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#565 - Morbid Symptoms (Patreon)

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First, Will reports on visiting that most American of landmarks, Graceland. Then, we take the temperature of the U.S. presidential election in its waning days, and learn some interesting facts about the "Canadian Victims of Communism" memorial. Finally, we discuss I'M FROM HOLLYWOOD (1989), a documentary about one of the greatest pieces of performance art of all time: the Andy Kaufman/Jerry Lawler wrestling feud.

ST. CATHARINE'S - See Luke moderate the book launch event for Shifting Gears: Canadian Autoworkers and the Changing Landscape of Labour Politics. Friday, October 11, 7pm, Niagara Artists Centre - https://www.ubcpress.ca/st-catharines-book-launch-for-shifting-gears

TORONTO - See Will introduce a rare screening of the Jackie Chan film Fantasy Mission Force. Tuesday, November 5, 7pm, Fox Theatre - https://www.foxtheatre.ca/movies/important-cinema-club-masterpiece-classics-fantasy-mission-force/

"The #Resistance Is Back. Be Afraid." by Katherine Krueger - https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/resistance-kamala-harris-online/

Kaufman and Lawler on Letterman - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL9PGJslS6A&t=1s&ab_channel=Letterman

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Comments

Thomas Dietzel

First to comment again. It’s over for the rest of you

Orn Pauldorf

great showbiz doc! when i was younger i watched it on Comedy Central at least a couple times. a naural irritant, Kaufman took to portaying a wrestling heel more quickly than anyone, with the recent exception of another scumbag: Logan Paul! in Paul's very first pro wrestling match he was already better at aggravating the audience than 3/4 of the established heels.

Chris Sherman

It may be a bit misleading to say that Elvis "stole" from Black American musicians. He played blues music, of course, and was noted for being respectful, even deferential, to Black blues and rock and roll musicians. And some of those blues songs, like Hound Dog, were written by white song writing teams. His background, a child of brutally impoverished sharecroppers who relocated to a growing mid-south city in the interwar era, shares a great deal with mid-century blues artists. After his death, the story has obviously been 'sculpted' as Graceland has become a pilgrimage site. All the more reason to emphasize his original context.

Kenny Hedges

I think my favourite part of Graceland was his airplane (when I went, I don't think it cost extra, but I hear they're hurting), which had a ton of perfectly preserved '70s glass bottles of Orange Gatorade. Man was a fiend for it, you can even hear him doing free PR during live shows. You were also about an hour away from Adamsville. Pusser County.

Kranky

Buddy Holly the true white boy with that dog in him. You listen to his raw demos album and you see a great artist in the makings

Oliver Crane

I would really recommend Peter Guralnick’s books on Elvis and Sam Phillips - I haven’t read the second Elvis book yet bc it’s going to bum me out but Last Train to Memphis is fantastic. Also, too bad that Graceland Too is gone - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graceland_Too

Jackson Ayres

My brothers and I watched the Kaufman doc so many times, back when they aired it constantly on Comedy Central. One of my favorite aspects of the Kaufman/Lawler feud is that I have little doubt much of Letterman's studio (and home) audience shared the heel Kaufman's condescending attitude toward Memphis wrestling fans. Yet, you can tell when that scene on Late Night plays out that much of the audience gets confused and does in fact believe it to be authentic -- they get taken from laughing at the rubes who (purportedly) don't understand that it's fake to becoming total marks themselves. Lastly, I was sort of surprised to hear you've been watching the McMahon docuseries. As a lapsed serious fan -- now, I haven't watched wrestling in over a decade, but recall it fondly and appreciate the craft very much -- I found the series surprisingly evenhanded, given that WWE and Netflix signed a huge partnership deal that starts in 2025. Presumably, the insane allegations against Vince necessitated a more critical final cut.

Myles Bartoli

Once again, Joe is the only Estévez I recognize as President. Also, hearing of the established parties fucking up their campaigns and popularity, a quick shout out to the state of British politics this week, where Starmer’s polling is doing a speedrun crash, whilst Tory MPs incompetently voted through their two most toxic candidates in the leadership selection process, as they arrogantly thought their most ‘normal’ candidates would simply get through.

John

I think in the Luhrmann Elvis movie, the blending of Jayz Z and BB King was trying to show a throughline in the music. Like saying hey listening to BB King in his day is like listening to hip hop nowadays. Its some sort of provocation. I would prefer to listen to BB King as well but it kinda worked for me in Elvis.

murt pie

It all just keeps getting worse.

Eric

Elvis was a mystic Vedantist. Toured with a suit case full of esoterica from the Upanishads, Dhamapada, and Kabbalah. Divined tea leaves and cloud formations. Give me that biopic, cowards

giant gorilla

Patreon subscribers can call themselves the Michael & Us's own "Memphis Mafia"

ChapoFan inParis

How does Kaufman's bit compare to Kimmel's "sorry, Matt Damon, we're out of time"?

Steve Powell

As a Memphian, to say that Elvis Presley Enterprises (EPE) is “insecure” about Elvis’ image/legacy is a real understatement 😂

Ambrose Honeysuckle
>>151955187

Well put, Will! And I’ll add further context: Elvis was far more vocal about his influences than the public (or Public Enemy, for that matter) realized, and he even paid Jackie Wilson’s medical bills as a part of that. In different ways, he’s similar to Bob Marley – a dynamic and nuanced artist who has been neutered by corporate forces to widen his popularity to the maximum (the ‘Legend’ compilation was crafted with suburban listeners in mind).

Evan Hiltunen

Brat summer is over it’s TOM T HALL FALL BABY!!!

Jimmy McMillan

The Harris campaigns slogan is "We ain't going back" but she's standing with Dick Cheney and supporting a genocide in the middle east. We're going back one way or the other

Nick Playfair

Great episode guys. I don't think you can overemphasise Lawler's popularity in Memphis, he was a huge star in the territory days before WWF/WWE and kept it going long after the others folded because they couldn't compete with McMahon.

Ryan

Does Will Know about the opening cartoon in Joker 2?

Shane

The Bob Dylan Museum indeed is in Tulsa, Oklahoma, my hometown. Highly recommend.