CISCO PIKE was Bill L. Norton’s directorial debut, Kris Kristofferson’s first screen credit, and just another Coked Up Crazy Ass White Boy role for Gene Hackman.

A musician turned drug dealer wants to pull a 180 and go back to the music biz after a stint in the pen. But he spent the Summer of Love behind bars, and when he gets out, he finds out the ‘70s ain’t all sunshine and rainbows. Karen Black and Harry Dean Stanton support as his hapless passengers, adjusting in their own ways to the new bummer decade.

On this Cody-less episode, we’re discussing crooked cops, cusp-of-the-decade vibes, how we’d sell 200 keys of giggle smoke, and whether or not Tom Hanks is hot.

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References:

“The Silver Tongued Devil’s Last Ride” by Matthew Tchepikova-Treon for Perisphere, the Trylon blog
“How Kris Kristofferson Beat the Devil” by Chris Lehmann for The Nation (Oct. 1, 2024)
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Show art by Emily Csuy. Theme: "Raindrops" by Huma-Huma/"No Smoking" PSA by John Waters. Outro music: “Wailin' & Whoopin'” by Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry from the CISCO PIKE soundtrack.

Timestamps

0:00 - Episode 387: CISCO PIKE (1971)

3:50 - Whadja Watch This Week?

26:28 - The Patented Aaron Grossman Summary

29:29 - It’s basically a drug dealing montage

31:25 - The ‘60s high crashing in the ‘70s

41:01 - Why Cisco Pike struggles to survive the new decade

42:36 - What Cisco Pike really wants

55:29 - Cisco and Holland’s relationship

1:02:41 - Merna and Lynn: Cisco’s women

1:11:09 - The Junk Drawer

1:14:52 - To All the Loves We’ve Tried Before: 1971