114: Sandy Duncan & Star Spangled Girl

Today’s episode is very special - not just because our guest is three-time Tony nominee Sandy Duncan, and we have additional jokes by comedy legend Gags Beasley, but also because we’re joined by friend of the pod and fellow Beasley superfan Joe Blevins to discuss Duncan and the immortal banana sketch, followed by her second starring role on film in the baffling but never boring Star-Spangled Girl.

Topics of discussion include gelatin molds on television walls, when a pie in the face can be painful, square views of the counterculture, just why Gags Beasley never made the jump to the silver screen himself, and how to tell if a movie was based on a stage play.

Check out Joe’s work at d2rights.blogspot.com and thesedaysareours.libsyn.com!

Further Resources:

• After a Brain Tumor and Two Failed Marriages, Sandy Duncan Is Flying High Again
• Clay Aiken Says He Lost '50 Percent' of His Fans When He Came Out in 2008: 'It Was Very Different Time'
• In ‘Second Glance,’ It’s Sandy Duncan
• Monty Python - The Funniest Joke in the World
• “Peter Pan” star Sandy Duncan still has a lot to “crow” about by Mo Rocca