Episode 11

2000s Comedy Bracket aka "Weirdo Indie Division"

Published on: 20th March, 2024

Welcome to the REAL March Madness, our 2000s comedy bracket. This week we break down the first round of 32 movies and decide who makes it on the next round.

But first, Bryan and Doug play Catch that Quotable(12:07). Doug provides an update on what Helldivers 2 is like(23:37). Finally, we talk about the first round of our 2000s comedies bracket(34:16).

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Transcript
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Welcome to Films of Black

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and White everybody!

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Welcome, welcome, welcome.

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Yeah, I was expecting another, all right,

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all right, all right.

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That's what we got last time.

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But the welcome, you know, Brian,

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I'm just happy you're here.

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I'd like to keep you on your toes.

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All right, all right, all right.

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All right, all right, all right.

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We got a great episode for you all.

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Happy Monday.

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We are so thrilled you are there.

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Happy belated St.

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Patrick's Day.

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Yes.

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Hopefully everybody made it

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to where they needed to this morning.

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They didn't go too hard in

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the paint last night.

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Hopefully the leprechaun

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didn't get anybody.

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I don't think Rainbow blinded anyone.

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I think we're okay.

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Let's hope not.

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I mean,

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I forgot that we watched the Leprechaun,

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Brian, until I saw a picture of him.

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And I went, oh yeah,

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we watched that movie.

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Because it's been one of

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those for such a long time

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that I had just written off

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that we never saw.

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But the fact that I saw it

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and then was like, no, okay, so yeah,

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we definitely...

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we definitely watched that

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we definitely watched we've

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definitely there's a lot

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there was actually a moment

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last week where I was like

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you know what movie we

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should watch and then I

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looked it up and I was like

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we've already watched that

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okay what movie was it oh

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my gosh I'm gonna have to

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look at my notes I even

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wrote it down in like my my

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work planner because I was

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like you know what movie we

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gotta watch and then I was

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like oh we've already we've

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already talked about

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I like that we're getting to that point,

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like as a collectively as a

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podcast where it's like, oh, you know,

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we should watch.

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We should watch philosophy pastor.

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It's like, no, Doug,

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we already we already did.

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No, we did.

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We did that already.

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But how are you, Doug?

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How are you feeling?

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I am feeling really, really great.

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I'm just thrilled to be here.

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This is going to be a very

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unnerving episode for

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everybody because I got I

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got I got got I got came at.

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Very hard in the chat today.

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Oh, well, a little.

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For just being me.

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And so I'm going to lean in.

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And this is just going to

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be... I'm just excited to be here.

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I love being here with my friends.

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I'm not going to say a

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single curse word for the

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remainder of this episode.

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What?

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I am... Brian, I am committed...

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To keeping things above

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board so that way when

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Marcus does come at me,

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it looks like I'm being attacked.

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And I'm trying to go for the

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illusion here of like, you know,

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he was just doing

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everything was above board.

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So that's my tactic.

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And I can talk about it

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because he's not here yet.

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So he has to work respectively.

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I mean,

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with respect to people who got to work.

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Respectful.

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Yes.

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It's a respectful notice

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that he's not here,

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but it's for a good reason.

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But he will be here.

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It's really just letting the

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listeners know and the

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viewers know that if you

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don't hear him or see him,

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nothing happened.

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He just had to work.

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And so he's running a little behind.

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And you know what?

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I'm proud of him for being

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at work and for doing what

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he has to do and for just being, you know,

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just being that guy.

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So good for him.

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Being that guy.

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Absolutely.

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You're absolutely right.

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I love that.

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That's what I'm going for.

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But Brian, how are you?

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Mr. Biohazard, how are you?

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Oh, man.

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I'm good.

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I'm happy to be here.

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It was one of those days

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where I was constantly moving,

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whether it was work or

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whether it was a personal errand.

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So this is the first time

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I've been able to sit with

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my own thoughts, which is exciting.

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Yeah.

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uh and I'm very excited I've

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been thinking about our

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2000s comedy bracket for

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probably way too long at

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least over a week and I'm

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really excited to dive into

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some of those nuances I

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want to give a shout out

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real quick uh to my friends

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jake and matt and brian I i

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shared the bracket with

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them because I was like hey

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I need another set of eyes

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that are like not on the

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podcast because like,

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I feel like I'm so dialed

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in to like what you and Marcus are into.

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And when I'm seeding brackets, like I try,

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it's like a meta game almost.

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So I'm like, just look at this, like,

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look at this.

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Am I losing it?

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And it led to,

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it led to kicking out saving Silverman,

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which I'm happy to.

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Okay.

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all right that's a choice we

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kicked out saving silverman

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um I i saw that movie a lot

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on comedy central so I

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think I like I think I grew

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attached to it in an

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unhealthy way oh my gosh

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that movie in the in the

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2000s it feels like it was

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like the budget cable pick

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because it like jason biggs

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blew up I think jason biggs

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was in it jack black was in

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it amanda pete amanda pete

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steve zahn was in it

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uh okay I was trying to make

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sure I had it I was I had

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it the right yeah I saw

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that like easily a dozen

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times between tv between tv

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two times I like rented it

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like that was just that was

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how it worked right back

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when you went to the store

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to rent movies because we're old people

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We are.

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We are old people.

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So I was really happy that

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my friends could help me

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out there and just be like, nah, man,

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this is whack.

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Or are you sure you want

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these two movies going up?

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Also,

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I'll talk about this more in our bracket.

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But like, it's really weird.

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Like when I was putting the list together,

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there's a lot of like horny

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road trip movies in the 2000s.

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It's like it's uncomfortable

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how many were made.

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Brian, it is unnerving how many movies.

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Horny teens drive across the

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country for a booty call movies or drive.

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other part of the world for

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a booty call type of situation.

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I mean, it like, and it's the same plot.

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Like I looked at all these

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movies and I was like, well, I mean,

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you got Euro trip.

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I mean, that's kind of, Nope.

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That's the same thing as road trip,

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except it's in, it's in Europe.

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So, and then,

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and then there's like

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literally a movie called sex drive.

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Like they just, they put no veneer on it.

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That didn't make it into our bracket.

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But it was a part of it.

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No, but it was part of the research.

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And I was like, right.

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And then and then Harold and

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Kumar show up.

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Not the same thing I want to point out,

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but like you're just kind of like, OK,

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all right.

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So like in the 2000s,

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we were just one obsessed

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with road trips.

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Like we just had to get out

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and go see go see the world.

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But also some type of

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romance needed to be happening.

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Like you couldn't just do

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the road trip on your own.

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There needed to be some type

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of romance happening.

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I don't know.

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Maybe adults weren't okay in the 2000s.

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I don't know, man.

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I don't know.

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It's weird.

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I also think, and Brian,

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you can tell me how you view this,

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but like...

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I kind of feel like there

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was this like there was

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this romanticism amongst my

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friends of what kind of car

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we were going to get when

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we were like 15 or 16.

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Like and it was like, well,

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what are you going to drive?

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Like, oh,

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my dad's going to like I got a

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Honda Civic like he found.

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Right.

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Like, you know, I mean,

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there was always that

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discussion of like who's driving what?

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And there was this sort of like.

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gravitas to the vehicle you drove.

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And it's really interesting

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like being now and like

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looking at it and being like, well,

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is it safe?

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Does it have all the airbags

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that I need it to have?

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Or,

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important question for living in the

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tundra, can I,

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does it have all-wheel drive?

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Can I make it out into the

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tundra if I have to?

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Yeah.

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But I have a feeling there

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was this sort of pairing of

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being young and dumb and

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then having a car.

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And all of that manifested itself into,

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like you said, sex drive,

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which is insane.

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And then I'm looking at some

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of these other ones that are just...

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are on that same theme like

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euro trip same theme

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american pie 2 didn't they

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go didn't in american pie 2

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there was a road trip

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component yes yes like the

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premise of road trip 2 is

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they spend they spend the

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summer like on the beach

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and they have to take a

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road trip there like yeah

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it's like half of it's like

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I'd say a quarter of the

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movie it's a summer cabin

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yeah yeah basically yeah

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yeah yes incredible okay

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I'm surprised I remember

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the plot of that movie at

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all well you know and we'll

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talk more about it but like

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I mean American Pie the the

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death grip it had on comedy

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oh yeah like everybody

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thought Jason Biggs was

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gonna just dominate Hollywood um

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that took a turn, you know, it just, it,

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it, it was, I don't know.

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I will,

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I'll have more intelligent thoughts

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about it, but that is a legitimate,

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but yeah,

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the road trip thing was a

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legitimate thought in my

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head of just like, man, like if you,

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if you weren't a Will Ferrell comedy,

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you were a road trip comedy.

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Mostly kind of in the 2000s.

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And then there were just

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like a couple that were

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outliers beyond that.

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Oh yeah.

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Yeah, exactly.

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So that was, yeah.

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Yeah.

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But good job.

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Shout out to Matt and Chris

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and other Brian for taking

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a look at the bracket and

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putting their magic on it.

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Because that's the most important thing.

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Shout out for being my other

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set of eyes so I didn't

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have Zoolander and

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Talladega Knights going up

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against each other.

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They do start to blend together.

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And especially when we're

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dealing with a bracket of

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32 different movie titles.

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Brian, yeah,

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that is going to be that

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blends together very quickly, very,

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very quickly.

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It's kind of like it's weird.

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It's weird how many of those

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Will Ferrell comedies blend together now.

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Like, yeah.

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I remember when they each came out,

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like the marketing

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campaigns with them and it

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was so distinct and,

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and like so different.

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And I'm looking back and I'm like, Oh,

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well,

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Farrell hung out with Owen Wilson

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for this one.

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Will Farrell hung out with John Ross,

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John C. Riley for this one.

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Yep.

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He was like, that's just like,

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I don't know.

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It's just looking back on it.

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It's like, okay, that's,

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that's what they did.

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They just replicated that as

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many times as they could.

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They had a formula and he

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was the dude like,

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and he was the dude at that time.

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Brian,

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while we wait for Marcus to get here,

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let us play a little game

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of Catch That Quotable while we wait.

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And then I have a question

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about a certain Helldivers game.

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I'd love to get into my experience so far.

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But first, Catch That Quotable!

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Silky sounds of Doug Wagner.

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Ooh, that is...

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That doesn't roll off the

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tongue nearly as well.

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And my voice is a bit too

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low to like to make it sound smooth.

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It was like a little bit more gravelly.

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So, yeah, that's OK.

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This is OK.

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This is who we are when Marcus is here.

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This is who we are.

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This is who we are, everybody.

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So one thing I wanted to,

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as I'm pulling up the quote,

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I did want to plug that if

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you have not joined the Patreon,

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we do a very special bonus

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episode after this one

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where we dive into a

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foundational movie for

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Brian called Resident Evil.

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And this,

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between the bracket and going

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down this rabbit hole, y'all, I was...

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I was in it.

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Like I was, I was in it.

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That's such an amazing cross

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section of like 2000 vibes

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is the best way I can say it.

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Just that's, that's, that's incredible.

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That's incredible.

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The best way to say it at all.

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So yeah.

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Yeah.

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Brian,

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are you ready for this week's quote?

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Doug hit me.

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All right.

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All right.

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Here's the quote.

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All right.

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I know Ms.

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Pac-Man is special.

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She's fun.

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She's cute.

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She swallows.

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Your delivery was great.

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I have not seen whatever this is from.

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There are some very

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intentional commas or

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periods as this was delivered.

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I will read it again.

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I know Ms.

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Pac-Man is special.

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She's fun.

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She's cute.

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She swallows.

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Brian,

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I am going to butterscotch soda this.

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Go for it.

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Full speed ahead.

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Because there is a movie with Adam Sandler

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And Josh Gad.

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Okay.

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And the guy who played the

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short Lannister.

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Oh, okay.

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And it was a movie about

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video games about aliens that invade.

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Pixels.

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I'm almost positive.

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That's what I feel like.

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That's the movie that this...

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yeah should be yeah that's

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what I feel like this is

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from yeah I can get there I

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can get there um I don't

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know if it's because I've

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been deep in the bracket

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but I i also get like 40

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year old virgin vibes from

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this a little bit oh yeah

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but I don't I don't know if

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I want to commit to that

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at all I don't know if I

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want to commit to that the

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only video game scene that

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I remember is when Seth

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Rogen and Paul Rudd are

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playing video games and

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they have an exchange of I

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know how you know you're

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gay they don't talk about

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the game at all they're

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talking about how I know

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the other person is gay I'm

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trying to look at these

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other ones that might be on here um

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Yeah, well, now you got pixels.

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I'm stuck on pixels here.

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That's why I'm kind of stuck.

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The hint from Roman in the

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chat is this movie may be

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on the bracket or should be

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on the bracket.

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Great.

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Well,

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I mean... We're going to take a look.

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We're just going to do it.

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We're just going to go for it.

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I'm locking in pixels.

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I'm going to go...

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Yeah, I'm going 40 year old virgin.

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I just.

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Yeah, I don't know.

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I don't know what we're looking at here.

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This is not familiar to me.

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We both got it wrong.

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And this probably should be on.

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This should be.

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This should be Brian.

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There may be a dispute about the bracket.

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Brian, this is from the movie Van Wilder.

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Oh, boy.

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Came out in 2002.

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Oh, my gosh.

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Oh, my gosh.

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I can't believe I man that is.

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Yeah,

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that's like what kicked off Ryan

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Reynolds career.

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Goodness gracious.

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Okay.

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Okay.

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There we go.

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Oh, wow.

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Van Wilder.

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Okay.

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Wow.

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We can we can neither

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confirm nor deny Roman that

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it is on there.

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I don't know.

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I don't know what version of

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the bracket was put out.

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It might have been a second or third draft,

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but it was carefully curated.

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It was curated by me.

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Yep.

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Well, there you go.

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Okay, so we totally whiffed.

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We totally whiffed on that.

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But that's okay,

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because we'll come back and

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talk more about Van Wilder.

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Yeah,

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because now that I'm reading the line

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in my head in a Ryan Reynolds voice.

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Yeah.

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Yeah.

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I'm like, yep, the pauses and the cadence.

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He's getting quieter.

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He's like, I know Ms.

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Pac-Man.

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She's fun.

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She's cute.

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She's doing that little head

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smile is what he's doing.

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Head smile, look into the camera,

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raise eyebrows, scene moves on.

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I mean, that movie, that movie just,

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it was like,

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this is Ryan Reynolds and

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he's available for all your movies,

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but he's just like this.

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It's this,

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it's this guy for the rest of the movies.

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Do you like this guy?

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Can he be other guys?

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No, this guy, that's all he can be.

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He can,

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but he's also this guy at the same time.

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The only movie I've,

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I shouldn't say the only movie,

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one of the only movies I've

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ever seen him not go like

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full Ryan Reynolds was

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Fireflies in the Garden, which was,

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like this drop,

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this family drama essentially.

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And he had like a big

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brother and he was sad and

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it was really weird not to

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see him like Ryan Reynolds.

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I don't know.

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He doesn't even sound like that, but,

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but like not going, you know,

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full Ryan Reynolds.

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And it was, it was a little uncomfortable.

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It's weird.

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It's weird when he doesn't

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do what you expect him to do,

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because the other one that I remember,

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the other one that I remember was,

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okay the ant is the

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amneyville amneyville

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horror that we make he was

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in that but even at the

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beginning he's a little

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ryan reynolds before he

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starts to get like

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possessed and the movie

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starts to get scary and he

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and he's also in a movie

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called buried where the

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entire movie is shot with

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him in like essentially a

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coffin and people have to

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find him um okay

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But like, I mean, but, but like,

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he's still a little bit Ryan Reynolds,

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but it's like Ryan Reynolds,

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but he's scared.

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You know what I'm saying?

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Yep.

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So, but it's still a good dramatic role,

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but it's like,

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Man,

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it really messes with me when he goes

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full drama, because you're like,

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I can't process this right now.

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I cannot get past this right now.

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Yeah, very weird.

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But good quote, Roman,

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and thanks for giving us

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the quote that came before the quote,

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which is, her name is Naomi, which is,

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I moan backwards.

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Now look, I know,

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because he's talking to the

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people who are playing Pac-Man...

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yep I've got this scene now

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that's all I needed like

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I've got this scene in my

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head now of like where he's

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at what's going on

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yeah it's it's perfect man

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yeah that movie was a trip

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that movie is I i haven't

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thought about van wilder in

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a very long time so this

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was this is good this is

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good I i remember and we'll

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talk about this more as we

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get into the actual like

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bracket but the last thing

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I'll say is the others

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there are other portions of

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this that they released like just like

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unrated like that was the

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other big of the 2000s

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where it was yes did you

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like van wilder in the

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theaters here's van wilder

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unrated and you're like

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what does that mean it

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means you get a little bit

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more side boob in this one

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for like I mean there was

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full nudity in van wilder

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yes I remember being one of

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like the things about it

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like when you heard your

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friends talk about it

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um but you're absolutely

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right and again we'll talk

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more about this in depth

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because also listeners this

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this bracket we have we're

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going to go over all the

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rules but we're only doing

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the first round for this

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episode that's it in

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celebration of march

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madness so we'll we'll keep

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this going at least for the

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next two three weeks until

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a champion is decided and

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during that time we're

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going to talk also a lot

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about because the thing

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that ties into that doug is

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that they would use that to

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sell more dvds

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And like,

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I feel like that's just not those,

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those same incentives or draws aren't,

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aren't there anymore.

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Right.

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Like your standard

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definition and widescreen definition.

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You remember that shit,

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that marketing plan that

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like we all fell into, which it was like,

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well, they're the same price.

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Well, I mean,

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I want the theater experience.

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So yeah, I'll take the widescreen.

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Of course you'll buy the widescreen.

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I'm going to buy the widescreen.

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It might've been like a dollar more,

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but the fact that there

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were two different versions of,

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I mean, it's it will.

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And I remember doing it.

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I remember going with my dad

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and I'll never forget.

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He's like, well,

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then you're going to have

::

the sides chopped off.

::

And that like is a core memory.

::

It locked in my brain.

::

Every time I bought a movie,

::

it's widescreen.

::

And then when people would ask, I'm like,

::

I don't want the sides chopped off.

::

Do not want that at all.

::

And I became like a fervent

::

believer in that.

::

And then so funny cut to 30 years later.

::

And it's just the default

::

option now for like

::

literally every stream for everything,

::

which is so funny.

::

Like, yeah,

::

I don't even think you could

::

watch anything full screen

::

if you wanted to now.

::

like as a default option the

::

only thing that you could

::

oh as full screen yeah yeah

::

no I don't think so because

::

the only other thing that I

::

know is like when the kids

::

have watched like uh old

::

school versions of the

::

magic school bus oh sure

::

it's like small tv screens

::

so there's black on the

::

sides get the black bars

::

but that's it so but you're

::

right I don't think that

::

there's much that's full screen

::

Like if we queued up Disney

::

Plus and went to go watch Star Wars,

::

I doubt I could be like,

::

I would like full screen, please,

::

Mr. Disney Plus.

::

Like, I'm pretty sure that doesn't make.

::

I mean, Brian,

::

they now have look at how far we've come.

::

A full screen widescreen like comparison.

::

And now we are full blown into,

::

would you like the IMAX

::

version of this movie in your home?

::

And you're like, I don't have a screen.

::

It doesn't matter.

::

You can put it on.

::

Don't worry about it.

::

Cool.

::

You get IMAX quality as long

::

as no one else is

::

downloading anything on

::

your wireless router.

::

Brian,

::

my core memory involving DVDs was my

::

dad bought a DVD player and

::

the first movie he bought

::

on DVD was the DVD Pearl Harbor.

::

And I remember we sat down

::

to try to watch Pearl Harbor,

::

but I couldn't figure out

::

how like there was

::

something wrong with the surround.

::

So this turned into like an

::

hour long episode of just

::

watching your dad get

::

increasingly more pissed.

::

Amazing.

::

Oh, I love that.

::

And so Brian,

::

as core memory it is for me

::

now is anytime there's

::

something wrong with technology, I get in,

::

the longer it goes on,

::

the less likely I'm going to be like,

::

fuck it.

::

It doesn't work.

::

Like, and just move, just move on.

::

Cause I don't want someone

::

to watch me struggle for an

::

hour and a half.

::

it like I get it though I

::

get it because like when

::

you want something to work

::

the way it's intended to

::

work you're like I put this

::

much time labor and effort

::

into it it's gonna work and

::

then your kids are like dad

::

we just want to watch the

::

movie it's like no you

::

don't you want to watch it

::

with the best speakers and

::

they don't have the goddamn

::

surround sound on it's not

::

gonna work like they don't

::

be the same they just want

::

to see sonic they want to

::

see sonic go room that's

::

all they want our wives are like

::

guys seriously like it's

::

just it's not that big of a

::

deal they're not gonna

::

notice yeah but I'm gonna

::

notice oh my gosh are you

::

in my home yes I am in your

::

home because that is

::

because brian you are now

::

also in mine like that

::

that's a line my dad said

::

too I'm like oh yeah

::

and you're like well I guess

::

we all will care about this

::

now all black bars are

::

important now for everybody

::

I just want to watch Shrek

::

man like that was that was

::

our first DVD if we're

::

talking about first DVDs

::

and nobody understood yeah

::

I mean I get it because

::

it's like a Michael Bay

::

right it's like a Michael

::

Bay whiz bang and it was

::

about it was something like

::

my dad was interested in so

::

it's about World War II so

::

like and so I'm that that

::

made sense that tracked

::

Well, speaking of global conflicts per se,

::

it seems that you have been

::

diving into some hell divers, too.

::

And this is Brian.

::

This has been in our chat.

::

It's kind of been this growing thing.

::

I see TikTok videos about it all the time.

::

Yeah.

::

So where are you at?

::

Tell us about your experience.

::

Are you playing?

::

Are you enjoying it?

::

I am enjoying it.

::

So normally these kinds of

::

games are not my bag.

::

Yeah.

::

And they're not my bag for

::

one like clear reason,

::

which is they're loot based.

::

And I hate games like modern

::

warfare stuff where it's like, Oh,

::

everybody else is level 50.

::

And I'm at like,

::

I decided to pick this up.

::

So I'm at level one for the

::

next six months.

::

So like, I hate it.

::

Like I hate that system.

::

But what I like about

::

Helldivers is that it

::

doesn't really matter

::

because it's for friends.

::

It's like Left 4 Dead,

::

but it's against robots or aliens.

::

So it makes it really easy to get into.

::

It makes it fun to play.

::

I picked it up because a friend of ours,

::

Greg, shout out to Greg,

::

who is currently fighting cancer.

::

Yeah, Greg, go get him.

::

I have been looking for

::

any... I messaged him the other day.

::

I was like, dude,

::

I know I can't really come and see you.

::

And I was like, it's got to be pretty...

::

lonely like to have to be in

::

the situation you're in not

::

to bring everybody down but

::

I was like hey let me know

::

a game you'd want to play

::

if you want to if you if

::

you want to we could play

::

Baldur's Gate together and

::

start a campaign like that

::

if you want to let me know

::

he's like love to do

::

Baldur's Gate he's like or

::

I've heard Helldivers is

::

pretty good and I was like

::

done so like yeah I got it

::

for that and I haven't had

::

a chance to play with Greg

::

yet but I played a little

::

bit myself and so right on

::

dude it's fun it's fun it's

::

a lot of fun um

::

you are every they have

::

leaned into they basically

::

made like starship troopers

::

a video game like that

::

basically what they did

::

that's an amazing premise

::

and so the premise is and

::

the whole video game like

::

starts out like the little

::

like cutscene here yeah it's like

::

You're it's all.

::

And what's really funny to

::

me is it almost feels like

::

a little bit of a parody.

::

It's all like fighting for

::

freedom and democracy.

::

Of course,

::

you've got to you've got to do

::

your part to help stop

::

these bugs and robots from

::

taking over the earth.

::

And it's just it's it's really, really.

::

So it's a lot of fun.

::

but what's so one of the

::

things in it is you get

::

like your own battleship

::

that you go to other

::

planets and that's how you

::

start missions but you have

::

to name your battleship so

::

like you have to name it

::

but it's not like you type

::

in so it's like they give

::

you like scroll bars so

::

it's like it could be sword

::

of justice or arbiter of

::

freedom like you could like

::

pair those things up um

::

And so I spent time just figuring it out.

::

So my ship's name is the Sword of Morality,

::

which I think is very funny to me.

::

Whoa!

::

It's funny to me because

::

they are so opposite ends of things.

::

Um...

::

Is that why your tagline is

::

a good and honorable person

::

on our live stream?

::

Again,

::

if we go backwards to the argument

::

of it's making it difficult

::

for Marcus to come at me,

::

how can you come at a good

::

and honorable person?

::

Who is the captain of the

::

sword of morality?

::

A good and honorable person.

::

Clearly, yes.

::

But that's been a lot of fun.

::

Right before that, I played...

::

ghost of jushima oh how'd

::

you like that I love print

::

I like that a lot like not

::

to make this like

::

playstation 5 talk no

::

you're fine um it's our show we do one um

::

That one was a lot of fun.

::

I really liked it because of

::

a couple reasons.

::

One, it looks really, really pretty.

::

It's just very visually stunning.

::

It was made for the PS4,

::

but then they did a

::

remaster when PS5 came out.

::

And it looks really, really,

::

really pretty.

::

And the other way in which I

::

like it is that the way

::

that they did different

::

levels or side missions,

::

they had it set up almost like...

::

almost like an old school

::

samurai movie where it's like, Oh,

::

this is the ghost as he conquers,

::

as he goes and finds dot, dot, dot.

::

And then it's like,

::

so the way that they have

::

that system set up is just really,

::

really cool.

::

Excellent.

::

So like I said, pretty, pretty,

::

pretty game and fun game.

::

But right now hell divers too,

::

is what I've been

::

experimenting with the most markets.

::

It is so good to see you

::

speaking of diving in.

::

How are you?

::

What, Doug?

::

Doug?

::

Yeah?

::

What type of time are we on today?

::

Before I answer.

::

That's fine.

::

I'm just saying it's really

::

good that you're here.

::

And I'm very happy that you're here.

::

I don't know about the tones.

::

Brian, let me ask you instead.

::

Brian, what type of time are we on today?

::

What type of time are we on?

::

We're on regular time?

::

Okay.

::

All right.

::

I'm doing good.

::

This feels loaded.

::

We're here, living and living color.

::

Sorry, I'm late.

::

Student work,

::

a lot of transitioning into

::

the semester after spring break.

::

It's pretty much downhill for me.

::

You know what?

::

No apologies needed, friend.

::

We get it.

::

Doug is a good and honorable person,

::

as he said.

::

I know his ploy.

::

He fucked up because he told

::

me what his plan was.

::

It's not going to work.

::

I feel very confident this

::

is going to work.

::

What you're not going to do

::

is frame me as an

::

aggressive black man on this podcast.

::

How you frame yourself is

::

none of my business.

::

Okay, rephrasing.

::

You must be shadowboxing

::

with yourself all day.

::

more importantly uh marcus

::

did you have a good weekend

::

did you have a good spring

::

break it was good it was a

::

nice little break and it

::

was um you know a lot of

::

students left so it was

::

nice time to catch up on

::

everything and then

::

obviously when they come

::

back it's like you got to

::

hit the ground running but

::

it was good it was good

::

good good good it's always

::

a little weird when they

::

leave for spring break oh

::

yeah because it's almost like a

::

Hold on.

::

Can I really relax?

::

And then they come back, you know, like,

::

oh, good.

::

A good thing I didn't.

::

Yeah.

::

Oh, because if you gave me three more days,

::

I would have been like,

::

what the fuck are y'all doing here?

::

Walking around in my boxers

::

or something on campus.

::

Right.

::

I forgot.

::

Right.

::

You go, man.

::

What's pulling a Ferris wheeler?

::

Get out of here.

::

Yeah.

::

Get out of here.

::

Don't.

::

Marcus,

::

do you want us to read you the quote?

::

Bro, yeah, for sure.

::

We got it wrong,

::

but... Almost immediately.

::

Yeah.

::

Almost immediately.

::

I'm going to get it wrong, too.

::

I know Ms.

::

Pac-Man is special.

::

She's fun.

::

She's cute.

::

She swallows.

::

Oh, man.

::

Yeah.

::

I'm thinking Pixels.

::

What's that movie with Adam Sandler?

::

That was my guess.

::

Oh, was that your guess?

::

That's hilarious.

::

That's all right.

::

That's all right.

::

What's the movie?

::

Van Wilder from 2000.

::

Oh, fuck.

::

I would not have remembered that at all.

::

Pixels makes.

::

That's a funny pixels joke.

::

But that is very funny.

::

And it's also very funny

::

because I didn't know the

::

name right away.

::

So I was I said to Brian, I was like,

::

I have to butterscotch out

::

of this because I did not

::

know the name of this movie at all.

::

So, yeah, I didn't help.

::

No, that's okay.

::

I think Roman is like, hey,

::

we haven't donated to charity in a while,

::

so I think he's kind of

::

wondering what to do.

::

He's trying to make something work.

::

Well, it is tax season,

::

so he's probably got some

::

write-offs he's trying to be like,

::

want to make sure.

::

Oh, for sure.

::

He's going to start

::

low-pitching us here pretty soon.

::

That's from a movie we watched last week.

::

That's weird.

::

Oh my god, my name is Blade.

::

That's from the movie Blade.

::

Alright, you win!

::

You know what?

::

You got me.

::

You got me.

::

Gentlemen,

::

we are going to get into...

::

Let's get into this bracket.

::

We waited.

::

We stalled so you could come

::

here and be here for the bracket.

::

We were getting into it.

::

You missed a very involved

::

conversation about

::

widescreen versus fullscreen DVDs.

::

That matters, though.

::

it does thank you it does

::

and this is going to be

::

relevant coming up so I

::

didn't realize how much I

::

miss dvds because you learn

::

all of these things about

::

tvs and screens and how you

::

want your stuff set up do

::

you want subtitles do you

::

want it widescreen do you

::

want it full screen what's

::

the stereo audio back when

::

they did commentary with

::

dvds and movies and shit

::

like that as the characters

::

not just as like the

::

directors I miss that age

::

Oh yeah, for sure.

::

It was, it was, and the,

::

what I miss is that like the cases,

::

like some of the like DVD

::

box art was like another level.

::

I have a copy of transformers.

::

That is a version of

::

optimist prime that transforms.

::

What?

::

into a 2D version of Optimus

::

Prime that stands up.

::

That's a thing I have.

::

That's tough, man.

::

Wow, that goes hard.

::

It does.

::

Screen bag, DVD, and album art.

::

Wow.

::

Okay.

::

So for this bracket,

::

we are going to take a look at 2000s,

::

2000 comedies.

::

So comedies that were made in the 2000s,

::

2000, 2010.

::

We have the bracket wizard,

::

Brian Roush on this jam.

::

And yeah,

::

We are going to kind of go through it.

::

Now, thing to keep in mind,

::

we're not going to do this

::

whole bracket today.

::

Because March Madness is

::

kicking off this week.

::

Bracket got announced yesterday.

::

Shout out to the Lady

::

Coyotes for getting into the WNIT.

::

And hosting.

::

And hosting the WNIT.

::

So good things for them.

::

Which is really exciting.

::

That's huge.

::

But...

::

we wanted to kind of be in

::

line with that theme.

::

So we are going to do this first round,

::

taking it from 32 to 16.

::

Okay.

::

Next thing we'll do 16 to eight,

::

eight to four and so on and so on.

::

And we'll kind of go from there.

::

Um,

::

and this is going to be interesting

::

because usually we get

::

these brackets like all in

::

one fell swoop.

::

Yeah.

::

It'd be interesting to see

::

if we like look back and go like, well,

::

last week, why did we say this one,

::

one over this one?

::

So I'm kind of curious to

::

see how this goes.

::

So what we were, what we say is,

::

goes.

::

This is how it's gonna work.

::

So Brian, I will turn it over to you, sir.

::

Take it away.

::

Take it.

::

All right, folks.

::

Welcome to the 2000s comedy

::

bracket sponsored by films

::

in black and white.

::

And we have 32 teams movies.

::

And we will be doing the first round.

::

So this is this is the melee.

::

This is like the Royal Rumble.

::

Everybody's here.

::

Everybody has a chance.

::

uh for who made the cut as

::

we talk about these movies

::

it is it is it is just

::

based on cultural relevance

::

like it is not a a a

::

science this is this is

::

very much like no this this

::

didn't perform well at the

::

box office but everybody

::

quotes this so it needs to

::

be in here um so that might

::

be like your juno

::

per chance.

::

It was not a box office hit,

::

but it was culturally relevant.

::

That's tough.

::

We also,

::

I did my best to include a variety

::

of things.

::

However, some things are unavoidable,

::

like Will Ferrell.

::

Will Ferrell is in a quarter

::

of these movies.

::

That's true.

::

And I can't avoid that.

::

I just can't.

::

And then some didn't.

::

Some didn't make it.

::

There's some notable exceptions.

::

Pineapple Express didn't make the cut.

::

I do feel like that was a good comedy,

::

but culturally relevant.

::

I don't think I don't think

::

it makes it here.

::

What's up, Doug?

::

Am I looking at an old

::

version of the bracket, Brian?

::

Uh, let's see here.

::

You might be, you might be, hang on.

::

I can send you the link.

::

Yeah.

::

Send me the updated one.

::

Cause I was looking at it and I was like,

::

Brian, I'm looking at pineapple express.

::

I'm looking at it.

::

So it's possible.

::

I have the wrong one.

::

So, all right.

::

Hey, send me the update.

::

Here we go.

::

Here we go.

::

We're sending the updated.

::

Oh man.

::

Y'all went to hell dive.

::

Y'all went over hell divers.

::

I'm going to have to listen

::

back to the episode.

::

See?

::

It's going to be fun.

::

It's going to be good.

::

It's going to be fun.

::

It could be fun.

::

Saving Silverman,

::

it played all the time in Comedy Central.

::

I don't feel like it's good

::

enough to be in this bracket.

::

So those are the types of

::

decisions that...

::

were made um so again this

::

is vibes and cultural

::

relevance not necessarily

::

like box office success all

::

right so let's get it

::

started folks our first

::

matchup is one the 40 year

::

old virgin versus old

::

school this is tough so

::

here's what's here's the

::

here's the wrench that's

::

going to get thrown into

::

this I think too as well

::

was that the circle social

::

circles of cultural relevance for us

::

Because all of us are in

::

different realms at

::

whatever age we were and

::

then whoever we hung around, you know,

::

whatever state we were in at that time.

::

Oh, yeah.

::

My immediate answer is 40-Year-Old Virgin,

::

although I've seen both of these.

::

40-Year-Old Virgin is the

::

one I remember the most with Kevin Hart.

::

I agree.

::

Like, it's, yeah, so...

::

I mean, right off the bat,

::

a 40 year old virgin made

::

me laugh out loud way more

::

than old school.

::

I don't know where you're at, Doug.

::

I could tell where he's at.

::

This one's tough for me, too.

::

I will say the 40 year old

::

virgin because I think

::

there are portions of it

::

that I thought Steve Carell

::

was just like another.

::

He was another level.

::

And I think any time that

::

you commit to that level of

::

like physical comedy, like given the.

::

Um, like the waxing scene.

::

I mean, that's all.

::

I will say though,

::

old school definitely

::

though has a place in my

::

heart because I mean,

::

for those that don't know,

::

like Brian and I were in a

::

fraternity and as a joke to myself,

::

right before we did any

::

type of pledging activity,

::

I watched that movie just

::

to kind of chuckle at like

::

how ridiculous it could be.

::

And so that was something

::

that I just did like for me.

::

So it definitely has its

::

place in terms of movies

::

that I really liked that I

::

thought were really funny.

::

I think if it's not going up

::

against the 40 year old virgin,

::

like the first draw,

::

i might have this go a

::

little differently but 40

::

year old virgin sticks

::

around I feel like old

::

school was what they

::

figured out they could keep

::

doing and it's it's funny

::

to me because will ferrell

::

is not the lead here it's

::

luke wilson and luke wilson

::

is not I he's a fine actor

::

I just he's not he doesn't

::

have the same energy as will ferrell

::

I feel like it gives the

::

movie a different vibe,

::

but this was the movie where it's like,

::

wait, we just keep perfecting this,

::

and we're going to make a ton of money,

::

and they did.

::

They did.

::

I don't think you get Step

::

Brothers without old school

::

to some degree.

::

Absolutely not.

::

I would agree with that.

::

It's the forerunner, 100%.

::

All right.

::

Our next matchup is the

::

School of Rock versus Bruce Almighty.

::

This is tough, man.

::

This is a tough mid-tier match.

::

This one's hard.

::

Anything I've learned from

::

doing brackets with us in

::

the past is you can't go

::

last because then you got

::

to break the you got to

::

break ties usually.

::

I'll go last this whole

::

episode because I love you guys so much.

::

You know what, Doug?

::

I want you to go first now.

::

I'm going to go with School of Rock.

::

Here's the reason why.

::

For me, it's the music.

::

Like I,

::

I think the music was just so much fun.

::

I had this soundtrack and I

::

listened to it over and

::

over and over and over and over again.

::

I think the fact that it was

::

all classic rock stuff was

::

something that was really

::

like cool for me because I mean,

::

it was like all the who,

::

and it was all like the Rolling Stone.

::

Like it was all that type of

::

music that for me was just

::

ACDC type stuff.

::

So like for me,

::

school of rock is where I'm

::

going to go for my first one.

::

So I'm going to go with Bruce Almighty.

::

And that is because Jim

::

Carrey can do no wrong in my eyes.

::

The physical comedy,

::

there's a lot of quotables of like,

::

I still say things and

::

that's just how the cookie crumbles.

::

You know what I mean?

::

It's like, that movie is so...

::

quotable it has Steve Carell

::

in it it has Morgan Freeman

::

as God in it you know what

::

I mean so I and then you

::

then you get Evan Almighty

::

which I think is it's not

::

as funny but it is still a

::

good follow-up to like

::

Bruce Almighty right um so

::

my that's why I'm gonna go

::

with Bruce Almighty okay

::

hello I'm the tiebreaker um

::

hello I feel so School of Rock

::

This is tough because I do

::

like the music in School of Rock.

::

Yep.

::

I just feel like there's

::

more funny moments in Bruce Almighty.

::

I think they're good movies.

::

School of Rock, though,

::

is like a fun school drama

::

with comedy in it.

::

And I feel like Bruce might

::

have it 100 percent right.

::

You're hitting the ground

::

running immediately.

::

Jim Carrey being weird, right?

::

And Jennifer Aniston is a

::

great supporting actress in that, too,

::

because she basically has

::

to play the straight character of like,

::

what's happening?

::

And I think she's pretty good at that.

::

She's pretty sexy in it.

::

I like it.

::

For...

::

You're absolutely right.

::

The I thought I was skipping for a second.

::

I was just trying to find

::

the word School of Rock is

::

there are slow chunks in

::

that where you're like,

::

is this supposed to be

::

funny or is this supposed to be serious?

::

Right.

::

And I also think it's telling.

::

I picked it because I like the movie,

::

not because I thought I like the music,

::

not because I thought it

::

was the funnier movie.

::

So I think this is the right choice.

::

But that was just which one if we're going,

::

which one off the rip would I watch?

::

School of Rock, I probably would watch.

::

I mean,

::

and this is like right at the start

::

of Jack Black's career.

::

So I get it.

::

Cause like he was a force.

::

There wasn't anyone else he was doing.

::

Nacho Libre came before or after this?

::

That came after.

::

And then Tenacious D was well before this.

::

Yeah.

::

Yeah.

::

Okay.

::

Yeah.

::

All right.

::

Next up, I guess,

::

is the weirdo indie division.

::

This is Clerks 2 versus Juno.

::

Weirdo indie.

::

No, that's the right way to put it.

::

I see this affectionately as

::

a weirdo indie lover.

::

I mean, yeah.

::

So for me,

::

I have seen Clerks 2.

::

I've seen bits and pieces of Juno.

::

I have never been able to

::

catch Juno in full.

::

I do know that that movie

::

was culturally relevant.

::

I was also in high school

::

when this came out.

::

So that idea of a high school pregnancy.

::

What year was that?

::

Juno was maybe what?

::

2014?

::

I was in college.

::

I was not in high school yet at all.

::

Oh, then it would make,

::

that would make sense then

::

why it's going to hit different.

::

Yeah.

::

Yeah.

::

I'm going to go Clark's too.

::

Cause I like that.

::

Okay.

::

I'm actually gonna go to

::

clerks I'm gonna go clerks

::

too for the same reason oh

::

wow that I for the same

::

reason that I think you all

::

said for for school of rock

::

yeah I think there are more

::

dramatic moments it is

::

culturally relevant and

::

there are certainly some

::

like funny quirky things

::

but I think they're more

::

funny because they're

::

quirky than then they are

::

true like comedy beats I agree

::

I get it.

::

I'm still going Juno as the

::

dissent vote only because

::

Ellen Page in this movie is so funny.

::

It's the dry wit.

::

It's the slow delivery of

::

that's where the humor is.

::

It's not like your old

::

school or your Talladega

::

Nights laugh out loud.

::

It's just like

::

Somebody threw up in the

::

fountain at Ridgedale Mall.

::

Did you hear about it?

::

You're just like, what?

::

What are you even saying?

::

I feel like they birthed that.

::

That might be a stretch.

::

But I do feel like they

::

might have birthed that kind of dry.

::

Because then you saw Juno come out.

::

And then there were movies

::

that followed that tried to

::

duplicate their same dry humor.

::

Yeah,

::

it you're I think Juno Juno is

::

probably like got the

::

biggest audience for it.

::

Right.

::

Because you think of like

::

Natalie Portman and Garden

::

State of just like these kind of like,

::

I don't know,

::

these just kind of women

::

leads in in movies that are comedies,

::

but not.

::

And they're just kind of

::

like a little out there,

::

just a little out there in

::

the best way possible.

::

Good explanation.

::

I know this movie definitely

::

birthed the concept of like

::

a comedy movie.

::

hipster like and I say that

::

like with utmost respect

::

falling into that category

::

myself at the time that

::

this movie came out like it

::

was very much like oh you

::

could go over to like urban

::

outfitters and buy some

::

like aged shit that you

::

know what I mean like it

::

was like oh do you like

::

records but also you don't

::

know records like it that's it

::

That's very much this vibe

::

like like it's kind of it's

::

not mainstream it's taking

::

stuff and putting it on the

::

fringe yeah kind of a

::

little bit and almost on

::

the outside looking in

::

because neither Michael

::

Sarah's character or Elliot

::

pages character are.

::

Oh, God.

::

I was thinking... I apologize.

::

I definitely missed that, and I apologize.

::

No, you're fine.

::

I'm definitely going to do

::

better moving forward about

::

that with Elliot Page.

::

You're absolutely right.

::

For the both of them, they moved...

::

they were, they were not the main,

::

like popular people in there.

::

They were the outsiders.

::

And so it kind of put that sort of like a,

::

what if a mainstream things

::

happens to an outside kid?

::

So like, I, yeah.

::

Yep.

::

Yep.

::

You're absolutely right.

::

You're absolutely right.

::

All right.

::

Moving on,

::

we got Forgetting Sarah Marshall

::

versus The Hangover.

::

This feels unfair.

::

It feels tough.

::

It feels tough.

::

Oh, it feels tough?

::

To me, this is a clear answer.

::

Really?

::

Oh, to me, absolutely.

::

Forgetting Sarah Marshall is good.

::

It's a good movie.

::

I will watch it, but it's The Hangover.

::

Okay.

::

OK.

::

Yes.

::

I kind of led you on there,

::

but I feel like it's the hangover.

::

The hangover does something

::

really unique and special here.

::

Right.

::

It puts together this random

::

assortment of people and it

::

has this premise of like Project X style.

::

Right.

::

And we're going to do this thing.

::

We're going to part.

::

And it has so many quotables from it that.

::

I think a lot of people

::

revisit The Hangover.

::

There's still costumes that

::

are still from The Hangover.

::

Zach Galifianakis and Tyson

::

is in this movie too.

::

Mike Tyson is in this movie.

::

Bradley Cooper.

::

These people we see later on

::

down the road as being kind

::

of the elites.

::

This is what Ed Helms messed

::

up his TV career for.

::

For all intent and purpose.

::

He really messed it up

::

trying to make these movies work.

::

man I don't know I need a

::

minute doug are you leaning

::

one way or another I I'm

::

gonna go with this is

::

harder for me because okay

::

getting sarah marshall is

::

one of my all-time

::

favorites like it is oh is

::

it really it is one of my

::

all-time favorites I love

::

the overall theme of it

::

I love the ending of it.

::

I love the Dracula musical portion of it.

::

The portions where Bill

::

Hader and they're

::

FaceTiming each other are

::

hilarious to me.

::

There's a part in the

::

beginning where he goes,

::

I'm going to go see if she's there.

::

He goes, don't do that.

::

He goes and talks to

::

and her new boyfriend.

::

And he goes, Hey,

::

all you could hear is bill

::

haters screaming into the phone to stop.

::

No, don't do that.

::

And then when he hops back on,

::

he just goes,

::

you feel good about yourself.

::

Like,

::

and so those portions for me are very,

::

very funny.

::

However,

::

The amount of times that I

::

have quoted The Hangover or

::

the amount of times that

::

The Hangover has been into my DNA,

::

it's going to be The Hangover,

::

but Forgetting Sarah

::

Marshall is one of my all-time favorites.

::

I got to go with The

::

Hangover because Forgetting

::

Sarah Marshall connects

::

with me as someone who's

::

very emo and very in touch

::

with their emotions.

::

If I'm having a hard time

::

with relationships,

::

Forgetting Sarah Marshall

::

is such a good pick-me-up.

::

But The Hangover, it's legendary.

::

It's legendary.

::

There's so many things in it

::

that are funny.

::

The tasing scene,

::

the community service tasing scene.

::

heather graham and ed helms

::

getting getting married um

::

like just there's so many

::

even just bradley cooper

::

but yeah it's the hangover

::

it's the white I get my

::

family calls me white doug

::

because of the hangover

::

hilarious like our dog is a

::

white I'm like uh-huh I am

::

yeah that's true uh-huh I am indeed I am

::

Ooh, this is tough.

::

All right, next matchup,

::

we have Meet the Parents versus Me,

::

Myself, and Irene, starring Jim Carrey.

::

Meet the Parents, Ben Stiller.

::

I'm going to go first on this one.

::

For me, it's meet the parents.

::

And the reason being is the

::

reason that it's meet the

::

parents for me is because this is the,

::

this is the introduction of

::

the disaster comedy.

::

This is the introduction of,

::

this is the introduction of

::

everything is going wrong.

::

And this person's life is

::

falling apart and look at

::

how terrible it all is.

::

I mean, before that it was,

::

what about Bob?

::

But before then we really hadn't seen a,

::

uh,

::

a movie like this before

::

where it was the entire

::

pieces of this are just

::

melting down and we're just

::

sort of along for the ride

::

so for me me myself and

::

Irene very funny movie meet

::

the parents though is kind

::

of foundational

::

I love the way that they

::

tell the story of me, myself, and Irene.

::

I do want to say that, right?

::

Oh, 100%.

::

It's Jim Carrey with his three black sons.

::

It's like the sheriff,

::

the cop that's trying to chase him down.

::

Hey, it's Anthony Anderson.

::

Hey,

::

what's the circumference of trying to

::

get an egg up this man's ass?

::

It's so many moving pieces in me, myself,

::

and Irene that just shouldn't make sense,

::

but it's one of those of like, yep,

::

that's how they explained it.

::

That's how it goes.

::

I love how they recap that story.

::

However, comma, meet the parents.

::

is something different.

::

And it's this, it's Ben Stiller and he's,

::

it's,

::

I love the Meet the Parents series

::

because one of the things

::

that it does really well

::

that I feel like it's going

::

to get my vote for this

::

time around is the way that

::

it does its sequels, right?

::

Meet the Parents.

::

Then you do Meet the Fockers.

::

And it's like,

::

they were able to do in a

::

sequel what a lot of movies

::

couldn't really do back then was like,

::

you nailed it.

::

you upped the disaster part

::

of it but you invited his

::

side of the family to be a

::

part of the fun and like

::

yes a sequel comedy that

::

knocks it out of the park

::

you don't I don't feel like

::

you see that very often you

::

do not especially not now

::

so I think I have to meet the parents

::

I agree.

::

It's meet the parents for me.

::

The amount of times I have I

::

have I have cringed.

::

It has made me feel watching

::

it just like I can't I can't stand it.

::

But then I'm laughing a

::

whole lot because I have

::

all this nervous energy pent up.

::

So it goes to meet the parents.

::

The thing I'll say about me,

::

myself and Irene also kind

::

of like in a genre of road

::

trip movie kind of.

::

Kind of where he's on the run.

::

So another 2000s road trip movie.

::

That's true.

::

So I don't know.

::

Just something weird to think about.

::

Owen Wilson popping up.

::

That's right.

::

Owen Wilson does pop up.

::

He's the pretty boy.

::

He's the pretty boy X. That's so funny.

::

Good shit.

::

Man, Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson,

::

Will Ferrell, Steve Carell.

::

Everybody putting each other

::

in everybody else's place.

::

We got Harold and Kumar go

::

to White Castle versus Road Trip.

::

Speaking of Road Trip movies.

::

With who?

::

That has Tom Green, Sean William Scott,

::

and the lead dude is forgettable.

::

Oh, I don't think he did anything.

::

I don't think he did anything after that.

::

I thought this was the one

::

with Cedric the Entertainer, Bow Wow.

::

No, that's the Johnson family reunion.

::

Yeah.

::

No,

::

this is the one where he accidentally

::

sends a sex tape of himself

::

to his girlfriend that lives,

::

and they are trying to go

::

from his university to her

::

university to try to stop

::

that from happening.

::

What was the really skinny

::

dude's name again?

::

Let me bring it up.

::

That's the first curse word

::

that I've said this episode.

::

5315.

::

Look at me, everybody.

::

Pretty good.

::

Is that the name of the episode?

::

5315?

::

It is.

::

I like it.

::

Oh, wait.

::

Okay.

::

I might be way off here.

::

Breckenmeyer?

::

Breckenmeyer.

::

Was the lead?

::

Was the lead for this?

::

You might remember him.

::

DJ Qualls.

::

That's who I was trying to think of,

::

is DJ Qualls.

::

Yeah, there's Sean William Scott,

::

Amy Smart, DJ Qualls.

::

Rachel Blanchard played his girlfriend.

::

So Amy Smart was the girl

::

that he filmed himself

::

having sex with at his school.

::

Rachel Blanchard was his

::

actual girlfriend across the way.

::

And then Fred Ward is in this.

::

Andy Dick is in this.

::

There's a lot of people who

::

were in this one.

::

Yeah.

::

Yeah.

::

Yeah.

::

Yeah.

::

Breckenmeyer.

::

Also, I need to I need to cross.

::

I need to cross verify this really,

::

really quick before I just

::

like start talking, you know,

::

like I'm nuts here.

::

Let's see here.

::

I just know he's not in the hangover.

::

For some reason,

::

I thought he was in the hangover.

::

he's not is not um just in a

::

lot of like random shit

::

yeah anyway that's road

::

trip um yeah and then

::

harold and kumar go to

::

white castle I'm gonna just

::

go off the bat right now my

::

vote's going to harold and

::

kumar go to white castle

::

that movie is all over the

::

place and I love it I love

::

it so much you ever had a

::

cock meat sandwich I'm

::

going with harold and kumar

::

yeah I am all right

::

I'm also going to go with Harold and Kumar,

::

but for the scene with

::

Anthony Anderson where he says,

::

just thinking of those

::

tasty burgers makes me want

::

to burn this motherfucking town.

::

You know what's funny?

::

We're going to go burn this

::

motherfucking town.

::

That gets me every time.

::

I'm going to need to re-watch that soon.

::

I also think it's because I

::

used to have a fantasy

::

about just burning shit down.

::

And so seeing it come out

::

was just pretty good.

::

I didn't know which

::

direction that was going.

::

Me either.

::

I had already kind of made

::

up in my mind that it was

::

Harold and Kumar,

::

but the way we could not

::

remember Road Trip.

::

So that was kind of me.

::

I don't think I've even seen it.

::

I know several portions of

::

Road Trip because there are

::

a couple of them.

::

They stop off at a fraternity on their way,

::

but it's an all-black fraternity,

::

and DJ Qualls has sex for

::

the first time with a very large lady,

::

and...

::

That's the whole thing.

::

He's sort of the prude.

::

He's sort of the prude who

::

gets to come and do his own

::

while they're on this road trip.

::

Alright, next.

::

That is such 2000s humor.

::

It very much is.

::

It very much is.

::

Oh, Pineapple Express did make it on here.

::

I should have checked the

::

final draft before we did this.

::

All right, cool.

::

We have Pineapple Express

::

versus Anchorman.

::

Tough.

::

I mean, for me, Anchorman is legendary.

::

I know it's in the title, but Anchorman,

::

I talked in only Anchorman

::

quotes probably for a large

::

section between 2006 and 2008.

::

He's going to be very honest.

::

Brian, we all did.

::

We all did.

::

60% of the time, it works all the time.

::

I will say, though,

::

Pineapple Express is funny

::

in its own right.

::

It is.

::

And it's funny because of...

::

that I've seen it that was

::

great the whole thing with

::

the whole thing with the

::

friend who just has the

::

shit kicked out of him oh

::

jeez it was like you know I

::

was gonna turn you in but

::

you guys are just two cool

::

dudes so I don't think I'm

::

gonna like that the way he

::

was talking is great but

::

also the beginning where

::

they're like testing again

::

Bill Hader like testing

::

Bill Hader smoke smoke

::

Like they're testing him and

::

he's just singing.

::

How does it make you feel?

::

Like it's just doing that.

::

It's hysterical to me.

::

So I'm going to go with Anchorman.

::

I feel like Anchorman does

::

what I just said with Meet the Fockers.

::

It became a cult classic very quickly.

::

Not even a cult classic.

::

It just became a classic

::

movie very quickly.

::

And then the sequel does its

::

thing in bringing justice

::

to the original comedy that it set up.

::

I think Anchorman is just

::

such unique meta commentary

::

within commentary.

::

I just think it nails it.

::

Yeah, I agree.

::

I agree.

::

Because I can't say nothing

::

else through without Will Ferrell in it.

::

I feel like I already started pushing it.

::

Right.

::

Speaking of Will Ferrell,

::

Zoolander starring Ben

::

Stiller versus Talladega Nights.

::

Talladega Nights.

::

Oh, wow.

::

Right off the rip.

::

Zoolander is great.

::

Here's my problem.

::

Wow.

::

Is that Zoolander walked so

::

Talladega Nights could run.

::

Zoolander was a buddy style

::

comedy movie that

::

Would not that led the way

::

to say you can have two

::

really funny people share

::

the screen at the same time and it work.

::

Now,

::

I personally would rather watch

::

Talladega Nights again.

::

But so Talladega Nights is

::

going to get my vote.

::

But I do think there's

::

something to be said for

::

Zoolander being sort of the like.

::

Prometheus like first one to

::

sort of like do it that way

::

much like we did with Meet

::

the Parents like this sort

::

of like a buddy style

::

comedy yeah and old school

::

a little bit too yeah well

::

and it felt like old school

::

and Zoolander came out so

::

close to each other like

::

you can just tell like this

::

they're figuring out what

::

this comedy formula is and

::

my vote's going to

::

Zoolander I think Talladega

::

Nights is fine and there

::

are parts where I laugh but like

::

zoolander I feel like it's a

::

tighter movie I feel like

::

it's a more efficient movie

::

you're getting more to the

::

laughs sooner um sure okay

::

that's what I like about it

::

I also I mean like I hit my

::

microphone because I'm so

::

upset that zoolander isn't

::

gonna make it no I'm kidding I'm

::

I bumped it on accident.

::

I don't know.

::

I also like the Relax by

::

Frankie Goes to Hollywood.

::

I love that that's a reoccurring joke.

::

I don't know.

::

That's a good one.

::

It works for me.

::

And I understand Zoolander

::

because I understand Blue Seal,

::

them playing with the gasoline.

::

Will Ferrell with the cat.

::

like I understand all of

::

that zoolander is great

::

talladega nights however

::

for me I just quoted if you

::

ain't first you're last

::

yesterday and that's right

::

there's so many more him

::

strapping the damn cereal

::

to the bottom of the car

::

and telling his ass to

::

drive because it was like

::

um I could tell him cocaine

::

was at the bottom of the

::

car right like the sun so

::

I'm gonna piss on him

::

Yeah.

::

Yeah.

::

I'm going to throw your

::

medals off the side of the bridge.

::

Them going off on the

::

goddamn granddad at the damn table.

::

Sweet baby Jesus.

::

Like those iconic moments.

::

Eight pounds.

::

Five pounds.

::

Sweet baby Jesus.

::

Like shake and bake.

::

Like Talladega night.

::

A lot of that.

::

The outtakes alone are of

::

where they're doing.

::

They're plugging those different things.

::

You may not know this,

::

but packs of wild dogs have

::

taken over major most U.S.

::

cities.

::

That to me is hilarious.

::

I'm on fire.

::

I'm on fire.

::

I'm on fire.

::

Who's going to tell him he's not on fire?

::

You're not on fire.

::

You're not on fire.

::

I got to put my best friend out.

::

My best friend's on fire.

::

Like, I just think Talladega Nightmares.

::

I love that in the finale,

::

there's a car crash and

::

they play an entire

::

Applebee's commercial in the movie.

::

And that was surreal to me.

::

And yeah,

::

that's like where this type of

::

Will Ferrell buddy comedy,

::

I feel like started

::

evolving into its later stages.

::

Yeah.

::

I gotta rewatch it.

::

That's a good movie.

::

Alright, two very different movies.

::

We have Borat versus Shaun of the Dead.

::

I did not understand Borat

::

when it originally came out

::

because I was still too

::

young to know that it was a real movie,

::

but shot like it was a fake movie.

::

And the guy who was dressed

::

up missed the whole Pamela Anderson.

::

For me,

::

I'm going to go Shaun of the Dead

::

because I feel like Shaun

::

of the Dead is a sleeper.

::

And I remember rewatching

::

that on MTV or Comedy

::

Central all the time.

::

And it's just, it's a good,

::

it's still a good movie.

::

It's funny as hell.

::

Zombie comedy.

::

This is really hard.

::

I know Shaun of the Dead is

::

probably technically better on all merits,

::

but Borat was just...

::

I hadn't seen anything like that.

::

Like guerrilla comedy, I guess,

::

is one way you could classify it.

::

Guerrilla satire.

::

Guerrilla satire, right?

::

I mean, everybody was saying, like,

::

my wife, just like that, I swear,

::

for like five years after this movie.

::

Somehow Zohan,

::

we get Attack of the Zohan from Borat,

::

I'm pretty sure.

::

There's a lot I could connect there.

::

Oh my gosh.

::

I don't know.

::

I don't know, man.

::

This one's hard because of

::

all the reasons Brian just listed.

::

Not to piggyback off of Brian,

::

but Borat is revolutionary

::

in what it did in terms of, like you said,

::

that guerrilla-style comedy.

::

But Shaun of the Dead is

::

just so much fun to watch.

::

And there are so many things.

::

I like that kind of British humor,

::

like the reoccurring jokes,

::

the you've got red on you

::

for the entirety of the

::

most of the movie.

::

I really enjoyed.

::

So I don't know.

::

So much so that people still

::

request Shaun of the Dead sequels.

::

And the director is like, no,

::

that's not what I'm going to do.

::

They clearly said what they wanted to say.

::

They came out and they did Hot Fuzz,

::

which was the two of them

::

that was... Everybody was like, well,

::

is that a follow-up?

::

It's not.

::

It's kind of sort of supposed to be,

::

but it's also a completely

::

different movie with its own plot.

::

Um...

::

I'm going to go Shaun of the Dead as well.

::

Okay.

::

That's tough.

::

I...

::

I think what's hard is that

::

if I did this when I was in college,

::

I would have said Borat.

::

Oh, 100%.

::

Now I feel like it's Shaun of the Dead.

::

I just feel like it's just

::

smarter and it sticks with me.

::

I can appreciate the recurring jokes.

::

I have more of an attention

::

span for that now.

::

And I'm doing this as the person I am now,

::

not...

::

college age not college

::

brian super different brian

::

I mean that's a totally

::

different person brian was

::

a different brian it was I

::

mean I believe it it was a

::

lot it was brian it was

::

like a wall of hair just

::

brian uh all right next

::

matchup we have white

::

chicks versus the wedding

::

crashers white chicks

::

culturally for me,

::

White Chicken is an iconic

::

movie in the Black community.

::

And not just the Black community.

::

I think it... What's the word?

::

It... Transcended?

::

Thank you.

::

It transcended.

::

It's the Wayne Bros comedy.

::

I think that typically you

::

see them and you're like, yeah,

::

this is going to be one for us.

::

But it does something so

::

well that you cannot recreate again.

::

And it's...

::

Two black guys in this white face makeup,

::

right?

::

And they are getting off

::

acting like these teenage girls.

::

It's Terry Crews.

::

It's so many different

::

iconic quotable moments in this movie.

::

It's like, making my way downtown.

::

They made that big fucking hit.

::

Like a slam dunk.

::

So I got to go with White Chicks.

::

Wedding Crashers is good, though.

::

Do not get me wrong.

::

But it's also... I have to say this.

::

What gets really weird about

::

this bracket is because the

::

same family of actors.

::

Yeah.

::

It's like...

::

Owen Wilson.

::

They all start blending together.

::

All of the movies, your Zoolanders,

::

your Old School, your Wedding Crashers,

::

your Talladega Nights,

::

all start kind of blending together.

::

Will Ferrell is in Wedding Crashers,

::

right?

::

He is.

::

He's the OG, right?

::

He's the one who made up all the rules.

::

Yep.

::

I'd say he's a cameo.

::

I don't even think he rises to supporting,

::

but he's there in the cabal.

::

Like,

::

He's in the last quarter of the movie.

::

Yeah.

::

White Chicks is more innovative.

::

I'm going to say that on the bat.

::

Bradley Cooper, Rachel McAdams,

::

Owen Wilson.

::

Jesus, Rachel McAdams.

::

Yeah, it's a stellar cast.

::

It's a stellar cast,

::

but when we're talking

::

about the best comedy,

::

I don't feel bad about

::

Wedding Crashers because

::

there's another movie like

::

it in the bracket.

::

That's true.

::

And I feel like they did the

::

formula better.

::

That's true.

::

Go ahead, sorry.

::

I'm going to go white chicks,

::

like just because again, because it's,

::

it's, it's different.

::

And I do think it did transcend like,

::

and again, it's,

::

it's that Wayne's brother style comedy.

::

Like, yeah, if, if you did this,

::

if you did this the other way,

::

where it was, it, that,

::

that movie is not getting made, but,

::

at all and I think that this

::

is just I think it's just a

::

better movie I but they did

::

it not to be offensive it

::

they did it in a way that's

::

exactly funny it was smart

::

yeah yeah I i will say

::

though from wedding

::

crashers my favorite moment

::

is when he's getting jerked

::

off under the table and he

::

goes what was the name of

::

the charity he's like holy

::

shirts and pants

::

The way he delivered that

::

line because he's got this

::

big smile on his face.

::

It's just so good.

::

It is funny.

::

I'm going to own this.

::

I kicked out Bruno.

::

I kicked out Bruno and put

::

in Van Wilder there.

::

I will update that after.

::

This next matchup is

::

Eurotrip versus Van Wilder.

::

I'll go Van Wilder.

::

I've never seen Euro Trip.

::

Oh, okay.

::

It's me personally.

::

Marcus,

::

it's another horny teens drive

::

across a country movie.

::

But it's across the ocean.

::

So I would like it?

::

No, it's just if you've seen Road Trip,

::

you've kind of sort of seen Road Trip.

::

The only thing that stands

::

alone is the only thing is

::

Matt Damon singing a song

::

called Scotty Doesn't Know,

::

which is a song about him

::

having sex with his Scotty's girlfriend.

::

I'm going to go with,

::

I'm going with Van Wilder too,

::

just because I feel like

::

Eurotrip is so...

::

Eurotrip was... That was the

::

road trip movie.

::

Obviously, I liked Harold and Kumar,

::

but Eurotrip got way more

::

playtime in my friend circles.

::

It's very irreverent.

::

They make fun of the Pope.

::

There's a college couple that...

::

that has sex in, like, one of the Vatican,

::

of course, sacred things.

::

It's completely irreverent.

::

And, like,

::

it's totally trying to be this

::

raunchy comedy,

::

which I do appreciate it for.

::

Raunchy.

::

But Van Wilder, man.

::

I mean, it's Ryan Reynolds.

::

Like, it's just, it's so definitive.

::

And I laughed a lot.

::

I mean, I don't know.

::

I...

::

Eurotrip starts at a real

::

high point with Matt Damon

::

singing Scotty Doesn't Know.

::

And then it's all downhill.

::

When he's on break from

::

doing the Bourne movie.

::

And then it's just like, all right,

::

they're doing raunchy things in Europe.

::

I don't know.

::

We'll go Van Wilder.

::

But that's kind of like what

::

those movies eventually turn into.

::

And then I will say, to Roadtrip's credit,

::

they did try to string a

::

plot through what took them

::

from point A to point B.

::

And there were beats that were like,

::

okay...

::

Why are they at the

::

fraternity where DJ Qualls gets laid?

::

Okay, this is why.

::

There's a reason.

::

Whereas with Eurotrip, it just felt like a,

::

hey, they did this ridiculous thing.

::

Why?

::

Because they could.

::

Because the lead got broken

::

up with and was going after

::

somebody he was hot for.

::

It's almost the same plot,

::

except without a sex tape.

::

that's exactly except

::

without a 60 like that's

::

that's the mcguffin

::

anything so if anything it

::

doesn't have a mcguffin so

::

they're just doing it like

::

that's all it is it's all

::

yeah true true yeah all

::

right congratulations van

::

wilder we'll see you again

::

um going okay next matchup

::

burn after reading versus

::

step brothers I mean step

::

brothers right like we can

::

just this one's really yeah

::

I like Burn After Reading.

::

Oh, Brian, I like Burn After Reading too.

::

I really like Burn After Reading too,

::

but Step Brothers wins.

::

To me,

::

you put Step Brothers up against anything,

::

that shit gonna smoke it.

::

No way.

::

Do you think... Okay, hang on.

::

So my guy lost.

::

I'm over it.

::

Do you feel like Step

::

Brothers is like the

::

pinnacle of that Will

::

Ferrell comedy crew?

::

Damn near.

::

Really?

::

I feel like it's either Step

::

Brothers or Talladega Nights,

::

whichever one came first,

::

because you have that.

::

It's just like Doug said earlier.

::

It's two major hitters, right?

::

Yeah.

::

It's two major hitters,

::

and they have great chemistry together.

::

As soon as they did that drum set scene,

::

did you put your nuts on?

::

Did you touch my drum set?

::

and when he sings that the

::

fucking Catalina wine mixer

::

the way that you set that

::

scene up for this

::

motherfucker to sing opera

::

in this silly ass movie and

::

it's a major pinnacle

::

moment of the fucking movie

::

I think this is peak of

::

that for me yeah the boats

::

that's what it was I was

::

trying to remember that

::

powerpoint presentation

::

lives rent free in my head

::

Um, this might be,

::

this might be the best of

::

the Will Ferrell comedy crew.

::

Cause like, I mean,

::

and what I'll say about

::

that is towel digging nights came first.

::

Mm-hmm.

::

But that's where those two

::

were still figuring each other out.

::

They perfected it in Step Brothers.

::

Is there another movie with

::

them after Step Brothers?

::

No.

::

And here's the reason why I

::

think that happens if you ask me.

::

I think that they nailed it.

::

I don't think you get any

::

better than Step Brothers.

::

There is no sequel.

::

You can't recreate it.

::

It made a shit ton of money.

::

You just fucking nailed it

::

and then you have to go and

::

then he has to go and do

::

these more serious roles

::

because he wants to expand.

::

That's me though.

::

yeah john c reilly did kind

::

of close the pivot on that

::

point because then he did

::

start doing more serious

::

roles yeah I mean even

::

guardians like so all right

::

next up is knocked up

::

versus scary movie scary

::

movie it's scary movie all

::

day every day yes it is it is scary like

::

I mean,

::

the weigh-ins have mastered the parody.

::

Knocked Up is fine, but I'm sorry,

::

Scary Movie.

::

It is incredible.

::

Okay, that was the fastest one we did.

::

Congratulations to the weigh-ins.

::

All right.

::

Little Miss Sunshine versus Superbad.

::

How are we feeling?

::

Okay.

::

Superbad.

::

I'm also going super bad.

::

I'm surprised at us.

::

I'm not mad at that.

::

Little Miss Sunshine is

::

funny because of that scene

::

where she's singing at the... Oh, yeah.

::

That scene alone always

::

lives in my head because

::

that's how I view those pageants.

::

Imagine these little girls

::

coming out and doing that

::

and everybody being like, oh my god.

::

Super bad is awful good.

::

My favorite line from Super Bad is where

::

where the two of them are

::

talking about the party and he comes up.

::

He's like, come on, guys,

::

we're down six points.

::

Michael Cera goes, come on, it's soccer.

::

It's soccer.

::

And then and then Jonah Hill goes, yeah,

::

why don't you go piss your bed?

::

He goes, that happened years ago.

::

He goes, people don't forget like that.

::

That to me like that.

::

It is good, though.

::

Those are iconic.

::

That's an iconic cast, though.

::

It is an iconic cast.

::

I also got to say, Superbad,

::

I feel like mastered and

::

just hit 110 miles per hour.

::

They went 110% on this low-stakes...

::

just driven smart comedy

::

because like all these

::

other ones all these other

::

comedies we've talked about

::

right talladega nights

::

you're being the best race

::

car driver zoolander you're

::

being the best model euro

::

trip you're finding this

::

girl you really want to see

::

okay that one's kind of low

::

stakes but like super bands

::

literally jonah hill

::

wanting to like get into a

::

party that's it that's it

::

at the end of the day I

::

think what it did is is it kind of

::

there was some portion of

::

like those other movies, like,

::

like sex drive, like trip,

::

like Euro trip where they're,

::

they're going after a,

::

they're going after,

::

it feels like it's their

::

world and we're living in it.

::

If that makes sense.

::

Like, Oh,

::

they're doing this ridiculous stuff.

::

Accept it.

::

It's their world.

::

You're just along for the ride.

::

Right.

::

What I liked about what I

::

think sets a super bad

::

apart is that super bad

::

like it's no no no it's

::

everybody else's world and

::

this weird stuff just like

::

they keep getting

::

themselves into this type

::

of trouble like it's it

::

captures what it's like

::

especially like the

::

stealing like liquor piece

::

oh yeah like when he's in

::

the liquor store and he's

::

trying to steal liquor and

::

oh my god just like he's so awkward

::

it's just it I think it just

::

captured like that high

::

school feeling yep in an

::

authentic way that was

::

relatable yes like not a

::

hundred percent but at

::

least a little bit I agree

::

mclevin is iconic yeah yes

::

I mean like you say that

::

then I see this entire

::

movie either either that or

::

muhammad what the fuck

::

would it be muhammad

::

Do you know that guy does

::

the rap sample for Damn Son,

::

Where'd You Find This?

::

Really?

::

Oh, yeah.

::

You got to look up the video

::

of him recording it.

::

It's hilarious.

::

All right.

::

Second to last matchup,

::

we have Mean Girls versus American Pie 2.

::

And I would like to make a quick note.

::

American Pie does not enter

::

the bracket because it was

::

made in the 90s.

::

So this was the first

::

American Pie I could put in

::

to the bracket.

::

I'm going to go Mean Girls

::

because American Pie 2 just

::

becomes another group of

::

horny dudes on a trip somewhere.

::

It's this weird theme.

::

It's a weird theme.

::

It keeps popping up.

::

They go up to Michigan, and they get jobs,

::

and then Nadia comes back,

::

and then he has to go to band camp,

::

and it's a whole thing.

::

Yeah, I'm going to go Mean Girls.

::

I feel like Mean Girls is a

::

lot more iconic, especially culturally.

::

I think it just makes more sense.

::

Mean Girls, all day.

::

I've rewatched that movie

::

and quoted it so many times.

::

And that entire cast,

::

I want to say most of that cast,

::

they're all stellar.

::

The plastics alone are just incredible.

::

And then you throw in Tina

::

Fey and Tim Meadows, like,

::

It's a no-brainer here.

::

All right.

::

I mean, last... Oh, go ahead.

::

Mean Girls spun off a

::

musical that was on

::

Broadway and then also now

::

another movie that was just

::

recently in theaters.

::

And then a movie based on the musical.

::

And then a movie based on the musical.

::

And American Pie got like... Actually,

::

pick the other one.

::

American Pie 5,

::

Stifler's dad is home again.

::

They probably did that.

::

I mean, they probably did.

::

I remember they did American

::

Pie Band Camp and it was a

::

directed DVD movie.

::

But like those movies kept going out.

::

There's there's way too many of them.

::

OK, last one, folks.

::

Super Troopers versus Dodgeball.

::

This one's legitimately hard.

::

To me,

::

this is the ultimate dorm room

::

what's on in the background movie.

::

It's between the two.

::

Super Trooper does really

::

well at combining my sci-fi

::

itch with the comedy itch.

::

I think.

::

I don't think there's a sci-fi element.

::

I didn't want to say anything.

::

Hey man, it's okay.

::

Take your time.

::

It's okay.

::

Figure it out.

::

Now when you talk to me in

::

that type of manner,

::

that's going to make me too.

::

No, no, no.

::

It's me being supportive.

::

No, no, no.

::

That sounds contradictory.

::

Oh, I was thinking of the wrong movie.

::

You know what I was thinking of?

::

What is that sci-fi?

::

But we talked about it with Power Rangers.

::

That reminds me.

::

Anyway, doesn't really matter.

::

You're good.

::

That's my answer.

::

All right.

::

Yeah.

::

All right.

::

I mean, Doug,

::

I'm going to make this easy

::

and put it out of its misery.

::

It's dodgeball for me.

::

Was it somebody fighting for

::

Super Troopers?

::

I'm not fighting for it.

::

I just think that there's an

::

argument for Super Troopers

::

made because it's...

::

it, that,

::

that like broken lizard comedy

::

group did a lot of good stuff.

::

They did super troopers.

::

They did.

::

Um, it just did.

::

They, they were,

::

they were very funny in

::

what they were able to accomplish.

::

And so I kind of want to be

::

like beer fest was the

::

other one that they did.

::

Um, so I give them like a tip of the hat.

::

I mean, I think,

::

Dodgeball is probably the

::

one in terms of culturally

::

relevant and being present

::

in our zeitgeist of conversation.

::

I think it's probably Dodgeball.

::

You know why I like Dodgeball?

::

And I'd hate to say this

::

because I feel like I'm not

::

going to be able to back it up.

::

I feel like it is flawless comedy.

::

Like from start to finish,

::

I think Dodgeball is kind

::

of like it doesn't miss any moment.

::

There is no moment where I

::

feel like that movie lags

::

or it's too much of this thing.

::

everybody was in their lane

::

when you get ben stiller he

::

completely takes the fuck

::

over when he's on the

::

screen um when you get them

::

all together all of them

::

are funny as a group then

::

you have these individual

::

funny moments the little

::

one-off jokes too as well I

::

just think that dodgeball

::

has just like this

::

seamlessly funny flow to it

::

um that makes it easy to

::

watch oh yeah I mean

::

dodgeball to me is just

::

it's one of these movies

::

that it's it reminds me I

::

already talked about it but

::

it's so efficient with its

::

storytelling like you're

::

not you're not lingering on

::

one comedy bit for too long

::

and you're just you're

::

moving right along like

::

it's not it's not giving

::

you too much fluff like

::

we're we're in and out of

::

here in an hour and a half

::

and a little bit of romance

::

a little bit of romance

::

deprecation a little bit of

::

fat jokes which is funny

::

because it's christine

::

taylor who's ben stiller's

::

wife and then ben stiller

::

plays the villain I did not

::

know that at all

::

yep which well it they

::

didn't they weren't always

::

married they broke up but

::

then they got back together

::

during covid right during

::

covid which that's a movie

::

um so like I don't know

::

dodgeball it's such a

::

ridiculous concept it's

::

it's vince vaughn plays the

::

role I just think super

::

well as like this guy in

::

over his head being

::

surrounded by all these ridiculous things

::

And yeah, the cast is great.

::

And you have some great

::

cameos like Chuck Norris, Lance Armstrong,

::

you even got William Shatner in there.

::

There's some good stuff in there.

::

Yeah.

::

Dude, you alright?

::

I'm all straight.

::

You guys nailed it.

::

Good job.

::

There it is.

::

There it is.

::

There it is.

::

That is the first round.

::

That is the first round.

::

So we have some exciting

::

matchups for next time, but we did it,

::

folks.

::

First round is done.

::

Like I said at the beginning,

::

next week revisiting this second round.

::

That's going to be wild

::

because I feel like we're

::

going to come back and

::

we're going to be like, oh, shit,

::

we did say that.

::

We did say that.

::

We almost could have sent

::

through some lower tiers to

::

make it a little bit easier second round.

::

I didn't think that far ahead, though.

::

Folks,

::

clear your schedules for Anchorman

::

versus Talladega Night.

::

Oh, fuck.

::

What did we do?

::

Scary movie versus super bad.

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Oh, God.

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And Mean Girls versus Dodgeball.

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I'm going to have to kill

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some darlings here.

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I'm going to have to get my

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lightsaber out.

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Got to get those darlings out of here.

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Yeah.

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What?

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Yep.

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yep kill your darlings are

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you gonna start off in

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younglings brian is that

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the way are the are the

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younglings the funniest

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part the funniest part of

::

that is it's yoda saying

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hey obi-wan don't watch

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that big camera footage

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motherfucker it's gonna

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star you for life and

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obi-wan's like I must I

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like I have to see it

::

yoda's like listen dog you

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know what you're

::

Don't want to watch that shit.

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I can see the future.

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It's only going to bring you pain.

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That shit's dark as hell, brother.

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Where'd you go?

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You ain't coming back.

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My favorite is the like on

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Instagram reels or TikToks

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where it's like bowling,

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the bowling strike footage

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and it's a bowling ball in a hood.

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It's so good though.

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It's bad.

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It's bad.

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Yeah.

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Gentlemen,

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anything else that you all would

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like to go over before we

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pivot on over to our lovely

::

bonus episode?

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Nothing for the pod, Doug.

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Outstanding.

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Gentlemen,

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what do you all have to plug this week?

::

Hey, folks, as always,

::

go over to Color Me Confetti on Etsy.

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That's Etsy.com.

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And then search Color Me

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Confetti for all of those

::

party printables that you

::

can get in the comfort of your own home.

::

Absolutely.

::

Marcus?

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Make sure you follow the mantra.

::

Never offend it.

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Always humble.

::

Go buy yourself some merch.

::

Go get copies of some music.

::

Whatever it is you do,

::

make sure you follow the mantra.

::

Wear the mantra.

::

Live the mantra.

::

But just follow it.

::

Never offend it.

::

Always humble.

::

Absolutely.

::

If you enjoyed our bracket

::

and you want to hear more

::

brackets or if you want to be a episode,

::

you know,

::

go over to Patreon dot com slash

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films of black and white.

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Sign up for one of our tiers there.

::

But the best thing that you

::

can do is share us with a

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friend or a family member.

::

Let them know that you like

::

this pod because that is

::

how we grow and we greatly

::

appreciate all the love and support.

::

Gentlemen,

::

we have a three step process to success.

::

Brian, what's our first step?

::

Hey, folks,

::

I'm here to tell you to read a book.

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And one of my recommendations to you,

::

find a long book.

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That way you can just keep reading it.

::

You don't have to find other books.

::

Just get a big, long book.

::

I'm reading a thousand page

::

book right now.

::

Am I enjoying that decision right now?

::

I don't know,

::

but I'm just going to keep reading it.

::

I'm going to keep reading it

::

till I'm finished.

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Read a book.

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I'm reading for real.

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Yeah, you're reading like reading.

::

What is that step to?

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Jesus.

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Drink some water.

::

If you're reading a thousand page book,

::

you'll need some water.

::

So drink some water.

::

Yeah, yeah, absolutely.

::

And that third step, look,

::

you don't want to smell

::

like a thousand page book

::

that's been sitting on a

::

shelf for too long.

::

So hop in the shower.

::

Take care of yourself, people.

::

Thank you.

::

It's springtime, y'all.

::

We're getting a little bit

::

more heat than maybe we're used to.

::

So make sure that you are

::

taking care of it by washing that ass.

::

So make sure you take care of that.

::

Uh, gentlemen,

::

that does it for this week's

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episode of films, black and white.

::

We'll be back next week with

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another outstanding episode,

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but in the meantime, in the between time,

::

stay safe, stay healthy.

::

We love y'all.

::

We appreciate y'all.

::

And we'll catch y'all next week.

::

This is a long outro.

::

That's enough.

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Films in Black and White
A Comedy Podcast about Movies, Comics, and Pop Culture
Deep dive into the movie news of the week, featuring reviews and analysis for the more socially conscious moviegoer. Join Doug, Marcus and Bryan as they share their honest, in-depth, and hilarious perspectives on today's biggest movies, comics, and pop culture.
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