Hola, Sneakers! Welcome to Episode 383 of Sneaky Dragon – the perfect podcast to listen to podcasts to!
This week on the show: errant nonsense; excuses; favourites; kiddie mints; parental podcast approval; true crimes; tomato juice doesn’t work; gold flake scam; grizzled; edible brick; the “It” girl; the Bumblefucks; what a twist; best songs; terrible rap; self-argument; radio rock; revolting; true crimes (slight return); Siri-al; great puns don’t travel; Sneakers respond to last week’s Question of the Week; Dave is firestarter; adult frolics; forces of chaos; repetition; the empty streets of our town; memories; church jokes; cartoon scares; satanic powers; and, finally, power initials.
Thanks for listening.
Question of the Week: What is your favourite representation of the devil in pop culture?
Sub- question: What are your superpowers based on your initials?
The Louvin Brothers from their album Satan Is Real:
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Possible titles for that true crime podcast – Sneaky Dragnet? Eve of Deduction? Dedricks Don’t Wear Plaid?
Thanks, Hamish! As the kids say, LOL!
My favorite devil is Walter Huston from “The Devil in Daniel Webster”, mainly for the last scene when he’s searching through his little book for souls to tempt. He looks up from the book, scratches his chin, smiles, and points his finger towards someone in the audience.
Second favorite would be Laird Cregar’s elegant, gentlemanly Devil in Ernst Lubitsch’s “Heaven Can Wait”. Van Cleve has left Heaven for Hell, insisting he belongs there. Cregar’s Satan politely invites the old man to make his case, “If you meet our requirements, we’ll be only too glad to accommodate you. Would you be kind enough to mention, for instance, some outstanding crime you’ve committed?”
I can’t think of a lamer-sounding superhero acronym than “LOUISE!” but if I had the powers of gods and heroes based on the letters of my name they’d be:
The shape-shifting of Loki
The cunning of Odysseus
The ability to bring balance of Uma (plus divine beauty)
The magic of Isis
The power to destroy and re-create of Shiva
And the ability to make people fall in love of Eros.
So my superhero would be a hot-looking trickster who’d use her magic to turn villains into allies by shooting them with her love-inducing arrows. Her character flaw would be a reckless disregard for consent. After all, can you really afford to worry about a little lack of free will when you’re trying to save the world from total annihilation?
I love Kanye and I mostly listen to mainstream music!! I tried to make a mixtape but I’m not talented as you, Dave. So instead I made some lists
My favourite Kanye songs:
“We Don’t Care”
“All Falls Down”
“Heard ‘Em Say”
“Touch the Sky”
“Champion”
“Dark Fantasy”
“Gorgeous”
“Ghost Town”
Some great pop/mainstream albums from the past few years:
“Sweetener” – Ariana Grande
“ASTROWORLD” – Travis Scott
“Blonde” – Frank Ocean
Some pop/mainstream songs I would have included in a mixtape:
“MONOPOLY” – Ariana Grande
“Transportin’” – Kodak Black
“LOVE.” – Kendrick Lamar
“My Bad” – Khalid
Thanks, Liam. I am going to check these out and I’ll report back with my findings!
For only a moment, in “Trains, Planes & Automobiles”, John Candy turns into Satan as he and Steve Martin are driving recklessly the wrong way down the highway at night. He laughs maniacally only before slamming on the brakes, sending the trunk on top the car 100 feet in the air. This will always be my funny Satan.
My scary Satan is from a banned cartoon called “The Secret World of Mormonism.” I went to my girlfriend’s church as a kid and they showed us this bizarre cartoon as their way of exposing the Mormon faith. This cartoon haunted me for years until I discovered it on YouTube about 12 years ago. Pay particular attention at the 2:20 mark for Lucifer’s fate and then an even more mind-blowing accusation at the 2:40 mark.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3BqLZ8UoZk
I have no clue whether any of this cartoon is true or not, I was raised Catholic and all I know is that we never got a weird cartoon like this.
I just about lost it when Ian described the time machine Popeye cartoons! My brother and I grew up watching those and still laugh about how strange they were. I never thought I’d hear anyone ever mention them anywhere!
Concerning David’s worries over an animated big bad wolf coming for him, I too had issues with the Universal Monsters crashing through my bedroom window as a kid. I saw them going after Abbott and Costello on TV, so what was going to keep them from coming for me?
There’s scene from the 1994 film Jimmy Hollywood where Christian Slater explains how terrified he is of the Mummy to his pal Joe Pesci. Pesci then explains that they’re in Los Angeles and how it would be virtually impossible for the Mummy to buy a ticket in Egypt with no money, let alone get on plane bound for L.A.
Favorite devil – Emil Jannings in “Faust” (1926) … he begins as a majestic, winged representation of evil, then as a squat gargoyle, becoming a cronish servant before transforming into a majestic, black-robed purveyor of delicious temptations.