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Under the Influence with Terry O'Reilly

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Advertising, Marketing, Pop Culture, Business, Terry O'reilly, Cbc, Society & Culture, Under The Influence

4.8 • 627 Ratings

🗓️ 25 October 2025

⏱️ 29 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

Another favourite from our Season 12 Archives.

This week it’s our annual Bookmarks episode.

I read a lot of books to research Under The Influence. But every season, there isn’t enough room to include all the great stories I find.

So this episode is dedicated to those stories that didn’t fit into our regular episodes. But are so good, they are worth telling.

We’ll tell an amazing story about the book Goodnight Moon.

We’ll tell you why David Bowie seemed to have two different-coloured eyes.

We’ll talk about why inspiration is 90% perspiration and the inside story of the historic music score from the movie Jaws.

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0:00.0	Did you know that if you subscribe to our But Wait, there's more option, you get a bonus story in every episode of Under the Influence.
0:10.4	But wait, there's more.
0:12.3	For the price of a cup of coffee every month, you get early access, so you hear every episode a full week before everybody else.
0:19.8	Plus, you enjoy that episode ad-free.
0:23.0	Tisk, tisk.
0:24.1	And by subscribing, you support our podcast.
0:28.0	Just go to Apple Podcasts and subscribe to Under the Influences,
0:32.2	but wait, there's more.
0:38.6	This is an apostrophe, podcast production.
0:46.2	You're so king in it.
0:51.5	Your teeth look whiter than newer. You're going to love it in an instant.
0:59.0	Your teeth look wider than no, no, no.
1:07.0	You're not you when you're hungry.
1:19.6	You're a good influence with Terry O'Reilly. You're under the influence with Terry O'Reilly. If you're a parent, or if you've ever purchased a gift for new parents, there is a good chance you chose a book titled Good Night Moon.
1:46.1	It's a simple book containing just 131 words. It tells the story of a rabbit getting ready for
1:53.6	bed and saying good night to all the things in his bedroom. A little toy house and a young mouse,
2:03.2	a comb and a brush in a bowl full of mush,
2:11.2	and a quiet old lady who is whispering hush. That old lady was a mature rabbit sitting in a rocking chair knitting while the baby bunny does his rounds. There is something about that book that makes it wonderful. It only takes
2:20.2	two minutes to read, and it has lulled children off to sleep for over 75 years. The pages of
2:31.1	Good Night Moon are cardboard thick so they can withstand sticky fingers and drooling bambinos.
2:37.7	The images are vibrant and the colors slowly dim as the book progresses.
2:43.6	Good night kittens and good night mittens,
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