Bonjour, les Sneakers! Welcome to another episode of Sneaky Dragon! I know what you’re thinking. You’re thinking, “So soon after the maiden voyage of their newest podcast PodMash!? Do these guys ever stop working?” The answer is NO!
This week Ian and Dave ask who the fuck are you; talk French Spider-Man; go a Law and Order too far; listen to another Ian rant about Gotham; discover who is to blame for serial killers; find out it’s hard to say Paul Revere and the Raiders song names; remember hockey cards; hear Ian’s million dollar idea; find out that James Bond is free; dissect their own podcast; and, lastly, mull over the Charlie Hebdo killings.
Thanks for listening.
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Great show guys. I thought you spoke very well about the events in Paris, and it’s good to hear a show with the balance of heartfelt discussion and great humour.
Regarding bad coffee drinking on TV, I agree that it is annoying. What is worse though is when characters meet in a bar or restaurant and order something to eat/drink and then leave 30 seconds after it arrives, without having touched it. This happens ALL THE TIME! TV characters clearly have cash to burn and show a wilful disregard for waste.
Thank you, Ian! Finally, another person who shares my annoyance with the way TV actors handle take-out coffee cups. As my sister can attest, that is a MAJOR pet peeve of mine! If she had a nickel for every time we watched a cop show together and I said peevishly, “There’s no coffee in that cup!” she have, well, about two bucks by now. (As a frequent traveler, HER pet peeve is when she sees an actor carrying or rolling a piece of luggage. She’ll point out, “There’s nothing in that suitcase!”)
The only time I saw someone hold a take-out coffee cup like there was actually coffee in it, two seconds later, that person saw a dead body or something and dropped the cup in shock. So there was coffee in it ONLY so the cup could hit the pavement and spill its contents dramatically.
Okay, so the crew doesn’t want to risk actors spilling coffee on their costumes or the set and causing costly delays while they clean it up. Understandable. But if actors don’t have the mime skills to give us the illusion they have liquid in their coffee cups, then the props department could at least stick an 8 oz. (200 g) weight in the bottom of the cup to help them out. Problem solved. You’re welcome, Hollywood.
PS. Apparently CSI: Cyber (premiering March 4) will have The Who’s “I Can See For Miles” as its theme song. Wait! They’re scientists: should they be working in the metric system?
Thanks for the information on James Bond going public domain. That explains why the Kobo store has so many Ian Fleming titles that were not there last month.
Does the mean Mr. Bond may be joining the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen?
I think it means we are legally allowed to build our own Chitty Chitty Bang Bangs.