Gutterballs: The Big Lebowski Deepcast

full on dude, the beauty of the free pass to say fuck, parsing the meaning of 0th birthdays, revisiting a la Doc Brown and Marty McFly, repetitive Sorkinisms, the aesthetics of the shimmy, the origins of giant dust motes, alternate William H Macy dudes, the dude solving his own problems, the filmically true way to walk 18 feet to a door, how to pronounce boo-shem-ee, a brief history of the medieval-esque Korean conflict, JW (he who cannot not be named) directing The Big Lebowski, more flimsy PTA-Coen Bros connections, how long you can wear the california cargo shorts, and Adam's best dudely saunters. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/gutterballs/support

Brad and Adam are joined by psychologist and linguist Victoria Saxby to talk about the the doppelgangistic connection between the titular Lebowski and Walter, the efficacy of the New Dudely Lama, the real Maude Lebowskis and her Mid-Atlantic dialect, other pot-smoking private dicks in the mythical landscape of Los Angeles, we go deep inside Llewyn Davis, the evolution of The Dude's demeanor as the harsh reality of the Titular Lebowski sets in, delicious tension of Tarantino, and a fallacious sound effect. BONUS: "The Master" as a film but not a movie and Brad Pitt don't do shit. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/gutterballs/support

The uncomfortableness of asking for things from bombastic self-aggrandizing individuals. Why would the rich Lebowski take the meeting in the first place? The more you crow the less you know. The spanish verb parlar. Fractals of African villages. FDR's dog, Fala, and his relevance to Nazi Germany. The schedules of the rich lebowski's housekeeping service. Major revelation, new shit has come to light, regarding the contents of the Rich Lebowski's desk. Lamp as breast stand-in. Adam hearing I am the walrus. The visceral Matrix versus the george lucas's sterile self-immolating fan fiction. Also, homunculus. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/gutterballs/support

Our first ever mailbag segment! A listener question about suspension of disbelief, the importance of the human elements on the screen, the grandest of all moffs, the places Sam Neill doesn't belong, how a pair of eyes can salvage a movie in theory, and the limits of muppets and whimsical sci-fi fantasy. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/gutterballs/support

P-Hoff vs PS-Hoff and the USS Sea Dog, solving the mystery of the tilted Urban Achievers plaque, definitive fin whale identification, empathy for Brandt, subtle birdly heavenly choruses, HFR dioramas, mumbled Chucks, the resolution of paint, remote controlled electronic doors, the chair's long approach, the evolution of the Time magazine font throughout the ages, John Milius, and Walt-rotica. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/gutterballs/support

Brant's tells, the singing Guy Fawkes variety clubs mascot, why Orson Welles sucks, the banalities of plaques as evidenced by mirrored tchotchkes, how to buy a Big Gulp after civilization crumbles, T-bar versus fisherman style sandals, college trying, touching the hole in the shoe, and Brad and Adam get creeped out by photos of men's jellied legs. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/gutterballs/support

The ludicrosity of Bluray extra features, Brad's desire to eliminate the Van Nuys, a little bit of patter, Lynch on Louie, how to properly introduce yourself to Styx, why all roads lead to Lebowski, revisiting the herky jerky blades of grass, a composite job, Walter as father figure, the fashion implications of Brad losing his grip on reality, supersonic background waitresses, doubles and triples caught in time loops, mystery sodas, the search for the inciting incident, 80s movies lockstep with the act structure, "Will Pee Wee get his bike back?", the viscosity of blk water, the mind tweak of software technology, halting all nuclear reaction within a star, and the pitfalls of Deep Space 9 drinking games. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/gutterballs/support

We count down to predictions, fear of the unknown, the length and subtlety of diegetic Dylan songs, sad little mini-chapters of Donnie's journey, the Walters in our lives, the one shared pixel of a social Venn diagram, the Dude's mysterious approach, the utter failing of our inner manlinesses, blueblockers, the beautiful clarity of HD television without a television, wooden Eskimo goggles, the limits of unchecked aggression, more sparrotting and recycled dialogue, the difficulty of separating "preferred" from "nomenclature," the risk of a completely new story and why they don't exist, the origins of the Dude's hair clip, the nontimelessness of early 90s Miller Lite commercials, Adam's lack of understanding of the differences between Rocky Balboa/Apollo Creed/President Camacho, beer logo dissection, how to freeze a bayou, the least known Baldwin and the haggardness of Stevie B. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/gutterballs/support

The hope that you are the guy that gets jettisoned back to earth,  the excellence of lists, Scarlett Johannsen's defining example of young hotness, ball swapping, sparrots, mullets, fancy waistlines, the search for the clip, continuity of peripheral bowlers, the Saddaminator and his well-honed finger position for effective vaporized sanitation delivery, ickiness of real-life Dude inspiration, and Walter as imminent discussion topic. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/gutterballs/support

How you pronounce Googie, french fry and buffalo wing greased balls, supportive pants, continuity errors, T-Bone Burnett's hunger game, Jeff Golblum's Adam in 1998, Mary Zophres doesn't do shit (She only does the finest quality work), sputnik shapes, Chandler's big sleep, the physics of ball spin and the logistics of filming it, the little man in Adam, celebratory strike dances, and the present as imagined by 1950s futurists. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/gutterballs/support

In this episode Brad and Adam discuss moisture retention qualities of different hair and beard types, the artifice versus the spontaneous truth of film as played out on ping-pong-ball-sized bowling ball cracked tiles, the art of the reveal as practiced by experienced thugs, the timeliness and cadence of drips, the lack of sanitization of barbecue basting brushes, the slippery invisibility of reflections, where to put the light, possible Lebowski sequels, all-inclusive mind holograms, the possible implications for Lebowski when you consider Pee Wee's Big Adventure and the Beatles in mono, "blue" in red, faulty pinsetters, the business acumen of bowling alley proprietors, and the impact of contrasting fonts in and out of nether regions. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/gutterballs/support

Brad and Adam are joined by an interior designer to discuss the finer points of the dude's abode, including but not limited to: what Woo said, word dancing, the paradox of the poetic general and the muscle, raising one eyebrow at a possible out of character one-liner. The full Kenny Rogers Roasters Experience complete with psychedelic beaded curtain, shower curtain rod engineering, the inevitability of time and mortality as played out in distressed bathroom fixtures, flaws in the rules of the universe regarding toilet paper, how to hit a lazy guy below the belt, Jeff Bridges's realization of transcendency, the truth of the false archway, Dude-level prized possessions, the price of rugs in Rockville, the blonde treehorn thug's biography (From the Lebowski EU (expanded universe - not be confused with the Lebowski AU (alternate universe), where the thugs go to the correct Lebowski residence)). --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/gutterballs/support

Adam and Brad are joined by a special marine biology expert to discuss the fourth minute of The Big Lebowski: the stranger concludes his VO, the dude's considerable considerate thought (CCT), rationales for half and half smelling, the September 11th connection, the sperms versus the blues, new world orders, realism or lack thereof in check register scribbles, Adam calls around LA, the affordability of the dude's swank bungalow complex, the tumbleweed makes it home, the consequences of opening your half and half in the supermarket, and the multiple toilet brush theory. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/gutterballs/support

Included in this episode: Moribund age percentages and death stalkers, making entirely new dudes by removing a letter, dude emulations, hanging bundles of salamis abutting dairy aisles opposite dairy product booths, exaggerating abundance, the cost of flip flops in LA grocery markets, the riddle of the two Ralphs, upscale bean salad on a pizza shell, lack of interest in violating the patina, opulent half and half servers, living high on the pre-softened hog, the humorous potential of the letter R, the timelessness of the Country Crock artwork versus the timefulness of the film Johnny Mnemonic, papyrus experts, and period pieces --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/gutterballs/support

Listen to Adam and Brad discuss the second minute of The Big Lebowski, including dude definitions, the typecast confounding stranger, mood cinema, compositing LA vistas, our lack of tumbleweed research, evening taco shack math, hand wash, the probability of geographic inconsistencies, the professionalism of inky blackness, the liquid desert (aka the ocean), some follow up on high frame rates, respecting the crystals, and Kim Basinger's lack of bobsledding. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/gutterballs/support

In this inaugural episode, Adam and Brad discuss the geopolitcal ramifications of the evolving universal studios logo animation, errant Netflix thumbnails, the trending oblivion of Inland Empire, their first times with Lebowski, the marketing of Lebowski, the chronology of Coen Brothers' genre hopping on their way from old school to new school, what the fonts used in the opening titles might tell us, the lighting of the desert, herky-jerky blades of grass, the psycho-aesthetics of 60fps, and tumbleweeds as a metaphor. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/gutterballs/support