Off My Shelf

In this episode Michael Linington is here to talk about a couple of big movies, Big Lebowski and Big Trouble in Little China

Big Lebowski

Release: 1998

Big Trouble in Little China

Release: 1986

Just a quick note, there are some audio issues with this episode, hence the delay in posting.

White Russian Recipe

2 oz coffee liquor

Pour everything over ice. That’s it.

Jackie Treehorn’s House

According to IMDB: The house in which The Dude meets with Jackie Treehorn was designed by architect John Lautner. It has been used in many other Hollywood productions as well as fashion shoots. The movie makes it look as though it sits on the beach, when in actuality, it rests on the side of a hill overlooking the city of Los Angeles. The house and its interior decoration were donated to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 2016 by owner James Goldstein, for the purpose of turning it into a museum.

Bugs Bunny Opera

It is called “What’s Opera, Doc?” and was released in 1957

What’s Opera, Doc? from CNF1 on Vimeo.

Actor we couldn’t remember

So the guy that we remembered all the movies he was in (Fargo, Constantine, Minority Report) is Peter Stormare

Bowling Balls

The regulation bowling ball weight is 16 pounds.

Drink – Blue Hawaiian with soda

2oz coconut rum

Scene from Master of the Universe

After looking at it again it looks NOTHING like it. I think I was just remembering the colours.

Gary and His Demons Poster

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Dogman

In this episode Jessica Lutzer returned to talk about two Tim Burton favourites Beetlejuice and Big Fish.

Beetlejuice

Release: 1988

Big Fish

Release: 2003

Add to your Vocab

Mastication – is the mechanical grinding of food into smaller pieces by teeth; it is essentially a technical word for “chewing”.

Misophonia – literally “hatred of sound”, was proposed in 2000 as a condition in which negative emotions, thoughts, and physical reactions are triggered by specific sounds.

I found an article explaining Misophonia.

The Lone Ranger

This is the Johnny Depp movie with Armie Hammer that we were trying to remember.

Beetlejuice Cartoon

This was her third film. Her first was Lucas (1986)

The film I was trying to remember was Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael (1990)

Tusk

If you didn’t know about Tusk before well now you do. I wrote a review about it a few years ago.

Nicolas Cage

The Nick Cage Movie about the ambulance driver that I couldn’t remember was Bringing Out the Dead

Timothée Chalamet Rap

Ezra Miller

Play Boy Shoot – Here is the article we were having way too much fun having a scroll through.

I Love You Philip Morris

First off I absolutely love the poster for this movie.

Second, I kinda butchered the synopsis so go read it on IMDB.

Godzilla King of the Monsters

Saw it, didn’t like it. They took themselves too seriously and they spent too much time with people.

In the 3rd and final episode of Bat-a-pa-loo-za, Leslie Miller is here to talk about 2 parts of the almost epic Christopher Nolan Batman trilogy: Batman Begins and The Dark Knight.

Batman Begins

Release: 2005

The Dark Knight

Release: 2008

Liam Neeson

In case you missed it, this is the Liam Neeson controversial story that we were making reference to: https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-47117177

Great Superman Stories

It’s Superman by Tom DeHaven

All star superman

Howard the Duck

If you don’t know, Howard the Duck is a Marvel property that exists in the MCU. He has made 3 appearances in Guardians of the Galaxy, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2, and Avengers Endgame.

Shutter Island – This is the Leo DiCaprio movie we were trying to remember

How to be Black

I actually wrote a book review on this novel when I read it. You can read that here

In Batapalooza 2: Electric Boogaloo Alix Cook and Leah Erbe joined to talk about a couple of the best and a couple of the worst superhero movies ever made as we discuss the Batman Motion Picture Anthology.

Batman

Release: 1989

Batman Returns

Release: 1992

Batman Forever

Release: 1995

Batman and Robin

Release: 1997

Batman: The Movie came out in 1966

How long does it take to boil an egg?

Well according to my googling abilities it is 12 minutes to make the perfect boiled egg. That’s it…

Giant Rubber Ducky in Toronto

In 2017, Toronto paid to have the worlds largest rubber ducky to make an appearance at the Redpath Waterfront Festival. There was a big hoopla about them paying $121K for it to be there but it is said to have brought in about $7 million. So is was worth it? Yes?

Man of the house

The killing of a sacred deer

The Chun-Li street fighter movie

So the movie I was making reference to, which when I found the title I am surprised I didn’t remember the title is Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li In no way am I endorsing this movie, it is BAD. This poster has better fighting in it than in the movie.

This is the first episode of what I am dubbing Bat-a-palooza. Tim McLinnen joins me to talk about one of, if not the, best animated show ever made, Batman the Animated Series.

Batman the Animated Series Volume 1

Episodes release: 1992-1993

Batman the Animated Series Volume 2

Episodes release: 1993-1994

Batman the Animated Series Volume 3

Episodes release: 1994-1995

Batman the Animated Series Volume 4

Alternate name: The New Batman Adventures

Klingon Dictionary – This is the dictionary I own

Wall Art

Correction: When talking about Batman Forever, Tim was more right than I was. But they do find out Bruce Wayne is Batman using their machine.

Beauty and the Beast – It was a TV show that aired 1987 – 1990

Robot Death in Heart of Steel

Some comics I’m reading

Guy from Heroes – Sylar

Kids talking about Batman Episode: Legends of the dark knight

Correction: When describing Chew I say they ban chickens because of swine flu. It is because of bird flu. Sorry about that.

In this episode Julian Spillane joined me in talking about one of the best trilogies ever made The Back to the Future Trilogy.

We talk about so much stuff! Time paradoxes, Doc Brown’s age, the movie’s game like make up, abuses of power, the greatness of Huey Lewis and the News, misogyny, 80’s cartoons, killing Hitler, Rocky, and so much more.

Also, just a side note, I kept a like 1 minute segment in there that I would have usually cut out but I thought it a fun little bit of convo to keep. It just flowed so well. But you do get to hear me pour drinks and dig through my fridge soooooooooooooo you’ll like it.

Back to the Future

Release: 1985

Back to the Future Part 2

Release: 1989

Back to the Future Part 3

Release: 1990

Bricked Shoes

Here is that article about the shoes “bricking” when using an app.

Ronald Reagan Film – Cattle Queen of Montana

Writing your name on your underwear

So, I didn’t get much info on this based on my half assed googling. But I did come across this really short Reddit post for 7 years ago which coincides with our hypotheses.

Futurama episode 

So the episode I am making reference to is in Season 2 episode 14. This is where he creates his clone, Cubert.

Cost of a Delorean

So the Delorean was manufactured in the US between 1981 and 1983 costing $25,000USD at the time.  So using an inflation calculator that translates to $69,520.35 now. That is an expensive car.

Cartoon greatness

C.O.P.S.

M.A.S.K. cartoon

Thundercats Theme

Transformers Theme

From the TV Show

From the movie. An EPIC upgrade!

3D movie start / Matinee Movie

According to Wikipedia, the first 3D film was in 1922 with The Power of Love. Which surprisingly can be thought of referenced in Back to the Future as it is the name of the Huey Lewis song. But the “golden age” of 3D film was 1952-1954 which, though it would have been on the out at the time, it fits into the time period, 1955, and why that there would be someone who is still into it.

The movie I was making reference to was Matinee staring John Goodman. I recommend it.

Transmetropolitan

Paul Hanson – Musician who taught Micheal J Fox how to play the guitar for the stage sequence.

Mark Campbell – Guy who was Micheal J Fox’s voice when singing Johnny B. Goode

In this episode Josh Ratcliffe is here to talk about the comically acclaimed Austin Powers trilogy. Josh and I go all over the place; societal influences, out dated jokes, anecdotes, and we end up talking about so many other movies!

Austin Powers International Man of Mystery

Release: 1997

Austin Powers in the Spy Who Shagged Me

Release: 1999

Austin Powers in Goldmember

Release: 2002

Here is some stuff that was refernced in the episode.

Daria

So the swing episode it “Life in the Past Lane” – Season 5 Episode 9

“That song about using condoms”

I mentioned “I want your Sex” by George Michael. But after reading the lyrics it is more about just sex and also monogomy. But it is a great song so here you go

But I am not sure exactly what song Josh was talking about but there are a crazy amount of songs about sex. I guess that should be no surprise.

The Carrot Top Movie

So I am kinda happy I forgot about this but the Carrot Top movie was Chairman of the Board . And here is the interview that was referenced.

Origin of the Question Mark

I found this article that doesn’t really give you an origin but possibilities of an origin. Including the curve of a cats tail.

Word Up

The original

The Korn version

The Mel B Version

In this episode Jamie Cochrane and Julian Chanco are here to have an epic talk about the critic loved and audience approved show Arrested Development where you find out that I need to stop saying “fantastic”.

Arrested Development

Creator: Mitchell Hurwitz

Season 1: 2003-2004

Season 2: 2004-2005

Season 3: 2005-2006

Arrested Development – the band

The hip-hop band was popular in the early 90’s

Jessica Walter Issue

Here is an article about the Jessica Walter issue with Jeffery Tambor that was mentioned

Medical Terms that are now offensive

The term “Retard” was used as a medical term that meant a person with delayed mental progress.

Better Off Ted

Here are a couple of samples of Better Off Ted  episodes. If you can track down the season it would be great.

In this episode Austin Wong and I talk about a couple of moves about relationships,  Annie Hall and Away We Go, just in time for Valentine’s Day!

We get into a lot of things like what it means when bad people make good art, negging, adoption, and real estate while eating heart shaped candy.

Annie Hall

Release: 1977

Away We Go

Release: 2009

Negging

So there was a little confusion about what negging really means (even though it was very easy to spot) So to clarify here are a couple definitions.

Definitions according to

Wikipedia

Urban Dictionary

Inflation

So in Annie Hall, she complains about the cost of her rent being high at $400.

$400 in 1977 is the equivalent to $1,657.47 now. That is approximately 414% change.

Fashion of Annie Hall

Despite the fact that she wore dresses and classically “female” attire in some scenes the craze she started was actually based on her utilizing traditionally “male” style elements but still managing to look cool, relaxed, and feminine.

Something I didn’t mention on the episode is the fact that this style may hearken back to the original menswear as womens-wear style icon Marlene Dietrich.

Thanatophobia correction

So I miss spoke when talking about this and said thanatophobia was the obsession with death. What I meant to say was thanatophilia. Thanatophobia is actually the fear of death.

Etymology of the words

Thanato – Greek mythology – the personification of death

On a side note, when looking up this stuff etymologically I thought “philia” may be the origin of Family but it actually comes from the Latin word for servant, “famulus”

In this episode Sara Sibylle chatted with me about an odd pairing of films American Splendor, a biography, and the other, classic 70’s hi-jinx comedy, Animal House.

We get into all kinds of topics including TV resolutions, theatre positioning, cars, celebrity branding, the movies of 1984, and more!

American Splendor

Release: 2003

Animal House

Release: 1978

Here is some stuff I had to look up during/after I did the podcast.

Harvey’s last time on Letterman

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The Shakespeare quote I totally butchered.

What’s in a name? That which we call a rose

Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy

The little green alien on the “Mostly Harmless” book cover that looks like Mike Wazowski (or is it Mike Wazowski looks like it?).

Turns out it is true that he had no legs but it is not a cyclops as it doesn’t have an eye.  I tried looking up what you call a creature without eyes but it just kept bringing up articles on blindness and I wasn’t gonna start scrolling through pages and pages to find it. So instead I went through the trouble of finding out the etymology of the word “cyclops” which essentially means circle-eyed or round-eyed that came from the Greek originally and then to Latin and adopted by English. Then I did the same thing.

I looked up the word “nothing” in ancient Greek which is οὐθείς (outheís) which literally means “not even one”. Then translated that to Latin –

So my word for a creature with no eyes is “neminemops”.

Does a word, not made up by me, for a creature with no eyes exist? Most likely, English is a very wordy language. Would it have been easier to find it instead of making one up? No, i doubt it. Making up words is fun, I could have as easily called them “chazwazzers” (if you got that reference, good on you!)

If caught, is being a “peeping tom” a felony?

Apparently it is a misdemeanour that can get upgraded to a felony if you take photographic images which includes videos.

Also learned that the term “peeping tom” is names after a tailor who peeped at Lady Godiva during her infamous ride. All of this info is thanks to this page.