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Creepy costumes and CGI, a whopping 8% on Rotten Tomatoes, and beloved actors and musicians doing what verges on softcore furry porn for two hours? Sounds like a real contender for the pod.

Please!!! You must do Cats! I beg of you, for all that is holy and sacred in film, I MUST hear Jason and June’s reactions!!! I will buy you the tickets! Just tell me where and when and I will pay for your tickets, and anything else you need to see this pop, popcorn, candy, Advil!

Based on the delightfully hilarious reviews, this "film" seems like a purr-fect choice for the show!

Forth! I just remembered after reading that interview you posted that he also did the songs and singing for Bugsy Malone.

I just read the interview and have to post the last section.

Here's a 2018 interview with Paul Williams about the special and the music.

Honestly, Spirit is pretty good. It's dumb, but watchable. There are a lot (and I mean A LOT) that are just boring.

Yeah. The Darlings are the Otters. Mayberry is Waterville. That episode where James Best is a rockabilly star is The Nightmare Band.

Gurl... WHAT ARE YOU WEARING?

I coincidentally watched this movie this evening. This movie has a BIG nostalgic effect for me. It reminds me so much of childhood that I feel like I can almost smell it. Re the out-of-place Nightmare band: I actually enjoy the band being of a more modern time than the rest of the setting. I guess it's hard to put my finger on, but Waterville is like an Appalachian town that could have existed in 1977. In many ways more rural parts of the country hadn't modernized much by the late '70s and this old world and new world coexisted fairly accurately. The town had some modern aspects to it. Electricity. Cars. Snowmobiles. I assume this contrast was kind of part of the point. One of the things I love about it though is how their version of modern and edgy is now over 40 years old and for me it has crossed over into quaint and classic. It's like when the Darlings come into Mayberry? (That's a reference the kids are down with, right?)