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Ep 53 SIRIUS with comedian Ryan Singer

Sup Doc: A Documentary Film Podcast EP 53 SIRIUS with comedian Ryan Singer   The very funny and informative Ryan Singer joined us to talk about Sirius, one of the most successful crowdfunded documentaries in history. The film explores an ongoing grassroots movement to get the U.S. government to reveal what it reportedly knows about UFOs, extraterrestrials and the availability of …

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Ep 52 TICKLED with YACHT

Sup Doc A Documentary Film Podcast EP 52 TICKLED with the band YACHT (Jona Bechtolt and Claire Evans) Paco and George sat down with the band YACHT to talk about the delightfully topsy-turvy doc Tickled. Tickled is a 2016 documentary about “competitive endurance tickling” and videos featuring it, and the practices of those producing the videos, directed by David Farrier …

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EP 51 THE KID STAYS IN THE PICTURE with comedian Henry Phillips

Sup Doc: A Documentary Film Podcast EP 51 THE KID STAYS IN THE PICTURE with comedian Henry Phillips On Episode 51 George Chen and Paco Romane talk with comedian/musician Henry Phillips about his favorite doc THE KID STAYS IN THE PICTURE! Released in 2002, The Kid Stays in the Picture uses Evans’ narration interspersed mostly with photographs from Evans’ life as …

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Ep 50 MEMORIAL DAY 2000 live at SF Sketchfest 2017

Presented by SF Sketchfest, the San Francisco Comedy Festival! Sup Doc RETURNS to SF Sketchfest! With hosts Paco Romane and George Chen for a special FREE event with panelist Cory Sklar (Illogical Contraption), Emily Van Dyke, and Frankie G (Killing My Lobster, Narcissists Anonymous) and Melissa McQueen (The World Famous Comedy Store, Hollywood Improv Comedy Club) Last year’s Sketchfest show …

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Ep 49 BARRY with screenwriter Adam Mansbach

Sup Doc: A Documentary Film Podcast EP 49 BARRY with screenwriter Adam Mansbach On this episode of Sup Doc Paco sits down with writer Adam Mansbach who wrote the biopic “Barry” currently available on Netflix. Barry is set in the year 1981 and focuses on the future president Barack Obama as he struggles to figure out his identity as he moves …

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Ep 48 DEATH OF SUPERMAN LIVES with comedian Bert DiVietri

Sup Doc: A Documentary Film Podcast Ep 48 DEATH OF SUPERMAN LIVES, WHAT HAPPENED? with comedian Bert DiVietri Paco and George sit down with comedian Bert DiVietri to talk about his favorite documentary The Death of “Superman Lives”: What Happened? Director John Schnepp’s 2015 film looks at the infamous Tim Burton reboot of Superman starring Nicholas Cage, which never got …

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Ep 44 YOU DON’T KNOW BO JACKSON with comedian Billy Wayne Davis

Billy Wane Davis on Sup Doc

Sup Doc: A Documentary Film Podcast Sup Doc Ep 44: You Don’t Know Bo: The Legend of Bo Jackson with comedian Billy Wayne Davis On Ep 44 Paco and George sit down with comedian Billy Wayne Davis. You may have seen Billy Wayne on Last Comic Standing or heard him on Marc Maron’s podcast WTF. We talk to BW’s about his …

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Ep 43 HELL HOUSE with MTV writer Molly Lambert

Writer Molly Lambert on Sup Doc

Sup Doc: A Documentary Film Podcast Sup Doc Ep 43: Hell House with MTV writer Molly Lambert Paco and George talk with MTV writer/podcaster Molly Lambert. They get into ghosts, The Black Dahlia, music, Christianity, and dig deep into the doc Hell House! Hell House is a 2001 documentary that was directed by George Ratliff that focuses on the idea of a …

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Ep 41 BUSTER KEATON RIDES AGAIN with comedian Nick Flanagan

Sup Doc: A Documentary Film Podcast On Episode 41 Paco Romane and George Chen talk with comedian and actor Nick Flanagan about Buster Keaton Rides Again the 1965 documentary that chronicles the filming of one of Buster Keaton’s last short comedies, “The Railrodder,” which features him in a rambling journey across Canada. Included are brief biographic sketches and anecdotes, still …

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Ep 40 JOAN RIVERS: A PIECE OF WORK with comedian Julia Prescott

Sup Doc: A Documentary Film Podcast On episode 40 we delve into the life of a comedy great via the 2010 documentary, Joan Rivers: A Piece Of Work. Thanks to an internship, our guest Julia Prescott was able to bring her mom to the 2009 Comedy Central Roast of Joan Rivers, one of the high points of the film. Paco and …

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