Speaker 1: Hey, everybody, and welcome to many crush mondays Chuck here
Speaker 1: and I'm by myself, everybody, it might get weird. There's
Speaker 1: no Knoll Ramsey hit record and left the room. So
Speaker 1: I'm sitting by myself and the stuff you should know
Speaker 1: studio without even Josh across from me, just me. So
Speaker 1: this might kids strange. Actually this is gonna be great.
Speaker 1: So my back was against the wall everyone because Noel's
Speaker 1: out of town. I didn't know it. We're all so busy,
Speaker 1: we're all going in ten million different directions lately, and
Speaker 1: uh where we sort of flo by the seat of
Speaker 1: our pants here on the show, which I kind of like.
Speaker 1: I think it kind of makes for a fun, loose
Speaker 1: experience for me as a host and for you as
Speaker 1: a listener at least, I hope. So I hope you're
Speaker 1: not saying, no, dude, that makes it super shitty, get
Speaker 1: your act together. But that's how we're doing it right
Speaker 1: now because we're surviving. So Noel is not here. That's
Speaker 1: a long way of saying that Noel is in l A.
Speaker 1: And I've been teasing him on Facebook. Uh from from
Speaker 1: Atlanta to l A, which is always kind of fun.
Speaker 1: So what I decided to do was just coming in
Speaker 1: the old studio by myself and not got a little
Speaker 1: mini crush. I'm just gonna do one like this, not
Speaker 1: the usual too, because I know how important Noel is
Speaker 1: to the show everybody, and we like to get him
Speaker 1: in here as much as possible. So what we're gonna do,
Speaker 1: everybody is go through a few of the Facebook queries
Speaker 1: that I posted earlier today and uh, you were really involved.
Speaker 1: That makes me super excited whenever I see hundreds of comments,
Speaker 1: and I'm gonna go through a few those, and then
Speaker 1: I'm going to finish up with a little bit of
Speaker 1: stream this because I've been watching a couple of great
Speaker 1: shows lately that I would like to spread the word about.
Speaker 1: So here we go, though, Let's go ahead and get
Speaker 1: started with some with some social studs, social studies, many
Speaker 1: crushed time social studies. Movie crush, I think the first thing, Yeah,
Speaker 1: here we go. What's your favorite family movie? Um, I'm
Speaker 1: kind of curious because I'd like to keep a running list.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna leave this one up to and m boy.
Speaker 1: I'm already seen a lot of princess brides, so let
Speaker 1: me just start with Princess Bride. This is from Sharon Woods.
Speaker 1: She was the first person to put that down. Certainly
Speaker 1: a favorite. Got a lot of hearts on that one. Uh.
Speaker 1: Don Morris had hook agreed. Brianna Whip Mary Poppins of course.
Speaker 1: And you know what, that new one looks pretty good.
Speaker 1: I gotta say the reboots and reimaginings are they get
Speaker 1: a little old sometimes, But I think Emily Blunt is
Speaker 1: Mary Poppins is kind of a no brainer. I can't
Speaker 1: wait to see what she does with that role. Uh.
Speaker 1: The Incredibles or Incredibles two from William Angus. Uh, let
Speaker 1: me see here the Muppet Movie from Aaliyah Ferrier. That's
Speaker 1: a real good one. Vanessa Lopez, by the way, Vanessa,
Speaker 1: thank you so much for your gift. Everyone. Vanessa sent
Speaker 1: in a one year anniversary gift because believe it or not,
Speaker 1: this is coming out Monday, I believe on Saturday. Uh Saturday,
Speaker 1: preceding this Monday, we celebrated our one year for a
Speaker 1: movie Crush, and that is really great. So um, it's
Speaker 1: been a lot of fun. It's been a lot of
Speaker 1: work as well, but it's all worth it because, like
Speaker 1: I have a good time every time I record one
Speaker 1: of these and every time I interact on Facebook with
Speaker 1: you folks, Uh, it puts me in a good mood.
Speaker 1: So I'm gonna keep doing it. You know. It's um,
Speaker 1: it's gratifying that there are that many of you out
Speaker 1: there that that loved movies and are supportive of the show.
Speaker 1: And it means a lot that we've been around for
Speaker 1: a year. And so I'm just gonna keep going. And
Speaker 1: Vanessa Lopez was kind enough to send us, uh said
Speaker 1: Noel and I gift of like coffee and peanut buttercups
Speaker 1: and popcorn and chips and uh, if you've noticed the theme,
Speaker 1: it's movie watching foods and so that was really really sweet.
Speaker 1: And she was kind enough to double it up and
Speaker 1: everything too, So Noel got someone, I got some. So
Speaker 1: thanks Vanessa. That really means a lot that you even
Speaker 1: recognized that it was the one year anniversary. And you
Speaker 1: also said the Princess Bride, So good for you, and
Speaker 1: thanks everyone. Uh. I was going to do that at
Speaker 1: the beginning of the show, so I hope you don't
Speaker 1: mind me squeezing it in there. Uh. Dan Maynard says,
Speaker 1: Home Alone. Of course, that's a great family movie, Michelle,
Speaker 1: but who Doggy. What a name? Appola Tegui, Appola Tegui.
Speaker 1: Michelle Paddington too. I have not seen that, um, but
Speaker 1: but I imagine pretty soon I'll be watching those Paddington movies.
Speaker 1: Jonathan Gerber's is Homeward Bound. That's a tough one man.
Speaker 1: Ashley Miller's his second hand Lions. I have not seen
Speaker 1: that one either. I got a lot of movie watching
Speaker 1: to do ahead of me. Everyone. Oh The sand Lot,
Speaker 1: of course, Elizabeth Worsley. You know, my big brother Scott
Speaker 1: worked on that. It's one of his claims to fame,
Speaker 1: is working on the great great movie The sand Lot.
Speaker 1: Um Anna Shrestas has Growing up, I was forced to
Speaker 1: watch Paint Your Wagon because it was my brother's favorite movie. Um,
Speaker 1: Paint Your Wagon? Is that a family movie? She even
Speaker 1: says the same thing. She doesn't know. John millsap He's
Speaker 1: on her page a lot, Hey John, He says, the
Speaker 1: Original Beauty and the Beast favorite Disney film for him.
Speaker 1: You know what, I never saw that one. I have
Speaker 1: a big gap Chuck holes. Chuck has holes, Disney holes,
Speaker 1: because there was a long time there where I did
Speaker 1: not see any or many of those Disney movies. But
Speaker 1: now I'm seeing them again because I've got a kid.
Speaker 1: That's how it works. Let me see here. Mario Escobar says, trolls. Yeah,
Speaker 1: that's a good one. My daughter loves that movie. Mike
Speaker 1: Mead says, it's a wonderful life. Uh. Mario Ursano lawson says,
Speaker 1: Christmas with the Cranks. She said, her kids love it.
Speaker 1: I've not seen that. Bo Shoemaker says big Yeah, Baby,
Speaker 1: that's a great one. One of my all time faves.
Speaker 1: I'll watch Big anytime. It's on. Such a heartwarming, sweet,
Speaker 1: sweet funny movie. Zack Pointer, old pal says, let me
Speaker 1: see here anime. My neighbor Totoro, I haven't seen that.
Speaker 1: He said, do yourself a favor and watch it with
Speaker 1: your little girl. All right, I'm gonna have to check
Speaker 1: that out. I know nothing about anime people, nothing, nothing,
Speaker 1: nothing at all. Michael Green's hays Babe to Piggot in
Speaker 1: the City. Also one of the favorite films of fellow
Speaker 1: podcast colleague Jesse Thorne of the maximun Network. In Bull's Eye,
Speaker 1: Laura Giles as Princess Pride Boy. There's a lot of
Speaker 1: those in there. Brian Thomas says, wal e, hen, you guys,
Speaker 1: hear that. Listen, can you hear that? If you can't
Speaker 1: hear that, it maybe in the background if you have
Speaker 1: headphones on. It's sounds like someone has a fucking drill
Speaker 1: into our ceiling. Um. And I'm just gonna keep going
Speaker 1: because I don't really care um. Karen Schlump hughes this.
Speaker 1: This is the sound of music, singing romance. Nazis something
Speaker 1: for everyone. It's very funny, that's true. I always forget
Speaker 1: about the Nazi part. It's kind of the whole background
Speaker 1: of that movie running from the Nazis. Oh, Sherry Jones,
Speaker 1: you know the way into my heart, she says. Emmett
Speaker 1: Otter's jug Band Christmas, Oh so great. Robert Lamb, everyone
Speaker 1: are Bud Robert that was in here last week. From
Speaker 1: Stuff to Blow your Mind says Current favorites The Dark Crystal,
Speaker 1: to Toro, Another to Toro and Pony. I gotta check
Speaker 1: out to Toro. I guess in fact, I'm gonna make
Speaker 1: a little note for myself right now. Rebecca Robe says Ghostbusters.
Speaker 1: Yeah for sure, except she didn't leave a question mark.
Speaker 1: I just did that, says the sand Lot. Also Clue
Speaker 1: and the Christmas story. I agree, all great A. J.
Speaker 1: Middle Stet says Adams Family, Casper Home Alone too, but
Speaker 1: nothing tops Explorers, heather Ingram never ending story, that's a
Speaker 1: good one. Nancy Winer says the Lego movie or Raiders
Speaker 1: of the Lost Arc for sure. Maybe if you have
Speaker 1: a little older, older kid, Raiders would be good. Another
Speaker 1: sand lot from Nick Jackson. Eric Miller says most recently
Speaker 1: Coco and uh, let me just do a couple of
Speaker 1: more of these. I'm gonna leave these up though. These
Speaker 1: are good recommendations. Everybody A Lisa Edwards says Fox in
Speaker 1: the Hound or Nightmare before Christmas. All right, let's finish
Speaker 1: with Mickey McGee because I like your name. We all
Speaker 1: love Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and our family. That's a
Speaker 1: good one, man, It's a good reck boy. Dick van Dyke.
Speaker 1: It's hard to beat Dick Van Dyke, everybody. I've tried,
Speaker 1: right too. I have tried to crush him, and he's
Speaker 1: very hard to beat. All right, let's move on. I
Speaker 1: think what did the next thing I asked here? Oh,
Speaker 1: this is a good one because I asked a lot
Speaker 1: about movies and actors and directors. Um, what's your favorite
Speaker 1: movie scene? Like your favorite scene in a movie. Um,
Speaker 1: which is not the same thing as favorite movie by
Speaker 1: any means, because there are some movies have great scenes
Speaker 1: that in movies that I didn't love. But we'll start
Speaker 1: off with Tammy Mitchell, who says, I love the ending
Speaker 1: of Clue Yes, when Wadsworth reveals her murderers Tim Curry
Speaker 1: is the best human. She says, it's pretty great. Jonathan.
Speaker 1: Let me see here. How do you pronounce your name, Jonathan? Jonathan?
Speaker 1: Uh says Pansky. That's what I'm gonna say. Thora Ragnarok,
Speaker 1: when Thor is flying in and Zeppelin kicks and he
Speaker 1: starts throwing lightning left and right. Yeah, man, that was
Speaker 1: pretty wicked scene. I love that, uh. Dan In assays
Speaker 1: the shining when Jack goes to the bar in the
Speaker 1: ballroom and slowly looks up to see Lloyd the bartender
Speaker 1: waiting for him. Yeah. Or in the same movie, says
Speaker 1: the bathroom scene with Grady. Yeah, man, that's a good one.
Speaker 1: Those are two really creepy scenes in that movie. Jonathan
Speaker 1: Netwood says a scene in Jaws where Schider, Dreyfuss, and
Speaker 1: Shaw are in the cabin drinking after dinner and having drinks,
Speaker 1: they start comparing Scars one of the great great scenes
Speaker 1: and one of the great great movies. Totally agree, my friend,
Speaker 1: let me see here, Zack Pointer, our old friends, says
Speaker 1: the pep Talk and Brave Heart. Sure, that's a good one.
Speaker 1: Joshua Brennan's is Back to the Future one, the climax
Speaker 1: with Marty and Dock trying to catch the lightning and
Speaker 1: send Marty back. Yeah. Time circuits not working, cables coming
Speaker 1: undone tree branch, and the score in the background is perfect. Yeah, man,
Speaker 1: that's a good one. Cam Hopman says it's it's a dinosaur.
Speaker 1: The scene with Sammy and Laura Dern and Jeff Goldblin
Speaker 1: when they first see those dinosaurs in Jurassic Park. Yeah, man,
Speaker 1: I got a bit when I saw that movie. Uh,
Speaker 1: pretty pretty great. And Vanessa Lopez, our old friend, agrees,
Speaker 1: Welcome to Jurassic Park. Everything about that moment with the
Speaker 1: swelling music and John Williams score, landscape filled with dinosaurs,
Speaker 1: it's pretty good, man, movie magic. I was a little
Speaker 1: bit older too. Imagine if I had seen uh, Jurassic
Speaker 1: Park when I was like that would have been even
Speaker 1: more special and mind blowing. It did a pretty good job,
Speaker 1: though as an as an older kid too. Uh Stellin Carlson,
Speaker 1: Hey dude, he says, one hour photo. Yeah, I saw
Speaker 1: that movie, Robin Williams psychological thriller. Suddenly, in a dream
Speaker 1: sequence of blood starts gushing from his eyes. It comes
Speaker 1: out of nowhere. He says, to this day, I still
Speaker 1: think about that scene. Who Stelen, I like your dark side,
Speaker 1: my friend. Christopher King says in Gangs of New York,
Speaker 1: the scene in which Bill cutting with a flag draped
Speaker 1: around his body, explains Amsterdam, why Bill cut his eye
Speaker 1: out and doing so, Bill is unknowingly recounting the death
Speaker 1: of a father to a son. Hey man, I'm on record,
Speaker 1: is saying that Gangs of New York was underrated. I
Speaker 1: said it before. Take camera and Diaz out of that movie.
Speaker 1: Put someone else in there, and it would have been
Speaker 1: maybe a potential classic from Mr Scorsese. Jason Eland says,
Speaker 1: tough question. So many iconic scenes, but he's going with
Speaker 1: rushmore Max Fisher's Vietnam play. That's pretty great, man, one
Speaker 1: of my faves. And in the usual Suspects the Kaiser
Speaker 1: SoSE Reveal yep and and Goodfellas, Speci's funny like a clown,
Speaker 1: so so many more. Man, those are great. I mean,
Speaker 1: that's like a a literal list of some of the
Speaker 1: great movie scenes in cinema. Eric Yanner says the scene
Speaker 1: and Terminator to and Linda Hamilton is shooting Robert Patrick
Speaker 1: repeatedly and pumping her shotgun one handed between shots. So sexy,
Speaker 1: he says, all right, never floats your boat, my friend,
Speaker 1: um let me see here, Brandy Hernandez says, And Wally
Speaker 1: when the captain is asking the spaceship computer to define
Speaker 1: all sorts of things and asks it to define Earth,
Speaker 1: and its bombarded and amazed by a bunch of pictures
Speaker 1: of places and people from all over the world. Wow,
Speaker 1: I forgot about that part. It's pretty good. Edwin Forrest
Speaker 1: Glenn says, Richie suicide scene in Royal Santa Bomb's, Oh
Speaker 1: man now and stuff. Elliott Smiths song Needle in the Hay,
Speaker 1: really really good stuff, I agree, my friend um Maria's
Speaker 1: Alexander h rot sides, Boy, that's that's a great name.
Speaker 1: Both Tarantino and Glorious Bastard's. When Shoshanna has the meeting
Speaker 1: with Landa and the other nazis over using her theater.
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, Oh my, that was tense. And uh in
Speaker 1: Reservo our dogs when they're all b sing at the
Speaker 1: diner at the beginning. Yeah, that's a great scene. One
Speaker 1: of my faves. Sherry Jones, says Philip Simore Hoffmann almost
Speaker 1: us the only true currency in this world is what
Speaker 1: we share with someone else when we're uncool. Oh man,
Speaker 1: what a great line. I miss Cameron Crow. He used
Speaker 1: to make the best movies. Come back to his camera
Speaker 1: and grow, That's what I say. Uh, Jenny Rodriguez, My
Speaker 1: favorite scene for a movie is the sex scene from
Speaker 1: The Departed. Kind of weird, but I just love how
Speaker 1: Leo's character is so broken and she sees that in
Speaker 1: him and that's how she knows that she can help him. Yeah,
Speaker 1: that was a good scene because I mean that's how
Speaker 1: you should do a sex scene to me, is when
Speaker 1: it really takes on deeper meaning uh, and there's like
Speaker 1: layers going on and not just like let's just throw
Speaker 1: on a sex scene. I totally agree with that. Trent More,
Speaker 1: the coin toss scene and No Country, No Country for
Speaker 1: All Men is a masterclass and pretty much every aspect
Speaker 1: of filmmaking. YEP, agreed Robert lamb Or all. Bud says,
Speaker 1: bad Dates. I mean, it's really hard to pick something.
Speaker 1: That scene has always been a favorite from our early
Speaker 1: days of watching film. Of course, what he's talking about
Speaker 1: is that great scene and Raiders of the Lost Dark
Speaker 1: that poor little monkey eats that date, that poison poison
Speaker 1: date kicks a can, very very cool. Melissa Andrey says,
Speaker 1: there's so many but the scene when Diana steps out
Speaker 1: of the trenches and wonder woman such an empowering moment.
Speaker 1: First time I saw it in the theaters, they've been
Speaker 1: shed a few tears, Melissa. I think I may have
Speaker 1: as well. And I'm just a dumb old guy. That
Speaker 1: was a great movie. I really enjoyed that. I can't
Speaker 1: wait to see the next one. So so good. Um
Speaker 1: let me see here. Steph Shannon says in Super eight,
Speaker 1: when Joe comes face to face with the alien, tells
Speaker 1: them that bad things happen, but we can still live.
Speaker 1: So impactful, you know what stuff. I need to see
Speaker 1: that again. I liked it, but it's sort of, uh,
Speaker 1: fell away from my memory not too long after I
Speaker 1: had seen it, and that been that may be one
Speaker 1: that I can revisit. Gayl kots, my old pal daintre
Speaker 1: Oven her nickname on Facebook, everyone is danger Ovan. I
Speaker 1: don't even know what that means. I have to ask
Speaker 1: you out what that means. So Kunt says the scene
Speaker 1: in Jaws, here's the swimming with bow legged women. Yes,
Speaker 1: one of my greats, she said. At one time, it
Speaker 1: was a text tone on my old phone. Oh, Koot's
Speaker 1: I love knowing that. I hope you guys are doing
Speaker 1: well there in Ohio. Luke Spen says Martin McFly seeing
Speaker 1: Johnny be good, The Enchantment under the Sea dance iconic. Uh,
Speaker 1: Scooter Thomas Burns says the Manor House raid in Skyfall.
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, that's totally a good one. Zak Low coming
Speaker 1: to America in the barbershop, Muhammad I Leave versays cash
Speaker 1: this clay. It's so good. I love coming to America.
Speaker 1: That's one of mine. In Emily's faves, Uh, let me
Speaker 1: see here, let's go through a few more of these. Um. Well,
Speaker 1: another one from The Departed. Gary Teak says at the
Speaker 1: end when Leo gets popped in the elevator, so shocking.
Speaker 1: I agree, man, that's that's a very underrated movie. In
Speaker 1: my opinion, I thought that The Departed was fan fucking tastic.
Speaker 1: Rebecca Robe barrel palaces, lock stock and two smoking barrels orbit.
Speaker 1: The Greek sequence the Mayhem is spectacular. Rin Karnats says
Speaker 1: the Opera Diva scene in the fifth element. But these
Speaker 1: are good. They're coming in from all over the place. Everybody,
Speaker 1: Oh roberdor that day scene from Beetlejuice, totally agree. Um,
Speaker 1: all right, everyone, this is going really well. And there's
Speaker 1: like three plus of these, so I might save some
Speaker 1: of these and keep doing this one over time best scenes.
Speaker 1: This is a good one. Yeah, I like it, so
Speaker 1: uh yeah, look for that soon and add your own
Speaker 1: onto the Facebook page. Just go to Facebook. Just just
Speaker 1: look it up movie Crush with Chuck Bryant on Facebook,
Speaker 1: because you know, the more you participate, the more fun
Speaker 1: I have, the more fun we all have. And then finally,
Speaker 1: let's finish up with the social studies. Uh, what's your
Speaker 1: favorite Nicolas Cage roll? Why not? We talked about Nicolas
Speaker 1: Cage all the time in this dumb show. Uh, so
Speaker 1: let's do it. Benjamin Johnson's gotta be the Rock or
Speaker 1: Raising Arizona. That's true, great roles. Kristen Glenn Kisser says, uh,
Speaker 1: I heart Peggy's Who Got Married? Not his best performance
Speaker 1: or his worst, but it just hits me in the
Speaker 1: right spot. I thought the movie was great. Kristen thoroughly
Speaker 1: enjoyed it, and his take on it was so weird
Speaker 1: that weird voice that he did that wasn't a good
Speaker 1: impression of it. But you know what I'm saying. Brad
Speaker 1: Honey says, anyone who doesn't say hi and raising Arizona
Speaker 1: is wrong. I don't know about that, but I agree.
Speaker 1: Michael Green, Hey, Michael, he's on this page a lot,
Speaker 1: very active, he said, toss up between his ultra nuanced
Speaker 1: performance and match stick Men and his master class and adaptation.
Speaker 1: It's hard not to pick adaptation everybody, Although raising Arizona
Speaker 1: it's it's very, very tough. And I haven't seen anybody
Speaker 1: yet say leaving Las Vegas. I'm waiting for that. Kenneth
Speaker 1: Hannon says, his role in bringing out the Dead or
Speaker 1: leaving Las Vegas there we go. Um, have you guys
Speaker 1: seen leaving Las Vegas? I would ask Nol, but he
Speaker 1: would say no, So what's the point. So I'm asking
Speaker 1: you all, what are your holes? Leaving Las Vegas is
Speaker 1: a tough movie. Boy, he was so goddamn good in it.
Speaker 1: Uh tough one. Tough one to watch, though, not when
Speaker 1: you want to see over and over again, kind of
Speaker 1: like Bad Lieutenant port of called New Orleans. Megan Carroll says, uh,
Speaker 1: Nick and Werner Hertzog make a great team. Shoot him again.
Speaker 1: His soul is still dancing fantastic. But I haven't seen that.
Speaker 1: If Verner Hrtzog is in there, and if he says
Speaker 1: that line, sign me up. Uh let me see here.
Speaker 1: Jason wortham our old friend, says Michael Williams. And Red
Speaker 1: Rock West, Oh, everybody, have you seen Red Rock West?
Speaker 1: From really good? Uh um. It was kind of a
Speaker 1: small movie, didn't get a lot of attention, but sort
Speaker 1: of a western noir mr e and it is fantastic.
Speaker 1: So that's a great recommendation. If you have not seen
Speaker 1: Red Rock West, check it out. And I'll just talk
Speaker 1: like this for the rest of the show. Ashley Stevens says,
Speaker 1: National Treasure or Face Off. You know, face Off? Face
Speaker 1: Off was so over the top, and those performances from
Speaker 1: Travolta and Nick Cage were so over the top. It's
Speaker 1: a bit of a delight. It's a guilty pleasure to
Speaker 1: be sure, but John Woo and those two guys just
Speaker 1: like over acting their socks off. Um, it was kind
Speaker 1: of fun, I gotta admit. Dann Maynard says the rock
Speaker 1: for nostalgia probably Vivianna Godoyle says, Raising Arizona Scott Bailey's
Speaker 1: national treasure. Here we go leaving Las Vegas. Uh. Colin Whitley,
Speaker 1: leaving Las Vegas is the only Knick Cage performance that
Speaker 1: isn't ridiculous. That might be the best way to put that. Actually, Oh, Moonstruck,
Speaker 1: someone finally got in there with Moonstruck and Wild at Heart.
Speaker 1: Don Morris, Uh, after my own heart. Wild at Heart,
Speaker 1: that is one of my favorite favorite weird David Lynch
Speaker 1: films of all time. I saw that many many times
Speaker 1: in college and can quote a lot of it. Whalen
Speaker 1: Jenkins also says, definitely Wild at Heart, Lula Lula so good.
Speaker 1: I need to watch that again, everyone, I haven't seen
Speaker 1: that in a while. That's a good one. Bring me
Speaker 1: right back to my college days. Maybe I'll drink some
Speaker 1: cheap beer, do some bongheads and watch Wild at Heart.
Speaker 1: Bring over my old buddy Eddie. We'll quote that thing
Speaker 1: line by line Mariano Kats raising Arizona, no contest. Here
Speaker 1: we go with an old school one. Michelle Coltman Boorgland
Speaker 1: says Valley Girl. Yeah, I forgot he was in Valley Girl.
Speaker 1: That was one of his early roles, for sure. That's
Speaker 1: before he was Nick Cage and he was just sweet
Speaker 1: little Nicholas Cage. Holly Bradberry says Red and Mandy still
Speaker 1: haven't seen it yet. I'm gonna see it soon because
Speaker 1: no one keeps bugging me, so I'm gonna get that
Speaker 1: one in there soon. Uh. Con Air Gary Tige, it's interesting.
Speaker 1: I'm curious to see what Nicolas Cage movies were so
Speaker 1: bad that nobody picked because hell ghostwriters in here. Al
Speaker 1: Kimmel's says Ghostwriter. I mean, come on, that's one of
Speaker 1: the worst movies ever, right. Denna O'Neil says Vampire's Kiss.
Speaker 1: Joe Breck says wicker Man, all right, so that's kind
Speaker 1: of all over the place. Wade Robbins even says family Man.
Speaker 1: Ryan Sweet says gone in sixty seconds. Alan Richardson says
Speaker 1: Ghostwriter Too? Is there such a thing? I had no
Speaker 1: idea that Ghostwriter Too was even a thing. A couple
Speaker 1: of more from Mandy. All right, everybody, I could do
Speaker 1: this all day, but that's a nice I'd be curious.
Speaker 1: Maybe I should do a series of of polls to
Speaker 1: see where Nicolas Cage rates. But just kind of judge
Speaker 1: jung from the list, kind of ticking through it. It
Speaker 1: looks like Raising Arizona it is probably the winner. I
Speaker 1: gotta say. There's a lot of Raising Arizona fans in here,
Speaker 1: so you're all like Deck Shepherd at the end of
Speaker 1: the day. So those were the Facebook questions from this week, everyone,
Speaker 1: And very quickly before I finish, I'm gonna talk to
Speaker 1: you about a couple of shows I've been watching lately. UM.
Speaker 1: One it's called Forever, and it is on Amazon Prime,
Speaker 1: and it stars Fred Armison and Maya Rudolph. And it
Speaker 1: is an eight part series. UM. I don't know if
Speaker 1: you can even call it a comedy because it's very sad. Um.
Speaker 1: It has some funny parts, to be sure, but it's
Speaker 1: it's not what you would expect when you say Fred
Speaker 1: Armison and Maya Rudolph. Um, it's a very the premise
Speaker 1: of the show. I'm not going to ruin it because
Speaker 1: it is full of twists and turns to be sure,
Speaker 1: But the basic overall premise is a couple who are
Speaker 1: married who um in the in the eight parts sort
Speaker 1: of follow the course of what it means like to
Speaker 1: be together forever, to be with one person, and the
Speaker 1: ins and outs of that, and the ups and downs
Speaker 1: of that, and the sadness of that, and the joy
Speaker 1: of that, and the boredom of that, and the excitement
Speaker 1: of that. Um. It's unlike any show I've really seen,
Speaker 1: to be honest, it's a has a lot of pathos
Speaker 1: and sadness um at the heart of it, But there's
Speaker 1: a lot more going on than you think when you
Speaker 1: first start watching it, and it reveals itself over the
Speaker 1: first couple of episodes to where you're like, oh, they're
Speaker 1: going for something deeper here, and um, while it is,
Speaker 1: it is about both of them. To me, it is
Speaker 1: about a woman's journey and about Maya Rudolph's character of
Speaker 1: June and her journey in particular. Um. I think she's
Speaker 1: sort of the beating heart of the show in a
Speaker 1: lot of ways. And and then that's all I'm gonna say.
Speaker 1: I don't want to ruin it and give it away,
Speaker 1: but check it out. It's really really good. They're half
Speaker 1: hour episodes. There's only eight of them, so um, you know,
Speaker 1: it's like four hours total, and they get a lot
Speaker 1: done in those four hours. It also starts Katherine Keener.
Speaker 1: I was created by m Alan Yang who does the
Speaker 1: great great show with his easy and Sorry Master of
Speaker 1: None um and he really has has a knack for
Speaker 1: hitting on the human condition. Um. And it also features
Speaker 1: you know what a standalone episode is everyone, UM. Standalone
Speaker 1: episode is when a TV show we'll have a single
Speaker 1: episode that doesn't follow the plot line of the rest
Speaker 1: of the show and you could yank it out on
Speaker 1: its own, almost as its own little short film, does
Speaker 1: not impact the plot necessarily. Sometimes it will focus on
Speaker 1: only one character from the show and everyone else is
Speaker 1: not in it. Sometimes it's a minor character. And in
Speaker 1: this case, episode I can't remember which one, I want
Speaker 1: to say, it was six or seven called Andre and Sarah. Um.
Speaker 1: It is about two characters that we have not even
Speaker 1: seen in this show and who are only around for
Speaker 1: this one single episode, and it is one of the
Speaker 1: best thirty minutes of TV I've ever seen. That standalone
Speaker 1: episode Andre and Sarah really really great. Uh. And again
Speaker 1: I don't want to give it away, but it is
Speaker 1: one of the better, um better TV episodes and standalon
Speaker 1: episodes I've ever seen, really really great and well done. Um,
Speaker 1: so check it out. It's called Forever on Amazon Prime
Speaker 1: and let me know what you think. I'm curious to
Speaker 1: see what other people think about the show. And then
Speaker 1: the other one I've been watching is called Patriot. And
Speaker 1: this was suggested by Kevin Pollock when he was on
Speaker 1: the show. He was talking about stuff to watch afterward.
Speaker 1: I think it. Um. We went to dinner after we
Speaker 1: were recorded and he was like, man, Patriot is the bomb.
Speaker 1: You need to check that out. And I did finally.
Speaker 1: It took me a while because you know, there's so
Speaker 1: much great stuff out there, it's hard to get around everything.
Speaker 1: So I finally checked out Patriot and it is so great. Uh,
Speaker 1: it is right up my alley. It is part Homeland.
Speaker 1: It's like if the TV show Homeland was spun through
Speaker 1: the d n A of the great old TV show
Speaker 1: Northern Exposure. Um, you oversaw that one. It's very offbeat,
Speaker 1: very very funny, but it's about international international espionage and
Speaker 1: spy games, and uh it's really really terrific. Uh. It
Speaker 1: features folk music as part of the central driving force
Speaker 1: of the show. Uh. It's about a father, Terry O'Quinn
Speaker 1: from Lost and other Things. He plays a dad who
Speaker 1: was in the spy game um, and he has his
Speaker 1: two sons, uh sort of. He has recruited his two
Speaker 1: sons to do the legwork for him, and in season one,
Speaker 1: the ideas that he's trying to keep Iran from gaining
Speaker 1: nuclear capability and in order to do this, uh, he
Speaker 1: has to get his sons involved. One is a folk
Speaker 1: singer who UM doesn't seem like he wants to be
Speaker 1: doing this. Uh. He he seems like he wants to
Speaker 1: be a folk singer, and his other son is uh.
Speaker 1: I don't even know what his official job is on
Speaker 1: the show. Um. But he gets them both involved in
Speaker 1: neither one of them really want to be doing it.
Speaker 1: So it's like a man out of place show in
Speaker 1: a lot of ways, as we see this guy who
Speaker 1: doesn't want to be doing what he's doing, like killing
Speaker 1: people and having people killed as a as a deep
Speaker 1: deep undercover spy an NOC agent and uh. But it's
Speaker 1: you can just see on his face. There's so many
Speaker 1: great scenes where he just looks lost does know what
Speaker 1: he's doing there, and then uh he It features performances
Speaker 1: like folk song performances. He's in a cafe or just
Speaker 1: playing his guitar, and he will sometimes the lyrics will
Speaker 1: reflect what's going on in the show through them through
Speaker 1: the lens of a folk song. Um, which is really
Speaker 1: really creative. It's just so so creative. And it's also
Speaker 1: on Amazon Prime. I am not shilling for them, I promise,
Speaker 1: but they've got some good shows out there right now.
Speaker 1: And it was created, executive produced, show run. Many of
Speaker 1: the shows are directed by a man named Stephen Conrad,
Speaker 1: who I think he wrote The Secret Life of Walter
Speaker 1: Middie and made his name as a screenwriter. Uh he
Speaker 1: wrote that that movie Wonder and the weather Man with
Speaker 1: our own favorite Nicholas Cage. So he's been around as
Speaker 1: a writer, but this is I believe his first show
Speaker 1: as a showrunner, and it's really just terrific. Again, just
Speaker 1: so off beating, unusual, and apparently I don't know if
Speaker 1: this is true. Everybody but a PR person gotten in
Speaker 1: touch and said that that Stephen Conrad listens to movie
Speaker 1: crush and wants to be on the show. I don't
Speaker 1: know if that's true. I find it hard to believe.
Speaker 1: I think this PR person might be fibbing to get
Speaker 1: me to have Stephen Conrad on the show. But hey,
Speaker 1: if you're listening, Stephen Conrad, I would love to have
Speaker 1: you on man, And we're gonna make that happen next
Speaker 1: time I'm in uh in l A or New York.
Speaker 1: We're gonna work that out because I want to know
Speaker 1: how you conceived of a show like Patriot. Um, I
Speaker 1: think Gil Bellows from Allan McBeal appears, and I believe
Speaker 1: he's a producer and maybe even a writer on the
Speaker 1: show as well. So I have a feeling these guys
Speaker 1: are old friends or something. But it's really terrific. Check
Speaker 1: out Patriot on Amazon Prime. Check out Forever on Amazon Prime.
Speaker 1: Two really really good shows. And that's what I've been
Speaker 1: watching lately. And that is stream this and that is
Speaker 1: the show. Everyone. Uh, it was a little weird and
Speaker 1: here by myself a little strange to talk for like
Speaker 1: forty minutes straight. Uh, and I want to we gotta
Speaker 1: get an all back in here. Uh So until then,
Speaker 1: just keep your feet on the ground, keep you for
Speaker 1: the stars, and hang in there, everyone, and we'll be
Speaker 1: back soon and thanks for tuning in and we'll see
Speaker 1: you next week. M