24 Panels Films(trips) Podcast
A new #FilmsTRIPS #podcast is out! This time, Andrew and I take a look at director #LindsayAnderson's 1973 comedy, #OLuckyMan! https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/24panelspersecond/episodes/2023-02-20T06_52_41-08_00 #MalcolmMcDowell #RalphRichardson #HelenMirren #RachelRoberts #PhilipStone #AlanPrice #EdwardJudd
Episode 227: O LUCKY MAN! (1973)

Having survived the apocalypse, Andrew and Dave have decided to pursue a far more meaningful goal: selling coffee in the northern parts of the UK! Okay, maybe they aren't selling coffee in the north, but Mick Travis, the protagonist of director Lindsay Anderson's O Lucky Man!, certainly is. What do the podcasting duo make of Anderson's not-exactly-a-sequel-to-If.... epic comedy? Is this the most likeable Malcolm McDowell has ever been on screen? And just how stellar is Alan Price's score to the film? Tune in and find out!Next Episode: Before Jackson, there was... BAKSHI!All music by Andrew Kannegiesser. Editing by Dave Babbitt.

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Feb 20, 2023 at 3:01pmWeb
Show threadAnthony DeanFeb 22, 2023
@24panels "Kurt, I keep telling you I don't think anyone wants to see 'Escape From Duckburg.' Even if Donald Duck would kick butt in it." 🙂
Show threadAnthony DeanFeb 22, 2023

@24panels imagine this "Sir Ralph" has plenty of "knighted for entertainment" company (Sir Elton John?).

That "Simpsons" episode has plenty of memes made based around Flanders' parents clamoring about "trying nothing and out of ideas."

Show threadAnthony DeanFeb 22, 2023
@24panels the comic strip FoxTrot had a series of strips about Paige (Jason's extremely-non-geeky, stereotypical-teenage-girl-interests sister) taking an interest in seeing "Lord of the Rings" for Orlando Bloom, despite knowing zero about the movie/franchise. Jason gets annoyed. (The book collection's its in is titled: "Orlando Bloom Has Ruined Everything.")
Show threadAnthony DeanFeb 22, 2023
@24panels blackface is "fun" enough... but they had actual Black people in this film playing second fiddle to said person? *Sigh*.
Show threadAnthony DeanFeb 22, 2023
@24panels I've been through London, Ontario... it won't be mistaken for the "other" London from what I briefly saw?
Show thread24 Panels Films(trips) PodcastFeb 22, 2023
@dtgeek Oh, not at all. London, Ontario wishes it had that architecture of that style. Instead, it is all just dull 20th century buildings.
Show threadAnthony DeanFeb 22, 2023
@24panels from what I saw, pretty much. Was just passing through/busier trying to buy snacks and get Canadian currency to do much sightseeing, IIRC.
Show thread24 Panels Films(trips) PodcastFeb 22, 2023
@dtgeek With fairness to London, ON, there are some nice areas in it, and the campus of Western University is lovely to walk. But there are areas of Ontario that are vastly more interesting to look around and tour.
Show threadAnthony DeanFeb 22, 2023
@24panels since I was heading to Toronto, that much was true... 🙂
Show threadAnthony DeanFeb 22, 2023
@24panels as for going through southern Ontario, it reminded me of traveling through Indiana/the Midwest, but with metric signage (and Canadian gas station chains; "Petro Canada?")
Show thread24 Panels Films(trips) PodcastFeb 22, 2023

@dtgeek Haven't been through Indiana or the Midwest myself, but we certainly have large sections of flatland and farmland.

Petro is one of the big ones; Canadian Tire is also a surprisingly large scale operation in terms of gas.

Show threadAnthony DeanFeb 22, 2023

@24panels Canadian Tire I went to; my impression IIRC was "random home goods stuff like Lowes/True Value/Ace, but with extensive sporting goods".

The gas station chains around here are mostly 7-Eleven, Chevron, Shell, BP, and Exxon/Mobil?

Show thread24 Panels Films(trips) PodcastFeb 22, 2023

@dtgeek We have a few of those stations: Shell seems to have reduced its presence in recent years, while 7-11 has been surpassed by Circle K for the most part.

Yeah, Canadian Tire is pretty much the major hardware/home repair shop up here. Home Depot might surpass it now, but Tire has been around for decades.

Show threadAnthony DeanFeb 22, 2023
@24panels forgot Circle K is also out here, being the west coast. (Though they've oddly moved into Chicago for some reason last I was there...) Exxon/Mobil outside the US goes by "Esso" for some reason (inconsistent international branding, despite the "Esso" name being the older of the names IIRC?).
Show thread24 Panels Films(trips) PodcastFeb 22, 2023
@dtgeek Esso is arguably the biggest one in Canada. Probably some trademark reason for the name difference.
Show threadAnthony DeanFeb 22, 2023
@24panels the west coast already has a bunch of regionalisms, apparently out of previous merger/regional branding reasons: Best Foods mayonnaise (vs Hellmann's), fast food chain Carl's Jr. (vs. Hardee's), and Dreyer's ice cream (vs. Edy's).
Show thread24 Panels Films(trips) PodcastFeb 22, 2023
@dtgeek Have to imagine one of these days they'll rebrand, if only for consistency of messaging across the country.
Show threadAnthony DeanFeb 22, 2023
@24panels apparently said branding's stuck for decades, so it seems unlikely. Even if it makes Hellmann's old jingle ("bring out the Hellmann's and bring out the best") not make sense... or that Dreyer's is a similar name as competing national ice cream brand Breyer's.
Show threadAnthony DeanFeb 22, 2023
@24panels on the "consistency of messaging" level, US grocery store giant Kroger has been on a buying spree coast-to-coast, owning a bunch of local/regional chains (they're based out of Cincinnati, so there's Kroger branded grocery stores through the Midwest). Thus they own a regional grocery chain here, and the store brand stuff is mostly stamped "Kroger".
Show thread24 Panels Films(trips) PodcastFeb 22, 2023
@dtgeek IF you are ever back, I recommend Kingston, ON. Plenty of history, beautiful areas, and the downtown has a more historical section they've preserved while integrating more modern elements.
Show thread24 Panels Films(trips) PodcastFeb 22, 2023
@dtgeek Yeah, this is easily the biggest problem with the film. Given the rest of the film, I wouldn't be surprised if Anderson at least believed that they were trying to make a point about the racism of casting a white actor in blackface, but if that was the case they botched the job so badly that it never comes across on screen. Either way, it was a bad decision.
Show thread24 Panels Films(trips) PodcastFeb 22, 2023
@dtgeek Yeah, there are plenty of dubious knighthoods. Pretty sure Rod Stewart has one, and... well, I can't think of a more damning statement than 'Rod Stewart has a knighthood."
Show threadAnthony DeanFeb 22, 2023
@24panels Patrick Stewart's also knighted...
Show thread24 Panels Films(trips) PodcastFeb 22, 2023
@dtgeek Okay, it isn't all bad.
Show thread24 Panels Films(trips) PodcastFeb 22, 2023
@dtgeek Man, they WISH they would have had Kurt. Sadly, somebody hired Ken: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkD78qRf3gQ
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