#265: Beckham, Gaffa Banana, Silent Walking

It’s been a full on week, and we’re here to give you a little reprieve if you need it. Fat Bear Week is here to help us, we have a winner, she is amazing, and we celebrate Grazer. Meanwhile Bang Fam are rallying around the Peregrine Falcons after their fortunes took a turn.

The conceptual art piece “Comedian” (a banana gaffa taped to a wall) is coming to Melbourne for the NGV’s Triennial, so it’s time for Myf’s critical art eye. And for Zan to wonder who’s hungry.

90’s sitcoms are back, but why? Frasier is recreating the nostalgia to the letter, while Jerry Seinfeld has been hinting of some sort of return. We explain all. Looking back seems to be the way we’re moving forward across culture in general, with none doing it better or bigger this week than the Beckham docu-series on Netflix. We dig into this epic story of Posh and Becks, football and fantasy, and a heavy dose of bad new millenium fashion.

And a great read on how the internet isn’t fun anymore has crystallized a lot, and made us wistful for the world wide web. Could switching it all off and going silent walking be the answer?

Myf is banging on about the second series of Billie Piper’s brilliant series I Hate Suzie, while Zan is reading Kazuo Ishiguro’s classic The Remains of the Day.

And did you know Bang On is now on YouTube? You can now SEE us be silly duffa’s. Check it out via the link below.

Show notes:

Fat Bear Week winner: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-11/fat-bear-week-2023-winner-128-grazer-runnerup-32-chunk/102962228

Peregrine Falcons update: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-10/collins-street-falcon-eggs-not-viable/102954050

Banana art: https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/melbourne-breakfast/maurizio-cattelan-comedian-at-ngv/102954922

Frasier reboot: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oz--6tGukuw&ab_channel=ParamountPlus

Seinfeld return? https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/oct/10/seinfeld-return-sitcom-jerry-seinfeld-wang-theatre-boston

Beckham: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUVNbJMWi_c&ab_channel=Netflix

Why the Internet Isn’t Fun Anymore: https://www.newyorker.com/culture/infinite-scroll/why-the-internet-isnt-fun-anymore

Silent Walking: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-08/silent-walking-taking-off-on-tiktok-boosting-youth-mental-health/102938224

I Hate Suzie Too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEfLWmww7O0&ab_channel=Max

The Remains of the Day: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/28921.The_Remains_of_the_Day

Bang On now on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@abcaustralia/videos

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