"Well, they may be mad. I don't think they're mad enough to want to lose you, or your little problem."
"I don't know about that."
"Well, of course, neither do I, but a warm bed and a roof sounds a mite better than eating a hot dog on a stick with an old geezer that's travelling on a lawnmower."
-- Alvin Straight and Crystal, The Straight Story
It is happening again...My co-host with the most Xan Sprouse and I are back with a new episode of Ghostwood: The Twin Peaks Podcast! In this episode, we discuss The Straight Story, the 1999 biographical road drama film directed by David Lynch, starring Richard Farnsworth as Alvin Straight, Sissy Spacek as Rose Straight, Everett McGill as Tom, and Harry Dean Stanton as Lyle Straight!
LET'S ROCK!
In this episode, Xan and I discuss things like David Lynch directing a G-rated movie released by Disney, David Lynch's love of slow-moving old people and people hanging out in lawn chairs, The Station Agent, firefighter training being a spectator sport, Alvin giving advice to people he meets, Alvin going through all the trouble to drive a lawnmower across Iowa to see his brother instead of taking the bus or letting someone else drive him there, Alvin's white privilege, Alvin's awkward moment of eating deer in front of deer statues, Xan not being able to eat bacon in front of Piglet at Disney World, Harry Dean Stanton making Xan cry, Sissy Spacek being David Lynch's sister-in-law at one time, ranking Burt Reynolds movies, Ohio's opioid crisis, Xan being weirded out that she will never see her own skeleton, Alvin auditioning to be a Woodsman, what happened to Alvin after reuniting with his brother, Xan's chair dying, Xan getting news fatigue from the O.J. trial, the greatness of Battle Royale, Hollywood's patronizing elitism towards middle America, Xan returning to Next Stop Everywhere: The Doctor Who Podcast, the Superman & Lois pilot, Xan and I being able to have a two-hour conversation about anything, my trying to find 30 minutes in my schedule to watch The Muppet Show, and more!
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Be sure to come back in two weeks for Episode 094, as Xan and I discuss "The Lester Guy Show", the first episode of On the Air from 1992, directed by David Lynch and featuring Ian Buchanan as Lester Guy, Miguel Ferrer as Bud Budwaller, David L. Lander as Valdja Gochktch, and Tracey Walter as Billy "Blinky" Watts!
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