Hola, Sneakers! Well, as many as you know, there was a little accident this week that delayed us posting the show. We’ll let the culprit – Dave – explain what the heck happened. And, as usual, we blame Dave.
This week on the show, Ian and Dave discuss new beginnings; busy schedules; messianic Garfield; the awful story; the perfect solution; Ian loses his keys, and then his shit; Dave’s words to live by; Ian makes excuses; it’s hard to find mediocre help; how to be new to the job; learning to bye; Ian is mad; magic theories; drive in ambivalence; some praise for the Bewitched movie; questionable Bewitched motives; the beastly Beauty and the Beast; a movie too old for Dave; Ian wants talkies; and, finally, Dave shares his Top 5 songs about technology for Andy Hudson with a special guest.
Thanks for listening.
Dave’s Top 5 songs about technology:
“Got to Write a Letter” by Field Music from the 2005 album Field Music
“Western Union” by The Five Americans from the 1967 album Western Union
“Switchboard Susan” by Nick Lowe from the 1979 album Labour of Lust
“Hanging on the Telephone” by The Nerves from the 1976 EP The Nerves
“Answering Machine” by Blossom Dearie and Bob Dorough from the 1983 Blossom Dearie album Simply
“Vibrate” by Rufus Wainwright from the 2006 album Want One
“Had to Phone Ya” by The Beach Boys from the unreleased 1976 album Group Therapy
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Sadly, right after we put up this episode Bob Dorough passed away. https://www.thewrap.com/bob-dorough-schoolhouse-rock-dies/
Great job as emergency co-host, Eve. I enjoyed the communication technology song list. How about spinning off “Switchboard Susan” into a list of songs about telephone operators, I have a few to suggest:
“Operator” by Jim Croce (1972) “Operator, well can you help me place this call…”
“Operator” by the Manhattan Transfer (1975) “Operator? Information. Give me Jesus on the line”
…and the more obscure “Telephone Girlie” from the 1925 musical No No Nanette. I was in a production of the show once and thought it was kind of a hokey old-fashioned number. In it, a husband tries to get in touch with his wife who suspects him of cheating on her. He sings, “Operator! Operator! Hello, hello, telephone girlie, please tell my wife I’m here.” Later in the song three party girls remind him, “When little wifey hangs up, remember there are other names in the book.” Thanks to your podcast, I now realize that at the time of the original production, this would have been cutting edge technology that the writers worked into the show! And nearly 100 years later, people are still using phones to make up and hook up. I couldn’t find a recording of the song, but here’s a video from a recent live production: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jDEEn0u-Yo
I so have laughed at David’s jokes!
It’s true. Nina regularly laughs at my dumb jokes. She’s very kind.