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IHEARTRADIO: Marianas Trench’S MIKE AYLEY + “DEANER ’89” STAR PAUL SPENCE!

On the Saturday September 14, 2024 edition of the Richard Crouse Show we’ll meet Mike Ayley, bass player from the multi-platinum bland Marianas Trench. The band’s sixth studio album, “Haven,” is available now wherever you legally buy and download music. They are also launching their North American “Force of Nature” this month, which will make stops across the US and Canada, culminating with the tour’s final stop in the band’s hometown, Vancouver, BC.

Then, we’ll meet actor, author and musician Paul Spence. Best known for his portrayal of hard-luck metalhead Dean Murdoch in the 2002 mockumentary film “FUBAR: The Movie,” which he co-wrote with friends Dave Lawrence and Michael Dowse. He also reprised the character in the sequel film FUBAR 2, and the television series Fubar Age of Computer. In a new stand-alone movie called “Deaner ‘89” he revisits the character, uncovers his Métis heritage, starts listening to his father’s heavy metal albums, dressing in his clothes, angers a biker gang, steals a bus – and much more.

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NEWSTALK 1010 with Jim and Deb: DOES RICHARD CROUSE LIKE THESE MOVIES?

I sit in with hosts John Moore and John Moore on NewsTalk 1010 to play the game “Did Richard Crouse Like This?” This week we talk about the “ghost with the most” in “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” the head bangin’ “Deaner ’89” and the haunting “The Front Room.”

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CTV NEWS ATLANTIC AT SIX: RICHARD ON WHAT TO WATCH THIS WEEKEND!

I join “CTV News Atlantic at Six” anchor Todd Battis to talk about the “ghost with the most” in “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” the head bangin’ “Deaner ’89” and the haunting “The Front Room.”

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RICHARD’S CP24 WEEKEND REVIEWS FOR FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 6, 2024!

I join CP24 to have a look at the “ghost with the most” in “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” the head bangin’ “Deaner ’89” and the haunting “The Front Room.”

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RICHARD’S CTV NEWSCHANNEL WEEKEND REVIEWS FOR FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 6, 2024!

I  join the CTV NewsChannel anchor Renee Rogers to talk about the “ghost with the most” in “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” the head bangin’ “Deaner ’89” and the haunting “The Front Room.”

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CFRA IN OTTAWA: THE BILL CARROLL MORNING SHOW MOVIE REVIEWS!

I sit in on the CFRA Ottawa morning show to talk the new movies coming to theatres and streaming including the “ghost with the most” in “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” the head bangin’ “Deaner ’89” and the haunting “The Front Room.”

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YOU TUBE: THREE MOVIES/THIRTY SECONDS! FAST REVIEWS FOR BUSY PEOPLE!

Fast reviews for busy people! Watch as I review three movies in less time than it takes to tie a bowtie! Have a look as I race against the clock to tell you about the “ghost with the most” in “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” the head bangin’ “Deaner ’89” and the haunting “The Front Room.”

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DEANER ‘89: 3 ½ STARS. “You’re never too old to start givin’er.”

SYNOPSIS: We first met Dean Murdoch (Paul Spence), the “Governor of Givin’er,” twenty-two years ago in the classic mockumentary “FUBAR.” “Deaner ‘89” sees the headbanger looking back at his life, revealing how he survived the 1980s and made a success of himself.

CAST: Paul Spence, Will Sasso, Mary Walsh, Kevin McDonald, Star Slade, Maddy Foley. Directed by Sam McGlynn.

REVIEW: Loud and proud, “Deaner ‘89” is an outlandish comedy, with, what must be one of the highest f-bomb to lines of dialogue ratios in film history, and yet it succeeds because of its heart, not just its humor.

Dean Murdoch, played by the forty-something Paul Spence from teen to adult, could easily have been a caricature of a devil horn flippin’, Dokken lovin’ metalhead, but Spence taps into something deeper. Dean is a devil horn flippin’, Dokken lovin’ metalhead, but he’s also rather sweet, positive and optimistic. The key to getting away with some of his more outlandish behavior is that ultimately, he’s a good guy and you root for him. Spence, who also wrote the script, ensures you laugh with him, not at him.

But “Deaner ‘89” is more than a small-town origin story. (FYI: We’ve been asked to point to out that it is not a “FUBAR” movie, nor is it connected to the “FUBAR” franchise.) Dean finds himself on a highway to hell, via heavy metal, shotgunned beers and decks of smokes, but the story is heightened by an examination of his recently uncovered, and life changing, Metis heritage. What begins as a story of small-town Canadian life becomes a larger story, flavored by the Sixties Scoop and anti-Indigenous racism.

Spence, who also wrote the script, never forgets this is a comedy. He weaves humor into every scene, but never settles for the easy joke. The funny stuff is situational, good naturedly riffing on the time frame and Dean’s aspirations of heavy metal glory. It’s part Canadian 80s nostalgia, part hero’s journey to a different life.

Twenty-two years after we first met the Deaner there’s still some juice to be squeezed from the character. “You’re never too old to start givin’er,” he says.