WFMU: Three Thumbs Up with Jim the Poet: Playlist from November 5, 2024

Listener comments!
	6:00pm DanFA: Hello James.
	6:01pm common: jim, james, all
	👍 6:02pm zachary: Good evening Jim, DanFA, and common.
	6:02pm chresti: Hi Jim 3 thumbs movie show!
	👍 6:02pm zachary: Alright, who's going to be the first to be offended by Steely Dan this week.
	6:03pm tom tom the pipers son: hello jim and all
	6:04pm Tom from Stirling: ↳ Song: "Everyone's Gone to the Movies" by "Steely Dan" That's enough. Let's talk some movies already.
	6:04pm DanFA: Either Jack Nicholson in Mars Attacks! or Terry Crews in Idiocracy.
	6:05pm Spikey BXL: Martin Sheen.
	6:06pm Mia: Yes, Martin Sheen!
	6:06pm dale: 8 years ago jim was on with bronwyn c doing sportsy talk. jim said trump was ahead in polls and bronwyn said 'oh, he won't win.' a shit-show ensued.
	6:06pm steveo: i'm not having a great night, yet; but I think I'm a lot calmer than I was 4 years ago
	👍 6:07pm Franco Twinkie: ↳ zachary @6:02 I'm impartial Zak. Can you summarize the collective hatred of Steely Dan for the listening audience? Or type it out, if you prefer.
	6:07pm DanFA: He's a former wrestler, ex porn star in the movie.
	6:07pm DanFA: After Hulk Hogan at the MSG rally I thought, well, we're a step closer to Idiocracy.
	6:08pm Mia: I like the movie “Dave” and I think it’s funny. But if were real life, it would be super scary.
	6:08pm Spikey BXL: the west wing
	👍 6:09pm Sean T-Rex: Hey Thumbers & Jimmy! I'm in line to vote so it'll be interesting show
	6:09pm Mia: The west wing
	6:09pm dale: sheen was the pres?
	6:09pm steveo: the wurst wing, about a german chicken restaurant
	6:11pm Tom from Stirling: ↳ Song: "'A Real Pain'" by "Jim the Poet discusses" Jesse Eisenberg played Lex Luther too.
	👍 6:11pm zachary: ↳ Sean T-Rex @6:09 Good luck, Sean! How long is the line?
	6:13pm HyperDose: White House Down was hella fun
	6:14pm dale: peter sellers in dr strangelove was a good pres.....don't recall his name though.
	6:14pm Deano de los Muertos: My step brother directed an alien b-movie where Vivica Fox played the president
	6:14pm joe mulligan: Escape from New York awesome
	6:14pm Mia: Please vote, Pittsburgh.
	6:15pm joe mulligan: In the film "Leave the World Behind," the President is not explicitly portrayed by a specific actor, but the character is based on the real-life President Barack Obama, with the filmmakers reportedly consulting with him to ensure the portrayal was grounded in reality; meaning no single actor plays the President on screen
	6:15pm Kevin: Morgan Freeman in Deep Impact?
	6:15pm RMFC: Is anyone else’s stream keep cutting out ?
	6:15pm Bakester: Some old school presses: Walter Huston in Gabriel over the White House, Hank Fonda in Young Mr. Lincoln (though he wasn't yet president), Peter Sellers in Dr. Strangelove
	6:16pm C: Eva Peron dont cry for me argentina....
	6:16pm DjLorraine: I saw Happiness Anatomy of a Fall Dosed
	👍 6:16pm Franco Twinkie: Kiss your disability goodbye if a certain someone gets his way.
	6:17pm joe mulligan: Jack Warden as the President in Being There
	6:17pm bbxtina: Jack Nicholson in Mars Attacks!
	6:18pm Deano de los Muertos: @RMFC I can’t load Jim’s playlist and comments page
	6:18pm PerroCaliente: jim for president!
	👍 6:19pm mrs.bucci: How about Dick--the guy who plays Nixon
	6:19pm RMFC: I am having same issue with playlist
	6:21pm dale: we LOVED that's my bush.....laura's pussy (cat) was stinky.....then 9/11 happened and it got canned.
	👍 6:21pm mrs.bucci: Also not a presidential movie since he's running for Senate but Tim Robbins ad "Bob Roberts" is fantastic
	6:22pm dale: the governor and j. j. was okay.
	6:24pm dale: how did jack's phone always have a charge for chloe to upload info to him?
	👍 6:24pm mrs.bucci: Hi Jim!
	👍 6:24pm zachary: ↳ mrs.bucci @6:21 Satire is amazing.
	👍 6:24pm zachary: Dr. Strangelove is the best.
	6:26pm Tom from Stirling: ↳ Song: "'Juror #2'" by "Jim the Poet discusses" Heard good things about this movie.
	6:31pm Tom from Stirling: Daniel Day-Lewis as Lincoln.
	6:31pm chris in the redwoods: fav prez - Jack Nicholson in Mars Attacks! :)
	6:31pm chris in the redwoods: ↳ bbxtina @6:17 yes! :)
	6:32pm Mi-rgod: That Taft's a bad mutha...
	👍 6:33pm Sean T-Rex: ↳ zachary @6:11 It's longer than I want it to be
	6:33pm ?: ↳ mrs.bucci @6:19 Dan Hedaya--heck yeah! (Also Cher's father in Clueless)
	👍 6:34pm Sean T-Rex: McKinley movie. But it's like a groundhogs day movie where he dies over and over
	6:35pm billylondon: What about Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho from idiocracy?
	👍 6:35pm Sean T-Rex: TRUST BUCCI
	👍 6:35pm zachary: Ha! Bucci listens to Bucci while walking home.
	👍 6:35pm zachary: ↳ Sean T-Rex @6:33 May you get to vote soon.
	👍 6:36pm zachary: ↳ Sean T-Rex @6:35 But verify. Just like anything important.
	6:36pm cbunny: Gentlemen! You can’t fight in here! This is the war room!
	6:37pm Tom from Stirling: Dan Hedaya was in Alien Resurrection
	6:40pm Cube Squared: Do candidates count? How about Norman Mart from Tapeheads https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VWrvYqyLas
	6:41pm dale: i saw a rerun of laugh in where they did future news. reagan was gov of california at the time and the joke was about president reagan in the 1980s...such prescience.
	6:41pm joe mulligan: melissa varnavus is probably the only other one from your class who is still alive
	6:42pm dale: now we have a possible pres who admires putin.
	6:43pm Erik/VT: - imo, best Ronald R movie is the surprisingly unusual “Kings Row” (1942)… quite the controversial undercurrent themes.
	6:46pm bob: Read Cookoo's Egg by Cliff Stoll. Talks about some behind the scene stuff with the SDI, (Star Wars Defense Initiative, I think)
	6:46pm Fishman: Leslie Nielsen said that after “Airplane” he could not get another serious acting role.
	6:46pm yippie: I actually just saw a movie with Ronald Reagan and James dean
	6:47pm Erik/VT: Peter Sellars as the president’s “idiot savant” consultant in ‘Being There’ (1979).
	6:50pm Cube Squared: Peter Sellers in "The Running Jumping Standing Still Film"
	6:51pm Erik/VT: Being There: Director Hal Ashby’s last masterpiece of his stellar run throughout the entire 1970s.
	6:51pm yippie: You’re welcome
	6:51pm Mia: 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
	6:51pm dale: there was a twilight zone reboot where a political advisor gets a child elected president. it doesn't end well for him when he thinks the kid is not up to the job.
	6:54pm Fishman: Back to the Future when Doc Brown asks Michael J Fox, who is president in 1985?
	6:56pm Ken From Hyde Park: President Thomas Whitmore from Independence Day. 👾
	6:56pm dale: ...that sounds like marraige jim.
	6:57pm chresti: Thanks Jim!
	6:57pm ultradamno: The Shohei Imamura movie?
	1:04am Jim the Poet: ↳ dale @6:06 Bronwyn was right about Trump and I was wrong about Clinton. Check the tape.

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November 5, 2024: 'A Real Pain', 'Here', 'Juror #2', 'Your Monster', Micah's Pick: 'The Seeding'

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Artist	Track	Album	Comments	Approx. start time
Steely Dan	Everyone's Gone to the Movies			0:00:00 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Jim the Poet discusses	'A Real Pain'		Directed by Jesse Eisenberg Written by Jesse Eisenberg Produced by Ewa Puszczyńska Jennifer Semler Jesse Eisenberg Emma Stone Ali Herting Dave McCary Starring Jesse Eisenberg Kieran Culkin Will Sharpe Jennifer Grey Kurt Egyiawan Liza Sadovy Daniel Oreskes	0:04:19 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Jim the Poet discusses	'Juror #2'		Directed by Clint Eastwood Written by Jonathan Abrams Produced by Clint Eastwood Tim Moore Jessica Meier Adam Goodman Matt Skiena Starring Nicholas Hoult Toni Collette J. K. Simmons Chris Messina Zoey Deutch Kiefer Sutherland	0:24:32 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Jim the Poet discusses	'Here' "'Here'" by "Jim the Poet discusses"		Directed by Robert Zemeckis Screenplay by Eric Roth Robert Zemeckis Based on Here by Richard McGuire Produced by Robert Zemeckis Jack Rapke Derek Hogue Bill Block Starring Tom Hanks Robin Wright Paul Bettany Kelly Reilly	0:29:20 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Jim the Poet discusses	'Your Monster'		Theatrical release poster Directed by Caroline Lindy Written by Caroline Lindy Based on Your Monster by Caroline Lindy Produced by Melissa Barrera Kayla Foster Caroline Lindy Shannon Reilly Kira Carstensen Melanie Donkers Starring Melissa Barrera Tommy Dewey Edmund Donovan Kayla Foster Meghann Fahy	0:44:41 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Jim the Poet discusses	'The Seeding'	Micah's Pick of the Week	country of production USA original language English year of publication 2023 length 94 minutes rod director Barnaby Clay script Barnaby Clay production Brian R. Etting , Josh H. Etting Music Tristan Bechet camera Robert Leitzell occupation Scott Haze : the Wanderer Kate Lyn Sheil : Alina	0:51:22 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Devo	Big Mess "Big Mess" by "Devo"			0:56:49 (MP3 \| Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	6:00pm DanFA: Hello James.
	6:01pm common: jim, james, all
	👍 6:02pm zachary: Good evening Jim, DanFA, and common.
	6:02pm chresti: Hi Jim 3 thumbs movie show!
	👍 6:02pm zachary: Alright, who's going to be the first to be offended by Steely Dan this week.
	6:03pm tom tom the pipers son: hello jim and all
	6:04pm Tom from Stirling: ↳ Song: "Everyone's Gone to the Movies" by "Steely Dan" That's enough. Let's talk some movies already.
	6:04pm DanFA: Either Jack Nicholson in Mars Attacks! or Terry Crews in Idiocracy.
	6:05pm Spikey BXL: Martin Sheen.
	6:06pm Mia: Yes, Martin Sheen!
	6:06pm dale: 8 years ago jim was on with bronwyn c doing sportsy talk. jim said trump was ahead in polls and bronwyn said 'oh, he won't win.' a shit-show ensued.
	6:06pm steveo: i'm not having a great night, yet; but I think I'm a lot calmer than I was 4 years ago
	👍 6:07pm Franco Twinkie: ↳ zachary @6:02 I'm impartial Zak. Can you summarize the collective hatred of Steely Dan for the listening audience? Or type it out, if you prefer.
	6:07pm DanFA: He's a former wrestler, ex porn star in the movie.
	6:07pm DanFA: After Hulk Hogan at the MSG rally I thought, well, we're a step closer to Idiocracy.
	6:08pm Mia: I like the movie “Dave” and I think it’s funny. But if were real life, it would be super scary.
	6:08pm Spikey BXL: the west wing
	👍 6:09pm Sean T-Rex: Hey Thumbers & Jimmy! I'm in line to vote so it'll be interesting show
	6:09pm Mia: The west wing
	6:09pm dale: sheen was the pres?
	6:09pm steveo: the wurst wing, about a german chicken restaurant
	6:11pm Tom from Stirling: ↳ Song: "'A Real Pain'" by "Jim the Poet discusses" Jesse Eisenberg played Lex Luther too.
	👍 6:11pm zachary: ↳ Sean T-Rex @6:09 Good luck, Sean! How long is the line?
	6:13pm HyperDose: White House Down was hella fun
	6:14pm dale: peter sellers in dr strangelove was a good pres.....don't recall his name though.
	6:14pm Deano de los Muertos: My step brother directed an alien b-movie where Vivica Fox played the president
	6:14pm joe mulligan: Escape from New York awesome
	6:14pm Mia: Please vote, Pittsburgh.
	6:15pm joe mulligan: In the film "Leave the World Behind," the President is not explicitly portrayed by a specific actor, but the character is based on the real-life President Barack Obama, with the filmmakers reportedly consulting with him to ensure the portrayal was grounded in reality; meaning no single actor plays the President on screen
	6:15pm Kevin: Morgan Freeman in Deep Impact?
	6:15pm RMFC: Is anyone else’s stream keep cutting out ?
	6:15pm Bakester: Some old school presses: Walter Huston in Gabriel over the White House, Hank Fonda in Young Mr. Lincoln (though he wasn't yet president), Peter Sellers in Dr. Strangelove
	6:16pm C: Eva Peron dont cry for me argentina....
	6:16pm DjLorraine: I saw Happiness Anatomy of a Fall Dosed
	👍 6:16pm Franco Twinkie: Kiss your disability goodbye if a certain someone gets his way.
	6:17pm joe mulligan: Jack Warden as the President in Being There
	6:17pm bbxtina: Jack Nicholson in Mars Attacks!
	6:18pm Deano de los Muertos: @RMFC I can’t load Jim’s playlist and comments page
	6:18pm PerroCaliente: jim for president!
	👍 6:19pm mrs.bucci: How about Dick--the guy who plays Nixon
	6:19pm RMFC: I am having same issue with playlist
	6:21pm dale: we LOVED that's my bush.....laura's pussy (cat) was stinky.....then 9/11 happened and it got canned.
	👍 6:21pm mrs.bucci: Also not a presidential movie since he's running for Senate but Tim Robbins ad "Bob Roberts" is fantastic
	6:22pm dale: the governor and j. j. was okay.
	6:24pm dale: how did jack's phone always have a charge for chloe to upload info to him?
	👍 6:24pm mrs.bucci: Hi Jim!
	👍 6:24pm zachary: ↳ mrs.bucci @6:21 Satire is amazing.
	👍 6:24pm zachary: Dr. Strangelove is the best.
	6:26pm Tom from Stirling: ↳ Song: "'Juror #2'" by "Jim the Poet discusses" Heard good things about this movie.
	6:31pm Tom from Stirling: Daniel Day-Lewis as Lincoln.
	6:31pm chris in the redwoods: fav prez - Jack Nicholson in Mars Attacks! :)
	6:31pm chris in the redwoods: ↳ bbxtina @6:17 yes! :)
	6:32pm Mi-rgod: That Taft's a bad mutha...
	👍 6:33pm Sean T-Rex: ↳ zachary @6:11 It's longer than I want it to be
	6:33pm ?: ↳ mrs.bucci @6:19 Dan Hedaya--heck yeah! (Also Cher's father in Clueless)
	👍 6:34pm Sean T-Rex: McKinley movie. But it's like a groundhogs day movie where he dies over and over
	6:35pm billylondon: What about Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho from idiocracy?
	👍 6:35pm Sean T-Rex: TRUST BUCCI
	👍 6:35pm zachary: Ha! Bucci listens to Bucci while walking home.
	👍 6:35pm zachary: ↳ Sean T-Rex @6:33 May you get to vote soon.
	👍 6:36pm zachary: ↳ Sean T-Rex @6:35 But verify. Just like anything important.
	6:36pm cbunny: Gentlemen! You can’t fight in here! This is the war room!
	6:37pm Tom from Stirling: Dan Hedaya was in Alien Resurrection
	6:40pm Cube Squared: Do candidates count? How about Norman Mart from Tapeheads https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VWrvYqyLas
	6:41pm dale: i saw a rerun of laugh in where they did future news. reagan was gov of california at the time and the joke was about president reagan in the 1980s...such prescience.
	6:41pm joe mulligan: melissa varnavus is probably the only other one from your class who is still alive
	6:42pm dale: now we have a possible pres who admires putin.
	6:43pm Erik/VT: - imo, best Ronald R movie is the surprisingly unusual “Kings Row” (1942)… quite the controversial undercurrent themes.
	6:46pm bob: Read Cookoo's Egg by Cliff Stoll. Talks about some behind the scene stuff with the SDI, (Star Wars Defense Initiative, I think)
	6:46pm Fishman: Leslie Nielsen said that after “Airplane” he could not get another serious acting role.
	6:46pm yippie: I actually just saw a movie with Ronald Reagan and James dean
	6:47pm Erik/VT: Peter Sellars as the president’s “idiot savant” consultant in ‘Being There’ (1979).
	6:50pm Cube Squared: Peter Sellers in "The Running Jumping Standing Still Film"
	6:51pm Erik/VT: Being There: Director Hal Ashby’s last masterpiece of his stellar run throughout the entire 1970s.
	6:51pm yippie: You’re welcome
	6:51pm Mia: 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
	6:51pm dale: there was a twilight zone reboot where a political advisor gets a child elected president. it doesn't end well for him when he thinks the kid is not up to the job.
	6:54pm Fishman: Back to the Future when Doc Brown asks Michael J Fox, who is president in 1985?
	6:56pm Ken From Hyde Park: President Thomas Whitmore from Independence Day. 👾
	6:56pm dale: ...that sounds like marraige jim.
	6:57pm chresti: Thanks Jim!
	6:57pm ultradamno: The Shohei Imamura movie?
	1:04am Jim the Poet: ↳ dale @6:06 Bronwyn was right about Trump and I was wrong about Clinton. Check the tape.