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Mayfair Theatre
The Mayfair Theatre Podcast is a weekly show that takes you behind the scenes of one of Canada's oldest, and Ottawa's oldest movie theatre - open since 1932!
Episodes
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369: Trying To Figure This All Out.
This week, Eric and Josh discuss: working a split shift, Mayfair Oscars aftermath, Aretha Franklin: Amazing Grace, bad Q & A's, elevated horror, Foo Fighters…
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368: It Hurts My Brain A Little.
This week, Eric and Josh discuss: April Fools' Day, scary video store posters, the Slumber Party Massacre franchise, Alf, Shout Factory, the Weird Al biopic…
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367: Quibbling Semantics.
This week, Eric and Josh chat about: obscure McDonald's mascots, Bryan Cranston, Doctor Who, James Cameron, Christopher Lee, Mark Hamill, Henry Winkler…
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366: A Droid Can't Eat Cereal.
This week, Eric and Josh discuss: the Shamrock Shake, McDonald's movie tie-in merch, product placement, cereal toys, Star Wars sheets, buying gifts for a…
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365: Pining For This Thing I Never Had.
This week, Eric and Josh discuss: 1 star reviews, The Kobayashi Maru, Nightmare Alley, Feud, Ed Wood, Saturday Night Sinema, Licorice Pizza, and more! Plus…
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364: It Never Ends!
This week, Eric and Josh discuss: 11th hour programming, Dune vs Dune, Patrick Stewart, Michael Caine, Back To The Future, pop-culture politics, It: Chapter…
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363: They Only Get Better.
This week, Eric and Josh chat about: Adam McKay, kids learning filmmaking, TikTok, trailer spoilers, Doctor Strange, Sony Spidey spin-off movies, Vinegar…
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362: You're Doing Your Best!
This week, Eric and Josh chat mostly about the Oscar nominations, plus: being on the radio, The French Dispatch, Last Night In Soho, Pig, Scott Pilgrim Vs The…
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361: Havin' Snacks, Pettin' Cats.
This week, Eric, Andrew, and Josh deal with interruptions from a puppy as they discuss: big screen video games, Once Upon A Time In Hollywood, the Arnprior…
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360: Groundhog Day Frustrations.
This week, Eric and Josh discuss: the Mayfair's 90th Anniversary, returning from lockdown, chocolate popcorn, Cinerama, long movies, The Alligator People…
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359: Stay On Target!
This week, Eric and Josh discuss: snowstorms, cleaning your stuff out of your parents house, Single White Female, Pauly Shore, Steven Seagal, Phantom Of The…
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358: Perfectly Cromulent Toys.
This week Eric and Josh discuss: being a superintendent, Amazon, Dollar Stores, Turkish Star Wars, Escape From Tomorrow, Mayfair movie shoots, Ghostbusters…
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357: There's Never Been Fun.
This week, Eric and Josh discuss: lockdown round 5, Dune, Spider-man: No Way Home, James Bond, New York Ninja, media frustrations, lockdown fundraising, cinema…
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356: The Worst Night Ever.
This week, Eric, Emily, and Josh discuss: Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, going to church, terrible box office profits vs excellent social media support, The French…
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355: Harrowing Times Indeed.
This week, Eric and Josh discuss: free buses, eye surgery, COVID restrictions, Jonathan Taylor Thomas, 1970s blockbusters, Gilligan's Island, Elves, Planet Of…
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354: You're Never Ready.
This week, Eric and Josh discuss: The Unbearable Weight Of Massive Talent, Spider-man: No Way Home spoilers, frustrations at people complaining that "They…
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353: Chasing The Brisket Dragon.
This week, Eric and Josh chat about: latkes, film shoots in the Mayfair, big screen video games, N64 Goldeneye, the Ghostbusters Switch game, Beginners, Joker…
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352: A Ghost Eating Extra Large Pizzas
This week, Eric and Josh discuss: rentals, schedules, programming requests, The Family Man, Hanukkah, Castle Grayskull, Marshmallow perfume, Black Friday…
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351: This Whole Thing Is Weird.
This week, Eric and Josh chat about: Lee's film shoot, Disney distribution, renting the cinema, 1930s marquee displays, swag, Dean Stockwell, deep fake…
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350: Never Been Punched.
This week, Eric and Josh discuss: blockbusters, 007, Chloé Zhao, people doing the wrong thing by taking pictures of the movies on screen, bullying, Eighth…
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349: A Slippery Slope.
This week, Eric, Sam, and Josh discuss: Broadway, William Castle gimmicks, when movie studios owned cinema chains, Stanley Kubrick, The Rocky Horror Picture…
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348: Completely Pointless.
This week, Eric and Josh discuss: Discount candy, Red Vines vs Twizzlers, the successful Non-Participation Just-Sit-And-Watch Rocky Horror screenings, Trolls…
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347: That's Not How It Works.
This week, Eric and Josh chat about: work schedules, bigger crowds attending the cinema, returning to travelling, MST3K, people watching classics for the first…
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346: A Bizarre Trainwreck.
This week, Eric and Josh chat about: Army Of Darkness big screen glory, non-participation Rocky Horror, Covid regulations, Saturday morning cartoons, the lost…
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345: Is That Steve Exorcist?
This week, Eric and Josh chat about: the cinema being at full capacity, conspiracy theories, Thanksgiving, special editions / director's cuts, Moon Trap…
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344: I Have No Idea What's Going On.
This week, Eric and Josh chat about: Richard Donner, Indiana Jones 5, Willard and Ben, bad trailers, Titane, Mike Flannagan, Shakespeare movies, David Lynch…
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343: Do You Want To Hear A Scoop?
This week, Eric, Lee, and Josh chat about: covid in fiction, Greg Sestero's new movie, Mel Gibson in Ottawa, James Gunn, Troma, Blazing Saddles, Sarah…
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342: Once In A Lifetime.
This week, Eric and Josh chat about: Fury Road cars, prop warehouses, movie artifacts, animation cels, expensive comic book art, View Master / Fisher Price toy…
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341: Don't Do Whatever That Is.
This week, Eric and Josh discuss: messy patrons, cinema rentals, big screen video games, church in the cinema, vaccine verification, Michael Caine, Suicide…
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340: A Will To Survive.
This week, Eric, Sam, and Josh chat about: film shoot work, The Last Movie, landlord drama, being a funeral director, a rare angry email, patrons cleaning up…
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339: I'm Never Scared.
This week, Eric, Andrew, and Josh discuss: Saturday Night Sinema, the Star Wars Holiday Special, John Waters, The Kitchen, movie walk outs, ratings, young…
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338: Stay The Course.
This week, Eric and Josh discuss: cinema rentals, past days of stores being packed with dvd's, Monty Python, movie distribution, M. Night Shyamalan, Nicolas…
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337: We Dodge Every Bullet.
This week, Lee and Josh chat about: Lee's latest directorial effort, the UFO documentary mini-series, Toys R Us, The Room, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Troll 2…
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336: Very Punk Rock.
This week, Andrew, Eric, and Josh chat about: Friday The 13th's, Abbott & Costello, Batman serials, collecting stuff, physical media, video stores…
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335: I Thought There Was A Dinosaur.
This week, Eric, Andrew, and Josh chat about: Willy's Wonderland, Fast And Furious movies, Black Panther, Out Of Sight, Anaconda, The Stuff, The Lost Boys…
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334: A Good Mix Of Fact And Fiction.
This week, Eric, Andrew, and Josh chat about: Disneyland, Governor Schwarzenegger, getting your passport stolen, the Once Upon A Time In Hollywood book…
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333: Nothing Can Ever Be Easy.
This week, Eric, Andrew, and Josh discuss: Pig, the Oscars, Hollywood Stock Exchange, Phone Booth, Bruce Willis, encouraging patrons to arrive early…
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332: So Many Things To Do.
This week, Eric, Andrew, and Josh chat about: the return from lockdown, Nicolas Cage, Underwater, why double-bills don't work, Psycho II / III / IV, Mick…
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331: A Descent Into Madness.
This week, Eric, Andrew, and Josh chat about: Lift Like A Girl, eye needles, Tom Green, Malibu High, VHS movie giveaway, Bullseye, Tales From The Crypt, the…
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330: The Beauty Of Film.
This week, Eric, Andrew, and Josh discuss: Ottawa hitting Stage 2 of lockdown rules, Tom Green, positive social media interactions, Quentin Tarantino, The…
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329: Out Of Touch.
This week, Eric, Andrew, and Josh chat about: virtual cinema, Quentin Tarantino, Melvin and Mario Van Peebles, Jaws 4, Spielberg / Netflix, The Green Knight…
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328: The Best Worst Idea.
This week, Eric, Andrew, and Josh chat about: our poster collection, Head Over Heels, romantic comedies, Carnosaur 2, Roger Corman's Fantastic Four, the Vanier…
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327: It's Amazing How Quick They Gave Up.
This week, Eric, Andrew, and Josh chat about: a lack of sports knowledge, Ghostbusters, Indy 5, Evil Dead 5, the Halloween franchise, Tales From The Darkside /…
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326: In The Before Times.
This week, Eric and Josh chat about: Raymond Scott, Mayfair marquee wedding proposals, Mayfair bunker finds, Batman 89, Arnold Schwarzenegger, trading cards…
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325: So Many Adventures.
This week, Eric, Andrew, and Josh discuss: the latest covid lockdown rules, screening a non-participation Rocky Horror Picture Show, the 100th anniversary of…
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324: Crying At Everything.
This week, Eric, Andrew, and Josh chat about: getting vaccinated, the Saw franchise, the Conjuring franchise, our amazingly supportive patrons, Empire Records…
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323: Anything Can Happen.
This week, Andrew, Eric, and Josh chat about: silent films with live music, the Battlestar Galactica movie, Feud, the poor percentage record the movie industy…
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322: These Are All Good Ideas.
This week, Eric, Andrew, and Josh chat about: two different Bad Batch's, Jim Carrey, A Boy And His Dog, Spongebob, camera drones, our 35mm trailer sale, movie…
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321: Totally Off Topic.
This week, Eric and Josh chat about: suburbs vs downtown, power outages, Marvel Unlimited, Batman '89 vhs, The Wizard, online auctions, Batman Forever…
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320: Those Terrific Rock Pretty Baby Kids!
This week, Eric, Andrew, and Josh chat about: 420 / The Big Lebowski, Half Baked, Dirty Work, projector maintenance, 35mm trailers, Mayfair Virtual Cinema, the…
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319: Spooky Covid Lockdown.
This week, Eric, Andrew, and Josh chat about: Saturday The 14th, Space Jam, Neil Breen, physical media, Malibu High, Steel, Warner Archives, our marquee tiles…
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318: Nothing To Brag About.
This week, Eric, Andrew, and Josh discuss: Judge Dredd, Once Upon A Time In Venice, Tremors: Shrieker Island, Chadwick Boseman, the Psycho franchise…
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317: A Complicated Beast.
This week, Eric and Josh chat about: the ongoing lockdown, the new age of movie distribution, Dark Shadows, Psycho Goreman, Turbo Kid, vintage Star Wars toy…
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316: Accept No Substitutes.
This week, Eric, Andrew, and Josh chat about: being the only business in lockdown surrounded by open businesses, applying to get the Mayfair onto a tv show…
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315: Why'd I End Up Here?
This week, Eric and Josh chat about: going back into the Red Zone, construction next door, game show winnings, being interviewed, classic rock, Nic Cage…
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314: Rambling About Treat Williams.
This week, Eric, Andrew, and Josh chat about: Broadway, the ByTowne Cinema, death icicles, HBO, David Lynch, Videodrome police raids, banned screenings, Not…
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313: Bruce Willising It.
This week, Eric, Andrew, and Josh chat about: post-covid Hollywood movie releases, Marvel, the Highlander franchise, Thundercats, VHS treasure hunting, Running…
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312: Your Number One Priority
This week, Eric, Andrew, and Josh chat about: eating cereal on a bus, the Bytowne Cinema, Wonder Woman 1984, Alex Winter, new Nicolas Cage movies, Disney Land…
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311: Big Laughs. Big Cries.
This week, Eric, Andrew, and Josh chat about: returning from covid lockdown round 3, Florida snowbirds, The Social Network and JFK falsehoods, celebrating…
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310: A Chainsaw Fight On A Dock!
This week, Eric, Andrew, and Josh discuss: Blackenstein, early Denzel movies, our poster collection, sneaking into R-rated Mayfair movies in high school…