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- 0:00The Church of Rocky. Yes. Yes, that was great. That's a great opening. It's a very weird. Nobody knows what we're referencing there except for all the suicidal Tennessee fans out there. There's an old well all the songs are old I imagine but there's an old. 00:29 --> 00:59 There's an old suicidal Tennessee song for those that don't know the Southern California skate band Suicidal Tentasies. They're a great band. I saw them live and in fact I met the band outside the tour bus after one of their concerts in Vancouver British Columbia. Is that so? It is. You remember me being there? You said that like as a like I wasn't involved. No I of course I remember. 01:00 --> 01:15 I remember that you were with me. Of course I do. I was just saying it for the audience. I was telling them the story because they wouldn't know the story. Yeah and by you telling the story they wouldn't know that I was there either. Because you said I instead of we. My apologies. I got wrapped up in the moment. 01:15 --> 01:32 Okay so a little trivia for those listening. So Suicidal Tentasies. They have the song which we were referencing before. It goes three, two, one. Two, one. Like actions. Welcome to the Church of Suicidal. We're going to have a sermon and a wonderful recital. But before we go on there's something I must mention. 01:32 --> 01:38 I'm pouring a message. It must bring to your attention. I have some prayer and something last night. 01:39 --> 01:43 Anyway. That was dedication to prayer last night when I was woken by a bride. 01:44 --> 01:49 Overhead. A glorious spirit. He gave me a message. He all need you to hear. Send me your money. 01:49 --> 01:50 Send me your money. Yeah. 01:50 --> 01:52 Lights 01:52 --> 01:55 Camera 01:55 --> 01:59 Silence on the set 01:59 --> 02:01 Take rolling 02:01 --> 02:04 Three, two, one, action 02:04 --> 02:06 Welcome to the church of suicidal 02:06 --> 02:10 We let a sermon and a wonderful recital 02:10 --> 02:13 But before we go on, there's something I must mention 02:13 --> 02:17 Important message I must bring to your attention 02:17 --> 02:20 I was in meditation and prayer last night 02:20 --> 02:23 I was a woken past shining bright light 02:23 --> 02:27 Overhead, a glorious spirit 02:27 --> 02:30 You gave me a message in your heart, need to hear it 02:30 --> 02:35 Send me your money 02:35 --> 02:39 Hey, let's go, but you know what the Rocky reference is? 02:40 --> 02:42 Yes, of course, Rocky II, the commercials 02:42 --> 02:46 No, the Rocky reference is we got an autograph 02:46 --> 02:49 From the lead guitarist of Suicide Squad, Tennessee 02:49 --> 02:50 His name is Rocky George 02:50 --> 02:51 His name is Rocky 02:51 --> 02:53 Yes, Rocky George 02:53 --> 02:57 And side note, the bassist from Suicidal is now the bassist from Metallica 02:57 --> 02:59 The band everybody would know 02:59 --> 03:00 Robert Trulio, yes 03:00 --> 03:02 More importantly, Ryan 03:02 --> 03:02 Yes 03:02 --> 03:05 We've gone the distance with Rocky 03:05 --> 03:06 Yes, we have gone the distance with Rocky 03:06 --> 03:08 So welcome everybody to Going the Distance 03:08 --> 03:09 Cue the trumpets 03:32 --> 03:34 I don't know why we stopped talking 03:34 --> 03:36 What do we say? Cue the trumpets 03:36 --> 03:38 Pause for actually 03:38 --> 03:42 Are we waiting for the actual trumpets to sound 03:42 --> 03:43 Pre-edit? 03:43 --> 03:45 I don't know 03:45 --> 03:48 Great trumpet playing again by your friend 03:48 --> 03:49 Who did that trumpet music for us 03:49 --> 03:51 We'd like to thank her again 03:51 --> 03:52 Remember her name? 03:52 --> 03:54 Her name is Jessica? 03:54 --> 03:55 Julianne 03:55 --> 03:58 A little side note 03:58 --> 04:00 Her whole life her name was Tootsie 04:00 --> 04:02 That movie with Dustin Hoffman 04:02 --> 04:03 I remember when it came out 04:03 --> 04:05 I think it was 1980 or something like that 04:05 --> 04:06 Around the 80, 81 04:06 --> 04:07 Yeah, I remember that 04:07 --> 04:08 Even as a kid 04:08 --> 04:12 I could tell it was a little short man in drag 04:12 --> 04:13 I don't know how 04:13 --> 04:14 Same with Booz and Buddies 04:14 --> 04:18 When we first moved to New York we had a great apartment that was dirt cheap 04:18 --> 04:20 And we found out why it was so cheap 04:20 --> 04:24 Our friend Amy said there was a great apartment in her building 04:24 --> 04:27 Dirt cheap, but it's a hotel for women 04:27 --> 04:29 Okay, we made one adjustment 04:29 --> 04:33 Now these other ladies know us as Buffy and Hildegard 04:33 --> 04:38 But they also know us as Kip and Henry, Buffy and Hildy's brothers 04:38 --> 04:41 I am crazy about the blonde 04:41 --> 04:44 This experience is going to make a great book 04:44 --> 04:47 See, it's all perfectly normal 04:47 --> 05:00 I don't need you to worry for me cause I'm alright 05:00 --> 05:08 I don't want you to tell me it's time to come home 05:08 --> 05:13 I don't care what you say anymore 05:13 --> 05:16 This is my life 05:16 --> 05:19 I was never fooled 05:19 --> 05:22 By Tom Hanks and his Dinkelman friend 05:22 --> 05:23 Yeah, Dunkelman 05:23 --> 05:24 Dunkelman friend 05:24 --> 05:26 He keeps saying Dinkelman 05:26 --> 05:27 It's Dunkelman 05:27 --> 05:33 Yeah, so Tootsie was a comedy that Dustin Hoffman was in 05:33 --> 05:39 And I was always bewildered that people were fooled by the drag 05:39 --> 05:40 Or by the costume 05:40 --> 05:43 Cause basically I should say drag, that's not the proper term 05:43 --> 05:44 But the costume 05:44 --> 05:45 They're in costume 05:45 --> 05:47 They're pretending to be a woman 05:47 --> 05:51 But we're supposed to pretend as an audience member that nobody sees 05:51 --> 05:53 That this is just a man wearing makeup 05:53 --> 05:54 Like if I put on a dress and makeup 05:54 --> 05:57 No one's saying, oh that's, oh, what a 05:57 --> 06:02 He auditioned for the female lead on a soap opera 06:02 --> 06:04 And became the hottest new actress in America 06:04 --> 06:05 And you know what? 06:06 --> 06:07 No one knows his new identity 06:07 --> 06:09 Not even the girl he's madly in love with 06:09 --> 06:13 Soon everyone will know that she's Dustin Hoffman 06:13 --> 06:15 And he's Tootsie 06:15 --> 06:18 I remember when your oldest boys were younger 06:18 --> 06:22 Like maybe five, four, three, somewhere around there 06:22 --> 06:24 Michael Jackson came on the TV 06:24 --> 06:25 Right 06:25 --> 06:29 And you said, Kirtland, is that a man or a woman? 06:29 --> 06:30 Yes, I remember that 06:30 --> 06:31 I think it might have been, yeah 06:31 --> 06:32 I don't remember which son it was 06:32 --> 06:34 But I remember asking that question 06:34 --> 06:35 It's funny they bring it up 06:35 --> 06:37 I just, I didn't tell them 06:37 --> 06:37 No 06:37 --> 06:40 Just said, is that person that you're looking at right now 06:40 --> 06:40 A man or a woman? 06:41 --> 06:45 For the audience, does anyone want to guess what my young child said? 06:46 --> 06:47 Let's let you think of that answer 06:47 --> 06:51 So anyway, so welcome to the Church of Rocky 06:51 --> 06:53 It's great to be here 06:53 --> 06:54 It's great to be in the studios 06:54 --> 06:57 In the Ruben Rubalkin Living Room Studios 06:57 --> 06:58 Yeah, thank you 06:58 --> 07:00 Thank you for being here 07:00 --> 07:01 We've gone the distance 07:01 --> 07:02 This is episode 15 07:02 --> 07:04 And we've had a 07:04 --> 07:04 15-ish 07:04 --> 07:05 15-ish 07:05 --> 07:07 So the good news is 07:07 --> 07:10 The reason why we don't know quite what episode we're on 07:10 --> 07:12 Is because we have some interviews that we've recorded 07:12 --> 07:14 With some awesome people 07:14 --> 07:16 And we just don't know when those are going to be released 07:16 --> 07:17 At the time of this recording 07:17 --> 07:19 Some of the people that we have interviewed 07:19 --> 07:21 It's Michael Vitez 07:21 --> 07:23 The Pulitzer Prize winning author 07:23 --> 07:27 Of the story, correction, of the book called Rocky's Stories 07:27 --> 07:29 May I say that again, Ruben? 07:29 --> 07:31 Pulitzer Prize winning author 07:31 --> 07:32 Talk to us 07:32 --> 07:34 It was a surprise to have a Pulitzer Prize 07:34 --> 07:36 It was quite the Pulitzer Prize 07:36 --> 07:41 I did order his book on Amazon 07:41 --> 07:41 That's awesome 07:41 --> 07:43 As of this recording, it hasn't come in yet 07:43 --> 07:45 Okay, well Amazon, get to work please 07:45 --> 07:48 Well, I got an email from them saying it's on their way 07:48 --> 07:50 Yeah, you ordered a ship I'm looking at right now 07:50 --> 07:52 I'm a little Pulitzer Prize that it hasn't arrived yet 07:52 --> 07:55 Oh, well, that's a good pun 07:55 --> 07:57 I don't have anything to... 07:59 --> 08:01 Oh, it's supposed to arrive on Wednesday 08:01 --> 08:04 So it's going to arrive in two days 08:04 --> 08:04 In two days 08:04 --> 08:05 When you're done with it, Ruben 08:05 --> 08:11 Michael Vitez, Mike Vitez, would you be offended if my brother lent me the book instead of me purchasing it? 08:11 --> 08:12 How dare you? 08:12 --> 08:12 I know 08:12 --> 08:17 So, Ruben, can you believe that we had a Pulitzer Prize author talk to us? 08:17 --> 08:19 A couple of ham and egg are podcasters 08:19 --> 08:21 It was a real treat 08:21 --> 08:21 A real treat 08:21 --> 08:25 I don't know, again, where this episode's airing in conjunction with that 08:25 --> 08:27 So either way, if you haven't heard it yet 08:27 --> 08:28 Wait for it 08:28 --> 08:29 Wait for it or listen to it 08:29 --> 08:32 Or if you haven't heard it, yeah, go take a listen 08:32 --> 08:33 Yeah, before this... 08:33 --> 08:41 Before we had the tape rolling, we were talking how fascinating it is to be talking to people of a one-degree separation from Mr. Stallone. 08:41 --> 08:51 We talked to a handful of people who have, they themselves, met Mr. Stallone in person and have had conversations with him in person. 08:51 --> 08:57 For people like us, Ruben and Ryan, that's pretty amazing for us to talk to these people. 08:57 --> 08:59 I know it sounds silly, but hey, we're doing a Rocky podcast. 09:00 --> 09:01 I mean, come on, give us a break here. 09:01 --> 09:05 We're excited to talk to people who have actually talked to Mr. Stallone in person. 09:06 --> 09:08 Mike Vitaz is one of them. 09:09 --> 09:10 Robin Schoenberg. 09:11 --> 09:11 Nichols. 09:12 --> 09:14 Robin Schoenberg Nichols. 09:14 --> 09:15 Dash Nichols. 09:15 --> 09:15 Tack Nichols. 09:16 --> 09:18 I think it's, well, it's the military term. 09:18 --> 09:20 The hyphen is referred to as attack. 09:21 --> 09:22 Yeah, I'm a civilian. 09:22 --> 09:22 You're a civilian. 09:23 --> 09:23 I apologize. 09:23 --> 09:26 So, Robin Schoenberg Nichols. 09:26 --> 09:34 She's also the curator or the person who's in charge of the franchise of the Rocky statue and the old things. 09:34 --> 09:35 She's kind of, I guess, the representative. 09:35 --> 09:37 Her father was the sculptor. 09:37 --> 09:38 Her father was the sculptor. 09:38 --> 09:39 I guess he takes care of the artwork. 09:39 --> 09:40 Well, actually, he's not the sculptor. 09:41 --> 09:42 He's the sculptor-er. 09:42 --> 09:43 He's the sculptor-er. 09:43 --> 09:45 Yeah, he himself is not the actual sculptor. 09:45 --> 09:46 Sculpture. 09:46 --> 09:46 Sculpture. 09:47 --> 09:49 That would be a terrible job. 09:50 --> 09:51 Who was your father? 09:51 --> 09:53 That bronze sculptor right there. 09:54 --> 09:55 So, that's a great interview, obviously. 09:56 --> 09:59 Hearing the history of the statue and what it's meant to the city and it meant to their family. 10:00 --> 10:01 Incredible story. 10:01 --> 10:07 And I've got to say, just people doing the show, they don't need to thank us. 10:07 --> 10:12 But after that, she emailed us and asked for our address to send us a thank you note. 10:12 --> 10:13 Incredible. 10:13 --> 10:13 Incredible. 10:13 --> 10:15 What a class act. 10:15 --> 10:16 Incredible, classy people. 10:16 --> 10:21 So, everyone that we've interviewed thus far, you know who you are and your titles are in our archives. 10:21 --> 10:22 So, people can look to see who we've interviewed. 10:23 --> 10:28 We just want to thank anyone that's given a couple of guys a chance to talk about Rocky. 10:28 --> 10:32 We actually have, Ruben and I have no credentials whatsoever. 10:32 --> 10:39 We are ill-equipped both on a psychological and equipment level. 10:40 --> 10:43 We really have no business doing this podcast whatsoever. 10:44 --> 10:44 No. 10:44 --> 10:45 Yeah, here we are. 10:45 --> 10:47 Well, it's not really a business. 10:47 --> 10:49 We are making, how much money are we making off this, Ruben? 10:49 --> 10:51 I think we're in the negative. 10:51 --> 10:52 I think we are in the negative. 10:52 --> 10:53 I think we're in the negative. 10:53 --> 10:57 This podcast is definitely a passion project. 10:57 --> 10:59 Meaning, we make no money. 10:59 --> 11:01 It actually costs us money to do this, but we're happy to do it. 11:01 --> 11:05 For that reason, I guess we have to go to one of our sponsors. 11:05 --> 11:07 Yes, it's time for another sponsor. 11:07 --> 11:08 So, sorry guys. 11:08 --> 11:11 Because we're in the negatives making this podcast, here's a time for our sponsor. 11:12 --> 11:15 Hey, you need some cash for some things you gotta do? 11:15 --> 11:18 But all the banks and first-rate loan sharks are saying no. 11:18 --> 11:20 Look no further to Gazzo's loans. 11:21 --> 11:24 We provide cash, loans, and interest rates you don't need to think about. 11:24 --> 11:26 From here on in, let us do the figuring. 11:27 --> 11:27 Can't pay? 11:28 --> 11:28 No need to worry. 11:29 --> 11:35 One of our personalized debt representatives will visit you and help you work out a repayment plan where you can keep your coat. 11:36 --> 11:38 Heck, they even make house calls. 11:39 --> 11:41 So, come on down to Gazzo's and get a few bucks. 11:42 --> 11:43 We're looking forward to seeing you. 11:44 --> 11:46 Loans carry interest while in excess of 1,000 APR. 11:46 --> 11:48 You may not get off late as we are not running a charity. 11:48 --> 11:51 Repayment plan incentives may include fracturing of extremities. 11:51 --> 11:52 It is recommended at Boris. 11:52 --> 11:52 Plan ahead. 11:53 --> 11:53 Plan ahead. 11:54 --> 11:56 Well, one last thing before we move on. 11:56 --> 11:58 You thank all the guests, but obviously you gotta thank the listeners. 11:58 --> 11:59 Do we have any? 11:59 --> 12:00 Hi, Mom. 12:01 --> 12:01 Mom, thank you. 12:03 --> 12:04 Yeah. 12:04 --> 12:05 My neighbor's a listener, by the way. 12:06 --> 12:06 Oh, really? 12:06 --> 12:09 Yeah, she's, I won't say her name, but I don't want to embarrass her. 12:09 --> 12:10 Is it the one that I've met? 12:10 --> 12:11 At the house? 12:11 --> 12:11 Yeah. 12:12 --> 12:12 Yeah. 12:12 --> 12:14 Yeah, I believe it's the one you met. 12:14 --> 12:17 I won't say her name because I don't want to embarrass her. 12:17 --> 12:18 Why would she be embarrassed by her name? 12:19 --> 12:20 Well, I don't think her name's embarrassing. 12:20 --> 12:21 Oh, okay. 12:23 --> 12:25 Started listening to the podcast because she's a friend. 12:25 --> 12:26 She goes, hey, you're a friend. 12:26 --> 12:27 I want to support your podcast. 12:27 --> 12:27 Wow. 12:27 --> 12:29 I hadn't ever seen the movies before. 12:29 --> 12:31 Now she's watched Rocky 1 and 2. 12:31 --> 12:31 Oh, really? 12:32 --> 12:32 Yes. 12:32 --> 12:36 And so she was actually a podcast listener before she was a watcher of the Rocky movies. 12:36 --> 12:37 Wow. 12:37 --> 12:37 Yeah. 12:37 --> 12:39 She liked to listen to our banter, believe it or not. 12:39 --> 12:40 She was a fan of our banter. 12:40 --> 12:41 Wow. 12:41 --> 12:42 Wow. 12:42 --> 12:43 So thank you, mom and neighbor. 12:44 --> 12:45 Thank you. 12:45 --> 12:49 So I like looking at the countries of who has listened. 12:50 --> 12:51 Smallest, right? 12:51 --> 12:52 Smallest. 12:52 --> 12:54 Well, there's over 50, so I won't do all 50. 12:55 --> 12:55 But... 12:55 --> 12:57 Well, it's the standard countries that listen. 12:57 --> 12:59 Of course, our biggest listenership is Canada. 13:00 --> 13:01 No, it's the United States. 13:01 --> 13:01 Oh, sorry. 13:01 --> 13:02 United States. 13:02 --> 13:02 My apologies. 13:02 --> 13:03 United States. 13:03 --> 13:04 Of America. 13:04 --> 13:05 United States of America. 13:05 --> 13:06 Yeah, that one. 13:06 --> 13:07 I always get confused. 13:07 --> 13:09 Is there another United States that we are aware of? 13:10 --> 13:11 Hey, what day is it today, by the way? 13:11 --> 13:12 Just... 13:12 --> 13:15 Oh, it's July 4th. 13:15 --> 13:15 July 4th. 13:15 --> 13:20 Happy Independence Day to those in America that have not been killed by the aliens. 13:22 --> 13:22 Yes, that's right. 13:23 --> 13:25 You know, there was a bomb on Independence Day. 13:26 --> 13:27 The movie, the second sequel. 13:28 --> 13:28 It did bomb. 13:28 --> 13:29 It did bomb. 13:30 --> 13:30 It was... 13:30 --> 13:31 Are we allowed to say bomb? 13:32 --> 13:32 It was on an airplane. 13:33 --> 13:35 We can't say bomb on an airplane, apparently. 13:36 --> 13:36 No, no. 13:36 --> 13:37 Is that really true? 13:37 --> 13:38 You can't say the word bomb? 13:38 --> 13:39 No, you cannot. 13:39 --> 13:40 You can't. 13:40 --> 13:43 So you can't even say, man, this tuna fish sandwich is the bomb? 13:43 --> 13:46 I've got a plane full of people saying you threatened that stewardess. 13:46 --> 13:47 I was not threatening her. 13:47 --> 13:50 I was just trying to get my bag into the overhead storage thing. 13:50 --> 13:53 You were acting like a maniac and you threatened her with a bomb. 13:53 --> 13:54 No, I said I didn't have a bomb. 13:54 --> 13:55 You said bomb. 13:55 --> 13:56 I said it's not like I have a bomb. 13:56 --> 13:58 You said bomb on an airplane. 13:58 --> 13:59 What's wrong with saying bomb on an airplane? 14:00 --> 14:01 You can't say bomb on an airplane. 14:01 --> 14:02 Bomb, bomb, bomb. 14:02 --> 14:03 Bomb, bomb, bomb. 14:03 --> 14:04 Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb. 14:05 --> 14:05 You going to arrest me? 14:05 --> 14:06 You assaulted an airline employee. 14:06 --> 14:08 What if I was in the military and I was a bombardier? 14:08 --> 14:09 Right there. 14:09 --> 14:09 Bomb, bomb, bomb. 14:09 --> 14:10 Bomb, bomb, bomb, bomb. 14:10 --> 14:11 I've got to put you away for a few years. 14:12 --> 14:12 Fair enough. 14:15 --> 14:16 Yeah, that's interesting. 14:16 --> 14:16 You just don't do it. 14:17 --> 14:17 You just shouldn't do it. 14:17 --> 14:18 I recommend it. 14:19 --> 14:23 Do you ever, when you tell someone don't say that word, and you're like, now it's in your 14:23 --> 14:23 psyche. 14:24 --> 14:25 It's just going to come out. 14:25 --> 14:26 You're saying that you're going to be saying? 14:26 --> 14:27 No, I will not say it. 14:27 --> 14:28 Oh, there we go. 14:28 --> 14:29 I will not say it. 14:29 --> 14:29 Okay. 14:29 --> 14:32 I was going to say, here's the bottom countries that have listened to the podcast. 14:32 --> 14:32 Okay. 14:32 --> 14:35 So if you're part of the bottom countries, holla. 14:35 --> 14:37 So here's the bottom, I don't know, 10? 14:38 --> 14:38 Sure. 14:38 --> 14:46 Portugal, Jordan, Lithuania, Libyan, Arab, Jumanji, Malta, Hong Kong, Bulgaria, Switzerland. 14:46 --> 14:47 Wow. 14:47 --> 14:47 Those are the bottom. 14:48 --> 14:48 China. 14:49 --> 14:49 Where's our China? 14:50 --> 14:51 We've got China. 14:51 --> 14:52 We've got 20 downloads in China. 14:53 --> 14:53 Oh, nice. 14:53 --> 14:54 Name another country. 14:55 --> 14:55 Ireland. 14:55 --> 14:57 We haven't had any Ireland, I don't think. 14:57 --> 14:57 Really? 14:58 --> 14:58 No. 14:58 --> 15:01 The Always Hungry podcast gets a lot of Ireland, actually. 15:01 --> 15:01 Really? 15:02 --> 15:02 For real. 15:03 --> 15:03 I know. 15:03 --> 15:04 I'm not saying it to be funny. 15:04 --> 15:05 So wait. 15:08 --> 15:13 So the Go In The Distance podcast has not gotten any from Ireland, but you said another podcast? 15:14 --> 15:16 What's this other podcast you're referring to, Ruben? 15:16 --> 15:18 It's called the Always Hungry podcast. 15:18 --> 15:20 Are you a fan of this podcast or something? 15:22 --> 15:26 I'm not sure if I'm fan, that's really the right word, because I'm the host of the Always Hungry podcast. 15:26 --> 15:30 Oh, so this Go In The Distance podcast is kind of like a side project for you? 15:31 --> 15:33 Well, actually, I started Always Hungry podcast. 15:34 --> 15:35 Prior to this. 15:35 --> 15:35 Oh, right. 15:35 --> 15:36 Of course. 15:36 --> 15:36 My apologies. 15:36 --> 15:40 And then you heard that podcast and you thought, if Ruben can do it, I can do it. 15:40 --> 15:40 True. 15:41 --> 15:43 But like, if Ruben can do it, I need help to do it. 15:43 --> 15:43 Oh, no. 15:44 --> 15:44 Ireland. 15:44 --> 15:46 We have had four downloads in Ireland. 15:46 --> 15:48 My apologies to the four Irishmen. 15:49 --> 15:51 I would not even attempt to do an Irish accent. 15:51 --> 15:54 Tom Cruise did a better one in a far and away than I can do. 15:54 --> 15:55 Tell me. 15:55 --> 15:57 Tell me you like my hat. 15:57 --> 15:58 Say it. 15:58 --> 15:59 Say you like my hat. 15:59 --> 16:00 Say it. 16:00 --> 16:01 Why can't you say it, Shannon? 16:02 --> 16:03 Why can't you say you like my hat? 16:03 --> 16:05 Why can't you say you like my suit? 16:06 --> 16:07 I've earned this. 16:08 --> 16:11 I've done well. 16:12 --> 16:13 Hey, he's far away. 16:13 --> 16:14 He's far and away. 16:14 --> 16:15 A better Irish. 16:15 --> 16:16 A better Irish accent doer. 16:17 --> 16:21 Hey, speaking of Tom Cruise, let's stop talking about him and let's talk about Rocky. 16:22 --> 16:22 That's right. 16:22 --> 16:23 There was no segue. 16:23 --> 16:24 Wow. 16:25 --> 16:27 I just want to steer the ship back. 16:27 --> 16:29 We could have plugged Tom Cruise just like his hair. 16:31 --> 16:32 All right. 16:32 --> 16:32 All right. 16:32 --> 16:34 Well, we finished up Rocky 1. 16:34 --> 16:38 Before we move on to Rocky 2, which won't be this episode. 16:38 --> 16:39 This is the wrap party. 16:39 --> 16:40 This is the wrap. 16:40 --> 16:41 Thank you, Ruben. 16:41 --> 16:41 That's a perfect one. 16:41 --> 16:43 This is a wrap party. 16:43 --> 16:44 With a W. 16:46 --> 16:46 Yeah. 16:46 --> 16:47 Ruben. 16:47 --> 16:52 My name is Ruben and I like Rocky. 16:53 --> 16:53 Go, Ryan. 16:54 --> 16:55 I will not be doing that. 16:58 --> 16:59 I'm just not that cocky. 17:00 --> 17:00 Oh, wow. 17:00 --> 17:01 That's pretty good. 17:01 --> 17:01 That's pretty good. 17:02 --> 17:03 That's pretty good. 17:03 --> 17:03 Wow. 17:04 --> 17:06 So, Ruben, let's maybe ask some questions back and forth. 17:07 --> 17:08 We've finished off Rocky. 17:08 --> 17:09 We've had some interviews now. 17:09 --> 17:09 Yes. 17:09 --> 17:15 We're going to our next episode will be the beginning of the next lake or the next round or the next whatever you want to call it. 17:15 --> 17:16 Will it be Rocky 2? 17:17 --> 17:19 But let's talk about where we are so far. 17:19 --> 17:21 How do you feel we've done so far as a podcast? 17:21 --> 17:24 How do you feel so far about Rocky 1 and the interviews we've done? 17:24 --> 17:28 I don't say this to be kind of funny, but I'm going to mention the Ruben Show. 17:29 --> 17:29 Okay. 17:30 --> 17:33 So, we're now 15 minutes into the podcast. 17:34 --> 17:38 We've plugged your other podcast and we're now going to mention the Ruben Show. 17:38 --> 17:40 So, my friends are out of town visiting, Russ and Jen. 17:41 --> 17:42 And they're a little boy. 17:42 --> 17:44 He wants to start a YouTube channel. 17:44 --> 17:44 Well, cool. 17:44 --> 17:52 And I just happen to mention I've never made an episode of the Ruben Show that I'm like, yes, that's the episode I set out to make. 17:52 --> 17:53 Right. 17:53 --> 17:53 Okay. 17:53 --> 17:53 Fair enough. 17:53 --> 17:55 I've never reached that. 17:55 --> 18:01 So, you mentioned this boy, you know, he has a TV show and he's never made an episode that he feels like, yes, that's it. 18:01 --> 18:01 Right. 18:02 --> 18:05 To answer your question, I feel that we've done better. 18:06 --> 18:09 I feel like we've had episodes where it's like, yeah, we knocked that one out of the park. 18:10 --> 18:11 We should use a boxing metaphor. 18:12 --> 18:13 Yes, that was a knockout. 18:14 --> 18:15 We've knocked it out of the ring. 18:16 --> 18:17 No, no, it was a knockout. 18:17 --> 18:21 I think we've had some KOs and some TKOs. 18:22 --> 18:22 TKOs. 18:22 --> 18:23 Technical knockout. 18:23 --> 18:23 Yeah. 18:24 --> 18:25 Not every episode has one. 18:25 --> 18:26 Have we ever thrown in the towel? 18:26 --> 18:27 No. 18:27 --> 18:28 We've never thrown in the towel. 18:28 --> 18:30 I don't think every episode is a knockout. 18:30 --> 18:34 Well, no, there's just some moments of some of the episodes. 18:34 --> 18:36 I always wondered, is this the one where we lose an audience member? 18:37 --> 18:37 And we probably have. 18:37 --> 18:38 You know what? 18:38 --> 18:41 I wonder how many audience members we've lost just with this one. 18:41 --> 18:42 We may have lost a few. 18:44 --> 18:44 See you later. 18:45 --> 18:51 I suspect if you got to episode 15-ish, where we are right now, you might be a fan by now. 18:52 --> 18:52 Perhaps. 18:52 --> 18:54 You probably know our banter a little bit. 18:54 --> 19:01 If this is your first time listening and you've made it into this first 17 minutes, 18 minutes of the podcast, we will talk about Rocky. 19:01 --> 19:02 We promise. 19:02 --> 19:02 Yeah, we promise. 19:02 --> 19:03 Well, I think we are right now. 19:03 --> 19:05 But I'm answering your question. 19:05 --> 19:05 Yes, you are. 19:05 --> 19:09 I just want to say that I think it's... 19:09 --> 19:09 Yeah, we're talking about Rocky. 19:10 --> 19:10 This is a wrap-up show. 19:10 --> 19:12 It's gotten good enough to keep going. 19:12 --> 19:13 I agree. 19:13 --> 19:18 I feel like we have a lot more to show and a lot more to give to the people and to ourselves. 19:19 --> 19:20 I just want to make a public apology. 19:21 --> 19:22 Oh, wow. 19:22 --> 19:23 To you, Ryan. 19:23 --> 19:23 Oh, wow. 19:24 --> 19:26 My ums and ahs for you to edit out. 19:27 --> 19:29 Ryan does... 19:29 --> 19:29 I do what's... 19:29 --> 19:30 We do two edits. 19:30 --> 19:33 So, look, for our audience members, we edit. 19:34 --> 19:35 We do this... 19:35 --> 19:37 There's some... 19:37 --> 19:40 You got to leave that in. 19:40 --> 19:40 I'll leave that in. 19:40 --> 19:41 Okay. 19:41 --> 19:42 So, that's an example. 19:42 --> 19:43 That's an example of what I would eliminate. 19:44 --> 19:46 The ahs, the stutters, the blah. 19:46 --> 19:47 Okay, fine. 19:47 --> 19:48 I'll leave that in. 19:48 --> 19:49 That stuff is taken out. 19:50 --> 19:51 Sometimes Ryan's a little punchy. 19:52 --> 19:52 I am a little bit punchy. 19:53 --> 19:53 I have six kids. 19:54 --> 19:55 My brain's a little relaxed. 19:55 --> 19:57 Yeah, I got a relaxed brain. 19:57 --> 19:58 I have six kids. 19:58 --> 19:59 I work full time. 19:59 --> 20:01 And so, by the time we get this recording done, it's a little bit later at night. 20:01 --> 20:02 And I can be a little bit... 20:02 --> 20:05 And Ruben himself will be um, an ahs. 20:06 --> 20:09 And Ruben is notorious in his and ums, which we all do. 20:10 --> 20:12 Some of our people that we've interviewed, we won't say any names, of course. 20:13 --> 20:16 Some people were notorious for you know, you know, you know. 20:16 --> 20:18 And it's just... 20:18 --> 20:20 We call them whisker words or words that are just filler. 20:20 --> 20:22 And we all do it as human beings. 20:22 --> 20:26 But when you're recording somebody for an hour, it's amazing how much you've done it in that hour. 20:26 --> 20:31 Where you don't realize it in a normal conversation until you go back and listen for it. 20:31 --> 20:38 So, what we try to do as editors is we want your experience as a listener to be quick, flow nicely. 20:39 --> 20:40 So, you get, you know, you know. 20:41 --> 20:45 We don't waste your time because you probably have other podcasts you listen to or whatever. 20:45 --> 20:47 We want you to have enjoyed this experience. 20:47 --> 20:49 So, I do the editing. 20:50 --> 20:53 And Ruben, thank you for the public apology for your ands and ums. 20:53 --> 20:58 But Ruben does a great job by putting in the editing, the post-audio, I call it. 20:58 --> 20:59 Or post-post-edit. 20:59 --> 21:02 Yeah, for it's like an audio, like a movie clip or a song. 21:02 --> 21:06 Like if everyone said, hey, remember that time Arnold Schwarzenegger was on Guns N' Roses' 21:07 --> 21:07 You Could Be Mine video? 21:08 --> 21:10 We might play a little You Could Be Mine. 21:10 --> 21:13 We could probably play a little bit of You Could Be Mine to make that point. 21:39 --> 21:40 Ruben's the one that put that in. 21:40 --> 21:40 Good job, Ruben. 21:41 --> 21:44 So, with my public apology, I decided I'm going to do something. 21:45 --> 21:45 What? 21:45 --> 21:46 Okay. 21:46 --> 21:47 This is up to you though. 21:47 --> 21:47 You're listening? 21:48 --> 21:49 For every um and ah. 21:49 --> 21:50 Oh, wow. 21:50 --> 21:51 That I do. 21:51 --> 21:52 Mm-hmm. 21:52 --> 21:55 Next time that we record, I'll do that in push-ups. 21:55 --> 21:56 Do I have to count now too? 21:59 --> 22:00 You've just created more work for me? 22:01 --> 22:02 I'm just saying, let me know. 22:02 --> 22:03 I'll do it in push-ups. 22:03 --> 22:03 All right. 22:04 --> 22:06 So, your goal will be to not exercise. 22:07 --> 22:09 That is my ultimate goal. 22:09 --> 22:11 No exercising. 22:12 --> 22:14 Well, I love the incentive is... 22:15 --> 22:19 The incentive is I will not exercise. 22:19 --> 22:20 That's a great incentive. 22:20 --> 22:21 It shouldn't be... 22:21 --> 22:23 The opposite should be is you want to do 100 push-ups. 22:24 --> 22:27 But for every and and um, I'm taking that away from you. 22:27 --> 22:28 In a perfect world. 22:28 --> 22:29 In a perfect world. 22:30 --> 22:30 All right. 22:30 --> 22:32 So, I think our feelings are the same, Ruben. 22:32 --> 22:35 I won't reiterate regarding the podcast. 22:35 --> 22:39 It's been a great experience working with you and talking about Rocky. 22:40 --> 22:40 interacting with... 22:40 --> 22:47 We have a few fans who actually have messaged us and messaged me and had input and have corrected 22:47 --> 22:50 us on our trivia, on our questions. 22:50 --> 22:52 And it's been great to have these people talking to us. 22:53 --> 22:53 It's kind of cool. 22:53 --> 22:54 That's what makes the internet so cool. 22:55 --> 22:59 is that we're just talking to people that we would never, ever, 20 years ago, you'd never 22:59 --> 23:00 interact with. 23:00 --> 23:02 I think the world is a big, beautiful place. 23:02 --> 23:03 You're just getting a little sappy on everybody. 23:03 --> 23:08 But the world is a big, beautiful place where the internet kind of brings that a little bit 23:08 --> 23:10 smaller, where you get to talk to people that you would never communicate with. 23:11 --> 23:11 I can't... 23:11 --> 23:14 I know I always bring up all these different countries because it's amazing to me. 23:15 --> 23:15 It is. 23:16 --> 23:16 It's amazing to me. 23:16 --> 23:19 And again, we had nothing to do with that. 23:19 --> 23:20 It was Mr. Stallone... 23:20 --> 23:21 Mr. Stallone. 23:21 --> 23:23 ...who made that happen. 23:23 --> 23:25 He had a thought, an idea in his head. 23:26 --> 23:28 I was watching Rocky 2 today. 23:28 --> 23:28 Yes. 23:28 --> 23:35 I was like, wow, he created a character that just wasn't worth playing once, but people 23:35 --> 23:37 wanted to see what happened to him later. 23:38 --> 23:39 You know how amazing that is? 23:39 --> 23:39 Yeah. 23:39 --> 23:40 Could you... 23:40 --> 23:43 If you were given the challenge, would you ever be able to do in a lifetime to create a character 23:43 --> 23:45 that would take the public by storm? 23:46 --> 23:47 What a challenge that would be. 23:47 --> 23:49 But can you imagine thinking of a... 23:49 --> 23:51 You would have to come up with a character, Ruben. 23:51 --> 23:52 Here's what he came up with. 23:53 --> 23:58 He wrote a character, a character story arc, or however you want to say it, that has inspired 23:58 --> 24:05 millions of people, that he himself got to act in, act the part, but nominated twice for 24:05 --> 24:06 best actor for that character. 24:07 --> 24:13 And 40 years later, 40 years later, it's still being talked about, fan pages are created, 24:13 --> 24:18 artwork is created, monuments are visited, props are put in the Smithsonian from the movie. 24:19 --> 24:20 He... 24:20 --> 24:20 Podcasts. 24:20 --> 24:22 Podcasts are being created for it. 24:22 --> 24:25 I've named my last child after him, his middle name, Stallone. 24:26 --> 24:29 So this legacy to me is huge. 24:29 --> 24:30 That's amazing. 24:30 --> 24:30 It is amazing. 24:31 --> 24:31 And I've said this before. 24:32 --> 24:33 Are we buttering you up, Mr. Stallone? 24:34 --> 24:34 Yes. 24:34 --> 24:35 Yes, we are. 24:37 --> 24:37 But it's all true. 24:38 --> 24:39 No, it is true. 24:39 --> 24:40 Because I guess we wouldn't... 24:40 --> 24:42 I don't know if you're buttering up that word, but like... 24:42 --> 24:43 I know. 24:43 --> 24:43 I'm doing it. 24:43 --> 24:49 But we wouldn't be doing the podcast if there wasn't a work created that was there. 24:49 --> 24:51 Imagine if it was Burt Reynolds that took the role. 24:52 --> 24:54 Would we be doing this podcast? 24:54 --> 25:02 If Sylvester Stallone in 1975 said to Erwin Winkler and Robert Chartoff and said, yeah... 25:02 --> 25:03 Is he related to Henry Winkler? 25:03 --> 25:04 I don't know. 25:04 --> 25:08 But that being said, if he took the offer, Rube, okay, I'll take the money. 25:08 --> 25:10 I'll take the $250,000, whatever, $300,000. 25:11 --> 25:11 I'll take it. 25:12 --> 25:15 Let Burt star in it and I'll take the money and see what happens with my life. 25:15 --> 25:21 Would we be doing a Rocky podcast if Burt Reynolds was the star? 25:21 --> 25:28 The reason why the script for Rocky was so amazing is because it was written by somebody who wouldn't take the money. 25:28 --> 25:30 Can Burt Reynolds write a script? 25:30 --> 25:31 I don't know. 25:31 --> 25:31 I don't know. 25:31 --> 25:33 Like, everybody has their talents. 25:34 --> 25:36 No, and I mean no slight on Mr. Reynolds. 25:36 --> 25:38 I'm sure he's a very talented... 25:38 --> 25:38 No, no. 25:38 --> 25:40 I believe it was the same bear. 25:41 --> 25:42 Was it the same bear that he... 25:42 --> 25:45 We should tell people, please Google if you haven't already. 25:45 --> 25:46 What's this? 25:46 --> 25:47 Please Google if you haven't already. 25:48 --> 25:49 I don't think we've ever mentioned... 25:49 --> 25:49 Google what? 25:50 --> 25:51 Burt Reynolds on a bear rug. 25:51 --> 25:53 Would that also work on Bing or Yahoo? 25:53 --> 25:54 Yes, I think so. 25:55 --> 26:06 Because the only thing more terrifying, the only other terrifying image of bears you'll ever see with an actor is the bear that tore up Leonardo DiCaprio in The Revenant. 26:06 --> 26:07 Do you know... 26:07 --> 26:13 That bear and the bear that Burt Reynolds lays on for the picture, both are just as horrifying. 26:14 --> 26:14 They are. 26:14 --> 26:14 There. 26:14 --> 26:20 Now, when you're watching The Revenant with Leonardo DiCaprio, and there's that mauling there. 26:21 --> 26:21 Yes. 26:22 --> 26:28 It was so incredible that you just didn't know where Leo was and the bear was. 26:28 --> 26:29 You know what I mean? 26:29 --> 26:30 Like, they were like one. 26:30 --> 26:34 We didn't know where the CGI bear and the fake bear began and ended. 26:35 --> 26:35 Mm-hmm. 26:36 --> 26:41 And I think probably what inspired that was the Burt Reynolds, because he was on the rug. 26:41 --> 26:42 He was on the rug. 26:42 --> 26:43 Mine on that rug. 26:43 --> 26:46 Did you know where the bear and Burt began and ended? 26:46 --> 26:47 No. 26:47 --> 26:48 And I don't think the bear did either. 26:49 --> 26:50 I don't think the bear did either. 26:50 --> 26:51 Hey, a little side note. 26:51 --> 26:52 Do you remember Quinn Martin? 26:53 --> 26:54 Yes. 26:54 --> 26:55 He worked on The Revenant. 26:56 --> 26:57 He did... 26:57 --> 26:57 He was there for... 26:57 --> 26:58 He worked on the bear scene. 26:59 --> 27:01 Well, we'll have to ask him if there's any correlation between Burt and the bear. 27:02 --> 27:03 Yeah, I guess so. 27:03 --> 27:03 I guess so. 27:04 --> 27:07 Before we get into Rocky II, this is our wrap-up party. 27:08 --> 27:09 Welcome to the wrap-up party. 27:09 --> 27:09 Woo-hoo! 27:09 --> 27:11 This reminds me of the parties we had hosted when I'd grown up. 27:12 --> 27:13 And how come nobody else is here? 27:14 --> 27:14 Yeah. 27:15 --> 27:15 Where is everybody? 27:15 --> 27:17 We should have invited people to our wrap-up party. 27:18 --> 27:18 We should have. 27:19 --> 27:19 Want to phone Kyle? 27:19 --> 27:20 Yeah, let's phone Kyle. 27:22 --> 27:22 Eh. 27:25 --> 27:26 Hey, no, we did invite. 27:26 --> 27:27 We invited Dan. 27:27 --> 27:28 We invited Dan. 27:28 --> 27:29 Well, he was camping. 27:29 --> 27:31 And Dan, I know he'll be here. 27:31 --> 27:33 Dan from episode 12. 27:34 --> 27:38 Dan will be here to talk about Rocky II at some point because he's ready to go for that. 27:39 --> 27:40 It just wasn't tonight. 27:40 --> 27:40 He was camping. 27:41 --> 27:42 Hopefully the bear didn't get Dan. 27:42 --> 27:44 Oh, Dan, that'd be bad. 27:45 --> 27:46 So, Kyle. 27:46 --> 27:47 I'm sure Kyle would have come. 27:48 --> 27:49 But you can call him if you want. 27:50 --> 27:51 The mic's already set up. 27:51 --> 27:52 All right. 27:52 --> 27:52 Fair enough. 27:53 --> 27:55 But before we get to it, we'll get Kyle on again. 27:55 --> 27:56 Don't worry. 27:56 --> 27:57 Kyle, what's his name? 27:57 --> 27:58 Patterson? 27:58 --> 27:59 I think it's Peterson. 28:00 --> 28:00 Peterson. 28:00 --> 28:01 All right. 28:01 --> 28:01 We'll get him on again. 28:01 --> 28:02 Is that with a T? 28:02 --> 28:02 I think so. 28:03 --> 28:05 So, all right. 28:05 --> 28:06 So, let's talk about some trivia that we missed. 28:06 --> 28:10 I think this trivia, we'll end this episode where we're talking a little bit of the trivia. 28:10 --> 28:14 We'll talk about a couple of the movies that Stallone starred in before he went to Rocky II. 28:14 --> 28:15 How does that sound? 28:15 --> 28:16 Sure, sure, sure. 28:17 --> 28:17 Trivia. 28:18 --> 28:19 This is one I really liked. 28:19 --> 28:25 In an interview, Sylvester Stallone was asked if he and Elvis Presley ever met, which is kind of a weird question. 28:25 --> 28:30 But I guess it'd be like the equivalent of today asking, I don't know, who's a big actor right now? 28:30 --> 28:31 Leonardo DiCaprio. 28:31 --> 28:32 Speaking of Leonardo, Leo. 28:32 --> 28:35 Leo, have you ever met Justin Timberlake? 28:35 --> 28:36 I don't know, something to that effect. 28:37 --> 28:37 I'm terrible. 28:38 --> 28:39 I don't know who the big pop stars are today. 28:39 --> 28:42 I think Justin Timberlake, I guess, is old compared to some of the pop stars. 28:42 --> 28:45 But anyways, Stallone was asked back in the day if he ever met Presley. 28:46 --> 28:55 Stallone said that in 76, after Rocky was released, Elvis did contact him and asked him to visit Graceland and bring a copy of the film with him. 28:56 --> 28:58 That's pretty, number one, that's cool. 28:58 --> 28:59 That was very cool. 29:00 --> 29:02 Because this was before DVDs. 29:02 --> 29:04 People didn't own movies. 29:04 --> 29:08 So he got Elvis saying, hey, I won't even do my Elvis impersonation. 29:09 --> 29:09 I won't even. 29:09 --> 29:10 Thank you. 29:10 --> 29:10 Thank you very much. 29:11 --> 29:11 Thank you. 29:11 --> 29:12 Thank you very much for not doing your Elvis. 29:14 --> 29:15 Check this out, though. 29:16 --> 29:19 Stallone told the interviewer that he was too afraid to meet Elvis. 29:19 --> 29:20 And he didn't go. 29:20 --> 29:22 But he did send a copy of the film. 29:22 --> 29:23 Isn't that weird? 29:23 --> 29:24 That's crazy. 29:24 --> 29:26 I've heard that from people where they're too scared to meet. 29:27 --> 29:28 Apparently, Elvis did. 29:28 --> 29:28 Something such celebrity. 29:29 --> 29:33 The story goes on to say that apparently Elvis did indeed watch the film with some friends. 29:33 --> 29:35 Got out the peanut butter sandwiches. 29:35 --> 29:37 Deep fried peanut butter sandwiches, I should say. 29:37 --> 29:38 Peanut butter and banana. 29:38 --> 29:39 Peanut butter and banana. 29:39 --> 29:39 Thank you, Ruben. 29:40 --> 29:40 Yeah. 29:40 --> 29:45 You know, I've never eaten a peanut butter and banana sandwich without thinking of Elvis. 29:45 --> 29:46 Oh, okay. 29:46 --> 29:49 I was like, I thought you were going to say you've never eaten one. 29:49 --> 29:49 No. 29:49 --> 29:50 I mean, even when I was a kid, I would eat them. 29:50 --> 29:53 This is the sandwich that killed Elvis. 29:54 --> 29:55 And the drugs. 29:56 --> 29:59 I think the drugs was the bigger culprit. 30:00 --> 30:00 Is he dead? 30:01 --> 30:02 Yeah, I use that. 30:02 --> 30:02 Okay. 30:02 --> 30:03 All right. 30:03 --> 30:04 But this gravestone's spelled wrong. 30:05 --> 30:05 All right. 30:05 --> 30:06 I won't get started. 30:06 --> 30:06 Conspiracy theories. 30:07 --> 30:08 Do you remember watching that at the Hubbards? 30:08 --> 30:09 Yes. 30:09 --> 30:09 Yeah. 30:10 --> 30:14 I love that little piece of trivia there that even as Stallone was a new celebrity at 30:14 --> 30:17 the time and Elvis was the king. 30:17 --> 30:19 Elvis is worldwide huge. 30:19 --> 30:20 Oh, sure, sure. 30:20 --> 30:24 So it would be the equivalent of that Stallone is probably the same level celebrity today 30:24 --> 30:29 around the world than Elvis was back in 76, I would say. 30:29 --> 30:30 I mean, people know this man. 30:30 --> 30:32 When he walks on stage, when he walks into the room. 30:32 --> 30:36 You know, I knew somebody that saw Elvis in concert. 30:36 --> 30:36 Wow. 30:36 --> 30:38 Asked him, you know, what was it like? 30:38 --> 30:40 Actually, because at first it was really eerie. 30:40 --> 30:46 When he came on stage, this was, I guess, in the 70s, the whole stadium or arena, whatever 30:46 --> 30:49 it was, just went silent when he came on stage. 30:49 --> 30:50 In awe? 30:50 --> 30:50 Yeah. 30:50 --> 30:53 They couldn't believe that Elvis was there in front of them. 30:53 --> 30:55 And it was just quiet. 30:55 --> 30:58 Because when you go to a show, it's like, hey, there's, you know. 30:59 --> 31:00 You know what's crazy? 31:00 --> 31:01 He died on a toilet. 31:02 --> 31:03 Well, you know, because. 31:03 --> 31:04 It's just sad. 31:04 --> 31:05 It's so sad. 31:05 --> 31:06 People are people. 31:07 --> 31:10 I know we all put our pants with one leg on at a time, but I really hope I don't die on 31:10 --> 31:10 the toilet. 31:10 --> 31:12 But I'm on there so much sometimes that maybe I will. 31:14 --> 31:15 On a serious note. 31:15 --> 31:16 Yes, of course. 31:16 --> 31:17 Let's be serious. 31:17 --> 31:19 I don't even know if you even know this or not. 31:19 --> 31:24 But do you remember back when I had cancer and I went to go take my family camping? 31:24 --> 31:24 Right. 31:24 --> 31:25 And I ended up in the hospital. 31:25 --> 31:26 Yes, I remember that story. 31:27 --> 31:27 You did tell me that story. 31:28 --> 31:29 Did I tell you about the part? 31:30 --> 31:34 So long story short, I guess my body was just kind of, in a way, shutting down. 31:34 --> 31:34 Sure. 31:34 --> 31:35 So we had a campsite. 31:36 --> 31:36 There's an outhouse there. 31:37 --> 31:40 And I thought, at least in my life, that was the closest to death I ever thought. 31:41 --> 31:43 That, you know, I think I might die. 31:43 --> 31:43 Right. 31:44 --> 31:46 I was like, no, I can't die in an outhouse. 31:47 --> 31:49 And so I stumbled out. 31:49 --> 31:51 And then I passed our tent. 31:52 --> 31:53 And I said, I'm just going to go. 31:54 --> 31:56 And long story short, a hiker found me. 31:56 --> 31:57 Passed out. 31:57 --> 31:58 That's crazy. 31:58 --> 31:59 Yeah, that's crazy. 31:59 --> 32:01 But still, I had to think, like, I'm not going to die on a toilet. 32:02 --> 32:04 Because if I did die, how did your dad die? 32:04 --> 32:07 We're camping and a hiker found in the woods. 32:07 --> 32:09 That's a better story than dad was on the toilet. 32:09 --> 32:10 In an outhouse. 32:10 --> 32:11 Yes. 32:11 --> 32:14 Like, outhouses already have a bad reputation. 32:14 --> 32:15 They do. 32:15 --> 32:20 And we would have had to change the gravestone of your middle name. 32:21 --> 32:22 Ruben John or Balkan? 32:22 --> 32:23 Well, yeah. 32:23 --> 32:24 Or spell it differently. 32:24 --> 32:25 Oh, I see what you're saying. 32:25 --> 32:26 Your middle name is Grant. 32:26 --> 32:28 So we would have put two T's. 32:28 --> 32:28 Yeah. 32:29 --> 32:31 That way, it's a little less embarrassing that this man died on the toilet. 32:33 --> 32:33 All right. 32:33 --> 32:34 So that's an interesting piece of trivia. 32:35 --> 32:37 This one, you know, I've noticed Sylvester Stallone's hands. 32:37 --> 32:40 I've watched all of his movies throughout all the years, of course. 32:40 --> 32:43 And I actually noticed his hands seemed kind of big and meaty. 32:43 --> 32:45 And they seemed a little bit... 32:45 --> 32:45 He's Italian. 32:46 --> 32:48 I know, but check this out, though, Ruben. 32:48 --> 32:51 When shooting the scenes in the meat locker where he punches the slabs of beef, 32:52 --> 32:56 Stallone punched the meat so hard for so long that he flattened out his knuckles. 32:57 --> 33:00 To this day, when he makes a fist, his knuckles are completely level. 33:00 --> 33:01 Oh, wow. 33:01 --> 33:02 He gave it. 33:02 --> 33:03 He gave it all. 33:03 --> 33:04 It's such a great performance. 33:04 --> 33:06 Like I said, I wonder who bought that meat. 33:07 --> 33:07 Somebody did. 33:08 --> 33:08 Somebody bought that meat. 33:09 --> 33:27 When you do that to Apollo Creed, they'll put you away for murder. 33:27 --> 33:31 When you do that to Apollo Creed, they'll put you away for murder. 33:32 --> 33:35 You always know if you're really good at doing impressions, you have to kind of whisper it. 33:38 --> 33:39 I love this one. 33:39 --> 33:40 We talked about this in one of our episodes. 33:40 --> 33:50 The poster above the ring before Rocky fights Apollo shows Rocky wearing red shorts with a white stripe when he actually wears white shorts with a red stripe. 33:50 --> 33:50 Yeah. 33:50 --> 33:55 This was an actual mistake made by the props department that they could not afford to rectify. 33:55 --> 34:02 So Stallone came up with the idea for the scene where Rocky points out that mistake himself to Juergens. 34:02 --> 34:06 The comment about Rocky's robe being too baggy also came about the same way. 34:06 --> 34:09 The robe delivered to the set was far too baggy for Stallone. 34:10 --> 34:14 So rather than hope people wouldn't notice, the character himself just points it out. 34:15 --> 34:17 Which isn't a step with Rocky. 34:17 --> 34:18 Yeah. 34:18 --> 34:22 The date scene wasn't how it was supposed to be, but it ended up being better. 34:23 --> 34:28 We get a kick out of the robe being too baggy because he references that robe in Rocky 2. 34:28 --> 34:28 Yeah. 34:28 --> 34:33 Like if it was like a Liberace story, you know, there'd be that real attention to detail. 34:33 --> 34:35 There would no, there'd be no joking about it. 34:35 --> 34:36 You know what I mean? 34:36 --> 34:39 But with the Rockies, you just can roll the punches with it. 34:39 --> 34:42 It added texture to the movie that... 34:42 --> 34:44 It's a cliche, you're taking lemons, you're making lemonade. 34:45 --> 34:45 Mm-hmm. 34:46 --> 34:49 Because you're essentially saying, ah, this isn't what we had hoped for, but what can we do with this? 34:49 --> 34:50 And that's that Rocky spirit. 34:50 --> 34:55 Even in the filming of Rocky, they took that Rocky spirit and said, hey, how can we make this great? 34:55 --> 34:59 Instead of saying, this is what we wanted, we need this, we need the proper robe. 34:59 --> 34:59 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 34:59 --> 35:01 It actually added character. 35:01 --> 35:03 Well, I think it just shows, quite frankly, how creative he is. 35:04 --> 35:05 On the fly too. 35:05 --> 35:05 On the fly. 35:05 --> 35:07 Like that's a creative individual. 35:07 --> 35:08 A natural filmmaker in his own right. 35:08 --> 35:09 Yeah, yeah. 35:09 --> 35:13 I found this very interesting, and I didn't know this, but the scene that involved Rocky 35:13 --> 35:17 and Adrian kissing in Rocky's kitchen was originally not scripted that way. 35:17 --> 35:22 Talia Shire had gotten the flu and was worried about getting Stallone sick, so she was very 35:22 --> 35:23 hesitant to kiss him. 35:23 --> 35:24 Oh, wow. 35:24 --> 35:29 So her hesitation and behavior was actually such an improvement over the scripted scene that 35:29 --> 35:30 they decided to keep it. 35:31 --> 35:37 So indeed, this scene has become Stallone's favorite scene in the entire Rocky saga, and both 35:37 --> 35:42 he and Shire see the scene as a birth scene for Adrian, where she's awakened to a new life. 35:42 --> 35:43 Interesting. 35:43 --> 35:44 Now, I don't know this. 35:45 --> 35:45 Did Talia... 35:45 --> 35:47 And I apologize to Ms. Shire. 35:47 --> 35:48 I don't know if it's Talia or Talia. 35:49 --> 35:51 I say it both ways, because I don't know. 35:51 --> 35:52 That's my bad. 35:52 --> 35:52 Okay. 35:53 --> 35:55 You'll say Talia, and I'll say Talia. 35:55 --> 35:56 Okay. 35:56 --> 35:57 There's probably something else. 35:57 --> 35:58 Right. 35:58 --> 35:59 The T is silent. 35:59 --> 36:00 The T is... 36:00 --> 36:00 It's Alia. 36:00 --> 36:01 Yeah. 36:01 --> 36:01 Or Alia. 36:02 --> 36:02 Did... 36:02 --> 36:03 Did... 36:03 --> 36:05 In real life, did the two of them ever have a... 36:05 --> 36:08 I don't think they ever had an off-screen relationship. 36:08 --> 36:09 I've never heard it. 36:09 --> 36:11 Like, I couldn't blame neither of them. 36:11 --> 36:12 No, they're both attractive people. 36:12 --> 36:15 They're both the same age, and they work very close together. 36:15 --> 36:21 But from what I can tell, as far as interviews and working relationships, they've had nothing. 36:21 --> 36:22 I think we would know. 36:22 --> 36:23 But amazing things... 36:23 --> 36:23 I think we would know. 36:23 --> 36:25 There's been no indication. 36:25 --> 36:26 I think they're just... 36:26 --> 36:29 I would hate to say, like, a brother-sister relationship, because that sounds... 36:29 --> 36:31 Because they play, you know, husband and wife. 36:31 --> 36:31 I think they were just... 36:31 --> 36:33 They almost seemed like such best friends. 36:33 --> 36:34 Such good friends. 36:34 --> 36:35 I just looked her up right now. 36:36 --> 36:37 She's still quite... 36:37 --> 36:37 Oh, wow. 36:37 --> 36:38 She's 70, I think, isn't she? 36:38 --> 36:40 I was going to say, she's still quite the beauty. 36:40 --> 36:40 And then I see... 36:40 --> 36:41 Man, she's 70. 36:42 --> 36:42 70 years old. 36:43 --> 36:43 Wow. 36:43 --> 36:44 It's amazing. 36:44 --> 36:44 70. 36:45 --> 36:47 Again, I mentioned earlier, I was just watching Rocky 2. 36:47 --> 36:48 She's a beauty. 36:48 --> 36:49 Yeah, she really does blossom. 36:50 --> 36:51 That's what she's kind of famously known for. 36:51 --> 36:54 She's the original kind of nerdy girl who blossoms. 36:55 --> 36:56 They've done whole movies about that concept. 36:57 --> 37:00 So Stallone has famously, as we know, wrote the first draft of the script in about 37:00 --> 37:01 three days. 37:02 --> 37:06 But it went through approximately nine sizable rewrites, as all scripts will do. 37:07 --> 37:08 Tweaking here, tweaking there. 37:08 --> 37:12 Before it was purchased by Erwin Winkler and Robert Chartoff. 37:13 --> 37:14 So originally, Stallone... 37:14 --> 37:18 We talked about this before, but originally Stallone's script was much darker. 37:18 --> 37:21 And it depicted Mickey as a bitter old racist. 37:22 --> 37:27 And the film ended with Rocky throwing the fight after realizing he did not want to be 37:27 --> 37:29 the part of the professional boxing world. 37:30 --> 37:30 Wow. 37:30 --> 37:32 So that's kind of interesting. 37:32 --> 37:33 It's funny how... 37:33 --> 37:38 I think they threw some of that racism into the Pauly character a little bit. 37:39 --> 37:42 And I don't say today's view, but we'll talk about that in Rocky 3. 37:43 --> 37:49 Pauly's very uncomfortable around Apollo Creed himself and his counterparts in Los Angeles. 37:50 --> 37:51 That's referenced in that movie. 37:52 --> 37:53 But I'm glad they didn't. 37:53 --> 37:55 I'm glad they made Mickey not that way. 37:55 --> 37:58 Because he's a very endearing, loving character. 37:58 --> 38:01 I did a little research while you were talking there. 38:01 --> 38:04 Talia Rose Coppola Shire. 38:04 --> 38:10 She was married to David Shire during the time of Rocky 1 and 2. 38:10 --> 38:13 Of course, you should know her maiden name is Coppola. 38:13 --> 38:15 She's the daughter of Frances Ford, I believe. 38:16 --> 38:19 Oh, you know, we talked about the picture of Burt Young in the Navy uniform. 38:20 --> 38:20 Yeah. 38:21 --> 38:23 Well, that's actually a still from the movie Cinderella Liberty. 38:24 --> 38:24 Really? 38:24 --> 38:26 Yeah, so it's from a movie still. 38:26 --> 38:27 Where did I get all my information from? 38:28 --> 38:31 So our trivia could be wrong itself, but let's just... 38:31 --> 38:33 Please let us know if we're wrong, audience. 38:33 --> 38:36 So apparently that's a still from the movie Cinderella Liberty, 38:36 --> 38:39 which Young appeared a couple of years earlier than the film in Rocky. 38:40 --> 38:40 There you go. 38:40 --> 38:42 This one I have to go back and look at, Rube. 38:43 --> 38:46 During the opening credits, as Rocky's walking towards the pet shop, 38:46 --> 38:47 you can hear him whistling the theme song. 38:48 --> 38:48 What? 38:48 --> 38:49 Yeah, I know. 38:49 --> 38:51 You must have, like, earbuds on or something to hear it. 38:51 --> 38:52 Because he's whistling. 38:53 --> 38:55 I know he's whistling, but I've never listened to the tune. 38:55 --> 38:56 Interesting. 38:56 --> 38:57 So apparently there's that one. 38:57 --> 38:58 Perhaps he was. 38:59 --> 39:02 I've whistled before, and I thought I was doing a great job. 39:02 --> 39:03 Clearly, I'm just... 39:03 --> 39:05 In my head, it was a song. 39:05 --> 39:06 You were whistling a song? 39:06 --> 39:06 Yeah. 39:07 --> 39:07 Do I know the song? 39:08 --> 39:09 Yeah, it's not like a story. 39:09 --> 39:10 You can edit this out. 39:10 --> 39:13 I was whistling patience from Guns N' Roses. 39:13 --> 39:15 Well, you should have tried to whistle before you told me the answer. 39:22 --> 39:22 That... 39:22 --> 39:25 I'm not editing that out. 39:25 --> 39:25 Okay. 39:27 --> 39:27 No, I'm not. 39:30 --> 39:31 I might not have guessed it. 39:32 --> 39:33 I was listening for patience. 39:33 --> 39:33 Okay. 39:33 --> 39:33 Okay. 39:45 --> 39:47 I wish I could take a picture of you whistling. 39:47 --> 39:48 Please don't. 39:48 --> 39:50 The concentration that Ryan was... 39:50 --> 39:51 Well, I was trying to do... 39:51 --> 39:51 There's the... 39:51 --> 39:54 I was whistling the chorus, so the... 39:54 --> 39:55 But there's also the... 39:55 --> 39:56 Where he whistles. 39:56 --> 39:57 Where he whistles the beginning. 39:57 --> 39:58 That's what I was whistling. 39:59 --> 40:00 We'll find it and let's whistle it together. 40:01 --> 40:03 You whistle, then I'll whistle. 40:03 --> 40:04 We'll see who does a better job. 40:04 --> 40:06 We'll take turns whistling part each. 40:06 --> 40:08 I hate it when people put guns and... 40:09 --> 40:09 Roses. 40:09 --> 40:10 They don't know. 40:10 --> 40:10 They don't know. 40:11 --> 40:13 One, two... 40:13 --> 40:15 One, two, three, four... 40:15 --> 40:15 It's tough. 40:21 --> 40:22 This is Ruben. 40:24 --> 40:25 This is Ruben whistling right now. 40:38 --> 40:39 I can go in now. 40:39 --> 40:40 Okay, go over here. 40:43 --> 40:44 I got the hard part. 40:44 --> 40:45 That's right. 40:45 --> 40:45 Okay. 41:04 --> 41:05 Wow. 41:06 --> 41:08 Unfortunately, for whoever's listening, 41:08 --> 41:10 they just heard... 41:10 --> 41:13 ...us whistling into their ears. 41:13 --> 41:14 I just want to apologize. 41:15 --> 41:17 Apologize on behalf of... 41:17 --> 41:19 There's a reason why Ruben and I are not singers. 41:19 --> 41:20 Of the Rocky franchise. 41:21 --> 41:22 We are not anything. 41:22 --> 41:23 We have no talents whatsoever. 41:24 --> 41:24 Like, I just... 41:24 --> 41:26 We are talentless. 41:27 --> 41:28 We are without talent. 41:28 --> 41:29 We are without talent. 41:29 --> 41:32 If talent was necessary to survive, 41:32 --> 41:33 we would be dead. 41:34 --> 41:35 Oh, no, no, no, no, no. 41:35 --> 41:36 Yeah, that'd be gone a long time ago. 41:39 --> 41:40 So thank you, W.O. Axl Rose, 41:40 --> 41:42 for your great rendition of the song that you wrote 41:42 --> 41:43 and whistled to. 41:44 --> 41:45 We did not do it justice. 41:46 --> 41:48 Please, audience, have a little patience with us. 41:49 --> 41:50 Oh, I see what you did there. 41:50 --> 41:51 You see what I did there, eh? 41:51 --> 41:52 I see what you did there. 41:52 --> 41:55 A couple of more trivia pieces before we wrap up today's episode 41:55 --> 41:57 that I thought was interesting. 41:57 --> 41:58 I think you guys would, too. 41:59 --> 42:01 Two scenes were written that do not appear in the final cut of the film. 42:02 --> 42:05 So two scenes were written that do not appear in the final cut of the film. 42:05 --> 42:06 I love this one. 42:06 --> 42:07 Remember we talked about Dipper? 42:07 --> 42:08 Good old Dipper. 42:09 --> 42:12 Well, a scene where Rocky visits his gym with Apollo. 42:12 --> 42:13 This is interesting. 42:13 --> 42:18 So Apollo and Rocky go visit the gym together as a photo op. 42:18 --> 42:19 Oh, wow. 42:19 --> 42:23 Yeah, and Rocky, during this scene, beats up Dipper. 42:23 --> 42:24 Oh, wow. 42:26 --> 42:26 Wow. 42:26 --> 42:30 The fighter who took his locker earlier in the story 42:30 --> 42:32 in a scene that night of the big fight in the locker room 42:32 --> 42:33 between Rocky and Adrian. 42:33 --> 42:36 The night of the big fight, there was a scene between Rocky and Adrian. 42:36 --> 42:38 But before that, there was a photo op. 42:38 --> 42:39 That would have been interesting. 42:39 --> 42:41 Rocky and Apollo going into the gym. 42:41 --> 42:44 Hey, oh, Apollo, this is where I train, 42:44 --> 42:45 and this is where me and Mickey met. 42:46 --> 42:48 And, you know, over there is Dipper. 42:48 --> 42:53 Yo, Rock, I still dig your locker, man. 42:53 --> 42:55 Oh, Apollo, that guy took my locker, you know. 42:56 --> 42:57 I got to go beat him up. 42:58 --> 43:00 I don't know what the segue would have been. 43:00 --> 43:01 Yeah, yeah. 43:01 --> 43:03 I guess Dipper talking smack and saying, 43:03 --> 43:04 you think you can beat up the champ? 43:04 --> 43:05 I should be fighting the champ? 43:05 --> 43:05 That type of talk? 43:05 --> 43:06 Probably. 43:06 --> 43:07 I could see that happening. 43:07 --> 43:08 You took Mickey away from me? 43:08 --> 43:09 Oh, man. 43:09 --> 43:10 You took Mickey away from me? 43:10 --> 43:11 Yeah. 43:11 --> 43:13 It's legit anger that Dipper would have had, 43:13 --> 43:14 because Dipper was a contender. 43:15 --> 43:16 Remember when Mickey said that? 43:16 --> 43:16 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 43:17 --> 43:18 This might not sound like a segue, 43:18 --> 43:20 but did you see Captain America? 43:21 --> 43:23 Captain America versus Iron Man? 43:23 --> 43:23 Yeah. 43:24 --> 43:25 Captain America Civil War, 43:25 --> 43:27 which really should have been Avengers Part 3 or whatever. 43:27 --> 43:28 But yeah. 43:28 --> 43:28 Yeah. 43:29 --> 43:33 That scene with Robert Downey Jr. CGI'd as a youth. 43:34 --> 43:35 Yeah, it was really interesting. 43:35 --> 43:36 Wasn't that interesting? 43:36 --> 43:37 Yeah, they were able to do that, yeah. 43:37 --> 43:40 So imagine if we could do that. 43:40 --> 43:42 Well, they have the technology to do it. 43:42 --> 43:42 Exactly. 43:42 --> 43:43 Well, the actors are still alive. 43:44 --> 43:44 Yes. 43:44 --> 43:46 So they should reenact these scenes. 43:46 --> 43:47 Yeah. 43:47 --> 43:48 All actors. 43:49 --> 43:50 Carl Weathers is still alive. 43:51 --> 43:52 I forget the name of the actor. 43:52 --> 43:52 They play Dipper. 43:53 --> 43:53 I apologize. 43:53 --> 43:54 I know the actor. 43:54 --> 43:55 I see him in my face. 43:56 --> 43:56 My head, I mean. 43:57 --> 43:58 I know what it is, but I just want to watch you suffer. 43:58 --> 43:59 Oh, thanks, brother. 44:00 --> 44:01 I don't know what it is. 44:01 --> 44:01 Yeah. 44:01 --> 44:02 I dig your locker, man. 44:03 --> 44:04 Yeah, anyways. 44:05 --> 44:06 What they should do, 44:06 --> 44:08 they should do like South Park when Chef left. 44:09 --> 44:09 Remember? 44:09 --> 44:12 Because Chef left South Park because Isaac Hayes, 44:12 --> 44:15 who does the voice for Chef, he's a Scientologist. 44:15 --> 44:16 They made fun of Scientology. 44:16 --> 44:18 They made some fun of Scientology, so he left the show. 44:18 --> 44:22 But because he had so many lines before, 44:22 --> 44:24 they just cultivated, or not cultivated, 44:24 --> 44:27 but they just used those previous lines for future episodes. 44:28 --> 44:30 Yes, and they made Chef an interesting character. 44:32 --> 44:35 We have to keep this episode PG. 44:35 --> 44:37 Well, this ended with this last piece of trivia. 44:38 --> 44:41 So, sources reported that Stallone and Avildsen, the director, 44:41 --> 44:45 nearly came to blows over the film's ending. 44:46 --> 44:49 Stallone wanted Creed to be the clear winner of the fight 44:49 --> 44:52 as a way of showing that there are other victories for Rocky, 44:53 --> 44:56 which, as a storyteller that Stallone is, is what he wanted. 44:57 --> 45:01 But Avildsen wanted to cut the conclusion in such a way 45:01 --> 45:04 that preview audiences were not sure who had actually 45:04 --> 45:05 had been declared the champ. 45:05 --> 45:07 So, Avildsen wanted the winner to be more ambiguous, 45:08 --> 45:10 which it almost kind of is. 45:12 --> 45:14 So, it looks like both got their way. 45:14 --> 45:18 When you listen to the dialogue, you can hear that Creed's still the champion, 45:19 --> 45:19 but you don't really see him. 45:19 --> 45:21 I think he puts his arms up in the air really quickly. 45:21 --> 45:22 You see that? 45:22 --> 45:23 Yeah, yeah, you see that. 45:23 --> 45:23 You see that. 45:23 --> 45:27 But it's done kind of quietly, and we're really focused on Rocky. 45:27 --> 45:31 They did agree, however, on the resolution to the Rocky-Adrienne story. 45:31 --> 45:37 On viewing the rough cut, it was clear that there was something missing. 45:37 --> 45:39 Adrienne had more or less faded from the movie 45:39 --> 45:41 as the focus switched to the big fight with Apollo. 45:42 --> 45:43 So, a reshoot was scheduled, 45:43 --> 45:45 and this time she comes into the arena 45:45 --> 45:47 to watch the last rounds of the match. 45:48 --> 45:51 When it's over, they call out to each other over the noise of the crowd, 45:51 --> 45:53 and Rocky walks away from the ringside frenzy 45:53 --> 45:54 to find her and take her hand. 45:54 --> 45:57 This was the upbeat ending Stallone wanted for his hero. 45:57 --> 46:01 Now, re-watching that scene again, 46:01 --> 46:02 I thought I was going to maybe bring it up 46:02 --> 46:05 when we do episode Rocky II, I should say. 46:05 --> 46:09 But we learned from Kyle on a previous episode 46:09 --> 46:11 that I guess a wire or... 46:11 --> 46:12 It wasn't Kyle. 46:13 --> 46:13 Who was it from? 46:14 --> 46:16 So, we have a fan out there who... 46:16 --> 46:18 Kyle, sorry, you're not the only subject matter expert out there. 46:18 --> 46:20 We have another fan ever... 46:20 --> 46:21 You just told me this then? 46:21 --> 46:22 Yeah, I told it to you. 46:22 --> 46:22 Oh, okay. 46:22 --> 46:24 But it was a fan named Matt. 46:24 --> 46:25 Matt, thanks. 46:25 --> 46:26 Oh, Matt, yeah. 46:26 --> 46:28 He's written a couple times. 46:28 --> 46:29 Yep, he's written to us. 46:29 --> 46:29 Matt. 46:29 --> 46:30 Hey, Matt. 46:30 --> 46:31 Thanks for your... 46:31 --> 46:32 Yeah, shout out to you. 46:32 --> 46:34 So, Matt let us know, or let Ryan know, 46:34 --> 46:35 I guess he saw it and I didn't, 46:35 --> 46:38 but that they attached a wire to... 46:39 --> 46:40 Like a fishing line almost. 46:40 --> 46:40 Yeah, fishing line. 46:41 --> 46:42 To Adrian's hat. 46:42 --> 46:44 So, when she ran out, you know, it came off. 46:45 --> 46:46 And I thought that was kind of weird. 46:47 --> 46:55 But when she goes in the ring, what's the first thing, or pretty much the first thing that Rocky says to her? 46:55 --> 46:56 Yeah, where's your hat? 46:56 --> 46:57 Where's your hat? 46:57 --> 46:59 That's his last line of the movie, other than I love you. 46:59 --> 47:03 That just, to me, hit home of what a good guy he is. 47:04 --> 47:04 Yes. 47:04 --> 47:06 So, here's, he's got this biggest night of his life. 47:06 --> 47:08 He says, where's your hat? 47:09 --> 47:12 Like, he was able to think of somebody else other than himself. 47:12 --> 47:14 Well, I hope you guys enjoyed our wrap-up party. 47:14 --> 47:15 You didn't like my comment there? 47:16 --> 47:16 I did. 47:19 --> 47:24 Sorry, the segue was, I'm just trying to think of our poor listener who's gone the distance with this episode. 47:24 --> 47:26 I just thought that was a nice thing. 47:26 --> 47:27 It's a very nice thing. 47:27 --> 47:27 It's a romantic thing to do. 47:27 --> 47:28 It's a romantic. 47:29 --> 47:30 It's so romantic. 47:30 --> 47:33 Should we not all be so caring to each other? 47:33 --> 47:38 Well, like when the wife comes home, or you come home from work, and she does her hair, and you don't say anything, 47:39 --> 47:40 we should really say something. 47:40 --> 47:41 Yes. 47:41 --> 47:41 Nice haircut. 47:42 --> 47:42 Yeah. 47:43 --> 47:46 When they cut it all off, and say, do you like my hair short? 47:46 --> 47:47 And you lie, and say, yes, honey. 47:48 --> 47:48 Yes. 47:48 --> 47:50 I wish you just would shave it all off. 47:51 --> 47:51 Yeah. 47:51 --> 47:52 It's a bald head. 47:53 --> 47:55 It's not short enough. 47:55 --> 47:56 Yes, yes. 47:56 --> 47:57 All men live. 47:57 --> 47:58 Yes. 47:58 --> 47:59 It's the short, short hair. 47:59 --> 48:00 Short, short, bald. 48:04 --> 48:08 We've officially have finished the first Rocky film. 48:09 --> 48:11 This was our first wrap-up party? 48:11 --> 48:12 Thank you, Ryan, for the idea. 48:12 --> 48:14 Thank you, everybody that's participated. 48:14 --> 48:17 Everyone that called in to the show, and everyone that came out to the party, thanks. 48:17 --> 48:19 but hopefully everyone has a ride home. 48:20 --> 48:21 Yeah, drive responsibly. 48:21 --> 48:22 Please. 48:22 --> 48:25 And in the meantime, ding, ding. 48:25 --> 48:54 music plays 48:54 --> 48:59 This episode of Comedy Central's South Park was set to re-air last week. 48:59 --> 49:04 We want to reveal to Stan the great secret of life behind our church. 49:04 --> 49:06 It makes fun of Tom Cruise. 49:06 --> 49:08 Come out of the closet, Tom, you're not fooling anyone. 49:08 --> 49:11 And his belief in Scientology. 49:11 --> 49:13 Cult! Scientology isn't a cult, Kyle. 49:13 --> 49:16 But the repeat was abruptly pulled from the schedule. 49:16 --> 49:23 Well, the firestorm is about whether or not Tom Cruise actually ordered that Comedy Central not air this 49:23 --> 49:26 particularly negative story. 49:26 --> 49:28 Tom Cruise does have leverage. 49:28 --> 49:34 News reports and entertainment blogs speculated he threatened not to promote his upcoming film, 49:34 --> 49:37 "Mission Impossible 3," if the episode re-aired. 49:37 --> 49:44 MI3 is being released by Paramount, which is owned by Viacom, which also owns Comedy Central. 49:44 --> 49:50 But Cruise's publicist and Comedy Central say the actor had nothing to do with the change of plans. 49:50 --> 49:55 Neither Paramount nor Viacom returned CNN's calls for comment today. 49:55 --> 50:01 But South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone issued this unusual statement anyway. 50:01 --> 50:08 "So, Scientology, you may have won this battle, but the million-year war for Earth has just begun. 50:08 --> 50:13 You have obstructed us for now, but your feeble bid to save humanity will fail." 50:13 --> 50:14 Hello there, children. 50:14 --> 50:18 This comes on the heels of another South Park shocker. 50:18 --> 50:25 Isaac Hayes, also a Scientologist, recently quit his job as the voice of the character "Chef." 50:25 --> 50:26 Goodbye. 50:26 --> 50:31 Hayes said he left because of, quote, "inappropriate ridicule of religious communities." 50:31 --> 50:38 But it's this most recent controversy that's ignited the current questions about the power of Scientology in Hollywood. 50:38 --> 50:41 Cruise makes no secret of his religion. 50:41 --> 50:51 Other famous supporters include Lisa Marie Presley, Jenna Elfman, Giovanni Ribisi, Kirstie Alley, Erica Christensen, Kelly Preston, and her husband, John Travolta. 50:51 --> 50:52 "We got to go home against." 50:52 --> 50:53 "You better start figuring it out." 50:53 --> 50:58 Travolta even made "Battlefield Earth" based on his Scientology beliefs. 50:58 --> 51:03 "It's based on a novel by L. Ron Hubbard, who was the founder of Scientology. 51:03 --> 51:13 John Travolta, who is an avid believer in Scientology, was willing to star in a movie that turned out to be rather foolish to help the cause of Scientology." 51:13 --> 51:22 And consider the celebrity advocates who recently turned out for the church-sponsored opening of a new museum that takes on one of Scientology's favorite targets. 51:22 --> 51:26 It's called psychiatry, an industry of death. 51:26 --> 51:28 America needs to know this information. 51:28 --> 51:38 But box office expert Paul Degarabedian says the movie industry tends to overlook religious controversies unless they start to affect the bottom line. 51:38 --> 51:45 I think the fact that Tom Cruise is a Scientologist is not going to hurt the opening weekend of Mission Impossible 3 at all. 51:45 --> 51:48 Brooke Anderson, CNN, Hollywood. 51:48 --> 51:49 Hollywood. 51:49 --> 52:19 Thank you.