Big Daddy Rat

This month on Phenomena City Limits...

Sure! We could talk about Mothman and Bigfoot and, um, Sheep...squatch. But you've had a dozen other podcasts cover these guys. They get the limelight and all the attention and the slightly inappropriate bumper stickers on Etsy.

But what about the Counter-Culture Cryptids? All the wild bugged-out-eyed crazies and tongue-waggin' weird-ohs with a penchant for drag racing? Well, this month PCL gives them their time in the spotlight!! Did it all start with Rat Fink, as so many believe? Or does the history of these wacky characters go back even further?

Phenomena City Limits

Phenomena City Limits S01E04 - Counter-Culture Cryptids OR The House of a Different Mouse

Hosts Josh and Jamie and special guest Katie Stebbins discuss a double feature of very dark New Hollywood rags-to-riches musical showbusiness melodramas with a double feature of Robert Mulligan's attempt at an almost horror take on A STAR IS BORN starring Natalie Wood INSIDE DAISY CLOVER (1965) + James Landis' no-budget rock star industry drama meets dirty teen rebel delinquency movie meets psycho serial killer B-noir RAT FINK (1965).

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Intro // 00:00-13:09
INSIDE DAISY CLOVER // 13:09-1:49:21
RAT FINK // 1:49:21-3:07:08
Outro // 3:07:08-3:12:46

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339 - INSIDE DAISY CLOVER (1965) + RAT FINK (1965) ft. Katie Stebbins

We continue with our summer movie series as we discuss the seminal teen hangout movie DAZED AND CONFUSED (1993)! We talk about the amazing cast and soundtrack, the poetic writer/director Richard Linklater, and the greatest hangout vibe ever created on film!

We also talk about Liquid Death Deathberry Inferno, Predator: Killer of Killers (2025), ‘Alright Alright Alright: The Oral History of Richard Linklater’s Dazed and Confused’ by Melissa Maerz, Richard Linklater’s 2005 remake Bad New Bears, the cartoon muscle car-loving Rat Fink, petting zoo animal upgrades, and the fact that we are now closer to year 2050 than 2000!

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