Frotcast 682: Springtime for Hitlers, with Sean Keane
Welcome back to the Frotcast, this week itβs that one Brazilian guyβs dream, Mattβs not here. Our returning guest Sean Keane joins us to immediately come up with the perfect name for our recurring miniseries on Der Furhrer, Springtime for Hitlers. We experience deep shame for not having thought of that first.
For our final installment [Vince's note: or is it??] of Springtime for Hitlers, we watched The Boys From Brazil, a cautionary tale about being Steve Guttenberg. Laurence βOfβ Olivier and Gregory Peck star as a Nazi hunter and a Nazi hunted, respectively. Specifically, Peck plays Josef Mengele, who is laying low with a lot of hair dye in Brazil, waiting to resurrect his best friend Hitler, presumably to kiss him. Itβs a great 70s thriller whose cinematography has us lamenting the days before everyone was just standing around in front of a green screen. Itβs also unafraid to ask uncomfortable questions, like βwhat if the worst war criminal of the 20th century was a shitty 14 year old?β. And folks, thereβs a line delivery from Peck you wonβt want to miss. Solid B+.
Anyway, whatβs in the newwwwwsβ¦
We regret to inform you that Morris Day and the Time, C+C Music Factory, and Milli Vanilli have all pulled out of performing in the Freedom 250 concert in Washington DC, which will commemorate Americaβs 250th birthday. When reached for comment, America said βIβm too fucking old, just kill me goddammit.β
In our delightful segment, βLibertarians getting Libertarianedβ, a bunch of Libertarians, who completely betrayed any supposed Libertarian principle in the first goddamn place by agreeing to indefinitely lease an apocalypse bunker from a private corporation, got into an argument which culminated in someone being shot. It was the latest example of bloody internecine Libertarian violence, coming hot on the heels of The Battle of The Age Of Consent and DUIβs Charge.
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