Episode 65: Lady of the Dunes Documentary Premiere; Married with Children; Old Saybrook CT; Best Movies to Win A Razzie Award(4-14-2022)

Episode 65 begins with the behind the scenes story of the premiere of the Lady of the Dunes documentary produced by Frank Durant.  From who was there at the Provincetown Theater, plans for the film going forward, my involvement, and my night overall, and more it is all here.  To listen to the exclusive interview with Frank leading up to the premiere check out
Episode 62.
We head west and land along the water to take a Road Trip to Old Saybrook, Connecticut.  Culture, history, good food, beautiful scenery, lighthouses, and more make up this charming small seaside town.
This week we go way Back In the Day 35 years ago this month and the debut of Married...with Children on the fledgling FOX network.  The Bundy's changed the way families were presented on television.  Take a look back at what made this show stand out and what it was like for me being a kid and seeing it for the first time.
This week's Top 5 is dedicated to the top-rated movies to win a Razzie Award.  The ratings are according to Rotten Tomatoes, although there might be one outlier in the bunch.
There's a new This Week In History and Time Capsule looking back at the CBS News debut of Walter Cronkite.
Be sure to watch for my livestreams called Without A Map Friday's at 8pm on Instagram which serve as a sort of postgame show for the podcast. Find them on IGTV after they've finished.

Helpful Links from this Episode(available through Buzzsprout)

• Purchase Iconic Hotels and Motels of Cape Cod
• Wear Your Wish
• DJ Williams Music
• KeeKee's Cape Cod Kitchen
• Christopher Setterlund's YouTube Channel
• Christopher Setterlund.com
• The In My Footsteps Podcast Blog
• Get Tickets For Lady of the Dunes(April 22nd)
• Old Saybrook Chamber of Commerce
• 10 Best Movies to Win A Razzie(IMDb) - ScreenRant

Listen to Episode 64 here.

Transcript

Intro

Hello World, and welcome to the in my footsteps podcast. I am Christopher Setterlund coming to you from the vacation destination known as Cape Cod, Massachusetts, and this is episode 65. We're going to kick things off this week as I review what it was like to be at the premiere for the lady of the dunes documentary and what a fun night that was. We're gonna take a road trip to Central Connecticut, and the beautiful seaside town of Old Saybrook. We're gonna go way, way back in the day 35 years ago this month to the premiere of the groundbreaking and super funny Married with Children TV show, there's going to be a brand new top five that are the top five highest rated movies to ever win a Razzie Award. This list will surprise you. There's going to be a brand new this week in history and Time Capsule all coming up right now on episode 65 of the in my footsteps podcast. Welcome in everybody. How has everybody been? How was your week? How was your weekend? Around here things are starting to look up. The weather's getting better, it's getting greener. The temperatures now are more common in the 50s, which is great time to get outside more and enjoy the weather as it gets better and better into the summer. Thank you to everybody who has been checking out the podcast, all of the new people that have come aboard the last few weeks have been some of the best weeks downloads-wise for the podcast, which means I'm bringing in new listeners which I greatly appreciate. So welcome aboard. If this is your first time, it's going to be a fun episode. I know last week when the show ended I had mentioned we were going to do a segment about Cape Cod suicide ally. And I decided to change it up for this week's show. Because I got to go to the premiere of the lady of the dunes documentary. And I'd much rather talk about that as it's something pertinent that just happened. Just to give you an idea of what the night was like and why you should go see it because it's going to be replayed on April 22. At the cape cinema. It was also relevant because I just in the last few days before recording this podcast completed the first draft of my book searching for the lady of the dunes. So it all ties in together. So we're gonna dive into my kind of review of the documentary coming up in just a minute. And don't worry, the suicide alley segment will be coming up in a few weeks on the podcast. I won't just forget about it. So without further ado, let's just dive right into it. Let's go right into my review of my night and the documentary Lady of the dunes coming up right now on episode 65 of the in my footsteps podcast.

Lady of the Dunes Documentary Premiere

What a fun night it was though, going to this premiere, it was a different experience than really anything I've ever experienced before. For those of you that have been listening to the podcast for a while back, you know, I've been working on a book that has been kind of a companion piece to a documentary about the lady of the dunes murder mystery, which happened in Provincetown in 1974, and has basically been one of the biggest Unsolved Mysteries of Cape Cod, New England, America of the last nearly 50 years. I was approached last May by the producer of the documentary, Frank Durant. At first, just about, he wanted to talk about the lady of the dunes. I didn't know who he was. And I didn't consider myself any sort of expert on the topic. Despite growing up on Cape Cod. I had a very basic vague idea of what had happened. But it turns out that whatever I thought I knew was not really the case. His passion really came through in this project. So I agreed we chatted on the phone, and we met in person. His big thing was he wanted to make sure I was really on board with writing this book, so that I didn't get like six, eight months in and then decided I was out and then he's kind of stuck. For me. I've had basically the idea of what the documentary was going to feature ever since I came on board. Because I've been writing the book that is essentially from Frank's point of view, what he has seen what he has done, people he's met roadblocks he's dealt with all in the efforts of just finding the truth in the way of finding the lady of the dunes name. That was his point of the documentary. That was my point of the book. Not so much to point fingers at law enforcement or find the actual killer. It was more focused on the victim. Who was she What was her story and trying to put that together? For me, I got to go to the premiere in Provincetown at the Provincetown Theatre, April 2, it had premiered at the Cape cinema the day before April 1. And it was great. Because the initial sales of tickets, were kind of slow for the cape cinema one. But there was so much walk up, it ended up being oversold, which was amazing, and definitely spoke to the interest in the film. And then the positive reviews that came after it spoke to the work that Frank did. When it comes to specific details from the film, I'm going to be very sparing with them. And the reason is, that when this podcast goes live on the 14th, eight days later, on the 22nd of April, there's going to be another showing of the film at the Cape Cinema in Dennis. And I would love for a lot of you listening to go to it. I'm going to be there. I said as Frank's proxy because he's not going to be there so I can answer any questions the best I can. The Provincetown theater is smaller and more intimate. It holds 70ish people in the theater. And this means that basically there's not a lot of parking at the theater itself. The show was starting at seven and I got up there well over an hour early because I wanted to visit the grave of the lady of the dunes which is at St. Peter's cemetery. Before I went to the actual show, the problem was, without there being a lot of parking at the theater, I had to find another place to park. Luckily, this time of year, there's free parking and it's not as full. If you tried to do this in the summertime, you will be kind of screwed. For those familiar with Provincetown, I parked at the Macmillan pier, where there was free parking on this day. So lucky me. But the problem was it was about a mile from the theater. So I had to park and walk which is not a big deal at the beginning. Because it was late afternoon. It was temperatures in the low 50s and sunny, so it was fine. But I knew that heading back was going to be different. I finally made it their gut inside found Frank said hi to him, said hi to a few of the other people that I know from working on the book and meeting with them. Like Steven the medium and his husband Elix. I mean they're just great, great people so it was a blast to see them. Steven's very popular. Everyone wants his magnetic so everyone wants to talk to him. We found that out after the showing of the film, Susan Ahern, the Cape Cod happy medium. She was a blast. She and I and Frank went out to the Pine Grove cemetery and had a little adventure a few weeks before the showing. She will likely be a guest on the podcast at some point in the near future to talk about the adventures that we went on just as a heads up. There were others like John and Lauren Robbins and Dennis Minsky, and the Meads family that basically without them, there would be no documentary. Frank has said it many times. And I'll say it on the podcast that the endorsement of the Meads family Nancy Meads whose brother was Chief James Meads. He was the one who basically worked on the lady of the dunes case back in the 70s and 80s. When Nancy endorsed Frank, and then Jimmy and Michael Meads, who are chief Meads’ sons when they got involved, that gave a whole new air of credibility to the project that opened so many doors and made this film such a great, it's so great. It was one of those things that I knew it was going to be good based on all of the information I had from Frank, the notes that he gave me about what he had been doing. But then when you see it, you realize all the effort that he put in so many new and interesting theories that come to light. Before the film even started, Frank got up on the stage and just gave a really quick speech just thanking some of the people that were involved. He did make it a point to single me out make me stand up and tell everyone that I was writing the book. And that the premiere that night was the last chapter of the book, which it was. So he said, If any of the people there talking to me, they would likely be in the book. And naturally sitting right next to me was Jimmy Meade's, chief Meads, his granddaughter, Emily, and her boyfriend Josh, who immediately turned and shook my hand and introduced himself. So yes, I did put him in the book. As he had told me he was going to do once Frank gave the speech and introduced the film and the lights went down. He exited the theater and went right out the front door. Nobody knew about it except me. So when the movie was over, and the lights came back up, everyone was looking for him. I said, Nope, he's long gone. He had been working on this documentary for well over a year, and it had seeped into his soul, it was different than anything he had done was what he told me. So he needed to close this chapter, which is then why I say at the showing on April 22, at Cape cinema, I am Frank's proxy because he's, he's basically on to his next film. And with me the book, the first draft is done. But it's not I don't have a publisher yet. I may have some news on that coming soon. But so for me, this is not done at all. The book has a lot of stuff in it that was not able to fit into the film. Frank had 52 hours worth of footage, he had to cut down to 90 minutes, plus so many more notes that he found things that came to light after he wrapped filming, that are all going to be in the book. The film itself is fascinating with the evidence that comes to light. It is very somber, in the fact that it's centering around this unknown woman that met a very grisly end, where it was one of the just vicious and violent murder. And it was on Cape Cod, a place that you wouldn't think of it. But I guess the more I went along with the book, the more I realized, things like that could happen here, especially out in Provincetown and Truro at that time, late 60s, early 70s, it was like the Wild West still, for those of you that go to the showing on the 22nd, you're going to see a side of Cape Cod that you may not have known about. And it might shock and surprise you. But it all comes together so well. And if you read the book, it's going to really dive deep into it. The Lady of the dunes and Provincetown at that time, it's kind of like a spider web, where the lady of the Dunes is at the center. And the more you pull away from the spider web, the more things get caught in it, where there are other people's famous names, and places that go beyond Cape Cod that are all connected. And it's a fascinating, true crime story that I'm so proud to have been a part of and still be a part of. I was able to chat with and kind of pick the brain of Liza Rodman who is a best-selling author of the baby sitter book, if you have not read her book, the baby sitter, the quick synopsis is that when she was a child, she was babysat by future convicted serial killer Tony Costa. And she didn't know about it until she got older. So that right there, you should check it out for that. The documentary ends with the revelation of who Frank thinks the lady of the dunes was, and there's evidence to point to it, I have that revelation. And there are two other names that are potentially that are going to be in the book. Like I said, I'm not I'm trying not to spoil anything, because I want you to go and see it. It's free tickets to at the Cape cinema. So if you're hearing this before the 22nd of April, get tickets and go and then I'll be there. So the film got over, the lights came up, Everyone clap they looked for Frankie was gone. So they turned to me, because they knew that I was writing the book. So I had people taking pictures with me, because I was writing the book like I was some kind of celebrity, which I definitely didn't turn down the chance to smile and get pictures with strangers. And a bunch of us were chatting in the lobby until finally, the manager of the theater was like we're closing for the night y'all have to leave. And I knew then that I had to make my long walk back to my car at Macmillan pier in the dark. At this point, it was like quarter after nine. And after seeing this true crime documentary, it was weird, because it was a beautiful night chili. But the stars were out. And it's a weird feeling being in Provincetown, where this murder took place, seeing some of the places that were in the actual documentary as I'm walking by. But yet it felt really safe. Like I never felt threatened. Because Providence sounds just a different vibe. The film was so well shot and edited. And there's so much interesting and fascinating information and theories about the lady of the dunes, her murder, and who may have been involved. Frank is hoping he's got three different distributors that are looking to buy it and distribute this film after. So hopefully even if you can't make it to the 22nd and see it at Cape cinema, you can eventually see it either on streaming on-demand somehow like that. But I'm very proud and I'm so thrilled that I got involved with this. At first I wasn't sure who Frank was. And now I'm so glad that I agreed to chat with him and meet with him, because this film is excellent and the book could potentially be a big, big moment in my life. So that's kind of my review of the night. Like I said, the detail specific details on the film itself. I'm trying to keep on the down low only so that you'll go and see it. Naturally, when there's more information about a distribution deal for the film, or a publisher for my book, I will let you know. And like I said, Susan or her in the Cape Cod happy medium will likely be on the podcast at some point in the future. Maybe I'll get Steven the medium on here as well, because I'd love to chat with him. He's a blast to just talk with. But to wrap it up April 22, Cape cinema, go to their website and get tickets and go I will be there to try to answer any questions as Frank's proxy. So I hope to see all of you there to see the lady of the dunes documentary.

Road Trip: Old Saybrook, CT

It's road trip time again, and we are heading into Central Connecticut to go to the beautiful seaside town of Old Saybrook. Old Saybrook is right on Long Island Sound right at the mouth of the Connecticut River. And it's an amazing spot to go and check out Dr walk around. In order to get there. You're looking at about 125 miles southwest of Boston, and just over 70 miles southwest of Providence. It's not that bad of a drive and it's definitely worth it when you get there. As of 2020, the population in Old Saybrook was 10,481 people so it is just a little above a small town. For those of you that have listened to the podcast before you know that I have a strong affinity for lighthouses so naturally being that it's right on the water Old Saybrook has a pair of lighthouses and that's what attracted me to go there in the first place. The two lighthouses are Saybrook breakwater light which is the outer lighthouse and Lynde Point Lighthouse which is the inner lighthouse. Saybrook breakwater lighthouse is in the posh village of Fenwick. Fenwick was once home to legendary actress Katharine Hepburn, and not to go off on too much of a sidetrack. But there is in Old Saybrook the Katharine Hepburn cultural art center. That's at 300 Main Street. They've got shows, music, concerts, plays, they show old Katharine Hepburn movies, so it's a place that you can get some culture but if you like Katharine Hepburn it's got a strong connection to her thanks to her living in the town for many years. Back to the lighthouse, though Saybrook breakwater lighthouse is at the end of nearly 2000-foot-long breakwater, which gives it a really unique look. It's one of those little spark plug lighthouses it's all white with black trim around the windows and the first time I saw it, I thought the lighthouse looked like kind of old-school clown suit. It was built in 1886 and stands 48 feet tall. It's a beautiful drive to get out there too, because it's out of town. So I mean, even though Old Saybrook is a small town, you really get into the rural area and Fenwick passed the golf course. For convenience Lynde Point Lighthouse, the inner lighthouse is only a couple of 100 yards away from the breakwater light. This is in someone's yard though, so you can't get too close. You can get close enough and get some good photos of it. This one is much different than the breakwater lighthouse. It's 71 feet tall. It was originally built in 1838. And the octagon-shaped tower built out of brownstone has held up really well in nearly 200 years. But of course for those of you that don't enjoy lighthouses as much as I do, there's a lot more to see in Old Saybrook. Like I was saying they're right on Long Island Sound. So you know, there are beaches, and if you're going to check out a beach, you should check out Harvey's Beach. This beach is on Plum bank road, and it's kind of small, it's maybe a little over 100 yards in width, but it is usually seen as one of the best beaches in Connecticut. You've got all the traditional beach stuff if you've been to one beach you know you get swimming, boating, fishing, but even when you say if you've been to one beach have been to them all that's not true. So a beach like Harvey's beach is held in high regard. You've gotta go check it out. If you want a little more culture and you like history, check out fort Saybrook Monument Park on College Street. Fort Saybrook is important as it was the first fortified settlement first fort in New England built in 1636. And it was the epicenter of the battle between the English settlers and the Pequot tribe of Native Americans and 1636 and 37. The 17 acre park right on the Connecticut River has monuments and markers that depict the founding of Saybrook in 1635. There are beautiful views, there's a boardwalk, it's free, so that's even better. And you can go there and learn a little bit about the town but you've also got the beautiful natural surroundings too. So you're like distracted from the fact that you're learning. At this point in Old Saybrook, you've been running around you've been at the beach, you've been to Fort Saybrook, you've checked out the lighthouses. You've built up an appetite. So it's time to grab a bite to eat at Mystic market south. It's at 70 Mill Rock Road East first opened in 2015. They've got fresh wholesome ingredients, they got lighter fare, you can grab something and go and keep moving. Great sandwiches, freshly baked desserts, Stumptown cold brew coffee, and so much more. Check them out at Mystic market.com. and see for yourself I obviously can't do justice to a lot of these places in the road trip when I'm describing them. That's why I give out a lot of the website so you can go see. You can make a day trip out of going to Old Saybrook, but with all these places that I mentioned on the road trips, I always think it's better to spend the night get the full experience. And if you're gonna go spend the night you might as well go to the Saybrook point resort and Marina located at two Bridge Street. Also check them out Saybrook.com They're kind of a one-stop shop. They've got their own restaurant in their fresh salt. They've got the Marina so you can dock your boat there if that's how you want to come into town. They've got the Old Saybrook spa so you can get some relaxation. They've got 82 rooms in the main in they've got a lighthouse suite. They've also got 14 rooms at some of their guest houses. So if you go to the website saybrook.com You'll get all the information you need. For even more information about what to do and see and where to stay in Old Saybrook. Visit Old Saybrook chamber.com They've got everything you could need. There's also si t visit.com, which is more of an overall state Travel and Tourism site. You can go there look up Old Saybrook get a lot of great travel ideas and photos. Or better yet, just set your GPS and drive. Go there find your own way. If you don't like the lighthouses, there are beaches, there's the fort. There are great places to eat great places to stay. Katharine Hepburn cultural art center to see movies and plays and concerts. Or you can sit along the Connecticut River and watch boats pass and just lose yourself in the small-town seaside feel. That is Old Saybrook. 125 miles from Boston 70 miles from Providence, a little seaside oasis in Connecticut, Old Saybrook go and check it out. Tell me what you think. And I'll be back next time with a new road trip to one of the other amazing cities, towns and villages that the six states of New England and beyond half to offer.

This Week In History

This week in history. We're going back 60 years ago this week, April 16 1962 and the debut of Walter Cronkite as the main anchor of the CBS Evening News. Despite this being the time that Cronkite became the lead anchor for CBS he had actually been involved in the news for a long time. He entered the world of broadcasting on Radio In 1935 for WKY in Oklahoma City. Eventually, he got offered a job by legendary broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow to be a part of his moral boys team of war correspondents during World War Two and this is where Cronkite really became well known. He started on CBS News in 1950. And then once he became the lead anchor in 1962. He was the voice of every famous event during his time. He was the man that famously gave the news of President John F Kennedy's assassination. He also famously broadcast about the Vietnam War, and his opposition to it swayed a lot of the American public. His broadcasting and his dedication to the news in 1972 earned him the distinction of being considered the most trusted man in America, according to an opinion poll, more so than President Richard Nixon at the time, which seems to be a pretty good idea after what had ended up with Nixon. Interestingly, when Cronkite took over the news from Douglas Edwards in 1962, it was only 15 minutes. And so he would end the broadcast by telling people to go check their local newspapers in the morning because there was barely enough time to get the news through. So the station CBS ended up changing the news from 15 minutes to 30 minutes because they didn't want people going to check the newspaper rather than watching their news. Often referred to as Uncle Walter Cronkite was basically a family member for most people in America during the time that he ran the CBS Evening News from 1962 to 1981, when he retired at the age of 65, as it was part of CBS is mandatory age retirement. Cronkite was then replaced by another man who would go on to become a legend of broadcast journalism, Dan Rather, Walter Cronkite would end every broadcast with the same signature line. And that's the way it is followed by the date of the broadcast. And that tradition began 60 years ago, this week in history. And now it's time for another time capsule. We're going back 45 years ago this week to April 16 1977. To find out what was going on in the world of pop culture. The number one song was don't give up on us by David Sol. This song spent a week at number one, but it's more well known because David Sol played Kenneth Hutch Hutchinson on the TV show Starsky and Hutch, so even though it went to number one, it's kind of the novelty of it, like when Don Johnson did his heartbeat song when he was on Miami Vice. The song was off his self-titled album, David soul, and he had a few more hits in the United Kingdom, but none in America. So David soul was kind of like the predecessor to David Hasselhoff who became a big deal in Germany, but not so much in America. The number one movie was Rocky. And this is kind of a catch-22 Because rocky actually came out in 1976. But it was re-released because of the Oscar all the Oscar wins that it had. This movie is super famous one of the greatest sports movies ever. sports drama about a down-on-his-luck boxer who just happens to get kind of gifted a shot at the heavyweight championship of the world. And he takes the champion Apollo Creed the distance. upon its initial release, the movie made $225 million, which when adjusted for inflation is just over a billion dollars. It's 93%. Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes. It spawned a host of sequels, including several more Rocky movies and now the Creed movies which have come through and revitalized the series. The theme song from Rocky is iconic. It's a great gym song even though it's over 45 years old. And like I said earlier, it won three Academy Awards including Best Picture. The number one TV show was actually a TV movie, The Amazing Howard Hughes, the movie star Tommy Lee Jones in the biographical portrait of Texas billionaire Howard Hughes. Hughes was seen as an eccentric perfectionist at times and odd recluse and a renaissance man who had success in aviation and in Hollywood. And this film was made within a year of his death in 1976. And was a two part movie. and if you are around April 16 1977, looking to go out on the town go on and do some disco dancing with your platforms. You could get yourself some Giovani Musk oil and or Giovani Musk's sex appeal cologne for $7 or about $33 today. I have no idea what it smelled like I have no idea if that was a good deal, but I do know you could get it slap it on and go out to the disco and see what it does for you. And that's going to wrap up another time capsule another this week in history. But now it's time for a brand new top five we just talked about rocky and being one of the greatest films possibly of all time and the Oscar award-winning that it did. Well now we're going to explore the top rated films to ever win a Razzie Award. So we go from the Oscars to the Razzies right now on a brand new top five.

Top 5: Best Films to Win A Razzie Award

So this week's Top Five is going to be a little different than normal. Typically, when I do these, I always say the lists are in no particular order. But this week is going to be different because the list is going to be in a particular order. So we're going to be looking at the top five highest-rated movies to win a Razzie Award. And this is according to Rotten Tomatoes. So this list is going to go in order. These films all won some sort of Razzie Award, which is, you know, the opposite of the Oscars for the worst films of the year. And naturally, with every list, there are some honorable mentions. So we'll kind of get the ball rolling with this. Honorable Mentions for the top five highest-rated movies to win a Razzie Award. They include Twister, which was 61% fresh rating Interview with the Vampire, which was 64% fresh rating, and the Addams Family, which was 65% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes. So let's get into it. Now. Let's start the actual countdown. We'll go from five to one. This is opposite of what we normally do. But let's jump in so top five highest-rated movies to win a Razzie Award. Number five is Wall Street. This was Oliver Stone's movie from 1987 starred Michael Douglas Charlie Sheen with Michael Douglas' classic line greed is good as he played Gordon Gekko. Wall Street had a 79% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes and is the only film to win both an Oscar and a Razzie as Michael Douglas won the Oscar for Best Actor, and Daryl Hannah won the Razzie for Worst Supporting Actress. Number four is Star Wars Episode Three Revenge of the Sith. This was the third of the prequels from Star Wars, which basically Chronicles when Anakin Skywalker becomes Darth Vader. I thought this movie was great, easily the best of the prequels and could stand up there with all of the Star Wars films. It was 80% Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes when it came out in 2005. And it made nearly $870 million at the box office, but actor Hayden Christiansen, who played Anakin Skywalker won a Worst Supporting Actor Razzie for his portrayal. Although in the good news department, episode three did receive the fewest amount of Razzie nominations out of any of those first three prequels. So there's that. Number three, appropriately is the Godfather Part Three. This movie from 1990 is 87%. Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes. It made $137 million at the box office, it stars Al Pacino as Michael Corleone. This is the end of The Godfather trilogy by Francis Ford Coppola. When it came out it was easily seen as the weakest of the entries and was a minor disappointment. But now as the time has gone on, it has definitely garnered a lot more respect. This film won two Razzie Awards both for actress Sofia Coppola for Worst Supporting Actress and worst new star, with critics saying she was out of her league alongside Pacino, Andy Garcia, Diane Keaton. Although she hasn't done much acting since Sofia Coppola has garnered a lot of praise as a film director. So there's that Razzies, don't kill your career. Number two, is Rambo First Blood Part Two. When it was released in 1985, it made $300 million on a budget of $25 million. It starred Sylvester Stallone as John Rambo. This was the same year he made rocky for despite it making money hand over fist, it actually received five Razzie Awards. And finally, number one, on the top-rated movies to win a Razzie Award is Gloria with an astounding 93% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes. This film from 1980 stars Gina Rowlands. As Gloria, a woman affiliated with the mob who has to protect the young son of her Puerto Rican neighbors after they are killed. John Adams won the Razzie for Worst Supporting Actor back then, and that was the very first Razzie Awards. But there you have it the best movies to win a Razzie Award at least according to Rotten Tomatoes, and some with the box office as well. Movies that made hundreds of millions of dollars, but were seen as critical flops. Have you seen any of these movies? Wall Street, Star Wars Episode Three, the Godfather Part Three, Rambo First Blood or Gloria, I've seen three of the five funny how tastes and movies are so different between the average viewer and critics. At some point, we'll come back with another top five, that will be the worst movies to ever win Razzies, and those I think we'll all agree on. But Join me again next time for a brand new top five, that'll be just as random as we always have them.

Back In the Day: Married with Children

35 years ago this month, on April 5 1987, a television show debuted on a brand new network that challenged the censors that changed the culture as far as what was on TV. Looking back even now, it's amazing to think that this show got on the air. And what's even more amazing is that nine-year-old me watch this show, basically in secret from my mother until she found out what it was. Then it was less she was less than foods that I used to watch it. But this here is going way way back in the day to talk about what it was like when Married with Children debuted on the new on the brand new Fox Network, April 5 1987. For those that have never heard of married with children or never seen it, it's the story of the Bundy family in Chicago. So there's owl who's the main character, his wife peg, who basically just sits around at home and does nothing, and his kids bud and Kelly, and their dog Buck. And this family was dysfunctional in an over-the-top comedic way. You had other shows of the time like Roseanne where the family was like normal dysfunction. The Bundys on married with children, it was just way beyond anything you'd ever seen at the beginning in the first few seasons when they're neighbors while Marcy was always there, but the Rhodes family So Steven Marcy. The themes and subjects of the show. They were outlandish, but they weren't super cartoony like they got later on. All in all, the show would run for 11 seasons between 1987 and 1997, and a total of 259 episodes. Being that it was on a startup network like Fox, the ratings weren't really ever huge, despite it being kind of an underground cult classic show, especially at the beginning. So during its 11 seasons, it finished in the top 57 of the 11 seasons, with season 6 in 1991-92 being its highest rated season when they finished it number 29. The humor here was often lowbrow. And over the top. Al was a shoe salesman who somehow had this nice house despite making like no money. And the fact that his wife just sat at home on the couch, watching soap operas she never cooked never cleaned, and it became way over the top as the years went on. Where she would never cook any food. So the rest of the family would be like tipping over the toaster to get the crumbs out of it. And that would be their food or eating cheese out of mousetraps. Kelly was the daughter she was always the dumb blonde that got taken advantage of she was just over the top beyond stupid. She kind of became the breakout star Christina Applegate. I mean she was a pinup on everyone's wall of teenage boys in the early to mid 90s. She along with Ed O'Neill, who was Al Bundy, kind of were the biggest stars of the show. Katie Sagal who was Peggy she was on Sons of Anarchy. So she did that as well. For me as a kid being 9, 10, 11 years old when it started the humor it was like a live-action cartoon at times where Al would get hurt in these crazy ways but never be you know, killed, he'd get blown up, he'd fall off the roof, he'd get hit by his own car. I can't remember how I found the show in the first place. I don't think I watched it during the first season. But Fox obviously had the Simpsons from as early as 1989 When I was in fifth grade. So I think I obviously found it because of that other show. My mother was one that was very open-minded when it came to TV and such I mean, she let me stay up and watch primetime wrestling WWF from 1986. It was my reward for doing well in school. But even married with children was just beyond what she had thought. Constant talk about having sex, scantily clad women, that toilet flushing, like hundreds of times, this was all common. And it was so funny. It's still funny to this day. Now, as the years of the show went on, the humor got way more cartoony in not in a good way, the last few seasons were not as good. In my opinion. There were still funny moments. But it was almost like, when you have a show that's gone on for 200 Something episodes, you start to run out of ideas. That's a problem that's happened with the Simpsons have been on for over 30 years, 600 episodes. So they're getting to the point on that I haven't watched the Simpsons in several years. But they've gotten to the point where the timeline is now skewed, where it started in 1989. And they were all the same age as they are now. But yet, Homer somehow on one episode was involved in the grunge movement, which would have been season five of the show. So it's just you get to a point where you've run out of ideas and it gets kind of over the top. Naturally, when you have a show that's full of raunchy topics and sex and all this that's going to be controversy with it. There was actually an episode that was filmed that did not air from season three, where in order to kind of spice up their love life, Al and peg Bundy decided to go to this hotel to have sex there. And they ended up being recorded. So they go to court about it. And this episode was deemed so controversial that it was never shown well, I shouldn't say never showed it was called the last episode, or referred to as that the episode was called, I'll see you in court. It did not air until 2002, five years after the show was canceled on the Fx network. The parents' television council voted the worst show on TV and its last two seasons, saying it was just mean spirited and misogynistic, which I mean it is. But you've got to take it with a grain of salt that is not meant to be taken seriously. Although I could see their side where if there are kids watching it, it would repeat some of the lines. But hey, I watched it when I was a kid. I didn't. So you leave it up to the parents to decide what's right for their kids. My mom, there wasn't that she approved of me watching it. But I think she had more faith in her kids that they weren't going to turn into Alan peg Bundys. But yeah, I could see where a show with a lot of toilet humor and Al go into strip clubs and reading adult magazines that might ruffle some feathers. In my opinion, it's when it's at its best married with children is one of the funniest shows that was ever on TV. But that was when it was at its best. There were some episodes, you know, as it got on that were just not as good. But the character of Al Bundy, the shoe salesman that is trying to live through his high school football days, who hates his wife, but doesn't get divorced, has a bad job, but somehow affords his house. It just made for some super funny content. And you can go on YouTube. And they have clip videos, where it's like the best of AL’s insults, and things like that. If you've never seen the show, and you want to get a taste of what it was all about. But when it came out 35 years ago, this month, it shook up the TV world. I think things were a little looser on Fox because it was a startup network, and not as many eyes were on it. There were a lot of shows that were on fox that first few seasons that I can't believe there were just so bad. It was at times, like a college station, where some of the shows and some of the ideas were like things that my friends and I would have done with my video camera in high school, but yet they were on primetime national TV. There are lots of lists of the top episodes of married with children if you want to check out what people see as the best ones are the most controversial ones. I mean, the one where Santa Claus dies in their backyard a guy that's in the suit, Skydives out of it. And he's supposed to land in the parking lot of, of the mall, but he lands in the Bundys backyard. As a time that Vanna White shows up and tries to buy owl is one I think, where he's trying to fix the roof, and he just constantly falls off on his head. So many funny episodes. And it's 35 years ago, this month it started up. So if you've seen it, and you know all about it, you know what I'm talking about. If you haven't, go and check out one of the episodes from the first few seasons and just get a sense of what was going on on TV 35 years ago this month, when married with children, made its debut and changed the way that the television family was presented forever when the Bundys made their debut.

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