Endnotes and digressions from the latest episode:
* At the start of the show Vic and I had some pretty hot airplane talk and Sonny was greatly annoyed by this. Which is crazy. How can you not find this awesome?
Or this?
It’s unbelievably cool.
* Vic also mentioned going to see the 1983 version of Hercules, a movie with which I was unfamiliar, despite the fact that it starred one of my favorite childhood actors, Lou Ferrigno. Well, after digging up the one-sheet poster for the film, I can see why the 10-year-old Vic was so into it.
What’s that, you say? Is that a robot dragon in the background? Why yes. Yes it is. The full trailer is amazing.
This movie had everything. Greek mythology, laser blasters, scantily-clothed heroines and femme fatales, light-sabers, robots, aliens—it’s Citizen Kane for 10-year-olds. At one point he throws a giant log into outer space! I don’t know how I ever lived without it.
* Finally, at the close of the show I mention a movie called Shazam, starring the comedian Sinbad. Vic didn’t get it, but this is a fascinating cultural story and you ought to go read all about it.
I’m sure it’s fine.
