Mt. Rushmore Podcast

When it comes to music, image matters and nothing can help you establish your image with the public more than a signature item of clothing. This week we're discussing musicians with pieces of clothes that are so iconic that you know who they are just with one glance at them.

SHOW NOTES

• Michael Jackson's White Glove (Joint Choice)
• Daft Punk's Helmets (Michael's Choice)
• Slash's Top Hat (Richard's Choice)
• Bjork's Swan Dress (Michael's Choice)
• Madonna's Conical Bra (Richard's Choice)
• Elvis Presley's Jumpsuits (Michael's Choice)
• Elton John's Sunglasses (Richard's Choice)

Today we're looking at famous people who are most well-known for being a sibling of a very famous person.

SHOW NOTES

• Kevin Dillon (Richard's Choice)
• Joan Cusack (Michael's Choice)
• Frank Stallone (Joint Choice)
• Roy O. Disney (Michael's Choice)
• Eli Manning (Richard's Choice)
• Clint Howard (Michael's Choice)
• Brian Doyle Murray (Richard's Choice)

As a wise man (Lemmy) once said, the Ramones can't play no high school dance, but they played pretty much everywhere else in a career that spanned three decades. Even though they never scored a smash hit, everyone knows A LOT of Ramones songs and they became beloved rock royalty.

SHOW NOTES

• Origins of the band's name (Richard's Choice)
• Replacement Ramones (Michael's Choice)
• Learning to play "Blitzkrieg Bop" on the bass (Richard's Choice)
• Exceptionally fast performances of "Blitzkrieg Bop" (Michael's Choice)
• "Rock and Roll High School" (Richard's Choice)
• Joey Ramone's singing stance (Michael's Choice)
• The Ramones vs. Phil Spector (Richard's Choice)
• Gabba Gabba Hey! (Michael's Choice)

We don't have a clever rap song this week, but what we do have are takes on what is the best way to spend a lazy Sunday. Maybe you'll make listening to our podcast your next lazy Sunday activity?

SHOW NOTES

• Napping during baseball (Michael's Choice)
• Naps (Richard's Choice)
• Movie marathons (Michael's Choice)
• Sports on in the background (Richard's Choice)
• Brunch (Michael's Choice)
• Light housework (Richard's Choice)
• Going from PJs to PJs (Michael's Choice)
• Working on the podcast (Richard's Choice)

This week's episode tackles the countries that only Hollywood could invent. We're looking at Fictional Countries, covering everything from Afro-Futurism to crippling oppression.

SHOW NOTES

• Wakanda (Richard's Choice)
• Genosha (Michael's Choice)
• Tomania (Richard's Choice)
• Val Verde (Michael's Choice)
• Cobra Island (Richard's Choice)
• Oceania (Michael's Choice)
• Mypos (Richard's Choice)
• Vilgaria (Michael's Choice)

This week, we review some of our favorite sports ejections from hokey disguises to chairs being thrown across basketball courts all willy-nilly. SHOW NOTES

• Phil Wellman (Michael's Choice)
• San Jose Earthquakes' Translator (Richard's Choice)
• Bobby Knight (Michael's Choice)
• Serena Williams (Richard's Choice)
• Zinedine Zidane (Michael's Choice)
• Tim Duncan (Richard's Choice)
• Sports "thumbs" (Michael's Choice)
• Bobby Valentine (Richard's Choice)

Everyone loves the circus! We love to be amazed at the talents of the performers under the big top and this week we're looking at some of the most iconic acts the circus has to offer.

SHOW NOTES

• Trapeze (Joint Choice)
• The Human Cannonball (Michael's Choice)
• Clowns (Richard's Choice)
• Cirque du Soleil (Michael's Choice)
• The Wall of Death (Richard's Choice)
• Guy with his head in a lion's mouth (Michael's Choice)
• Balancing Acts (Richard's Choice)

Cartoon characters: lovable imps who fill kids and adults alike with joy. Well, unless you're talking about one of these certifiable jerkwads! This week we're discussing the most ingratiating, irritating and just plain annoying characters in cartoon history.

SHOW NOTES

• Scrappy-Doo (Joint Choice)
• Pepe LePew (Richard's Choice)
• Mike Wiczkowski from "Monsters Inc." (Michael's Choice)
• Woody Woodpecker (Richard's Choice)
• Roger Rabbit (Michael's Choice)
• Caillou (Richard's Choice)
• Brak (Michael's Choice)

We're going to go back in time, and we promise there are no Huey Lewis songs involved AT ALL. This week we're discussing all of the things we would do if we had the ability to travel back in time - but the trick is that we'd have to stay there. We cover a lot of ground, from killing Hitler to killing it on the old time baseball diamond.

SHOW NOTES

• Killing Hitler, 1919 (Michael's Choice)
• Premiere of "Hamlet," 1609 (Richard's Choice)
• The Constitutional Convention of 1789 (Michael's Choice)
• Deadball-era baseball pitcher, late 1800s
• 75 million years ago (Michael's Choice)
• Invention of the forward pass, 1906 (Richard's Choice)
• Music concerts around 2001 (Michael's Choice)
• TV Executive in New York, 1950s (Richard's Choice)

Surf's up! Even if you aren't getting on your longboard and taking on the waves, there's a lot to love about heading out to the beach for the afternoon. And a lot to hate as well! This week Michael, Richard and Jeff put on their tightest Speedos and load up their picnic baskets for a day at the beach.

SHOW NOTES

• Look at this stuff we have to bring! (Joint Choice)
• Nap time! (Richard's Choice)
• Building sand castles (Michael's Choice)
• The birds (Richard's Choice)
• Old-timey turn of the century beach going (Michael's Choice)
• Sunburns (Richard's Choice)
• You're getting tar stuck on you, no matter how careful you are (Michael's Choice)