Arthur’s Theme with Brendan Dowling

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08/01/23 • 23 min

Hot Air Balloons. Hang Gliders. Memoirs. Passionate New York balloonist Arthur takes Douglas for ride to explore life at 3,000 feet. New perspectives are gained about love, family and H.A.B. statistics. Join us high in the sky for the Anthem of Arthur.

OUR GUEST: Brendan Dowling

Brendan Dowling is an actor and writer living in Los Angeles. He most recently wrote on season two of Work in Progress, and he performs with the Improvised Shakespeare Company at their monthly shows at the Largo. He's on Instagram and X @berndandooling

The Song: Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)

Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do) is a song performed and co-written by American singer-songwriter Christopher Cross, Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager and Peter Allen. When Bacharach got the gig scoring music for the movie Arthur, starring Dudley Moore, he worked on the music for the theme song with Christopher Cross, and asked Bayer Sager to compose the lyrics. She recalled the line Allen came up with years earlier, and secured his permission to use it. - How do you get “caught between the moon and New York City”? - According to Peter Allen, he came up with the line when his plane got stuck in a holding pattern waiting to land at JFK Airport in New York. The song won an Oscar and a Golden Globe for Best Original Song in 1981. It was the main theme song for the 1981 Dudley Moore film Authur. Dudley Moore, who starred in Arthur, was also an accomplished pianist, He and Cross became good friends and performed the song together a few times with Moore on piano and Cross singing. OfficialVideo - Lyrics

THE SHOW:

Our show is completely improvised and produced by Douglas Sarine, Marypat Farrell and Sarah Atwood Sarine.

Our theme song was produced by the wonderful Ben Wise. benwise.bandcamp.com

Additional music provided by Icarus

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Special thanks to Spark! Digital Media Lab at the Burbank Public Library

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OUR GUEST: Brendan Dowling

The Song: Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)

THE SHOW:

Our show is completely improvised and produced by Douglas Sarine, Marypat Farrell and Sarah Atwood Sarine.

Our theme song was produced by the wonderful Ben Wise. benwise.bandcamp.com

Additional music provided by Icarus

Please rate and review the show on iTunes. It helps the show grow and be discovered.

You can contact us at [email protected]

Enjoy our eclectic AOL Playlist on Spotify.

Special thanks to Spark! Digital Media Lab at the Burbank Public Library

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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The Wind Cries Mary with Jessica Young

Live Theater. Avant-garde. Georgia. Veteran stagehand, Mary, enthralls Douglas and regales him with tales of the eccentricities, surprises and tragedies of a life in the theater. Her truth may be tough to nail down but, the conversation was most certainly real in the Anthem of Mary.

OUR GUEST: Jessica Young

Jessica is an actor/improviser/podcaster based in Los Angeles. She’s appeared on New Girl, Jimmy Kimmel and For the People. Jessica has been performing and teaching for over 20 years around the country. She co-hosts The Rants and Raves Podcast weekly and performs with her long-time improv team Big Yellow Taxi on the second Thursday of every month at The Glendale Room. Instagrams: @jessbyoung1975 @therantsandravespodcast @bigyellowtaxi

THE SONG: The Wind Cries Mary

The Wind Cries Mary is a rock ballad written by Jimi Hendrix. The Wind Cries Mary was released in the UK in May 1967. In the United States, the song was first released as the B-side of the "Purple Haze" single in June 1967. According to Jimi’s then-girlfriend Kathy Etchingham's account, he wrote the lyrics after an argument with her about her cooking lumpy mashed potatoes, using "Mary" (Etchingham's middle name). But, according to a previous girlfriend from Seattle, Mary Washington, the words "Somewhere a Queen is weeping/ Somewhere a King has no wife," were written in a love poem Hendrix had written for her. In a later interview, Hendrix commented that the lyrics represent "more than one person.” And of course, some people take it as a nod to good ol’ Mary Jane. Link to OfficialVideo - Link to Lyrics

THE SHOW:

Our show is completely improvised and produced by Douglas Sarine, Marypat Farrell and Sarah Atwood Sarine.

Our theme song was produced by the wonderful Ben Wise. benwise.bandcamp.com

Additional music provided by Icarus

Please rate and review the show on iTunes. It helps the show grow and be discovered.

You can contact us at [email protected]

Enjoy our eclectic AOL Playlist on Spotify.

Special thanks to Spark! Digital Media Lab at the Burbank Public Library

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Sweet Caroline with Dana Powell

Butter Animals. Beard Barrettes. Hand Holding. Nomadic crafter Caroline chats with Douglas about everything that goes into making her life so good. Can you be willingly abducted? Can you give away your father’s vehicle? What are tornadoes really up to? None of those questions are really answered in the Anthem of Sweet Caroline.

OUR GUEST: Dana Powell

Known best for her role as Cam’s sister, Pameron Tucker, on ABC’s Modern Family, Dana Powell is a Los Angeles-based actress, writer, improvisor, and producer. You may have seen her in other things such as Bridesmaids, Veep, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Good Place, 911, and more. She is also co-host of The Rants And Raves Podcast. You can find Dana on Instagram @iamdanapowell and @therantsandravespodcast

THE SONG: Sweet Caroline by Neil Diamond

"Sweet Caroline" is a song written and performed by American singer Neil Diamond and released in May 1969 as a single with the title "Sweet Caroline (Good Times Never Seemed So Good)". Over the past 50-plus years, “Sweet Caroline” has been covered by everyone from Elvis Presley to Jennifer Lopez, but it was Frank Sinatra’s version that Diamond loved the most. “He did it his way,” said Diamond of Frank Sinatra’s rendition. Since 2002, “Sweet Caroline” has been the official chant of the Boston Red Sox, who have played the song in the middle of the eighth inning at every home game. Diamond has said Sweet Caroline was inspired by a young Caroline Kennedy and also by his wife in 1969, Marsha. On March 22nd, 2020, Diamond posted a video of him singing Sweet Caroline in front of his fireplace at home with the lyrics changed to reflect coronavirus safety measures: “Hands...washing hands, reaching out...don’t touch me, I won’t touch you...” 2012 Live From the Greek, Link to Sweet Caroline Lyrics

THE SHOW:

Our show is completely improvised and produced by Douglas Sarine, Marypat Farrell and Sarah Atwood Sarine.

Our theme song was produced by the wonderful Ben Wise. benwise.bandcamp.com

Additional music provided by Icarus

Please rate and review the show on iTunes. It helps the show grow and be discovered.

You can contact us at [email protected]

Enjoy our eclectic AOL Playlist on Spotify.

Special thanks to Spark! Digital Media Lab at the Burbank Public Library

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.