1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:01,800 Speaker 1: It was a vision that came to me in twenty 2 00:00:01,840 --> 00:00:06,759 twelve to create a podcast network. Twenty twelve, it's twenty 3 00:00:06,839 --> 00:00:09,560 twenty six. Now look how many years it took to 4 00:00:09,560 --> 00:00:13,560 put together your power of choice. That's what ero dot 5 00:00:13,599 --> 00:00:17,839 net is a r r oe dot net, nineteen different 6 00:00:17,879 --> 00:00:22,440 podcasts and growing. Like vocal dfrag, we always ask questions, 7 00:00:22,559 --> 00:00:25,399 but do you ever question the answers? This is a 8 00:00:25,399 --> 00:00:29,719 serious question with some really fun results. Vocal dfrag on 9 00:00:30,039 --> 00:00:33,719 ero dot net a r r oe dot net. Enjoy 10 00:00:33,840 --> 00:00:38,320 your exploration. I like asking questions, and the reason why 11 00:00:38,399 --> 00:00:40,600 is because the fun begins when you start researching for 12 00:00:40,719 --> 00:00:44,439 answers such as who did it first? The art of 13 00:00:44,479 --> 00:00:48,439 Breaking the Fourth Wall? Was it George Burns and Gracy Allen? 14 00:00:48,759 --> 00:00:53,679 Or the movie The Spinal Tap Plus was Gracie Allen's 15 00:00:53,719 --> 00:00:58,479 character inspired or influenced by the children's book Amelia Badilia. 16 00:00:59,280 --> 00:01:01,799 My name is Arrow. I'm a daily writer, a silent wolf. 17 00:01:02,079 --> 00:01:05,359 I stand on the sidelines and do nothing but watch, listen, study, 18 00:01:05,439 --> 00:01:08,599 then activate. I happen to call it the daily Mess, 19 00:01:08,719 --> 00:01:11,879 a chronological walk through an everyday world. Yeah, it's my 20 00:01:12,000 --> 00:01:15,120 morning writing as a receiver of thoughts and ideas. We 21 00:01:15,200 --> 00:01:18,120 as people tend to throw things to the side because 22 00:01:18,120 --> 00:01:19,640 we pretty much think we're going to deal with it 23 00:01:19,719 --> 00:01:21,719 later on. Yeah, about two minutes from now, you'll forget 24 00:01:21,760 --> 00:01:24,480 you even thought about it. When a subject arrives inside 25 00:01:24,480 --> 00:01:27,400 of me, I know it's time to dig in. It's 26 00:01:27,400 --> 00:01:30,719 still keeping that daily journal, but by doing the research, 27 00:01:31,040 --> 00:01:35,760 the picture becomes clearer. This is the daily Mess. Why 28 00:01:35,799 --> 00:01:38,640 do they say that the movie The Spinal Tap was 29 00:01:38,680 --> 00:01:42,560 the first to embrace the viewing audience with their dialogue 30 00:01:42,879 --> 00:01:46,760 when George Burns and Gracie Allen were doing it decades before. 31 00:01:47,519 --> 00:01:51,959 Guess what I was wrong? This Is Spinal Tap is 32 00:01:52,239 --> 00:01:54,959 not seen as the first piece of entertainment to break 33 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:58,560 through the infamous fourth wall. It is looked upon as 34 00:01:58,599 --> 00:02:01,519 being the first to do it in a modern natural 35 00:02:01,640 --> 00:02:05,920 documentary style, which was and still is very different than 36 00:02:05,920 --> 00:02:09,960 George Burns and Gracy Allen. Breaking the fourth wall actually 37 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:14,000 started in the nineteen thirties. George Burns would stop the 38 00:02:14,000 --> 00:02:19,680 show and then address the audience. It was vaudeville rooted well. 39 00:02:19,719 --> 00:02:22,439 In nineteen eighty four with This Is Spinal Tap, they 40 00:02:22,479 --> 00:02:27,159 went the direction of accidental intimacy, make the audience feel 41 00:02:27,240 --> 00:02:30,439 like they're being addressed. None of the characters in This 42 00:02:30,479 --> 00:02:36,080 Is Spinal Tap address the viewer. Humor comes from self exposure, 43 00:02:36,520 --> 00:02:40,840 not punchlines. This is why the band truly isn't talking 44 00:02:41,000 --> 00:02:43,919 with those of us that are watching. No, they're unveiling 45 00:02:44,120 --> 00:02:48,280 a story. This is Spinal Tap sees their audience as 46 00:02:48,280 --> 00:02:53,479 being silent witnesses, not a participant. The audience figures it 47 00:02:53,520 --> 00:02:57,759 out without being told, Hey, coming up next? Since run 48 00:02:57,800 --> 00:03:01,599 the subject of Gracy Allen was her character inspired by 49 00:03:01,599 --> 00:03:08,599 the very famous Amilia Badilia, Hey, thanks for coming back 50 00:03:08,599 --> 00:03:12,520 to the Daily Mess. Was Gracie Allen's character inspired by 51 00:03:12,639 --> 00:03:21,280 Amelia Badilia Zong, not Evan Close. The two have nothing 52 00:03:21,280 --> 00:03:24,919 to do with each other. Gracie Allen's character was fully 53 00:03:24,960 --> 00:03:28,719 shaped by their performances on vaudeville as well as nineteen 54 00:03:28,840 --> 00:03:34,240 twenties and nineteen thirties radio. Amelia Badilia didn't appear in 55 00:03:34,240 --> 00:03:37,879 front of any of us until nineteen sixty three, a 56 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:42,479 children's book still used in classrooms today. Both characters are 57 00:03:42,599 --> 00:03:47,560 acts that come from extreme literal mindedness, a total misunderstanding 58 00:03:47,680 --> 00:03:52,680 of idioms and speech, which lead to absurd conclusions. Gracie 59 00:03:52,680 --> 00:03:57,400 Allen focused in on absolute confidence that makes sense. Amelia 60 00:03:57,439 --> 00:04:02,240 Badilia was the combination of interpret rotation and household chaos. 61 00:04:03,080 --> 00:04:08,639 Gracie Allen's character outsmarted others by accident, whereas Amelia Bodilia 62 00:04:09,319 --> 00:04:14,560 was instructional and gentle, designed to teach children. It said 63 00:04:14,599 --> 00:04:18,079 though that even though Amelia Badilia was based on Gracy Allen, 64 00:04:18,360 --> 00:04:22,040 it is very possible that the author, Peggy Parrish, was 65 00:04:22,120 --> 00:04:28,000 influenced directly or indirectly by Gracie Allen. I'm ryl, and 66 00:04:28,240 --> 00:04:29,600 that's the daily mess.