About this episode
Step into our office and leave it with us. We protect the family! Join us as we walk through Father Figure from The Life of a Showgirl. Uncle Jerry gives his theories on the inspiration for the song, including many different movies, and Angela works out where she thinks the narrator changes mid-track.
Pour yourself some brown liquor and you won’t be sleeping with the fishes.
Works Cited:
A Star is Born – All Versions Ranked
Ragged Dick: The 1868 Classic Rags to Riches Tale – Horatio Alger – Affiliate Link
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