So every once in a while we like to do an episode of the show called “is this a bad movie?” The funny part is that usually when we pick movie for that series, we know it’s a movie that many consider good, but that we feel like we have a chance to convince people it’s not. This is not one of those episodes. See, we know 1981’s The Cannonball Run is a bad movie. It’s actually pretty obvious that it’s a bad movie. But somehow, it’s beloved nonetheless. At least by some people. So on today’s episode Mav and Wayne invite returning guest Stephanie Siler as well as new guests Dan Grote and Nathan Scoll to work through a film that against all odds seems to be a cinematic classic and figure out if there is any redeeming value to it and why they “just don’t make like they used to”. Or maybe they do… because somewhere along the way we’re going to try to convince you that the spiritual successor to Cannonball Run is The Phoenician Scheme. Yep, that’s what we said. How do we get there? Listen and find out and then give us your thoughts in the comments below.
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