The Tuesday Morning Screening Room Podcast

SCREENING ROOMERS - IT'S OUR 100TH EPISODE!!! And to celebrate, we're opening the TMSR Vault to share our unaired test recording/pilot episode - recording #0001 - featuring a discussion on a film of significant importance to the history of the TMSR, as it was the very first film we ever watched in the Tuesday Morning Screening Room film club - the is-he-or-isn't-he-a-vampire horror comedy cult classic - 1989's VAMPIRE'S KISS starring one of our favorites Nicolas Cage in a performance of a lifetime! It's the perfect film for the Halloween holiday season and the perfect way to celebrate this...

It's Screaming Room Season, Screaming Roomers! And we kick off our creepy content episodes with a double-feature of films that will crawl all over you!!! Two unflinching and unnerving explorations into the minds of the human monster... a duo of classic thrillers... as well, as Cable Box Classics... that are celebrating their 40th Anniversaries this year - 1986's MANHUNTER from director Michael Mann and 1986's BLUE VELVET from director David Lynch! So, join FM and his special guest actor Yuri Lowenthal (Naruto / Spider-man) as they talk all things Tooth Fairy, Frank Booth, Roy Orbison and Hannibal Lecktor (IYKYK) while...

Screening Roomers, our tribute episodes to one of our favorite actors in the TMSR - the great Tim Curry (1946 - 2026) - aren't over quite yet... no?... nyuuuu-oh! As we have one more for you - a 1980s comedy classic that harkens back to the Golden Age of drawing room mysteries and screwball comedies - 1985's CLUE - starring Tim in a scene stealing performance as the devilish Wadsworth the Butler; as well as a murderer's row of comedy character actors! So, join FM and Netflix's VP of Scripted Series, Teddy Biaselli... plus Colonel Mustard and the rest... and grab...

The TMSR remembers the great Tim Curry (1946 - 2026) with this very special episode as we celebrate the 30th anniversary of a musical - comedy - adventure classic - 1996's MUPPET TREASURE ISLAND - and one of Tim's personal favorite roles as Long John Silver. Tim Curry was a huge favorite of ours in the Screening Room and we absolutely love this performance as much as Tim loved performing it. So, join FM and actor/impressionist Piotr Michael for some laughs and remembrances of one of the greats in a film that he loved as much as we do. And...

'Screening Roomers, Roll Out! As we celebrate the 40th anniversary of one of the most transformative films from our childhood (see what I did there?) - 1986's THE TRANSFORMERS: THE MOVIE! A film that is truly more than meets the eye. A film that made a generation of tweens cry and also rock out to Stan Bush. And to help us celebrate (and also help us wipe away the tears) we have invited some Transformers voice acting royalty - the current voice of Starscream Frank Todaro & one of the stars of the '86 film and the voice of Grimlock...

Screening Roomers, get ready for the most sensational... inspirational... celebrational... Muppetational episode EVER of the TMSR as we celebrate the 50th anniversary of one of the most influential, inspiring and innovative show's in TV history - THE MUPPET SHOW!!! And, to make this special episode extra special... we are joined in the Screening Room for this special occasion by an illustrious panel of Muppet experts to discuss all our favorite Muppet Show Moments - Joe Hennes of Toughpigs.com, writer/author/Muppet historian Craig Shemin & director and former Muppet Show artist John Stevenson (co-dir. Kung Fu Panda)... so, play...

What's up, Screening Roomers? A new Looney Tunes movie in theaters... that's what's up! So, in honor of Coyote vs ACME finally getting a theatrical release (and tearing it up at the box office btw - CONGRATS!)... we're taking a closer look at the first three theatrical films from Bugs, Daffy and crew - the compilation films - 1979's THE BUGS BUNNY/ROADRUNNER MOVIE, 1981's THE LOONEY LOONEY LOONEY BUGS BUNNY MOVIE and BUGS BUNNY'S 3RD MOVIE: 1001 RABBIT TALES! So, stopping by the Screening Room to discuss every anvil, boulder and giant magnet is author/animation historian Jerry Beck...

Hey, Screening Roomers, did you love the Rock'n'Roll High School episode... but you're not ready to stop rocking out just yet... then how about getting a little crazy with another rock'n'roll musical comedy from RNRHS's director Alan Arkush starring an all-star cast of actors and rock stars like Malcolm McDowell, Lou Reed, Daniel Stern, Lee Ving and more - 1983's GET CRAZY! Oh, wait... you've never heard of Get Crazy??? That's because almost no one has. The film only played for one weekend in 1983 before being pulled from theaters as a tax write-off (sound familiar and then ultimately falling...

Gabba Gabba Hey, Screening Roomers! It's back to school... so that means it's time to register for the TMSR's crash course in late night films - Midnight Movies 101! Your first assignment - 1979's cult classic punk rock musical comedy - ROCK'N'ROLL HIGH SCHOOL starring NYC punk icons The Ramones!!! So, join FM and his guest professors - our Midnight Movie Mavens - writer/producers Kevin Burke & Doc Wyatt (Stranger Things: Tales from '85) - for all the music, mayhem and exploding mice.

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Hey, there, True Believers... as well, as fellow web-heads and Spidey fans!!! Have we got an amazing.... spectacular.... superior... and maybe even ultimate Spider-Man episode for you!!! With the biggest movie at the box office - Spider-Man: Brand New Day - breaking records and thrilling audiences - we thought it was only appropriate to bring you the BIGGEST most SPECTACULAR episode we have ever done in the TMSR. We have assembled a super team of Spidey experts in the Screening Room from the worlds of TV, animation, video games and comics... and maybe even a real live Spider-Man, as...

SCREENING ROOMERS & MOVIE DEATH MATCH FANS - LOOK... UP IN THE SKY... IT'S A BIRD... IT'S A PLANE... NO... IT'S ONE OF OUR COMPETITORS BEING THROWN OFF THE TOP OF THE CAGE!!! As it's PART TWO of our VERY special Comic Con weekend super hero cinema super-sized two-part Movie Death Match - THE MAN OF STEEL CAGE MATCH!!! As the first films of their respective Superman franchises battle it out in the frosty confines of the Fortress of Solitude to settle the score over who will wear the coveted Tuesday Morning Screening Room championship belt - Best First Superman...

SCREENING ROOMERS & MOVIE DEATH MATCH FANS - LOOK... UP IN THE SKY... IT'S A BIRD... IT'S A PLANE... NO... IT'S ONE OF OUR COMPETITORS BEING THROWN OFF THE TOP OF THE CAGE!!! As we have a VERY special Comic Con weekend super hero cinema super-sized two-part Movie Death Match - THE MAN OF STEEL CAGE MATCH!!! As the first films of their respective Superman franchises battle it out in the frosty confines of the Fortress of Solitude to settle the score over who will wear the coveted Tuesday Morning Screening Room championship belt - Best First Superman film - 1978...

Screening Roomers, even though the World Cup is over (congrats, Spain!!!) - we give you full permission to catch World Cup fever all over again as the TMSR's Wide World of Sports Movies gets a kick (you see what we did there?) out of some of our favorite Soccer (Futbol) Movies! Footy classics like 1981's VICTORY... 2002's BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM... 2009's THE DAMNED UNITED... and more! And to celebrate every cinematic kick - header - and GOOOOOOOOOALLLL we are joined on the pitch by two of the TMSR's favorite guests - and two of the biggest soccer fans...

Screening Roomers, 40-years ago today... on July 14th, 1986 an instant sci-fi classic was hatched... that also happens to be one of the greatest sequels ever made (right up there with The Godfather 2 and The Empire Strikes Back) - ALIENS! And this morning we celebrate all the moments, the lines and the memories with two actors that were front and center to all the magic, mayhem and Xenomorphs while remaining friends for four-decades - Colonial Marines, Privates Vasquez and Drake better known as actors Jenette Goldstein & Mark Rolston. Trust us, you won't want to miss this one, Screening Roomer's... this...

Screening Roomers, grab your 12-sided dice and hold onto your Gorvils as we head back to the basement to celebrate Tom Hanks 70th Birthday with his first starring role - 1982's made-for-TV anti-Dungeons & Dragons movie MAZES AND MONSTERS. And to help us with all the festivities are a trio of performers and D&D enthusiasts/experts - actors Yuri Lowenthal (Naruto), Frank Todaro (Transformers: War for Cybertron) & Todd Stashwick (Star Trek: Picard)! HUZZAH!!!

Screening Roomers, it's time to celebrate a monumental milestone in film, entertainment and pop culture history - the 100th birthday of writer/director/producer/playwright & songwriter - Mel Brooks! A living legend and EGOT winner, who shaped the face of comedy with groundbreaking films like BLAZING SADDLES, YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN & THE PRODUCERS. So, to honor this momentous occasion, FM is joined in the Screening Room by actor/impressionist Piotr Michael (Young Jedi Adventures) to re-live all the films, the characters, the lines and the laughs from the birthday boy and undisputed King of Comedy! And as we all know... It's...

Logan-5 didn't think he would make it past 30... well, now he's turning 50... or, at least the film he stars in is... so, join FM and actor Yuri Lowenthal (Spider-Man / Naruto), Screening Roomers, as they run to Sanctuary (or rather to the Screening Room) for a very special 50th Anniversary celebration of a 1970s sci-fi cult classic - 1976's LOGAN'S RUN, which had its debut 50-years ago on June 23rd, 1976. So, "run, runners!!!"... er... Screening Roomers!

Screening Roomers, it's the companion episode to our Heavy Metal episode (episode 75)!!! And, just when you thought you couldn't possibly handle anymore animated Cheap Trick... we see your Cheap Trick... and raise you some animated Blondie, Iggy Pop, Earth/Wind & Fire and Lou Reed doing his best Mick Jagger impression in 1983's animated sci-fi cyberpunk rock musical cult classic - ROCK & RULE! So, join FM and writer/composer/producer - Adam Samuel Goldman (Flipside documentary) - as they explore Ohmtown, Nuke York and Club 666 to celebrate all the misguided brilliance (and madness) of this forgotten little rock'n'roll gem and...

Screening Roomers, HEEEERE'S JOHNNY... or actually, here's our Johnny Carson episode! As this week we take a behind the scenes look at one of the most influential figures in comedy and late night television... an innovator, pioneer and star maker who was responsible for breaking the careers of our generation's most popular stars... while also making stars out of some quirky regular folks, as well. But even though Johnny graced our TV sets every night for 30-years, he still remained a bit of a mystery to most. So, this morning we are joined in the Screening Room by writer...

Hold onto your Loc-Nars, Screening Roomers! As this week actor Yuri Lowenthal (Naruto / Spider-man) flies into the the Screening Room on the back of a pterodactyl with the horniest of Cable Box Classic films this side of Neverwhere, the animated cult classic sci-fi fantasy musical - 1981's HEAVY METAL! A gonzo film that features contributions from some of the most innovative and influential artists and musicians of its era - Devo, Moebius, Black Sabbath, Cheap Trick and more. But this is far from Pixar, Screening Roomers! Heavy Metal - making the squares clutch pearls for 45-years and counting! [cue...

Screening Roomers, our resident Midnight Movie Mavens, the writing team of Kevin Burke and Doc Wyatt (Stranger Things: Tales from '85 & Ninjago), return to bring us another [flippin'] Midnight Movie in the morning! And this one is nearly indescribable [Melon Farmers]! A nihilistic punk rock sci-fi Neo-western cult classic comedy! And the film that made Harry Dean Stanton yell at its director - "Harry Dean Stanton only uses real baseball bats!" (tune in to find out what that is all about) So, grab your cans of "FOOD" and "DRINK" and join us as we celebrate one of our favorite...

Screening Roomers... WELL BLOW ME DOWN... our new segment for 2026 Second Chance Theatre. returns with a little muskle! As our Commodore of Second Chances -podcaster/comedian Mike Spiegelman sails into the Screening Room with one of the most notorious, misguided and misunderstood films in cinema history - 1980's live-action comic strip musical comedy (or is that mu-skical comic-dee) - POPEYE! To quote the sailor man - "I yam what I yam" but will that be enough to earn it a second chance? Tune in for all the stories... trivia... and Mork-tifying details (see what I did there) as this...

SCREENING ROOMERS & MOVIE DEATH MATCH FANS - IT'S THE WAR OF THE WEIRD as two quirked out 1980s sci-fi / fantasy /action / comedies enter the Tuesday Morning Screening Room Octagon to settle the score over who will wear the coveted Tuesday Morning Screening Room championship belt - Gonzo Sci-Fi Movie Division - 1984's THE ADVENTURES OF BUCKAROO BANZAI ACROSS THE EIGHTH DIMENSION vs - a film celebrating it's 40th anniversary this year - 1986'S BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA! And back for another 10-round, no-holds-barred cinematic smackdown of crazy film-relevant categories is someone that knows a little something about the...

Screening Roomers, the Derby Race might have just ended (congrats, Golden Tempo!!!)... but our horses have just lined up at the gate... horse racing films, that is! So, refill your mint juleps and grab your big hats because our TMSR Derby Day is just getting started... as we are joined by our very special guest, the track announcer for Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky - Travis Stone - plus, writer/producer Jonathan Rosenthal... for a loop around the track on our favorite Horse Racing films! 1937's A DAY AT THE RACES, 1944's National Velvet, 1978's Casey's Shadow, 2001's Seabiscuit...

Screening Roomers, what do you get when you mix 1950's Hitchcock... with 1980s DePalma... then throw in a copy of Fangoria and Starlog Magazines... you get one of the most interesting thrillers to come out of the mid-1980s - as well as a certified Cable Box Classic - 1986's F/X! A film that had massive success on big and small screens in its era, but then all but disappeared from our cinema conversations. So, this month Yuri Lowenthal (Naruto/Spider-Man) returns to the Screening Room to uncover this lost and forgotten little gem... while celebrating its 40th...

Screening Roomers, join us in the Screening Room this morning for a very special Tribute Episode as we celebrate the life... the artistry... the music... and the films of Prince on the 10th anniversary of his passing - April 21st, 2016. And joining us this week to discuss all the moments and memories from Prince's career as actor and director - 1984's PURPLE RAIN, 1986's UNDER THE CHERRY MOON and 1990's GRAFFITI BRIDGE - is TMSR regular and our Midnight Movie maven - plus, the Screening's Room's number one Prince fan - writer/producer Kevin Burke (Ninjago / Stranger Things: Tales...

Screening Roomers, it's our first Kaiju segment of Season-2... and our resident Kaiju expert, writer/author Todd Ludy, returns to the Screening Room to serve up a full order of some cinematic sashimi... as we celebrate all the wet and wild wonderfulness of 1966's EBIRAH, HORROR OF THE DEEP (aka Godzilla vs the Sea Monster) - the 7th entry in the Godzilla movie series... even though the film wasn't originally conceived as a Godzilla movie... but a vehicle for another King of Monsters - KONG!!! So, bring your giant lobster bib and drawn butter for a true surf vs...

SCREENING ROOMERS & MOVIE DEATH MATCH FANS -WE HAVE AN "ELLIE" (Extinction Level Event) of a Movie Death March for you this month as two late 90s summer blockbusters crash the Tuesday Morning Screening Room Octagon to settle the score over who will wear the coveted Tuesday Morning Screening Room championship belt - Best Disaster Movie of 1998 Involving a Giant Space Rock Hitting Earth Division - 1998's DEEP IMPACT vs 1998's ARMAGEDDON! And back for another 10-round, no-holds-barred cinematic smackdown of crazy film-relevant categories is someone that knows a little something about the sweet science of deathmatching - director/writer...

Screening Roomers, it's time to do the time warp to April 1st, 1976... to the first midnight showing of THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW at the Waverly Theater in New York City... but let's first take a jump to the left and find out how we got there with our guest this morning - author Tim Deegan (Saving "Rocky Horror" From Orphan to Icon) - who as former Advertising Manager at Fox through his own dogged determination and the inspiration of Stanley Kubrick (yep) turned a box office flop into a midnight movie classic that is still playing in theaters...

Screening Roomers, it's time to look under your beds... in your closet.... and in your toy box... as we hear the pitter-patter of little plastic feet... which means only one thing - there's a Killer Doll on the loose!!! Well, not really. Phew! But we have unleashed a bunch of KILLER DOLL MOVIES in the Screening Room this morning... so, voice actor Kaitlyn Robrock (Minnie's Bow-Toons) has stopped by to help us wrangle these deadly dollies as we celebrate our favorite Killer Doll Movies and make some friends till the end with our favorite terrible toy buddies - Chucky...

FIRE! FLOOD! EARTHQUAKE! No... it's not the latest update from the Weather Channel, Screening Roomers... because in the 1970s Disaster Films were the biggest movies of the decade flooding theaters with audiences and smashing box office records! Massive casts of Hollywood legends past and present battled natural and unnatural disasters as audience cheered them on. So, this morning actor/impressionist Piotr Michael (Young Jedi Adventures/Mad TV) rides the Disaster Movie tidal wave into the Screening Room for a colossal, epic and tremendous episode as big as these movies themselves to celebrate fives of our favorites of the genre...

Well, Screening Roomers - it turns out we weren't quite done with our exploration into the sub-genre of Teenagers in Revolt films (the perfect companion ep. to Ep. 60 "Edgy"Teen Films with writer/director Tim Hunter)... as our cult movie expert, Emmy award winning writer/showrunner - Mitch Watson, joins FM to talk about how revolting they both were as teens and also take a stage dive into two of our favorites in the TMSR... 1979's suburban youth gone wild classic OVER THE EDGE and 1983's punk rock favorite SUBURBIA! So, join us for feathered haired and mohawked teen...

Screening Roomers, in honor of what would have been her 72nd Birthday... we celebrate the life and talent of one of our favorites in the TMSR - CATHERINE O'HARA! From Cookie Fleck... to Delia Deetz... to Kate McAllister... to Moira Rose... and beyond... join FM and his special guest - Netflix's VP of Scripted Series, Teddy Biaselli - as they explore all the wonderful films, characters, memories and laughter she gave us. We miss you, Catherine!

Screening Roomers, are all bad films truly bad? Or did some of them have extenuating circumstances that sealed their fates? Maybe it was a terrible ad campaign... or a bad release date... or maybe it was some cranky critics... or maybe it was just a mess. But is it also a mess worthy of a second look... and a SECOND CHANCE!. Are these films actually better than their reputations and reviews say they are? Well, we'll find out on our new segment for '26 - Second Chance Theatre.! As FM & podcaster/comedian Mike Spiegelman uncover some forgotten, misguided or...

Screening Roomers, if you enjoy your teen films with a little "edge"... have we got a trio for you!. As this morning writer/director Tim Hunter joins us for a deep dive into three of his films (and three of the best of the genre, in our opinion) - 1979's Over the Edge, 1982's Tex & 1987's River's Edge! So, grab your Cheap Trick records and head over to the Screening Room rec center for an explosive conversation on edgy teen movies and Tim's amazing career!

YIPPEE KI-YAY, SCREENING ROOMERS & MOVIE DEATH MATCH FANS -IT'S THE FIRST MOVIE DEATH MATCH OF 2026!!! As two action-classics enter the Tuesday Morning Screening Room Octagon to settle the score over who will wear the coveted Tuesday Morning Screening Room championship belt - 1980s R-Rated Action Movie Division - 1987's LETHAL WEAPON vs 1988's DIE HARD! So, returning for another season of 10-round, no-holds-barred cinematic smackdowns of crazy film-relevant categories is someone that knows a little something about the sweet science of deathmatching - director/writer/producer, Eric Fogel - the creator of the original Celebrity Deathmatch for MTV! Who...

Screening Roomers, our resident Midnight Movie Mavens, the writing team of Kevin Burke and Doc Wyatt (Stranger Things: Tales from '85 & Ninjago), return to bring us another Midnight Movie in the morning! And this one has everything! A killer comet... piles of pink dust... uzi packing cheerleaders... flesh-eating mutant zombies... empty Los Angeles freeways... psychotic stock boys...and a post-apocalyptic mall shopping spree to "Girls Just Want to Have Fun"! Intrigued? Then join us as we celebrate one of our favorite Midnight Movies - the genre-bending post-apocalyptic sci-fi 1980's teen comedy - 1984's NIGHT OF THE COMET!

Huddle up Screening Roomers, now that the Lombardi Trophy has been awarded... and all the nachos have been eaten... we bring you a surprise post-Big Game Special as the award-winning radio voice of the NFL's Cincinnati Bengals and University of Cincinnati Bearcats football, Dan Hoard, joins FM and his other special guest, Emmy Award winning writer/producer, Jack Thomas (Dreamworks Dragons & Fairly Odd Parents) to share their favorite football movies! 1971's Brian's Song, 1993's Rudy, 2006's Invincible and more... find out which ones they consider cinematic touchdowns or fumbles!

Screening Roomers, they're not necessarily midnight movies... but they are movies that take place after midnight... one set in Los Angeles... the other in NYC... and both released in theaters only months apart in 1985! So, join FM and his special guest this week, actor/impressionist - Piotr Michael - for some late night fun in the morning as they talk stolen jewels... Elvis impersonators... and papier-mâché bagels... to celebrate the 40th Anniversaries of the John Landis directed INTO THE NIGHT and the Martin Scorsese directed AFTER HOURS. Surrender, Dorothy! (IYKYK)

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IT'S ALIVE!!! ALIIIIIIIVE!!! Our first Cable Box Classics segment of 2026! And this month actor Yuri Lowenthal (Naruto/Spider-Man) returns to the Screening Room to help celebrate the 40th anniversaries of a pair of teen genius Cable Box Classics that premiered in theaters only 5-days apart in 1985- WEIRD SCIENCE & REAL GENIUS. So, grab yourself a nice greasy pork sandwich served in a dirty ashtray and we'll supply the popcorn (popped via space laser in Professor Hathaway's home) as we kick-off season-2 by dropping a little science!!!