Celebrating 50 episodes, the twins have a new twist on "Backward Masking." They also cover young Roger's infatuation with Tatum O'Neal, old Hollywood haunts, taking things for granted, first cars, first band, old-school entertainers and much more - including a newly-digitized gem from the cassette archive.
Photo: The Yale Brothers with Pascal Srabian (RIP), circa 1980
SHOW NOTES:
0:00 - "Be My Star" by Roger Yale, circa 1981
2:57 - Greetings and about the song / LACC Music Department / Rog had a crush on Tatum O'Neal / Chris says Rog was stalking her. Roger disagrees.
5:40 - Excited about Episode 50 / "Grave Before Shave" / Neptune Society / Have we learned anything about podcasting in 50 episodes? / Logic Pro / Libsyn
7:50 - "Star 80" / "All That Jazz"
9:40 - Growing up in Hollywood / We took it for granted / The vantage point from our apartment at Franklin and Orange / Stoner Window / The red room
13:23 - Walks with Dad and Uncle Roger / Practice space at The Magic Hotel (now Magic Castle Hotel) / Chris biking over Laurel Canyon / Mystic Sound / Unlimited possibilities
14:41 - Vagabond Theatre / Old Movies / "The Lady Vanishes"
15:28 - Copper Penny / The Old Spaghetti Factory / Old Masonic Temple Hollywood Boulevard / Roger's play reading with Robert Romanus
16:31 - A handful of water / Old Testament warriors
16:55 - Freedom and first cars / Stealing Dad's cars / The Kinks at the Universal Amphitheater / Chris' wreck in Miami / Fullerton / Crestline / Chris' van / Roger's Fiat 128 / Fiat money / Bill Nye / Puns
21:55 - Roger that / Roger with a small "r" / Roger Healey / Barbara Eden / Blinked into Siberia / Agnes Moorehead / "Roger Morehead" / Tallulah Bankhead / Frank Iwanski / "Irene" with Debbie Reynolds, Ruth Warrick, Patsy Kelly and Hans Conried / "I'll See You Again" by Noel Coward
25:22 - Old-school performers, crew, musicians / Quentin Crisp / Coke Escovedo / "The Naked Civil Servant" / John Hurt / Crisp's lecture at The Westwood Playhouse
28:15 - Roger's daughter Taylor is in Ireland and she's going to England
28:50 - What we would have done differently
29:55 - "Backward Masking" in the COVID era / PMRC / Tipper Gore
32:03 - How many episodes will we do / "The Wreck of the Hesperus" / Ship of Theseus / George Thorogood
34:35 - Is your mind's eye dry?
36:00 - Chris hanging with grandsons Miles and Elijah / Pascal's messed-up English words / Pascal's punk mentality / Splitting up our first band
36:54 - Parting shots
