Talking Futurama - Bendin' in the Wind with Nina Matsumoto

If I may add a small bit to the Alice Cooper corner, "Feed My Frankenstein" is actually written by a gentleman named Zodiac Mindwarp (real name Mark Manning) and was released on Zodiac Mindwarp and the Love Reaction's 1991 album Hoodlum Thunder. It's a little muddy as to how the song ended up on Alice's Hey Stoopid album 7 months later—Alice heard the song and loved it, Zodiac wrote it for Alice, etc.—but Alice used the time tested "change a word, get a third" tactic to get himself a writing credit, changing the line "alive and kickin' with no chaperone" to "alive and lickin, I'm your ice cream cone" I only bring this up because Alice Cooper—both as a solo artist and in the Alice Cooper Group—has made some tremendous albums and he is my Beck.

Jay Gironimi

The Ramones song "The KKK Took My Baby Away" is about Joey's then girlfriend cheating on him with Johnny.

T

I've always been a casual Beck fan, but this episode gave me a greater appreciation for sure. Thanks for the Beckstory, lesson, Nina! Now I know what my weekend music is going to be.

Kat Heagberg

I've been listening to Talking Simpsons for years, but I finally joined the Patreon to hear this one. I understand everyone's lukewarm reviews of the episode, but it's one of my favourites anyway. Something about the music, the road trip, the montages, really make this one feel separate and special. I've had those two Beck songs on my playlists for years because of this episode and they always make me smile. Thanks for all your insights!

Stephen Cass

I remember liking this episode fine, but haven't rewatched it in quite a while. I wasn't into Beck, so most of that stuff was lost on me. I was, however, a big Simon & Garfunkel fan, so the Cylon & Garfunkel joke really got me. Cylon's monotone, metallic singing voice is just a fantastic way to send up artists known for their tight harmonies.

Jonathon

Here's a clip of Beck explaining what "Odelay" means to Letterman, which has the energy of a guy talking to his daughter's date while she gets ready https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGptQwcHyAI

nina matsumoto

Odelay is a great anglicization of órale. In American English, we use the rhotic /r/, as in red, ribbon, rack, which is a postalveolar approximate (i.e. a sound you make when the tip of your tongue approaches the alveolar ridge in your mouth). In Spanish, the [ɾ] between vowels is an alveolar tap (i.e. a sound you make when the tip of your tongue actually makes contact with/taps the alveolar ridge). It's very similar to the way you pronounce the American English /d/ in words like ladder, widow, shadow. All that to say, Beck's anglicization of "Odelay" definitely suggests he grew up around a lot of Spanish speakers. And to anyone learning Spanish, try using that d in "ladder" sound when you see an r between vowels (cara, pero, tiro) — using a rhotic r when speaking Spanish is a dead giveaway that you're a gring@. I learned the hard way after a bunch of Costa Rican schoolchildren mocked my accent in the English class I was teaching. On a separate note, I love Patchcord Adams in this episode. I saw Patch Adams in theaters when I was 6 and even back then I felt like it was pretty sappy. But my cousin who saw it with us (9 at the time) was so moved that when the credits started rolling, she gave a standing ovation while tears streamed down her face. My sister and I make fun of her for it to this day.

'Intrepid' Girl 'Reporter'

Can you please have Nina Matsumoto on every Talking Futurama. Nah, I’m just kiddin’. You guys are alright. I really loved how much punching up there was in this one. With all that free time the three of you have you should totally rewrite a fan fiction version of this episode and finally give Beck the respect he so truly deserves. Unless you don’t want to Mixed Bizness with pleasure?

Pete Johns

Of course i listen to this podcast, where Henry says to look at Reese Witherspoon’s twitter, the day this woman hops on the NFT train

Matt Martin

Somehow in my 28 years alive I've managed to avoid listening or at least acknowledging Beck music until this podcast. I know Nina said she didn't really like this Futurama episode but I'm really glad she came on cause I wouldn't had learned all this cool history about Beck nor would I had actually listened to some of his songs without her expert knowledge. His music's great! I'm still exploring some of his earlier work but I at least know what some of his songs are and I think that's a good start.

Here's a boring explanation of XOR! it means exclusive or. Basically if you say A or B in normal language it's ambiguous whether you mean only one of them can be true or whether both can be true. So A OR B means it can be A can be true, B can be true or both can be true A XOR B means only be A or B can be true but not both It's used in programming and formal logic math stuff

Never was a huge Beck fan but I never minded this episode…until today. Really is latter day-Simpsons celebrity ass kissing which is kind of surprising for Futurama. My favourite subtle joke of the episode which may not even be a joke and just me reading too much into it is Bender giving Beck the side-eye during the broken robot song every time Beck does backup singing.

Lockerus

Had to stop this podcast like 4 times to listen to various Beck albums I missed 😂

Camille Walters