Just in time for turkey day, in which we have a lot to be thankful for, comes this delightful discussion with plenty of fixins. Fresh from their excellent new podcast, A Tripp Through Comedy, two new guests join me but I've been following them ever since we all met during Triviaspotting. Ross Bratin and Tripp Burton join me to talk all about the filmography of Frank Oz, someone each of us love and grew up with - whether as a Muppet or as a director, his achievements and talent are immeasurable.
We start with his very first solo gig as a director, The Muppets Take Manhattan and go all the way up to his last narrative feature, Death at a Funeral. We discover some thematic ties and most importantly, we have lots of laughs due to Oz's incredible skills as a comedic filmmaker. In other words, mostly (but not entirely) a love fest for someone that we hope gets together again to make another film in the future. But if not, we're glad he accomplished so much throughout his career. Thank you so much to Tripp & Ross and to you for listening!
00:00 - 36:29 - Intro / Get To Know Ross + Tripp
36:30 - 01:21:27 - The Muppets Take Manhattan, Little Shop Of Horrors, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
01:21:28 - 01:48:47 - What About Bob?, Housesitter, The Indian in the Cupboard
01:48:48 - 02:27:15 - In & Out, Bowfinger, The Score
02:27:16 - 02:56:43 - The Stepford Wives, Death at A Funeral
02:56:44 - 03:07:30 - Top 3 Frank Oz Films / Outro
Follow Ross:
https://letterboxd.com/rbratin
https://twitter.com/rbratin
Follow Tripp:
https://letterboxd.com/enb3
https://twitter.com/TrippBurton13
A Tripp Through Comedy:
https://twitter.com/attcpod
Jim Is Here:
https://linktr.ee/jimlaczkowski
https://5years.substack.com
Bonus Episode: Favorite Food Movies (feat. Matt Strauss) + Midnight Snacks (feat. Marissa Robertcop)
Bonus Episode: Ethan Warren (The Cinema Of Paul Thomas Anderson) + Patrick Ripoll (Licorice Pizza)
Episode 211: Paul Thomas Anderson Part II (feat. Nick Digilio & Steve Prokopy)
Bonus Episode: Alex Heller (THE YEAR BETWEEN)
Episode 210: 1993 - The Year In Review
Bonus Episode: Lukas Dhont (CLOSE) + Mia Hansen-Løve (ONE FINE MORNING)
Episode 209: Favorite Films Of 2022 (feat. Bill Ackerman + Brad Strauss)
Episode 208: Ken Russell (feat. Samm Deighan)
Episode 207: Michael Curtiz Redux (feat. Dave Canfield & Michael Cockerill)
Episode 206: Sergio Mims' Song Of The South Commentary
Bonus Episode: Happy Halloween
Bonus Episode: Philip Brubaker (How To Explain Your Mental Illness To Stanley Kubrick)
Episode 205: Allan Moyle (feat. Justin Decloux)
Episode 204: Mia Hansen-Løve (feat. Gianna D'Emilio)
Bonus Episode: New Movie Reviews + Interview With Neil LaBute (House Of Darkness)
Episode 203: Stephen Sayadian (feat. Heather Drain, Justine Smith and Daniel Bird)
Bonus Episode: Mary Sweeney (editor of Lost Highway)
Episode 202: James Gray (feat. Mitchell Beaupre)
Bonus Episode: Michael Glover Smith (Relative)
Episode 201: Keith Gordon + Underrated Films Of The 1960s
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