8. Fun Home

This week, we discuss Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home!

In this episode we read, listened to, and watched:

• The original comic, Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic, 2006. Buy on Amazon or iBooks.
• Fun Home (A New Broadway Musical), adapted by Lisa Kron and Jeanine Tesori, 2013. Soundtrack available on iTunes or Amazon.

Some of the stuff we talked about in this episode:

• The Bechdel Test.
• Dykes to Watch Out For by Alison Bechdel.
• Are You My Mother? by Alison Bechdel.
• The 2016–2017 Fun Home national touring company.
• Ring of Keys, performed by Sydney Lucas at the 2015 Tony Awards.

7. Little Women

Happy New Year, everybody! In this episode, we discuss Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women, 1868.

Everything we read and watched for this episode:

• The original novel. Download on Amazon or iBooks.
• Little Women, 1933, starring Katharine Hepburn. Buy on Amazon or iTunes.
• Little Women, 1949, starring June Allyson. Buy on iTunes or Amazon.
• Little Women, 1980, produced by Toei Animation. Watch on YouTube.
• Little Women, 1994, starring Winona Ryder. Buy on Amazon or iTunes.

Some of the stuff we talked about in the episode:

• Orchard House, Concord, MA.
• That creepy picture of June Allyson, from Too Young to Kiss, 1951. She’s 34 in this picture.
• We didn’t watch the 1978 miniseries, but just to give you a taste, here’s a little bit of William Shatner’s German accent.

6. A Christmas Carol

Merry Christmas, everyone! In this episode, we discuss Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, 1843.

Everything we read and watched for this episode:

• The original novella. Buy on Amazon or iBooks.
• A Christmas Carol, 1951, starring Alastair Sim. Buy on Amazon.
• A Christmas Carol, 1984, starring George C. Scott. Buy on iTunes or Amazon.
• The Muppet Christmas Carol, 1992, starring Michael Caine. Buy on iTunes or Amazon. Make sure to watch “When Love is Gone,” the song that was wrongly cut from the film.
• A Christmas Carol, 1999, starring Patrick Stewart. Buy on Amazon.
• Disney’s A Christmas Carol, 2009, starring Jim Carrey, Jim Carrey, Jim Carrey, and Jim Carrey. Directed by Robert Zemeckis. Buy on iTunes or Amazon.

Some of the stuff we talked about in the episode:

• World Wide Words: Cudiles or cudulles.
• The Muppet Christmas Carol on Frock Flicks.
• Honey Nut Cheerios “Scrooge” commercial.