Going Hollywood - Movies and Television from the Golden Age to Today
Will you side with the expert or the enthusiast? Film historian Tony Maietta and movie lover Brad Shreve dive into the best of cinema and TV, from Hollywood’s Golden Age to today’s biggest hits. They share insights, debate favorites, and occasionally clash—but always keep it entertaining. They’ll take you behind the scenes and in front of the camera, bringing back your favorite memories along the way.
Episodes
82 episodes
“The Trip To Bountiful”(1985) with Special Guest Del Shores
"I consider this woman to be the greatest actress in the English language."Thus spoke F. Murray Abraham at the OSCAR podium as he was announcing the winner of the 1985 Best Actress Award. For nearly everyone in the Shrine Auditorium that...
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Practically Perfect: “Mary Poppins” (1964)
It's that Poppins woman! We kick off our "Best Actress" month by celebrating one of the most magical Oscar winners of all time: Dame Julie Andrews as the practically perfect nanny herself, "Mary Poppins" (1964)!She blo...
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Laughter First, “Safety Last!” (1923)
Everyone knows the image. A man dangling precariously from a clock on the side of a skyscraper, only a handgrip away from plunging to the busy streets below. It must be a scene from a terrifying dramatic thriller, right? Wrong! It'...
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Star Entrances: "Stage Door" (1937)
Katharine Hepburn. Ginger Rogers. Lucille Ball. Eve Arden. Ann Miller. Phyllis Kennedy. Constance Collier. Jack Carson. Is this the roster of an awards ceremony in the 1950s? No -- it's the call sheet for our movie today, featuring one of...
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A Petrie Dish! Celebrating “The Dick Van Dyke Show”
A classic sitcom can look effortless, but behind the scenes can tell a different story. A failed pilot. A total recast. A “Hail Mary” save from first season cancellation. All true events that happened to one of the benchmarks of classic situati...
Guess We Picked the Wrong Week to Talk About “Airplane!” (1980)
It’s our third season, and we’ve decided that it’s time to take a more serious approach to appreciating the art of film, film history, and the craft of filmmaking.April Fools! It’s “Airplane!” (1980)An airliner full of passengers ...
Rob Reiner Remembered: "The Princess Bride" (1987) and "When Harry Met Sally..."(1989)
On December 14, 2025, Hollywood...and the world...lost a true icon. A man who was not only a gifted actor, but a once-in-a-generation filmmaker who was adept at any style, from satire to horror to romantic comedy. We also lost a true humanitari...
The Real Housewives of 1939: “The Women”
All women, all claws. Jungle Red!Call it “The Real Housewives of New York- 1939 Edition”. For our season two finale, we tackle MGM’s 1939 classic satire “The Women”. From savage one-liners to that wild Technicolor fashion show, we ...
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The Mermaid's Tale: "Miranda" (1948)
He's baackkk!!!Brad makes his return to "Going Hollywood" and we celebrate by actually letting him pick a film! And what a delightful film it is, too...from 1948 it's "Miranda." Join us as we dive into the whimsy and wonde...
My Fair Lucy: Revisiting “Lucy in London" (1966) with Special Guest Thomas J. Watson
Think you know Lucy? You don't know Lucy. In this episode of "Going Hollywood" we dive into "Lucy in London" (1966), the most unconventional hour Lucille Ball ever made, and unpack how a TV icon tried to outrun her own legend at the...
"The Karen Carpenter Story" (1989) with Special Guest Randy L. Schmidt
We're on the top of the world today at "Going Hollywood" as we have a truly special guest to discuss a truly special artist...Randy L. Schmidt is here to discuss the one and only Karen Carpenter! A drummer first, a once‑in‑a‑century...
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Rationed Romance: “The More the Merrier” (1943) with Special Guest Brandon Davis
A housing crunch, a missing wall, and one of the sexiest stoop scenes ever filmed. Join us today as we break one of Tony's favorite movies, and one of the true classics of romantic comedy, from 1943, George Steven's "The More The Merrier."<...
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What if..."Hollywood"? with Special Guest Brandon Davis
Tony sits down with Brandon Davis, from NPR Illinois for the first of two episodes with the host of "Front Row Classics" podcast! In this first, we trace Brandon's path from grandma’s Rodgers and Hammerstein VHS tapes to a 350+ episode archive ...
Dollapalooza! Part Two: Exploring the “Valley Of The Dolls” (1967)
Get ready to "Sparkle, Neely, Sparkle" for Part Two of our special "Dollapalooza" tribute to the "Citizen Kane" of camp, 1967's "Valley of the Dolls." We start with the music. Andre and Dory Previn’s title theme? Gorgeous, melancho...
Dollapalooza! Part One: Exploring the “Valley Of The Dolls”(1967)
Dolls! Dolls! Dolls!We're climbing Mount Everest today...the Mount Everest of Camp, that is...to reach our ultimate destination, the "Valley of the Dolls" (1967). In Part One of our two-part "Doll-apalooza", we dive hea...
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"Wired" Unplugged
We interrupt our scheduled programs for a special milestone: one million views on Tony's "Wired" interview on YouTube! This occasion opened the door for a bigger conversation, so we pulled up a chair and dug in. Brad asks som...
Addams v Munster, Part Two: Gods and Munsters
The residents of 1313 Mockingbird Lane get ready for their close-up, as we wrap up our spirited “Addams v. Munsters” debate with a nostalgic deep dive into the classic sitcom “The Munsters”. We explore what sets it apart from “The Addams ...
Addams v Munster, Part One: Addams Family Valued
Are you a Morticia, or are you a Lily?That's a question that has plagued TV views since a single autumn week in 1964 that featured two seismic TV debuts—"The Addams Family" and one week later, "The Munsters". In this two-part episo...
The Devil Wears Pigtails: "The Bad Seed" (1956)
Oh, Rhoda!Before the iconic Ms. Morgenstern, there was another Rhoda...a 9-year-old psychopath that struck terror in her enemies, torment in the hearts of her loved ones, and unintended laughter from the audience watching her exploits. Y...
Apostolic Now: “Jesus Christ Superstar" (1973)
We dive into Jesus Christ Superstar as a human story told through rock, politics, and performance, balancing reverence with critique. From a bus in the desert to tanks on the dunes, we trace how Norman Jewison’s choices turn myth into modern me...
Forever Golden: Happy Birthday, “The Golden Girls!” (Part Two)
Picture it: Hollywood 2025. Forty years after four unlikely roommates gathered around a kitchen table in Miami, “The Golden Girls”remains one of television's most beloved and groundbreaking sitcoms. In part two of our special 40th b...
Forever Golden: Happy Birthday, “The Golden Girls!” (Part One)
Picture it: Hollywood 1985A TV show premieres about about 4 women, well over "thirty-something", sharing their hopes, their dreams, their stories, and lots of cheesecake, in the youth-obsessed TV culture of the 1980s. Does the show survi...
The Last Dance: “They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?” (1969)
Yowza! Yowza! Yowza! In the darkest year of the Great Depression, a group of desperate strangers gather at a seaside dance hall for a grueling marathon contest. The prize: $1,500 – enough money to transform their broken lives. The ...
Separated at Mirth: “Big Business” (1988)
Well, hello, Jupiter Hollow! There's something fishy going on up in the big city, and we don't know about you, but we're as mad as a wet wasp!! So, grab your Tuesday panties, your culottes, and your snake bracelets and join us, as w...
All-Star Accommodations: “Grand Hotel” (1932)
"Grand Hotel...people come, people go. Nothing ever happens."With all due respect Lewis Stone, the actor who utters these immortal lines in this MGM classic, we couldn't disagree more! “Grand Hotel” (1932), stands as one of the mos...
