The show notes...
Topics:
- Ric don't need no Instant Google
- Corporate websites still suck
- As a kid, Dube had a book that reprinted comedy bits
- Early SNL had no respect for structure
- ABC Dunhill released a Gabe Kaplan album after "Welcome Back, Kotter" was a hit
- Making fun of Chinese people was no big deal in the '70s
- Jerry Lewis' terrible comeback flick Hardly Working
- Leno made a crappy buddy cop comedy with Pat Morita
- Dube saw Joe Piscopo and Treat Williams in "Dead Heat" in the theater
- SNL in the '80s was a mixed bag
- Dick Ebersol brought a sports philosophy to SNL
- Lorne Michaels returned in '85-'86 with new blood
- Eddie Murphy's "Comedian" album was one of first comedy albums Kumar bought
- Dube didn't have a problem with the PMRC
- Kumar knew most of the routines on Murphy's album before he actually heard them
- Murphy's more homophobic routines haven't aged well
- Kumar: Didn't enjoy watching raunchy shows on TV with parents
- Dube's dad took 6-year-old Ric to see Jack Lemmon's "Save the Tiger"
- Kumar was able to see Mel Brooks movies as a young kid thanks to lax Canadian movie ratings
- Ric's mom didn't see the psychological impact of "Dumbo" on kids of divorce
- Eddie Murphy's ice cream man bit came true with Ric's son
- Murphy was never the same after he started making music
- More comedic actors nowadays did not get start as standups
- Zach Galifanakis is great standup, good in movies
- Bonehead of the Week
Music:
The Black Angels - Telephone
The Henry Clay People - Switch Kids
Deer Tick - Piece by Piece, Frame by Frame
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The Black Angels song is on the band's new album Phosphene Dream on Blue Horizon Records. Download the song for free at the Daily Rind.
The Henry Clay People song is an unreleased track the band is giving away for free.
The Deer Tick song is on the album The Black Dirt Sessions on Partisan Records. Download the song for free at Force Field PR.
The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Find out more about Senor Breitling at his fine music blogs Clicky Clicky and Keeping Some Dark Secrets. Additional music used in the show is by Me and Boris the Bull, which is the brainchild of the mighty Mark Campbell. Thanks to Bob Durling for the album art; find out more about his photography at his blog.
Completely Conspicuous is a Tan God Production. Word.
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