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The Great Escape Minute 172 – The Hope of the Podcast

In today’s final episode of Season 1, Rob is once again joined by recurring guest/co-host Jay Cluitt of Deep Blue Sea Podcast and Life Vs Film as they discuss the end credits and also give a thorough recap of the whole season.

Thanks again to all of my guests and listeners for their support over the season.

Hope you’ll all come back tomorrow for the beginning of Season 2!

Tally-Ho!

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The Great Escape Minute 171 – We’re Not Giving Up

In the penultimate episode of Season 1, Agent Palmer AKA Jason Stershic is back again with Rob to follow Hilts back to his quarters – The Cooler right before the film’s credits begin to roll.

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The Great Escape Minute 170 – Go Big or Go Home

As Hilts re-enters the camp compound on his way to his ‘room’ in the Cooler, Rob’s guest is Agent Palmer AKA Jason Stershic who has issues with the camp’s policy on the use of baseball gloves in the Cooler.

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The Great Escape Minute 169 – Suicide Doors No More

Pilot Tony Hoskins joins Rob today as they discuss what happened to some of the escapees fighters after being shot down over enemy territory as Hilts is returned to the Camp to greet Von Luger who is on his way out.

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The Great Escape Minute 168 – Was it Worth It?

Rob had the pleasure to discuss the history of the real escape and escapees with Professor of History, Dr. Jonathan Vance as the returned escapees wonder if it really was worth it

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The Great Escape Minute 167 – It’s the Postive, Negative, Positive Thing

Paddy Flint is back to discuss with Rob about the real escapees as Sedgewick begins to make his way from France to Spain while a bunch of escapees are returned to the camp.

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The Great Escape Minute 166 – This Small World Became Even Smaller

Rob is joined by Paddy Flint, a relative of one of the escapees as they discuss Danny and Willie’s last frames along with Sedgewick seeking his final walk to freedom.

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The Great Escape Minute 165 – Quirk in the Music

Rob finishes off Week 33 with Musicologist Dr. Becky O’Brien as Ramsey breaks the sad news to the boys but there is a glimmer of hope at the end when Danny and Willie discover a Swedish ship.

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The Great Escape Minute 164 – Hitler was THE Authority

Musicologist Dr. Becky O’Brien is back with Rob as Ramsey and Von Luger continue this very very uncomfortable conversation.

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The Great Escape Minute 163 – Hope on the Horizon

Rob is once again joined by Musicologist Dr. Becky O’Brien while Mac and Roger contemplate their futures as Ramsey is summoned to Von Luger’s office to learn some terrible news.

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The Great Escape Minute 162 – Interesting Little Music Moment

Musicologist Dr. Becky O’Brien is back with Rob to discuss some of the musical motifs of the film as Roger, Mac and the other prisoners are taken to a secluded place to ‘stretch’ their legs.

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The Great Escape Minute 161 – Oily and Evil

While Preissen and Dietrich enthusiastically greet their new prisoners, Rob is joined by Musicologist Dr. Becky O’Brien to discuss the musical aspects of this film.

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The Great Escape Minute 160 – Showing and Not Telling

Hugh Keene, designer and host of the National Treasure Minute returns with Rob to finish off week 32 as Bartlett continues to try and talk his way out of getting caught.

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The Great Escape Minute 159 – Seems Like Overkill

Rob is once again joined by Hugh Keene, designer and host of the National Treasure Minute as we get a Bartlett-centric episode where  Roger attempts to convince a few Germans that he is not the man they are looking for…

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The Great Escape Minute 158 – Take the Bike

Hugh Keene, designer and host of the National Treasure Minute is back again with Rob to watch Roger and Mac try and find some kind of refuge in this small town from the Nazi’s chasing them.

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The Great Escape Minute 157 – War Plans That Don’t Work Out How They Were Planned To

Hugh Keene, designer and host of the National Treasure Minute is back today with Rob as Mac and Roger try to show off their linguistic skills to the Gestapo.

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The Great Escape Minute 156 – Victory For the Resistance

Rob is joined this week Hugh Keene, designer and host of the National Treasure Minute as Sedgewick hooks up with the underground and Roger and Mac try and find a way to Switzerland.

 

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The Great Escape Minute 155 – It’s Not Even on IMDB?

Screenwriting consultant Howard Casner is back to finish off the week with Rob as the waiter tries to convince Sedgewick that he has a phone call behind the bar.

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The Great Escape Minute 154 – Actually Looks Like Cranberries

Rob is once again joined by Screenwriting consultant Howard Casner as we get to see the aftermath of Hilts’ jump and how Sedgewick chooses to spend his early morning in Southern France.

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The Great Escape Minute 153 – A Lot of Schlock

Screenwriting consultant Howard Casner returns to watch and discuss the film’s most exciting and iconic scene with Rob.

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The Great Escape Minute 152 – Two Edged Sword

Screenwriting consultant Howard Casner is back with Rob as Hendley deals with a deep ketchup gash on his face and Hilts prepares for his escape over the fence.

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The Great Escape Minute 151 – Not A Dry Eye in the House

Rob is joined this week by Screenwriting consultant Howard Casner as they get to see Blythe’s final moments along with Hendley’s attempt to make it right.

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The Great Escape Minute 150 – Cynical Scrounger Side of Hendley

Will Slater of Exploding Helicopter is back to finish off the week with Rob as he finally gets something that somewhat resembles an exploding helicopter.

 

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The Great Escape Minute 149 – Human Homing Pigeon

Rob and this week’s guest Will Slater of Exploding Helicopter discuss how the ‘Hills are Alive’ in Bavaria during Hendley and Blythe’s escape towards Switzerland.

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The Great Escape Minute 148 – Making Hannibal Lecter Faces

Will Slater of Exploding Helicopter returns to talk to Rob about Hilt’s escape by motorcycle while Hendley and Blythe also make a fly-by over a magical castle.

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The Great Escape Minute 147 – Buddiest of Buddies

Will Slater of Exploding Helicopter and Rob watch as Blythe does his best not to get an earful while starting the prop of this small plane.

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The Great Escape Minute 146 – Ultimately Useless Rifle

This week’s guest Will Slater of Exploding Helicopter joins Rob as Hendley shows off his martial arts skills while trying to commandeer a small plane to escape.

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The Great Escape Minute 145 – What’s Your Favorite Film?

Joe Amodei, President of Virgil films and Great Escape historian finishes off the week with Rob as they discuss the prisoners in the dungeon along with Hendley and Blythe’s next step in their quest for freedom.

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The Great Escape Minute 144 – Just Amblin Down the Road

As Cavendish is interrogated by Preissen, Rob is joined again by Joe Amodei, President of Virgil films and Great Escape historian to talk about the ways that try to make him talk and also about Joe’s personal stories about visiting Zagen.

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The Great Escape Minute 143 – Camp of Camps

Joe Amodei, President of Virgil films and Great Escape historian once again joins Rob as they discuss the final moments of Ashley-Pitt’s life and Cavendish’s Han Solo moment

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The Great Escape Minute 142 – Great Story Behind the Story

Joe Amodei, President of Virgil films and Great Escape historian returns to talk to Rob about Kuntz’s discovery and Ashley-Pitt’s sacrifice.

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The Great Escape Minute 141 – Movie Magic

Rob is joined this week by Joe Amodei, President of Virgil films and Great Escape historian as Bartlett and Mac try to depart the train area.

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The Great Escape Minute 140 – Hasta L’Bye Bye

Steve Jay Rubin, Great Escape historian and expert returns to finish off the week with Rob as Hilts gets ready for a fight before a train enters the crowded station.

 

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The Great Escape Minute 139 – The Power of Great Film Music

 

This week’s guest, Steve Jay Rubin, Great Escape historian and expert tells Rob how much he loves this minute because it is almost entirely devoted to Hilts and his motorcycle ride through the Bavarian countryside.

 

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The Great Escape Minute 138 – The Vim and The Verve

Rob and guest Steve Jay Rubin, Great Escape historian and expert discuss how Hilt’s lack of knowledge of German can affect his attempts for freedom.

 

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The Great Escape Minute 137 – Complete Balderdash

Steve Jay Rubin, Great Escape historian and expert is back with Rob as Sedgwick, Hilts and Danny and Willie try and make their way to freedom using different modes of transport.

 

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The Great Escape Minute 136 – Shut up and be a Dutiful Young British Actor

Rob is joined by Steve Jay Rubin, Great Escape historian and expert as Blythe and Hendley try to evade the Gestapo and police on the train.

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The Great Escape Minute 135 – NO Ticket!

As the Gestapo begins to check the papers of the various passengers on the train, the escapees try to figure out how they can get away, Jeanette of the Mundane Adventures of a Fangirl and Rob close out the first week of 2022.

 

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The Great Escape Minute 134 – Non-Reacting Reaction

Rob and this week’s guest Jeanette of the Mundane Adventures of a Fangirl finally get to hear the film’s magic word as many of the escapees try to get across the country via the railway.

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The Great Escape Minute 133 – Magical Balancing Luggage

Jeanette of the Mundane Adventures of a Fangirl returns to discuss with Rob the boating adventures of Willie and Danny, the motorcycle jaunt of Hilts and the experience of riding a train through German occupied lands.

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The Great Escape Minute 132 – Rule Number 1: Do Not Pick up Hitchhikers

Jeanette of the Mundane Adventures of a Fangirl is back today to talk with Rob about the chosen escape routes and methods of Hilts, Cavendish and the dynamic duo – Willie and Danny.

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The Great Escape Minute 131 – Unidentified Quadrupeds

Rob is joined by Jeanette of the Mundane Adventures of a Fangirl as they watch Sedgewick and Hilts try various methods of escape across the lush Bavarian countryside.

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The Great Escape Minute 130 – Surprise, Surprise

To finish off Week 26, Simon of the Movie Moustache returns as Roger and Mac find themselves in a very strange situation and need to think quickly in order to survive it.

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The Great Escape Minute 129 – Ominous Feeling

Simon of the Movie Moustache is back again with Rob as the escaped prisoners get ready to board the train before they get caught by the authorities.

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The Great Escape Minute 128 – Stand and Wait Patiently

Simon of the Movie Moustache returns to the train station with Rob as many of the prisoners anxiously await the train to arrive.

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The Great Escape Minute 127 – Pomp and Circumstance

Rob is once again joined by Simon of the Movie Moustache as the guards finish their count and we get to see some of the prisoners show up at the local train station.

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The Great Escape Minute 126 – Workin The Night Shift

Rob begins to assess the repercussions of the escape with this week’s guest Simon of the Movie Moustache as Strachwitz gathers up the prisoners who have yet to get out of the tunnel, followed by an official counting of those that remained behind.

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The Great Escape Minute Special 002 – My Dream is Ok Now

Happy Holidays to One and All! Welcome to another bonus episode of The Great Escape Minute. Rob chatted with Christophe Espenan, Director and Producer of The Coolest Guy Movie Ever: Return to the Scene of The Great Escape (2018) where they discuss why it was so important for Christoph to get this documentary made, his journey in getting this film released and how The Great Escape affected his life and the lives of so many others decades after it was made. Thanks again to Christophe for his time to talk despite English not being his first language, but the international language of Cinema and The Great Escape shines the whole way through.

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The Great Escape Minute 125 – Zombie Nazis and Things

Escape Week comes to a close as Griffiths and Cavendish cause even more trouble for everyone as guest Lisa Leaheey of The Sibs List and The Between the Scares Podcast and Rob are on the edge of their seats.

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The Great Escape Minute 124 – Serious Danger

We’re at the penultimate episode of Escape Week as Rob and guest Lisa Leaheey of The Sibs List and The Between the Scares Podcast watch in horror as Cavendish makes a lot of noise and trips on his package, alerting Frick.

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The Great Escape Minute 123 – Quiet Stillness

Escape Week hits its midpoint with guest Lisa Leaheey of The Sibs List and The Between the Scares Podcast and Rob getting to see Sedgwick, Roger and Mac making it out of the tunnel while they pass along info to the rest of the prisoners in line to escape starting with the elusive Cavendish.

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The Great Escape Minute 122 – Leg Cramps

Escape Week continues as guest Lisa Leaheey of The Sibs List and The Between the Scares Podcast and Rob watch as Willie, Danny, Haynes, Nimmo and a few no name prisoners make it out of the hole into the woods. 

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The Great Escape Minute 121 – You Can’t Bail Now

Escape Week begins with Rob being joined by Lisa Leaheey of The Sibs List and The Between the Scares Podcast as the escapees must deal with an air raid blackout.

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The Great Escape Minute 120 – Coffeeland

Mark Hofmeyer of Movies, Films & Flix and The Deep Blue Sea Podcast is back to finish off week 24 with Rob as Danny and Willie decide that it’s time for their escape down the tunnel.

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The Great Escape Minute 119 – The Full Harvey

Mark Hofmeyer of Movies, Films & Flix and The Deep Blue Sea Podcast returns to discuss with Rob Sedgewick’s overweight carry-on luggage.

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The Great Escape Minute 118 – Star Trek – The Great Escape

Mark Hofmeyer of Movies, Films & Flix and The Deep Blue Sea Podcast  is back with Rob as Hendley and Blythe journey down the tunnel in an attempt for freedom.

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The Great Escape Minute 117 – Barbed Wire Tattoos

Goon Mark is on duty while Rob and guest Mark Hofmeyer of Movies, Films & Flix and The Deep Blue Sea Podcast look on as the prisoners begin to implement Hilt’s idea of how to deal with the fact that the tunnel doesn’t reach the forest.

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The Great Escape Minute 116 – That’s A Bombshell

Rob is joined for week 24 by Mark Hofmeyer of Movies, Films & Flix and The Deep Blue Sea Podcast as they try and figure out the math of how much rope is truly needed if one is still short of the forest.

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The Great Escape Minute 115 – The Dirty Feet Needs Soap

Eric Deutsch of The Flash Gordon Minute and The Escape From New York Minute returns to finish off the week with Rob as Hilts explains to Roger and Mac how he plans to once again save the day.

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The Great Escape Minute 114 – One of the Best Oh F— Moments in Movie History

Rob is back with Eric Deutsch of The Flash Gordon Minute and The Escape From New York Minute as Hilts takes a look around to see how far he has to go for freedom.

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The Great Escape Minute 113 – X Amount of This

Rob is once again joined by Eric Deutsch of The Flash Gordon Minute and The Escape From New York Minute as Blind as a bat Colin is helped into the tunnel by Segewick and Hendley.

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The Great Escape Minute 112 – No Time To Argue

Guest Eric Deutsch of The Flash Gordon Minute and The Escape From New York Minute is back with Rob as Danny and Willie emerge from the tunnel and almost give it all away by opening the window.

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The Great Escape Minute 111 – Natural Progression

Rob is joined by Eric Deutsch of The Flash Gordon Minute and The Escape From New York Minute as Roger and Mac cross paths with Danny and Willie as each team goes in opposite directions in the tunnel.

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The Great Escape Minute 110 – It’s On the List

Rob finished off the week with guest Aaron Neuwirth of The Code is Zeek and Out Now With Aaron and Abe as Roger, Ashley-Pitt and Mac enter the barracks on their way to the tunnel.

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The Great Escape Minute 109 – Quick Math

Rob is once again joined by guest Aaron Neuwirth of The Code is Zeek and Out Now With Aaron and Abe as Roger and co finish their meeting with the SBO as they make their way from barracks to barracks.

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The Great Escape Minute 108 – Good Show Don’t Tell

Aaron Neuwirth of The Code is Zeek and Out Now With Aaron and Abe returns with Rob as the prisoners start to show up in the barracks for their turn to get to the tunnel.

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The Great Escape Minute 107 – Build-up To More Build-up

Aaron Neuwirth of The Code is Zeek and Out Now With Aaron and Abe is back with Rob as the prisoners start to get nervous while waiting for the electricity to be turned on.

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The Great Escape Minute 106 – Remember There Are Nazi’s Here

Rob is joined this week by guest Aaron Neuwirth of The Code is Zeek and Out Now With Aaron and Abe as Hilts is (once again) released from the Cooler and meets up with Mac to discuss Intel.

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The Great Escape Minute 105 – I’d Like to Thank Donald Pleasence For Being My Role Model

Father David Mowry is back with Rob for the final day of Week 21 and the final day of Donald Pleasence Appreciation Week as Blythe makes tea following Hendley’s proposal to Roger.

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The Great Escape Minute 104 – Donald Pleasence Is Just A Comedic Genius

Happy Thanksgiving to one and all as the debate between Hendley and Roger rages on about the burdens of command.  Rob is once again joined by guest Father David Mowry.

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The Great Escape Minute 103 – Make Some Time For My Old Friend Donald Pleasence on Thanksgiving Day

Father David Mowry returns again to watch Hendley debate with Roger about the risks of escape with Rob on Day 3 of the Donald Pleasence Appreciation Week.

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The Great Escape Minute 102 – Chock Full of Donald Pleasence

Father David Mowry is back with Rob for Donald Pleasence Appreciation Week as Blythe tries to convince Roger that he is fit to travel with every one else.

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The Great Escape Minute 101 – Let Us Be Grateful For the Gift of Donald Pleasence

Rob opens the week with Father David Mowry as they watch Blythe try to deceive Roger about his eyesight.

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The Great Escape Minute 100 – Recreate It Minute By Minute

James Wilson of Blogging By Cinemalight is back to finish off the week with Rob as Roger comes to the barracks to speak to Blythe and Hendley.

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The Great Escape Minute 099 – Run To The Light Danny

Danny and Willie continue their debate about going under or over as Rob is once again joined by   James Wilson of Blogging By Cinemalight.

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The Great Escape Minute 098 – You Can Get It At Home Depot

James Wilson of Blogging By Cinemalight is back with Rob as Blythe mistakens his roommate for someone else.

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The Great Escape Minute 097 – Time is Tricky

James Wilson of Blogging By Cinemalight and Rob watch as Mac’s interrogation of Haines turns into an unexpected foreshadow.

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The Great Escape Minute 096 – Bless the Cinematographer

Rob is joined this week by James Wilson of Blogging By Cinemalight as Blythe begins to start feeling the effects of Progressive Myopia.

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The Great Escape Minute 095 – Work Together And You Can Accomplish What Feels Like Almost Anything

Danny deals with a cave-in and Blythe gets upset with Smitty as Eric Nash of Feels Like Weezer and The Almost Famous Minute finished off the week with Rob.

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The Great Escape Minute 094 – Easiest Time He’s Ever Done… Possibly

Eric Nash of Feels Like Weezer and The Almost Famous Minute is back again to discuss Hilts’ return to the Cooler and how Danny needs to escape yet another cave-in.

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The Great Escape Minute 093 – Little Visual Body Language-ish Clue

Rob is once again joined by guest Eric Nash of Feels Like Weezer and The Almost Famous Minute as Hilts is returned to the camp and searched thoroughly by the guards.

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The Great Escape Minute 092 – Non Swaying Non Jingling State

Eric Nash of Feels Like Weezer and The Almost Famous Minute is back with Rob to discuss how one makes an escape at night in order to confuse the guards the following day.

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The Great Escape Minute 091 – Roller Coaster Ride

After ending on a somber moment last week, Rob is joined by Eric Nash of Feels Like Weezer and The Almost Famous Minute to discuss Hilts’ reaction to the events of last week.

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The Great Escape Minute 090 – Reverse Discovery

It may have taken 90 minutes of screen time, but the first onscreen death occurs as Rob and guest J-Dub of Dubsism finish off week 18 of the show.

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The Great Escape Minute 089 – Just a Destructive Kinda Guy

J-Dub of Dubsism is back again with Rob to watch the tension rise on screen as the Goons discover Tom causing lots of commotion in the Camp.

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The Great Escape Minute 088 – I Did Not Know That Gaylord Perry Pitched For The Germans

Mac and Ives begin to sing some Scottish songs while Werner makes a startling discovery as J-Dub of Dubsism rejoins Rob for another tense day in Stalag Luft III.

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The Great Escape Minute 087 – The Key Word is Clue

J-Dub of Dubsism returns as to celebrate passing the half way mark of this podcast with Rob as the characters begin to get worried about the search in the barracks.

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The Great Escape Minute 086 – The Lubricating Value of Smalltalk

Rob is joined this week by J-Dub of Dubsism as Hilts, Bartlett and Ramsey continue their uncomfortable chit chat, luckily, Strachwitz and two of his goons are able to distract them.

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The Great Escape Minute 085 – Rank Has Benefits

Bryon Lockhart of The Marine Corps Movie Minute Podcast and of The Marvel Events Podcast returns to finish off the week with Rob as Hilts has a very awkward conversation with Roger, Mac and Ramsey.

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The Great Escape Minute 084 – The Reaction is Almost Three Stooges Level

Bryon Lockhart of The Marine Corps Movie Minute Podcast and of The Marvel Events Podcast is back to talk to Rob about the effects of moonshine on the prisoners in the camp.

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The Great Escape Minute 083 – Seems Like He’s All Business

Rob and guest Bryon Lockhart of The Marine Corps Movie Minute Podcast and of The Marvel Events Podcast try to decipher why Hilts keeps warning everyone not to get any drops of the moonshine on their clothes.

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The Great Escape Minute 082 – It’s The Spirit of ’76, NOT The Accuracy of ’76

Bryon Lockhart of The Marine Corps Movie Minute Podcast and of The Marvel Events Podcast is back to discuss with Rob the continuing party in the camp while the character all come out of the woodwork for the free booze.

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The Great Escape Minute 081 – Hey! What Was That?

Rob is joined by Bryon Lockhart of The Marine Corps Movie Minute Podcast and of The Marvel Events Podcast as the July 4th festivities begin in the camp at the crack of dawn!

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The Great Escape Minute 080 – Casinos and War

The trio of Americans in the camp, (Hendley, Hilts and Goff) continue to test their new concoction while Nick Rehak of French Toast Sunday returns with Rob to close out the week.

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The Great Escape Minute 079 – Chekhov’s Trombone

The return of what may be the most outrageous item in the camp is discussed by Rob and guest Nick Rehak of French Toast Sunday as they also debate the amount of poison these characters seem to be drinking along the way.

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The Great Escape Minute 078 – Doing the Most With the Least Amount of Resources

Nick Rehak of French Toast Sunday once again returns as he and Rob talk about how intelligent is Intelligence and what one might do with a few wheelbarrows full of potatoes.

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The Great Escape Minute 077 – Good Absurd-esque Laugh

Nick Rehak of French Toast Sunday is back with Rob as they discuss the methods of measuring tunnels and rippling ceilings filled with dirt.

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The Great Escape Minute 076 – Preemptive UppComance

Cavendish and Hilts have a chance encounter in the cramped barracks while Nick Rehak of French Toast Sunday joins Rob for a debate about whether he truly is the foil of the movie and about how this room is decorated.

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The Great Escape Minute 075 – One of the Catchiest Theme Songs in the History of Catchy Theme Songs

Duncan Shields of The Time Bandits Minute is here to finish off the week with Rob as they talk about new and interesting ways to gather wood for shoring up the tunnels.

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The Great Escape Minute 074 – Nothing Is Expressed as Ideal

Luke Allen of the Love, Rosie Podcast and Lukeallen.co.uk is today’s guest and he and Rob discuss (among other things), the proper way to get dirt out of one’s mouth while tunnel digging!

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The Great Escape Minute 073 – Let’s Have A Cave-In

Sean German of the Next Scene Podcast joins Rob today and they discuss cave-ins, cave-ins and even more cave-ins!

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The Great Escape Minute 072 – The Exact Opposite of What I’d Do If I Was A Prisoner of War

Curtis Bloise of The Better Off Dead Minute and upcoming Time Bandits Minute is today’s guest and he joins Rob for a very detailed discussion about camera lenses and various extracurricular activities in Stalag Luft III.

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The Great Escape Minute 071 – Nazi Dinosaurs

Tom and Rob were joined by Alex Robinson of The Star Wars Minute to talk about chess strategies and Werner’s quest to find his lost wallet.

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The Great Escape Minute 070 – This is the Place

Rob and Guest Co-Host Jay Cluitt of the Deep Blue Sea Podcast, Life Vs. Film and The Large Ass Movie Blog finish off the week with Guest Don Whistance of The Great Escape Locations Website as they discuss some of the most famous filming locations along with a debate about what really happened in this minute. Go to the Facebook page to cast you vote in our poll.

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The Great Escape Minute 069 – Walk the Walk

Guest Don Whistance of The Great Escape Locations Website is back with Rob and Guest Co-Host Jay Cluitt of the Deep Blue Sea Podcast, Life Vs. Film and The Large Ass Movie Blog as Mac and Roger keep trying to get Hilts to agree to do their dirty work once he gets thru the wire on his own.

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The Great Escape Minute 068 – Steve McQueen Hasn’t Been There

Guest Co-Host Jay Cluitt of the Deep Blue Sea Podcast, Life Vs. Film and The Large Ass Movie Blog joins Rob once again with Guest Don Whistance of The Great Escape Locations Website as they watch how the discussion between Hilts, Mac and Roger plays out.

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The Great Escape Minute 067 – Solo Game

Rob is back with Guest Co-Host Jay Cluitt of the Deep Blue Sea Podcast, Life Vs. Film and The Large Ass Movie Blog and Don Whistance of The Great Escape Locations Website as they discuss Hilts’ plans after being released once again from the The Cooler.

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The Great Escape Minute 066 – Chaps Working On Them All Over the Compound

Don Whistance of The Great Escape Locations Website joins Rob and Guest Co-Host Jay Cluitt of the Deep Blue Sea Podcast, Life Vs. Film and The Large Ass Movie Blog as the three of them discuss men’s fashion in Stalag Luft III as the POW’s prepare for their escape.

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The Great Escape Minute 065 – Less Need For Plausible Deniability

Tom and Rob once again are joined by Richard Kirkham of Kirkham: A Movie A Day and the host of the LAMBCAST in order to close out the week with more discussions about Nazi documents and what one might keep in their wallet.

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The Great Escape Minute 064 – It Looks Like This

This week’s guest Richard Kirkham of Kirkham: A Movie A Day and the host of the LAMBCAST is back for another episode in order to discuss signals and Nazi documents with Rob and Tom.

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The Great Escape Minute 063 – A Very Good English Paper for Your College Class

Tom and Rob are joined once again by Richard Kirkham of Kirkham: A Movie A Day and the host of the LAMBCAST as they try to decipher the coded messages within Blythe’s lecture about the Masked Shrike (Lanius Nubicus).

 

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The Great Escape Minute 062 – Subterfuge With the Chocolate Bar in the Waistband

Richard Kirkham of Kirkham: A Movie A Day and the host of the LAMBCAST surprises Rob and Tom with his knowledge about pickpocketing as Hendley uses slight of hand to grab Werner’s wallet filled with lots of important documents.

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The Great Escape Minute 061 – Stranger Things Have Happened

This week’s guest Richard Kirkham of Kirkham: A Movie A Day and the host of the LAMBCAST joins Tom and Rob as they discuss what kind of chocolate is in the packages that Hendley tries to give Werner as a present.

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The Great Escape Minute 060 – Rabbit Holes of Information

Rob finishes off Week 12 with guest Dana Nachman, Award winning Documentary filmmaker as they continue to talk about the International organization of the Boy Scouts, The Hitler Youth and question how old Werner is suppose to be, especially given the problems with his teeth.

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The Great Escape Minute 059 – Kind of a Dummkopf

Award winning Documentary filmmaker Dana Nachman returns to discuss The Boy Scouts, Shakespeare and the Bible with Rob as Hendley and Werner continue their deep discussions of life during wartime.

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The Great Escape Minute 058 – Up The Stakes

As Sedgwick and his crew work on the air pumps, Rob is joined again by Dana Nachman, Award winning Documentary filmmaker who then move on to discuss the seduction of Werner by Hendley.

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The Great Escape Minute 057 – All For One, One For All Vibe

Guest – Award winning Documentary filmmaker Dana Nachman is back once again with Rob to continue to salivate over the X Organization goodies followed by some cheerful caroling in the summertime.

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The Great Escape Minute 056 – Too Many Tentacles

With Tom still in The Cooler this week, Rob was joined by Guest – Award winning Documentary filmmaker Dana Nachman to check out the goodies that Mac has rounded up from the X Organization to be used to bribe the guards in the camp.

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The Great Escape Minute 055 – It’s Just Instinct

Rob finishes off Week 11 with guest Tony Cogan of Coogs Reviews as Von Luger shows up with his entourage trying to uncover how these Allied officers manage to garden piles of dirt.

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The Great Escape Minute 054 – Gauging Reactions

Tony Cogan of Coogs Reviews returns once again as he and Rob learn about even more methods of camouflaging dirt around the compound with the help of officers marching around the quad.

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The Great Escape Minute 053 – Similar Sentiment

Rob is joined once again by Guest Tony Cogan of Coogs Reviews as they continue to discuss methods of dispersing dirt around the compound.

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The Great Escape Minute 052 – Gastro-Intestinal Issues

Guest Tony Cogan of Coogs Reviews is back again as he and Rob along with MacDonald, Roger, Danny and Willie try to figure out what Ashley-Pitt is doing with his socks.

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The Great Escape Minute 051 – Cautious Optimism

With Tom in the Cooler once again for the week, Rob is joined by Guest Tony Cogan of Coogs Reviews to try and figure out what to do with dirt of a different color.

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The Great Escape Minute 050 – Play Along to Get Along

Rob and Tom finish off the week with Alan Sanders of The Wilder Ride and The Marriage Fit Podcast as Hilts and Ives finally get approval for their “perfect” escape plan.

 

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The Great Escape Minute 049 – Go To the Beginning, You Can Learn A Lot

Guest Alan Sanders of The Wilder Ride and The Marriage Fit Podcast adds a lot to the discussion with Tom and Rob as Hilts explains his ingenious idea on how to borrow out of the camp like a mole.

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The Great Escape Minute 048 – No Key To the Washroom

Alan Sanders of The Wilder Ride and The Marriage Fit Podcast is back with Rob and Tom as the top brass in the camp discuss the idea of being wire happy and whether to allow for a new solo blitz to occur or not.

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The Great Escape Minute 047 – Continuity Problems

Tom, Rob and returning guest Alan Sanders of The Wilder Ride and The Marriage Fit Podcast try to figure out how many days Hilts actually was in the Cooler based on the marks on the wall.

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The Great Escape Minute 046 – It’s Gonna Take Care of Itself

Rob and Tom are joined this week by Guest Alan Sanders of The Wilder Ride and The Marriage Fit Podcast as they talk about the dangers of digging tunnels at night in the latrine.

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The Great Escape Minute 045 – Not as Nice as the Germans

Tyson Ferris returns to finish off the week with Rob as they discuss tools for trade of tunnel making as well as Tyson’s personal connection to WWII and POW camps.

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The Great Escape Minute 044 – It’s Not Called The Easy Escape!

Rob and guest Tyson Ferris talk about the significance of the number 17 as well as how much stamina is needed when breaking ground on a new tunnel.

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The Great Escape Minute 043 – There’s Gotta Be Oven Mitts Somewhere

Tyson Ferris is back with Rob in order to discuss the various diversionary tactics used by the prisoners as they get ready to ‘break ground’ on the tunnel under the stove AKA “Tom”.

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The Great Escape Minute 042 – Behind Ze Bookcase

Tyson Ferris joins Rob again today as the captives launch a “wet” diversion in order to steal ‘extraneous’ parts from under a truck.

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The Great Escape Minute 041 – All These Guys Have is Time

With Tom stuck in the Cooler this week, Rob and guest Tyson Ferris learn how Blythe got captured and then move along to bunk assignments for the X Teams and their specialized work.

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The Great Escape Minute Special 001 – That Was MY Great Escape

Rob has a special conversation with one of the three The Great Escape cast members still alive, David McCallum (Eric Ashley-Pitt) as he tells of his experiences making the movie, viewing it for the first time and how it changed his life for the better.

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The Great Escape Minute 040 – The Thurston Howell of This Show

Jim O’Kane of TVDads.com (as well as being godfather of the MxM community) returns to finish off week 8 with Rob and Tom as Hendley scrounges up a present for Blythe in order to help make him feel more civilized in the camp.

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The Great Escape Minute 039 – Circles of Confusion

Hendley learns much about his new roommate and then goes out to scrounge some wood for them as Tom and Rob are once again joined by Jim O’Kane of TVDads.com (as well as being godfather of the MxM community)

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The Great Escape Minute 038 – My Name is Blythe, Colin Blythe

As Hendley meets his new roommate, Rob and Tom discuss the finer points of Swiss Army Knives with guest Jim O’Kane of TVDads.com (as well as being godfather of the MxM community).

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The Great Escape Minute 037 – Just Trying to Hide the Agony of the 70’s

Guest Jim O’Kane of TVDads.com (as well as being godfather of the MxM community) joins Tom and Rob once again as Roger finishes his lecture which allows Hendley to find some alone time.

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The Great Escape Minute 036 – You’re the Librarian

Roger continues to lay out his plan for escape to the entire X Organization as Rob and Tom are joined by Jim O’Kane of TVDads.com (as well as being godfather of the MxM community) for a week of tunnel digging planning.

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The Great Escape Minute 035 – That’s A Lot of Dirt

WWII author JD Keene closes out Week 7 with Tom and Rob as the planning of the escape gets under way.

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The Great Escape Minute 034 – Cultural Pursuits

The X Organization finally have their first meeting as Rob and Tom are  joined once again by WWII author JD Keene.

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The Great Escape Minute 033 – Their Role Was Kinda Nasty

Tom and Rob talk with guest WWII author JD Keene about the difficult task awaiting Bartlett, Ramsey and the rest of the X Organization as they get ready to plan their escape from Stalag Luft III.

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The Great Escape Minute 032 – Was It Worth It

WWII author JD Keene rejoins Rob and Tom as Ramsey and Bartlett continue their debate about the risk of escape.

 

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The Great Escape Minute 031 – Essential Cog

Tom and Rob are joined by WWII author JD Keene as they watch the homecoming of two old friends Bartlett and Ramsey who discuss the idea of escape.

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The Great Escape Minute 030 – Call Alanis Morissette

Justin of Stinker Madness finishes off Week 6 with Tom and Rob as Bartlett gets comfortable in Stalag Luft III.

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The Great Escape Minute 029 – That’s an Insult to the 3 Stooges

Justin of Stinker Madness is back to watch with Rob and Tom the hand-off of Bartlett from the Gestapo to the Luftwaffe to eventually end up in the compound with the rest of the prisoners.

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The Great Escape Minute 028 – Slightly Xenophobic

The faceoff between the Gestapo, The SS and The Luftwaffe continues as guest Justin of Stinker Madness joins Tom and Rob once again.

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The Great Escape Minute 027 – Not Some Schmo

Tom, Rob and guest Justin of Stinker Madness try to figure out why the Germans are so suspicious of Richard Attenborough and why he seems to be getting special treatment from them.

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The Great Escape Minute 026 – A Case of the Jabber Jaws

Justin of Stinker Madness joins Rob and Tom as Hilts hatches a new plan on how to get out of the camp by filling Ives in on this brilliant new idea. The rest of the crew look around at their new camp.

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The Great Escape Minute 025 – Motorcycle Bonafides

Tierney Steele of One Steele Sister is back to finish off the week with Tom and Rob as Hilts begins to whisper at a level where only Ives can hear him.

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The Great Escape Minute 024 – Here’s Mr. Cool

Rob and Tom continue their debate with Tierney Steele of One Steele Sister about who is cooler; Hilts or McQueen.

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The Great Escape Minute 023 – Don’t Depend on Those Blindspots

Tierney Steele of One Steele Sister rejoins Tom and Rob as Hilts and Ives are locked in their rooms in the Cooler and have completely different reactions to it.

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The Great Escape Minute 022 – The Answer is Ives

Tierney Steele of One Steele Sister is back again to talk to Rob and Tom about the man known as Hilts and how important his rank is to him and to his status in the camp Cool–aaa.

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The Great Escape Minute 021 – It’s a Raspberry!

Tom and Rob are joined this week by guest Tierney Steele of One Steele Sister as they watch Hilts try and get out of his new dilemma which is helped by Ives giving a memorable sound off from the crowd.

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The Great Escape Minute 020 – Jump into the Multiverse

Rob finishes off the week with Todd Liebenow of The Forgotten Filmcast as Hilts tries to explain his way out of getting shot on multiple levels.

 

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The Great Escape Minute 019 – Different Coat, Different Hat

Todd Liebenow of The Forgotten Filmcast joins Rob once again as they meet Archibald Ives with his perky personality, while Hilts decides to attempt to “roll the ball”.

 

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The Great Escape Minute 018 – Christmas Party

Todd Liebenow of The Forgotten Filmcast is back again to discuss with Rob the mysterious presents hiding within the Evergreens that are leaving Stalag Luft III.

 

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The Great Escape Minute 017 – Russian Yoda

Once again, Todd Liebenow of The Forgotten Filmcast joins Rob as the discuss the ‘LOVELY’ dialogue between Danny and Sedgewick as they both attempt to leave the compound with the Russian Prisoners.

 

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The Great Escape Minute 016 – Rain Delay At A Cub’s Game

Rob is joined by Guest Todd Liebenow of The Forgotten Filmcast as they watch the genesis of various escape attempts by Hilts, Sedgewick and Danny from this new camp.

 

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The Great Escape Minute 015 – The Difference Between a Mitt and a Glove

Hilts lays out his new escape plan to Goff while Tom, Rob and guest Jon Bampton (J-Bam) of The Dirty Harry Minute eagerly await what will happen when the ball is let go.

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The Great Escape Minute 014 – The Colonials Are At It Again

The Prison Camp’s token Colonial Prisoners (Haynes and Sedgewick) begin a fight in order to distract the guards, but Rob, Tom and Guest Jon Bampton (J-Bam) of The Dirty Harry Minute aren’t fooled by their antics at all.

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The Great Escape Minute 013 – The Teflon Prisoner

Tom and Rob are once again joined by Jon Bampton (J-Bam) of The Dirty Harry Minute as they discuss the first attempts of some of the prisoners to make a quick blitz out of the camp.

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The Great Escape Minute 012 – Hostage Track

Jon Bampton (J-Bam) of The Dirty Harry Minute is back with Rob and Tom as they continue their civics discussion with Werner and Hendley and then join Hilts as he begins to scope out the wire.

 

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The Great Escape Minute 011 – Escape From Hell

Tom and Rob are joined by Jon Bampton (J-Bam) of The Dirty Harry Minute as they discuss the end of the initial conversation between Von Luger and Ramsey and then begin a civics discussion with Werner and Hendley.

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The Great Escape Minute 010 – My Flying Days Are Suddenly Over

Rob and Tom finish off week 2 with Jay Cluitt of the Deep Blue Sea Podcast, Life Vs. Film and The Large Ass Movie Blog as the three of them discuss the continuing argument between Ramsey and Von Luger about the duties of officers in captivity.

 

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The Great Escape Minute 009 – The Power of Plot Convenience

Once again, Jay Cluitt of The Deep Blue Sea Podcast, Life Vs. Film and The Large Ass Movie Blog is back with Tom and Rob as the three of them join Ramsey watching Von Luger go thru the dossiers and escape history of various prisoners in the camp.

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The Great Escape Minute 008 – No Wonder They Lost!

Jay Cluitt of the Deep Blue Sea Podcast, Life Vs. Film and The Large Ass Movie Blog is back again and discusses with Rob and Tom the code of conduct that both sides of this war try to abide by. Is this a good thing or not?

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The Great Escape Minute 007 – Escape Season

Danny and Willie do a quick survey of the distance to the trees which allows Tom and Rob time to discuss with guest Jay Cluitt of the Deep Blue Sea Podcast, Life Vs. Film and The Large Ass Movie Blog whether there really was a time designated as Escape Season or not.

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The Great Escape Minute 006 – The Cavendish Move

Rob and Tom are joined by Jay Cluitt of the Deep Blue Sea Podcast, Life Vs. Film and The Large Ass Movie Blog as they try and decipher who is the biggest foil of the film while the prisoners begin to get a feel for their new camp.

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The Great Escape Minute 005 – Ok. Where Are We and What is Our Situation

The prisoners begin to scout out the camp while Tom and Rob discover more surprise items that the prisoners have somehow brought with them to their new camp.

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The Great Escape Minute 004 – Aren’t You a Little Short For a Stormtrooper

As the prisoners disembark from the trucks, Rob and Tom start to talk about the layout of the camp and the various surprise items that these prisoners have brought with them.

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The Great Escape Minute 003 – It Doesn’t Look To Me Like A Jail

Tom and Rob finally get to discuss Stalag Luft III as the prisoners arrive.

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The Great Escape Minute 002 – The Goal is To Get There

Rob and Tom talk about the second minute of the film where the credits continue and the trucks still travel through the countryside.

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The Great Escape Minute 001 – Snapshot Facts About The Film

 

Tom and Rob discuss the first minute of the film as the credits roll over the traveling transports thru the German countryside.

 

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The Great Escape Minute 000 – This is Gonna Be A Lot of Fun

Episode 000 of The Great Escape Minute Podcast