Show 877: Flushable Dock Leaves are NOT the Answer

About this episode

Neal O'Carroll humorously explores various topics including movies, societal norms, and personal anecdotes while imposing a temporary ban on dog anatomy discussions.

Neal imposes a temporary self ban on dog anatomy talk, tracks TV’s most misleading puppet housing depiction, considers the downside of commercial breaks on baby monitors, asks if the uncultured can enjoy the movie Whiplash (2014), changes your mind about prison exercise yards, warns of the mortal risks of foot washing, gives you an new appreciation of empty stairwells, recalls the snobbery surrounding Edward Scissorhands (1990), explains why grown-ups should not watch movies, wonders about a Willy Wonka elevator sequel, discovers the true purpose of rubber ducks, sets out the pitfalls of trying to live in a wheelie bin, reveals the missed glaringly obvious choice to replace Kevin Spacey in House of Cards and looks at flushable dock leaf inequity, posthumous prison options, back yard naivety, the phrase Murder Death Kill, delivering the meaning of life on a plate, Being John Malkovich (1999), KPAX (2001), the shows Bosco (RTE) and The Young Pope and more. VISIT IntoYourHead.ie for everything and more. IN THE FAR FUTURE? Feeds broken? Site dilapidated? Everyone dead? No problem! Find hundreds of Into Your Head shows and Matchstick Cats comics on Archive dot org. LICENSE…

People in this episode

Host: Neal O'Carroll

Topics covered

• dog anatomy
• commercial breaks
• movie discussions
• prison exercise
• pop culture
• misleading depictions
• life lessons

Keywords

• flushable dock leaves
• commercial breaks
• Whiplash
• Edward Scissorhands
• prison exercise yards
• rubber ducks
• Murder Death Kill

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Into Your Head

Books & works: Whiplash, Edward Scissorhands, Being John Malkovich, KPAX, House of Cards, The Young Pope

Places: Archive

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