those trucks
So how many bullet-riddled, corpse-filled Pollos Hermanos trucks can be left in the desert before the cops figure out what's going on?

Some classic Elvis movie songs: "Flaming Star," "Loving You," "Jailhouse Rock" (of course), "You're So Square," "King Creole," "C'mon Everybody," "Treat Me Nice," "Bossa Nova Baby," "A Little Less Conversation,"… plus there are a ton of ridiculously entertaining songs like "Clambake," "No Room to Rhumba in a Sports…

"Roustabout" is not a horrible movie! By Elvis movie standards, it's actually pretty good. I'd put it in my top 5, along with "Jailhouse Rock," "Blue Hawaii," "Kid Creole," and "Flaming Star." It's one of last movies in which E's character has a real chip on his shoulder. Some great scenes—including one that explores…

Kelly Lynch
Is that her in the last clip, with her face having also undergone some sort of Mickey Rourkification process? That's sad.

"I have to go pray now."
"WHERE'S MY ME TIME, BILLY?!"

"Disucssions"
Any way you guys can get the misspelling of the title of your podcast fixed in iTunes? It's annoying to see it showing up as "Reasonable Disucssions." (Hampers people searching for it too, I imagine.)

It's an interesting theory—might also explain why he wandered out onstage after everyone else—maybe "Doc's" scoring drugs from his dad the dentist?

The opening
Here's a debate my wife and I have about MOACA: do you think the credits montage is supposed to evoke the carefree youth of the protagonists in a metaphorical way, or that we're supposed to imagine those three kids are Joe, Terry, and Owen, as if those are home movies from their 4+ decades of friendship?…

I did too, though I have to disagree with Noel's take on the Shirelles' version, which I have always found heartbreaking and not at all hopeful.

that chorizo
"It's a sausage! It's not on our flag!"

Second! I love "The Oscar." It is delicious pulp goodness from beginning to end. I don't know how much of the dialogue is actually attributable to Harl, but it's brilliant stuff. Take it easy! It's not going to help if you get a thrombo!

Is Clive Warren in this too?
Karl Pilkington wants to know.

I stand corrected
I'm embarrassed. All this time I thought she was married to Paul THOMAS Anderson.

Weekly meetings in the AVQ&A? Should we elect officers?

How about the "WKRP" episode where Johnny and Venus get drunk on the air to demonstrate the dangers of drinking and driving, but Johnny confounds the trooper administering the test because his reflexes keep getting better and better.

Gnosis?
A discussion of Dick's thematic obsessions that doesn't mention Christianity is bizarre. I haven't reread "Scanner" for this book club, so I'm not prepared to say too much more about it, but the title, with its riff on 1 Corinthians, is a good launching point. Many of Dick's beliefs about identity, duality,…

A David Lo Pan reference! That just made my day. Here's to the army and navy, and the battles they have won!

I agree. "Lonely Place" is one of my favorite Bogart movies, but it's not a good introduction to his persona. I will say, though, that one of the reasons I love Bogey is that, out of the greatest of the Golden Age stars, he more than any other was willing to play detestable characters like Dixon Steele, Captain Queeg,…

Two words, Heller
"Public library."

I forgot they did the score for "Jesse James," too! And you're right, one of the better, unfortunately overlooked, movies of the last few years.