Live Up to the Hype Tue, 12 May 2026 17:02:27 -0400 https://liveuptothehype.buzzsprout.com en-ca © 2026 Live Up to the Hype yes e37fc67f-f7c6-5385-8c2a-65cae6f337db Joel episodic false Welcome to Live Up to the Hype, the podcast where we take a look at tv, movies and theatre that have reputations for being "The Greatest of All Time!" or "The Worst Ever Made," to see if they are worthy of the praise or deserving of the scorn that is heaped upon them.  Everything has a reputation, not everything deserves it's reputation.  We're here to set the record straight!

]]> Buzzsprout (https://www.buzzsprout.com) Joel https://storage.buzzsprout.com/rrqti9uukt2uh7ey2sh5bqufv8je?.jpg Live Up to the Hype The Real Films of Christopher Guest The Real Films of Christopher Guest This week we're joined by the host of the "More Than Lucky," Podcast, Stephanie Lear.  

Christopher Guest has had one heck of a career, from music, to acting and beyond.  But what may be most interesting, is his directing career.  While he has directed several films, the five films he made between 1996-2016 all share several distinct hallmarks and qualities that make them unmistakalbe Guestian.  From returnign cast members, mockumentary style, improvisational script free run and gun shooting and the inevitable 'minglign scene,' these Guest comedies exist in a world unto themselves.  But do they live up to the hype?  Despite the critical and audeince consensus and awards, are these films that actually make us laugh, or are they so fammiliar that they just sort of feel nice and good?  That's what we're here to find out.  You don't want to miss this one, as you get five movies for the price one with this episode, where we rank the five real Christopher Guest movies, and determine whether or not, they Live Up to the Hype!

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]]> This week we're joined by the host of the "More Than Lucky," Podcast, Stephanie Lear.  

Christopher Guest has had one heck of a career, from music, to acting and beyond.  But what may be most interesting, is his directing career.  While he has directed several films, the five films he made between 1996-2016 all share several distinct hallmarks and qualities that make them unmistakalbe Guestian.  From returnign cast members, mockumentary style, improvisational script free run and gun shooting and the inevitable 'minglign scene,' these Guest comedies exist in a world unto themselves.  But do they live up to the hype?  Despite the critical and audeince consensus and awards, are these films that actually make us laugh, or are they so fammiliar that they just sort of feel nice and good?  That's what we're here to find out.  You don't want to miss this one, as you get five movies for the price one with this episode, where we rank the five real Christopher Guest movies, and determine whether or not, they Live Up to the Hype!

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]]> Joel Buzzsprout-19167113 Tue, 12 May 2026 17:00:00 -0400 5067 Christopher Guest, Parker Posey, Eugene Levy, Catherine O'hara, Bob Baliban, Jennifer Coolidge, Jane Lynch, Fred Willard, Ed Begley Jr., Mocumentary, Corky St. Clair, Improv, Comedy, Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show, A Mighty Wind, For Your Concideration 1 4 full false Napoleon Dynamite - 2004 Napoleon Dynamite - 2004 A ragtag band of would be filmmakers took over the town of Preston Idaho in the summer of 2003...what they did there, would change the world...for the better?  For the worse?  Definitely for the stranger, and the weirder.  A world full of Tots, Vote for Pedro Shirts and dancing awkwardly to Jameroquai.  Today we bring you a film so strange, so bizarre, and so baffling that it breaks algorithms.  Literally.  If you say you like or dislike this movie on a streaming service, it will just give up trying to guess what to recommend to you.  Yes, it's that strange.  Folks, we give you "Napoleon Dynamite!" 

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]]> A ragtag band of would be filmmakers took over the town of Preston Idaho in the summer of 2003...what they did there, would change the world...for the better?  For the worse?  Definitely for the stranger, and the weirder.  A world full of Tots, Vote for Pedro Shirts and dancing awkwardly to Jameroquai.  Today we bring you a film so strange, so bizarre, and so baffling that it breaks algorithms.  Literally.  If you say you like or dislike this movie on a streaming service, it will just give up trying to guess what to recommend to you.  Yes, it's that strange.  Folks, we give you "Napoleon Dynamite!" 

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]]> J J Grew Buzzsprout-18695426 Mon, 16 Feb 2026 16:00:00 -0500 5192 movie, indiefilm, Jamiroquai, indiemovie, lowbudgetfilm, buddycomedy, quirkycomedy, comingofage, teencomedy napoleondynamite, jaredhess, jerushahess, aaronruel, johnheder, prestonidaho, eframramirez, johngries, Diedrich Bader Rex Tina Majorino TinaMajorin 1 3 full false Apollo 13 - 1995 Apollo 13 - 1995 Probably the most American Movie that ever Americaned.  This inspirational true story about an Apollo mission where everything went wrong and the men and women who brought them home, will make you want to recite the pledge of allegiance in front of a flag while old glory unfurls behind you...at least that's what audiences though at the time.  31 years later, does this flick still send audience to the moon like Alice Kramden, or does it fail to get off the launch pad.  Tune in to find out!   "Gene...The Odyssey is Dying!"  If you know you know.

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]]> Probably the most American Movie that ever Americaned.  This inspirational true story about an Apollo mission where everything went wrong and the men and women who brought them home, will make you want to recite the pledge of allegiance in front of a flag while old glory unfurls behind you...at least that's what audiences though at the time.  31 years later, does this flick still send audience to the moon like Alice Kramden, or does it fail to get off the launch pad.  Tune in to find out!   "Gene...The Odyssey is Dying!"  If you know you know.

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]]> J J Grew Buzzsprout-18695369 Mon, 16 Feb 2026 16:00:00 -0500 4455 movies, tomhanks, garysinise, RonHoward,JimLovell, JeffreyKluger, WilliamBroylesJr., realism, courage, inspirational, triumphofthehumanspirit, TomHanks, BillPaxton, KevinBacon, EdHarris, apollo13, moonlanding, apollomissions, NASA, kennedyspacecenter, pat 1 2 full false Titanic 1997 Titanic 1997 It was the biggest movie of the year, it won all the awards, it blew up at the boxoffice, everyone you knew saw it in theatre's multiple times, and probably owned the two volume VHS set.  But is James Cameron's "Romeo and Juliet at Sea," really to big to fail?  Or does this movie sink upon rewatching?  Tune in to find out!

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]]> It was the biggest movie of the year, it won all the awards, it blew up at the boxoffice, everyone you knew saw it in theatre's multiple times, and probably owned the two volume VHS set.  But is James Cameron's "Romeo and Juliet at Sea," really to big to fail?  Or does this movie sink upon rewatching?  Tune in to find out!

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]]> Joel Buzzsprout-18695276 Mon, 16 Feb 2026 16:00:00 -0500 4399 #movie #jamescameron #titanic #celinedion #katewinslet #leonardodecaprio 1 1 full false