Phil and Jake-- and guest panelist Jason-- expand the List of Every Damn Thing by ranking Cher, Dolly Parton, and hair buns on men aka man-buns (aka top-knots).
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SHOW NOTES:
- Allman And Woman was the name of the musical duo composed of Gregg Allman and Cher. The album they released was called Two The Hard Way.
- Cher wasn’t nominated for an Academy Award for her performance in Mask. She did, however, get nominated for both Silkwood (Best Supporting Actress) and Moonstruck (Best Actress, which she won). Mermaids didn’t make much of a splash.
- You can’t cover “Koko Joe” or any other song written by Sonny Bono (without paying his estate) until at least 2048, thanks to the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act.
- Songs / music videos by Cher that we discuss include “If I Could Turn Back Time” and “Half-Breed”.
- Phil brings up the common occurrence of white people saying they’re part Cherokee. Elizabeth Warren used to do this, and eventually apologized for it.
- Did 70's TV Wonder Woman have butt padding? It’s hotly debated.
- Cher apparently never appeared on The Muppet Show, but it looks like the Muppets made an appearance on The Cher Show (Kermit also appeared on The Dolly Show).
- We don’t discuss it in the podcast, but The Cher Show also featured this uplifting duet performance of Young Americans.
- Jake fails to recall the details during our conversation, but Cher had a goth-inspired product line in the 90s, which she sold through her mail-order catalogue, Sanctuary. Her current perfume is Eau De Couture.
- Steven Tyler’s feet. Google. It. You’ve been warned.
- We touch upon whether Hank Williams, Sr. won many awards. He died six years before the first Grammys, but still managed to win the 1989 Best Country Vocal Collaboration Grammy for “There’s A Tear In My Beer” (a posthumous team-up with Hank Jr.).
- Our information about Cher dancing with Prince comes from her Twitter feed.
- Dolly Parton's “Civil War restaurant” that we discuss was called the Dixie Stampede.
- Dolly songs talked about include “Dumb Blonde”, “Jolene”, “Coat of Many Colors”, “I Will Always Love You”, “9 to 5” and of course “Tassel Top”. Her movies discussed include Straight Talk and 9 to 5 (apparently the remake of the latter was canceled and we didn’t get the memo).
- Imagination Library is a great program that has contributed a lot to underserved communities. Unfortunately, it’s not available everywhere.
- Dolly voiced her support for Black Lives Matter in an interview with Billboard, saying that while she didn't attended any marches, she supports the protest movement and its push for racial justice. "I understand people having to make themselves known and felt and seen," she told the magazine. "And of course Black lives matter. Do we think our little white asses are the only ones that matter? No!"
- Here’s the Dolly pic that’s on Jason’s t-shirt.
- Man-buns discussed include those of Jason Mamoa, Chris Hemsworth, David Beckham and Bradley Cooper.
ALSO DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE:
ghosts * skeptical Scully on The X-Files *
