Phil, Jake and Jason are joined by new guest Christina to gussy-up the List of Every Damn Thing by ranking the fictional princess Cinderella, the 80s glam-metal band Cinderella, and the hip-hop trailblazer Spinderella.
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SHOW NOTES:
- RIP to Shock G. of Digital Underground, who died not long before we recorded this episode.
- Jessica Rabbit is considered to be a Disney Princess by us.
- The character of Cinderella is so unremarkable in the 1950 Disney movie that they don’t even include her as an ingredient in this official trailer.
- Charles Perrault, who wrote the Cinderella story best-known in contemporary culture, is pretty much the father of the “fairy tale” genre. His works-- derived from folk stories-- also include Little Red Riding Hood, Puss In Boots and Sleeping Beauty.
- As we discuss in this episode, Brandy played Cinderella in the 1997 Rogers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella TV movie. Phil didn't mention it but when his wife listens to "The Boy Is Mine" she agrees that the boy is Brandy's. Jake, however, knows the boy is Monica’s.
- Jason didn’t mention that Drew Barrymore’s air fryer is part of a Wal-Mart Collection.
- We mention Princess Diana. You can get the Di-themed Beanie Baby for just $50k on eBay.
- I Was A Rat by Phillip Pullman is just fantastic. Phil recommends it.
- Songs (and music videos) of Cinderella’s that we discuss include “Don’t Know What You Got Till It’s Gone” (partly shot in Bodie State Historic Park), “Nobody’s Fool”, “Somebody Save Me”, “Shake Me” and “Gypsy Road”. We also discuss their unremarkable deep-cut “Winds of Change” (not to be confused with “Wind of Change” by Scorpions).
- We engage in a bit of a hot-or-not session with metal guys, including Tom Keifer, Dee Snider, Stephen Pearcy (aka the guy from Ratt),Kevin DuBrow (aka the guy from Quiet Riot), Vince Neil, Brett Micheals, Slash and Jon Bon Jovi.
- Here's Michael Bivins (of Bell Biv DeVoe) in the video for “Motown Philly” by Boys II Men.
- Here’s a clip featuring the real voice of Gilbert Gottfried.
- The video for “Fresh” by Kool & The Gang is maybe the best interpretation of the Cinderella story and features the best K & the G song too. That's not our opinion, that's a fact.
- This trailer for the 1977 Cinderella erotic fairy tale movie that Phil saw as a kid acknowledges the foot fetish aspect of the story. The poster art for the movie is pretty great.
- Jake mentions that Salt-N-Pepa make an appearance in Coming 2 America. Spinderella does not.
- It looks like Hurby “Luv Bug” Azor was, in fact, in a relationship with Salt for a while in the 80’s.
- Jake should really know who Wendy Williams is.
- Jack Kirby continues to be Phil's example of someone who did work-for-hire in a creative field and didn't get paid.
- Jake was wrong: Spinderella is credited as a one of the producers on some of Salt-N-Pepa’s albums. But he was right when he guessed that she’s not even a performer on the album that features “Push It”.
- Here’s a clip from the Salt-N-Pepa Lifetime movie.
- We talk about the NWA song “I Ain’t Tha 1” (written and performed by Ice Cube). The lyrics are troublesome, but tame in comparison to some of his later more misogynistic songs.
ALSO DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE:
Brittany Murphy * Dolly Parton * the
