Sneaky Dragon

By Ian Boothby and David DedrickComedy TV & Film Music Improv

Sneaky Dragon episodes

March 06, 2021 Sneaky Dragon Episode 483
Hola, Sneakers! Welcome to Episode 483 of Sneaky Dragon – still rockin’ in the free and unfree world!
This week: as usual, an apology; jabs; un-leded; NiFTy; competing against yourself; hidden art; the 36 chambers of Shkreli; Prince’s vault; snow duck; let’s re-cast Looney Tunes A Christmas Carol; sexy bunnies; disappointing youth; gruesome pie violence; debts are complicated; mixed-up shooters; murder vehicles; unusual solution; underwear cereal; virtual Bermuda shorts; 360° room; time to augment reality; hope I don’t die; dads and their jobs; workin’ blues; the fixer; a terrible conversationalist; going squirrelly; juice improver; famous fries; so-so hot dogs; minions meat; fun clip; talented actors; tap-dancing doctor; weird cameo; Dark Shadows – A Tucci of Evil; grocery challenge; soft scrambled eggs; Throat to Throat; Question of the Week – Sneakers respond; switched on; goodbye; movies are hard on breakfast; not live; sew good; shrifted; feeling “firey”; let’s take it easy; and, finally, anomalous comic strips.
Thanks for listening.
Question of the week: What’s a popular movie, TV show, record or book that feels like everyone has watched, listened to or read, but you have never done so
Sub-question: What would you make – Chopped-style – with a bag of potatoes, a gallon of milk, a bag of apple, two bunches of bananas, and some chocolate chip muffins?
Sub-sub-question (from Mick): What is the strangest pet you’ve ever owned?
That weird Dick Van Dyke Show/ Diagnosis: Murder crossover:
2 hr 50 min
February 28, 2021 Sneaky Dragon Episode 482
Hola, Sneakers! Welcome to Episode 482 of Sneaky Dragon – the podcast with wings!
This week: it’s working; real men; turtle bucks; pool solutions; teen labour; alternative fowl; suave janitors; boring explanations; fancy riding; full o’beans; reverse Lent; virtually real; non-competitive exercise; tricky elbow; slow breakdown to death; the immortal Keaton; Jackie Chan medicine; learn to fall; wannabe stuntman; acquired skills; card tricks; compulsion vs. propulsion; Señor Wences; rich inner life; child entertainers; good things come from no work; fucking rainbow overalls; rear chicken coop; more Woody Allen; Kliph Nesteroff’s new book; exclusive comedy exclusive; Dork Shadows – Bad Lieutenant; Question of the Week – Sneakers respond; horsing around; comedy is for strangers; mom noir; smell test; pasta on pasta; going down in fire and rain; family computers; mixed signals; America does number one; and, finally, too much honesty.
Thanks for listening.
Question of the week: What’s a skill you recently learned?
Sub-question: What is something harmless you might see in popular media that still really bugs you?
Sub-sub-question (from Jonathan): Were you ever asked a question that was so profound or essential to you that it caused you to change your perspective or attitude to life?
2 hr 46 min
February 25, 2021 Sneaky Dragon Listening Party Ep. 60

Hello, party-goers, and welcome back to the Listening Party rumpus room where the door is always open and the music is always playing.

This week Dave and Mary took a turn down the path marked “Novelty Songs” so we can listen to some songs that Dave has deemed novelty songs. He attempts to explain his criteria, but we’re still not convinced. But, while you can question their novelty, you cannot question their quality!

So pull up a comfy chair and settle down for some novel songs!

* The Soft Boys – “(I Want to Be an) Anglepoise Lamp” – Radar Records single b/w “Fatman’s Son”, 1978 – 13:32* Screamin’ Jay Hawkins – “Little Demon” – Okeh Records single b-side to “I Put a Spell on You”, 1956 – 30:59* The Small Faces – “I Feel Much Better” – Immediate single b-side to “Tin Soldier”, 1967 – 40:42* The Hombres – “Let It Out (Let It All Hang Out) – Verve records single b/w “Go, Girl, Go”, 1967 – 52:09* 10cc – “Donna” – UK Records single b/w “Hot Sun Rock”, 1972 – 1:07:47* The Hollywood Jills – “He Makes Me Mad” – Tune-Kel Records b-side to “A Good Thing, Baby”, 1968 – 1:35:22* Matching Mole – “Signed Curtain” – Matching Mole, 1972 – 1:42:23* Simon & Garfunkel – “Punky’s Dilemma” – Bookends, 1967 – 1:50:22* 1910 Fruitgum Co. – “The Song Song” – 1,2,3 Red Light, 1968 – 2:08:42* Peter Sarstedt – “No More Lollipops” – Peter Sarstedt, 1969 – 2:24:14* Blossom Dearie (ft. Bob Dorough) – “Answering Machine” – Simply, 1982 – 2:30:54* Randy Newman – “Pants” – Born Again, 1979 – 2:38:59* Kraftwerk – “Pocket Calculator” – Computer World, 1981 – 2:50:17

And spinning on the Victrola to enlighten and amaze:

* The Waves – “Hey War Pig!” – Armageddon Records single b-side to “The Nightmare”, 1981 – 27:20* Red Ingle & the Natural Seven – “Cigareets, Whuskey, and Wild, Wild Women” – Capitol single b/w “Serutan Yob”, 1946 – 1:04:09* Frabjoy and Runcible Spoon – “I’m Beside Myself” – Marmalade Records single b/w “Animal Song”, 1969 – 1:14:56* Ohio Express – “Sausalito (Is the Place to Go)” – Buddah Records b/w “Make Love Not War”, 1969 – 1:20:36* Festival – “Today” – RCA Victor Records single b/w “Warm Me”, 1972 – 1:26:06* Tom & Jerry – “I’m Lonesome” – Ember Records single b-side to “Lookin’ at You”, 1958 – 2:03:33

Thanks for listenin’.

If you feel you must, here is Rupert Holmes singing his own version of the song “Answering Machine”.

3 hr 5 min
February 21, 2021 Sneaky Dragon Episode 481
Hola, Sneakers! Welcome to Episode 481 of the pocastiest podcast yet!!!
This week: plastics; most neurotic Christmas special; child psychiatrist; lottery town; invisible mom; so-so Sally; professional fan-fic; mind ghosts; let’s praise Shirley Jackson; but not Shirley; Chekhov’s penis; some things belong in the past; maybe read the script; but where’s Madea in Japan?; his bad; what is podcast; our too-typical life; a happy 25th to Happy Gilmore; unhappy Gilmore; residuals; principally for pleasure; master of your own destruction; bent reality; that’s not me; an intolerable person; who was that me?; work with the best; problematic problem; apropos of nothing; gangster friends; Native Americans and comedy; alternative traditional routes; Dork Shadows – stop fumfering; Question of the Week – Sneakers respond; grueling school lit; euphemism man; Sparks of wrath; sobby Scots; deep in the freeze of Texas; pineapple Crush love; missing the Gentlemen; backtracking; week effort; a Southern thing; and, finally, a real-life Canadianism!
Thanks for listening.
Question of the week: What’s a book you love that you were forced to read?
Sub-question: Tell us about a time you were present for a friend’s humiliation.
Sub-sub-question (from R.J.): Name your favourite anachronistic drawing room murder mystery film?
Dept. of Clarifications:
Why does Dave get confused with his page turnings during Dork Shadows? Well, the penny pincher likes to write on both sides of the page, but doesn’t like to rest his hands on the coil rings of the notebook so he flips the book around and writes from the bottom up on the reverse page. The problem? Remembering which way to turn the pages!
3 hr 11 min
February 14, 2021 Sneaky Dragon Episode 480
Hola, Sneakers! Welcome to episode 480 of the no-awards winning podcast Sneaky Dragon.
This week: we’ve got it covered; professional leprechaun; bad pizza economy; that vital “Lords of” audience; Goldman/Golding mix-up and apology; Szell/Mengele mix-up and apology; Roy Scheider has a lot to answer for: you figure it out; controversial pop choice; disappointing rainbow; un-American candy box; defending the Chicago dog; DIY fast food; wannabe land baron; bad magic murderer; quintuplet melancholia; controversial pineapple choice; FU C.K.; get a social media person; career low point; it’s natural, but ugh; time has changed us; thoughts on Manhattan; birds vs lions; misdirected creative energy; Christian drek; the unlucky lucky ones; it’s all performative; Dork Shadows – horror noir; hot take: Kolchak is a jerk; Question of the Week – Sneakers respond; the Oswald truth; vegetarian vampire; modern values; a load of Sith; Sookie Stackhouse???; sobbing in the sun; unpopular vampire; Uno, Bunny, Bunny, Uno; impeccable Massachussets accent; Australasian; music anger; and, finally, nuts for Brazil.
Thanks for listening.
Question of the Week: What movie or TV show would you like to improve by replacing one cast member?
Sub-question (from Louise): What song makes you cry?
2 hr 51 min
February 11, 2021 Sneaky Dragon Listening Party – Ep. 59

Hello, partygoers, and welcome back to the Listening Party rumpus room where the door is always open and the music is always playing.

Dave re-e-e-e-ally enjoyed putting together the music for this bi-week’s show. It was lots of fun making a brand new mixtape, and it was lots of fun choosing twenty of his favourite songs from 2020.

We hope you enjoy this episode as much as we did!

As discussed on the show, this compilation had to be spread across two CDs because modern music is so ding-dang long, so we have pretended it’s an actual two record set and divided it up accordingly. Of course, on the actual records it’s divided into sides 1 and 3 on one record and sides 2 and 4 on the other so you can put them on your record stacker!

Here’s what we listened to this week:

Side One:

* White Denim – “I Don’t Understand Rock and Roll” – World as a Waiting Room, 2020 (May) – 9:48* Arbouretum – “How Deep It Goes” – Let It All In, 2020 (March) – 26:34* Songhoy Blues – “Barre” – Optimisme, 2020 (October) – 44:30* Nap Eyes – “Though I Wish I Could” – Snapshot of a Beginner, 2020 (March) – 54:07* Damien Jurado – “Oachoa” – What’s New, Tomboy, 2020 (April) – 1:03:39

Side Two

* Nada Surf – “Looking for You” – Never Not Together, 2020 (November) – 1:10:33* Bonny Light Horseman – “The Rover” – Bonny Light Horseman, 2020 (January) – 1:23:33* Brigid Dawson and the Mothers Network – “The Fool” – Ballet of Apes, 2020 (May) – 1:29:06* Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – “The Second of the First” – Sideways to New Italy, 2020 (June) – 1:37:07* OOIOO – “Kawasemi Ah” – nijimusi, 2020 (January) – 1:49:39

Side Three

* The Jayhawks – “Living in a Bubble” – XOXO, 2020 (July) – 2:04:27* Cabane (ft. “Bonnie” Prince Billy and Kate Stables) – “Sangokaku” – Grande Est la Maison, 2020 (March) – 2:10:38* Waxahatchee – “Can’t Do Much” – Saint Cloud, 2020 (March) – 2:18:09* Jackie Lynn – “Odessa” – Jacqueline, 2020 (April) – 2:23:50* Blitzen Trapper – “Bardo’s Light (Ouija Ouija)” – Holy Smokes Future Jokes, 2020 (September) – 2:36:41

Side Four

* Stephen Malkmus – “Xian Man” – Traditional Techniques, 2020 (March) – 2:42:19* Sufjan Stevens and Lowell Brams – “The Runaround” – Aporia, 2020 (March) – 2:52:20* This Is the Kit – “Off Off On” – Off Off On, 2020 (October) – 3:04:06* Samantha Crain – “Little Bits” – A Small Death, 2020 (July) – 3:09:44* Protomartyr – “Bridge and Crown” – Ultimate Success Today, 2020 (July) – 3:16:52

Thanks for listening.

Dept. of Corections:We think Dave misspoke and stated that the White Denim album was recorded in three months. The actual challenge was to write, play, record, and mix it in 30 days.

Dept. of CLARIFICATIONS:So older forms of Japanese music – specifically folk songs and early popular music – used a pentatonic scale called the yo scale. This is a scale that contains no minor notes – best demonstrated on a piano by playing only the black keys.

Dept. of Cool Sounds:Would you like to listen to Dave’s Top 20 for ’20 whilst you walk around or do dishes or whatever it is that you get up to? Well, follow this link right now!

3 hr 33 min
February 07, 2021 Sneaky Dragon Episode 479
Hola, Sneakers! Welcome to Episode 479 of the podcast that started the dance revolution! That’s right! Sneaky Dragon started the dance revolution.
This week on the show: Pepperland; moonlighting pharmacists; Molly’d out; prankster friend; “It’s Not For You!”; chocolate bar-based measuring system; chatty tradesmen; well done, Richard Benjamin; praise for “My Favorite Year”; inopportune blackface; it’s only up from looking at a glass of pee; the Snider cut is the deepest; popular villains; Halle-boo-ya!; bat jobs; Oswald the unlucky rabbit; animated names; Bob and John Denver, brothers; alternate Peppers; bloke coke; vintage toothpaste; sex with your mouth; our newest sponsor; Dork Shadows – your everthing Dark Shadows podcast; Ian quasi-recommends The Protector; Question of the Week – Sneakers respond; fixing Star Wars; Groundhog Gay; the one with the most stuff wins; Gamesparks; Othello – the game of the Moors; now that’s what I call fansplaining; how to fix Brazil; Ferris Bueller fan theory nonsense; jack jumps; Nana Uno; supersitter; more “Was The Prisoner actually Dangerman” controversy; oulipo; racing demon, anyone?; fixing Kingsman; fixing Back to the Future; and, finally, a fond see you soon.
Thanks for listening.
Question of the week: Who’s your favourite vampire? Do you have a least favourite?
Sub-question: What is your favourite film featuring a popular international star making their Hollywood debut?
Sub-sub-question: What would you suggest for a future Question of the Week?
Dept. of Advertising:
Take the advice of sultry-voiced Chris Roberts and his gentle Scottish burr, and head on over to hellkitty.com where you can get your own copy of Ian and Pia’s fantastic new comic book SupE.R. Why not head over there now?
Dave’s “helpful” chart of Dark Shadows characters:
Ian loves this board game. Dave has honestly never heard of it!
3 hr 7 min
January 31, 2021 Sneaky Dragon Episode 478
Hola, Sneakers! Welcome to episode 478 of the podcast that is never late!
WARNING: Wonder Woman 1984 spoilers ahead! Starting at 1:07:40 and ending at 1:50:44. (Sorry! With no Fansplainers, we just had to get it off our chest!)
This week: pandemic brain; in the closet; Pee-nuts; in the dog house; French root beer; no to TV dinners; cat damage; the ultimate stupid sacrifice; call me Sparky; ice rink money; no time for comedy; studio system; Hitchcockian; on set indulgences; robot actors; we destroy the things we love; me and my Shadow; Ian recommends In & of Itself; the older Ron Howard; beautiful exposition; the new horrible people; respectable gambling; buy low, sell sugar high; not so Wonder Woman; off-screen hilarity; the stolen body; non-secret; the devil isn’t in the details; woman power; get to the point, movie; no agency; practice makes too perfect; well, the plane is disguised; Question of the Week – Sneakers respond; the give-away eye patch; Sea of Love love; the only fan; useless plastic fangs; football or football; controversial Danger Man opinions; pickleball for all; Press Gang rec; embarrassing praise; Bananaman clarification; find that show for Ian; Dark Shadows update; and, finally, forward into their past.
Thanks for listening.
Question of the Week: What was your favourite board/card game growing up?
Sub-question: Your chance to Fansplain! What movie would you like to fix and how?
Want to check out Ian and Pia’s new comic with art by the talented Moritat and colours by Casey Silver? Follow this here link here!
2 hr 42 min
January 28, 2021 Sneaky Dragon Listening Party – Ep. 58

Hello, partygoers!

Mo’ music, less problems! That’s right! Lots of songs this week as we tackle “Side 2” of Nick Owen’s first mixtape: big beat, breakbeats, lo-fi indie psych pop, Cancon, sad voices, the legacy of Abbey Road, foundational power pop, kooky art rock, drum machines, and grunge-funded orch pop!

This episode we are spinning:

* Cornershop – “Brimful of Asha (‘Norman Cook’ Remix) – Single Version” – 12” single b-side to “Brimful of Asha (‘Norman Cook’ Remix) – Extended Version” and “Brimful of Asha – Original Single Version”, 1997 – 9:21* Blitzen Trapper – “The Green King Sings” – Wild Mountain Nation, 2007 – 28:24* Hey Rosetta! – “Welcome” – Seeds, 2011 – 42:49* Damien Jurado – “Metallic Cloud” – Brothers and Sisters of the Eternal Son, 2014 – 56:04* Cargoe – “I Love You Anyway” – CARGOE, 1972 – 1:11:34* The Lovin’ – “Keep On Believing” – Page One records single b/w “I’m In Command”, 1967 – 1:28:56* The Nerves – “When You Find Out” – The Nerves EP, 1976 – 1:38:51* Nellie McKay – “Ding Dong” – Get Away from Me, 2003 – 1:46:35* Deerhoof – “The Galaxist” – Friend Opportunity, 2007 – 1:58:19* Timmy Thomas – “Why Can’t We Live Together” – Why Can’t We Work Together, 1972 – 2:15:51* A New Generation – “She’s a Soldier Boy” – Spark single b-side to “Smokey Blues Away”, 1968 – 2:30:06* Eric Matthews – “No Gnashing Teeth” – The Lateness of the Hour, 1997 – 2:43:12

Also spinning on the old Victrola:

* The Housemartins – “Think for a Minute” – London 0 Hull 4, 1986 – 23:21* Cargoe – “Feel Alright” – Beautiful Records single b/w “Wonderful”, 1970 – 1:24:35* The Breakaways – “Walkin’ Out on Love” – One Way Ticket, 2008 – 1:43:47* Danielson – “Bloodbook on the Half-Shell” – Ships, 2006 – 2:09:26* Timmy Thomas – “Let Me Be Your Eyes” – Glades single b/w “Cold, Cold People”, 1973 – 2:25:19* A New Generation – “Police Is Here” – Spark single b/w “Mr. C”, 1968 – 2:37:53

Thanks for listening.

Dept. of Corections:Dave misspoke during the show. He meant to say Brutal Youth – the 1994 album by Elvis Costello and the Attractions – not Sonic Youth, the boring alt-rock group.

Dept. of Giveaways!

If you’d like to have your own copy of Nick’s mixtape, follow this link.
2 hr 54 min
January 24, 2021 Sneaky Dragon Episode 477
Hola, Sneakers! Welcome to episode 477 of the podcast that never wakes up!
This week: prelude to a Dragon; apology; obscure Canadian chocolate bar attack; shit lit; common-law; cookware consummation; milk money; celebrity farmers; way back; sobriety movies; praise for Betty Thomas; late night destruction; Leno is a weird one; 60% less bullshit; apologies go a long way; all about you; into the frying pan on fire; don’t be arbitrary; wrestling name; back-balled; ¡es futból!; the miracle mile; Columbus day; the new Mrs. Doubtfire; All Creatures Great and Small thoughts; Dark Talk; a sad ending; a happy sad ending; surprise sequel; Muppet bomb; Question of the Week – Sneakers respond; Scott Talk; Star Trek nerds; the SDU; Moonlighting mile; under heavy COVID; and, finally, Q exposed.
Thanks for listening.
Question of the Week: What’s your favourite sport? (Either to watch or to play.)
Sub-question: What is your favourite TV show spin-off?
2 hr 23 min