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71: For Pete’s Sake (1974)
This film was not designed to support the deep and earnest discussion about arts education and the concept of stardom that it inspired in Patrick O'Neill, Robert W. Schneider, & Patrick (your host). But it did. And here it is.
70: The Main Event (1979)
83.333333334% of the way through our list and the movies are not getting better. Has Patrick reached his breaking point? Did Casey Erin Clark chose wisely? Will Chris Klimek praise this movie's boxing? The answers . . . . right now: no, yes, and not as little as you'd think.
69: Up the Sandbox (1972)
Put on your “it was the 70s” hat, because Amanda Zeitler and Robbie Rozelle are here to wrestle with this experimental(?), feminist(?), Barbra(!) film about being a mother, Fidel Castro, and feminism(?).
68: What’s Up, Doc? (1972)
Roddy Flynn and Kenny Neal join Patrick for what is most likely the zenith of Barbra's film career if you ask us and it's our podcast so who else you gonna ask?
67: All Night Long (1981)
Paul Caiola and Erika Villalba from the That Aged Well podcast join Patrick for what is considered the nadir of Barbra’s career. But is it? Is it . . . really? Especially with Dennis Quaid’s hair and the appearance of Mr. William Daniels?!
66: The Owl and the Pussycat (1970)
Confession time. This whole “Year of Barbra” thing has really been a long con to promote a production of the play The Owl and the Pussycat directed by Patrick and starring today’s guests: Serena Berman (Hair, tick, tick…BOOM!) and A.J. Ditty (High Fidelity). We open at the Snapple Theatre this fall on the set of Perfect Crimes and are actively looking for investors.
65: Nuts (1987)
Rob W. Schneider (Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall, La Cage Aux Folles) and Roddy Flynn (Anyone Can Whistle, et al.) join Patrick for yet another bad psychiatrist movie. Now with 5x as much ACTING!
64: On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970)
Playbill’s Logan Culwell-Block (Little Shop of Horrors) joins Patrick for ANOTHER unethical psychiatrist film. But this one’s a musical. And incomprehensible. And funny sometimes!
63: The Prince of Tides (1991)
Jenna Place (Fiddler on the Roof) and Kari Ginsburg (Gypsy, A Star is Born, et al.) join Patrick for a film Barbra directed that almost isn’t about a shrink who sleeps with a patient. Almost.
62: Hello, Dolly! (1969)
Patrick is joined by Marc Bonanni (Drat! The Cat!) and Sophie Schulman (Funny Girl) for one of their favorite movie musicals that Patrick has actively avoided since 1998.
61: The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996)
Zach Raffio and HaleyJane Rose from The Broadway Beat join Patrick to kick off the Year of Barbra! We start at the end (or at least as close to the end as Patrick is willing to go) with this rom com(?) about a professor, a Bond, her sister, and her mother.
60.1: Funny Girl (1968)
Fan-favorites Roddy Flynn and Robbie Rozelle are here to kick off THE YEAR OF BARBRA on The Original Cast at the Movies with her cinematic and Oscar-winning debut!
49: Funny Lady (1975)
Roddy Flynn and Robbie Rozelle are here to kick off our year of sequels and biopics with a musical that is BOTH! Patrick is confused, Robbie has thoughts, and Roddy is deeply offended he's been on this show to talk about THREE different Barbra Streisand movies and none of them are one of the good ones (like Nuts).
33: A Star is Born (1976)
Barbra!
Fatigue is setting in.
Barbra!!
Will we make it?
Barbra!!!
This one really threw us.
BARBRA!!!!
16: Yentl (1983)
Perennial favorites Kari Ginsburg (Gypsy, et al.) and Roddy Flynn (Anyone Can Whistle, et al.) are here for Barbara Streisand's epic story about a woman pretending to be a man so she can study the Talmud and sing alone in the woods with candles.