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It's Super Bowl week, and to celebrate we release the first of two football-themed episodes of Yeah Uh Huh.  In his career, Dean Simone has game planned against Burt Reyndolds's and Huggy Bear's sons and Giancarlo Stanton as a California high school football coach.  He has rocked venues as far away as Tokyo Japan with his band "The Smokin' Cobras",  and has thrown down in an old school barroom brawl at the Troubador Club on the sunset strip that featured flying chairs and broken noses.  But none of that stuff is why he visited the chatlab recently.  "Game Day" is the story of an Italian-American family from Philadelphia who converge on their parents' suburban Philadelphia domicile every Sunday to watch their beloved "Iggles" wage ware agains the NFC East.  Football is an aggressive game,  but it does not take long to realize the number of personal fouls in the game the Forte family play against one another this particular week far outweighed the transgressions between the birds and the boys.  Dean's fingerprints are all over this film in his multi-dimensional role,  not the least of which being lead actor.  I had a tough time editing this episode down to a manageable length,  we talked so long and effortlessly.  We had so much fun talking to Dean the episode just seemed to produce itself. 

YUH Them by David T and Mojo 3

https://www.amazon.com/Insanity-Sobriety-Blues-David-Mojo3/dp/B091N8BJNB

Bonus Video of this Episode on Daily Motion

https://dai.ly/k50AuihRGz2T5gxBCgo

Game Day the movie website:

https://www.gamedaythemovie.com/

Game Day Trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mdb-PyOL8c

Game Day feature on CBS Philly

https://youtu.be/SY9MvShPYgU

Dean Simone on IMDB

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0800482/

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Jeff Demaree checks back in to talk about the James Webb Space Telescope, Thich Nhat Hanh, the super bowl bound superspreading Bengals, Meatloaf, Kids for Peace and more.  I kick it off with a gross Covid test that you can watch on our Spotify feed.  Fun was had by all.  

YUH Theme by David T and Mojo 3

https://www.amazon.com/Insanity-Sobriety-Blues-David-Mojo3/dp/B091N8BJNB

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In October of last year we went on vacation to Las Vegas and Los Angeles.  Our co-host Aaron really took care of us by picking us up in Vegas and driving us back to Thousand Oaks,  stopping at several points of interest and indulging us with hours of live Phish music.  Along the way we got to see Fremont Street,  Calico, Spahn Ranch and the aliens of Baker, CA and the largest thermometer in the world!  This if the first of a two parts about our trip,  and if you have Spotify you can see many of our photos and videos from the ride.  Just don't tell Neil Young and Joni Mitchell!

Websites to enhance this episode

The Fremont Street Experience

https://vegasexperience.com/

The Erotic Heritage Museum

https://www.eroticmuseumvegas.com/

The Mob Museum Las Vegas

https://themobmuseum.org/

The Rat Pack is Back Stage Show at the Tuscany Hotel

https://ratpackisback.com/

Calico Attractions

https://www.calicoattractions.com/

Video for Gorillaz - Stylo - Shot in Calico CA.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhPaWIeULKk

Spahn Ranch Youtube video - The Grimm-Life Collective

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9qSwK4eSaE

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The Mercury Theatre Podcast brings back the days of yesteryeear with a large cast of talented voice actors recruited from around the web to deliver weekly anthlogy plays.  The mastermind behind this creative venture is John Badger, a latter day Orson Welles who writes most of the scripts and pre and post production tasks.  Lisa,  Aaron and I listened to quite a few from the anthology series and were particularly entertained by the shows about the Wright Brothers and The Denver Airport,  in addition to the clever mock commercials peppered there in.  Each episode of The Mercury Theatre podcast is between 25 to 30 minutes long,  or only a fraction of the 30-plus hours John commits a week to to pre and post production.  Our Spotify video this week includes of our cagy feline friend Solomon and lots of random pyro!  So,  you will not want to miss the visuals :).  

Note:  This episode is dedicated to my beautiful sister Brenda,  who recently passed at the age of 62 - Phil

The Mercury Theatre Podcast Website

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The Mercury Theatre Podcast on Spotify

https://open.spotify.com/show/2EhHisbIR4BZZlSEurLtIh?si=JSIDbCuZRK6oTJ-c0WSF7A

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We spent last Saturday with Rett talking about Frank and Dweezil Zappa,  MTS Management, Weird Al and north Florida legends Lyndard Skynard and Tom Petty.  His upcoming album is "Around The Bend", quite literally,  and we took a pretty deep dive behind the whiskey-soaked concepts driving songs like "New Year's Day", "Sleep it Off" and "Dead and Buried".  The album drops this spring,  but here you are privy to three full tracks from this smorgasboard of singer-song writer delights a full two to three months before the online launch party!  On top of all this,  it got real surreal for a minute just after the traditional ad break.  Rett came to play in the chat lab,  complete with Peter Parker and Clark Kent references.  Oh,  and Regan has graduated to Waffles!

Note:  This is our first episode with our new,  original intro music by our good friends David T. and Mojo 3!

Insanity Sobriety the Blues by David T. & Mojo3 on Amazon Music - Amazon.com

Rett Wicker Official Website

https://www.rettwicker.com/  

Rett Wicker on Youtube

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsgdGT06N_y5U7EfcxYQ1nQ

Interview with Rett at MTS Management

https://www.mtsmanagementgroup.com/2022/01/exclusive-interview-with-rett-wicker/

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After a career as an executive in the successful "Everything's A Dollar" retail chain,  Gramps Jeffrey was inspired to take a turn at writing a children's book due to his experiences with his own 6 grandchildren.  Written during the quiet solitude of the pandemic,  "I Don't Want to Turn 3" is based in a true story.  Names have been changed to protect the precocious,  but it is the story of Justin and a very bad habit he had developed during his terrible two's.  We all come to verious moral and ethical crossroads in our lives,  and the story explores one of those rites of passage most all of us are forced to confront very early in life.  We will not disclose the ending,  but you and your own kids and grandkids are sure to appreciate it's lesson.

Note: Yeah Uh Huh does not endorse Grand Theft Auto,  and any confession to crimes that may or may not have been committed approximately 45 years ago are covered by the Statute of Limitations of our state and are not admissable in court :).

Gramps Jeffrey Official Website

https://grampsjeffrey.com/

"I Don't Want to Turn 3" on Amazon

https://www.amazon.com/I-Dont-Want-Turn-3/dp/1665526947/ref=sr_1_1?crid=U2S0XQFOHOSG&keywords=gramps+jeffrey&qid=1641523573&sprefix=gramps+jeffrey%2Caps%2C98&sr=8-1

"The Secrets of Retailing: Or How to Beat Walmart" by Marc Joseph

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Fifty two years ago Michael Lindsay-Hogg produced the largely reviled documentary "Let It Be".  The film became known for it's apparent depiction of the sad,  acrimonious end of the greatest rock and roll band of all time,  The Beatles.  So much was made of that portrayal that it has helped to shape rock and roll folklore and perpetuate falsehoods about the band's break up that have gone virtually uncontested all this time.  It was not until famed "Hobbit" director Peter Jackson was given access to 60 hours of unreleased 8mm film from those sessions,  in addition to 150 hours of audio,  that the world became exposed to a far different story.  For a world trying to crawl and pull itself out of the quagmire of Corona,  the results of Jackson's technical restoration was were almost inspirational.  In "Get Back",  the incredible 3 part documentary released on Disney Plus over this year's Thanksgiving holiday,  we get to see the fab four rewrite history and show that the chemistry of their earliest days of the Cavern Club and their very first salvos of the British Invasion of 1963 was still alive and well.  If you have not seen it,  we encourage you to go back and take however much time it requires to consume 8 hours of documentary perfection then come back to listen to Lisa,  Aaron, myself and special guest Nick make our observations.  

Note:  Spotify users will be able to see the video for this episode

"Get Back" on Disney+

https://www.disneyplus.com/series/the-beatles-get-back/7DcWEeWVqrkE

Trailer for "Get Back"

https://youtu.be/Auta2lagtw4

No Beatles music was used in this episode.  All Music in this episode are unlicensed from the following free sources

An album in the style of The Beatles, generated by OpenAI Jukebox

https://youtu.be/yZu24pddzwk

Sitar Music No Copyright| Indian Music Sitar

https://youtu.be/YOmgNKu4IkA

Video used in this Episode

The Beatles - Live at Crosley Field, Cincinnati, Ohio (August 21, 1966)

https://youtu.be/3srwQ4E-KQ4

Beatles Abbey Road cover photo session

https://youtu.be/3LmncKbU1LQ

The Beatles' final photo session (FULL FILM)

https://youtu.be/QbJWdBcYZmM

The Beatles reunion- live at Friar Park-1994 (full version)

https://youtu.be/YQi3UkJbIGM

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On Dec. 10, 2021 the Frank Capra holiday classic "It's A Wonderful Life" celebrated it's 75th anniversary.  Like so many, Lisa and I have seen the movie multiple times,  including a nostalgic visit to the theatre a couple years ago to see it how it was meant to be seen (on the big screen).  The movie has fans around the world.  Our guests this week were inspired by this 1946 Jimmy Stewart showcase to co-write a classic of their own.  Using the element of time travel juxtaposed against a nefarious heist caper,  authors Doug Stebleton and Reinhard Denke tell the compelling tale of Evan West,  a modern day film afficiando suddently transported to the set of one of the greatest movies ever made.  With characters like Donna Reed,  Henry Fonda,  Frank Capra and John Wayne intermingling with Evan and his partner in time,  William "Coop" Cooper,  be prepared for a great new take on the celluloid masterpiece.  Read "It's a Wonderful Time" over the holidays.

Merry Christmas!

Note:  There is video for this episode if watched on Spotify

Official Website for "It's a Wonderful Time"

https://www.hollywoodtimetravel.com/optin1594144251399

Purchase "It's a Wonderful Time" on Amazon

https://www.amazon.com/Its-Wonderful-Time-Hollywood-Travel-ebook/dp/B09J8CS7PD/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=it%27s+a+wonderful+time&qid=1634426510&sr=8-3

Press Release for "It's a Wonderful Time"

https://d2saw6je89goi1.cloudfront.net/uploads/digital_asset/file/957019/Press_Release_1_Final_.pdf

Video Clips used in this Episode

0:37 - Inside Edition Report on 75th anniversary of "It's a Wonderful Life"

https://youtu.be/674_RSfO6w8

33:28 - Classic "It's a Wonderful Life Remembered at 75" by the Associated Press

https://youtu.be/OmIr1AdNH24

58:09 - Rich Little impersonaing Jimmy Stewart from Cam Video

https://youtu.be/XOX1v-MsNCo

1:03:57 - "It's a Wonderful Life" Alternate Ending from Saturday Night Live

https://youtu.be/vw89o0afb2A

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Terry Shepherd is the host of his own Podcast,  Authors on the Air.  His love of writing has culminated in a series of books surrounding a tough female detective,  Jessica Ramirez,  a character based on an admired friend and cretive advisor in life.  We found Terry to be a very easy going, fun guy.  Frequent flier Aaron joined us in this discussion about Terry's books,  favorite tv shows,  the best podcasting tools, writing dialogue and developing strong female characters in fiction. His most recent release in the Jessica Ramirez series,  "Chasing The Captain", had been released the week that we recorded.  But if great crime writing featuring a whipsmart female protagonist is your wheelhouse we encourage you to start with 020's "Chasing Vega" first.  Both are linked below,  and the third in the trilogy will be forthcoming soon.

Terry Shepherd's Official Website

https://terryshepherd.com/

Authors on the Air Podcast

https://open.spotify.com/show/6wzHkrEj8Ltk1QTQAnmkTp?si=93b57c5eac6a4bc9

Purchase "Chasing Vega" on Amazon (Book 1 of the Jessica Ramirez Thrillers)

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0897XR3D2/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

Purchase "Chasing The Captain" on Amazon (Book 2 of the Jessica Ramirez Thrillers)

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09C4SB8LV?ref_=dbs_m_mng_rwt_calw_tkin_1&storeType=ebooks

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John Wayne S. III Londyn founded Town Pictures in 1993,  and has produced a number of documentaries,  television series and movies over the last 28 years.  His latest production is a slice of Houston, Texas life called "Ebony Hustle", starring the beautiful Michelle Lamb in the title role of Ebony Howard.  An ex-stripper who has settled into the role of an insurance claim investigator,  Ebony finds work on the side as a foxy private investigator with a heart of Gold and a penchant for young lovers.  The film is a bonanza for several young musicians who also happen to play critical supporting roles in the film,  and you can purchase the soundtrack on Amazon Music and several other outlets on the web.  On December 1st,  Ebony Hustle premiered on Tubi TV,  where you can watch it for free by clicking the link below.  John and Lisa stayed on topic for as long as possible before Dr. Who drew their attention,  a topic for which they both shared a passion.  We urge you to check out "Ebony Hustle" at your next opportunity.

Watch Ebony Hustle on Tubi TV

https://tubitv.com/movies/627977/ebony-hustle?start=true

Ebony Hustle Official Website

https://www.ebonyhustle.com/

John Wayne S. III on IMDB

https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2379293/bio

John Wayne S. III on Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/johnwaynesiii/

Londyn Town Pictures

http://www.londyntownpictures.com/

Article about John in LA Wire Magazine

https://lawire.com/john-wayne-s-iii-films-as-an-instrument-for-change/

Music Clips used in this Episode

0:00 - Natalia J. - "Chasin' Cake" from the "Ebony Hustle" Soundtrack

https://music.amazon.com/albums/B09JKYW1KK?marketplaceId=ATVPDKIKX0DER&musicTerritory=US&ref=dm_sh_GLylfW8S6U37N33xXZZESVqlb&trackAsin=B09JKYL7DJ

10:45 - Natalia J. - "Chasin' Cake" (Instrumental) from the "Ebony Hustle" Soundtrack

https://music.amazon.com/albums/B09JKYW1KK?marketplaceId=ATVPDKIKX0DER&musicTerritory=US&ref=dm_sh_ntvBcRk2t1Tf7CjgRq9WEKprT&trackAsin=B09JKXLV53

21:08 Colin Andrew Grant - "Bustin Down Doors" from the "Ebony Hustle" Soundtrack

https://music.amazon.com/albums/B09JKYW1KK?marketplaceId=ATVPDKIKX0DER&musicTerritory=US&ref=dm_sh_ltLl26yYa49l5eO4PDyUJBZEg&trackAsin=B09JKZL4NH

46:26 - Rosie Bush - "Hustle" (Instrumental) from the "Ebony Hustle" Soundtrack

https://music.amazon.com/albums/B09JKYW1KK?marketplaceId=ATVPDKIKX0DER&musicTerritory=US&ref=dm_sh_u6nhRGvhSDgEXNnY8EC84DaXd&trackAsin=B09JKYH1V1

50:33 - Caleb Truth - "Chuch" from the "Ebony Hustle" Soundtrack

https://music.amazon.com/albums/B09JKYW1KK?marketplaceId=ATVPDKIKX0DER&musicTerritory=US&ref=dm_sh_u6nhRGvhSDgEXNnY8EC84DaXd&trackAsin=B09JKYH1V1

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