Two In The Think Tank - 223 - Bruce Lee

Episode Date: January 29, 2020

Bruce Lee is the most famous martial artist of all time and had a profound influence on cinema, martial arts and pop culture. Born in America but raised in Hong Kong, Bruce Lee dreamt of making it big in Hollywood and after years of set backs this writer, director, choreographer, actor and founder of his own martial arts/philiosphy Jeet Kune Do looked poised to take on the world... that is before tragedy struck.We are back for another run of live shows in MELBOURNE for the International Comedy Festival (March 28, April 4,11,18)! Grab tickets (including a season pass which gets you 4 tix for the price of 3) here: https://www.trybooking.com/BHUVCMatt is performing his new stand up show MONKEY HOUSE in BRISBANE March 10-15 and MELBOURNE March 26-April 19, find more details/get tickets here: https://mattstewartcomedy.com/gigs (use the code 'podcast' for a special listener discount)Jess is performing her debut solo stand up show ALMOST in MELBOURNE March 26-April 19, get tickets here: https://www.comedyfestival.com.au/2020/shows/almostSupport the show and get rewards like bonus episodes: patreon.com/DoGoOnPodSubmit a topic idea directly to the hat: dogoonpod.com/Submit-a-TopicTwitter: @DoGoOnPodInstagram: @DoGoOnPodFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoGoOnPod/Email us: [e-mail] out our other podcasts:Book Cheat: https://play.acast.com/s/book-cheatPrime Mates: https://play.acast.com/s/prime-mates/Listen Now: https://play.acast.com/s/listen-now/Our awesome theme song by Evan Munro-Smith and logo by Peader ThomasREFERENCES AND FURTHER READING:Bruce Lee, Pierre Burton Interviewhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ze_hfMw8JFgBruce Lee screen test and audition:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2BKNDc48N4Physics of the One Inch Punch:https://www.scmp.com/article/1004216/physics-behind-bruce-lees-one-inch-punchBruce Lee Biography Documentary:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLAuWb46Eykhttps://bruceleefoundation.org/jeetkunedo/

Hey everybody, Jess and Dave, just jumping in really quickly at the top here to make sure that you are across all the details for our upcoming Christmas show. That's right, we are doing a live show in Melbourne Saturday December the 2nd, 2023, our final podcast of the year, our Christmas special. It's downstairs at Morris House, which usually be called the European beer cafe. On Saturday December the 2nd, 2023 at 4.30pm, come along, come one, come all, and get tickets at dogoonpod.com. This episode is brought to you by Progressive. Most of you aren't just listening right now.

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You could start your new career in months, not years. Take classes online or on campus Visit planetbroadcasting.com for more podcasts from our great mates. Hey team, Dave here at the top of the episode to tell you that we are doing four live podcasts as a part of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and they are on sale now. Four Saturdays at 2pm, two, two pm. That is at the European beer cafe, fantastic venue starting March 28th all the way until April 18th. So four Saturday afternoons, tickets are flying out the door as we speak, you can buy season pass, you can come to all four shows for the price of three, but those are limited and we've already sold a bunch of them to the Patreon supporter. So get on that if you are interested.

Also, I should tell you that Jess and Matt have solo shows, standup shows for doing for three and a half weeks at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. And Matt is also doing a show in Brisbane, when's that, Matt? Brisbane Comedy Festival from the 10th of the 15th at the Powerhouse Hotel. No, not hotel, we call it. Just the powerhouse. And what month are we talking 10th of the 15th of?

March. March, fantastic. Otherwise known as the Holy Month. Absolutely great. It is as the Holy Month. Absolutely great. It is now. Thank you. And you can get a ticket via the links in the description of this episode

for all of the shows I've just mentioned. Come to all of the shows. Yeah, if you don't, I will find you. Yeah. And what's the point of a Holy Month if you're not there? Yeah. All right, here we go. Hello and welcome to another episode of Do Go On. My name is Dave Wonky and I'm sitting here with Matt Stewart and you guessed it, it's Jess Perkins.

Oh, I was wondering who that was in the Hessian sack. Yeah, it's me. But you guessed it right? I had a lot of funny feeling. I wasn't going to pull my money on the table. What gave you the idea that it was me though? Was there any sort of clues? Yes. What were they?

I was sort of a zest for life emanating out of the sack. Oh, like a vibe. Yeah. It wasn't because I'd spray-painted the name Jess Perkins on the side of the sack. I thought that was to throw me off, but the double-blop didn't work. I said, hey, Matt, it's me under this sack. Yeah, and I said all right mystery voice

I like your vibe I don't know who you are. It doesn't have my voice all my name I'll never know. It's great to have you here, sack lady. I'm not sure if Matt can raid I've seen no evidence of him reading hmm. Well, I greater disagree I've seen no evidence of him reading. Hmm. Well, I'm great to disagree. How are we, team? I'm pretty good.

Hey, I'm good to, Jess, but I think that you might be a little bit tired. Are you rushed off your feet at the moment with, we put a new t-shirt on sale, and we were just talking about how it's lovely that people are buying them. And me and Matt love that, but you don't like it as much because you're the one who has to send them out. I absolutely love it. I just, I get stressed because I'm like, oh god, you know, because I think that I have to be like a proper online store that like ships it out the same day and it's just physically not possible. But I'm doing my very best and it's great that people are buying, buying a t-shirts and there's pins up there now. Yeah, first of the pin, wow. That's selling. You also write a personalized letter, don't you?

Yeah, I do. I'm thinking about just getting a stamp to be honest with you. A whole letter on a stamp. To whom it's making sure. It's a really big stamp. Yeah, no, I write a little note. It's a lot of fun. But yeah, so you can head over to our our merch site on our website. You can click on shop, I think. Yeah, that's what I'm hitting. The shirts are yellow and all gray. Oh, two of my favorite colors. Me too, actually. Yeah. The yellow one pops. We've got like five t-shirt options up at the moment and the pins and you know, more stuff will come eventually. So it's all good. Shit. Yeah, there's a lot of good stuff. It is happening.

Yeah. I always wanted to get in a retail. I mean, you're not though, really are you? I'm a retailer, Jason. Yeah, that's true, yeah, yeah. Yeah, we know someone who works in retail. This makes it sound like you do all the work. We all have roles.

No, no, yeah, that's just my only job. My role is to be retail adjacent. Yeah, and he's nailing it. And you fulfill that role. You could do a little better. All role is to be retailer Jason. Yeah, and he's nailing it. And you fulfill that role. You could do a little better. All right. And we're now. Be more adjacent.

Okay. There we go. And our live show is just you are in charge of the merch as well, then you set up a fantastic shop. It's always in order, all these things. And sometimes I have to attempt to help. And I often feel like I'm the work experience student. Not to go on a great job.

But I've never worked in a retailer. I'm having fun. You're doing a great job. Role playing, call. It's really not that hard. You know, most people figure out, they just look at them and they figure out what they want and then you just take the money. It's quite, it's pretty good. There's no upselling with this one. But there's a lot of people going, what size do you think I am? And I don't know. Anyway, array of sizes. Appreciate all the work you do there, but. Now, what we do here on this show,

is we sell merchandise because we do a podcast. And let me tell you what the podcast usually entails. The three of us taking turns to a report on a topic usually suggested by one of the listeners, and this week it is my turn to do a report. And we're... Yeah! All right, yeah.

And I paused for a bit there, didn't get anything so well, all right? Yeah, we like it best because then Matt and I get to unleash and it's always best when Matt and I work as a team. When we work against each other, it's bad. People don't like that. Well, I don't like it. I hate it when we fight. I'm a team player. I hate it when we fight. I mean, you can still work as a team even when it's not me reporting. I mean, we could. We've never figured out how. Yeah not me reporting. I mean, we could. Well, we've never figured out how. Yeah, go ahead. Anyway, this your first report in the studio for 2020, Rick and Dave. Holy cow.

Is that true? I believe so, yes. I believe so, also. Confirmed. The last one we recorded, it wasn't live for you, was in our hotel in London about the volcano. We had lost our minds too. We were so tired.

Yeah, it's got great feedback from that episode though. Oh, an incredible story. Mouts and hellons is what we're talking about, if you haven't heard it. Fascinating. Fascinating story, but yes, you're right. We were delirious at the end of our tour, by that stage.

Anyway, enough reminiscing. It was a weird, no. No, not enough reminiscing, man. No, remember that living room we were in when we recorded, and it was a weird living room, because it had a desk in the middle of the room that faced the couch. Yes. Like it wasn't facing the wall or anything.

It was in the middle of the room facing the rest of the room. But also had a lamp on the, like a desk lamp on the floor. Yeah. And like so much room to put a TV on a piece of furniture, but it was just sort of hanging off the wall a bit. I think it was an alien trying to look like they had a house. Yeah. This is a human's death.

I mean, us humans decorate our apartments. But a desk in the middle. So, so you know, someone can hold meetings. Well, an alien rent out their apartment. Good question. But, you know, aliens don't need money, Dave. They don't need income.

Well, don't you think it's... They're watching us through the... ...double of the one-sided mirror. Oh, there was actually a room that we went all out of going. Yeah, they're observing us. Oh. That's terrifying. Yep.

My mattress was made in 1911. I mean, it was not comfortable. Do you think it's terrifying that aliens observed? I think that's exciting. Oh, what a thrill. The truth is out there. I thought you were an ex-files head. Mm.

Right. I want to believe. That we will watch through a wall. Jillian Welch more than a, but he David DeCov. Jillian Anderson. Any who are on primates last week, I forgot Darth Vader's name and called him Darth Trooper.

That's adorable. One of you's early names. Oh, look, wait, this is going to sound wrong. Is this from Darth Trooper? That's wrong, isn't it? Anyway, yeah, we talked about the Mandalorian. Real good nerd fest from some absolute Star Wars officials. You got all the whole gang there, Darth, Trooper, C3P robot, and all the rest.

Yeah. I haven't watched it, but boy, am I enjoying the baby Yoda memes. Oh, yeah. Oh my god, he's so cute. When you watched the show, it doesn't let you down, baby Yoda. Fuck yeah. I thought the expectations were so high and met him. Anyway. That's how I imagine people see me. Am I that cute?

Yes. Thank you. Enough of the reminiscing. Here we go. My question to get us onto topic this week is who is the person? Yes, the person, Donald Glover. It was, just you want to have an early guess as well could be so sweated he got it Donald duck is it a Donald yes don Bradman huh don Trump Donald Trump imagine if

he went by Don or Donnie donnie donnie donnie donnie donnie donnie donnie donnie donnie sorry finish the question who is arguably the most famous martial artist in history? Bruce Lee. It's Bruce Lee! Hey! Bruce Lee, I... I've decided to exclusively do biographies of people with a surname Lee for now, Christopher Lee last month. Wow.

Bruce Lee this month. Right, and then who? Um, Lemo. Lee Siles. I call it Siles Lee. Um, Limo. Limo sales. I call it sales. I think of another Lee. Yeah, I mean, Brett Lee, there you go, but Lee Christmas.

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Yes, once upon a time in Hollywood, and not a very favorable portrayal that one, he came across this very, very arrogant. Yeah. And then Brad Pitt kicked the shit out of it. Yeah, I didn't see it going down that way. Who played him? Not sure.

There you go. Yeah, I can't say I know a lot about his actual life. One inch punch. Oh, we're gonna talk about that. Are you trying to look up a hoop? Mike Mo. Oh, yes. Mike Mo, great name.

Oh, yes, Mike Mo. Oh, yes. But he was also Riyu in the web series Street Fighter Assassin's Fist. Yeah, great. Assassin's Fist. He's a Korean guy and he plays Triton in the television series Marvel's in humans

Never heard of death by fist There you go anyway. This topic was suggested by a few people Dustin in British Columbia Canada Chris Chan in London Aaron Wolfen date Daytona Beach Calum J. Burgess Wiley. Oh, what a name all of these names in a Huddersfield West Yorkshire and In the old old old hat it was suggested once before we went digital when people would just basically tell us suggestions and write them down. Gary Adair.

Great to have a Gary suggestion. Great to have a Gary. Hopefully Gary's still with us. Yeah, many years later. I met listening, but I guess I mean it in both ways. It wasn't decades ago. Over the weekend, I went away with some friends, and there's supposed to be four of us going,

and then one had to bail because she had some family stuff on. So we get down to check into our motel, and the lady checking us in was like, are there four of you? And there's only three of us standing in front of her, and I just said yes She's no longer with us That's what came out and then my friends were just like desperately scrambling like she just she just couldn't cut

She's not stuff on this weekend and it definitely looked like we'd killed it. Oh She's in the boot. She's no longer with us Thank you so much for bringing it up. We are mourning her and then you you get a bottle of champagne. Yeah. Wait, that's a bit more of a celebration. Would you like honeymoon sweet? What's a sad drink? Oh, a reasling. Of course. Oh, I'll see you in teem area. Yeah. Bloody Mary. So bringing down the moon. All right, Bruce Lee, quite an amazing life. I'm going to hopefully go into a account with Justice here. Bruce Lee was born on November 27, 1940 of the Jackson Street Hospital in San Francisco's

Chinatown. According to the Chinese zodiac, he was born in the year of the dragon in the hour of the dragon. Some would say that this was a sign of his future greatness. So quite a specific time to be born. The dragon is the mightiest of the signs and dragons reportedly show such character traits as dominance, ambition, authority, dignity, and capacity.

Dragons prefer to live by their own rules. And if left on their own, they're usually successful. What is capacity, man? It sounds like a stadium, you know? Well, that's, I mean, one of the things you talk about in a stadium is its capacity. Yeah, so that's definitely true or a jug. And also it's ambition. Oh, it's a ambitious stadium.

If left alone, they can do a... Usually successful, yeah. And he was a bit of a loan wolf at times, Bruce Lee. I think I was born in the year of the horse. Yeah, I was about to say, Jess and I, you're the horse. Matt, you are a pig. I thought, I knew I was one of the ones that didn't sound good. Yeah, yeah.

Pig or rat. Rat. Yeah, horses are mighty. So the dragon is the mighty, so the signs, the pig, the least mighty of the sign. That feels right. I like pigs though. Big pig head. Yeah, you don't have capacity though.

Oh, what have I got? What do pigs have? Curly little tails. Yeah. Little snouts. It's very smart. They produce lots of different kinds of meat. Mm-hmm.

Like, what are there some sort of a magical animal? What a yeah, you don't you don't know if the top of your head what a pig can do now. I'm afraid I do not smarter than a dog Hmm pigs Supposedly, it depends what kind of dog doesn't it. Can't I mean could you teach a pig to roll over? It probably actually. Yeah, what about could you teach a dog to herd share? I'm probably actually to teach a pig like baby. Yeah What about could you teach a dog to herd share? I'm probably actually teach a pig like babe. Yeah. Oh I can't teach a doctor sing Things that got it all Bruce was the fourth child in his family and was given the name

John fan at birth But a nurse at the Jackson Street hospital gave the little baby the name Bruce and Name what do you mean the nurse gave him a name? I couldn't find any more a lot so many websites and different things just said this nurse gave him a name? I couldn't find any more, a lot so many websites and different things just said, this lady gave him this name and I was thinking, is it a nickname? Or is she just telling the parents,

I can't remember, John Fann, this kid's called Bruce. I'm going to just call him Bruce. I'm writing down Bruce. You're saying John Fann, I'm writing down Bruce. Bruce? She sounds racist. I mean, John, that's nothing like Bruce. I've never heard that name, but Bruce, I've heard of.

Was this an outback hospital? But it was in Chinatown too. And they're a family from Hong Kong. You think that there would be at least some understanding of the name, John found, but the lady, for whatever called in Bruce, a name that the baby would begin to use when it grew up in secondary school when studying English.

So that's when Bruce started becoming called Bruce. I'll refer to him as Bruce throughout, but it was only in his 10 years that his family and it quite as if we're calling Bruce. Bruce's mother was Grace Ho and his father was Lee Hoi Chun, a successful Cantonese opera singer and actor. Oh wow. So baby Bruce had been born in San Francisco while his father was on tour with the opera there. and when Bruce was just Three months old the family moved back to Hong Kong where Bruce would stay for the first 18 years of his life Because I was thinking when you see his born San Francisco is like what? I had no idea. Yeah, so dad's on tour family goes along pregnant mum gives birth

He gets called Bruce by later. You doesn't want to say Jun fan But after three months they leave. But they remember that name. Yeah, remember Bruce. That's a weird naming origin. If you're heavily pregnant, maybe don't go on the tour. Just stay at home, I reckon. Or they may have been there for many months.

I'm not sure. So maybe even like not have been pregnant when they... Yeah, or maybe not known about it. Yeah, I'm not sure. Are your mum's spawning right now, Jeff? or maybe not known about it, yeah. I'm not sure. He mumsplaining right now, Jess. Maybe she could have done it, whatever she wanna do. Sure, yeah. Maybe she was a powerful woman who believed in herself.

That is actually... She was strong, she was in pain, then. That is absolutely true. I just sort of think if I'm ever pregnant, I'm just not, I'm not gonna do anything. Honestly, I'm starting at sick of being the only real feminist on the show. Yeah, I'm sick of it too.

You're right, the episode's our best one you two get along. So he's lived in Hong Kong. During the war, Hong Kong was occupied by the Japanese and things weren't easy for the city, but Bruce's dad kept his acting work always employed. Bruce's father also got his son, Bruce, many child acting jobs, starting it to three months old when in 1941, Bruce served as the stand-in for an American baby in the film Golden Gate Girl.

Okay. He didn't have any lines. Interesting. Three months, no lines. He refused to remember them, not professional this kid. Yeah, a real Bruce, if you know what I mean. So, but at three months they're probably playing a newborn, you know? You know, when they hand a newborn baby to parents, you know?

And they've got a beard. It's like, it's like, that's a fucking toddler. Like, who are you fooling? But then again, don't, probably don't take a newborn off parents. Take a three month old. Right. With a beard. With a beard, preferably.

Who knows? Who knows what sort of disaster that baby left behind in the delivery. Some sort of punch or imagine, Bruce punched his way out. One inch punch. That's where he learned it. He didn't have a lot of room in there.

Oh, Bruce's father's son is a natural in front of the camera. And throughout his childhood, Bruce appeared in 20 films. Wow. He's a child actor. I did not know that. No idea. A boy stress young lad, Bruce often got into fights as an adolescent. He fought against local gangs that dominated the city of Hong Kong, and also against British

students who taunted him over his Chinese background. Oh. In Hong Kong. In Hong Kong. In Hong Kong. Because remember, it was occupied by the British. Yeah, but I think there was a few Chinese people not gonna be out as well, weren't they? So even then, white people are going,

and what is guys? When is, this is in the 50s. Yeah, when he's growing up. In Hong Kong. And he's getting teased for being Chinese. That is wild. It's amazing. Yeah. Amazing how quickly things change. And it was a... I don't think like for instance, I mean, I don't know, but I don't think that would have happened today if Bruce Lee was holding

his fist one inch from my phone. I don't think I'd be given him any grief at all. Maybe it wasn't, maybe it wasn't in fisting all. Maybe it wasn't in fisting position. You got to be in fisting position. Always be ready to fist. He was a real philosopher. I was a little bit violent. As a kid in Hong Kong, I was a punk and went looking for fights. We used chains and pens with knives hidden inside. Then one day I began to wonder, what would happen

if I didn't have my gang behind me when I got into a fight? Hmm. And then what do you go from there? That's a good amount of self awareness of going, I'm only tough because there is so much tough of people standing behind me. So you got to begin off, or I can? a man of self awareness of going, I'm only tough because there is so much tougher people standing behind me. So he got a big an offer, I reckon? That's not a north. That's not a pen, not.

You got a bigger pen. He's already over the novelty pen. His pen's a foot long. No, officer, it's just a pen. I might need it. That's gone around with a quill. His parents began to worry for him as he was constantly fighting, especially after he fought and won a fight against the son of a local triad gang member.

Oh, and his parents decided that Lee should learn some Chinese martial arts for self-defense. That was after he won a fight. Yeah, they thought you need some training. Win better. You've got to just got to look cooler when you're winning, alright? Yeah. At the age of 13 Bruce was introduced to a master teacher of the Wing Chun style of Gung Fu, also known as Kung Fu in the West.

This teacher would have a profound impact on the young Lee and has one of the best names I've ever come across in their reports and prepare. So his name, Master Yip Man. Yip Man! Yip Man! And apparently he is a very influential, very famous man in the Wing Chun style of Gong Fu. Yip Man. Yip. Master Yip Man Lee was instructed in the ways of discipline and self-control. Yip Man.

Love it. Yip Man would describe part of Wing Chun as being able to maintain one's flexibility and softness, all whilst keeping the strength to fight back, much like the flexible nature of bamboo. Be the bamboo. Got a lot to learn from. You know, people don't look at trees and think, how do I be more like that? I don't think they, I don't think we get enough lessons out of our trees. Yeah. Look at that gum over there. Look at it standing there up tall. I'm gonna be more like that.

I'm gonna grow real tall. I'm gonna grow 20 meters into the sky. I'm gonna be the biggest boy that's ever been. And that's, I'm gonna let squirrels live inside me. I'm gonna have a little hollowed out area and an owl can be in there. Hoot! That's gonna be in my belly button.

Yeah, I don't think we should do more of that. We should do more. I didn't realize you had a coffee of Yutman's. Oh, cook. Yeah, I'm big Yutman fan. Have you ever seen Matt's belly button? There's a little owl in there. I've never seen Yutman's belly button.

Yeah, there's a little owl in there. Woo, twit, twit, twit you belly button. Yeah, there's a little out there. Whu-whu-whu. A little bow now. Really, yeah. A little bow. Oh, I'm 20 minutes tall. 20 minutes tall. I've never thought about... Have you tried to see me trying to get in under a doorway?

I have to crouch. You wonder what that is? No. A bonk, my head otherwise. LAUGHTER You bonk it, Dave! Dave, it makes a beautiful sound. It's good to be self-aware like Bruce Lee. Timber on Timber sounds beautiful, but... You know, that's a beautiful sound. It's good to be self-aware like Bruce Lee.

Timber on Timber sounds beautiful, but that's a point of hurts. I've got roots. There. That's how I'm like trying to use them. Ha ha ha ha ha. Ha ha ha ha. Can't, you try pushing me over, you can't.

You can't. Because I'm so rooted into the ground. My beautiful balance. Right, go on, try. Try and push me. Didn't ever move. No. Oh, she's rooted.

This one's rooted. This one's rooted. Mate, you are rooted. I shed my leaves in autumn. I just drop them all in the ground. Drop them for you to play in. They go all naked and free for a bit. Taste the lead, taste the mood.

It looks like I'm dead for three months of the year. I can't bear to live out doing all the kids. It's beautiful. We should be people like trees. I love the seasons. How much do you hate us, Dave? I'm evergreen. I'm pretty cool with this. Yeah.

We're more deciduous. Yeah, we're deciduous trees. Is that right or not? He's not right. Yeah. Dave, do go on. Be like the bamboo. All right.

Be like the bamboo and move the fuck on. Lee was a great student trained very hard under master Yip Man. But after a year, his classmates found out that Bruce Lee had mixed-raced heritage. His mother being a Eurasian woman, and many of them refused to continue to fight and train with him. Sadly, Bruce Lee would experience a lot of racism throughout his life from both Asian and white societies. Ah!

I didn't know that about him. I don't really see race. But yeah, that's, you do see that a little bit in film and television and stuff, and people are not feeling accepted from either side. So they're kind of like, they feel quite displaced. So like, where do I belong then? I imagine that was similar for my Nana who was both Swiss and Italian.

Oh my goodness. Straddling each side of the border without any real home of her own. Yeah. And me, it's hard. I was actually brutal that Swiss. My mom grew up in the country and my dad in the city. Where do I belong somewhere between? Probably on the motorway.

The airbase. The outer urban edge. The 16th of an acre. Can I have a right there? Yeah. In the same house as you. That's what you belong. Oh, and an apartment is what you mean.

Oh, okay. So, he's not fitting in with the Asian or white societies in a lot of ways. However, Lee continued to train traveling with Yip Man who was happy to help him. Did you just say praying traveling? I pray. You said praying.

You said praying traveling. I pray that way. Let's not make a big deal out of it. Yeah, let's not make a big deal. Let's not sing a big deal. I think that was fun. I think it was fun and it's a shame that this has been edited out, but that's'm gonna let me have another go of that.

However, Lee continue to train travel. I knew you would do that. I knew it and I still left it. I was like, come on Dave. It's so funny, my brain is like, no, I said it perfectly. Both times. I'm not sure if you were both just lying to me. Be very funny. So he's training trivally.

Yeah, man. And apparently not many people actually got to train trivally. Just one on one with... Yeah, man. Yeah, man. Right. Not many people got triv it training. No.

My God. You were lucky if you were trained in the privates by... You're a man. And you're a manoe... E, you were lucky if you were trained in the privates by Man and you're a man oh And also they man oh with another future kung fu legend Wang Shan long Oh, I'm not familiar with the name, but apparently in the circles you know Wang Shan long Right so he's is learning a lot from the master you man as well as being trained to be a killing machine Bruce was also a great dancer,

which helped his footwork with his fighting. And he also won the 1958 Cha Cha Champion. Cha Cha Champion. Cha Cha Champion. Wow. That was fun to see. 1958 Cha Cha Champion. He never started.

Cha Cha Champion. Yes, I am the Cha Cha Champion. Okay, what? I'm the Cha Cha Champion. But what are you the champion of? The Chacha Champion. Look, I would never point at it. I would never point at it.

I start out, but what are you the champion of? The Chacha Champion. Yeah. Chacha. Yeah. He really dedicated himself to Dancing, which is demonstrated by the fact that he kept a notebook in which he had noted 100 and different, 108 different cha-cha steps. Who would have known those? That's the cha. Of course, and there's the cha.

There's the cha-cha cha. And then you can, you know, any sort of combination as you've got the cha-cha-cha, you've got the cha-cha. The cha-cha-cha-cha-cha. Chacha-cha-cha-cha. How are you noting down dance moves? You know, how do you write that down? Well, char. Ah, sorry. Now I get it. First position.

I'm ready to fist. But basically, what I'm trying to say is, when it came to the Bruce, if you got into something, he was all in. He was a dedicated man, even when it was char charring. I respect that because I'm a bit like half in. You know, I've got a lot of ideas, and I'm a lot of followers through. Yeah, even if you have a 58 cha-cha-moo.

Yeah, that's pretty lame. Bruce also won an interschool boxing championship against an English student in which the marquee of Queensborough rules were followed, and Bruce didn't use any of his kicks. So even when he was limited to punches, he still won the fight. Wow. So he's a good dancer, he's a good fighter.

He's a good fighter. He's a great lover. Oh, I thought he's a teenager. Well, he's a teenager's gonna love too. No, they can't. With all their heart. I'm not capable of love. What? No, they're not. When do you learn love? When do you learn love?

21st birthday. I cannot believe I have to explain this to you. Well, yeah. That's still wondering. I'm just... When do I learn love 21st birthday? I cannot believe I have to explain this to you. Yeah, that's too wondering When will I learn love mate if you haven't already it's too late for you. I have the heart of a tree Cut me open lots of rings very old And I still rings I'm in my tummy at the L-guards Oh, I'm stored in my tummy. Of the Elle, Garza.

You mean, swallowing rings again? And a little Elle looks, he protects her. And if somebody's trying to get the rings, he goes, whoo, whoo, and I know they're there. He's a look out Elle. Look out Elle. He's a look out. So tired.

Is he wearing the rings? Does he put in the stomach as well? He stands in front of the rings and he looks at him. Oh, okay. Because he can, because his head swivels. He can sit in front of him and still see him behind him. Yeah, it's pretty serious. One of the cool things about being an owl.

What a many. 270 degrees. As well as having ears on different sort of sides of their heads or something. Apparently they're actually a bit dumb. Ow. No. Well, I got the wrong guy bit dumb. Ow. No. Well, I got the wrong guy looking after my ring.

No, I mean, he can still swively his head around. So he's still a good look at. But like, you know, if you want philosophical advice, don't go to an owl. Sure. Security guards aren't always necessarily the most philosophical intelligent people. Not necessarily.

But they could be. They could be. I'm not saying they can't. A lot of our best listeners are security guards and shout out to them. Was it wasn't day card a security guard? Yes. Yes. At the night time he was, obviously in the day he was a guard.

Something like that. So what do you say? A guard therefore? Can you edit that bid out? They say smarter Well or less dumb or less shit. Mm-hmm Sadly for Bruce's parents their son street fighting continued and got more and more violent as he got older One day when Bruce was removing his jacket a man punched him in the face and gave him a swollen

That is absolutely not funny, but it's a little bit funny. To imagine, as you're removing your jacket. Bang. Bruce was incensed and chased the man down, breaking his arm, breaking a tooth, and then knocking him out in the process. Okay.

So you got revenge. Yeah. I don't think you're ever more vulnerable than when you're taking off a jacket. Was he driving at the time? That is tough. Oh my God, that is so, and like you're trying to do it at the red light, and you're like, come on, come on, come on, come on. Come on, come on. Come time? That is tough. Oh my God, that is so, and like you're trying to do it at the red light

and you're like, come on, come on, come on, come on. Come on. That is hard. And you've got the seatbelt off and you're like, God, if I die now, how awful would that? And then all of a sudden, you're passing your punches, you're in the face.

Yeah. You know what stresses me out? You know how every now and then you'll be stopped at a red light and the driver of the car in front of you will get out and like, I don't know, maybe the boot slightly opened or something. but when they get out of the car, it starts to stress me out. I'm like, hurry!

Oh, I think you're low. They're coming to kill you. Oh, no. I don't generally worry. Always, nearly always, I'd say people would, they feel like they get a lot of time. Yeah. Everything slows down. They're not in a hurry.

They know what's going on. And even if they're just like, oh, I just need to open and then re-close the boot and get back in the car. I've definitely got time, but I'm still, I don't know what they going on. And even if they're just like, oh, I just need to open and then re-close the boot and get back in the car. I've definitely got time. But I'm still, I don't know what they're doing. Yeah. When they go into the milk bar, get some milk from the pack of smoke.

You are taking the pee. You see them take their keys out, throw it down a drain, take it all away. This is stressing me out. You're running out of time. You're only 15 seconds to retrieve your keys and prove your car. Ha ha ha't know how to go around you.

I don't know how. Never let it turn. You're driving a train. Go around. So he copped it in the face and then he broke a guy's arm and knocked him out. Sure. The police became involved in an approach to these parents and warned them that if you got into another fight, he'd probably be imprisoned.

Oh no. that's bad Oh, that's bad. So his parents made the tough choice in 1959 to send their 18-year-old to stay with friends in the USA in the hopes of keeping him out of trouble Um, I just wanted to say sorry to anybody listening from prison. Um, I know I said that's bad and look it is But I'm just saying like it doesn't make you necessarily a bad person. He was in the podcast in prison? I don't know. Get into it. I don't know, but I don't want to piece anyone on.

I give us a tweet if you're in prison and you have the internet. Honestly, in these bloody Australian prisons, or they've probably given them everything, you know, they're probably lying on a hammock right now from what I've heard. You probably, you're probably better off been in prison and out of prison the way they look after them these days.

I don't have a PlayStation 4 at my house, but they've got one. Sure, it's like a share between 400 of them. Still better than me. I've got nothing. One in 400 chains. I've got none. None in 400 chains.

Give me a 400 chance. I'd like a timeshare in a place for Seaching 300 seeking 399 other people Just over a year until I get my turn Can't wait to play Gran Turismo People who complain about how good they have it in prison They never put in their hands up going. I want to go to prison. Do a big crime. You can be in there Yeah, if you think it's so good off your your part. Often the thing where your mouth is.

Murder someone then. Yeah. Or at least do some fraud. Yeah, come at it. Don't murder anyone. Don't know what's doing with it. Do some fraud. Do some fraud.

A lot of those people often have committed white collar crime. In like the prisons that have stuff. No, no, the people that are like calling people out. Well, that's one of the weirdest generalizations I've ever heard. Those people who make that complain often don't what, Colour. I can see Dave doing some kind of fraud. Oh, absolutely. And I also believe that Prisons are a great place. Yeah.

So I've just proved my own point there. I've done a lot of what Colour Grand. Just yesterday, Aiden was saying he wouldn't mind going to Prisons because he reckons it would give him a lot of time to work on his book. Oh, and abs. And he was, and I was like, I don reckons it would give him a lot of time to work on his book. Oh, and abs. And he was, and I was like, I don't think the food's that good in there. He's, no, the foods are all right. I'm not fussy.

I was like, no, I do most of the cooking at home. So I can't help but be a little insolent. That is offensive to you. So sorry for trying to get your vegetables. You being toddler. Bit of time to work on his book. So just work on your fucking book then. You don't have to do a crime.

Just work on your book. Anyway, maybe I have to do a crime just work on your book. Anyway, maybe I need to confiscate someone's penitentization. I have a TNA Joe's, but I'm... Well, if he goes to prison, you know, with a lot of blood, he just gives him a place to... Yeah, I never did. Never work on that bloody book. Let me tell you that. 25 years later, he doesn't rent a page. Yeah, but he's like really good at, I don't know, fucking FIFA. No, really good. Yeah, professionally good. Like one of the best. I mean, if you're in prison and you've got a piss for one,

you're not the best at FIFA, what are you doing? Probably working on your book. Yeah, put that down. The real money is in virtual games. Yeah, yeah. Whatever they call it. I'd actually love that, because I'd love to challenge that many people

at Mario Kart, because I'm very good at Mario. Really, is that true? Yeah. Can you do that thing where you go around a corner and you get like extra drift? Yes. I can't do that, I can never do that. I think I know what you mean.

Like it goes orange behind your car and you get like in a little business from going around a corner. You know what I'm talking about? Do you go toad? No. So you're not a cheat then. That is a hack, hack move. And a hate page. Who do you like about? Do you go toad? No. Oh great, so you're not a cheat then. That is a hack, hack move.

Oh, a hate page. Who do you like? Who's you go? Mario. Oh, love it. No one really gives Mario the love that he's- No, Mario, he's so good. He's so cute. I like Yoshi.

Yeah, Yoshi's are right. What, Bowser? Well, Luigi goes, Why don't wee-gee? And that's fun. Uh-huh. Yeah. Anyways. How do you know what we're talking about? Well Luigi goes, why not, wee gee, and that's fun. You know? Yeah. Anyway, do you know what we're talking about?

Yeah, this is like your version of a poem, right? Yeah. Who's your favorite poem character? Oh, that one. That one. You would go that one. That's the toad.

The toad of the Pong world. Yeah, yeah. Of course, you always get the ball from it. What's that or computer? And, you you they never let me play that one. But he pung one. So he's been told he's going to get a prison and his parents are like, well, wouldn't he bloody like that? So they've decided to send him to America.

And he's about 18. He's 18. He traveled back to his birth. City San Francisco via a steamship with $100 in his pocket. A steamship. Pocket full of dreams the other pocket. Speaking of San Francisco, sorry about, excuse me, sorry about, sorry about all these D-tours, but this Monday, it's showing time, San Francisco my boys, playing off in the Super Bowl.

Oh! Against Kansas City. Yes. Potentially for their first win since I'm in on a five, but Kansas City hasn't been there for 50 years. Oh wow! I'm hoping they went to Kansas City hasn't been there for 50 years I went to really looking forward to the match I'm going to go on or go on or a pub to watch it at 9 30 a.m. I've Blocked out the day. It's gonna be real fun time. Sounds great. You have some wings. Oh, yeah, they'll be I'm sure there be hot wings

Mm-hmm and ordinary beers Oh, yeah, I'm sure there will be hot wings. And ordinary beer is not the American way. No, America's got great craft beer. You don't know. I thought you meant like it won't be hot beer. Oh, no, it won't be hot beer. Yeah, ordinary beer. Regular beer.

One regular beer, please. No hot beer. No hot beer. Oh, I see what you're saying, yes. Ordinary beer. I was trying to, I was trying to sing them. But I was, yeah. But I missed it. I fucked it up So you understand friend, but he traveled to Seattle where a family friend named Ruby Chow had a restaurant and promised Bruce a job in a place to say

By this time Bruce had left his dreams of being an actor or a dancer back in Hong Kong I wanted to further his education. Okay. His child actor for a long time gets into this fighting stuff, goes to America and I was like, I'm going to try and knuckle down a bit and study. He finished the equivalent of a high school diploma and then enrolled at the University of Washington where he majored in philosophy. Wow. Philosophy in a way of living is a huge part of Kung Fu. So this study, this study for Lee intensified his interest in the philosophical side of the

martial arts. A lot of his university writings were tied back to Kung Fu. He's done, you didn't even mention he's a Cha Cha Champion. This guy's done so much stuff so young. Oh yeah, Cha Cha Champion. It's the second week in a row that our protagonist has studied, it's like, uh, philosophy, philosophy, philosophically at, uh, university.

Jay from friends of Rome did as well. Oh yes, that's right. philosophy, philosophy, philosophally at university. J from friends around did as well. Oh, yes, that's right. Well, some have since stated that Bruce Lee's academic record shows that he majored in drama, like the best of us do. Oh, I'm on. Oh, hang on. Either way, he did some performing,

he did some philosophizing, he all helped make him the man that he was to become. Did he, and because you mentioned earlier, when he was learning English. Did he come to go to America and learn English? Or he already spoke English? He already had some English, yeah. He's like Hong Kong's, like you were saying,

was in English. Yeah, yeah, he was. Yeah, of course. And he was in his lifetime a very fluent English speaker. Yeah, okay, okay. Just double checking. As well as speaking Cantonese. Right. That was his native language. He kept himself a float and paid his bills while studying

by teaching Kung Fu. Oh cool. He had a small but dedicated circle of friends and students. So at first he taught for free, but they encouraged him to open up his own martial arts school. He named what he taught John Fan Kung Fu, literally Bruce Lee's Kung Fu, but John Fan being his birthday. It was at the school that a student caught his eye. A lady named Linda Emmery. He asked her to go to the Space Needle in Seattle for dinner one night and from there the two started dating. Love it. The Space Needle.

She tells the story of CNN interview. She's like one day that they were doing their martial arts training. I think that maybe they'd both fallen on the ground and he said, oh, would you like to go to the Space Needle? And she said, oh, what the whole group? And he said, no, just you and me. I love that. So nice. She's like, what everyone here?

He's like, no. Shut up. So many of you. Why are whispering in my ear, if you want everyone to go? Hey guys, I don't. Space needle, Bruce is buying. Oh shit.

Fuck. Imagine having Bruce Lee as your teacher. Like, and these people at the time, just university friends. So like, for the rest of your life, once he gets big, you're like, yeah, I studied dark, I'm free wonder Bruce Lee. Yeah.

Re-pliled. But at the time, Linda's parents were not pleased gets big. You're like, yeah, I studied dark and free wonder Bruce Lee. Yeah. But at the time, Linda's parents were not pleased with her choice of an Asian partner and doubted that this philosophy student could provide for their daughter. It's so funny now that we know him as one of the most famous people of the 20th century. Yes. The Bruce found out about this doubt from Linda's mother and gay and punched her in the ass. So you dealt with it the other way, he knew how. Any questions, Mrs. Emery? Do I think I can provide?

I'm a provider of punch. And I made him even more determined to work hard to basically prove this lady wrong. Bruce and Linda married the following you in 1964 and Bruce and Linda moved to Oakland, California to open a second martial arts school together. Bruce was happy to teach anyone that wanted to be taught and was one of the first to teach the secrets of martial arts to people from non-Asian backgrounds, but not everyone was happy with this. Some Chinese martial arts legends thought that Bruce shouldn't be teaching non-Asian people and they started trouble for Bruce Lee.

A group of senior martial artists in the area issued an ultimatum to stop teaching Caucasian people or face the consequences. Namely, he'd have to fight their top guy. Oh, yes! He's a barf! He's got a movie script! Which is kind of cool and he's like, what are you gonna have to, what will I have to do?

You'll have to fight our guy. He's like, cool, I've been training my whole life for this. Bruce never shying away from a challenge or a fight for that matter chose to take on their top guy. The rules were that if Bruce lost, he would agree to stop teaching non-Chinese students. They're basically planned for pinks. They have planned for pinks here.

The story is contested with only a few witnesses being there and not many people wanting to talk about it publicly. The most commonly told story is that the fight only lasted three minutes and in that time Lee pinned their top man to the floor and forced him to yell, I give up. I have heard it, or seen it written about that apparently Bruce was seen to be taking a lot more seriously than the other guy with a couple of groin shots going straight to the guy's face. The guy was like, whoa, whoa, what are you doing?

Wait, so why wasn't that guy taking it seriously? They were the ones who challenged, made the challenge. Yeah, don't put that guy on it. But the look at that, Bruce was ready to kill that man. And the other guy was like, man, I'm just happy to show off my sweet moves. Yeah, yeah, let's just spar. We'll be able to do it again. Well, not, not my dick, Jesus.

I'm not my dick, my precious dick. Oh, fuck, I've only got one of them. I've got two legs, kick them. I imagine that's how you are about your dicks. Yeah. Very precious. She's not my precious dick. No, no, no, this is not the good, not the goods.

My precious dick. I don't know why I find that so funny, but I really do. Hey, it's precious. It's a finite resource. Only one. Only one. Per man. You lose it.

You don't get a replacement. We're not bloody geckos or whatever. You can regrow their dick. 50 dicks. 50 dicks in a lifetime. Yeah. The first 47, you're laughing. You get to 47, you think, all right, I've got to start taking the seriously.

I cannot risk the last three days. Like in Jumanji, they last life. Oh, it's like Jumanji, but it will dicks. You get it? Am I connecting with the youth? Now I get it. Just got to ration out these last three dicks. I might live for another 40 years.

I thought, that's an average of... Oh, 12, 16, 16 years of year. Oh, 12, 160 years per dick, fuck. Get the ratio, right? That's stressful. Why'd you lose so many dick so quickly? Oh, I was young and foolish. What are you doing to him? Helicopters.

Helicopters. I'm doing helicopters in helicopters. Saw a fan thought, nah, I don't have to put pants on. I should have put pants on. Let's see how cool I can get my dick. Oh, no. Like when are you speaking to a fan, it makes a funny noise. Oh, did that with my dick. My precious dick. It's too good, man. Man of a thousand noises, dick being eaten by a fan. What number is that one again?

Oh, then that's 287. Well, my favorite is specific, but accurate. So he won the fight. I'm not even sure. A bunch of the guys dick. But Lee was annoyed that he wasn't able to take out the guy in seconds. I remember it took him three minutes. And he decided to train even harder from that day on.

Oh my god. He also found that his style of martial arts wasn't as practical in a real fight as it hoped. He found that punching his opponents had hurt his hands and they got swollen the more he punched him. You know, you don't say. So he decided to take what he did work and refine it and make his own martial art based around his own philosophy. Eventually, it would be called jit kundou, which

translates from Cantonese as the way of the intercepting fist. It sounds freaking cool. The way of the intercepting fist. Jit kundou. It was named after the wing chun concept of interception or attacking when one's opponent is about to attack. The intercepting fit. Sure. Cheat condors practitioners believe in minimal effort with maximum effect and extreme speed. So often you'll use their move against them. Yes. They're moving one way and you make it to their hand.

Oh, you got, yeah, that kind of thing. Oh, got, yeah. And you have to yell that out. It's part of it. It's an important part of it. Otherwise, I don't know. Oh, I got, yeah. Oh, I don't know. Oh! I got, ah!

Oh, got, ah! Oh, did you, oh, yeah, you did. Up, over here. Up, over here. Always standing in the same spot. Haven't moved. Oh, still over here. They're like, how quick has he moved?

And I've not even seen it. Oh, he must have done a full lap around the earth. Bruce developed it over many years and combined different elements of fighting and training, including boxing, kung fu, winchan and many more. Lee's system was based around quote, practicality, flexibility, speed and efficiency. To be honest, I found it a little hard to grasp on a base level.

It seems like something you don't get for a long time and then hopefully one day it snaps into place and suddenly you get it. Yeah. That's what I hope. Like your bead. One day it'll work. One nap in a place. And I'll get it. The bead.

Yeah. Oh, I've got one. Bang. Yeah, I love your bead, Dave. 28 years. Still snapping into place. I'll be described it as, this is what I mean, but I see if this makes sense to you. Quote the style of no style.

Yeah. The main idea behind the form was using no way as way, This is what I mean, but I see that this makes sense to you. Quote the style of no style. Yeah. The main idea behind the form was using no way as way, having no limitation as limitation. I get it. It sounds great. Do you think it sounds great? Sounds great.

Sounds great. I'm not exactly sure. I am. I'm exactly sure. You are right. The don't worry, Dave, one day I'll snap into the... One day I'll get having no... That speaks to me.

That's snap right in a place. Having no limitations. Yeah, no limitations. Feel like a couple of pieces of Lego just yeah, I actually feel connected a little complete Well to the for the people that aren't getting it I'll I'll give the blessed the best explanation I found which is on Bruce Lee foundation comm They write the idea of interception is key to Jack can doD, whether it be the interception of your opponent's technique or his intent. The basic guiding principles are simplicity, directness and freedom.

Again, the form of having no form. Love that. Now we get it. It sounds like you're describing how I dance. To form a no form? Free. In accepting your partner. Yeah.

Punching someone in the face. Yes. Not on purpose, but that's what's happening. This is why we will not dance with Matt anymore. They've ever told everyone to kick someone in the head on a dance floor. Accidentally. I don't think you'd have told us that. What happened?

So hang on, hang on. Your foot is at the bottom of your body. And a head is at the top of a body. Were they on the floor when you were stomping? Yeah, how did you leave foot? Were you lying dancing on someone's head? I sort of, I had a, I came up with a new sort of style of dance, I called it boot dancing.

The way of the intercepting coach. I think it, you know, I took a few different sort of classic styles and I put my and spin on them. Basically I'd just be, you know, thumbs in the belt buckle and then just kicking out as high as you could. Okay. And yeah, one of those, one of those boots at the Torque Hotel. Made contact.

It was 18. Hit a kick. Unfortunately, position woman. I don't know. So you kicked a woman in the hip. What happened from there? Uh, unfortunately, position woman. I don't know. Oh, no. So you kicked a woman in the head? What happened from there? Uh, well, were you asked to leave the...

Uh, later I was, but... Not right then. Not right then. Not for kicking a woman in the head. Well, it was an accident. Why did you do later to get kicked out? That was worse than kicking someone in the head. I don't. I'll go in.

I don't need to go into that, but um... It was bad. Did you kick another woman in the head. I don't, I'll go and I don't need to go into that. But um. It was bad. Did you kick another woman in the head? Well, no, I just, I, it was just, it was a bit spewy. I just, it's a spewy explanation. Yeah. Not everyone likes to hear that.

No. But they can skip ahead. So what happened? Was this reenacted at your 21st? Yes. All right. I told that part of the story before somewhere. Anyway, good times.

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another type of martial arts, invited Bruce to Long Beach, California, to give a demonstration at his first international karate tournament. In the demonstration, Bruce wowed the crowd by performing push-ups, one handed with only his thumb and karate tournament. In the demonstration, Bruce wowed the crowd by performing pushups one handed with only his thumb and index finger. Oh, no, thank you. It's pretty impressive. That's badass.

But his most impressive feet was the one inch punch. Bruce Lee learned the technique from his Wing Chun training in Hong Kong. Lee then demonstrated the technique where at a distance of only one inch away he was able to knock volunteer Bob Barker flying across the state. Bob Barker from the process right? Yes. Holy shit. I don't think so. Coulda been. He was around back then. One inch away. Holy shit. Bob Barker. Come on down. Is he the same guy? I don't know. It's's the only Bob Barker I've ever heard of. Price is wrong, bitch.

One of his classic lines. It looks like it is one of the same Bob Barker. That's great. Basically they're in Turkey, they're John Baby Birches. Baby John Birches, sorry, baby John. Oh yeah, there you go. Can you explain the one inch punch again to me please?

Oh, let me, I've got full detail here. Okay, great. I actually couldn't understand it. I don't go. So without retracting his arm and holding it on the two and a half centimeters a one inch from Barker's chest, Lee delivered a punch,

sending him backwards and flying into a chair. So he's just standing in front of him, but with his arm already out. Arm is already out. And then, so, but a couple of centimeters away, like I'm from Matt, and then punch him. Punch him into the chest. And it's even funny now, I know it's the process right,

as he's apparently he got up and said to me, you shouldn't demonstrate that anymore. That really hurt. Oh. So it's amazing and almost unbelievable. So the physics of the punches explained in an article written by the South China Post that I will link to in the show notes in our quote now. The one inch punch uses the mathematical principle that the shortest distance between two points is a straight line.

Compared to the typical roundhouse punch, we're coming sort of in a round, which is thrown in an arc towards an opponent, Wing Chun's basic punch is propelled along a straight line. an opponent, Wing Chun's basic punch is propelled along a straight line. In delivering the punch, the wrist is never bent. It is held straight so that the bones in the back of the hand are aligned with those in the wrist and the forearm, allowing for the greatest impact supported by the arm, the torso and the legs. And when you've already got a really, really strong punch, you're a strong man like him. Amazingly, you are able to move another grown man. Wow That's crazy Who knew that maths and violence could come together? Yeah, such a beautiful display. I reckon Dave found that out in school, but Do you have some wedgies nerd? I didn't I was amazingly upset before amazingly not bully

They had a lot of things a lot of things I could Cool, it was in a scar band. Thank you. I wasn't scar band, I was a little bit cool, I was punk. I mean, what's cool in scar? Give it a bat out. That's cool. That right there is very cool. That is cool.

That is cool. Was that scar? Scarred. Scarred. It's a little hybrid I've come up with. So just picture horns underneath. A matey horn. Talking about your dick again?

You really got one. Your precious dick? That was a review on, on Listen Air, we read a, Coltchitz review that described one of the songs as having a matey horn. And we found that very amusing. A matey horn. It's so weird. They knew what they were doing.

They knew what you did. They knew what you did. And we found that very amusing. I'm so weird. It's so weird. They knew what they were doing. They knew what you did. You cheeky bugger. So he's able to knock people out with a one inch punch or knock people over. Can I also quickly point out that Bruce was only 5'7½ or 172 cm, which is only a couple of centimeters taller than I am. And me?

He's not very tall. You're also only wait at this time. Wait. How old how tall are you Dave? You're taller than 5.7 I'm 170. Yeah, I'm saying What I'll tell you like 182 blink 182 Fuck you Remember 12 centimeters tall enough You know, that's why I don't reckon reckon you're 170 I reckon you're tall enough Well, I hope I'm 172 because then I'd be Bruce Lee's heart He's only a couple of centimeters tall and I am as I just said and you only weighed 58 kilos or 130 pounds at this time

What do you mean? Yeah? How he'd bulked up a few kilos I don't want to when he died he was only and he was at peak fitness 62 kilos Wow, what was your comedy weight again? My comedy weight's 52, but I actually weigh about 57 or 58 now. I'm the same weight as Bruce Lee. Me. And he can knock people across the stage.

Whoa. With a one inch punch. Crazy. Crazy. Amazing. That's sick. Oh, sorry, I'm 20 meters tall. I've got an album up there belly button. Still in the 15-on kilos. He's a little bit on my belly button. He's looking after my gold. It's also in my belly button. It's okay, but everything in there. I really should buy a bag or something.

It's really, it's almost empty. Is this what you were talking about the night you were kicked out of that hotel? Yeah. No, you shouldn't let kick me out. I've got gold in there. I'm a chair somewhere there. Those are our, my belly button. Help me. Show them the bounce of the lint.

Look at that little gold. Oh, that little bits of gold in the belly. All right. Okay, Marie, all right, on the way. I'm off we go. Anyway, I mentioned our famous hairdresser, or more accurately famous hair stylist, J.C. Bring. He was in the audience at the demonstration and was very impressed.

We've mentioned J.C. Bring on the show before, but in tragic circumstances, he was later after this murdered by the Manson family, along with his ex-girlfriend Sharon Tate, three others. So he was in Sharon Tate's house tonight that they were all murdered. And she was. This was sort of explored kind of in a long, what was it called? Once upon a time in Hollywood,

yes, and JC bringing it in that film. Right. I haven't seen it. One actor is, yeah. Trajic, obviously, but in 1964, he witnessed Bruce Lee and was so impressed, he suggested him to one of his clients, TV producer William Dozier, who was sufficiently intrigued and invited over for a screen test in LA.

Huh. Dozier wanted an Asian actor to star in a TV show he was developing about the Charlie Chan mysteries. The screen test is on YouTube and again I'll link it in the notes and it's awesome. Bruce Lee is 24 at the time and speaks of the recent birth of his first child, a son named Brandon Lee, who Bruce would also teach Kung Fu from a very young age and would go on to be an actor in his own right. Anyway, in this green test, after speaking a bit, they ask Bruce to demonstrate some of the Kung Fu. And despite wearing a lovely black suit, a tie and dress shoes, he instantly transforms and his moves are awesome. Wow.

He demos them solo at first and then to make it look a bit more accurate, they get one of the crew to stand in and his accuracy is crazy. He pulls all these moves that are like so fast that land about half a centimeter away from the guy's face and the whole time the guy is just standing there silently, shitting himself. Bruce even says, this guy looks a little scared. Oh my God. Everett, yeah, just half a centimeter from your face. That is.

You are not a flint. It is. Oh, the guy is sort of standing there, but you can see him sort of flinching a little bit. And he does these moves and he goes, now, hit him with the stomach. Now, hit him with the guts. He does all these different spots.

And it's like a holy crap. Even one of those, you just be all over. Yeah. Sadly, the Charlie be, just be all over. Yeah. Sadly, the Charlie Chan TV show never went ahead as Dozier was getting ready to launch his new TV show, Batman, starring Adam West, but he promised to keep Bruce Lee in mind for future work. It was a bit tricky at the time for Bruce as he's moved his whole family to LA to be part of the show, but now we found himself with that work.

Oh, shit. Do you know what the Charlie Chan mystery? Is that a real story? I believe they're old old stories. Yeah. Maybe there was a radio show and thing. Ah, great. Six novels. Ah, okay. Wow. Starting in the 1920s.

So it was like, it was like it was going ahead. He's moved the family over and then that show fell through. Yeah, so that was pretty confident it was going to happen. Yeah, that sucks. That's suddenly he's out of work, you know, new city. Luckily for Lee, he didn't have to wait too long because Batman was a huge hit and Dozier started work on a new TV show, The Green Hornet, based on the radio show of the 1930s. Bruce Lee was cast as Kato, the driver and sidekick to the masked superhero, The Green Hornet based on the radio show of the 1930s. Bruce Lee was cast as Kato, the driver and sidekick to the masked superhero The Green Hornet.

Ah cool. It was Lee's first major adult role in the prime time TV show introduced him to an American audience. He was finally getting paid well and at the same time he could show off his moves in the show's fight scenes. Oh, sick. For the fans of the show, he was very, very popular character and received more fan mail than the series lead Van Williams. Oh, he got more fan mail. Fan mail. Despite being the sidekick. Yeah.

That's in second banana. That's awesome. Van Williams. Yeah, I haven't heard of Van Williams. We haven't even known who do go on about him. So, top it, Van. Van Wilder played the green horn later, didn't he?

Run Reddled? Yeah. Van Wilde. Going from Van Williams to Van Wilde. Yeah. Well, the chances. There are no coincidences. I think not.

No, I think that was very much on purpose. Lee was proud to play the character of Kato and avoided Chinese stereotypes with his betrayal. However, Lee also had to make concessions for the role. They found that he moved too fast for the TV cameras and they had to get him to slow down his kung fu for taking him across on film. That's cool. Can't you slow it down in post? No, you can't slow it down. Usually, just tape a bunch of cats together, but it just didn't work out. I just got a cold sweat. I think Van Wilde played a different green superhero. Green Lantern.

Maybe. Anyway, whatever it is, don't at me. Oh, did they do the green hornet? Was the Seth Rogen? That's Seth Rogen, yeah. Oh. So the coincidence is even bigger. Van Wilde played a different green superhero.

And you're telling me that's a cool incidents? I don't believe that wins this. I don't think so. No. I'm going to chase this all the way to the top. Yeah. The vice president. Oh. Uh, Dick Cheney.

Yeah. Taken this all the way to Dick Cheney. I can't remember Mike Pence. Who's the other one? Doesn't matter. Is too vice president? Who was Obama Joe Biden? Huh't matter. There's two vice presidents. Who was O'Bump Joe Biden? Huh? Who's that?

Doing well. I just said it last three. I said it last three. Where's the three? Oh, you did say that again. Yeah, Dick Channy. Sorry to this man. Sadly, the show struggled to find an audience and a crossover with the more popular Batman

that did three crossover episodes. That couldn't save it. and the Green Horn it was cancelled after just one season. Lee and his family's financial future was again in limbo. He'd made lots of friends in the industry and gotten valuable experience but for a time found that he was only able to pick up small guest parts. Unable to get work in front of the camera he paid the bills by acting as a fight coordinator on other films. Oh yeah. I'm sure what to do going forward, Bruce's friend and a Greenhawter producer suggested that he make ends meet by teaching Kung Fu to Hollywood elites in their own homes.

Sort of a mobile, personal trainer, but for Kung Fu. Love that. We talking like Illuminati, Hollywood elites. Yeah, Illuminati. No, even more elite. No, less elite than Illuminati. Okay. Not quite lizards. No, like small lizards Geckos geckos. Yeah, the ones with the heaps of decks. Yeah, so many decks Bruce Lee was kept kicking and he's like

They just keep growing back. I will be frustrating. They're like I Brusley kicked my dick off. I come to my home. You come here. You kick my dick off 48 times. Kick my dick off under my roof. I imagine it would be quite satisfying to kick a dick off. Oh yeah, clean off. And then it just grows back and you're like, oh, all that work for nothing. I just kicked a dick off. You know, you gotta go again. And there's no coincidence that someone who didn't play the green hornet

would go on to play Deadpool where things grow back. Oh my God. All the way to the top, baby. Ben Wilder, he did both. There are no coincidences. Get yourself a guy who can do both. Ben Wilder. Ben Wilder.

Ben Wilder. And whichever green he was. Lanton. Lanton. And also the other one. Deadpool. Yeah. He does it all except the green one.

Yeah. He was. Ah, but Bruce took up the offer and he tried it and soon he had an amazing list of students. Many of him were all would become his close friends, including Steve McQueen, James Coburn, James Garner, and NBA legend, Kareem Abdul Jibbar. Oh, who maybe has the best name of all time.

Kareem Abdul Jibbar. Kareem Abdul Jibbar. That's cool. So he's just like teaching Kung Fu now. Yeah. And for me, he's done that for ages, I'm not sure. I'm not sure. I'm not sure. I'm not sure. I'm not sure. I'm not sure. I'm not sure. I'm not sure. I'm not sure.

I'm not sure. I'm not sure. I'm not sure. I'm not sure. I'm not sure. I'm not sure. I'm not sure. I'm not sure.

I'm not sure. I'm not sure. I'm not sure. I'm not sure. I'm not sure. I'm not sure. I'm not sure. I'm not sure. I'm not sure. I'm not sure. I'm not sure. I'm not sure. premium. So everything's going well again, especially after the arrival of his daughter Shannon in 1969. He was a

reportedly enamored. It was reportedly enamored with her, but he good on him. That's nice. He's in a documentary. He liked his name. He's a namored boy's daughter. Oh, God. What a bloody softie. Oh, loves you, kid. Linda, the mom described him as her having wrapped around his, her little baby finger. Oh, buddy, daddy's girls. Oh, no, no, no, no. Well, he's a dead son of a bitch. Me and my brand is in the corner,

but he karate chopping blocks wood. He's like, you're old news, mate. Yeah, I'm over at Brandon. Come on. Karate chop something I can't. Come and look at how cute your sister is. Look at this. Unbelievable how cute she is.

She's karate chopped my heart. Ha ha ha ha. Into a million times a little pieces. Brandon, you karate chopping. I do jit kendo. I don't do karate. That's embarrassing. Yeah, you're you're being shamed to this family.

I don't know. I just wanted to try something different. Oh, okay. I have a I try not loving you anymore. How about it? Oh, succeeding. Oh, look at me go. I love you sister more.

All right. How about trying something different and impressing me? Now, but I am happy for Bruce Lee likes his daughter. That's very nice. That does sound like the biggest tragedy that will happen to Brandon in his life. Yeah. He's sister.

Thankfully. I was not in other words. I was one of the dimensions that he had a daughter. It was just, yeah, it's sister. Thank you. I was not in other words. I just wanted to mention that he had a daughter and it was just, yeah, it was a nice, it was a nice moment watching the mother describe their relationship. I had no her, but obviously Brandon being going on a fame. So that is interesting that he had a daughter as well. Yeah, Shannon. She's still kicking?

We'll find out. Oh. Yes. We find out in a second I meant. I just cut out the time of me saying in a second I just said it. So 1969, a good year. 1970, not so much. Oh no.

Bruce had a vigorous training routine and he always pushed his body. One morning in 1970 without warming up. Take note. Always warm up. Bruce did what he usually did and that was pick up a 125 pound barbell and did a quote good morning exercise. This time he severely injured his back, damaging a nerve. The good morning exercise, obviously, you have a little bit of a wang.

With it into a barbell. Put your back into it. Oh, it's a good morning. Oh, my back. Let me finish. When you're back into it, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no Could he still chacha? What about the chacha? He was a chacha champion. He was forced to stay in bed for six months to recover. Oh no. And whilst doing so, he...

The dream... I cannot wait to get it. Well, I've heard that your techniques pretty shit out, Matt, so reckon you might do, you know? Apart, well, obviously, the back pain. Chronic bed, back pain sounds like one of the worst things ever. But bed sounds great. I have had the thought a few times of like,

why have I just got just sick enough to stay in bed for a long time? You know, just a little injury, but an excuse to get out of everything. And that is depression. Oh, yeah. Have that kind of thought? Maybe have a chat, or a kiss.

That's the episode of Simpsons, we're home, or where's our moment? Yes. The test is if you rub your food on paper and you can't see through it, that's not funny enough. Not bad enough. Do better. So, he's in bed for six months.

Whilst doing so, he worked on the philosophical side of Jeep Kundo, writing ferociously. Oh yeah. He's a thinker as well as a... He's a one inch rider as well. You wrote one inch away from the page. Yeah. It's crazy. The ink was just dripping.

Look at me. Inter-perfect calligraphy. It's amazing. It's amazing. It's magic to watch, really. One day he took one of his business cards. Yes, he's got business cards. And he wrote the words, walk on on the back and placed it where he could see it as a constant

reminder that he should always keep moving forward. This became one of his mantras, walk on. Several months went by and he was slowly able to walk. This progress continued and by the end of the year he had recovered and was back to training using an exhausting daily fitness routine. He did 2000 punches a day, 1000 kicks a day, he ran three miles and then biked 15 miles. Not bad for a man who was told he would never be able to train again. I love those kind of stats like, oh, I do 1000 punches a day. He's got a picture in the poll and don't know what I was talking about. What?

Pretty strict. Ration. Ration. Ration. Ration. Ration. Ration. Ration. Ration. Ration. Ration. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha That's so great. But he's back. But he's back, baby.

And why? It feels like he sounds like he would be a nightmare to be married to. Yeah. You know, like a lot of get up and go. An incredible person, but very intense. Like you could never just be like, let's just get pizzas and watch a movie.

Something like movie. I love a Sunday night movie. I'll be right with you. I just punched in the air out the back. I just found some air that hasn't been punched. Do you want me to chop up the pizza with my hands? Whoops. I've made a mess again.

Come on. Bruce. I bought a little pizza cutter. Can you just use it please? Sounds like a nightmare. He's trying to karate chop the grime off the shower. Just clean it. And he just doesn't even do karate again. Bruce. Stop.

Once he was better in 1971, Bruce started to travel back to his family's homeland of Hong Kong and try his hand at acting over there. He hoped to get noticed and then work his way back to Hollywood that way. Once back home, Bruce was surprised to find himself being constantly recognized and even mobbed in the streets. What he hadn't realized was the green hornet had been a huge hit in Hong Kong. That is such a wild idea that you could be famous without knowing it in a different country.

So funny. So famous to the point that it was marketed as the Kato show, because they were stoked to see, you know, an Asian actor on screen. So they were like, yes, the Kato show, and named after to see an Asian actor on screen. So they were like, yes, the Kato show and named after the character that he played, of course. So he was already a huge star there and the top Asian producer Raymond Chow offered Lee the chance to star in his own film, which he accepted even knocking back a part on a

US network TV show to do it. He's like, I could do a supporting role on TV there. Now I'm going to be in my own star here first. So Lee's first starring role in Hong Kong was in a film called The Big Boss. Love it. Marketed in the US as Fists of Fury. Ah. As well as starring Lee co-wrote the film and with the director Low-Y. The film featured Lee as the factory worker hero who was sworn off fighting yet enters combat to confront a murderous drug smuggling operation with sexy results. Oh, sounds like Homer Simpson wrote this. According to Bruce's website, Bruce Lee dot com still is official website. Quite the still it's now the working conditions were difficult in the production

quality, substandard. But Bruce was able to show off his charisma and fighting choreography. At the premiere, Linda and Bruce went along and they were worried that the crowd hated it when at the conclusion of the film, the usually very vocal Hong Kong audience, Linda also said about this that they were known

if they didn't like something to slash the chairs in the cinema. What? What? And yell out throughout the whole film. So it something to slash the chairs in the cinema. What? What? And yell out throughout the whole film. So it got to the end and that was silent. And Bruce was like, oh no, they hated. They hated.

Well, at least you're not hearing any slashing. Slashing. Was this fun? Why the fuck would you take it out of the chair? What did the chairs do? Oh, okay. They're passionate. They're passionate.

How often are they having to replace chairs? Too often. But the silence was so- Imagine being in a polsterer in,'m so sorry Dave keep going the silence was soon broken by huge applause They bloody loved it. They would just aren't they would just not used to this style of film right though gobs Mac They were absolutely gobs Mac which would have that's one of his his came moves The gobsmacker. You got the dick punch, the gobsmacker.

He does it all. The shower karate shop. So the film was a huge hit, breaking box office records in Hong Kong. It was the highest-grossing film ever in Hong Kong. Wow. He became a huge, huge star in Asia and was on his way back to Hollywood. I remember this is planned. His next film, Fist of Fury, the last one in Rack was Fist of Fury, very confusing.

Came out the next year and Lee worked even harder. In this film, Lee introduced the Nunchaku, aka the Nunchucks. Michael Angelo's favorite weapon. Yes, but before this, it had never been seen on film before. Oh, wow. So he did introduce it. Wow. Never been seen in a martial arts film.

The choreography was even more intense and upon release, Fist of Fury again broke Box Office records. So it broke the record in Hong Kong that his film and just set just before that. Wow. Around this time, Bruce Lee also pitched to Warner Brothers the idea for a TV show called The Warrior, a Western type show, but with a man who knows Kung Fu.

Warner Brothers were interested in the idea but despite his growing popularity, they didn't want Lee to star because of his ethnicity and his voice. Bruce's wife, Linda, later stated that they used the idea for a TV show called Kung Fu, without giving Lee any credit. They used another actor without any credit.

Although Waterbothers claimed that they were already developing Kung Fu. Oh yeah, that's good. Yep. They call that claim that they were already developing, come so. Oh yeah, that's good. Yep. They call that a dog act. That is a dog act. Official? Yes.

That's dog. I don't know. Bruce. When they say they had an issue with his voice, why? Ah, because he had a nation accent. They wanted an American accent. I was imagining more like he had a squeaky voice. Oh yeah, I don't was imagining, well, I can get a squeaky voice. Oh, yeah, I don't know.

You got to start a cha-cha champion. Well, they didn't realize us. That was just a misunderstanding. Yeah. A lairious. Bruce spoke about this in an interview being rejected, which I'll also link to, which, to be honest, there's a bit of infuriating to watch

because it's the only known interview with Bruce Lee. And he goes for about 20 minutes. He speaks so eloquently and very philosophically, unlike that, out throughout the interview with Pierre Bourzen who just keeps interrupting and the YouTube comments are amazing. They're like, would that idiot just shut the fuck up and let Bruce Lee speak? Oh, they're like YouTube comments for our show. Yeah. And if you listen to this on YouTube, let me get in early and say fuck you Anyway, Bruce Lee spoke about the producers not being confident on this Hong Kong man starring in his own network TV show on the US

Quote they think that business wise. It's a risk. I don't blame them if the situation were reversed and an American star would have come to Hong Kong And I was the man with the money. I would have my own concerns as to whether the acceptance would be there." And quote, so he's kind of taking the racism quite well. Crazy Lee. In April 2019, decades later, a TV show called Warrior based on Lee's idea debuted on cinemas in the US and one of the executive producers is Lee's daughter Shannon Lee. So the idea made it. Sick.

Just a long, long time. That's nice. That's awesome. Good job, Shannon. Good only Shannon, keeping the idea alive. Despite the racism he faced, Lee did have many film offers after the success of his first two films in Hong Kong. But decided to stay loyal to producer Raymond Chao

and signed another deal with Chao, but this time the two would be equal partners. The next film, which is possibly Lee's most acclaimed film, was 1972's The Way of the Dragon. Lee had complete control of the film, and I mean complete. He was the writer, director, star, choreographer of the fight scenes, and he even played percussion on this soundtrack. And catering. And the choreographer of the cha cha scenes as well obviously. Oh, sure. He was a cha cha champion. Big cha cha champion. So he's a drummer too. When I came to this film, you're holy shit. Is there anything you can't do?

Doesn't sound like it. Hmm, take no for an answer. Yeah. Fuck yeah Dave, that's so good. Yeah, that's like my only strength. Oh weakness. Yeah, I have 20 strengths. I care too much.

I work too hard. Yeah, I'm too, I'm too empathetic. I'm too horny. I mean, I work too hard. Horny for knowledge. No, horny for the right answer. What job is this you're going for? Primary school teacher.

Slash primary school teacher. I mean, the job. Playing a primary school teacher in a porn. The job at a was very confusing. Here's my degree as a teacher. You realize we don't need an actual teacher. This is a porn film. Oh, in that case, here's my other D. Degree in sexology. No, I just flopped it. All right, can we get it?

Flopped the chop. Dave, you don't have to act it out for real. I'm not going to do it. I'm not going to do it. No, he just flopped it. All right, we got it. Flopped the chop. Dave, you don't have to act it out for real. Stop it. Put it away. You only live once, but you get 47 for this.

It was his directorial debut, and despite this, he was a perfectionist, often filming scenes over and over and over again. Again and again. Even the Jiminy Gillikus scenes. Again and again and again and again. I said Jiminy Gillikus so many times. The worst of last on any. The film where the dragon has an epic 10-minute fight scene in the Colosseum between Lee and his friend and former training partner, a certain Chuck Norris. Oh, Chuck.

That's right. In his debut on Screen Roll, I say to him, say, in the first two minutes, is then warming up and just cracking every bone in their entire body. Whilst looking at each other, and a cat is watching on. I haven't seen this film. I've heard it's a classic. It's actually, it's also a comedy. That's comedy, yeah. That's gonna be funny. That's it. That's funny.

But also drama. It's a dramedy martial arts movie. Love it. It's got everything. Love us. Is there any romance? Well, I don't know. This romance between Chuck Narris and the Harry,

Harry Chess that he has on display. Okay. Also, he's very, very, Harry shoulders. Right. Lee even ripped some of it off at one point. That's funny. He goes, oh, off the chest, what's this? Again, the film was a huge success and this is the third film on a run out to break Hong Kong box office records. He's a huge starring Hong Kong huge That's amazing In the fall of 1972 Bruce began filming the next movie the game of death. So he just goes film film film. So he's working Some would say a little too hard. Hmm. A film that he again wrote and directed and starred in the film co-star

Lee's friend and former student NBA legend legend and record holder for most points ever scored in the Lee Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who was nearly half a meter taller than him. The fight scene is awesome. That is actually in that film, Bruce is wearing a yellow track suit with black lines, much like Umatherman, and a fuel bill.

Now, Quentin Tarantino's massive film fan, always shouting out to different movies. That's where that comes from. Oh, cool. a Bill. Yes. Quentin Tarantino's a massive film fan. I was shouting out to different movies. Yeah, that's where that comes from. That's cool. And he's fighting Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and it looks amazing because it's quite a relatively short man fighting a very, very tall man. Yeah. Yeah.

We, El Bruce, learned a lot about living from Bamboo. Obviously, Karim. He learned more of his stuff from the Ghost Gums. Those tall, beautiful trees of the Australian bush. Mmm. Usparing in the night. Mmm. I'm the Ghost Gums, those tall, tall trees of the Australian bush. That's spurring in the night. I'm the ghost gum. I'm the ghost gum. Let's shoot some hoops. LAUGHTER

They love to shoot hoops. Are they started filming the Game of Death and filmed about 100 minutes of footage before filming was interrupted when Hollywood finally came a knock-in. Bruce Lee was offered his first starring role in an American film called Enter the Dragon. Lee co-produced the film with Raymond Chow but didn't write or direct this one and it would be his final film. Bruce Lee had finally achieved his goal of being a Hollywood film star. He started working in training seven days a week and pushed himself harder than ever to achieve the dream that he'd been striving for his whole life.

So no Sunday night, maybe not? No. Oh, absolutely not. Sunday night, eat a bowl of fish rice and broccoli and then go and punch a punching bag two thousand times. Also, a lot of milk, apparently. The reading about his diet. A lot of milk.

Yeah. When Hollywood came knocking, did they use a 1-inch knock? That was bad. Thank you. Door and fly across the stage. On May 10th, 1973, whilst editing into the dragon in Hong Kong, Bruce suddenly became dizzy and collapsed. On May 10th 1973 whilst editing into the dragon in Hong Kong, Bruce suddenly became dizzy and collapsed.

He was rushed to hospital where he suffered from seizures and doctors were worried that he might die. Despite an array of tests they couldn't work out what was wrong with him. He was eventually diagnosed with cerebral edema, a condition in which excess fluid in the brain causes swelling and pain. Not a good thing. No, shit. He was treated and recovered and was able to return to Finnish Enter the Dragon.

And whilst awaiting the film's release in August, he immediately returned to Finnish Game of Death with Kareem Abdul-Jabar. So he'd had this thing, they treated it, but they weren't exactly sure what had caused it. Yeah. Or if it would come back. Yeah.

Bit of a worry. Sadly, Bruce would never see the premiere of either of film, especially into the dragon, which is seen by many to be his best film, and one of the greatest martial arts films of all time. Wow. So that run that he got on sounds like I've heard of all of them.

I haven't seen it in even, but they're all iconic titles. Yeah, yeah, great titles. Like, live in a row there. Very influential. Yeah, yeah, great titles. Like, Clive and Arrow, that. Very influential. Apparently, one of his big influences was he wanted the fight scenes, despite being highly choreographed between like people that aren't average. He wanted them to look believable.

Right. Apparently, this time, at this time, a lot of martial arts films, they'd be like flying horses and, you know, someone would punch a cow or something and would go flying and like, you know, that sounds, it does sound fun not awesome don't punch cows but kind of funny but pretty fun yeah it sounds fun and like you know people would like leap leap from the ground up onto a roof that's like three meters tall and sort of un stuff that's amazing to watch but not that believable but he wanted his choreography to look like, what could that he could do it? Cause he could.

Yeah. So that was what he was, and that's what he brought to the table and what his influence was and still is. But on July 20th, 1973, Bruce again came down with another minor headache. He had an active morning meeting with producer Raymond Chow, and was excited to continue on with the movie.

Apparently he was acting out scenes with him, very excited, a lot of energy. Oh man. That afternoon he went around to his co-star Betty Ting Pay's house to work on the film. It was also later revealed that the two were lovers. So we went around to work on the film, hang out, whatever. Secret affair? Secret affair. It was at her house that Lee came down with a headache and pay gave him a painkiller called

Equigisic, a prescription medicine that he hadn't had a script for, but she said take this. Equigisic contains aspirin and also the tranquilizer mepprobe mate. Lee then went for a lie down about 730 and when he didn't come down for dinner Betty went to check on Bruce and she found him unresponsive. She called producer Raymond Chao who came around and also couldn't wake up Bruce Lee, who looked very very pale. So he was rushed to hospital in an ambulance where he was declared dead on arrival. Oh shit. He was just 32 years old. Shit.

The world went into shock. A man who epitomized fitness, good living and eating, and he just died at the peak of his health age 32 and it wasn't a car accident or a drug overdose or anything super epic. So it wasn't the drugs? Well, there was and has been wild speculation over the years about what really killed Bruce Lee that day. Some have suggested he was taken out by Asian gang members and it was a hit, it was a murder.

Had he been killed by a curse imposed by other martial artists for sharing the secrets with white people? Oh, a curse. People saying, could be a curse. These are the prominent... That makes sense to me. That makes the most sense so far. Yeah.

There was, of course, an autopsy, which found that he died from cerebral edema, against swelling of the brain. This time caused or exacerbated by an allergic reaction to the medication that was given to them. Oh, shit. Any trace of curse? Yeah, did they find a trace of curse in the autopsy? No.

Well, let me read from Bruce Lee dot com. A nine-day coroner's inquest was held with testimony given by renowned pathologists flown in from around the world. The determination was that Bruce had a hypersensitive reaction to an ingredient in the pain medication that accurs swelling of the fluid on the brain, resulting in a coma and then death. That's the official word.

And yeah, geez, his partner must, that would be hard. Yeah, apparently she was called and told to go to the hospital His partner must that would be hard. Yeah, apparently she was called and told to go to the hospital and she got there, she was a bit like, what's the, you know, bad news and I'm like, yeah, fuck, he's gone. That's all right. You know, that day he'd been rushing around healthy. Yeah, I feel, yeah,

something about not taking prescription drugs not prescribing. Yeah, I feel, yeah, something about not taking prescription drugs, not prescribing. Yeah, don't that. But I'm, I reckon I would have done that before. I'm sure someone goes, oh, this is proper headache stuff. I'm probably already gone. Cheers. Yeah. So I'll try and remember this next stuff.

Yeah. Yeah. Bruce Lee was buried in Seattle, Washington, where he first met his wife, sort of started their life together. The Paul Barrett is a funeral included friends and celebrity Steve McQueen, James Coburn, and his brother Robert Lee.

20,000 mourners crowded the streets of Hong Kong to pay their respects to his open coffin as well. Wow. It wasn't open until he won in punch the lid off. She's way out. Enter the dragon premiered just a month after his death, and it was a huge hit around the world. It went on to gross $90 million worldwide,

which is equivalent. These days to $518 million and adjusted for a smash hit. Not bad when its budget was less than $1 million. Wow. For more than 90 times. That's insane. Sadly, people tried to cash in after Lee's death by continuing his film, a game of death,

the one he's making with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. They ended up with only something like 12 minutes of usable footage of the 100 minutes they'd shot. So they had to shoot the rest with stand-ins or even cardboard cutouts. Oh my god. Which many felt were unconvincing and not upholding a Vlies legacy. Remember, he loves accuracy and in one scene, it's just like a still face of a cardboard cutout of Lee.

And they didn't think that was very convincing. A cardboard cutout. Hmm. It also incorporated footage of Lee, I haven't seen this, but footage of Lee's actual funeral, which many felt was a bit in portace. Yeah, I would agree. It was critically panned when it was released five years after his death. That's how long it took to make the rest of the movie. Despite this, it was still a huge financial success in 1981, a sequel followed, this time with clips of Lee's other films just spliced in. That's so weird and dumb. That is so weird.

Why did they do that? I don't remember. I thought he died differently. How did you think he died? But now... He's sunk. Well, but... Yeah, we checked it.

Yep. Yep. I wish I could tell you that the tragedy for Lee's widow, Linda ended with her husband unexpectedly dying at the age of 32 and leaving two, basically toddlers around. I wish I could tell you the tragedy in there for her. Brandon Lee, Bruce's only son, followed in his father's footsteps and was a martial artist training since he could walk. After small roles in some moderately successful films, Brandon looks like he was on the cusp of making it. When at age 28, he was cast as the lead role

in the superhero film The Crow. With only eight days left in filming and most of the film in the can, one of the final scenes caused for Brandon's character to get shot with a magnum gun. Of course, they were meant to use dummy bullets. But rather than using a dummy gun, the prop department created their own blanks

by pulling the bullets from live rounds, dumping the powder charge and then reinserting the blank bullets. So basically it was supposed to just make the noise without shooting any metal out of it. So it was a real gun, but it's got fake bullets essentially in it. Sadly, they failed to notice that a bullet had been previously caught in the barrel of the gun Oh my god And it was still just sitting there inside the gun and when the blank was fired it Force this bit of bullet out of the gun at nearly the same pace as a regular bullet The bullet pierced through Brandon Lee's abdomen and ended up near his spine and he died of his injuries

Fuck, that's what I was thinking of. Crazy, absolutely. But his son, fuck. 28. Crazy accident. So he was buried next to his father in Seattle. So his mom had to put him in the grand x or his dad awful. Father and son both tragically dying, young one they were just about to make it in Hollywood. It seemed pretty unusual and people have since talked about whether both men were cursed. Now usually I love a good curse. Love a good curse.

Yeah. Curse of the mummy, Curse of the Oxy. Love it. Love it. But I've seen Bruce's widow and branda's mother Linda comment on this dismissing and abasingly saying that it was a little bit offensive to their memory. Of course. But you would say it was a curse.

There were two pretty bad accidents. The first one that Bruce was given something that he shouldn't have in the second one, that someone should have checked the fucking gun. Yeah. Just use a fake gun. I know that often they would, but not in the circumstance. Why? Poor lady.

Poor lady, absolutely tragic for Linda. She's still alive at the time of recording now in her 70s. She remarried twice, all the whilst continuing to promote Bruce Lee's martial art, Gid Kundo throughout the rest of her life. Bruce's daughter Shannon is still alive aged now 50. Cool. And now producing, and she's also, there's a podcast that she hosts. I think they ask, you know, it's about Bruce Lee and his legacy. So that's pretty cool. That's nice. Bruce Lee was named by Time magazine as one of the most 100 influential people of the 20th century and continues to be a cultural icon with statues of him around the world.

He only appeared in leading roles in three films in his lifetime, but in his short 32 years on Earth, he redefined martial arts and action films forever. I will finish with an inspirational quote from the great man of which there are many. Many, he says, do not pray for an easy life. Pray for the strength to endure a difficult one. Which is inspiring, but also I think I would prefer an easy life. Yeah, I want to take the easy way out. Bruce never took the easy way out. Oh, what a legend. Oh, I didn't know much of that at all. I didn't know.

Basically none of that. What an amazing life. I love hearing stories of people who just fought. And it feels like there'd be a bunch of times where you've been like the world against me. Fuck every time. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But every time he took it as a way to work harder and stuff.

Yeah. Pretty inspiring. Pretty amazing work ethic. Yeah, crazily inspiring work ethic. And also, it's just also tragic to think that he only felt like he was only just making or about to make it. And he would never would know the cultural impact that he had. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Wow. Yeah, I, yeah. Wow. Yeah, I was thinking of his son's death as his death. So then I was like, well, no, he's not gonna, he'll live through this brain-sing and then. Are you a wedding friend who'd be shot? So yeah. That was his son. But Dave, fantastic report.

Thank you very much, appreciate that. And yeah, there are links in the episode description. If you want to check out some of the, and I'll probably post some on social media over the week too, the, it's worth checking out, the screen test and also the only interview, because yeah, he, he, he spoke very well. I will say, the guy, who I already forgot his name,

played him in once upon a time in Hollywood, nailed the voice. Oh, really? Yeah. Cool. Watching it, cause I'd. Oh, really? Yeah. Cool. Watching it. Because I'd never heard Bruce Lee speak before. Yeah.

And in the interview, I was like, oh, yeah, that's the same voice as the guy. Right. Fighting against Brad Pitt. That's clever. I mean, that's his job, isn't it? Yes, he was a good actor. I will say that the script probably made him look like

more of a dick than I think he was. Right. Right. Yeah, well, that whole movie was sort of reimagining history. Really painted Charles Manson in a bad way too. So... He came across as a bit of a dick. Yeah, a bit creepy.

Yeah. You know, and it's like, ah, lighting up. Yeah. Yeah, apparently quite a few people in the film, I think the character that is Australian actor, what's her name? Margot Robbie. Margot Robbie, yeah, apparently. Sharon Tate.

Sharon Tate came across very differently in that than some remember her, so. But imagine that's sort of what it is, right? I haven't seen the film, but somebody there on the comment was that they barely gave Margot Robbie any lines. It was for quite a while. It was like halfway through the film, you say her a bit and she didn't say anything. But she's quite a good actor.

Very good. She's great. You could let her speak, I reckon. Yeah. Oh, yeah, if you want to. I mean, that's an option. If she wants to. If she wants to.

If she wants to. Don't put words in her mouth. Yeah. Okay. If she wants to. Don't put words in a word now. Yeah. Okay. If she wants to speak, let us speak. But anyway. Whether it's in the script or not. But that does bring us, Matt, two hours.

Two of Ron's favorite section in the show. Everyone's favorite part. Fact quote or question. This is the section in the show where people who support the show on Patreon at patreon.com slash do go on pod. On the Sydney Sharnberg Deluxe Memorial Rest in Peace level, can give us a fact a quote or a question. There's many different rewards you can get from supportists and this is but one of them. And this week we have another two fantastic fact quotes or questions. Firstly, we have Tim Lafouente.

Tim. Tim. Tim. Yeah, we got Tim. And he's given himself the title, as you're allowed to do in this level of the Patreon. He's given himself the title of... L. Jephe de Chefe. Possibly not a...

L. Jephe. Or L. Jephe de Chefe. What does that mean, Dave? Jephe de Chefe. Oh, that's what I would have guessed. I would have meant my second guess. And he's gonna be boss. He's given us a fact and his fact is,

Austin has bets, lots of bets. The population under the Congress Avenue Bridge grew to be the largest urban bet colony in North America. I thought baseball bets until... Ha ha ha ha. Okay. And he thought, why are they putting all these bets under a bridge?

And the cows getting rid of it. And what's all the way through? Or the water, what are they going to put under a bridge it is? That's in a colon. Oh, honestly. It goes on to say, with up to 1.5 million bats spiraling into the summer skies, Austin now has one of the most unusual and fascinating attractions. To top off how dumb it was that I thought these were baseball bats.

I've been to Austin and seen these bats. No, yes. Were they made of wood? Yes, wooden bats. Yeah, I was there for a few days and that was yeah, that was one of the things that people said you got to go check out the bats. I'm like, well right. That was pretty cool. That's cool. That's cool. Awesome to see. I loved Austin so much. Love to go back there.

Thank you so much, Tim. What a great fact. And I, which I don't entirely forgotten about. I didn't know the number 1.5 million. Yeah, that's a lot of bats. Spiraling bats. And secondly, I'd love to thank Jackson Bland, just giving himself the title executor

of the will of Sydney Shahnberg. It's a very big task. Yeah, it's a huge responsibility. Don't fuck it up. Don't fuck it up. And your quote is, it's a longish one. I always remind people that I don't read them until I read them on the show.

And here it is. Since Sydney Shahnberg has passed, he promoted me from the junior vice intern of Sydney Sharnberg has passed, you promoted me from the junior vice intern of Sydney Sharnberg to the executor of the will of Sydney Sharnberg. Now I must present the video will of Sydney Sharnberg. Please have Dave read this next part of Sydney. Okay, that was in brackets. Edit that bit out. But it's an important note. Okay, where am I reading here? Okay, how are we doing? Okay, yeah, I just think case I need a record of will,

one, two, one, two of this thing on. Okay, yeah, again then. All right, now let me press play on the video. Okay. If you were seeing this, that this means that I Sydney J. Scheinberg have kicked the bucket. Yeah, I'm dead. Okay. Okay. Okay.

Let's double-stab back. That's my state. I all leave to my dear wife, Alirane. Yes, my collection of key, key, key, serene. And also, all of my land, who cares about that, and my vast collection of two dollar bills. I've got 15 of those. To my children, John and Bill, I only have my first collection of C-shelves, also got out 15 and down, seven for John and Bill. Okay, to match, do it, oh, that's this guy. He really stuff in my well, okay, okay, don't go off script, Sydney, okay, hand down, gotta produce the money today. I'm not doing I leave the bones of Einstein. The dog from back to the future that I incorrectly changed from a chimpanzee.

I incorrectly! Who wrote this shit? Okay. I'm not kidding a word of this. You may never forget that even though he is a model, death comes for everyone. Okay, including me, I guess it's kick the bucket. Okay. And one more thing, just poikens. I have a quiz 50 copies of...

Hello, baby! The best of the big papa and compact this. Yeah, I got 50 copies just in case one wears out and then I'll only have 49 copies left. Okay, and today, Warnig. Dave Warnig, you listening to that? Okay, I leave the secret underground bunker I had built in Sydney, Australia, aka the Sydney Shine bunker. Yes, I am very clever with words. You got this in the Sydney Shine bunker. Yeah, see you there. See you in the CUF, do the apocalypse. Okay, and as for the rest of my belongings, they shall be packed into a spaceship with me and sent a Pluto so that I may be the very first space man from Pluto.

Of course a great name for the film that didn't get picked, but I still think that's a mistake. Okay, I really don't see much love Sydney change time, but first I don't have a son yet but there's still time. No, you did. I'm not trying to talk to a fucking tie. We're doing a video tie. We've lost it. Oh, Dave's back in the room. Dave, I'm talking to a fucking channel. We're doing a video tape, we've lost it.

Oh Dave's back in the room, Dave, you've just inherited a bunker. Really? Why? Um, that's a good question and what are you gonna do with a bunker? I don't know. What can you do with it? I mean, you can get in it. Fill it with baked beans or I can? Oh yeah.

Fuck yeah. I'd love the apocalypse. You get to eat baked beans all day long. No one judges it. I've had it milk. Oh. It's your favorite kinds of food. I love the apocalypse baked baked baked baked means all day long no one judges how to milk Oh favorite kinds of love a Long life milk yeah Creamy it's cream yeah, I've never I've never had a long life milk Yeah, do you

to you too. I don't think I've heard Sydney talk for that long in a row before. I didn't get any of it, but I heard Bunker, so that's good. He did well, Sydney, speaking as himself for that long. Yeah, and incredible effort to speak that way forever. It's actually what finished him off in the end. Yeah, his final words. Oh, my voice. Well, that brings us to everyone's second favorite section of the show, which is where we thank a few of our other

Patreon supporters and just you know, normally give us a little game here to- I was thinking we named their martial arts film. Oh, yes, I like this. Fantastic. Are they all gonna be dragon related? No. Fist, fist the dragon. They're they all gonna be dragon related? No. Fist the dragon.

They're not all gonna be dragon related. Okay. You gotta use your imagination. All right, well I will do that. Can I kick it off? Yes. Well, I would love to thank, firstly, and also, formally, from London,

I would love to thank, Kaylee Nooks. Kaylee Nooks Kaylee nooks Okay, um you think of a word just one I'll set you up. Okay, enter the dragon. Oh Take two Matt enter the nose That's pretty good. Okay, okay, go ahead enter the Sandman Okay, that could be that's a movie title. Yeah, a lot of movie that, yeah, that's already references a song, you've done half the

work of writing a film. Yeah, I mean, is our theme song to the Sandman? Yeah, well, you know. Kaylee plays the Sandman. Oh. Sandman. And she leaves a little bit of sand everywhere she goes. You know, when you go to the beach and you just of sand everywhere she goes.

You know when you go to the beach and you just got sand everywhere? Yeah, I feel like that all the time. The worst part of the beach. The sand. What's the best part? It's a beautiful view. I like the friendship.

Oh, okay. Really? Oh, actually no. Change my answer to it. I love the salty air. Oh. I like the ice cream keelsk. Yes, they need to be more ice cream keelsk.

Anyway, thank you to Kaylee. Kaylee, nooks. I'd also love to thank from Yate in England. Hannah Hemsley Brown. Hey, change boot! That's good, isn't it? Yeah. Alright, Dave, what do you got? Okay.

Um, I'll set you up again. Okay. Way of the houseboat. Oh, that's pretty good way of the houseboat. Kind of goes with the flow. Yeah. Yeah, slow and steady, but, you know, reliable. Mm-hmm.

That's every houseboat I've ever been. Yeah. Very reliable. Refrigerate your head. Yeah, I love that. I think that was good. I've been on a houseboat I've ever been on. Very reliable. Reef over your head. Yeah, I love that. I think that was good. I've been on a houseboat in a very long time. I've never been on a houseboat.

And there's a kid. I went on one. Really? Yeah. Did you sleep on it? Oh, he just for the day. Ah, did we sleep on it? I think so.

Weird, anyway. Oh, I mean, they're just a boat, really, aren't they? Yeah. They're just like a little barge kind of thing. I don't know, fuck it. It's just a house. HHB, thank you. Can I thank some people as well?

I would love that more than laugh itself. Can I please thank from Cork, you know, Island? Oh, yes. I would love to thank. Is that the subsidy one? Cork? I always get confused. No, lemuric, I think so. Lemuric know, island. Oh, yes. I would love to think. Is that the subsidy one? Pork. Let's get confused. No, lemuric, I think so. Lemuric is, yes.

I would love to think. John Collins. Oh, John Collins. He's, that's the famous thing. Is that a drink? John Collins? Tom Collins. Okay.

Is that a drink's brother? Yes. What was that tall glass of water? That's my brother. Tom Collins. And hello, my name's John. Okay, so what could John's film be called? Okay, the big drinker water. That's pretty good.

The big drink, the big drink. Oh, the big drink. Oh, that's good. That's even better. Thank you. Efficiency, that's key. Yes. The big drink. I like that a lot. Good on you, John. Thank you. Efficiency, that's key. Yes. The big drink.

I like that a lot. Good on you, John. Thank you very much. I'd also like to thank a little closer to home from West Futscray. I would love to thank Maria Korotiki. Korot? Anyone else would I have a go there?

Let me bring up this friend of mine. West Futscray, beautiful friend of the man. Wes Fudds go, beautiful knack of the woods. Okay. We have Maria Karotkick. Yes, Karotkick. Oh, kick is perfectly up for this. Oh, not kick. Sorry, Maria, but I reckon Dave probably did pretty well there. How about in the face of...

Karotkick. In the face of boots. Oh, in the face of boots. In the face of boots. Yeah, because she kicks. In the face of boots. Oh, in the face of boots. In the face of boots. Yeah, because she kicks. In the face of boots. Like you do, Matt. Hmm.

That's more boots in the face. Boots in the face of. Boots in the face of. Or just boots in the face. Boots in the face. Boot face. Face boot. Yeah. Boot face. boot face, boot face. Yeah.

Boot face. Boot face. Boot face, boot face, galley. Okay, we got there. Boot face, boot face. What is that? What is the thing I just said, Dave? What does it mean?

Butchress, butchress, galley. Yep, and that's a person. Yeah. Yeah. I know it's a person. Egyptian man who was in charge of the UN. Yes, that's what I meant. Very fun stuff. Very fun stuff.

Very fun stuff. That's a good reference. Thank you very much, Maria. Thanks, Maria. I would like to thank a couple of people if I may to bring us home now all the way from Caiton'sville, Maryland. Oh. You know what I'm saying?

It's from America. I think that's actually Maryland. I always, my friends, I apologize to Kevin Olban. Oh, Kevin Olban. Kevin Olman. Oh, sorry, Kevin. Here we go, Kevin Olban, let me, the game of swing. Madamada.

Oh, is it a baseball movie? Yes. No. Baseball martial arts, maybe. Bites of fighting. Oh, great. Yeah. Do they fight with bats?

No. No, no, that's the one rule. They fight with balls. Hahaha. Yeah. It's kind of a pawn, too. Damn, right? They fight with balls.

They just bash their balls. They kind of pawn and we talk in here. I just said they bash their balls actually to each other. Oh, that sounds like hot porn. Hahaha. That's hot porn. What kind of porn? Hot porn. That's hot porn. What got a porn?

Hot porn. Let me tell you, they say no, lukewarm porn. No, this is hot porn. This is NS, not safe. FW. W. Not safe. Thank you so much, Kevin.

Kevin, all bad, thank you so much. And finally, to bring us home now, all the way from Auckland. Beautiful place. I love New Zealand. Instead. I would like to thank Meredith Van Beak-Husen. Oh my God. Meredith Van, I mean, it's an old time right now. Having a real crack at this.

Meredith Van Beak-Husen. Oh, I can do it pretty well. Can I set it up? Can I set it up? Oh, okay, yep. I haven't set one up. Okay. Did you have an idea? No, no, no, you go.

You set it up. So do you still look at Dan? He just didn't know what to say? He really hogged the sense. Ah, I just used real Bruce Lee films and let you guys feel alike. Honestly, hogged it. I was gonna make one up, like an actual creative person.

Oh, okay. A leap of... Duck. Boy. A leap of duck boy. A leap of duck boy. Oh. We have a date, my parents have a neighbor who we christened to Duck Boy. Yeah. Because one time there was a duck on our front nature strip because there's a park across

the road. Yeah. And we said, oh, should we take the duck back to the park? And then this our neighbor ran over and like took over. So we just called him Duck Boy from the... Duck Boy, don't, Duck Boy's got it. Copper Duck Boy. I've also got ducks on my front nature strip at times.

Yeah, ducks are crazy, man. Are we being overrun by ducks? I think you're now the Duck Boy of your street. If you don't know who the Duck Boy of your street is, look to your left. Oh no! It's you, you're the Duck Boy! I am Duck Boy.

I was wondering what my web feed roll about. Yep, you're a duck boy I wonder if Meredith Van Van becuse and knows her duck boy. Beek. She's got beacon her name Perfect. We could not have done this any better. We did it. We did everybody Let's get out of here while we're on top. Oh, we can Bruce Lee would be proud Her part will be played by James Van to be Oh, I reckon Bruce Lee would be proud. Her part will be played by James Vanderbake. He plays himself in Don't Trust the Bee in apartment 23 and he's very funny. That's funny guy.

Very funny. Very funny man. Anyway. He plays himself in Janson Bobstruckback. Is he maybe not a good actor? I mean, have you seen Dawson Leary? No, because I feel like I was too young for that show. Well, give it a crack.

Still exists. I don't think I want to. It's one of those things. Sometimes you say this, but you also talk about hearing the Beatles, you know what I mean? I have heard the Beatles. It is possible to have seen things and heard things from before.

Yeah, that's true. Just go. All right. I'm trying to say I didn't cry. I'm just going to school, but I can hear it. God can hear it. You're watching the O.C. at the moment. Oh, I stopped.

It sucks. It's so bad. It's horrendous. Ryan only looks at people from a side. Oh, I think he's a bird. That's what birdie is. And then there's this part early on in the show where he's having some dramas and nobody believes him.

And he talks to Sandy and then Sandy goes, talk to me. I mean, he's like, he just fucking did Sandy. That's how good Sandy is. Sandy is amazing. That's good. That's great. Did you get to the Wagon with the OC bitch? Of course, this is the first episode. So you got to the end of the first episode. Yeah, I did. I've done pretty well.

First season is a masterpiece. No, it's not. Probably the best piece of television. It's absolute fucking trash. It's embarrassing how bad it is. I reckon you'd love Dawson's Creek. Yeah. I've saw an episode. That was hard to watch.

Dawson. Dawson's Creek. Yeah. But I did try. I do remember OC finally. I pretty much watched the whole first season. I think I watched in like three sittings. Right.

So I watched like eight episodes at a time. Yeah. I was at uni. Okay. My younger sister was taping it off like on a VHS. Taping it off the TV. Yeah. Oh, I missed doing that. And then when you're watching it back, you'd have to fast forward through the ads. Dan and then and then and when you're watching it over and over, it was just like so people are sleeping and I'm up at like four a.m. Then, and then, and then, and then, and just felt like it was, the theme was playing out constantly.

Are they ever gonna get to fucking California? Then, and then. Do you know the Will and Grace theme? It's just like a really loud, intricate piano bass. My neighbors are watching that incredibly loud at 3 a.m. the other day. And I was like, oh, they're watching Will and Grace and having an argument. I love these new neighbors. They'd first day they'd moved in. I like the new

suck. It's a stressful time moving. You know what? I think moving. I'm always like, ugh. You know what I mean? Yeah, I generally mean. You know, Will and Grace. Yeah. Pressure just melts away. I did try and watch the OZ again eight last year and it was, it does not hold up. That's not good. But at the time, or soon after the time, whenever I watched it, what a show. But anyway, let's get this.

It was fresh like two years. We didn't have to talk about the OZ in more. Okay. We had just already anything anymore. Sandy go on. Dave wrap it up. What a man. We have to go. Thank you so go on. Dave wrap it up. What a man. We have to go.

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when I'm doing it. Stop saying it! Why not me say it when I'm rolling a dice in a board game or something? I need a drop of douce if I need to. Okay. Well, you can say that. It gets a trigger pursuit in PySqu square. You can be playing board games. I played Trillou Pissout twice this week. How'd you go?

I bought this shit version of it. It's from the 2000s and they try to reinvent it. It's fucking the worst. Anyway. Why do you say that instead of latest today? It's the fucking worst. No, drop a douche. Yeah, so your new favorite catchphrase.

Okay. If you'd like to. I can't re-work that in douche. Yeah, so you have your favorite catchphrase. Okay. If you'd like to. I can't really rework that in a good way. Oh, can you figure it out? All right, you got about 10 seconds. If you want to follow us on all the social medias, it's at do-go-on pod. But until next time, we'll say thank you for listening.

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