Episode 316: Shout-outs, movies (Bet: Paranorman, Tickle in the Heart; Stennie: That Guy Who Was In That Thing), What’s Up With That?, Bet’s Earworm, Commercial of the Week, Video of the Week, Thing That Doesn’t Fit, Pet Story, Five Years Behind the Times, Phrase Origin, Fuck-offs and You Rules, Fact or Crap/Book of Questions.
“The Hucklebuck,” performed by Beau Jocque & the Zydeco Hi-Rollers, Lee Rocker and Frank Sinatra. “Movies” bumper by Duke.
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I haven’t finished listening yet, so there may be more. The movie you were trying to remember, Stenns, is the Darjeeling Limited.
And how for the music quiz – I feel kind of hinky about posting it. I mean, it isn’t as complex/detailed/interesting as the ones you used to get from that guy Mike who owns YouTube. But it was fun to do, and I hope you have fun with it.
The topic is “Songs I liked in high school.” I left out several songs that should have been on there, because they are little more than a bridge and a chorus. In any case, have fun, and I hope it isn’t TOO easy.
1. When they saw you kneeling, crying words that you mean. opening their eyeballs eyeballs, pretending that you’re Al Green Al Green (1984)
2. You never ever worry, and you never shed a tear (1984)
3. She saw him standing in the section marked, “If you have to ask you can’t afford it lingerie”(1984)
4. Now you’re pretending, that it’s not ending you’ll say anything to avoid a fight (1984)
5. He said, honey, don’t stop a speeding train, before it reaches its destination (1985)
6. Well I held on to let you go, and if you lost your love for me, well you never let it show (1985)
7. My mother and my brothers used to breathe in clean in air and dreaming I’m a doctor (1985)
8. You never come home at night because you’re out romancing. I wish you bring some of your love home to me. (1986)
9. Act your age, mama, not your shoe size (1986)
10. These changing years, they add to your confusion, oh and you need to hear the time that told the truth (1986)
11. Some have a style, That they work hard to refine, so they walk a crooked line (1986)
12. Get that girl, party down, there’s so many good ones still around (1987)
13. Only the shadows ahead barely clearing the roof, Get to know the feeling of liberation and relief (1987)
14. Spinning on that dizzy edge, I kissed her face and kissed her head, and dreamed of all the different ways I had to make her glow (1987)
15. There’s too many men, too many people making too many problems (1987)
Hi to you both, great episode. Just to make it clear regarding your shout outs; Donna writes all of the comments on Facebook and Janet plays the games, Vivvie Benbow is the wife of Janet’s nephew. I am Janet’s sister and was introduced to your musings by Donna when we were away recently in New Orleans. Your broadcasts have now reached the UK!!
My favourite Disney movies are Dumbo and Little Mermaid. Can I add a favourite programme? When you were discussing a film with no female characters in it I immediately thought of a UK cop show called Scott and Bailey which J&D tell me has reached you in the US of A. All the main leads are played by females who have strong characters, they all work on a team investigating murder and the boss of the team is a woman too. As a recently retired senior female cop I approve and think it really works. Give yourselves a treat and watch it. Thanks Sue
Looking forward to this week’s episode for Dishy’s clever quiz. I’ll be lucky to get any of them but it will be fun hearing you two answer them. I know you all like to have topics to work toward but even when you do fact- or- crap (so much better than the often gross would-you-rathers) but we just enjoy your conversations over the regular features. I keep thinking about that one question about a vacation with parents and I think I might have to choose the destination and do all the driving!
And by the way, the Scott & Bailey series is on PBS. We are 5 episodes in to season one but I think over The Big Pond, they have had three seasons.The New York Times reviewer called it “A Cagney & Lacey with constables.”
We still think you all would like Psych. It’s a bit silly at times — not a serious crime drama at all — but I think you all would really enjoy the many references they make to movies, music, characters and other shows. You would have to catch a marathon sometime to get a few in a row to get in the rhythm of their humor. They always show bloopers at the end of the episodes. This season just finished but they have announced that they are going to air a musical episode in December and as much as you all always joke about doing a musical episode, I had to share that info with you.
Howdy y’all,
Loved the Disney movie topic! I remember watching The Wonderful World Of Disney every Sunday night on ABC as a kid. Remember that show? They played all their old movies on TV and one of my favorites was Kurt Russell in The Barefoot Executive, the story of a chimpanzee who is quite good at picking successful TV shows. Very silly movie, but actually I saw it again not too long ago on Netflix and enjoyed it again, not only for the great cast of Disney regulars, but also because most of the outdoor scenes were shot in Westwood Village where I work every day! So that was fun to see what the area looked like 40 years ago.
One of the first movies I saw at the “thee-Ater” (luv ya Bet!) was The Rescuers. My sister and I saw it together and then we had the record album that had the dialogue soundtrack with a picture book. We listened to that record so many times, it finally broke. So that movie has sentimental meaning for me, even though Stennie didn’t care for it so much in her recent review. Believe me, it’s a lot more powerful when you’re seven years old. (^_^) Also saw this one again recently and got choked up in all the same places that I did as a kid. Of course, The Rescuers started my long-running relationship with Bob Newhart!
Another one that was a big favorite for my whole family was The Lady and the Tramp, which you ladies mentioned. So my childhood favorite would probably be The Rescuers, but Lady and the Tramp is a close second.
As a teenager, I went with my neighborhood friends to the drive-in and saw the Disney movie that has remained my favorite into adulthood. Bet mentioned it: The Jungle Book. Great story, great cast (don’t forget Sterling Holloway as ‘Kaa’ the hypnotic snake), and it was the last Disney feature that Walt actually produced. He died before the film’s release.
Good luck with the song lyrics quiz! I only know #9…
P.S. I usually really enjoy Wes Anderson films, though some more than others. I have not seen his most recent film, Moonrise Kingdom, but I loved Fantastic Mr. Fox and actually attended a screening with Mr. Anderson in person for an interview and Q&A afterwards. He told some hilarious stories about working with George Clooney and Meryl Streep, and especially Bill Murray, who doesn’t use an agent and is impossible to reach by telephone, and Bill never commits to a project until the very last minute. My favorite Anderson movie is still Rushmore, which is one of my all-time favorite comedies probably because I think I saw it with Stennie!
P.P.S. Thanks for posting the tornado dog video. I had heard about it but hadn’t watched until Bet demanded it. Wonderful story (I love that tough old lady!) and well worth the effort.
P.P.P.S. ….Sorry! I just remembered I spoke to Jason Schwartzman once at Peet’s coffee. He was standing in line behind me and we struck up a conversation. Very cool, unpretentious guy. And Stennie and I saw him playing drums with his band Phantom Planet when they opened for Elvis Costello at the Mayan Theater years ago.
I’ve been a Pandora listener for probably about five years. Since I started my new job, I like to listen to my Mellow Jazz, Brazilian, and Funkstramental stations on shuffle, which works well as background music, but I was burning through the monthly allotment pretty fast. Plus, it seemed like not only were the ads coming on more frequently, but they’d play the same horrendous ad for something heinous like THE VOICE over and over, so I finally caved and ponied up for a Pandora One subscription and, man, is it great.
I’ve found that the best way to come up with a good mix is to create artist or genre stations, then mix and match them in shuffle mode. Sometimes, if your tastes are very eclectic, the Music Genome thingy gets a little confused or overwhelmed.
Also: The Jungle Book. End of Story.