How Did This Get Made? - You Got Served LIVE!

Episode Date: June 13, 2025

This week, Paul, June, and Jason breakdown the 2004 dance movie, You Got Served recorded LIVE at the Largo in Los Angeles. The three dig into all things Mr. Rad, ask if there was too much dancing, consider the "Story Listeners of America’s" needs, demand for justice for Lil Saint, and much more!  • 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

Let's get street. And remember, no rules. We saw you got served, so you know what that means. I'm yelling like a rock star that's rock ripping Justin to Kelly I'm making see a bird last show with Dick Roe And take a photo of speed to hit the cruise control J. Lee, Big Paul and the beautiful June Gonna take you from the doom while the wave is rolling Bring the game to street by the hope to blow off steam Just a sucker punch the iron lights attempting to break shot

Little brother Demick, how you staying alive? They call him when they're badass and he's on the line Cranking 88 minutes cause they cool as ice Cause they bad Jim Bonny lookin' kind of nice Paul and Joe gettin' literal, Jason is gettin' lame Julis making sure all the monkey shots hit the pain They're just a bunch of movies, one they make in the grave Here's a real question for you, how did this kid pay? Hello people of Earth! And hello, people of London!

We are live in Los Angeles for You Got Served, a movie that came out in 2004. And boy, oh, boy, it set the world on fire. And honestly, it did. It opened up number one on Super Bowl weekend. Tagline, if you want respect, you gotta take it. I guess. All right, so IMDB describes this movie as,

in order to achieve their dream of opening a recording studio, wait, no. I-M-D-B. Should really read my research. Well, I'm gonna read what I-M-D-B says. It's not true. In order to achieve their dream of opening a recording studio, two friends must win their city's dance contest, a fierce competition

that pits them against a group of young, tough street dancers. That's all false. This is about two guys. Well, it's about two guys, it's about dance, it's about losing a drug dealer's money, but don't worry about that, because it's really not that big of a deal.

And what it really comes down to is getting into a little Kim video for $50,000. That's really what it's about. Man, IMDB is slacking. All right, so we are gonna talk about all of this. We're gonna talk about all the dancing. Is it good? Is it bad? I don't know. I don't even know how to judge it. I'm impressed by it, but we will talk about it all. But first, let me introduce my two co-hosts. Please welcome to the stage Mr. Jason Manzoukis.

What's up, jerks? Let's go. All right. Wow. Jason, were you in the theater for You Got Served? Never seen this movie before today. OK, I am a big Step Up fan. Huge Step Up fan.

Huge. Huge Step Up fan. Step Up, Step Up to the Streets. I'm a huge Moose guy. I love Moose. I'm all in for Moose. Look, I want to go see this. Not many Moose fans.

Oh, OK. Step Up 3D is still one of the best theater experiences I've ever had. Amazing. Amazing. Agreed. But this is... That and Jackass 3D are the 3D movies that really work. It really... That's what it needs to be. Now, ladies and gentlemen,

somebody else that can talk about 3D movies and dance, please welcome June Diane Raphael. Welcome, June. Hi, Paul. How are you? I'm well. Thank you so much for asking. You got served. Did you get served in the movie theater or did you see this for the first time?

I saw for the first time today. I cried. Whoa! I cried as well. I cried. When? When is there an opportunity? When?

How about Justice for Little St. When? How about Justice for Little St. Paul. Little St. I was going to say tonight's episode dedicated to Little Saint. I mean. R-I-P-S. Wow. I mean, wow, this movie goes for it. Well, but then-

They killed that kid off screen. And I thought- I needed to see a body. What? Show me a body or did it happen? You wanna see that kid's body? Okay, now, that- Honestly, you put on those checkered vans tonight,

which I've never seen before. You skateboarded here. And you got some kind of energy over there. You watched a teen movie you got your teen sneaks on. I've never seen those before. That stage you called me lame. Bunch of lame-os over here. They don't know about youth culture.

Now look, Lil Saint came in the way he came out. You said, cause we watched the beginning of the movie together, and you said when Lil Saint came on screen, you said he's gonna die. And I was like, and now I didn't even know you had seen the movie before. I never have. Oh, I thought you saw it in the theaters. So-

Step up 3D. I'm sorry. So you said it so confidently and I was like, you're crazy. You're so crazy. Like they would never, they're gonna make us think he died. They're gonna make us think like something he's in peril. They'll never kill him.

They did. At the very least, he'll get to do like an incredible dance piece before he dies. I was waiting. Never got to see him do it. He just wants to get on the team, gets on the team, and then is murdered. And not only that.

He doesn't even really get to, yeah, like he's even officially on the team. He's officially on the team. They tell him, you're on the team. But he never gets to even go to practice. He doesn't get to even get to practice. He's shot off screen. Technically, never on the team.

I mean, he was told he would be on the team. This take is awful. This take, this is a villain's take. What? What is that? I think you think that looks cool. It doesn't. That's not... The audience is gonna love it.

You're gonna get hurt. You're young like me! You're young like me! How come... Here's the next question. How come Paul was in a boot on tour? That's what's gonna happen. You're gonna hurt yourself. The craziest thing about Little Saint's death too

is that it was caused, Little Saint's death was caused by the fallout between M, M? L. L. L. I knew it was close by. L and David. And had they not been fighting,

I mean, blood is on their hands. Yes. And that's so upsetting. And I just couldn't believe this dance movie did that. He went for a ride along. Yeah, he was supposed to be with them. But because Lil Saint's older brother, his like big, fake big brother,

wasn't willing to fight with El, dance with El, that's why Little Saint died. Anybody who hasn't seen the movie, Little Saint is max 11 years old, right? I would put him at nine or 10. This is, okay, even younger, this is a child. He knew what he was getting into. You play with adults, own age, little saint.

Play with kids your own age. Wow. Now, all I wanted to see though was, all I wanted to see were those, when they ran to that hospital, this movie is shot in three sets. A basketball court inside Steve Harvey's house. You think that's a movie? I mean, I mean, I mean, I mean, I mean, I mean, I mean, I mean, I mean, I mean, I mean, I mean, I mean, I mean, I mean, I mean, I mean, I mean, I mean, I, when they ran to that hospital, this movie is shot in three sets. A basketball court, inside Steve Harvey's house.

You think that's Steve Harvey's house? Oh yeah, it's his back house. It's in the back of his house, where he's got a boxing ring and an airplane hanger. I got this old boxing ring, I guess you guys can dance in there. When they run into that hospital, we need to see Lil Saint.

He's family. They're like, really? And they're like, well, no, technically he's not. And they're like, well, yeah, because his family already left. Because he dead. Yeah. Oh, man, they genuinely strung that out for so long. Because of course, we all knew Lil Saint was dead. Right? I did not. I did not. I was like, they would they would never do that to us.

You need a Lil Saint in the hospital, they're like, dance for me. Wow. This is rough. It's the shoes. This is rough to watch. Dance for me. But that's the thing is, that is what motivates them. You know, they change the name of their team to Little Saint.

They are, you know, they're doing it for Little Saint. But there's a part of me that's like, drop out. Yeah. Drop out of the competition. Not for $50,000. Little Saint would have wanted them to dance. I guess maybe you're right. But also, like, guys...

This is some of the acting that's going on in the hospital scene. This... And he is really, like... I really can't tell you guys this, but finally has to be like, okay, he is dead. He did break... He did break patient confidentiality. Yeah. Oh, as they're walking out, you can see, the doctor gets fired in the background. That's Hippolaw. You're out here, buddy.

You're out. You're out. here, buddy. You're out. Look, I'm sorry to have to tell you this, but Tashawn died a few hours ago. A bullet pierced his lung and caused severe internal bleeding. We tried to contain it. We tried to revive it. He didn't come back.

There's nothing more we could do. I'm so sorry. Oh, man! Let me go! I think I have to go. Go, man! Bye-bye, little Saint. Do you have a picture of little Saint? I wish. I wish little Saint was the background there.

I think that Little Saint should be the shirt. Just like in memory. Yes! I agree! Justice for Little Saint. I'm surprised you're on board for that. I, look, Little Saint to me is the reason why everything comes together, right? I think, you know, we needed a sacrifice like this.

This is how great movies work, you know? He died so they could- What do you mean we need a sacrifice like this? Who? Who needs the- Who is the- Who did we sacrifice Little Saint to? What is-

The story listeners of America need a death to get. Oh, now we're leaning in. Oh, yeah. The story listeners of America? A lot of people say the storytellers. I'm just saying, we never talk about the story listeners. No, we don't talk about the story listeners nearly enough. I think you lost your goddamn mind.

Yeah. I always worry when Paul puts on, like, a little flair. ["I'm a little flair"] And that's what I see happening right now. It's his shoes. Yeah, it's the shoes. I've, like, I truly have never seen him in them. I looked out from backstage.

I was like, are those what I think they are? Like, I feel like... Get ready, I'm joining a Scott band after the show. Who's with me? I feel like Paul showed up in normal normal shoes saw those backstage and was like, let me put these on yeah became possessed by like like like an evil stop person some sort of ska ghoul

Honest I was very emotionally moved by the little Saints story. I Agree, I was we think you get emotionally Little Saints story. I fully agree. I was weeping. How could you get emotionally, like, we didn't get to see anything. OK, so you're saying, do you think if we'd seen a child's body, we would've been able to enjoy the dance sequence? All I wanted is, I want this.

Or I'd think, oh my god, we're here to see Little Saint. And then all of a sudden, you know, pushing like a small little gurney Wait, you think You think the gurneys are smaller? You think they've got little gurneys I Think the little gurneys are little saints. I'll be honest with you Paul. I mean, I don't think they got little gurneys. I I mean, I don't think they got little gurneys. I... I... I...

I mean, I get what you're saying. Maybe they pull the sheet up over a little saint's body. I did not need that. But I think it's gonna be on a normal-sized gurney, if I'm honest. I was like, oh, that, the movie is being really respectful, and I appreciate it. Oh, there's no way they could have cut... They could never have shown us dancing if they'd shown us a child's corpse.

No, yeah We would have revolted we would have rebelled against it Let me tell you who I was not expecting to see in this movie Steve Motherfucking Harvey. Oh, yeah when Steve Harvey comes out as mr. Rad Mr. Mr. Rad Steve Harvey I was shocked, I was surprised, and I'm like, we need to get him in more movies. I love Steve Harvey. Agreed.

There's something, when he's on screen, tell me you can't keep your eyes off of him. Tell me he doesn't comfort you, just his presence, his way, I find him endlessly watchable. We have done, June and I have done Family Feud, I've done it twice, and the best part of Steve Harvey is him talking to the audience in between,

or when the commercial breaks are, which you don't even really have to take that much downtime, the show's not live, but he does it, and he's like, what do you got? And people are like, Steve, my son, he won't go to school. He's like, all right, let me tell you. He knows the answer to everything. The only other person I've ever seen do that is Tom Cruise,

where someone came up to Tom Cruise and was like, Tom, I wanna be a photographer. He's like, all right, first of all, you gotta get a Fuji, get a 35 millimeter lens, only shoot film. I want you to start doing ISO 800." I'm like, what the fuck? How did you know about this? And he did it for everybody back.

No one asked him about acting. He's like, Tom, I want to grow plants. He's like, okay. If we're going to grow plants, we got to go with, you got to get a proper temperature. And it's like Steve Harvey did the same thing of Family Feud. Well, what I was amazed by with Mr. Rad is that Mr. Rad, I get he's sort of like the

mayor of the neighborhood knows everybody has seen these kids grow up fine, fine, fine. And he's putting on these dance contests. He's putting on these dance contests and I guess putting up some money or I don't know if they're getting money at the door. First of all, what, why is he hanging around with all these kids? I mean, everybody seems to be pretty cool with Mr. Rad, but I'm here to be like, everybody should... I'm sketched out by the adult who's like,

okay, everybody, no. Let us do this on our own. Mr. Rad, first of all, I'm going to say it's Steve Harvey's house they're in, but they have a boxing ring set up, but it's not a boxing ring. It's a warehouse. It's a warehouse, in, but they have a boxing ring set up, but it's not a boxing ring. It's a warehouse.

It's a warehouse. So I guess they just need that to keep people at bay. But it's packed. I think Mr. Rad's taking money off the top. For sure. Because they're only giving, oh, 600 bucks. I'm looking around. It looks like, well, that's a, what's the entry price?

What do you think? It's $20 at the door? I think it's 20 bucks at the door. Do you think he owns that space, or do you think he just organizes it, or they put it together? Like, what is it? Is everybody taking over a derelict space to host this in, or is it his? Well, because they also are having practices there, too.

No, I think that's Mr. Red's space. That's a different space. No, no. They go to his space, too. Oh, it's a different room. It has mirrors and stuff. Well, no. They have multiple, they are in multiple scenes.

There's the ropes in one of the rooms. Okay. I think what happened is Mr. Rad got one of those cool stopwatches that you wear around his neck and he's like, hmm, what should I do with this? Dance contest, I'll time it. Like that's what Mr. Rad seems to bring to the table. I felt like Mr. Rad, I did not think, I thought Mr. Rad had pure intentions. I think Mr. Rad is, you know, Mr. Rad for the people and knows that this is something

that the community needs and is willing. I wish a lot of us would be more like Mr. Rad and offering something to our community, you know, just out of the goodness of our hearts. Well, I want to, so I'm cool to just start judging children's dance contest. They're not... first of all, they're not children. Hey, hey, hey. You're cool with it. They're not children. Jason, he doesn't judge. He just holds the money in a hat. No, he doesn't judge. He's saying who... he's the... he's the arbiter. He says who votes for these guys, who votes for... I'm sorry, yes, yes. Yeah, because without him there would be complete chaos. Well, but aside from Lil Saints, I believe that most members of the crews are out of high school. Oh yeah, these are adults.

These are adults? Yes. Yeah. They're not going to school. One girl's working in the hospital. Well, she is about to go to Princeton. Okay, so she's got a high school. She's deferred and is going to community college, but I do think that these are old.

Wait, she's going to college currently? Okay, first of all... Here we go. ... ... Served, served, served, served, served, served, served, served. Hey, hey. I think she's currently, yeah, I think she's working

at the hospital or somewhere, and she's also going to college. Well, I, I, well, this points to a weakness in the movie, I will say, even though, even though I'm loathe to admit there are weaknesses in this movie. I don't know what anybody's up to. I don't know what anybody's in this for, other than the dancing and the money, I understand, but like, the orange, I don't understand what's the animosity. Well, here's how I put it together, actually was because of Princeton.

And it's Elle's, I'm Elle's, Elle's, it's Elle's younger sister. And she's going to, she just, she got accepted into Princeton, they can't afford the tuition. And so she's going to community college and trying to save up money to go. So he's clearly at least older than college aged. Okay, okay.

And I think that a lot of the crew members are working day jobs, wanting to be professional dance crew members. Well, and that's the thing is I didn't understand, it seemed so like local team versus local team, like the Orange County guys have challenged us, blah, blah, blah, so that when it blew up to be like, it's MTV is here, it's on, we're on,

I was like, I haven't seen this coming at all. Well, there are certain things about the way information is doled out in this movie that is bizarre, right? Because they lose this dance, then they go- They lose their first dance. Yes, so they lose- Well, they win the first dance in the cold open. At the very opening, they win.

Do they? Because they've won everything until they battle the $5,000 guys, the Orange County guys. They lose to them. OK, so. Because they steal their moves. I thought they lost their first dance. I thought they lost their first dance when they sleep over.

Did they? No. Yeah. OK. OK. Because they're like undefeated. That's why they think they're so cocky because they're kind of undefeated, I believe. Got it.

I guess where I was having an issue was they have their dance, they fall asleep watching video tapes, and then they wake up the next morning, and then the guy goes, hey, so I got sent this video tape, you wanna come over and watch it? And he was like, you were just, you didn't talk about this at all? Like, you went to the basketball court, you chatted, you went home, you slept there, and then you called me, hey, I got this tape,

why didn't you talk about it? Like, no one ever gives out information at the right period. I don't think those scenes had been written yet. I... Probably. My guess is this was shot, like, catch as catch can. That's what I think, too, because it really is.

Like, sometimes it's like these two are having a date during the day, and this guy's in the middle of the night with a bag, getting his ass kicked. I'm like, is it a different part of L.A. where it's nighttime and the time zone has changed? Because it is confusing, and it's also confusing that Wade's crew, the main bad guys,

challenge them via videotape, but then they also seem to be performing at Mr. Rats regularly as well. Because they said, okay, the videotape, I agree, was strange because it made me feel like, because they kept also being like the guys from Orange County, so I was like, where are our guys? Where are David and Elle from?

Because I was like, oh, they must be far away. They had to be sent a videotape. But then they showed, the Wade's crew guys just showed up on their basketball court being like, okay, we're ready to do it tonight. And I was like, whoa, wait, what? But that's a lot of this movie is like setting up the stakes of we've got this battle, we've got this competition and then being like, actually, it's tonight.

Or I'm in a lot of trouble, I owe someone $50,000, I need to get it right away. And then that guy being like, I'm gonna have two weeks. Yeah. And then Mr. Rad being like, I figured it out. Like stakes are both presented to us, then tightened and then taken away. Traditional entourage plotting, which is like the biggest problem that's presented itself.

Okay, that's not a problem anymore. We're done. To that end, if we're to believe the movie at face value, then everything takes place within that two weeks period. Has to. So mustn't they be having- Wait, wait, wait, wait, his recovery from his broken leg?

That's what I'm saying. Like if he only has two weeks to pay it back, he does the full recovery, plus then doesn't that cast, like from the minute the movie starts, don't they know in two weeks is the MTV dance-off? No, that's, they find that fire midway through the movie. Oh, I know, but I mean, like, it's still two weeks, it's only two weeks away.

I think everything is two weeks. It's like everything in LA is 15 minutes away. This movie is, everything is about two weeks away. Because he is doing a full recovery, which seems to be a lot of arm work for a guy who has a broken leg. He's like, Where's all this rain? Don't know.

Where's all this rain? He is really having in the rain. By the way, though, when we watch the scene where he's getting jumped, like they're kicking him in the head multiple times. They're kicking him in the side. I didn't see anything happen to his legs. And that was the only thing. Okay. So you think Elle's faking his injuries? I'm just saying knowing now. Knowing now how quickly he recovered. I'm like, something's up with that. Also there's another movie within this movie. That's a very good movie and I wish we got to see it and maybe we will.

Is it Jack A's movie? No, it's- Love Jack A. It's what, I'd like to see that movie too, but it's the movie about what Steve Harvey did to Maurice or whatever to absolve L of his debt to him. Well, what happened? I think Mr. Rad killed him. Mr. Rad killed him?

I think he's like, Mr. Rad is like, this guy, like he loves the community, and he's like, this motherfucker, I gotta take him out. And he brought his friend from the LAPD, who's packing that serious seat, and they went in there and they were like, hey, I wanna talk to you. Bam, bam, bam! And then all of there, and they were like, hey, I want to talk to you. Bam, bam, bam.

And then all of a sudden, Lil' Sink came out. What's go? Bam! Wait, that's a good question. Stop. You think Mr. Rad killed Lil' Sink? We didn't see it happen. OK, so now I'm on board, because I think, I do think

Mr. Rad is a villain. Mr. Rad? Bam! Wait, but that's a good question because like nobody really is seeking justice or answers for who killed Little Saint. No, that's over there. That's for after the MTV event. Maybe. Yeah, our priorities are dancing for the MTV event. Well, for Lil' Kim, it's a... Here's what I really appreciated about the MTV event, which I was like, God, I wish you could have done this sooner.

All the crews wore different color track suits. In the other dance sequences, I was like, that's why I didn't think they won the first one, because it's all happening so quickly, we're cutting back and forth. The editing did the dancing a tremendous disservice. The editing in this movie is awful, specifically for the dancing.

Well, I guess I could have. It's all chopped up, you cannot, a tepid applause. I'd rather not get any. Actually, don't. No! I don't want... I'm not looking for that. Guys, what the fuck? I mean, this is the issue. Like, I have watched dance movies. Okay. All right. All right.

I think... I've watched a lot of dance movies now. I'll tell you this much. And I think I'm always like, whoa, this is amazing. Like, when you watch Step Up or even Save the Lost Dance, whatever it is, Julia Stiles and 10 Things I Hate About You, I'm like, that's a great dance. Here, I'm like, what's going on?

How am I supposed to be feeling? Only when the guy levitated, I was like, oh, shit, they brought magic into this? Well, and there's a couple of instances where you can tell, like, in the final battle, there's, like, our hero team has a whole thing that looks like they've choreographed it to be in slow-mo, which, so that it would look cool,

like, as if they're moving in slow-mo, but they've not set up the cameras to capture that at all. So the cameras are catching it only in, it's terrible. Well, then there's also this idea, it only in it's terrible. Yeah. Then there's also this idea like you stole our moves. Yeah. But it's like, well, we didn't know those moves.

But we're also all seeing it, right? Like they're performing publicly. It's not like, I don't know how you see it. Well, I guess that's true. But also none of those moves were memorable. Right. And that's the big problem with the movie is like, I love these dance crews. I watch, I follow a lot of them on TikTok. I love watching them. I think they're amazing.

And I was like, I don't think they're good. None of them. I don't think they're good. None of them. Nor did they get better. Do the Jaggerwockys exist at this point in time? Not at 2004, I don't think. I mean, maybe they were just-

They never also got, and not even better, but they never showed us anything at the end that was at all different from what we saw in the first dance. And every team's dancing was the same. The teams didn't have unique identities that I felt were like, oh, this is this team's story. Different colored tracksuits. Because even at one point I was like, oh, is it just going to're like, oh, this is this team's story. Different color tracksuits. Because even at one point I was like,

oh, is it just gonna be like, these are the white guys, the white guys are the bad guys in this? And I'm like, I'm fine with that. But then I'm like, well, they're just not white guys. They have a multiracial crew. They're just fronted by two white guys who, I'm like, man, was 2004 a rough time for white dudes with their hair and shit?

I was like, what's going on, man? This is part of your, it's hard to be a white guy thing. Yeah, I've heard this speech. And now you're trying to post-date this for 2004? I've heard this speech before. All I'm saying was, back in 2004, we could do things, like make our hair spiky and look like vampires. Everyone looks like Stephen Dorff.

When Oscar shows up, they've been talking about Oscar the whole movie. Hey, can you get your guy Oscar to come? Maybe Oscar can come. He doesn't compete anymore. He's a purist. Oscar shows up, walks around on his hands for one second, and that's it.

That's the thing. There are too many other dance characters. There's Oscar, there's Rico, there's Lil Saints big brother. Maybe that's Rico, I don't know. But like, there's also the guy who defected from the other team. Like, and none of them seem to be additive. Well, they're not, I feel like they are,

most of the people you just mentioned are the actors. So like the dancers to me are people that I feel like are not part of the main acting crew. So that's why I was like, who's that jump? What? That's cool, but where is that? Yeah, I've never seen that person before. No. The one thing that I was so confused by was... And how come Mr. Rad never dances?

I... Well, Mr. Rad does come out with semaphore flags at one point. All right, dance over. I'm like, you have boating flags now? Like, I feel like Steve Harvey just wanted a prop. And I mean, I don't begrudge him. The other weird thing about Mr. Rad is that during the last scene where where Elzel's sister is sitting with him and they're they're

at the MTV competition, there's semi finals. She's like, God, I really wanna get David and Elle back together. He's like, they have to squash this. This is ridiculous. They have to squash this. And she's like, yeah, I know. I was so worried about the money. And he's like, oh, I fixed that.

And she's like, you should tell them. No, and he's like, no, I don't wanna wreck the, they need that. The energy, I'm like, huh. The real problem between David and Elle is that Elle doesn't want David dating his sister. And that's gross. It's not just the betrayal of you weren't there for me when we had to do this deal and I got beat up.

It is part and parcel that you were with my sister and I don't want that. Can I ask a question about this? Is it because, I mean, are we to believe that they're also drug dealers, or what are they doing in those big duffel bags? I don't think they're dealing. I felt like they were just moving drugs from place to place, which sounds like dealing.

But it seems to me more just like a transportation. I think they are like, They're couriers. They're delivery, yes. But at one point he goes, this is a a bit like he basically says like this is a Big load. Can you handle it? I can handle it. It's like well, it's just a heavier bag Like he's I think he's worried about the weight of the bat It's about 35 pounds. You can carry that 35. I got the cuz I think maybe it's the value of it

Right. Okay, this is a big deal and that's isn't that the whole thing of like one more of these and we're done like we're getting out or whatever. Well, yeah, and that's what I was like, but even I don't know why that guy would need two kids to just drop bags across town. Like it seems like kind of a waste of money. Like just get one of your guys to do it. Are they his guys? Yeah, I think in this instance, yes. Well, they seem to be working a lot of freelance time. They're like, hey, you got anything for us to bring across now? I mean, I don't think that there's a payroll

or they're like W9. Did you need to see them fill out like a W9? What's going on? Well, I feel like they're trying to walk the line. You wanted them on 10.99. So they can just be like. I wanted to see if they're an S Corp or whatever. I guess like what I want, but I guess my thought was

they don't, I think they do a very, they're walking this fine line of saying, they're not always working for this guy, but when they need money, they'll work for this guy. Yeah. But dance is gonna get them out. They're trying to, they're trying to, they are, their priorities are dancing, but they have to do this.

So this is why he doesn't want him to date his sister No, that is nothing to do with it. Yeah, he really any sister because he's a player Right. I think he's a little bit of a player But also I think that L is weirdly possessive of a sister and it's really gross There's that but then the other guys the other guy. Yeah, it's really gross gross. Does that but then the other guys the other guy yeah it's really gross. The other guys accused David of always pursuing the other women in their in their in their world and they name a bunch of other women you did it with this girl and that girl and they seem to all be down on David. But then it seems

like the whole reason why he's mad at David is because he decided he was gonna take that big giant load himself. I don't think... Okay. That's not... You want to rephrase that? No. He was like...

Because people can clip it. He was going to say, let me take that giant load by myself. Okay. Wait a minute. Oh, God. It's getting worse. AI's going gonna have that. I just felt like that was like, I feel like he was mad at him and like, I just felt like... But then at the end when he's like, that's how you're gonna talk to your girl and then

they so hardcore make out in front of him that I was like, oh, don't do that either though. There was a lot of like very wide mouth kissing. Big open, big open mouth kisses. But I like when his grandma said, Elgin Barrett, Eugene Smith the third. It's like, wow, that's a big name. That is a fucking masterful name.

The grandma's my favorite character with her gout, her everything. When she said, I've never heard this phrase before and I love it, she says, I diapered it so I can ask about it. I was like, fuck, that's a shirt. And honestly I clocked that. I was like, yeah. After the first dance contest, they win and those two, there are two girls come up to them and be like, hey, we want to join the group. And they're like, great, tomorrow at one o'clock, practice or whatever. Do those girls ever join the group?

Where are those two girls? Those girls become the Dwarf on Golf girls. Remember where they put the feet down on the ground and they pull their sweatshirts over and they're like, we're little people, dancing around. Okay. Yeah, they, they put the feet down on the ground and they pull their sweatshirts over and they're like, we're little people Dancing around. Okay. Yeah, they joined the crew That's fine. It just felt like we were setting up some sort of a love triangle or something Nope. Here's what I I said I wrote down don't say this because it won't work. But I am gonna say it

But villain Paul is he'll say anything I said, I wrote down, don't say this, because it won't work, but I am gonna say it. Which is... But villain Paul, he'll say anything. No, because it's so small. Like obviously this giant warehouse, there's so many people there. The minute the dance competition is over, it's deadly silent. Like so silent, like there's not even, there's no noise.

It's like it's a vacuum. It's like, do we need any sound design for this? No, no, no people leaving, not a clink of a bottle, not a door open, not a hey, nothing. Just in that movie, there's so many times where it's a giant crowd and it's like Steve Harvey and that stands like, yeah, I took care of it. And there's people all around him, silent.

I watched this movie watching it and I was laughing my head off. Again, it wasn't gonna work, but I needed to express it. One of my favorite things is when they get to the MTV, like much of the third act is just this gigantic dance contest that is the MTV Lil Kim video opportunity, $50,000 prize, dot dot dot. And what's so funny is at certain points Lala is just talking into

the same camera that is otherwise being used to shoot the movie. Yeah. That's right. So it's the same frame. It's like here we are showing these people and then it's Lala be like hey it's empty. Right into lens. I was like whoa we can't do this. We need another. This has to be established. Nope. We can't just have someone looking into lens with a microphone now. That's the camera that I use to look into the movie world.

I don't want it looking back at me. I'm trying to jump off here. That's what we're saying. We're talking about, that's like what you're saying is like that's the story hearer's lens, right? The story listener? You mean the story listeners of America? I couldn't listen, I couldn't remember it.

I said, yeah, the story. Oh, I remember it. It's the story listeners of America. I unfortunately have complete recall of the last 40 minutes of my life. So the story that you were, you had that, they really, they crossed the story listener's lens right there. And that's that you were yet that they really they crossed the story listeners lens right there and that's easy

That's what I listened. I laughed so hard there this during the semis at the big competition at the in the third act Oh, I love this I laughed so hard when David's crew before he joined else when David's crew gets knocked out What the reason they get knocked out is because there's several falls. Yeah. Those falls. That happen, and there are some, like, really elaborate jumps and moves.

That's not how people are falling. People in that dance crew are falling just walking. Just honestly standing. I thought that someone was shot. So funny. I thought that someone was shot because they fell out of frame. I was like, whoa, what happened? Hamstring!

They didn't get twisted up in a move. They just simply fell. Walking backwards. Yep. Walking backwards for a reset. Stumbling. It's not even falls. People are just stumbling.

Yes, stumbling around. There are so many things in this movie that are, that's beautiful and great, but I also, again, it's- Like what? What do you mean beautiful and great? Here's something that- There's so many things in this movie that are beautiful and great, you just said.

I'll tell you something. So many things. I'll tell you something that's beautiful and great. The grandma, when the grandma, when Elle first goes to see her and she's complaining about all of her stuff, the grandma brings out some orange juice for him and she pours him the smallest glass. I don't know if anyone else clocked it, but it's like this big.

It's a shot of orange juice. Well, but I think that that shot of orange juice is just to get you to this scene where you get the hot coca lattes. Beautiful. To Elle. They say hot chocolate make the hot cocoa latte. Beautiful. Two L's. Hot chocolate make the bang go away. Who says that? Me. Anything that's hot and chocolate girl you know you can't go wrong.

I can't believe Elgin put his hands on you. I would have took my shoe off and did damage. Things are so messed up you think. And you know what? I like a coffee before a girls night. A hot cocoa coffee before a girl's night. Did she say that was a mochaccino? She said it's a hot cocoa latte. Oh.

The best part of that scene to me, and I don't know who wrote the movie, I didn't look up the writers, but it's so reeks of... John Patrick Shanley. It's so reeks of like... It was rewritten by Sorkin. It reeks of... It's so reeks of like... Re-written by Sorkin. So reeks of like late 90s, someone writing, a guy writing a script and they're like, what do girls do?

They like candles. I know they like candles to be cozy. Hot cocoa. Yep. Big time. Big time. Like, sitting also on the edge of a bed, drinking giant mugs of hot cocoa. Like you have all your conversations.

Yes. Both of you sitting on the edge of a bed. Yeah. And then it's time to do each other's makeup. Yup. It's like, he hit all of the things that girls do. Now I will say this, they have the finale in the LA Convention Center, in the lobby of the LA Convention Center.

That's not a main area. They have put a couple of bleachers in the front hallway. When you walk through the front door, that to me was like, this is really low rent. This is not, this is not, this is not, how big is this company? Well, and they also didn't have, correct me if I'm wrong, they didn't have Lil Kim for the first shot of her, correct? Sorry, what do you mean?

When they were first introduced to Lil Kim. Yeah, you don't see Lil Kim yet. She's not at that judge's table, I don't think. Well, that's not actually, she is the character of Lil Kim, but that's not actually Lil Kim. What? So the shots of her all from the side, we never get to see her face full on.

I do not believe that, I believe that there was one day they didn't have Lil Kim for whatever reason, and they put someone else in there that was not Lil Kim. That was Lil Kim's stand-in. Do you have that? Well, I have Lil Kim. Do you have Lil Kim's stand-in? Do you have Lil Kim. That was Lil Kim standing. Do you have that? Well, I have Lil Kim. Do you have Lil Kim standing? Do you have those shots?

Do you have those shots of Lil Kim standing from the side? We will get a Lil Kim moment here. Whichever group wins today, you're going to want to remember their faces because the next time you'll see them will be in Lil Kim's hot new video. Give it up for Lil Kim! Choreographer. Oh, so she's there. That's not her. That's not Lil Kim? No.

What's so funny about that is that, that right there, that's not Lil Kim? I don't think so. Wow. Now what I love about this is, I love this theory. To Lil Kim, if, now I know that might be not Lil love this theory. She is, to little Kim, if... Now, I know that might be not little Kim,

but at least for the movie's reality, if that is little Kim, they introduce her, and people act as if she's come out of behind a curtain. Yeah. Like she's been sitting at this table. She's just been sitting right there. Yeah, with her security, and then it's like... But I agree. Will you rewind just a few frames from the...

There is a... Because the... Hmm. That's little Kim. I don't know. Okay, so, yeah, just a few frames from the... There is a... Because the... That's Lil' Kim. I don't know. Okay, so yeah, okay, so it is the... Wait a minute. You're suspect of this Lil' Kim as well? Yeah.

But I don't know. I'm going to go in on they're all Lil' Kim. It feels like it's the same shot that they had two cameras together and one... Let's go back and see. Is she there? It's so small. She's not there, there. Oh yeah, she's there.

Where is she? Okay, she's over there. Whoa. I'm having trouble. I don't understand the geography of the set. Is she all the way over there? This is, this is, we only have Lil Kim for three hours, so we're gonna put her off in the corner

so we won't ever see her. What's, what's this about? What's over here? Is that where the? Like, why are there tall tables like they're gonna get, like, there's waiter service? I'm so confused by the geography. Hold on, hold on, hold on.

Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on. 100% this is an ironing board. These are folding tables, but that's an ironing board, right? No, it's the DJ. I see it now. But for a minute I was like, whoa, whoa, whoa, what? Well, okay, so, um, what I do like about this is, um, this is a passionate movie, and there's that moment where they break out into a fight, you know, when they have that dance battle. That was not scripted.

That was real. What? The dancers were upset with each other for real in the $5,000 dance, and Steve Harvey did have to break it up. So that is a good reason why Mr. Rad needs to be around, because these are actors in the movies. Hey, hey, stop. So yeah, they got a little upset because they felt like they were not allowing each other to do the best dancing,

even though that's scripted that they have to lose I guess They had a hard time taking the fall there And so yeah, and thank God for Steve Harvey being there because it stopped edge always I mean like we're really like elevating Steve Harvey this episode to it God's he's the Steve Harvey is the fucking best I Love I think Mr. Red shot Lil' Saint. Look, if it was to take down that big guy, you gotta do it. Oh, man.

Wow. Think about it like this. Those two kids, they get this money, they're gonna... I mean, what's the end game of this though, too, the dance crews? Like, a guest to be on America's Got Talent? I don't think... Maybe. I mean, that's the economics of the crew.

It's hard, right? Because especially with like the early competitions where they're just splitting $700 between 23 people. Like, nobody's walking home with a lot of money. And it does seem like some of the sequences they do, they have to practice a lot. So those are hours they're putting in. And I'm like-

Can I ask you about the economics of it though, June? Like, did you have an issue when those guys said, Hey, we'll put up the 5,000. I knew you were gonna ask about this. I knew you were gonna ask about this. This is arguably what causes, doesn't this cause the defection that leads to their moves being able to be stolen

because that guy who wants the equal split goes to the weight team? I still don't understand how the moves can be stolen when they're being performed publicly and that guy left. I'm assuming these were upcoming moves. Okay, oh, so they're like banking, so in two months we'll be, it's like-

These are the new moves. It's like when Zoolander is like, I'll one time reveal Magnum. It's like that. I just watched Zoolander, so I have a lot of Zoolander. It's just like that Zoolander. Just like it, of course we all know. So what did they say, that Ellen and David

were gonna take 1500 off the top? They were gonna take 2000 off the top. 3000 off the top. 3000 out of the 5000? Yeah. That's a lot. But they were putting up the full 1000. They were putting up take $3,000. $3,000 out of the $5,000? Yeah. That's a lot. But they were putting up the full $1,000. They were putting up the full $5,000.

I thought it was a lot. But I also would have loved to have known about the hours they're putting in choreographing and then teaching, and also any costs they have with rental space, et cetera. Yeah, who is the choreographer? Who's coming up with the moves? I don't know. And I do think they should be compensated.

It doesn't seem like there is any hierarchy to be like, it's not like, oh, this is my crew. Wade is the head of his crew. Wade is definitely the head. You think? Well, they say Wade's crew. Oh, it is Wade's crew, yeah, I guess so. So I mean, like, his is a monarchy, but like our guys is a democracy, I guess.

I don't think so, though. I mean, I think David and Elle are definitely the heads of the crew. I agree with that, yes. And I also think they're doing a lot of admin. Like, they're figuring out where to sign up. Like, now I'm like, I'm fine with them taking 3,000. Elle's really good at Excel.

Like, he's doing all the spreadsheets and stuff like that on Excel. I'm so weirded out by how you're putting the emphasis on the X in Excel. Excel. Excel. What is up with you, man? Excel. Excel. Excel. Excel. Excel. Excel. Excel. It's an Excel document.

He's good with Excel. What? Like honestly, what's up? I don't feel... I don't... I'm genuinely... like, I don't feel safe. All right, so let's go to the crowd. Let's see what they have to say. Take it to the streets, Paul. Let's go to the streets. Let's go. Street rules. Here we go, everybody.

Oh, my God. All right, street rules. Here we go. What do you got? All right, what's your name? What's your question? My name's Josh. I was thinking that maybe this might come for Jason and June. I don't think little saint died

I think that it was like a cover-up and because his family left early His dad was one of them and he took them and he abducted him He got him in on flight oceanic 815 and that's why he ended up as Walt on lost. You know, it's funny I actually did that is Walt from lost. Yes. I did have questions about where that family was and how they were out of their cell quickly. I think they were like, this kid, we need to get him out of here. So you think that he was released from the hospital and the body was already- And they go, look, if those kids fucking come, you tell him he's dead. That's brutal.

They're dumb. They won't Google anymore. That's brutal. Yeah. You tell them they're dead, we're going to go to Australia or whatever. They'd have to go to Australia and be coming back, right? Yeah, so I guess they went to Australia for a bit and then they can't. Yeah, so anyway, I like your theory that that is what happened with Walt. Okay, great. We finally get some more lost fanfic. Hi.

How are you? Hi, I'm Doug. Hey, Doug. We're trying to figure lost fanfic. Hi. How are you? Hi, I'm Doug. We're trying to figure out my crew and I. What? Wait. Are you Doug's crew? Is this Doug's crew? Doug's crew over here. Doug's crew, everybody.

What is the deal with the door in Elle's house? Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. This is a great... Yes. So describe this door a little bit. Well at first I honestly thought it was like the Louisiana, what is that, flower? Like it looked like some sort of, and then I was like, it's a Celtic symbol.

There's some sort of symbol, cross-like symbol on the door. New Orleans Saints logo? But they're in Los Angeles. You can still be a Saints fan. I got a lot of friends that are Saints fans. Maybe they're from New Orleans. Maybe they're from New Orleans.

OK. I thought about thank you for bringing it up, Doug, and your crew, thanks to all of you, because I thought about it quite a bit. And also, if you're here with a crew, please identify yourselves by a name. Decide what your crew's name is when Paul gets to you. All right, yes, hi.

Hey. Is it just me or are you? Who the fuck are you? What's your name? What's your crew? Pete and straight up Strayo, because I got my brother-in-law from Melbourne today. So is it just me or is it just whoever could win the dance off?

It's just if you have enough friends in the audience because it's all sound based in the end. Absolutely Yeah, you could you could absolutely rig this first of all no no no no you couldn't because they are fans of dance They're real they're willing to... Look, Wade's crew won in enemy territory because people are like, you know what? I can't lie. They're better. How many shows do you think they're actually putting on

that draw crowd? Well, they seem to do eight shows in two weeks. It seems like there's multiple crews. I think, Paul, you're just lobbying for the Story Listeners of America. Thank you. Story Listeners of America. Does Mr. Rad make... Is this Mr. Rad's whole, like, job?

Is he making a living at this? No. Why can't he just, like, bring joy to the community, Jason? Like, why can't he just be invested in the success of the youth? Okay, Mr. Rad, first of all, is, he is a obstetrician. And- Wait a minute.

He is? That's what I got from it. He is delivering babies during the day, but he also has a flexible schedule because sometimes, oh shit, there's a, I gotta go, and he'll leave. You don't have a flexible schedule as an obstetrician. Well, you kind of got a...

You know, you don't know when it's gonna happen. That's the definition of not having a flexible schedule. Here's... Here's what I'm saying. He gets... He gets a beep. Oh, shit. Baby's coming. You guys got five minutes. And he can always... You can always... That's what you think is happening

in the off-screen moments of this movie. You think Mr. Rad's getting beeped because he has to go deliver a baby? Yeah. No, you're wrong. All right. By the way, I thought... I mentioned this to you backstage, Jason,

but I could not believe that we didn't get to see the Lil Kim video. Yes! I thought for sure that would be the credits. By the way, the Lil Kim video cost more than this movie. There's no way that this movie could finance the Lil Kim video. Like this is a low-budget film. Yes, yes, your question. Hi. Hi, I'm Alex and this is the real OC crew. Yes, yes, your question. Hi. Hi, I'm Alex, and this is the real OC crew. Ooh, the real OC crew. Real OC crew. I had a question about, we're confused about the economics.

They each had to put $5,000 in? No. Five? Yeah. Wait, each? No, no, each team. Each team. Each team had to put in $5,000, but then they're

only divvying up $5,000? Yeah. Well, I guess the $5,000 would go back. No, I think they're divvying up $10,000. No, they're not. She's right about that. They are divvying up $5,000, but the $5,000... No, because they don't win. They're not winning $10,000. They're winning back their $5,000.

Whoa, wait. Why? Because... Because they put it in. Oh, I bet Mr. Rad's taking a cut. No're winning back their $5,000. Whoa, wait, why? Because... Oh, I bet Mr. Rad's taking a cut. No, it's like... Let me guess. Mr. Rad gets the other $5,000? It's a battle for $5,000, but they have to put up $5,000 to win $5,000. What happens with the other $5,000? The $5,000 is going to go back to L and David.

They put up $5,000. I put up $5,000. We battle. So if I get it from my grandma... Okay, wait. It doesn't matter where it's coming from. It does a little. It does not... Paul? The auspices of the $5,000 is irrelevant. Well, but... Well, no, it is relevant,

because it's not coming from the whole crew. Right. Like, let me explain it. Let me explain it. Let me give you the grandma analogy for it. If I get $5,000 from my grandma, she only gave him $1,500. But if I get $5,000 from her, then when I win the dance battle, I have to give back my grandma that $5,000. So now we have the $5,000 that we'll split.

Oh, I agree with you. Yeah, that's why it's only $5,000 that they're splitting. Because it's 10. I think it's $7,000 that the rest of the crew is splitting because aren't David and Elle taking 1,500 each? But wait, but they're, but. They're only winning. David and Elle are putting up 5,000

of their own combined money. Which they are then saying like, hey, hey, as investors in this, like we deserve a much heavier cut. We took the risk. Yes. Right. Because the other crew is not putting up there.

I think that's fine. So the 5,000 goes back and then they split that money and they keep a percentage that's a little bit higher. Quite a bit higher. Well, they win $10,000. No, they don't. No, they only win $5,000. They win $5,000.

It's not a $10,000 battle. It's like we're going to they only win $5,000. They win $5,000. It's not a $10,000 battle. It's a $5,000. It's like, we're going to challenge you for $5,000. It's a $5,000 like buy-in. Right. Thank you. So that $5,000 goes back. You got to pay back Grandma with the $5,000.

Wait a minute, but if my team doesn't have a Grandma. Then you can't afford to play. You can't battle. I've got to have a grandma? What if I don't have a grandmother? Find one. Find one. Get married and get a grandma-in-law. Yeah, get a grandma in there.

Sorry. No, it's okay. No, so it's like if everyone put, if you have a five crew, if you have five members in your crew and they each put in a thousand you get back your thousand and then you also get a thousand I can't believe we've discussed this Dollars well yes, and no it's not I Guess if in your mind the audience if you're if you're if you're saying well well, yes, and that, I put in $5,000,

I'm winning back my own money, I guess, yes. If you want to view it like you're winning back your own money, you're just getting back... It's like, what's the profit here? $5,000. Right. So, the only thing they're going to win is $5,000. But they have to...

No, the prize is $10,000. You don't think Mr. Rad's advertising that as 10... Uh-oh. Wait. Now... Okay. Uh... Paul... Who will Paul be now? Who is this guy? No, uh... It's...

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Amazing. Give it up for Joelle! Great second opinions tonight. Like I said, this movie, this movie was a bona fide hit. You know, it, it, the budget was eight million dollars. Wow! Opening weekend it made 16 million and it went on to gross domestically $40 million. Opened number one at the box office the week it came out. Paul, is this before or after step up, the first step up? Before. This is before, so this is, okay. Yeah, so 2004 is when it came out.

The average rating on this is a 4.6 out of 5 stars. There are 1900 total reviews, 83% are 5 stars, and here we go. Okay, this is from Exuma X. The title is Tight. A lot of people gave this movie a low rating because they said it lacked plot. I watch movies for entertainment.

I read books for plot. Story listeners of America have spoken. I was a street dancer myself from the dirty south, and although this movie is several years old and without the current moves and they are updated, it's still a cool look back at the past. They could have added more dancing and kicked up the effects a bit more, but it was slammin'. Plus, Meghan Good and Lil Kim were very, very sexy.

Five stars. Wow. I'm going to mispronounce this person's name, but here we go. Brenda Johnson writes in 2004. Which of those do you think you mispronounced? Well, no, it's going to come up here. Brenda Johnson is the writer, but she titles it, Michelle Molkanov is the best dancer in the movie.

I saw the movie with Michelle. She is one of the dancers that appears in the Big Bounce competition. She rocks. The first time I went to see a movie in the U.S., I'm from Argentina, was last January, and it was, You Got Served. It's an amazing movie.

I love how they act and of course, how they dance. Everyone in this movie rocks. And Michelle Molokov is the best dancer in the world. Five stars, Michelle Molokov is the best dancer in the world. Wow. I wish we knew who that was. Ling Ling writes, this movie is off the heezy.

Forget about all them players who said this movie was sick of trash. This movie is my life drizzle. It's hella sweet dancing. Made me want to bust all over the place. I mean, oh. life Rizzle. It's hella sweet dancing, made me want to bust all over the place. Paul, again, these can be clipped. These pieces can be can be used elsewhere. This story also had a well-developed plot and all the characters were

believable and intriguing. Home, sizzle, get this movie, dog. It's hot, peace, balla, and the title is, Holla at Ya Boy. This person, just titled Amazon customer, writes, yo, I hollered at my boy to pop one of these bad boys in for me the other day, and I'll snap, this is some hot shit. The dancing is like, whoa, and the moves are like, insane.

You, yo, you better pick up this DVD right away, because it's got the mad moves that are all up in your face, son. And the title is Get Off The Hook. Wow. Here it is. Now I'll tell you this much. Sequels, yes, it had it. You Got Served, Beat the World, 2011.

So almost like the very long delay. 2011? Yeah. That's quite, wow. Went straight to video. Six years later. But it was released in foreign territories. But here's the thing that actually happened.

The official dance tutorials from the film were released shortly after the movie's release on a tutorial DVD titled, You Got Served, Take It To The Streets. The 1984 dance movie that was the main influence on You Got Served was Breakin'. The dancers for the film were divided into teams and rehearsed at Millennium Dance Studio and Debbie Allen's Dance Company. And they basically kept them all separate to lend authenticity to their legendary dance battles. And yeah, so they brought in Simon Ruggela, which sounds like a fake name, to bring in the underground.

Who me? Simon, Simon Arugula. I'll be taking your daughter out tonight. My name is Simon. Simon Arugula? What we have here, I wanted to see, I think there is a, well we don't need to watch the trailer for the second one. Yes we do.

All right. All right, here we go. Oh, I hope Lil Saints ghost is in it. I was like uh... We got over 20 countries represented here tonight. It doesn't matter what language you speak because the language of hip hop is universal. You're gonna be the first crew to bring

Free Run into hip hop. It's crazy. If we want to win this competition, our moves gotta be fresh. Parkour? I had the dream to do thishop. It's crazy. If we want to win this competition, our moves gotta be fresh. Parkour? I had the dream to do this. And that's all that matters.

How hard is it to be on time? Since when do you speak for the crew? I just want to shake a hand to last year's champion. It's my pleasure. Also, I want you to get a chance to meet this year's champion. If we're gonna win this, I need you to stay focused. Don't always handle my business. She's my pleasure. Also, I want you to get a chance to meet this year's champion. We're gonna win this. I need you to stay focused. Don't always handle my business.

She's our competition. Can you press pause for one second? 40 Cruise? That's a lot to follow. We could make sense of four. This movie had four. 40 Cruise. 40 Cruise.

40 Cruise, 10 minutes of dialogue. This movie, and it's six hours long. The only thing in my mind right now is winning. If you don't step up, I'll score you right in the face. I'm gonna win. I'm gonna win. I'm gonna win. I'm gonna win. I'm gonna win. I'm gonna dialogue. This movie? And it's six hours long.

The only thing in my mind right now is winning. If you don't step up, I'll school you right here. She's not going with you. You know dancing is our only way out. Wow. I'll be honest. It looks so good. It looks great.

It looks amazing. It looks amazing. It looks amazing. It looks amazing. It looks amazing. It looks amazing. It looks amazing. It looks amazing.

It looks amazing. It looks amazing. It looks good. It looks great. It looks so much better. I love that thing. Yes, we gotta do it. I would like to. I'm sorry, ma'am. I know you really don't want us to. No. No.

No. No. Gross. Thoughts? Oh, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I. No. No. Gross. Thoughts? Oh, wow. I'm looking forward to this movie, the international movie.

For me, there was just, I never thought I'd say this, too much dancing. There was too much dancing. There was too much dancing. Well, and yeah. Just too much much dancing. There was too much dancing. Well, and yeah. Just too much lateral dancing. Every dancing seemed the same as the last. And each of the comp- none, like they did not seem to get the numbers in the choreographer,

choreography rather, didn't get more complicated or complex. It didn't heighten to something so that at the end it felt, whoa, this is, it all felt yes, the same. And all the teams had the same moves, it seemed like. Yeah. I loved it. That being said, I still loved it. I liked this movie too.

I thought it was, like, I wanted it to be dumber. Like, in a way. How could it be dumber? What? You wanted so much from this movie. Like, it gave you so much dumb. I guess you're right. I mean, I found it completely enjoyable.

I think that I like the side characters. I would like to see... I would like to see You Got Served Universe. You know, blow it out. We'll see a movie with, you know, Mr. Rad. We'll... working with... Beautiful. Yeah, out. We'll see a movie with, you know, Mr. Rad, working with what's going on. Beautiful.

Yeah, beautiful. We'll see all that sort of stuff. I think that will be great. I think the hospital should be the centerpiece. We call it You Got Served, like, meets Grey's Anatomy. Interesting. Oh, wow. But no, I recommend this movie.

I recommend it, and... Oh, yeah, this is a blast. I mean, I will say step up a better version of a dance crew movie. I love those movies, but this was a, this went down so smooth this afternoon. I loved it. I was down for it.

All right, well, thank you so much. Good night everybody. How did this get made? You know what? You might've gotten served, but don't beat yourself up about it. It happens to the best of us. By the way, speaking of the best of us,

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