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Talk to the Audience?!? Episode 31 (Patreon)

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2020-01-04 21:20:01
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2026-06
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It's the final Talking Simpsons community podcast of 2019 (technically), and we thank you for your patience as we restart our engines after a long break! Listen in and find out what we did during the holidays (mostly watch a bunch of movies), try to hold back from talking about Star Wars, and go over old Simpsons merch as well as plenty of new lists about the series' best episodes. And, as always, we answer your questions and comments from the latest round of podcasts. Thanks so much for listening, and here's to a great 2020!

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Thad Komorowski

I think you summed up classic vs. modern cinema perfectly. BTW, the better Jimmy Stewart Christmas movie is Ernst Lubitsch's "The Shop Around the Corner"

K-S-O

I tried finding the Silly Symphonies “Night Before Christmas” cartoon on Disney+ but could not find it. I eventually found and watched it through non-legal means and found that it had a scene where a character ends up in black face. That may be why I had trouble finding it on the service.

Dayken

In regards to Adam Sandler trying to be a serious actor, he also did Reign After Me in that time period; can't personally vouch for it's quality though. Also while it's not my fave fave episode, another great "really funny with nice emotion at the end" episode that I feel people sleep on a lot is Lisa On Ice (but then again Homer is incredibly cruel in that one so I don't really blame them).

nina matsumoto

Every time I see a super old movie I'm impressed by how much emotion and drama they can achieve with limited film technology and smaller casts. Casablanca is the ultimate example of that I think. I'm still weirdly fond of Anastasia even though I know it's not a great film (I give it a solid 7/10), probably for nostalgic reasons. Journey to the Past is one of my fav songs of this genre. I wanted to mention that Bob and I also briefly skimmed through its sequel, Bartok the Magnificent, and it seemed...... less than 7/10.

ShyRanger

I agree Eek the Cat is a great show. Only problem right now, it seems to have no been well kept. Every version I find, even on the "bad don't use" pirate sites, they mostly tend to be static--ier, maybe from old recordings. I'm guessing that show didn't have future distribution. We need to save it.

Kewl0210

I kinda wanna see a Star Wars movie written by John Swartzwelder now.

Joe Hodgson

And this is Joe Hodgson saying...yes, I agree with you Mr. Mackey on the subject of Branson's desires that day. It's the first thing I thought when I heard the story, but was not willing to ask my cousin what went down that day, so maybe he got it! Billionaires are probably hard to turn down. And thank you for the kind words. I gotta defend Mickey's honor though. Mickey's Christmas Carol is a short I'll likely never lose affection for due in large part to annually watching a deteriorating VHS that included a broadcast of it from 1987. Scrooge is the star, and I love his portrayal. The short running-time seems perfect to me as it's a story with a simple message. The broadcast I have also extended it to an hour with shorts (Donald's Snow Fight, Pluto's Christmas Tree, and The Art of Skiing starring Goofy) with narrated intros and additional clips so that could be affecting my judgement. I like the Will Ryan performance of Pete since I grew up with Billy Bletcher as his voice from the shorts and Ryan's performance is close to that where-as Cummings has his own distinct personality (which I do enjoy as well). The Disney+ version though is kind of "meh" in that it's over-smoothed in its transfer and they cropped the image. The early scenes in the counting house especially feel so cramped and the image too clean for what I envision is a musky, dusty, hovel that Scrooge doesn't sink any money into. It marking the last performance of Clarence Nash does add a little extra nostalgia too, though he is exceptionally raspy as he was basically dying of lung cancer at that point. That one is probably the Christmas special I return to the most often out of familiarity and ease of access. Despite that though, I would definitely be onboard with Beavis & Butt-head Do Christmas in 2020.

Devin Hoffarth

I also like Disney's Christmas Carol but I'll say this much in terms of criticism for it: It feels like Disney kinda neutered Scrooge compared to his book counterpart. The infamous diatribe "Are there no Prisons? No Poor Houses?" basically doesn't exist which I suppose makes sense. They don't want Uncle Scrooge to come off like too much a monster even though he's redeemed at the end. Still it's just weird to have a Carol adaptation where instead of Scrooge going from an outright monster into a good man he goes from kind of a jerk into a good man.

Dan Vincent

There's a lot to quibble with on Mickey's Christmas Carol, but Henry is 100% right that Pete is the best ghost of Christmas Yet To Come. "Why, it's yours, Ebeneezer! The richest man in all the cemetery!" The way he cackles, chomping on the cigar, while Scrooge is trying desperately to claw his way out of the incinerator grave still sticks with me to this day.

Andrew Grieve

Thanks for the mention of the NRBQ/Pitts connection, I’ll take it even if my name wasn’t dropped! Someone reads my meandering comments ;P

Harry Thornton

Same here with Little Women: I seriously thought those were the actual final lines for the longest time... until I read through the book itself.