Doug Loves Movies - Greg Proops and Ngaio Bealum Guest

Episode Date: February 20, 2010

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Doug hates candy wrappers screaming baby sticky seeds with 50 azepop or kernels in his teeth There's still not one that he won't see The Doug Loves Movies Hey everybody Hey Hey Thanks for fighting the horrible, warm, delightful weather to be here tonight. This is Black History Month, of course, raging on. And this is I Love Movies, the podcast where me and my white friends sit around trying to act cool hey live audience that's what i call you guys uh as you

know you're sitting in the ucb theater in los angeles waiting for tonight's comedy death ray and you had to get out of the nice warm outside to be in here blah blah blah um what i can't read my own writing sometimes so that makes for a fun opening of the show oh TMX 22X or is it ZZX I don't know but this guy from Twitter his name is TMX ZZX

he wrote to me on Twitter thanks for making I love movies I listen to it at work while I make pipes. To which I wonder to myself, hmm, corn cob or meersham? And I bet you neither. I bet you the answer is neither. All right.

I think I said everything I meant to say, so let's get to the guests. My guests tonight are the ebony and ivory of stand-up comics. I think I said everything I meant to say, so let's get to the guests. My guests tonight are the ebony and ivory of stand-up comics. Two hilarious dudes, emphasis on high and dudes, who are buddies of mine from hanging out back in the day in San Francisco. Shout out to Cobbs and the Punchline. Please welcome my buddies Ngayo Beelum and Greg Proops, everybody. Let's hear it for... N'Gayo is the black gentleman.

And Proops is... Greg is the white fellow. Is the other black guy. We live together. You're black in your own way. I love the... Well, yeah, the suits also are kind of a whole... You're playing a whole

white and black game. We're actually... We're going to be cops next fall. Yeah. That would be the best fucking cop show. Salt and pepper.

Proops and... Specs and the man. And Gaio. Specs. Be careful out there. But wait a second. You're both wearing specs. Exactly.

That's why I'm the man. Clearly. You have to narrow it down just from the second name Exactly, there's too many specs in this gang Or grang, if you will And not enough men Yeah I got a quick announcement to make Let me start.

You've kind of defeated the definition of quick announcement by making it so slow. Let me start with a question for my guests. What comedy clubs do you like out there? What are your favorite clubs to play right now? I like the Punchline of Sacramento. Oh, Sackline Punch. The Sack Punch.

Yeah. I'll be at the Sack Punch. And Greg, what do you like to play? The Laughing Skull Lounge in Atlanta, Georgia. Oh my God, tiniest venue in the world. Two shows every night. Did you ever go over to the Relapse, the church that they dug up and redid

and put comedy room in and everything? No. It's in Atlanta next time you go. The first time I went there, they had a speakeasy and a pot room. So it was the greatest comedy club I've ever been in. And now they've kind of had to clean it up a little bit. You can bring your own beer and all this jazz. It's a church basement.

All right. And who hasn't smoked weed in a church basement? I want to drink beer out of a bag in a church basement. That sounds awesome. All these jaded sophisticates now, I felt a wave of condescension ripple through the crowd. Much like when a dash of amber falls into a pool eternal. And let me just

say something. Your high horse won't fit into the basement of this church. Because this is where comedy is created, like a cauldron we throw down there. Like the movie The Black Cauldron. It's boring and it's rotoscoped. See how I tied it back in? Yeah, you brought it back to movies. I love that The Black Cauldron. It's boring and it's rotoscoped. See, I tied it back in.

Yeah, you brought it back to movies. I love that. I'm just watching. You had me at high horse. Of course. Because I wanted to say that my favorite club is Acme, and I'd like to make a special announcement. Acme in Minneapolis.

I mean, amongst other clubs. There's other good ones, too. Favorite club this week? Favorite club right now, because I'm about to say this. I am going to be recording my next record there on 420, which is April 20th, to non-pod smokers. And I'll be doing two shows at 730 and 930. So Google it, Twin Cities. Woo, happy 420.

You're going to love it. Can I tell you a story of Acme very briefly? Yeah. I made an album there, and we did it over four shows. The first show, Saturday night, 25 minutes, goodbye laugh. Silence. Dachau. I go

to the crowd. Yeah, you know, what is it? Lincoln, Jefferson. I go to the crowd. We're making a, what is it? Lincoln, Jefferson. And I go to the crowd. We're making a record tonight. And someone in the back goes, no fucking way. And that was the biggest laugh of the night. That was fantastic.

And I went back and went, mix that one in with the other shows. We'll fix it in post. Yeah. No, you got to do the multiple shows when you're recording an album. Because you're going to, you know. And the last time I did two shows I recorded the first one I was like that was all right and then the second by the time the second was started I was like totally high and drunk and I did that and after I was over I was like that's the one and then the record company goes you nailed it on

the first show and I said okay whatever you. I will go with you on that since you're listening to it, not fucked up. So you're not really the Martin Sheen in Apocalypse Now of method actor? No, I'm not. I will never break a mirror for any reason. Drunk

or not. Apocalypse Now is already like a tire, I mean is already a reference no one even knows anything about, right? Did you guys know Lawrence Fishburne was in it? 15 years old. When he was Larry. This whole section right here is like, we're 5 years old.

What the fuck are you talking about? Yeah, well, I just ate a bug. Alright. Both of you guys were in Super High Me to which I say thank you and yay. Greg has a brief moment early on in the film where he says something smart. And Ingaio can be seen during one of the raid scenes in the movie when a dispensary is being raided.

He's comforting a young woman during the crisis. She had been held at gunpoint. Oh, Jesus. And then they were raiding my job at the time. Oh, you worked there. That was the one on Santa Monica? Yeah, the one on Santa Monica. And she was a customer?

No, she had her own club, and they had raided like five clubs that day at the same time that the L.A. City Council was actually sending a letter to the DEA telling them not to raid any clubs. They were raiding clubs. Yeah, yeah. On the same day.

I don't know if there's a coincidence. Thank goodness they did that because it was great for the movie. Very exciting. They also knew that. They were like, Doug needs more conflict and action in his movie or else it's just dumb guys sitting around talking. I was so happy. Of course the movie.

I was so happy everyone got raided and held at gunpoint. I didn't know what to do. No, I was so happy that that aspect of what was going on was actually covered in the movie because there was a second team that went out and shot that sort of shit because the last thing we wanted was for me to get arrested while making the movie.

Wouldn't that be the first thing you wanted? See, that's what happens, you stupid hippie. I wanted to make the movie where conservatives go, oh, well, I guess maybe you're right that you're not harming anyone with your pot smoking except for people that go to the trouble of downloading a podcast

and have to listen to you drone on and on. Those poor bastards. Now, Greg, you're the voice of, or half of the voice of the two-headed sports announcer in the The Greatest of All Star Wars

movies. The Greatest of All Star Wars movies. Oh no, I think fans would agree. Fans, put that one number one. If you're ranking them one through six, Phantom Menace is numero uno. It's got a lot of a small child in it, which is awesome for any kind of

The Jewish innkeeper flying blue placenta thing? Yeah, yeah. They got that thing in there. I can't fix a Jedi. He's in it. It's got an Asian menace. The Asian menace? Isn't that...

What's his name? Jar Jar? Jar Jar. His role was diminished in the next few movies. He gets fully blown in Phantom Menace, and that's what I'm talking about. This movie's on. It's everybody's favorite. It's terrific.

So how have you been able to live with the paparazzi outside your house all day and night? You were the voice of the sportscaster. What did you do when you were recording that sequence? At what point did you say, oh, I'm involved in shark jumping?

Like I'm involved in Star Wars movies totally shitting the bed. Like it's happening right now because they're asking me to say things like, whoa, that's got to hurt. I felt the Mak the pod race. The Mako beneath my feet gathering velocity and momentum as we broke through the water and leapt over that herd of great white. It must have still been very thrilling to be

you went to Skywalker Ranch, I'm sure to record you. I did go, but that was just for a visit. It was pretty weird and wild. It was like Westworld and whatnot. Yeah, a lot of Ewok fucking going on. Yeah. Was there ever.

You could barely get to your car. And then when you got there, they're all in the back seat and whatnot. Yep, yep. Hey, cool it. Yep, yep. Yep, yep. They say yep, yep.

That was from the third Star Wars movie, Return of the Jedi. And that was great fun to do. And Scott Capurro was the other one. He's a great comedian from San Francisco, and he lives in London and San Francisco. He was the other one. And we made up a lot of that good old, you know, ooh, ah, he's got the skills. You know, we just were throwing in any old.

Sure. It was fun to do. I mean, they gave us giant prosthetic heads and then they CGI'd them right off. So we had five hours of makeup. Oh, no. Yeah. I thought it was just a voice over thing. The best part was the model makers, right? We were in Leavesden outside of London

and the model makers had had in Uma Thurman. Sure. Thurman sounds pretty cool. It's better that way, isn't it? Sade. I turned into a German actress from the 70s. She's in a lot of Fassbender films. Uma Turman. I loved her in 99 Red Balloon.

Oh, she's awesome in that. They'd made her bodysuit for the Avengers. You remember that fabulous Avengers remake with Ralph Fiennes? It was magic. And they'd had her down to her underwear and had to wrap her. And so they were still vibrating from that two weeks later. Imagine, these are model makers. So they are the king of that mountain of guys

who are like that. I hesitate to label people, but yes, nerd would be a fairly accurate answer. They still had big, huge nerd-ons. Dude, they were model makers and they were like, They were trembling because they knew That she would be in Kill Bill one day

They were already that excited about it Something that hadn't even happened yet And Gaio, let's turn the conversation to you for a second Good luck Besides Super Jaime, have you been in any motion pictures? Yeah, sure I was in any motion pictures? Yeah, sure. I was in nine months. For real?

That took place in San Francisco. Yes. I was Sean's friend number one. You were what number one? Sean's friend number one. I was a friend of Jeff Goldblum. So you were Sean's best friend. I was, yes.

You were his number one friend. I was his number one friend. Did you guys, did you and number two have to play Rochambeau to determine? Well, we thumb wrestled. Oh, okay. And you won. So who's best friend? Jeff Goldblum's best friend.

It was directed by Chris Columbus. I was wearing a... So Jeff Goldblum was Hugh Grant's friend in nine months. Yes. And he was the one that stood around all the time saying, you shouldn't have gotten her pregnant. You shouldn't have gotten her pregnant. Yeah.

And then what would you say? No, I just sat there? That's right, bitch. You were just like the Greek chorus of just agreeing with him all the time. I just smiled and nodded a lot. I saw that movie. I don't remember you being in it. Thank you.

Maybe I didn't. Thank you. And I loved you in Blade Runner. Maybe I didn't know you yet. I really am barely in that. You were a real part. I wasn't the number one anything. No, you didn't. Yeah. Were you an extra

in Blade Runner? Yeah, yeah, yeah. That's awesome. I was an extra in Howard the Duck. Nice. Thank you. Thank you. I'll be signing autographs in the lobby of the UCB afterward with my Howard the Duck. The apocalypse now references nothing. Howard the Duck, we're in. Can you believe this? That we remember.

You don't feel it. That's a classic. Prestige. Howard the Duck. Yeah. Howard the Duck was probably awesome when everyone here was two years old. It was probably like it was their shit. That movie ran into a serious plot accident. What a weird-ass movie that was.

What did you do? Oh, we were in some big scene in a giant room where stuff exploded and stuff. And I remember some guy had a line and he was supposed to go over to a group of people and go, everybody go over here. And I said, when there's danger all about, don't cop out. And he went and they said action

and he ran over and he lost his line and he went, don't cop out to everybody. It was just stupid. Everybody, I was in a comedy group at the time and everybody, everybody in San Francisco was in that movie at the time, you know, because it was one of those movies. Like Nash Bridges or fucking, I'm sorry to swear so much, Midnight Caller. Right. Or like, you know, the New York actor

that doesn't have a law and order on their resume should probably pack it in. If you live in a town where they shoot one show, you better end up on the other. Yeah. If you can't stand there sweeping and going, I didn't see anything. Leave me alone. I'm trying to sweep. We don't open till three. She was breathing when I left. Have you guys been to the movies lately? Have you seen anything?

From Paris with Love. Why? Because I was in the middle of Oregon, and there's nothing to do. That's what comics do when we're on the road. You can't go bowling. It's league night. We go see a matinee. That's what comics do when we're on the road. You can't go bowling. It's league night. We go see a matinee.

That's right. High as hell. You got high as hell. Super high. And saw what I assume, let me just try to sum it up, is a crazy, horrible action movie. Yes. That only takes 90 minutes. Yes.

Okay. Which one is from Paris with Love? That's John Travolta's The Bald CIA Killer. It's not the romance one with the... No, not When in Rome. Oh. No, no, no, that's... I thought it was When in Rome.

That to me was... Yeah, that was mistake number one. From Paris with love. And it's a fucking buddy action movie. Like, at what point is one of their names Paris? I don't think so. So why... Who were they... what is happening?

They shot it in Paris. It was really a big excuse for everybody to go to Paris. Yeah, it should be called fucking Paris is what they should call it. From Paris with Love makes it sound like they're two guys in love who've just come back from Paris. And maybe they're having some differences and have to settle them with a Glock. Starring Jonathan Rees-Meyers from The Tudors. Those hot hoods in it? It's the buddy cop movie you've been waiting for, Greg.

It's the guy from The Tudors. With Travolta? With a bald Travolta. He's a badass. He's outside the law. That's where he operates. Right, right. But Jonathan Rhys-Meyers.

But he's CIA. Yeah, yeah. Rogue. That explains a lot. Rogue. Yeah, he's a rogue CIA guy. I'm still getting over his leather bear look in Pelham 123.

I saw that on the plane this year. And he looks so much like a dude ready to go to the Eagle in San Francisco. It was brutal. Hi, Waylon. Who's the bear? For Valentine's, just a few days ago, I sent a girl a Vermont leather bear. Vermont leather bear?

A girl or a chubby guy you've been trying to get out? The commercials have finally stopped airing. I'm so excited about that. Because a Vermont teddy bear, any guy who gets that for his lady is not going to have that lady for much longer. That is sick. It's the bear that says you just don't care. What did you get your lady for Valentine's Day? Wave your hand from the air.

I don't have a lady, so I didn't have to. That was just a premise I was throwing out there. Good lady-keeping skills, Doug. The idea that I might have a lady is exciting. I haven't seen any movies lately. Last time I was on here, I talked about how I started watching Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. So I finished that.

I finally got through that. But that was almost like reading a book. I'd watch 10 minutes and then I'd go, I'm tired of this. But I wanted to see the whole thing. Did you watch it on the toilet as well? I wanted to see Dumbledeth. What? You said it was like reading a book, so I was like, read.

Yeah, I'd watch it for a while on my phone on the crapper then I'd move to the living room watch it for a while there then I'd watch it on my computer then I'd jerk off but basically basically

the way it ended totally reminded me of Vampire Strikes Back but instead of losing a hand the hero lost an old man did you guys see it? it's very similar you're looking at me like you might not have seen it I read the book oh okay Using a hand, the hero lost an old man. Did you guys see it? It's very similar. You're looking at me like you might not have seen it.

I read the book. Oh, okay. I saw it. I was going to see it, but then I remembered I was cool. And my job's different than yours. They should have a reminder on the box office. There should be a sign that just says, Hey, if you're cool, you don't need to see this.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. You must be at least this cool. What was it called? Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. It's like really low. Way down below your dick. That's cool. That's pretty low. Are the

Harry Potter movies good? Black History Month, everybody. Yeah. The Harry Potter movies are a roller coaster of emotion and desire. Because when they were little kids, I didn't give a shit about them. But then they grew up a little bit,

and now I'm like, I would fuck any one of them. That's where the magic is. Even Rupert Grinch. Even Ron Weasley. Sweet. No. You know, they're like... Alfonso Cuaron made the third one,

directed the third one, and it was fucking incredible. The rest are all okay. Did he also do Entomoma Tambien? Yeah. That's a great movie. And Children of Men. I love that movie.

Strawberry Cough. What? That's from Children of Man is amazing. I love that movie. Yeah, that is a fantastic movie. What? Strawberry Cough, right? That's from Children of Man? Right. That's the Wii? Michael Caine? Yeah.

I love Michael Caine sitting around smoking pot. Doesn't he say, pull my finger at one point? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Fucking Michael Caine. What the hell? Right. Oscar-winning actor with a wig on. He must have truly been high when he did those scenes.

I watched the Michael Jackson movie on the plane. This is it. This is fucking it. This is it. No more of this amazingness. No. How was it? That was it. It was a rehearsal.

That was like a sketch out of Bullwinkle and Rocky. We've been friends a long time. So remember, Specs and the Man this fall. Fox Television, Tuesday nights at 10. It's a rehearsal, and it seems like a rehearsal. And you don't get the vibrant, palpitating excitement that is his explosive whatever. Because if you're watching it with a...

Do you really want to talk about Michael Jackson's explosive whatever? Yeah. He was disappointed. I don't know. It didn't – What you get from it is that he would have done a series of highly enjoyable concerts for fans. It was not going to be a comeback. He was not going to have hit records again.

He was not going to bust out some new dance moves. No, there was no new dance moves, no new jams. It was all the same shit. He's always done, but he's got so much of it that it's amazing. It would have been a very entertaining show. It would have moved to Vegas. I was going to say, he should have played Vegas. Alternate with Celine Dion.

And Elton John. Yeah, and bam, you're done. That's your life. There was nothing revealing about the movie. I thought they were selling it as this backstage look At what happens So was it better than Madonna's Truth or Dare? Nothing's better than Madonna's Truth or Dare That movie's awesome

It's true, I haven't seen it in a long time It's good If you want shallow It's better than Hey Hey Paula, the TV show I mean for pure shallow It's awesome So my new friend Leonard Maltin He was a guest on the show recently Really? I mean, for pure shallow. It's awesome. So my new friend, Leonard Maltin,

he was a guest on the show recently. Really? Yeah, so you guys are in good company. Wow. When's Cornell West coming? It's still February. Exactly. When's Cornell West coming?

Somebody wrote to me on Twitter that I should have the guy from the actor's studio, James Lipton. Yes. And I was like, Doug Benson. No, I'm good. I don't need to talk to that guy. He can just live on in, you know, my fantasies.

But Leonard wrote a book called 151 Best Movies You've Never Seen. Three of us have seen a lot of movies, so I'm just going to randomly pick one, and we'll see if any of us have seen it. And if we have, if it's indeed one of the best movies ever. It's called Look Both Ways. It's from

2005 and it stars a bunch of people I've never heard of. And then Leonard says, people often ask me what I look for in a movie and I explain that I don't have a set of rules or requirements. Tits. Mostly tits. Hey, that's pretty shitty parameters for a movie, and I explain that I don't have a set of rules or requirements. Tits, mostly tits. Hey, that's pretty shitty parameters for a critic, don't you think?

That's a bit loose, isn't it? How about if it's good or bad, boring, not boring, well-written? Oh, that stuff doesn't enter into it. Yeah, well-acted, a topic I enjoy. I watch a movie, I let it flow over me. I eat a big meal, I sleep for three hours. Then I wake up and write it was fantastic.

Do you program yourself to dream about it as well? Yeah. Well, so I challenge listeners to find Look Both Ways. He told me, Leonard told me that all these movies are available on DVD or VHS or whatever it is you do. I told you. There's nobody I've ever

heard of. Justine Clark, William McInnes, Anthony Hayes. Oh, yeah, those guys. Someone named Sasha. Sasha Gray? There's an Edwin Hodgman in this movie. I'm just saying, I want to challenge the listeners because I'm not going to bother, but check out Look Both Ways from 2005

and then write to me on Twitter or MySpace and tell me what you thought of it. I don't want to ruin it because I haven't seen it and I haven't looked on Twitter or MySpace and tell me what you thought of it. I don't want to ruin it because I haven't seen it and I haven't looked at your book, but I'm guessing it's a taut thriller with a psychological edge. Either that or a group of young people coming of age in a big city

dealing and grappling with their fundamental issues. Is there a twist at the end? Huh? Is there a twist at the end? To be sure. In the relationship one, I think we find out who's bisexual and in the other one,

I think we just find out you can't trust anybody because the world is duplicitous by nature. That's my guess. And I haven't seen it, but if you're going to call the movie Look Both Ways... I think you basically said this. Here's what Len says, and it's basically what you just said in a nutshell. He says that Look Both Ways approaches weighty subjects with a

light touch, and that's what makes it special. That's basically what you were getting at. You have the same parameters. It won the Discovery Award at the Toronto Film Festival because it's something that people will probably never discover. That's why it's called the Discovery Award.

And it won the Best Film Prize at the Australian Equivalent of the Academy Awards. You know what that is? It's something nobody gives a shit about. The Australian Equivalent to the Academy Awards. which you know what that is? The G'days? It's something nobody gives a shit about. The Australian equivalent to the Academy Awards. Welcome to the G'days. But what did they say? The Academy Awards picked Avatar,

but what did they say? Look both ways. Yes. So check it out if you can, and let's play the Leonard Maltin game. All right. Woo! After talking it up so much.

Now, Ngayo and Greg have never listened to the podcast. Not that I blame them. It's not for people who have things to do. But, um... So I explained to them briefly how the game works backstage, and I think they're both smart enough to be able to put it together. The subject this week is

Doug's favorite stoner or stoned films. So it's either about stoners or features things that a stoner would enjoy watching and listening to. And I picked five movies. And since Ngaio is directly to my left, I will start with him. You can pick a year of a movie to guess. You have a choice between, do you think you'd be better at 93, 82, or 98? These are all in the 1900s. 93, 92, or 98?

Let's go with 93. 93. Similar year in hip-hop as well. All right, here we go. Leonard Moulton, iPhone app, says the following. This movie is from 1993. Like I said, it's a stoner movie. And I'll give you a clue of something that Leonard said.

The answer shall be forthcoming. Leonard said, great soundtrack includes carefully selected period music. Because a lot of these movies that take place during a particular time period, they just don't even try. All right, Greg. So we've got to start the bidding with Ngaio. And you have 11 names. You can name in 11 names All the way down to 0 names

I can do it in 6 names He says 6 names Greg But you say you can do it in 0 I can but I'm going to play the game That's a ballsy way to play the game Just jump to 0 If you've got it nailed down From that clue in the year

I can do it in 5 He says he can do it in 5 Alright I can do it in 4 I can do it in five. He says he can do it in five. All right, I can do it in four. I can do it in two. Greg Proops named that movie. Oh, you get two names. You guys. Unfortunately in Gaio,

I think these two names are going to be insanely helpful. John Witherspoon. That's not one of the names. Did you think that I would pick Hollywood Shuffle as a great stoner movie? Because it turns out it is. There's a bat in my house. Wicky Dicky Dog. All right.

Hoes gotta eat. Ben Affleck and Parker Posey. It's Dazed and Confused. Yeah, yeah. See, those are the first two names? Those are the bottom names. Come on. Because remember, they're all just starting.

That's how action-packed. What about Efren? Matthew McConaughey is the next name. Then Anthony Rapp, Adam Goldberg, Melissa Ribisi. It's like they get less famous the more they're in it. You've got to put it in a better order. Jason London is the lead. And who's ever heard of him or his twin brother?

And then Wiley Wiggins. You can't mix it around. He's on tour with Jason Lundin. You just have to read it straight from him. You're doing great. Wiley Wiggins picked up an Australian Oscar a couple years ago. The equivalent of the Australian Oscar. They're called the G'day.

The B'day. You won one. G'day. Get on ya. Get on ya, mate. You won a G'day. The B'day? Yeah. You won one. G'day. Get on ya. Get on ya, mate. You won a G'day. All right, so I totally forgot. I normally pick people from the audience that you guys are playing for.

Oh. Should we still do that? I totally forgot to do that. I won for somebody big time. We win people in the audience? So since you guys have never... Cool. Do we get to pick? So what I'm saying is, let's start over.

Because it's no fair to pick now when Greg already has a point. Greg, do you have a point? I'll grant you my point. That was like a test. That was like to show you guys how the game is played. I always go over here to this section. Did you want

to possibly play? What's your name, sir? Chris. All right. Who would you like to play for you, Greg or Ngayo, based on what you've heard so far? It's not a racist thing. Which one is Specs?

Ngayo. Ngayo, okay. I thought I was the man. They're both wearing glasses. Oh, I thought I was the man. Clearly. You're the man now, dog. That could be the thing. After a few seasons, it shifts. The other guy was the man. Clearly. You're the man now, dog. That could be the thing.

After a few seasons, it shifts. The other guy's the man. Yeah. That guy loves it. Do you want an EP on this? I would be happy to. You're the showrunner. What's your name?

Breck. Seriously? Is that Finesse sitting next to you? Breck is actually, that's an old Swedish name. It means un gallo. Wow. Where's Prell? Prell?

All right, Breck's here. So Greg is going to play for you, Breck. All right. Where's Head and Shoulders? We're starting all over. He's never heard that before. I'll let Greg choose. 1982, 1998, or 1971?

82. Oh, 71. Oh. You like 71, do you? Okay. Yeah, let's get that. You got a fighting chance, Graham. Wow, exactly.

You're taking me back to the silence when I was little. This is 71. This is either a stoner movie or a movie that is fun to watch while you're stoned. And let me pick out something that... Got it. Really? Every movie ever. Oh, here we go.

Cruel Edge taints film's enjoyment. Cruel Edge taints film's enjoyment. You said taint. I know. I can't believe... Leonard's very respectable. I can't believe he used the word taint. All know. I can't believe. Leonard's very respectable. I can't believe he used the word taint. All right.

This is from 1971. Did you say you get full enjoyment from the taint? Something like that. Clearly. What about the enjoyment? Who doesn't? There are. Fair enough.

Fair enough. Seven names. Just think if the teabaggers had called themselves the taints. How much more popular that movement might have been Yeah, yeah, yeah We taint Republicans, we taint Democrats We for freedom, we don't teabag, we're Taints Doug, this is a genius

Yeah We're on our way, we're starting a movement The Taint Movement Have you TM'd today? Yeah, Taint a Revolution Alright, so there's seven names, Greg You want to start the bidding? Have you TM'd today? Yeah, Tainted Revolution. All right, so there's seven names, Greg. You want to start the bidding?

Yeah, I can name it in five characters. Five names, he says. I'll go four. Four. Cool Edge, you said? It says four. Cool Edge? Cruel. Cruel, yes.

Cruel Edge. It's got a cruel edge. Wow. This movie for starters. I can name it in three. 71. He can do it in three names. I'm going to be hurt.

I don't think he can. I don't think I can either. 71? I think that's a bad bid. It's not Shaft. I'll go two. You're going two names? It's Black History Month.

Go on. I want to hear it. Always bet on black. Go on. Name that movie. The app is freaking out on me. I've got to find it again. Ron O'Neill.

I blame it on the app as opposed to my thumb pressing the wrong thing. In the future. Now, did you pick this movie or was this picked by him? You picked this, right? Have you smoked a joint with Leonard Moulton? I can't say one way or the other about stoner movies. Did you guys smoke any weed? No, we didn't.

Did you offer him some? I didn't ask. I didn't ask. You've got to bring it up. That's hard. He was here with his kids. Oh, yeah. How old are his kids?

42 and... 36. They're grown up, but still. I mean, I don't stand around talking about weed in front of my parents. You just came from taping a teen Nick. I think I smoked weed with your parents, Doug. Oh, stop it. All right.

What just happened? You said two names? Three. And I said, no. No, all right. I said, pick that man up. But I think I might know, but I don't know. I want to hear the names. There's no way you're going to get it with two names? Three. No. I said she's picked up Mavie, but I think I might know. There's no way you're going to get it with two names. Thanks for the positive thoughts.

Ursula Reet. Yeah, I don't know who that is. I've seen this movie a million times. I couldn't tell you who that person played. Michael Bolner. Coffee? Coffee?

No. I Bolner. Coffee? What? Coffee? No. Damn. I just guessed. Wow. Don't always bet on black is the lesson. Is it a black exploitation movie? No.

Clearly not black exploitation. Well, it kind of is a black exploitation movie if you think chocolate was exploited in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. Oh, Willy Wonka

and the Chocolate Factory. I should have got that. Why would you get that? I don't know those names. I don't know who Aubrey Woods is, but I know Roy Kinnear. I know that movie damn near by heart. Roy Kinnear was Veruca Salt's dad. Peter Ostrom was Charlie.

Jack Albertson was Grandpa. And Gene Wilder was Willy Wonka. That was a great picture. Violet, you're turning violet, Violet. So Greg gets one point. That means Breck is doing good to win some fabulous prizes. And I'll start with you on this next one. You got to get this one in, Gaio.

No pressure. No more crazy bidding. It's a game. You know you're sitting next to the poster child for marijuana doesn't hurt brain cells. No. They both look to their left. It's a little live humor that the listeners can't enjoy.

Is this radio? I hear voices. 1982, 1998, or 1968? 1982. 82. There we go. Is it a movie that's about stoners or loved by stoners. I really think that the cruel edge of Willy Wonka added to the film's enjoyment.

Me too. Without the cruel edge, it's not good. That's the whole point. The cruel edge is a Tim Burton movie. Yeah, what is this? Two bad little children gone, three good little children left. He pulls out. Fantastic.

And the whole wondrous boat ride, there's nothing fucking scarier in a G-rated movie. There's no earthly way of knowing. I'm always hoping that the mushrooms kick in right when that scene starts. Yeah. What did she say? Is it raining? Is it snowing? Is a hurricane a-flowing?

That's why you can just use the pause button if that's really important to you. You don't have to really hope that it kicks in at just the right moment. You're going to be like, it's not kicking in yet. Back in my day. Yeah, back in the old time. We had to watch it on TV. Okay, this is from 1982.

Here's what Leonard says about it. Leonard says... Delightful teen marred by violence. Phoebe Cate's taint was marred by violence. Vincent D'Onofrio. Leonard says later a TV series. Uh-huh. People gasped at that clue.

Square Peg's the movie. All right Alright 12 names Geeks didn't come out in 82 12 names 10 Guy says he can do it in 10 8 7

5 Shit 4 3 Go 3 might be hard That's what she said. I don't even...

Okay. Sorry. You gotta tell one of your friends to go. You're the black Michael Scott. Wow. You're the white Dwight Schrute. I can accept that alright here we go

Martin Brest was in this movie that one's a weird one Pamela Springsteen I don't know who the fuck that is and then James Russo is your third name I was gonna say Fast Times but that isn't it

man I think I'm found flounder I think a flounder Your third name. I was going to say Fast Times, but that isn't it. Man, I think I'm found. Flounder. I think a flounder foundered me. It was a TV series. Oh. Buggery. I didn't see that one.

Correct. Blazing. Buggery from 1982. It was a Polish film. Not many people saw it, but it won a G'day. Alright, I'm just going to say Fast Times and that's not it. That is it. Fast Times at Ridgemont High.

Also starring Forrest Whitaker, Vincent Schiavelli, Ray Walston, Phoebe Cates, Brian Backer, Robert Romanis, Judge Reinhold, Jennifer Jason. Do I get a half point for bringing it up earlier? No, there's no half points. Especially, it's too late for a half. Okay, you get a half point. Yay! The score is, Ngayo has half and Greg won. It's close.

Greg won the whole thing. Separated by only a half. But what did Martin Brest do in it? He's the director, right? Martin Brest? Maybe he had a line or maybe he's in the mall or something. Yeah, I don't remember. And I don't know who Pamela Springsteen is.

And James Russo, that was the guy that played like... Who's the punky guy, right? He played Eddie Murphy's buddy in Beverly Hills Cop that gets killed at the beginning. Spoiler alert. He was just a friend. We're way down the cast list on this. But I forget what he... Yeah, he must have just... Because there's Forrest Whitaker and all kinds of...

I don't know why they didn't put in Eric Stoltz and Nicholas Cage. There's better names to put in there. John Cusack. I'm sure Martin Bress thanks you for saying that there's better names. If I ever meet Leonard Maltin, I'm going to complain

about this particular entry if I ever have the chance. You should fire him off a hot email right now. Let's give some prizes away to Breck. Woo, yay, Breck! Breck is our winner, and I'm so glad that Greg won because I don't remember the other guy's name. Might be Chris.

But Breck won. He won a copy of the screenplay of The Hurt Locker. It's fun to read and think, oh no, is it going to blow up? And then this is awesome. You want a copy on DVD of Public Enemies

starring Johnny Depp. Does any amount of pot make that good? No. I tried the amount that should make it good and failed. Yeah. That's how I judge. Leonard has his criterion. That's our criterion. Yeah, yeah.

How much pot will it take to make this good? I'm going to smoke this much. And if all of it isn't enough, then it's like a bomb. You have some sort of not enough weed in the world stamp. Right. Yeah, there's got to be like a... Not enough weed in the world. Like just a little picture of a sad hippie.

Weed finity. Weedfinity. Weedfinity. You know what movie I just watched that failed that test? Rockstar with Jennifer Aniston and Mark Wahlberg. That is the worst. It was on cable and I tried the test, man. Maybe a little more pot will make this good. And then no way.

Isn't it weird how something like that, like Rockstar, it just doesn't even captivate during its lameness. Right! But something like Roadhouse is so watchable. It's so amazing. You can't give me bad Pat Swayze. I can, but...

And then also you win a Doug Benson's Medical Marijuana Tour t-shirt. The tour happened last fall, so don't get confused by the dates on the back and show up somewhere. And I gotta find out Something from Chris So you guys talk amongst yourselves

Well anyway Ngaio So The runner up each week In this game The loser gets to name someone Who I will call a shithead at the end of the show As my sign off So That's very generous loser gets to name someone who I will call a shithead at the end of the show as my sign off.

That's very generous. Do you guys have any plugs before we wrap this up? Any gigs you have coming up in the next three to four weeks? Or a couple months? Sure. Alright, I'm doing a 420 show! Where's that going to be? At the

Punchline in San Francisco. Punchline San Francisco. So if you're not in Minnesota. And lots of other funny dudes. Lots and lots of other. And I guarantee there will be an after show parking lot party. There will be a pre-funk

at around 7 o'clock. Show starts at 8. And then parking lot shenanigans. And then we may even throw an after party at one of my homies' houses. It's a very fun show. That sounds good.

I'm sure you've done 420 shows in San Francisco. The problem is, I used to do one for the Cannabis Action Network that a guy I worked for. And they'd make your plane booking, and no one would come get you, and there'd be no ticket. And it was hilariously true to form. When you play a pot benefit, don't let anybody there deal with your shit.

Because just do it yourself. And then go, here's a receipt. And they go, all right. That's great advice to the listeners. When you do a pot benefit, don't let anybody book your shit. Am I wrong? No, you're not wrong. But Brian Posehn and I were, can I mention other pot smokers' names?

I don't want to impugn people. Are you outing pot smokers? I say to everyone who will listen in every interview I do that Greg Proops and Brian Posehn are the two guys that basically turned me into a full-time stoner. I feel very proud of that. Brian was backstage at one in Gaio, and they gave us a box of cannabinol? The powder?

The hash? No, no, it was just THC powder. Keef. Keef. Yeah! Thank you. Stoner girl. Nice.

Stoner girl. I'll see you after the show. Either that or you're from Morocco, and you've got Majoon in a jar in your pocket and Brian goes I got some a few weeks ago and I just fell in love with it it was the most adorable Keef yeah he just went

I just fell in love with it it's fantastic and then after you took some you went yeah but it still wouldn't make Rockstar good what do you have coming up I'm trying to think It's fantastic. And then after you took some, you went, yeah. But it still wouldn't make Rockstar good. What do you have coming up? I'm trying to think. Tonight at 10, I'll be at the improv on Melrose. Oh, okay.

So everyone that's here now, go over there. And everyone that's listening to this, start building that time machine. And don't forget. Thank you, man. Don't forget about the gigawatts. The password is tesseract I'm going to be at Parler Live Flux capacitor

What? Flux capacitor Flux capacitor, that's right Ah, Marty I'm going to be at I'm going to be at Parler Live In Bellevue, Washington Which is, you know

Just a skosh away from Seattle Nice March 4th through 6th, 2010. How is that? I saw that on your thing. Let's go. What? Have you been before?

Where? Bellevue. Parlor Live? Yeah. Yeah, I did a one-night stand there that was quite enjoyable. So we extended it. Yeah, Bellevue's cool. We extended it three nights.

It's very affluent. Oh, Bellevue's the bitch part. It's not Seattle. He means Caucasian. Anybody who walks up to me on the street there and says, get me some comps, I'm going to say, just give me some cash. Yeah, yeah. Because they have money there.

They're doing all right. That's where all the Microsoft guys live, right? There in Redmond. Sure. Thanks. Thanks for helping, brother. They're in a compound. If you say so in Gaio.

Cap City, March 9 through 11. Cap City is in wonderful Austin, Texas. Austin, Texas. Love the Cap City comp. Yeah, I'll be there with Graham Elwood. And then the next Benson Interruption is February 22nd at Largo. And also

check on my I Love Movies thread on aspecialthing.com for news about I'm going to be taking this show on the road sometime in the very near future. And there'll be details about that. And let's see.

I think that's all I wanted to say this time. Follow me on Twitter. Follow. It's Ngaio420. N-G-A-I-O. 420. 420. And Greg, what's your Twitter name?

Greg Proops. What? Why, should it be like Ashton Kutcher 2? Asshat Kutcher? That'd be good. Not a douche. Yeah, not a douche. Alright, so follow in Guy0420 and Greg Proops, P-R-O-O-P-S

The common spelling. Yes. How everybody spells Proops. It's German for Breck. And as always, as always, as always, John Travolta is a shithead. Now it's time for Doug to watch another talk.

He hides a golded view and prowess makes it cocky. There's no room in his heart for you, cause Doug loves movies.