Spitballers Comedy Podcast - 152: ZOOMin' Down The Road & Movies To Torture Your Foes - Comedy Podcast

Episode Date: May 31, 2021

We’ve got some ‘Is This Real Life’ back on today’s show after a lengthy absence. We also discuss giving money to people who don’t deserve it and having our text messages left on read. We close it down with a draft of movies we would like to make our mortal enemies sit through. Re-brand Mondays with some comedy! Subscribe and tell your friends about another funny episode of The Spitballers Comedy Podcast! Connect with the Spitballers Comedy Podcast: Become an Official Spitwad! Visit us on the Web Follow us on Twitter Follow us on Instagram Subscribe on YouTube

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your lights or your entertainment system whichever system you choose will change randomly and without warning so for example temperature will randomly change throughout the day lights will randomly turn on and off and or change color and then the entertainment system will randomly change volume channels what you're watching all of these are bad all of them are bad very bad but there's only one that i don't think really has the same level of effect because for instance and you know we bring this up a lot especially nowadays as it's creeping towards a summer at the moment but in arizona you don't touch my thermostat you don't that that thing going off or going up it's not happening now i feel like. Now, I feel like the stereotype of the dad, when it comes to thermostats.

Oh, yeah. Stingy dad? Has always been. You have the radar that goes off that because someone has touched the thermostat. And it's because they tried to turn the air on, cool the house down, and as you hear the power bill just racking up in your head. It's like, cha-ching, cha-ching, cha-ching. Leaving the door open.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm not air conditioning the outside. Which I have said that several times. No, you haven't. Oh, yes. Oh, yeah, I have. Ooh, that's cringy. You've never said that?

No, I mean, if I can. Andy's nodding like he said it. I mean, we make sure you close the door, that's for sure. Because I don't know what's going on with children. And you know what? Nope. People. People in general.

We just had some folks over. And I'm not going to name any names. But no one can close a freaking door behind you. I don't know what the problem is. It does seem incredibly hard for others to do that. It's real simple. Because it's the same thing as what you did on the way open. You just do it backwards.

I mean, there's a technique. As you're going out, just put your arm behind you, grab that patio door. It's a slider. That's the problem for sure. And people are just like, man, I want nothing more than just have your house full of bugs. See, that's my issue is the bugs. I don't want flies and things getting in the house. That's why I want it shut more than the air conditioner.

But now there might be people that don't shut it that are adults, but where you were first going, I don't think there's a kid alive who knows how to shut a door. Yes, that's correct. There's none. Well, they've got to get somewhere, and that would stand in the way of them getting to that place. Right.

In either direction. I mean, it doesn't matter if they're going out back to play or if they just need to come in for a drink. That door is staying open. Now we're tangenting a little bit, but I have at our house. We have a very big sliding door and it can actually open twice. Like you pull it back and go farther. And that seemed like an amazing feature. We've used it right. We've used it when it's nice outside. All I can think about is what bird is going to fly into my house. That's all I can think about is some creature that should not be able to get into my house is going to get into my house.

And the worst, I believe they're called mosquito hawks, even though when you look it up, they don't actually really eat mosquitoes. Yeah, they look like giant mosquitoes. And they look like mosquitoes, except they have evolved, and their legs have grown. From Starship Troopers. That's where they're from. It's like a mosquito bred with a spider. Yes. Like a daddy long legs.

And they're harmless. Yeah, they are. But they're not harmless to the psyche, though. No, they are not. I mean, when you see these things, they are. They're huge. They're huge. They freak you out, because you don't know they're there.

They're not making a noise. They just all of a sudden, they're right in front of your face and then they're big Oh, they're they're scary looking, you know, we to speak to your story open to the door. You're afraid bird So we just moved this last week. Yeah first day first day that I'm that my wife is there she texts me Ah, there's a bird in the house. So there's a bird and then the bird kept trying to get out through the closed door. And it did not go well for that bird. Oh, no.

But over and over. The bird caught himself. The bird caught himself. Yes. Ironically, we had a bird get into our place as well. Oh. But we got it out without harm. What kind of bird? A little-bitted baby bird.

Okay. So it wasn't like a pigeon? No. No, no, no. An eagle. An eagle. Why does it go right to eagle? Because the mental picture of an eagle getting lost in the house was funny.

A flamingo. It's so absurd that a pigeon might get in your house. That would be bad. They're everywhere. A pigeon would be bad. That's a heartier bird. Man. All right, we were answering this would-you-rather question. A pigeon would be bad. That's a heartier bird. Man. All right.

We were answering this would you rather question. What is the question? Well, Jason makes the right point, but it doesn't really help to make that point. The thermostat's the one you certainly don't want, but you have to pick one. Yeah. So the thermostat one's out. So the thermostat one we're not picking. The other two, I mean, if you're watching, one of these is like if you get rid of entertainment and you say, okay, entertainment is going to change on its own.

It's going to turn off when you don't want. It's going to change something else when you don't want. That's basically saying we don't have entertainment. Like, get rid. I will never turn that thing on. That's true. If all of a sudden it's like, and now you're watching a terrible movie. That is a huge problem.

But also, if you don't go with that one, another massive problem. You're just going to be sitting, minding your business. Ah! That's what it's going to do. If that entertainment system can just turn on. Oh, it can turn on when it's off and you're walking around. And just at maximum volume and just shriek at you whenever it wants. Yeah, but what about the lighting if you're sleeping at night?

I'll put an eye mask on. Oh, I like that. Even when you're watching shows and stuff. What about when you're carrying boxes through your house? And all of a sudden, there's no lights in the house. I guess it's the lesser of three evils here. And I guess the lights is the lesser of three evils. The lights is.

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. For sure. So, OK. Philip from Patreon. Would you rather, yeah, yeah. For sure. So, okay. Philip from Patreon, would you rather give money to someone who deserves it but doesn't need it or someone who needs it but doesn't deserve it? Interesting. Phil the philosopher over here. Yeah, this is pretty.

This is deep stuff right here. This is pretty interesting because, man, someone who deserves it but doesn't need it. And somebody who needs it but doesn't deserve it. You've got to quantify deserves it. Okay. Deserves it is probably of moral character to deserve the money. Right. But that's me making the decision now.

I am Judge Dredd over here. Oh, I see what you're saying. Yeah. I mean, like, the case that kind of jumps out is there's people. Look, people beg for money. me making the decision now i am the i am judge dread oh i see what you're saying yeah i mean like the case that kind of jumps out is there's people look people beg for money and there are also people that are addicted to drugs that live on the street and they might just take your money and they would use it on on drugs and you and some people don't give to those people because they say they don't deserve the money because they're going to waste the money. Right. But then there are people that maybe don't need it.

That hardworking, really nice millionaire. Here's $100. Maybe a benevolent person, a person that does give a lot of money away or give their time away. Right. But then they're going to give it to someone who doesn't deserve it. Either way, it's the scoundrels with my money. So like a charity could have enough money. They could have fundraised enough money, but you could still say, oh, they deserve more money to spend on the charity.

That's fair. Yeah, that could work. I just feel like it's a really hard situation. I'm trying to put my mind in any situation where someone I know that absolutely has no need of money that I would think, you know what? I'm going to give you some money. I'm going to give them some money. I can make it easier.

All right. What if it's not? I think we're thinking of it as like doesn't need it like they have plenty. But let's put the need as an imminent need. Okay. So let's say it's a teacher, right? She can eat and she can pay her bills. She can pay her bills.

She doesn't really need it for a meal today but she's doing i mean being a job of education my son is learning so much from her the maths and the and the sciences all of those you have no idea what your kids are learning well i mean what did what do they do we don't even know the name of their school such a good teacher um so that you, what do you think about giving it to somebody who doesn't deserve it, that needs it, that needs a meal? I think that's the entire foundation of giving, is you are giving to someone who probably doesn't deserve it. Okay. Does anyone deserve anything? Let's start there.

Oh, big philosophy. Does anybody deserve anything? I hear the producers chuckling. I think the answer is probably no. Yeah. Okay. I think you're right. I think none of us deserve any.

No one deserves a thing. Right. So everything is giving. Yeah, we're not entitled to anything. It's a better way to live life. A better way to think about life is that I'm not giving based on what other people deserve. I'm giving because I think it's important to give. Yeah, I like that. And in which case, it's important to give. Yeah, I like that.

And in which case, it's got to go to the one who needs it. Right? You got to do it. When you break it down like that, I'm thinking, you know. Changing lives on this show. Both producers, we pay them whether they deserve it or not. Yeah, they don't deserve any. They do not deserve it.

I mean, I sit back and I watch us work super hard morning, noon, and night. Right. And I'm looking in that room every moment. The producer room, it's like. Jump rope. Yeah, they're just. Hula hoops. Sometimes they're just Rochambeau.

They're playing paper, rock, scissor. Who gets to do least work today? Yeah. Oh, we tied. Both of us. I mean, I'm like, you guys are going to wrap this up soon, right? Because I got a tea time coming up here. Oh, of course, man.

You've been working hard. You deserve that tee time. Yeah. You're right. I deserve it. For sure. I've got to get out of here in like 20 minutes. So yeah, we're going to wrap this up.

Hey, make sure this show gets produced, guys. Yeah, but I think that's right. I think we give money. They might deserve it now. We've proven that we give money to those who do not deserve it. Right. And no one deserves it. And no one deserves it.

Vince from Twitter, would you rather read 80% slower than you currently do but have a lifelong retention of it or read anything 300% faster but forget it after a day? Oh, that's a layup. Yeah. Is it? The forgetting it after a day ruins it. Yeah, yeah. That's too short of a... You should just say, remember what you do now. Because I read books, and then I come back to them two years later,

and I'm depressed that I don't retain more of that information. I say to myself, Self, you sat on that couch, and you read that book for two weeks, two years ago. Shouldn't that be enough to retain that information? And I don't. I'm with you. You got to change the question. 80% slower.

Wow. That's a lot slower. 80% slower. Especially for Jason. But you, yes. Oh, yes.

Lifelong retention for 80% slower, 300% faster. And it's normal. Just whatever you retain right now. And I'm choosing 80% slower. I'm going to take lifelong i know because i'm gonna i want the information i want it to cement itself in my brain forever now here's the real question if you were to read every sentence like four or five times would you retain oh would you

automatically like that's oh you're like oh i i can do this in real life. All I got to do is just keep reading the paragraph over and over out loud. Five times would be 80% slower. There you go. So you just, you read it five times and then boom, bam. Wow, that would suck. If you had to read every book five times, if you read it five in a row, you would retain it better. This is a superpower for me. I mean, this is because I am not, I'm not not a i am by no means a poor reader um you know

the words i'm not a fast yeah i know the words um you know i can sound them out uh but i'm i'm not i'm not a fast reader like i'm slow with reading my retention is fine i would love to be able to power through books like people that sit down you, you know, you just said. People be double fisting books. Yeah, this guy. I have no idea how they're doing it. It's impossible. But if I could sit down and read a book. Because he doesn't actually read it.

His eyes just look at the words. Yeah, I don't know why I don't retain this stuff. How fast can I turn the page? 30% of those words. Now, Al brings up an interesting point. You got a problem with all reading all reading so like email menus text like you're you better you better be jumping on uh yelp and making sure you look at the menu before you get there you got a plan if you read a speech are you oh yeah it's so great absolutely no you're not going to be wanting to get up in front of a crowd and read that teleprompter live to the class of 2020 you just gotta really put in a lot

of emotion yes right in every speech I give. You know, and then they'll be like, oh, that guy really... Hold on, no, no. You need to... I was in that. I was locked in, man. You had me convinced of something. I know for a fact that

this show... Oh, it's painful. It's hurting me inside. Yeah, I'm taking the speed reading but now now i'm just thinking like you know it's uh it's funny because this is slow but like the scene in the matrix where they go and they load everything up and it's like hold on i need to i know kung fu now or i'm learning how to fly a helicopter let me just imagine you just in my spare time i'm reading a book on how to fly a helicopter. And now I know, and now I know forever. I was going to say you're too, you become too

smart. If you could retain all of the things you read, you turn into a super villain. No, I'm saying it's a good thing. Oh, I'm saying I'm going for that one. So Mike, what's your final answer? Are you taking the retention? I'm going slower, slow and steady wins the race. Oh, man. Okay. Renee from the website, would you rather all of your texts be left on read or left on delivered? So if you're not familiar when you – that's a – I mean, most people got to be familiar, right? This is what the kids are talking about. But I feel like that's like – isn't that more on like iPhones or does it happen on everything? I mean, we don't know these Android devices.

So left on read or left on delivered. So this is the ones you send out or the ones that you receive? Send out. Yeah, so that you know that they saw it. Okay. And here's, like, this is a problem. I think that- Left on read's a huge problem. No, I think that the problem that we have this is a problem. Left on red is a huge problem.

No, I think that the problem that we have this is bad. Oh, you mean it is a problem that this exists? I do not. When they brought it up, okay, that sounds interesting. I can know. Has someone received my message and everything? But how about this? If someone gets my message, just shoot me a thumbs up.

That problem is taken care of. And now I am no longer spying on your life where I'm diving in. I know you got my message eight hours ago. It is a societal problem. It's troubling and causes problems. I'm an old man shouting at clouds right now. It causes problems because here's what's happened before. Texts, they can arrive when you're busy.

And you might glance at it it send across that red message but you really don't have a time you don't have time to answer and then you'll get the follow-up like ghost sign like the ghost symbol like hey you didn't answer fast enough for me i have the opposite problem i am so worried of someone seeing that i read the text that I don't want to read yet. Turn Bob off. I don't read. Like, I'll look at that text. I want to go in. I want to click to see what the whole text is.

But I can't click on that text because I know if I do, it'll be marked as read. And I don't want them to know I got that text. Now, you can just turn that off. So, here's the thing. Of course I have that off. 100%. Because I would never want people to know when I read their text or don't So here's the thing. Of course I have that off. 100%. Because I would never want people to know when I read their text or

don't. That's my power. Yeah, that's my business. But I'm still afraid. I'm still afraid that somehow some way I've, that in some update it's turned, you know, back on or... Now you know what Twitter does though, right? You can just turn it off on Twitter. Yeah, but if you turn it off on Twitter, you

sacrifice seeing red on anybody else. No. Yes, you do. It says it right on there. If you disable your read receipts on Twitter, it says you do not get read receipts on Twitter from other people. That's fine. So would you rather not be able to know if they ever read it? Yes.

Paranoid couple of old men. I don't know. I'll take the hit for the team. I think it's a problem. It is nice to know when someone read your message in the sense, not where you're like, ooh, get back to me quick, but just that they got it, right? That's what I'm – so send a thumbs up?

You're saying the person acknowledged it with a thumbs up. Correct. Yeah, but what if they don't? What if it's bad news? Thumbs down. I got it. Yep, this is great. All right.

There's an emoji for everything. I think I would. I'm going to get rid of all read receipts here. Just tell me it's delivered. That's all I want to know. I want to know that because that's valuable, right? I didn't type anything wrong in the. Have you ever been worried your message was not delivered?

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story that we're going to share with one another that has taken place around this good earth of ours. Who wants to go first? Do you want me to take it? Please. Yeah, kick it off. All right. I enjoyed this one. This one entertained me.

Well, the details are interesting, too. But here's the headline. Boy accidentally orders $2,600 worth of Spongebob ice cream online. Yes, he did. Yes. Yes. So what makes this story so incredible is that a little four-year-old boy, his name is Noah, who lives in Brooklyn with his mom, Jennifer. Loves ice cream.

Loves ice cream so much. And Spongebob. Yes, that he purchased $2,600 worth of popsicles that were Spongebob themed, in case you're wondering. That is 51 cases and 918 popsicles. Now, here's the catch. Amazon won't take it back. Probably because they're popsicles. Because they're popsicles. The only question I had was, did this actually get delivered?

Yes, it did. I thought this would be flagged and all that was a cute little funny story. Kid orders his stuff, but it gets caught and shut down because who's ordering that many popsicles? This was straight up charged and delivered? Charged, delivered, and will not be accepted as a refund. I want the mom. I want to open that door and be like, ding dong. She is out $2,600.

Oh, no. Amazon will not refund it because it's a food. And now there is a happy ending here. Oh, thank goodness. I looked into this a little bit further. Well, because this is a single mom, she's going to school. She cannot afford these popsicles.

I mean, who can afford 918 popsicles? Where would you put them is the real question. That's true. Those are melting. You put them in your mouth. Oh, you better eat them. But some people got wind of this story and they put out a GoFundMe page to help support her.

Because that's how we solve all of our problems now. And she's got $24,000 pledged. Oh, nice. Good work, Noah. So Noah earned his mom $22,000. No way. This was planned from the get-go. She's like, Noah, Noah, come here.

I got a plan. You say you ordered these. Noah, come here. I got a plan. You say you ordered these. So he ordered them with his mom's credit card, but had them sent to his auntie's house. Oh, man. That's even better.

That's a smart kid. Let me just say this. Kudos for being able to use, at four years old, a credit card. I mean, that's impressive work, Noah. And changing the address. Yeah. It's ridiculous. Well done. Noah's got a few pops And changing the address. Yeah. It's ridiculous. Well done. Noah's got a few popsicles to throw back.

Yeah. All right. I will go next. This one cracks me up because it reminds me a little bit of the recent meme that's going around where the guy joins the courtroom and he's a cat. But this one's maybe even better i am not a cat uh ohio state senator oh yeah caught driving during zoom meeting with fake office background yes so he's he he's trying to play it off he is is. Yes, I've watched the video. This is incredible.

He's trying to play it off that he's not. Now, is it a virtual background or did he build out a set? I believe he took a picture of his office, like his home office. And so it just looks like when the video starts, he just looks like he's at his home office. But it's the virtual one. So the edges of the body are all blurry. The edges are bad. But whatever. You're not going to question that, right? You're not right you're not gonna question when i mean okay it's a little

blurry but maybe whatever maybe the room's messy or whatever it is he's got a seat belt on no that's the best part so he turns the video off i think to buckle up for some reason not knowing that the seat belt would not be green screen now the video comes back on and he's got his seatbelt on and he's clearly driving looking left and right but here's the thing this can't get any better than this oh man all of this happened as the ohio house is House is considering a bill proposing stricter rules against cell phone use while driving. A goal of cracking down on distracted driving.

And the senator is doing senator stuff while driving on the Zoom meeting concerning the bill about getting rid of cell phone use while driving. I mean, what a world we are in. You've got to be kidding me.

When someone does something like this. You're fired immediately. Is it though? That's what my question was. Yes. Can you fire a senator? We've got to figure it out. What you did was so dumb that it tells you how dumb this person is forever.

But what they actually did is totally not necessarily illegal to have a Zoom call going on in the car. So you're proving how dumb you are. Right. But they have, I mean, clearly this bill has not yet passed or hadn't yet. I'm sure he voted against it. He's like, well, that would be terrible. Yeah, I got to get his vote. What happened?

But you're right, Andy. Like, that's not a fireable you're not arresting somebody for getting on a zoom call but it's an idiotic decision oh man and the irony is just perfect the video was so fun he's totally in there video goes off wait where's the seat belt i respect that video comes back safety first safety first you know because i wear the seat belt when i'm at my home office. He does seem to have his eyes on the road, too. He's not exactly looking into the Zoom camera. Yeah, which is good.

He's not, like, just playing it off. Why is he pretending he's in the office? I don't know. What he should have done is pretended like he was in a car, put a fake Corvette background in there, and then everyone's like, oh, funny. And then he's like, I really am driving. All right, Mike, what do you got?

Well, Jason should have shut it down down because mine is not funny like that. It's more of a, oh, brother. So, you know, like when you're at Disneyland, right? I mean, I guess I'm speaking to a smaller amount of people. But when you're on Disneyland, on a ride, we got there, and it breaks down. It's neat because you have to get escorted off. The lights are on. The lights come on.

You get to see how everything is actually working. It's cool, right? But there are rides that you don't want to break down when you are on them, like this roller coaster called the Big One, which is the tallest and fastest roller coaster in, what do we got, Britain here? Britain's tallest coaster. Uh-oh. So you know how a roller coaster starts, right?

Yeah. It always starts with that first big hill. Yeah, click, click, click, click, click. And you know, the anticipation, and a lot of time it's built in. Oh, yeah. It waits. Imagine you're waiting, and you're waiting. And it never goes.

And you're waiting. Oh, so you're right at the top of the hill? You're waiting. You are 15 stories up. Oh, my gosh. And you are just waiting and waiting. And you never go down. And eventually they have to come and get you.

How? Because there's stairs. I mean, you have to have a way out of these things. But now you have to walk the stairs down. Not to mention get out of this thing at that height. 15 stories up. I am feeling uncomfortable. You know that when you watch a video and your undercarriage just goes...

That's what I'm feeling. I would have just either for real blacked out or pretended to and just shut my eyes and make them carry me off. Carry me? I don't know. Getting out of a roller coaster cart at 15 stories up. 213 feet. I don't know if I could do it. And I thought of two scenarios there. If you're at the top, you're either in the front cars where

you're hanging over and you see down and you're stuck, which is awful. Or you're in the back cars and the ground's behind you and you're staring up at the sky and you're stuck not even being able to see where you're at. But there is video of it. At least the people who took the video

were having a jolly time. Stuck on it? Yeah. They thought it was hilarious. I'd be so afraid I'd be going backwards or something. Yeah, I would not be having a good time. That's very uncomfortable. In my mind, when you're at the very tip top,

there's like a four foot wide platform that you jump to to get rescued and to get towards the stairs that's what i'm experiencing right now it's terrifying yeah i'm feeling very nervous inside wow but that's real life and you got to be ready for those exciting roller coaster moments i bet they don't ride it as anymore i bet most of those people are not i roller coaster riders anymore be riding coasters anymore no i would be looking for find me the smallest coaster in Britain. Find me that one.

The teacups. Those can break down. That's fine. Oh, they've got so many teacups in Britain. You kind of hope. Yeah, they do. Very nice. All right, it's time to draft.

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Yeah, and you say, watch this. Yeah, and so, Mike, you have the first pick. I do, and I feel like there's definitely a couple different directions you could go. There are. I do, and I feel like there's definitely a couple different directions you could go. There are. And I feel like I have some gems on the list that will come back to me. This is an incredibly subjective draft.

It is. But I think this one at least should be on your list. I have not seen this particular movie. The excitement for this movie was, when the trailer dropped dropped the excitement was very sky high for this movie then it came out and people said this is an abomination yeah i think i know what you're taking it was what i was hoping to get at 102 exactly i knew it should be on someone's list i have sat through the live musical of this show nope not what i was thinking okay i've sat through the live musical of it, and that is a couple hours of my life.

Don't ever come back. They will never return to me, and it's seared in there. This is a great pick. I'm going with Cats, baby. I feel like even the actors and actresses inside Cats that made the movie were like, I'm really sorry about that.

That's a great pick. Somehow, someway, that's not on my list. Me neither. I think this draft is going to be my most angering, disappointing draft of all time because we're prepping, we're saying, okay, we're drafting these things and I'm trying to think and I'm looking at lists and yada, yada. But I go through life and there are just tons of movies I just absolutely hate and I think this is a just a pile of trash and I can't recall them and and I think later I'm gonna be

I'm gonna come across a movie that I just hate I'm gonna be so mad that it that it left off my list but I'm gonna take one that it's a little older but when it when it was supposed to come out it was like a big budget you know blockbuster type of movie and it was literally i believe to this day it's the worst movie that's ever been made um have you seen it i've seen a piece of it okay because i don't think i don't think it's all that you can you're allowed to watch there i don't think it's fair for humans to endure this whole thing so my mortal enemy you've had a taste you know what it you at least you know what you're putting them through i mean if you whenever you get john travolta with some dreadlocks

oh okay i'm going battlefield i've never seen it good for you mike that movie is known as one of the worst ever yeah it's it's uh horrific and are you did you go to see it no no no honestly it was for about three days it was in theaters it was talked about so poorly um that later i was thinking you know you know i'll watch it i want to see if it's that bad because there's movies that i've heard are bad that i i like and vice versa and i couldn't i couldn't i mean it's so it's so bad it's like bad, it's like a grade school production. Okay. You know, they wrote the script, they acted in it, someone paid a lot of money for a team to just make a movie.

It was unthinkably bad. All right, so you're going Battlefield Earth. I've got tough decisions here. I thought about the different things that make a movie bad. One could just be subject matter one could be how it's heralded you know 0% rotten tomatoes or whatever like Battlefield Earth

one can be in my opinion what makes a movie awful is look this is my mortal enemy and I'll be honest I put both of you guys in that spot when I was thinking about this okay that's great but the amount of time a movie takes is actually what i

think the worst punishment is because if a movie's bad and long that's i mean brooks is nodding his head that is just pain and i felt a lot of pain when i watched this movie in theaters and i want you to enjoy three hours and four minutes of it. Okay. Cause you get to watch Ben Affleck in Pearl Harbor. Oh, I already, I've got those scars. My man,

you've already got those. I saw that thing in the theater, him and Josh Hartnett. Yes. That movie sucks. And it sucks for three hours and four minutes. It's atrocious. And that is my 101.

When I thought back of all the movies that I've seen, not seen, that are out there, that takes the 101. I've got a hippo level pick that I'm going to save for my fourth. But this one's for Jasonason oh okay and uh i'm gonna pick this one specifically for you my mortal enemy and i'm gonna make you watch eight-legged freaks oh that's not cool which was a great movie i thought it was funny. What's the name of the... Arquette? Yeah, David Arquette. True story. That movie was filmed here. In Arizona? Yeah, and my middle son's godmother is in that movie.

Well, there you go. That's not what I expected. But look, it's a movie built around spiders. Yes. That are enormous. They are. And they run through the mall, and they run all over the place. I think I would be less afraid of that. Because they're through the mall and they run all over the place so i think i would

be less afraid of that like my because they're full size because they're because i mean i mean like because they're like these giant monsters aren't all aren't all spiders that big i've been in a mall and seen a no i'm saying if they're full grown they're full size right right i messed that up but um like had you taken arachnophobia, you know what I mean? I'm probably more afraid of that movie watching real spiders rather than watching big CG. How are you with a nail gun? With a nail gun? Doesn't he shoot the spider with a nail gun at the end?

You think I've watched these movies, Mike? Have you ever seen arachnophobia? Of course I have not seen arachnophobia. Because he has arachnophobia. Exactly. So have not seen arachnophobia. Because he has arachnophobia. Exactly. So I chose that one just for Jason. All right. I'm looking here and I'm thinking, okay, all right.

I want to put you through something scarring. Now, there's different ways to scar. Okay. Okay, there's horrific, violent, awful things to watch. Or there's the ways to scar. Okay. Okay. There's, there's horrific, violent, awful things to watch, or there's the emotional scars. Oh, there's the emotional scars of this is going to ruin something for you.

Yeah. This is going to take something you love and it's going to destroy it. And I'm going to make you walk. I'm going to make you sit down and I'm going to put on Indiana Jones. Oh no. Which you think you love. Oh, it's not The Last Crusade. I've tried to convince myself it's good.

That it doesn't exist? No, I've tried to convince myself it's good. But The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, the unknown fourth movie, abomination with cowboys and aliens and whatever is happening in that awful movie. I think you just won. You're going to have to watch that film again. That movie is so bad. Wow, nice pick.

Yeah. I've tried. I've watched it several times, and each time I'm like, okay, it can't be as bad as I remember, right? Yeah, you know they're making another one. I saw that when I looked. He can't be in bad as I remember, right? Yeah, it is. You know they're making another one. I saw that when I looked. He can't be in it though, right? Yeah, he's in it.

How do you have Indiana Jones without Indiana Jones? That's pretty hard. You know they're making a new Harry Potter? There's no Harry Potter in it. Well, I mean, you've never seen them make a movie where they recast the main character before? No. I mean, yeah, if they do a remake of a movie that happened a long time ago,

you think Christopher Lloyd's rocking the next Back to the Future? Well, sure. Doc Brown deep in the ground. Come on, man. Oh, that's the name of the movie. Doc Brown in the ground. We've got to go back. Please.

Please go back. Somebody take go back. Please. Please. Please go back. Take me back. Oh, man. They can't make one because they'll be like, they won't believe that time machines exist here, or he would never look like this. But, yeah, I mean, that's a full reboot.

They're making another sequel. Yes. Which is slated for 2022. They better get that thing made soon. Who was the actor that played the large role in Kingdom of the Crystal Skull? Shia LaBeouf? Yeah, he was his son in that, right? Or no?

Yes. Who knows, man? Yeah, he was. And it looked like they were setting him up to be Indiana Jones. But then the world kind of turned on old Shia. Yeah, and the movie. The movie didn't demand a sequel. Yeah, the movie was bad.

All right, Mike, you got a couple of picks. All right. Uh, we've, we've found different ways to harm people. And I will admit, I did sit down and I have watched this movie.

Morbid curiosity gets the best of us every once in a while. And there's a movie where unthinkable things are happening oh no jason is cackling be careful yeah well yeah this look this these the movie is my mortal enemy is not a child which is good because you have to be an adult to see this movie i will go with human centipede you know i saw a lot of lists but from minors and i've never seen it but my i have my understanding the the uh the third version of that movie i have never seen it, but my understanding is the third version of that movie is the worst. I have not seen it.

I saw number one. There's a third one? Apparently. Wait, there's a second one? Human Millipede. Yes, the Human Millipede. Oh, man, that's a long movie. Well, yeah, if you don't know what it's about, we're not talking about it on this show.

No. I can't believe you picked it. Like it had to be done. All right. You have another pick to get to quickly. All right. And I'm going to go with, this is more of an emotional scarring one that I'm going to go with here. I'm pretty sure this will not be on your list.

And what's tough about this movie, it's actually an excellent movie. Uh-oh. It's excellent. But you watch it one time. Because no one watches this movie and gets to the ending and is like, man, I'm feeling great about this. I know what it is. Do you?

Yeah, black and white. It's a black and white movie? No. Okay. No, it is not. I'm going with Requiem for a Dream's a black and white movie? No. Okay. No, it is not. I'm going with Requiem for a Dream. Oh, okay. Never seen it.

Okay. You should watch it because it's an excellent movie. I genuinely thought you were going... Like, when this whole draft topic came up, I wondered if I could pick the same movie four times. Because I was like, would I make somebody watch Schindler's List four consecutive times in a row?

Oh, excellent movie. But that's what I thought you were saying. I thought that's what you were describing. Because I was like, would I make somebody watch Schindler's List four consecutive times in a row? Excellent movie. But that's what I thought you were saying. I thought that's what you were describing. A Requiem for a Dream is, I mean, like it's all about people battling addiction. That's a one-timer. And you get to the end. Or a no-timer. No, you should watch it.

But you should clear the schedule afterwards. Okay. Because it's rough. Mike is done. Jason, you are on the clock. All right. I think I know what my last two picks are going to be, and they're not going to be poll winners.

You've already won with those first two. Well, I'm going to do my best to destroy whatever I've built up. Oh, he wants to put movies on blast. You're darn right I do. I can tell. He wants to put some movies. You're darn right I want to put movies on blast. Darn right I do. I can tell.

He wants to put some movies. Darn right I want to put movies on blast. Mike, you are not my mortal enemy because you are one of the idiots who like this awful, boring, terrible movies of all time. Blade Runner. It sucks. And I've drafted it and I'm making you watch it. Mike wants to be your mortal enemy now. This is fabulous. Blade Runner. This is great news. I'm making you watch it. Mike wants to be immortal.

I mean, now this is fabulous. Blade runner. This is, this is great news. Putting it on blast. A top hundred AFI movie of all time. Oh,

and I get to sit down and watch it. Just you wait for me to grab the number one of all time with my next pick, Mike. It better be the one that I'm thinking of. Of course it is. That should, that movie sucks. My final two picks.

You're watching Ben Affleck. Jason's watching eight leLegged Freaks I've got two left man alright I feel like he's torn well yeah I am and I'm gonna go with Star Wars Episode I The Phantom Menace

it's working me so happy I mean Jar Jar Binks and some of the acting in that movie in us. It's working! Oh, man. Me so happy! I mean, Charger Binks and some of the acting in that movie, some of the music like redeems it

and some of the action scenes are okay, but that movie's not good. And the anticipation and then people having to convince themselves it was good for a really long time

because they were looking forward to it. I'm going to make you watch the worst Star Wars movie that exists. That is an excellent pick. Yeah. And that is one of my most quoted movies of all time.

Not in a good way. All right. And this last one, look, there are a lot of ways to, like we said, make you kind of uncomfortable, not want to watch this movie. And I'm going for that uncomfortable feeling. That's what I'm shooting for with my final pick here okay so i'm going with ghost dad starring bill cosby oh it's a hippopotamus oh oh should you laugh should you not laugh oh good luck good luck good luck go stand oh mercy mercy no no no no no and i'm done okay it's over oh man wow okay well oh man um i saw that in the theater with my family.

Yeah? Yeah. You watching it anytime recently? That was a long time ago. Wow. Oh, no. No, no, no, no, no, no. Okie dokie.

Following that up. I already said what I was going to pick. Yeah. Get it. Get it. This is a terrible movie. I mean, don't get me wrong it's the number one best rated movie of all time wait but it's not actually an entertaining good movie oh i know

what it is well yeah it's the number one it's citizen kane yeah that will make you sit down and actually watch it today today in like like the the modern era as a and you you I've never seen that movie oh well if you're my mortal enemy uh which I am yeah I'm gonna put you down and make you watch that movie and you're gonna be like okay wait this is this is the greatest movie okay whatever whoa Rosebud it's what it's like what happened was this was the first movie ever where there was like a a surprise and then people oh i didn't know i could be surprised in a movie incredible and now it's like you watch every movie has like so much more depth and thoughts and better characters and acting and scripts and surprises and everything that you watch this movie and it's like you wish it tasted like vanilla this isn't vanilla this is

plain you thought you were getting vanilla yogurt you're getting plain yogurt and you didn't realize that plain was a thing 1941 was a plain year they say yeah uh when a reporter is assigned to decipher newspaper magnate charles foster Foster Kane's dying words, his investigation gradually reveals the fascinating portrait of a complex man who rose from obscurity to staggering heights. And he really liked his sled. Yeah. Cool. All right, Mike, you got a final pick.

All right. You set me up perfectly, Jason. Oh, good. Speaking of- Going for a classic? No, no, no. I'm going for a movie that's got a twist. And like the beginning of the movie, you're like, okay, there's some really weird stuff going.

And I get it. I'm telling the story that you set everything up with weird, it's mysterious, and then you have a twist at the end that really shocks and makes sense. Water kills the aliens. Right right you're not far off you are not far off because are you picking oh you know what you know what's killing the people the trees oh the trees the grass is making us jump off of buildings the happening i'm taking the happening not only do you get to watch Marky Mark just be really confused for two hours, you get to invest all that time only to find

out it was the trees. That movie was awful. And as an M. Night Truther back then who loved a lot of his earlier movies, going and watching that movie and sitting there and just just being let down slowly with this horrible horrible movie well the thing is is it's really boring but you know it's gonna get the payoff yeah you know i can't wait to find

wait what water kills the aliens i mean king of the king of the twists here. He ran out. He clearly ran out. But he put some good ones up front. He had some good ideas to start. Sixth Sense. And Unbreakable is great, too. Unbreakable is great. I like The Village, too.

That was the last pick, right? Yes. So I found that my list was mostly full of bad children's movies that I drafted. Those could have been bad. Like the third Shrek. I've got Daddy Day Camp. I've got Air Bud. I've got the Emoji movie.

And the personal worst, this is literally the worst movie. Like every single movie we drafted, this is worse than all of them, including Battlefield Earth. But I didn't think enough people knew it. I saw this in the theater. I had to. This was my children making me their mortal enemy it was nine lives with kevin spacey it was the worst piece of trash i've ever

seen in my life that one doubles down now yeah uh here's some other ones that i did not pick that were on the list batman versus Superman. That was awful. Geely with Ben Affleck and J-Lo, which I never saw, but I want my enemy to see it. Let me know how it is. And I had... It almost ruined Affleck's career. Yeah, I mean, a lot of things have done that. I thought it'd be funny to make somebody watch something that's kind of like a horrible sequel, but without ever seeing the first.

So I figured maybe you guys hadn't seen Sex and the City, so I'd make you watch something that's kind of like a horrible sequel but like without ever seeing the first so i figured maybe you guys hadn't seen sex in the city so i'd make you watch the second one i thought that there's a second one apparently and then uh from justin to kelly the kelly clarkson and justin guarini american idol movie i that is an excellent pick the the two i had left were uh glitter starring mariah carey oh which i've heard good things and you guys remember when shack used to make movies Oh yeah Shazam Kazam

Kazam Shazam was the superhero one Yeah But Kazam was Shaq He's the genie I am Kazam Yeah he's the genie

Wow That's bad stuff Alright That'll do it for Today's draft One more Little bit Of information

What did we learn today we always have to reflect part of life is reflecting on an hour of education of inspiration of insight and then reflecting and saying hey what did I learn yeah what did you retain what did you get the 80% slower retention levels

the retention levels are are about the same but what I learned today sitting and really thinking about our day-to-day and you know i do i do got to get out of here pretty soon well i've got a massage you've got a tea time i learned that the producers they don't deserve any money they right they i mean they they don't deserve and and actually no one deserves anything that's right including Including the producers. Especially.

I've learned we have a new code word on this show and it's I have a hippopotamus pic. That's good. It was, right? Oh, yeah. That was a hippo going. That was a hippo coming down off of a building. It was.

I learned that officially Jason hates Blade Runner more than I do. That'll do it. Oh, it's so excellent. Oh, my goodness. So I should have gone arachnophobia, huh? I think so. I think so. Not full-size spiders.

Real ones. All right. Take care. Thanks for tuning in. Goodbye. Thanks for tuning in. Goodbye. Thanks for listening to the Spitballers Podcast. To see what other nonsense the guys are up to, check out spitballerspod.com. What a gas that episode was.

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