Hola, Sneakers. Welcome to Episode 430 of the podcast no one thought would make it past episode 429!

This week: Let’s take a moment; mind blown; wasting time; Dave’s birthday week; Cindy Sherman, conceptual photographer; opposite effect; ouija/weegee/waluigi; odd couple; a Patton Oswalt sighting; enthusiastic fellow; very particular seating; lesbian quotient; aspirational boundaries; guess that jerk; some other jerks; the trencherman; stuffed; the new Emma; the various Emmas; Jane Austen, the novelist; a better Northanger Abbey adaptation; the mirror crack’d; Beatles trivia; Top 10 trivia; Question of the Week – Sneakers respond; cold relief; unlikely cold relief; Dave is lying; and finally, what did Ian say again.

Thanks for listening.

Question of the Week: What is a piece of good advice you often give that is always ignored? Sub-question: What is something you’d like to see adapted that has not yet been adapted to film or TV?

Department of Corections: Speaking off the top of his head, Dave misremembered the director of the new Emma. The director is, of course, Autumn de Wilde. The film is her directorial debut. The screenplay was adapted by Eleanor Catton.

Interested in Cindy Sherman? Here is a good documentary from BBC’s program Arena from 1994: