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Join us for our fourth and final episode looking at sci-fi films across the decades. For the 1980's, we chose The Last Starfighter. Climb into your Gunstar and take aim for a sci-fi adventure that's out of this world. 

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If you've ever dreamt of being so good at a video game that it leads to your recruitment to defend the Frontier against Xur and the Ko-Dan Armada. Then get in loser! We're going back to 1984 to The Last Starfighter. Luke Skywalker....er....Alex Rogan has been playing Star Wars....er....Starfighter at the farm....er....trailer park for longer than I care to remember. Literally. 

The Last Starfighter is one of the earliest adopters of cgi in supporting a hefty part of a films aesthetic. And although it's glaringly obvious, there is a certain charm in the fact that the cgi generated universe resembles an actual video game. Robert Preston and Catherine Mary Stewart are a breath of fresh air, wonderfully offsetting Lance Guests' acting deficit. Funnily enough, the deployment of Alex's (Lance Guest) beta unit in the movie makes his primary character feel pretty stable. Until he deploys the Death Blossom that is! 

Curious? I thought so.

There can be no doubt that 1984's The Last Starfighter was hugely influenced by the original Star Wars trilogy, which had, triumphantly, wrapped up with Return of the Jedi the year before its release. But is The Last Fighter a playful, zeitgeist-capturing homage to George Lucas's seminal space opera, or is it just a cheap knockoff? SPOILER ALERT: it is the latter. Given that fact, is it still pretty fun?

Turn the vast outdoors into your next lucrative investment opportunity with Robert Preston as we chat about RV parks and mobile home communities. Learn more about this high-return investment in an industry ripe with untapped potential when you check out this episode.

Key Takeaways to Listen for

• Perks of investing in mobile homes parks
• Things to consider before investing in and developing mobile homes
• A 3-phase business plan to help you boost an RV park’s profitability
• Tax advantages of mobile home and RV park investing
• A common misconception about RV parks and the reasons behind its inaccuracy

Resources Mentioned in This Episode

• Zoom
• Apartment Syndication Due Diligence Checklist for Passive Investor 

About Robert Preston
Robert is the co-founder and CEO of Climb Capital, which specializes in buying and selling RV parks. He searches for and acquires value-add properties that produce durable yield through the life of the investment. While Robert started flipping single-family homes, this quickly escalated to recruiting investors and purchasing multifamily housing and, eventually, mobile home parks. Spurred by a love for the RV lifestyle and the significant upsides of owning and operating RV parks, Robert pivoted his attention from multifamily to RV parks in late 2020.


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Author Alan K. Rode joins the podcast to discuss his new book BLOOD ON THE MOON, a detailed look at the making of the 1948 western.  Our discussion takes a deep dive into how this film is a  prime example of a noir western, which was a movement in westerns toward realism after World War II.  Alan provides background on star Robert Mitchum and why he was a perfect fit for this noir western style.  We also discuss the great director Robert Wise, cinematographer Nicolas Musuraca and the other members of the production team.  And then in turn we discuss stars Robert Preston, Barbara Bel Geddes, Phyllis Thaxter, Walter Brennan, and Charles McGraw.  We end with an update from George Feltenstein of the Warner Archive, as to why the film never received a DVD release, and the work that went into bringing it out on Blu-ray in early 2020.

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A film about a woman pretending to be a man pretending to be a woman. Kyle's pretending to not be as excited as he is. Dave is pretending to be a grump. The Machine is pretending that it's not trying to end the world.

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THE MUSIC MAN Music & Lyrics by Meredith Willson | Story by Meredith Willson & Franklin Lacey 

Episode Segments:

• 1:20 - Speed Test
• 3:54 - Why God Why
• 5:50 - Back to Before
• 20:36 - What's Inside
• 44:08 - How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?
• 1:07:34 - Our Favorite Things
• 1:17:29 - Corner of the Sky
• 1:21:53 – What Comes Next?

Works Consulted:

• The Music Man (Original Libretto) by Meredith Willson & Franklin Lacey
• The Music Man (1961 Film) Directed by Morton da Costa, Screenplay by Marion Hargrove, Produced by Morton DaCosta
• The Music Man (2003 Telefilm) Directed by Kathleen Marshall, Screenplay by Sally Robinson
• And There I Stood With My Piccolo by Meredith Willson
• But He Doesn’t Know the Territory by Meredith Willson

Music Credits:

• "Overture" from Dear World (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music by Jerry Herman | Performed by Dear World Orchestra & Donald Pippin
• "The Speed Test" from Thoroughly Modern Millie  (Original Broadway Cast Recording) | Music by Jeanine Tesori, Lyrics by Dick Scanlan | Performed by Marc Kudisch, Sutton Foster, Anne L. Nathan & Ensemble
• "Why God Why" from Miss Saigon: The Definitive Live Recording  (Original Cast Recording  / Deluxe)  | Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg, Lyrics by Alain Boublil & Richard Maltby Jr.  | Performed by Alistair Brammer
• "Back to Before" from Ragtime: The Musical (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music by Stephen Flaherty, Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens | Performed by Marin Mazzie
• "What's Inside" from Waitress (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music & Lyrics by Sara Bareilles | Performed by Jessie Mueller & Ensemble
• "My White Knight” from The Music Man (Original Broadway Cast Recording) | Music & Lyrics by Meredith Willson | Performed by Barbara Cook
• "Maria" from The Sound of Music (Original Soundtrack Recording)  | Music by Richard Rodgers, Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II | Performed by Evadne Baker, Anna Lee, Portia Nelson, Marni Nixon
• "My Favorite Things" from The Sound of Music (Original Soundtrack Recording) | Music by Richard Rodgers, Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II | Performed by Julie Andrews
• "Corner of the Sky" from Pippin (New Broadway Cast Recording) | Music & Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz | Performed by Matthew James Thomas
• “What Comes Next?” from Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music & Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda | Performed by Jonathan Groff