1 00:00:10,800 --> 00:00:11,240 Speaker 1: The folks. 2 00:00:11,240 --> 00:00:15,400 Speaker 2: It is Saturday, March seventh, and Ben Stiller has gone 3 00:00:15,400 --> 00:00:18,680 Speaker 2: to war with the White House over a movie about 4 00:00:18,720 --> 00:00:22,279 Speaker 2: war that's being used as propaganda for an actual war. 5 00:00:22,960 --> 00:00:24,920 Speaker 2: And if you follow that, you're doing better than I am. 6 00:00:24,960 --> 00:00:26,840 Speaker 2: Welcome to this episode of Amy and TJ. I think 7 00:00:26,840 --> 00:00:29,000 Speaker 2: I got it right, But it seems silly that is 8 00:00:29,040 --> 00:00:30,960 Speaker 2: happening when people are actually dying. We are in the 9 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:33,519 Speaker 2: middle of an actual war, and a Hollywood superstar in 10 00:00:33,560 --> 00:00:37,400 Speaker 2: the White House are going back and forth on X yes. 11 00:00:37,360 --> 00:00:40,520 Speaker 3: On propaganda, war propaganda aganda. 12 00:00:40,280 --> 00:00:45,839 Speaker 4: Using movie clips to pump up the sentiment behind the 13 00:00:45,880 --> 00:00:46,800 Speaker 4: war with Iran. 14 00:00:46,680 --> 00:00:48,920 Speaker 1: Which is an odd choice. 15 00:00:49,280 --> 00:00:51,800 Speaker 2: It feels, you know, it feels weird to watch it, 16 00:00:51,840 --> 00:00:54,720 Speaker 2: and it feels uncomfortable to be entertained. 17 00:00:54,240 --> 00:00:55,640 Speaker 1: In any way by it. 18 00:00:55,680 --> 00:00:57,600 Speaker 2: We'll get into what the videos actually are, but yeah, 19 00:00:57,800 --> 00:00:59,760 Speaker 2: this isn't new all we should say. By the way, there, 20 00:01:00,120 --> 00:01:01,920 Speaker 2: Ben still is just the latest start to have an 21 00:01:01,960 --> 00:01:03,560 Speaker 2: issue with what the White House is putting out. 22 00:01:03,560 --> 00:01:03,840 Speaker 3: Sometimes. 23 00:01:03,880 --> 00:01:06,800 Speaker 4: Look, I think anytime, we watched it this morning, and 24 00:01:06,840 --> 00:01:09,280 Speaker 4: we watched it a couple of times, and look, it 25 00:01:09,360 --> 00:01:11,640 Speaker 4: is tough because to have. 26 00:01:13,480 --> 00:01:17,560 Speaker 3: Entertainment clips of either. 27 00:01:17,800 --> 00:01:21,160 Speaker 4: Movies or you showed me one with football field to 28 00:01:21,319 --> 00:01:24,839 Speaker 4: create like war equating to a movie or a sport. 29 00:01:24,920 --> 00:01:29,360 Speaker 4: It's just it's tough because people are dying. This Americans 30 00:01:29,360 --> 00:01:33,480 Speaker 4: are putting their lives in harm's way, and this is 31 00:01:33,720 --> 00:01:35,720 Speaker 4: obviously we don't have to say this out loud. 32 00:01:35,760 --> 00:01:38,080 Speaker 3: War is serious. War is life or death. So it 33 00:01:38,120 --> 00:01:40,759 Speaker 3: does feel icky a little bit. 34 00:01:40,840 --> 00:01:44,800 Speaker 4: I think to have entertainment somehow mixed into all of that. 35 00:01:45,160 --> 00:01:47,160 Speaker 2: So what we're talking about is a video the White 36 00:01:47,160 --> 00:01:49,920 Speaker 2: House put out yesterday. It's about forty five seconds long 37 00:01:49,960 --> 00:01:54,520 Speaker 2: and it just has several clips of Hollywood movies. Several 38 00:01:54,520 --> 00:01:57,280 Speaker 2: of them are Marvel movies. You see superheroes in there. 39 00:01:57,280 --> 00:01:59,279 Speaker 2: I think Christopher Reeve is in there with a line. 40 00:02:00,040 --> 00:02:05,240 Speaker 2: But they're putting these clips together and essentially promoting the war, frankly, 41 00:02:05,320 --> 00:02:07,800 Speaker 2: making it it's almost a hype video, would you know 42 00:02:07,960 --> 00:02:08,360 Speaker 2: it is. 43 00:02:08,360 --> 00:02:11,560 Speaker 4: Yeah, like a propaganda war video. It's called Justice the 44 00:02:11,600 --> 00:02:17,440 Speaker 4: American Way. And yes they use clips from Braveheart, Top Gun, Superman, Transformers, 45 00:02:17,639 --> 00:02:21,760 Speaker 4: Iron Man, two Star Wars, and yes, Tropic Thunder. 46 00:02:21,840 --> 00:02:23,480 Speaker 1: Then you get where we're going with this. 47 00:02:23,919 --> 00:02:26,760 Speaker 2: But yes, a lot of are quick clips of tough talk, 48 00:02:27,240 --> 00:02:30,160 Speaker 2: the whatever the the from Braveheart. 49 00:02:30,200 --> 00:02:32,760 Speaker 1: What's the line they're using there from Male Gifts? 50 00:02:32,760 --> 00:02:35,400 Speaker 2: It right, it's just these tough lines, these tough talking 51 00:02:35,440 --> 00:02:38,639 Speaker 2: lines from a lot of these movies. Okay, fine, And 52 00:02:39,800 --> 00:02:42,400 Speaker 2: it starts off with actually that scene you probably don't 53 00:02:42,400 --> 00:02:44,239 Speaker 2: recognize that. You don't watch the Marvel movies as much. 54 00:02:44,280 --> 00:02:48,280 Speaker 2: But it's Robert Downey Junior sitting there as Iron Man, 55 00:02:48,400 --> 00:02:52,200 Speaker 2: kind of setting up or launching his computer system, if 56 00:02:52,240 --> 00:02:56,400 Speaker 2: you will, and he says, Daddy's home. Okay, you know 57 00:02:56,400 --> 00:02:58,760 Speaker 2: where that comes from. Pant Trump is taken to being 58 00:02:58,760 --> 00:03:01,320 Speaker 2: called daddy by other world leaders at times. 59 00:03:01,480 --> 00:03:04,880 Speaker 4: He likes when world leaders and the UN Secretary General 60 00:03:04,919 --> 00:03:05,919 Speaker 4: refers to him as death. 61 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:06,160 Speaker 5: Yes. 62 00:03:06,320 --> 00:03:10,240 Speaker 2: Yeah, so that is how the video starts. So it 63 00:03:10,680 --> 00:03:13,280 Speaker 2: was put out there. It has fifty million views at 64 00:03:13,280 --> 00:03:17,360 Speaker 2: this point. Ben Steelers's response has about twenty six million 65 00:03:17,440 --> 00:03:20,120 Speaker 2: views and roads he took issue with against the forty 66 00:03:20,120 --> 00:03:24,040 Speaker 2: five second clip. The clip from Tropic Thunder is a 67 00:03:24,160 --> 00:03:25,240 Speaker 2: split second in it. 68 00:03:25,280 --> 00:03:26,960 Speaker 4: Well, so I had to watch it a couple of 69 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:29,600 Speaker 4: times because I have watched Tropic Thunder with you, and 70 00:03:29,720 --> 00:03:31,840 Speaker 4: I had to walk into the room you're in and 71 00:03:31,880 --> 00:03:33,320 Speaker 4: I said, where is the Tropic Thunder? 72 00:03:33,320 --> 00:03:33,600 Speaker 1: Clip. 73 00:03:33,639 --> 00:03:35,920 Speaker 3: I didn't see it. Saw a lot of bravehearts, saw 74 00:03:35,920 --> 00:03:36,920 Speaker 3: a lot of top Gun. 75 00:03:37,640 --> 00:03:41,480 Speaker 4: Did not see the Tropic thunderclip because it wasn't what 76 00:03:41,520 --> 00:03:43,160 Speaker 4: I was expecting. I was thinking it was going to 77 00:03:43,200 --> 00:03:45,080 Speaker 4: be when they were at war, but instead it was 78 00:03:45,120 --> 00:03:46,360 Speaker 4: Tom Cruise dancing. 79 00:03:46,200 --> 00:03:49,160 Speaker 2: At the end, the very funny, cool scene. That was 80 00:03:49,200 --> 00:03:50,960 Speaker 2: the only clip they have in there. But we're looking 81 00:03:51,000 --> 00:03:53,280 Speaker 2: at this video again and we talked about these Hollywood 82 00:03:53,280 --> 00:03:56,840 Speaker 2: clips that are in here, but also interspersed with them 83 00:03:56,840 --> 00:04:01,240 Speaker 2: are clips of US bombs blowing. 84 00:04:01,000 --> 00:04:03,040 Speaker 3: Up sites and Ran and Pete Hegseth. 85 00:04:03,600 --> 00:04:04,560 Speaker 1: Yes, he's in there as. 86 00:04:04,440 --> 00:04:09,080 Speaker 2: Well, sharing a line with Optimus Prime from a Transformers movie. 87 00:04:09,120 --> 00:04:10,720 Speaker 2: This is what we're talking about. I'm sure many of 88 00:04:10,760 --> 00:04:13,160 Speaker 2: you have seen it, probably by now, but it does 89 00:04:13,360 --> 00:04:14,400 Speaker 2: robes and at the White House. 90 00:04:14,400 --> 00:04:15,720 Speaker 1: It says at the. 91 00:04:15,800 --> 00:04:18,200 Speaker 2: End of it says the White House President Donald Trump 92 00:04:18,760 --> 00:04:19,800 Speaker 2: at the end of Donald J. 93 00:04:20,000 --> 00:04:20,360 Speaker 3: Trump. 94 00:04:20,440 --> 00:04:22,159 Speaker 1: This is an official thing. 95 00:04:22,200 --> 00:04:25,599 Speaker 2: But Ben Stilla took issue with it put out a 96 00:04:25,640 --> 00:04:27,200 Speaker 2: response that got a lot of attention. 97 00:04:27,480 --> 00:04:30,440 Speaker 4: Yes, he went on X and said, hey, White House, 98 00:04:30,760 --> 00:04:34,279 Speaker 4: please remove the Tropic thunderclip. We never gave you permission 99 00:04:34,480 --> 00:04:36,760 Speaker 4: and have no interest in being a part of your 100 00:04:36,880 --> 00:04:37,960 Speaker 4: propaganda machine. 101 00:04:38,320 --> 00:04:40,000 Speaker 3: War is not a movie. 102 00:04:42,400 --> 00:04:46,719 Speaker 1: I think Robes that's fairly solid. He didn't. 103 00:04:46,760 --> 00:04:49,280 Speaker 2: I mean, he's been an opponent, he's been an outspoken 104 00:04:49,320 --> 00:04:51,919 Speaker 2: critic of this White House, of this president. Supported Democratic 105 00:04:51,960 --> 00:04:52,360 Speaker 2: calls it. 106 00:04:52,320 --> 00:04:55,320 Speaker 1: Okay, fine. 107 00:04:55,600 --> 00:04:58,520 Speaker 2: I think it's no surprise people began to immediately go 108 00:04:58,600 --> 00:05:01,839 Speaker 2: after Ben Stiller or some reasons. He said War is 109 00:05:01,839 --> 00:05:03,240 Speaker 2: not a movie, and he's talking about a movie that 110 00:05:03,279 --> 00:05:05,919 Speaker 2: was literally made about war. Correct, That Tropic Thunder is 111 00:05:05,960 --> 00:05:08,520 Speaker 2: about some guys who go with the man in blackface. 112 00:05:08,920 --> 00:05:12,080 Speaker 3: Yes, and the one or who was nominated. 113 00:05:11,760 --> 00:05:14,159 Speaker 2: Nominated for an Oscar for it, and a movie than 114 00:05:14,240 --> 00:05:18,080 Speaker 2: which they use the R word liberally in here. 115 00:05:18,160 --> 00:05:20,080 Speaker 1: So there are issues with the movie. 116 00:05:20,120 --> 00:05:22,719 Speaker 2: At the time, someone would argue, you could never make 117 00:05:22,760 --> 00:05:23,720 Speaker 2: that movie today, But. 118 00:05:23,720 --> 00:05:25,640 Speaker 3: Yes, could never make that movie today. 119 00:05:25,720 --> 00:05:28,680 Speaker 2: Robert Downey Jr. Is in blackface the entire movie, and 120 00:05:28,760 --> 00:05:31,000 Speaker 2: he did such a good job of playing a black 121 00:05:31,000 --> 00:05:33,440 Speaker 2: person that he was nominated for an Oscar. Saying that 122 00:05:33,480 --> 00:05:36,479 Speaker 2: out loud still makes me boil a little bit. But 123 00:05:36,600 --> 00:05:41,400 Speaker 2: this is the movie we're talking about. Should that Robes matter? 124 00:05:41,480 --> 00:05:44,440 Speaker 2: Do we need to take Ben Stiller to task for 125 00:05:44,640 --> 00:05:48,040 Speaker 2: being critical or saying take my clip out of it. Naturally, 126 00:05:48,080 --> 00:05:50,280 Speaker 2: people are gonna attack him in this movie, but it 127 00:05:50,400 --> 00:05:51,400 Speaker 2: is that fair. 128 00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:51,799 Speaker 1: At this moment. 129 00:05:52,960 --> 00:05:55,640 Speaker 4: Look, I think anything's fair at this point, but I 130 00:05:55,680 --> 00:05:58,560 Speaker 4: think he has a right to say I don't want 131 00:05:58,600 --> 00:06:02,120 Speaker 4: my movie being a part of And this really is 132 00:06:02,200 --> 00:06:04,440 Speaker 4: war propaganda. I can't think of any other way to 133 00:06:04,480 --> 00:06:06,840 Speaker 4: put it. It seems so weird that in our country 134 00:06:06,880 --> 00:06:10,440 Speaker 4: we're talking about war propaganda. But it is a hype 135 00:06:10,880 --> 00:06:13,920 Speaker 4: video saying look what we can do as Americans, and 136 00:06:13,960 --> 00:06:20,120 Speaker 4: then interspersing famous war like movies in it to kind 137 00:06:20,160 --> 00:06:23,680 Speaker 4: of just show American power or Superman or you know, 138 00:06:24,120 --> 00:06:29,800 Speaker 4: Marvel characters who are larger than life. And it's just 139 00:06:30,279 --> 00:06:36,400 Speaker 4: I think the best word for me to say is icky, distasteful, and. 140 00:06:36,560 --> 00:06:38,279 Speaker 1: Maybe not in good taste, not in. 141 00:06:38,960 --> 00:06:42,680 Speaker 4: And I just I think about, Look, maybe folks who 142 00:06:42,760 --> 00:06:45,760 Speaker 4: have sons and daughters and husbands and wives fighting over 143 00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:47,919 Speaker 4: there think this is great, This is like, you know, 144 00:06:48,880 --> 00:06:50,280 Speaker 4: hoorah all of that. 145 00:06:50,480 --> 00:06:51,200 Speaker 3: I'm not sure. 146 00:06:51,240 --> 00:06:54,080 Speaker 4: I don't know, but I would feel differently. I would 147 00:06:54,080 --> 00:06:57,440 Speaker 4: feel like, this isn't sport, this isn't entertainment, This isn't fun, 148 00:06:57,800 --> 00:07:01,640 Speaker 4: this isn't funny, this is serial and we want to 149 00:07:01,680 --> 00:07:03,560 Speaker 4: get in and out as quickly as possible. You want 150 00:07:03,560 --> 00:07:06,440 Speaker 4: to save as many lives as possible. You want to 151 00:07:06,760 --> 00:07:08,760 Speaker 4: we want more good in the world, and we don't 152 00:07:08,800 --> 00:07:13,280 Speaker 4: want to be romanticizing war. And that's kind of what 153 00:07:13,320 --> 00:07:14,040 Speaker 4: it felt like. 154 00:07:14,560 --> 00:07:17,400 Speaker 2: And I guess there is a certain segment of the population, 155 00:07:17,480 --> 00:07:20,320 Speaker 2: a certain segment of maybe the President's supporters, who will 156 00:07:20,360 --> 00:07:23,200 Speaker 2: look at this, like you said, and think it's cool, 157 00:07:23,320 --> 00:07:27,320 Speaker 2: think it's good hype video, yet to promote American power. 158 00:07:27,520 --> 00:07:30,000 Speaker 2: Maybe there is a segment of the population. You just 159 00:07:30,040 --> 00:07:34,000 Speaker 2: said it that romanticizing. There's something. This isn't Hollywood, this 160 00:07:34,080 --> 00:07:36,000 Speaker 2: isn't a movie. We do have Tropic Thunder up just 161 00:07:36,040 --> 00:07:37,640 Speaker 2: in the background here. If you haven't seen the movie, 162 00:07:37,680 --> 00:07:43,600 Speaker 2: it's it's belly laugh and it's also politically incorrect as hell, 163 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:44,800 Speaker 2: a lot of it is. 164 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:49,800 Speaker 1: But it is quite funny. It's vulgar, it's nasty, only shocking. 165 00:07:49,840 --> 00:07:50,320 Speaker 1: At times. 166 00:07:50,520 --> 00:07:53,080 Speaker 4: You were like, hey, you've ever seen Tropic Thunder. I 167 00:07:53,160 --> 00:07:56,200 Speaker 4: said no, and you said, let's watch. And you're laughing, 168 00:07:56,200 --> 00:07:58,920 Speaker 4: and you're almost kind of embarrassed that you're laughing, because 169 00:07:58,920 --> 00:08:00,400 Speaker 4: you feel like you shouldn't be laughing. But then you 170 00:08:00,400 --> 00:08:03,520 Speaker 4: can't help but lap it is a very funny, inappropriate 171 00:08:03,560 --> 00:08:04,720 Speaker 4: movie completely. 172 00:08:04,360 --> 00:08:07,800 Speaker 2: And we're looking at Robert Downey Junior spent the entire 173 00:08:07,880 --> 00:08:09,400 Speaker 2: movie in blackface. 174 00:08:09,440 --> 00:08:12,040 Speaker 1: He played a character. He was an Australian actor who. 175 00:08:14,160 --> 00:08:15,920 Speaker 2: To get a role in a movie, to play a 176 00:08:15,960 --> 00:08:20,200 Speaker 2: black character, he went through an actual surgery to change 177 00:08:20,600 --> 00:08:23,320 Speaker 2: the color of his skin. That is I mean, that's 178 00:08:23,360 --> 00:08:25,880 Speaker 2: also just ridiculous. That's part of the gag. But that 179 00:08:25,960 --> 00:08:29,520 Speaker 2: gag goes roads the entire movie. There is a white 180 00:08:29,640 --> 00:08:34,280 Speaker 2: man in black face the entire movie, talking about Gritson 181 00:08:34,920 --> 00:08:35,640 Speaker 2: doing all this. 182 00:08:35,679 --> 00:08:41,000 Speaker 4: Thing stereotypical like speech patterns, and it's that to me, 183 00:08:41,160 --> 00:08:45,720 Speaker 4: that's the that's the cringiest, like to be imitating an 184 00:08:45,760 --> 00:08:46,800 Speaker 4: older black man. 185 00:08:47,280 --> 00:08:47,880 Speaker 3: Woo. 186 00:08:48,040 --> 00:08:50,480 Speaker 2: So that's the movie. And again it got a lot 187 00:08:50,520 --> 00:08:51,679 Speaker 2: of flack at the time. I think it was two 188 00:08:51,679 --> 00:08:54,640 Speaker 2: thousand and eight. The R there's a scene in there 189 00:08:54,720 --> 00:08:57,480 Speaker 2: in which he uses the R word quite literally goes 190 00:08:57,520 --> 00:08:59,400 Speaker 2: back and forth. I remember the groups at the time 191 00:08:59,600 --> 00:09:01,000 Speaker 2: had big problems with it. 192 00:09:01,080 --> 00:09:04,480 Speaker 1: So that is the movie. But it's Hollywood, Fine, it's 193 00:09:04,520 --> 00:09:07,360 Speaker 1: a movie. Do whatever you want there. But Robes, the 194 00:09:07,400 --> 00:09:10,600 Speaker 1: scene in question is not even about war. The clip 195 00:09:10,640 --> 00:09:13,640 Speaker 1: they used the clip they use if you haven't seen, folks, 196 00:09:15,120 --> 00:09:18,280 Speaker 1: it is the best you will ever see Tom Cruise 197 00:09:18,280 --> 00:09:19,840 Speaker 1: in a movie. That sounds crazy. 198 00:09:20,040 --> 00:09:22,160 Speaker 3: This is actually the clip they used. 199 00:09:22,240 --> 00:09:25,320 Speaker 4: Funny enough, is one of your favorite clips ever because 200 00:09:25,320 --> 00:09:28,839 Speaker 4: you specifically have shown me that clip of Tom Cruise 201 00:09:28,920 --> 00:09:31,480 Speaker 4: dancing not controversial times not controversial. 202 00:09:31,760 --> 00:09:35,000 Speaker 1: It's just Tom Cruise in like a body suit with 203 00:09:35,200 --> 00:09:36,280 Speaker 1: hair attached to. 204 00:09:36,480 --> 00:09:39,120 Speaker 2: He's supposed to be this nasty executive, right yes, oh 205 00:09:39,160 --> 00:09:42,760 Speaker 2: his name is Grossman actually in the movie. 206 00:09:42,840 --> 00:09:44,880 Speaker 1: So he's supposed to be this big time executive. 207 00:09:44,880 --> 00:09:47,200 Speaker 2: But he has a scene in which he's dancing to 208 00:09:47,240 --> 00:09:51,160 Speaker 2: a ludicrous song. Like you will Tom Cruise on his 209 00:09:51,280 --> 00:09:53,800 Speaker 2: own with a spotlight dancing to this ludicrous song. It 210 00:09:53,880 --> 00:09:55,640 Speaker 2: is the funniest thing. And if you don't love this 211 00:09:55,760 --> 00:09:58,640 Speaker 2: man already, it will endear you to him for like, like, wow, 212 00:09:58,800 --> 00:09:59,959 Speaker 2: he went there and did this. 213 00:10:00,080 --> 00:10:00,880 Speaker 1: You can't believe it. 214 00:10:00,880 --> 00:10:05,280 Speaker 4: To Tom Cruise actually features prominently in this video because 215 00:10:05,280 --> 00:10:07,520 Speaker 4: he's got the top gun part of it as well. 216 00:10:07,600 --> 00:10:09,800 Speaker 4: Oh yeah, so you actually see quite a bit of 217 00:10:09,840 --> 00:10:13,960 Speaker 4: Tom Cruise in this white House dot Gov video that's 218 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:15,000 Speaker 4: been released. 219 00:10:15,480 --> 00:10:17,800 Speaker 1: But robes the back and forth. 220 00:10:17,880 --> 00:10:21,480 Speaker 2: Now what the White House hasn't responded specifically right to 221 00:10:22,040 --> 00:10:23,000 Speaker 2: not to this to. 222 00:10:23,880 --> 00:10:27,160 Speaker 5: Other artists complaining this week, and there have been plenty 223 00:10:27,200 --> 00:10:30,040 Speaker 5: of artists, folks he has this week, but there have 224 00:10:30,200 --> 00:10:34,680 Speaker 5: been plenty over time complaining about this White House, this president, 225 00:10:35,120 --> 00:10:40,160 Speaker 5: even his campaign using songs, using videos without getting an okay. 226 00:10:40,240 --> 00:10:42,920 Speaker 2: And the list is getting longer. And would you believe 227 00:10:42,960 --> 00:10:57,040 Speaker 2: it even includes Pokemon. I continuing here on this Saturday, 228 00:10:57,080 --> 00:10:59,800 Speaker 2: March seventh, Pokemon robes. You gotta explain this to me. 229 00:10:59,840 --> 00:11:02,680 Speaker 2: Even the Pokemon has a problem with the President has 230 00:11:02,720 --> 00:11:03,720 Speaker 2: a problem with the White House. 231 00:11:04,320 --> 00:11:05,559 Speaker 1: Here we are on Saturday. 232 00:11:05,600 --> 00:11:07,240 Speaker 2: The White House and Ben still are in a bit 233 00:11:07,240 --> 00:11:09,280 Speaker 2: of a back and forth on social media. They used 234 00:11:09,520 --> 00:11:12,360 Speaker 2: a clip of one of his movies, Tropic Thunder and 235 00:11:12,640 --> 00:11:15,320 Speaker 2: a war propaganda video another way to put it, and 236 00:11:15,520 --> 00:11:17,000 Speaker 2: he asked them to take it down, and he got 237 00:11:17,040 --> 00:11:20,600 Speaker 2: people really talking online at least. But like we said, 238 00:11:20,640 --> 00:11:24,439 Speaker 2: there's a long list of I guess most of us 239 00:11:24,440 --> 00:11:27,240 Speaker 2: been singers who take issue with the President using their songs. 240 00:11:27,320 --> 00:11:32,280 Speaker 4: Yes, they keep using several singers songs in these propaganda videos, 241 00:11:32,360 --> 00:11:35,600 Speaker 4: and they've been choosing singers who are very notably to 242 00:11:35,640 --> 00:11:36,559 Speaker 4: the left of center. 243 00:11:36,600 --> 00:11:39,760 Speaker 3: But the Pokemon thing actually wasn't even used in any 244 00:11:39,880 --> 00:11:43,720 Speaker 3: kind of a themed or a war. 245 00:11:43,920 --> 00:11:46,600 Speaker 4: It wasn't linked to Iran or anything. They just said 246 00:11:46,600 --> 00:11:50,480 Speaker 4: make America great again over the new Pokemon video game 247 00:11:50,520 --> 00:11:54,520 Speaker 4: that's out, and so they put the acronym maga over 248 00:11:54,559 --> 00:11:57,199 Speaker 4: it with a lightning bold emoji to try and link 249 00:11:57,240 --> 00:12:01,960 Speaker 4: it to the Pokemon character Pikachu Pokemon. They didn't like 250 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:03,960 Speaker 4: it so much, so they put out a statement, we 251 00:12:04,120 --> 00:12:08,640 Speaker 4: are aware of recent social content that includes imagery associated 252 00:12:08,679 --> 00:12:11,240 Speaker 4: with our brand. We were not involved in its creation 253 00:12:11,440 --> 00:12:14,439 Speaker 4: or distribution, and no permission was granted for the use 254 00:12:14,440 --> 00:12:17,480 Speaker 4: of our intellectual property. Our mission is to bring the 255 00:12:17,480 --> 00:12:20,960 Speaker 4: world together, and that mission is not affiliated with any 256 00:12:21,000 --> 00:12:23,840 Speaker 4: political viewpoint or agenda. So they didn't they didn't come 257 00:12:23,960 --> 00:12:26,320 Speaker 4: after the White House, but they just wanted to distance 258 00:12:26,400 --> 00:12:27,800 Speaker 4: themselves from the White House. 259 00:12:27,840 --> 00:12:29,880 Speaker 2: They didn't even say they didn't say take it down right, Nope. 260 00:12:29,920 --> 00:12:31,959 Speaker 2: They just wanted their people to know, we ain't have 261 00:12:32,080 --> 00:12:32,679 Speaker 2: none to do with this. 262 00:12:32,800 --> 00:12:35,880 Speaker 3: We didn't have anything to do with this now, I thought. 263 00:12:36,120 --> 00:12:38,560 Speaker 4: One of the more interesting back and forths from the 264 00:12:38,559 --> 00:12:41,000 Speaker 4: White House and artist was the. 265 00:12:40,920 --> 00:12:43,199 Speaker 3: One between Kesha and the White House. 266 00:12:43,320 --> 00:12:44,120 Speaker 1: She's been screaming. 267 00:12:44,320 --> 00:12:47,720 Speaker 4: She was very upset because they used her song blow 268 00:12:48,480 --> 00:12:52,920 Speaker 4: when in this video that showed military strikes that is tough. 269 00:12:53,320 --> 00:12:55,360 Speaker 4: So she was upset and she said, it's come to 270 00:12:55,400 --> 00:12:57,160 Speaker 4: my attention that the White House has used one of 271 00:12:57,160 --> 00:13:00,560 Speaker 4: my songs on TikTok to incite violence and but war. 272 00:13:00,960 --> 00:13:04,000 Speaker 4: Trying to make light of war is disgusting and inhumane. 273 00:13:04,600 --> 00:13:08,200 Speaker 4: So the White House responds on x with the White 274 00:13:08,200 --> 00:13:10,199 Speaker 4: House Communications director writing this. 275 00:13:10,440 --> 00:13:13,559 Speaker 1: Okay, say his name, his name is Stephen Chunk. Okay. 276 00:13:13,679 --> 00:13:16,720 Speaker 2: Now, if you when they really need to get something 277 00:13:16,800 --> 00:13:19,600 Speaker 2: nasty out, this is the guy they send in over. 278 00:13:19,720 --> 00:13:22,800 Speaker 2: There have been several stories, like some really strong responses. 279 00:13:22,800 --> 00:13:24,800 Speaker 2: They don't come from Carolyn Levitt, they don't come from it. 280 00:13:25,080 --> 00:13:26,959 Speaker 2: That's the guy they send out on social media. 281 00:13:27,000 --> 00:13:28,199 Speaker 3: And he's like they're bulldog. 282 00:13:28,559 --> 00:13:33,679 Speaker 4: Yeah, let's send Stephen Chus on social media and eviscerate. 283 00:13:33,880 --> 00:13:36,400 Speaker 4: So this is I mean, this is really he went. 284 00:13:37,160 --> 00:13:40,199 Speaker 4: He went hard on cash shot. He wrote all these 285 00:13:40,600 --> 00:13:44,599 Speaker 4: singers and he puts singers in quotes. All these singers 286 00:13:44,760 --> 00:13:48,360 Speaker 4: keep falling for this. This just gives us more attention 287 00:13:48,920 --> 00:13:52,560 Speaker 4: and more view counts to our videos because people want 288 00:13:52,600 --> 00:13:54,840 Speaker 4: to see what they're bitching about. 289 00:13:55,320 --> 00:13:57,559 Speaker 1: Oh, have there been lawsuits? 290 00:13:58,440 --> 00:14:00,640 Speaker 4: I don't know if there have been lawsuits that Sabrina 291 00:14:00,679 --> 00:14:04,600 Speaker 4: Carpenter was complaining about the administration using her song Juno. 292 00:14:04,920 --> 00:14:06,720 Speaker 2: Do they have a rite? I can't figure out. Do 293 00:14:06,720 --> 00:14:09,520 Speaker 2: they have a legal way to get them to take 294 00:14:09,559 --> 00:14:12,680 Speaker 2: it down? Or that video has been viewed fifty million times? 295 00:14:12,760 --> 00:14:14,160 Speaker 2: Damage is done. Sure, we'll take it down. 296 00:14:14,240 --> 00:14:16,280 Speaker 4: What I have seen happen because we did the story 297 00:14:16,280 --> 00:14:19,160 Speaker 4: on Sabrina Carpenter, and I believed there were a couple. 298 00:14:19,080 --> 00:14:20,680 Speaker 1: Others Kenny Loggins. 299 00:14:20,800 --> 00:14:24,360 Speaker 4: Kenny Loggins was upset about danger Zone being used. 300 00:14:24,280 --> 00:14:25,040 Speaker 3: From top Gun. 301 00:14:25,160 --> 00:14:28,600 Speaker 2: That one was nasty, that was really tough those protesters. 302 00:14:29,680 --> 00:14:32,640 Speaker 1: He was dumping poop on protesters in that radio. 303 00:14:33,120 --> 00:14:36,080 Speaker 4: Yes, so I have noticed that in at least with 304 00:14:36,120 --> 00:14:40,440 Speaker 4: the Sabrina Carpenter, they would eventually let it go and 305 00:14:40,480 --> 00:14:44,160 Speaker 4: then they'll just take the quisical. But it's already been 306 00:14:44,200 --> 00:14:47,880 Speaker 4: seeing many many times, like millions and millions of times, 307 00:14:48,160 --> 00:14:49,800 Speaker 4: and they'll wait a little bit and then they'll just 308 00:14:49,920 --> 00:14:51,760 Speaker 4: remove the song from the video. 309 00:14:52,160 --> 00:14:53,760 Speaker 3: But they've gotten the attention they wanted. 310 00:14:53,880 --> 00:14:55,920 Speaker 1: Yes, this thing has fifty million views, and. 311 00:14:55,880 --> 00:14:59,120 Speaker 4: It sounds like these singers and artists are whining and 312 00:14:59,160 --> 00:15:01,880 Speaker 4: so it they're getting exactly what. 313 00:15:01,800 --> 00:15:03,240 Speaker 3: They want out of it. 314 00:15:03,400 --> 00:15:05,600 Speaker 4: Not only do they have more people looking at the videos, 315 00:15:05,720 --> 00:15:09,640 Speaker 4: they also are making the artists look like they're complaining 316 00:15:09,680 --> 00:15:10,880 Speaker 4: and whining about things. 317 00:15:11,040 --> 00:15:14,680 Speaker 2: They're poking their opponents, they're gaslighting their opponents with their 318 00:15:14,840 --> 00:15:19,280 Speaker 2: own intellectual property. Honestly, that is exactly what they're doing, 319 00:15:19,360 --> 00:15:22,680 Speaker 2: and it's working, and they're laughing about our look. Ben 320 00:15:22,720 --> 00:15:25,800 Speaker 2: Stiller's note I thought was fairly kind. Could you please 321 00:15:25,840 --> 00:15:27,720 Speaker 2: take this now, just letting folks know we didn't have 322 00:15:27,760 --> 00:15:31,120 Speaker 2: anything to do with it. That's fine, and that's okay. Still, 323 00:15:31,160 --> 00:15:33,160 Speaker 2: the videos ropes, I don't know how many more we're 324 00:15:33,200 --> 00:15:34,600 Speaker 2: going to see. Now we're talking about the one with 325 00:15:34,600 --> 00:15:36,240 Speaker 2: Ben Stiller. I was letting you see another one we 326 00:15:36,280 --> 00:15:38,480 Speaker 2: still have up here just on our computer screen. 327 00:15:38,680 --> 00:15:39,520 Speaker 1: But ropes. 328 00:15:39,840 --> 00:15:45,000 Speaker 2: It's showing like really hard hits in football. And some 329 00:15:45,040 --> 00:15:47,520 Speaker 2: of these videos go back to when ray Lewis played. 330 00:15:47,560 --> 00:15:49,080 Speaker 2: I see him in one of these videos. He's been 331 00:15:49,080 --> 00:15:52,360 Speaker 2: retired for a decade plus, right, and after you see 332 00:15:52,360 --> 00:15:55,800 Speaker 2: this big hit on the field, it immediately cuts to 333 00:15:55,840 --> 00:16:01,480 Speaker 2: a clip of a missile striking a target in Iran 334 00:16:01,520 --> 00:16:02,080 Speaker 2: and blowing up. 335 00:16:03,200 --> 00:16:06,400 Speaker 4: I'm sorry, I just that actually makes me feel physically 336 00:16:06,400 --> 00:16:10,200 Speaker 4: ill to see that, because this is literally equating American football, 337 00:16:10,240 --> 00:16:12,680 Speaker 4: which is as American as you can get as a sport, 338 00:16:12,920 --> 00:16:17,720 Speaker 4: showing hard sacks and then showing us blowing up installations 339 00:16:17,760 --> 00:16:21,040 Speaker 4: in Iran. It's just again, it's sport. It's making light 340 00:16:21,120 --> 00:16:25,120 Speaker 4: of it. I just I think this is a horrific 341 00:16:25,200 --> 00:16:27,040 Speaker 4: taste and if I were one of these football players, 342 00:16:27,080 --> 00:16:27,680 Speaker 4: I wouldn't like. 343 00:16:27,680 --> 00:16:28,280 Speaker 3: That at all. 344 00:16:28,360 --> 00:16:33,440 Speaker 2: Well, I thought about the parents of those six family 345 00:16:33,480 --> 00:16:37,200 Speaker 2: members of the six who've died, right this is promoting 346 00:16:37,240 --> 00:16:40,600 Speaker 2: a I don't know, Robes, I don't know. It's not 347 00:16:40,600 --> 00:16:43,480 Speaker 2: what we're used to seeing. Obviously, you can feel how 348 00:16:43,600 --> 00:16:45,920 Speaker 2: about it however you want to feel. And maybe the 349 00:16:45,960 --> 00:16:50,720 Speaker 2: families don't, aren't upset, haven't seen I don't know how. 350 00:16:50,560 --> 00:16:51,480 Speaker 1: They would feel about it. 351 00:16:51,480 --> 00:16:53,960 Speaker 2: But my goodness, there are men and women we all 352 00:16:54,080 --> 00:16:56,760 Speaker 2: love who are in harm's way right now, and quite frankly, 353 00:16:56,960 --> 00:17:00,640 Speaker 2: there are people in the United States who have been 354 00:17:00,960 --> 00:17:04,280 Speaker 2: injured and killed. Some argue, giving what happened in Austin Robes, 355 00:17:04,960 --> 00:17:08,040 Speaker 2: that's directly linked to war. 356 00:17:08,359 --> 00:17:10,040 Speaker 3: Yes, I haven't thought about that, but you're. 357 00:17:10,000 --> 00:17:12,320 Speaker 1: Right but we're all under threat. 358 00:17:12,359 --> 00:17:15,800 Speaker 2: And I'm looking at a video here hyping up what 359 00:17:15,840 --> 00:17:18,080 Speaker 2: we're doing and how we're blowing stuff up. 360 00:17:18,080 --> 00:17:19,280 Speaker 1: What's the song on this one? I don't want to 361 00:17:19,280 --> 00:17:20,119 Speaker 1: play because that one we don't have. 362 00:17:20,160 --> 00:17:23,480 Speaker 4: Right, it's thunder it's ACDC. 363 00:17:23,680 --> 00:17:26,920 Speaker 3: It's yes, what's that the name of that one? 364 00:17:27,400 --> 00:17:30,760 Speaker 1: But yeah, is that ac DC song that's playing under it? 365 00:17:30,800 --> 00:17:36,440 Speaker 4: So thunderstruck, Sorry, thunderstruck ACDC, And look, yeah, I love 366 00:17:36,520 --> 00:17:36,920 Speaker 4: that song. 367 00:17:36,960 --> 00:17:38,520 Speaker 3: I don't know how ACDC. 368 00:17:38,119 --> 00:17:41,760 Speaker 4: Feels about this song being played with that and look, thunderstruck. 369 00:17:41,800 --> 00:17:43,760 Speaker 4: I also think about, and I hate to bring this up, 370 00:17:43,800 --> 00:17:46,439 Speaker 4: but when I see the military strike also in the 371 00:17:46,480 --> 00:17:51,240 Speaker 4: headlines right now, did we did we inadvertently end up 372 00:17:51,280 --> 00:17:54,320 Speaker 4: striking that school where one hundred and fifty plus girls 373 00:17:54,640 --> 00:17:57,199 Speaker 4: who were at school died, Like I think about our 374 00:17:57,680 --> 00:18:01,080 Speaker 4: strike that hits something potentially that we didn't intend. Like, 375 00:18:01,119 --> 00:18:03,280 Speaker 4: I'm thinking about all of that as I'm looking at 376 00:18:03,280 --> 00:18:06,200 Speaker 4: this video, and it just it makes me feel ill. 377 00:18:06,359 --> 00:18:07,320 Speaker 1: Look, you stand up there. 378 00:18:07,359 --> 00:18:08,919 Speaker 2: It's fine, you stand up there and say, we have 379 00:18:08,960 --> 00:18:11,840 Speaker 2: the strongest military, we are most impressive, we can do 380 00:18:11,960 --> 00:18:16,520 Speaker 2: what we are just the ultimate power on earth. You say, 381 00:18:16,560 --> 00:18:22,399 Speaker 2: that that's fine promoting it in a in this type 382 00:18:22,440 --> 00:18:25,960 Speaker 2: of way, though, Robes feels like it's funning games like 383 00:18:26,119 --> 00:18:28,760 Speaker 2: look how much of a badass we are? We can 384 00:18:28,800 --> 00:18:32,480 Speaker 2: blow up, we can kill, we can destroy, Look how 385 00:18:32,560 --> 00:18:36,440 Speaker 2: much of a badass we are? Ac DC is playing 386 00:18:36,480 --> 00:18:38,720 Speaker 2: the soundtrack to War for us. 387 00:18:40,240 --> 00:18:42,880 Speaker 1: It just Robes. I don't know what to do with this, 388 00:18:43,080 --> 00:18:48,280 Speaker 1: but it feels wrong. It does feel it feels wrong. 389 00:18:48,520 --> 00:18:50,159 Speaker 1: It's okay. We can have that opinion. Other people can 390 00:18:50,200 --> 00:18:50,760 Speaker 1: feel differently. 391 00:18:50,800 --> 00:18:52,760 Speaker 2: Ye, and folks, if you're out there and you've probably 392 00:18:52,760 --> 00:18:54,560 Speaker 2: seen it by now, if not, we encourage you to. 393 00:18:54,600 --> 00:18:55,000 Speaker 1: Check it out. 394 00:18:55,000 --> 00:18:56,639 Speaker 2: Feel however you want to feel about it. But it 395 00:18:56,680 --> 00:18:59,200 Speaker 2: is certainly in the headlines. And then the conversation now 396 00:18:59,200 --> 00:19:01,800 Speaker 2: in Robes is very import to the point you just 397 00:19:01,920 --> 00:19:05,200 Speaker 2: made that right now. There are agencies New York Times 398 00:19:05,320 --> 00:19:08,359 Speaker 2: USA Today among them, and other major organizations who have 399 00:19:08,520 --> 00:19:14,040 Speaker 2: looked at those satellite images of the strikes near that 400 00:19:14,080 --> 00:19:17,000 Speaker 2: girls school and have made the determination that it is 401 00:19:17,240 --> 00:19:20,520 Speaker 2: likely that the United States it was in fact a 402 00:19:20,640 --> 00:19:24,560 Speaker 2: United States missile that caused the explosion the destruction at 403 00:19:24,560 --> 00:19:26,600 Speaker 2: that girls school that resulted in one hundred and fifty 404 00:19:26,600 --> 00:19:30,000 Speaker 2: plus deaths that is not confirmed yet, they are looking 405 00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:34,000 Speaker 2: into it, the Pentagon says, but robes in the context 406 00:19:34,240 --> 00:19:38,640 Speaker 2: of that, I am looking at a University of Florida 407 00:19:38,720 --> 00:19:44,600 Speaker 2: football player hit a University of Oklahoma football player on 408 00:19:44,640 --> 00:19:47,480 Speaker 2: the field, and that is promoting how much of a 409 00:19:47,520 --> 00:19:52,320 Speaker 2: badass we are at blowing stuff up. I'm looking at 410 00:19:52,640 --> 00:19:57,359 Speaker 2: ray Lewis knocked the hell out of somebody, and that 411 00:19:58,359 --> 00:20:02,000 Speaker 2: is promoting a war in which Americans are dying. 412 00:20:02,840 --> 00:20:06,720 Speaker 4: Yes, and Iranians are dying, and there are more deaths 413 00:20:06,720 --> 00:20:08,679 Speaker 4: to come, and so yes, to make sport of this, 414 00:20:08,720 --> 00:20:10,640 Speaker 4: to make light of this is it's tough to watch, 415 00:20:10,640 --> 00:20:13,520 Speaker 4: but yes, we encourage we should see this. We should 416 00:20:13,560 --> 00:20:16,600 Speaker 4: know what our government is putting out and this is 417 00:20:16,960 --> 00:20:18,920 Speaker 4: representative of America right. 418 00:20:18,880 --> 00:20:19,359 Speaker 3: Now, you know. 419 00:20:19,480 --> 00:20:21,480 Speaker 4: So this is I think we need to know what's 420 00:20:21,520 --> 00:20:24,520 Speaker 4: being put out there and how we're being viewed. It's 421 00:20:24,560 --> 00:20:27,639 Speaker 4: an important thing to educate ourselves on. 422 00:20:27,840 --> 00:20:30,880 Speaker 3: And there's more to come. 423 00:20:30,960 --> 00:20:33,560 Speaker 4: Unfortunately, this isn't going away anytime soon. Of course, we 424 00:20:33,600 --> 00:20:36,000 Speaker 4: will continue to monitor what's happening in Iran and certainly 425 00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:38,760 Speaker 4: here at home. We thank you as always for listening 426 00:20:38,760 --> 00:20:39,040 Speaker 4: to us. 427 00:20:39,040 --> 00:20:41,680 Speaker 3: Everyone. I made me roboch alongside t J. Holmes. We'll 428 00:20:41,720 --> 00:20:42,480 Speaker 3: talk to you soon.