Nostalgium Arcanum
A Repository For The Pop Culture That Made Us Who We Are
Displaying 6 items of Nostalgium Arcanum with the tag "satire".
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Monty Python's Life of Brian
April 5th, 2026 | 2 hrs 22 mins
bible, christ, christianity, comedy, easter, eric idle, faith, graham chapman, john cleese, michael palin, monty python, religion, satire, terry gilliam, terry jones
For Easter we look on the bright side of life with Monty Python's satirical masterpiece, "Life of Brian". Controversial and hilarious, the film uses Python's trademark silliness as a scalpel to slice open dogma and the perils of fame. We're joined by improviser Rich Baker, podcaster and magician Ned Record, and Reverend Sarah Heath (the "RevCovery" podcast) to worship at the Church of Briantology and celebrate the life of a man who's not the messiah. He's a very naughty boy.
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The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
March 16th, 2026 | 2 hrs 2 mins
1980s, 80s, comedy, david zucker, jerry zucker, leslie neilsen, liam neeson, o.j. simpson, oj simpson, parody, police squad, priscilla pressley, ricardo montalban, satire, spoof, weird al, weird al yankovic
You've seen the ad. You've seen the movie. Now listen to the podcast! Few films can boast the comedic batting average of Leslie Neilsen, and the Zucker/Abrams/Zucker team. With jokes flying so fast and furious you'd likely not catch them all on your fifth or sixth viewing, "The Naked Gun: From The Files of Police Squad!" still delivers belly laughs simultaneously smart and stupid. Guest podcaster Matt Storm a.k.a. Stormageddon ("Fun" and Games, Reignite) joins us for a look back at one of the greatest spoofs ever made.
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George Carlin
September 9th, 2024 | 1 hr 36 mins
bill & ted, bill & ted's bogus journey, bill & ted's excellent adventure, bill and ted, comedian, comedians, comedy, george carlin, politics, satire, stand-up, stand-up comedy, standup, standup comedy, wyld stallyns
Instead of seven words you can't say, we can't say enough good words about comedy legend George Carlin. Guest comedian Rich Baker (@richbakercoaching) joins us to pay homage to an all-time great who taught us to be excellent to each other, and to never turn off your bullshit detector.
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South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
June 10th, 2024 | 2 hrs 14 mins
1990s, 90s, animation, broadway, cartoon, cartoons, cinema, colorado, comedy, film, matt stone, movies, musical, musical theater, musicals, satan, satire, south park, trey parker
South Park, CO may be a quiet mountain town but decades on it remains the locus for satire, profanity, and the occasional doomsday prophesy. Friendly faces Dave Jackson (the Tales From the Backlog podcast) and comedians Rich Baker (@richbakercoaching) and Rolland Lopez (@rollandlopezvoiceactor) join us to go down to South Park and have ourselves a time with their 1999 musical feature outing that fully let Trey Parker and Matt Stone off the leash of basic cable.
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Blazing Saddles
May 20th, 2024 | 2 hrs 9 mins
1970s, 70s, black lives matter, blm, cleavon little, comedy, empathy, gene wilder, madeline kahn, mel brooks, race, racism, satire, spoof, tolerance, western
Mel Brooks' crowning achievement, Blazing Saddles blazed a trail and confronts racism with equal parts ferocious satire and wild cartoon abandon. Writer/comedian/filmmaker Tarik Davis (@tarikrdavis) joins us to celebrate 50 years of this film's uncompromising hilarity and empathy. We are awake, but we are very puzzled.
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RoboCop
February 19th, 2024 | 2 hrs 33 mins
1980s, 80s, action, detroit, dystopia, entertainment, film, horror, movies, paul veerhoven, peter weller, police, satire, scifi, veerhoven
Like RoboCop himself, beneath this film's flashy exterior lies turmoil and humanity. Guests comedian Rich Baker (@richbakercoaching) and Dan Oster (MadTV, A Podcast, But Evil) join us to investigate Paul Veerhoven's dystopian satire of dehumanization, but one that still manages to kick a lot of iron butt. I'd buy that for a dollar.