Sneaky Dragon

By Ian Boothby and David DedrickComedy TV & Film Music Improv

Sneaky Dragon episodes

August 08, 2020 Sneaky Dragon Episode 453
Hola, Sneakers. Welcome to Episode 253 of the podcast that cares just that little bit more!
This week: the times they are a-changin’; unforgettable; autograph hounded; crashing it; thin skin storm; hi-ho silver linings; let’s get together; the towel of babble; faithfully yours; occulture club; not dead…yet; the master of dreck; shopping; slow cooking; it’s not a wash; surprise petunia; a big watershed; painful self-awareness; fuddy duddies; hit the road; careful viewing; breaking ghosts; vague Abbott and Costello; funny films; pro-Buster; pretty fishy; hunk o’burning priest; celebrity Christ; nice compliment; Question of the Week – Sneakers respond; a tail of murder; nice to ba an afterthought; Insta-Pot spokesperson; a pizza story; and, finally, some tusslin’.
Question of the Week: What’s your favourite funny movie?
Sub-question: What’s something you’re trying to get done this summer?
Thanks for listening.
2 hr 29 min
August 05, 2020 The Fansplainers – Ghostbusters

Ciao, cinemaphiles!

This week things get a little scary and more than a little ironical as we head back – way back – to the 1980s and watch a movie we like to call Ghostbusters!

It went up in Dave’s estimation and down a bit in Ian’s. Why? Well, let them fansplain it for you!

Thanks for listening.

2 hr 37 min
August 01, 2020 Sneaky Dragon Episode 452
Hola, Sneakers. Welcome to Episode 252 of the podcast that has never had a revival or – for that matter – an arrival.
This week: greater < lesser; cartoon analogy; Pebbles loves Bam Bam; more squashing and stretching; tracing humans; updating Gulliver’s Travels; more Dick; sci-fi lit crit; characters with character; gloom TV; Paddington meets Rupert; gentleman Hugh; shopping habits; canned foods; spicy; the appetizer revolution; homemake; the book of all knowledge; salty; beatin’ the heat; the dangerous sea; the Zoologists; clam-based; Question of the Week – Sneakers respond; use your noodles; more gizzards, lizards, and wizards; shame, shame on you; Ed’s theme; and, finally, moist and dank.
Question of the Week: How do you plan your meals?
Sub-question: Are you growing your food at home? If so, what are you growing?
Thanks for listening.
2 hr 3 min
July 30, 2020 Sneaky Dragon Listening Party – Ep. 46

Hello, partygoers! Welcome back to the rumpus room! Around here we like to say, “Go long or go…short.[?]” and this week we went really, really long.

We decided to do one more “taking a break” episode of the Listening Party for this bi-week as we take some time to respond to listener mail as well as give your Top 5 Songs lists a spin on the old Victrola.

We are listening to the following songs sent in – perhaps – by YOU!!!

Mary’s Top 5 “Songs That Aren’t Available on Spotify”:

* The Chairmen of the Board – “Give Me Just a Little More Time” – The Chairmen of the Board, 1970 – 19:02* Harvey Danger – “Flagpole Sitta” – Where Have All the Merrymakers Gone?, 1997 – 22:36* Joanna Newsom – “The Sprout and the Bean” – The Milk-Eyed Mender, 2004 – 27:46* The High Llamas – “Nomads” – Hawaii, 1996 – 33:53* Local Rabbits – “Play On” – Basic Concept, 1998 – 40:59

Chris Robert’s Top 5 Songs about Heaven/Paradise:

* Joan Armatrading – “Heaven” – Track Record, 1983 – 1:50:33* Eliza Gilkyson – “Paradise Hotel” – Paradise Hotel, 2005 – 1:56:31* Randy Newman – “How Great Our Lord” – Faust, 1995 – 2:01:45* Pixies – “Monkey Gone to Heaven” – Doolittle, 1988 – 2:06:54 * Michael Marra – “Heaven’s Hound” – Houseroom, 2012 – 2:11:52

Louise’s Top 5 Dancing Songs that Mention Moonlight:

* Van Morrison – “Moondance” – Moondance, 1970 – 2:21:28* King Harvest – “Dancing in the Moonlight” – Dancing in the Moonlight, 1970 – 2:26:47* Sixpence None the Richer – “Kiss Me” – Sixpence None the Richer, 1997 – 2:30:52* Neil Young – “Harvest Moon” – Harvest Moon, 1992 – 2:35:52* The Kinks – “Come Dancing” – State of Confusion, 1983 – 2:41:46

Bonus Top 5 Dancing Songs that Mention Moonlight Song:

* Loreena McKennitt – “All Soul’s Night” – The Visit, 1992 – 2:49:07

Nine-Years Old Louise’s Top 5 Partridge Family Songs:

(Good for playing while removing the bubble gum from your waist-length hair)

* The Partridge Family – “Point Me in the Direction of Albuquerque” – The Partridge Family Album, 1970 – 2:55:56* The Partridge Family – “Somebody Wants to Love You” – The Partridge Family Album, 1970 – 3:02:43* The Partridge Family – “Rainmaker” – The Partridge Family Sound Magazine, 1971 – 3:09:24* The Partridge Family – “I Think I Love You” – The Partridge Family Album, 1970 – 3:12:56* The Partridge Family – “Only a Moment Ago” – The Partridge Family Album, 1970 – 3:17:20

Chris Robert’s Bonus Top 5 Mountain Songs suggestion:

* Ian Hunter – “Walking with a Mountain/Rock’n’Roll Queen” – Welcome to the Club, 1980 – 3:22:37

Chris Robert’s Top 5 Science Songs:

* Kate and Anna McGarrigle – “NaCl” – Pronto Monto, 1976 – 3:29:13* Big Audio Dynamite – “E=mc2” – This is Big Audio Dynamite, 1985 – 3:33:01* They Might Be Giants – “Mammal” – Apollo 18, 1992 – 3:41:31* Tom Lehrer – “Werner Von Braun” – That Was the Year That Was, 1965 – 3:45:59* The Blind Boys of Alabama – “(Jesus Hits Like the) Atom Bomb” – Atom Bomb, 2005 – 3:50:33

Bonus Top 5 Science Song:

4 hr 45 min
July 26, 2020 Sneaky Dragon Episode 451
Hola, Sneakers. Welcome to the comedown episode of Sneaky Dragon as Ian and David go from the highs of their super-successful Listener’s Questions episode back to the drab, humdrum world of regular, old Sneaky Dragon.
Sigh…
Anyway, this week: short, but sweet; scofflaws; run it like a business; crazy money; holidaying; surly helpfulness; floaters; line steppers; boring travel; kid-designed; animal debt; beach bums; quarantine quarantine; lasting effects; mazes and mages; Hanks for the memories; TV hair troubles; RL Stine is real(!); big dummy; the last word in curses; unforgettable film; the magazine for kids; colonial slang; nice try, Benjamin Franklin; Question of the Week – Sneakers respond; bear tactics; Cockney greeting; and, finally, mind your pee and q’s.
Question of the Week: What is your favourite scary book?
Sub-question: What are your go-to summertime eats?
Thanks for listening.
Here is that painting of poor old Ben Franklin being forced to electrocute himself by some cruel cherubs:
2 hr 30 min
July 22, 2020 The Fansplainers – Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

Ciao, cinemaphiles!

This week Ian and Dave take a close look at Scott Pilgrim vs. the World – a movie both like more than a little bit!

So – let’s accompany our intrepid film fans to a magical, little place here in Canada we like to call Toronto and fansplain this funny, exciting, toucving movie.

Thanks for listening.

2 hr 16 min
July 20, 2020 Sneaky Dragon Episode 450
Hola, Sneakers. Welcome to our mega-episode of Sneaky Dragon! We asked for questions and you didn’t disappoint! Oh, you sent us questions and we answered. Every. One.
So here it is: the very, very, very long Episode 450.
We answered: musical beginnings; the Asylum of musical theatre; fiddling; let the questions begin; pataphysical science; kissed by the Blarney Stone; benign swears; regal and wanky; comical death; insubstantial changes; true blue; faces off; historic meeting; eh; America vs. Canada; quality; on the case; our best podcasts; things are looking up; plague diaries; scared kids; bad fantasy; the collector; fond memories; catty; inspiration; je recuse; rock and roll will never live; genuinely genius; not going solo; disregarded films; invite us to Belgium; British food; time sensitive; I can’t hear me; great authors; clichéd sound effects; miles ahead; squishing and squashing; winging it; pushing Tin; Muppet Team-Ups; best and worst Bible; where in the world is Sneaky Dragon?; forgiveness; mid-life mid-life crisis; perfect day; free mice; no gourmet; hosting duties; horny; good podcasts; sweet teeth; good habits; uncontrollable laughter; Lightfoot vs. Cockburn; movie music; death songs; super films; back in time; Tex mix; meta questions; long slog; pet news; creative depression; annoying questions; yammering; good things to come; Olympian memories; cable news; rascals; it was okay; gift opening; and, finally, time travel.
Thanks for listening.
THANK YOU, SNEAKERS, FOR ALL YOUR GREAT QUESTIONS!!! AND THANK YOU FOR TAKING TIME OUT OF YOUR BUSY LIVES TO LISTEN TO THIS CRAZY LITTLE SHOW EVERY WEEK!!!
And big thanks to Mick Elliot for the Australian chocolate and this beautiful picture which will soon be hanging on the studio wall.
And thank you again, Liam Penton, for taking the time to slog back through the first season of Sneaky Dragon to find those little audio gems.
And let’s send out a thank you to Nick Vuono and Chris Roberts for writing songs for our little show. It really means a lot! And if you’d like to watch Chris singing the song, well, you can watch it here:
Thanks for listening!!!
6 hr 46 min
July 16, 2020 Sneaky Dragon Listening Party – Ep. 45

Hello, partygoers! Come ride out the side effects of quarantine-itis in our ever-welcoming rumpus room. We’ve got the old Victrola spinning some discs and there is always a comfy seat for you.

This week we continue with Dave’s favourite kusical game: “Top 5 Songs” lists for one more week before we put our noses back to the grindstone.

Dave has the songs, Mary has her opinions, and you gotta love it!

Thanks for listening.

Top 5 “Green People” Songs

* Blossom Dearie – “Long Daddy Green” – My New Celebrity Is You, 1976 – 13:15* Gerry Marsden – “Gilbert Green” – from the CBS single “Gilbert Green’ b/w “What Makes Me Love You”, 1967 – 26:20* Josefin Ohm + The Liberation – “Sister Green Eyes” –Mirage, 2016 – 32:13* Prefab Sprout – “Green Isaac” – Swoon, 1984 – 39:05* Michael Hurley – “Light Green Fellow” – Armchair Boogie, 1971 – 49:24

Top 5 Drowning Songs

* Harry Nilsson – “Goin’ Down” – Knnillssonn, 1977 – 57:41* Otis Clay – “Pouring Water on a Drowning Man” – Atlantic Unearthed: Soul Brothers, 2006 – 1:08:31* The Supremes – “Going Down for the Third Time” – Motown single “Reflections” b/w “Going Down for the Third Time”, 1967 – 1:12:50* No Fun – “I Drowned” – Ghost Paper Boy in Robin’s Gay Trailer Park, 1982 – 1:23:19* The Monkees – “Goin’ Down” – Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn & Jones, 1967 – 1:27:01

Top 5 Mountain Songs

* Donovan – “There Is a Mountain” – Mellow Yellow, 1967 – 1:44:41* Neil Young – “Sugar Mountain (Previously Unreleased Stereo Master)” – Archives, Volume 1: 1963-1972, 2009 – 1:52:25* Inspiral Carpets – “Biggest Mountain” – Island Head EP, 1990 – 2:07:24* Prince and the Revolution – “Mountains” – Parade, 1986 – 2:15:18* Ike and Tina Turner – “River Deep, Mountain High” – Philles single “River Deep – Mountain High” b/w “I’ll Keep You Happy”, 1966 – 2:28:27

Top 5 Sleep Songs

* The La’s – “I Can’t Sleep” – The La’s, 1990 – 2:42:17* The Psychedelic Furs – “Sleep Comes Down” – Forever Now, 1982 – 2:48:04* The Turtles – “Sound Asleep” – White Whale single “Sound Asleep” b/w “Umbassa the Dragon”, 1968 – 2:58:53* The Tokens – “Some People Sleep” – Intercourse, 1969 – 3:07:10* Eleanor Rigby – “I Want to Sleep with You” – Censorship, 1987 – 3:11:47

Also on the old Victrola:

* Corb Lund – “Getting Down on the Mountain” – Cabin Fever, 2012 – 2:36:52

Thanks for listening.
3 hr 24 min
July 11, 2020 Sneaky Dragon Episode 449
Hola, Sneakers. Welcome to Episode 449! Who cares! Next week is our 450th episode!!!
This week (yawn…): make mine music; let’s start with confusion; clarification; we’ve got big bikes; boneshakers; we are not a number; no money television; Mary the elderly man; jazz dads; word stumping; pursued by bears; gift wine; challenge to Louise; plague songs; justifiable bumping; music theory; ending at the beginning; a really long Schoolhouse Rocks; numbers are confusing; the Greasy Beaver Act; burning down the house; controversial bowling alley; Lee Daniel’s The Pinboy; movie theatres are your home; sodium bomb; hot Caesar; egg bonanza; silent rollercoasters; heartbreaking Mormons; Question of the Week – Sneakers respond; and, finally, bad co-hosting.
Thanks for listening.
Question of the Week: What was your favourite TV show with a band?
Sub-question: Do you eat grilled cheese sandwiches and tomato soup in your part of the world?
Task of the Week: Help out Louise with some bear-based Shakespeare puns!
And don’t forget!!!
Don’t miss out on your chance to WIN WIN WIN
That’s right! Our 450th episode is next week when 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???
Here is that wine Ian would like very much to drink look at!
And that offending day planner that caused Dave so much trouble! (And that he didn’t write in himself! *blush*)
And, yes, The Prisoner is available on YouTube directly from Shout! Factory:
1 hr 53 min
July 08, 2020 The Fansplainers – Letters Show!

Ciao, cinemaphiles!

This week Ian and Dave pull out the old virtual mailbag and read some of your funny, erudite, agreeable and guilt-inducing comments, which sparks a good deal of conversation between Ian and Dave. (We know. We couldn’t believe it either!)

Thanks for listening.

2 hr 18 min