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Friday Apr 16, 2021
Friday Apr 16, 2021
This contains spoilers from the show and comic.
Recorded April 9, 2021
Show notes:
-Wow
-Negan’s debut in the comics vs. the show
-Jeffrey Dean Morgan
-The Here’s Negan graphic novel
-Lucille’s (the person) influence
-Hillarie Burton’s performance
-Negan’s backstory
-Negan’s arc in the comics
-My predictions for future episodes
-Rick or Negan?
-Maggie and Negan
-The comic versus the show
-Back to Jeffrey Dean Morgan
-Shades of gray
-Laura and Franklin
-Negan’s arc in the Here’s Negan book
-Last Walking Dead episode that I liked
-One character study
-Negan, Maggie, and Herschel
-Carol
-Links
-We’re still in a pandemic so get information from credible sources (New York Times, BBC, USA Today, NPR, etc) and get yourself vaccinated
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Friday Mar 26, 2021
Friday Mar 26, 2021
I was at Action Park once…once.
Recorded February 26, 2021
Show notes:
-I feel like I need a shower.
-I’ve been to Action Park
-Mulvihill’s tactics
-Preventable deaths and injuries
-Reagan and the 80s attitudes
-Life is a little more complicated
-Death and deregulation; the family of George Larson
-People my age and “Back in my day”
-80s childhood
-Boredom and Balance
-80s culture
-The F word
-Progress is never a straight line
-Back to Action Park
-Ridiculous slides
-The danger of the Wave Pool
-Tarzan swing
-20 foot cliff
-Cannonball Falls
-Going slow on the Alpine Slide
-Big raft ride
-Bottleneck of people on the single person tube ride
-Amuseparks and the balance of thrill and safety
-Human element
-Former employees and Mulvihill
-Mulvihill, charities, and my cynicism
-Rulebreaking and mischief
-Overton Window
-Generational divide
-Tone of documentaries
-Regulation and Texas
-Feux rebels
-Bootstraps
-Nostalgia
-Learning from history, staying in the present, and looking forward
-Evolving
-Follow the directions from experts in this pandemic (wear a mask, stay home if you can, keep your distance, wash your hands, don’t touch your face, get vaccinated when you can)
-Get your information from credible sources (New York Times, BBC, NPR, Washington Post, etc.) and not from someone charismatic
-Plugs!
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Thursday Feb 18, 2021
Thursday Feb 18, 2021
Finished recording on 2/15/21
Show notes:
-I never heard of Maradona until he died
-Reviewing it in real time
And now the documentary
-80s soundtrack
-Pele, the movie Victory, and the bicycle kick
-Maradona and transcendance
-Knee to the head
-Enduring quality about sports and art
-Sports, art, and identity
-Napoli and rock star treatment
-Pressure
-Napoli is 0-4
-Soccer is brutal
-My grandfather, soccer, and passionate soccer fans
-Maradona’s style
-Psychology of sports fans
-Maradona persona
-Where Maradona is from and the Hero’s Journey
-The pressure on a 15 year old
-How soccer served him
-Mean soccer chants
-Racist soccer fans
-Reaction to Maradona
-Camorra
-Envious of people who speak multiple languages
-Striving for the World Cup
-Rise and fall
-The handball during Argentina vs. England
-Falklands War and symbolic revenge
-A clenched fist
-The sportscaster
-The goal
-Argentina vs. West Germany (I don’t know who won this game)
-How does the crowd affect the player?
-Physical exhaustion
-Argentina takes the lead
-Argentina wins
-How sports affected me, then and now
-Back to projection plus a geopolitical narrative
-Muhammad Ali, sports, and politics
-Back to the effects of sports on people
-Sports compared to policy
-How sports can inspire
-Pancake?
-Admired to death
-Sports as a representation of ourselves
-Sports as a vehicle for Maradona
-Argentina's savior
-Gossip and attention
-Repercussions of attention
-"I want to play football in peace."
-The rise of Napoli in 1987
-His baby daughter
-League championship of 1987
-Back to teams, tribes, and identity
-I don't know who's playing
-Still on the rise of Maradona in 1987
-Bittersweet Napoli victory?
-Proving the doubters wrong
-Like The Beatles
-Celebration for two months?
-Back to my grandfather
-Social redemption
-Not being left alone
-More than God and the pressure that comes with it
-Trappings of fame
-Celebrities, masks, and the pandemic
-Paparazzi and a vicious cycle
-Boundaries
-Substance abuse, fame, and the mafia
-Changing and the importance of environment
-Record player and blank VHS tapes
-Soccer balls must hurt
-Brain damage
-UEFA Cup of 1989
-"We are the best. We are on top of the world"
-We versus They
-"Sell Maradona" - Maradona as a commodity
-"He's the boss" (sarcasm)
-More partying
-"Cleanse" to play on Sunday
-Direction of the documentary
-Drug and alcohol spiral
-Diego Maradona Jr.
-Not showing weakness, toxic masculinity, and pressure
-Drug testing
-Money
-Needles in his back
-Sciatic, low back pain, and emotional causes
-Taking advantage
-His children
-Back to the mafia
-This documentary as a story
-Why this is well made
-Documentaries versus informercials
-Was he a target on the playing field?
-Napoli wins in 1990!
-A bunch of grown men dancing
-World Cup I, the Cup of the World
-I wish I was fluent in Italian
-Late 80s/early 90s styles
-Backlash
-Tension between northern and southern Italy
-I'm totally wrong - Maradona is playing for Argentina against Italy
-My limited understanding of penalty kicks
-Screaming hell
-Breaking his bond with Italians?
-I think I have the World Cup figured out
-Argentina wins and Italy is devastated
-Maradona's peak?
-What did Italians want Maradona to do?
-Equating a soccer loss to trauma
-It's more than a game, apparently
-Conspiracies
-No win situation
-Maradona is now the devil?
-Italian press
-I still think it's just a game but understand the anger
-How sports is intertwined with countries and people
-Maybe if people were better cared for...
-Wiretapping?
-Why don't they translate "ciao"?
-Prostitution
-1991
-His last ten years?
-Arrest
-Stigma
-Criticism regardless of image
-Another side of fame
-Camorra association
-Trial
-Mental pressure
-Napoli vs. Bari
-Anti-doping
-More possible criticism
-Disqualification
-The fall
-Soccer and identity
-How does he cope?
-2004 flash forward
-Walking with a limp
-Psychiatric hospital
-Substance abuse, stigma, shame
-Difference between guilt and shame
-Transcendant star
-His life
-His two sides
-"Rebel, cheat, hero, and god"
-"All that survived was the myth"
-Gigantic mural
-Coaching
-Waddling
-After 2004
-Post-credits
-Acknowledging Diego Maradona Jr.
-2016
-Encyclopedia Brittanica
-Top player of the 20th century
-Post 2008
-Coaching career
-My review and wish
-Human condition
-A different way to podcast
-Links!
-We're in a pandemic
-How I spend my time
-Vaccines are here
-Wearing masks, social distancing, washing hands
-Get information from credible sources (BBC, NPR, Washington Post, New York Times, USA Today, etc.). Knowledge is power
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Friday Feb 05, 2021
Friday Feb 05, 2021
I breakdown the show as a whole as well as the main and recurring characters. Spoilers are ahead. Hopefully I didn’t Britta this podcast.
Recorded January 1, 2021 (Happy New Year)
-The wonders of streaming
-The characters have become my friends
-Pre-pandemic and post-pandemic TV watching
-The characters
Jeff
-Joel McHale
-First impression
-Stereotypes
-Layers and evolution
Britta
-Gillian Jacobs
-Finding something in common with each
-Character traits
Troy
-Donald Glover (I didn’t know he was on this show)
-Childish Gambino
-Awaken My Love and Donald Glover Presents
-The beard
-First impression
-Caring, sensitivity, openness
-Relationship with Abed
-Moving on
-Skills
Abed
-Danny Pudi
-First impression
-Layers and evolution
-Commonalities with Abed
-Abed as a device
-Psychotic breaks and exploration
-Reading emotions
-Strengths and struggles
-Never was a “very special episode”
Pierce
-Chevy Chase and similarities to Pierce
-Growing up with Chevy Chase
-Saturday Night Live Vacation, Spies Like Us, Fletch
-Layers and evolution
-Chase on set
-Physical comedy
-Mixed bag
Shirley
-Yvette Nicole Brown and The Talking Dead
-Layers, contradictions
-Shirley’s different voices
Annie
-Alison Brie (I didn’t know she was on the show)
-GLOW
-Horse Girl and mental illness
-Aderral addiction
-Ambition
-Perfectionism and helping
-Relationship with Jeff
Buzz
-Jonathan Banks
-Played like Mike from Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul
-Relationship with Abed
Elroy
-Keith David
-Voice-over actor
-Platoon
-He doesn’t age
-Keith David and David Keith
-Elroy's arc
-The wedding episode
Frankie
-Paget Brewster
-Mystery
-Delivering of lines
-Had the show continued…
Chang
-Ken Jeong
-Hangover
-Before he was an actor
-So out there
-Different traits and experiences
Dean Pelton
-Jim Rash
-Layers
-“Coming out” episode
-Character traits
-Anxieties, stress, knowledge
-Over the top
-Screaming
-Need to belong
Back to the Show
-Forming bonds
-Recurring characters (Garret, Leonard, Vicky, Police Officer, John Goodman, etc.)
-I cried during the last episode
-#AndaMovie
-Episodes that stood out (Claymation, GI Joe, Dungeons and Dragons)
-Geekiness and geek culture of the present
-Jock culture of the 80s
-How everyone can get along
-One of those shows after a tough day
-Paintball episodes
-Zombie episode
-Never felt “threatened”
-Community’s message
-John Oliver (didn’t know he was on the show)
-Self awareness (self aware about being self aware)
-New Year’s Day (Happy New Year)
-Hope is on the way and keep yourself informed.
-Get your news from a credible source (BBC, New York Times, NPR, Washington Post, etc.)
-Don’t let a personality dictate how you think. Go to the science
-Give yourself a break
-Stay safe, wear a mask, practice social distancing, only go out if essential, don’t touch your face
-Take care of each other
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Saturday Jan 23, 2021
Saturday Jan 23, 2021
Spoilers are ahead for The Rescue.
Show notes:
-I’m done
-I’m crying
-Star Wars podcasts
-Surprised but not shocked
-Luke
-Uncanny valley
-Back to Luke
-My Star Wars history
-Seeing Return of the Jedi in the theaters
-Identifying with Luke and why diversity is important in movies
-Questions (I didn’t see the end credits yet)
-Women characters
-Grogu
-What a ride
-Fan service in Rise of Skywalker versus Mandalorian
-Jon Favreau and Dave Filoni
-Kathleen Kennedy and the double standard
-The greatest time to be a Star Wars fan
-Peak TV
-Writing and gray areas
-Points of view
-Moff Gideon
-Darksaber and the story
-Reaction videos
-My reaction to Luke
-Luke’s power
-What happens to Grogu?
-The stone
-Letting go
-Hero’s journey
-Attachment
-Asking permission and co-dependence
-Unchecked power
-What happens between Return of the Jedi and Force Awakens
-Star Wars as a foundation
-Back to diversity (Jenkins! I meant Patty Jenkins!)
-Star Wars must never stop!
-Knowledge is power. Get your information from credible sources (New York Times, BBC, NPR, USA Today, Washington Post, etc.). Google Dunning Kruger (make sure it’s from a credible source) -
https://www.verywellmind.com/an-overview-of-the-dunning-kruger-effect-4160740
-Back to crying
-Thank you, Star Wars!
-And thank you
-My very own after credits!
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Friday Jan 08, 2021
Friday Jan 08, 2021
Recorded December 4, 2020
Show notes:
The Tragedy
-Just finished
-The past two episodes
-That Star Wars feeling
-This season
-Boba Fett
-Seeing Slave I
-Temeura Morrison
-Robert Rodriguez
-Fennick
-Grogu
-Moff Gideon
-The timeline
-New Republic
-Power vacuum
——
The Jedi
-Never watch the recap
-Ahsoka
-Not a Jedi
-Rosario Dawson
-Yoda and Yaddle
-What is The Tragedy
-Sarlac Pit
-Boba Fett and Legends (a little spoiler)
-Boba Fett’s origins
-How Fett fights
-Fan service
-What if?
-Sequel trilogy
-Favreau vs. Abrams
-Bill Burr
-TV is so great
-Keep yourself informed from credible sources (BBC, New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today)
-Scientific consensus
-Listen to the people who know (not podcasters and influencers)
-Take care of each other
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Saturday Dec 26, 2020
Saturday Dec 26, 2020
This episode is full of Schitt and full of spoilers that covers all six seasons.
Recorded on November 28, 2020
Show highlights:
-I made a pun
-Quite the antidote
-Jumps the Shark
-Never took itself seriously but tackled serious subjects
-“Normalizing” LGBTQ people (that’s a good thing)
-“I like the wine not the label” (I blanked out on the phrase so I had to look it up)
-Schitt’s Creek was a tolerant town
-Patrick’s parents
-Patrick
-The sign of a good show
-Behind the scenes (wraps and sadness)
-Final table read
-Eugene Levy
-Katherine O’Hara
-Moira Rose
-Johnny Rose
-Caaaaan’t and bebe
-Wardrobe
-Alexis Rose
-Chris Elliot (Get a Life) and Roland Schitt
-Twyla
-One criticism
-Bob
-Mutt
-Rewatch?
-Finding something else
-The Levys
-Ending at the right time
-Get your news from credible sources (New York Times, USA Today, Washington Post, BBC, NPR, etc.), wear a mask, practice social distancing, wash your hands
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Saturday Nov 21, 2020
Saturday Nov 21, 2020
This podcast begins right when the movie ends. For this episode I started commenting during some parts of the movies.
Oh and is there something I’m not getting with this movie?
Spoilers rise like the dead.
Recorded November 21, 2020
Show notes:
-The point of the movie (?)
-George A. Romero’s Dawn of the Dead
-All over the place
-Saying that you’re weird
-Where did the kids go?
-Sturgill Simpson
-Where did this movie go?
-The character arcs?
-When I first saw the trailer
-The Romero Trilogy and Shaun of the Dead
-Loose ends
-What am I not getting?
-More loose ends
-Yay New York!
-Why do I sound like Seinfeld
-Why did I watch this?
-The Dead Don’t Die with Peter Cushing
-So many more questions than answers
-Jim Jarmusch
-The cast
-Parody, satire, spoof
-Commentary
-My friend Erin
-Get your news from credible sources (New York Times, BBC, NPR, USA Today, Washington Post, etc.)
-Stay safe, wear a mask, practice social distancing, don’t gather
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Sunday Nov 01, 2020
Sunday Nov 01, 2020
Eddie Van Halen was a revolution.
Recorded October 12, 2020
-Music
-The guitar
-Guitarists
-Revolutionaries
-Robert Johnson
-Les Paul
-Jimi Hendrix
-Tony Iommi
-Eddie Van Halen: The last revolutionary?
-First seeing Eddie: the Jump video on MTV in 1984
-Jump as a first song
-My first impression
-When Eddie Van Halen really hit me
-Eruption
-Van Halen I
-The music I gravitate towards
-Taking Eddie for granted
-People didn’t play like Eddie
-Guitarists since Eddie
-Seeing Eddie play live
-Jimmy Page
-When I found out he died
-Health
-His reputation
-How he built and approached the guitar
-Wolfgang Van Halen
-“Music theory, not music fact”
-No rules
-When’s the next revolution?
-After Eddie
-The Edge
-Tom Morello
-Jack White
-Wishing to see the Van Halen I lineup
-Michael Anthony’s backing vocals
-65 years old
-Hope
-What is there left to do?
-In summation
-Rest in Peace
-Thank goodness for YouTube (at least for music)
-Wear a mask, practice social distancing, be vigilant
-Get your information from credible sources (Washington Post, New York Times, BBC, NPR, etc.)
-Vote for Biden/Harris and the Democrats down the line
-Plugs!
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Sunday Oct 18, 2020
Sunday Oct 18, 2020
Recorded on October 9, 2020
Show notes:
-Use of subtlety
-Comparison to current events
-Vought
-Corporations and “Mom and Pop” shops
-Cults of personality, technology, and propaganda
-Stormfront (Billy Joel and Nazis?)
-The comic
-How people become indoctrinated
-Journalists and fact checking
-Trump
-Fighting the supes
-Power of messaging and image
-Coronavirus, Stormfront and being directly affected
-Maeve
-Superheros who are humans
-Unchecked power
-Checks and balances
-The fight
-Homelander
-Becca and Ryan
-Hurt people hurt people
-Where does this go?
-Newman and AOC
-Being radicalized by fear
-The pattern of radicalization
-Journalistic integrity
-The most fascinating villains
-Power
-Bernie Sanders wild hypothetical (provided the Republican is not an authoritarian)
-Values with democracy
-How The Boys can teach
-Action, acting, gore, and violence
-The beauty of TV these days
-Week to week releases
-Appointment TV
-Wear a mask
-Get your information from credible sources (New York Times, BBC, NPR, USA Today, etc.)
-Experts and consensus
-Charlatans
-Knowledge is power
-Plugs!
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