About this episode

The episode discusses the lives and careers of the Sherman Brothers, highlighting their contributions to Disney music and the personal struggles they faced.

In this episode, after way too many delays, the randomizer kicks off this year's Patreon Request Month by going all the way back to 2009 to pick E.J. Riley's request for a documentary about two legendary brothers who became Walt Disney's personal staff songwriters in the 1960s. Over the course of their illustrious decades-spanning careers, they composed such all-time classic beloved evergreen masterpieces as "Fidelity Feduciary Bank," "Let's Put It Over with Grover," "The Boomps Song" and of course "Detroit." But beneath those hummable earworms, all was not well for Richard and Robert, for theirs is a story that involves bitter personality clashes, familial estrangement, post-traumatic stress disorder and songs with titles like "Rutabega Rag," "The Ugly Bug Ball," "A Most Befuddling Thing," "Va-Va-Va-Veee (For Victory)," "Don't Shoot the Hooey to Me, Louie," "Protocoligorically Correct," "The BunnyBee Song," "Dolly Of PaPali," "Kiddy-Widdy-Winkies" and yes those song titles are all real. Join Tony Goldmark, Sydney Agnew, Ryan Hipp and Veronika Vexed as they hang with THE BOYS: THE SHERMAN BROTHERS' STORY! Watch Some Jerk With A Camera's three-part It's A Small World Holiday video…

People in this episode

Host: Tony Goldmark

Guests: Sydney Agnew, Ryan Hipp, Veronika Vexed

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story, Fidelity Feduciary Bank, Let's Put It Over with Grover, The Boomps Song, Detroit, Rutabega Rag, The Ugly Bug Ball, A Most Befuddling Thing, Va-Va-Va-Veee (For Victory), Don't Shoot the Hooey to Me, Louie

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