Is "Next Friday" equally as funny as the original?

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Welcome to Hip Hop Movie Club, the show

that harmonizes the rhythm of hip hop with

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the magic of movies.

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Today we're discussing Next Friday, the

first sequel to the comedy classic Friday,

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starring Ice Cube, Mike Epps, and John

Witherspoon.

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We're three old heads who put their old

heads together to vibe on these films for

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you.

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I'm Dyno Wright, podcaster, filmmaker,

longtime hip hop fan, and I was 16 years

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old on the day of Ice Cube's Good Day,

th,: 1992

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I'm JB, 80s and 90s nostalgia junkie,

longtime hip hop fan, and chiggety

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chiggety check yourself before you wreck

yourself is definitely part of my daily

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lexicon.

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Ha ha, nice.

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I'm Boogie, a DJ, long time hip hop fan,

and this movie contains one of my all time

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favorite joints.

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You can do it.

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Yes.

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That's a great song.

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In this episode, we'll answer the

question, is Next Friday equally as funny

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as the original in this series?

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And we'll give you five key takeaways to

make you a smarter hip hop movie fan.

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In Next Friday, Debo the terrifying bully,

escapes prison and is out for revenge on

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Craig.

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To escape, Craig seeks refuge in the

suburbs with his uncle Elroy and cousin

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Day -Day.

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However, the Burbs are no field day for

Craig and Day -Day, as the Joker Brothers

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prove to be worthy foes.

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In this one, there's slightly less weed,

but just as much adventure.

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Here are five things you need to know

about Next Friday.

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One, there's no Chris Tucker.

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Ice Cube proves that he can carry the film

as the main star.

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2.

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The late John Witherspoon shows off his

signature ridiculous humor.

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3.

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Jacob Vargas as Big Joker is a hoot.

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4.

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We wanted more Debo but at least he drives

the plot line.

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5.

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The soundtrack features some prominent hip

-hop artists and is punctuated by the

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memorable You Can Do It by Ice Cube, Mack

Ten, and Miss Toi

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All right, let's dig into next Friday.

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First takeaway, we mentioned there is no

Chris Tucker in this one, but Ice Cube

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does prove he can carry the film as the

main star.

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I thought he was relatable in this one as

he was in the original and he kind of

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carried more of the starring role.

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Boogie, what do you think about Cube in

this one as Craig?

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Yeah, I think in this movie, you know, Ice

Cube really starts to flex his star power.

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I think he takes it up a notch.

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In Friday, you know, a lot of the crazy

over the top antics and one liners were

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coming from Chris Tucker, you know, but as

we see in this movie, there's no Chris

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coming from Chris Tucker, you know, but as

we see in this movie, there's no Chris

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Tucker, which they actually did fill up

the plothole by saying that he went away,

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Smokey went away to rehab, which makes

sense because he did smoke a lot, but.

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we do see that Ice Cube has the capacity to carry a movie.

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And he does really well with this one.

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We have Mike Epps playing his cousin Day-Day

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Who’s funny in his own way.

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But is where we really get to see that Ice Cube has what it takes.

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He has some good

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antics in the movie and interactions with other characters.

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Yeah, I think he did really well.

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Yeah, DynoWright, what were your thoughts on Craig?

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His role in this one, the way Ice

Cube portrayed him.

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I think he did really well.

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I do think not having Chris Tucker hurt a

lot and I think it's kind of unfair to

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compare Mike Epps and Chris Tucker,

they're completely different kind of

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comedic actors, but I really missed

Smokey.

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I don't think this film is as good as

Friday, like not close, but I think

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Boogie's right.

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I think you really see Ice Cube flexes his

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muscles more as the star of a movie.

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He did write this film as he did Friday

with DJ Pooh And so and this is the first

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of his production company, his own

production company, CubeVision.

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So he's starting to make his move.

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But there are other issues.

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But Craig and Ice Cube isn't one of them.

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I liked I liked Ice Cube's portrayal in

this one.

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Like I said, Craig's a normal guy.

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He's easy to root for.

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He's a guy likes to just hang out, toke

up, have a good time, chases some skirts

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around, tries to has to shake the

embarrassment of his dad's odd

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idiosyncrasies.

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And then his uncle's fetishes.

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Craig has Craig had Craig has some

fantasies, which you know, that was a

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theme in the first one as well.

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And then there were some scenes that I

think he stole the show, which I was

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laughing a lot.

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To the mailman or the delivery guy,

Michael Rappaport, played by Michael

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Rappaport.

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I love the line where he's like, I played

for the Cucamonga Cracker Killers.

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Want tickets?

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Hahaha

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I laughed at that.

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I liked the scene when there was the

African man, literally from Africa.

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He was making a big scene and causing a stir in Pinky’s record store, which Day-Day was working at.

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And Craig beat him down, took care of it because he’s a tough guy now since he had stood up to Debo in the first one.

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And then the standoff with Pinky. When Pinky, the owner of the record store,

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thinks he’s robbing the store. And then there’s

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up, and they're battling for the gun.

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I thought Ice Cube did a good job with

Craig on those parts, those scenes.

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Yeah, I liked it in terms of Craig's role.

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Yeah, those scenes in Pinky’s were funny.

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Definitely funny.

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Michael Blackson, that player who

portrayed the African, he's, I can't get

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jiggy with this.

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He's trying to go off, he's gotta go off on Day-Day.

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the best parts that we didn't get enough

of that, I thought.

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Like, that kind of stuff.

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Because Friday had all kinds of stuff like

that and we didn't get that.

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But fun fact, Michael Blackson is Eli

Apple from the Dolphins, his uncle.

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No way!

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At least the internet said so.

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The internet said he's Michael Blackson is his

uncle.

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is Eli Apple.

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Eli Apple used to be on the Giants too.

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Yeah, he's been, he was on the Giants, he

was on the Bengals.

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He's bounced around a bit.

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He's kind of...

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Sometimes he gets burnt on these pass

plays, but he's been around a while, so

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kudos to Eli Apple.

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That's pretty funny.

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that short cameo or that short role he had

was like the umfufu bit from Eddie Murphy,

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"Raw" I like come to life.

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I felt like they took it right out of Eddie Murphy.

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Eddie!

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It was so funny how he was going off and then Craig just walks behind him like “ugh”

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It’s like flicking a fly away. Alright, get out of here.

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That initial interaction with Pinky, was funny too. That was hilarious.

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Hahaha

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Yeah, Clifton Powell.

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Yeah, he comes in looking like a pimp. Yeah.

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That was kinda crazy.

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Meanwhile, he’s battling with Ice Cube, with Craig.

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And in the back, his buddies Day-Day and Roach, they’re just toking up, having a good time

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they’re oblivious to what’s going on in, on the main floor there.

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Yeah.

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That was funny.

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When D'wana and Baby D showed up and she's

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chasing, she's chasing, she's chasing

Day-Day around the car and he's trying to

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give her a cookie.

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And then she's like, you know, she says

that she wants to talk to Craig and

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Day-Day is like, yeah, okay.

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Kind of threw him under the bus.

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Yeah.

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Didn’t take one for the team there.

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Oh man.

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Baby D is like, no I can’t, I’m trying to cut down.

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And she still takes a bite of the cookie.

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Hahaha oh man.

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Lady of Rage hilarious.

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The character of Roach, briefly, was played by Justin Pierce, who was

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the skateboarder that we had mentioned in All the Streets Are Silent.

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Mm -hmm.

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Who unfortunately died at a young age.

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He was only like 25.

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Yeah.

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So it ties back. He was skateboarding inside of Pinky’s on the counter and then

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Later on, you know, the skateboard gets

broken by the Jokers run it over.

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Yeah, so.

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Those were some good scenes.

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Yeah, yeah.

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I was like, who's in?

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He's in this?

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She's in this?

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I kept doing that all through the movie.

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Like, wow.

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So it's just to show how influential Ice

Cube was even, in: 2000

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In 1999, 2000.

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Yeah.

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Speaking of the cast, it's a good segue.

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Our takeaway number two is late John

Witherspoon shows off his signature

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ridiculous humor.

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He had me in stitches in this one as well.

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Boogie, you wanna take us through some of

his highlights?

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Yeah boy!

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So yeah, John, he starts off immediately

in the beginning of the movie as he's

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waiting for Craig.

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He slips and falls in the fresh freshly

made dog poop.

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But he gets in the truck and he's just

like trying to figure out what's going on.

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And it's funny because in the back in the

background here, you know, bad luck

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playing.

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by Harold Melvin and the Blue Notes. I’m like wow what a perfect song.

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Good drop. Good needle drop.

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he drops Craig off and he's like, you

know, trying to give Craig some words of

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wisdom.

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And Craig's like, man, I'm grown, man.

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I don't need to hear anything.

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He said, all right, don’t bring your butt back

home.

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Hahaha!

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I'd say a classic Pops line right

there.

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Then he goes to the burrito place and he

gets some hot sauce.

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He has to go.

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He's stuck in traffic on the way back to

Rancho Cucamonga.

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But then he ends up running in the

bathroom.

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He comes out and he's in the middle of the

restaurant.

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He opens the door and the smell was

like...

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just comes out and everybody's face is

nauseated immediately.

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It's like what?

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His line after that is really good though. He says,

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You’re all jealous.

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That actually made me laugh.

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That was funny.

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Classic Pops, man.

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Don't go in there for 30, 35 minutes.

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Yeah, someone had dropped a bomb on that

one before he got in there too.

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And then, yeah, you could smell it through

the TV.

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It was that bad.

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He was carrying his air freshener.

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He's carrying his air freshener with him.

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Yeah.

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that was...

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I’ll let you guys chime in a little bit too but

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he was just hilarious, any scene he’s in he just makes you laugh.

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He’s got a way, his mannerisms, the way he talks,

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He’s, he’s singing about that, in the car while he’s trying to hold in his...

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He’s like I shouldn’t have had that hot sauce. He starts singing about it.

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And at the one point he’s spraying the

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air freshener in Craig’s face.

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And then the one thing

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I’m gonna get naked with your mama, I’m like

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Walk around naked.

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And he’s talking about the Bald Johnson dance, I was dying.

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Aw man.

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ha!

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Yeah, man, that was wild.

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Yeah.

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Mm -mm -mm.

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John Witherspoon

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I really enjoyed him riffing with DC Curry

in this movie who plays his brother.

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I would have liked more of that.

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That was really good stuff.

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Uncle Elroy.

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Hahaha

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Oh man.

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Good stuff.

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Good stuff.

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John Witherspoon, he's a scene stealer.

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We always, we mentioned that on a few of

our episodes.

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One of the great scene stealers in all of cinema.

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Remember the first one, the public enema

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Public enema

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Hahaha

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I love how he took the whole bottle of hot sauce.

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He took the whole bottle.

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Hehehe

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pops, what a pop move.

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Pops, Pops, rest in peace John Witherspoon

More cast members that provided some comic

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relief.

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Jacob Vargas as Big Joker.

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I thought he was a riot.

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Ese, you know, the Latin guys.

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Boogie, you want to speak to like, what

made you laugh about either Big Joker or

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maybe his brothers or their interactions

with these guys?

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of those guys were hilarious because they

were just like the exaggerated accent,

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like the constant tough guy ese.

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Even like, I get em mixed even, Little

Joker was the one that kept having his

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head, his skully pulled down.

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He's like four foot nothing, like tiny

guy, but he's got like Napoleon complex.

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He's like so tough and he's like all about

beating.

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beating up Craig or, you know, know,

Day-Day even when they're sticking their

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dog Chico, on Craig when he was trying to

talk to their sister, Karla chasing them

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around and like those guys, man, I could

watch a movie with just those three guys

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and just have them have antics with them.

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They were hilarious.

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Yeah, I like there was one line I think it

was Big Joker.

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It was like, get out of here Day-Day and

you too Slim Shady.

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He called Roach Slim Shady because he's a

white guy.

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And there was it was the one other line he

said this ain't the love connection, you

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know, these little little little barbs

were cracking me up because I was I was

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not expecting those.

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Yeah, I enjoyed their caricature

representations of actual Latin gang

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members.

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Yeah, they were caricatures, that's

exactly right.

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That's a good way to put it, for sure.

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Yep, yep.

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Yep.

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And they had that, what was was hydraulic

cylinder with all the money in it.

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Yeah, that was crazy.

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Takeaway number four is Debo's role in

this one.

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It's minimal, but it does drive the plot

line at least.

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Debo, as everybody knows from the series,

is the Tiny Lister, and he's the bully.

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And it drives the storyline is that he's

now, this is four years after Friday, the

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initial one, right?

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years?

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I think I have to watch the beginning

again, but it seemed like it was either

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like the next week or it was two years ago

or it was four years ago.

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Was it the following week?

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I thought so.

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He got sentenced for four, he was supposed

to get four years, but he broke out the

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following week.

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Like the word on the street was that he

was going to break out the following week

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and it was all going out throughout the

neighborhood and Pops got wind of it.

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He said, all right, Craig, you got to get

out of here.

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Okay, yeah, okay, yeah.

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I got you.

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So it is the final next week.

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Okay.

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All right, that makes sense then.

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So he broke out early, breaking out in the

orange jumpsuits and they steal Tyrone.

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They steal a bike from the kid perfectly.

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That was appropriate on brand.

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And then they're riding the tandem bike

together at one point, which was classic.

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Yeah, they had Tyrone run on handlebars.

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Played by Sticky Fingaz, yes.

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Who we’ve seen in In Too Deep.

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And I was looking at his IMDb, he's done a

ton of movies, I didn't realize this.

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A lot of movies.

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So good for him.

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play Blade for a little while?

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I think he Blade on a TV show for a little

little

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He was like Scrappy Doo in this movie.

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Someone reviewed this and said that Tyrone

was Scrappy Doo.

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Yeah, yeah.

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Puppy Power!

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Scrappy Doo dude, yeah, that makes sense.

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Rappy Roo!

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But most of the movie, the issue we’re talking about, most of the movie, Debo and Tyrone

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they’re stuck in Willie’s – Craig’s dad – animal control car, like the entire time.

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So you don’t get to see that much interaction, except them being uncomfortable and

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slapping each other around or yelling at each other until the end

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Yeah, it’s like the one time they ran

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over to catch Craig before he left and

Willie put the foot to the gas and pulled

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off with Tyrone on the hood.

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He ends up falling off and Willie just

keeps on going.

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And then when Debo does, when he finally

gets out of the car and he confronts them,

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he gets knocked out by the family.

328

: 00:17:45

I think it was Elroy and Willie that I

think they both got a shot in on him.

329

: 00:17:50

Yeah.

330

: 00:17:53

So it was not much Debo.

331

: 00:17:57

Going on there.

332

: 00:18:01

The whole movie like, all right, when is

Debo going to arrive and when is our hell

333

: 00:18:04

going to break loose?

334

: 00:18:05

Yeah, right.

335

: 00:18:08

Exactly.

336

: 00:18:11

Yeah, then the final takeaway is the

soundtrack.

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: 00:18:13

There's some prominent hip hop artists, a

lot of good hip hop artists on it, but

338

: 00:18:17

it's punctuated by the very memorable You

Can Do It that you mentioned in the

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: 00:18:22

opening boogie.

340

: 00:18:24

When that comes on during the end credits,

you know, you got to be bopping your head.

341

: 00:18:32

Yeah.

342

: 00:18:33

So as soon as I hear that intro, dun, dun,

dun, I'm like, there it is.

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: 00:18:39

Great beat.

344

: 00:18:39

That's a banger.

345

: 00:18:43

The soundtrack features Aaliyah, N.W.A.,

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: 00:18:50

Eminem, Wyclef Jean, Ja Rule, Wu-Tang Clan,

347

: 00:18:55

You don’t hear the songs all that loud and prominently, but

348

: 00:18:59

if you did have the soundtrack back in the day. I don’t know if you guys had it but

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: 00:19:03

some great artist on that.

350

: 00:19:09

Yeah.

351

: 00:19:09

other songs stick out to you boogie?

352

: 00:19:10

You're more of the the more of the deep

cut guy.

353

: 00:19:15

I didn’t own this soundtrack.

354

: 00:19:16

And I don’t

355

: 00:19:18

necessarily remember too much about it.

356

: 00:19:21

Nah, I really don't remember too much

about the soundtrack.

357

: 00:19:25

And I was looking at it for the, you know,

when we were doing our notes and

358

: 00:19:29

everything.

359

: 00:19:30

And I was surprised by how many different

artists were on here that I didn't even

360

: 00:19:33

realize were on the soundtrack.

361

: 00:19:36

But like, yeah, it's loaded with some

heavyweights, you know.

362

: 00:19:43

You know, he even got a couple of the Bone

Thugs and Harmony Brothers on.

363

: 00:19:46

He got, he got Bizzy Bone on one, Krayzie

Bone on one song, Bizzy Bone on another

364

: 00:19:53

song, Wu -Tang Clan, Big Tymers Lil Wayne,

Kurupt Ja Rule like wow.

365

: 00:20:01

Yeah.

366

: 00:20:04

It's quite a list of artists.

367

: 00:20:06

Yeah.

368

: 00:20:06

Yeah.

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: 00:20:09

the most memorable, you can do it.

370

: 00:20:11

It was awesome.

371

: 00:20:13

That's what I'm I'm just a party going.

372

: 00:20:14

That’s the best thing that came out of this movie.

373

: 00:20:16

Hahaha

374

: 00:20:18

Oh, jeez.

375

: 00:20:20

The song was so good it made to Save the Last Dance.

376

: 00:20:23

Hahaha

377

: 00:20:26

Hahaha.

378

: 00:20:28

Ha!

379

: 00:20:34

Oh man.

380

: 00:20:38

Other tidbits, if you have any, I did get

a kick out of Ms.

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: 00:20:42

Ho-Kym Kim as well.

382

: 00:20:43

She was talking kind of gangster.

383

: 00:20:46

Yeah, she was pretty funny.

384

: 00:20:47

I've seen her in a lot of other things.

385

: 00:20:50

My kids used to like this show called Just

Add Magic.

386

: 00:20:53

I forget which streaming service it was

on, but she was the motherly figure in

387

: 00:20:58

that one.

388

: 00:21:00

Yeah, you see her in a lot of things.

389

: 00:21:02

If you look at her filmography,

390

: 00:21:05

What is her name?

391

: 00:21:05

Let me, I gotta get her her name to do it

justice, but she was, she was funny.

392

: 00:21:13

get that.

393

: 00:21:15

Amy Hill, Amy Hill, Amy Hill.

394

: 00:21:17

Yeah.

395

: 00:21:19

Yeah.

396

: 00:21:21

You know, it's odd.

397

: 00:21:22

I look through the cast, they list Reese

Witherspoon.

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: 00:21:25

Was she really in this?

399

: 00:21:26

Did you guys catch her in the background

or something?

400

: 00:21:28

I did not see her.

401

: 00:21:29

find it too.

402

: 00:21:30

I'm like...

403

: 00:21:32

Where did you see that?

404

: 00:21:34

I just got it from the, the cast listing

when I, when I Google it for next Friday.

405

: 00:21:46

Yeah.

406

: 00:21:47

Unless it was mistaken.

407

: 00:21:50

Yeah.

408

: 00:21:50

in, in Day-Day's room?

409

: 00:21:53

Hahaha

410

: 00:21:55

I didn’t pick up on any that.

411

: 00:22:00

I didn’t pick up on that, so maybe have been an error.

412

: 00:22:08

Reese Witherspoon is related to John Witherspoon.

413

: 00:22:12

Hahaha

414

: 00:22:15

That’s hilarious.

415

: 00:22:17

I’m gonna have to look it up.

416

: 00:22:18

If you Google “Reese Witherspoon Next Friday scene” there’s something out there on TikTok.

417

: 00:22:23

Is that, maybe it’s a deleted scene or something. I don’t know.

418

: 00:22:26

Maybe it was a deleted scene.

419

: 00:22:29

Maybe there was a different version of it.

420

: 00:22:31

I did not notice her.

421

: 00:22:32

She popped up on the cast and that surprised me.

422

: 00:22:39

It's a good ensemble cast.

423

: 00:22:43

Like you said, Don Curry, Tiny Lister,

Justin Pierce briefly, John Witherspoon,

424

: 00:22:48

Mike Epps, Ice Cube, Clifton Powell.

425

: 00:22:54

Yeah, Michael Blackson, Sticky Fingaz,

yeah, Jacob Vargas.

426

: 00:22:59

Very, very cool.

427

: 00:23:01

Yeah, and I like the DC Curry and John

Witherspoon interactions.

428

: 00:23:09

They actually do come back in the next

movie.

429

: 00:23:13

Oh good.

430

: 00:23:15

So that's Friday after next, right?

431

: 00:23:17

Yeah, Friday after next.

432

: 00:23:18

Is that the next one?

433

: 00:23:19

Yeah.

434

: 00:23:19

How many were there three?

435

: 00:23:20

Were there three?

436

: 00:23:21

Was that the last one?

437

: 00:23:24

Friday, next Friday, Friday after next.

438

: 00:23:27

Three..

439

: 00:23:28

yeah.

440

: 00:23:29

I thought they were talking about a fourth

one at some point.

441

: 00:23:32

one, but it never came to production.

442

: 00:23:35

Yeah.

443

: 00:23:36

And also Clifton Power returns in small

part in the next one as well.

444

: 00:23:42

Oh good.

445

: 00:23:43

okay, yeah, yeah.

446

: 00:23:45

yeah, yeah.

447

: 00:23:46

Yeah.

448

: 00:23:46

And yeah, it's good.

449

: 00:23:51

Kym Whitley is hilarious too.

450

: 00:23:53

Like, yeah,

451

: 00:23:55

Haha she was a gem though.

452

: 00:23:58

So when Uncle Elroy hit the lottery,

453

: 00:24:02

his original wife passed away from shock from them winning.

454

: 00:24:06

And now he’s dating Suga

455

: 00:24:09

played by Kym Whitley and she's a handful.

456

: 00:24:13

Um hmm!

457

: 00:24:14

To say the least.

458

: 00:24:16

To say the least!

459

: 00:24:17

She was trying to get a handful of some Craig.

460

: 00:24:21

Say the least.

461

: 00:24:23

She got two good handfuls.

462

: 00:24:25

yeah.

463

: 00:24:27

That was wild.

464

: 00:24:28

Yeah, she was wild.

465

: 00:24:29

man.

466

: 00:24:32

Aw man.

467

: 00:24:33

Yeah, I'm glad you mentioned her.

468

: 00:24:34

She was funny.

469

: 00:24:36

Yeah.

470

: 00:24:39

with Tamala Jones playing crazy, D'Wana

wanna Day-Day's ex girlfriend, Day-Day's

471

: 00:24:47

pregnant ex girlfriend.

472

: 00:24:49

Yeah?

473

: 00:24:51

He's like, this is not my baby.

474

: 00:24:54

Yeah.

475

: 00:24:57

He was trying to say she was already three

months pregnant when he met her or

476

: 00:25:00

something like trying to do the math or

something like that.

477

: 00:25:02

trying to do the math, yeah, and it didn't

add up.

478

: 00:25:05

didn't add up!

479

: 00:25:05

that?

480

: 00:25:08

Yeah, so...

481

: 00:25:12

Let's go around the room and give our

ratings for Next Friday.

482

: 00:25:15

So BooGie, I’ll start with you as usual, for Next Friday.

483

: 00:25:20

Bring that funky flick back or leave it in

the vault.

484

: 00:25:24

Bring that funky flick back.

485

: 00:25:26

I haven't watched this in a while and I

forgot how funny it was and now I look

486

: 00:25:30

forward to watching the next one again now

and I gotta go watch it.

487

: 00:25:33

Hahaha

488

: 00:25:36

DynoWright, Next Friday,

bring that funky flick back or leave it in

489

: 00:25:40

the vault.

490

: 00:25:41

In a rare difference of opinion.

491

: 00:25:45

I'm going to leave this in the vault.

492

: 00:25:47

I think it's unfair to compare it to

Friday, but here I am seeing that it just

493

: 00:25:53

didn't move me as much as I mean, Friday,

Friday, I think, is a legitimate classic

494

: 00:25:58

and we can all quote lines from Friday.

495

: 00:26:02

And Chris Tucker was just so electric in

that movie that it's unfair to Mike Epps

496

: 00:26:06

because he was really funny in this, too.

497

: 00:26:08

But I just.

498

: 00:26:10

you start to recycle some of the things

from the first movie and some of it's

499

: 00:26:13

funny and some of it's just like, just

reheated this in the microwave.

500

: 00:26:18

It had some elements, I

did enjoy some of it, but I'm leaving this

501

: 00:26:21

in the vault.

502

: 00:26:23

All right.

503

: 00:26:23

As for me, I will bring this funky flick

back.

504

: 00:26:27

I enjoyed it as much as the original,

although it did not have the iconic lines

505

: 00:26:30

that we recite like Bye Felicia and Damn It

still made me laugh a lot.

506

: 00:26:37

And I would like to rewatch this.

507

: 00:26:39

I'm a comedy fan and it did tickle my

funny bone quite a bit.

508

: 00:26:43

So for myself, I will say bring this funky

flick.

509

: 00:26:49

Okay.

510

: 00:26:54

Hip Hop Movie Club is produced by your

HHMC's JB, Boogie and DynoWright.

511

: 00:26:59

Theme music by Boogie.

512

: 00:27:01

Whether you're listening to the podcast or

watching us on YouTube, please give us a

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: 00:27:04

follow.

514

: 00:27:05

It's a real power up for us.

515

: 00:27:06

Thanks for tuning in.

516

: 00:27:09

Remember, don't hate, contemplate.

517

: 00:27:13

Woo woo.

518

: 00:27:16

Look inward.

519

: 00:27:16

As Special Ed said, think about it.

520

: 00:27:18

There you go!

521

: 00:27:20

I love that song too.

522

: 00:27:22

Oh I love it. Oh man.

523

: 00:27:23

One of my favorite lines

524

: 00:27:24

Would you join the navy if you didn’t like the gravy and rice?

525

: 00:27:27

ha ha ha ha!

526

: 00:27:28

Think a-bout it.

527

: 00:27:31

That's good.

528

: 00:27:33

That’s good.

529

: 00:27:35

Special Ed to me is one of the most underrated

530

: 00:27:38

rappers of all time.

531

: 00:27:41

Give me simple, simple beat

532

: 00:27:43

Yeah.

533

: 00:27:44

and clean

534

: 00:27:45

delivery.

535

: 00:27:47

And I’m sold.

536

: 00:27:48

Mm -hmm.

537

: 00:27:49

when that cassette came, when that album

came out, I played that cassette over and

538

: 00:27:54

over and over and over.

539

: 00:27:58

Yeah.

540

: 00:27:59

Yeah.

541

: 00:28:01

I'm gonna have to listen to that again

now.

542

: 00:28:02

Hahaha

543

: 00:28:05

Yeah.

544

: 00:28:06

Between Think about it, I Got It Made and

I'm the Magnificent, like I would put

545

: 00:28:10

those on rotation.

546

: 00:28:10

I’m the Magnificent, aww

547

: 00:28:12

I know almost, yeah, those three.

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