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Double Dragon & The Wood Rewind: Nostalgia, Music & Valentine’s Day Pop Culture · My Third Place Pod

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There's something about recording on Valentine's Day
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that feels slightly rebellious, like being back in elementary
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school, decorating a shoe box mailbox with construction paper
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hearts, carefully picking which cartoon Valentine's went to who,
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The Simpsons. I choose to choose you and my
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favorite, and hoping your favorite candy heart actually
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said something good. Be mine XOXO you're cute.
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Yes, no Lisa Frank Folder sent the gel pens folding notes that
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just said Do you like me? Yes or no?
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Maybe. Do you want to go out on recess
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together this elementary school? What are we doing elementary
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school outside now? Create for you menus and
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heart-shaped everything inside. Popcorn bowls, hot takes and
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Olympic speech. Skaters flying around the curb
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like renters do, the microwaves humming.
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The Winter Olympics are in the background, blades carving ice,
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crowds roaring. And somewhere, somebody just
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ordered a heart-shaped pizza and said, yeah, this is the move.
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Welcome back to my third place. Not home, not work with a
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familiar in between, where nostalgia lives comfortably and
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nobody's judging your Friday night plans.
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If you're new here, pull up a chair.
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If you've been riding with us, you already know the vibe.
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This is episode 277, recorded on Valentine's Day.
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And listen, we're not really into it like that.
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Some of us aren't, but shout out to the lovebirds, the couple
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splitting lava cake, the ones who secured a reservation at
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your nearest White Castle like it was WrestleMania tickets, The
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real ones. Who said forget fine dining,
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give me some sliders, some chicken rings and a milkshake
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and we're good. That hits the spot right there.
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You guys want to go out to make a reservation at White House?
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We could. That's all you get.
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That's all you get from me. And shout out to the rest of us,
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to the Brillantine's crew, the Galantine squad, all of you guys
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listening, wine poured, chocolate open podcast night in
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with us instead of fighting for a reservation.
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Tonight, though, it's less Valentine's Day and more podcast
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and chill and time day, the podcast edition and of course,
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Greg's in the house. Greg, it's Mr. Cuffing season
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Commander, because somehow you always have commentary ready
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when love sports or chaos enters the chat.
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Katie's in the in the in the building.
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Katie's in there. Hi, how are you doing?
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How are you this week Feels like a living room hang.
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We're cracking open the podcast, spinning off into one of my
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favorite chaotic prompts yet. Not the bells hoss ring in the
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background, right? Because of the church that lives
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across the street. But we're doing, we're doing a
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thing. Do you ever play?
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Have you ever watched pop the balloon, Greg?
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No, but you know of it, right? Weird issue, never heard of it.
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OK, so like women are in line with a balloon with a red
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balloon here comes like a man comes out and like the host
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introduces a man and saw like, all right, this is phone so and
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you know, based on what they look like and how he's dressed
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and how he talks a girl or pop the balloon or not.
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And if he doesn't pop the balloon, she might want to have
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a date with him. So it's the same thing out the
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other way around. Guys are standing in line, girl
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comes in all that stuff based on what she looks like me.
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People will, guys and girls will immediately pop the balloon
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based on what they look like, like once they come into the
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room and stuff. So it's like, you know, people
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don't pop here in there. So we're going to do a thing
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here. We're going to pop the balloon
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for a side character ROM com villains.
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You tell me if you want to pop the balloon for this villain
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from ROM coms and they're all girls.
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Are they red flags or would you keep them?
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So not just the main villain, not just the obstacle, obvious
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obstacle. We're talking the messy best
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friend, the sabotaging Co worker, the I'm just looking out
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for you X, who definitely is not.
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We're reacting to the Super Bowl from this past weekend.
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The game, the chaos, the commercials, and of course, the
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halftime show. Did it deliver?
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Did it live up to the hype? And where does it rank among our
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favorite halftime concert of all time?
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Because everybody has one concert that turned their living
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room into a stadium. We're talking trailers.
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Which one has a leaning forward, which ones fell safe, and which
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ones were already counting down for?
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Then we're jumping back to the beautiful era when Arcade Dreams
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tried to make the leap to the big screen, revisiting Double
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Dragon Neon Camp 90s Sincerity, A time when Adaptation meant to
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let's try it and see what happens.
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You watched it that very same night.
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We have ended the episode. He.
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Went right away. He went right away and like went
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for his homework. I got out as soon as soon as I
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got out this motherfucker, I said into the Alexa and the
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shit. Luckily it was free on Prime so.
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It was free on Prime. I applied to free.
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Yeah, it was free. I, I we have a lot to say about
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this basically. Bullshit.
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And to close the night for Black History Month, we're visiting
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The Wood, a rewatch that heads different when you've lived a
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little more life. Friendship, growing up, looking
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back at who you were before the world got loud.
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All of this is happening while the Winter Olympics roll on.
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And yes, we're cheering extra loud for Judah Lyrdom, the Dutch
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speech skating powerhouse and the Olympic medalist known for
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explosive stars, razor sharp technique and the kind of focus
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that makes every lap feel like a highlight reel.
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Long track, full Sprint, heads down, locked in turn, momentum
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on ice. I've been talking about Jeeta
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Lierim all week. Dave already looked her up on
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Google and everything, and yeah, they're mad at me.
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Gorgeous, Huge, huge, huge, beautiful eyes.
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Yeah, somewhere between candy hearts, ROM com, chaos, agents,
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halftime shows, arcade cabinet and the Olympic gold dreams,
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we're still chasing the same feeling community conversation.
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That moment when you exact when you're exactly when you're
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supposed to be. Liana says she is, so she is.
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So whether you're out celebrating love or you're here
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celebrating Bra or Galentine's Day or podcast and chill and
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dine, chill and time day with us, podcast and chill night with
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us, podcast and chill Netflix podcast.
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We're podcasting night. You're in the right place.
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Basically. This is episode 277 of the MPP
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podcast. Let's get into it, Greg.
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Greg, how was your week? Tell us about your week.
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Week was full of pain. My knee was jacked up.
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My back was jacked up. My back is still jacked up.
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You know what I'm saying? So proud of doing a show.
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If I lay down, I apologize. But, you know, besides that, I
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was like, I ain't ain't doing nothing really.
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Just working, working. Came home, watched the Olympics
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a little bit, you know? Yeah, me too.
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Yeah. So you know.
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You see that can I got accused of cheating?
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Now. What is what is the what is the
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freaking, what is the thing that a little, I don't know what it's
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called. It's just like a little hockey
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puck. Oh, yeah, that.
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Yeah. I can't take it.
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I know what you're talking. About saw that was it called and
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chat what's it called? But like the guys that Canadian
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guy goes like this and he didn't mean to, I guess, but like his
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finger what like touched us and it just like it just kept
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rolling. I'm just like it was already
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rolling anyways, but it's like he just at what he's that.
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Little. Touch and add a little extra
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force into. It Yeah.
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But everybody's making memes about it with the whole touch of
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God saying thanks, you know, everything about it.
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It's been for hilarious. But it's like, why is that an
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Olympic sport? Curling.
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Curling. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
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Like, like it was like, wait a minute.
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Are you trying to tell me that you're, like, shaving the ice or
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like, huh. Yeah.
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That's. So weird.
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It's a weird sport, but OK. Yeah, so far I've seen that.
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And then GW them, who I just can't get enough of just
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watching speed skating. Speed skating is crazy.
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Like there's the track, and this is like they all fall.
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Yeah. That was crazy thing to watch.
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I was supposed to do my A1C today but they rescheduled it
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for next month so I have a whole month to drink water.
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Yeah. To be good, to hydrate.
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And on that note, there you go. Bet she doesn't do it though.
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I got a letter in the mail about renewing my license plate, my
10:57
driver's license. I'm not mad about that but same
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time do other people get mess that stuff in the mail also to
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renew their license online. Yeah, like I, I know.
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I hear they do though saying I mean let's see your reminder and
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shit you know? I'm not mad about mine, but
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other people. What if they can't?
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You know that's not safe. Not.
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Safe. It's like, I'd rather not do
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that, you know, like I'd rather not do any of that.
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So yeah, I got to redo my license to my driver's license.
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I have 90 days. So, like, is the mail still
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there? I'll do it in this next week, I
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guess soon. I'll do it soon.
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James Van Der Beek showed up on my FYP a few nights ago, the day
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after. Oh, James van der Beek.
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Yeah, James Van Der Beek showed up on my FYP, his last message
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to everybody, and I'm like, that's fucked up.
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It just showed up on my algorithm the day after.
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I'm like, oh, damn. At the same time he did, he did
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mention something about that. He was a great, you know, he was
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a childhood. He was our childhood.
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Us John Dawson's Creek, Varsity Blues, which I totally love.
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And I just watched a clip of it and I saw the DVD on sale a few
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nights. Ago.
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I was gonna get it but didn't have enough money.
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For that, yeah. So pretty soon I'll go get.
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It Yeah. What else?
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The fact that him, Paul Walker and the guy that played Billy
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Bob are all passed away. Now that's crazy, man.
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And. They're all I was like, oh,
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that's fucking. Yes.
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Wow, man, that's why, yeah. Yeah it is.
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Fucking love it though and I just keep saying it's like,
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there goes my hero, Mana says. She always does her license
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renewal online. OK.
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Like, I know we can drive, I know we can drive, but what
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about older people? Yeah, like they don't have to
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go, don't they don't have to go in there though.
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A lot of them, they don't, a lot of them seniors ain't got no
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Internet capability or access to no computer and shit like this.
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So, you know, they just going to go to a little place or
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whatever, you know, But looking at my job though, they they'll
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come to the center, like if the seniors need, they should
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renewed or whatever, they can get it renewed at the center and
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they'll bring the equipment or whatever the fuck they do.
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So, you know, Yeah, yeah. Love that I've been listening to
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the new podcast Sean Stockman from Boys to.
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Men. He has a podcast out called On
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That Note. Yeah, he just showed up on my
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YouTube for some reason interviewing Bobby Brown.
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And I'm like, what's he doing with a podcast?
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And so I was like, all right, let me go listen to his podcast
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started from the beginning all the way back in like a few
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months ago. It's pretty good.
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He has all these artists on there like talking to about he
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has babyface John B Dude, I haven't heard John in like a
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while. I haven't heard that name in a
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while. He's talking to John B, talking
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to Skyler Austin from Pitch perfect, Bobby Brown, babyface.
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His first episode he talks about two songs that they regret not
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doing voice to. Men.
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One of them was Shoop by salt and pepper.
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Like just imagining them just going off on.
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That one, yeah. And the other one is amazed by
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Lone Star. That was tears.
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Dang. That is, yeah.
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I was like, wait a minute, are you serious?
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This is freaking amazing. And then he says one song that
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they wish they would have done. How Deep is Your Love by Drew
15:21
Hill? Oh.
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He's passed on it. Crazy.
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Oh my. God, it was like, I wish I would
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have done that one. I was like, yeah, that would be
15:34
great. The the interview with Babyface
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Dude. The one song I just did every
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time I close my eyes. On Yeah.
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That was supposed to Babyface wrote it for Luther.
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Oh yeah. Damn.
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And Luther passed on it and said no, it's not for.
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Me, yeah. Later, Wednesday became a hit
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and he heard it online. He heard it, I mean, not online.
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He heard it on the radio and everything.
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He went back to base and told him it's like, yeah, hey, this
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is how I would. I'm saying it.
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It's like, yeah, Oh my God, The fact that I just just came in
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and I was like, dude, I love listening to music.
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Back when I was in high school, back when I was kids, like I
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love music. And now one of my favorite boy
16:26
band R&B bands, Voice to Man is talking about his life and all
16:33
this stuff and interviewing his favorite stuff.
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Artist talking about MJ here. MJ doing this.
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Yeah, Mariah Carey, all his experiences.
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I'm like, that's what I want to hear, you know, like dumb song
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from back in the day. I'll Make Love to.
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You. It wasn't aimed at little kids,
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but you know what? We all sang it with our hearts.
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Out. And written by Babyface.
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Oh, end of the rope. Written by babyface because we
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were never talking about. Boomerang.
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And Babyface wrote the soundtrack.
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Like. I got the soundtrack, so end of
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the road, and I was like, we just watched this freaking
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movie, dude. It was like, yes, fucking.
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Awesome. Oh, yeah.
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All right, let's get ready to start the show.
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But yeah, you guys listen to this podcast.
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Dude, it's fucking awesome. It goes full.
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I'll check it on you. Check it out, see what's up.
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I'll push the shown. I'll put it in the show notes.
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The link to the podcast in the show notes.
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Yeah, I'll send it to you. Listen there.
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Like just you gotta listen to this.
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All right, We're starting projects.
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We like to start the show by opening the floor, not easing
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in, not warming up, but jumping straight into conversation.
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Every week we throw a quest into the wild.
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Sometimes it's thoughtful, sometimes it's nostalgic,
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sometimes absolutely unhinged. Before we record, the M therapy
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community gets first crack at it.
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You answer in the comments, the chat, the across every corner of
18:03
the Internet we call home, and then we bring those answers back
18:06
here. We read them, we react to them,
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we spiral a little. This isn't just us talking at
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you anymore. It's us talking with you.
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Think of it like a giant group chat where someone asked a
18:16
question they probably shouldn't have and nobody backed out.
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So this is your first time listening.
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Welcome. Your voice belongs here.
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If you've been here for a while, you already know this is where
18:25
the conversation really starts. There goes the church spells
18:30
again from last week. The community answered the
18:34
question was what was your first purchase you paid for with your
18:37
own money that made you proud? The moment you realize you earn
18:41
something on your own, whether it was something small,
18:43
something fun, or something you stayed up for together forever
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to get those purchases turn into core memories.
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Those was your first purchase you paid for with your money
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that made you proud. Lala Gunning says leather jacket
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gamer mom glam Reaper said. OK, so I was 20 and bought my
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first Nokia 3 three huh? Three 3310 cell phone.
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The 3310 cell phone. So it's like the brick?
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Phone. The Net and Ray, our friend.
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Ray said, not sure if you remember the magazine where you
19:15
would sell cards, wrapping paper, etcetera.
19:17
With the points I made, which were like money, I bought a
19:20
really huge watch. Said my first paycheck purchase
19:26
was a set of new car mats for a car that I shared with my little
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sister and filled a gas tank. Jane is in here she says.
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Spoiled youngest kid. So in my 20s I was with my dad
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painting 2 houses, an outdoor Playhouse and outdoor toilet. 1
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summer I used the money on a queen size bed that's freaking
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lovely. Judith would love says popcorn
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with hot sauce and cornets in elementary school.
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Oh yeah, next question for this week was what's the most random
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thing you were obsessed with as a kid?
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Not the obvious stuff, the obvious specific phase.
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The hyperfixation. The thing that made total sense
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to you and confuse everyone else.
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Maybe it was dinosaurs for exactly 3 months, Memorizing
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wrestling entrances, collecting stickers, learning every Pokémon
20:13
evolution, or you're playing the same movie scene over and over
20:15
like it was your job. Those childhood obsessions were
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chaotic, but they were ours and honestly, they help shaped who
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we are now. So what was your random
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childhood obsession? Jane says.
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Hi, Greg. What's up?
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Hey, what was your obsession? Childhood obsession, if you had
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one. I used to do this.
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I used to do this shit when I was doing school.
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Put their foot and glue on her hand and let it dry and peel.
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This guy, it was fun. It was fun.
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It's. Like it feels like now when
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people do like their masks. On their faces or.
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Like, you know, feet, foot, one of the stuff.
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It just feels the same way. I'm like doing the whole thing
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where it's just like, oh, look at this, look at this new skin.
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Yeah. Mine was just an obsession with
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pogs at. The time.
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Me too. Me too.
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Yeah, but I was like obsessed with pogs.
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Yeah, bottle caps, bottle caps. I love bottle caps, especially
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the ones that Coca-Cola ones with the code in the.
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Bottle. So I just collect them and put
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them away and just like have them there.
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What else? There is a bunch of other stuff.
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Wrestling cards. I was obsessed with wrestling
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cards at the time. Now not so much.
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I was like fucking old, but those, those were fun days,
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Ortega says. Hairspray always in search of
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that perfect hold, MENA says. I was obsessed with gel pen and
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scented markers and making the perfect Superman S 36 lines.
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Or the Superman logo. That's no, not Superman logo,
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the S the one that we do in class.
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Oh, I know. Talking about.
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Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, yeah.
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Remember homies? I used to like collect a lot of
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homies also. Yeah, I've got about this shit,
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Yeah. They were there was like they
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were out. There, yes.
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Like and oh, I want these. And it's like as around the end
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of the year I very much had like 25 or 30 of them around there,
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but I wasn't like, OK, I was, I liked them, Silly little redhead
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says I had a boom box and collected tape so I can mix
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songs, record from the radio. We did that too, Jane says.
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I was absolutely obsessed with them.
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Kinder Surprise eggs and collected the toys inside of
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them. Still have pretty much all of
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them to this day and it's the best.
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Kinder chocolate the best. She made sure to capitalize.
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The best it is, it is the best. Leanna says.
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I was obsessed with collecting ink pens and chapstick.
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Also link Lisa Frank stickers. I also collected stamps.
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I had a book to put them in and everything.
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Still love ink pens? Gypsy boss said multiplying
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numbers in my head like all the time.
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I would like to multiply members that were multiple by 7
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specifically. So we're thinking about it.
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Sure, why not? Obsessed with that, Elle does
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what she wants. Lauren the 2 Laurens.
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Lauren says I collected puppy in my pocket, still have them Love
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and Light, which says I was obsessed with about grasshoppers
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and making mud pies with them and feeding them to my siblings.
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Hey. Well, then I had to ask.
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I had to ask. Yeah, hey.
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She said she had nine brothers and like 5 of them got pissed
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off in the chase after her. Like you read for her life.
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They didn't know what's in there and then as soon as she called
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them like the grasshoppers. Yeah, they.
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Oh man, just chocolate eggs. Next question was a sound from
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your childhood. You instantly recognized the
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dial, the dial up tone of VHS. Rewinding the ice cream truck
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from three streets away. A game cost of booting up some
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sound. Never leave us, y'all Like hell
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yeah, you. Of course.
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As soon as you hit that, I'm like Power Rangers.
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I wouldn't go, yeah, tell the truth.
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I wouldn't go do this shit 'cause when you stated earlier
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on Tic Tac early in the week or whatever, I got the perfect one.
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Then here you come with your video and you did the one I want
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to do, I said. Fuck.
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Sega, I'm sorry, the makers did pulled pulled out Duck Hunt.
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So I said fuck. And then so, so I said I
25:26
couldn't take him. Then I said I fight.
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I'm gonna do, I'm gonna do. I'm gonna do what I know.
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So I said fight. So I went, I went on YouTube,
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found the specific intro for like season 4.
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And so I like, yeah, this the one.
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Yeah. Hell yeah, that's the one.
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Liana did Crash Bandicoot because it's like that freaking
25:57
fucking crash is just like I was like.
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Oh my God, yeah, like I've. Played that game in a while.
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I gotta like get back. It's like end.
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It's the nostalgic playing that game because I've never played
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it before and then looking at it now, like, oh, let me play it.
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Yeah. Oh, damn, yeah, 2D.
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No, I can't do this. Like no do that.
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Do that game shit. It'll just take you back though.
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Tina posted a video of a ringer, a ring, the Rotary.
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Phone old school long that that. Is way too long ago and Jane I
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think what she posted I forgot what.
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It was Fraggle Rock. Already Fraggle Rock, Yeah.
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And then Menace posted Duck Hunt.
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Yeah, he just there. These are those were awesome.
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So. And finally we have finished the
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sentence. I'm trying something new here.
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What was always on when you were home sick?
27:03
The daytime shows, cartoons, reruns, game shows, talk shows,
27:06
the comfort TV that keeps you company when you're home under a
27:09
blanket pretending to be more sick than you actually wear.
27:12
This is a static trip back to the stay home from school
27:15
routine, channel surfing, soup on the couch and that one show
27:18
that always felt like your secret daytime ritual.
27:22
Did you get anyone to do We didn't know to do it?
27:24
I don't think so. It is.
27:28
They all just showed up. I guess you guys, that's it.
27:35
So I posted a lot of them. I forgot what they were, but one
27:41
thing that was in in there was Jerry.
27:43
Springer. Josh said why isn't Jerry
27:46
Springer on here? Because Jerry Springer was in
27:49
the afternoon for me. I'm not.
27:51
This is about, you know, in the morning when I was sick as hell
27:54
and trying to or played hooky play, didn't go to sleep.
28:02
Jane says that forever rock with video with a lot of work.
28:06
Just saying. Jane lying.
28:11
She tell them about. She tell them about.
28:12
Yeah, it was a lot of work for her.
28:15
The stitch. Yeah, she had to go.
28:17
She had to edit that bit like I think on cap cut or some shit
28:22
like that, you know it, you know, and I was scared it wasn't
28:27
going to work for me because I ain't stitched in a long time
28:31
and and I said this shit don't work on those foot.
28:34
Tell them so. So what?
28:37
It worked out for the good though.
28:43
Yeah, so he said, why didn't you bring on?
28:46
I said like it wasn't on like in the morning, like this is like
28:49
later on at night. I would, I would.
28:50
Watch it. Yeah.
28:51
Minutes, everybody said this, everybody said this.
28:53
So Minutes says the price is right.
28:57
Automatic. Price, yeah, automatic price is
29:00
right, price is right, price is right.
29:02
And then when it says the young and the restless, I the only the
29:08
only one I watched was because it was just on that one time and
29:12
I just like too fucking tired, exhausted to even change the
29:16
channel because something was on and then it like went straight
29:19
to. That yeah.
29:20
So, yeah, yeah. I'm going to sleep all my
29:25
children. Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
29:30
Yeah. And then and then suddenly I got
29:33
into it. I was like, dude, did you Google
29:35
my answer? EVO No, why would I Google your
29:37
answer? I knew what Fraggle, what rock
29:39
was. I used to watch.
29:41
I used to watch it all the time. Hey, we used to watch.
29:44
We're kids. We watched Fraggle rock.
29:49
But all my children like then I felt sick and then I just like,
29:53
oh, this is getting what the hell is going on there?
29:56
They're twins. What?
29:58
This is naughty stuff. Yeah, basically.
30:00
This is like there was a twin, good, twin, bad twin thing going
30:03
on and it's like so horrible, Jane says.
30:09
So I was a team before we had more than one channel on the TV
30:12
and it was just two more channels back then.
30:14
But in the morning, it was just morning TV on all channels.
30:17
Later in the morning, early afternoon, it was Helene and
30:21
they got cons for me. She went, she did the the the
30:27
sayings. I don't know what that is.
30:30
My stick show. Yes.
30:32
All right. You want me to Google that?
30:34
Let me Google it. She wants me to Google it.
30:37
Guys, it's a French sitcom. OK?
30:49
Helene, I don't know who these people are, Ma'am, I can't.
30:53
I don't even know how to say these names.
30:56
I know they can, they hear me. Yeah, they can.
31:00
We live in the States. We don't know about that.
31:04
Come on now. And the boys in English is a
31:10
spinner from the first series. First kisses and follow the girl
31:14
and her friends in their life as students.
31:16
Created in 1992 by Jean Luc Azole.
31:19
Helene. American characters performed by
31:21
Helene Herolias, who is also a famous singer in France.
31:27
OK, cool. There's a detailed plot in
31:29
there. Yeah.
31:30
All right, That's great. Just laughing.
31:34
She's laughing all right, as long as she's laughing.
31:38
She know I'm just playing shit. She.
31:41
Knows. She knows, she says.
31:42
Greg, I hear you very well. Oh shit.
31:51
Our best friend Lauren Al does what she wants.
31:56
Price is right and Bob Ross painting.
32:01
Yeah, we love Bob Ross. She, not me.
32:04
Oh my God. She so she's born turn this shit
32:09
out like. That's the reason why I watched.
32:12
It I was like. Getting back to sleep and then
32:17
back to sleep, and then one day it's just like fucking drop
32:21
Pretty Little fucking sayings. Oh, little mistake here and
32:25
there's OK, Wilf says. Ricki Lake and Maury Povich.
32:30
Obviously it was in the afternoon also, like, I don't, I
32:34
don't think I've seen these in the morning.
32:35
Oh, here we go. Here we go.
32:37
JT Bakery just says just the price is right.
32:39
If you're sick, you're sleeping in a missing region and got to
32:42
eat. Got to be all technical there.
32:44
He said read you feel the bad way, but he said Regis and catch
32:47
me on the ass though if you're. Sick.
32:52
You're probably sleeping and you're missing Regent and Kathie
32:54
Lee. And I'm like, you know, anyway,
32:58
what the fuck? Some of us faked are fun.
33:02
Some of us faked up being sick just to stay home.
33:06
Oh, look, Regis and Kathie Lee, let me watch this.
33:11
What the fuck? Oh shit.
33:16
If you're sick, you're sleeping in.
33:18
OK, Dad, Dad. Oh, like whatever.
33:25
Another one says Farrah the Pharaoh says.
33:27
I hated the prices, right? My sister would watch that.
33:33
If I was homesick, I'd watch some of those shows because they
33:36
were on regularly and part of my morning mix as Lassie, Dennis
33:39
the Menace and Gidget. And then I'd watch movies on
33:43
USA, usually Elvis movies and because I put Out of This World
33:50
in one of my categories with as well as high Wi-Fi, Oh, I Love
33:54
Lucy and all that stuff. Out of This World was part of
33:56
Saturday morning shows again. In of this world.
34:01
I'm trying to Dang this part right here, this girl that has a
34:08
docking dad magical disc and she does this positive world, Yeah.
34:13
Oh, her dad was in that. Dang, yeah, I remember that
34:17
shit. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
34:20
And I'm just like, hey, I remember it.
34:22
I don't remember when it was. I just remember watching it too.
34:24
And it's like syndication and. Yeah, it'll just come on.
34:27
It'll come on like a random time though, like like and some
34:31
random ass times, though it wouldn't come on every day.
34:33
Shit crazy. Original, Original episodes came
34:39
out in the early 90s, late 80s. Yeah, it's in syndication.
34:45
It had. There's also Charles in charge
34:47
in there. Yeah.
34:49
You know, a bunch of shows that I know I saw when I was sick.
34:53
Yeah. Or you know what I have been
34:54
like, my mom could have reported it, like, here's you're here,
34:58
Watch this. Like, OK, thanks.
35:01
Because I I didn't want to miss any of this.
35:02
Stuff, Yeah. Leanna says the price is right.
35:06
Plus whatever was on the kid channel because my brother was
35:08
much younger, Reese says. Small wonder.
35:16
Yeah. Perfect strangers.
35:21
Mash Hogan Heroes. What the fuck mad going on in
35:28
the morning? It's indication.
35:31
Hell Nah in Texas this shit didn't come on to like 11 at
35:35
night. Fuck this kid, I mean.
35:40
If if they can come at me with the fact that, you know, out of
35:44
this world is on later on at night or later on in on
35:47
Saturdays and regions and Kathy Lee, you couldn't have been
35:50
watching that because you could have been sleeping in if you
35:52
were sick then. Yeah.
35:54
Mash. No, that was on the night also.
35:57
Yeah, man, I know what's up. They they ran this shit at
35:59
night. That's how I do.
36:00
It's time to go to bed, I mean. They're coming happy with the
36:04
most fucking crazy shit and now like, you know what MASH that
36:08
was on late at night, it was the last thing you ever watched.
36:10
That's it. Is that mash or Terry Mason?
36:16
God damn it, God damn it. Fucking lawyer.
36:20
We fucked him. Oh, as soon as I heard Annie
36:25
Griffith show. About yeah, it sound good to be.
36:29
Creeping in. OK, yeah, it's time to change
36:32
the channel. Not watching this other Lauren
36:37
LB says Oh my gosh, always the price is right and saved by the
36:41
bell. Also Mari and Jerry as I got
36:44
older I would lead a channel called The Box on and it just
36:47
played music video all day. Box.
36:51
The box, the box, here we go. The box, let's go.
36:55
Because we I saved this point for the last thing ever because
36:59
the box, the box was fucking awesome.
37:01
The box had like a basically music videos that weren't shown
37:07
on MTVBT or VH1. You had to pay for these videos,
37:13
at least 199 of them, plus plus the the phone.
37:22
Yeah, the phone line. Yeah, the box.
37:27
Somebody saw somebody's freaking videos.
37:29
Like there were reason this should have been on MTV, but
37:33
they weren't. Just like fucking like the box
37:36
was better. Seriously.
37:38
And there's a difference between TRL later on and the box TRL was
37:46
and the. Box was just like.
37:48
Let's go. Let's watch this.
37:53
So yeah, I love that one for last because I want to talk
37:56
about the box and like definitely going to be an
37:58
episode of this pretty soon where we talk about the box or
38:01
we saw in the box. Did you guys ever get Avhs tape
38:07
of a mix of music videos? I did.
38:09
Hey, yeah. I still have one like I legit
38:13
have one of music video. They got mine is mines are
38:16
probably mine are probably gone, but I remember I used to record
38:20
BET MTV the box go back to MTVBT box just be in rotation our
38:29
fucking day. So I filled that muffler tape
38:33
up. Damn.
38:37
In the mail? No.
38:40
Oh, you mean the mail? We didn't.
38:44
I'm not paying. No nothing.
38:47
I'm not paying for music videos in the mail grab.
38:50
I'm paying for my own VHS put in the VCR.
38:55
I can record the the videos that are on.
38:58
And then the box was just like on antenna for me.
39:04
And then I like did some kind of gadget where like you could I
39:09
could like insert this USB onto the box and it's like, OK, there
39:15
it is. I can record fucking song
39:17
antenna. Yeah, it was weird at the time.
39:21
I remember my sister used to get tapes of new music videos in the
39:23
mail. What?
39:25
Probably got this shit from Columbia House or Time Life or
39:30
some shit like that. Timeline, yeah.
39:34
Timeline, yeah. Hey Sabrina, how you doing?
39:37
Yeah, I the same 7 hour videos that I would record wrestling
39:43
on. It's the same 7 hour videos that
39:44
I would have music videos on and just like 300.
39:50
I have a fucked up at VHS. It'd be music videos on this
39:53
shit one second, then you it'd be an episode of Fresh Prince on
39:56
that bit. Then it'd be an episode of Nitro
39:59
on there. Didn't go back to music video.
40:04
It was crazy. That's crazy.
40:07
At least you had that. I had a bunch of friends who
40:11
decided to have porn on there and then.
40:15
I've been just watching freaking.
40:17
My cousin, my cousin did that though.
40:19
He's do this kind of shit though.
40:23
Thank you for the popular in the heart me.
40:25
I'm sorry you're feeling sick. Been in bed all day.
40:28
Did you watch Regis and Kathie Lee?
40:33
I'm kidding. But like, I would watch Toni
40:38
Braxton and like unbreak my heart and just like, oh, and
40:41
then here comes I'm like. What the fuck?
40:47
Like what the fuck? That's fucked up.
40:49
It's fucked up. I had a fucking like that.
40:53
So I know what you mean. I know exactly what you mean.
40:54
I know you ain't lying. That's fast.
41:00
I just like today I kind of did it on purpose.
41:02
Sorry to hear that Super Bowl halftime?
41:09
What do you think of Super Bowl the halftime?
41:16
Well, my well, my said. Well, my I love.
41:20
Yeah, I love. You loved it.
41:22
You don't give a folk nobody say I loved it.
41:25
Exactly. You know I loved it.
41:27
I know, I know what the hell my man was saying, but it was
41:31
jamming. I saw Ricky Martin, I bet you
41:37
know some people wouldn't be talking shit if he did Lavita
41:39
Loca. I guarantee, I guarantee they
41:43
wouldn't be talking shit if you wouldn't be a Lovita Loca shit.
41:49
Shake those hips. Yeah.
41:51
Put your unridden mask or fucking what despacito?
41:59
Yeah, they. Wouldn't be talking shit if they
42:02
didn't posito. The motherfucker made me so mad
42:06
talking this shit. Oh, they son.
42:10
I said man. So leave that man alone.
42:14
God damn. Yeah, it's time for people to
42:18
wake up. Subo.
42:19
Halftime show is never going to be the same.
42:22
Ain't no fucking Rolling Stones going to do no halftime show or
42:26
no fucking Willie Nelson and no shit like that.
42:30
It's going to be black for the longest flavor Flags going to be
42:33
up there next year. Here comes the flavor and love,
42:40
girls. Just in the.
42:42
Crowd, Here comes New York. Yeah, watch.
42:51
So there I saw a YouTube video of the history of the halftime
42:55
show. It went from a freaking.
43:00
Troubled the high school shepherd.
43:02
Bad Marching Band. Hey Championship left there
43:04
singing and she I like Dang. Marching band.
43:09
And then they showed a clip of Michael Jackson.
43:12
I'm like, yeah, there we go. That changed.
43:14
Forever. Yep.
43:16
And then up to now, and I'm just like, yes.
43:18
And then the one time they had country, nobody was jamming
43:21
anything. But we'll try and hear those
43:24
kids. Damn, no.
43:27
Nobody cared about that time, but there's and and it's like,
43:35
so what's it called? It was about the culture,
43:40
basically. Yeah.
43:42
And Living Color made them do a real halftime show, yeah.
43:46
I remember that. It was about the culture.
43:48
It was about the culture basically.
43:50
And new rock stars is usually known for, you know, doing
43:57
reviews of movies, TV shows and video games, all that stuff.
44:02
They invited a somebody in there to talk about the Easter eggs,
44:08
everything you didn't know about, about the Super Bowl,
44:13
about the halftime show with Benito and all that stuff.
44:16
And there's like a 4520 thirty 45 minute video of her just
44:21
going through the entire aspect of it.
44:24
And like I even said on my on my stories, like if you guys really
44:29
want to know more history into that, go watch the new rock
44:32
stars videos that they put up about half time and you'll get
44:36
more history out of it. And yeah, and that's what I've
44:41
just like been watching the entire time.
44:42
Bad Bunny is a fucking awesome fucking artist.
44:46
Everybody was talking about, all the wrestlers were talking about
44:48
it, basically. Because he wrestled.
44:51
And we were all waiting for Chambea.
44:53
Damn sure, yeah, I mad them up for that's a damn we're gonna
44:56
play my shit. I know.
45:02
So that was great to see. Like the commercials, it's like
45:09
amp whatever the trailers were, I didn't see any of.
45:14
I saw Michael trailer. I saw the Scream 71 again.
45:18
There you go. My hair.
45:20
Yeah. Makes me want to go see it.
45:22
At first I like I won't wait till it hit digital, but now, so
45:25
I might just go to the theater and see this shit, you know?
45:28
But the real trailer, I want to see they they I knew they
45:31
wouldn't go show anyway. So which one?
45:34
I want to see the full goddamn Avenger trailer.
45:37
Oh God, yeah, I know. It's like waiting for it.
45:39
Like, no, they're not gonna show it.
45:41
OK, 'cause like, I was like looking online too and we said
45:45
it on the podcast, like, they're not gonna show this.
45:46
No. Instead, the next day they
45:50
showed the one piece trailer on that play.
45:54
I'm like, you couldn't do this last night.
45:57
Like, all right, you didn't have to pay all that much.
45:58
That's fine. It's all good.
46:01
So yeah, the the trailers were alright.
46:04
The the commercials were fine. The, the only thing that we were
46:07
there for was the concert as soon as the concert was over.
46:10
And just like every Latino party, you're exhausted.
46:14
I fell asleep. I didn't even wait for the rest
46:17
of this freaking game. I just knocked out because like,
46:20
damn. He even has it in his like in
46:23
the in the concert itself where he walks over to some kids who
46:28
are just sleeping on the on the chairs and everything.
46:30
It's like, yeah, that's. Us.
46:31
Yeah, he's a good up. And Jane says to say he didn't
46:39
sing it in the American language is so wrong too, because English
46:42
isn't their language either. Yeah, Amen to that.
46:46
European on that note. You just love him laughing on
46:58
that note. Kid, why you tell more shit to
47:02
me? But you love it.
47:13
What was your favorite halftime concert of all time?
47:18
Probably 1. Yeah, like what have you been
47:22
your favorite? I'll play, I'll say Michael
47:25
Jackson, Michael Jackson, Princeton, Beyoncé.
47:29
Well I really get fucked by Beyoncé, but Prince and Snooping
47:36
Snoop Dre fits in. Kendrick.
47:40
Eminem now, God damn, showing like that.
47:42
Kendrick Lamar, I ain't gonna feel about that.
47:44
Last year, I like shit. I went in the kitchen, ate
47:47
something last year. Shit.
47:50
I didn't watch last. Yeah, it was just Kendrick.
47:52
I wouldn't feel me. I mean it the only part when in
47:57
there is like we we showed up for it was Hey Drake.
47:59
Yeah. I heard you like me on and then
48:02
that was it was like he did. He said he does the line Michael
48:07
Jackson, Dre, Snoop, Eminem, Kendrick, Prince, **NSYNC,
48:11
Aerosmith, Britney and Nelly because they they rocked it and
48:17
**NSYNC and Britney were part of that our childhood as.
48:21
Well, at that. Time and then lastly, because
48:27
there were memes right after and I'm just going to put this on
48:32
here because I was part of making those memes as well
48:36
because I paused it so many. Times.
48:38
Oh shit. I know.
48:39
She's tougher to say. I already know what you're going
48:42
to say. I forgot about the damn
48:44
performing. Damn.
48:45
Oh yeah, I know. Beyoncé.
48:50
You mean Jen? I made fun.
48:53
No, judge, you know I'm stricken.
48:56
Timberlake. Justin, that fucked up all thing
48:59
with me. I didn't, yeah, I didn't know.
49:02
How do you fucking took accountability and said I did
49:05
that then yeah, it would have been on my favorites, you know,
49:08
favorite Congress of all time. But no, he didn't take
49:11
accountability for it. He did.
49:12
It was a mistake. I was like, then you know what,
49:15
you don't belong in my favorites.
49:17
Forget it. But it was good.
49:19
Just you know, if he, if he had just take accountability and
49:23
said, yeah, I did it, so I'm sorry, I apologize.
49:26
I did it, now I didn't. Know he was going to do that.
49:29
He was fired. He was fired for that shit
49:31
though. Beyoncé though, because he
49:35
cheated so many fucking facial features that they turned her
49:41
into the Green Hulk. They turned her into a fucking
49:44
Ultimate Warrior meme. They turned her into a bunch of
49:49
stuff. And I saved it.
49:51
And I fucking know that I saved these because I made some of
49:54
these memes and the people were after me.
49:57
I posted on Twitter and like the beehive was like, how dare you?
50:01
I was like, shut up. It's just memes.
50:06
Wait, what? Which one?
50:09
The nipple gate? Or was that Beyoncé?
50:12
Which one? Jane Law.
50:15
Like wait, what happened? Like which part?
50:19
Jim Jackson got exposed by a funk as Timberlake back in the
50:24
day. Yeah, and there wasn't even no
50:31
nipple, it was just covered. Yeah, it wasn't really what
50:33
nothing though. Like.
50:36
It looked like freaking little Kim at the MTV Movie Awards.
50:40
Just like a pasty. Pasty, yeah.
50:44
Yeah, it's fine. It's like you just saw like
50:46
boobish, not nipple, just both. And then the other one is
50:52
Beyoncé because she made she made a lot of faces while like
50:56
dancing over and all this stuff, though, like people made memes
51:01
out of it of her looking like a green She Hulk.
51:07
Those Beyoncé they memes were hilarious.
51:09
They were they were. They were all right.
51:14
Let's talk about something that doesn't get enough respect.
51:16
In ROM com conversations, everybody always talks about the
51:19
love story, the me cute, the grand gesture, the kiss in the
51:23
rain. Let's be real, ROM coms don't
51:27
work without the side character antagonist.
51:29
Not just the big bad villain, not just the final boss.
51:32
I'm talking about the low stakes menace, the jealous acts, the
51:35
fake friend, the rich kid with nothing to lose, the person
51:39
whose entire job is to make things just uncomfortable enough
51:42
to move the plot forward, the Mike Dexler's, the Regina
51:45
Georges, the Mike Tidwell's, the Steph Mckees, the Caroline
51:48
Mulfers of the world. They're not trying to destroy
51:51
the universe, they're just trying to ruin one relationship
51:54
with one reputation or one party.
51:57
And honestly, that's way more personal.
52:00
Some people just want to watch the world burn.
52:04
So this segment is all about favorite side character,
52:06
antagonist and ROM coms. The characters you kind of hate
52:10
kind of love. Definitely remember more than
52:12
you should because happy Valentine's Day.
52:15
We're not all about love here. We have a lot of people that we
52:19
hate and we love those characters.
52:21
Those are our underdogs. Oh lovey dovey stuff.
52:25
No, I root for the guy that wants to ruin everything but the
52:29
girl. Because who your favorite is
52:33
kind of says a lot about you. So let's get into it.
52:37
Mike Dexler from Kent Harley. Wait, obviously you got Regina
52:44
George from Mean Girls, Taylor Bond from She's All That, and
52:49
Brock Hudson from She's All That.
52:51
The freaking Stew. Yeah.
52:53
I mean what I. Always called because that's
52:56
just him. Just he's Stew.
52:58
He's going to be Stew for the rest of his life.
53:02
Joey Donner from 10 Things I Hate About You, The douchebag
53:05
that has a lot of money and is doing the bet with Heath Ledger.
53:12
Catherine. I'm not going to say her last
53:14
name from Cruel Intentions because you only know her as
53:16
Catherine. It's like I looked her up like
53:22
Catherine. No, I don't know her as
53:27
Catherine. I didn't even know she had a
53:31
last name in the movie. Steph McKee from pitting Pink.
53:36
The fucking douchebag Ultron's voice.
53:43
Lucy. Wyman James Bader yes fucking
53:48
love James better like 80. James Bader was fucking out of
53:53
control, which is fucking bullshit.
53:58
James Bader and William Sabka in the 80s we're just like the big
54:01
bullies of the fucking everything.
54:03
Every movie. Lucy Wyman from 13 going on 30.
54:10
There's 7 evil access from Scott Pilgrim.
54:12
Only one of them Corey. Not Corey.
54:16
I was going to say Corey Grave but that's the wrestler.
54:17
The great the the last evil acts, the last guy, the one
54:21
that's like did all this shit for Ramona and Mike Todwell
54:27
douchebag Mike Todwell douchebag in every fucking movie.
54:30
Mike Todwell adventures in babysitting.
54:33
You know the douchebag Mike Todwell, he was a Nope.
54:38
No, he wasn't. Get out.
54:40
The the the guy, the the the dad.
54:43
Oh, OK. All right.
54:45
Yeah. That guy, yeah.
54:48
So those are my favorites. What are your favorites?
54:50
I'm be honest with you, I ain't no shit.
54:54
I am a lot to you. I even I out to the ministers
54:58
This morning I said I don't know shit about this shit.
55:00
I don't know. I don't know, say so I'm just
55:03
going to leave it bro. So you know, so if you don't
55:05
know any of these people, I'm going to I'm going to give you
55:08
the contestants afford to pop the balloon challenge ROM com
55:13
side villain edition. So just tell me if you're going
55:18
to if you would pop the balloon or try to save her.
55:20
You know, let's see what happens.
55:22
Contestant #1 And I'll tell you at the end who they are.
55:25
Contestant #1 She doesn't walk in the room, adjusts around her,
55:30
compliments you in a tone that sounds nice but somehow feels
55:33
like a test, knows everyone's secrets already.
55:35
And I casually ask, So what are your weakness?
55:39
Are you popping the balloon or trying to survive the social
55:42
hierarchy? Pop pop it and congratulations
55:50
you just popped it for Regina George from Mean Girl contestant
55:55
#2 perfect hair, perfect posture, slight eye roll when
55:59
someone else gets attention. Says she supports other girls
56:02
but can feel the competition in the air.
56:04
Ends her intro with I just don't like being replaced.
56:07
Balloon Pop or do we believe in redemption makeover arcs?
56:10
Pop it is Taylor Bond from She's All That contestant #3 soft
56:18
voice, calculated pauses, compliments you personally while
56:21
slowly planting doubt about everyone else, Smiles like she
56:25
already knows how this ends and she's 10 moves ahead.
56:28
Save. Save You're saving Catherine
56:33
from Cruel Intentions. I sure am.
56:37
She got them. Contestant #4 They enter as a
56:44
trio, perfectly coordinated, whispering to each other and
56:48
occasionally laughing. They say they run the social
56:51
scene and loyalty is everything unless you embarrass them.
56:54
You don't date 1, you date the ecosystem you pop, or you're
57:00
risking the cafeteria politics. You're popping for the headers.
57:07
All three of. Them.
57:07
Dang it, that's what it says. Hey next one.
57:11
Smart, smart, observant, a little sarcastic, seems kind but
57:16
you can tell she's tired of toxic friend group and
57:18
existential high school drama. Admits I want out of chaos but
57:22
chaos keeps finding me. Do you pop because she's self
57:26
aware or do you pop because a drama follows her?
57:29
I'm say do. You keep it or she's self aware
57:31
or because pop because drama follows.
57:33
I'm say you're going to save her.
57:37
You saved Veronica Sawyer also from Heather 's.
57:43
And then the final one shows up low key drumsticks in hand. 0
57:46
interest in impressing anyone, acts like she doesn't care but
57:50
clearly cares deeply and just hides it behind sarcasm.
57:53
She friend. She's a friend zoned survivor
57:55
energy who might actually be the most loyal person here.
57:58
Are we keeping the balloon for the underrated ride or die or
58:01
popping because emotional walls are high?
58:04
You're popping for watch from fucking some kind of wonderful,
58:12
the one that gets friend zoned for a girl.
58:19
No, because true, Some kind of wonderful.
58:22
I always hated the fact that this movie is like he's in love
58:26
with this girl and she's like, no, look at me and I'm throwing
58:29
myself at you. Can you stop?
58:31
Right. He's not into you.
58:34
He he had, he liked girls that have long hair and like blonde
58:38
and like, we'll give it up easily.
58:40
You're little short stuff. And it's like, damn.
58:45
Nothing against any of you guys. If you're watching or listening.
58:47
I'm sorry. I apologize.
58:48
This is back to me when I was in to some kind of wonderful.
58:52
It's a pretty good movie, by the way.
58:58
Oh, God. Anyway, yeah, so those were the
59:03
people you just popped. And damn, she gets popped to.
59:06
All right, let's let's get into Double Dragon, because I know
59:11
you've been dying to talk about this fucking crazy ass movie.
59:16
I apologize. I had a time for like, you know,
59:18
I apologize right now for letting you watch it.
59:20
I didn't even know it was going to be that bad at all.
59:25
What the hell Directed by James Yuki, based on Techno Japan 1997
59:31
arcade beat him up. Released in 1994, the movie
59:35
arrived the early wave of Street Fighter Super Mario Brothers
59:40
arcade the screen experiments, but tonally it lands closer to
59:43
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Power Rangers, plus apocalyptic
59:47
skate park energy. Here's what it's about.
59:51
In a post earthquake Los Angeles called New Angeles, the city is
59:55
flooded, fragmented and run by gangs.
59:58
Two brothers, Billy Lee, who is played by Mark Casco, later
1:00:07
known for John Wick Chapter 3, Iron Chef America, he's the
1:00:10
chairman and Brotherhood of the Wolf.
1:00:12
He brings our martial arts credibility.
1:00:15
And Jimmy Lee, who is played by Scott Wolf, fresh off of Party
1:00:22
of Five. Very Nike teen heartthrob energy
1:00:26
leans in the comedic side. Yeah, they possess half of a
1:00:32
mystical art called the Double Dragon Medallion, which grants
1:00:35
powers, spirit, projection, combat abilities.
1:00:40
The villain Kogashugo wants to have both halves to gain
1:00:43
ultimate power and control of the city.
1:00:45
That guy is played by Robert Patrick, fresh off of playing
1:00:48
the T1000 Terminator 2, his first major villain role after
1:00:52
that, and goes full camp techno dictator instead of rescuing
1:01:02
Marion. Like the arcade game, the film
1:01:04
reframed the story around brotherhood, teenage rebellion,
1:01:07
and destiny mythology. It's less Save the Girlfriend,
1:01:10
more unlock your inner Chi, Also starring Alyssa Milano as
1:01:17
Marion. Yeah, we all know why I watched
1:01:25
it post Who's the boss? Free Charmed.
1:01:28
In this version, Mariah Marion is a resistant leader, way more
1:01:32
active than the arcade Marion. And she's freaking hot with them
1:01:37
pants, man. Damn Foley.
1:01:40
Yeah, she always. Good Lord.
1:01:41
Good God Almighty, Phoebe Holloway, right Lord, have next.
1:01:47
Phoebe Holloway The movie reinterprets, rather recreates
1:01:54
direct references to Billy and Jimmy Lee names Marian shadow
1:01:57
bosses, string St. gang aesthetics, signature chick
1:02:01
kicks and jump kicks. The big changes to the The movie
1:02:04
from the video game is the medallion.
1:02:06
It's not the original arcade game.
1:02:08
It's not in the original arcade game.
1:02:09
The game is much simpler. Rescue Marian beat up Adobo A
1:02:13
Bobo A Bobo appears in the movie, but it's dragically
1:02:17
redesigned. It looks like a what the hell?
1:02:23
I don't know how to explain this shit at all.
1:02:26
A bobo just like a bubble in the game is freaking what?
1:02:35
Steroid freak big stuff. A Bobo in the movie is like
1:02:44
somebody took up. Never mind.
1:02:48
Big pile up, big pile of poop. Oh, I know.
1:02:53
You come back. Yeah, I'm off a little bit.
1:02:54
Yeah. It's you.
1:02:57
A full ugly motherfucker, though.
1:02:59
He. Was the movie a Bobo?
1:03:03
The movie borrows more from the sequels to the game.
1:03:08
The animated series, which lean into mystical The Night Night 3
1:03:12
animated series hat was short lived.
1:03:14
It had mystical dragon powers, energy protection, and
1:03:17
transformation elements. It just it was just horrible
1:03:22
too. They just needed to just leave
1:03:25
this one alone. Easter eggs and wait less them.
1:03:30
Al Young iconic 80s henchman from Die Hard.
1:03:33
A lethal weapon. Like if you saw him you'd know
1:03:36
who he was. Appears in the gang crowd.
1:03:39
If you see a spiky haired martial arts goon, that's
1:03:41
probably him. Say.
1:03:44
Several stunt performers later worked on Power Rangers and
1:03:46
Mortal Kombat. Bobo appears a giant mutated
1:03:51
henchman and nod to the arcade's most famous infamous boss, but
1:03:54
he's played with prosthetics similar to 90s creature
1:03:56
features. It is so horrible.
1:03:59
Neo Angela, the flood of dystopia aesthetic, mirrors,
1:04:02
escape from LA and Waterworld. No it doesn't.
1:04:04
It's so bad CGI, The soundtrack sucked.
1:04:11
Industrial rock skate culture revives, MTV era rebellion
1:04:14
aesthetic pre 90s MTV era, you know, like not look like middle
1:04:22
of the 90s Nirvana stuff or crunch stuff.
1:04:26
It was just the whole Good Vibration type of stuff marking
1:04:32
Mark and them trying to dance and you can't pop culture impact
1:04:39
at release. It was critically panned.
1:04:40
You know why? Seen as another failed game
1:04:43
adaptation overshadowed by Street Fighter in Mortal Kombat,
1:04:46
it really was. Over time, it became a cold BHS
1:04:49
favorite. No, it's not a late night cable
1:04:51
staple. You had to be there.
1:04:57
Nostalgia artifact. I wish I I'm so glad I wasn't
1:05:00
there. It changed.
1:05:04
It reinforced Hollywood's struggle with video game
1:05:07
adaptations and help studios realized fans want better, and
1:05:14
it became a part of the Night United adaptation cautionary
1:05:17
trilogy, Mario, Double Dragon and Street Fighter 3.
1:05:24
Don't ever hot dog. 33 Frequently referenced in retro
1:05:34
game retrospective So Bad as good list and YouTube deep
1:05:37
dives. It was seen as a stepping stone
1:05:41
toward Mortal Kombat in 95 because they did it better.
1:05:45
They did it a lot better, Yeah. And modern various adaptations.
1:05:50
Watching it now it feels like what the hell were we into?
1:05:59
You know what they're trying to do.
1:06:01
They got a little success Alpha Mario and they said fuck it,
1:06:08
let's go and get this double dragon roll and we're going to
1:06:10
make this money. They tanked.
1:06:13
It was hot garbage. I don't think good about the
1:06:16
movie was Phoebe Hollowell. I don't give a fuck.
1:06:20
Nobody say and this is hot garbage.
1:06:26
I mean like that's how that's how bad it was.
1:06:30
I turned this shit out Saturday night and finished this Sunday
1:06:33
morning. Look, I, I watched the entire
1:06:37
thing and I'm like, I, I wish I was playing the game and now
1:06:44
even watching this, like I wish I would never play in the game.
1:06:48
Shoot Double Dragon is a great adaptation of the game is a
1:06:54
perfect adaptation of the 90s. That's how the 90s felt in the
1:06:59
beginning of the 90s. What the hell are we doing?
1:07:04
This is the blueprint of what not to do.
1:07:11
I'm so glad it's done and over with like I got out of the.
1:07:14
Way but not ever probably make this shit.
1:07:18
Never. So like I'm watching Mario
1:07:22
Brothers and then watching Double Dragon and I'm just like,
1:07:25
oh, let's do another one. And then like, oh, you should
1:07:28
have done that one. You shouldn't have touched it.
1:07:31
You shouldn't have just no stop. Please stop making.
1:07:33
Them being Street Fighter. All because they wanted to do
1:07:38
fucking toys. McDonald's toys.
1:07:46
Street Fighter right after it. We'll talk about it next week.
1:07:52
I'm about to watch it. Street Fighter right after.
1:07:56
Is just. I'll tell you what, I'm gonna
1:07:58
watch it tonight. Don't watch it.
1:08:01
Ever Watch Street Fighter night? I ain't got nowhere to say
1:08:05
'cause I got it. I don't know why I got it, but I
1:08:07
got it. Is what it's OK, so Street
1:08:13
Fighter went from video game to movie adaptation to let's do a
1:08:20
video game of the movie. And I just played the video game
1:08:25
for the first time a couple months, a month, a couple months
1:08:29
ago. I would for some reason, I want
1:08:30
to play that movie game. It was horrible.
1:08:36
It was horrible. It was like Street Fighter the
1:08:41
game the movie The game Street Fighter the movie The game
1:08:46
Fighter the. Movie.
1:08:46
The game. Yeah, it.
1:08:48
Was fucking horrible. This does not whenever I I play
1:08:55
these Street Fighter games, alpha turbo, all that stuff.
1:08:59
I don't meant I don't even look at Street Fighter the movie, the
1:09:01
game as part of it because it doesn't makes it no, it's not a
1:09:06
part of it. I don't want chocolate.
1:09:09
Damn. In the video game, we are going
1:09:13
to take you. So before I did the the the
1:09:22
episode, we were going to do this one last, but I said, Nah,
1:09:24
fuck this double dragon was horrible.
1:09:27
Let's talk about the wood. Let's talk about something
1:09:28
that's going to make us feel better.
1:09:30
OK, so you know, in other Black History Month, today's episode
1:09:36
brings you a celebration of black storytelling on the big
1:09:38
screen. Focusing on the beloved 1990s
1:09:41
classic, it captured friendship, culture and a nostalgia with
1:09:44
heart and humor. The Wood from 99.
1:09:47
We'll connect. We'll connect it to other films
1:09:49
as Love Left His Fire and Define Black Eyed Glance and Cinema.
1:09:52
From timeless classics to modern favorites, let's talk story,
1:09:55
cast, music, influence and culture resonance.
1:10:02
The Wood is a nostalgic coming of age gem directed by Rick
1:10:05
Fumiyama and his feature debut is a warm, funny coming of age
1:10:08
comedy drama about 3 black friends growing up in Inglewood,
1:10:11
CA. The Wood.
1:10:13
The story augmented between the present day Rowlands pre wedding
1:10:16
dritters and flashbacks to the firms teenage years in the
1:10:19
1980s, offering real relatable moments of youth, first crushes,
1:10:23
friendship drills, awkward dancing and rites of passage.
1:10:26
It was so relatable. Yes, it was.
1:10:28
Evil and Greg. Evil and Greg Hydrate.
1:10:33
I ain't got in the water up here, so I ain't doing nothing.
1:10:38
Nothing. Yeah, what I said.
1:10:48
Thank you ladies. Appreciate.
1:10:49
It I drink after the show, God damn it.
1:10:51
The producer talking to us. I'm drinking after the show so I
1:10:56
don't know tell you. The adult characters Mike and
1:11:01
Slim hunt down their nervous groom to be rolling Tate Diggs
1:11:06
just hours before his wedding, relieving memories that shaped
1:11:09
him along the way. Also, these three guys.
1:11:12
Fucking awesome ass actors. Even today.
1:11:16
I going to say like past five years, yeah, Omar Epps on House
1:11:23
or anything that he's been in. I haven't seen him in anything
1:11:26
these days, but he was on House. I love that.
1:11:30
Richard T Jones on The Rookie and Taye Diggs from All American
1:11:35
all great actors cast highlights.
1:11:41
Omar Epps is Mike Tarper the sabo narrator and loyal friend.
1:11:44
Like dude breaks the 4th wall with us.
1:11:46
I saw her like making a whole video documenting the whole
1:11:49
thing. No he's talking to us like oh
1:11:51
shit OK I guess. Taye Diggs has rolling the
1:11:56
charismatic groom with cold feet.
1:11:59
Richard T Jones has Slim, the grounded connector to Trio Young
1:12:03
version of these characters found that round out the
1:12:05
flashback with genuine chemistry and charm.
1:12:11
I love this. Fucking movie.
1:12:15
It was fucking awesome, dude. It just made me like, I was just
1:12:19
the whole damnest kid and the damn.
1:12:23
And who is it, Mike holding to her and then pushing away.
1:12:29
I was like, yeah. Been there.
1:12:31
I remember. Yeah.
1:12:32
I've been there. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
1:12:37
Thanks for posting, been there. And The funny thing is just the
1:12:43
whole thing with Mike being this fucking nerdy fucking awkward
1:12:48
teenager and he just starts dancing by himself in the in the
1:12:54
living room and doing all kinds of moves.
1:12:56
I'm like, don't not a part where he grabs his stuffed animal and
1:13:02
starts making crazy stuff with it, but the fact that he's just
1:13:07
like doing some kind of moves, like are you trying to do
1:13:09
Michael Jackson, Sir, You they're not gonna do.
1:13:11
That I'm not no dance like that. He is just so funny and then the
1:13:22
two other ones are just like betting, like go touch your ass.
1:13:26
You know, there were some guys that had like friends.
1:13:29
Like that? Yeah, yeah.
1:13:30
I think bet you won't do it. Bet you won't do it.
1:13:33
Oh yeah, we bet I will, but I will.
1:13:35
OK, do it. I'll give you a dollar, a
1:13:37
dollar, a dollar in the 80s, a dollar is just like so much.
1:13:41
Now it's just like, give me $20, I'll do it.
1:13:43
It's like, Nah, here's a dollar, Go do it.
1:13:48
So that's freaking hilarious. The girl that ends up that
1:13:56
freaking Taytigs ends up going to my God.
1:13:59
Gorgeous as hell, gorgeous as ever.
1:14:04
Like every movie that she's been in.
1:14:05
I'm just like. Yeah, that's her.
1:14:07
Yeah, Lisa, right. Yeah, that's Lisa, right?
1:14:18
So the soundtrack I didn't know back in the day came from this
1:14:25
year, so this is my first time watching.
1:14:27
The boy, yeah. And I've always looked for, you
1:14:30
know, back in the day because it was one of the most favorite
1:14:32
songs in my yeah. And it's like, OK, great.
1:14:35
And then if the movie starts off MTV production, MTV you.
1:14:40
Know. And I just totally forgot MTV
1:14:43
made movies also that were fucking off.
1:14:45
It wasn't just about, you know, music videos that are now
1:14:52
ridiculousness, but, you know, Empty made very great movies
1:14:58
like this one, Joe's Apartment, Varsity Blues.
1:15:02
Varsity Blues. Yeah, we just fucking aside.
1:15:08
So the official soundtrack blends hip hop and R&B and
1:15:11
became a hit in his own right, peaking at #16 on the Billboard
1:15:14
200 and going gold track like Mystical and Outkast, Neck of
1:15:19
the Woods and Joe Soulful. I want to.
1:15:21
Know yes. Help find the movies by the 90s
1:15:24
nostalgia go I want to know pretty.
1:15:27
Awesome. Music here isn't just
1:15:30
background, it anchors a memory driven storytelling,
1:15:33
highlighting how deeply soundtracks can shape our
1:15:34
recollection of time and culture.
1:15:36
So every time they played it on the the record, it transported
1:15:42
you back. And I'm just like, yeah, that's
1:15:45
the boob right there. It like it helped.
1:15:49
It was part of the story as well.
1:15:51
It wasn't just background, it was part of the story.
1:15:56
While not a blockbuster, The Wood played a crucial role in
1:15:59
humanizing Black characters in everyday situations, moving
1:16:02
beyond stereotypes as noted by critics like Roger Ebert,
1:16:06
showcasing friendship and experiences that resonated
1:16:09
across communities, inspiring future film makers to tell
1:16:12
authentic, character driven stories about Black youth and
1:16:14
middle class life. The film even inspired talk of a
1:16:18
TV adaptation like IS decades later, though it wasn't
1:16:21
ultimately greenlit. I would have loved testing that.
1:16:26
Me too TV show. Me too.
1:16:31
It would have been great more films like The Wood.
1:16:34
Black excellence on screen. As we celebrate Black History
1:16:37
Month, here are films across moods and arrows that uplift,
1:16:40
educate and celebrate Black excellence from joy to journey.
1:16:43
History of culture movies like Coming of Age and Friendship
1:16:47
focused Cooley High from 1975. A warm, humorous look at black
1:16:53
teen friendships in Chicago. Influential in many films that
1:16:56
followed. One of my favorites, Loving
1:16:58
basketball. Romance and ambition intertwined
1:17:03
with basketball and culture. Identity Dope 2015 Rick Fumiyama
1:17:09
returns with a fresh, modern tale about nerd culture and St.
1:17:11
life. It's definitely going to watch
1:17:13
that one. Here's some classics that paved
1:17:16
the way. Boyz N the Hood from 1991.
1:17:18
A Seminole coming of age drama to reshape portrayals of urban
1:17:20
black life. Coming of age drama.
1:17:26
Yeah, reggae. Do the right thing, 1989.
1:17:33
Spike Lee's Fury and essential look at a community in conflict.
1:17:37
Always, always have that. The Learning Tree from 1969 when
1:17:42
a film directed by black filmmaker for a major studio.
1:17:46
Alma's Rainbow from 1994, Ever discovering coming of age film
1:17:51
centering Black girlhood and empowerment and then celebration
1:17:55
of black joy and culture. Soul Food from 1997 and The Best
1:17:58
Man from 1999. Stories about family, Stories
1:18:02
about family, friends, love and community, and Black Panther
1:18:06
from 2018, Marvel's cultural milestone celebrating heritage
1:18:09
and excellence common forever. Yes.
1:18:14
Well, there's many more classic like Love Jones Friday, Judas
1:18:22
and the Black Messiah and Hidden and Hidden Figures that span
1:18:26
genres and emotions while putting black stories front and
1:18:29
center. That's it for today's Black
1:18:34
History Month Spotlight from the sweet nostalgic beats of the
1:18:36
Wood. It's a brand broad landscape of
1:18:39
powerful black cinema. These films remind us why
1:18:42
representation matters and why every story adds richness to our
1:18:45
culture tapestry. Stay tuned for the next episode
1:18:49
where we deep dive into soundtracks and culture.
1:18:50
How music elevates black storytelling on screen.
1:18:54
Because cinema without music is like a story without a
1:18:56
heartbeat. Yes, Sir.
1:19:03
All right. What are we?
1:19:04
One hour and 20 minutes? What you guys want to do?
1:19:10
Anything else we got to talk about?
1:19:14
Let's not. Thank you, so I didn't see
1:19:18
Smackdown the Sci-fi channel blocked on my cable so I can
1:19:26
watch Magda? Fucking sucks damn it.
1:19:34
We need to get smack down back on.
1:19:38
There you go. We don't have to wait till after
1:19:40
the Olympics. Oh.
1:19:43
Yeah, that's true. I mean, that's it.
1:19:56
Yeah. We did everything all right.
1:20:01
You ready? Yeah.
1:20:03
OK, and just like that, the popcorn bowls empty.
1:20:07
The group chest still are arguing about halftime rankings.
1:20:11
Somebody still defending their favorite ROM com chaos agent
1:20:14
like it's a full on personality test episode 277 record on
1:20:19
Valentine's Day where we unintentionally celebrated
1:20:23
Brillantines, Galantines and full on podcast and Chillantine.
1:20:28
Instead, we pulled from the projects.
1:20:31
We popped a balloon on our favorite ROM com side
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characters, queen bees, chaos agents, messy best friends, and
1:20:36
the ones who always said I'm just looking out for you, bro.
1:20:41
We reacted to the Super Bowl, the game, the moments, halftime
1:20:44
spectacle and stacked it up against the concerts that turned
1:20:47
our living rooms into full arenas.
1:20:49
We broke down the trailers. We didn't.
1:20:52
It's fine. We jumped back into the wild era
1:20:55
of arcade cabinets and big screen ambition with Double
1:20:57
Dragon. When video games looked at
1:21:00
Hollywood and he said, what was I thinking?
1:21:14
I was, I was a kid. I was a kid.
1:21:16
Like, oh, Double Dragon. My hard time watching it, that
1:21:22
shit was terrible. Double Dragon, when video games
1:21:27
looked at Hollywood and confidently said, yeah, we can
1:21:29
do that too. No, you can't.
1:21:33
And for Black History Month, we we closed the night revisiting
1:21:36
the wood, friendship, memory, and a specific kind of nostalgia
1:21:39
that only hits when you've lived enough life to look back
1:21:42
differently back in the day. Meanwhile, the Winter Olympics
1:21:48
are still rolling speed skaters carving ice like they're late
1:21:51
for destiny. And yes, after this, we're
1:21:52
probably heading right back to YouTube to watch more Judah Leer
1:21:55
them highlights. I know I am.
1:22:00
The explosive start, the locked in focus, the reminder what
1:22:03
momentum looks like when you're fully committed to the lane
1:22:06
you're in. If you're watching the Olympics,
1:22:08
if you had a Super Bowl taking minutes, if your favorite ROM
1:22:11
com side character says way too much about you, drop in the
1:22:13
comments. We want all that, and next week
1:22:17
we're continuing our video game to movie cinematic universe
1:22:20
journey. We're sorry with Street Fighter,
1:22:29
John Clad Van Damme, cocaine Love, Kylie Minogue.
1:22:37
Believe me, for us, it's just going to be another Tuesday for
1:22:45
Black History Month. We're sitting down.
1:22:47
We're sitting down at the kitchen table with soul food
1:22:51
because legacy, family and storytelling to serve that kind
1:22:54
of table. So pull up next week.
1:22:56
Same energy, same 3rd place. Before we really go, take a
1:22:59
breath with me. Whatever today handed you.
1:23:01
Stress, noise, wins, losses. You don't have to carry all of
1:23:04
it into tomorrow. Thank you for spending the time
1:23:07
here in my third place. Not home, not work, just a space
1:23:11
where we show up as ourselves, the both of us, Even when it's
1:23:15
cold outside and the world feels too loud.
1:23:18
Take care of each other. Take care of yourself.
1:23:21
Because at the end of the day, we're all just trying to figure
1:23:24
out where we belong and who we're becoming and who's sitting
1:23:27
with us when the lights get a little dim.
1:23:30
And here, in this third place, you're never sitting alone.
1:23:34
This is the M3P podcast where community, creativity, and a
1:23:39
place where we leave the light on always come together.
1:23:43
We will see you next time, no doubt.
1:23:51
All right, let's end this right here and see you all soon.
1:23:55
Have a great night.