Favoriting Morricone Island with Devon E. Levins: Playlist from September 19, 2023 Favoriting

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Soundtrack music from the first silent forward. If it was written for the moving image, we'll play it. Library music included; popcorn optional.

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Favoriting September 19, 2023: The Much Belated Pee Wee's Playhouse Music Tribute Show

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Artist Track Album Images Approx. start time
Mark Mothersbaugh  Pee Wee's Playhouse Rock I & II   Favoriting Pee Weejects & Other Tracks 
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Mark Mothersbaugh  Pee Wee's Playhouse Cool Cat   Favoriting Pee Weejects & Other Tracks 
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Mark Mothersbaugh  Pee Wee's Playhouse Spazmo   Favoriting Pee Weejects & Other Tracks    0:05:54 (Pop-up)
Mark Mothersbaugh  Peemartin   Favoriting Pee Weejects & Other Tracks    0:08:27 (Pop-up)
Mark Mothersbaugh/Hajime Tachibana  Jaime   Favoriting Pee Weejects & Other Tracks 
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Mark Mothersbaugh/Wild Man Fischer  It's A Hard Business   Favoriting Pee Weejects & Other Tracks 
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Mark Mothersbaugh  Dune I   Favoriting Pee Weejects & Other Tracks    0:12:09 (Pop-up)
Mark Mothersbaugh  Hawaiian Punch   Favoriting Pee Weejects & Other Tracks    0:13:10 (Pop-up)

Music behind DJ:
Mark Mothersbaugh 
Fresh Up   Favoriting
Pee Weejects & Other Tracks 
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The Residents  The Residents Cues   Favoriting The Peewee Herman Show 
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The Residents  Puppet Time!   Favoriting Pee-Wee's Playhouse 
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Music behind DJ:
Mark Mothersbaugh 
Uh-hunh   Favoriting
Pee Weejects & Other Tracks 
 
0:33:18 (Pop-up)
Cliff Martinez  Telling Off the Countess   Favoriting Pee Wee's Playhouse 
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Cliff Martinez  Birthday Party for the Ham   Favoriting Pee Wee's Playhouse    0:37:00 (Pop-up)
Cliff Martinez  Cartoon Funk   Favoriting Pee Wee's Playhouse    0:37:10 (Pop-up)
Cliff Martinez  Duck with a Ghetto Blaster   Favoriting Pee Wee's Playhouse    0:37:44 (Pop-up)
Cliff Martinez  Pee Wee Mimicks Robot   Favoriting Pee Wee's Playhouse    0:39:42 (Pop-up)
Cliff Martinez  Squeaks   Favoriting Pee Wee's Playhouse    0:40:34 (Pop-up)
Cliff Martinez  Tropical Pee Wee Shirt   Favoriting Pee Wee's Playhouse    0:40:58 (Pop-up)
Cliff Martinez  Glockenspiel Lullaby 1 & 2   Favoriting Pee Wee's Playhouse 
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Cliff Martinez  Ham & Celery edit   Favoriting Pee Wee's Playhouse    0:43:54 (Pop-up)
Cliff Martinez  Gargling Coyotes   Favoriting Pee Wee's Playhouse    0:44:26 (Pop-up)
Cliff Martinez  Pee Wee Runs to the Phone   Favoriting Pee Wee's Playhouse    0:45:39 (Pop-up)
Cliff Martinez  Flowers Are Scared   Favoriting Pee Wee's Playhouse    0:46:14 (Pop-up)
Cliff Martinez  Beef Sting   Favoriting Pee Wee's Playhouse    0:46:28 (Pop-up)
Cliff Martinez  Angry Pacing   Favoriting Pee Wee's Playhouse 
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Music behind DJ:
Mark Mothersbaugh 
Dune II   Favoriting
Pee Weejects & Other Tracks 
 
0:46:57 (Pop-up)
Mark Mothersbaugh/Cyndi Lauper  Pee Wee's Playhouse Theme   Favoriting Cyndi Lauper B Sides    0:47:00 (Pop-up)
Mark Snow  Pee Wee's Playhouse - Bye, Bye!   Favoriting The Snow Files 
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Danny Elfman  Suite Parts 1-4   Favoriting Pee Wee's Playhouse 
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Danny Elfman  Simone's Dream   Favoriting Pee-Wee's Big Adventure 
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Danny Elfman  The Breakfast Machine   Favoriting Pee-Wee's Big Adventure 
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Listener comments!

Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:01pm
DanFA:

Hello Devon. What's the secret word?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:01pm
ultradamno:

Devon! Castaways!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:02pm
dale:

get out of bed. there'll be no more nappin.'
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:02pm
chresti:

Hi Devon island!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:02pm
Destroit:

Oh wow aggro Pee Wee song haha
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:03pm
mndave:

Pee-vo!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:03pm
DanFA:

I re-watched the first 3 episodes and was surprised to see a very young Natasha Lyonne.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:03pm
Destroit:

Lol at Pee-Vo haha
  8:04pm
Carmichael:

Laurence Fishburne was Cowboy Curtis.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:04pm
joe mulligan:

love Mothersbaugh but Cyndi did it so much better
  8:05pm
Androu B.:

Ahoy, Devon & Islanders!

There better be Danny Elfman soundtrack music tonight! (Especially now that an Oingo Boingo Greatest Hits comp has just been released...or so I hear.)
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:05pm
DanFA:

↳ Carmichael @8:04
Laurence Fishburne has had a very interesting career: Apocalypse Now (at 16), School Daze, Pee Wee's Playhouse, Boyz In the Hood, The Matrix, just to name a few.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:06pm
DanFA:

↳ Androu B. @8:05
Breakfast Machine
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:07pm
ultradamno:

...and Tito Larriva of The Plugz was in the original...
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:07pm
joe mulligan:

↳ Song: "Pee Wee's Playhouse Spazmo" by "Mark Mothersbaugh"
very art of noise
  8:08pm
Androu B.:

↳ DanFA @8:06
There's an album of new material, as well? HUZZAH!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:10pm
DanFA:

↳ Androu B. @8:08
You just said the secret word!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:10pm
Destroit:

I did not realize Mark M was involved with Pee Wee sounds
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:11pm
ultradamno:

Also S. Epatha Merkerson...and Jimmy Smits is on an ep. Apparently Spike Lee approached Fishburne as the time asking him how he could lower himself to such a thing...what a doof
  8:11pm
Carmichael:

I believe Todd R was in an episode.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:11pm
Matty No Times:

What’s up all! Doing the board for Devon tonight! Get ready for another killer show!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:11pm
Deano de los Muertos:

Howdy Devon 🏝️
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:12pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Wild Man Fisher !
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:12pm
DanFA:

↳ ultradamno @8:11
Not one of Spike's best moments.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:12pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

...Oh Dad - we're all DEVOn !...
  8:12pm
Androu B.:

↳ Destroit @8:10
He was responsible for the incidental music and the end theme for the show.
  8:13pm
Listener Terry:

This is the second time in the last two days I’ve heard Wild Man Fischer and Rosemary Clooney singing this.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:15pm
DanFA:

↳ Listener Terry @8:13
Sounds like WFMU
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:16pm
joe mulligan:

↳ Matty No Times @8:11
thanks for board opping Matty, I wish all the sound engineers would check in so we could thank them!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:16pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

Captain Carl talking like a pirate: "Arrr!" (RIP, Phil Hartman)
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:16pm
DanFA:

↳ joe mulligan @8:16
I always thought the DJs ran their own boards.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:17pm
joe mulligan:

↳ DanFA @8:16
probably most but def not all
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:17pm
DanFA:

Oingo Boingo on Gong Show www.youtube.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:18pm
dale:

i had a thing for miss wye-vonn.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:18pm
DanFA:

↳ dale @8:18
Charlie Kelley's mom
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:19pm
ultradamno:

↳ dale @8:18
Who became Charlie's mom on Always Sunny
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:19pm
joe mulligan:

pee wee on the dating game 1979:
www.youtube.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:19pm
chresti:

It'd be interesting to hear what working with Wild Man Fischer was like.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:19pm
ultradamno:

↳ ultradamno @8:19
snaked!
  8:19pm
Androu B.:

↳ dale @8:18
Where is she today? Is she still alive?
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:20pm
DanFA:

↳ Androu B. @8:19
She's Charlie's mom on Always Sunny.
  8:20pm
Androu B.:

↳ DanFA @8:20
Check!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:21pm
ultradamno:

www.imdb.com...
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:22pm
dale:

↳ ultradamno @8:21
is that the first miss yvonne or the second?
Avatar 8:22pm
ifny:

Brilliant idea for an episode, thank you so much!!!!!!!!!!! I'm riding my bicycle with happiness now just because I can't not!!!!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:23pm
DanFA:

↳ dale @8:22
I think there's only been 1.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:23pm
ultradamno:

↳ dale @8:22
I am unaware of another either
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:25pm
ultradamno:

↳ Song: "The Residents Cues" by "The Residents"
By the way, The Census Taker, a movie The Residents scored (though the music really just seems shoehorned in there when you watch it) is on ScreenPix now
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:26pm
dale:

↳ DanFA @8:23
my bad. i felt like there were two. like two king of cartoons....
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:26pm
DanFA:

I'm going door to door to make you an incredible offer.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:27pm
DanFA:

↳ dale @8:26
Played by William Marshall, Blacula. One of them.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:27pm
dale:

SALESMEN!!!!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:28pm
DanFA:

↳ dale @8:27
Pee Wee taught us all to be distrustful of salesmen.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:28pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

🎩🎩🎩🎩
👁️👁️👁️👁️
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:28pm
ultradamno:

↳ DanFA @8:27
Blacula and Scream Blacula Scream also on ScreenPix (formerly MGM channel), I revisited them recently. So fun.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:28pm
dale:

↳ DanFA @8:27
yeah, william marshall was a high bar.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:29pm
joe mulligan:

↳ DanFA @8:28
the modern-day salesmen are SunRun solar reps. RUN! worst reviews ever
  8:29pm
JoeP:

Whatever happened to vileness fats
Avatar 8:31pm
Devon E. Levins:

Mmm I love the smell of tape. Feel the hiss!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:31pm
Orthofrancis:

I'm still always amazed that PeeWee's playhouse was ever given the go by a major TV channel.. I'm glad some exec took that risk.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:31pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ Ken From Hyde Park @8:28
Nice ! :D
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:31pm
dale:

jesus people stand in suits at the head of our rail trail. i just want a nice walk, i don't need to be saved just yet.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:31pm
ultradamno:

This has a very Freakshow/Bad Day feel
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:32pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ Song: "The Residents Cues" by "The Residents"
Geez this is all so great.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:32pm
ultradamno:

...and now Stars and Hank
  8:32pm
Androu B.:

↳ DanFA @8:17
Thanks for that! That was amazing! They practically owned the show!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:33pm
DanFA:

↳ Androu B. @8:32
No problem.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:33pm
dale:

i have a billy baloney doll in the box. should probably cash in.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:33pm
Orthofrancis:

My band wrote a song about Cowboy Curtis back in the 8'0s when the Playhouse was on. Lyrics wwere a little out there
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:34pm
dale:

↳ Orthofrancis @8:33
big boots? big feet!
  8:35pm
JoeP:

Hardy Fox also rip
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:36pm
chresti:

Friends gave our toddler/infant son a pee-wee puppet for his birthday
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:38pm
chresti:

↳ chresti @8:36
It's in my storage space
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:38pm
DanFA:

↳ chresti @8:38
Photo please.
  8:39pm
dave:

Aaaaaahhhhhhh!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:40pm
D Rok:

So glad to hear you back on the air Mr. E. Levins, and with such a fun show!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:40pm
chresti:

↳ DanFA @8:38
I put a metallic bandana on him.
  8:44pm
Androu B.:

↳ Song: "Cartoon Funk" by "Cliff Martinez"
Taking inspiration from/paying homage to the late great Dean Elliott using cartoon sound effects to compose wonderful pieces of music.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:48pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

Reminded of the Grateful Dead guys with The Beast or whatever they call their collection of Percussion Instruments.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:49pm
ultradamno:

God knows, when I think 'serious' Cyndi is the image in my head
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:50pm
DanFA:

Cyndi Lauper fits the Pee Wee universe like no other singer.
  8:50pm
Carmichael:

Like you couldn’t tell it was Lauper
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:51pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @8:48
...more from the pics - tho maybe more like Partch or something with these interesting objects ...I dunno...
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:51pm
dale:

were the b-52's ever on pee wee? seems like a natural.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:51pm
Listener Bryan (the Professor):

Lurking, listening, loving, and lots of memories. Thanks for a great tribute set.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:51pm
dale:

i know they were on as the world turns or some such....
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:51pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ dale @8:51
- point.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:52pm
Listener Bryan (the Professor):

↳ Androu B. @8:44
They grew up with Spike Jones records and it shows. That's my guess anyway.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:52pm
joe mulligan:

↳ Song: "Pee Wee's Playhouse Theme" by "Mark Mothersbaugh/...
yes!
  8:53pm
Androu B.:

↳ ultradamno @8:49
She sure has progressed since those days. Lately she's been trying out the standards & singing torch songs.
  8:53pm
Fragonard:

The cowbell is awesome
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:53pm
Ken From Hyde Park:

Thanks, Devon. Now I feel like watching some episodes. Not sure what streaming platform might have them.
  8:53pm
Fragonard:

Koo-Koo
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:53pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ Song: "Pee Wee's Playhouse Theme" by "Mark Mothersbaugh/...
Much more of a Cartoon vocally than Bernadette Peters could be...
  8:53pm
RVA:

I enjoyed that. Thanks!
  8:54pm
Fragonard:

I need some Danny Elfman tonight
  8:54pm
dave:

Thanks!
  8:54pm
Androu B.:

↳ Revolution Rabbit Nov63 @8:53
You could say she was the Mae Questel of the 80's!
  8:54pm
Fragonard:

(Maybe some Spike Jones too)
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:55pm
dale:

i like oingo boingo. even if elfman doesn't.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:55pm
Listener Bryan (the Professor):

Hearing Spike Jones and Les Baxter/Quiet Village influence all over the place in ways I'd never really thought of before.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:56pm
Listener Bryan (the Professor):

↳ Fragonard @8:54
yes was just thinking the same thing. also some of the video game music coming out in the early 80s. Hosono and Co were also big Quiet Village freaks.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:56pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

↳ Androu B. @8:54
- or should have been.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:58pm
D Rok:

↳ Song: "Simone's Dream" by "Danny Elfman"
"everyone I know has a big but. C'mon Simone. Tell me about your big but."
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:58pm
DanFA:

Au Revoir, Pee Wee.
Au Revoir Simone.
  8:59pm
Androu B.:

Thanks, Devon! A terrific & well-deserved tribute!
  8:59pm
Fragonard:

RIPeeWee
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:59pm
Revolution Rabbit Nov63:

~ TY Always DJ DEL ~
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 8:59pm
Listener Bryan (the Professor):

<3
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:00pm
Destroit:

Wonderful show thank you Devon and commenters!
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:01pm
Orthofrancis:

Got to admit, this has been a really fun session. Not what I "normally" listen to, but I'm liking it.
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:01pm
DanFA:

Great show, Devon.
  9:02pm
Androu B.:

↳ DanFA @9:01
Ok, now I know what you meant earlier by "Breakfast Machine".
  9:03pm
Fragonard:

Tom Waits-like vocals (or the other way ‘round?)
Avatar Swag For Life Member ♥ 9:08pm
chresti:

Thanks Devon!
(I was looking for puppet Pee Wee pics)
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