Pop Rocks and Soda

Dead Mikey Number 12: Conan The Barbarian This episode is just madness. Jean leads us through a dark valley of “Dead Mikeys” that are baked into the 1982 flick, Conan The Barbarian. In the mean time, Heather suffers from being forced to watch it and Doug desperately tries to find spots to read the commercials the gang couldn't record during their covid shut down. Scenes: "What Is Best In Life""Steel Isn't Strong, Boy" Follow us on InstagramClick On Our Link Tree Contact the show: poprocksandsodapod@gmail.comCreated by Doug Wortel/Jean Michel/Matt AndersonCover Art by Jean Michel“Pop Rocks And Soda Theme” by Doug Wortel/Heather Dellamore/Alden Stevens "Selling Out" by Tom Lehrer

Dead Mikey Number Eleven :Human Highway : The Musical So the gang finally got to see the movie Jean had been anticipating all season long, Human Highway – starring and directed by Neil Young. The flick also stars Dennis Hopper, Dean Stockwell, Russ Tamblyn, Sally Kirkland and Devo. Right at the top of the episode, Doug decided the best way to do an episode about a cult film most people have never seen – or even have access to – was to turn the podcast itself into a musical. So he grabbed his acoustic guitar and made up songs about it on the spot while Heather and Jean explained what it was we'd seen. Taping this episode was a blast. Footnotes and Follies: In an issue of Rolling Stone, members of Devo mentioned Sally Kirkland sued Neil Young over the cut tendon she suffered at the hands of Dennis Hopper. Links: Human Highway Trailer Booji Boy Gets Gas (scene)Neil Young and Devo perform "Hey Hey My My" Follow us on InstagramClick On Our Link Tree Contact the show: poprocksandsodapod@gmail.comCreated by Doug Wortel/Jean Michel/Matt AndersonCover Art by Jean Michel“Pop Rocks And Soda Theme” by Doug Wortel/Heather Dellamore/Alden Stevens 

Dead Mikey Number Ten Requiem For Ishtar Jean and Doug are joined by their daughter Heather to discuss the 1987 Elaine May film, Ishtar and the controversy surrounding the movie upon its release. We also talk about Crocs, The Kiss Kruise and other madness. Footnotes and Follies: Links:“Little Darlin'” by Rogers and Clarke A Letterman segment on Ishtar The Vulture Scene from Ishtar Elaine May In Conversation With Mike Nichols (2006) Follow us on Instagram Click On Our Link Tree Contact the show: poprocksandsodapod@gmail.comCreated by Doug Wortel/Jean Michel/Matt AndersonCover Art by Jean Michel“Pop Rocks And Soda Theme” by Doug Wortel/Heather Dellamore/Alden Stevens 

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Dead Mikey Number Nine The Full On Ruckus Of Faye DunawayIn this episode Doug goes over a line by line list of times Faye Dunaway may or may not have either behaved unprofessionally or straight up cold clocked someone. Seriously, Amber Heard doesn't have literal shit on Miss Dorothy Faye. Jean also teaches Doug how to say “Mahershalla.” Footnotes and Follies: Check out this voicemail Faye Dunaway left A hilarious interview about being fired by Andrew Lloyd Webber Bette Davis clip where she talks shit about Faye Dunaway Check Out our Link TreeFollow us on InstagramContact the show: poprocksandsodapod@gmail.comCreated by Doug Wortel/Jean Michel/Matt AndersonCover Art by Jean Michel“Pop Rocks And Soda Theme” by Doug Wortel/Heather Dellamore/Alden Stevens “Neighborhood Threat” by Iggy Pop

Dead Mikey Number Eight Working GirlIn this ridiculous episode, the guys are joined by Heather "From Corporate" Dellamore from the podcast, “That Wasn't Supposed To Happen” to talk about the madness that went on behind the scenes during the filming of the Mike Nichols film “Working Girl.” Footnotes and Follies: Due to the ADD in the room (Assholes Douglas and Dellamore) Jean doesn't get to finish his Eurovision storyHere is the intro to the Working Girl TV Show starring Sandra BullockSigourney Weaver talking about making Working Girl Follow us on InstagramOur Link TreeContact the show: poprocksandsodapod@gmail.comCreated by Doug Wortel/Jean Michel/Matt AndersonCover Art by Jean Michel“Pop Rocks And Soda Theme” by Doug Wortel/Heather Dellamore/Alden Stevens "Crazy Horses" by The Osmonds"Kool Thing" by Sonic Youth 

Dead Mikey Number SevenA David Lynch Pin Of Shame In this episode, Jean talks about an interview Laura Dern gave in Rolling Stone where she describes the contents of David Lynch's refrigerator. Jean then confesses to having some shame about never having seen Eraserhead. The boys later do a guided meditation on all this episode has taught them. Footnotes and Follies: The first synthesizer “The RCA Mark 2” was invented in 1957 but not yet commercially available at the time of Del Shannon's “Runaway” was recorded. Max Crook invented the Musitron in late 1960. Follow us on InstagramContact the show: poprocksandsodapod@gmail.comCreated by Doug Wortel/Jean Michel/Matt AndersonCover Art by Jean Michel“Pop Rocks And Soda Theme” by Doug Wortel/Heather Dellamore/Alden Stevens “Dead Animals” by The Young Evils 

Dead Mikey Number SixWhat The Halen?Comic book writer Matt Anderson (Richie Rich, White Picket Fences) calls in to talk about the tragedy of Van Halen's Gary Cherone era. You read that correctly. This episode features three grown men talking about Van Halen on microphones – for the ladies! Footnotes and Follies: Clip of the infamous MTV music awards appearanceAwkward post awards interviewMore Awkward VH DramaVan Halen Live In Sydney with Gary CheroneFollow us on Instagram Our Link TreeContact the show: poprocksandsodapod@gmail.comCreated by Doug Wortel/Jean Michel/Matt AndersonCover Art by Jean Michel“Pop Rocks And Soda Theme” by Doug Wortel/Heather Dellamore/Alden Stevens “Jump” by Paul Anka

Dead Mikey Number Five The Exploding Dennis Hopper TrickDoug recounts that special evening in May of 1983 at RICE University when during a Q&A screening of the film Out Of The Blue, Dennis Hopper performed a stunt called The Russian Death Chair with 4-6 sticks of dynamite, while a crowd of students and drag race fans looked on. Footnotes and Follies: This episode starts with some loose chat on the movie, Ghost Dog. Later, when listing the work of cinematographer Robby Muller, Doug failed to mention that Muller also filmed GHOST DOG! He also pronounced it “Cinephotographer” once or twice. Stay in school, kids!Here is the link to footage of Hopper's stunt. The link to Jason Bateman's Carson appearance. The link to Cyndi Lauper's Carson appearance. The trailer to Human HighwayFollow us on Instagram Our Link TreeContact the show: poprocksandsodapod@gmail.comCreated by Doug Wortel/Jean Michel/Matt AndersonCover Art by Jean Michel“Pop Rocks And Soda Theme” by Doug Wortel/Heather Dellamore/Alden Stevens “Dennis Hopper” by The Waterboys

Dead Mikey Number Four : The Origin Of A Necromancer In this ridiculous episode, Jean tells the story of his son's ethereal connection to both Gordon Lightfoot and The Underworld. Unfortunately, that's all we can say about it in the liner notes. Footnotes and Follies: *Clip of the original Elvis Costello SNL incident from 1977*Clip of the recreation of that incident featuring Beastie Boys * Clip of Ian Mackaye, Lee Ving and others offering context to infamous appearance of the band Fear on SNL.Follow us on Instagram Our Link TreeContact the show: poprocksandsodapod@gmail.comCreated by Doug Wortel/Jean Michel/Matt AndersonCover Art by Jean Michel“Pop Rocks And Soda Theme” by Doug Wortel/Heather Dellamore/Alden Stevens “Sund666wn” by Gordon Lightfoot and forces unknown 

Dead Mikey Number 3 : Two Of Us Beatle-ing In this episode, Doug and Jean do a deep dive on Peter Jackson's 7 ½ hour Beatles documentary, “Get Back.” The guys try their hardest to point the camera out of the window of Abbey Road Studios to better give context where there is otherwise very little. Footnotes and Follies: *The offer Lorne Michaels made to The Beatles in the infamous sketch was $3000.00 *Rock And Roll Circus was finally released in October of 1996*The last Beatles concert before the Get Back sessions took place on August 29th 1966. It happened on the Revolver tour but little to no songs were performed from the album due to the difficulty of reproducing George Martin's studio trickery live. Follow us on InstagramContact the show: poprocksandsodapod@gmail.comCreated by Doug Wortel/Jean Michel/Matt AndersonCover Art by Jean Michel“Pop Rocks And Soda Theme” by Doug Wortel/Heather Dellamore/Alden Stevens “Don't Let Me Down” by Phoebe Snow 

Dead Mikey Number 2 : Second Hand GraverobbersIn this episode, Jean teaches us the origin of the phrase, “To Be Continued” as according to the middle eastern folk tale anthology, “One Thousand and One Nights.” Doug then tells us how he spent his junior high school years pretending to like the spanish boy band Menudo just so he could impress Puerto Rican girls. Footnotes and Follies: *The song Doug mentioned that was featured in Spiderman : Far From Home (not Homecoming) is called Stella Stai It is by Italian singer/songwriter Umberto Tozzi. The Menudo version is called "Claridad."Follow us on InstaContact the show: poprocksandsodapod@gmail.comCreated by Doug Wortel/Jean Michel/Matt AndersonCover Art by Jean Michel“Pop Rocks And Soda Theme” by Doug Wortel/Heather Dellamore/Alden Stevens “Say My Name” by SuperchunkStart your own podcast on Buzzsprout!

Dead Mikey One : Anticipating Stonehenge In our very first episode, Jean tells Doug about the time Michael Jackson tried to buy Marvel Comics in hopes that he could one day play Spider Man – and this is before the show even gets started. Then Doug presents the first official “Dead Mikey” of the season by recounting the details of how the seminal scene from Spinal Tap actually came true after filming but before the film's release.  This episode is dedicated to Paul Delduca Follow us on InstagramContact the show : poprocksandsodapod@gmail.comFootnotes and Follies: Jeff Lynne is in fact a renowned record producer who did two albums with Tom Petty including Full Moon Fever (1989) and Great Wide Open (1991) Created by Doug Wortel/Jean Michel/Matt AndersonCover Art by Jean Michel“Pop Rocks And Soda Theme” by Doug Wortel/Heather Dellamore/Alden Stevens "Paranoid" by Iron Horse