Feeling Good? Eat Wheaties! Drink Fruit Cake! On Binge-Watchers Podcast

Mountain Dew Fruit Quake Costs Are Tipping Johnny Spoiler’s Economy.

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Margot Robbie Is Not Going To Be A Pirate In A Pirate Movie As Far As We Know.

The White Lotus Season 2 Makes A Lot Of Promises And Delivers On Nothing. Experiencing Too Much Jennifer Coolidge.

In A Feel Good Comedy Called Eat Wheaties! Sid Straw Goes On A Quest To Prove He Knows A Famous Person Because The Accusation He Doesn’t Is Ruining His Life.

Jordan Savage Stops Doing Her Laundry To Bring Up Some Laundry Between The Lord Of The Rings Movies And Their Inferior Successors. 

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Horror movies. Movie News. Movie Stories and More. Adventures in Binge-Watching From the Professional Binge-Watchers on this Late Night Comedy and Movie Podcast Hosted by JOHNNY SPOILER. Joined by his film-making buddies, DANGEROUS DAVE and JORDAN SAVAGE

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Transcript

Speaker 1: 0:01

You know, it's like, uh, also that time of the year that people are shipping fruitcakes everywhere. You know, you'll get some fruitcakes in the mail. It's all

Speaker 2: 0:08

Seasonal, That's thing.

Speaker 1: 0:09

But they like made this soda, which I may or may not be drinking cuz they didn't send us a case. And you know, it's made by Mountain Dew. Brought to you by Pepsi. No, just kidding. We're not endorsed in any way. So this may or may not be fruit quake by Mountain Dew. Mm-hmm.<affirmative>. But I'm kind of gonna be like complaining about it because, uh, oh, it tastes pretty good. It doesn't have a lot of carbonation. And uh, you would think like the idea of like a fruitcake soda would be disgusting, Right? Cause fruitcakes are who you send to your enemies. Like, you look at your holiday list and go, you know what, Steve's getting a freaking fruitcake this year. You know? And just think about everything that Steve did to you during the year. So you gotta send him a fruitcake or, you know, uh, Aunt Roberta, you're getting a fruitcake, you're getting one. However, it's a good soda. It tastes like the code red, but like more subtle somehow. And it's not as you ever have a soda that's like lightly carbonated so you can just like, enjoy it. As opposed to one, if you try to down it, it like tears your throat, right? Cause it's like too much carbonation. You know, You can ratchet up your carbonation or reduce the carbonation based on your formulas and your sodas. Really? Do you know this?

Speaker 2: 1:26

I mean, I know you could do that with the home soda makers add a little carbonation, little less,

Speaker 1: 1:33

But, uh,$10 for a 12 pack. Things are outta control. It's a, that's, I don't a lot of money. Yeah, it's a lot Is a<laugh><laugh>.

Speaker 2: 1:44

That's, that's more than some beers.

Speaker 1: 1:46

<laugh>. Yeah. But I've been trying to track this thing down all season. So like, I finally found it and then like, uh, I insta carded it, which is like, you order groceries, you know, on your phone. Ah, and um, yeah, I'm sure in the store it's like, but here's the, it's like, it's still outta control because it's like you buy, if you buy two for 20, you get the third one for free. I'm still like, what are they charging you for? Like the mineral rights of the aluminum in the can. And you, Here's another fact before we get into movie facts, David, I know you like the trivia. Um, it's aluminum around an inner lining of plastic. So your can of soda is still technically plastic. So you're drinking plastic. Wow. Mm. My next question's about evolution has nothing to do with TV and movies. You're listening to a movie and TV podcast. I'm talking about evolution. You think humans are gonna evolve to be able to drink and eat microplastics since we're already consuming them anyway. Do you think like, our bodies would be like, we're plastic people now,

Speaker 2: 2:40

You know, it's funny Is that's a, that's a great joke. But that was literally a plot point in the new David Kronenberg movie this year.

Speaker 1: 2:47

<laugh>, Is that right? Is that why they're growing? The organs

Speaker 2: 2:50

Of the future has a, has something to do with eating plastic. I'm not even lying.

Speaker 1: 2:54

So we can, so we can evolve to eat the plastic. That's pretty cool. A kronenberg, You're my man. The fly. What's that? Video, drone movie, All kinds of stuff. We put those on Jordan's list. Both of those.

Speaker 3: 3:08

Okay. It's

Speaker 2: 3:08

On the list. She might not, I don't know. That might push her limits in the, those are good movies, but they are out there.

Speaker 3: 3:13

I've made it through the gauntlet so far. Yeah. So I am determined to, to keep going.

Speaker 1: 3:20

You're like a battle queen. Like, you know how they spell Queen on the internet with a, with

Speaker 3: 3:25

The Delian.<laugh>? Yeah,

Speaker 1: 3:26

Yeah, yeah, yeah. She made it through the Wilderness folks, which is like a Madonna song.

Speaker 3: 3:31

One full year guys, just a little over. Yeah.

Speaker 1: 3:35

Happy anniversary. Happy pod anniversary. Yeah. Mm-hmm.<affirmative> Happy podcast.

Speaker 2: 3:41

Oh,

Speaker 3: 3:41

Officially. So,

Speaker 1: 3:43

Yeah. Although I try to separate us from the rest of the podcasters out there. Cuz it's more than a podcast. It's like a whole thing. Yeah. We're like an anti podcast. Podcast. We keep the pauses in, right, Dave? Yeah. Keep them like

Speaker 2: 3:57

A punk podcast. You know, Wart and all

Speaker 1: 3:59

A punk podcast. Yeah. Yeah. P u N K. Look it up. It happened in England. Came over here. Um, you know who's not gonna be a pirate? David? Who? Margot Robbie.

Speaker 2: 4:11

Yeah.

Speaker 1: 4:11

Rumor mill is they cut her out of the next Pirates of the Caribbean. They might be bringing back good old man Jack.

Speaker 2: 4:18

Well, hers was supposed to be a whole spinoff, like her own her own series

Speaker 1: 4:22

To be she like, like, uh, like Jacqueline, like Jack's daughter or something, or cousin or whatever. That's

Speaker 2: 4:28

Kind of a bummer. I would've, I would've enjoyed seeing that.

Speaker 1: 4:31

I mean, they could put'em both in a movie. And one of my sniffling folks, I've been cold for like the last six months. Like, there's a ghost in my freaking office. I swear. They, they make the internet slower at this office complex at night, save money. And then they also like lower the freaking heating.

Speaker 3: 4:46

Is there a ghost in your office?

Speaker 1: 4:49

I don't know.

Speaker 3: 4:50

Maybe he's taken up all the wifi. Who really knows

Speaker 1: 4:54

<laugh>? Who knows? Now we're gonna talk about ghosts. I'm way off track. Okay. All right. Um,

Speaker 2: 5:01

Although I think wifi ghosts can make a good, like kids movie

Speaker 1: 5:04

<laugh>. Oh, maybe keep somebody make a note of that. We gotta demo wifi

Speaker 2: 5:08

Ghost

Speaker 1: 5:09

Wifi ghost movie now. Um, we gotta get that deal. Cause honestly, what's getting left on HBO doesn't even make sense. They're canceling every HBO movie, but you can get bat wheels. You know what Bat wheels is, David?

Speaker 2: 5:22

No.

Speaker 1: 5:23

Okay. Remember that movie Cars with Lightning McQueen and all the cars could talk and neighbor the characters and there were no people and people were like, where are the people? Mm-hmm.<affirmative> Online. There's actually a meme that like, the people are all dead either eaten by the cars or it's like the apocalypse only the cars survived<laugh>, but Bat Wheels is literally like all the Batman cars and vehicles talk to each other when Batman's not around.

Speaker 2: 5:43

It's like Toy Story for Batman's cars.

Speaker 1: 5:45

Yeah, dude. And that's what's on HBO Max right now. That's like their number one. So they, they killed Cartoon Network, but you got Bat Wheels<laugh>.

Speaker 2: 5:52

They dude, like I, yeah. Like, I literally had to buy, buy the new Aqua movie this last week that was supposed to come straight to HBO Max, but they milked me for 20 bucks. No. So

Speaker 1: 6:04

They milked you, David.

Speaker 2: 6:06

Yeah.

Speaker 1: 6:07

Say Greg, you can pretty much milk anything with nipples. Can you milk me? That's a movie reference folks. Keep up. All right. Um, I'm trying to enjoy White Loaded season two. However, it's got a lot of promises and it's not delivering on anything. And I'm not connecting with Jennifer Coolidge his character in the season, and she's like a comedy icon. Dynasty, legend, whatever. And now I feel like having watched part of the second season, she's starting to feel overrated. And I, I hate to say that, but it's like I even turned against my man, Christopher Guest and she's in like half of his movies. She also plays, uh, Stifler's Mom in the American Pie movies. My issue with the show is like, if you tease along certain details, you gotta deliver on those promises at some point. Jordan, if you're watching the melodrama, they gotta give you the slaps and the fights and like, you know Yeah. Something. I mean, they're in Italy. They're in freaking Italy right now. Right. And all the romance is like pseudo romance. Like they're not delivering. They, they're like putting all these threads out there of all these hookups and there ain't no hooking up. It's like below deck if we never go below Deck or, uh, what's another one? 90 day fiance? They hook up in that show, right? David? No, Jordan, somebody helped me here. I haven't seen this show. Do they hook

Speaker 2: 7:27

Up? I yeah. They, they, they

Speaker 1: 7:29

Must, they

Speaker 2: 7:30

Must. I I am. I mean, I'm kind of with you. Um, I'm still watching it. It's not the worst. Uh, there's enough to keep me going, but it feels like they rushed. The first season was such a big hit. They rushed out a second one when they could have like, I don't know, taken another year. I mean, it's not like a show that demanded to be renewed right away, but I don't know. Jennifer's character just feels sad. Like last time she had a reason to be sad. It was her mom dying. And this time it just feels like she's kind of pathetic, for lack of a better term. Like they made her character kind of just sat pathetic. I don't know. Bummer. May and there's three more episodes or so. Maybe they'll pull it together. I don't

Speaker 3: 8:06

Know. You can only hope<laugh>.<laugh>.

Speaker 1: 8:09

You

Speaker 2: 8:09

Can only hope. Yeah.

Speaker 3: 8:11

I don't know. Sometimes it's just a letdown. It really sucks, you know? But

Speaker 1: 8:15

The delivery was so like la like, just like blase. It's like, uh, Jordan says you can only hope, but it doesn't sound like you really care. Like, move along<laugh>.

Speaker 3: 8:26

There was like no hope in that saying.

Speaker 1: 8:28

You're like, Yeah, yeah,

Speaker 3: 8:30

Yeah. I like Jennifer Coolic, so I hope, you know, it turns out to be good.

Speaker 2: 8:35

It's not her fault, it's just, it's

Speaker 1: 8:36

Her character's. Not that, I mean, not that redeeming. Like what's the story behind her character? Did she get all her money from the mom?

Speaker 2: 8:44

Maybe. I think she had, I forget how she got her money, but she, she's wealthy on her own and now she's just with

Speaker 1: 8:48

A really, She can just go to all these resorts.

Speaker 2: 8:51

Well, yeah, cuz I mean that's, she probably has a package deal. Like people who buy, um, you know, timeshares, it's probably that kind of

Speaker 1: 8:57

Deal. Oh, she's like, Oh, maybe she owns, That's gonna be the big reveal right at the end of the season. You find out she's like part, she's like, Oh, I'm one of the three owners of the White Lotus. That's why I only stay at White Lotus Man. Find out a character, does a podcast about the White Lotus. And so she's got like a, one of those like swipe cards, you know,<laugh> All right. Supposedly the hotel is real. I don't know.

Speaker 2: 9:20

I mean, I would doubt it if that that hotels real. It's probably not a white lot or I don't think the white lotus exists outside of the TV show. I dunno. Unless they create like a, it spurs a white Lotus Resorts. Yeah.

Speaker 1: 9:36

Um, tonight's movie is called Eat Wheaties. It's about this dude named Sid Straw who wants to prove that he knows a famous person because the accusation of not knowing the person is ruining his life. And it's kind of like a story, which all feel good movies seem to have in common. I dunno if you noticed this, Like the feel gooders, it's like a catalyst hero. They change everybody else around them, but they don't themselves go through a change, but they change the other people mostly. You know, like the kid in that movie who is going to the Olympics, the Eagle or whatever, Right? Eddie the Eagle. People like, give up, don't do this, You can't do this. What are you talking about? He's like, I'm doing it. I'm going, This is happening. So same thing Charles was like, I know we're, we went to school together, We are acquaintances. I didn't do anything wrong,<laugh>. You know what I

Speaker 2: 10:25

Mean? Like, although, although it is funny because another way you could say it is like, this guy really fights against a restraining order.<laugh>. Like, which, when you say it like that, it just feels creepy,

Speaker 3: 10:36

Right?

Speaker 2: 10:39

I'm just saying that's another way of presenting this. And it would sound totally different versus fighting for, Right. Sticking up for

Speaker 1: 10:45

Yourself. Sid straws played by Tony Hell, who's like a pub, He's like a puppet dog caught in the headlights or like gear in the headlights if it had been also he played Buster on rest of development. So if we didn't already know that he was like a soft sell as a like passive aggressive character. If it was like a Chris Farley or a John Belushi or like somebody with like, big energy, you would think he was like a jerk. The whole movie. But it's Tony Hill plays it so soft that you like accept that this is a little bit weird. And like, you're right. Like if you hear about the harassment order, you'd be like, This dude's a psychopath. You know what I what I mean like, like the receptionist who's like, Yeah, you know,

Speaker 3: 11:21

He's got unwavering optimism and he's obviously super naive. So like, he's not creepy because of that. But like, when you put it like fact of the matter, you're like, that is a stalker. Anyways. But,

Speaker 1: 11:34

Well, I mean, the main plot device is he doesn't know how social media works, right? And like the movie was made at like the height of Facebook's popularity, right? And he's like, I thought those messages were private or whatever. You know what I mean? He's like writing this novel length journal entries to his supposed friend. And the other thing that's funny about the movie is a little banks is an actor in real life. And so she's part of the plot too. Like she exists in the movie as an actor, right? Yeah. And that's who we supposedly went to college with. Um, Oh, But then you get an appearance by, uh, Paul Walter Houser, who's like a good actor. And he plays the lawyer that the guy finds who's not accredited. But again, because he won't give up on his own quest, he then, he then like inspires the lawyer. Oh, well get your law degree in this one state that will accept your online college so you can practice the law. And uh, that's, that's it. Cause I think, like I'm jumping into favorites already, so we're

Speaker 3: 12:26

Dabbling a little.

Speaker 1: 12:27

Yeah, we're we're dipping in a little bit. Dave, take over.

Speaker 2: 12:30

All right, so we got some dangerous facts for this. Um, so, uh, this movie is actually based on a book called The Lale Letters, in which, uh, the character Sid actually writes letters to Heather Lale instead of posting on social me social media. So clearly this was updated for Modern

Speaker 1: 12:45

Audience. Oh man. You know why they didn't include Heather Lale in the movie? Cuz she's batshit crazy.

Speaker 2: 12:51

Oh, there's probably that

Speaker 1: 12:51

Too. She had to run, Well, she had to run about luck lately. So I think like, well also the audience, they'd be like, Who's Heather Lockley?

Speaker 2: 12:58

Well, yeah, I think they had to update it to a modern, like who this generation, who they know as that. Um,

Speaker 3: 13:03

Well did it. They did like, kind of didn't they leak her? And he, they were, he was like, How old do you think I am? Like, didn't they say her name?

Speaker 1: 13:12

Oh, did they reference

Speaker 3: 13:13

Her? I think they did reference her. Because if that's like, what?

Speaker 2: 13:16

Oh yeah, that's a great question. Um, wow. They might have,

Speaker 3: 13:19

Yeah, I think they

Speaker 2: 13:20

That's a good catch. Cause I didn't, I I looked this up after the fact. That's a good catch. Um,

Speaker 3: 13:24

We should revisit that. So

Speaker 2: 13:25

We should, Yes. Uh, so Elizabeth Banks, uh, so this movie actually got a few details right, which I found interesting. So Elizabeth Banks did graduate from the University of Pennsylvania in 96 and was a member of the sorority Delta. Delta Delta. Uh, so all that checks out. And uh, surprisingly she met her husband Max Handleman while going to college. So, like a lot of, lot, Elizabeth, a lot of things happened for Elizabeth Banks in college. Um, Wheaties was, uh, so this is interesting. Wheaties was originally called Washburns Gold Metal Whole Wheat Flakes<laugh> before being changed to Wheaties the following year, 1925. So, I don't know, could you guys imagine going and grabbing a box of Washburns gold metal whole wheat flakes just

Speaker 1: 14:08

To, well, just gold metal flakes would've worked.

Speaker 3: 14:10

Does it have the ring to it? The same Wheaties? Yeah.<laugh>.

Speaker 2: 14:15

Uh, and so Wheaties actually was created by accident when a dietician had spill brand gr on a hot stove. And it dried and hardened into what we know is Wheat Flakes and the Wheaties. Now, um, another interesting thing about Wheaties is the most expensive box of Wheaties is a 19 51 1 ounce box with a baseball player Ted Williams on a box. And it is currently going for 2,500. So I guess if we pulled all our money together, we could own a box with of Wheaties with Ted Williams on it. Probably gone bad by now.

Speaker 3: 14:49

<laugh>.

Speaker 2: 14:51

All right, that's it. Just

Speaker 1: 14:53

<laugh>

Speaker 4: 14:58

Crack Open a cold box of wine or pour something cold on ice because it's the binge watch.

Speaker 1: 15:41

Only gotta mention one thing tonight. This holiday season, new subs can get three months of free trial of that Amazon music Unlimited. Go to get amazon music.com/binge watchers, three months free of the Amazon Music holiday playlist. Dave's in. We've already talked about Fruitcakes, we talked about, uh, baseball memories. Cuz this tonight movie we talked about Wheaties, Olympic Gold, It all ties into the holiday folks three months of free music. I actually kept it the last time we did this. I signed up. I still have Amazon music. Um, I got a bunch of crazy stuff on there. You know, everything's mixed. I mean, it's, it's like people are like, What are your favorite song? I'm like, pick a genre. But you know, it's all there.

Speaker 2: 16:23

David on playlist on there, or,

Speaker 1: 16:25

Uh, you right I do David. It's got, uh,<laugh>.

Speaker 5: 16:30

Let's,

Speaker 1: 16:31

Let's talk about it. Let's talk about it

Speaker 5: 16:33

Like<laugh>.

Speaker 1: 16:37

I don't wanna give away my, I don't wanna, I don't actually want talk about it cuz we'll be here all night. Let, lemme just, Okay. Okay. Hold on.

Speaker 2: 16:45

Oh man.

Speaker 1: 16:46

All right, hold on. I have to turn the wifi back on my phone. Yeah, I'm trying to maximize all the wifi we have in this office, folks so we can record this. But now I'm like, I'm like, I don't have to. Well obviously I always have at the ready. I have, uh, I have Bon Jovi's freaking, um, what's their western album called? Um, Plays a Glory. Plays A Glory. Yeah. Um, I'm getting back into Sound Garden. I don't know why. I mean, before the show guys, we were mentioned briefly some brands coming back and Jordan's wearing like a thing. Jordan, what do you, what is that thing you're wearing? It looks like a seventies. Like yeah, it's like a seventies leisure type deal. I don't know. She mentioned the juicy thing that was like in the nineties,

Speaker 3: 17:32

Kind of looks like something Hugh Hefner would wear, but I'll take it. Um, bring it back.<laugh>.

Speaker 1: 17:42

Oh, I'll go by artists I guess. Okay. I got the band in here. I got Earthly Kit, I got Eagles, I got Housey, I got the Highway Min Emoji Heap. I got Johnny Cash, obviously Lady Gaga, Panic of the Disco. Stan Bush. That's right. I got System of A Down. Remember them. Holy crap.

Speaker 2: 18:01

I never forgot.

Speaker 1: 18:02

Anyway,<laugh>, um, I have thug or Shrugger ball, so, you know, I got Bone Thugs and Harmony in there. I got all kinds of stuff. Yeah. So who knows? I mean, you, you guys have like Yeah, that's what I'm saying. Like pick a move, pick a time. What? I didn't hear you. He said

Speaker 3: 18:22

Taste. I love it so much. That is exactly, it was quite an array of artists you just provided.

Speaker 1: 18:31

Um, where are we? Oh, I actually, I think it's, uh, time to kick it over to Jordan for the favorite bits. Anyway, for

Speaker 3: 18:36

The bits. Honestly, it's hard to pick just one because I truly thought this movie was funny. Like every like 30 seconds, um,<laugh> like in his replies, just the way that he carried himself. But one scene that stuck out to me is like when they are all at dinner with the parents, like, um, Sid has to move back into his parents' house because he is lost. Like, you know, everything. He's lost his job, he's like lost his apartment. He had to return his car or sell it. And so he's having dinner with his family, his brother and his sister-in-law's there and his sister-in-law just absolutely hates him. Um, but the part that stuck out to me was the shepherd's pie that his mom like, made this really healthy version of what could be a delicious meal. Just because I've had a personal experience like that when you like go to eat lasagna at like a boyfriend's house and then they'd make like lasagna with cottage cheese instead. And it's just like

Speaker 1: 19:34

<laugh> T

Speaker 3: 19:39

Don't

Speaker 1: 19:39

Ever Okay, time out. Stop the train. So first of all, you don't put cottage cheese in lasagna. It's, you gotta go with Rico Ricotta. You know what, you're a cottage. I

Speaker 2: 19:47

Grew up las, I grew up on government aid. So yes, we had to put some cow, we had to put cottage cheese sometimes instead of some ricori ricotta. You gotta send those books.

Speaker 3: 19:56

<laugh>. That is something different than trying to like, make a meal to make it healthier. And it's a meal that like should just be thoroughly enjoyed because of flavor. And I'm just like, I was like, hmm, this shepherd's pie with cauliflower just was rich.

Speaker 2: 20:10

Okay. But yeah, that is, that's another level. Like,

Speaker 3: 20:12

Yeah. So just a struck a chord with me. But honestly, uh, even like the brother's birthday, I just thought it was so funny with like the c k debacle of his girlfriend's name that I could go on and on and on. But nothing I spoil for, for you guys. I'll, I'll leave some other bits to you. What about you Dave? What was your favorite?

Speaker 2: 20:33

Um, I, I had a few myself. Um, I was really surprised. So this is feelgood month and for the first two thirds of this movie, I'm like, where the hell is the feel good enjoying the movie? But I'm like, where the hell is this gonna actually like, make me feel good? Cuz like it was a cringe comedy for the first two thirds. Um,

Speaker 1: 20:49

Yeah, but it builds such a high note, right? It does, it does. So redeeming.

Speaker 2: 20:53

It does. But I didn't see it coming. I was just like, where is the feel good? Uh, and it comes, uh, but there's a couple moments. There's a scene in the beginning where, I mean, I was kind of surprised he, he, uh, locked down, um, an overnight date with, uh, an actress, Sarah Burns. Um, I can't remember the character's name, but, um, he has, you know, an overnight date we'll call it, uh, in his apartment with a lady. And they're having a moment where she's awkwardly saying like, I gotta go home. I gotta go feed my dogs. And they're having a moment where they're awkwardly singing who let the dogs out in bed? Um, you know, and I don't know, maybe it's made extra special. I like that actress. I like kind of have a low key crush on her, whatever. I see her in things. Um, the, the other scene is like, uh, I won't kind of at the climax, but not exactly, uh, basically, uh, spoiler, oh it. Spoiler alert. Um, he, he wins his case and he's kind of stunned

Speaker 1: 21:45

In the, okay, so you're putting cottage cheese in lasagna and you're still in my spoiler alert gag.

Speaker 3: 21:50

Do it Dave do it.

Speaker 2: 21:52

So

Speaker 1: 21:53

Tonight Dave,

Speaker 2: 21:53

So he, he wins his case, you know, uh, Paul Wal Walter Houser and him and Tony ha win their case and he's kind of stunned and he asks the judge like, So wait, did we win? And they're like, sort of, and that's his kind of life. Like sometimes you're winnings are not exactly a full winning. It's like yeah, you kind of won. You just did it. You got enough<laugh>, you got enough of to call it a win. But, uh, I just, something about that just kind of tickled me, uh, particularly

Speaker 3: 22:17

Well and I love like how they just go on the whole rampage of like, you know, suing everyone who did hit

Speaker 1: 22:23

Playful revenge. Everybody that set'em up. Yeah. Yeah. They go back one by one

Speaker 2: 22:28

In a weird way. It's like, uh, uh, Jane son and Bob strike back at the end of that movie, they just go find all their online haters and beat the crap outta'em. It's like this except they take him to court and win.

Speaker 1: 22:39

Well, what's funny is like, you kind of know that he's gonna end up with the waitress cuz he goes to one restaurant. Right? So I was hooking up with better drinks than he is ordering. Yeah. And as I was asking about his life and her attitude perks up when she talks to him. Mm-hmm.<affirmative>. So yeah, they get together, but then you finally find out, here's the other spoiler, you find out why the sister-in-law doesn't like him. Cuz he accidentally pulled her wedding dress down at a wedding by getting into a fight with his other famous friend who's like a baseball player or something. Right. Isn't a baseball player.

Speaker 3: 23:07

Yeah,

Speaker 2: 23:08

Yeah,

Speaker 1: 23:08

Yeah. Derek Strawberry. So yeah, so he, he's just like the friend of a friend of, of famous people and like there's this notorious thing that they talk about the whole movie, but you don't know what the reference is until, you know, they're having the brother and the sister-in-law are having their baby. And then it comes out, you know, and the delivery room exactly what the drama was, you know, before the movie started. Um, yeah. But they lay in the fact that from the outside, certain elements make him look like a stalker cuz he is just socially awkward, Right? Like you're talking about like the the accidental overnight hookup and then like the, he's just bad with technology. Like not just Facebook, he doesn't know how to work his iPhone. He keeps calling the wrong person. And it sounds like the girl that he previously would've been considered stalking, you know what I mean? Like, so anyway, and then like, um, Jordan's favorite bit also includes like a great montage. Like you see him in a montage, like lose everything slowly, like, you know what I mean? Like the possessions in the apartment get less, less and less. Mm-hmm.<affirmative> like sells

Speaker 3: 24:06

All that

Speaker 1: 24:07

Stuff. His accessories change. And then as Jordan said, like he ends up in his parents' house, you know, mid forties or whatever, which is like

Speaker 3: 24:16

What it came back to the bank. I just had that whole flashback. Like when, when like the bank denies his unemployment check because of the misspelling and then he gets to like go back with all of his checks and like do them dirty. That part would punch to me. Cause I was like, screw you bank lady. Like how dare you?

Speaker 2: 24:34

That is pretty great. Yeah, I would, I would love to have the opportunity to do something like that. Like, oh no,

Speaker 1: 24:39

I'm gonna, I dunno if you guys had to deal with banks lately, like they've gotten like pretty monotonous. Like they don't really, they never break like this training. I don't know what they do to these people that work at banks now, but it's like they don't ever break that like, invisible barrier between you and them as like a real person. Like it's, I it's very creepy actually. It's, it's like, uh, so yeah, so that's a good comeuppance. You know, like when he gets back at the bankers, it's really good. Um,

Speaker 3: 25:09

Maybe a laugh.

Speaker 1: 25:10

Yeah. So my favorite bit is like, um, it's actually the interactions when he is at the first office and, and he's like just in his corner office and he is writing the letters on Facebook. Like just the, the setup of the scenario I like best or the payoff at the end. Cuz you're right Dave, like you kind of, it's like a slow burn. Like, you're like, you're like, why did, did John nominate this movie? Like, I'm not feeling like I'm getting depressed. Like it has such a rise at the end, like which most movies can't hold it that long and then deliver on, on the good. So that's why, um, well it's rate it, but I think, I think it's, it's like an automatic rating this week. I think

Speaker 3: 25:52

Definitely a binge now for me, I thought it was like, I think you're right. Not necessarily feel good because it doesn't feel good to like watch him get beat down for a good 45 minutes. But it's just funny and it's like, I don't know, just the ending was perfect and really heartwarming, so I can't wait to tell everybody to watch it since it's kinda, you know, this season of giving. But, um, What about you Dave? What would you rate it?

Speaker 2: 26:19

Yeah, it's a binge now for me. Um, this this movie, you know, you hear like movies walking a tight rope and this movie does just that because if in another hands, this could have been like a really dark comedy. This could have been a psychological thriller, this could have been like so many other things. But it walks this tight rope of being a cringe comedy and also very sweet. So, um, you gotta give it up for that. I mean, it's all in the actors in the writing I'd say. So binge now and John

Speaker 1: 26:46

Oh yeah. It's a binge now. And this is only the, uh, second or third time that I watched the movie. So it's not like it gets watered down so you can act. It's a re it's re watchable. Yeah.

Speaker 3: 26:59

Oh, I love that.

Speaker 1: 27:01

And I'd probably make a, like, I'd, I'd make a run of a recommendation to people in real life about it. Like, Oh, you like Tony? Hell, have you seen this movie where he is like the main character? They'll be like, No, never heard of it. Yeah. Like, yeah man, most people haven't, I I don't think they could actually actually call it Eat Your Wheaties, because I think that's like trademarked, you know, by the, by the cereal or whatever. But,

Speaker 2: 27:20

But you're right. I think this feels kind of like that perfect movie you can recommend to everybody because it's, it's broad enough of a comedy where I think it's accessible for everybody, but it's also just twisted enough that people who want something a little different can enjoy. And all the actors are great,

Speaker 3: 27:35

All the actors are

Speaker 2: 27:37

Great. It's got like a murderer's row of like the best TV sitcom actors. Like most everybody's been on like a long running sitcom and done pretty well on it.

Speaker 3: 27:45

I feel like you could also find something that you like, like or resonate to you in a character and like so applicable to everybody. Right? Like, you know, it was just so good. So

Speaker 1: 27:59

Do we have any staff picks we watch Anything besides

Speaker 2: 28:03

Ankle screenings?

Speaker 3: 28:04

I have a shame we screening. You got, we

Speaker 2: 28:06

Got a shameful screen. I feel like we need like a peewee. He like, ah,

Speaker 3: 28:11

<laugh>, I actually have three.

Speaker 1: 28:12

What stuff? The confetti has to fall down from the sky.

Speaker 3: 28:14

I have three shameful screenings. Well, is it like a, I watch all three Lord of the Rings this week. Oh,

Speaker 1: 28:21

Okay. You did the nine hour stretch, you just like plugged in, plopped down and

Speaker 3: 28:26

Yeah, turned it on like, and started the first Hobbit. So I'm sucked in, but Lord of the Rings was excellent. Loved it. Um, I, I mean, I don't know even where to go with this. Just the romance. I don't know the magic, the fight scenes were so insane, like super good. I'm all about fantasy, so I'm super thrilled about that.

Speaker 1: 28:52

Now you can watch this comedy called The Interview and you'll get all the Lord of the Ring references that, uh, James Franco and Seth Rogan make, uh, make to each other throughout the movie.

Speaker 3: 29:01

Yeah. I just feel like there's just so many like gifts out there now that I'll probably understand. And so it was excellent. You know that? Yes. Yeah. I'll be like, oh, okay. That's what they were talking about the whole time. So

Speaker 2: 29:15

See I watch it again like two or three years ago over Christmas break and um, that those, they hold up really well. Like they're ahead of their time in that. I felt like this is like a Netflix mini series made before they had a Netflix to put it onto because when I saw'em in theaters, it's very kind of hard to sit for three, three and a half hours at a time. Yeah. In a movie theater. Uh, this time I watch it, I break it up like watch two hours at a time. Come back to it, start it. So watch it like a mini series or like a Netflix show. Yeah. So

Speaker 3: 29:44

It was so good like that. And you're so right. You can't go to a movie theater and watch a three hour movie these days, like, but being at Home Chef

Speaker 1: 29:54

<laugh> nice. Now, was that a recommendation, like one of your boys said like, Oh, you need to finally watch Lower the Rings? Or did you just go, you know what, I'm finally gonna watch Lord the Rings?

Speaker 3: 30:05

Uh, kind of both. I mean I definitely, I tried to see them when I was younger, but there was like definitely too long of a movie for me to watch and like, me being like practically narcoleptic, I just truly could not have like, I it's one of those movies where I like fell asleep, woke up, fell asleep, and woke up again and the movie was still playing. And so<laugh>

Speaker 1: 30:26

Up, Why is everybody crying? Cause Gandolph is dead. What happened?

Speaker 3: 30:30

Yeah, So, and like we've been talking about it, like I work with tons of dudes and they're all like big Lord of the Rings fans. And so I told my man, I'm like, We'll watch it soon. And we

Speaker 1: 30:42

Just, Do you have a favorite character?

Speaker 3: 30:44

Um, I, let me, I gotta like, I didn't take notes so I like forget all of their really different names. But I can look it up really quickly to um, I mean obviously who's the one that like returns to be the king? Cuz he's such a babe

Speaker 1: 31:02

A's

Speaker 3: 31:02

Gonna, There we go. And um, Gimley, is that his name?

Speaker 1: 31:07

Oh,

Speaker 2: 31:08

It's the Beard, the short beard, The

Speaker 3: 31:09

Door, The Beard Ado. Yeah.

Speaker 1: 31:11

Awar. Okay. Toss Me. Yeah,

Speaker 3: 31:14

<laugh>. So cute. So, and then is it uh, ar what do you say her name? Who's obviously,

Speaker 1: 31:22

Uh, Live Tyler's character?

Speaker 3: 31:24

I don't know. Um,

Speaker 1: 31:25

Okay. Dark Hell. Okay, there's two. There's a human princess who's blonde, there's an elf who's blonde who goes a little bit nuts. That's Kate Blanchett. And then the third one is Aen, who's um, Air Go's wife.

Speaker 3: 31:38

Go's

Speaker 1: 31:38

Wife who ride a horse is like, come get him.

Speaker 3: 31:41

Yes. And at the end has

Speaker 1: 31:42

Are water magic

Speaker 3: 31:43

When they all like kneeled to the four Hobbits. I was just like totally sobbing. So like, definitely cried at the Lord of the Rings for

Speaker 2: 31:52

Sure. It would definitely feel good movies at least. Yeah. The last one,

Speaker 1: 31:56

<laugh>, whatever you do, don't watch The Hobbit.

Speaker 3: 32:00

Why?

Speaker 1: 32:02

Because it's nowhere near in the same league as the Lord of the Rings.

Speaker 3: 32:06

Well and like if you expect it to be, you know, you're just not setting yourself up for success. But

Speaker 2: 32:12

It's kind of hard not to when it's all the film, same filmmaking team and everybody behind those movies,

Speaker 1: 32:18

They had much more practical effects than the Lord of the Rings. They relied too much on CGI spaghetti cartoons in the, the new

Speaker 3: 32:25

Hobbits. And like, I haven't witnessed that yet. But like you're so right Dave. Like obviously the effects in the original trilogy just like hold up so well and like, like I was still impressed. Like it was still so fantastic and I'm sure a lot of that had to do with the fact it was real like makeup and obviously some special effects. But I can tell that like obviously with The Hobbit, that there's like, it's just so much more computerized and so not gonna be the same and it won't be the same. So.

Speaker 2: 32:56

Right. I mean what's amazing about those first movies is they, they blend both obviously their cgi, but like there's a lot of real sets. There's a lot of like Yeah. Practical stuff. So like,

Speaker 1: 33:04

Well they're like, we need every horse rider in New Zealand come down here and dress up as a knight. You know, like they had women horse riders cuz I guess they outnumbered the men and they pasted like beards on their faces. That's so fun. And dressed them up to be the horse riders, you know, that go down the big hill. Like look for us on the ninth day. You know what I,

Speaker 3: 33:23

And I was hoping for some dangerous details while I was watching these cuz I'm like, how much did it cost to like fricking produce these movies? I'm sure it was just ridiculous. But, you

Speaker 2: 33:34

Know, it's so funny is like probably if those were made today, I would wager that those three movies probably cost less than that one season of the Lord of the Ring Show that just came out

Speaker 1: 33:45

<laugh>

Speaker 2: 33:47

No lie, I'm not even, I'm not even making a

Speaker 1: 33:48

Joke here. There's a prequel series on Amazon now and it's horrible, terrible. It

Speaker 2: 33:52

It, the balloon fell off the rose really fast. I love like the first episode or two cuz it was like there was a ma like, oh I'm back in the world. And then it just got very boring. Awesome. So I thought,

Speaker 1: 34:03

Um, that's a good staff pick. That is good job, Jordan. That's that's a really good movie.

Speaker 3: 34:07

Thought I did You guys proud this weekend. So nice. Dave, did you watch anything?

Speaker 2: 34:12

I did. Uh, so talking about going into a theater, uh, I did go into a theater this week and I saw the new Art house film, uh, or comedy, uh, the band Cheese of in Shean, if I'm saying that right. Uh, it's new, new movie from the guy who did in BR and um, the one that won awards a few years ago. Three Billboards outside of Ebbing, Missouri. Um, it's a very simple, very simple movie. Uh, Colin Ferrell and, uh, Brendan Gleason are best friends in this small Irish town. The the, the crux of this movie is, um, Colin Ferrell goes to find his friend one day like, Hey, let's go to the pub. And he's just giving him the cold shoulder and he doesn't understand what's going on. His friend ends up showing up at the bar and just ignoring his friend the whole time. He realizes it's April 1st and Colin Ferrell thinks, Oh, this is just a joke. Approaches him the next day. He's like, Oh hey, so I got your joke. Haha, no, just wants nothing to do with him. And basically, so Colin Farrell confronts his friend and says like, Why are you, why are, don't you wanna be friends with what's going on? And he just basically flat out tells him like, Look, I've only got so many years left on this life and being friends with you is just dull. Like, you don't talk about anything interesting. We just get at drunk at the bar, talk about nothing. I want to create music. I don't want to, I don't wanna be friends with you anymore. So the whole movie is just this whole confrontation of like him trying to build back up his friendship and it's about loneliness and, you know, but aren't like

Speaker 1: 35:35

What it means be with friends. Aren't that like violent ultimatums and the other friend is like obsessed?

Speaker 2: 35:40

There is, and I'm trying not to give too much away because it kind of comes as a shock. Um, the friend ultimately, uh, Brendan Gleason ultimately gives Colin Farrell and ultimatum like, Look, I wanna be alone. I don't wanna be friends with you anymore. If you keep approaching me and talking to me, I'm gonna do this. And it just keeps escalating from there. And again, I don't wanna spoil it cause it's not like streaming, you know, you gotta go to a theater to see it. Um, but this is probably my second favorite movie I've seen this year. It has, I mean, I can't think of any many movies you can say is heartbreaking and hilarious at the same time. Cuz this, I'm not selling the comedy. This movie is a comedy and it's very funny, but it also is funny discussing very dark things. So, uh, I'm sure it's gonna be up for some awards next year, but, uh, yeah, the band sheet of Check it out. You watch anything John?

Speaker 1: 36:30

Yeah, I tracked down that documentary about, um, bible salesman that the fake documentary in this show on Iffc called documentary now, um, Bill Hater and Fred Armerson, like reenact these docu these obscure documentaries. Mm-hmm.<affirmative>. So they do one where it's a bunch of salesmen and it's a black and white documentary, but in the, in the comedy version, they're trying to sell globes. But in the real, in the real movie, they're trying to sell bibles. And like, so I was looking at like what scenes they took directly outta the documentary and then the stuff that they made up to fill in the gaps to have better jokes. But it's weird that like the actual movies, like some kind of like educational explanation of like the sales process. Hmm. And then like the salesman attended a meeting, they attend like three like training meetings and like they're getting railed, you know, like talking about their like, um, they're basically saying like the regional director shows up and he's like telling them like that basically it's like a calling from a higher power to sell the Bibles and then it cuts to the guys in the audience smoking their cigarettes. And then the one salesman who looks suicidal cuz he hasn't sold the Bible all year or whatever. And then like he's driving around looking for like an address he can't find. Cuz the streets like split apart in this town they've never been in. And then like you just see them like, uh, competing like even within their own team against each other. Like, and then like they try to make'em feel guilty, you know, You know what I mean? For like, not, not, you know, not not selling enough bibles and I don't wanna go into politics or religion, but it's like they, they make the guys feel guilty, like actually guilty, you know what I mean? Like, like exist. They give the, like they make'em feel so guilty that they have like an existential crisis and like that's what you're watching in the actual movie. And you go like, Oh man, like you feel bad for these dudes<laugh>. Um, so yeah, I watch that and then I tried what

Speaker 3: 38:29

Funny, that's like two hilarious actress that I would never like think about being together.

Speaker 2: 38:34

Oh, they do. Great. That series is actually pretty great.

Speaker 1: 38:37

The best documentary is they do, um, one that's based on a bowling movie. Like there was a bowling documentary and Oh,

Speaker 2: 38:44

The league gentleman the

Speaker 1: 38:46

Yeah. League gentleman. So they, they do their version and uh, it's ridiculous. And it's got Billy Monahan as the other bowler, um, and it's got the guy from Dexter as one of the bowlers. Ah,

Speaker 2: 38:55

That's right, that's right. They just did one recently on, uh, the recent documentary, uh, My Octopus Teacher. But in this one it's called My Monkey Grifter. And it's about like this guy who forms a relationship with a monkey that keeps screwing him over<laugh>

Speaker 1: 39:07

<laugh>. That's

Speaker 2: 39:09

Pretty

Speaker 1: 39:09

Great. The best thing I've seen with a monkey lately is there's an episode of It's All Sunny in Philadelphia where they think they can replace D with a monkey bartender and the monkey makes them drinks, but he is really just getting them, uh, stoned so he can, he can rob them blind and they wake up and there's like monkey feces all over. All their money's gone.

Speaker 2: 39:26

Wasn't, it wasn't, wasn't he just pouring like a whole pitcher or like a whole mug of, uh, whiskey and they just like, Oh, it's whiskey beer, but it's just straight whiskey. Just the whole bottle.

Speaker 1: 39:35

Yeah. I, I don't remember what he did to, to knock them out, but it's,

Speaker 2: 39:38

I think he just gave them straight whiskey so they drink That's hilarious. A mug of whiskey and pass out.

Speaker 1: 39:43

Hey, next week I was thinking about wearing a Santa hat. I was gonna wear it all month long, but I uh, I misplaced it. I think it's here in the office somewhere. Um, unless the ghost took it. That's a callback. I did we mention it on the show or did we talk about it pre-show or did we mention it during the show? We did. We talking about wi we did mention it. Okay, cool. All right. Ghost of Christmas present folks.

Speaker 2: 40:05

Oh, his wifi ghost. Yeah. Cause that's gonna be the Dave,

Speaker 1: 40:08

What are we watching next week? Do you remember?

Speaker 2: 40:10

Uh, yeah, we're watching, uh, nobody's full of Paul Newman

Speaker 1: 40:14

Hot are we arrived at the Paul Newman entry. I also watched The Verdict, which has Paul Newman. I watched that this week like, like maybe a day after I told you guys that I just decided we're gonna watch a Paul Newman. The other movie that I was considering is called The Verdict, where he plays an alcoholic attorney, was like an ambulance chaser. Like he shows up in the beginning of the movie, he shows up like funerals, you know, hands to like grieving widow his card. And then, but then he gets a real case that like, um, they botched this lady's, uh, operation in the hospital and she's like a vegetable. And so he, it's like a David and Goliath thing, you know, like he's a not a well-respected attorney anymore, but he's like by the book as it turns out. But he has a bad reputation because he tried to stick by the book and the firm is like the biggest firm in Boston and they didn't want him to go by the book. So they actually said that he's the one that broke the rules. They tried to get him just barred and then like, I won't tell you whether he wins the case or not. Like you guys should see the verdict.

Speaker 2: 41:10

I, I've seen it years ago. I remember him like, cuz like he, not only what you were saying, but like, he just like goes into like alcohol and just like becomes an ambulance chaser, if I remember right. Yeah.

Speaker 1: 41:20

It's a weird reason to become an alcoholic, but he has like a moral backbone and they use it against him and it kind of destroys his life. So, I mean, that's why he's hitting it hard, you know?

Speaker 2: 41:30

I don't, I'd have to rewatch, I, I remember liking it when I watched it years, years ago. But, um, that is kind of a weird feel good because I feel like, like Eat Wheaties, the first two thirds of that are a depressing movie. And then, hey, we'll make you feel good right at the

Speaker 1: 41:42

End. Oh. But unlike modern movies, that climax is such a climax, you know what I mean? Like it build that's, I mean that's what movies have to get back to you. They need to build towards something, you know? Yeah. Like the Lord of the Rings where they defeat sarn at the end. Am I right Jordan? You are

Speaker 3: 41:57

So right. Didn't know if it was gonna happen. I didn't think fro was gonna make it, but good thing for Sam Wise, you know. Oh,

Speaker 1: 42:05

Mr. Fro. Well that's the best part of the movie way he goes, I I can't carry the ring Mr. Frodo. What? I can carry you. Oh. Oh.<laugh>

Speaker 3: 42:15

And I'm just sobbing.

Speaker 1: 42:17

Yep. All of them feels

Speaker 3: 42:18

All the feels,

Speaker 1: 42:19

All the feels

Speaker 3: 42:21

For Frodo. He made it one.

Speaker 1: 42:25

Yeah, you're right. It sounds like a lawn mower turned on. Somebody's cutting their grass.

Speaker 3: 42:29

I think it might be my washer draining, so.

Speaker 1: 42:31

Oh dang. All right.

Speaker 3: 42:32

Yeah, I guess the podcast is over<laugh>.

Speaker 1: 42:35

He's really wearing a juicy leisure suit is because

Speaker 3: 42:38

I have no clue.

Speaker 1: 42:40

<laugh>. Hey, behind the scenes folks, you get to end it that way.

Speaker 3: 42:43

Oh, this is a bad part about living in an apartment. So

Speaker 1: 42:47

The laundry,

Speaker 3: 42:48

Yeah.

Speaker 1: 42:50

You ever have an apartment where you have to do basement laundry where you gotta go down to the basement, common area and do the laundry? We're all,

Speaker 3: 42:56

Last time I lived in Boston, I was Oh man. Down the corner from a coin operated laundry, so mm-hmm.<affirmative>. Yeah. But like I could go through the, through the basement and go walk over to the laundry. There you go.

Speaker 1: 43:12

David would feel unsafe in that situation. It wouldn't you David?

Speaker 2: 43:17

Yeah.

Speaker 1: 43:17

Who's going through your drawers in the laundry room? It's a common area. David

Speaker 2: 43:22

<laugh>. Oh God. What's worse is if you live in an apartment complex with only one washer and dryer amongst like 10 units and how rude people get and just throw your out when you don't get to it. Two minutes ahead before it goes or after it went off.

Speaker 1: 43:35

Could be worse. You could walk in there and they're wearing your pajamas. What's your favorite novelty pair of pajamas, David?

Speaker 2: 43:57

Uh, probably my, uh, my cookie monster set or my cookie monster bottoms.

Speaker 1: 44:02

Yeah. So you walk in, Steve's wearing your cookie monster. You know, I've

Speaker 2: 44:06

Got quite, Yeah, not wearing any, I'm, I'm wearing very basic bottoms right now, but yeah, I love a good pair of pajamas.

Speaker 1: 44:12

Dave is Pantless. If you're wondering somebody called Frank and hr.

Speaker 2: 44:18

Oh man.

Speaker 3: 44:18

He's receiving emails and responding within 24 hours, so Yeah,

Speaker 2: 44:23

But he's a pushover. He's a pushover. I send him a little catnip and I'll forget

Speaker 1: 44:28

You sneak a catnip on the side. Frankly, we don't gotta talk about this.

Speaker 3: 44:31

He's a pushover cuz he has three legs. Dave.

Speaker 1: 44:35

Oh, Jordan, you say was a big p I thought you were about to be like something.

Speaker 3: 44:42

Well, he is a cat, so

Speaker 1: 44:44

That's fill in the blank folks.