Episode 365: The Last Barman Poet

Show Notes Episode 365: The Last Barman Poet This week Host Dave Bledsoe struggles with the reality he will never own his own bar, and the best he will ever have is a tab at one. (Which will be constantly overdue) On the show this week take a look at a Tom Cruise movie that had American flipping bottles and breaking glasses all over their basement bars: 1988’s Cocktail. (Why? There is no why.) Along the way we learned that instead of using an unexpected financial windfall to better his life, Dave just spent it all on booze. (Same as it ever was.) Then we dive right into the backstory of a movie that no one thought was very good but everyone watched anyway. We learn how a gritty commentary on capitalism and consumer culture was “Disneyfied” into a banal Reagan era blockbuster. Finally we explain why everyone loved the move and how the soundtrack is an abomination and deserves a trial in the Hague for crimes against humanity. (Kind of like this podcast) Our Sponsor this week is The Slippery Nipple, the bar that only served naughty named cocktails. We open the show with Brian Flanagan orating from his bartop and close with Bill Dahl, his powerful karaoke voice. Show Theme: https://www.jamendo.com/track/421668/prelude-to-common-sense The Show on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheHell_Podcast The Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/ The Show on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQ www.whatthehellpodcast.com Give us your money on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/Whatthehellpodcast The Show Line: 347 687 9601 Closing Music: https://youtu.be/VKSQVYM69QA We are a proud member of the Seltzer Kings Podcast Network! http://seltzerkings.com/ Citations Needed: Cocktail Is Tom Cruise's Poorest-Reviewed Movie. The Guy Who Wrote It Might Get Redemption. https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/a25942288/cocktail-tom-cruise-sequel-heywood-gould/ Toss up a bottle for the author of 'Cocktail' https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-xpm-2013-03-21-ct-mov-0322-chicago-closeup-20130322-story.html Cocktail https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl1800046081/weekend/ 10 Stirring Facts About Cocktail https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/87223/10-stirring-facts-about-cocktail Mike Love of The Beach Boys https://www.songfacts.com/blog/interviews/mike-love-of-the-beach-boys Uncited Additional Reading:   https://groovyhistory.com/how-tom-cruise-made-cocktail-a-100-million-movie https://grantland.com/hollywood-prospectus/chasing-kokomo-the-secretly-dark-cocktail/ https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/87223/10-stirring-facts-about-cocktail https://www.laughingplace.com/w/articles/2021/05/23/touchstone-and-beyond-a-history-of-disneys-cocktail/ https://punchdrink.com/articles/cocktail-movie-brad-thomas-parsons-on-harpoon-eddies/ https://www.eightieskids.com/25-things-you-never-knew-about-cocktail/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocktail_(1988_film) https://web.archive.org/web/20170820074802/http://tablematters.com/2013/07/05/cocktails-and-dreams/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices