Micheaux Mission

On the last stop of their road to 300 episodes, The Men of Micheaux show appreciation for another Philly pod on the eve of their own milestone. Then, after listener voicemail about their Precious review, they kibitz about The Man Who Fell To Earth, movie watching rules, a hilarious Six Degrees of D’Urville worthy/unworthy of the occasion and finally (00:47) the long-awaited review of Haile Gerima’s poetic masterpiece Sankofa. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When is Julie Newmar not Julie Newmar? When she’s Lee Meriwhether! Listener mail has Vincent and Len reconciling Richard Pryor in Superman 3. Six Degrees of Durville with George Burns and Gal Gadot, Len loves JoJo and PJ Morton, movies to watch only once and (00:47) our review of director Lee Daniels’ Precious. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vincent and Len riff on the wholesome musical adapatation of Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and other messy melodies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vincent and Len are back with listener mail all the way from the Motherland that leads to a chat on 90s R&B, more voicemails, including one that asks who’s Siskel and who’s Ebert. And we talk about the superstar making action-comedy Beverly Hills Cop (00:40) and its make on the careers of Eddie Murphy and Sylvester Stallone. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SPECIAL - Vincent and Len will be back next week with a new episode. Enjoy their appearance from June 2021 with Toya Haynes to talk about the first time they heard her favorite group (and Len’s) - New Edition. Check THE FIRST TIME I HEARD with Toya Haynes wherever good podcasts be, Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vincent and Len listen to their first voicemails from the missionaries which has them sharing their thoughts on Abbott Elementary and Severance. Six Degrees sees Vincent getting to Steve Carrell and Frances McDormand. And we sit shocked, amazed and confused at the stories behind and in front of the camera on 1959’s ‘forgotten treasure’ Porgy & Bess. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bobbi Booker of Philly’s WRTI 90.1fm - ‘the voice of jazz’ - hops aboard the Mission once again, this time to chat about the slap heard around the world (and the joke that provoked it), and to watch Vincent play Six Degrees to James Cagney and Sandra Bullock, then (01:04) to review the Academy Award winning documentary from 1996 about the legend of Muhammad Ali - When We Were Kings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s here - one of themes requested reviews of the Mission! Vincent ad Len welcome comedian Darryl Charles and sexuality expert Dr. Timaree of The DTF Fun Hour for a (36:25) review of TROIS (2000), plus Six Degrees of D’Urville and some schooling on the EARN IT Act. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The case of eating chicken in public is argued on this stop on The Road to 300, plus listener mail, international reviews, Six Degrees to Faye Dunaway and The Thin Man (?) and (00:45) our review of the acclaimed ‘thesis’ by writer/director Charles Burnett — Killer Of Sheep (1978) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A listener shares an interesting story about “darkie movies”, Vincent gives an assessment of Peacock’s Bel-Air, Six Degrees of D’Urville has historic results and the Rosewood massacre of 1922 is relived & reimagined by director John Singleton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Men of Micheaux review Slashfilm's Black film recommendations for the Criterion Collection. Vincent interrogates Len for a spoiler-free review of The Batman and its Six Degrees of D'Urville Martin to child stars Macauley Culkin and Shirley Temple. Then (00:52) it's time to review director Kathleen Collins' history-making drama Losing Ground from 1982. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Philadelphia Inquirer's Elizabeth Wellington represents for New Yorkers everywhere, has a rare blood type of N.E. as for New Edition. Then Vincent goes Six Degrees to John Wayne and Jeff Bridges. And (00:34) we take a review of the 90s basketball crime drama Above The Rim and turn it into a worn debate about hip-hop's Nice -n- Smooth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Men of Micheaux explain how they build their community of Missionaries, find time to talk about anything but Star Trek, sing the praises of Swan Song on Apple TV (without spoilers), and go Six Degrees to Dustin Hoffman and more. And then (44:45) share their thoughts on Jim Jarmusch's Ghost Dog: The Way of The Samurai. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vincent and Len go over the 2022 Academy Award nominations, give a final assessment of Lifetime's Janet Jackson, see how one gets from D'Urville Martin to Barbra Streisand then (00:49) take seat at a jazz joint to meet Sammy Davis Jr. as A MAN CALLED ADAM. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's Micheaux XL as Len and Vincent miss WKRP's Howard Houseman, answer listener mail, discuss TV habits of the loved and loving and then (00:19) engage in a lively debate about Lifetime's Janet Jackson and (01:02) review The Hughes Brothers' mini-epic Dead Presidents. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices