96 Greers

We recorded this second installment of the miniseries we are NOT calling H*t T**n S*mm*r on the United States' Semiquincentennial, talking about Measure of a Man, which takes place during the United States' Bicentennial.  But the movie was made in 2016.  So this is podcast is celebrating the semicentennial of the events of the movie, but the decicentennial of the production of the movie.  Also these anniversaries aren't the measurements that the movie is about, it's about a fat kid who learns how to stand up to a gay Vietnam veteran bully. And Judy Greer is his mom.  The fat kid's, not the Vietnam veteran.  During the United States Bicentennial.  
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Pride 2026, kicking off Teen Summer (or whatever we're calling it) with Three Months, an indie dramedy about a gay teen navigating a health dilemma in sunny Florida.  Join us for a public health perspective on film criticism, praise for the cast's geriatric MVPs, and an oldie-but-goodie Other Segment!  
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For the Summer of Greer we talked about a film adaptation of a Marvel superhero comic with Ant-Man, and again last year with Ant-Man & the Wasp. Now, on the spring that precedes the Summer of the Name We Haven't Come Up With,  we're talking about an adaptation of an alternative comic:  Daniel Clowes' Wilson.  Both of us are fond of Ghost World, so this movie about a solipsistic loser with no filter played by Woody Harrelson for some reason should be... well, it's also a movie.  
 
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Back at it again at the Music Box Theatre!  Long time listeners may remember in 2023 when Barry and Patrick saw a screening of ERIC LARUE at the Music Box as part of the Chicago International Film Festival and their minds were blown.  This year, the Chicago Critics' Film Festival displayed some excellent taste and included CHILI FINGER as part of their program, which is a small town caper starring John Goodman, Bryan Cranston, Sean Astin and Judy Motherfuckin' Greer.  Can a movie that begs comparisons to the Coen Brothers stand on its own?  Whose finger was in the chili?  And, most important of all, who showed up for the post-screening Q&A?  Only one way to find out, since Chili Finger is still making the rounds at film festivals as of this episode's release.
 
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Do you think dreams are dangerous?  Trying to keep your life together with happy pills and butter?  Sounds like you could learn a little something from Visioneers, in which Zach Galifianakis and Judy Greer live in a society.  Barry and Patrick reminisce about Adult Swim, ponder the revolutionary potential of extra-marital affairs, and present the long-anticipated, user-funded Other Segment. 
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Music:  "Silver Flame" by Kevin Macleod, incomptech.com.  Licensed under Creative Commons: by Attribution 4.0 

Maybe the most celebratory episode yet of Come to My Lindo, and all you Delvotees know why: with his best supporting actor win at the 2026 Academy Awards, Delroy Lindo is officially an EGOT winner!  Barry and Patrick are psyched for this moment of glory, and almost as psyched to talk about A LIFE LESS ORDINARY!  Potentially the most 90s of 90s movies, this romantic crime caper with angels was Danny Boyle and Ewan McGregor's 1997 follow-up to Trainspotting.  Patrick and Barry ponder the theological implications of angelic bounty hunters, track the ups and downs of Danny Boyle's career, and help a listener plan their wedding. 
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Innovation.  Synergy.  Grit.  Can telling your story incentivize changing your major?  Can a movie inspire girls to maximize profits?   Is somebody finally going to make one gosh darn movie about a young person who lives in the Bay Area?  Somebody already did.  And, in the most synergistic innovation imaginable, she cast Judy Greer to play the mom.  It's Everything to Me.  
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Music:  "Silver Flame" by Kevin Macleod, incomptech.com.  Licensed under Creative Commons: by Attribution 4.0 

Where's the beef?  Right here where it always is, on 96 Greers!  Barry and Patrick take on Valley Girl, the 2020 jukebox musical remake of the 1983 purported cult classic of the same name.  What are the reasonable limits on different ways music can function in a movie?  How well does the hardcore punk scene of early 80s LA translate to musical numbers?  Can a social media influencer/endtimes harbinger be a good casting choice?  Pop open a Tab and tune in on your eight-track to find out!

Valentine's Day is coming up, and we are delving into yet another romcom!  Adorn yourself in tulle ("tool?" "tuhl?") and your I <3 Kathryn Heigl ("haygle?" "hi gull?") t-shirt, because we're coming at you with 27 DRESSES!  Do Patrick and Barry critique the wedding industry, struggle for something nice to say about Malin Åkerman's ("...?") performance, and lovingly describe every one of the titular bridesmaid dresses for your listening pleasure?  "We do!"
 
Ranking the 27 Dresses of 27 Dresses- ew.com 

Content note: discussions of transphobia, sexual assault, addiction.
 
Listen, [comrade]. Real podcasters don't wear capes, and they don't look like Jesus.  They have codependent relationships with their teenage daughters and work at a restaurant where Richard Kind has a Chekhov's gun that nobody bothered to introduce in the first act.  Is it an elaborate metaphor for a high-profile divorce or Oscar bait fueled by a long-standing, potentially fabricated feud?  We have our theories, but what we can say for certain is that it's Katie Holmes' 2016 directorial debut:  All We Had.