Stargrove Video - Episode 9 - Stay Tuned, Dead Cashier, Maybe The Most Messed Up Podcast You'll Ever Hear

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0:51 All right. All right, thank you. 3, 2, 1, roll 5. Man's deepest fear has risen again. This time it's personal. I want Starbomb video. Oh shit. Fuck. Morning. Do you see this? Um, uh, see what? Come back here, look at it. All right, what is that?

1:34 That's a dead body is what that is. Who the fuck is this guy? I have no idea what his name tag said. Let me check. Oliver. Who the fuck is Oliver? Don't you do the hiring around here? I do, but I've never met Oliver. Who the fuck? He's like— and he's dead. Oh, hey guys. Hey, hey Jack. Hey Brandon. Hey Oliver. What the fuck? Wait a minute. Wait, do you know Oliver? Well, yeah, he's normally alive. Wait, when the fuck did this guy— who is he? He's the guy who's been working the cashier since Crystal wasn't here.

2:16 Crystal was here. She was here last week. Yeah, she was here yesterday. Hey guys, what's up? What the fuck? Oh yeah, you don't want to see this. Uh, there's nothing to see here. Yeah, well, that's your problem, not mine. I just got here. I got it. I don't even know who the fuck Oliver is. I was just trying— I don't either, soft heart. I'm just saying. Do you think, Nick, do you think that time machine that we used fucked a lot of things up? Yeah, that makes a lot of sense. That it does. I, I, you know, this is pretty good though if we're still going to do the podcast here, because now we're a true crime podcast and those do good numbers. They, they do, they do. So now that we have a true crime in our store We're going— you know what, fucking Dave called out today. You think Dave did this? That's a fucking coincidence. How would he do it if he's not here explicitly? Well, he must have done it on the lam. He, he closed the store last night. I had to, I had to leave early and I had to close, but— and Dave's like, hey, hang on, uh, I'll close the store early for you. And I said, oh, okay, cool. But he was being kind of shifty, Michael. Wasn't Dave being kind of shifty? He was like— he had that weird crazy eye.

3:37 His one eye was like going back and forth by itself. Yeah, now that you mentioned it, he was a little twitchy. Yeah, he was. Maybe— do you think him and Oliver got into a fight? I don't even know who the fuck Oliver is. He's this guy, the dead guy right here. Yeah, yeah, I know, but I don't know who that guy is. I don't know who he is either. Nick does, apparently. Nick knows him. Brandon, do you know him? Knew him. So does this mean we don't have to work tonight, or— well, maybe. I, I, I gotta— we have to keep the store open. I gotta make money somehow. Okay, well, I got some trash bags in the back if you wanted to stuff them in there. I guess so.

4:17 Yeah, I'm not cleaning it up either. Um, But the store is opening in about— wait a minute, is that— let me, let me check this. Hang on a second. Excuse me a second, guys. Don't look at my ass crack. Damn it. Now there's no blood. What the fuck is— wait a minute, Brandon, come here. Yeah, what's up? You see that little button right there underneath the register? The little red one? The red one. Does it call the police? You would think, but I never had a panic button installed here. I should.

5:00 But that— Brandon? Yeah? Do me a favor. Okay. Press that button right there. You want me to press a red button? What, what good has ever come from pressing? I mean, it's not— I don't— there's not a blue button for you to press. I mean, it's the only fucking button that's right there, so just go ahead and press the button. All right, might as well. We already got a dead body here. I might as well. Might as well. All right, all right, can't get any worse. All right, press. Hello and welcome to The Side Effect. Today we're talking about books, your favorite books, the ones you like to burn. You see, I think that's where you're wrong. Yeah, when you're talking about the Eagles having a chance to win a Super Bowl, they have too many injuries. They got guys that are quitting on the team, the coach has lost control, and we're trading off our players like Damn, Jurgens, I can't see us even making the playoffs this year. Damn. Funky funky, what to do? You gotta break down and smash through the DJ booth, you know it. Hey you, funky funky, what to do? You gotta break down and smash through the DJ booth. How's it going everybody?

6:25 Welcome to Dick Richie Gives Minuses. That's right, I give every movie a D- for Dick Richie Minus. My name is Dick Richie. I was gonna be joined by fucking Floyd, but Floyd's too busy sitting on his couch smoking his bowl, you know, doing his typical shit. He hasn't even purchased cleaning products. He always wants me to do it. And by the way, people, I want to address something, okay? I'm not Michael Rapoport, okay? Michael Rapoport is an abrasive asshole, totally separate from Dick Richie. Dick Richie's fun. Dick Richie's Cool, but not Michael Rapaport. 2 totally different names. All right, so as long as we got that address and fucking Floyd fucking wakes up or whatever the fuck he's doing, he may join us eventually, but he doesn't add much to the show anyway. It's all about Dick Richie Minus. Okay, so first movie tonight is— and next on our tour, Stargrove Video. Stargrove Video, a video store created in the late 2020s by Jack.

7:29 Fun fact, this was one of the catalysts for the fall of Western civilization. Hey, this is Michael. Welcome to episode 189 of the Halloween Resurrection hate fest. Tonight I'm going to be discussing the 189 ways I can't fucking stand Halloween Resurrection. Hey everybody, this is Laughter Cast, currently in progress. The podcast where everybody just laughs for no fucking reason whatsoever and continuously laughs throughout. Nice. He went to the post office. He went to the post office. You gotta hear this. You gotta hear this. I went there. Get this, get this.

8:09 Wait a minute, wait a minute. You used one foot. You put one foot in front of the other and you went to the— door open, door open, old man inside. Old man. Dude, now Babel, that's like the worst movie I've ever seen. It's fucking terrible. I don't know how many times that people have talked about it, said it's so great. I think it's fucking horrible.

8:50 Uh, good evening everyone. Welcome to SmartyCast, and on this cast we are going to be talking about the 2003 film Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World. My co-hosts tonight are Pulitzer Prize-winning Jacob, uh, Brandon, and Michael. Michael has, uh, won the Nobel Prize 6 times. Oh, hello there. That's a good start. It's a start. I love Master and Commander. Right. Uh, speaking of awards, the, the, uh, director of this film, Peter Weir, uh, director of such films such as Homestale. Homestale. Yes. I love Peter Weir. Picnic at Hanging Rock. Hanging Rock. Yes. Yes.

9:34 Co-wrote, produced, and directed this film. It is the second on-screen collaboration for Russell Crowe and Paul Bettany, who previously co-starred in A Beautiful Mind. They did. Um, Russell Crowe is kind of an abrasive person, isn't he? I find him rather shallow and pedantic. Just wait until he becomes— I like pedantic. Just wait until he becomes overweight later in his career. He becomes fantastic. Hello golfers, welcome to the Judge Spells Podcast. Here is Judge Spells.

10:15 Hello? Can anyone hear me? Jack? Nick? Michael? Brandon? Hello and welcome to Wondering About Small Wonder. I am your host, Todd Fergus, and I am taking you through every single episode of Small Wonder. Today we are going to be talking about season 3, episode 4. It is called The Boss's Daughter. The plot is the boss's daughter has an eye for Jamie, so will Jamie be able to let the boss's daughter down without getting his dad in trouble?

11:07 Slasher Cast featuring New Jersey Nick, Ted, Dave, Z, Mike, and Jack. Good thing is about Mandy Lane is well. Yeah, we did. Well, hey, hey, Mandy! All the boys love the battery. Hey, Mandy Lane, how are you? I hear all the boys love you. Guess what? I can't stop doing that. Goddamn it.

11:54 Hey, Amber, I heard your box office poison, but I hear you like the clam. We always say we're gonna do it. I'm editing the show. This is not really— oh my God, it's the finale! I don't think that's gonna happen. It is gonna happen. If not, guess what's gonna open up the show next week? Hey everybody, welcome to Slash Against episode 106. I'm Jake. Good flight, Evan. Oh, see, Mike, this is what derailing feels like. Exactly. Make a derailing joke, Jack.

12:37 So I'm on this train, I'm on this train with my teddy bear. I'm sitting there trying to take a nap, and then all of a sudden, but that train goes off the rails. I swear to God, this is why nobody likes Slasher Cast. That's really why. Brandon, what's up? Don't ever touch that fucking button again. Uh, yeah, never again. No, I told you, red buttons, man. But hey, Oliver's missing. Huh? Did somebody take his— Michael, did you take his body away?

13:20 It wasn't me. I didn't do it. Nick, I feel like I had a really weird dream for a while there. Was it, was it one of those that felt like you were going back in time and then forward and then into an alternate universe? Yeah, dreamlike. Yeah, I know exactly what you're talking about. Um, you guys are familiar with— well, I know Michael is. I don't know about Brandon and Nick. Are you guys familiar with Savvy? Oh yeah, I heard that. Xavi. Xavi. Z-A-V-I. Xavi. So basically, there's 2 V's. Or 2 V's. I forgot the other V.

14:03 When the last time I had 2 V's? Anyway, Xavi went out of business. They're basically, um, they're a distributor of sorts where they sell movies. You buy movies from Xavi. It's kind of like, uh, I don't know, Vinegar Syndrome, sort of like that. But they're not a label, they're more— yeah, they're a merchant. Yeah, they're like Grove, Amazon, or— yeah, in a sense. Yeah. Um, but not nearly as big. Yeah. Nah. Yeah, they just sell movies. Uh, kind of like Orbit DVD or, uh, something like that, like deep discount. They're based in the UK, correct? Right. Yep. Yeah. Uh, so they just went out of business And they said they are not fulfilling any orders that you had, pre-orders or anything. You're SOL.

14:52 Yeah, and they're also saying that if you placed an order that hasn't shipped yet and you need a refund, that you need to call your bank because they're not bothering. Oh my God. Which I don't know how they get away with that, but I don't know, I don't know the logistics of that. So is that like a UK law or some shit? Ah, like I said, I have no idea what their rules are, but if you tried to pull some shit like that with me, I'd be a little pissed. Yeah. Sounds like they made themselves real master and commander of your bank account there. Well, here's where I get confused, Jack, because I don't know if you know this or not, but about a year ago, Xavi bought Arrow. Yeah, they did. So where does that stand? I have no idea because I have some stuff from Arrow coming into the store.

15:38 I got some I got some pretty big items coming in from the store, but I ordered directly from Arrow, so does that— I haven't heard anything about Arrow, just that Zabby closed up shop and they were like, if you were waiting for shit, tough shit, you ain't getting it. Tough titty. That's fucking crazy. How can people— that is pretty wild. I don't understand. Like I said, I don't know how that works. I mean, I'm assuming there has to be some consumer laws in place where they can't do that. But whatever, I don't know. But maybe it's different for UK, I don't know. That's what I'm saying, they probably might have a different set of rules for all I know. I don't know how they work over there. That's fucking nuts. I don't understand.

16:20 And they gave no explanation either. No, no, they were just like, hey, whatever. Yeah, we're done. Yeah, fucking hell. Well, speaking of, next week we got Halloween coming, don't we? Yeah, yeah, yeah, barely feels like it, man. I don't see a lot of Halloween decorations right now. It bothers me. You mean in the store? Uh, no, I mean we, we've had the situation in the store discussed on previous podcasts. Yeah, we have. Um, you know, I meant in real life. In real life? Yeah, there aren't that many people getting excited about Halloween this year, it seems. It seems like it's starting to die down. And not only that, theater-wise, there are no real big horror films coming out this October.

17:08 I think they kind of busted a lot of them out this year already, right? There was Other Mommy, and that's apparently not very good according to a lot of people. I did see— I saw the trailer for that, and I'm like, this is either going to be great or garbage. Yeah, I don't know how I feel about it. Yeah, it Yeah, yeah, yeah. Like, I'm getting a little tired of the, oh, look how scary this person is because they can contort their body. I'm just— right, I'm tired of that. Yeah, it was based on a spooky book apparently. I have not read it. This is really like a, uh, Halloween-only horror fan type of movie though, I'd say. So yeah, necessarily for me. Yeah, I'm not a fan of those. I guess Clayface is coming out. That's kind of more horror.

18:00 Yeah, I guess so. Aspect to it. Resident— I saw Resident Evil, by the way, which is still doing gangbusters at the box office, which is a good thing. Yeah, I still have to see that. I, I will say, I'm not going to spoil it for you, but I am going to tell you this: out of every single Resident Evil movie that exists China. This is the closest movie to playing a video game than any other Resident Evil movie. Like, I just, I just want a good Resident Evil movie because— no, it is. There are several. No, no, it really is. It feels like, um, uh, what's the one that, uh, takes place in the snow in the beginning? Movie or game? What game? The game. Yeah, the game. That was 8, wasn't it?

18:49 Right at the village. Village. Yeah, the village. Yeah, it feels kind of like that, and you're with the main character throughout. And I'm okay with that because that was one of my favorite Resident Evil games. Yeah, it feels like, um, like you're going from level to level with the big— with the bosses, and the bosses get progressively harder as you go through the movie. Um, but it's not— it's very hard to describe without actually seeing it. But at the end of it, I, as soon as we left the theater, I said, that felt like I was playing a game, but watching a movie in a good way. Is there anything, is there anything in the movie other than Easter eggs that directly links it to the games? Like if you were to take the title off of it and watch that movie, would you think it was a Resident Evil movie? Yes, absolutely. Oh, okay. Okay. Yeah, there's no, there's no question at all. That's what I was curious about. And the crazy thing is that, like, Zack Snyder, uh, as I mentioned a while back, he said he's never going to do another franchise movie ever again because of the backlash that he suffered because of him making this movie.

20:04 Yeah, you're not gonna win doing a franchise movie. You're just not. Yeah. And you're inevitably gonna piss somebody off. Yeah. And it's like, these, these people that got mad because of him making a Resident Evil movie, like, have they seen the other Resident Evil movies? First of all, who gets mad about shit like that? Like, come on, you know? I mean, I've, I've only seen, um, Barbarian. I haven't seen Weapons. That was the second one. The only one I've seen is Barbarian, and I fucking love that movie. So I thought, I thought Barbarian was good. Yeah, yeah. But with Resident Evil, even the other movies, like I have always said, I don't think people— like, when people are mad at like the stories of the Resident Evil game or movies, I'm like, have you ever played the Resident Evil games?

20:48 Like, really? Yeah. The funny thing is most of them probably even haven't. The stories in those games are not good. And I'm saying this as someone who loves Resident Evil games, but like, and, but I'm not like LARPing about it and like claiming I played them and then like You know, being like, this movie has a silly story. Motherfucker, you get eaten by a giant snake in the first game. Yeah, I don't play the Resident Evil games for the story. I play them for the visuals. There's a lot of, uh, you know, fun-ass bullshit that happens in those games, and I've always been okay with like Resident Evil games being stupid as hell and movies being stupid as hell too. Yeah, I'm okay with it because it is stupid as hell. There's room for that. In this world. That's exactly what this movie is.

21:33 It knows what it is. And it's at times funny as shit and at other times tense as shit and other times scary as shit. Which is very hard to do. It's very hard to do. Very hard to do. The cool thing is that Zach Cregger, as you know, is into comedy just like Curry Barker is. I've always said comedy and horror are very, very close to each other. And you know what? A lot of people that deal in comedy make some of the best horror, except for Danny McBride. We'll leave him out of that. I don't count him in that statement, right? Yeah. No, Mr. Peanut Butter on My Penis, he can stay the fuck out of this conversation. No doubt in my mind he wrote that fucking line in that one. Yep. That was one of the worst lines in in Halloween history. Not only was it a bad line, but like, who says that to their— who says that around their daughter? That's just fucking creepy.

22:28 Yeah. Yeah. I like how it outdid the part in Halloween 1 from Rob Zombie where they're— where Scout, the character, is talking about fucking by like making bagels fuck. Oh, the bagel. Yeah. I was like, man, nobody talks like that in front of their parents. And then they somehow topped that in another Halloween movie, which is crazy. Christ, the sights we have seen. Yeah, yeah, it's— I, I don't even— I hate when a line of dialogue makes me cringe watching a movie. I just fucking hate that. Well, if you, if you recall, David Gordon Green was very close to remaking Suspiria with Natalie Portman before the one that exists.

23:13 Can you imagine? I think it's— I think it's fucking wild that when Blumhouse was like, okay, we're gonna make a Halloween movie that's gonna be a direct sequel to the original, who do we get to make it? How do you come up with the guy that made Pineapple Express and Your Highness? How do you get there, right? How do you draw the line from Halloween to that? Well, because Alien Covenant wasn't terrible. Yeah, yeah, that's true. And did Danny McBride write that one? I know he was in it. I think he was in it. Wasn't he involved in either writing or producing it? Maybe I'm wrong. He must have been. He was around xenomorphs is my point. In the general vicinity. Yeah. They're like, okay, you can do it. But the worst part is that Blumhouse was like, all right, so nobody really liked Halloween Ends. So I'll tell you what, how about you take on The Exorcist?

24:05 I still have not seen that, but I've heard about it. I have not. I absolutely am not going to watch that. I haven't seen it. Which— what is it called? The Exorcist: Believer? Believer. Yeah. Did you see the trailer for the new one, by the way? Martyrs? No. The— I should say The Exorcist: Martyrs. I don't want people to get excited there for a second. No, but like, it is, uh, it looks all right, but it looks like a crime procedural type horror movie, kind of like, uh, um Oh shit, I forgot the name of it. It's the one where Nicolas Cage is there and he says he's wearing his long legs. I remember the name, see? Oh yeah. Um, so, uh, but again, you know how that's kind of like a crime procedural type horror movie?

24:50 Yeah. Or maybe more like Seven would be a more apt comparison to what I saw in this trailer, but not really like they're trying to be that. But I mean, it doesn't look terrible, and honestly When you think about it, like The Exorcist, for all the Exorcist movies they made, they only made a few good ones. So I'm one of the few horror fans on the planet that's just not impressed with the original movie. It never impressed me. Yeah, it's not one of my favorites. Yeah, I think it's fine for what it is, but it doesn't really do a whole lot for me. But like possession and spooky movies don't really do a whole lot for me in general. Like, I can understand it terrifying people who are religious and who are actually taught that things like that can really happen. And that's what I've noticed. A lot of horror fans that put that number 1 on their list were raised religious. So I get it. I mean, it makes sense. You know what Exorcist movie I liked better, which also to throw back to our time travel trip, fat Russell Crowe is in it. I love fat Russell Crowe. Ever since fat Russell Crowe became fat, I love him. All right. Oh, is that The Pope's Exorcist? Yeah, The Pope's Exorcist. That was a decent movie. It was stupid.

25:57 Yeah, that was a lot of yelling. Russell Crowe in it. Uh, and, uh, I guess if you like fat Russell Crowe— I prefer fat Russell Crowe to Gladiator Russell Crowe. I do. That's, uh, me. I, I thought Russell Crowe was more fun. I honestly couldn't even watch movies with him before, and ever since he became fat and seems to just be making movies for the fuck of it, I'm into that. Yeah, like Russell Crowe— fat Russell Crowe in The Nice Guys is one of my favorite characters ever. He was great in that. I was a big fan of him in LA Confidential. And Virtuosity. Yeah. Oh God, Virtuosity. When I first saw the trailer for Virtuosity, I thought that was Maxwell Caulfield, like, as the killer from Grease 2. I'm like, is that Maxwell Caulfield? And I'm— no, it's some other guy.

26:46 That's— that movie is like the poster child for dated effects. Really? Oh, Virtuosity. Oh my God. Oh man, it hurts to watch that. Have you seen it recently? No, I haven't seen it, God, in years. Oh man, it's really fucking terrible, but it's so enjoyable. It's like Lawnmower Man graphics. Yeah, yes, but it's, it's, it's definitely worthwhile to check out again for sure. I've had a great time with it. Oh dude, it is, um, it is a step above Commodore 64. I'd say, uh, it's, it's very, very bad. Um, but I still enjoyed the shit out of it though. Um, there's a lot of bad '90s, like The Net. Remember that shit? Oh yeah, it was that weird transition from like practical when CGI was first coming out and it was right.

27:41 Disclosure, I think, was another one they were talking about. Like, uh, you're like, you know internet shit and all that kind of stuff. And wasn't it The Net is the first time they ever ordered pizza online or something? Yeah, in a movie. You know, I know The Net was like the first big movie to come out that addressed the internet directly. Yeah, I do have to tell this very teenage story that is very stupid. But I saw this movie, The Net, when I was like maybe like, I don't know, 12, 13, 14, whenever the fuck it came out. I saw it with a friend of mine. And there's a part where like Sandra Bullock's character and her, like, lover or whatever are laying on a boat, like, just on the bench part of a boat next to each other, like, spooning. And my friend, my friend who I was with, very seriously, also a 14-year-old boy or 12-year-old boy or whatever, turns to me and goes, oh my God, he's screwing her in the butt right now.

28:40 I was like, No, he's fucking not. They're just laying there, dude. And he was like, no, really, look. And I'm like, I am looking at the movie. Yeah, they're spooning, not forking. Yeah, this is what happens when you're a teenage male in America in the year 1995 or whatever. Hey, Dad, I think he's going to pork her. He may pork her. Just eat your dinner, Russell. I can't believe that son of a bitch David called out today. Do you think he— do you think he killed that dude? I— it's possible. I don't— how many times has he called out before?

29:21 Never. How many times has he killed before? Hmm, let me count. It doesn't seem like it's in his docile nature. No. Maybe— well, that's, that's exactly what he wants. He wants you to think that he's not gonna kill anybody, and then he just does it, you know? It just turns— he flips the switch, I guess. Always the quiet one. It usually is, isn't it? Son of a bitch. We gotta find out about that. But, um, there's no body to clean up. It's okay. Well, yeah, that's true. So Brandon, thank you for pushing that button then. Yeah, because you cleaned it up for us. The problem took care of itself. Yeah.

30:03 I wonder if Crystal's gonna come in today. Fucking asshole. Did you hear what she said to us? No. No? Do you care? Barely know she exists, to be honest. Oh, okay. Yeah. She's no Oliver. No, I don't know who Oliver is, but obviously he doesn't exist, Nick. Because he vanished. Well, maybe, maybe Dave killed him though. We'll find out, I'm sure. Um, so yeah, I'm thinking that, uh, well, tonight we're doing what? Stay Tuned? Yes. Is that what you're— we're— Michael, that's what you, you've picked for us? Stay Tuned, right? The John Ritter joint.

30:46 '92. '92. Yep. Pam Dawber joint. Yes, that's gonna be a— I was a sophomore in high school. Interesting discussion, I think, tonight. It really is. That was what, 1994? '92? Holy shit. Holy shit. Yeah, that's when everybody started chasing Tarantino. It was. Yeah, because that's right. I'm sorry, 1994 was the year that movies changed forever by Pulp Fiction by way of Pulp Fiction, because James Earl Jones. Yeah, yep, yep. That's so wild. Like, 1994 also gave us Natural Born Killers. Back to like, let me see them make a movie like that. 1994 and then the movies after, how shit just shifted.

31:36 It's really fucking wild because we got movies like Stay Tuned and then they're still chasing Marvel movies. It is. Fuck him. Yep, it changed things until about like 2008 when things got changed to everybody chasing Marvel movies, kind of. I will, I will watch Halloween Resurrection before I watch a fucking superhero movie. Oh, goddamn it. We should watch a Marvel movie some— just give it a week. I'm good. I might call in that day. Maybe I'll kill somebody and go on the lam like Dave.

32:22 Anyway, you're calling sick that day? Anyway, yeah, so I guess, I guess we'll open the store. Nobody's banging on the window today, which is a good thing. What's this? Slow fucking day today, man. But at least we don't have a dead body to worry about. That's, that's a plus. All right, let's, uh, let's go to the screening room. Let's, let's, let's, or let's, let's open a store. Okay, we'll open a store and then we'll, uh, we'll go watch, uh, Stay Tuned tonight. What do you think? Sounds like a plan.

33:06 Future presentation. All right, so tonight's movie is 1992's Stay Tuned, starring Three's Company's John Ritter and Mork and Mindy's Pam Dawber. Stars of 2 of the biggest sitcoms ever, which obviously was by design. This one is directed by Peter Hyams, who Directed another one of my favorites, Running Scared, the 1996 Billy Crystal, Gregory Hines one, not the Paul Walker one, although that was pretty cool too. So here we go with Stay Tuned. Sorry to disturb you at this hour, but I have something you want.

33:51 A new TV? It broadcasts programs no one had ever seen. Wednesday at 9, don't miss an all-new episode of The Silencer of the Lambs. Then one night, Roy and Helen Nabel got sucked in and discovered that hell is one TV show after another. Let's welcome our new contestants, Roy and Helen Nabel, and they're starring in every show. I've watched enough wrestling to know one thing: it's all fake. No one ever gets hurt. Not fake. Not fake. So the object, Mr. Pierce, is to kill them before they reach the end. Oh my God, we're cartoons! I am not a mouse. I'm Helen Nabel.

34:38 I have 2 beautiful children. Mom, our parents are trapped in television now. They can't go home. They can only switch channels. Where'd he go? Hey lady, watch out! And every series is a nightmare. That's entertainment because Satan is the sponsor. Okay everybody, head spins. Very good, very nice. Well, time to rock and roll. Start me up, you got to start me up. Don't miss this comedy from hell. It's party time!

35:20 It's excellent! Dad will save her. Knock, knock! Stay tuned. Where have you been? All right. All right, so that was 1992's Stay Tuned with, uh, John Ritter, who plays Roy Nable, a man unhealthily obsessed with television who one day is visited by a mysterious TV salesman who convinces Roy to buy a new TV satellite with 666 channels. And before you know it, Roy and Pam are— I'm sorry, his wife's name is Helen. Roy and Helen are sucked into television.

36:05 Which is another realm run by a mysterious TV salesman. I'm not going to say who plays that part because we don't want to talk about that. Anyway, our mysterious TV salesman is basically an emissary of Satan. So Roy and Helen find themselves warping through TV shows Running Man style that are basically twisted parodies of popular movies and TV shows at that time, which I'm not going to spoil because seeing them for the first time is one of the best parts of the movie. So basically what this movie is, is basically if some— if Satan were like a Ted Turner type network executive. And basically John Ritter and Pam Dawber are flipping through channels and they need the help of their tech-savvy teenage son and teenage daughter back at home to get back home through the satellite. So I mean, being a kid who spent way too much time watching television And also, I'm also a huge fan of John Ritter. This one was always a favorite of mine because it's basically just a movie about television.

37:05 And I love how this movie is such a picture-perfect time capsule of the time and place at which it was made. The clever wordplay parodies of the movies and TV shows of the time that it's poking fun at is absolute genius and are some of my favorite parts of the movie, especially the channel surfing during the end credits, which gives you more of them, which is just Fucking hilarious. I've always thought this one was criminally overlooked and neglected when people were discussing movies of similar ilk, and I just— I don't know, I think it's overdue for its appraisal. It's, it's silly, it's bizarre, it's offbeat. It's one that the whole family can enjoy, and I've always loved it. Um, Brandon, what did you think? Uh, this is a first-time watch for me. Um, I really enjoyed it. I like John Ritter a lot as well. Um, I used to watch a lot of Three's Company when I was a kid, and, uh, he had that 8 Simple Rules show. I used to watch that a lot until, you know, he passed away. Uh, I really like the part where they're like flipping through, they're going through the different shows, and he's trying to find his wife, and he pops up on the set of Three's Company. Like, that was pretty on the nose, but I'm like, I feel like they had to do it.

38:17 And that just made me chuckle a little bit. Um, yeah, like you said, I feel like it is pretty overlooked because I didn't even know about this movie until probably like 2 years ago, and it popped up on some Facebook group I'm in, and I added it to my list because at the time it was on Amazon Prime. And I'm like, I have to check that movie out because I was like, oh man, John Ritter and then Mindy from Mork and Mindy. And unfortunately, a piece of shit plays the bad guy, which is apt. Makes sense. Um, yeah, I thought all the parodies were pretty great. The Wayne's World one, I've seen that, that shot plenty of times where John Ritter's sitting in the chair with a sign on him that says Sphincter Boy. Um, yeah, I like that they did like different genres and stuff too. Like there's a period piece, there's a an animated show.

39:16 You know, there's comedies, there's game shows and all that. Uh, it gave me feels of like— I feel like this would go well with like Honey, I Shrunk the Kids because it is like a family-friendly show. And actually, my, uh, my 8-year-old daughter watched the second half of this movie with me and she had like lots of questions and then thought a few things were funny in it. And then I had to explain some of the jokes because they are a little of their time. But yeah, it's— it was just nice to be able to sit down and watch a movie that I didn't have to worry about my kids walking in on me. So, uh, once again, to go back to my '90s viewing experience, in the year 1990, I went to the movies and saw the licensing— or was it '91? I guess it Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3.

40:10 And that was the first time I went to a movie and I was like, wait a minute, that movie wasn't good. Copyright movies can be kind of bad, going crazy. And then the second movie that that happened to me too was, uh, was Stay Tuned. I, I was excited to see it and then I went and saw it and like my, my 12 or 13-year-old brain was like, no, no, no, no, I mean, something's weird about this all. And then the next year I went to go see Mario Brothers movie and like then I was like, man, I gotta stop going to movies And I know I'm like 12, but I can't anymore. Interesting idea. Um, it's never been done. So this was— you know how like people are like, uh, this movie ruined my childhood when they make Halloween 9 and it sucks? Uh, this movie actually was one that contributed to me, uh, not ruining my childhood but growing as a human. I learned sometimes movies aren't going to be what you expect. But you know, because like when you're a little kid, you don't know that. You just go to every movie and you're like, oh man, this one's awesome. And, you know, you get older and then, uh, this, uh, this type of thing happens. So anyway, uh, I have long counted this movie as one of the worst, uh, things that I had ever seen, at least in a theater, because of that experience as a boy, right? And here we are some 30-odd years later revisiting it for some reason on podcast in a video store. And, um, I— it was, uh, not nearly as bad as my, uh uh, you know, 11-year-old memory, uh, thought it was. So, um, I still didn't

41:41 really like it. I don't really find it that funny. I, uh, I will warn the listeners and my fellow podcasters, if you're going to put a comedy on in front of me, I'm probably not going to like it. I don't laugh much at movies. Um, I will, I, I, I will, I will one day tell you the movies that I find funny, but Uh, this wasn't really one of them. I will say the funniest wordplay in the whole movie was in the end credits when it shows the title cards of different shows that don't exist, and one of them is Murder, She Liked. And I was like, I kind of like that one. Uh, that was the most, uh, I found funny though. I don't think I actually laughed at it. Um, my one takeaway from this movie that is like, uh, totally inappropriate and scary So you know how Jeffrey Jones, gigantic pedophile, was in this movie? We're not supposed to mention him, but I just did. Uh, yeah, I, I say gigantic not because he was super into kids necessarily, but because he was, uh, there's a scene where they're like ice skating as a hockey team and he was real big and I was like, fuck, I didn't know he was so big.

42:48 And then I was like, man, imagine him chasing those kids around. Oh, I felt scared for those kids. And that's a peek inside Nick's mind. I felt real scared for those kids. If he was just chasing you and he's only wearing a bathrobe and you're on a wet floor in the bathroom, run! Uh, but otherwise, uh, I was, uh, so I, I watched it again. I revisited a movie and, um, thought it wasn't as bad as when I first saw it. But, uh, um, I, I don't think you can convince me it was all that clever. It's also very much a, uh movie that is totally of its time. Like, if you were not alive— like, this is very much a dad movie for dads nowadays, isn't it? Because like, like Brandon said, you got to sit there and explain to your kid, ah, see, this is, this is making fun of a television show that used to air. You'll never see it because God knows it's playing on fucking Tubi or something. But you know, it's, uh, um, it— the reference— there's not a single reference in this movie that is not horribly dated. Um, but I guess if you're like 40-some-odd years old, you'll get far more enjoyment out of it than if you were 8 or 12.

44:07 It is better than Turtles 3 though, possibly. I mean, probably, because that movie— one thing about this movie is it's mercifully short. Um, it does not overstay its welcome like many modern movies tend to. Uh, so there's that. Check it out on Tubi. I don't know. I don't know if it's not doofy. Don't quote me on that. All right, boss, um, after Nick's take, I have the unfortunate news to give you that only 2 of your fucking employees apparently have taste in movies. What did, um— Oliver's dead, so fuck Oliver. Oliver's not my problem. What did you think, boss?

44:48 Well, uh, okay, stay tuned that we watched tonight. Um, let me talk about Turtles 3 real quick. I did not watch Turtles 3 when it came out. I didn't watch Turtles 3 when it was on cable nor DVD. I have the 4K of it because it came in the collection, and I still have yet to watch it because I just don't want to be let down. Yeah, save me time. Mostly because that song Tarzan Boy is in that. Baltimore. Not that I hate that song, but, um, I remember the Listerine commercial, uh, that had the same exact song during that time, and I'm like, wait a minute, why is the Listerine song in this Turtles movie? And that just turned me off. Anyway, stay tuned.

45:46 You got to explain what Listerine commercials are to the kids out there. Listen, they don't know anything. See, it ties together to stay tuned. Anyway, stay tuned. I saw this opening night in the theater. Again, it was a thing. I worked at an ice cream store, I will say, and we— I was talking to Michael about this earlier. We didn't, you know, we were too young. We were, you know, 16, 17 years old. So we didn't, we didn't go out to bars. We didn't fuck each other. We just work and then we'd need something to do. So we'd either go to a pizza parlor, each other's home, or we'd go to the movies every Friday and watch a midnight movie.

46:34 And one night Stay Tuned was one of them. And when that movie came out at that time, the whole, the whole theater was loving every second of it. Like, they were laughing, as was I. I'm like, this is a fun movie. I'm having a blast, right? What happened though in my brain as I was watching it was I love John Ritter. I'm just gonna put this out there. John Ritter is like, as far as comedic actors in sitcoms, John Ritter's one of the tops. He's, he's up there with Jackie Gleason to me. And actually, Jackie Gleason was his favorite sitcom star. So when I was watching this film again tonight, I noticed something was off with John Ritter.

47:34 He didn't turn into John Ritter until the third act. That's when he really shined. A lot of times when John Ritter is playing like the victim, he's— it felt forced, like the comedy felt forced. It wasn't his brand, let's say, because people love that word brand. But then when the third act happened, once Salt-N-Pepa show up with their music video and he starts doing his goofy-ass dance and taking over, I'm like, okay, so John Ritter's being John Ritter finally. And that's a good thing, and that shows character change and growth. I understand that. But the thing about this movie that I both love and hate is that it is, as Nick has said, of its time. So like nobody that's younger today is going to watch it and really love it because they're not going to get pretty much 90% of the jokes. Um, and if they do, they're— they'll be like, okay, this is not funny to me.

48:44 They like their humor for their time, I guess. For myself, watching it again, um, as opposed to when I did in '92, it's a movie that— I don't know if you guys could agree with this, and you guys can jump in, it's, it's fine. Um, do you guys watch sitcoms? That's my question. I used to, not anymore. The ones today are terrible, but maybe that's just because I'm older. That's fine. Brandon, how about yourself? Um, yeah, I watched some of them. Again, not as many today because there's really not very many great great ones anymore. It's true, Nick. I, I know you don't want— I barely watch sitcoms now. I, I mean, all right, are there sitcoms I've enjoyed? Sure. Yeah, a savior could be coming though, because apparently Roseanne filmed an entire sitcom series.

49:34 Jesus Christ, can't watch that. Nope. I like The Hawk, is probably the newest one, the Will Ferrell golfing series that was on I think it was Netflix. I ain't watching it. Anywho, I don't like saying anywho, but I just did. I apologize to everybody that's offended by the word anywho. All the fucking owls. Yeah, so, okay, all right, so here's my thing about this film, sitcoms, etc. I have, I have feelings about this movie. It's It's odd, and it pertains to sitcoms. Okay, this is gonna take a little bit of time, my apologies in advance. But oh, one thing I want to say just to throw it off real quick, um, when I was watching this, I'm like, who the fuck is Pierce? I know that voice. Who the fuck is Pierce? And then I looked it up. You ready, Nick, or anybody else that watches Dexter? Surprise, motherfucker. Oh no, that's who Pierce was.

50:39 It's— yeah, it's fucking Doakes from Dexter. Oh, surprise, motherfucker. Um, that's his, you know, that's actually surprising. I didn't know that that was— yeah, uh, same here. And it was cool to see Don Calfa from Return of the Living Dead. And yeah, Eugene Levy, I'm a fan of. Um, So it was cool to see those people in this, uh, film as well. But okay, so when growing up in the '80s, sitcoms were king. All right, there was like, uh, what, what was the, uh, thing with The Cosby Show? What was that called? Different World.

51:21 Different World. Yeah, yeah, so many of them, uh, and, and movies. I mean, yeah. But like, um, oh, must-see TV. That's what they coined the phrase, must-see TV. So, so like, I had these friends, and I'm sure you guys, people out there, have these friends. And this may have happened to people growing up during this era of the '80s, but I have this weird brain. I don't know if you've noticed this or not, but I do. And yeah, I hung out with one of my closest friends. They lived down the street. They moved to a different area, but I would go over to their house. We'd have sleepovers. They'd— I'd go over there, my friend Mike, not this Mike or another Mike, but a different one.

52:12 There's too many Mikes. Um, and his brother Kevin, and they— that family sat down and watched sitcoms. They loved sitcoms, and they were laughing at every line. They were almost like a studio audience. And I'm sitting there going, why is this funny? I don't understand. Am I supposed— am I supposed to be laughing at this? I don't get it. And that continuously happened. And then after a while, I was like, okay, I'll give these sitcoms a shot. Some of them are fantastic, like Cheers. The Honeymooners is one of my favorite shows of all time, but that's in the '50s. '80s, and that was live and different. But like, it's still funny as shit today. It's still funny as shit today. I can watch The Honeymooners and piss myself laughing. Married... with Children is still funny.

53:03 Same. Never Be Married is an all-timer. Yeah. So like, there are good sitcoms, but like, the shit that these people watched was shit nobody else was watching, and they're like, you know, and I'm like, what, what am I missing? Were there like deep-cut sitcoms? No, these were like really, really bad. Uh, when Fresh Prince came out, like Fresh Prince. I loved Fresh Prince, like, you know, back then and all that. And that show I got, but they thought it was like the funniest show that's ever existed amongst shows. It was cool and fun, but it wasn't as, you know, I liked it. I still like it. But okay, so that ties into stay tuned. Basically, stay tuned as a film is like those sitcoms because obviously it has John Ritter and Pam Dawber and they're in different shows and movies and parodies. But it also feels like an old Saturday Night Live episode where it's of its time. So I have this weird thing where I love watching old Saturday Night Live shows, especially around the holidays. Because Saturday Night Live to me reminds me of fall to winter.

54:20 Once the new year happened, I'd stop watching Saturday Night Live for some reason. I'd catch it here and there, but the, the, the timed comedy of this, as Nick has said, it's like watching an old Saturday Night Live episode but also a sitcom where some of the humor in it is very sitcommy. Whereas some of this humor is also Saturday Night Live, where it's sketch comedy about the actual time that has taken place, which is okay. And that's okay for, uh, myself and every, you know, anybody that loves this movie. That's fine. I actually have it on Blu-ray, and I've watched it on Blu-ray. Yeah, and I thought it was like, you know, good as many years ago as I watched it, but I haven't watched it since I got the Blu-ray. Watched it, popped it in, and then, then we watched it again tonight. Um, but do I like Stay Tuned? Yes, I do.

55:24 I think it's a, a fun movie, and it reminds me of my time seeing it, as you said, back in '92, which I was like, holy shit, it's '92, man. But it reminds me of that. But that doesn't necessarily make it a good movie. It makes a good movie for me. Um, but I understand somebody watching this and going, this is utter garbage. And that's fine. You know, it happens with movies. Everything is subjective, as we know. But that's where the movie is for me, where it's like, it feels like watching an old Saturday Night Live episode but also a sitcom show. If that makes sense to you guys. I don't know if it does. Yeah, no, I mean, it makes perfect sense. I mean, the Saturday Night Live reference makes sense because the movie is technically a series of sketches, really. Yeah, pretty much. Yeah, it is. Um, the one thing, Michael, I will say I can't stand you for picking this movie is the fact that that stupid Salt-N-Pepa song has been in my head since I watched it. Yeah, but John Ritter makes it all better. Just think of him dancing to it and then you'll want it in your head. No, I like the song, that's the problem, but I don't want it in my head. But I can't stop singing Start Me Up, You Gotta Start Me Up over and over again because my brain— Salt-N-Pepa was the shit back then. They definitely were the shit. That was like at the end of their shit reigning, like that was the start of the fall of Salt-N-Pepa.

56:56 Yeah, they did, they did rule the world at one point, but they ruled it very, very briefly. It's true. I was thinking that when we were watching— when I was watching this, I was like, once again, I was thinking, does anyone remember Salt-N-Pepa? And also, do the kids know about Salt-N-Pepa? But also, they weren't very popular for very long. They're kind of like in that, uh, early '90s thing where like, sure, Hammer was the hugest deal in the world, MC Hammer, but for like a year. Do the Bartman was popular for like a year, you know. Like it was a bigger deal when you were 12 years old. Yeah, definite flashbacks. Remember, most people won't remember Salt-N-Pepa from the song that's in the movie. They'll remember Salt-N-Pepa from that— what'd they do?

57:40 What was that? Push It. Push It, that's their song. It was Push It and Tramp was a big hit. Okay. And also, yeah, the only one I really— the only other one I really remember is Push It. That was it. They did that song with E.U. who sang the butt. They did, uh, oh my God, they did like a remake, uh It was, um, a remake of, uh, It's Your Thing, Do What You Want to Do. Everybody had— I got Doing the Butt stuck in my head. At least you got fucking Salt-N-Pepa. Sex— that song has a deep— like, I fucking love that song only for the reason that it came— it was part of School Daze from Spike Lee. But I heard that song the same um, time that both— I had, uh, what is it, Police Academy 5 and Beetlejuice were big hits around that time when that song was also a huge hit.

58:33 So it like reminds me when I hear that song, it reminds me of that time when I fell in love with the Police Academy series full tilt, uh, as well as Beetlejuice where I was starting to love the, uh, comedy in my horror. So, but Eugene Levy, here's the weird thing. So Eugene Levy was a somewhat not a huge star. I mean, he was on SCTV and SCTV. Yeah, Splash, you know, Vacation. Yeah, Armed and Dangerous, that kind of shit. But like, then he started to fall apart from Speed Zone, which killed a lot of people's careers, including John Candy. Um, what the hell is it? Father of the Bride, he was in for like a second, and then it was like Once Upon a Crime or some shit.

59:26 Stay Tuned was the end of Eugene Levy for the most part until American Pie. American Pie, yeah. Jim's dad. Yeah, best— he did Best in Show also. Yeah, he did Best in Show. I think that was after American Pie. Yeah, I think it might have. Yeah, it might have been the same year, but I think it like It, it came out after. I know that because I was like, oh, and everybody went to see Best in Show because I had Eugene Levy from American Pie, because now the eyebrow guy is a big star. But, um, I, I know I, I love Eugene Levy. Michael, I know you said you're not a, not a huge fan of his. I was never a huge fan. Yeah, like, not that he's bad or anything, I just never connected with his shtick, you know what I mean? Right, right. On SCTV, I thought he was He has some great shit on there, um, and a lot of that stuff was mostly due to like, you know, that of course John Candy and Joe Flaherty and whatnot. But in this film, he's very Eugene Levy.

1:00:23 The first thing, believe it or not, I remember seeing Eugene Levy in is— wasn't he in Ivan Reitman's Cannibal Girls? He was, yes, he was. Yeah, that's the first time I ever saw him. Yeah, yeah, the first time I saw him was Splash. Actually. Yeah, like he's known for his comedy, and the first time I ever saw him, it wasn't even in a comedy. It wasn't in a comedy. That's funny. Well, some people would call Cannibal Girls a comedy. Yeah, that's true. Um, but yeah, the— I, I think Stay Tuned, it's, it's very difficult because I, I can't recommend it to people, but I could recommend it to older people. You can recommend it to a very specific crowd. Yeah, yeah, yeah, exactly. It's, it's But it's the cool thing about it. I'm glad— the reason I'm glad that you picked it is that it changes things up for us.

1:01:11 Because you talk about Vice Squad compared to Steve, you got to appreciate all kinds of art. Yeah, yeah, it really is. We're hitting every spectrum here. So that's the one thing I did like. Um, so what do Oh, I don't know. The one thing I hate about this movie is that Pam Dawber is the, you know, I don't know, man. Pam Dawber is just like the bitchy wife, you know? She still misses Mark Harmon. Yeah, she is. Yeah. Okay. Yeah, I wonder if I was remembering that right. She's just not a well-written character in this. No, she's not. She's like just very pissy. And John Ritter is like a dumbass. And Peder Asta Jones is like— I think Peder Asta Jones is actually the best part of the movie, if I'm being honest, as far as acting-wise.

1:02:11 I hate to say that. Yeah, you hate to say it. You hate to give him any credit whatsoever. But I, I do. But the thing is that Jeffrey Jones, much like Kevin Spacey and other people that have gotten in in hot water. Um, he— the thing about Jeffrey Jones that I really fucking loved back then, 2 things: he had great timing, comedic timing, and his voice was perfect. He has, he has a voice that if he weren't such a piece of shit, he's the kind of guy that could do like voiceovers or audiobooks or that kind of stuff. He has that voice that just soothes you, and I guess he'd soothe some people with that voice in a bad way. But he's so good in the movie. Like, he's playing the Satan role very well, where he's like being nice, then evil, and then nice and evil. It's really— oh yeah, yeah, he definitely hammed it up. I mean, yeah, and he does the evil side very well too. Like he does. Yeah, uh, you know, not that— again, it's very hard to praise him at this point. It is for real.

1:03:23 He does do the, uh, the, the like kind of evil tone where he does sound mad and you sound kind of scared of him. I mean, he— and I think that's one of the reasons why the film doesn't really get talked about too much nowadays as well. It's not really the Man, it's twofold. You got the, you know, the timing thing, but also him, because it's not a vehicle for him. I mean, what's the other one that was, uh, Mom and Dad Saved the World? Oh yeah, Nick Cage movie. No, it was, uh, it was him and, uh, who the hell else was it? I can see the VHS cover in my head. Yeah, I remember seeing it at the rental place plenty of times. That is like a movie that like I gotta mention was another one of the ones that I saw when I was a kid and I was like, maybe movies aren't good.

1:04:19 That came out the same year as Stay Tuned. Yeah, I frequently confused them in my fucking brain, but I saw them both and was like, oh man, I don't know movies, I don't know. So yeah, Terry Garr's in it with him, Jon Lovitz. Yeah, yeah. You know, um, growing up, speaking of Jeffrey Jones, no, I didn't know him, but my dad was friends with— my dad was friends with a guy that looked and sounded just like him. His name was Whitey. Um, that was his name, he was Whitey, like, you know, Whitey Ford, I guess. Um, but he had— he didn't— but he didn't sound completely like him, but he had this I don't know. Yeah, you had to be there kind of thing. Imagine being a white dude just named Whitey. Oh, I didn't tell you, he was Latina. No, he wasn't. He was white.

1:05:16 Um, but yeah, I, I don't know. But I don't know, man. John Ritter, I just wish that John Ritter could act. Uh, and that was definitely demonstrated in like Sling Blade, for instance. Um, which nobody can see anymore because it's being held hostage by its producer. Uh, that's what Sling Blade— Sling Blade is. Yeah, really? Yeah, it's being held hostage by the producer of it. For Christ's sake. Trust me on this. Um, can't we all just get along? I'll tell you about that, uh, when we, uh, stop talking about Stay Tuned. I'll tell you why. Um, but I don't know, the, the film— the cool thing, uh, I do like the, uh, Chuck Jones did do the, uh, animation. The animated, yeah. Um, and it took him like, I think they said it was like 6 months. Like, he started doing it before they started filming until they finished filming. And then, yeah, it was, um, that was really cool. It was, it was really neat that this— the thing about— the cool thing about the movie is that it shifts tone. Uh, throughout, so you don't know what's coming next, which is really cool to see. Uh, the Wayne's World sketch was of course everybody's favorite sketch in the world when that came out, uh, from the film. Everybody was just going— and this came out like right after Wayne's World.

1:06:43 I want to say this, they probably put that in the film because I'm pretty damn certain this came out like maybe I want to say maybe about a month or two after Wayne's World did. I can't remember. Yeah, because for some reason, as someone mentioned earlier, the same thing happened with me. I remember seeing that sphincter boy picture like a ton of places after this movie came out. Yep. The thing about the, the crazy thing— Peter Hines. All right, Peter fucking Hines. So I just want to go through a little bit of his repertoire because he directed Capricorn One and Outland and 2010, 2010, the year we made contact, and Running Scared and The Presidio and Narrow Margin and Timecop and Shutting Down. Yeah, you just named like 8 movies in the last The last 2 are the only 2 I've seen. Yeah, absolutely. For sure. He made End of Days with Schwarzenegger. I saw that one. Yeah, I was there.

1:07:58 Like, and it also— he made Sudden Death also. Yeah, Sudden Death, right? Oh, he didn't? Okay, I didn't know if he answered that one. Yeah, thanks for listening, dickhead. No. Yeah, no, but The guy— the thing is that Himes, like, really— I know he really fought for Stay Tuned. He did. Yeah, the studio loved the script. Yeah, he did. And they were like, no, you can't do it. He's like, I gotta do it. And he did it, and then it, like, became one of the biggest failures of the year. Not in my eyes. Not in your— no, I mean box office-wise. But, like, that's the thing, box office doesn't— it don't mean dick. You know, yeah, but it's why they make movies. It is, it is. But like, when it comes to the actual film itself, I mean, everybody always mentions The Thing being the one of the biggest failures and why John Carpenter's career kind of fell apart in a sense, which is crazy when you think about it now. Yeah, because everybody, even the young kids, are like, that thing is fucking amazing. I don't, I don't know anyone, and I, I'm not, I'm not, I'm not exaggerating for dramatic effect. I don't think I've ever met anyone that doesn't like Carpenter's The Thing.

1:09:06 It's like just one of those movies. The Thing was like a big cult hit for a lot of years, and now it's like, it's in like Psycho realm, you know? You see it in the top 5 of every top 100 horror list. It's true. Yeah, and it's all because— well, I mean, it's a great movie too, but it's the effects. The effects of that thing are still— and Rob Bottin was what, like 22 when he did that movie? Pretty much, yeah. He worked on Star Wars, uh, remember that? Because I was reading him in a Fango, like one of the first, uh, issues, like a while back. Um, but Rob Bottin, yeah. And he was doing that, uh, what the hell was it?

1:09:49 Was it Rick Baker? Because I remember, I remember he separated from Rick Baker because he was doing The Howling while Rick Baker was doing Werewolf in London. They were like competing Um, but I know, uh, what is it, Steve Johnson. Actually, I, I've read Steve Johnson's book, and that guy's— he's a firecracker, let me tell you. Um, if you want to meet the real Tony Stark, it's Steve Johnson minus all the money. Um, it's like watching Tony Stark. And yeah, but he mentioned, uh, Raboteen, and he said that Raboteen was one of the first people, uh, they were all hanging out outside, uh, one movie set And he walked up to him and he said, I could see into the future, and the future is going to be computer graphics.

1:10:38 And that's where he left it. But Rob Bottin, like, vanished from— from— he did. Yeah, I, I think it was— what is it— Total Recall that, like, really— he got made fun of when that movie came out because his effects looked like garbage. And what— yeah, especially like the, uh the head coming apart with, uh, you know, the 2 weeks, you know, that old— yeah. Um, but yeah, well, but yeah, stay tuned. I think, and in a sense, in a way, it is kind of a horror film too. It's like, it's a comedy movie, but it's, it's a dark comedy. Yeah, it's a horror comedy. So it's lightly dark, but there's dark overtones. Yeah, it definitely is. Yeah, I mean, you know what, Nick, you didn't like The Diff'rent Strokes? Uh, that's the one that made me laugh the hardest. No, it does not. Uh, I still lose it at Diff'rent Strokes. I still fucking lose it every time I see it. I forgot about that one until I watched it. I thought that one was clever, but it was spelled differently.

1:11:41 Autopsies of the Rich and Famous. Yeah, yeah, I don't know, but I, I think it's, uh It's a fun watch for, for old heads, I guess. Uh, young kids, stay the fuck away from it because you're gonna ruin it for Michael. Well, here, if you're— if you're over 40, it's gonna be a nostalgic fucking head trip. You're gonna love it. If you're under 40 and you just want to know what that time was like, there's no better movie to explain it to you. Yep. And that's the thing, like, this is the kind of film that just— you know, the thing I wanted to mention about sitcoms, I forgot to talk about as a talking point I had is that the thing that sitcoms did do for people, and the reason they existed, I think, is when you go to work, you just want to come home and just have a couple laughs and forget about the bullshit you had to deal with all day at work. And that's kind of what sitcoms do, you know, because after a sitcom is over, you forget about it. I just want to say that I missed the hell out of John Ritter. Yeah. Oh yeah, as do I.

1:12:49 Yeah, it's— he's, he's one of the greats. He really was. Yeah, he's one of the best physical comics of all time. Oh yeah, absolutely. Yeah, Three's Company was— it's a staple in this house. My God. Yeah, that's all I want. Three's Company. What else? What else did we watch growing up, Jack? Yeah, that's why we stopped doing comedy. Oh God, I— oh, what a great show. And then they came out with What's Happening Now and had like The only, like, first sitcom scene I ever experienced in my life. Whatever happened to that cast? Are they still around? Hey, Rerun was in, um, Rerun was in, uh, Vice Squad in 1985. He just passed away. What's Happening? Now that I think about it, What's Happening didn't get enough credit. No, that was such a good show. It really didn't. It didn't last. Are we gonna watch that too? Yes.

1:13:38 The entire series. Yeah, Mama, I can't breathe. Are they streaming anywhere? Because I'm embarrassed to watch them again. They're on Tubi, I'm sure. Yeah, I mean, you look at how great Tubi is, and like, I don't see how great it was. And like, there is nothing that is like— he doesn't pick a victim to be funny, and he doesn't, uh, um, you know, it's just fucking utter shit. And like There were so many great sitcoms. Perfect Strangers. Absolutely. Perfect Strangers. You know, it's like, it's like you look at something like that and it's like, why don't people just tell jokes anymore? And like, I mean like jokes, not just a like— What's Happening is on Tubi, huh? Yes, I told you.

1:14:26 There's like, there was a— somebody told an anecdote about, uh, Mr. Belvedere sitting on his ball During it, they're doing a scene of these. I remember that episode where Mr. Belvedere like pissed the kid off somehow and the kid— yeah, these days, and like, that's one thing ever. There was some dark shit on those shows back then. Yeah, well, Diff'rent Strokes had the darkest with the Gordon Jump. Yeah. Oh, that's so fucking awkward watching now. Oh yeah. What is it, Facts of Life we watched? Uh, yeah, with George Clooney. Yeah, Family Ties, which was great. Family Ties. And there were tons. Uh, shit, well, Moonlighting wasn't sitcom, but it was close. No, I never really watched Moonlighting. Oh, I did.

1:15:17 I watched the shit out of that. Um, first thing I ever saw Bruce Willis in was an episode of the revival of The Twilight Zone. No shit. First thing I remember. Yeah, first thing I remember seeing them in. Yeah, remember, uh, Sledgehammer? That was a show. Yes. See? Yeah, they gave a fuck. Damn, we were eating— we were eating good back then. What the fuck happened? I don't know. Like, here's the one thing that really pisses me off. I'm sorry to go on a tangent because I have this thing. No, go ahead. I'll tangent with you all night. Go ahead. Well, it's a tangent. Everybody, you know, I'm sure all you will be like, fuck that show. One of my favorite shows out there is Friends, and I'm gonna tell you why.

1:16:03 Yeah, fuck that show. You see, now I'm gonna tell you why. Please do. Okay, so here's my theory with Friends, okay? Everybody watched the fuck out of Friends when that came out. It's true. I didn't watch it. I know you didn't. That's fine. It was like the number one show, and it was— everybody loved it, right? It was always number one. And I mean, they, they are still the richest sitcom cast of all time. Oh yeah, by far, because of the show. Yeah. Okay, so what happened was after the show ended, that was the start of the decline on sitcoms. How I Met Your Mother is another one that I absolutely love.

1:16:50 Now, How I Met Your Mother, a lot of people don't know, and here— and I, I have, um, I have friends and I've asked them this here. Is that the one that Doogie Howser was in? Yes. Yeah. Okay, so do you know who the creators of How I Met Your Mother are? The creators of Friends? The creators of Harold and Kumar? Really? That's the sense of humor. We could have been here all night. I never would have guessed that. Yep, that's the sense of humor that that show has. It's dirty funny. They let Jason Segel do his thing and like be crazy Jason Segel, which is fucking great. Neil Patrick Harris was fucking amazing. But getting back to Friends, I, I say this to— I said this to friends of mine one, one night.

1:17:36 Uh, actually, Michael, you, you know these people. Um, we were all at a drive-in one night and I go, hey, you guys remember Dream On? And they're like, yeah, great show. Like, I love that show. Yeah. And I said, guess who made Dream On? The same people that made Friends. Yes. Okay, Dream On I loved because I used to— that used to come on either before or after Tales from the Crypt on HBO. Friends was gonna be like an R-rated sitcom, but they went to— and there, Dream On was definitely R-rated. Yeah, there was at least a pair of boobs on every episode.

1:18:19 Oh, that show was borderline porn. Yeah, it was one of the best. But like, so Friends, I like— I still— well, I'll put it on in the background because the comic timing of some of those actors is still top-notch. And people are like, yeah, that show sucks, it's lame, it's this and that. I'm like, that's fine, you can have that opinion, that I don't give a fuck. But I watched the shit out of that show, and I know every single episode. But the thing is that it's all about patterns and the comedy beats and how well every single cast member was on that show. And whenever a guest star came in, they'd always fuck it up. They just weren't— I will, I will give it that, they did nail it with that cast. Yeah, I mean, that's, that's the perfect storm of a cast they could have gotten. Absolutely. So like, that's the thing, like the thing about that kind of show nowadays, everybody hates— they go, oh my God, it's the worst show ever, but they loved it when it was out. Um, that happens quite a bit with sitcoms too. See, I just didn't relate to it because I didn't have friends, so maybe that's why I hated it. It could be.

1:19:26 Fuck, now I can't talk about hating it. Why? No, Nick, you can hate it all you want, but by all means. No, I meant because, uh, he said, uh, no friends, but I couldn't— yeah, I couldn't relate. I gotta just look at a relatable show for me, introspective about it, like, oh man. But no, I don't— I don't like it. I'll tell you the shows I like, the comedy shows that I like, these sitcoms I have enjoyed over the years, okay? Um, Arrested Development. Uh, I've enjoyed Curb Your Enthusiasm, much of it. Yeah, I watched one episode. Yeah, that's a good one. You know, I only— yeah, Curb Your Enthusiasm is fucking hilarious. Only in the past 2 years have we started to watch Always Sunny in Philadelphia, and we watched the whole show and it was great, and I like it a lot.

1:20:14 So that's on my list. Um, if we count animated things, I will count South Park and The Simpsons. Oh yeah, of course. Uh, but it's crazy that The Simpsons is still going. Yeah, how many years is it now? Like too many. Like far too many. Far too many. They started in what, '89, I think? Wait, is that the longest running show of all time? Um, no, definitely not. No, no, no, can't be, right? No, there's gotta be some like dumbass news show. There's probably like some morning news show that's a longer running— maybe longest running sitcom Yeah, it's got to be the longest running one of those shows. Yeah, I'm pretty— yeah, I mean, because even like SNL's been on for 50 years, so it's definitely not on the longest. But, um, is that all the comedies I like? I don't know.

1:21:01 We've been watching Ted Lasso, but that's a dramedy. Uh, I, I don't know what other sitcoms I've enjoyed over the years. I've watched things back— I mean, back in the '80s and '90s, every show that you named I've seen at some point. Because it was inescapable when you only had TV and not options too. So you'd watch, like, for instance, did you ever watch a show that, like, you didn't really like but it was, like, on before the show that you did like? Like, I remember the Harry Anderson show that I totally forget the name of. Dave's World. Dave's World, thank you. Wow. Patrick Warburton was in it. Yeah, it was not, it was not a great show by any means. But I watched it a lot because it was on before something else I liked. I don't know, maybe The Drew Carey Show. I like that.

1:21:46 That was funny. That was a funny-ass show. True. I don't know if you remember, Drew Carey had a show before The Drew Carey Show. Wasn't it called something like The Good Life or something? No, it was The Carey Drew Show. No, look into his show he did before The Drew Carey Show because it's actually 10 times funnier. Really? Yeah, now it's driving me fucking nuts. Yeah, I gotta look it up. Everybody, this is riveting '80s and '90s sitcom talk here. What are you— what else are you supposed to talk about when you're watching fucking Stay Tuned? That's what I'm saying. No, that's what— no, I'm saying us looking it up is riveting. Oh no, no, whatever. Um, but like Growing Pains, anybody?

1:22:29 Yeah, yep. Yeah, watched a lot of Growing Pains back then. That was the thing, The Wonder Years, How I Met Your Mother had Alan Thicke in there. Like, yeah, Alan Thicke. Show is so good, I'm telling you. Yeah, The Good Life was one season, January to April of '94, and then it was gone. It was only one season. It was the show that Drew Carey did before The Drew Carey Show. I think it might have— The Drew Carey Show might have been a spin-off from it, but The Good Life was 10 times funnier. Look into it. That is fucking wild. There's just— Growing Pains I've rewatched recently, and man, there are some— it's— is Kirk Cameron still a weirdo? Oh yeah, yeah, busy.

1:23:10 Yeah, remember that atheist banana sketch that was a meme? Like, explain this atheist— like a series of crazy religious movies. I still have to see them. I haven't seen Man, don't think we're going to be watching them on this show. Yeah, yeah, I'll have a screening of one of them. There we go. Let's just say that a lot of the issues they had with Kirk Cameron on Growing Pains is he didn't like some of the jokes on there. He thought they were a little too raunchy. Well, yeah, but he said that after the fact. I mean, didn't they have— wasn't his best friend's character's name Sylvester Stabone, and they just called No, that was his— oh yeah, his name was Boner, but his dad— his dad's name— dad's name was Sylvester Stallone. That's right.

1:23:58 We don't get comedy like that anymore, dude. Alf is still pretty funny. Yeah, I went back and watched a lot of that, and that's still pretty funny. Did you say Alf or Elf? Alf. Alf. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Gordon Shumway. Remember Small Wonder? Yes, Small Wonder was great. Now the show is just becoming— remember this? Remember that? And then we're gonna be here for 3 more hours. Well, the thing about Kirk Cameron or Growing Pains was that he found out that Julie McCullough was in, uh, Big Bad Mama 2 showing her boobies. Yeah. And also Playboy. And then he had her kicked off the show because it was midway through that show, that's when he turned into Mr.

1:24:42 Religious. Yeah, I was gonna wonder— I was wondering when that happened. Exactly, because at the very beginning, I know that, uh, the kid, the younger brother, and he talked about that show on Howard Stern Show years ago, like right after the show ended, and he said that him and Kirk Cameron used to sneak, um, sneak around and, uh, spy on their co-stars getting changed and shit. Yeah, they had a, like, a peephole, and they would go and watch, uh, the girls. Is his sister crazy religious like he is? She's the one from Full House, right? Yeah, yeah, Candace Cameron Bure. Yeah, yep, it's wild. Why?

1:25:25 How about give me a break now? Okay, I was gonna say, all right, give me a break. Anyway, um, well, I guess, uh, we're gonna, uh, celebrate Halloween next week. Because, uh, yeah, get the banner, have a big— which, which banner? All right, I'll allow your spooky season banner in the store next week. Uh, well, I mean, it's been in the store for this whole month, but it's fine. I have nothing against spooky season. Who would? Hey, uh, Nick, next week is your choice, isn't it? Yeah, and I didn't choose anything disgusting this time. I didn't choose anything that's, uh, first, you know, purposely offensive in some way or, uh, gonna make people, you know, real sad.

1:26:24 Um, so anyway, we're gonna watch a werewolf movie. It's Werewolf by Night. Um, which is actually a Marvel movie, but barely so. Michael, are you gonna be here? Uh, yeah, not in, not in any way that you would ever expect though. And, uh, I enjoyed a whole lot, and we'll see why. Nick, can you name your top 3 werewolf movies? Um, top 3 werewolf movies? Yes. Um, all right, so you got The Wolfman. I like that one, the old one, right? Oh man, I probably like Werewolf by Night in there secondly after that one. Okay. Wow.

1:27:07 And, uh, do I have an American Werewolf in London? Do I have a third one that I would put third? I think Jack is waiting for me to say something in particular. No, I'm not. No, Silver Bullet. No, I just I just know that you're not a werewolf fan, which is— I'm not a big werewolf fan, no. And I might not have a 3rd favorite werewolf movie. I mean, I guess it would be maybe American Werewolf in London. Uh, certainly not Howling 2, which I watched last year, and let me tell you, that one was real dog shit. Wait, you watched Howling 2? 2. My sister— my sister's a werewolf. Yeah, and shows her boobs every 2 seconds. Oh yeah.

1:27:49 Not a good movie, kids. Aren't there like 5 Howling movies? There are 7. They're up to 8 that we know of. Like, wow, one of them is the Marsupials. I have part 7 with, uh, Joe Bob, uh, Breaks Monster Vision. It's the only way to watch it right now. It's not even— so not— they're not even all on disc? No, they were at one point. Is that on, on Star Groove Plus? Possibly. Um, all right, so Werewolf by Night. I thought you were gonna say— there's a lot of reasons I want to watch that movie. Like, when it first came out, I really wanted to talk to people about it. Never saw it. Um, and give you my insights on it, so we shall see. Hmm, you know where all the Howling movies are available, boys? Don't even— take a wild guess. Don't even tell me I gotta go on the fucking YouTube.

1:28:49 Even part 2 will change your life. Yeah, it looks like it. The Howling Reborn. What's this? The Howling: New Moon Rising. Oh yeah, yeah. Guess who's not going to be watching it on Tubi? Dick Ritchie. Dick Ritchie gives it a minus. Oh, goddamn it. All right, well, I guess, uh, we're gonna carve our jack-o'-lanterns next week. Yeah, we didn't really think of an outro to this one, did we? No. Oh no, I, I— oh, I have one. You ready?

1:29:34 Ready. Okay, here it comes.