Mt. Rushmore Podcast

No loafing around this week - we're excited to talk about our favorite lovable oafs!

SHOW NOTES

• Wreck It Ralph (Richard's Choice)
• Otis from "Superman" (Michael's Choice)
• Fezzik from "The Princess Bride" (Richard's Choice)
• Dauber from "Coach" (Michael's Choice)
• Huntz Hall (Richard's Choice)
• Sloth from "The Goonies" (Michael's Choice)
• Del Griffith from "Planes, Trains and Automobiles" (Richard's Choice)
• Dug from "Up" (Michael's Choice)

Kids, load the prize sow up in the pickup truck, because it's time to go to the fair! We explore the sights, the sounds and the tastes of a trip to the fair. The best part is that the podcast costs zero tickets, with a guaranteed winner every time (note: no prizes will be won other than the satisfaction of listening to a quality podcast episode.)

SHOW NOTES

• Weird Food (Joint Choice)
• The Midway and the Sketchy People/Rides (Joint Choice)
• The Amphitheatre (Richard's Choice)
• Cute Boys From the Other County (Michael's Choice)
• The "New Innovations" Pavilion (Richard's Choice)
• Where Bands Go to Die (Michael's Choice)

Let's get WEIRD!!! Weird Al, that is. This week we're looking at all things in the Al-verse, including his triumphs of music, film and TV. And if you don't like Weird Al, we have two words for you: EAT IT!

SHOW NOTES

• UHF (Joint Choice)
• "Eat It" (Michael's Choice)
• Al TV (Richard's Choice)
• "Alternative Polka" (Michael's Choice)
• Straight Cover Songs (Richard's Choice)
• Dunking on Madonna (Michael's Choice)
• Weird Al's Band (Richard's Choice)

Things. The lifeblood of society. Where would we be with out 'em? Well, some things lose their luster real fast. In this episode we turn on the Mt. Rushmore-alizer and offer up some personal experiences with things we think are essential to our lives, but end up just gathering dust.

This week we're sitting down at the table and eating a big plateful of dinner scenes! Dinner scenes are prevalent in film and television. They work because it's an excuse to get a lot of characters into one place where things that are both mundane and fraught with tension can happen.

SHOW NOTES

• "The Incredibles" (Richard's Choice)
• "Dysfunctional Family Dinner" from "SNL" (Michael's Choice)
• "Back to the Future" (Richard's Choice)
• "Beetlejuice" (Joint Choice)
• "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" (Michael's Choice)
• "Goodfellas" (Joint Choice)

This week's episode is getting ready to run wild on you, brother, as we discuss some of the most noteworthy things with -mania attached to them.

SHOW NOTES

• Wrestlemania (Joint Choice)
• Beatlemania (Joint Choice)
• Kleptomania (Michael's Choice)
• Lisztomania (Richard's Choice)
• Fernandomania (Michael's Choice)
• Rollermania (Richard's Choice)

Sometimes, artists need to step away from the personas they've created in order to stretch themselves and push the limits of their creativity. Or, it's just cool to pretend to be someone else. Either way, lots of musicians have developed alter egos over the years to produce music that steps outside the box of what you might expect from them.

SHOW NOTES

• The Three Wise Men (XTC) - Richard's Choice
• Humpty Hump (Shock G) - Michael's Choice
• 2-D (Damon Albarn) - Joint Choice
• MacPheesto/The Fly (Bono) - Michael's Choice
• Dee Dee King (Dee Dee Ramone) - Richard's Choice
• Chris Gaines (Garth Brooks) - Michael's Choice
• "The Turtles Present the Battle of the Bands" - Richard's Choice

Think about your car. It's reliable. Dependable. It's...sensible. Now think back to when you were a kid. Is this the type of car that you wanted? Heck no! You dreamed about something that was bigger, faster, and just more extreme than anything you own today.

This week we're taking a high-speed trip down memory lane and looking at the cars we wanted the most when we were kids. From car-crushing monster trucks to muscle cars, this episode will get the fuel flowing through your veins.

SHOW NOTES

• Cadillac El Dorado (Richard's Choice)
• Lamborghini Countach (Michael's Choice)
• Bigfoot (Richard's Choice)
• 1964-1/2 Ford Mustang (Michael's Choice)
• The "Smokey and the Bandit" Trans Am (Richard's Choice)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Party Wagon (Michael's Choice)
• The Hornet R/C Car (Richard's Choice)
• VW Jetta (Michael's Choice)

Everyone can remember a favorite TV show that went on far too long. Or maybe an athlete who kept playing well past their prime. Or even, theoretically, a podcast that keeps on putting out episodes into an inky black chasm of nothingness. Sometimes it's hard to decide that enough is enough.

Of course, this doesn't have to be the case. This week we're looking at people and things that got out while they were still on top.

SHOW NOTES

• Bill Watterson (Michael's Choice)
• Barry Sanders and Calvin Johnson (Richard's Choice)
• Michael Phelps (Michael's Choice)
• The Police (Richard's Choice)
• King Kong (Michael's Choice)
• J.D. Salinger (Richard's Choice)
• Westley from "The Princess Bride" (Michael's Choice)
• "The Sopranos" (Richard's Choice)

The funny pages are the great equalizer: everyone looks at them if they pick up a newspaper. Sure, some people might first go to Sports while others go to Arts & Entertainment, but at some point, you need to find out if Garfield got his lasagna today.

SHOW NOTES

• "Little Nemo in Slumberland" (Michael's Choice)
• "Calvin and Hobbes" (Joint Choice)
• "Peanuts" (Richard's Choice)
• "Garfield" (Michael's Choice)
• "The Far Side" (Richard's Choice)
• "Serious" comics (Michael's Choice)
• "Bloom County" (Richard's Choice)