Sneaky Dragon

The year is 1985 and this movie couldn’t be more 1985. Rosanna Arquette and Madonna joins forces as a bored housewife and a…Madonna type.

The National Film Registry says the movie is culturally, historically or aesthetically significant but who cares about them? Let’s see what Jason Dedrick, Eric Fell and Vicky Van think.

Along with the movie, your hosts enjoy a drink called the Madonna. How do you make it? Like this!

They also enjoy some party mix to go along with the party vibe.

Then they create a tribute drink to costume designer Santo Loquasto, the Desperately Seeking Santo. Want to make it? Here’s how:

The producer’s wife thought this drink had really nice melon notes, not too sweet and very pleasant.

If you make a Desperately Seeking Santo or enjoy the Madonna or make up one of your own, please send a picture to [email protected] by following this link! Even if you don’t, we’d still love to hear from you. Also let us know what you think of the show and if you have any suggestions for future films.

Refresh My Memory will be part of a live outdoor backyard show June 8th called Pod Mash, also featuring Horse Mysteries and Sneaky Dragon. If you’re in the Vancouver area and would like to attend, let us know at the above email address.

Produced by Ian Boothby
Edited by Vicky Van
Theme song by Chris Roberts

Hola, Sneakers! Welcome to the podcast that really, really likes you!

This week: locked room mystery; rhubars; rhythm methodist; white collar crime and punishment; hands on investigation; river of shit; cuckoo for Columbo; spouse of life; across the border station; young at heart TV programming; name that cartoon; unprovoked walrus assault; future past; pains in a necktie; adult in origin; ice capades and crossed swords; vaults in Alberta; hippo critic; reference material; before the Fudd; Claghorn o’plenty; career killer; sofa so good; living in a box; fuzz down under; the bad humour man: play pool; get your giallos; it’s Challengers one, Dave love; Hitman was a hit with Dave; theatrical sabotage; winning friends; Question of the Week – Sneakers respond; evangelical numbers game; McCartney hearings; park it; degraded; pi eyed; Gary meanderings; and, finally, kind of a drug.

Department of Joe E. Distinctions
Our apologies, but Dave conflated the comedic actor Joe E. Brown with the nightclub comedian Joe E. Lewis. It was Lewis who ran afoul of organized crime and had his throat cut for his pains.

Question of the Week: Who is the best Gary?
Sub-question of the Week: What is your favourite test?

Thanks for listening.

Hola, Sneakers! Welcome to the internet’s favourite cause célèbre!

This week: joinery; bass notes; dirty clowns; vampire landlords; rental mouse; plane awful; authoritarian intent; Columbore; identical robots; Mexican kitsch; dead wives club; heard it on the Ted Levine; dog daze; keep it juicy; bastardized; eat the documentary; box of delights; a time to scold; titanic; Concrete claims; crossed streams; free the music; prose and yawns; a bit of Crumb; Harvey; where have all the weirdos gone; late nightlife; Northern lights; coke addled; furniture shock; prescriptions drag; boring stories; heartstopper; Question of the Week – Sneakers respond; Ram jam; bananarama; love language; heart Felt; no hose; free draw; rabbiting on; odd celebration; PAM-boozled; to the Max; and, finally, down with the down.

Question of the Week: What would you call al child that is the result of a disinterested union of two persons?
Sub-question of the Week: What is your favourite casual exercise?

Thanks for listening.

Maple Leaf Forever

Hello, horse fans and mystery fans and horse mystery fans!

An innocent meeting at a local Toronto ice rink led to one of Canada’s biggest child abuse scandals.

Fortunately, the perpetrators were arrested, but others were caught in the blowback including one of Canada’s most notable equestrians, a former Pony Clubber who made it all the way to the Olympics.

The whole sad story is told this week in an episode we’re calling Maple Leaf Forever.

We hope you enjoyed this week’s episode. Please comment about the show, and please like and subscribe on all your favourite podcast aggregators!

Hola, Sneakers! Welcome to the 650th episode of Sneaky Dragon! Wow! We couldn’t have done it without you!

As you know, when we reach something-fifty, it’s a Listeners Questions episode so, through your guidance, Ian and Dave on this week’s show talked: high what-age; tastemaker; a taste of bunny; colour commentary; wingin’ it; back to the ego; take the gimmicky out of; surreal talk; hawt licks; alternate mysteries; 2D or not 2D; brain capers; Cruise to the finish; empty style; swimming with sharks; museum quality; Peyo back with interest; bright, shiny tones; proctor, proctor; multiple chance; pi daze; put it to the test; grade out; ships at sea; problematic dwarfs; what a knob; strip search; delicious dishes; curated tastes; love to say dada; retirement plans; down for the cult; Searle of wizzdom; art for kids; narrow interests; murder by deadlines; paintwork; parental pearls; kind of blue; sketches of Delta; family style; forced march; marvelous; back for more; efficiency expert; diminishing returns; raw banana; slutty eggs; Monk man; magic moments; musical heroes; elevated stories; dream job; people like you; to a degree; act your age; you really got a hold on me; staring contest; and, finally, this episode’s winner!

Question of the Week: What is a question that you often get asked?

Thanks for listening.

Rich Lewin was kind enough to send along some photos of his 2-string cigar box guitar that he made with a Sneaky Dragon theme. We love it! (These pictures contain strong hints that Rich may have been listening to Steely Dan’s Katy Lied while taking these snaps.)

It’s time for the hosts to talk about the prequel to that beloved classic, Aliens Vs. Predator 2, the original 1979 film Alien, directed by Ridley Scott.

Let’s join Jason Dedrick, Eric Fell and Vicky Van for a gut-busting chest-bursting good time!

Learning nothing from the film they recklessly open strange eggs from the planet Germany, and drink a substance resembling android blood called a Piña Colada.

Want to make a Piña Colada? Here’s how…

Learn which of the hosts got scared by a toaster and watched this film from the kitchen.

They also come up with the tribute drink The Jonesy AKA In Space No One Can Hear Egg Cream. Want to make it?

These are safe in Canada, but please check before adding one if your country isn’t Canada. And if it’s not, please
come to Canada one day and enjoy this drink. (Here’s more info on eggs in Canada.)

The producer’s wife thought this drink was refreshing and was better than a the Orange Julius at a local mall.

If you make a Piña Colada or The Jonesy AKA In Space No One Can Hear Egg Cream or make up one of your own, please send a picture to [email protected] by following this link! Even if you don’t, we’d still love to hear from you. Also let us know what you think of the show and if you have any suggestions for future films.

Produced by Ian Boothby
Edited by Vicky Van
Theme song by Chris Roberts

Hola, Sneakers! Welcome to Sneaky Dragon – the podcast of danger!

This week: no convictions; chicken lit; Peanuts dimension; pop-psych; classical gasp; bore again; botherin’ the TARDIS; jolly good Chapman; baby, you’re a rich man; Brit coms; China white; American Python; our British cousins; warmed over Porridge; looped holes; Shearer entertainment; sweeping statements; parental guidance; East West; life’s a beach; Dave is nonplussed by The Fortune; Beatty eyed; Nichols’ bag; boredom come; Simon vs. Garfunkel; performing Art; Tarantino on cinema; the king of cool; on The Road; head drama; doctor do little; jump in the fire; Question of the Week – Sneakers respond; mind decaf; damned dirty apes; blood sugar free; un-pastor-ized; if there’s a hell below; cyberfucked; and, finally, Musk-o-tron.

Thanks for listening.

Here’s a fun Anna May Wong film for your enjoyment:

Hello, horse fans and mystery fans and horse mystery fans!

Did you know that every fourth episode of Horse Mysteries is our medical mystery?

Me neither!

But you learn something new everyday, and on this episode we learn about breeding, genetics, disturbing hoof defects, and the wonderful Connemara pony. Enjoy!

We hope you enjoyed this week’s episode. Please comment about the show. And please like and subscribe on all your favourite podcast aggregators!

Thanks for listening.

Music by Chris Roberts

This week: experimental as anything; an evening at the promos; word plays; add dress; grand Larsen; a series of unfortunate series; diggin’ Dugan; Dave sees Boy Kills World; getting Freaky; pee breaks; outbreak of crabs; great apes; comedy kids; tricky dictator; doctor vs. doctor; you’re only as old as you feel; telling afib; a pen for your thoughts; bad situations; mighty white; too good for comedy; happy to offend; not college material; clean energy; the transcendental tourist; yoga chair; gym dandy; the rubberband effect; weighting around; food-ographs; you don’t have to be weird to swim here…; Ian watched The Dead Boys Detective Agency; the reality of The Exorcist; Columbo day; rabbinical justice; Question of the Week – Sneakers respond; let’s celebrate Greenpot!; See jungle! See Jungle!; cartoon intervention; and, finally, star bores.

Question of the Week: What’s a tiny change you’ve made in your life that helped you?
Sub-question of the Week: What’s a big change you made in your life? Did it have positive or negative consequences?

Thanks for listening.

It’s time to boldly go where a 1960s TV show as gone before.

Let’s take a long look at this 1979 film as your hosts Jason Dedrick, Eric Fell and Vicky Van follow their Prime Directive out of prime time and onto the big screen with Star Trek: The Motion Picture.

Warning: Things get a little grizzly. Picture by Eric Fell.

And if you don’t think it all feels long enough, here are some more scenes.

A Romulan Ale is enjoyed. If you’d like to make one, follow this link for the recipe.

They make up a tribute drink: the Kirk You! Want to make it?

The producer’s wife didn’t try this one because… there’s a rock in it. The hosts advise you to drink this slowly – the length of time it takes a shuttle to get to the Enterprise.

If you make the Kirk You! or make up one of your own, please send a picture to [email protected] by following this link! Even if you don’t, we’d still love to hear from you. Also let us know what you think of the show and if you have any suggestions for future films. May the Force be with you!

Produced by Ian Boothby
Edited by Vicky Van
Theme song by Chris Roberts