IM: launch marathon - day 4

Slept from late afternoon until 1:30am. All the x265 downcodes failed, so I'll be remaking those as I go. I was running out of room on my Google Drive, but now it's got 200GB. - Life of Brian

They got all the Monty Python guys to take acid with them, and this was the idea that emerged.

Brian is a reference to Son of Dracula and Harry Nilsson.

Paul and Ringo put up about $60,000 pounds each. George put in over a million.

They were George's mates, after all; he was the die-hard fan of Monty Python.

Apparently the Biggus Dickus joke was George's idea.

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Thriller

Apparently Ringo had a lot to do with Thriller.

Set Michael up with John Landis.

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Give My Regards To Broad Street

Harry is a reference to Mike McCartney, who did time on drugs charges.

That's why Jane was partly raised by Paul and Linda.

There's a few references to Michael Jackson, including that monkey taking tea reference that Gen Z audiences won't get.

Paul's making a joke about how Blacks are 'like monkeys', not saying that they are.

Not every piece of media before the 2010's is racist, and much like queerness there's lots of in-jokes.

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The Front Lawn 1

Yes, Sir Peter did most of the directing for The Lounge Bar, but Sondheim switched that one off. Walkshort was a big hit in their scene, which included several Simpsons writers.

Don knew Charlie Kaufman. He definitely saw Walkshort.