Ciao, cinemaphiles!
Sorry we’re late we our newest episode! It’s kind of a long story and you’ll have to listen to Sneaky Dragon Episode 455 to hear all the gory details. Suffice to say, our most recent episode was lost
Unfortunately, Ian’s busy schedule prevented us from re-recording the episode, but fortunately, Dave’s wife Lezah volunteered to step in and discuss one of her favourite movies, Walt Disney’s The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit.
SO, be prepared for lots of horse talk on this week’s episode of Fansplainers as Dave’s [whisper it] “horse crazy” wife takes us through all the ins and outs of horses, riding, coaching and making movies about horses!
Thanks for listening.
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CRAZY!?!?!??!!????!!!!!!!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!???????!!!!!!!???!?!?!?!?
Awww. Disney+ hasn’t let the horse out of the vault yet. Now that’s crazy!!!
Horse Crazy… weren’t they Young Neil’s backing band?
I always take it as a call to action when someone mentions how much something costs in an old novel or movie. According to my go-to resource Measuringworth.com, here’s the 2020 “purchasing power” equivalent of two amounts from the 1968 movie.
$900 (7 months of unpaid riding lessons) – $6610 US / $8665 CDN
$5000 (purchase price of Aspercel the horse) – $36,700 US / $48110 CDN
Well, if that’s the purchasing power equivalent, they got a deal! I was just at a horse show on the weekend, and one of the moms in my group fell in love with a horse and decided to look into buying it. 2020 price for this horse that was not as nice as Aspercel was $100 000. I would say the average price for lessons around here in 2020 would be $350/month so $2450 for 7 months (that would likely give you 1 lesson a week on a school horse). Of course, that depends on how often she went to the barn/how many times a week she was riding.