Episode 29: Randal Kleiser on Grease, Flight of the Navigator, and Drawing Directors

Frank Tarzi, Senior Vice President of Acquisitions and Business Developer at Kino Lorber, returns to Cereal At Midnight for an EXCLUSIVE look at what's coming from Kino on 2024! Frank talks 4Ks, improved releases, Columbo, breaking announcements, and so much more!  View the video version of this podcast athttps://youtu.be/_dUzqaW-aFs Frank Tarzi Interview #1: https://youtu.be/MfFCws4M_gg?si=KTu9xy_OhlAyHJkq Frank Tarzi Interview #2: https://youtu.be/h9t0JWwUqhk?si=WiDAUsWGbHAufusz Every Kino Lorber spotlight video: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLms82QIo-B9m3xP_xBoKvqUSYQcUMsFdc **************************************************************** Find the Cereal at Midnight Podcast wherever you download your podcasts! If it's not there yet, we're working on it! It can already been found on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn, the Podbean app, Amazon Music/Audible, iHeart Radio, PlayerFM, Samsung, and Podchaser! Please subscribe, rate, and review! Review Archive: CerealAtMidnight.com/p/reviews.html Shop: CerealAtMidnight.Threadless.com Ebay.com/usr/cerealatmidnight Patreon.com/CerealAtMidnight Facebook.com/CerealMidnight Twitter: CerealMidnight Instagram: CerealMidnight TikTok: OfficialCerealAtMidnight Letterboxd: CerealAtMidnite **************************************************************** When shopping on Amazon, please consider using Cereal At Midnight's affiliate link to support the channel: https://amzn.to/3LAgnlt

Matt Patterson returns to Cereal At Midnight to talk about physical media, what he learned during his many years at Warner Archive, the state of the entertainment industry, and his latest project, LUNAMANCER! You don't want to miss this one.  View the video version at https://youtu.be/BcijrNQkaZQ Lunamancer.com Lunamancer on Amazon https://amzn.to/3QVLfil MrMattPatterson on Twitter and Instagram **************************************************************** Find the Cereal at Midnight Podcast wherever you download your podcasts! If it's not there yet, we're working on it! It can already been found on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn, the Podbean app, Amazon Music/Audible, iHeart Radio, PlayerFM, Samsung, and Podchaser! Please subscribe, rate, and review! Review Archive: CerealAtMidnight.com/p/reviews.html Shop: CerealAtMidnight.Threadless.com Ebay.com/usr/cerealatmidnight Patreon.com/CerealAtMidnight Facebook.com/CerealMidnight Twitter: CerealMidnight Instagram: CerealMidnight TikTok: OfficialCerealAtMidnight Letterboxd: CerealAtMidnite **************************************************************** When shopping on Amazon, please consider using Cereal At Midnight's affiliate link to support the channel: https://amzn.to/3LAgnlt

Michael Witwer may know more about Dungeons & Dragons than just about anyone alive today. After all, he's the biographer of D&D creator Gary Gygax and he's written multiple groundbreaking chronicles of the famed tabletop game. Now he joins Cereal At Midnight to talk about the history behind LORE & LEGENDS...and beyond! View the video version at https://youtu.be/6Nbq_-c5weI Book Links: Lore & Legends  https://amzn.to/499VPJG Art & Arcana https://amzn.to/3tCRVsv  The Legend of Drizzt Visual Dictionary: https://amzn.to/471dO33 Heroes Feast https://amzn.to/495dnGY Heroes Feast 2: Flavors of the Multiverse https://amzn.to/3MjM3uL Empire of Imagination: Gary Gygax and the Birth of Dungeons & Dragons: https://amzn.to/475PgG7 Vivian Van Tassel and the Secret of Midnight Lake https://amzn.to/3tRinP8 empireofimagination.com @mikewitwer on twitter unearthedarcanist on Instagram Cereal At Midnight Review of Art & Arcana https://youtu.be/_OYTCXXiGnE **************************************************************** Find the Cereal at Midnight Podcast wherever you download your podcasts! If it's not there yet, we're working on it! It can already been found on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn, the Podbean app, Amazon Music/Audible, iHeart Radio, PlayerFM, Samsung, and Podchaser! Please subscribe, rate, and review! Review Archive: CerealAtMidnight.com/p/reviews.html Shop: CerealAtMidnight.Threadless.com Ebay.com/usr/cerealatmidnight Patreon.com/CerealAtMidnight Facebook.com/CerealMidnight Twitter: CerealMidnight Instagram: CerealMidnight TikTok: OfficialCerealAtMidnight Letterboxd: CerealAtMidnite **************************************************************** When shopping on Amazon, please consider using Cereal At Midnight's affiliate link to support the channel: https://amzn.to/3LAgnlt

Patrick McDonough is the editor behind HOT IRON AND COLD BLOOD - An Anthology of the Weird West, a brand new horror collection from Death's Head Press. In this interview, Heath talks with Patrick and author R.J. Joseph about why horror and westerns work so well together! View the video version here:https://youtu.be/0vNRIDxpFhA Hot Iron and Cold Blood on Amazon: https://amzn.to/46NnnDn https://twitter.com/PRMcDonough deadheadspace.com Dead_Headspace https://www.facebook.com/GenreBlackademiaPodcast/ https://twitter.com/rjacksonjoseph @GenreBlackPod **************************************************************** Find the Cereal at Midnight Podcast wherever you download your podcasts! If it's not there yet, we're working on it! It can already been found on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn, the Podbean app, Amazon Music/Audible, iHeart Radio, PlayerFM, Samsung, and Podchaser! Please subscribe, rate, and review! Review Archive: CerealAtMidnight.com/p/reviews.html Shop: CerealAtMidnight.Threadless.com Ebay.com/usr/cerealatmidnight Patreon.com/CerealAtMidnight Facebook.com/CerealMidnight Twitter: CerealMidnight Instagram: CerealMidnight TikTok: OfficialCerealAtMidnight Letterboxd: CerealAtMidnite **************************************************************** When shopping on Amazon, please consider using Cereal At Midnight's affiliate link to support the channel: https://amzn.to/3LAgnlt

A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving celebrates its 50th anniversary with a brand new soundtrack release! Jason and Sean Mendelson, sons of iconic Peanuts animation producer Lee Mendelson, tell us how they discovered the original session tapes and why this Vince Guaraldi music has never sounded better! Order the CD, Vinyl or digital album here: https://youtu.be/5LA_uPNtN1o Watch the video version of this podcast here:https://youtu.be/xrhXMLoRY_w **************************************************************** Find the Cereal at Midnight Podcast wherever you download your podcasts! If it's not there yet, we're working on it! It can already been found on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn, the Podbean app, Amazon Music/Audible, iHeart Radio, PlayerFM, Samsung, and Podchaser! Please subscribe, rate, and review! Review Archive: CerealAtMidnight.com/p/reviews.html Shop: CerealAtMidnight.Threadless.com Ebay.com/usr/cerealatmidnight Patreon.com/CerealAtMidnight Facebook.com/CerealMidnight Twitter: CerealMidnight Instagram: CerealMidnight TikTok: OfficialCerealAtMidnight Letterboxd: CerealAtMidnite **************************************************************** When shopping on Amazon, please consider using Cereal At Midnight's affiliate link to support the channel: https://amzn.to/3LAgnlt

Horror journalist Jason Bene has contributed to Fangoria, Gorezone, and Delirium Magazine, but now he's also working with Culture Shock Releasing to bring rare and cult movies to physical media! Tune in for some cool announcements and LOTS of collector talk! Video Version: https://youtu.be/HFe8HXJ5afU   Cultureshockreleasing.com graveface.com deliriummagazine.com **************************************************************** Review Archive: CerealAtMidnight.com/p/reviews.html Shop: CerealAtMidnight.Threadless.com Ebay.com/usr/cerealatmidnight Patreon.com/CerealAtMidnight Facebook.com/CerealMidnight Twitter: CerealMidnight Instagram: CerealMidnight TikTok: OfficialCerealAtMidnight Letterboxd: CerealAtMidnite **************************************************************** When shopping on Amazon, please consider using Cereal At Midnight's affiliate link to support the channel: https://amzn.to/3LAgnlt

Heath is joined by Laurel and Hardy author, commentator, and expert Randy Skretvedt for a conversation about the multiple film restoration projects and Blu-ray releases that are wowing fans. Now is a great time to celebrate the timeless comedy duo and their hilarious legacy.    Laurel and Hardy: The Magic Behind the Movies: https://amzn.to/3ZrSdOS Bonaventurepress.com teftellerpublishing.com Laurel and Hardy Year One: The 1927 Silents https://amzn.to/3PKIdge Laurel Or Hardy https://amzn.to/3PMIO1e Laurel and Hardy: The Definitive Restorations https://amzn.to/3PsbL0N   **************************************************************** Review Archive: CerealAtMidnight.com/p/reviews.html Shop: CerealAtMidnight.Threadless.com Ebay.com/usr/cerealatmidnight Patreon.com/CerealAtMidnight Facebook.com/CerealMidnight Twitter: CerealMidnight Instagram: CerealMidnight TikTok: OfficialCerealAtMidnight Letterboxd: CerealAtMidnite **************************************************************** When shopping on Amazon, please consider using Cereal At Midnight's affiliate link to support the channel: https://amzn.to/3LAgnlt

40 years ago, Saturday morning cartoons leveled up with the arrival of Dungeons & Dragons, an animated series that ran weekly from 1983-1985. Cereal At Midnight celebrates this iconic cartoon by talking to Mark Evanier, the man who wrote the series bible and developed the show for television! Watch the video version here: https://youtu.be/X-jVZFjWRlU Mark Evanier's Website: NewsFromMe.com **************************************************************** Review Archive: CerealAtMidnight.com/p/reviews.html Shop: CerealAtMidnight.Threadless.com Ebay.com/usr/cerealatmidnight Patreon.com/CerealAtMidnight Facebook.com/CerealMidnight Twitter: CerealMidnight Instagram: CerealMidnight TikTok: OfficialCerealAtMidnight Letterboxd: CerealAtMidnite **************************************************************** When shopping on Amazon, please consider using Cereal At Midnight's affiliate link to support the channel: https://amzn.to/3LAgnlt

Heath sits down with Jesse Nelson, co-founder of DiabolikDVD, Cauldron Films, and Exhumed Films for a discussion about physical media, cult movies, the boutique Blu-ray boom! View the video version here: https://youtu.be/tebXUIDBl_Y Jesse's Links: https://diabolikdvd.com https://www.cauldron-films.com https://twitter.com/diabolikdvd https://www.instagram.com/diabolikdvd/ https://www.facebook.com/DiabolikDVD/ https://letterboxd.com/diabolikjn/ https://www.instagram.com/cauldron_films/ https://www.facebook.com/cauldronfilms/ https://twitter.com/CauldronFilms https://www.youtube.com/@CauldronFilms https://exhumedfilms.wordpress.com Please subscribe, rate, and review! **************************************************************** Review Archive: CerealAtMidnight.com/p/reviews.html Shop: CerealAtMidnight.Threadless.com Ebay.com/usr/cerealatmidnight Patreon.com/CerealAtMidnight Facebook.com/CerealMidnight Twitter: CerealMidnight Instagram: CerealMidnight TikTok: OfficialCerealAtMidnight Letterboxd: CerealAtMidnite **************************************************************** When shopping on Amazon, please consider using Cereal At Midnight's affiliate link to support the channel: https://amzn.to/3LAgnlt

Heath is joined by Ralph Tribbey (DVDandBlurayReleaseReport.com) for a discussion about Bob Iger's masterplan for Disney: a two-year mission of domination in which almost everything is expendable. Love 'em or hate 'em, Disney is changing the future of entertainment right now. Watch the video version of this episode HERE: https://youtu.be/HnFYRQ35Qsg Find Ralph's work at DVDandBluRayReleaseReport.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/DVDBlurayReport When shopping on Amazon, please consider using Cereal At Midnight's affiliate link to support the channel: https://amzn.to/3LAgnlt Find the Cereal at Midnight Podcast wherever you download your podcasts! If it's not there yet, we're working on it! It can already been found on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn, the Podbean app, Amazon Music/Audible, iHeart Radio, PlayerFM, Samsung, and Podchaser! Please subscribe, rate, and review! Review Archive: CerealAtMidnight.com/p/reviews.html Shop: CerealAtMidnight.Threadless.com Ebay.com/usr/cerealatmidnight Patreon.com/CerealAtMidnight Facebook.com/CerealMidnight Twitter: CerealMidnight Instagram: CerealMidnight TikTok: OfficialCerealAtMidnight Letterboxd: CerealAtMidnite