EPiSODE 60.
"Are you kiddin', man? Those are the Fordham Baldies, Joey! They're so fuckin' insane, man, they shave their heads so their hair won't get in their eyes when they fight! No one Fucks with the Baldies, man!"
On this episode hosts John Cribbs & Christopher Funderburg are joined by filmmaker & historian Bill Teck to discuss their shared love of Philip Kaufman’s 1979 cult classic The Wanderers - a coming-of-age comedy about teenage gangs in the Bronx in 1963. The conversation explores the film’s singular tone, how Kaufman remained an outsider even among the New Hollywood mavericks of the 70’s, and the ways in which The Wanderers resembles an American Fellini movie.
It’s free-flowing conversation about a film that brings the trio joy while provoking them to grapple with issues of consequence - the film itself is a serious goof, a heavy comedy, a brutal lark and a true cult phenomenon in an era when such films are increasingly rare. Get your baseball bat & satin jacket, we’re headed into Ducky Boy country...