Tuesday, December 11, 2018

Good Story 197: The Shop Around the Corner (1940)


Psychologically, Julie and Scott are very confused... but personally, they don't feel bad at all. Neither does Ernst Lubitsch, who directed The Shop Around the Corner, the subject of Episode 197.


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Tuesday, November 27, 2018

Good Story 196: Jesus of Nazareth: The Infancy Narratives


Julie and Scott were abiding in the fields in the night, minding their own business, when three guys showed up looking for directions. Julie started to draw a map by starlight while Scott haggled for some myrrh. Good Story 196: Jesus of Nazareth: The Infancy Narratives by Pope Benedict XVI.


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Tuesday, November 13, 2018

Good Story 195: Infernal Affairs


Julie taps a message in Morse Code about where the bad guys are meeting. Scott thought she was asking for bourbon. Episode 195: Infernal Affairs (2002).


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Tuesday, October 30, 2018

Good Story 194: Young Goodman Brown and Rappaccini's Daughter


Julie can't find all her pink ribbons. Scott's whirling, whirling, whirling in a circle. They've got a bad feeling about this. In Episode 194, two stories by Nathaniel Hawthorne: "Young Goodman Brown" and "Rappaccini's Daughter".

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Tuesday, October 16, 2018

Good Story 193: A Quiet Place


Julie knows there's going to be trouble when Scott picks up a drum kit at the drug store. Episode 193: A Quiet Place, directed by John Krasinski.


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Tuesday, October 2, 2018

Good Story 192: The October Country


Julie's hanging on to her skeleton. Scott is trying to hide from the wind. Obviously Ray Bradbury's better at horror than they realized! Episode 192: The October Country by Ray Bradbury.

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Tuesday, September 18, 2018

Good Story 191: Cat People (1942)


Scott warned Julie against going to the pool. She was sorry she ignored him when a were-possum wouldn't let her out of the water. If only she'd brought Scott's sword cane! Good Story 191: Cat People (1942), produced by Val Lewton


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Tuesday, September 4, 2018

Good Story 190: Captain from Castile by Samuel Shellabarger


Julie is content to stay in the New World, but Scott argues that his phone gets no signal there. Episode 190, Captain from Castile by Samuel Shellabarger.

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Tuesday, August 21, 2018

Good Story 189: Gattaca


Scott and Julie decide to get their genetics tested. The results are in: their DNA says they are top notch opera singers. Tickets on sale soon! Episode 189, Gattaca (1997), directed by Andrew Niccol.


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Consider God's handiwork; who can straighten what He hath made crooked?
- Ecclesiastes 7:13


Tuesday, August 7, 2018

Good Story 188: The War of the Worlds


Julie and Scott hear some hubbub about alien invasion in the rural areas, but they don't believe a word of it. Episode 188: The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells!

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Tuesday, July 24, 2018

Good Story 187: Chef (2014)


Julie bought a new oven for the food truck, Scott bought a 50lb sack of corn starch. They both enjoyed Chef (2014), directed by Jon Favreau. Episode 187.


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Tuesday, July 10, 2018

Good Story 186: Appointment with Death


On their way to Petra, Julie thought she overheard Scott telling someone "You do see, don't you, that she's got to be killed?" What he actually said was, "You do see, don't you, that burgers are best grilled?" No one had the heart to tell Poirot. Appointment with Death by Agatha Christie is the subject of Episode 186.

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Tuesday, June 26, 2018

Good Story 185: King Kong (1933)


Scott won the scream contest, so Julie had to play Denham in Episode 185: King Kong (1933). The Eighth Wonder of the World!


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Tuesday, June 12, 2018

Good Story 184: The Strangest Way


Scott's walking the Christian path using Star Trek as his guide. Julie's reading Jeeves and Wooster for pointers. Bishop Barron thinks they'd better read his book again. Episode 184, The Strangest Way by Robert Barron.

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- Bishop Barron's Word on Fire


Tuesday, May 29, 2018

Good Story 183: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri


Scott gives Julie a bookmark with a Marx quote that changes her life. "Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read." He's always been a fan of Groucho Marx. Episode 183: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri


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Tuesday, May 15, 2018

Good Story 182: The Game of Fox and Lion


Scott is a specially enhanced Multi-Neural Capacitant with the ability to stop galactic wars. So he's pretty annoyed when Julie kidnaps him to use his mental abilities for memorizing cocktail recipes. Episode 182: A Game of Fox and Lion by Robert R. Chase.

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Tuesday, May 1, 2018

Good Story 181: The West Wing


Scott runs around the White House opening and closing doors and yelling "how about now?" Julie keeps her eye on the Oval Office terrace door and shouts "nope, still closed!" The President wonders what he did to deserve this.


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- Scott's favorite West Wing opening scene:

Tuesday, April 17, 2018

Good Story 180: Pancakes in Paris


Scott orders a tall stack, Julie orders corned beef hash. They both have seconds of sock juice. Episode 180: Pancakes in Paris by Craig Carlson

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Tuesday, April 3, 2018

Good Story 179: 3:10 to Yuma (1957)


Julie tries to talk Scott out of going to Contention City while wearing his Huachuca City Mustangs jersey. Scott is almost swayed but then wears the jersey and a black sombrero for good measure. Episode 179: 3:10 to Yuma (1957)


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Tuesday, March 20, 2018

Good Story 178: The Book of Jonah


Scott couldn't believe they threw Julie overboard, but the sea calmed immediately so he couldn't argue the logic. In Episode 178, they discuss The Book of Jonah from the Bible.

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- Julie's post (at Happy Catholic) about reading the Bible Chronologically.


Tuesday, March 6, 2018

Good Story 177: The Grand Budapest Hotel


Scott and Julie steal a painting, elude an assassin, avoid a war, join a secret society, escape prison, and eat cake. While learning to become Lobby Boys, completely invisible yet always in sight. Episode 177: The Grand Budapest Hotel.


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Tuesday, February 20, 2018

Good Story 176: The Martian Chronicles


Scott invited Julie to the open house for his new House of Usher. She thought the bleak tarn wasn't bleak or tarn-y enough. And she rearranged the furniture. Scott walled her into the basement to rethink her decisions. Episode 176: Ray Bradbury's The Martian Chronicles.

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Leonard Nimoy's reading of Usher II: On Youtube

Tuesday, February 6, 2018

Good Story 175: The Women's Balcony


Julie forgot the candy so Scott stretched his talk by telling the one about the priest, the rabbi, and the minister who walk into a bar. The congregation was not amused. Episode 175: The Women's Balcony (2017)


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Tuesday, January 23, 2018

Good Story 174: The Ship of Ishtar


Julie and Scott should have known that Jeff didn't invite them for a normal afternoon boating trip when he showed up with a cloak, a sword, and a toy ship. Episode #174, with special guest Jeff Miller!

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Visit Jeff's blog, The Curt Jester