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2000s Comedy Bracket aka "Weirdo Indie Division"
Episode 11 • 20th March 2024 • Films in Black and White • Doug Wagner, Marcus Destin, and Bryan Roush
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Welcome to Films of Black

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and White everybody!

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Welcome, welcome, welcome.

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Yeah, I was expecting another, all right,

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all right, all right.

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That's what we got last time.

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But the welcome, you know, Brian,

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I'm just happy you're here.

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I'd like to keep you on your toes.

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All right, all right, all right.

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All right, all right, all right.

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We got a great episode for you all.

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Happy Monday.

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We are so thrilled you are there.

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Happy belated St.

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Patrick's Day.

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Yes.

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Hopefully everybody made it

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to where they needed to this morning.

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They didn't go too hard in

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the paint last night.

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Hopefully the leprechaun

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didn't get anybody.

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I don't think Rainbow blinded anyone.

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I think we're okay.

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Let's hope not.

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I mean,

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I forgot that we watched the Leprechaun,

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Brian, until I saw a picture of him.

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And I went, oh yeah,

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we watched that movie.

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Because it's been one of

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those for such a long time

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that I had just written off

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that we never saw.

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But the fact that I saw it

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and then was like, no, okay, so yeah,

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we definitely...

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we definitely watched that

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we definitely watched we've

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definitely there's a lot

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there was actually a moment

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last week where I was like

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you know what movie we

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should watch and then I

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looked it up and I was like

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we've already watched that

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okay what movie was it oh

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my gosh I'm gonna have to

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look at my notes I even

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wrote it down in like my my

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work planner because I was

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like you know what movie we

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gotta watch and then I was

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like oh we've already we've

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already talked about

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I like that we're getting to that point,

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like as a collectively as a

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podcast where it's like, oh, you know,

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we should watch.

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We should watch philosophy pastor.

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It's like, no, Doug,

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we already we already did.

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No, we did.

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We did that already.

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But how are you, Doug?

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How are you feeling?

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I am feeling really, really great.

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I'm just thrilled to be here.

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This is going to be a very

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unnerving episode for

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everybody because I got I

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got I got got I got came at.

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Very hard in the chat today.

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Oh, well, a little.

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For just being me.

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And so I'm going to lean in.

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And this is just going to

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be... I'm just excited to be here.

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I love being here with my friends.

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I'm not going to say a

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single curse word for the

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remainder of this episode.

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What?

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I am... Brian, I am committed...

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To keeping things above

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board so that way when

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Marcus does come at me,

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it looks like I'm being attacked.

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And I'm trying to go for the

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illusion here of like, you know,

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he was just doing

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everything was above board.

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So that's my tactic.

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And I can talk about it

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because he's not here yet.

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So he has to work respectively.

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I mean,

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with respect to people who got to work.

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Respectful.

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Yes.

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It's a respectful notice

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that he's not here,

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but it's for a good reason.

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But he will be here.

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It's really just letting the

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listeners know and the

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viewers know that if you

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don't hear him or see him,

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nothing happened.

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He just had to work.

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And so he's running a little behind.

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And you know what?

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I'm proud of him for being

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at work and for doing what

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he has to do and for just being, you know,

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just being that guy.

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So good for him.

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Being that guy.

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Absolutely.

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You're absolutely right.

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I love that.

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That's what I'm going for.

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But Brian, how are you?

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Mr. Biohazard, how are you?

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Oh, man.

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I'm good.

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I'm happy to be here.

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It was one of those days

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where I was constantly moving,

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whether it was work or

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whether it was a personal errand.

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So this is the first time

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I've been able to sit with

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my own thoughts, which is exciting.

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Yeah.

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uh and I'm very excited I've

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been thinking about our

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2000s comedy bracket for

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probably way too long at

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least over a week and I'm

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really excited to dive into

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some of those nuances I

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want to give a shout out

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real quick uh to my friends

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jake and matt and brian I i

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shared the bracket with

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them because I was like hey

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I need another set of eyes

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that are like not on the

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podcast because like,

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I feel like I'm so dialed

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in to like what you and Marcus are into.

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And when I'm seeding brackets, like I try,

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it's like a meta game almost.

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So I'm like, just look at this, like,

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look at this.

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Am I losing it?

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And it led to,

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it led to kicking out saving Silverman,

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which I'm happy to.

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Okay.

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all right that's a choice we

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kicked out saving silverman

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um I i saw that movie a lot

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on comedy central so I

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think I like I think I grew

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attached to it in an

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unhealthy way oh my gosh

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that movie in the in the

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2000s it feels like it was

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like the budget cable pick

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because it like jason biggs

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blew up I think jason biggs

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was in it jack black was in

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it amanda pete amanda pete

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steve zahn was in it

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uh okay I was trying to make

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sure I had it I was I had

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it the right yeah I saw

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that like easily a dozen

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times between tv between tv

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two times I like rented it

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like that was just that was

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how it worked right back

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when you went to the store

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to rent movies because we're old people

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We are.

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We are old people.

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So I was really happy that

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my friends could help me

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out there and just be like, nah, man,

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this is whack.

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Or are you sure you want

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these two movies going up?

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Also,

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I'll talk about this more in our bracket.

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But like, it's really weird.

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Like when I was putting the list together,

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there's a lot of like horny

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road trip movies in the 2000s.

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It's like it's uncomfortable

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how many were made.

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Brian, it is unnerving how many movies.

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Horny teens drive across the

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country for a booty call movies or drive.

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other part of the world for

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a booty call type of situation.

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I mean, it like, and it's the same plot.

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Like I looked at all these

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movies and I was like, well, I mean,

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you got Euro trip.

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I mean, that's kind of, Nope.

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That's the same thing as road trip,

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except it's in, it's in Europe.

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So, and then,

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and then there's like

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literally a movie called sex drive.

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Like they just, they put no veneer on it.

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That didn't make it into our bracket.

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But it was a part of it.

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No, but it was part of the research.

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And I was like, right.

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And then and then Harold and

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Kumar show up.

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Not the same thing I want to point out,

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but like you're just kind of like, OK,

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all right.

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So like in the 2000s,

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we were just one obsessed

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with road trips.

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Like we just had to get out

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and go see go see the world.

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But also some type of

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romance needed to be happening.

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Like you couldn't just do

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the road trip on your own.

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There needed to be some type

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of romance happening.

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I don't know.

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Maybe adults weren't okay in the 2000s.

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I don't know, man.

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I don't know.

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It's weird.

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I also think, and Brian,

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you can tell me how you view this,

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but like...

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I kind of feel like there

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was this like there was

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this romanticism amongst my

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friends of what kind of car

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we were going to get when

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we were like 15 or 16.

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Like and it was like, well,

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what are you going to drive?

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Like, oh,

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my dad's going to like I got a

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Honda Civic like he found.

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Right.

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Like, you know, I mean,

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there was always that

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discussion of like who's driving what?

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And there was this sort of like.

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gravitas to the vehicle you drove.

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And it's really interesting

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like being now and like

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looking at it and being like, well,

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is it safe?

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Does it have all the airbags

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that I need it to have?

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Or,

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important question for living in the

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tundra, can I,

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does it have all-wheel drive?

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Can I make it out into the

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tundra if I have to?

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Yeah.

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But I have a feeling there

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was this sort of pairing of

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being young and dumb and

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then having a car.

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And all of that manifested itself into,

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like you said, sex drive,

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which is insane.

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And then I'm looking at some

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of these other ones that are just...

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are on that same theme like

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euro trip same theme

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american pie 2 didn't they

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go didn't in american pie 2

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there was a road trip

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component yes yes like the

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premise of road trip 2 is

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they spend they spend the

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summer like on the beach

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and they have to take a

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road trip there like yeah

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it's like half of it's like

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I'd say a quarter of the

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movie it's a summer cabin

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yeah yeah basically yeah

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yeah yes incredible okay

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I'm surprised I remember

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the plot of that movie at

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all well you know and we'll

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talk more about it but like

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I mean American Pie the the

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death grip it had on comedy

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oh yeah like everybody

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thought Jason Biggs was

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gonna just dominate Hollywood um

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that took a turn, you know, it just, it,

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it, it was, I don't know.

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I will,

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I'll have more intelligent thoughts

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about it, but that is a legitimate,

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but yeah,

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the road trip thing was a

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legitimate thought in my

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head of just like, man, like if you,

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if you weren't a Will Ferrell comedy,

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you were a road trip comedy.

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Mostly kind of in the 2000s.

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And then there were just

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like a couple that were

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outliers beyond that.

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Oh yeah.

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Yeah, exactly.

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So that was, yeah.

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Yeah.

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But good job.

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Shout out to Matt and Chris

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and other Brian for taking

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a look at the bracket and

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putting their magic on it.

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Because that's the most important thing.

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Shout out for being my other

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set of eyes so I didn't

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have Zoolander and

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Talladega Knights going up

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against each other.

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They do start to blend together.

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And especially when we're

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dealing with a bracket of

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32 different movie titles.

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Brian, yeah,

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that is going to be that

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blends together very quickly, very,

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very quickly.

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It's kind of like it's weird.

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It's weird how many of those

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Will Ferrell comedies blend together now.

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Like, yeah.

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I remember when they each came out,

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like the marketing

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campaigns with them and it

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was so distinct and,

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and like so different.

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And I'm looking back and I'm like, Oh,

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well,

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Farrell hung out with Owen Wilson

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for this one.

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Will Farrell hung out with John Ross,

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John C. Riley for this one.

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Yep.

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He was like, that's just like,

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I don't know.

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It's just looking back on it.

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It's like, okay, that's,

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that's what they did.

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They just replicated that as

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many times as they could.

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They had a formula and he

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was the dude like,

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and he was the dude at that time.

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Brian,

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while we wait for Marcus to get here,

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let us play a little game

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of Catch That Quotable while we wait.

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And then I have a question

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about a certain Helldivers game.

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I'd love to get into my experience so far.

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But first, Catch That Quotable!

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Silky sounds of Doug Wagner.

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Ooh, that is...

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That doesn't roll off the

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tongue nearly as well.

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And my voice is a bit too

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low to like to make it sound smooth.

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It was like a little bit more gravelly.

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So, yeah, that's OK.

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This is OK.

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This is who we are when Marcus is here.

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This is who we are.

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This is who we are, everybody.

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So one thing I wanted to,

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as I'm pulling up the quote,

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I did want to plug that if

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you have not joined the Patreon,

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we do a very special bonus

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episode after this one

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where we dive into a

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foundational movie for

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Brian called Resident Evil.

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And this,

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between the bracket and going

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down this rabbit hole, y'all, I was...

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I was in it.

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Like I was, I was in it.

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That's such an amazing cross

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section of like 2000 vibes

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is the best way I can say it.

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Just that's, that's, that's incredible.

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That's incredible.

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The best way to say it at all.

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So yeah.

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Yeah.

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Brian,

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are you ready for this week's quote?

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Doug hit me.

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All right.

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All right.

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Here's the quote.

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All right.

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I know Ms.

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Pac-Man is special.

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She's fun.

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She's cute.

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She swallows.

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Your delivery was great.

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I have not seen whatever this is from.

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There are some very

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intentional commas or

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periods as this was delivered.

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I will read it again.

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I know Ms.

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Pac-Man is special.

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She's fun.

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She's cute.

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She swallows.

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Brian,

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I am going to butterscotch soda this.

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Go for it.

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Full speed ahead.

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Because there is a movie with Adam Sandler

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And Josh Gad.

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Okay.

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And the guy who played the

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short Lannister.

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Oh, okay.

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And it was a movie about

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video games about aliens that invade.

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Pixels.

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I'm almost positive.

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That's what I feel like.

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That's the movie that this...

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yeah should be yeah that's

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what I feel like this is

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from yeah I can get there I

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can get there um I don't

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know if it's because I've

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been deep in the bracket

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but I i also get like 40

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year old virgin vibes from

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this a little bit oh yeah

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but I don't I don't know if

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I want to commit to that

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at all I don't know if I

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want to commit to that the

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only video game scene that

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I remember is when Seth

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Rogen and Paul Rudd are

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playing video games and

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they have an exchange of I

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know how you know you're

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gay they don't talk about

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the game at all they're

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talking about how I know

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the other person is gay I'm

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trying to look at these

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other ones that might be on here um

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Yeah, well, now you got pixels.

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I'm stuck on pixels here.

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That's why I'm kind of stuck.

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The hint from Roman in the

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chat is this movie may be

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on the bracket or should be

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on the bracket.

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Great.

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Well,

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I mean... We're going to take a look.

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We're just going to do it.

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We're just going to go for it.

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I'm locking in pixels.

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I'm going to go...

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Yeah, I'm going 40 year old virgin.

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I just.

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Yeah, I don't know.

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I don't know what we're looking at here.

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This is not familiar to me.

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We both got it wrong.

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And this probably should be on.

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This should be.

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This should be Brian.

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There may be a dispute about the bracket.

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Brian, this is from the movie Van Wilder.

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Oh, boy.

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Came out in 2002.

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Oh, my gosh.

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Oh, my gosh.

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I can't believe I man that is.

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Yeah,

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that's like what kicked off Ryan

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Reynolds career.

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Goodness gracious.

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Okay.

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Okay.

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There we go.

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Oh, wow.

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Van Wilder.

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Okay.

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Wow.

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We can we can neither

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confirm nor deny Roman that

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it is on there.

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I don't know.

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I don't know what version of

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the bracket was put out.

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It might have been a second or third draft,

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but it was carefully curated.

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It was curated by me.

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Yep.

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Well, there you go.

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Okay, so we totally whiffed.

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We totally whiffed on that.

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But that's okay,

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because we'll come back and

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talk more about Van Wilder.

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Yeah,

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because now that I'm reading the line

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in my head in a Ryan Reynolds voice.

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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I'm like, yep, the pauses and the cadence.

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He's getting quieter.

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He's like, I know Ms.

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Pac-Man.

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She's fun.

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She's cute.

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She's doing that little head

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smile is what he's doing.

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Head smile, look into the camera,

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raise eyebrows, scene moves on.

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I mean, that movie, that movie just,

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it was like,

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this is Ryan Reynolds and

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he's available for all your movies,

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but he's just like this.

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It's this,

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it's this guy for the rest of the movies.

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Do you like this guy?

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Can he be other guys?

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No, this guy, that's all he can be.

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He can,

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but he's also this guy at the same time.

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The only movie I've,

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I shouldn't say the only movie,

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one of the only movies I've

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ever seen him not go like

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full Ryan Reynolds was

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Fireflies in the Garden, which was,

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like this drop,

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this family drama essentially.

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And he had like a big

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brother and he was sad and

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it was really weird not to

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see him like Ryan Reynolds.

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I don't know.

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He doesn't even sound like that, but,

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but like not going, you know,

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full Ryan Reynolds.

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And it was, it was a little uncomfortable.

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It's weird.

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It's weird when he doesn't

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do what you expect him to do,

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because the other one that I remember,

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the other one that I remember was,

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okay the ant is the

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amneyville amneyville

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horror that we make he was

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in that but even at the

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beginning he's a little

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ryan reynolds before he

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starts to get like

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possessed and the movie

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starts to get scary and he

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and he's also in a movie

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called buried where the

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entire movie is shot with

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him in like essentially a

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coffin and people have to

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find him um okay

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But like, I mean, but, but like,

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he's still a little bit Ryan Reynolds,

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but it's like Ryan Reynolds,

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but he's scared.

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You know what I'm saying?

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Yep.

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So, but it's still a good dramatic role,

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but it's like,

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Man,

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it really messes with me when he goes

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full drama, because you're like,

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I can't process this right now.

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I cannot get past this right now.

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Yeah, very weird.

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But good quote, Roman,

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and thanks for giving us

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the quote that came before the quote,

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which is, her name is Naomi, which is,

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I moan backwards.

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Now look, I know,

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because he's talking to the

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people who are playing Pac-Man...

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yep I've got this scene now

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that's all I needed like

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I've got this scene in my

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head now of like where he's

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at what's going on

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yeah it's it's perfect man

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yeah that movie was a trip

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that movie is I i haven't

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thought about van wilder in

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a very long time so this

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was this is good this is

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good I i remember and we'll

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talk about this more as we

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get into the actual like

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bracket but the last thing

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I'll say is the others

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there are other portions of

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this that they released like just like

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unrated like that was the

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other big of the 2000s

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where it was yes did you

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like van wilder in the

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theaters here's van wilder

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unrated and you're like

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what does that mean it

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means you get a little bit

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more side boob in this one

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for like I mean there was

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full nudity in van wilder

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yes I remember being one of

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like the things about it

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like when you heard your

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friends talk about it

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um but you're absolutely

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right and again we'll talk

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more about this in depth

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because also listeners this

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this bracket we have we're

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going to go over all the

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rules but we're only doing

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the first round for this

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episode that's it in

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celebration of march

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madness so we'll we'll keep

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this going at least for the

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next two three weeks until

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a champion is decided and

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during that time we're

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going to talk also a lot

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about because the thing

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that ties into that doug is

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that they would use that to

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sell more dvds

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And like,

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I feel like that's just not those,

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those same incentives or draws aren't,

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aren't there anymore.

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Right.

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Like your standard

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definition and widescreen definition.

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You remember that shit,

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that marketing plan that

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like we all fell into, which it was like,

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well, they're the same price.

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Well, I mean,

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I want the theater experience.

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So yeah, I'll take the widescreen.

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Of course you'll buy the widescreen.

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I'm going to buy the widescreen.

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It might've been like a dollar more,

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but the fact that there

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were two different versions of,

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I mean, it's it will.

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And I remember doing it.

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I remember going with my dad

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and I'll never forget.

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He's like, well,

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then you're going to have

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the sides chopped off.

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And that like is a core memory.

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It locked in my brain.

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Every time I bought a movie,

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it's widescreen.

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And then when people would ask, I'm like,

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I don't want the sides chopped off.

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Do not want that at all.

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And I became like a fervent

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believer in that.

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And then so funny cut to 30 years later.

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And it's just the default

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option now for like

::

literally every stream for everything,

::

which is so funny.

::

Like, yeah,

::

I don't even think you could

::

watch anything full screen

::

if you wanted to now.

::

like as a default option the

::

only thing that you could

::

oh as full screen yeah yeah

::

no I don't think so because

::

the only other thing that I

::

know is like when the kids

::

have watched like uh old

::

school versions of the

::

magic school bus oh sure

::

it's like small tv screens

::

so there's black on the

::

sides get the black bars

::

but that's it so but you're

::

right I don't think that

::

there's much that's full screen

::

Like if we queued up Disney

::

Plus and went to go watch Star Wars,

::

I doubt I could be like,

::

I would like full screen, please,

::

Mr. Disney Plus.

::

Like, I'm pretty sure that doesn't make.

::

I mean, Brian,

::

they now have look at how far we've come.

::

A full screen widescreen like comparison.

::

And now we are full blown into,

::

would you like the IMAX

::

version of this movie in your home?

::

And you're like, I don't have a screen.

::

It doesn't matter.

::

You can put it on.

::

Don't worry about it.

::

Cool.

::

You get IMAX quality as long

::

as no one else is

::

downloading anything on

::

your wireless router.

::

Brian,

::

my core memory involving DVDs was my

::

dad bought a DVD player and

::

the first movie he bought

::

on DVD was the DVD Pearl Harbor.

::

And I remember we sat down

::

to try to watch Pearl Harbor,

::

but I couldn't figure out

::

how like there was

::

something wrong with the surround.

::

So this turned into like an

::

hour long episode of just

::

watching your dad get

::

increasingly more pissed.

::

Amazing.

::

Oh, I love that.

::

And so Brian,

::

as core memory it is for me

::

now is anytime there's

::

something wrong with technology, I get in,

::

the longer it goes on,

::

the less likely I'm going to be like,

::

fuck it.

::

It doesn't work.

::

Like, and just move, just move on.

::

Cause I don't want someone

::

to watch me struggle for an

::

hour and a half.

::

it like I get it though I

::

get it because like when

::

you want something to work

::

the way it's intended to

::

work you're like I put this

::

much time labor and effort

::

into it it's gonna work and

::

then your kids are like dad

::

we just want to watch the

::

movie it's like no you

::

don't you want to watch it

::

with the best speakers and

::

they don't have the goddamn

::

surround sound on it's not

::

gonna work like they don't

::

be the same they just want

::

to see sonic they want to

::

see sonic go room that's

::

all they want our wives are like

::

guys seriously like it's

::

just it's not that big of a

::

deal they're not gonna

::

notice yeah but I'm gonna

::

notice oh my gosh are you

::

in my home yes I am in your

::

home because that is

::

because brian you are now

::

also in mine like that

::

that's a line my dad said

::

too I'm like oh yeah

::

and you're like well I guess

::

we all will care about this

::

now all black bars are

::

important now for everybody

::

I just want to watch Shrek

::

man like that was that was

::

our first DVD if we're

::

talking about first DVDs

::

and nobody understood yeah

::

I mean I get it because

::

it's like a Michael Bay

::

right it's like a Michael

::

Bay whiz bang and it was

::

about it was something like

::

my dad was interested in so

::

it's about World War II so

::

like and so I'm that that

::

made sense that tracked

::

Well, speaking of global conflicts per se,

::

it seems that you have been

::

diving into some hell divers, too.

::

And this is Brian.

::

This has been in our chat.

::

It's kind of been this growing thing.

::

I see TikTok videos about it all the time.

::

Yeah.

::

So where are you at?

::

Tell us about your experience.

::

Are you playing?

::

Are you enjoying it?

::

I am enjoying it.

::

So normally these kinds of

::

games are not my bag.

::

Yeah.

::

And they're not my bag for

::

one like clear reason,

::

which is they're loot based.

::

And I hate games like modern

::

warfare stuff where it's like, Oh,

::

everybody else is level 50.

::

And I'm at like,

::

I decided to pick this up.

::

So I'm at level one for the

::

next six months.

::

So like, I hate it.

::

Like I hate that system.

::

But what I like about

::

Helldivers is that it

::

doesn't really matter

::

because it's for friends.

::

It's like Left 4 Dead,

::

but it's against robots or aliens.

::

So it makes it really easy to get into.

::

It makes it fun to play.

::

I picked it up because a friend of ours,

::

Greg, shout out to Greg,

::

who is currently fighting cancer.

::

Yeah, Greg, go get him.

::

I have been looking for

::

any... I messaged him the other day.

::

I was like, dude,

::

I know I can't really come and see you.

::

And I was like, it's got to be pretty...

::

lonely like to have to be in

::

the situation you're in not

::

to bring everybody down but

::

I was like hey let me know

::

a game you'd want to play

::

if you want to if you if

::

you want to we could play

::

Baldur's Gate together and

::

start a campaign like that

::

if you want to let me know

::

he's like love to do

::

Baldur's Gate he's like or

::

I've heard Helldivers is

::

pretty good and I was like

::

done so like yeah I got it

::

for that and I haven't had

::

a chance to play with Greg

::

yet but I played a little

::

bit myself and so right on

::

dude it's fun it's fun it's

::

a lot of fun um

::

you are every they have

::

leaned into they basically

::

made like starship troopers

::

a video game like that

::

basically what they did

::

that's an amazing premise

::

and so the premise is and

::

the whole video game like

::

starts out like the little

::

like cutscene here yeah it's like

::

You're it's all.

::

And what's really funny to

::

me is it almost feels like

::

a little bit of a parody.

::

It's all like fighting for

::

freedom and democracy.

::

Of course,

::

you've got to you've got to do

::

your part to help stop

::

these bugs and robots from

::

taking over the earth.

::

And it's just it's it's really, really.

::

So it's a lot of fun.

::

but what's so one of the

::

things in it is you get

::

like your own battleship

::

that you go to other

::

planets and that's how you

::

start missions but you have

::

to name your battleship so

::

like you have to name it

::

but it's not like you type

::

in so it's like they give

::

you like scroll bars so

::

it's like it could be sword

::

of justice or arbiter of

::

freedom like you could like

::

pair those things up um

::

And so I spent time just figuring it out.

::

So my ship's name is the Sword of Morality,

::

which I think is very funny to me.

::

Whoa!

::

It's funny to me because

::

they are so opposite ends of things.

::

Um...

::

Is that why your tagline is

::

a good and honorable person

::

on our live stream?

::

Again,

::

if we go backwards to the argument

::

of it's making it difficult

::

for Marcus to come at me,

::

how can you come at a good

::

and honorable person?

::

Who is the captain of the

::

sword of morality?

::

A good and honorable person.

::

Clearly, yes.

::

But that's been a lot of fun.

::

Right before that, I played...

::

ghost of jushima oh how'd

::

you like that I love print

::

I like that a lot like not

::

to make this like

::

playstation 5 talk no

::

you're fine um it's our show we do one um

::

That one was a lot of fun.

::

I really liked it because of

::

a couple reasons.

::

One, it looks really, really pretty.

::

It's just very visually stunning.

::

It was made for the PS4,

::

but then they did a

::

remaster when PS5 came out.

::

And it looks really, really,

::

really pretty.

::

And the other way in which I

::

like it is that the way

::

that they did different

::

levels or side missions,

::

they had it set up almost like...

::

almost like an old school

::

samurai movie where it's like, Oh,

::

this is the ghost as he conquers,

::

as he goes and finds dot, dot, dot.

::

And then it's like,

::

so the way that they have

::

that system set up is just really,

::

really cool.

::

Excellent.

::

So like I said, pretty, pretty,

::

pretty game and fun game.

::

But right now hell divers too,

::

is what I've been

::

experimenting with the most markets.

::

It is so good to see you

::

speaking of diving in.

::

How are you?

::

What, Doug?

::

Doug?

::

Yeah?

::

What type of time are we on today?

::

Before I answer.

::

That's fine.

::

I'm just saying it's really

::

good that you're here.

::

And I'm very happy that you're here.

::

I don't know about the tones.

::

Brian, let me ask you instead.

::

Brian, what type of time are we on today?

::

What type of time are we on?

::

We're on regular time?

::

Okay.

::

All right.

::

I'm doing good.

::

This feels loaded.

::

We're here, living and living color.

::

Sorry, I'm late.

::

Student work,

::

a lot of transitioning into

::

the semester after spring break.

::

It's pretty much downhill for me.

::

You know what?

::

No apologies needed, friend.

::

We get it.

::

Doug is a good and honorable person,

::

as he said.

::

I know his ploy.

::

He fucked up because he told

::

me what his plan was.

::

It's not going to work.

::

I feel very confident this

::

is going to work.

::

What you're not going to do

::

is frame me as an

::

aggressive black man on this podcast.

::

How you frame yourself is

::

none of my business.

::

Okay, rephrasing.

::

You must be shadowboxing

::

with yourself all day.

::

more importantly uh marcus

::

did you have a good weekend

::

did you have a good spring

::

break it was good it was a

::

nice little break and it

::

was um you know a lot of

::

students left so it was

::

nice time to catch up on

::

everything and then

::

obviously when they come

::

back it's like you got to

::

hit the ground running but

::

it was good it was good

::

good good good it's always

::

a little weird when they

::

leave for spring break oh

::

yeah because it's almost like a

::

Hold on.

::

Can I really relax?

::

And then they come back, you know, like,

::

oh, good.

::

A good thing I didn't.

::

Yeah.

::

Oh, because if you gave me three more days,

::

I would have been like,

::

what the fuck are y'all doing here?

::

Walking around in my boxers

::

or something on campus.

::

Right.

::

I forgot.

::

Right.

::

You go, man.

::

What's pulling a Ferris wheeler?

::

Get out of here.

::

Yeah.

::

Get out of here.

::

Don't.

::

Marcus,

::

do you want us to read you the quote?

::

Bro, yeah, for sure.

::

We got it wrong,

::

but... Almost immediately.

::

Yeah.

::

Almost immediately.

::

I'm going to get it wrong, too.

::

I know Ms.

::

Pac-Man is special.

::

She's fun.

::

She's cute.

::

She swallows.

::

Oh, man.

::

Yeah.

::

I'm thinking Pixels.

::

What's that movie with Adam Sandler?

::

That was my guess.

::

Oh, was that your guess?

::

That's hilarious.

::

That's all right.

::

That's all right.

::

What's the movie?

::

Van Wilder from 2000.

::

Oh, fuck.

::

I would not have remembered that at all.

::

Pixels makes.

::

That's a funny pixels joke.

::

But that is very funny.

::

And it's also very funny

::

because I didn't know the

::

name right away.

::

So I was I said to Brian, I was like,

::

I have to butterscotch out

::

of this because I did not

::

know the name of this movie at all.

::

So, yeah, I didn't help.

::

No, that's okay.

::

I think Roman is like, hey,

::

we haven't donated to charity in a while,

::

so I think he's kind of

::

wondering what to do.

::

He's trying to make something work.

::

Well, it is tax season,

::

so he's probably got some

::

write-offs he's trying to be like,

::

want to make sure.

::

Oh, for sure.

::

He's going to start

::

low-pitching us here pretty soon.

::

That's from a movie we watched last week.

::

That's weird.

::

Oh my god, my name is Blade.

::

That's from the movie Blade.

::

Alright, you win!

::

You know what?

::

You got me.

::

You got me.

::

Gentlemen,

::

we are going to get into...

::

Let's get into this bracket.

::

We waited.

::

We stalled so you could come

::

here and be here for the bracket.

::

We were getting into it.

::

You missed a very involved

::

conversation about

::

widescreen versus fullscreen DVDs.

::

That matters, though.

::

it does thank you it does

::

and this is going to be

::

relevant coming up so I

::

didn't realize how much I

::

miss dvds because you learn

::

all of these things about

::

tvs and screens and how you

::

want your stuff set up do

::

you want subtitles do you

::

want it widescreen do you

::

want it full screen what's

::

the stereo audio back when

::

they did commentary with

::

dvds and movies and shit

::

like that as the characters

::

not just as like the

::

directors I miss that age

::

Oh yeah, for sure.

::

It was, it was, and the,

::

what I miss is that like the cases,

::

like some of the like DVD

::

box art was like another level.

::

I have a copy of transformers.

::

That is a version of

::

optimist prime that transforms.

::

What?

::

into a 2D version of Optimus

::

Prime that stands up.

::

That's a thing I have.

::

That's tough, man.

::

Wow, that goes hard.

::

It does.

::

Screen bag, DVD, and album art.

::

Wow.

::

Okay.

::

So for this bracket,

::

we are going to take a look at 2000s,

::

2000 comedies.

::

So comedies that were made in the 2000s,

::

2000, 2010.

::

We have the bracket wizard,

::

Brian Roush on this jam.

::

And yeah,

::

We are going to kind of go through it.

::

Now, thing to keep in mind,

::

we're not going to do this

::

whole bracket today.

::

Because March Madness is

::

kicking off this week.

::

Bracket got announced yesterday.

::

Shout out to the Lady

::

Coyotes for getting into the WNIT.

::

And hosting.

::

And hosting the WNIT.

::

So good things for them.

::

Which is really exciting.

::

That's huge.

::

But...

::

we wanted to kind of be in

::

line with that theme.

::

So we are going to do this first round,

::

taking it from 32 to 16.

::

Okay.

::

Next thing we'll do 16 to eight,

::

eight to four and so on and so on.

::

And we'll kind of go from there.

::

Um,

::

and this is going to be interesting

::

because usually we get

::

these brackets like all in

::

one fell swoop.

::

Yeah.

::

It'd be interesting to see

::

if we like look back and go like, well,

::

last week, why did we say this one,

::

one over this one?

::

So I'm kind of curious to

::

see how this goes.

::

So what we were, what we say is,

::

goes.

::

This is how it's gonna work.

::

So Brian, I will turn it over to you, sir.

::

Take it away.

::

Take it.

::

All right, folks.

::

Welcome to the 2000s comedy

::

bracket sponsored by films

::

in black and white.

::

And we have 32 teams movies.

::

And we will be doing the first round.

::

So this is this is the melee.

::

This is like the Royal Rumble.

::

Everybody's here.

::

Everybody has a chance.

::

uh for who made the cut as

::

we talk about these movies

::

it is it is it is just

::

based on cultural relevance

::

like it is not a a a

::

science this is this is

::

very much like no this this

::

didn't perform well at the

::

box office but everybody

::

quotes this so it needs to

::

be in here um so that might

::

be like your juno

::

per chance.

::

It was not a box office hit,

::

but it was culturally relevant.

::

That's tough.

::

We also,

::

I did my best to include a variety

::

of things.

::

However, some things are unavoidable,

::

like Will Ferrell.

::

Will Ferrell is in a quarter

::

of these movies.

::

That's true.

::

And I can't avoid that.

::

I just can't.

::

And then some didn't.

::

Some didn't make it.

::

There's some notable exceptions.

::

Pineapple Express didn't make the cut.

::

I do feel like that was a good comedy,

::

but culturally relevant.

::

I don't think I don't think

::

it makes it here.

::

What's up, Doug?

::

Am I looking at an old

::

version of the bracket, Brian?

::

Uh, let's see here.

::

You might be, you might be, hang on.

::

I can send you the link.

::

Yeah.

::

Send me the updated one.

::

Cause I was looking at it and I was like,

::

Brian, I'm looking at pineapple express.

::

I'm looking at it.

::

So it's possible.

::

I have the wrong one.

::

So, all right.

::

Hey, send me the update.

::

Here we go.

::

Here we go.

::

We're sending the updated.

::

Oh man.

::

Y'all went to hell dive.

::

Y'all went over hell divers.

::

I'm going to have to listen

::

back to the episode.

::

See?

::

It's going to be fun.

::

It's going to be good.

::

It's going to be fun.

::

It could be fun.

::

Saving Silverman,

::

it played all the time in Comedy Central.

::

I don't feel like it's good

::

enough to be in this bracket.

::

So those are the types of

::

decisions that...

::

were made um so again this

::

is vibes and cultural

::

relevance not necessarily

::

like box office success all

::

right so let's get it

::

started folks our first

::

matchup is one the 40 year

::

old virgin versus old

::

school this is tough so

::

here's what's here's the

::

here's the wrench that's

::

going to get thrown into

::

this I think too as well

::

was that the circle social

::

circles of cultural relevance for us

::

Because all of us are in

::

different realms at

::

whatever age we were and

::

then whoever we hung around, you know,

::

whatever state we were in at that time.

::

Oh, yeah.

::

My immediate answer is 40-Year-Old Virgin,

::

although I've seen both of these.

::

40-Year-Old Virgin is the

::

one I remember the most with Kevin Hart.

::

I agree.

::

Like, it's, yeah, so...

::

I mean, right off the bat,

::

a 40 year old virgin made

::

me laugh out loud way more

::

than old school.

::

I don't know where you're at, Doug.

::

I could tell where he's at.

::

This one's tough for me, too.

::

I will say the 40 year old

::

virgin because I think

::

there are portions of it

::

that I thought Steve Carell

::

was just like another.

::

He was another level.

::

And I think any time that

::

you commit to that level of

::

like physical comedy, like given the.

::

Um, like the waxing scene.

::

I mean, that's all.

::

I will say though,

::

old school definitely

::

though has a place in my

::

heart because I mean,

::

for those that don't know,

::

like Brian and I were in a

::

fraternity and as a joke to myself,

::

right before we did any

::

type of pledging activity,

::

I watched that movie just

::

to kind of chuckle at like

::

how ridiculous it could be.

::

And so that was something

::

that I just did like for me.

::

So it definitely has its

::

place in terms of movies

::

that I really liked that I

::

thought were really funny.

::

I think if it's not going up

::

against the 40 year old virgin,

::

like the first draw,

::

i might have this go a

::

little differently but 40

::

year old virgin sticks

::

around I feel like old

::

school was what they

::

figured out they could keep

::

doing and it's it's funny

::

to me because will ferrell

::

is not the lead here it's

::

luke wilson and luke wilson

::

is not I he's a fine actor

::

I just he's not he doesn't

::

have the same energy as will ferrell

::

I feel like it gives the

::

movie a different vibe,

::

but this was the movie where it's like,

::

wait, we just keep perfecting this,

::

and we're going to make a ton of money,

::

and they did.

::

They did.

::

I don't think you get Step

::

Brothers without old school

::

to some degree.

::

Absolutely not.

::

I would agree with that.

::

It's the forerunner, 100%.

::

All right.

::

Our next matchup is the

::

School of Rock versus Bruce Almighty.

::

This is tough, man.

::

This is a tough mid-tier match.

::

This one's hard.

::

Anything I've learned from

::

doing brackets with us in

::

the past is you can't go

::

last because then you got

::

to break the you got to

::

break ties usually.

::

I'll go last this whole

::

episode because I love you guys so much.

::

You know what, Doug?

::

I want you to go first now.

::

I'm going to go with School of Rock.

::

Here's the reason why.

::

For me, it's the music.

::

Like I,

::

I think the music was just so much fun.

::

I had this soundtrack and I

::

listened to it over and

::

over and over and over and over again.

::

I think the fact that it was

::

all classic rock stuff was

::

something that was really

::

like cool for me because I mean,

::

it was like all the who,

::

and it was all like the Rolling Stone.

::

Like it was all that type of

::

music that for me was just

::

ACDC type stuff.

::

So like for me,

::

school of rock is where I'm

::

going to go for my first one.

::

So I'm going to go with Bruce Almighty.

::

And that is because Jim

::

Carrey can do no wrong in my eyes.

::

The physical comedy,

::

there's a lot of quotables of like,

::

I still say things and

::

that's just how the cookie crumbles.

::

You know what I mean?

::

It's like, that movie is so...

::

quotable it has Steve Carell

::

in it it has Morgan Freeman

::

as God in it you know what

::

I mean so I and then you

::

then you get Evan Almighty

::

which I think is it's not

::

as funny but it is still a

::

good follow-up to like

::

Bruce Almighty right um so

::

my that's why I'm gonna go

::

with Bruce Almighty okay

::

hello I'm the tiebreaker um

::

hello I feel so School of Rock

::

This is tough because I do

::

like the music in School of Rock.

::

Yep.

::

I just feel like there's

::

more funny moments in Bruce Almighty.

::

I think they're good movies.

::

School of Rock, though,

::

is like a fun school drama

::

with comedy in it.

::

And I feel like Bruce might

::

have it 100 percent right.

::

You're hitting the ground

::

running immediately.

::

Jim Carrey being weird, right?

::

And Jennifer Aniston is a

::

great supporting actress in that, too,

::

because she basically has

::

to play the straight character of like,

::

what's happening?

::

And I think she's pretty good at that.

::

She's pretty sexy in it.

::

I like it.

::

For...

::

You're absolutely right.

::

The I thought I was skipping for a second.

::

I was just trying to find

::

the word School of Rock is

::

there are slow chunks in

::

that where you're like,

::

is this supposed to be

::

funny or is this supposed to be serious?

::

Right.

::

And I also think it's telling.

::

I picked it because I like the movie,

::

not because I thought I like the music,

::

not because I thought it

::

was the funnier movie.

::

So I think this is the right choice.

::

But that was just which one if we're going,

::

which one off the rip would I watch?

::

School of Rock, I probably would watch.

::

I mean,

::

and this is like right at the start

::

of Jack Black's career.

::

So I get it.

::

Cause like he was a force.

::

There wasn't anyone else he was doing.

::

Nacho Libre came before or after this?

::

That came after.

::

And then Tenacious D was well before this.

::

Yeah.

::

Yeah.

::

Okay.

::

Yeah.

::

All right.

::

Next up, I guess,

::

is the weirdo indie division.

::

This is Clerks 2 versus Juno.

::

Weirdo indie.

::

No, that's the right way to put it.

::

I see this affectionately as

::

a weirdo indie lover.

::

I mean, yeah.

::

So for me,

::

I have seen Clerks 2.

::

I've seen bits and pieces of Juno.

::

I have never been able to

::

catch Juno in full.

::

I do know that that movie

::

was culturally relevant.

::

I was also in high school

::

when this came out.

::

So that idea of a high school pregnancy.

::

What year was that?

::

Juno was maybe what?

::

2014?

::

I was in college.

::

I was not in high school yet at all.

::

Oh, then it would make,

::

that would make sense then

::

why it's going to hit different.

::

Yeah.

::

Yeah.

::

I'm going to go Clark's too.

::

Cause I like that.

::

Okay.

::

I'm actually gonna go to

::

clerks I'm gonna go clerks

::

too for the same reason oh

::

wow that I for the same

::

reason that I think you all

::

said for for school of rock

::

yeah I think there are more

::

dramatic moments it is

::

culturally relevant and

::

there are certainly some

::

like funny quirky things

::

but I think they're more

::

funny because they're

::

quirky than then they are

::

true like comedy beats I agree

::

I get it.

::

I'm still going Juno as the

::

dissent vote only because

::

Ellen Page in this movie is so funny.

::

It's the dry wit.

::

It's the slow delivery of

::

that's where the humor is.

::

It's not like your old

::

school or your Talladega

::

Nights laugh out loud.

::

It's just like

::

Somebody threw up in the

::

fountain at Ridgedale Mall.

::

Did you hear about it?

::

You're just like, what?

::

What are you even saying?

::

I feel like they birthed that.

::

That might be a stretch.

::

But I do feel like they

::

might have birthed that kind of dry.

::

Because then you saw Juno come out.

::

And then there were movies

::

that followed that tried to

::

duplicate their same dry humor.

::

Yeah,

::

it you're I think Juno Juno is

::

probably like got the

::

biggest audience for it.

::

Right.

::

Because you think of like

::

Natalie Portman and Garden

::

State of just like these kind of like,

::

I don't know,

::

these just kind of women

::

leads in in movies that are comedies,

::

but not.

::

And they're just kind of

::

like a little out there,

::

just a little out there in

::

the best way possible.

::

Good explanation.

::

I know this movie definitely

::

birthed the concept of like

::

a comedy movie.

::

hipster like and I say that

::

like with utmost respect

::

falling into that category

::

myself at the time that

::

this movie came out like it

::

was very much like oh you

::

could go over to like urban

::

outfitters and buy some

::

like aged shit that you

::

know what I mean like it

::

was like oh do you like

::

records but also you don't

::

know records like it that's it

::

That's very much this vibe

::

like like it's kind of it's

::

not mainstream it's taking

::

stuff and putting it on the

::

fringe yeah kind of a

::

little bit and almost on

::

the outside looking in

::

because neither Michael

::

Sarah's character or Elliot

::

pages character are.

::

Oh, God.

::

I was thinking... I apologize.

::

I definitely missed that, and I apologize.

::

No, you're fine.

::

I'm definitely going to do

::

better moving forward about

::

that with Elliot Page.

::

You're absolutely right.

::

For the both of them, they moved...

::

they were, they were not the main,

::

like popular people in there.

::

They were the outsiders.

::

And so it kind of put that sort of like a,

::

what if a mainstream things

::

happens to an outside kid?

::

So like, I, yeah.

::

Yep.

::

Yep.

::

You're absolutely right.

::

You're absolutely right.

::

All right.

::

Moving on,

::

we got Forgetting Sarah Marshall

::

versus The Hangover.

::

This feels unfair.

::

It feels tough.

::

It feels tough.

::

Oh, it feels tough?

::

To me, this is a clear answer.

::

Really?

::

Oh, to me, absolutely.

::

Forgetting Sarah Marshall is good.

::

It's a good movie.

::

I will watch it, but it's The Hangover.

::

Okay.

::

OK.

::

Yes.

::

I kind of led you on there,

::

but I feel like it's the hangover.

::

The hangover does something

::

really unique and special here.

::

Right.

::

It puts together this random

::

assortment of people and it

::

has this premise of like Project X style.

::

Right.

::

And we're going to do this thing.

::

We're going to part.

::

And it has so many quotables from it that.

::

I think a lot of people

::

revisit The Hangover.

::

There's still costumes that

::

are still from The Hangover.

::

Zach Galifianakis and Tyson

::

is in this movie too.

::

Mike Tyson is in this movie.

::

Bradley Cooper.

::

These people we see later on

::

down the road as being kind

::

of the elites.

::

This is what Ed Helms messed

::

up his TV career for.

::

For all intent and purpose.

::

He really messed it up

::

trying to make these movies work.

::

man I don't know I need a

::

minute doug are you leaning

::

one way or another I I'm

::

gonna go with this is

::

harder for me because okay

::

getting sarah marshall is

::

one of my all-time

::

favorites like it is oh is

::

it really it is one of my

::

all-time favorites I love

::

the overall theme of it

::

I love the ending of it.

::

I love the Dracula musical portion of it.

::

The portions where Bill

::

Hader and they're

::

FaceTiming each other are

::

hilarious to me.

::

There's a part in the

::

beginning where he goes,

::

I'm going to go see if she's there.

::

He goes, don't do that.

::

He goes and talks to

::

and her new boyfriend.

::

And he goes, Hey,

::

all you could hear is bill

::

haters screaming into the phone to stop.

::

No, don't do that.

::

And then when he hops back on,

::

he just goes,

::

you feel good about yourself.

::

Like,

::

and so those portions for me are very,

::

very funny.

::

However,

::

The amount of times that I

::

have quoted The Hangover or

::

the amount of times that

::

The Hangover has been into my DNA,

::

it's going to be The Hangover,

::

but Forgetting Sarah

::

Marshall is one of my all-time favorites.

::

I got to go with The

::

Hangover because Forgetting

::

Sarah Marshall connects

::

with me as someone who's

::

very emo and very in touch

::

with their emotions.

::

If I'm having a hard time

::

with relationships,

::

Forgetting Sarah Marshall

::

is such a good pick-me-up.

::

But The Hangover, it's legendary.

::

It's legendary.

::

There's so many things in it

::

that are funny.

::

The tasing scene,

::

the community service tasing scene.

::

heather graham and ed helms

::

getting getting married um

::

like just there's so many

::

even just bradley cooper

::

but yeah it's the hangover

::

it's the white I get my

::

family calls me white doug

::

because of the hangover

::

hilarious like our dog is a

::

white I'm like uh-huh I am

::

yeah that's true uh-huh I am indeed I am

::

Ooh, this is tough.

::

All right, next matchup,

::

we have Meet the Parents versus Me,

::

Myself, and Irene, starring Jim Carrey.

::

Meet the Parents, Ben Stiller.

::

I'm going to go first on this one.

::

For me, it's meet the parents.

::

And the reason being is the

::

reason that it's meet the

::

parents for me is because this is the,

::

this is the introduction of

::

the disaster comedy.

::

This is the introduction of,

::

this is the introduction of

::

everything is going wrong.

::

And this person's life is

::

falling apart and look at

::

how terrible it all is.

::

I mean, before that it was,

::

what about Bob?

::

But before then we really hadn't seen a,

::

uh,

::

a movie like this before

::

where it was the entire

::

pieces of this are just

::

melting down and we're just

::

sort of along for the ride

::

so for me me myself and

::

Irene very funny movie meet

::

the parents though is kind

::

of foundational

::

I love the way that they

::

tell the story of me, myself, and Irene.

::

I do want to say that, right?

::

Oh, 100%.

::

It's Jim Carrey with his three black sons.

::

It's like the sheriff,

::

the cop that's trying to chase him down.

::

Hey, it's Anthony Anderson.

::

Hey,

::

what's the circumference of trying to

::

get an egg up this man's ass?

::

It's so many moving pieces in me, myself,

::

and Irene that just shouldn't make sense,

::

but it's one of those of like, yep,

::

that's how they explained it.

::

That's how it goes.

::

I love how they recap that story.

::

However, comma, meet the parents.

::

is something different.

::

And it's this, it's Ben Stiller and he's,

::

it's,

::

I love the Meet the Parents series

::

because one of the things

::

that it does really well

::

that I feel like it's going

::

to get my vote for this

::

time around is the way that

::

it does its sequels, right?

::

Meet the Parents.

::

Then you do Meet the Fockers.

::

And it's like,

::

they were able to do in a

::

sequel what a lot of movies

::

couldn't really do back then was like,

::

you nailed it.

::

you upped the disaster part

::

of it but you invited his

::

side of the family to be a

::

part of the fun and like

::

yes a sequel comedy that

::

knocks it out of the park

::

you don't I don't feel like

::

you see that very often you

::

do not especially not now

::

so I think I have to meet the parents

::

I agree.

::

It's meet the parents for me.

::

The amount of times I have I

::

have I have cringed.

::

It has made me feel watching

::

it just like I can't I can't stand it.

::

But then I'm laughing a

::

whole lot because I have

::

all this nervous energy pent up.

::

So it goes to meet the parents.

::

The thing I'll say about me,

::

myself and Irene also kind

::

of like in a genre of road

::

trip movie kind of.

::

Kind of where he's on the run.

::

So another 2000s road trip movie.

::

That's true.

::

So I don't know.

::

Just something weird to think about.

::

Owen Wilson popping up.

::

That's right.

::

Owen Wilson does pop up.

::

He's the pretty boy.

::

He's the pretty boy X. That's so funny.

::

Good shit.

::

Man, Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson,

::

Will Ferrell, Steve Carell.

::

Everybody putting each other

::

in everybody else's place.

::

We got Harold and Kumar go

::

to White Castle versus Road Trip.

::

Speaking of Road Trip movies.

::

With who?

::

That has Tom Green, Sean William Scott,

::

and the lead dude is forgettable.

::

Oh, I don't think he did anything.

::

I don't think he did anything after that.

::

I thought this was the one

::

with Cedric the Entertainer, Bow Wow.

::

No, that's the Johnson family reunion.

::

Yeah.

::

No,

::

this is the one where he accidentally

::

sends a sex tape of himself

::

to his girlfriend that lives,

::

and they are trying to go

::

from his university to her

::

university to try to stop

::

that from happening.

::

What was the really skinny

::

dude's name again?

::

Let me bring it up.

::

That's the first curse word

::

that I've said this episode.

::

5315.

::

Look at me, everybody.

::

Pretty good.

::

Is that the name of the episode?

::

5315?

::

It is.

::

I like it.

::

Oh, wait.

::

Okay.

::

I might be way off here.

::

Breckenmeyer?

::

Breckenmeyer.

::

Was the lead?

::

Was the lead for this?

::

You might remember him.

::

DJ Qualls.

::

That's who I was trying to think of,

::

is DJ Qualls.

::

Yeah, there's Sean William Scott,

::

Amy Smart, DJ Qualls.

::

Rachel Blanchard played his girlfriend.

::

So Amy Smart was the girl

::

that he filmed himself

::

having sex with at his school.

::

Rachel Blanchard was his

::

actual girlfriend across the way.

::

And then Fred Ward is in this.

::

Andy Dick is in this.

::

There's a lot of people who

::

were in this one.

::

Yeah.

::

Yeah.

::

Yeah.

::

Yeah.

::

Breckenmeyer.

::

Also, I need to I need to cross.

::

I need to cross verify this really,

::

really quick before I just

::

like start talking, you know,

::

like I'm nuts here.

::

Let's see here.

::

I just know he's not in the hangover.

::

For some reason,

::

I thought he was in the hangover.

::

he's not is not um just in a

::

lot of like random shit

::

yeah anyway that's road

::

trip um yeah and then

::

harold and kumar go to

::

white castle I'm gonna just

::

go off the bat right now my

::

vote's going to harold and

::

kumar go to white castle

::

that movie is all over the

::

place and I love it I love

::

it so much you ever had a

::

cock meat sandwich I'm

::

going with harold and kumar

::

yeah I am all right

::

I'm also going to go with Harold and Kumar,

::

but for the scene with

::

Anthony Anderson where he says,

::

just thinking of those

::

tasty burgers makes me want

::

to burn this motherfucking town.

::

You know what's funny?

::

We're going to go burn this

::

motherfucking town.

::

That gets me every time.

::

I'm going to need to re-watch that soon.

::

I also think it's because I

::

used to have a fantasy

::

about just burning shit down.

::

And so seeing it come out

::

was just pretty good.

::

I didn't know which

::

direction that was going.

::

Me either.

::

I had already kind of made

::

up in my mind that it was

::

Harold and Kumar,

::

but the way we could not

::

remember Road Trip.

::

So that was kind of me.

::

I don't think I've even seen it.

::

I know several portions of

::

Road Trip because there are

::

a couple of them.

::

They stop off at a fraternity on their way,

::

but it's an all-black fraternity,

::

and DJ Qualls has sex for

::

the first time with a very large lady,

::

and...

::

That's the whole thing.

::

He's sort of the prude.

::

He's sort of the prude who

::

gets to come and do his own

::

while they're on this road trip.

::

Alright, next.

::

That is such 2000s humor.

::

It very much is.

::

It very much is.

::

Oh, Pineapple Express did make it on here.

::

I should have checked the

::

final draft before we did this.

::

All right, cool.

::

We have Pineapple Express

::

versus Anchorman.

::

Tough.

::

I mean, for me, Anchorman is legendary.

::

I know it's in the title, but Anchorman,

::

I talked in only Anchorman

::

quotes probably for a large

::

section between 2006 and 2008.

::

He's going to be very honest.

::

Brian, we all did.

::

We all did.

::

60% of the time, it works all the time.

::

I will say, though,

::

Pineapple Express is funny

::

in its own right.

::

It is.

::

And it's funny because of...

::

that I've seen it that was

::

great the whole thing with

::

the whole thing with the

::

friend who just has the

::

shit kicked out of him oh

::

jeez it was like you know I

::

was gonna turn you in but

::

you guys are just two cool

::

dudes so I don't think I'm

::

gonna like that the way he

::

was talking is great but

::

also the beginning where

::

they're like testing again

::

Bill Hader like testing

::

Bill Hader smoke smoke

::

Like they're testing him and

::

he's just singing.

::

How does it make you feel?

::

Like it's just doing that.

::

It's hysterical to me.

::

So I'm going to go with Anchorman.

::

I feel like Anchorman does

::

what I just said with Meet the Fockers.

::

It became a cult classic very quickly.

::

Not even a cult classic.

::

It just became a classic

::

movie very quickly.

::

And then the sequel does its

::

thing in bringing justice

::

to the original comedy that it set up.

::

I think Anchorman is just

::

such unique meta commentary

::

within commentary.

::

I just think it nails it.

::

Yeah, I agree.

::

I agree.

::

Because I can't say nothing

::

else through without Will Ferrell in it.

::

I feel like I already started pushing it.

::

Right.

::

Speaking of Will Ferrell,

::

Zoolander starring Ben

::

Stiller versus Talladega Nights.

::

Talladega Nights.

::

Oh, wow.

::

Right off the rip.

::

Zoolander is great.

::

Here's my problem.

::

Wow.

::

Is that Zoolander walked so

::

Talladega Nights could run.

::

Zoolander was a buddy style

::

comedy movie that

::

Would not that led the way

::

to say you can have two

::

really funny people share

::

the screen at the same time and it work.

::

Now,

::

I personally would rather watch

::

Talladega Nights again.

::

But so Talladega Nights is

::

going to get my vote.

::

But I do think there's

::

something to be said for

::

Zoolander being sort of the like.

::

Prometheus like first one to

::

sort of like do it that way

::

much like we did with Meet

::

the Parents like this sort

::

of like a buddy style

::

comedy yeah and old school

::

a little bit too yeah well

::

and it felt like old school

::

and Zoolander came out so

::

close to each other like

::

you can just tell like this

::

they're figuring out what

::

this comedy formula is and

::

my vote's going to

::

Zoolander I think Talladega

::

Nights is fine and there

::

are parts where I laugh but like

::

zoolander I feel like it's a

::

tighter movie I feel like

::

it's a more efficient movie

::

you're getting more to the

::

laughs sooner um sure okay

::

that's what I like about it

::

I also I mean like I hit my

::

microphone because I'm so

::

upset that zoolander isn't

::

gonna make it no I'm kidding I'm

::

I bumped it on accident.

::

I don't know.

::

I also like the Relax by

::

Frankie Goes to Hollywood.

::

I love that that's a reoccurring joke.

::

I don't know.

::

That's a good one.

::

It works for me.

::

And I understand Zoolander

::

because I understand Blue Seal,

::

them playing with the gasoline.

::

Will Ferrell with the cat.

::

like I understand all of

::

that zoolander is great

::

talladega nights however

::

for me I just quoted if you

::

ain't first you're last

::

yesterday and that's right

::

there's so many more him

::

strapping the damn cereal

::

to the bottom of the car

::

and telling his ass to

::

drive because it was like

::

um I could tell him cocaine

::

was at the bottom of the

::

car right like the sun so

::

I'm gonna piss on him

::

Yeah.

::

Yeah.

::

I'm going to throw your

::

medals off the side of the bridge.

::

Them going off on the

::

goddamn granddad at the damn table.

::

Sweet baby Jesus.

::

Like those iconic moments.

::

Eight pounds.

::

Five pounds.

::

Sweet baby Jesus.

::

Like shake and bake.

::

Like Talladega night.

::

A lot of that.

::

The outtakes alone are of

::

where they're doing.

::

They're plugging those different things.

::

You may not know this,

::

but packs of wild dogs have

::

taken over major most U.S.

::

cities.

::

That to me is hilarious.

::

I'm on fire.

::

I'm on fire.

::

I'm on fire.

::

Who's going to tell him he's not on fire?

::

You're not on fire.

::

You're not on fire.

::

I got to put my best friend out.

::

My best friend's on fire.

::

Like, I just think Talladega Nightmares.

::

I love that in the finale,

::

there's a car crash and

::

they play an entire

::

Applebee's commercial in the movie.

::

And that was surreal to me.

::

And yeah,

::

that's like where this type of

::

Will Ferrell buddy comedy,

::

I feel like started

::

evolving into its later stages.

::

Yeah.

::

I gotta rewatch it.

::

That's a good movie.

::

Alright, two very different movies.

::

We have Borat versus Shaun of the Dead.

::

I did not understand Borat

::

when it originally came out

::

because I was still too

::

young to know that it was a real movie,

::

but shot like it was a fake movie.

::

And the guy who was dressed

::

up missed the whole Pamela Anderson.

::

For me,

::

I'm going to go Shaun of the Dead

::

because I feel like Shaun

::

of the Dead is a sleeper.

::

And I remember rewatching

::

that on MTV or Comedy

::

Central all the time.

::

And it's just, it's a good,

::

it's still a good movie.

::

It's funny as hell.

::

Zombie comedy.

::

This is really hard.

::

I know Shaun of the Dead is

::

probably technically better on all merits,

::

but Borat was just...

::

I hadn't seen anything like that.

::

Like guerrilla comedy, I guess,

::

is one way you could classify it.

::

Guerrilla satire.

::

Guerrilla satire, right?

::

I mean, everybody was saying, like,

::

my wife, just like that, I swear,

::

for like five years after this movie.

::

Somehow Zohan,

::

we get Attack of the Zohan from Borat,

::

I'm pretty sure.

::

There's a lot I could connect there.

::

Oh my gosh.

::

I don't know.

::

I don't know, man.

::

This one's hard because of

::

all the reasons Brian just listed.

::

Not to piggyback off of Brian,

::

but Borat is revolutionary

::

in what it did in terms of, like you said,

::

that guerrilla-style comedy.

::

But Shaun of the Dead is

::

just so much fun to watch.

::

And there are so many things.

::

I like that kind of British humor,

::

like the reoccurring jokes,

::

the you've got red on you

::

for the entirety of the

::

most of the movie.

::

I really enjoyed.

::

So I don't know.

::

So much so that people still

::

request Shaun of the Dead sequels.

::

And the director is like, no,

::

that's not what I'm going to do.

::

They clearly said what they wanted to say.

::

They came out and they did Hot Fuzz,

::

which was the two of them

::

that was... Everybody was like, well,

::

is that a follow-up?

::

It's not.

::

It's kind of sort of supposed to be,

::

but it's also a completely

::

different movie with its own plot.

::

Um...

::

I'm going to go Shaun of the Dead as well.

::

Okay.

::

That's tough.

::

I...

::

I think what's hard is that

::

if I did this when I was in college,

::

I would have said Borat.

::

Oh, 100%.

::

Now I feel like it's Shaun of the Dead.

::

I just feel like it's just

::

smarter and it sticks with me.

::

I can appreciate the recurring jokes.

::

I have more of an attention

::

span for that now.

::

And I'm doing this as the person I am now,

::

not...

::

college age not college

::

brian super different brian

::

I mean that's a totally

::

different person brian was

::

a different brian it was I

::

mean I believe it it was a

::

lot it was brian it was

::

like a wall of hair just

::

brian uh all right next

::

matchup we have white

::

chicks versus the wedding

::

crashers white chicks

::

culturally for me,

::

White Chicken is an iconic

::

movie in the Black community.

::

And not just the Black community.

::

I think it... What's the word?

::

It... Transcended?

::

Thank you.

::

It transcended.

::

It's the Wayne Bros comedy.

::

I think that typically you

::

see them and you're like, yeah,

::

this is going to be one for us.

::

But it does something so

::

well that you cannot recreate again.

::

And it's...

::

Two black guys in this white face makeup,

::

right?

::

And they are getting off

::

acting like these teenage girls.

::

It's Terry Crews.

::

It's so many different

::

iconic quotable moments in this movie.

::

It's like, making my way downtown.

::

They made that big fucking hit.

::

Like a slam dunk.

::

So I got to go with White Chicks.

::

Wedding Crashers is good, though.

::

Do not get me wrong.

::

But it's also... I have to say this.

::

What gets really weird about

::

this bracket is because the

::

same family of actors.

::

Yeah.

::

It's like...

::

Owen Wilson.

::

They all start blending together.

::

All of the movies, your Zoolanders,

::

your Old School, your Wedding Crashers,

::

your Talladega Nights,

::

all start kind of blending together.

::

Will Ferrell is in Wedding Crashers,

::

right?

::

He is.

::

He's the OG, right?

::

He's the one who made up all the rules.

::

Yep.

::

I'd say he's a cameo.

::

I don't even think he rises to supporting,

::

but he's there in the cabal.

::

Like,

::

He's in the last quarter of the movie.

::

Yeah.

::

White Chicks is more innovative.

::

I'm going to say that on the bat.

::

Bradley Cooper, Rachel McAdams,

::

Owen Wilson.

::

Jesus, Rachel McAdams.

::

Yeah, it's a stellar cast.

::

It's a stellar cast,

::

but when we're talking

::

about the best comedy,

::

I don't feel bad about

::

Wedding Crashers because

::

there's another movie like

::

it in the bracket.

::

That's true.

::

And I feel like they did the

::

formula better.

::

That's true.

::

Go ahead, sorry.

::

I'm going to go white chicks,

::

like just because again, because it's,

::

it's, it's different.

::

And I do think it did transcend like,

::

and again, it's,

::

it's that Wayne's brother style comedy.

::

Like, yeah, if, if you did this,

::

if you did this the other way,

::

where it was, it, that,

::

that movie is not getting made, but,

::

at all and I think that this

::

is just I think it's just a

::

better movie I but they did

::

it not to be offensive it

::

they did it in a way that's

::

exactly funny it was smart

::

yeah yeah I i will say

::

though from wedding

::

crashers my favorite moment

::

is when he's getting jerked

::

off under the table and he

::

goes what was the name of

::

the charity he's like holy

::

shirts and pants

::

The way he delivered that

::

line because he's got this

::

big smile on his face.

::

It's just so good.

::

It is funny.

::

I'm going to own this.

::

I kicked out Bruno.

::

I kicked out Bruno and put

::

in Van Wilder there.

::

I will update that after.

::

This next matchup is

::

Eurotrip versus Van Wilder.

::

I'll go Van Wilder.

::

I've never seen Euro Trip.

::

Oh, okay.

::

It's me personally.

::

Marcus,

::

it's another horny teens drive

::

across a country movie.

::

But it's across the ocean.

::

So I would like it?

::

No, it's just if you've seen Road Trip,

::

you've kind of sort of seen Road Trip.

::

The only thing that stands

::

alone is the only thing is

::

Matt Damon singing a song

::

called Scotty Doesn't Know,

::

which is a song about him

::

having sex with his Scotty's girlfriend.

::

I'm going to go with,

::

I'm going with Van Wilder too,

::

just because I feel like

::

Eurotrip is so...

::

Eurotrip was... That was the

::

road trip movie.

::

Obviously, I liked Harold and Kumar,

::

but Eurotrip got way more

::

playtime in my friend circles.

::

It's very irreverent.

::

They make fun of the Pope.

::

There's a college couple that...

::

that has sex in, like, one of the Vatican,

::

of course, sacred things.

::

It's completely irreverent.

::

And, like,

::

it's totally trying to be this

::

raunchy comedy,

::

which I do appreciate it for.

::

Raunchy.

::

But Van Wilder, man.

::

I mean, it's Ryan Reynolds.

::

Like, it's just, it's so definitive.

::

And I laughed a lot.

::

I mean, I don't know.

::

I...

::

Eurotrip starts at a real

::

high point with Matt Damon

::

singing Scotty Doesn't Know.

::

And then it's all downhill.

::

When he's on break from

::

doing the Bourne movie.

::

And then it's just like, all right,

::

they're doing raunchy things in Europe.

::

I don't know.

::

We'll go Van Wilder.

::

But that's kind of like what

::

those movies eventually turn into.

::

And then I will say, to Roadtrip's credit,

::

they did try to string a

::

plot through what took them

::

from point A to point B.

::

And there were beats that were like,

::

okay...

::

Why are they at the

::

fraternity where DJ Qualls gets laid?

::

Okay, this is why.

::

There's a reason.

::

Whereas with Eurotrip, it just felt like a,

::

hey, they did this ridiculous thing.

::

Why?

::

Because they could.

::

Because the lead got broken

::

up with and was going after

::

somebody he was hot for.

::

It's almost the same plot,

::

except without a sex tape.

::

that's exactly except

::

without a 60 like that's

::

that's the mcguffin

::

anything so if anything it

::

doesn't have a mcguffin so

::

they're just doing it like

::

that's all it is it's all

::

yeah true true yeah all

::

right congratulations van

::

wilder we'll see you again

::

um going okay next matchup

::

burn after reading versus

::

step brothers I mean step

::

brothers right like we can

::

just this one's really yeah

::

I like Burn After Reading.

::

Oh, Brian, I like Burn After Reading too.

::

I really like Burn After Reading too,

::

but Step Brothers wins.

::

To me,

::

you put Step Brothers up against anything,

::

that shit gonna smoke it.

::

No way.

::

Do you think... Okay, hang on.

::

So my guy lost.

::

I'm over it.

::

Do you feel like Step

::

Brothers is like the

::

pinnacle of that Will

::

Ferrell comedy crew?

::

Damn near.

::

Really?

::

I feel like it's either Step

::

Brothers or Talladega Nights,

::

whichever one came first,

::

because you have that.

::

It's just like Doug said earlier.

::

It's two major hitters, right?

::

Yeah.

::

It's two major hitters,

::

and they have great chemistry together.

::

As soon as they did that drum set scene,

::

did you put your nuts on?

::

Did you touch my drum set?

::

and when he sings that the

::

fucking Catalina wine mixer

::

the way that you set that

::

scene up for this

::

motherfucker to sing opera

::

in this silly ass movie and

::

it's a major pinnacle

::

moment of the fucking movie

::

I think this is peak of

::

that for me yeah the boats

::

that's what it was I was

::

trying to remember that

::

powerpoint presentation

::

lives rent free in my head

::

Um, this might be,

::

this might be the best of

::

the Will Ferrell comedy crew.

::

Cause like, I mean,

::

and what I'll say about

::

that is towel digging nights came first.

::

Mm-hmm.

::

But that's where those two

::

were still figuring each other out.

::

They perfected it in Step Brothers.

::

Is there another movie with

::

them after Step Brothers?

::

No.

::

And here's the reason why I

::

think that happens if you ask me.

::

I think that they nailed it.

::

I don't think you get any

::

better than Step Brothers.

::

There is no sequel.

::

You can't recreate it.

::

It made a shit ton of money.

::

You just fucking nailed it

::

and then you have to go and

::

then he has to go and do

::

these more serious roles

::

because he wants to expand.

::

That's me though.

::

yeah john c reilly did kind

::

of close the pivot on that

::

point because then he did

::

start doing more serious

::

roles yeah I mean even

::

guardians like so all right

::

next up is knocked up

::

versus scary movie scary

::

movie it's scary movie all

::

day every day yes it is it is scary like

::

I mean,

::

the weigh-ins have mastered the parody.

::

Knocked Up is fine, but I'm sorry,

::

Scary Movie.

::

It is incredible.

::

Okay, that was the fastest one we did.

::

Congratulations to the weigh-ins.

::

All right.

::

Little Miss Sunshine versus Superbad.

::

How are we feeling?

::

Okay.

::

Superbad.

::

I'm also going super bad.

::

I'm surprised at us.

::

I'm not mad at that.

::

Little Miss Sunshine is

::

funny because of that scene

::

where she's singing at the... Oh, yeah.

::

That scene alone always

::

lives in my head because

::

that's how I view those pageants.

::

Imagine these little girls

::

coming out and doing that

::

and everybody being like, oh my god.

::

Super bad is awful good.

::

My favorite line from Super Bad is where

::

where the two of them are

::

talking about the party and he comes up.

::

He's like, come on, guys,

::

we're down six points.

::

Michael Cera goes, come on, it's soccer.

::

It's soccer.

::

And then and then Jonah Hill goes, yeah,

::

why don't you go piss your bed?

::

He goes, that happened years ago.

::

He goes, people don't forget like that.

::

That to me like that.

::

It is good, though.

::

Those are iconic.

::

That's an iconic cast, though.

::

It is an iconic cast.

::

I also got to say, Superbad,

::

I feel like mastered and

::

just hit 110 miles per hour.

::

They went 110% on this low-stakes...

::

just driven smart comedy

::

because like all these

::

other ones all these other

::

comedies we've talked about

::

right talladega nights

::

you're being the best race

::

car driver zoolander you're

::

being the best model euro

::

trip you're finding this

::

girl you really want to see

::

okay that one's kind of low

::

stakes but like super bands

::

literally jonah hill

::

wanting to like get into a

::

party that's it that's it

::

at the end of the day I

::

think what it did is is it kind of

::

there was some portion of

::

like those other movies, like,

::

like sex drive, like trip,

::

like Euro trip where they're,

::

they're going after a,

::

they're going after,

::

it feels like it's their

::

world and we're living in it.

::

If that makes sense.

::

Like, Oh,

::

they're doing this ridiculous stuff.

::

Accept it.

::

It's their world.

::

You're just along for the ride.

::

Right.

::

What I liked about what I

::

think sets a super bad

::

apart is that super bad

::

like it's no no no it's

::

everybody else's world and

::

this weird stuff just like

::

they keep getting

::

themselves into this type

::

of trouble like it's it

::

captures what it's like

::

especially like the

::

stealing like liquor piece

::

oh yeah like when he's in

::

the liquor store and he's

::

trying to steal liquor and

::

oh my god just like he's so awkward

::

it's just it I think it just

::

captured like that high

::

school feeling yep in an

::

authentic way that was

::

relatable yes like not a

::

hundred percent but at

::

least a little bit I agree

::

mclevin is iconic yeah yes

::

I mean like you say that

::

then I see this entire

::

movie either either that or

::

muhammad what the fuck

::

would it be muhammad

::

Do you know that guy does

::

the rap sample for Damn Son,

::

Where'd You Find This?

::

Really?

::

Oh, yeah.

::

You got to look up the video

::

of him recording it.

::

It's hilarious.

::

All right.

::

Second to last matchup,

::

we have Mean Girls versus American Pie 2.

::

And I would like to make a quick note.

::

American Pie does not enter

::

the bracket because it was

::

made in the 90s.

::

So this was the first

::

American Pie I could put in

::

to the bracket.

::

I'm going to go Mean Girls

::

because American Pie 2 just

::

becomes another group of

::

horny dudes on a trip somewhere.

::

It's this weird theme.

::

It's a weird theme.

::

It keeps popping up.

::

They go up to Michigan, and they get jobs,

::

and then Nadia comes back,

::

and then he has to go to band camp,

::

and it's a whole thing.

::

Yeah, I'm going to go Mean Girls.

::

I feel like Mean Girls is a

::

lot more iconic, especially culturally.

::

I think it just makes more sense.

::

Mean Girls, all day.

::

I've rewatched that movie

::

and quoted it so many times.

::

And that entire cast,

::

I want to say most of that cast,

::

they're all stellar.

::

The plastics alone are just incredible.

::

And then you throw in Tina

::

Fey and Tim Meadows, like,

::

It's a no-brainer here.

::

All right.

::

I mean, last... Oh, go ahead.

::

Mean Girls spun off a

::

musical that was on

::

Broadway and then also now

::

another movie that was just

::

recently in theaters.

::

And then a movie based on the musical.

::

And then a movie based on the musical.

::

And American Pie got like... Actually,

::

pick the other one.

::

American Pie 5,

::

Stifler's dad is home again.

::

They probably did that.

::

I mean, they probably did.

::

I remember they did American

::

Pie Band Camp and it was a

::

directed DVD movie.

::

But like those movies kept going out.

::

There's there's way too many of them.

::

OK, last one, folks.

::

Super Troopers versus Dodgeball.

::

This one's legitimately hard.

::

To me,

::

this is the ultimate dorm room

::

what's on in the background movie.

::

It's between the two.

::

Super Trooper does really

::

well at combining my sci-fi

::

itch with the comedy itch.

::

I think.

::

I don't think there's a sci-fi element.

::

I didn't want to say anything.

::

Hey man, it's okay.

::

Take your time.

::

It's okay.

::

Figure it out.

::

Now when you talk to me in

::

that type of manner,

::

that's going to make me too.

::

No, no, no.

::

It's me being supportive.

::

No, no, no.

::

That sounds contradictory.

::

Oh, I was thinking of the wrong movie.

::

You know what I was thinking of?

::

What is that sci-fi?

::

But we talked about it with Power Rangers.

::

That reminds me.

::

Anyway, doesn't really matter.

::

You're good.

::

That's my answer.

::

All right.

::

Yeah.

::

All right.

::

I mean, Doug,

::

I'm going to make this easy

::

and put it out of its misery.

::

It's dodgeball for me.

::

Was it somebody fighting for

::

Super Troopers?

::

I'm not fighting for it.

::

I just think that there's an

::

argument for Super Troopers

::

made because it's...

::

it, that,

::

that like broken lizard comedy

::

group did a lot of good stuff.

::

They did super troopers.

::

They did.

::

Um, it just did.

::

They, they were,

::

they were very funny in

::

what they were able to accomplish.

::

And so I kind of want to be

::

like beer fest was the

::

other one that they did.

::

Um, so I give them like a tip of the hat.

::

I mean, I think,

::

Dodgeball is probably the

::

one in terms of culturally

::

relevant and being present

::

in our zeitgeist of conversation.

::

I think it's probably Dodgeball.

::

You know why I like Dodgeball?

::

And I'd hate to say this

::

because I feel like I'm not

::

going to be able to back it up.

::

I feel like it is flawless comedy.

::

Like from start to finish,

::

I think Dodgeball is kind

::

of like it doesn't miss any moment.

::

There is no moment where I

::

feel like that movie lags

::

or it's too much of this thing.

::

everybody was in their lane

::

when you get ben stiller he

::

completely takes the fuck

::

over when he's on the

::

screen um when you get them

::

all together all of them

::

are funny as a group then

::

you have these individual

::

funny moments the little

::

one-off jokes too as well I

::

just think that dodgeball

::

has just like this

::

seamlessly funny flow to it

::

um that makes it easy to

::

watch oh yeah I mean

::

dodgeball to me is just

::

it's one of these movies

::

that it's it reminds me I

::

already talked about it but

::

it's so efficient with its

::

storytelling like you're

::

not you're not lingering on

::

one comedy bit for too long

::

and you're just you're

::

moving right along like

::

it's not it's not giving

::

you too much fluff like

::

we're we're in and out of

::

here in an hour and a half

::

and a little bit of romance

::

a little bit of romance

::

deprecation a little bit of

::

fat jokes which is funny

::

because it's christine

::

taylor who's ben stiller's

::

wife and then ben stiller

::

plays the villain I did not

::

know that at all

::

yep which well it they

::

didn't they weren't always

::

married they broke up but

::

then they got back together

::

during covid right during

::

covid which that's a movie

::

um so like I don't know

::

dodgeball it's such a

::

ridiculous concept it's

::

it's vince vaughn plays the

::

role I just think super

::

well as like this guy in

::

over his head being

::

surrounded by all these ridiculous things

::

And yeah, the cast is great.

::

And you have some great

::

cameos like Chuck Norris, Lance Armstrong,

::

you even got William Shatner in there.

::

There's some good stuff in there.

::

Yeah.

::

Dude, you alright?

::

I'm all straight.

::

You guys nailed it.

::

Good job.

::

There it is.

::

There it is.

::

There it is.

::

That is the first round.

::

That is the first round.

::

So we have some exciting

::

matchups for next time, but we did it,

::

folks.

::

First round is done.

::

Like I said at the beginning,

::

next week revisiting this second round.

::

That's going to be wild

::

because I feel like we're

::

going to come back and

::

we're going to be like, oh, shit,

::

we did say that.

::

We did say that.

::

We almost could have sent

::

through some lower tiers to

::

make it a little bit easier second round.

::

I didn't think that far ahead, though.

::

Folks,

::

clear your schedules for Anchorman

::

versus Talladega Night.

::

Oh, fuck.

::

What did we do?

::

Scary movie versus super bad.

::

Oh, God.

::

And Mean Girls versus Dodgeball.

::

I'm going to have to kill

::

some darlings here.

::

I'm going to have to get my

::

lightsaber out.

::

Got to get those darlings out of here.

::

Yeah.

::

What?

::

Yep.

::

yep kill your darlings are

::

you gonna start off in

::

younglings brian is that

::

the way are the are the

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younglings the funniest

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part the funniest part of

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that is it's yoda saying

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hey obi-wan don't watch

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that big camera footage

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motherfucker it's gonna

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star you for life and

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obi-wan's like I must I

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like I have to see it

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yoda's like listen dog you

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know what you're

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Don't want to watch that shit.

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I can see the future.

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It's only going to bring you pain.

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That shit's dark as hell, brother.

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Where'd you go?

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You ain't coming back.

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My favorite is the like on

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Instagram reels or TikToks

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where it's like bowling,

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the bowling strike footage

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and it's a bowling ball in a hood.

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It's so good though.

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It's bad.

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It's bad.

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Yeah.

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Gentlemen,

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anything else that you all would

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like to go over before we

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pivot on over to our lovely

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bonus episode?

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Nothing for the pod, Doug.

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Outstanding.

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Gentlemen,

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what do you all have to plug this week?

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Hey, folks, as always,

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go over to Color Me Confetti on Etsy.

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That's Etsy.com.

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And then search Color Me

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Confetti for all of those

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party printables that you

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can get in the comfort of your own home.

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Absolutely.

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Marcus?

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Make sure you follow the mantra.

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Never offend it.

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Always humble.

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Go buy yourself some merch.

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Go get copies of some music.

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Whatever it is you do,

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make sure you follow the mantra.

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Wear the mantra.

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Live the mantra.

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But just follow it.

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Never offend it.

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Always humble.

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Absolutely.

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Let them know that you like

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how we grow and we greatly

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appreciate all the love and support.

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Gentlemen,

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we have a three step process to success.

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Brian, what's our first step?

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Hey, folks,

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I'm here to tell you to read a book.

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And one of my recommendations to you,

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find a long book.

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That way you can just keep reading it.

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You don't have to find other books.

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Just get a big, long book.

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I'm reading a thousand page

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book right now.

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Am I enjoying that decision right now?

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I don't know,

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but I'm just going to keep reading it.

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I'm going to keep reading it

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till I'm finished.

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Read a book.

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I'm reading for real.

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Yeah, you're reading like reading.

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What is that step to?

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Jesus.

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Drink some water.

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If you're reading a thousand page book,

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you'll need some water.

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So drink some water.

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Yeah, yeah, absolutely.

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And that third step, look,

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you don't want to smell

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like a thousand page book

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that's been sitting on a

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shelf for too long.

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So hop in the shower.

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Take care of yourself, people.

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Thank you.

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It's springtime, y'all.

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We're getting a little bit

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more heat than maybe we're used to.

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So make sure that you are

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taking care of it by washing that ass.

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So make sure you take care of that.

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Uh, gentlemen,

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that does it for this week's

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episode of films, black and white.

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We'll be back next week with

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another outstanding episode,

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but in the meantime, in the between time,

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stay safe, stay healthy.

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We love y'all.

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We appreciate y'all.

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And we'll catch y'all next week.

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This is a long outro.

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That's enough.

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