Episode 37: Let’s embarrass ourselves!

September 17, 2007  |  Posted by: The Scope

On this episode, we look back to some of our more embarrassing music and movie picks of years past. Discussion of the VMA’s, our upcoming trivia championship, and the longest list of Coming Soon in this history of The Scope!

I Hate to Admit It, But…
Our impeccable taste in movies and music is put to the test… 15 years ago!

Music
Jared: Bell Biv DeVoe – Poison
Adam: Wilson Phillips – Wilson Phillips
Shane: Amy Grant – Heart in Motion

Movies
Adam: The Neverending Story
Shane: Father of the Bride
Jared: Young Einstein

News
Tobey Maguire and Shane share a love for giant robots.
The guy that wrote and directed Van Helsing is bringing GI Joe to the big screen.
Music Industry’s idea to save itself: Ringles.
Nintendo back on top in video game industry.
Official Iron Man trailer.
Wii Zapper release date and price.

Reviews
Music
2 1/2 starsThe Go! Team – Proof of Youth – 2 1/2 stars

Music
“Adventures of the Deaf Dreamer” – Josh Woodward
“80s Funk Jam 6” – Psykosoul
Scope Sounds: “My Favorite Mutiny” – The Coup

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9 Comments on “Episode 37: Let’s embarrass ourselves!”
  1. thosquanta said:
    September 18th, 2007 4:09 PM

    -i was WAY into ABC back in the day.

    -i am also way pumped for RE: extinction. Earl and Jared are not alone!

    -here is my amusing young einstein story: i was also way into the movie as a kid. i saw it with my ultra-religious grandmother in the theater. Darwin shows up later in the movie, and I had no idea who he was. I asked my grandmother and she said something along the lines of ‘hes the man that said men evolved from monkeys, but we know thats not true because god created us just the way we are.’ altho amusingly inaccurate, the assertion that ‘man evolved from monkey’ made some innate sense to me. this actually led me down the primrose path of evolutionary biology and, eventually, atheism.

    so, thank you, yahoo serious.

  2. Adam Lazlo said:
    September 18th, 2007 5:23 PM

    I cleaned my bathroom while listening to this episode… not a reflection of the show, just a fact!

  3. Gary said:
    September 19th, 2007 9:15 AM

    A couple of years ago I went to a midnight showing of “NeverEnding Story” at the Uptown, and yes… It has a ton of gay subtext in it. But it’s not really subtext if it’s that close to the surface.
    I still like the movie though. The special effects for the time are good, and the character designs are amazing. It’s cheesy and melodramatic, but I still like it. And I love the book(I even have a “making of” book).

    And p.s. my team is totally going to win the Scope World Series of Pop Culture Contest…. AGAIN!

  4. Al said:
    September 19th, 2007 6:55 PM

    Should I show up or are Gary and Carrie capable of winning it short-handed?

  5. Gary said:
    September 20th, 2007 9:36 AM

    Al, we need you.

  6. Molly said:
    September 20th, 2007 2:15 PM

    I don’t think Father of the Bride or the Never Ending Story are anything to be embarrassed about. I love both those movies and I’m not embarrassed. I don’t think either of you, Shane or Adam, dug deep enough! Especially you Adam, I know you like some pretty embarrassing things. I am going to go ahead and say pretty much every kid I knew loved Never Ending Story back in the day. If you revisit this show in the future, I expect a lot more embarrassing things than a children’s movie and chick flick.

  7. Al said:
    September 20th, 2007 7:09 PM

    I had cassette singles of Whitney Houston’s “I Will Always Love You” and John Mellencamp’s Van Morrison cover “Wild Night”. I taped an NBC movie as a child called “Dance Til Dawn” and watched that repeatedly as a child. It featured: Allysa Milano, Matthew Perry, Christina Applegate, Frasier Crane, Grace from Ferris Beuller, Vanessa Huxtable, Robin Thicke’s dad and some Italian-ish teen who was supposedly supposed to be the biggest star of them all.

    Bell Biv Devoe and Father of the Bride don’t sound so bad now.

    My skeleton is out and I should probably kill myself.

  8. Jess said:
    September 20th, 2007 11:31 PM

    I can’t believe Al thinks Robin Thicke is more recognizable to this gang than his genius-sitcom-theme-composer father.

  9. Al said:
    September 21st, 2007 6:30 AM

    Jess, I don’t, but I’m tired of seeing Alan’s tired ass on infomercials to Las Vegas resorts. However, I should kill myself for trying to make Robin Thicke references on this website.