Bob and Marcia Smith engaged in a lively conversation about pop culture, covering topics such as Brazil’s colonial history, James Bond movies, entertainment history, and national parks. They also discussed the concept of friendship, highlighting its joys and challenges. In the second part of the conversation, Bob shared interesting facts about Disney characters, including that Donald Duck was inspired by a real-life milkman named Clarence Nash, while Marcia revealed that Lou Gehrig was considered as a potential replacement for Johnny Weissmuller as Tarzan.
Outline
Brazil’s colonial history and capital cities.
- Bob and Marcia Smith discuss how Rio de Janeiro was once the capital of Portugal before becoming the capital of Brazil after independence.
Pop culture trivia and geography.
- Marcia Smith and Bob Smith discuss James Bond movies, with Marcia Smith naming the seven actors who have played Bond and Bob Smith providing additional information.
- Bob Smith asks Marcia Smith a geography question about the US state with the most rainbows, which she correctly answers as Hawaii.
- Bob Smith and Marcia Smith discuss a variety of topics, including a US president who was originally intended to become a concert violinist, a TV series called Marcus Welby, MD, and a character named Dr. Steve Kiley from the show.
- James Brolin, Steve Kiley, and Thanos are mentioned in the conversation, with Bob Smith showing confusion about who Thanos is.
Architecture, film history, and education.
- Bob and Marcia discuss the history of the Hollywood Bowl and the “It Girl” of silent films, Clara Bow.
- Bob Smith and Marcia Smith discuss the history of education in Boston, Massachusetts.
Audio clips from a podcast.
- Bob and Marcia discuss famous people with pseudonyms, including Ferlin Husky and Elmer Fudd.
- Bob and Marcia Smith discuss the origins of Disney characters, including Donald Duck being inspired by a milkman named Clarence Nash.
- Marcia and Bob discuss a baseball player who almost replaced Johnny Weissmuller as Tarzan.
Movies, actors, and national parks.
- Marcia and Bob discuss Michael Douglas, national parks, and Barbra Streisand’s Academy Awards wins.
- Clint Eastwood sang “I Talk to the Trees” in “Paint Your Wagon,” which Marcia and Bob both enjoyed.
- Marcia and Bob discuss classic movies, including Errol Flynn’s first American film appearance as a corpse in “The Case of the Curious Bride” (1934).
- Bob asks Marcia a sports question about the original sport of tennis, which did not use rackets in France, and Marcia responds with a question about Groucho Marx in the film “Double Dynamite” (1951).
Trivia, language, and love.
- Marcia and Bob discuss the origins of tennis and the film “The Great Dictator,” with Bob correcting Marcia’s mistakes.
- Marcia and Bob discuss love as a form of friendship that has caught fire, involving mutual understanding, loyalty, and forgiveness.
Bob Smith 0:00
What South American city was once the capital of a European country. Seven actors
Marcia Smith 0:05
portrayed James Bond as double oh seven in the movies, named those seven actors answers
Bob Smith 0:12
to those and other questions coming up in this episode of the off ramp with Bob and Marsha Smith.
Welcome to the off ramp a chance to slow down steer clear of crazy take a side road to sanity and get some perspective on life. Well, Marcia, what South American city once was the capital of a European country, not the capital of a South American country, the capital of a European country?
Marcia Smith 0:56
Well, that doesn’t make any sense. Oh, yes, it does.
Bob Smith 1:00
You need to know history.
Marcia Smith 1:01
Oh, well, I guess well, is it because England was there and or France or something and they claimed it for their own or Spain. And they said this is our country and our capital.
Bob Smith 1:14
Similar to what you’re seeing here. Brazil was once part of Portugal, the vast colonial empire of Portugal. From 1808 to 1820. Rio de Janeiro served as the capital of the kingdom of Portugal. That’s because Napoleon was conquering Europe. And he was planning to join Spain in an invasion of Portugal and divide up its land. So the monarchy moved to South America to save themselves. Yeah, save yourselves. Yeah, the Portuguese royal family moved out of Lisbon and across the Atlantic, and they were there from 1808 to 1821. And then after Napoleon was defeated, they went back. And when the Portuguese royal family left Rio de Janeiro, Brazil became independent after more than 300 years of colonial rule. Hmm, fascinating. But Rio de Janeiro is no longer the capital. So what’s the capital of Brazil today?
Marcia Smith 2:06
I don’t know. Brasilia? Or, you know,
Bob Smith 2:09
I thought of that didn’t say don’t yeah, that was a city that was formed. Okay. All right. That was 1960 when Brazil
Marcia Smith 2:15
Yeah, cuz I’ve seen that and read it. And I didn’t say it. So Rio
Bob Smith 2:19
de Janeiro was once the capital of a European empire. Okay.
Marcia Smith 2:23
All right. Thank you for that. You’re welcome. Well, I’m today all into old school pop culture trivia. All right. Okay. And I’m just gonna dazzle you with. Oh, you’re brilliant. I’m gonna let my knowledge fill the room. Okay. Okay.
Bob Smith 2:37
Well, wait a minute. I can see.
Marcia Smith 2:38
Can you name the very first James Bond movie?
Bob Smith 2:42
Was that Doctor No? Was the first one and that was 1962 or 63?
Marcia Smith 2:46
63. With who starred
Bob Smith 2:50
Sean Connery. That’s right. Or as we say, from martialed for Marvel.
Marcia Smith 2:57
That’s right. And there were seven actors total that portrayed this iconic Double Oh Seven character. Can you name the seven actors?
Bob Smith 3:05
Well, Sean Connery. Yeah, George Lazenby was one.
Marcia Smith 3:09
How did you know? That was the one I was that’s a famous one.
Bob Smith 3:12
Roger Moore was another one. Yes. Daniel Craig. Correct. And then there’s three more Right? Correct. Okay. So one of those is Pierce Brosnan did. Correct. I don’t know who the other one is.
Marcia Smith 3:24
Timothy Dalton, and David Niven. David Niven. Yes. And you 007 movie, he was the only one that did one. And his movie was called On Her Majesty’s service. But Lazenby quit even before the premiere, because he said he could get other acting roles and that the 14 page contract was too demanding on him.
Bob Smith 3:52
And we know all those other major movies he did. No, he don’t.
Marcia Smith 3:55
Well, he went on to real estate. And he did a couple little parodies nobody ever heard of, of the Bond film. And that was it for his film career. Now the latest Bond film is in theaters right now. That’s why I got in this wormhole. It’s Daniel Craig. It’s called No Time to Die. And quote, “nothing can prepare you for the epic conclusion.” Okay. Which I think I know what it is. But I won’t ruin it for our
Bob Smith 4:24
nobody would want to do that.
Marcia Smith 4:27
Afterwards. I’ll tell you what I think happens.
Bob Smith 4:29
Okay, I have a question for you on geography. Marcia. Yes. What US state has more rainbows than any other? Oh,
Marcia Smith 4:36
isn’t that a fascinating question? Mar rainbow, so you gotta have rain? Is it by no chance Hawaii?
Bob Smith 4:42
Yes, it is. As matter of fact. Yeah. Marsh I had states I was going to give you and I was going to ask you if it was Florida or California or Louisiana or Hawaii, but it is Hawaii and it’s known as the rainbow state. Is it really? Yeah. And it’s all because of the geography. It’s out there in the middle of the ocean subtropical climate mountainous topography keeps the rain clouds on one side so you get perfect viewing and another
Marcia Smith 5:05
just when we were there, it seems to me, you know, it rained a little bit and the sun was out. Oh yeah, perfect frequent
Bob Smith 5:12
rain showers and then clear skies every day. Pretty much it was. Yeah. Okay.
Marcia Smith 5:18
What famous TV star played professional baseball for the Chicago Cubs in 1951.
Bob Smith 5:26
What famous TV star played for the Chicago Cubs in 1951.
Marcia Smith 5:32
This is – he was the star of a program. I think you watched when you were a little boy.
Bob Smith 5:35
Not Gunsmoke.
Marcia Smith 5:38
No, but you’re in the right genre.
Bob Smith 5:40
Oh, so it was a cowboy. Oh, I bet. I know. It was it was cliff. Nope. Wasn’t cliff. I don’t know. Dow rifleman. That’s who I was thinking about Chuck Connor.
Marcia Smith 5:52
Chuck Connors. There we go. Yeah, he played the riflemen from 58 and 63. You watch that show didn’t check. Oh,
Bob Smith 5:59
Yeah. I even had a rifleman rifle. He had that thing. Of course, you could. You kind of cocked it with with the handle. Did you ever see that show? Yeah. Yeah. He had a big ring at the bottom of his rifle, really? And that’s how he shot the gun.
Marcia Smith 6:11
That’s how the show opened too didn’t it?
Bob Smith 6:15
Yeah, right. Okay, I have an entertainment question, but it’s a president. Okay. Okay. What US president originally intended to become a concert violinist. And he often performed music for guests in the White House.
Marcia Smith 6:28
Oh, oh, I know this. I did. No. It wasn’t Roosevelt. Was it? No, Teddy. I’m talking.
Bob Smith 6:38
Now. I didn’t know he would have conducted the orchestra.
Marcia Smith 6:41
Yeah, he would have Okay tell me,
Bob Smith 6:43
John Tyler. He considered a career as a concert violinist, but he decided to follow his father’s advice and study law. So he often played music for guests at the White House and he devoted the later years of his life to perfecting his skill at violin and fiddle. And when he was sculpted in bronze as part of a president’s memorial in South Dakota, he was depicted with his violin.
Marcia Smith 7:07
I didn’t know that at all. Thought I did, but no. Okay. You remember the TV series, Marcus Welby, MD. Yes,
Bob Smith 7:14
I do. I didn’t watch that. But I remember you didn’t. Okay. But you chose Robert Young and it was right after he did. The Father Knows Best.
Marcia Smith 7:21
That’s right. It was Robert Young. But what was the name of the young doctor who hung around with him all the time? Not his real name. Yeah, you know his real name.
Bob Smith 7:31
He’s a handsome young guy. Yeah. Isn’t he Barbra Streisand’s husband? Yeah, James Brolin? That’s correct. But I can’t remember what his and
Marcia Smith 7:40
he is also the father of Thanos. And who that is, that’s Josh Brolin. That big monster in the Avengers. Yeah, right. Right. But his name in the show was Dr. Steve Kiley.
Bob Smith 7:53
Why would I know that?
Marcia Smith 7:55
Well, if you watch the show, you know, and he was in reruns for 2000 years. I guess that’s true. No. But anyway, that’s it. James Brolin, Steve Kiley, and Thanos.
Bob Smith 8:06
Okay, here’s an interesting question for you. And it’s entertainment, but it is architecture. Okay. Okay. What great architects son gave us the Hollywood Bowl. What great architects son designed the Hollywood Bowl.
Marcia Smith 8:21
I don’t know that many architects.
Bob Smith 8:24
Ah, well, he’s a very famous one. You wouldn’t know his name where we happened to be at his house.
Marcia Smith 8:27
It’s Bill Schwartz.
Bob Smith 8:28
No, we did. Yes. We were at his house.
Marcia Smith 8:32
Okay. That was Wright. Frank Lloyd
Bob Smith 8:35
Frank Lloyd Wright and his son Lloyd Wright. designed an acoustical shell for a natural Canyon amphitheater for a 1916 Shakespearean production of Julius Caesar. And that is the amphitheater was preserved and improved upon and eventually reworked into the Hollywood Bowl, which is a very cool place. So the very first performance there was 100. And well, 105. Six years ago, I didn’t know that was his son. Yeah, his son designed it. So the first performance of the Hollywood Bowl was a theater performance of Shakespeare. May 19 1916.
Marcia Smith 9:10
Okay, well, here’s a question in my pop culture corner. Okay. In silent film. Who was the it girl? Clara Bow? That’s correct. Why was she called the it girl
Bob Smith 9:23
because it signified sex appeal. That was what they called it. They didn’t want to say sex. It was against the law. Didn’t even talk about the word.
Marcia Smith 9:32
Well, it was actually the name of the movie. Oh, no kidding it girl. Yeah, the movie was called it just it and she played the silent film version of Eleanor Glen’s novel of the same name. And it personified a woman vivacious emancipated flapper of the 1920s You know, you always know she’s the it girl, but I didn’t know the movie was called it. I didn’t either. That’s like Kleenex, she became synonymous with the title.
Bob Smith 10:05
Okay, Marsha was sent to her talking movies. What did the term movies originally apply to? It wasn’t the films.
Marcia Smith 10:14
Was it? Automobiles that moved the move? You know? The guys who move the furniture out of your house?
Bob Smith 10:22
Originally movies applied to people working in films, not to the films themselves. Oh, really? Yeah. So in the little but pretty affluent town of Hollywood, people who worked in films were called movies. Oh, he’s a movie. She’s a movie. Oh, good art and movies were looked down upon by the higher society originally in Los Angeles. They were barred from the best clubs in the best neighborhoods along with Jews and black people. Hmm, no movies here. Who do that? Oh, yeah.
Marcia Smith 10:49
Okay. In the 1967 movie, The Odd Couple Walter Matthau played Oscar Madison. Do you remember who played Felix Unger? Yes.
Bob Smith 10:59
That was Tony Randall. No, wait a minute. No,
Marcia Smith 11:02
that was TV.
Bob Smith 11:03
That’s right TV. It was famous 50s and 60s actor. He played in the apartment Jack? Jack? Yeah, no.
Marcia Smith 11:14
He’s not alive.
Bob Smith 11:18
Jack Jack Lemmon Yes. Okay. That was such a great film. I remember. Let’s watch that again. Yeah, that was a lot of fun.
Marcia Smith 11:27
But remember they they redid it again recently on TV and Matthew Perry play.
Bob Smith 11:32
It was actually pretty good. I wasn’t bad. That didn’t last long. lasted a couple of years. And that was it. Okay, Marcia, education. Where was the first school in the United States and I’ll give you four cities. Okay. Annapolis, New Haven, Philadelphia or Boston? I’ll say New Haven. New Haven, Connecticut. Not the first city. Okay, second. What? An Atlas. Yeah, Annapolis.
Marcia Smith 11:54
No. All right. You got two more Boston.
Bob Smith 11:58
That’s it. Got it. Yeah, Boston founded April 23 1635. It was the Boston Latin School. It’s still in business. It’s the oldest known school established in the United States. Originally a public secondary school for boys taught Greek, Latin and the humanities, and was primarily for college prep. It didn’t become co Ed until 1972. Oh, for
Marcia Smith 12:23
God’s sake, isn’t that amazing? 70 to one a tradition of education in that city.
Bob Smith 12:28
The school has been relocated several times. It remains open today teaching grades seven through 12 in the Fenway neighborhood near Fenway Park, and some of its most famous alumni include Samuel Adams, John Hancock, and it had a very famous dropout. Any idea who that might have been? No, Ben Franklin.
Marcia Smith 12:47
Oh, really? Yeah. Wow. What a drop off. I would like a word with Hancock’s writing teacher.
Bob Smith 12:54
Okay. Your penmanship is a little too long. Your penmanship teacher, what are you trying to do advertise for an insurance company or something a little mice? That’s what I always
Marcia Smith 13:03
hear Bob. Yeah, I’d be curious if you know this answer. Okay. The pseudonyms Simon Crum and Terry Preston. were used by what country singer
Bob Smith 13:17
Simon Crum. That was the name of a country singer at one time
Marcia Smith 13:21
pseudonym I don’t know AP probably a pen name or something. Yeah, Simon
Bob Smith 13:25
from what’s the very Preston Terry Preston Simon kraoma That sounds like a Charles Dickens character does. Know I don’t know who that would
Marcia Smith 13:38
be. Okay. I don’t even know if you know this guy, but I suspect you do. Ferlin husky? Yes.
Bob Smith 13:42
Yes. Ferlin husky. Not a great name. I think I would have stayed with Simon Crum.
Marcia Smith 13:49
He’s sang that most – the one I know is the Wings of a Dove. Yes. How does it go on the wings of us know why dub I send you my son. Are you rolling your eyes at me? No,
Bob Smith 14:00
no, I’m not rolling my eyes. He’s
Marcia Smith 14:02
been dead for about 10 years. Yeah, just so you know.
Bob Smith 14:04
Okay. Here’s a movie question which Walt Disney character got his voice from a former circus clown. Oh, now think of all the Disney cartoon characters who has a kind of a funny voice.
Marcia Smith 14:16
Oh, Elmer Fudd. That’s true. Only he’s Looney Tunes.
Bob Smith 14:20
That was Looney Tunes. That was boring.
Marcia Smith 14:22
Yeah. Okay, all right. Sorry. Sorry.
Bob Smith 14:24
This guy you’d go if he fell or something. Was
Marcia Smith 14:26
it Daffy Duck?
Bob Smith 14:28
No, he wasn’t you let me give you a clue. Or you can keep saying Warner Brothers characters which okay, this guy would go Oh,
Marcia Smith 14:36
who? Oh, yeah. Oh, the guy. Roadrunner. No. Ah, who? Oh, that guy with the hat. No,
Unknown Speaker 14:45
I’ll tell you this. Yeah, Goofy.
Marcia Smith 14:46
Oh, really?
Bob Smith 14:48
The talking dog talking. It was weird to see Goofy and Pluto in the cartoon together when one dog would stand up right and talk and the other one couldn’t. Did they both wear pants? No. Okay. They goofy. Yeah, his voice was done by Pinto Kovac, who is a former circus clown and a musician and a member of the Walt Disney gag team. So that’s an obscure little questionnaire, which Walt Disney character was inspired by a milkman who entertained children on his milk route, doing funny voices.
Marcia Smith 15:21
I don’t know. Now,
Bob Smith 15:22
this guy’s nickname was ducky. Was it?
Marcia Smith 15:25
Yeah, it wasn’t Daffy. Now that was the wrong again,
Bob Smith 15:29
again Warner Brothers. This was Donald Duck was it down he was inspired by Clarence ducky Nash, who was a Los Angeles milkman who was discovered by Walt Disney. He was a milkman who entertain children on his route doing animal animal limitations a good one of those limitations evolved into Donald Duck’s quack and made his voice known throughout the world. So he was hired to do the voice of Donald Duck and all these cartoons, but he was a milkman who entertained kids.
Marcia Smith 15:57
Named ducky who also worked on NCIS as a no, no,
Bob Smith 16:01
no, no, you’re so confused. All right. We’ll be back in just a moment. You’re listening to the off ramp with Bob and
Marcia Smith 16:06
Marcia Smith. It was a mortician, right. No, no, ducky on NCIS. No,
Bob Smith 16:11
he’s a medical examiner.
Marcia Smith 16:13
Oh, yeah. That’s a big difference. Oh, medical examiner.
Bob Smith 16:17
We’ll be back. Okay, we’re back again. Bob and Marsha Smith with the off ramp. Marcia.
Marcia Smith 16:24
It’s World Series playoff time right now, Bob. And what player not really known for his pitching pitch 29 and two thirds scoreless innings in World Series play.
Bob Smith 16:37
When was this? A while back? You can’t tell me the date way back. You can’t tell me a decade.
Marcia Smith 16:44
The 19 Eight teens. For
Bob Smith 16:47
God’s sake. How would I know? You know what this is? Really? Yeah, a baseball player from 1918. Would it be Babe Ruth?
Marcia Smith 16:55
Possibly it is who is known for
Bob Smith 16:58
hitting right, right. But I knew he was a pitcher too.
Marcia Smith 17:00
Yes. Which always amazed me that he had such ability in both areas. But that record for 29 and two thirds innings stood until 1961 When it was broken by Whitey Ford. But he did that during the World Series. So that was pretty exciting. Back in the day.
Bob Smith 17:19
That’s amazing that it lasted that long. Yeah, that too. Well, Marcia, speaking of baseball, what famous baseball player almost replaced Johnny Weissmuller as Tarzan.
Marcia Smith 17:31
A baseball player. Somebody I know. Somebody you’ve
Bob Smith 17:34
heard of. Everybody’s heard of this guy. He was a teammate of Babe Ruth.
Marcia Smith 17:38
Oh, really? Yeah. Oh, gosh. Who played with I don’t know. The
Bob Smith 17:43
man who said I’m the luckiest
Marcia Smith 17:44
man in the world. Yeah, that was something Oh, gosh. They named a disease. I know. I’m thinking what’s the disease? Isn’t that terrible? Oh my
Bob Smith 17:52
goodness. How many clues do I have to keep? I know the answer. No, it’s not Mr. Garrick. Blue. Gary. That’s gonna say it’s Fred Ulzheimer. No. Yes, Lou Gehrig. Lou Gehrig. At one time, he was considered as a replacement for Johnny Weissmuller. But the movie deal fell through Lou Gehrig did appear in at least one movie though he was in the 1937 movie rawhide. Now Rawhide later went on to inspire a TV series. But unfortunately, the film was panned by nearly all the critics of the day, but the title lived on but Lou Gehrig was could have been possibly Johnny Weissmuller, Tarzan character.
Marcia Smith 18:31
And speaking of Michael Douglas, why, you know,
Bob Smith 18:34
we talk about Michael Douglas. I’m doing
Marcia Smith 18:37
it right now. And amusing transition
Bob Smith 18:40
wasn’t. wasn’t amazing at all. Okay,
Marcia Smith 18:43
so we enjoy Michael Douglas in the Kaminski method, which ran the last couple of years, which was pretty funny, and is over now, but he was the star of what TV series The Streets of San Francisco in the 1970s was in California. The Streets of Francisco Did you ever watch that show? No. Oh, I did. I liked it. Did you? Yeah. I think it was good. Yeah. And he was hot. So I watched it for that. I see. Okay. All
Bob Smith 19:13
right. Marcia. What was the first national park in the UK? I asked you this because you’ve been there
Marcia Smith 19:20
to this park? Yeah. In the UK? Yep.
Bob Smith 19:24
Would it be our national parks all over the world not just in the United States. every major country has national parks
Marcia Smith 19:30
Sherlock Holmes goes there and his stories. He did go there Yeah,
Bob Smith 19:34
I don’t think they called it that because it only became a national park in 1950. Wow.
Marcia Smith 19:38
Okay. tells me it was the Peak District.
Bob Smith 19:42
Oh Lake District in Derbyshire. No. I did not know that. All right. Another question on parks. This is exciting and interesting. fun and enjoyable.
Marcia Smith 19:52
You’re going to amaze and amuse. Go to amazing
Bob Smith 19:54
the museum. Okay. What country has the most national parks This is kind The surprising United States now Switzerland, China, or Australia,
Marcia Smith 20:05
Australia.
Bob Smith 20:07
Yeah, it is Australia. Yeah, it’s amazing. Australia has more national parks than any other country three times as many as its closest competitor. Wow, how many total? They have 685 national parks. Good for them. Second is China with 208 followed by Thailand with 138. India has 102.
Marcia Smith 20:29B
Okay, Good day mate. Question Bob. Yes. Who is the only actress to win an Academy Award for both Best Actress and composer of the best song? Not at the same time, but Barbra Streisand. Very good. You know what? They were The Way We Were?
Bob Smith 20:46
No, that’s the song isn’t it? No.
Marcia Smith 20:48
Oh, what’s the song the song was Evergreen, which she wrote for A Star is Born okay. And she won her best actress award for one we just watched the first movie she was in Funny Girl. Yeah, yeah. And we enjoyed seeing that again. It was fun. That was fun seeing Yeah, I’d be curious to see if you get this one Robert. Okay. Clint Eastwood sang the song I talked to the trees in what movie
Bob Smith 21:13
I’m sorry but I know the tell the West was one no not at all by oh wait a minute. Wasn’t How the West Was one new new No.
Marcia Smith 21:22
What was it? Paint your wagon?
Bob Smith 21:24
Paint your wagon? Okay, that’s right.
Marcia Smith 21:26
Did you ever s.ee that? Yeah, I did you did? Well, let’s see if you get this one. The song is called It Keeps Right On A Hurtin’ who sang that?
Bob Smith 21:39
Johnny Tillotson? Very good. You did interview him? Yes. Yes. He was a very pleasant guy. Fun guy from Florida.
Marcia Smith
As a matter of fact, I had his 45s when I was a little girl.
Bob Smith
Okay, okay, send me the pillow that you dream on was another thing he did.
Marcia Smith 21:49
I’ll send you I’ll send you that.
Bob Smith
No, no, that was the name of the song.
Marcia Smith 21:49
Okay. Sounded like a threat from you.
Bob Smith 21:54
It did sound like that.
Marcia Smith 21:58
Remember the song just an old fashioned Love Song?
Bob Smith 22:01
Yes, I do. Who wrote it? I thought it was Hoyt Axton wrote that who wrote it.
Marcia Smith 22:06
Paul Williams. Oh, really? Little Paul.
Bob Smith 22:12
Sure he’d appreciate that. Small guy.
Marcia Smith 22:13
He wrote a lot of stuff.
Bob Smith 22:14
Speaking of small guys in the movies, one of the famous film actors, not a tall man, but a very virile man or women loved him. Errol Flynn is his first American movie appearance was so small. It wasn’t even a walk on part. What did he play?
Marcia Smith 22:30
Well, he did it behind the scenes. What is he just a voiceover?
Bob Smith 22:35
I’m asking you.
Marcia Smith 22:36
Was he a puppet? I’m asking you. Okay. Puppet.
Bob Smith 22:41
No, no. Errol Flynn’s first American movie appearance wasn’t even a walk on. He played a corpse. Oh, it was a rollout. Okay. It was the rollout of a corpse resting in peace in a marble slab in a 1934 film called The Case of the Curious Bride.
Marcia Smith 22:58
Really? What year was it? 34. Wow,
Bob Smith 23:01
We got a lot of classic movie questions. Today.
Marcia Smith 23:03
We do music, songs TV. It’s all here on Marcia’s pop culture.
Bob Smith 23:09
What are you starting your own podcast now?
Marcia Smith 23:11
God, it’s coming up next week. Marcia Smith is okay,
Bob Smith 23:17
Here’s a question for you. There was a film I don’t know if you ever heard this film called Double Dynamite. It had nothing to do with explosives. But the title did advertise something in the movie. Double dynamite. What did it advertise? What year 1951 Double dynamite Martian but it did advertise. Why did it well, dynamite. No, no advertise Jane Russell.
Marcia Smith 23:43
What’s the double stand for
Bob Smith 23:46
The film had nothing to do with dynamite it started Russell and Frank Sinatra and Groucho Marx should have have been interesting to see a threesome.
Marcia Smith 23:53
I’d like to look that one up on Netflix.
Bob Smith 23:57
And Howard Hawks gave the film The title because he thought it was a clever way to refer to miss Russell’s chest.
Marcia Smith 24:03
Wow. It’s so sad.
Bob Smith 24:06
I can’t imagine the interactions of those three actors.
Marcia Smith 24:08
That’s quite a cast. What did Groucho Marx get the girl in this your bachelor?
Bob Smith 24:13
I know I’m sure he didn’t. Okay, Marcia, this is a sports question. Listen carefully to this okay. Always pop the original sport of tennis didn’t use rackets what did it you really? Yeah. Now this is in France Okay. Hmm. Where they sticks boards cups or hand sticks.
Marcia Smith 24:32
Sticks boards actually they were like you know the paddle board is
Bob Smith 24:37
it sticks or boards Marsh? Boards wrong? Is it sticks Marcia?
Marcia Smith 24:43
It Stick wrong?
Bob Smith 24:46
No, originally it was called you de pomme ah ju de pomme Pau me pa meaning the palm of your hand. Oh, yeah, it began with the simplest racket imaginable the human hand and this was an old game originally did eloped in the 11th or 12th centuries eventually adopted rackets and the name Judah poem or game of the palm stuck around a long time. So it’s a handy reference for remembering where the game came from. I like handball. Yeah.
Marcia Smith 25:13
Well, I had no idea. You Charlie Chaplin. Okay, one of your faves. My all time favorites. Yes. What was the name of Charlie Chaplin’s movie where his voice was first heard?
Bob Smith 25:25
Okay, that was The Great Dictator that was a spoof of Adolf Hitler. Very famous film that is, but it’s wrong.
Marcia Smith 25:30
But yes, it is. You know, the movie Modern Times. 1936. You were there? Yeah. No, I wasn’t there. But it was a film written and directed by Chaplin. And it was called by one critic, another hilarious rowdy success. And actually, it is a silent film. This is his last gig as a little tramp, but he plays a waiter and he sings a song in mock Italian gibberish.
Bob Smith 26:00
Oh, no, kidding, and that’s the first time Okay, so the first time his voice was heard. Yeah, I love losing on a technicality.
Marcia Smith 26:05
Yeah. I like getting you to lose on a technicality.
Bob Smith 26:10
Okay. All right. I’ll accept it.
Marcia Smith 26:11
Okay, want me to wrap it up with a quote? Sounds good. Okay. By advice columnist and Landers. Oh, the famous and Landers. late, great. You always do that voice English and language like that. That’s right. This is a quote on love. And I like it. She says love is friendship that has caught fire. It is quiet understanding mutual confidence sharing and forgiving. It is loyalty through good times and bad friendship that’s caught fire.
Bob Smith 26:41
That is a great phrase right there that alone.
Marcia Smith 26:45
I was gonna leave it at that. But then I got all weepy over the rest.
Bob Smith 26:50
Well, that’s really good. Good job there. Good job. All right. We’d like to invite you to send us any questions you have and you want us to, to spark a friendship. If you want us to pose a question for one or the other, you can send them to us by going to our website, the off ramp dot show, scroll down to contact us and leave us your question the answer the source and where you’re from. All right. Well, that’s it for today. I’m Bob Smith. And I’m Marcia. Join us again next time when we return with more trivia on the off ramp.
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