Ticklish Business celebrates Christmas with guest Elwood Jones. We sit down to talk the 1944 Judy Garland musical, Meet Me in St. Louis. During our discussion we talk about Margaret … Continue Reading Ticklish Business – Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)
Guest co-host Craig Risinger and I list our top three favorite classic films noir. As always you can listen via iTunes (feel free to leave a review or comment) or … Continue Reading Ticklish Business: Noirvember – Top 3 Films Noir
Ticklish Business returns, honoring TCM’s Star of the Month Natalie Wood. Guest Diana Bosch and I talk about Wood’s transition from child to adult in 1961’s Splendor in the Grass. … Continue Reading Ticklish Business: Splendor in the Grass (1961)
Guest Todd Liebenow joins me again for a look at 1939’s Son of Frankenstein. We talk about Karloff’s less than impressive Creature, Bela Lugosi’s Ygor and how much we love … Continue Reading Ticklish Business Episode 9: Son of Frankenstein (1939)
In the first of my two-part look at the first three Universal Frankenstein films, guest host Todd Liebenow and I discuss James Whale’s Monster, as played by Boris Karloff. We … Continue Reading Ticklish Business Episode 8: Frankenstein (1931) and Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
In honor of TCM’s Trailblazing Women series I sit down with historian Cari Beauchamp and TCM host Illeana Douglas to discuss historical depictions of women, the industry today, and what … Continue Reading Ticklish Business Minisode 2: Trailblazing Women Tribute
Tickle-ween kicks off with animator and writer Nia Alavezos talking with me about Henri-Georges Clouzet’s French horror film Diabolique. *Apologies for the rough quality of the interview. Halloween gremlins took … Continue Reading Ticklish Business Episode 7: Diabolique (1955)
This week I sit down with Jacob Haller to talk about Stanley Kubrick’s 1956 film noir, The Killing. Send suggestions, questions and comments to ticklishbiz@gmail.com. Feel free to leave me … Continue Reading Ticklish Business Episode 6: The Killing (1956)
The lovely Ben-Hur episode I had planned for everyone ended up vanishing into cyberspace leaving me scrambling for a last minute replacement. Thankfully that came in the form of two … Continue Reading Ticklish Business Episode 5: Interview With Authors Peter Winkler and Scott Tracy Griffin
This week, in honor of TCM’s month-long Summer Under the Stars, I give some history on the popular August theme (thanks to Yacov Freedman of TCM Backlot for helping!). Later, … Continue Reading Ticklish Business Episode 4: Summer Under the Stars
I talk with Dwight Hurst about the 1968 sci-fi adventure Planet of the Apes in honor of TCM’s recent nationwide screening of the film. Dwight and I talk world-building, the … Continue Reading Ticklish Business Episode 3: Planet of the Apes (1968)
https://www.podbean.com/media/player/z3qqv-60cf41 The luminous Olivia de Havilland turned 100 on July 1st and I sit down with Olivia fan Nora Fiore to discuss her life and career while citing our top … Continue Reading Ticklish Business Episode 2: Olivia de Havilland Centennial
In this inaugural episode of Ticklish Business I’ll be bringing you audio from the 2016 TCM Classic Film Festival starting with Angela Lansbury interview with Alec Baldwin. You’ll also hear … Continue Reading Ticklish Business Episode 1
