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Brian and Murdock dig at the roots of "Mrs. Robinson" only to end up on a journey through 70s cinema, childhood friendships, and especially petty songwriting. Support the show on Patreon See the show on YouTube Visit the show on Instagram Visit the show on Facebook Sign up for Brian's daily FIVE SONGS email ! (It's free!) SHOW NOTES https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Nichols https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Graduate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Webb_(author) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Turman https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/07/arts/lawrence-turman-dead.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_E._Levine https://medium.com/@jacobdowning/nichols-and-simon-and-garfunkel-cde5b6f03db5 https://valentinamariesemler.substack.com/p/revisiting-the-graduate https://www.openculture.com/2021/02/paul-simon-deconstructs-mrs-robinson-1970.html https://www.thecurrent.org/feature/2015/06/01/today-in-music-history https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soundtrack https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/first-pop-song-used-in-a-movie Dick Cavett interview: https://youtu.be/sDqIsuIpVy4?si=Fb9MZGCEaq29IKPB https://www.openculture.com/2021/02/paul-simon-deconstructs-mrs-robinson-1970.html https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/feb/12/art-garfunkel-paul-simon See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .