Sneaky Dragon

By Ian Boothby and David DedrickComedy TV & Film Music Improv

Sneaky Dragon episodes

May 31, 2020 Sneaky Dragon Episode 443
Hola, Sneakers. Welcome to Episode 443 – apologies for the lateness, but you can’t fool with Mother Nature!
This week: apologies; swelling bits; muzzled heads; timeless living; old journals; recording your life; memory training; total recall; allergic to breakfast; reliable kitchen; demanding diets; retro veg; all dressed up; taco talk; awkward; dirty talk; manipulative media; Red Who?; and much, much more (…but I just want to get this darn show posted).
Thanks for listening.
Question of the Week: Who was a teacher that made a real difference in your life? (For good or bad.)
Sub-question: Is there something you have learned how to cook or bake recently?
AND DON’T FORGET!!!
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???
Here is Louise’s journal drawing of some squirrely behaviour!
And here is Ed’s series of violence against cartoon characters drawings!
2 hr 20 min
May 27, 2020 The Fansplainers – The Emoji Movie

Ciao, cinemaphiles!

Well, you voted. And you voted WRONG!!!

That’s right, Ian and Dave had to watch The Emoji Movie. You can hear it in their weary voices, you can see it in their thousand yard stares, and you can feel it in every raw, tear-stained, grimy moment of this episode.

But what did they think of the movie? Well, let them fansplain it for you!

Thanks for listening.

2 hr 23 min
May 24, 2020 Sneaky Dragon Episode 442
Hola, Sneakers. Welcome to Episode 442 – the episode so nice, we recorded it twice!
This week: Screw up city; lost show rundown; you can’t write home again; we need structure; free money; the nature of work; death by pun; meaningful days; busy bee; Peanuts time; tapdancing research; mom/mum; stolen kisses; friendless dads; mean girl skills; a joke too far; survival of the selfish; a young internet; emotional intelligence; and, finally, Question of the Week – Sneakers respond.
Thanks for listening.
Question of the Week: What is an emotionally intelligent change you made in your life?
Sub-question: What is a question you are always asked?
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???
2 hr 37 min
May 21, 2020 Sneaky Dragon Listening Party – Ep. 41

Hello, partygoers! We hope you like music and we hope you like Disney movies because those are the two things you’re getting this week! Also, the Vatican’s list of banned books.

Three things!

What we’re saying is: it’s the usual Listening Party – a bunch of music and a bunch of yakking between Mary and her dad. So come on in to the contagion-free rumpus room, take the bean bag chair over by the fireplace and join in the fun!

Let’s listen to:

* The Vines – “Mary Jane” – Highly Evolved, 2002 – 39:42* The Stranglers – “(Get a) Grip (On Yourself)” – Rattus Norvegicus (aka Stranglers IV), 1977 – 57:28* The Rose Garden – “Here’s Today” – 7” single b/w A-side “If My World Falls Through”, 1968 – 1:16:10* Generationals – “Spinoza” – Heza, 2013 – 1:33:45* Caribou – “Eli” – Andorra, 2008 – 1:51:09* The Clientele – “Since K Got Over Me” – Strange Geometry, 2005 – 1:59:43* Off Broadway USA – “Stay in Time” – On, 1979 – 2:09:31* The High Speed Scene – “In the Know” – The High Speed Scene, 2005 – 2:15:50* No Fun – “Blue Lust” – Snivel, 1984 – 2:28:26* The War on Drugs – “Under the Pressure (Edit)” – Lost in the Dream, 2014 – 2:36:37

And we also listened to:

* The Rose Garden – “Long Time” – The Rose Garden, 1968 – 1:31:24

Thanks for listening.

Mary wanted us to post these covers to some of Dave’s “mixtapes”.:

2 hr 54 min
May 17, 2020 Sneaky Dragon Episode 441
Hola, Sneakers. Welcome to Episode 441 – only 59 more shows and we’ll really be getting somewhere!
This week: selected starts; a little on the red nose; musical accomplishment; microwave chefs; our audience; microwave magic; this is a flavacol; self-referential; saccarine trust; racist taste buds; bad eaters; existence vs. reality; Gloria hallelujah; Living with the Chickens; treat drop; kneading the dough; DIY celebration; daily drawers; mystery art; it’s an honour to be OTTER-nated; nailed it; cartoon moves; even Norway; Wile. E. Coyote fanfic; funny beheadings; Dogman star; self-judgement; too much honesty; Chick Talk – The Case of the Disappearing Hen; Patreon fox; Question of the Week – Sneakers respond; prog recommndation; bonding; novel recommendation; monomanias; better horror; American hot wax; and, finally, superior cheesiness.
Thanks for listening.
Question of the Week: What is the specialty food in your region?
Sub-question: Tell us your favourite joke.
Longtime listener to the show Sarah Walsh has released a new EP of music and it’s really good! Please check out her page on Bandcamp where you can listen to the songs and confirm that we are right. Feel free to go to her Facebook page and give her a like as well!
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???
1 hr 56 min
May 13, 2020 The Fansplainers – Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Ciao, cinemaphiles!

A couple of weeks ago, Ian and Dave headed to the polls and asked you which of three films you’d like to hear us talk about. By an overwhelming majority you voted for Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

Luckily for Ian and Dave it’s one of their favourite movies so they had no trouble yakking it up. It’s all here: praise, personal backstory, history, nitpicking, much love, and a classic Ian and Dave argument!

Want to hear more? Well, let them fansplain it for you.

Thanks for listening.

2 hr 35 min
May 10, 2020 Sneaky Dragon Episode 440
Hola, Sneakers. Welcome to Episode 440 – a show about something. (When we know what that something is, we’ll let you know.)
This week on our talking-packed show: inspired nonsense; the chocolate of the Sierra Madre; eternal project; cash isn’t king; banker’s hours; Phase 2; the great bangs disaster; dumb joke; not fun fudge; visitation dreams; loved ones; show, don’t tell, but also tell, don’t show; undemonstrative dads; gasfighting; thinking ahead; bees vs. murder hornets vs. praying mantis; blithe ignorance; red in tooth and claw; insect politics; better than it should be; the Price is creepy; stumbling on; the Best Scene channel; you need your valleys; no argument; car chased; the French continuation; the Seventies ending; awkwardly cool; behind the porn curve; eat local; breakfast for dinner; tomato talk; Question of the Week – Sneakers respond; plain ol’bread; ridiculous names; bagelling match; goofy gremlin; monomaniacal; the cost of loving; and, finally, the romaine lettuce exchange rate.
Thanks for listening.
Question of the Week: What food don’t you like very much, but are okay with mixed in with other food?
Sub-question: What horror movie remake is better than the original?
Sub-sub-question: Tell us about a monomaniacal project you’ve done or are in the midst of doing like listener Todd’s Twilight Zone re-watch or Dave’s Trollope-a-thon?
Big news!
Longtime listener to the show Sarah Walsh has released a new EP of music and it’s really good! Please check out her page on Bandcamp where you can listen to the songs and confirm that we are right. Feel free to go to her Facebook page and give her a like as well!
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???
Curious about the Ursula K. Leguin essay Dave mentioned. The original essay seems to have disappeared back into the book of essays it was drawn from, but here is a nice overview.
2 hr 2 min
May 07, 2020 Sneaky Dragon Listening Party – Ep. 40

Hello, partygoers! Well, we’ve had a pretty rough time the last little while. A lot of people suffering – some in their homes, some at their jobs, some just out for a walk with their dog.

That’s right. We’re talking about our most recent novelty songs mixtape! The good news is it’s all done for now and we can get back to just living through a pandemic.

This bi-week we start listening to side one of Pierce Johnson’s first of two mixtapes that were made especially for him. We hope you enjoy it as much as Pierce did. At least, we hope he enjoyed it! And we hope you do too!

So let’s listen to:

* Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks – “My Cello” – Beatin’ the Heat, 2000 – 37:09* Low – “California” – The Great Destroyer, 2005 – 1:22:44* Karen Dalton – “Are You Leaving for the Country?” – In My Own Time, 1971 – 1:33:24* Kidrock – “Aunt Annie’s Place” – Circus Days: Pop-Psych Obscurities 1966-1972, 2010 – 1:43:54* Marah – “East” – 20,000 Streets Under the Sky, 2003 – 1:51:47* Lyme and Cybelle – “Follow Me” – 7” single b/w “Like the Seasons”, 1966 – 1:59:24* Field Music – “Them That Do Nothing” – Field Music (Measure), 2010 – 2:13:34* Sloan – “Can’t You Figure It Out?” – Never Hear the End of It, 2006 – 2:20:25* Local Rabbits – “Yo Teach!” – You Can’t Touch This, 1995 – 2:40:07* Hearts and Flowers – “Tin Angel (Will You Ever Come Down)?” – Of Horses, Kids and Forgotten Women, 1968 – 2:51:55* Fred Wesley and the J.B.’s – “Blow Your Head” – Pass the Peas: The Best of the J.B.’s, 2000 – 3:03:01

And we also listened to:

* The Charlatans – “Alabama Bound” – The Amazing Charlatans, 1996 – 44:53* Moby Grape – “Hey Grandma” – Moby Grape, 1967 – 54:36* Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks – “I Scare Myself” – KSAN Radio Broadcast, 1971 – 1:11:41* Lyme and Cybelle – “Song 7″ – 7” single b/w “Write If You Get Work”, 1966 – 2:09:30* The Magic Band – “Sweet Sweet Bulbs” – Grow Fins: Rarities 1965-1982 (Disc Three: Trout Mask House Sessions, 1969) – 1999 – 2:45:39

Thanks for listening.

Mary’s view while Dave stared out into a soggy suburban backyard:

To illustrate the point that Dave was making about The Charlatans, here are some pictures of them in their finery:

Cowboy dudes

Boatsmen

Dan Hicks as Collegian

These pictures were all taken from the lavish book that accompanies Rhino’s beautiful Nuggets series collection Love Is the Song We Sing: San Francisco Nuggets 1965-1970.

In regards to the turn of the century styles on display among the Bohemians of the early SF rock scene, we direct you to this picture of Dan Hicks’ apartment on the back of the album Original Recordings:

Decorated from furniture found at the local Goodwill, no doubt.
3 hr 21 min
May 03, 2020 Sneaky Dragon Episode 439
Hola, Sneakers. This week on Sneaky Dragon, friend of the show and Third Dragon Nina Matsumoto virtually drops by for a visit.
Nina, Ian and Dave talk: a big wave; premature gesticulation; angry Nick Park; British disconnect; I’m not here; mainstream taste; comedy nerds; talky TV; snobby taste; too impersonal; catching up; sourdough tips; pancake mix-up; nervous talker; no money, mo’ problems; okay with it; Otter nominated; lucky lockdown; well-stocked; self-intoxication; dry perogies; we all scream for cream cheese; food substitution; secret menus; house disruption; Nina news; Canadian measurements; remote marriage; father of the sloth; pro-marriage; stabbing area; nerd balance; a parrot’s life for me; wait and hurry up; the getaway; griping abpout sniping; who is that masked man; Question of the Week – Sneakers respond; practical audiophile corner; Tom and Jerry and Willy and Me; chocolate avalanche; third times a chore; and, finally, aw shucks.
Thanks for listening.
Question of the Week: Have you ever been apart from someone you love? What did you do about it?
Sub-question: What’s your favourite bread or bun?
Sub-sub-question: Do you like your perogies “dry”?
The Sneaky Dragon Q&A Show is coming!
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.
Thank you, Caanan, for this sweet chocolate haul!
Here is the lovely sketch Caanan drew in Dave’s copy of the book!
Here is the nifty mechanism that lifts the CD out of the Mobile Fidelity CD case!
And, last and most certainly least, a couple of clips from Tom and Jerry and Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUCEALpYa40
2 hr 39 min
April 26, 2020 Sneaky Dragon Episode 438
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.
2 hr 19 min