This didn't find it's way into into the episode about Kaye Ballard, but I thought it was a heartbreaking detail and wanted to give it some sort of attention. The composers Kander and Ebb have come up a couple times on the program, most recently with regard to Ben Vereen performing "Mr. Cellophane", but also … Continue reading Kaye’s Ballad
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A Square With A Horn
The background music that allowed Ben to reference the racist lyrics in "Ev'rybody Wants To Be A Cat" without repeating them, came from a Aristocats karaoke track on YouTube, and was excerpted for the purposes of comment and review. Sources consulted but not referred to include the "Disney Odyssey" blog entry on the Aristocats and … Continue reading A Square With A Horn
The Kinesthesiology of Silly Walks
I've been a long-time listener to the QI spin-off podcast No Such Thing As A Fish, where researchers for the long-running BBC comedy panel show — the "QI elves" — riff on some of the most interesting facts that they've encountered in their daily jobs as fact-checkers, fact-searchers, and factoid-dismissers. It's been a good continual … Continue reading The Kinesthesiology of Silly Walks
Top 10 Monty Python’s Flying Circus Moments (a la WatchMojo.com)
WatchMojo.com The YouTube "top 10 list" aggregator WatchMojo.com put this out a few years ago. They always end their videos with "do you agree with our list?" Reading through the comments, it seems those who chose to post something were gave a resounding NO!!! For what it's worth, WatchMojo's list had 6 out of 10 … Continue reading Top 10 Monty Python’s Flying Circus Moments (a la WatchMojo.com)
A Breath of Fresh Air
I was well into my high school stint of delving into all things Python in 1993 when my NPR-listening stepfather helpfully taped this interview off the air for me. I had formed the practice of using a dual-tape deck to take the best clips from interviews and pull them out as sound bites. On every … Continue reading A Breath of Fresh Air
For Whom the Liberty Bell March Tolls…
Nathan and I spent some time talking about the theme for the show. He was largely content with it being a copyright-free version of Sousa's "Liberty Bell March", because he, quite rightly, felt that the music most associated with Python and, specifically, the Flying Circus should bring people into the show. We also knew, like … Continue reading For Whom the Liberty Bell March Tolls…
Legalese to provide Legal Ease
An article about accusations of plagiarism in the podcast community crossed my desk this morning (thanks, unsurprisingly, to the pod-watchers extraordinaire over at Night-Time Foam Corner), that raised the basic question about attribution in an oral format. This is something that Nathan and I have been trying to keep in the forefront of our minds … Continue reading Legalese to provide Legal Ease
Farced Perspective 