Timecode Cowboys

Alec & Danny Smight, father and son filmmakers, discuss movies, TV and Hollywood history, from its humble beginnings to present day and beyond!

Timecode Cowboys is a tv podcast hosted by Alec & Danny Smight, with 22 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Alec & Danny Smight hosts Timecode Cowboys, a tv show with 22 episodes published.

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  Episode #205

  TCC_205 A Mondo STAR WARS Deep Dive with Special Guest Colin Smight

  May 3, 20261h 8mS2

  <p><b>Timecode Cowboys | Season Two | Ep. 5 | A Mondo STAR WARS Deep Dive with Special Guest Colin Smight (May the 4th Special)</b></p><p><br/></p><p>This is the one we’ve been teasing for over a year… and it finally happened.</p><p><br/></p><p>For our May the 4th special, we welcome longtime guest-in-waiting (and Danny’s brother) Colin Smight for a full-blown, multi-generational deep dive into Star Wars — from the original theatrical experience in 1977 all the way to the Disney era, theme parks, and beyond.</p><p><br/></p><p>What starts as a conversa...

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  Episode #204

  TCC_204 Bad day at Black Rock

  Apr 23, 202645 minS2

  <p><b>Timecode Cowboys | Season Two | Ep. 4 | Dan & Al Talk … Bad Day at Black Rock!</b></p><p><br/></p><p>We’re back to basics this week — one film, one town, and a whole lot simmering beneath the surface.</p><p>Fresh off a spontaneous midweek screening assignment (courtesy of a late-night text and a Criterion nudge), we dive headfirst into Bad Day at Black Rock — John Sturges’ lean, mean 1955 desert noir-Western hybrid that unfolds like a pressure cooker in Cinemascope.</p><p><br/></p><p>What starts as a simple errand — a one-armed WWII vet (Spencer Tracy) arriving in a remote...

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  Episode #202

  TCC_203 Spring Training!

  Apr 21, 202642 minS2

  <p><b>Timecode Cowboys | Season Two | Ep. 3 | Spring Training! Cactus League Chronicles & Baseball Cinema</b></p><p><br/></p><p>We hit the road this week for a spring training run through Arizona. What starts as a simple baseball trip becomes a full-blown American detour: a stop at the General Patton Memorial Museum, a surreal hotel experience in Glendale, and a wandering, sun-soaked dive into the rhythms of the AZ Cactus League!</p><p><br/></p><p>From mellow weekday games to packed Dodger crowds, we take in the strange duality of spring training — part exhibition, part ritual, part proving gr...

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  Episode #202

  Timecode Cowboys | Season Two | Ep. 2 | From Marvel to Morocco: Rave Cinema, Superhero Fatigue & Haunted L.A. Locales

  Feb 24, 202651 minS2

  <p><b>Timecode Cowboys | Season Two | Ep. 2 | From Marvel to Morocco: Rave Cinema, Superhero Fatigue & Haunted L.A. Locales</b></p><p><br/></p><p>We’re back in the saddle with a new RØDECaster setup and a proper grab-bag conversation that veers all the way from Marvel to Morocco to Murphy Ranch.</p><p><br/></p><p>This week, we dive into the surprisingly soulful <b>Wonder Man</b> (and Marvel’s ongoing identity crisis), before shifting gears into one of the most haunting theatrical experiences of the year: <b>Sirât</b>, Oliver Laxe’s rave-infused fever dream th...

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  Episode #1

  TCC_201 The Universal Backlot: Hollywood’s Factory Floor

  Jan 14, 202655 minS2

  <p>Timecode Cowboys | Season Two | Ep. 1 | The Universal Backlot: Hollywood’s Factory Floor</p><p><br/></p><p>In this S2 premiere episode, we explore the history, mythology, and everyday reality of Universal Studios Hollywood — not as a theme park, but as a working studio that’s been shaping Hollywood for more than a century.</p><p><br/></p><p>We’re joined on a backlot field trip by special guests Ben Sommer (@ben.gordo), Director of Programmatic Partnerships at NBCUniversal, and Andrew Paz (@andybrand), co-founder of Big Time (@bigtimebigtimebigtimebigtime), bringing insider access and fresh perspective along for the ride.</p><p><br...

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