Pretty Much: the Podcast
Pretty Much usually begins with a remembered moment in the dark as sleep fails to make its appointed time. The tone may vary, the focus may shift, and the point of view may jump as with the turn of an old radio dial. But is what you’re hearing representative of the inner workings of the voice in your ear?
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- Years Active
- 2013 - 2016
Pretty Much 048: Some Kinda Jerk
I hear my “insolent streak has its limits when up against global social culture.” The proof came in this week when I was nominated for the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge. Also: where are the songs for Lou …
Thu 28 Aug 2014
Pretty Much 047: The Bronze Buckaroo
Before Will Smith in The Wild Wild West, before Cleavon Little in Blazing Saddles, there was Herb Jeffries (aka Herb Jeffrey, aka Umberto Valentino) in Harlem Rides the Range, Harlem on the Prairie, …
Thu 19 Jun 2014
Pretty Much 046: Theme for Today
Lucky me. Young enough to enjoy the fruits of the latest and greatest Golden Age of Television, but old enough to have experienced firsthand the Golden Age of the TV Theme Song. Ah, the burnish! The …
Thu 12 Jun 2014
Pretty Much 045: Consequences of Sunshine Over Antarctica
Clark and Huey are treading water in this week’s Turning Tables, and of course discussion turns to just how funny does Eric Clapton think he is? https://ia601503.us.archive.org/15/items/PM045Conseque…
Thu 15 May 2014
Pretty Much 044: Peonies on Mackay Street
(What used to be) Canada’s Finest All-Male Hotel is undone by yet another fire, and this time there is no coming back. https://ia601503.us.archive.org/12/items/PM044PeoniesOnMackayStreet/PM%20044%20P…
Thu 27 Mar 2014
Pretty Much 043: The Astronaut’s Long Walk
Advice for all you kids obsessed with going to space: keep an eye on the protractor. https://ia601506.us.archive.org/32/items/PM043TheAstronautsLongWalk/PM%20043%20The%20Astronaut%27s%20Long%20Walk.m…
Thu 27 Feb 2014
Pretty Much 042: A Windy Tale
It may be a sign that winter is getting to you when you start talking to it. Making deals. Telling stories to hasten its departure. https://ia601501.us.archive.org/13/items/PM042AWindyTale/PM%20042%2…
Thu 13 Feb 2014
Pretty Much 041: The Oobie Doobie Girl
Absolute pros, those Ray Conniff Singers. But they would have their mettle tested one night in the White House in ’72 when they had to deal with a substitute singer. And then face off with the greate…
Thu 30 Jan 2014
Pretty Much 040: Turn Turn Turning
Clark and Huey return to Pretty Much with a trivia contest that gets personal and turns ugly. https://ia601505.us.archive.org/35/items/PM040TurnTurnTurning/PM%20040%20Turn%20Turn%20Turning.m4a
Thu 23 Jan 2014
Pretty Much 039: HMS Nabob
Turns out the old guy with the Gene Kelly twinkle in his eye actually cut a helluva figure in a sailor suit. And may have been the only person I knew who could tell you what a tangle with a Nazi sub …
Thu 24 Oct 2013
Pretty Much 038: The Escape Artist
It isn’t what you think. A wedding weekend visit to a model railroad museum initiates thoughts of flight and what it means to be small in the world. https://ia801501.us.archive.org/28/items/PM038TheE…
Thu 17 Oct 2013
Pretty Much 037: A Holler in the Quagmire
Every good boy knows writing a letter home now and then is the key to getting good mail. https://ia601509.us.archive.org/16/items/PM037AHollerInTheQuagmire/PM%20037%20A%20Holler%20in%20the%20Quagmire…
Thu 26 Sep 2013
Pretty Much 036: 36 on 36
Your host skirts the edges of arithmomania and allows one thing to lead to…thirty-six things. And yes, apologies to Steve Nash. https://ia601506.us.archive.org/14/items/PM03636On36/PM%20036%2036%20on…
Thu 19 Sep 2013
Pretty Much 035: Five Senses (of 9/11)
For some of us, 9/11 began with the phrase, “believe it or not…” It was a nice thought, that we ever had a choice. https://ia601504.us.archive.org/31/items/PM035FiveSensesof911/PM%20035%20Five%20Sens…
Thu 12 Sep 2013
Pretty Much 034: Loyalty
Unca Walt tells you how he had to come up with a new creation, and in a hurry. But as successful as the Mouse was, Walt would have to make a decision about character… https://ia601504.us.archive.org/…
Thu 05 Sep 2013
Pretty Much 033: The Annotated Graveyard
It isn’t grave robbing if you say “yoink.” https://ia601500.us.archive.org/25/items/PM033TheAnnotatedGraveyard/PM%20033%20The%20Annotated%20Graveyard.m4a
Thu 29 Aug 2013
Pretty Much 032: Gonzo for Bonzo
Clark and Huey take us to the School of Rock once again. But are puny mortals qualified to lecture on the majesty of John Bonham? https://ia601503.us.archive.org/4/items/PM032GonzoForBonzo/PM%20032%2…
Thu 22 Aug 2013
Pretty Much 031: Lights Out
On the downside: 55 million people had no power. On the upside: 3 men had some dynamite vodka & tonics as they sat on a stoop in the Village and laughed their asses off. https://ia601507.us.archive.o…
Thu 15 Aug 2013
Pretty Much 030: In Common
Drowning, it seems, doesn’t look like drowning. https://ia601500.us.archive.org/32/items/PM030InCommon/PM%20030%20In%20Common.m4a
Thu 08 Aug 2013
Pretty Much 029: Providence
Rain in eastern Ontario. On what else falls from the sky. And who notices. https://ia601509.us.archive.org/2/items/PM029Providence/PM%20029%20Providence.m4a
Thu 01 Aug 2013
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