Frithcast Episode 107 - Be Prepared

Episode 107 Be Prepared

 

Things we talk about in this episode:

Opening Music:

'Ancient Whispers I' by P C III, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Licence.

[http://freemusicarchive.org/music/P_C_III/Ad_Astra_Vol_1/03_Ancient_Whispers_I]

Closing Music:

'Round II - The Ancients' by Learning Music, licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Licence

[http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Learning_Music/An_End_Like_This/32_Round_II_-_The_Ancients]

Background fire ambience by inchadney from freesound.org

 

"We're all counting on you." - Repeated line from 'Airplane!' (1980): https://youtu.be/Zhw0eBCVXR4

Keanu Reeves with a robot arm - as Johnny Silverhand in Cyberpunk 2077: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyberpunk_2077

Marvel's Agent Carter: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3475734/

Marvel's Agents of SHIELD: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2364582/

John Carter of Mars (no relation): https://www.edgarriceburroughs.com/series-profiles/john-carter-of-mars-series/

"I pledge allegiance to Hedley Lamarr..." - From 'Blazing Saddles' (1974): https://youtu.be/SoM-ZC7uNnc

Hedy Lamarr - Frequency-Hopping Spread Spectrum anti-jamming system: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/hedy-lamarr-not-just-a-pr/

"Why won't you share?" - TV show 'Humans': https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4122068/

"We'll all be murdered in our beds!" / "Put the brake on, Min" (should've been Min, not Henry - sorry) - The Goon Show; 'Dishonoured Again'

Content Warning: Extreme Violence: Church Massacre Scene from Kingsman: Freebird: https://youtu.be/90OFZQx_7xI

Scouting (including Girl Scouts and Girl Guides, and subdivisions for younger children, e.g. Cub Scouts and Brownies): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scouting

Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition https://www.britannica.com/topic/Spanish-Inquisition

Rockridge – Blazing Saddles

Robin Hood and the Merry Men

Japeth in "Hoodwinked": https://hoodwinked.fandom.com/wiki/Japeth

"Be Prepared", from The Lion King: https://youtu.be/zPUe7O3ODHQ

Queer-coding of Disney villains: https://thetempest.co/2020/06/04/entertainment/disney-villains-gay-queer-coding/

The Ballad of Barry and Freda – Victoria Wood: https://youtu.be/fFI5Jl_IqsE

Havamal verses 1,38 and 60

Ikea

John Keele, Point Pleasant – The Mothman Prophecies https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0265349/

Trelleborg Fortress https://en.natmus.dk/museums-and-palaces/trelleborg/

Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, year 793 https://www.bl.uk/learning/timeline/item126532.html#:~:text=The%20entry%20on%20the%20left,and%20whirlwinds%2C%20and%20fiery%20dragons

Vampire Pomeranian from Blade 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLqStlZQ08I

“If you want peace, prepare for war” Si vis Pacem, Para Bellum

“The cold never bothered me anyway.” Let it Go from Frozen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0MK7qz13bU

“Blindsides you on some idle Tuesday” Baz Lhurman ‘ Everybody’s Free to Wear Sunscreen’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxEHGAY7LbY

"Unknown unknowns" - it was actually Donald Rumsfeld, not Dick Cheney: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/There_are_known_knowns

Johari Window: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johari_window

"Dark in here, isn't it?" - Greyhald Spold, wizard, forgot to put airholes in his hiding-from-death box: https://wiki.lspace.org/mediawiki/Greyhald_Spold

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