Tag: Star Wars Minute

  • SxSwJ&D on NxNW

    Scene by Scene with Josh & Dean is making a seven-episode cameo on another podcast! Josh and Dean are excited to be part of a team of other movies-by-minute podcasters, on The Hitchcock Minute, who are breaking down the classic Alfred Hitchcock thriller North by Northwest. J&D were given the movie’s final seven minutes, which of course famously take place on the face of Mount Rushmore. Juicy material!

  • AS 29: Part of the Story (with Alex Robinson)

    American Splendor scene #29 (1:31:12 to 1:37:31) — Alex Robinson of Star Wars Minute joins Josh & Dean for the final scene of the film! (Well, actually, six little “scenelets.”) It's one year later, and Harvey & Joyce sign Our Cancer Year. Harvey is declared cancer-free! They adopt Danielle, and Harvey adjusts to being a parent (of a sort). The real Harvey retires from the VA hospital, and the movie ends with a group hug.

  • AS 18: Skipping the Whole Courtship Thing

    American Splendor scene #18 (44:33 to 49:07) — Harvey takes Joyce to his apartment, where it is abundantly clear that he has a “serious problem with cleanliness.” Joyce shrugs if off, and they sit down on the couch and begin to get… intimate. Suddenly Joyce is overcome with a bout of nausea and vomiting. A concerned Harvey offers her chamomile tea. Charmed, Joyce suggests they “skip the whole courtship thing and get married”!

  • AS 1: 1950 — Our Story Begins

    American Splendor's prologue (0:00 to 1:24) opens in the year 1950. It’s Halloween and an 11-year-old Harvey Pekar refuses to be a superhero.