The Tobolowsky Files Ep. 50 - The Primary Source
Series: The Tobolowsky Files
From: David Chen
Length: 00:51:38
It all started when I played in a band with Stevie Ray Vaughn. Sometimes the truth is a funny thing. Sometimes it just rocks your world. A rock and roll story almost twenty years in the making.
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Timing and Cues
00:00:00 - “Brothers” by The Vaughan Brothers
00:00:51 – Intro by David Chen, introduces Stephen by referencing his role as Troll in the television series “American Dragon: Jake Long”
00:02:36 – David references the television series “Glee”
00:03:49 – Story 1 in-cue: “Not too long ago, I was teaching my improvisation class…”
00:04:44 – Stephen references the TV movie “Deadly Medicine”
00:07:42 – Stephen references the television series “Californication”
00:09:49 – Stephen references the television series “60 Minutes” and “Entourage”
00:11:40 – Stephen mentions, “I suppose it was a veiled drug reference but in Dallas at that time the drug of choice was Dristan.”
00:16:37 – Stephen mentions, “…and over an Irish whiskey Bob would tell me…”
00:18:06 – Stephen references the film “Great Balls of Fire”
00:22:35 – Story 1 out-cue: “A combination of love and pain and the unstoppable desire to play all night long.” Music fades up, “Brothers” by The Vaughan Brothers
00:23:11 – Story 2 in-cue, music fades down: “I found it increasingly difficult to discuss anything these days.”
00:25:50 – Stephen references the film “Star Wars”
00:26:28 – Stephen references the film “Tarzan’s New York Adventure”
00:34:50 – Stephen references the film “Miller’s Crossing”
00:41:43 – Story 2 out-cue: “It’s the rare encounter with the primary source that causes a slight shift in the expected that leaves us silent on the other end of the phone line while everything in the world changes.” Music fades up, “Bagatelle No. 25 in A minor (Für Elise)” by Ludwig van Beethoven
00:42:18 – Outro by David Chen: “That was ‘The Primary Source’…”
00:43:51 – Stephen mentions, “…and that FDR smoked cigarettes…”
00:50:35 – Music fades up, “Brothers” by The Vaughan Brothers
00:51:38 – End.
Musical Works
| Title | Artist | Album | Label | Year | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brothers | The Vaughan Brothers | Family Style. | Epic Records | 1990 | 05:05 |
| Bagatelle in A minor (Für Elise) | Ludwig van Beethoven | Beethoven: Für Elise. | Philips Import | 1985 | 03:37 |




