Old Movies For Young Stoners

Bob Calhoun
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The podcast where we pair cannabis with cult and classic films to enhance your trip through cinema history. Co-hosted by Bob Calhoun, Philena Franklin, Cory Sklar & Greg Franklin

  1. May 26

    S5E6 Grave Robbers from Hollywood w/ Plan 9 from Outer Space (1958)

    They are bringing Val Kilmer back from the grave using AI to star in a crappy western, but Ed Wood brought Bela Lugosi back to life with some unused footage and an unconvincing double way back in the 50s! Without the use of computers even! The pending wave of AI movie star resurrections has Philena and Bob talking PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE (1958) in this emergency mini-episode mostly because Bob had a rant about it and didn't want it to go to waste. Philena and Bob also discuss the diva-on-diva beef between VAMPIRA and ELVIRA! Why can't we all just get along? Plus lots of Criswell, Tor Johnson and flying saucers over Hollywood! CAN YOU PROVE IT DIDN'T HAPPEN??? We also discuss the other dead movie star resurrections, such as GAME OF DEATH (1978), THE CROW (1994) and GLADIATOR (2000). And Philena talks about her near appearance in INCREDIBLY STRANGE WRESTLING before she was even born!!! NEXT EPISODE: It's THE PHILENAPOCALYPSE: ENDGAME with THE PEOPLE'S JOKER (2024) and THE ADVENTURES OF SHARK BOY AND LAVA GIRL (2005). With special guest Ngaio Bealum, the Dank Diplomat. Subscribe so you don't miss it! Hosts: Bob Calhoun and Philena Franklin. Greg and Cory are on assignment. OMFYS Theme by Chaki the Funk Wizard. All rights reserved. "Final Transmission" by I Think I Can Help You courtesy of YouTube Audio Library. Archival audio courtesy of Archive.org. Web: www.oldmoviesforyoungstoners.com Instagram/Facebook (Meta): oldmoviesforyoungstoners Bluesky: @oldmoviesystoners.bsky.social Contact: oldmoviesforyoungstoners@gmail.com

    1h 4m
  2. S5E5 Cory's Punk ep. feat. Marc Edward Heuck w/ ..Fabulous Stains (82) & Forbidden Zone (80)

    May 6

    S5E5 Cory's Punk ep. feat. Marc Edward Heuck w/ ..Fabulous Stains (82) & Forbidden Zone (80)

    Cory usually brings the funk, but today he's got the punk with a pair of movies that warped his young mind way back in the 80s. And he's also brining along film historian and commentary track superstar Marc Edward Heuck in an episode we call CORY'S PUNK ROCK AND SHOCK TIL YOU DROP! (Or at least that's what Bob called it when he hyped it in our last episode.) Cory's first pick is LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE FABULOUS STAINS (1982--kinda), a movie most of us discovered on USA Network's glorious NIGHT FLIGHT in the mid-80s. This movie about a defiant girl punk band getting out of their s****y mill town inspired L7 and Bikini Kill to start bands, and even Jon Bon Jovi cites it as an influence. JBJ notwithstanding, our world would be a crappier place without it. Marc contributed two commentary tracks to the excellent new Fun City Editions 4K UHD and Blu-ray release so he will tell you all about the movie that Paramount could not keep down. Then, the Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo capture their crazed stage show in the surreal PHANTOM ZONE (1980). And if that wasn't enough, they added Hervé Villechaize and Susan Tyrrell as the king and queen to make it even weirder. Streaming on Roku, Tubi, Plex and more. In the intro segment, Marc tells us what it's like to record commentary tracks, Bob talks about the wonders of digital broadcast with all the MeTVs there, and Cory and Philena extol the virtues of low-budget TV jingles. Get the new Fun City Edition FABULOUS STAINS disc at https://www.funcityeditions.com/shop/p/fabulousstainsslipbox Marc Edward Heuck has been kicked off of Twitter so follow him on Bluesky at https://bsky.app/profile/meheuck.bsky.social Hosts: Cory Sklar, Philena Franklin and Bob Calhoun. Greg is on assignment. OMFYS Theme Song and "Get in Line" courtesy of Chaki the Funk Wizard. Order Chaki's new LP, FROM LA TO THE BAY on 12" VINYL at chaki.bandcamp.com/album/from-l-a-to-the-bay-2 Trailer and other archival audio via archive.org. "Scratching Teeth" by JHS Pedals via YouTube Audio Library Web: www.oldmoviesforyoungstoners.com Instagram/Facebook (Meta): oldmoviesforyoungstoners Bluesky: @oldmoviesystoners.bsky.social Contact: oldmoviesforyoungstoners@gmail.com NEXT EPISODE: GRAVE ROBBERS FROM HOLLYWOOD with PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE (1958). Subscribe on your favorite podcast app so you don't miss it!

    1h 40m
  3. S5E4 Roger Corman 420 with Gas-s-s-s (1970)

    Apr 20

    S5E4 Roger Corman 420 with Gas-s-s-s (1970)

    Roger Corman was born 100 years ago this month so to celebrate his centennial and 420, Greg and Bob pair pot with GAS-S-S-S (1970), Corman's hippy-dippy post-apocalyptic stoner comedy. It's definitely one of Roger's stoniest movies, if not quite his best. A doddering US senator unwittingly releases a bio-weapon that kills everyone over 25. With that premise, Peter Fonda, Bruce Dern and Dennis Hopper had aged out so we get Bud Cort (RIP), Cindy Williams, Ben Vereen (who is on fire in this), and Talia Shire (then billed as Tally Coppola). They're like the Muppet Babies of AIP druggie flicks. With dirty psychedelic rock by Country Joe (RIP) and the Fish--the second film on this podcast to feature them and their music. Barry "The Fish" Melton kicks ass. Bob also talks about seeing the 4K restoration of Micheal Mann's THEIF (1981) at the Roxie in SF with the sound cranked way up. It's a good thing. And Greg gives us an update on his record room + why do people watch podcasts with aging men sitting around in shorts? What's the appeal? Hell if we know. Hosts: Greg Franklin and Bob Calhoun. Philena Franklin and Cory Sklar are on assignment. NEXT EPISODE: Cory's Punk Rock and Shock Til You Drop with LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE FABULOUS STAINS (1982) and FORBIDDEN ZONE (1980) featuring special guest star writer, producer and movie geek extraordinaire Marc Edward Heuck. Please subscribe on your favorite podcast app so you don't miss it! OMFYS Theme Song courtesy of Chaki the Funk Wizard. Order Chaki's new album, "From LA to the Bay," on 12" VINYL at BandCamp: https://chaki.bandcamp.com/album/from-l-a-to-the-bay-2 "Scale the Wall" by Everet Almond courtesy of YouTube Audio Library. Trailer audio courtesy of Archive.org. Please support Archive: https://archive.org/donate?origin=iawww-TopNavDonateButton Web: www.oldmoviesforyoungstoners.com Instagram/Facebook (Meta): oldmoviesforyoungstoners Bluesky: @oldmoviesystoners.bsky.social Contact: oldmoviesforyoungstoners@gmail.com

    1h 4m
  4. S5E3 AP Mike's Herzog-A-Mania w/ Aguirre Wrath of God (1972) & Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe (80)

    Mar 31

    S5E3 AP Mike's Herzog-A-Mania w/ Aguirre Wrath of God (1972) & Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe (80)

    Mike Lisk AKA AP Mike of THE BEST SHOW joins us once again and this time he's bringing Werner Herzog with him for AP MIKE'S HERZOG-A-MANIA!!! Mike first suggested doing a Herzog episode way back in our Noirvember 2024 episode (S3E15), but it took us over a year to get our most popular guest to discuss a German filmmaker so popular that he is now a meme--or even several of them. Rather than mine some obscure corner of Herzog's filmography--and there's a lot to mine--Mike goes straight for the heart (of darkness) with AGUIRRE WRATH OF GOD (1972)--the stoniest movie possible with Germans playing Spanish conquistadors and totally losing their shit both onscreen and IRL. In the title role we've got KLAUS KINSKI, a thoroughly terrible human being with an amazing face that is hard not to be captivated by--especially when you've been vaping Glitter Bomb with your new DaVinci EQ vaporizer all day. Look, the guy's been dead since 1991. We just want to enjoy the bastard's art. We don't want to make him Secretary of Health and Human Services or anything. And then to lighten things up, Cory chooses Les Blank's short film WERNER HERZOG EATS HIS SHOE (1980). And SPOILER: Werner Herzog does eat his shoe, although it was simmered in duck fat and hot sauce by the legendary Alice Waters of Chez Panisse in Berkeley not that helped very much. Werner ate his shoe as part of a bet with Errol Morris, so we also talk a bit about Morris's GATES OF HEAVEN (1978) but not so much that we can't feature that masterpiece in a future episode. Both Herzog movies and GATES OF HEAVEN are on Criterion Channel + AGUIRRE is also streaming on Fandor, Tubi, Pluto, Roku, and whole bunch of other places. BREAKING: AP Mike also tells us how he got kicked off of Facebook and Instagram for "selling drugs," and he gives us the lowdown on his new Patreon BEER BUDDIES where he and Tom Scharpling drink terrible beer. Plus we speculate on the end of social media, and Bob pays tribute some really cool friends who died recently. You can follow Mike Lisk on X (his only social media outlet) at @APMike, and please check out his new Patreon show BEER BUDDIES: https://www.patreon.com/collection/2054068?view=expanded Hosts: Bob Calhoun & Cory Sklar. Philena and Greg are on assignment. NEXT EPISODE: Cory's Sleazy LA with HOLLYWOOD 90028 (1973) and FORBIDDEN ZONE (1980) with special guest star writer, producer and movie geek extraordinaire Marc Edward Heuck. Please subscribe on your favorite podcast app so you don't miss it! OMFYS Theme Song and "Hamburgers for America" courtesy of Chaki the Funk Wizard. "Hamburgers for America" is on FROM LA TO THE BAY, Chaki's new LP! Here's how to order it on 12" VINYL: https://chaki.bandcamp.com/album/from-l-a-to-the-bay-2 "Juegos del Carnaval" by Jovenes Viejos and "Dreams of River Ganga" by Hanu Dixit courtesy of YouTube Audio Library. "Werner Herzog Beware The Internet" and "Aguirre" trailer audio courtesy of Archive.org. Please support Archive: https://archive.org/donate?origin=iawww-TopNavDonateButton Web: www.oldmoviesforyoungstoners.com Instagram/Facebook (Meta): oldmoviesforyoungstoners Bluesky: @oldmoviesystoners.bsky.social Contact: oldmoviesforyoungstoners@gmail.com

    1h 32m
  5. OMFYS S5E2 Childhood Trauma w/ The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T (1953) & The Boy with Green Hair (47)

    Mar 10

    OMFYS S5E2 Childhood Trauma w/ The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T (1953) & The Boy with Green Hair (47)

    Childhood trauma is everywhere in movies these days. You can find inner child work in Wicked and at least half the Pixar catalog. But we've always had it, only in the 1940s and 50s, it was all Freudian and weird. In our quest for trippy dream sequences, we pair weed with a pair of movies that probably traumatized kids as much as they entertained them. First, we have the only feature film written by Theodor Seuss Geisel AKA Dr. Seuss, THE 5,0000 FINGERS OF DR. T (1953) starring the amazing Hans Conried as a megalomaniacal piano teacher. It definitely delivers on Seuss-y dreaminess. And then, young Dean Stockwell is a war orphan who wakes up with green hair, and everyone in his town freaks the f-- out about it in, you guessed it, THE BOY WITH GREEN HAIR from RKO in 1947. Plus, Bob tries out the new DaVinci EQ Vaporizer and--spoiler--it's so good it made him like TRON ARES. Plus, are Zoomers buying DVDs? Philena has answers! We've also got the TikTok Report and what up Appleton, Wisconsin? #RaiseYourEQ to new frequencies. NEXT EPISODE: AP Mike returns for some EARLY HERZOG! Subscribe on your favorite podcast app so you don't miss it. Hosts: Bob Calhoun, Cory Sklar, Philena Franklin, and Greg Franklin Theme song: Chaki the Funk Wizard, used with permission. "Eine Kleine Nactmuskik" by Mozart and "Nebula" by the Grey Room, Density & Time courtesy of YouTube Audio Library. "Parade of the Wooden Soldiers" performed by the United States Marine Band and trailer and archival audio courtesy of archive.org Web: www.oldmoviesforyoungstoners.com Instagram/Facebook (Meta): oldmoviesforyoungstoners Bluesky: @oldmoviesystoners.bsky.social Contact: oldmoviesforyoungstoners@gmail.com

    1h 27m
  6. S5E1 My Stoney Valentine w/ Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1968) and Victims of Sin (51)

    Feb 9

    S5E1 My Stoney Valentine w/ Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1968) and Victims of Sin (51)

    We are back for our FIFTH SEASON!!! Can you believe that we've been at this for five years now??? I know we can't, but we have 58 episodes where we've paired pot with 117 movies as evidence here. Our earliest film was Georges Méliès' "The Infernal Caudron" from 1903, and our most recent is "Hanky Panky" from 2023. That's getting up on three years old now? Does that count as vintage in tubi years? But enough of our unexpected achievements. We've got our 59th episode right here, and with Valentine's Day just around the corner, we're exploring human sexuality with a pair of films that Philena describes as "more gross than romantic." Everything about BOB & CAROL & TED & ALICE (1969) screams the 60s, from Robert Culp in love beads right down to a Burt Bacharach song closing it out, but our crew found it's definitely worth a look as so many people are trying out polyamory with the same level of awkward as our film's titular couple. Plus Robert Culp and Natalie Wood smoke weed like pros Definitely stay tuned for Philena's title for a queer remake that she should really get crackin' on writing! The film also stars Ryan Cannon and Elliot Gould. How is it that Gould is making his Old Movies for Young Stoners debut just now??? BOB & CAROL & TED & ALICE is streaming on the Criterion and Roku Channels. Since we featured one of Mexico's most spectacularly-bad films in our last episode with the baffling SANTA CLAUS (1959), Bob felt it was time we explored the Golden Age of Mexican Cinema (1930-1960) with VICTIMS OF SIN (1951), a prime example of the Rumberas genre, a unique combination of musical, noir and intense melodrama. In fact, the emotions may have burned a bit too hot for some of our hosts. Ninón Sevilla is a dancer at the Club Changoo in Mexico City whose life goes to hell after she rescues a baby from a trash can. Directed by the great Emilio Fernández who was the John Huston or Kurosawa of Mexico's Golden Age, but is best known to gringos for playing the Mexican warlord Mapache in Sam Peckinpah's THE WILD BUNCH (1969). Legend also has it that Fernández was the sculptor's model for the Oscar statuette when he was chilling with Dolores del Río in Hollywood after he was a part of a failed rebellion in Mexico and had to flee to the United States for a while. The contrast of light and shadows of Gabriel Figueroa's cinematography are the equal of anything seen in the best American noirs. VICTIMS OF SIN is now streaming on Criterion Channel. Cory, Bob and Greg begin the show by talking about the pending closures of The Bottom of the Hill and Thee Parkside, two San Francisco punk clubs that they have all played and see a lot of shows at. The conversation brings up the Canadian rock god Thor, which is always welcome. Bottom of the Hill closes at the end of 2026, so please check out a show or ten there while you still can. https://www.bottomofthehill.com/calendar.html And Philena was not one of the influencers invited to screenings of the "Wuthering Heights," which really seems like an oversight by the Warner Bros publicity team if you ask us. Hey movie PR people, contact us at oldmoviesforyoungstoners@gmail.com and invite Philena to your premieres! She's got the power! Join us in March for our CHILDHOOD TRAUMA episode with THE 5,000 FINGERS OF DR. T (1953) and THE BOY WITH GREEN HAIR (1948). Subscribe on your preferred podcast app so you don't miss it. Theme song: Chaki the Funk Wizard, used with permission. "Cha Cha Fontanez" by Jimmy Fontanez and "Scale the Wall" by Everet Almond courtesy of YouTube Audio Library. Trailer and archival audio courtesy of Archive.org. Web: www.oldmoviesforyoungstoners.com Instagram/Facebook (Meta): oldmoviesforyoungstoners Bluesky: @oldmoviesystoners.bsky.social Contact: oldmoviesforyoungstoners@gmail.com

    1h 42m
  7. S4E12 Bonkers Holidaze Special w/ The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1910) & Santa Claus (1959)

    12/16/2025

    S4E12 Bonkers Holidaze Special w/ The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1910) & Santa Claus (1959)

    We're wishing stoners young and old out there a joyous Season's Greetings with our BONKERS HOLIDAZE SPECIAL. Philena still hasn't seen WICKED: FOR GOOD but we got more than enough witches and weirdness for her with THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ from 1910, a silent wonder which condenses Dorothy's entire journey into just 13 baffling minutes! What this early (but not first) version of THE WIZARD OF OZ lacks in coherence, it more than makes up for with stoniness. Glinda turns Toto into a strange dog-beast, and the flying monkeys are replaced with a bat-winged frog nightmare! We not only tell you what to smoke with this one but also what to put on your playlist while you enjoy the confusion. THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ is public domain so it's streaming on YouTube, Archive and even TikTok! And speaking of barely coherent, our main feature is SANTA CLAUS, a brain-melting oddity from Mexico in 1959 where Santa Claus and Merlin must stop a pantaloons-clad Devil from wrecking Christmas. If you put this fantasia on at your family holiday gathering instead of LOVE ACTUALLY or whatever the normies watch this time of year, grandma will feel like she's stoned even if she doesn't have a medical marijuana prescription. This psychiatric experiment was directed by René Cardona, who later gave us such gruesome classics as NIGHT OF THE BLOODY APES (1969) and the cannibalism epic SURVIVE! (1976). Another public domain gem, so it's streaming everywhere but the print that's on Tubi is the best. We suggest watching with a crowd, but if the male loneliness epidemic has you down, here's the MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000 episode that Cory watched: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTWs3zvz1z4 We also talk about the Netflix merger with Warner Bros (but recorded it before the Ellisons got involved), the short-lived CASABLANCA TV series from the 80s, Greg watching BATTLE BEYOND THE STARS (1980) on his new mammoth 4K TV and ZOOTOPIA 2. Happy New Year's everybody and see you back in February 2026! Hosts: Bob Calhoun, Cory Sklar, Greg Franklin, and Philena Franklin OMFYS Theme and "How to Hanukkah" by Chaki the Funk Wizard, used with permission. Joy To The World by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Artist: http://audionautix.com/ Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100270 Artist: http://incompetech.com/ Auld Lang Syne by E's Jammy Jams courtesy of YouTube Audio Library Trailer audio courtesy of Archive.org Web: www.oldmoviesforyoungstoners.com Instagram/Facebook (Meta): oldmoviesforyoungstoners Bluesky: @oldmoviesystoners.bsky.social Contact: oldmoviesforyoungstoners@gmail.com

    1h 26m
  8. S4E11 Noir City Dames feat. Eddie Muller w/ Out of the Past (1947) & 99 River Street (53)

    11/13/2025

    S4E11 Noir City Dames feat. Eddie Muller w/ Out of the Past (1947) & 99 River Street (53)

    Noirvember is here and the Czar of Noir Eddie Muller is back on the podcast to talk about his new book, DARK CITY DAMES: THE WOMEN WHO DEFINED FILM NOIR along with two crime classics featuring FOUR of those Dark City Dames! First, Jane Greer uses her seductive wiles to pit private eye Robert Mitchum against domineering gangster Kirk Douglas in OUT OF THE PAST (1947), from director Jacques Tourneur (CAT PEOPLE). This movie is a stone cold classic, and not only of the best noirs, but one of the best movies ever. Rhonda Fleming is a bonus Dark City Dame in this one. OUT OF THE PAST is streaming on HBOMax. Then, our B picture takes us to "one of the worst waterfronts in the world" where John Payne is an ex-boxer-turned-cabbie caught between good girl Evelyn Keyes and femme fatale Peggie Castle during a night of frame-jobs, jewel heists and murder in 99 RIVER STREET (1953), a totally bonkers noir from director Phil Karlson (WALKING TALL). 99 RIVER STREET is streaming on Amazon Prime. In talking about his new book, Eddie regales us with tales of how Jane Greer's parrots imitated Vin Scully's homerun call, and Greer had some impressions of her own + his encounters with the other women he profiles such as Ann Savage (DETOUR) and Marie Windsor (THE KILLING). And if that wasn't enough, Eddie fills us in on the upcoming Noir City fest in Oakland and gives his thoughts on the new Vince Gilligan series PLURIBUS! Plus, this episode itself also has a bonus dark city dame with three-time Ms. Noir City Audra Wolfman joining us to make this the best Noirvember ever! Eddie's new book, DARK CITY DAMES, is available at Alibi Bookshop in Vallejo, Calif. and wherever you buy books. You can find more on Eddie at https://eddiemuller.com/ Hosts: Bob Calhoun, Cory Sklar, Greg Franklin, and Audra Wolfman Philena Franklin is on assignment OMFYS Theme and "Christmas Funk" by Chaki the Funk Wizard, used with permission. "City Walk" by John Patitucci courtesy of YouTube Audio Library Trailer audio via Archive.org Web: www.oldmoviesforyoungstoners.com Instagram/Facebook (Meta): oldmoviesforyoungstoners Bluesky: @oldmoviesystoners.bsky.social Contact: oldmoviesforyoungstoners@gmail.com

    2h 10m
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