by Margo Donohue | Nov 28, 2023 | Podcast
What a Creep Season 22, Episode 9 Keith Raniere/Nxivm (Replay) & Russell Brand Updates! Happy day after Thanksgiving to everyone in the US! Since Sonia has now watched both seasons of “The Vow,” we thought it would be a good time to replay our episode...
by Margo Donohue | Nov 26, 2023 | Podcast
Book Vs. Movie: Home for the Holidays The Short Story by Chris Radant & the 1995 Jodie Foster Film The Margos are getting into the holiday spirit with the cult classic Home for the Holidays, based on a 1991 short story by Chris Radant, directed by Jodie Foster....
by Margo Donohue | Nov 20, 2023 | Podcast
What a Creep Season 22, Episode 8 Crisis Pregnancy Centers What started as a bunch of small, locally-run crisis pregnancy centers to discourage women from getting abortions has grown into an anti-abortion movement with political clout and government funding. These...
by Margo Donohue | Nov 19, 2023 | Podcast
Book Vs. Movie: The Old Man and the Sea The 1952 Short Story by “Papa” & the 1958 Spencer Tracy Film In this episode, the Margos review Ernest Hemingway’s 1952 novella “The Old Man and the Sea” and its 1958 film adaptation featuring Spencer...
by Margo Donohue | Nov 13, 2023 | Podcast
What a Creep Season 22, Episode 7 Mark Schwahn “One Tree Hill showrunner and creep! One Tree Hill was a popular CW show that had all the ingredients for success – attractive actors, dramatic storylines, a complex timeline, and was filmed in North Carolina....
by Margo Donohue | Nov 13, 2023 | Podcast
Book Vs. Movie: Sweet Smell of Success Ernest Lehman was an accomplished writer and adapter of material for the screen, known for his work on movies such as Hello Dolly!, The King and I, and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? In 1950, he wrote an original short story,...
by Margo Donohue | Nov 6, 2023 | Podcast
What a Creep Season 22, Episode 6 TMZ Just in case you don’t know what TMZ is: It’s a tabloid news organization. They have a website, a TV show, and a webcast. It’s known for breaking celebrity gossip like Mel Gibson’s antisemitic rant during his...
by Margo Donohue | Nov 5, 2023 | Podcast
Book Vs. Movie: The Gambler The 1978 Song & Kenny Rogers as The Gambler TV Movie Yee ha! The Margos’ latest episode is all about the Kenny Rogers classic “The Gambler.” The song was written in 1976 by Don Schlitz, who was only 26 years old at the...
by Margo Donohue | Oct 30, 2023 | Podcast
What a Creep Season 22, Episode 5 The Salt Creek Kidnappings (Real-Life Wolf Creek) In 2016, two backpackers traveling through Australia teamed up to check out the Salt Creek region of South Australia through the Gumtree website (kind of like Craig’s List for...
by Margo Donohue | Oct 29, 2023 | Podcast
Book Vs. Movie: Misery The 1987 Stephen King Novel Vs. the 1990 Classic Movie The Margos and special guest Alex Steed of the You Are Good film podcast discuss one of the best Stephen King adaptations ever–1990’s Misery. In both the novel and...