Doug Loves Movies - Katie Thurston, Sarah Tiana, Tony Yacenda guest

Episode Date: February 20, 2023

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screaming baby 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. Hey, hey, hey, everybody. My name is Doug, and I love movies. This is Doug Loves Movies.

It's Sunday, February 19th, 2023. And we've got two new guests today and one old one that didn't come out right they are katie thirst and sarah tiana and tony yacinda hello everybody hello i would be the old one oh well that's you know only in terms of appearances on this program you are a veteran in that sense and not in many others. But let's meet everybody individually and alphabetically. Starting with, she was The Bachelorette, now she's doing stand-up comedy. It's Katie Thurston. Hello, Katie. Hello.

How's it going? It's good. I'm happy to be here. I'm excited to have you here. When I saw that you were getting into the stand-up comedy game, I was like, I mean, I'd have anybody from the Bachelorette franchise on, but I don't really interact with any of those people. So to know that you're in stand-up comedy and to be able to reach out. This worked out great. Where's your next stand-up gig that you have coming up? I just finished my latest one here in San Diego. It was sold out at Mic Drops.

It was like, I don't know, like 230 people. So I'm taking a breather really for a minute because it's a lot. But give me like one more week and i'm sure i'll have like three more shows on the books already all right great we'll uh we'll tell people to uh follow your socials at the end of the show so they can uh come see you live somewhere and uh and but it's your you're feeling encouraged by the process you're enjoying doing stand-up oh, I love it.

It's so rewarding. It's such a high, it's challenging for sure. Given the route that I'm going, cause it's kind of like having a platform. So people watching you bomb here and there, but I enjoy it. It's, it makes life interesting for sure. Yeah. And it's like every comic like Sarah Tiana included when we do like a

special that, that material is considered burned and then you have to start from scratch a comic like Sarah Tiana included, when we do a special, that material is considered burned, and then you have to start from scratch again anyway in front of people that like you and want to see you. You're just doing the process for the first time, basically, but everybody has to go

through it. You have to try out jokes that might not work because you haven't tried them yet and uh but uh good on you for uh for getting into it and uh and for you know you've done it for a little bit now and haven't uh haven't abandoned it so i think it's uh it's looking like you may you may be fully fully committed so to. I think I'm sticking around, yeah. Speaking of stand-up, and I just mentioned her also, my next guest is not only a stand-up comic, but also writes for TV shows that are funny and sports-themed. And her name is Sarah Tiana.

Hi, Sarah. Hey, Doug. How are you? I'm good. What do you do? You know, I kind of thought of calling you for today because we tape on Sunday afternoon, so I wouldn't think to bother you during football season.

But now that football season's over, does that mean you just have a ton of free time or you just focus on other sports? Yeah you just have a ton of free time or you just focus on other sports yeah i have a lot of free time right now until uh baseball season starts at the end of march and then i'll i'll be like well i don't i don't have a job lined up for baseball season yet uh i'm working on it but baseball is my number one but i had two shows during football season this year that was a lot so it. Yeah. So now I'm just like twiddling my fingers. Like today was the Daytona 500. And then there's like the finals of the, of the Genesis, which is at Riviera golf club here in LA. So I was watching that, but that's not as exciting. You're going to be watching any minute

now. You're going to be just sitting around watching cornhole it is a rabbit hole yeah because that's all over espn now espn's it's like looking for new sports basically because they have so many channels they gotta put yeah the world baseball classic starting but yeah yeah i mean i would i would watch i watch old games on TV, like replays. So I'm a real psycho. You're super into it. Our third guest today is another newbie. He is the co-creator of American Vandal and Players. Players, all of season one's currently available on Paramount Plus. Is that right, Tony? Yeah, Paramount Plus, and you can get it on iTunes as well.

Yes, it's Tony Usenda. Hey, Tony. How are you? Thanks for having me. uh i'm good and um you know your co-creator that sounds like i mean one of your parents the co-creator with you of american vandal and players dan perrault has been on the show a couple of times did he uh you know give you any pointers or tips or anything no no we haven't talked about it. I've listened to his episodes, and I think he did pretty well, considering who he is as a person. You mean because he's not that much of a trivia hound, or

his focus isn't necessarily on movies? Yeah, we both have. We fill each other's gaps. So as soon as you step out of Marvel, he can drown. And he didn't. So he's Marvel and you're everything else? That's how you guys work as a team? I'm not everything else.

I'm also going to get my ass kicked today. Well, I know Sarah is very competitive, but I wouldn't put money on anybody specifically today. If you've listened to the show lately, anybody can win just by guessing and having the right guess. You don't necessarily need to know everything right off the top of your head. But before we play our games today,

I'd like to do something that I call Recommendation Nation. And that's where I ask each one of my guests to recommend a movie for, you know, people to find either in theaters or, you know, on streaming or something. And since tomorrow is President's Day specifically, and people will be listening to this on President's Day, I thought it'd be fun if everybody recommend one political movie you know it doesn't have to be you know overtly political or super political but uh you know something that you feel would fall under that category because obviously anything about politicians or presidents would qualify. Sarah, do you have a favorite? Yes, Legally Blonde 2.

Legally Blonde 2. She goes to Washington. That's perfect. I mean, except for maybe Wag the Dog, I think that might be the only political movie that I've seen, unless it's like anything like Jack Ryan or Jack Reacher, which is like still government adjacent. Yeah.

But I love Legally Blonde 2 as a recommendation because it is, as they say, one of those sequels that, you know, is as good or I wouldn't say better than the original, but it continues the story well. What's the subtitle on that?

Legally Blonde 2? Red, White, and Blonde? Is that what it's called? Ooh, that? If you are right, you are really impressive because I barely remembered Legally Blonde, so very good for you to remember i like the full titles and i like i like subtitles because they're often silly and unnecessary

and uh it just feels like somebody feels like shame for making a sequel so they have to go but it has a title too it It's not just the second one. It's red, white, and blonde. Come on. Tony, what do you think? What's a political movie in your mind that people would enjoy?

You know, it's one of my favorites of all time is Election. Another Reese Witherspoon. Yeah. one of my favorites of all time is Election. Oh, another Reese Witherspoon. Yeah, just keeping it going.

She is so funny in that movie. Yeah. And yeah, Alexander Payne is definitely, he's a hero of mine. He made one of those kind of streaks of movies that um you know very few filmmakers uh accomplish it in terms of the the quality yeah like four or five in a row

there that that i thought were really good and even when he makes something that's not great or at least i that i don't love i i see the, the thought that went into it, you know, and that he really puts a lot into his movies, but election really holds up just because it just is such a, like a high school election who, who doesn't have, you know, school elections, who doesn't have experience with that. And you know, it's Matthew Broderick is the teacher. And the whole cast was really well put together. And just also just super funny movie. And it matters.

It matters so much to the character. You get really invested. I was going to say like the post or something but i'm just you know my uh there's something about a medium stakes political story that really grabs me i think i was alone on the you know i felt alone on the post when that movie came out because i really loved it but i think i mostly loved it just because i'm you know an idiot when it comes to a lot of the these stories these you know these things that happened with you know the fact that the post uh did that brave thing and you know stood up to uh to american government um it's i find that

movie very entertaining it's strange i like i feel like people slept on that you know there's that's a genre of movie like spotlight or they just did she said and uh the report of like the all the president's men of like journalists breaking a big story and uh yeah and it's a it's a quality movie and it's as good as any of them yeah bob odenkirk's got a pretty sizable role in it, and I found it very enjoyable, and I find that when Spielberg goes that way, he does that sort of thing. I think he does a good job with it.

I'm kind of over some of his other genres that he's done a few times, but I always like those katie do you have one thanks tony katie do you have uh something in mind here okay well my first thought was oh my god no i don't but then i was like hearing the choices i'm like okay does the interview count with seth rogan because that just like right away it does that movie i thought that movie was super fun and smart and of the moment and it really you know i don't know if history is going to go back and and discover it in any big way but it got kind of you know it got fairly screwed over by the fact that it genuinely became a dangerous movie to put out. You know, that Seth Rogen really had to deal with, like, genuine real-life death threats and stuff.

That's what fascinates me about it is, like, less of the movie and more of, like, all the behind-the-scenes drama of trying to get that movie out. And it's just wild to hear about. Yeah. behind the scenes drama of trying to get that movie out and it's just wild to hear about yeah and to know that seth rogan was like probably high when all of this was happening to him it's either impressive or it makes sense that he would need that to just calm down and and get through it um all right so we have the interview election and legally blonde two red white and interview, election, and Legally Blonde 2, Red, White, and Blonde. Terrific recommendations all, and we're going to play some games after this break. We'll be right back.

We are back, and our first game today that we're going to play is something I call Magic Mike Wachowski. Wachowski. I even wrote his Wazowski. Wazowski. Wazowski. I even, I wrote his name down wrong.

Mike Wazowski. It's Wazowski, right? I think so. I have no idea. Basically, here's how this game works. Magic Mike 3, whatever that's called the last dance is in theaters now and um of course everybody loves the monsters inc franchise so i'll say a fact and you have to tell me if it applies to the magic Mike movies or the Monsters, Inc. films. You see, I already made that

distinction there. I call Magic Mike, I call those movies, but I call the Monsters, Inc. films. Wow. Yeah. So it's either Magic Mike, Monsters, Inc., or neither is the answer to each question. So on the first one, I'll tell the fact to Katie, and then a guess between those three things, Magic Mike, Monsters, Inc., or neither. If Katie misses, then we go to Sarah, and it's narrowed down to two choices, which makes it easier. And if you miss, then Tony just gets the gimme point because he's third

in line. So if we're going third, at least he has a chance at a point for doing nothing. And every time someone gets one right, then the next one, we'll start with the next guest and go from there. Any questions?

I don't think so. Got it. I'm ready. Okay. All right, Katie, you got this first one. It's either Magic Mike, Monsters, Inc., or neither. Has a character in it named Stinkbutt. Oh, that's got to be

Monsters, Inc. It has to be? I mean, if it's Magic Mike, I have questions about that nickname. Oh, shoot. I'm going to go with Monsters, Inc.

Yeah, you want to go with Monsters, Inc.? Yeah. Sorry, that's incorrect sorry sarah not from monsters ink is it from magic mike or neither i'm gonna say neither that is the correct answer nice maybe that's what i would have guessed, too. You were on the right track. Right. These things are, you know, they're supposed to be tricky, and sometimes they actually are. Tony. Sarah got that point, so you get to go first on this next one. Are you ready? Ready? Tara got that point so you get to go first on this next one are you ready has

Donald Glover in it and of course when I say in it I mean you know for animated films it'd be voiceover Donald Glover appears in a Magic Mike movie a Monsters Inc movie or neither

appears in a Magic Mike movie, a Monsters, Inc. movie, or neither? Is Tony Googling it? I don't know. Oh, is this for me? I thought it was Sarah going first because she won the last one. No, no, you go first because you're next. You get to go first because you didn't even get a play in that first one. All right. So I don't see Childish Gambino being in a Magic Mike movie.

But you know he's a friend of the Disney family. So I'll go Monsters, Inc. That's incorrect. Katie. Donald Glover from ATL. Is he in Magic Mike or neither? I'm going to say he is. He is. Is in Magic Mike? Is in it.

Sorry. Is in Magic Mike. That's your final answer? Yeah. Don't be scared. It's because of the way Doug asked you. Like, are you sure, idiot? And last time I did, he's like teasing you.

Yeah, no, I give people the chance to talk themselves out of a correct answer. Because that's always fun. But you're right, Katie. Donald Glover is in a Magic Mike movie. Is he one of the dancers? Much to Tony's chagrin. Which one? Let me tell you, Magic Mike 2, XXL they call it, is out of control.

Because they're on tour. They're in a tour bus the Magic Mike crew the dancers and they stop it's like a mansion in Louisiana somewhere and uh Jada Pinkett Smith is in charge of the place so it's already you you know, pretty tight operation, pretty serious. And then Donald Glover is a spoken word stripper. Oh, right. He does like a little like poem speech kind of thing while acting sexy in like in more of a close up manner, like in a parlor inside of a house. And he might also be a prostitute. I don't remember exactly what goes down there.

Surprisingly, that part is less awkward than Michael Strahan's part. I forgot about Strahan. He's in the sequel too? He's in XXL. He's not in the new one, I don't think. I think he finally said no to a project, or they didn't ask. I think this new one, they kind of saved some money on the cast because it's Channing Tatum, Selma Hyatt. Selma.

There's no other recognizable name in the cast as far as from my perspective I've heard XXL is super fun it's very good I love the I love the first one I do think it's a film and not a movie the first one Magic Mike

you do? it's like the Soda Boogie Boogie nights. I loved it. Okay. But I guess not enough to see the sequel. Maybe I, you know, I've always been a little raw about the first Magic Mike because I had to

see it with my mother. Yeah. Yeah, because I'd always take my mother to see whatever she wanted to see. She's like, I want to see Magic Mike. I was like, oh, God, yeah. And then, you know, so it was kind of weird watching her. My mom watching Matthew McConaughey roll around while women grab his crank. But then Magic Mike 2 comes out and I'm like hunkered down.

I'm like, Mom, all right, I'll see it if you want to. And she goes, no, I'm good. She didn't want to see it if you want to. And she goes, no, I'm good. She didn't want to see it either. She thought the Magic Mike story was fully, you know, was told fully in that first film. And that the adventure did not need to continue. But I think it does. I think it might fall into my theory that most film franchises,

it can't pass two of them, two or more, I find I like the second one the best more often than not. Especially when there's three. For some reason they get right in the groove on that middle one and then by the third one something gets lost.

Of course I'm talking about Star Wars. But Katie's on the board with a point. And Sarah is on the board and gets to go first on this next one. You ready? Yeah. I have one point, as in dollars, that you throw at strippers. So keep going.

Okay. We might have over – like, sometimes we talk too much about the movies that it kind of maybe makes the uh the questions a little easier we'll see we'll see if uh if what we said earlier helps you on this one uh the series of films in the case of magic Mike, it's three in the series has had two directors. Is that magic Mike or monsters Inc or neither? Magic Mike. And why do you say that? Because I thought you said Soderbergh did the first one. And I, I don't one, and I vaguely remember that, and I know he definitely did not do the second or the third.

I mean, I don't know, definitely. Right, yeah. It can't be too certain, but I'm going to call it and say that you nailed it, that is uh correct because Soderbergh directed the first one but then was only the DP like he actually ran the camera on the second one and I think the third one as well they're directed by a dude that came in named Gregory Jacobs well I'm guessing it comes from a dance background or something I don't know interesting well you need to run the can yeah you have to have at least one hand free when you're filming magic mike i'm sure that's probably the rule right i went to see a magic mike xxl with a bunch of girl like female comics and gay male comics at the grove and we all had

i gave everyone dollar bills and after joe mangi mangi and nello uh however manganella is like dance scene in the in the um gas station the entire audience stood up and applauded like at what like it wasn't slow like everyone just jumped up it was one of the greatest movie experiences of my life so do you remember what his character's called what is his oh no i don't remember because i just remember tarzan in that one having the weird name but he's big dick richie oh yeah big dick richie yeah bdr Oh, yeah. Big Dick Richie. Yeah. BDR. Yeah. Which is like Big Dick Dick. Big Rich Rich. Which I never understood the leap from Richard to Dick. But yeah, well, I think Manganiello has BDE. You know, he has definite Big Dick energy. So I think that that tracks for me. I think that tracks for me.

Yeah, they also had that. Didn't they have footage of them using a giant penis pump device? Oh, yeah. Backstage. Backstage, yeah. Yeah. Well, so that's what I was going to say about Monsters, Inc. is they didn't have two directors because over the course of those two movies, they had four.

The first Monsters, Inc. was directed by three people and then the second one uh monsters university some guy took care of that all all on his own wow yeah so sarah you have two points now and tony it's up to you again now to even just uh get in the game here yeah i gotta get on the board you can do it and speaking of boards here's the uh here's the fun fact has a board game based on it is that magic mike monsters inc or neither a board game based on it yeah you Yeah, you could play Monsters, Inc. or Magic Mike at home if they have a board game.

The question is, do they? I feel like if they don't have a Magic Mike party game, you know, that's malpractice and they're losing out on money.

So I'm going to go you know they're that's malpractice and they're losing out on money so i'm gonna go i'm gonna go with uh magic mike tony it's like you're gifted at not getting these you have by the way that sound is also the sound of what happens when people watch Magic Mike and why they don't go back with their mothers. Oh, my God. Can you imagine, like, oh, complaining in the lobby. All those boners in there are making too much noise. Boing, boing, boing. Okay, so that brings us back to Katie. And so the question is,

Tony thought there should be a Magic Mike board game. But the question is, is there a Monsters, Inc. board game or no board game for either of these properties? I feel like there's got to be a Monsters, Inc. board game. I'm thinking Monopoly. Like Monopoly has a version of every movie out there. But I'm going Monopoly. Monopoly has a version of every movie out there.

But I'm going to say yes, there is a board game inspired by Monsters Inc. Well, the Monopoly thing is right on track because there's the game of life, that board game life. There's a Monsters Inc. version of that. Oh, I wonder what the cards are like then. That's an interesting one. Yeah. oh i wonder what the cards are like then that's an interesting one yeah and then the other one is um they have a second uh monsters inc game that's called monsters inc memory board and i assume that's just like concentration or something where you have to recognize the monsters or something

like that but yeah uh we've got a tie here between i'm not you know tony what's the two of the ties yeah i'm proud of you both you guys did great yeah so and uh next up in order is sarah so sarah if you get this one right uh you win this game there's not not much to to win here it's just kind of a warm-up game so don't don't feel too much pressure uh has a character in it named yeti y-e-t-i is that monsters mikes or neither. Well, I mean, the obvious thing would sound like a Yeti is a monster, but I feel like that's a trick. So I'm going to say Magic Mike. Oh!

I got a boner. You fell for the trick. I did. There is a character named Yeti in the Monsters, Inc. movies. And he's voiced by John Ratzenberger from Cheers. Who is a, he's voiced in every Pixar movie, I think, except for one. I think they finally kicked him to the curb on one of the last ones they did. But he's been in every other one.

And so congratulations, Katie. That means you won our first game. Wow. It's only because I'm after Tony. So thank you, Tony. You're welcome, guys. Yeah, give the credit to anybody you want, wherever you want. But basically, all you win for winning the first game in the show

is you get to go first in the final game. And in the final game today, that's a little bit more involved in that game we just played. We will switch the order up. So it's going to be Katie, then Tony, then Sarah. And we'll play that game after these messages. We'll be right back. We are back.

And Katie Thurston won nothing by winning that first game, except for the opportunity to go first in our second and winner determining game today. It's a game that I call Weird Algorithm. And it's based on a thing that happens when you go on the internet movie database, IMDB, people like to call it for short. You can take any cast of any movie or TV show that's on there and you can see the cast listing in order, you know, the credit listings, the way they normally are listed, the way they're listed like at the end of the film. the way they normally are listed, the way they're listed at the end of the film.

But then you can click on a thing that says refine, and you can change the order to the popularity of the people involved in the movie in that moment in time so today i went on imdb and typed some uh some movie titles in and then flipped flipped and refined the listing to uh have everybody in order of current popularity when i say current popularity it's just whatever whatever drives people to to use the search engine on internet movie database to like find somebody or find their films or learn more about them that's what drives their the popularity index on the site you can also just go and look at who's the most 50 most popular people right now according to imdb so i'll name a movie and then starting with katie and then tony and then sarah each of you will pick someone in that movie who you think would qualify as the top most popular person right now or at least try to find somebody or name somebody that's in the top three because the top three are all worth points somebody or name somebody that's in the top three, because the top three are all worth points. If you name somebody that's number one, you get three points. If you name somebody that's number two, you get two points. And number three is worth one point. But you can share answers in this game.

not just say the same things as everybody else every time, but you can say the same answer if you want to. If you want to play it safe, or in some cases, you'd be maybe taking a bigger risk. I don't know. Yeah, it could go in any direction. And to make this game even not easier, but just more accessible, I will not only tell you the movie and the year it came out,

but then I will list a bunch of people that you can choose from that are in the movie. So I don't have to know the names of actors because that's really helpful. You don't have to know everybody that's in it. Thank God. I might leave some out just for you know for uh strategic purposes but or i should say to make it more strategic on your end if you can think of somebody that's in the movie and popular but that i don't say but i there's no guarantee that's going to happen katie you get the first one. It's a motion picture that

many people disagree did not deserve to win the Best Picture Oscar back in 2004, but it's got a stacked cast, and so maybe that's why it

did well with the awards. And the movie is called Crash. Yeah, I don't think I've even seen that movie, to be honest. Well, wait till you hear who's in it. You're going to be like, oh. And let me tell you also, I'm not endorsing that you see this movie by telling you that these people are in it. I do think it's one of the most overrated. I don't even think it's overrated. I don think people liked it but somehow yeah i don't think that's a hot take pretty much everybody hated that movie after 2006 i think

the oscars are political campaign a lot of times so they had a lot going for them in that way which was like they had a lot of campaigners yeah and just yeah this terrific cast of people that you know it does make you excited about it and and then you see it so it stars sandra bullock tandy newton ryan philippe matt dillon michael pina don sheetal brendan frazier and tony danza Michael Pena, Don Cheadle, Brendan Fraser, and Tony Danza. Out of all of those people running around doing racist shit, it's weird. But Katie, which one of those folks do you think is the most popular right now? Okay, I feel bad if this is a really big award, but I feel like Brendan Fraser just either won something

or had a pretty big speech recently, unless I'm totally making that up, but I'm going to go with him. Yeah, I emphasis on the word big. Is that you telling me that's not the right answer? I'm going to go with Brendan. I have no idea. No, that's a perfectly reasonable guess to say Brendan Fraser

because he did not win last night. The BAFTAs in England were last night, and he did not win that. It went to Austin Butler for Elvis. Oh. Yeah. So we've got to watch out for him at the Oscars. I thought it was just between Brendan and Colin Farrell for the Oscar this year. But this late win from Austin Butler might signify something.

All right, Tony, what do you think? Yeah, I think everybody's talking about the whale, right? Yeah. I just IMDb'd Brendanzier like the other night because we were oh so you're part of the problem yeah so you know it might be cowardly of me but i'm just gonna steal katie's answer yeah you could say you could steal her answer and also you don't have to lock it in just yet you can wait and see what sarah has say. And then I'll reconfirm with everybody what they want to go with. So, Sarah, do you agree with them about Brendan Fraser

or do you want to take a chance on somebody else? I definitely agree with them, but I'm always going to choose Sandy Bullock. Sandy. That's just how you are. If she's an option. That's just who I am. If she's an option, she's my choice. Yeah, every time.

Okay. Mm-hmm. if she's an option she's my choice every time I was kind of I gotta say I was kind of blindsided by that piece of information great movie again sports one of my favorite themes in movies is black people rising above through extracurricular activities that is one of my favorite genres of a movie

and the blind side fits that yes not not as good as remember the titans but yes what do you think of that little kid in that movie and in blind side yeah i thought he was great okay you didn't like him i'm gonna say you don't like a kid actor yeah I mean it happens unfortunately I found him very annoying but I looked him up recently on IMDB and the roles aren't like

rolling in necessarily but I think he's still at it well it's like remember that kid in love actually that was like kind of stole the movie? And like, now he's in Game of Thrones. Like, he was in Game of Thrones.

He did. He did fine. Yeah, no, he shows up, like, he's in Queen's Gambit. Oh yeah, Queen's Gambit, yeah. Yeah, but he always has, like, a little mustache, because he still looks like he's 14 years old. He does. He still looks like he's 14.

Well, the truth is i'm in love yeah oh god yeah so to play adult characters he has to he has to mustache up i i feel like i feel like so often bad kid actors get a free pass because a critic doesn't want to punch down at a child actor so i'm glad you're not playing by those rules well i gotta say i might be more annoyed by the fact that what was his name in it sarah was it like jp or something like that oh in the in love actually no in blindside we're talking about the blindside kid now the one that i don't like oh yeah no it is that like it it's it's like lp or jp or it's a it's J-P. It's two letters that you would never, or L-J or something like that.

Yeah, it's a terrible choice to call somebody by their initials. Nobody calls anybody L-J for short. Like nobody, like even LeBron James, like people aren't like, ah, L-J. Like nobody says that. Yeah. So maybe I didn't dislike him as much as i disliked his everyone calling him by his initials now you're walking it back i think it happens all the time where i'm like oh this this kid is definitely detracting from the movie but nobody's gonna nobody's gonna say it

well you know it was famously the rotten tomatoes uh honored uh jake honored Jake Lloyd from the Star Wars prequels, the first prequel. And everybody was all up in arms like, he's just a kid. He can't help it if he's terrible. But, you know, he was terrible. You know, so that's the bottom line. We were mean to that kid, though, I guess. Yeah. Yeah.

People were awful to him. I guess people were worse to, uh, to charge our banks. All right. So even though you have the great Tony Danza involved and, uh, some other amazing actors, uh, Katie and Tony would like to choose Brendan Frazier and Sarah's going with Sandra Bullock. Is everybody good with those answers? I am. I'm keeping. Coming in, I like to read

off the top three, make it suspenseful. Coming in at number three is Thandie Newton. Oh, Thandie. Wow. Who now has an extra spelling slightly different. It's T-H-A-N-I, or D-I-W-E. There's a W in there now, and it's pronounced differently, and I don't want to screw it up, but Thandiwe or something like that. But she says it's always been that, but she just went with Thandi

just to make it easier for dumb white dumb white uh movie executives all right number two sandy bullock number two so sarah you get two points for that and of course we started with an easy one of course brandon frazier is uh a real popular thing to look up at this time because he is poised to possibly win. It's his first Oscar nomination and therefore also could be his first win for The Whale. So Brendan Fraser is worth three points. So Katie has three. Tony has three.

Sarah has two. Tony, you got to go first on this next one. From 2021, super recent, the second time they got together a Suicide Squad and called it The Suicide Squad. With Margot Robbie, John Cena, Idris Elba, Viola Davis, Taika Waititi, Pete Davidson. Friends of this show, like Steve Agee, David S. Melton, and Sean Gunn and Michael Rooker.

I'm listing too many names. Tony, what do you think? Was Will Smith in that one? listing too many names. Tony, what do you think? Was Will Smith in that one? No, that was the other one. That was the first one. He was sort of in a way replaced by

Idris Elba in the James Gunn one. Well, I think she was in a couple movies this year that were both okay. I'll go with Margot Robbie, right?

Okay. Wait, so then now we go to I flipped the order around, right? Yeah, Katie started because she won the first round, right? Then now we go to... I flipped the order around, right? Yeah, Katie started because she won the first round, right? Right. And then, yeah, Katie, then Tony, then you.

So, yeah. So, Tony, Sarah, go. I like the Margot Robbie answer, but I think I'm going to go Viola Davis just because I feel like she's in more and she has a longer history of movies. So I feel like what you're saying presently, but that movie that she was in, the most recent one, The Woman King, a lot of people went to see that. Yeah. It was very popular and people were mad she didn't get the Oscar nomination. They think that a couple of white actresses pushed her out unfairly. Yes. But I, yeah. So, yeah, I think I'm going to go her just because I like Viola Davis.

So I'm going to go her. What do you think, Katie? So I was thinking like relevancy, regardless of work. And I feel like I've been hearing Pete Davidson's name a lot, but more just like in the pop culture circles. So I feel like people are searching him a lot lately. Oh. Yeah, he had a big Super Bowl ad.

He was at a Super Bowl ad, and he was at the Pro Bowl. And he's dating all these hot women, and people are trying to ship them. I mean, I don't know. He's very searchable right now, I think. It's so funny that that Super Bowl commercial, where they're in the refrigerator of Brie Larsonarson and Jon Hamm and then Pete Davidson shows up. That commercial like tripped me out because I know all three of them like individually, you know, met them all in different ways. And they've all been guests on this podcast.

Wow. Yeah. I mean, you know, three of the best, biggest guests I've ever had, of course, but still. You mean not us? On at the same time. Well, you know, there's always, after those three lame-os, there's always room for improvement. Okay. So you're going to say, so Katie's going with Pete Davidson? Yeah. All right. Now let's double check with everybody. Sarah, you're still good with Viola?

Yeah, I don't like to change my answer, but I think Katie's right. And Tony, you like Margo still? I'll stick with Margo, although Pete is very searchable. Right? Yeah. Like, who's he dating now? That one Emily Ratajkowski. Oh, God.

With Eric Andre? The picture with Eric Andre. I know. I was just like, oh, my God. Eric. No, Eric Andre's never been on this podcast because there's nothing to break. There's nothing to flip over or set on fire. Yes. Right.

Or put his naked balls on. All right. So coming in at number three for the Suicide Squad, kind of a trick that I threw in there just for the hell of it, in case anybody remembered. Sylvester Stallone is the voice of King Shark in that movie. And our friend Steve Agee played King Shark on the actual set. And then at number two, Viola Davis.

Oh, all right. Good for me. And Tony didn't have to babble on and on about Margot's career this year because, of course, she was in Babylon. And Katie, I mean, Tony gets three points for Margot Robbie being number one. And I'm sorry, Katie, Pete Davidson did not place in the top three for that one. Wow, that's shocking. I know, right?

Yeah, that's shocking. That's why it's called weird algorithm. You never know what's going to happen. All right. So it Yeah, that's shocking. That's why it's called Weird Algorithm. You never know what's going to happen. All right, so it's still anybody's game. And this third movie is the first in a series of films that the third one is in theaters now. It's called Quantum Mania, but we're talking about the original from 2015 Ant-Man starring Paul Rudd,

Michael Douglas, Evangeline Lilly, Bobby Cannavale, Anthony Mackie, Michael Pena, David S. Melchin again. So, Sarah, what do you think from Ant-Man

oh my god I have not sorry guys I have not seen it don't tell Paul oh my gosh are you just not a Marvel person in general or did you just I don't know if I've ever seen. I mean, I'm sure I've seen one, but

I definitely don't remember the last time I saw one. Yeah. But I do Big Slick with Paul Rudd every year and I know that they're very popular because every time he brings out Captain America's shield that's signed by everyone, we get a lot of money for it. So I know that they're very popular, obviously. Yeah, let's tell everybody. I don't live under a base in baseball. But tell everybody what Big Slick is.

baseball but tell everybody what big slick is oh big slick is a big uh charity for the children's hospital of kansas children's mercy hospital in kansas city um and so all uh the hosts are paul rudge um rob riggle eric stone street uh jason sudeikis um this year, Heidi Gardner's doing it. Let's see, Riggle Stoney, Sudeikis. Who's O'Kechner? It's quite the, yeah, as we go, we play a celebrity softball game and they always get my name wrong or they think I'm like Marilyn Raskov or something. And so it's very fun. But I end up doing standup at the big finale show and we raised a lot of money and it's, it's very good. Yes. But Paul is always bringing in Ant-Man stuff. And I'm like, I wouldn't even have known it was in the room. Like I wouldn't like,

you're like, Oh, make sure nobody touches this. And I'm like, what touches what? That's stupid shield shield what is that why do you have is that for a bit like i don't know yeah now my son loves captain america and spider-man so i'm like getting more into it because i'm reading these books but i i have a real problem with alter secret identities in male characters. So I don't think that superheroes speak a lot to me. Because I don't like it when men don't admit who they are. Katie, back me up. I support everything Sarah says.

But long story long, I will say Paul Rudd. I'll say Paul Rudd. Okay. And our buddy Sam Levine is always there every year, right? Oh, yes. Sam Levine playing poker. Yes, him. Yes, Kevin Spacey.

This year, Richard Pine, the whole time, he's like grilling Kevin Spacey. Not Kevin Spacey. Kevin Pollack. Spacey was busy at the hospital. Busy not being invited to anything. Yeah. But Richard Kind is like grilling Kevin Pollack about playing poker.

He's like, why do you play in these big tournaments in Vegas? What do you do when you're not winning? Don't people just ask you about Tom Cruise? It was very fun. Anyway, I'll shut up. Paul Rudd. Paul Rudd. Okay. Okay.

So, Katie, what do you think? So, I'm going with Paul Rudd, but for just a very random reason, and it was because i saw a clip of him and his son after the super bowl oh yeah so it just feels like a very viral trending moment so i'm gonna go with paul very good call like that i like that as a reason tony i'm sorry i went out of order but you know like i said everybody can share and switch their answers

are you on the uh Rudd train here, or do you think somebody else has a chance? I mean, I think it's pretty obvious because he's Mr. Kansas City Chiefs. But I don't know. I'm such a big Eagles fan. I'm in mourning. That you can't say his name. Yeah, I feel like it's

got to be Paul Rudd. Who'd you say? Bobby Cannavale? Cannavale is always... Endlessly fun to watch. So just because I can't give the Chiefs another win,

I'll go with Bobby. Oh, you want to go with Bobby? Yeah. I just want to... I can't do it. I can't be on the Kansas City side of things right now. Okay.

You could go Anthony Mackie. He's a New Orleans Saints fan, and they don't have anything to celebrate. Oh, shit. And he's a superhero too, right? Isn't he one of the superheroes? Yeah, he's a flying around guy. Falcon.

Did I know that? You know your stuff. Tony's going with Bobby Cannavale. And Sarah and Katie, you're sticking with Mr. Rudd? Yes. Yep. Okay.

Coming in at number three, it's another sneaky one. And you almost kind of mentioned him, Sarah. Chris Evans makes an appearance oh yeah him and him and sebastian stan both show up so they're three and four uh and then coming in at number two is mr paul rudd okay so he's worth two points for katie and leaving number one and this one i picked intentionally because it's a shocker, Evangeline Lilly. Wow. Interesting. Yeah.

Just a lot of lost holdouts? Like people just love lost that much? No, people are just wondering where she's going to be with the whole Marvel Universe because she's such an anti-vaxxer. Right, right, right yeah i was like are they googling her because of for other reasons for like you know jenny mccarthy reason okay yeah yeah yeah the old jenny mccarthy reason so we have an exciting finish i'm sorry to say uh katie came in third with five points, but Sarah and Tony each got six points in that game. So that means we have to do a quick tiebreaker between the two of them to determine our winner today.

Nobody wins anything, really. You just get invited back to the show quicker. So we should try to lose? That's what i was thinking if you're really busy and you don't want to do this again just throw it but uh so between sarah and tony um tony is um sarah goes first and then Tony. So if Sarah gets a name higher on this cast list than you, Tony, she wins. But you each get to name a name and you have to do separate names. You can't pick the same person.

But Sarah gets to go first. Opening this Friday. Yes, we're doing a movie. It's not even open yet. It's a motion picture called Cocaine Bear. Oh, yeah. Which I enjoy thinking about probably as much as I would enjoy actually watching. You know, like once you see it, it's probably like, yeah, it's a bear that's on a rampage because it did cocaine. But to break the tie, I want you to guess which one of these actors is higher on the popularity index uh from the cast of cocaine

bear which stars ray leota carrie russell margo martindale alden aaron reich who was uh he played young han solo in one of the star wars pictures and uh matthew reese who is carrie russell's real life uh significant other, and the two of them co-starred in The Americans together on FX. And also in the film is O'Shea Jackson Jr., who could have gone by Ice Cube Jr., but that doesn't sound great to have Jr. after a nickname. O-J-J. A rap name, if you nickname. OJJ.

A rap name, if you will. Yeah, yeah. Okay, so Sarah, go ahead and pick. Which one of those people do you think is number one? Man. Well, obviously, like, Lyoto just passed, and so, like, that's pretty

Google-able and zeitgeisty. But I honestly feel like O'Shea is like much more star rising kind of guy and super Google-able, especially with his dad, but also he's a big Lakers guy

and it's basketball season. And so I'm going to say O'Shea. Okay. Yeah, that was – yeah, you pick one, I'll pick the other. Those were my two, too. The late, great Ray Liotta. Are people Googling him?

Who was great in Blackbird, by the way. Did you see Blackbird? I haven't seen it but that's uh you know that's up i i don't know if i think he had like five things in the can when he passed so like we're still gonna see more ray leota stuff which is great because he was great um uh but here's how here's how it broke down i'll tell you the top five uh fifth place was Matthew Rees. He's also Perry Mason on the new show on HBO.

And then that guy Alden Ehrenreich. He was number four. Three was Margot Martindale. I don't know what else she's got going, but she's been in that show, The Watcher. That's been popular on Netflix because it's so weird and dumb.

And then Keri Russell came in at number two. Oh, goodness. Yeah, O'Shea was a no-show in the top five. Number one was, of course, the late, great Ray Liotta. Congratulations, Tony. You did it. You did it. You did it. You took it down.

You won the game today against all odds against tremendous. Yeah. What a roller coaster. Really? You, you seem down the entire game and then suddenly, suddenly a Phoenix rising from the ashes. So you get to plug your stuff first.

What would you like to promote? I would check out Players. It's available on iTunes. You can follow me on socials, Tony Ascenda. But, yeah. Oh, and Dave, season three of Dave on Hulu and FX comes out in April and that's going to be a really fun season. Oh man.

You're just a fan. Oh no. I direct on that show. You have to direct Santino. Oh yeah. It's a, he's one of the funniest people alive, but yeah, it's a, it's the nightmare to direct Santino? Oh, yeah. He's one of the funniest people alive, but yeah, it's

a nightmare to direct him. Yeah, no, I can't imagine. I'm just wondering if you can get a word in edgewise, but he's one of my favorite people in the world. He'll listen to me. He just doesn't respect me.

That's kind of our relationship oh yeah that tracks thank you tony sarah tiana what would you like to promote so my new special 44 is out right now 44 because that was hank aaron's number and my age when i recorded it and um yeah it's on Moment House right now. Currently, you can watch it at Moment.com. Then it'll come out somewhere else after that, hopefully on YouTube. The Comedy

Store made it. We shot it there. It's only half an hour. There you go. Awesome. We'll try to get you back real soon as a returning champion. Making a great first appearance today, Katie Thurston, I know you don't have any more comedy dates, but where can people get on your social so they can track what you're up to? Yeah, it's the Katie Thurston on Instagram. That's where I will announce upcoming shows. They do sell out pretty quickly.

So if you're interested, send me a DM and I'll make sure you get on the list. Oh, that's nice. Yeah. And if you're a Bachelor fan, they're really fun shows because there's a lot of Bachelor humor in these specials. So good times. I see. That's good. You know, you obviously

have some choices there about how much you're going to talk about The Bachelor. And so that's nice to hear that it comes up for the people who want to hear about it. Look, NDAs don't exist when there's no cameras or recording. So it's a good time. Oh, that's interesting. It's a good time. You tell them, Katie. I didn't know that's how NDAs worked. I thought you had to be quiet all the time,

like even in the privacy of your own home. Douglovesmovies is going to be back at the Dynasty Typewriter in Los Angeles on Sunday, March 5th. And all of my dates, as I sprinkle in more standup and Douglas movies out on the road, the spring and summer are at Doug loves movies.com. That's Douglas movies.com.

What a fun hour that went by so fast. Thank you so much. Katie Thurston, Sarah Tiana, Antonia send. And as always give up. Thurston, Sarah Tiana, and Tony Acinda. Thank you, Doug. As always, give up.

Let's go. Now it's time for Doug to watch another talkie. Eyes of gold, his viewing prowess makes him cocky. There's no room in his heart for you, cause Doug loves movies!

Intercepts. Okay, folks, sorry I'm late. This is a big day. Let's begin. Director, I apologize, but it seems like we may need more time before we're able to fully debrief. We've already waited six months. Mr. Pringle is right. At the risk of sounding crass, let's cut the crap. This was a five billion dollar mission that took five years to complete. Taxpayers and people around the world are running out of patience, and frankly, so am I. Do we have the intel or not? Sir, it seems as though our subject is not attaining the faculties necessary to deliver the intel. He hasn't quite regained his pre-mission mental acuity.

What does that mean exactly? Are you saying we spent five billion dollars to send an idiot to collect data on a new planet? That's enough. Now clearly that is not what we are saying. The man has a PhD from MIT in astrophysics. What is it exactly we are saying? Sir, he's just not ready. We need more time to get him re-acclimated. Something, something in the atmosphere. If we just had a bit more time, we can isolate and understand what it is that is...

There won't be any more time. We need this data now. But, sir... That's that. Please bring in Dr. Bendel. Hey, everybody. Good afternoon, Mr. Bendel. I'm afraid we're a bit pressed for time to do introductions, but please take a seat.

Oh, that's okay. I always have time for introductions, especially if it's meeting a pretty lady. We've met many times. Please don't kiss my hand. Okay, but can I at least smell it? No, you may not. Please take a seat, Doctor. Ooh, someone has something to hide about the way their hand smells.

It's cool. It's cool. And who are you, dude? I'm Professor Lee from Cambridge. Please take a seat, sir. Ow! Ow! Don't grab my hair! Okay, okay, dude. Just checking that it's real. Thought it might be a piece. I like your teeth. Thank you, you idiot.

Please, we do not have time for this. Dr. Bendel, you visited Kepler-452b at a great expense to our taxpayers, and those of our allies. What can you tell us about this world? Is there potential for human life? Do you mean are there people there getting it on? Not that I saw, but I was only there for a couple days. Am I right? That is not what I meant. Hit it, dude. I think he wants you to high five him. I'm aware. I don't think it's appropriate in this situation. Oh, I like your accent, dude. Not putting it away until you hit it. Maybe down under? Kinda soft, but I guess I'll allow it. Are there any snacks in here? Dr. Bendel, are you aware of your current conduct?

Is there any chance you can pull it together a bit? Dude, I zipped up my hoodie. You want me to do my taxes or comb my hair like this bozo? Hey, really? Can you at least remove your sunglasses? No problem, dude, but don't steal them. Good lord, why are his eyes so bloodshot? Has this man been drinking?

He looks like he got pink-eyed directly from a baboon's asshole. It seems as though there was a gaseous element in the atmosphere of 452B that we hadn't detected. Something undetectable did this? That's what she said. Am I right? It was insignificant. It wasn't even appearing in our initial tests. Only after drawing his blood were we able to detect it.

And what does this element have to do with anything? Well, sir, it's made him like this. I don't quite know how to phrase it. Some people are calling it cool juice, but that's just like narcs and stuff. Anyway, how are we looking on those snacks? Mr. Benda, we'll have the snacks in a moment. In spite of your current state, are you able to offer your thoughts on whether this planet would make a logical target? Were we to attempt to sort of re-home humanity? You mean like a puppy? In a way,

yes. That depends, man. Did this puppy tear up every resource in its previous home, pee all over everything, overpopulate its crate, and set its water on fire? I suppose I see your point, but what if this puppy was going to have far fewer friends at the new home? Oh man, am I getting neutered? Wait, am I the puppy, or you're the puppy? You'd be a cool puppy, dude. Thank you. Can you remember how it felt as you approached 452B, as you entered the atmosphere? If you want to know why people chase the dragon, it's probably to chase that feeling. It was like floating and then living inside a cloud.

A cool cloud with like really chill vibes and cool music on the background. A guy named Michaela who just hangs out, plays bass, never wears shoes, but he has cool feet. Everyone has diamond for eyes, but they never sell them or no one steals them

because that would be, you know, just rude. So possibly this is some sort of natural barrier the planet has established. Are you suggesting that this is the thorn to this planet's road? This element is protecting the planet from... Inhabitation. Inhabitation? That's a nice way to refer to a hostile takeover.

Well, people in Dr. Bendel's condition certainly aren't going to establish a new civilization. Are you suggesting my wang doesn't twang? Because it definitely does, dude. I will literally have sex with you right now if you can muster the energy. Okay, baby, brace for impact, but maybe we get those snacks going first. Sir, I understand what you are suggesting. Could we potentially divert this gas or siphon it out? Or burn it off? Oh, good.

We're not even there yet. We've already set their outer atmosphere ablaze. I mean, I hope we do. You all would be way more fun in that situation. Is that something you know? What can you tell us about this element, the gas? It's everywhere, man. It would be like trying to live on one of us, but making sure we never sweat or breathe out. It just emanates from every possible source imaginable. The animals breathe it out, the plants emit it, even the water evaporates it.

Sir, are you thinking what I'm thinking? The opportunity for habitation does not seem feasible. The cost of removing the gas is too prohibitive. Precisely, sir. The cost of removing it is high. But the value of harvesting it and bringing it back here... To become intergalactic drug dealers, is that what you're suggesting? The government selling drugs to its own citizens

to finance a project? What an original idea. We're gonna need resources if we're ever gonna escape this flaming trash heap. I certainly wasn't expecting this outcome from this meeting. And you also weren't expecting me to be wearing a wire. That's right, I'm a narc, bad guys, and you're all going to bad guy jail. Give me my sunglasses. I know you try to steal them. Shame on all of you. Only just learned about a new resource and you already can't wait to exploit it. You haven't learned a thing. You don't deserve that gas and you'll never get it anyway. It's too unstable to transport and it can only be consumed while visiting the planet. Otherwise, it breaks down. You could encourage education, expose kids to the wonder

of space travel and seeing new horizons and literal new worlds, but instead, you'd rather sell drugs to them here. Shame on you. You haven't changed at all. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to look for those snacks. Ms. Tabor, if you'd like to honor our deal, I'll be just down the hall. Not even remotely. You're lost because I'm good at intercoursing. I'm coming with you. Cartoon hair guy, excellent. But let's hold off on the intercourse. Deal. I'll find the snacks. So long, jerks. Thank you for the greatest trip of my or anyone's life. I'm sorry you won't get to go and ruin a perfect planet. Perhaps while you're all in this room together you can figure out a way to save this one.

Okay, Elvis Pretzeli. Let's go find those snacks. I'll be your hound dog, sir. I'll be your hound dog, sir. We have to kill him, right? Absolutely. Yep. Without question.