263 - Space Jam (feat. Mackenna Goodrich) (Patreon)

Mackenna Goodrich (Informed Attraction) and the lads hop in their spaceships and make for the center of the Earth as they cover the crossover event of 1996: Space Jam. Topics include the dual origins of Michael Jordan/the Looney Tunes, the horrors of October baseball, and what it means to make a movie exclusively targeted at marketing execs.

Mackenna Goodrich: Bluesky // Instagram

Informed Attraction: A podcast about how the TV teaches us about beauty, body image, and how to feel about ourselves. Hosted by Mackenna Goodrich and Dr. Aubrey Hoffer, PhD.

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Media Referenced in this Episode:

Space Jam. Dir. Joe Pytka. 1996.

The Last Dance. Dir. Jason Hehir. ESPN. 2020.

Hare Jordan Ad

“His Airness vs. air: The making of 'Space Jam' Jordan conquers another challenge: the movies” by David Haugh. Chicago Tribune. September 10th, 2009.

“Nostalgia Has Tricked Us Into Thinking 'Space Jam' Wasn't A Cynical Money Grab” by Maxwell Strachan. Huffington Post. November 15th, 2016.

“Space Jam’s character ruining tackiness” by Nathan Rabin. The Dissolve. September 13th, 2013.

“Space Jam Forever: The Website That Wouldn’t Die” by Erik Malinowski. Rolling Stone. August 19th, 2015.

“The Oral History of Space Jam” by Ian Failes. Cartoon Brew. November 15th, 2016.

“Twenty years later, ‘Space Jam’ is the movie we never knew we needed” by Elahe Izadi. The Washington Post. November 15th, 2016.

“What’s Up, Doc” by Radiolab.

TWOAPW theme by Brendan Dalton: Patreon // brendan-dalton.com // brendandalton.bandcamp.com

Interstitial: “The Autograph Theatre (a subsidiary of Warner Brothers which is a subsidiary of Skydance which is a subsidiary of Dave Ellison’s inferiority complex) Presents: Do Your Dance, a modern retelling of the Space Jam myth with added commentary on the existence of advertising in art and the net effect of selling out your integrity in the face of that sweet, sweet merch money: A Looney Fantasia on Subterranean Themes written and performed by the Road Runner” // Written and Performed by A.J. Ditty

Episode edited by Josh Boerman. Interstitial edited by A.J. Ditty. Produced and hosted by Josh Boerman, A.J. Ditty, and Brian Alford. This podcast was recorded under a SAG-AFTRA Agreement.