What must be one of the most famous natural disasters in history took place when Mt Vesuvius buried Pompeii in 79 CE. But when the town was resurrected 1700 years later, a new chapter in its history was written. Learn all about it in this classic episode.
Movies Discussed
A Futile and Stupid Gesture
"A brilliant and futile gesture. Feudal and stupid gesture. Yeah, that's right. — The hosts discussed the Netflix movie about National Lampoon's Doug Kenny and Henry Beard."
Animal House
"The ancient roman edition or the Animal house Edition. — Josh and Chuck joked about wearing togas making the episode feel like either ancient Rome or the Animal House movie."
— Josh
Caddyshack
"someone be Bill Murray and someone be Chevy Chase and John Belushi and a little bit of the making of Animal House and Caddyshack. — Chuck mentioned enjoying the Netflix movie about Lampoon because it showed the making of both Animal House and Caddyshack."
— Chuck
Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead
"A drunk, stoned, brilliant, dead or some combination of those words, I'm not sure. — Josh referenced this documentary about National Lampoon, saying it was better than the Netflix movie about the same subject."
— Josh
Good Bye, Lenin!
"it takes place when the Berlin Wall comes down in the first year or so after during german reunification. Funny and thoughtful and sad and just really, really good. — A listener recommended this German film about the fall of the Berlin Wall in their email to the podcast."
Haunted 3D: Echoes of the Past
"I watched that echoes video, like, ten times while I was researching this. — Josh mentioned watching Pink Floyd's Echoes performance video multiple times while researching Pompeii."
— Josh
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