HAPPY HOUR FLIX is a podcast all about the movies you love. A nostalgic look at what we grew up watching and how they still impact us today.

Today we jump back to one what is quickly becoming one of our favorite years to review movies, 1984....with movies such as the top-grossers Ghostbusters, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Karate Kid, Police Academy, Footloose, Beverly Hill Cop, Star Trek III, as well as The Terminator, Amadeus, Nightmare on Elm Street, This is Spinal Tap, Starman, and two we've talked about before, Gremlins and the Last Starfighter, The Never Ending Story is in good company.

And our special guest is the man behind the work you hear every week, the Wizard of Oz himself, partner in crime, writer and producer extraordinaire, James Allerdyce. And just like the Wizard he knows just about everything about this movie, sharing a ton of personal insight during the very spirited and imaginative conversation.

And of course, a thanks to our good friends over at Misguided Spirits, today's cocktail comes over from Jake’s Dilemma 430 Amsterdam Ave, one of the best local spots on the Upper West Side for so long, mixed courtesy of our friend and bartender, PAIGE CORWIN. Also a sick RB singer by the way. With a new single out “Unlearn how to Love You.”
You know all the amazing clouds and colors we see in the opening credits? That's the inspiration for today’s drink:

THE NOTHING SUNRISE
1 part Whiskey
1 parts blood orange oj
2 part oj
1/2 part grenadine
Orange wheel

Build in order over ice in a highball. Grenadine float. Garnish with an orange wheel.

Okay back to the movie. Come with us as we explore the setting of Fantasia, the incredible characters, phenomenal performances, the meta upon meta themes that still blow our mind today, and the legendary music and score that, admit it, when you hear it you know exactly where you are. One of the most imaginative movies of the 80's it's approach to grief, loss, hope and fear there is so much to explore. From urban legends about Artax to truly terrifying experiences of Atreyu.
There is so much to unpack in this movie, we literally had to cut ourselves off...so come with us as we stretch the world of Fantasia back over the Nothing and ask two of the most important questions of all our discussions: how truly involved was the otherwise never mentioned Steven Spielberg, and does the movie hold up?
Now pour that cocktail and enjoy with us!


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HAPPY HOUR FLIX is produced by James Allerdyce and Lori Kay, and hosted by Steven Pierce and Matt Mundy.
Main Title is by Johnny Mineo.

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