We are saying so long, farewell to April with today’s episode on The Sound of Music! If you ever wanted to know why Christopher Plummer hated this movie, why the Baroness is like Meredith Blake from The Parent Trap, or which song Erin crushed at her middle school piano recital, you need to listen in!
(0:00) THE SOUND OF MUSIC intro, facts, figures!
(6:50) WAIT: we have an announcement!
(7:15) Dame Julie Andrews + Christopher Plummer = magic
(10:16) Filming and one of the biggest smash hits ever
(13:02) Mixed critical reception?
(15:25) Taglines/plot synopsis!
(16:30) Musicals are a strange concept
(18:14) "Maria" is the nuns' diss track
(21:08) Christopher Plummer played retired characters for almost SIX DECADES
(23:57) The cinematography is on point!
(24:11) Should we have 7 kids like the Von Trapps?
(26:49) "Sixteen Going on Seventeen" RED FLAGS EVERYWHERE
(28:37) Favorite and least favorite songs?
(32:29) Rolfe is a Nazi and this turns into a thriller?
(34:25) Maria meets the Baroness! Who would Tom marry?
(37:53) What is up with that puppet show?
(41:07) An intermission? What are your thoughts?
(43:16) Is the Captain a good dad?
(45:48) The Maria/Georg dancing scene a classic...and it took a TON of takes
(48:33) "Edelweiss" is the best part of the movie!
(49:32) Action-packed third act!!
(52:52) Off to Switzerland!
(54:10) Thoughts on the movie in general?
(56:45) Why was this 3-hour musical such a smash hit?
(59:12) This fits into Tom's Breaking Bad theory!!
(1:00:16) MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT in a day or two; ANYONE BUT YOU hype!
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