Posts Tagged ‘Pop Culture Conversations’

Pop Culture Conversations: Dansk Melodi Grand Prix

Thursday, February 11th, 2010

During Chanée & N’evergreen’s “In a Moment Like This”:

Jen: “Wind machine. Very good.”
Chris: “A little too strong.”
Jen: “No. No. Never too strong.”

Pop Culture Conversations: Project Runway

Thursday, November 12th, 2009

Irina: “They’re expecting me to bring out the big guns. But I’m going to bring a tank. I’m bringing the whole army.”
Chris: “She’s Georgian. What does she know about having a big army?”
Jen: “She does know something about fronting.”

Pop Culture Conversations: High School Musical 2

Sunday, August 23rd, 2009

Chris: His name is actually Corbin Bleu?
Jen: That’s what he’s going with. Why?
Chris: It’s too close to Cordon Bleu. What, is he full of ham and cheese?
Jen: Well, it is a Disney production.

Pop Culture Conversations: Stasi Nudie Films

Sunday, March 30th, 2008

Chris: Did you hear the story about East Germany’s porn?
Jen: East German porn? Who collects that, Eliot Spitzer?

Pop Culture Conversations: Hardball

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008

While watching Hardball during the Iowa caucus coverage:

Pat Buchanan: “Hillary’s got that woman thing going.”
Jen: “It’s called a period, Pat.”

Pop Culture Conversations: St. Stephen’s Day Murders

Monday, November 26th, 2007

A conversation while listening to the Chieftans’ “St. Stephen’s Day Murders” from their Christmas album The Bells of Dublin:

Jen: “That’s Elvis Costello [singing], right?”
Chris: “Yes. It might be the best thing he’s ever done.”
Jen: “It is. And I include Diana Krall in that.”

Pop Culture Conversations: The Windmills of Your Mind

Tuesday, November 13th, 2007

A conversation while listening to “The Windmills of Your Mind,” the hit song from The Thomas Crown Affair, from Jack Jones Sings Michel Legrand…

Jen: What does this song have to do with The Thomas Crown Affair?
Chris: What does this song have to do with anything?
Jen: This is true.
Chris: That’s the problem with French composers, though. You tell them what your movie’s about and they do they opposite. “Michel, we’ve got this movie…”
Jen: “Stop right there!”