My Four Favorite Filmmakers
Verge of the Dude
Hey Dude, I answer your question about my four favorite filmmakers by listing their four best films. I also include plenty of tangents and a short list of honorable mentions.
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Lost Chain Link Channel
Verge of the Dude
Hey Dude, I was on my daily walk "feelin' groovy" while thinking about the poetic writings of Joan Baez, Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen, when all of a sudden I narrowly escaped a random act of violence.
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The King of Summer Tours
Verge of the Dude
Hey Dude, on Bob Dylan's 80th birthday I listened to the Petros and Money Show and was reminded about the time I met Bruce Dern and gave him a bag of handmade keychains.
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Don Crackpot
Verge of the Dude
Hey Dude, while listening to a lot of mystery and conspiracy style podcasts, I've uncovered a host who has never seen the Godfather Part II.
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Bittersweet Sixteen
Verge of the Dude
Hey Dude, on my 16th anniversary of podcasting I remember my long lost buddy Joe and his tragic passing. I also trip on the brutal Allen v Farrow documentary.
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Stage Time 1988
Verge of the Dude
Hey Dude, while working with my cousin on our future podcast, I was reminded of the time I did stand-up comedy at a family party.
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Archie Bunker and the Magic of Art
Verge of the Dude
Hey Dude, I trip on the mystical magic of the artist with a little help from Carroll O'Connor and Dick Cavett.
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The Lonesome Podcaster (Original Scroll)
Verge of the Dude
Hey Dude, I riff and ramble about taking a second crack at the "podcast novel" using a new program that might really tie the room together.
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Cassavetes on Columbo
Verge of the Dude
Hey Dude, I express my deep love for the TV show Columbo after watching "pioneer of American cinema" John Cassavetes guest star alongside his friend and collaborator Peter Falk.
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A Shaggy Passage to India
Verge of the Dude
Hey Dude, I ramble about my "fans" in Pakistan back in the year 2000 and my excitement about my new surge of listeners in India.
info_outlineHey Dude, I trip on the mystical magic of the artist with a little help from Carroll O'Connor and Dick Cavett.
QUOTE: "Are you an artist or craftsman?" - Eric Gorges
ARTISTS/PEOPLE: Orson Welles, Ernest Hemingway, Mark Twain, S.J. Perelman, David Letterman, Chevy Chase, Dick Cavett, Carroll O'Connor, Jerry Seinfeld, Mary Tyler Moore, Archie Bunker, Bob Dylan, Abram Zimmerman, The Dude, Eric Gorges, Carol Burnett, Burt Reynolds
PLACES: Hollywood Bowl
TV/MOVIES: Saturday Night LIve, Dick Cavett Show, Decades, All in the Family, Seinfeld, Mary Tyler Moore Show, Bob Newhart Show, Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, A Craftsman's Legacy, Deliverance
THINGS: artist, art, Facebook, podcasting, scales, L.A. Philharmonic, mystical, peak experience, solo podcasting,
SOUNDS: birds, footsteps, gravel path, Laguna Sawdust Cowbell Chimes, helicopter, airplane, canteen
GENRE: storytelling, personal narrative, personal journal
PHOTO: "Carroll and Dick" shot on my "new" iPhone6
RECORDED: December 19, 2020 in the "Southwest Garden" under the flight path of the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, California
GEAR: Sony ICD PX370 digital voice recorder and Sony ECM CS3 "tie-clip" microphone.
HYPE: "It's a beatnik kinda literary thing in a podcast cloak of darkness." Timothy Kimo Brien (cohost on Podwrecked and host of Create Art Podcast)
DISCLAIMER/WARNING: Proudly presented rough, raw and ragged. Seasoned with salty language and ideas. Not for most people's taste. Please be advised.