Grandbag's Funeral

The boys are back to examine 3 more classics in the Grandbag's chain that takes us down rabbit holes featuring Big Willie, Gonch, The Batman and starting the chain with Bonnie & Clyde! This week we are joined (or rudely interupted) by Lord Salford from Warner Bros, Stockport. 

After a 9 month sabbatical for no good reason, the boys are back to dissect and examine 3 more classics in the Grandbag's chain that takes us down rabbit holes featuring Orville the Duck, Gruey and Psycho Biddies. We start the chain with Kiss Me Deadly. 

In this episode Simon, Jon, and Mat discuss A Town Called Bastard, The Silencers and The Cannonball Run through a series of tenuous links. We explore how Tinker from Lovejoy shot someone 5 times with a shotgun, how Simon acquired his Matt Helm's Lounge boxset, how seatbelts got their name and Aqua's Barbie Girl's connection to Titanic. All this and more for your listening pleasure.

Leonard Tool interviews Clint Salford about his memories working on classic "Where Eagles Dare" and what inspired his performance. 

In this episode Simon, Jon, and Mat discuss Catch 22, City Heat, and Kelly's Heroes through a series of tenuous links. Arye Gross gives us some feedback, Simon explains his love of tanks, Mat's Kingmaker snare drum and Liam Gallagher's Tiger Shark. All this and more for your listening pleasure.

In a mini special from GBF Media, Leonard Tool takes a look at the career of Clint Salford and his iconic roles, starting with Dirty Harry. 

In this episode Simon, Jon, and Mat discuss Full Metal Jacket, Hexed, and Coupe De Ville through a series of tenuous links, why does Val Kilmer miss all the roles, were the Kubricks a kooky family, is Hexed the funniest overlooked film of the century and how do you pronounce Arye Gross's name? All this and more for your listening pleasure.

In this episode Simon, Jon and Mat discuss Big Trouble in Little China, Tremors and Short Cuts through a series of tenuous links, is Kurt Russell's Jack Burton the inspo for Ash from Evil Dead? Is Perfection the perfect place to live, regardless of the killer worms and lastly, why is there so much fingering in Short Cuts. All this and more for your listening pleasure.

In this episode Simon, Jon and Mat discuss Lifeforce, David Lynch's Dune and Bone Tomahawk through a series of tenuous links, debating whether Sir PatStew made good early career choice, whether there is anything coherent about Dune and why is Noseybonk, a nightmarish children's entertainer appearing in the Chancery Lane apocalypse. All this and more for your listening pleasure. 

In this episode Mat, Jon and Simon discuss Kentucky Fried Movie, An American Werewolf in London, After Hours and Poltergeist through a series of tenuous links, debating whether Poltergeist has a curse, is KFM funny and exactly how much of a c**t is John Landis. 

Sometimes we meander off the topic so much it has to be cut, so we'll sneak these little clips between episodes once in a while as little bonuses. 

In this episode, Simon, Mat and Jon discuss the work of Richard Stanley and a wide array of interconnecting links around it. 

In our second episode Simon, Jon & Mat discuss classic war films The Dirty Dozen, The Wild Geese, Dark Night of the Sun and Where Eagles Dare. 

In this pilot episode Jon and Simon discuss the origins of Fight Club and its sequels, the documentary Memory: Origins of Alien and the comic book of William Gibson's un-produced script to Alien 3.