Zach welcomes MattyGhost (Musician/DJ, Composer of Ballyhoo Theme) and Andrew Bueno (Writer/Comedian) to the program for the Stereophonic sensation coming

Continue readingEp. 122: Fantasia (1940) or ‘Walt Disney’s Stereophonic LGBTIQA+ Heaven Symphony Show’

Zach and Rashmi get under the skin and over the langer lines as they take a close look at Hiroshi

Continue readingKowai- Chapter 5: The Face of Another (Tanín no Kao) (1966)

Zach and Rashmi must face off against a terrifying vampire blob from beyond the stars as they unpack Hajime Sato’s

Continue readingKowai- Chapter 4: Goke, Body Snatcher From Hell (1968)

Zach takes time to give a belated salute to the shows third birthday and to share some radio selections from

Continue readingEp. 120: Belated Birthday Bash- Celebrating Three Years & Three Radio Shows

Zach and Rashmi encounter the Mightiest Monster In All Creation as they navigate with the delight the world of Ishirō

Continue readingKowai- Chapter 3: Mosura (Mothra) (1961)

Zach welcomes aboard journalist and blogger Annette Bochenek (Hometowns to Hollywood) as the Ballyhoo embarks on it’s journey back to

Continue readingEp. 119: The Freshman (1925) or ‘We’re Just A Regular Podcast, Step Right Up and Call Us Speedy’

Zach and Rashmi continue their journey through Japanese Horror with a closer look at Eiji Tsuburaya and the Tokusatsu genre

Continue readingKowai- Chapter 2: The Invisible Man Appears (1949) & The Invisible Man Vs. the Human Fly (1957)

The Tour de Tati reaches the finish line as Sterling Cook and Zach Eastman say goodbye and hello to Monsieur

Continue readingTour de Tati- Chapter 6: Parade (1974) and The Shorts (1934-1946)

The Tour de Tati embarks on its Penultimate Pod. This time around, Zach and Sterling get stuck in and enjoy

Continue readingTour de Tati- Chapter 5: Trafic (1971)

Tune in and listen to this teaser for the upcoming YBR PRESENTS series, ‘KOWAI- A Look at The History of

Continue readingPREVIEW: YBR Presents KOWAI- A Look At The History of Japanese Horror

The Bally-Boo’s plan for a humorous Halloween capper is interrupted when an alien invasion jams our podcast signal with THE

Continue readingEp. 118: The Panic Podcast- A look at ‘The War of the Worlds’ by The Mercury Theater on the Air (Airdate: October 30th, 1938)

The Bally-BOO brings forth another ghastly tale as October carries on! Zach welcomes back filmmaker and podcaster Sterling Cook (CFVA,

Continue readingEp. 117: The Old Dark House (1932) or ‘Have a Potato’

The Bally-BOO marches on as Zach welcomes back Matt Willocks (Writer/Podcaster) for a return to the world of God’s and

Continue readingEp. 116: The Wolf Man (1941) or ‘Make a Note Twiddle: Record a Podcast’

The Bally-BOO is Back! 4 terrifying tales for October to tingle the spine and shiver the soul! The horror-thon begins

Continue readingEp. 115: Vampyr (1932) or ‘In The Flour Mill of Madness’

Zach welcomes back filmmaker and podcast pal Marshall Rosales to the program for an epic Two- Part discussion surrounding the

Continue readingEp. 114: Salt of the Earth (1954) Part II- The Production or ‘Strike 3’

Zach welcomes back Ballyhoo correspondent and ‘Fred MacMurray theorist’ Adam Jewell to hop on a Vespa and cruise through the

Continue readingEp. 112: Roman Holiday (1953) or ‘ Strike 1’

Zach welcomes actress and singer Victoria Gordon (No Soap Radio, Wednesday Night Cabaret) to help him solve a myste…. eh,

Continue readingEp. 111: The Thin Man (1934) or ‘Nick & Nora’s Infinite Cocktail List’

Zach welcomes back podcaster Ryan Frost (Reel Nerds Podcast) for trip through the rollicking sinful drama of Pre-Code Hollywood and

Continue readingEp. 110: Baby Face (1933) or ‘Hollywood Catches a Code”

Zach welcomes back the amazing Keith Scott (Voice Artist/ Historian, CARTOON VOICES OF THE GOLDEN AGE VOL. 1 and VOL.

Continue readingEp. 109: Here’s To Plain Speaking- A Study in Golden Age Hollywood Voices with Keith Scott

(Sinister Music Sting) Come closer…. The Ballyhoo wants to talk to you… Its host Zach and his guests Matt Willocks

Continue readingEp. 108: The Maltese Falcon (1941) or ‘The Dingus That Dreams Are Made Of’

Zach welcomes aboard the cast and crew of Punk Rock Horror Podcast (UndeadMateo, KrampusCody, and Jonathan Bigianti) to unravel the

Continue readingEp. 107: Island of Lost Souls (1932) or ‘What is the Lau-ghton? Not to Podcast!’

Zach welcomes Philip Gwynne Jones (Mystery Author, ‘The Nathan Sutherland Venetian Series’) aboard a spinning globe cascading through the wildest

Continue readingEp. 106: The Roaring Twenties (1939) or ‘We’re Just Wild About Cagneeeeyy’

Zach welcomes actor Tony Semczuk (No Soap Radio) onto the program to tackle a giant of film lovers as they

Continue readingEp. 105: The Killing (1956) or ‘Is A Person a Film Camera?’

Zach welcomes back the Man with All Takes, Adam Jewell (Writer, Ballyhoo Podcast Regular) to tackle The Man With No

Continue readingEp. 104: Per un pugno di dollari (A Fistful of Dollars) (1964) or ‘A Pod-ful of Takes’

Zach welcomes back podcaster Phil Vecchio (The Mandarian Orange Show, Alex P. Keaton Is My Friend) to deep dive into

Continue readingEp.103: This Island Earth (1955) or ‘It’s Just a Podcast, You Should Really Just Relax’

Zach welcomes back podcaster James Scully (Breaking Walls: The Wall Breakers Podcast, Burning Gotham) for a special bulletin from the

Continue readingEp. 102: Radio Revue- Our Mr. Dunning

Zach welcomes back the lovely likes of Cev Moore (Podcaster, ‘Talking Pictures TV’, ‘House of Hammer’, ‘Here Lies Amicus’) and

Continue readingEp. 101: House on Haunted Hill (1959) or ‘Emergo-Pod’

Zach assembles the lovely talents of return Ballyhoo-ers Chloe Riggs, Erin Mullane, Tyler Maybe, and Matthew Merback (Podcasters/ Friends) for

Continue readingEp. 100: Planet of the Apes (1968) or ‘Analysis of the Dawn of the Franchise of the Planet of the Apes’

Zach welcomes Smokey & Adam Roche (Podcasters, ‘All the Best Lines’, many many other shows) aboard a atrain filled with

Continue readingEp. 99: The Web (1947) or ‘All the Best Bendix’

Zach welcomes back the mighty Matt Merback (Actor, Disney Correspondent) for another trek through the wonderful world of Walt Disney

Continue readingEp. 93: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) or ‘Roy Disney and the Seven Panic Attacks’

It’s a crossover episode of massive proportions as YBR and RVP create an official combo episode! Join, Zach (Yesteryear Ballyhoo

Continue readingEp. 92: The Sheik (1921) or ‘Required Valentino Viewing with Erin & Chloe’

Zach welcomes back the Ballyhoo’s International Cinema champion Rashmi Menon to break into a Japanese double bill of the erratic

Continue readingEp. 91: Wonders of World Cinema- Double Trouble with Seijun Suzuki feat. Tōkyō nagaremono (Tokyo Drifter) (1966) & Koroshi no Rakuin (Branded to Kill) (1967)

The Bro talk resumes… and by that of course it means Zach welcomes back Tyler Maybee (Surrounded by A**holes, The

Continue readingEp. 90: The Marx Brothers Vol. II- From Boy Wonder to Broadway Blunder

Zach welcomes back Laura Leibowitz (President, International Jack Benny Fan Club) to chart the course of innovation that changed the

Continue readingEp. 89: The Jazz Singer (1927) or ‘You Ain’t Heard Nothing Yet… Again’

Zach welcomes back Rashmi Menon (Film Fan, World Cinema Correspondent) to navigate the Noir and New Wave goodness abound as

Continue readingEp. 87: Wonders of World Cinema- Le Samouraï (The Samurai) (1967) or ‘A Matter of Birds & Bullets’

Zach welcomes to the program author, historian, and voice artist Keith Scott (‘The Moose That Roared’, ‘The Adventures of Rocky

Continue readingEp. 85: The Podcast’s Are Full of Cuckoo’s- An Animated Chat with Keith Scott

The Tour de Tati has hit The Big City, but will Sterling and Zach get as lost as Hulot? Luckily

Continue readingTour de Tati- Chapter 4: PlayTime (1967)

Zach welcomes musician and podcaster Nate Runkel (Yo, That’s My Jawn) onto the show amid the chaos of a bustling

Continue readingEp. 73: A Thousand Clowns (1965) or “Yes Sir, It’s a Podcast. No Sir, Don’t Say Broadcast.”

Zach welcomes back podcaster Ryan Frost (Reel Nerds Podcast) to unfurl the legend of one of Golden Age Hollywood’s most

Continue readingEp. 72: Double Bill Dunne- Show Boat (1936) & My Favorite Wife (1940)

Zach welcomes Radio Personality and Old Time Radio Curator Walden Hughes (Yesterday USA, REPS, SPERDVAC) onto another turn of the

Continue readingEp. 71: Radio Revue- ‘Lux Radio Theater’ and The Legend of Gloria McMillan

Zach welcomes back filmmaker and film lover Matt Willocks (The Colorado Batcave) for a trip through the Montmartre district of

Continue readingEp. 70: Can-Can (1960) or ‘Pod and Let Pod, Cast and Let Cast’

Zach is joined by journalist and podcaster Corinne Westeman (Reel Nerds Podcast) for an excursion through Ma and Pa Bennet’s

Continue readingEp. 69: Pride and Prejudice (1940) or ‘The Unbearable Absence of Masterful Hand Flexing’

Zach welcomes back podcaster and master of brew Andrew Sanders (Pop Culture Brews, Surrounded by A**holes) to chat about the

Continue readingEp. 67: Hitch On The Run: A Look At The Themes Of ‘The 39 Steps’ (1935) & ‘North By Northwest’ (1959)

Zach welcomes podcaster and former comic writer Steve Noble (Talking Pictures TV Podcast) to the show for a night dedicated

Continue readingEp. 66: The Tingler (1959) or ‘Vincent V. Tingler: Dawn of Screaming’

The Tour de Tati cycles on as Zach and Sterling get lovingly lost in the sweet, poignant, and hilarious story

Continue readingTour de Tati- Chapter 3: Mon Oncle (My Uncle) (1958)

On a very special episode, Zach welcomes podcasters Chloe Riggs and Erin Mullane (Required Viewing with Erin and Chloe) to

Continue readingEp. 65: The Magnificent Ambersons (1942) or ‘It’s Not All True’

Zach enlists podcaster Darrel Lantz (Buck Benny OTR Podcast) to help him track down the trail of a “One of

Continue readingEp. 63: Winchester ’73 or ‘Mann of the West’

Zach enlists the help of return guests Tyler Maybee (Podcaster,’Pop Culture Brews’) and Matthew Merback (Actor and Film Critic, ‘The

Continue readingEp. 59: Disney in the 40’s : A Fun and Fancy Fhyuckin Free Episode

Zach is joined by podcaster Cheryl Jones (Movies Made Me, It’s on My List) to see the end of days

Continue readingEp. 58: The Horn Blows at Midnight (1945) or ‘Love in Doom…sday’

Zach welcomes back Abella Bala (Deadly Illusions, Antlers) to help referee the battle to end all battles in Golden Age

Continue readingEp. 57: ‘What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)’ or ‘Davis V. Crawford: Dawn of Hagsploitation’

Zach welcomes back actress and podcaster Erin Mullane (The Required Viewing Podcast- with Erin and Chloe) to be swept up

Continue readingEp. 56: ‘Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)’ or ‘Chaaaaarrrrrrrrrrgggeeee’

The Saga of Jacques Tati continues as Zach and Sterling indulge in the delight, genius, and comic artistry found at

Continue readingTour de Tati- Chapter 2: Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot (Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday) (1953)

Zach welcomes back podcaster and filmmaker Henry Jarvis (Reel Nerds Podcast, Artery and Vain) to dive into the expressionist landscape

Continue readingEp. 55: Wonders of World Cinema- ‘M’ (1931) or The Many Expressionism’s of Fritz Lang

Zach welcomes podcaster extraordinaire James Scully (Breaking Walls: The Wall Breakers Podcast) into the hallowed halls of Madison High for

Continue readingEp. 54: Old Time Radio Revue: ‘Our Miss Brooks’ or ‘The Laughs and Lessons from Madison High School’

Zach welcomes back return guest Pam Munter (Author, ‘Fading Fame’) to find out if fairy tales can come true and

Continue readingEp.53: ‘Young at Heart (1955)’ or ‘Four Daughters Minus One’

Zach is joined this week by internet radio broadcaster John Matthews aka Big John (The Glowing Dial with Big John

Continue readingEp. 51: Old Time Radio Revue: ‘Inner Sanctum Mysteries’ or ‘Can Lipton Tea Can Fix a Creaking Door?’

Zach welcomes back the 3 Time Ballyhoo Champion Adam Jewell (Previous Episodes on ‘Double Indemnity’, ‘The Searchers’, and ‘The Apartment’)

Continue readingEp. 50: ‘The Hustler (1961)’ or ‘Hey Norton, Look’s Like Felson Found Character!’

Zach welcomes podcaster and filmmaker Jay Alan Rickard (Dear Rowan, Sit a Spell) to have a closer look at the

Continue readingEp. 49: LGBTQ Double Bill: ‘Rebel Without a Cause (1955)’ & ‘The Children’s Hour (1961)’

Our Wonderful (?) Host, Zach Eastman, takes this week to celebrate the Ballyhoo’s first birthday, reveals what is to come,

Continue readingEp. 48: A Year in ‘Revue’ & A Double Dose of Radio Comedy

This week, on a very special GIGANTIC SIZED episode of the Ballyhoo that may go on for years, Zach is

Continue readingEp. 47: The Marx Brothers at Paramount (Seal Not Included)

The Bally-BOO! concludes a month of terror with a trip to the wintry north where some THING has been found

Continue readingEp. 46: ‘The Thing From Another World (1951)’ or ‘Poptimism in Frozen Hell’

The Bally-BOO! presses on with more talk to make the spine tingle and the nerves unsettled! This week Zach welcomes

Continue readingEp. 45: ‘The Invisible Man (1933)’ or ‘It’s An Una-versal Picture’

The Bally-BOO! presses on with more terrifying tales unfolding from cinemas past. This week Zach welcomes back Matt Willocks (The

Continue readingEp. 44: Dracula Double Bill: ‘Dracula (1931)’ and ‘Dracula (Spanish Version)(1931)’ or ‘A Matter of Transylvanian Interpretation’

The Ballyhoo becomes The Bally-Boo as the show kicks off an entire month of horror chatter. This week, Zach is

Continue readingEp. 43: ‘Bride of Frankenstein (1935)’ or ‘ A New World of Pods and Monsters… wait… that’s terrible… CUT!!’

Zach welcomes actor, voice artist, and film critic Matthew Merback (The Bipolar Critic) to have a jolly holiday through the

Continue readingEp. 42: ‘Mary Poppins (1964)’ or ‘The World Runs on Boom Time’ or ‘Supercalifragif***itydoo’

Zach is joined by actress and stand-up comic Abella Bala (Deadly Illusions, Antlers) to take a journey through the streets

Continue readingEp. 41: ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1961)’ or ‘A Matter of Audrey & Abella’ or ‘Pod…. casting… Loooonger than an hour…’

The Ballyhoo returns to Film Breakdowns! This week, Zach welcomes Sterling J. Cook (Filmmaker & CFVA Board Member) as the

Continue readingEp. 40: Wonders of World Cinema: Jour de fête’ (The Big Day) or The Tour de Tati

On this very special 39th episode of the Ballyhoo, Zach pays tribute to the man who never aged past 39…

Continue readingEp. 39: ‘Laughter, Lessons, and Love in Bloom’- A Series of Stories and Shows from Jack Benny

This week on the Ballyhoo, The Two Zach(k)’s (Eastman and Beins) bring the legendary Lloyd Kaufman of Troma Entertainment onto

Continue readingEp. 38: Preston Sturges Goes to Tromaville: A Conversation with Lloyd Kaufman on Golden Age Hollywood

Zach is joined this week by podcaster Jamie Dyer (Old Time Review, A Brit Talks Vintage TV, The Hudsons) to

Continue readingEp. 37: Old Time Radio Revue- ‘The Mel Blanc Show’ and the Legend of The Man With 1000 Voices

Zach welcomes back filmmaker Ryan Francis Johnson (Writer’s Workshop, Such a Nice Car (We Have)) to at long last cover

Continue readingEp. 36: ‘Two Weeks in Another Town (1962)’ or ‘2 Bad 2 Beautiful’

Zach is joined this week by Author and Film Historian Pam Munter (Fading Fame: Women of a Certain Age in

Continue readingEp. 35: ‘Show Business (1944)’ or ‘We Want Davis’

Zach is joined by Podcaster extraordinaire Jon Ekstrom (Jon of All Trades) to give proper tribute to the one and

Continue readingEp. 34. ‘It’s A Gift (1934)’ or ‘The Legend of Carl La Fong… Whom If We Did Know, We Wouldn’t Admit It’

Zach is joined by Film Critic and Podcaster Jack Hanley (The Superlatives Podcast, A History of You In 5 Films)

Continue readingEp. 33: ‘The Night of the Hunter (1955)’ or ‘The Laughton Directs and He Endures’

Zach welcomes back Podcaster and Musician Cev Moore (Film Guff, Here Lies Amicus, House of Hammer) to help him survive

Continue readingEp. 31: ‘Isle of the Dead (1945)’ or ‘Isle of the Cev’ or ‘No One May Pause the Podcast!’

This week, Zach takes a moment to remember the life of Joan Benny: author, film history lecturer, mother, grandmother, and

Continue readingEp.30: ‘Goodnight Joanie’- A Ballyhoo Obituary for Joan Benny

This week Zach welcomes back filmmaker and podcaster Henry Jarvis (Reel Nerds Podcast) and he brings along The Arkansas Traveler

Continue readingEp.29: ‘A Face in the Crowd (1957)’ or “I’m Afraid We’re Not In Mayberry Anymore’

Zach is joined once again by filmmaker John Strelec (‘Antlers: The Web Series’, ‘Gunther’) to engage in a podcast of

Continue readingEp. 28: A Matter of Life and Death (1946) or One Is Starved for Discussion of Technicolor Up There

Holy Ballyhoo Batman! That’s right Robin, this week the Ballyhoo will discuss your most daring adventure as Zach sits down

Continue readingEp. 27: ‘Batman: The Movie (1966)’ or ‘Batman & Robin Meet Brad, The Revue Becomes Rad’

Zach is joined by podcasters Anthony Cubba and Brent Ballard (Poptimistic) to take a journey to the end of civilization

Continue readingEp. 26: ‘The Last Man on Earth (1964)’ or ‘Vincent V. Vampires: Dawn of Poptimism’

Zach is joined by Author and Filmmaker Olivia Carmel (A How To Guide on Surviving Your First Bee Sting) to

Continue readingEp. 25: ‘To Each His Own (1946)’ or ‘The Two Olivia’s’

Zach is joined by filmmaker and graphic novelist Tony Grosz (El Chupakabra) to have a unique Ballyhoo chat about the

Continue readingEp. 23: Old Time Radio Revue: “Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar and the Old Time Radio Matter”

And now ladies and gentlemen, we bring you that solemn sphinx of the prairie, that man among men where men

Continue readingEp. 22: ‘Buck Benny Rides Again (1940)’ or ’39 Forever Vol. 2′ or ‘An Ode to Eddie and Theresa’

The Ballyhoo takes a minute to look at where it’s been and where it’s going. A thank you in audio

Continue readingEp. 22: Acknowledgements, Appreciations, and Anderson

Zach is joined by author Kathy Fuller-Seeley (‘Hollywood in the Neighborhood: Historical Case Studies of Local Moviegoing’, ‘Jack Benny and

Continue readingEp. 21: ‘Sullivan’s Travels (1941)’ or ‘ O Brother, Where Art Thou?’ or ‘Sturges’ Societal Sermons’

Zach is joined by Podcasters UndeadMatt and KrampusCody (Punk Rock Horror Podcast), who together face the terror of two legendary

Continue readingEp. 20: Sci-Fi Monster Mash Double Bill- ‘The Blob (1958)’ & ‘Gojira (1954)’

Zach is joined again by filmmaker Matt Willocks to celebrate their love for Abbott and Costello as they laugh their

Continue readingEp. 18: ‘Rio Rita (1942)’ or ‘Heeeeyyyyyyyy Abbbbbboooottttttt!!!’

Zach is joined by Filmmaker Marshall Rosales to take a trip through Andre De Toth’s thrilling tale of 3-D terror,

Continue readingEp. 17: ‘House of Wax (1953)’ or ‘The Many Dimensions of De Toth’

Zach is joined by podcaster Smokey (Rated H, All The Best Lines) to take a look at cinema’s most legendary

Continue readingEp. 16: Freaks (1932) or Brother Browning’s Traveling Sideshow

On a very special episode, Zach welcomes back Ryan Frost to examine satire amidst wartime in Ernst Lubitsch’s 1942 masterpiece,

Continue readingEp. 15: ‘To Be Or Not To Be (1942)’ or ‘The Legend of Joseph Tura… Whom You’ve Probably Heard Of…

Zach is joined by Writer/Director Ryan Francis Johnson (Writer’s Workshop, Such A Nice Car We Have) to witness the rise

Continue readingEp. 14: ‘The Bad and the Beautiful’ or ‘Minnelli’s Movie Mogul Melodrama ‘

Zach is joined by Filmmaker Aaron Pendergast (Floating Horses, The Blasting Room) to dissect an actual Revue on the Revue

Continue readingEp. 13: ‘King of Jazz’ or ‘The Two Strip Technicolor Fox Trot’

Zach is joined again by Writer and Film Lover Adam Jewell to explore the old west with a close and

Continue readingEp. 12: ‘The Searchers’ or “The Troubling Myths of Monument Valley’

Zach is joined by Cev Moore (Here Lies Amicus, Film Guff) to take a terrifying journey through Hill House as

Continue readingEp. 11: ‘The Haunting (1963)’ or ‘A Wise Approach’