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Chuck reveals his co-host is sacrificing bathroom time to record this episode on time.

The episode begins with Chuck humorously noting that his co-host Dale is recording while needing to use the bathroom, delaying the start. They introduce the main topic: reviewing the 1996 movie 'Curdled', directed by Reb Braddock. Dale expresses strong enthusiasm for the film, praising Angela Jones's performance as Gabriella, a Colombian immigrant obsessed with murder who works for a crime scene cleanup company. Chuck is more critical, citing issues with the editing, character motivation, and lack of gruesome crime scenes. They discuss the film's connection to Quentin Tarantino's production company A Band Apart and Rolling Thunder Pictures, as well as musical contributions from Slash. The hosts frequently digress into tangential conversations, including a detailed recounting of the Edmund Fitzgerald shipwreck and Gordon Lightfoot's song about it, Halloween watch parties featuring films like 'Pieces' and 'Olga's House of Shame', and Dale's experience playing the fishing horror game 'Dredge'. Chuck recommends the shot-on-video horror film 'Cryptic Plasm' by director Brian Paulin, highlighting its extreme practical effects. Listener Mikey P leaves two voicemails: one sharing how his son enjoys the podcast on cassette, and another suggesting a retrospective on filmmakers like Sam Raimi. The episode concludes with Dale selecting the 1985 Hong Kong film 'The Island' for next week's viewing, and the hosts wrap up with promotional details.

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A bathroom-delay cold open turns into an affectionate dive into handmade shot-on-video filmmaking.

Episode 277 starts inside a scheduling snag: one co-host is late, another is holding off bodily urgency for the sake of recording, and the show turns that small indignity into a loose comic thread about Walmart restrooms, Neutrogena face wash locked behind glass, and aisle…

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Press play when you want a Walmart restroom emergency, aisle-camera weirdness, and a scrappy shot-on-video movie chat that turns surprisingly inspiring.

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