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Right Angle: Backstage 09/05/23

with guest appearances by Conan O’Brien, Tom Cruise, Russell Brand and Deon Sanders

Featuring an all-star cast with guest appearances by Conan O’Brien, Tom Cruise, Russell Brand and Deon Sanders; final farewells to Gary Wright and Jimmy Buffett, plus car simulator champ goes to the real racetrack, iPhone storage, and Scott’s new career in voice-over recording… all this and so much less on this edition of Right Angle: Backstage!

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A couple of years ago, The Gran Turismo racing simulator championships actually became sanctioned by the FIA which is the official international automobile racing body which sanctions many racing events, including the 24 Hours at Le Mans. It isn’t just a game.

It is actually a pretty serious and accurate racing simulator. The physics of each car, including areo properties, suspension geometry, torque, horsepower curves, etc are very accurately reproduced for each vehicle.

Then, you are also able to make many adjustments to the vehicle such as camber, caster, spring rate and height, shock stiffness, sway bar, etc. Also areo and weight distribution modifications, and these changes are part of the simulation. It is amazing!

The Mission Impossible movie to which you refer was the first of the Tom Cruise series.

It REALLY pissed me off that they did that to Mr Phelps. I admit that I enjoyed the rest of Mission Impossible movies, but will never forgive them for needlessly violating the memory of Mr Phelps in that first one.

For years, anytime my wife or I announced our intention to do something banal (e.g. I am going to the bathroom) the instant response, in the deadpan of Sir John Gielgud, was “I’ll alert the media”. Cannot believe that movie is 40+years old.

My husband and I do the same thing! We say the line “it’s what I live for” whenever one of us asks the other to do something we don’t want to do.

Mrs. Ron did this just last night. I had a meeting at church last evening and said I was going to take a shower first.
Her immediate response – I’ll alert the media.

Oh Yeah – Old Time Radio hooked me very bad!!!
I’ve since downloaded every episode I could find of “Yours Truly Johnny Dollar” and “The Adventures of Harry Nile” among others that I keep on my Plex Server and go to sleep to them every night!.

I always liked Fibber Magee & Molly, and Amos & Andy myself. Of course The Lone Ranger ranks right up there too.

I have enjoyed several of Tom Cruise’s movies. Risky Business, Top Gun, and The Tomorrow War. I have not been a fan of him in the Mission Impossible movies, or any movie where he tries to play a tough guy. There is a look in the eyes that a tough guy has to have. I have never seen Tom Cruise able to create that look. “Tough guy” is not a role for him, at least until he can manage that focused and deadly look.

I used to really dislike Tom Cruise. I thought he always had that, “Hey, look at me. I’m Tom Cruise” look on his face. But he has eventually matured into a very fine actor. My favorite is The Edge of Tomorrow, with Emily Blunt. In that, Cruise’s character goes from a cowardly and incompetent, public relations officer to a brave and capable soldier. It’s a beautiful thing. (And Emily Blunt isn’t too bad, either.)

The “Ren & Stimpy” fireman episode is ‘bury in a time capsule’ quality. When the lady jumps out the window and her butt is on fire like she’s in re-entry made me have trouble breathing. The “Pitch Meeting” episode of “Top Gun; Maverick” is one of their best. They hilariously point out the similarity of this plot to “Star Wars” episode 4.

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