Does This Still Work?

Sunday, Monday. Happy Days! Tuesday, Wednesday. Happy Days! Thursday, Fri-Oh, forget it. You get the idea. Anyway, Joe and George welcome you to join them on a leisurely car ride otherwise known as American Graffiti.

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Links

"Where Has Teen Car Culture Gone?" at The Atlantic

https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2018/05/teen-car-culture/561290/

Manuel Padilla Jr. Memorial in The Gridley Wave

https://www.erbzine.com/gw/GridleyWave306.pdf

Wolfman Jack on Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfman_Jack

National Film Registry Nomination Links

FOR THE COLOR PURPLE

FAQ:

https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/film-registry/frequently-asked-questions/

Link to the form:

https://www.research.net/r/national-film-registry-2017

Hey, fuck you. You cocksucker. We watched this movie while fucking your mother. Hey, oh! Seriously, the boys take a look at the classic, Raging Bull. You motherfucking cazzo. (It's the movie's fault)

National Film Registry Nomination Links

FOR THE COLOR PURPLE

• FAQ:
• • https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/film-registry/frequently-asked-questions/
• Link to the form:
• • https://www.research.net/r/national-film-registry-2017

What a girl wants. What a girl needs. Whatever keeps me in your arms. And I'm thanking you for being there for me. And we are there for you as the boys subject themselves to the Mel Gibson 2000 romcom, What Women Want. But is this what the guys want? ___________________________________________________________________

Links

https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2000/apr/14/juliahartleybrewer1

https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Finger-Length-Points-to-Sexual-Orientation-3305036.php

Is it weird to not have someone cum on you? Probably you're thinking, no. No, that's not weird at all but then we bet you don't appear in Showgirls. Join the boys and comedian Victor Varnado as they discuss what is clearly the classiest film of all time.

Links

Victor: @varnadov

NYC Talent Show

http://www.nyctalentshow.com

Gina Gershon as Melania Trump

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMoIAZNplK4

https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1995-01-31-1995031109-story.html

https://www.recordnet.com/article/19950726/a_news/307269991

https://www.upi.com/Archives/1995/04/25/Famed-dancer-Ginger-Rogers-dead-at-83/3993798782400/

Remember when the police were funny? Neither do the boys but nonetheless they are joined by comedian, Darryl Purvis to discuss that Steve Guttenberg comedy classic, Police Academy.

True story: If you try hard to be an asshole, you are, in fact, an asshole! Also, wouldn't it be great if we nuked Harvard? Anyway, the boys take a look at Social Network.

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Links

https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304772804575558484075236968

https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/29/technology/29google.html

https://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/30/technology/facebook-agrees-to-ftc-settlement-on-privacy.html

https://www.zdnet.com/article/facebook-has-over-845-million-users/

https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/04/09/facebook-buys-instagram-for-1-billion/

https://www.theverge.com/2013/6/6/4403868/nsa-fbi-mine-data-apple-google-facebook-microsoft-others-prism

https://money.cnn.com/2014/02/19/technology/social/facebook-whatsapp/index.html#:~:text=In%20a%20play%20to%20dominate,the%20five%2Dyear%20old%20company.

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/20/opinion/cambridge-analytica-facebook-quiz.html

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-34442618#:~:text=A%20pact%20that%20helped%20the,US%20has%20been%20ruled%20invalid.&text=It%20added%20that%20the%20ruling,US%20transfers%20should%20be%20suspended.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/oct/30/facebook-russia-fake-accounts-126-million

https://techcrunch.com/2017/09/27/the-trump-card/

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-myanmar-facebook/facebook-shares-data-on-myanmar-with-united-nations-investigators-idUSKBN25L2G4#:~:text=Facebook%20shares%

https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-ceo-mark-zuckerberg-stoked-washingtons-fears-about-tiktok-11598223133

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/apr/03/revealed-facebook-hate-speech-exploded-in-myanmar-during-rohingya-crisis

https://www.newsweek.com/facebook-morally-bankrupt-genocide-new-zealand-official-1388909

https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/26/21403004/facebook-kenosha-militia-groups-shooting-blm-protest

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/rosiegray/peter-thiel-donald-trump-white-nationalist-support?fbclid=IwAR3nL9WqUOK40wA9CDsAlisYyq_SI4pOFAoc4YfqQcQdbmdWpt8aR1aW7gQ

Bad boys, bad boys. Whatcha gonna do? Whatcha gonna do? When they come for you? Well, if you're Joe and George,the answer to that is...run like hell! But that's them and this is 1995's Bad Boys.

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Links

https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1995-03-01-9502280606-story.html

https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1995-10-12-9510110607-story.html

https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1995-11-03-1995307039-story.html

"Every step you take, I'll be watching you", sang Sting. But he wasn't talking about TV. Unlike the hero of this film. That's right, the guys experience Being There. And they are joined by filmmaker John Wellington Ennis.

Links

https://www.nytimes.com/1979/08/19/archives/television-enters-the-80s-television.html

Is anybody not mad as hell these days? Anyway, former reporter Marshall Stevens joins Joe & George as they take a look into what was no doubt the inspiration for Fox News, 1976's Network.

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Links

• https://www.nytimes.com/1976/04/21/archives/abc-news-offers-barbara-walters-1-million-a-year-abc-offers-miss.html

• https://www.texasmonthly.com/articles/the-secret-world-of-walter-cronkite/

• https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/docs/CIA-RDP99-00498R000100040121-6.pdf

• https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/jefferson/60.html

Marshall's non-pandemic beer tour http://www.nybeertour.com

Sure, a million dollars for a night with your wife should lead to a million dollars for a hippo. Why not? The guys check out the Worst Picture winner at the 1993 Razzies, Indecent Proposal with Guest, Vong Show.

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Links:

https://www.newsweek.com/sexual-correctness-194264

https://apnews.com/ca12137633242a26ce922fe93ab040f1

Vong Infohttps://www.vongshow.com/

RICE Asian comedy podcast https://rice.simplecast.com/