Episode 533: Shout-Outs, Stennie’s Not-Movie (Brene Brown, The Call to Courage), Highlight of the Week, Word of the Week, Lowlight of the Week, New Favorite, Book Report, Thing That Doesn’t Fit, Bet – Maven!, Videos of the Week, Fuck Offs and You Rules, Jobs We Wouldn’t Want to Do for a Living.
PLEASE NOTE: This week’s episode includes an extra-long tag since we’ll be off for the next two weeks, but it contains hella spoilers for Season 5 of Mad Men, just FYI.
Music: “The Hucklebuck,” performed by Sierra Rein, Lee Rocker and Frank Sinatra. “Movies” bumper by Duke, “New Favorite” bumper by Krizzer.
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As is our modus operandi, we are not caught up but after listening to several episodes lately, I have a few comments. But first of all, just a quick apology to Sierra for not seeing the call out for Richmond singers……yes, we would have known some. And yes, we both sing….or have sung….but are not currently singing. We both enjoy singing in choirs and sang for church choirs and the Richmond Lesbian & Gay Chorus for years. I am a solid choir member while Janet has been known to sing a few solos. She also played Peter in Godspell in a church production! And just for the record, we would not have been candidates to sing at the TinPan with Marquee Five — neither of our voices is of that quality!
Stennie, I love that you named your pinto horse Bean. Prior to Elvis, we had a dog named Pinto, so named because he had the coloring of a pinto horse. My nickname for him was Pinto Bean.
Yes, Michael Palin has written books or at least one. I read “Sahara,” which was about the filming one of his travel shows. Travel diaries are my favorite genre so throw in the humor of Michael Palin and it was a doubly good read.
We are going to New York City in June for Janet’s birthday. We have tickets for “Come From Away” so remind us of the name of the Bellingham actress. And do you all know her or just know of her? You know, just in case we decide to hang out by the stage exit door after the show.
Our other tickets are for “Toni Stone,” a play about the first woman to go pro in the Negro Leagues. We bought the tickets when Uzo Aduba was supposed to be performing 30-ish parts in a one-woman show. However, she dropped out due to a scheduling conflict and has been replaced by a cast of ten! I am sure it will still be a good show but darn it, we were so looking forward to Crazy Eyes!
Two months until our Seattle visit!
So much to comment on… let’s see if I can remember any of what I thought of while listening just one hour ago:
1 The wages of sin are catching up with us here in Chicago. Yesterday it barely made 50 degrees. Today’s forecast says it will get to 83. By Monday, we’re back in the 50s. And the rain?! I bet you we’ve had more than Seattle this spring.
2. Glasses. I so miss the relative ease of simply wearing contacts or glasses and being able to see everything within reason. In the past year, I had to give in to the reality that my arms are not long enough anymore and ended up using reading glasses for reading while wearing my contacts. BUT THEN – I had my annual eye exam, got a stronger Rx for contacts and could no longer see any kind of detail AT ALL close-up. Like, I can’t even read my phone or see food on my plate. So now, I have the transitions lenses or whatever they’re called – with bifocals and something in the middle. But I hate wearing glasses. Particularly now that the featherweights hurt my nose AND my ears because I am so fucking blind. But if I wear my contacts to work, I’m constantly taking my reading glasses on and off to talk to people in meetings, because of course, with the reading glasses, people look all fuzzy with them on. WTF is this?? I accused my eye doctor of malpractice, but apparently, THIS is a thing. Whose idea was this??? No wonder the Who wanted to die before they got old. Fuuuuucccck.
3. Jobs I couldn’t do: Doctor, dentist or anything medical involving any kind of bodily fluids or organs. Reason: Gross. Janitor who has to deal with cleaning up public bathrooms. Again: Gross. Middle school teacher. I’ve done this before, (I taught English) and I’ll never do it again. Tweens are smelly, irrational and incredibly hormonal beasts with no interest in learning about anything useful.
4. This is in reaction to the story Bet told about her teacher client who retired – Those children are disgusting. Would the school really not have stood by her if she complained to the principal of the racist children?
Welcome back and have a great show!