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SPEAKER_01:

Hello and welcome to a special episode of the We Recommend Podcast, which is usually a movie podcast where we recommend a movie for you to watch and then come back here and listen to us discuss. But this year we're doing this Thanksgiving, we're doing something different, baby. We are gonna be building our movie characters Thanksgiving table. I'll explain to you what that means later. Um Yes, so we wanted to do something special for Thanksgiving because you know we never do it, and it's kind of the lost holiday because it's no one cares. They're just like we eat turkey and we watch football and then go shopping for Thanks Christmas. So we decided I honestly I listened to a podcast Jason and I always make sure to drink wild turkey on gobble gobble, baby. Um I listened to this podcast, they said like it's an NFL podcast, and it's like building the perfect NFL uh Thanksgiving table. And it's what they did was is they put uh personalities from NFL players, announcers, and things like that, and they said they all got to pick like three or four uh three each, and there's like five of them doing it, and they're just like, Oh, I think it'd be funny to have this person at the uh Thanksgiving table. So that's kind of what we're gonna do for this. No, no.

SPEAKER_02:

So which would also be fun.

SPEAKER_01:

Yeah. I'm gonna set up uh set the scene, right? So it's me and Jason. We invited five of our our friends, which are movie crazy. I'm doing it. Oh okay, and we talked to each other and we decided we're allowed to bring five people to this dinner table. Uh Thanksgiving dinner table. Yes. Uh only we're allowed to bring one creature to the Thanksgiving table. And the rest just have to be uh human beings in movies. Um and I'm gonna set the scene a little bit. Me and Jason, we moved to Philadelphia, right? Oh, we're gonna Philadelphia? Yeah, we're in Philadelphia. Oh, never mind. Uh we set up the dinner table, right? And uh it's the former home of doubt uh Dr. Malcolm Crow. Um Sixth Sense. Because we have a we have a secret special guest. Oh, nice. Bruce Willis from The Sixth Sense is here. Nobody can see him, but just so you know, whenever people start to get a little cold, it's because there's a ghost here, baby. Hey, love. No, I just thought it'd be funny if I was like I was whenever I was thinking of the idea, I was like, ha, Dr. Malcolm Crow's here, baby. But yeah, so essentially we're just building out, uh, we're just gonna go back and forth picking someone we want at our dinner dinner table, all right? Hell yeah. So we go one and one, or should we just give the whole list? Yeah, I'm actually I'm gonna start because I have the perfect perfect starter. Especially goes with the same the episode uh that's coming out next week. Uh right next week. Yeah, next Monday. Um, so who walks in other than motherfucking Dom Toretto, baby? He drove a quarter mile down the road to get here. He is your neighbor. Yeah, so I just think, you know, if we're gonna have a if we're gonna have a Thanksgiving dinner, we gotta have someone that's gonna just, you know, tell everybody, hey, be quiet, it's time to eat.

SPEAKER_02:

He also brings a case of Corona.

SPEAKER_01:

He's gonna bring the beer, right? For everybody to drink. Um he sits at the edge of the table, of course, because he's in charge. Even though it's our house.

SPEAKER_02:

You mean the the end?

SPEAKER_01:

Like the uh table. He dictates who says prayer and who gives a speech. He also gives a speech about being thankful for his family. So I think it's like the perfect if you're gonna talk about family and friends, you gotta have Dom Toretto there. His head shine real nice too.

SPEAKER_02:

Not where it's got like a lipstick stain on it.

SPEAKER_01:

Yeah, and this is, you know, we're gonna say is around like now time from uh the movies that he's in now. So, you know, um the sleeves which are in the first movie, they come off now. Oh so he's showing up with no sleeves. Nice. So you know we're getting primed on Coretto. But yeah, you know, he just comes in, he's talking about family, talking about who he loves, you know. All right, Jason, who are you inviting?

SPEAKER_02:

Oh man. So I think my first guest, and it'll make sense later, but Bigfoot.

SPEAKER_01:

Oh, hell yeah. From what movie?

SPEAKER_02:

Because it's movie characters. Harriet and Henderson.

SPEAKER_03:

Hell yeah.

SPEAKER_00:

Bigfoot.

SPEAKER_01:

Yeah, all right. What's your story with him? Uh well, that's what I'm saying. Why do you think he would be great at the dinner?

SPEAKER_02:

I think because he I think he's got a lot of explaining to do.

SPEAKER_01:

You know, I think it makes sense because uh he's gonna come in. We're gonna be like, well, I'm gonna be like, me and Dom are like, well, you brought Bigfoot, and then Dom's like, you brought somebody with more hair than me.

SPEAKER_02:

He may have remained ridden with Dom with his head out the window, yeah. I think it's great.

SPEAKER_01:

And I think Dom and Bigfoot would be great friends because like everyone He's wearing two tank tops. Every Well, that's the only way you can be Dom's friend. I think it's gonna be great because you know, like every time that like Bigfoot makes a joke, he like he puts like a little bit of hair on Dom, and Dom's like, eh, buddy. That's hilarious. Yeah. Everybody's like, hell yeah.

SPEAKER_02:

But no, I think I think Bigfoot was there at the first Thanksgiving, but he didn't make it into any of the portraits. That's just kind of his thing.

SPEAKER_01:

What you didn't know is that like in all like the violence that happened, it's actually Bigfoot the whole time. No way, no fucking way. It's like like the the pilgrims got there and they're like, Who killed all these Indians? Who killed these Indians?

SPEAKER_02:

It was Bigfoot. He's but Bigfoot's over there like, no, dude, it wasn't me. Let me steal all their corn and shit. He was just the blur in the background of that famous painting.

SPEAKER_01:

Yeah. All right, so so far, Dom and Bigfoot showed up. So is Bigfoot sitting at the other end of the table?

SPEAKER_02:

Um no, I'd I'd say he's sitting somewhere in the middle. Okay, cool. Probably right where the turkey is in the center.

SPEAKER_01:

And you know who's sitting directly next to Bigfoot? Marge Gunderson from Fargo. She's like coming in there with her Midwestern accent. What a sweetheart. She's there. She's everybody's favorite person there, too. Everybody loves her. She's so nice and sweet. And when someone says dumb, she's always like, okay, that's dumb. They all help her get food and clear her plate and everything. They're always helping her. She doesn't have to lift a finger around the house. And this is direct rules from Dom Toretto. She's a delight for everyone. When they're all, they all say or do anything stupid, she corrects them and they listen because she's fucking March Blenderson, baby. She's dating.

SPEAKER_02:

You gotta be on your best behavior because she's a an office.

SPEAKER_01:

She's also a cop. And it's funny you have a lot of criminals here in my group, except and they all love her. But yeah, I just think uh such a wonderful, delightful lady. And you know she's just gonna be great, and you know she's gonna have some sort of delicious Midwest casserole. Of course.

SPEAKER_02:

Let's see, I have a problem with my next guest. Not really. It's Gal Godot from as Wonder Woman. Oh, cool. So Wonder Woman showed up. I wanted her to bring her uh rope of truth or whatever. Truth lasso.

SPEAKER_01:

This is not gonna work out. Wonder collapse.

SPEAKER_02:

I want her to lasso Bigfoot, just so you he'll have to tell us what's what the fuck's up.

SPEAKER_01:

Yeah, like how he like was he evolution, was he god creation?

SPEAKER_02:

And she is she parked her invisible plane in the neighbor's yard. Is she coming dressed as Wonder Woman, or is it like her? I don't wear anything else?

SPEAKER_01:

Don't you remember like in they're gonna be able to do that? Yeah, when she's a museum director.

SPEAKER_00:

Yeah. No. Okay. Fuck that.

SPEAKER_01:

I love that like all my people or dressed like normal humans. You got fucking Bigfoot and Wonder Woman. That's a common character. Marja's like, oh, so where'd you get that? That's a fancy outfit. Where's that? It's like theoremasia or whatever it is. Like, ooh, I've never been there. You can't go there. That's far from bargaining. It's a little ways from Minnesota, don't you think? I think she would have liked it there. And then at this point, when everybody's showing up, they're like, ooh, it's getting a little cold in here. You're seeing their breath, you're like, ooh, something has passed through me.

SPEAKER_02:

See a spoon move along. Stay away from Gal. Okay.

SPEAKER_01:

Is that her? And then we're like, shit, they don't know. This house is haunted. All right. So for my next one who comes through the door next, Jules Winfield, Samuel L. Jackson from Pulp Fiction, baby. Because if I'm gonna pick somebody in here, I'm having a Sam Jackson character.

SPEAKER_02:

Hell yeah, with the fro and the snow.

SPEAKER_01:

He comes in, he brings a few Royale with cheeses with him.

SPEAKER_02:

So Jules Not necessary, but thank you. Yeah, thank you.

SPEAKER_01:

It's like, yeah, we made the we have turkey, but you want to bring a sandwich or a hamburger, that's okay. Jules, now retired from his life of crime, uh, became best friends with Marge. Nice. Whenever they whenever Marge visited California, she got a little something going on. No, she's married, she's married. Uh yeah. And he's also married, but they didn't bring their wives and husbands. Oh uh he she vacationed in California and became best buds with Jules as they sat next to each other on the beach. Uh they have a very opposites of track relationship. He's a potty mouth, and she tries to get him to cuss less, and he loves her tasty casserole. That's so heartwarming. Yeah, so they're like best friends. I think it'd be great. You know, like every time he starts raising his voice, and they're also both Christian because you know Jules quotes the Bible in the movie, and uh she's Midwesterner, so she has to be.

SPEAKER_02:

Yeah, I don't know.

SPEAKER_01:

I don't, yeah.

SPEAKER_02:

So my next guest is I told Wonder Woman, because it's Wonder Woman, she asked for a plus one. Of course. She's bringing Frank from It's Always Sunny.

SPEAKER_03:

Oh! Trash Man!

SPEAKER_00:

Trash Man himself. Who you're like so fucking your gang is like, what the fuck? Who brought these monsters in here?

SPEAKER_02:

Speaking of gang, he thought he deserved the fur a plus one, so he brought Dennis. Dennis decided he needed a plus one, he brought Charlie.

SPEAKER_01:

So Dom kicks them out, they're all outside like freezing. This is fucking bullshit.

SPEAKER_02:

They're all arguing. Yeah, they're all in.

SPEAKER_01:

That's great. I want to make I want to see him make the sandwich in his mouth. Frank, but we're like, this is Frank like after he lets himself go, right? So he's drinking wine out of his can. Just drink beers and pours wine in him. He starts gurgling like he does in this show. Yeah, this is great. This is great because this is uh this will pair along nice with my shitty person that shows up. Oh, that's fantastic. He's like constantly just saying off the wall shit. Yeah, it's it's incredible.

SPEAKER_02:

But he and Wonder Woman are pretty tight.

SPEAKER_01:

Pretty tight. Oh, that's great. So for uh my shit hit that comes in. I picked Royal Tinnenbaum. Yes. He causes the most ruckus out of everybody in my group and eventually gets kicked out at the end of the night uh by my next character. He hits a little bit, he tries to, you know, like hit on Marge a little bit. Marge is like, Dom. Jeez, this guy keeps hitting on me, don't you know? Um but like he at first everybody loves him. They got he's you know, Royal's got great stories. Everybody knows that he's constantly lying, but they like his stories, but he starts getting a little sexist, and because he's a little racist, Jules doesn't like that, and neither will my next guest.

SPEAKER_02:

But Frank loves it. He thinks it's hilarious.

SPEAKER_01:

Like, oh, you should have seen all these whores out with me. Royal's like, uh, I would like to know more about these whores. Frank and Royal, they definitely get kicked out at the same time, and then they go off and have a fucking wild night. Oh, I would love the after Thanksgiving, a wild night out with Royal Tinnenbaum, Frank, and the rest of the gang. But after like Frank and the gang and Royal like have a crazy night. I can see the title of that It's Always Funny episode. Uh, the the gang meets Royal Tinnenbaum. Okay, who's your head cricket?

SPEAKER_02:

Oh so the next one, which is kind of a bit controversial as to whether he is not a creature or not. Well, I thought Splinter from the Ninja Turtles would be great.

SPEAKER_01:

You bent the rules, but that's okay.

SPEAKER_02:

He was human until he got oozed.

SPEAKER_01:

That's true. Wait, he was never human? Yeah. There were little rats and turtles and they got the ooze.

SPEAKER_02:

No, he was okay. Two different storylines here. Okay. I only know the movie one. The OG storyline is that he was bit by a radioactive rat, I get it. No, no, no, no.

SPEAKER_01:

He was That's how everybody becomes something.

SPEAKER_02:

No, no. He just like he came to New York, he was a ninjutsu instructor or whatever, super wise, and like great. He goes, he has to live in the sewer for some reason because he's poor. He lives with the rats, the ooze spills on him and the rats.

SPEAKER_01:

Oh becomes a rat. It's a thing situation. Like from the thing, they start merging together. It's a very fly situation.

SPEAKER_02:

Yeah. But I figure he would be great. You made a funny. And he's got a lot of great wisdom, right? Yeah.

SPEAKER_01:

So that makes sense to like when Frank and Royal are being like so uh, you know, just bad people, he he like, oh, sit down with me. I have something very I almost started doing an accent. Don't do that. Don't do that. Um sit down with me and I'll teach you my ways.

SPEAKER_02:

And rats are pretty clean, you know, they wash their hands all the time. Yeah. With their mouths.

SPEAKER_01:

That works. Yeah.

SPEAKER_02:

Unless, you know, they're New York rats and they're dirty as well. Which he kind of is.

SPEAKER_01:

It's just like Marge's Marge is like, Jules, uh, there seems to be kind of a lot of uh hairy creatures here, don't you know?

SPEAKER_02:

Man over there.

SPEAKER_01:

Jules is like, there's a lot of motherfucking hairy creatures in this motherfucking house.

SPEAKER_02:

I feel like he and Bigfoot have a lot to talk about. Yeah. Like hair care and shampoo.

SPEAKER_01:

He's like, it just goes up to Bigfoot. He's like, how do you get your hair so straight? Mine's always so mad at. All right. For my last character, I chose one of the most charismatic people on the planet, Apollo Creed, baby, from the Rocky movie. Everybody here loves a porn.

SPEAKER_02:

He's gonna have his boxing gloves on, holding the forks.

SPEAKER_01:

Of course.

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The fork and the knife.

SPEAKER_01:

I mean, Splinter's gonna help him eat. He feeds him. Yeah, he's got his chopsticks. Tons of great boxing stories. Great for the Thanksgiving table. Him and Dom bond over Cards. Mary and Splinter could spar. They could spar. Feats of strength. And this is where Apollo learns how to finally defeat Rocky. Damn. For the third time. Mars and Apollo talk about family life. Jules and Apollo talk about travels and the things they've learned from traveling. Apollo punches Royal for being a racist and a womanizer and kicks him out. Yay.

SPEAKER_02:

Alright, who's your last one? We could have some good fights. Oh, things would be great. My last one, I was I think they they get felt bad for the gang. Uh well, for most of the gang, and they let Charlie come inside. Because someone has to eat the beak.

SPEAKER_01:

Alright, so Charlie. Frank forces Charlie to eat the beak. Dude, do you know what you've just done? Do you not remember the episode where Charlie has to kill all the rats?

SPEAKER_02:

You just a rat murderer in a house with a rat. Well, I think Splinter can handle himself. He's about the size of Charlie.

SPEAKER_01:

He's got Charlie and Frank arguing in the corner. He's just staring at him. I have to kill this rat. It's the biggest rat I've ever seen. Charlie, you can't kill the rat. He's my best friend. Come on.

SPEAKER_02:

Be quiet and eat your beak. Yeah. I don't want to eat the beak.

SPEAKER_01:

He's like, yeah, Charlie just like pulls a bat out. It's got a bunch of nails on it. It's like, I gotta kill the rat.

SPEAKER_02:

Go burn some trash. I'm getting cold.

SPEAKER_01:

Joel's noticing the camera. Who brought the fucking baseball rat? Pulls out a gun. Margin's like, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. I'm a cop. I can't let you do this. Okay. Royal's like, I think I actually might be the most normal person.

SPEAKER_02:

He might be. Wonder Woman's definitely rethinking her day. Maybe I should start living a little bit more than a quarter mile at a time. I feel like I feel like Wonder Woman has a thing for Frank. She likes him a little dirty. Okay. I mean, that's definitely tiny dirty men.

SPEAKER_01:

That's definitely a choice. It's like, I just like uh, I don't know what accent she has. Some random accent. So yeah. Um, she's like, yeah, these are my best friends. These are my favorite characters.

SPEAKER_02:

Everybody thinks about lying. She lasses them. Yeah. So I think this would uh I thought like I was building out like a pretty crazy story.

SPEAKER_01:

I'm having the best time of my life. I'm just sitting there like, I didn't I told Jason not to bring so many fucking creatures. Like the creatures aren't even the worst part. It's Charlie and Frank. Just became an insane situation. By the end of the thing, like the rest of the gang broke through the back of the house. We we go into the back and you you got D. She's like under a cut. It's like it's so cold. It's like, what's wrong?

SPEAKER_00:

She's like, I see a dead people.

SPEAKER_01:

We all turn around, everybody sees that there's uh Bruce Willis from the 16s. We all run out, and like that's the end of the dinner night, dinner party. Applause. Yeah. That's a pretty fun Thanksgiving table. So uh to remember all of our people, I chose Dom Toretto, Marge Gunderson, Jules Winfield, Royal Tinnenbaum, and Apollo Creed, and also Dr. Malcolm Cryer.

SPEAKER_02:

Yes. Um Silent Park.

SPEAKER_01:

Jason's batshit list is Bigfoot, Wonder Woman, Frank from Always Sunny from Philadelphia, Splinter from Ninja Turtles, and Charlie also from It's Always from Silver.

SPEAKER_02:

That's an all-star gathering.

SPEAKER_01:

And you know what? We can't forget about me and you, Jason. Yeah, we're there. I'm so thankful that we have this podcast together. It puts a lot of stress on me, and I'm constantly checking to see if we got new views or any comments or downloads. And I'm just happy we have brought this into my life. And I'm glad we're doing it with my life. I am glad too.

SPEAKER_02:

This is on the opposite spectrum. This is a huge stress reliever for me.

SPEAKER_01:

Just kidding. It's really not that stressful.

SPEAKER_02:

It's always sometimes it's always great to come in here and talk about things you love with the people you kind of like.

SPEAKER_01:

Yeah.

SPEAKER_03:

It's great.

SPEAKER_01:

He's talking about you, Snake, who's been whining for like an hour straight now. Which only adds some more stress during the podcast. Oh, snakey. No, it's like some of my favorite things to do, you know, like uh read, just talk about movies and vape a whole bunch, because I vape like a billion times more when I'm doing the podcast than I do when I'm just like. But yeah, we just wanted to do a little Thanksgiving treat. I don't know if this is anything. I'm gonna listen to it and see if it is. Let us know if you think it is. We have a link in our description. I don't know if you've ever heard me say that before, but we have that. I just like I I go insane resaying the endings of the podcast. Um, and at the bottom of our description, we have an email. We recommend mailbag at gmail.com. Uh listen to Heed the Call Podcast. It's a movie, it's a football podcast. Um, that's where I got this idea. Nice. We're gonna do it again next year, and I'm gonna make it bigger and better once I think about it more.

SPEAKER_03:

Hell yeah.

SPEAKER_01:

Uh, I'd like to thank Joey Prosser for her intro and outro music. Uh you can follow him on X at Mr. Joey Prosser. I don't know. At Mr. Something Prosser. I don't know. I'm losing my fucking mind here. We're doing this back to back with the Fast and the Furious. I've talked myself out. Um, this has been the We Recommend podcast. I'm Jesse. I'm Jason. Happy Thanksgiving! Yeah, don't go Black Friday shopping. It's what's ruining our punch bad. It's okay to hang out with family and not think about shopping and spending a bunch of money for shit you don't need.

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