Hucklebug, Episode 144: RIP Jack Kemp and Dom DeLuise, shout-outs, movies (Stennie: Ninotchka, Fish Don’t Blink, Bet: Bolt), lowlights & highlights, fuck-offs & you-rules, CD Mix 9 Alternate tracks 16 – 20. That’s it, folks—Alternate Tracks discussion is over! Standard Hucklebug nonsense resumes next week.
Music: “The Hucklebuck,” performed by (respectively): Beau Jocque & the Zydeco High-Rollers, Jackie Lee, Kay Starr, Frank Sinatra. Also: “God’s Comic,” Elvis Costello.
NOTE: Marla sent me a text message this week asking for a shout-out and I totally forgot it! Sorry Marla—here is your shout-out: “marlamarlamarlamarla”
OK, I love me some Monday Morning Hucklebug!!!
Of course I knew that Bea Arthur played Vera, but I was on a train to Portland when you asked me for help and as you know, I only have 100 characters to text you with on my cell phone…not that it made any difference last week.
You missed my great comments re: Hucklebug flu prevention.
Whatever.
I am home every weekend now through July….ahh….
Stennie, you know you are always welcome to come home and file for unemployment just like everyone else in Washington.
Sorry to hear about Granny, I’m sending good thoughts Bet…I know it’s been difficult for all of you.
I promised Stennie the “Mom Report” from this end, and today, Monday, it’s good. She is coming home tomorrow (Tuesday) assuming Jodi gets the ramps delivered. The theory is that there is less chance of infection at Jodi’s house..(not true if you know her kids.)Anyway, I hope Granny is home safe and sound soon too.
And finally, I didn’t know if anyone checked, but my CDMix track listing is on my blog site: http://qoatip.blogspot.com/
Have a great week!!
Well, Betster, if you need a new Can of Puke after giving it away, I can get you some. Nick-the-child-not-the-cancer can certainly supply it. And as I’m sitting here home on Nick’s Sick Day, I was channel surfing and came across something that made we say “oh, I wish Bet was here”. It’s the train wreck that is Wife Swap (or the other one). This time, they included a lesbian couple and didn’t warn the other small-town couple that that was the deal. It’s so hideous, but I haven’t been able to turn the channel off yet. Especially since after they started by doing the whole “small town bigot/enlightened lesbian” thing for a while, it’s now turning into “and the lesbians are complete prima donna witches”. I HAYTE sick day tv.
And here’s by go-to-hell moment for Stennie. I’ve also been fascinated by the bible lately, and I found myself wondering what happened to Jesus after the resurrection. As in “I suspect they didn’t crucify the guy write, he was resusciated, showed up for dinner a few days later” And then what? Did he run and hide in India? I’m totally wondering what came next. (Possible topic, if you’re inclined to join Bet and me on the bus to hell—see my Elizabeth Edwards blog) I’d like to believe the traditional version is true (son of God, died, came back to save us all), but I deeply suspect that there’s another story there.
And also as an aside, a girl I went to high school with was one of Trump’s assistants, and she had nothing but nice things to say about him. And no, she wasn’t six feet tall, blonde, with big boobs. I think he’s not nice to semi-equals, but he was very good to his “little people”. She really liked that job. This was back in the day, and she had some choice words about Ivana, though.
I have another question—did anyone sign up for Classmates.com in the day? I keep getting e-mails that someone signed my guestbook, but I have to pay to join to see. I can’t believe that that many people pay to join Classmates now—and I got one e-mail that someone signed my guestbook yesterday. If anyone’s hunting for people, they’d join Facebook (okay, I haven’t yet, but that’s besides the point). Do they spam Classmates to try to get you to join? That would just be evil.
A couple of other things…
I haaate when people compare things to “a whole nother” as if “nother” is a word unto itself. Ugh.
Lily, I read your post at work, I almost screamed about Wife Swap!!! I have got to find that episode you were talking about…I know, it’s like driving around town to find car accidents….I can’t help it. In my defense, I have only watched it once or twice.
And Stennie, when you are reading the bible, pay close attention to the book of Samuel. It’s the Gay chapter.
I also want to just apologize for the typos above. It irks me that I can’t edit my comments. I find myself making homonym mistakes or simply typing some other word when I mean something entirely different. I don’t know if it’s Alzheimers or Nick (either one).
Lily’s comment reminded me of this:
http://www.theonion.com/content/news_briefs/classmates_com_employees?utm_source=a-section
I did sign up with classmates.com, and I have paid for their services from time to time, but nowadays it’s not worth it in the face of facebook. You can use it for free to find out that the one student in the 7th grade who sat alone in the corner and whom you felt sorry for is still alive.
And Stenns….Do You Want To Know A Secret, You’re Gonna Lose That Girl, same difference.
Speaking of the FB, I did another one of those 5 things lists that might be a good topic for HB, if you haven’t tackled it already. What five things would you like to learn? Anything….a new language, a skill, the meaning of life, an academic pursuit, etc. As long as it completes something within you, it’s good.
I’m caught up! I listened to 144 on Monday on my lunch break!! Yeah. But now it’s Thursday and I can’t remember anything to comment on. Crap.
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Listening to “Angels and Demons” on tape in the car recently put me in the habit of eating my lunch in the car during the week(but not on weekends.) And since I run my iPod thru the car stereo, why not partake in some back episodes of The Hucklebug!? It really is the ultimate lunch time companion! Only problem, is that I’ll want to comment on old episodes and no one wants that waaaay after the fact. So, I’ll just comment to you ladies as if you’re in the car with me. Everyone thinks I’m crazy anyway, might as well play the part!
Okay, now I remember some stuff:
I did pop in Blazing Saddles over the weekend, had a few good laughs and then when Madeline Kahn came on to sing “I’m So Tired”, I started to sing along. I said to myself, “What the? I haven’t seen Blazing Saddles before!?! Oh wait, I have…” Crap. I did finish the movie anyway (LOVED Dom Deluise!) and sent it back, WITHOUT watching the special features! Grr. Ah well. The main reason why I wanted to see it was because every time I watch Robin Hood: Men in Tights they make a reference to a “black sheriff” and Blazing Saddles. I always thought that was a funny joke in the movie, so I figured, watch the original. It seems a lot of movies steal from Blazing Saddles or maybe it was just me.
Stennie-Good luck with the bible. That’s a huge undertaking. You’re very inspiring in tackling projects that the average person wouldn’t even dream of. I still remember when you wanted to build a pc from scratch and read Les Miserable in French. You always find a nice challenge to keep your spirit alive.
Bet-I love your movies. You’ve inspired me to get off my ass and make some of my own. I mean good lord, why haven’t I already? I’m an actress…who has THREE cameras! Old cameras, but still, devices for which to makes movies. And editing software. Really, I should be ashamed of myself.
I sympathize with Kell”y”. I always listen early, and then forget everything in the episode when I want to comment. My ITunes eliminates all podcasts I’ve completed them once, so no re-listening for me.
Re: Classmates.com. I’m a married man—I don’t have to pay for it.
Some movie mashups should you find the need for them:
1. Clint Eastwood gets struck up by his neck leaving Gary Cooper to face down the bad guys alone.
2. Dexter Gordon plays sax in a Turkish prison.
3. Anne Hathaway tries to escape her mafia past during her sister’s nuptials.
4. Nicolas Cage and Humphrey Bogart uncover a map for lost Mexican gold on the back of the Declaration of Independence.
5. Sporting a bad haircut, James Bond flips a coin and turns contract killer against his first M.D. foe.
6. Frustrated with the process of movie-making, Elisabetta Taylor becomes a call girl in a specific area of Manhattan’s Upper East Side.
7. A bumbling Jacques Tati skips playtime and accompanies Irving Berlin to a remote hotel at Christmastime.
8. She’s having the devil’s super-intelligent child, which angers Kathleen Turner.
9. Ray Milland drinks himself to death, which doesn’t stop him from being the life of the party!
10. Two Jacks, Benny and Black, reenact their favorite movies and attempt to escape Poland.
11. Brad Pitt may be crazy, but sure looks suave, while he tries to steal primates from Andy Garcia.
12. My little friend, Andy Griffith, rises to power and pushes Coke on television.
13. A nearly unrecognizable Mickey Rourke buys a flower from a blind girl in a dirty, inky town.
14. Claudette Colbert stops a long-distance truck driven by Alan F. Arkin by revealing one of her shapely legs. Her other leg, however, was gruesomely devoured by brain-hungry zombies. (3 movies)
15. I sure do like them french fried cyberpunk replicants, mm-hmm.
Shoot, I have the same problem as everyone else. I listen to the Hucklebug either in the car or while working out, then when I go to comment I forget what I wanted to say!
Also, I listened to episode 143 and 144 in succession this week, so I don’t remember which episode I’m commenting on but here:
Stennie, you do TOO get better at guitar. I couldn’t believe how much better you’d gotten the last time I heard you play. So there.
Blazing Saddles is one of my favorite movies ever, I can’t believe you don’t love it! That reminds me of the two of us trying to get Glen to like Monty Python movies. Do you remember that?
Even though I don’t participate in the CD mixes, I like listening to the alternate tracks. Actually, I just like listening to you guys. In fact, I was thinking that the only one who cares about you keeping the show to about an hour is you. The rest of us would love it if you’d just keep going!
Great show as always…not only was it authentic frontier gibberish, but it expressed a sentiment seldom seen in this day and age.
Ok, so I’ve finished the All Musicals Lyrics Quiz. This was pretty hard, I tried to make it easy enough for Bet but hard enough for Stennie. We’ll see how I did. To make it a little more approachable to everyone, I used the first line of one of the more known songs from the musical.
Something else that made this hard was… I didn’t realize in musicals how often they repeat the song title! It wasn’t easy to find notable songs with opening lines that didn’t mention the song title. (Think Maria, All That Jazz, Oklahoma…) Anyway, here you go:
1. A matchbox of our own, a fence of real chain link. A grill out on the patio, disposal in the sink…
2. Sometimes I’m right, sometimes I’m wrong, but he doesn’t care, he’ll string along…
3. When the moon is in the Seventh House, and Jupiter aligns with Mars, then peace will guide the planets, and love will steer the stars…
4. I love you dear. I think you’re swell. You’re never near me close enough to tell if I’m delightful or not…
5. Well, either you’re closing your eyes to a situation you do not wish to acknowledge or you are not aware of the caliber of disaster indicated by the presence of a pool table in your community…
6. Did I abuse her or show her disdain? Why does she run from me? If I should lose her, how shall I regain the heart she has won from me?
7. I remember the way our sainted mother would sit and croon us her lullaby. She’d say, kids, there’s a place that’s like no other, you got to get there before you die…
8. My mind is clearer now. At last all too well
I can see where we all soon will be. If you strip away the myth from the man, you will see where we all soon will be.
9. It ain’t so much a question of not knowin’ whut to do, I knowed what’s right an’ wrong since I’ve been ten. I heared a lot of stories an’ I reckon they’re true about how girls are put upon by men…
10. I got the horse right here, the name is Paul Revere and here’s a guy that says that the weather’s clear, can do, can do, this guy says the horse can do…
11. Puerto Rico, you lovely island, island of tropical breezes. Always the pineapples growing, always the coffee blossoms blowing . . .
12. Step, kick, kick, leap, kick, touch…Again!
Step, kick, kick, leap, kick, touch…Again!
13. Daylight, see the dew on the sunflower, and a rose that is fading. roses whither away…
14. Night-time sharpens, heightens each sensation. Darkness stirs and wakes imagination. Silently the senses abandon their defenses…
15. Bed! Bed! I couldn’t go to bed! My head’s too light to try to set it down! Sleep! Sleep! I couldn’t sleep tonight. Not for all the jewels in the crown!
16. I’m one of a long line of good girls who choose the wrong guy to be sweet on. The girl with a face that says welcome, that men can wipe their feet on…
17. God on high, hear my prayer. In my need, you have always been there. He is young, he’s afraid, let him rest, Heaven blessed.
18. How d’you do, I see you’ve met my faithful handyman. He’s just a little brought down because when you knocked he thought you were the candyman…
19. I got chills, they’re multiplyin’, and I’m losin’ control, cause the power you’re supplyin’, it’s electrifyin’…
20. Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens, bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens, brown paper packages tied up with strings…
Have at it!
I got half of them krizzer, the others, I NEVER could have guessed.
I couldn’t go to bed! My head’s too light to try to set it down! Sleep! Sleep! I couldn’t sleep tonight. Not for all the jewels in the crown!