Life And Life Only

Author: Antony Rotunno

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Episode 65: Is it a wonderful life?
Episode 65
Thursday, 25 December, 2025

For our final episode of the year, we look at a yuletide classic from a philosophical and existential angle, gently challenging the fairytale ‘happy ending’ and looking at other inconsistencies within what is close to being a perfect Hollywood tale of darkness rescued by light and hope. George Bailey and the other characters are archetypes that stay just the right side of being clichés, but there may well be more going on than meets the eye… Following this, Antony makes some other observations about life and asks a few questions (don’t expect the answers!) about our human relationship to the world around us, with further connections made to the ‘It’s A Wonderful Life’ film Enjoy! Feedback to lifeandlifeonlypod@gmail.com Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/lifeandlife75 Twitter https://twitter.com/lifeonly75 Support the show at: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/antonyrotunno OR https://www.buymeacoffee.com/antonyrotunno Antony’s website (blog, music, podcasts, life coaching) https://www.antonyrotunno.com Antony’s John Lennon podcast https://glassoniononjohnlennon.com If you are interested in very affordable Life Coaching, or know someone who might be, you can contact Antony on lifeandlifeonlypod@gmail.com episode links Some famous scenes from ‘It’s A Wonderful Life’ The opening https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79pIurpNARs&t=9s George and Mary fall in love https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wABeIIjxmJk ‘You’re worth more dead than alive’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=COAnVhYNbTI George receives a great gift https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNQ76UyurLA A Christmas miracle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDQVRxRlGdQ Film Gold’s review of the film https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1o-yaBhGjY Scott Phipps’s marvellous festive review for the ‘Stinking Pause’ podcast https://stinkingpause.libsyn.com/webpage/2018 Is the film’s ending actually happy? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Um3C3GHchZw SNL’s alternative ending (Potter finally gets it…) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vw89o0afb2A Scrooge sees the light (1951 version) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FYV0BJJycs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPceYjVQVnw The Beatles And A Mass of Humanity (life is people) https://glassoniononjohnlennon.com/the-beatles-and-a-mass-of-humanity Life Some famous quotes about life https://www.azquotes.com/quotes/topics/life.html The universe is waaay bigger than you think https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iy7NzjCmUf0 Recommended books https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/347852.The_Road_Less_Traveled https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16024912-fuck-it https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/197782.Rogue_State