Hoist up your bosoms, fill your tankards, and line up for facepaint - this week yr grls are travelling back in time to a general idea of "old" for WELL MET by Jen DeLuca.
Simon is an uptight, high school English Teacher by day, and a sexy, flirty pirate by a different time of day. Emily is just trying to be a cool aunt (and make more, if not The Most, of her time in this small town) when she signs up to be a wench in his school's booster club/Renn Fest. Are sparks flying or is it just so many exploding splinters from the joust.
Are romance novels influenced by Hallmark movies, or vise versa? What is the utility of an inoffensive book? What does it mean to be a grieving younger sib? Who, indeed, is Sub(aru)ing who?
We've got plenty of digressions - our trip to the Bristol Renaissance Faire, "Pirates of the Carribean", etc. But don't worry, it all leads back to the book in the end. HUZZAH!

161: Get Your Turkey Leg Over - "Well Met" By Jen DeLuca

Hosts Josh and Jamie and special guest documentary filmmaker Lance Oppenheim discuss two films that inspired his latest HBO mini-series REN FAIRE with a double feature of George Romero's dorky, tender two-and-half-hour Hawksian community hangout melodrama about people who run a motorcycle gearhead Arthurian renaissance faire KNIGHTRIDERS (1981) and the most mixed bag/cursed object anyone has brought on the show: TWILIGHT ZONE: THE MOVIE (1983) directed by John Landis, Steven Spielberg, Joe Dante and George Miller.

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Intro // 00:00-14:35
KNIGHTRIDERS // 14:35-1:08:55
TWILIGHT ZONE // 1:08:55-1:51:28
Outro // 1:51:28-1:56:16

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335 - KNIGHTRIDERS (1981) + TWILIGHT ZONE: THE MOVIE (1983) ft. Lance Oppenheim

Olivia Dade meets A Knight’s Tale in this spicy new role-playing game romcom!  

 When life goes rogue, roll for romance…

Avid role-playing gamer Morgan is on a quest – to step out of her comfort zone and become her own knight in shining armour.

Jack, the group’s loveable cleric character, is also looking to rewrite a more exciting story for himself.

When they and their friends plan a Renaissance Faire adventure, Morgan and Jack embrace the magic of their alter egos – is it possible they might just fall for each other in real life too?

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Welcome fellow SLEAZOIDS!!! Come along as hosts Josh Lewis and Jamie Miller (and, occasionally, guests) go down the rabbit hole of 20th century genre fare from the most influential canon classics to the the trashiest exploitation films we can get our hands on. Each week is a double feature—grindhouse style—where we discuss two films loosely related by subject, genre, actor, filmmaker or franchise and at the end of each episode, along with our HONORARY SLEAZOIDS (click on over to our patreon to become one), we decide on ratings and rankings for each film that's covered. Join us as together we work to uncover the best genre films of 20th century.

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