Jefferson Smith and Courtenay Hameister join forces on today’s show to discuss a wide range of topics. Yes, Jefferson talks some more about his mayoral run, including discussions on learning difficult lessons like: “Just admit you’re wrong when you’re wrong, and try to be better,” and why most politicians avoid that particular advice at every opportunity. Why money doesn’t matter, until it matters, which sounds really simple until you realize how many elections happen (from mayoral to presidential) where nobody ever looks at the money. How running a campaign doesn’t have to be “Let’s beat this guy” and how telling people you’re the honest, integrity-filled campaign is a sure way to let people know you’re pretty dishonest and lacking integrity. But there’s also discussions on The Superman Problem, and why Marvel supeheroes tend to resonate more with people than the DC heroes, why Prometheus worked for Jefferson when it didn’t work for a lot of other people, barfy pets and how to handle them, and why the hell would you stay in a room you KNOW has a bunch of radioactive spiders in it?
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Peter stayed in the Spider Room because he was more enamored with the technology in-use than he was scared of the spiders. I liked that play because it really showed off Peter’s nerdy side- something Raimi’s films lacked more often than not.
I’ve donated money to two politicians in my life-Jefferson Smith and the late, great Paul Wellstone. There’s no real reason for me to reveal this, honestly. I guess politicians who are truly less ego than they are populist, humanist, heart and humor are such a rarity. And these rare folks get me slightly excited about politics every so often and remind me of when in my younger days I used to care more about the process.
Also, I think Smith confused The Abyss with a more obscure under-sea Ed Harris sequal he did called Jello Mold 2: The Jiggling.
I know when you are a kid and you see Batman it seems he doesn’t have any powers, but that’s not really true.
He has super intellect, can take a hell of a beating, and he has extreme agility.
And super wealth is power.
The real question is: Does Batman juice with a custom formula? I think he would.
The superman problem is why I would like to see a reboot where he “just” has his original powers. The real, but often overlooked, hero that a has a problem is “The Flash”.
In the marvel universe, people need to have the correct genetic structure to adopt powers.
I wouldn’t leave a room full of radio active spider. That would be fascinating.
Finally, it was nice to see someone running for office with the courage to make fun of people with ADHD. Sure, play nice with other politician, but ADHD? fair target.
He has it himself. Pundits tried to hit him on it early in the campaign, but that line of discussion dried up after a month or so.
He wasn’t being mean, he was being self-effacing.
…can we get the Jefferson and Henry comic pushed through? I’d read the hell out of that.