Hola, Sneakers! Welcome to Episode 548 episode of Sneaky Dragon – the podcast that’s all heart – no art!

This week: too real; feed the children; the Swedish touch; a map to the SARS; safe as milk; too easy; ice ratio; punch drunk; suicidal cats; grotesque cartoons; maneaters; ye gods; lovely Rita Moreno; awards trivia; boredom threshold; biggest questions; movie quotas; directions in horror; slash and burn censorship; too soon; exploding heads; overlong transformations; scenes that stop the movie; low-key sexuality; villainous representation; Captain Phasthma; how to draw cats; Ian known; yes, and…ham; best kids books; weird ride; the seven deadly poohs; Dave endured Firestarter; beard camo; bully ratings; burn the cat; telepathetic; blood g-eye-sers; shine on me; the legend is true; Dork Shadows – Jump Into the Fire; Question of the Week – Sneakers respond; hit me with your lick ’em stick; eating challenge; rub-on chlamydia; nyah-see; and, finally, just the right amount of Daves.

Question of the Week: Is there something that might happen in a movie that will take you right out of it?
Sub-question of the Week: Would you want the powers of the “Shining”?

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Hola, Sneakers! Welcome to Episode 547 episode of Sneaky Dragon – the podcast where it’s not at!

This week: too clean; SD promises; look who’s taxing; nerd rays; pop quiz; VanCAF society; selling it to the kiddies; art isn’t cheap; don’t take it for granted; replacement theory; rage culture; farting shots; lost nuance; no free lunch; virtual meet actual; mo’ tech, mo’ problems; reality advisor; bubble trouble; trust games; sales hypnotism; job cults; the leadership trap; making dreams real; Pixar rules; in on the jokes; travel plans; Old Spag Fac; tea crime; gaunch you culture; art plans; effortless; a deep dive into nothing; Top 5 songs featuring real people’s names; ruthless Phil Collins; murdering Batman; dim bulbs; all the Catwomen; caveman stomp; well-known killjoys; all-inclusive; courageous ice cream; comedy team tags; wishing wells; efficient pasta; animated miscegenation; English letters; love in a warm climate; smart Fellowes; and, finally, a stopping place.

Top 5 Songs featuring Real People’s Names Part Two

1. The Futureheads – “Man Ray” – The Futureheads, 2004 – 1:40:59
2. The Modern Lovers – “Pablo Picasso” – The Modern Lovers, 1976 – 1:47:53
3. Phil Ochs – “Jim Dean of Indiana” – Greatest Hits, 1970 – 1:53:50
4. Os Mutantes – “Rita Lee” – Mutantes, 1969 – 2:05:20
5. The Go-Betweens – “Lee Remick” – Able Label Records single b/w “Karen”, 1978 – 2:10:16

Question of the Week: You’re a teenager. What do you spend your fun money on?
Sub-question of the Week: If you visited France, where would you prefer to go: the art galleries, the restaurants or its beaches and scenery?

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Thanks to Louise for sending this vintage – and very nostalgic – movie poster from our distant pasts!

Hola, Sneakers! Welcome back to Sneaky Dragon, the podcast that everyone is not talking about!

This week: won’t somebody think of the children; bionic bits; TV eye; four mechanical legs good; girlfriend in a coma; a too expensive hero; creepy toys; streaming buffet; bad economies; Prime defective; snappy jingle; music for money; dense frog; Sahl man; people need neediness; sad reminder; comical right; impersonal touch; project passion; no bad ideas; too theatrical; here’s looking at you, Kids; the Song will rise again; my comedy expert; stand up guys; time travel; beat the foot traffic; bad service; pool sides; challenging change rooms; cultural blind spot; poddy double; Tom Cruise’s busy year; Dork Shadows – School Days; the new Queen of Canada; Question of the Week – Sneakers respond; perilous perch; Yakima yakker; torch on; patriotic psychotics; well, well, well; and, finally, pony love.

Question of the Week: What is your favourite comedy team?
Sub-question of the Week: What is something that your family did every summer that you always looked forward to?

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Ian wanted Dave to groove to the grooviest Rice Krispies jingle and you can too:

Adams Sour Gum invented “sour-f rock” for their jingle:

Hola, Sneakers! Welcome to Episode 545 of Sneaky Dragon, where it’s all about the subjunctive!

This week: choose your own podcast; school books; bad examples; redundant dinosaurs; bears vs. bees; Canadian goldfish traditions; clean raccoons; swear trek; jazz evolution; confusing economy; deathless youth; Close encounters; boiled horse; credit theft; pretend it’s an SCTV; getting laughs; the ride and groom; four star obituary; eternal wedding gifts; Ego-Bay; creative accounting; working television; tiger tamers; adult cartoons; a bunch of sex jokes; TV memory lane; hats of to Roy Huggins; pestering Steve McQueen; thoughts on Dr. Strange and the Multiverse of Madness; made to disorder; the multiverse of sanity; spider victim; don’t do that; discontinuity; unemotional damage; Dave recommends The Outfit, munch on; Top 5 Queen Songs Pt. 2; deeply disturbing rabbits; Question of the Week – Sneakers respond; gruesome comics; shrinking planet; carrying a human torch; deep doily dive; comical sad sack, and, finally, a tenuous existence.

Question of the Week: What is the weirdest phone call you’ve ever received?
Sub-question of the Week: What is the most awkward job you ever had?

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Hola, Sneakers! Welcome to Episode 543 of Sneaky Dragon – the podcast voted least useful!

This week: be ourselves; betrayed by Elton John; what’s the thing with sandals; greasy living; urinal entries; fed by the bell; stomp and protect; metaphorical cup of tea; don’t tread on Maria Bamford; comedy bites; nude sketches; pornography tonite; whither the Mad maple; everybody knows; candid observations; lost letters; uncelebrated failures; British bachelor bundles; prime impressions; unconvincing hair; persona-to-persona; double brother; comic book artist trading cards; sometimes a cigar is just gross; tough milkman; unmemorable troll; our best friend Sergio; wandering meatball; Ian, the jury; ID entity; teenagers and housewives are dumb; Dork Shadows – Tell Laura I Love Her; mummy issues; Question of the Week – Sneakers respond; playing the plano; brogue Sneakers; classical cats; ice cream is good; chicken-based adventures; a suit off; and, finally, beating up Ken Jennings.

Question of the Week: What was your favourite comic book as a kid?
Sub-question of the Week: What is something nice that someone did for you recently?

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This week: cat chat; foreign felines; stupid pet tics; trouble at the mill; faux-oreos; wrapped in plastic; orgy clean; bespectacled British jerk; routine angst; cool for cats; question challenge; enforced sleepover; young dads; new car smell; identity theft; locker room motors; fobbed off; made up words; jive Tolkein; huge dick fan; cat alarm; Goa’uld school; Baloo-nist; shake a paws; poking the mouse; seminal work; invitation to the hustle; it means something different; richest ducks; Top 5 Queen Songs (and it’s not what you think); Question of the Week – Sneakers respond; hi and byeeeee; too much chocolate; more important than good; office martyrs; shelved flavours; and, finally, the Beatles book.

Top 5 Queen Songs Pt. 1

1. The City – “Snow Queen” – Now That Everything’s Been Said, 1968 – 1:56:11
2. Thee Oh Sees – “Poor Queen” – Mutilator Defeated At Last, 2015 – 2:03:16
3. The Fugs – “Queen of the Nile” – The Belle of Avenue A, 1969 – 2:07:38
4. The Spring Standards – “Queen of the Lot” – Would Things Be Different, 2010 – 2:16:32
5. Maggie Bell – “Queen of the Night” – Queen of the Night, 1974 – 2:21:10

Question of the Week: When you have friends and family over, what do you do together?
Sub-question of the Week: If you won a million dollars, what’s the first thing you’d buy for yourself?

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Here is a picture of the book that was sort of about the Beatles that David remembered from his distant past thanks to Mark Dobrovolsky!

Hola, Sneakers! Welcome to Episode 542 of Sneaky Dragon, still remembering the podcasts of our youth!

This week: Easter’s keister; ice cream dreams; wasted opportunity; straight ham; funny deaths; schlongmeister; gone, but also forgotten; bulk erasure; transitional victims; no standards; characterless actors; puppy love; comedy bar; flame out; goodbye cool world; bohemian rhapsody; lying brain; coke-opted; life gap; embarrassing; all of my friends were there; meanies are everywhere; good intentions; on the road; do’s and don’t’s; wrong facts; on the table; acceptably drunk; rest in peace, Vancouver landmarks; No Fun at all; excellent fried cheese; Dork Shadows – The Girl in the Fireplace; Question of the Week – Sneakers respond; mystery cheat; can’t have nice things; Angrican; an offer you should refuse; artistic tics; yoga party; slim pickin’s; easily flattered; do the dog; old voice; supes of the day; Question questions; flavourtown; stepbirdmom; and, finally, sticks in the mud.

Question of the Week: when you finish work, is your workday over or do you have to bring your work home with you?
Sub-question of the Week: What is your favourite flavour of ice cream?

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Hola, Sneakers! Welcome to Episode 539 of Sneaky Dragon, the podcast that gains weight!

This week: scary start; religious rite; nit picking, in defence of Judas; cock crows for a chicken; carry on; singing your life away; two-fisted ice cream cones; Lenten gelato; dessert toast; pulling mussels from the shell; sea wieners; expired powder; dried up vinegar; pedophile factories; nose lube; ear shaming; dizziness quotient; deviant nose; living in the passed; aquaman; new phoo; grumbles; elite dogs; wolf it up; we recommend: Everything, Everywhere, All At Once; sci-fi science vs. practically magic; super corn; Dave recommends: Why Didn’t They Ask Evans; Hollywood bods; aesthetic muscles; batmangled; turtle boner; Top 5 Radio Songs; Question of the Week – Sneakers respond; easy money; local cult; dad weight; save it for a rainy day; best worst job; pre-toxic; understanding the weak; yoga culture; Schroedinger’s library; and, finally, a French exit.

Top 5 Radio Songs

1. Elvis Costello – “Radio Sweetheart” – Columbia Records single b-side to “Less Than Zero”, 1977 – 1:53:00
2. Loudon Wainwright III – “AM World” – Attempted Moustache, 1973 – 2:01:15
3. Sloan – “Listen to the Radio” – Never Hear the End of It, 2006 – 2:07:03
4. The Selecter – “On the Radio” – Two-Tone Records single b/w “Too Much Pressure”, 1979 – 2:15:42
5. The Slits – “FM” – Cut, 1979 – 2:23:14

Question of the Week: What book that you borrowed from the library as a child had a big impact on you?
Sub-question of the Week: Do you do yoga? If so, what has it done for you?

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Department of Corections:

As usual, David was a little mixed up; this time concerning songs added or dropped from Elvis Costello albums. He stated that “Radio Radio” was added to Armed Forces, but it was actually added to This Year’s Model, which lost two great songs: “Night Rally” and “(I Don’t Want to Go to) Chelsea”. Armed Forces, on the other hand, was the album that lost “Sunday’s Best” in favour of “(What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding”. The three tracks were removed by the US record company, concerned that the songs were too British for American ears (or interests).