Mary Poppins '64 Review - Relishing the Absurdity Before She Returns - Ep 138 - a podcast by MMO

Get ready for Mary Poppins Returns!

***This Retrospective on Mary Poppins Has a Spoiler Section***

Intro / Mike 1 Sets the Tone - Top of the Show

AlsoMike’s (Alleged) Mary Poppins HIstory - 1:54

Cast & Crew & a Julie Andrews Filmography - 4:34
Production Profile as we relive Saving Mr. Banks - 11:57
Outstanding Movie Specs for any year, especially 1964 - 16:26
Plot/Premise & Unreasonable Expectations - 21:29
Production Values Worth The Price of Admission - 23:38
Performances Worth Oscars - 27:59
A Script Inspired by Hard Drugs - 33:06

Spoiler Warning Dance Music - 35:11

AlsoMike’s Thesis Statement - 36:33

Plot Walkthrough (The Journey of a Thousand Miles…) - 37:03
(AlsoMike’s 2nd Thesis Statement - 38:03)
(What Unruly Children? - 39:28)
(Bests: Strong Writing. Honest. - 41:18)
(Bests: Enter: The Poppins - 44:14)
(Bests/Worsts: Life Lessons and Mary’s Magic - 46:53)
(Bertception - 50:08)
(Worsts: Fantasy’s Still Reality - 53:55)
(Supercalifr…You Get It - 56:27)
(Worst: The Most Unnecessary - 58:15)
(Tricking Mr. Banks + Bank Mayhem - 1:00:51)
(Chim-Che-What? - 1:05:05)
(Babysitter Bert: Lord of the Rooftop Dance - 1:07:03)
(Saving Mr. Banks - 1:09:48)

Outro/Social Media/Words of Wisdom - 1:14:16


Was our childhood all a great big lie? Or did the movies that helped raise us actually matter? Did they matter then? Do they matter now? And therefore, do we matter? There’s a lot on the line with this review of the 1964 (classic?) Mary Poppins. It’s a retrospective we’ve both long dreaded, but with Mary Poppins Returns a week away, it’s a necessary evil. The Mikes get rowdy in this one.

Our review follows the usual format of our Oscar Sprint Profiles, meaning there’s a full non-spoiler review that precedes the spoiler warning dance music to highlight when those will be coming. Though the spoiler section is also when the shit will hit the fan. So if ever you’re gonna make sure and watch a film that you haven’t seen just so you can listen to our show, this might be the one.

We often dive back into Movie History with retrospectives. Our month of Christmas Movie reviews began with The Muppet Christmas Carol, and we’ll get you National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation soon enough. November had us go back to the original Suspiria before we reviewed the Luca Guadagnino remake. And if you’re new to MMO, perhaps our crowning achievement on the podcast, we reviewed the entire Halloween slasher franchise leading up to the 2018 Blumhouse film. We’ve also reviewed the Mission: Impossible movies, Marvel Cinematic Universe, the Conjuring films, and a plethora of Oscar categories from the Titanic’s 97’ Best Picture to the Godfather’s 74’ Best Actor to thirteen Best Original Song halfisodes, one of which covered the Oscar win from “Chim chim cheree” from the Sherman Brothers in this film, Mary Poppins! So yeah, we retrospect.

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We’ve been covering a bunch of the breaking news lately with the Golden Globes, Marvel Trailers, & Kevin Hart debacle. So do stay tuned for a bunch of movie reviews. Our schedule is loaded with more awards season contenders, and we’ll keep them coming your way through the holidays. When reality sucks, keep watching movies with us. We’re Mike, Mike, and Oscar!

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