Sneaky Dragon

Hola, Sneakers! Welcome to Episode 537 of Sneaky Dragon – the podcast for the workers!

This week: Annabelloney; why a dybbuk?; yes, android; Clang Solo; Ponty-ier-pool; a big fan; whopperness; fryer works; have fruit, won’t travel; nut bag; frittering away; quit suffering; let them eat fruitcake; lottery dinks; distracting spaghetti; movie menu rundown; accident phone; shadowy men…and a woman; low incidence; family ratings; holy goose; sexy squirrels; nutty comics character; chivalry is dead; cool Charlie Brown; Peanuts kaiju; most evil Disney character; Top 5 Odd Time Signature Songs; blue fairies and red devils; Questions of the Week – Sneakers respond; gloat of many colours; blurred lines; top dogs; the dickens; a Dollop of Trollop; Weather Channel rich; New Gods minutiae; and, finally, the purloined novel.

Top 5 Odd Time Signatures (as requested by John Halbrooks)

1. The Go-Betweens – “Cattle and Cane” – Rough Trade single and album track on Before Hollywood, 1983 – 1:47:33
2. The Stranglers – “Golden Brown” – Liberty single and album track on La Folie, 1981 – 1:53:38
3. Dave Brubeck – “Blue Rondo A La Turk” – Take Five, 1959 – 2:01:07
4. Aretha Franklin – “I Say a Little Prayer” – Atlantic single and album track on Aretha Now, 1969 (1966) 2:11:32
5. Led Zeppelin – “The Ocean” – Houses of the Holy, 1973 – 2:16:34

Bonus track:

• The Beatles – “Happiness Is a Warm Gun” – The Beatles, 1968 – 2:27:24

Question of the Week (from John Halbrooks): Do you have an interesting story about your name?
Sub-question of the Week: Who is your favourite/the best villain in literature?

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Louise was talking about Peanuts and bird-patting in this week’s comments and sent this strip to illustrate her point:

Hola, Sneakers! Welcome to Episode 536 of Sneaky Dragon – the podcast that, frankly, just doesn’t give a damn!

This week: predictably; moral groundhogs; Kotter pin-up; too much talking; waste of wisdom; haw-haw-hawg; under the covers; aunt infestation; childhood crushes; rich relatives; thoughts on The Batman; jokers wild; the just stink league; well-deserved broken nose; tainted comedy; generalized Bat signals; marathon movie; hero to heel; thoughts on Jockey; complaints about The Curse; a study in porno; wordlers and murdlers; boob problems; eventual death; magical people thinking; missed opportunities; Dork Shadows – Tell Her No; Question of the Week – Sneakers respond; back on top; death hills; Parsons projection; comedy jail; the musical continuum; apt golf claps; the conversational continuum; pyramid power; and, finally, unmasked.

Question of the Week (from Jonathon “Wonathon” Bampton): What’s the funniest/most striking celebrity name that is actually their birth name?
Sub-question of the Week: To which fictional character can you really relate?

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If you are interested in the problems with cryptocurrency and NFTs, you may enjoy this video essay:

Jonathon Bampton also provided us with a little slice of MOR schlock heaven with Andrew Gold’s “Never Let Her Slip Away”:

Hola, Sneakers! Welcome to Episode 535 of Sneaky Dragon – the podcast of champions!

This week: laundry lessons; Buddy asshole; fatal mistake; wealthy poopers; the number two rule; poor little rich people; Yoko oh no; somebody’s watching you; Taupin or Taupin; emotional payback; too many Bats; bad dads; God is still not dead; it’s clobberin’ time…precisely; train your children well; church ladies; recovering Catholic; in-groupies; amicable break up; bad Fathers; ghastly silence; TMI; if music be the fruit of loom; Top 5 Surveillance Songs; sentimental eye; weird coincidence; badder dadder; cat detective; pre-murdered; Holmes sweet Holmes; honorary Gemini; living in other people’s nostalgia; precocious ten year-old; crime killers; and, finally, missives and misterves.

Top 5 Surveillance Songs (As requested by Jonathon Bampton)

1. The Ruts – “S.U.S.” – The Peel Sessions, 1986 – 1:16:54
2. Dionne Warwick – “Are You There (with Another Girl)?” – Scepter Records single b/w “If I Ever make You Cry”, 1965 – 1:22:10
3. The Au Pairs – “Headache (For Michelle)” –Playing with a Different Sex, 1981 – 1:29:10
4. The Stooges – “T.V. Eye” – Fun House, 1970 – 1:39:04
5. Elvis Costello – “Watching the Detectives” – My Aim Is True, 1977 – 1:47:18

Bonus Track (for Ed):

• The Alan Parsons Project – “The Eye in the Sky” – The Eye in the Sky, 1982 – 1:54:16

Question of the Week: What’s better: silence or saying something even if you’re not sure it’s the right thing?
Sub-question of the Week: Do you and your significant other have a big difference or disagreement that you just live with?

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Hola, Sneakers! Welcome to Sneaky Dragon the podcast known for its wit, charm and fart jokes!

This week: pirated podcast; toys for drugs; we yield to crime; great apes; overlords; overtalkers; special ops; spectacle over spectacles; contact high; eye wear; palindromic birthday; computer animated murder; the trouble with the Troubles; Turkish defamation; overly elaborate schemes; movie moves; wine and vodka outrage; Ian takes the pledge; girly drinks; drinks nurse; con-fortable; celebrity appearances; stick-on Hitler moustaches, dox whistle; we got a nutty convoy; mental health issues on parade; here’s how it works; truth decay; bear pokers; Two-Milkshakes Dedrick; a house divided; Dork Shadows – Move Your Body; Question of the Week – Sneakers respond; slide right in; Duke salute; close to the hedge; heroes and villains; but what do I know; mixtapes mixtape; non-classical upbringing; and, finally, endless grace.

Question of the Week: What’s your favourite murder mystery?
Sub-question of the Week: What was the first record you bought?

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Hola, Sneakers! Welcome to Sneaky Dragon, the most popular search on Urban Dictionary!

This week: free BJs; Anus is a biblical name; knock-off Dukes; mo’ power; small hog; easy as falling off a bike; juicy puke; men’s club; hot chips; the name game; the 9-1-1 one; untravelling; ALF help; castaways vs. monkeys; beach blanket bungle; tribal gathering; overwhelmed; Empire state of mind; rat finks; dollars and pence; down in the basement; not a careers day; retail insanity; double dealing; poor decisions; ignorance isn’t bliss; competent kids; the book of all knowledge; arts pyramid; inevitable ends; middling success problems; going it all alone; Top 5 Food Songs; dead presidents; outer space; suburban chickens; beaver dogs; logic problem; reluctant elephant; cultural stockyards; four eyes of the world unite; Mozart advocate; thrifty finds; a new Sneaker; cartoon in, cartoon out; and, finally, muctose crenelations.

Top 5 Food Songs (as suggested by Chris Roberts)

1. The Beach Boys – “Vegetables” – Hawthorne, CA, 2001 – 1:54:05
2. Michael Hurley – “The Slurf Song” – Have Moicy!, 1976 – 2:00:06
3. The Mothers of Invention – “Call Any Vegetable” – Absolutely Free, 1967 – 2:06:55
4. Mason Williams – “The Tomato Vendetta” – Hand Made, 1970 – 2:22:00
5. The Turtles – “Food” – Present the Battle of the Bands, 1968 – 2:29:42

Question of the Week: Have you ever had a false memory?
Sub-question of the Week: What is a real thing that happened to you, but no one believed you?

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Eine kleine Muzik from our favourite Mozartologist, John H.!

And we’ll counter with a little “country classical” as Williams describes it – also one of his great “Them Poems”:

Hola, Sneakers! Welcome to Sneaky Dragon, the podcast with the mod cast!

This week: precipitous fall; meta-looneys; sincere flattery; Witcher-poo; just here to listen; press gang; open secrets; the league of evil; the five stages of Simpsons; dude toons; Reacher feature; obtrusive facts; unbearably grisly; rodent’s fair; unwanted thoughts; small places; adventures in parking; little shopping of horrors; actresses and mattresses; Bacallalia; one hit wonderers; bonks and konks; coulda woulda shoulda; validated feelings; exploited for yuks; lonely Leno; Question of the Week – Sneakers respond; shout to the top; getting an Eyre-ful; Goonies bashing; bunny dips; babies and bathwater; symphonic siege; el podcasto; Patches pals; eyeful terror; and, finally, everything’s magnolia.

Question of the Week: What is something where you live that we should know about?
Sub-question of the Week: Do you wear eye glasses? When did you start wearing them and how did you feel about it?

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You should check out Ian and Pia as guests on The New Yorker Cartoon Contest Podcast. They were really good and it’s a fun interview.