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Send us a Text Message. Welcome to Golden Boy: An Academy Awards Podcast! Join Moronic Logic monthly as Kenny enlists a rotating co-host from an assemblage of interesting and unique voices to watch every movie nominated for Best Picture in a given year and decide who SHOULD have won the Golden Boy. We do EVERYTHING in chronological order at Moronic Logic, so Episode 7 takes us to the Seventh Academy Awards, held in 1935, where Golden Boy host Kenny Cahoon and guest host Sarah Louise Reiter must decide which of 12 films is the actual Best Picture. This episode features a discussion on Hollywood's implementation of the Hays Code, women being taken down a peg, and the rise of the romantic comedy. Join us and join in on the discussion! By the end of the episode only one movie (or more depending on how the discussion goes) will prevail and take home the actual Golden Boy. Sarah Louise Reiter Well educated, unemployed and unemployable Sarah Louise Reiter is the author of "7 Dances for a Secret Self" available on Model City Press. It's a book of memoir, essay and history, an instructional dance memoir designed to summon spirits with a series of traditional popular dances performed in a prescribed order. Part nostalgia, part alchemy. 52 pages perfect bound, color, text and images. Intro Music: "Let the Light Shine Through by Reynard Seidel Outro Music: "Through The Light" by Reynard Seidel "Auld Lang Syne" (Piano Version) by Megan Woffard Music through Epidemic Sound Did you know this show also has a video version on Youtube where you can see our actual looks of disappointment? It's true- support Moronic Logic here with a like and subscribe- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjqvLttG0ALeEjnvYfwrNxg Send Kenny your cat pictures, fan mail, and unsolicited advice here! Also, any other things you think of- WITHIN REASON! kennycahoon@moroniclogic.com Support the show Support the Show.

Send us a Text Message. Welcome to Golden Boy: An Academy Awards Podcast! Join Moronic Logic monthly as Kenny enlists a rotating co-host from an assemblage of interesting and unique voices to watch every movie nominated for Best Picture in a given year and decide who SHOULD have won the Golden Boy. We do EVERYTHING in chronological order at Moronic Logic, so Episode 6 takes us to the Sixth Academy Awards, held in 1934, where Golden Boy host Kenny Cahoon and guest host Jeff Somerville must decide which of 10 films is the actual Best Picture. This episode features a discussion on who actually should get credit for coming up with calling the awards Oscars, the effects of the Great Depression on Hollywood, and the end of the pre-code era and the beginning of Hollywood censorship. Join us and join in on the discussion! By the end of the episode only one movie (or more depending on how the discussion goes) will prevail and take home the actual Golden Boy. Jeff Somerville For over a decade Jeff Somerville was a judge and then director of a screenwriting competition for a New England based film festival. After reading some good, and many, many bad scripts it was time to focus on his own work. One semester of an MFA in a Screenwriting program was quite enough of that for him so he decided he'd rather spend his remaining days educating the youth of America, or at least the youth of a moderately sized town in New England. Jeff also operated a small independent movie theater that prided itself on opening the Best Picture Oscar winner, whether that film deserved to win or not, for the better part of a decade. Today he coaches his daughters' softball teams and finds it a much more fulfilling experience. PS: The one best man speech our fine host Kenny is not proud of is the one he attempted at my wedding. He was co-best man and the plan was for one speech. He performed admirably given mere seconds to prepare a speech of such magnitude. Intro Music: "Let the Light Shine Through by Reynard Seidel Outro Music: "Through The Light" by Reynard Seidel "Auld Lang Syne" (Piano Version) by Megan Woffard Music through Epidemic Sound Did you know this show also has a video version on Youtube where you can see our actual looks of disappointment? It's true- support Moronic Logic here with a like and subscribe- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjqvLttG0ALeEjnvYfwrNxg Send Kenny your cat pictures, fan mail, and unsolicited advice here! Also, any other things you think of- WITHIN REASON! kennycahoon@moroniclogic.com Support the Show.

Send us a Text Message. Welcome to the fifth episode of The Hitchcock Challenge! Episode 5 features a deep dive into Hitchcock 's hard to find 5th film, Easy Virtue. This film was restored in 2012 by the BFI but is still UNRELEASED, at least in the states, in that form. But even the restored version is in pretty rough shape, so we are lucky to have what we do of it. The fella's break all of that down in detail in the episode. This episode was made for our YouTube channel MoronicLogic and is presented here as it originally premiered. Join Kenny, Sam, and Lantz as they watch every movie directed by Alfred Hitchcock in chronological order and break them down in extreme detail. The first ten episodes, covering Hitchcock’s silent career originally premiered (or will premiere) on YouTube as Presenting Alfred Hitchcock. Future episodes will be made with the podcast in mind. This series is about reviving the excitement for these old movies, looking at them through a modern lens and actually challenging ourselves to step away from Netflix and corporate TV we normally love and consume. We do the research on the behind the scenes gossip, break down iconic and less than iconic scenes, give Maguffin reviews and talk WAY longer than anyone else you'll find online. Hitchcock history is discussed and we will add relevant research materials to the episode bio’s for your own further reading! New episodes of The Hitchcock Challenge will appear on the 15th of every month! Recommended Reading! 1. Dan Auiler's Book "Hitchcock Lost The Lost Silent Hitchcock and Frenzy 67" available at the link. 2. The Hitchcock Zone.com is THE site for Hitchcock fans looking for comprehensive collections of scholarship and primary sources on all of Hitchcock's films. We love and recommend that site! in particular it will link you to the work of JL Kunhs one of the best and earliest Hitchcock Scholars! (Link to the Mountain Eagle page) 3. "Hitchcock/Truffaut, The Definitive study of Alfred Hitchcock" by Francois Truffaut and 4. Taschen's "Alfred Hitchcock: The Complete Films" edited by Paul Duncan are the two books we lean on the most and should be in the collection of every Hitchcock mega fan! Check out Golden Boy! our Academy Awards retrospective show that premieres new episodes on the first of every month for updates on all things Moronic Logic! Support the Show.

Send us a Text Message. Welcome to Golden Boy: An Academy Awards Podcast! Join Moronic Logic monthly as Kenny enlists a rotating co-host from an assemblage of interesting and unique voices to watch every movie nominated for Best Picture in a given year and decide who SHOULD have won the Golden Boy. We do EVERYTHING in chronological order at Moronic Logic, so Episode 5 takes us to the Fifth Academy Awards, held in 1932, where Golden Boy host Kenny Cahoon and guest host Toni Fellela must decide which of 8 films is the actual Best Picture. This episode features a discussion on the first tie in Oscar's history, the end of the Jazz Age, and the second to last oscars before the Hays Code kicks in. Join us and join in on the discussion! By the end of the episode only one movie (or more depending on how the discussion goes) will prevail and take home the actual Golden Boy. Toni Fellela has been teaching college writing for many years now. She has also taught African American literature, the Literature of Fantasy and Imagination and even Business and Technical writing during some rather desperate semesters. Her major academic interests include American-working class literature and the bildungsroman. Future goals include becoming a Scrabble hustler and seeing the Northern lights. She'd like to take this opportunity to promote her son's youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/c/SebastianNestor/videos. Intro Music: "Let the Light Shine Through by Reynard Seidel Outro Music: "Through The Light" by Reynard Seidel "Auld Lang Syne" (Piano Version) by Megan Woffard Music through Epidemic Sound Did you know this show also has a video version on Youtube where you can see our actual looks of disappointment? It's true- support Moronic Logic here with a like and subscribe- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjqvLttG0ALeEjnvYfwrNxg Send Kenny your cat pictures, fan mail, and unsolicited advice here! Also, any other things you think of- WITHIN REASON! kennycahoon@moroniclogic.com Support the Show.

Send us a Text Message. Welcome to the fourth episode of The Hitchcock Challenge! Episode 4 features a deep dive into Hitchcock and Novello's follow up to The Lodger, Downhill or When Boys Leave Home (Nobody calls the movie that anymore so we won't either!) This episode was made for our YouTube channel MoronicLogic and is presented here as it originally premiered. Join Kenny, Sam, and Lantz as they watch every movie directed by Alfred Hitchcock in chronological order and break them down in extreme detail. The first ten episodes, covering Hitchcock’s silent career originally premiered (or will premiere) on YouTube as Presenting Alfred Hitchcock. Future episodes will be made with the podcast in mind. This series is about reviving the excitement for these old movies, looking at them through a modern lens and actually challenging ourselves to step away from Netflix and corporate TV we normally love and consume. We do the research on the behind the scenes gossip, break down iconic and less than iconic scenes, give Maguffin reviews and talk WAY longer than anyone else you'll find online. Hitchcock history is discussed and we will add relevant research materials to the episode bio’s for your own further reading! New episodes of The Hitchcock Challenge will appear on the 15th of every month! Recommended Reading! 1. Dan Auiler's Book "Hitchcock Lost The Lost Silent Hitchcock and Frenzy 67" available at the link. 2. The Hitchcock Zone.com is THE site for Hitchcock fans looking for comprehensive collections of scholarship and primary sources on all of Hitchcock's films. We love and recommend that site! in particular it will link you to the work of JL Kunhs one of the best and earliest Hitchcock Scholars! (Link to the Mountain Eagle page) 3. "Hitchcock/Truffaut, The Definitive study of Alfred Hitchcock" by Francois Truffaut and 4. Taschen's "Alfred Hitchcock: The Complete Films" edited by Paul Duncan are the two books we lean on the most and should be in the collection of every Hitchcock mega fan! Check out Golden Boy! our Academy Awards retrospective show that premieres new episodes on the first of every month for updates on all things Moronic Logic! Support the Show.

Send us a Text Message. Welcome to Golden Boy: An Academy Awards Podcast! Join Moronic Logic monthly as Kenny enlists a rotating co-host from an assemblage of interesting and unique voices to watch every movie nominated for Best Picture in a given year and decide who SHOULD have won the Golden Boy. We do EVERYTHING in chronological order at Moronic Logic, so Episode 4 takes us to the Fourth Academy Awards, held in 1931, where Golden Boy host Kenny Cahoon and guest host Lantz Hawthorne must decide which of 5 films is the actual Best Picture. This episode features the first movie potentially snubbed by the Academy- City Lights. But was it really snubbed? Join us and join in on the discussion! By the end of the episode only one movie (or more depending on how the discussion goes) will prevail and take home the actual Golden Boy. Lantz Hawthorne is one of the co-founders of Moronic Logic and one of the regular hosts on Presenting Alfred Hitchcock on YouTube and The Hitchcock Challenge podcast. Intro Music: "Let the Light Shine Through by Reynard Seidel Outro Music: "Through The Light" by Reynard Seidel "Auld Lang Syne" (Piano Version) by Megan Woffard Music through Epidemic Sound Did you know this show also has a video version on Youtube where you can see our actual looks of disappointment? It's true- support Moronic Logic here with a like and subscribe- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjqvLttG0ALeEjnvYfwrNxg Send Kenny your cat pictures, fan mail, and unsolicited advice here! Also, any other things you think of- WITHIN REASON! kennycahoon@moroniclogic.com Support the Show.

Send us a Text Message. Welcome to the third episode of The Hitchcock Challenge! Episode 3 Features a deep dive into Hitchcock's star making movie, The Lodger! This episodes was made for our YouTube channel MoronicLogic and is presented here as it originally premiered. Join Kenny, Sam, and Lantz as they watch every movie directed by Alfred Hitchcock in chronological order and break them down in extreme detail. The first ten episodes, covering Hitchcock’s silent career originally premiered (or will premiere) on YouTube as Presenting Alfred Hitchcock. Future episodes will be made with the podcast in mind. This series is about reviving the excitement for these old movies, looking at them through a modern lens and actually challenging ourselves to step away from Netflix and corporate TV we normally love and consume. We do the research on the behind the scenes gossip, break down iconic and less than iconic scenes, give Maguffin reviews and talk WAY longer than anyone else you'll find online. Hitchcock history is discussed and we will add relevant research materials to the episode bio’s for your own further reading! New episodes of The Hitchcock Challenge will appear on the 15th of every month! Recommended Reading! 1. Dan Auiler's Book "Hitchcock Lost The Lost Silent Hitchcock and Frenzy 67" available at the link. 2. The Hitchcock Zone.com is THE site for Hitchcock fans looking for comprehensive collections of scholarship and primary sources on all of Hitchcock's films. We love and recommend that site! in particular it will link you to the work of JL Kunhs one of the best and earliest Hitchcock Scholars! (Link to the Mountain Eagle page) 3. "Hitchcock/Truffaut, The Definitive study of Alfred Hitchcock" by Francois Truffaut and 4. Taschen's "Alfred Hitchcock: The Complete Films" edited by Paul Duncan are the two books we lean on the most and should be in the collection of every Hitchcock mega fan! Check out Golden Boy! our Academy Awards retrospective show that premieres new episodes on the first of every month for updates on all things Moronic Logic! Support the Show.

Send us a Text Message. Welcome to Golden Boy: An Academy Awards Podcast! Join Moronic Logic monthly as Kenny enlists a rotating co-host from an assemblage of interesting and unique voices to watch every movie nominated for Best Picture in a given year and decide who SHOULD have won the Golden Boy. We do EVERYTHING in chronological order at Moronic Logic, so Episode 3 takes us to the Third Academy Awards, held in late 1930, where Golden Boy host Kenny Cahoon and guest host Gavin Castleton must decide which of 5 films is the actual Best Picture. This episode features the emergence of Will Hays as a disrupter of American cinema and a much better lot of films than the ones at the previous Academy Awards. Join us and join in on the discussion! By the end of the episode only one movie (or two if we do not agree) will prevail and take home the actual Golden Boy. Gavin Castleton is a songwriter, producer, synth enthusiast, UX designer and father. He’s also a digital hoarder who has amassed what may be the world’s largest collection of Zombie films and Music documentaries. His music can be heard at gavincastleton.bandcamp.com. Intro Music: "Let the Light Shine Through by Reynard Seidel Outro Music: "Through The Light" by Reynard Seidel "Auld Lang Syne" (Piano Version) by Megan Woffard Music through Epidemic Sound Did you know this show also has a video version on Youtube where you can see our actual looks of disappointment? It's true- support Moronic Logic here with a like and subscribe- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjqvLttG0ALeEjnvYfwrNxg Send Kenny your cat pictures, fan mail, and unsolicited advice here! Also, any other things you think of- WITHIN REASON! kennycahoon@moroniclogic.com Still pushing this film! King Vidor's THE CROWD (1928)! This movie is only available through the Internet Archive here- https://archive.org/details/lafouleth... Support the show Tags: MoviesOscars Support the Show.

Send us a Text Message. Welcome to Golden Boy: An Academy Awards Podcast! Join Moronic Logic monthly as Kenny enlists a rotating co-host from an assemblage of interesting and unique voices to watch every movie nominated for Best Picture in a given year and decide who SHOULD have won the Golden Boy. We do EVERYTHING in chronological order at Moronic Logic, so Episode 2 takes us to the Second Academy Awards, held in early 1930, where Golden Boy host Kenny Cahoon and guest host Robert Albanese must decide which of 5 films is the actual Best Picture. This episode features a Schrodinger's cat dilemma as one of the nominated films, The Patriot, is a LOST MOVIE. Is it alive, or is it dead? Can we vote for it? Should we vote for it? Are these early talkies any good? Join us and join in on the discussion! By the end of the episode only one movie (or two if we do not agree) will prevail and take home the actual Golden Boy. Robert William Albanese III is a reformed academic and occasional college instructor in the area of cinema studies, literature and popular culture. He holds a PhD in American Studies from the University of Iowa, where once he heard a professor refer to himself as a "competent dilettante" and thought, yeah, I'm going to put that on my LinkedIn. Intro Music: "Let the Light Shine Through by Reynard Seidel Outro Music: "Through The Light" by Reynard Seidel Music through Epidemic Sound Did you know this show also has a video version on Youtube where you can see our actual looks of disappointment? It's true- support Moronic Logic here with a like and subscribe- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjqvLttG0ALeEjnvYfwrNxg Send Kenny your cat pictures, fan mail, and unsolicited advice here! Also, any other things you think of- WITHIN REASON! kennycahoon@moroniclogic.com Still pushing this film! King Vidor's THE CROWD (1928)! This movie is only available through the Internet Archive here- https://archive.org/details/lafouleth... Recommendations!!!!! Here are two great podcasts I started listening to when working on this episode! I didn't have time to try any new ones this month but when I do I will add them to the list. Oscar Podcast- The Oscars Year by Year (Sasha Stone) Episode 74b is relevant to the 1929 Academy Awards. Three knowledgable hosts with great banter. This is where I first heard about Louis B Mayer screwing over The Crowd (1928) for all time. https://luminarypodcasts.com/listen/s... Time Honored Pictures with Reyes and Evergreen. I listened to their episode on Wings and 7th Heaven and loved the knowledge and chemistry these two had. Support the Show.

Send us a Text Message. Welcome to the second episode of The Hitchcock Challenge! Episode 2 Features a deep dive into Hitchcock's lost film, The Mountain Eagle! This episode has been adapted from our Youtube video where we SHOW each surviving photograph in (our theoretical) chronological order in order to understand the plot of the missing film. Here we describe each photo and postulate what it all means, and ask the question...should this film be found?? (The answer is YES, PLEASE!) Join Kenny, Sam, and Lantz as they watch every movie directed by Alfred Hitchcock in chronological order and break them down in extreme detail. The first ten episodes, covering Hitchcock’s silent career originally premiered (or will premiere) on YouTube as Presenting Alfred Hitchcock. Future episodes will be made with the podcast in mind. This series is about reviving the excitement for these old movies, looking at them through a modern lens and actually challenging ourselves to step away from Netflix and corporate TV we normally love and consume. We do the research on the behind the scenes gossip, break down iconic and less than iconic scenes, give Maguffin reviews and talk WAY longer than anyone else you'll find online. Hitchcock history is discussed and we will add relevant research materials to the episode bio’s for your own further reading! Unfortunately, The Hitchcock Challenge will NOT have a regular schedule. New episodes will air as we are able to complete them. The challenge for you is to watch all of his films in chronological order with or without us! It will be a worthy endeavor, we promise! Recommended Reading! 1. Dan Auiler's Book "Hitchcock Lost The Lost Silent Hitchcock and Frenzy 67" available at the link. This book is invaluable for those of you interested in this Lost film. 2. The Hitchcock Zone.com is THE site for Hitchcock fans looking for comprehensive collections of scholarship and primary sources on all of Hitchcock's films. We love and recommend that site! in particular it will link you to the work of JL Kunhs one of the best and earliest Hitchcock Scholars! (Link to the Mountain Eagle page) 3. "Hitchcock/Truffaut, The Definitive study of Alfred Hitchcock" by Francois Truffaut and 4. Taschen's "Alfred Hitchcock: The Complete Films" edited by Paul Duncan are the two books we lean on the most and should be in the collection of every Hitchcock mega fan! Check out Golden Boy! our Academy Awards retrospective show that premieres new episodes on the first of every month for updates on all things Moronic Logic! Support the show Support the Show.

Send us a Text Message. Welcome to Golden Boy: An Academy Awards Podcast! Join Moronic Logic monthly as Kenny enlists a rotating co-host from an assemblage of interesting and unique voices to watch every movie nominated for Best Picture in a given year and decide who SHOULD have won the Golden Boy. We do EVERYTHING in chronological order at Moronic Logic, so Episode 1 takes us to the 1929 Academy Awards, where Golden Boy host Kenny Cahoon and his first co-host Cyrus Leddy must decide which of 8 films is the actual Best Picture. We combine the three films nominated for Best Outstanding Picture: Wings, The Racket, and 7th Heaven, with the three films nominated for Best Unique and Artistic Picture (a category that was abandoned after the first awards show!) Sunrise, The Crowd, and Chang... and then we throw in the two films that were held out of competition and given Special Awards: The Jazz Singer and The Circus. By the end of the episode only one movie (or two if we do not agree) will prevail and take home the actual Golden Boy. Cyrus Leddy is a writer and comedian living in New York City. He is the host of the radio talk show "Bucci" on WFMU, Tuesdays 6-7pm EST. Listen live on 91.9fm in NYC/NJ or at wfmu.org. And call-in live at 201-209-9368. It's fun, you'll see. Intro Music: "Let the Light Shine Through by Reynard Seidel Outro Music: "Through The Light" by Reynard Seidel Music through Epidemic Sound Support the Show.

Send us a Text Message. Welcome to the first episode of The Hitchcock Challenge! Join Kenny, Sam, and Lantz as they watch every movie directed by Alfred Hitchcock in chronological order and break them down in extreme detail. The first ten episodes, covering Hitchcock’s silent career originally premiered (or will premiere) on YouTube as Presenting Alfred Hitchcock. Future episodes will be made with the podcast in mind. And please bear with the sound quality in the early episodes- these were our first attempts at recording and bear some rookie sound mistakes! This series is about reviving the excitement for these old movies, looking at them through a modern lens and actually challenging ourselves to step away from Netflix and the trash TV we normally love and consume. We do the research on the behind the scenes gossip, break down iconic and less than iconic scenes, give Maguffin review and talk WAY longer than anyone else you'll find online. Hitchcock history is discussed and we will add relevant research materials to the episode bio’s for your own further reading! Support the Show.