Sneaky Dragon

By Ian Boothby and David DedrickComedy TV & Film Music Improv

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January 17, 2021 Sneaky Dragon Episode 476
Hola, Sneakers! Welcome to Sneaky Dragon! We never close! (Our mouths!)
This week: the tell-tale octopus; fish brains; the stricken record; Transformers gourmand; cartoon fun; the Popeye of the beholder; popular hillbillies; living off the land; moon money; impractical schemes; the perfect crime; the wizard equation; LOTR nerdery; The Hobbit films are garbage; broody dwarf; Dopey the monk; new segment; vampire amnesia; Dave’s new obsession; true Hollywood stories; soaped up; mind candy; reverse psychopathy; Jedi = vampire; apologies all round; easy peasy, cheesy squeezey; some like it hot; all creatures; likely lasses; Question of the Week – Sneakers respond; delicious grey gloop; the unstoppable Ted Danson; is it a sit-com; you need a star gate; le Vachon qui rit; no to banana flavour; Maul’s well that ends well; disgusting food; and, finally, another chocolate air drop.
Thanks for listening.
Question of the Week (from Canaan Grall!): How did you discover Sneaky Dragon? How long have you been a Sneaker?
Sub-question: What TV show(s) have you been obsessed with?
Video Corner
Want to watch Ian yak it up with fellow Critical Hit performers and former friends of the show, Joanna Gaskell and Eric Fell, please follow this link!
Ian would like you to watch this classic SCTV sketch!
2 hr 18 min
January 14, 2021 Sneaky Dragon Listening Party – Ep. 57

Hello, partygoers!

Bah, humbug! Let’s throw the garland and tinsel into a box where the fragile ornaments are rolling around in the bottom, and chuck it back up into the attic for another year.

This week, David and Mary get back to work with Nick Owen’s first mixtape to bring you fear of aging set to music, the roots of shoegaze, powerful power pop, demo sessions, proto-bubblegum, a musical conflagration, electric music, and a famous guitarist in sex shocker!

This episode we are spinning:

* Game Theory – “24” – Real Nightime, 1985 – 20:49* The Primitives – “Run Baby Run” – Lovely, 1988 – 39:00* Fountains of Wayne – “Radiation Vibe” – Fountains of Wayne, 1996 – 49:42* Tandyn Almer – “Find Yourself” – Along Comes Tandyn, 2013 – 56:29* Autosalvage – “Parahighway” – Autosalvage, 1968 – 1:14:20* The Long Island Sound – “1, 2, 3, and I Fell” – Dynovoice Records single b/w “Skid Row”, 1967 – 1:22:59* The High Llamas – “Theatreland” – Hawaii, 1996 – 1:41:41* The Low Anthem – “In the Air Hockey Fire” – Eyeland, 2016 – 1:47:48* Claudine Longet – “Snow” – A&M single b-side to “I Don’t Intend to Spend Christmas Without You”, 1968 – 2:01:01* Teen – “Electric” – In Limbo, 2012 – 2:09:49* Jackie DeShannon – “Dream Boy” – What the World Needs Now Is…Jackie DeShannon, 1994 – 2:18:46* Willard Grant Conspiracy – “Flying Low” – Let It Roll, 2006 – 2:30:39

Also spinning on the old Victrola:

* The Loud Family – “Sodium Laureth Sulfate” – Interbabe Concern, 1996 – 34:34* The Garden Club – “Little Girl Lost and Found” – Where the Action Is! Los Angeles Nuggets 1965-1968, 2009 – 1:08:42* Ritchie Cordell and Bo Gentry – “Love Is Here” – Columbia single b/w “Daylong”, 1968 – 1:32:51* The Long Island Sound – “Skid Row”“1, 2, 3, and I Fell” – Dynovoice Records single b-side to “1, 2, 3, and I Fell”, 1967 – 1:35:26* Judi Smith – “Leaves Come Tumbling Down” – Folk Rock And Faithfull: Dream Babes Volume Five, 2003 – 2:27:01

Thanks for listening.

Watch Jackie Deshannon ham it up in Surf Party!

2 hr 42 min
January 10, 2021 Sneaky Dragon Episode 475
Hola, Sneakers! Welcome to the significant feeling Episode 475 of this podcast (aka Sneaky Dragon). Don’t ask me why I wrote that in such an awkward way, but I did and I don’t feel like pressing the delete key so there it is!
This week: the big figure; money poor, cash poor; a phone call away; secret snack shop; dusty chips; hard of herring; arsenic and Big Turk; bad detective; trick plots; hard-boiled vs. film noir; wallowing in other people’s miseries; the frisson of vicarious suffering; crowd surfing; age of wizards; Merlin vs. Simon; fluent in bleep bloop; canola substitute; the death of Caillou; disturbing dentistry; placating the angry 2%; feed your children well; good bad publicity; too many beans; weird comedy cred; self-cancelled; too silly; re-watch for the first time; uncurated; Dark Shadows update; fix The X-Files; Question of the Week – Sneakers respond; deep-fried everything; name change; surprise twin; the one and only; we need to up our game; Sneaky Dragon-bots; the see-word; only connected; consciousness of death; too many Mikes; no to Dick; starting on a high; dueling guitars; and, finally, don’t tell our wives.
Thanks for listening.
Question of the Week: What TV show would you like to see re-made? Maybe to improve it or just for the pleasure of watching it anew.
Sub-question: What’s a favourite snack food that is no longer with us? (R.I.P.)
What the heck is Merlin you ask? Well, prepare to be impressed!
2 hr 50 min
January 03, 2021 Sneaky Dragon Episode 474
Hola, Sneakers. Welcome to Episode 474 – our first episode of the new year!
This week: Mr. Bass Man; wiggling down under; rotisserie orc; fantasy odd couple; unexplored worlds; danger D’n’D; get it right; computer sex; game nights people play; weird dice; musical theatre kid; racial seasoning; kiddie cartoons; useless parental advice; how to how to draw; charming child; high anxiety school; free range children; child support; young fogeys; don’t laugh; these are the Daves we know; the name game; the not-so Dark Ages; bad science; the humblest century; hindsight to 2020; Question of the Week – Sneakers respond; joke spoiler; vegan X-mas; pavlyoda; fry up; how to podcast; panic; Boba’s your uncle; Darth Gecko; brine it on home; and, finally, Happy New Year!
Thanks for listening.
Question of the week: What are your New Year’s resolutions?
Sub-question of the week: What were you almost named? Do you like your name or is there a different name you wish you’d been called?
Louise’s Baby Yoda pavlova:
Ed’s holiday greetings to Dragons and Sneakers alike:
1 hr 54 min
December 31, 2020 Sneaky Dragon Listening Party – Ep. 56

A Merry Christmas and best of the season to you, dear partygoers!

Last year, friend of the show (and occasional unwitting musical contributor), David M. dropped by the rumpus room to play a selection of his favourite Christmas songs. Well, Covid put paid to any ideas in that direction so it fell to David, our resident Grinch, to pull together a Christmas mix of his own…

So, once again, please join us in the Yuletide rumpus room. We’ve trimmed the tree with bingle balls, who-floo fluff, and bizel blicks! Amidst the woo hoo boo bricks, dangling pantukas and that pile of panpunas by the beanbag chair, we’ve got a great selection of seasonal sides to make this holiday season go down easy!

So nog that egg and enjoy some holiday cheer!

* The Monkees – “What Would Santa Do?” – Christmas Party, 2018 – 11:47* Carla Thomas – “Gee Whiz, It’s Christmas” – Atlantic single b-side – a-side “All I Want for Christmas Is You”, 1963 – 20:27* Andy Williams – “Kay Thompson’s Jingle Bells” – The Williams Brothers Christmas Album, 1969 – 33:11* Little Jimmy Thomas – “Deck the Halls (Fa La La La La)” –Official Records single b/w “Jimmy’s Christmas”, 1964 – 40:25* Linda Laurie – “All Winter Long” – Andie Records single a-side “Stay with Me”, 1959 – 48:30* Otis Redding – “Merry Christmas, Baby” – Atco single a-side “White Christmas”, 1968 – 56:14* Low – “Just Like Christmas” – Christmas EP, 1999 – 1:04:32* Miles Davis and Bob Dorough – “Blue Xmas” – Jingle Bell Jazz, 1962 – 1:11:47* Claudine Longet – “I Don’t Intend to Spend Christmas Without You” – A&M single b/w “Snow”, 1967 – 1:21:56* Sun 60 – “Mary Xmess” – Only, 1993 – 1:36:14* The Christmas Spirit – “Christmas Is My Time of Year” – White Whale single b/w “Will You Still Believe in Me?”, 1968 – 1:42:02* The Bellrays – “Santa Has a Big, Old Bag” – Merry Xmas, Love the Bellrays, 2008 – 1:49:36* The Three Wise Men – “Thanks for Christmas” – Virgin Records single b/w “Countdown to Christmas Party Time”, 1983 – 1:55:47* Burt Bacharach – “The Bell That Wouldn’t Jingle” – Something Festive, 1968 – 2:02:19* Bobby Goldsboro – “Look Around You (It’s Christmas Time)” – United Artists single b/w “A Christmas Wish”, 1968 – 2:09:33* James Brown – “Santa Claus, Go Straight to the Ghetto” – A Soulful Christmas, 1968 – 2:15:02* Akim and the Teddy Vann Production Company – “Santa Claus Is a Black Man” – Santa Claus Is a Black Man, 1973 – 2:22:27* Pete Jolly – “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year” – Something Festive, 1968 – 2:31:32* Rotary Connection – “Christmas Child” – Peace, 1968 – 2:38:14* The Heavy Blinkers – “Chaplin’s Christmas” – The Heavy Blinkers, 2000 – 2:47:41* Velle Scott – “Merry Christmas” – Santa’s Funk & Soul Christmas Party Vol. 3, 2015 – 2:53:14* No Fun (David M.) – “Christmas Alone (Who’s the Turkey Now?)” – The Next Christmas Day (aka Blacknewchristmaskillerstarmanstar) from The Fezziwig Files: No Fun at Christmas 1975-2015, 2015 – 2:59:01* Amy Helm feat. The Wood Brothers – “Christmas Must Be Tonight” – Recorded at Spotify Studios NYC, 2018 – 3:04:37* Sufjan Stevens – “Sister Winter” – Songs for Christmas – Peace: Songs for Christmas, Vol. V, 2006 – 3:14:24

Here is that controversial Christmas-o-meter!

Thanks for listening.

If you’d like your own copy of this year’s holiday mix,
3 hr 30 min
December 27, 2020 Sneaky Dragon Episode 473
Hola, Sneakers. Welcome to Episode 473 – our special 2020 Boxing Day edition!
And, of course, Boxing Day means Ian and David are joined by another member of the Dedrick clan: Jason Dedrick!!
They had a big, long, fun discussion, but our editor doesn’t feel like re-listening to the show he recorded a couple of hours ago to tell you exactly what they talked about. Trust us, it’s a lot of fun!!!
Thanks for listening.
Question of the week: What do you cook for your holiday dinner?
Sub-question of the week: More importantly, is turkey dry? (Asks Ian.)
3 hr 10 min
December 20, 2020 Sneaky Dragon Episode 472
Hola, Sneakers. Welcome to Episode 472 of the longest podcast hosted by us!
This week: Be yourself; my best friend television; we grow up too fast; uncomfortable comedy; back to that movie; chronological racism; the obnoxious sound; back to the cuckold; rockabilly cats and their kittens; pop culture Joan of Arc; historical just desserts; you’re not Henry the VIIIth; Beatles to the future; the secret of Dr. Brown; inaccurate future; aliens are real; the Ursula K. Leguiniverse; how did the French communicate; the humane killing device; big brother; electro-shock memory; deep remembering; mathematical stress dreams; vaccines are real; killer booze; emotional times; true believers; fake believers; hateful church; parable lines; whip it; pregnancy doom; movie talk – The Kid Detective and Tenet; Question of the Week – Sneakers respond; cavalier attitudes; and, finally, Fantastic Four play.
Thanks for listening.
Question of the week: Do you believe in aliens? Would you like to meet them?
Sub-question of the week: What’s your favourite high-concept movie or novel? (Not based on an existing IP [intellectual property])
Thanks for listening!
Department of Corections:
Chuck Berry was accused of having sexual intercourse with a 14-year old Apache waitress – not a white woman – whom he had transported across state lines to work as a hat check girl at his club.
Berry was tried, convicted, and sentenced in 1959. Although he succesfully appealed the sentence – arguing the judge was racist and had prejudiced the jury – he still ended up being convicted and spent a year and a half in jail.
Berry was 23 at the time of the original charge.
Department of Sainthood:
David shouldn’t have second guessed himself, Joan of Arc did indeed communicate with angels: notably the archangel Michael, as well as the saints Margaret and Catherine of Alexandria.
Department of Video:
Christmas is coming and that means Christmas brunch! We highly recommend that you try Eggs Dedrick to end this sad year on a high note!
Screen Crush has some thoughts on the Fantastic Four:
And then here is a poem by John Cooper Clarke that is decidedly NSFW!!! Or not safe for home life with children, for that matter!!!
2 hr 25 min
December 17, 2020 Sneaky Dragon Listening Party – Ep. 55

Hello, partygoers!

Welcome to another episode of Dave bugging his daughter Mary. Oh, and music!

This week we hear new psych and classic psych, manliness, country rock, musical dumptrucks, journal entries, demonic rock, and statements of intent!

This episode we are spinning:

* The Ruby Suns – “Kenya Dig It?” – Sea Lion, 2008 – 21:50* Elvis Costello & the Attractions – “You’ll Never Be a Man” – Trust, 1981 – 31:32* Blitzen Trapper – “Taking It Easy Too Long” – American Goldwing, 2011 – 58:42* Dumptruck – “Island” – For the Country, 1987 – 1:05:43* 20/20 – “Giving It All” – Bomp! Records single b/w “Under the Freeway”, 1978 – 1:18:54* The Nova Local – “John Knight’s Body” – Nova 1, 1968 – 1:25:59* Lincoln – Little Mistakes – Kibokin, 2001 – 1:39:48* The Heavy Blinkers – Dressing Down – The Heavy Blinkers, 2000 – 1:52:48* Eleanor Friedberger – “He Didn’t Mention His Mother” – New View, 2016 – 2:05:25* Super Furry Animals – “Demons” – Radiator, 1997 – 2:18:39* Ella Guru – This Is My Rock’n’Roll – The First Album, 2004 – 2:26:14

Also playing on the old Victrola:

* The Nova Local – “John Knight’s Body (I Wanna Get It)” – Decca single b/w “Other Girls”, 1967 – 1:32:04* The Nova Local – “Games” – Decca single b/w “If You Only Had the Time”, 1967 – 1:35:49* The Heavy Blinkers – “The Night and I Are Still So Young” – The Night and I Are Still So Young, 2004 – 1:59:02* The Fiery Furnaces – “Two Fat Feet” – Gallowsbird’s Bark, 2003 – 2:12:21

Thanks for listening.

If you would like the take home version of this week’s episode, follow this link! You can download the complete mixtape with artwork.

Eleanor Friedberger playing live on KEXP:

2 hr 38 min
December 13, 2020 Sneaky Dragon Episode 471
Hola, Sneakers. Welcome to Episode 471 of the podcast that was built to last…until Episode 470, so whoops!
This week: hip-hop start; foiled dinghy rant; trunnels and other amusing nautical terms; heavy metal thunder; farewell, Richard Corben; a weekly dose; Grogoo vs. Gorgo; prequel costumes; Star Wars avalanche; old man ass kicking; milk averse; coffee, tea or meh; milking it; making the Fantastic Four good; Maude Eisley; unexpected show time; sacrificial computer; truly drunk history; cavalier vs. puritan; Roman Empire Loyalist; Dave’s bookstore finds; B.D. corner; occult Spider-man; Question of the Week – Sneakers respond; a lot of crocodiles; octopus manholes; Metroid conversion; cornered; 95% hot dog; fucking Gen. MacArthur; angry bladder; Happiest Season; and, finally, Dave has a question for you?
Thanks for listening.
Question of the week: How have your holidays changed in the new now?
Sub-question of the week: Have you ever built something big and impressive?
Sub-sub-question of the week: Cavalier or puritan?
We received some wonderful concept art for Ian and David’s forthcoming big-time self-help [themselves to your money] cult!
First, from our friend from Down Under, Mick Elliott:
And we also have our friend Louise’s more sinister version – ready for branding, she says:
Thanks to you both!
3 hr 7 min
December 06, 2020 Sneaky Dragon Episode 470
Hola, Sneakers. Welcome to Episode 470 of the numerically sequential podcast Sneaky Dragon!
This week: benevolent illness; name check; trivia time; foreign tongues-tied; Esperanto for everyone; generic Italian; cultural exchange; drinks are on you; technically right; web developer; living stereotypes; zombie rules; beard and nut; Covid cool-aid; woeful ignorance; governmental ineptitude; sexy cult; off the board; the not-so-new Mutants; the X-Blechhh; resolute theatre goer; unhelpful arbitrariness; heartfelt mockery; festering national wounds; family secrets; disappear the gay; Question of the Week – Sneakers respond; neighbourly judgement; and, finally, rom-com-rom.
Thanks for listening.
Question of the week: What was the first video game you played as a kid?
Sub-question of the week: What’s your favourite rom-com?
Sub-sub-question: Did your family have a “dark” family secret? And should it have been a secret?
1 hr 55 min