Doug Loves Movies - David Anthony Higgins, Samm Levine, and Graham Elwood Guest

Episode Date: January 20, 2011

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Doug hates candy wrappers, screaming babies, sticky seeds with 50 azepop or kernels in his teeth. There's still not one that he won't see, cause Doug loves movies! movies a no audience edition coming to you from the never not funny studios on Friday January 14th 2011 so the conversation you're about to hear happened at least a week before you hear it so keep that in account in case there's any any major things happen in the world

in the week and we don't we don't react like they didn't happen as of this taping there are still tickets available for the bets interruption Live at San Francisco Sketch Fest on January 28th and 30th. Boo. Yay. I want to keep the guests a secret, but I will say that Friday night's show includes two cast members from the Sarah Silverman program, and Sunday's 420 show features two cast members from the state.

But don't get too excited because they're the worst people from each of those things. Now I know who it is. Okay. And if you're in L.A., check out Edgar Wright's Write Stuff series of screenings at the new Beverly that is ongoing as we speak. Is it now? But what about with the edit uh you're in the middle of it we don't edit anything it's just gonna go on air yeah by the time it runs a week from now so it will it's still gonna be going okay yeah and i did yeah and i hope to

see some of the movies he's showing are driver wild at heart and true romance i've never seen any of those like in a pack theater i theater. I saw them when they came out at a matinee with three other people. Not on an airplane? Not on an airplane? You didn't see those? No, I don't think I... Those are all movies I'd see when they opened.

Do you remember what theater? Which one? Let's say... What was the first? Driver. Moving on. And season one of this show, then called I Love Movies, is now available for purchase and download. 28 episodes for $15.

What a bargain. Get it at astrecords.com. My guests today are three friends I could get to come to Sherman Oaks on a Friday afternoon. What? Wow. What? Wow. What? I feel bad now. Why?

I feel like I should have said no. Yeah, there is that kind of thing where... No, but that shows how awesome you are that I was able to get you here. It's very hot today out in the valley. It sounds like we got tricked the way you said it. Oh, yeah. Well, I did write that in it trying to be humorous but i didn't mean it to be that insulting my guests today are three a-holes with nothing better to do

that's bad too welcome david anthony higgins sam levine and graham elwood you apply the uh excited reaction for yourselves well i, I was hearing that Graham was here. This is Dave's first time on the podcast, and I call him David Anthony Higgins because that's his SAG name. Yes, Screen Actors Guild. Because when you signed up, there was already a David Anthony. There was already a David Higgins. I mean David Higgins.

And they don't allow you. And that guy's complained about credits I've gotten that they didn't put the Anthony in there. Because they forget? Yeah, sometimes a playbook. They see you on set, they get used to you as Dave Higgins, and then boom. Yeah, and then the pipe comes down.

And then that guy complains. Has he been in anything good or anything? I don't think so. What's he got to complain? He should be happy that he might get a little steam, a little juice off of people coming up to him going, you were on Malcolm in the Middle last night. I think with After, I'm David A. Higgins,

because there was a David Higgins because After allows middle initials but SAG won't you have to have a full or else come up with some fake name like Michael J. Fox I think they probably switched it after him yeah he might have been the only the last one

A. Martinez from LA Law that's just the first name that's probably they probably embrace that they probably love it if I wanted to. That's just the first name. They probably embrace that. They probably love it. If I wanted to call myself A, just as a name. A Higgins. I think you're onto something. A Higgins.

Which Higgins? I actually knew somebody named A. Was it A Martinez? It was a Thai gentleman. Was he Canadian? Was it A? No, Thai. I hear you.

I can't believe people complain to me that we don't talk about movies on this show because the stuff we talk about instead is fascinating

that's true it's pretty good stuff alright Doug let's talk about movies alright Sam you you you bastard

I like movies you inglorious bastard did you see Inglorious Bastards I did he was in it yeah I know. Oh, thanks, dude.

Well, when I saw the movie, because I like to complain about movies, I thought, I want to see more of the Inglourious Bastards. You and a lot of people. Yeah, that's what... Why did David Bowie get to record a music video in the middle of the film? No, they just took his Cat People song. But that was my least favorite thing. No, no, no.

That was a video for David Bowie's song. I'm quite sure. It was a woman in a flowing red dress walking around getting made up. I don't know why

they didn't have a cat person wandering through. I imagine Tarantino editing the scene and he's listening to Bowie as he's editing. Sure.

And then it says, it works. It's perfect. Let's just leave it in there. It's editing. Sure. And then it says, it works. It's perfect. Let's just leave it in there. It's so audacious. It's the only contemporary song in the movie. What does that mean? It's the only contemporary song.

Does that make it all right? Yeah. Or does that make it stand out even more weird? It's the only contemporary of the era. Right. Era. I know. That's right.

It was all score. I don't know, man. He does things. He just does things. Sam, you weren't there in post-production. I was not in the edit bay. You were barely in the movie. That's correct.

He's a great filmmaker who always includes something to make me pissed off. Now, I got a question, too. He always tries to make me mad. Yeah, but I agree. Did they actually cast you so that Eli Roth would look like a bear? I'm sure that factored into it. Yeah. Did they make people like swans?

They needed all the bastards to be tiny. They needed a lot of short guys. They needed all to be tiny so that the Germans and the bear all look like monsters. Eli worked out like crazy for that. Did he really? Yeah. That scene, the first time you see the bear Jew, that long hallway he comes down if in real life down that long hallway there's like a little room and eli had like a punching bag in there and a chin-up bar and free weights and he would like

he'd go nuts waiting for them to set up the next shot just to get really pumped up and revved up for when he came well you know what the beauty didn't just show what a fine actor he is it didn't show yeah i think he did that on hostile as well have you guys seen a movie that i like quite a bit called tape heads i know that's why i brought it up it's uh tim robbins and john cusack back when they both thought they were hilarious. I think they still might. But it's a really odd movie.

Very strange movie. And you show up in a scene in Roscoe's Chicken and Waffles. Yes, and that's available on the internet. Yeah, it was my brother Steve and I. Yeah. And we knew the director, Billy... Steve, of course, who everyone knows now as Jimmy Fallon's sidekick. Yes. He's Fallon's sidekick.

And he tells him what... No, his announcer. His announcer, yeah. But I think that's sidekick-y. Yeah, sure. He participates in it. He appears a lot. He does.

And he's so funny. That was our first credit that got us into SAG or got us SAG eligible. It's almost like a music video in the movie and you guys are sitting there eating chicken. It was, but we were actually in more scenes that were all cut. We were basically glorified extras. Are you in the DVD extras at all? I don't think so. I don't think it has

any extras. I do have a DVD of it that I found. Do you like chicken? I love chicken. Oh, that's a thing. I'm sure you had a ball doing that. Waffles too. It was a lot of fun. Yeah, it was very interesting. It was my first experience on a set of a film. I'm sure he had a ball doing that. It was a lot of fun. Yeah, it was very interesting. It was my first experience on the set of a film, and I was so shocked at how quiet Tim Robbins and John Cusack were when they spoke. They'd be doing scenes, and it would be like whispers.

You'd be two feet away, and you couldn't hear them. It was odd to me. Even working on other films since, I've never heard anyone be that quiet. It's just quiet intensity. Yeah, yeah. I'm sorry I missed Tape Heads. I did see the sequel though, Airheads.

Did you? Brendan Freight. No, isn't that? That was a great piece of cinematic gold right there. What about Eraserheads? Well, we were also very thrilled with Tape Heads because it was a Mike Nesbitt production, but we never got to meet Mike Nesbitt. Oh, that's weird.

We did not. But I think it was an odd film. Yeah, yeah. There was a line that I think is in the trailer, but not in the movie, or vice versa. Well, that can't be. Who cares if it's not in the trailer? in the trailer but not in the movie or vice versa well that can't be who cares if it's not in the trailer but um where john cusack says to a bald guy i want to lick and spank your bald head or something like that i always thought that was really funny and then and then it's not in the

movie but it's in the trailer right so you're a little disappointed i was but no i don't know why i thought that was so funny it even got in a theater i think it was in a theater for a week or so i think i think i saw it in a in a well i know my copy of it my dvd i bought it like the kmart you know discount bin right uh it's like you know how many you had to buy your own copy oh yeah well the movie was shot this was uh 86 is it something like that i mean it's years ago wow yeah it was old enough it was long enough ago i was just reminiscing recently about when when movies would come out on vhs and like like a movie like top gun would when it came out on videotape it would cost 90 yes yes but that was like that's so insane it was geared towards rental that was the it was geared towards yeah yeah but

people would buy it though you know if you really liked a movie but now you know you're old as well, that you remember the time when you'd buy a soundtrack because that was the only way to own a piece of the film. Like, you had no way of owning it, so you bought the soundtrack album. Yeah, yeah. And it would have dialogue and music. Yeah, the Animal House one was great. Yeah, and music that was actually in the film as opposed to inspired by. Yeah.

And that was how you owned the film. It's not entitled music. Right, and then you'd have to wait for it to be on ABC Sunday Night Movie. You know? Yeah. That's how you get started. The next time it's it. Yeah.

It's crazy. I can't believe we live that way. The fact that we can just look on the phone and get a stolen version of any film. Or just a, they just released it version. Like you can, I watch it on Netflix. Well, that's true. You can do it legally too. Yeah.

It comes out so fast now. What about, how many movies would you say you've been in? You're in The Wrong Guy with Dave Foley. Yes. I could probably count them on a hand. Yeah. Whose hand? Yeah, exactly. I want to know whose hand. Does his hand have nine fingers on it?

Let me see. Yeah, if you're counting them on the incredible seven-fingered man hand. Your tape heads. Yes. Oh, shoot. What was the one with Jason Priestley as the hitman? Oh, yeah, that was pretty good. It was our calendar girl.

Very good movie. No. No? It was good. We should actually recommend that one. Very good movie. What's the name of it? Janine's in it?

Yeah, Jason Priestley as the hitman. I'm going to look it up on Landmaltin. Okay, go ahead and name the other ones. Okay. Because it had kind of a generic title. Snake Eyes. Yeah, you're great in that they still got a lot on like tbs or tnt yeah because the great thing is i'm in that basically right after the great shot of all that opening yeah well you're also in a you're in a weird shot where well it's where de palma tries to piss me off where he pans over from room to room so you see that it's a set and that the camera's going over the wall.

And that was all shot. All that shot. But you were in it. That was cool. Yeah. Snake Eyes. Priestley. Oh, the wrong guy.

Yeah. Which people should check out. They should check that out. It's pretty funny. That is a great film. I love that movie. We just had a viewing of it. We showed it at the CineFamily as part of the,

you know, as part of Scott Ackerman's deal. So it's another podcast. Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. But yeah, comedy death rate,

dude. Yeah. And it was fantastic packed house and we hadn't seen it in front of a live audience since Aspen when we won the, we won like the best screenplay award. Oh, that's cool. It never got released, movie.

But the only reason we were able to get it on DVD at all was Jay Kogan, who co-wrote it with myself and Foley, he ordered enough DVDs that they would print it. And then they said, we'll make a printing. And whose name is it they say over and over again? Is it Ken Daly? Yeah, Ken Daly is the killer. He's a good friend of ours.

Our buddy Ken Daly, they say his name over and over again in the dialogue. Yeah, because he's the killer. He's hired the killer. Wait, in the movie Snake Eyes, though, is Kevin Dunn is an actor in the movie? Yeah. Who is the real actor? Right. And then isn't Gary Sinise's character's name Kevin Dunn?

It could quite possibly be. I think that that is a big mystery. The big mystery in that movie, for a lot of people, I'm sure, is did I get killed by Sinise? Oh. So watch it again, folks at home. Oh, you're not going to tell us? I thought you were going to give us the answer. No, no.

It's one of those ones. I think it's... I thought you were going to explain it. I think I'm dead. Yes, I am correct. Kevin Dunn, but Dunn, D-U-N-N-E, I think it's... I thought you were going to explain it. I think I'm dead. Yes, I am correct. Kevin Dunn, but Dunn, D-U-N-N-E, is the character's name. Cold-Blooded is the name of the movie. Cold-Blooded, which is a great film.

You should really check it out. Leonard Mullen gives it two stars. And I just ran into Priestley at Ralph's the other day. I love that guy. How's Priestley doing? He's actually doing well. He's directing. Yeah?

Yeah. He's a really nice guy. I love that guy. How's his Ralph's card? Good? His Ralph's card was good. He was able to get? Yeah. He's a really nice guy. I love that guy. How's his Ralph's card? Good? His Ralph's card was good. He was able to get the discount on many of the items. Outstanding.

I love it when they give you that. It's going to be $83. No, it's $67. It's like a slot machine. And guaranteed savings of $23.33. Love it. Nothing to do with movies. It says here that Michael J. Fox has a cameo in Cold-Blooded.

And he also produced it. Nice. Check that out, everybody in Cold-Blooded. And he also produced it. Nice. Check that out, everybody. Cold-Blooded. Watch Cold-Blooded and then tell me... Oh, I got Miss Nobody. Miss Nobody that may be produced soon. The John Cryer movie? Hiding Out? Am I in that? It says it on here, right?

It does? Maybe it's a different Hiding Out. Did you pull up his name on IMDb? You certainly can, but you know what? Yeah, it's the right one. That might be one of the ones that's a mistake. Oh, do you mean one of the ones you put there to try to add your resume when you're starting out? No, I've actually tried to have stuff expunged, but it's really difficult.

And the website used to be great when it was all free. It says you were a student, so... Yes, I was in that. No! What the... I mean, it's possible. It says you were a student. Yes, I was in that. No! What the? I mean, it's possible. It's possible. You know, I've been doing this too long.

I don't remember you in that. To not be known. I don't remember you in Hiding Out. No. And I sat through that. All right. I'm trying to think. Miss Nobody, that hasn't gotten released yet.

They just got a distributor. What's that? It's a film. They just got a distributor. What's that? It's a film. It's about a girl who goes through, basically, like, kills her way up the corporate ladder.

Oh, good for her. It's a dark comedy. And it stars Leslie Bibb, Adam Goldberg, and Kathy Baker. Oh, a lot of great cast. Wow. They're all great. And Missy Pyle, too. Missy Pyle. Oh.

Fantastic. I mean, it was a star-studded cast. Oh, and Superman is in it. Yes, he is. And I actually know Brandon. I know that. Oh. Fantastic. I mean, it was a star-studded cast. Oh, and Superman is in it. Yes, he is. And I actually know Brandon. I know Brandon. What do you mean you know him? He's from Iowa.

So I do a telethon there every year. What? Yeah. My former father, Sam McMurray, is in it. Oh, I didn't know that was your father. Thanks for calling me a former father. All right, subject changer. We're talking about a thing in Iowa.

Oh, okay. All right. Here's the irony. What is it? Because we used to always make fun of telethons. thanks for calling my subject changer we're talking about a thing in audio okay all right here's the irony because we used to always make fun of telethons and we actually are in within certain circles of cities like austin where the comedy channel was in we did a week of doing that we're supposedly doing a telethon that were up the whole week uh-huh and we did a parody of it and it was kind of famous within that comedy group sure sure i think i saw some of that yeah and so the thing would be i think i donated money to that actually you might have and so every year at around the time of the aspen comedy festival i would be in denver waiting for a flight to des

moines and everybody else would be in denver going to aspen and i'd say hey okay i'll see you at aspen i go no no i'm actually going to do a telethon in Des Moines, Iowa. Yeah, okay. They never believe me, but I've been doing it for like 10 years. And what do you raise money for? Variety Club. And who comes on? Do you have like local talent? We have local people come on. And also, you know, there's a lot of acts from Vegas,

and Emma Sams does it every year. Is it the same weekend every year? It's like the first weekend in March, usually. It's going to be the 5th and 6th of March this year. Oh, damn it. We're going to be busy. But that would be like maybe next year. I would love to come if you'd have me.

I would have you, certainly. I would love to show up. Would you do a live broadcast? I would love to, you know, because we could get like a comedy show in town like the night before or something. Definitely. To help pay for the trip or whatever.

But it's actually a great charity variety. That sounds awesome to me. I don't want to change the subject too much, but I've just noticed that Graham Elwood on this January 14th is wearing flip-flops. But not just any flip-flops. It's a hot-ass day, dude. It is. It's warm. But not just any flip-flops.

I can't operate a motor vehicle in flip-flops. Graham, can you please tell the listener what kind of flip-flops those are wearing batman javaianas oh good so it is it is a movie thing oh that's good yeah sort of yes did i miss any films sam um nothing worth talking about okay what's your favorite of inglorious bastards aside sam what's your favorite like movie role or movie that you're in like um it's a little one that no one has seen yet uh it's called drones yeah and it comes out on dvd in march but if you have comcast you can watch it on demand right now which ripoff of the japanese movie were you in was it called impulse it was just called pulse pulse ripoff of the japanese movie cairo. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And that was...

The Japanese movie's good. Our movie isn't terrible, but it's not a great movie. I don't like that stuff in general. I don't like, oh, that looks creepy. That's not enough for me. You know what?

There's a thing, too, that I have a problem with is where they just do a shot-for-shot remake. We didn't do shot-for-shot. Not that you got the disc film, didn't, I'm just saying. No, there was one main shot

where this girl climbs up to the top of like a water tower and then jumps and it's all in one shot you know it's like CGI so they did that

the same way they did that the same way and it looks great it's like the creepiest shot in the movie but the problem was they insisted on making

this PG-13 so any chance so they had to use a dummy they couldn't kill a real person what now did she crawl out of the tv

uh no that's the ring it's the ring are you sure but it was but it was that's this one was definitely on the heels of the success of the ring absolutely there was a i mean the grudge right you know there were so many movies the japanese remake movies that came out after the ring was so successful yeah i i don't care for any of them, to be honest with you. Did you like the Japanese versions? No. I just don't like, oh, look, there's a creepy kid. He might be a ghost.

Well, the Japanese kind of have that weird attitude about ghosts, too. Yeah, yeah, they're more scared of them. I think more of them believe them than we do, yeah. I don't not believe that there's ghosts. No, we're Americans. We just believe in angels believe in angels you know scariest ghost movie to me is like poltergeist and it really is not about ghosts it's about a you know i mean it is right well then it becomes about putting their face off and the exorcist isn't ghost yeah that's demons yeah and then most of the great other great

most of the other great horror movies are just some unhinged character killing people. Well, for me, it was always scarier, like, as a kid growing up, you'd watch Frankenstein and Dracula and the Wolfmen and enjoy those, but the really scary ones were the ones where it could be real. Like, you know, that it possibly could happen. Like, just a killer, an insane killer is very scary. Yeah, Psycho.

Not as, Frankenstein, you know, it's a movie. Like Friday the 13th?. Yeah, Psycho. Not as Frankenstein. It's like Friday the 13th. I guess. That's based on a true story. Well, you know, there's that whole thing where most of them, or like even Psycho, is based on Ed Gein. They all go back to Gein where it's the idea of... A Gein and a Gein. A Gein and a Gein. They go to that same well.

Ed Gein. From Wisconsin. Yeah, Wisconsin. My brother and I like to, when we listen to the foreigner song, Head Games, we like to pretend he's saying, Ed Gein. Now, seriously. Next time you listen to that song and you hear that. Now, Sam, I know we've just met.

I'm a fanny of work. Candy dish out of skulls. Ed Gein. Yeah. But I seriously thought. Lamb shaped with human skin. Ed Gein. I thought you were going to... Lamb shaped with human skin! Ed Gein! I thought you were going to say

I like to wear a flesh apron and dance on the moon with my brother whenever we hear that song. That too. That's very Ed Gein. That's coming out on DVD when? When's you and your brother

in a flesh apron? That is one of the extras on the Drones DVD, so you'll have to buy it to find out. But it better not be a shot for shot remake. It is not a shot for shot remake.

What have you seen lately, Graham? I was like mocking Graham. No, he was doing the puts lotion on the skin voice. Was he? Which you really bring up an inordinate amount on this podcast. Every chance I get. It's just fun. It's fun to talk like that.

Can you help me take this into my head? Is she a fat girl? Roomie in the hips? Yes, sir, she was. See, that movie, speaking of realistic... See, that's a very scary movie. That one's very scary. That's very creepy.

And they show it at like 2.30 in the afternoon, hardly cut at all. I just worry for the children. What have you seen lately, Graham? I saw Sam and his brother tuck their penises between their legs and dance. Would you fuck me? But it's very interesting the way they do it. They tuck their penises

between each other's legs. Yeah, it's really I've never seen it. It's more like the remake of Shot for Shot remake of Centipede. Why is that considered so crazy? Yeah. Thank you, Dave. Who hasn't done the Buffalo Bill dance? It's really crazy, but who hasn't done that? I've made that point myself.

That's pretty normal. And then you know what happens when you turn around. The fleshy shits. I'm so glad he doesn't turn around. I don't need to see Ted Levine's fleshy shit. I always thought it was Turn around, Ed Gein. Every now and then you wear a flush apron.

I feel like someone else has said this on your podcast, but I think Patton said it when in that song, Turn Around, Bright Eyes. I always think of Planet of the Apes as well. Whenever she says Bright Eyes. Turn around, bright eyes. Be careful, Taylor. You might not like what you find.

All right, I'm going to try one more time. Have you seen any movies lately? Obviously, he hasn't seen Planet of the Apes because he does not have the voice down. He hasn't been working on it. What did I see? I saw part of Season of the Witch, just enough to go, wow, this is a horrifying piece

of shit. Of course, you weren't surprised. No, I was surprised. It's got a January 5th release date. It stars Nicolas Cage. How much more can they say about it? Nick and I weren't surprised. His big summer movie. as Nicolas Cage. It's like, how much more can they say about it? And then, like,

his big summer movie. Yeah, that's right. Was it fun working with him? You know what? He was, at that point, doing like,

he had done like five films in a row. And, he was like, worn out. So he was a little burnt out. But, he was actually, he was actually very nice.

He was energetic, that character. Yeah. Yep, yep. Yep, yep yep yep um so you walked out of that okay yeah well ron perlman like they're trying to do wacky uh oh ron perlman and i go to the same deli but that's ron perlman the billionaire do you yeah

yeah i see him i saw him there today i've seen him at the ralphs here in sherman oaks yeah perlman's out there he really is is. He works it. He doesn't live up in a castle waiting to be turned into a prince. No, no, no. He's not living off his quest for fire. That's what he's living off of. His quest for fire money.

Cowboy 2. That's what I'm saying. He's not sitting on his laurels from that. He's still working. He's out there. I get the feeling like he just saw it was like, this is a ridiculous script. It's stupid. He didn't even like, Nick Cage was trying to do, because they're in the Crusades. They're in the Crusades. Right, so that's another reason why it's obviously not good. Yeah, and

they're trying to do accents, but Ron Perlman doesn't even, and in the movie he even says like, he tells someone, ah, go to hell. Really? Were they saying that in the 1400s during the Crusades, Ron? He just, he never never there's like a battle montage where they're like back to back you know doing that like

looks like we're going to work again as they're like cutting guys off and Perlman looked like he's like almost looked at his watch like when am I back to the set of Sons of Anarchy because he really could not have cared you think he likes Sons of Anarchy set that much I think have cared. You think he likes Sons of Anarchy set that much?

I think he does. I think it's a safe way in there. Or you just mean he was just kind of looked like he wanted to be somewhere else. He wanted to be somewhere

where they're actually acting and not just... I also like, though, that you think that you have that theory that they weren't saying go to hell yet. I think hell's been around

for a pretty long time. But that expression is... If he just said go to, you know, Poughkeepsie... Thank you. That's actually a good point. Yeah.

But we're... Go to hell is an American expression. Doug, when's the next one of these? What do you mean? When's the next one I'm doing? When am I doing the next one? Oh, when are you back? Yeah.

I like a guest that wants to be booking during the show. Yeah, because I'd like a new group. I can't wait to see it again. Aw. Hey, wait a second. Wait, why? Not really. Go ahead.

A lot of times I'll call somebody up and go, you know, who would you like to And then my name has never come up. No, bring along. You know, to get like, you know, kind of a vibe or a theme going. Like the old Merv Griffin show? Yeah, he used to have theme shows where everyone was from

the same thing. We love those. Previous three times I've been on, you've asked me who the third guest should be, and what do I say all three times? No bullshit. Leonard Maltin. Who it should be? Leonard Maltin? No, other than that.

You asked me who the third guest should be. Oh, you always say Graham Millwood. That's right, I do. Oh, get out of town. Every time, buddy. Aren't you an angel? Every time. Yeah, see, that's how I book the shows.

Let's tuck our dicks together. Who does Sam Levine like? Sam Levine. I like Graham because he's ridiculous. He wears his sunglasses through the whole show. What's that about? It's not like you were partying last night or anything. No, I went to the eye doctor. Oh, really? Did you really? In flip flops? What happened? He poked your eye. Are you blind? Is this like the book of Eli?

Spoiler alert. Spoiler alert. It's actually a real Bible. What'd you have done to your eyes? Can you talk about it? Yeah, I put in their robotic. I have robotic eyes. You have robot eyes now? And robot eyes are sensitive to the sun?

Well, they're brand new. They got them with Just. They might melt. The iris? Yeah. I love it. This is one of the best shows yet The iris? Yeah. I love it. This is one of the best shows yet. Entertainment Weekly,

or as I call it, EW. Ooh. Ooh. They listed a bunch of movies that you have to see before Oscar night. Okay, I'm listening.

And in order to be completely aware of how it wasn't that great of a year for movies and the Oscars. Except I said this last month. I saw Blue Valentine. I'm just saying this last month has been fantastic. Boo Valentine? Yeah. Holy crap. You're done. Stop fighting.

Bad relationship. It's over. The movie's about how hard it is to be married to an annoying person. I mean, and honestly, I felt like, and some people are like, oh, they did a lot of improvising. I go, I know. I felt like when I was in acting school and was watching long improvised acting scenes about couples not getting along i was like i get it i got it yeah it's really it's like uh it's like somewhere but with um arguing sam did you see it i didn't i'm terrible although what i did see right now is

doug is holding let's hear what he has to say. He's holding this piece of paper where all of his notes are on, and I can now see the front of it. And so he literally has to write out his signature catchphrase. Hi, everybody. My name is Doug. First of all, it's hey, everybody. It's fine. Hey, everybody. Second of all, shut up. But you get what I'm saying. Are you a writer?

Am I a writer? Yeah. I'm going to ask you. Because here's the deal. I've written. He gets to put that on the page and he's started yeah now he can work on that he feels like I've started writing

yeah if I just write if I just start writing down my plugs I might Matt Belknap the producer might say okay we're rolling

and then I'll go someone from the Sarah Silverman program is going to be there totally forgotten what the hell is he doing you forget to intro your show that you've done a million times?

You know, Sam. Well, the other thing is you could just cut the standard one. He could cut one, and then you just put it at the top every time. I'm a live show. No, no. Yeah, yeah. I'm fascinated by how your brain works, Doug. We don't edit the show generally.

We occasionally tweak something. Yeah, everything you've said is in. Can I shit talk Paul Verhoeven? no take back will that get bleeped? go ahead and read this list of films we should see I've never worked with him we don't have time for it now anyway I like the king's speech

it's at Sam Levine on Twitter if you want to complain please go ahead cause yeah it's like this thing about my piece of paper. You claim to listen to the podcast a lot. A lot of the guests bring it up. And it has nothing to do with movies or comedy.

All right, well, let's talk more about Blue Valentine. We both saw Blue Valentine and we both did not care for it. Yeah, I mean, honestly, like, go see Rabbit Hole. I mean, Rabbit Hole, I mean, watch it. Rabbit Hole gets annoying a little bit because me personally I don't honestly, like, go see Rabbit Hole. I mean, Rabbit Hole, I mean, watch, Rabbit Hole gets annoying a little bit because me personally, I don't like watching

couples fight, but Rabbit Hole, you go, there's a couple that lost. First of all, it's a sexier title. Yeah, for sure, yeah. Right.

Rabbit Hole. And then, it's like, this couple lost a kid, so you can go, okay, I have no idea what they're going through

and anything in their characters that you're like, wow, that character's kind of being unlikable. You go, oh yeah, okay, I have no idea what they're going through, and anything in their characters that you're like, wow, that character's kind of being unlikable, you go, oh yeah, maybe that's what that couple would go through. They're going through a hard time. Yeah. Well, Ryan Gosling is a drunk in Blue Valentine, and he does a great job of portraying that, but it's not interesting to watch,

because drunks just repeat themselves over and over and over. And then it's an improvised movie on top of that. When people improvise, they do that as well. Oh, God. So it's just, he is just unbearable. And I guess you could say it's a good performance, but what's his name? Christian Bale is unbearable in The Fighter,

but it's compelling. Like what's happening with his character and everyone around him is interesting. Which I thought he was brilliant. I thought. Yeah. I haven't seen that movie. He's great.

The first time I saw The Fighter, because I've seen it a couple times. Wow. First time I saw it, I was so aggravated by him and how he kept tearing Mark Wahlberg down. Oh, of course.

But that's, again, emotionally your... That's what a crackhead would do. Well, and also... Yeah, that is totally what a crackhead would do. No, but also... It also almost feels unreal.

He's so fucking cracked out. The thing is, that's like that whole thing where you hate someone as an actor because they're so good at being evil. Yeah. You know? But it's a great performance. And I just thought, as I was watching it, I remembered seeing that Crack Street, the HBO special.

And I remember, you know, and it was like this weird thing of like, because he's so in that role that it brought me back to watching it years ago, 20 years ago. Because you watch it, you're so compelling. He was so charming and thrown everything away because of crack. And so delusional thinks this is a documentary about my comeback. No, but that's not a delusion. He's saying that to his mom. Right. But he knows it's about crack addicts.

He wasn't even supposed to be in it in the original one. He was one of the addicts that they just ran into. And then he was so fascinated, they ended up following him. And that was the rest of the story. What about Black Swan? What about it? Can we talk about that? What do you want to say about it?

It's a well-made film, but I just didn't... Me neither. Yeah. I didn't see it't... Me neither. Yeah. I didn't see it. Count me out. Yeah, I wasn't into it. I like True Grit. It's good.

I have not seen that either. Excellent movie. And King's Speech. So I'm saying that's pretty good December. They all came out just in time for Oscar. Yeah, they did. Yeah, they did. Those are definitely...

How they do it. Social Network, King's Speech, Fighter. I've got the screener for Social Network but I haven't seen it yet. Maybe The Town. Oh, The Town was good. I liked Winter's Bone. Winter's Bone is a very good movie.

Kids Are Alright is good. It's not that heavy but it's good. The thing about Kids Are Alright is it just becomes sort of it's okay but then it becomes like the thing that Rabbit Hole didn't do was Rabbit Hole didn't get into these hacky relationship things that you sort of expected to happen. The kids are all right, did.

Like, oh, they're going to sleep together. And Mark Ruffalo is just sort of. I didn't really buy the motivation. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. I didn't buy that at all. I didn't buy that. But you know what? It was the catalyst for the rest of it.

You know how the film got sold and everything with whoever's in it. And I think Mark Ruffalo is a great actor. And I think he's got this great everyman thing going down. And they really don't know what to do with him because he is just a guy. He always comes off as a great guy, like in Zodiac. He's great in Zodiac. He's great in that. And it's like, you just go, this is a guy that every guy that watches it says, I want to be a buddy with him.

And there's just no plug in. He's not off the wall. You had a funny tweet today about how since the Zodiac thing has been, you know, now there's a new Zodiac sign. And most people are a new sign because they added one. I'm a new sign. Yeah, I was a Cancer, now I'm a Gemini or something like that. Well, I mean, not to get too nerdy on you, but apparently that's only if you follow... Only if you're born after 2009.

No, it's only if you follow astrological signs using the constellations and not what most of the Western world does. Apparently, it's called Utropical Zodiac sign. I don't remember this movie. But it has to do with the changing of the seasons. Regardless, he's throwing the whole thing into flux. I mean, it was already kind of a shaky thing to say, I'm the way I behave because of anything. My tweet.

But you tweeted today that that was going to... It's a good thing the Zodiac Killer wasn't around. Yeah, I'm so glad the Zodiac Killer's not around because it would really throw off his game. That would have really messed him up. Speaking of games, let's play the Leonard Mulde game. Sons of bitches. And Graham Elwood, I didn't tell you this.

I didn't tell you this, Graham. He's going to, I'm playing against you. And Dave Higgins, yeah. Wow, I was sandbagged. That's right, you were sandbagged. I prepped one hell of a game, my friend. But that's the other thing about booking this show. I didn't want to give it away at the top,

but I wanted Sam to run a version of the game, and I wanted to be up against people that would be good at it. Is this one going to get on in time to get into this year's potties? I actually did win a podcast award. Did you? What is it called? I don't know. You know, the podcast awards or something.

Somebody had a clever... I don't know why they decided to take it upon themselves to have an awards. There's tons of categories. I wasn't even in the comedy category. I just won for a movie category. That was like Cable Ace Awards. We were one of those. There were so many categories just to have somebody.

Briefly, before we play, I should mention that Dave has explained to me and this is crazy. It totally rocked my world. He thinks that... He knows that he and his brother and friends would play their version of the Leonard Maltin game out of the Leonard Maltin book, and he thinks it predates when I started playing it with Sarah and Brian.

Oh, it definitely did. And so he thinks I got it from them. But did he put it on a podcast? So I've got to tell him, well, I just have to, you know, I want to be true about the origins of the game and give you credit where credit is due. But we played it for so long and added our own wrinkles and stuff. See, but we started playing it before 1980, probably.

Yeah, yeah. It's been a while. Yeah. I'm still, I still want proof that I played it with you. We used to get the letter. You know what? Well, it's quite possible. We hung out quite a bit.

Yeah, we did. By 90. I don't remember doing that. You know what I mean? But yeah, but. We hung out quite a bit. Yeah, we did. I don't remember doing that. You know what I mean? 92. But yeah, but we just hung out. We did a lot of things together. Sat around by pools. Yeah. So I'm just telling you, we played. I know we played a day. Between your legs? Yeah. Occasionally. Fascinating. Pale moonlight.

I just want to see more of it. Alright, so Sam is going to run. I'm going to run this. Sam's going to run the game and I'm going to play. And I'll of course remind him when he's running it wrong. Dave, since you were the newbie, I'm going to start with you. All right, I'm going to give you three categories. Which way are we going to go? Are we going to go this way?

We're going to go this way, yeah. All right, you've got three categories, my friend. Today is Jason Bateman's birthday, so we have some Jason Bateman movies. Oh, man. A category I think Doug may have used before, movies with song title names. Oh. a category I think Doug may have used before movies with song title names and then a category that I'm very proud of that I like to call sequel please and they are

terrible movie sequels okay so your opinion comes into this my opinion as does Lynn's let's go with sequel please alright sequel please Godfather 2 horrible sequel what were they thinking? We're probably going to have a big argument about this

What? Horrible? You've got three years to choose from, you can have a sequel from 1994 1997 or 1998 Oh, you're young 94 He was hoping for a sequel from the 50s Yeah Andy Hardy

Andy Hardy Wolfman Thank you Wolfman Andy Hardy Andy Hardy Yeah Abbot of Costello and Mead Wolfman Alright It is Thank you Wolfman This is 94 1994

It's exciting I gotta get my gaming head on Len gave this one A very generous Two stars Oh Oh you think it's worse than that But he called it

Harmless A formulaic sequel With a twist And there are a scant five names. Wow. Well, I'm going to keep... Am I bidding first? Is that how it works?

This is a bad sequel. It's a bad sequel. Two stars. Yep, Len gave it two stars. He says it's harmless, formulaic, but with a twist. And there are five names. 94. I'll go three. Alright, three names. Doug, three names to 94. I'll go three. Alright, three names. Doug, three names to you. I'll try in two.

I'll try you naming that movie, Douglas Benson. Alright, Doug. Alright, what are my two names? It's tough. This is tough. Your first name is Chris Conrad. And the second name is Constance Towers. A lot of Connie's. Constance Towers.

You might have been able to get it if I'd given you three names, but I don't see. See, that's where Dave was smart, to think of it sitting that way. Those two help. And then do we move on after this, after Doug doesn't get it? After I don't get it, you get the point. You get a point. And then the next round would start with Graham. Do you need a pen?

No, I'll remember. You got it. Don't worry about it. Constance Towers. It's a sequel. She worry about it. Constance Towers. It's a sequel. She was great on Fawlty Towers. Right. That's the title character.

Oh, no, no. That was Constance Booth. Don't mean to throw you off, Doug. It's okay. Two stars. You don't have to psych me out at this point, because I don't think I'm going to get this. Weekend at Bernie's 2. Oh, that is a valiant guess.

Yes. But it was The Next Karate Kid. Oh, nice. Third name was Michael Ironside. Wow. See, I would have got it with Michael Ironside. Father-in-law 2? Yeah.

I didn't pay enough attention to that. What was the stepfather? One point for Dave. There you go. All right. Now we start with Graham. All right, Graham, we're going to you.

You can choose from Jason Bateman movies. In theaters now. Hey, I didn't hit that category. Did you add categories as it goes? I'm throwing some categories.

Yeah, yeah, we change them up. We change them up. It's all right. You'll get your chance. And another one, Friends movies, as in movies

that the cast of Friends have been in. Wow. That sounds fun. What do you say? Bateman, in theaters now, Friends movies. I will go in theaters now. All right. Oh, interesting.

So we don't get a year on this one. Do not get a year. Oh, why would it be in a theater now? Because it would be in theaters now. So I put 2011 or 2010. It could be either of those years. Yeah. Oh, wow. Could have overlapped into the new year. Could even theaters now. So the year is 2011 or 2010. It could be either of those years.

Could have overlapped into the new year. Could even be now. Alright, I will go with this one. Which, as you all know, Len does not give stars. Absolutely correct. He just gives a very thoughtful review. He said this one was tiresome.

And he could try to describe the story, but it would be a waste of your time and mine. That's what he says about this one. And there are ten names. Wow. I will go... eight.

Alright. Dave, what do you say? I'll go seven. It says seven names. I'll go three Whoa Think you know you're in theaters now well, huh? Alright Tiresome Graham, what do you say? You want to go two or

Oh wait, Graham got the first point Huh? Didn't he say name that movie to me? Oh, he did Yeah, suck it, Dave Yeah, wait, Graham got the first point. Huh? Didn't he say name that movie to me? Oh, he did. Yeah, suck it, Dave. Yeah, seriously, Dave. Trying to throw me off? I can't believe all three of you guys didn't catch that one.

Oh, he's going to get to say it again. Well, I didn't know. See, that's the thing. That's why I noticed that. We didn't have a story that way. Because it gets into a thing sometimes where you get in the same pattern, the same thing just keeps happening. Yeah, what's going to happen again?

But he might go less names. You think he's going to go less than three? I think he might. Oh, that's true. Actually, there's quite a few movies from certain people that the same cast is always in that you would recognize. I'm going to say name that movie, Doug. All right. Give me three names.

Excellent. Excellent choice. Thank you. Actually, I'm pretty confident with three names on this one for Doug. That he's going to get it? Yeah. Okay. Give me the three names.

Out of ten? Out of ten. First name is Shelly Kahn. Second name is Mark Lynn Baker. And your third name is Dominic Lombardozzi. Ah. Give me the clues again. All right.

It is in theaters now. He called it tiresome. He said, I could try to describe the story, but it would be a waste of your time and mine. Ten names. You got three. Shelly Kahn, Mark Lynn Baker, Dominic Lombardozzi. Mark Lynn Baker should totally give it away. Because, I mean, seriously, how many movies is he in?

How many movies is he in without Balki? And that would be all of the movies that he's been in. I prepped 18 movies, and in two, I think the game might end. Yeah, it might be over, because the only movie that's coming to my mind that could be it is... Clash of the Titans. No. That was out last March.

Release the Kraken. I thought you said release the Ed Gein that's what I always thought that's a callback come on now there's ten names how much time do you get? I think I'm done

you want a clue? Avatar re-release of Avatar the only movie I can think of that he wouldn't want to explain what it's about because it would be

just a waste of time is Tron Legacy but that's not what it is so I'll have to go with I'll just go with Season of the Witch

I know what it is what is it how do you know that is correct I didn't see it I wouldn't know that Marklin Baker thing would have

really stood out because I'd be like oh shit Marklin Baker's would have really stood out because I'd be like oh shit Marklin Baker's in a movie had I said two names I wouldn't have got it because Dominic Lombardi because he's in the trailer

he's one of the baseball players that Owen Wilson is he was in The Wire yeah he played Herc on The Wire yeah he played Herc on The Wire god damn it

so if I would have gone two I wouldn't have gotten it oh yeah so that answers the question people have been dying to know how do you know? Doug would be terrible at this game.

Just like all of his guests. That was the fastest. How do you know? We literally, that game, has it ever ended in just two movies? Yeah, quite often. I'm sure, yeah.

And it ends that way a lot. You want to do another one just for fun? Yeah. I prepped so damn many. We've got a couple minutes before Dave has to go pick up his child. How long does it take you to get there?

About five minutes. The Great Buck Howard, that's another film I was in. We've got Jason Bateman movies. That was straight to pay-per-view, right? Or it was in theaters at pay-per-view at the same time. That's the only movie with both Tom and Colin Hanks playing father and son. I saw some of it on a plane

and I wanted to like it more. Well, I'll tell you the best part about it. Everybody in it is good. Malkovich is so great. That was the greatest part was working with Malkovich and actually, like, you know, improv-ing with him and stuff. It was just giving me a lot of confidence afterwards. You go, he's just fantastic.

And he was a great guy. Yeah, he really nailed the part. I just didn't think the part was that wasn't that interesting to watch him do it. So Doug should get to name the first this category. Jason Bateman movies. It's also LL Cool J's birthday. I'll run the board this time.

So Jason Bateman, LL Cool J. Song titles? Any movies before 1993? No, I need three. I know, but I'm just giving you... He's kids. He plays kids. But he also... Anything before 1990's already over. He's kids. He plays kids, but he also... Yeah. Anything before 1990.

I'll go Jason Bateman. Jason Bateman. All right. You've got one... One movie before that. From 1987. Yeah. There we go.

From 2004. Well, one from 2009. Is he... I'll go 87. Yeah. Thanks. All right. Well, not surprised. No, I'll name it. Yeah. Thanks. All right. Well, not surprised.

No, I'll name it a zero. Len called this one a bomb. No. Okay. Yeah. I can do it in zero. I got zero. I can do it in zero names.

And not negative? He said it was a limb. No, I say zero. And excruciating. Yeah, okay. Zero names. Six names. I say zero names.

I'll go negative one. It goes to Graham. Oh, sorry, Graham. Graham's turn to either go negative or say name it. We obviously know it, so... I'll go negative one. Can you do it negative two? Come on.

I can't. Do it! I can't remember the female lead. I dare it. But you already get one. I dare it. The thing is, we already get one

because of category. Negative one. That's not true. You're just giving that away now. That's not true, sir just giving that away now that's not true sir Graham didn't necessarily know that the star is Jason Bateman and he might not be he might have been in another movie the same year

playing a less hairy role I know but we all know it's Teen Wolf 2 let's put it on the table it's Teen Wolf 2 but who was the girl maybe it was like Elizabeth something Yeah, yeah. Oh, boo. Let's put it on the table. It's Teen Wolf 2. But who was the girl? I don't remember the girl. That's why I couldn't say.

Maybe it was like Elizabeth something? Nope. Kim? Give us Kim. Kim Kardashian, of course. Kim Kander. Kim Kimber. Kim Darby.

Darby. Kim Darby. That's his mom. Yeah. Oh, second bill is his mom. Second bill is his mom. Who's his love interest? Because she was in the original Truth or Dare.

I don't know. And was a huge star still as an Academy Award winner. Yeah, right. But here's the third name. John Astin. The father. The father. John Astin.

Wow. Well, where's the girl, though? She didn't have a girlfriend. He had to have some girl that he wants to get with. And then he turns hairy. I assure you. Unless the girl's name is Paul Sand, James Hampton, or Mark Holton. Wow.

You know what? Those guys are all like teachers at the school. John Astin. Damn. Awesome, too. So she really did not work out for her, whoever that girl is. All right, you want to do another one? Yeah.

Anything pre-'86. All right, LL Cool J movies, movies with song title names, or Friends movies? I'm going to let Graham pick. I'm sorry, you said Friends, LL Cool J movies. LL Cool J or song title names. Let's try Song Title. That sounds fun. Excellent choice.

That sounds fun. And the most chance of one being before 1994. You got one from 1990. You really shouldn't tell him what you want him to pick. One from 1991. Oh. Or one from 2002. I will go 1990.

1990. He fell right into your trap. All right. Len liked it. He gave it three 1990. 1990. He fell right into your trap. All right. Len liked it. He gave it three stars. Okay. He said it's a surprisingly successful variation of an old formula. Oh.

Yeah. Yeah. There are ten names. I'll go seven. All right. Wow. Look at that. 1990, huh?

1990. It's a song title I'm gonna go five Five names And what else Did you say about it It is a surprisingly Successful variation

Of an old formula Which would be Boy meets girl Okay and what's The other clue Alright he says It was light Charming

And thoroughly entertaining Wow that's a million clues Yeah How many stars Did he give it He gave it three stars He liked the film Thoroughly entertaining many stars did he give it? He gave it three stars. He liked the film.

Thoroughly entertaining, and he doesn't give it the top. No. No. So I said seven. How many names did you make? He said five. He said five. Five to you, Doug Benson. It's 1990?

Mm-hmm. Yeah. It's thoroughly entertaining. I'm so terrible at years. I was doing that. Years don't help me at all. No. I'll go four names.

All right. I'll go three. Three names. That's pretty exciting. Yeah. Nothing's on the table. Now it's getting intense Three names. That's going to be exciting. Yeah. Nothing's on the table. Now it's getting intense, Dave. There's no point to any of this.

I'm going to say name that film. Oh, all right, Graham. Let's do it. You get three names. I was hoping that would happen. I feel good about this. Your first name is Jane Morris. Your second very telling name is Larry Miller.

And then Eleanor Donahue. I got it. I know what it is. I got it. I know what it is. I got it. Can I steal? No. No, you can't just yell out. I can't yell out Pretty Woman?

I was picturing the movie. What an asshole. You guys are cocks. That's hilarious. I would never have expected Larry Miller. It was that awful. I know. have expected Larry Miller as soon as that off I know Larry Miller

gives it away I literally was like I was picturing you know what's in your head you know the scene I'm seeing Richard Gere I'm like it was a whore

girl woman trans sex for money I opened for Larry like a few weeks after that movie came out

and that was my favorite scene in the movie he was great in it and I really sucked up to him and talked to him about how much I loved him in Pretty Woman and what a sweet guy That was my favorite scene in the movie. It was fantastic. He was great in it. Not on Air UA. Strong man. I really sucked up to him and talked to him about how much I loved him in Pretty Woman. What a sweet guy. Yeah.

He's the nicest. He really is. Fantastic. I saw him at the party firm in Chicago a year or two after that movie. Maybe three years after that movie came out. God, he was so hilarious. He's such a libertarian and that was so much in his act. You want me to call a shithead?

It was great what do you want okay no no no it's too easy a friend um should we do one more

yeah I could play all day but we gotta get Dave out of here you're enjoying this you got time Dave come on yeah I got time

alright so we've got yeah I don't want to full J movies I hate to look sequel please or friends movies what was it again let's do the Friends one.

Someone pick that. Yeah, let's do Friends movies. Friends, Friends. You went through the trouble of making it. Let's play it. Dave, you can choose from 1997,

1998, or 2003. Gosh. 1990. Say it again. 1997, 98, or 2003.

Let's go 2003. Ooh. Current. Well, see, I was? Let's go 2003. Ooh, current. Well, see, I was... I thought you liked the older ones. 2003. This kid. This kid. 2003.

2003, Leonard liked it. A friend is in it. Yes, a member of Friends is in it. He gave it three stars. He said it's entertaining, and the lead Friends is in it. He gave it three stars. He said it's entertaining and the lead is at his best. And there are 11 names. 2003.

It's entertaining. I'll go six. Five. I'm going to go four. I think I got an idea what this is. Because Friends just has to be in it. They're not necessarily the star.

That's correct. That's true. So it might not be a friend. What did he say? Read the thing what Leonard said about the movie? He said it was entertaining and the lead is at his best. Well, it's not Michael J. Fox by then. What does Michael J. Fox have to do with it? I don't remember him being on Friends. He's great Michael J. Fox by then. What does Michael J. Fox have to do with it?

I don't remember him being Wolf Race. He's great on Friends. No, no. It didn't have to be like we said. Oh, I see what you're saying. I see what you're saying. Okay. Because that sounds like if there's already, it's going to be like Ready to Wear or something

like that. That was 1994. Was it? We were almost a full decade off. How do you know? Because that's just how my brain works. I will say, name that film. Let's do it.

All right. How many names did you say? I said four. You said four, right? All right, here we go. Tony Bennett, Eddie Jameson, Sally Kirkland, and Nora Dunn. Oh, wow. sally kirkland and nora dunn oh wow how rare is it that all four of the names i gave you are yeah yeah but also i was thinking it was gonna be sad pupil because david schwimmer was in that

but that clearly is not what i'm trying to think of a movie where somebody just walks in and suddenly goes fly me to the movie it's got to be a scene where he sings for some reason like they go to a concert or he just shows up in a fantasy or something. I will say this. If you just said six names, you'd know it immediately. That's what I guessed. It was six with my bid. Tony Bennett, Nora Dunn.

Eddie Jameson. Oh, yeah, it is. Go ahead. You know what it is. Eddie Jameson. Gwyneth Paltrow. She gained all the weight. Oh, the fat kid movie?

Yeah, the fat kid movie. That is not what it is. Shallow Hal. It is not Shallow Hal as there are many members of the cast of Friends. I realize that my references as a child were 40 years old. Now they're 80 years old when I think of stuff. Car 54, where are you?

Go to six. Same director. Same director. The sixth name? Steve Carell. 2003. Okay, this has to be 40 year old virgin. Anchorman. We don't know.

Awful. What is it? Keep going. Oh, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Evan, or what's his name? Evan Husslemighty. Bruce Husslemighty. Thank you. Bruce Husslemighty.

Starring that lovable friend, Jennifer Aniston. Because he's allowed to have anybody. They go to a concert or something. Yes. Okay. I'll take the keys. Is it down there ready to go? I got to go anyway. You can go. I got to go. That was awesome. Thank you so much. Thanks, Dave. Thanks, Dave'll take the keys. Is it down there ready to go? I gotta go anyway.

You can go. That was awesome. Thank you so much. Thanks, Dave. We love you. Godspeed. It was good seeing you. Happy New Year. Bye-bye. Thanks. David Anthony Higgins, everybody. Making an early exit.

It's so often that your guests are usually late to the show. This is the first time, yeah. We always have late guests, but we never have one that leaves early. Not leaving early. We did the full time, but a lot of people who listen to the show wouldn't mind a few more extra minutes. But yeah, Bruce Almighty. I cannot pick. Was Steve Carell the weatherman that he made talk funny?

That's why I guessed Anchorman, because that was his next. I remember the movie. I cannot remember Tony Bennett in it at all. He gets Tony Bennett to sing, I think, at some point. Yeah, because he makes amazing things happen. Jim Carrey gets Tony Bennett

to sing for Aniston, I think. Yeah, yeah. It's like a romantic, you know, and he pulls the moon closer and it starts a tidal wave or something. Right.

Some nonsense. You want to jump in and play around, Matt? Sure. Yeah, Matt Belknap coming to the mic. All right. Here we go. You are like a kid in a candy store. You, Matt? Sure. Yeah, Matt Belknap coming to the mic. All right. Here we go.

You are like a kid in a candy store. You never get to play. Yeah, I don't play ever, so it's fun. But I do understand the frustrations that a Jimmy Pardo or a Paul F. Tompkins is always expressing about how you get stuck in a pattern playing where you can't jump in. And that was funny. Dave Higgins was like, can you steal? Can you steal? That's an interesting

concept. When you know it, you just want to jump all over that shit. You don't want to be behind Graham is really what it comes down to. I think most people don't know it most of the time. His favorite thing to say is name that movie. So you'll never get a chance. Alright. He bid lowered me several times.

He did. He was in the game I'm proud of you thank you alright LL Cool J we'll start with Matt it's his birthday today so we got LL Cool J movies

just name three categories I know be decisive alright LL Cool J movies sequel please or movies with song title names

I'm gonna give it up for LL Cool J oh ladies we'll see an untapped category I don't like this one he can't live without his radio but it's his birthday he's LL Cool J. Oh, ladies. We'll see an untapped category. I don't like this one. He can't live without his radio. But it's his birthday.

He's LL Cool J. You guys know all of these movies. Rappers and movies is my worst category ever. You guys know all of these movies are promised. I'm sure I know them, but I just don't remember what LL Cool J is. I know this movie. You've got an LL Cool J movie from 1992. Minus six. One from 99 and one from 2003.

Do I get to? Yes, you do, man. 99. All right. Zero names. One from 99 and one from 2003. Do I get to? Yes, you do, man. 99. All right. Zero names. Oh, I love it. Boom.

I'm very impressed. I didn't even give the clues yet. I'll go negative one. Do you want these clues? I want to hear the clues. Oh, yeah. We can hear the clues. I'll still go negative one. I might change my bid.

I'm very good at these clues. He might change. He might change. If he changes, I change. Leonard gave it two stars and said it's a strident, one-note concoction, and it's loud and obvious from the word go. I'm sticking with zero names.

You're sticking with negative one, Doug? Yeah, okay. I'll go... Boy, I don't know. I think I know what it is, but I'll go negative two. Why not? It gives a shit. Let's get nuts.

I don't even know who the top villain is. What are you going to do? Do a negative three, Matt. Welcome. The ring of fire. Cage match. I'm trying to think of who the fuck... I've only got it down to two movies, and I can tell you who the lead is in each one.

Do you want the point, or do you want the glory? Because I guarantee you he's not going to get negative two names. I don't give a shit about the point. Go for the glory, Matthew. Some British guy. Some British guy. You're there. You're halfway there. Since this isn't for anything, I'll tell you you're wrong. Matthew. Some British guy. Some British guy. You're there. You're halfway there.

Since this isn't for anything, I'll tell you you're wrong. There's no British guy in the first seven names. Okay. Well, then I'll say name that movie. Okay. Well, the movie's Rollerball. That isn't correct. Is it Deep Blue Sea?

Is it Deep Blue Sea? No, sir. Wow. It was totally off. Is it... Oh, then it's... Is it Halloween H20? It is not. It was totally off. Is it... Oh, then it's... Is it Halloween H20? It is not.

It is not. Is it the toy movie with Robin Williams? Toys? No, that was 92. Yeah, that's right. What is it? Any Given Sunday. Oh, nice.

So it would be Al Pacino. Yeah. And then with Jamie Foxx. No, not Jamie. Cameron Diaz. And then... Dennis Quaid. Dennis Quaid.

James Woods, then Jamie Foxx. That'd be Quaid James Woods then Jamie Foxx that'd be tough there were 18 names by the way on that one Jesus and the first one is Elizabeth Berkley Oliver Stone

you know nothing about football don't ever try that Elizabeth Berkley James Caron Bill Bellamy and Lawrence Taylor that should have been

your giveaway just plea bargain Lawrence Taylor just got himself out of doing some hard time for having sex with an underage prostitute good for him attaboy

that's timely yeah keeping up convicted athletes I gotta say I gotta give a big thumbs up to our showrunner here I think Sam Levine did a great job picking the movies

and like it was he did the whole thing it was a tough game I thought in my mind who should I get to run the game yeah I was a tough game i thought in my mind who should i get to run the game yeah i thought of sam and then i i in a couple of texts we made the deal i said just come down and do it like i always do it nice work man thank you very much matt i appreciate that let's do another one all right he's not gonna get a chance to do this yeah once once

these are gone i gotta go soon all right uh we right. Me too. I got to pick up Dave's kit. We've still got Jason Bateman movies. You got to return those flip-flops. Movies with song titles and sequel, please. Rented flip-flops. I'll lose my deposit on my flip-flops. All right, Doug. You get to choose. Oh, no, Matt.

All right. Jason Bateman movies. Wait, I got the point, though. Oh, you did? Okay, then start with me again. Jason Bateman movies with song title names or sequel, please. Oh, let's do sequel please yeah all right and i and i just mean sequels please uh you have a sequel from 1997 or a sequel from 1998

oh like that's the thing that neither of those nothing means anything that doesn't yeah years doesn't you always give the year 97 98 no i know but it's helpful to some people it doesn't help me it helps me very helpful to 97 98 okay well i mean yeah i mean you but it's helpful to some people it doesn't help me 9798 you know it's not from the 50s that's helpful in that sense I'll do 98 alright 1998 Leonard gave this movie

in my opinion a very generous two and a half stars he says the silly plot he literally has that He says the silly plot, he literally has that in quotes, the silly plot goes on too long, but high spirits prevail. And one of the leads co-produced and scripted the movie.

And there are ten names. That's from 98. 1998, two and a half stars. It is a sequel. It's a sequel. Ten names. Two and a half stars. S a sequel sequel ten names two and a half stars silly plot goes on too long high spirits prevail

one of the leads co-produced and scripted ten high spirits prevail high spirits not the not the Daryl Hannah is that a pun

Steve Guttenberg movie it's like a worldwide give too much away if you told us that that was a pun it is not a pun I'll go three names whoa

oh wow do you know I have no idea what a fuck That was a pun. It is not a pun. I'll go three names. Whoa! Wow! Do you know? I have no idea. What a fuck. I'm going to go two names. See, it works. 98.

Yeah, because you're basically... It's a pissing match. It doesn't matter anyway about the points. If we played for points, I would have a drastically different strategy, my friend. 98 sequel co-scripted by one of the stars. High spirits prevailed. Literally, I read letters from my grandfather writing home in World War I, and that's what that sounds like. Fritz made a move upon Paris, but high spirits prevail. Let me just say, is the lowest name recognizable?

Yes. And then I'm going to say one name. Oh, name that movie. Wait, it's my, I get to say. Yeah, you can go zero. Give me everything again. All right, 1998, two and a half stars. I think that's generous.

Leonard says the silly plot goes on too long but high spirits prevail. One of the leads co-produced and scripted. And there are ten names of which it is now down to one. It's a sequel. Yep. It's a sequel. And in my opinion, it is a

terrible sequel that should never have been made. Takes a big steaming dump on the first one. All right, Matt, name it. The one name you get is Erika Badu. Oh! Erika Badu. Wow.

Yes! Probably in a sarong. You have to assume her hair is wrapped high. And it is not the Cider House Rules 2. Okay, good. Just in case you were thinking. That was a great sequel, Cider House Rules 2. I'm going to say Austin Powers, The Spy Who Shagged Me.

Oh, that is a great guess, but I'm sorry that is wrong. That is a good guess, though, right? That is a great guess. That is a great guess. I don't think that should have been made. How about if I say Daryl Hammond? Say the rest of the names. Daryl Hammond.

Steve Lawrence. Frank Oz. J. Evan Bonifant. Oh, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Is it Blues Brothers 2000? That is correct! I am the best! An abomination.

Wait, what year did it come out? Two and a half stars. It was called Blue Rose 2000? I know. He mentions that in the review. How could he have the balls to give it two and a half stars? Like, there's no way. It merely prevailed.

Well, the high spirits did prevail. Horrible high spirits prevail. It's probably got some decent musical numbers in it. I don't know. Did anyone here see it? You saw it apparently. I did. It's really terrible.

I think I might have seen some of it. There was like a kid with the Blues Brothers outfit on. Yeah, Aretha Franklin. John Goodman. Oh, no, that's the original. Oh, boy. All right, well, you guys got anything? Was Erykah Badu in the Aretha Franklin part?

I think she was. She's the new fry cook or whatever. So Graham's the official winner, but I'm just happy that I proved that I wouldn't be too bad at it if I played. And thank you, Sam Levine, for doing that. Is there anything coming out that we should be looking for?

Other than drones. That little movie, Drones. Yeah, it's on DVD in March, and then if you have Comcast, it's on demand right now for like $5. It's called, who else is in it? Paula Tompkins. thompson has a voice in the movie um yeah go list from the bottom of the cast list up

angela bettis who is just on dexter she's one of the leads in it um uh mark evan jackson is in it uh um all right get back to me if you come up with a name i knowonverse You know, it doesn't have to have huge stars Do you have anything for Dave Anthony Higgins that you'd like to plug? He's going to be at the tape head screening I didn't ask him what he's got coming out but you can catch him in reruns of Malcolm in the Middle

You can see Graham Elwood and I We have gigs coming up this year in Charlotte, Myrtle Beach, Salt Lake City Boise, Missoula, and more details to come on those. But also comedyfilmnerds.com is where you can. And I will be in Iraq, Kuwait and Iraq, January 21st to the 31st. I'll be blogging the whole time at grahamelwood.com. So check that out.

And I'll have my documentary,ughganistan will finally be available as a free download starting in February. Ooh. Available at comedyfilmers.com. When you guys travel to all these cities,

do you sit next to each other on the plane? We usually do if we're not in first because if you're next to each other in first, it's no big deal. Sure.

But in coach, we don't want to sit next to each other. No. We go across the aisle from each other. Nice. And one of us

always gets fucking bone fucked by having to sit next to some asshole, and the other one laughs the whole way. Yeah, I get the feeling Graham... Because it's a total lottery. No, it's pretty even. It goes back and forth. You never know when you're going to get the baby or the fat guy next to you.

Or Johnny Bad Cologne, or... Yeah. I've decided I would rather have a toddler in the seat next to me than behind me. Because the kicking of the seat. They won't kick your seat. And also, they're not going to use the arms if they're toddlers. You get a little room. That's what I don't like.

I just don't like being squished up against somebody. And that's the other thing. If you buy tickets together, someone has to get the middle seat. Neither one of us wants that. Glad we cleared that up. Thank you. Since Dave and I were the the losers we get to decide we get to name the shitheads so um as always oh and i didn't get a picture of dave dave would be

a great person for me i've gotten a picture of oh yeah because people really do need to know oh that guy because if you see him then you know he's the guy that he works with malcolm's mother at the malcolm in the middle at the wherever she works she works like a drugstore oh okay he like works with her okay he's like the you know uh i would i don't want to say fat guy because his weight is always is in flux lately like he seems to go up and down but anyway um do you think it's drugs no i think it's food okay it's a drug adolf hitler is a shithead and sarah palin is a standing now it's time for doug to watch another talky eyes of gold is viewing prowess makes him cocky

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