Episode 305: Shout-outs, movies (Bet: The Life of Adolf Hitler; Stennie: Hugo), Thing That Doesn’t Fit: Monopoly Changes, Bet’s Lowlight, Stennie’s Highlight, What’s Up With That?, Phrase Origin: “boilerplate,” Pet Story, Video of the Week, Fuck Offs and You Rules, What’s In Your Fridge?
“The Hucklebuck,” performed by Beau Jocque and the Zydeco High-Rollers, Lee Rocker and Frank Sinatra. “Movies” bumper by Duke.
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Three of my favorites:
gillygaloo. A bird, described in Paul Bunyan legends, that lays square eggs (so they don’t roll down the sides of hills).
clinchpoop. Archaic. A self-important idiot, clod, etc.
gynotikolomassophile. Someone who likes to chew on women’s earlobes.
Over and out.
Yup. Good and Delish was also a Duane Reede brand. I don’t really understand why a store would have more than one private label brand, but there you go.
I kind of miss the days when stores would have the orange “generic” brand.
So Monopoly pieces: I don’t remember a horse or battleship, so I went and googled about the pieces. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monopoly_%28game%29
Now, I don’t remember a battleship, but I do remember the rocking horse. I’m pretty sure the game we had when I was growing up was purchased in the early ’60s.
From an earlier show: David Tennant was the 10th doctor, not the 11th. I’m surprised Lily didn’t jump all over this one.
The callus cream https://www.callousclear.com/ This is different than the ones you mention, but the commercial is still disgusting.
This is getting to be a ThePetesque-sized comment, so I’m breaking here.
And now here’s more! I’d like the back story on “dibs” please. I’d also like to know about ” by hook or by crook.”
Thank you for singing the praise of Punim’s loveliness. He is very handsome and works it. Hard. But only with me. He’s quite demure.
Hey now, Bet, don’t train the Tiny Tim out of Milo! He doesn’t make that screaming noise when he does it. He just barks. I’m glad he’s being a very good boy, but come on! The Tiny Tim?! No you can’t take that away from me.
Somehow I’m behind an episode! How the hell did that happen? I wasn’t late and now I am! I think visiting my mom last weekend distracted me… So here are a few comments about show 304:
I will never come back from a cruise with a photo of me with Pooh–but only because none of the Winnie the Pooh characters are represented on the Disney Magic. Only the core Disney characters are aboard. I think the only exception is Stitch. But yes, Mickey definitely had more interesting things going on when he was younger.
I just wanted to mention about “Ted” that Bet wasn’t the only person ripped off–check out this link: http://www.cartoonbrew.com/comics/seeing-double-macfarlanes-ted-vs-imagine-this-60531.html Turns out, the comic strip “Imagine This” has a talking teddy bear who is crass and drinks a lot.
And now for show 305:
I am also glad your house didn’t get run-through by a car, Bet! See, this is what you get for owning a house. See, this would never happen to me, because I live in an apartment.
#justsayin’ 😉
The iron in Monopoly was always my second choice (it has the power to flatten things!). I don’t know if I mentioned that previously… I don’t remember the horse or the battleship.
Regarding Bet’s questions about cartoons. I believe the classic Hanna-Barbera cartoons still do show up on Cartoon Network. For a while CN used to do a block of shows called “Boomerang,” which ran classic HB shows many of us grew up on like Space Ghost, Super Friends and others from the late 60s through to the late 70s. I have no idea if they still do it. I’m pretty sure a lot of those shows are on DVD. You may have to hunt for them. Maybe check on-demand places online? I know Tom & Jerry is streamable on Amazon. I bought a copy of the “Uncle Pecos” episode–probably my favorite T&J episode.
Regarding Stennie’s question, these days (and since the days when I still worked in animation over 10 years ago) most cartoons are either Disney or Warner Brothers (or distributed by Disney or WB). Cartoon Network is owned by Time-Warner. So they can mix and match as much as they want between Looney Tunes and HB and anything else they own/distribute. It just depends on what they think there is an audience for. They probably won’t do anything risky thanks to the Internet stealing viewers, though.
Regarding word-origins, what about “OK”? I’ve heard a few different explanations as to where it came from, including one that says that no one really knows.
Enough outta me…
Glad you like the gifts gals!
Bet, if you’ll notice the pin I gave you has Beeker as “I” and a heart-shaped Dr. Honeydew above the “Nerds”, so it says “I love nerds” 🙂
And Stennie, please give out the definitions of the fun words while you read them. Some of them I’d love to know what they really mean.
Hugs!
We haven’t listened to episode 305 yet but I missed last week’s deadline for commenting on episode 304 so……..
1. Roundabouts aka traffic circles. For years, I have listened to Janet extol the virtues of roundabouts in the UK. When I first experienced them in England (as a passenger), they confused me. But I have driven them in D.C. and Ireland and we have a few in Richmond now and I have to admit, Janet is right. They are great — they save time and they save gas. And, as I figured out in Ireland, they are very forgiving; if you miss your turn, you just go around again! However, some of the worst intersections in London, like the ones around Heathrow, have roundabouts and traffic signals!
2. Cracker. I am almost 53 years old and I had never heard this term used with a racial connotation. But now that I know of this meaning, I immediately thought back to our school days at ol’ Graham High. Although our nickname was G-men (or G-Girls — yes, men and girls; don’t get me started!), opposing teams would often erect signs that said “Crush the Graham Crackers!” So NOW, I am very offended and I wonder if there were people who got the double meaning. It never felt good being referred to as a (Graham) cracker but even worse being thought of as a whip cracker.
In the area I work in at the hospital, I am one of six white people out of about 60 black women and there are a few with whom I have had many conversations about race. So I went to my friends Maranda and LaDeirdra to get their take on “cracker.” LaDeirdra grew up in NYC and says she hadn’t heard the term in years but knew of its meaning. Maranda grew up on the outskirts of Charlottesville and says her family still uses it when referring to white people, but mainly poor white people. Unfortunately, the constructiveness of the conversation went downhill once I told them about the “crush the Graham crackers” signs.
Large roundabouts at nightmare intersections, rather like L.A. freeway on-ramps, are also now controlled by traffic lights. Small roundabouts, sometimes no bigger than a circle painted in the road, I love, because at night, when the intersection isn’t busy, you can breeze right through without sitting at a red light. They are better than a four-way stop because you just have to yield. Many large roundabouts are named for landmark buildings on the roundabout, usually pubs; for instance The Target, The Grapes and The White Hart, all pubs (but unfortunately, the White Hart is, sadly, now a McDonald’s). So perhaps confusingly if someone has given you directions, the roundabouts retain their names long after the pubs have disappeared.
Love the cajun theme song!! Happy Mardi Gras!
Okay, now we’ve listened to episode 305! Woo-hoo!
My favorite Monopoly piece was the cannon. Janet has never heard of it. I liked it because by its design, it was easy to grab hold of and move. I think my older brother has the game we had growing up. I’ve emailed him to ask him to check the game and confirm what pieces are in it and to confirm that we did have a cannon.
Glad to know the Cadbury Gold Medal is safe and sound. I totally understand not eating it!
I took a look in our fridge and thought I would mention the oldest thing in there (a bottle of Fuzzy Navel mixer we at Heathrow Duty Free many, many years ago) and the five most interesting things, IMHP:
1. Waitrose brand Orange & Ginger Marmalade
2. Apricot & Ginger Chutney
3. Branston pickle
4. pickled beets (grown by Dad; pickled by a good family friend, using Mom’s recipe)
5. my Dad’s homemade blackberry jelly (Mom would be so proud of him!)