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  • Year of the Weasel Episode 1: Introduction and Prehistory

    Year of the Weasel Episode 1: Introduction and Prehistory

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    The podcast event literally no one asked for has finally arrived! From February 2024 until whenever we’ve had enough, we’re taking you on a journey through what we genuinely believe is the underrated filmography of the Weasel himself, Pauly Shore. Join us in this introductory episode as we explain why we’re doing this to ourselves (and to you) and take a quick jog through the random roles that resulted in one of the greatest characters in 20th century American literature.

    But first, you’ll notice there’s something a little different this time: Given the importance of the visual medium to our current topic of discussion, we’re experimenting with video! As you can see from the first episode, the experiment hasn’t been an unqualified success; there was some pretty terrible lag on Zach’s end that has been preserved at the beginning for explanatory/comedic effect. We will troubleshoot this moving forward, but in the meantime, enjoy watching our audio swim in and out of sync while the video footage struggles to catch up with our lips! Welcome to the future!

    00:01:23 Our infamous episodes on the KISS memoirs (Gene, Ace, Peter, Paul)

    00:01:28 12 Months of Mike

    00:03:17 Probably what most people would rather we be doing now

    00:03:39 Stoney’s Encino High Notebook

    Scan by Breakfast for Dinner on Flickr

    00:07:37 This podcast would literally not be possible without TotallyPaulyFan on YouTube

    00:12:20 Totally Pauly Episode 65: “Day 4 Hockey!”

    00:14:28 Fast Times at Ridgemont High (Amy Heckerling, 1982)

    00:14:36 Our Wayne’s World episode

    00:14:46 Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure (Stephen Herek, 1989)

    00:15:03 Wayne’s World (Penelope Spheeris, 1991)

    00:16:29 “Hey dude, the Weasel is, like, the future of America” by Jim Sullivan, Boston Globe, June 1991

    00:18:19 “Behind the Weasic” by Greg Beato, SPIN, October 1999

    00:23:05 The infamous trailer for Pinocchio: A True Story (Vasiliy Rovenskiy, 2022)

    00:24:10 Pauly’s appearance in the music video for “N 2 Gether Now” by Limp Bizkit featuring Method Man

    00:24:16 Pauly’s appearance in the music video for “Shorty Wanna Ride” by Young Buck

    00:27:32 Pauly with father Sammy Shore

    Photo by Michael S. Schwartz/WireImage

    00:28:16 Encino Man (Les Mayfield, 1992)

    00:28:31 Pauly with mother Mitzi Shore

    Photo by Alex J. Berliner/BEI/REX/Shutterstock

    00:33:01 Totally Pauly Episode 11: “Hotel Attendant”

    00:34:48 21 Jump Street Season 2, Episode 4: “Two for the Road” (Steve Beers, 1987)

    00:36:22 Trailer for For Keeps? (John G. Avildsen, 1988)

    00:37:02 Trailer for 18 Again! (Paul Flaherty, 1988)

    00:41:33 St. Elsewhere Season 6, Episode 16: “Down and Out on Beacon Hill” (Eric Laneuville, 1988)

    00:45:08 What’s Alan Watching? (Thomas Schlamme, 1989)

    00:48:32 Totally Pauly Episode 346: “Day 3 Sandy Beach Hawaii”

    00:50:15 Married… with Children Season 3, Episode 14: “A Three Job, No Income Family” (Gerry Cohen, 1989)

    00:51:12 Dream Date (Anson Williams, 1989)

    00:54:47 Wedding Band (Daniel Raskov, 1989)

    00:55:50 Phantom of the Mall: Eric’s Revenge (Richard Friedman, 1989)

    00:57:19 Rock & Read (Tamar Simon Hoffs, 1989)

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    01:03:30 Email us! (heybuuuddy@dystopiandanceparty.com)

    01:03:45 “Lisa, Lisa (The One I Adore)” by Pauly Shore (from The Future of America, 1991)

  • 12 Months of Mike Month 11: The Love Guru

    The end of our year-long immersion in the filmography of Mike Myers is in sight; but hoo boy, is this final stretch a test of endurance. Our penultimate film is 2008’s The Love Guru: the movie that finally put Mike’s career out of its misery after The Cat in the Hat roughed it up and left it for dead. Join us as we discuss the unfathomable depths to which Ben Kingsley sinks in his performance, and repeatedly refer to Romany Malco as “Romany Falco.” But really, who cares? Nothing matters! God is dead, long live Pitka!

    00:00:00 The Love Guru Theatrical Trailer

    00:07:32 Entertainment Weekly: “Mike Myers: Man of Mystery”

    00:12:28 WHO THE FUCK IS GRAHAM GORDY

    00:14:41 Here’s the Love Guru/American Idol Cross-Promotional Tie-In, If You Dare

    00:32:54 Yep, He Made That Joke in an Earlier Movie

    00:38:15 Romany Falco

    00:38:25 A Taste of Romany Malco’s Past Life as a Feline Rapper

    00:41:52 A More Realistic Portrayal of a Man as Well-Endowed as Jacques “Le Coq” Grande

    00:44:03 The First of, We’re Afraid, Several Interminable Hindustani Music Parodies in The Love Guru

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    00:49:55 The Love Guru‘s Obligatory Late-Career Mike Myers Nightmare Fuel

    00:53:57 The Best 20 Seconds in The Love Guru by Default

    00:57:27 We Guess We’ll Count This as a Catch Phrase

    00:59:27 Seriously, What is Going on with Pitka and Rajneesh?

    01:09:34 #StinkMop

    01:12:59 (It was Rob Huebel, by the way)

    01:19:09 The Last (Thank God) of The Love Guru‘s Interminable Hindustani Music Parodies

    01:21:34 “Sexy Sadie” by the Beatles (from The Beatles, 1968)

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  • 12 Months of Mike Month 5: Austin Powers – The Spy Who Shagged Me

    Well, folks, we watched the second Austin Powers movie and lived to talk about it. Join us as we discuss infuriating anachronisms, the decline of Mike Myers’ side characters, and of course, the “Urkelization” of Dr. Evil. And then join us next month as we examine the first of… Jesus Christ, are we really watching four Shrek movies?!?!

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  • 12 Months of Mike Month 1: Wayne’s World (1992)

    Our year-long deep dive on the cinematic oeuvre of Mike Myers officially kicks off with Wayne’s World, and it’s arguably all downhill from here. Join us for some genuine gushing about one of our all-time favorite movies (even though we’re both in agreement that Mike may actually be the worst part). Remember to leave your comments about Wayne’s World, Mike’s pre-film career, or next month’s So I Married an Axe Murderer–we’re collecting feedback to read in the next episode!

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