S8E5: Mr. Lonelyhearts Returns
Added 2024-02-13 07:23:19 +0000 UTCAs Valentine's Day rapidly approaches, Bret recalls traveling his own rocky romantic road before fielding questions of love from Platinum listeners on the air.
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You should always be loved a little more than you love them
Dana Wallace
2024-08-25 22:53:31 +0000 UTCIn 'irreversible' isnt the worst part that they kill the wrong guy at the end?
Dan Smith
2024-03-11 04:38:15 +0000 UTCWhy do you seem to ALWAYS toss in this same “comment”??
J Hay
2024-03-05 08:54:21 +0000 UTCre staying in a relationship where they love you more, I disagree with Adam that women don't want that. The older we get we do, we don't want to wade into the cesspool of dating, which we hear about from our single mom friends. Maybe not when we're dating in our 20s, but in our 40s, totally don't mind.
Sodaheiress
2024-02-29 01:13:43 +0000 UTCBret destroys anything French. They must have studied languages over at Buckley, right? I can assure you that Bret did not take French.
BUtterfield8
2024-02-22 05:24:00 +0000 UTCThanks for the tip. People here seemed to hate the podcast, but I was fine with it and immediately ordered the book. What’s wrong with mixing it up a little? The complaining about Young Kim was awful. My lord, that picture in the NYTimes of the two of them in 2015. Nobody ages better than Richard Hell. Must be all the sex and the 5th floor walk up.
BUtterfield8
2024-02-22 04:37:24 +0000 UTCAdams incel energy is deep in this episode
Nikki Ferrari
2024-02-21 17:57:17 +0000 UTCUnfortunately the relapse has been happening for a while. Hopefully Bret can heal channeling this experience into his creative work. As he always does. Wish him and Todd well. Sincerely.❤️
Sértő-Radics Sarolta
2024-02-21 09:51:37 +0000 UTCEnjoyed article in NYT about previous BEE guest, Young Kim. Her book has reached “cult status”.
Mary Walker
2024-02-21 02:59:10 +0000 UTCMy prayers are with Todd and with you Bret
E
2024-02-20 17:34:21 +0000 UTCDid Bret really call irreversible arousing? That’s a pretty dark take :/
Harold B
2024-02-20 16:27:04 +0000 UTCIf this episode was taped on the day before Valentines, as Adam states, then was it taped before or after Todd was arrested for burglary that same day? I’m assuming before since Bret sounds rather chipper for a dude whose partner is in jail
Happyhead
2024-02-19 17:17:59 +0000 UTCThe restaurants told you that? Sounds like a lawsuit waiting to happen.
Stephen
2024-02-18 03:13:39 +0000 UTCGet well soon. Kind of odd that Ellis announces a movie called relapse and then Todd actually relapses.
Stephen
2024-02-18 03:04:50 +0000 UTCThese episodes are great
Adam Marzec
2024-02-17 22:38:08 +0000 UTCMan, I feel for both of them
Kerry
2024-02-17 21:18:01 +0000 UTCWow. Sorry to read this. Wish them both the best.
Allan Sherwood
2024-02-17 20:19:44 +0000 UTCI’m with caller Stephen on Aerosmith’s What it Takes, one of my favorite songs of all time.
Summer711
2024-02-17 13:51:13 +0000 UTChttps://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/16/style/bret-easton-ellis-boyfriend-arrested.html
Happyhead
2024-02-17 13:08:07 +0000 UTCExactly!
Ashley
2024-02-17 08:59:46 +0000 UTCthat sounded silly when I heard it. Like almost every restaurant anywhere including chain restaurants will have a pretty girl who seats customers and a few waitresses who at least happen to be cute, and somehow many couples manage to eat dinner there without having issues
Alex Waller
2024-02-17 08:28:19 +0000 UTCI think the first 3 seasons of the show are far, far superior to the movie. The show even has better cinematography/production value that sustains over 12 episode seasons. I think it is definitely worth any fan of the movie's time to check it out.
Alex Waller
2024-02-17 08:23:53 +0000 UTCI’ve worked in service industry for 8 years in LA both restaurants said they hired based on looks and women were preferable…so not sure how accurate that is on not hiring attractive women (but I also wasn’t working in super “high end” places)
Ashley
2024-02-17 06:13:37 +0000 UTCI just can’t imagine the movie being topped
Ashley
2024-02-17 06:11:40 +0000 UTCI think so, I really enjoy Jon Hamm and what he's doing here is great. Give the first two episodes a try and if you like it keep going if not, you've only lost about 2 hours of your time. Plus you'll get to see Hamm's nipple rings.
John Q. Thompson
2024-02-17 06:05:49 +0000 UTCAnd barely just mastered it…he still drops a COP-pola now and again 😂
Ashley
2024-02-17 04:28:20 +0000 UTCIs Fargo worth watching?
Ashley
2024-02-17 04:26:31 +0000 UTCHe just mastered pronouncing Coppola give him a break
Charlie C
2024-02-16 20:57:25 +0000 UTCWill somebody please communicate to Bret that the é of Gaspar Noé isn't silent? Hint: it's pronounced like the é in Beyoncé. Hence the accent mark being there in the first place.
Bobby Bermudez
2024-02-16 15:47:05 +0000 UTCUsed to be one of my favorites. I wonder how it aged. I was 100% convinced the schoolyard dog statue vandalization was a huge inspiration for a similar scene in the Shards.
Sértő-Radics Sarolta
2024-02-16 12:58:15 +0000 UTCThere’s a remarkable piece (1957) by Capote where he visits Brando in Japan. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1957/11/09/the-duke-in-his-domain
Mel
2024-02-16 00:03:37 +0000 UTCBy the way, has Bret given us his thoughts on Jon Hamm's pierced nipples in "Fargo" yet? I can't remember. I skipped the last season with Chris Rock, but this latest one is pretty decent. Hamm's a hunk.
John Q. Thompson
2024-02-15 22:59:21 +0000 UTCYeah what the fuck, he couldn't tell us about it before the press release? I'm on other Patreon pages where that's one of the key perks of subscribing. Getting in-the-know behind the scenes info before the public.
John Q. Thompson
2024-02-15 22:57:10 +0000 UTCAbout to revisit it thanks to Arrow's 4K release. Such a great film. Probably Patrick Swayze's last great film role.
John Q. Thompson
2024-02-15 22:54:57 +0000 UTCGet Gaspar Noe on the show.
Alexander Quattlander
2024-02-15 21:09:00 +0000 UTCPlease do a monologue on Donnie Darko
Sértő-Radics Sarolta
2024-02-15 11:38:54 +0000 UTCHoly shit I just saw the news about Relapse! Go get em Bret!!!
Travis Danner
2024-02-15 06:21:26 +0000 UTCYeah, it is good. It pushes back on some of the narratives about him, like he was tortured about being gay. At least from watching the doc it appeared like he wasn't even trying to hide it that much. He never even had a showbiz wife to cover it up or anything like that.
Alex Waller
2024-02-15 02:00:42 +0000 UTCHurt and Turner in Body heat Ford and Young in Blade Runner Cage and Shue in Leaving Las Vegas And for what it’s worth, the first 10 minutes of Irreversible takes you right to the head smashing fire extinguisher moment. The beautiful naked moment in that film is much later , if you’re watching the original cut, the backwards cut
Darren Ankenman
2024-02-15 01:32:22 +0000 UTCTodd off the rails again
Happyhead
2024-02-15 01:12:35 +0000 UTCGood on Bret for bringing up the new season of "Feud" here otherwise I'd have probably forgotten it among the never ending avalanche of streaming content. Funnily enough as a straight white man, I tend to love the gayer the output from Murphy and co. especially that second season of "American Crime Story" and "Hollywood." The Fire Island season of "American Horror Story" was a delight as well, haven't seen anything after that one yet though.
John Q. Thompson
2024-02-14 22:29:24 +0000 UTCWould that be "Making Montgomery Clift"? Gonna have to check that out, thanks for rec.
John Q. Thompson
2024-02-14 22:24:21 +0000 UTCAhh, my favorite comment.
John Q. Thompson
2024-02-14 22:23:25 +0000 UTCAlso Lars and the Real Girl
Alex Waller
2024-02-14 21:16:44 +0000 UTCYou forgot Lea Thompson and Howard The Duck in the great romance couples
Richard Raymond
2024-02-14 21:15:01 +0000 UTCAdam dropping jewels of wisdom with that cat metaphor 🎯
Normaling
2024-02-14 21:10:44 +0000 UTCThe documentary about Monty Clift and his family is worth watching. His brother and dad were prolific in recording phone conversations, wire tapping the house etc
Marcelo
2024-02-14 20:34:28 +0000 UTCBret is depressed again?
Dave Mason
2024-02-14 18:01:34 +0000 UTCam going to listen on my run. will say more later, after my run.
richard owain roberts
2024-02-14 17:11:45 +0000 UTC❤️
Maxwell Young
2024-02-14 00:57:26 +0000 UTCThank you the thoughtful answer to my silly question and more importanly for the update on The Shards pilot. Let’s get that green light! #godspeed 🙏
Patrick
2024-02-14 00:14:48 +0000 UTC❤️
Riley
2024-02-13 07:28:24 +0000 UTC
