The Tobolowsky Files Ep. 36 - Virtual Reality
Series: The Tobolowsky Files
From: David Chen
Length: 00:49:33
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Yes, it's Christmas in 1987, and we can listen to it in the middle of the summer because it's Virtual Reality!
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Timing and Cues
00:00:00 – “A Place in the Sun” by Stevie Wonder
00:00:25 – Intro by David Chen, introduces Stephen by referencing his role as Calculator in the film “The Brave Little Toaster Goes To Mars”
00:03:23 – David references the film “Inception”
00:03:41 – Story 1 in-cue: “I have a lot of mixed feelings on dreams, David.”
00:05:03 – Stephen mentions, “…and drinking corn liqueur…”
00:06:07 – Stephen mentions, “I thought it was a toilet, I peed in it…”
00:18:27 – Stephen mentions, “…was a pitbull/bulldog/Cereberus dog from Hell mix…”
00:19:41 – Stephen mentions, “…was Cerberus, the dog from Hell.”
00:20:03 – Stephen references the film “The Exorcist”
00:20:20 – Stephen references the film “Poltergeist”
00:21:30 – Story 1 out-cue: “But that night, in bed, when she said she needed a kiss she got one.” Music fades up, “Il sole e’di tutti (A Place in the Sun) [Italian Version]” by Stevie Wonder
00:22:04 – Story 2 in-cue, music fades down: “That Christmas we visited DeDe and Bruce in Topanga Canyon…”
00:22:08 – Stephen mentions, “…for turkey dinner, spiced wine…”
00:27:21 – Stephen references the films “E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial” and “Alien”
00:29:18 – Stephen references the film “Wild Hogs”
00:30:04 – Stephen mentions, “...or what was my favorite kind of beer or even if I smoked cigarettes or not. Yes, I found myself going into a smokeshop buying loose leaf tobacco and rolling papers.”
00:32:00 – Stephen mentions, “…she was sick and may even be retarded.”
00:35:04 – Stephen mentions, “Pooch groaned like she’d been stabbed with a spike.”
00:36:26 – Stephen references the film “Mississippi Burning”
00:36:46 – Stephen mentions, “I occasionally fished and smoked cigarettes.”
00:37:05 – Story 2 out-cue: “So I put on my virtual reality helmet, I set the controls to brand new day and I declared to the world at large, let the games begin.” Music fades up, “You Keep Me Hangin’ On [DJ Fumiya Remix]” by Diana Ross and The Supremes
00:37:23 – Outro with David Chen. “That was ‘Virtual Reality’…”
00:44:02 – Stephen references the television series “Seinfeld”
00:45:52 – Stephen mentions, “…before I started my daily projectile vomiting.”
00:47:47 – Stephen mentions, “…as she took a sip from my beer.”
00:48:33 – Music fades up, “You Keep Me Hangin’ On [DJ Fumiya Remix]” by Diana Ross and The Supremes
00:49:33 – End.
Musical Works
| Title | Artist | Album | Label | Year | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Il sole e'di tutti (A Place in the Sun) [Italian Version] | Stevie Wonder | Motown Around the World. | Hip-O Select | 2010 | 03:01 |
| You Keep Me Hanging On (Chi Mi Aiutera) [Italian Version] | The Supremes | Motown Around The World. | (Unknown) | 1966 | 03:03 |
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