Doug Loves Movies - Carl Fry, Nish Kumar and Doug Mellard guest

Episode Date: March 24, 2025

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Doug hates candy wrappers screening baby sticky seeds with 50 as it pop or kernels in his teeth There's still not one that he won't see cause Doug loves movies Hey, hey, hey everybody, name is Doug, and I love movies. For the listeners, we rehearsed that moment, and then that's what happened. My name is Doug, and I love movies. There you go. My name is Doug, and I love movies. Yes, Doug loves movies. There you go. If you don't know what to yell out,

that's a good time to not yell out. I'm having fun already. We are coming to you once again from the creek in the cave as part of South by Southwest in Austin, Texas. Thank you to Austin, Texas! Thank you to Austin or South by Southwest comedy for having me for I don't know how many years now it's been a while that every year I come to all of South by and get to do this show a couple of times and if you've been to any of the comedy shows this South by and you love them be sure and tell anybody you know that works for the organization that you love the on the ground so keep keep it going and thank you for filling this place today it's Saturday March 15th last day of South by 2025 let's

get right to Doug Plugs, alright, settle down! Douglas Movies is live streaming from Dynasty Typewriter in LA on Monday night, March 24th at 7.30 Pacific Time. So you can watch it in person or on streaming. For more information about that go to dynastytypewriter.com. Now let's take a look at what's in the prize bag. Prize bag, prize bag, prize bag. I know, it's, it's got, it's, there's some pretty amazing crap in here.

First of all, it is the limited edition Doug Loves Movies tote bag. I know, I know a lot of people just come to South By for the totes. You always walk away with two or three totes that you didn't really need any totes. But I also signed this one. And then you also, one person in the ICA is gonna win all this junk that's inside here.

I got a lovely hat from my friends at the animation company called Titmouse. A nice, South by Southwest did give all the comedians some cool swag this year, including this beautiful hat. This is a nice hat. Yeah. And then I'll tell you about this thing in a little bit,

but also we've got got from my hotel room, I brought a magazine called Celebrate Austin. Yeah, I do every time I'm here. Spending the whole time celebrating. And then a couple of pins, Doug, Douglas movies pin, Doug Benson pin and a fancy gold pin I picked up somewhere. And this is kind of the second coolest thing that I'm gonna give away today.

And it's, I went to a screening, like a premiere of the movie, The Monkey, a month or so ago, and I enjoyed the movie very much. And it's Osgood Perkins directed it. And if you haven't seen the film, this isn't a massive spoiler, but he plays Uncle Chip, who dies quite violently early on in the film.

And they made for us, the event was kind of like a wake or a funeral. So they made t-shirts that say, in loving memory of Uncle Chip. And it's a picture of the director of the movie plays Uncle Chip. And then they also have like a program like you would get at a funeral. But then they have a picture of what he looks like

after he dies. It's pretty, pretty nasty. So, so that's in the prize bag as well. And like I said, one person's gonna win all that stuff. You want me to get my guests out here? It's a good idea. Instead of me just rambling about prizes. Please give it up, everybody,

for Carl Fry, Nish Kumar, and Doug Mellard. Let's meet them individually and alphabetically by first name like I do. This newcomer to the show is the co-writer, co-director of a movie I love called Rats with an exclamation point currently available on the VOD. Give it up everybody for Carl Fry. How's it going Carl? Oh, hey, Doug. How's it going? Does anybody ever do an impression of Rick

from Walking Dead when they say your first name? That's very common, yeah. Yeah, I bet, because I almost just started doing it, because I had just knowing someone named Carl! Carl! Carl! Carl! He's, oh, it's just such a weird name to scream so angrily. It's either that or llamas with hats,

you know, and then there's Carl from Jimmy Neutron. Oh, from Napoleon Dynamite? No, it's like some YouTube animated video llama, like he eats hands, he like cuts people's hands off and eats them. And his name's Carl? His name is Carl, yeah. Oh, okay. And then there's Carl? His name is Carl, yeah. Oh, okay.

And then there's Jimmy Neutron Carl as well. Maybe, is there, what's the name of the alpaca in Napoleon? Tito, that's way better than Carl. Tina. Ha ha ha. I cannot get enough of like people names for animals. I cannot get enough of it. All right, so Carl directed, co-directed Rats,

co-wrote Rats, shot it in Pflugerville. Whoo! But the movie takes place in P-Fresno. They took the Pflugerville P.F. and put it on the fictional Fresno, Texas. Why did that happen? Because you filmed in Pflugerville, that gave you the idea?

Yeah, I mean, they love the puns so much there. You know, all the businesses have the P.F. at the start of it. There's even, like, a First Baptist Church that has the P.F. and everything, so... So it's like, we have to use that, you know? It's world-building. It's the first Baptist church? Yes, it's like we have to use that, you know, it's world building. It's the Perverse Baptist Church?

Yes, it's in my neighborhood. I fucking love that, Carl. Carl. Carl. What about really going for it with this, since you made up a place called Pefresno and your last name is Frye, why not Carl Pefrye? Why not legally add a P to your first name?

Yeah, I mean legally that would be a jump, but it could be cool for the credits. Oh yeah, that's true. You do have wacky credits. And how does it feel knowing, I'm sure you've seen this quote, a film critic referred to Rats as being, said it was like a John Waters film. That's an amazing compliment, right? Huge, yeah.

Okay, good. He could be sitting there going, oh, John Waters movies, those are disgusting. And let me tell you, Rats is disgusting. But in such a fun way, because I don't like that kind of stuff, and, uh, but in the case... In the case of Rats,

one of the grossest shots I've ever seen in a motion picture have made me belly laugh because it was so audacious and disgusting. And then we did a... I got to do a Q&A with everyone involved in rats and got a full description of how that sequence was shot

and it didn't make it any less disgusting. But no spoilers today. How could people see, what could people do? Like if they paused the show right now, where would they be able to go see rats? Like right now, like in their home? It's on VOD? Yes, as of a few days ago, you can rent it

and all the usual places, Amazon Prime, Apple TV, Google Play. Uh, 599? 599? That's fucking price to move. Yeah. So, uh. That's per-fensive.

It's per-spensive. Wait, you fucked that all up. Damn it! Wasn't even your turn to talk yet. So let's say hello to him now. He's the co-host of my, uh, our monthly podcast, Wide World of Dugs. It's Doug Mallard!

Whoo! Hi, guys. I put the mic down I didn't put the drink down That was weird Oh damn it, see there's always something I forget and in this case it was places for you guys to put your drinks Usually I throw a couple of extra stools

up here I just prioritize the drink over the mic That's all I'm saying As long as you can work it out, I'm happy. I got this big old table over here. Oh, that reminds me, maybe I should have a cocktail. What's everybody drinking? What's the best drink?

Tito's. Diet squirt. Everybody knows that Tito's last name is Beverage, right? That fucking makes me laugh every time. Okay, so Doug Mellord has a lovely dog that has a bigger social media following than he does. And the dog's name is Penny, and they made a calendar that I'm going to include in the prize bag today. She just turned 17, you guys. They made a calendar that I'm gonna include in the prize bag today. She just turned 17, you guys.

Give it up for Penny! Woo! Which month do you think is the best offhand, Doug? Do you know which one I should show them? Ooh, that's tough. Don't have time for them all. Here we go, this is movie related. Happy Halloween from Penny Balboa!

Ha ha ha ha! She's still training, She works hard every day. She's in the gym every day. Anyway, so there's great pictures of Penny for the whole year. And you can also point people in the direction of how to get their own calendars. Because where does the money go, Doug? To Austin. Pets Alive. Pets Alive, good lord.

I've had some drinks. Thank you for yelling that out. That was one case where I would be mad at somebody for yelling out the answer. Because we needed to know. Say it again Doug. Austin Pets Alive! Yeah, a great place. Austin Pets Alive. Yeah.

If you're in the Austin area, go get a pet for life. Go get a pet and bring it to its new home. Doug Mellord, how many people have you told about how we rode in the Goodyear blimp a couple of days ago? Quite a few. Quite a few, yeah. It's the first thing you say to anybody you meet at this point. Yeah. I got gas earlier today.

I was gasoline and I just went to check out and I was like, Why would I look at your blimp? I just blurted out. I'm walking down the street. I just scream at people. People think I'm a crazy person. But it's true. We did ride the Goodyear blimp because I got an invite that they were going, the idea was they were gonna fly over South by Southwest and you know, I get publicity for Goodyear because you know, nobody knows what that is.

And I get publicity for Goodyear, because nobody knows what that is. And, oh, look at that blip. That reminds me, I need tires. So it's a weird approach, but they're so nice. And someone from Goodyear is a fan of our podcasts. And so Doug and I and a couple other people got to, our girlfriends, wives got to ride in the blimp. We just did a, from the airport over there to just a circle around the downtown and then back. It's like a 45 minute ride, but it was really, just a really cool experience. And super smooth. Very smooth.

And, but it was, they were supposed to do it all weekend, but it's like, you know, the Macy's parade, you know, it gets too dangerous if it's windy. So they knew there was gonna be windy this weekend and it sure has been. And so they didn't fly all weekend. They just did it on Thursday. Great story. Let's they just did on Thursday great story

Let's move the fuck on It's the good year blimp more about blimps later But for now I could tell everyone's exhausted by this blimp talk They're just like we did not come to see Doug loves blimps They're just like we did not come to see Doug loves blimps Also Making his first appearance on the show so happy to have him performing at cap city last night and the night before Here in Austin. I heard he had a great time. Let's talk to him about it. It's Nish Kumar everybody Hi, everyone Nice to see you all great to be here.

You were telling us backstage that you love the city you love Austin. Oh what a wonderful place in a really interesting state of America. What a really I'm really happy to go back to the UK and say, I went to Texas and based on my experience, everyone is an aging hipster. So I don't know why everyone is getting so bent out of shape about Texas. They all seem to be people who look like they were once in LCD sound systems. So I really don't know. Can't argue with any of that. As an aging hipster.

How are you, you're internationally traveling and known comedian and... Not known is a big word, Doug. There's a lot of very confused people in this room. There's a lot of people looking at me going, why is Jason Manzoukas doing an English accent? That's the prevailing wind that's blowing across this room right now. What the fuck, is Manzoukas doing

some sort of Austin Powers bullshit? Why is it that Zoukas wearing his standard white shirt? He's like the Einstein of comedy, because he does that thing that Einstein did back in his day. And I think Jeff Goldblum does it in the movie The Fly, which is just wear the same outfit all the time, have duplicates of like five or six shirts or however many he has.

But he's always in the same thing. I prefer to think of Albert Einstein as the Jason Manzoukas of science. And so you have, how many of these designed by an immigrant shirts do you have? Listen to me, I have several identical clothes. I actually have, I only ever wear the same pair, like I've got 10 of the same pair of jeans. So maybe I am a genius.

I just heard somewhere that jeans are only supposed to be washed every six months or something like that. Someone else told me that. Honestly, if I washed my jeans once every six months, at the point they went into the washing machine, they would be absolute sewage. Like, I don't know what your south of the border situation is sweat-wise,

that you're able to wash your jeans once every six months. But if I don't wash my jeans once every week, they, like, the process of washing them would release, it would be like when the vault breaks in Ghostbusters. Like, it would be just absolutely disgraceful. There it is, a movie reference. I have a feeling from your socials and some of the comedy I've heard you do that you are a movie lover and reference them pretty

regularly. Yeah, almost exclusively. I mean they're a great thing to point to to describe something to people because we all have, especially, you know, well-known movies, we all have them in common, so they're a great reference point. The Ghostbusters vault is one I go to all the time. It's if, like, the clothes are dirty, the smell is like the Ghostbusters vault. I'll be honest with you, I've had quite a lot of tacos today and what I produce tomorrow morning in my bathroom will be pretty similar to the Ghostbusters vault being released. It's a real go-to reference for me. What's the name of that main ghost in Ghostbusters, the green goofy one?

Slimer. Slimer? Yeah. I just pictured Slimer with 20 tacos in his mouth. Slimer is my role model. I've watched that movie at a very young age, and Slimer is definitely, he's a real hero to me. It's just funny that the concept of him being a ghost and being scary, but then the worst thing he does

is eat too many hot dogs. He's probably hurting himself more than anyone, more than anyone else. That goddamn Slimer. Well, so then you're going to fit right in here with the movie talk and trivia. So thank you for joining us. Before we play some games, I like to ask each one of my guests to recommend a film that maybe people aren't familiar with or maybe people should be or old, new, whatever. Just recommend one movie. We'll start with Doug down there on the other end.

Oh, hell yeah. Yeah, because you knew this question was coming. Yeah, and I am very excited about this answer. Okay. Have you ever heard of Skate Town USA? I have. It is the- It's just outside of Pflugerville. Have you ever heard of Skate Town USA? I have. It's just outside of Pflugerville.

It's the craziest movie that no one's ever heard of. Who's heard of Skate Town USA? Not enough people. That's true. Those few people are real nobodies. This is a PS. It introduced us to Patrick Swayze. I think it came out like... 1979.

Oh, okay. So it was a little behind the curve on the disco and the roller skating. Those were big in mid-70s, I think. Yeah, Saturday Night Fever, 77. Once you got into the 80s and started you know Urban Cowboy and yeah it moved on from it's kind of roller disco. Yeah it's kind of Saturday Night Fever but with roller skates. Yeah. It's crazy. It's a fever dream. It's rival roller skate gangs you guys. Like enough said it's amazing Scott bail everybody I mean you're just saying reasons to not watch Billy Barty there we go yeah people love Billy Barty and Billy Barty references He is a small man. He's a dwarf, but they called him a different word back in those days. Yeah I mean it's a asshole.

But he was the most famous acting dwarf so of course he's in a roller disco movie. Yeah obviously. See Thomas Howell? I think so. Is he in that? Yeah anyway. Marsha Brady? Yeah. Whatever real name is? Yeah that lady McCormick yeah yeah anyway this isn't the game portion of the show. I'm not here to guess what movie you're talking about or who you're talking about but I'm gonna write that down Doug that you recommend. It's insane. That people watch Skate Town USA for the insanity. Yeah it's

one of the craziest movies I've ever seen in my life. How many drugs were you on at the time? Oh, six or seven, at least. Wait, we're talking about now? No, then. Oh, yeah. Because you chose to watch it first. Like, why did you watch it?

Why, what was your impulse? I saw like a TikTok or something with Swayze dancing and on skates and it's impressive. It is impressive. He committed to every role. Like that guy was really good at, you know, kind of like Tom Cruise is that now sort of like that just like over commitment to a role. But Swayze, oh yeah, like his drag in To Wong Fu, thanks for having me, Julie Newmar, is incredible. He's, you know, he's dancing obviously

in Dirty Dancing, he's very good. He's also very good at being nearby during an abortion. He, all right, I've said too much. He also actually killed himself before Ghost. After he ripped a guy's throat out that's method man that's fucking method yeah hey you see where the penny goes up the wall that's his penny he brought that in special all right Carl I know this is a tough one to top but do you have something to recommend that it isn't Skate Town USA I? very sincerely

Recommend a local movie called rock bottom which I don't think people have found yet But go on YouTube and search rock bottom 2022 cuts, and you will find it It's incredible. It's like a local ensemble. It couldn't have costed more than $800, but it's like it's an ensemble full-length feature film. It's got like probably 50 cast members like not you know, I mean they're all you know like No roller skates But a lot of good. Yeah, just some like literally unbelievable comedy performances. It's incredible. I highly recommend it to everyone.

It will affect you. And if you do watch it, you'll be like one of the first people to ever see it. It's just got a few hits so far. It's got like 70 views and it's a complete masterpiece. And there's no distribution. it's literally just on YouTube. All right, anybody sitting here today or listening when this comes out a week from now, if you actually watch this movie, you know, hit me up on the socials and let me know what number you were on the view count for the film. I want to know specifically when you got in there

and where it's going. Because if this show is responsible for, at least watch a few minutes of it, but does it hook you right away, you think? Oh yeah. I know rats got me right away. It starts immediately. Like it's even, the rats title card comes up,

how many minutes in? Oh, I think like five, five minutes in. It suddenly just is like, you know how when a title card comes in late and you forgot that that was going to even happen, that happens in rats. Oh yeah, so it has an exclamation mark, so... That's why I yelled it, to the exclamation point, not because I saw one or two or three.

All right, you know, Nish, we've got some really interesting recommendations so far, so let's see where you want to go with this. I feel like, first of all, my favorite late credit sequence is in the Japanese movie Drive My Car, where the credits appear, I think, 25 minutes in. And it actually, it's not a comedy at all, but it got a huge laugh in the cinema because people were literally like, fuck me, I forgot about the credits. It really is like, it's 25 minutes. Basically a whole movie

happens before the opening credits and then the opening credits appear and it's quite a serious movie about a man trying to stage Chekov and just when the credits appear. Huge laugh in the cinema. Also I will say that I actually did a show for a short-lived short-form video app called Quibi, and we would have fucking murdered for 70 views, okay? We would have killed for 70, me and Golden Arm would have killed for 70 views. The movie I'm going to recommend sounds, I will say, a lot less fun than the other two, but it's really great.

It's an Indian movie that I think is still in some theaters, but is definitely appearing on VOD called All We Imagine as Light. It's a movie written and directed by Payal Kapadia, who is a documentary filmmaker. This is her first fictional feature, and it's about two nurses who live together in Mumbai, and it's about the immigrant and transient workers that come to our great cities

and make them work by providing essential services. It's also about dislocation and being away from home. I thought it was a really, really beautifully made film. I also have a personal bias towards it because the characters speak in a language that is my family's language, which is Malayalam, which is from a small state in India, brackets population 30 million people, because that's a small state in India. But I genuinely, I think it's like a sort of really magical, but very grounded humanist beautiful film. And I will admit, it doesn't sound as much fun as the other two, by the way that I've described it. But I genuinely think it's a

real proper masterpiece. I want Doug to see it, because I would love if he thought it was also insane. Doesn't have a roller skate race at the end, where Patrick Swayze falls off a dock. I mean... Are you going to splice that into all movies? Like Rick Rowling? Alright, so we have Skate Town USA, Rock Bottom, and All We Imagine as Light. So very interesting options if you want to check them out.

But definitely get back to me on that, what number you got in on... I mean somebody already got Rock Bottom. Somebody already was the first to see it. number you got in on I mean somebody already got rock bottom somebody already was the first to see it but let me know if you end up being number 71 and we're gonna take a quick break and when we come back we're gonna play some games we'll be right back today's episode is brought to you in part by Shopify. When you think about businesses that are selling through the roof like Death Wish Coffee or

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that Gretel in the audience has a shirt that says, child of an immigrant. And is that right? Daughter. Daughter, sorry. I just can't get this gender stuff and pronouns right. I fuck it up all the time. But congratulations to those three people.

They might win a bag of crap. All right. Are you ready to play our first game today? This is a little something that I call ABCD's Nuts! It's a stupid name for a stupid game. I tell people, my guests, that this is a spelling game, and it sort of is, because you need to know how to spell, but it's not difficult in that sense.

I'm going to say what the word is that we're spelling today, and then we will start with Carl, and then go to Doug, and then to Nish. That's the order. Start with Carl. I'll give you the first letter of the thing that we're spelling, and then you will name any movie that begins with that letter. If you do that, you stay in the game. And then, but if you match the word, the title that I wrote down, the movie that I wrote

down ahead of time, then that's the person who wins the whole thing. Could happen at any point during the game. And what are we gonna spell? Well, there's a movie playing here at the festival that played a couple times this week and it even won the Texas award that goes to the best movie that plays at the festival that's actually made in Texas. And it is a documentary called The Butthole Surfers movie. Yeah. The whole truth and nothing but.

You can guess how whole is spelled. And so in honor of both the band and the movie, we're gonna spell Butthole Surfers. So as long as you know how to spell butthole surfers, you can think ahead about what letters come in to you. And there's a theme. That's part of the trick to it is after you hear a few titles, you might realize what the theme is and then you can guess accordingly as we go along. But the first letter to you, Carl, is B. No way for you to know what the theme is at this

point. So just name any movie that begins with the letter B. No way for you to know what the theme is at this point, so just name any movie that begins with the letter B. Okay, I'm gonna go with Braindead. B-R-A-I-N-D-E-A-D. You don't have to spell it. Did I do it right? Okay. Because some people might say longer titles, you know, we don't need to sit through spelling all we imagine

is light or something like that. But the first movie I wrote down for the letter B is Blue Crush. Blue Crush. So that's a little bit of a hint there. Now we'll go to Doug. And the next letter is U. So a movie that begins with the letter U, Doug.

Not too many of those. Up is a good answer. I think I might. It's not what I wrote down, but it's a terrific answer because there's just not a lot of, usually I'm like, U leaves gold? There's not a lot of U's. And for this one, I went with Under An Arctic Sky.

Ooh, what's that? I don't know. T is the next letter to Nish. Name any movie that begins with T. It could even be one that the first word is the. Titanic. Oh, they could have called that the Titanic. They just went with Titanic.

And I went with Teen Beach Movie. Yeah, whatever the hell that is. And the next letter back to Carl is T. Can we guess at any point? Guess what? The movie? The theme? No, you just have to, if you know the theme, then when you get a letter, think of a movie

that matches that theme. All the times you've been out, this is your 21st appearance. It's his 21st time on the show and there's a chance he's never played this game before. I'm on six or seven drugs. The games, the games shift around a lot, but do you feel like, do you feel like, you know what the theme is from those first three titles?

Yeah. Okay, so now name a movie that fits the theme that begins with the second T and but. Wait, it's Carl's turn. What? Oh, sorry, Carl. You'll get H. Hang on a second. OK, T to Carl.

Oh, I mean, I don't know those movies, so I'm just going to say a T movie. Sure. Tenet. Yeah. I like it. You're keeping it tight. You guys, all of you, you're keeping it tight. Longest title you've said is eight letters.

All right. H to Doug. H to the Doug. I can't think of one that matches the theme, though, but I'll just say Happy Gilmore. Oh. That was Adam Sandler. I went with a movie called High Water, because that's the only kind of water I drink. Nish, the next letter is O.

On Golden Pond. I love it. Great answer. I met a producer the other day named Cole Dabney, and I was like, Dabney and I was like Dabney Cole man? True story not a great story but a true really happened. I wrote down one California day. This is gonna get these titles are gonna get more recognizable with L is the next one back to Carl. Carl! Okay, I think it was called the Lazarus Effect. Might be the Lazarus Effect, but I'll take it. I wrote down Lords of Dogtown.

Yeah. E is the next one, Doug. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. Yes. Yes. No, not the answer. It doesn't match me because I wrote endless summer. Ah. Comma thee. Sorry, Cotty. Kind of sort of cheated with that one. But S is that we're up to. We spelled butthole. That was a really fun and challenging butthole. But now we're on to surfer, so S is the next letter.

And it's niche. Is there a movie called Surf's Up? There sure is, but it's not what I wrote down. Come on! Ha ha ha ha! I wrote down surf ninjas. So freaking close. Okay.

R is the next letter, Carl. R? Rated R. Renegades. Sure. Who's in that? I made that up. Yeah, I know. There's in that? I made that up. There's got to be a movie called that.

I promise you, there's going to be a movie called Renegades. Yeah. I wrote down a movie called Ride. Wait a second, did I fuck that up? Yeah, you was the next letter. Somehow I'm already at R. So we'll jump around. Doug, what's your U? You could do U. Oh, shit.

Yeah. Snuck up on you. I had the F. I think I have the F. U, shit. You can tell it's your F, guess later, because it's not going to be right. Okay. I don't know. Uh, Uly Skoal. Yes. I was going to suggest you say up again. I remember the movie called Under the Boardwalk and then like I said the R was ride. So

what do you think F is, Nish? I mean, I can't think of what a sort of surf-based F movie is. The only movie I can think of is Stupid Freaky Friday, because I just watched the trailer. I just watched the trailer for the sequel. Freakier Friday, I don't know. They're so smart. They could have fucked up and called it Freaky Friday too,

but they figured out that Freaky has other versions. Well, that implies that there's going to be a third one called Freakiest Friday. I don't know if they could do that, because that sounds like it's the end of the series They're gonna keep doing that until the fucking old ladies are in the grave. I Wrote down five summer stories. Oh That one. Yeah back to Carl with another e

Definitely missing the theme. Elephant Man. No, actually you guys don't know this, but in the British cut of the Elephant Man, there's a bit where he surfs down the Thames. RIP David Lynch. Shout out Lynchy! RIP David Lynch. Shout out Lynchy. I saw it. When Bradley Cooper did Elephant Man, the stage play in London, I saw it. It's insane how twisted he made himself.

I mean, he wasn't John Hurt in the movie, but it was still, it was impressive. I think that Bradley Cooper's one of the best we've got. Okay. What did you say? We've got to E with the elephant man. Oh yeah, yeah, elephant man. That was Carl's guess. Go Carl. It was right there for you, Endless Summer 2. Back to Doug with another R movie. Well, I don't think it's going to be RoboCop 2. Is there a movie called Riptide? There's a TV series called Riptide and probably a direct-to-video movie version or something

called Riptide because it seems like a word that would get used repeatedly. Like a word like broken. There must be 50 movies with that. But this R is riding giants. Riding giants. Okay, so we're down to the very last one and there doesn't have to be a winner of this game. We'll be all right, but I've written down three different titles for this last S just

to give it more of a chance of maybe being a match. So what's your final guess, Nish, with the letter S? Surf Ninjas 2. Oh my god, no. Ah! I wrote down Surfer Dude, Surfer Comma Dude, classic, and then a movie called Step Into Liquid, and Surf's Up, all you had to say was surfs up.

Ah. Was right there, but. Can I say my F one? Oh yeah, what is it? Fantastic Four, the Rise of the Silver Surfer. Nice. Yes. Hang on a second.

Did a little mic drop for him. That was a real mic drop moment. Okay, so nobody won the first game, but it doesn't matter because... We all won. Exactly. We'll just reverse the order around on this next game that we're going to play right after these words. We'll be right back. We're back!

That was the best commercial break ever. So many great things happened. I can't even recap it. Come see the show live for all that kind of stuff. And we got two more games to play. Oh, shit. Fuck. Zero points scored. But we got both the commercial breaks out of the way already, so it's smooth sailing at this point. And speaking of smooth sailing, did you guys hear that Doug and I

were in the Goodyear Blimp? We're not in the blimp, you know, the big balloon part. There's a little carriage underneath. Oh, that's a sexual gesture. There's a carriage, and you Oh, that's a sexual gesture. There's a carriage and you get in it and you cough. No, there's an undercarriage. All right, I'm gonna stop. But anyway, being up there for 45 minutes in that blimp

really got me thinking. And I decided that today we're gonna play a game that I call Blimp or No Blimp. People love it already. I'm gonna name a movie and you have a 50-50 shot, if you don't know it, but if you do know it, you'll just answer with the right answer. I'll name a movie, and you tell me if it's got a blimp in it or if there is no blimp in it.

All right. Pretty simple, but it's a fun word to say too many times. So it's blimp or no blimp, and we'll do the same... I mean, we'll flip the page. too many times. Uh, so it's blimp or no blimp, and we'll do the same, uh... I mean... We'll flip the order. We'll go...

We'll go Carl, Nish, Doug. First person to get three of these right is the winner. Good luck. Carl. Uh, blimp or no blimp? Don't yell it out from the audience. I know it's exciting, but.

Josh, it's already David movies that have blips. Don't do that. You might already be on here. Might be coming up later. Black Sunday. Black Sunday. Black Sunday. Yes. No blimp.

It's all about a blimp. It's all about a blimp. It's one of the blimpiest movies ever made. Some terrorists, so it's already fun. Some terrorists in this 1970s movie decide that they are going to fly a blimp over the Super Bowl or a final, might not be the Super Bowl itself, might be like one of the games towards the end of the season. But anyway, a big game, full stadium, they're gonna fly it over, it wasn't the Super Bowl,

they're gonna fly it over the Super Bowl, and then set up a bomb that's full of nails. And then the entire stadium audience would all get nailed simultaneously. I was found very terrifying when I was young, when it came out, but yeah, that's got a blimp in it. That reminds me of when we were on the blimp that one time. And Alicia, who was also there, pointed out that a wasp

almost flew in a window, and she was like, that'd make a great movie, wasps on a blimp it's true we did there's little windows there that a bug or a wasp or whatever could fly in that were goose I started get goose I a fucking bat of course in this neighborhood are Are you kidding me? But anyway, I was going to start talking about the movie Black Sunday on the Blimp, but I sort of felt like it was similar to talking about a bomb while going through TSA or something that they don't like that kind of talk on the Blimp.

Nish, are you ready? I was born ready for this game. Blimp or no blimp? The assassination bureau. Oh, I've seen that movie. It's the one with Matt Damon and Emily Blunt. No, that's the adjustment bureau. The adjustment bureau.

Okay, well in that case. You know, that's the trouble with politics. Then government is just too many bureaus. You can't keep them straight. The adjustment bureau is the latest thing. Doja shut down, isn't it? Yeah. No, that's not fucking... The first thing he did is he took their hats.

If you don't know that movie, you're missing out on a solid series of jokes. I'm going to say, no blimp in the assassination bureau. No, that also has a blimp. You might have missed it. I mean, you probably didn't see this movie. It's from 1969. British, though.

It's British. Oliver Reed was one of the stars of it. One of our drunkest citizens. Yes, and there is a sword fight in a blimp in that movie. So yeah, so check that out if you can't choose. What's the name again, because I'm watching this today. The Assassination Bureau. I saw a still from it, it's just hilarious

that they just have swords drawn, but you can see they're like in a blimp. It seems like a bad, you know, anything pointy would be bad in no blimp? Watchman. Yes. Has a blimp? Yes. So blimp or no blimp?

Blimp. Blimp is correct. Yeah! That was like on Jeopardy when they don't phrase it as a question. You know, I have to have blimp. That's just so exciting because we got on a blimp. Yeah, we did. You said the same, because we got on a blimp. Yeah, we did.

You said the same thing when we got on the blimp. You said, yes. All right, so Doug's on the board. He got one right. Yeah, in that Watchmen movie, there's like the Zack Snyder one. There's like a blimp, you know, riding around, because like, no particular reason.

I guess it had the big smiley face on the side of it that shows up on the buttons and stuff. Anyway, um... Back to you, Carl. Southland Tales. The movie Southland Tales. Blimp or no blimp? I'm still saying no blimp.

Oh, that's got a blimp. Oh my God, not again. Yeah, this is, it's... This is one of the least 50-50 games of all time. I feel like I'm playing Heads or Heads. And you keep guessing Tails. And you keep guessing tails. Yeah. Oh, that's a good one.

All right. Yeah, I, you know, I haven't seen it in a minute, but apparently Southland Tales stars The Rock, and it's kind of a sequel to Donnie Darko. I mean, you know, it's the same director and has the same kind of weirdness, and there's a blimp in it. All right. Who's up now? Nish? Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.

Now I'm pretty sure there is a blimp in that movie. There is a blimp in that movie. That is right. As soon as we started this game I was trying to think of all the films I could think of that had a blimp in. It's good to have them ready, have them locked and loaded. The only one I could think of was Indiana Jones. That's a big one. There's a lot of stuff on the blimp, like Indiana Jones is running around on the blimp.

And then a Nazi, just had to take a second and make sure there weren't any here. If anybody went, woo, I'd be like, hey. had to take a second and make sure there weren't any here. If anybody went, woo, I'd be like, hey, a Nazi gets pushed off of the blimp by Harrison Ford, and you know, but he lands kind of safely because he stands up and he's okay. So that's not what should have happened. Do you remember that scene where all those Nazis were doing the signal from their heart?

There's a bunch of them. You had to take it further. I made a quick Nazi reference. No, but the thing I want to say about it is once the Nazis are on the ground, they do like a shot of him going like this, like, damn you for throwing me off the blimp. But he's just shaking his fist. But the special effects I think were like last minute on that movie or something to meet their release date. So correct me if I'm wrong,

but like the green screen around the guy shaking his fist looks awful. It's like the most, cause it's a fake blimp up above him or whatever. All right, so Nish is on the board and Doug is also on the board and it's always great to see you, Carl. This one, this one goes to Doug.

You ready, Doug? Yeah. Right, it's your turn, right? Yeah. Okay. Kiki's delivery service. Oh man, at a certain point, you got to say no. But I'm going to say blimp.

What do you mean, you got to say no? Well, at a certain point, you're going to throw us, potentially. No, these are probably all movies with blimps in them. I'm going to say blimp. Trying to make it easy for you. Stinking blimp. You sure you want blimp? Yeah. Final answer?

Yes. There is a blimp in Kiki's Delivery Service. I got my adrenaline was just pumping, man. Yeah, that's a Studio Ghibli thing with, you know, the great Miyazaki, and there's a blimp. All right. Carl. Oh, God.

Here we go, Carl. Oh, God. Here we go, Carl. You got this one. It's called the Blimp. Is there a blimp in Blade Runner? This has been devastating, but... Hey, someday I'll have you on and I'll play rats. Is there a rat or isn't there a rat? And then I'll say your movie, rats, and you'll say, yes, rat. I am still committed to the answer, no blimp.

I love no blimp. There's a fucking blimp in Blade Runner. I love no blimp. There's a fucking blimp in Blade Runner. Oh! Oh! Is there a blimp in the movie Blimp the Movie? Part two, Blimp Harder. I love your no-blimp commitment. You're no blimp-ment.

Uh... Holy shit. Okay, Nish. James Bond, 007. Is the star of the movie. Main character. Octopussy, blimp or no blimp? I have to assume that there was a blimp in Octopussy.

You have to feel like there's a blimp in Octopussy. You have to feel like there's a blimp in Octopussy. I'm going to go blimp. No blimp. No! Fucking hell. You got carl! Fucking hell. Fucking hell.

Fucking hell. Are you telling me there's no blimp? That was a trick question because there's a blimp in A View to a Kill. Oh God. So you've definitely seen a blimp in a bad James Bond movie. Oh listen, I definitely have a mental image of Roger Moore in a blimp, but it could be from a dream. Yeah, but you just, you have to add Grace Jones to that image and Christopher Walken. Then you've got a view to a kill.

Octopussy has like a bit of it in India and instead of getting an Indian actor to be in it, they got Vijay Amritaraj who was a tennis player. And it literally suggests they cast the first Indian man they saw in the newspaper. It's a bad movie. Yeah, I don't care for it. It's the scariest. Octopus is the scariest James Bond movie, because he dresses up like a clown at one point.

Like, oh shit, is he really going to murder even more people now that he's got his clown makeup on? And when's he gonna go down into the sewer? Alright, so Doug and Nish each have a point. We're back to Doug. This is your chance to run away with this thing, Doug. Yeah, I've got two.

Right? No. Yeah. Yeah. You got Watchmen and what else? You... Whatever the first one was. The first one? You did, your first one was Watchmen and then you did Kiki's Delivery

Service? Yes. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Okay, cool. God. I'm not trying to make you lose. But I am about to make you win if you get this one right blimp or no blimp Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio No blimp. No blimp.

Oh my gosh. Why would there be a blimp? When did it take place? I don't know. All right. Who's next? Carl? Carl doesn't want to go next.

Carl, you got this, Carl. The Hindenburg. The Hindenburg. Blemf. Blemf is correct! Yeah! Great job. All right, Nish. The great race.

I've got to assume that that is blimp. Blimp is correct. Yeah they got a blimp with like bicycle pedals that Jack Levin and Peter Falk ride around in and it gets destroyed Wile E. Coyote style like where they thing hits and it blows up and then they sit there for a second in the air and they look at each other and then they fall. It's amazing. Great movie. All right. So, Doug, this is again, if you get this one, you will be the winner. Doug Smith Alrighty. David Hicks Of this game. And you don't really win anything. You gotta win the last game to win it all.

All right. The movie is Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Blimp. Blimp or no blimp? Blimp. Blimp is correct. Yeah! That means Doug Ballard won Blimp or No Blimp.

Feels like an inside job. He was in a blimp recently. Probably did some blimp research to win this game today. But no, Doug, it just means you get to go first in our... Crap! Oh, sure. You get to go first in our crappy gamerap! Oh, sure. You get to go first in our crappy game that's gonna determine it all today,

and it's something that I call the little search engine that could! The... I typed a word that is not blimp into the search engine on the internet movie database, the IMDb, I typed it in there this very day. And then I wrote down the top ten movies according to their algorithm that are the top ten movies with that word in the title. What's gonna happen is you're gonna each take turns guessing the names of movies that have

that word in the title that you think might be in the top ten. And you'll each get three guesses total. We'll go through with each of you guessing one at a time, three times. But in any one of those three times, you can go to your lifeline, which is the person you're playing on behalf of. So Nish would go to Gretel, and Doug would go to Cody, and Carl would go to Mr. Pound. Pounders. Mm-hmm. Who I just saw a picture of you today

on the South by Southwest website. You were like, hey! Hey! So glad you made it out to the show, because you're really famous. Okay, so what's the word I wrote down? That's what everybody's wondering. Well, since we have a panel of all men, I thought this would be appropriate,

and it's a word that has appeared in many titles of motion pictures. Don't say any if you know one. Mister. Mister, either M-I-S-T-E-R or Mister MR period. In the title of a film, I wrote down the top 10 ones. Doug won that last game. So he goes first, let's just shoot across this way.

I'll go Carl, I mean mean Doug, Carl, Nish. And like I said, you each get three guesses, but go to your lifeline at any point. Doug, would you like to answer on your own or go to your lifeline? I'll do my own. Okay. A movie with Mr. in it.

Mr. Magoo. Hit me. Mr. Magoo. There's a Mr. Magoo movie. There is in fact a movie called Mr. Magoo. There's a Mr. Magoo movie. There is in fact a movie called Mr. Magoo. I was just repeating it in case maybe you accidentally, I heard you wrong and you said something that is correct. My bad, Cody.

But Mr. Magoo did not make the list. Unfortunately, I don't know why that movie, that was massive, you couldn't go anywhere. I saw it 12 times in the theater. Who is Mr. Magoo? Was it like... Leslie Nielsen I think. Oh right. Yeah, Leslie Nielsen had a series of successful comedies and then he started Mr. Magoo. The opposite.

Yeah, they went too far. I need a Leslie Nielsen that can see in front of his face. Because that's the whole Mr. Magoo gag is that he's blind, but he never says he's blind. He just has bad eyesight. Genius. Is what they call it. Okay, so Doug, fresh out of the gate. No blimp.

First up, zero points. If you get the number one movie, it's ten points. If you get the number ten movie, it's one point. And then there's all them points in between. Carl, did you think of a movie that's got the word Mr. in it? Mr. and Mrs. Smith. Number two on the list. Oh! Carl's got nine points.

Look at the big points on Carl. I told you it could happen to anybody. You just gotta dream it, Carl. I also like the way the air conditioning's making your hair blow around. It's pretty cool looking, like, looks like you know all the answers. Like you're a model. All right, Nish, do you have a Mr. Movie for us for your first guess? Saving Mr. Banks.

That was not a noise I'd expected to come up with. Mr. Movie for us for your first guess. Saving Mr. Banks. That was not a noise I'd expected to cover. Someone went, oh! It's funny when the answer is a movie title, people sort of applaud for the movies they like. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Saving Mr. Banks, Tanged in the Room. Yeah, that was an interesting movie. Like Colin Farrell's in

it and you can see his face and you know what he you can see what he looks like. That's a reference to the fact that he's the penguin and sits under piles of makeup and just ends up looking like Tony Soprano. Okay so you know you know I mean hire an ugly actor. I was right there, guys. Stop it. I am much more shaped like a penguin than Colin Farrell is. You'd be an amazing penguin, but anyway. You know, you do the monocle version.

You'd have a monocle and a top hat. I've got big DeVito energy. Wait, what was your answer? Saving Mr. Banks. Mr. Batman returns. Unfortunately, saving Mr. Banks did not make the cut. It's probably because most people think it should be called Saving Mr. Disney, or at least have Disney's name in it, because it's sort of about him. But I guess, you know, they went with Banks.

Okay. But there's still plenty of time. Anybody's game at this point. And of course, on the next round, if you want an audience member, you know, your lifeline to help you, you can. Doug, how you feeling after the Mr. Magood thing? Not great.

Although I got to bring up the wonderful Leslie Nielsen, so also great. I'm gonna go to my lifeline, which isn't a good sign. Oh, I like it. It's strategic. Who's your lifeline, Cody? Cody. Cody, what do you got? He says

You like that. Yeah. Yeah, mr. Mom Yeah, okay. That's what your lifeline told you Not a lot of points, but it's there number nine on the list Number nine number nine worth two points So Doug you are on the board, but Carl can really run away with this thing. If he's got another good one, what's your next answer, Carl? It's all you, Pound.

You're going out to the Pound? Mr. Deeds. He says Mr. Deeds. Do you say Mr. Deeds? Mr. Deeds? Do you concur? Mr. Deeds is number four on the list. Oh!

Oh! Oh! Holy shit, Carl! No blimp, no blimp. Ha ha ha! Carl is running away with this thing. But you know, the lifelines are really working. What do you think, Nish? Do you want to try one of your own or go to another? I'm going to save my lifeline for the next go-around. I'm going to try Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.

That absolutely should be on here. Did not make the top ten. I know let's all just let's just shut the lights off and go. What is the point? Come on IMDb. No I say this with all the love of the world no no wonder your country's so fucked. Yeah, that's, you know, there's just so many Mr. titles. You're gonna know most of these when I, you know, I, of course, will reveal the ones that are in the top ten at the end. But it just comes down to, you know, what movies people are searching for. But Doug, you're all out on your own now. What's your guess? Well, shit. What's your guess? What's your favorite movie with Mister in it maybe that

strategy will work. Mystery Men. I'm out of Mister movies I got nothing. RoboCop 2. You don't know any other movies. I'm blanking on Mr. Fuck Just say it Mr. Right, there's gotta be a See, there you go. That's a terrific guess not on the list. Damn it, sorry.

But that was That was truly a great guess. What the hell is number one? Because Mr. Right is number twelve on the list. So, that was a really good I'm proud of you, Doug. You're not going to win today, but I am proud of you. Shit. You won't be able to say I was in the blimp and I won on Douglas movies.

You're going to have to dial it back, son. But let's see if Carl can really rub everybody's face in this and come up with another one. And I can't call him Pound twice? No, you can't pound it. You can't pound it anymore. Oh my god. Does Mr. Rogers have a movie? He did, but it is called Something

About the Neighborhood. It's Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood. Oh god. Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood. I think I have to fold. I'm out of misters. So that doesn't really count. Fold.

But you don't have to worry about it because you have an insurmountable lead. Yeah. But just for fun, let's go, Nish, do you want to go to your lifeline or do you want to say? Yeah, no, lifeline. Let's hear it. What do you got, Gretel? The talented Mr. Ripley.

Oh! The talented Mr. Ripley is number five on the list. Oh, yes. Six points. I'm proud of all of you. Immigrants. I'm proud of all of you. Immigrants.

Immigrants. I'm proud of all of you guys. You all got some points. Some without aid from the audience, but just for everyone's edification, here are the ones that were missed. Number 10, the 1931 classic, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Yeah, you just think about the doctor more than the mister in that one, I guess. Number nine is Mr. Mom. Number eight, Mr. Peabody and Sherman. Yeah, what indeed?

What the fuck? No, it's animated based on an old timey animated show. Remember Rocky and Bullwinkle? They're more memorable than Mr. Peabody and Sherman. Number seven is another old-timey classic from 1955. I believe it takes place on a warship or something. Mr. Roberts. Mr. Roberts starring Henry Fonda.

Number six, Kevin Costner is a serial killer. Look out, ladies. Mr. Brooks. I don't know why people are kind of psychopaths are looking that movie up. I don't know who's trying to find that lost Dane Cook classic. Talented Mr. Ripley, Mr. Deeds. Number three, who's a Jared Leto fan out there?

Because he made a movie called Mr. Nobody. Yeah, oh yeah, that's right. Mr. and Mrs. Smith, and then, boy, I was disappointed no one came up with this one because it truly is a delightful movie. I just saw George Clooney say to a fan that it's his favorite movie. Fantastic Mr. Fox.

Ah! Damn it. Carl Fry, you did it. You are our winner today. Unbelievable. Mr. Pound, how many times have you won the prize bag? Three times. Wow.

He fucking kills it. He's doing it all the time. This is the third one or the fourth one? The fourth. This is in that ballpark. All right, well congratulations. Come up here and get it. There you go, dude.

And Carl Fry, you get to go first. What would you like to promote? What do you want to plug? I think I have an idea what it might be. Rock bottom, everybody. Watch rock bottom. Also watch Rats, please. Yes, Rats.

Check it out and blame me later if you're too grossed out, but it's so funny. And congratulations on it. And we'll have you back as a returning champion. Thank you, Doug. He was in the green room, like, just shitting himself. But fortunately, he was able to change and get a new attitude and came out here and killed it but so great job.

Carl Fry everybody. Struggling val, getting some points. Doug Mellord, what would you like to plug? I directed and co-wrote a film called Mice. Really? Yeah. If you live here, those of you here or listening at home, I'm headlining a show that's gonna be really fun like a neighborhood party It's a civil goat on April 13th at like 7 p.m. It's gonna just be a fun

Comedy slash party That's 7 p.m. On April 13th go over there on Mainer Road the civil go to Mainer Road So go check that out and listen to wild world of dogs everybody of course So go check that out and listen to Wild World of Dugs everybody of course. Yes, we have a monthly podcast, Wild World of Dugs, where we talk to different comedians and notable figures about their name and how it has affected their life and we have a lot of fun with it and we're recording 12 hours a year. Sounds like a lot. But we do them one at a time and they come out once a month. Wherever you get your podcasts. Doug Mallard everybody. And Nish Kumar, you have been an absolutely delightful first-time guest, probably the best first-time guest on this

stage if Carl wasn't also here. Damn it, Carl! Carl, what would you like to promote? I am on tour in the United States of America for the rest of the month of March. Please come, if you know, I would say between 100 to 150 people that live in Tulsa, Oklahoma, do send them along because that gig is looking sparse. If you are interested in seeing a lot of empty chairs, do please come and check me out in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The rest of the tour is selling well, so I don't know what's happened in Tulsa.

Maybe Sylvester Stallone bought all the tickets. He's trying to keep it conservative right there. Because he's the king of Tulsa, did you know that? Yeah, I've seen the poster. Yeah. I've not seen the show. I think they really shot it there, I think. Oh, really?

Yeah, so I think Stallone's been there, so. That's huge news for me. Be ready. Be ready for that smell. I'd actually also like to promote blimps. If you are sick of a mode of transport that isn't flammable enough, I'd actually also like to promote blimps. If you are sick of a mode of transport that isn't flammable enough, blimps.

Nish Kumar, everybody. I'm going to be doing stand-up comedy at Dead Crow Comedy Club in Wilmington, North Carolina on April 18th and 19th, and then I'll be at Good Nights in Raleigh, North Carolina for my big April 20th show. For all my dates and dates and links, go to DouglasMovies.com. And sub sub DouglasMovies.com! Yay! Come on! Close enough. I love the effort. And I love all of you for coming out today and Creaking Cave and South by Southwest and you know, if we keep doing it here that'll be great

also I tend to do Douglas movies every year at the highball during Fantastic Fest also here in Austin so I'll be back for that this year it's turning 20 this year the theme is medieval shit and it's gonna be a fucked up fantastic fest, which is exactly what we look for in that situation. One more time for Doug Mallard, Karl Frye and Nish Kumar. I'll see you guys later. Karl has to pee really bad. Go Karl, go. As always, turn around, son.

Now it's time for Doug to watch another talk. He eyes of gold is viewing, proud as makes him cocky. There's no room in his heart for you, cause Doug loves movies.