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Our Dorothy McGuire episode this week is guaranteed to give you mood whiplash. We begin with Disney classic and Boomer phenomenon\xa0Old Yeller\xa0(1957), the most hellish depiction of the war of all against all in nature we've seen since\xa0King Kong, with a moving central\xa0performance by Tommy Kirk as a boy ungracefully slouching toward manhood with\xa0the indispensable\xa0assistance\xa0of a good dog and a seraphic mother (McGuire). After imbibing its gnostic wisdom, we turn to the very different problems facing\xa0The Remarkable Mr. Pennypacker\xa0(1959), a comedy about an early 20th century progressive businessman who adopts bigamy as part of his forward-thinking program but forgets to tell his wife (McGuire). McGuire's wife and mother\xa0roles continue to give her a wide range of things to play, while drawing on her cool efficiency in a crisis - whether that's a dog who's been torn up by hogs or a husband with a secret second family.\xa0

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Time Codes:

0h 00m 45s:\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 OLD YELLER (1957) [dir. Robert Stephenson]

0h 38m 06s: \xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 THE REMARKABLE MR. PENNYPACKER (1959) [dir. Harry Levin]

0h 55m 34s: \xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0 Listener Letter from Andrew

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* Listen to our guest episode on The Criterion Project \u2013 a discussion of Late Spring

* Marvel at our meticulously ridiculous Complete Viewing Schedule for the 2020s

* Intro Song: \u201cSunday\u201d by Jean Goldkette Orchestra with the Keller Sisters (courtesy of\xa0The Internet Archive)

* Read Elise\u2019s piece on Gangs of New York \u2013 \u201cMaking America Strange Again\u201d

* Check out Dave\u2019s Robert Benchley blog \u2013 an attempt to annotate and reflect upon as many of the master humorist\u2019s 2000+ pieces as he can locate \u2013 Benchley Data: A Wayward Annotation Project!\xa0

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