Can you tell me who will still care … about MMMBop? 

We do! 

Twenty-five years after Hanson burst into pop music with their smash hit MMMBop, we’re looking at the lyrics and nodding sagely at the brothers’ precocious wisdom. 

Isaac, Taylor and Zac Hanson talk to BL and BW about breaking into the music industry as children, their 30th year together as a band and what they see as their creative higher purpose. 

We’re also picking through award-winning NZ director Jane Campion’s milkshake duck weekend and talking about how she went from good viral — slapping down Sam Elliott’s take on The Power of The Dog — to bad viral — telling Venus and Serena Williams they’ve never had to compete against men, like she does. 

Show notes:

Sam Elliott on Marc Maron’s WTF: http://www.wtfpod.com/podcast/episode-1309-sam-elliott

Jane Campion calls Sam Elliott a B-I-T-C-H: https://variety.com/2022/film/news/jane-campion-says-sam-elliott-is-being-a-b-i-t-c-h-with-slam-against-the-power-of-the-dog-1235203098/

Jane Campion Critics Choice acceptance speech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9FhvBwM6P0&t=1s

Hanson Red Blue Green : https://hanson.net/news/3991-hanson-announce-2022-red-green-blue-world-tour-and-new-album

MMMBop Basement session: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZ3qChwjp_k

Melanie Lynskey Critics Choice acceptance speech: https://www.harpersbazaar.com/celebrity/latest/a39429190/yellowjackets-melanie-lynskey-critics-choice-awards-2022/

Melanie Lynskey profile: https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2022/feb/24/oh-my-god-im-having-sex-again-yellowjackets-melanie-lynskey-on-raunch-rage-and-her-rival-kate-winslet