RETRO SHOCK: “Met Harry … where’s Sally?” (1989) If cinematic rom-coms have taught us anything, its that “women and men are different.” So today Bob and Tim explore the oft-mentioned origin of this interpersonal education, “When Harry Met Sally.” But upon reviewing their transcript, they realize this course work may have yielded a minor in misogyny.
LISTENERS NOTE: Tim starts this episode a little too close to the microphone but eventually figures it out ... about 18 minutes into the episode ... so ... sorry about that.
00:00:00 - PRE-SHOW PRATTLE - “Harry and Sally are friends”
00:00:46 - WELCOME BACKS - Bob is back and so is this topic / “The Lovecats”
00:03:52 - JULY 21st, 1989 - classic romance or guilty pleasure?
00:08:40 - UNREQUITED DEMOGRAPHIC - when Tim was the target audience and Bob aged appropriately
00:14:33 - EMULATING THE TEMPLATE - and mispronouncing “ingenue”
00:18:55 - GOOD MEMORY/BAD MEMORY - all our male bullshit
00:26:34 - MODERN DAY - already failing the Bechtel test /“It Had To Be You”
00:36:03 - JUMPING TO THE SEX - ugly male fantasies and the plot of “Annie Hall”
00:43:50 - THE NON-CONTRIVED PLOT CONTRIVANCE - a realistic hook-up
00:51:18 - CONSOLATION PRIZE - the toxic fall-out of a meaningful friendship
00:57:43 - A TALE OF TWO HARRYS - opposing sides of the wagon wheel coffee table
01:03:19 - ALTERNATE ENDING - could these characters have wound up differently?
01:08:42 - GOOD REALITY / BAD REALITY - and an on-point soundtrack
01:12:26 - CLOSINGS - Contacts, plugs and no catchphrase / “Stuck With You”
Watch the original 1989 theatrical trailer right HERE.
Watch Harry and Sally discuss the premise that went on to ruin Tim and Bob’s perception of interpersonal relationships HERE.
Hear what might be the most realistic verbal exchange between two frinds fro the entire movie HERE.
And watch a scene with Harry that Tim can’t stand HERE.
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MUSIC FEATURED IN TODAY’S EPISODE:
“The Lovecats” performed by The Cure from their 1983 album JAPANESE WHISPERS.
“It Had To Be You” as sung by Harry Connick Jr. from the original 1989 motion picture soundtrack WHEN HARRY MET SALLY.
“Stuck With You” fully, totally and completely nailed by Huey Lewis and The News as featured on their 1986 fiercely experimental sound wall FORE!
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20TH CENTURY POPCAST! will return next week with a somewhat special 25th episode anniversary brouhaha.
RETRO SHOCK: “Spell-check on Casey Siemaszko.” Schools out for Bob and Tim so what better time to revisit one of their favorite teen comedies from the 80s. The only thing here is Bob doesn't really remember it as a comedy and Tim doesn’t really remember it at all. Sounds like a pretty informed conversation regarding the 1987 cult film, THREE O’CLOCK HIGH.
00:00:00 - PRE-SHOW PRATTLE - dialing it back
00:00:46 - BITS AND PIECES - Tim was in a comedy duo / “Beat The Clock”
00:04:21 - OCTOBER 9th, 1987 - Bob hasn’t thought of “Three O’Clock High” since the summer he saw it
00:16:04 - ITS A CRAPSHOOT - why is there no popular awareness for this movie?
00:18:52 - MODERN DAY - and also “Good Memory/Bad Memory / “Cuckoo Clock”
00:24:34 - HARD KNOCKS AND MICROCOSMS- Bob can relate to having the wind knocked out of him
00:29:52 - THE ANTI-HUGHES - working against teen movie tropes
00:34:16 - THE KID IN THE STALL - an escalation of comedy … or horror
00:41:38 - A ROMP FOR YOUR FUNNY BONE - where are all the quips?
00:49:25 - BUDDY REVEALED - this surreal situation (sort of) gets serious
00:54:16 - TO THUNDERDOME AND BEYOND - and now its brutal (but does that work?)
01:02:45 - IS IT A WONDERFUL LIFE? - was that the right ending and “Good Reality/Bad Reality”
01:08:17 - CLOSINGS - Contacts, plugs and no catchphrase / “As The Days Go By”
Check out the original trailer for this barely seen release HERE
Follow Yeardley Smith and the rest of her classmates anticipate the arrival of one Buddy Revel HERE.
Check out the neck of Walter Skinner before it enlisted in the FBI HERE.
And listen to the filmmakers discuss how this whole thing got made during a 25th anniversary screening HERE, HERE and HERE.
The use of audio and video clips linked from YOUTUBE are for educational purposes and without the expressed permission of their legal holding companies. All rights remain with with their original distributor.
This episode of 20TH CENTURY POPCAST was recorded by ZENCASTR, a high fidelity podcast recording platform that records multiple guests from multiple zip-codes all as if they were in the same room. Log on for studio quality recordings NOW! (exclamation point also provided by ZENCASTR)
MUSIC FEATURED IN TODAY’S EPISODE:
“Beat The Clock” performed by Sparks off their 1979 album NO.1 IN HEAVEN.
“Cuckoo Clock” performed by Rachel Sweet as featured on her 1978 album FOOL AROUND.
“Once In A lifetime” by the Talking Heads off their 1980 album ‘Remain In Light” and just about every movie and tv trailer about a maturity stunted single man trying to shun the party lifestyle after suddenly getting married, having a kid or whatever constitutes the shorthand for instant maturity.
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Contact the show with any questions, suggestions or possible topics at [email protected], #20popcast on Twitter and the POP TALK section of www.20popcast.com
Follow ROBERT CANNING @rhcanning on TWITTER. Read his web-comic at EXAGGERATEDLIFE.wordpress.com and his music blog at superultramegamix.wordpress.com.
Follow TIM BLEVINS @subcultist on TWITTER and as SUBCULTIST on INSTAGRAM.
20TH CENTURY POPCAST! will return next week with the start of their SUMMER OF SUMMERTIME SUMMER episodes.
