Episodes

  • Walking Tall (1973)

    Walking Tall (1973)
    May 31 2025

    Jackie & Dunlap on the late Joe Don Baker in 1973's Walking Tall, the stick hittin', money makin', still bashin', trailer hookin', dice loadin', shirtless testifyin' hit movie that put Pusser on everybody's lips.

    Discussed: RIP Joe Don Baker, Sheriff Buford Pusser, Phil Karlson, Felton Perry, Walking Tall, Walking Tall Part 2, Walking Tall Part 3, McNairy County, Tennessee, Mississippi, Elizabeth Harman, Brenda Benet, Noah Beery Jr., Bruce Glover, Crispin Glover, stick. Good ol' stick.

    Theme by William Sherry Jr.

    Art by http://mullinax.co

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    Joe Don Baker obituary: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/15/movies/joe-don-baker-dead.html

    Redneck Matinee: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlaL0tWJAI3-OPIivigucZ-d2vCsIVy

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    Jackie Broyles & Dunlap have been watching Southern movies their whole lives, and now they're watchin' 'em for you, podcast-style. Jackie’s the grizzled old proprietor of Jackie’s Market in Murfreesboro, TN & Dunlap’s his half-high buddy. They ain’t film critics, but they know truckdrivin’, shinerunnin’, stickhittin’, carchasin’, bridgejumpin’, monkey-havin’ art when they see it.

    They've covered Smokey & The Bandit, White Lightning, Gator, Convoy, White Line Fever, Any Which Way You Can, Every Which Way But Loose, Breaker! Breaker! so far-- lots of conversations about mustaches, arm wrestlin', Burt Reynolds, Jerry Reed, trucks, bareknuckle brawling, Kris Kristofferson, and Chuck Norris. Thank you kindly for listenin!
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    54 mins
  • BONUS: The Great John L. (Best of 20 Extra Minutes with Jackie & Dunlap)

    BONUS: The Great John L. (Best of 20 Extra Minutes with Jackie & Dunlap)
    Dec 1 2019

    Bonus episode!

    If you Patreon us at $5 or more a month, y'all get a weekly podcast called 20 Extra Minutes with Jackie & Dunlap. We asked  Patreonners for the least-unlistenable ones. Here's one of them! More coming over at the Red State Update podcast.

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    We cover Breaker! Breaker! in Redneck Matinee Episode 6. More info, photos and notes at https://www.patreon.com/posts/redneck-matinee-27052449
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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • Ep. 7: Every Which Way But Loose & Any Which Way You Can

    Ep. 7: Every Which Way But Loose & Any Which Way You Can
    Aug 20 2019
    Jackie and Dunlap on Clint Eastwood’s monkey movies Every Which Way But Loose and Any Which Way You Can. Geoffrey Lewis! Ruth Gordon! Sondra Locke! Toilet Cats! Palimony suits! Ratboy! Mel Tillis! Wild clams! Orangutan sex! Problematic bikers! And stay tuned to the end for the gross, troubling story of the Clydes. Theme by William Sherry Jr. Art by @stephenmullinax Any Which Way You Can and Every Which Way But Loose are available for rent on the major streaming services. Every Which Way But Loose trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aB0PFiL9QV0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFFr91atHqE Any Which Way You Can trailer:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ukQ1Ov0PlM Ruth Gordon Oscar Win: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxsLNhH0yjA Sondra Locke One Too Many Women:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0isHE93Ou0g I Seek The Night: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwrjKFQga28 Vanity Fair obituary:  https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2018/12/sondra-locke-obit LA Times Articles: Eastwood Undermined Locke’s Directing Career, Attorney Says: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-09-12-me-43029-story.html Eastwood Settles Fraud Suit with Ex-Lover Locke: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-09-25-mn-47374-story.html Washington Post Sharon Waxman article 20 Nov 1997: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1997/11/20/make-her-day/c88a1970-c896-48ba-b321-a63541d437b5/?noredirect=on Reviews of Sondra Locke’s memoir The Good The Bad and the Very Ugly: https://ew.com/article/1997/10/31/book-review-good-bad-and-very-ugly/ https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-688-15462-2 https://www.deseret.com/1998/1/5/19356125/locke-s-book-tells-the-good-the-bad-and-the-very-ugly Ratboy trailer:    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYZnW3G89wY Clint Eastwood Clint Eastwood: A Biography by Richard Schickel: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004KABE10/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 Clint: A Retrospective by Richard Schickel: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B004KABE10/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 Clint Eastwood at 2012 Republican Convention: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFF1_970l00 Gran Torino  theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MItMDkc343M Clint Eastwood and Ray Charles sing Beers to You: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqzrHG8eEVc Manis, Buddha, & CJ Bobby Berosini scandal: https://news3lv.com/features/video-vault/video-vault-ringling-bros Clip of Bobby Berosini abusing orangutans backstage:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiKnVy7x3Wo LA Times piece by Rachel Ambramowitz 27 08 2008:  https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2008-aug-27-et-brief27-story.html Telegraph UK 07 Jul 2017: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/marcel-keiko-whatever-happened-film-tvs-famous-animal-stars/manis-buddha-clint-eastwood-orangutan-movies/ Mother Jones Feb 1997: https://books.google.com/books?id=eecDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT19&lpg=PT19&dq=movie+orangutan+nearly+died+in+real+life+abuse&source=bl&ots=NtKnlBK2kT&sig=ACfU3U2It7ToIi_j3MW5bNPWLd6rs_Mw6w&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj6gJLQhJLkAhW8GTQIHfb8AWcQ6AEwD3oECAcQAQ#v=onepage&q&f=false Clint Eastwood boards:  http://www.clinteastwood.org/forums/index.php?topic=2573.0 https://www.filmboards.com/board/p/1659967/ http://www.clinteastwood.org/forums/index.php?topic=10080.0 http://www.clinteastwood.org/forums/index.php?topic=6672.0   Coolasscinema.com Interview with Makeup Effects Artist and Author William Munns: http://www.coolasscinema.com/2015/03/an-interview-with-makeup-effects-artist.html Kenneth Decroo: http://www.mountain-news.com/mountain_living/article_9e46327a-2503-11e5-9dc8-d7ef7cf2569b.html Gentle Jungle headlines of other mishaps Visions of Caliban: On Chimpanzees and People: https://www.amazon.com/Visions-Caliban-Chimpanzees-Dale-Peterson/dp/0820322067 CJ and the Bare: https://www.upi.com/Archives/1981/07/23/CJ-AND-THE-BARE/2638364708800/ Eastwood Upstaged: https://www.upi.com/Archives/1981/01/16/Eastwood-Upstaged/1057348469200/ Really Big Star: https://www.upi.com/Archives/1982/12/02/REALLY-BIG-STAR/4341407653200/   Chantek, Chattanooga Escaped Orangutan https://www.upi.com/Archives/1983/08/04/Monkey-business/1168428817600/ https://www.upi.com/Archives/1983/08/04/Chantek-an-orangutan-taught-by-researchers-to-communicate-with/2440428817600/ Sibu the Orangutan fields prank calls https://www.upi.com/Archives/1983/04/01/Sibu-the-Orangutan-fields-prank-calls/7896418021200/    
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    1 hr and 10 mins
  • Ep. 6: Breaker! Breaker!

    Ep. 6: Breaker! Breaker!
    May 13 2019

    Chuck Norris stars in Don Hulette's 1977 truckin'/kickin' epic Breaker! Breaker!, also starring George Murdock, Jack Nance, Terry O'Connor, Miranda Garrison, and The Great John L.

    Trucking! (Barely.) Kicking! (Plenty!) Armwrestling! (More than you'd think.) Beards and mustaches! (Some, but not on Chuck.) CB talkin'! (Poor.) Dirt bikin'! (Yes! But they even make that weird.) Plus doll bars! Shakespeare! Salad! Star Trek V! Dirty Dancing! Vans, flies, answering the phone, and other 70s relics. Also, jumping through a window will mess you up.

    Theme by William Sherry Jr. Art by @stephenmullinax

    Breaker! Breaker! is currently available on DVD from Amazon and streaming rental on Vudu. Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ee9SvsVfHJ8

    Chuck Norris autobiography Against All Odds: My Story: https://www.amazon.com/Against-All-Odds-My-Story/dp/0805444211

    Chuck Norris advice from Karate Kommandos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miFmVY1vBXo

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqvFMwGdJps

    Chuck at Survivor Series in 1994: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1c1CDhTaS58

    Top Dog  Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25xDKzytus4

    Actor George Murdock:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Murdock_(actor) https://variety.com/2012/scene/news/character-actor-george-murdock-dies-1118053586/ https://www.startrek.com/article/remembering-george-murdock-1930-2012 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9sqkahSziU ("What does God need with a starship?") https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFWK-r9B6QA (as Scanlon on Barney Miller)   Director Don Hulette: http://www.tamsoldracecarsite.net/DonHulette.html   Miranda Garrison:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BzPjuWTyzDA (Dirty Dancing) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miranda_Garrison https://studioschool.edu/bio/miranda-garrison/   Jack Nance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cymp70Jn1UE

    New York Times review: https://www.nytimes.com/1977/05/19/archives/film-breaker-stalls.html

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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • Ep. 5: White Line Fever

    Ep. 5: White Line Fever
    Mar 19 2019

    The late Jan-Michael Vincent stars in Jonathan Kaplan's 1975 ode to honest truckers White Line Fever, also starring Kay Lenz, Slim Pickens, Sam Laws, L.Q. Jones, R.G. Armstrong, Dick Miller, and Leigh French. Written by Ken Friedman

    Trucking is hard! Ernest Borgnine explains Airwolf! Goober! Gomer! Pot euphemisms! Billy Jack! Walking Tall! Movin' On! Merle Haggard! Martin Scorsese! Symbolism! Leather pants!

    Theme by William Sherry Jr. Art by @stephenmullinax

    Thanks to Foreign Exchange Blu-Ray Imports: https://4xblu.com/

    Ernest Borgnine interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiFC4HwUcww

    Scott Von Doviak's (https://twitter.com/vondoviak) encyclopedic redneck-movie round-up Hick Flicks: https://www.amazon.com/Hick-Flicks-Rise-Redneck-Cinema/dp/0786419970

    Jonathan Kaplan discusses White Line Fever at Trailers From Hell: https://trailersfromhell.com/white-line-fever/

    Goober's Truck Stop Paradise: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6uTNBjzeM8

    Roger Ebert's review: https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/white-line-fever-1975

    Truckers Go To Washington: https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/the-truckers-go-to-washington-democracy-in-action-on-the-interstate-68811/

    Truck Strike: https://www.history.com/news/oil-crisis-1973-truck-strike

    Movin' On Episode One: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mr1ivj5rxiE

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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • Ep. 4: Convoy

    Ep. 4: Convoy
    Jan 22 2019

    Jackie and Dunlap on Sam Peckinpah's 1978 film Convoy, starring Kris Kristofferson, Ali McGraw, Ernest Borgnine, Madge Sinclair, and Franklyn Ajaye. 

    C.W. McCall! George "Goober" Lindsey! Speed limits! Jimmy Carter! Coburn directs! The country music charts of 1976! Cocaine! YovnoC! Ernest Borgnine's secret of longevity! Leonard Nimoy! Mannheim Steamroller! James Earl Jones! Ernest raps! Do lions get married? Johnny Cash's dirty lake! 

     

    Theme by William Sherry Jr. Art by Stephen Mullinax.

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    1 hr and 12 mins
  • Ep. 3: Smokey and the Bandit

    Ep. 3: Smokey and the Bandit
    Sep 13 2018

    Jackie and Dunlap on the greatest movie of all time, 1977's Smokey and the Bandit. Starring the late, great Burt Reynolds, Sally Field, Jerry Reed, Mike Henry, Enoses Big and Little, Jackie Gleason as Sheriff Buford T. Justice, and Happy as Fred.

    Dog contests, chimp bites, maid arrests, Star Wars, Tarzan, Coors, and freedom.

    Theme by William Sherry Jr. Art by Stephen Mullinax.

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    1 hr and 24 mins
  • Ep. 2: Gator

    Ep. 2: Gator
    Jun 27 2018

    Jackie and Dunlap explore the 1976 film Gator, starring both early 70s Burt Reynolds and late 70s superstar Burt Reynolds. Gator McClusky is back! But completely different.  

    Directed by Burt Reynolds, with Mike Douglas as an anti-semitic Jimmy Carter, Jack Weston as a grimly dispatched comic foil, Lauren Hutton, Alice Ghostley, some cats, some boats, Burton Gilliam, and Jerry Reed in a role that should still be winning him Oscars.

    Theme by William Sherry Jr. Art by Stephen Mullinax.

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    1 hr and 29 mins