Episode 269: RIP Earl Scruggs, shout-outs, Bet & Stennie At the Movies (OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies), What’s Up With That, New Favorite, Pet Story, Earworm Update, Bet’s Highlight, Fuck Offs and You Rules, Top 5 TV Friendships.
Music: “Foggy Mountain Breakdown,” by Flatt & Scruggs, “The Hucklebuck,” performed by Lee Rocker and Frank Sinatra; “Movies” bumper by Duke, “New Favorite” bumper by Krizzer.
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“Freebie and the Bean” You ladies need to revisit “Freebie and the Bean”. Love Love Love this movie. Found it on VUDU and purchased a digital copy. Now I can watch it anytime I want. Such a politically incorrect movie. Hollywood could NOT make this movie today.
first: Teeth notwithstanding….If your kid can walk up to you to get it, or ask for it by name..he/she needs to be weaned. Breastfeeding should not be a two-way street…
and second…I too loved that show with Jamie Lee and Richard Lewis. Ken and I used to watch it and hated when it ended too soon.. I know I’m dating myself (and going dutch too) but I love the friendships in Golden Girls and Cagney and Lacey…Maybe it’s that lack of sexual tension that just PISSES me off…how formulaic!!
Helloooooooooooooooo! A few things:
ThePete & I watched “OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies” together, after seeing The Artist. We liked it until about the third of the way through – our minds started to wander at about that point, and I think we needed to hook back into the plot, which had started to meander a bit. That said, Dejardins is delicious and very Connery-esque – I personally would not mind his teeth – he’s on my list. I loved the chickens bit, and will watch the second OSS movie (I hear his butt is revealed in that one).
@Michelle – OMG thank you! I cannot fathom anyone’s reactions around you as my voice pops up singing such lyrics as your ringtone, but I’m thankful my creativity (added to the brilliant lyrics by Bet & Stennie) have done good in this world.
As to the bad moms, I’m all for penalizing the women who breast feed waaaaaaaaaaay past the healthy limit. Children need to know how to detach from their parents and learn independence. Spitting food into a baby’s mouth and eating one’s own placenta don’t really affect the child past his or her actual developmental stage. A baby won’t remember (I hope) their parent feeding them in such a manner, and the baby certainly won’t care if Mom decided to get a couple more vitamins in her via self cannibalism (there’s a podcast episode of Stuff Mom Never Told You about eating placentas: http://blogs.howstuffworks.com/transcript/should-mothers-eat-placenta)
BUT drinking out of Mom’s teat after the traditionally healthy (emotionally) weaning process may directly affect the child’s independent-creating progress, so for the sake of the child I’d rather be on the safe side and detach at the proper time. That said, I’m thoroughly supportive of breast feeding over bottle for SO many reasons.
Thanks for the podcast, ladies!
Addendum: two of the songs you mentioned will be sung by Marquee Five in our next show (indeed, they’re in a medley/mashup!). Hope you like it – will send a link as soon as the first performance is recorded well. 🙂
Re. Silverstone.
Many cultures have fed babies the same way, American Indians for example. Gag away.
George Gershwin. Ira was a lyricist.
Rhapsody in Blue was premiered by the Paul Whiteman band. However, at the first performance of the piece by the NY Philharmonic, the clarinetist played the opening glissando slumped into his stand dead immediately after he finished it.
Hands on screen, kids. I gotta da flu. However, I also gotta da iPad, and I haven’t a clue what I’m supposed to do with it now (other than download the Hucklebug, which is being done now). Any dear listeners with one of these toys? So far I got Angry Birds in Space, FB app (kinda confusing, but there isn’t anywhere near the junk on it that’s on my browser) and the thing to download library books (for which anything interesting is probably a couple of month wait). I also used iBooks to download a Vonnegut Story, 2BR02B. I decided to rent a movie to it so I can lie all the way down in bed instead of making the huge trek down to the basement to rent a movie on the big screen.
But that’s it — six hours or so in, and now I’m stumped.
I’m delighted that you enjoyed OSS 117: Cairo so much. (5 stars! Official Hucklebug Fave!) I feel like I need to to go back and re-watch it, having enjoyed it as a diversionary trifle. And I did love the car. (I probably would have given it 3.5 – 4 stars.) Anyway, consider it payback for The Damned United and Dean Spanley. Allons-y a Rio!
I’m not sure it’s fair to say United Airlines “stole” Rhapsody in Blue any more than VW stole Pink Moon or Da, Da, Da. Those companies licensed those works for what I’m sure were some pretty substantial fees. While a lot of pop music used in ads can be pretty bad, these examples prove how it can be done well. I think United’s use of RiB is some of the savviest brand strategy ever, not least because I recall reading somewhere that it was inspired by a train ride from Penn Station into the countryside.
I’ve got some thoughts and opinions on the parenting questions, but don’t know if I’m in a position to really do them justice here. Suffice it to say that I think all these trends are of a piece with a desire by parents to be more connected to, and really do right by, their kids. You probably don’t need to nurse into adolescence to achieve that, but you also don’t need to arbitrarily 86 the kid at 18 months either. Also, for the record, we have often employed a technique we call “wolf-mothering” to help the boys with certain foods–e.g., pitting an olive or a cherry or splitting a grape in half to keep it from being a choking hazard. Though we’ve stopped short of systematically pre-masticating an entire meal for the weens.
Thanks so much for the compliments on my drawing of Ecks. I’m glad you guys liked it. And yeah, we haven’t even talked about getting another cat yet. Originally, Siskita and I were supposed to go to CA this week and early next, but I had to go and get a bad cold, so I stayed at home, which is kind of good because I didn’t want to leave Zaphod alone for the whole week (though it’s bad because I missed my last Japanese class thanks to being sick and I was looking forward to being on the west coast again). We were going to have a friend come in, but he’d be pretty lonely, I bet. I have no recollection of the green clarinette sketch on That Mitchell and Webb Look. Sketch shows are like record albums–some songs are why you buy the album while others make you regret buying the album. This is why it’s nice that all of their shows are on Netflix streaming. I just put them on when I’m doing other things.
And yes, Sten, you clearly HATE the Egyptian because you singled it out by not mentioning it! Come on, you either like the Egyptian or you’re with the terrorists. Pick a side, we’re at war.
Yes, Bet, I’m with Stennie on the penguin waiters in the theater of the future–which is more entertaining, your average American movie or a penguin bringing you your drink? Perhaps the waiters could walk around in a trench?
On a side note, Stennie, I can understand why you stopped watching Daily Show and Colbert. I’m getting to the point where I am ready to. It’s not just that the political stage has become this absurd, Bizarro World circus, but the Daily Show and Colbert Report keep highlighting the same stupidity over and over again. “Hey, Fox News said something stupid, can you believe it?” or “Wow, those CNN reporters sure are glib!” I’m paraphrasing, but it’s getting pretty damn tiresome when I’m sure there’s enough other absurdity to make fun of. But we fell behind on the DSes and CRs but I haven’t felt particularly compelled to try to catch up.
Placenta… gross. I don’t even like that they put it in shampoo.
I don’t wave, but I nod confidently at the person letting me cut in front of them.
I can’t believe you guys didn’t call this week’s ep “Gesture with my Boob.”
To Lilly re: her iPad: Flipboard. Best app I ever put on my iThingy. And if you like puzzle-ish games, I recommend The Octagon Theory. There’s also Skype/Tango/Facetime for all of your video call needs and The BBC News and NPR apps are pretty good for news stuff. And Paperport Notes is great for importing PDFs so you can annotate them (and it’s free). Most of the other apps I have are specialized for multimedia or web stuff, so it depends on what you want to do.