Hucklebug, Episode 139: RIP Irving R. Levine and Maurice Jarre, shout-outs, movies (Stennie: Standard Operating Procedure, Big Fish, Bet: Gonzo: The Life and Work of Hunter S. Thompson), lowlights & highlights, fuck-offs & you-rules, Fact or Crap!
Music: “The Hucklebuck,” performed by (respectively): Frank Sinatra, Clifton Chenier, Pearl Bailey, Delltones, Frank Sinatra again.
I do believe that organically grown food is better for our bodies. However, I have a feeling things claiming to be organic aren’t always organically grown.
I didn’t care for Big Fish. I felt like it was a pro-Bush movie—tell a lie that is liked by people and it’s cool! That’s the moral I got, anyway…
Why don’t you guys expand the show to include everything you may have watched in a week (worth talking about) as opposed to limiting things just to movies?
Not much from me this week—was folding laundry while listening, so I think I might have forgotten a few things I would have said otherwise. ๐ Ah well…
Let’s try this again, shall we? I always shoot to be the first comment, but it never seems to work. This time I have a foolproof plan to at least save the brilliance that is this message..
Zoe and I saw Big Fish years ago…I really liked it, weirdness and all. Sort of in the same genre as Moulin Rouge, and Willy Wonka..
I suck at all of Mike’s lyrics quizzes…I’m just saying. I do very well at fact or crap however.
Here are some topic suggestions:
So many talk shows, so little substance…if you were a talk show hostess, which five celebrities, living or dead, would you have on a panel to discuss the meaning of life.
So many reality shows….so much shit…have you noticed how many there are? It’s ridiculous. Can you come up with one that hasn’t been done that you would like to see, or if not, is there one that is actually “acceptable?”
OK ladies, I for one, loved having my HB to end the weekend, sort of like Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color, but for your ears…
ps stennie, were your ears burning last weekend. Patrick (not your little love) was up and we hung out. You were missed…
I’m not sure if I’ll get to listen before the Friday deadline, but I wanted to get a Drop Dead (or Fuck off, if Bet’s doing it) to Sarah Palin and anyone connected to this stupid story? I swear it was the only story on the news channels today. (Aside, as a boss now, you’d think I’d have some luck at getting the teevees turned off and that constant boring news drone gone. But you’d be wrong) He’s a teenager and a moron, but she’s sounding more and more like that cheerleader mom who offed the neighbor kid. If I were someone who used the phrase “White Trash”, I suspect it would be popping out of my mouth right about now. Of course, you can save this for another week, when Stennie can also give a hearty F.O.
Here’s a question: When do you cut all ties with someone who is an emotional vampire? An emotional vampire is someone who loves chaos and drama and who is always going through some personal soap opera. They try to drag you into their drama and it’s emotionally exhausting to be around them.
I don’t mean an acquaintance. I mean someone you work with, a family member, or a friend who you really can’t avoid. If you can’t say “enough is enough,” how do you deal with such a person? It’s especially difficult if it’s a boss or a co-worker you can’t tell to “Fuck off!”
I have a winner for fuck-off of the week:
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/6365320.html
Mike, I get a FORBIDDEN! message when I click on your link ๐
Pete, here’s the same story:
http://tinyurl.com/d3ckmj
re: the Texas idiot
You have got to be fucking kidding me. These are the times when forced sterilization seems like an excellent idea.
Thanks for the link, Sten—but wow, I know a *few* words in Japanese for this fuckhead. Why, here’s one now:
ใฐใ (baka – idiot)
And another:
ใฆใ๏ผ (te me – you ass)
Oh and here’s one I just learned:
ใใใใใ ใ (yaroujidai) which means “throwing one’s weight around in a small group without knowing one’s real worth in a larger world outside.” Sounds about right.
I haven’t learned an equivalent to “fuck off!” in Japanese yet, but ใกใใ (chigau) is the word for “wrong” and if you tack a ใ (yo) on the end, it becomes “WRONG.” That looks like: ใกใใใ and sounds like “chi-gow-oo-yo” (only you say it really fast).
Now, was that so hard to learn?
Not only is that stupid and a throwback, but I’ll toss this out there. Isn’t it confusing with all the Betty Browns out there? How can we verify who she is? She should just be turned into a number and be done with it, because then it would be easy for the state to figure out who she is and keep track of her. And let me guess – I bet she doesn’t want anyone to register a gun, but people can be registered.
And I have found one more song I never need to hear again. “Under the Bridge” by the Red Hot Chili Peppers. I never particularly cared about it either way, but now when it comes on the radio, I simply go “ugh. Not that one again”
Good point, Lily! Makes me wish I was Asian just so I could change my name and speak with a broken accent just to see how much I could get away with.
A belated “THANK YOU!” to the lovely and mostly-harmonious birthday serenade – that was wonderful!
I think I got the password thingy changed for my hucklebug cd mix – created a new link (same password):
https://drop.io/siskitacdmix9/login
password: sierra
enjoy