Moronic Logic
Conversational documentarians discuss film history, directors' filmographies in chronological order, and decide what really should have won at different film award shows.
Golden Boy: An Academy Awards Podcast will premiere simultaneously as both a podcast and as a show on YouTube. This show will feature regular host Kenny alongside a rotating co-host to get different unique perspectives and keep things lively. This show will chronologically go through every Academy Awards since 1929, watching every movie nominated for best picture in that year and discussing what still holds up, what should have won, and what should be left in the dust bin of history! Please feel free to let us know when we are wrong, right, way off the mark, and your own personal preferences in the comments sections wherever they might be! We encourage you to watch these movies as well and be surprised along with us with what you end up liking. This show will air new episodes on the 1st of every month!
The Hitchcock Challenge (aka Presenting Alfred Hitchcock) originally premiered on YouTube and is hosted by your pals (the three morons and original founding fathers of Moronic Logic) Kenny, Sam, and Lantz. This two hour long show breaks down every movie directed by Alfred Hitchcock in chronological order, identifying recurring themes, reused actors, sources for follow up reading and whatever related minutia the hosts dig up. It is recommended you watch the Hitchcock film we are discussing before listening to our episode to avoid spoilers, and joining in on the discussion wherever comments sections are available! This show will be back! Promise!
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The Hitchcock Challenge #4: Downhill (1927)
Welcome to the fourth episode of The Hitchcock Challenge!
Episode 4 features a deep dive into Hitchcock and Novello's follow up to The Lodger, Downhill or When Boys Leave Home (Nobody calls the movie that anymore so we won't either!)
This episode was made for our YouTube channel MoronicLogic and is presented here as it originally premiered.
Join Kenny, Sam, and Lantz as they watch every movie directed by Alfred Hitchcock in chronological order and break them down in extreme detail. The first ten episodes, covering Hitchcock’s silent career originally premiered (or will premiere) on YouTube as Presenting Alfred Hitchcock. Future episodes will be made with the podcast in mind.
This series is about reviving the excitement for these old movies, looking at them through a modern lens and actually challenging ourselves to step away from Netflix and corporate TV we normally love and consume. We do the research on the behind the scenes gossip, break down iconic and less than iconic scenes, give Maguffin reviews and talk WAY longer than anyone else you'll find online. Hitchcock history is discussed and we will add relevant research materials to the episode bio’s for your own further reading!
New episodes of The Hitchcock Challenge will appear on the 15th of every month!
Recommended Reading!
1. Dan Auiler's Book "Hitchcock Lost The Lost Silent Hitchcock and Frenzy 67" available at the link.
2. The Hitchcock Zone.com is THE site for Hitchcock fans looking for comprehensive collections of scholarship and primary sources on all of Hitchcock's films. We love and recommend that site! in particular it will link you to the work of JL Kunhs one of the best and earliest Hitchcock Scholars! (Link to the Mountain Eagle page)
3. "Hitchcock/Truffaut, The Definitive study of Alfred Hitchcock" by Francois Truffaut
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4. Taschen's "Alfred Hitchcock: The Complete Films" edited by Paul Duncan are the two books we lean on the most and should be in the collection of every Hitchcock mega fan!
Check out Golden Boy! our Academy Awards retrospective show that premieres new episodes on the first of every month for updates on all things Moronic Logic!
