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!
19 replies on “Right Angle: Backstage 09/05/23”
I just hate it when these episodes conclude. They are so enjoyable and I hang on every word!
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!
Try Mulholland Falls for Jennifer Connelly!!
Saw the Mission Impossible where they made Mr Phelps a traitorous bad guy. Never could get that bad taste out of my mouth.
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.
Bill’s comment “Tom Cruise is an excellent pilot” had me immediately responding “Yeah, I’m an excellent pilot, excellent pilot, yeah…”
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.)
I have what I call “semi perfect pitch”. What I mean is the following:
Any song I know well and have memorized to not need the words, I also do not need accompaniment or even an initial note played. Hit the note dead on every time and stay on key. Many songs I don’t know all the words to, I also hit the first note without help. Also in choir (many many choirs) if they went off key, I knew when and by how much. I went along with the change, or it would sound as if I went off key. Most of the time any audience would have no clue, or think it was a key change on purpose. Now, if you asked to to sing a “C” I would have no idea how. Or if you have me a note and asked me to name it… Elephant rhinoceros cross. “Elephino” (sound it out.)
I sang in my wedding a capella, no music of any kind to my wife to be.
I did warn my wife to be, but did nor tell her what I song was going to sing. (Planned Elvis ” Can’t help falling in love with you.” And “Love me Tender”.) Only did ” Love me tender” I was getting too tired (Yes,we actually danced to “At Last”, taking lessons to do a routine) My relatives pretty much did ” There he goes again.” when I sang. Her relatives and our co-workers were surprised. One thought it was a recording of Elvis until she looked .
I think what you are describing is called “perfect relative pitch”.
My wife has that, while my daughter has actual perfect pitch.
With perfect relative pitch, someone has to give you the “C” and then you can hit or identify every subsequent note relative to that.
Thanks for that information! I love learning new things, especially if they take me from being wrong to being right.
Now in my case I don’t need an outside note to start. I just can’t bring up a note when you name it. Like say “Give me a ‘C'”. Can’t do it. If you ask me, for example, to give you the first note of the bass part of the ” Hallelujah Chorus”, I can give it to you.(real example). If it happens to be a “C”, well, there you go.
Scary part is in an always find a harmony even to songs I’ve never heard. Now, its not always very good. Sometimes it sounds like a bass guitar part. If I can only find one part, its about 60% to 70% a bass part. (Which is the part I normally sing) About 50% to 60% of the time I can find bass and tenor. Finding alto, tenor and bass occurs about 4% to 5% of the time. Normally when I do that, people say its quite good. Just don’t count on it.
I have heard Jimmy Buffett music playing in pilot houses and bridges of boats and ships world wide.
My brother met his wife at a bowling alley, many years of kidding after Arthur came out.
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.