This week Ian and David celebrate bro-mance! Bro-mances like between The Incredible Hulk and Jack McGee or Commissioner Gordon and Batman or between Bruces the world over! (Love is manly.) They also talk about not-so-romantic things like Superman: The Movie, which Ian rates as surprisingly awful; the pros and cons of hitchhiking (result: a harmless activity destroyed by the movie The Hitcher); the recessive nerd gene; a long preamble from Dave; and the value of forcing children to do things whether they want to or not (They’re not our bosses!). As usual, David’s imaginary daughter Phyllis appears.
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Great episode!
I was a wee bit young for Bixby’s HULK, but I did enjoy the very similar series WEREWOLF, from Stephen J Cannell in 1987. Basically it was the Hulk with a wolfman, played by John J York, chasing down the werewolf that started his bloodline (Chuck Connors, in an eyepatch) and being chased by bounty hunter Lance LeGault. I loved it for the monsters, the adventures the wolf would get into, and the fact that York got nude at least once an episode post-transformation, which made me funny in my tween pants.
Australia did indeed enjoy BEACHCOMBERS. I think it was because all the logging and fishing appealed to the Australian disdain for our environment.
Platypus and Echidna are indeed Monotremes, the only mammals left that lay eggs. Plus they give milk to their young (called Puggles) but lack nipples, so they sweat the milk out. Platypus venom (only males have the spurs, not the females) has the weird effect of switching temperature perception- drinking cold water will cause pain as though its boiling, and you can burn yourself in a hot shower because it feels cool to you. We also have the world’s deadliest snake, spider, fish, toad, jellyfish and the world’s only lethal octopus. Come to Australia- bring your antivenom!
SUPERMAN does not hold up, true. The “Can You Read My Mind” poem was indeed terrible. I also remember Ned Beatty claiming a small part of Lex’s new America called “Otisberg”. SUPERMAN III still holds a special place in my Nightmares due to the TERRIFYING sequence where Robert Vaughn’s sister is forcibly cyber-converted by the super-computer. The Cybermen and the Borg seem like My Little Pony in comparison to that sequence.
Graham Kerr, the Galloping Gourmet, was Gay, wasn’t he?
Cyclops was my favourite X-MAN in the movies, mostly because James Marsden is one of my favourite actors. Agreed that we was totally wasted from X2 onwards. I loathe X3, and I was delighted with the reset for FIRST CLASS.
Thanks for all your comments, Gavin. I always enjoy reading them.
Knowing that the platypus sweats out milk makes it even odder than before, which I didn’t think was possible. I first read about the platypus having a poisonous spur in Patrick O’Brien’s Aubrey/Maturin novels. Australia must have been one fun surprise after another for the early colonists.
I can’t really comment on Superman as I saw it one time back in 1980. As you may know from the show, I’m not a person who takes much pleasure from repeat viewings of movies or TV shows (although there are some that I do, but Ian has never asked which ones). I did enjoy the second quite a bit and saw it again fairly recently in the Richard Donner version and thought it held up. The third is a distant memory. All I remember is Richard Pryor skiing down a building and there seemed to be a general feeling of everyone feeling very pleased with themselves (for no reason).
Graham Kerr was married for many years, if not still married. Actually, he lives nearby across the border in Washington. And while neither of those things is a guarantee, together I think they make a compelling case that he is a heterosexual, as well as a galloper.
For the life of me, I don’t remember Werewolf, but your description of York post-transformation may explain my teenage daughters’ affection for George on Being Human. (Oh, the faces they would make if they read that.)
James Marsden is a handsome fellow, but I found Cyclops a bit of a damp sponge and, although I have a liking for Famke Janssen (ever since Celebrity), I thought her Jean Grey was also a stick.
Glad you enjoy the show.
David