Toto

Made films the shows talk about.

Counted as composer, the making department they hold the most credits in. The films the hosts said they scored, which the two lists below run through too: Dune (1984).

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977): 2 lines

  1. programming (programming) · through Dune (1984), which they scored: Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope ⇒ Dune (the host's read). Dune was positioned and released as the studio's answer to Star Wars, the next big space epic.
    “Uh, this movie is released with the energy of, here you go, here's the new Star Wars.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 0:22:17 · John Hodgman (0.85 sure it was them)
  2. unmapped (tentpole hope) · through Dune (1984), which they scored: Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope ⇒ Dune (the host's read). Dune was meant to be the new Star Wars franchise, Lynch writing the sequel, coloring books on shelves.
    “I thought it was going to be the Star Wars.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Starman with Katey Rich · 2:18:09 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

Rosanna Arquette: 1 line

  1. people (people) · them, directly: Rosanna Arquette ⇒ Toto (the maker said so: a yacht rock documentary). Toto reportedly wrote the song 'Rosanna' because she walked into the room, per a yacht rock documentary.
    “Toto was like, what's right, Rosanna, about Rosanna Arquette, because she walked into the room and we fucking had to write a song about it.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 0:35:45 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (1977): 2 lines

  1. lineage (lineage) · through Dune (1984), which they scored: Dune ⇒ Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (the host's read). The Dune book's messaging is credited as one of the things that inspired Star Wars.
    “And not only that, the messaging of this is one of the things that inspired Star Wars.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 0:22:22 · John Hodgman (0.70 sure it was them)
  2. theme (theme) · through Dune (1984), which they scored: Dune ⇒ Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope (the host's read). Dune's Fremen/revolution material is the denser source that Star Wars abstracts; the Force is Dune without the drugs.
    “the Force in Star Wars is like doom without the drugs.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 1:17:01 · David Sims (0.30 sure it was them)

David Lowery: 1 line

  1. people (people) · through Dune (1984), which they scored: Dune ⇒ David Lowery (the maker said so: David Lowery's episode later in the series). A later series guest, David Lowery, called Dune a very big film for him as a child.
    “we have an episode coming later in the series with David Lowry, who talked about Dune being a very big film for him”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 2:33:25 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

What the speakers said they did

Music (3) everyone in music

What was said about them, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career): Toto → Steely Dan. Toto's members are called big session musicians for Steely Dan and bands like that.
    “They were big sesame musicians for stealing Dan in bands like that.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 2:15:53 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

craft (1)

  1. craft (craft): Toto → Dune. Toto composed the Dune score; the hosts praise it.
    “I love Toto score.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 2:14:27 · unknown (0.40 sure it was them)

people (3)

  1. people (people): Toto → Rosanna Arquette. Toto's song 'Rosanna' is about Arquette, offered as trivia.
    “Roseanne, Roseanne. is a song about her. It is about her”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · After Hours with Alison Sivitz · 1:02:20 · Griffin Newman or David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. people (people): Brian Eno → Toto. The speaker likens the Eno-credited, Toto-scored split on Dune to the Danny Elfman and Alf Clausen relationship.
    “So it's like the Danny Elfman Alf Clausen relationship.”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Dune with John Hodgman · 2:14:38 · Griffin Newman (0.50 sure it was them)
  3. people (people): Rosanna Arquette → Toto. Toto reportedly wrote the song 'Rosanna' because she walked into the room, per a yacht rock documentary.
    “Toto was like, what's right, Rosanna, about Rosanna Arquette, because she walked into the room and we fucking had to write a song about it.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘After Hours’ with Bill Simmons and Sean Fennessey · 0:35:45 · Bill Simmons (0.40 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

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