Siblo and Whalen close the book on Zucker, Abrahams, and Zucker month with a Bad or Rad? segment on David Zucker’s FOX News-approved Dickens riff An American Carol (49:00) as well as a broad discussion of the trio’s work in Wall To Wall Carpet (1:08:55). But first, your Carpeteers punch a couple few Rad Tickets by discussing The Meg (3:15) and BlacKkKlansman (14:00), with quick takes on Are We Not Cats, Madeline’s Madeline, and Crazy Rich Asians (38:05).
Month: August 2018
ZAZ 2: TOP SECRET, RUTHLESS PEOPLE, PLUS CATCHING UP ON PAUL FEIG’S SPY
Siblo and Whalen pivot from the vintage ZAZ classics Airplane! and Police Squad! to the trio’s minor fare, including the troubled 1984 cult fave Top Secret! (24:00) and the Devito/Midler pairing Ruthless People (42:40). But first, they patch up a Hole in the Carpet as Siblo catches Whalen up on Paul Feig’s 2015 send up Spy(4:05).
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Airplane! Police Squad! Ghost!!!
The Carpet follow Lynne Ramsay month with some much-needed levity by yucking it up with the comedy trio Zucker, Abrahams, and Zucker, beginning with their uproarious 1980 hit Airplane! (38:00) and their short-lived cult favorite TV series Police Squad! (1:05:25). But before that, Siblo and Whalen Carpet Clean what may be the most widely seen ZAZ-related film of all: Jerry Zucker’s Oscar-winning 1990 fantasy romance Ghost (3:55). Looks like we picked a bad week to quit film clubbing!
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