Adult Swim’s Dana Snyder and FRED’s Ken Plume set out to have a literate conversation between two pals, but inevitably devolve into a verbal, and funny, free-for-all full of bickering, infighting, and the special kind of male bonding that comes from conflict expressed through the podcast medium. This, dear friends, is the online experience!
Much of the podcast talks about The Snydes, a rip off of the Smurfs where every character would be a tiny blue Dana... except for Plumegamel.
Sadly, that is not the movie in theaters today.
Anyhoo, here are some retro commercials that shows that the world was even more saturated with Smurfs in the 80s.
First up is this commercial for the Smurf Power Cycle and other Smurf vehicles. It's a bit odd. First Smurfette runs in holding some kind of VHS tape to show the 'Smurfs Test Track' where products are "tested on real kids". Then comes my favorite line ever...
"IT'S REALLY POPPIN'!"
Next is a commercial for Smurf Yogurt... or lobster and pickles. It's hard to tell.
This commercial is for a Smurf's Christmas album that is as awful as you can imagine:
At 0:25 I think the kid on the right opens a Star Wars toy.
Finally, this commercial for the Smurfs video game.
I put together this video with audio clips from Ken PD Snydecast 1-10. Now you can relive the miserable audio from episodes 1 & 2, the John Popper/Paul Prudhomme debate, the ride on It's a Small World, Ken's love of Mr. Holland's Opus, The Laurel & Hardy Museum photo and more! Enjoy!
Today is opening day for Run For Your Wife at the Lyceum Theatre in Arrow Rock, MO. The show runs until July 30.
If you are lucky enough to be there in Arrow Rock seeing Dana play Stanley in the show you have no need for any further entertainment today. In fact, if I were you, I would sit in a darkened room for the other hours of the day.
Seriously. You can be over entertained. Your face may fall off. Back away from the website slowly.
For the rest of us, here is a classic episode of Phil Silvers' Sgt. Bilko. In this episode Sgt. Ritzik's wife leaves him and it's up to Bilko to save the marriage:
This is a fast paced adult comedy and Dana plays the freeloading neighbor, Stanley.
We don't have a clip from the show to show you from the show, but maybe you will enjoy this record by Steve Allen titled "What is a Wife?":
Ah yes, the good old days those horrible days when sexism was rampant.
Remember what Ward Cleaver had to say:
Yep, it was a different time. Sexism wasn't just ok, it was a sales pitch.
Take a look at this vintage coffee ad:
This didn't just happen in the 50s. Here is an ad from 1970 for Goodyear:
As "multiplesifl" says in the comment section "Let's just all be thankful the dizzy broad could handle all those confusing signs and didn't kill someone important, like a man."
Yeah.
Let's wrap things up with a classic commercial for Mystery Date from Milton Bradley:
As we await the first show this Saturday, keep busy with these videos I found on YouTube...
First here is, perhaps, the most amazing duo of horse names being called at a race last August:
(NOTE:audio is only on the left speaker.)
Next is this awful woman:
She was married to some awful man and they are getting a divorce.
I was bored of the clip 10 seconds in... but then at 0:30 something magical happened! Check it out:
Finally, it's the king of wife jokes, Mr. Henny Youngman:
In this comedy about bigamy, a dull man turns out to have a hyperactive romantic life. That is the beginning and the slowly approached end of the evening's tomfoolery. John Smith, a London taxi driver, maintains two separate households, one in Wimbledon, the other a few minutes away in Streatham. Because of an accident too complicated to explain, his worlds collide, and the police are called in to investigate.
With increasing ineptitude, the taxi driver tries to keep one wife from learning about the other. To extend his comedy, Mr. Cooney uses every subterfuge in the joke book, including the pretense of his being homosexual. Whenever possible, the play makes fun of stereotypes (dumb cops, swishy gays and prefeminist women who think only of getting their man into bed).
Gas up the car and get to Missouri and see the show!
Be sure to check out the Lyceum Theatre website for more details.
A photo of Dana holding the ladies is mentioned... take a look: This photo appears on the starsofaquateen.com site with the caption: In happier times, with his twin ex-wives (surgically separated in 2004)
And since we are talking about The Diamond Sisters, check out this video: Take a look:
Ken quickly responds with Ghostbusters, Animal House, Mr. Holland's Opus, MASH, Spinal Tap and The Blues Brothers.
One of the most fun scenes in The Blues Brothers takes place in the Dixie Square Mall. The mall had closed down and was redressed making it a remarkable filming location.
Here is a neat behind the scenes look at the filming of the scene... it's like 4 minutes long and for some reason is uploaded as 4 separate parts:
Amazingly the abandoned mall is still (somewhat) standing.
There are some interesting videos showing the decay of the mall. I really like this one:
BTW early in the clip you see a juxtaposition of these two photos:
The man in the pictures is stunt man Gary McLarty, the left shot is from Blues Brothers and the inset shot on the right is from when he testified in the Robert Blake trial that Blake had tried to hire him to kill his wife.
Ken quickly responds with Ghostbusters, Blues Brothers, Mr. Holland's Opus, MASH, Spinal Tap and Animal House.
Animal House (or National Lampoon's Animal House if you're not into the whole "brevity thing") looks like it was as much fun to make as it is to watch.
asitecalledfred.com has a new episode of "A Bit of a Chat", Ken's OTHER podcast.
A Bit of a Chat with Ken Plume & Molly Lewis 4 is the usually mixture of silliness, sincerity and actual interview stuff. Ken describes the episode "...In this episode, I have another chat with musician, geek, and internet sensation Molly Lewis about Paula Deen, butter, snorting, trouble, bells, furniture, and trombones."
If you love the Snydecast, you MUST listen to this show. asitecalledfred.com
Ken: Not the Yankovic he wants...
Dana: Yeah, I don't want Weird Al Yankovic. I want Frankie Yankovic. The TRUE Yankovic. There's only one Yankovic as far as I'm concerned.
Here is a clip with BOTH Yankovics:
Here is another clip with Frankie and his band playing "The I've Got A Wife At Home Polka":
I checked Weird Al's twitter feed for a response to Plumey's recorder problems and all I found was:
Ken describes the episode "...I have another chat with playwright, screenwriter, MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000 alumnus, and one-third of Rifftrax, Bill Corbett, about Mr. Sting, Pushy Robert Plant, Hollywood, and Big Hands."
If you love Bill Corbett and MST3K, you MUST listen to this show.
Speaking of MST3K, Ken tweeted the following picture recently:
The Gamera episodes were lots of fun. Take a look:
Over on Twitter the following exchange took place:
@iamScottLane "2 months since @KenPlume and @danasnyder blessed us with an award winning #KenPDSnydecast Please don't leave us hanging too much longer guys"
@danasnyder "@iamScottLane once we get some great suggestions of topics well crap one out"
@iamScottLane "once I get over this flu induced delirium I'll brainstorm some #snydecastideas"
Seriously? This is a podcast that has done THREE SHOWS where they talked about toilets.
But, if ideas are needed, then ideas we shall give him!
Send @danasnyder a tweet, or email him at kenpdsnydecast@gmail.com, or email me at drwienerbreathesq@gmail.com and I will post it here on the Experience, or just put a note in the comments.
I have been waiting since 2007 for the boys to give us the Co-Stars record experience that they talked about on KEN P.D. SNYDECAST #26: The Bunny Hop.
They talked about doing one of two things. Either acting opposite the existing Co-Stars record or creating new Co-Stars "records" that you could act with at home, one with Plumey & one with Snydely.
Here is a video I put together to explain the wonder that is the Co-Stars record:
Dana Snyder will be performing once again at the Lyceum Theatre in Arrow Rock in The Sound of Music starting today (through July 17.)
The show has been written up in the Boonville Daily News and sounds fantastic!
Take a look:
Arrow Rock theatre brings home The Sound of Music
By News Release
Boonville Daily News
Posted Jun 30, 2011 @ 05:05 PM
Arrowrock —
The Arrow Rock Lyceum Theatre's 51st Season continues with Rodgers and Hammerstein's classic, The Sound of Music, opening on July 6 with fourteen performances through July 17.
Based on the memoir of Maria von Trapp, The Story of the Trapp Family Singers, with a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse, The Sound of Music features a lush score filled with unforgettable songs such as, "The Sound of Music", "Edelweiss", "My Favorite Things", "Climb Ev'ry Mountain" and "Do-Re-Mi".
The Sound of Music was the final collaboration between Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein, and has garnered numerous honors, including five Tony Awards for the original 1959 Broadway production, starring Mary Martin and Theodore Bikel, and five Academy Awards for the 1965 film adaptation, starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer.
Director, Peter Reynolds, says, "We have been appreciating the consummate skill of the composers of The Sound of Music whose contributions changed musical theater forever, and focusing our energies on Rodgers and Hammerstein's sage advice: 'mean it from the bottom of your heart, and say what is on your mind as carefully, as clearly and beautifully as you can.'"
When the irrepressible novice, Maria, proves too high-spirited for the religious life, she is dispatched to serve as governess for the seven children of a widowed naval Captain. Her unorthodox approach quickly wins over the children but conflicts with the structure that the Captain insists upon.
Featured guests include actors and voice actors for many beloved films and TV shows like Transformers, Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Tron. This year’s special guest is Cary Elwes, who brought a surprising amount of energy and appreciation for all the fans who’ve seen him in movies such as the Princess Bride and the modern horror movie Saw. Elwes was not the only genuinely happy guest, as voice actor Dana Snyder actually brought a tween fan on stage to help him get through his improvised appearance, it was as heart warming as it was comedic.
Here are some great pictures of the event (courtesy of Jon from Jacksonville who made the nearly 12 hour round trip drive to the convention... or maybe flew in a private jet, I have no idea.):
Above is a picture with Dana and his randomly selected tween co-panelist.
Dana Snyder will be performing once again at the Lyceum Theatre in Arrow Rock in The Sound of Music from July 6-17.
Dana will be playing Franz the Butler and he will surely butle like you have never seen someone butle before.
It's a fun part and will surely steal the show with Dana giving the performance.
I assume you all have seen the Julie Andrews film version. If not, shame on you.
Get your tickets and get to Arrow Rock! In the meantime here is a trailer for the Julie Andrews version. Someone recut it to to make it seem like a horror flick:
Back in 2008 KEN P.D. SNYDECAST #64 was released talking quite a bit about The Little Rascals. The Little Rascals series (aka Our Gang) was a comedy series that ran from the early 1920s to the late 1930s.
Here is one of the more memorable shorts of the series.
Seeing Dana Snyder at the Florida Supercon this weekend (July 1-4, 2011)?
While you enjoy the Miami sun, you may want to check out the famous Fontainebleau Hotel. According to movie-locations.com this is the hotel from the Jerry Lewis flick The Bellboy:
AND it's the hotel in Goldfinger where Jill Masterson talks to James Bond (and eventually gets killed by Oddjob and painted gold.)
Plus the hotel appeared in Scarface.
Finally, the song is mentioned in the Allan Sherman song Streets of Miami. Go to iTunes and get it.
