POP ART, WHERE WE FIND THE POP CULTURE IN ART AND THE ART IN POP CULTURE.

 

ARMYGEDDON: Join me and podcasters and film lovers Anna Keiser and Derek
Dehanke (The 80s Movie Montage) as we talk Stripes and No Time for Sergeants,
two comedies about basic training.

 

"Do wah diddy diddy
dum diddy do" “You’re in the army now, you’re not behind a plow, you’ll
never get rich, a diggin’ a ditch, you’re in the army now.” Sounds like it’s
time for Episode 101 of Pop Art, where we find the pop culture in art and the
art in pop culture. It’s the podcast where my guest chooses a movie from
popular culture, and I’ll select a film from the more art/classic/indie side of
cinema with a connection to it.

 

For this episode, I am
happy to welcome back as my guests for the third time, Anna
Keiser and Derek Dehanke, who have chosen as their film, the new
Hollywood army comedy, Stripes, while I have chosen what may be many a
listener’s grandfather’s version of Stripes, No Time For Sergeants, both comedies
about basic training.

 

And in this episode, we answer such questions as: Who
was cast before Harold Ramis? Where was the n-word used in connection to No
Time for Sergeants? What is it about war comedies anyway? What is the connection
of …Sergeants to Invasion of the Body Snatchers? How does Bill Murray feel
about making Stripes today? Who is Joseph X. Flaherty? What was the Country
Broadcasting Network? What is it about toilets? Why did Andy Griffith get nominated
as supporting actor at the Tonys rather than lead for the stage version of …Sergeants?

 

Check
out Anna and Derek’s podcast, ‘80s Movie Montage, at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/80s-movie-montage/id1498851364 and other streaming platforms.

 

Check out my blog at https://howardcasner.wordpress.com/

 

My books, More Rantings and Ravings of a Screenplay
Reader, The Starving Artists and Other Stories and The Five Corporations and
One True Religion can be found at https://www.amazon.com/s?k=howard+casner&ref=nb_sb_noss

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