Hucklebug, Episode 149: Happy Birthday to Dishy, shout-outs, movies (Stennie: Adventures of Robin Hood, Take the Money and Run, Bet: Please Vote for Me), lowlights & highlights, fuck-offs & you-rules, Fact or Crap!
Music: “The Hucklebuck,” performed by (respectively): Otis Redding, Doc Severinson Orchestra, The Riptones, Earl Hooker, Frank Sinatra.
You did mention Michael Clayton on that one—and twice in all, as I recall, Stennie—I remember because I actually got that one right
Haha, I’m going to be the sperm donor? It sounds like you just want to be grandmothers and not mothers.
Not that I blame you. Most of my college friends have kids now and I think I enjoy my freedom a bit too much for kids right now. So, sure! Take the sperm, but take the kids, too—none of this “making us keep ‘em until they’re fun” shit—they’re “fun” right away!! ;P
Wow—Sten, I can’t believe you don’t have more spam as the owner of your own domain. I think every single domain I own has been hijacked for spam—even domains that I registered for web design clients. It’s the most frustrating thing ever.
When I got my Kindle 2, one of the first things I did was download the free bible and then made the Kindle read it to me. The layers of fake were just so much fun to me.
(No offense to the believers in the Hucklebug audience.)
Unicorns in the Bible?? That’s Awesome… maybe I should read it, too…I’d want to annotate it though. Annotating isn’t as much fun on a digital bible.
You should do audio blogs of your trip with your mom, Sten! That’d be a blast to listen to.
Meh, I cashed out my Roth IRA last December because I’d already lost 3 grand thanks to the crash. I’ve had enough, thanks!
Have you guys heard of FireDavidLetterman.com ? Unbelievable. What’s worse is that I always here about that site from a conservative I follow on Twitter. I @ replied him once asking him exactly what Letterman did to deserve firing and never heard back. I don’t watch TV, so I really don’t know the specifics and don’t care enough to research them.
Extra newspapers get stolen because they can be used for packaging material. Not that I know anything about it. Though I did grab extra copies of the LA Weekly to ship stuff when I used to sell on eBay. LA Weekly isn’t just free, it’s cheap.
I have zero suggestions for the podcastathon, though I do know a certain puppet (possibly 2) that would love to call in and help you fill the time.
OK, enough from me.
Whoa—am I first?
I’ve decided that I’m going rant free for the next month. Stennie gave up cursing, and I can give up being pedantic and humorless. No more rants about perceived injustices or disappointing presidents who should stop worrying about making friends with the enemy and start doing something for the people who elected him. That last one just slipped. I promise no more after that. It’s not natural for me to be calm and easy going. I’m much more at ease when I’m ranting about something. This will be a challenge.
re:Palin/Letterman
If she weren’t a hypocrite, and her family weren’t white trash (a term I hate, but a term she would use), would the joke have worked?
re:overexposure of the president
How can a president be overexposed? Don’t most people want their president to be a constant presence?
re:Adventures of Robin Hood
This is one of those films I think I’ve seen, but I’m not sure I have.
re:the Bible
I’ve been hesitant to buy a version because I know my recommendations will become more religious and conservative in nature. It’s bad enough I have to see Glenn Beck’s book every time I go to Amazon, Borders or Barnes and Noble.
See, I thought the question was “Born in the USA—crap or crap?”.
Here’s a question—is Steve Perry still with Sherry? How embarrassing if he’s not.
Here’s a suggestion for a new HB feature: “Stories I don’t care about this week.” I will nominate Governor Sanford’s disappearance. It’s weird, but I don’t want to hear about it.
Thanks for the very sweet shout-out for our little bun in the oven. Baby girl is due in November. The man-cub has already nicknamed her “Pinky.”
I’ve often wondered, “what does a guy have to do to rate a ‘You Rule’ around here?” Now I know. Which leads me (sardonically) to wonder where the line is between a You Rule for having a second baby and getting a Fuck Off, a la the Duggars or the Octomom. Not that we’re in any danger of joining their ranks. I’m sure two will be, to quote one Nathan Arizona, Sr., “More than we can handle!”
If you feel like doing a 3 a.m. “Name the Newest Middlebrow” segment for the podcast-a-thon, have at it. It should produce some interesting results.
Don’t worry Bet. I haven’t seen Robin Hood either…
Boy are you gonna have RIPs this week. Possible topic—what’s the weirdest story this week? And I haven’t even heard what happened to Wacko Jacko.
Robin Hood has one of the great subversive moments in cinema history. After Robin and his men break into the castle and Robin dresses down Prince John:
Maid Marian: This man speaks treason!
Robin Hood: Fluently!
I LOVE that. Why couldn’t anybody have been that cool during the last 7 years?
I was checking out a few scenes of Take The Money And Run last night and still laughed at the same bits as I did the first time I saw it when I was maybe 15. “Frankie Wolf: wanted by federal authorities for dancing with a mailman. A.D. Armstrong: wanted all over the country for arson, robbery, assault with intent to kill, and marrying a horse.”
Fuck off to those damn popups on IMDB. I’m on a MAC, and nothing I do keeps them from popping up. What is the point of making your site so user unfriendly that people don’t want to visit?
I saw MAN PUSH CART and I thought it was a powerful, engrossing film. Some scenes towards the end are like a kick in the gut. I can see why Bet had problems with it. It’s one of those films you have to be in the mood for, and if you’re not in the mood for it, I can see where the Sisyphus moments—where he’s lugging the cart around—would be unbearable. The acting was just sensational, and I want to see more of these performers. Does man push the cart? He pulls it for most of the film.
Who has the biggest, smallest, or whatever in show business. (Leave out the obvious, please) For example, Eddie Izzard has the biggest head for his size, and there can be a debate about who has the biggest eyebrows, Tommy Lee Jones or what’s his name on Law and Order. Who has the most beard (covering the largest proportion of face. Go with it.