A PODCAST THAT GETS LOST IN THOSE MOVIES THAT ARE TOO MUCH IN THE BEST POSSIBLE WAY.
AS THE SON OF VETERAN COMEDIC ACTOR JOHN CANDY, HUMOR RUNS IN CHRIS CANDY’S BLOOD. THE CANADIAN-BORN ACTOR TRAINED AT GROUNDLINGS, SECOND CITY, AND UPRIGHT CITIZENS BRIGADE, AND CURRENTLY PERFORMS WITH SECOND CITY HOLLYWOOD AS PART OF THE IMPROV TEAM DAZL AND THE MONTHLY VARIETY SHOW LIVE FROM THE HOLLYWOOD ROOM. HE HOSTS THE WEEKLY MUSIC PROGRAM NEUZ POLLUTION FOR KXLU 88.9, AND IS THE CO-HOST AND CREATOR OF BUMPER 2 BUMPER, AN INTERVIEW PODCAST THAT TAKES PLACE DURING RUSH HOUR IN L.A. HIS ACTING CREDITS INCLUDE ROLES IN MATTHEW JACOBS’ AWARD-WINNING FEATURE BAR AMERICA AND THE FUNNY OR DIE SERIES MYSTIC COSMIC PATROL. IN 2019 ALONG WITH CO-CREATOR GUERRIN GARDNER, CANDY WROTE AND STARRED IN RICK DARGE’S CHOWCHILLA, WHICH SCREENED AT THE RAINDANCE AND CALGARY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVALS.
CHICAGO BORN AND BRED, ROB BELUSHI IS AN ACTOR, WRITER, AND HOST, WHO CAN BE SEEN ON THE GSN SERIES GET A CLUE. ROB’S CREDITS INCLUDE RECURRING ROLES ON MAYANS (FX), BALLERS (HBO), CHICAGO PD (NBC), HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER (CBS), THE MENTALIST (CBS), AGENTS OF SHIELD (ABC), SIDE HUSTLE (NICK), THE GOODWIN GAMES (FOX) AND THE OFF SEASON (ABC). ROB GRADUATED WITH AN HONORS B.A. IN FILM STUDIES FROM WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY (CT) AND IS AN ALUMNUS OF SECOND CITY IN CHICAGO. ROB NEXT APPEARS AS CALVIN IN THE FEATURE FILM BODY LANGUAGE, WHICH HE CO-WROTE BASED ON AN ORIGINAL IDEA, AND ON WHICH HE IS A PRODUCER WITH MAR VISTA AND CHAD AND CAREY HAYES (THE CONJURING).
TRUE LIES
FOR THE LATEST EPISODE OF THIS 90S CELEBRATION PODCAST, WE (HOSTS CHRIS CANDY, ROB BELUSHI, AND BLAKE HOWARD) COME ROARING BACK TO ULTIMATELY CELEBRATE BILL PAXTON'S CAMEO AS SIMON REQUIRING THE EXPLOSION OF AN ATOMIC BOMB TO BE OVERSHADOWED IN JIM CAMERON AND ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER'S TRUE LIES.
KISS KISS BANG BANG
FOR THE THIRTEENTH EPISODE OF THIS 90S CELEBRATION PODCAST, WE (HOSTS CHRIS CANDY, ROB BELUSHI, AND BLAKE HOWARD) BREAK OUR 90S RULE FOR CHRISTMAS AND DIVE INTO SHANE BLACK’S ICONIC LA ACTION COMEDY FROM 2005 - KISS KISS BANG BANG.
THE FIFTH ELEMENT
FOR THE TWELFTH EPISODE OF THIS 90S CELEBRATION PODCAST, HOSTS CHRIS CANDY, ROB BELUSHI, AND BLAKE HOWARD EVERYTHING THERE IS TO KNOW ABOUT THE FIFTH ELEMENT: OUR WEIRD DREAMS AND DESIRES, OUR MOST INTIMATES OF INTIMATES, AND "INTIMATE" IS ROB BELUSHI'S MIDDLE NAME.
ANY GIVEN SUNDAY
FOR THE ELEVENTH EPISODE OF THIS 90S CELEBRATION PODCAST, HOSTS CHRIS CANDY, ROB BELUSHI, AND BLAKE HOWARD ARE UNSELFISH AND PERHAPS THE GREATEST WIDE RECEIVERS THAT HAVE EVER LIVED. DON'T YOU DARE DROP THIS CELEBRATION OF OLIVER STONE'S 1999 SPORTS MOVIE HALL OF FAMER ANY GIVEN SUNDAY - IT'S WORTH A MILLION DOLLARS.
THE DEVIL’S ADVOCATE
FOR THE TENTH EPISODE OF THIS 90S CELEBRATION PODCAST, HOSTS CHRIS CANDY, ROB BELUSHI, AND BLAKE HOWARD CANNOT DENY THAT THE TWENTIETH CENTURY ENTIRELY BELONGED TO AL PACINO IN THE DEVIL’S ADVOCATE FROM 1997.
Casino
FOR THE NINTH EPISODE OF THIS 90S CELEBRATION PODCAST, HOSTS CHRIS CANDY, ROB BELUSHI, AND BLAKE HOWARD KEEP COMING BACK UNTIL WE’RE DEAD WITH MARTIN SCORSESE’S 1995 MASTERWORK CASINO. AS A SPECIAL TREAT, ROB’S STEP-FATHER TOM - A FORMER FAMILY MAN - JOINS US TO SHARE THE REALITY IN THE FICTION.
The Last Boy Scout
FOR THE SIXTH EPISODE OF THIS 90S CELEBRATION PODCAST, HOSTS CHRIS CANDY, ROB BELUSHI, AND BLAKE HOWARD TALK ABOUT TONY SCOTT’S LEGENDARY NEO-NOIR THE LAST BOY SCOUT. ‘BOY SCOUT’ IS A MOVIE THAT REMINDS US THAT THIS IS THE NINETIES, YOU DON'T JUST GO AROUND PUNCHING PEOPLE. YOU HAVE TO SAY SOMETHING COOL FIRST. WATER IS WET, THE SKY IS BLUE, WOMEN HAVE SECRETS. WHO GIVES A FUCK? TOO MUCH MOVIE DOES, THAT’S WHO.
The Ghost and the Darkness
FOR THE FIFTH EPISODE OF THIS ALL-NEW MONTHLY PODCAST, HOSTS CHRIS CANDY, ROB BELUSHI, AND BLAKE HOWARD TALK ABOUT STEPHEN HOPKINS' 1996 PERIOD ADVENTURE THE GHOST AND THE DARKNESS. THE PODCASTING MAN-EATERS OWNED THE NIGHT, BUT THEY ALSO ATTACK IN DAYLIGHT OR THEY WERE THE DEVIL SENT TO STOP PODCASTERS FROM GUSHING ABOUT HOW MUCH VAL KILMER AND MICHAEL DOUGLAS RULE.
Backdraft
FOR THE FOURTH EPISODE OF THIS ALL-NEW MONTHLY PODCAST, HOSTS CHRIS CANDY, ROB BELUSHI, AND BLAKE HOWARD TALK ABOUT RON HOWARD’S ACTION-MELODRAMA BACKDRAFT. THE THREE ‘PROBEES’ DISCUSS HOW THE SAME FIVE MOMENTS MAKE US UGLY CRY, HOW DONALD SUTHERLAND IS DOING AN ARSONIST HANNIBAL LECTOR A YEAR BEFORE ANTHONY HOPKINS AND HOW YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO CHECK THE DOOR FOR HEAT, TIM.
The Fugitive
FOR THE THIRD TOO MUCH MOVIE, HOSTS CHRIS CANDY, ROB BELUSHI, AND BLAKE HOWARD TALK ABOUT ANDREW DAVIS’ LOVE LETTER TO CHICAGO, THE FUGITIVE. THE THREE BIG DOGS ASK WHY IF THE RIVER CAN BE GREEN ON ONE DAY, THE INCREDIBLE TALES OF ON-SET IMPROVISATION, OUR FAVOURITE SCENES AND QUOTES AND YEARN FOR MOVIES THIS COMPELLING AND ENTERTAINING. DON’T TELL ANYONE HOW MUCH WE CARE.
Sneakers
FOR THE SECOND OF THIS ALL-NEW MONTHLY PODCAST, HOSTS CHRIS CANDY, ROB BELUSHI, AND BLAKE HOWARD ENLIST THE ICONIC AMERICAN CHARACTER ACTOR AND STAR OF SNEAKERS, STEPHEN TOBOLOWSKY, TO TALK ABOUT PHIL ALDEN ROBINSON'S UNHERALDED MASTERPIECE. WE GO TO THE BOTTOM OF THE MONKEY CAGE WITH DR. WERNER BRANDES, TALKING ABOUT THE MAKING OF THE FILM, OUR FAVOURITE SCENES AND QUOTES AND UNPACK THE ECHOES OF SNEAKERS THROUGH MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE AND OCEAN'S ELEVEN. AFTER THIS PODCAST, THERE ARE NO MORE SECRETS.
L.A. CONFIDENTIAL
FOR THE FIRST EPISODE OF THIS ALL-NEW MONTHLY PODCAST HOSTS CHRIS CANDY, ROB BELUSHI AND BLAKE HOWARD ENLIST AWARD-WINNING CRIME AUTHOR, SCREENWRITER AND ARCHITECT BEHIND THE “L.A CONFIDENTIAL” T.V PILOT TO POUR OVER ALL THE REASONS THAT FIND US RETURNING BACK TO CURTIS HANSON’S LOS ANGELES IN 1953. WE GO ON THE RECORD ABOUT THE BEST SCENES, CHARACTERS, PERFORMANCES AND LINES AS WELL AS JAMES ELLROY AND WHEN JORDAN WOULD SET THE L.A CONFIDENTIAL PILOT IF HE HAD HIS TIME AGAIN.