Attaboy Clarence
Summary: Join Adam for talk about classic movies and old-time radio shows, featuring a specially selected episode each week.
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This week the Devil pops up in three movies, pimps receive some wonderful news, the Brighton Strangler returns, and Adam's father helps him to get rid of a cold-remedy Genie!
This week, Adam is going through a midlife crisis, plus reviews of three Ealing classics, and a golden piece of radio entertainment...
This week: how not to improve classic movie lines, birthday celebrations, news of future specials, an amicable split, mailing lists and Cagney, Cagney, Cagney!
In this episode, Adam puts a whole new slant on Shakespearean names, enters a competition live on air, and creates a new classic movie fan (with your help)... We'll take a look at Humphrey Bogart's chilling 1951 thriller, 'The Enforcer', Mickey Rooney's preposterously befuddling attempt at going gangster in 1950's 'Quicksand', and take a trip through the creation of the Earth, hand in hand with "De Lawd", in the often controversial, but surprisingly delightful 'The Green Pastures' from 1936. Radio entertainment this week comes from the Lux Radio Theatre, in a very biblical adaptation, starring Victor Mature and Hedy Lamarr. ALSO WITH ADDED Mentalfloss! Podcast Awards! 1980's High Fives! Machine-Gun-Canterburys!
This week, we're going Full Rathbone, as we look at three of his films, as well as a double bill of a very special radio show, starring Basil The Great himself as... well, you'll see...
We're looking at three classic horror movies today, as well saying some thank yous, hearing a couple of classic ads, and eavesdropping on a very unique conversation...
This week, Adam guides you through three Golden Age superhero serials, and flings around the Canterburys like nobody's business. Radio entertainment comes courtesy of The Shadow...
Adam bucks the popular trend by presenting 'The Worst Movies of 1939', a list that includes Boris Karloff as a Chinese-American-English-Chinese-ish detective, a Laurel-less Hardy being stalked by a lovesick elephant, and two horror icons in the worst film ever reviewed on Attaboy Clarence!
Surprise! Attaboy Clarence is back a week early, bringing reviews of 'Angel On My Shoulder', 'Confession', and 'Mr Blandings Builds His Dream House', as well as news bulletins and high-fives aplenty!
This week, we take a trip to merry old England for reviews of three classic British movies, as well as news of a new podcast, classic ads, and useless (w)rapping...
This week, we descend into the grim realm of serial killers on film, as Adam brings you reviews of 'Lured', 'The Spiral Staircase' and Fritz Lang's terrifying 1931 masterpiece, 'M'
Classic cons are on this week's menu, with three brilliant examples of confidence tricks from Hollywood's Golden Age, PLUS Adam brings you the latest headlines, corrects a terrible wrong and presents a classic slice of radio from Lux
The Christmas Special, featuring special guests Boris Karloff, Lauren Bacall, Dean Martin, Basil Rathbone, Frank Sinatra, The Muppets, Humphrey Bogart, John Barrymore, Rudy Vallee, Orson Welles, Bing Crosby and The Brighton Strangler...
Meet Attaboy Clarence's youngest fan, get the lowdown on the podcast via a 1940's BBC announcer, a cockney pub landlord, and a Dutch porn star, and hear a review and a radio adaptation of Adam's favourite movie ever
This week hear Lugosi vs Connery, an end being put to happy piano, and reviews of two noirs, 'Phantom Lady', and the shocking 'Leave Her To Heaven' starring the breathtaking Gene Tierney as a pathological lunatic. Radio comes courtesy of Barbara Stanwyck and 'Suspense'...