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    #165: In the Drift

    September 17th, 2021 · 94 minutes

    The main topic concerns Merlin's recent turn as Mr. Mom.

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    Links and Show Notes

    John wonders about up-talk greetings, and Merlin confesses to some recent situational imbibing.

    Follow-up addresses the "Too-Rye-Ay" question, the enumeration of pasta shapes, and how many kinds of beetles there actually are. Tangents include celebrity biographies, Adam and the Ants video casting, Alta Vista search operators, and the actresses that Merlin collects.

    Credits
    Give to St. Jude!
    Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral (That's an Irish Lullaby)
    Bing Crosby singing Too-Ra-Loo-Ra-Loo-Ral
    "I used to be able to name every beetle that there was…"
    Van Morrison - "Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven When You Smile)" - YouTube
    Dexys Midnight Runners - "Jackie Wilson Said (I'm In Heaven When You Smile)" - YouTube
    Brian Wilson Said - Tear for Fears
    Take On Me (Live From MTV Unplugged)
    Spotify Landmark: Tears For Fears
    The 19 ways you can say "ha ha, what"
    The dog-grooming YouTube channel that John mentioned
    Amadeus
    Simon Callow
    Amanda Donohoe - IMDb
    Adam & The Ants - "Antmusic" (1980) - YouTube

    Feat. Amanda Donohoe

    Adam & The Ants - "Stand And Deliver" (1981) - YouTube

    Feat. Amanda Donohoe and Simon Callow

    Adam & The Ants - "Prince Charming" (1981) - YouTube

    Feat. Simon Callow

    Drift | Pacific Rim Wiki | Fandom

    The Drift…is a process that two Jaeger pilots undergo prior to synchronizing with the Jaeger itself.

    High rising terminal - Wikipedia

    The high rising terminal (HRT), also known as upspeak, uptalk, rising inflection, upward inflection, or high rising intonation (HRI), is a feature of some variants of English where declarative sentence clauses end with a rising-pitch intonation, until the end of the sentence where a falling-pitch is applied.

    LockPickingLawyer - YouTube

    "This is the lock-picking 📈 lawyer…"

    Simple Minds - "Up On The Catwalk" (1984) - YouTube
    Betty Everett - Shoop Shoop Song (it´s in his kiss) - YouTube
    Salt-N-Pepa - Shoop (Official Video) - YouTube
    Oranger - "Mike Love, Not War" (1998) - YouTube
    "The Painted Word" by Tom Wolfe

    "Realism does not lack its partisans, but it does rather conspicuously lack a persuasive theory."

    Big eyes actress - IMDb