1 00:00:02,080 --> 00:00:08,879 Speaker 1: And now your mate event introducing ghosts are Wrestling with Freddy, 2 00:00:09,440 --> 00:00:13,320 Speaker 1: Jeff Died and Freddy Rids Junior. 3 00:00:17,160 --> 00:00:21,440 Speaker 2: What's up, everybody, Welcome to another episode of Wrestling with Freddy. 4 00:00:21,560 --> 00:00:25,000 Speaker 2: No newsguy voice for you today and no Jeff Die 5 00:00:25,120 --> 00:00:30,200 Speaker 2: for you today. He is in New York, New Yo. 6 00:00:30,640 --> 00:00:34,960 Speaker 2: That's the smooth sounds of Uncle Freddy. And today we're 7 00:00:34,960 --> 00:00:41,640 Speaker 2: going to talk about wrestlers turned actors. It's funny as 8 00:00:41,720 --> 00:00:46,400 Speaker 2: much as Hollywood pooh poohs on wrestling, it's doing better 9 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:49,680 Speaker 2: than it ever has they found a way to make 10 00:00:49,760 --> 00:00:51,559 Speaker 2: money off it, so all of a sudden they're like, 11 00:00:51,640 --> 00:00:56,560 Speaker 2: oh yeah, wrestling, let's let's buy everything. But they've always 12 00:00:56,640 --> 00:01:02,200 Speaker 2: been rough on wrestlers, and for the most part, maybe rightfully, 13 00:01:02,240 --> 00:01:04,440 Speaker 2: so you could argue because they're not always the best 14 00:01:04,600 --> 00:01:06,360 Speaker 2: actors on the mic. But we're going to talk about 15 00:01:06,360 --> 00:01:11,199 Speaker 2: some today who are and we'll start with the biggest 16 00:01:11,520 --> 00:01:15,240 Speaker 2: and the baddest of them all, Dwayne the Rock Johnson. 17 00:01:15,959 --> 00:01:18,600 Speaker 2: I'm gonna tell you what I think about Dwayne. It 18 00:01:18,720 --> 00:01:22,880 Speaker 2: doesn't matter what do you think, all right, jeez, take 19 00:01:22,920 --> 00:01:26,240 Speaker 2: it easy, Rock, We're just some podcast. So we're gonna 20 00:01:26,240 --> 00:01:30,039 Speaker 2: start with his beginning and this one I think he 21 00:01:30,040 --> 00:01:34,039 Speaker 2: would agree with with any criticism on The Scorpion King. 22 00:01:34,440 --> 00:01:37,280 Speaker 2: They didn't give him much to do because he wasn't ready. 23 00:01:38,800 --> 00:01:42,720 Speaker 2: He wasn't ready to be a leading man yet they 24 00:01:42,760 --> 00:01:47,680 Speaker 2: needed a big, buff, good looking stud. Hello, I'm doing 25 00:01:47,720 --> 00:01:49,840 Speaker 2: the Rock Johnson. Yes, yes you are. You are now 26 00:01:49,840 --> 00:01:53,600 Speaker 2: the Scorpion King. This was two thousand and two and 27 00:01:53,640 --> 00:01:59,000 Speaker 2: he was a huge, huge wrestling star, with stone Cold 28 00:01:59,040 --> 00:02:03,640 Speaker 2: the biggest because Hulk was. It was later in Hulk's career, 29 00:02:03,720 --> 00:02:05,720 Speaker 2: so stone Cold in the Rock were the biggest two, 30 00:02:06,480 --> 00:02:12,160 Speaker 2: even though I like Kridankle moresh Anyway, this movie came 31 00:02:12,200 --> 00:02:14,600 Speaker 2: out and again he didn't have a ton to do, 32 00:02:15,720 --> 00:02:18,360 Speaker 2: and what he did he was very green, but it 33 00:02:18,480 --> 00:02:20,920 Speaker 2: wasn't as far as like his personality and what he 34 00:02:20,960 --> 00:02:24,320 Speaker 2: brought to the table. That role wasn't well suited for him. 35 00:02:24,360 --> 00:02:28,120 Speaker 2: He just looked the part because his body was freaking perfect. 36 00:02:28,520 --> 00:02:34,040 Speaker 2: The Brahma Bull. So he started to try and challenge himself. 37 00:02:34,080 --> 00:02:37,320 Speaker 2: After that, with like the Get Shorty sequel, which I 38 00:02:37,320 --> 00:02:39,880 Speaker 2: think was called Be Cool that you saw him start 39 00:02:39,919 --> 00:02:42,000 Speaker 2: to kind of try to spread his wings a bit 40 00:02:42,600 --> 00:02:47,360 Speaker 2: and start working with high quality actors and really get challenged. 41 00:02:47,560 --> 00:02:49,600 Speaker 2: He actually did a movie with my wife, a really 42 00:02:50,760 --> 00:02:54,239 Speaker 2: really bad movie, but they did a movie together. It's 43 00:02:54,280 --> 00:02:57,160 Speaker 2: like eighteen hours long. It took a week to watch. 44 00:02:58,280 --> 00:03:01,080 Speaker 2: It was like there was a Brad Pitt movie seven 45 00:03:01,160 --> 00:03:03,320 Speaker 2: years in Tibet. This was like seven years in the 46 00:03:03,320 --> 00:03:06,600 Speaker 2: theater is what they should have titled this one. But again, 47 00:03:06,680 --> 00:03:09,840 Speaker 2: he was working with a bunch of very talented actors, 48 00:03:10,080 --> 00:03:13,280 Speaker 2: like comic legends like John Larriquette. A lot of the 49 00:03:13,440 --> 00:03:16,680 Speaker 2: SNL people were on there. I think Jay Timberlake did 50 00:03:16,680 --> 00:03:19,160 Speaker 2: a cameo in the movie. In the movie as well. 51 00:03:19,360 --> 00:03:21,200 Speaker 2: I went to visit the set a couple of times, 52 00:03:21,680 --> 00:03:25,120 Speaker 2: and you saw how hard and how much effort and 53 00:03:25,240 --> 00:03:28,360 Speaker 2: energy this guy was putting into his craft. And then 54 00:03:29,400 --> 00:03:35,560 Speaker 2: as he sort of evolved from that, he dipped into 55 00:03:35,640 --> 00:03:40,080 Speaker 2: TV with Ballers, and with that type of a character, 56 00:03:40,200 --> 00:03:44,440 Speaker 2: he could really just be himself at his utmost confident 57 00:03:45,240 --> 00:03:48,200 Speaker 2: and get himself over there. We can use a wrestling 58 00:03:48,280 --> 00:03:51,800 Speaker 2: term in this movie conversation, and he did a great 59 00:03:51,880 --> 00:03:54,360 Speaker 2: job with that, and I felt like he really found 60 00:03:54,480 --> 00:03:57,480 Speaker 2: himself during that series. And mind you, he was already 61 00:03:57,520 --> 00:03:59,720 Speaker 2: starting to make other movies that were more in the 62 00:03:59,760 --> 00:04:02,840 Speaker 2: act fain, But I felt like he found himself on 63 00:04:02,960 --> 00:04:08,560 Speaker 2: Ballers and then took that not just momentum of success, 64 00:04:08,640 --> 00:04:12,840 Speaker 2: but momentum of growth, and just thrust himself into all 65 00:04:12,920 --> 00:04:16,640 Speaker 2: these movies. The Walking Tall movie, the Rundown, all these 66 00:04:16,680 --> 00:04:18,880 Speaker 2: flicks I'd love. I liked. I think it was called 67 00:04:18,880 --> 00:04:21,080 Speaker 2: Walking Tall, the one where he's just carrying the two 68 00:04:21,080 --> 00:04:24,160 Speaker 2: by four and the movie poster and he's just beating asses. 69 00:04:24,520 --> 00:04:26,760 Speaker 2: Think he beats Billy Bob Thornton's ass at the end 70 00:04:26,760 --> 00:04:30,000 Speaker 2: of that one. That's right. I've seen all the Rocks movies. 71 00:04:30,040 --> 00:04:33,359 Speaker 2: What you got something to say? Yeah, I watch just 72 00:04:33,400 --> 00:04:35,880 Speaker 2: about everything, even if it sucks. Yeah, maybe I do, 73 00:04:36,520 --> 00:04:39,560 Speaker 2: but I still find something I like. So yeah, man, 74 00:04:39,720 --> 00:04:43,440 Speaker 2: And now to go from that to he's probably getting 75 00:04:43,480 --> 00:04:48,000 Speaker 2: close to a billionaire at this point, he's probably he's 76 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:53,240 Speaker 2: probably at like six hundred to seven hundred million like networth. 77 00:04:53,279 --> 00:04:55,080 Speaker 2: I'll bet you he's getting close to a billion. And 78 00:04:55,200 --> 00:04:57,719 Speaker 2: you know that's a goal he has. That guy has 79 00:04:57,920 --> 00:05:03,760 Speaker 2: aspirations and his a driven son of a gun. But yeah, 80 00:05:03,800 --> 00:05:07,200 Speaker 2: he then obviously blew up took straight up stole the 81 00:05:07,240 --> 00:05:12,360 Speaker 2: Fast and the Furious franchise from Vin Diesel just publicly 82 00:05:12,520 --> 00:05:15,960 Speaker 2: was like, Yo, man, this guy's not professional. Forget this dude, 83 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:18,440 Speaker 2: like straight up just out at him and then got 84 00:05:18,520 --> 00:05:22,039 Speaker 2: handed the franchise, became a bigger star than Vin, and 85 00:05:22,080 --> 00:05:24,960 Speaker 2: then they worked out their differences, and then publicly again 86 00:05:25,040 --> 00:05:27,240 Speaker 2: he said, hey, we're all good. Now we're cool, so 87 00:05:27,279 --> 00:05:30,080 Speaker 2: everybody can leave it alone. But that's crazy to come 88 00:05:30,080 --> 00:05:32,839 Speaker 2: in and just steal somebody's franchise like that. That's like 89 00:05:33,880 --> 00:05:37,120 Speaker 2: that storyline in Days of Thunder when Carrie Always the 90 00:05:37,160 --> 00:05:40,640 Speaker 2: young rookie driver comes and it's gonna take Tom Cruise's 91 00:05:40,760 --> 00:05:44,320 Speaker 2: character Cole Trickle's job. That's right. I even saw that movie. 92 00:05:44,480 --> 00:05:48,080 Speaker 2: Not the best, but those car scenes were awesome. So yeah, 93 00:05:48,120 --> 00:05:50,599 Speaker 2: so we love the Rock. He kicked ass and he's 94 00:05:50,640 --> 00:05:53,800 Speaker 2: the man. Everybody loves the Rock. So we're gonna move 95 00:05:53,800 --> 00:05:57,760 Speaker 2: to John Cena and his acting career started within the 96 00:05:57,880 --> 00:06:03,520 Speaker 2: WWE Movie Network, and I don't I don't know if 97 00:06:03,520 --> 00:06:06,159 Speaker 2: they've made a good movie because I haven't seen all 98 00:06:06,160 --> 00:06:09,320 Speaker 2: of them. And this was a deal. Oh, I can 99 00:06:09,320 --> 00:06:12,000 Speaker 2: tell you guys a funny story about this. I think 100 00:06:12,040 --> 00:06:13,480 Speaker 2: I told it on the Pot. Yeah, I told it 101 00:06:13,520 --> 00:06:15,600 Speaker 2: in like season one, but we might have new listeners 102 00:06:15,920 --> 00:06:18,640 Speaker 2: The WWE thing was they had a deal with Walmart 103 00:06:18,680 --> 00:06:21,760 Speaker 2: where they would release movies on DVD directly to Walmart, 104 00:06:21,839 --> 00:06:24,880 Speaker 2: and it basically paid for itself. It's like a twenty 105 00:06:24,880 --> 00:06:27,600 Speaker 2: five million dollar deal. And they made five movies a year, 106 00:06:27,960 --> 00:06:29,680 Speaker 2: or it was a twenty million dollar deal, and they 107 00:06:29,680 --> 00:06:31,640 Speaker 2: made four movies a year, all of them for five 108 00:06:31,680 --> 00:06:35,880 Speaker 2: million dollars. And this one writer on the show was 109 00:06:35,920 --> 00:06:39,200 Speaker 2: a TV writer, and he said, Hey, I'm not really 110 00:06:39,240 --> 00:06:42,440 Speaker 2: well suited for to write for these wrestlers, but I 111 00:06:42,440 --> 00:06:45,200 Speaker 2: could take over your your movie network and help out there. 112 00:06:45,240 --> 00:06:47,400 Speaker 2: That's where my experience is. Even though he'd never made 113 00:06:47,440 --> 00:06:50,080 Speaker 2: a movie, he'd only been in television, but he hustled 114 00:06:50,240 --> 00:06:53,520 Speaker 2: his way into the jobs. And I don't hate a hustle. 115 00:06:53,600 --> 00:06:56,480 Speaker 2: But what happened next I thought was shady. So this 116 00:06:56,600 --> 00:07:02,320 Speaker 2: dude started selling his own scripts to himself, scripts that 117 00:07:02,440 --> 00:07:08,120 Speaker 2: like didn't get made in Hollywood, and they started making 118 00:07:08,200 --> 00:07:11,240 Speaker 2: those movies. And I was like, yo, what that's mad, 119 00:07:11,320 --> 00:07:15,200 Speaker 2: dirty man? And so Vince asked me if I watched 120 00:07:15,400 --> 00:07:18,200 Speaker 2: whatever the movie was that I don't remember. I was like, no, man, don't. 121 00:07:18,280 --> 00:07:20,040 Speaker 2: I don't watch your movies. And he was like, why not? 122 00:07:20,440 --> 00:07:22,680 Speaker 2: I go, they're not good man, And he's like, well, 123 00:07:22,680 --> 00:07:24,520 Speaker 2: not all yours have been good. I go, that's true. 124 00:07:24,560 --> 00:07:27,360 Speaker 2: I go, but none of yours have been good. He goes, well, 125 00:07:27,400 --> 00:07:28,920 Speaker 2: what do you think about the guy? And I go, well, 126 00:07:28,960 --> 00:07:31,680 Speaker 2: he's selling you his own scripts, man, so you know 127 00:07:31,800 --> 00:07:34,520 Speaker 2: what does that tell you? And I go, I don't 128 00:07:34,520 --> 00:07:37,200 Speaker 2: think that should be going down, but it's your company. 129 00:07:37,200 --> 00:07:39,800 Speaker 2: And he goes, Freddy, it's yeah, it was twenty there 130 00:07:39,840 --> 00:07:41,480 Speaker 2: was four a year for twenty minute. He goes, Freddy, 131 00:07:41,600 --> 00:07:44,320 Speaker 2: it's twenty million dollars. Now get on the goddamn plane. 132 00:07:44,800 --> 00:07:48,320 Speaker 2: Then I was just like, uh, okay, could I please 133 00:07:48,360 --> 00:07:52,160 Speaker 2: have this guy's job. I wrote some dog scripts that 134 00:07:52,240 --> 00:07:55,120 Speaker 2: didn't get sold. Well, make the shit out of these 135 00:07:55,200 --> 00:07:59,280 Speaker 2: bad boys? What the hell? Man? John Cena started in 136 00:07:59,320 --> 00:08:02,760 Speaker 2: the WW movies in a series called The Marine, which 137 00:08:02,800 --> 00:08:05,600 Speaker 2: I think has been taken over by the Miz. I 138 00:08:05,600 --> 00:08:07,720 Speaker 2: think Dolph Ziggler's been in a couple they do like 139 00:08:07,880 --> 00:08:10,120 Speaker 2: action movies, and they've done a couple like dramas too. 140 00:08:10,920 --> 00:08:13,800 Speaker 2: So that's not like that's well, I'll say this, that's 141 00:08:13,880 --> 00:08:17,720 Speaker 2: humble beginnings, right, because it's no money and he's probably 142 00:08:17,720 --> 00:08:19,440 Speaker 2: not even getting paid that much extra to do the 143 00:08:19,480 --> 00:08:22,800 Speaker 2: movie because Vince probably counts it as all encompassing of 144 00:08:22,840 --> 00:08:25,800 Speaker 2: your WWE contract. So he started with that and he 145 00:08:25,880 --> 00:08:28,480 Speaker 2: actually did a good job and kind of found his 146 00:08:28,560 --> 00:08:32,320 Speaker 2: wrestling character through that movie, carried it over, and it 147 00:08:32,360 --> 00:08:34,640 Speaker 2: was a good way for him to take all that 148 00:08:34,760 --> 00:08:37,240 Speaker 2: PG heat that he had to take from the fans 149 00:08:37,280 --> 00:08:39,839 Speaker 2: that wanted an R rated product or at least a 150 00:08:39,920 --> 00:08:43,240 Speaker 2: PG thirteen rated product, and everyone took a piece out 151 00:08:43,280 --> 00:08:46,920 Speaker 2: of him, but that marine character, that marine persona sort 152 00:08:46,960 --> 00:08:50,800 Speaker 2: of held him together. Somehow. He did a great job 153 00:08:50,840 --> 00:08:55,720 Speaker 2: with it. And then you get to see the side 154 00:08:55,720 --> 00:08:58,360 Speaker 2: where everyone goes, we're gonna give John Cena a chance 155 00:08:58,800 --> 00:09:02,480 Speaker 2: in a movie called train Wreck with Amy Schumer, and 156 00:09:02,520 --> 00:09:05,920 Speaker 2: the dude was super low key funny in this movie, 157 00:09:05,960 --> 00:09:09,800 Speaker 2: like low key sneaky funny, did great with the lines. 158 00:09:10,320 --> 00:09:12,959 Speaker 2: Whatever notes he got, he took him and ran with him. 159 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:15,240 Speaker 2: If he just came up with all that on his own, 160 00:09:15,679 --> 00:09:17,640 Speaker 2: as far as his take on those lines, and shout 161 00:09:17,640 --> 00:09:20,840 Speaker 2: out to him for that, that's it was waste, just sneaky, 162 00:09:20,920 --> 00:09:23,760 Speaker 2: sneaky good. And once people saw that, then it was 163 00:09:23,840 --> 00:09:27,520 Speaker 2: game over. Hollywood was gonna take him, and John didn't 164 00:09:27,559 --> 00:09:29,600 Speaker 2: like me when I was at WWE, because I was 165 00:09:29,600 --> 00:09:32,320 Speaker 2: from Hollywood and he hated Hollywood. And I never got 166 00:09:32,320 --> 00:09:34,440 Speaker 2: mad at him because I always knew this day would 167 00:09:34,480 --> 00:09:37,360 Speaker 2: come where Hollywood would come calling for him because he 168 00:09:37,400 --> 00:09:38,760 Speaker 2: was a good actor. I always thought he should have 169 00:09:38,760 --> 00:09:41,880 Speaker 2: been g Joe in the Jed Jo movies. And they 170 00:09:41,920 --> 00:09:45,200 Speaker 2: did come calling, and the DC universe got their hands 171 00:09:45,200 --> 00:09:48,440 Speaker 2: on him, and now he's a Hollywood movie star. He 172 00:09:48,520 --> 00:09:52,000 Speaker 2: became what he hated most, but he's done great with it. 173 00:09:52,440 --> 00:09:56,160 Speaker 2: Like I said, he found that marine character, that serious version, 174 00:09:56,679 --> 00:09:59,840 Speaker 2: and then he showed this complete opposite side and train wreck, 175 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:02,240 Speaker 2: and that demonstrated a lot of range for him to 176 00:10:02,280 --> 00:10:05,160 Speaker 2: get Peacemaker, which needed both those things right in order 177 00:10:05,200 --> 00:10:06,920 Speaker 2: to work. And I thought he did a just a 178 00:10:06,960 --> 00:10:17,720 Speaker 2: splendid job. Now we're gonna get to the best of 179 00:10:17,760 --> 00:10:20,840 Speaker 2: the damn bunch, and I think it's the biggest surprise 180 00:10:20,920 --> 00:10:24,440 Speaker 2: to everyone, not now obviously, but when it happened, and 181 00:10:24,480 --> 00:10:29,520 Speaker 2: that's Dave Batista. I'm going to start by spoiling the ending. 182 00:10:29,800 --> 00:10:33,320 Speaker 2: Dave's the best actor out of every wrestler that's turned 183 00:10:33,360 --> 00:10:37,000 Speaker 2: actor that's gone into movies, and you've been able to 184 00:10:37,080 --> 00:10:43,840 Speaker 2: watch this growth from film to film, and it's like 185 00:10:43,960 --> 00:10:46,840 Speaker 2: watching a five year old hit a growth spurt where 186 00:10:46,840 --> 00:10:49,400 Speaker 2: you're just like, man, two weeks ago, you were this 187 00:10:49,480 --> 00:10:51,880 Speaker 2: little dude, and now you're like four inches bigger. What 188 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:55,640 Speaker 2: the hell happened? That's every movie he does, he is 189 00:10:55,760 --> 00:11:03,040 Speaker 2: significantly significantly better each time. Every performance he's put out 190 00:11:03,120 --> 00:11:07,920 Speaker 2: is superior to the last one, every single time. I 191 00:11:07,960 --> 00:11:13,000 Speaker 2: don't know how he's developing these tools so quickly, but 192 00:11:13,160 --> 00:11:16,839 Speaker 2: he's developing these tools quickly, and I can't wait to 193 00:11:16,880 --> 00:11:19,400 Speaker 2: see where it goes from here. I don't think anybody 194 00:11:19,440 --> 00:11:22,040 Speaker 2: saw this coming out of WWE ing, and granted the 195 00:11:22,040 --> 00:11:25,600 Speaker 2: writing wasn't the best, he just he seemed like a 196 00:11:25,600 --> 00:11:28,680 Speaker 2: lifetime wrestler, even when he decided to leave. I don't 197 00:11:28,720 --> 00:11:30,800 Speaker 2: know if everyone was like, oh, yeah, this is going 198 00:11:30,880 --> 00:11:33,440 Speaker 2: to work out, He's going to be a big star. 199 00:11:34,200 --> 00:11:39,959 Speaker 2: And then out of nowhere, here he comes. And once 200 00:11:40,040 --> 00:11:44,280 Speaker 2: this dude took off, I don't know anybody who went, oh, 201 00:11:44,320 --> 00:11:46,440 Speaker 2: but it'll just be a one time thing. I think 202 00:11:46,520 --> 00:11:50,439 Speaker 2: everybody saw it. Once he got the opportunity and Guardians 203 00:11:50,440 --> 00:11:54,719 Speaker 2: of the Galaxy, he wasn't just the big guy now. 204 00:11:54,760 --> 00:11:57,360 Speaker 2: Granted they gave him the opportunity to show a little 205 00:11:57,400 --> 00:12:00,720 Speaker 2: bit of range as that series developed, right, But from 206 00:12:00,760 --> 00:12:05,680 Speaker 2: that to Doune to the one that I love that 207 00:12:05,720 --> 00:12:08,120 Speaker 2: he took a real chance on. People go, oh, the Mandalorian, 208 00:12:08,120 --> 00:12:10,400 Speaker 2: the Mandalorian, that's cameo and that stuff's easy to do. 209 00:12:10,520 --> 00:12:13,559 Speaker 2: Star Wars is easy. What's hard to do is a 210 00:12:13,640 --> 00:12:16,160 Speaker 2: knock at the cabin. What's hard to do is an 211 00:12:16,280 --> 00:12:20,760 Speaker 2: M Knight shamalandvill And he pursued this role, He actively 212 00:12:20,840 --> 00:12:23,360 Speaker 2: pursued it. YO, take a chance on me, Let me 213 00:12:23,400 --> 00:12:25,440 Speaker 2: show you what I can do. And a guy like 214 00:12:25,600 --> 00:12:28,360 Speaker 2: m Night is cool like that. He likes that kind 215 00:12:28,400 --> 00:12:30,280 Speaker 2: of a challenge, or I should say that kind of 216 00:12:30,320 --> 00:12:32,760 Speaker 2: an opportunity is more the way he looks at it. 217 00:12:33,240 --> 00:12:35,960 Speaker 2: And I'm not buddies with him, but I know of 218 00:12:36,040 --> 00:12:38,319 Speaker 2: him professionally, and I think we've met like two or 219 00:12:38,320 --> 00:12:41,959 Speaker 2: three times just to say hello. But I know his 220 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:44,720 Speaker 2: work ethic and I know that that's the kind of 221 00:12:44,720 --> 00:12:47,280 Speaker 2: thing he would respond to. And for Dave to put 222 00:12:47,280 --> 00:12:53,480 Speaker 2: out a performance at that level this early in his career, 223 00:12:53,920 --> 00:12:57,640 Speaker 2: lets you know a what kind of range she has 224 00:12:57,880 --> 00:13:02,200 Speaker 2: and be the expected longngevity that we should see over 225 00:13:02,240 --> 00:13:05,040 Speaker 2: the next you know, twenty years that this guy, or 226 00:13:05,080 --> 00:13:07,080 Speaker 2: however long he wants to do it, I don't see 227 00:13:07,120 --> 00:13:09,920 Speaker 2: him stopping. And he's lost so much weight that he 228 00:13:10,160 --> 00:13:12,760 Speaker 2: only looks like a hulk if you need him to. 229 00:13:12,880 --> 00:13:15,040 Speaker 2: And he can beef up, but he's lost a lot 230 00:13:15,080 --> 00:13:17,720 Speaker 2: of weight, so there's a lot more simple roles. I mean, hell, 231 00:13:17,800 --> 00:13:21,960 Speaker 2: he's done a damn like Buddy Cop movie now. I 232 00:13:21,960 --> 00:13:24,560 Speaker 2: think with Jason Momoa, he did that movie with the 233 00:13:24,679 --> 00:13:27,280 Speaker 2: kid where he's the you know, the grizzled cop and 234 00:13:27,320 --> 00:13:29,360 Speaker 2: it's the kid who's going to soften him up like that. 235 00:13:29,480 --> 00:13:32,520 Speaker 2: When Burt Reynolds tried to do it, it didn't work for 236 00:13:32,559 --> 00:13:34,880 Speaker 2: either one of them. By the way, Sorry Dave, we've 237 00:13:34,880 --> 00:13:37,800 Speaker 2: all got some dogs. Maybe I got some dogs in 238 00:13:37,880 --> 00:13:41,760 Speaker 2: my doghouse too. There's not an empty doghouse in Hollywood, 239 00:13:41,800 --> 00:13:44,840 Speaker 2: I promise you that. But yeah, man, Dave's the man. 240 00:13:45,120 --> 00:13:47,480 Speaker 2: I think he's the best out of every wrestler that's 241 00:13:47,520 --> 00:13:50,360 Speaker 2: tried to do it. I will say this, if bray 242 00:13:50,400 --> 00:13:54,240 Speaker 2: Wyatt had gotten the opportunity to do films, I think 243 00:13:54,280 --> 00:13:59,160 Speaker 2: he would have been special. I mentioned a couple months 244 00:13:59,200 --> 00:14:02,600 Speaker 2: ago on the podcast that there was a movie I 245 00:14:02,640 --> 00:14:05,319 Speaker 2: was going to do it was a little independent movie 246 00:14:05,720 --> 00:14:08,080 Speaker 2: and the budget fell apart. There was a role for him, 247 00:14:08,120 --> 00:14:10,280 Speaker 2: a big role. It was kind of like to save 248 00:14:10,360 --> 00:14:12,720 Speaker 2: the Day role, and he was going to actually play 249 00:14:12,720 --> 00:14:15,120 Speaker 2: a Carney everything. It was a horror movie that took 250 00:14:15,120 --> 00:14:17,560 Speaker 2: place at a carnival and he's the guy that kind 251 00:14:17,559 --> 00:14:19,240 Speaker 2: of saves that it helps me and my daughter so 252 00:14:19,280 --> 00:14:23,480 Speaker 2: that we can escape, and sacrifices himself. And he was 253 00:14:23,520 --> 00:14:26,400 Speaker 2: so ready for it, and he was so perfect. I 254 00:14:26,480 --> 00:14:28,480 Speaker 2: knew he was perfect for it. I told the producers. 255 00:14:28,480 --> 00:14:31,120 Speaker 2: I was like, just look at him and watch this 256 00:14:31,160 --> 00:14:33,800 Speaker 2: one promo. I sent them a promo that he cut 257 00:14:34,080 --> 00:14:35,920 Speaker 2: and I said, you're going to fall in love with him. 258 00:14:36,000 --> 00:14:37,640 Speaker 2: And they watched him. They're like, oh my god, we 259 00:14:37,680 --> 00:14:39,440 Speaker 2: want to make the role bigger. I was like, do it. 260 00:14:39,480 --> 00:14:42,960 Speaker 2: He can handle it, like the guy's a creative genius 261 00:14:43,000 --> 00:14:45,280 Speaker 2: in the wrestling world. And they agreed and we were 262 00:14:45,320 --> 00:14:46,880 Speaker 2: both going to do it. And like I said, the 263 00:14:46,880 --> 00:14:50,120 Speaker 2: budget fell apart. It's hard with independent movies. You think 264 00:14:50,200 --> 00:14:55,120 Speaker 2: independent wrestling stuff, movies fall apart every single day in 265 00:14:55,200 --> 00:14:58,800 Speaker 2: this business. It's crazy. So just a little side quest 266 00:14:58,800 --> 00:15:02,480 Speaker 2: there on brain and then we get to the worst 267 00:15:02,520 --> 00:15:08,480 Speaker 2: of the bunch, Hulk Hogan. That's right, ladies and gentlemen. 268 00:15:09,240 --> 00:15:11,120 Speaker 2: You're hero from the eighties that told you to take 269 00:15:11,200 --> 00:15:18,040 Speaker 2: vitamins and lied about steroids and well just about everything 270 00:15:18,040 --> 00:15:22,760 Speaker 2: he's ever talked about. Jesus Christ. You guys are fans 271 00:15:22,800 --> 00:15:25,240 Speaker 2: of Haul Cogan, but that's because your moms and dads 272 00:15:25,280 --> 00:15:27,200 Speaker 2: buy you the pay per views and you saw him win. 273 00:15:27,520 --> 00:15:29,720 Speaker 2: I saw him get screwed over all the time by 274 00:15:29,760 --> 00:15:31,880 Speaker 2: the bad guys, and my mom did not buy the 275 00:15:31,880 --> 00:15:33,880 Speaker 2: pay per views, so I rooted for the bad guys 276 00:15:33,880 --> 00:15:38,000 Speaker 2: in professional wrestling. But that's neither here nor there. What's 277 00:15:38,040 --> 00:15:43,160 Speaker 2: important is not Rocky three or he was actually I'll 278 00:15:43,160 --> 00:15:44,960 Speaker 2: give him that, and Rocky three he was actually good. 279 00:15:44,960 --> 00:15:47,080 Speaker 2: He just had to play a menacing crazy guy, which 280 00:15:47,120 --> 00:15:49,960 Speaker 2: was cool. But then we get to these gems known 281 00:15:49,960 --> 00:15:57,320 Speaker 2: as no holds barred, Suburban Commando, three Ninjas, Suburban command 282 00:15:57,360 --> 00:15:59,200 Speaker 2: I think that was all with the speedboat that was 283 00:15:59,240 --> 00:16:03,160 Speaker 2: the the roughest one to get through. And I go 284 00:16:03,240 --> 00:16:06,160 Speaker 2: to movies wanting to find something to like. I don't 285 00:16:06,160 --> 00:16:10,680 Speaker 2: go there looking to hate on these things. This was unwatchable. 286 00:16:11,200 --> 00:16:15,680 Speaker 2: And I say that knowing I have dogs in my backyard, 287 00:16:16,400 --> 00:16:21,880 Speaker 2: but everyone does. But they're not all dogs. You can't 288 00:16:21,960 --> 00:16:25,560 Speaker 2: have you can't have all dogs. And then blame other 289 00:16:25,600 --> 00:16:27,960 Speaker 2: people for the movies not doing well. That was another 290 00:16:28,040 --> 00:16:30,600 Speaker 2: thing you always have, like, well, the writers did this, 291 00:16:30,760 --> 00:16:33,720 Speaker 2: the studio did this. No man, suburban commando is not 292 00:16:33,920 --> 00:16:36,880 Speaker 2: a good idea. They tried it again with Vin Diesel 293 00:16:37,160 --> 00:16:41,320 Speaker 2: into two thousands. What was that called the pacifier? The pacifier? 294 00:16:41,640 --> 00:16:44,880 Speaker 2: He's a nanny, an ex Navy seal. Guess how many 295 00:16:44,880 --> 00:16:49,000 Speaker 2: people saw that? One zero, so that does not count. 296 00:16:49,400 --> 00:16:51,320 Speaker 2: But yeah, we're not going to spend too much time 297 00:16:51,640 --> 00:16:53,880 Speaker 2: speaking about the acting career of hault Cogan because there 298 00:16:53,920 --> 00:16:56,560 Speaker 2: wasn't a lot of acting. They tried to surround him 299 00:16:56,600 --> 00:16:59,880 Speaker 2: with charming people. But the movies just didn't work. Man, 300 00:17:00,440 --> 00:17:03,960 Speaker 2: it never did once. They should have. They should have 301 00:17:04,000 --> 00:17:05,800 Speaker 2: put him in Harry and the Henderson's or something. He 302 00:17:05,800 --> 00:17:07,600 Speaker 2: could have been a good Harry and then they wouldn't 303 00:17:07,600 --> 00:17:09,960 Speaker 2: have had to use that suit, all right, Moving on, 304 00:17:11,960 --> 00:17:14,160 Speaker 2: a big old hater on hul Cokee and Freddy. Why 305 00:17:14,160 --> 00:17:16,040 Speaker 2: he hates so much on him? I don't know. Those 306 00:17:16,040 --> 00:17:19,280 Speaker 2: movies just were rough men. They were sorry, and he 307 00:17:19,440 --> 00:17:23,000 Speaker 2: was you know, it was what he was now he 308 00:17:23,119 --> 00:17:26,160 Speaker 2: get to my favorite. Now I didn't say best, I've 309 00:17:26,160 --> 00:17:29,760 Speaker 2: already acknowledged Dave Batista's the best of the bunch, but 310 00:17:29,920 --> 00:17:34,080 Speaker 2: my favorite of all wrestlers turned actors. And for those 311 00:17:34,119 --> 00:17:36,959 Speaker 2: who see this on video or see our clips, if 312 00:17:36,960 --> 00:17:38,960 Speaker 2: you look over my shoulder, you already know what a 313 00:17:39,080 --> 00:17:41,840 Speaker 2: movie I'm talking about and what actor I'm talking about. 314 00:17:42,520 --> 00:17:49,480 Speaker 2: But mister Rowdy Roddy Piper, that's right, Rowdy Piper one 315 00:17:49,520 --> 00:17:52,600 Speaker 2: of my favorite wrestlers of all times, and he's in 316 00:17:52,960 --> 00:17:55,600 Speaker 2: one of my favorite movies of all time, which is 317 00:17:55,680 --> 00:17:59,520 Speaker 2: They Live, John Carpenter's They Live. Now. For those of 318 00:17:59,560 --> 00:18:03,600 Speaker 2: you who have not seen this movie, if you claim 319 00:18:03,720 --> 00:18:06,919 Speaker 2: to enjoy what I have to say in any way, 320 00:18:07,200 --> 00:18:10,920 Speaker 2: then I demand. I've never made a demand in my life. 321 00:18:11,480 --> 00:18:17,439 Speaker 2: I demand, I'm serious that you watch this movie. You 322 00:18:17,480 --> 00:18:23,439 Speaker 2: will love it for its poignancy, for its irreverence, for 323 00:18:23,560 --> 00:18:28,119 Speaker 2: its campiness at times, whether it's intentional or not. You 324 00:18:28,160 --> 00:18:33,480 Speaker 2: will love it thematically. You will love Roddy Piper's performance. 325 00:18:34,200 --> 00:18:39,480 Speaker 2: You will love Keith David's performance, who's his co star 326 00:18:39,560 --> 00:18:41,840 Speaker 2: in the film. Black Duty was the voice of Spawned 327 00:18:41,880 --> 00:18:43,520 Speaker 2: on the animated series Back in the day, It has 328 00:18:43,560 --> 00:18:46,119 Speaker 2: been in like a million TV shows and movies, and 329 00:18:46,160 --> 00:18:48,399 Speaker 2: he was one of my dad's best friends back in 330 00:18:48,400 --> 00:18:52,040 Speaker 2: the day. Y'all side quest. My dad went to the 331 00:18:52,080 --> 00:18:54,880 Speaker 2: Fame School in New York that remember that show Fame. 332 00:18:55,640 --> 00:19:01,000 Speaker 2: I'm on a Live He went there. He d because 333 00:19:01,000 --> 00:19:03,240 Speaker 2: he got an opportunity to be on the Milton Burle Show, 334 00:19:03,240 --> 00:19:05,040 Speaker 2: which was like a big late night talk show and 335 00:19:05,119 --> 00:19:09,560 Speaker 2: comedians could get over huge. But he was in the 336 00:19:09,600 --> 00:19:13,720 Speaker 2: school play of My In of Mice and Men with 337 00:19:14,040 --> 00:19:17,360 Speaker 2: Keith David and they were playing George and Lenny, and 338 00:19:17,520 --> 00:19:19,760 Speaker 2: Keith said, one day, your dad just didn't show up 339 00:19:20,080 --> 00:19:22,199 Speaker 2: to school, and we knew it's because he made it. 340 00:19:22,280 --> 00:19:24,119 Speaker 2: He had been telling us for the last couple of weeks. 341 00:19:24,520 --> 00:19:27,159 Speaker 2: I auditioned. I think I'm gonna audition at this club. 342 00:19:27,480 --> 00:19:31,280 Speaker 2: He was only seventeen. Seventeen, Yeah, I think seventeen. I 343 00:19:31,320 --> 00:19:33,879 Speaker 2: auditioned at this club, and I think They're gonna put 344 00:19:33,920 --> 00:19:35,879 Speaker 2: me on the Milton Borrough Show. He's the king of comedy. 345 00:19:35,920 --> 00:19:37,680 Speaker 2: That's why my dad changed his last name to Prince, 346 00:19:37,720 --> 00:19:39,720 Speaker 2: because Milton Brow was the King of comedy. He wanted 347 00:19:39,720 --> 00:19:42,000 Speaker 2: to be the Prince of comedy and he just kept 348 00:19:42,040 --> 00:19:44,199 Speaker 2: the ze in his last name out of respect and 349 00:19:44,320 --> 00:19:47,320 Speaker 2: changed his last name to prince. So my name is 350 00:19:47,359 --> 00:19:59,879 Speaker 2: fake people fake. But yeah, so anyway, this movie is awesome. 351 00:20:00,080 --> 00:20:03,080 Speaker 2: It's about aliens. It's not are they coming to invade. 352 00:20:03,080 --> 00:20:06,040 Speaker 2: They already invaded. They already took over and they're already 353 00:20:06,080 --> 00:20:08,840 Speaker 2: running the government. And the only way you can see 354 00:20:08,920 --> 00:20:11,560 Speaker 2: who the truth humans are and who the aliens are 355 00:20:11,640 --> 00:20:13,639 Speaker 2: or through these sunglasses that have been made by the 356 00:20:13,720 --> 00:20:17,080 Speaker 2: resistance that show you the true face behind the facade 357 00:20:17,119 --> 00:20:19,879 Speaker 2: that they're projecting. And you can also see the truth 358 00:20:19,880 --> 00:20:23,480 Speaker 2: in advertising, which is the subliminal messaging in every billboard 359 00:20:23,520 --> 00:20:26,639 Speaker 2: and bus stop sign that you see, in every commercial 360 00:20:26,680 --> 00:20:29,560 Speaker 2: that's on television, and every political message that you see, 361 00:20:29,640 --> 00:20:35,680 Speaker 2: subliminal messaging everywhere in every newspaper you read. What's a newspaper? Shit? Anyway, 362 00:20:37,200 --> 00:20:42,160 Speaker 2: this movie's awesome. Roddy Piper is perfect in this movie, 363 00:20:42,160 --> 00:20:44,760 Speaker 2: and he's so big that when they come to beat 364 00:20:44,800 --> 00:20:47,879 Speaker 2: his ass, you already know like, oh, you're done, Like 365 00:20:47,960 --> 00:20:50,920 Speaker 2: your ass is getting kicked, and it does. And I'll 366 00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:53,520 Speaker 2: challenge anyway, if you want to debate this, maybe we 367 00:20:53,560 --> 00:20:56,439 Speaker 2: could debate this all day. You will lose it'll be 368 00:20:56,520 --> 00:20:59,639 Speaker 2: a straight squash match. You won't allow out. I'm Goldberg 369 00:20:59,680 --> 00:21:01,840 Speaker 2: and you're opponent number one. You know what I'm saying. 370 00:21:02,160 --> 00:21:04,439 Speaker 2: That's how bad the beat down will beat best line 371 00:21:05,119 --> 00:21:09,520 Speaker 2: in the history of cinema. It's Roddy Piper and he's 372 00:21:09,520 --> 00:21:12,240 Speaker 2: wearing the sunglasses so he knows the truth. And these 373 00:21:12,280 --> 00:21:14,320 Speaker 2: cops that were really aliens tried to take him down. 374 00:21:14,400 --> 00:21:17,119 Speaker 2: Baboo got the first one. What want some to watch 375 00:21:17,119 --> 00:21:19,800 Speaker 2: out your check? Bob home shotgun right to the chest, 376 00:21:19,880 --> 00:21:22,359 Speaker 2: got them both and now he knows he knows the 377 00:21:22,400 --> 00:21:24,359 Speaker 2: aliens are here, and he's not having it because he's 378 00:21:24,400 --> 00:21:26,880 Speaker 2: a man's man. He runs into this bank, he's got 379 00:21:26,920 --> 00:21:29,720 Speaker 2: the shades on, he's got the shotgun out, and he 380 00:21:29,760 --> 00:21:31,679 Speaker 2: sees that some of the people in the bank are 381 00:21:31,720 --> 00:21:34,520 Speaker 2: aliens and he goes cuts this line so much better 382 00:21:34,560 --> 00:21:37,240 Speaker 2: than I ever could. He says, I have come here 383 00:21:37,320 --> 00:21:42,560 Speaker 2: to chew bubble gum and kick ass, and I'm all 384 00:21:42,600 --> 00:21:47,520 Speaker 2: out of bubblegum. Bah blah. Alien on the back wall, 385 00:21:47,600 --> 00:21:51,480 Speaker 2: splattered next alien Bob omskis he's done too. You get 386 00:21:51,480 --> 00:21:54,840 Speaker 2: the idea. He kicks ass and saves the entire world 387 00:21:55,200 --> 00:22:00,119 Speaker 2: from an alien Invasion because he's Roddy Piper. Finally, I 388 00:22:00,160 --> 00:22:01,879 Speaker 2: wish Jeff was here because this is one of his 389 00:22:01,960 --> 00:22:07,119 Speaker 2: favorite movies. There's a movie called Hell Comes to frog Town. 390 00:22:08,160 --> 00:22:11,000 Speaker 2: Hell Comes to frog Town, but it's not Hell in 391 00:22:11,040 --> 00:22:14,760 Speaker 2: the way you think Hell is Roddy. Roddy Piper's character, 392 00:22:15,040 --> 00:22:18,320 Speaker 2: Sam Hell one of the last men on Earth, and 393 00:22:18,359 --> 00:22:20,679 Speaker 2: the theme of this movie is seventy percent of the 394 00:22:20,760 --> 00:22:24,840 Speaker 2: men's population on the planet is Donzo's gone and the 395 00:22:24,840 --> 00:22:29,120 Speaker 2: rest of the population is basically sterile, and in order 396 00:22:30,160 --> 00:22:34,119 Speaker 2: in order to save humanity, this guy, Sam Hill becomes 397 00:22:34,160 --> 00:22:37,360 Speaker 2: the most wanted man in the universe because he's very virile. 398 00:22:39,880 --> 00:22:44,680 Speaker 2: He has to go to this town that's like under 399 00:22:44,720 --> 00:22:47,760 Speaker 2: the control of these frog human people and he has 400 00:22:47,840 --> 00:22:50,359 Speaker 2: to save the women there and impregnate them so that 401 00:22:50,400 --> 00:22:53,600 Speaker 2: there can be the human species can get back to 402 00:22:53,640 --> 00:22:56,960 Speaker 2: where it needs to be. Every horn dumb guy in 403 00:22:57,000 --> 00:22:59,359 Speaker 2: the eighties would want to play that role. Are you 404 00:22:59,440 --> 00:23:02,840 Speaker 2: kidding me? This is a real movie. It actually got made, 405 00:23:02,920 --> 00:23:05,800 Speaker 2: and Piper's actually really couldn't it because he sort of 406 00:23:05,840 --> 00:23:08,080 Speaker 2: takes the piss the way you should in these types 407 00:23:08,119 --> 00:23:10,200 Speaker 2: of films. He doesn't look into the camera and give 408 00:23:10,200 --> 00:23:12,359 Speaker 2: you a nod and a wink the way Eddie Murphy would, 409 00:23:12,560 --> 00:23:14,080 Speaker 2: but he lets you know what he thinks of the 410 00:23:14,119 --> 00:23:16,480 Speaker 2: dialogue from time to time based on the way he 411 00:23:16,560 --> 00:23:20,480 Speaker 2: performs it. I love Roddy Piper. I got to see 412 00:23:20,560 --> 00:23:24,960 Speaker 2: him perform stand up comedy one time and it was awesome. 413 00:23:25,600 --> 00:23:28,919 Speaker 2: Big shout out to him, and may he rest in peace, 414 00:23:28,960 --> 00:23:32,440 Speaker 2: and I hope his family is proud of his contribution 415 00:23:32,520 --> 00:23:33,760 Speaker 2: that he was able to make because a lot of 416 00:23:33,800 --> 00:23:38,280 Speaker 2: people love it. We're gonna finish with Stone Cold Steve Austin. 417 00:23:38,359 --> 00:23:41,640 Speaker 2: What Stone Cold hasn't done a bunch of like feature 418 00:23:41,680 --> 00:23:47,359 Speaker 2: films outside of the big Expendables franchise, which they I 419 00:23:47,400 --> 00:23:51,200 Speaker 2: haven't seen any of the Expendable movies. I love Stallone. 420 00:23:51,560 --> 00:23:54,040 Speaker 2: I named my son Rocky for crying out loud. But 421 00:23:54,920 --> 00:23:58,200 Speaker 2: I just you know, there's half the dialogue is them 422 00:23:58,240 --> 00:24:03,719 Speaker 2: going ah, whoa No. It's like an episode of Dragon 423 00:24:03,720 --> 00:24:08,359 Speaker 2: ball Z where it's just two dudes going come man 424 00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:12,560 Speaker 2: and the other guy goes, and that's you know, the 425 00:24:12,600 --> 00:24:15,240 Speaker 2: episode's twenty two minutes. And that was twenty minutes of 426 00:24:15,280 --> 00:24:18,119 Speaker 2: the damn episode. And then finally hear someone go, wow, 427 00:24:18,200 --> 00:24:21,960 Speaker 2: you look pretty strong. Maybe we should fight. It's Michael 428 00:24:22,000 --> 00:24:25,679 Speaker 2: Cool Voys. Anyways, Stone Cold did a bunch of the 429 00:24:25,720 --> 00:24:27,520 Speaker 2: only one that I did see was the one on 430 00:24:27,560 --> 00:24:32,040 Speaker 2: the Island where he's the convict and he gets thrown 431 00:24:32,080 --> 00:24:35,359 Speaker 2: onto this island and he has to like fight for 432 00:24:35,400 --> 00:24:40,159 Speaker 2: his freedom. Anyway, stone Cold, he's pretty good man. He 433 00:24:40,200 --> 00:24:42,760 Speaker 2: can do his one thing, and I think he tries 434 00:24:42,840 --> 00:24:44,960 Speaker 2: to stick to that and knows that. Although I'd be 435 00:24:44,960 --> 00:24:48,199 Speaker 2: interested to see if he had any desire to branch 436 00:24:48,240 --> 00:24:50,880 Speaker 2: out and try a drama, maybe maybe he doesn't, which 437 00:24:50,920 --> 00:24:55,120 Speaker 2: is cool too. Listen. I hope you guys enjoyed this episode. 438 00:24:55,240 --> 00:24:57,119 Speaker 2: I got nothing but love for you. Thanks for always 439 00:24:57,160 --> 00:25:00,520 Speaker 2: tuning in. Thanks for tuning in Thursdays to unsanctioned days 440 00:25:00,520 --> 00:25:02,760 Speaker 2: as well. Make sure you check out my co host 441 00:25:02,840 --> 00:25:06,880 Speaker 2: Jeffdie on jeffdi Comedy dot com for dates. Uh maybe 442 00:25:06,920 --> 00:25:10,560 Speaker 2: he's coming to your city to make you laugh. I'm 443 00:25:10,600 --> 00:25:17,159 Speaker 2: Freddy Brinz Junior. This is Wrestling with Freddye. This has 444 00:25:17,200 --> 00:25:20,440 Speaker 2: been a production of Iheart'smichael Toura podcast Network. For more 445 00:25:20,480 --> 00:25:24,520 Speaker 2: podcasts from iHeartRadio, visit the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or 446 00:25:24,560 --> 00:25:26,440 Speaker 2: wherever you listen to your favorite show.