Episode 326: Shout-outs, Why Stennie Doesn’t Have a Movie This Week, Video of the Week, Watch Your Phraseology, New Favorite, Request for Recommendations, Thing That Doesn’t Fit, Fuck Offs & You Rules, Things That Will Be Legal When We Rule the World, Patrick’s Movie Mash-Up Quiz, The Sandwich Story, Watch Your Phraseology.
“The Hucklebuck,” performed by Beau Jocque & the Zydeco Hi-Rollers, Lee Rocker and Frank Sinatra. “New Favorite” bumper by Krizzer.
Links: Bet’s Video of the Week, Bet’s New Favorite, and Stennie’s Fuck Off/You Rule backstory.
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I’m going to hazard a guess that the correct answer to the first movie mash-up question was The ExorSister Act.
The case of the woman shooting in the air to scare her abusive (I think) ex-husband was in Florida. She used the same law in her defense that Zimmerman did, but she got convicted. She is black. Daily Show and Colbert both covered the story but I’d already read about it on Twitter, my #1 news source (not the most reliable, just the first place I go for breaking news).
YOU MUST SEE SHARKNADO! The ending is so absurd, it makes all the rest of it worth watching. A laughed sooo hard. Sharknado: You too, will feel sorry for a bar stool (and John Heard’s career).
Anthony Wiener won’t win. Don’t worry–I’m sure, he will find some other public office to run for after that. Hopefully “Superintendent of Trash Removal.”
Colbert got stood up by Daft Punk, though they were forced to stand him up by MTV Networks (MTV claimed they had signed an exclusive TV appearance agreement with Daft Punk), and then Colbert spent the next show and a half pretty much slamming MTV Networks. It was like Colbert didn’t have to cover the news for a couple of days. It was nice 🙂
And no, I am a fan of Daft Punk and I don’t watch the MTV Music Awards. I don’t get the Oprah Winfrey Network. That’s the channel they’re on, right? That’s what Colbert said, anyway. 😉
Matt Damon was on Colbert twice last week doing some really funny stuff. The second time, Colbert was jealous of a string of “normal people” having their lives saved by celebrities, so he decides to see if he can have his life saved by a celebrity and this was the result: http://videobin.org/+6sx/884.html
I just watched that clip again and laughed almost as hard 🙂
Patrick’s movie mashups were quite awesome… though some of them seemed like stretches. All of them clever, but stretches.
Late shout-out to Marla. Nice job on the recent book!
Exemplary job on the movie mashups. It seemed to work out quite often that each of you knew one of the films, and were able to work together to solve it. JUST AS I PLANNED. 😉
Mr. Middlebrow is correct about ExorSister Act, but I gave you credit anyway since I’d just altered the rules, and you weren’t quite sure how to put the two titles together, no matter how loudly I yelled. Also, I had a different order in mind for American BeauTeam America: World Police, but Team American Beauty also works. What total Fascist jerk (me) would grill you to remember full titles? Sigh, if only Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love La Bamba actually counted as a mashup.
Also, a little peek behind the curtain into my method: I intentionally try to use flicks you’ve seen or referenced, so yes – if you’d like to keep a public movie log again, that would be awesome. I invite others to try their hand, because it’s kind of fun to listen to you guys work, and celebrate when you figure it out.
And now, 2 skippable paragraphs about Sharknado:
I watched a bit of Sharknado, and I’m kinda conflicted. First, it cost a boatload to make, was terrible, and became a social media explosion, so prepare yourself for a f**k-ton more of them. The real kicker: it was an INTENTIONALLY ridiculous movie, which feels wrong. I’m no prude–I can enjoy some total crap, but I guess I’d prefer watching an odd failure like Planet 9 or Gymkata where people are sincerely intending to make a real movie, over some cobbled-together YouTube-level garbage that feels like a snarky d-bag is slumming it for cash, and perhaps even laughing at the intended audience (you know, us dummies). It could even be done well with better writing, maybe with a few punch-ups from any starving writer that knows the framework of a joke. But the bits I saw had no intention of actually sniffing quality status, and relied more on you-won’t-believe-this-crazy-sh** reactions. After all that whining, does that mean Giant OctopuTsunami is off my to-view list? God, who knows, but I’m certainly not squirming with anticipation.
However, I will give credit where it’s due: to those who put together the Sharknado trailer, as I enjoyed some of the hype surrounding it. The teams that create movie trailers are some of the unsung heroes of the industry, weaving a story around carefully selected scenes, in order to entice filmgoers into spending cash. Think about how many people decide whether or not they will see a movie based on a teaser trailer, released months in advance. Like most of us, I’m wary of its potential dishonesty, but I also enjoy its evil brilliance, especially in the hands of talented editors and marketing professionals. Knowing that a skilled magician’s job is trickery doesn’t make it less enjoyable to appreciate the magic.
Okay, in a strange twist on an earworm, I have had a brainworm all week as I have tried to notice if indeed I say, ON the floor or IN the floor, ON the front row or IN the front row, etc. I was convinced that I say IN the front row so imagine my surprise when I went back and read my last week’s comment saying ON the front row!! So, the conclusion is, there is no final answer; I say both!
In reference to where do all those bullets go that are shot in to the air in celebration….we had a tragic incident here in the Richmond area on the evening of the 4th of July. A 7-year old boy was walking to a fireworks display with his father and all of a sudden fell to the ground and later died at the hospital of what was determined to be a gunshot from a stray bullet. Based on the type of bullet, they have been able to determine the type of gun; and based on that and the trajectory, they have narrowed their search to a one-mile radius. The police are going door-to-door within that area, interviewing residents. Someone somewhere has to know who is responsible for this senseless act and hopefully, they will eventually fess up that they did it or report that they saw someone shoot their gun in to the air that evening.
Have a good show!
BOWIE SONG LYRICS QUIZ
Prepared by Scottydude for The Hucklebug
Here you go! I tried to pick songs that were either top-40 hits, or very well known songs from his career, or songs that I am certain both of you know. Have fun and good luck!
1.
Here am I sitting in a tin can far above the world
Planet Earth is blue and there’s nothing I can do
2.
I, I wish you could swim
Like the dolphins
Like dolphins can swim
Though nothing, nothing will keep us together
We can beat them, forever and ever
3.
If you say run, I’ll run with you
If you say hide, we’ll hide
Because my love for you
Would break my heart in two
If you should fall
Into my arms
And tremble like a flower
4.
what you like is in the limo
what you get is no tomorrow
what you need you have to borrow
“Nien! It’s mine!” is just his line
To bind your time, it drives you to, crime
5.
Every time I thought I’d got it made
It seemed the taste was not so sweet
So I turned myself to face me
But I’ve never caught a glimpse
Of how the others must see the faker
I’m much too fast to take that test
6. (especially for Heidi)
What are we coming to
No room for me, no fun for you
I think about a world to come
Where the books were found by the Golden ones
Written in pain, written in awe
By a puzzled man who questioned
What we were here for
All the strangers came today
And it looks as though they’re here to stay
7.
screwed up eyes and screwed down hairdo
Like some cat from Japan, he could lick ’em by smiling
He could leave ’em to hang
Came on so loaded man, well hung and snow white tan.
8.
We passed upon the stair, we spoke of was and when
Although I wasn’t there, he said I was his friend
Which came as some surprise I spoke into his eyes
I thought you died alone, a long long time ago
9.
We like dancing and we look divine
You love bands when they’re playing hard
You want more and you want it fast
They put you down, they say I’m wrong
You tacky thing, you put them on
10.
They pulled in just behind the bridge
He lays her down, he frowns
“Gee my life’s a funny thing, am I still too young?”
He kissed her then and there
She took his ring, took his babies
It took him minutes, took her nowhere
Heaven knows, she’d have taken anything, but
11.
They got a message from the Action Man
“I’m happy, hope you’re happy too
I’ve loved all I’ve needed to love
Sordid details following”
The shrieking of nothing is killing
Just pictures of Jap girls in synthesis and I
Ain’t got no money and I ain’t got no hair
But I’m hoping to kick but the planet it’s glowing
12.
I had to phone someone so I picked on you
Hey, that’s far out so you heard him too!
Switch on the TV we may pick him up on channel two
Look out your window I can see his light
If we can sparkle he may land tonight
Don’t tell your poppa or he’ll get us locked up in fright
13.
You shouldn’t mess with me
I’ll ruin everything you are
I’ll give you television
I’ll give you eyes of blue
I’ll give you a man who wants to rule the world
14.
Sits like a man but he smiles like a reptile
She loves him, she loves him but just for a short while
She’ll scratch in the sand, won’t let go his hand
He says he’s a beautician and sells you nutrition
And keeps all your dead hair for making up underwear
15. (especially for Bet)
Hey man, oh leave me alone you know
Hey man, oh Henry, get off the phone, I gotta
Hey man, I gotta straighten my face
This mellow thighed chick just put my spine out of place