Sneaky Dragon

By Ian Boothby and David DedrickComedy TV & Film Music Improv

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December 03, 2020 Sneaky Dragon Listening Party – Ep. 54

Hello, partygoers!

Things get back to normal in the old rumpus room as we put away the jack o’lanterns and witches hats, and return to our regular routine of perusing listener’s mixtapes. This week we examine side one of listener Nathan Evan’s mixtape.

We’ve got flowery forts, Syracusian power pop, Cancon, Vancon, trippy psych, soulful observations, chunky warblers, meaty mothers, and some controversy!

So grab a seat in that much vaunted beanbag chair and let’s get the old Victrola warmed up.

This episode we are spinning:

* Fort Juniper – “What’s the Point (If No One’s Having Fun)” – Fort Juniper, 2011 – 19:44* Zumpano – “Behind the Beehive” – Goin’ Through Changes, 1996 – 28:41* Supergrass – “She’s So Loose” – I Should Coco, 1995 – 49:02* The Flashcubes – “Christi Girl” – Northside Records single b/w “Guernica” and “Got No Mind”, 1978 – 1:03:09* The Earlies – “One of Us Is Dead” – These Were the Earlies, 2004 – 1:18:52* Cuff the Duke – “Long Winter” – Life Stories from Minimum Wage, 2003 – 1:28:11* Mother Tucker’s Yellow Duck – “One Ring Jane” – Duck Records single b/w “Kill the Pig”, 1969 – 1:36:10* The Dramatics – “Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get – Watcha See Is Watcha Get, 1971 – 2:03:42* Chunky, Novi & Ernie – “Atlantic Liner” – Chunky, Novi and Ernie, 1973 – 2:12:34* The Mothers of Invention – “The Uncle Meat Variations” – Uncle Meat, 1969 – 2:26:54

Also playing on the old Victrola:

* Superconductor – “There Goes Helen” – Hit Songs for Girls, 1993 – 43:05* Mother Tucker’s Yellow Duck ¬– “Funny Feeling” – London/TCP single b/w “I”, 1968 – 1:52:45* Mock Duck – “Do-Re-Mi” – Various Artists – The Cool Aid Benefit Album, 1970 – 1:57:45* Rebecca and the Sunnybrook Farmers – “Two Blind Sisters” – Birth, 1969 – 2:23:48

Thanks for listening.

Here is a fun artifact: The Flashcubes playing “Christi Girl” live on local TV:

If you have the time, here is their complete appearance – six songs and between song chats with the host:

2 hr 54 min
November 29, 2020 Sneaky Dragon Episode 469
Hola, Sneakers. Welcome to Episode 469 – the 400th-sexiest episode!
This week, Ian and David talk: all drawled up;scary actors; ghost drop-in; math is hard; podcast development; hairy legs and all; listen to reason; A Room with a Review; old horndog; just end the movie; bread fucker; Regency jazz; masked men; Shirley Temple’d; dimpled; monolith monomania; stages of childhood; guidance; teach your children; plenty of blame to go around; kid perfect; fateful moment; study time; before school; paying your theatre dues; how to pronounce NXIVM; joy and suffering; let’s start a sex cult; agreement and want; malice aforethought; eleven year-old judo champ-slash-genius; Question of the Week – Sneakers respond; ongoing turd debate; Katherine Hepburn visits; international swears; agreeable cat; and, finally, Asterix PSA.
Thanks for listening.
Question of the week: Have you ever felt like you were being recruited into something culty?
Sub-question of the week: What’s something valuable that your parents taught you?
L’esprit d’escalier Department:
Willoughby!
2 hr 41 min
November 22, 2020 Sneaky Dragon Episode 468
Hola, Sneakers. Welcome to Episode 468 with our very special guest – birthday girl – Nina Matsumoto!!!
Ian, David and Nina talk: technical details; hearing about chicken is better than no chicken; Chinese restaurant clichés; otherwise, it’s a great movie; crab petting; exploding whales; Homer’s mother; deadbeat dads; we are fam; popular sharks; shoe movies; sexy dismembered leg; the problem with horror films; watch One Cut of the Dead, says Nina; no swear people; whoops, I’m a racist; the no swear nation; translating context; manga yeesh; repression makes it worse; mayoral peanut; baby nuts; dental shame; in praise of the Shaw Brothers; why can’t we be friends; Question of the Week – Sneakers respond; drummer girls; tweenage campers; cat pill experts; contrarian lust; gay panic; Billy Connolly love; phony baloney Kid Rock, inanimate carbon rod; and, finally, no more fuzz.
Thanks for listening.
Question of the week: How do you feel about swearing? Are you a swear bear or never indulge?
Sub-question of the week: What’s a movie that sounds like it could be a martial arts movie, but isn’t?
Here’s a little song by Victoria Wood:
This is pretty long and some of it well nigh indecipherable, but here is Billy Connolly with The Last Supper:
3 hr 24 min
November 19, 2020 Sneaky Dragon Listening Party – Ep. 53 – Part 2

Hello, partygoers!

Welcome to Part 2 of the Listening Party’s Halloween Spooooooktacular!!!! We know it’s more in line with American Thanksgiving, but due to some bad planning – like when a character returns to the haunted house at night instead of in broad daylight – we ended up with a show that outstayed its welcome more than the demon in The Exorcist. So – like the neck of a teen who’s just had sex – we severed the show into two parts, and this week we present the grisly remains.

Once again, our remit: To counter Sneaky Dragon co-host Ian Boothby’s claim that there is only one Halloween song and that song is Bobby “Boris” Pickett’s “Monster Mash”, we decided to put together a selection of Halloween-themed or Halloween-adjacent tunes for your next Halloween party or summer camp bloodbath! Also, we read and respond to a bunch of your great comments.

This episode we are spinning:

* The Diamonds – “Batman, Wolfman, Frankenstein or Dracula” – Mercury Records 45” b/w “Walkin’ the Stroll”, 1959 – 16:05* The Five Blobs – “The Blob” – Columbia 45” b/w “Saturday Night in Tiajuana (sic)”, 1958 – 24:16* Bobby Please and the Pleasers – “The Monster” – Jaime Records 45” b/w “The Switch”, 1959 – 39:43* Joe South – “The Purple People Eater Meets the Witch Doctor” – National Recording Corporation 45” b/w “My Fondest Memories”, 1958 – 46:03* October Country – “My Girlfriend Is a Witch” – Epic Records 45” b/w “I Just Don’t Know”, 1968 – 56:42* Hans Conreid and Alice Pearce – “The Invisible Man” – Monster Rally, 1959 – 1:05:55* Bill Buchanan – “Beware” – United Artists 45” b-side to “The Night Before Halloween”, 1962 – 1:21:51* Tarantula Ghoul and Her Gravediggers – “Graveyard Rock” – Meadows Records 45” b-side to “King Kong”, 1959 – 1:30:08* Little Tibia and the Fibias – “The Mummy” – Mad Monster Party? (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack), 1998 (1967) – 1:49:54* Dr. Shock – “Let There Be Fright” – Cougar Records 45” b-side to “The Bloody”, 1970 – 2:00:02

Also playing on the old Victrola:

* Cat Stevens – “Portobello Road” – Matthew and Son, 1967 – 30:42

Fangs for listening!

We invite you to attend the Mad Monster Party? !!!

2 hr 12 min
November 14, 2020 Sneaky Dragon Episode 467
Hola, Sneakers. Welcome to Episode 467 of the best podcast without the letter Z!
This week: audiots; the Mandalorian Effect; all the right stuff; look into the abyss; aliens ex machina; water works; Snyder uncut; Heaven’s not so great; when the artists are united; sexy panther; feelings for drawings; muppetized vikings; the replacement host; game shows vs. talk shows; precocious child; stand ups; who is Pete Barbutti; joke spoiler; cat concerns; beloved pets; more stand ups; SNL who’s who; trick Trump; Question of the Week – Sneakers respond; bad seeds; duplicates; creative sleep; waking ghost; and the last of our bands/comic strips merge game!
Thanks for listening.
Question of the week: Have you ever found a cartoon character attractive?
Sub-question of the week: Who was a stand up comic you liked as a kid?
2 hr 24 min
November 08, 2020 Sneaky Dragon Episode 466
Hola, Sneakers. Welcome to Episode 466 of the Sneaky Dragon podcast – the only odcast that doesn’t use a “p”.
On this episode: a message from the past; can you hear me now; B.R.; D.I.Y. podcasts; creepy joke; jackhole definition; assholishness required; spite-powered; laud the dead; the frog chorus; comedy museum; safe Halloween; an Otto fixation; candy chutes; fretting over risk takers; things to do; something for the Trekkies; best Gilligan’s Island episode; best TV episodes according to a list; Ye-e-e-e-e-e-s-s???; the hat; alarmed; we second the recommendation; roostered; the pressure is off; the science is in: three hours is best; honest kids; crazy British quiz show; banal Jeopardy; Question of the Week – Sneakers respond; comic strips merge; America is waiting; Poky Little Puppy and other Golden book artists; and, finally, things get blue.
Thanks for listening.
Question of the week: How do you like to wake up?
Sub-question of the week: How do you like to go to bed?
Sub-sub-question of the week (late addition): How much sleep do you like to get in a night?
We’ve got some sweet pics this week:
First up, Louise’s candy chute sending bon-bons directly into to the mouths of unsuspecting infants!
Here is Pia’s blood-curdling candy chute featuring a skull that vomits candy all over hapless toddlers!
Mick Elliott sent in this creepy pic of a creepy dude who literally dares terrified youngsters to take his candy! BEWARE!!!
Speaking of costumes, how about Ed’s fabulous and hilarious Iron Chef costume. This is amazing, Ed!
And finally, not actually terrifying, but disturbing in its sloppiness. Dave’s cursive handwriting of episode notes for Sneaky Dragon:
Ian recommended it. You must watch it. Only Connect!
2 hr 31 min
November 05, 2020 Sneaky Dragon Listening Party – Ep. 53 Part 1

Hello, partygoers!

Welcome to Part 1 of the Listening Party’s Halloween Spooooooktacular!!!! Full of bone-chilling Halloween songs!!! And face-meltingly terrifying listener’s letters!!! Scary!!!!

To counter Sneaky Dragon co-host Ian Boothby’s claim that there is only one Halloween song and that song is Bobby “Boris” Pickett’s “Monster Mash” we decided to put together a selection of Halloween-themed or Halloween-adjacent tunes for your next Halloween party or demonic possession! (Fun!) Also, listener’s comments. (Also fun, but less scary.)

This episode we are spinning:

* Wade Denning and Kay Lande – “Halloween” – Golden Records Halloween: Games, Songs and Stories, 1969 – 4:58* Ralph Nielsen and the Chancellors – “Scream” – Surf Records 45 b/w “Little Demon”, 1962 – 13:38* The Swingin’ Phillies – “Frankenstein’s Party” – Deluxe Records 45 b/w “L-O-V-E”, 1957 – 20:24* Boots Walker – “They’re Here” – Rust Records 45 b/w “A Bum Can’t Cry”, 1967 – 30:00* Rasputina – “Gingerbread Coffin” – Cabin Fever, 2002 – 1:30:36* Vampire State Building – “Barnabas” – Roulette Records 45” b/w “I’m Bats About You”, 1969 – 1:39:47* Jack Kittel – “Psycho” – Psycho, 1974 – 1:51:21* The Kinks – “Wicked Annabella” – The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society, 1968 – 1:59:55* Ronnie Cook and the Gaylads – “Goo Goo Muck” – Audan Records 45” b/w “The Scotch”, 1962 – 2:11:00* The Buoys – “Timothy” – Scepter Records 45” b/w “It Feels Good” , 1970 – 2:29:50

Also playing on the old Victrola:

* The Rolling Stones – “Shattered” – Some Girls, 1978 – 37:12* Dire Straits – “Money for Nothing” – Brothers In Arms, 1985 – 41:06* George Harrison – “Dream Away” – Gone Troppo, 1982 – 49:52* Aimee Mann – “Momentum” – Magnolia, 1999 – 56:40* Pink Floyd – “Learning to Fly” – A Momentary Lapse of Reason, 1987 – 1:00:23* Gerry Rafferty – “Baker Street” – City to City, 1978 – 1:05:36* Smash Mouth – “All Star”– Astro Lounge, 2001 – 1:12:37

Thanks for listening.

We’re not sure if it’s a coincidence or some sort of meddling deviltry, but The Buoys’ “Timothy” was discussed on the latest episode of One Hit Wonderland:

2 hr 46 min
October 31, 2020 Sneaky Dragon Episode 465
Hola, Sneakers. Welcome to 465th episode of the podcast that really rocks steady!
On this episode: don’t clap for the wolfman; Sammy Hagar the horrible; a deep hole; virtually subscribed; diggin’ the hole; a special day; pro marriage tips; big treats; safe costume; inundated; Halloween vs. helicopter parents; dumb pun; Karate Kids; neither good nor plenty; licorice bits; keep on digging; good news; political virus; what will the future say; Borat feelings; Q drips; sneaky government; how to affect change; cult thinking; grace is important; social experiment; lets not be great; we’re a little worried for America; teamwork; curious about bicycles; old stories and older jokes; best protest; amusing platform; chummy satire; Question of the Week – Sneakers respond; highly faithful; a bunch of Jokers; Crime Story facts; disappointing square egg, cookies in your ears; Spock’s dismembered hands; be explicit; a holo gift; and, finally, ventriloquist corpse.
Thanks for listening.
Question of the week: What’s an effective way to use humnour to affect change?
Task of the week: Please feel free to continue Ian and David’s comic strip/rock band name merge game!
Sub-task of the week: Please send us a picture of yourself in costume for this year’s Halloween!
Sub-sub-task of the week: We need a demonstration of the Monster Mash. How does it go exactly?
Curious about Superman defeating a KKK-alike organization? Here’s Episode 1:
We can’t let a mention of Ian’s sit-com pilot Space Arm go by without a link. You can watch it right now! (Corner Gas fans will enjoy seeing Nancy Robertson!)
2 hr 28 min
October 24, 2020 Sneaky Dragon Episode 464
Hola, Sneakers. Welcome to the Episode 464 of the podcast that is still rebelling against the man!
On this episode: cooking; metric-challenged; enemy avocado; read ahead; elusive chervil; secret menus; war stories; condo-flagration; big pickle; known and unknown mysteries; murder shows; steamed death; dangerous mirrors; lil’detective; mad neighbours; unlimited actors; rote romance; Brightburned; super-repressed; my two dads; seatbelts and face masks; Ian recommends that David watch Ted Lasso; Question of the Week – Sneakers respond; name game; complicated cereals; moving innards; a Fincher assault; sad news; midnight runs; we are not a-muesli; and, finally, Jesus Christ honeyomb.
Thanks for listening.
Question of the week: What is a movie or TV show you find comforting?
Sub-question of the week: What’s your favourite jingle?
Here is the Canadian classic that – no kidding – terrified unsuspecting Canadian kids throughout the 60’s and 70’s!
2 hr 15 min
October 22, 2020 Sneaky Dragon Listening Party – Ep. 52

Hello, partygoers!

We hope you like music as much as we do. Because why else are you here??? This week we have a lot of music with our regular mix tape songs plus seven bonus tracks!

So, grab a spot on the old divan that I got out of my grandma’s basement and let’s listen to some witch rock, horn driven art crtiques, psych pop, orchestral-alt-rock, Smile-era banjos, freak folk, and folksy death!

This episode we are spinning:

* Rita Lee and Tutti-Frutti – “Yo No Creo Pero…” – Atrás do Porto Tem Uma Cidade, 1974 – 17:22* Stereolab – “One Small Step” – Aluminum Tunes, 1998 – 50:53* Meilyr Jones – “How to Recognize a Work of Art” – 2013, 2016 – 59:24* The Holy Modal Rounders – “Black Bottom” – Good Taste Is Timeless, 1971 – 1:07:37* Don Grady – “Impressions with Syvonne” – Canterbury single b/w “Leaving It Up to You”, 1967 – 1:31:00* The Besnard Lakes – “Disaster” – The Besnard Lakes Are the Dark Horse, 2007 – 1:59:37* The High Llamas – “Nomads” – Hawaii, 1996 – 2:07:24* Gruff Rhys – “American Interior” – American Interior, 2014 – 2:17:20* The GTOs – “Do Me In Once and I’ll Be Sad, Do Me In Twice and I’ll Know Better (Circular Circulation)” – Permanent Damage, 1969 – 2:27:35* Sufjan Stevens – “John My Beloved” – Carrie and Lowell, 2015 – 2:48:04

Also playing on the old Victrola:

* Cilibrinas do Eden – “Paxão da Minha Existencia Atribulada” – Cilibrinas do Eden, 1973 – 28:22* Arnoldo Baptista – “Cê Tá Pensando Que Eu Sou Lóki?” – Lóki?, 1974 – 45:09* The Holy Modal Rounders – “If You Want to Be a Bird” – Last Round, 1978 – 1:21:33* Ray Price – “You Done Me Wrong” – Columbiua single “Crazy Arms” b/w “You Done Me Wrong”, 1956 – 1:24:43* Don Grady – “Leaving It Up to You” – Canterbury single b/w “Impressions with Syvonne”, 1967 – 1:36:20* The Yellow Balloon – “Yellow Balloon” – Yellow Balloon, 1967 – 1:48:07* The Yellow Balloon – “Junk Maker Shoppe” – Yellow Balloon, 1967 – 1:56:18

Mixtape Download!

If you’d like to download this bi-week’s mix, click on this link! You can hear the whole mix with some pretty great transitions between songs.

Department of Corections:

Yes, Dave did say The Teddy Boys! What he meant was The Teddy Bears, who are famous for “To Know Him Is to Love Him” and for its most famous member, producer Phil Spector.

Design Travesty!

By Mary’s request, here is that truly ugly cover for Arnaldo Baptista’s LSD-casualty album Lóki?:

3 hr 3 min