Michael and Us: The Dinosaur Hour
Jacobin Radio
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4.7 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 8 November 2023
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
What if Britain's notorious right-wing GB News channel gave fading comedy hero and current "anti-woke" nuisance John Cleese a weekly show to do whatever he wants? Folks... the results may surprise you. We discuss the first few episodes THE DINOSAUR HOUR, the Monty Python legend's baffling new show. PLUS: Checking in on the Doug Burgum and Chris Christie campaign juggernauts.
Michael and Us is a podcast about political cinema and our crumbling world hosted by Will Sloan and Luke Savage.
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| 0:00.0 | You know, I think there's another Republican debate this week. |
| 0:15.0 | Oh that's fun. |
| 0:16.0 | Yeah. |
| 0:17.0 | No. |
| 0:18.0 | No. I'm not going to be watching. |
| 0:19.0 | You know, I haven't watched a Republican debate in years. |
| 0:22.0 | I think the last one I've... Since 20, 60. I think the last one I was 2016. |
| 0:24.2 | Yeah, the last one I watched was in 2016. |
| 0:26.2 | I went to a mutual friend's house. |
| 0:29.0 | And I remember this story. |
| 0:31.2 | Yeah, well, listen, I'm not going gonna tell the whole story because it would involve like bad mouthing somebody and I don't want to do that. |
| 0:38.0 | We would never do that in this show. |
| 0:40.0 | Yeah, my overwhelming memory of it, like, you know, Trump, Chris, Christie, |
| 0:44.2 | Jeb, all those people, it just felt like a wrestling match, like it felt like there were bullhorns and |
| 0:49.2 | like cowbells and pile drivers. I know these things weren't actually there, but it just had that like general vibe and like the crowd was just like hooting and braying like freaks, you know, responding to every piece of red meat. |
| 1:02.0 | I mean, they genuinely were a lot of fun and I mean I have no love for like |
| 1:06.8 | Canada's debates, but I just remember being overwhelmed by like how the affect was different. |
| 1:13.0 | Well, I don't know, the Canada's debates are so kind of meek and like closer to being actual debates compared to the US ones. |
| 1:21.0 | And yeah, I mean the Republican ones are just like these carnival-esque |
| 1:24.7 | freak shows. Although having said that, you know, watching the two that have happened so far in this campaign |
| 1:30.1 | season, I mean it is a reminder like when Trump is not there it's a |
| 1:34.4 | reminder of just what a presidency is and how yeah like literally everything he |
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