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Beave celebrates his birthday IN STUDIO with Len, as they discuss the life and work of the great Jodie Foster. Do her Oscar turns hold up today? What movies are overrated or underrated? How does she compare to some of her contemporaries of the time? We also talk through MLB, more talk show content, the immortal Chad Everett, and Cleveland-based sports trading cards. It's a very special episode that you should bookmark, listen to, and pass along at will!

First up we discuss Howard Hawks' masterpiece, To Have and To Have Not (1944) with Bogie and Bacall's first pairing and now on Blu-ray. Then we move on to television on disc with The 100 Season Season 3 (2015-16) on Blu and the final installment of Medical Center with Season 7 (1975-76) now on DVD. The next bunch of films were on DVD before in pan and scan format and have now been remastered and released on 16x9 Widescreen DVDs including Stealing Home (1988) with Mark Harmon, In Country (1989) starring Bruce Willis, Doc Hollywood (1991) with Michael J. Fox, Born to be Wild (1995) with an ape and My Fellow Americans (1996) starring Jack Lemmon and James Garner. Then we answer one amazing letter!

Alan Ladd stars in the first four films new to DVD including Drum Beat (1954), The Big Land (1957), The Deep Six (1958), and Guns of the Timberland (1960). Then we uncover some very rare film noir from Monogram including Below the Deadline (1946), The Hunted (1948), Stage Struck (1948) starring the "Ice Queen" Belita and Incident (1948). Finally we wrap everything up with Medical Center Season 5 (1973-74) with Chad Everett and James Daly.

With this crackling quintet of Joan Crawfords, we are pleased to announce that her entire run of MGM talkies is now available on DVD from Warner Archive or Warner Home Video. Achievement unlocked! Releases include Our Blushing Brides (1930), Montana Moon (1930), I Live My Life (1935), The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1937) and The Bride Wore Red (1937). Time to start dancing the Charleston! Also, we chat about Medical Center Season 4 starring Chad Everett.

New to DVD this week: the pioneering animated adventures of MARINE BOY: SEASON ONE (1966) and MEDICAL CENTER: THE COMPLETE THIRD SEASON (1971-72) with Chad Everett and a plethora of special guest stars. We also discuss a deluge of back-in-prints flicks from Paramount, including THE NAKED JUNGLE (1954), Jerry Lewis' THE FAMILY JEWELS (1965), HELLO DOWN THERE (1969), a pair of Martin Ritt-helmed films including THE BROTHERHOOD (1968) and THE MOLLY MAGUIRES (1970), THE WHITE DAWN (1974), GUNG HO (1986), BACK TO THE BEACH (1987) and KIDS IN THE HALL: BRAIN CANDY (1996).