This podcast episode delves into the enduring comedic brilliance of "Super Troopers," a film that, despite its unconventional narrative structure, has garnered a devoted following since its release in 2002. We explore the film's unique blend of absurdity and humor, highlighting its ability to resonate with audiences through relatable characters and memorable quotes that continue to echo in popular culture. Our discussion emphasizes the film's remarkable capacity to evoke laughter, even as it defies traditional storytelling conventions. We reflect on our personal connections to the film and how it encapsulates the essence of camaraderie within the comedic genre. Ultimately, we assert that "Super Troopers" stands as a quintessential example of how humor can transcend expectations, solidifying its place in cinematic history.

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You know, or hopping into the truck after they get locked inside.

It smells like sex in here.

Hey, chief.

I'll have a chinchilla.

They think I'm Mexican.

Mexican.

It's so stupid, but it's so good.

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Movies that make you drop your popcorn.

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Super Troopers.

It was written by Jay Chen, Chandra Sikar.

That's as good as it's gonna get.

Kevin Heffernan and Steve Lamb is directed by Jay Chandra Sikar and stars Andre Vipalis, Vipolis, whatever.

These guys in their names.

Joey Kern, Jeffrey Aaron, Eric Stalanski, Jay Chandrasekar, Steve Lamb, Kevin Efferman, Paul Soder, Marissa Coughlin and Brian Cox.

It's about five Vermont state troopers, avid pranksters with an act for screwing up, trying to save their jobs and out to do the local police department and outdo the local police department by solving a crime.

Jesus.

I can't believe this movie finally made it on the podcast.

I have been sitting on this one.

I. I have been sitting on this movie.

For so long because our, you know, no longer with us.

Not deceased, but just kicked off the podcast.

Third host never would have appreciated Super Troopers for the lightning in a bottle that it is.

And so the first opportunity I had, this was on there 100.

This is a movie that by all accounts, should not work.

No.

Should not exist.

Shouldn't have been made to begin with.

Nope.

And somehow every single time I sit down to watch it, I die laughing.

I could watch it anytime, anywhere.

If someone said, hey, we're watching Super Troopers, my response is, hell yes.

Right now.

Like, hands down, we're doing it because it.

It's.

It's lighting in a bottle.

To me, this movie is one of those that I. I'm disappointed that they went ahead and made a second one.

Yeah.

Because what I much would have preferred, and I don't know if you were aware of this or even if any of our listeners was.

Were.

But I would have much preferred if Jay just put himself and Rabbit in every other movie he did, because he did Dukes of Hazzard.

They have a cameo as campus security.

And the best part of the new Dukes of Hazard.

And I say new, it was 20 years ago.

Sure.

The best part is having them pull over the Dukes.

Yep.

As campus security.

And that would have been much better for me is just have them keep popping up throughout every single project because they.

They had greatness with this.

Yeah.

And it's just beautiful.

I love it so much.

Yeah.

Yeah.

This movie for me is a conundrum because I remember when it came out, I was just as a couple years past graduating.

I was living in Arizona.

I didn't have a lot of attachment to his media at the time.

Right.

Meaning I wasn't watching movies, Things like that.

There were other things on my mind for those couple of years, so.

Like, people talking about it all the time.

And I didn't get to see it until I got home from.

I got back to Utah from Arizona, and I went and saw it.

And I'll be honest, the first time I saw it, like, I.

It missed me, like, drove right by me.

Like, I was like.

And I think it was because so many people were talking about it and how funny it was and quoting it.

Like, I went into this thing with the highest of high expectations because for a year and a half before I could see it myself, it's all I heard.

People talking about, like, this was the movie.

People were joking and talking and quoting.

And I was like, God, this movie's got to be the right.

And so I went and saw it and I'm like.

I mean, I giggled at some parts, but I didn't find it like that funny.

So it was a victim of its own circumstance for me.

And then I didn't watch it again for probably 15 years.

And then a buddy of mine was like, we gotta watch Super Troopers.

I was like, oh, God, I just didn't enjoy that.

He goes, no, no, you just gotta watch it.

Just hang out and watch it with me.

And I think it was kind of what Matt's part of.

It was kind of what Matt was talking about.

Like, he was laughing his ass off.

And so I was, like, starting to see the humor in it while I was watching it with him.

And so I was like, okay, yeah, that was funny.

And then I've.

I watched it after that by myself or with other friends, and I was, like, starting to get it.

And now, yeah, it's hilarious.

Like, it's just.

There's just.

It's just random and weird enough that, like, there doesn't need to be.

Because I think that's the big argument that I've heard at least when I've watched it with people.

And they're like, I just don't.

I don't get it.

I'm like, you don't need to get it.

Like, it's not about.

There's.

There.

You shouldn't get it.

If you get it, you have bigger problems than not getting this movie.

And so it's like.

Because there isn't anything to get.

Like, it's just.

It's.

It's kind of like.

Well, it's not kind of like.

It's exactly like, you know, the.

The.

Oh, God.

We.

You just talked about it in a previous recording earlier.

The.

The.

The freaking.

It's a troop.

It's a comedy troupe that made a movie.

You know what I mean?

Like, it's.

It's no different than A Life of Brian.

It's just.

It's just broken lizards, right?

So it's like these guys were like, we're pretty funny on stage and in our bits, so let's translate that into a movie.

And when you do that, it's very Saturday Night Live ish There.

You can't look at this movie as a.

With a through line in it, right?

Like, there's not a.

There's not an A, B and C. There's not a first act, second act.

Third act.

There's no format that fits a movie like this.

This is just funny people doing an hour and 30 minutes of funny.

And that's.

That's just it.

And.

And it's funny because this movie was so good at what it did that it spawned, like.

You can't tell me if you've.

If you've ever watched the TV show Reno 91 1.

It's the same like the.

They went, this was.

This worked.

Let's do a TV show, and then we can break it up into segments.

And I'll tell you right now, Reno911 has some of the funniest scenes, like the.

The drunk dude in front of his car doing the dance.

Oh, if you haven't seen that, that's great.

But that came from this basis.

Right.

Like, they saw that and went, we can make this bigger.

Drag it out for a while.

Make it specific about a town versus, like, you know, some wherever in the middle of nowhere.

But like, that.

That's how, you know, it worked is when you spawn other things because you also have that.

The one that's the something 9.

9.

Like the other cop.

Like, it's not Troopers.

Right.

Like it was in Reno 99, but Brooklyn 99.

It's the same.

It's just like, let's take something that's.

That's typically not funny, very serious.

Right.

And let's make it goofy as.

And then you go, I bet some cops do like this.

Like.

You know what I mean?

Oh, 100.

Not to.

But yes.

Yeah.

Like, I could just imagine somebody calling somebody else a chicken.

You know what I mean?

Like, anyway, so now.

Yeah.

This movie's hilarious.

Oh, yeah.

And I. I will say, I don't think it does itself any favors in the opening.

No.

Because it is just all over the place.

Yes.

And that's where you need to kind of pull in your audience.

Yeah.

And so I'd say about like 15, 20 minutes in.

Right.

As soon as they go chasing Mac, who's dressed up, but, like, he stole the Porsche, that is where it really picks up.

Yep.

But the whole first beginning scene, like now.

Because I know what's coming.

I cackle.

Sure.

Right.

Because it's the.

It.

You.

You know what's coming.

But on your first watch through, you don't know what to expect.

Right.

So especially you get Jay, you know, Rammerthorne coming up, playing the.

The straight.

The straight character pretty much is who he is in the.

In the movie.

Which doesn't make any sense at all.

Yeah.

But that.

That's Kind of is supposed to be the responsible one.

And so you.

You immediately are like, okay, this is gonna be a little bit of a serious movie, right?

It's the.

You know how fast you are going.

65, 63.

You get that whole thing and then they drive off and you're kind of like, what the.

And then they circle back and they like, do the whole thing over again.

And what you have to do is you have to almost watch it through the poor guy who's in the backseat through his eyes, and he's just.

He's freaking out, man.

And so once you get over that hump.

But it is a very long opening sequence to get through with no payoff until you get to the kind of where, you know, they join Mac in the dive bar.

Yeah.

And you get the whole, you know, he pretends to shoot him, comes back out, and you got you boys like Mexico.

And then that's when you get the payoff and you kind of like, oh, I am in for a good time.

But it takes you.

It takes him so long to get there.

And that's the only kind of gripe I have with it, especially for a first person watch.

Because when I first saw this, it was college and I had a roommate who introduced it to me.

And so it was his favorite movie.

And he was doing the same thing, talking up, talking up, talking up.

But I had the advantage of him being there.

So the first 20 minutes I was kind of looking, I'm like, you said this was funny.

He's like, just wait, just wait, trust me, trust me type of a thing.

And so then the payoff was there and I was like, oh, okay.

And so by the time you get to Steve Lem doing the repeat.

Oh, yeah, it is.

I'm hooked.

And I am in for the.

In for the ride because it just keeps getting better and better.

And it's that it's.

It's crazy because on the one hand, you don't have it really an all star cast.

There are a lot of unknowns because they're a comedy troupe.

They're good on stage, but a lot of unknowns.

And the content also, you don't have anything to go off of.

Yeah, it's not.

It's not that great.

And for whatever reason, it works so well.

They killed it.

And everybody just kind of has their moment to shine.

And when you get to their moment, it's just pure gold.

Yeah, Like Farva and his leader, Cola dude.

Greatest character.

The whole is so amazing, dude.

It's just not even close.

How Funny that dude is.

And it's easy.

It's so easy because you hate him.

Oh yeah.

From the get go.

And then you pretty much continue to hate him throughout the entire movie.

Sure.

But he is by far the best part of it.

And oh yeah.

So great.

Every line.

Kevin Hefferman has just.

Oh, for sure.

Steals every scene he's in with smacking his gum and just being.

Being the private pile of the group is who he is for sure throughout the entire thing.

And I'm just dying because every single scene that he's in or on stage for, it's just pure gold.

Oh yeah.

100.

Oh, yeah.

I just love it.

I just sit there and cackle.

And I mean, it's funny too, because you have Brian Cox who's, you know, played big kind of dramatic roles, right?

Yeah.

Agamemnon.

And he's in Jason Bourne trilogy.

And you know, this X Men and yeah.

Is on all sorts of big a liner.

And then you look at this and you're like, there's no way he ever agreed to do this.

But it's.

It's so funny as the, you know, highway patrol chief or whatever he is.

Yeah.

And then you find out that like throughout the movie, like, he's just as bad as they all are.

Oh, yeah.

He invented a lot of the stuff that they're still doing.

It's like this generational, you know, gag reel through the highway patrol that just been.

It's been a joke for decades.

Yeah.

Oh, yeah.

No, I love it.

Well, and there's so many good, like, quotable things in this.

Like, still to this day, people like the right meow.

Yeah, like the.

Oh, dude, somebody was doing that at work in my job, like in a meeting the other day, and I just was like, jesus Christ, it's been 14 years or 24 years or what, and people are still quoting.

And it's funny because this, this girl is young enough that I would be surprised if she's ever even seen the movie.

She probably doesn't even know why us old bastards are laughing at her right now.

I guarantee I didn't ask her.

I should have.

And I may ask her another time and report back to the group, but I'll bet you she's never even seen Super Troopers.

Oh, she may not even have heard of Super Troopers, but she's still doing the right meow joke that Foster runs down for 10 minutes.

You know what I mean?

Like, it's just like, you can't help but go, man, you know, you did something special when a Joke can still last 24 years with people that don't even know where they're getting it from.

Oh, it's fantastic.

But there's just so many.

Right.

The.

I am all that is, man.

I use that so frequently.

Oh, God.

For sure.

And there's.

Yeah.

And just every single bit line is.

You can tell it's five dudes who are just the closest of friends.

Yeah.

Going back and forth.

Right.

Because it's like the.

You know, the.

The kind of ribbon on each other.

Right.

So you got the.

You're never gonna win with those thin little bird lips, like, going after it and just, you know, or hopping into the truck after they get locked inside.

It smells like sex in here.

Hey, chief.

I'll have a chinchilla.

They think I'm Mexican.

You're not Mexican.

It's so stupid, but it's so good.

It's just.

It's one after the other that land.

And I'll tell you the scene that gets me because it should be kind of the only scene in the movies, in the entire movie where it.

They could play a straight joke or they could play it straight and not need a joke.

Yeah.

They throw a joke in, and it's the first brawl they have with the city cops.

Right.

First brawl by the Winnebago.

And after it's all said and done, like, everybody's handcuffed except Rammerthorne and Ursula.

And they're over there trading, like, I'll give you the fat guy for Rabbit and the stupid one for Mac.

Ursula's response is perfect because, well, they're both kind of fat and kind of stupid.

So you're gonna specific.

And so that's the point of the movie where you could.

You had the option to just kind of, you know, say, hey, we're gonna wait on a joke.

And they found a way to throw one in.

That is one of my favorites.

Oh, yeah.

Because it just got everybody handcuffed and portioned off.

And it's just.

They're doing a prisoner exchange.

Yeah.

Law enforcement.

It's beautiful.

It's just so funny.

And that's.

I think.

Yeah.

Like, I think the characters stand out so much, too.

And obviously, there's ones that just never end.

Like Farva.

Like, that's the one that everybody remembers because of the mustache and the.

You know what I mean?

And, like, the.

The ridiculous that he does and says, like, the whole, let's take Viagra and go give people tickets with giant boners.

And then the.

The immediate response is just as good.

It's like Farva, you're the only one that can make a dark man blush.

Like, it's just.

No, we're not doing it.

And there's this moment where you're like, that would be funny.

You should go do that.

Like, yeah.

With the shorts and like it.

But that's the part, like you just.

These characters are so memorable in.

Because what they do and what they say is so memorable.

Like, they'll.

And I said it early on.

The line that has stuck with me for my whole having seen this movie life is the chicken.

Like, kills me.

Like, that's your first, like, reaction is chicken.

Like, license is registration chicken.

What makes it better is those are his parents.

And so their reaction is 100 real.

Because they had no idea what he was gonna say.

Yeah.

You know, there wasn't a real goddamn script for this movie.

This was.

They said, here's the scene.

Do some.

Yeah, have fun with it.

Yeah.

Because that's what they do.

Right.

Like that's their thing.

But.

Oh yeah, I love that his parents are in it like that.

They had this great people together.

Like, get your family and friends in this because we can't pay any extras.

What was the budget for this movie?

Couldn't have been anything because, you know, Jim Gaffigan is there as a favor to that.

Oh, God, yeah.

Jim Gaffigan.

Three million dollar budget.

Jesus, that's tight.

That is a lot more than I thought it was.

True.

That's nothing, dude.

Yeah, especially because it, I mean, it grow.

This is going to sound tiny, but it had an opening weekend that doubled it.

Six million opening weekend.

And then its total GROSS Worldwide was $23 million.

So you made $20 million.

I mean, you probably made less than that after you account for like marketing and.

But even still, a twenty million dollar haul.

Pretty good on a three million dollar budget.

Oh, yeah.

For a around movie.

Exactly.

Because that's all it is.

But it's.

They.

It's lightning in a bottle.

There's no way it should work.

And they found a way to make it work and make it work exceptionally well.

Yeah.

And it just.

I. I just love it because every single time I watch it through, just dying, dying of laughter, spilling anything I'm trying to eat or drink, doing plenty of spit takes because there's stuff I forget about.

Sure.

Until it actually happens again.

And like the, the metal cup.

They.

Do, they're plotting how they're gonna, you know, kind of steal the hidden weed and, you know, make this.

Make the city cops look bad.

And yeah, they're just at the gun range.

You got Steve, bulletproof cup.

Oh, man.

Absolutely outrageous.

But amazing.

Yeah.

Oh, the other one that is relatable, and it's one of those that I.

That, you know, they just threw in is when Foster and Mac hop in the truck for the first time and they both can't get it to drive.

Oh, yeah.

They're all in their disguises and they're going undercover.

You think you're gonna get this great storyline about them, you know, just around as undercover.

Oh, go.

Yeah.

Amazing.

And I think that's like.

Yeah, again, I go back to, like, all of the.

The stereotypes that they play into the mustaches, the over masculinity, or the toxic hyper masculinity levels of, like, police.

And then like, the.

The like you said, like.

Because you hear about if you know anybody in law enforcement, which I've had family and I got some friends that I've known that are all over the place in law enforcement, like, there are comp.

Competent levels of competition between, you know, these different branches of law enforcement.

And I mean, you even see it play out on, like, TV and movies where they're like, jurisdiction my ass, or, you know, juris, your diction crap.

You know what I mean?

All those.

So.

But those things are real.

And I think that's like.

And I've said this in many movie that we've talked about, like, if you can ground your content in some level of relatability, to me, that's where you find success.

Right?

Like, there you can either go all out on, like, action, or you can go all out on.

You're kind of safe in, like, an action movie or a horror movie or even a thriller movie to a certain degree, because there's certain aspects of that that, like, get your adrenaline going regardless.

And you're like, oh, yeah, I can Raider.

I like this.

This is fun.

This is crazy.

But comedy is a different animal.

Like, and, you know, and we talked about it all the time in the podcast, where Matson and I are just like, on 100 different pages of the comedy spectrum, if you will.

But that's because I find so many things relatable in a movie like this.

Like, I see a state trooper with the goofy hat on in the green and the tan and the.

Because they all wear the same colors in some way shape or form.

They all got their goofy ass hats.

They all got little man syndrome for the most part.

You know what I mean?

Even when they're good and I'm not Saying all cops are.

That's not my thing.

I've had some really good experience with police officers.

Granted, I'm white and so it's easy for that to happen for me.

And I'm extremely polite to a cop.

But it's.

Yeah, exactly.

But I've also, when I was younger, had a mouth on me and.

No.

Yeah, shocker, right?

And I love to.

I got quick story.

I was driving home one night at three in the morning.

I've been out with some friends, completely stone cold sober.

Like this was.

It's not like, yeah, like I was sober as.

It's three in the morning.

I was driving through Salt Lake, which, listen, we don't.

We're not la, we're not New York, right?

Yeah.

But there are parts of Salt Lake where there's some going on.

I bet you, I promise you there is.

And I'm about six blocks from one of those areas and I get pulled over at three in the morning because I have a tail light out.

The guy pulls me over at three in the morning, he's like, you know, I pulled you over.

And I'm like, I really don't.

It's like, I wasn't speeding.

It's three in the morning, I'm a little bit tired.

I'm just trying to go home.

You've been drinking.

No, I haven't been drinking.

I understand the question.

It's three in the morning, it's weird.

I.

No, I haven't been drinking.

We just got goofing around, around, so it's really late.

And he's like, well, I pulled you over because it was.

You have a tail light out.

And I, I don't know, I must have had a face, maybe I made a noise.

And he's like, you got a problem?

I'm like, yeah, I guarantee there's some shady going down about five blocks from here and you're pulling me over a tail light at 3 o' clock in the morning.

Go do your job.

And then I went, why did you do that?

You know what I mean?

Couldn't watch J.J. seriously, like, don't do that.

You know what I mean?

So like, and I say all that and I tell that story to go.

You see those moments of these goofy ass cops on both sides of the end of the thing.

And they're like, but you're like, I, I've been pulled over by that guy.

In fact, I'm surprised that this guy that pulled me over didn't call me a chicken when he.

You know what I mean?

And I Had a. I had a cousin who was a police officer that I'm like, he's Farva for the city police.

You know what I mean?

Like, that's my cousin.

Like, I know that guy.

And.

And so that is, to me, one of the things that this movie does is it's hard whether you find it funny or not on its own, it's hard not to find someone or a couple of people in this movie that you go, I've talked to someone that's like that.

Or I have a family member or a friend that I'm like, okay.

Yep.

And as soon as you can make that connection.

And that's where I love comedy.

Like, if you can find that connective tissue to someone's life, no matter how much they have to stretch to connect it, right then the comedy ramps up to 10 at that point.

Because.

And I.

There's a reason I love a lot of stand up comedy is my favorite.

Stand up comedians personally are the ones that talk about real life and like, even a lot of them that tell stories like.

And obviously embellished versions of stories that they've been through in their life but have.

You're like, that's funny because it's reality and it feels like it could really happen.

Maybe not to that extent.

And that's.

Again, this movie has so many relatable moments where you're like, we've all been pulled over by the cop that's a cop because they're too stupid to get a degree and go do some serious.

Or.

Or they're too fucking lazy to go and do some hard manual labor and make great money doing that shit.

Or they just have this fucking complex that they want to have a uniform and have some power because they never had it when they were growing up and a kid or any number of reasons that they became a cop.

But they're assholes, right?

Simply because they're fucking cops.

And this movie I get, like I said, I've had so many interesting interactions with law enforcement on both sides of the the T that I'm like this.

Every time I watch this movie, I just giggle because I'm like, yep, I can see every single one of these guys.

It's funny that you bring up, like, making the connection and you're like, oh, my cousin was Farva.

Because someone that one of my dad's friends who growing up was like an uncle to us, right?

He is Steve Lemon.

Different hair color, same mustache, same haircut.

Yeah.

Down to the wire and kind of same attitude to where just, you know, off the cuff.

Crazy.

He, I think he worked for, like, he worked for law enforcement too.

I don't remember exactly what he was doing, but.

So when I see Steve Len, like in my eight year old mind.

Yeah.

I'm seeing my uncle.

And it is, it is so funny because the, the stupid cheesy smile that Steve Lamb does in this, it's.

It's the same exact person.

Yeah.

And it is the.

So great because it is, it's almost like they took the stereotypical, you know, copper.

The worst ones are away.

Or the cookie cutter ones.

Yeah.

And just like, okay, we're gonna, we're gonna do hair and makeup to match these Personas or these personalities to move on because it, it is, it is uncanny.

The resemblance that, you know, it's like, oh, that's, that's my uncle.

Like it could be from, you know, because around when this movie came out, I was 8.

And so it's like that time, everything like that and he's got the look down perfectly and I'm just cracking up because it's like, yeah, no, that's my uncle.

That's so good.

It makes the movie funnier.

It makes the movie funnier.

You can't help it.

Like, it just having relatability and comedy is, in my opinion, the strongest comedic value you can bring to the table is being able to have people relate.

Even if it's like just the teeniest little thing.

But they can relate.

Oh my God.

It just makes everything funnier.

They turn putty in your hands.

Oh, yeah.

You own them at that point.

Yeah.

We'll have to do.

Maybe we'll find some like stand up comedy.

Because I mean, technically they're movies.

We could do like a stand up comedy month.

That'd be funny as.

That would be hilarious.

Hilarious.

I got some good ones.

I could.

Dude, I got some bangers that I would throw up.

Like, I got all three of them that I would put in my list right off top of my head right now because they crack my up anyway.

Super Troopers.

What a goddamn movie.

Yeah.

Should we rate it?

Let's do it.

Ivos.

My movie.

So I, I have a very loose rule that is.

I wouldn't give a five to any movie.

I couldn't watch my grandma.

I'm breaking it.

I've broken it one or two times before.

I'm breaking it again.

This is a five.

Super cheaper.

Hands down, a five.

It is lightning in a bottle.

I will sit down and I will.

I will convert people to watch this.

This is one where typically I won't recommend movies because you never know how someone's going to take it, even though, even if you know them really well.

Super Troopers is one that I push and I will corrupt people with Super Troopers to the point where it is one where I highly recommend and I will force you to sit down and watch it.

Will just be enjoying that experience while the person who I'm forcing to watch is probably hating their life.

Yeah.

Until they finally agree to, you know, play by my rules.

It's, it's fine for me.

I will, hands down, perfect movie.

Yeah, I love it.

I can't give it a five.

And I'll tell you why I'm giving it a four and a half.

But, and I've talked about this on the podcast many a times, like, I my one struggle with movies like this and another movie that we'll talk about later on in this month, even though it's one of my picks and in my mind, one of the funniest movies ever made, there's no through line that makes sense to me.

And so, and again, this is a me thing, right?

Like, it's, I don't expect.

I, I fully respect your 5, but I can't do it because I'm like, there's no point to this movie whatsoever other than a bunch of guys having a good time.

Guys and girls having a good time, which I respect and I love.

And it turned out some really funny.

But I like, I still watch it and go, I need something like, I need some cohesion from start to finish.

And there is none in this movie.

And it's a, that's a typical comedian comic movie thing in this genre of like, Because I have the same problem with all of the Monty Python movies, all of them, because they're the same thing.

And I've said this many times this Saturday Night Live movies are the same thing.

They're a bunch of skits mushed together and loosely tied into a story.

Right.

And it.

So it's like I struggle with that type of storytelling.

While I laugh my ass off, I go, that's the one downfall that these movies have for me.

So that's why it gets a four and a half.

That's not to say that you shouldn't go watch this movie because at a four and a half, you should still go watch this movie and ignore all of our praise and just go into it, watching it with like the understanding that this is some of those most ridiculous random you'll ever watch.

But if you look at it from the lens of there's Some silly truth behind some of this too.

Like you can't help but giggle and laugh and stop breathing at certain moments because you're laughing so hard and certainly spill your popcorn.

So.

Yeah.

And your leader of cola.

Yeah, no, four and a half for me.

I. Yeah, I'm with you.

I'd watch it anytime because it's.

It's great.

I love it.

Sweet, man.

Well, when they're not watching us talk about Super Troopers and other companies, where else can people find us?

Oh, boy.

All right, so this week two, week two of movie.

So funny.

You spill your snack or your popcorn or whatever it is you're eating.

And like I said last week, we're ramping it up.

The list gets better as we go down the month.

You may not think so and you know, we both gave Super Troopers high praise, but the movies get better the further on we go.

So best place to watch so you don't miss an episode.

YouTube.

You can see our smiling faces on there.

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Helps us kind of know if we're doing the right stuff.

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What's our verdict?

Reviews again, it is completely free to join the Patreon and get involved in the voting of movies and topics.

The way that we kind of the podcast kind of evolved and formed is we get topics.

You guys can vote on the topics or select topics for us.

And then JJ and I will supply movies that go into set topics that you guys get to vote on to see what we're gonna watch for the month.

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Everything rainy from bloopers.

Now it takes to just shooting the behind the scenes all the way up to full length episodes of movies that nobody should watch.

But we did.

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Special thanks to our current patrons, Rich and cb, the lifeblood of the podcast.

And whenever it feels like that maybe we're getting a little bit stale, they come through with some new content, some new ideas, and this specific month of December suggested by cb.

So thank you very much, sir, for that.

With that, I'll kick it back to the Maharaja of mash, the let's go Titan of terror.

That's right.

Much appreciated.

Yeah, go check us out.

We appreciate you tuning as always, and we'll catch you on the next one.

Hasta la vista, baby.

Cinematic sat.