Doug Shapiro

"For a short person, you have long sentences." Secret passages Shady staff members Corny jokes Humor that really didn't age well Squeaky mammary glands Dead pigeons Gay subtext I had to hammer in Wookalar attacks Not only will I be donning my gay apparel, but I'm also reuniting my gayest guest hosts, DOUG SHAPIRO and TRAE DEAN! THE PRIVATE EYES was directed by LANG ELLIOTT and stars DON KNOTTS, TIM CONWAY, GRACE ZABRISKIE, TRISHA NOBLE and BERNARD FOX. ***** isit us ...

"For a short person, you have long sentences." Start your holiday season with our MILDLY INAPPROPRIATE HOLIDAY SPECIAL where we discuss a film that is at best tangentially related to either the holiday season or the usual format for the show. This year, we're diving into the 1980 murder mystery spoof THE PRIVATE EYES starring comedy legends TIM CONWAY ("The Carol Burnett Show". "Dorf on Golf" and DON KNOTTS ("The Andy Griffith Show", "Three's Company", "The Ghost & Mr. Chicken") In THE PRIVATE...

(This episode initially posted missing about 30 minutes of the show. This is the complete version. My apologies for any confusion.) Take a journey back in time with us to a world of mythological monsters, petulant gods, men in miniskirts and marauding MAGGIE SMITHs. I'm finishing off our pre-holiday look at Horror-Adjacent Comfort Films with a chat on 1981's CLASH OF THE TITANS directed by DESMOND DAVID and starring HARRY HAMLIN, LAURENCE OLIVIER, CLAIRE BLOOM, BURGESS MEREDITH and the eternall...

COUNTDOWN TO HALLOWEEN: Day 12 Despite talking about a children's movie, three grown adult men's inability to say the word "veg" without giggling make this episode unsuitable for.... well, anybody. This leg of our journey towards every horror fans Night of Nights takes another slight detour into children's fare with the surprisingly naughty WALLACE AND GROMIT: CURSE OF THE WERERABBIT. A more gentle touch is required for this show, because I'm joined by everyone's favorite FraidyCat: DOUG S...

Time to set sail once again with my favorite mystery-solving queens, TRAE DEAN and DOUG SHAPIRO. This time, we join PETER USTINOV, BETTE DAVIS, MAGGIE SMITH and ANGELA LANSBURY as HERCULE POIROT tries to crack a bizarre on-board homicide in a land older than time in DEATH ON THE NILE. (Live cobra not included!)