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Right Angle: Backstage (08-18-2020)

When men were men, they sang songs of rough living on the lonesome prairie. They sang sweetly, like men pining for the company of…cattle. The men of Right Angle are men such as these.

Right Angle: Backstage (08-18-2020)

When men were men, they sang songs of rough living on the lonesome prairie. They sang sweetly, like men pining for the company of…cattle.

The men of Right Angle are men such as these. Nevertheless, don’t be intimidated. They mean you no harm.

This rambling agglomeration or unstructured tirades and cheap jokes is our special gift to the Members who make it possible.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOlM57Ko7x4

34 replies on “Right Angle: Backstage (08-18-2020)”

Bill, Vermont’s petty tyrant of a governor has no discernible metric for removing his declared “state of emergency.” In a state with 625K people, we have had 2 Wu-Flu deaths in the past 2 months but the governor just extended his SOE until September 15th. When asked when he would remove it, he responded that he would consider it “if the Legislature took appropriate action.” Meaning if they did what he wants, otherwise it’s his ball and he’s going to keep it.
Absolutely despicable in a free society.

We need to begin peaceful protests to open our states again. The bulk of Washington deaths are from the Seattle side. I understand how that initial wave scared the governor. But now, as he first framed it, we need to follow the science back out of this lockdown. Begin with the healthiest, most resilient people. Let the people themselves decide whether they want to go outside or barricade in their homes. As far as I know no one is forced to go out and do anything. We are not children and government is not our parents. They are just our big brother trying to bully us.

I almost mentioned the Muppets’s version of that dreadful song in my comment on the actual R/A segment. I think that my first exposure to the song was that version. A clip of it made it into the 30-year Muppets Anniversary show, which I taped (yes, VHS tape) and rewatched over and over. The clip may be my first exposure to the song (rather than its original broadcast), and it was definitely the low point of the Anniversary Special (which was, otherwise, pretty spectacular).

Fabulous! Thank you, I don’t remember if I ever saw that before! (The 30th Anniversary Special is on youtube also, because of course it is.)

Then whatever day that is will go down in history as the day Hollywood died. (This discussion was about Uber but hasn’t it already gone into effect for the entertainment industry?)

LA County has already done stuff that badly affects writers and other freelancers w/ home offices. But this is the first time it’s state wide and a flat out NO. AFAIK.

If they don’t fix it, perhaps the whole industry will leave for greener pastures in other states, like Texas. I don’t think there will be a “capital” for entertainment anymore. It would just spread out around the country (and the world) and people would travel to the studio when needed like they travel to film “on location” now.
I actually know someone in the industry who over a decade ago commuted from Atlanta, where his family lived. He went home almost every weekend, and of course between gigs.

Texas has been trying for decades to get a robust film industry going. GA an LA have had far better luck. The problem seems to be that the legislature is unwilling to hand out subsidies like the other states are willing to do.

I’m sure you are right, but if even without subsidies it’s now cheaper to do business almost anywhere else?

Have you guys ever considered responding to the call center guy “Jerry” when he ask your name, responding w/ something like Perias Sithamburum?

I know you joke about how we (the subscribers) suffer through Backstage, but I gotta tell you I really look forward to every Wednesday’s a new episode. I see it Wednesday because Japan is 16 hours ahead of California during DST. I look from afar at the US and wonder what the heck is going over there and it’s difficult to feel positive. Backstage gives me that little boost of confidence that maybe conservatism still has a chance.

Thanks for the encouragement, Lynn. Glad it helps. It’s actually our favorite episode of the week too.

This could have been written for Backstage:

Elwood: “We’re a hundred miles from Chicago, we have a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it’s dark, and we’re wearing sunglasses.”

Jake: “Hit it.”

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