Firefly 4 Shindig

Published: Oct. 6, 2021, 3:57 p.m.

The titles of these episodes are wack. Like who the hell says “shindig” anymore?
\nSo I went to a party the other week right, and I was having a good time. Then all of a sudden I look over and out of the corner of my eye some lunatic just punches another guy in the face? What the heck was that? Anyway, I didn’t think too much more about it, I was only there for the free food anyway. It’s Shindig, written by Jane Espenson and aired on November 1, 2002
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\nShow-notes:
\n1:22: I guess Vern Gillum just vanished from the TV world.
\n2:51: Here’s a CNBC article talking about Nick Cage’s curious… money problems, let’s say.
\n3:41: Here’s Nicolas Cage on why Nicolas Cage will never see The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent. “It’s just too much of a wacked-out trip,” says Cage.
\n4:51: Here’s imdb’s custom Firefly viewing order (bro) in case you’re interested.
\n5:25: It has actually been exactly 350 days between this episode going out and our episode on The Prisoner’s final episode Fall Out.
\n9:00: In hindsight I actually think Wikipedia reproduces Book’s intro exactly but does not include any of Mal’s.
\n16:07: Kerr Avon and Roj Blake are characters from Blake’s 7, a show we podcasted about on another podcast, our Blake’s 7 podcast, Zenith: A Blake’s 7 Podcast.
\n45:18: This wouldn’t happen with lightsabers. There’s no link in this show-note, I just hadn’t written one in a while and wanted to say something “witty.”
\n46:35: I’m gonna assume that Kiyan is referring to this movie from 1989: Snake Eater. (Yes. Here’s a trailer for it.)
\n49:01: I should’ve cut this accent but I didn’t, hope you appreciate.
\n53:10: Methanol will blind you, that shit is no joke.
\n55:57: Seaweeds, for example, are protists, not plants..
\n56:25: I realized people outside of the US might not know this reference, so here’s Chick-Fil-A themselves explaining it for you. (Editor’s note: Chick-Fil-A has a corporate blog, huh? Truly, every day we stray further from god’s light.)
\n59:09: Here’s\xa0For a Few Dollars More, and here’s A Room with a View, the book. Apparently it was also adapted into a movie which might be more apt for the medium we’re t...