Show Notes: S03, E03 - Faking It Till We Make It
This week, we're exploring human kindness with Come From Away, lost cities with Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum, and writer's block with the likes of Maya Angelou and Jennifer Egan. And then Bob Mortimer and Christina Aguilera help us through a sugary mess, for those with a sickly-sweet tooth.
Here's all the art we recommended.
(Art we only mentioned in passing, and never intended as a problem-solving recommendation, is in italics.)
Underlined items are this week's top picks from each of our presenters. If you're only going to try one of the pieces of art we mentioned, try these ones first.
Books
- The Talented Mr Ripley - Patricia Highsmith
- The Peter Principle: Why Things Always Go Wrong - Dr Laurence J Peter & Raymond Hull
- The Discworld series - Terry Pratchett
- Johnny and the Bomb - Terry Pratchett
- A Visit from the Goon Squad - Jennifer Egan
- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings - Maya Angelou
- Priscilla Hires a Husband - Loree Lough
- And Away... - Bob Mortimer
Films / TV
- Round the Twist
- Eastenders
- The Talented Mr Ripley
- Ripley's Game
- Alien
- The Simpsons
- Seinfeld
- Arthur
- While You Were Sleeping
- Miss Congeniality
- The Lost City
- Catchphrase
- Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing
- Men in Black
- Shooting Stars
- The Smell of Reeves & Mortimer
- Catterick
- Would I Lie to You?
- Mary Poppins
- Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
- Loony Tunes
- Matilda
Music
- Phenomenon - LL Cool J
- Phenomena - The Muppets
- Me and the Sky - Jenn Colella, Come From Away Company
- Believe - Cher
- (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction - The Rolling Stones
- Shiny Happy People - R.E.M.
- What You Waiting For? - Gwen Stefani
- The Sweet Escape - Gwen Stefani
- Don't Go Breaking My Heart - Elton John & Kiki Dee
- What's Up? - 4 Non Blondes
- A Spoonful of Sugar - Julie Andrews
- Candy Girl - Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons
- Candy Shop - 50 Cent
- The Candy Man - Aubrey Woods
- Candyman - Christina Aguilera
- The Candy Man - Sammy Davis Jr
- Let's Face the Music and Dance - Sammy Davis Jr
- Sweet Like Chocolate - Shanks & Bigfoot
- Send Me On My Way - Rusted Root
A selection of the music mentioned in this episode can be found in the Agony Art Spotify playlist.
Other
Corrections
- Liam said "William S Borough" when he meant William S Borroughs.
Picture above from And Away... by Bob Mortimer © Gallery UK 2021
Episode jingles and music written and performed by Agony Art © 2020-2022
