slackandslash@gmail.com

    1h 20m
  5. 126 - Merry Christmas

    12/13/2025

    126 - Merry Christmas

    'Tis the Season, and Scott and Marty have been seasoning a four-course Yule feast for your ears! If your family doesn't have a Chirstmas movie-watching tradition, here are four merry (or scary) selections to consider. Or, who knows? Maybe listening to this very episode will become your yearly thing! Fa la la la la along to: It's a Wonderful Life (1946, Dir. Frank Capra) at 1:41Black Christmas (1974, Dir. Bob Clark) at 17:32Scrooged (1988, Dir. Richard Donner) at 32:13Elf (2003, Dir. Jon Favreau) at 51:48Continuity Boulevard at 1:07:37Lightning Round at 1:20:05Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Amazon Music. Visit us at slackandslashpod.com Email us at slackandslash@gmail.com

    1h 43m
  6. The TV Dick Triptych Episode 23

    12/07/2025

    The TV Dick Triptych Episode 23

    In this colossal episode of detective-TV podcastery, Scott and Marty ascend the Ziggurat of Cleanliness and educate themselves (and you!) about the World's Second Oldest Profession. Join in! Conquered in this episode: Columbo S3E8 "A Friend in Deed" at 2:13Moonlighting S2E17 "Funeral for a Doornail" at 18:10Forever Knight S2E2 "A Fate Worse Than Death" at 31:25Continuity Boulevard at 41:50Lightning Round at 45:36Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Amazon Music. Visit us at slackandslashpod.com Email us at slackandslash@gmail.com

    1h 8m
  7. 124 - Donald Sutherland Part 2 of 2

    11/30/2025

    124 - Donald Sutherland Part 2 of 2

    Put on your best stabbin' hat and hop on your motorized scooter, cuz it's time for Part Two of Donapalooza! Scott and Marty follow Sutherland, Sr. into the 21st century, and in the process learn about the world's most famous Canadian (no, it ain't Justin Bieber). Eye of the Needle (1981, Dir. Richard Marquand) at 2:26Bethune: The Making of a Hero (1990, Dir. Philip Borsos) at 12:35Reign Over Me (2007, Dir. Mike Binder) at 26:41The Burnt Orange Heresy (2019, Dir. Guiseppe Capotondi) at 46:01Continuity Boulevard at 56:09Lightning Round at 1:03:30Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Amazon Music. Visit us at slackandslashpod.com Email us at slackandslash@gmail.com

    1h 37m
  8. 123 - Donald Sutherland Part 1 of 2

    11/23/2025

    123 - Donald Sutherland Part 1 of 2

    DON'T FALL ASLEEP! You'll become a pod person, and more tragically, you'll miss the first installment in our Donald Sutherland two-parter! Scott and Marty dive deep into Big Don's stellar performances in four 1970s films: M*A*S*H (1970, Dir. Robert Altman) at 3:29Little Murders (1971, Dir. Alan Arkin) at 25:16Don't Look Now (1973, Dir. Nicholas Roeg) at 40:32Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978, Dir. Philip Kaufman) at 52:07Plus! Continuity Boulevard at 1:06:26And! Lightning Round at 1:16:14Follow us on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Amazon Music. Visit us at slackandslashpod.com Email us at slackandslash@gmail.com

    1h 30m
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Join sagacious cinema meshugganah Marty Schwartz and uber-groovy movie goober Scott Sharplin as they concoct spurious links throughout filmdom and brazenly pioneer new ways of looking at pictures in motion.

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  • Creator
    Slack and Slash
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2026
  • Episodes
    130
  • Rating
    Explicit
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    © 2026 Slack and Slash Productions
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