Round 73 - Musicals From Our Childhood

This week the girls take aim at Musical Films from our childhood... 

The Friday Night Wine Girls chorus lined their way into tonight's topic, with magnificent solos from each of the girls worthy of standing ovations.

But first, what were we drinking?

Sarah was drinking nothing... damn fun police!

Amy was drinking Jen Pfeiffer The Rebel Bubbles NV

Available from Naked wines

Bianca was drinking Four men and a shed Montepulciano

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Bianca discussed the musical movies; Grease 1 & 2.

Bianca then announced that Grease 2 was better than Grease 1.

Better actors aka Michelle Phiffer, better songs, better storyline, and Michelle Phifer. OKOK grease 1 had John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, and Stockard Channing… but that's all it had going for it. 

Grease 1 was one of those movies that was always chucked on by the teacher at the end of the year. All school work was done and they were just killing time. 

Can't say Bianca didn't sing every word and say every line. Coz she did. It's just grease 2 had a lot more humor and was a better movie all round

To understand the premise of Grease 2, simply take everything you know about Grease 1 and reverse it. They literally just made the girl the tough one, and the boy the straight-laced outsider from another country. I’ve seen Twitter bots more considerate of narrative than that.

The film takes place 2 years after Sandy and Danny drove off into the clouds.

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Sarah grew up watching a lot of old movie musicals thanks to her beautiful nanna who would babysit her older sisters and Sarah when Sarah's mum had to work. Nanna would let them take turns picking what movie they watched, but that was only after her shows had finished. So without further ado Sarah ran through a couple of her favs...

Singing the Rain

Released in 1952 - 1h 43m

Director Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly

Writers Betty Comden(story by) Adolph Green(story by)

Stars Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds

PLOT

When the transition is being made from silent films to `talkies', everyone has trouble adapting. Don and Lina have been cast repeatedly as a romantic couple, but when their latest film is remade into a musical, only Don has the voice for the new singing part. After a lot of practice with a diction coach, Lina still sounds terrible, and Kathy, a bright young aspiring actress, is hired to record over her voice.

Kiss Me, Kate

Released in 1953 - 1h 49m

Director George Sidney

Writer Dorothy Kingsley (screenplay) Sam Spewack (Book) Bella Spewack (Book)

Stars Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel, Ann Miller

PLOT

The story involves the production of a musical version of William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew and the conflict on and off-stage between Fred Graham, the show's director, producer, and star, and his leading lady, his ex-wife Lilli Vanessi. A secondary romance concerns Lois Lane, the actress playing Bianca, and her gambler boyfriend, Bill, who runs afoul of some gangsters.

Seven Brides For Seven Brothers

Released in 1954 1h 42m

Director Stanley Donen

Writer Albert Hackett(screenplay), Frances Goodrich(screenplay), Dorothy Kingsley(screenplay)

Stars Jane Powell Howard Keel Jeff Richards

Plot

Adam, the eldest of seven brothers, goes to town to get a wife. He convinces Milly to marry him that same day. They return to his backwoods home. Only then does she discover he has six brothers - all living in his cabin. Milly sets out to reform the uncouth siblings, who are anxious to get wives of their own. Then, after reading about the Roman capture of the Sabine women, Adam develops an inspired solution to his brothers' loneliness.—Melissa Portell

*Goofs*

In "Wonderful, Wonderful Day" birds fly onto the set and several of them crash into the painted backdrop in the background. (The director acknowledges this in a documentary.)

 

GIGI

Released in1958 - 1h 55m

Directors Vincente Minnelli

Writers Alan Jay Lerner(screenplay) Colette(based on the novella by) Niven Busch(uncredited)

Stars Leslie Caron, Maurice Chevalier, Louis Jourdan, Eva Gabor

Amy brought the show to a close with one of her favs; Disney's Mary Poppins.

The movie stars Julie Andrews in her film debut and Dick Van Dyke and was released in 1964. The movie is about a dysfunctional English family seeking a nanny. In walks Julie Andrews as Mary Poppins, the most amazing nanny who ever lived. 

Most notable of the tunes: 

Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious

Spoonful of sugar

Chim Chim Cheree

Step in time

Let’s go fly a kite

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Round 72 - Fact or Crap

 This week the girls take aim at Fact or Crap... 

This week is a little different. We decided we would test our mental strengths in playing the game Fact or Crap. This episode is in the format of a quiz show that got quickly out of hand thanks to the scoring method adopted (and disputed). 

But first, what were we drinking?

Amy was drinking Hickinbotham of Dromana Tempranillo

Available from Hickinbotham Winery

Sarah was drinking nothing because the fun police got her

Bianca was drinking Brian Fletcher Shiraz

Available from Naked wines

Amy introduced tonight's game being Fact or Crap. The rules are simple, one co-host makes a statement and the other co-hosts guess if it's fact or crap.

The intention was not to keep score but of course, Bianca did anyway. After two rounds we realised we had a few extra questions and decided to keep the good times rolling.

However, this quickly turned into shenanigans when Bianca decided to take herself out of the running for the winning position and decided to play quizmaster instead.

With Sarah quite a few points behind Amy, Bianca devised a scoring system which would lead one triumphant and the other....... well let's say disappointed with the result. 

*Spoiler alert - here is Bianca's scorecard

No one, including Bianca herself, knows why the scorecard contains O's or a K. Sometimes it's best not to question these things.  

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Round 71- OMG I'm so dumb

 This week the girls take aim at OMG! I'm So Dumb

The girl at Friday Night Wine Fight came to terms with all the dumb things they have said and done over the years and not just while recording the episodes for this podcast, and tonight girls are going to share some of their stories.

But first, what were we drinking?

Sarah wasn't drinking because she is being watched by the fun police

Amy was drinking Left Hook First Round Rose

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Bianca was drinking Brian Fletcher Shiraz

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Sarah jumps straight into the night's topic by asking for help from her co-hosts as she was having an I'm so dumb moment and couldn't think of a single specific story to demonstrate how dumb she often is. Thanks to Amy And Bianca who teamed up and remembered plenty of stories.

Amy after helping Sarah remember how dumb she is tells the story of the time she got her first tattoo and drove over to her parent's place to show them. You won't believe the answer she gave to her father's question. A perfect example of Amy's intellectual prowess. Amy was reminded of another time that fitted with night's topic, a time when Sarah popped her bubble quite spectacularly.   

Bianca ends the topic with a story of the time when she was the "Penny" of her own nerdy "Big Bang" type group. During a conversation, she learned that you can only see one side of the moon - not both as she originally thought.  This was a major "mind blown" moment for her. 

Happy Valentines Day to all our listeners!

We are not doing a specific Valentine's Day episode this year, however, we had a quick chat about the upcoming holiday and Bianca told us about an interesting concept she stumbled across online. 

Have you ever wished you feed your bug of an ex to a lizard? Well, now you can! Check out this link!

Cry Me A Cockroach 

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Round 70 - True Crime Random Tales

This week the girls take aim at True Crime-Random Tales... 

Here at Friday Night Wine Fight, we love true crime! Tonight we are going to be discussing some interesting cases which we have randomly selected. 

But first, what were we drinking?

Sarah was drinking Pepsi

Available from everywhere

Amy was drinking R Paulazzo Rosé

Available from Naked wines

Bianca was drinking Blindside

Available from Naked wines

Bianca opened the episode with links to a website that she discovered on Tiktok which was vaguely true crime-related. 

The website is called Mapping the missing. It is run by a fellow Aussie and here's what the site's creator, Jess, has to say about Mapping the missing; 

"The geography of true crime, Australia's missing people, and mysteries using geospatial analysis and remote sensing to help make sense of true crime, cold cases, and the unknown"

If that sounds intriguing to you here's the link... 
https://mappingthemissing.com/

Then Bianca eagerly got into her segment; The Great Butter Heist (Thank you to our biggest Canadian fan for the topic).

The heist occurred on Christmas day in Trenton Ontario in 2021. The thieves stole approximately 20,000 kilograms of butter worth approximately $200,000. 

Bianca then explained that large-scale food theft is not uncommon and that sadly the people who pay the price for the theft is the end consumer.

Sarah was the meat in the sandwich this week and told the tale of the Gruber Family who lived in Germany on a farm in the 1920s. 

At Hinterkaifeck farm, strange occurrences began to happen and despite the pleading of the maid Mr Gruber insisted that it was all in the maid's head. 

After the maid quits and leaves, Mr Gruber himself starts to notice odd sounds and strange things happening on the property. The family searched the house and the grounds but did not find anyone else on the property.

Sadly, the Gruber family met an untimely end at the hands of an unknown assailant. The Hinterkaifeck murders are still unsolved and have plagued investigators for years. 

The Gruber Family 

Hinterkaifeck Farm

Amy finished us off with the tragic tale of Susan Cox Powell. Susan went missing from her family home in December 2009. Her in-laws raised the alarm when they could not locate Susan or Josh (Susan's husband) or the couple's two children. 

What was unearthed during the search for Susan will stun even the most avid true crime fan. Not only was Susan's husband controlling and her marriage was not in a good place, she recently made her family relocate to another state in order to escape her father-in-law (Josh's father) who was stalking her. 

As the investigation continues, more bizarre facts are uncovered leading the police and many family members to believe that Josh and possibly members of his family had something to do with Susan's disappearance. 

Sadly further tragedy struck the family in an act which you will have to hear to believe (listen to the podcast to hear what happened). 

Susan Cox Powell and her sons and the documentary that shook Amy

Amy highly recommends the documentary about the case called The Disappearance of Susan Cox Powell.

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