How Did This Get Made? - Oscar LIVE!

Episode Date: July 11, 2025

This week June is back with Paul and Jason and they’re breaking down the 1991 Sylvester Stallone comedy, “Oscar” live from the Massey Hall in Toronto. The three dig into the strange father-daughter chemistry, bad boys, good girls, and the Opera connections to this film. And don’t forget to go see Freaky-Freapons!  • Go to hdtgm.com for tour dates, merch, FAQs, and more• Have a Last Looks correction or omission? Call 619-PAULASK to leave us a voicemail!• Submit your Last Looks theme song to us here• Join the HDTGM conversation on Discord: discord.gg/hdtgm• Buy merch at howdidthisgetmade.dashery.com/• Order Paul’s book about his childhood: Joyful Recollections of Trauma• Shop our new hat collection at podswag.com• Paul’s Discord: discord.gg/paulscheer• Paul’s YouTube page: youtube.com/paulscheer• Follow Paul on Letterboxd: letterboxd.com/paulscheer• Subscribe to Enter The Dark Web w/ Paul & Rob Huebel: youtube.com/@enterthedarkweb• Listen to Unspooled with Paul & Amy Nicholson: unspooledpodcast.com• Listen to The Deep Dive with June & Jessica St. Clair: thedeepdiveacademy.com/podcast• Instagram: @hdtgm, @paulscheer, & @junediane• Twitter: @hdtgm, @paulscheer, & msjunediane  • Jason is not on social media• Episode transcripts available at how-did-this-get-made.simplecast.com/episodesGet access to all the podcasts you love, music channels and radio shows with the SiriusXM App! Get 3 months free using the link: siriusxm.com/hdtgm

The secret of comedy? Yelling with lots of accents. Capiche? We saw Oscar, so you know what that means. It's better rock a wild stove, that's rock ripping Justin and Kelly Or maybe see a burlesque show with Nick Frode And take a boat with speed to hit the cruise control J.D., Big Paul, and the beautiful June Gonna take you from the boom all the way to the room Raymond is a street fighter, hope to blow off steam

Just a sucker punch the on-line for Timothy Gray Shot me in the bird-demic, how you staying alive? They call me when they're badass and he's on the line Cranking they gay ladies cause they cool as ice Cause they bad Jim Bonny lookin' kind of nice Callin' June, gettin' literal, Jason is gettin' lame Julis makin' sure all the monkey shots in the pain And just a bunch of movies while they makin' the grade

Here's a real question for you, how did this kid pay? Hello, people of Ireland! And hello, people of Toronto! We are back in Toronto. With a classic Canadian film. The movie is called Oscar. It came out in 1991. IMDB describes this film as such. A gangster attempts to keep the promise he made to his dying father

that he would give up his life of crime and go straight. Yeah, that sums it up. This is a movie based on a French farce. That's true. Which was based on a play. And wow, budget was 35 million. First week when it came out, made five. Worldwide gross, $23 million.

Tagline of the movie, in crime and comedy, timing is everything. Also, the lesser used, it's a comedy of criminal proportions. We're going to break this down. This movie that feels longer than The Brutalist. A movie in which June said, I have to take a nap in the middle of. And I agree, you do have to take a nap.

This is definitely a two napper. So much goes on here, so many characters, and so much yelling. We're gonna break it all down, but first, please welcome my co-host, Mr. Jason Manzoukas. What's up jerks? Let's go! Let's go Massey Hall! You're telling me I'm on the same stage that Joni Mitchell stood on?

Let's go! But a quick reminder go fuck yourself Canada Jason Wow This audience is never- I'll take it. I'll take it I'll get you back. Don't worry, Canada. Jason, I was shocked to learn at the end of this film

that it was directed by John Landis. Oh, I saw that at the beginning. Wow. During the Claymation song opening. Some of the best acting in the movie is done by the claymation character full stop. I want to break down that claymation scene because you spend so much money but why keep it so small in the corner of the...crazy. Why?

Everything about...I don't understand anything in the-making process that went into this movie. Also, dot dot dot, where was Oscar? Where was Oscar? This is like waiting for good dough, but dumber. Yes! I was flummoxed by the ad. I thought for sure he was going to show up in the third act. Nope. Nope. And when is his name first uttered? About an hour into it.

So much so that when they said it I was like, Wait, one of these people is in Oscar? I thought for the entire time it was, His name was Oscar Provolone. Yeah. Oh boy. Snaps? Oh boy.

The names in the... Oh boy. Oh... Let's get into it, because this is... This fucking movie sucked. A lot of you know that throughout our How Did This Get Made tour, we have not been joined by our regular co-host June Diane Rayfield. But tonight, she is here. Please welcome June Diane Rayfield! Thank you.

June has died. Welcome, June. How are you? I'm okay. How are you, Paul? I'm well. Thank you for asking. The movie Oscar, were you in the theater seeing this in 1991? I have such a vague memory of seeing the VHS movie arrive with the blockbuster, in the blockbuster, you know, glass?

Plastic. Wait a minute. Sure. The glass? When they were putting... Where did you live? So sort of a luxury... Your videos came wrapped in glass?

It was a luxury blockbuster by me. But I don't think I saw it when it arrived. And I actually, while we were, while I was looking at this poster, I remember thinking that he was, that it was a Victor Victoria type of movie because he looks like he has so much blush on here and there's something so striking about him. He has so much blush on in the scene

where his father keeps slapping him and that I thought they were making it look like his face was red from the slaps, not the case, he has it on throughout. Yes. Now, I will say there was something about this movie that was really upsetting because it looks like they're all going to a costume party that's gangster-themed.

Like, the costumes here seem comical to the point where it's like, I don't understand. I guess what I should say is, is this a comedy? I think some people knew it was, some people didn't know it was, but I... I think everybody but Sylvester Stallone knew it was a comedy. That's, yeah.

They were all like, oh, we're in a classic farce? Okay, cool. And he was like, I'm making The Godfather. It's so hard, because I really believe that had everyone just watched Marissa Tomei's performance first, and then just said, okay, let's model the tone and tenor and like, let's kind of calibrate our own performance around this, we would have a very different movie. Well, she's in the overtly comedic movie. She's moving at the right pace.

For a movie like this to work, it has to be fast. And everybody else is so slow. Well, that's going to be hard. Yeah. Slow. And that's going to be hard with Sly. Yeah, Sly is not a fast actor. That's going to be hard.

Yeah. In a way, I was like, I kept on going, is he the straight man? Or is he funny? And he is neither because he doesn't, like he seems like he's playing it cool. So he's never really fully flustered, but there is a lot of yelling by him. No, I will say, by the way,

I liked this movie quite a bit, but I will say, sorry. Love that. Sorry. I enjoyed say, sorry. Love that. I enjoyed it. Sorry. Percent on the tomato meter. Yeah. I did have to take a nap, but put that aside. That doesn't mean enjoying it too much.

I mean, it's so much fun. I got to go down for a second. Just cause I had to take a break doesn't mean I didn't like it, but, love a movie and a play. This felt like a play. This felt like this was an Oscar Wilde play where a stranger or someone shows up in the beginning and an entire story unfolds and everyone gets woven in. It's even crazier than we thought it was going to be. And we, through the lens of Anthony or whatever, we start to realize this big giant Angelo. Wait, who are we talking about?

Who are you talking about? I'm talking about the accountant. Oh. Starring Ben Affleck. That's Anthony. That is Anthony. Yeah, I'm talking about Anthony. Like through the, once he arrives,

we know that things are starting to happen. A bug just landed on me. A Canadian bug just landed on me. And I'm not into it at all. Are we under attack from Canada? What is this? Wow. This is what you're up to, huh? Just sending bugs after us? Somebody, what, let a bunch of bugs out in the theater?

Cool, Canada. Well, you will be, June, you will be happy to know it was based on a 1958 stage play. Yeah. That was then turned into. It's a single location. It feels like a farce. Like open doors, closed doors.

Oh, no, there's a secret daughter. Oh, no. Which I love. And when done well and about 42 minutes shorter, it could have's a secret daughter. Oh, no, which I love and when done well and about 42 minutes shorter It's it could have been a huge success the person that you you shouted out Marissa Tomei as the person who's in the right movie the own the other person I would say is Tim Curry. Oh, absolutely Tim Curry Tim Curry And he always does he always does he're basically doing Rocky Horror for gangsters.

I mean, I thought he was doing like a version of Clue as well. Like he knows how to do it. To your point, June, this is how Marissa Tomei got my cousin Vinny, sorry. This is how Marissa Tomei got my cousin Vinny because the director... I think it's pronounced Vizzi. Vizzi. My cousin Vizzi.

Because the director came on set, saw her and was like, got it. She got the part. Wow. I was wondering if it was before or after. Wow. Cool. The other movie... That's cool.

The other movie I want to shout out, because it's so much more of a successful version of this, is Johnny Dangerously. Oh, yeah. Only a couple of fans of Johnny Dangerously. Johnny Dangerously is great. Those are the old people, Jan X represent. Here is what was missing, aside from pace, timing, energy. Honestly, that 45 minutes you're talking about

could have been accounted for if everybody just sped up a little bit. Here, but I do think there was one other thing that's missing from this. And those are the stakes for Slaps. What is Sly's name? Snaps. Snaps. Snaps. But by the way, he could be called Slaps because he does threaten with a lot of slaps.

I think- Snaps Provolone. Provolone. I think all was missing and could have made this a great fun movie. What maybe was some different actors too in certain parts. But if he the entire time, if we really understood that he's struggling to stay on the straight and narrow, that he is, it's an internal conflict and he wants so badly to, to, you know, be a standup guy and not be a criminal. And that is not present.

Not at all. We hear it is and we hear, don't call me boss, sorry boss. But other than that refrain, which happens probably 50 times, we don't ever feel the comedy of him, like, trying not to. Well, they don't allow it because the time frame the movie takes place in is one day. Yeah. Really a morning, because the bankers are arriving at noon.

Yes, you're right. So this movie is a movie that takes place in real time. Yeah. This is basically... This is, I mean, because he gets up a little before 9, the bankers are arriving at 11. They come at 11? Stallone thinks he's making Andre Rublev, I think.

The thing that made me lean in, but also took me out of the movie, was that Stallone Seemed to be Stallone from 1991 and everyone around him is doing I'm from the 1930s You know, yeah you mugs shut up you mugs and it was really weird because he had no Are we allowed to say mugs? Here I don't know if cool to say mugs, Canada? I just think that that was such an odd choice that he was not doing anything. And then the accountant also seemed to be pretty modern as well.

But then everybody else around them was nothing but in like full on like, oh my gosh, my company has a retreat, it's a murder mystery, we all have to play along with these actors. Everybody else in the movie is a murderer. Like a powerhouse. I mean the cast is... Chaz Palmentieri. Chaz Palmentieri.

Peter Rieger, Don Amici, Kurt Wood Smith, Clarence Botecker himself, William Atherton's in this movie, Tim Curry, Marisa Tomei. I mean, it's a... everybody is a home run hitter, and Stallone is like, shut up, shut up, shut up. Everybody slow down. Meet me where I am. There's also one of the things I found fascinating

about his work in this is there's no increased frustration as this goes on. There's no nothing builds toward the way he starts. When he's irritated, he woke up before way he starts when he's irritated. He woke up before 9 AM, which also I was like, you're planning on being a legitimate banker. Like you gotta get up earlier. Like that's what is he doing? Such a thing as bankers hours. You gotta get up earlier. Let's start there. But he's irritated. He's the same level of irritation in that moment as he is in the third act when the bags have

been switched out 12 times. I mean at some point, get a new bag. Put a sticker on it. Or tie a scarf around it. Or every time you exchange bags, take a peek. Yeah. How about, how about you deserve to lose it all if you refuse to just... Take a peek.

Peek that bag. Peek it when it leaves and peek it when it arrives. Double peek. You gotta... Twin peeks. ["Twins Peaks"] ["Twins Peaks"] Now, I will say that the line that really jumped out at me

was when someone said, keep in mind, it's 1931. Like, why would you ever say that to a human in 1931? Because they need to justify that Mercedo May is having sex out of marriage. Like, now keep in mind, it's 1931. This is odd. Should have been like winking at the camera. Get it?

Weird times. Did anybody else feel like that first scene with Marisa Tomei and Stallone where she is giving him the lie that she is pregnant in order to hopefully be able to marry her love, the never-seen Oscar. Wait, so Oscar, just quickly, so who was the man who showed up at the very end of the wedding?

Oscar. Oh. That's Oscar. That's Oscar. That's Oscar. Oh, okay, forget it. You were saying you didn't see him either. No, I saw him.

I was saying, but, like, he just shows up for a... Like, there's no... It's inconsequential Right, of course, but that is Oscar. Yes. Yes, okay But you would think that Oscar you would think that the name Oscar would be said from the beginning Like it's dropped it would have been fine if he was referenced if it wasn't the title of the movie, right? That's what's strange It's fine

If he's just absent the whole time and then shows up at the end But for it to be the title of the movie tells me this person has true significance I originally called this movie the bankers dilemma On what planet does Stallone knowing everything we know about Stallone allow himself to be in a movie where the name on The movie is not his character. Wild. I believe that he thought, and I'm Oscar, because he didn't read the script. And I think that he is walking through the movie going, wait, what?

You're telling me I'm not Oscar? Whoa, whoa, what is this? I'm Oscar? I'm Oscar? Hey. Why am I talking about Oscar? I'm Oscar. I'm Oscar. Why am I talking about Oscar? I'm Oscar. I guess I was a little confused though when Marisa Tomei, who again, I was obsessed with her performance,

but she didn't look 18 years old. No. That was a little troubling, but... It's 1931. It is 1931 after all. Yes. So teenagers look like they're 27. That is what 18 year olds look like in 1931 because their life expectancy was so short.

Of course. But when she talks to him in that first scene, this is where I was getting turned around. She does say she's in love with Anthony though. No. She just says she's in love. It is a... So that's a miscommunication. It's unspoken. So she thinks he's talking about Oscar?

Yep. And he thinks... That's farce. And he thinks he's... That's farce. Yes. And that's farce. And that might be the T-shirt.

At this point... Did you feel like in that scene, didn't you feel like in that scene they had romantic chemistry? Well... Perhaps. When this is like the second movie we've done. That was crazy. Where Stallone and his daughter have

overtly romantic chemistry. There was a moment when she goes, look at me. And she opens up her nightgown. Now he's like, don't, no. But he never takes his eyes off of her eyes on her the intact he's like no no no no no I feel like Landis was like cut slight you gotta not look right at her all right all right all right let's let's go again let's go again no no no no no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

And she's a beautiful girl. She showed me her body. I have to respect it. To be fair, it's Marisa Tomei. Like, I couldn't take my eyes off the screen. I was like, can I stare at this forever? She's so wonderful. But also, I did have to question, like, is she okay?

And has she, has she legit as a character? And then she is, has she been literally locked? Is this the room? Has she been locked in this room? It feels like he's not letting her out, but she also is a good girl because, I mean, again, I don't know what's going on. How do you define a good girl? Yeah I mean, again, I don't know what's going on. How do you define a good girl?

Yeah, well, it's... That's just rolled around. She is a good girl. As if that is a... Keep in mind. Is that a phrase you use? Keep in mind. She's a good girl. Keep in mind, it's 1931.

No, but like... So she only does hand stuff. But, no, but she doesn't seem to be, like, she's so wide-eyed and innocent. Like, she wants to do all this fun stuff. She's not misbehaving. Like, she is very content to be locked in that room. She wants out of the room, but she's not, like, sneaking around. I guess she's sneaking around.

She's sneaking around. She's fucking Oscar. But Oscar seems to be in the army. Yes, Oscar has left. Oscar has left for a while. If he's returning from the army, Oscar has been gone for a long time. Yeah, I don't think she's actually having sex with Oscar. She's not.

And I don't think that makes her a good girl or not a good girl. I just think that's a fact. It makes her a very good girl. A very good girl. Please don't that's a fact. It makes her a very good girl. A very good girl. Please don't let that be the t-shirt. I'm a very good girl. With your face.

No, but I get, like, she doesn't seem to be driving him crazy like if in the in the world of like the Tony Danza movie of like she's out of control like he she seems like she is abiding by the house rules Yeah, and that's also equally weird but I Where I think this movie also goes off on Tangents is when Stallone wants to like add his own jokes in. I wrote one joke that he said that I was so confused by. He said, your pimples will clear up after you date that guy. His pimples will clear up.

No, the guy's pimples. The guy's pimples will clear up after he spends time with her. What does that mean? I don't know. She's going to fuck the pimples right off him? Like, I don't know. And also, asking for a friend What does that mean? I don't know, she's gonna fuck the pimples right off in? Like, and also, I don't know. Asking for a friend, does that work? Like, I didn't even understand, like, does he equate, like, oily skin or combination skin with the lack of sex? Combination. Or, like, I don't even know if he was... Keep in mind, it's 1931. Right.

Acne was different back then. But that, to me, feels like a Stallonism. And the whole movie has these Stallonisms. When he is having breakfast, this big gangster, not a gangster anymore, but banker, he's making waffles. He's eating waffles with peanut butter, which seemed not like a cool thing. Like, not a man.

Like, this mafia boss has waffles for breakfast. Just seemed weird to me. I feel like, I feel like, but he's like, it's funny. Waffles are funny. He doesn't have, waffles are like weird pancakes. Like, I feel like he was like, that was his choice. Like, I feel like, I don't know.

All of his, all of his joke stuff too, because he's got bits with Chaz Palminteri and Peter Rygert who are his kind of right-hand man and they keep pulling guns on people and and the whole his whole bit is he's going legit he's going to become a banker he promised his dad on his dad's deathbed that he wouldn't be a gangster anymore that he was going to go straight right and then they keep pulling guns out and it's this thing where he should be like hey what are you doing get that gun out of here oh and then he keep pulling guns out and it's this thing where he should be like, hey, what are you doing? Get that gun out of here. Oh, and then he's got another one. This guy's got a gun. And instead, if we pull out a gun for me. Yeah. Whoa. What did I say? No guns. What is this? God, it's slow. It's so slow.

There's no Rat-a-tat-tat dialogue, except for the people who are doing it, who stand out because he sounds like what you're saying, modern in his Stallone, but everybody else is doing crazy screwball comedy. Well, let's look at scene five. Scene five is probably the best version of Stallone doing his Rat-a-tat-tat. This is like the who's on first routine with Chaz Palminteri.

Snaps, are you sure there was cash in that bag? Yeah, little auntie stole it. If little auntie stole it, then he's got it. No, you blockhead, he stole it. Then he gave it back to me. Why did he give it back to you? To buy back the jewels. What jewels?

The jewels he stole from me. He stole jewels from you too. Yes, I can marry my daughter Please that Lisa Teresa. How come nobody's never met this daughter, Teresa because she's not my daughter capiche Yeah, your daughter's not your daughter and the cash that used to be the jewels is now your underwear now. You got I got it I don't even know what I'm talking about Now you got it. I got it! I don't even know what I'm talking about! ["I'm Talking About You"] Ha!

["I'm Talking About You"] That should be a blast to watch. You know, like, he's Johnny Dangerously. If that was Michael Keaton? Yeah. And Chas Balmontieri? Come on, electric. Come on.

But no. But no. One note. One note, I have. Single, one single note. I wished because because Nora the maids Bag is sort of it's turned over and all of her stuff comes out multiple times in the movie I wish it was just a bunch of underwear. Yeah

Instead like really big granny panty style underwear. Instead, it was just like a bunch of slips and all sorts of things. It felt like laundry. Stockings. Stockings. Yeah. Like one bank pervert though. I love that moment. I loved that moment. There's a bunch of jokes that work. It's just that Sly's not involved in any of it. Why would he be taking underwear?

Is this not his underwear? When Stallone, the moment that I know Stallone put in this movie is the moment where he's so put upon, he strikes a Christ on the cross pose on the mantle of his mansion like, I can't get your brain. I was like, what the fuck is this guy up to? Oh, I'm like, Christ on the cross. What was going on with the lighting in his office? He seemed to have an office that had like a purple...

Hue. A hue. Yeah. To it, that just seemed not like any other room in the house. When we went into that office, I was like, oh, that's just his office. Right. Like that's just his personal office that we're shooting in, the actors.

We couldn't get Stallone on set today. We're gonna go to his house. We gotta go to him. And shoot some scenes. I got to go to him. I didn't know you guys were coming. We'll do a scene. What? Who is it?

I'm mad. The joke, one of the jokes that I genuinely liked was the Chaz Palminteri weapons dump. Me too. Wait, great. We've seen it. We too. Loved it.

We've seen it in other movies too, but it works great here. When he pulls out a literal bomb that is ticking, I was like, give me this all day every day. A shot with no humans in it. Just heighteningly hilarious objects. Poison, a mace, like a bear trap, a mini gun. But there is like this whole movie And again, I guess it yeah, I understand

It's a farce and we have to get confused by it But it seems like the movie is angry that it can't figure out the plot like like a far supposed to be fun Like oh my gosh, I can't believe that that person walked in this movie is like, oh Why is that person walking in on this scene? Like it does feel like you're trying to wrestle control in a bad way. It's so true because I think in A Perfect Farce, like, we should actually not lose control of the bags in the way that we were forced to lose track of the bags

because Nora's coming, she's going, now the chauffeur's here, now he's gone. The bags are often taken off screen. That's what I'm saying. We don't even see it. Right, like we don't see when they're removed. So it was so difficult to enjoy. And also it's difficult to enjoy because what's fun about a farce

is how out of control the lead character is. The events of the movie are happening to them. It's such a clip. Behind each door is another person who wants to complicate his life more and more and more, right? And what's fun is watching that person, if it's Kevin Kline or if it's something, just be completely underwater. It's no fun to watch Sly underwater because he doesn't want to be there. He's like, I need this to stop

right now. He's, he, right, he's mad and he wants to be in control too much. Yeah. He's a bad boy, not a good girl. That is true, bad boy, bad boy with a good girl. This idea that he's going straight, I'm also lost on that plot. Like, I mean, yes, I get that he's going straight, but to buy a bank? Is he buying a bank?

He's trying to get on the board of the bank He just wants a seat on the board. It doesn't be legit. He wants to be in the room where it happens Yeah, but what what I think you're getting to which I was confused by as well is But what next like so you have a seat on board, you open up an account there with your money that I guess is dirty money. How do you plan on generating more revenue in the future? Like there doesn't, I couldn't get a handle on what his... It does seem like he is going straight legit. He's not like, oh, and my guys will keep the business going in the background or something. He's not like the kingpin or something like that.

But he also, actually the movie doesn't have enough time to get us there. Even though we inexplicably cut to a scene inside the bank. One of the only out of the house scenes is in the bank boardroom where it's like William Atherton and the White Shadow and a bunch of other people are there, and they're talking about like, oh, do we want him to be at the bank?

Do we want his dirty money or blah, blah, blah? And I'm like, why are we part of this decision? This doesn't help us at all. And yeah, they hate poor people, and it was a long scene, wasn't it? Yeah. To give us what, the inner workings of the bank? So that when they show up, we're like, oh, it's

the hateful bankers that we saw earlier who also are trying to screw him over. I mean, again, it's over-complicating a plot that's super simple, which is the one day he's got to be relaxed, he's stressed out. That doesn't happen at all. The threat being that, oh no, he has to settle all of his business before the bankers come is not present at all. Like, I don't... What does he have to do? The ticking clock is not... What should have happened is he should have... Dr. Poole and all, he should have been obsessed

with looking legit, acting legit, having a family that looked legit, having his employees look legit, so that when they arrive at 11 a.m., again, the movie actually must speed up somewhere because, no, I guess it is in real time because it's just before nine. But he should have been obsessed with appearances

and making sure that he looks like a person who could have a board seat at this bank. And what if there was like a newspaper person or someone who could hold him accountable who would be around, but nobody was doing that. Everybody in the movie, until the bankers arrive, are part of his inner circle. But who he's nervous about having around

is an accountant, thank you, Ben Affleck, who is very nicely dressed. Everyone's nicely dressed. It doesn't look like a bunch of mob guys coming in the house. If he wanted that, he should've kicked all those goons out of the house earlier in the day. But who would wake him up?

I guess that's true. I mean, you know, like that. But there's nothing wrong in the house. Like, his wife is in the house. His accountant's in the house. His daughter's in the house. And then this other very well-dressed daughter is in the house in another room.

I think she was. See, that was her costumes will haunt me because I don't think she's supposed to be well dressed. I think Paul, but I, but and you said very well dressed. Yes. So I actually think she is meant to look like a peasant person. She's, she's supposed to look like a, like a normal person. Got it. Okay. Marisa Tomei is I believe supposed to be like. But she is essentially like a normal person. Got it, okay. And Marissa Tomei is, I believe,

supposed to be like, but she is essentially like a street urchin. Got it. And so, but- Her name's Teresa? Yeah. Teresa is trash. Yeah.

Okay. Yeah. That's a shirt. But Teresa being trash to me is interesting because Teresa meets this accountant who is very well-to-do and goes, oh yeah, my dad is Provolone, but the accountant works for Provolone. That's just a coincidence.

But doesn't ever, has never seen this man. And like he is a notorious gangster mobster in Chicago. But you're saying she should know who he is no oh well yes well I won't even get into that she names him because she sees him in the newspaper yes but I'm talking about the accountant should oh I guess he does know him he does know him but it just seems to me that if you're the accountant for this man who has one daughter you would know that that daughter unless that daughter is Marissa Toe.

Unless that daughter is trapped up in a room. Okay. Rapunzel style. Doesn't she even say Rapunzel? I think so. Something like that? So she really is... Now it's a darker movie that I'm really disturbed by.

That's what I'm saying. She seems to be trapped up there. She's like flowers in the attic? That's why when she presents... Yes. Flowers in the attic, she's not having incest with anybody. But is she? But is she? But is she?

Oh, with Stallone. With Stallone, because the way she presents her body to him, like it's a gift, is very crazy. It's very Flowers in the Attic coded. I didn't realize that that was what Flowers in the Attic was about. What did you think it was about? I thought it was about a bunch of kids who were trapped in an attic.

Did you read it? No, my mom read it and she's like, you gotta read this book. You gotta read this book. The story started as like a trifle of misunderstanding, and then the reveal was chilling. I'm so glad you didn't read it. My mom's like, it's a good book. You got to read it. And I, and I, I don't want a good ideas in it. It was more awkward now knowing that because I didn't have any brothers or sisters.

I guess I just had to go fuck myself. But I always remember that image. Okay, so got it. Check. Movies about... But I think that what you're confused about, Teresa, is her clothes were so white and crisp. Her bonnet, especially. Her bonnet that she did, I know we were meant to see her as a street urchin

and I did, but the costumes were really confusing. I do think she should have played more urchin-like. She should have been more urchin-like? She should have made a stronger choice. Knock, knock, knock at this rich gangster's house. She's like, hey, anyway, let me tell you what I did. So I told this guy that you're my dad. What does she want from that? Like, what does she even want from,

like, what is he gonna do? He's also has no, nobody is really scared of him. He is al Capone. He is like a, they refer to him numerous times as a murderer, as like a gangster. He is capable of extreme violence, but yet everybody treats him like he's the ineffectual dad in a sitcom. Yeah.

He's like the mayor of the block. He... He... He's block mayor. But yeah, that's why the opening scene is funny, because he's never... he never seems violent. The only thing that you can... you can kind of pull over is, at one point, they're like,

I came over your house on Valentine's Day. Wait, he did say he came over on Valentine's Day and that's when he met his daughter. So wait, how was that street urchin in the house on Valentine's Day? Wait, hang on, hang on. So Anthony met his daughter on Valentine's Day? On Valentine's Day. Anthony says he met... Anthony... Oh, at a speakeasy. At a speakeasy. An after-hours speakeasy. She... that urchin got in there? Anybody can get in a speakeasy. Not the urchins. You want to keep them out.

They don't got no money. Somehow the urchin has to be the shirt. I mean, it's got... I mean, this has got to be the most we've said, Urchin, ever. She's dressed like the Urchin. Wait, who? Who's, we got an Urchin? She's over there.

Where? I can't see her. Where's the Urchin? You're obscured by the pole, but yeah, oh there, there, there. Oh yeah, I see her, I see her. Where? Where's the Urchin? Right there, right, stand up again, stand up, she's right there. Stand up, Urchin. Oh, she looks great. Nice, give it up for the urchin? Right there. Stand up again.

Stand up. She's right there. Stand up, urchin. Oh, there's the urchin. Oh, she looks great. Nice. Give it up for the urchin. She looks great.

Thank you. Oh, man. You didn't know I had a flashlight, Canada. I really wish... Now, maybe there was a scene... I did have to speed things up at the end because you hid my makeup bag in the room and I couldn't find it for 15 minutes. I'll step out for a moment.

I thought I was helping you out. I took your makeup bag out of your... He unpacked my bag without my consent and then I frantically was looking for things. I love that you refer to that as hiding things. Literally put it... He unpacked for you while you were napping and you're like, you hid my makeup bag. I got a frantic message from June being like, is there makeup anywhere around at the theater or any place? Literally put it in the

bathroom on her side so you would have it in there. I didn't look in the bathroom so I hadn't unpacked yet. So why would I even look in there? I was taking everything out. Try to be helpful. I wish this movie had had bodies. I wish Stallone's guys were killing people. There were bodies in rooms, so they had to keep moving bodies and not just bags. The movie doesn't heighten. That's a great idea.

Right, right? That's what the movie needed. That's a great idea. Stakes. And there was no stakes for anybody. No, like, the idea that the, I loved that he says that the suit makers are killers and that Anthony believes the suit makers are killers.

That's funny. That was a funny sequence. I loved it. And then they're playing the P.F. four handed piano. I was like, I don't know why, but this is working so much better than the rest of the movie.F. four handed piano. I was like, I don't know why, but this is working so much better than the rest of the movie. Now, I will say the other part, while Tim Curry was great, I have nothing bad to say about Tim Curry at all.

The ex, the elocution scene was flawed in my opinion because Stallone doesn't really get it. Like when he gets it, it's still going to be like that. That was, I totally agree. He just said it. He didn't articulate anything. No, right, he just repeated the words. Right, no, you're so right,

because then it made me think, is that the exercise? Well, that was the thing. To just hear a phrase and repeat it. Well, that's what I was like, because he should have almost had like a hoity-toity British accent or something. Stallone should have. Yeah. But he goes, now you said something like, yeah.

Well, Tim Curry's also doing, he's like rolling his R, he's like rough and ready, and I'm like, is Stallone ever going to do this? It makes me feel like, and it's not the case, but that Tim Curry's character is like rough and ready, and I'm like, is Stallone ever gonna do this? It makes me feel like, and it's not the case, but that Tim Curry's character is like just stealing money from Stallone. Is like, I would believe that Tim Curry was a con man. Let Tim Curry be a con man who's conning him out of money. Pop up, make everybody have like duplicitous motives.

But that's a scene like when you're the director, we didn't get it, let's cut that scene. Landis? Yeah, Land it. Let's cut that scene Yeah land us. Let's cut that scene out because it does like he doesn't appear any different He doesn't appear any different. He doesn't approach the bank. He's just able to hear the phrase and repeat and repeat it back So which makes me want to see a sequel that's just at that elocution school that he starts Or I want to see like I would like a sequel that it's just Tim Curry like out in Europe Where is he going? Belgium? Great. Like Brussels. Dr. Yes, doctor. What's his name in Brussels?

Pool. Dr. Tim. Dr. Pool. Let's go out to the audience. Let's hear what the audience has to say about this film. Careful. Careful. Careful, Paul. Hi. How are you? Hi. What's your name? My name's Samaya.

Okay. I'll hold the microphone, Samaya. All right. So Samaya, what's your question? My question is that seeing this film and seeing the elocution scenes between Dr. Poole and Angela, would this film work better as like a My Fair Lady scenario? And we just focus on that. Well, I'm so sorry, repeat it one more time as a what? What scenario?

A My Fair Lady scenario. Oh, yes, exactly. But it wouldn't work. It wouldn't work because- My Fair Lady. Because- The rain in Spain falls, right? Well, I think the movie kind of wants to be that, where he should be going through a full

makeover. Transformation. This is a makeover movie. Yes, but the difference... But the thing is, Stallone... Okay, sorry. Oh, I was going to say, the difference with this movie is that in My Fair Lady, she's putting on that kind of voice and then she gets to her normal voice.

Here, Stallone is not losing that voice. Well, Stallone, not only is he not losing that voice, I don't think Stallone wants his character to change. At all. I think he wants him to be the same. I don't think, because it's almost like the Matthew McConaughey quote, which is like, I don't play bad guys who become good.

I play good guys who become great. Wow. Real quote. Real quote. And that's, I feel like with Stallone, I don't think can occupy a character who needs to be different. Because that tells him.

That's vulnerable. That tells him the original character is wrong. Right. And I don't think Stallone plays guys who are wrong. The new Prime Minister of Canada is here. Oh. Great. Congratulations on your recent election victory.

It's a Finucci. OK, I love it. It's a Finucci. Oh, it's a Finucci. It's a Finucci. Love this. He went to Finucci. All right.

Thanks, boss. Thanks, boss. Hey. It's Finucci. Thanks boss. Thanks boss. Hey, not boss. Mister. What is he? Alright, so what's your question? Alright, so John Landis originally wanted either Al Pacino or Dane DeVito to play snaps. But I read that Sylvester Stallone considers this his second worst performance after Stop or My Mom Will Shoot, which he was tricked into signing onto by Arnold

Schwarzenegger. So my question to you is would this have been better movie like a little bit more straight with Pacino or DeVito or if Stallone got back and tricked Schwarzenegger to be the lead, full Mickey Blue eyes now. Now... first of all, great, great question. I do think that Schwarzenegger would actually deliver a better movie than this. I think so too. Yes, Schwarzenegger, Arnold is funny.

Full stop. And Stallone is not. And I love, there's so many Stallone movies I love, but none of them are funny. He doesn't have a light touch. And ironically, Arnold, for as much bulk and heft as he is, has a genuine light touch. It can have a genuine light touch of things.

And just to add a little detail to your detail, Al Pacino was in pre-production on this movie until Dick Tracy offered him $20 million like peace and walked out and then they had to frantically cast Stallone. So... By the way, that would have been... I would have loved Pacino in this. There's this, the setup for this movie is good.

It's not, it's the concept is not flawed. The execution is flawed. And just one more detail on top of that. The original movie was announced in 1978 with Danny DeVito. This is not... Wait, 78 with DeVito? Yes. So that's like very, that's like Cuckoo's Nest DeVito. This is not 78 with DeVito. Yes. So that's like very that's like cuckoo's nest DeVito. That's pre-taxi. Yeah. That's or no that's just at taxi. Okay. Hi sir how are you? What's your name? Jeremy. What's your

question? As an accounting teacher I didn't get any bit, but I'm wondering, little Anthony, I think his name is the account, he consistently steals $50,000 or 50,000 worth of jewels every like 15 minutes and he's not really scared to tell a gangster or a form gangster at all and then how many more times has he stolen money? He hasn't even told them yet. He has all these scams and and he's like, oh. This is a real accountant's question. Well, the scams didn't seem to be stealing jewels. The scams seem to be cooking the books a little bit.

No, no, he's got the bag of jewels. Yeah, I guess I have a question for you. Why did he convert to jewels? Yeah, do you tell your clients to convert to jewels? Well, I have students, I don't have clients. Oh, you got it. Should we be moving to a jewel-based economy? I know we're off crypto, but...

Now, this movie would posit that it's complicated because people could grab your bag of jewels and then you're done Now here's the question. Oh this actually this is perfect for you Right now because you were in such turmoil right especially where we're from like should we be moving more towards a jewel-based? economy or a women's underwear based economy I Know I know where I come down, but I want to hear an expert's opinion. You better say underwear. Depends. How liquid is the...

This guy gets it. All right. Yeah, my money's soaking wet. I got 300 bucks sopping wet bucks. This is such a small detail, but was anyone else disturbed that that giant bag of jewels just had just one flat layer of jewels on the bottom? Like, I didn't know why we weren't opening it up

to, like, a light from within with this giant, like, all of these jewels everywhere. It was, like, just one layer. And also, how do you get that amount of, like, he must have gone to a lot of different jewelry stores. I don't know, it just didn't seem like a great way to convert, I don't know. Money is always good.

It's 1931. Yeah, you gotta remember that. The banks, there's been a run on the banks. Your name, your question. Hi, my name is Brian. So I have one question and one sort of observation. The question is, is the original stage play has a lot of similarities as far as the plot points are concerned, but a lot of differences particularly with the characters.

The main one being that there is no mob angle and Provolone is a soap salesman. So could this movie have possibly been worse if he played it like they were in the original play that if he were a soap salesman Huh, I mean the stakes would be a lot lower It's so hard cuz I mean He sort of was playing it as a soap salesman like there was no real threat to him You know off coming off of him and it never felt like he was really Going to hurt anyone or suppressing those instincts. So, if he, so, did you read the play?

Yes, I actually read the play two days ago for a theater company I'm a part of. We're considering doing it as a production next season. Wait, what? Wow. That is commitment, Toronto. What? It seems like it could be a funny play.

I mean, the French farce is a real hit. Yeah, the play is actually quite funny. It's also a lot longer than the movie, which means everybody will have to commit to speaking fast. Another big difference was the Tim Carrey character. He says, personal masseuse. Okay, that's fine. So it's 1931.

Soap business is good for soap salesmen. So if there isn't the gangster element, it's just the farce of the mistaken daughters and so forth, because there isn't a going straight... Correct. Okay, got it. But what is he trying to accomplish during the day? Nothing. Now that is a play. So everybody here in Toronto, it sounds like it's going to be up soon. You guys are going to have an opportunity.

God, I would love if How Did This Get Made just started a production shingle where we just produced plays based on the movies. By the way, yeah. Interesting. Even if we, I don't know, and maybe he could answer it, even if we were to do a stage reading of the play. Of the play. And the play should be quite different in the same way. Yeah. It's a soap salesman, like it's not a one-to-one.

You know what, we'll talk to Stallone. Yeah, yeah, yeah. We'll talk to Stallone. We'll see if we can get something going. All right. I want to say, Paul, wherever you are, this theater is gorgeous. Um, I am up in the mid balcony. That's right. Mid balcony. Is that what you call it here? Mid balcony? You don't call it the Mez? Technically, we had this debate before the show started technically seats are on sale for the balcony that is the gallery above us that's the gallery above us is the gallery wait a second so for maybe the first time in history we have gallery monsters? Wow. Absolutely terrifying.

Balcony versus gallery, that might be the shirt as well. Yeah. All right. Your name, your question. Hi, my name is Emily and I actually did some research and I managed to find, and it's going to follow with the question. Okay. Globe and Mail and the New York Times had an article in November of 1990, Fire Guts part of Universal Studio. One of the few films that was shooting at the time was this film and their publicist said we lost 21 vintage cars, the camera equipment, props,

and every bit of wardrobe. Was this a hit? Okay, I know this story. Yes, the security guard who was in charge of the old cars set a fire at Universal to steal the cars. He was arrested for that, but the production had to shut down for two weeks as they had to rebuild everything for this movie. Wow. So that explains his office in the movie. They were only left with purple lights. Yeah. I want to point out we have three balcony monsters

and there are three balcony monsters. Get this camera. Look at this. What? They have balcony monster shirts? Yeah. All together. All right. Fantastic. And soon enough, we'll have gallery monster shirts, hopefully.

All right. All right. You feel like you got something. Come on over here. Come on. All right. I saw the two hands waving, which sometimes in the States means stay away, but I feel like in Canada There's more passion. Oh, yes. What's your name? What's your question? Hi there. I've actually been gifted a mafia name Okay, so my name is the fist Lindsay the fist You've been gifted that by whom a co-worker of mine who is not of Italian descent.

I'm of Italian descent. I'm here with my Cugini over here. Oh, wow. I'm also of Italian descent. It is a good question though. Or an interesting topic. I don't know if you give someone their name. Do you?

Or is it like... I don't think you choose it. Like the Pope? Wait name, do you... Or is it like... I don't think you choose it. Like the pope? I don't... Wait, what do you mean? Like a conclave? Well, yeah, he chooses his own name. No, I think it is... I think in those situations, like gangster, I think it is given to you.

Okay, got it. Usually as a, you know, like a big guy gets called tiny or whatever. If you cut off people's pinkies. They call him pinky Yeah, so so super quick question Lindsey. How'd you get the fist? As you're in the balcony so we all assume she says I can't tell you you won't tell us Okay, what would you have a question? I have two small questions one is for June What did you think about the wedding gowns at the end? I wanted to get your opinion on those.

So of course, at the end I was searching for my makeup bag. Behind you, June. I didn't, I'm sorry? Behind you. Oh, I love them. Oh, I love them. They look great. Yeah, I think they look amazing. Oh, we don't wear spats anymore. I mean, I have to say Marisa Tomei, and I know she's been in other time

periods and she always looks just amazing right now. But this there was something about her in 1931 where she boy is this yeah is this an era she can wear yeah she it's it's it's very compelling yeah her in this and it's Martian in Miller's Crossing come on yeah okay your second question did you guys notice how the only song they played was the Barbara Seville yeah like the aria and then the trailer was the overture. Yeah. I don't understand how that connects any opera people here that would be like, is that thematically a choice?

Oh, please. Yes? Oh, hold on. What do you got? Let me go over. Do you have an opera singer? Let me go over. Is there an opera singer here?

Who said yes? Wait, is the little claymation guy here? All right. The little claymation guy here? All right. The little claymation guy, this is actually really upsetting. He killed one of the California raisins. He's been in jail for, I think since 1994. He was one of those people that Landis used a lot and I think he was in the helicopter.

Jason. and I think he was in the helicopter. Oh! Jason. Okay. Interesting reaction, Canada. Jason. To the death of a claymation character?

Yes. You guys are too touchy, eh? I'm sorry. You fucking idiots. All right, so you are our resident opera expert. You can just take that. You don't have to justify that you are or you're not. But I'm calling you our opera expert. How is it thematically tied? Well, I actually am the opera administrator for U of T.

You're a super strong girl. Yes! You are. Yeah. So, yeah, I worked anyway. Hold on, hold on, hold on. Start talking again. You are getting an applause break that you talked through.

Yeah, no, no, no. I actually just started that job, but anyway, I was a stage manager on opera. So the Barbara Seville, that's the Bugs Bunny, the Figaro, Figaro, Figaro, that's what that is, right? So that's like one of the most famous like off-road like bouffant, like the bouffs, right? And so that premise is that this guy wants Count Almaviva, sorry, wants to marry this woman, but he has to pretend to be a piano, like a voice teacher to then go in and trick the guy who is in charge of her.

Like that's his ward. Because she's a good girl. She's a good girl. She's such a good girl. I like it less when Paul says it in the audience. But yeah, she's such a good girl that she's like, yeah, whatever, I guess I have to marry the man who's like my dad sort of so it's very much like the the vibes of like Sylvester Stallone and Bartolo want to fuck their daughter or their ward and that's from an opera person Wow great

work great work Support the U of T Opera! Maybe you can combine with his play company and you guys can do an operatic version of the play that is this movie. That could be something. Alright, we'll produce it. That could be something. Alright, yes, you have some notes. What do you have? Okay.

So first of all, has anyone noticed how Stallone can't say his own last name? Provalone. Prevalone. B. I thought you meant Stallone. I was like, oh wow, really? I've never heard him say that either. Did anyone also clock all of the things that Mercedome wanted to do?

I love that list. Yeah, he loves every one of them. That's a funny list. Do you have that list? I do. Swim in the English Channel, shop in Paris, lay on a beach in Honolulu, ride a zeppelin, attend a Rudy Valley show, go to an African safari, run with the bulls in Spain, climb the Empire State Building, and go to an opium den in Chinatown.

That was my favorite one. I loved the opium den one too. That was, I was like, oh, maybe she's not a dot dot dot good girl after all. She didn't know. So now your name, your question. Not Lisa. Okay. And what's your question? At the beginning we learned that the maid is running off to like get married and then towards the end we find out that the

maid that has brought in to replace the other one is like the mother of the daughter. So after the wedding do you think she becomes their maid? That's such a great question. Because she does need to work. Like, I... He's no longer playing child support, or maybe he's paying, like, back child support for what he didn't pay for. He just found out. He didn't know he had a... Yeah, he was never paying child support.

Okay, first of all, I know he didn't know, but she did raise Teresa on her own for 18 years. He's got to pay up. Oh, yeah. But it definitely seems like... It definitely seems like he is not... He is interested in her being his daughter. He's not trying to, like, get rid of her and...

Yes, he's not trying to disown her, and I think he did... Well, he didn't give her her own wedding. ["The Wedding of the Sugar Plum Fairy"] The movie couldn't support two weddings. That's true. That's true. But, yeah, it's such a great question, The movie couldn't support two weddings. That's true. That's true. But yeah, it's such a great question,

because I really would love to see a world in which she's no longer working as a maid. Certainly not as his maid. I don't think she will be. I don't think she will be, because I think she is now his... Okay, wait a minute. His ex-lover.

Well, yes, but also her daughter has now married the accountant? Yes. Okay, okay. God damn it, I don't even care about this movie. Well, but I guess the question is, at the end of the movie, while I was looking for my makeup bag,

does he... Does he go back to a life of crime or is, okay. Does that's, I'm actually glad to hear that because that means that I feel like she's not going back to maids work that he's hopefully going to support her. I think so. Great. I think that's, I think that's in the car. She gets killed in the crossfire during a very violent, I don't want to get into it, but there was an issue. They, they think that he's in the crossfire during a very violent... I don't want to get into it, but there was an issue.

They think that he's in the car, they kill her. Kurt... Kurt Wood Smith shoots her in the head. Well, obviously we had opinions about this movie, but there are people out there with a different opinion. It is now time for second opinions! Hi, I'm Piper. Hi, Piper. What? Piper, no! I knew it, I knew it.

I got it. I got it. Piper, no. I'm sorry, Piper. I interrupted you. That's okay. One, two, three, four, five. That's how many stars that I give this ride.

You've got Angelo, Anthony, Connie, Sofia, gangsters going straight and a child bride named Lisa, Dr. Poole and his nicely rounded dip thongs, Guido Butlering and Nora Axens all wrong, a little of Teresa telling lies, a little bit of math that goes awry, a couple dangling participles in your face, a little bit of yelling out of place, a little bit of Oscar at the end, a whole lot of snapping at your friends, a little bit of accents gone all wrong, a little bit of my second opinion. Yes!

Great work! Wow! I have to know! You nailed it, you nailed it. Yeah, absolutely, now the Toronto. That was a great one. What, no. You nailed it. Yeah, absolutely. Now that Toronto... That was a great one.

What a great way to end it. I feel like on three, we can all say Piper, no, right? Yeah. One, two, three. Piper, no. I loved it. I loved it. I didn't recognize...

Those were great songs. Some of the songs I didn't recognize, I assume they're all tragically hip songs. You're... I... There were a couple... We don't know their songs. But I know Sloan. You all did fantastic. I saw Lubega perform at the Hard Rock Live.

He did five songs. Three of them were Mambo number five. Not a joke. I was going to say were they Mambo's one through five? I wish. He opened with Mambo number five, got a great response, did another song, didn't really do well, then did Mambo number five,

then left the stage and came out in Enchord with Mambo number five. And I got to and came out on an encore with Mambo number five. And I gotta tell you, each time it got better and better. All right, these are reviews from Amazon. There are 3,175 reviews on Amazon. Hold on to your butts when I tell ya, 87% are five star reviews. when I tell you 87% are five-star reviews. From Celeste Skycop, she writes back in 2014, title, I hate sly, but I love this movie.

I hate sly, but I love this movie. I first saw it in the theater on a date, and I didn't even notice my date had gotten sick and gone to the bathroom for most of the movie It is a cute plot with intricate dialogue my family quotes lines from it all the time five stars Can you imagine being so like so obsessed is so in Enthralled with this movie that you didn't notice your date abandon you for the bathroom? Rough stuff, but now they have four kids and

they're very happy. Rachel W. titles her review a classic that's so highly quotable. This is written back in 2023. This movie is a family favorite. I'm not sure why it's not more well known. The dialogue is fantastic, and Alyssa Milano, Sylvester Stallone, and Tim Curry are an absolute delight. Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!

Incredible. This movie is the reason that my siblings and I have told each other for years, because Ha ha ha! Incredible. This movie is the reason that my siblings and I have told each other for years, shut up of your face, Mussolini. The design and the costumes also make this appealing to watch. There's no bad language or nudity, making it a great choice for family movie night. I'll never get tired of this movie. Five stars.

Wow. High tower. Wait, from police academy? Yes. Whoa. Pretty cool. It's super cool. In 2022 writes, all of it is bullet points, by the way.

This is unlike anything Sylvester Stallone has ever done. And it's marvelous. The plot, although adult content, is engaging. Star-studded cast, impressive. Family and I enjoyed it while keeping up with the characters. There is slapstick, clever situational, ironic humor throughout the entire movie. The time slash era is authentic.

It seems like the cast has a mesmerizing chemistry. I've seen this movie 10 times and I still laugh out loud. Surprisingly funny, very well done film and definitely rewatchable. My family and I love this movie. Five stars. Wow. This one is the one I want to end on. From Joseph Valdnes. In 2020 he writes, if you haven't seen this you should. It's a comedy primarily in wordplay and scene play. I think, I think that's everything. As opposed to slapstick nonsense and gutter level humor. Freaking funny movie, five stars. Wait, you don't like gutter level humor? Freaking funny movie?

You also don't like slapstick, but you like wordplay. Interesting. And that is what people think of Oscar, which I will tell you, many people DM'd, Instagram storied, I don't know what they're talking about, this movie's good. And then I was like, oh no, did we pick something terrible? And then I was like, I watched, I was like, no, no, no, we're right. You're all wrong. Don't, Paul, don't underestimate that our audience are fucking idiots. Now, I said it before and I'll say it again, because I know you're going to ask us, I did enjoy a lot of this movie.

I did enjoy this movie. And you could say the same thing for Thanksgiving dinner. You have turkey and it makes you tired and you fall asleep, but you enjoyed Thanksgiving. This movie gave you- Well, I don't eat meat. Well, okay, sure. But I'm just saying in the general sense,

you were just tired, but you got back into it pretty easily. I just had to take a quick nap. Yeah, yeah. You gotta, sometimes it's exhausting to be so immersed in a time period. To be like, I'm in the 1930s, so powerfully. I had to relocate myself, because I was scared I'd go insane.

You had a draft of Laudanum, and you went to sleep. I... Okay, all right, I see where you're at, Canada. I feel for Stallone, because I also am a huge Stallone fan. You are. I do. I like the stuff that he does. But I feel like he's trying so hard to be funny, and I feel like I see it a lot, and

I feel like these are the jokes that work with his friends who don't tell him, Sly, that's not a joke, the pimple thing. No one tells him no, and then you get occasionally stuff like this you get moments like that in Tulsa King too which I also love and you see it in the recent Sylvester Stallone scripted movie a working man starring our favorite Jason Statham so whatever's happened there I did some research on this he has just gifted Statham. So whatever's happened there, I did some research on this. He has just gifted Statham his old movies. He's like, you make this. You make this.

Everything is now, he's getting second-hand Stallone. Incredible. By the way, incredible, because he can pull it off. Statham's legit funny. Yeah. But I'm sort of with you. I mean, we went on a rocky tear this past summer. Yes.

You and I. Not a, we didn't go on a rocky tear. Rocky the movies. The Rocky the movies. You guys were not in a rocky tear. No, Rocky the movie. No, we weren't. We were.

And I have such a spot of my heart for him. I really, really do. And yeah, not every moment works. And of course, his pace should be different. And all that's true. That remains true. That's always going to be true. But if you can get past all of that,

I swear, if you can do some work, audience, it's about time to do everything. If you can work a little harder. So you're saying if you can appreciate, if you can look at this movie him to do everything. If you can work a little harder... So you're saying if you can appreciate... If you can look at this movie and recast it and rehear it differently, you can really appreciate it. Yeah. Okay.

Yeah. It's tough. This one's tough. Because I think what you're saying, June, I agree with, which is that there is something inherently watchable and interesting about Stallone, even if he's not necessarily pulling off the tone that this movie requires. It's too long, it's too slow, but they do such a good job of rounding out everybody else.

Because there are jokes in here that, like, when Riegert says, when Peter Riegert says, the Duke of Ellington, Yeah. funny, it's a funny joke. There's jokes in here that are funny. When one person's reading a Time magazine and line. There's jokes in here that are funny. When one person's reading a Time magazine and the other person's reading Whoie magazine, I was like, give me a subscription to Whoie magazine all day, every day.

I read it for the articles. But- And again, the whole sequence with the brothers and Nicholas and they're looking at the paper and saying that this was our work and he's like, I loved it. It's so funny that they're proud of the man has been murdered in their suit. Yes. That they're famous now. Hilarious.

Now, one thing I will say, I know we're so focused on Sly, but I did feel like Nicholas was a bit miscast as the accountant. I did too. They put a set of glasses on him. I'm sorry, Nicholas, Anthony. Yeah, yeah. They put a set of glasses on him, but he's a big strapping man. And I feel like you wanted that guy

to be a little bit more... He seemed like a leading man, which confused me. Very much so. And you want him to be scared of these two tiny men. Yes. Ha-ha-ha. Harry Shearer being one of them. Exactly.

Love that. My favorite part of the movie... I love Harry Shearer in this.... when he pulled out the the chicken leg as a gun These are great moments guys But I will say if you want to see again a lot of these same ideas executed better. It's Johnny dangerously Amy heckerling, right? Yes. Yeah, it's a good, that was, yes, see it. Now, what do we want to plug, Jason,

what are you telling people you're up to? Taskmaster! Let's go! Let's go! Taskmaster UK, I'm on it! Season 19, it's airing right now! Episode two just aired, it's airing right now. Episode two just aired. It's all up now.

Go, go there, watch it on YouTube. Or here, you might even be able to watch it on something else, I don't know. But if you're- It's here, I was looking at it on YouTube. I saw that popped up on my YouTube today. Great, it's on YouTube, watch it, comment, get involved. These fuckers need to hear about it.

June, what do you got? get involved, these fuckers need to hear about it. Yeah! Yeah! June, what do you got? Oh, gosh, well, I'm in a new movie, which Paul and I just saw. It's not coming out till the first weekend of August, but it is called Weapons. It's the follow-up for Zach Craigers' new movie. So good.

It's so good. Also coming out the same weekend with another movie I am in, Freaky Friday 2. Oh yeah! So that'll be a fun weekend. My book just came out in paperback, Joyful Recollections of Trauma with 20 extra pages. If you take a picture of that barcode, I could send you a personalized copy of it, but you have to pay for it.

But if you've read the book, on my website there are all these special features, videos, pictures, and everything like that. And then every Monday on YouTube, Rob Hubel and I host a show called The Dark Web. Thank you. We go deep into the web to find the weirdest stuff like Sizzler training videos. And oh my gosh, the, yeah, it's a lot of stuff. We find a bunch of stuff. 20 minutes. It's free every single week. June, I feel like we need to come up with a Barbenheimer style name for weapons and

Freakier Friday. Freaky weapons. Freakier Friday. Thank you. Freakier weapons. So people can like telegraph that they're going to see both. It's a double. Yes. It is a double feature. We're out some sort of Whatever clumsy great that Right now let's all stop and think about it freaky weapons weapon Friday Friday weapons from Friday Friday freaky freaky Weapons Friday weapons Friday Friday freaky freaky freppin

Thank you everybody for coming out tonight. Eat shit Canada! What a great show and we are once again back in Canada this weekend. That's right, we'll be in Vancouver on Saturday, July 12th. It's our apology tour to Canada. We have not been back in a very, very long time and we're doing two in one summer. But here's the thing. If you bought tickets for How Did This Get Made in Vancouver, check the location. We originally were gonna do the show at the Queen Elizabeth Theater,

but we moved down the block to the Vogue Theater. Your tickets should be updated, but just make sure that you're going to the Vogue Theater, not the Queen Elizabeth Theater. Your tickets and everything should be updated, but just in case you didn't check your email, I'm here to tell you it's the Vogue Theater, July 12th. I'll be doing a big book signing after the show.

And if you're like, oh, Paul, I want my book signed and I'm not in Vancouver, don't worry about it. Just go to my website and we will support indie bookstores by letting you get anything you want inscribed in my book with me signing it. I guess it's just called signing a book. Anyway, just go to paulshear.com and you can do that right there. Once again, a big thank you to everybody who helps make this show happen. Our producers, Cody Fisher, Scott Sonny, Molly Reynolds, and our amazing movie picking producer, Averill Halley, our sound engineers, Casey Holford and Jared O'Connell. And people, if you're not watching the dark web on YouTube,

what are you doing? Check it out. Me, Rob Hubel, the dankest, the darkest, the silliest, dumb shit on the internet. Bye for now. Peace.