This is like Great British Baking Show...if the stakes were death...- Jer We conclude our What's Up Docs? series with a light-hearted romp through the world's most stressful and high-stakes pastry contest. If you enjoy The Great British Baking … [Read more]
You take the good (Pryor, Wilder, Poitier), you take the bad (the plot, the writing, the directing), you take 'em both and there you have...Stir Crazy. This movie underwhelmed us. And not in the Supergirl or KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park sort of … [Read more]
“One death is a tragedy, a million deaths is a statistic.” Versions of this quote, sometimes attributed to Joseph Stalin in 1947 or a French diplomat or German satirist in 1925, depending on who you ask, succinctly explains the numbness that the … [Read more]
Art can be visual, auditory, tactile, or kinetic. Dr. Edward Mathis tells us how a simple bike ride can be an expression of art, and reads "A Wanderer," by Indian poet Hashim ZK. Music in this episode by Andy Wicks. … [Read more]
Another year, another legion of talented performers and creators that have shrugged off this mortal coil and moved into the Great Beyond, and another chance for Andy to have his Grim Reaper robe dry-cleaned. We spend some time eulogizing just a few … [Read more]
Sometimes a recipe looks better on paper than in practice. We take on 1980's Stir Crazy, starring Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor, and directed by Sidney Poitier, and see how we can make this tale about mistaken identity, prison rodeos, song-and-dance … [Read more]