The Mall | Ep #10

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Do you love the smell of commerce in the morning? Then take a ride with us to the mall, where wishes are granted, greenery is inoffensive, and all must pay tribute to the red-haired, denim-bejacketed siren of the center court fountain, Tiffany.

Show Notes:  

01:30 Which came first: the chicken or the strip mall? 
03:58 It's not a mall; it's the mall 
06:40 Get your sprawl on  
12:58 Put a roof over that
14:40 Interlude: Muzak: Theme from Taxi Driver

21:06 Children's art has to go someplace

16:40 Interlude: I Love the '80s: The Mall

33:03 Mall culture (mallture?)

35:25 Interlude: Tiffany: "I Think We're Alone Now"

38:03 Lessons learned (while buying nothing)

47:44 The perks and perils of mall employment

50:20 Interlude: The Blues Brothers trash Dixie Square Mall

56:40 Dead malls 

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The Mall | Ep #10

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Show Notes:

02:12 From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Saga
03:30 Inside Jabba's tail
05:26 What do you mean by "bonus?"
07:30 Double-features
11:25 Trailers: special or not?
14:00 Interlude: Psycho trailer (1960)
13:20 The Making-Of VHS Phenomenon (Jurassic Park / Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
25:25 Interlude: The surfer animator soliloquy
26:10 The "Big" Laserdisc Era
27:56 The Powers of 10 (Science!)

30:03 DVDs ("Let's see how these do.")

31:10 Special feature standbys

37:02 Interlude: Schwarzenegger on Total Recall (Best. Commentary. Ever)

37:50 The Criterion Collection (Read along with Drew!)

47:00 Favorite special features:

Drew: The Making of The Phantom Menace / Lord of the Rings Extended Edition behind-the-scenes / Mallrats audio commentary

John: "The shark is not working" (Jaws) / Sex Pistols on Bill Grundy (Sid & Nancy) / Evil Dead II commentary

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