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EP 86: 21 Jump Street | Korean Jesus Doesn't Care About Your Problems

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Listen as we discuss a true gem - 21 Jump Street! We laughed our asses off at the magic chemistry between Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill as bumbling cops going deep undercover as high school students while their tender friendship grows into a full-blown bromance. 

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Bridget:

Foreign.

Wendy:

Good morning.

Bridget:

I'm Bridget.

Wendy:

And I'm Wendy.

Bridget:

And this is flicking be.

Wendy:

How are you?

Bridget:

Well, you said you felt hungover, but are not. And I feel like I have a cold, but I think it's just pollen. And my pants are on inside out. I don't know why. Because we're both in pajamas.

Wendy:

Yeah. That's why we don't do video, right?

Bridget:

H***, no. I'd have to put on makeup. Makeup. That ain't happening.

Wendy:

I'm not interested in that.

Bridget:

So this week was fun. I loved this movie.

Wendy:

Have you. Did you see it before?

Bridget:

No.

Wendy:

Really? Okay.

Bridget:

But I've seen 21 Jump street back in the 80s, and I super loved that Johnny Depp and his partner both made cameos.

Wendy:

Yes.

Bridget:

It was a big deal. It was the same plot. And actually when the girl cops come in and they're bragging about the bust they just made, the auto shop at the high school crime was actually an episode in the first season, so. Thought that was funny. If you haven't gathered, our movie was 21 Jump street and stars Danny Cham. Yes, Chatum. Danny Tatum. What?

Wendy:

Channing Tatum is the right one. But it all sounds right. Like.

Bridget:

It does.

Wendy:

Name is not real.

Bridget:

Yeah, but it is, though. A Tatum o' Neill.

Wendy:

Yeah, but that's his last name.

Bridget:

You're right. Yeah, you're right.

Wendy:

I'm just.

Bridget:

It just sounds like potato.

Wendy:

Yeah.

Bridget:

Tater.

Wendy:

Well, I asked. I said, do you think his friends call him Jan? And Joel's like, no, they definitely call him Tater.

Bridget:

They call him Tater Tot.

Wendy:

Tater Salad.

Bridget:

Oh, I love Tater Salad. And Jonah Hill.

Wendy:

I loved this movie.

Bridget:

I was laughing my a** off.

Wendy:

It was great. I assumed that you'd seen it and it was like a favorite of yours. That's why you suggested it.

Bridget:

No, I. Well, I was just kind of scrolling looking for comedies. I saw this, and I'm like, I love these two people. It can't be bad.

Wendy:

Yeah.

Bridget:

So the premise is, in high school, Tatum.

Wendy:

Channing Tatum.

Bridget:

In high school, Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill were adversaries. One was short and fat and tanning ch. You know, is this big strap and athlete who doesn't, you know, give a. And that's. That's how you are. Cool. And they find each other at the police academy training and then decide that they can work off each other's skills. Skills and help the other, which is the beginning of a beautiful friendship. Right.

Wendy:

They do have really good friend chemistry. Like, I. Sure. They're friends off screen.

Bridget:

Oh, well, yeah.

Wendy:

But like, they just do because some people don't. They don't talk about that as much. You think about, like romantic chemistry, but friend chemistry is a thing too. Like, not everybody plays off each other like that. And they're just really good at it.

Bridget:

Channing Tatum did not want to do this. He refused it a bunch. And it was Jonah Hill that finally convinced him.

Wendy:

Had they worked together before?

Bridget:

I think it was just the role he didn't want. And you know what I like about Channing Tatum is that he's so good looking, but he doesn't play those leading man roles usually. He's just hilarious. Anyway, they. They help each other make it through the police academy. They sadly have the realization that they are bike cops. And so they're right. You know, that doesn't seem cool at all. And they really want to arrest someone. Do bike cops have guns?

Wendy:

I don't know. Well, they did in the US I bet they do.

Bridget:

They are not threatening.

Wendy:

No, I'm going to say that.

Bridget:

The first adventure scene, they're riding through the park. They see a group of guys lighting up and sharing a joint. And which one of them says, that smells like cannabis? Cannabis sativa.

Wendy:

That's Jonah Hill's.

Bridget:

Okay, I love that. So they go and try to make trouble with these guys. And they're completely outnumbered and out muscled. And when Channing Potato tries to get real copy with the guy, he goes, you want me to beat your d*** off? I'll beat your d*** off with both hands. He didn't mean that. That's one of my favorite lines. It comes up so many times that Channing Tatum's character doesn't even know the Miranda rights.

Wendy:

He says at one point, well, they always cut away from that end of it on tv. That's true. They do. They do.

Bridget:

Oh, I love that. They are sent on assignment to blend in at a high school posing as teenagers. And at one point, one of the students says to Potato that he looks like he's 40.

Wendy:

Yeah.

Bridget:

In reality, he's five years older than that guy Kid.

Wendy:

Really?

Bridget:

Yeah, yeah. But you know, he's huge. Ice Cube is directing them on this mission. And, oh, the reason is because there's this new synthetic drug out there that scientists don't even know how it's made, which is ridiculous. They send them to meet at 21 Jump street, which is a Korean church. And it doesn't look like it's being used. It's in disrepair. And Ice Cube ad libbed most of his lines.

Wendy:

Yeah.

Bridget:

And he goes, korean Jesus doesn't have time for your problems. He was the perfect guy. He just really played that stereotype of the almost drill sergeant. So they go to the school, but not only that, they had to really play the part. So they had to live with Jonah Hill's mother and the sack lunches.

Wendy:

I loved the. That Jonah Hill's teenage self was, like, trying to be Eminem.

Bridget:

Yeah.

Wendy:

Because, yeah, he definitely had a profound effect. And a lot of guys my age dyed their hair like that.

Bridget:

Oh, my God.

Wendy:

In that time frame.

Bridget:

Which is cool because Ice Cube and Eminem worked together before.

Wendy:

Yeah. I like that. His nickname was not so Slim Shady.

Bridget:

Exactly. But he lost 40 pounds.

Wendy:

Yeah.

Bridget:

Because they knew they were going to have to do all this physical stuff. So I imagine he did a lot of cardio to prepare for that. Back to the park when they decide to run after the pot smokers. And Jonah Hill, he's like, are you gonna leave your bike here?

Wendy:

Yeah.

Bridget:

They're at the school. It's the first day of school. But also, Tatum was, like, trying to figure out what to wear. It's first day of school, man.

Wendy:

Yeah, look cool.

Bridget:

He's laying out his clothes. One of the first people they meet is the cool guy. But it's nothing like Tatum expects.

Wendy:

Yeah.

Bridget:

So he's trying to be his cool self. His rules. He says, one, don't try hard at ever anything to laugh at people who do try drive a cool car. And four was like, punch the first guy that challenges you.

Wendy:

Yeah.

Bridget:

So this cool kid is like, is that your car? How many miles to the gallon does it get? Like 10. And he's like, being cool. No, more like seven. But that kid's car runs on biodiesel.

Wendy:

Yeah. Smells like French fries.

Bridget:

Egg rolls. It was from the Chinese place.

Wendy:

From the hood in house.

Bridget:

But yeah. The. Being environmental is what's cool now.

Wendy:

Yeah.

Bridget:

His theory about why school is so different. Glee.

Wendy:

Yeah, Glee.

Bridget:

Kind of true. Yeah, kind of true. They forgot who was who, so the principal gave them the schedule. Jonah Hill, who should have been in the nerd classes, has to try out for the play. Peter Pan.

Wendy:

Yeah.

Bridget:

Totally thought of you because your name is Wendy.

Wendy:

Yeah. His love interest plays Wendy in the film.

Bridget:

Yeah. And I'm glad she said at one point that she's 18.

Wendy:

I was wondering about that at the end.

Bridget:

Yeah.

Wendy:

He kisses her. And I was like, right. Is she legal?

Bridget:

She's legal, but still in high school.

Wendy:

It's still not right. They're still not supposed to do that.

Bridget:

Well, right. Old not to do that.

Wendy:

Yes. That Was like rule number two, right? You can't sleep with any of the teachers or the students. I mean, he didn't sleep with her.

Bridget:

Oh, he probably married her. We have to see what happens in 22 Jump street and they have that big house party also to try to be cool.

Wendy:

Yeah.

Bridget:

One of the things that really cracked me up about that is it shows him putting out a compost bin.

Wendy:

Yeah.

Bridget:

And at the party there's always a guy with a guitar. And it was that cool guy. And do you remember his song?

Wendy:

Yeah. It was like the Earth is Crying and something. I don't know.

Bridget:

The end of it was reduce, reuse and recycle.

Wendy:

Yeah. We all know that guy though, Val.

Bridget:

I know about being asked to play something.

Wendy:

Yeah.

Bridget:

And 30 seconds into it, people stop listening and start talking. And you're like, why did I even start? So you just say no.

Wendy:

Exactly. I don't bring my ukulele or guitar to things anymore. Even if I do have it with me, I lie.

Bridget:

Meanwhile, at the party, the nerds are talking about Pluto. Oh, not being a planet.

Wendy:

When did we learn that Pluto wasn't a planet?

Bridget:

Last week.

Wendy:

No, I know, but, oh, we. The timeline. Do you remember 2006 is when they decided, yeah, okay.

Bridget:

The party turns into a full on brawl.

Wendy:

It sure does.

Bridget:

Channing comes to the rescue. He's not even punching the person who's involved. He's just punching everyone in his path. You know, they do, they all work together with their strengths. Like he gets the nerds to bug the phone so they can hear conversations. And that kid was so sarcastic, he, Tatum, asked him, you know, can you do this? And he's like, no, of course I can. But he's so dense, he doesn't notice.

Wendy:

I can't tell if you're being sarcastic.

Bridget:

So they do manage to sneak this phone and do all this stuff while there's such a scuffle going on, which was pretty cool.

Wendy:

Yeah.

Bridget:

In all they really did, did some good police work. It was just bumbling and hilarious.

Wendy:

Yeah. I do have one big plot problem with it. Okay, so they go and they, they, they get put on this mission. They fail, they get fired. Then they decide they're just going to go do it anyway.

Bridget:

Right?

Wendy:

Do police work while they are fired. Yeah. So they're out there like vigilante doing.

Bridget:

Vigilante and they shoot so many people.

Wendy:

Yeah, so many people. They do so much illegal s***. And they're not cops. They would go to jail. But no, now they're heroes.

Bridget:

They' serial killers.

Wendy:

Now yeah.

Bridget:

Anyway, yeah, that is. That's a little plot point.

Wendy:

Realize it's a movie, but, like, they could have just been on suspension or something. They do that all the time for the plot. Say, sorry, two weeks, no pay.

Bridget:

But even if people in movies are on suspension, they do the exact same thing. That's a movie trope.

Wendy:

Nobody would really go back to their job. That's true. That's the biggest falsehood is if you got fired, you would go work for free.

Bridget:

So let's talk about the drugs.

Wendy:

Yes.

Bridget:

Happens to be the, quote, cool kid that sells them. That is Baby Franco. You're right. What movie did we see him in?

Wendy:

Disaster Artist he plays.

Bridget:

Right, right. My favorite movie.

Wendy:

He plays your boyfriend, Greg Soresto. I can only remember the wrong name now. Zotero.

Bridget:

Flea. Tick medicine.

Wendy:

Yeah.

Bridget:

Sestero.

Wendy:

Sestero.

Bridget:

They figure out where to meet the guy to hook up. So they're being cool guys and they're going to buy some. Those things look like a little Ritz cracker. You got to chew it up. Plus, it had a little poop symbol on it. What the h*** is it?

Wendy:

The body of Christ.

Bridget:

Have you ever had one of those protein chips?

Wendy:

Yeah. They're disgusting.

Bridget:

They are. Oh, my God. It's like eating some sand. Why? I don't. He says, take it. Which is kind of a dirty trick because they're just going to laugh at them all day. Do you remember the stages?

Wendy:

No. I wrote a note to look it up, and then I didn't have them.

Bridget:

I do. The first stage is you get the gigs.

Wendy:

The gigs.

Bridget:

So, you know, laugh your a** off. Then you're tripping major ball sack. After they've taken these drugs, and they're talking to. Was he the track coach? They're looking at his face, and his mustache is crawling all over it. And then back into position.

Wendy:

His eyebrows become his mustache, and then crawl back up and he becomes some kind of weird clown.

Bridget:

Oh, my God. It looked like leeches.

Wendy:

Oh.

Bridget:

To me. The third stage is over. Falsity of confidence. The next stage is f*** yeah, m***********. And you go ballistic. Throwing things around, jumping around like a monkey, etc. My favorite part is right after they take the drugs, they run to the bathroom to kind of, what, Throw it up. And they're, like, unable to puke. So they're like, let's stick our fingers in each other's mouths.

Wendy:

They say, let's finger each other's mouths.

Bridget:

Yes, you're right. So it goes on all day. Jonah Hill goes to play auditions for Peter Pan. And he's got all this overconfidence and wins the role. Amazes everybody. He was good.

Wendy:

He was.

Bridget:

He looked just. I mean, he acted just like Peter Pan.

Wendy:

And he had a nice voice.

Bridget:

Yeah. The drama teacher had so many good lines. He's just up there talking while Jonah Hill's having a side conversation. So you only hear bits and pieces of.

Wendy:

Of it.

Bridget:

One of the things he's talking about, he goes, I was doing cocaine with Willie Nelson's horse. We were having so much fun until I realized she was dead. So after his audition, that same drama teacher says, you may have a little Peter inside. The other one was, you never won't know what you can't achieve until you can't achieve it.

Wendy:

Never stop. Never stopping.

Bridget:

Exactly. And the night of the play, Jonah runs out to be the vigilante. Just before the play starts, drama teacher's going around, can anybody tell me where my Peter is? Can anyone tell me. So the chase. The chase and the limo and everything and the motorcycles and the pinatas. That's brilliant, though. Put the drugs in a pinata, but it's kind of sticks out when it's on the back of your motorcycle.

Wendy:

Yeah, it's flashy.

Bridget:

I don't know if we've ever seen a car chase in a limo where they're popped out the top and trying to shoot.

Wendy:

I like the. The young girl is like, I'm living my dream. I was standing. Standing up in a limo.

Bridget:

She's on the drugs, so she's. Whatever. And he pulls her out of there because she does get shot near her. And then she starts trying to give him a blow job while he's out there.

Wendy:

And he's like, you're very, very hot, and I love that you're slutty. I love that about you. Okay, but I didn't shoot.

Bridget:

Besides that. Jonas in his Peter Pan costume. And Potato is in potassium oxide costume, which in the science class, they have to put these little balls on their shirts and give the presentation of the isotope. Yeah, the covalent bond. One of the bikers crashes into a gas truck. They are waiting for the explosion that happened because that's what happens in movies. Always get an explosion. And then they run into an oil truck. Same. And then a guy crashes into a truck full of chickens and that blows up finally. Yeah. Poor chicken. There's the part they have to duck down. And he goes, just pretend you're sucking my d***.

Wendy:

Oh, yeah.

Bridget:

And he's like, why do I have to do it?

Wendy:

And he's like you're in the Peter Pan costume. Would you, if given the chance, want to go back to high school?

Bridget:

No, but I might have chosen to go back to college and actually get a job. I mean, actually find a career where I can make money. Would you go back to high school?

Wendy:

I wouldn't want to, like, start over again. But I do miss some things that. That I can't do anymore. Like, I would love to, like, be in show choir again, that kind of stuff. Team sports, things like that.

Bridget:

I would want to be a cheerleader again.

Wendy:

Yeah.

Bridget:

And I really miss my outfit.

Wendy:

Yeah.

Bridget:

And we had the biggest pom poms.

Wendy:

Did we do it?

Bridget:

I think we did it.

Wendy:

All right.

Bridget:

We fixed some beads.

Wendy:

Okay. Love you. Bye.

Bridget:

Bye.

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