
 
This week, Sneaky Dragon’s Ian Boothby and David Dedrick look at the Beatles second album, Please Please Me, as well as their third and fourth singles, “From Me to You” and “She Loves You”. Ian finds his own narrative on the LP; David gives George Martin his props and discusses John and Paul’s writing methods. There is also the usual general silliness.

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Compleatly Beatles takes a fun, irreverent look at all the Beatles albums – one album and every song per show.

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Hola, Sneakers. Welcome to Episode 444, which is one hundred and eleven more exciting then Episode 333!



This week: Off-season awards; Dave’s controversial tweets; acceptance; unfunny groove; our Return of the King; Peter Jackson ruined; Hobbit forming; Core values; immersive nostalgia; terrifying old ladies; mean machines; Pixar horror; It’s the pits; viewer as the victim; Top 10 Stephen King films; hobbling minority; the Big Ben of America; throwing money at an invisible wall; 30-year old high school graduate; don’t wait for retirement; past self/future self; joyless excess; future self/past self; socially distant socializing; hair roulette; K-Tel klassics; Question of the Week – Sneakers respond; clunkers; On Her Majesty’s Point Counter-Point; impostor syndrome; fantastic forts; overheards; Deck Talk; Chick Talk; and, finally, end on poop.



Thanks for listening.



Question of the Week: What’s something that your pet does that’s weird?Sub-question: Who was your favourite author as a teenager? (Comics fans, we’ll count a team if necessary!)



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 sneakyd@sneakydragon.com. If you’d like, record your questions, send us an audio file, and we’ll play it during the show. Fun, right???



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Ian mentioned some K-Tel gizmos from our faraway youths. Here is a link to a bunch of ads, but we’ll post a couple of choice ones below:















And for some reason the article missed this gizmo, which seemed so magical when we were kids:







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Hola, Sneakers! Welcome to Episode 410 of the podcast that never ends.



This week: name change; let’s get to the bottom of this; nervous making; pet guilt; winter is coming; comediennes; Phyllis Diller and her unsupportive husband; Batman villains are all made up; storyboards; low-key tiger; animated movies diss; sexy rodents; Canadianisms; political relief; where would you live; back to schooldays; sandwich travel; defensiveness; swearing in context; confronting Dave’s past; Seventies humour; satire of the sacrosanct; and, finally, cringing at old art.



Thanks for listening.



Question of the Week: What impersonations can you do? Sub-question: Where you live, is there any regional slang?



We keep mentioning it and here, at last, is the link to some delicious Eggs Dedrick!







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Hello, fellow music fanatics, and welcome to Episode 24 of our little podcast in which we celebrate mixtapes and all the wonderful music that has found its way onto those precious cassettes.



This week Mary returns as host to bring you side two of her own mixtape project – designed to help pass the working hours, cleaning toilets and making beds. (A big ask for a mixtape!)



So, make yourselves comfortable in the Listening Party lounge – curl up with a nice warm blanket and bring your favourite drink. We have some nacho chips this week!



Thanks for listening.



On this episode we listened to:



* King Biscuit Time [aka Steve Mason] – “I Walk the Earth” – No Style EP, 2000* Harvey Danger – “Flagpole Sitta” – Where Have All the Merrymakers Gone?, 1997* Margaret Glaspy – “You and I” – Emotions and Math, 2016* Local Rabbits – “Nightingale” – Basic Concept, 1998* The Go! Team – “Huddle Formation” – Thunder, Lightning, Strike, 2004* Joni Mitchell – “Big Yellow Taxi” – Ladies of the Canyon, 1970* The Monochrome Set – “He’s Frank (Slight Return)” – Volume, Contrast and Brilliance: Sessions and Singles Vol. 1, 1983* The La’s – “Timeless Melody” – The La’s, 1990* Corb Lund – “Pour ‘Em Kinda Strong” – Cabin Fever, 2012* Sloan – “Underwhelmed” – Smeared, 1992



Thanks for listening.

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Well, Beatles fans, this is it: the final episode of Compleatly Beatles. We have to say we’re a little bit sad, but also pretty proud of this series. We know some of you wanted us to keep the show going into the solo albums, but we felt like that was not the core mission of the show – which was to look at and discuss every Beatles album from Please Please Me to Abbey Road and that’s exactly what we did.
You’ll be glad to know that we answered some of your questions – hopefully all of them, but if we left someone out, we blame Dave. Speaking of Dave, he got to nerd out on some deep context, and he and Ian had some fun answering  questions like favourite Beatle books, ranking the albums and making their personal Beatle playlists.
A big thank you to all our listeners and a big thank you to those of you who have written into the show over the last few months with your comments, questions, trivia, corrections, interesting links, stories, etc. We’ve loved hearing from all of you. And a big thanks to Wayne Henderson of mediavoiceovers.com for sending us some recorded feedback. It was a real pleasure to receive something extra we could use on the show (and boost our egos!). Wayne hosts five different podcasts (!) – and Ian and Dave complain about doing two – including The Packers Fan Podcast and an Under the Dome podcast. You can see his other podcasts at his website. He’s a busy guy!
Goodbye, everyone! Thank you for listening.

Real Love


Hello, Beatle fans. On this episode of Compeatly Beatles, Ian and Dave take a look at all the Beatles films: A Hard Day’s Night, Help!, Magical Mystery Tour, Yellow Submarine and Let It Be. As usual, there is lots of background and history, but there is lots of discussion about the films. Which is their favourite? And which is their least favourite? As usual, they do not agree, but you’ll have to listen to find out the answer!
Oh, bee tee dubs, Clara Bow was the “It” girl, not Mary Pickford, who was “American’s Sweetheart” or Theda Bara, the first “vamp”.

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