Hucklebug, Episode 146: Hot feet, shout-outs, movies (Stennie: Religulous, The Public Enemy, The Visitor, Bet: Man Push Cart, Somersault), lowlights & highlights, fuck-offs & you-rules, Krizzer’s All-Musical Lyrics Quiz!
Music: “The Hucklebuck,” performed by (respectively): Calvin Owens, Sir Henry, Frank Sinatra. Also: “Banana Puddin’,” by Southern Culture on the Skids, and “Heaven on Their Minds” from Jesus Christ Superstar
OK, techno wizards…for the second week in a row I have downloaded the HB onto my Itunes, and when I start to listen, if I dare to pause, when I re-start, the podcast is DELETED!!! I have re-installed itunes, updated itunes, unsubscribed and resubscribed…any help???
Now I have to listen through Quicktime!!!
I was as lost on Broadway showtunes as others probably are with movie mashups. So kongrats, Krizzer, for konfounding me.
Atticus! The Musical really needs a Comfy Chair treatment if it hasn’t already received it. Think about it, you could use an actual ham.
Have fun in Vegas, Stennie. I’d say lay down a bet for me, but I know how those things go. “I won $400! Your particular $10 bet, though, was a loser…”
Bet: Disappointed to hear your negative review of Man Push Cart, which I’ve been meaning to see. The director of this movie, Ramin Bahrani, also directed Chop Shop, which was one of my favorites from last year. It’s a far better story about kids trying to escape poverty than Slumdog Millionaire. This is going to sound overstated, but I’ve heard it compared to neorealistic Italian classics like The Bicycle Thief and La Strada. In fact, there’s been a discussion started by A.O. Scott of the NY Times about Bahrani being part of an American neo-neo-realism movement: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/22/magazine/22neorealism-t.html
If we ever get this HB Film Club off the ground, Chop Shop would get my vote. (It’s available for Instant Viewing on Netflix, so there’s no real commitment if you hate it after 20 minutes.)
It must be bathing suit season, because I also bought one this week—another two piece mix and match. Must be that time of the year. However, when they say leave your underwear on, they mean the bottom half—you can take the bra off. I bought into the Land’s End hype and go the two pieces from them. Now I’ve just got to get the Boy water wings and swim diapers, and we’ll head off to the pool. He already has a baby bathing suit—they now look like little surfer dudes. So cute.
Today as I was driving back from NY, I had to listen to whichever radio station I could find on the way (I haven’t pulled out my iPod for a long time—the remote hook-in to my radio never really worked right), and at one point I was listening to this radio station that seemed to be all-Idol, all the time. Bet—DON’T get hooked on Idol next year. It’s not worth it. Just say no!
Are you kidding on number 13? Most overdone song from a musical ever— I thought that was the gimme. I’ll give you a second shot—“Midnight, not a sound from the pavement, has the moon lost her memory, she is shining alone…”
Have fun in Vegas. Win some for us!
Okay, I hit send before listening to the tag. I shouldn’t do that. Well, I was worried there.
I’m with Lily: you can kick Idol. Here’s how you do it – listen to your colleagues gather and gab incessantly about it. It’s a surefire turnoff. It also works for all shows with a form of the word Dance, Apprentice or Bachelor in the title.
YAY! Glad you guys liked the mashups! Thanks, Bet, I was particularly proud of “The Quiet American Graffiti.”
The 1st one you didn’t get was “The Man with the Golden Guns of Navarone.” Remember, Peck was inexplicably British, not inexplicably German, as he was in “Boys from Brazil.” (OK, it’s not so inexplicable.)
I figured you’d have trouble with that 2nd one and you came sooo close!
“Harold and Kumar go to White Castle of Fu Manchu”
SO CLOSE.
I still like Reds Dawn!!
Let there be no other shoe for Marla’s mom!
Based on Bet’s review of “Man Pushes Cart” it sounds like the comparisons to “Bicycle Thief” that Patrick refers to above are accurate. I HATED “Bicycle Thief.” It was slow and depressing. “Man Pushes Cart” sounds exactly the same.
Said it before, will say it again: Glenn Beck is such a poser. He’s totally ripping off Alex Jones’ act (not that I recommend anyone confirm that by listening to Alex Jones).
Wow, if all I had to do to win the musical challenge from this week was name the shows/movies the songs were from, I’d get a B+. Siskita has trained me well!
Damn! And I just caught up—now I have two weeks off! Sheesh.
I also watched The Visitor recently. Wonderful feelm, and Richard Jenkins was terrific. I’ll admit that in the end I was hoping that I’d end up with the woman, and not Walter. She’s a very striking beauty. I’m glad I listened to my recommendation.
I’m truly humbled by Quizzer’s kriz—wait, is that right? Krizzer’s quiz. I think I got 9, and a couple of those are guesses. But Stennie’s sounding a bit full of herself, which tells me maybe it’s time for another one of my quizzes.
#7 – Easy Street – Annie
Enjoyed the musical lyrics quiz, although there actually were a few (FEW!) I didn’t immediately get.
I’m very proud of my honey, and happy that @thepete is improving. But he’s a writer, can you blame him for being wordy? And he bugged (hucklebugged) the crap out of me to listen to this ep ASAP so he could share his praise with me.
Looking forward to hearing Bet singing…
So the next hucklebug is Bet and Sherman, right?
Really – anybody who can do mashups is just magical. This is just really HARD.
No, no, no, Dishy does not have a life, never fear. I’m just having a hard time staying awake for chat. How that applies to not commenting in the HB, I’m not sure. But it just seemed appropriate to say.
I’m just going to leave a bunch of comments so that more of what I have to say (whatever that is) gets read.
I’m on minute 26 though, and I haven’t thought of anything interesting to say.
I’m working on a movie-quote quiz for you, but if I don’t get it done in time, I just wanted to get on the board. Like Navin R. Johnson, I’m just happy to be in there somewhere…
Finally caught up on the episodes! I hope Heidi had a wonderful vacation and that Bet had a stress free time at work.
Fuck off to NBC for cancelling MY Name is Earl. Fuck off to the media for their ridiculous obsession with these John and Kate people. Fertility should not be the road to success. Fuck off to Obama for his complete silence on the gay marriage issue. Speaking of which, a belated fuck off to Amazon for their erasure of gay themed and feminist themed books. And a subset fuck off to the media for ignoring the feminist books erased by Amazon. Fuck off to the Republicans for their racist venom aimed Sotomayor. Fuck off the Jonas Brothers just because!!!
A You Rule to Netflix. No throttling, no delays in shipments, etc. A You Rule to the television show PEYTON PLACE. It’s been an enjoyable susprise. Why didn’t Barbara Parkins become a bigger star? I miss the days of night time soaps.