The Tobolowsky Files Ep. 48 - The Zen Story
Series: The Tobolowsky Files
From: David Chen
Length: 00:50:03
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In times of trouble be careful of turning to the parables of Zen for advice – the story keeps changing before your very eyes.
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Timing and Cues
00:00:00 – Intro music: “Das Wandern” (from “Die Schone Mullerin”) by Schubert
00:00:37 – Intro by David Chen, introduces Stephen by referencing his role as Carl Venable in the film “Pope Dreams”
00:07:43 – Story 1 in-cue: “This is a story about the first zen parable I ever heard… maybe.”
00:08:07 – Stephen references the television series “The Andy Griffith Show”
00:10:11 – Stephen mentions, “Seeking the meaning of life and drinking beer.”
00:17:18 - Stephen mentions, “People wore coke spoon necklaces…”
00:19:03 – Stephen references the film “Roadside Prophets”
00:27:22 – Story 1 out-cue: “I was just curious as to what became of the mythical man after an unhappy meeting on the road.” Music fades up, “Der Wanderer” by Schubert.
00:27:48 – Story 2 in-cue, music fades down: “Theatre is an interesting animal.”
00:33:03 – Stephen mentions, “…if either the actor or the audience is completely stoned.”
00:40:07 – Stephen mentions, “…he had found a great place under the stage to smoke grass.”
00:40:40 – Stephen references the film “Spaceballs”
00:43:12 – Stephen mentions, “…and I was sipping a bit of homemade margarita…”
00:43:37 – Stephen mentions, “…she seemed to have a taste for margaritas on the rocks with salt…”
00:44:18 – Stephen mentions, “…was probably just liking the salt in the margarita…”
00:45:37 – Stephen mentions, “I think the Pooch just drank my beer.”
00:45:44 – Stephen mentions, “Then why is my beer half gone…”
00:45:59 – Stephen mentions, “…or had what appeared to be the foam of a Sam Adams Pale Lager on her whiskers.”
00:46:15 – Stephen mentions, “’…I’ll get you another beer, I think when she drinks a margarita she gets thirsty from the salt and just needs a beer back […] I’m sorry Joe, what was it, a Sam Adams?’ Joe just looked at me with mild irritation: ‘Yes, or a Dos Equis…’”
00:47:08 – Story 2 out-cue: “Maybe the bird was in my hands after all. Maybe.” Music fades up, “I and Love and You” by The Avett Brothers
00:47:57 – Outro by David Chen: “That was ‘The Zen Story’…”
00:49:06 – Music fades up, “I and Love and You” by The Avett Brothers
00:50:03 – End.
Musical Works
| Title | Artist | Album | Label | Year | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I and Love and You | The Avett Brothers | I and Love and You. | American | 2009 | 05:00 |
| Der Wanderer (Schubert - Liszt) | Schubert | Schubert - Liszt. Piano Transcriptions. | Classical Records | 2011 | 06:33 |
| Das Wandern (From "Die Schone Mullerin") (Schubert - Liszt) | Schubert | Schubert - Liszt. Piano Transcriptions. | Classical Records | 2011 | 02:02 |
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