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Old friends and film aficionados, Spro & Lee, look back at past Oscar winners who didn‘t deserve their award. They examine the winner, strip it of its honor, and discuss better possible films/artists. By the end of each episode, the Oscar is re-awarded to the worthier recipient. Join them for drama, controversy, humor, and a dash of analysis.
Episodes
Monday Apr 25, 2022
Monday Apr 25, 2022
Spro & Lee welcome actor/writer Morgana O'Reilly. She tells the boys all about life in show business, being a mom, and her 2014 horror/comedy "Housebound".
Wednesday Apr 13, 2022
Wednesday Apr 13, 2022
Spro & Lee recap some of the events from the 2022 Oscars ceremony, and MC (Spro's cohost of Second Chance Cinema) joins the boys for an in depth conversation about why the Oscars aren't for him.
Monday Mar 07, 2022
Monday Jan 31, 2022
Monday Jan 31, 2022
Spro and Lee reflect on 2021 with their special brand of "hateful nostalgia". They talk season 2 mistakes, Spielberg, streaming, Chinese propaganda, and the Golden Globes scandal.
Monday Dec 13, 2021
Monday Dec 13, 2021
Spro and Lee welcome director Randall Miller and writer Jody Savin, two independent filmmakers who made three films (Bottle Shock, CBGB, and Nobel Son) with Alan Rickman. They share their memories of the man with the voice thereby giving a glimpse of the remarkable human being Rickman was when the cameras weren't rolling. In their own words, "He was everybody's best friend."
Monday Dec 13, 2021
Monday Dec 13, 2021
Spro and Lee cordially invite you to the first half of their season two finale - a celebration of the late, great Alan Rickman. Friends of the show, Emily and Rudy, join the boys for a lengthy lovefest to cover the lore, the laughs, and the legacy of the man with the voice.
Monday Nov 29, 2021
Monday Nov 29, 2021
The final link in the Poli-Academy chain is here!!! Last time, Denzel got the gold for Malcolm X. This time, he gets the gold snatched away for his comic-book antagonist, Alonzo Harris, in Training Day. Yeah...we're expecting to get some crap for this one...bring it on.
Monday Nov 15, 2021
Monday Nov 15, 2021
Spro and Lee welcome Laurence back to the show. Together, the three de-Oscar Sir Richard Attenborough whose 1982 film, Gandhi, won a host of Academy Awards, the most unconscionable of which was the best director statuette.
Monday Nov 01, 2021
Monday Nov 01, 2021
Just as way leads on to way, Oscar mistakes beget Oscar mistakes. Last time, Pacino was the recipient; this time, he's the target. Join Spro and Lee for Part II of the "Poly-Academy" series where the boys go back almost 30 years to the spring of 1993 to take away Big Al's Best Actor statue for Scent of a Woman. Hoo-Ahh indeed...
Monday Oct 18, 2021
Monday Oct 18, 2021
Part 1 of a 3 part series where Spro and Lee examine the political motivations which motivate Academy voters but baffle the rest of us. The first installment will take you almost 47 years back to the 47th Academy Awards where they're gonna take the little gold man for best actor away from Art Carney.