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Telephon Tuesday. Entertainment from 1982. US revolution officially over, San Marino founded, Sweden driving laws. Todays birthdays - Alan Ladd, Memphis Slim, Mort Walker, Hank Thompson, Al Jardine, Don Brewer, Charlie Sheen, Jennifer Paige. Vince Lombardi died.Intro - Pour some sugar on me - Def Leppard http://defleppard.com/Hanging on the telephone - BlondieEye of the tiger - SurvivorLove will turn you around - Kenny RogersBirthdays - In da club - 50 Cent http://50cent.com/Born with the blues - Memphis SlimIt don't hurt anymore - Hank ThompsonI get around - The Beach BoysWe're an American Band - Grand Funk RailroadCrush - Jennifer PaigeExit - It's not love - Dokken http://dokken.net/Follow Jeff Stampka on facebook and cooolmedia.com
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Struggling podcasters/backyard wrestlers agree to fill in for a babysitting job. What starts off as a quiet night of pizza and video games quickly spirals into bloody chaos as they find themselves fighting for relevancy. On Episode 603 of Trick or Treat Radio we discuss the throwback horror, heavy metal, wrestling flick Here For Blood from director Daniel Turres! We also discuss how to turn a comic strip into a film, the delicate balance you need to strike in a horror comedy, and what House of the Devil would look like if Lloyd Kaufman directed it. So grab your favorite spooky gimmick mask, lace up your wrestling boots, and strap on for the world's most dangerous podcast!Stuff we talk about: Troma, expensive box sets, independent cinema, E.T., Eddie Torres the Extra Testicle, wrestling, heavy metal, throwback horror, the halftime show, Fantastic Four casting, Franklin Richards, is it possible to make a good Fantastic Four movie?, Josh Trank, Capone, Major League, Pedro Pascal, Roger Corman, The Bear, Andor, Joseph Quinn, Vanessa Kirby, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Ralph Dibney, The Mandalorian, too much of a good thing, Madame Web, Final Cut, Lloyd Kaufman, Charles Band, Carny Shyster, comic strips, Fred Basset, For Better or Worse, Family Circus, Groo, The Far Side, Steven From Providence, Doug Allen, Nancy and Sluggo, Heavy Metal, Fritz the Cat, Beetle Bailey, Wizard of Id, Haggar the Horrible, Franky the Mobster, Dee Snider, Shawn Roberts, Daniel Turres, AI written synopsis, throwback 90s horror, pro-wrestling horror, heavy metal horror, the effects of steroids, Dr. Zahorian, Survivor Series, Neon Maniac, Nightbreed, Herr Starr, Repo Man, The Butcher Shop FX Studio, behemoth, House of the Devil if Lloyd Kaufman directed it, disconnected film openings, safe spaces in horror, striking a balance between horror and comedy, Powerman 5000, Pantera, Karl Gotch, George Hackenschmidt, Baseball Furies, watching bloody movies on Valentines Day, I Saw the Devil, Kim Jee-woon, Cobweb, Career Killers, Maximum Overdrive, Pat Hingle, The Night of the Hunter, Charles Laughton, Robert Mitchum, I egress, and The Fantastic Foreskin.Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/trickortreatradioJoin our Discord Community: discord.trickortreatradio.comSend Email/Voicemail: mailto:podcast@trickortreatradio.comVisit our website: http://trickortreatradio.comStart your own podcast: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=386Use our Amazon link: http://amzn.to/2CTdZzKFB Group: http://www.facebook.com/groups/trickortreatradioTwitter: http://twitter.com/TrickTreatRadioFacebook: http://facebook.com/TrickOrTreatRadioYouTube: http://youtube.com/TrickOrTreatRadioInstagram: http://instagram.com/TrickorTreatRadioSupport the show
Lay out the newspaper all over the living room floor and turn to the funny pages! This week we look back on the history and some of our favorite comic strips over the years. Plus an interactive game for you Earbuds on Enjoy Stuff! Let's revisit some legendary comic strips from over the years! Jovial Jay and Shua strip on this week's Enjoy Stuff! News The Road House trailer has shown us that there is still a taste for fighting (and Jake Gyllenhaal's abs) No abs in the Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire trailer, but we do get a whole lot of favorite characters! Check out our TeePublic store for some enjoyable swag and all the latest fashion trends What we're Enjoying Jay took Shua's advice that the new Peacock streaming series Ted was worth the watch. He agrees. It is a funny (and raunchy) story of a boy and his bear. But Seth Macfarlane has given it a heart that really makes you think and care. Shua made his way to the movie theater and saw Jeffrey Wright's newest film American Fiction. This story, about an author who is disgruntled about the stereotypes of blacks that are portrayed in modern literature. Sci-Fi Saturdays This week Sci-Fi Saturdays shows you some Signs. M. Night Shyamalan's 2002 alien thriller isn't a Dead End. The plot seems to be going straight and then takes a Right Turn only and you have to Yield to suspense. Shyamalan's Uneven Road of movies shouldn't Stop you from revisiting Signs. Check it out on Sci-Fi Saturdays. He has also been updating locations from Marvel TV and movies, including Echo, the Agents of SHIELD, and Agent Carter series. Play around with the interactive map on MCULocationScout.com. Plus, you can tune in to SHIELD: Case Files where Jay and Shua break down each episode of the Echo series and more. Enjoy Comic Strips! Peanuts, Calvin and Hobbes, Garfield…there are so many legendary comic strips that have appeared in the newspaper over the years. Originally intended to sell newspapers, their popularity soared and before too long there were dozens of artists making different varieties of comics. As they evolved we got comics that were silly, timely, political, and Pulitzer Prize winners. Classic strips from the 50s, like Peanuts, Marmaduke, Dennis the Menace, and more are still published today, either in reruns (not Linus's brother) or drawn by a new artist. As the 60s and 70s brought change to the world, the comic pages started reflecting it as well. Timely topics were sometimes presented next to our Beetle Bailey. Pulitzer Prize winning Doonesbury by Gary Trudeau proved that the comics could be important. Spider-Man and Star Wars brought other formats of our entertainment to the comics pages. And then we got a series of mega stars that blew up the popularity of that beloved illustrated section of the newspaper. Garfield, The Far Side, Bloom County, and Calvin and Hobbes became just a handful of reasons people would pick up the comics in the first place. How well do you know your comics? Let's play a game to see if you remember the punch line from the very first published strip from a few classics. Now that newspapers are going the way of the Dodo, what does the future hold for our beloved strip format? We're not sure, but we will continue to start the day with a laugh. Did you grow up reading comics? What were some of your favorites (or ones you avoided)? First person that emails me with the subject line, “Let's go exploring!” will get a special mention on the show. Let us know. Come talk to us in the Discord channel or send us an email to EnjoyStuff@RetroZap.com
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1074, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Er Talk 1: If a patient has suffered cardiac arrest, this color "code" should be called. blue. 2: This 4-letter term means ASAP! Immediately!. stat. 3: Give the patient 250 c.c.s of normal saline, c.c. standing for this. cubic centimeter. 4: You'll need follow-up rehab with a P.T., this professional. a physical therapist. 5: Know your ABCs: check this (the "A"), breathing and circulation. airway. Round 2. Category: A Little R And R. With R" And "R in quotation marks 1: In 1962 Nat King Cole sang the following to this title female:. "Ramblin' Rose". 2: In China, it's called Yuan Jiang; in Vietnam, Song Hong. Red River. 3: It's not a 100-meter dash for rodents, but a tiring, meaningless competitve activity. Ratrace. 4: Dale Evans might enjoy this nonalcoholic cocktail of cola and grenadine. Roy Rogers. 5: While attending Eureka College, this future president served as a reporter for the Pegasus, the school paper. Ronald Reagan. Round 3. Category: Food Potpourri 1: You can make pudding and cookies, as well as pie, from the flesh of this jack-o-lantern gourd. a pumpkin. 2: This fast food chain officially introduced the Colonel's Rotisserie Gold in 1993. KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken). 3: The frosting for German chocolate cake contains this tropical ingredient, flaked and sweetened. coconut. 4: The name of this popular dip comes from the Nahuatl words ahuacatl-- "Avocado"-- and molli "sauce". guacamole. 5: This basic gumbo ingredient consists of tapering green pods that become sticky when stewed. okra. Round 4. Category: Long Live The King 1: In 1964 Elvis bought a yacht owned by this ex-president for $55,000, then donated it to the March of Dimes. FDR. 2: John Hancock signed his name big so “John Bull” including this king, could read it without glasses. George III. 3: On Sept. 9, 1956 an estimated 1/3 of the U.S. population watched Elvis on this man's variety show. Ed Sullivan. 4: While married to Isabella I, he sired at least 2 daughters with other women. Ferdinand. 5: As harpsichordist for this Prussian king, Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach often accompanied him in concert. Frederick the Great. Round 5. Category: Swamp Things 1: Singer of the following 1971 song set in a swamp: "Yeah, here comes Amos / Now Amos Moses was a Cajun / He lived by himself...". Jerry Reed. 2: In "Gentle Ben" Dennis Weaver played a game warden in this Florida swamp. the Everglades. 3: Star of "Maude" who was pawed by the "Swamp Thing" in the 1982 film. Adrienne Barbeau. 4: Beetle Bailey is stationed there. Camp Swampy. 5: The 3 residents of "The Swamp" in the final season of "M·A·S·H". Hawkeye, B.J. and Major Charles Winchester. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/ AI Voices used
Comic strips first began appearing in newspapers during the late 1800s. In most of the 20th century there were at least 200 different comic strips and cartoon panels appearing in American newspapers every day. Many cartoon characters were adapted for radio, and a few remain popular. Blondie was created in 1930 by cartoonist Chic Young. In 1939 the Blondie Show appeared on radio and lasted until 1950. We'll hear an episode from 1940. Beetle Bailey and other characters were featured on the Comic Weekly Man Show. From 1947 to 1954 Lon Clark would read comics from the newspapers and perform all the male voices. We'll hear an episode from 1953. Archie Andrews was created by John Goldwater, Bob Montana, and Vic Bloom in 1941. Archie first appeared on radio in 1943. We have an episode from 1946, Archie was on radio through 1953. http://krobcollection.com
National pet rock day. Entertainment from 1959. US revolution officially over, San Marino founded, Sweden driving laws. Todays birthdays - Alan Ladd, Memphis Slim, Mort Walker, Hank Thompson, Al Jardine, Don Brewer, Charlie Sheen, Jennifer Paige. Vince Lombardi died.Intro - Pour some sugar on me - Def Leppard http://defleppard.com/I'm in love with my pet rock - Al BoltThe three bells - The Three BellsBirthdays - In da club - 50 Cent http://50cent.com/Born with the blues - Memphis SlimIt don't hurt anymore - Hank ThompsonI get around - The Beach BoysWe're an American Band - Grand Funk RailroadCrush - Jennifer PaigeExit - It's not love - Dokken http://dokken.net/https://www.coolcasts.cooolmedia.com/show/history-factoids-about-today/
Quizmasters Lee and Marc meet with Fletcher for a trivia quiz with topics including History, Movies, Animals, Computers, Greek Mythology, Anatomy, Food & Beverage, Olympics and more! Round One MCU - Besides 2020, which year was the only to have no movie installments in the MCU (since its inception with the release of Iron Man in 2008)? NEW YORK CITY - Though the third largest in terms of land area, which is the least populous of the five New York City boroughs? MOVIES - With an estimated count of 300,000, what movie holds the record for most extras used? ANIMALS - What type of crocodilian is a close relative to the alligator but features a few notable differences including longer and sharper teeth and more agile movement? HISTORY - Operation: Just Cause was the codename of the U.S.invasion of what transcontinental country (spanning from December of 1989 til January of 1990)? COMPUTERS - Simply called 'brain' the first computer virus for IBM PC's (and compatibles) was released in what year? Round Two VIDEO GAMES - What is the name of the video game pair of a honey bear and a bird, that were featured in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate as well as their own series of games? MOVIE LOCATIONS - Found in Western Ireland, what is the real name or the fictional name that is featured as the setting in the intro of 1987's film The Princess Bride? GREEK MYTHOLOGY - Who was the Greek god of language, commerce and thieves? GEOGRAPHY - Keflavik International Airport is located in which country? ANATOMY - Located in the head, what is the common name for what the medical community refers to as the 'tympanic membrane' of the human body? FOOD & BEVERAGE - The company behind what well-known beverage was originally called "Unadulterated Food Products"? Rate My Question HOLLYWOOD - Film director James Cameron has been married four times; three of his ex-wives worked in the film industry. A producer, a director, and an actress. Name two of them. Final Questions VOCABULARY - Coined by Mort Walker, creator of Beetle Bailey, and most well-known for use in comic strips, what is the term for a string of typographic symbols standing in for profanity? CELEBRITIES - In 2006, what celebrity sold their kidney stone for $25,000 with the proceeds benefiting Habitat for Humanity? OLYMPICS - While 2020 saw the introduction of skateboarding, sport climbing and surfing to the Summer Olympic Games, what activity (first developed in New York City in the 1970's) will be featured as an event for the first time in 2024? ACADEMY AWARDS - Kathryn Bigelow was the first woman to win the Academy Award for Best Director? Upcoming LIVE Know Nonsense Trivia Challenges March 15th, 2023 - Know Nonsense Challenge - Point Ybel Brewing Co. - 7:30 pm EST March 16th, 2023 - Know Nonsense Trivia Challenge - Ollie's Pub Records and Beer - 7:30 pm EST March 25th, 2023 - FRIENDS TRIVIA - Know Nonsense Challenge - Point Ybel Brewing Co. - 7:30 pm EST You can find out more information about that and all of our live events online at KnowNonsenseTrivia.com All of the Know Nonsense events are free to play and you can win prizes after every round. Thank you Thanks to our supporters on Patreon. Thank you, Quizdaddies – Gil, Tim, Tommy, Adam, Brandon, Blake, Spencer Thank you, Team Captains – Kristin & Fletcher, Aaron, Matthew, David Holbrook, Mo, Lydia, Rick G, Skyler, Hayden Thank you, Proverbial Lightkeepers – Elyse, Kaitlynn, Frank, Trent, Nina, Justin, Katie, Ryan, Robb, Captain Nick, Grant, Ian, Tim Gomez, Rachael, Moo, Rikki, Nabeel, Jon Lewis, Adam, Lisa, Spencer, Hank, Justin P., Cooper, Sarah, Karly, Lucas, Mike K., Cole, Adam, Caitlyn H, Sam, Spencer, Stephen, Cameron, Clay, JB, Joshua, James, Paul Thank you, Rumplesnailtskins – Mike J., Mike C., Efren, Steven, Kenya, Dallas, Issa, Paige, Allison, Kevin & Sara, Alex, Loren, MJ, HBomb, Aaron, Laurel, FoxenV, Sarah, Edsicalz, Megan, brandon, Chris, Alec, Sai, Nathan, Tim, Andrea, Ian, Aunt Kiki, Clay, Littlestoflambs, Seth, Bill, Marc P., Holgast, Nora, Joe If you'd like to support the podcast and gain access to bonus content, please visit http://theknowno.com and click "Support." Special Guest: Fletcher.
BANG! @southernvangard #radio Ep342! New music new trash talk Doe Meeks yada yada yada follow us on all the platforms leave comments reviews and the like its the least you can do we've been doing this for 8 years thank you and YOU WAAAAALCOME!!!!! #SmithsonianGrade #WeAreTheGard // southernvangard.com // @southernvangard on all platforms #undergroundhiphop #boombap #DJ #mixshow #interview #podcast #ATL #WORLDWIDE #RIPCOMBATJACK Recorded live October 16, 2022 @ Dirty Blanket Studios, Marietta, GA southernvangard.com @southernvangard on all platforms #SmithsonianGrade #WeAreTheGard twitter/IG: @southernvangard @jondoeatl @cappuccinomeeks Talk Break Inst. - "Fish Snacks" - Yamin Semali "Street Tales" - Reckonize Real ft. Rasheed Chappell, Napoleon Da Legend & Aida "Beetle Bailey" - Jay Nice "Smell Of Gas" - BlackEarth ft. Nathaniel Star "One Life" - Freddie Black (cuts Tone Spliff) "Priorites" - Stik Figa & Conductor Williams "Get Yours" - Homeboy Sandman & Deca "79th And Stony Island" - Open Mike Eagle (prod. Quelle Chris) Talk Break Inst. - "Lemon Pound Cake" - Yamin Semali "Alpha Beta" - A.G. (prod. DJ Manipulator) "Galactic Blacksmiths" - Cousin Feo x Murs (prod. Hobgoblin, cuts DJ Dubplates) "Jazz Cult" - Moka Only "This Life Of Ours" - Cormega (prod. CamondaTrack) "Everything" - Flee Lord ft. G4 Jag (prod. Crisis) Talk Break Inst. - "Mac & Cheese" - Yamin Semali "Revenge" - Eddie Kaine x K Sluggah "No Smoke" - Eddie Kaine x K Sluggah "Real Rap" - Artifacts x Buckwild ft. Ras Kass & Big Joker "Da Warm Up" - Flee Lord (prod. Futurewave) "Drop The Needle" - UFO Fev & Finn ft. Pro Dillinger "Vendetta King" - Swab & Recognize Ali "Sinatras Demons" - Ransom (prod. 38 Spesh) "Different Timing" - Snotty (prod. Retrospec) Talk Break Inst. - "Bean Pies" - Yamin Semali
This week we GenXers talk a local iconic roller coaster closing at well-known in the midwest Cedar Point Amusement Park; College Football kicks off the 2022-2023 season; GenX Media recommendations including the new ‘Rings of Power' series, ‘Little Demon', ‘Untold: Operation Flagrant Foul' & more; A Milli Vanilli biopic is in the works; The Foo Fighters paid tribute to their recently passed drummer Taylor Hawkins-are we ignoring how he passed?; “This Week in Pop Culture History” including the debut of Beetle Bailey in 1950 & several Sid & Marty Krofft childrens' shows + we talk some of our favorites growing up! This + more GenX memories, rants & insults! Find us on your favorite podcast platforms including Spotify, Google Podcasts, Apple Podcasts, Overcast, iHeartRadio, Amazon Music & more! Ask your home assistant device to “Play the It Came From GenX Podcast on Apple Podcasts!” Videos of our show on our YouTube channel (It Came From GenX) + we are excited to announce we now have our own channel on an awesome NEW streaming network, ‘B.O.S.S. Code Media!' Find the app on smart TV devices & smart phones! On FireTV, Fire Stick, Roku & smart phones! See us there along with many creative people! All show links & info can be found on our website: itcamefromgenx.wordpress.com All show links also on Link Tree: linktr.ee/ItCameFromGenX Find us on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter & TikTok! Email us at: itcamefromgenx330@gmail.com Enjoying the show? Consider becoming a patreon! https://www.patreon.com/ItCameFromGenX It'd be gnarly to hear from you! Tell us how we're doing, suggest topics or just say hello. Stay strong friends! --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/brian-fisher98/support
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A cartoonist's cartoonist, Henrik Rehr has worked on a wide variety of projects since his career began in Denmark in the mid 1980's. Capable of myriad stylistic approaches, Henrik was the artist on the venerable “Ferdn'and” comicstrip for 18 years, as well as drawing “Beetle Bailey” and gang for the popular Scandinavian magazine of the same name. More recently, he has worked on graphic novels such as “David Crook”, “Gavrillo Princip” and “Leon & Sofia Tolstoy” in a rich illustrative style for the French and European markets. He talks with Geoff about his career, comicstrips, Beetle and Ferd'nand and the world of European comics. Henrik Rehr: Instagram: @henrikkimrehr https://www.lambiek.net/artists/r/rehr_hendrik.htm https://www.amazon.com/Henrik-Rehr/e/B00O825DPI%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share Geoff: Instagram: @greenscreencomic geoffgrogan.com names mentioned: Nicolas de Crecy: https://www.humanoids.com/y_catalog/book?id=325 Bastien Vives: (with Jerome Mulot & Florrent Ruppert) https://www.fantagraphics.com/collections/bastien-vives/products/the-grande-odalisque Jerome Mulot & Florrent Ruppert: https://www.fantagraphics.com/collections/jerome-mulot https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780615622354 Blutch: https://www.lambiek.net/artists/b/blutch.htm Moebius: https://www.lambiek.net/artists/g/giraud.htm Gipi: https://www.fantagraphics.com/collections/gipi
J.F. Holmes is a retired Army Senior Noncommissioned Officer, having served for 22 years in both the Regular Army and Army National Guard. During that time, he served as everything from an artillery section leader to a member of a Division level planning staff, with tours in Cuba and Iraq, as well as responding to the terrorists attacks in NYC on 9-11. From 2010 to 2014 he wrote the immensely popular military cartoon strip, "Power Point Ranger", poking fun at military life in the tradition of Beetle Bailey and Willy & Joe. His books range from Military Sci-Fi to Space Opera to Detective to Fantasy, with a lot in between, and in 2017 two are finalists for the prestigious Dragon Awards. In 2018, he launched https://www.cannonpublishing.us/home (Cannon Publishing), (www.cannonpublishing.us) specializing in anthologies and works from up and coming authors. J.F. Holmes has published over eighteen books and two novellas. Feel free to join https://www.facebook.com/groups/thecommandpost (The Command Post) on Facebook, and get a chance to influence the course and plot of his next book!
For a period of about 50 years, many of America’s top cartoonists and illustrators lived within a stone’s throw of one another in the southwestern corner of Connecticut. Comic strips and gag cartoons read by hundreds of millions were created in this tight-knit group — Prince Valiant, Superman, Beetle Bailey, Hägar the Horrible, Hi and Lois, Nancy, The Wizard of Id, Family Circus … I could keep going. This hour, a look at the funny pages, and at Connecticut’s cartoon county. GUESTS: Bill Griffith: The creator and author of the daily comic strip Zippy Henry McNulty: A writer and editor who worked for the Hartford Courant for more than 25 years Cullen Murphy: Editor-at-large for Vanity Fair and the author of Cartoon County: My Father and His Friends in the Golden Age of Make-Believe The Colin McEnroe Show is available as a podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. Subscribe and never miss an episode! Join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter. Colin McEnroe, Kevin MacDermott, and Chion Wolf contributed to this show, which originally aired January 11, 2018.Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Phil & Jake rank the very necessary activity of sleep, the very American foodstuff called peanut butter, and the very mustachioed actor Sam Elliott on the List of Every Damn Thing.VOTE HERE to help decide which topic we're going to re-rank on an upcoming episode. Polls are almost closed!If you have something to add to the list, email it to list@everydamnthing.net (or get at us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook).SHOW NOTES: For the second time in recent episodes we discuss the songs of Chubby Checker (both "The Limbo Rock" and “Let's Twist Again”). I Know What You Did Last Summer was a post-Scream 90s horror movie. The title of the sequel was I Still Know What You Did Last Summer, which Phil doesn't approve of. The Karina Longsworth podcast You Must Remember This had a recent episode about Flashdance & Risky Business as part of the current season which is about sex in movies (which used to be a thing). Pittsburgh is a city in western Pennsylvania where the Allegheny & the Monongahela rivers meet to form the Ohio. Phil claims that old Popeye cartoons are much more Olive Oyl and Bluto-centric than you'd think. Some of the better Popeye cartoons aren't streamable because WB's not crazy about the themes. Phil's favorite is "Can You Take It" in which Olive gets a job as a nurse for an underground fight club. Thimble Theater was the original comic strip that Popeye sprung out of. Freddy Krueger was a villain in horror movies in the 80s who attacks people in their dreams. Phil has only ever seen the third Nightmare on Elm Street, where Laurence Fishburne is an orderly at a hospital for traumatized kids and the kids flip the script on Freddy and defeat him. Phil mentions a French scientist who thought sleep was a distraction, and caused himself health problems by staying awake for long periods. This may have been something his parents told him as a kid to get him to sleep. He doesn't know why the scientist was French either. We talk about “sack hounds” and “sack artists”. Phil had always understood these to mean lazy people who could sleep wherever. After looking it up on WW2-era slang websites it seems like a “sack artist” is more like a womanizer whereas a “sack hound” is someone who tries to sleep. Beetle Bailey is a simple, gag-based comic strip with a military setting. Peanut butter is traditionally made of peanuts, smashed. That's why Phil's idea of selling roasted peanuts as extremely crunchy peanut butter makes sense. To Phil. Peanut oil is the oil that you can squeeze out of peanuts. In peanut butter jars, it separates and has to be stirred back into the peanut butter. What? You think it'd be better to just have a jar of peanuts so that the oil will stay put? Yeah me too! Almond butter is mashed-up almonds. The Got Milk? ad campaign which emphasized milk's usefulness as a lubricant, was kicked off by a Michael Bay-directed ad in which a guy has jammed so much PB&J into his mouth that he can't say "Aaron Burr" to win a radio contest. It's a very common problem. George Washington Carver invented about three hundred products derived from peanuts, but did not invent peanut butter. Peanuts are legumes that are eaten as food in the world and are especially popular in the USA, Nigeria and Thailand. Phil used to work with someone who was Thai and she said that Americans all eat rancid peanuts in contrast to Thailand where they eat fresh ones. We're afraid she might be right! Phil went looking for pics of Lucy Pinder to link to and found this which is an NFT of a picture of her. We hope she gets a cut of this. Realizing that Lucy Pinder is a real person has taught Phil empathy. Boiled peanuts are a fantastic Southern food. They come in a wet paper bag (the kind that so many people have trouble fucking their way out of). Sam Elliott was on the Mission: Impossible TV show back in the early 1970s. He looked good even without the mustache. We talk about a few movies, including The Big Lebowski, Power of the Dog, Young Guns and Tombstone. We also talk reflect on the Western and superhero movie genres in general. Here's the Sam Elliott episode of WTF with Marc Maron. Malk was the name of an alternative milk in a gag on the Simpsons from 1995. It's now a real product. ALSO DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE:sleepwalking * napping * insomnia * sleeping naked * Popeye's chicken * goats * Blade * Nutella * peanut cheese * strip clubs that serve food * It's-It * pickles * backpacking * Spice Girls * forest bathing * moustaches * Bill Paxton * Shaquille O'Neal * shirtless men wearing elaborate angel wings, gold lamé shorts & furry cha-cha heels * Harry Styles * Britney Spears * cochlear implants * plastic strawsBelow are the Top Ten and Bottom Top items on List of Every Damn Thing as of this episode (for the complete up-to-date list, go here).TOP TEN: Dolly Parton - person interspecies animal friends - idea sex - idea bicycles - tool coffee - beverage Clement Street in San Francisco - location Prince - person It's-It - food Doctor Doom - fictional character Cher - person BOTTOM TEN:286. cops - people287. British Royal Family - institution288. Steven Seagal - person289. McRib - food290. Hoarders - TV show291. death - idea292. war - idea293. cigarettes - drug294. QAnon - idea295. transphobia - ideaTheme song by Jade Puget. Graphic design by Jason Mann. This episode was produced & edited by Jake MacLachlan. Show notes by Jake MacLachlan & Phil Green.Our website is everydamnthing.net and we're also on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.Email us at list@everydamnthing.net.
Phil & Jake rank the funny-pages sensation Garfield, the proposed policy of student loan forgiveness, and the word “y'all” on the List of Every Damn Thing.VOTE HERE to help decide which topic we're going to re-rank on an upcoming episode.If you have something to add to the list, email it to list@everydamnthing.net (or get at us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook).SHOW NOTES: There's an infamous strip where Jon Arbunkle drinks dog semen. For the record, Jim Davis denied that's what was going on. Discussion of portrayals of cats in popular culture leads to some talk about Tom and Jerry and much talk about Heathcliff (the Original Orange Cat). Phil was wrong about the name of the Garfield convention, it's called the Garfield Gathering. It should be called The Garfering. The next one is May 20th, 2022 in Warwick, Rhode Island. They don't happen every year so don't miss your chance. Garfield Minus Garfield were some edits people made in which Garfield was removed. Phil mentions the very grounded and realistic Garfield without his thought balloons. Beetle Bailey is singled out by Phil as a good gag strip Olivia James took over drawing the comic strip Nancy a few years ago and it's been a breath of fresh air. The old Ernie Bushmiller strips are extremely good also. Garfield: His 9 Lives was a very strange Garfield project in the 80s. When talking about historical tax jubilees, Phil didn't really understand the mechanics too well but in Leviticus, God tells the Hebrews to forgive debts and free slaves every 50 years. It's unclear how this worked in practice. The idea wasn't unique to Hebrews, there are also records of jubilee proclamations in Babylon & Egypt. ALSO DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE:vocabulary * spelling * Bill Murray * Garfield: The Movie * Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties * Odie * Nermal * Pookie * lasagna * capitalism * Donald Duck * Popeye * Sir Topham Hatt * Charmander * Jessica Rabbit * Cinderella * the 80s * Theodore Roosevelt * Aerosmith * “Friday” by Rebecca Black * Girl Scout Cookies * the national debt * kids in restaurants * Barack Obama * cochlear implants * “Macho Man” Randy Savage * shirtless men wearing elaborate angel wings, gold lamé shorts and furry cha-cha heels * standing in line * gender * Texas * Chris Gaines * “Party Up” by DMX * “moist” * jorts * dippin' sauce * dilapidated shacks * puns * intro to “Back that Azz Up” * Country music * rye bread * the Jersey Shore * pigeons * Crocs * Britney SpearsBelow are the Top Ten and Bottom Top items on List of Every Damn Thing as of this episode (for the complete up-to-date list, go here).TOP TEN: Dolly Parton - person interspecies animal friends - idea sex - idea bicycles - tool coffee - beverage Clement Street in San Francisco - location Prince - person It's-It - food Doctor Doom - fictional character Cher - person BOTTOM TEN:280. Hank Williams, Jr - person281. British Royal Family - institution282. Steven Seagal - person283. McRib - food284. Hoarders - TV show285. death - idea286. war - idea287. cigarettes - drug288. QAnon - idea289. transphobia - ideaTheme song by Jade Puget. Graphic design by Jason Mann. This episode was produced & edited by Jake MacLachlan. Show notes by Jake MacLachlan & Phil Green.Our website is everydamnthing.net and we're also on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.Email us at list@everydamnthing.net.
Josh Fruhlinger is better known to the internet as the Comics Curmudgeon, and for something like 15 years, he's been riffing on the oddities of newspaper comics at https://joshreads.com/ (joshreads.com). If you want to know which Mary Worth character got into a fight with a cat, Josh is your guy. Today on Follow Friday, Josh talks about four of his favorite people he follows online: Someone who's an expert in a very specific niche that he loves: Numble, https://twitter.com/numble (@numble) on Twitter Someone he's followed forever: Katie Notopoulos, https://twitter.com/katienotopoulos (@katienotopoulos) on Twitter Someone he's jealous of: Annie Rauwerda, https://twitter.com/anniierau (@anniierau) and https://twitter.com/depthsofwiki (@depthsofwiki) on Twitter, http://instagram.com/depthsofwiki (@depthsofwiki) on Instagram, and https://www.tiktok.com/@depthsofwikipedia (@depthsofwikipedia) on TikTok Someone he just started following: WHH Haters Posting Their L's Online, https://twitter.com/WHHHLsonline/ (@WHHHLsonline) on Twitter Thank you to our amazing patrons: Jon, Justin, Amy, Yoichi, Elizabeth, Sylnai, Matthias, and Shima. On https://www.patreon.com/followfriday (our Patreon page), you can pledge any amount of money to get access to Follow Friday XL — our members-only podcast feed with exclusive bonus follows. That feed has an extended-length version of this interview in which Josh talks about someone who makes the internet a better place: Today in Tabs writer Rusty Foster. Also: Follow Josh on Twitter https://twitter.com/jfruh/ (@jfruh) and read the Comics Curmudgeon at https://joshreads.com/ (joshreads.com) Follow us @FollowFridayPod on https://twitter.com/followfridaypod (Twitter) and https://www.instagram.com/followfridaypod/ (Instagram) Follow Eric https://twitter.com/HeyHeyESJ (@heyheyesj) on Twitter This show is a production of Lightningpod.fm, hosted and produced by https://twitter.com/heyheyesj (Eric Johnson) Music: https://www.fiverr.com/yonamarie (Yona Marie) Show art: https://www.fiverr.com/dodiihr (Dodi Hermawan) Social media producer: Sydney Grodin
lazy moms, pop culture 2015, beetle bailey, porsche, beach boys, charlie sheen, 1st us flag in battle, traty of paris-revolution ends, julian to gregarian calender switch, jennifer paige, eileen brennan, hank thompson, austrailian tv, sweden switchs sides of the road
In this episode, the guys talk about Kool-aid, after school snacks, Shawn has a story involving the game 20 questions that leads us back to The Best of Bread, and Mark tells us about his recent doctor's visit. The fellas also take a minute or 30 to reminisce about newspaper comic strips. They also have some very thought provoking question, can this brain trust handle them? We put the lid on the program with a return visit to Mount 4-Head to immortalize some of the best cartoon characters. Plus the Maroon of the Week, and a trip to Uncle Mark's Joke Bag. Re-brand your week with some absolute nutter nonsense. Subscribe and tell your friends about another funny episode of Randomosity with Shawn and Mark.
Mind Your Business, Used Bible, Beetle Bailey, Baseball Proposal, Doritos Puffy Chip, History Segment, Posting About Jesus, Masterclass, Just Start, Fashion Zenith, Welcome To The Show, Leave Room For God's Wrath, Speaking Truth, Just The Jersey, Self-Righteousness, Basketball Robot, Repent; Quotes: “People who were very religious still wanted nothing to do with the real Jesus.” “My joke still cleared the bar.” “It's very difficult to look good and start something at the same time.” “At 90 I'm gonna pop.”
By Dan Schmitt | One of my earliest memories involves reading. I was about three when I began crawling up on my father's lap each Sunday morning and listening while he read the comics to me. Although I didn't understand much about those comics at such a young age, listening to Dad chuckle as he read the likes of Beetle Bailey, Dagwood, and Blondie, and Bringing up Father made me understand that, somehow, words on a page were magical. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/elk-grove-news/support
If you’re old, like Joel & Kent, then you’ll remember the days of newspapers and Sunday funnies, and this episode of Baconsale will bring about pleasant waves of nostalgia. If you’re Zack’s age or younger, well then, this will be a very educational discussion about the history of comic strips. We’ve picked answers for a dozen categories, and we’ll be reminiscing about such classic hand-drawn cartoons as Calvin and Hobbes, The Far Side, Garfield, Peanuts, Beetle Bailey, Dilbert, and The Family Circus. Press play to learn how amusing it is to hear someone try to describe the funny pages.
For a period of about 50 years, many of America's top cartoonists and illustrators lived within a stone's throw of one another in the southwestern corner of Connecticut. Comic strips and gag cartoons read by hundreds of millions were created in this tight-knit group -- Prince Valiant, Superman, Beetle Bailey, Hägar the Horrible, Hi and Lois, Nancy, The Wizard of Id, Family Circus... I could keep going. This hour, a look at the funny pages, and at Connecticut's cartoon county. GUESTS: Bill Griffith - The creator and author of the daily comic strip Zippy Henry McNulty - A writer and editor who worked for the Hartford Courant for more than 25 years Cullen Murphy - Editor-at-large for Vanity Fair and the author of Cartoon County: My Father and His Friends in the Golden Age of Make-Believe Join the conversation on Facebook and Twitter. Colin McEnroe, Kevin MacDermott, and Chion Wolf contributed to this show, which originally aired January 11, 2018.Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mike "Beetle" Bailey, who resides in tiny Argonne, WIsconsin (population 503) is a Northern Wisconsin racing legend who's still going strong in 2021. Bailey won the very first race ever held at KG Raceway (now Eagle River Speedway) in 1975. Listen in as Beetle talks about days gone by and his racing days ahead!
We have not released a comics and news for a while and it shows with an almost three hour long podcast. Stay with us and be prepared to go through several cups of coffee and trips to and from work as we talk about everything from the past couple of months. Luckily Ikon Collectors have just released a new Phantom coffee mug to help you through this bumper podcast.As some may only want to listen to parts of the podcast, we have included a time stamp of each topic. Either way, I hope you enjoy the podcast.Comic ReviewsFrew PublicationsFrew 1877: 4 MinutesFrew 1878: 30 MinutesFrew 1879: 34 Minutes 30 SecondsFrew 1880 & 1881: 44 MinutesRegal Publishers 3 & 4: 1 Hour 18 MinutesFantomenFantomen Softcover Album: 1 Hour 29 MinutesFantomen 2020 Christmas Album: 1 Hour 24 Minutes 30 SecondsFantomen 21/2020: 1 Hour 40 MinutesFantomen 22-23/2020: 1 Hour 42 MinutesFantomen 24/2020: 1 Hour 43 MinutesFantomen 25-26/2020: 1 Hour 45 Minutes 30 SecondsPhantom NewsBoard Game Update: 1 Hour 55 MinutesOnline Phan Catch Up: 1 Hour 59 MinutesCrooked Dice games Miniature Pieces: 2 Hour 2 Minutes 30 SecondsMythos Publishing Changes and 2021 Schedule: 2 Hour 8 MinutesIkon Collectables: 2 Hour 10 Minutes 30 SecondsNew KFS Style Guide: 2 Hour 16 Minutes2021 Mallon Diary: 2 Hour 23 MinutesPhantom Cameo in 18/2020 Beetle Bailey: 2 Hour 27 Minutes Jason Paulos art: 2 Hour 28 MinutesPatreon gifts: 2 Hour 34 MinutesMake sure you stay with us and do not forget to subscribe and leave a review on our podcast and or our YouTube Channel. Our next podcast is one to remember - stay tuned.We would love to hear from you on what you think of this podcast episode and our reviews and opinions. You can email us at chroniclechamebr@gmail.com or via our social media profiles: Facebook, Twitter and or Instagram. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/chroniclechamber)
Beetle Bailey struggles with obedience, and so do we.
IN THE NEWS: You're fired!; Space Force deploys; Charlie Brown in TIME's 100; Training for the new Cold War; What's old is new again; Nellis leads the way; Army's new A.I., sorta, not really; Three big Army deployments! What could it mean?; Beetle Bailey turns 70; The Navy has a real pirate ship; Big new mission for the Carl Vinson; Marines reshape from within; Diversity saves lives; Diversity quotas; Military couples still divorcing; SECDEF guts military healthcare; State Department restores auto-citizenship; Appeals Court says male-only draft is Constitutional...for now. Show notes at https://thedigressionpodcast.com/34 Sound Off! With a comment or a question at https://thedigressionpodcast.com/soundoff Support the show at https://patreon.com/thedigressionpodcast
EP34 another Sunday Funnies episode with not much MS talk at all. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/kevin-kleinhans/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/kevin-kleinhans/support
Our 50th episode! What better way to celebrate 50 episodes-and the 70th anniversary of “Beetle Bailey”- than part 2 of our interview with Brian Walker! We talk Beetle, Hi & Lois, Alex Raymond, Stan Drake and comics, comics, comics
Heeeey it's life in the army with Beetle Bailey, the soldier who's been enlisted for 50 years yet never seen a day of combat in America's eternal forever war. What happens when Beetle Bailey has to represent Camp Swampy in front of some Pentagon Brass and then Plato makes a flying chair helicopter that shoots things? It's madness when Mike (@bitterkarella) and Ethan (@gtron) look at this animated adaptation of everyone's favorite soldier boy.
AVMPC Episode 19 All-Voice Media takes a step off the Voice-Over and Rock Singing bandwagon to catch up with Beetle Bailey, infantry vet of Afganistan, fireworks technician and life-coach. Some really wild stories, communication in and out of the military, how to identify threats and the cool way to say "how's it going?" in Afgani. Learn how Beetle prepared for war and transferred his skills to Civilian life, fatherhood, and what you can learn from wartime and peacetime to understand voice communication from around the world! allvoicemedia.com Reach out to Daniel 'Beetle' Bailey at daniel@fireworksamerica.com ! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/all-voice-media/support
Brian talks about losing a friend, and how his letter to his son about their departed pet helped remind him of hope. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/manlihood/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/manlihood/support
Spiritual Sunday is our chance here at Manlihood to delve into spiritual things. While Manlihood.com isn't JUST for Christians, many of us are Christians, and we find value in the truths and teachings. We hope you can find value in it too . In this episode, Brian Bailey talks about growing up loving Christmas lights, and how those lights are a symbol of something more. But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin. 1 John 1:7 (NIV) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/manlihood/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/manlihood/support
A new feature! What year are we highlighting?
Recorded on August 30, 2019. Beetle Bailey is an Army veteran and a member of the Boozefighters Motorcycle Club. We met down in Cozumel on a dive trip with Lifewaters. To find out more about Lifewaters, please visit: www.lifewaters.org/ Follow us on: YouTube www.youtube.com/channel/UCg5Xtfc14P3HuvwwYl26ywA Instgram @mycrippledfriend @timvixay Twitter @crippledfriend www.mycrippledfriend.com
Let's Face The Facts - A Facts Of Life Podcast by David Almeida
Tim & I discuss and/or mention in passing Sexual Fluidity and Fluids, The Fonz, Moxie, Mahtzee, Matzoh Ball Soup, The Bible, Boogying, Chutzpah, Japan, Lauren Tom, Friends, Ross & Rachel, Ear Piercing, Sak’s, Bloomingdale’s, Punk Culture, Tattoos, Tramp Stamps, Member’s Only Jackets, Star Trek 2, Nicholas Meyer, James T. Kirk, Polished Cotton, Don Johnson, Miami Vice, Seinfeld, Oreos, The Stray Cats, Pacific Overtures, Mako, Mr. Roboto, Back To The Future 2, Toshiba, Toyota, Yamaha, Honda, Mitsubishi, Walkmans, New Wave, Cheap Trick, Disco, Folger’s Crystal’s, 60 Minutes, Inappropriation, Datsun, Winter Haven FL, Pied Piper Players, Lakeland FL, University of Central Florida, Christian Kelty, Matador, Guiding Lights, Days Of Our Lives, Dagwood Sandwich, Blondie, Archie Comics, Dagwood, Joey Tribbiani, Hagar The Horrible, Family Circus, Beetle Bailey, 1980s Feminism, Yoda, and Godzilla.Website:facethefactspod.comSocial Media:facebook.com/facethefactspodtwitter.com/facethefactspodinstagram.com/facethefactspod
For episode 69, I got a chance to chat with someone that I'm a huge fan of. He has also been on the podcast previously all the way back on episode 8 (along with his wife and Jupiter Jet co-creator, Ashley Victoria Robinson), Jason Inman! Both Jason and Ashley are also hosts of not only one of my favorite geek and pop culture podcasts...but one of my favorite podcasts overall, Geek History Lesson! Jason recently wrote his first non-fiction book, Super Soldiers: A Salute to the Comic Book Heroes and Villains Who Fought for Their Country and like Geek History Lesson, not only was I fully entertained, but I learned something too! He covered sixteen soldiers, some that I knew about like Captain America, some that I didn't, like Gravedigger and some I was surprised to find, like Beetle Bailey. While I Ioved learning about each character's military perspective and the reflection of society in each of their respective times in history, perhaps what I loved even more are Jason's personal anecdotes of his own U.S. Army experiences in the Iraq. There are some very heartfelt moments in this book! Super Soldiers is available now for purchase (there is a Kindle and paperback version) on Amazon and if you will be in the Los Angeles, CA area on Saturday, June 22, 2019 from 11am to 12:30pm, he will be doing a book signing at Earth 2 Comics in Sherman Oaks. I hope you enjoy my conversation with Jason Inman! ~Aaron
Jason Inman returns to the show to talk about his new book 'Super Soldiers: A Salute to the Comic Book Heroes and Villains Who Fought for Their Country'! Along the way we discuss well known patriotic characters like Captain America, The Punisher and Green Lantern (two of them!) and lesser known ones like Gravedigger and Beetle Bailey! We also talk a bit about Jason's own experiences serving in the military! To top it off we discuss 'Swamp Thing's surprise cancellation, the future of DC Universe and what is going on with the future of Star Wars! It's a pretty classic Geekscape episode, so enjoy!Buy your copy of Super Soldiers here!Subscribe to Geekscape on iTunes!Follow Jonathan on Twitter and Instagram!Join the Geekscape Forever Facebook Group!Visit Geekscape.net for more Geekscape goodness!This podcast is powered by Pinecast.
Jason discusses his new book Super Soldiers Comics and Service members. Essay about various Comics characters with a military background. From Captain Marvel to Beetle Bailey, Jason uses his own experiences in the military to show what they get right and wrong. It's coming out June 18th from Mango Publishing
For a period of about fifty years, many of America's top cartoonists and illustrators lived within a stone's throw of one another in the southwestern corner of Connecticut. Comic strips and gag cartoons read by hundreds of millions were created in this tight-knit group -- Prince Valiant, Superman, Beetle Bailey, Hägar the Horrible, Hi and Lois, Nancy, The Wizard of Id, Family Circus... I could keep going. This hour, a look at the funny pages, and at Connecticut's cartoon county.Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
This week’s episode features writer David Pepose and artist Jorge Santiago Jr., the Ringo Award-nominated co-creators of SPENCER & LOCKE, the comic book crime thriller from Action Lab Danger Zone. The comic, featuring Jasen Smith (colors) and Colin Bell (letters) tells the story of the misadventures of a hardened cop and his imaginary partner: an anthropomorphic blue panther. Picking up where we left off back in Episode 101, David and Jorge bring Adrian up to speed on the latest installment SPENCER & LOCKE 2 and the series’ new villain Roach Riley, a twisted take on Mort Walker’s comic strip Beetle Bailey. David and Jorge also discuss how they approached the second volume and continued to build on the high concept of the original arc by raising the stakes, but also maintaining the heart and personal connection to the characters.
This week’s episode features writer David Pepose and artist Jorge Santiago Jr., the Ringo Award-nominated co-creators of SPENCER & LOCKE, the comic book crime thriller from Action Lab Danger Zone. The comic, featuring Jasen Smith (colors) and Colin Bell (letters) tells the story of the misadventures of a hardened cop and his imaginary partner: an anthropomorphic blue panther. Picking up where we left off back in Episode 101, David and Jorge bring Adrian up to speed on the latest installment SPENCER & LOCKE 2 and the series’ new villain Roach Riley, a twisted take on Mort Walker’s comic strip Beetle Bailey. David and Jorge also discuss how they approached the second volume and continued to build on the high concept of the original arc by raising the stakes, but also maintaining the heart and personal connection to the characters.
As we start a weird new year, it's time to look back at all the pop culture legends we lost in 2018. Now last year's memorial show turned into our longest episode ever; we were so dizzy and confused that we almost forgot to stop. So this year we're splitting our list into two episodes (but they're still rather long, and we're still rather dizzy). Our first category is actors, including Charlotte Rae (Mrs. Garrett!), Penny Marshall (Laverne!), David Ogden Stiers (Major Winchester! And the Martian Manhunter!), Ken Berry (the guy in The Cat From Outer Space!), and yeah, our Lois Lane, Margot Kidder. This week we also cover comic books and strips, including the creators of Beetle Bailey, Ghost Rider, Judge Dredd... and of course, Steve and Stan, the guys who gave us Spider-Man. (We forgot to say it during the show, so let's throw an "Excelsior!" in right here.) Next week we'll keep going, with stars from music, cartoons, wrestling, and more. Join us, and as always, bring very strong beverages.
Assistant Features Editor Ryan E. Smith talks with Brian Walker regarding his thoughts on MAD Magazine and the comic strips Beetle Bailey, Hi and Lois. Next we go in depth on Brian’s father Mort Walker and his relationship with him and the comic strips. Finally, we discuss how these comic strips have changed over the years and the fan base that still exist for them today.
This week, we delve into the weird 1972 animated special "Popeye Meets the Man Who Hated Laughter," which takes Popeye and adds most of his King Features comic strip cohorts, including Blondie and Dagwood, Beetle Bailey, Hi and Lois, Quincy, Snuffy Smith, Flash Gordon, The Phantom, Steve Canyon, and more! Popeye does impressions, Olive flirts with Steve, a number of characters eat a lot of food, and a Dagwood sandwich saves the day! It might not get any weirder than this.
We talk with PolyHero Dice about their cool themed polyhedral RPG / tabletop dice (currently Kickstarting their Rogue set), plus D&D/RPG news! Podcast version of the live Shane Plays geek talk radio show from 2/3/2018 Shane Plays airs on Saturdays at 1 PM Central on 96.5 FM The Answer in Little Rock. It can also be heard online at http://965fmtheanswer.com. Call in at 501-823-0965 or tweet @ShanePlays during the show! Like what you hear? Support Shane Plays Radio on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/shaneplays Shane Plays is carried on Krypton Radio! Krypton Radio is SciFi for your Wifi. http://kryptonradio.com/ Listen to the Shane Plays podcast on YouTube, SoundCloud, iTunes, Google Play Music, Stitcher (and other fine, fine podcast directories) after the live show. SHOW NOTES Shane Plays sponsor Arkansas RPG Con 2018 (August 11th) badge sales are now open. Vendor and Sponsorship options also open. Go to http://ARPGCON.COM for more info and make sure to follow Arkansas RPG Con on Facebook. Podcast version zinger is from Bruce Blitz Interviews Cartoonist Mort Walker and Beetle Bailey: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSHs4fYuGoA NEWS ITEMS Mort Walker, whose ‘Beetle Bailey’ was a comic-page staple for decades, dies at 94 | Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/mort-walker-whose-beetle-bailey-was-a-comic-page-staple-for-decades-dies-at-94/2018/01/27/bcd374ec-039e-11e8-bb03-722769454f82_story.html Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes for D&D 5e - Coming in May | Tribality https://www.tribality.com/2018/02/02/mordenkainens-tome-foes-dd-5e-coming-may/ It's Time To Pre-Order Your Copy Of Into The Borderlands | EN World http://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?4887-It-s-Time-To-Pre-Order-Your-Copy-Of-Into-The-Borderlands GUEST: POLYHERO DICE Game Salute brand manager Brenna Noonan joins to talk Polyhero Dice and their unique themed RPG / tabletop dice sets, including their current Rogue set Kickstarter. PolyHero Dice https://www.polyhero.com/ Rogue Dice Set Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/polyherodice/polyhero-dice-rogue-set Game Salute: https://www.gamesalute.com/ Brenna Noonan: https://www.brennanoonan.com/
R&B book cartoon character Royal Rumble; Busby's Nation renamed.. poorly; Raven writes and sings original musical composition; bad impressions of Jim Ross are performed; NEWSER rocks.. while rocks should be thrown at Busby new game; Bugsy McGraw & Greg Valentine in name game; Rory MacDonald vs Douglas Lima, Tesla Death Ray, Katharine Heigl, Beetle Bailey, IKEA, and National Menudo day - the band or the food? And of course all the usual perversions.
Jackie and Dunlap on Trump's State of the Union, Trey Gowdy, #releasethememo, the FBI, Rod Rosenstein, M*A*S*H, Arthur, Arthur 2: On The Rocks, Jay-Z, Davos, Russian sanctions, and Beetle Bailey creator Mort Walker RIP. Sponsors: Numpotown & Jackie's 4 Dogs "The Magic Cowboy" and "The Lonesomest Staples" courtesy Seth Timbs. Check out 20 Minutes by Quick and Dirty! Red State Update theme "Tasty Sorghum Biscuit" by William Sherry Jr. For more context on this incomprehensible nonsense, listen to the original episodes (listed below) or check out our Wikipedia page. Thanks, Guy Lancaster! Podcasting from Dunlap's Jackie's Market in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, grizzled hard-bitten hillbilly conservative Never-Trumper Jackie Broyles and high-as-hell beer-breathed half-hard layabout Never-Trumper Dunlap yell about President Ultimate Yankee Donald Trump and his baby tantrums and his alt-right Nazi cabinet henchmen, about Steve Bannon and Jared Kushner and Stephen Miller and Kellyanne and Spicey and Mooch and Gorka, about Chuck Shumer and Mitch McConnell and John McCain and Nancy Pelosi, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, Priebus and Putin, Russia and Ryan and Reagan, liberals and conservatives, cucks and con-men, Democrats and Republicans, Never-Trumpers and Bernie bros, Deplorables and RINOs, fake news, fake sponsors, local businesses, national politics, populism, pop culture, old TV shows, current events, the white working class, Trump's America and, let's be honest, the end of the world. If you like sophisticated satire, nuanced political humor, and redneck shitkicking hillbilly country comedy Hee-Haw moonshine outhouse Blue Collar donkey cartoon face, this is the podcast for you. I mean "y'all."
This week, we talk to Cullen Murphy, the son of cartoonist John Cullen Murphy, about growing up during the funnies’ midcentury heyday. Cartoon County is part memoir, part history of the giants of the comics world, who drew Superman, Beetle Bailey, Hägar the Horrible, The Wizard of Id … and a bevy of strips and gags read by millions of Americans. Visit the episode page for a slideshow of images from the book, including sketches, comic strips, and Polaroids from Cullen Murphy’s collection.Go beyond the episode:Cartoon County by Cullen MurphyRead the strips online: Prince Valiant, Hägar the Horrible, Beetle Bailey …Learn more about Fairfield County in Cullen’s essay in Vanity FairTune in every two weeks to catch interviews with the liveliest voices from literature, the arts, sciences, history, and public affairs; reports on cutting-edge works in progress; long-form narratives; and compelling excerpts from new books. Hosted by Stephanie Bastek. • Subscribe: iTunes • Feedburner • Stitcher • Google Play • Acast • Have suggestions for projects you’d like us to catch up on, or writers you want to hear from? Send us a note: podcast [at] theamericanscholar [dot] org. And rate us on iTunes! • Our theme music was composed by Nathan Prillaman. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
This week, we talk to Cullen Murphy, the son of cartoonist John Cullen Murphy, about growing up during the funnies’ midcentury heyday. Cartoon County is part memoir, part history of the giants of the comics world, who drew Superman, Beetle Bailey, Hägar the Horrible, The Wizard of Id … and a bevy of strips and gags read by millions of Americans. Visit the episode page for a slideshow of images from the book, including sketches, comic strips, and Polaroids from Cullen Murphy’s collection.Go beyond the episode:Cartoon County by Cullen MurphyRead the strips online: Prince Valiant, Hägar the Horrible, Beetle Bailey …Learn more about Fairfield County in Cullen’s essay in Vanity FairTune in every two weeks to catch interviews with the liveliest voices from literature, the arts, sciences, history, and public affairs; reports on cutting-edge works in progress; long-form narratives; and compelling excerpts from new books. Hosted by Stephanie Bastek. • Subscribe: iTunes • Feedburner • Stitcher • Google Play • Acast • Have suggestions for projects you’d like us to catch up on, or writers you want to hear from? Send us a note: podcast [at] theamericanscholar [dot] org. And rate us on iTunes! • Our theme music was composed by Nathan Prillaman. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Today's Guest: Ray Billingsley, syndicated cartoonist, "Curtis" Order A Boy Named Curtis: The Curtis Chronicles by Ray Billingsley by clicking on the book cover above! There are a number of daily newspaper comic strips that we tend to take for granted. “Cathy,” by Cathy Guisewite, is one. Mort Walker’s “Beetle Bailey” and “Hi & Lois” are two more. And then there is my friend Ray Billingsley’s strip, “Curtis.” Ray Billingsley, cartoonist, Curtis “Curtis” shares the adventures of a young African-American boy whose age I’d put at about 10 or 11, dealing with life in his community. He’s chasing—unsuccessfully—girls, being chased—successfully—by bullies, struggling with his dad’s cheapness and smoking… in other words, all the stuff boys his age do. RAY BILLINGSLEY Audio Excerpt: "The strip is a lighthearted tale about a boy. That's all it is. It's just that one little factor that turns publishers off. I still go through, 'Well, blacks don't really read this stuff and whites don't get it." Dagwood Bumstead meets A Boy Named Curtis But because the character is black, it sometimes seems like his creator, Billingsley, doesn’t always get the opportunities or recognition that other men and women in his field do. One example: publication of his collected works. The last time Billingsley was a guest on my show, back in April 2007, he revealed his frustration with the cartoonists establishment and book publishing. Today, there is a new development on that front: publication of the first “Curtis” collection: A Boy Named Curtis. Ray Billingsley Website • Facebook • Wikipedia • Comics Kingdom • Order Will Eisner: A Spirited Life (2nd Edition) by Bob Andelman, available from Amazon.com by clicking on the book cover above! The Party Authority in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland!
Today's Guest: Brian Walker, daily comics writer, "Beetle Bailey," "Hi & Lois," comics historian, The Comics Mr. Media is recorded live before a studio audience of small-bodied talking animals with giant heads and more wisecracks than Don Rickles… in the new new media capitol of the world… St. Petersburg, Florida! The Comics by Brian Walker. Order your copy today by clicking on the book cover above! Comics are Brian Walker’s life. It’s the family business, after all: his dad, Mort, created or co-created "Beetle Bailey," "Hi & Lois," and the legendary but short-lived strip and strips, "Sam’s Strip." Brian and his brother Greg have written and inked "Beetle Bailey" and "Hi & Lois" alongside their dad now for years. (Another second generation comics creator, Chance Browne – son of "Hi & Lois" co-creator and "Hagar the Horrible" creator Dik Browne – draws "Hi & Lois.") But starting back in college in the early 1970s, Brian carved out a corner of the industry for himself. It started when he profiled fledgling “Doonesbury” cartoonist Garry Trudeau in 1973 for Greg’s alt-weekly newspaper, The Silver Lining. BRIAN WALKER audio excerpt: "The New Traditionalists: 'Zits,' 'Baby Blues' and 'Mutts' were not revolutionary in any particular way, but they took all the best qualities of all the great strips." Order from Amazon.com by clicking the book cover above In the years that followed, Greg followed a dual path, writing gags for his father’s strips but also helping Mort Walker and his fellow comic strip masters see their dream come true: He is a founder and former director of the International Museum of Cartoon Art, where he worked from 1974 to 1992. More recently, Brian has turned his attention to preserving and sharing comic strip history. His latest book, The Comics, puts together in one massive, exquisite volume what had previously been two pieces. It is an awesome collection of wonderful strips to the beginning of the medium and all the way to the present day, a must-have collectible for any comics fan. And a few months ago he published another marvelous book, Doonesbury and The Art of G.B. Trudeau. Reading through it, I fell in love with the work of Jane Pauley’s husband all over again. Brian Walker Hi and Lois website Order Will Eisner: A Spirited Life (2nd Edition) by Bob Andelman, available from Amazon.com by clicking on the book cover above! The Party Authority in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland!
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When writing textbooks about slavery, which words best reflect its cold, hard reality? Some historians are dropping the word "slave" in favor of terms like "enslaved person" and "captive," arguing that these terms are more accurate. And raising a bilingual child is tough enough, but what about teaching them three languages? It's an ambitious goal, but there's help if you want to try. Plus, a class of sixth-graders wonders about the playful vocabulary of The Lord of the Rings. Where did Tolkien come up with this stuff? Also, funny school mascots, grawlixes, that melon's busted, attercop, Tomnoddy, purgolders, and dolly vs. trolley vs. hand truck. FULL DETAILS In an earlier episode, we discussed funny school mascot names. Listeners wrote in with more, including the Belfry Bats (the high school mascot of Belfry, Montana) and the Macon Whoopie hockey team, from Macon, Georgia. A Fort Worth, Texas, couple disagrees about how to pronounce the word gymnast, but both JIM-nist and the more evenly stressed JIM-NAST are fine. A musician from Youngstown, Ohio, is designing an album cover for his band's latest release. He wants to use a grawlix, one of those strings of punctuation marks that substitute for profanity. "Beetle Bailey" cartoonist Mort Walker coined the term, but is there a grammar of grawlixes? Quiz Guy John Chaneski has a puzzle about words and phrases that people have tried to trademark, including a two-word phrase indicating that someone's employment has been terminated, which a certain presidential candidate tried unsuccessfully to claim as his own. He's a native English speaker who's fluent in Spanish. She grew up in Cameroon speaking French. They're planning a family, and hoping to raise their children to speak all three. What are the best strategies for teaching children to speak more than two languages? The Multilingual Children's Association offers helpful tips. Offbeat mascot names from Montana include the Powell County Wardens (so named because the high school is in the same county as the Montana State Prison), and the Missoula Loyola Sacred Heart Breakers. Growing up in Jamaica, a woman used to hear her fashion-designer mother invoke this phrase to indicate that something was good enough, even if it was flawed: A man on a galloping horse wouldn't see it. Variations include it'll never be seen on a galloping horse and a blind man on a galloping horse wouldn't see it. The idea is that the listener to relax and take the long view. The expression has a long history in Ireland and England, and the decades of Irish influence in Jamaica may also account for her mother's having heard it. The country of Cameroon is so named because a 15th-century Portuguese explorer was so struck by the abundance of shrimp in a local river, he dubbed it Rio dos Camaroes, or "river of shrimp." The organization Historic Hudson Valley describes the African-American celebration of Pinkster in an exemplary way. It avoids the use of the word slave and instead uses terms such as enslaved people, enslaved Africans, and captives. It's a subtle yet powerful means of affirming that slavery is not an inherent condition, but rather one imposed from outside. A sixth-grade teacher from San Antonio, Texas, says he and his students are reading The Lord of the Rings. They're curious about the words attercop, which means "spider" (and a relative of the word cobweb) and Tomnoddy, which means "fool." Grant recommends the book The Ring of Words, as well as these online resources: Why Did Tolkien Use Archaic Language? and A Tolkien English Glossary. If you're in the Ozarks, you might hear the expression that means the same as water under the bridge or spilled milk: that melon's busted. The idea in all three cases is that something irrevocable has happened, and there's no going back. A listener from Abilene, Texas, recounts the incredulous reaction he got when he was in England and asked some burly fellows for a dolly, meaning a wheeled conveyance for moving heavy loads. He asked for a two-wheeler, then a hand truck, and finally learned that what they were expecting him to ask for a trolley. Madison East High School in Madison, Wisconsin, is the proud home of the Purgolders. That school mascot resembles a golden puma in purple attire, with a portmanteau name that combines those two colors. This episode is hosted by Martha Barnette and Grant Barrett. -- A Way with Words is funded by its listeners: http://waywordradio.org/donate Get your language question answered on the air! Call or write with your questions at any time: Email: words@waywordradio.org Phone: United States and Canada toll-free (877) WAY-WORD/(877) 929-9673 London +44 20 7193 2113 Mexico City +52 55 8421 9771 Donate: http://waywordradio.org/donate Site: http://waywordradio.org/ Podcast: http://waywordradio.org/podcast/ Forums: http://waywordradio.org/discussion/ Newsletter: http://waywordradio.org/newsletter/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/wayword/ Skype: skype://waywordradio Copyright 2016, Wayword LLC.
Today's Guest: Cartoonist Mort Walker, dean of American comic strip creators, creator of Hi & Lois, Beetle Bailey. (FROM 2007) Order Beetle Bailey: The Daily & Sunday Strips 1966 by Mort Walker, available from Amazon.com by clicking on the book cover above![/caption] Mort Walker is the dean and -- in some ways -- the curator of American cartoonists. Best known for his long-running strips “Beetle Bailey” and “Hi & Lois,” Walker, 84, is also a bedrock member of the National Cartoonists Society, and he’s the founder and energy behind the National Cartoon Museum. This is the third time I’ve had the pleasure of Mort’s company over the last 20 years. I enjoy interviewing him because he says what’s on his mind, and what’s on his mind is never dull. But just in case my questions aren’t sharp enough for this American comic strip master, I’ve called in reinforcements. Ray Billingsley, creator of the “Curtis” strip and an old friend of Walker’s, kindly contributed questions today. So did a newer member of the fraternity, Mark Tatulli, creator of “Heart of the City” and America’s fastest-growing new strip, “LIO.” Order Will Eisner: A Spirited Life (2nd Edition) by Bob Andelman, available from Amazon.com by clicking on the book cover above!
The Comic Weekly Man was an old time radio show which aired from 1947 to 1954 where the host would read the Sunday comics in dramatic, and sometimes humorous fashion, complete with music and sound effects. Folks of all ages would tune in to hear the show and to enjoy the reading of the comics by the Comic Weekly Man. Some of the strips he would read from included Blondie, Beetle Bailey, Hi and Lois, and many, many others. We hope you enjoy the show and thank you all for voting and for listening to Brando Classic Old Time Radio
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When writing textbooks about slavery, which words best reflect its cold, hard reality? Some historians are dropping the word "slave" in favor of terms like "enslaved person" and "captive," arguing that these terms are more accurate. And raising a bilingual child is tough enough, but what about teaching them three languages? It's an ambitious goal, but there's help if you want to try. Plus, a class of sixth-graders wonders about the playful vocabulary of The Lord of the Rings. Where did Tolkien come up with this stuff? Also, funny school mascots, grawlixes, that melon's busted, attercop, Tomnoddy, purgolders, and dolly vs. trolley vs. hand truck.FULL DETAILSIn an earlier episode, we discussed funny school mascot names. Listeners wrote in with more, including the Belfry Bats (the high school mascot of Belfry, Montana) and the Macon Whoopie hockey team, from Macon, Georgia.A Fort Worth, Texas, couple disagrees about how to pronounce the word gymnast, but both JIM-nist and the more evenly stressed JIM-NAST are fine.A musician from Youngstown, Ohio, is designing an album cover for his band's latest release. He wants to use a grawlix, one of those strings of punctuation marks that substitute for profanity. "Beetle Bailey" cartoonist Mort Walker coined the term, but is there a grammar of grawlixes?Quiz Guy John Chaneski has a puzzle about words and phrases that people have tried to trademark, including a two-word phrase indicating that someone's employment has been terminated, which a certain presidential candidate tried unsuccessfully to claim as his own.He's a native English speaker who's fluent in Spanish. She grew up in Cameroon speaking French. They're planning a family, and hoping to raise their children to speak all three. What are the best strategies for teaching children to speak more than two languages? The Multilingual Children's Association offers helpful tips. Offbeat mascot names from Montana include the Powell County Wardens (so named because the high school is in the same county as the Montana State Prison), and the Missoula Loyola Sacred Heart Breakers. Growing up in Jamaica, a woman used to hear her fashion-designer mother invoke this phrase to indicate that something was good enough, even if it was flawed: A man on a galloping horse wouldn't see it. Variations include it'll never be seen on a galloping horse and a blind man on a galloping horse wouldn't see it. The idea is that the listener to relax and take the long view. The expression has a long history in Ireland and England, and the decades of Irish influence in Jamaica may also account for her mother's having heard it.The country of Cameroon is so named because a 15th-century Portuguese explorer was so struck by the abundance of shrimp in a local river, he dubbed it Rio dos Camaroes, or "river of shrimp."The organization Historic Hudson Valley describes the African-American celebration of Pinkster in an exemplary way. It avoids the use of the word slave and instead uses terms such as enslaved people, enslaved Africans, and captives. It's a subtle yet powerful means of affirming that slavery is not an inherent condition, but rather one imposed from outside.A sixth-grade teacher from San Antonio, Texas, says he and his students are reading The Lord of the Rings. They're curious about the words attercop, which means "spider" (and a relative of the word cobweb) and Tomnoddy, which means "fool." Grant recommends the book The Ring of Words, as well as these online resources: Why Did Tolkien Use Archaic Language? and A Tolkien English Glossary. If you're in the Ozarks, you might hear the expression that means the same as water under the bridge or spilled milk: that melon's busted. The idea in all three cases is that something irrevocable has happened, and there's no going back.A listener from Abilene, Texas, recounts the incredulous reaction he got when he was in England and asked some burly fellows for a dolly, meaning a wheeled conveyance for moving heavy loads. He asked for a two-wheeler, then a hand truck, and finally learned that what they were expecting him to ask for a trolley. Madison East High School in Madison, Wisconsin, is the proud home of the Purgolders. That school mascot resembles a golden puma in purple attire, with a portmanteau name that combines those two colors.This episode is hosted by Martha Barnette and Grant Barrett.--A Way with Words is funded by its listeners: http://waywordradio.org/donateGet your language question answered on the air! Call or write with your questions at any time:Email: words@waywordradio.orgPhone: United States and Canada toll-free (877) WAY-WORD/(877) 929-9673London +44 20 7193 2113Mexico City +52 55 8421 9771Donate: http://waywordradio.org/donateSite: http://waywordradio.org/Podcast: http://waywordradio.org/podcast/Forums: http://waywordradio.org/discussion/Newsletter: http://waywordradio.org/newsletter/Twitter: http://twitter.com/wayword/Skype: skype://waywordradio Copyright 2015, Wayword LLC.
In this episode: Goo-Loggers, Beetle Bailey and the longest war, lying 'till ya make it, and we get a dope new couch we found on the curb!
WHOA! A jam-packed jumbo size double issue from the guys at The Pull List. Topics include: Daredevil, Ant-man, Descender, Ghostbusters, go-go dancers, Civil War, and so much more. Web: thepulllistpod.com Twitter: @thepulllistpod FB: facebook.com/thepulllistpod *Rate us on iTunes!*
This week is all about those classic comedy panels in your Sunday paper: comic strips! We talk about the sometimes-timeless humor of Family Circus, the underlying genius of Dilbert, the slap stick mediocrity of Beetle Bailey, and the psychology behind Jon, Odie and the gang on Garfield. Get every episode on our website http://upfordebate.tv and on Soundcloud at http://soundcloud.com/upfordebate. Send your feedback to us on Twitter: @upfordebatetv
Max's dad, Gary, wants to know what our favorite books are...but not before he forces us to break an in-house rule. It's the first ever topic re-draw. Gasp! Hollywood is married to a wood elf, Benji is like Beetle Bailey, and Max gives some love to Drizzt Do'Urdan. Remember : 1) Weekend at Bernies is [...]
Jackie and Dunlap on conversations, shutdowns, Obama, Boehner, Muslim museums, Bush libraries, and Beetle Bailey. Sponsored by Frieda Nolan's Church Puppets and Dottie Geyser's Snakeheads III.
In the debut episode of GEEK THIS I'm sharing my personal history with comics and how web comics have become a staple in my regular reading. When I think of comic books, my first thought is 1992 with Batman: The Animated Series and X-Men. The visual style of Batman was always the most memorable part of that show and has help up over the last 20 years. X-Men exuded the feel of 90's comics. Both, though, inspired me to start reading, drawing, and even cemented voices of characters in my mind. Oddly enough, though, superhero comics weren't the predominant sources in my childhood. Comic strips like Garfield, Peanuts, and Beetle Bailey were regulars due to my grandparents giving me "the funnies" each week. What truly inspired me and pulled me into comics was Bill Waterson's Calvin & Hobbes. They've become a mainstay in my personal list of top series. They inspired a lot of drawings and potential comic strips I create even today. My love for Calvin & Hobbes flowed into my interest for web comics. Some of the best ones I'm reading now are Pokeweed by Drew Pocza, The Monkey & The Mouse by Kev Brett, and Insert Image by Wes Molebash. Note: The original name for the show was Geek This! Nerd That! which is mentioned at the top of the show. If you'd like to hear my take on this episode years later, listen to #100, where I give an audio commentary in real time.
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If your friend says she's coming to town "Sunday week," exactly when should you expect to see her? And what do you call those typographical symbols that cartoonists use in place of profanity? Martha and Grant have the answer. Plus grass widows, the linguistic phenomenon called creaky voice, the difference between insure and ensure, the roots of the term jingoism and what it means if someone warns You don't believe fat meat is greasy. Also, is it okay to make a noun out of a verb?FULL DETAILSResearchers have found that stress is a leading cause of plewds--you know, those drops of sweat popping off the foreheads of nervous cartoon characters. That's one of several cartooning terms coined by Mort Walker, creator of the Beetle Bailey comic strip. Martha and Grant discuss this and other coinages from The Lexicon of Comicana. http://www.mortwalker.com/books7.htmlIf someone's coming to town Sunday week, when exactly should you expect them? This Scots-Irish term means "a week after the coming day mentioned." What are those symbols cartoonists use in place of profanity? They're called grawlixes--good to know for the next time you play "Comic Strip Trope or Pokemon?"Is it okay to make a verb out of a noun? Yes! It's estimated that twenty percent of English verbs started as nouns. Just think of the head-to-toe mnemonic: you can head off a problem, face a situation, nose around, shoulder responsibility, elbow your way into something, stomach a problem, foot the bill, or toe the line. http://madshakespeare.com/2010/08/sunday-funnies-verbing-weirds-language/http://moreintelligentlife.com/content/ideas/anthony-gardner/youve-been-verbedSqueans are the little starbursts or circles surrounding a cartoon character's head to signify intoxication or dizziness.Quiz Guy John Chaneski has a puzzle called Categories. The challenge is to find the common thread that unites seemingly unrelated things. For example, Mary-Kate and Ashley, Jack Sparrow's crew, and Cherubim all fall into which category? The answer: Twins, Pirates, and Angels are all baseball teams!What's a grass widow? In the 1500s,this term applied to a woman with loose sexual morals. Over time, it came to mean a woman who's been separated from her husband, or a divorcee. If someone's jingoistic, they're extremely patriotic, often belligerently so. The term comes from a British song written in 1870 that uses the phrase By jingo! to conjure up enthusiasm for a British naval action. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnCNJD3-e7gThe curved lines that follow the moving limbs of cartoon characters? Those are called blurgits or swalloops.The admonition You don't believe fat meat is greasy means "Just go ahead and try me" or "Don't push your luck." This idiom is found almost exclusively among African-Americans. The idea is apparently that if you don't believe fat meat is greasy, you're someone who misses the obvious. What's the difference between the words insure and ensure? To ensure means to make certain. Insure means to protect someone or something from risk, and should be used exclusively in a financial sense.For some time now, linguists have been studying a style of speaking known as creaky voice. In the United States, it's heard particularly heard among young, white women in urban areas. New research about this phenomenon, also known as vocal fry, has been making the rounds on the internet.http://www.waywordradio.org/chicken-scratches-and-creaky-voice/http://healthland.time.com/2011/12/15/get-your-creak-on-is-vocal-fry-a-female-fad/Voila (not spelled wallah or vwala) is a good example of a borrowed word. Though French for "there it is," Americans often use it as a simple utterance, akin to presto or ta-da.http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/005052.htmlLock the bad guys up in the hoosegow! This slang term for a jail comes from the Spanish juzgado, meaning "tribunal." It's an etymological relative of the English words judge and judicial.Did you know roly-polies, or pill bugs, aren't even bugs? They're isopods, meaning they have equal feet, and they're technically crustaceans. Autocorrect mistakes abound, but have you ever made the errors yourself, such as typing the word buy when you meant by? Studies in Computer Mediated Communications have linked this phenomenon to the way we process words phonetically before typing them out.Solrads are those lines radiating from the sun or a lightbulb in a comic strip, while dites are the diagonal lines on a smooth mirror.....Support for A Way with Words comes from National University, which invites you to change your future today. We're also grateful for support from the University of San Diego. Since 1949, USD has been on a mission not only to prepare students for the world, but also to change it. Learn more about the college and five schools of this nationally ranked, independent Catholic university at http://sandiego.edu.--A Way with Words is funded by its listeners: http://waywordradio.org/donateGet your language question answered on the air! Call or write with your questions at any time:Email: words@waywordradio.orgPhone: United States and Canada toll-free (877) WAY-WORD/(877) 929-9673London +44 20 7193 2113Mexico City +52 55 8421 9771Donate: http://waywordradio.org/donateSite: http://waywordradio.org/Podcast: http://waywordradio.org/podcast/Forums: http://waywordradio.org/discussion/Newsletter: http://waywordradio.org/newsletter/Twitter: http://twitter.com/wayword/Skype: skype://waywordradio Copyright 2012, Wayword LLC.
This episode we discuss colorful language, and we're not talking purple prose. (And unless you're Sergeant Snorkel from "Beetle Bailey," @!&%#$! probably isn't going to cut it.) So, while Nick tries to avoid swearing like a sailor, we come to the question: when, if ever, is swearing appropriate in fiction and film? Afterward, join us for a Take on Tales where Tim discusses immortal alchemists living as 1930s gangsters (really!) and Nick actually finishes a video game. All this and more in episode 31 of Derailed Trains of Thought, your premiere storytelling podcast. Great Odin's Raven, what more could you ask for? Show Notes
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SHOW SUMMARYIf your friend says she's coming to town "Sunday week," exactly when should you expect to see her? And what do you call those typographical symbols that cartoonists use in place of profanity? Martha and Grant have the answer. Plus grass widows, the linguistic phenomenon called creaky voice, the difference between insure and ensure, the roots of the term jingoism and what it means if someone warns You don't believe fat meat is greasy. Also, is it okay to make a noun out of a verb?FULL DETAILSResearchers have found that stress is a leading cause of plewds--you know, those drops of sweat popping off the foreheads of nervous cartoon characters. That's one of several cartooning terms coined by Mort Walker, creator of the Beetle Bailey comic strip. Martha and Grant discuss this and other coinages from The Lexicon of Comicana. http://www.mortwalker.com/books7.htmlIf someone's coming to town Sunday week, when exactly should you expect them? This Scots-Irish term means "a week after the coming day mentioned." What are those symbols cartoonists use in place of profanity? They're called grawlixes--good to know for the next time you play "Comic Strip Trope or Pokemon?"Is it okay to make a verb out of a noun? Yes! It's estimated that twenty percent of English verbs started as nouns. Just think of the head-to-toe mnemonic: you can head off a problem, face a situation, nose around, shoulder responsibility, elbow your way into something, stomach a problem, foot the bill, or toe the line. http://madshakespeare.com/2010/08/sunday-funnies-verbing-weirds-language/http://moreintelligentlife.com/content/ideas/anthony-gardner/youve-been-verbedSqueans are the little starbursts or circles surrounding a cartoon character's head to signify intoxication or dizziness.Quiz Guy John Chaneski has a puzzle called Categories. The challenge is to find the common thread that unites seemingly unrelated things. For example, Mary-Kate and Ashley, Jack Sparrow's crew, and Cherubim all fall into which category? The answer: Twins, Pirates, and Angels are all baseball teams!What's a grass widow? In the 1500s,this term applied to a woman with loose sexual morals. Over time, it came to mean a woman who's been separated from her husband, or a divorcee. If someone's jingoistic, they're extremely patriotic, often belligerently so. The term comes from a British song written in 1870 that uses the phrase By jingo! to conjure up enthusiasm for a British naval action. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnCNJD3-e7gThe curved lines that follow the moving limbs of cartoon characters? Those are called blurgits or swalloops.The admonition You don't believe fat meat is greasy means "Just go ahead and try me" or "Don't push your luck." This idiom is found almost exclusively among African-Americans. The idea is apparently that if you don't believe fat meat is greasy, you're someone who misses the obvious. What's the difference between the words insure and ensure? To ensure means to make certain. Insure means to protect someone or something from risk, and should be used exclusively in a financial sense.For some time now, linguists have been studying a style of speaking known as creaky voice. In the United States, it's heard particularly heard among young, white women in urban areas. New research about this phenomenon, also known as vocal fry, has been making the rounds on the internet.http://www.waywordradio.org/chicken-scratches-and-creaky-voice/http://healthland.time.com/2011/12/15/get-your-creak-on-is-vocal-fry-a-female-fad/Voila (not spelled wallah or vwala) is a good example of a borrowed word. Though French for "there it is," Americans often use it as a simple utterance, akin to presto or ta-da.http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/005052.htmlLock the bad guys up in the hoosegow! This slang term for a jail comes from the Spanish juzgado, meaning "tribunal." It's an etymological relative of the English words judge and judicial.Did you know roly-polies, or pill bugs, aren't even bugs? They're isopods, meaning they have equal feet, and they're technically crustaceans. Autocorrect mistakes abound, but have you ever made the errors yourself, such as typing the word buy when you meant by? Studies in Computer Mediated Communications have linked this phenomenon to the way we process words phonetically before typing them out.Solrads are those lines radiating from the sun or a lightbulb in a comic strip, while dites are the diagonal lines on a smooth mirror.--A Way with Words is funded by its listeners: http://waywordradio.org/donateGet your language question answered on the air! 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On this episode of How Was Your Week, the great FRANK DeCARO, author of THE DEAD CELEBRITY COOKBOOK, joins Julie to discuss the time Paul Lynde made some racist remarks at an Illinois Burger King; what, from his book, to serve to a Latin-American gentleman you're about to bed; and how to host a memorable Golden Globes extravaganza. Then, the delightful KATE BEATON, cartoonist and author of HARK, A VAGRANT, is here to share her views about artistic depictions of diarrhea during Medieval Times, who she'd like to be on "Downton Abbey," and the chauvinist behind "Beetle Bailey." Plus, the hazards of occasion-less cupcakes! A contest is announced! A celebrity impression is done! Pomegranate seeds are found to be delicious in things you would never think of putting them in! Canadians are hilarious! And the return of Siggy Flicker, whose Twitter has got to be some kind of art project. Also! Check out the new How Was Your Week Tumblr! And there are still tickets available for the February 2nd HOW WAS YOUR WEEK LIVE at the Bell House, which will be sponsored by Pretzel Crisps! What a delicious show!
It’s a show that’s as familiar as your Sunday Morning Newspaper Comics section, when Josh Fruhlinger of the Comics Curmudgeon chats with the crew. Hear us talk about Funky Winkerbean, Apt. 3G, Beetle Bailey, and why they all suck while we continue to love them. Also, Chris takes on a slew of haters and we talk about Iron Man 2. It’s an Episode 30 blowout!