Aug. 31, 2025

Howard Deutch - The Replacements

Howard Deutch - The Replacements
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Season 6A Film By...

Pain heals. Chicks dig scars. Glory is forever! Jeff and Garret are kicking off week one of the NFL season by celebrating the 25th anniversary of Howard Deutch's underrated football comedy starring Keanu Reeves from the year 2000, The Replacements!

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It looks like our Ohio State Buckeyes have started the

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season with a win against Texas. How about that?

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Pretty impressive?

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I must say, Yeah, Garrett, if I asked you to

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name the greatest fictional Ohio State quarterback, what name would

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you give me?

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I would have to say, we're going way back. When

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to number nine Johnny Utah course point.

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Break played by Keanu Reeves.

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Yes, sir, that is not a wrong answer.

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I was thinking number sixteen Shane Falco, also played by

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Keanu Reeves. Garrett, you know what separates the winners from

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the losers, the score. Let's talk about a film by

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Howard Deutsch, his two thousand underrated football comedy The Replacements.

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Welcome back, sports fans.

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I'm Jeff Johnson and I'm Gary Gibson, and.

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This is a film by podcast. We'll start things off

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by shouting out one of our listeners, Brad Moore, if

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you're out there this week, he was cheering on his

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LSU Tigers to a win over Clemson, So congratulations to him.

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We are cheering Brad on because he's also our newest

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Patreon member.

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Heck yeah, glad to have you here, Brad.

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Absolutely, Brad's an awesome guy. So not only do we

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have some of our film by swag on the way

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to him, in the very near future, we'll be doing

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a special Patreon episode just for him as soon as

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he decides what movie or director will be doing. And

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I'm curious because one of the first questions he asked was, well,

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what if it's a movie that you guys have already done,

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And I reminded him, hey, nothing is off the table,

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so God help us if he picks Under the Cherry Moon.

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But it's his call. He's got the playbook. So if

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you'd like to join the huddle over on Patreon, just

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a film by podcast and sign up now for as

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little as three dollars. Brad, welcome and thank you for subscribing. Garrett.

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As always, let's start with a couple of facts and

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a quote from our director. This this week, Howard Deutsch

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attended the Ohio State University.

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Well fun ted bitt that I did not know. Okay,

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I did not know that.

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I was surprised when I uncovered that. But how timely

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is that? I will tell you? Before directing movies, he

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directed music videos for both Billy Idol and Billy Joel.

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Which I did see that in his filmography. That's that's

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pretty freaking cool way to get your start, right there.

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I'm not gonna lie absolutely.

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I'll tell you another fun thing about Howard. It was

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during the filming of Some kind of Wonderful where Howard

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met his future wife, actress Leah Thompson. Okay, yeah, think

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about that. Think about that. She went from having a

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thing for Howard the Duck in nineteen eighty six having

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a thing for Howard the Deutsch in nineteen eighty seven.

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You know, that's it. And she's got a track record, say.

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That she's gotta, she gotta, she's got a she got

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a certain type. Yeah, yeah, cool. Quote from from Howard

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Deutsch not Duck.

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Uh.

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This is this comes from a nineteen eighty seven interview

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he gave where he said, quote, I have a theory

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that peer pressure doesn't end with high school. It may

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be more glaring there because the groups are so distinct socially,

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but it doesn't let up as you get older. There's

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a pressure in any business to choose a safe project

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to go with the group. In corporations, there's pressure to

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be seen with the right people to eat in the

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right restaurants at all costs to avoid the smell of failure.

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A case in point was the pressure on me to

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choose a quote safer title than Pretty in Pink. You

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constantly have to fight to keep everything from being reduced

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to the lowest common denominator. Standing on your own is

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not a thing that ends in high school.

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Man wise words by a wise man.

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Very wise words. I dig his energy. So Gary, let's

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talk a little bit about the replacements. For those that

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maybe haven't seen it in a while, or for those

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that have never seen it, you will tell us what

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this football comedy is all about.

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Absolutely, So here's the review. It's late in the season,

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the playoffs are fast approaching, and the Washington Sentinels have

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just gone on strike. Scrambling for a solution, the Sentinels

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owner Edward O'Neill hatches a plan to bring in a

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legendary coach, Jimmy Magendi played by none other then Gene Hackman,

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which is absolutely amazing in this to recruit a team

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of replacement players in exactly one week. For fans and

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owners alike, the strike is a disaster. Or for Shane

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Falco played by Keanu Reeves and a mismatch crew of outsiders.

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It is a second chance they waited for their entire lives.

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Missed match crew of outsiders that could not There couldnot

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be a better description of this team in this movie.

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I love that. I can't believe it, but it's celebrating

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its twenty fifth anniversary as of as of right now,

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I find that hard to believe because not only does

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it not feel dated, not only does Keanu still look

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like he can throw a fifty yard touchdown pass yep,

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but the plot of the movie concerning players, salaries and strikes,

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it's still very relevant today.

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It truly is, especially with what we just had within

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NBA a couple of years ago, and is very relevant

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in the eighties early nineties in the NFL.

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So it's not too far fetched.

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It's I feel like it's like the Big Three, the NFL,

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the NBA, in Major League Baseball. It's like every five

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to ten years, we the fans suffer with one of

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these organizations going on strike. I can't I don't recall,

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like has the NHL ever gone on strike? I don't

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recall hockey ever.

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I think they just enjoy what they do honestly.

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Yeah, they're like, all right, cool, we're gonna go out

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there and we're gonna get hit hard, and we're gonna

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hit hard.

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So yeah's that's all those guys want.

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I think all the Russians and Canadians and everything, they

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just enjoy it.

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So, you know, more power to them.

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All right, Yeah, I'll tell you what, Uh, more power

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to our sponsors. Let's take a quick break and we

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get back. We will. We will jump in the huddle

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with this amazing cast. All right, welcome back. We are

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discussing the replacements from two thousand, a very fun football film.

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Gotta start off with number sixteen, Kunna Reeves playing Shane Falco.

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You know, Falco, the future of football until he choked

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in the nineteen ninety six Sugar Bowl, which they bring

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up a couple times. Now, in reality, did you realize

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that there was no Sugar Bowl in nineteen ninety six?

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I did not.

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Now, Yeah, So you know this movie, you know, you

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and I both know it's kind of loosely based off

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a true story. So if they're talking Sugar Bowl meltdowns,

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you don't really want to have anyone attaching that to

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a real player.

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You're not wrong.

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Yeah, So they picked ninety six because the year before,

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the ninety five season was played on December thirty first,

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nineteen ninety five, and the ninety six season wasn't played

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until January second, nineteen ninety seven, So officially, no Sugar

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Bowl in the year nineteen ninety six.

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So that makes a little bit more sense of why

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they would actually put a time stamp on that, which

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is kind of why I think they leave the time

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frame of the film a little bit open. After that,

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they don't really say how long he's been away. They're like, oh,

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he's been gone for a while.

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Yeah, we just he had one season where he washed

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out and we don't know how long ago that was.

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Sports is all about the the numbers, So let's talk Keano.

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He takes a ninety percent pay cut on his salary

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so that the studio can afford Gene Hackman.

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Oh my gosh, okay, I mean, I don't think this

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film works without Gene Hackman. So that is a brilliant

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move on Keanu's part.

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You you don't do this movie without Gene Hackman. You

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don't do this movie without Keanu Reeves. No, that's that's

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just good anyways. Yeah, more numbers, Kano gains twenty three

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pounds in order to have a pro football player's size.

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I mean, in this role, he's built a lot like

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that kid for Jacksonville Jaguars right now, Trevor Lawrence. He's

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got that tall, kind of lanky but kind of built

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framed to him.

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Yeah, he's built just like that kid. So it's very

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believable in this role.

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Now you say that, you know, even though he's even

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got the long hair. Yeah, right, yeah, little little Trevor

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Lawrence happening here during filming. You know, they did shoot

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on location around Baltimore and they used the Ravens Stadium.

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The Ravens offered a walk on tryout to Keanu.

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That year, did they really?

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They saw they saw him throwing the ball, and they're like, hey, uh,

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seriously you want to you know, you got remember something too,

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Kena is a left hander.

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He is.

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That's not that's not really a common thing. You don't Yeah, yeah,

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the Ravens. Uh, he declined, obviously, But the Ravens would

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later go on to win Super Bowl thirty five that season.

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So was that Steve McNair they had that?

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I believe that was that was air McNair.

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Could you imagine Kenna Reeves starting in the Super Bowl

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and says, he's.

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You know, he's the thing. It's funny, but it's not

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impossible because no, Yeah, Keano, aside from being you know,

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the guy that creates his own motorcycle and the guy

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that is an action star and the guy that is

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mister Charity, let's not forget, he's also a rock star

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played for a dog Star. Did you I saw dog

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Star having no idea who Dogstar was, and I looked up.

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I was like, why is Keanu Reeves playing guitar feet

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in front of me? What?

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What? What's going on? Yeah, I'll tell you something.

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They're good.

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That is the whole appeal to his character and Bill

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and Ted movies and then that video game Cyberpunk's at

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seventy seven or what a twenty seventy seven something like that.

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Yeah, huh yeah movie. I'm telling you, man, he's just

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fun to watch this whole time.

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He is.

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And it's a strange change of pace for something that

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we do have coming up that you know, nineteen ninety

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nine that was shot and now here we are in

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two thousand, YEP.

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A big difference between those two characters.

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Absolutely, Let's talk Gene Hackman for a minute. I know

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we got to talk a little more in detail earlier

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this year with his passing. We did a we did

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a great episode on Gene Hackman and some of what

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we feel are his favorite roles. Here. He's playing coach

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Jimmy McGuinty and he comes in, he gets that offer.

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You know, he's the washed up coach's it's almost like

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it's almost like he's channeling Norman Dale from Hoosiers. Yes,

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he's a maybe he's a little bit of Harry Hog

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from Days of Thunder, you know.

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A little bit of that mixed with Tom Landry that

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the hat, the suit, Yes sing for me?

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Yeah, you picked up on Landry. I love that. Oh yeah.

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He wants total control of the team. He wants to

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be able to recruit anybody, and he wants no interference.

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That's how you get him on the field and fortunately

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the Washington Sentinels owner. As he goes all in. Hackman

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spends this whole movie just spouting some of the most

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amazing quotes, like play like coach quotes.

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Oh he truly does. Throughout the entire film. You get

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so many likable lines from Gene Hackman and just circle

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back a little bit. The fact that we almost didn't

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have him in this is just mind blowing.

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Kimmy, Yeah, I don't know if you have a favorite

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Hackman quote on this, but I always like the one

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he gives Shane Falco. I see the man you are,

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I see the man you could be. And one day

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I hope they meet that one.

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And then I like the halftime during the big game,

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the reporters like, well, what changes do you guys need

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to make?

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And He's like heart, miles and miles of heart.

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Yeah, you want to elaborate on that coach and he

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just he just taps his his chest, Yeah, talking talking

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about the heart that that Seane Falco has. And that's

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another that's I almost step on, you know, pivotal moments

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are noteworthy scenes. But we'll get to that that moment

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where he has that conversation with with Keanu Reeves. Tellya

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who I always enjoy watching in this film. Very talented

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actress Brooke Langton playing Annabelle. She runs, she owns the

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bar that her dad left her. She's also the head

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cheerleader for the Sentinels. Just just incredible actress.

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Really, she's such an amazing actress, and just the pain

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that she's going through while she's interviewing these girls to

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be on the cheer squad is it's such a delightful

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scene because you kind of forget about it.

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You're like, Okay, yeah, we.

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Get this guy in here, we get this guy, and

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then here's the little segment of her like bringing in

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these cheerleaders, and it's such a freaking amazing part.

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Any good football movie, any good sports movie about a

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ragtag group that's gonna come together, you know, if it's

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if we're talking like you know, something like major league

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or you know, necessary roughness, you always got to get

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this team put together. So the the little montage of

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players just looking like idiots, yep, you know you expect that,

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you do. Now we're we're talking the cheerleaders. And don't

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get me wrong, later in the later in the movie,

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they are they are definitely something something to behold.

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They're they're definitely they really are.

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Yeah, they're they're still on the team's attention for sure.

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In a couple of plays, yeah yeah.

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But the fact that they they've got these cheerleader tryouts,

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you got Young MC's bust to move playing and some

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of these some of these girls are just ridiculous. And

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I love the fact that they're they're taking a moment

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to say, Hey, the girls don't have to be sexy

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one hundred percent of the movie. No, let's be a

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little goofy. Let's let's know some comedy, and let's let's

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give you a chance to the chuckle and have some

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fun with it. And you're absolutely right, man, Annabelle trying

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to try to find a cheerleader squad is just hilarious.

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Absolutely, it's such an awesome scene. And I mean, I'm

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glad that that actually made it end of the film.

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Just such a fantastic scene.

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Now you know, uh, she's got she's got some background

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with another another actor that's in this movie. Who you

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didn't You didn't recognize her?

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No? What what what do we got?

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Brook Brook Langton memorable role in the nineteen ninety six

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film Swingers with John Favreau.

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Oh my gosh, I remember, Yeah, so.

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You got let me take you back, like you know,

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they're getting you know, he plays Mikey. They're getting him

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his confidence back. He sees, uh, you know, Vince Vaughn's like,

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you know, don't look at her as she's a she's

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a bunny. She's a beautiful little bunny, and you got

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these big claws and you gotta go get the bunny.

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She played Nicki, who he hits it off with, gets

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the number, and then has an epic meltdown where he

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gets home and leaves like sixteen messages and all you

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can keep hearing is h Hi, this is Nicky. You

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leave a message, and like that last one, she finally

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picks up. He's like, oh, Hi, did you just get home.

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Don't ever call me?

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Call me again? Yep.

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Oh my gosh, I dar not recognize her from that role.

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That is pretty freaking amazing.

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Yeah, absolutely absolutely love her. I like that she's not

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playing the damsel in distress, strong independent woman. You know,

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she's running her father's bar, she's trying to keep the

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cheerleaders together. She's having the will they won't they relationship

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with Keanu Reeves Shane Falco, which can we just can

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we just talk about how incredible their chemistry is.

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Oh, it's simply amazing. I've got to tell you.

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So, this film has a lot of parts in it

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where it's just the right amount of comedy or the

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right amount sports.

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It did need that little.

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Bit of a romance aspect to it, and I think

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the chemistry these two shared on set was truly amazing

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and very believable. It didn't seem forced, it didn't seem fake.

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It was just very pleasant to have that little bit

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in the film. Absolutely, if you would have.

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Read a story about these two actors falling in love

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on set and and ending up together, it would have

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made perfect sense to me. I know that's not the

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case at all, but I love when he comes back

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in that final game, just walks straight to her and

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kisses her. You got hey, I think he's he's necking

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that cheerleader. That's like, what are they gonna do? Firing? Yeah? Uh?

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Pat summer All and John Madden.

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You know, the fact that they've got them and the

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entire film just made my day rewatching this this morning,

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it just, I don't know, it really started the day

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off just right seeing both of them.

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It's very rare that you're going to see a football

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movie where the NFL offers their license and says, yeah,

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you can, you can show the actual team names and

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the actual players, you know, because they they're not going

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to agree with most of the things they see in

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the script and I get that, but I'll tell you what,

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when you have a movie like this where the teams

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are fictional, even like Oliver Stone's Any Given Sunday, the

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thing that helps make it feel real is when you

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have real color commentators from the NFL, YEP and involved,

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and I just I love it. I love that they

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got Summer on Madden because.

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They could not have went with a better duo.

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Now, heck no, heck no. This whole team is a

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who's who of amazing actors actresses. I know we'd be

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here all week if we try to talk about everybody,

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but uh, just just so we can move along, is

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there anybody, uh you wanna you wanna briefly talk about

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on this team?

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I'd go with number fifty six old Danny Bateman. Jon Favreau, Yeah, yeah, absolutely,

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an absolute menace at linebacker. I just love his character

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so much. It's so few on words, but when he

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does talk, it is absolute insanity and it takes me

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back to you know, classic football days, and I like,

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we all knew that guy that was on the team.

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Well, how awesome it is his intro, you know, because

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he's a he's a swat team member.

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Gosh, yeah, they're doing the raid. Yeah.

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Yeah, and this again. You when you have a sports

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comedy and we're putting the team together, you gotta we

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gotta have that montage where we're we're we're hearing like

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the voiceovers, we're talking about the guy as we're seeing

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him somewhere else and him walking to that that that

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bust and just just weighing lace to the criminals, drug

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dealers and everything. It's he's awesome. He's he is. He

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is way over the top.

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Yeah, he is a very much rabid dog personality in

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this film.

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And I love that. I'm gonna go.

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Get that ball, Go get me that ball. I'm gonna

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get that ball, Give me that ball.

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He's just love it so much. Man, well would he?

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I mean he almost he almost hospitalizes Shane Falco like

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they're they're doing practice, and count is like tapping his

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red jersey's like red meats.

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Stop and just anytime that Reese Iphens hits a field

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goal in this entire movie, he's just chasing him. In

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the final one where he's like chasing down the field.

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He tackles ree Iphens, who's he's playing Nigel gruff leg Yeah,

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he's what he's a Welsh soccer player soccer, a gambling.

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Degenerator field and score. Is that the legend behind him?

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I just yeah, he he he hits him that one

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game and I think it's Mad's like, hey, listen, there's

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a there's a saying, don't be good at something unless

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you want to get you.

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Can handle the congratulations.

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Unless you can handle the congratulations.

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Yeah, that's awesome.

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He's he's such a he's such a dirt bag in

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the fun way, Like he's smoking cigarettes on the field.

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I belave us all the smoke.

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I blame us all the smoke. It's yeah, Reeseipeens is great. Uh.

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I tell you blink and you miss it moment. You

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know how much you and I love Keith David. Yes,

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he's uh he's repping the the players union for the strike.

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It's like one one scene in the parking lot and

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I was like, wait, that's Keith David, Like what's what's

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going on?

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I had so much hope when I was rewatching this

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and saw him. I was like, was he the commissioner

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of the NFL quote unquote?

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And uh now no he wasn't.

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I was like, maybe he's got a big part and

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I'm just not remembering him for whatever reason.

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No, just a olsnid bit there.

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I know I mentioned Major League a couple minutes ago,

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Orlando Jones playing wide receiver Clifford Franklin number eighty one. Yes,

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like when we get hit, like the where he's like

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the stock boy who is tracking down the the kid

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that rips off the comedian store. He runs past, He's like, hey, brother,

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how's it going, giving off some serious Willie Mays Hayes vibes.

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Oh he really is.

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Too fast, too fell Orlando.

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And and the fact that even though he is the

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fascist man out there can run any route, he cannot

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catch the ball.

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Yeah, that's that's Uh, that's gonna hurt you a little bit.

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Uh.

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I'll tell you two more that I think we need

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to talk about. David Denman. This is his feature film debut.

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Which is a pretty solid feature film debut.

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And I remember growing up this is one of the

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first two things i'd seen him in. I'd seen him

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in this and a little film with another up up

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and coming actor at the point time, Zach Galfernakis in

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like Buddy Comedy's snowboarding movie called Out Cold. Oh yeah,

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come it just freaking amazing. But you know, for him

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playing the deaf tight end in this Brian is it Murphy?

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Brian Murphy, Yep, Yeah, absolutely loved him in this role.

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I mean, just such a likable guy.

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I think if there's one actor that's quietly stealing the

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show from everybody, including Hackman and Reeves, it's David Denman. Yeah,

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it's And you know, it's funny because like I think

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a lot of people they if they go back and

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they see this or they see it for the first time,

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they're like, holy shit, that's that's Rory from the Office.

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Yep, you know.

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And then right now, I mean he is playing in

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season two Peacemaker, I mean, oh that's right. Yeah, yeah,

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he's playing east Maker's brother for anyone that's watching that show.

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Pretty amazing so far.

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But yeah, yeah, he's He's got some great, great moments

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in this film. I feel like every scene he's in

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he just steals it.

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Oh just the jail scene alone, as well as.

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Amazing the jail So we're gonna get to the jail scene.

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Got we got to talk about the jail scene. But

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one last one before moving on. You know, like I said,

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this is if this is David Demmon's feature film debut.

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Jack Warden in his final film performance. He retired right

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after this. Jack Warden, who plays Ed O'Neill, the owner

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of the Washington Sentinels. This guy, what is it about

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him and football movies? He always plays like the coach

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or he's always he does.

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He's got the right amount of just gruff in his

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voice that he's got to be an owner, He's got

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to be a coach.

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He's just perfect for that role.

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I think what's amazing about him. We should we should

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dislike him, we should not like his character because of

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some of the stuff he's doing.

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Absolutely, but you can't.

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You can't not like him. Even at the end he's like,

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I know it, I believed in them all along. It's

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you're just like, yeah, all right, let let him have it.

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Exactly like that.

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That's exactly how any NFL owners acting after the day.

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He's like, nope, bench and get him out of here.

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Yeah he feels he feels a little Jerry Jones, Yes

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he does. But but at Jerry Jones that you just

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you just like WHI yeah right yeah. Apologies to everyone

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listening in Dallas right now. We have we have listeners

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in Dallas, and you know, I don't know how they

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00:26:38.880 --> 00:26:41.640
feel about Jerry Jones. You know, I'm not not picking

472
00:26:41.680 --> 00:26:44.000
on the man. I'm just saying, all right, Garret, let's

473
00:26:44.000 --> 00:26:47.839
move on to this film's background, little little production history

474
00:26:47.880 --> 00:26:50.119
for you. Not a whole lot to go on, but

475
00:26:50.200 --> 00:26:53.359
I do want to point out something. I think it's incredible.

476
00:26:54.079 --> 00:26:56.200
We talked that this, We talked about this being based

477
00:26:56.319 --> 00:26:58.440
loosely on a true story. Do you do you know

478
00:26:58.599 --> 00:26:59.359
this the story here?

479
00:27:00.359 --> 00:27:01.000
Uh? Yeah?

480
00:27:01.240 --> 00:27:05.880
Actually, uh, nineteen eighty seven Washington Redskins, believe it or not.

481
00:27:07.039 --> 00:27:11.119
So the team went on a strike leading into week three,

482
00:27:11.559 --> 00:27:14.920
if I'm not mistaken here, and then while they were

483
00:27:15.000 --> 00:27:17.960
on strike, they had the bright idea, instead of going

484
00:27:18.079 --> 00:27:20.799
for all these collegiate players and everything that's wanting to

485
00:27:20.839 --> 00:27:23.640
come to the NFL a little bit early, they went

486
00:27:23.720 --> 00:27:26.480
ahead and got a ragtag bunch of guys kind of

487
00:27:26.680 --> 00:27:30.000
just like this that played weeks three, four and five,

488
00:27:30.119 --> 00:27:34.160
four world, which is pretty freaking awesome. And the Redskins

489
00:27:34.279 --> 00:27:36.519
actually went on to come back and I want to

490
00:27:36.559 --> 00:27:39.960
say it's week six, ended the season with a twelve

491
00:27:40.000 --> 00:27:42.359
and four record and went on to win the Super

492
00:27:42.400 --> 00:27:44.720
Bowl that season, which is pretty damn cool.

493
00:27:45.400 --> 00:27:48.759
So I want to point something out. The teams that

494
00:27:49.440 --> 00:27:54.359
Shane Falco's sentinels are playing are Saint Louis, New York

495
00:27:54.519 --> 00:27:58.880
and Dallas. And in the movie Dallas crosses the picket line.

496
00:27:59.000 --> 00:28:01.319
They returned to actions. So they're playing like the real

497
00:28:01.440 --> 00:28:05.359
the pros, right, And in nineteen ey seven, the Redskins

498
00:28:05.440 --> 00:28:10.279
replacements took on Saint Louis, New York and Dallas and

499
00:28:10.359 --> 00:28:13.680
the Dallas Cowboys cross the picket line to play. I

500
00:28:14.839 --> 00:28:18.440
think there's plenty of experts out there, historians. I'll tell you,

501
00:28:19.559 --> 00:28:22.720
if these guys had not won these three games, the

502
00:28:22.799 --> 00:28:24.960
Redskins don't go to the Super Bowl and they don't win.

503
00:28:26.000 --> 00:28:26.640
They do not.

504
00:28:27.079 --> 00:28:30.240
They definitely don't meet John Elway in the Super Bowl

505
00:28:30.400 --> 00:28:33.599
and beat him, beat him forty two to ten.

506
00:28:34.000 --> 00:28:35.400
So no, I think you're right.

507
00:28:36.240 --> 00:28:42.200
Another fun fact, Shane Falco wears number sixteen. So did

508
00:28:42.480 --> 00:28:44.640
Washington replacement quarterback Ed Rupert.

509
00:28:45.640 --> 00:28:47.480
So did he really? Okay?

510
00:28:48.599 --> 00:28:53.240
Yeah, there're they're walking a fine line of doing like

511
00:28:53.319 --> 00:28:57.960
a bio pick and getting away with it.

512
00:28:58.240 --> 00:29:02.200
Yeeah. I like their style for that one.

513
00:29:03.039 --> 00:29:05.640
Talk about style, Let's talk about music for a moment,

514
00:29:05.720 --> 00:29:09.799
because The soundtrack plays like a nineties jock JAMCD. Do

515
00:29:09.839 --> 00:29:10.359
you remember those?

516
00:29:10.559 --> 00:29:12.000
Yeuh yes, I sure do.

517
00:29:12.400 --> 00:29:14.440
Let me let me give you a rundown of the music,

518
00:29:14.480 --> 00:29:16.359
because I got to know what was making your playlist

519
00:29:16.480 --> 00:29:20.240
back then. So I mentioned bust a Move by Young MC,

520
00:29:20.759 --> 00:29:22.839
which is a you know, the fun scene with the cheerleaders.

521
00:29:23.559 --> 00:29:26.119
We also get I Don't Want to Be Your Girlfriend

522
00:29:26.160 --> 00:29:29.200
by Kelly Owens. We get rock and Roll Part two

523
00:29:30.079 --> 00:29:31.920
by Gary Glitter, which I feel like you're gonna hear

524
00:29:31.960 --> 00:29:35.160
that in every sporting event you go to, you do Yeah,

525
00:29:35.200 --> 00:29:38.440
no matter what it is, right. Good Vibrations by Marky

526
00:29:38.480 --> 00:29:41.480
Mark and the Funky Bunch is featured several times in

527
00:29:41.559 --> 00:29:45.480
the movie. Taking Care of Business by Bachman Turner Turner Overdrive.

528
00:29:46.440 --> 00:29:50.519
Maybe the Crown Jewel on the playlist I Will Survive

529
00:29:50.640 --> 00:29:55.400
by Gloria Gaynor, which is going to be included in

530
00:29:55.519 --> 00:29:58.519
one of the funnier scenes which we'll get to. But

531
00:29:58.680 --> 00:30:02.559
we also have some some rolling stones. We got you

532
00:30:02.680 --> 00:30:06.680
got Me Rocking yep see and see Music Factory Gonna

533
00:30:06.720 --> 00:30:07.640
make You Sweat.

534
00:30:07.880 --> 00:30:08.720
Which is awesome.

535
00:30:09.519 --> 00:30:11.559
Yeah, how about the Every Breath You Take by the

536
00:30:11.599 --> 00:30:16.559
police for that Lettle got that that that Kiss Barcia

537
00:30:16.759 --> 00:30:22.920
with Shane and Annabel, a nineties favorite of mine. E

538
00:30:23.079 --> 00:30:24.400
mf's unbelievable.

539
00:30:25.279 --> 00:30:26.400
It's it's a classic.

540
00:30:26.799 --> 00:30:29.799
It's a classic. Can't have a football movie without Queen's

541
00:30:29.839 --> 00:30:33.599
We Were Rock You No, Mars pump up the Volume,

542
00:30:34.400 --> 00:30:36.039
So that's a gem. I don't care who you are.

543
00:30:36.359 --> 00:30:39.640
It is, Uh, we got we got David Bowie's Heroes.

544
00:30:39.680 --> 00:30:41.559
But it's not David bow It's not the David Bowie version.

545
00:30:41.559 --> 00:30:45.000
It's a cover by Mark Manila. I mean it's the

546
00:30:45.119 --> 00:30:47.839
soundtrack is just amazing. Man, It's it's just banger after banger.

547
00:30:48.359 --> 00:30:50.440
But what's what's your go to track here? Out of

548
00:30:50.480 --> 00:30:50.799
all these?

549
00:30:51.319 --> 00:30:55.559
Oh my gosh, Well, uh, I'm gonna go with either

550
00:30:56.119 --> 00:31:01.759
Gloria Gayner because I absolutely love Amazing of course, or

551
00:31:02.079 --> 00:31:04.680
you know, if I'm out there gimming or whatever it

552
00:31:04.799 --> 00:31:07.039
may be, I might go a little bit of Market

553
00:31:07.119 --> 00:31:09.640
Mark and the Funky Bunch. I'm not going yeah, and

554
00:31:09.759 --> 00:31:12.680
you have to wait what you got on yours here?

555
00:31:14.200 --> 00:31:17.920
I tell you, uh, pump up the volume by Mars

556
00:31:18.119 --> 00:31:22.039
and then make you sweat by CNC Music Factory. Okay,

557
00:31:22.480 --> 00:31:26.880
I listen unashamedly. I will tell you if CNC Music Factories,

558
00:31:26.880 --> 00:31:29.319
Make you Sweat came on right now. I could sing

559
00:31:29.440 --> 00:31:32.440
it word for word. I would not miss a single note.

560
00:31:33.640 --> 00:31:35.599
That's where I'm at with the Market Park and.

561
00:31:37.720 --> 00:31:41.960
I'm no Freedom Williams, But but I could. I could

562
00:31:41.960 --> 00:31:44.559
hang with the CNC Music Factory. I think I got

563
00:31:44.680 --> 00:31:49.400
to point out this is also an amazing film score

564
00:31:50.400 --> 00:31:53.799
by the one and only John Debney. Love this guy's music,

565
00:31:54.039 --> 00:31:56.440
Absolutely love it. I'll tell you who else loves it,

566
00:31:57.200 --> 00:32:01.599
our very own Wayne White did. And uh, we're gonna

567
00:32:01.640 --> 00:32:04.119
go back to the locker room where Wayne is standing

568
00:32:04.160 --> 00:32:09.160
by to tell us a little bit about John Debney. Wayne,

569
00:32:09.440 --> 00:32:10.000
take it away.

570
00:32:10.680 --> 00:32:13.680
The year two thousand was a great year for film scores.

571
00:32:14.160 --> 00:32:17.319
Within those twelve months, we were treated with music masterpieces

572
00:32:17.440 --> 00:32:21.920
like Hans Zimmer's Gladiator, Michael Cayman's X Men, John Williams

573
00:32:22.039 --> 00:32:27.000
Is the Patriot, and James Newton Howard's Unbreakable. One composer

574
00:32:27.200 --> 00:32:30.359
that was keeping himself busy during that year was John Debney.

575
00:32:31.759 --> 00:32:33.599
By this time, Debney had been in the business for

576
00:32:33.680 --> 00:32:36.000
over a decade, and by now had put most of

577
00:32:36.079 --> 00:32:39.240
his incredible work on television behind him to focus on

578
00:32:39.319 --> 00:32:40.079
his film music.

579
00:32:40.160 --> 00:32:40.440
Career.

580
00:32:41.680 --> 00:32:44.079
During the year two thousand, John Debney had no less

581
00:32:44.200 --> 00:32:47.960
than four film scores to complete. The Julie Andrews William

582
00:32:48.000 --> 00:32:52.440
Baldwin film Relative Values, the animated Disney film The Emperor's

583
00:32:52.480 --> 00:32:56.240
New Groove, the Imax documentary Michael Jordan to the Max,

584
00:32:56.799 --> 00:33:00.559
and this film one of the most experimental, the Howard

585
00:33:00.640 --> 00:33:05.480
Deutch directed sports comedy The Replacements. The film about a

586
00:33:05.559 --> 00:33:08.920
fictional football team who won three replacement games without any

587
00:33:09.000 --> 00:33:11.119
of their regular players and went on to win Super

588
00:33:11.160 --> 00:33:14.200
Bowl twenty two, would prove to be a challenge for Debney.

589
00:33:15.079 --> 00:33:17.920
His only previous sports film was the nineteen ninety four's

590
00:33:18.079 --> 00:33:21.240
Little Giants, but that was a family film requiring a

591
00:33:21.400 --> 00:33:25.880
fully orchestral score. The Replacements was a whole different style

592
00:33:25.960 --> 00:33:29.480
of film together and required a whole different style of

593
00:33:29.599 --> 00:33:32.200
music to go along with it. This was a fast

594
00:33:32.279 --> 00:33:36.279
paced film, one that needed a high octane score, and

595
00:33:36.440 --> 00:33:40.160
Debney delivered just that, bringing a techno pop feel to

596
00:33:40.240 --> 00:33:43.720
his music, dotting the music with catchy danced beats and

597
00:33:43.880 --> 00:33:47.880
rock songs, but never fully forgetting his orchestral background, with

598
00:33:47.960 --> 00:33:51.000
some beautiful dramatic pieces full of singing brass and soft

599
00:33:51.079 --> 00:33:56.279
and beautiful flutes and woodwinds. The soundtrack to The Replacement

600
00:33:56.319 --> 00:33:59.519
has only ever been released once by Very Sarah Band Records,

601
00:33:59.559 --> 00:34:02.039
back in stace of Timber of two thousand, just a

602
00:34:02.079 --> 00:34:05.880
few weeks after the film. It is a compilation album

603
00:34:06.279 --> 00:34:09.360
containing about thirty minutes of musical score by John Debney,

604
00:34:09.880 --> 00:34:13.119
hitting the majority of musical cues by the composer, along

605
00:34:13.199 --> 00:34:15.119
with songs that were heard in the film such as

606
00:34:15.159 --> 00:34:19.159
Second Chance by Bette Domrose, bust a Move by Young MC,

607
00:34:19.639 --> 00:34:21.760
rock and Roll Part Two by Gary Glitter, and I

608
00:34:21.880 --> 00:34:25.480
Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor. The CD opens with a

609
00:34:25.599 --> 00:34:29.960
track titled Replacements Remix, which is an odd six minutes

610
00:34:30.039 --> 00:34:32.280
piece hitting most of the main themes DeBie created for

611
00:34:32.360 --> 00:34:35.800
the film with a pulse pounding techno rock heat, synth

612
00:34:35.880 --> 00:34:39.639
elements and a bit of dialogue from the film. It's

613
00:34:39.679 --> 00:34:42.880
an interesting choice to start the album. I would have

614
00:34:42.920 --> 00:34:44.840
placed it at the end because it's a great way

615
00:34:44.880 --> 00:34:47.079
of getting the feel of Debutye's music for the film

616
00:34:47.239 --> 00:34:51.360
all in one go. A few of the highlights from

617
00:34:51.440 --> 00:34:54.679
this score includes the piece Falco, which was a soft

618
00:34:55.079 --> 00:34:59.079
orchestral cue which contains the film's softer emotional core and

619
00:34:59.119 --> 00:35:03.480
showcasing DeBie talent for creating a lovely emotional tone for

620
00:35:03.559 --> 00:35:07.039
the lighter sides of the film. Strings and woodwinds play

621
00:35:07.079 --> 00:35:08.840
a calm version of some of the themes that we

622
00:35:08.920 --> 00:35:12.599
heard briefly in that remix cue. Debby paired with musician

623
00:35:12.679 --> 00:35:16.519
and guitarist Mark Henry Banella of the group Font forty

624
00:35:16.559 --> 00:35:19.519
to eight for a couple of cues, including the songs

625
00:35:19.840 --> 00:35:23.800
The Look in Your Eyes and strike Breakers. Banilla would

626
00:35:23.840 --> 00:35:26.360
work again with Debney on the film Was a Scorpion King,

627
00:35:27.079 --> 00:35:31.079
Spider Man two, and iron Man two. It's an interesting

628
00:35:31.199 --> 00:35:34.960
mix orchestral rock and techno sound that are highly energetic

629
00:35:35.239 --> 00:35:37.880
and very different from anything that Debney has done before

630
00:35:37.960 --> 00:35:40.599
in his scores. My favorite piece for the score, though,

631
00:35:40.679 --> 00:35:43.599
is entitled The Dallas Game and is a hard hitting

632
00:35:43.800 --> 00:35:56.000
cue with tense stringwork and a driving, energetic rhythm. It's

633
00:35:56.039 --> 00:35:58.880
the beginning of a new style and sound that Debney

634
00:35:58.880 --> 00:36:00.639
would return a few more times in the future in

635
00:36:00.679 --> 00:36:04.599
films like Spy Kids, Sin City, and especially Iron Man two.

636
00:36:06.880 --> 00:36:09.400
Director Howard deutch Will returned to work with John Debney

637
00:36:09.440 --> 00:36:12.000
two more times for the two thousand and four comedy

638
00:36:12.079 --> 00:36:14.599
The Whole Ten Yards and then again in two thousand

639
00:36:14.639 --> 00:36:18.360
and eight for My Best Friend's Girl. While The Replacements

640
00:36:18.400 --> 00:36:21.400
may have received mixed reviews for the film upon its release,

641
00:36:21.719 --> 00:36:25.079
one thing that was praised was John Debbee's innovation and

642
00:36:25.280 --> 00:36:29.280
unique musical storytelling that he delivered, proving his value as

643
00:36:29.320 --> 00:36:31.800
a composer that can deliver the necessary energy and emotion

644
00:36:32.000 --> 00:36:35.239
needed and a musical genius. Quickly moving up the ranks

645
00:36:35.280 --> 00:36:38.440
to stand next to the legendary greats in film music.

646
00:36:39.920 --> 00:36:42.039
Debney had already won a place in My Heart and

647
00:36:42.239 --> 00:36:45.800
My Soundtrack shelf years before with such incredible television scoring

648
00:36:46.000 --> 00:36:49.920
like The Young Writers, SEQUESTDSB Star Trek, The Next Generation

649
00:36:50.079 --> 00:36:52.800
and Doctor Who, and his scores for the Replacement sits

650
00:36:52.880 --> 00:36:56.079
proudly among them, getting an occasional re listen when I'm

651
00:36:56.079 --> 00:36:57.840
in the mood for something a little different.

652
00:37:01.480 --> 00:37:06.599
Well, Garrett, that's one guy you always want in your lineup.

653
00:37:07.119 --> 00:37:10.480
Wayne Whited giving us yet another amazing scoring session. Wayne,

654
00:37:10.480 --> 00:37:11.920
thank you very much for that. We appreciate you.

655
00:37:12.480 --> 00:37:16.000
I mean, just how much you can tell Hey enjoys

656
00:37:16.440 --> 00:37:17.800
talking about film scores.

657
00:37:18.920 --> 00:37:20.760
You know, It's one of those things it just warms

658
00:37:20.800 --> 00:37:23.719
your heart. It's like this man right here, he gets it.

659
00:37:24.000 --> 00:37:26.960
I absolutely love that Wayne makes time for us on

660
00:37:27.639 --> 00:37:29.880
a film by to do these for us. But tell

661
00:37:29.920 --> 00:37:32.440
you what we're gonna do. We're gonna take another break,

662
00:37:33.320 --> 00:37:36.639
and when we come back, we'll talk noteworthy scenes and

663
00:37:36.679 --> 00:37:40.000
the pivotal moment. But for all of you listening to

664
00:37:40.079 --> 00:37:44.760
today's episode on Patreon, like Brad Moore, there is no

665
00:37:44.920 --> 00:37:47.519
break because we're going to take a minute to discuss

666
00:37:47.559 --> 00:37:51.559
our top five favorite football movies. This portion of the

667
00:37:51.599 --> 00:37:55.360
show is only available on Patreon, so we'll see you there,

668
00:37:56.079 --> 00:37:58.559
or for those of you not on Patreon with us,

669
00:37:58.760 --> 00:38:04.800
we'll see you right after this break. All right, welcome back.

670
00:38:05.559 --> 00:38:08.440
Those of you on Patreon. We didn't go anywhere. We're

671
00:38:08.480 --> 00:38:10.719
still here. But for those of you that are not

672
00:38:10.840 --> 00:38:14.400
on Patreon, we just had ourselves a pretty fun conversation.

673
00:38:16.000 --> 00:38:19.559
Well we didn't have the fun conversation. Apparently a couple

674
00:38:19.559 --> 00:38:22.880
of pros across the picket line and we got their

675
00:38:23.280 --> 00:38:27.960
top five football movies. So but you know, hey, Garrett,

676
00:38:28.559 --> 00:38:30.280
even you and I need to hit the bench once

677
00:38:30.280 --> 00:38:30.960
in a while, right.

678
00:38:31.519 --> 00:38:33.199
Every now and then, it's good. Take a seat.

679
00:38:34.840 --> 00:38:38.159
Let's talk about some of the noteworthy scenes here. I

680
00:38:38.199 --> 00:38:40.519
don't know if there's a pivotal moment as much as

681
00:38:40.559 --> 00:38:44.920
there's a favorite moment. But I want to start off

682
00:38:45.000 --> 00:38:46.800
with throwing up in the huddle.

683
00:38:47.679 --> 00:38:51.920
Yes, it's like, what the hell are these guys doing

684
00:38:53.159 --> 00:38:56.079
the fact that Orlando Jones is like, hey, we need

685
00:38:56.199 --> 00:38:58.880
to move, He's like, we're in the huddle.

686
00:39:01.000 --> 00:39:02.960
Immediately vomits as well.

687
00:39:03.960 --> 00:39:06.960
And then Brian Murphy's over here and he's doing the

688
00:39:07.039 --> 00:39:09.400
hand signing of he's about to puke as well, and

689
00:39:09.559 --> 00:39:12.400
it's like, everyone move on three.

690
00:39:13.920 --> 00:39:17.400
It's absolutely fantastic. Yeah, that that little twinkletoes group move

691
00:39:17.480 --> 00:39:20.239
that they do that reminds you of like Fred Flintstone

692
00:39:20.719 --> 00:39:23.280
he does. Yes, it's oh man, I laugh every time

693
00:39:23.320 --> 00:39:23.679
I see it.

694
00:39:24.039 --> 00:39:25.920
Past summer, I was like, John, have you ever seen

695
00:39:25.960 --> 00:39:28.679
anything like this? He's like, not on a football field, not.

696
00:39:28.920 --> 00:39:33.559
On a football field. You mentioned the uh, the jail scene.

697
00:39:34.320 --> 00:39:37.079
So we got a nice little combo here. There's a

698
00:39:37.159 --> 00:39:40.679
bar fight that leads to what might be the greatest

699
00:39:40.760 --> 00:39:44.960
jail scene ever. We got. We got the you know,

700
00:39:45.039 --> 00:39:47.000
the pros are here, you know, they get they get

701
00:39:47.000 --> 00:39:49.920
their asses kicked in their first game. They're kind of

702
00:39:49.960 --> 00:39:54.639
licking their wounds and in Annabelle's pub and here come

703
00:39:54.719 --> 00:39:58.239
the pros just to talk shit and kick them while

704
00:39:58.239 --> 00:40:02.400
they're down, and it leads to a fantastic bar fight.

705
00:40:03.559 --> 00:40:06.119
You know, they get they get locked up, and this

706
00:40:06.239 --> 00:40:09.199
is that, this is that that that trope where this

707
00:40:09.440 --> 00:40:14.159
dysfunctional team needs to come together somehow, Someway, did you

708
00:40:14.239 --> 00:40:18.400
ever suspect that they're gonna come together by singing and

709
00:40:18.559 --> 00:40:21.119
dancing to Gloria Gainers? I will survive.

710
00:40:22.079 --> 00:40:23.599
I would never have guessed that.

711
00:40:24.280 --> 00:40:27.840
But this is one of those scenes where everyone on

712
00:40:27.960 --> 00:40:31.280
the team finally comes together. You have that brotherhood moment

713
00:40:31.400 --> 00:40:34.800
to where you guys just kick these guys' asses and

714
00:40:34.920 --> 00:40:38.320
now you're getting to share some alone time with the boys,

715
00:40:39.239 --> 00:40:43.480
and you know, I think this is probably my favorite

716
00:40:44.280 --> 00:40:45.800
favorite scene in the film.

717
00:40:45.840 --> 00:40:47.639
I've got to say, Yeah.

718
00:40:48.199 --> 00:40:51.840
Orlando Jones, who's kind of like he's he's talking the lyrics,

719
00:40:52.599 --> 00:40:54.760
you know, because like you were hide behind the jukebox.

720
00:40:54.800 --> 00:40:56.320
He's like, hey, man, at first I was afraid.

721
00:40:56.960 --> 00:40:59.199
I was petrified, and I was petrified.

722
00:41:01.920 --> 00:41:04.920
Think about how you I couldn't have you living with you,

723
00:41:05.079 --> 00:41:07.960
without you by my side. And then you know, everyone

724
00:41:08.079 --> 00:41:10.719
kind of comes together anytime you get a group of

725
00:41:10.800 --> 00:41:14.239
people that aren't getting along and they come together by

726
00:41:14.400 --> 00:41:18.639
singing something. Singing the song you know, maybe maybe almost

727
00:41:18.719 --> 00:41:23.360
famous as the probably the perfect version of this Tiny

728
00:41:23.440 --> 00:41:28.360
Dancer on the Bush. But seeing these guys in jail

729
00:41:28.639 --> 00:41:32.519
all singing I Will Survive, which is kind of like

730
00:41:32.559 --> 00:41:33.679
a lady's power anthem.

731
00:41:34.679 --> 00:41:37.519
The I want to say, one of the top like

732
00:41:37.719 --> 00:41:39.239
disco tracks of all time.

733
00:41:39.719 --> 00:41:42.280
Yeah, maybe the maybe the number one track of all time. Yeah,

734
00:41:42.320 --> 00:41:44.800
did you recognize now, Garrett? I know you're no stranger

735
00:41:44.840 --> 00:41:48.679
to the clubs and the bar scene from from uh Yesteryear,

736
00:41:48.800 --> 00:41:51.880
but did you recognize the dance that they were doing?

737
00:41:52.360 --> 00:41:54.079
Because if you've been if you were out of any

738
00:41:54.119 --> 00:41:56.119
club in the in the eighties and nineties, if you've

739
00:41:56.239 --> 00:41:59.079
if you've been at any wedding in the last thirty years,

740
00:41:59.400 --> 00:42:01.239
you've got to know this this dance.

741
00:42:02.159 --> 00:42:05.639
Man, I I don't know that I'm blanking right now.

742
00:42:05.719 --> 00:42:10.280
What we got The Washington Sentinels were doing the electric slide.

743
00:42:11.000 --> 00:42:17.199
Oh my gosh, Okay, maybe the easiest line dance to learn, Like, yeah,

744
00:42:17.239 --> 00:42:18.519
I think that's like the go to like, Hey, I

745
00:42:18.559 --> 00:42:19.960
don't know how to do this, now just watch me

746
00:42:20.039 --> 00:42:23.039
for like ten seconds and you'll be fun anyone. You know,

747
00:42:23.159 --> 00:42:25.239
I can't dance, but I can do the electric slide,

748
00:42:25.280 --> 00:42:25.800
so that tells you.

749
00:42:26.440 --> 00:42:31.519
But my favorite part about that is where, you know,

750
00:42:32.440 --> 00:42:35.119
the coach comes in and they're all getting bailed out

751
00:42:35.159 --> 00:42:37.639
and they all like realize he's there and stop dancing

752
00:42:37.719 --> 00:42:41.599
after he says something, and then David denhams just Denman

753
00:42:41.679 --> 00:42:45.119
still over there, just dancing like tapp him like, hey stop,

754
00:42:45.400 --> 00:42:46.760
he stop stopping coach here.

755
00:42:49.159 --> 00:42:53.079
How about uh, we get that play where the Japanese guy,

756
00:42:53.119 --> 00:42:57.639
the sumo wrestler Yumiko, Yes, runs it in. You know

757
00:42:57.840 --> 00:42:59.760
what wasn't supposed to happen. He runs it in for

758
00:42:59.800 --> 00:43:02.320
a down. John Madden, I love to see a fat

759
00:43:02.360 --> 00:43:05.400
guy score. You get a fat guy spike, you get

760
00:43:05.440 --> 00:43:10.199
a fat guy dance again, quick moment. Anytime you can

761
00:43:10.239 --> 00:43:12.119
get Madden or some are all to give us a

762
00:43:12.159 --> 00:43:13.440
little SoundBite, it's perfect.

763
00:43:13.559 --> 00:43:16.159
Yeah movie, It's truly amazing.

764
00:43:17.400 --> 00:43:21.519
And that leads me to maybe my favorite Pat Summer

765
00:43:21.519 --> 00:43:27.800
all John Madden commentary. We get Falco and Annabelle. She's

766
00:43:27.840 --> 00:43:31.039
closing up shop in the bar and you're like, you know,

767
00:43:31.280 --> 00:43:34.159
the police is playing lowly in the background. Every breath

768
00:43:34.199 --> 00:43:36.760
you take and you're like, come on, you've got to

769
00:43:36.880 --> 00:43:41.199
kiss her. And meanwhile you've got commentary happening by some

770
00:43:41.400 --> 00:43:44.639
aere All and Madden. But he's going in for it.

771
00:43:44.800 --> 00:43:46.719
He's going in for it, pat you know, like their

772
00:43:47.039 --> 00:43:52.639
commentary makes what could have been an ordinary, you know,

773
00:43:53.960 --> 00:43:58.440
tender moment just still tender and still still a little sexy,

774
00:43:58.519 --> 00:44:01.079
but also some them to have fun with him laugh.

775
00:44:01.039 --> 00:44:04.360
At it is just because he's like one good play

776
00:44:04.480 --> 00:44:06.000
here and he's back in the ball game.

777
00:44:06.400 --> 00:44:13.320
Yeah, yeah, that's that might be one of my favorite

778
00:44:13.360 --> 00:44:16.199
moments in this and it's hard to beat the jail

779
00:44:16.280 --> 00:44:20.159
scene with him doing I Will Survive. But let's take

780
00:44:20.199 --> 00:44:25.000
a moment where not something to laugh at. You get

781
00:44:25.760 --> 00:44:30.079
ed O'Neill. You know, Jack Warden telling telling Jimmy McGuinty, Hey,

782
00:44:30.920 --> 00:44:35.000
the players are back across the picket line. You know, Martel,

783
00:44:35.079 --> 00:44:37.320
who's this douchebag of a quarterback. I don't know who

784
00:44:37.360 --> 00:44:38.719
they I don't know who they are basing him on

785
00:44:38.760 --> 00:44:42.119
because I couldn't find anything where Now, you know, I

786
00:44:42.280 --> 00:44:44.719
think they're being kind, like we're not basing him off.

787
00:44:44.760 --> 00:44:48.199
He's just he's just playing like the typical douchebag villain,

788
00:44:48.440 --> 00:44:53.920
you know, yep, But Jimmy's got to take Falco out. Falco,

789
00:44:54.039 --> 00:44:56.679
who is I feel like Keanu Reeves is just playing

790
00:44:56.760 --> 00:44:59.239
himself because he's like one of the nicest people in

791
00:44:59.320 --> 00:44:59.679
the world.

792
00:45:00.239 --> 00:45:03.320
He is, and he's trying to build up everyone around him, like, hey,

793
00:45:03.440 --> 00:45:05.840
you know, you're great, We're gonna do great. We just

794
00:45:05.920 --> 00:45:09.079
got work together, and they actually start doing that, and

795
00:45:09.199 --> 00:45:12.079
then kind of like what Gene Hackman says is he's

796
00:45:12.159 --> 00:45:15.199
the heart of this team. He took away what was

797
00:45:15.280 --> 00:45:19.559
pomping blood and energy and everything positive into these gentlemen.

798
00:45:19.920 --> 00:45:21.119
He took that away from him.

799
00:45:21.400 --> 00:45:26.400
Falco won't even say a bad word about Martel. He's like, well, listen,

800
00:45:26.480 --> 00:45:30.480
he's he's the best. He's the best quarterback. The team

801
00:45:30.599 --> 00:45:33.079
needs the best. He's he's he's got.

802
00:45:33.000 --> 00:45:33.559
It and not you know.

803
00:45:34.519 --> 00:45:36.440
Hagman's like, no, he didn't. He doesn't have the heart.

804
00:45:37.000 --> 00:45:40.119
That's what you've got, man. That's a that's a harsh

805
00:45:40.280 --> 00:45:41.920
that's a harsh scene. It's it just breaks your heart

806
00:45:41.920 --> 00:45:42.760
every time you have to watch it.

807
00:45:43.519 --> 00:45:44.159
It really does.

808
00:45:44.320 --> 00:45:47.760
Because he's so excited out there running QB drills while

809
00:45:48.199 --> 00:45:51.000
Gene Hackman's approaching him. He's out there on the field

810
00:45:51.000 --> 00:45:52.840
and talking about what they're going to do against Dallas

811
00:45:52.920 --> 00:45:55.960
on Sunday, and then he has to drop that on him.

812
00:45:56.000 --> 00:45:57.760
So it's it's heart ranching.

813
00:45:58.280 --> 00:46:03.360
Yeah, quick question, you know, because Falco makes some amazing plays,

814
00:46:03.440 --> 00:46:06.079
But there's one play I don't understand. Why do you

815
00:46:06.239 --> 00:46:09.800
stand Annabelle up on the date? We cut to her,

816
00:46:09.960 --> 00:46:14.199
she's candlelight dinner, she's crying. I mean, in real life,

817
00:46:14.480 --> 00:46:20.480
you're not gonna stand up the gorgeous, funny, amazing cheerleader.

818
00:46:20.800 --> 00:46:23.079
You're you're gonna go to and be like, hey, you

819
00:46:23.159 --> 00:46:25.719
know they benched me like you you gotta go, you know,

820
00:46:25.920 --> 00:46:28.639
lick your wounds and let let's let's let your lady

821
00:46:28.679 --> 00:46:30.119
take care of you, right you can?

822
00:46:31.639 --> 00:46:32.840
I would think so.

823
00:46:33.480 --> 00:46:36.519
And I think maybe the reason they did this is

824
00:46:36.719 --> 00:46:39.679
kind of this is what he did after the bowl game.

825
00:46:40.280 --> 00:46:44.000
He just went off by himself, secluded himself and then

826
00:46:44.119 --> 00:46:46.719
kind of just gave up on everything. And I think

827
00:46:46.760 --> 00:46:49.199
that's what they were kind of basing it off of.

828
00:46:49.360 --> 00:46:52.280
But no, you would not do that, now, Okay, I

829
00:46:52.320 --> 00:46:53.199
think I think you're right.

830
00:46:53.280 --> 00:46:55.199
I think they had to tie it back to like

831
00:46:55.360 --> 00:46:59.199
his his meltdown in the bowl game. Yeah, that makes sense. Okay,

832
00:47:00.000 --> 00:47:02.320
I want to talk about one more scene. Maybe it's

833
00:47:02.320 --> 00:47:06.320
a pivotal moment. I don't know. It's definitely my favorite moment.

834
00:47:07.199 --> 00:47:10.960
So Martella come back, not the reception he gets he's

835
00:47:10.960 --> 00:47:14.559
expecting from the fans, teams not gelling with him's throwing

836
00:47:14.599 --> 00:47:18.480
his weight around. McGinty says, you're out because Falco has

837
00:47:18.639 --> 00:47:22.519
just shown up. Because Martel's like, I can't beat Dallas

838
00:47:22.559 --> 00:47:26.719
with these losers, and Shane Falco, I can't. Yeah, and

839
00:47:26.800 --> 00:47:30.199
you're like, here we go. Suit up. Every football movie

840
00:47:30.800 --> 00:47:36.239
has that excellent, memorable quote that the quarterback's got to

841
00:47:36.239 --> 00:47:39.159
give in the huddle. Oh yeah, every one of them

842
00:47:39.199 --> 00:47:42.199
does it. Falco has one of the best, if not

843
00:47:42.320 --> 00:47:48.679
the best, Keanu Reeves telling us, I know you're tired,

844
00:47:49.199 --> 00:47:51.320
I know you're hurting, and I wish I could say

845
00:47:51.360 --> 00:47:54.639
something that was classy and inspirational. That just wouldn't be

846
00:47:54.679 --> 00:48:07.559
our style. Payne Heels to Scars, Glory last forever, Right

847
00:48:07.639 --> 00:48:15.679
on pain Heels Chicks dig Scars Glory lasts forever. Dude.

848
00:48:16.559 --> 00:48:18.519
At this point, they can win the game or they

849
00:48:18.519 --> 00:48:20.960
could have lost the game, and it doesn't matter, because

850
00:48:21.039 --> 00:48:25.519
that is where you're like, hell, yes, this is awesome,

851
00:48:25.679 --> 00:48:28.719
let's see what you're gonna do. Fantastic moment. I love

852
00:48:28.800 --> 00:48:29.199
that moment.

853
00:48:30.119 --> 00:48:34.719
It's truly amazing. I loved that because you're expecting this

854
00:48:34.880 --> 00:48:38.360
big QB speech. They're coming back at halftime, they're down

855
00:48:38.519 --> 00:48:40.920
I think seventeen points at the point in time, and

856
00:48:42.000 --> 00:48:45.920
he just comes in and delivers exactly something a knucklehead

857
00:48:45.960 --> 00:48:48.800
would say to a bunch of other knuckleheads and get

858
00:48:48.840 --> 00:48:49.840
them fired right back.

859
00:48:49.920 --> 00:48:51.599
I was like, yeah, now we're taking this.

860
00:48:52.440 --> 00:48:59.400
It's a fantastic film from a fantastic director, Howard Deutsch. So, Garrett,

861
00:49:00.360 --> 00:49:07.039
if someone was unfamiliar with the filmography of Howard Deutsch,

862
00:49:07.800 --> 00:49:09.840
they watched The Replacements, they say, hey, this was an

863
00:49:09.840 --> 00:49:13.719
awesome movie. What else has this guy done? Which three

864
00:49:14.920 --> 00:49:18.840
films or say television projects would you suggest they watch.

865
00:49:20.400 --> 00:49:23.559
I would start earlier in his career by far with

866
00:49:23.719 --> 00:49:27.679
Pretty in Pink. Just such such a classic eighties film,

867
00:49:27.880 --> 00:49:31.079
Molly Ringwald. If you haven't seen it, it is definitely

868
00:49:31.199 --> 00:49:31.880
worth the watch.

869
00:49:32.679 --> 00:49:35.360
That is such a fantastic film. We covered it on

870
00:49:35.639 --> 00:49:39.440
our limited nineteen eighty six series. I think we had

871
00:49:39.480 --> 00:49:44.199
our special correspondent Jenna Jenna Stewart with us, which was

872
00:49:45.239 --> 00:49:47.760
a great time. But that movie, man, that's one of

873
00:49:47.800 --> 00:49:50.719
those I would put that maybe as like a top

874
00:49:50.800 --> 00:49:54.400
ten eighties film. If you're going overall eighties, yes, saying

875
00:49:54.639 --> 00:49:58.119
action or not saying you know nothing, no specific genre.

876
00:49:58.159 --> 00:49:59.880
But if you're going like top ten of all time,

877
00:50:00.880 --> 00:50:03.760
you got you gotta represent the one for the ladies

878
00:50:03.800 --> 00:50:07.039
out there and pretty in pink. You know the Duckman. Yep,

879
00:50:07.639 --> 00:50:10.559
you know James Spader, who is the essence school in

880
00:50:10.559 --> 00:50:14.599
the nineteen eighties, he was, Yeah, good choice. I'm with you.

881
00:50:14.639 --> 00:50:16.320
I would definitely make that one of my three picks.

882
00:50:17.599 --> 00:50:20.800
For number two, I would have to go with John

883
00:50:20.920 --> 00:50:24.519
Candy and Dan Aykroyd's classic The Great Outdoors.

884
00:50:25.800 --> 00:50:28.480
I am right there with you, Okay, Why why is

885
00:50:28.519 --> 00:50:31.079
this one? Why is this someone make your list? Aside

886
00:50:31.079 --> 00:50:32.599
from the fact that's just amazing.

887
00:50:33.159 --> 00:50:36.440
Such a great film, But my dad loved this film

888
00:50:36.840 --> 00:50:40.039
growing up, and I don't know, it just had me

889
00:50:40.239 --> 00:50:43.159
laughing from start to finish. Every time that they get

890
00:50:43.239 --> 00:50:45.880
in it with into the bear scene.

891
00:50:45.679 --> 00:50:49.079
Or anything like that. It just had me dying as

892
00:50:49.119 --> 00:50:52.320
a kid. And then that's just stuck with me ever since.

893
00:50:52.400 --> 00:50:56.559
So such a classic for me, that fireplace story that

894
00:50:56.639 --> 00:51:01.199
John Candy gives them, you know, the all headed killer

895
00:51:01.280 --> 00:51:03.639
Bear of Claire County, the way he does it, and

896
00:51:03.800 --> 00:51:06.519
just the reactions that Deutsch is getting from the kids

897
00:51:06.599 --> 00:51:08.880
and the you know, the wives on the you know,

898
00:51:09.199 --> 00:51:10.840
maybe we shouldn't tell the story. It's gonna give us,

899
00:51:11.280 --> 00:51:13.360
it's gonna give a nightmares. No, no, no, As I said,

900
00:51:13.840 --> 00:51:15.199
it may save their life one day.

901
00:51:15.400 --> 00:51:16.199
They need to hear it.

902
00:51:17.079 --> 00:51:21.119
They need to hear it. Dan Akeroyd and John Candy

903
00:51:21.960 --> 00:51:24.239
at their best. I love that film, man, It's it

904
00:51:24.360 --> 00:51:26.519
makes it makes me want to go on that kind

905
00:51:26.519 --> 00:51:26.960
of vacation.

906
00:51:27.840 --> 00:51:31.039
It really does, right, Yeah, yeah, yeah, fantastic.

907
00:51:31.039 --> 00:51:32.800
I'm right there with you. I'm two for two with you.

908
00:51:32.800 --> 00:51:34.400
You know, let's let's se if we're gonna go three

909
00:51:34.440 --> 00:51:34.840
for three here.

910
00:51:36.000 --> 00:51:39.039
I'm going to branch away from his films and then

911
00:51:39.360 --> 00:51:43.840
go over to a show that was on HBO. He

912
00:51:43.920 --> 00:51:47.480
had done two episodes for him, but absolutely loved both

913
00:51:47.559 --> 00:51:49.360
episodes he did for Tales.

914
00:51:49.119 --> 00:51:49.639
From the Crypt.

915
00:51:50.480 --> 00:51:51.880
Deutsch did Tales from the Crypt.

916
00:51:52.760 --> 00:51:53.760
He absolutely did.

917
00:51:53.880 --> 00:51:58.000
Had one episode in nineteen eighty nine called Only Sin Deep,

918
00:51:58.199 --> 00:52:01.199
and then he had a follow up episode in nineteen

919
00:52:01.320 --> 00:52:06.320
ninety called Dead Right, and I've got to tell you

920
00:52:06.519 --> 00:52:11.320
both episodes truly amazing. And I might be a little

921
00:52:11.360 --> 00:52:14.679
biased just because I love that series so much, but yeah, yeah,

922
00:52:14.719 --> 00:52:16.440
I love both of his episodes.

923
00:52:16.679 --> 00:52:19.320
I love I love the series. I know it's available

924
00:52:19.920 --> 00:52:22.639
on I want to say it's available on DVD, YEP,

925
00:52:22.719 --> 00:52:27.760
and so far, any episode I've tried to find on YouTube,

926
00:52:28.199 --> 00:52:29.320
I have found on YouTube.

927
00:52:29.320 --> 00:52:29.559
I know.

928
00:52:31.480 --> 00:52:34.159
When we were talking to Bill Paxton did when we

929
00:52:34.239 --> 00:52:37.679
did our tribute Bill Paxton episode, there was an episode

930
00:52:37.679 --> 00:52:40.639
that he did that I went back and watched. I've

931
00:52:40.719 --> 00:52:42.119
got to find these now. I'm gonna have to look

932
00:52:42.159 --> 00:52:44.480
these up because I know I've seen them because I've

933
00:52:44.519 --> 00:52:46.199
seen the whole series and I love the whole series.

934
00:52:46.280 --> 00:52:48.159
But now I need to go back and get a

935
00:52:48.239 --> 00:52:51.480
rewatch because you tell me that Howard Deutsche did tell

936
00:52:51.519 --> 00:52:53.920
us in the Crypt. It just doesn't fit, you know,

937
00:52:54.000 --> 00:52:57.599
because he's, you know, early on he's our John Hughes guy,

938
00:52:57.960 --> 00:53:00.559
and then he does he's mainly like a comedy.

939
00:53:00.320 --> 00:53:03.119
Guy, because I know he really is, you know.

940
00:53:03.320 --> 00:53:06.039
I know we didn't talk about this, but I feel

941
00:53:06.039 --> 00:53:08.719
like when you need a sequel to a comedy. He's

942
00:53:08.760 --> 00:53:10.760
the guy you call because he did Grumpy Old Men.

943
00:53:11.679 --> 00:53:15.639
He did The Whole ten Yards. I think there's another one,

944
00:53:16.199 --> 00:53:17.519
you know. I know I'm missing.

945
00:53:18.119 --> 00:53:23.119
Grumpy Old Man the Whole ten Yards and oh my gosh,

946
00:53:23.199 --> 00:53:26.119
I'm gonna kick myself if I don't remember this. But

947
00:53:26.519 --> 00:53:29.760
the funny little thing before I get too far away

948
00:53:29.840 --> 00:53:34.559
from it Brett Colwan, the guy that played uh, oh

949
00:53:34.599 --> 00:53:39.360
my gosh, I forgot his name, the jerk quarterback in this.

950
00:53:40.320 --> 00:53:41.599
Oh yeah, the guy plays Martel.

951
00:53:42.199 --> 00:53:46.639
Yes, he is in the episode only Cindy, which is hilarious.

952
00:53:46.960 --> 00:53:49.320
Okay, so that expends why why he's showing up here?

953
00:53:49.480 --> 00:53:51.559
Oh it was the odd couple.

954
00:53:51.599 --> 00:53:55.039
Two there, it is the odd couple too. Yep, all right,

955
00:53:55.440 --> 00:53:55.880
all right.

956
00:53:55.840 --> 00:53:57.800
So tell us of the Crypt. Not a not a

957
00:53:57.840 --> 00:54:01.760
bad way to go, you know, now I think about it,

958
00:54:02.159 --> 00:54:06.559
I think Deutsch did one of the seasons of American

959
00:54:06.599 --> 00:54:07.119
Horror Story.

960
00:54:07.840 --> 00:54:09.840
He did, Yes, maybe maybe was it freak Show that

961
00:54:09.920 --> 00:54:12.000
he did or was it, I want to say this

962
00:54:12.079 --> 00:54:12.800
freak show yep?

963
00:54:12.920 --> 00:54:15.039
Or was it Coven? He might have done both, so

964
00:54:15.119 --> 00:54:17.039
maybe maybe him doing tales some of the Crypt makes sense.

965
00:54:17.119 --> 00:54:21.719
But I'm gonna I'm gonna pivot here from you. I'm

966
00:54:21.719 --> 00:54:25.239
gonna I'm gonna keep my list like solid early Deutsch.

967
00:54:26.119 --> 00:54:27.599
I gotta go with the movie that he met his

968
00:54:27.639 --> 00:54:31.519
wife on some kind of wonderful Okay, I like it.

969
00:54:32.239 --> 00:54:35.400
It's a fantastic film. I mean, truthfully, there's there's no

970
00:54:35.519 --> 00:54:39.199
bad choices when you're when you're talking about this guy's filmography. Honestly, no, no, not,

971
00:54:39.480 --> 00:54:41.880
it's solid all the way through. Well, Garrett, I have

972
00:54:42.039 --> 00:54:47.159
to believe your recommendation for this movie will be solid.

973
00:54:48.159 --> 00:54:51.800
Uh. Well, I could not score this movie any higher.

974
00:54:51.960 --> 00:54:53.880
If I had to score it, I would say on

975
00:54:54.000 --> 00:54:56.719
a scoreboard, it would be twenty to seventeen. Is how

976
00:54:56.719 --> 00:54:58.599
I would do this one. They would add you out

977
00:54:58.639 --> 00:55:00.400
the competition like that.

978
00:55:01.159 --> 00:55:03.679
It's available to rent on most streaming channels. I watched

979
00:55:03.679 --> 00:55:06.119
it on Prime. I know it's on Blu Ray, but

980
00:55:06.199 --> 00:55:08.280
I'm kind of holding out for a good four K release.

981
00:55:08.320 --> 00:55:13.079
I keep hoping we're gonna get something, you know, with

982
00:55:13.840 --> 00:55:16.639
some more, some more to put on the scoreboard. But

983
00:55:16.719 --> 00:55:20.880
we'll see listeners. What do you think of the replacements?

984
00:55:21.400 --> 00:55:25.320
Have you seen it? Is it among your favorite football movies?

985
00:55:26.039 --> 00:55:27.679
You can let us know on social media you'll find

986
00:55:27.719 --> 00:55:31.239
us on Facebook, Instagram, and x You can check out

987
00:55:32.199 --> 00:55:36.039
www dot a film by podcast dot com, where all

988
00:55:36.079 --> 00:55:39.719
of our episodes you'll find links to where they're streaming free.

989
00:55:40.400 --> 00:55:44.800
It's also several film and television articles. And Garrett, I

990
00:55:44.920 --> 00:55:46.360
want to say, a couple of seasons ago, I did

991
00:55:46.400 --> 00:55:49.920
a eleven eleven football movies you want in the Huddle?

992
00:55:50.599 --> 00:55:52.599
So yeah, yeah, check it out.

993
00:55:53.519 --> 00:55:55.880
But yeah, it's all there. You can write to us

994
00:55:55.920 --> 00:55:58.159
at a film by Podcast at gmail dot com with

995
00:55:58.280 --> 00:56:01.320
your questions, comments and concern We may just read your

996
00:56:01.320 --> 00:56:03.119
response on the show and send you some of a

997
00:56:03.159 --> 00:56:07.159
film by swag. Well, Garrett, always a pleasure to have

998
00:56:07.280 --> 00:56:09.679
you back. I know you'll be back later this month

999
00:56:10.039 --> 00:56:14.679
to discuss one of your favorite Sam Raimi films. And

1000
00:56:14.960 --> 00:56:17.480
something tells me I don't need a fortune teller to

1001
00:56:17.639 --> 00:56:19.559
reveal which film we're talking about.

1002
00:56:20.400 --> 00:56:21.440
That would be The Gift.

1003
00:56:22.320 --> 00:56:27.280
That is such a damn good movie. I can't wait

1004
00:56:27.320 --> 00:56:28.840
to talk about the Gift with you. I know that's

1005
00:56:28.840 --> 00:56:31.079
gonna be coming up later this month, and I think

1006
00:56:31.079 --> 00:56:32.719
we're gonna have a fun time talking about that one.

1007
00:56:33.360 --> 00:56:36.079
I think we will, and we'll see a different Canna

1008
00:56:36.199 --> 00:56:37.320
Reeves in this one.

1009
00:56:37.960 --> 00:56:41.320
Oh holy cal you're right. I completely forgot he's in it.

1010
00:56:42.280 --> 00:56:46.199
And you're absolutely right. If if you're expecting Shane Falco

1011
00:56:46.559 --> 00:56:50.480
in the gift, you have got another thing company that's

1012
00:56:50.480 --> 00:56:50.760
gonna be.

1013
00:56:50.760 --> 00:56:53.239
Donnie Barksdale is a animal.

1014
00:56:54.840 --> 00:56:59.239
He is looking forward to that one. And to all

1015
00:56:59.320 --> 00:57:01.960
of you listening to the show, following us on social media,

1016
00:57:02.719 --> 00:57:06.440
subscribing to our Patreon like Brad Moore, thank you Brad,

1017
00:57:06.679 --> 00:57:08.679
once again, We thank you.

1018
00:57:29.280 --> 00:57:29.559
Always.

1019
00:57:31.000 --> 00:57:36.400
All right, I'll tell you I needed that break earlier

1020
00:57:36.920 --> 00:57:40.199
at our fantasy football draft. I think I had just

1021
00:57:40.400 --> 00:57:43.320
uh one too many beers. Maybe catching up with me

1022
00:57:44.000 --> 00:57:47.800
fair enough? Yeah, oh man, I'll tell you. We're sitting

1023
00:57:47.840 --> 00:57:52.679
around drafts over and I am cutting a sweet Rick

1024
00:57:52.760 --> 00:57:56.679
Flair style promo to everyone, talking about because I'm I've

1025
00:57:56.719 --> 00:57:59.039
won the league several times. I'm talking about how I'm

1026
00:57:59.719 --> 00:58:02.880
I'm on the rig, I'm gonna I'm gonna take it,

1027
00:58:03.000 --> 00:58:06.159
take it again, and uh Yahoo brings back our report

1028
00:58:06.239 --> 00:58:09.039
cards on how we did on the draft. A plus,

1029
00:58:09.840 --> 00:58:11.400
get the hell out of here, I said, let me

1030
00:58:11.559 --> 00:58:13.760
just let me just let me just screenshot this. I'm

1031
00:58:13.760 --> 00:58:15.079
gonna email it to all of you.

1032
00:58:15.639 --> 00:58:17.400
Go ahead in seventeen.

1033
00:58:17.519 --> 00:58:22.599
Yeah, that's good stuff. I'm so happy football is back.

1034
00:58:23.199 --> 00:58:23.719
Oh. Same,