Friday, January 15, 2016

Episode 53 - My Uncle Was a Sheep for the Last Five Years




This week we're discussing some films from 2015 that maybe didn't hit with audiences but that we liked. Randy picked The Last Five Years, Amy chose The Man from U.N.C.L.E., and Joe went with Shaun the Sheep

Show Notes

The Last Five Years
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Shaun the Sheep
  • "Feels Like Summer"
  • A good George Thorogood song: "Steady Rollin' Man"
  • Megamind soundtrack
  • A cursory search of imdb lists "Bad to the Bone" in the following movies and TV series (year for tv series indicates year of episode not year series began):
    • Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)
    • Man Up (2015)
    • The Muppets (2011)
    • Christine (1983)
    • 3000 Miles to Graceland (2001)
    • Beverly Hills Chihuahua (2008)
    • Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore (2010)
    • Hawaii Five-0 (2011)
    • South Park (2015)
    • Married with Children (1989, 1993)
    • The Parent Trap (1998)
    • My Name Is Earl (2005)
    • Joe Dirt (2001)
    • Eureka (2012)
    • Miami Vice (1985)
    • Las Vegas (2003)
    • According to Jim (2004)
    • Problem Child (1990)
    • Major Payne (1995)
    • Beavis and Butt-Head (1994 -two episodes)
    • Problem Child 2 (1991)
    • The Lone Gunmen (2001)
    • Early Edition (2000)
    • Flesh and Bone (1993)
    • Firehouse Dog (2007)
    • Take Me Out (2012)
    • Transylmania (2009)
    • Reasonable Doubts (1992)
    • Mongrels (2010)
    • Slayground (1983)
    • The Legend of Dick and Dom (2010)
    • How to Boil a Frog (2009)
  • Penguins, distinguishing good from bad, with discussion of Feathers McGraw
  • We didn't get around to talking about it on the show, but Aardman did a rather amusing set of parody posters around Oscars time last year to promote Shaun the Sheep
  • Shaun the sheep has round pupils

    Real sheep do not

On the Next Show

Books from 2015 - We read some! Be prepared for these picks:

  • Randy: The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
  • Amy: The Royal We by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan (AKA The Fug Girls from Go Fug Yourself)
  • Joe: Displacement: A Travelogue by Lucy Knisley

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