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
140: IN SEARCH OF… Hosted by Leonard Nimoy
In the 1970s, kids interested in paranormal weirdness received an amazing new cornucopia of ...well, lots of stuff.
It was IN SEARCH OF... hosted by Leonard Nimoy.
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139: David Lynch’s DUNE (1984)
Is the Weirding Module code for Transcendental Meditation? Was Kyle MacLachlan way too old to portray Paul Atreides? Did the Guild Navigator really need that guy with the shop vac? Ian and Matthew di…
138: Bette Davis in NOW, VOYAGER
Melodrama month continues with 1942's NOW, VOYAGER. Bette Davis and Paul Henreid star in a saga of metal health, personal transformation, and really, really bad parenting.
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137: MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION (1935)
Before THE CELESTINE PROPHECY...before THE SECRET...before female characters had agency?...there was...John M. Stahl's 1935 film MAGNIFICENT OBSESSION starring Irene Dunne and Robert Taylor.
136: ADVENTURES IN BABYSITTING
An epic American quest of danger and self-discovery through the mythic land of Chicago. The IMMP looks at 1987's ADVENTURES IN BABYSITTING.
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135: MYST
Ian takes over podcast and reaches into the world of computer games for a discussion of one of the most formative media properties of his life: MYST.
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134: THE YEAR WITHOUT A SANTA CLAUS by Rankin/Bass
Christmas 2023 at the IMMP wraps up with one of the weirdest of all Rankin/Bass Christmas specials: THE YEAR WITHOUT A SANTA CLAUS. Listen for tales of elemental magic with the Miser Brothers, the te…
133: Rankin/Bass’ SANTA CLAUS IS COMIN’ TO TOWN
The IMMP Rankin Bass Christmas continues with the sprawling Santa Claus fanfic SANTA CLAUS IS COMIN’ TO TOWN. Which leads in turn to talk of Adventure Time, creepy 70s musical numbers, and a Game of …
132: RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER from Rankin/Bass
We kick off the holiday season at the IMMP with a Rankin/Bass Christmas classic: RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER. And some detours into human (and elf) dignity, identity, the biology and diet of Abom…
131: Irwin Allen’s THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE
It's a little early for New Year's, but never too early for an Irwin Allen disaster movie like 1972's THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE.
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Bonus: DRACULA (Spanish language 1931)
One final Halloween treat for 2023. This is a discussion from the Patron feed, and from the Drafthouse Diary video series, about the 1931 Spanish version of DRACULA starring Carlos Villarías and Lupi…
130: THE WOLF MAN starring Lon Chaney Jr. (1941)
Ian and Matthew close out Halloween 2023 with another Universal monster movie: the psychological mystery of THE WOLF MAN. But they can't help themselves from also arguing some more about THE INVISIBL…
Bonus: THE LOST ISLAND
At long last, Ian and Matthew have seen a mysterious, legendary part of the Sid and Marty Krofft universe: THE LOST ISLAND.
It’s a mash-up of Lidsville, Land of the Lost, H.R. Pufnstuff, and more, a…
129: THE INVISIBLE MAN (1933)
Halloween season 2023 continues at the IMMP as Ian and Matthew watched (well, sort of watched?) Claude Rains in Universal's 1933 THE INVISIBLE MAN.
WARNING: Includes a very nerdy digression about hid…
128: THE MUMMY (1932)
This year’s Halloween theme at the Inter-Millennium Media Project surveys more of the Universal movie monster landscape, starting with Boris Karloff in 1932’s THE MUMMY, a tale of love, death, magic,…
127: MY FAVORITE YEAR
Come visit the live television industry of 1954 through the lens of a movie from the 1980s: MY FAVORITE YEAR directed by Richard Benjamin, starring Mark Lin-Baker and Peter O'Toole. Truly a movie for…
126: STAR BLAZERS - Live from NDK 2023
Recorded live at Nan Desu Kan 2023 in Colorado, this special episode takes on STAR BLAZERS -- the Americanized version of Leiji Matsumoto's SPACE BATTLESHIP YAMATO, and the object of Matthew's first …
125: THE ITALIAN JOB (1969)
Our 2023 Summer Road Trip season wraps up with a beloved car movie out of Swinging England of 1969: THE ITALIAN JOB!
124: SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT
The IMMP Summer Road Trip continues with a 1977 classic about an intrepid truck driver (Jerry Reed), with his buddy (Burt Reynolds) and his buddy's sudden new girlfriend (Sally Field) hauling bootleg…
123: THE GUMBALL RALLY
Summer is time for road trips. And for the IMMP that starts with the odd, stylish 1976 action comedy THE GUMBALL RALLY.
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