Adam and Nate discuss the Vietnam War classic Full Metal Jacket (1987) and its parody in “ Bart the General ” (S1E5), one of the earliest episodes of The Simpsons to go hard on movie parody mashups.

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Also in this episode:

• Does Stanley Kubrick really wait to make the last, best movie in every genre?
• Revisiting Nate’s claim that this is Kubrick’s most “accessible” movie”¦
• How Full Metal Jacket is like My Fair Lady
• The perverse entertainment of R. Lee Ermey’s Gny. Sgt. Hartman
• What’s the mysterious connection between Private Pyle and Animal Mother?
• Plus more bonus content at SpringfieldGoogolplex.com

Next time, Adam and Nate capture King Kong (1933) and “ Treehouse of Horror III ” (S4E5) with That Shelf film critic and horror aficionado Dede Crimmins !

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