Related to some of our conversations in Episode Four, Ian has suggested some links:
First, the opening theme to the irritating and educational Thinkabout.
Wow, psychedelic! What the hell were they teaching kids in those days?
Next, the trailer to It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. I film I dissed during the show. Sorry, fans, but I think this film was a comedy disaster! Enjoy the following hullabaloo:
Ugh. Such noise! All that yelling and carrying on.
Ian reminisced about the beautiful town of Whistler during the show. If you aren’t familiar with Whistler, it’s a ski resort a little over an hour outside of Vancouver, BC.
Wow, golfing, hiking, skiing…how horrible!
Remember Weird Science? Me neither! Here’s an Oingo Boingo video from a time – long ago – when Oingo Boingo were thought suitable to do a movie theme. I know. What???
Personally I’m embarrassed that I lived at that time and thought it was normal.
I made a small David Cassidy joke during the show so, naturally, a Partridge Family song follows:
Ah, bubblegum pop. I like that the group is performing to about a hundred people at a Power of Women show – and a guy is doing all the singing.
For your amusement and because he was briefly mentioned:
Wow, that voice! Thurl Ravenscroft was GREAT!
Finally, Ian and I had a long, inaccurate discussion about the Scottish. Ian dug this up: a clip from the first season (I think) of Monty Python:
Oh, Monty Python, how I loved you as a teen. This episode taught me what a blancmange actually was. Before that, I thought it was an electro-pop band from Britain.
Well, that’s all the links for this week. Our next show is sure to bring more. Tune in on Friday!