We’re back! Sort of…

Dave and his daughter Mary have revived the Fansplainers banner for a new mini-series – they’re going to go through all the Mission: Impossible films in anticipation of the release of Mission: Impossible – Final Reckoning on May 23.

This week they begin at the beginning with the first Mission: Impossible movie, released in 1996 – directed by the quirky Brian De Palma, written by old hand Robert Towne and produced by Tom Cruise with his new production partner Paula Wagner.

Briefly starring Emilio Estevez, Kristin Scott Thomas, and Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė. It also features Tom Cruise, Jon Voight, Emmanuelle Béart, Henry Czerny, Ving Rhames, Jean Reno, and a fun turn from Vanessa Redgrave.

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Hola, Sneakers! Welcome to Sneaky Dragon – the Internet’s oldest podcasters!

This week: no ac-counting; no-ologisms; silent running; loose dragons; shitty idea; demonic cake; golf ball; bisected children; adult-free; stick hockey; carpet pizza; choc-o-block; blossom time; pops quiz; heavy putting; adult-free; residual benefits; save by the bell curve; goodbye to 8th Dimension Comics; ski-ball envy; too honest; Pauliana; magical mystery mystery; replacement theory; goodbye hello; big spender; no waiting; impending broom; cat scratch fever; cat gifts; podcast shrugged; empathy for the bedeviled; earn, baby, earn; angry management; time capsule; women troubles; soul low; Question of the Week – Sneakers respond; movin’ on out; it’s the reel thing; organ failure; weak ladder, and, finally, a thrifty wedding.

Question of the Week: What’s something you do to calm down?
Sub-question of the Week: What’s something you do to get yourself going?

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Here is Louise’s delightful birthday card for Dave!

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

Welcome to Episode 8 – it’s the final episode of this season of Horse Mysteries. But before we go away, we have a little story for you.

The story of racehorse trainer and society gal, Beryl Markham, who had a rather remarkable life. How remarkable?

Well, give this episode a listen and you’ll find out!

We hope you enjoyed this season of Horse Mysteries. Thanks to everyone who contributed comments and emailed the show.

And a big thank you to our musical maestro Chris “Nessy Boy” Roberts for his fabulous theme music!

Thanks for listening, everyone.

Hola, Sneakers! Welcome to Sneaky Dragon – the internet’s wild drug-fueled party for tea totallers!

This week: theatre of the absorb; smokers stink; desert fare; forty-day challenge; in the swim; old pool; down for the counsel; a deep belonging; go fly a kite; a toque of class; Lorne survivor; high times; blame game; the substance; no pain, cocaine; embrace the fear; objectively wrong; dragged down by the past; might as well dump; Jane-ists; Question of the Week – Sneakers respond; rescue spider; put a name to your felines; playing possums; vision nary; abandoned babies; our apologies; and, finally, please say hello to…

Question of the Week: What is the biggest move you’ve ever had to do?
Sub-question of the Week: What is the best thing you’ve ever found in a second-hand store?

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Robert Mitchum is a wise cracking fun loving preacher in Charles Laughton’s 1955 rom-com The Night of the Hunter. At least that’s what I assume the movie will be. Let me just watch it and finish this write up.
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Oh Lord. Um.. strike most of that. I think I got the names and the date right. Eric Fell, Vicky Van and Jason Dedrick share their memories of this dark classic.

Snacks will be served including Hunter’s Chicken. Here’s a recipe.

And because we’re not getting through this sober – An Old Fashioned. Here’s a video on how to make this classic:

They also create a tribute drink called the Dodgy Preacher. How do you make it?

It’s a drink the producer’s wife said, “Oh God no! This tastes like the camp councillor’s cabin in a slasher movie.”

If you make a Dodgy Preacher or, better yet, 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
Theme song by Chris Roberts

Hola, Sneakers! Welcome to Sneaky Dragon – the internet’s rescue shelter for strays!

This week: Scarry tales; apple car play; Knight life; quiz whiz; pun loving; Villanch idiot; Pamela, Pamela; Gervaise sauce; village idiots; Clive talkin’; accent grave; enema of the people; love Sack; poor wealth; a world of Riches; the Netflix void; oh, the Irona; the limits of nostalgia; the cost of complacency; the Emersonian mind; radio daze; this Burton has blown; trivializing the show; Brown for the crown; aviation inspiration; What’s new? Pussycat!; the comfort of strangers; meet cat; call me by my name; my two dads; Question of the Week – Sneakers respond; Bond rating; Cristo lite; snob appeal; a series man; the peanut butter conspiracy; and, finally, naval gazing.

Question of the Week: What should Ian and Pia name their new ginger tabby cat?
Sub-question of the Week: Have you ever rescued an animal?

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

This week we take a little break from murder, mayhem and fatal illnesses to do our annual Ask Dave episode. This time Lezah asks Dave Are Horses Smart?

What is Dave’s answer? Well, you’ll just have to listen in to find out!

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

Music by Chris “Elvis Nessley” Roberts

Hola, Sneakers! Welcome to Sneaky Dragon – the white whale of podcasts!

This week: world beaters; -saur point; them’s Crichton words; laser guided; saucer people; plot holes; ice Cascadia; copy paste; Blossom buddies; young American; snack attack; Starfucks; pod people; the middle ages; Four play; Avenge tale; a wallop of Trollope; travel plans; life during wartime; groan-ola; Carolina on my mind; give peas a chance; bread heads; clam up; the offal truth; disgusting fun; it’s a frog’s life; Question of the Week – Sneakers respond; to hell with it; chicken of the sea; dairy made; ball of fire; Fosse record; Sonic bust; The Devils advocate; don’t Come and See; witchery; and, finally, raising a stink.

Question of the Week: What classic book would you recommend?
Sub-question of the Week: What is your favourite book series?

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The author – and fellow Inkling with C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien – Charles Williams (not Arthur Williams, as Dave misremembered) wrote an amazing book tracing the history of belief in the devil and the subsequent human disaster that followed. It is called Witchcraft and you can find it here.

Hola, Sneakers! Welcome to Sneaky Dragon – the tantric sex of podcasts!

This week: Southern discomfort; cross references; the road to Mondolez; the Velveeta fog; cheese block; fluff stuff; spoilers spoilers; raising Kane; Citizen Brown; the gospel according to Peanuts; hot Scotch; Romeo-erotic; Polanski patrol; Top 10 movies; even more movies; focus on Wrath; MAS*H notes; Shane on you; withering on Wuthering; taking a dark turn; Saturday Night at the movies; Walken on the wild side; Giant performance; Bligh’s spirit; Easy does it; bad fellas; heel turn; a Dandy guess; cheeses returns; torch song; totally tartar; kitchen hacks; false impressions; Question of the Week – Sneakers respond; thirdy something; Shadow facts; the comment before the storm; inherit the win; Express yourself; harsh judgement; heir apparently; how Gaucho; music is love; waxing lyrics; a Sneaky plan; get smarter; synthesize me; complimentary insult; plotting along; boring companies; buffet the breakfast slayer; chopsticks; international house of Dave; and, finally, the Bert necessities.

Question of the Week: What movie turned darker than you expected?
Sub-question of the Week: What is a food that you didn’t like in the past, but now do?

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Doodle-oo!

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

Polo experienced a surge in popularity in North America through the ’50s right up into the ’70s. Throughout this time, an amazing player dominated the sport, but he came, played hard, and disappeared before anyone could speak to him.

This mystery lasted twenty years until the early ’70s when a rule change revealed him to be…

Well, you’ll just have to listen to the episode to find out!

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

Music by Chris “Maestro Fresh Ness” Roberts