Quaid In Full - Episodes Tagged with “Mickey Rooney”

S02E12: Bill On His Own

Sarah D Bunting — Thu, 10 Sep 2020 09:00:00 -0400

Bill manipulated us pretty effectively back in Episode 7 of this season; how well did the sequel do? This superfluous -- and anticlimactically un-Quaidish -- follow-up relies a great deal on how much viewers enjoy mid-'80s Helen Hunt; the harmonica; the redemption of some guy named Doug; and investigating early inspirations for the This Is Us killer crockpot. Join us for hot zoning action as we wrap up QIF's second season.

Overall score: 4.5
QQQ score: 2

SHOW NOTES

Want to help defray the costs of the pod, like getting a print of that Baretta episode made? Throw a few bucks in the hat at QIF's GoFundMe page!
If we're not going to hear The Dennissance, one of y'all should
People's review
The Times review
"Giving Nat a little what-for"

S02E10: Jaws 3D

Sarah D Bunting — Thu, 27 Aug 2020 09:00:00 -0400

Finally, one you've heard of! ...Unfortunately. 1983's third sequel to the classic Jaws features a mother/baby murder team, shark science a third-grader could debunk, dubious canoodling, the Texan-est Red Sox fan in film history, and 17 different arts-and-crafts dorsal fins, each shittier than the last. Why is Dennis Quaid hurling a golf-cart driver to the ground? Why are we talking about Celebration, FL? Should we have watched the movie with 3D glasses? Send a kid out for some SeaCorn(tm) and settle in for the latest Quaid In Full.

Overall score: 3
QQQ score: 4.75

SHOW NOTES

Want to help defray the costs of the pod, like getting a print of that Baretta episode made? Throw a few bucks in the hat at QIF's GoFundMe page!
If we're not going to hear The Dennissance, one of y'all should
All the crappy reviews of Jaws 3D in one place
Watch "the Zardoz of the sea" for yourselves

S02E07: Bill

Sarah D Bunting — Fri, 07 Aug 2020 09:00:00 -0400

The 1981 TV movie that netted Mickey Rooney an Emmy AND a Globe, Bill is a lot better than we expected: not too much Afterschool Special speechifying about mainstreaming (the movie), and not too much cringing (us). But it's not perfect -- character development occurs in an evening, and is denoted by The Shawl-Collar Sweater Of Adulthood -- and we struggled to rate the Quaidiferousness of a film that had Dennis Quaid in every scene, doing decent work...but miscast. Failing to listen to the Dennissance, grumbling about the cop-wife trope, and fantasy-costuming the Chippenquaids are just a few of the toupees we perched on this episode, so listen now.

Overall score: 6.25
QQQ score: 5

SHOW NOTES

Want to help defray the costs of the pod, like getting a print of that Baretta episode made? Throw a few bucks in the hat at QIF's GoFundMe page!
If we're not going to hear The Dennissance, one of y'all should
Bill and the sequel on DVD
The FB page for a documentary about the RL Bill Sackter