Our intrepid travelers, Rudra and Steve journey down many different roads, two-lane blacktops and Route 66 to find the essence of humor, encounter blind swordsman, masters of archery from hundreds of years ago, many different Batmen, Italian gangsters and cops and assassins with a baby carriage among many others. Return with us again to those thrilling days of yesteryear, today and THE WORLD OF TOMORROW!
01:23 - Deadpool says that…
03:41 - The Humor of Marx Brothers
09:20 - The Two Kind of Jokes
11:50 - Timing is Everything
15:40 - Two-Lane Blacktop and Route 66
21:17 - Music in Movies & Skorcing
39:00 - The Fantastic Adventures of Robin Hood
01:23 - Deadpool and genre (And difference between genre and form)
03:41 - The Humor of Marx Brothers (And Steve's favorite bits from Marx brothers movies)
Duck Soup: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0023969/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk
Chico Marx as Ravelli in Marx brothers Animal Crackers: You couldn't afford it...Heh...you see, if we don't rehearse, we don't play...And, if we don't play...That runs into money.
https://youtu.be/vhaDA7TneL4
"He really is an idiot." https://youtu.be/xsOf0TZPPWY
https://www.marx-brothers.org/whyaduck/info/movies/scenes/ravelli.htm
https://youtu.be/Zz1xUbJprCw
Groucho's best insults mix: https://youtu.be/4Bqm_xWUxPg
09:20 - Two Kind of Jokes – "Bits” versus "jokes"
Abbott and Costello's "Who's on First?”
Just the routine: https://youtu.be/sYOUFGfK4bU
Reaction video to the routine: https://youtu.be/5G9x2Uu19Sw
11:50 - Timing is Everything
15:40 - Two-Lane Blacktop movie
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067893/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053534/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk
21:17 - Music in Movies: Scoring vs “Scourse-ing” (Scoring using preexisting source music material)
Example: Baby Driver https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3890160/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk
28:00 - Zatoichi the Blind Swordsman and criterion collection Blu-ray and DVD additions
Zatoichi: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056714/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk
Criterion collection website: https://www.criterion.com/shop/browse?popular=new-releases
Zatoichi box it: https://www.criterion.com/boxsets/1012-zatoichi-the-blind-swordsman
Criterion articles on Zatoichi:
https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/2971-on-the-road-with-zatoichi
https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/4219-tony-rayns-on-the-meaning-of-zatoichi
32:50 - Convoy Busters, Mike Malloy and Eurocrime documentary
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0152018/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk
https://youtu.be/7ySak04-Q2o
https://www.cauldron-films.com/products/convoy-busters-limited-blu-ray-w-slipcase
https://diabolikdvd.com/product/convoy-busters-cauldron-films-le-slipcase-blu-ray-preorder/
https://www.amazon.com/Convoy-Busters-Special-Blu-ray-Karlatos/dp/B0BSCCDF9X
https://www.youtube.com/@toughandgritty
“Eurocrime! The Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the '70s” https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2015367/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk
39:00 - The Fantastic Adventures of Robin Hood the continuing evolution of a classic hero over hundreds of years
41:00 the many versions of Batman
Gotham by Gaslight: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7167630/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk
44:33 - Batman Beyond - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0147746/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk
Lone Wolf and cub – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068815/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk
Shogun assassin: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081506/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk
53:56 - Lord of Light written by Roger Zelazny
https://www.amazon.com/Audible-Lord-of-Light/dp/B09PFBPW2B/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3525HXT6VEEBY&keywords=lord+of+light+Roger+Zelazny&qid=1682623079&s=instant-video&sprefix=lord+of+light+roger+zelazny%2Cinstant-video%2C152&sr=1-1
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