Hobo Radio 105 – A tale of two Stings
- Introduction
- One-named celebrities
- A Christmas Carol in November
- Mickey Mouse, rebel
- Contractually-obligated Batman discussion
Week 105 Spotlight: A tale of two Stings
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There are some things in life you will never confuse with one another. Sting the musician and Sting the wrestler. Mickey Mouse and Bugs Bunny. Jim Carrey’s A Christmas Carol and Bill Murray’s Scrooged.
All of these polar opposites end up factoring in to this week’s show. Joel Murphy and Lars Periwinkle discuss the two Stings, Mickey Mouse’s attempt at a makeover and Jim Carrey’s attempt at a horrible Christmas movie. They also find the time to accuse Community of stealing their material.
Why does Joel feel the NBC show ripped him off? What can Mickey Mouse do to be edgier? Why does Hollywood insist of remaking A Christmas Carol? The answers to these questions and more are in this week’s podcast.
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Just so you know, I have always heard of a variation of the macaroni thowing/wall sticking metaphor…I have just always heard of it as “thowing sh!t against the wall to see what sticks.” Of course, I am from Texas so maybe that has something to do with the difference…
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I thought the metaphor was angel hair fettucine as opposed to macaroni… apparently the origin is from an old european (Italian?) wives tale that you know when pasta is cooked if you throw it at a wall and it sticks – that’s what my (German) mum told me. I never did see her throwing pasta though, we should not be surprised if the new Mickey Mouse game will incorporate it though.
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Tiny Tim had ricketts, which is caused by a vitamin D deficiency. So when Scrooge started paying Cratchit more, they could afford better food, and so Tim got better. Geez. Don’t you people read?
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I’ll follow up my snarky comment with a better one:
I’ve decided that Mickey Mouse is the Superman of Disney characters. He’s boring and good and used to symbolize the wholesomeness of American culture, but he’s not very interesting at all. The flawed characters (like Goofy, Donald Duck, or Batman) are way more entertaining and interesting.
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I am a week behind, but I must say: not only do I love Mickey’s Christmas Carol and Scrooged, but I love you both for saying that Pluto is Mickey’s Autistic friend that he keeps a tracking collar on. Beautiful.
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