Episode 25 - "Diphthongs and Autodidacts"

The twins recall some of their "dressing room meets," with names like Eubie Blake, Harry Belafonte, Liza Minnelli and others. Also: More about life at the Magic Hotel (now the Magic Castle Hotel), puberty, first cars, autodidacts and diphthongs. And of course, another original song. SHOW NOTES: 0:00 - "The Wind" by Chris Yale 3:27 - About the song 4:20 - Roger's Blog Post: "The Abdication Pandemic" 8:00 - Chihuahuas Gone Wild 8:20 - Eubie Blake 8:32 - George Shearing 9:01 - Harry Belafonte / David Blackwell 9:25 - "Shuffle Along" / More Eubie Blake 11:00 - We struggle with math, obviously. 12:19 - Liza Minnelli / "The Act" / Mathilde Pincus / "Walking Papers" / "Arthur in the Afternoon" / Roger Minami 14:48 - Dick Van Dyke 15:00 - The Magic Hotel 15:25 - Marc Eliot / Phil Ochs / "Death of a Rebel" / Michael Ochs Archive 16:23 - Ruth Warrick / "Irene" / Debbie Reynolds / Hans Conreid / Patsy Kelly 16:48 - More Phil Ochs 18:01 - Bob Davis and the Bertrand Russell Society / Chris' Valedictorian / Oxford English Dictionary 19:28 - "The Professor and the Madman" 20:05 - Autodidact is the fancy word for this episode. 20:25 - More Bob Davis / "The Story of Civilization" by Will and Ariel Durant 21:34 - Were we strange kids? 22:05 - Puberty 24:10 - Steve Fujinami and Mystic Sound Studios 24:36 - Diphthongs - whoops, another fancy word 25:51 - Driving and first cars 27:14 - Driving stick / Jim Alden / La Cienega and Sunset - the test. 30:10 - Flyering on the Sunset Strip 31:15 - Poseur on Sunset / Exene Cervenka 32:09 - KROQ / Ian Whitcomb 32:50 - Dad made us return our new clothes. 34:40 - Myrtle Beach / LuLu's North Myrtle Beach / House of Blues Myrtle Beach