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Episode 153: Leonard Kinsey!
Episode 153 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. In this week’s episode, I interview the iconoclastic Disney author Leonard Kinsey, plus Terry Barr writes about leaning not to teach The Catcher in the Rye. TEXTS DISCUSSED NOTE The music accompanying Terry Barr’s Continue reading
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The Lists #18: The Seven Strangest Moments in Disney Television History
The Lists #18 by John King The Seven Strangest Moments in Disney Television History Who is Bob Cummings kissing? Opening Day Ceremonies for Disneyland (aired on June 15, 1955). Television was a novel medium in 1955, and the ambition of trying to cover the entire festivities of the opening day of Disneyland was impressive. There were Continue reading
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Episode 102: A Roundtable in Honor of Donald Duck, on his 80th Birthday!
Episode 102 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. On this week’s show, my friends Teege Braune of In Boozo Veritas fame, Sean Ironman of Heroes Never Rust fame, Jeff Shuster, who is the Curator of Schlock, and Dianne Turgeon Richardson join me for a roundtable discussion of Continue reading
102 Ways to Save Money at Walt Disney World, Der Furher’s Face, Dianne Turgeon Richardson, Donald Duck, Donaldism, Dumbbell of the Yukon, Early to Bed, George Plimpton, Jeffrey Shuster, Lewis Hyde, Lou Mongello, Mary Blair, Mousterpiece Theater, RObert Benchley, Saludos Amigos, sean ironman, Teege Braune, The Band Concert, The Clock Watcher, The Symphony Hour, The Three Caballeros, Trickster Makes This World, Walt Disney -
Like a Geek God #16: That Old Disney Magic
Like a Geek God #16 by Mark Pursell That Old Disney Magic I had no intention of ever seeing Frozen. Now, please understand. I’m a Disneyphile. I have a deep, permanent affection for the fairy-tale musicals of the Disney Renaissance, not to mention the Golden Age classics like Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Continue reading
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A Word from the King #2: Gore Verbinski’s The Lone Ranger is a Postmodern Masterpiece
A Word from the King #2 by John King Gore Verbinski’s The Lone Ranger is a Postmodern Masterpiece For what is perhaps the hundredth time, I’ve heard someone casually bash last summer’s film of The Lone Ranger. Most memorable among these instances: Gregg Proops, the host of The Smartest Man in the World podcast, said Continue reading
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In Boozo Veritas #21: Mickey and Donald, The Tragic Heroes of Christmas Cartoons
In Boozo Veritas #21 by Teege Braune Mickey and Donald: The Tragic Heroes of Christmas Cartoons After trimming the Christmas tree to a soundtrack of Andy Williams, watching Disney holiday cartoons was an annual tradition for my siblings and me when we were growing up in Indiana. “Pluto’s Christmas Tree” always made me wonder what kind Continue reading
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Episode 77: The Monorail Line Pub Crawl!
Episode 77 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. On this week’s show, my friends Teege Braune of In Boozo Veritas fame, Ryan Rivas of Burrow Press fame, Nathan Holic of American Fraternity Man fame, and MFA candidate Dianne Turgeon Richardson join me along the monorail line for Continue reading
15 Views of Orlando, Bright Lights Big City, Celebration, cormac mccarthy, Diane Turgeon Richardson, Donald Duck, Florida, Jay McIrney, Maleficent, Mark Twain, Mary Blair, Mickey’s Good Deed, Mickey’s Nightmare, Microchips, Monorail, Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride, Nathan Holic, Neal Gabler, P. L. Travers, Ryan Rivas, Saving Mr. Banks, Skumps, Sleeping Beauty, Ted Hughes, Teege Braune, The Contemporary Resort, The Grand Floridian, The Great Dark, The Magic of Walt Disney World, The Mickey Mouse Review, The Polynesian Resort, The Three Caballeros, Walt Disney, Walt Disney: The Triumph of the American Imagination, Wholly Smokes -
Like a Geek God #6: These Childish Things
Like a Geek God #6 by Mark Pursell These Childish Things Geeks have it over Muggles in one very important area: we are highly susceptible to wonder. Wonder is something I think we all, geek or not, can remember from moments in our childhood, particularly as they pertain to the pop culture we were being Continue reading
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Episode 57: Functionally Literate!
Episode 57 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing and literature is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. On this week’s show, I share a Functionally Literate event I participated in back in May with Monica Wendel and Philip Deaver. This was an accidental DO reunion, since Monica was a guest Continue reading
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Episode 32: Terry Cronin!
Episode 32 of The Drunken Odyssey, your favorite podcast about creative writing, literature, and drinking, is available on iTunes, or right click here to download. On this week’s show, I interview novelist Terry Cronin, And Jean Davis offers one amazing essay about Write is a Verb. Texts Discussed Notes Susan Lilley will be reading from her Continue reading
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