Hucklebug, Ep 109: Happy Bastille Day, shout-outs, movies (Bet: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow & Monkey Business; Stennie: Dan in Real Life, The Awful Truth, The Lodger), lowlights & highlights, fuck-offs and you-rules, more questions and quizzes from Smileage.
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YAY!!!!!!!!!!! I’m so glad you are going to quit smoking again! You have made me a very happy camper. Very. Happy. To your health!
I’d prefer to know if you slip back into it. I can’t promise to not be judgmental about it though.
Not having a pet, I can’t say whether or not I’d give it away for that kind of money. I doubt it though. I get very attached to them.
Stenns, your lowlight really does blow. In a very big way. You have my deepest sympathies.
I just got an error when trying to post my last message. I don’t know if you got it or not, so if I don’t see it, I’ll try to recreate.
Here’s a YOU RULE!
House Speaker Pelosi calls Bush ‘a total failure’ (AP)http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080717/ap_on_go_pr_wh/pelosi_bush
Re: Smoking – Congrats on re-kicking. I prefer full disclosure from my friends and my elected officials. At least while you’re coming up with a REALLY good lie.
“Until your bathtub is full of poo…” Now THAT’S a ringtone. Thanks for not getting too graphic with the story – just enough detail to get the point across. Stories of poop, like rainy days and Mondays, always get me down.
Hooray Sal(s)!
Re: Class reunion. You give me hope. My 20th is in 2010, so I fully expect a knockoff of the 2001 class reunion.
I’ve never attended one, because I no longer live there and I don’t really keep touch. I just wish that I could correspond with some of my old friends BEFORE going, but I’ve really lost track. I’ve never found any of them on the various social networks that I’m aware of. I fear it will be a bit like the reunion in Grosse Pointe Blank (another mention – this movie won’t die!), which, come to think of it, wouldn’t be too bad.
Silly Bet. The sex comes after the drinks and before the apologies.
I was thrilled to hear that Bet’s recital went well as I was heartbroken by Bet’s description of how she felt belittled and humiliated by her bandmates because she is the woman. I hope this didn’t make her smoke again because I thought she had quit smoking because she was angry at her father for hiding cigarettes. I’ve never smoked in my life, but I know a tip on how to quit: put tobasco sauce or hot sauce on the part that goes into the mouth. You can also use dishwashing liquid or cod liver oil. Here’s an incentive to quit: smoking causes wrinkles and lack of facial elasticity. Watching DEAD AGAIN every night should also curb your need to smoke .
Question for Bet: As a person from the South, which films bother you the most in the depiction of the South? Which films get it right? Which actors have the best/worst Southern accents?
I’ve felt guilty about taking the money in the unmarked envelope because I fear it could have been drug money. If I could do it over again, I would not take it.
Dane Cook isn’t attractive. He isn’t funny. He can’t act. Why the hell is he famous and getting paid for his incompetence?
Will Heidi ever honor us with her rendition of me and Bobby McGee? I don’t want to have to wait until the video release.
Monkey Business is teh suck, sure, but I wouldn’t feel too sorry for Howard Hawks. He did The Thing the year before, and would do Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Land Of The Pharaohs, and Rio Bravo over the next few years. It was just a dip in the road.
(And that’s as far as I’ve gotten in the podcast so far.)
I’m surprised how many of those “what would you do” questions had to do with pregnant women or babies. I did learn while I was pregnant that we scare the crap out of people. A pregnant woman can lean over and say “boo!” and people freak out. A fun thing to do was to just make a face and watch people get very uncomfortable, because they’re terrified you’re going into labor on them.
I’ve also had many nice people stop when I have car trouble. Have y’all ever had a situation where the car broke down and no one stopped to help? I think Americans are generally helpful.
I can’t keep plants alive because I forget to water them, not that I don’t want to water them. But those bulb things are stupid.
Here’s a question—have you seen the commercial for “Head-on”. “You rub it on your head, and it works!”. What the hell does it do? It’s never, ever mentioned. Ah HAYTE that commercial.
Helloooooo! Yeah, it was depressing not getting my shout-outs for all these episodes. 🙁
Awww, what if the Porsche was Jon Stewart’s? He drives one with tinted windows. Kinda sad, really. He seems like such an “everyman”.
Never mind—fuck off Jon Stewart’s Porsche!! Stewart can afford to get it fixed—forget I brought it up!
Oh, my god—Stennie, shittiest low-light EVER.
I had a similar plumbing issue in our place in LA, but it sink overflow, not toilet. 🙁 Nasty. I bow to your sufferage.
I’m glad your recital went well, Bet! I figured it would. I think most of us do.
The woods are great—it’s the best place to hide bodies. Didn’t you tell me you hid your bodies in the woods, Sten? It’s not the woods, but have you checked out Runyon Canyon in Hollywood? It’s a nice little patch of nature in the middle of the city.
I’m with Michelle—YAY QUITTING SMOKING AGAIN! Please be honest with us, but please don’t give in to the rapture of the nicotine!
Crystal is right about “Dead Again” making you not want to smoke. It did me and I already don’t smoke.
Lily, there’s a fourth series/season episode of Coupling which pretty much sums up how I feel about pregnancy. I certain scifi/horror movie comes to mind. In space, no one can hear your water drop.
Sten, I think you’re destined to marry a man named Sal.
Hey, you know I think George Clooney’s best friends call him Sal.
GASP!
I’M CAUGHT UP!!
Hey Ladies – I have had to do some driving this week – and I’ve been listening to the last 3 Hucklebugs. I strongly recommend Hucklebugging while driving!!
I actually just started this one but I’ll finish it later but I won’t get home until after you guys are already recording – so I’ll send an early, didn’t listen to the whole thing yet, message.
Congrats on the new no smoking pact. You can tell us if you backslide – we’ll just chastise you but not hold it against you!!
I hope that Bet promotes the new Comfy Chair Cinema – I’ve just watched – it brings a whole new level of hilarity to the 100th show. I really love it! Who knew cussing sock puppets would be so funny!!
From the last episode – Stennie – the first thought I had in the “what would I go back in the house and get during the fire” was without hesitation my laptop. If I had my family and my computer – and the clothes I was wearing – I think I could start life over again! I guess that means there are probably lots of things in my house that I really don’t need.
Poo: boo!
Recital: yay!
Here’s the really hard question: how much would you spend to save a sick/injured pet. The spring before I went off to law school, when the money was getting tight, our beloved yellow lab, Gordo (the best pup you ever saw), then ~10, came down with a case of bloat. Always fatal unless treated quickly, and even that’s not a sure thing. Fortunately, I got him to the emergency vet quickly and he’s fine. But it cost $2,500. I was able to do it and didn’t give it a second thought. But what if it were $5,00 or $10,000? How far into hock would you go for a pet?
You know what I hate: people who champion ignorance and decry education (or deigning to question the government’s motives) as “elitist.” IOW, most of Larry the Cable Guy’s fans.