It was a year of political assassinations, unpopular wars, and global protests. Luckily, we can relive 1968 through movies alone.

This week, Jake Ziegler recommended that Brad Garoon watch the Producers, the first of Mel Brooks' 11 feature films. After getting over how embarrassing it was for Brad to have not seen the film already, they talk about Gene Wilder and Zero Mostel's brilliant comedic performances, the legacy of character actor Kenneth Marz, and the allure of Lee Meredith.

Things turn to the fantastic as Brad recommends Planet of the Apes for Jake, and Jake doesn't like it. They talk about the film's surprising courtroom setting, the bizarre plotting, the movie's important place in science fiction history, and the long-running Planet of the Apes franchise as a whole.

Other movies mentioned in this episode: New Faces of 1937 (1937), The Great Dictator (1940), Rodan (1956), The Fortune Cookie (1966), Once Upon a Time in the West (1968), Romeo and Juliet (1968), Who's That Knocking at My Door (1968), 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), Barbarella (1968), Blackbeard's Ghost (1968), Night of the Living Dead (1968), Rosemary's Baby (1968), Hot Millions (1968), The Odd Couple (1968), The Twelve Chairs (1970), What's Up, Doc (1972), The Sunshine Boys (1975), Planet of the Apes (2001), The Producers (2005), Rise of the Planet of the Apes (2011), Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014), War for the Planet of the Apes (2017), Jojo Rabbit (2019), Albert Brooks: Defending My Life (2023).