42nd Street Forever Podcast

42nd Street Forever is the GCDb's official podcast where the site's staff and special guests discuss a variety of classic exploitation genre films that played grindhouses on The Deuce in the 60s, 70s and 80s.

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Show Notes and Episode Archive

INTRODUCTORY EPISODES

• Introduction: GCDb Top 10 Horror Classics Countdown - (Recorded October 2, 2021. Runtime 2h 26min) Pete and Seb kick off the podcast with some history of the GCDb then to celebrate October Horror month, countdown the Top 10 Horror movies from our Top 20 Horror Classics list, look at what was playing on The Deuce on October 2nd, 1978, and close the show with some BluRay picks that should get you all started with some great exploitation entertainment.

• Intro Pt. 2: 50 Years of BAADASSSS CINEMA - (Recorded Oct 16, 2021. Runtime 1h 26 min) Pete is joined by author/journalist/film historian/GCDb contributor Josiah Howard (Blaxploitation Cinema: The Essential Reference Guide) in a lively discussion about one of their favorite genres: Blaxploitation Cinema on its 50th anniversary. If you love films like Coffy, Super Fly, Shaft and Dolemite, you'll really dig it!

• Intro Pt. 3: Splatter, Sleaze & Short Ends: G.G. Graham's Favorite Forgotten Exploitation Flicks - (Recorded November 6, 2021, Runtime 1h 43 min) Pete is joined by journalist/cult film aficionado G.G. Graham for a twisted trip through an eclectic collection of some of her favorite forgotten exploitation films. It's a weird, wild discussion filled with kinky sex kittens, deranged man-children and more!

• Intro Pt. 4: DEUCEMBER 2021 Revisited - (Recorded January 16, 2022, Runtime 1hr 44 min) Pete welcomes back journalist/cult film aficionado G.G. Graham for a fun discussion about their personal Top 5 favorite film experiences from the annual Deucember grindhouse movie marathon.

• Intro Pt. 5: Nail Gun Massacre - (Recorded January 30, 2022, Runtime 2h 17m) Pete welcomes author Mike Vaughn (The Ultimate Guide to Strange Cinema) to the show to discuss one of his favorite films, the 1985 cult classic Nail Gun Massacre. Pete and Mike also pick out some upcoming BluRays and look at what was playing The Deuce on Jan 30th, 1981.

OFFICIAL FORMAT EPISODES

• Episode 6: Fight For Your Life at the Harris - (Recorded Dec 18, 2022, Runtime 1hr 20 min) Pete welcomes Rob McGee (Xploitation Reviews) and Ken from Gotham City Drive-In to discuss Fight For Your Life which played at The Harris in Dec. 1978. It's known as one of the most infamous, offensive films from the grindhouse era starring William Sanderson in one of his earliest roles.

• Episode 7: A Nightmare on Elm Street & Missing in Action at the Rialto - (Recorded Jan 1, 2023, Runtime 32 min) Pete and Ken (Gotham City Drive-In) discuss two films that played on The Deuce, Jan 1, 1985 at The Rialto Theater: Wes Craven's slasher classic A Nightmare on Elm Street and the Chuck Norris' POW rescue classic Missing in Action.

• Episode 8: Vigilante and Zombie at CINE 42 - (Recorded March 15, 2023, Runtime 1hr 39 min) Pete is joined by Phil Duke (Making Tarantino: The Podcast) for a fun discussion about two films that played at Cine 42 on The Deuce, March 15, 1983. First up its Bill Lustig's 1982 revengeamatic Vigilante starring Robert Forster and Fred Williamson, THEN, it's Lucio Fulci's 1979 gore shocker Zombie.

• Episode 9: Alley Cat and Class of 1984 at the Rialto (Recorded April 10, 2023, Runtime 1hr 19 min) - Pete is joined by Phil (Making Tarantino) to discuss a wild n' crazy Grindhouse Double Feature that played April 10, 1984 at the The Rialto theater. First, Karin Mani stars in the gritty revengeamatic Alley Cat, THEN a group of maniacal punks terrorize a high school in Mark L. Lester's Class of 1984 starring Tim Van Patten and Perry King.

• Episode 10: Friday The 13th Pt. 2 and My Bloody Valentine at the New Amsterdam (Recorded May 9, 2023, 45 min) - Pete and Phil (Making Tarantino) discuss an 80s slasher double feature that played May 9, 1981 at the The New Amsterdam Theater on The Deuce, Friday The 13th Pt 2 (which marked the debut of horror icon Jason Voorhees) followed by the Canadian miner maniac classic My Bloody Valentine.

• Episode 11: The Hot, The Cool & The Vicious/Crippled Masters/The Steel Edge of Revenge at the Empire (Recorded June 5, 2023, 49 min.) - Pete and Phil (Making Tarantino) discuss three films that played at the The Empire Theater in June of 1983. FIRST they've got a double dose of 70's grindhouse kung fu with Tso Nam Lee's The Hot, The Cool and The Vicious followed by the chopsocky sideshow Crippled Masters. Don't leave the theater just yet because there's more in store! It's supercool samurai time with the 1969 Hideo Gosha chambara classic The Steel Edge of Revenge aka Goyokin.

• Episode 12: Brutal Justice at the Selwyn (Recorded July 30, 2023, 1hr 21 min) - Pete and Seb discuss one of their favorite poliziotteschi/Eurocrime films that played at The Selwyn theater in July of 1978, Umberto Lenzi’s Brutal Justice aka The Tough Ones starring Maurizio Merli and Tomas Milian. Hungry for more? Check out the documentary Eurocrime!, the Fernando DiLeo Crime Collection, Violent Streets Collection or Years of Lead.

• Episode 13: Sabata and Payment in Blood at the Lyric (Recorded Sept. 30, 2023. 1hr 7 min) - Pete and Seb discuss a spaghetti western double bill that played at The Lyric theater in September of 1970. FIRST, Lee Van Cleef stars as The Man With Gunsight Eyes in the Gianfranco Parolini classic Sabata. THEN Edd "Kookie" Byrnes sets out to find a lost Confederate treasure with a gang of maniacal marauders in Enzo G. Castellari’s 1967 directorial debut Payment in Blood.

• Episode 14: Rolling Thunder at CINE 42 (Recorded Oct. 28, 2023. 58 min.) - Pete and Seb discuss a film released in October of 1977 which premiered at Cine 42 on The Deuce. William Devane, Tommy Lee Jones and Linda Haynes star in John Flynn’s classic revengeamatic Rolling Thunder.