Hucklebug, Episode 150: RIP Ed McMahon, Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson, shout-outs, movies (Stennie: The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek, Dr. Strangelove, Bet: Religulous, Catch-22), lowlights & highlights, fuck-offs & you-rules, a brief foray into Humdingers and one last RIP – Sky Saxon of The Seeds.
Music: “I Want You Back,” The Jackson Five, and “The Hucklebuck,” performed by (respectively): Beau Jocque, Dutch College Swing Band, Kay Starr, Frank Sinatra.
Note: what with all the RIP’s and everything, we totally forgot to wish a happy birthday to Hucklebug listener LilyG—happy birthday, Lilllleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
Sten, it’s the Gideons, not the Gutenberg People. ;P
Perhaps I should just live Tweet the next time I listen to the Hucklebug.
My stomach is queezy for Bet’s missing digit 🙁
Bet, when did you visit England?
Wow, I don’t have much to say this ep! Enjoyed it just fine, though!
Happy 150, ladies!!
Re: MJ. Try to listen to his early Motown songs without feeling a bit sad. I was listening to another podcast—Is that considered cheating?—and heard something that captured how I felt: We’ve been mourning his loss for years.
The BIG QUESTION: Will Billy Mays actually get a RIP?
As a Packer fan, I’ll join you in a Favre fuck off times 1000. Had he retired the first time, I’m almost positive the good folks of Green Bay would’ve built him monuments and sacrificed virgins for him.
Stennie: Before you post the square logo, let me fix a few things that are bugging me about it. No major changes, I promise. I wanna make Bet’s t-shirt look as good as possible.
Thanks, the Pete. I knew it wasn’t the Gutenbergs, but my brain wouldn’t come up with Gideons. Should’ve just sang Rocky Racoon.
THANK YOU STENNIE for fucking off Brett Farve. I’ve wanted to do that for years, I’m the only one in the world who’s always hated Brett Farve. (aside, do you know what his dad’s name was? Marv. He was Marv Farve. Just cause he’s dead doesn’t mean his name isn’t funny.) I once had a dream where Brett Farve and I were dating but I broke up with him because I found out he was a virgin. Now whenever I see him on tv I think “Virgin!”
Are you guys going to drink Bacardi for episode 151?
Speaking of Dr. Strangelove… (“I do not avoid women, Mandrake, but I do deny them my essence.”)
So last weekend we had a yard sale and I decided after much wringing of hands and gnashing of teeth, to sell some DVDs (‘cause Pinky needs new booties). But I could not bring myself to let Dr. Strangelove go. I’m pretty selective about the movies I own to begin with; for me, it’s a combination of some ineffable personality-defining appeal and technical merit. Great movies, presented in their original aspect ratio, that use my 5.1 surround-sound system to full advantage get to stay because downloading or watching on cable just doesn’t deliver the full experience. Also, selling anything at a yard sale is a dicey proposition because you (or I, at least) tend to get personally invested in your stuff and take it personally when someone balks at paying $5 for something you hold very dear, like, say, a kidney.
So I’m wondering: (1) what’s your take on owning vs. renting movies, and (2) based on that, what movies could you never part with?
So my comment from last week – what happened to it? I thanked you profusely for my undeserved birthday shout out.
I was indeed listening on my birthday and on the El!
I do not make up dead people. I don’t need to. (reference to my comment on your FB page) Have a safe and insane weekend ladies.
mwa
Marlamarlamarla
Whoops—my comment is under the wrong entry. But double fuck offs to Sarah Palin always work for me.
Bet, they just released a study that diluted bleach can help with eczema and psoriasis. The patient soaks in the diluted bleach. Don’t know how feasible this is for your mother, but I’ll send along a link or mail the article to Heidi.
Chronic Jackson fatigue. The man has been a punch line for years. Now he’s the greatest thing in music?? Boy, the vultures come out. His father being the worst of the bunch. Where were all these people when he needed help with his drug problem? They always have these remarkable epiphanies about someone’s drug habit when the person dies.
Heidi and I disagree on a small number of films. They just happen to be the films that she would give five stars to. Netflix says we agree 67% percent of the time. I think Heidi has more of a tolerance for certain kinds of films than I do. I have a weakness for films like HISTORY BOYS which Heidi does not.
A fuck off to Cynthia Davis from Missouri who doesn’t want to who is against funding to help feed children during the summer. She believes hunger helps build character. Obviously, this jackass has never missed a meal.
Okay, I’m just following Lily’s comments.
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=7280