Podcast appearances and mentions of tom jerry

In this exciting episode, KRizz & CoopaDil revisit how two key characters in Rogue One reflect human struggles and resilience. In the vast universe of Star Wars, characters often embody traits that resonate deeply with audiences. Rogue One is not merely about rebellion against tyranny, but rather about the personal journeys of its characters. Chirrut & Baze are not traditional heroes; they are flawed individuals who have faced immense loss. Their dynamic works because they relate to others who are also struggling. This reflection of vulnerability makes them relatable and their story impactful. Broken yet brave, the character dynamics of Chirrut & Baze's relationship exemplifies how shared suffering can forge strong bonds, carry the weight of their failures, yet they find purpose in each other. Rather than being driven by destiny or prophecies, they symbolize the ordinary struggle with courage in order to find meaning. If you like what we do in the way of caramelicious nostalgia, drop by and show us some support at Buy Me a Coffee dot com… (go to link below), we so appreciate you! Thanks a latte!!

Animation historian Jerry Beck

Animator Mark Kausler 

Animator Mark Kausler 

BONUS: Extras

Animation historian Jerry Beck

Actor Nicole Parker and animation historian Earl Kress

Animation historian Jerry Beck

Author Michael Mallory

Author Michael Mallory

Animator Eric Goldberg

Animator Jerry Beck

Actor Nicole Parker and animation historian Earl Kress

Author Michael Mallory

Author Michael Mallory

Animator Mark Kausler 

Animation historian Jerry Beck

Author Michael Mallory

Actor Nicole Parker and animation historian Earl Kress

Author Michael Mallory

Animation historians Nicole Parker and Earl Kress

Animator Mark Kausler

Babies. We all were 'em. Who needs 'em? That's what we're out to answer in this week's episode of Toonhounds. Not us apparently, get ready to be slightly upset with us for our inflammatory comments about Muppet Babies.

Se qualcuno avesse detto a Dorothy che presto, anzi prestissimo, avrebbe sentito tanta struggente nostalgia delle praterie del Kansas, forse la bambina non ci avrebbe creduto. E fu solo il principio di una serie di incredibili avventure che avrebbero accompagnato lettori piccoli e grandi in una meravigliosa terra nota come OZ.“Surrender Dorothy! And Tom and Jerry!”Se i miei amati Muppet hanno mancato il bersaglio, gli altrettanto cari Tom e Jerry invece riescono nel loro intento di parodizzare "Il mago di OZ" e lo fanno con il loro stile caustico e irriverente, senza strafare ma senza perdere la loro grinta.

Tom and Jerry 86 Birthday

Review các phim ra rạp từ ngày 01/01/2026AI THƯƠNG AI MẾN – T16Đạo diễn: Thu TrangDiễn viên: Ngọc Thuận, Thu Trang, Trâm Anh, Võ Điền Gia Huy, Khả Như, La Thành, Trương Minh Thảo, Tiến Luật và một số diễn viên khácThể loại: Gia đình, Hài, Tâm LýLấy bối cảnh miền Tây sông nước, Ai Thương Ai Mến xoay quanh Hai Mến — người phụ nữ mất cha mẹ, một mình gồng gánh gia đình giữa nợ nần và những bi kịch dồn dập. Trong hành trình ấy, cô gặp cậu Khả (Ngọc Thuận) – công tử ăn chơi vô tình đem lòng thương mến, tạo nên mối tình vừa ngọt ngào vừa đau đớn. Song song đó, chuyện tình thơm lành của đôi trẻ Chờ – Thương trở thành điểm sáng trước khi cả ba tuyến nhân vật bước vào những thử thách chạm đến trái tim khán giả.ĐẠI THOẠI TÂY DU PHẦN 1: NGUYỆT QUANG BẢO HẠP - KĐạo diễn: Lưu Trấn VĩDiễn viên: Châu Tinh Trì, Lam Khiết Anh, Mạc Văn Úy, La Gia Anh, Ngô Mạnh ĐạtThể loại: Hài, Hành Động, Thần thoại, Tình cảmPhiên bản "độc" nhất của Tây Du Ký. Câu chuyện được xem như tinh hoa của "vua hài" Châu Tinh Trì, khai mở quá khứ chấn động của Tề thiên Đại Thánh Tôn Ngộ Không. Trở thành "Đấu chiến thắng Phật" hay ở bên cạnh người mình yêu suốt đời suốt kiếp? Áng tình lãng mạn và khốc liệt nhất lần đầu ra rạp Việt Nam sau 30 năm chinh phục khán giả toàn cầu.PHIM ĐIỆN ẢNH ARRIETTYĐạo diễn: Yonebayashi HiromasaDiễn viên: Mirai Shida, Ryunosuke Kamiki, Tatsuya Fujiwara,...Thể loại: Gia đình, Hoạt Hình, Thần thoạiArrietty, một cô bé tí hon sắp tròn 14 tuổi, sống giản dị dưới sàn nhà của một ngôi nhà cũ ở ngoại ô Tokyo, nơi cô và cha mẹ thường mượn đồ của con người để sinh sống. Một đêm nọ, cha cô, Pod, đưa cô đi "mượn" lần đầu tiên, và cô bị một cậu bé 12 tuổi tên Sho, đang ở trong nhà dưỡng bệnh, phát hiện. Cuối cùng, sự hiện diện của Arrietty và gia đình cô bị phát hiện, và họ buộc phải rời khỏi ngôi nhà dưới sàn.TOM & JERRY: CHIẾC LA BÀN KỲ BÍĐạo diễn: Gang ZhangDiễn viên: Eric Bauza, Ben Diskin, Janice KawayeThể loại: Gia đình, Hài, Hoạt Hình, Phiêu Lưu, Thần thoạiĐẦU NĂM CƯỜI ĐÃ - TOM & JERRY ĐẠI NÁO RẠP VIỆT Một chiếc la bàn bí ẩn bất ngờ mở ra cánh cổng kỳ diệu - nơi đầy ắp thử thách, tiếng cười và những màn rượt đuổi “kinh điển” cộp mác Tom & Jerry. Để trở về nhà, cặp đôi oan gia buộc phải hợp tác trước khi chiếc la bàn phá vỡ trật tự của mọi thế giới. Một chuyến phiêu lưu mở vận may, mở tiếng cười, khởi đầu năm mới thật tưng bừng cho cả gia đình.GIA ĐÌNH KHỦNG LONG: MẮC KẸT KỶ JURAĐạo diễn: Maksim VolkovDiễn viên: Gia đình, Hoạt HìnhCậu bé Phil Dino không có một cuộc sống bình thường khi có một người cha bị ám ảnh bởi hóa thạch khủng long và phải sống trong một viện bảo tàng. Cuộc sống của cậu chuyển hướng đột ngột khi bị lạc về 65 triệu năm trước, thời kỳ khủng long thống trị và phải tìm cách trở về thời hiện đại cùng với bạn bè và gia đình mình.Jin và #RUNSEOKJIN_EP.TOUR THE MOVIEĐạo diễn: Park Jun-soo Thể loại: Phim tài liệuRUNSEOKJIN_EP.TOUR THE MOVIE, bộ concert mới ghi lại những khoảnh khắc ấn tượng trong chuyến lưu diễn solo đầu tay mang tính đột phá của Jin. Hành trình âm nhạc độc bản của thành viên nhóm nhạc BTS nay chính thức bước lên màn ảnh rộng.-----------------------------------------------#8saigon #reviewphimrap #aithuongaimen #daithoaitaydu #arrietty #tomvajerry

This week, the gals hike up their snowpants to brave a specific northeastern tundra. Topics include the true wing king, a dastardly dioramist, and flirting via pussywillow. Gulp down a classic Tom & Jerry cocktail, put the Ouija board away, and tune in for Buffalo Crimes. For a full list of show sponsors, visit https://wineandcrimepodcast.com/sponsors. To advertise on Wine & Crime, please email ad-sales@libsyn.com or go to advertising.libsyn.com/winecrime.

本週 Cinespot 動映地帶，影評人 Kantorates & Michael 帶來四大話題電影深度解析，仲會講到《阿凡達：火與燼》延期對香港影市有幾影響！

本週 Kantorates 帶來四部截然不同的話題新片：日本動畫、奇幻喜劇、親子冒險到香港懸疑動作——一次過掌握最新上映重點！

Black Friday may be behind us but December has so much to gift your loved ones. Erik Childress and Peter Sobczynski have some great new suggestions this week on physical media. Parents have a chance to introduce their kids to the entire collection of Tom & Jerry while dad can revisit their ‘80s memories of Heather Thomas and Kim Cattrall. Speaking of which, Lucinda Dickey's legendary mix of Flashdance and ninjas gets the 4K upgrade as does one of John Woo's masterpieces and one of the greatest comedies of all-time.4:19 - Criterion (His Girl Friday (4K))15:45 - Warner Archive (Tom And Jerry: The Golden Era Anthology (1940-1958))22:35 - Arrow (The House with Laughing Windows (4K), Wild Style (4K))32:47 - Sandpiper (Zapped, Mannequin)47:24 - Kino (Ninja Trilogy 4K)1:01:24 - Shout Factory (The Killer (4K))1:15:37 - New Theatrical Titles On Blu-ray (Chain Reactions, Code 3, Diciannove)1:16:57 - New Blu-ray AnnouncementsCLICK ON THE FILMS TO RENT OR PURCHASE AND HELP OUT THE MOVIE MADNESS PODCASTSIGN UP FOR AUDIBLEBe sure to check outErik's Weekly Box Office Column – At Rotten TomatoesCritics' Classics Series – At Elk Grove Cinema in Elk Grove Village, ILChicago Screening Schedule - All the films coming to theaters and streamingPhysical Media Schedule - Click & Buy upcoming titles for your library.(Direct purchases help the Movie Madness podcast with a few pennies.)Erik's Linktree - Where you can follow Erik and his work anywhere and everywhere.The Movie Madness Podcast has been recognized by Million Podcasts as one of the Top 100 Best Movie Review Podcasts as well as in the Top 60 Film Festival Podcasts and Top 100 Cinephile Podcasts. MillionPodcasts is an intelligently curated, all-in-one podcast database for discovering and contacting podcast hosts and producers in your niche perfect for PR pitches and collaborations. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit erikthemovieman.substack.com

FEVERBALL 309 by Ladies On Mars FIRST HOUR: FEVERBALL MIX LADIES ON MARS 01. Pipi Le Oui - Anyway You Want It (Extended Mix) 02. Dua Lipa - Break My Heart (Tommy Glasses Funky Remix) 03. Tom Jerry feat. Abigail Bailey - Touch Me (Jerrys Super Disco Remix) 04. The Lab Rats feat. Lisa Millett - Music Is My Way Of Life (Dr Packer Extended Remix) 05. Gus Monzon, Fer De Leo - Night Moves (Original Mix) 06. Ladies On Mars - Wanna Scream (Clean Extended Mix) 07. Villanis & Msystem - G.T.F. (Get The Funky) (Ladies On Mars Remix) [Feverball] 08. Jain - Makeba (Effendi Beach Disco Edit) 09. DE SOFFER - No Good (Exended Mix) 10. Mark Picchiotti - I Feel For You (Extended Blueprint Mix) 11. Robin S & TheFREEZproject - Don't Let Go (DJ Emmaculate Synthesized House Mix) 12. Sonic Soul Orchestra Ft Kathy Brown - Need You (Extended Mix) 13. Ladies On Mars - Jumping (Extended Mix) [Feverball] 14. Fatboy Slim - Rockafeller Shank (Giovi MMXX Bootleg) SECOND HOUR: FEVERBALL MIX LADIES ON MARS 01. Ladies On Mars - Midnight Operator [Feverball] 02. Fran Deeper - Davidson 88 (Ladies On Mars Extended Remix) 03. Ladies On Mars - Feverball Radio, Where Disco Lives (feat. D.C. LaRue) [Feverball] 04. Newik Another - Way (Effendi Remix Kool Edit) 05. Claborg, FabioEsse, Miss Kelli - Get Up (Ladies On Mars Re-Dub Mix) 06. Sugar Hill - Felling (Original Mix) (LOM Edit) 07. Mirko & Meex - Out Of My Head (Original Mix) 08. Ladies On Mars - Heart [Feverball] 09. Ladies On Mars - Bodytalk [Feverball] 10. Musa Nova - Friday Vibe (Ladies On Mars Extended Remix) 11. Martina Budde - Lost In Music (Club Mix) (LOM Edit) 12. Fer De Leo, Ladies On Mars - Where Are You? (Extended Mix) [Feverball] 13. Mark Funk, Danny Cruz - This Is Hot (LOM Edit) 14. Matias Sundblad - BIG (Ladies On Mars Remix) 15. Ladies On Mars - If You Want Me (Extended Mix) [Feverball] 16. Donna Summer - Leave Me Alone (Ladies On Mars “Club” Mix) [Demon Music] 17. Ladies On Mars - Do It Tonight (Extended Mix) [Feverball] FOLLOW TO LADIES ON MARS HERE: Website: https://www.ladiesonmars.com Official Music Store: https://www.ladiesonmars.com/musicstore/ Bandcamp: https://ladiesonmars.bandcamp.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ladiesonmars Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ladiesonmars Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/ladiesonmars Soundcloud: https://www.soundcloud.com/ladiesonmars YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ladiesonmars FOLLOW TO FEVERBALL HERE: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/feverball Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/feverball Soundcloud: https://www.soundcloud.com/feverball Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/feverball Website: https://www.ladiesonmars.com/feverball

Tom & Jerry Magic Mummy (1933) - The 31 Days of Dread 2025

حلقة جديدة من البودكاسترز مع محمد غنيمة الكاتب والباحث ورئيس وحدة الوثائق بمكتبة الإسكندرية! الضحك مش بس رد فعل… ده تاريخ كامل! في الحلقة دي، بناخد جولة زمنية مذهلة من العصر الفرعوني لحد العصر الحديث، وبنكتشف إزاي كانت النكتة والضحك جزء من حضارتنا المصرية في كل عصر. هتعرف أصل أشهر القفشات اللي بنقولها لحد النهارده زي "مقصوفة الرقبة" و"القيامة بعد بكرة" و"الشيخة آمونة"، وهتتفاجئ لما تكتشف إن شخصيات زي ميكي ماوس وتوم وجيري* وسندريلا ليهم جذور مصرية قديمة! بعدها بنتنقل مع غنيمة لجانب تاني من التاريخ: عالم التوثيق والمخطوطات الرقمية، وازاي مكتبة الإسكندرية بتحافظ على ذاكرة مصر من خلال موقع “ذاكرة مصر المعاصرة”، والجهود المبهرة في حفظ الوثائق والتاريخ بشكل عصري. حلقة مليانة معلومات ممتعة، ضحك، ودهشة بين الماضي والحاضر – هتخليك تشوف التاريخ بعين جديدة . موقع ذاكرة مصر المعاصرة https://modernegypt.bibalex.org/ THIS PODCAST IS POWERED BY EFG Hermes ONE: https://onelink.to/67ppkd A new episode of El Podcasters with Mohamed Ghoneima — writer, researcher, and Head of the Documentation Unit at the Library of Alexandria! Laughter isn't just a reaction… it's a whole history! In this episode, we take an incredible time-travel journey — from Ancient Egypt all the way to the modern era — uncovering how humor and jokes have always been part of Egyptian culture. You'll discover the origins of iconic Egyptian expressions like “Maqsoufa El-Raqba”, “El-Qiyama Baad Bokra”, and “El-Sheikha A'mona”, and you'll be surprised to learn that characters like Mickey Mouse, Tom & Jerry, and Cinderella actually trace back to ancient Egyptian roots! Then we dive into a completely different world — the art of documentation and digital manuscripts, and how the Library of Alexandria preserves Egypt's collective memory through its remarkable “Memory of Modern Egypt” platform. An episode full of laughter, knowledge, and wonder — blending history, humor, and heritage in a way that will make you see the past with brand-new eyes. ‎اسمعوا البودكاسترز على | Listen to El-Podcasters on Spotify - https://anchor.fm/elpodcasters Apple - https://podcasts.apple.com/eg/podcast/el-podcasters/id1633419184 Anghami - https://play.anghami.com/podcast/1029463712 El-Podcasters Social Media | منصات التواصل الإجتماعي للبودكاسترز: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/elpodcasters Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@elpodcasters Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/elpodcasters Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/company/elpodcasters/ X - https://www.twitter.com/elpodcasters Snapchat - https://snapchat.com/t/3Zbo2vzS Bassel Alzaro - https://www.instagram.com/basselalzaro https://www.facebook.com/BasselAlzaroX https://snapchat.com/t/CoWlatfk Karim Rihan - https://www.instagram.com/karimrihann 00:00 intro 5:00 المضحكخانة 10:00 الضحك عند القدماء المصريين 17:30 ميكي ماوس وتوم وجيري وسندريلا مصريين 20:00 الضحك في العصر الروماني 24:00 الدولة الاخشيدية والفاطمية 26:55 ضربني وبكى وسبقني واشتكى 33:35 المسجد الحرام 37:48 يوم القيامة بعد بكرة / الشيخة آمونة 49:31 أدب الطعام 55:10 الشاعر كريم ريحان 58:28 السخرية وقت الحملة الفرنسية: الخلبوص 1:05:40 مقصوفة الرقبة 1:08:00 الضحك في العصر الحديث 1:14:36 بيرم التوتسي 1:19:00 ذاكرة مصر المعاصرة 1:26:35 وظيفة التوثيق Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

We dive into AceCraft, Moonton's new Tom & Jerry–themed midcore gacha shooter that mixes Cuphead-style 1930s cartoon art with Habi-inspired systems and miHoYo-style monetization depth.Key insights:Gameplay & Core Loop: Systems & MetaDual banners (Tom & Jerry separately) with pity timers, skewed rates, and duplicate scaling.Each major character has a signature weapon requiring rolls.Collectible album (Royal Match / Monopoly Go style) with trade functionality, now ported into midcore — a first.Co-op synchronous modeThree-layer skill trees, elemental affinities, wingman companions.Monetization:~$330K/day IAP revenue post-launch (peaking with Tom/Jerry banner).Battle Pass upsell trick: Downloads ~300K/day at launch, half from China.Scaling across 17+ networks: TikTok, Facebook, YouTube, Unity, AppLovin, IronSource, Mintegral, etc.UA creatives lean on retro cartoon surrealism, dancing ads, Tom & Jerry music, plus street interview trend (borrowed from Raid Rush).Prediction:Likely to fade in Western markets (art style too niche, monetization too punishing).Moonton may line up other WB/Looney Tunes IPs (Sylvester, Tweety, Popeye, Roadrunner) for similar launches.Takeaway: AceCraft is one of the deepest midcore gacha launches in 2025 — but built for Asia, not the West.Get our MERCH NOW: 25gamers.com/shop--------------------------------------PVX Partners offers non-dilutive funding for game developers.Go to: https://pvxpartners.com/They can help you access the most effective form of growth capital once you have the metrics to back it.- Scale fast- Keep your shares- Drawdown only as needed- Have PvX take downside risk alongside you+ Work with a team entirely made up of ex-gaming operators and investors---------------------------------------For an ever-growing number of game developers, this means that now is the perfect time to invest in monetizing direct-to-consumer at scale.Our sponsor FastSpring:Has delivered D2C at scale for over 20 yearsThey power top mobile publishers around the worldLaunch a new webstore, replace an existing D2C vendor, or add a redundant D2C vendor at fastspring.gg.---------------------------------------This is no BS gaming podcast 2.5 gamers session. Sharing actionable insights, dropping knowledge from our day-to-day User Acquisition, Game Design, and Ad monetization jobs. We are definitely not discussing the latest industry news, but having so much fun! Let's not forget this is a 4 a.m. conference discussion vibe, so let's not take it too seriously.Panelists: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Jakub Remia⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠r,⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Felix Braberg, Matej Lancaric⁠Join our slack channel here: https://join.slack.com/t/two-and-half-gamers/shared_invite/zt-2um8eguhf-c~H9idcxM271mnPzdWbipgChapters00:00 Intro03:46 Discussion on Ace Craft and Impressions09:22 Core Gameplay Mechanics and Innovations12:14 Character Development and Gacha Elements15:04 Battle Pass and Game Structure21:05 Exploring Game Modes and Social Features23:05 The Collectible Album Revolution25:23 Gacha Mechanics: A Deep Dive31:48 Event-Driven Engagement Strategies41:03 Nostalgia in Gaming: The Influence of Classic Titles47:09 The Role of IP in Game Development50:32 Cultural Differences in Game Reception---------------------------------------Matej LancaricUser Acquisition & Creatives Consultant⁠https://lancaric.meFelix BrabergAd monetization consultant⁠https://www.felixbraberg.comJakub RemiarGame design consultant⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/jakubremiar---------------------------------------Please share the podcast with your industry friends, dogs & cats. Especially cats! They love it!Hit the Subscribe button on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple!Please share feedback and comments - matej@lancaric.me

Shakespeare ​famously ​wrote, ​what's ​in ​a ​name? ​ ​But ​let's ​say ​it ​out ​loud. ​ ​Jack ​ ​Lemmon. ​It ​says ​it ​all ​right ​there ​in ​the ​name. ​​Jack. Ordinary, ​​the ​guy ​across ​from ​you ​on ​the ​subway. Lemon. The ​one ​that ​got ​the ​broken ​car. ​ ​The ​bitter ​taste, ​yet ​the ​surprising ​brightly ​colored ​yellow ​sun ​inside ​of ​the ​bad ​luck. ​Jack ​Lemmon, ​arguably ​the ​greatest ​comic ​and ​dramatic ​actor ​to ​ever ​grace ​the ​screen, ​who ​is ​unrivaled ​​as ​the ​everyman ​who ​trips, ​stumbles, ​ ​triumphs ​and ​gets ​the ​girl. ​Or ​in ​the ​case ​of ​Some ​like ​it ​Hot, ​the ​guy. ​ ​Starting ​this ​week ​at ​one ​of ​my ​very ​favorite ​movie ​theaters, ​the ​Film ​Forum ​on ​Houston ​Street, ​Jack ​Lemmon ​turns ​100. ​ Can ​you ​believe ​it? ​And ​the ​Film ​Forum ​is ​opening ​its ​two ​week ​tribute ​on ​Friday, ​May ​16th ​with ​the ​iconic ​story ​of ​opposites, ​the ​Odd ​Couple. ​But ​I'm ​not ​here ​to ​talk ​about ​Mr. ​Lemon's ​legendary ​roles ​in ​Days ​of ​Wine ​and ​Roses, ​Glengarry ​Glen ​Ross ​ ​having ​a ​revival ​on ​Broadway ​now ​with ​Bob ​Odenkirk ​reprising ​Lemon's ​unforgettable ​Shelley ​Levine, ​The ​Front ​Page, ​Mr. ​Roberts, ​Bell, ​Book ​and ​A Candle. ​A ​personal ​favorite ​of ​mine, ​Some ​like ​it ​Hot, ​which ​I ​watched ​on ​VHS ​until ​the ​tape ​broke…I ​am ​here ​to ​talk ​about ​one ​of ​the ​greatest ​comedies, ​if ​you ​can ​call ​a ​film ​about ​a ​mid ​level ​office ​drone ​working ​at ​an ​insurance ​company ​ ​who ​lets ​his ​superiors ​bully ​him ​into ​letting ​them ​have ​his ​apartment ​for ​their ​affairs ​in ​hopes ​of ​him ​getting ​promoted ​and ​the ​suicidal ​elevator ​girl ​who ​whom ​he ​falls ​in ​love ​with. ​A comedy ​​The ​Apartment. ​ Legendary ​director ​Billy ​Wilder, ​coming ​off ​the ​wild ​success ​of ​Some ​like ​it ​Hot ​with ​Marilyn ​Monroe, ​wanted ​to ​keep ​his ​collaboration ​with ​Lemon ​going. ​So ​in ​1960, ​Wilder ​and ​I.A.L ​diamond ​(Come ​on, ​is ​that ​the ​coolest ​name?)​ who ​wrote ​Some ​Like ​It ​Hot ​with ​Wilder ​were ​inspired ​by ​an ​infamous ​Hollywood ​murder ​story ​about ​agent ​Jennings ​Lange ​who ​was ​having ​an ​affair ​with ​actress ​Joan ​Bennett ​in ​an ​underlings ​apartment. ​So ​her ​husband, ​producer ​Walter ​Wanger, ​shot ​and ​killed ​Lange. ​Check ​out ​Karina ​Longworth's ​excellent ​podcast ​Love ​Is A Crime from ​You ​Must ​Remember ​This ​for ​the ​full ​retelling ​to ​you ​and ​I. ​This ​might ​not ​seem ​like ​source ​material ​for ​one ​of ​our ​greatest ​comedies, ​but ​in ​Wilder, ​Lemon ​and ​the ​adorable ​Shirley ​MacLaine's ​Hands, ​it ​was ​a ​box ​office ​smash, ​winning ​five ​Oscars ​out ​of ​ten ​nominations. ​Now ​I ​could ​go ​on ​and ​on ​about ​Billy ​Wilder's ​meticulous ​directorial ​precision, ​Lemon's ​unreal ​​comic ​timing ​and ​turn ​on ​a ​dime ​pathos ​why ​Ving ​Rhames ​spontaneously ​gave ​him ​his ​very ​own ​Golden ​Globe ​in ​1998. ​But I'm actually here to talk about a hat, a haircut, and a mirror. Let's rewind to 1960 - President Kennedy just took office, Roy Orbison's ‘Only The Lonely' was on the radio, and the kids were doing Chubby Checker's ‘The Twist'. The very seriously subversive theme and subject of The Apartment can not be over stated in this climate. The film, shot in gorgeous black & white by Joseph LaShelle of Laura and Marty fame, puts us smack-dab in what I'd call ‘Mad Men' central - a heady swirl of cigarette smoke and ‘Tom & Jerry' cocktail mix, office Christmas parties, wives holding on line 2 while executive husbands scheduled accepted trysts before dinner and kissing the kids goodnight. Lemmon plays ‘C.C. Baxter', a hard-working, well-meaning drone who somehow gets himself turned into a sort of brothel landlord. His neighbors wonder how he can withstand being such a Lothario - the sounds coming through the walls everynight don't match C.C. Baxter's unassuming Brooks Brothers suit with a rumpled white shirt with rounded collars and tie-bar to boot.But Baxter is caught in a hilarious cycle of paying his dues to climb the corporate ladder. This is what you must do. You must get out of bed at midnight to allow your boss to wine and bed his mistress in your Upper Westside apartment even if it involves you sleeping on a park bench in Central Park and catching your death (which Lemmon really did on that particular night shoot on location in the chilly fall of NYC). Lemmon's aspiration is to be ‘the youngest junior executive at Consolidated Insurance' so he MUST climb that corporate ladder to get the accoutrements - the windowed office, the carte blanche phone calls to pass on favors, and the bowler hat!He proudly shows it off to Shirley MacLaine's elevator operator, Fran Kubelik, who regards it as the ultimate symbol of the last ‘nice guy' crossing over the river Styx to the underworld of betrayal. She is happy for Baxter, but her eyes register a cultural sadness - this white male corporate culture is a disease and its got it claws in Baxter, and Baxter is completely oblivious to what he is about to sign on the dotted line for. Fran isn't. Despite her absolutely adorable ‘pixie' hair-cut, she has been groped by the best of them, and seems unreachable by the hordes of executives. Fran is the Snow Leopard, the last big game that hasn't been conquered. You can grab her butt, and she firmly pushes you on your way. There is something modern, forward-leaning in her attitude and appearance, punctuated by that hair-cut representing women's liberation, strength, and independence. ‘I don't need long flowing hair to make you like me, pal.' The pixie cut was popularized by Audrey Hepburn in the late 1950's, followed by the model Twiggy, and reaching its apotheosis with Mia Farrow in Rosemary's Baby in the mid-1960s. But Shirley MacLaine, in my humble opinion, does it best as ‘Fran', the hard-working elevator operator girl who won't fall prey. Fran says in one of the film's most famous lines of dialogue, “When you're alone with a married man, you shouldn't wear mascara.” Shirley MacLaine's tender and deep performance as ‘Fran', lets us - and eventually Baxter - know that all is not well in the corporate system and the culture at large. One of the most ingenious uses of the Hollywood film adage ‘show don't tell' in filmmaking is the use of a simple compact make-up mirror to tell a major plot turn in The Apartment. Baxter's boss, Jeff D. Sheldrake played with brave impunity by silver screen star Fred MacMurray, who was so hated after this performance he would be aaccosted in the street by ladies chasting him for playing such a ‘dirty man'. Sheldrake calls Baxter into his office early in the film for what Baxter thinks is his promotion. Sheldrake says he's heard about Baxter's ‘key' - meaning his revolving brothel. Sheldrake wants in. Baxter obliges as Sheldrake is THE biggest fish. Later, in another summoning to the head honcho's office, Baxter gives him a floral compact he discovered in his couch, assuming it belongs to Sheldrake's mistress. The mirror inside the compact is cracked jagged down the middle splitting the image of whoever opens it in two. Baxter thinks nothing of it until he is modeling his bowler hat - the Junior Executive - for Fran. What do you think? he askes her. “After all, this is a conservative firm. I don't want people to think I'm an entertainer…”. In the midst of this, Fran helpful as ever, opens her compact to show Baxter how the bowler hat looks. To Baxter's deep inner shock, he puts ‘two and two together' and realizes Fran is in fact Sheldrake's mistress. The horror. The one that was ungettable gotten by the biggest fish with a wife and two kids. The shot of Lemmon reacting in the cracked compact is on the of most effective story and visual devices I can think of in cinema. Baxter sees himself split apart - two worlds: the happy go lucky Baxter, and the Baxter that is now privy to some vile stuff involving the one girl he actually likes.Fran sees his reaction and asks ‘what is it? Baxter takes a beat. “The mirror…it's broken.” Then Fran utters one of my favorite lines, “I know. I like it this way…makes me look the way I feel.” WOW. What a subversive revilation! What a profound utterance. Talk about Chekhov. ‘Makes me look the way I feel'. We begin to realize all is not right with Fran. Sheldrake is leading her on. She sets a boundary at the local Chinese restaurant where he apparently takes all his conquests - the back booth. But Sheldrake works her over, and convinces her he WILL leave his wife. After a tryst back at Baxter's apartment on Christmas Eve, Sheldrake must catch his evening train to make dinner with the family. Obviously having forgotten to get Fran anything of real signifigance for Christmas, he opens his wallet and hands her a hudred dollar bill. Even in today's anything goes era, it's a shockingly seedy gesture that is all too real. MacLaine's Fran takes it in stride - just like Baxter leaving his key under the rug for his bosses - and stands to take off her coat and gets ready to disrobe. Fran says something like, ‘well, you already paid for it.' Ugh. My heart broke! For Fran, for Baxter, for the sad inevitablity of it all. Trigger Warning. The last portion of this episode deals with suicide. Listen with care. Fran asks to be left alone. In the bathroom, she finds the hundred dollar bill in her purse, and realizing she will never be able to break this cycle, she sees Baxter's sleeping pills - Seconal - and takes them all. Meanwhile, Baxter is out drowning his sorrows with a hilarious companion, played by actress Hope Holiday. They get drunk and dance, looking for a place to get even closer, they head back to Baxter's apartment - “Might as well go to me. Everybody else does.” Once back at his place, he discovers Fran and races to his jocular doctor neighbor, played by Jack Kruschen (also Oscar nominated for his hilarious supporting role as Dr. Dreyfuss), and Fran narrowly misses checking out. While recovering at Baxter's playing gin rummy (which MacLaine was playing alot of as a peripheral member of the Rat Pack), Fran and him bond, more than bond. They fall into bliss and don't even know it. It's a beautiful chemistry, one that apparently as it evolved dictated the script. Sources say upon commencement of filming, the screenplay was a mere 40 pages, and Wilder liked to work that way and let things evolve. He was also famous for re-shooting after viewing dallies. MacLaine calls him 'sciencentific, brittle and caustic with women but made you better for it'. She tells a story about once such instance during a climactic scene with Fred MacMurray's ‘Sheldrake' where she couldn't get the emotion necessary for their break-up in the Chinese restaurant they frequent. MacLaine's native Canadian accent was coming out literally on the word ‘out.' After viewing the ‘rushes', he concluded they need to re-shoot, even calling MacLaine out in the screening room. MacLaine, much like Fran, didn't buckle under pressure, and they re-shot. On the day, Wilder called ‘Action' and excused himself to give her the privacy to do the scene. She hit it out of the park, uttering the lines from that take that made the final cut, “So you sit there and make yourself a cup of instant coffee while he rushes out to catch the train.”Well, long story short, Baxter and Fran end up together - thank Heavens. I could explain the plot twists to get them there, but I want to leave you with one final remberance of MacLaine's. When asked what it was like to work with Jack Lemmon, she said, “He would say, ‘Magic time!', every time the camera rolled. And then we knew we'd better make some magic.”Check out The Apartment on the big screen at The Film Forum in all its glory this Friday, Saturday and Sunday. And all of Jack Lemmon's ‘Magic time' over the next two weeks. You won't be sorry.More about the series here:JACK LEMMON 100Watch The Apartment here:Look Behind The Look is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Get full access to Look Behind The Look at lookbehindthelook.substack.com/subscribe

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The newest Hanna-Barbera Blu-ray releases—and the details of how they were made—are discussed by Warner Bros/Disovery Library Historian GEORGE FELTENSTEIN, including Magilla Gorilla, Tom and Jerry, Frankenstein Jr & The Impossibles, and Wait Till Your Father Gets Home.

Hey, welcome once again to Living Large Theater Podcast with Gary Rodriguez and Billy Santiago and Super producer Noe Ayala. On today's show we are at Tom & Jerry's on South Padre Island special guest Cody Pace and Ward Thomas. Fire us an email: thelivinglargetheater@gmail.com

Ready for some more caramelicious puppy chatter? In this episode, Kennedy Rizzo & Cooper Lee explore Part 3 the enduring theme of puppy love, discussing the rise of dog ownership, the influence of Disney's canine characters, and nostalgic cartoon dogs like Spike, Tyke, Garfield's Odie, and Dino. They also touch on the delightful Pupcake from Strawberry Shortcake, emphasizing the joy and loyalty that dogs bring to our lives.What canine you'll find baked into Part 3 of this week's discussion?- Spike & Tyke- Odie- Dino - PupcakeSubscribe, rate and leave us a 5-star written review on Apple Podcasts, Deepcast.fm or Spotify. If you enjoyed what you heard this week, contact us on our official website retrotrekcaramelapples.com or send us a message, requests and/ or experiences you'd like to hear featured in a future episode at Spotify for Podcasters-->https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/retro-trek-the-caramel-applesHit us up on social media! Stop by and say hi! Leave a comment & share with us some of your favorite retro topics! May every bite be sweet!!X: @CaramelApples16The Gram (Instagram): @retrotrekthecaramelapplesTikTok: @retrotrekcaramelapplesYouTube: @thestickycaramelapplesOur Official Website: retrotrekcaramelapples.com

Kerry and Collin showed up late for their discussion of the 2001 rom-com starring John Cusack and Kate Beckinsale, “Serendipity.” Does the movie take its concepts about fate and destiny to absurd heights? How many movies accurately depict the lives of obituary writers? Should the filmmakers have left in the twin towers when the film came out in the fall of 2001? Also, Kerry and Collin reveal their own Top 5 John Cusack movies. Plus, a 1995 classic, some Kurasawa, Tom & Jerry and Richard Pryor talked about for the Blu-ray Gift Exchange.  Blu-rays covered: Warner Bros: “Se7en” 4K (1995) Focus: "Conclave" (2024) Criterion: “Yojimbo” / “Sanjuro” - The Samurai Films of Akira Kurosawa - 4K “Jo-Jo Dancer: Your Life Is Calling” - 4K Warner Archive: Tom & Jerry - The CinemaScope Collection Sony: “The Lords of Flatbush” (1974) Severin: “Vixen” - 4K (1968) Magnolia: “Omni Loop” (2024)  

After Chuck Jones left Warner Brothers, owing to many factors but not unrelated to Gay Purr-ee, he spent several years as an in-house director at MGM, which led to his entire Warner unit making Tom & Jerry theatrical shorts. Thus, Marc and Jordan look at three of them here, including Pent-House Mouse, Ah Sweet Mouse-Story of Life, and Cat and Dulpli-cat. This era of Tom and Jerry has a reputation, and the key to it hinges on Chuck himself, and his ability to understand what makes a great Tom and Jerry cartoon; he didn't. LINKS: Support Jonathan's GoFundMe Support Us On Patreon Follow us on Twitter Follow us on Bluesky Follow us on Instagram

Today's episode includes: Ketchup Entertainment released the teaser trailer of The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie Sony denies rumors that they're ending their Spider-Man cinematic universe Michael Gracey in talks with Disney to direct the live-action remake of Tangled Rashida Jones, Will McCormack and Michael Govier will write the next Tom & Jerry movie for Warner Bros. Pictures Animation Warner Bros. Discovery ends contract to host new episodes of Sesame Street

In this episode of Retro Trek with The Caramel Apples, hosts Kennedy Rizzo & Cooper Lee caramel dive deep into the nostalgic world of Tom and Jerry, exploring the charm and impact of this iconic Golden Era animated series. They discuss its legacy, the cultural significance of its characters, the controversies surrounding its portrayal of race, and the role of music in enhancing the viewing experience. The conversation highlights the timeless appeal of Tom and Jerry, reflecting on how it shaped childhood memories and continues to resonate with audiences today. Let's caramel dive in!Subscribe, rate and leave us a 5-star written review on Apple Podcasts, Deepcast.fm or Spotify. If you enjoyed what you heard this week, contact us on our official website retrotrekcaramelapples.com or send us a message, requests and/ or experiences you'd like to hear featured in a future episode at Spotify for Podcasters-->https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/retro-trek-the-caramel-applesHit us up on social media! Stop by and say hi! Leave a comment & share with us some of your favorite retro topics! May every bite be sweet!!X: @CaramelApples16The Gram (Instagram): @retrotrekthecaramelapplesTikTok: @retrotrekcaramelapplesYouTube: @thestickycaramelapplesOur Official Website: retrotrekcaramelapples.com

MONSTER PARTY GETS... WAY OUT! WAY OUT! SHAWN SHERIDAN, JAMES GONIS, LARRY STROTHE, and MATT WEINHOLD, pack their audio pic-a-nic baskets, for a journey through animation history! Join us for a wacky race into the exciting world of... HANNA-BARBERA! WILLIAM HANNA and JOSEPH BARBERA were the innovative team behind many of the world's favorite cartoons. Over their long career, they were responsible for such memorable characters as TOM & JERRY, THE FLINTSTONES, YOGI BEAR, THE JETSONS, SCOOBY DOO, HUCKLEBERRY HOUND, TOP CAT, SECRET SQUIRREL, HONG KONG PHOOEY, THE WACKY RACES, ATOM ANT, SNAGGLEPUSS, JOSIE AND THE PUSSYCATS, WAIT TILL YOUR FATHER GETS HOME, and HUNDREDS more!  HANNA-BARBERA also blazed a trail when it came to producing adventure cartoons. This was the team that brought us JONNY QUEST, SPACE GHOST, THE HERCULOIDS, THE FANTASTIC FOUR, SUPER FRIENDS, SHAZZAN, VALLEY OF THE DINOSAURS, and many other fantastical Saturday morning staples.  Not satisfied with the status quo, HANNA and BARBERA ventured out into the world of feature films, giving us THE MAN CALLED FLINTSTONE, HEY THERE, IT'S YOGI BEAR!, and the beloved animated classic, CHARLOTTE'S WEB. If that's not enough for you folks, they even tackled live-action with THE BANANA SPLITS ADVENTURE HOUR, DANGER ISLAND, MYSTERY ISLAND, and the under-appreciated live-action/animation hybrid, THE NEW ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN!  Of course, we don't have the space to list all of HANNA-BARBERA'S achievements. That's what the episode is for. But, speaking of that! There was only one guest we could have booked for this epic topic. He's a friend of the show, appearing (along with fellow MP friend, CONSTANTINE NASR) on our CHRISTMAS SPECIALS  episode, and has an awe-inspiring resume. He's a two-time Grammy-nominated and Addy-winning freelance writer, editor, and producer with 30 years of magic with The Walt Disney Company and over 40 years of professional writing and production experience! He's the author of MOUSE TRACKS: THE STORY OF WALT DISNEY RECORDS, and the recent (and dare we say, timely) book... HANNA-BARBERA: THE RECORDED HISTORY- FROM MODERN STONE AGE TO MEDDLING KIDS. And be sure to check out his podcast, THE FUNTASTIC WORLD OF HANNA & BARBERA. Please welcome back the also funtastic... GREG EHRBAR! NOW, GET TO LISTENING... OR MEET YOUR YABBA DABBA DOOOOM!  

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It continues to be WHAT WOULD WALT HAVE DONE? MONTH on Escape From Vault Disney! And for our third belated episode of What Would Walt Have Done? Month, the randomizer goes all the way back to 1981 to pick an animated would-be classic that seemed to have everything going for it: a beautiful nature setting in the Bambi mold, a timeless parabolic story about the irrationality of bigotry, and a once-in-a-lifetime animation crew loaded with literally dozens of future directors. How could they possibly screw that up? Welp, dull dialogue, a meandering story, muddled character motivations, instantly forgettable songs, an inept fumbling of the anti-bigotry message, a side character who should've died inexplicably living, a pointless B-plot where two birds and a caterpillar do third-rate Tom & Jerry shtick, and what the hell, why not throw in some incompetent studio mismanagement that drove about a dozen animators to resign and form their own studio while we're at it, that's how. Meh, at least the furries got something out of it. Join Tony Goldmark, Dave Cobb, Charley Marlowe and Jacob Martin as they try to schedule a disastrous playdate for THE FOX AND THE HOUND! Read my livetweet of The Fox and the Hound: https://twitter.com/efvdpodcast/status/1269473462155804672   Pre-order Stephen Anderson's new book! https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/disney-in-between-the-lost-years-1966-1986  Check out my guests' stuff! DAVE COBB Linktree: https://linktr.ee/davecobb Podcast: https://linktr.ee/ratcastlepodcast  AR Gaming Company: https://infiniterabbitholes.com CHARLEY MARLOWE Podcast: https://www.pipedreampodcasts.com/mystery-shack-lookback   Twitter: https://twitter.com/charmarlowe   YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/CharleyMarlowe   JACOB MARTIN Bandcamp: https://closetothesun5.bandcamp.com   YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/rct3isepic  Website: https://www.coastercomposer.com And check out this show on social media! Twitter: https://twitter.com/efvdpodcast Host's Twitter: https://twitter.com/tonygoldmark Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/972385353152531 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/tonygoldmark Hear new episodes early by supporting this show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/tonygoldmark

In Episode 54 of Goodfriends, we talk all about cartoon conspiracy theories! We cover some dark theories from SpongeBob, Rugrats, and Pokémon! We also cover theories on shows like Ed, Edd n Eddy, Tom & Jerry, and Pinky and the Brain! There are a lot of cartoons we grew up with, so tune in to hear our favorite ones! One love

The Cabin is presented by the Wisconsin Counties Association and this week we're featuring Calumet County; https://bit.ly/3JJJyPvCampfire Conversation: Eric and Ana discuss some holiday traditions popular in - and in some cases practically exclusive to - Wisconsin while educating Jake (a relative newcomer from California) on how awesome the holidays are in this state. Wisconsinites definitely have a sweet tooth, and traditions often brought from the “old country” gave the state tendencies to lean toward desserts and treats that others around the country don't get to experience as often. We profile plenty of bakeries around the state baking up treats like stollen and Danish kringle (the official pastry of Wisconsin), along with holiday cookies, candied fruit, spices, and nuts. Even We Energies, formerly Wisconsin Electric Company, puts out their annual “Cookie Book” and has every year for generations at this point.Both bars and traditional basement parties in Wisconsin would mix up quite a concoction of cocktails that are particularly popular in the holiday season, including the hot toddy, the Tom & Jerry, and the Brandy slush (this state consumes a lot of brandy.) Hot chocolate is also very popular, and some towns in the state have bars that organize “hot chocolate crawls” to keep people warm as they “crawl” from spot to spot.Another big holiday tradition, especially in eastern Wisconsin, is tiger meat or steak tartare - raw beef with onions, salt, pepper, on rye. Some even crack raw egg on top. The German version - mettbröchen - consists of raw minced beef or pork & onions on a bread roll.. it's known as the “cannibal sandwich” in the Milwaukee area. And yes, we discuss what the Department of Health has to say about these sandwiches.The holiday decor is another topic, and those unique and cool-looking aluminum trees that became hugely popular in the early 1960s came out of Manitowoc, where they made them and shipped them all over the country. You can still find them, and enjoy a huge display of the in Manitowoc every holiday season with “Evergleams on Eighth” downtown. We cover all of this and more as we're fully imbibed into the holidays on The Cabin!Inside Sponsors:Visit Lake Geneva - https://bit.ly/3wHvilfShop Discover Wisconsin - https://shop.discoverwisconsin.com

Introducing the Band:Your hosts Scot Bertram (@ScotBertram) and Jeff Blehar (@EsotericCD) are joined by guest Rory Cooper. He's a partner at Purple Strategies, a corporate reputation and advocacy agency in Alexandria, Va., a former George W. Bush and Eric Cantor aide, and a longtime Republican strategist. He's on Twitter at @rorycooper.Rory's Music Pick: Simon & GarfunkelIf you enjoyed Political Beats' episode on the solo career of Paul Simon with Rory Cooper from a year and half ago, then kick right back after the Labor Day weekend and start feelin' groovy while listening the epic George Lucas/Peter Jackson prequel extravaganza that is our discussion of Simon & Garfunkel! Yes, Rory has returned to discuss a pop duo formerly known as “Tom & Jerry,” whose music dominated both American and U.K. airwaves in the late Sixties. With three #1 hits, nine more top 20 singles, two #1 albums, and their names attached to one of the decade's most beloved films, we think it likely that you're already somewhat familiar with Simon & Garfunkel. But this, like our Paul Simon episode, is the rare episode in which neither of your two esteemed hosts were actually deeply familiar with the albums (as opposed to the radio hits). How could this have happened? All is explained while we are rejoined by Rory Cooper, a guy who knows all the stories and loves Paul Simon's music so much he named his kid after one of these songs. In this episode, we explore the origins of Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel as schooldays choirboy friends in Queens, their brief “teen idol” phase as Tom & Jerry, and their -- rather awkward -- rebirth in the early Sixties as folkies on a Greenwich Village scene that resolutely disdained them for purported inauthenticity. Simon & Garfunkel's 1964 debut album flopped so badly that Simon went to England and Garfunkel simply went back to school, until a Columbia producer desperate for a hit overdubbed electric backing onto a forgotten song from that debut called “The Sound of Silence.”And the rest is history. Simon & Garfunkel's career resumed in a haste as “Sound of Silence” hit the top of the charts in January 1966, and what followed was a series of increasingly assured acoustic folk/pop/rock hits that culminated by the late Sixties in immortal and gnomic songs like “Mrs. Robinson,” “America,” and “The Boxer.” From being a pale imitator of Bob Dylan's “intelligent folk” music, Simon & Garfunkel had evolved into a different, singular sound, anchored around Garfunkel's peerlessly pitch-perfect high tenor voice and Simon's insistently rhythmic sense of guitar-work and arrangement.Although the pairing did not -- and could not, for many reasons -- last long, it ended in a supreme achievement: Bridge Over Troubled Water (1970), a record whose commercial dominance and omnipresence in its day has been exceeded only by its subsequent critical reputation. And that was it; Garfunkel left for an acting career, and Simon for a solo one. (A brief reunion in the early Eighties went nowhere.) And that was for the best: They will forever be remembered for going out on the highest possible note. What happened next has already been discussed, but for now, enjoy the groovy Sixties and Paul Simon's orthogonal, acutely self-conscious place within them as we count the cars on the New Jersey Turnpike, all gone to look for America.