Podcast 177 - Skeletor's mk4 Supra
Added 2023-09-17 17:00:03 +0000 UTCJonny has had to cause to reflect on the life of He-Man. Also in this episode, misunderstanding the meaning of cosplay, a bad day to be wearing tweed, the drag racing phenomenon of Podface, replicas racing at the Revival, Steven Seagal fighting from a chair, Bryan Ferry having a nice sit down, Roger Moore running up the Eiffel Tower, a licence to kilt, Calvin Harris and a sweet Prelude 2.2, some eye-opening uses for Facebook Marketplace, Louis Theroux’s erroneous Fiesta RS Turbo, and being a rear view mirror dip refuser. Plus, Prince Williams, Marxist Spencer, cool Maseratis, and Jonny’s secret new car.
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Queen Victoria had a dislike of Barth/Bath. She visited the city as a child to commemorate the 15 acre park that had been dedicated in her honour. I understand she was mocked by locals because she had "thick ankles" and she became so enraged by the comments that she vowed never to return. If she ever passed through the city in her carriage, she would have the blinds closed until out of the city. Bath still honours her with the Park and obelisk, suggesting that Bathionians have a distinct lack of self awareness.
John Hammond
2023-09-20 09:11:14 +0000 UTCThat He-Man video was the first thing I thought of when they started discussing aforementioned cartoon. The ‘waaah’ noise that Skeletor makes in it cracks me up every time!
Olly Lord
2023-09-19 17:53:13 +0000 UTCRe Jane Austen dislike of Bath, in Richard Curtis films all the buffoon characters are called Bernard because he disliked someone of that name (see also Blofeld/ Goldfinger)
MarkWilliams
2023-09-19 13:46:03 +0000 UTCIn the Wikipedia article it basically he says he always fails because of his "poor attitude" .:-D
Andy Pinchock
2023-09-19 13:03:33 +0000 UTCYou can easily stop it from working by sticking a bit of black electrical tape over the light sensor on the passenger-facing side of the mirror. It won’t be able to tell when there’s a bright light behind you. Or just cut the wiring harness.
Ed Storer
2023-09-19 07:37:58 +0000 UTCMy money’s on Audi A2 - bonus if it’s got the fifth seat
Ed Storer
2023-09-19 07:35:01 +0000 UTCExcellent episode! A couple of things: I'm surprised no-one has posted the He-Man/4 Non Blondes mashup. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBw3qzf4s18 Also, Lady Sonia wouldn't like the metal after market off road bumpers, they'd be too cold on her arse....
Stuart Baly
2023-09-19 00:24:44 +0000 UTCThe issue of Historic cars at Goodwood... I've watched racing for 40 years, I've never seen historic cars so quick that are raced at Goodwood.. At members meeting this year, 40 lotus Cortinas screaming down the Levant straight over 110mph ... Yeah right! I spoke to Mechanic from Alan Mann racing and I questioned the authenticity of these historic teaching Ford Capri's He finally admitted that the engines aren't 3 litre, and cost in excess of £45k they have many special "racing" parts... The suspension ain't 1970's ... It's great racing, but it's entertainment.... If a team are way ahead with their machine, they will be given a "warning" if they continue to push the limits of the Historic spec..they won't be asked back! This I've suspected all along... But still provides great entertainment...
Paul Fargher
2023-09-18 23:45:05 +0000 UTCI’m a fellow rear-view mirror dip refuser. When I realised the Citroen DS3 I’d bought had an automatic one I entered the worst possible zone of frustration - miffed enough for it to put me in a mildly bad mood every time I drove at night, but not quite annoyed enough to ever try and do anything about it. To be honest, I don’t really like any automatic feature on cars that can’t be disabled - I’d option a car without self-cancelling indicators if I could. Bloody things.
Daniel Thorn
2023-09-18 22:46:01 +0000 UTCSkeletor had a hideous fireball incident whilst bodging the NOS onto the Skeletor-Supra, burning all the flesh off his face but not touching his roided up body. He's pissed at He-Man for recommending him a dodgy bloke at the gym for it so now makes his life a living hell to pay for it.
Vincent Grey
2023-09-18 17:59:24 +0000 UTCBeen there! Very cool! And much smaller than it looked on the TV series
Andy Pinchock
2023-09-18 16:35:17 +0000 UTCPortmeirion was 'The Village' but as Number 6 found, impossible to escape from, even in a Lotus 7.
John Hammond
2023-09-18 16:27:52 +0000 UTCWhen you started with He-Man in the intro I fully expected to hear about the worst vehihicle both sides of Eternia: that thing where the seat sits on a track and moves forward, then stops suddenly until the back has swung around. https://youtu.be/1p3P8kxII0o?feature=shared This thing has somehow stayed logged in my memory after all these years!
Lisa Monsterken
2023-09-18 15:08:19 +0000 UTCCheck out Grumpy Skeletor on Facebook
Simon Whittaker
2023-09-18 13:17:00 +0000 UTCHad I brought a change of clothes I would most certainly have changed!
Ronnie Whelan
2023-09-18 12:56:25 +0000 UTCPS: you have the power, Richard.
Andy Laurence
2023-09-18 12:18:11 +0000 UTCI love the irony of Richard exclaiming, on episode 177 of a podcast where two friends talk about cars and many other things, his utmost respect for writers who are able to make long running series from such flimsy premise.
Andy Laurence
2023-09-18 12:17:44 +0000 UTCA gent of the period in question would’ve swapped his tweeds for a light linen suit and fine cotton shirt. And no poncey bottles of water for him, Pimms, or beer.
Chris Rayner
2023-09-18 12:17:04 +0000 UTCI'm going with either a K11 Micra, or a SAAB
Gordon Bartlett
2023-09-18 09:43:58 +0000 UTCHub motors on EVs are fascinating. Made a couple videos on the LeTourneau Overland Trains made in the 1960s, which were huge (like proper huge) vehicles built with unique hub motors. I always wondered why that tech never became more miniaturised. Here’s a video I made visiting the largest example out in the states earlier this year https://youtu.be/KpWv68xECrY?si=Mphh0AEqLpZmFTV5
Calum Gillies
2023-09-18 08:57:13 +0000 UTCI’ve never really thought about it, but yes, Skeletor was just a really overt and aggressive burglar.
TD
2023-09-18 07:41:51 +0000 UTCIronically, after listening to this on Patreon 12 hours ago on The way to work, YouTube recommended this about Brian ferry from the smith and sniff vault https://youtu.be/Bgf-TipooxY?si=gLMn8agqhsRwOi5-
Swanger
2023-09-18 06:48:56 +0000 UTCHe-man has to be just prince Adam as you say “dicking about” with his sword in the castle grounds when he finds some mushrooms! And the end of each ep is just his comedown from the trip. He then gets a tast for it and tries them 133 more times over the next 2 years. 🤷🏼♂️ Also i think Snarf is just the DJ khalid of the 80s cartoon era just repeating his name every few seconds 👍
craig webster
2023-09-18 06:30:41 +0000 UTCCheck @grumpyskeletor on SOWSHUL MEEJA. Very good
Jonathan Knight
2023-09-18 01:58:54 +0000 UTCThis has got to be the best S&S opener ever, just straight into a dissection of the He-Man franchise. I fervently hope this was someone's bewildering introduction to Britain's Most Popular Automotive* Podcast. Top stuff. Also, I must just note the story of *why* He-Man rides a giant tiger, because it's really quite funny. Having turned down the toy merchandising line for Star Wars (oops), Mattel looked to develop their own hero cartoon plus toy line. But when it came time to put together a vehicle and accessories for He-Man figurines, they'd run out of budget to create tooling for it. No problem. Mattel marketing VP Paul Cleveland knew there was already a tiger for an Action Man type doll called Big Jim. Big Jim was twice the size of the He-Man figurine, so the tiger was scaled to the size of a horse in He-Man world. No problem - Paul said, "I don't care if it's as big as a horse, put an f-ing saddle on it." So they did, wrote it into the cartoon and Creatine Powder Cat became part of 1980s childhood history.
Brendan McAleer
2023-09-17 23:37:53 +0000 UTCNever seen a rev counter do what it did, can't be beaten yea...
RICHARD COHEN
2023-09-17 23:16:18 +0000 UTCI was at Goodwood, dressed in tweed, with 8 pints of water and only a worm of onyx to show for it. You're correct, Richard. It was a great, but disgustingly clammy, day.
Ronnie Whelan
2023-09-17 23:14:15 +0000 UTCAlways make me laugh that Steven Segal's band is called Thunderbox. No wonder he sits down all the time.
Daniel Withington
2023-09-17 22:06:01 +0000 UTCAnother enthusiast of the unnecessarily appended "s" is Mat Watson, from off of Carwow. Barely an episode goes by where he doesn't refer to a head-up display as a "heads-up" display, or describe "sport" mode as "sports" mode. I now think of him as Mats Watsons...
Declan Berridge
2023-09-17 20:11:41 +0000 UTCI am also a rear view mirror dip refuser, I just can't be arsed with it, a lot like Jonny.
Julian Hale
2023-09-17 20:10:47 +0000 UTCHas Jonny bought a Matra Rancho? Or a Tatra?
Simon Turner
2023-09-17 20:05:04 +0000 UTCJonny’s new car is a 2.2 Honda prelude yeh 0-60 in 3 seconds yeh
Gabriel Grist-Parker
2023-09-17 19:57:54 +0000 UTCPretty sure I know what Jonny's new car is and I'm also very excited.
Matt Tester
2023-09-17 19:26:55 +0000 UTCHave you seen the full music video for Calvin Harris' Desire!? 👀https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JPNFp0f53I
Nathan English
2023-09-17 18:51:37 +0000 UTCLoved the new "ethereal" version of Jag Vandalism News. Looking forward to the 17 min remix 12" by The Orb.
SingleSpeedDemon
2023-09-17 18:37:53 +0000 UTCCheck out the He-Man live action movie, definitely in the "so bad it's good" category, worth it for Frank Langella as Skeletor and for the use of a reworked Casio keyboard as the plot macguffin
Bruce Driffill
2023-09-17 18:16:07 +0000 UTCI'm glad I'm not the only one who hears 'Licence to kilt'!
Peter Heamon
2023-09-17 18:10:46 +0000 UTC"By the power of stock internals" merch. Want.
Stuart Maxwell
2023-09-17 18:08:29 +0000 UTCJust the description of what you are talking about has me laughing out loud!!
Noel Huggett
2023-09-17 17:58:03 +0000 UTCMy brother-in-law reached age 40 and being dazzled by his car's rear view mirror before by sister showed him what the little nubbin on the bottom of the mirror does 🤦🏻♂️
Fergus McIver
2023-09-17 17:18:59 +0000 UTC
