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Broadcast on this night (6 February 1978) at 8 pm: ABC Monday Night Movie of the week The Initiation of Sarah. (Tagline: “An innocent coed, a secret society … Its bizarre rites of womanhood … Suddenly, a quiet college campus is plunged into an endless night of terror!”). God knows I love kitschy made-for-TV movies, and Sarah represents a kind of zenith. This one is blatantly indebted to Carrie (1976). Or as Sam Pancake puts it on his podcast (devoted to the 1970s and 80s l'âge d'or of made-for-TV movies) The Monday Afternoon Movie, “What if Carrie went to college?" That's a question few people asked, but the 1978 TV movie The Initiation of Sarah seeks to answer it anyway.”  Comprehensively stealing every scene in a supporting role as the sorority “house mother”, a bewigged Shelley Winters (in her 1970s hagsploitation era) furiously acts up a storm as only she can.

Red, White…and Blaine? This week, Peaches and Michael are having an Idol Worship celebration of a filmmaker who is truly “Best in Show” – Christopher Guest!  In addition to discussing this comedy auteur’s foundational work in the mockumentary space, our hosts delve into the fabulous troupe of performers who populate his world. Joining the conversation is producer extraordinaire Brian Nolan, who shares how crucial WAITING FOR GUFFMAN was to his own experiences in the creative space. Then, acclaimed film & TV star Sam Pancake stops by to talk about the power of improv comedy in the “Guest style” and his analysis of that gently hilarious world. From Mitch & Mickey to HOME FOR PURIM, this episode has it all! Go! 

chriscolfer If I had a nickel every time someone called me the “Burt Reynolds” of my generation… I’d be in debt. BUT it was fun to pretend! Absolutely loved surprising the audience of #GoldenGirlzLive with these geniuses. 👨🏻🍰

Sam Pancake No. 2 - Colored Pencils on Watercolor Paper - 9" by 12"

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Dumplin’, Anne Fletcher (2018)

Listen to the episode here. You can watch Curse of the Black Widow in all its batshit glory here. And listen to all the episodes of Monday Afternoon Movie so far here.