Episode 5

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20th Apr 2022

Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers (1980 Documentary)

The fifth episode of our season on the awesome movie year of 1980 features our documentary pick, Les Blank’s Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers. Directed by Les Blank and featuring various garlic enthusiasts, Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers has been added to the National Film Registry and preserved by the Academy Film Archive.

The contemporary reviews quoted in this episode come from Vincent Canby in The New York Times (https://www.nytimes.com/1981/11/11/movies/a-les-blank-trio-from-garlic-to-tattoos.html), TV Guide (https://www.tvguide.com/movies/garlic-is-as-good-as-ten-mothers/review/2000309488/), and Kevin Thomas in the Los Angeles Times.

Please like, share, rate and comment on the show and this episode, and tune in for the next 1980 installment, featuring Josh’s personal pick, teen comedy Little Darlings.

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Awesome Movie Year is a podcast co-hosted by film critic Josh Bell and filmmaker and comedian Jason Harris. Each season looks at why a certain year was an awesome movie year. Each episode focuses on a different film from the year being investigated. Produced by David Rosen of the Piecing It Together Podcast for the All Points West Podcast Network
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