Dragon Page Wingin’ It #32: Flying Solo
What’s on this week: Mike and Evo fly solo!
- First Drink of the Day - Since the boys got their collective pee-pee’s slapped for international spoiler violations, they can’t drink beer. Note the beer in that statement. Today, they switch to Scotch.
- Mur Lafferty talks about “frivolity”
- Philip gets taken to task by his country men for bringing us bad beer.
- The folks from The Signal parody Jack Mangan
- Evo’s getting good costume ideas
- Mr. Adventure from RotO
- Evo gets more feedback on his cult. The natives are restless!
- Force equals Mass times Accelleration
- Leigh is not a chick
- Mike has more Deep Thoughts, this time about worms?
- The boys get their voice mail problems figured out
- Philip needs us to send him some money so he can get into NASA
Promos ran for:
- Unquiet Desperation
- TSFPN
- Suvival Guide to Writing Fantasy
- I Should Be Writing
- TREKS Sci-Fi
- Technorama
- Legacy of Morevi
Today’s Scotch selections:
October 20th, 2005 at 4:23 pm
You can always bend the rule and only pick up cans that say Stout or Ale. Technically they aren’t beer.
If you’re going to do a tequila cast, I say to plan on doing nothing the day after and just get ripped prior to recording :). I’ve asked for this before, I’m asking again. Just need to make sure there’s a full studio before you try that, though.
Another great show!
Pod On!
Hey, it just occurred to me, what are all ya’all’s day jobs? I don’t think youse guys have ever mentioned that. Maybe I’m just the only curious one, but hey, someone else might wanna know.
J.R.
October 20th, 2005 at 10:16 pm
Wow, I sound hot!!
(OK, now that I’ve added a whole new level of awkwardness to this….)
Nice job, guys! I don’t understand why Miranda Thomas spoke in such a deadpan voice, or why the sound quality was so poor, but otherwise I think you really captured the spirit and humor of DotF. I’m humbled, flattered, and insulted.
That said, I hate you all and I’m unsubscribing.
October 21st, 2005 at 1:26 am
One of my nephew shown me this
http://www.winterson.com.nyud.net:8090/2005/06/episode-iii-backstroke-of-west.html
Its so hilarious, the finest Engrish translation of SW:EP3 in the garaxy! er… galaxy.
October 23rd, 2005 at 7:18 pm
Great show guys! Also, thanks much for playing the promo for my TREKS in SCI-FI podcast. Very much appreciated!
October 25th, 2005 at 7:34 pm
Just discovered your shows (yeah I know….I’m late to the game) The shows are friggin hillarious! I’ve loaded up the ol MP3 player and have had nothing else playing for the past few days at work. You all make the crappy days at work better!
Thanks,
Brad in the Bluegrass
October 26th, 2005 at 7:38 am
Love the show.
But… putting ice in Scotch or mixing it with water???? Sacrilege! You wouldn’t mix water with a really expensive bottle of wine, would you? You’d change the taste. Anyway, enough of a rant.
Another Scotch you should try is Longmorn. It’s a good, well-balanced Scotch. I think you guys will like it.
And, if you like Scotch, you should try Cognac. If you have some extra cash, you should try a bottle of Louis XIII.
October 26th, 2005 at 11:42 am
Okay, Admittingly I found the wash spoiler thing funny as heck. I also found it rude.
That said, you mentioned in this episode that you were sick and tired of people confronting you on your own show, and that you weren’t changing it for those that don’t like you.
Okay. Fair enough. We can leave. We’re not forced to listen to your show, and we’re not forced to like what you have to say.
I like you guys. You’re fun. You’re happy.
Note from Evo: The following comments in italics and corresponding incident with Jarrod has been dealt with in private email. He has apologized, I have accepted, and we go on with our lives.
But by the same accounts, I’ve heard you now discuss alcohol with your wife and continue to drink it in almost what could have been seen as a “Fight” as she left. (I’m no expert on women, mind you.) I’ve heard you reach around the outside of the “ruling” (which was pretentious as hell in its own right) to have an excuse to drink, and I’ve heard your show devolve into almost mere nothingness by the end simply from the alcoholic stupor you guys put yourself in.
So…
Umm.. guys, do you think you might have a problem here?
Just a thought. I’ll continue listening, because you screwed up, and admitted it, but I’m seriously beginning to wonder. A friend asked me a question the other day that concerned you two. “Do they need the alcohol to do the show? Cuz it seems like they do.” (He’s someone whose father was killed by a drunk driver, so he doesn’t touch the stuff, and is somewhat squicked by those that do to excess)
I feel like I should be apologizing as I say this. But I know I can’t be your only fans that are very concerned. I know that for a fact.
October 26th, 2005 at 12:07 pm
“Do they need the alcohol to do the show? Cuz it seems like they do.”
Well, considering they do the other two shows sober, I’d say they definitely don’t need the alcohol. And, after what is probably a full day of producing shows that they do for fun–remember, they have jobs aside from this–they certainly deserve to unwind.
Winging-it has always been a fun show and certainly isn’t for everyone. If the alcohol bothers you, don’t listen.
It’s annoying how bent out of shape some people get about alcohol. Yes, some people have problems. And they color the rest of us in a bad light. But, I don’t think Mike & Evo should have to avoid alcohol solely to avoid offending people that might have a problem about it.
As for avoiding the ruling… that wasn’t a surprise and was “hi-larious”, so to speak. This is Evo, we are talking about. I enjoy his meglomaniacal ways.
October 26th, 2005 at 12:42 pm
Note from Evo: The following comments in italics and corresponding incident with Jarrod has been dealt with in private email. He has apologized, I have accepted, and we go on with our lives.
I think I’ll take a break from them, absolutely. It’s not the alcohol that bothers me so much as its the fighting and the flippant comments about how much fun being completely blasted is.
October 26th, 2005 at 4:25 pm
Hey guys, I only just got round to seeing Serenity tonight (I’m a late convert and wanted to finish Firefly first).
I’m gonna have to agree with Evo, that his major spoiler did not ruin the film for me at all. Despite knowing what was going to happen, then when and the how still blew me away. Although I somehow knew as soon as Wash said “I’m a leaf on the wind” that third time, that was gonna be the moment…
Cracking stuff.
PS If you haven’t already, try Macallan - the whiskey is matured in old sherry casks…
October 27th, 2005 at 7:19 am
Post-comment note from Evo: This incident with Jarrod has been dealt with in private email. He has apologized, I have accepted, and we go on with our lives. This matter is resolved to the satisfaction of all parties involved.
Make a note of Oct 26, 2005; the day I’m outed as an alcoholic wife-beater. (If only I had the wherewithall to get these mustard stains out of my ribbed white tank top.)
I also played D&D as a kid, dropped $10 in a video poker machine at a casino a few months back, and smacked my kid good when he needed it as a small child. I supposed that makes me a devil worshiping addicted gambler who needs to be turned into Child Protective Services, too?
Flippant? You bet. Enjoy the taste and effects of fine beer, scotch, tequila and more? Indubidubly. However, I won’t even dignify the rest of your malformed arm-chair psychoanalysis with a response. Enjoy your break. Sounds like you need it.
October 27th, 2005 at 12:57 pm
Hey guys, I just discovered your podcast this month, funny stuff. I recently moved from Kansas to Arizona and I found it funny that I found out you guys are based here after I started listening. No problem with this show, or the Serenity spoiler. IMHO, a person should put themselves in an information blackout prior to seeing a movie like Serenity. Reading blogs or listening to podcasts prior is just asking for trouble. Hey what’s with the Kansas comments on the Bruce Campbell interview. Through Kansas into the Sun, hey my folks live in Kansas!!! If you invite me to a taping of Wingin’ It I’ll buy the beer.
October 28th, 2005 at 7:15 am
Hey, the only problem I have with you putting out “Wingin’ It” on Fridays is that I have to wait until Monday to hear it. I usually only listen to podcasts at work. If it could be out early morning Fridays, I would be a happy Terraist.