Johnny Dangerously: Michael Keaton's Forgotten Comedy Masterpiece

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Michael Keaton was making people lose their minds in a gangster parody so dense with jokes it makes Airplane! look restrained. Brian is joined by special guest KT Baldassaro to dig into the 1984 cult classic Johnny Dangerously — a PG-13 movie that somehow snuck in an exploding-balls PSA, and Weird Al Yankovic losing his VHS rights over money.

They break down why the film works more like an SNL sketch marathon than a traditional comedy, why Joe Piscopo was actually a star in 1984, the infamous "fargin ice holes" of Maroney, Amy Heckerling's wild career trajectory from Fast Times to this to Clueless, Danny DeVito playing basically pre-Batman Penguin, and the deeply confusing love-it-or-hate-it divide in Letterboxd reviews.

CHAPTERS:

Introduction [00:00]
Welcome to the Cinema Psychos Show [00:36]
Discussing Johnny Dangerously [01:51]
Housekeeping and Calls to Action [03:22]
Synopsis of Johnny Dangerously [04:00]
The Parody Element of Johnny Dangerously [05:45]
Michael Keaton's Career Context [09:02]
Diving into the Plot [14:13]
1. Review: The Movie is Great [59:40]
2. Review: Disappointment with the Jokes [01:00:45]
3. Review: Mixed Feelings about the Humor [01:05:44]
Final Review and Conclusion [01:09:14]
KT's New Projects [01:14:30]