Hola, Sneakers! Welcome to Episode 558 of Sneaky Dragon – the podcast with the luminous nose!
This week: throwing voices; monogamy, not monotony; imaginary histories; three days of peace and money; savoury British flavours; big nonsense; the keys to our hearts; back to the garden; take a Bowser; can’t be too obvious; identical films; terrible people doing awful things; the times they are a danger; notes for Jesus; dualing heroes; Hamill communication; gang with the wind; full moon fever; science needs nerds; time travel nostalgia; third act dog problems; a heck of an almost great movie; you have to earn your ending; weird stance; Avatar amnesia; outsold by Boxcar Willie; Uma gonna miss a disaster; revisionist Westerns; pig tales; ex-stinks; Crystal careers; mind fuckery; Mars needs money; popular penguins; one note parties; tenuous streaming; American activities; and, finally, attention deficit.
Question of the Week: Did we miss one? Do you have a favourite near identical film to one that was released in the same year? Do you prefer the lesser known twin?Sub-question of the Week (from Ed): Which comic book or newspaper strip character – thus far unrecognized – deserves its own movie or TV adaptation?
Thanks for listening.
Department of Corections:So embarrassing to listen to one’s blatherings in the cold light of day, but Buddy Miles played drums and Billy Cox played bass in Hendrix’s post-Experience group The Band of Gypsies.
Ferg has suggested an addition to a previous Top 5 list – another song for Louise!
During the show, Dave mentioned Ben Affleck’s notoriously snotty commentary tracks. Here’s a little taste of his Armaggedon comments: