The Big Lebowski

Yesterday I was listening to the Pop Candy Podcast from back in September. This one was about the movie The Big Lebowski. Now I saw The Big Lebowski in the movie theater and it is one of the stories that my friends tell over and over. Basically it was me, Neil, Derek and Mike. After the movie Derek asked Neil what he thought of the movie. Neil said, “It was pretty good, except for the ending.” The Neil said, “Drew?” And I said, “Yeah, pretty much the same thing.” Then Derek asked Mike what he thought of the movie. Mike said, as if it was an original thought, “It was pretty good, except for the ending.” We all turn to Mike and start laughing because he committed to that response so much and it was as if the thought was his own completely. So in order to crack each other up we will respond when asked about anything, “It was pretty good, except for the ending.”

I however do not remember much about The Big Lebowski but apparently it has a huge following. I need to go back and probably watch this again, maybe with Neil and Derek, we already know what Mike thinks of the movie. In the podcast Whitney talks with two guys who started Lebowski Fest. Whitney then talks with Rob Thomas the creator of Veronica Mars about how The Big Lebowski lines make it into episodes of Veronica Mars. I’ve heard good things about Veronica Mars and maybe when I finally get caught up with Smallville I’ll get those DVDs.

Listening to more Podcasts

Today I switched from the Pop Candy podcast to the Triple Feature Podcast that is hosted on TalkShoe. Triple Feature is hosted by Tom Brazelton of Theater Hopper, Gordon McAlpin of The Multiplex and Joe Dunn of Joe Loves Crappy Movies. The first episode is pretty much just Tom, Gordon and Joe talking about movies. I love these web comics and am interested in listening to these podcasts. The first one is so long. I listened to the first hour and 10 minutes in the car as I drove through the Valentine’s Day Nor’Easter. Now I’m listening to the last half of it. As I looked at my iPod I was at the exact midpoint of the episode. There is still 1 hour and 23 minutes left of it.

Being a movie buff I really enjoy reading web comics about movies and ones that poke fun at the movies. These three web comics are very good and very funny. Take a listen to the talkcast and check out the web comics.

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