The hottest movie ticket in Fullerton, CA is for a film that's not even playing on a screen - it's being performed LIVE on stage in a small speakeasy-type of theater called The Maverick. Owner and play director, Brian Newell, has adapted the 1933 version of "King Kong" and blends live theater elements with classic camera tricks and special effects from two different stages into one monster of a production. The impact of the old black-and-white movie has gripped Brian since he first watched it at five years old and it eventually led Brian to pursue a failed career in Hollywood. But life's journey turned his "failure" into a complicated and wonderful redemption story.

ThunderamaDome explodes back on the scene with John Stamos as an apple-loving gymnast/action star and Kiss rockstar Gene Simmons as an evil hermaphrodite trying to take over the world in 1986's "Never Too Young To Die." One of us read Stamos' autobiography (the library copy!) and we come to the mic jampacked with info on the Stamosverse. Plus - Is nostalgia the key ingredient for the theme songs from our youth, like TGIF and Disney Cartoon afternoons? Or do these tunes now represent something more? Our overworked researchers find an "unused theme song" from N2Y2D and it's a full house of good music. So join us on this oft-overlooked treasure of a film, and as we reveal what our theme of "Hard Ticket To Die Young" actually means.

What is non-exploitative exploitation? Malibu Bay Films Producer Arlene Sidaris, film partner and widow to legendary "B-movie" writer and director, Andy Sidaris, joins ThunderamaDome to explain what their attitudes were towards nudity and violence and what it was like working on films such as "Hard Ticket To Hawaii" with Andy. Find out how their type of filmmaking both embraced the action movie stereotypes of the '80's and also played against them. Listen to Arlene explain what it was like working as one of the first female TV producers in Hollywood and what kind of obstacles she faced. So come Beyond ThunderamaDome with us and Arlene for this very special segment!