I've been listening religiously to Andy Kindler and Josh Elvis Weinstein's Thought Spiral podcast. New episodes appear at midnight, Sunday night/Monday morning. I have to get up for work Monday morning but I sit up until 1:30 or 2:00 AM listening.
Weinstein was in the original cast of Mystery Science Theater 3000. He was the first to leave the show and probably had the most success after leaving. He went to Hollywood. There was already someone named Josh Weinstein working there, so he called himself "J Elvis Weinstein". He says he added "Elvis" so his initials would spell "Jew", like he was socking it to all those Hollywood anti-Semites.
No one under thirty should choose their own name. I read about some hippies who didn't name their daughter. She chose the name "Area" when she was four, and, okay, that was kind of a good name. But my brother had a fourteen-year-old music student who insisted on being called Zoro. Now Zoro is a low level celebrity and he's been stuck with that name for decades.
J. Elvis Weinstein's documentary, I Need You To Kill, is now free with Amazon Prime. Acme Comedy Co. owner Louis Lee takes three stand-up comics on tour in the Orient. We find out if they're funny to the people of Asia. They perform in Hong Kong, Guangzhou, and Singapore. I won't give away how they do.
I was a little surprised at how much comedians in Singapore joke about how oppressive Singapore is.
Louis Lee in the most interesting character in it, talking about how he came to the US from Hong Kong, about starting a comedy club and what he was trying to accomplish. He advises Asian club owners about how to approach it.
A couple of the comics have suits made for them by a tailor in Hong Kong. This must be a common thing. It happened forty-five years ago on an episode of My Three Sons. Don Grady was in Hong Kong, got measured for a suit. He marvels at how quickly they'll have the suit ready for him, then we see the "tailors" go into the back room and get his suit off a rack.
With theme music reminiscent of the theme to Enter the Dragon which is pretty funny.
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