Hola, Sneakers! Welcome back to Sneaky Dragon, the podcast that everyone is not talking about!
This week: won’t somebody think of the children; bionic bits; TV eye; four mechanical legs good; girlfriend in a coma; a too expensive hero; creepy toys; streaming buffet; bad economies; Prime defective; snappy jingle; music for money; dense frog; Sahl man; people need neediness; sad reminder; comical right; impersonal touch; project passion; no bad ideas; too theatrical; here’s looking at you, Kids; the Song will rise again; my comedy expert; stand up guys; time travel; beat the foot traffic; bad service; pool sides; challenging change rooms; cultural blind spot; poddy double; Tom Cruise’s busy year; Dork Shadows – School Days; the new Queen of Canada; Question of the Week – Sneakers respond; perilous perch; Yakima yakker; torch on; patriotic psychotics; well, well, well; and, finally, pony love.
Question of the Week: What is your favourite comedy team?
Sub-question of the Week: What is something that your family did every summer that you always looked forward to?
Thanks for listening.
Ian wanted Dave to groove to the grooviest Rice Krispies jingle and you can too:
Adams Sour Gum invented “sour-f rock” for their jingle:
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Hello, All–
My favorite comedy team is the Marx Brothers, followed by Martin and Lewis. I’m looking forward to listening to your Full Marx podcast when I get the chance.
I have fond memories of spending a long weekend in New Orleans every summer with my family, mostly in the French Quarter. Oh, that reminds me. I recently listened to your apple-themed song selections, and I had no idea a Cajun band from Louisiana–the Sundown Playboys–put out a single on Apple records. I’ve checked it out online, and now I’m going to have to try to get my hands on a copy. It was recorded at Floyd’s Record Shop in Ville Platte, Louisiana, just down the road from me.
By the way, I’ve begun a modified Reverse Dragon Listening, all due respect to originator John. I listen to each week’s new episode, of course, hot out of the oven. After that, I’m rotating your past episodes in reverse order with your earliest episodes in correct order. For example, I listened to episode 525, then episode 1, then episode 524, then episode 2, and so on, back and forth. I’ll let you know if anything comes of this.
It’s fun to hear Dave talk about his young children in an early episode, then hear him talk about them as adults in a recent episode.
I don’t listen to the news in the car anymore. It’s pretty much all Sneaky Dragon now, and a little music.
Billy, your Marx Brothers fandom will burst when you listen to Full Marx with David and Ian. That’s how I found Sneaky Dragon in the first place, by searching for Marx Brothers podcasts which led me to Full Marx. Now I’m a card carrying Sneaker for life.
Similar story here. I came for Compleatly Beatles and never left. I’ll binge Full Marx this summer.
Similar story here–I came for Compleatly Beatles and never left. I plan to binge Full Marx this summer.
Despite the wild fluctuations in quality from season to season, show to show, and even from sketch to sketch, my favourite comedy ensemble has been various iterations of the SNL cast. But that’s only counting the topical satire, parodies, Weekend Update and prerecorded shorts. While there have been recurring original characters I’ve liked, I find a large percentage of the one-off sketches don’t have a payoff or much of a point to them.
I used to look forward to going tent-trailering with my family at a private campground that had a heated outdoor pool, restrooms with flush toilets and hot and cold running water, a pitch and putt golf course, bingo nights and softball games (the kind where your own coach pitches to you so it’s easy to hit the ball.) It was next to a trout farm where you could catch your own dinner (you paid by the inch!) and it was a pleasant walk through the woods to a general store if you ran out of hot dogs or Honeycomb cereal. I have good memories of camping at provincial parks too (except for the outhouses that were all a-buzz with flying insects.) But oh, that heated pool!
Like I told Billy above, and you both know this, the Marx Brothers Full Marx podcast was my gateway drug to Sneaky Dragon. I’d lose my seat at the Freedonia High Council if I didn’t claim the Brothers as my favorite comedy team, no one comes close to their brand of chaotic humor. I still laugh when I watch them and I still find new material and media to fuel my Marx obsession daily. If you had told me 30 years ago there would be this interactive thing called the internet that would connect me with all my fellow Marx fans around the globe, I probably would have said that’s a bunch of Monkey Business!
When we first moved to Texas from Chicago, I was five, so for the first few years we headed back to Chicago for two weeks during the Summer. Then it was every other year until we just visited for special occasions. The entire family was in Chicago, so there was plenty to do and it was the only time I got to see my Grandparents unless they visited Texas, which was rare. The trip to the Windy City wasn’t boring, we’s stop at a variety of places each time to make the 1000 miles interesting. I remember places along the way like Branson, Missouri, Little Rock, Arkansas, Memphis, Tennessee to see Graceland and Eureka Springs which looked like The Shire with its dwellings built into the winding mountainsides. I can remember the first time we ever saw a water slide park. We were in Arkansas and stopped at this massive water slide park built into the side of a mountain. Dad stopped out of curiosity and we spent the afternoon going up and down the slides for hours, it was like nothing we’d ever seen. On one occasion we stopped in Springfield, Illinois to see all the Abraham Lincoln sights and memorials. We used to joke that Dad probably wore a path in the roads from all those trips we made to and from Dallas and Chicago, but Dad did make it fun along the way. The only other family trip we made was to Vicksburg, Mississippi and onto Florida to see my Mom’s Godmother in St. Augustine, the oldest city in the United States. We then went South to Disney World and then back through Louisiana with a stop in New Orleans. We found out pretty quick that New Orleans isn’t very kid friendly with all the voodoo shops and strip joints in the French Quarter but it’s funny how indelible those memories are from that trip.
If you’re in the mood to meet both The Bionic Man and The Bionic Woman, Lee Majors and Lindsay Wagner are scheduled to appear here in July! I can hear the theme song in my head already.
As for “Song of the South”, I can remember Japanese import laserdiscs available at some of the collector shops. They were pricey even by today’s prices. This was probably in the mid to late 90’s along with all the other imported laserdiscs. Recently though, on Facebook, I saw these huge Blu-ray/DVD collections for Disney, Marvel, Pixar, etc. They were obviously bootlegs, you could tell by the packaging and the way the site looked. The Disney set had “Song to the South” included along with all the other Disney classics, packaged in one big thick clamshell case. I tried to find these guys for a link, but I’m guessing the authorities ran them off by now.
Have a splendid weekend and an even better week ahead!
Hello all!
“From there to here, from here to there, funny things are everywhere!” – Dr. Seuss
Certainly this was true Ep. 546, and I laughed and laughed… and still am laughing whenever I think of a couple of lines:
David – “What DOGS need is a bionic BRAIN.” (I laughed and nodded at my own two pups!)
Ian – ” HIs name was changed to Jonathan Rice Krispies from Jonathan Corn Pops at Ellis Island!”
Love it so much!!!
A couple more things, before I get onto Q’s of the week. David, you talked about seeing Nate Bargatze. I think he is very funny, and he has two specials of his own on Netflix. Both are great. He also has been doing a podcast with two friend-comics. I’ve listened to it occasionally; it’s ok but not as good as his specials, and certainly cannot measure up to Sneaky Dragon!
Also, Grandson and I went to see the latest Dr. Strange last week. I had in my mind your review, Ian, (Ep. 545), and I agree, it was kind of a mess, but still it was delightful to watch, and as my grandson said after, Those CGI guys must have had a blast doing it!
Last year, one of my sisters actually found on ebay and sent me a copy of “Song of the South”. She had procured a copy for herself and her grandkids. As children we loved the movie and the music from it, with our Mom on piano. But Sister wanted my opinion, looking at it now, about the social and racial implications. Honestly, I love Uncle Remus himself, but it was really hard to watch. She and I had to agree it is not a movie for these times! If anyone wanted this copy, I will send it!
When you asked “favourite comedy team”, immediately Monty Python came to mind. So I guess they are the fave. But I’m crazy about the Smothers Brothers, the Marx Brothers, and Stiller and Meara, too. Also, Billy reminded me of Martin and Lewis, who are so good together! And some of those SNL years, as Louise mentioned. Love them all!
We did not do regular ANYTHING for summers when I was growing up. With my own kiddos when they were still at home, we used to take a 2 week road trip somewhere new every year.
I’ve sent in my question list, folks, and I’m feeling pretty good about my chances on the 550th episode!!!
Love to all!
Ah! Monty Python. I do believe they probably tie for second place with Martin and Lewis.