The Stephen Spurling Podcast Show Program
By Stephen Spurling
"THREE THINGS MUST DIE!" Free-flowing monologues and unfettered conversations lead to Stephen Spurling condemning three things.
The Stephen Spurling Podcast Show ProgramMay 08, 2021
The Grime of the Century | 3 THINGS MUST DIE!
3 Things Must Die! S01E046
Stephen looks into what Twitter wants us to know and finds some useful information.
Beneath Joe Biden’s Folksy Demeanor, a Short Fuse and an Obsession With Details
https://archive.ph/wip/I5QE9
How a Genetic Trait in Black People Can Give the Police Cover
https://archive.ph/wip/YiyXz
Baseballers and a Talk Show Host Asymptomatically Cough, Greenwald Knocks Down Liz Cheney's 'If' and Taibbi Nixes Apologizing to the Woke | 3 THINGS MUST DIE!
3 Things Must Die! S01E045
Stephen finds out what Twitter wants us to know about "breakout" infections, then looks into Greenwald vs. Liz Cheney and Taibbi vs. apologizing to the Woke.
Liz Cheney Lied About Her Role in Spreading the Discredited CIA "Russian Bounty" Story | Glenn Greenwald
https://greenwald.substack.com/p/liz-cheney-lied-about-her-role-in
On the Hypocrites at Apple Who Fired Antonio Garcia-Martinez
https://taibbi.substack.com/p/on-the-hypocrites-at-apple-who-canceled
Republicans vs. Liz Cheney, Greenwald vs. AOC, 19th Century Fictional Preacher vs. Nude Sculpture | 3 THINGS MUST DIE!
3 Things Must Die! S01E044
Stephen reads the first chapter of "A Modern Hercules" by Melvin G. Winstock, looks into what Twitter wants us to know about Liz Cheney, and dives into Glenn Greenwald's attack on AOC.
"A Modern Hercules" by Melvin G. Winstock | Gutenberg.org
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/65318
AOC's Attack on Yang's Meaningless Israel Statement Shows Her Role: Protect Dem Leaders | Substack.com
https://greenwald.substack.com/p/aocs-attack-on-yangs-meaningless
Stop Looking Like Leonardo DiCaprio, Leonardo DiCaprio! | 3 THINGS MUST DIE!
3 Things Must Die S01E43
Stephen reads Glenn Greenwald, John McWhorter, and finds out what Twitter wants us to know about Israel, Palestine, Leonardo DiCaprio, Car Talk, and more.
Antony Blinken Continues to Lecture the World on Values His Administration Aggressively Violates | Glenn Greenwald
https://greenwald.substack.com/p/antony-blinken-continues-to-lecture
CAN WE PLEASE DITCH THE TERM "SYSTEMIC RACISM"?
https://johnmcwhorter.substack.com/p/can-we-please-ditch-the-term-systemic
Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959) | 3 THINGS MUST DIE!
3 Things Must Die S01E042
Billy Bennett climbs back aboard the podcast to talk about fiery paper plates, zombie vampires, shower curtains on airplanes, and more.
The Three Things
1. Confusing one of the Four Horsemen of the Anti-Apocalypse with a Disney expert.
2. Hiring a vampire to play a zombie.
3. Fake Shemping Bela Lugosi.
Duh, Here's a Riddle. What Has Only One Horn, Is White and Gives Milk? | 3 THINGS MUST DIE!
3 Things Must Die! S01E041
Stephen concerns himself with a man who steps on plastic barrettes to save a man with ravioli in his navel, a cartoon walrus who writes for People magazine, and more.
The Three Things
1. Quips from physicists
2. Quips from Tennessee Tuxedo's walrus friend, Chumley. His riddles were dumb.
3. The Big Bad Boom. (I'm afraid of anything you're not afraid of, Paul Krugman. And you, too, Virginia Woolf.)
My Substack
https://stephenspurling.substack.com/
Science Advances One Funeral at a Time
Naval Ravikant
https://nav.al/advances
Michelle Obama Says She Worries About the Racism Sasha and Malia May Face
Virginia Chamlee | People Magazine
https://archive.ph/akjYr
Racket of the Week: The $2 Billion Deli
Matt Taibbi | substack.com
https://taibbi.substack.com/p/racket-of-the-week-the-2-billion-7a2
https://archive.ph/wip/kayj3
Spockian Werewolves Playing Golfball (One of the Better Sportsball Games!) at Space Camp | 3 THINGS MUST DIE!
3 Things Must Die S01E40
Stephen shivers at the idea of werewolf linguists, as he cites a 1986 robot movie to justify using a naughty word.
My Substack
https://stephenspurling.substack.com/
The Three Things
1. The phrase "par for the course." It always makes me think of my favorite sport, golfball, and it always distracts me.
2. Lists of funny names. W.C. Fields, you should be ashamed!
3. Language experts becoming werewolves.
Corporate News Outlets Again "Confirm" the Same False Story, While Many Refuse to Correct it
Glenn Greenwald, substack.com
https://archive.ph/Wl6ZB
Inside the all-hands meeting that led to a third of Basecamp employees quitting
Casey Newton, The Verge
https://archive.ph/wip/3EowB
Alternative Selves
toonstack.substack.com
https://archive.ph/xcPiI
Interview: Noam Chomsky
Matt Taibbi, substack.com
https://archive.ph/wip/562VV
WikiLeaks Video: 'Collateral Murder' in Iraq | Al Jazeera English (YouTube Channel)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYTxuW2vmzk
Movie Connections
We, the Animals - Squeak (1941). Stephen plays part of the "Nyah! Nyah!" song.
Short Circuit (1986). Stephen notes the children's movie has a naughty word in it, one that he also used on the podcast.
Alice in Wonderland (1933). Stephen plays the "Falling Down the Rabbit Hole" music.
SpaceCamp (1986). Stephen confuses BaseCamp, a software company, with this movie.
Star Trek (1966-1969). Stephen reads an article by Matt Taibbi, who describes Noam Chomsky as "Spockian."
Youth! Are You Trapped in Grandpa's Double-Breasted Suit? Can You Reach Your Cell Phone to Call for Help? | 3 THINGS MUST DIE!
3 Things Must Die! S01E039
Stephen dives into an immersive sea of tattooed Disney World employees, missing Netflix subscriptions and grandma's captivating khakis.
The Three Things:
1. Youth trapped in the clothing of the elderly.
2. Parading all kinds of excuses. What kind of parade is that?
3. Drowning in an immersive sea of Disney paraphernalia.
I love Disney World, but wokeness is ruining the experience
What Wall Street Doesn't Want To Say About Netflix Guidance For Subscriber Growth - CD Media
Grandpa Style: Why 20-Somethings Are Dressing Like Senior Citizens - WSJ.com
Fill My Hat with Coffee and Nude Country Singers! | 3 THINGS MUST DIE!
3 Things Must Die! S01E038
Stephen goes deep on Entertainment Weekly covers, full hats and caffeinated counties.
THE THREE THINGS:
1. Clothed Dixie Chicks.
2. Filling one's hat with pharmaceuticals.
3. The idea that coffee causes Asperger's.
Why Media Companies Have to Lie About "Cancel Culture" - Michael Tracey
How to Make Jim Carrey Cry | 3 THINGS MUST DIE!
3 Things Must Die S01E037
Blues Musician Extraordinary, Ken Hurley, and Blue Musician Extraordinary Girlfriend Extraordinary, Kristie, has moved into a new place, but Ken still has time to talk about religion, politics, and the 1994 Little Rascals movie.
French-Canadian Pronunciations; Bathing Bikini Suits; Kirstie Alley as Gloria Steinem; Jane Fonda Kisses James Franciscus | 3 THINGS MUST DIE!
3 THINGS MUST DIE! S01E036
Stephen imagines himself wearing an unfiltered leaking bikini bathing suit, or does he?
Mr. Bug Goes to Town (1941) | THIS MOVIE MUST DIE!
This Movie Must Die! S01E012
Decades before Pixar took the magnifying glass to the micro-world, Max Fleischer and company imagined a grasshopper falling in love with a bee; and now Stephen and his crew use their own micro-brains to judge Fleischer's macro-effort.
2042; Cat Licks Skillet; Greenwald on Sicknick; Veritas and Slapsticking Charlie Chester; Tom Woods on Communism; Matt Taibbi on Bonenberger | 3 THINGS MUST DIE!
3 Things Must Die! S01E035
Stephen is thrilled to read about Charlie Chester and Adrian Bonenberger because ~ what great names, right? Meanwhile, Stephen's cat licks a clean iron skillet.
Amazon | The Singularity Is Near by Ray Kurzweil
Substack | Glenn Greenwald on Brian Sicknick
YouTube | Tom Woods and Michael Malice on Communism
Substack | Matt Taibbi on Afghanistan Veteran Adrian Bonenberger
Alice in Wonderland (1933) THIS MOVIE MUST DIE!
Mikey (as played by Josh and Erin) hates everything, even Life cereal. (It's 2021 now, and we have Oreo O's.) But will Mikey hate ALICE IN WONDERLAND (1933)? After all, the Josh half of Mikey has read the books and both halves have seen and loved the Disney version. Will the fascinating weirdness of the 1933 movie win Mikey over, or will Cary Grant's blubbering as the Mock Turtle have the fickle brat flipping over the breakfast table?
This Crummy Is Unacceptable | 3 THINGS MUST DIE!
Stephen talks about Lynne Patton, Noah Bookbinder, Park Cannon, bad cars, a rare comic book, and more.
A Bad Penny Always Turns Up Because All Pennies Are Bad | 3 THINGS MUST DIE!
Stephen dreams of a naked turtle and a penniless America.
May Journalism Go the Way of Paper Routes | 3 THINGS MUST DIE!
Paper routes were bad, journalism is worse.
Which Is Better? Coffee or a Great Life Hack? They're About the Same, Right? | 3 THINGS MUST DIE!
Here's a great clip from episode 1334 of COFFEE WITH SCOTT ADAMS, followed by a surprising event.
https://www.scottadamssays.com/2021/04/04/episode-1334-scott-adams-ill-change-some-of-your-lives-for-the-better-today-come-have-coffee-and-talk-about-the-news/
The Keyword Is Chef | 3 THINGS MUST DIE!
Billy and Matthew join Stephen to discuss movies and TV shows that have one or more chefs in them.
Crapping the Case | 3 THINGS MUST DIE!
3 THINGS MUST DIE! E01S029
Stephen discusses Matt Taibbi 's review of Mighty Ira (2020) ; shave gel; Tim Pool on Delta Airlines paying for wokeness; and more.
The Fatbergs | 3 THINGS MUST DIE!
Stephen discusses: fatbergs; the overrating of crickets; the extortion of a U.S. rep; and more. Later, a musician, a chef and a Disney expert walk into a bong
ASMR Henny Youngman | BONUS!
Want to get some deep, relaxing sleep? Sleep that could last forever? Listen to my bonus episode of 3 Things Must Die!
3 Things Must Die! S01E028 (Part 2) (Bonus!)
Tin Ferris Wheel, Bal-Itchy Shriek-Fasten, Doormat Tie-a-Bee | 3 THINGS MUST DIE!
A deathbed joke about an allegedly boring number leads Stephen to feelings of inadequacy
The Pope, the Mule, and Satan | 3 THINGS MUST DIE!
3 Things Must Die! S01E026
Stephen uses Francis the Talking Mule to remember the Pope. Marlee stops by to review a musical horror story featuring feminist cannibals.
Subjects include: the Suez Canal, Meghan Markle, Prince Harry, Oprah Winfrey, Piers Morgan, Sharon Osbourne, AOL, the Associated Press, Reuters, Pope Francis, Francis the Talking Mule, Palm Sunday, Bowen Yang, Colin Jost, "Saturday Night Live," Eric Blore, "Two in the Dark" (1936), "Good Morning Britain," "The Talk," Satan the Devil, Egypt, Brandon Straka, GoFundMe, Cash App, "The Muse" (1999), John Simon, Sharon Stone, George Floyd, Mars, Zack Snyder, Joss Whedon, Cecilia Condit, Katharine Hepburn, Audrey Hepburn, TikTok, "Possibly in Michigan' (1983), "Toy Story" (1995), "A Bug's LIfe" (1998), and more.
Styxhexenhammer666 Says the United States No Longer Has a Free Press? | 3 THINGS MUST DIE!
Stephen Cathy-Newmans all over the argument of Styxhexenhammer666.
This Is Not About Harvey Weinstein's Bloodied Genitals | 3 THINGS MUST DIE!
3 Things Must Die! S01E024
Sharon Osbourne leaves some show or other. Bill Gates tries to dim the sun. Beverly Cleary and Larry McMurtry die because scientists are lazy. And more!
I Didn't Say Spider-Man Sucks Bad, I Said He Licks Bad | 3 THINGS MUST DIE!
Three Things Must Die S01E023
Sharon Stone slams cancel culture. Chrissy Teigen leaves Twitter. Seth Meyer bans words. Nike and H&M face backlash in China.
ANNOYING OUTTAKE! This Movie Must Die! She Done Him Wrong (1933)
In which:
* Erin improvises an annoying song based on the annoying pet name Marlene (Nicolle Andre) gives Sgt. Gatling (Edgar Kennedy) in HILLBILLY BLITZKRIEG (1942).
* Josh annoyingly imitates Mae West using this annoying pet name herself.
* Stephen, annoyingly, nearly coughs himself to death.
She Done Him Wrong (1933) | THIS MOVIE MUST DIE!
This Movie Must Die! S01E010
Stephen plunges to the depths of despair when he learns his co-hosts' true feelings about Mae West.
Ligers, and a Ghost Barbara Billingsley, and Australopithecuses, Oh My! | 3 THINGS MUST DIE!
Stephen talks about Ghost Barbara Billingsley's role in Ellen DeGeneres' declining ratings and the 13-year-old girl spawned from two different human species.
Don't Quit Your Day Job, Coca-Cola | 3 THINGS MUST DIE!
THREE THINGS MUST DIE!
Stephen looks at forgotten old celebs that everyone remembers, TV doctors who slap JEOPARDY! fans in the face, and a soft drink that goes hard on mosquitoes and paint jobs.
Wherever You Are, You're Seized | 3 THINGS MUST DIE!
Stephen talks about a giraffe that wears a bowtie, but is not a gorilla.
Why Can't Biden Staffers Smoke Pot? | 3 THINGS MUST DIE!
Billy, Ken, and brand-new guest Kristie, join Stephen to discuss Biden and pot, liberation from covid, spring break, Buddy Hackett, and more.
Is Fantasy Horse at It Again? | 3 THINGS MUST DIE!
Sabotage hits Stephen's mic yet again, and Fantasy Horse is the prime suspect. Billy Bennett joins to discuss Chinese food, British swear words, and the comics section in the Indianapolis Star.
Is Subway Sandwich Shop Tuna Real Tuna? | 3 THINGS MUST DIE!
Billy Bennett joins Stephen to discuss the perils of ripped jeans, Subway Sandwich Shop tuna, Nostradamus or whoever that is on 4chan, misgendering in Canada, tweeting while teen-aged, and more.
3 Things Must Die! S01E017
Sharon Osbourne, Sheryl Underwood, Arch Oboler, Claude Rains, Tommy Cook; Nude Arsonist Burns Potato Chip Rack at Anaheim Subway Restaurant | 3 THINGS MUST DIE!
3 Things Must Die! S01E016
Stephen looks at the racism of Sharon Osbourne's tears, the hotness of the naked arsonist who burned a potato chip rack at an Anaheim Subway restaurant, and the sudden return of onetime child actor Tommy Cook.
Nabonga (1944) | THIS MOVIE MUST DIE!
This Movie Must Die! S01E009
It's time for Crabbe vs. Crocodile when the trio reviews the 1944 jungle picture featuring Ice Ice Gorilla, the Pantene Witch, and Fifi Marie the French-Canadian hooker.
Atrocious Writing in Esquire? Dude Looks Like a Lady and Sounds Like Yanni or Laurel? Honoring Male Joker but Ignoring Female Joker? | 3 THINGS MUST DIE!
3 Things Must Die! S01E015
Stephen struggles his way through the bad writing in a once-popular magazine. Later, Ken joins Stephen to discuss the wonders of those illegal things that naughty persons will sometimes illegally and naughtily ingest.
SPECIAL CLIP! My Pre-Prepared Apology (Written by Someone Who Has Given Anyone and Everyone Permission to Copy and Paste It)
Please enjoy this clip from 3 THINGS MUST DIE! S01E014 "My Public Apology? Skyline Chili? E! and Cardi B?"
My Public Apology? Skyline Chili? E! and Cardi B? | 3 THINGS MUST DIE!
3 Things Must Die! S01014
Stephen enjoys the sensual pleasures of the two-holed second letter of the alphabet, while Ken Hurley bemoans the closing of his local Skyline Chili.
All Cracked Jokes by Queens, Planet Shut-Up Women, Technicolor Worlds of Dangerous Whimsy | 3 THINGS MUST DIE!
3 Things Must Die! S01E013
Old guest Billy Bennett and new guest Matthew Bennett discuss the wonderful world of Oz and the equally (some say NOT equally) wonderful world of Disney. Plus: Queen Elizabeth II and Woody Allen.
The Terror of Tiny Town (1938) | THIS MOVIE MUST DIE!
This Movie Must Die! S01E008
It's a western! It's a musical! Josh and Erin hate both, and the novel twist helps nothing, as we learn when they review the 1938 anti-classic with an unusual cast.
Ineptees, Naming Your Baby the Duchess of Sussex, the Laughter of Cameramen | 3 THINGS MUST DIE!
3 Things Must Die! S01E012
Stephen talks to Ken Hurley and the fabulous Marlee Rebecca (aka Marlee Hepburn) about holographic audiences, the on-set improvisations of Robin Williams, and the new age restriction for bars in Florida.
Minnie the Moocher (1932) THIS MOVIE MUST DIE! (With Special Guest, Ian Graham)
This Movie Must Die! S01E007
Ian Graham from the CULT CONNECTIONS podcast joins Stephen to discuss MINNIE THE MOOCHER (1932), the strange and fascinating Betty Boop cartoon that is sure to bring nightmares to children everywhere. Will Ian kill off the movie Stephen and his guests have already saved in an earlier podcast? Find out!
Un-mummified Animals, Fun-Sized Vermin, Any Obstacle to Kitty Power | 3 THINGS MUST DIE!
3 Things Must Die! S01E011
June from the MURDERS, MYSTERIES AND MEOWS podcast joins Stephen to speculate on the motivations of a cat stuck in a Boeing 737. Later, Jaron (aka Mr. Dabbler) talks health care in a way even Stephen can understand. ("Even Stephen." Haha!)
Bigotry in Babies, Calling Engagement Rings 'Sparklers,' the Deaths of Cassette Tape Inventors | 3 THINGS MUST DIE!
3 Things Must Die! S01E010
Stephen confuses the bigotry against babies with the bigotry of babies and decries that scientists have not reversed aging in time to save the inventor of cassette tapes and CDs.
Glue on Neanderthals, Oppression of Meg-Han, Kicking a Dog Out of the White House | 3 THINGS MUST DIE!
3 Things Must Die! S01E009
Ken Hurley, who may or may not be a jazz opera singer, talks with Stephen about whether it was an evil conspiracy or gross incompetence killed off Jeffrey Epstein.
The Decapitation of Sea Slugs, Cats in Planes, Henry Winkler's 1993 Directorial Effort | 3 THINGS MUST DIE!
3 Things Must Die! S01E008
Billy Bennett and Ken Hurley join Stephen to talk about the cancerous cancel culture, that superhero TV series about old sitcoms, the vegetarian diet of that Viking horns guy at the Capitol, and more.
Baby Tattoos, Exorcists Who Cancel Horror Movies, Forgetting to Make Sure My Mic Is On | 3 THINGS MUST DIE!
3 Things Must Die! S01E007
Stephen distracts himself from his microphone-related woes by talking to Ken Hurley about two longtime friends who discover they are sisters, an exorcist who wants to cancel horror movies, and more.
Minnie the Moocher (1932) SPECIAL SHORTS EDITION! | THIS MOVIE MUST DIE!
This Movie Must Die! S01E006
In this special shorts edition, Stephen and his three guests - Melissa Bee, Marlee Rebecca and Emily Spurling - review the surreal Betty Boop short, MINNIE THE MOOCHER (1932), featuring a German father whose head becomes a phonograph, a boyfriend named Bimbo, and a ghost walrus with the voice and moves of Cab Calloway.