Harry Nilsson vs Hollywood

February 4
37 mins

Episode Description

Brian and Murdock explore the wild influence Harry Nilsson had on rock music - and the secondary career that arguably killed him.

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SHOW NOTES:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Telephone_(1988_film)

https://www.smoothradio.com/features/the-story-of/without-you-harry-nilsson-lyrics-meaning/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coconut_(song)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Nilsson

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-11-04-fi-59566-story.html

https://rocknrollstorytimecom.wordpress.com/2022/01/18/the-lost-weekend/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Point!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Son_of_Dracula_(1974_film)

Watch Son of Dracula: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfkHN_QxNcw

https://dangerousminds.net/comments/harry_nilssons_best_friend_courtship_of_eddies_father_theme_was_originally

Buy The Telephone screenplay: https://www.royalbooks.com/pages/books/147221/terry-southern-harry-nilsson-rip-torn-elliott-gould-whoopi-goldberg-john-heard-screenwriters/the-telephone-original-screenplay-for-the-1988-film

Watch the documentary (2006): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Je8g10Q3-gY

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Southern

The 1988 LA Times piece on Hawkeye: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-01-12-fi-35188-story.html

The 1994 LA Times piece on Nilsson’s death: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-11-04-fi-59566-story.html

New York Times review of The Telephone: https://www.nytimes.com/1988/02/14/movies/film-whoopi-goldberg-in-telephone.html

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-11-04-fi-59566-story.html

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