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YEAH BABY! BC:SF's commentary series on the Austin Powers franchise continues with 1999’s Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me. Topics include: The original title for the film, tales-of-old about Friend of the Show / Family of the show Peter Newman, and what the 2023 version of Mojo is.

Movie starts at 1:21

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The Real Stevie Lew

One thing I don’t think was mentioned as a reason why Austin Powers became such a huge hit even though the first film wasn’t a box office juggernaut is, Mike Meyers hosted the 1997 MTV Music Awards. I was 15 y/o at the time and distinctly remember how cool and culturally significant those awards were to my generation. The MTV movie awards wave was cresting at that time, and that award show was one of the best. They closed the show with “Austin Powers” singing “BBC”. At the time I had not seen Austin Powers in theaters , but seeing the character end the 1997 mtv music awards made me go seek out a copy at blockbuster. I think that’s something overlooked when talking about how Austin Powers exploded

Anonymous

Re: 13th Floor. It comes from the same source as Fassbinder's German TV miniseries World on a Wire currently playing on Criterion Channel. I found it really engrossing and was quite impressed with how cyberpunk this early 1970s production was. I think David would really dig it for its Matrix connectivity. I saw the 13th Floor back when it was released and was not impressed but also have no real memories of it. I am curious to revisit to see how dealt with the same material as World on a Wire 25 years later (and in the same year as the Matrix)

Anonymous

Felicity recasts in 1999: - Drew Barrymore (always had 60s flower child babe energy) or - Pamela Anderson (good comedy chops and a perfect sexy foil to drive mojo-less Austin crazy)