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Every Friday for HALLOWEEN HUMPFEST 4 is devoted to the freaks with a franchise. Yes, we’re going over a whole series of movies and boy golly talk about peaks and valleys in this year’s franchise choice. You might get whiplash but at least we start off killer. THE EXORCIST is every Friday and today breaks it in with the original EXORCIST film from 1973. One of the most talked about movies of all time. A real game changer. We don’t split hairs as much as talk about our favorite moments, give some crazy facts behind the scenes and reflect on the legacy of the classic film. The episode features a possessed David Letterman and Paul Simon’s disembodied spirit. That’s called “clickbait”, kids. Write it down. I just love that Pazuzu that you duzu so well. 
LINKS
“Tubular Bells” (Exorcist Theme) by Mike Oldfield: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfWJqKIxyGc
“You Can Call Me Al” by Paul Simon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uq-gYOrU8bA
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YEAR FOUR OF HALLOWEEN HUMPFEST BEGINS! We’re kicking this monthlong cavalcade of daily themed horror just right with a guy we’ve taken too long to get to. The horror queen…er, King himself…VINCENT PRICE. In our youth, Vincent Price was a narrative voice more than anything but now we finally sit down with five of his films, each Thursday this month, and what a good time at the movies that turned out to be. We’ll encompass three decades of the Master of the Macabre starting with this hit horror classic from 1958, “HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL”. This is an early adaptation of a story that keeps coming back around throughout the generations. Everybody has to stay in a haunted house if they want 10 grand, but it’s not just a haunted place where people were killed in bizarre ways, it’s the perfect setting for the fall of an amazing marriage. Truly, they had so much in common. They should have just died together. All of our Vincent Price selections are on Amazon Prime and even better than that some of them are free to watch online. Here is a link to today’s film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jsnw-RNGKFY
LINKS
Vincent Price’s Daughter Confirms Bisexuality: https://www.boom.lgbt/vincent-price-daughter-confirms-father-s-bisexuality
“Do Not Fire!” By Madvillain: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EncB1YYlWc
“Phantoms” by Czarface & MF Doom w/ Open Mike Eagle & Kendra Morris): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDTWhWnh_O4&list=RDqDTWhWnh_O4&start_radio=1
 
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CELEBRITY SHAME SPIRAL 2 - CELEBRITY BANDS collects Documenteers Shorty episode #’s 14, 15 & 16. These recordings are from around 2018.
 
LINKS
Corey Feldman & The Angels perform “Go 4 It” on the Today Show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZX7UJSXCiU
Corey Feldman Returns to Today to Defend “Go For It”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZMcDmF3M-s
Billy Bob Thornton Blow Up on QTV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qToHS07HoGw
“I’ll Give You a Ring” by The Boxmasters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sPUYwxSU1o&list=RD7sPUYwxSU1o&start_radio=1
JD & the Straight Shot perform “Ballyhoo” at The Belfast Empire Music Hall: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfawnweTICk&t=23s
JD & the Straight Shot perform “Ballyhoo” at Moulin Blues: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DB-Xff7DQm8&t=26s
 
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Finally, we wrap up New Jersey for our AINT THAT AMERICA series and things got shuffled around a little bit before we decided last minute to switch to this oddball ass movie. We scrapped “Jersey Girl” and then “Paterson” for a little less North Jersey representation but truth be told the geography is haywire in the 1991 Dan Aykroyd film ‘NOTHING BUT TROUBLE” starring him, Chevy Chase, Demi Moore and John Candy. If you’ve ever seen this movie then you may never forget it but not for all the right reasons. It’s hard to explain. Go see it and then hear us talk about it and much more as we say farewell to New Jersey with a tour of its ghost towns. Where would Valkenvania be in New Jersey if it were real? Let us tell you about all of it.
 
28:01 - Geography, Geology and Ghost Towns of New Jersey
 
CREDITS
“Same Song” by Digital Underground: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmFDyZ3ytg8&list=RDCmFDyZ3ytg8&start_radio=1
“Bonestripper” by Damn Yankees: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcoaxBjwCnQ&list=RDRcoaxBjwCnQ&start_radio=1
“Super Chief”  by Count Basie: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1iyE5wn8zE&list=PLF7z6sStd01k92ledPJTkCPBNWp1Jv1Q8&index=2
“Living in Oblivion” by Anything Box: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VI53G_D5Dbw&list=RDVI53G_D5Dbw&start_radio=1
Magnitude 4.8 Earthquake in New Jersey - Apr. 5, 2024 from Seismic Kiwi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjuZsNr17qw
“The Night” by Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5wsT9StFS4&list=RDV5wsT9StFS4&start_radio=1
 
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We’re at our penultimate New Jersey selection for our AINT THAT AMERICA series and surely we can get sadder, right? We’re heading to Asbury Park and all over Jersey from Rahway down to Wilmington, Delaware. The best city to die in bar none. As far as we can tell the 2008 film “The Wrestler” starring Mickey Rourke is Darren Aronofsky’s best movie but we’re far from experts. But pro-wrestling? That’s in the wheelhouse, brother. I gig for this shit. I put it over. So hear us talk about the saddest Jersey movie and stay to the end to hear us give Randy the Ram a proper sendoff to that great wrestling ring in the sky.
 
30:30 - Geography of The Wrestler
36:46 - Obituary for Randy the Ram 
 
CREDITS
Jake the Snake Roberts Shoots on “Beyond the Mat” Documentary 2014 from Title Match Wrestling: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gStp7vCX9dQ
“Sweet Child O’ Mine” by Guns N’ Roses: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1w7OgIMMRc4&list=RD1w7OgIMMRc4&start_radio=1
“Every Rose Has It’s Thorn” by Poison: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2r2nDhTzO4&list=RDj2r2nDhTzO4&start_radio=1
Exploring the Historic Asbury Park Boardwalk - Weird Buildings and More! from Ray Out There: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgG7VEYaWGw
“Wasted Time” by Skid Row: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYAbzJNXiJY&list=RDlYAbzJNXiJY&start_radio=1
 
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NEW INTRO IS TIMESTAMPED (00:41) SO FEEL FREE TO SKIP IT IF YOU’VE HEARD IT
 
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We’re in our last batch of New Jersey flicks for our AIN’T THAT AMERICA series and it might seem like a given that we would discuss this notorious Zach Braff debut film from 2004. It is named for the state’s nickname after all. Yeah, dude. GARDEN STATE. A movie often cited as a prime example of the Manic Pixie Dream Girl movie trope. We revisit the sneakily humorous if not overwritten hit movie that had a whole generation about that Shins song. Did Zach Braff kill the Shins? Maybe. Back when we first watched this 22 years ago we probably crushed on girls like Sam. Now, in our forties, she just seems fuckin’ annoying. Peter Skarsgaard did pretty good in this. You know he was trying to murder his mother, right? We talk about the movie and then break down the geography and aftermath of the story of Garden State. So hit it up.
33:56 - Geography of Garden State
38:07 - The Final Fate of Andrew Largeman
 
CREDITS
“Let Go” by Frou Frou: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJVOo4K_GGM&list=RDbJVOo4K_GGM&start_radio=1
“Don’t Panic” by Coldplay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWeuUwpEQfs&list=RDyWeuUwpEQfs&start_radio=1
“New Slang” by The Shins: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYwCmcB0XMw&list=RDzYwCmcB0XMw&start_radio=1
“Caring is Creepy” by The Shins: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqMbZY_iv6E&list=RDUqMbZY_iv6E&start_radio=1
“Sometimes I Miss You So Much” by P.M. Dawn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2DDRtprRIVU&list=RD2DDRtprRIVU&start_radio=1
Drone Tour of South Orange, NJ by Hearth Realty: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lu-kWWkskSA
Peace Rally - South Orange, NJ 1972 by RedPalm Films: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG3uyEgttT0
 
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OUR FIRST ROAD MOVIE for our AIN’T THAT AMERICA SERIES and it takes place entirely in New Jersey. We’re finally getting to a stoner comedy with this comedy classic from 2004, “HAROLD & KUMAR GO TO WHITE CASTLE” the breakout roles fro John Cho & Cal Penn. A wilder odyssey than Christopher Nolan could execute as we cut diagonally through the state from Hoboken to Cherry Hill. We actually map out what we believe their route is. There’s actually a map link below. So hear us all unfold it as we get deep into the geography from Taylor Ham to Pork Roll. 
Harold & Kumar’s route: https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/edit?mid=1j6ay3RovL5NUqdsvCava5nKbdbfAMwk&ll=40.345637029975464%2C-74.3379723643673&z=9
CREDITS
“White Castle, buy ‘em by the sack - Life in America” by Recollection Road: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glgclYk8sI0
“Let’s Get Retarded” by Black Eyed Peas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrkEc2V3mO4&list=RDLrkEc2V3mO4&start_radio=1
“Can You Get to That” by Funkadelic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yl3fIXaAXow
 
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NEW INTRO IS TIMESTAMPED (00:41) SO FEEL FREE TO SKIP IT IF YOU’VE HEARD IT
 
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