Working Girls / Anora - The Hi-Lo Bro Show - Ep 20 – July 2026

This is the one where Richard and Garrett discuss Molly, Lizzie, Ani, Sean, and Judy.

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Referenced media:

• “Pretty in Pink” (Howard Deutch, 1986)
• “Risky Business” (Paul Brickman, 1983)
• “Pretty Woman” (Garry Marshall, 1990)
• “Saturday Night Live” (Lorne Michaels, 1975-now)
• “A Real Pain” (Jesse Eisenberg, 2024)
• “Joker: Folie à Deux” (Todd Phillips, 2024)
• “All’s Well That Ends Well” (1598-1608?) by William Shakespeare
• “Twelfth Night” (1600-1601?) by William Shakespeare
• “The Winter’s Tale” (1610-1611?) by William Shakespeare
• “Eastern Promises” (David Cronenberg, 2007)
• “Leaving Las Vegas” (Mike Figgis, 1995)
• “You’ve Got Mail” (Nora Ephron, 1998)

Audio quotation:

• “Working Girls” (Lizzie Borden, 1986), including the score by David Van Tieghem with vocals by Adele Bertei
• “ASMR Typing on 1950s Typewriter (No Talking) Real Typing [Repetitive, Predicable, Mechanical Sounds]” posted by UndergroundASMR (2021), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8L8B5VfhhI
• “Anora” (Sean Baker, 2024), including “Greatest Day – Robin Schulz Rework” (2023) written by Gary Barlow, Howard Donald, Jason Orange, and Mark Owen (2008), and performed by Take That, Robin Schulz, and Calum Scott; and “Drip” (2019) written by Oscar Scheller, Brooke Candy, Jesse Saint John Geller, Salvador Navarrete, Rafael Nathan Greifer, and Ashton Nicole Casey, and performed by Brooke Candy featuring Erika Girardi

This is the one where Richard obsesses on obsession, and Garrett revs his engine.

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Referenced media:

• “Psycho” (Alfred Hitchcock, 1960)
• “Raging Bull” (Martin Scorsese, 1980)
• “Crash” (David Cronenberg, 1996)
• “Eraserhead” (David Lynch, 1977)
• “The Fog” (John Carpenter, 1980)
• “The Thing” (John Carpenter, 1982)
• “Halloween” (John Carpenter, 1978)
• “In the Mouth of Madness” (John Carpenter, 1994)
• “Christine” (1983) by Stephen King
• “Cujo” (1981) by Stephen King
• “The Dead Zone” (David Cronenberg, 1983)
• “Fast Times at Ridgemont High” (Amy Heckerling, 1982)
• “Starman” (John Carpenter, 1984)
• “Seven” (David Fincher, 1995)
• “Lost Themes” (2015) by John Carpenter, Cody Carpenter, and Daniel Davies
• “Lost Themes II” (2016) by John Carpenter, Cody Carpenter, and Daniel Davies
• “Lost Themes III: Alive After Death” (2021) by John Carpenter, Cody Carpenter, and Daniel Davies
• “Lost Themes IV: Noir” (2024) by John Carpenter, Cody Carpenter, and Daniel Davies
• “Transformers” (Michael Bay, 2007)

Audio quotation:

• “Christine” (John Carpenter, 1983), including “Show Me” (1983) by John Carpenter and Alan Howarth; “Pledging My Love” (1955) by Ferdinand Washington and Dony Robey, and performed by Johnny Ace; “Rock’n Roll is Here to Stay” (1958) by Danny & The Juniors; “Bad to the Bone” (1982) by George Thorogood and the Destroyers; “Beast of Burden” (1978) by The Rolling Stones, “Come On, Let’s Go” (1958) by Ritchie Valens, https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL7cZwlMg_K_R45al3eZG0GZmH2qUGMVpT; and “We Belong Together” (1958) by Robert & Johnny, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIo5eQ5dujk&list=RDNIo5eQ5dujk&start_radio=1
• “Applause Sound Effect”, posted by arival0, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mfJn604GT4
• “Rebel Rebel” (1974) by David Bowie, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U16Xg_rQZkA&list=RDU16Xg_rQZkA&start_radio=1
• “Titane” (Julia Duccournau, 2021), including “Sarabande” by Jim Williams, https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRW80bBvVD3UGB5oLC5tex1q6PAHh82XN
• “Seven” (David Fincher, 1995), including “Closer (Precursor)” (1995) by Nine Inch Nails
• “Halloween” (John Carpenter, 1978), including “Halloween Theme – Main Title” by John Carpenter, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pT4FY3NrhGg&list=RDpT4FY3NrhGg&start_radio=1
• “Vortex”, included on “Lost Themes” (2015) by John Carpenter, Cody Carpenter, and Daniel Davies, https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQvL6GLJiX92eLPlIg-k7epaWRuuSXPaX

This is the one where Richard quotes W.B. Yeats and Moss Hart to express different forms of hunger and the correct way to communicate figurative thinking, and Garrett waxes nostalgic about VHS dreams and silver screen fantasies.

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Referenced media:

• “Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!” (Pedro Almodóvar, 1989)
• “Driving Miss Daisy” (Bruce Beresford, 1989)
• “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban” (Alfonso Cuarón, 2004)
• “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire” (Mike Newell, 2005)
• “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” (David Yates, 2007)
• “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” (David Yates, 2009)
• “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1” (David Yates, 2010)
• “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2” (David Yates, 2011)
• “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring” (Peter Jackson, 2001)
• “The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers” (Peter Jackson, 2002)
• “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” (Peter Jackson, 2003)
• “The Piano” (Jane Campion, 1993)
• “Crazy Jane Talks with the Bishop” (1932) by W.B. Yeats
• “Squid Game” (Hwang Dong-hyuk, 2021-2025)
• “The Platform 2” (Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia, 2024)
• “The Hunt” (Craig Zobel, 2020)
• “The Omega Man” (Boris Sagal, 1971)
• “Ms. 45” (Abel Ferrara, 1981)
• “Re-Animator” (Stuart Gordon, 1985)
• “Cries and Whispers” (Ingmar Bergman, 1972)
• “A Man Escaped” (Robert Bresson, 1956)

Audio quotation:

• “The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover” (Peter Greenaway, 1989), including “Memorial” and “Coupling” by Michael Nyman, https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mf6Ot7D6738AgqITvj_PInF4J5uYJECFo
• “‘Crazy Jane Talks with the Bishop’ by W. B. Yeats - Read by Arthur L Wood”, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxfTQ5dp0rk
• “The Platform” (Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia, 2019), including the songs “El Hoyo” and “Calor” by Aranzazu Calleja, https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n1bR6ysDT4irvtAY_ePy9T1EAZxt1WpdY
• “The Hunt” (Craig Zobel, 2020), including music by Nathan Barr, https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLohYzz4btpaR-Kx4U56MRIKCD7I0i1Oq7