Sneaky Dragon

Hola, Sneakers! Welcome to Sneaky Dragon – the dirtiest podcast on the internet!

This week: bummer beginnings; unnatural union; overwhelming banana; dirty mouths; when space plants aren’t enough; gentle burblings; city of thieves; stolen hate; humanophobia; gay bashing; love in the closet; secret lives; I’m coming out; workplace safety; dismay December; generational shifts; dirty work; I’m all out of love; work it off; the importance of being earnest; unhealthy relationships; the 1980 Year in Film game; nude bomb; Question of the Week – Sneakers respond; salty tales; a Toy Story Christmas; serial fatigue syndrome; a Moomin in time; dirty, hairy Dave; mistaken identity; and, finally, bursting at the seams.

Question of the Week: Has there ever been a time when you worked when you shouldn’t have?
Sub-question of the Week: What’s the best movie – subjectively speaking – that came out the year you were thirteen?

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Dept. of Linkages
If you’d like to hear Dave’s story on the Dirty Harry Minute, you can follow this link. (You can hear it at 1:03:30.)

Looking for the perfect holiday gift? How about hosts Jason Dedrick, Eric Fell and Vicky Van telling you their memories of 1984’s Gremlins? Make sure you don’t get the podcast wet, because you’re probably listening on an electronic device and that’s really bad for it. Also don’t drink the beverages they made up and drive. No really, especially if you’re a teenager:

Also don’t eat this cereal after midnight. Or before midnight. Because it was discontinued decades ago:

They also create two tribute drinks based on the Joe Dante classic. Here’s how to make them:

THE GIZMO

(Review from producer’s wife : Nice.)

THE BLENDED GREMLIN

(Review from producer’s wife : Bleh!)

If you make The Gizmo or The Blended Gremlin, or come up with 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.

Produced by Ian Boothby
Theme song by Chris Roberts

Hola, Sneakers! Welcome to the Sneaky Dragon – the podcasst that doesn’t know when to stop!

This week: stop start; force majeure; pure magic; space thanatophobia; third film flops; improving the perfect; prolonged catharsis; arcs, lines, and loops; pity the poor space immigrant; star cult; knock three times – let’s look at movie trilogies including the Mission Impossible, Red Dragon, Blade, Toy Story, Terminator, X-Men, Matrix, Park Chan Wook’s Vengeance, Raimi’s Spider-Man, Die Hard, Pirates of the Caribbean, Evil Dead, Dollars, Indiana Jones, Bourne, Godfather and Back to the Future trilogies; the swinging thug; connect the dots; curse of the Farrow; killer consumables; kitchen party; meet choir; time travels; play days; R.I.P. Norman Lear; Park place; when death is a blessing; conversational cul-de-sac; Question of the Week – Sneakers respond; Newley frightened; separation anxiety; brute trees; elf power; the darkest Crystal; and, finally, Simpsons BS.

Question of the Week: What is a TV show that shouls be revamped?
Sub-question of the Week: What’s your favourite book your parents read to you growing up?

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Before we get to the videos, here is a history of Brett Bunt’s tragically short-lived comic book series Existing Earth, as told by Brent himself to local paper The Tisdale Recorder. Follow this link.

The link Mark provided of Belle and Sebastian’s appearance on The Simpsons unfortunately didn’t work in Canada, so we’ve used these videos instead:

Here is the video of Marc Maron in conversation with comedy historian Kliph Nesteroff:

And, finally, some fabulous Fred Barry dancing:

Hola, Sneakers! Welcome to the most meta podcast on the internets!

This week: did he pass the audition; bad grooming; sliding doors; poor impostor; toe tales; catfishing; learning to scrawl; art attack; the sweat science; rope-a-dopes; back to school days; ch-ch-cheque it out; secret source; meataphorical; sub-menus; s-more-gasbord; big sur-prices; organic chemsirty; restaurant break; let it wasabi; saltiness; rice is nice; livestock market; riled West; the problem with Pixar; too conceptual; paradise cost effective; stop it, sex pests; terrifying animated metaphysics; child scare; dream scenario; guest services; hell shock; a change for the better; clip service; the blame game; Charley and the Highly Efficient Chocolate Factory; bad copies; Question of the Week – Sneakers respond; three more stooges; A.I. Pufnstuf; uncooperative learning; how I meta your mother; and finally, the origins of Hot Stuff.

Question of the Week: What movie scene scared you as a kid?
Sub-question of the Week: What’s your favourite Christmas special?

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Inspired by our conversation about Hokusai and his Great Wave prints, Stuart M. sent in a link to Japan-based printmaker David Bull’s YouTube channel, which you can find here.

He also sent links to two specific videos:

Sorry, you’ll have to follow this link to the other video Stuart sent along, as well as this one about Bull’s other career as a luthier.

Did you know they turned the internet clip of Phoebe Cates getting out of a pool into a full-length movie? Before she directed Clueless, which Jason Dedrick, Eric Fell and Vicky Van talked about last time, Amy Heckerling tackled Cameron Crowe’s coming-of-age story.

The gang discusses the classic 1982 performances of Cates, Sean Penn and Jennifer Jason Leigh while taking a nostalgic deep dive into the mall culture of their youth. Chocolate malteds will be consumed; secrets will be revealed.

They also created a tribute drink called Spicoli’s Pizza Delivery. Here’s how you make it:

(Half of the producer’s family that were in the room when it was made said, “Not bad”, and the other half said, “Oh God, no!”)

If you make the Spicoli’s Pizza Delivery or come up with one of your own drinks, please send a picture to [email protected] or by following this link! Even if you don’t, we’d still love to hear from you.

Produced by Ian Boothby
Theme song by Chris Roberts

Hola, Sneakers! This week, Nina Matsumoto drops by for her annual birthday visit, and she joins Ian and David for a trip out of town for some elementary school Sparks! visits!

In the car: Ian, David and Nina talk: prologue to the preamble; goin’ to the country; happy birthday to the 3rd Dragon; healthy, wealthy and wizened; clowntime is over; family yokai; back in the USA; radio, radio; land of the rising tech; the outsiders; collapsing in the streets; Hallowent; vacation backlog; the world of wonderful Disneys; enjoy rides; censored ships; dangerous fauna; truckin’; an a-maize-ing town; welcome to performing; drag clowns; love and marriage; busy Bob; directionless; disappointed teachers; big pee; mushroom cult; competitive walking; post-talks commentary; last minute good ideas; new parents; it’s who you know; helpful suggestions; winter is coming; dining cares; the sun gets in your eyes; going to the pedagogues; Question of the Week – Sneakers respond; she is the egg-mom; say it loud; short jokes; mushroom homage; speed kills; Topo the world; the heady days of repertory cinemas; the true Godzilla; sovereign suckers; flag baiting; and, finally, the scam busters.

Question of the Week: Is school better now?

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Hola, Sneakers! It’s the 12th Anniversary of your favourite podcast that couldn’t!

This week Ian and David talk: reflushinh; tween sets; Bing vs. Bowie; beat off competitors; hairballs; carnal knowledge; T.M.I.; painful realizations; not knowing is half the battle; the after-laugh; Ian enjoyed, but Dave scorned A Haunting in Venice; Ian scorned, but Dave enjoyed The Killer; someting Wick this way comes; multi-media; from ashes come cashes; imperial measures; franchise dilution; Ian and Dave wonder at The Marvels; doing the Loki-motion; black and white world; A.I. carumba; fake Smile; location, location, location; mike drops; refreshing convo; natural intelligence; comedy time capsules; super heroes; wing nuts; Zeus women; pantheon and off; mother of pearls; Question of the Week – Sneakers respond; power mad; assault on Pepper; side benefit; tattoo you; family feud; in tile; can’t sleep, won’t sleep’ lost in translation; Gogol search; and, finally, Sneaky Dragon after dark.

Question of the Week: What should Sneaky Dragon’s 12-year plan be?
Sub-question of the Week: Using a fancy, advanced A.I., what piece of lost media would you like to recover/reproduce?

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Laurel sent along a picture of Team Shroom, and we’re sure she won’t mind us sharing it:

Department of Connections
Here is the A.I. Smile that Dave mentioned during the show:

You can also watch a track-by-track breakdown by following this link.

It’s 1995, do you know where your Jane Austen based teen comedy is? Hosts Jason Dedrick, Eric Fell and Vicky Van cast their memories back to a time when Paul Rudd looked pretty much the same. Will things work out for the future Ant-Man and Batgirl?

Also, an online poll was taken to see what high schoolers were under-agedly drinking in 1995 and the hosts sample the results.

They also create a tribute drink called the As If. Here’s how to make it:

It’s a drink the producer’s wife called, “Actually good!”

If you make the As If or come up with one of your own, please send a picture to by clicking here! Even of you don’t, we’d still love to hear from you.

Produced by Ian Boothby
Theme song by Chris Roberts

Hola, Sneakers! It’s Episode 623 of your second favourite podcast: Sneaky Dragon!

This week Ian and David talk: surprise; the reality of math; different ’80’s; students of radio; adultering; the party boys; bathroom obstruction; the Vegas of Sphere; stand-up history; do you know what’s dead; joke types; conversing versus performing; loving the blockhead; a real turkey; the nothing holiday; table talk; out-of-control kids; generational sea change; a folio of fails; talent facilitators; at the end of his rope; Godspell check; makin’ it: Ed reveals all; you gotta trapeze yourself; costumes form; seasonal songs; one measly question; pregn-aunt; baby bust; the search for self; Question of the Week – Sneakers respond; ranking candy; dental plan; namesakes; Twist ending; and, finally, oakum hokum.

Question of the Week: Do you have a go-to joke that you like to tell?
Sub-question of the Week: What is a better podcast than Sneaky Dragon?

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Hola, Sneakers! It’s Episode 622 of the podcast voted most likely to reach five episodes!

This week Ian and David talk: too, too boring; the ballet I idolize; the beak of perfection; gory time; fade to bleak; giallo shots; a discovery of witches; black magic women; power plays; I confess; othering others; rant some; rhythm of cruelty; Arthur, Arthur; magically medicinal; hunter-gatherer; costume drama; the Gabor mystery; the upside-down; dead right; stream weaver; the right to fail; joke breakdown; you gotta caption them all; cartoon greats; there at The New Yorker; on thin ice; skater boy; missed signals; family time; what in the Samhain; Cage fight; how to listen to praise; pain pizza; Question of the Week – Sneakers respond; the James gang; man of the sloth; the ties that blind; accidental fireworks display; dream screams; shit site; and, finally, wise shit.

Question of the Week: What is the last candy you’ll eat at Halloween?
Sub-question of the Week: Have you ever Googled your name? And if you found someone who shared it, what did they do?

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Dept. of Clarifications:
Of course, Dave couldn’t remember the author’s name during the show, but it is Charles Williams and the book is called Witchcraft. You can find a downloadable version of it here.

And here is the Avatar costume as drawn by French cartoonist Margot Mautin: