Grumpy Old Men (1993): Lemmon, Matthau and Ann-Margret
Henrique and David bundle up for Grumpy Old Men (1993), Donald Petrie and screenwriter Mark Steven Johnson’s Minnesota comedy about friendship, rivalry and late-life possibility. Jack Lemmon plays retired teacher John Gustafson and Walter Matthau plays former television repairman Max Goldman, neighbors whose decades-long feud has hardened into an elaborate daily ritual of insults and pranks. When free-spirited Ariel Truax, played by Ann-Margret, moves across the street, competition for her affection pushes their old resentment toward a breaking point.
The hosts revisit the snow-covered town of Wabasha, where ice fishing, family complications and a medical crisis gradually expose the loyalty beneath John and Max’s hostility. Burgess Meredith supplies uninhibited comic energy as John’s father, while Daryl Hannah and Kevin Pollak play the adult children whose own romance complicates the feud; Ossie Davis appears as bait-shop owner Chuck. Henrique and David discuss the ensemble’s timing, the balance of broad jokes and heartfelt turns, and a winter atmosphere shaped by filming at locations across Minnesota.
For the hosts, Grumpy Old Men is a comfort movie tied to cable, HBO and family viewing. They reflect on how its humor landed differently in childhood and adulthood, when the financial worries, loneliness and fear of lost time became more visible. A tender reflection on the recent loss of a beloved senior dog deepens their response to the film’s insistence that age does not eliminate desire, playfulness or the chance to begin again. Rather than treating John and Max as punch lines because they are older, the episode celebrates the messy vitality of their friendship.
Production discussion covers Petrie’s direction, Johnson’s screenplay and the chemistry created by Lemmon and Matthau’s long screen partnership. Henrique and David also consider the casting history, carefully describing Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis as reportedly discussed possibilities rather than finalized choices. Originally selected for the podcast’s winter-favorites lineup, this affectionate review explores male friendship, family inheritance, late-life romance and why a cozy seasonal comedy can carry more emotional weight with every revisit over time.
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They've been fighting forever. Give it
your best shot, Shrimp. Now there's
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a reason she's fine, says at
least you can make peace with the man.
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Jack Lemmon, Idiot, Walter,
Mathew and Marmott, Kevin Pollock with
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Daryl, Hannah and Burgess Meredith.
Can kids eat my short in the comedy
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You've been waiting for? Grumpy Old
Man? Look for it on video cassette.
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In a world where podcasts reign supreme, two friends dare to ask,
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do you even? Movie? Hosted
by phil maker Enrique Kuto and movie aficionado
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David Denier. Spoiler alert, Well, hello, my friends, and welcome
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to another episode, another wintry episode. Yes of do you even movie?
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I'm your host Enrique Kuto here with
double D David whatever. Like I'm I'm
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adopting Burgess, You're adopting Vergus attitude, mannerisms, really everything except as teeth.
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That's fair. I mean, that's
totally fair. So uh, but
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before we talk about that, I
hate to start the show on a really
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sad note, but I'm gonna so. As I mentioned last time, I
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went on a vacation, a work
vacation, but a vacation. That's the
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best you're gonna get for me.
If you get if I go on a
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work vacation, that's that's gonna be
the best it's gonna get. Yeah.
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And when I came back, unfortunately, I was greeted with the reality that
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my my dog, Chicano, it
was time for him to go and for
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me to say goodbye. And so
I've been laying low for a week,
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just kind of recovering from from losing
him. And it's been really hard because
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he was just the coolest dog.
He was. He was my little dude,
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you know. I got him from
a rescue. He was older,
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so I had him for just under
five years. It would have been five
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years in March. And he was
a fearful, sweet dog that grew to
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be wonderful to everybody. Yeah,
he was a wonderful companion to me.
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He was a friend to many people, many animals, you know, mostly
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dogs. He kind of kind of
like cats too much, and he wanted
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to eat like rodents and stuff.
Yeah, but he was a very good
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dog. He had a two year
battle with cancer and that's a hell of
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a thing. You know. We
spent two a year doing surgeries and then
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a year of surgeries in chemotherapy and
I I've had I've had about a week
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to think about it. And cancer
did not take him. Old age took
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him. He was no longer able
to walk or well, he was able
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to walk with a lot of pain, but he couldn't get up at all.
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He couldn't stand, he couldn't get
up himself. And it was because
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he had severe arthritis and it got
so bad. He had early onset arthritis.
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He had arthritis from the moment I
got him. Ya. So I
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had to make that decision, and
it was really awful. It was really
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painful, but but it was way
worse to let him suffer. Yeah,
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that made everything that made me just
hate life watching him lay there in pain.
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So and I'm not going to sit
here and be like so now let
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me describe the youth in Asia.
But it was, it was really hard.
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Dave's been a real, real good
pal through it. I appreciate it,
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man, And definitely we're going to
miss him. All of us are
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going to miss him, especially I
mean, I look back here in the
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fact that he's not behind us right
now, it's just kind of a major
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bummer. But you know, we
have all those memories with him, especially
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Yeah, he used to. He
used to hang out behind us while we
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recorded and take long naps and yeah, he's That's the hardest part is he's
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just really absent. Yeah, it's
it's hard just when he's not where he
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would be, Like even in the
last month or so, when he was
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really declining, it was like he'd
always be snugly in his bed and he'd
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always be ready to eat dinner.
Yep. That boy ate till the day,
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till the moment he died, though, but he didn't want to be
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a butt. Well he was on
a lot of steroids, so he was
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very hungry. Yeah, but yeah, no, it sucks. So I
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just wanted to say something about it. Uh it's super it's super sad.
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And I'm trying not to make every
day, every minute me talking about my
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dead dog. But uh, he
was a big part of my life.
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I worked from home, he was
so I'm always I was always with him,
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and that, you know, made
it harder. Oh, I absolutely
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did. I think what I what
I always just loved about him was like
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he he would want pets, but
he was such a gentle, gentle dude
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that like you had nervous dude,
Yeah, gentle nervous dude that you had
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to be. You had to be
very precise about like getting him to you
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first and then being able to pet
him. And like if we like the
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first couple of pets, like you
would kind of like shake his head.
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No, he would he would like
flinch, but then be like, oh
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wait, I do like being pettied
because he had been. He had been
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I adopted him when he was seven
years old, and he'd been mistreated.
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You know, he had been very
mistreated and then abandoned, and I knew
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taking in a dog his age,
that he wasn't going to be able to
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live a very long time. I
mean, I'm not stupid. I'm definitely
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not delusional about pet ownership. It
crushed me to say goodbye, but I
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knew I had to. Yeah,
Like I absolutely never questioned it. In
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fact, my mom, bless her
heart, you know, she was there
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at the vet and when we were
sitting there with him and he was on
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his little, his little bed at
the vet, my mom was just like
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she was just like, you know
what they're going to say. And I
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looked at her. I was like, Mom, I already called them and
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told them to we were euthanizing it, and my mom was like, oh,
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and I was like, I didn't. I don't. I know,
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there's no coming back from the way
he is, like, and I wouldn't
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want to try. I it got
to a point where I would just pick
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him up so that he could walk
to the food dish. Yeah, and
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then I'd pick him up so he
could walk outside and pee and he'd fall
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half the time. And then I'd
pick him up so he could walk,
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he could go to bed, and
and then it was like I gave that.
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I gave that more time than I
should have. Honestly, I gave
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that about fourteen days of him never
being able to get himself up, and
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then I realized, like, he's
not going to get better. It's time
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he deserves a break. He fought
valiantly. That's why cancer. That's why
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I like to point out, like
cancer didn't take him because he while he
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never fully remission, had he only
had a remission of about two months,
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he fought it off so well and
time just caught up. Yeah, you
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know, That's that's really what comes
down to. When I was talking to
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the oncologist after his remission ended,
she had told me she was like,
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I would just mostly worry about the
fact that he is now very very elderly.
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Yeah, And I was like,
you're right, and she was like,
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have you noticed the way he's walking. I was like yeah. She
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was like, pay attention to that. Don't worry about this cancer crap anymore.
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So, yeah, he got all
his lovin's he got. I mean,
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he was the staple of cigar Night
for a while there. We would
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all make sure that we gave Chiicano
arts. I mean, both dogs got
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our attention, but Chikano especially was
just like he would hang out with us
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and then he would fuck off.
Yeah yeah, no, uh, that
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is absolutely the way it would go. Yeah, so we'll miss him.
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I'll miss my old man. He
was a good, very very good boy,
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the best boy, tough boy.
He was the toughest boy. So
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I don't know, but all right, I want to say scoot down or
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scoot around? I could. I
said scoot toward me. My bad,
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that's no, no, no,
no. This is a perfect learnable moment
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for do you even movie. I
sometimes have to write Dave like messages,
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you know, for the show that
we don't want to say out loud,
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and I literally wrote, scoot toward
me, pushed in to him and he
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moved away, so that if you
want to know what it's like being the
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producer of the show, but much
better. Okay, So with that all
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being said, yeah, I'll miss
him. I'll miss I miss so much
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nearly every day that I would pound
the pavement in my office. He would
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sleep on my feet. That's I
missed that so much. But I I
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didn't even think about it until we
sat down to do the show. This
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movie is a really great choice because
he I used to literally call him my
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grumpy old man because he was He
had a grumpy face. He was he
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was part chow chow and I would
call it resting chowface. He just looked
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mad. He did all the time, and even when he was happy,
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and this emotion. This film is
about what my experience with him was about,
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which is that I mean, for
fu sake, he was surrendered because
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he was old. Yeah, they
put his age was the reason for surrender,
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and he had five almost five,
well he had five more years after
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they surrendered him, and good years. I mean, he really he we
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went all over the place together,
we traveled together, we we we yeah,
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like it was anyway, But that's
kind of my point. Is like
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adopting a senior And I didn't just
adopt one senior dog. I have another
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senior dog who's you know, losing
her ability to walk right right now and
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in front of our table right now. Well, she's taking a very good
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nap right now. She's the production
manager of the show. But uh,
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this movie is also about the fact
that there's more life to live when you're
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old, and how some people forget
that, especially young people. Yeah,
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we we like to not think about
the elderly. Yes, So that all
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being said, I think Grumpy Old
Men, which is a comfort film to
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me, a film that brings me
a lot of joy, is a perfect
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a perfect film for tonight. So
the last thing I'm gonna say is I'm
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just gonna miss Chickano so much.
A he was my good boy. He
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was and uh, you know,
if you uh, if you out there
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viewing listening to this, if you
you know, drink alcohol to celebrate,
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drink something for him, if you
burn tobacco to celebrate, burns something for
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him, because he was a damn
good dog. I'm sorry everybody couldn't meet
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him. I'm sorry everybody in the
world couldn't meet him. He was he
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was something else, you know,
Sorry, you're good man. I took
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him to Freddie Fest at the Mahoning
Drive in the biggest drive in theater in
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America, and they showed the original
six Night ren Elm Street Movies and Chikana
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and I went out there and camped
in the car and I'll never forget I
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was. I put him in a
Freddy Krueger sweater, so we were wearing
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matching Freddie sweaters. And the woman
who played Greta in Night ren Elm Street
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five was there and she got up
from her table like left the autographed sightings
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and just just like can I pet
him? And just started petting him and
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was like, who is this this? What is his name? Tell me
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about him? And that was just
the coolest. So yeah, so I'm
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doing the show. I'm in a
little bit of pain. I haven't really
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worked worked in almost a week,
which is insane for me. Uh So,
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Dan, all right, you want
to get into this. Oh I
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thought you were going to take your
turn to cry. You know I can
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cry, don't worry. So Dave
Grumpy Old Men, Grumpy old Man About
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the Deats, nineteen ninety three,
one hour in forty three minutes, pg.
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Thirteen. This film is directed by
Donald Petrie. He was an actor
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that went into directing. He started
as an actor in nineteen seventy six of
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One Day at a Time, did
The Turning Point in nineteen seventy seven.
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He was on The Waltons in seventy
eight, Incredible Hulk in seventy eight,
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Eight is Enough in seventy nine,
Buck Rogers, the Hearst Little House in
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the Prairie. FOI Depache on the
Bronze Falcon Crest in nineteen eighty three.
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All Roads Lead to Falcon Crest,
Why Me in nineteen eighty four, Misdirection
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into twenty ten, even the film
Noah in twenty twelve. He started becoming
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a director in eighty though with eighty
five he did an episode of mcguiver,
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an episode of Amazing Stories in eighty
five, La Law Mystic Pizza was kind
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of where he started getting his name
first out there. Then he followed that
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with The Opportunity Knox in nineteen ninety, pickt Fences ninety two. One year
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later he does a Grumpy old Man. Then he does Richie Rich in ninety
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four, Really Like I Love for
Two Rooms. That may be a future
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episode because I really love that movie. I think it's kind of underrated.
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I think so too. McDonald's in
his house, in his house, roller
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Coaster out Back. Ever there were
a nineties kid concept, Yeah, it
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would be you have a McDonald's in
their home anyway. Yeah, so The
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Associate ninety six, My favorite Martian
film in ninety nine, I love my
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favorite Marchin Dude. This is where
I love his filmography. Mister Congeniality two
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thousand, Wow, How to Lose
a Guy in Ten Days in two thousand
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and three, These are all really
good. Welcome to the Moose Sport two
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thousand and four, Are you fucking
kidding? Nope? And then Just My
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Luck He goes to work in Lindley
Ohan twice, Just My Luck two thousand
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and six, My Life in Ruins
two thousand and nine, Chicago Justice twenty
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seventeen, Chicago MED twenty eighteen,
Chicago PD twenty nineteen. So we kind
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of went to TV after like late
twenty ten, in to Chicago and Chicago.
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So then our writer on this is
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was his first big writing that he
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three. Does a grumpy year old
Men in ninety five, Big Bully in
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nineteen ninety six, the Tom Arnold
Rick Baranas movie. I I want to
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revisit Big Bully. It's been so
bad. It's been passing around on Max
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and in Showtime. I want to
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still on there now, but yeah, i'd be down. I would love
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to rewatch that. Simon Birch in
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Daredevil, two thousand three, Killer
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wrote the Michael Keaton one. Oh
wait, I mean I guess in both
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Do You Even? Movie? Will
be right back. Welcome back to Do
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You Even? Movie? He is
kind of a mutant in that movie,
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A little Bit, A little bit
Elector of two thousand and five, ghost
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Writer two thousand and seven, Christopher
Robin in twenty eighteen, Love and No
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Villa twenty twenty two. He also
was the director of Simon Birtch, director
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of Daredevil, director of Ghostwriter,
Win in Rome, Killing Season Finding,
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Steve McQueen, Love Guaranteed, in
Love of a Villa. He started doing
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some Hallmark stuff in the last like
five ten years. Oh wow, yeah,
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okay, So Mark Stephen Johnson's our
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background as our cinematographer Johnny E.
Jensen. He was a technician on Woody
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Allen's Bananas in seventy one. Okay, camera tech, Yeah, Camera tech
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of The Godfather in seventy two.
Goes on to do assistant camera for Doctor
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Minx in nineteen seventy five, Texas
Detour seventy eight, Altered States in nineteen
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eighty, Cutter's Way in eighty one, becomes an operator on the talking Head
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film Stop Making Sense in eighty four, but then his cinematographer career kicked in
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in eighty six with Shattered Spirits,
The Three Kings in eighty Spy in eighty
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nine. When you remember me nineteen
ninety How many movies are just called spy?
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I don't know. There's got to
be at least three or four?
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Yeah, right, I would think
so. Into the bad Lands in ninety
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one, Rambling Rose ninety one,
Lost in Yonkers ninety three, Grumpy Old
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Men ninety three and g ninety four, Three Wishes in ninety five, Rose,
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Which is that movie I want to
show you? From nineteen ninety seven,
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The Ladies Man two thousand Morelas Fairry, the infamous Henry Rowlins Billy Zane
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Western from two thousand and one,
say what Morgan's fairy? No, No,
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I heard you, but I didn't
hear. Henry Rollins is the villain
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in it, and I believe Billy
Zaine's the protagonist. You've not seen it.
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I have not seen it. I've
only seen the scene that Henry Rollins
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talks about in one of his spoken
words where he shows his ass. Of
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course you would hunt that down.
Why is a Girl's two thousand and two,
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Dragnet the TV series, and three
Material Girls six. He also finishes
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out with Heartland in two thousand and
seven and Tribute in two thousand and nine.
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He hasn't really done much since then. Well, I mean, that's
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that's quite a career. Speaking with
The Ladies Man in two thousand though,
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that's right, it's hell of a
movie. So you know, I just
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God love Saturday It Live. They'll
be like, hey, you know,
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no one even liked this sketch to
begin with, So let's make a feature
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film Superstar Ladies Man. It's pat
the movie Superstar. The character from Superstar
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was really popular. Yeah, but
that movie no one remembers. Well,
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no, no, I think like
the only three SNL successful movies would be
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Wayne's World Night at the Roxbury,
because that got a huge cult following.
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I don't know how well it did
in the box office. I'm trying to
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get the other one, Coneheads,
Coneads, Yep, yep. Well,
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yeah, I mean Wayne's World so
big that people forgot it was an SNL
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movie. Yeah, it was such
a massive phenomena that for the first film,
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that's when we should do on the
show. Sometimes Wayne's World's like so
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good it holds up bizarrely the sequel. I wasn't a big fan of the
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sequel for a while, while in
the last couple of watches I've had on
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it, I really liked it.
No, it's actually pretty good. It's
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the same team as the first one. They did it. They did it
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really well. Dave, we need
to get Wayne's World on the docket,
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because I bet you don't know that
there is a legend. I'm serious,
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and this is not like a build
up to like haha, just pok in
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your eye. No, but no, no joke. There is an urban
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legend that the origin of Wayne's World. It's from dateon d I'm not going
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to spoil it until we know you
have no idea. But but I I
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was around to be told the legend
and like giggling whispers in a control room
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at a television station. And I
won't share it today. We'll put Wayne's
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World on the docket for when the
snow melts. And uh that one's just
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so good I could I could almost. Uh so, like we watched David
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and I you know, not too
much. Yeah, pull the curtain back
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and show that you know, showed
the whole process. But we we we
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try to take a fun approach to
this show and that we kick back and
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we watched the film once fresh and
then we come and we sit down and
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we get in the studio and we
do it well. We did play strings.
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We didn't even bother watching. We
didn't need to. We've seen it
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so many times together alone and waynees
were all I'm like, damn, that's
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almost one I could skip, probably
because I had it on tape. So
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anyway, but we're talking about Wayness
World too much. But no, uh
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snl movies. But I will say
that they have a good way about being
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cult phenomenous. Yeah, like they
have a way about them where like the
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It's pat movie is actually pretty great. It's fun. Well, and I
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was just thinking here, I was
like, actually, mcgover was technically an
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SNL movie. They have a way
of failing at the box office while being
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pretty interesting. The video I mean, well, the video age absolutely saved
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some of those I would say,
I'm pretty sure that those like ended every
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career Like, uh, Corky Rabano, you said career ending it, I'm
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like, oh, oh, poor
please or no David, please, no
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David. All right, So getting
back to grow upy old men. So,
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our synopsis from IMDb is John and
Max are elderly men living next door
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to each other. They're continuously arguing
and insulting each other and have been this
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way for over fifty years. One
day, Ariel moves into across the street,
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and both men are attracted her,
and their rivalry steps up a gear.
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The rivalry steps up a gear.
Now say revelry. No. My
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synopsis is two elderly men in a
lifelong feud since childhood, worse than their
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behaviors toward each other with the arrival
of a new female neighbor across the street.
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I mean that's pretty good. I
think your your description is good,
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except skipping over the romantic element a
little too fast by just saying a new
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female neighbor. Yeah, I would
definitely say, like, you know,
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they end up in a very unexpected
love triangle. But I think that's a
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very good I think that's an apt
breakdown of grumpy old men and I a
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lot of these movies, and it's
becoming very apparent why you and I are
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acquaintances. Storry. When you're in
the hospital, much like Martin, Like,
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sorry, what's Jack? No,
no, no, no, no,
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well Jack Lenine's hospital. But what's
the other actor's name? Mike be
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Walter Mathow? Thank you? Much
like Walter Mathow. Once you're in the
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hospital and I know you might die, I'll admit to one nurse. I'll
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admit to one nurse or my friend. Yes, I promise that's fair.
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I promise you that. But uh, but no, you like a lot
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of movies. Maybe it's because of
your older sister or something, but you
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like a lot of movies that were
like right in my era. So like
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when you started talking about grumpy old
men, I'm like, Dave, I
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remember the TV spots. Yeah,
you know you were you were born in
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ninety two. I was born in
eighty six. Yeah. So it's like
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I remember the TV spots. I
remember like next time, next show,
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we're doing ravenous and I was telling
you, I was like you were saying,
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like, yeah, it seems like
they didn't do a good job marketing.
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I'm like, I remember thinking the
trailer was awesome on television, you
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know, because I was there for
a lot of that stuff. Yeah,
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but that's a lot of the stuff
you're picking. That's the funniest part is
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you're the one picking the stuff.
Yeah, that's like totally my kind of
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gig. No, I love the
thing. And I think with our friendship
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in particular when it comes to films
is we rely on a lot of cable
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stays from our days that we repeatedly
saw on TV but also then grew up
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to love even more than we would
have realized. Well, cable mainstays are
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they're a double edged sword, because
it's like, oh, man, I
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always loved that movie, but also
I don't know if I've seen the first
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six minutes more than once. Yeah, you know, like I've seen most
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of the movie a lot. Yeah, And Grumpy Old Men was always on
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television, always on so our cast
in this one, as we mentioned,
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already. Jack Lemon plays John Gustafin. He had a hundred credits on his
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resume. If you don't know the
name Jack Lemon, I'm very surprised,
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because I mean he was even towards
the end of his career, he was
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still pretty active on screen. People
prefer Jacklin Jacklme. So he starts off
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in nineteen forty nine with the Philco
Television Playhouse, It Should Happen to You
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in nineteen fifty four, Mister Roberts
in fifty five, Fire Down Below,
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in fifty seven bella Book and Candle, which is a movie on my list.
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That is a Jimmy Stewart going after
a witch like a dating a witch
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movie. Really that sounds amazing.
Yeah, nineteen fifty eight, Some Like
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It Hot, nineteen fifty nine,
the classic I Love Some Like It Hot.
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Then he goes on into the Apartment
in nineteen sixty The Wackiest Ship in
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the Army, How to Murder Your
Wife, The Fortune Cookie, The Odd
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Couple, Roan and Martin's Laugh in
The Out of Towners Avanti, Save the
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Tiger, Prisoner of Second Avenue Airport, seventy seven, The China Syndrome Missing
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That's Life, Dad JFK the player
Glengary Glenn Ross, grumpy old man,
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grumpier old man. I always forget
about him. And he's so good at
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Glengarry. Do you think do you
think you remember Old Gil on Simpsons?
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Yeah, hopefully this will be a
chance for old Gill where they gets hit
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by car whatever. I feel like
that character was based on his Glengary Glenn
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Ross. He was very like down
trot Yeah, and you were like,
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why is this guy so sad?
His life is existence is situationd so sad?
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So my fellow Americans in nineteen ninety
six have you ever seen my fellow
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Americans? Was he? Was he
the president? Yeah? It's him and
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James Garner. I love that out
for an assassination, the assassination attempt on
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their lives. So I adore that. Oh it was so good. Yeah,
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that's a very good hamlet. In
ninety six, Out to See,
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which was the last reuniting of Mathou
and Lemon. In ninety seven, they
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did a remake of Twelve Angry Men
in ninety seven, The Odd Couple two.
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Oh wait, a couple two?
Was last one? Dumb? You
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think? Inherit the Wind In ninety
nine, Legendibagger Vance in two thousand.
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Hit the Wind was nineteen ninety nine. Yeah, because that's the thing I
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remember Jack Lemon for the most We
watched that in high school. That was
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the tail end of his career.
Was that one for the TV of the
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TV version? Well, so that
means that was like brand new when they
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were showing it just in school.
Probably. No, He's excellent and inherit
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The Wind fantastic film. So our
next cast remember one of my and Hen's
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personal favorites, Walter Matho, who
plays Max Goldman. One hundred and seven
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credits for Mathou, by the way, beats beats Lemon by seven, and
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I'm sure he's happy about that.
So like fuck you you adawmn Swede.
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So he does The Big Story in
nineteen fifty Lux Video Theater in fifty as
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well, also on the Philco television
playofs which is where those two met.
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Okay, that makes sense, yea
the Kentucky in in nineteen fifty five,
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Indian Fighter fifty five facing the crowd, King Crale voice in the Mirror Gangster
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Story in fifty nine, creole.
It's okay if I shouldn't say the word
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creole anyway, let's just keep moving
unless you're talking about foods. Stage Stranger's
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movie In nineteen sixty he does Alfred
Hitchcock Presents in eighty one, Lonely Are
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the Brave in sixty two or sixty
one for presents, Naked City in sixty
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two, Charade and sixty three,
one of my favorite roles of his because
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he plays a villain. I could
see him being a good villain. He's
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a very good villain. He also
does It's Him Audrey Hepburn and God who's
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the leading that one? But that's
a really like underrated, uh crime thriller.
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It's got some humor to it.
Yeah. I always of Mathow,
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but I had this weird thing the
two old men actors that I just thought
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were the best when I was like, I'm talking young. Yeah, we're
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Walter Mathow and Charles Groden. I
lovedown Croden just has a face. Well.
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I Foundroden in Beethoven, Yeah,
and I found Mathou in Dennis the
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Menace. Yeah. So yeah,
like I just like I always liked them
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a lot. Yeah, those two
were fantastic. So continues into nineteen sixty
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eight with the Odd Couple Candy in
sixty eight as well, Hello Dolly,
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Charlie Arrick, which is a really
really good crime thiller that I showed my
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dad a couple of years ago that
I think you would like, where Mathow
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was just a badass. I would
love to watch Mathow be a badass.
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Then he goes on to do the
Laughing Policeman. Another crime thriller, Bruce
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Durnaan seventy three, The Taking a
pell of one two three, the original
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with Robert Shaw, And that's a
really really good movie as well. Earthquake,
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Earthquake, the front page Bad News
Bears in seventy six, California.
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Sweet, I love the Bad News
Betters Bears for the record, Such a
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nobody can be as apathetic the Children's
Pain. Yeah as Walter Matt I mean,
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Billy bouth Thornton did a damn good
job in that remake. But oh
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no no, but but he wasn't
apathetic, No, he was like very
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00:28:07.160 --> 00:28:12.000
good. You're bleeding Hopscott in nineteen
eighty he does the Survivors in eighty three,
393
00:28:12.000 --> 00:28:15.119
the Robin Williams Walter Mathow movie.
I showed you last year. That
394
00:28:15.200 --> 00:28:21.640
was so what's so weird? Who's
that movie for? If you up there
395
00:28:21.640 --> 00:28:25.759
out there if you have not seen
Survivors. With the Survivors Survivors, it
396
00:28:25.920 --> 00:28:37.519
is literally a comedy about about like
doomsday militias. Yeah, don't ask me.
397
00:28:37.599 --> 00:28:40.200
Oh, and Robin Williams gets fired
by a parrot and it's probably like
398
00:28:40.200 --> 00:28:44.119
one of the funniest movie. Then
he does Pirates in eighty six, The
399
00:28:44.160 --> 00:28:45.920
Countrip eighty eight, also in JFK
in ninety one, by the way,
400
00:28:47.039 --> 00:28:49.480
Oh okay, yeah, Dennis the
Menace ninety three, Grumpy Old Men ninety
401
00:28:49.480 --> 00:28:53.480
three. Oh, that was the
same same year IQ in ninety four where
402
00:28:53.519 --> 00:28:59.400
he plays Albert Einstein. Oh,
I remember that movie. He was an
403
00:28:59.440 --> 00:29:03.680
interesting choice for Einstein. He did
a good job. He did, grew
404
00:29:03.759 --> 00:29:06.400
U year Old Men in ninety five
out to C ninety seven, The Odd
405
00:29:06.480 --> 00:29:10.359
Couple of ninety eight and Hanging Up
in two thousand. They passed I believe
406
00:29:10.400 --> 00:29:14.119
it was seven days apart. I
think Lemon passed first and then Mathow passed
407
00:29:14.119 --> 00:29:15.400
seven days after. Well, Matho
wouldn't allow it any other way. He
408
00:29:15.440 --> 00:29:19.839
wouldn't allow it anyway. So we
have to talk about the credit. Yeah,
409
00:29:21.119 --> 00:29:26.480
that obviously made all of this movie
happen. The Odd Couple, The
410
00:29:26.480 --> 00:29:30.240
Odd Couple absolutely one of my all
time favorite comedies, all time favorite movies.
411
00:29:30.519 --> 00:29:33.960
I actually got to screen it for
the Hain crowd a year ago and
412
00:29:34.079 --> 00:29:37.680
a lot of them had never seen
it before. Wow. For those who
413
00:29:37.720 --> 00:29:41.160
don't know, The Hater is a
culture center. That's the worst. Yes,
414
00:29:41.319 --> 00:29:47.680
White people come up with so many
interesting cultural center for a place where
415
00:29:47.680 --> 00:29:49.839
people watch movies. They're like,
this is a culture center. It's an
416
00:29:49.960 --> 00:29:52.799
art place there. Yeah, you
have exhibitsya. I was gonna say it's
417
00:29:52.839 --> 00:29:56.839
like a community space for enjoying entertainment. Yeah, yeah, company. I
418
00:29:56.240 --> 00:30:00.039
was just gonna use like a vague
term, but no, no. And
419
00:30:00.039 --> 00:30:04.160
and you've often helped curate and promote
events there. Yes. So meanwhile,
420
00:30:04.200 --> 00:30:07.440
when I do events, I'm just
like, we're gonna watch Project Metal Beast.
421
00:30:10.759 --> 00:30:12.319
You should you should start giving me
once a month at the Hater.
422
00:30:12.559 --> 00:30:17.799
My god, just uh three months
in a row Project metal Beast. But
423
00:30:17.920 --> 00:30:22.519
you see, he's a metal beast. But it's a project that makes him
424
00:30:22.559 --> 00:30:25.359
that. Do you know that's on
DVD now you can actually get a physical
425
00:30:25.359 --> 00:30:27.599
copy. It's a burn of course, but probably is available to Oh yeah,
426
00:30:27.640 --> 00:30:30.480
but soon it'll be on Blu Ray. As the world runs out,
427
00:30:30.480 --> 00:30:37.279
of movies to be remastered. Then
I will get my project. Metal Beast
428
00:30:37.599 --> 00:30:41.880
four keeps pushing, probably but no
so. But it's important to mention the
429
00:30:41.880 --> 00:30:45.680
odd couple put them both on the
map, and show business gave them both
430
00:30:45.720 --> 00:30:52.240
a career. Both of them were
very uh we're actors who proved later on
431
00:30:52.400 --> 00:30:56.359
how good they were. Their versatility
just there is no end to it.
432
00:30:56.400 --> 00:31:00.960
I mean, I've seen Lemon Bee
a very scary guy. I've seen Walter
433
00:31:00.039 --> 00:31:03.759
Matth I'll be a scary guy.
I've seen them be complete like heart throbs
434
00:31:03.799 --> 00:31:08.039
for you know, just the slapstick
humor and just over heart throbs for slapstick
435
00:31:08.039 --> 00:31:15.759
heart thoughts is not the right word. What whatever, that's my train of
436
00:31:15.799 --> 00:31:23.920
thought. English Man. Uh,
you guys heard that right? Like throbs?
437
00:31:23.960 --> 00:31:37.079
Yes, do you Even? Movie? Will be right back, welcome
438
00:31:37.160 --> 00:31:44.880
back to do You Even movie?
But no, like I mean, their
439
00:31:44.960 --> 00:31:48.599
versatility just has no ends. I've
seen them do roles of all kinds and
440
00:31:48.640 --> 00:31:52.400
they never disappoint. They always just
know how to sell a performance and a
441
00:31:52.480 --> 00:31:57.400
character especially, and the So Grumpy
Old Men was like a huge reunion of
442
00:31:57.519 --> 00:32:01.480
them in their older It's actually in
my in my notes, which I was
443
00:32:01.480 --> 00:32:04.880
saving for the end. But I'll
tell you now, this was originally supposed
444
00:32:04.920 --> 00:32:09.000
to be Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra, but their health were failing towards this
445
00:32:09.119 --> 00:32:13.640
point, and they kind of sucked. They well, and they did.
446
00:32:13.680 --> 00:32:15.839
I didn't feel like they had this
buddy buddy. I mean, like,
447
00:32:15.880 --> 00:32:17.079
yeah, they held the rat pack
of course. Oh no, No,
448
00:32:17.240 --> 00:32:21.400
I get why they wanted them,
and I'm sorry to say they sucked.
449
00:32:21.400 --> 00:32:24.480
They didn't suck, but like Sinatra's
a singer, Yeah, who did some
450
00:32:24.599 --> 00:32:29.319
acting. Oh my apologies. No, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis. That
451
00:32:29.359 --> 00:32:31.519
makes Oh no, that makes total
sense. Yeah, my apologies. This
452
00:32:31.640 --> 00:32:35.359
freaking guy made me look like a
jerk. No, that makes perfect sense.
453
00:32:35.400 --> 00:32:38.480
That would have totally the roles,
but declined due to Martin's uh frail
454
00:32:38.519 --> 00:32:42.480
health which prevented him from taking the
role. I mean it makes sense.
455
00:32:42.519 --> 00:32:46.200
He was, he was very up
there and uh and math out. I'm
456
00:32:46.200 --> 00:32:50.720
sorry at this point in Jerry Lewis's
career, I don't There's a movie that
457
00:32:50.759 --> 00:32:53.400
I love that I just discovered last
year called Funny Bones that Lewis is a
458
00:32:53.440 --> 00:32:55.880
big part of, but I don't
really think he was doing much around this
459
00:32:57.000 --> 00:33:04.960
time, well, he kind of
look America shockingly got tired of making fun
460
00:33:05.000 --> 00:33:08.160
of women in the mentally challenged,
So Jerry Lewis kind of lost his There's
461
00:33:08.160 --> 00:33:12.119
that old there's that whole joke.
When I was growing up, the joke
462
00:33:12.279 --> 00:33:16.200
always was the French love Jerry Lewis. Yeah, that's why he's there now.
463
00:33:16.440 --> 00:33:20.440
Yeah, but no, I mean
there's a lot to like about Jerry
464
00:33:20.519 --> 00:33:23.079
Lewis's career and his performances, and
I think that would have been a great
465
00:33:23.119 --> 00:33:30.240
swan song for them. But they
there's something about this film that is so
466
00:33:30.599 --> 00:33:39.039
masterfully effortless. They it is so
easy to watch them interact, like like
467
00:33:39.079 --> 00:33:45.039
the camera's not even there, it's
just them being in the out takes.
468
00:33:45.039 --> 00:33:47.880
At the end of the film,
there's a part where where math How is
469
00:33:49.359 --> 00:33:52.440
eire filming his close up where he's
saying, you know, he's watching them
470
00:33:52.480 --> 00:33:55.160
drive away, and Lemon decided to
like lean into the frame and be like
471
00:33:55.240 --> 00:34:01.440
who's leaving, and math How was
just like like just breaks when Tea Yeah,
472
00:34:01.599 --> 00:34:04.880
he whts a tear from his eye
because he thought that was so funny.
473
00:34:04.960 --> 00:34:07.199
Yeah, because you know, they're
serious actors, so he like was
474
00:34:07.239 --> 00:34:12.079
really getting himself in the moment and
imagining everything to do the performance, and
475
00:34:12.119 --> 00:34:15.400
then all of a sudden, Lemon
just leans in and who's leaving, And
476
00:34:15.400 --> 00:34:19.360
then it just clicks with him that
He's like, oh my God, and
477
00:34:19.440 --> 00:34:23.559
I just love that. I don't
even get the vibe that they're friends.
478
00:34:23.840 --> 00:34:27.800
I get the vibe that it's deeper
than that. I could see that.
479
00:34:27.880 --> 00:34:30.280
No. Wo so, but all
we can expand on that more as we
480
00:34:30.360 --> 00:34:31.800
talk about the film. Yeah,
and getting into the last of our credits,
481
00:34:31.800 --> 00:34:35.760
we have Ann Margaret who plays Aerial
True Rox on this. She was
482
00:34:35.760 --> 00:34:37.760
a singer on the Jack Benny Program
in nineteen sixty one, goes on to
483
00:34:37.800 --> 00:34:43.320
do American Bandstand sixty one. She
performed at the thirty fourth Academy Awards in
484
00:34:43.400 --> 00:34:46.480
nineteen sixty two, Wow Yeah,
Okay, at Sullivan Show in sixty three,
485
00:34:46.519 --> 00:34:50.320
the Flintstones in sixty three. She
also got The Ann Margaret Show in
486
00:34:50.360 --> 00:34:52.000
sixty eight. This is all of
her singing career. Her acting was taken
487
00:34:52.000 --> 00:34:54.760
off in the background as well too, but she was also singing while she
488
00:34:54.800 --> 00:34:58.320
was acting. For the most part. She'd Pocket Full of Miracles in sixty
489
00:34:58.320 --> 00:35:02.360
one State Fair Viva las Vega is
The Cincinnati Kids Stagecoach, The Cheap Detective
490
00:35:04.000 --> 00:35:07.199
fifty two Pickup in nineteen eighty six, which is a really really good crime
491
00:35:07.199 --> 00:35:10.840
thriller with Roy Schreider, John Glover
and Ann Margaret. Really, I'm gonna
492
00:35:10.840 --> 00:35:15.920
show you that one. Huh yeah, New Life in eighty eight, New
493
00:35:15.960 --> 00:35:17.920
Season ninety two, does Grumpy Old
Men in ninety three, Scarlet, which
494
00:35:17.960 --> 00:35:21.519
is the sequel to Gone with the
Win for TV in ninety four, Grumpy
495
00:35:21.599 --> 00:35:23.840
Er Old Men in ninety five.
She does Blue Rodeo in ninety six,
496
00:35:23.920 --> 00:35:28.159
Any Given Sunday ninety nine, Touched
by An Angel two thousand, The Tenth
497
00:35:28.280 --> 00:35:30.960
Kingdom two thousand, Taxi, the
remake of the Taxi series in two thousand
498
00:35:31.000 --> 00:35:34.760
and four, Oh, the Breakup
in two thousand and six, The Santa
499
00:35:34.800 --> 00:35:37.440
Claus three, Ray Donovan Going in
Style. Oh, she was on Ray
500
00:35:37.440 --> 00:35:42.039
Donad was on Ray Donovan. Yeah
remember that Happy The Christopher Maloney cartoon,
501
00:35:42.079 --> 00:35:45.559
The Crazy Cartoon, Rabbit Show,
Oh yeah, twenty nineteen, and Holiday
502
00:35:45.599 --> 00:35:49.599
Spectacular, a Hallmark thing she just
did recently in twenty twenty two. Oh.
503
00:35:49.639 --> 00:35:52.119
Well, good, she's still kicking
around, still going at it,
504
00:35:52.159 --> 00:35:54.519
so yeah, very good. When
did you first come into Grumpy Old Men.
505
00:35:55.199 --> 00:36:00.239
Well, it's a very personal question. Yeah, I mean it was
506
00:36:00.280 --> 00:36:10.960
on TV and well see young'in let
me tell you something about life in the
507
00:36:12.039 --> 00:36:16.199
Old Dade. When I was but
a boy, Grumpy Old Men was on
508
00:36:16.400 --> 00:36:22.079
HBO. I was not watching it
on Comedy Central. That was like that
509
00:36:22.239 --> 00:36:25.079
was me in high school. It
was on Comedy Central. I never saw
510
00:36:25.119 --> 00:36:31.159
it on those channels at all.
It was always so But I remember my
511
00:36:31.480 --> 00:36:38.519
mother just laughing her ass off at
this movie. She loved the odd Couple,
512
00:36:38.920 --> 00:36:43.119
so she wanted to watch it.
We might have even rented it that
513
00:36:43.239 --> 00:36:45.920
I don't remember. That would have
been I would have been in ninety three,
514
00:36:45.000 --> 00:36:47.400
I would have been six, you
know, or something like that.
515
00:36:47.559 --> 00:36:53.079
I'm I'm not a math technician,
Okay, I'm a heart throb for math.
516
00:36:54.000 --> 00:37:05.480
Yeah, Enrique is right and also
handsome, I'll but no. So
517
00:37:05.519 --> 00:37:09.440
I remember catching it on HBO often
and really enjoying it. That's also where
518
00:37:09.440 --> 00:37:12.840
I saw the Dennis the Menace movie
all the time. That makes sense.
519
00:37:12.880 --> 00:37:16.480
It was on HBO because they were
newer movies. Yeah, so, yeah,
520
00:37:16.519 --> 00:37:20.880
I'd always gotten a kick out of
it. I remember when I got
521
00:37:20.920 --> 00:37:23.440
older, like in my late teens
and stuff being like, Wow, this
522
00:37:23.480 --> 00:37:29.320
is really good, like this is
very very funny, outwardly funny. And
523
00:37:29.360 --> 00:37:32.280
then when I revisited it for the
first time as an adult, probably when
524
00:37:32.280 --> 00:37:37.679
I was like twenty nine or thirty, I lost it. I could not
525
00:37:37.840 --> 00:37:43.320
believe how funny it wasn't how heart
wrenching it was. Oh yeah, so
526
00:37:43.639 --> 00:37:45.440
that was my experience with it,
But what about you? So, like
527
00:37:45.480 --> 00:37:47.519
I said earlier, this, I
mean, this was on cable all the
528
00:37:47.519 --> 00:37:52.239
time growing up, so my parents
were always watching it. I would catch
529
00:37:52.239 --> 00:37:54.039
it in random spots I would and
usually would watch the whole thing. But
530
00:37:54.320 --> 00:37:58.679
it wasn't until like about a twenty
I think like twenty fifteen or so.
531
00:37:59.280 --> 00:38:02.119
I had gotten a really really bad
flu and I was going home from work
532
00:38:02.159 --> 00:38:05.760
and I had to stop and get
a couple of things, and it just
533
00:38:05.800 --> 00:38:07.239
so happened. I had to have
been Walmart, because I don't know where
534
00:38:07.280 --> 00:38:09.760
else there would have been been a
Blu Rays, although it may it may
535
00:38:09.800 --> 00:38:13.159
have been a Kroger. I probably
wasn't Kroger, but there was just the
536
00:38:13.199 --> 00:38:15.320
thing of Blue Rays out and I
was Kroger did not carry Blu Rays long
537
00:38:15.440 --> 00:38:19.280
it was. It wasn't like a
regular thing. It was like these little
538
00:38:19.360 --> 00:38:22.159
sale boxes they would have like throughout
the aisles of Oh yeah, yeah,
539
00:38:22.159 --> 00:38:25.360
I gotch And I remember like I
was grabbing my crackers and my ginger ale
540
00:38:25.360 --> 00:38:29.599
and whatever the hell else I needed
before I went home and hermited and I
541
00:38:29.679 --> 00:38:30.639
was like, you know what,
I'm just gonna see if there's a movie
542
00:38:30.639 --> 00:38:34.039
in here. And I saw Grumpy
Old Men double pack, and I was
543
00:38:34.079 --> 00:38:37.039
like, I haven't seen that in
forever. So I took it home and
544
00:38:37.199 --> 00:38:39.280
you know, I'm trying to heal
from a flu and whatnot, and I'm
545
00:38:39.280 --> 00:38:43.840
watching Grumpy Old Men. And I
immediately finished it and went into Grumpy Old
546
00:38:43.840 --> 00:38:45.559
Men because I had such a damn
good time with it. It's such a
547
00:38:45.599 --> 00:38:51.360
sweet movie and it's so much fun
and also just completely gets you in that
548
00:38:51.400 --> 00:38:54.159
winter movie. It's a perfect winter
movie. It takes place in Minnesota.
549
00:38:54.599 --> 00:38:59.639
Well, Bosh wab a shot Waba
shot Wabishop, Minnesota, and it was
550
00:38:59.679 --> 00:39:04.760
shot in Minnesota. Yeah, and
so it's it's all tons of snow,
551
00:39:05.239 --> 00:39:09.599
plows, ice fishing. It's just
well very that and a great supporting cast
552
00:39:09.679 --> 00:39:14.599
of Darryl Han, Daryl Hannah,
Kevin Pollack, Ozzie Davis, and even
553
00:39:14.760 --> 00:39:17.119
Christopher McDonald schows up at one point
too. Plus you have Burgess Meredith as
554
00:39:17.159 --> 00:39:21.199
the grandfather at best, he's the
best. This movie is just so much
555
00:39:21.239 --> 00:39:24.039
not as the grandfather, he's just
the father. Our main characters are elderly.
556
00:39:24.119 --> 00:39:27.880
Yeah, that's right, like what
they call him, Grandpa ghost of
557
00:39:27.880 --> 00:39:31.559
Facility. I love that. Uh. And that's one of the best parts
558
00:39:31.559 --> 00:39:35.280
of this movie is that Jack Levan's
character is stopping around. He's like his
559
00:39:35.320 --> 00:39:37.960
dad out there today. You're like
dad, And it's Burges just married as
560
00:39:38.039 --> 00:39:44.239
old as hell, yeah, and
twice as oranery as usual, portraying ninety
561
00:39:44.280 --> 00:39:45.880
four years old. He was eighty
five at the time of this role.
562
00:39:46.119 --> 00:39:50.519
Wow, yeah he was. He
must not have been kicking around much longer.
563
00:39:50.960 --> 00:39:55.679
Seventeen years younger than Lemon. Wow. I believe that though, Yeah,
564
00:39:55.760 --> 00:39:59.079
I believe that. All right.
So we're ready to break down grupy
565
00:39:59.079 --> 00:40:01.719
old men. I mean sure,
all right. So we open with a
566
00:40:01.760 --> 00:40:07.079
beautiful shot of an ice fishing tense
as the train rolls through Wabashaw. We
567
00:40:07.119 --> 00:40:09.000
see the town is just snow covered. We're in Rock Island, Wabashaw,
568
00:40:09.079 --> 00:40:13.880
and we meet John Gustafson and he
is trying to flee his home because there's
569
00:40:13.920 --> 00:40:16.159
a gentleman outside his house knocking on
the door from the IRS. And well,
570
00:40:16.199 --> 00:40:19.920
first of all, that's no gentleman. That's an agent of the federal
571
00:40:20.000 --> 00:40:22.039
government. Yeah, no gentleman at
all. And let's just understand, as
572
00:40:22.079 --> 00:40:28.400
your style guide lifestyle coach, lifestyle
coach, style guide of the program,
573
00:40:29.159 --> 00:40:31.639
you don't trust a fed. Nah, a fed is a fed is a
574
00:40:31.679 --> 00:40:36.639
fed. Yeah. Anyway, so
he's fleeing from his house. He goes
575
00:40:36.679 --> 00:40:39.400
out the window, goes down the
side of his roof, and he sneaks
576
00:40:39.400 --> 00:40:42.840
out the back and that's when he
runs into Max, who's asking him what
577
00:40:42.880 --> 00:40:44.800
he's doing. He's like, keep
it down, keep it down. And
578
00:40:44.840 --> 00:40:46.239
they walk around the side of the
house together, and that's when mister Stider
579
00:40:46.280 --> 00:40:49.320
from the IRS comes up to them. He's like, you know, have
580
00:40:49.360 --> 00:40:52.320
you seen John Gustison. And that's
when we get to see how much Max
581
00:40:52.400 --> 00:40:55.360
thinks of him, because he's like, oh, yeah, he's he's he
582
00:40:55.400 --> 00:40:58.559
hasn't been around lately. You might
want to check the clubs, you know,
583
00:40:58.599 --> 00:41:00.519
the clubs were men dare Yeah,
those no, he says, those
584
00:41:00.559 --> 00:41:06.079
pervert clubs, all the ones where
the men take off their clothes. Uh,
585
00:41:06.320 --> 00:41:07.719
and that's great because yeah, Jack
Lemon standing right next to him,
586
00:41:07.719 --> 00:41:12.360
to him, but he's also but
here's the thing. It's a perfect establishment
587
00:41:12.400 --> 00:41:15.719
of their relationship. Yeah, because
what he's actually doing is covering the coming
588
00:41:15.760 --> 00:41:17.079
for him. But he's just busting
his balls while he does it. Yeah,
589
00:41:17.079 --> 00:41:20.440
so he's just like, he's like, oh because remember he says,
590
00:41:20.480 --> 00:41:22.079
he's like, and that's just what
he does. If he's taking his medicine,
591
00:41:22.119 --> 00:41:25.440
medicine. If he's not taking his
medicine, he's probably wandering around talking
592
00:41:25.480 --> 00:41:29.559
to trees or something. Yeah,
it's so good. It's such a great
593
00:41:29.599 --> 00:41:30.960
So Snyder hands in his card and
he's like, you know, when you
594
00:41:31.000 --> 00:41:32.719
see him, like, you know, make sure he contacts me. And
595
00:41:32.760 --> 00:41:35.400
John takes the car. He's like, oh yeah, yeah I will,
596
00:41:35.800 --> 00:41:37.599
and they walk off. Watch they
walk him, watch him slip in the
597
00:41:37.599 --> 00:41:40.800
ice, which I love. Oh
yeah, so good. Oh oh yeah,
598
00:41:42.000 --> 00:41:45.320
slip slick out there. So they
notice that someone's moving in across the
599
00:41:45.320 --> 00:41:47.559
street as they see movers unloading a
truck. There's some sculptures, there's some
600
00:41:47.639 --> 00:41:51.599
paintings, but they don't see the
homeowner yet. So John returns to his
601
00:41:51.599 --> 00:41:53.760
home and he finds the letter that
Snyder looked under his door, which basically
602
00:41:53.800 --> 00:41:57.639
says he has thirty days to pay
or he's gonna have to vacate the premises
603
00:41:57.639 --> 00:42:00.960
because they're taking the house. Yeah, it's his final notice. So the
604
00:42:00.000 --> 00:42:04.320
two are awoken late that night by
sounds of a skidoo going up and down
605
00:42:04.320 --> 00:42:07.280
the street at one forty four in
the morning. They go to their window
606
00:42:07.320 --> 00:42:09.480
and watch the rider pull up in
front of the house and takes off her
607
00:42:09.519 --> 00:42:14.519
helmet to reveal Ariel, the new
neighbor. Yes, played by Ann Margaret.
608
00:42:14.639 --> 00:42:19.000
Yeah, and it's a very surprising
moment because Lemon's just like, who's
609
00:42:19.039 --> 00:42:21.719
making all that annoying racket? And
then she pulls the helmet off and you
610
00:42:21.719 --> 00:42:23.920
see the big red hair. Yep. Yeah, that's good stuff. So
611
00:42:23.960 --> 00:42:28.360
the next morning, John and Max
brush off their cars and they're discussing their
612
00:42:28.400 --> 00:42:31.159
families and Max tells them that his
son Jacob's coming over later and John tells
613
00:42:31.199 --> 00:42:35.000
them that Melody be coming over and
they should make sure they have the two
614
00:42:35.000 --> 00:42:37.079
meat and we see Ariel come out
of her house and she gets into her
615
00:42:37.119 --> 00:42:40.519
jeep and drives off. John goes
to visit Chuck who is his buddy who
616
00:42:40.519 --> 00:42:44.679
owns the general store near the lake
where they ice fish, played by Ozzy
617
00:42:45.400 --> 00:42:50.920
and played effortlessly, wonderfully by Ozzy
Davis. Ozzy Davis an incredible character actor,
618
00:42:51.159 --> 00:42:54.519
probably more credits than both of them
combined. Honestly, he also lived
619
00:42:54.519 --> 00:42:59.960
a lot longer than they. Surprise
me, Ozzie Davis just straight up goat
620
00:43:00.320 --> 00:43:04.800
MVP. I mean, most people
remember him. He has a very memorable
621
00:43:04.840 --> 00:43:07.760
moment in what one hundred and thirteen
credits? Dang, Yeah, so he
622
00:43:07.840 --> 00:43:10.920
beats both of them. Yeah,
I believe it. Uh, But he
623
00:43:12.400 --> 00:43:14.800
was in Bubba Hotep, which a
lot of people because that was a very
624
00:43:14.840 --> 00:43:17.800
memorable role he plays. For those
who have never seen Bubba Hotap, he
625
00:43:17.880 --> 00:43:22.760
plays John F. Kennedy, the
President who was never killed. Instead,
626
00:43:22.840 --> 00:43:27.719
they took a piece of his brain
and then, and I'm quoting the movie,
627
00:43:28.360 --> 00:43:30.559
they dyed his skin black so no
one would believe him yep, and
628
00:43:30.599 --> 00:43:34.599
stuck him in a nursing home.
It's so good God that if you haven't
629
00:43:34.599 --> 00:43:37.719
seen Bubba Hotap, this is this
is the year that you need to see
630
00:43:37.760 --> 00:43:39.920
Bubba Hotep because it just celebrated.
It's like, what twentieth anniversary. I
631
00:43:39.920 --> 00:43:43.320
think it was. I think that
was last year. Yeah, last year,
632
00:43:43.400 --> 00:43:45.000
yeah, yeah, yeah, And
Dave, I can't recommend enough seeing
633
00:43:45.000 --> 00:43:50.760
it the drive in with Joe Bob
Briggs hosting it. If d why are
634
00:43:50.760 --> 00:43:52.719
you so mad? Why you so
mad? Because I want to go to
635
00:43:52.760 --> 00:43:58.360
a jamboree just once. Well,
have to win a lottery. They're not
636
00:43:58.480 --> 00:44:00.880
that expense, they're expensive, and
you want to do all the things.
637
00:44:00.880 --> 00:44:02.159
Hey, I only did two.
Yeah, I didn't do the third one
638
00:44:02.159 --> 00:44:06.920
in Vegas. So Chuck is talking
to John and John gets his beer and
639
00:44:06.960 --> 00:44:09.480
his worms to go fishing. He
then drives to the lake and meets his
640
00:44:09.519 --> 00:44:14.599
father, who is a grandpa Goosefsen
played by Burgess Meredith and my god,
641
00:44:14.639 --> 00:44:16.599
this is one of his best roles. Oh he's you can tell he is
642
00:44:16.639 --> 00:44:22.039
having a time. He's just going
ham smoking cigarettes but throwing at in you
643
00:44:22.119 --> 00:44:24.639
windows. And of course John tells
about the new neighbor and Guffson says,
644
00:44:24.679 --> 00:44:28.000
what are you too young? Why
don't you go after her? Well?
645
00:44:28.039 --> 00:44:30.480
No, The first thing he says
is he says like it's a woman moved
646
00:44:30.519 --> 00:44:31.639
into the so and s house,
And he goes, did you mountain?
647
00:44:32.559 --> 00:44:37.400
Did you mount her, did you
mount her? I'm just I'm saying it
648
00:44:37.440 --> 00:44:45.119
again so that everybody can understand his
first question was did you mount her?
649
00:44:45.199 --> 00:44:47.280
And that meredith way that he can
only say it, well, he literally
650
00:44:47.320 --> 00:44:52.079
can't help it. There may be
something horribly wrong with him, just maybe.
651
00:44:52.599 --> 00:44:54.679
So the two return home the same
time as Max is bragging and showing
652
00:44:54.679 --> 00:44:58.800
off this huge line of fish that
he caught, while John just got like
653
00:44:58.840 --> 00:45:02.519
this, Me's one two, yeah, Measley two. And John retaliates then
654
00:45:02.559 --> 00:45:06.079
by taking one of the fish off
the line and putting it right into the
655
00:45:06.079 --> 00:45:09.400
back seat of Max's car, which, honestly, with how cold it was
656
00:45:09.440 --> 00:45:13.159
in Minnesota, I feel like it
would have taken a really long time for
657
00:45:13.320 --> 00:45:15.760
staying start. But that's just me. So later that night, there's a
658
00:45:15.840 --> 00:45:17.400
knock on the door, which makes
John think that Snyder's back, so he
659
00:45:17.440 --> 00:45:21.400
goes to his window sneaks out on
the roof, except he slips off the
660
00:45:21.480 --> 00:45:23.480
roof, falling down into the snow, right in front of Ariel, who
661
00:45:23.519 --> 00:45:28.039
smiles at him, and he tries
to explain himself, but she just asked
662
00:45:28.079 --> 00:45:30.880
if she can come inside and use
the bathroom, boasting that she can tell
663
00:45:30.880 --> 00:45:34.800
a lot about a person just by
seeing their bathroom. I suppose that's true.
664
00:45:34.880 --> 00:45:37.519
I would think so. I mean, your bathroom says a lot about
665
00:45:37.519 --> 00:45:39.639
you. I mean it used to
before we took care of all the nautical
666
00:45:39.719 --> 00:45:44.760
theme to it. You took care
of the nautical theme. You don't remember
667
00:45:44.800 --> 00:45:49.360
when we redid the bat what the
bathroom looked like older versus now when we
668
00:45:49.360 --> 00:45:52.719
did the we redid it a year
and a half ago. I actually I
669
00:45:52.760 --> 00:45:55.559
apologize. I don't subscribe to your
bathroom blog. You helped me move in,
670
00:45:57.679 --> 00:46:00.880
don't remind me I should have never
done. I should from now on.
671
00:46:00.039 --> 00:46:02.320
David, huh, I'll only help
you move if you're moving out of
672
00:46:02.360 --> 00:46:07.280
the scale. O. Yes,
do you even? Movie? Will be
673
00:46:07.440 --> 00:46:23.400
right back. Welcome back to do
you even? Movie? So she returns,
674
00:46:23.400 --> 00:46:28.239
telling him that it's fascinating, asking
him if he'd like to introduce himself,
675
00:46:28.280 --> 00:46:30.039
and she says that she already knows
his name, and admits to stealing
676
00:46:30.079 --> 00:46:32.679
his mail to learn a little bit
more about him. But there's nothing there
677
00:46:32.679 --> 00:46:37.440
to learn. It's not a big
confession. She's just like I looked,
678
00:46:37.440 --> 00:46:38.360
I went through your mail. It's
a really good way to get to know
679
00:46:38.400 --> 00:46:43.480
something. So she makes herself comfortable, sitting down at his chest table and
680
00:46:43.559 --> 00:46:46.599
telling him that she teaches classic literature, and before introducing herself to him as
681
00:46:46.639 --> 00:46:50.679
Ariel, she explains that her past
she was a teacher, that she's just
682
00:46:50.719 --> 00:46:53.480
moved to the area to continue teaching
classic literature as well, and she also
683
00:46:53.599 --> 00:46:58.239
questions if he's heterosexual or homosexual.
Yeah, because when she finds Outny singles
684
00:46:58.239 --> 00:47:00.719
she knows heterosexual or homosexual Yeah,
which it stifles him for me, He's
685
00:47:00.800 --> 00:47:05.519
just like what Yeah, And it
should be mentioned she is like the epitome
686
00:47:05.559 --> 00:47:08.039
of from California. Yeah, No, she's she is a free spirit,
687
00:47:08.119 --> 00:47:12.480
and she doesn't stop talking for like
the moment that they start meeting inside his
688
00:47:12.519 --> 00:47:15.360
house, and then like when he
finally gets the words in like she's she
689
00:47:15.480 --> 00:47:19.400
still continues the conversation for him.
Yeah. So the two briefly talk before
690
00:47:19.480 --> 00:47:22.199
John walks her out, and before
returning to Ariel, he makes a chess
691
00:47:22.199 --> 00:47:24.199
move because she calls one out as
she's walking away, and so he goes
692
00:47:24.199 --> 00:47:28.079
to the board and makes the move
that she called. Yeah. It becomes
693
00:47:28.199 --> 00:47:30.679
very clear that they have a lot
in common yeah. Uh, interest wise,
694
00:47:30.760 --> 00:47:35.519
Yeah, and a lot in common
life wise, personalities. Their personalities
695
00:47:35.559 --> 00:47:37.760
mesh really well. So we next
see John and Max both at the local
696
00:47:37.800 --> 00:47:43.800
pharmacy. They're comparing their various illnesses
that they've had between their pain, their
697
00:47:43.840 --> 00:47:49.519
pains and whatnot. I had a
gallstone size of a baseball. So that
698
00:47:49.679 --> 00:47:52.280
Ariel walks in, introducing herself to
Max and returning some of his male that
699
00:47:52.360 --> 00:47:57.400
she accidentally got as well. Yeah, quote unquote accidentally. She questions the
700
00:47:57.400 --> 00:48:00.000
pharmacists if her herbal supplements have arrived
yet. The pharmacist confirms that they have
701
00:48:00.159 --> 00:48:04.559
all the way from California, which
a kind of annoys the pharmacis's wife,
702
00:48:04.559 --> 00:48:07.760
who's off to the side because he
just kind of puts all her atta because
703
00:48:07.800 --> 00:48:13.679
he's giving her like googly eyes.
Yeah, he's very interested in her tea
704
00:48:13.719 --> 00:48:16.519
trioilree oils. Yes, so he
excused, She excuses herself, and we
705
00:48:16.559 --> 00:48:21.079
see John and Max pawning over her
once again. We next see John having
706
00:48:21.119 --> 00:48:23.320
movers remove his piano as his daughter, Mel, who is played by Daryl
707
00:48:23.360 --> 00:48:27.800
Hannah, arrives with her granddaughter.
Mel tells her father that her and her
708
00:48:27.880 --> 00:48:30.440
husband are having some issues and they're
probably going to separate, and the two
709
00:48:30.719 --> 00:48:35.400
discussion is broken up by Ariel,
who screams from merging from her sauna in
710
00:48:35.440 --> 00:48:37.719
the backyard. And she's just having
a good time diving into the snow.
711
00:48:38.079 --> 00:48:42.480
You don't even mention she's in a
one she's in a swimsuit. So she's
712
00:48:42.519 --> 00:48:45.800
in a swimsuit, jumps into the
snow and is like throwing it in her
713
00:48:45.840 --> 00:48:50.800
face and go like waves at them. Hi, because she's like, who
714
00:48:50.840 --> 00:48:52.519
is that. He's like, I
don't know. She's like, well,
715
00:48:52.760 --> 00:48:55.960
she knows you, she knows you. So she clivers herself in snow then
716
00:48:57.000 --> 00:49:00.159
runs back into the sauna. Later
that night, Jacob Max's son stops in
717
00:49:00.280 --> 00:49:04.320
with his mayoral candidate sign and Max
tells him that he should stop him for
718
00:49:04.320 --> 00:49:06.719
a bit and have dinner, but
Jacob says that he's busy and he can't,
719
00:49:06.719 --> 00:49:07.400
and Max is like, oh,
you know, just one drink.
720
00:49:07.639 --> 00:49:12.320
We can have one drink. But
it's telling about how lonely Mathow is.
721
00:49:12.440 --> 00:49:15.559
Yeah, it is very telling that
his son like doesn't spend a ton of
722
00:49:15.559 --> 00:49:20.320
time with him. Although it's not
like his son's a loaf, you know,
723
00:49:20.400 --> 00:49:23.519
he's got aspirations. He wants to
be the mayor of a little town
724
00:49:23.559 --> 00:49:27.119
that he grew up in and stuff. But yeah, it's very like kind
725
00:49:27.119 --> 00:49:28.960
of sad but also kind of sweet. How he's just like, okay,
726
00:49:29.000 --> 00:49:30.880
just a drink, a little tiny
drinks, so a little time drink.
727
00:49:30.119 --> 00:49:34.360
But that's broken up because Max realizes
he has to keep his schedule. As
728
00:49:34.360 --> 00:49:37.280
he goes to the window, which
is right across from John's house, and
729
00:49:37.360 --> 00:49:39.280
John's sitting down with his dinner,
getting ready to watch the lottery numbers come
730
00:49:39.320 --> 00:49:44.000
out. Yeah, Max starts changing
his channels as the numbers starts dropping.
731
00:49:44.239 --> 00:49:46.760
We find out just a little bit
sooner or a little bit later that he
732
00:49:46.840 --> 00:49:51.079
was a TV repairman. Yeah,
and he literally has a little tray full
733
00:49:51.079 --> 00:49:53.360
little promotion remotes so you can go
over there and drink and change it.
734
00:49:53.480 --> 00:49:57.679
So as they're reading the numbers,
he just changes the channel over. My
735
00:49:57.800 --> 00:50:00.079
favorite thing was that they had the
most obnoxious commercials. Yeah, and I
736
00:50:00.159 --> 00:50:02.239
was able to turn to you and
be like, David, those are real
737
00:50:02.400 --> 00:50:07.000
that those every single one of those
commercials. They were like pizza Hut commercials
738
00:50:07.039 --> 00:50:09.199
and stuff like that. They were
all legit. I remember all of those
739
00:50:09.199 --> 00:50:14.000
commercials running. They were mostly from
ninety two. Yeah, so ninety two
740
00:50:14.119 --> 00:50:17.719
was like a peak time for me
of like growing into watching TV. Terminator
741
00:50:17.719 --> 00:50:21.440
two was coming out stuff like that. Yeah, but yeah, because there's
742
00:50:21.480 --> 00:50:24.559
one one of the commercials is a
Pizza High commercial where they're doing a conga
743
00:50:24.639 --> 00:50:28.440
line, yeah, and they smush
a kid. It's like the joke in
744
00:50:28.519 --> 00:50:30.519
it. And I just felt the
need to tell you because they were showing
745
00:50:30.519 --> 00:50:34.559
the most bizarre ones. I was
like, those are all real commercials that
746
00:50:34.599 --> 00:50:37.840
were actually on the air. So
Jacob questions if John started every eraf John
747
00:50:37.880 --> 00:50:42.119
started every fights in nineteen forty,
but Max corrects him, nineteen thirty eight
748
00:50:42.239 --> 00:50:45.280
is when it fights started. Nineteen
thirty eight. So Jacob goes to open
749
00:50:45.280 --> 00:50:47.119
the window, calling to John and
for his father to apologize, but as
750
00:50:47.159 --> 00:50:51.159
Max goes to the window, he
gets blasted by a hose as John blast
751
00:50:51.199 --> 00:50:53.599
him from the yard across the way. Jacob then goes outside later as he's
752
00:50:53.639 --> 00:50:57.880
leaving his dad's house and sees John
is spraying the roof with water so that
753
00:50:57.920 --> 00:51:00.000
it'll fall on him the next day
from the snow and tells him he won't
754
00:51:00.000 --> 00:51:02.400
tell his dad that. He agrees
to take one of his signs and puts
755
00:51:02.440 --> 00:51:06.559
in his yard, which then gives
you a really good concept with Gustopsin because
756
00:51:06.719 --> 00:51:09.639
yeah, he he's like i'd be
pretty prod like he likes him. He
757
00:51:09.679 --> 00:51:15.039
really does like him, and that's
very very apparent. Yeah, it's just
758
00:51:15.079 --> 00:51:17.519
that him and his dad have this
long standing rival. Yeah, and I
759
00:51:17.639 --> 00:51:22.679
need long standing. It's nineteen ninety
three, they're talking about nineteen fifty eight
760
00:51:22.800 --> 00:51:27.960
or some some stuff, so like
it's it's very long standing and h but
761
00:51:28.000 --> 00:51:31.519
I love the interactions with with his
with Pollock. Kevin Pollack is the son.
762
00:51:31.880 --> 00:51:36.480
I think he's just a really good
example of like the level headed nature
763
00:51:36.559 --> 00:51:40.119
of the kids and how the dads
are. They're bored and they're stir crazy
764
00:51:40.440 --> 00:51:44.400
and that makes them be a little
bit more childish shit time. Well,
765
00:51:44.400 --> 00:51:46.719
and even if they're curmudgey like they're
still they're still friendly to one another,
766
00:51:46.719 --> 00:51:52.480
even if they're greeting is hello dickhead, Hello schmuck, Hello punch. My
767
00:51:52.519 --> 00:51:58.440
favorite when he's like you dumbed sweet. So the next morning, John plans
768
00:51:58.480 --> 00:52:00.679
backfires as the snow from the room
missus Max and he tells him you gotta
769
00:52:00.760 --> 00:52:05.679
use warm water. John then says
that he'll never get him. He then
770
00:52:05.719 --> 00:52:07.800
goes to his car finds the dead
fish. But he's trying to well,
771
00:52:07.800 --> 00:52:10.000
he doesn't find the dead fish.
He starts smelling in the car. Oh,
772
00:52:10.039 --> 00:52:15.119
he's driving, and this is terrifying
because Mathow's reaching back behind him as
773
00:52:15.119 --> 00:52:17.760
he's driving this car, swerving all
over the road. Iist over roads,
774
00:52:19.039 --> 00:52:21.960
and the thing I love was that
they depict the roads as never clear,
775
00:52:22.039 --> 00:52:23.719
never clear, never clear, never
know. There's a plow going around,
776
00:52:23.920 --> 00:52:28.039
But all the plow does is make
sure your car is covered buried in.
777
00:52:28.159 --> 00:52:30.159
Yeah, so he's trying to remove
it, just causing hasbak on the road
778
00:52:30.159 --> 00:52:34.880
as he drives over. Max gets
to Chuck's General store and John shortly arrives.
779
00:52:34.920 --> 00:52:37.239
After telling him that Ariel came to
see him late last night. John
780
00:52:37.280 --> 00:52:40.440
and Max both stay to each other
that neither of them want to pursue her,
781
00:52:40.519 --> 00:52:44.840
until Chuck basically calls them on their
bullshit and claims that they're both chickens,
782
00:52:44.840 --> 00:52:45.880
stating, you know, you got
a beautiful woman across the street.
783
00:52:46.480 --> 00:52:50.199
You know what more are you waiting
for? Yeah? Why wouldn't you?
784
00:52:50.440 --> 00:52:54.039
Yeah. So the three go to
leave and Max questions Chuck if he uh
785
00:52:54.639 --> 00:52:58.840
if he stinks, and Chuck says, yep, just joking with him.
786
00:52:59.280 --> 00:53:01.280
So then we see get back into
his car, which is now decked out
787
00:53:01.280 --> 00:53:05.760
with every air freshener possibly. Yeah, there's like there's like a forest of
788
00:53:05.840 --> 00:53:09.320
tree shaped fresheners. He digs around
in the back fighting the fish, and
789
00:53:09.400 --> 00:53:14.079
John is watching from his car as
he drives past, and that's when Max
790
00:53:14.159 --> 00:53:16.039
chucks the fish of the car and
John calls him a schmuck throwing the fish
791
00:53:16.320 --> 00:53:20.079
and it hits the back of the
cars he drives. And that's the thing
792
00:53:20.159 --> 00:53:24.000
is they like so effortlessly are like
at each other, yeah all the time,
793
00:53:25.079 --> 00:53:29.840
very very funny. Their reactions are
very like, well it's my turn
794
00:53:29.920 --> 00:53:31.159
now, Well it's my turn now. That's one of the things I love
795
00:53:31.400 --> 00:53:35.119
when math I was telling his son
like he doesn't know what's me doing it
796
00:53:35.239 --> 00:53:37.719
and he's like changing the channel.
Then when he goes to apologize, make
797
00:53:37.920 --> 00:53:40.800
make his dad apologize and opens the
window, he sprays his house because it's
798
00:53:40.800 --> 00:53:45.519
like, yeah, who else would
screw with him? He knows it's you.
799
00:53:45.760 --> 00:53:49.719
It's so clear. I love that
gag. I love it. So
800
00:53:49.760 --> 00:53:52.559
back in his ice shanty, Max
fishes and he starts to see a bite
801
00:53:52.599 --> 00:53:54.599
on his rod, which he's not
holding whoa, whoa whoa. That's a
802
00:53:54.760 --> 00:54:01.159
very oh oh okay fishing pole,
fishing rod whoa, which is pulled into
803
00:54:01.159 --> 00:54:04.559
the lake because he can't get to
it in time. So he rushes out
804
00:54:04.559 --> 00:54:07.320
and starts searching the ice, trying
to find his road as it's going through
805
00:54:07.320 --> 00:54:10.280
the ice. John and his father
arrive to the supply truck around the area
806
00:54:10.320 --> 00:54:15.239
and they witness Max just hacking away
at the ice in an axe. After
807
00:54:15.320 --> 00:54:17.119
like two or three swings, he
just gives up. Well, and it
808
00:54:17.159 --> 00:54:22.840
should be mentioned, So I just
got back from being up in northern Michigan
809
00:54:22.000 --> 00:54:27.960
and it was just ice fishing season
was probably gonna start like three days after
810
00:54:28.039 --> 00:54:31.400
I left because it had just finally
gotten really cold. And I've been out
811
00:54:31.400 --> 00:54:34.880
on ice fishing lakes. I never
went ice ice fishing, but I've been
812
00:54:34.920 --> 00:54:39.320
on different sized lakes. Yeah,
I now know why in movies and depictions
813
00:54:39.360 --> 00:54:43.920
of ice fishing people like try to
reach and grab and get stuff. Those
814
00:54:44.000 --> 00:54:46.559
lakes are not deep at all a
lot of times their deepest point is like
815
00:54:46.599 --> 00:54:51.320
six or seven feet so because lakes
just aren't that deep in general. I
816
00:54:51.320 --> 00:54:53.159
mean, some lakes will be ten
feet deep. But I remember when I
817
00:54:53.199 --> 00:54:58.159
was on ho Houghton Lake, which
is a giant lake in Michigan. Yeah,
818
00:54:58.199 --> 00:55:01.719
and because that's where I went snowma. The lady was telling us like,
819
00:55:01.760 --> 00:55:06.840
oh it, the deepest point is
maybe twelve feet, but most of
820
00:55:06.880 --> 00:55:12.119
the most of it is four to
six. So like when cars would fall
821
00:55:12.159 --> 00:55:15.639
through the ice, which didn't happen
very often unless people didn't pay attention to
822
00:55:15.679 --> 00:55:17.440
the reports in the morning. Yeah, but when cars would fall through,
823
00:55:17.480 --> 00:55:20.480
they'd be like, well, as
soon as the ice thaws, like they
824
00:55:20.519 --> 00:55:23.000
can get it out. It's not
that deep. So it does make sense
825
00:55:23.039 --> 00:55:29.199
to try to rescue something because it's
not like there's this feeling. Especially I've
826
00:55:29.199 --> 00:55:31.719
always had that like the icehole is
just the abyss. Yeah, and you
827
00:55:31.760 --> 00:55:35.760
will never get anything that falls through
it back. But apparently, like in
828
00:55:35.800 --> 00:55:38.920
reality, it's just a shallow l
good to know though, especially is that
829
00:55:38.960 --> 00:55:40.960
one video we were watching, which
it turned out to be fake, but
830
00:55:42.000 --> 00:55:45.760
that car falling through the Oh yeah, sorry, I ruined that that video
831
00:55:45.920 --> 00:55:47.800
was a fraud. It was a
fraud, and I'm sad. Well,
832
00:55:47.960 --> 00:55:51.639
see it's a win for me,
that is true. So at the house,
833
00:55:51.760 --> 00:55:54.119
Jacob helps Mel with the groceries as
they reminisced some and mel admitting she
834
00:55:54.159 --> 00:55:58.159
saw Jacob watching her all those years
when they were growing up across the street
835
00:55:58.159 --> 00:56:01.079
from each other, and why did
he never ask? There is heavy duty
836
00:56:01.119 --> 00:56:06.760
will they won't they? Between Pollock
and Darryl. Hannah's character character who we've
837
00:56:06.800 --> 00:56:10.679
already been established that she has separated
from her husband, has a beautiful daughter
838
00:56:12.320 --> 00:56:15.880
and is sweet as fucking sugar,
you know, like she's so so kind.
839
00:56:16.599 --> 00:56:24.239
There's like her rapport with Jack Lemon. It very makes it very clear
840
00:56:24.280 --> 00:56:30.760
that Lemon's character was always much sweeter
and much more caring. But if you
841
00:56:30.840 --> 00:56:36.599
look at their backstory, it actually
makes sense. Lemon school teacher. That
842
00:56:36.719 --> 00:56:40.639
means he liked being around children.
That means that he liked kids in general.
843
00:56:42.320 --> 00:56:45.079
They start to hint at that his
marriage wasn't that great, but he
844
00:56:45.119 --> 00:56:49.320
was still a very happy person.
He's very active in his daughter's life,
845
00:56:49.360 --> 00:56:53.360
he loves his granddaughter, adores his
own art. But then you look at
846
00:56:53.480 --> 00:56:58.480
Mathow's character. He was a television
repairman. That's a little bit more of
847
00:56:58.519 --> 00:57:02.079
a solitary technical job. So he's
a little bit more solitary and a little
848
00:57:02.079 --> 00:57:06.079
bit more technical. He likes to
sit around his house, watch the boob
849
00:57:06.119 --> 00:57:07.760
tube, eat a little something.
He does like to see his son,
850
00:57:07.880 --> 00:57:10.920
but his son is very like him. Yeah, he's very like kind of
851
00:57:10.960 --> 00:57:15.840
button up in a little bit whatever. But we also get the reference to
852
00:57:15.920 --> 00:57:20.239
the idea that his marriage was actually
very good, Yeah, and that he
853
00:57:20.360 --> 00:57:28.320
was he loved his wife very much, and that kind of like hits you
854
00:57:28.400 --> 00:57:30.679
in the heart, petty hard.
No, it absolutely does. I mean,
855
00:57:30.679 --> 00:57:35.360
that's their relationship even more so drives
that because even though they're at each
856
00:57:35.360 --> 00:57:37.880
other's necks all the time, like
they do care and we see that more
857
00:57:37.920 --> 00:57:40.800
as the movie goes. So John
breaks them up asking about the turkey because
858
00:57:40.800 --> 00:57:45.440
we find out that it's Thanksgiving day. Mel runs into the house because he
859
00:57:45.519 --> 00:57:49.440
said, is the turkey supposed to
be smoking? That is the turkey supposed
860
00:57:49.480 --> 00:57:52.559
to be smoking. So John then
tells Jacob that they're getting a divorce and
861
00:57:52.599 --> 00:57:54.320
ask if he's pursuing anybody. He
just kind of throws that out there.
862
00:57:54.480 --> 00:57:59.000
Oh yeah, yeah, he's very
sly. Yeah, Jack Lemon all but
863
00:57:59.079 --> 00:58:00.440
said, all but says, give
me a goat and you can have my
864
00:58:00.519 --> 00:58:05.000
daughter. Yeah, yeah, just
barely before taking this subject to Ario when
865
00:58:05.000 --> 00:58:07.360
admitting he hasn't had sex in fifteen
years, which you caught. That was
866
00:58:07.400 --> 00:58:13.079
probably an improvisation because the way that
Pollock responds, he looks like he's breaking.
867
00:58:13.239 --> 00:58:15.719
Yeah, no, no, just
he just slaps he slaps his hand
868
00:58:15.760 --> 00:58:20.480
on pollocks shoulder and just goes,
I haven't had sex in fifteen years and
869
00:58:20.480 --> 00:58:23.519
then walks away. Pollock is clearly
about to break. I really think that
870
00:58:23.519 --> 00:58:25.880
that was just a tag. At
the end of the scene, he added,
871
00:58:27.119 --> 00:58:30.119
absolutely, because because Pollock, I
love Kevin Kevin Pollack right via,
872
00:58:30.360 --> 00:58:36.079
I love him. I think he's
extremely underrated. And the look on his
873
00:58:36.119 --> 00:58:38.119
face just looks so much like the
interviews with him and stuff where he's legitimately
874
00:58:38.199 --> 00:58:42.039
laughing about something. Yeah. So
that was a great example. But then
875
00:58:42.039 --> 00:58:43.920
when we see at the end,
when we see outics, we realize it
876
00:58:43.960 --> 00:58:47.400
was a very improvisational set. Oh
yeah, so yeah, I think that's
877
00:58:47.440 --> 00:58:51.119
like one of those top ten moments
of the whole movie. All right,
878
00:58:51.159 --> 00:58:53.960
So we next see the two families
celebrate and Thanksgiving at their homes and witnessing
879
00:58:54.440 --> 00:58:58.880
Chuck pull up with Flowers as he
goes across the street to Ariel's house as
880
00:58:58.920 --> 00:59:02.920
she invites him in, which is
important because although it is subtext. Kevin
881
00:59:02.960 --> 00:59:10.280
Pollack's character is a vampire, so
they can't believe it, and it was.
882
00:59:10.559 --> 00:59:14.280
We see them the next day,
both racing to Chuck's general store to
883
00:59:14.360 --> 00:59:16.320
question him. Chuck tells them that
they're just there. Some experience is too
884
00:59:16.360 --> 00:59:20.239
beautiful to put into words, before
he even tells them that he's not talking
885
00:59:20.280 --> 00:59:22.079
about sex. He's just talking about
the time that they were able to share
886
00:59:22.119 --> 00:59:25.599
together and how she opened him back
up. She made him feel like he
887
00:59:25.760 --> 00:59:30.119
was a man, and he basically
to me, I got the vibe that
888
00:59:30.159 --> 00:59:32.880
what he's saying is she just gave
him good company. Yeah, she just
889
00:59:34.000 --> 00:59:38.079
laughed at his jokes and enjoyed hanging
out with him. But they're pretty positive.
890
00:59:38.079 --> 00:59:39.840
They're like, so, yeah,
had sex, yeah, and he's
891
00:59:39.880 --> 00:59:43.280
like, no, no, we
did. And then they're like I couldn't
892
00:59:43.280 --> 00:59:46.000
go and ask him about his equipment
was it working right? And Chuck tells
893
00:59:46.039 --> 00:59:49.880
him it was an awakening, like
being young again, if only for a
894
00:59:49.960 --> 00:59:52.519
moment. They go to leave,
as Chuck mentions, it's not just a
895
00:59:52.519 --> 00:59:57.039
woman across the street, She's an
angel and it's very sweet, very sweet.
896
00:59:59.000 --> 01:00:09.480
Do you even he will be right
back, Welcome back to do you
897
01:00:09.760 --> 01:00:17.079
even movie. So we then cut
to a montage of both John and Max
898
01:00:17.119 --> 01:00:21.679
grooming themselves separately that we've got multer
math out in the tub and he's he's
899
01:00:21.719 --> 01:00:24.760
scrubbing himself. Oh my god,
he's got like a like a soap on
900
01:00:24.800 --> 01:00:29.440
a stick or something, and he
is just going to tone because when that
901
01:00:29.480 --> 01:00:31.400
scene started, I was like,
get in there, get in there,
902
01:00:31.440 --> 01:00:36.000
get it all clean. And John's
across the street doing his shaving and then
903
01:00:36.039 --> 01:00:38.880
his after shape he does the home
alone. Ah yeah, yeah, He's
904
01:00:38.880 --> 01:00:44.480
like, get well because they show
him shaving against the grain and then checking
905
01:00:44.480 --> 01:00:46.960
how smooth it is, which you
know means it's gonna really burn when you
906
01:00:46.960 --> 01:00:51.039
put on that after shavee. So
we find Max at Ariel's house as he
907
01:00:51.400 --> 01:00:53.000
she shows off her home to him
and the art that she has. Max
908
01:00:53.079 --> 01:00:57.639
finds her TV is gutted with a
fishbowl inside of it, and he questions
909
01:00:57.639 --> 01:01:00.360
why she did that. It deeply
bothers me. He's like, that's a
910
01:01:00.440 --> 01:01:02.360
zine if whatever. I'm like,
that's a classic. I could fix it
911
01:01:02.400 --> 01:01:05.719
for you if you want. That's
what I used to do. Yeah,
912
01:01:05.719 --> 01:01:07.320
I love that, he stage,
and then she's like no, I like
913
01:01:07.360 --> 01:01:09.639
it the way the way it is, and then as she's walking away,
914
01:01:09.639 --> 01:01:14.440
he's just like, how do you
watch it show? Yeah, it's so
915
01:01:14.519 --> 01:01:16.440
good. So he wonders further into
the house and comes across the statue of
916
01:01:16.440 --> 01:01:20.760
a nude man as Ariel tells him
that that was her husband and he has
917
01:01:20.800 --> 01:01:23.280
since passed on across the street,
though, we see John watching the house
918
01:01:23.360 --> 01:01:27.599
and the clock, just trying to
figure out how long the Mathol character has
919
01:01:27.639 --> 01:01:30.599
been over there. Yeah, he
well, he's been like obsessed with this
920
01:01:30.639 --> 01:01:35.079
woman pretty deeply, but he doesn't
want to admit it, but he is.
921
01:01:35.199 --> 01:01:37.159
So Ariel asks Max what does he
do for his form of release,
922
01:01:37.239 --> 01:01:39.559
first, asking if he doesn't he
painting or anything, and Max tells her
923
01:01:39.599 --> 01:01:43.719
that he fishes and even invites Ariel
out to his ice shanny. Tomorrow,
924
01:01:44.039 --> 01:01:46.119
we watched them split for the night
as John watches again from his window across
925
01:01:46.119 --> 01:01:49.760
the street, and the next day
they go to his ice shanty, Max
926
01:01:49.800 --> 01:01:52.039
and Ariel and we see them having
fun. They're fishing, they're struggling to
927
01:01:52.079 --> 01:01:55.480
pull the rod in, but just
still having a great time, laughing and
928
01:01:55.519 --> 01:02:00.000
alerting everybody on the lake that like
something is going on. Sounds like they're
929
01:02:00.039 --> 01:02:05.440
making whoopee to use a term as
old as Mathou himself. Yeah uh.
930
01:02:05.440 --> 01:02:08.000
And then after catching the fish,
they catch a really big fish, big
931
01:02:08.039 --> 01:02:12.800
fish, and she insists on throwing
it back yep, and it plops back
932
01:02:12.840 --> 01:02:15.440
into the water. He can even
take a photo. He wants to give
933
01:02:15.480 --> 01:02:17.079
his camera, so he's rsted around. He gets the camera and she's like,
934
01:02:17.119 --> 01:02:20.800
oh, here we go and just
puts the fish back in. Because
935
01:02:20.840 --> 01:02:23.639
he always gave Jack Lemon's character crap
because he would claim that he caught this
936
01:02:23.679 --> 01:02:27.800
really big fish but there's no evidence. Yeah. Yeah, so Max cat
937
01:02:27.800 --> 01:02:30.599
get the picture in time before she
sets it back free. John goes over
938
01:02:30.679 --> 01:02:35.119
to his dad shack, finding his
father that had found Max's old fishing rod.
939
01:02:35.159 --> 01:02:37.480
But also one of my favorite Burgess
meritaith moments is he opens the door,
940
01:02:37.679 --> 01:02:40.000
he's like, oh, what's going
on? Is oh just finishing breakfast
941
01:02:40.079 --> 01:02:45.960
as he has the flask he was
drinking whiskey, so which is titty out
942
01:02:46.000 --> 01:02:51.559
here? And he finds that his
grandfather or his dad found Max's old rod,
943
01:02:51.639 --> 01:02:54.199
so he takes it and he's going
back to the goes back to give
944
01:02:54.239 --> 01:02:57.760
it to a chuck, but he
finds the Chuck's back doors a lot,
945
01:02:57.880 --> 01:03:00.719
so he walks around front and he
finds a cop putting closed side on the
946
01:03:00.760 --> 01:03:04.239
door, walking away and locking it. And that's when we begin to know.
947
01:03:04.360 --> 01:03:07.480
I mean he knows immediately because there's
a whole scene at the beginning of
948
01:03:07.519 --> 01:03:12.639
the film where they're scraping their cars, Yeah, Lemon and Mathow, and
949
01:03:12.800 --> 01:03:15.440
they're scraping their cars and literally just
talking about all the people are dead,
950
01:03:15.920 --> 01:03:16.800
you know, because it's like,
oh, this friend died, and this
951
01:03:16.840 --> 01:03:21.639
friend died and this friend. Because
that's uh, that's a that's a harsh
952
01:03:21.719 --> 01:03:25.920
reality of being an older person is
your friends. They they don't live forever.
953
01:03:27.039 --> 01:03:30.960
They they pass away, and it's
a it's a hard reality, No,
954
01:03:30.039 --> 01:03:34.440
it absolutely is. We find Max
and Ariel returning to their to her
955
01:03:34.440 --> 01:03:38.599
home as she tells them they're going
to be great friends. Friends friends is
956
01:03:38.679 --> 01:03:43.239
good. He takes it pretty well, he does. Yeah, So Max
957
01:03:43.320 --> 01:03:45.920
asks well what she's doing later,
but she tells him that she has plans,
958
01:03:45.920 --> 01:03:47.519
but they'll get a rain check.
Max goes home, finding John in
959
01:03:47.559 --> 01:03:51.880
his backyard chopping wood, and he
tells them that Chuck passed his last night
960
01:03:51.920 --> 01:03:53.880
in his sleep. The two then
get into it verbally about who was the
961
01:03:53.880 --> 01:03:58.559
better friend to him. They across
their fences, coming face to face before
962
01:03:58.639 --> 01:04:02.039
John says it's not war it and
he returns home stating that it's not worth
963
01:04:02.039 --> 01:04:04.400
it, and he catches sight of
Max's rod on the table, which he
964
01:04:04.440 --> 01:04:08.159
then picks up and steps in half. Yeah, which is like a really
965
01:04:08.639 --> 01:04:13.280
sad, like a really clear moment
where it's like feelings are hurt, people
966
01:04:13.320 --> 01:04:17.800
are hurt, things are not not
They're complicated. So Max returns home angry
967
01:04:17.800 --> 01:04:20.039
as well, and he finds a
hat from Chuck's store on it and kind
968
01:04:20.079 --> 01:04:23.840
of takes a second. A knock
brings out on John's door as he comes
969
01:04:23.880 --> 01:04:28.320
face to face with mister Snyder requesting
for him to accompany him to the office.
970
01:04:28.679 --> 01:04:30.760
I love the part where he sees
Chuck's hat because that's the moment where
971
01:04:30.760 --> 01:04:33.800
you actually get the idea that they
do mourn. Yeah, they're friends,
972
01:04:33.800 --> 01:04:39.119
it's just different because your friends are
passing away so often. Yeah, because
973
01:04:39.159 --> 01:04:41.039
he just looks at the hat and
he takes the breath and he goes,
974
01:04:41.159 --> 01:04:44.199
ah, Chuck. He takes it
in for a second and you just kind
975
01:04:44.199 --> 01:04:45.920
of see that wash over. No, it's a really great It's a great
976
01:04:46.199 --> 01:04:50.800
simple moment that adds a lot to
the scene. But yeah, so now
977
01:04:50.840 --> 01:04:55.440
he's no longer able to hide from
the irs. Yeah, And consistently his
978
01:04:55.559 --> 01:04:58.760
daughter has asked like, is something
wrong? Are you upset? It's something
979
01:04:58.800 --> 01:05:00.599
bothering you? And he's always no, no, no, no no.
980
01:05:00.920 --> 01:05:04.039
And I gotta say because we're almost
to it. But when we get to
981
01:05:04.119 --> 01:05:08.079
why the I R. S Is
trying to ruin his life? Yeah,
982
01:05:08.239 --> 01:05:12.480
I mean, I couldn't hate the
irs more if I try, but they
983
01:05:13.239 --> 01:05:15.840
nearly got me to hit him more. So. John returns home later to
984
01:05:15.880 --> 01:05:17.760
find someone is in his home.
He arms himself with a baseball bat,
985
01:05:17.920 --> 01:05:20.800
enters the kitchen to find aerial cooking
for him, and we see the two
986
01:05:20.840 --> 01:05:25.119
of them sitting down to a nice
dinner. There's no evidence she was cooking.
987
01:05:25.320 --> 01:05:28.760
The only evidence is she was burning
some garlic for him. And the
988
01:05:28.800 --> 01:05:31.480
peppers, well, the peppers can
be put in early kids. Kids,
989
01:05:31.480 --> 01:05:35.079
Oh god, kids. She has
a walk. She makes him like Asian
990
01:05:35.079 --> 01:05:41.360
food and one that's what it was, thank you and literally though, the
991
01:05:41.360 --> 01:05:44.920
first thing you see is she's got
this walk on the on the burner and
992
01:05:45.000 --> 01:05:49.039
she throws a bunch of garlic in
You never put garlic first, it'll burn.
993
01:05:49.599 --> 01:05:54.840
Garlic has to go last in a
walk, stir fry so that it
994
01:05:54.880 --> 01:06:00.840
doesn't burn. You can put shallatsan
earlier or onions, but never garlic.
995
01:06:00.920 --> 01:06:02.719
It's gonna burn right away. And
went out there. I was like,
996
01:06:02.800 --> 01:06:06.519
Oh, she's burning garblic for him. How nice. So we see them
997
01:06:06.519 --> 01:06:10.239
having dinner, sitting at dinner having
a nice time. The next day,
998
01:06:10.320 --> 01:06:13.639
John questions his dad if she if
she go, if he should go after
999
01:06:13.639 --> 01:06:15.039
her, and his dad tells him, you're not getting any younger, and
1000
01:06:15.119 --> 01:06:19.199
we then see him an Ariel riding
past on the skidoo through the snow as
1001
01:06:19.199 --> 01:06:23.320
he takes her to the top of
the hill viewing Wabashaw. Ariel tells him
1002
01:06:23.360 --> 01:06:25.880
it reminds her of one of the
last trips she took with her husband before
1003
01:06:26.039 --> 01:06:28.920
falling back into the snow and making
a snow angel, which then he joins
1004
01:06:28.920 --> 01:06:30.400
her. And it's a really super
cute, so so cute. No,
1005
01:06:30.519 --> 01:06:33.519
I love their romance, Yes,
I really do. He even questions if
1006
01:06:33.519 --> 01:06:36.519
she believes in angels, and she
tells him they're everywhere, and he states
1007
01:06:36.519 --> 01:06:42.239
he thinks that he's looking at one
right now ahon. We next see Max
1008
01:06:42.239 --> 01:06:45.400
at home watching TV, looking a
bit miserables. Across the street, he
1009
01:06:45.440 --> 01:06:48.039
sees the lights on and Ariel and
John are facing each other playing chess.
1010
01:06:48.119 --> 01:06:51.599
She gets up and begins looking at
his various frame pictures on his mantles,
1011
01:06:51.639 --> 01:06:55.639
and he tells her about the family, coming to a young picture of Max
1012
01:06:55.719 --> 01:06:59.199
and John at age ten, confessing
that their rivalry started over a woman.
1013
01:06:59.440 --> 01:07:01.880
Yes, because they were best buddies
before that. They're both holding their fishing
1014
01:07:01.960 --> 01:07:04.719
rods on a frozen leg. Yeah, it's it's very cute, but yeah,
1015
01:07:04.719 --> 01:07:09.159
and then it all starts to make
sense. It all started because a
1016
01:07:09.159 --> 01:07:11.440
woman, he even says, though, but what is it like? I
1017
01:07:11.480 --> 01:07:13.559
was just a kid. I didn't
know. I didn't know any better.
1018
01:07:13.719 --> 01:07:16.519
And then, of course, smooth
transition, though this guy knows what He's
1019
01:07:16.559 --> 01:07:20.000
an operator, so yeah, because
he says, I'm not a kid anymore.
1020
01:07:20.199 --> 01:07:23.840
They go in for a kiss,
as Ariel stops him for a second,
1021
01:07:23.840 --> 01:07:27.159
stating that it's time for bed and
thinking that she's leaving. Yeah,
1022
01:07:27.199 --> 01:07:30.400
I think it's time time for bed. Thinking she's leaving, John follows her
1023
01:07:30.440 --> 01:07:34.320
to the door, but she walks
his door and leads away up the stairs
1024
01:07:34.360 --> 01:07:38.320
and John tells her that he's nervous, and Aerial questions, well, when's
1025
01:07:38.360 --> 01:07:40.920
the last time that you made love? Well, well, he doesn't say
1026
01:07:40.920 --> 01:07:44.039
I'm nervous, he says, are
we I'm not prepared. I've been told
1027
01:07:44.079 --> 01:07:45.920
you're supposed to have safe sex.
And she says, when's last time you
1028
01:07:45.920 --> 01:07:50.199
made love? And he's like October
fifth, nineteen seventy eight or seventy two
1029
01:07:50.320 --> 01:07:54.920
or whatever. Yeah. Yeah,
She's like, well, I haven't had
1030
01:07:54.920 --> 01:07:58.599
sex in five years. I think
will be plenty of I think we're going
1031
01:07:58.639 --> 01:08:00.400
to be very sick. Yeah.
Yeah, it's very, very funny scene.
1032
01:08:00.480 --> 01:08:03.000
So the next morning, we see
Max going across the street to aeros
1033
01:08:03.000 --> 01:08:06.079
of flowers as she emerges from John's
house, catching him, thanking him for
1034
01:08:06.119 --> 01:08:10.480
the flowers. He returns home frustrated. As John is getting up and having
1035
01:08:10.519 --> 01:08:14.480
a great morning dancing to good Loving, he's in his underwear making breakfast,
1036
01:08:14.519 --> 01:08:16.479
even adding hot sauce to the breakfast. Yeah, and he's referenced how hot
1037
01:08:16.520 --> 01:08:19.159
sauce will make him make him struggle, you know. And I want to
1038
01:08:19.199 --> 01:08:21.119
point out this scene because this is
what I was talking to you when we
1039
01:08:21.119 --> 01:08:24.479
were watching it. I just love
this because this is the first time that
1040
01:08:24.520 --> 01:08:27.479
we see him cooking, not making
a TV dinner or anything like that.
1041
01:08:27.600 --> 01:08:30.840
Like, this is just him loving
his life, having a nice breakfast and
1042
01:08:30.880 --> 01:08:32.800
he's just feeling the morning. Yeah, I would have to agree. It's
1043
01:08:32.880 --> 01:08:36.439
it's one of the few times where
he seems like he's he's really living and
1044
01:08:36.479 --> 01:08:40.800
not just existing. So he notices
the broken rod on his counter, Max's
1045
01:08:40.840 --> 01:08:43.319
old rod, and he thinks.
As we see Max back at his shack
1046
01:08:43.399 --> 01:08:45.920
drinking, he gets a knock on
the door. Max back at his shack
1047
01:08:45.000 --> 01:08:48.119
that was with that and he gets
a knock on the door. He walks
1048
01:08:48.159 --> 01:08:51.720
outside and he sees John just going
about his day talking to everybody on the
1049
01:08:51.760 --> 01:08:56.119
ice. He looks down and he
sees that the rod has been given back
1050
01:08:56.159 --> 01:08:59.399
to him as well. We next
see John in his shack enjoying a record.
1051
01:08:59.399 --> 01:09:00.920
He's sitting back with a drink and
his fishing pole, when suddenly the
1052
01:09:01.000 --> 01:09:04.159
shack begins to move as we see
that Max has hooked it up to his
1053
01:09:04.199 --> 01:09:08.399
car. It is pulling him across
the lake. This is what we would
1054
01:09:08.399 --> 01:09:13.399
call the moment of over escalation.
Yeah, he is now dragging his shanty
1055
01:09:13.520 --> 01:09:16.239
with him in it across the ice. He's he's not dragging, he's pushing,
1056
01:09:16.239 --> 01:09:19.159
pushing it. Yeah, he's pushing
it and just running him across the
1057
01:09:19.239 --> 01:09:23.239
lake to where the ice is thin. Yeah, and it gets thin as
1058
01:09:23.279 --> 01:09:26.880
the shack sinks into the ice because
John he slams his brakes, lets it
1059
01:09:26.960 --> 01:09:29.359
slide over the ice. He has
to jump out of his shack as it
1060
01:09:29.439 --> 01:09:31.560
sinks into the water, which is
just like I said, this is the
1061
01:09:31.560 --> 01:09:34.640
moment of over escalation. Yeah,
you could have killed someone, don't you.
1062
01:09:34.760 --> 01:09:38.560
Yeah. So John questions his motives
and reminding him of the of the
1063
01:09:38.560 --> 01:09:41.479
pole, but Max is clearly upset
that John has stolen the love of his
1064
01:09:41.560 --> 01:09:44.479
life. The two then get into
a fistfight, trading a couple swings and
1065
01:09:44.520 --> 01:09:47.199
punches as the group forms around them, rooting them on. They then slip
1066
01:09:47.239 --> 01:09:51.000
on the ice together and the group
disperses as Jack throws or as John throws
1067
01:09:51.000 --> 01:09:55.319
one final punch, and they argue
over the woman of their past. Before
1068
01:09:55.319 --> 01:09:58.800
the two forget what they were fighting
about. Max questions then if John and
1069
01:09:58.800 --> 01:10:00.720
Ariel have slept together, and John
tries to escape the question, but then
1070
01:10:00.760 --> 01:10:03.760
admits they had sex and it was
the greatest he's had in the longest time.
1071
01:10:03.920 --> 01:10:05.560
Yeah. No, he says,
it's the best sex in my life.
1072
01:10:06.359 --> 01:10:10.079
Yeah. Max then goes to attack
him with a frozen fish, but
1073
01:10:10.119 --> 01:10:14.119
it's broken up as Grandpa Gustasen tells
them to stop put down the fish.
1074
01:10:14.239 --> 01:10:16.399
Oh my god. When Burgess Marrier
comes out and says, stop that right
1075
01:10:16.399 --> 01:10:21.720
now, he goes, mister they're
sixty years old and still afraid of his
1076
01:10:21.800 --> 01:10:28.640
dad. They're both retired, and
when Castops goes, what are your boys
1077
01:10:28.640 --> 01:10:32.239
doing? He goes, mister Gustopson, I'm sorry. So he breaks it
1078
01:10:32.359 --> 01:10:36.159
up and Max is defeated by the
questions and he knows that he's gonna take
1079
01:10:36.319 --> 01:10:39.319
He asked her how is he gonna
take care of her? When the ir
1080
01:10:39.399 --> 01:10:42.279
S sees is the house walking off, saying that he doesn't have time to
1081
01:10:42.279 --> 01:10:45.479
go look for another woman. So
he's mad at John for stealing what he
1082
01:10:45.520 --> 01:10:50.119
thinks is the love of his life, and well for stealing another another.
1083
01:10:50.239 --> 01:10:54.279
Yeah life, because they that's where
we're heading to it. Yeah. Yeah.
1084
01:10:54.319 --> 01:10:58.039
Do you find out that they that
that did he cheat with his wife?
1085
01:10:58.079 --> 01:11:00.439
Is that what happened? No?
No, no, they just both
1086
01:11:00.439 --> 01:11:04.479
wanted the same girl and Lemon's character
ended up with the girl, but his
1087
01:11:04.600 --> 01:11:09.680
immediate response was like, she was
no easy person to be married. She
1088
01:11:11.159 --> 01:11:15.359
wasn't the best wife ever. And
then he mentions even even points out that,
1089
01:11:15.640 --> 01:11:19.720
uh that, uh, Mathow's wife
was like really a good person every
1090
01:11:19.760 --> 01:11:25.239
because during the Thanksgiving episode or part, everybody's talking about how wonderful she was,
1091
01:11:25.239 --> 01:11:27.279
a great cook, she was loving
mother, she was very kind.
1092
01:11:27.359 --> 01:11:30.760
Yeah, and Mathow's obviously never been
the same since he lost her. Uh
1093
01:11:30.800 --> 01:11:33.800
So, now we realize that Jack
Lemon ended up winning the girl all those
1094
01:11:33.880 --> 01:11:40.560
years ago, and that it's very
clear Lemon doesn't feel not not necessarily because
1095
01:11:40.600 --> 01:11:43.560
the marriage was hard. Because even
Lemon, when he's talking to his sister
1096
01:11:43.600 --> 01:11:45.079
his daughter about being married, he
says, like marriage is hard, it's
1097
01:11:45.359 --> 01:11:50.880
really difficult work or whatever. But
he feels bad because he knows that Mathow
1098
01:11:51.000 --> 01:11:55.920
always kind of never got over it, obviously because their their competition ever ended.
1099
01:11:56.279 --> 01:11:59.760
And now he's like, why,
you know, why should I take
1100
01:11:59.760 --> 01:12:01.199
it from him again? You know, that's the way he feels, and
1101
01:12:01.640 --> 01:12:05.680
that honestly hits me so hard.
But then that's where things take a real
1102
01:12:05.880 --> 01:12:11.840
harsh turn, because now Lemon is
basically just going through the motions. Yeah,
1103
01:12:11.880 --> 01:12:15.840
all that liveliness is just totally gone's
gone, and he's just you know,
1104
01:12:15.880 --> 01:12:18.880
going through the door, going through
the whatever. And meanwhile Mathou is
1105
01:12:18.920 --> 01:12:21.960
living it up, being friends with
this woman, yeah, and having a
1106
01:12:21.960 --> 01:12:25.279
great time. Yeah, And he
wants that extra step. So that's why
1107
01:12:25.279 --> 01:12:28.840
he still holds the hostility towards him, is because he knows that she's falling
1108
01:12:28.840 --> 01:12:31.119
for him, but he wants her
the most. So the later that night,
1109
01:12:31.159 --> 01:12:33.960
we see John sitting alone in his
chest set as Max comes to the
1110
01:12:33.960 --> 01:12:36.399
window. He shuts the light off, going back to their old portrait,
1111
01:12:36.520 --> 01:12:40.359
saying, this time, Max,
I'm gonna let you win. He stopped
1112
01:12:40.359 --> 01:12:43.800
by going up the steps as Ariel
tells him that she's brought the date to
1113
01:12:43.880 --> 01:12:45.760
him if they're not going to go
out, revealing a painting that she made
1114
01:12:45.760 --> 01:12:49.680
for him of two people making snow
angels, stating that he inspired it for
1115
01:12:49.720 --> 01:12:55.520
her. And this scene is really
painful because he basically tells her she is
1116
01:12:55.880 --> 01:12:58.960
pushing herself on him. Yeah,
he doesn't want her around, and that
1117
01:12:59.199 --> 01:13:02.359
she that's the meanest part, that
she is the one who can't stand being
1118
01:13:02.359 --> 01:13:05.960
alone to be able, but he's
fine with it and he'd rather be alone,
1119
01:13:06.319 --> 01:13:10.560
and she and and you got to
think about it. From the context
1120
01:13:10.560 --> 01:13:15.039
of the story, she appears to
be this free spirit, and she is.
1121
01:13:15.359 --> 01:13:17.439
But when she mentions that she hasn't
slepped with anybody since her husband,
1122
01:13:17.479 --> 01:13:25.439
her husband's been gone five years,
that's when you realize that she really opened
1123
01:13:25.479 --> 01:13:29.960
herself up and was vulnerable. And
now Jack Lemon's character saying like I don't
1124
01:13:29.960 --> 01:13:32.720
want anything to do with you,
yeah, is really demonst and she storms
1125
01:13:32.760 --> 01:13:38.960
across the street, throws the painting
on the ground, and Matthews sees it
1126
01:13:39.000 --> 01:13:41.760
all mathouses it. Also. The
next morning, we see John in his
1127
01:13:41.840 --> 01:13:45.920
car getting a paper a gathering is
or getting his tax papers gathered. Jacob
1128
01:13:45.920 --> 01:13:48.319
greets him holding presents as John congratulates
him on his win and invites him over
1129
01:13:48.319 --> 01:13:51.680
for Christmas Eve. So we're on
Christmas Eve, yes, and since Mel
1130
01:13:51.760 --> 01:13:55.039
will be there, he would love
for them for those two to hook up
1131
01:13:55.079 --> 01:13:58.720
again. We then see Max and
Ariel return on her skidoo, both having
1132
01:13:58.720 --> 01:14:00.359
a bunch of fun. John go
into his house with his papers, and
1133
01:14:00.359 --> 01:14:03.800
we see Mel arrive that night with
Mike, her husband, who you know,
1134
01:14:03.880 --> 01:14:06.800
we were supposed to hear heard about
them getting separated. Yeah, they
1135
01:14:06.800 --> 01:14:12.319
were separated, not divorced. Separated, tells John they're working things out,
1136
01:14:12.319 --> 01:14:15.399
but John isn't having it, questioning
his methods on making up his mind and
1137
01:14:15.439 --> 01:14:17.600
asking if everybody should put their lives
on hold while he works things out.
1138
01:14:17.920 --> 01:14:20.680
Mel tries to explain it to him
as John admits that the house is being
1139
01:14:20.720 --> 01:14:24.640
taken from him and his pension is
gone, and he tells Mel that if
1140
01:14:24.840 --> 01:14:27.680
she sees a chance at a good
life to grab for it. He then
1141
01:14:27.720 --> 01:14:30.800
tells her that he's going to go
to uh what is it? What's the
1142
01:14:30.880 --> 01:14:32.960
bar? Slippery slippery, Yeah,
and that he'll be back later. Yeah.
1143
01:14:32.960 --> 01:14:36.960
He's basically very disappointed in her for
being back with this jerkwad husband.
1144
01:14:38.199 --> 01:14:41.680
Granted he is the father of her
child, but he's he's very mean to
1145
01:14:41.800 --> 01:14:44.359
him. That it's Christoper McDonald.
Should we should went that out, the
1146
01:14:44.640 --> 01:14:48.479
quintessential dickhead, dickhead of the nineties. Yeah, actor wise, I'm sure
1147
01:14:48.520 --> 01:14:54.399
he's he's got to be so nice, heah and and uh so he storms
1148
01:14:54.439 --> 01:14:57.039
off to the bar, but Jacob
stops him, and he that's when you
1149
01:14:57.079 --> 01:14:59.039
know, Jacob's like, you know, should I come in and he's like,
1150
01:14:59.039 --> 01:15:00.039
oh, yeah, go ahead,
not knowing that Mike is there.
1151
01:15:00.319 --> 01:15:05.920
Yeah, and that's heartbreaking too,
because brocoli from mistletoe substitution. And it's
1152
01:15:05.960 --> 01:15:12.039
worth mentioning they mentioned in Passing he
won. The mayor is the mayor of
1153
01:15:12.079 --> 01:15:15.239
the town now. So Jacob goes. Jacob goes inside, and you know,
1154
01:15:15.239 --> 01:15:17.159
he's got this little piece of brocoli
and he's like, I couldn't find
1155
01:15:17.199 --> 01:15:19.880
he mistletoe. So they share a
kiss as Mike comes around the corner,
1156
01:15:19.960 --> 01:15:24.199
unveiling to Jacob that he's here,
so then kisses him on the cheek.
1157
01:15:24.239 --> 01:15:26.800
She kiss him on the cheek.
Yes, So he goes, uh,
1158
01:15:26.960 --> 01:15:30.720
we see that. Max asks what's
going on, and John tells him that
1159
01:15:30.760 --> 01:15:32.800
he tried to steal Aeriel from him, adding that the door is open and
1160
01:15:32.840 --> 01:15:35.359
he knows where to find him.
Jacob tells him that she go down to
1161
01:15:35.359 --> 01:15:39.880
Slipperies and apologize to John, or
at least check on him because it's Christmas.
1162
01:15:40.079 --> 01:15:44.199
Yeah, and uh, and this
is where the emotions get really heavy.
1163
01:15:44.279 --> 01:15:47.000
Yeah, and and this is really
where the movie hits its stride and
1164
01:15:47.000 --> 01:15:50.119
and kind of gets us to where
I don't know, I love I love
1165
01:15:50.159 --> 01:15:54.079
this this is the best. So
At Slippery's, we see John sipping a
1166
01:15:54.119 --> 01:15:57.520
beer as Max enters, wishing a
merry Christmas, before sitting down with them
1167
01:15:57.560 --> 01:16:00.119
talking about Melanie and Mike getting back
together, but John tells him they're getting
1168
01:16:00.119 --> 01:16:03.039
a divorce. Max tells him he
came to tell him some things and John
1169
01:16:03.079 --> 01:16:06.039
tells him to spit it out,
which frustrates Max and he scoots down from
1170
01:16:06.079 --> 01:16:09.119
the bar from him, but he
says that he was gonna thank him,
1171
01:16:09.279 --> 01:16:12.800
questing John to say thank him,
John asks Mask if he loves Ariel,
1172
01:16:12.880 --> 01:16:15.279
adding that it would make the whole
thing worthwhile if he does. Max wants
1173
01:16:15.319 --> 01:16:18.880
to think it's still about the fishing
pole, but John says he's so damn
1174
01:16:18.920 --> 01:16:23.399
blind that he doesn't understand, and
he storms out, telling Max that she
1175
01:16:24.079 --> 01:16:29.640
that Max tells John that he that
she shows him right. So then John
1176
01:16:29.720 --> 01:16:32.520
walks in walks out into the falling
snow, and Max is still sitting at
1177
01:16:32.560 --> 01:16:34.760
the bar sipping his beer as he
goes off the chase after him. We
1178
01:16:34.800 --> 01:16:40.279
then see John start to experience a
heart attack as he's walking across the way.
1179
01:16:40.560 --> 01:16:43.600
He falls into the snow as Max
is slowly trekking back after him.
1180
01:16:43.640 --> 01:16:45.800
He finds John in the snow,
and Max or John is still coherent as
1181
01:16:45.800 --> 01:16:47.920
he tells him to wait, he'll
be right back. He runs to the
1182
01:16:47.960 --> 01:16:50.520
front door of the home that they're
in front of asks for somebody to call
1183
01:16:50.560 --> 01:16:54.720
the hospital. We see them next
to the hospital as Max questions a nurse
1184
01:16:54.760 --> 01:16:58.359
where John is, and the nurse
questions if he's friend or family. Yeah,
1185
01:16:58.359 --> 01:17:01.159
and it's a really incredible moment.
He thinks for a second before admitting
1186
01:17:01.279 --> 01:17:03.720
a friend, and we see that
she takes him to the room and we
1187
01:17:03.720 --> 01:17:06.960
see johns hooked up to a bunch
of machines and he's sleeping. Max wishes
1188
01:17:08.039 --> 01:17:11.720
him a merry Christmas. We next
see Max going to Ariel's house as he
1189
01:17:11.760 --> 01:17:14.600
tells her what happened, and she
is next scene at the hospital with John
1190
01:17:14.640 --> 01:17:16.399
stating that she knows that he wanted
to get rid of her, but isn't
1191
01:17:16.439 --> 01:17:20.319
this a little drastic? Which is
a great Which is a really really great
1192
01:17:20.359 --> 01:17:24.159
line. I really enjoyed that gag. Yeah, John cracks a smile and
1193
01:17:24.239 --> 01:17:27.119
she explains her husband passed at Easter, so if he passes a Christmas,
1194
01:17:27.159 --> 01:17:30.119
she'll just have no holiday to look
forward to, adding that she can wait
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01:17:30.119 --> 01:17:31.760
for the time for him to get
better. Yeah, it's very it's very
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01:17:31.800 --> 01:17:34.479
sweet. Yeah. Back at John's
house, Max is trying to reason with
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01:17:34.520 --> 01:17:39.039
the IRS, but the IRS tells
him that due to his wife's income and
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01:17:39.079 --> 01:17:42.720
the benefits that they received, that
the time would have like twenty five years
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01:17:42.800 --> 01:17:44.960
or so should have been taxed on. It was. It was not quite
1200
01:17:44.960 --> 01:17:47.199
that long, but it was.
It was basically that he got he his
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01:17:47.239 --> 01:17:49.840
wife had a part time job that
wasn't declared on the taxes. Yeah,
1202
01:17:49.880 --> 01:17:55.239
so basically he owes thirteen thousand dollars, but with fees and stuff, it
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01:17:55.319 --> 01:17:58.479
ends up being fifty seven thousand dollars. So he's got to lose his house
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01:17:58.520 --> 01:18:03.119
to pay the taxes. Obscene,
and Mathow's character responds to it as this
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01:18:03.279 --> 01:18:06.239
is warm. Yeah. So he's
pissed off of the IRA as obviously,
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01:18:06.279 --> 01:18:10.680
and he's next scene putting a fish
in Snyder's car, but he's also barricaded
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01:18:10.720 --> 01:18:13.920
the front door, causing Snyder to
start hacking at the door, revealing that
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01:18:14.239 --> 01:18:17.239
the roof has been iced over as
he does so well Jacob but then appears
1209
01:18:17.239 --> 01:18:19.960
with the court order telling them that
they can't touch the house for thirty days.
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01:18:19.960 --> 01:18:24.159
But just as the guy takes the
notice, all the snow falls on
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01:18:24.199 --> 01:18:27.079
to Snyder, burying him in the
snow. Yeah, and we really are
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01:18:27.199 --> 01:18:30.600
lucky that Mathow's kid is the mayor. He's able to stop them for a
1213
01:18:30.600 --> 01:18:33.439
little while. Yeah, for thirty
days too, they have time to save
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01:18:33.479 --> 01:18:36.399
the house. So Jacob looks over
at Max and Ariel that are cheering from
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01:18:36.399 --> 01:18:40.920
the snow falling down. We next
see them outside of a church as Jacob
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01:18:40.920 --> 01:18:44.720
and Mel arrive, and they play
the scene so brilliantly because yeah, yeah,
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01:18:44.720 --> 01:18:49.680
everybody's wearing black. Yeah, everybody
looks off. Yeah, and they
1218
01:18:49.760 --> 01:18:54.439
really make you think it's a funeral. Yes, they really fake you out.
1219
01:18:54.520 --> 01:18:56.920
Oh and Jacob tells Mel that he's
sorry to hear about the divorce,
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01:18:56.960 --> 01:19:00.399
and Mel says that she's doing okay. But they're interrupted as Grandpa goofs and
1221
01:19:00.439 --> 01:19:03.279
tells them to get their asses inside, revealing that John and Ariel are getting
1222
01:19:03.279 --> 01:19:06.119
married. Yeah, it's a great
fake out. I love the two because
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01:19:06.119 --> 01:19:08.920
it's easy to fake them out too, because like, why is e were
1224
01:19:08.920 --> 01:19:11.640
wearing black? Oh that's just their
winter coats, dude, it's their winter
1225
01:19:11.720 --> 01:19:14.600
coats. So the wedding goes off
As the happy couple walks out, Max
1226
01:19:14.640 --> 01:19:16.920
hands John an envelope for thirteen grand, telling him not to get too excited
1227
01:19:16.920 --> 01:19:19.800
because it's only alone. Yeah,
don't get too excited. That's alone.
1228
01:19:19.840 --> 01:19:23.000
Yeah, And he bets him that
he can't get it up the whole trip,
1229
01:19:23.000 --> 01:19:25.479
and he tells them that they're on. You're on if. We then
1230
01:19:25.520 --> 01:19:28.039
see Max and Aerol getting the limo. They begin kissing each other, but
1231
01:19:28.119 --> 01:19:30.920
John starts to smell something and Max
watches that the limo comes to a stop.
1232
01:19:31.000 --> 01:19:33.560
John lets out his hand, dropping
the fish out of the window as
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01:19:33.600 --> 01:19:38.960
Max looks up and smiles wishes them
well. We next see later that night
1234
01:19:39.039 --> 01:19:41.560
that Jacob is at the house asking
his dad what he wants to watch,
1235
01:19:41.560 --> 01:19:45.039
but Max comes down dressed to the
nines carrying a bottle champagne, stating that
1236
01:19:45.039 --> 01:19:47.279
the Daughters of the American Revolution at
the VFW and he's gonna go see if
1237
01:19:47.279 --> 01:19:50.640
he can find one. He might
get lucky. Don't get lucky, don't
1238
01:19:50.640 --> 01:19:54.560
win. That's a really nice moment
where he's just so lively. Yeah,
1239
01:19:54.600 --> 01:19:58.119
and the movie closes as he leaves. Jacob then watches across the street as
1240
01:19:58.159 --> 01:20:00.720
Mel is hanging one of the clothes
in the window. She catches sight of
1241
01:20:00.800 --> 01:20:03.319
him looking and smiles at him.
He turns off the light and goes across
1242
01:20:03.359 --> 01:20:05.800
the street, or goes across the
way to her, goes indoor. She
1243
01:20:05.840 --> 01:20:09.800
invites him in, and that is
the end of Grumpy Old Man, A
1244
01:20:09.840 --> 01:20:13.079
movie where everybody kind of winds up
where they need to be yes and I
1245
01:20:13.119 --> 01:20:15.960
I just adore the film. It's
such a good movie. I mean,
1246
01:20:15.960 --> 01:20:19.359
my final thoughts on it would be
that this is an absolute rented I would
1247
01:20:19.359 --> 01:20:21.520
say, this is one that you're
you're probably gonna have to spend some money
1248
01:20:21.520 --> 01:20:25.479
on because I couldn't find it streaming
anywhere unfortunately. Well yeah, yeah,
1249
01:20:25.720 --> 01:20:28.800
uh well but uh but I mean
your rating is rented. My rating is
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01:20:28.840 --> 01:20:30.319
rented. I think I disagree.
You think it's a by it. It
1251
01:20:30.399 --> 01:20:33.439
is absolutely a bid it. I
mean it it's a by it if you
1252
01:20:33.479 --> 01:20:39.720
if you yeah, actually it's no. This is like a quintessential movie.
1253
01:20:39.800 --> 01:20:43.560
This is this is everybody likes.
Who would not like this movie? I
1254
01:20:43.560 --> 01:20:45.079
mean really, who would not?
And I don't I don't mean, like,
1255
01:20:45.119 --> 01:20:47.000
I know, if you're listening this
you're like, I don't like it.
1256
01:20:47.000 --> 01:20:50.319
That's fine. You're one person I
mean, like, what sub section
1257
01:20:51.199 --> 01:20:56.720
of human life would just not like
like this? You know, Terminator too.
1258
01:20:56.760 --> 01:20:58.840
Some people might not like it.
Yeah, you know it's violent,
1259
01:20:59.000 --> 01:21:01.239
it's got this or whatever. This
movie's a little bit raunchy, but it
1260
01:21:01.279 --> 01:21:06.760
has a really good message about getting
older, about taking care of your friends,
1261
01:21:06.800 --> 01:21:12.520
about loving people. Friendships made the
oddest of circumstances, absolutely and how.
1262
01:21:12.600 --> 01:21:15.159
And also it says a lot about
something that people don't talk about a
1263
01:21:15.199 --> 01:21:21.319
lot, which is how men who
end up alone cope, how men's friendships
1264
01:21:21.359 --> 01:21:28.399
work, and the idea of two
older men looking out for each other and
1265
01:21:28.439 --> 01:21:32.680
being friends is not uncommon. It
does happen. Although the idea of two
1266
01:21:32.920 --> 01:21:36.920
guys being really good buddies who bust
each other's balls all the time, I
1267
01:21:36.920 --> 01:21:41.079
don't buy that as real at all. And I don't think guys really do
1268
01:21:41.159 --> 01:21:42.920
that. No, not at all, No, not at all, your
1269
01:21:42.960 --> 01:21:45.039
little fucker. So, before we
close out, some notes on the movie.
1270
01:21:45.079 --> 01:21:48.359
This was the sixth pairing of Lemon
and Math altogether in a movie.
1271
01:21:48.399 --> 01:21:51.479
This was the sixth pairing that it
ate total wow, But it was the
1272
01:21:51.479 --> 01:21:55.079
first. Was it the first one
in their twilight years? Yeah? The
1273
01:21:55.079 --> 01:21:57.199
first one. I think twenty years
apart, I think, yeah, okay,
1274
01:21:57.199 --> 01:22:00.600
that's what I thought. Yeah.
So after filming this movie Minnesota and
1275
01:22:00.600 --> 01:22:04.760
freezing temperatures, Mathou was hospitalized with
double mammonia pneumonia. Jesus. Yeah,
1276
01:22:04.880 --> 01:22:09.079
neither leads thought the movie would be
anything special, and we're blown away when
1277
01:22:09.119 --> 01:22:13.279
it became a success budget of thirty
five million dollars, making seventy million at
1278
01:22:13.279 --> 01:22:15.840
the box office, released on Christmas
Day in nineteen ninety three. Mind you,
1279
01:22:16.159 --> 01:22:20.520
wow, I mean that's decent.
Went against Schindler's list Jurassic Park and
1280
01:22:20.640 --> 01:22:24.319
Batman, Mask of the Phantasm.
I think it ended up in spot four.
1281
01:22:24.880 --> 01:22:28.279
Wow. Yeah, So neither leads
thought the movie be a success ends
1282
01:22:28.319 --> 01:22:30.920
up being a huge success. We
already said that Martin and Lewis were strong
1283
01:22:30.960 --> 01:22:34.319
and considered for the roles, but
declined due to Martin's frail health. Meredith
1284
01:22:34.399 --> 01:22:36.760
was portraying, like I said,
ninety four years old and he was eighty
1285
01:22:36.800 --> 01:22:41.840
five, only seventeen youngest than Jack
lemon Is older. Yeah, this was
1286
01:22:41.880 --> 01:22:44.920
the comeback movie for the due who
hadn't worked together in over a decade,
1287
01:22:45.279 --> 01:22:48.079
and once again, Mathow originally turned
down the role due to the script and
1288
01:22:48.119 --> 01:22:50.960
only agreed to participate when his son
Charles convinced him. He was known to
1289
01:22:51.000 --> 01:22:55.239
do that a lot because he was
either just wanting to payoff gambling debts or
1290
01:22:55.279 --> 01:22:59.439
have money to gamble with, so
he would not necessarily decide on all screenplays,
1291
01:22:59.439 --> 01:23:01.520
but he would have that people convince
him a lot. Wait, if
1292
01:23:01.560 --> 01:23:05.279
he had gambling debt, then why
was he hard to convince Because he didn't
1293
01:23:05.560 --> 01:23:08.880
even if the scripts weren't good,
he still wouldn't want to do it.
1294
01:23:08.800 --> 01:23:11.680
It would somebody that would have to
take him to be aside and be like
1295
01:23:12.319 --> 01:23:14.720
that didn't make any sense. Somebody
would have to take even if the scripts
1296
01:23:14.720 --> 01:23:16.479
were good. Even if the scripts
were good, Yeah, he would still
1297
01:23:16.520 --> 01:23:18.439
be curmudget about it. And they
would be like, well, if you
1298
01:23:18.479 --> 01:23:20.840
want to do this, you're gonna
have to work. So he was just
1299
01:23:20.920 --> 01:23:24.840
hesitant to work a lot, which
is why the last gonna do what if
1300
01:23:24.880 --> 01:23:29.199
gamble if you want to do is
own okay and everything, But yeah,
1301
01:23:29.199 --> 01:23:31.800
that is grumpy old Men nineteen ninety
three. It is one. Like I
1302
01:23:31.800 --> 01:23:34.439
said, you can't find it super
easy right now, but there's a great
1303
01:23:34.479 --> 01:23:38.319
and cheap little double blu ray pack
you can get. Yeah, that's where
1304
01:23:38.319 --> 01:23:40.680
I really do think this is one
to own. Yeah, and uh,
1305
01:23:40.800 --> 01:23:43.039
we always like to end the show
with the recommendation, I'm gonna go with
1306
01:23:43.039 --> 01:23:45.239
an odd one, but I think
it. I think it works. I'm
1307
01:23:45.239 --> 01:23:48.079
gonna go with Enemy Mine from nineteen
eighty five because it's two enemies coming together
1308
01:23:48.159 --> 01:23:53.439
to become friends. Mind, Yes, that is that is my recommendation.
1309
01:23:53.600 --> 01:24:00.399
I mean I love Enemy Behind interesting
two enemies becoming friends. I think that
1310
01:24:00.479 --> 01:24:02.720
the point of the movie is they
were always friends, they just weren't admitting
1311
01:24:02.760 --> 01:24:06.239
it. But at the same time, I like I like when enemies work,
1312
01:24:06.439 --> 01:24:10.560
when two enemies become friends and have
to work together to solve their own
1313
01:24:10.560 --> 01:24:14.840
problem. That's not exactly what happens
in The Old Men. They find their
1314
01:24:14.840 --> 01:24:16.680
friendship and they find out you find
their friendship with each other once. I
1315
01:24:16.680 --> 01:24:20.960
mean Enemy Mind's a little bit more
complicated than that in every conceivable way.
1316
01:24:21.000 --> 01:24:25.520
Can you make a suggestion? Oh
gosh, I you know, I actually
1317
01:24:25.560 --> 01:24:29.239
hadn't thought of one ahead of time, but if I well, if you
1318
01:24:29.279 --> 01:24:32.439
know, I but I do have
a few. I think if you want
1319
01:24:32.479 --> 01:24:40.000
a great film about getting older,
I think Nebraska would be a phenomenal one.
1320
01:24:40.279 --> 01:24:42.920
It is not. It doesn't have
quite the buddy element, although it's
1321
01:24:42.920 --> 01:24:45.800
a father and son which I really
like, really much of a comedy,
1322
01:24:45.840 --> 01:24:47.159
but it's got something. Oh,
it's very funny. It's got some funny
1323
01:24:47.159 --> 01:24:49.720
stuff. No, it's very funny. No, it's a dark comedy.
1324
01:24:49.960 --> 01:24:53.640
I'm not saying like you're gonna laugh
at no, but it's it's a very
1325
01:24:53.720 --> 01:24:55.920
dark comedy. But are you kidding
me? Like the Two Fat Twins,
1326
01:24:56.520 --> 01:24:58.399
Like, there's a lot of I
said, there's comedy. I said,
1327
01:24:58.439 --> 01:25:00.640
it just doesn't have a lot.
But it also has been while since I've
1328
01:25:00.640 --> 01:25:02.720
seen it, so I probably know
Nebraska's you just see this is just Dave.
1329
01:25:02.920 --> 01:25:05.479
It's black and white, so Dave's
like it's sad, right, And
1330
01:25:05.520 --> 01:25:10.479
it was made in nineteen twenty seven
by Adolf Hitler. I like, I
1331
01:25:10.520 --> 01:25:12.920
watch more black and white movies than
you do. You don't know that,
1332
01:25:13.000 --> 01:25:19.000
oh I do. I just don't
see Race. I broke nothing. I
1333
01:25:19.159 --> 01:25:23.800
broke him. No. But so
I would say Nebraska, or if you
1334
01:25:23.840 --> 01:25:28.359
want to go a little bit more
uh cliched, you could go about Schmidt.
1335
01:25:28.760 --> 01:25:30.399
Yeah. And I mean, of
course there is Grumpy or Old Men.
1336
01:25:30.439 --> 01:25:33.920
The sequels just as good. If
obviously a sequel. Yeah, but
1337
01:25:34.560 --> 01:25:39.920
yeah, that's it's a classic.
It's it's so good, it's so funny.
1338
01:25:40.000 --> 01:25:42.239
One for the whole family. Like, I really this. Like I
1339
01:25:42.239 --> 01:25:44.359
said, they played this on cable
all the time, and my whole family
1340
01:25:44.399 --> 01:25:45.680
would sit down and watch it.
Yeah. I feel like most of the
1341
01:25:45.680 --> 01:25:50.039
stuff that you don't want your kids
to hear, they won't understand watching it.
1342
01:25:50.319 --> 01:25:54.760
So I think this is a good
one for everybody to enjoy. And
1343
01:25:54.800 --> 01:25:58.279
I couldn't ever recommend it enough.
It put me, I'm I have every
1344
01:25:58.279 --> 01:26:00.159
reason to be in a very bad
mood. It put me in a pretty
1345
01:26:00.199 --> 01:26:02.119
decent mood. I love this flick. No, It's super good, super
1346
01:26:02.159 --> 01:26:05.359
heartfelt, and highly recommended. Gruppy
Old Man nineteen ninety three. Make sure
1347
01:26:05.359 --> 01:26:11.159
you check it out. So before
we get out of here, double DM.
1348
01:26:12.439 --> 01:26:15.600
I got nothing. I have nothing
more to say. I'm I'm dude,
1349
01:26:15.600 --> 01:26:19.439
I'm tired, and I had a
really hard reek, but I am
1350
01:26:19.520 --> 01:26:25.159
glad to be back. Appreciate everybody
at Patreon for being patient because we just
1351
01:26:25.279 --> 01:26:29.359
couldn't record on our normal schedule.
Obviously we didn't miss a show, but
1352
01:26:29.479 --> 01:26:31.880
we weren't able to publish early.
So for those who are enjoying what we're
1353
01:26:31.920 --> 01:26:35.359
doing and want to support us.
If you go to dooevenmovie dot com,
1354
01:26:35.439 --> 01:26:40.159
Yes, you can sign up for
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01:26:40.199 --> 01:26:45.439
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01:26:45.479 --> 01:26:47.479
You get five days roughly early.
Yes, right now, we didn't.
1357
01:26:47.479 --> 01:26:51.079
We weren't able to make that deadline
because're recording this sooner than five days before.
1358
01:26:51.840 --> 01:26:55.479
But no, I just want to
say thank you for everybody's patience and
1359
01:26:55.520 --> 01:26:58.800
support. Really appreciate it. And
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1360
01:26:58.840 --> 01:27:01.600
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01:27:01.600 --> 01:27:04.159
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1362
01:27:04.199 --> 01:27:08.800
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01:27:08.800 --> 01:27:13.399
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01:27:13.680 --> 01:27:15.560
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1367
01:27:24.319 --> 01:27:26.680
We've been picking up our traction on
our videos and getting a lot of fun
1368
01:27:26.720 --> 01:27:30.279
comments too. I mean they're not
people it's just the Chinese Communist Party trying
1369
01:27:30.279 --> 01:27:34.119
to figure out what our deal is, whoever it is. Thank you you
1370
01:27:34.199 --> 01:27:40.199
heard it here first David Denoyer,
Thank you Chinese Communist Party. But no,
1371
01:27:40.279 --> 01:27:42.640
and yeah, thanks everybody, and
thank you. I know a lot
1372
01:27:42.640 --> 01:27:46.840
of people watching this have already reached
out about Chicano's passing. Thank you God.
1373
01:27:46.880 --> 01:27:50.760
It's been a really hard time,
so I really appreciate everybody being so
1374
01:27:50.880 --> 01:27:56.880
fucking nice and kind. And yeah, I'm just trying to get back to
1375
01:27:56.920 --> 01:27:59.960
my life. It's not easy.
No, it's not. And we dedicate
1376
01:28:00.039 --> 01:28:02.479
this episode to our grumpy old man, Jackle. He was the grumpiest old
1377
01:28:02.479 --> 01:28:06.119
man he was. So until next
time, guys, we will see you
1378
01:28:06.159 --> 01:28:12.479
next Tuesday. We'll be back with
uh I know, I name I I
1379
01:28:12.479 --> 01:28:14.960
our catch, our final catchphrase.
I named it after you. Thanks for
1380
01:28:15.000 --> 01:28:17.800
you next tuesday. Yeah, but
we will see you next Tuesday with Ravenous,
1381
01:28:17.880 --> 01:28:23.600
which really I think you'll really wet
your appetite. So we'll see you
1382
01:28:23.600 --> 01:28:25.079
guys. Then take care
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