Special Intro: Comedian Baron Vaughn  Film at 11: Movie Pass, Movie Crash (2024, MAX)  Book IT: Born Standing Up (2007) by Steve Martin  Scroll with it: Boeing and SpaceX are going places (in space). Alamo Drafthouse is the frontline of the changing media landscape. Friday is Flag Day and Sunday is Father’s Day. We wish you all a great celebration this weekend!  Show Notes: https://bit.ly/tms61124

Special Intro: The late great Caroll Spinney - the puppeteer behind Big Bird  Film at 11: Back to Black (2024)  Book IT: Bridge to Bat City (2024) by Ernest Cline  Scroll with it: Northwestern Football has a temporary stadium, Apple’s Airtags save the day, Steve is back from Budapest, and Chicago Blues Fest is this weekend.  Get out there. Find a way to connect with your community and your family. Happy Summer, everyone!  Show Notes: https://bit.ly/tms6424

Film at 11: Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (2024) Book IT: V for Vendetta (1982) written by Alan Moore and illustrated by David Lloyd  Scroll with it: Steve’s in Budapest this week. Streaming seems to be entering a consolidation phase. You can now get MAX on your Disney+ subscription and Major League Baseball games on Roku TV.  Show Notes: https://bit.ly/tms52824

Special Intro: Gates McFadden - Dr. Crusher from Star Trek  Film at 11: IF (2024)  Book IT: Star Trek: Picard: Firewall (2024) by David Mack  Scroll with it: All eyes on AI this week with Google I/O 2024 rolling out their latest version of Gemini and OpenAI giving the world ChatGPT 4o. It’s Geek Pride Day this weekend. Get out and show your pride!  Show Notes: https://bit.ly/tms52124

Special Intro: Audrey Niffenegger – Author of The Time Traveler’s Wife  Film at 11: Challengers (2024)  Book IT: Generation Gap: Why the Baby Boomers Still Dominate American Politics and Culture (2022) by Kevin Munger  Scroll with it: Apple has a new faster, thinner, nicer iPad. Boy Scouts of America is changing their name to Scouting America. Mark Hamill is coming to Chicago this Summer.  Show Notes: https://bit.ly/tms51424

Special Intro: Neve McIntosh - Madame Vastra from Doctor Who  Film at 11: The Fall Guy (2024)  Adventures in a Black Box: Joe Turner’s Come and Gone by August Wilson (The Goodman Theatre) Book IT: Get Married: Why Americans Must Defy the Elites, Forge Strong Families, and Save Civilization (2024) by Brad Wilcox  Scroll with it: It’s graduation time for the class of 2024. We are so proud of you all! Caleb Williams is a Chicago Bear. Doctor Who is coming to Disney+ this week. Get ready for...

Special Intro: Ben Hollis – Host of Wild Chicago on WTTW in Chicago   Film at 11: Sasquatch Sunset (2024)  Book IT: As I Knew Him: My Dad, Rod Serling (2013) by Anne Serling  Scroll with it: It’s graduation time for the class of 2024. We are so proud of you all! Streaming TV is changing and net neutrality is back. Happy #Maythe4th this week along with #FreeComicBookDay, #CincodeMayo, and Orthodox Easter. That is a recipe for a great weekend. Show Notes: https://bit.ly/tms43024

Special Intro: Filmmaker David Giancola  Film at 11: The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare (2024)  Book IT: The Origins of Woke: Civil Rights Law, Corporate America, and the Triumph of Identity Politics (2023) by Richard Hanania  Scroll with it: Endless Shrimp may end Red Lobster. Celebrate this weekend with Chicago’s big convention, C2E2, and the rebirth of Arena Football!  Show Notes: https://bit.ly/tms42324

Special Intro: “Blue” Lou Marini  Film at 11: Civil War (2024)  Book IT: The Blues Brothers: An Epic Friendship, the Rise of Improv, and the Making of an American Film Classic (2024) by Daniel de Visé  Scroll with it: It’s the 16th today, Dear. Happy 60th Anniversary to Sybil and Basil Fawlty tomorrow, the 17th of April. Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt argues in his new book The Anxious Generation, replacing play and exploration with screen-scrolling isolation has led to an epidemic of...

Film at 11: Wicked Little Letters (2024)  Book IT: Chicago (2016) by Brian Doyle  Scroll with it: Our Guest, Ben Hollis, ran the streets of Chicago (literally) on his local public television program Wild Chicago from 1989 to 1992 and won eight local Emmy awards for his inspiring story CATCHING and zany style. Friend of the show, Deidre Struck has a recording release party on April 10.  Her new album is The Year of Lost and Found (A Pand’opera)  Show Notes: https://bit.ly/tms4924

Special Intro: Kevin Murphy - from MST3K and Rifftrax   Film at 11: Anyone But You (2023)  Book IT: The Naked Clone (2023) by Conor Lastowka, Michael J. Nelson, Kevin Murphy, Bill Corbett, and Sean Thomason  Scroll with it: We have a full week of celestial celebrations and basketball. Make your plans to see the solar eclipse on April 8, 2024. Don’t miss it!!  Show Notes: https://bit.ly/tms4224

Special Intro: Musician Tom “Bones” Malone  Film at 11: Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024)  Book IT: Watchmen (1986) by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons  Scroll with it: Steve had a great weekend with “Blue” Lou Marini, Tom “Bones” Malone, and Bruce Campbell. We wish a joyous Holy Week to all who celebrate. Make your plans to see the solar eclipse on April 8, 2024. Don’t miss it!!  Show Notes: https://bit.ly/tms32624

Special Intro: Luke Gygax - Chairman of Gary Con  Film at 11: Cabrini (2024)  Adventures in a Black Box: Steve’s 20th annual Winter Musical – Disney’s Aladdin  Book IT: Columbus Day (2016) by Craig Alanson  Scroll with it: Liberty and Safety are still locked in a battle. Keurig hopes to replace the plastic waste. Doctor Who’s release date was set this week and it comes with a big change in access. It’s Election Day in Illinois, The NCAA Tournament begins tonight, Gary Con XVI Starts Thursday,...

Special Intro: Brian O’Halloran - Dante Hicks from CLERKS (1994)  Film at 11: Damsel (2024)   Book IT: Broken Money: Why Our Financial System is Failing Us and How We Can Make it Better (2023) by Lyn Alden  Scroll with it: SpaceX reported to the FCC that their Starlink satellites are ready to be used on iPhone, Pixel, and Samsung Galaxy Devices. President Biden says he is ready to ban TikTok in the United States if it is not sold to a US company. Kevin O’Leary is interested. Thursday is 3.14...

Special Intro: Jonathan Frakes - Will Riker from Star Trek  Film at 11: Dune: Part 2 (2024)  Book IT: Making It So (2023) by Patrick Stewart  Scroll with it: Spotify is offering audiobooks in the most frustrating way. Apple TV+ is building up a library of classic movies. It turns out sports gambling may be a gateway drug.  Show Notes: https://bit.ly/tms3524

Special Intro: Brian Brushwood  Film at 11: Drive-Away Dolls (2024)  Book IT: The Future (2023) by Naomi Alderman  Scroll with it (of the Future): Is mall culture over? Can A.I. predict weather? What is the future of work? It’s time to get knowledge. Grab a copy of Pamela Bedore’s new book, The Routledge Introduction to Canadian Crime Fiction this week.  Show Notes: https://bit.ly/tms22724

Special Intro: The iconic voice of Billy West    Film at 11: Bob Marley: One Love (2024) Adventures in a Black Box Something Rotten! (Feb 2024, Jacobs High School)  Book IT: Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany (2006) by Donald L. Miller   Scroll With IT: February 22 is Tex Avery Day. Modern medication is changing the conversation about behaviors, choices and free will.  Show Notes: https://bit.ly/tms22024

Special Intro: Executive Producer Amanda  Film at 11: Lisa Frankenstein (2024)  Book IT: Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever (2023) by Matt Singer   Scroll With IT: The FCC has outlawed AI-based robocalls, the auto industry is struggling with electric vehicles, and television may be dead. That’s futuristic! Happy Mardi Gras, Valentine’s Day and Presidents’ Day from your friends at Too Much Scrolling #TMSLovesYou  Show Notes: https://bit.ly/tms21324

Special Intro: Rob Paulsen - Pinky and Yakko from the Animaniacs  Film at 11: She is Conann (2023)   Adventures in a Black Box: Animaniacs in Concert  Book IT: Save The Cat! The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need (2005) by Blake Snyder  Scroll With IT: The US is retaliating, Education is reimagining, Germany is testing a four day work week, we celebrate the Super Bowl this week and we invite you all to join us in Chicago for Chronic Con 2024 this October.  Show Notes:...

Film at 11: Masters of the Air (2024)  Book IT: Influx (2014) by Daniel Suarez  Scroll With IT: Media is changing and history can be our guide to the future. Join us for the Krispy Kreme Challenge this Saturday in Raleigh, NC and Pickleball Slam 2 in Hollywood, FL this Sunday.  Show Notes: https://bit.ly/tms13024

Special Intro: Charlie Adler - amazing voice actor  Film at 11: I.S.S. (2023)  Book IT: The Science of Star Trek (2022) by Mark Brake  Scroll With IT: Electric vehicles are struggling in the cold, studies of viruses are something to keep an eye on, a researcher has shown how she can keep an eye on cryptocurrency and Billy Mitchell is once again the King of Kong.   Show Notes: https://bit.ly/tms12324

Special Intro: Greg Sestero – Author of The Disaster Artist  Film at 11: Mean Girls (2024)  Book IT: The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth About Extraordinary Results (2013) by Gary Keller and Jay Papasan  Scroll With IT: Apple Vision Pro is bringing spatial computing to 2024 and a Wisconsin brewery is bringing a 'Hot For Chancellor' beer after a UW-La Crosse chancellor was fired Show Notes: https://bit.ly/tms11624

Special Intro: Felicia Day  Film at 11: The Iron Claw (2023)  Book IT: Third Eye (2023, Audible) by Felicia Day  Scroll With IT: Congratulations to the winner of The College Football National Championship. What a game! Time to settle in and prepare for CES 2024 in Las Vegas and Martin Luther King Jr. Day this week.  Show Notes: https://bit.ly/tms1924

Special Intro: Author Robert J Sawyer  Film at 11: Ferrari (2023)  Book IT: The Downloaded (2023) by Robert J Sawyer   Scroll With IT: The zeitgeist of 2024 (so far) is all about intellectual property. Happy Public Domain Day, Mickey! A Joyous Epiphany to all who celebrate.  Show Notes: https://bit.ly/tms1224