Brunch and Bombs
Start your Sunday Funday off right and laugh with us as we make brunch, pop a bottle of the best bubbly $10 can buy, and watch our favorite so-bad-they're-good movies. We'll delve into behind-the-scenes info, the absolute best terrible moments and how drunk you should be (on a scale of 1 to 5 mimosas) before you attempt to watch a selection. New episodes every Sunday.
Brunch and Bombs
Episode 73 - Wild Wild West
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Summer Allen, Hope Blanding and Jerry Coddington-Blanding
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Season 2
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Episode 73
Men in Black worked so well, so Warner Brothers was sure they had a hit with Wild Wild West. They were wrong. U.S. Secret Service agent Artemus Gordon (portrayed by Kevin Kline) is somehow an exact doppelganger for the man he's protecting, U.S. president Ulysses S. Grant (in a weird flex, also played by Kline). The villain of the piece, Dr. Arliss Lovelace, is a biological marvel who, despite not having a lower body, is constantly horny. And much of the humor relies on referring to the rampant racism of the Reconstruction era. The salt in the wound is that the song "Men in Black" is an absolute banger, and "Wild Wild West" just isn't.