Sneaky Dragon

Ciao, cinemaphiles!

Our pre-Oscar party continues with a viewing of Greta Gerwig’s adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s beloved novel Little Women.

The film is up for Best Picture this year with a couple of nods to Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress and Best Adapted Screenplay, but Gerwig – who really did do something new with her adaptation and really exercised her directorial muscles – did not get a nod for Best Director.

What do Ian and Dave make of all this? Well, let them fansplain it for you.

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Hola, Sneakers. Welcome to Episode 426 of the Sneaky Dragon podcast – the podcast with the most regret!!!

This week: doing a podcast; high voice/low voice; for our fans in Micronesia; we’re getting there; cow chicken cow; tiny porn; making sparks; heritage; shooting gallery; hooked on Coronation Street; pub culture; omnibus edition; Dark Shadows; in defense of The Lone Ranger; special effects; uncanny forest; everywhere is Tatooine; banjo and mando; teen hell; corpse water; infernal signage; no consequences; it’s popular but no good; check out Kanopy; talk about pop, pop culture; father/daughter podcasts; Ian is outraged; Ian’s remorse; Spock’s hat is a toque; Question of the Week – Sneakers respond; Nemo love; beautiful comics; Kickstarted!; Star Wars comics; worst Darth Vader; vomit and poo; and, finally, roots and oops.

Question of the Week: What is a more appropriate name for Sneaky Dragon? Sub-question: Tell us your possible genetic heritage.

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If you’re interested in Vancouver’s Tiny Porn story, you can follow this link!

Hello, partygoers! Welcome back to the most popular music podcast hosted by a father and his daughter! Now that’s narrow-casting!

This week: Mary brings side two of Laundromancer – her playlist designed to be listened to while folding clothes. However, Mary hs informed us that it can also be listened to while doing other mundane tasks so feel free to play it while you wash dishes, scrub the floor or clean the bathroom!

Or you can settle down into a big ol’ comfy chair with a mug of hot liquid and a plate of goodies, and listen to:

* Judee Sill – “I’m Over” – Dreams Come True, 2005* B.J. Thomas – “This Guy’s in Love with You” – Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head, 1969* Band of Horses – Weed party – Everything All the Time, 2006* The Byrds – “Set You Free This Time” – Turn! Turn! Turn!, 1965* Cardinal – “If You Believe in Christmas Trees” – Cardinal, 1994* Lia Ices – “Daphne” – Grown Unknown, 2011* The Decemberists – “Yankee Bayonet (I Will Be Home Soon)” The Crane Wife, 2006* Eric Matthews – “No Gnashing Teeth” – The Lateness of the Hour, 1997* Midlake – “Young Bride” – The Trials of Van Occupanther, 2006* Nick Drake – “Hazey Jane II” – Bryter Layter, 1971* Samantha Crain – “Kathleen” – Under Branch and Thorn and Tree, 2015

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Hola, Sneakers. Welcome to Episode 425! Is it okay to say we’re halfway there? Where that is we’re not too sure!

This week: mixed up; pinky toed; a token of our esteem; sexy gym; our legacies; replication is fun; art = childbirth; the cold shoulder from the third dragon; pasta is a dish best served cold; the real Chef Boyardee; the Aunt Jemima Cookbook is short; syrup vs. syrup; mac and cheese tips; cold foods; medicine break; disturbing fingers; grateful cats; unfunny comic strips; Blondie talk; a newspaper comic strip overview; it’s easy to be funny; trivial headlines; don’t give the people what they want; Peanuts first commercial; Question of the Week – Sneakers respond; and, finally, Dave at your window.

Question of the Week: What newspaper or webcomic strip would you recommend to other Sneakers?

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If you would like to support fellow Sneaker Canaan Grall’s Kickstarter campaign, please go here! He is very close to his goal, and you can help him reach it!

Ciao, cinemaphiles!

This week on The Fansplainers, Ian and Dave are joined by their friend Vicky Van for some Oscar talk as they discuss, rate, rank, and make predictions for this year’s nominees for Best Picture.

They have lots of thoughts about Ford v Ferrari, The Irishman, Jo Jo Rabbit, Joker, Little Women, Marriage Story, 1917, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, and Parasite, and are more than willing to share them with you!

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Hello, partygoers! Well, as the saying goes: better late than never!

We apologize for our tardiness this week. Needless to say, thisngs were really hopping in Stu-Stu-Studio this week! (Please check out Episode 424 of Sneaky Dragon for the whole, crazy, forgetting-your-left-arm story.) Thankfully, Mary stepped up to the plate and provided her own playlist and took the notes this week.

So, grab a comfy chair, and settle down in the Listening Party Rumpus Room to hear:

* Boy – “Black Cat” – Every Page You Turn, 2004* Big Star – “Thirteen” – #1 Record, 1972* Jeffrey Frederick and the Clamtones – “Singing to the Dentist” – Spiders in the Moonlight, 1977* Elliot Smith – “Baby Britain” – X/O, 1998* Caroline Peyton – “Engram” – Wayfaring Strangers: Ladies from the Canyon, 2006 [from her debut album Mock Up, 1972]* The Mohawk Lodge – “Wear ‘Em Out” – Wildfires, 2007* Akron/Family – “Gone Beyond” – Meek Warrior, 2004* The Besnard Lakes – “Disaster” – …are the Dark Horse, 2004* Sufjan Stevens – “The Henney Buggy Band” – The Avalanche, 2006

Thanks for listening. Rock on!

You see! It really is an ugly cover!

staying power!

This week on Sneaky Dragon: get frantic; snowbound; bird names; human names; mid-period Saturday Night Live thoughts; let’s talk about Eddie Murphy; not for Dave; no Hart; coming out; we need undismissable athletes; not funny; fun with psychosis; they’re called deadlines for a reason; Ian likes jerks; no power; process; Question of the Week – Sneakers respond; more horror musicals; TV recommendations; motion carried; hexes in Texas; strangely popular; and, finally, all done.

Question of the Week: What is the tiredest you’ve ever been and why did you need to push the limits?

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Hola, Sneakers. Welcome to the podcast that made it to episode 423!

This week on Sneaky Dragon: us be us; open creeps; people saturation; help reviews; learn boredom; lawn maintenance saturation point; frugal youth; arts and entertainment; passing fame; musical life span; stick up for the love children; edgy host; truck-driving apes; shut up. actor; crazy famous; blue-collar profession; magic hands; disparagement; anti-intellectuals; whack-a-celebrity; the cornered persona; colleges aren’t funny anymore; Question of the Week – Sneakers respond; good guy Dracula; time for a beard; horn dog penis; TV recommendations; stabbing is bad; TV unrecommendations; best lines for me; maudlin Muppets; strange kids show moments; Captain Kangaroo nerd; stressed-out brain food; recharging time; and, finally, some band recommendations.

Question of the Week: When did you stop listening to another podcast and why? (Obviously the original question was why did you stop listening to Sneaky Dragon, but I guess no one will answer that question.) Sub-question: What is something from your childhood that will soothe your stressed-out brain?

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Here is a “Good morning, captain” supercut ending in a VERY 70s bubblegum-country theme song:

The appearance by Big Bird at Jim Henson’s funeral:

Ciao, cinemaphiles!

Well. we hinted, and you guessed; we insinuated, and you suspected; we implied, and you inferred…

And you were right!!!

This week, after our last episode’s epic troll through the Star Wars saga, Dave and Ian spend THREE hours discussing the newest entry into the Star Wars universe, The Rise of Skywalker.

Three. Hours.

Dave is rife with corporate conspiracy theories and Ian has his own thoughts. What were they? Well, we’ll just have to let them fansplain it for you!

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Hola, Sneakers. We didn’t say it during the show, but Happy New Year to all of you from all of us!

Let’s ring in the New Year with: we got nothing; perfect hindsight; mixed up; poly sat.; Battlestar Galactica; house tag again; surprise house; Psycho disappointment; Family Plot misremembrances; loose direction; Clint Eastwood contributions; Eiger Sanction recommendations; a minute by minute slog; fireworks are all the same; British know-it-alls; racially insensitive restaurants; sequel gaps; Casino Royale – Exhibit A; it’s a sad, sad, sad, sad movie; horror comedies; Costello makes his case; some Bob Hope notes; fantasy Canadian horror comedies; Question of the Week – Sneakers respond; food à la insults; name flubbery; Scottish geography; made up Australian goodies; Wii besties; corsetted kindness; a candid moment; we recommend muppety things; more apologies, please; and, finally, forthcoming genetic heritage.

Question of the Week: Pitch your own comedy team/horror mash up (and it doesn’t have to be Canadian). Sub-sub-question: Something underrated that is playing on a streaming service that you’d recommend.

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We don’t know if you’ll be able to spot Louise, but here is the trailer for Secrets of a Married Man – it looks pretty even-handed:

Here is The Nut-Sack Bunch: