"JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR" w/ Mike Sacks

My guest this week is **Mike Sacks** (NY Times bestselling author and creator of weirdo audio projects featuring **Jon Hamm**, **John Waters**, **Bob Odenkirk**, and **Laraine Newman**) who picked ***Jesus Christ Superstar***! We also talk about misremembering scenes from movies we watched as kids, trucker films of the 70s, **Paul Williams**, Mike's novelizations of "movies" such as the grunge classic ***Slouchers***, working on his audio novelization of ***Stinker Lets Loose*** with Jon Hamm, our mutual obsession with **Chris Elliott** (PLUS Mike gives us a world premiere scoop on the plot of his new audio project with Mr. Elliott!), ***Bad Ronald*,** why **Bob Odenkirk** sent my video store ***Mr. Show*** VHS tapes, how we each discovered *Jesus Chris Superstar,* seeing the **Afghan Whigs** perform "39 Lashes" as their opening number in the early 90s, how **Andrew Lloyd Webber** and **Tim Rice** couldn't get the funding to stage JCS, Mike renting the film and why he hid it from his parents, **Carl Anderson**'s haunting performance as Judas, the polarizing performance by **Ted Neely** as Jesus, the newer documentary ***Superstars***, **Bee Gees** and their collaborations with **Yvonne Elliman**, and Mike lays a bunch of knowledge and myths about JCS from his proposed 33 1/3 book on the musicial! **MIKE SACKS:** mikesacks.com **REVOLUTIONS PER MOVIE:** Host Chris Slusarenko (**Eyelids**, **Guided By Voices**, owner of **Clinton Street Video** rental store) is joined by actors, musicians, comedians, writers & directors who each week pick out their favorite music documentary, musical, music-themed fiction film, or music videos to discuss. Fun, weird, and insightful, Revolutions Per Movie is your deep dive into our life-long obsessions where music and film collide. **Revolutions Per Movie releases new episodes every Thursday** on any podcast app, and additional, **exclusive bonus episodes every Sunday on our Patreon (over 125 bonus episodes are available and counting)**. If you like the show, please consider subscribing, rating, and reviewing it on your favorite podcast app. Thanks! **PATREON:** **The show is also a completely independent affair,** so the best way to support it is at patreon.com/revolutionspermovie. By joining, you can get **weekly bonus episodes and series such as** ***A Very Opinionated Look At Urgh! A Music War*** & ***What Makes The Midnight So Special?, A Devotees Look At New Wave Theater, Exploring The Axis: The Oral History Of Frontier Records With Lisa Fancher, Dips On Chips w/ Jeff McDonald of Redd Kross,*** physical goods such as a limited edition **7" Flexidisc**, and other **exclusive goods** that I send out to you for supporting the show. It helps the show to keep going and is greatly appreciated! **TIP JAR:** ko-fi.com/revolutionspermovie **SOCIALS:** @revolutionspermovie BlueSky: @revpermovie **THEME** by Eyelids 'My Caved In Mind' www.musicofeyelids.bandcamp.com  **ARTWORK** by Jeff T. Owens https://linktr.ee/mymetalhand * * * Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.