Hucklebug, Episode 75: Stennie’s confession, shout-outs, movies (Stennie: Darjeeling Limited, 30 Days of Night, To Be or Not To Be, Shaun of the Dead; Bet: Battle of Algiers, Moulin Rouge [1952]), lowlights & highlights, fuck-offs (including extended rant re: Viva Laughlin) and you-rules, CD Mix Exchange alternate tracks 11-15.
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OK… let me clear up the whole Streisand thing. I come from a family of non-professional singers and since I was a kid I have been a huge fan of musicals. So naturally I have been to a few screenings of movie musicals on the BIG screen. I have had the wonderful opportunity to see Hello Dolly, Funny Lady & A Star is Born (Streisand version) all at the fantastic Chinese Theater. So that’s where “Woman in the Moon” comes from.
Also, sorry for the non-introduction of my son. His name is Seth and he will be 10 in December.
And THANK YOU Bett for the “Manly Man” description. Wink, wink, nudge, nudge!!
And in memorium… ” Please allow me to introduce myself, I’m a man of wealth and taste
I’ve been around for a long, long year, Stole many a man’s soul and faith
And I was ‘round when Jesus Christ, Had his moment of doubt and pain
Made damn sure that Pilate, Washed his hands and sealed his fate”
Here is Blackpool:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INdmAaPYQJA
Here is Viva Laughlin:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqmS7c1xii8
Here’s a bonus:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Euk1N0zVyww
Now you cannot tell me that the bonus video is better than Viva Laughlin.
Not surprising 30 Days of Night sucked. Nothing more worn out than a vampire flick. What happened to the originality of Brides of Dracula or the gothic atmosphere of the Hammer flicks? Also:
Why don’t vampires get some sunblock and just run around all day?
Where did the religous attributes they had go? You know, fear of the cross, holy water that burns, chanting prayers over them? All gone now. Without the good element that balanced their evil they just became another monster. That’s what made them unique.
Garlic salt? Yuk. It’s 5% garlic and 95% salt.
Stone Age Hucklebug headphones would have been coconut shells. Somehow I feel like you’d have been communicating through a mammoth’s nose.
Now if either of you ever read my blog, you’d know my feelings for Adrien Brody, his general inability to pick movies with decent scripts, and how much I enjoyed the Darjeeling Limited. This movie makes up for the crap that was the Life Aquatic.
Keep up with getting cigarettes out of your lives! Don’t let temporary setbacks negate your efforts. You’ll become ex-smokers if that’s what you want. You can do this. Besides, there are presents involved. I just need to hear that someone’s been a whole week without a single cig.
As for Bet’s father, I don’t even know what to say. Hearing that he’s back to smoking made me cry.
What exactly is the definition of a “man’s man”?
was that “man’s man” a shot a me?
What happened to the the “originality” and gothic atmosphere of the the hammer films?
They died off!
What is wrong with a vampire flick? I happen to disagree with Stennie on 30 Days. True it’s not a momentous film but it’s a vampire flick. What do you want from it? Originality? Let me share with you a little secret about movies.
There are only a dozen films that have ever been made. Film makers, producers, studios and everyone else just keep making the same movie over and over again. And yes some are bad films. Some are good films. I just saw the Darjeeling Limited and I agree, it’s a good film. But heaven forbid that I have to see this movie over and over again.
I LOVE Blake Edwards’ The Great Race, but I can’t watch it all the time. I need a good slasher movie or shoot’em up or western or VAMPIRE movie.
Rushmore is way better than Tenenbaums. Rushmore was odd but interesting; Tenenbaums, simply disturbing. I also didn’t like Bottle Rocket that much.
Good heavens, I’ve actually seen some of the movies you talked about this week. To Be or Not To Be, and Shaun of the Dead. Shaun was funny. Not sure I need to see it again, but it was good.
And isn’t all of Hugh Jackmans’ acting done through the hair? “Ah, his hair is flipped up at the side—he’s MYSTERIOUS”.
You want encouragement and support, Bet? STOP SMOKING! STEP AWAY FROM THE CIGGIES AND BACK SLOWLY OUT OF THE ROOM! Good girl.
Can we tell ALL the presidential candidates to fuck off? On a bi-(multi?)partisan front? We’re still over a year away from the election? Why are we having first lady showdowns already?
Thanks for your takes on garlic salt! I agree that it’s very salty compared to straight garlic, but the idea is to use no additional salt
I’m a guy, so I’m lazy—I like to kill two bird/tastes with one stone/spice… or something like that.
I do love the garlic, too, Bet!
When/if you finally make it out to LA, Bet, you’ve got to make sure Stennie takes you to Skooby’s so you can partake in the garlic lovers dog—it ROCKS!
I don’t think I’ve seen a Wes Anderson movie because I’ve always hated the marketing for them. I have this policy where, since I don’t have time to see everything that I’m told is good, I don’t see movies if the marketing sucks. I have found the trailers for all of Anderson’s movies to be really pretty unfunny. So, there.
Awww, I loved the modern Moulin Rouge.
Bet, you like Miguel, have you seen the new Bionic Woman, because he’s in it. The show sucks very badly, but Miguel is good in everything.
Shaun is brilliant. If you can find the series Spaced it’s BRILLIANT and is just like Shaun and Hot Fuzz in tone but has a much lower budget since it’s a British sitcom. The one thing with Shaun is that I think it’s a film I don’t need/want to see over and over because it’s so well done, I don’t need to see it again and again. I just remember how good it is and it’s like seeing it all over again. Plus I don’t ever want to get sick of it. Do either of you have movies that you feel are brilliant but you only need to see them once or twice over the span of a decade?
Bet congratulations on your pop’s finishing up his kemo—my step-dad is about to go into his second wave of it, so, fingers crossed it’s both of their last trips to Kemoville…
TheWife and I are planning on heading out to the drive-in one of these years, too—sounds like a blast. And correct me if I’m wrong, but doesn’t each of their double features include one movie you’d want to see and another you would never want to see? (Unlike the NewBev, which usually has two movies you want to see or none in each double feature.)
Fuck-Off Comcast, also, because they admitted they were blocking Bit Torrent traffic—a friend of mine was trying to fileshare a 100% legal copy of the Ubuntu version of the Linux operating system and while he was able to download it, he was not able to share it with anyone. Very lame. Three-cheers for assuming everyone who is filesharing is a criminal. Osama is still running free, but thanks to Comcast, we have fewer people able to fileshare legal OSes.
I HATE “Tub Thumping” and have ever since my first listen. Every time I hear it I wish the song would stop right after the first time we here” I get knocked down—”
Just STAY DOWN, man, STAY THE FUCK DOWN. I HATE YOU.
Duke: You’re buying the wrong kind of garlic salt!
As for vampire movies, they’re like most movies these days—bad. You’re better off just skipping everything out of Hollywood these days. I can’t remember the last time I saw something new that I was *truly* glad I didn’t miss.
Sal: Thanks for those links, man! I’ll definitely check them out when I have some time—I loves me some bad TV! (Which is also true about movies and why I still watch movies from Hollywood.) Oh and I think your argument sounds like your apologizing for Hollywood’s craptastic ability to be unoriginal. There are plenty of folks in LA (like me) who have tried to pitch truly interesting, original ideas but those kinds of ideas are just not wanted.
Michelle: I’m thinking the HB Flintsstones-style would not be coconuts, but sea-shells. You know, you can hear the ocean in them.
Oh and LilyG, I say fuck-off to all presidential candidates FOREVER. It doesn’t matter who wins, the world will still be screwed up because everyone’s in it for the cash.
Before I forget, as Stennie knows, I’m moving to Japan early next year and I’m getting the money together to do so by selling a bunch of my stuff on eBay. Most of it’s scifi toys, but I’ll have some other stuff up, too—like some DVDs and paperbacks, so if anyone wouldn’t mind swinging by my auctions, I’d appreciate it! I’ll be posting new ones every week for the next several months (I’ve got a lot of stuff!). Here’s the URL: http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZthepetestuff
Bet, Stennie, I hope you guys don’t mind me shilling there! Feel free to edit this comment if you do, no worries.
Great show, you two!!
I was _sure_ Irving Berlin had written “Istanbul, not Constantinople”; in fact* it was done by a couple dudes named Jimmy Kennedy and Nat Simon, ca. 1953, very much as an homage** to “Puttin’ on the Ritz.”
Oh, and the first recording of it was by—wait for it—The Four Lads. So, Yay, Bet!
Also, wondering if y’all had any thoughts on the latter day (ca. 1983, IIRC) To Be or Not To Be, the one with Mr. and Mrs. Mel Brooks. I recall it having two particularly quote-worthy lines:
“He’s world-famous in Poland” and
“What he did to Hamlet, we’re now doing to Poland!”
*Thanks, Wikipedia!
**You say ‘po-tay-to,’ I say po-lagerism… Not sure whether I’d feel honored or screwed with my pants on if I were Irving Berlin.
OK, you are probably recording the podcast right now….wow….
Too bad we can’t set up to record from Hawaii….hmmm….
BTW, I Love Golden Girls and I channel Bea Arthur whenever I need help staying in character…I want to be her when I am old….oh wait…I…am….old….
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