After initiating Culture Quest Essentials Guide (episode 23), our humble adventurers take the time to weigh and evaluate every step of the quest - how many subjects we’ve discussed will be inducted to the CQEG?

Episode Breakdown:

• We start the episode by introducing the Guide - what it is for and how everything will work.

• Then, we vote:

• The Producers, Mel Brooks - IMDb (00:09:30).

• Deja Vu, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young - Allmusic (00:14:13).

• Playdead’s Inside - Wikipedia (00:18:41).

• Jaws, Stephen Spielberg - IMDb (00:25:28).

• Meditations, Marcus Aurelius - Goodreads (00:30:25).

• American Beauty, Sam Mendes - IMDb (00:35:08).

• Pet Sounds, The Beach Boys - Allmusic (00:40:34).

• Man on Wire, James Marsh - IMDb (00:50:48).

• Hunt for the WIlderpeople, Taika Waititi - IMDb (00:56:20).

• Last Chance to See, Douglas Adams - Goodreads (01:01:03).

• All-Star Superman, Grant Morrison and Frank Quietly - Wikipedia (01:08:20).

• Mom’s Classics - The episode's show notes (01:13:30).

• Firefly and Serenity, Joss Whedon - IMDb and IMDb (01:23:09).

• Queen, Live at Wembley ‘86 - Allmusic (01:27:20).

• Flight of the Conchords - IMDb (01:33:38).

• Annie Hall, Woody Allen - IMDb (01:36:24).

• We then quickly remind ourselves that we’re watching Cowboy Bebop for our next episode - we’ve properly introduced it in our Jurassic Park episode (link) (01:42:26).

• Then we play a promo clip for the Happy Hour Gets Weird podcast! (@HHGetsWeird) (01:43:15).

Cover art by Azeecreations .

‘Celebration’ theme by Alexander Nakarada ( www.serpentsoundstudios.com ).

The episode was recorded on July 4th, and originally released on July 26th, 2020.