Mt. Rushmore Podcast
- Autor: Vários
- Narrador: Vários
- Editora: Podcast
- Duração: 274:41:47
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Sinopse
What are the four most iconic...anythings? The Mt. Rushmore Podcast seeks to answer these questions. Join Jeff, Michael and Richard as they argue and debate what are the most definitive examples of everything, from the Mt. Rushmore of Bad Movie Accents to the Mt. Rushmore of Months.
Episódios
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Mt. Rushmore of Rabbits
18/11/2021 Duração: 25minThis week we're looking at a range of pop culture rabbits, from Brooklyn-talking tough guys to singers of above-average country music in the 1980s. SHOW NOTES Bugs Bunny (Joint Choice) Easter Bunny (Michael's Choice) The March Hare from "Alice in Wonderland" (Richard's Choice) The Playboy Bunny (Michael's Choice) The Roger Rabbit Dance (Joint Choice) Eddie Rabbitt (Richard's Choice)
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Mt. Rushmore of January
11/11/2021 Duração: 34minLet this episode be a reminder to you that the start of 2022 is creeping closer and closer. Soon it will be January - a month of fresh beginnings, optimism and sitting on your duff eating nachos while watching football. This week we're looking at some of the things that make January one of the 12 most interesting months of the year. We want you to make it an early New Year's resolution to listen to this episode! SHOW NOTES Bowl Games (Joint Choice) New Year's Resolutions (Richard's Choice) Self-Care (Michael's Choice) Martin Luther King Day (Richard's Choice) Being Off By a Year (Michael's Choice) National Soup Month (Richard's Choice) The Rose Parade (Michael's Choice)
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Mt. Rushmore of The Simpsons Guest Stars
04/11/2021 Duração: 39minThe Simpsons has featured Guest Stars since it's very first season way back in 1990. 913 have been featured on the tv show (917 if you include the movie... but you don't make friends with the movie) and we try to whittle it down to the four most important! OK. Four seemingly random choices. But like, you know. Whatever.
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Mt. Rushmore of the Rocky Horror Picture Show
28/10/2021 Duração: 39minThis week Richard (Asshole!) and Michael (Slut!) take a jump to the left...and then a step to the right... as they debate the Late Night Science Fiction cult classic Rocky Horror Picture Show. Jeff's here to make sure you all shiver with antici... ...pation.
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Mt. Rushmore of Musicians' Cameos as Themselves
21/10/2021 Duração: 36minLet's face it: most rockers aren't actually master thespians when put in front of a camera. So if you're going to cast one in your flick, why not give them the easiest role possible: playing themselves. We're discussing our favorite musician cameos where they were hardly stretched to their acting limits.
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Mt. Rushmore of Panics
14/10/2021 Duração: 43minPanic in the streets of London! And a lot of other places Morrissey didn't even namecheck. This week we're discussing some of the panics that caused people to absolutely freak out over history. SHOW NOTES Y2K (Michael's Choice) The Dancing Plague of 1518 (Richard's Choice) Razor Blades in Candies (Michael's Choice) The Red Scare (Richard's Choice) Clown Sightings (Michael's Choice) Dungeons & Dragons (Richard's Choice) Orson Welles' "War of the Worlds" Radio Show (Michael's Choice) Toilet Paper Shortages (Richard's Choice)
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Mt. Rushmore of Features of Wealth of a Bygone Era
07/10/2021 Duração: 29minSymbols of wealth have been a thing since way before entitled jerks in Teslas started cutting you off. However, a lot of things that we consider to be common today were the status symbols of yesterday. Join us as we look back at the things that everyone from the Vanderbilts to royalty just HAD TO HAVE! SHOW NOTES Pineapple (Richard's Choice) Salt (Michael's Choice) Ice cream (Richard's Choice) Books (Michael's Choice) Red textiles (Richard's Choice) Purple textiles (Michael's Choice) Cars and carriages (Richard's Choice) Tulipmania (Michael's Choice)
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Mt. Rushmore of...It Was All Just a Dream...
30/09/2021 Duração: 31minThe dream sequence has long been a popular trope in pop culture. In fact, sometimes the whole thing turns out to have been one big dream. Or was it?!? SHOW NOTES Inception (Richard's Choice) The Wizard of Oz (Joint Choice) Alice in Wonderland (Michael's Choice) Dallas (Richard's Choice) The Matrix (Michael's Choice) Newhart (Joint Choice)
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Mt. Rushmore of Musicians' Clothing
23/09/2021 Duração: 37minWhen it comes to music, image matters and nothing can help you establish your image with the public more than a signature item of clothing. This week we're discussing musicians with pieces of clothes that are so iconic that you know who they are just with one glance at them. SHOW NOTES Michael Jackson's White Glove (Joint Choice) Daft Punk's Helmets (Michael's Choice) Slash's Top Hat (Richard's Choice) Bjork's Swan Dress (Michael's Choice) Madonna's Conical Bra (Richard's Choice) Elvis Presley's Jumpsuits (Michael's Choice) Elton John's Sunglasses (Richard's Choice)
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Mt. Rushmore of Famous (But Not Quite as Famous) Siblings
16/09/2021 Duração: 45minToday we're looking at famous people who are most well-known for being a sibling of a very famous person. SHOW NOTES Kevin Dillon (Richard's Choice) Joan Cusack (Michael's Choice) Frank Stallone (Joint Choice) Roy O. Disney (Michael's Choice) Eli Manning (Richard's Choice) Clint Howard (Michael's Choice) Brian Doyle Murray (Richard's Choice)
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Mt. Rushmore of the Ramones
09/09/2021 Duração: 38minAs a wise man (Lemmy) once said, the Ramones can't play no high school dance, but they played pretty much everywhere else in a career that spanned three decades. Even though they never scored a smash hit, everyone knows A LOT of Ramones songs and they became beloved rock royalty. SHOW NOTES Origins of the band's name (Richard's Choice) Replacement Ramones (Michael's Choice) Learning to play "Blitzkrieg Bop" on the bass (Richard's Choice) Exceptionally fast performances of "Blitzkrieg Bop" (Michael's Choice) "Rock and Roll High School" (Richard's Choice) Joey Ramone's singing stance (Michael's Choice) The Ramones vs. Phil Spector (Richard's Choice) Gabba Gabba Hey! (Michael's Choice)
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Mt. Rushmore of Lazy Sundays
02/09/2021 Duração: 32minWe don't have a clever rap song this week, but what we do have are takes on what is the best way to spend a lazy Sunday. Maybe you'll make listening to our podcast your next lazy Sunday activity? SHOW NOTES Napping during baseball (Michael's Choice) Naps (Richard's Choice) Movie marathons (Michael's Choice) Sports on in the background (Richard's Choice) Brunch (Michael's Choice) Light housework (Richard's Choice) Going from PJs to PJs (Michael's Choice) Working on the podcast (Richard's Choice)
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Mt. Rushmore of Fictional Countries
26/08/2021 Duração: 46minThis week's episode tackles the countries that only Hollywood could invent. We're looking at Fictional Countries, covering everything from Afro-Futurism to crippling oppression. SHOW NOTES Wakanda (Richard's Choice) Genosha (Michael's Choice) Tomania (Richard's Choice) Val Verde (Michael's Choice) Cobra Island (Richard's Choice) Oceania (Michael's Choice) Mypos (Richard's Choice) Vilgaria (Michael's Choice)
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Mt. Rushmore of Sports Ejections
19/08/2021 Duração: 45minThis week, we review some of our favorite sports ejections from hokey disguises to chairs being thrown across basketball courts all willy-nilly. SHOW NOTES Phil Wellman (Michael's Choice) San Jose Earthquakes' Translator (Richard's Choice) Bobby Knight (Michael's Choice) Serena Williams (Richard's Choice) Zinedine Zidane (Michael's Choice) Tim Duncan (Richard's Choice) Sports "thumbs" (Michael's Choice) Bobby Valentine (Richard's Choice)
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Mt. Rushmore of Circus Acts
12/08/2021 Duração: 44minEveryone loves the circus! We love to be amazed at the talents of the performers under the big top and this week we're looking at some of the most iconic acts the circus has to offer. SHOW NOTES Trapeze (Joint Choice) The Human Cannonball (Michael's Choice) Clowns (Richard's Choice) Cirque du Soleil (Michael's Choice) The Wall of Death (Richard's Choice) Guy with his head in a lion's mouth (Michael's Choice) Balancing Acts (Richard's Choice)
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Mt. Rushmore of Annoying Cartoon Characters
05/08/2021 Duração: 33minCartoon characters: lovable imps who fill kids and adults alike with joy. Well, unless you're talking about one of these certifiable jerkwads! This week we're discussing the most ingratiating, irritating and just plain annoying characters in cartoon history. SHOW NOTES Scrappy-Doo (Joint Choice) Pepe LePew (Richard's Choice) Mike Wiczkowski from "Monsters Inc." (Michael's Choice) Woody Woodpecker (Richard's Choice) Roger Rabbit (Michael's Choice) Caillou (Richard's Choice) Brak (Michael's Choice)
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Mt. Rushmore of Traveling Back in Time
29/07/2021 Duração: 40minWe're going to go back in time, and we promise there are no Huey Lewis songs involved AT ALL. This week we're discussing all of the things we would do if we had the ability to travel back in time - but the trick is that we'd have to stay there. We cover a lot of ground, from killing Hitler to killing it on the old time baseball diamond. SHOW NOTES Killing Hitler, 1919 (Michael's Choice) Premiere of "Hamlet," 1609 (Richard's Choice) The Constitutional Convention of 1789 (Michael's Choice) Deadball-era baseball pitcher, late 1800s 75 million years ago (Michael's Choice) Invention of the forward pass, 1906 (Richard's Choice) Music concerts around 2001 (Michael's Choice) TV Executive in New York, 1950s (Richard's Choice)
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Mt. Rushmore of A Day at the Beach
22/07/2021 Duração: 30minSurf's up! Even if you aren't getting on your longboard and taking on the waves, there's a lot to love about heading out to the beach for the afternoon. And a lot to hate as well! This week Michael, Richard and Jeff put on their tightest Speedos and load up their picnic baskets for a day at the beach. SHOW NOTES Look at this stuff we have to bring! (Joint Choice) Nap time! (Richard's Choice) Building sand castles (Michael's Choice) The birds (Richard's Choice) Old-timey turn of the century beach going (Michael's Choice) Sunburns (Richard's Choice) You're getting tar stuck on you, no matter how careful you are (Michael's Choice)
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Mt. Rushmore of Lovable Oafs
15/07/2021 Duração: 40minNo loafing around this week - we're excited to talk about our favorite lovable oafs! SHOW NOTES Wreck It Ralph (Richard's Choice) Otis from "Superman" (Michael's Choice) Fezzik from "The Princess Bride" (Richard's Choice) Dauber from "Coach" (Michael's Choice) Huntz Hall (Richard's Choice) Sloth from "The Goonies" (Michael's Choice) Del Griffith from "Planes, Trains and Automobiles" (Richard's Choice) Dug from "Up" (Michael's Choice)
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Mt. Rushmore of the Fair
08/07/2021 Duração: 36minKids, load the prize sow up in the pickup truck, because it's time to go to the fair! We explore the sights, the sounds and the tastes of a trip to the fair. The best part is that the podcast costs zero tickets, with a guaranteed winner every time (note: no prizes will be won other than the satisfaction of listening to a quality podcast episode.) SHOW NOTES Weird Food (Joint Choice) The Midway and the Sketchy People/Rides (Joint Choice) The Amphitheatre (Richard's Choice) Cute Boys From the Other County (Michael's Choice) The "New Innovations" Pavilion (Richard's Choice) Where Bands Go to Die (Michael's Choice)