Little trivia.... the Nihilists threaten to cut off the Dude's "Johnson"... at the end just before the final scene with the Nihilists, as Donny fails to make a strike - the only time he fails to - and he turns and walks back to the Dude and Walter look real closely on the back of his bowling shirt. Embroidered on the left shoulder -- Johnson.
I still maintain to this day, Walter's line "Life does not stop and start at your convenience you miserable piece of shit" was not directed at Donnie. He's responding to what they were saying about the Big Lebowski. "They gave the Dude a beeper.." "What if it's during a game?" "Oh, I told them, if it's during league play..." Then Donnie says "If what's during league play, dude?" But Walter, as ever, doesn't hear Donnie. He's talking to a hypothetical Big Lebowski about being called during a game: "Life does not stop and start at your convenience you miserable piece of shit." Context.
Also, he says that line with relative calm. He almost always raises his voice to Donnie. Also, I don't think other than telling him to "shut the fuck up," does he ever actually call Donnie a name.
I just rewatched it, and I'm 100% sold on your interpretation. You can see in Walter's face that his mind begins to wander off immediately when the beeper is mentioned. Donnie's "What's wrong with Walter?" is not acknowledged.
in the 70's, there was a rumour (here in Canada at least) not to smoke the Mexican weed, because, the rumour was, it was sprayed with paraquat. Had no idea it was a defoliant, we thought it was a poison sprayed to deter people from smoking it.
I find it interesting that "all the Dude wanted was his rug back," but HIS rug was never stolen. His rug was peed on by Woo, but as anyone with pets or a baby can tell you, urine cleans out pretty easily. Instead of just scrubbing his rug clean, he steals a rug from the Big Lebowski, which belonged to Maude's late mother, so Maude takes it back. That's it. It's the Dude's own fault that he has no rug.
I think the Stranger is a sort of mythical representation of the spirit of America, a character out of time. B'ar is an old timey variant of bear as seen in folklorist Joel Chandler Harris' "Uncle Remus" had a bear character called "Brer B'ar". Also in the 1950's Disney Davey Crockett movie there is a song sung in a folksy frontier dialect with the line "Kilt [killed] himself a b'ar when he was only three."
Wasn't planning on listening to the whole thing but just noticed the outro music started playing. Great episode! Can't wait for you to get to Burn After Reading. Was the first Coens film I watched and still my favorite.
Im a little bit disappointed that you guys didnt point out my favorite gag in the whole movie. Walter describes his ex wife's dog as a pomeranian and "a show dog, with fucking papers" and then lets it out of it's cage, and its a ratty ass yorkie. I just love the idea of his ex telling him its a show dog and giving him these elaborate instructions for taking care of it
Couple of minor nitpicks I think you may have gotten wrong there. Regarding Walter's bad treatment of Donny, at one point he says "Life does not stop and start at your convenience, you miserable piece of shit.", but even though this comes just after Donny asks some irrelevant question, because everyone is talking over each other, Walter is actually responding with incredulity to the Dude's assurance that, no, of course he won't interrupt the much more important tournament bowling just to go help the Big Lebowski get his wife back. This makes Walter's priorities that much funnier, tournament league bowling being much more important than saving Bonnie. The full exchange goes; Dude: "...They gave Dude a beeper, so whenever these guys call--" Walter: "What if it's during a game?" Dude: "I told him if it was during league play--" Donny: "If what's during league play?" Walter: "Life does not stop and start at your convenience..."
The Dude is just espousing the path of least resistance, whereas Walter believes that you ought to fight injustice (the rug) with direct confrontation. After all, what did all those boys in 'Nam die for?
55:51 the answer is that the archtype ideal man character from the prior era (the cowboy) is meeting and greeting the new archetype of the 1990s and millennium (the zen pothead).
I'm going to double dip and mention, the Sam Elliot character works fine unexplained beyond, it's LA he could be just some failed actor or stuntman who is just another accepted weirdo in the underbelly of LA
can I ask... (total non-youtube podcast newb) where does one find these (and any other) small beans content on apps that I can lock my screen on while listening??? (ie. soundcloud or spotify etc)
@@abeepperson881 Thanks bud. I ended up finding ur soundcloud channel. Do you guys have a primary app you prefer views on? Also- realising just hiw dimwitted my question was.. soz
The line "Treehorn treats objects like women" is a callback to Treehorn talking about the future of porn, interntet peripherals and sex toys... And the marmot in the tub was a totally different scene than the fight in the bowling alley... There was no marmot during the fight, he had a boombox playing German techno (probably audiobahn) It seems to me this isn't your favorite of the Coen's films... y'all were nowhere near as thorough or accurate with the timeline or scenes... Left out scenes and various jokes, no mention of Coen film alumni Peter Stormare as Karl Hungus... I dunno ... Maybe I've just seen this film waaay to many times...
Could the dude be a modern cynic? He seems aware of everything, and certainly has values/goals, but refuses to participate in anything unless it benefits him.
Uh oh... I was excited to start this one because it's my favorite of theirs, but I read the comments first. Looks like you make a lot of mistakes and leave stuff out, so I hope I don't get too annoyed.
Little trivia.... the Nihilists threaten to cut off the Dude's "Johnson"... at the end just before the final scene with the Nihilists, as Donny fails to make a strike - the only time he fails to - and he turns and walks back to the Dude and Walter look real closely on the back of his bowling shirt. Embroidered on the left shoulder -- Johnson.
I still maintain to this day, Walter's line "Life does not stop and start at your convenience you miserable piece of shit" was not directed at Donnie. He's responding to what they were saying about the Big Lebowski. "They gave the Dude a beeper.." "What if it's during a game?" "Oh, I told them, if it's during league play..." Then Donnie says "If what's during league play, dude?" But Walter, as ever, doesn't hear Donnie. He's talking to a hypothetical Big Lebowski about being called during a game: "Life does not stop and start at your convenience you miserable piece of shit." Context.
Also, he says that line with relative calm. He almost always raises his voice to Donnie. Also, I don't think other than telling him to "shut the fuck up," does he ever actually call Donnie a name.
Had to get that out. Now to listen to the last 20 minutes :)
I just rewatched it, and I'm 100% sold on your interpretation. You can see in Walter's face that his mind begins to wander off immediately when the beeper is mentioned. Donnie's "What's wrong with Walter?" is not acknowledged.
47:50 paraquat is a word. It's a defoliant used during the Vietnam War. Which makes that joke even better.
in the 70's, there was a rumour (here in Canada at least) not to smoke the Mexican weed, because, the rumour was, it was sprayed with paraquat. Had no idea it was a defoliant, we thought it was a poison sprayed to deter people from smoking it.
I find it interesting that "all the Dude wanted was his rug back," but HIS rug was never stolen. His rug was peed on by Woo, but as anyone with pets or a baby can tell you, urine cleans out pretty easily. Instead of just scrubbing his rug clean, he steals a rug from the Big Lebowski, which belonged to Maude's late mother, so Maude takes it back. That's it. It's the Dude's own fault that he has no rug.
Walter was also based on a real person, Apocalypse Now co-writer and Red Dawn director John Milius.
Jackie Treehorn treats objects like women, man.
I think the Stranger is a sort of mythical representation of the spirit of America, a character out of time. B'ar is an old timey variant of bear as seen in folklorist Joel Chandler Harris' "Uncle Remus" had a bear character called "Brer B'ar". Also in the 1950's Disney Davey Crockett movie there is a song sung in a folksy frontier dialect with the line "Kilt [killed] himself a b'ar when he was only three."
"Bar" is a folksy, frontier pronunciation of "bear." Haven't they heard "Ballad of Davey Crockett"?
Oh shit! I've been waiting for this one!! You guys are the best!
The amount of barely misquoted lines and slightly mixed up chronology was astounding. Loved this fucking episode, thanks guys
How could it not come up that Walter is also based on a real person. John Milius, the director of Conan the Barbarian.
Cool. I had no idea he was based on milieus. Apocalypse wow.
Swaim compares the Stranger to Scud's Hank Gritt, which sounds about right. The comic's "suggested voice talent" for Gritt is... Sam Elliot.
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He delivers it even more casually than that:
Yeah, well, ya know, that's just, like, uh... your opinion, man.
I've been waiting for this one! Btw, it's David Huddleston, not the great Durning.
Wasn't planning on listening to the whole thing but just noticed the outro music started playing. Great episode!
Can't wait for you to get to Burn After Reading. Was the first Coens film I watched and still my favorite.
The cheque for $0.69 (noice) was dated for Sept 11th, 1991. Just a bit eerie as Bush Sr. is then shown on T.V.
I never knew i needed to hear Michael Swaim read Sam Elliott's monologue until i clicked on this video
Im a little bit disappointed that you guys didnt point out my favorite gag in the whole movie. Walter describes his ex wife's dog as a pomeranian and "a show dog, with fucking papers" and then lets it out of it's cage, and its a ratty ass yorkie. I just love the idea of his ex telling him its a show dog and giving him these elaborate instructions for taking care of it
Couple of minor nitpicks I think you may have gotten wrong there.
Regarding Walter's bad treatment of Donny, at one point he says "Life does not stop and start at your
convenience, you miserable piece of shit.", but even though this comes just after Donny asks some irrelevant question, because everyone is talking over each other, Walter is actually responding with incredulity to the Dude's assurance that, no, of course he won't interrupt the much more important tournament bowling just to go help the Big Lebowski get his wife back. This makes Walter's priorities that much funnier, tournament league bowling being much more important than saving Bonnie.
The full exchange goes;
Dude: "...They gave Dude a beeper, so whenever these guys call--"
Walter: "What if it's during a game?"
Dude: "I told him if it was during league play--"
Donny: "If what's during league play?"
Walter: "Life does not stop and start at your convenience..."
The Dude is just espousing the path of least resistance, whereas Walter believes that you ought to fight injustice (the rug) with direct confrontation. After all, what did all those boys in 'Nam die for?
55:51 the answer is that the archtype ideal man character from the prior era (the cowboy) is meeting and greeting the new archetype of the 1990s and millennium (the zen pothead).
I'm going to double dip and mention, the Sam Elliot character works fine unexplained beyond, it's LA he could be just some failed actor or stuntman who is just another accepted weirdo in the underbelly of LA
There’s a beverage here, man!
its a halloween miracle
All the references to Oh brother. Love that movie as well.
Michaels favorite is gonna be Burn After Reading. I'm calling it now
LA is a desert town that became a mega city.
F**king love this movie, this should be a great episode. Love ya swaim hope your doing good.
Best clean dub Snakes on a Plane Sam Jackson: I've had with these monkey fighting snakes on this Monday to Fridays plane
It’s not Charles Durrning it’s David Huddleston(Blazing Saddles)
can I ask... (total non-youtube podcast newb) where does one find these (and any other) small beans content on apps that I can lock my screen on while listening??? (ie. soundcloud or spotify etc)
Search for Small Beans Audio on those apps or our patreon!
@@abeepperson881 Thanks bud. I ended up finding ur soundcloud channel. Do you guys have a primary app you prefer views on?
Also- realising just hiw dimwitted my question was.. soz
In cowboy-slang, a dude was a cityslicker pretending to be a frontiersman.
They didn't have to be pretending to be a frontiersman, that's just what they called fancy dressing city folk in general.
The line "Treehorn treats objects like women" is a callback to Treehorn talking about the future of porn, interntet peripherals and sex toys...
And the marmot in the tub was a totally different scene than the fight in the bowling alley... There was no marmot during the fight, he had a boombox playing German techno (probably audiobahn)
It seems to me this isn't your favorite of the Coen's films... y'all were nowhere near as thorough or accurate with the timeline or scenes... Left out scenes and various jokes, no mention of Coen film alumni Peter Stormare as Karl Hungus... I dunno ...
Maybe I've just seen this film waaay to many times...
fun fact the reason steve buscemi has no lines is because in fargo he never shut up
Shut the fuck up, Donnie.
Could the dude be a modern cynic? He seems aware of everything, and certainly has values/goals, but refuses to participate in anything unless it benefits him.
you guys are not wrong and also not assholes.
Uh oh... I was excited to start this one because it's my favorite of theirs, but I read the comments first. Looks like you make a lot of mistakes and leave stuff out, so I hope I don't get too annoyed.
You bring up Scud comics like we're supposed to have heard of them. No I have not flipping heard of them.
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