Hola, Sneakers! Welcome to Episode 591 of the podcast that doesn’t really know what it’s doing!

We’ve got good news and bad news this week. The good news is we are joined by friend of the show and Dave’s cousin Jason Dedrick, which should make everyone happy. The bad news is Ian is sick this week and couldn’t do the show. We know you’ll miss him and please send along your prayers and good wishes.

This week: techs talk; Double Dedrick; Ian is a champ; whores mysteries; our old man; absent friends; alternate history; song and dance dad; no country for old Dave; security vs. insurance; the principal of guidance; an infinity of lifetime; nothing job; citizens banned; drunken podcasting; dizzy about Disney; way down South; stolen fruit; keep on truckin’; painful past; down by the Trevi; much ado about Tintin; Jason’s thoughts about Dave’s thoughts about Strange World; picking on Pixar; muted tooting; Captain Nofun; no to funny villains; go, go, Grodin; agreeable co-host; off the Benchley; the dangers of binging; relunctantly watching the The Reluctant Dragon; corporate takeover; Peet’s beat; ambivalent about Walt; cartoon anxiety; limited animation; straight out of Termite Terrace; loving drunk electric razors; bad Tom and Jerry; the animation will be televised; let’s retire the auteur theory; a couple of Sodaheads; all the -bergs; unearned endings; Salmon Wellingotn alert; Question of the Week – Sneakers respond; Python wrap-up; get checked; fat and stupid; Picard-y; library-phobia; inefficient for compliments; and, finally, tell me I’m wrong.

Question of the Week: In what position do you sleep at night? Are you a restless sleeper or do you sleep the sleep of death?Sub-question of the Week: Who is your favourite poet? Quote us a few lines.

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That terrifying pile of books:

The director Joe Dante talks about a tantalizing project that was never made called Termite Terrace. A real would-a, could-a, should-a…

Hola, Sneakers! Welcome to Episode 588 of the podcast that falls between two stools!

This week: gentleman callers; Sith you’ve gone away; globe-acidal tendencies; space language; the trouble with titles; virtual nostalgia; Ian loves I Love Movies; Magic Mike overstays his welcome; Steven Soderbergh doesn’t develop; conversational incoherence; working curmudgeon; alias Laurel and Hardy; labour relations; working through banalities; complacent cheesies; inappropriate chicken; joke salad dressing; appease the normals; Cohen update: good news; pets make us liars; Ian and Dave wish you would see Puss-In-Boots: The Last Wish; scary movies for kids; Disney’s shorts; superhero padding; sexy sorceress; Dork Shadows – Welcome to My Nightmare: Question of the Week – Sneakers respond; forgot about the knife; listeners walking into the sea; going, going, gong; drywall techniques; and, finally, 3-D or not 3-D.

Question of the Week: Did you get some good news this week?Sub-question of the Week: Do you have a library book at home that you never returned?

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Hola, Sneakers! Welcome to Episode 588 of the podcast for heavy hearts!

This week: hard out on; self-discovery; Big Macscot; remembering old food; button, button; tea bag; communion whine; fork-sized; parallel Fablemans; kick in the pants; effects over story; are sad endings real; theme, but not heard; the gods must be crazy; Southern fried hound; over your head; soul ownership; humour keeps moving; unreality revealed; poor Robin Duke; AFC Richmond represent; pooh friendly; ugh; Dave visited Strange World; Stillwater runs deep; kid actor mistake; presumptuous reviews; the friendly Python; miscasting Brazil; the fun isn’t on the screen; blown away; short selling a mystery; strange response; Top 5 Songs; Question of the Week – Sneakers respond; dry-ary; the incredible journal; you dirty rats; bin there, done that; lightning round; singular Shooter, and, finally, superhero graveyards.

Top 5 Songs – Names

* The Epics – “Henry Long” – CBS Records single (b-side to “Travelling Circus”), 1968 – 1:42:53

* Frank Black and the Catholics – “Billy Radcliffe” – Pistolero, 1998 – 1:47:49

* Richard Davies – “Chips Rafferty” – There’s Never Been a Crowd Like This, 1996 – 1:54:00

* Shelley Plimpton – “Frank Mills” – Hair, 1967 – 2:00:38

* Mandy More – “Harvey Muscletoe” – But That Is Me, 1972

Question of the Week: Have you returned to the movie theatres or are you still watching film at home?Sub-question of the Week: Following on from Dave’s coming-around-from-anesthesia story, have you ever had weird experiences in a hypnogogic state?

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Depratment of Corections:The actress playing Sam’s mother in Brazil was Katherine Helmond – not Katherine Hahn. Apologies to both wonderful character actresses.

Like Louise’s mean, ol’brother, we can get a glimpse into her diary and read an excerpt that mentions a certain popular podcast host:

This week: yabba-dabba-doobie-doobie-scoobie-doo; shippers passing in the night; defective detectives; early warning; stunt casting; video game elements; Christmas magic; now is the time; wishes brew; get it the old-fashioned way; lucky breaks; not my Fabergé egg; sundae best; rabbit fiends; rat rescue; poison pets; Oscar™ talk; is it horror; the devil made them do it; Ouija board, Ouija board; evil tech talk; dumb writing; saving the structural cat; E-Z novels; pitch intent; meditation or death; clichéd personas; quick fixes; Dave retreats; out of practice; magic mountain; open and admitting; exclusivity is in; long day’s journal into night; it’s a shame; teen snob; Dork Shadows – Mass Effect; Question of the Week – Sneakers respond; teacher’s pets; Chick Talk™; Latin chattin’; shell game; continuity eras; sob stories; endless conversation; ghost story; and, finally, corn balls.

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Question of the Week: Have you ever kept a journal?Sub-question of the Week: What movie do you think should have won Best Picture?

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Dept of Corections

As it turns out, The Exorcist did not win the Oscar for Best Picture in 1974. That honour went to The Sting. The Exorcist won for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Sound Mixing

Hola, Sneakers! Welcome to Episode 587 of the People’s podcast!

This week: gratitude; I think you mean Sneaky Dragon cards; no guff; getting better; risky Disney-ness; Fleischer follies; blue Velma; funny or die; pas de chair; Wickworld; giving them the finger; dodge ballistics; quantum theory; Ian enjoys Cocaine Bear; Dave recoils at Clerks III; Ian hates it; hates it; hates it; preachy keen; disappointing montage; Dave is surprised by We Have a Ghost; Harbour views; fighting old people; we need a talking tiger; in praise of silly action movies; is Jaime Foxx doing okay: the DC not-universe; let’s put on a musical; stepping stone films; too many people; Dave sees A Man Called Otto; Top 5 Songs; Questions of the Week – Sneakers respond; be Steele, my heart; a horse by any other name; the well-Polish detective; Cohen update; Star tropes; and, finally, blue butts.

Top 5 Songs – Changes Pt. 1

* Jeanne & the Darlings – “Changes” – We’re the Soul Girls! The Compete Volt Recordings, 2012 – 2:01:04

* Fanny – “Changes” – Fanny [Canadian mispress], 1970 – 2:06:25

* Charles Bradley – “Changes” – Changes, 2016 – 2:12:50

* Sugar – “Changes” – Copper Blue, 1992 – 2:23:02

* Phil Ochs – “Changes” – Phil Ochs in Concert, 1966 – 2:30:25

Question of the Week: What movie/TV show made you cry?Sub-question of the Week: What’s a favourite pet name you’ve heard?

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Hola, Sneakers! Welcome to Episode 586 of the Queen’s favourite podcast!

This week: math hallucination; look out behind you; freaky Friday; not dead yet; think pink; small major studios; passive income aggression; cheque checked; cooperative fleecing; sparking excitement; GPTChatbots; skull ring road; imaginary weights; le Terminateur; interhorse; birthday week; roller show; sexy key; hit song tips; arrange to see Tár; Coppolation; mindfuckery with The Endless; super Tubi; hot for In the Heat of the Night; mandated Cancon; take it down a notch; waffles vs. pancakes; elaborate milkshakes; immortal belated; Questions of the Week – Sneakers respond; try harder, Blake; animal welfare state; snake handling; beetle dung; home tested; cat scan; an ache in the UK; and, finally, toilet rock.

Question of the Week: What is a movie trope that bugs you?Sub-question of the Week: Who was your favourite TV detective growing up?

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That Clio award-winning ad for Y: The Last Man:

That Super Clio award-winning ad for Tubi:

Hola, Sneakers! Welcome to Episode 585 of the podcast that thinks you’re interesting!

This week: esrever ni; Questions of the Week – Sneakers respond; step up; A.I. generations; Sim-ilar; stop arting; skip to Liu; identity crisis; Top 5 Songs – Chickens; missed signals; no punchline; no wizards; opening spoilers; humanised; feeble villains; witty deaths; that darn cat; there will be blood; old timers; broomba; surprising competencies; good timing; what the “L”; insulting; the surprise beginning of Simon and Garfunkel; annual general service; holy ghosted; dumb meetings; casual pitch; and, finally, pay up, pal.

Top 5 Songs -Chickens

* The Fireballs – “Chicken Little” – Atco Records single b/w “Three Minutes’ Time”, 1968 – 00:26:57

* Amos Milburn – “Chicken Shack” – Let’s Have a Party, 1957 – 00:30:40

* WITCH – “Like a Chicken” – Introduction, 1973 – 00:35:50

* Charles Mingus – “Eat That Chicken” – Oh Yeah, 1962 – 00:43:25

* Jeffrey Frederick – “Chicken (Live)” – Ooo La La…Les Clams, 2003 – 00:52:27

Bonus song

* Louis Jordan – “Ain’t Nobody Here But Us Chickens” – Mercury Records single (biside to “Let the Good Times Roll”, 1946 – 1:00:38

Question of the Week: If you could have a wild animal as a pet, what animal would it be?Sub-question of the Week: Reincarnation is real, but you screwed up and you have to come back as an animal. As which animal would you return?

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Department of Corections:This week was a landslide of misspeaks as Dave somehow forgot about the album Mingus Plays Piano – a solo piano album that came out in 1964 on Impulse! Records. The producer of Simon and Garfunkel’s career-defining single of “Sounds of Silence” was Tom Wilson – a name that often slips Dave’s mind – who also produced early Bob Dylan, The Velvet Underground and The Mothers of Invention (so a pretty important dude in modern music). Also, the first Simon and Garfunkel album was Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M..

Hola, Sneakers! Welcome to Episode 584 of the internet’s most irrelevant podcast!

This week: alias Smith and Smith; patch the mike; the filmography of Payne; sugar, sugar; doctor, doctor; on many levels; my aim is true; Hard-Boiled Smurf; that’s repackaging; Crystal clear; pro found; yes-s-s-s; Howard’s end; yuck yuks; House of Half-An-Idea; Hanna Barberian; the labours of Herculoids; a man of the Toth; art storage; our angle on the centrefold; Fawlty logic; rebel rebel; monking around; women’s studies; worth the trouble; change of life; Dave eyes Marry Me; bog walk; slice of life; memory holes; on your side characters; swole bookworm; graphic problems; teeming team up; the poop defense; light comedy dearth; goodest times; more laughter; your money in another pocket; Social Safety Net Rock; AI yai yai; draft away; theft art; bad influences; and, finally, our semi-guarantee.

Question of the Week: What is your favourite thing that has an element of theft in it?Sub-question of the Week: Who do you think is a good up-and-coming light comedy actor?

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Could this be any more Canadian? Burton Cummings imitating Gordon Lightfoot!

Remember That’s Hollywood? Of course you don’t!!!

Hola, Sneakers! Welcome to Episode 583 of the podcast that advertisers are paying not to advertise on!

This week: back off; paper tigers; love isn’t; untitled video game; flailing arms; defending grave robbing; body snatching iterations; dino-ghosts; unimpressive T. Rex; daddy snatchers; top pops; gulping gourmet; meow for Christ; dead parents; Ian and David howl for ; Tolstoy’s gun; speed writing; o solo mio; lucky breaks; the Steve Smith mystery; Red Green blues; the fishing Fisher; monster Hunter; bizarre Canadian broadcasting; cinematic desert fare; in praise of Dick and Beaver; automatic food; crawfish fiesta; Top 5 Songs – Laughter; loving Poker Face tangent; Little Lord Fauntlecroz; anxiety pen; the college age; boning up; shit-coms; Wordle world; wacky White Spot; nothing TV; on Chesterton; dance on, dance off, streaming life; and, finally, madness.

Top 5 Songs – Laughter

* The Merry-Go-Round – “She Laughed Loud” – A&M Records single b/w “Had to Run”, 1967 – 1:38:15

* Simon Dupree & the Big Sound – “The Laughing Boy from Nowhere” – Part of My Past – The Simon Dupree and the Big Sound Anthology, 2004 – 1:44:06

* The Myddle Class – “Wind Chime Laughter” – Tomorrow Records single (b-side to “Don’t Look Back”), 1067 – 1:57:08

* She – “Lonely Boy of Laughter” – She Wants a Piece of You, 1999 – 2:01:04

* David Crosby – “Laughing” – If Only I Could Remember My Name, 1971 – 2:10:41

Question of the Week: What is your Jeopardy weak spot?Sub-question of the Week: What’s your complaint?

Let us know your complaints, folks! Write, tweet, or phone and we’ll read it or play it on next week’s show.

(If you plan to call, Dave’s country code is 1, and it will be long distance calling from other countries!)

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Dept. of Corections:David, of course, meant “Eight Miles High”, not five miles high, the dum-dum.

The theme song to Steve and Morag Smith’s sitcom Me and Max, which we didn’t realize also featured their two sons!

God help us, there is a complete episode of Smith & Smith on the YouTube! Watch out here! (I mean, watch it here.)

Hola, Sneakers! Welcome to Episode 581 of the podcast that means “fudge” in Romanian!

This week: what price Coke; expensive munchables; shrinking food; disappearing chicken; morale building turkeys; paint it blackface; too straight; building to a laugh; obecting to subjectivity; Brit-coms; use the farce; chasing Chevy; hair today; bicycle therapy; collegedly; immature students; curiously safe; heroin and laughter; brain drains; wrecked it; judgementally correct; jumbled; complaints department; ineffectual idiots abroad; politically motivated; ruin it in the editing; sketch mind; stretch it out; vines of the times; oh no, Bono; the devil toupée; Dork Shadows – Light My Fire; that’s a lot of situations; beaver hours; Question of the Week – Sneakers respond; boobage daydream; unscary movie; patty time; keep on trine; point counter point; sleepless in Seattle; and, finally, the competitive arts.

Question of the Week: In your opinion, what is the worst TV series?Sub-question of the Week: What’s your favourite mystery?

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We’ve played it before, but let’s play it again – Ian’s Spacehole sketch:

The pickings are thin (i.e., this is the only episode of Complaint Department we could find online), but, just for a yawn, here’s an episode from 1988.