All the Feels: Movie Moments

The KC Crew discuss movie moments that get you "where it counts."

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​Welcome to the Kindness Chronicles, where once again we hope to inject the world with a dose of the Minnesota nice that it desperately needs. Sounds like a children's program. It's a children's program. We've got Steve Brown in the studio. Hi. Hi Steve. Hi. Hello there. We've got Jeff Hoffman, our. Aging intern. Hey guys with us. Hello. Hello. Hey. KG is on special assignment in Afghanistan right now, But, we had a big event last week. Yeah. We had a lot of fun. Fun. A successful event. It was a, it was a really nice event. There was probably 350 people, in the auditorium. Yeah. We had some. some listeners that showed up. Yep. My favorite listener that showed up Me too, was a guy and you guys talked. His name is Nick Flood. Yes. Nick, I hope you're listening. I hope so too. I just want to tell you a little story about Nick Flood. Nick Flood was an exceptional a all the floods were great athletes and they went to St. Thomas Academy. Oh, good for you. For you. No, but they all went to St. Thomas Academy. Nick went to, uh, to the University of St. Thomas. Good. His dad was a legendary coach. Yes. Mm. He was, we were talking about that track and field coach. I mean, the guy, he was just, just a good, good coach. Flood coach flood. Hmm. Okay. Coach Flood. There's a general flood in Vince Flynn's books. Yes., Clearly so I had thought I had recognized his name. And I wasn't at the St. Thomas event honoring Vince Flynn, uh, the one that, um, what's Amelia? Ella's husband Frank Va Frank. There you go. He hosted it and yeah, but I, I'm like, Nick Flood. Didn't you get up and talk at the, at that event? And he was,'cause he was a character in Vince Flynn's novels. Yes. And that was the turnover to the new author, general Flood. He was telling us about it. You were at the Vince Flynn? I was not, but I found it on YouTube. Oh. Because I used to work with Kevin Flynn. Oh yeah. Vince's brother. And so I was very in tune and intrigued and just, knew a lot of people that knew about the Vince Flynn story. And later, um, I came to appreciate him and what he did for our state and just everybody, the kids he helped with, Dyslexia, and just his. Writing and articulate, way about him. And I saw him speak at the Ronald Breggan, not in person, but on YouTube. So as you guys know, I'm a good researcher and I find these videos and so I feel like I know Vince. Yeah, Vince, great guy. I, you know, I've mentioned this, that I actually, in my safe down here, I have a. A copy of the original manuscript of Vince's first book. The version that I have, it was called A Right to Rise Up. It changed to Term Limits, which was not a Mitch Rap, story, but it was God. I, I read it and I'm like, holy smokes it. It was so well constructed. my advice to him was, I don't like the title. And there's way too much, uh, swearing. Wow. I mean, it was just, it was just over the top and he took some of that stuff out. But anyway. Wow. Nick Flood, what a great guy. Yes. I mean, I was so just pleased that he introduced himself. He came out so, so Me too. I, I love talking to him. And he, uh, he and I, I've been texting with him since then. We're gonna have him on, we're gonna have another Vince Flynn. Show. Yes. Um, and to talk about, to have Nick on. I, I asked him if he'd want to do that and he said he was interested. But what's cool about is he came to that scholarship event, that live scholarship event where we, where we did our first live podcast. Yeah. Uh, or at least recorded live, uh, just to meet us and just to see what we were all about. And so we got a chance to talk with them. So that was, uh. Pretty cool thing and he's a pretty impressive guy. Super cool. Yeah. And I know, uh, a whole bunch of people that know him and he's totally salted the earth and, you know, kindness chronicles it. It makes perfect sense to me that he would be a guy that, uh, that might listen to this. Yeah. Um, there are a couple of other, uh, fans there, but we're not gonna mention those people because they're as cool as Nick Flood. Yeah. Sorry, everybody. Yeah, it's a tough to compare. So the event, your, uh, impressions of the event. I loved it. I loved the vibe. I think everyone that was there, so I read, I read, uh, the crowd's faces. Yeah. I'm used to seeing faces in an audience if I'm on stage. well, you're an entertainer. Yeah. So I could, I could see by faces and how we were doing a couple little bumpy moments, but, but overall, the vibe was smiles and, uh, laughter. I think our portion of the event. Which was more of the structured rest. It was a lot of grip and grin. Mm-hmm. Photos and, you know, announcing their names and, you know, a lot of clapping in between. But we sat and actually had some, uh, heart to heart conversations or like real life conversations with these kids that nominated their friends and the, the people that were nominated themselves. And, um, what a cool vibe and what a, what a great, faith in youth. Totally. Yeah. Like these kids are involved. I said this at the event, like. It's so great to see that you guys are out there getting involved, meeting people, joining things, helping each other, like young people are doing that. And uh, you tend to get a sense that, oh, things are really bad and nobody's talking to anyone. Like these kids are showing us that it's still out there. So it is. They're still going and they're still trying. And was it Reed who is with you there? Yeah. Yeah. Reed was the other host. He, I, I. Met him. Uh, I got the pleasure of meeting him and I told him at the end, I said, you wrap that up perfectly. The pro.'cause the pro, he said that exact thing. Yep. That there's faith, there's goodness out there. Right there despite what you hear about the bashing of that generation. Yeah. You are proving to us that that's totally wrong. Yeah, there's a lot of hope there. Super impressive kids. Well, and what I enjoyed more than anything was just the opportunity to, I mean, all the scholarship winners are obviously impressive. Yeah. To me the highlight of the show, the program was getting a chance to meet the, uh, selfless scholar, nominators and nominees and their parents and just how grateful some tears parents were. There were some tears. It was very cool. Yeah, it was very cool. And that show. Is being, uh,, put together, as we speak. I would imagine that next week or so it'll be, posted, but Cool. Well, I, I also wanna say, yeah, kudos to you and Reed. Yeah. For running that whole thing. You have such an ability with, it's your people, it's your room, it's your, you just, you did a great job aside from the sweating. You did a great job. I sweat God. What is wrong with me? No, you're just very comfortable and it's so fun to see you do that. Comfortable in my sweat. I'm not comfortable. I'm so uncomfortable. Yeah, but you just, you make a note of it and you people laugh and you just keep going. That's the only way that I can, that I can cope with it.'cause I get just so worked up at those things. But you're not nervous'cause you're so relaxed and chill and fun and funny and, well, my nerves are, uh, manifesting in the form of massive, massive. You need like one of those sweat James Brown, uh, cloaks. Does someone come over? Maybe I'll come over and you know, wipe it down and then we'll, yeah. I need like a, I need a person that's gonna have the fan that's gonna be fanning me. That would be kind of, that's very Michael Jack Jackson. You did a great job. People were really digging it. I got to do, I got to do pro bono amateur photography.'cause I know you had the real professionals there, but it was fun to actually turn those around to you guys yesterday. That's great. The poses with you. Oh, God. And the scholarships going, you know, and then also my favorite pictures were when the two, um, nominee and nominator were together, sharing the story and the smiles. Yeah. Oh yeah. And just that whole vibe was really cool. It was cool. Yeah. Well, the, the, the Max Egan, let's talk for just a second about Max Egan. Max Egan is the young man from, uh, Maida. Yes. High school. Totally Not an inside job at all. Coincidental, max Egan wrote this beautiful, nomination of a classmate by the name of Maxwell Newcombe and Max Egan was a, a very successful hockey player, and he got shot in the eye with a Nerf gun bullet during those Nerf gun wars and essentially lost vision in one of his eyes. And. It was disruptive to his entire junior year. The, the back hack of is his junior year. And so it's, uh, it was nice that, uh, that he was able to, and I got such nice, thank yous from all these kids that had gotten the scholarships and the opportunity to get up in front of a crowd and, you know, talk about their friend. They really did. It was so, we didn't, didn't to really, we didn't get to meet. Max Newcomb. Nope. But we're I there? There's a surprise. Yeah. Okay. I'm sure Max doesn't listen to the podcast. We are gonna do, uh, a surprise visit with Max Newcomb. Kinda like what we did with Zach and Zach and Brooks. Yeah. Brooks. Brooks and Zach. Cool. Uh, and that podcast got posted, so I hope people have had a chance to listen to that one. It dropped today. It dropped. Is that what we do? Yeah, it dropped. Called dropped. That's the official line. Yeah. I think that was a great event and I, I, I'm so happy that it. You were able to pull it off and, uh, and we've did one, we've, we have one show live down. I'd love to do this more. It's kind of fun to be able to do that. I think, I think we really, you know, it, it, it helped having, you know, giving away a million and a half dollars that's gonna get people to come to the event. You know, we're not gonna do that at the next event. No. Unless it's another scholarship event. Hey, the snacks were pretty damn good too. The snacks I heard were really good. I didn't have a chance. What? I ate one meatball. Yeah, one bite. I know. I barely got anything either. I was, it was busy, but they were pounding. That was, that was very fun. That was fun. Okay, so we have a topic that we've covered before. Yeah. This is not new to this new kind Chronicles listeners, this, but it's gonna be, it's something that, uh, because our friend Jeff here. You know, he seems to be really into it. Um, fits, loves how it's right up his alley. I said it's right up his alley. I can't help myself. I don't know what it is, but let's tell John, tell us what it is. It's, uh, spectrum, you know, tell us around the spectrum. Give us the topic, John. So the topic is, something that everybody can relate to. It is moments of kindness in movies and television. we've done movies and television that, give you that oxytocin feel. Yeah. But I'd like to talk specifically about moments within those movies and I would like to do like a snake draft. Okay. And because I have the mic at the moment, I would like to start. Alright. All. One of my favorite moments of kindness that happens in a movie. This is my number one draft pick. Okay. And I mentioned this before, but I wanna, I wanna flesh it out a little bit. Yeah. In the movie, A Beautiful Mind. Have you guys seen a Beautiful Mind? Yes. This is, you mentioned this one. Yeah. I love this. I, I get goosebumps when I think about this moment when, John, like the, character that, Russell Crowe is playing, is invited into the staff, dining room, professor's dining room. And he's uncomfortable going in there, but the chair of the department says, come on in, John, it's, you know, time for you to come in and be a see this. And he sits down and all these other professors come up and give him. Their pen. And apparently that is like the ultimate sign of respect., So they're getting all these, Mont Blanc pens and,, these beautiful pens and just, his reaction. He says something like, well, that was very unexpected, and the way that he says it, it's just so heartwarming. Mm-hmm. But I, I just, that's number one with a bullet for me. It's a rush of emotion in that moment. It's totally. Gets me. I think I'm gonna cry. That's a good movie for you. You love that movie. I love, love, love that movie. I should see it again.'cause I remember seeing it. I thought it was pretty cool. Yeah, that's right up there with, uh, Goodwill Hunting as, you know, a top, top two or three movie. So it is a snake draft. Do I try to come up with some kind of a related No. Scene? No, you can just order, order. Just wanted to go first around apparently. So you go Yeah, go ahead. So I thought of one as you were saying guys, like what, what is a, what is a scene where. There's some respectable people sort of paying homage to and, uh, I think remember that homage? Yeah. Paying homage to in this case, Rudy. Oh, and have you seen the movie, Rudy? Oh, yes. It's been a long time. Yes. Casey's one of, of K's favorites. What's scene? It's the, so by the way, I named my dog Rudy. Oh boy. He's a black lab for that movie, but there's a couple of scenes, but the one I'm thinking of is the one where they all, he, he couldn't play under the new coach, but all the other players come in, came in and throw in their jersey on the tape. They said, I want Rudy to play for me. I want Rudy to play for me in their dropping the jerseys in in front of the coach. That is absolutely. God, I love that. Ugh. I could talk about this shit all night. I know, and I think, I don't know if people love it, but I, you know, we get a lot of good reaction last time. Turn it off if you don't wanna listen to it. We don't care where nobody's, you know, I think it makes people remember these moments in, in, in movies and shows. Yes. I have one that's a TV show. Oh yeah. You guys have done movies and. This was, uh, a list that I found, or I, I put together the question to chat EBT and I got a bunch of good ideas. Ideas, but, oh boy. Smart. Um, Ted Lasso. Yeah. Oh God. The dart scene. Oh, God. Be curious, be judge. Be curious. Not judgment is the scene and it's when, uh, Ted Disarms. The other, the, the ex-husband. Yes. Right. The other coach of Rebecca, is that her name. He disarms him with humility, kindness, and a lesson in, in empathy, reminding viewers of the power of compassion over ego. Yeah. Remember that? So he's like, he's great. He's playing and he's playing darts with, he's playing left-handed, and then he, he goes, oh, wait a second. What I, what I didn't explain to you is that I grew up. You know, changed this to his, his right hand. He goes, I grew up in a, in a bar and I blah, blah, blah. He just nails it, nails it, nails it. Bullseye, bullseye, bullseye. Just brings that bully down in a really cool way. That's, I wouldn't say it's kindness, but it's a, it's a it'ss. Oxytocin. It's oxytocin gives you that vibe. It's sub, it's subversive and it's, uh, it's killing him. The guy with kindness. Yeah. And to the point where didn't the guy kind of like. Good job. And he felt good and walked out with the other girl. I can't remember exactly what happened. He, Hey, he put him in his place in such a, such a, uh, um, disarming way. Yeah. Disarming, but, oh, um, what's the term? Uh, classy way. Mm-hmm. Very classy. Like, you know, everyone looked at the guy and went, oh my God, look at that. He's been shooting left-handed the whole time. It's just a great scene. Oh, it's a great scene. Great scene. Hey, you get another choice. That was okay. Got another one? Yeah.'cause it's a snake draft. Well, we talked out about the pursuit of happiness. Bring it. Uh, okay. It's the final job interview scene. Oh God, it's so good. Will Smith, right after enduring unimaginable hardship, will Smith, his character, Chris Gardner, is finally shown kindness in the form of opportunity. In the form of an opportunity. It's a quiet, redemptive moment that celebrates persistence, a perseverance. Human decency. Remember He gets that finally gets after all that show. That movie is such a, that that challenging that the culmination of all of the stress he had been through Yes. Gets brought forth during that scene. Finally get scene released, released of all that stress. Yeah. You see it in his face, don't you? Like he's just holding it back and I think the boss who hired him said, did it, did you? Was it as easy as you made it look? And and he said, no it wasn't. But he was just like trying to hold back his tears. And it was, it's a great, great movie and, and. To think that's the same guy that smacked Chris Rock, ruined his career. It's a good actor. Yeah, it's a good actor. Bad you ruined his career. Yeah. You know there's a lesson in that like just Exactly. There's a lot out all this stuff like just. Up butter cup. Okay. You got, what do you got next one? Back on the snake draft. Oh man. You got a big list there, Jeff. I know you already shared with me. I know. You know, I, I come back to the, the, the relationship and the chemistry between Daniel LaRusso and Miyagi in Karate Kid. Oh, wow. I know. I'm going back to 84, but you're out. It was such a semino out. You're out. And there's, so, speaking of life lessons, I mean, there's. So many Miyagi wisdom, uh, throughout that movie. Um, what's a favorite scene in that? Oh, when he gives him the keys to the car. Yeah. That is, that he's been waxing on and waxing off. Yeah, that's right, that's right. For a, for a 16-year-old kid, that's a huge deal. Well, and and, and it was great because it was, he, he was telling him, go, go after Elizabeth's shoe. I mean, who wouldn't want to go after Elizabeth's shoe? But he was kind of giving him a lesson. Um, and he's like, he kind of remember I told you about the, the grape in the middle of the road and the, you know, walking on the left and the right side and squashed in the middle. And, and then he is like, go after this girl that you want. And it was right before the tournament and it was just a great scene. Very timely too, Jeff, because we have a new Karate Kid movie coming out. Is there? Yeah, another one. Really? Yeah. And, and, uh, Daniel was in it. You are kidding me. Is it, is it because of the Rob Mac's in it? Is it because of the Cobra Kai series and Netflix that No idea. Huh? Have you watched the Cobra Kai series? No. It's so funny. I would, I just haven't, doesn't he own Miyagi Motors or something? He's like in the, the car business. He, he's, it, it's, it's, it's great because they completely flipped the script and Johnny, um, the enemy dip shit. Yeah. Is be, he becomes the, the hero, the good guy. The good guy in it and you're, you're rooting for Johnny who, um, throughout the whole series and the last series, don't wreck it. Don't wreck it. Just say, just say it was getting a little over the first couple of epi or seasons are great. And then they were like kind of running out, running, it's kind nostalgia filled, right? You're just like, oh my God. It's kind of pushing the envelope a little bit, but you will not be disappointed. And I think it's like the first three or four up. Our seasons are awesome. Yeah. From so many standpoints. I could name off a bunch of scenes and, and that, but I don't wanna ruin it, but, alright. John, next one, back to me. Kindness. Yeah. In movies and tv. In movies and tv, uh, planes, trains, and Automobiles. Oh boy. One of my favorites. It's on his list. When Steve Martin, goes through his head and he realizes that Dell doesn't have this family. Yeah. That paradigm shifting moment where he realized I haven't been home in years. Right. Yeah. And, and he. Gets to the train station. Yeah. And there he is sitting there. And what's so funny is John Candy is this great big actor and the way he's sitting, he looks so small. Yeah. And Meek, I just, oh my God. Do you know from that point until they get to the house, like. It's so emotional. Oh God. It's so well done. It's well edited. Yeah. The music is perfect. John Hughes is a master. And did you catch how they, they, they showed him when he walked into the scene or in the, the house at the end, how they kind of, they showed him holding his hat in his hand. Yeah. Just a very short clip, but it's like such a humble clip. But here's this guy inviting him into his family and the wife treats him with graciousness. Oh God, it's so good. The music kicks get a little emotional just thinking about, it's such a great scene. It's, it really is like a Thanksgiving movie for me. It my first date, that was my first date movie in high school. School FYI. Oh my God. You start crying on your date. No, I was laughing the whole time and I think she was wondering what the, who is this guy laughing out loud? Trying to fight off the tears. You know that that guy's destined to be a 55-year-old intern. Okay. What, where now you go again. So I get to go again. You mentioned John Hughes in the movie Breakfast Club., When the basket case, the Ali Sheety character Yes. Gets dolled up. And the fact that Claire, you know, who's the princess dolls her up. Yeah. And Emilio Estevez, he's, his reaction is, he doesn't say anything. And she says something like, thank you, like, like his reaction so much. Sure. First she kind of, first she's a little mortified. Yeah. Because she thinks, oh no, like you don't like it, you don it. And then, and then he kind of smiles and then she relaxes. Oh God, there's so much, there's so much subtext between those two without any, without any script. It's so great. Plus again, music did a really big Oh, exactly. Big part of that movie. That's right. And just the kindness from throughout that whole movie. Mm-hmm. You know, that just manifests itself at the very end. When Claire gives, bender the earring Yes. And puts in the ear. I mean, it's just, so, I think it's also, you, you think of it as an eighties movie, but. It, it's kind of timeless because it, it talks about different group, you know, well, you could put different groups together. Popularity spectrum. Yes. Yeah, that's what I mean. Yes. The popularity spectrum. It never really changes. It's timeless. It absolutely is. Tomorrow night we're doing a civility, school. Civility. You are project thing up in Duluth? Yeah. Wow. Yeah. So we're doing a presentation tomorrow. Someone recently sent me a meme with those, the characters on the breakfast club, but they put like Edina over Claire's, um, picture. Oh. Have you seen that before? I saw that. So it, it's, everybody can identify, it's a universal appeal movie for that reason. Yeah. And every school has those characters. Yeah. Every school in every community has those characters. Yep. Anyway, so that's mine. Okay. I love it. What do you got, Jeff? Another John Hughes. One would be home alone. Oh, God. Um, just the, the old man. Yeah. Old man stuff. Yeah. Yeah. And, and Kevin. And, uh, uh, there's this there, I don't know if you guys have seen it, there's something called the Hero's Journey, and it's like. A a lot of you might see movies and say, gosh, I feel like that reminds me of this movie. And it's because it's a 12 step formula of redemption and Oh, sure. Um, a character goes through and a lot of times a, um, a, uh, mentor shows up and helps rescue this. Person that's in like an obscure, boring scene. But anyway, that happens in all these, these movies like Star Wars, Luke Skywalker. But anyway, Kevin's little metamorphosis that happens throughout that when his parents leave him alone and he's like, I wish you, I wish I was, you know, I didn't have parents or whatever. And then all of a sudden his wish comes true. I wish my family disappear. Yeah. Um, I made my family disappear. It's classic, but there, there's a concept on YouTube for anyone who wants to really geek out on like the subtext and the meanings and, and just type in home alone video essay or type in office video essay. And you'll get these like film students that are looking for gigs or something and I think they're like, they go way deep into the story and you will unearth scripts and things and subtext that you never even knew. About a movie and the home alone's got some really good hidden meaning. Jeff, you gotta find a job. I mean, my God, he's, yeah, he's going deep. I have to say it. I have a moment for kg to to, to perk up. Do you remember in Seinfeld, the home alone moment, George is watching TV at Jerry's place? Yeah, he's watching Home Alone. And Jerry walks in and he goes, are you crying? He goes, oh man. Got to me. Yes. Right, right. That's right. Yeah. Yes. Very timely. Okay. Um, I got another TV one. Okay. Schitt's Creek. Did you guys watch all that? Yeah. Shit's Creek. Not all of them, but I, I loved it. And I, there's Chris Elliot's, one of my favorites. Oh yeah. Way back in Letterman Day. Somehow that doesn't surprise you, the guy under the seats. Oh yeah. Love it Jeff. Okay. David and Patrick's relationship. Yeah. That episode where, um, their love story unfolds to everyday acts of kindness, trust, and acceptance, rarely seen with such nuance and humor in television. Remember the moment where he sang that song, David Sang, or, uh, Patrick sang it to David Patrick sang the song to David. The, the, uh, Tina. Um. Simply the best. Yes, yes. It was such a cool version of the song. So again, music, I mean, just moment. Just mark that music is a big part of that Absolutely vibe. It's a script on all these. And music swells up with the right, the right choice of song, the right word, and right melody. The right absolutely. Instrumentation, it gets you, gets the oxytocin going. But um, I thought that was just a, such a cool mm-hmm. Standout episode of that show. That show was funny and silly and I loved it. But that made you just go, wow. Yep. You sing. He's singing to him and it's just this great moment. I thought that was great. It was. And you know what's funny? Um, I look back at when I was in high school. When you were in high school. Yeah. You were in high school. Yeah. And just how difficult it must have been to be gay back then. Yeah. Mm-hmm. And now I just think that we live in a kinder world as it relates to that. Yeah. I think that it's, you know, to me that Schitt's Creek storyline. it did so much more than just Yes, make us laugh. here's these two characters and love is love. Yeah. I I was It's the power of story. Yeah. To change a culture, really, you know, maybe someday we should do, I mean, we should go down that road. I think so too. You know what also broke, broke Through was Sean, uh. Sean Hayes. Sean Hayes. Yeah. Just Jack. No. Well, what was the show? It was it called? Uh, yeah, it was, uh, no. Will and Grace. Will and Grace, that show. That's true. Did exactly what you're saying. Sch Creek did the same thing again, but his character, oh God. He was such a lovable guy and made everybody just go. Oh, he's just this great guy and let all that BS go away and America just went, we love him and who cares what Modern family kind of did that modern family too. Yeah. Yeah. Mm-hmm. It's great. Look at us. We should have an episode of About that. Look at us taking on the, uh, the topics of the day. Yeah. Okay. That was, we're only about 15 years before. Yeah, that's okay. Yeah. We're, yeah. Um, is it my turn? It's your turn again. Okay. Um. We already talked about the blind side. I'm not gonna bring it up'cause Kg brought it up before I, so the blind side, was that one of yours? It's, that was gonna be my next one. But the, the blind side, you know what's sad about the blind side is that, that Michael or you know, kind kinda wasn't exactly what he, well you know, he kinda. It just didn't end up the way, you know, he said that he didn't get any money out of that. It's like, come on man, let, let us keep the story as it is. Right. You ruined it. Four. Mitch making truth has ruined the story. A year playing ball. The truth has ruined the story. Right John? Yeah. Don't ruin a good story with the truth. Um, well, the other thing I was gonna say, I'll, I'll, you can even talk more about that.'cause the ones that are, are the rest on my list. I don't know the scenes. Oh, very well. But. I will say this, so I get the sense, Steve, that you, you use that chat GPT quite a bit. Yeah, I do. I get a sense that you would've had a tough time making it through high school in a modern. Without any, you wouldn't have any thoughts of your own? No, I don't want to. That's exactly why I don't want to talk about those.'cause I didn't see the movies that are on my list. I wanna to talk about those. I No, but I'm saying I, I, I appreciate the fact that you've discovered. I haven't discovered chat. GPT Oh my, my God. And I don't want to, it is an amazing tool for work. Oh, I know it is. I trust me. I just, I did this second, a second. I said gimme a list of unbelievable. But let me just say another one I found on here. Have you guys ever seen the movie Paddington two? No. I've not even seen Paddington one, but I know about the Bear and I've seen the, it's a delightful, uplifting movie about a silly kid's movie. About a bear, huh? He's the most kind. I'm familiar with Paddington. He's the most kind, uh, character in any children's movie, and he's just, he endures the whole thing. He's, he's been wronged and everyone's against him, and he's, his, his intentions were good the whole time, but someone's kind of framing him and he comes out of it. So different in it's Ted. It's so sweet.'cause Ted's a movie about a bear. That's a naughty bear. Yeah. Right. Is Paddington one worth it or should I skip right to the second one? Uh, they're both good, but Paddington two is more like a perfect movie. Okay. How about Toy Story three? Yes. Toy Story three. Good God. Oh, you're killing me. Exactly. Well, I, lemme just make a one more note about Paddington too. Did you see the um, Pedro Pascal, uh, um, Nicholas Cage movie? No. It's super funny and Paddington too plays a role in that movie. They're talking about that movie for the same reason I'm talking about it. Oh no, I love that. It's really, really funny. It's a silly movie. It's, uh, Pedro Pascal is a big fan of Nicholas Cage. It's the unbearable talent of Nicholas Cage, something. It's got's what it's called. No unbearable talent. I have to check this out. Pedro Pascal's, this really rich, wealthy guy who hires Nicholas Case to come and just hang around with him.'cause he is, and Nicholas Case decides to do it. And they get, they talk. One of their conversations is talking about Paddington too, so that's funny. Yeah. Um, okay. What do you got, Jeff? Well, did anyone see, so this is gonna. Uh, I've got a couple of'em, but that's a long story. Let me think, let me think here. It's a long ex explanation, Jeff. I'm gonna, I'm, I'm gonna go with Stand by Me and I'm thinking of my brother right now, and so I've gotta try to hold it together. But there's a great scene where John Cusack is the older brother of the younger brother. Mm-hmm. And he's just. Super nice and gives his younger brother a hat. And its, but his friends are bullies though, right? His friends are a bunch of jerks, if I remember right. I don't think that John q John see John Cusack's character in that was like the football star. Yeah. And so the little kid kind of felt like, because he was a story writer, he, he loved stories. Yeah. The dad identified more with the older brother. Yeah, of course. Who passed away. And so anyway. Oh, okay. Okay. But there's a backlash scene where the little brother's thinking to his older brother, and the older brother took an interest in his ability to write stories, and I thought that was cool. And he gave him a hat and it reminded me of my brother, but Oh, right. Um, there's just a great, there's a nu a number of great friendship scenes throughout that movie. Oh, yeah. Especially at the end. So. Anyway, that was, again, music plays a huge role in that movie too. It does, it does. Very nostalgic. Yeah, absolutely. And also time timeless. It's, you can watch that movie. My kids could relate to that movie. Yeah. Just that age when you're just 12, 11, 12, 10, whatever, and you're just out cruising around, you're, you're experiencing freedom in a small way on your own, you know, just, you know what's weird? At the very end when Richard DW Dreyfus is sort of the grownup character and he is writing the story and he is typing kind of the last page and his, his little. His kids are saying, dad, are we going fishing yet? Or whatever, and they're trying to get him and he's kind of reflecting on, you know, did we ever have as good of friends as we had when we were 12? Um, and at at 55, I have to say that I'm hanging out with my friends from that age and we. I, I think about it very often. I feel like I'm very much identifying with that story. Hmm. I never thought I would at that age watching it. Mm-hmm. Yeah. Because I was 13, 14 when it came out. Yeah. And here I am 55 and I'm like, I still think of that movie. And do you think it's because your, your bond with that age people, do you think it's because. There's such a connection to them and you go back so far and there's so much unwritten or unsaid stuff that you just know each other. I feel the same way about my grade school friends that I had a reunion with. I'm gonna peek out a little bit for you right now. Yeah. But I think it relates to stuff you guys have talked about related to music and movie. I think there's something to be. Like during that age and that timeframe. It's imprinting on you. Yeah. Yep. You're, you're at a, you're at a, your formative years. Yep. That becomes the soundtrack of your life and the, the, the movies of your life that shape you. Yep. And it sets a lot of your preferences, A lot of your, that's. Things you're afraid of, things that you're interested in? As I look at my list of movies here, I mean, I'm, they're, they're, they're all from like late eighties, early nineties, mid, mid eighties, but like Dead Poet Society was another one. Oh, oh boy. Yeah. That'll get Kgs. A big fan of that. We've talked about that movie. Yeah. So many times in this show, Robin Williams, there's a reason been so many. Great poignant movies. I mean, what a loss that guy was. Yeah. From Dead Poet Society to Patch Adams. You ever seen Patch Adams? Yeah, it's great. Oh my God, it's so good. I think he took, he did a really good job. He was a, he was a really unique, he. Person. Yeah. He was Mork for Mork, for God's sake. He had no, but I think he had so much energy in him. Yeah. And it came out through comedy at first, and then he took that same energy and put it towards drama. He was so good at that. He was, and that's not, that's not common to be able to make that jump. I think it had to do with his essence or whatever. If you wanna get, he, he had something, an energy in him that needed to. Empathize and connect with people, and he was so good at it. We should do an episode on oxytocin inducing music. We've talked about it, but it's harder. It's harder because there's a lot more subjectivity to it, but that's okay. I mean, you know, the, the, the, the music that might get my attention may not get yours, but you know, for our listeners, you know, they'll, they'll be sitting there thinking, and I'm sure people are yelling into their mics. They don't have a mic. No, they don't have a mic. They're yelling at their dashboard saying. Why aren't you mentioning A, B, and C? Yeah. Alright. So by the way, real quick, you used the term fl. Yeah, I think it's flashback back Flash is the movie, uh, with Kurt Russell and I said subjectivity. I think it might be objectivity. I don't know. Okay, here's a little tub, a little twist of topic with the advent of a new movie that's coming out that, again, a little vulnerable here, but I'm excited about it and I'll just admit it. Um, how to Train Your Dragon Live action version. I like that one because it's sort of like the dragon is toothless, is like a dog. Oh yeah. do you guys have any movies where the human befriended a non-human and I'm thinking et or Sure. Any dog movie, but, and did any come to mind where it's like a human built a relationship with a non-human? Hold on, pause for a second. Pause. How Train and dragon. I, I agree that the animation, the first film is an amazing, great film. My kids loved, we loved it, and I love all things about it. Why are they redoing it, Jeff? I don't know, but I'm excited. It's, it's a live, it's the same director and it the same, I watched, I, again, I geeked out and I watched like the director said. The technology has arrived. And what's cool about Simple, I think can, the answer is money. Well, yeah, that's true. They're just making money on the same film over again, I guess. Yeah, that's true. They can re re That's, they don't have to rethink a whole new idea. The cynical view. I know, but it it is a great movie. I okay with it. Are we on the 15th Mission Impossible movie? That's true. Or, or Adventures movie. For that matter, but, but did you, did, did you guys get a, like ET was a big seminal movie for me. I was 12 years old when I saw that. And I still to this day talking about making an imprint and an impression on you as a young kid. You know, it's a huge movie when you release it in 1982, right? Yeah. And then they re-released it again and it made just as much money. Exactly. And that's goes back to the drag. I would say an example of that for me and I, you know. I'm not quite into pets and stuff like you are. I'm not sure anybody is. Um, you really should find work. Um, I should be a zookeeper. You should be a zoo. There you go. I got a, I got a dog, A cat and a bird. I could, I could walk dogs. I bought a zoo. We bought a zoo. Zoo. There's a movie. Um, the movie, and this is kind of funny. Harry in the Hendersons. Yes. When he tells Harry to go away, John Lithgow is like, yes. Get lost. I that, that got me where it count. My kids love that movie. Yeah. It got me, caught me where it counted. It's pretty because it's'cause the acting is so good. Lithgow is great and the kid's great. Oh, Lithgow, how about him? He's so good. He's excellent. He is. He can go anywhere and be excellent at everything he does. Yeah, he's really good. Did you see the, uh, the enclave, enclave, enclave, enclave? God almighty, you, you know, you better get church. You're supposed to be Catholic, right? He says, have you seen enclave? Is that the Buick? Is that the new Buick Enclave? Yeah. I saw it's. I loved it. Yeah. Conclave was so good. This is so interesting. Such a culture. I just, speaking of video essays and, and the Pope and Chicago, I did find a video essay on the Blues Brothers, and it went deep on how kind they were in terms of, and music being the universal language. Oh yeah. And bridging the gap between cultures and socioeconomic, so check it out, YouTube. Wow. So what do I, what are I supposed to Google YouTube? You could, so that one you could, you could Google video essays. Blue is brothers. I think it was, um, socio breaking social barriers. Tell us the video essay. So what's your day look like? Like you get up in the morning, what about noon? No, no. I sure get up, up at three. Get up at five and I will start researching. I let Rudy out. Okay. And we, you know, bond a little bit and then make the coffee, but. John, I, I am productive throughout the day. He's day new. It's just a phase in his life I'm in. Don't question it. I'm in a chapter. It is great though,'cause it's like complete creativity and I'm like researching and I'm, I'm meeting Michael tomorrow for lunch and we're gonna talk and he's got 10 ideas for me to, as he said, after the event the other day. So it's fabulous. Yeah, I've got a lot of list, list list of people. John. I do admire it. I envy it in many respects, you know. It is super fun. Like when my phone is blowing up at, you know, one o'clock in the afternoon, I'm thinking, you know, I gotta fucking work here. What's great about that, John? John, though, I mean, I'm, and I'm not blowing sunshine or anything, but you're, what's great about your situation is you're aligned. With what you're doing. Oh, I couldn't agree more. I lost Yes. And, and that phone, you're, you're, that doesn't feel like work to quote Kevin a few episodes back. And when you're productive and you're doing it, that's great. And that's what I'm trying to do is reorient myself using like a compass and map. I'm just reorienting and I'll get on that thing and then I'll be all over the place in terms of busyness. But I heard that you, uh, you could tell what your work culture is. On how you feel Sunday night. Yeah, that's a great point. Everybody gets, everybody gets to Sunday, like, ah, I gotta go to work. Yeah. But if you're like, dreading, if you have heavy dread mm-hmm. You probably shouldn't be, you should be looking for another job. You remember Jerry and Jerry McGuire? Remember that when he woke up in the cold sweat and he wrote the, the memo? Yes. Yes. And, uh, but what about you? What were you gonna say about Sunday? Sorry, Sunday Curious. I just, no, Sunday, I never have any angst whatsoever about going to work. That's a great thing. Well, because this is a long, we had a long Memorial Day weekend, but I worked, I was, I went and, uh, met with the ladies at the cluster homes, uh, our townhouses. They had this big get together and they invited me to come and speak, and it got me outta doing, uh, some, uh, yard work. So I at said you, I said, Becky, I said they, they were doing work over at Jack's house. And I said, I got a thing I can't help. Well, but I showed up when it was time to pay for dinner, so that worked out for everybody. It's nice. Exactly. No, but you know, we're at 40 minutes. That felt like five that, that went really quick. That was great. It's, we always have a fun time talking about movies. I hope our audience, I could keep going, digs it as well. And you're gonna get Nick Flood on. Nick Flood. Uh, the anniversary of Vince's passing, I think is June 19th. Okay. If you could research Ed for I'll Terrific. I would love to, but I, I do wanna give a recommendation for another podcast last Friday. Or maybe it was Monday. It was just this past Monday on the Garage Logic podcast. Mm-hmm. They played the very last interview that Suray did with, Vince Flynn. Oh, wow. It was in October of, 13, and I think Vince died June 19th of 14. And they were talking about, uh, his, his book that was gonna, that was just about to come out. Mm-hmm. And. You know, Vince sounded very hopeful and he's so entertaining. Yeah. He is so entertaining. My god. I mean, so much wisdom When I would listen to him talk, uh, in fact the first book I read was American Assassin, just because I love, I loved his origin story about that. And he talked about remembering when I think he based it off of, when the. The Syracuse flight went down. Yeah. During, um, the Irish, uh, it was over Ireland. Right? When, when, uh, Lockerby Sky. There you go. Lockerby. And I'm like, what a, what an empathetic Kham 1 0 3. That was a very empathetic guy. I thought to myself, I wasn't thinking of Lockerby and, you know, but that's an author for you in a, a storyteller. Well, and that's he, that is exactly the guy. So save that. Yeah. The, let's talk all about episode. Okay. We get a lot of Vince, uh, Vince, Vince Vaughn. Vince, Vince Flynn conversation we'll have with Nick Flood. We'll get a lot of good stories from him. Um, but let's remind everybody to participate in Oxy to Sunday. Mm-hmm. Which is. Find stuff on your algorithms. Change your algorithm when you're doing social media or whatever. Look up stuff that makes you happy and makes you uplifts you, rather than drags you down to something where you're watching some ultimate fighting fight where someone gets their face ripped off. Oh, got it. To find something good to get people started on that. If they're looking for something, go on UPS dogs on Facebook and you'll have a good laugh. There you go. And also, I wanna remind people too, um, get on our Facebook. Page and, and look back at some of the episodes we've done. You can see some information about those and some photos and, and send us a note. Tell us what you think to give us some feedback we're liking. Okay. Give us some ideas of things that we could talk about. Yes. Got great feedback from the, uh, the lupus spiel that we had. Yeah, that was a fun art. She had energy. Oh, that was great. She was great. Whoa. Super fun. Yeah. So just yeah, keep us, keep us posted on what you're thinking about, how we're doing. Absolutely.'cause we, we love to hear it. Alright, and with that, thanks everyone. Off we go.