Episode 31: Our BRAIN DONORS Special
Our first episode of 2021 is our best episode of the year thus far! In addition to your faithful co-hosts, it features a couple of genuine comedy legends, and a discussion of the film the Marx Brothers would have made if they had made this film.
Official description: "Imagine a Marx Brothers-like film in 1992, now imagine a really good Marx Brothers-like film in 1992…well, imagine no more because such a film actually exists, Brain Donors. Created by the team behind Airplane! and The Naked Gun films, Brain Donors achieved everything it set out to do…except finding an audience.
"To explain why, and a whole lot more, we are joined by producer David Zucker and screenwriter Pat Proft, both life-long Marx fans. They detail the making of the film, including the casting of John Turturro as the Groucho-inspired lead. David and Pat also discuss the positive feedback Brain Donors received from the studio, until Hollywood politics reared its head and derailed what could have been a series of faux-Marx films.
"Surely, one of our most requested topics…
"Name-checked in this episode: Jason Alexander, Bob Costas, Senator Joseph McCarthy."
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Footnotes:
Brain Donors on Amazon Prime Video
Brain Donors on YouTube
David Zucker's new family memoir, Before the Invention of Smiling : The Incredible Journey of the Zucker Family from Horse & Buggy to Indoor Plumbing
Karen Philipp, holding her hat, from the M*A*S*H credits:
