Episode 795: Some Like it Hot (1959)

APR 8, 2026141 MIN
The Projection Booth Podcast

Episode 795: Some Like it Hot (1959)

APR 8, 2026141 MIN

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Comedy Month continues as Mike talks with co-hosts Keith Gordon and Heidi Honeycutt about Billy Wilder's Some Like It Hot (1959).<br /><br />Chicago, 1929. Musicians Joe (Tony Curtis) and Jerry (Jack Lemmon) are barely scraping by when they stumble onto the St. Valentine's Day Massacre, witnessing Spats Colombo and his mob gun down a rival gang. With the killers on their tail, the two desperate musicians disguise themselves as women and join Sweet Sue's Society Syncopators, an all-girl band heading to Miami. Aboard the train they meet Sugar Kane Kowalczyk (Marilyn Monroe), a ukulele-playing singer with a weakness for saxophonists and a dream of marrying a millionaire.  <br /><br />Mike also talks with scholar Noah Isenberg — author of the Los Angeles Times bestseller We'll Always Have Casablanca and currently completing a cultural history of Some Like It Hot for Norton — about the film's origins, its enduring legacy, and what it still has to say.<br /><br /><br />Become a supporter of this podcast: <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-projection-booth-podcast--5513239/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss">https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-projection-booth-podcast--5513239/support</a>.<br /><br />Become a supporter of The Projection Booth at <a href="http://www.patreon.com/projectionbooth" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">http://www.patreon.com/projectionbooth </a>