POP ART, WHERE WE FIND THE POP CULTURE IN ART AND THE ART IN POP CULTURE.

 

ARMYGEDDON: Join me and podcasters and film lovers Anna Keiser and Derek

Dehanke (The 80s Movie Montage) as we talk Stripes and No Time for Sergeants,two comedies about basic training.

 

"Do wah diddy diddy

dum diddy do" “You’re in the army now, you’re not behind a plow, you’llnever get rich, a diggin’ a ditch, you’re in the army now.” Sounds like it’stime for Episode 101 of Pop Art, where we find the pop culture in art and theart in pop culture. It’s the podcast where my guest chooses a movie frompopular culture, and I’ll select a film from the more art/classic/indie side ofcinema with a connection to it.

 

For this episode, I am

happy to welcome back as my guests for the third time, AnnaKeiser and Derek Dehanke, who have chosen as their film, the newHollywood army comedy, Stripes, while I have chosen what may be many alistener’s grandfather’s version of Stripes, No Time For Sergeants, both comediesabout basic training.

 

And in this episode, we answer such questions as: Who

was cast before Harold Ramis? Where was the n-word used in connection to NoTime for Sergeants? What is it about war comedies anyway? What is the connectionof …Sergeants to Invasion of the Body Snatchers? How does Bill Murray feelabout making Stripes today? Who is Joseph X. Flaherty? What was the CountryBroadcasting Network? What is it about toilets? Why did Andy Griffith get nominatedas supporting actor at the Tonys rather than lead for the stage version of …Sergeants?

 

Check

out Anna and Derek’s podcast, ‘80s Movie Montage, at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/80s-movie-montage/id1498851364 and other streaming platforms.

 

Check out my blog at https://howardcasner.wordpress.com/

 

My books, More Rantings and Ravings of a Screenplay

Reader, The Starving Artists and Other Stories and The Five Corporations andOne True Religion can be found at https://www.amazon.com/s?k=howard+casner&ref=nb_sb_noss