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
66 episodes
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 ...
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Season 2
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Episode 28
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55:20
Addams v Munster, Part One: Meet the Family
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...
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Episode 27
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53:03
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...
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Episode 26
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1:05:28
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...
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Episode 25
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59:55
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...
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Season 2
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Episode 24
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1:14:51
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...
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Episode 23
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1:08:28
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 ...
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Season 2
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Episode 22
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1:27:25
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...
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Episode 21
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54:59
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...
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Season 2
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Episode 20
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1:01:42
Trauma in a Snow Globe: “St. Elsewhere” (1982-1988)
The fictional St. Eligius Hospital (nicknamed "St. Elsewhere" for being a dumping ground where other hospitals sent unwanted patients) became the setting for television's first truly realistic medical drama. The doctors were flawed and worked i...
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Season 2
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Episode 19
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1:13:53
Dying is Easy. "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World” (1963)
"Dying is easy, comedy is hard." So were the alleged dying words of great English actor Edmund Kean in 1833. He couldn't have known that he was giving a perfect review of our film for today, Stanley Kramer's legenda...
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Season 2
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Episode 18
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1:25:53
Hot Child in the City: “The Seven Year Itch” (1955)
We’re having a heat wave this week on "Going Hollywood" as we tackle one of the most iconic--and controversial--films in Hollywood history, starring one of it's greatest stars. Marilyn Monroe in Billy Wilder’s “The Seven Year Itch" (1955)
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Season 2
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Episode 17
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1:02:34
Viva Desi! with special guest Todd S. Purdum
Boy, do we have some ‘splainin to do! In this very special episode we dive into the revolutionary legacy of a television pioneer whose contributions have been overshadowed for decades- Desi Arnaz. While Lucille Ball rightfully earne...
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Season 2
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Episode 16
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1:06:04
Dial H for Hitchcock: Colin Higgins' “Foul Play” (1978)
Macguffins, albinos and dwarves, oh my!There is that and so much more in our film for today, 1978's "Foul Play". This perfect summer escape film stars Goldie Hawn, Chevy Chase and a whole slew of wonderful and eccentric characters (inclu...
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Season 2
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Episode 15
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57:47
4 Moore for Mary: “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” II
Why return to Minneapolis in the summertime? Because some television landmarks deserve multiple visits. After our first "Mary Tyler Moore" episode last season became one of our most popular, we knew we had to revisit the WJM newsroom and dive d...
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Season 2
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Episode 14
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1:32:11
Bottom’s Up! “The Poseidon Adventure” (1972)
Movie Stars, ahoy! And “The Love Boat” it ain’t— it’s the granddaddy of all disaster films: Irwin Allen’s 1972 classic, “The Poseidon Adventure”. A wave crashes, a ship flips, and suddenly a boat-load of Oscar-winners find the...
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Season 2
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Episode 13
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1:08:37
Coffee, Tea or Cheese? "Airport" (1970)
Now boarding TGA Flight #2 non-stop to Rome! We've got elderly stow-aways (and Oscar-winners), surly mechanics, a French New-wave muse, and oh yes, a former movie star with a briefcase full of dynamite. Would you like an aisle...
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Episode 12
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40:28
Derailed: “Midnight Express” (1978)
In "Midnight Express" (Columbia, 1978) Brad Davis delivers a gut-wrenching performance as a young man whose brief moment of stupidity in a foreign country derails his entire life and inexorably alters his future. Based on the true story of Amer...
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Episode 11
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49:58
“The Judy Garland Show” Part Two: Rainbow’s End
Three producers. Four formats. One television season. “The Judy Garland Show” stands as a fascinating television tragedy that should have been a triumph. In the second part of our special tribute to Judy Garland, we discuss the sad...
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Episode 11
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47:44
Rainbow High: “The Judy Garland Show”, Part One
In the fall of 1963, television audiences witnessed something extraordinary – the legendary Judy Garland starring in her very own weekly variety show on CBS. What should have been a triumphant venture and crowning achievement to an alread...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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1:11:31
Every Inch a Stephen King: "Misery" (1990)
Listen, mister man! We don’t want to get all “oogly” about it, but Kathy Bates went from a relatively unknown, but respected, stage actress to an Academy Award winner when she portrayed one of cinema's most unforgettable villains in 1990's "Mis...
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Episode 9
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50:47
Solitary Man: “The Manchurian Candidate” (1962)
In our final “Mother's May” episode, we explore what may be the most psychologically disturbing maternal figure in film history - Angela Lansbury as Eleanor Shaw Iselin in “The Manchurian Candidate”, a brilliantly prescient political thriller t...
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Episode 8
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55:10
A Sitcom Like "Alice" (1976-1985)
Well, kiss our grits! Our "Mother's May" celebration continues with a TV Mom-- a widow with a young son who became one of television's most beloved mother figures, Alice Hyatt. "Alice" wasn't just another sitcom—it was a cultural touchsto...
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Episode 7
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1:14:38
Selective Memories: “I Remember Mama” (1948)
It’s an interesting Mother’s Day celebration today, as we discuss our two very different experiences with George Steven’s 1948 masterpiece, “I Remember Mama”, the story of the everyday struggles and triumphs of a Norwegian immigrant family in 1...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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57:34
Immaculate Mary: “Ordinary People” (1980)
Happy Mother's May everyone! In our first episode for our special "Mother's May" celebration, we discuss one of the seminal dramas of the 1980s- Robert Redford's Oscar-winning film, "Ordinary People" (1980).Mary Tyler Moore delivers the ...
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Episode 5
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57:52
