The fourteenth episode of our podcast, Paul and Storm Talk About Some Stuff for Five to Ten Minutes (On Average), is now online.
In this episode: debriefing from our grand trip to England; Storm sees London, France and underpants; the portability of pop culture references; the joy of pubs and starchy foods; Paul freely fesses up to his poseur-hood; the unadulterated joy of Jaffa Cakes; and the announcement of our new upcoming project, “The 25 Days of Newman”.
Audience participation alert! Please post a comment suggesting possible movies to be included in our December project, “The 25 Days of Newman”.
Featured post-show song: “Mein Herr” – Cabaret: Original Soundtrack Recording
Show #014: Thanks Love Cheers Mate! (Some content NSFW)
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I’d love to hear either The Blues Brothers or Eraserhead…
Great podcast guys, although Liza is a scary image to go to sleep on.
My god, you guys are so my heroes. You know what would be the greatest Randy Newman theme song ever? Little Shop Of Horrors, a long-time favourite of mine. Definitely my number one choice. Number would probably be like, The Lion King (that is unless ofcourse you guys would to something really obscure like Strangers With Candy or The Wrong Guy).
Cheers, your faithful minion,
Jade
(also, I’m not sure if you guys would care or not, but how cool are you!? My best friend saw you guys in Grand Rapids, MI, and told me that you guys knew which minion I was by the description ‘Canadian’. It’s so great that you actually bother knowing your fans. Enough blathering, eh?)
Why are they called Jaffa cakes? Is there some connection between the cakes and the city? Or is the name arbitrary?
According to Wikipedia, they are indeed named for the Israeli Jaffa orange. Not sure if they’re entirely Kosher.
Can I be 3/5 of a minion? (Constitutional history joke, anyone?)
Panties AND scrats. Yeesh. Don’t forget Robert C. Baker the scrat.
Change the lyric to “And sad to say, as of today, no boxes of Jaffa Cakes have been thrown” and people will soon catch on.
“Eat my mushy peas” would have made a good title for this edition of the netcast.
Oh wow, the Newman thing sounds AWESOME! Cloverfield is good, “Go Clover, go”
You guys srsly rock.
For minionhood since I don’t have a good digital camera, what if I set my Facebook status to “is a Paul and Storm Minion” and take a screenshot? Can I send that in?
Minionhood should totally be a Facebook group.
My Randy Newman suggestion would be Rocky Horror Picture Show.
Double posting because anything you want done right …
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=47103653888
Join the Minions of Paul and Storm Facebook group!
You guys probably already have these on the list, but The Dark Knight and Iron Man were in SORE need of that Randy Newman magic in their soundtracks, in my humble opinion.
Oh, and The Shawshank Redemption would also be fun. ^_^
Sounds like England was awesome. I gotta find me one of them Jaffa Cakes…
I’m going to make an odd suggestion for a Newman song. Not a movie, a TV show. Okay, not a real TV show, but a fictional TV show.
That’s right, Randy Newman needs to do the theme to Monkey Shines. Make it so!
(also, glad you enjoyed our country)
Welcome home!
I’d love to hear the theme song for “Night of the Living Dead” or “It’s a Wonderful Life”.
Movie suggestions:
Dune
Stranger Than Fiction
The Oceans’ series. (11, 12, 13)
Forrest Gump
Contact
I think that’s good.
Randy Newman wouldn’t go amiss with Jurassic Park or Aliens, however I think one of the greatest buddy movies of all time – Jaws – would be a winner.
Mystery Science Theater 3000!
Black Adder!
I, Claudius!
Caligula!
Spartacus!
Shrek
Titan AE
Atlantis
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Guys, you were full of awesomeness at Gamecity!!! My mate was much chuffed with winning your CD and Jaffa cakes…hmmm maybe we should set up trade links to keep your addiction going
As for Newman movie songs… why not Kill Bill… they were once her friends, now she mist kill them all!!!
King Kong could also be cool, the ape only wants some human loving!
Till ya play this area again!!!!
Here’s my Randy Newman suggestion: every Tom Hanks & Meg Ryan movie ever made. They may not all be identical but they are identical in that they all suck.
Wandering through the “world food” section of my grocery store this afternoon, I found many, many boxes of Jaffa Cakes sitting on the shelf. And, since you two were so enthusiastic about them in the podcast, I bought a box.
I tried one, liked it and put the box in the cupboard. A few minutes later, I went back to the box for another one. And then another. Before I knew it, I had eaten the whole damn thing.
Obviously, I enjoyed them, as well. The problem is that I’m supposed to go visit my mom to have her homemade spaghetti for dinner (AKA my comfort food!!) and I have no appetite.
Although, if you’re looking for a place in the US to get these, it looks like Michigan is the place to be. HINT HINT!
Close Encounters of the Third Kind could definitely use a Randy Newman theme song.
You know, Randy Newman work for things other than movies. For example, take breakfast cereals:
Snap, Crackle, Pop,
they never stop;
gonna take those Rice Krispies
straight to the top.
Tony the Tiger
didn’t like his cornflakes
so he got ‘em frosted
and now, they’re great!
Nobody believed that
you could stay crunchy in milk
And that’s just for starters.
More:
Go, Cap’n Crunch, go!
You my friend.
Go, Cap’n Crunch, go!
You are a part of this nutritious breakfast.
Hi guys,
Saw you in Birmingham, UK (thanks for the CD & Jaffa Cakes btw!)
Jaffa Cakes are without doubt THE comfort food !
How about the exorcist for the Randy Newman thing ?
Cheers mate
I can’t help giggling when I read ‘Paul freely fesses up to his poseur-hood’. Did you know that ‘fesse’ is French for buttock?
I had my first ever Jaffa cake after the Nottingham show and my second during the Birmingham show (thanks for sharing, John and whoever it was in Nottingham!) Just narrowly avoided becoming addicted.
Also, I remember thinking of some Randy Newman lyrics after the show in Birmingham, before the insanity had died down to usual background levels. They’re kind of stupid, but hey, if you’re doing 25 of these, perhaps you’ll need stupid ideas. Here’s the beginning of a Randy Newman theme song for the Large Hadron Collider (mostly recyclotroned from the ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King’ theme.)
Built a ring,
pretty big thing.
But now we’ve gone and messed up everything.
…and then some other stuff, but I can’t think of three rhymes at the moment… and maybe ‘go protons, go’.
Also, I second Lex’s suggestion. Or if you’re getting tired of living in JoCo’s shadow, you could always, you know, do Randy Newman’s “Theme Song To Paul and Storm“. Go, dick jokes, go!
Well, I’m not really a fan of it myself, but how about something around ‘Sleepless in Seattle’? You will be here in January, after all…
As for movies I’d actually LIKE to hear Randy-Newman-ized:
Clue
Night Watch (Russian Vampires)
Kevin Smith movies
Bourne movies
Firestarter
Carrie
Princess Bride
I agree, you definitely need to do The Princess Bride. Also, perhaps The Matrix and The Muppet Show. Bonus points for a Randy Newman song in a Kermit voice.
I don’t know if I should post here too, as I’ve posted in the awesome Facebook group, but I suggested Cloverfield and Death to Smoochy for Randy Newman songs.
Back to the Future needs to be Randy Newmaned.
I was at the Birmingham show with my partner (whose phone went off when she was trying to switch the thing off at the beginning of the show)
. We had a really good time, thought you guys were great.
Thanks for signing the CD for me after the show.
I’d like to remind you that (if I recall correctly… my iPod battery is flat) people are going to expect you to write a Randy Newman theme to the Department of Commerce. Don’t blame me, it was your idea.
Also, I thought of this while my code was compiling (hoping that the first two lines rhyme in a suitable American accent):
Paul and Storm’s ‘Randy Newman’s “Theme from ‘Jonathan Coulton: The Movie’”’
You had a bub,
and quit your job.
You didn’t sit around and act like a slob.
Your new technique [or: you reached your peak / with...]
was Thing a Week,
a million monkeys and the heart of a geek.
To make a living from recording your songs,
you had to manage all the digital wrongs.
Nobody believed that he could win. [why does this line always use the third person while the rest of the song is in the second person?]
Go, JoCo, go!
You’re our friend
Go, JoCo, go!
You got a reason to live.
I’m wondering whether I should do a Gingerlink and you offer 20 pounds to sing it. Do you think it’d work?
Oops, that was supposed to be ‘offer you’, not ‘you offer’. I’d also like to point out that (if I recall correctly… my iPod battery is still flat) the first day of Newman is JoCo’s birthday.
Hooray for us!
Saw you guys at Nottingham, and I can remember about 50% of it but the parts where I was sober-ish made me giggle like a schoolgirl. Not that I am one you understand.
Cheers for coming over here and for putting up with us drunken louts harrassing you for inventive words on CDs and politcal views!
Do a monty python.
Midnight Express!
oh billy!
I would totally love to see some old 80’s cartoons redone with Randy Newman.
-He-Man
-Duck Tales
-Thundercats
-G.I Joe
-Transformers
-Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
I’m apparently a day late and a dollar short as all of my original ideas of Princess Bride, Shawshank, Kill Bill and Cloverfield have already been spoken for. In that case:
The Evil Dead
Office Space
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (the movie from 1990)
Psycho
The Shining
Apocalypse Now
Jaws
Any really really really bad disaster movie like: Volcano or Aftershock, 10.5 or Inferno.
Oh and for the record…you boys started awarding the fractional minion counts of your own free volition (and out of the kindness of your own hearts if i might say)…my cat and I had *nothing* to do with it
And doubly for the record, she still hates me for making her wear the pirate hat.
As a fellow Jaffa Cake fan, I suggest you check your grocery store in the cookie aisle for Pim’s. Very nice and probably easier to find.
Oh, I was wondering whether Pim’s could be considered equivalents of Jaffa Cakes. I know where to get those.
Oh, and one more suggestion: Masters of the Universe (the live-action He-Man film)
25 songs in 25 days? Are you nuts? By Christmas you’ll need some serious anti-Randy Newman mental health counseling.
My 2 cents: go with the highest box office films. The shared experience of a movie that everyone has seen more than once fits best. Dark Knight, Titanic, Spider Man, Harry Potter, etc.
Crazy idea: do the Randy Newman theme song for a silent movie. Perhaps something from Charlie Chaplin. Just the piano, no words. Or maybe make a video with Paul playing and Storm holding up cards with the lyrics on them.
And the rhymes would all be eye rhymes! Cool idea, Rich.
Now, where do I sign up to become an official minion?
Randy Newmanize List:
1. The Godfather
2. Rosemary’s Baby
3. Gone with the Wind
4. Frankenstein
I’d love to hear a Newman theme for the movie Delicatessen.
Pokemon. A Randy Newman theme of this epic franchise would make my life.
Most of my Newman suggestions have all been made. (Great minds!) I think Apocalypse Now could use one, too.
@Lena: “Here’s my Randy Newman suggestion: every Tom Hanks & Meg Ryan movie ever made. They may not all be identical but they are identical in that they all suck.”
I think I love you! :*}
My Rany Newman Song suggestion is “The Big Lebowski”
I would love to hear Randy Newman versions of Ghostbusters, the Thing, and the Fly.
Also I gotta second the Big Lebowski. That would be awesome.
My Newmanizing vote is for Amadeus. Cheers, mates!
Amelie
Oh, and if they haven’t been mentioned already: The Wizard of Oz, Rocky Horror Picture Show, and… I forget. So I’ll just pick something else at random. Pee Wee’s Big Adventure!
Steel Magnolias, of course. It’s the quintessential chick flick that even guys don’t get too worried about being caught watching.
Go, Ouiser, go…
Randy Newman suggestion: Brokeback Mountain
o/~ Go gay cowboys, go o/~
How can it not be an instant classic?
Nearly-too-late Randy Newman suggestions: Tron, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Lawrence of Arabia, Clerks, Twilight.
You need to do any James Bond movie, Casablanca or Blade Runner.
I can’t wait to see what you guys come up with.
Cheers Mate!
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