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Dave and Clint talk about classic books, movies and other works while sampling adult beverages inspired by those works.

David McArthur and Clint Lanier


    • May 20, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
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    Toasting the Classics Classic- Enter the Dragon

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2025 67:34


    In what was probably one of our tipsiest episodes, Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur discuss the blockbuster martial arts film Enter the Dragon.

    The Jerk- Steve Martin begins his movie career with a bang!

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2025 52:33


    Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur drink cheap chardonnay and discuss the 1979 film debut of Steven Martin.

    Toasting the Classics Classic- Dr Dre and The Chronic

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2025 73:29


    A blast from the Toasting the Classics past and a time before things went awry in America. Also after, but also before. Dave McArthur and Clint Lanier discuss Dr. Dre's rap smash The Chronic while drinking forties of King Cobra.

    The Picture of Dorian Gray- Oscar Wilde

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2025 21:00


    Dave McArthur discusses Oscar Wilde's only novel and most famous work, sadly without a drink in hand, because this is Sober Shorts.

    Dune- David Lynch 1984

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2025 57:13


    Dave McArthur welcomes guest hosts Bill Hodges and Kevin Doyle to discuss the David Lynch 1984 debacle Dune while drinking various permutations of the the water of life.

    Toasting the Classics Classic- MacBeth- Shakespeare's Scottish Play

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2025 88:29


    Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur discuss the bard's bloody masterpiece. Look out for new episodes on The Alchemist, David Lynch's Dune, and our first Broadway show, Smash, coming soon.

    Rebecca- Last Night I Dreamt I Went Podcasting Again

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2025 20:35


    Dave McArthur and Bill Hodges stay sober and short while discussing the 1940 Best Picture Winner Rebecca, directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Joan Fontaine and Laurence Olivier.

    Richard Pryor's Live on the Sunset Strip

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2025 58:34


    Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur discuss the 1982 comedy album Live on the Sunset Strip while drinking Rum and Pepsi.

    Wild at Heart- 1990 David Lynch, Nicolas Cage, Laura Dern

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2025 21:47


    Dave McArthur stays sober and discusses his thoughts on the 1990 David Lynch film Wild at Heart. Buckle your seatbelts for a weird ride.

    The Searchers- 1956 A Beautiful Western with an Ugly Hero

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2025 54:09


    Dave McArthur and Clint Lanier drink whiskey and talk about the highly acclaimed 1956 western The Searchers, directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne and Natalie Wood.

    Rendezvous with Rama- Arthur C. Clarke

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2025 25:46


    Dave McArthur welcomes guest host Bill Hodges for a discussion of the the 1973 science fiction novel Rendezvous with Rama.

    Le Petit Prince- Antoine de Saint Exupery

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2025 51:25


    Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur discuss the 1943 wartime children's book Le Petit Prince while drinking imported beer. We didn't say where it was imported to or from!

    Commando (1985) Arnold Schwarzenegger

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2025 20:08


    Dave McArthur invites guest hosts Kevin Doyle and Bill Hodges to discuss the 1985 action blockbuster Commando starring Arnold Schwarzenegger.

    Ordinary People- 1981 Best Picture and What We Almost Called This Podcast

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 18, 2025 56:45


    Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur discuss the 1981 Best Picture winner Ordinary People and the technical aspects of Robert Redford's direction thereof while drinking too many martinis and admitting our kids are in therapy.

    Caspar David Friedrich- The Soul of Nature

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2025 20:30


    Dave McArthur braves the podcasting ether alone to discuss the new exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, The Soul of Nature and the work of German Romantic painter Caspar David Friedrich.

    Apocalypse Now- 1979 Francis Ford Coppola hooks a 300-pound Marlon

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2025 56:28


    Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur discuss the 1979 Francis Ford Coppola opus Apocalypse Now while drinking Pabst Blue Ribbon beer. 

    Blue Velvet- David Lynch 1986

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2025 19:28


    Dave McArthur and guest hosts Bill Hodges and Kevin Doyle discuss the 1986 David Lynch film Blue Velvet on the day of the director's passing.

    The Great Gatsby- F. Scott Fitzgerald

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2025 54:51


    Dave McArthur and Clint Lanier discuss the purported great American novel, The Great Gatsby while time traveling to jazz age DC with gin rickeys.

    Sober Shorts: Inherent Vice 2014

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2025 19:23


    Dave McArthur welcomes guest host Kevin Doyle to soberly discuss the 2014 Paul Thomas Anderson film Inherent Vice starring Joaquin Phoenix, Reese Witherspoon, Josh Brolin, Owen Wilson, and Martin Short among others. It's film noir, it's like the Big Lebowski, and it's one of our generation's greatest directors.

    The Gulag Archipelago- Alexander Solzhenitsyn

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 7, 2025 74:56


    Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur go back to where it all began and drink vodka while discussing The Gulag Archipelago, the epic tome that brought down the Soviet Union.

    Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols!

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2024 51:56


    Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur drink cans of Guinness beer while discussing the merits of the somewhat eponymous 1977 album Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols!

    Close Encounters of the Third Kind- Steven Spielberg's First Try at Aliens

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2024 64:26


    Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur drinks Elysian Space Dust IPA while discussing the 1978 blockbuster Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

    Van Halen- a 79-minute "Eruption" of podcasting

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2024 79:48


    Dave McArthur is joined by guest hosts Jay Schweig and Steve Kattula to discuss the eponymous 1978 album Van Halen while drinking whiskey.

    Election Day Special! The Candidate

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2024 58:01


    1984- George Orwell and Victory Gin

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2024 61:29


    Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur drink gin cocktails crafted to taste like Oceania Victory gin while discussing the 1949 novel 1984 by George Orwell.

    Children of Men- Come on He's Clive Owen, That's Mental!

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 5, 2024 60:01


    Dave McArthur welcomes guest hosts Joe Iglesias and Chris Gragg to discuss the 2006 dystopian thriller Children of Men while drinking hot toddies.

    Tommy- The Who

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2024 51:05


    Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur drink Tom Collins cocktails and discuss The Who's 1969 rock opera Tommy.

    Pulp Fiction- Bad Dudes, Bad Language, Good Movie?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2024 60:38


    Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur drink five-dollar milkshakes with bourbon and discuss the 1994 Quentin Tarantino film Pulp Fiction.

    The Three Body Problem- Liu Cixin 2008

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2024 60:07


    Dave McArthur and Bill Hodges discuss the 2008 novel The Three Body Problem while sipping baiju.

    The Sands of Iwo Jima- John Wayne and Flamethrowers

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2024 49:43


    Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur discuss the 1949 war epic The Sands of Iwo Jima while drinking bourbon.

    The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test- Tom Wolfe

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2024 58:18


    Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur get back into the live podcasting studio to record a discussion of Tom Wolfe's book The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test while drinking vodka and Kool-Aid.

    Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2024 58:21


    Dave McArthur and Clint Lanier discuss the 1968 album At Folsom Prison while sipping beer in brown bottles. There might also be some discussion of Live at San Quentin due to a totally understandable and forgivable mishap. Dave McArthur assures you that he later listened to At Folsom Prison and it was a bona fide banger and classic that slaps for sure!

    Monty Python and the Holy Grail- It's only a Podcast!

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2024 58:30


    Dave McArthur welcomes guest hosts Kevin Doyle, Bill Hodges, and Chris Gragg for a lively discussion of Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

    Once Upon a Time in the West- Quit Dawdling and Shoot the Guy Already

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2024 60:14


    Dave McArthur and Clint Lanier drink bourbon and discuss the 1968 critical darling western Once Upon a Time in the West.

    T.S. Eliot's "The Wasteland"- Ezra Pound, Dante, and Shakespeare Walk Into a Poem

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2024 54:28


    Dave McArthur and Clint Lanier drink gin martini cocktails while discussing the epic modernist poem "The Wasteland".

    My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy- Kanye West "One of the Best Podcasts of All Time, Of All Time!"

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2024 66:49


    Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur discuss the 2010 album My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy while drinking Hennessey.

    Rosemary's Baby- Happy New Year, Year One That Is!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2024 66:15


    Dave McArthur welcomes guest hosts Kevin Doyle and Chris Gragg to drink vodka blush cocktails and discuss the 1968 film Rosemary's Baby.

    The Endless Summer- With Thanks to Great King Neptune

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2023 58:11


    Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur drink Surfer on Acid cocktails while discussing the 1964 blockbuster documentary The Endless Summer.

    Beverly Hills Cop- Super Cops, Scotch, and Soda

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2023 48:40


    Dave McArthur welcomes guest hosts Bill Hodges and Chris Gragg to discuss the 1984 blockbuster Beverly Hills Cop while drinking Axel Foley's favorite drink, scotch and soda.

    The Seventh Seal

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2023 76:51


    Dave McArthur welcomes guest hosts Joe Iglesias and Chris Gragg to drink akvavit and discuss the 1958 film The Seventh Seal.

    On the Road- Jack Kerouac Part Two

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2023 54:40


    Dave McArthur and Clint Lanier conclude their discussion of Jack Kerouac's novel On the Road while finishing their Rusty Nail cocktails.

    On the Road- Jack Kerouac Part One

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2023 53:40


    Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur discuss the 1957 novel On the Road while drinking rusty nail cocktails.

    The Big Lebowski- the Podcast Abides

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2023 50:20


    Dave McArthur welcomes guests Chris Gragg and Bill Hodges to discuss the 1998 cult classic The Big Lebowski while drinking White Russians.

    U2- The Joshua Tree

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2023 57:45


    Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur discuss the 1987 album The Joshua Tree while drinking Irish whiskey.

    The Three Musketeers- Alexandre Dumas

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2023 56:15


    Dave McArthur welcomes guest hosts Bill Hodges and Chris Gragg to discuss the novel The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas while drinking Anjou wine.

    Dr. No (1962) The Film This Time

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2023 63:34


    Dave McArthur and Clint Lanier drink vodka martinis and discuss the original James Bond Film, Dr. No.

    Dr. No- Ian Fleming Podcast Ineffective Against Flamethrower

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2023 69:52


    Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur discuss Ian Fleming's novel Dr. No while drinking gin and tonic cocktails.

    Disintegration-The Cure (1989) Definitely their best album

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2023 50:51


    Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur drink Cure cocktails (triple sec, vodka, and lime juice) while discussing the 1989 Cure album Disintegration.

    Annie Hall- a comedy masterpiece from the problematic Woody Allen

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2023 58:47


    Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur discuss the 1977 Best Picture Winner Annie Hall while drinking chilled white wine from plastic cups.

    48 Hours- Buddy Cop Movie with no Buddy Cops

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2023 63:03


    Dave McArthur welcomes guest hosts Chris Gragg and Bill Hodges to drink Black Russians and discuss the 1982 action/comedy film 48 Hours starring Eddie Murphy and Nick Nolte. Black Russians are vodka mixed with kahlua.

    Neuromancer- William Gibson (1984)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2023 57:14


    Clint Lanier and Dave McArthur discuss William Gibson's 1984 novel Neuromancer while drinking Kirin Ichiban lager.

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