Olympic Artichoke Radio Episode 25

The historic twenty-fifth episode of Olympic Artichoke Radio is now online. That's right. Hear two dudes talk about some Renny Harlin movies. WHAT?! Yeah, that's right. It's another episode in our Renny Harlin Retrospective. On the docket tonight? Driven and Mindhunters. The two films you've been waiting for.

Driven (2001) - d. Renny Harlin, Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Til Shweiger, Kip Pardue, Burt Reynolds

Mindhunters (2004) - d. Renny Harlin, Starring: LL Cool J,  Christian Slater, Val Kilmer, Kathryn Morris, Patricia Velasquez, Johnny Lee Miller

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Song used in this episode: Harry Manfredini - Friday the 13th Part III Theme 

Olympic Artichoke Radio Episode 24

Episode twenty-four is now available! Listen to two strangers discuss Infra-Man and Sugar Hill. That's the one with the zombies, not the one with Wesley Snipes. We also talk a little bit about Texas Frightmare Weekend 2013, the late Ray Harryhausen, and probably something else that I don't remember. Coooooool!

Sugar Hill (1974) - d. Paul Maslansky, Starring: Marki Bey, Robert Quarry, Don Pedro Colley

Infra-Man (1975) - d. Shan Hua Starring: Danny Lee, Terry Liu

Download that shizz here: EPISODE 24

Song used in this episode: Prince - Raspberry Beret

Olympic Artichoke Radio Episode 23

We are back and ready to deliver the goody goods once again. This time we are talking about some legitimate films from the sixties. We've got the Dick Van Dyke dramedy The Comic, from 1969, and Sidney Lumet's story about a pawnbroker coming to grips with the world in which he lives in 1964's The Pawnbroker. Hooray for good movies. Hooray for school!

The Comic (1969) - d. Carl Reiner, starring: Dick Van Dyke, Mickey Rooney, Michelle Lee

The Pawnbroker (19640) - d. Sidney Lumet, starring: Rod Steiger, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Brock Peters

Song used in this episode: Grandaddy: I'm On Standby

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Olympic Artichoke Radio Episode 22

Well, it's been a couple of weeks, but it's time once again to CHOKE ON EM with Olympic Artichoke Radio Episode 22. This week is another one of our Renny Harlin Retrospective shows. Ifin' you don't know, every third episode we take some time out to do the films of that Finland's greatest export, Renny Harlin. This episode marks our fourth of these retrospective episodes. We've already covered:

Prison / ANOES Part 4 on Episode 13
Die Hard 2 / The Adventures of Ford Fairlane on Episode 16
Cliffhanger / Cutthroat Island on Episode 19

On this week's episode, we are talking about the two films Harlin did to finish out the roaring nineties:

The Long Kiss Goodnight, 1996- d. Renny Harlin, starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Geena Davis, Brian Cox, Craig Bierko

Deep Blue Sea, 1999 - d. Renny Harlin, starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Saffron Burrows, Thomas Jane, LL Cool J, Stellan Skarsgard, Michael Rappaport

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Song used in this episode: LL Cool J - Deepest Bluest (My Hat is Like a Shark's Fin)

Olympic Artichoke Radio Episode 21

On this week's episode the guys discuss two films from that most radical of decades, the eighties. Death Hunt and Best of the Best are on the docket today, so make sure you tune in. They also talk a little bit about the new Evil Dead remake and Cubs minor league baseball!



Death Hunt (1981) - d. Peter Hunt, starring: Lee Marvin, Charlie Bronson, Carl Weathers, Angie Dickinson

Best of the Best (1989) - d. Robert Radler, starring: Eric Roberts, Philip Rhee, James Earl Jones


DOWNLOAD THAT MUG, HERE: EPISODE TWANKY UNO!

Song used in episode: Carach Angren - General Nightmare

Olympic Artichoke Radio - Episode Twenty

It's monumental! Twenty episodes of OAR. On this one, the guys discuss two movies that are currently on Netflix Instant. That's about all I got.

Double Trouble (1992) - D. John Paragon - Starring: The Barbarian Bros., David Carradine,

The Vineyard (1989) - D. Lo Pan - Starring: James Hong, Karen Lorre

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Olympic Artichoke Radio - Episode 19

ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY BLOW-OUT!!!! EPISODE NINETEEN!!!! FEATURES FORMER CO-HOST GALEN!!! THIS IS THE REAL DEALLL!!!!1!!!

We-he-he-hell. The guys are finally back. And this week is their one-year anniversary. That's right, it's been one year of Choking. And, somehow, only 19 episodes. Guess we need to get the ball. Anyway, our old pal, and original co-host, Galen joins us this week during our bullshittin' segment in order to celebrate our little anniversary, and we also talk about some more Renny Harlin films. Sure is great bein' a 'Choker.

Cliffhanger (1993) - d. Renny Harlin - Starring: Sylvester Stallone, John Lithgow, Michael Rooker

Cutthroat Island (1995) - d. Renny Harlin - Starring: Gena Davis, Matthew Modine, Frank Langella

DOWNLOAD THE EPISODE HERE: EPISODE 19

Olympic Artichoke Radio Episode 18

Hey! Hey! Hey! It's tiiiimmmee to set the record straight! And that means listening to the eighteenth episode of your (third) favorite podcast, Olympic Artichoke Radio!

NOTE: OUR iTUNES FEED IS A LITTLE MESSED UP RIGHT NOW, AS WE'VE RECENTLY SWITCHED HOSTS. IF YOU ARE SUBSCRIBED, YOU WILL NOT GET EPISODE EIGHTEEN IN YOUR FEED. WE HOPE TO FIX THIS PROBLEM SOON.


The Car (1977) - d. Elliot Silverstein Starring: James Brolin, Kathleen Lloyd, John Marley

Sgt. Kabukiman NYPD - d. Michael Herz/Lloyd Kaufman Starring: Rick Gianasi, Susan Byun, Bill Weeden

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Olympic Artichoke Radio Episode Seventeen

This is it. The pivotal seventeenth episode of our podcast. This week we talk about Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever, directed by Alan Smithee and The Beastmaster, directed by that one guy that directed all of those Phantasm movies. Hope you like this stuff.


NOTE: OUR iTUNES FEED IS A LITTLE MESSED UP RIGHT NOW, AS WE'VE RECENTLY SWITCHED HOSTS. IF YOU ARE SUBSCRIBED, YOU WILL NOT GET EPISODE SIXTEEN IN YOUR FEED. WE HOPE TO FIX THIS PROBLEM SOON.


The Beastmaster (1982) - d. Don Coscarelli, Starring: Marc Singer, John Amos, Tanya Roberts, Rip Torn

Cabin Fever 2: Spring Fever (2009) - d. Ti West, Starring: Giuseppe Andrews, Judah Friedlander, Noah Segan, Marc Senter

DOWNLOAD THE EPISODE: EPISODE SEVENTEEN

Olympic Artichoke Radio Episode Sixteen

Ladies and germs, Episode Sixteen is ready for download! This week we pick back up for round 2 of our Renny Harlin retrospective. For the uninitiated, every third episode has been deemed part of this retrospective in which we visit the films of that Finnish sweetheart, Renny Harlin. Episode Sixteen includes the films Die Hard 2 and the Andrew Dice Clay Vehicle, The Adventures of Ford Fairlane...


NOTE: OUR iTUNES FEED IS A LITTLE MESSED UP RIGHT NOW, AS WE'VE RECENTLY SWITCHED HOSTS. IF YOU ARE SUBSCRIBED, YOU WILL NOT GET EPISODE SIXTEEN IN YOUR FEED. WE HOPE TO FIX THIS PROBLEM SOON.

Die Hard 2 (1990) - d. Renny Harlin - Starring: Bruce Willis, William Sadler, William Atherton, Dennis Franz

The Adventures of Ford Fairlane (1990) - d.Renny Harlin - Starring: The Dice Man, Lauren Holly, Wayne Newton, Robert Englund, Morris Day, Priscilla Presley.

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