Bill Whittle returns after a week lounging in the glorious sunshine of a brutally murderous regime.
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Right Angle: Backstage (10-18-2022)
Bill Whittle returns after a week lounging in the glorious sunshine of a brutally murderous regime.
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Our society is comprised of three broad categories of people. One third is in agreement with the authoritarian changes taking place and want more of it. One third is not in agreement with authoritarians and want to stop them. Then there is the mushy middle. This group wants to believe everything will be ok because in their short lives, everything has always been ok and they owe their success in life, not to any skills or abilities but to always doing what they are told to do. By the time the mushy middle realizes what is actually happening it will probably be too late to do anything to stop the authoritarians. This isn’t pessimism, it’s called accepting reality. If I deny reality, it doesn’t change the reality.
Max Baer Sr was Heavyweight Champ, the movie Cinderella Man made him look like a heel which his son disputes.
To see if I was listening my wife would add a gorilla’s entrance into whatever she was saying. ‘Then the gorilla came in and ….’
Bill @ 56:13 the answer is Baby Huey.
Greenacres, Washington exists northeast of Spokane and many residents watch the show today.
Alright I know Scott gets heat sometimes and I don’t like to pile on but this time I can’t remain silent.
You should NOT watch Green Acres. You should watch I Love Lucy.
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Was there only 3 episodes of RA last week?
Yes, apparently the reel-to-reel ate the episode Zo hosted. 😉
Or, Zo’s ISP died during the recording.
Yeah, I’m a moron and the answer was given in this backstage early on. I’ve just been in the habit of not watching the backstage until I’ve seen all of the episodes from the week before. Thanks.
I think today’s (10/19/22) Bongino show talks about this hidden camera thing. Which technically means you guys discovered it before him. And we’re the ones making it go viral…lol.
Most lefties are actually ambidextrous. I am at least. I write left-handed, but play guitar and many other things right-handed.
I’m so left-handed it’s ridiculous!
I’m left-handed, left-eyed, left-eared and left-footed.
My right side appendages are basically vestigial!
Brian – this always confuses me.
but play guitar and many other things right-handed
As a one time sax and bass player, I always used both hands.
Some of the best guitarists in the world had to use their left hand much more than their right.
Always seemed to me that left-hand dominant was good for guitar, violin, etc.
Roy Clark was amazing with both hands, BTW.
Well, I do use both of my hands when I play guitar…lol, but I play a right-handed guitar. I do some things with either hand. If I practiced on a left-handed guitar, I could play it left-handed. It’s just easier to find right-handed guitars.
Albert King played a right-handed guitar, swung upside down.
I’m currently binge-watching Fraser. 11 seasons of hilarity. Much of which, you wouldn’t see on modern TV shows. One of the reasons I got rid of my TV over 15 years ago.
But we better appreciated what little we had when we were young.
I barely have room for my 20-inch monitor in my cardboard box of an apartment…lol.
Always a fun hour, thanks gents.
I knew what Steve’s topic was going to be as soon as I read his article at PJM.
Bringing up Green Acres and The Beverly Hillbillies reminded me why I still enjoy the old I Love Lucy and The Honeymooners shows. They were pure comedy without reference to politics or current events. The comedy was based around human emotions and flaws and learning from one’s mistakes, not pushing the ideology of the writers onto the viewers. The silliness of today’s comedies speak to the lowest common denominator.
When we are looking for a palette cleanser, we invariably watch older shows. We have watched all of I Love Lucy, Cheers, Frasier (I actually like Frasier now more than when it was new), and the like.
Irene Ryan was 60+ when she was Granny. After cancellation she was on Broadway in Pippin. She had a mild stroke on stage and was diagnosed with a brain tumor. She died in 73 only a few years after the show was canceled.
Very funny actress.
Welcome back Bill. Somebody should collect all the times you discuss old tv shows on the Back Stage discussions and do something with that.
That was Fun!
I hope you guys can keep doing the pop culture openings.
You bringing up “60 minutes” brought back a memory. I was a young teen with a rock band when I was approached to do a performance for a new show – “60 minutes”. They wanted footage of teens dancing to rock music for an episode on noise pollution exposure in kids. Smart ass that I was, my trumpet-playing friend and I, a sax player, both of us all-state musicians, decided to give them what they wanted. We chose “21st Century Schizoid Man” by King Crimson because it was noise pollution defined, with great sax and trumpet solos. Our band was absolutely horrible, but those guys who flew down to record us from NYC sat through a gazzillion takes of people trying unsuccessfully to dance to this craziness. We did our best with our long hair and headache-inducing efforts. It never made the show. fun times.
Too much sax and violins on TV.
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