S04E16 You can't judge all people by their adjacents!

THE GREATEST NIGHT IN POP and CUNK ON CHRISTMAS: Reviewed! 

Jeffrey Bahlo, Bruce Springsteen, Smokey Robinson, Stevie Wonder, Bob Dylan, Quincy Jones, Bob Geldof, Lionel Ritchie, Michael Jackson, Willy Nelson, Bette Middler, Cindy Lauper, Tina Turner, Paul Simon … no Prince, sure … but hey, we even have Huey Lewis and Christopher Anousis! These are just some of the names featured in today’s show. You’re so lucky! 

Welcome to the greatest morning in podcasting! That’s right, because it’s Thursday the 14th of November. And in another timeline, your boys just witnessed the magic of Bob Dylan live last night. In this recording, we will be talking about it as if it’s in the future. All the timelines, eh? As the great man himself once said (speaking about his song “Tangled Up In Blue”): “You’ve got yesterday, today and tomorrow all in the same room, and there’s very little you can’t imagine not happening”. Indeed Bob. Indeed. But hey, Bob man, let’s talk about a song you very likely don’t remember that you sang on: We Are The World. And let’s talk about the documentary about that song. And let’s talk about Christmas. With fictionalised, mockumentary hosts. Let’s do it all. Let’s start the show.

If you want to keep living in the 80s (and specifically, during The Greatest Night in Pop ©) just keep this on a loop on Netflix: https://www.netflix.com/watch/81720500

Read more about it (always be reading more about it): https://www.abebooks.co.uk/9780399511721/World-Breskin-David-McCall-Cheryl-0399511725/plp

Be one of the 175 million people to watch this video of We Are The World being performed live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AjkUyX0rVw

Here is Cunk on Christmas! Merry soft-launch of Christmas to all ye merry folk: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b086kfhw/cunk-on-christmas

Philomena Cunk also wrote about Christmas in her delightfully idiosyncratic way for the Guardian (This article is more than 7 years old): https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2016/dec/20/philomena-cunk-guide-to-christmas-food

Some of the best lines from Cunk on Christmas: https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/tvfilm/cunk-on-christmas-15-hilarious-philomena-cunk-quotes-about-santa-jesus-and-eastenders-a3423966.html

Should we be feeling fomo for this or nah? Be real with me! You know, so to speak: https://whatson.bfi.org.uk/Online/default.asp?BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::permalink=cunk-on-life-preview-qanda

Social links: 

https://bsky.app/ (ok we hear you, give us a second)

https://bere.al/christopheranousis

https://bere.al/jefflemonade

https://www.instagram.com/jeffbahlo/

https://cccappraisalhour.show/

https://twitter.com/cccappraisalpod

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SPOILERS BELOW FOR NEXT WEEK’S CONTENT: 

CHRISTOPHER’S pitch for JEFFREY: 

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Jackpot-Paul-Feig/dp/B0D1J68B8F

JEFFREY’S pitch for CHRISTOPHER:

https://www.channel4.com/programmes/junior-taskmaster/on-demand/75590-003

The mothers of podcasters are now breaking news to the podcasters with podcast-related news! Who would have thunk it: 

https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/news/band-aid-announces-40th-anniversary-edition-of-do-they-know-its-christmas

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