IMMP
Matthew Porter and his son Ian Porter explore movies, TV, books and music from Matthew's youth, way back in the 20th Century. What stands the test of time? What doesn’t? And what's still worth binging in the new millennium?
Son learns what made Dad ... whatever he is today. And Dad learns what Son thinks of all this.
(Music by Jason Aro / Pond5)
- Update frequency
- every 13 days
- Average duration
- 57 minutes
- Episodes
- 188
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
008: Project U.F.O.
This week Ian and Matthew discuss the PROJECT U.F.O. TV series created by Jack Webb and Harold Jack Bloom.
Was it TV’s answer to CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND? Or was it DRAGNET’s answer to fly…
007: Disney’s The Weekenders (The Millennial Strikes Back)
The Millennial Strikes Back!
This week Ian takes over to showcase a favorite show from his youth: Disney's The Weekenders.
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006: Lidsville
Lidsville is a Sid and Marty Krofft kids' show from 1971 featuring bright colors, puffy costumes and the broadest of broad comedy.
Lidsville is also an epic tale fueled by lust and violence, filled …
005: Guy Lombardo's New Year's Rockin’ Eve
For almost 50 years, until 1976, Guy Lombardo defined New Years Eve broadcasting. For almost as long, and still going today, Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve has worn that mantle for later generat…
004: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
IMMP leaves the TV lounge and goes to the movies, to watch the Disney adventure classic Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea.
Before Red October was hunted, before K-19 made any widows, before the …
003: The Avengers
This week IMMP takes on The Avengers. The surreal, Swinging Sixties secret agent series from the U.K., not the endless Marvel superhero franchise.
Sometimes scary, sometimes silly, always suave and…
002: Columbo
Ian and Matthew talk about one of the best, most innovative, most beloved crime shows of all time: Columbo.
WARNING 1: Contains spoilers for several episodes of Columbo.
WARNING 2: Contains the wor…
001: Max Headroom
Ian and Matthew watch the classic of 1980s made-for-TV cyberpunk: Max Headroom. Which should be called The Adventures of Edison Carter. Will Network 23 make sense to a viewer raised on YouTube?