CHILLPAK HOLLYWOOD HOUR

Dean Haglund is back from New York City. Phil "quatro quatro" Leirness is back from celebrating his birthday. Your friends in podcasting are back in action with ... 3 "Live Events of the Week" ... Discussion of six movies ... And ... A live audience? Plus, the show concludes with a discussion about an event in which Dean and Phil are honored to be participating. To learn more about that event, please watch:

Today's show is one of those special episodes where your friends in podcasting get on a roll and throw out the structure in favor of an organic, enlivening exchange that still manages to touch on such topics as The PEACE Fund (Protecting, Educating and Aiding Children Everywhere), the "Looper effect", General David Petraeus and sex scandals, the most unfortunate entertainment headline in recent memory, news from HBO'S "The Newsroom", the Daniel Craig "Bond" films, and the Sean Connery "Bond" films. There is an "Explanation of the Week" involving Mitt Romney and there is a lengthy debate over 007's latest big-screen adventure. The theme of this week's show? If you don't stand for something, you're likely to Skyfall for anything! This week on YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour.

Who doesn't enjoy a love story? That's the question on the minds of your friends in podcasting as this week as they welcome their special guest, Allan Piper. Allan is an editor who has contributed to such shows as "What Not to Wear", "Guide to Style", "Wife Swap" and "American Treasures". He is a filmmaker who is currently touring with his latest feature film, a documentary called Married and Counting, that follows two men who celebrate 25 years together by traveling the country to get married in every state where they can. Allan is also active politically and had "given up" the past year of his life to be part of the video production team for the Obama campaign. Finally, Allan is a true gentleman and his appearance on the show is long overdue. Filmmaking, marriage, politics ... And yes, love stories ... This week, on YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour.

Cataclysmic storms, divisive Presidential elections, erstwhile Italian Prime Ministers sentenced to prison, Disney making more Star Wars films, unnecessarily Americanized/Anglicized versions of compelling stories, the end of the Mayan Calendar, Dean Haglund action figures and a "Sherlock Holmes" television series that is more House than Holmes ... On this week's installment of YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour, your friends in podcasting attempt to make sense of a world gone wild.

Is it safe to say that there's something for everyone on this week's show? Consider ... Your friends in podcasting discuss Dean's trip to Fargo for ValleyCon and the Fargo Fantastic Film Festival as well as Phil's producing and directing 2nd unit photography, pick-ups and re-shoots for two different films on the same day(!). They discuss the forthcoming Million Muppet March, their choices of Halloween costumes, the latest on Allan Piper's film Married and Counting and Paul Bunnell's film The Ghastly Love of Johnny X. They discuss the possibilities of the just announced S.H.I.E.L.D. television series and the disappointing news regarding a sequel to X-Men: First Class. They discuss such movies as Cloud Atlas , Get the Gringo, Looper , The Apple Dumpling Gang and Ernest Goes to Camp! All that, PLUS a "Wingnut of the Week" update on the fluoridation of Portland's water supply and another "Lawsuit of the Week" involving actors and their former representation suing each other. Maybe you'll even get the chance to win the home edition of the Chillpak Hollywood Hour! You never know. It is YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour after all!

Dean Haglund is in Fargo, North Dakota. Phil Leirness is on set somewhere, directing and producing 2nd unit on a feature film. So, how are your friends in podcasting able to bring you this brand new installment of YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour? Why, through the magic of podcasting, of course! If you love Star Trek ... If you love Star Trek: The Next Generation ... If you love James Bond ... If you love Planet of the Apes ... If you love science-fiction ... If you love social media ... If you love this trailer ... If you love the space shuttle, scientific exploration, tiki bars, Jameson's, Blade Runner, independent film ... OR, if you just love good conversation, you are going to love this week's show, where Dean Haglund and Phil Leirness welcome special guest Robert Meyer Burnett. Happy Monday, from YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour.

Is it all a German dream, or is it just the latest installment of YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour? Whatever it is, your friends in podcasting will change the way you listen to the internet as they tackle such topics as quantum mechanics, Louis CK, Madonna, plastic surgery, dead actors and chamber music. And somehow, almost all of it happens while Dean and Phil talk about such movies as Cloud Atlas, Argo, John Carter, The Paperboy, Skyfall and their friend Alan Piper's Married and Counting! All that, plus the most awkward turn-of-phrase ever uttered on YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour!

This week's show is brought to by the letter "M" ... Mitt Romney, Marathons, The Mayan Calendar, The Book of Mormon, The Master, Movies, Monsanto and something called Melrose 2 all get discussed. Free-wheeling, insightful and irreverent, it's YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour!

The month just ended (September 2012) saw the most downloads of YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour since the show went independent in January of 2011 and your friends in podcasting celebrate this news with perhaps the most hilarious opening they've ever had! Even when the irreverence ends, the jokes and witty bon mots continue in full effect as Dean Haglund and Phil Leirness take on (or revisit) such topics as Catholic weddings, fluoridation of water, Monsanto's House of the Future, educational institutions, corporate culture, government bureaucracies, a murder mystery in Phil's neighborhood of Los Feliz, celebrity deaths, emails from listeners and a wide range of films dealing with mental health issues. And remember, The Truth Is Out There is now out there on BLU-RAY!

Three guests AND two guest co-hosts join Dean Haglund and Phil Leirness this week to take on show business from all angles ... As Dean revealed on last week's show, he will be acting in a new series. "Space Command" boasts a who's who of sci-fi in its cast and is the brain child of acclaimed and prolific writer Marc Scott Zicree. Hear all about the project and Marc's previous work (including various versions of "Star Trek" AND The Twilight Zone Companion), as he joins your friends in podcasting AND Combat Radio's Ethan Dettenmaier. Then, just when you think this week's show couldn't get any more cool, the topic switches from behind the camera success to a stunning starlet, as Phil joins actor and author Mark Ryan to interview the luminous Cerina Vincent, star of such movies Cabin Fever, Not Another Teen Movie and the forthcoming MoniKa, as well as the co-author of the books How to Eat Like a Hot Chick and How to Love Like a Hot Chick. Trust us, Cerina is as refreshing a personality as you could hope to meet and the conversation is rather hilarious. Finally, as if that weren't enough, the subject turns to entertainment journalism with Robert Samo, who founded the site Fanboy Nation. It's a star-studded, all-hands on deck assault on your ears, hearts and funny-bones! It's YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour, after all ...

Fires in Los Angeles, triathlons in Long Beach, weddings in Virginia, award ceremonies in Washington, D.C., anti-Islamic YouTube videos, the mysterious Toynbee tiles, the fluoridation of our water supply ... What AREN'T your friends in podcasting talking about on this week's installment of YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour?!

Dean Haglund has escaped from The Village and Phil Leirness has recovered enough from a nasty head cold that we are (finally) able to bring you this week's episode, an installment that will leave you debating, "Did I just hear a great show, or the GREATEST show?!" Topics include Dean's travels to Wales and Ireland, Patrick McGoohan's The Prisoner, publicity rights laws, vertical integration, The Ghastly Love of Johnny X, fuji film, Clint Eastwood's empty chair, the RNC, the DNC, prohibition, Pink Martini and Disney's California Adventure. All that, PLUS what your friends in podcasting are reading, the films they've seen and several Live Events of the Week.

Dean previews his trip to Dublin before he and Phil take the time to remember the significant cultural contributions made by film critic Judith Crist, actor William Windom, composer Marvin Hamlisch, essayist David Rakoff, comic Phyllis Diller, director Mel Stuart, explorer Neil Armstrong and director Tony Scott. Then, they discuss the news that actor Bob Hoskins will be retiring due to his battle with Parkinsons, before turning their attention to the "Lawsuit of the Week" (Oh, Martin Scorsese, what trouble are you in now?). After that, your friends in podcasting are joined by Ethan Dettenmaier of Combat Radio to interview the great Richard Anderson. You might remember Mr. Anderson best as "Oscar Goldman" from "The Six Million Dollar Man" and "The Bionic Woman". He regales us all with stories of working with Stanley Kubrick, Orson Welles, William Wyler, Spencer Tracy and Lee Majors. He describes the making of Forbidden Planet and the slow-motion "accident" that became one of the most iconic parts of sci-fi tv. All that, this week, on YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour. And we hope you'll take the time to watch this video outtake from the Richard Anderson interview.

If you miss a little bit of today's show, you'll miss a lot! Hear your friends in podcasting discuss: The Olympics, Lance Armstrong, David Lynch, Walt Disney, Phantom of the Paradise, Paul Williams, "Bones", absurdism vs. surrealism, Placido Domingo vs. the most interesting man in the world, the Sight and Sound poll, Vertigo, Alfred Hitchcock, The Ghastly Love of Johnny X, Kevin McCarthy, The Queen of Versailles, The Pirates! Band of Misfits, The Dark Knight Rises, The Amazing Spider-Man, ParaNorman, Hope Springs, The Bourne Legacy, the banking industry and the economic recovery in Iceland. All that, plus "what we're reading" and the return of the "Chillpak Hollywood Wingnut of the Week". Finally, you might enjoy reading the following review of The Truth Is Out There at Matt Giles' Movie Files. Also, if you're interested in being turned onto some cool comedy podcasts you might enjoy, then definitely check out Succotash!

A few weeks back, our friends at Combat Radio and YOUR friends in podcasting, went to the Disneyland resort to celebrate Dean Haglund's birthday. Now, you can join Dean, Phil Leirness, Ethan Dettenmaier, Lota Hadley, Jimmy Moreno, Ralph Panuzzo, C-3PO and Abraham Lincoln for an all-hands-on-deck assault on the Happiest Place on Earth! Hear Phil and Dean waiting on the early morning streets of downtown Los Angeles, reminiscing over some of their earliest shows, tearing apart the latest Disney live-action release and getting spied on by none other than star of Midnight Run and Get Shorty, Dennis Farina! Learn all about a miraculous beverage (The Combat Quencher) and the top-secret Club 33. Hear Dean setting the record straight on lemmings, the Epcot Center, Walt Disney's frozen head, the submarine ride, and the "bastion of cultural imperialism" he believes Disneyland to be. It's Dean Haglund's birthday party and he'll make vacationing families cry if he wants to! This week, on YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour.