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* AcceptableReligiousTargets: A Hare Krishna harasses Jonah at the airport, to his irritation.
-->'''Hare Krishna''': You said that your mind is troubled. Why don't you check it out, brother?\\
'''Jonah''': You know, this is such a minor point, I hate even to bring it up, but I have a brother.\\
'''Hare Krishna''': We're all brothers.\\
'''Jonah''': No, I mean I have a real brother.\\
'''Hare Krishna''': We're all real brothers.
-->'''Hare Krishna''': You said that your mind is troubled. Why don't you check it out, brother?\\
'''Jonah''': You know, this is such a minor point, I hate even to bring it up, but I have a brother.\\
'''Hare Krishna''': We're all brothers.\\
'''Jonah''': No, I mean I have a real brother.\\
'''Hare Krishna''': We're all real brothers.
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* AsHimself: Music/TinyTim appears during the Salute to the Sixties, playing his ukelele backstage.
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* AsHimself: Music/TinyTim appears during the Salute to the Sixties, playing his ukelele ukulele backstage.
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* SleepingWithTheBosssWife: Jonah has a fling with Walter's wife Lonnie (Joan Hackett).
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* TakeThat: Walter Fox is based on CBS Records executive Walter Yetnikoff, with whom Paul Simon had clashed in the '70s.
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Jonah Levin (Simon) is a folk-rock musician who had his last hit, "Soft Parachutes," ten years ago. Now he's touring with his band and trying to get a chance to record a new album despite interference from record executive Walter Fox (Creator/RipTorn) and hotshot producer Steve Kunelian (Music/LouReed). Meanwhile, he tries to maintain a relationship with his ex-wife Marion (Blair Brown) and their young son Matty (Michael Pearlman).
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Jonah Levin (Simon) is a folk-rock musician who had his last hit, "Soft Parachutes," ten years ago. Now he's touring with his band and trying to get a chance to record a new album despite interference from overbearing record executive Walter Fox (Creator/RipTorn) and hotshot trendy-but-talentless producer Steve Kunelian (Music/LouReed). Meanwhile, he tries to maintain a relationship with his ex-wife Marion (Blair Brown) and their young son Matty (Michael Pearlman).
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Jonah Levin (Simon) is a folk-rock musician who had his last hit, "Soft Parachutes," ten years ago. He tours with his band, the Jonah Levin Band, trying to get a chance to record a new album. Meanwhile, he tries to maintain a relationship with his ex-wife Marion (Blair Brown) and their young son Matty (Michael Pearlman).
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Jonah Levin (Simon) is a folk-rock musician who had his last hit, "Soft Parachutes," ten years ago. He tours Now he's touring with his band, the Jonah Levin Band, band and trying to get a chance to record a new album.album despite interference from record executive Walter Fox (Creator/RipTorn) and hotshot producer Steve Kunelian (Music/LouReed). Meanwhile, he tries to maintain a relationship with his ex-wife Marion (Blair Brown) and their young son Matty (Michael Pearlman).
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* TalkingToPlants: When Jonah asks Marion if she's spraying the fern regularly, she says, "I spray it every day, and I talk to it, give it lots of encouragement." She hasn't told the plant about the divorce because it's just beginning to sprout new leaves.
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* ReallyMovesAround: Modeena (Creator/MareWinningham) moved all over the country as a kid because her dad's firm transferred him every other year or so. A.M. radio kept her sane because it played the same songs no matter where she was.
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* AsHimself: Music/TinyTim appears during the Salute to the Sixties, playing his ukelele backstage.
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* InterruptedIntimacy: Once Jonah and Marion were having sex on the table when the babysitter walked in on them. Jonah ran and hid behind the fridge, while Marion just sat there with her pants down trying to act cool.
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* DiegeticSwitch: After a disastrous recording session, Jonah sits in his hotel room and begins to play "Long, Long Day" on his guitar. The song plays in the background while he visits Marion and Matty.
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* MarriedToTheJob: The reason Jonah's marriage fell apart. When he was at home, he was never really present - he kept making phone calls and writing songs. Marion could handle his going on tour, but she couldn't handle his job infiltrating their personal life.
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* AcceptableReligiousTargets: A Hare Krishna harasses Jonah at the airport, to his irritation.
-->'''Hare Krishna''': You said that your mind is troubled. Why don't you check it out, brother?\\
'''Jonah''': You know, this is such a minor point, I hate even to bring it up, but I have a brother.\\
'''Hare Krishna''': We're all brothers.\\
'''Jonah''': No, I mean I have a real brother.\\
'''Hare Krishna''': We're all real brothers.
-->'''Hare Krishna''': You said that your mind is troubled. Why don't you check it out, brother?\\
'''Jonah''': You know, this is such a minor point, I hate even to bring it up, but I have a brother.\\
'''Hare Krishna''': We're all brothers.\\
'''Jonah''': No, I mean I have a real brother.\\
'''Hare Krishna''': We're all real brothers.
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''One-Trick Pony'' is a 1980 film written by and starring Music/PaulSimon and directed by Robert M. Young.
Jonah Levin (Simon) is a folk-rock musician who had his last hit, "Soft Parachutes," ten years ago. He tours with his band, the Jonah Levin Band, trying to get a chance to record a new album. Meanwhile, he tries to maintain a relationship with his ex-wife Marion (Blair Brown) and their young son Matty (Michael Pearlman).
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!!''One-Trick Pony'' contains examples of:
* ModestyBedsheet: After Jonah and Marion have post-divorce sex, they lie in bed with the sheet wrapped around her chest, while his is exposed.
* ProtestSong: "Soft Parachutes" is about a teenager who was recently in high school but is now fighting in UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar, witnessing and committing atrocities for reasons he doesn't understand. Jonah doesn't play it anymore because it isn't topical now that the war is over.
* TurnOutLikeHisFather: Matty wants to become a songwriter and musician like his dad. Marion desperately wishes he'd pick a better role model.
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Jonah Levin (Simon) is a folk-rock musician who had his last hit, "Soft Parachutes," ten years ago. He tours with his band, the Jonah Levin Band, trying to get a chance to record a new album. Meanwhile, he tries to maintain a relationship with his ex-wife Marion (Blair Brown) and their young son Matty (Michael Pearlman).
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!!''One-Trick Pony'' contains examples of:
* ModestyBedsheet: After Jonah and Marion have post-divorce sex, they lie in bed with the sheet wrapped around her chest, while his is exposed.
* ProtestSong: "Soft Parachutes" is about a teenager who was recently in high school but is now fighting in UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar, witnessing and committing atrocities for reasons he doesn't understand. Jonah doesn't play it anymore because it isn't topical now that the war is over.
* TurnOutLikeHisFather: Matty wants to become a songwriter and musician like his dad. Marion desperately wishes he'd pick a better role model.
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