Hola, Sneakers. Welcome to Episode 438 – continuing the countdown to Episode 469! Aw yeah!

This week Ian and Dave talk: ineptitude; cable TV; laserdiscomania; uncomfortable movies; big TV; differences; ban it; the Cluedo question; dumb thing of the day; lazy TV; fixed endings; happy endings; creepy crawlers; monster booster; the honeymoon team question; fantasy theory; SCTV; Frito time; creepy charactere; bad TV: the Fantasy Island deep dive; feeling sorry for your past self; it gets worse; hard to shop these days; back to the old normal; phrases to avoid; pitch resistant; talking with strangers; small town girl; Question of the Week – Sneakers respond; shout out to mustard pickles; stinky sanitizer; hot aliens; pulled a Dave; and, finally, shave and a haircut – no luck!

Thanks for listening.

Question of the Week: Have you ever invented something or fixed something up and improved it? In Ian’s words, pulled a Dave.Sub-question: Is there a movie or show that you loved as a kid, but were disappointed by it when you saw it later in life?

Don’t miss out on your chance to WIN WIN WIN

That’s right! Our 450th episode is fast approaching and we will be hosting our traditional Listeners’ Questions Episode! Every question gives you a chance in our GRAND PRIZE DRAW. The more questions you ask, the better your chances to win! So get to asking!

Send your list of questions by email to [email protected]. If you’d like, record your questions, send us an audio file, and we’ll play it during the show. Fun, right???

Interested in some Sparks merch? Check out Nina’s fabulous design here.

Dave says: Here are some sweet pics of the things I purpose-built at work – a cardboard cutter and a spring wrapper. Basically, I only have OSB sheathing and two by fours to work with so I have to get creative (or bring things from home):

I guess this is a rear view of the cardboard cutter. You can see where the cardboard goes in and the adjustable edge depending on the size of the cardboard.

You can see the cardboard coming out and the slice at the 25″ mark for a 24″ section. The three holes allow for cuts at 25″, 22″ and 20″ – 1″ more than our different sized sections.

A pretty simple solution for a fixed blade. I used the table saw to cut a groove in a piece of two by four and jammed a utility knife in it. No glue – just good old friction. You can see how I layered the wood so the main part of the assembly could hold the blade block.

Here is the spring wrapper with a spring conveniently in place being wrapped. As I said, built from OSB sheathing and two by fours. You can see the handle which I made by straightening a spring cut-off and bending it into a handle shape.

A close-up of the wrapper carriage. As you can see, the wrap is supported by the metal tube and then pushed along by the sliding carriage. I probably could have made this more efficiently, but I was making it up as I went!

Another close-up, but it’s hard to see the sliding piece – basically it’s a four by four we had laying around with two grooves cut into it using a table saw, and an opening for the shrink wrap cut with a router I brought from home.

Hello, partygoers! Welcome back to the rumpus room! We here at Sneaky Dragon Listening Party Incorporated know that you are probably spending a lot of time around the house these days with not much to do. Don’t worry. Your friends at Sneaky Dragon Listening Party are here to help. We’ve heard your requests and are producing three-hour long podcasts full of the kind of blather and pointless trivia and tidbits you have come to expect. Furthermore, to help out even more, we have thoughtfully provided you with three hours of wonderful NOVELTY SONGS!!!

That’s right! This episode features side two of the second disc in the three disc collection of novelty songs that Mike Roth never asked for or expected, but got anyway!

So, without further ado, we present Sneaky Dragon Listening Party’s NOVELTY SONG MIX 2 – SIDE 2!!! Featuring:

* [For reasons explained in the show, we are playing the introductory piece that came before this song first – see below] Frank Zappa – “Sofa #1” – You Can’t Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 1, 1988 – 30:55* The Hollies – “After the Fox” – After the Fox soundtrack, 1966 – 38:27* The Holy Modal Rounders – “Hot Corn Cold Corn” – The Holy Modal Rounders 2, 1965 – 1:06:04* The Pipkins – “Gimme Dat Ding” – Gimme Dat Ding, 1970 – 1:12:48* The Brain – “Nightmares in Red” – 7” single b-side to “Kick the Donkey”, 1967 – 1:32:46* Louis Prima – “There’ll Be No Next Time” – The Call of the Wildest, 1957 – 1:40:15* Jilted John – “Jilted John” – True Love Stories, 1978 – 1:48:12* The Fashionettes – “Daydreamin’ of You” – 7” single b/w “Only Love”, 1964 – 1:56:25* The Secrets – I Think I Need the Cash – 7” single b/w A-side “I Intend to Please”, 1967 – 1:56:25* Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers – “Government Center” – Beserkeley Chartbusters, 1975 – 2:17:18* No Fun (with Suzy Goodwin) – “Suzyside” – No Fun at the Disco EP, 1979 – 2:27:37* Ringo Starr – “Early 1970” – b-side to “It Don’t Come Easy”, 1971 – 2:40:09* The Monochrome Set – “Avanti (Ten Don’ts for Honeymooners)” – Volume, Contrast, Brilliance… Sessions & Singles, Vol. 1, 1979 – 2:49:27

And we also listened to:

* Frank Zappa – “One Upon a Time” – You Can’t Do That on Stage Anymore, Vol. 1, 1988 – 25:00* Clifford T. Ward – “Wherewithal” – Home Thoughts, 1973 – 2:13:27* No Fun – “Fall for a Cliché”, Fall for a Cliché EP, 1978 – 2:35:58

Thanks for listening.

BIG NEWS!!!

Ed Draganski’s fabulus Peanut Duck merchandise is finally available at his store! Please follow this link to get Listening Party shirts, cups, mugs, throw pillows, socks, and more!

Tech Talk: We apologize for some drop outs in the audio this bi-week. We’re breaking in a new audio recorder and may have had our levels too low.

Department of Corections:Suzy Goodwin was actually seven years old when she recorded “Suzycide” with No Fun. She started recording with them at the age of five. Also, The Monochrome Set album Volume, Contrast, Brilliance… was released in 1983, not 1979. You were maybe wondering when Dave described a single as coming out in 1981!

The promised lyrics for The Monochrome Set’s “Avanti (Ten Don’t for Honeymooners)”:

Don’ t ski naked down Mt. EverestWith lilies up your noseDon’ t punt up the Ganges in a vestAnd holler ‘Thar she blows’

Hola, Sneakers. Welcome to Episode 437 – the show they couldn’t hang. Of get the hang of.

This week: a couple of long hairs; new podcast: “The Story Ruiners”; bribeable dwarf; bowdlerizing for dollars; an empty world; (not those) Avengers theory; wild, wild inventory; surprise twist surprise; infinite garbage channel; Roddy McDevil, seminal scary clown; tiny Liberace; The Dunwich Horror and heroic oldies; horrific endings; zoned out; don’t fear the other; it’s not the flu; protesting the protesters; freedom of stupidity; nirvana is a state of band; passive-aggressive proposal; future Deck Talk™; barbecue chickens; Chick Talk™; egg hunt success; asking for it; bird action; the trapped in a bucket rule; stop shining on; setting the pace; the redundancy of horror; Top 10 All-Time Box Office Horror Movies; Question of the Week – Sneakers respond; music in the night; give in to the id; de-lesbianized; book haters; be careful where you start; space miscegenation; boarding school capers; new podcast: “We’ll Fill You In”; agoraphobia; CoviD.I.Y; promises, promises; and, finally, the Fantasy Island challenge.

Thanks for listening.

Well, we have a few things we expect Sneakers to do this week. First, as usual, we’d like you to answer our…

Question of the Week: Have you had the opportunity to make or build anything during the lockdown?Sub-question: What is the movie, TV show, book, etc. that scared you when you were young?

Then: we’d like you to recommend a movie for David and Ian to watch for Fansplainers. Are only request is the movie must be available on Netflix, Amazon Prime or Disney Plus. We’ll take your suggestions and have Sneakers vote which one they’d like us to fansplain!

And last, but not least:Don’t miss out on your chance to **WIN WIN WIN** That’s right! Our 450th episode is fast approaching and we will be hosting our traditional Listeners’ Questions Episode! Every question gives you a chance in our GRAND PRIZE DRAW. The more questions you ask, the better your chances to win! So get to asking!

Send your list of questions by email to [email protected]. If you’d like, record your questions, send us an audio file, and we’ll play it during the show. Fun, right???

Ian recommended Ryan North’s To Be or Not to Be during the show. You can learn about it here.

Interested in some Sparks merch? Check out Nina’s fabulous design here.

Want to join in David and Ian’s Fantasy Island Challenge? You can start with Part 1 on YouTube!

Hola, Sneakers. Welcome to Episode 436. Come for the compassionate caring, stay for the public distancing scolding.

David and Ian are still self-Sneaking, but that doesn’t mean they can’t talk: improff; math quiz; here come’s rhymin’ geography; musical no-how; best midnight musical show ever; record bucket challenge; boastie boys; the TP shortage EXPLAINED; too much is enough; flour power; yeast affection; pandemic merch; more stick, less carrot; stay the course; park violation; repulsive; home improvements; Easter egg hunt; Chicktalk™; egg wash; dressing duck; boogie duck down; Lost Wages; redundant magic; tricky tricks; Ian’s video series; toy audience; helpful ghosts; The Haunting of Hill House = scary; Lock and Key = lame; Question of the Week – Sneakers respond; short-term Kelly Girl; drug traffic; Star Wars geography; commercials care; governmental aid; anime boobs; horse girl wish fulfillment; and, finally, the Breakfight Club.

Thanks for listening.

Question of the Week: What Y/A series hooked you as a kid? Sub-question: What’s something that everyone seems to know about, but you are mostly ignorant?

Ian mentioned a new video series he is doing and we’d love for you to watch it. Please like and subscribe, as they say!

Here is a sample of Night Music, that fabulous music show from the 90s. (Please note: Episode 201 means the first episode of the second season. There were definitely NOT over two hundred episodes of this show. [I wish!])

Here is one of John Prine’s best known songs – “Sam Stone” – about a returning Vietnam vet. The lines “There’s a hole in daddy’s arm where all the money goes./Jesus Christ died for nothin’, I suppose.” really gets me.

Hello, partygoers! Welcome back to the rumpus room! This week we are deep in self-isolation and social distancing so Mary and her dad sadly couldn’t see each other this bi-week, but spoke over goold old Skype instead. (We apologize for any resulting sound issues.)

Here at the Listening Party, we know there is some anxiety out there; we know that some folks are stuck at home or working with the risk of infection; we know everyone out there needs something to take their minds off these troubling times. So we thought: NOVELTY SONGS!!! What partygoers want to hear are NOVELTY SONGS!!! What better way to soothe our worries, ease our minds and bring some colour back into this grey, grey world than with NOVELTY SONGS!!!

So, without further ado, we present Sneaky Dragon Listening Party’s NOVELTY SONG MIX 2!!! Featuring:

* Captain Sensible – “Wot” – Women and Captain’s First, 1982 – 12:44* Yachts – “Suffice to Say” – single b/w “Freedom (Is a Heady Wine)”, 1977 – 32:53* The GTO’s – “I’m in Love With the Ooo-Ooo Man” – Permanent Damage, 1969 – 46:51* John Cale – “The Man Who Couldn’t Afford to Orgy” – Fear, 1974 – 1:05:40* The Deviants – “Billy the Monster” – Deviants 3, 1969 – 1:22:12* Geoff and Maria Muldaur – “Kneein’ Me” – Sweet Potatoes, 1972 – 1:33:12* Kidrock – “Ice Cream Man” – 7″ single b/w “Dream, Dream, Dream”, 1972 – 1:51:36* Judy Henske and Jerry Yester – “St. Nicholas Hall” – Farewell Aldebaran, 1969 – 2:03:10* Barnes and Barnes – “Cats” – Yeah: The Essential Barnes & Barnes, 2000 – 2:14:59* Canned Hamm – “Father and Son” – Karazma, 2001 – 2:26:11* Fountains of Wayne – “Red Dragon Tattoo” – Utopia Parkway, 1999 – 2:32:06* The Association – “Broccoli” – The Association, 1969 – 2:36:29* Moniker – “Trifecta (Ricky Baker Song)” – Hunt for the Wilder People, 2016 – 2:47:31* The Carpenters – “Intermission” – A Song for You, 1972 – 2:54:15

And we also listened to:

* Phineas and Ferb – “Ain’t Got Rhythm” – Phineas and Ferb, 2009 – 18:18* Dolly Mixture – “How Come You’re Such a Hit With the Boys, Jane?” – Demonstration Tapes, 1984 – 27:43* Spectrum – “All I Can Do” – The Essential Collection: 1965–1997, 2002 – 2:59:31

Thanks for listening.

If you’re interested in The Lyman Family (aka The Fort Hill Community), this link will take you to the article by David Felton (not Dalton) that Dave mentioned during the show.

You can listen to the song during the show or watch the video. Your call…

Here is some early live Carpenters with Karen still behind the drum kit.

Hola, Sneakers. Welcome to Episode 435 and we hope you remembered to wash your hands before downloading this episode!

This week: the legal laws of physics; big plans; dangerous church; unnecessary risks; call the doctors; egg hunt; free time; biblical weather; Disney animal distinctions; cartoonerds; obscure ingredients; cherry whatever; Zoom suspicions; let’s break into Disneyland; streamless streaming services; alliterative movie pests; missing movie theatres; completitive; habit buying; cool find; sinking into slobbery; your voice from your past; Top 10 movie trivia; don’t blame my hands; street urinals; chocolate cat fountain; immunity booster; neighbourly dispute; Question of the Week – Sneakers respond; evil autobots; and, finally, people like Team Rocket!

Thanks for listening.

Question of the Week: Have you ever had a problem/dispute with a neighbour?

Sub-question (We didn’t get around to asking a sub-question so we’re going to flip last week’s question): Of which fictional force for good in the world would you want to be a member?

I don’t know, I think it would be pretty cool to wander around an empty amusement park like Disneyland:

Hola, Sneakers. Welcome to Episode 434 – the epsisode that asks, “We’re the only ones socially isolating, right?”

This week on the show: a new beginning; doing well; bunker down; carousales department; horse religion; distantly social; the bro scale; good excuse; responsibilities of the tall; the seven o’clock cheer; generational divide; lenten practices; Easter is cancelled; audio problems; Animal Crossing and other virtual exercise; virtual money; times are tight; up in the air; Zoom-inappropriate; the good ol’days of SARS; pandas are okay; freedom fried; calming medical updates; a little Chicktalk™; dumb animals; cool cats; Question of the Week – Sneakers respond; meh to Canadian bacon; Canadian carbs; Easter orgies; the orient experiment; the Dragonverse (!); beanbag massage; dream on; strange coincidence; the problem with traffic; a robot writes; hypochondria or paranoia; bi-oopsy; easy gas; fatal architecture; face-to-face dick moves; evil organizations check list; watching The Irishman; talkin’ Talking Simpsons; he-man woman haters club; and, finally, mythological hypocrites.

Thanks for listening.

Question of the Week: Of which evil organization would you like to be a part? Sub-question: What are you doing for exercise in the new now?

Chris, here’s your William Shatner thing:

Hello, partygoers! Welcome back to the rumpus room! And remember, in these sad times when we’re encouraged to isolate ourselves, the rumpus room is open to everyone. So come on in!

If you’re looking for ways to pass your self-imposed or otherwise exile, Mary and Dave have given you a bumper episode of the Listening Party this week! On this episode we bid farewell to Mike Davidson’s second mixtape as we take a listen to Side 2. Music fans, there’s a lot of music on this week’s show (and also a whole lot of blabber)!

So stifle your disturbing cough and listen to:

* Burt Bacharach – “Don’t Go Breaking My Heart” – Hit Maker! Burt Bacharach Plays His Hits, 1965 – 12:26* Wilco – “At Least That’s What you Said” – A Ghost Is Born, 2004 – 48:41* Howie Beck – “Don’t Be Afraid” – Howie Beck, 2004 – 58:43* Pozo Seco – “Strawberry Fields Forever/Something” – Spend Some Time with Me, 1970 – 1:06:16* The Millennium – “It’s You” – Begin, 1968 – 1:21:13* Sloan – “Don’t You Believe a Word” – Between the Bridges, 1999 – 2:07:01* Scritti Politti – “Dr. Abernathy” – White Bread, Black Beer, 2006 – 2:23:49* Califone – “Frosted Tips” Stitches, 2013 – 2:40:39* The Dandy Warhols – “Get Off” – Thirteen Tales of Urban Bohemia, 2000 – 2:50:13* Lullaby Baxter Trio – “Ding-A-Ling” – Capable Egg, 2000 – 3:03:37* The Overton Berry Trio – “Hey Jude” – The Overton Berry Trio at Seattle’s Doubletree Inn, 1970 [Mojo Magazine compilation CD Beatlemania / Volume 2, 2004] – 3:16:49

And we also heard:

* The Goldebriars – “Shenandoah” – Walkin’ Down the Line: The Best of the Goldebriars, 2014 – 1:32:53* The Music Machine – “Talk Talk” – 7″ single b/w/”Come On In”, 1966 – 1:38:11* The Ivy League – “My World Fell Down” – 7″ single b/w “When You’re Young”, 1966 – 1:43:52* Sagittarius – “My World Fell Down” – 7″ single b/w “Libra”, 1967 – 1:48:32* Oranj Symphonette – “Bananas” – The Oranj Album, 1998 – 3:11:25* Rahsaan Roland Kirk – “Volunteered Slavery” – Volunteered Slavery, 1969 – 3:34:53

Thanks for listening.

Hola, Sneakers. Welcome to Episode 433 – the podcast that keeps on taking!

This week on the show: pre-ramble; starting backwards; mixed-up names; awkward circle jerk; full bellies; sorta hot guy; inoffensive garlic breath; cancelled culture; bad sports; keep it calm; high flying germs; first sign of the virus; unhelpful advice; teen dream; where’s the money; a quiet place; awkward chyron; laptop advice; trombone dreams; bullshit kazoo; speaking of Hitler; dumb; Going Down the Road Again Part II; self-contained entertainment; the sackbut question; retro butter commercial; angry butter commercial; other butter uses; his anal majesty; instant wealth; apology Oscar; Cronenbergiana; the Louis del Grande mystery; Canadian sitcoms; French mice; le podcasting; Tokyo Godfathers; Memories of Murder; reversal of expectations; The Other Guys; exploded; Question of the Week – Sneakers respond; no grit; spoilers; religion exchange; Dave’s semi-monthly Austen rant; split on the Banana Sp;lits; pandemic shopping tip; shout out to our supply chains; scold off; swallow your anxiety; boring stories; good thoughts to Amanda; social grace; too far; don’t be a Dave; and, finally, no hands.

Thanks for listening.

Question of the Week: What’s something Canadian you like? Sub-question: How are you dealing with the new now?

Louise, here’s your show: The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn:

Ciao, cinemaphiles!

This week Ian and Dave go on a quest to bring you an all-spoilers review of Pixar/Disney’s newest animated film Onward plus they go on a sidequest down a primrose path that may or may not be overrun by gelatinous cubes to discuss the new Simpson’s short Playdate with Destiny that accompanies the feature film.

So – join our two intrepid reviewers as they brave a kobold-filled theatre to fansplain it all for you. And that ain’t no nest of owlbears!

Thanks for listening.