Hola, Sneakers! Welcome back to Sneaky Dragon, the podcast with wings!
This week: password giveaway; health check; scene seen; lucky bowling balls; guessing game; lockdown sleepover; inappropriately metric; tube filet mignon; snowy vistas; back to back yak; going swimmingly; a testimonial; Mister Oswald; Mutt and Jeff mania; music for weirdos; the Minnie Mouse Club; the walk of animated fame; the Geef/Goof effect; commuter blues; The Matrix Resurrections reloaded; end with possibilities; too twisty; a better movie than you’re watching; boring subtext; the original Swifty; Aussie chocolates; Top 5 Apple singles; seeing Redford; cinephilia; the walrus was Coleridge; gong show; Top 5 mea culpas; Marvel movies aren’t Cimino; and, finally, fly pie.
Top 5 Apple singles (as requested by Crystal):
* Jackie Lomax – “Sour Milk Sea” – Apple Records single, 1968 – 1:35:38* The Sundown Playboys – Saturday Night Special – Apple Records single, 1972 – 1:42:04* Doris Troy – “Jacobs Ladder” – Apple Records single, 1970 – 1:47:07* Yoko Ono – “Mind Train” – Apple Records single, 1972 – 1:51:47* Badfinger – “Day After Day” – Apple Records single, 1971 – 2:01:29
Bonus:
* Nola York – “Purple Flowers” – Apple Records single, 1974 – 2:06:20
Question of the Week: How has Covid been for you? Have you had it? Any family members?Sub-question of the Week: What do you grow in your garden that no one else does?
Thanks for listening.
For more info about the great old comic strip Mister Oswald, check out this great article by RC Harvey from The Comics Journal that originally hipped me to it.
Hey, Ian and Dave, you nerds, who are Mutt and Jeff? Well, here is an animated Mutt and Jeff short from 1916: