Pretty Much: the Podcast

I hear my “insolent streak has its limits when up against global social culture.” The proof came in this week when I was nominated for the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. Also: where are the songs for Lou Gehrig? https://ia601503.us.archive.org/28/items/PM048SomeKindaJerkMobile/PM%20048%20Some%20Kinda%20Jerk%20mobile.m4v

Before Will Smith in The Wild Wild West, before Cleavon Little in Blazing Saddles, there was Herb Jeffries (aka Herb Jeffrey, aka Umberto Valentino) in Harlem Rides the Range, Harlem on the Prairie, and The Bronze Buckaroo: America’s first black singing cowboy! …PS: Maybe he wasn’t black. https://ia601500.us.archive.org/35/items/PM047TheBronzeBuckaroo/PM%20047%20The%20Bronze%20Buckaroo.m4a

Before Will Smith in The Wild Wild West, before Cleavon Little in Blazing Saddles, there was Herb Jeffries (aka Herb Jeffrey, aka Umberto Valentino) in Harlem Rides the Range, Harlem on the Prairie, and The Bronze Buckaroo: America’s first black singing cowboy! …PS: Maybe he wasn’t black. https://ia601500.us.archive.org/35/items/PM047TheBronzeBuckaroo/PM%20047%20The%20Bronze%20Buckaroo.m4a

Lucky me. Young enough to enjoy the fruits of the latest and greatest Golden Age of Television, but old enough to have experienced firsthand the Golden Age of the TV Theme Song. Ah, the burnish! The melancholy! https://ia601501.us.archive.org/4/items/PM046ThemeForToday/PM%20046%20Theme%20for%20Today.m4a

Lucky me. Young enough to enjoy the fruits of the latest and greatest Golden Age of Television, but old enough to have experienced firsthand the Golden Age of the TV Theme Song. Ah, the burnish! The melancholy! https://ia601501.us.archive.org/4/items/PM046ThemeForToday/PM%20046%20Theme%20for%20Today.m4a

Clark and Huey are treading water in this week’s Turning Tables, and of course discussion turns to just how funny does Eric Clapton think he is? https://ia601503.us.archive.org/15/items/PM045ConsequencesOfSunshineOverAntarctica/PM%20045%20Consequences%20of%20Sunshine%20Over%20Antarctica.m4a

Clark and Huey are treading water in this week’s Turning Tables, and of course discussion turns to just how funny does Eric Clapton think he is? https://ia601503.us.archive.org/15/items/PM045ConsequencesOfSunshineOverAntarctica/PM%20045%20Consequences%20of%20Sunshine%20Over%20Antarctica.m4a

(What used to be) Canada’s Finest All-Male Hotel is undone by yet another fire, and this time there is no coming back. https://ia601503.us.archive.org/12/items/PM044PeoniesOnMackayStreet/PM%20044%20Peonies%20on%20Mackay%20Street.m4a

(What used to be) Canada’s Finest All-Male Hotel is undone by yet another fire, and this time there is no coming back. https://ia601503.us.archive.org/12/items/PM044PeoniesOnMackayStreet/PM%20044%20Peonies%20on%20Mackay%20Street.m4a

Advice for all you kids obsessed with going to space: keep an eye on the protractor. https://ia601506.us.archive.org/32/items/PM043TheAstronautsLongWalk/PM%20043%20The%20Astronaut%27s%20Long%20Walk.m4a