Episode 16, Paying Homage 

Paying homage in an artistic sense means acknowledging the inspiration or the influence on you.

We are all standing on the shoulders of giants who have become before us. But do you acknowledge that and should you even acknowledge it? Parody is mocking the things that have come before you, while homage honors the things that have come before you. 

We talk about:

“Parody is homage going sour” Brendan Gill https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brendan_Gill 

Quentin Tarantino https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quentin_Tarantino 

The Office British Version https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Office_(British_TV_series)

Shameless British Version https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shameless_(British_TV_series) 

Psycho https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psycho_(1960_film) 

Pulp Fiction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulp_Fiction 

The Producers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Producers_(musical) 

Robin Hood: Men In Tights https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Hood:_Men_in_Tights

Space Balls https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaceballs 

Beckett https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beckett_(film)

Ricky Takes Back His Emmy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZp6cR4bxbY 

Zanes top 3 List 

It Is Always Sunny In Philadelphia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_Always_Sunny_in_Philadelphia 

Edgar Wright https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Wright 

Kill Bill https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kill_Bill:_Volume_1 

Thomas Top 3 List 

Stranger Things https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBjgFt6lVHM 

Blinding Lights by Weeknd https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NRXx6U8ABQ 

The Untouchables https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Untouchables_(film)

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