TMP353 HENRY GRIFFIN RETURNS WITH "BRENDA"

The award-winning filmmaker, screenwriter, and college professor returns to discuss "Brenda," his new feature film playing at the Prytania Theater at Canal Place starting November 13. Having weathered the storm of the only episode collapse in the podcast's history, Henry knows all too well he could be in for some choppy waters as he climbs aboard with the Troubled Men.

Topics include a custom Red Vines explanation, Halloween, Mike Ditka RIP, Susan St. James RIP, rollercoaster mayhem, a failed execution, an airplane attack, a police encounter, "Digger," Elizabeth Holmes, subtitles, a time capsule, movie trailers, marketing, "Jaws," parenting, Richard Linklater, Jamie Neumann, "The Deuce," child actors, dead guests, "Slacker," "Living In Oblivion," Gerald Herbert, video playback, editing, "Who Shot The La-La," Oliver Reed, "The Devils," and much more.

Intro Music: "Just Keeps Raining" by Styler/Coman

Break Music: "Factory For Stars" from "Hope Is Not For The Weak" by the Geraniums

Outro Music: "She Put The Hurt On Me" by Prince La La

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Chapters

• (00:00:15) - Welcome and Red Vines mystery package
• (00:03:22) - Halloween candy plans
• (00:04:49) - Celebrity deaths: Mike Ditka and Susan St. James
• (00:07:57) - Six Flags roller coaster deaths and injuries
• (00:10:53) - Christina Pike's botched execution
• (00:12:54) - Selma Blair plane biting incident and band memories
• (00:15:30) - Florida youth soccer prodigy controversy
• (00:17:07) - Discussing Digger and introducing guest Henry Griffin
• (00:18:38) - Henry Griffin's background and snake-bit booking history
• (00:21:04) - Digger vs. the Elizabeth Holmes documentary
• (00:25:53) - Gen Z movie habits and subtitles obsession
• (00:28:32) - Henry's filmmaking journey and the movie Brenda
• (00:30:14) - Period setting, marijuana culture, and pre-internet era
• (00:34:37) - Trailers, marketing, and the decline of film quality
• (00:37:11) - History of New Hollywood and too many producers
• (00:40:47) - Tom Cruise connection and fundraising for Brenda
• (00:42:52) - Podcast support break and sponsor plugs
• (00:48:31) - Brenda's title origin and drug dealer euphemisms
• (00:49:25) - Making Brenda: producers, budget, and cast
• (00:57:44) - New Orleans film culture and troubled men podcast guests who died
• (01:01:35) - Shooting schedule challenges and Louisiana tax incentives
• (01:04:54) - Nikki Cat's role and Henry stepping in as actor
• (01:09:05) - Film editing, video playback history, and finishing Brenda
• (01:12:19) - Who Shot the La La song and New Orleans music tangents
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