Go get your podcast snacks!

It's been two weeks since our last Stuck in the 80s podcast! Do you miss us? Even Johnny 5 is getting cranky. Though he does hold a bag of those delicious Funyuns, along with a stylish SIT80s bumper sticker that he bought at our online store.

Thanks to uber-fan Brad, we now have a whole crate of Funyuns to send out to winners of our Mystery Movie Moment and Name that 80s Tune segments. And of course, we have a couple gift certificates available to 80stees.com.

The latest show is finally complete. This week's topic: Greatest baseball movies of the '80s, just in time for Opening Day.

So stick around, chat me up and let's get ready to play ball.

Just click here to get the newly minted podcast. And remember you can get all show for free via iTunes. Just click here.

Late show note: I apologize for the insanely easy Name that 80s Tune for this week. I tried to sub it out, but I guess it didn't take. In any case, you can forget about winning valuable prizes for getting this week's challenge right. Instead, the prize will go to whomever sends me the most interesting Funyun related photo via e-mail. Feel free to photo-edit the Funyuns into the picture or take an original photograph.

Comments

[Marissa]

YEA!!

(Steve, please note that I curbed my enthusiam as not to scare 'the talent')

[Marissa]

Not that it matters... because it JUST DOESN'T MATTER! .. but I'm watching "Meatballs" while I anxiously await the arrival of a brand new podcast.

[Bassnote]

I just watched Major League again last night. that movie still cracks me up.

[Marissa]

"I'm makin' it
I've got the chance, I'm takin' it
No more, no more, Fakin' it
This time in life, I'm makin' it"

[Carla]

Major League is my favorite of all the 'baseball' movies of the 80's.

[Spears]

Just adding the closing music to the podcast now...

[jane]

And right this minute, I'm ripping/converting my DVD of Major League to an mp4 so I can watch it on the iPod touch on my family road trip next week. Bull Durham (and My Favorite Year) are next. I love technology -- when I can figure it out.

[Carla]

Steve... did you watch Short Circuit on cable last night too??

[Marissa]

We are the CITs so pity us. The kids are brats the food is hideous. we're gonna smoke and drink and fool around (we're nookie bound) we are the North star CITs!

[Spears]

No, but I finally got to see "Eli Stone" last night. The one with all the George Michael appearances. Great stuff.

[Marissa]

Loved that episode, Steve. Wait, i've loved every episode.

[Carla]

Yeah, but George is looking a big "rough" these days, dont'cha think?

[Marissa]

Yeah, it appears that a brow lift went awry or something. He wears the sun specs so often, it masks his eyes. So, when he removes them (like Bono) he looks slightly odd.

[Carla]

Yeah... that's partially it. It was a good show... just a bit odd.

[jane]

Oooh -- I'll make sure to analyze George's "work" when I watch Eli Stone next week on the 'Pod. I'm strangely fascinated with bad plastic surgery, from a trainwreck perspective.

[Carla]

In that case Jane, I'm sure you won't be disappointed!! Don't get me wrong, I like George Michael ... but like Riss said... something went wrong with that surgery!

[Marissa]

I still find George handsome. He's no Kenny Rogers, though. ::snort::

[Spears]

OK, just exporting the podcast now. Give me about 15 or so minutes at the most.

[jane]

Please. Kenny Rogers isn't even Kenny Rogers anymore.

Agreed that George is still a handsome lad, weird lift and all.

[Spears]

Is the intro (the theme song) loud enough?

[Marissa]

Seemed fine to me, Steve.

[Carla]

Sounded good!

[Bassnote]

Love the 'Try A Little Tenderness' intro.

[Marissa]

BAH! Beer Goggle chick lol

[Spears]

I debated all day what to use as an intro. The sad thing is I only had three of the five movies we talk about, so it's heavy on quotes from our 3 favorites.

Because I seriously love "Major League" and wish I could have used more of that one.

[Spears]

I do feel a little bad about the beer goggles line. Because her brother really does work here, and he can easily kick my carcass to the edge of forever.

I think the accent just got to me. I can't stand that thick southern accent. I think she dressed a little too frumpy in the movie too. So that affected my judgment.

[jane]

The intro worked really well.

SO much testoterone ooozing out of my speakers... nice.

(PS: I'm screaming George Roy Hill at my computer. Like y'all can hear me...)

[Marissa]

I recall a comment when you first posted on this topic that was far more toxic than "beer goggles"

[Bassnote]

Totally agree with Susan Sarandon being a 'Beer Googles' chick. She was so unattractive in this movie.

[jane]

I totally forgot about Robert Wuhl being in Bull Durham. Duh. Loved him in Arliss.

[jane]

And I totally love Costner's "I believe" speech...

[Spears]

My favorite Arli$$ moment was when he tried to convince one of his clients to accept a trade from the American League to the National League because it would help his fantasy baseball team.

[Bassnote]

LOLLY-GAGGERS!

[Marissa]

::drink!drink!drink!::

[Carla]

LOL Riss!!

[Spears]

I didn't use "lolly-gaggers." I should have. I could fill 10 podcasts with great lines from Bull Durham.

[Marissa]

lol you hate having women inserted into baseball movies ... you slay me.

Amy Madigan is really a great element to the movie.

[Spears]

You know why "Hunt for Red October" is so good? No chicks on the sub!

But yeah, I agree, Amy Madigan is essential to Field of Dreams.

[jane]

Adding Malamud's The Natural to the list of books I need to read.

Even though I now know the ending.

[jane]

Is Arl$$ out on DVD? I need to check into that...
"My name is Arliss Michaels. I represent athletes. These are my stories."

PS: Best line from The Natural (said by a chick...pffft)
"You know, I believe we have two lives... the life we learn with and the life we live with after that."

[Marissa]

I'd take the Funyuns from Sean.

[Spears]

Awww man. Just got back to the whole "No, Ray, it was you" scene again.

For me, this movie is like chopping onions. I can't get through it without looking like an idiot.

Thankfully Sean stepped in there when I started to break down during the podcast. Just not ready to go there yet, I guess.

[jane]

Ed Harris may come and beat the crap out of you for that crack about Amy Madigan... beware.

[Marissa]

Holy moley! Love the Smelly Kelly letter!!!

[jane]

That scene pulls at the complete heart of emotion... I teared up just now hearing the score, which complements it beautifully.

And JEJ's speech -- perfection. I thought about it a lot yesterday when I was at the last spring training game at Al Lang. It suited my mood.

[Spears]

OK, the Name that 80s Tune was too easy. Sorry about that. It seemed more difficult when I put it together.

[jane]

Yeah, dude. A little too easy... albeit a great song.

[Spears]

Watch this. I'm going to change the tune.

[Marissa]

I can't believe Tom doesn't like Parenthood.

[Bassnote]

I can only get 3/4 of the podcast to download.

[Spears]

Bassnote -- I'm going to upload it to iTunes shortly, if that helps.

[Bassnote]

Okay, got the whole thing now.

[Spears]

Just FYI -- I'm changing out the Mystery Song. You won't hear the new song on the Sneak Preview. Only on the iTunes version -- and the version that will eventually be linked from the blog.

[Marissa]

I think it's necessary to throw props to Tom for sitting in on this one. Great job Tom ... wherever you are.

[Bassnote]

Holy cow! That mystery song is TOOOOOOOOO easy.

[Spears]

FYI -- Click the new links I've added or check your iTunes for the NEW mystery tune.

[Rick]

Bassnote, thanks or agreeing with me about Susan Sarandon. A couple days late, but it still counts in my book.

Jane, question: what software are you ripping a DVD to iPod with???

I've got 5 dozen kids shows on DVD that I would love to put on my iPod for when our family travels. (iPod is so much easier than a portable DVD player.)

[Marissa]

Steve, I already gave you my original Funyuns visual. And might I add without suggestion. hmmmph
Perhaps such an image should be reward enough.

[Marissa]

Hey! Look what I found! A quiz about baseball movies.
http://www.tampabay.com/specials/2008/interactives/quiz-baseballmovies/

[jane]

Rick: the software I'm using is called Handbrake and it's totally user-friendly. Highly recommend:
http://howto.diveintomark.org/ipod-dvd-ripping-guide/

[Walter Cox]

Jane, I love you. Do you know how bad I wanted "A Charlie Brown Christmas" on my iPod last winter?

And Susan Sarandon was totally hot in that flick, in a mature smart chick kinda way. The question wouldn't be what they see in her character, but what she saw in a goonybird like Nuke.

[Rick]

Walter, talk about the odd couple -- occular freakazoid Susan Sarandon and Frankenweenie Tim Robbins. Two odder bookends I can't recall in any romantic comedy. (Maybe HAROLD & MAUDE!)

Bu to stay in the 80s, I think Martha Plimpton is the only major actress of the day (what happened to her anyway!?) more unsexy to me than Sarandon.

(Sorry, Jane, another swipe against the Zen mama and even after you gave me the hot tip on Handbrake. I just couldn't resist. Still, thanks a million!

But I just find Annie repellent as a character, and it was insult to injury that she was played by someone I find physically repulsive. Even Sarandon's voice is off-putting to me; sounds all warbling and unstable. Blech. Still, I can't help wondering how I'd feel if Michelle Pfeiffer or Rachel Ward -- yowza! -- had played Annie. I think I'd have suspended all disbelief then.)

[jane]

Glad I could be of service, gentlemen -- Handbrake is a wonderful, wonderful thing. I'm using it right now to rip Bull Durham, as a matter of fact.

PS: Thanks, Walter, for standing up for Miss Sarandon. I thought her character totally worked -- however, I'm obviously a chick, bringing a totally different perspective to the field. My biggest issue with her is why she would wear all white (even though I loved that off-the-shoulder sweater) to the batting cages with all that dirt and clay.

[Walter Cox]

Simple answer: she wore white because she thought it looked good and she knew she was a good enough batter to not get dirty.

[Bassnote]

Jane, you are awesome. I have a DVD of Peter Gabriel videos that I have been dying to get on my iPod.

[Marissa]

Here's my take on the Sarandon debate:

She is not, in my opinion, beautiful. However, when you take a good look at Costner and Robbins, neither of them are devastatingly handsome. I wouldn't even go so far as to say they'd make me turn my head if I saw them on the street. Well, Robbins might since he's over (presumably) 6 feet tall. I never understood why women drooled over Kevin Costner.
Taking THAT into consideration, I think her slight homliness is befitting the dorky, not all that attractive leading men in the movie.

[jane]

One more tech tidbit: here's a link for software (both Mac & PC) that will convert video files to mp4s for use on iPods. I needed to convert some torrents I'd downloaded (nothing unseemly -- TV shows I missed and not available on iTunes) and this little gadget totally did the trick.

http://www.mp4converter.net/

[Ian from Down Under]

As baseball is about the 48th ranked sport in Australia, I can only comment that Eight Men Out is the only baseball movie that I have ever seen. And since it took me ages to find it on DVD, it must mean I liked it. I can also add to the Sarandon debate. I agree with Stevie Q. although beer goggles mey not be strong enough. And Riss, you are way out on Kevin Costner. I could nearly bat for the other team for him.

[Marissa]

Ian, speaking as a woman, I don't find Costner aesthetically appealing. He's just goobery. And his delivery of lines is equal to eating Melba Toast: Dry.

[Tom Jones]

Here I am, Marissa! And thanks!!!

[Marissa]

Hey Tom! No, all thanks are in your favor. Thank goodness you're not bewitching enough to make Sean all gurgly and drooly. It was nice to have a 3rd co-host who didn't cause him to react like that.
You really were a great contribution to the 'cast.

[Tom Jones]

Thanks, Marissa ... I think. Should I feel bad about not being bewitching enough to make Sean all gurgly and drooly? I'm no Jill Holcomb, but I think I'm okay!

[Marissa]

ha! Tom, I'm sure you're better than OK. It would have been nice for Sean to tell the listeners what you were wearing (as he does with the female co-hosts). Perhaps then I, I mean we, could have been drooling over you from a distance.

[Tom Jones]

To be honest, it was hard to notice what ANYONE was wearing because of Sean's Magnum, P.I-wannabe shirt. A week later, my eyes are just now starting to focus on objects again!

[Marissa]

Ooh, ooh! Did he sport the faux chest hair, too?
And Tom, we have to stop meeting this way.

[Marissa]

Oh, and Tom, when the guys tell you after doing the podcast you'll have stalkers galore ... I think they were talking about me. bahahaha