Part 1 of my conversation with guest Ric Dube as we dissect an episode of a classic 1970s detective show. I've also got the Bonehead of the Week and music from The Night Marchers and Divine Fits.
Show notes:
Recorded at More Lost Time world HQ
Inspired by MST3K and Rifftrax, we're commenting while watching video
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Dube apologizes for his last booze-soaked appearance on the show
Barnaby Jones was a spinoff of the private investigator drama Cannon
We're watching the first episode of the series
Star Buddy Ebsen was Tin Man in Wizard of Oz and Jed Clampett on Beverly Hillbillies
A Quinn Martin production
Cool theme song
Cannon's perpetually hungry
Barnaby Jones' son is murdered in the opening scene
Ebsen's performance is flat as a pancake
A modern-day Barnaby Jones would be played by Hugh Laurie
"You have a rather distinctive silhouette"
Kumar confuses Lee Meriwether with Mary Ann Mobley--a common mistake
Barnaby is decidedly anti-China
"Could I trouble you for a glass of milk?"
Dube: Blackmailers never say goodbye on the phone
By golly, Barnaby figures it all out
The Random '70s Detective Show Plot Generator
Next week, we take on an Aaron Spelling production
Bonehead of the Week
Music:
The Night Marchers - All Hits
Divine Fits - For Your Heart
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The Night Marchers song is on the forthcoming album Allez Allez on Swami Records. Download it for free on Soundcloud.
The Divine Fits song is on the album A Thing Called Divine Fits on Merge Records. Download it for free at Epitonic.
The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is "Theme to Big F'in Pants" by Jay Breitling. Find out more about Senor Breitling at his fine music blog Clicky Clicky. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian