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Chillpak Hollywood Hour #308
April 8, 2013 | 
Author After a follow-up question from a loyal listener about last week’s show, your friends in podcasting leap around the world, covering comedy, painting, poetry, movies, theatre, novels, puppetry and mental illness!
Full of insight, inspiration and irreverence, it’s YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour!
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Chillpak Hollywood Hour #305
Coming to you a little bit late, but with a bonus four minutes, this week’s show is action-packed and really puts the “your” in YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour as Dean and Phil discuss … An email from listener Lejon Johnson about a Caravaggio discussion in episode 295 … An email from listener Matt Giles about the success of Veronica Mars on Kickstarter … A Facebook post from listener Greg Vincent about last week’s “genius” vs. “artist” discussion … A voicemail message of apology from listener and podcaster March Hershon … And finally, a request from listener Patricia Brady that we bring back classic episode #182 from the archives.
All that, plus your friends in podcasting discuss Dean’s latest acting gig, his most recent art show, Spielberg’s newest collaboration with the dead Stanley Kubrick, what Jon Stewart’s going to do on his summer vacation, Phil’s advice for auditioning actors, what they’re reading, a Live Event of the Week and a Lawsuit of the Week.
Wow. Let’s get started, shall we?
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: 1984, Aaron Baker, acting, Argo, art, auditions, Audrey Hepburn, Caravaggio, Carlos the Jackal, Chiat Day, Chris Mancini, comedy, Comedy Film Nerds, crowdsourcing, Dean Haglund, directing, distribution, filmmaking, Freakonomics, Greg Vincent, independent film, Iran, Jack the Giant Slayer, John Lennon, Jon Stewart, Kickstarter, LACMA, lead poisoning, Lejon Johnson, Lennon and McCartney, Macintosh, Marc Hershon, Matt Giles, Maziar Bahari, mercury poisoning, Napoleon, Oskar Werner, painting, Paul McCartney, Phil Leirness, Ridley Scott, Robert Mapplethrope, show business, Stanley Kubrick, Steve Jobs, Succotash, television, The Daily Show, The Lady Killers, The Lone Gunmen, The Wizard of Oz, The X-Files, Veronica Mars, Walter Isaacson, Warner Bros., West Side Story, writing | No Comments »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #294
As the final hours of 2012 winds down, it’s time for a yearly tradition at YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour …
It’s the annual New Year’s Resolution show, where Dean Haglund and Phil Leirness review how well they lived up to the resolutions they made at the start of the year and set their intentions for the year to come.
It’s bound to be both inspiring AND hilarious.
Happy New Year from your friends in podcasting!
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: acting, art, back pain, basketball, Berlin, books, comedy, dancing, Dean Haglund, directing, Dobermans, doctors, filmmaing, Grand Canyon, hiking, improv comedy, independent film movies, meditation, New Year's resolutions, non-profit, Phil Leirness, shamanism, show business, skateboarders, stage, swimming, television, tennis, The Lone Gunmen, The X-Files, theatre, writing, yoga | No Comments »
Chillpak Hollywood #292
This week’s show is over five and a half years in the making.
It starts with your friends in podcasting revealing their all-time Top Ten Films.
Then, they reveal the all-time Top Ten according to all the guests who have appeared on YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour!
This consensus will be updated each year in late December as we add the lists submitted to us by that year’s guests …
What films will make the inaugural cut?
We wouldn’t dream of spoiling it. HOWEVER, we CAN let you know that these films did NOT make the top ten, though they came very close, finishing in positions twenty-four through eleven:
24. Vertigo (Director: Alfred Hitchcock, Year: 1958)
23. Apocalypse Now (Francis Coppola, 1979)
22. Amelie (Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 2001)
21. A Clockwork Orange (Stanley Kubrick, 1971)
19. TIE – Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino, 1994), The Big Lebowski (Joel Coen, 1998)
18. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (Stanley Kubrick, 1964)
17. Wings of Desire (Wim Wenders, 1987)
16. the Matrix (The Wachowskis, 1999)
15. The Third Man (Carol Reed, 1949)
14. Chinatown (Roman Polanski, 1974)
13. Fellini’s 8 1/2 (Federico Fellini, 1963)
12. Goodfellas (Martin Scorsese, 1990)
11. Lawrence of Arabia (David Lean, 1962)
Got your popcorn? Then, let’s go to the movies!
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: 2001: A Space Odyssey, 8 1/2, acting, Amadeus, Billy Wilder, Blade Runner, Carol Reed, Casablanca, Chan Wook Park, Chaplin, Chinatown, Citizen Kane, City Lights, comedy, David Lean, Dean Haglund, directing, Dr. Strangelove or: How I learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, drama, Federico Feelini, film, film noir, filmmaking, Francis Coppola, Frtiz Lang, George Lucas, independent film, Lawrence of Arabia, Metropolis, Michael Curtiz, Milos Forman, movies, Oldboy, Orson Welles, Phil Leirness, Ridley Scott, Roman Polanski, science fiction, show business, silent films, Some Like it Hot, Stanley Kubrick, Star Wars, Sunset Boulevard, The Godfather, The Lone Gunmen, The Third Man, The X-Files, Wim Wenders, Wings of Desire, writing | No Comments »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #281
The month just ended (September 2012) saw the most downloads of YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour since the show went independent in January of 2011 and your friends in podcasting celebrate this news with perhaps the most hilarious opening they’ve ever had!
Even when the irreverence ends, the jokes and witty bon mots continue in full effect as Dean Haglund and Phil Leirness take on (or revisit) such topics as Catholic weddings, fluoridation of water, Monsanto’s House of the Future, educational institutions, corporate culture, government bureaucracies, a murder mystery in Phil’s neighborhood of Los Feliz, celebrity deaths, emails from listeners and a wide range of films dealing with mental health issues.
And remember, The Truth Is Out There is now out there on BLU-RAY!
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: acting, Alex Jones, Alfred Hitchcock, Amelie, American Cinematheque, Andy Williams, animal protective services, Anthony Harvey, Arthur Ochs Sulzbarger, ASU, Babylon 5, Beauty and the Beast, box office, branding, bullying, bureaucracy, Carmageddon, celebrity deaths, Centreville, Clint Eastwood, Clint Herring, Coma, comedy, communion, consciousness, conspiracy, copyright, corporations, crucifixion, David Lynch, Dean Haglund, directing, Disney, Dr. Stanley Monteith, Dr. Strangelove, Elvis Presly, Enter the Dragon, Fairax, FanBoy Nation, filmmaking, fluoridation, Frank Sinatra, George C. Scott, Grammy Awards, Guy Maddin, Hearts Like Fists, independent film, institutions, James Goldman, Jeff Nichols, Jimmy Lawlor, Joanne Woodward, Joe Kidd, John Saxon, John Wayne, Johnny Lewis, Jon Lawlor, Katy Perry, Keith Allen, Kelly Johnson, Kenwood, Lance LeGault, Lejon Johnson, Lolita, Michael O'Hare, Mike O'Conner, Monsanto, Monsanto's House of the Future, Montgomery County, Mud, New York Times, Nothing But the Truth, Phil Leirness, plastics, Portland, Rise of the Plaent of the Apes, Rod Lurie, Rupert Wyatt, Shotgun Stories, show business, Sons of Anarchy, Sparky the Sun Devil, Spartacus, Stanley Kubrick, Stevie Wonder, Take Shelter, Tales form the Gimli Hospital, The A-Team, the Appaloosa, The B-Film Extras, the Egyptian Theatre, The Incredible Hulk, The Intouchables, The Lion in Winter, The Lone Gunmen, The O.C., The Peace Fund, The Truth Is Out There, The X-Files, They Might Be Giants, Valerie Plame, Vertigo, water, weddings, writing | No Comments »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #272
From discussing a listener email about “negative thoughts” to answering questions from listeners regarding the documentary Paul Williams Still Alive and the Erick McCormack television series Perception, Dean Haglund and Phil Leirness are really putting the “your” into YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour this week!
Your friends in podcasting also discuss the supposed death of big screen comedy, plus what they’re reading, two “Live Events of the Week”, and they offer up a special helping of their pal Ethan Dettenmaier (the producer and host of the most excellent Combat Radio).
Finally, Dean and Phil remember the show business luminaries who left us during the past week as well as the twelve souls whose lives were taken in a movie theatre in Aurora, Colorado.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: Academy of Motional Picture Arts and Sciences, acting, Airplane 2 the Sequel, Amen, architecht, art, Aurora, Boris Karloff, Buster Keaton, Cat Ballou, Chad Everett, Chris Marker, Colorado, Combat Radio, comedy, David Lynch, David McCullough, Dean Haglund, directing, Dog Day Afternooon, Eastern Columbia Building, Eric McCormack, Ethan Dettenmaier, film, filmmaking, Frank Pierson, French Stewart, improv comedy, independent film, It Chooses You, Jackalope Radio, Jeff Kober, Karl Rove, Karl Rove I Love You, La Jettee, landscapes, Mad Men, Medical Center, Miranda July, Mulholland Drive, painting, Patton Oswalt, Paul Williams, Paul Williams Still Alive, Perception, Phantom of the Paradise, Phil Leirness, Phil Robinson, Presumed Innocent, Rogue Machine, Sherman Hemsley, sketch comedy, Starbase Indy, Stephen Kessler, Stoneface, Talk Superstation, Ted, television, Terry Gilliam, The Jeffersons, The Lone Gunmen, The X-Files, Twelve Monkeys, Twin Peaks, Where the Great Ones Run, Writers Guild, writing | No Comments »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #271
Alex Jones vs. Jon Stewart vs. President Obama. Daniel Tosh. The First Amendment. Fred Willard. Lewd Behavior. The Dark Knight Rises. Aurora, Colorado. Gun Control. The Second Amendment. Violence in movies. The disappearance of Katherine Jackson. We Need to Talk About Kevin. Dean Haglund. Phil Leirness. YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: adult theaters, Alex Jones, Aurora, Clyde Lewis, Colorado, Combat Radio, comedy, conspiracy, conspiracy theories, Daniel Tosh, Dean Haglund, Denver Airport mural, Ethan Dettenmaier, filmmaking, films, first amendment, founding fathers, Fred Willard, Ground Zero, gun control, Heath Ledger, independent film, James Holmes, Jon Stewart, Katherine Jackson, lewd behavior, Michael Jackson, movie violence, Nicole LaPorte, Obama, Pee Wee Herman, Phil Leirness, second amendment, stand-up, television, the Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises, The Lone Gunmen, The Men Who Would Be King, The Truth Is Out There, The X-Files, Tilda Swinton, Tom Bergeron, Tosh 2.0, violence, violence prevention, We Need to Talk About Kevin | No Comments »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #270
If you are a big fan of the “In Memoriam” section of awards shows, you are going to LOVE this week’s installment of YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour. Much of the show is dedicated to remembering the show business legends that left us since your friends in podcasting last came to you from a certain “historic building in downtown Los Angeles” …
Dean and Phil also follow up on last week’s incredible interview of true Renaissance man Leigh J. McCloskey by discussing another Renaissance man, Dean Haglund!
Of course, there’s much, much more to enjoy, including “The Irving G. Thalberg Drinking Game”, “The Succotash Bump”, the Bob Hope Airport, Torchwood, Norman Rockwell, The Pageant of the Masters, Phil’s desire to get knighted by the King of Norway, and the “Lawsuit of the Week”.
Finally, this week’s show includes big shout outs to Ethan Dettenmaier and “Combat Radio”, “Ground Zero with Clyde Lewis”, Pepper Jay, Yi Tian and Actors E Chat Show, Susan Larison Danz and “The Frontier Beyond Fear”, Marc Hershon and “Succotash”, Shaun Parker, David Sobolov and Agent Summer.
Oh, and if funny videos are something you enjoy, then by all means, check out this clip of Dean Haglund interviewing another sci-fi icon, a true “Star Wars” legend.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: A Face in the Crowd, Academy Awards, acting, acting classes, Actors E Chat Show, Agent Summer, Alex Lewczuk, Alice in Wonderland, All About Eve, Andy Griffith, Andy Griffith Show, Arrested Development, Bad Day at Black Rock, BBC, Big Fish, Celeste Holm, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Clyde Lewis Ground Zero, Come to the Stable, comedy, Compulsion, consciousness, conspiracy, Creative Arts Rehabilitation Center, Dan Butler, Dark Shadows, Daryl F. Zanuck, David Dean Bottrell, David Sobolov, Dean Haglund, directing, Dragon*Con, Driving Miss Daisy, Elia Kazan, Ernest Borgnine, Escape from New York, Ethan Dettenmaier, film, filmmaking, Forbidden Planet, From Here to Eternity, Galileo, Gary Cooper, Gentlemen's Agreement, Griffith Observatory, Hieroglyph of the Human Soul, Ice Station Zebra, independent film, Indiemondo, Irving G. Thalberg, Jake La Motta, Jaws, John Carpenter, Karl Rove I Love You, Kickstarter, King Olav, Kirk Douglas, Leigh J. McCloskey, Leslie Neilsen, Lili Fini Zanuck, Lily Holleman, Long Hot Summer, Marc Hershon, Marc Zicree, Margot Kidder, Martin Ritt, Marty, Matlock, MGM, Midweek Drive, Miracle Day, movies, National Council of the Arts, National Mental Health Association, Nightwatch, Norman Rockwell, Norway, Open Minds TV, Orson Welles, Oscars, Paths of Glory, Patrick McGoohan, Pepper Jay, Phil Leirness, PopCon LA, producing, Raging Bull 2, Red, Richard Anderson, Richard D. Zanuck, Sage Stallone, Save the Theatres Committee, Shaun Parker, Siren FM, Southside Broadcasting, Space Command, Spencer Tracy, Stanley Kubrick, Succotash, Susan Larison Danz, Sweeny Todd, Sylvester Stallone, television, televsion, The Bionic Woman, The Dirty Dozen, The Frontier Beyond Fear, The Lone Gunmen, The Pageant of the Masters, The Six Million Dollar Man, The Truth Is Out There, The Verdict, The Wild Bunch, The X-Files, Tim Burton, Torchwood, UA, UNICEF, William Holden, wirting, Yi Tian | No Comments »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #267
Princess Diana, political divisiveness, Aaron Sorkin’s The Newsroom, Arsenic and Old Lace, Dr. Jack Daniels, Richard Burton’s Hamlet, the auteur theory, the return of Margaret, Miranda July, Woody Allen, People Like Us, Pariah,Veep, the Hatfields AND the McCoys, letters from listeners, rites, rituals and celebrity deaths … All that and much more, this week on YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour!
Also, your friends in podcasting, Dean Haglund and Phil Leirness, need your help. They have launched a brand new documentary project about an artist and philosopher and they hope you will check it out HERE.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: Aaron Sorkin, Adepero Oduye, Alex Kurtzman, Andrew Sarris, Arsenic and Old Lace, Arsenio Hall, Bad Dreams, Battlestar Galactica, books, Boris Karloff, boxing, Chris Pine, comedy, consciousness, conspiracy, David McCullough, Dean Haglund, Dee Rees, directing, Dr. Jack Daniels, Dylan Tichenor, film, filmmaking, Gary Gilbert, Hamlet, Hatfield and McCoys, HBO, independent film, It Chooses You, Jeff Daniels, Jesse Eisenberg, Kenneth Lonergan, Kevin Costner, Kickstarter, Manifesting Change, Margaret, Martin Scorsese, Meryl Streep, Michelle Pfeiffer, Mike Dooley, Mike Tyson, Miranda July, Moonrise Kingdom, motion pictures, New York Observer, Notes from the Universe, Pariah, Phil Leirness, Portlandia, Prince Charles, Princess Diana, Prometheus, Richard Burton, Richard Lynch, Rogue Machine, Six Feet Under, Spike Lee, Stephen Jacobs, television, The A-Team, The Auteur theory, The Future, The Lone Gunmen, The Newsroom, The Sword and the Sorcerer, The Thick of It, The Truth Is Out There, The X-Files, theatre, To Rome with Love, Tucker Smallwood, Twin Peaks, Veep, Village Voice, Wes Anderson, West Wing, Where the Great Ones Run, Woody Allen, writing | No Comments »
Chillpak Hollywood Hour #266
Your friends in podcasting have been busy! From marathons to moviemaking, from fine art to live events, Dean Haglund and Phil Leirness really mix it up …
They launched a brand new documentary project about an artist and philosopher and they hope you will check it out HERE.
Phil co-hosted an installment of the top notch “Combat Radio” show, and he brought along the amazing Tucker Smallwood as a guest. You can enjoy that show right HERE.
Dean and Phil’s friend, filmmaker Jonathan Browning, recently completed another of his award-winning shorts, this one starring the legendary Paul Dooley. Give it (and all of Jonathan’s shorts) a viewing right HERE.
Finally, loyal listener to this show, Mattie Giles, has a film review website you might enjoy. Check that out right HERE.
Of course, Dean and Phil really hope you will enjoy this week’s installment of YOUR Chillpak Hollywood Hour, which covers such diverse topics as the historic L.A. neighborhood of Los Feliz, the plays of Anton Checkhov, the films of the 1930′s, the critical debate over Prometheus, the under-appreciation of MIB3, some new shows on HBO, Dean’s shocking attitude towards prostitution, and why we really all should just get along.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tags: Aaron Sorkin, acting, Alex Lewczuk, Alien, Anton Chekhov, Bart Di Lorenzo, Boris Karloff, Boris Karloff More Than a Monster, box office, Cecil B. DeMille, Charles Laughton, Clarice Starling, Combat Radio, comedy, consciousness, conspiracy, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, D.W. Griffith, Dean Haglund, Denise Crosby, directing, distribution, Ethan Dettenmaier, Evidence Room, Fantasy Island, film critics, filmmaking, films, Flight of the Conchords, Girls, Glasgow to the Movies, Gloria Stuart, Hannibal, HBO, independent film, Intolerance, Ivanov, James Whale, Jemaine Clement, Jonathan Browning, Josh Brolin, Josh Glasgow, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Kickstarter, Leigh J. McCloskey, Lena Dunah, Lifetime, Lily Holleman, Los Feliz, Luke Y. Thompson, Mad Men, Mads Mikkelson, marathons, Mark Ryan, Matt Giles, Matt Giles Film Files, Melvyn Douglas, Men In Black 3, MIB 3, Midweek Drive, movies, news, Nikki Finke, Odyssey Theatre, Olandar, Paul Dooley, Phil Leirness, political satire, Prometheus, prostitiution, Raymond Massey, Ridley Scott, Rodney King, Rodney King Riots, Screaming Frog Productions, show business, television, The Independent Critic, The Lone Gunmen, The Nerdist, The Newsroom, The Old Dark House, The Truth Is Out There, The X-Files, Tiny Furniture, Tommy Lee Jones, Tucker Smallwood, Twin Peaks, Veep, Washington State, Where the Great Ones Run, Will Smith, writing, Zhang Ziyi | No Comments »
