Doug Loves Movies - Fan Appreciation Day

Episode Date: February 18, 2007

Doug invites two audience members onto the stage to discuss their most and least favorite movies and pick prizes from his pile of swag.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Doug hates candy wrappers, screaming babies, sticky seeds with 50 acid pop or kernels in his teeth. There's still not one that he won't see, cause Doug loves movies! Yay! Hey everybody, welcome to... oh, the lights just came on. Welcome to yet another episode of I Love Movies featuring me, Doug Benson. For my opening statement... Oh, here at the UCB Theater. For my opening statement, I'd like to say the only way I could be convinced to see the movie Music and Lyrics would be if the characters played by Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore were actually movie Music and Lyrics would be if the characters played

by Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore were actually named Music and Lyrics. Because then it would be in the running for the worst movie ever made. And as it is, it's just one I don't want to see. Alright, my guest today on I Love Movies is a loyal fan of the

show. So loyal, this guest today on I Love Movies is a loyal fan of the show. So loyal, this guest makes the effort to come out late in the afternoon here in Los Angeles when we tape these things at the UCB Theater. I know taping it isn't the right word for it, but somehow we capture it and then present it to people later over the Internet. Please welcome you, the studio audience. Look at you. You're all here. And I can see you because we brought the lights up.

I'm just going to quickly ask some questions of some of you to determine who my favorites are and who deserves some sort of prize. You all deserve some sort of prize. I wish I brought enough prizes for everybody, but I don't think I did. Who, raise your hand if you've been to more than one I Love Movies live podcast show. Oh, wow. So there's quite a few there.

So now, keep them up. It's like Simon says. Your arms are going to get really tired. Who here of those like apples no who of the hands that are up who have been to more than two

I love movies podcasts put your hands down if you have only been to one or two so more than two okay more than three oh this is exciting more than four there's only been 10 10 ish nine your hand came down more than five oh these two we're down to two two people and

they are duking it out this is gonna this is ugly than six. Let's just jump right to it. Every time we've done it. Really? You've been to every one? Would you mind coming down here and being on this one? Come on down here. Come on. I love that answer, though. Would you mind being on this one? Yes, I mind. Here, have a seat. Talk into this thing. Yeah, you can take it out if you like. You prefer that? That's kind of a weird... There you go.

There you go. What's your name? Megan. Megan? Yes. And how do you spell that, Megan, with an E and an A in there somewhere? No, it's spelled like Megan.

It's spelled like Megan? That's got an E and an A in there somewhere? No, it's spelled like Megan. It smelled like Megan? That's got an E and an A in it. Why'd you say no? It's spelled wrong. This is really... Start off on a bad... But you don't have that G... You don't have that G-H in there, do you?

No, no. Oh, well, God bless you, Megan. Who needs that crap? It's too complicated. Megans are supposed to be simple and sweet and... Not a lot of H and G. All right. Name?

I got that already. Where are you from, Megan? Toluca Lake. Toluca Lake, which is North Hollywood adjacent. Job? Do you have a job? I have a job. What do you do?

You don't have to say it if you just skip work to be here. I work at a cosmetics company. Oh, okay. And do they know that you come to this all the time? They do. And you get off work in time to make it over here? I do. Because we do it kind of early. Have you seen any movies lately, Megan?

About two. Really? So you just come to hear me talk about them instead of actually going to them. That's a smart thing to do. I can't afford movies. They're all so stupid. You can afford I Love Movies at the UCB Theater

because it's free every time. So far. As soon as it catches on, we'll charge people. As long as it's free and only 20 people come, it will remain free. Because we're not greedy. Oh, I still have to ask you more questions.

You don't have to. Most of my guests just yammer on and on about, they'll tell stories about actors, stories they're not even in. If you tuned in last week for that snoozer about Alec Baldwin, yeah, we get it. He said the hot chicks thing three times.

That's how all good stories work. Sam Levine came out again this week to watch. Never miss it. To watch the taping so when you say you've seen two movies what two movies have you seen recently? I saw Casino Royale

and Borat and Borat well those are the only two that I paid for right right oh we don't need to know about your sneaky action what about so those two did you enjoy both of them? I loved them.

Yeah, they're both really good. They both were in my top ten and Wayne Fetterman's top five, so nice work. Thanks. What are you looking forward to seeing? Do you have any interest in seeing Black Snake Moan? I'm not familiar with that. Well, it stars Sam Jackson, Christina Ricci, and a long chain. Oh, let me know.

So, I'm in. What about Reno... Oh, yeah, that one. 9-11, some people call it. I prefer to be respectful and call it Reno 911. They're making a movie called Reno 911 Miami, which is great location casting

because if there's one place in the world that's more fucked up than Reno, it's Miami. Now they're both in a title together. Never thought you'd see that happen, did you? Does look good, though. Megan's just going to sit here. Megan is just going to sit here.

Oh, I liked how fast she corrected me. That is a lifetime of corrections that she's had to live with, so she is lightning fast. Megan here. That time she didn't do it.

Megan is just going to sit and nod her head yes or no as I ask questions. Which is the reason I'm not explaining it to the people sitting here. I'm explaining it to the people listening to this podcast that are going, what the fuck?

Doug just keeps talking and she keeps... No, you did warn me. You're saying you didn't want to come up here was a good sign of how this was going to go. So, excluding porn, let's talk. Tell me about some of your favorite movies of all time. I know.

When people ask me that, I'm always like, whatever. Spinal Tap. I just answer it begrudgingly because it's really hard to just have an absolute favorite. But there must be something that you really like. Maybe something just have an absolute favorite, but there must be something that you really like, and you,

maybe something, maybe something, maybe something a lot of people didn't see, like you can hip them to, like, go see this, and you'll be pleasantly surprised. Netflix this shit.

Schindler's List. Schindler's List. That is, see, now that's the thing, a lot of people don't, didn't check out Schindler's List because they thought it'd be kind of a bummer, see, now that's the thing. A lot of people didn't check out Schindler's List because they thought it would be kind of a bummer.

But Megan and I know that if you guys pop it in now, there's one scene in particular that you'll be so glad you watched it. You'll be like, overall, it was a bummer. But that one part was really sweet. I remembered another one. Oh, good, good. L.A. Confidential. L.A. Confidential.

That's a good one. Russell Crowe and Kevin Spacey, I think at their best, not to mention James Cromwell and Guy Pearce. They were all at the top of their game. They've all probably not done as well since in a movie. Russell Crowe has. Has he? You're a big Russell Crowe fan? Big.

Yeah? Do you own his music? Do you own 40-odd feet of grunts? No. Which, speaking of porn, that would be a good title for a... Have you ever been in a movie, Megan? Not that I know of. Not that you know about.

You're supposed to adjust your tie when you say that. Not that I know about. Any Oscar predictions? Oscars are coming up. I hear Jennifer Hudson might win for her lack of talent. It's a word on the street. Singing is not talent. Singing is not talent.

Singing is not acting, Megan. You don't have any predictions? Babel? Babel will probably win Best Picture? You don't think so? You think Little Miss Sunshine is going to sneak in there and take it? You don't even know who's nominated?

I'd love that about you. That is awesome. Have you ever worked with Alec Baldwin? I'd love that about you. That is awesome. Have you ever worked with Alec Baldwin? I ask everybody that. And would you rather give or receive in the Leonard Maltin game? Because it's that time, Megan. You have to play the Leonard Maltin game.

I will give. You will give. She's going to give. And while you're doing that, I'm going to start showing everybody the fabulous prizes that are up for grabs tonight on I Love Movies. First of all, we've got pup light. Light your way

and your dog. It's a light that goes around the dog's neck so it can see where it's going. But for the selfish owner, you can also kind of watch where you're going if you stay near your dog it helps you find your dog when off leash that's what it says right on there this just seems horrible to me that there is such a

thing but I don't have a dog so there's the pup light've got a shirt in here. It says something on it. It says, Plaster City Digital Post. I think they did the post-production on the Sarah Silverman program on Comedy Central. So somehow I ended up with that. And then, oh, this is kind of a cool shirt. It says, Keep it medical. And then there's, this is kind of a cool shirt. It says, keep it medical. And then there's a picture of heroin. No, there's a picture of a pot.

There's a pot leaf on it. A picture of a pot leaf. What am I, stupid? Yes. Okay, Megan's got one for me. Here we go. All right. Year 1995.

95. Rennie Santoni. Friends. Rennie Santoni. Friends of Rennie Santoni call him Rennie, but that's cool. Okay. Olivia Hack. Olivia Hack. Okay, go on. Jessie Lee.

Don't know who that is. Jennifer Elise Cox. Oh, I do know who that is. Hang on a second. Jennifer Elise Cox and R, I do know who that is. Hang on a second. Jennifer Elise Cox and Renie Santoni. Is it one of the Brady Bunch movies? Yes.

Okay, keep giving me more names. I'll tell you which one it was. Okay. Where was I? Paul Sutera? A Very Brady Fuckfest. No, no, no. I was going to say that no matter who the next name was. I'm sorry, who? Paul Sutera.

Mm-hmm. Christine Taylor. Okay. Marsha. Christopher Daniel Barnes. Mm-hmm. Greg, or Peter. Henriette Mantel.

Alice. Jean Smart. I don't know what she played in that. The President's Crazy Wife? She played the next-door neighbor. Oh, the next-door neighbor. Wife of... Oh, so it's the first one.

The first... The first Brady movie. You're right. Michael McKeon. Okay, cool. Michael McKeon, too. All right. So, Megan, there's also a Dreamgirls book,

which is why I didn't care for the movie, because I read the book first. That's available. I'm going to let you pick any two of all these items. There's the Marijuana Logs original soundtrack recording. I'm in that. It's available on ComedyCentralRecords.com. Oh, another Dreamgirls book.

Oh, that was just the picture book. This is the real book. The one's just got pictures in it, but this has got words about singing. And then we've got Flags of Our Fathers, the adapted screenplay in book form, which war movies in books are awesome. All the bloodshed.

Ooh, speaking of Cate Blanchett, I should just give you this, you weirdo. Sam Levine, ladies and gentlemen. We got the History Boys, the script of that. I'm in WGA, so they send me all these, and then they just sit around, because I didn't even see these movies, let alone want to read them.

Thank You for Smoking. I actually like that movie. That almost made my top ten last year. And, oh, Little Miss Sunshine. The screenplay for that. Which I especially like his lines. And I pointed to the guy who doesn't talk. Okay.

So that's the bag of fun. You get any two things. A shirt, a pup light, a CD of my pot jokes, or any one of these books. What would you like? You just want two waters? Here you go. Good choice. Two bottles of, I'm not going to say the brand name. How about a marijuana logs in a water? Okay, marijuana logs in a water that those go great together well done megan thank you for

coming on our show the first guest uh there you go to uh not to not be a comedian or actor she just works in the cosmetics field. And we got a little time left. Or don't we? What time did this one start? Oh yeah, we got some time. We got a lot of time. Alright.

This is the second biggest fan of I Love Movies. I'm a huge Doug Benson mark. A huge Doug Benson what? That means a fan. A mark? Yeah. Like I mark out for Doug Benson. Like I could tell you very obscure things about Doug Benson.

Not like in a stalker way, but... No, but, you know, with my lifestyle, I'm sure there's plenty of things about me that I don't know. And I would like to keep it that way. Well, I'm glad that you're honored. What's your name, Richard? Dave. Okay, Dave.

Because we have... Dave and I have met before, actually. So, I don't know I guess you could still call yourself a fan If you'd like But generally when you actually know the person You're not necessarily a fan I love the show

I love you I love your work In a non-Brokeback Mountain way You sick whatever Now let me ask you Is is there a G-H in Dave? No. Okay, good. No.

All right, now I'm going to ask you all the same questions I asked Megan. Might spend a little less time on them with you, because I bet you'll actually have answers that I'll have to cut off. Okay. I'll be brief. We know your name is Dave. Where are you from originally, Dave? Detroit, Michigan.

I've been there. Did not like it. Just the last time I was there. Other. I've been there. Did not like it. Just the last time I was there. Other times I've been there was great. And what do you do for a living, Dave? You probably won't believe this, but I don't do anything, but I won in a bunch of game shows last year, so I don't

have to work. And when you audition for a game show, do you say when they say, what do you do for a living, you say game shows? No. I make up something creative. That would shut it down. You say you're a student. Yeah, I'm like, I'm an arcade manager.

That's a good one. All right. You know. And isn't there like, isn't there, here, have a water. Isn't there some sort of time, isn't there like a constraint on game show contestants? Yeah, I got into a little trouble with that, but I beat it. I contested it and got to keep my money. You beat the rap in game show court?

Well, like on 1 vs. 100, you can have been on another show, and you actually go on as a former champion from another show. So I went on as a champion from World Series of Pop Culture, but they tried to take away the car I won on Starface because I was on World Series of Pop Culture, but I fought it and I got to keep the car. This is all true. What did you win on World Series of Pop Culture?

$25,000 for qualifying. But the grand prize was a quarter of a million. That's still pretty good, though. I didn't know they had such a good qualifying prize, $25,000. I thought that show was cheaper than that. No, it's from the same people who did Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. Yeah, but it's on VH1.

Yeah. You're on VH1. Yeah, and I see my checks every week. So that's why I'm surprised. I'm waiting for that $25,000. You seen any movies lately, Dave? I did. I saw...

What's the most recent movie you saw? Smoking Aces, an epic movie. You... Did you see one and sneak into the other? Yep. Of course you did. Yes. I have a feeling that's, uh, kind of a pattern in your life.

Can you read me like a cheap novel? Um, so... Which one was better? I wouldn't even be able to guess. Yeah. I wouldn't even be able to hazard a guess, because they both... Yeah, it was kind of a dogfight. Um...

Smoking aces, but not by much. Which one was slightly better? Okay, smoking aces. And probably just because at least it's got some cool actors in it. Right, yeah. I've been seeing, like, Jeremy Pivens going on talk shows, talking about how proud he is of it, and it's the greatest work he's ever done. That guy's been awesome in a ton of things.

Oh, yeah. And now, since he's a star of Smoking Aces, he's going to go on Regis and Kelly and talk it up. But it's like, come on, man. And everybody's in that movie. It's like Ben Affleck, right? And just... No, it's a mess.

And the epic movie, of course, has... Carl Penn. And Crispin Glover playing Johnny Depp, playing Gene Wilder, playing the role he was born to play. And no one else should fucking touch it. But there's a huge Gnarnia subplot in Epic Movie. Gnarnia?

I was listening to last week's podcast before. Oh, yeah? Oh, good. I like it when you do the research. Sam Levine, he is just a wordy bastard. Yeah, he talks. He was going off about Alec Baldwin wouldn't shut up. Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah? Yeah. Oh, good. I like it when you do the research. That's Sam Levine. He is just a wordy bastard. Yeah, he talks. He was going off about Alec Baldwin wouldn't shut up, blah, blah, blah, blah, whatever. Wow, that's painful. There's guests from the audience attacking former guests.

But what were we talking about? No, I said there's a huge Gnarnia subplot in Epic Movie. They call it an Epic Movie Gnarnia instead of just Gnarnia. With a silent G. Oh, okay. All right. And doesn't like the girl in it. She kicks the beaver when it starts talking.

Yeah, it's retarded. Yeah. It looks like fun. Looks like it's a pleasant diversion after sitting through smoking aces. Oh, I know what I'll do. I'll not pay to go waste a lot more of my time. Why will I show them? And then parking will still be $8 when you go to leave, right?

You can't jump around the grove because they get you on the parking at the end. No, this is up at Cineplex There's a way to weasel free parking How do you do that? You go into the Frankenstein lot And say that you're filling out employee paperwork Saves you 11 bucks every time The Frankenstein lot off of Lancashire

God they're going to be like Wow we've got 20 people filling out Employee paperwork today. Now, Megan, this is spelled without a G or an H. Well, there's just so many places up at CityWalk. So you could be going to Bubba Gump Shrimp to fill out employee paperwork at 11 o'clock on a Friday. It's better than paying $11. I'm a cheap bastard.

Well, that's preferred parking's $11, right? I don't know. I've never paid. He doesn't even know what he's saving.

I don't. That's the key to big savings is to not even know. All right. Well, that was a good answer. Thank you.

Favorite all-time movie? No porn? I have real eclectic taste. Angel Heart with De Niro as the devil I liked a lot. Mickey Rourke.

And all the Kevin Smith movies except... What was his name in that? Was it like Lucifer? Lucifer. Lucifer. Oh my God.

And yeah, I liked most of the Kevin Smith movies. Most of them? Yeah, I didn't like The Magic Throwout. Dogma.

Yeah, I wasn't a big... Well, I'm a Jew, so... That's why you didn't like you had to throw out dogma yeah i wasn't a big well i'm a jew so that's why you didn't like dogma it didn't make any sense to me oh okay well alannis moore said his god was kind of interesting kind of yeah and then this year my favorite movie unlike uh i was a big borat fan this year oh okay good but I haven't seen Children of Men, so I could switch. Well, see it. I hear it's playing somewhere where you can park for free. Yeah. If you pull into the Frankenstein lot.

Yeah, there you go. Don't you think everybody's going to do that now? See, that was a good tip on the old I Love Movies. It's a fantastic tip. I don't know who's going to do it, necessarily, because as soon as you get out of the car and walk to the movie theater without ever filling out any paperwork dude it is enormous there they don't hit a guy is so high in that booth jesus

they're gonna come back they're gonna take away your car um let's see how we're doing on time here Pretty good Pretty good Are you getting excited about possibly getting Two of these items Do you have your eyes on some things Yeah Unlike Mr. Levine I'm a big Dreamgirls fan Alright well start picking out a movie for me

While I ask you the rest of these questions Any Oscar predictions I think well Jennifer Hudson for sure Babel for Best Picture. I mean, it's kind of lame. Way to stick your neck out with the two predictions I've already made. Yeah. And have you ever worked with Alec Baldwin?

No. Okay. Stephen Baldwin. You worked with him? Mm-hmm. Are you in Biodome? No. Did your name used to be Pauly?

Ooh. You got one for me? Pick out a good one. Oh, yeah. Because it's going to be your last. Oh, no, you already did this one. Fuck. What do you mean I already did that one? I was at another show and you had that one.

Which one was it? Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man. Oh, shit. Someone stumped me on that one. I didn't get it. Oh, I have an awesome one. Okay, what year? Okay.

Oh, God, this is great. Okay, 1986. Thomas Dolby. Wait, wait, wait, wait. This is a movie game, not a singing game. I know. All right. This is a total movie.

Keep going. David Pamer. I was just on a plane with him recently, and I thought, if this fucker crashes, and the headline says, dude from City Slickers dies, and a comedian was also on board. We're so not getting this. Yeah, that would suck. Okay, David Pamer, Thomas Dolby.

Keep going. Virginia Capers. Oh, Capers. She's old, I think. Keep going. Miles Chapin. Miles Chapin. Okay.

That's how I pronounce it. No relation to... And the cuts and the cradle and the silver spoon. Okay, keep going Holly Robinson Now Holly Robinson Pete Sans Pete? Sans Pete

This is pre-Pete Pre-Pete Pre-Pete Oh, man Pre-Pete Pre-Pete Holly Robinson Okay, keep going Veteran character actor Paul Gouffoyle

I butchered his name, but whatever. Yeah, he's on CSI. Right. Okay, keep going. Tim Robbins. And then the next tour giveaway. I don't know who that is, Tim Robbins. I'm just kidding.

Wait, wait, wait. Tim Robbins. Should I recap? Thomas Dobley. Thomas Dolby. David Pamer. Virginia Capers. Miles Chapin.

Holly Robinson. Sands Pete, Paul Gouffoyle, and Tim Robbins. And the next two are giveaways. Throw in the towel, Ben. Tim Robbins' third build. And this was a big movie. What was the year again? 86.

86. Got a lot of press. It's an infamous movie. Is that a clue? Is that something to do with Truman Capote? No. It's an infamous movie. 30 seconds.

Tim Robbins' third build. Shit. It's not Mystic River. Would you like one of the giveaways? Give me one of the giveaways. All right. Accused pedophile Jeffrey Jones. I love the way...

You should write for Leonard Maltin's book. They just list the names. You give a nice description of... Jeffrey Jones is supposed to give it away? I would think so, because there's only one more, and you should get it by now, because this is an infamous 1986 movie, executive produced by a legend in science fiction.

Oh, shit. So all those people were like under Heavy makeup and shit Just the Well sort of It's a science fiction movie Not really Oh but it's produced by a science fiction guy One more clue

Has something in common With Ghost Rider 1986 Jeffrey Jones Tim Robbins Something in common with Ghost Rider. 1986. Jeffrey Jones. Tim Robbins. Something common with Ghost Rider. Infamous.

1986. If you say infamous one more time, I'm going to leap over this table. Infamous bomb. Oh. What rating did Maltin give it? Uh. How do I read his ratings? I mean? How do I read his ratings? I mean, how do I read his ratings?

It's usually somewhere near the movie. Yeah, it's on the bottom. Just one. One star. One dot next to a V. That's for violence. All right, give me the last name. Caroline and the City Star, Leah Thompson.

They know it. What the fuck is this thing? the last name? Caroline and the city star Leah Thompson. They know it. What the fuck is this thing? Oh, come on. Leah Thompson was the lead in a movie? Yes. And it wasn't... Nope. Somebody guessed something.

It wasn't Rockstar. No, she was a Rockstar. Oh, she was a Rockstar in it. Oh, god damn it. Howard the fucking duck. Howard the fucking duck. See, I would beg to differ that she was the star of that movie. That's Maltin. That's Maltin. But no, you could have gone on to say Howard the duck himself.

Let's just admit, I just kicked his ass at Malta. He said Tim Robbins. I thought he said Tim Curry. No, he said Tim Robbins, but that would have really been a good excuse. Yeah, and I'm trying to do a show here. Quit yelling. That would have been a great excuse for me if he'd have said Tim Curry as

an audience member named Sam Levine contends. Yeah. Because then I'd be like, that's fucking wrong. This was so cool. I'd be as mad as you are, Sam. But instead, I'm mad at myself. Because I never knew Thomas Dolby was in that. I didn't. And who's the voice of Howard?

I would say Thomas Dolby. You think? I think so. Oh, maybe he was. Weird. He blinded me with science. Yeah. This is really cool.

I actually beat you at Malton. Because I sit here week after week. No, you picked Howard the Duck as a great one to pick Malton Because I sit here Week after week Howard the Duck is a great one to pick Yeah I sit here week after week Tim Robbins should have been the one Right there I should have caught it

But like I was just so I can't believe you didn't get it After Leah Thompson By him being the third lead Didn't make sense to me Remember the sex scene Why did Jeffrey Jones

Get bigger billing than Tim Robbins Because Tim Robbins wasn't as big At that point At that point Yeah yeah, yeah. Ferris Bueller principal. You're right, you're right. You should go on a game show. Well, thank you, Dave.

Would you like to pick some prizes? I would. Which two things would you like? I'm definitely going for the Dreamgirls book, and I'm going to make it Benson's choice. Like Sophie's choice. What do I want the least, rest of the audience? Because they're all

going. They're all going, so I'll give you the dog light. Turn on your dog light! Classic Kenny Loggins. Or no, Neil Diamond. That was Dave, who you might know from game shows. And I was Dave, who you might know from game shows.

And I'm Doug, who you know from... I love movies. It's so funny, I have to look to see what my last line is. I really should have it memorized by this point. Till next time, this is Doug Benson saying, Willem Dafoe is a shithead. Now it's time for Doug to watch another talkie. time this is Doug Benson saying Willem Dafoe is a shithead