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Episode 120 – Harry Nilsson vs Hollywood

Episode 120 – Harry Nilsson vs Hollywood
Nov 16, 2022 · 48m 48s

The guys get wild unraveling the story of the "American Beatle" who wrote some of the all-time greatest songs, partied with the all-time greatest musicians, and ultimately couldn't shake his...

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The guys get wild unraveling the story of the "American Beatle" who wrote some of the all-time greatest songs, partied with the all-time greatest musicians, and ultimately couldn't shake his obsession with the silver screen - a preoccupation that would be his undoing. SHOW NOTES: Songs used in this episode: Harry Nilsson – Without You, Coconut, Everybody’s Talkin’, Me and My Arrow, You’re Breaking My Heart, Jump Into the Fire, You Can’t Do That Badfinger – Without You, The Beatles – You Can’t Do That https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Telephone_(1988_film)https://www.smoothradio.com/features/the-story-of/without-you-harry-nilsson-lyrics-meaning/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coconut_(song)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Nilssonhttps://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-11-04-fi-59566-story.htmlhttps://rocknrollstorytimecom.wordpress.com/2022/01/18/the-lost-weekend/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Point! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Dracula_(1974_film) Watch Son of Dracula: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfkHN_QxNcwhttps://dangerousminds.net/comments/harry_nilssons_best_friend_courtship_of_eddies_father_theme_was_originally Watch The Telephone for free on Tubi: https://tubitv.com/movies/487254/the-telephone Buy the screenplay: https://www.royalbooks.com/pages/books/147221/terry-southern-harry-nilsson-rip-torn-elliott-gould-whoopi-goldberg-john-heard-screenwriters/the-telephone-original-screenplay-for-the-1988-film Watch the documentary (2006): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Je8g10Q3-gYhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Southern The 1988 LA Times piece on Hawkeye: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-01-12-fi-35188-story.html The 1994 LA Times piece on Nilsson’s death: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-11-04-fi-59566-story.html New York Times review of The Telephone: https://www.nytimes.com/1988/02/14/movies/film-whoopi-goldberg-in-telephone.htmlhttps://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-11-04-fi-59566-story.html  
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