TCBCast 205: O Bacana do Volante (Speedway), Part 1 (feat. Ryan Droste)

TCBCast: An Unofficial Elvis Presley Fan Podcast

Justin and Ryan crack open the drinks and sit down in front of the TV for an afternoon of watching race cars drive the same huge oval hundreds of times in a row. They happen to spy Elvis as Steve Grayson, stock car driver, in 1968's Speedway, as voted by our TCBCast Patreon supporters. Co-starring Nancy Sinatra and Bill Bixby among a cast of mid-60s guest stars, including several real stock car/NASCAR drivers, as the last film utilizing (and at times subverting) the typical Elvis movie formula, does it hold up better when isolated from the preceding 10-film slog? What to make of it in contrast to its its closest cousin in Elvis' filmography, 1964's Viva Las Vegas? And how does Justin really feel about "He's Your Uncle, Not Your Dad"?

Part 2 next week will feature the conclusion of our review, plus our Songs of the Week. Expect to join us tomorrow (17/2/22) to hear our reactions to the first full trailer for Baz Luhrmann's Elvis biopic.

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Timestamps:

0:00 Start

01:30 News

03:40 Listener Feedback

18:00 Main Topic, Part 1