by Margo Donohue | Sep 3, 2021 | Podcast
What a Creep: Richard Scott Smith Season 12, Episode 5 The Love Fraud Creep Richard Scott Smith, the subject of the documentary Love Fraud, meets middle-aged women, love bombs them, and then drains them of their life savings. He moves on to the next con, leaving these...
by Margo Donohue | Sep 2, 2021 | Podcast
Book Vs Movie: “A Face in the Crowd” The Budd Schulberg Short Story Vs the Elia Kazan Classic Film Every once in a while we come across a story that was created decades ago and has themes that transcend time. This is the case with 1957’s A Face in...
by Margo Donohue | Aug 27, 2021 | Podcast
Book Vs Movie: “Dangerous Liaisons” The 1782 Novel Vs the 1985 Play & the 1988 Movie The Margos get a little sexy and wicked with this 1782 “libertine novel” from Pierre Chodlerlos de Laclos, a French writer and Army General who ten...
by Margo Donohue | Aug 27, 2021 | Podcast
What a Creep: Cullen Davis Season 12, Episode 4 Texas-Sized, True Crime Creepiness In the 1970s, Cullen Davis was one of the richest men ever charged for murder. He was so wealthy that he was able to outspend the entire State of Texas in his defense. Cullen was said...
by Margo Donohue | Aug 20, 2021 | Podcast
What a Creep: James Toback Season 12, Episode 3 Creepy Director James Toback is the writer and director of such movies as “The Pick-Up Artist,” “Black and White,” and “Two Girls and a Guy.” He was nominated for an Oscar for writing...
by Margo Donohue | Aug 19, 2021 | Podcast
Book Vs Movie: “Heartburn” The “Nora Ephron is a Queen” Episode Norah Ephron was one of the most celebrated writers of the 20th Century from her work as an essayist for Esquire to her best-selling novels and screenplays for...
by Margo Donohue | Aug 13, 2021 | Podcast
What a Creep: Eric Clapton Season 12, Episode 2 Old-Fashioned Rock Creep Eric Patrick Clapton is a musician of such renown; he is the only person inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame three times. He has won several Grammys and was given the Lifetime...
by Margo Donohue | Aug 10, 2021 | Podcast
Book Vs Movie: “Almost Famous” Based on several articles by Cameron Crowe in Rolling Stone Vs the 2000 film In 1973, writer Cameron Crowe was just your ordinary 16-year-old on the road with The Allman Brothers writing a cover story about the...
by Margo Donohue | Aug 6, 2021 | Podcast
What a Creep: Joe Francis Season 12, Episode 1 Founder of “Girls Gone Wild” & Mega Creep Joe Francis was the founder and creator of Girls Gone Wild, which made him a millionaire 10 times over. He has also been convicted of tax evasion, bribery, false...
by Margo Donohue | Aug 5, 2021 | Podcast
Book Vs Movie: “Dog Day Afternoon” The Classic Hollywood 1974 film Vs “The Boys in the Bank” from 1972 article from Life Magazine On August 22, 1972, John Wojtowicz and two accomplices entered a bank In Brooklyn at 450 Avenue P (in Gravesend)...