The Horror Returns - THR Presents: Stream Fiends - Ep. #23: Sidekicks (1992)

Episode Date: August 14, 2021

This episode Brian and Nez team up with Barry and his martial arts idol Chuck Norris in the 1992 karate comedy classic SIDEKICKS.   Join the THR Presents: Stream Fiends Facebook Group. https://www.facebook.com/groups/3860579827402429 Follow THR Stream Fiends on IG: @thrstreamfiends   Join The Horror Returns Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1056143707851246 THR Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thehorrorreturns   Join The Action Returns Facebook group. https://www.facebook.com/groups/841619946357776   Follow The Action Returns on IG and Twitter: Instagram: @theactionreturns Twitter: @action_returns    Intro/Outro Music by Mixla Beats Productions https://www.mixlaproduction.com

Oh, yeah, you must be pretty good to, uh, win all this stuff. Well, I don't like to brag or anything. Yeah, I bet you're almost as good as, uh, Chuck Norris. Chuck Norris? Chuck Norris? He doesn't compete anymore, kid. And one of the reasons, one of the main reasons he doesn't is me. Okay, let's, uh...

He doesn't compete because I would kick his ass. Come on. Kick his ass. Got you the first time. I mean, this isn't all there is. You know, kid, that's the first smart thing you've said all day. This isn't all there is. It's just the best there is.

You know, karate is a sport of discipline and restraint and style. One that builds respect. You believe in the Easter Bunny, too, kid? Everybody to another episode of THR presents stream fiends. I'm your host Brian. With me, as always, is my brother Nez. We are back again. back again.

Oh, man. Yeah, everyone. It's been a rough. I don't even remember. What was the last one we put out? Was it action or stream? I don't. Stream because it was,

yeah, because I still got the house party four and five on my mind. My friend listened to it. And then he goes, did you guys made me want to go watch them? And I said, well,

did you heal the help man? I turned off that fourth one. he at least got all the way through the one. He goes, I couldn't handle it, man. He said that fourth one was terrible. And I was like, well, we told you, watch it if you want. So, but oh, man.

Yeah, I'm going to try something new here before we get onto the movie. Have you been streaming anything that you want to recommend anybody? Right now, there's a new TV show on Hulu. And that's reservation dogs. You got my pick too, man.

Sterling, hi, hijo, or I think that's what I say his last name, young native brother. Just res life, little res kids on the res in Oklahoma. I'm not really sure which one. There's a bunch over there, but I'm digging it. I mean, Rutherford Falls came out earlier in the year on Peacock. that blew me away. That was hilarious. And then now this one hit. And man, this one, it's only been two episodes so far.

And I know one of my friends watched it. And he was like, I don't, I don't understand the culture of res life, reservation life. And then he goes, but he goes, I enjoyed it for what it was. I liked the kids and the hijinks they were getting into. And I was like, I said, I said, yeah. I said it might not, what's going on might not, you might not get it. Same thing with Rutherford Falls. One of my friends watching, because I didn't, I didn't get any of the jokes and the humor that he has other native friends. He goes that they were all laughing about.

I mean, it's, it's, I don't know. I'm not to say you have to be native to understand the humor, but it helps. Yeah, I mean, I don't know. I got it, man. And some of the stuff they was going through, it kind of took me back to my childhood. Oh, yeah. I grew up in the city my whole life until my wife drug me up here to the res I live on now. But I know that res life because I went and spent it the summers in Arizona, the Navajo

Res where my grandmother lives or my aunt and my uncle's house. But this reservation dogs, this show, this, these two episodes. reminded me of the summer I spent at my uncle's house in, I think it was Fruitland, New Mexico on the Navajo Res up there, just being bad and then just really wild on the res. And it just put a big smile on my face. Yeah, what these guys are doing in the show isn't good. So you young listeners don't do what these guys are doing.

But I mean, it's just the lifestyle of the res. to say everyone's like that, but I mean, even if this was going on in the city, there's always people, kids. I mean, I did my share bad dirt when I was growing up. But, I mean, I liked what was going on because we haven't

really had any Native American shows. Yes, there's been some native representation in TV and movies throughout history, but not a full show about them. So, I mean, I really like what's

happening in this. I think Taika Watiti, he's one of the producers of this. He said pretty much the entire cast and crew, his majority of them is Native American or Native American or indigenous. I mean, that's good. I mean, and that's what we need because, I mean, we've said this before, because a lot of people think that there isn't any native actors or directors or anything. I mean, Mike, he's a native director and writer and everything, and he's acted before. And he's still doing what he's doing. He's hustling and he's moving and he's shaking and getting his projects done. But people just don't don't see that there is a huge community of native actors, native directors, native writers, native animators, everything.

I mean, I've gone to the indigenous Comic Con. I mean, I already knew this was all there, but it was good to see them all. Not every single person, but a lot of Native artists. directors, writers, and everything there. And it's cool that we're finally getting big TV shows on these streaming sites. I mean, Hulu is big. Peacock is big.

I mean, there's a bunch of independent films that are being made that aren't shown. I mean, because when people usually talk about native films, they'll bring up dances with wolves. They'll bring up Geronimo or Thunderheart. Speaking of Thunderheart, we'll get back to the Val Kilmer in a minute. But I mean, I love what's going on right now. And the native representation in TV and films is just starting to boom, which is good.

It sucks that we're still in this pandemic and we're not through it. I don't think we ever will be. But, I mean, I think it's cool that these artists and everything have ways to protect themselves as well as their crew and their actors and everything when they're filming these. in these times right now. I'm going to reach out to Sterling Hydro and see if I can get an interview with him and just Tom, I'm sure he's busy right now with this, but I mean, whenever he can get a break,

maybe he'll give me a few minutes. See, Mike had posted a picture he took with, was it a little Mike and Funnybone? Yeah. Yeah, I didn't really realize how long they've been in the, the music game. Yeah, I met them a few years ago in New Mexico at the Gathering Nations. They're from Oklahoma, right? Yeah. I met them there. They did a performance. The first time I had

seen Mike Bone was, that's the name of the group. They were on, I think it was America's Got Talent. That was where I first seen them. And then they were performing. I'd gather in the nations and they were walking around selling their CDs and I saw them. I was like, oh man, so I started talking to them. And then I got a picture with them as well. And I didn't even know they were in this. See, I didn't really look into it. I mean, lately, I mean, when we get to these other movies, not this one, not sidekicks, but we get to action returns.

I mean, a lot of these new things, I don't, I just click on them and watch them. I mean, there's that, there's that other show on Shutter. I'm not sure if it got canceled or if they're doing it. I think it's called Trickster. I think that's dealing with some native, I think shape shifters up in Canada. I think that's what the story was about. I only saw the first two episodes and I need to go back and finish it.

But, I mean, it was good to see that. I mean, same thing with, what was that movie that came out last year? It was my number one movie of the year. Blood Quantum. I mean, how big. That one blew up. Yeah, that actor, not to get off subject, but the main actor that played the sheriff, he's going to be in the new, the Pet Cemetery prequel that's coming out.

No, no, no, not Pet Cemetery. The Fire Star is sequel. I think he's also going to be in some other show. So I guess there's a writer called Tony Hillerman. He did a few books, and then they made. some of his books in the movies. I guess they're going to make one of his books. It's called Dark Wind. They're going to, excuse me, they're going to make that into a series. And Zion, or however he say his name, is the main guy. He's going to be a Navajo tribal

policeman and that. I mean, I liked him in Longmire. I thought he was badass. He's supposed to be a fright mirror, but with the way everything's going right now, I don't even know, because even the small little horror cons that were coming around here, a lot of the actors pulled out that were supposed to be there. And I'm like, ooh. So I don't know. I mean,

Michael Gray eyes. Michael Gray eyes, he's going to be in the fire start. Not sequel, everybody. It's a remake. Who is he going to be? It says the character he's playing is Rain Bird. Hmm. this is a remake or prequel or remake the pet cemetery i'm mistaken it for is going to be the

prequel this is going to be a remake and this one has uh zach a fron and somebody else was in it just remember zach afron's in oh i know george c scott was i'm not sure if they were saying that he was supposed to be kind of native and i don't remember i haven't seen fire started for whatever. They did another one of those? I think. Nobody called me on it. I remember George C. Scott had a pony tail. I wasn't

sure. I have the movie. I just haven't watched it in a long time. You know, I guess we're going to have to do it. Write that one down. They're doing it as a horror. All right. So they try to do a Stephen Lang, huh?

I let him slide because he was badass and bandit. Or what's his name? Raymar. Ramar Sam Star and Long Riders. Oh, man. But yeah, I mean, native representation right now is awesome. I mean, I like what's going on and the things that are coming out.

And I'm glad that all these actors right now, especially in reservation dogs, I've never seen any of these young actors and they're all shining. Yeah, these kids, and it's really, it's kind of hard sometimes, you know, with child actors. but they're all, in my opinion, they're all great. And I love the reference, the, uh, Laura Dannen. Yeah. The baby from Willow.

And, and like it's, it, the, the show's funny, but it's also like dropping facts and stuff. I mean, like, when he's like, he kind of sees the spirit of, uh, I can't remember what the guy's name was. I mean, the guy was funny. He's a comedian. Yeah, but he, He was also, you know, he was dropping facts.

He was like, it's easy to be bad, but it's hard to be a warrior with dignity. Yeah. I was like. I mean, that's what I like about the show, because these kids are out there doing dirt. But then, yeah, you're getting this spirit, this warrior spirit of the main character. And he's telling him in funny ways. But yeah, he's dropping knowledge on him. And hopefully that kid hears it.

How many episodes is this going, do you know? Uh, I want to say 10, but I'm not 100% sure. You know how some of these series be like six, eight episodes sometimes, but I want to say at least 10. I hope so. My favorite character in this is Pauline Alexis. Oh, Willie Jack. Willie Jack. Dude, I thought that was a guy at first.

I wasn't really paying attention. and then they had one scene when she took off her outer shirt and she had one of those sports bra things on it. I was like, dude, that's a girl. Yeah, I knew it was a girl because I had a home girl that reminded me just like her. After I realized that, she reminded me of my friend Sarah. She lives up in Washington. And it just made me laugh.

But this Willie Jack character, man, she's awesome. It looks like she's going to be in the new Ghostbusters. I don't know. Yeah. But all right, cool. Good to see that this young native sister is out there doing it. And do you think they're going to keep up the joke of everybody's trying to get with Bear's mom? I think so.

Because I thought she was hot. I mean, I like the, what's her name from Rutherford Falls? She was the receptionist. Jenna, I can never say her last name. Schmitting, I think that's her name she was a receptionist and she's one of the main actors in Rutherford Falls

but the guy that played the warrior spare guy Dallas, good gold tooth he's funny we were in an indigenous Comic Con a few years ago and Mike

was doing the the native horror panel and he was one of the guys that was up there and I remember my guy dude you should have been sitting up there with me I mean they I know I think there was supposed to be some other guys but they didn't show up

so they kind of at the last minute they got this guy and I can't remember the other dude's name he's also in Rutherford Falls he's one of the workers in the casino that hangs out with Paulina John not Paulina um Julia Jones one of the casino workers he's got that tattoo on his neck those two him and this guy the warrior guy

guy. We're sitting on the panel with Mike. But I mean, they were both cool dudes, man. We're talking to him and everything. But yeah, I mean, if you guys have Hulu, definitely checks this show out. It's not one. If you don't care what your kids watch, I mean, the F-WR was flying throughout the show, which was shocking. I didn't know it was going to be that. Yeah, but I mean, that's how kids talk, man.

Maybe your kids don't talk that way. Oh, they do. They do. Mind us. I heard him the other night. And that's the first time I ever heard a swear word coming out of his mouth. And he started right with the top with the F word. I was like, little fucker, man, what's he doing in there?

But, yeah, I mean, there's just so much about this show. Like, I mean, like I said, I related to shout out to my friend, White Mike. I mean, there's a White Steve on here. But as soon as I see it, saw White Steve, I was like, damn. It was White Mike back in the day. I like with it. Yeah, let's go pick up White Steve. I mean, we, we,

Yeah, there was once somebody did a meme and it was a picture of that, I think it was that kid from the road warrior. The little frontal kid, they were saying there's always one white kid that hangs out with the Reds boys. And something to that nature. But this show was awesome. Oh, what's his name? Maddie. Cardaple, I think that's his name. He was in Stranger Things.

Yeah, him. He put a big smile on my face when he popped up on the screen. I hope they have him in it a lot more. But Lil Mike and Funny Bone, just look them up. They're two native hip-hop stars, and they go by Mike Bone. I think they're big hit right now. well, not right with a couple years ago was, um,

I think it was called do the rain dance or whatever. I remember that was, yeah, yeah, I think they got a remake remix out now. Yeah, they got a bunch of, they got a bunch of cuts.

I mean, I definitely check them out. I think the first song I heard from them was a, fry bread snacking. Oh, speaking of snacks, um, the hot chips,

if you guys have already seen the episode, but the hot chips thing, I don't know what it is with res kids and, these hot chips, be it hot Cheetos, hot fries, hot popcorn or whatever. And this show was flaming flamers. Yeah, that's a real thing. I mean, that made me laugh. I liked hot fries.

That was it. I can't eat that stuff now. No, no. Oh, my son, my youngest son, and even my grandson, my oldest grandson, they tear up that flaming hot Cheetos or whatever. So your stomachs are going to be all messed up from eating. shit stop eating it but i mean these kids are immune to it my my daughter does the the whatever the hot is hot what are they called talkies i i don't know i can't catch up is hot to me man so but

we could do a whole show on this everyone but so i guess we better get on the sidekicks all right It's sidekicks, uh, 1992 action adventure comedy. Do it, Barry? Barry was a hero in his heart. I really like you.

We always seem to meet this way. It's not going to be so easy this time. But he wanted someone to prove it to. Do you want a real shot of me? Where, there's your chance. Karate tournament. And he needed his fantasy partner. Hi, I'm Chuck Norris.

To become his real life teammate. Why don't you and I go win this thing, huh? Jonathan Brandis and Chuck Norris. I can't believe that was you. Side Jix, rated PG. Starts Friday, April 30th. Google Synopsis. An otherwise rejected or ignored boy, played by Jonathan Brandis, RIP,

creates a fantasy pal, Chuck Norris, from his martial arts movie hero. All right, Google, that was actually pretty good straight to the point one. Let's go, IMDB, a bully teen who fantasizes about Chuck Norris, sidekick trains in martial arts to fulfill his dream. Probably could have put it a different way that he fantasizes about Chuck Norris, but this star is, of course, Jonathan Branden is Chuck Norris, Bo Bridges, Mako, who played Mr. Lee,

Julia Nixon, Joe Piscopo, Danica McKellar, and so on. directed by Aaron Norris, who I believe is Chuck Norris's brother. Yeah, Richard Mall, Bull. Oh, yeah. It's a gym teacher in this one. Yeah.

All right, Nass. I know this was my pick, but you said you had some things to say about. All right. This movie, it is what it is. It's goofy and everything. And, yeah, I mean, at this point, Chuck Norris' career, was this during the Texas Walker stage? I think so.

I mean, because he was booming in the 70s and 80s with all his action films. And then it was kind of, I think he was just slowing down. I mean, he still does things here and there. But it was cool for him to do a film like this. It was a rated PG and it was geared more towards the kids. Early 90s, 92, different times. everyone. Walker was a year after this. All right. Because the

stereotypical racist shit that was in this movie, I forgot all about it. I was like, wow. They could make this movie today, minus all the racist stuff that was in it. And it was just flat out. I mean, no, not even trying to hide it or

anything. I mean, I was like, whoa, from the derogatory term chink to Redskins. Also referred to Mr. Lee, the guy with the cigarette, or the one of him, the guy to put a cigar. I'll refer to him as Charlie. Yes. And Joe Piscopo being an Asian gentleman in one of, what the hell is his name, Barry's, fantasies and how he was Oh,

I was like, oh my God, what's happening in this movie? And I was like, oh my God. I mean, I mean, just with today's standards,

everyone, they, this, they would, again, like I said, they could make this, remake this movie,

but they would have to ace all that stuff out. That was the only thing that really stood out to me in it, because I have not seen this movie in a really long time. and I was like, wow. I mean, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, they, being said and set aside, um, the movie's goofy. I mean, it is real slapsticky, especially with Joe Piscopal, if you guys know him.

Uh, I've, I first heard of seeing him on Saturday Night Live and then, then the movies he had done and the faces and the sounds he does in this movie. Oh, my favorite was at the end, but we'll get. there in a minute. But I liked what was going on in this film. I liked Barry, Barry's character, or Jonathan Brandes' character,

or rest in peace. Or even Julian Nixon, Cobow from First Blood Part 2. And Mako from Conan. He was the wizard guy. I think the only one that didn't really fit in this was Beau Bridges. I don't know.

he's a good actor. I'm not saying he's not. I think he kind of fit the father, the kind of computer nerd, you know, not really confronting people type. Because I think it kind of fits the way his son acts too. And you're not getting the hot teacher. I don't care what you say. Hey, man, it happens. I've seen some dudes with some women.

And I just like, how? I'm just hating But I mean But overall I like the story on what was happening And Barry just kind of fantasizing His idol his idol his martial idol Chuck Norris And I mean we've all been there growing up Yeah he's not fantasizing that he wants to be Chuck Norris

He wants to team up with him and go Basically do do all these adventures that he sees in these movies And he's reading about him And apparently he only owns one one martial arts magazine. Hold on. I had to shut the window. Winds picking up.

But it's hell hot in the studio. Anyway, but yeah, I mean, I liked what was going on because I sat there in class and daydreamed about, not Chuck Norris or anything,

but I mean, just daydreamed about things. I mean, yeah, but I'm sure you never spoke out what you're actually daydreaming. Because, I mean,

for the most part, you know, You know, kids daydream, but when you're just all like, whenever you need me, Chuck, I'll be there for you. You know, this is a little much, Barry. You know, I can see why all the kids is laughing. Yeah, I mean, yeah, I've never got to that point of daydreaming to speaking out super loud in class. But I liked what was going on. I mean, this kid had a good imagination, and he wasn't a bully or anything.

But the other thing is, I mean, I'm. I use an inhaler now just because I'm old, only when I need it. The inhaler he had, I mustn't, I don't ever really paid attention to those things. But that thing was huge. You look like a gun. Yeah, one of my nephews, he had to have an inhaler. Those are for more like extreme cases of asthma. Was it that big?

Yeah, well, that was 92. So it was big. but it wasn't the whatever Barry had you know shotgun and asthma inhaler and all like that but yeah they they do get big I guess it depends on your case when did you first see this uh had to been when I was kid when when near when this first came out because you know it had Chuck Norris and then I remember Jonathan Brandis from you know all the countless movies and TV shows he was doing at that age. And yeah, I always love this from when I was a kid, you know, I kind of lean towards

those movies where, where you got a kid that's kind of, you know, up against something, whether it's bullies or, you know, family problem, you know, whatever he needs to work out. And then you add the aspect of martial arts and action. And I'm sold. And then all the actors and actresses you brought up in it earlier. a minute ago, you know, I, of course, I remember all of them from the Conan to Rambo. And we didn't even bring up Danica McKellar from, uh, was it Wonder Years?

Winnie Cooper? Yeah, Winnie Cooper. And you can catch her in a very funny episode of impractical jokers. Because they did murder wrong on that one. Yeah, she, she aged good. I mean, I'm not a creepy old man. She's only a few years younger than me. So all you guys have to be calm down.

and super smart she's like a mathematician professor or something now so that's cool but yeah 46 yeah oh okay well i guess i yeah i knew i knew she was only a few years younger than me because i fell in love with her with in wonder years and she looked like she 26 i know but yeah i've always loved in the movie i it is kind of corny in some places but you know it was It was 92 and it was an action kids movie. And yeah, rewatching it now, there's quite a few cringy racial moments where they kind of, like you said, Joe Piscopo as the Asian dude, the Asian villain in one of Barry's fantasies. I was like, you're not, you're not getting away with that nowadays. Oh, no, not at all.

and the native mascots, Lamar Indian, or no, Lamar Redskins was the mascot of the school. I mean, this is all taking place in Houston, Texas. I don't know what part of Houston. I don't either. That was a very, Danica Keller's, McKellas character in this, her house was gigantic. And I'm like, where is this in Houston?

I don't know Brother Lance You got a big house So maybe he knows I mean I I only been to Houston once When I went to Lance's house

But I didn't go look around At the city So I don't I don't really Know the area But I mean This this story was just pretty much

straightforward A boy just fantasizes About being Chuck Norris This sidekick growing up watching all his movies carrying around the karate magazine with uh chuck norris on the cover and but a lot of his um his little daydreams are like his movies i mean they they reference missing in action um what was that one code of silence that one made me laugh the hardest when they had that one when uh i didn't even like that movie because i'm not a mullet guy i just didn't

I didn't lie. I just thought they looked stupid. But, I mean, for a few seconds in the 90s and maybe late 80s or whatever, or even today, some people still rock that. Man, if you rock it, hey, man, more power to you. But he was rocking the mullet. I think, yeah, I think it was Code of Silence when he had that one. I mean, it wasn't as hard as Van Dam's and Hard Target. That one he was rocking. I think we'll have to do that one eventually.

That's the one where he punched the snake? Yeah. But I mean, I liked what they were doing. I mean, if you were familiar with Chuck Norris' movies and all these daydreams that Barry was having, it was just because of the movies that he had watched. I mean, he did a Western one. Western was funny. I mean, the Code of Silence wasn't the Missing and Action one. I mean, the very beginning of the film, he fantasizes that they're ninjas.

Yeah, I like that one. Yeah, that one was cool But I mean That's what what it was He's just trying to live his life Being an asthmatic kid Constantly using his inhaler When he's like I think it was mainly

When he was getting more excited Yeah And just I think they were there I think they were in high school I mean going to school And dealing Not really being an outcast

Because I don't need Did he even have friends It seemed like Winnie Cooper That's all she is to me everyone It seemed like that was his only friend throughout the whole movie. Yeah, because it seemed like everybody picked on him and

some of it was kind of corny. Like when he comes out of his fantasy and the teachers yelling at him and then you got random girl like the way to go, Barry Wary. I was like, Barry Wary. Is this what we're doing? I'm like, I don't know. I mean, I guess they couldn't go too hard with the bullying. But yeah, it seemed like

everybody when he's getting bullied by a, the one, the main, the main bully kid and knocking him down in the locker room and everybody just gathers around just, just basically to see him get his ass kick. So I, other than a Winnie Cooper, like, no, this kid did not have one friend. Yeah, Randy was the, uh, the bad guy. He played John's fucking stupid hair. Oh, I, um, I was never a bully.

I think I've said this. I don't know what show we did, but I always. it up for people that were being bullied. But these two guys, Barry and Randy, Randy being the bully, I mean, Barry is just small little kid. And what makes these guys feel like they're inferior by tormenting

some little young guy? And all their friends, ha-ha, piling on top of them and laughing. I just, I never got that. And that's when I saw that growing up, man, we were the guys that beat up the bullies. I don't even not supposed to fight, but, I mean, I just didn't like that. But yeah, man, there's always got to be, in these type of films, there's always, there's always a bully.

At all these kid movies throughout a movie and TV history, there's always that one asshole in the school that thinks he's cool. This was kind of like the karate kid thing. I mean, I'm Team Johnny all the way, but I mean, this is, they, they, since Barry's fascinating, his fascination with Chuck Norris and the martial arts, there's got to be these other kids in school that, that are all martial arts guys. Yeah, and this is so karate kid, because he goes to the dojo to see if he can sign up for karate. And of course, this kid is like, their number one student. I mean, I mean, Joe Piscopal, man, I like him. He was awesome as Saturday Night Live. I loved him in Dead Heat with him and Treat Williams.

I think it was Treat Williams. But I think we have to do that at some point. Have you guys ever done that one? Dead Heat? Nope. Okay. So, but he was just pouring it on like 200%. Sense Kelly Stone.

Yeah. I thought that was a cool name, Stone Karate. Yeah, like it just total. karate kid rip off Barry and his dad go there to try to sign him up for karate and Beau Bridges Barry's dad walks out onto the mat

First of all I don't think this would happen There's a full class going on It's just full of people watching I'm sure the parents and friends or whatever And they're waiting to talk To That wasn't the Kelly Stone Joe Piscopold's character

They were waiting to talk to him, but then his dad was like, I can't wait. I got to go talk to him. Right during the middle of whatever he was trying to train them, and he steps on to the mat in his shoes. And then, yeah, I like how the class is like, oh, my God. I was like, okay. This guy's about to rip into him. Yeah, Stone, just, hey, you. Just, I'm like, did they tell you to act his way?

Yeah. No, you know they let him just do. This is what we need. See what you can do with it and we'll say actioned. Yeah, do it however you want to do it. And he did it like the corny's and the most hamming it up way you could be, no shoes on the mat. And I was like, oh, my God. When he first comes on, well, he came on earlier on the screen, but when he's his character, I was like, oh, my God, come on.

And it just got worse and worse every scene he had. But he was the typical bad sense, like how John Crease was. And at least John Crease was, like, serious about being a bad, at badass asshole. Yeah, this is like an exaggerated version of John Crease. Yeah, but yeah, and he just didn't even give a shit, man. He was still lightening to Barry. Like, Barry was sitting there listening and started wheezing. He was, hey, weezy, can you?

calm down. I was like, God damn, but at least his dad was like, you know what? I mean, this, this ain't for my son.

Let's go. And then barely he tries to. He brings up Chuck Norris. And Kelly Stone's like, Chuck Norris. If Chuck Norris was here, I'd kick his ass. Kick his ass.

You heard what I say? And everybody's just like, yeah. Okay. It's time to leave now. So, I mean, and Barry,

Barry's daydreaming is affecting his, his studies. Because his teacher, what the hell was her name? Noreen. I don't think that's what he called her, but. I think he, because he just called her Miss, Miss Chan.

Um, uh, Coe-Bow from First Blood Part 2. Um, she, she's, um, she sees it. But she's, she's, one of those teachers that's not like, Like, just the bitchy teacher doesn't want to help her student. She, at least she's concerned with Barry, like, okay, I want to talk to your dad. And she was talking to her dad. Like, he does good in school, but he has a hard time concentrating because he's off in his own world.

And she knows about Chuck Norris and everything. Yeah, because he basically has one of his teachers. Well, I'm assuming all of his teachers kind of feel this way, but we only really see a couple of his gym teacher and then I don't know what class of the other one where the teacher's basically telling her that Barry's a loser and all this shit. Yeah, that was Garrett Graham. He played Mr. Mapes. I'm not really sure what class he was teaching. Yeah, it looked like a college class. Yeah, I was like, man, our high school classroom weren't like that. But I am seeing here, they did film not only at a high school, but also Texas.

Southern University. I'm sure that's probably where that scene was. Oh, excuse me. But whatever class he was teaching, yeah, there's, then there's got to be the good teachers and then there's always got to be that asshole teacher. And Mr. Mapes was the asshole teacher. But he was really pouring it on trying to get on Mrs. Chan. Um, I was like, yeah, that was just total, total harassment right there.

She could have went to the HR department and told him the slowest role, but, because yeah, he was, I don't know, 92, though. Yeah, different times, everyone. He was like, yeah, well, we should go out and all this. And you can clearly see she didn't want nothing to do with him. I just remember him. He's been in a ton of movies, but I liked him in, shit, I just picked that movie up. Phantom at the Paradise or whatever of that movie. was called if you guys haven't seen that one but anyway um so while barry or no why mrs chan

is talking to uh barry's dad he starts um no no no there's earlier before his dad got there he was fantasizing uh having a daydream of he was sitting in his classroom and all of a sudden he looks out the window and he sees the helicopter and chuck norris is hanging from a rope uh i think he was saying like help me Barry but you you couldn't you just see his mouth moving and even Barry was like what and then I think he was saying look out

because then Barry turned around and this ninja or whatever came crashing through the wall and was getting ready to slice Barry but he holds up his arm as Miss Chan grabs his arm and he's like where were you just now?

He was like oh I had this Charlie horse in my arm and but I mean he's still like listening to her but he's still in daydream mode because he looks over to the side of her and that ninja is still standing right there with a sword I mean again I mean we all we all done it I mean guys and when we fantasize about wanting to be with our heroes eventually we'll do lax action hero and now that

that was all me that whole that whole movie uh my daydreaming but anyway So then, yeah, Barry's dad comes to school and he's just like, he's a widowed father, his wife passed. And he's just, it's just him and his son. And he's like, he's a good dad. He works hard. But he's like, I'm always working. I really don't have, I don't get to spend much time with him.

But, I mean, that's the life of a single parent, man. I mean, you got to work to take care of your family. So, I mean, I'm not hating on anybody that does that. If you're out there doing it, if you're pulling, if you're punching that clock twice and you're a single parent, I mean, right on. Horns up to you. And I like how they portrayed him in this because, yeah, he's single father and he's working, but you can tell he's still trying to be there as much as he can. Yeah. I mean, he's there, but then, and he knows it.

He sees that I know I should be there, but my job really takes up most of my time. So, I mean, it's not like he just does not give a shit about his son. He knows the issues. He knows about his daydreaming and his fascination with Chuck Norris. So at least, I mean, he knows all that instead of just being the clueless parent that never knows what's going on in your kid's lives. So, um, uh, Miss, Norma, Miss Chan's kind of like, you know what? Um, I think I'm, I have my, my uncle coming to town. I think Barry should meet him and maybe they'll hit it off.

Did she tell him that, yeah, he would train him in karate or is it just something I think they need to meet? Yeah, I think they might have said something about it because it was fascination with martial arts. And then she said her uncle was he was coming into town. And that's when she was basically like, I think my uncle could help him. Yeah. And then we see Meko. what the hell is his name Mr. Lee

He's at the train station somewhere and this is racism has already been going on in this movie but he's standing in line everyone's getting in line there's an older Asian gentleman standing in front of Mr. Lee

puffing on a big Stogie and then there's this white guy behind him like hey hey can you tell him to put that out and then Mr. Lee kind of turns out I think he calls it I think he says, calls him chin. He says something like that. He says something like that, but when they obviously changed it, because when he turns and looks and he goes, oh, you can clearly see him mouth that like he said, well, which chink are you talking about?

Yeah. They probably said, you know, we need to take some of the racist stuff out, but let's take this one, this one thing out. But then he proceeds to call him Charlie. Yeah. I was like, oh, my gosh. And then he was straight up and he goes, what? Because he was like, well, which, which chink are you referring to? And he goes, I don't know, that guy right there.

You all look the same to me. I was like, God damn. What? Another, another thing that this movie would not fly today. Oh, uh-uh. So, yeah, so that was our introduction to him. That was the scene went on with a magic. trick with the cigar and ending up being in that white guy's pocket and catching on fire or whatever.

But yeah, we go to the restaurant. They work, I think Mrs. Mrs. Chan's family owns the frying dragon. That's the name of the Chinese restaurant. So he's trying to teach Barry. I mean, there was never really an introduction. It's like when we see them together, they're like already know each other. and then

Yeah, I wonder if there's deleted scenes. I scream factory, whoever one of you guys needs to put this Blu-ray out. Yeah, because, you know, now that you mention it, there is a few times in this movie where we just kind of cut to something and it just seems like a conversation

or something like that has already happened and we're supposed to just kind of go with it. Yeah. So Mr. Lee is kind of just, teaching him his his his his wisdom but as he's cooking and he's throwing a dumpling dough at Barry in the face like basically you need to be alert at all time stop veering off into your dream world I mean nothing against daydreaming and all that but when when you want to focus on trying to learn

martial arts I know nothing about martial arts except for what I see on TV and in the movies but yeah I do listen to them when they're when they're talking don't explain. Look, man, it's all about balance. And Barry knew that too, because earlier when he got into it with Kelly Stone, when he was saying that karate isn't just about punching and kicking ass, it's

about discipline and focusing and all that. Stone was like, yeah, whatever. So he's just trying to teach him the rights and wrongs and stuff of trying to be the martial arts and karate.

And then here's another scene where more racist stuff happens. Barry's dad is sitting out there trying to have a quite little quiet dinner room with Mrs. Chan but in come in all these bikers. Ah, the bikers. Dennis Berkeley, he's been in a ton of things.

Either they're a biker or just a tough guy. I mean, he's been in so many TV and movie and everything. So. Yeah, his name is in this movie is Hank. short running Henry They're sitting there With Barry's dad And Norrin kind of

Or Norrin Yeah Mr. Chan just kind of ran into the Into the kitchen Say these guys, you need to come out here or something These guys are here And they're getting ready to wreck the place So Mr. Lee kind of looks in and sees all those

These bikers sitting out there And this It kind of reminded me of um and bruce lee's um was that way of the dragon aka return of the dragon when those dudes came in there and wrecked uh the chinese restaurant that they're working at same scene um so they're like yeah and a few little racial uh Asian the jabs uh but then mr mr lee comes out before he goes out he like gets some some whiskey or whatever and splash is all over himself he acts like he's drunk he goes out with a big old plate of food yeah he kind of comes out

stereotypical too because when he walks out from the kitchen he's all hey hey oh no one do is it's a drunken chinaman yeah i don't say damn but yeah i mean when he comes out and being all clumsy and everything but actually like doing damage and then boom hitting him in the faces stepping on their toes dumping uh hot suits or tea or whatever on Hanks lap and he goes he jumps up and yeah I am trying not to do nothing after that

I'm trying to fight nobody or nothing and then what made him jump up onto the chair what was it the it wasn't the tea or soup or whatever he did something to him to where he jumped up on the chair and the spinning fan

on the ceiling was hitting him in his head I don't know what made him jump. I know there was people on the floor and he was, no, he kicked him in the nuts, didn't he? Oh, yeah, that's right. He jumped up. That's when he jumped up on the chair. And then the ceiling fan is hitting him in the head and he's going, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh. I'm like, oh, my God.

Again, I forgot how slapsticky this movie was. So he basically just beats the hell out of all these guys and then they all, obviously they're okay. They all get on their bikes and ride away as Mr. Lee and. barrier outside waving at him as they're riding off. So then we're getting many montages of Mr. Lee train and Barry. He could one of the, well, earlier before that was, he told Barry, he was like, look, how far is your school?

He's, I don't know, like two miles. He goes, okay, first day or the first week or, no, I think it was the first day you're going to walk, and then the next day you're going to run and so forth. And I think what he was doing today. that was just trying to help Barry build up his wind. Yeah, because he said something about, I forgot how it exactly went, but he was going to, like, he was talking about his inhaler, he was a guy, we're going to see if that's a crutch or I forgot what, what else?

Yeah, I think he, because he was like depending on it more. Yeah. Um, I mean, I use an inhaler, but I never get to the point where I'm going to pass out for, for not using it. But, um, yeah. Essentially, he was. go ahead. Everyone's got a different case when it comes to those things.

Yeah, essentially he was just going to, he was just going to try to see. It was like, do you really need it or do you think you need it? Yeah, because, so yeah, he does that. And I did like this scene. Barry's like, he's walking to school and he sees Winnie Cooper and she kind of like, hey, and he's like, well, if you want a ride, he's like, no, I'll just see you at school.

But as he's walking along, he starts daydreaming again. Like he hears something and then he goes diving into the, into the bushes and then he's like in some kind of war scene when all these, I assume it was a Vietnam scene because there was all these soldiers around and he's hiding in the bushes and all that. I think I missed the scene when he was, yeah, he was at home. Let me back up a little, he was at home watching missing in action.

Yeah. And then he starts daydreaming about, it's the scene when Chuck Norris, Braddock, comes out of the water with the M-60 and shooting out all the bad guys. And yeah, this scene was pretty racial too. This is when Joe Piscopo was dressed up as an Asian guy with the little hats and the Fulmanchu mustache and the hoho and all soul and stuff. I was like, oh, my God.

I mean, I would like to ask Joe Piscope, well, if you, if you watch that now, what do you think of it? I mean, I probably tell you. I don't want to talk about that. It was just a roll. I just did what they told me. It was 92, man. It was 92. Different times.

So, yeah, so that, yeah, in that scene, when Chuck comes out of the water shooting and Mrs. Chan, as it was, captured she was the hostage and Joe Piscopo being his Asian self and then Barry comes out of the water with an M60 shooting and they're okay I mean cool

awesome but back to the scene when Barry jumped into bushes and he was going to fight more guys in war and everything but he kind of I think is when he kind of snaps out of it and that's when he sees Winnie Cooper

so he goes to school we get to gym class and they're climbing the rope. Did you guys have to climb those ropes in school? Yeah, we had to do all that shit. We had to climb ropes. We had to

fucking swim laps to take all these like ridiculous tests. I wouldn't mind the swimming, but the ropes even then, we only had the rope climbing in junior high but even then I was thinking,

And this is dangerous. Because if you guys have been in a regular, just a gym, you know how high those ceilings are. And that rope went to the ceiling. And that was one of the things you had to do in gym. I'm like, I'm like, okay. But if you were to fall from that, I mean, that's a long drop onto a little thin mat. I had a kid in my class that fell, broke his arm. And then the teacher tried to make it seem like it's because he didn't know the proper way to climb a rope.

I'm like, damn. I don't think that. flies now unless someone tells us me hey maybe if your kids have that rope but I'm right now I don't because I asked my kids I said do you guys climb ropes in school and they're like what are you talking about so I assume they didn't have it here but they do have square dancing at this high school in the town I live in and I'm glad I didn't go to this school but so uh Barry's trying to do no no earlier when when we see him sitting there he's sitting on the on the bleach with the other students that just have the doctor.

Yeah, why. And he's, what I didn't understand is that you have all these other kids sitting there in just a regular street clothes. And since he's got a medical issue as well, why is he the only one sitting there in his gym uniform? I always kind of took it as he was always trying to be a part of it, but they would never let him. Oh, okay.

Well, that makes more sense. But he's just sitting there. And yeah, this is when we're introduced to Bull, Coach Horn. And if you guys know Richard Mall, I mean, he's good in every role. Yeah, he's in. I loved him in, what was that movie with The Greatest American Hero? House. I'd have to do that one as well.

I haven't seen that movie in forever. but he was badass in that movie. I can't remember his name. He was a big soldier. Vietnam soldier. Anyway, but he's just screaming. I had this coach. I mean, even if he was talking to,

he'd be like, ah, Nez, get over here and do these pull-ups. Ness, throw that ball. Nez, you're the last, you're always the last one. I mean, he was that coach. They would just scream at you. Never said your first name. Just called you by the last name. The only time he would say a first name when he would say my brother's name.

And I don't look like my brother at all, but he always called me Jamie. But anyway. So he's that coach of screaming in Barry's face. Because Barry starts a day jam and he just gets in his face. What are you doing? And all that. He didn't climb a rope until later, right? Because I don't think he climbed it the first time.

I think he does climb it here Oh, because I think he was talking to him And Barry had said something And then he goes, well, you know what, here? I think if you think you can do it, why don't you get over here And then show us how to climb this rope. Yeah, because I was trying to get him to sit back on the seat of the bleachers. And he told him basically like, if I have to, I'll sign a waiver.

Yeah. So Barry, like, he gets out onto the mat And he gets to the rope and starts to climb it But other than him just being just nervous And the asthmatic stuff, he's Not sure if he can really has the strength to do it But then he goes in the daydream mode And the robe next to him, here's Chuck Norris

All right, Barry, man, you can do it. All you got to do is get your footing And one hand over the other and Chuck Norris talks him into it. All right. I like how Bulls like, who the hell is he talking to? Yeah. Because, I mean, Barry's, when he daydreams, like we said earlier, he's talking, like, to whoever he's daydreaming about.

And I assume they were on some kind of platform and that was just pushing them both up because I don't care how strong you are. I don't the way he would they were holding the rope they were like it was right in front of them and they were and they didn't even look like they were flexing especially Chuck when he starts climbing a rope like there's like no effort at all he had a tank top on and you don't see I mean when you climb on those ropes especially the way he was holding him and though you'd be at full

flexed and shaking and trying to climb that thing but it's part of the movie Yeah, and Winnie, I love you, but when she does the, you can do it, Barry. I was like, he doesn't eat that right now. Well, uh-uh. None of that. I mean, gals, you might be thinking it's helping, but no. You're making it worse.

Yeah, you're making it worse for us because we're going to have to hear it and deal with it later from everyone else. But he makes it to the top and everybody, yeah, even coach one with that, well, God damn or whatever he said. so this is when he after they go into the locker room that's when Randy and the gang come up and uh slam Barry on the ground and starts talking shit to him and

oh he started yelling oh you want you Barry where he wants to learn karate and they slam him on the ground and and then they pick up um uh Barry's Chuck Norris magazine or his karate magazine and I can't remember what he said

something stupid, but he tears the cover. He said if you signed up for a Sensai Stone's class, I'd be doing this to you every day. Yeah, so obviously of course. I mean, Stone is the bad

teacher. Like Miyagi said, he goes, there's never a bad student. It's always a bad teacher. So, of course, he's the typical bad guy. He's got even a bad guy name, Kelly Stone. So more montage of Barry and Mr. Lee. He just kind of trying to work up his strength as well as his wind

because he's making him do push-ups, ride a bike, running with him. I mean, Mr. Lee's in a van how Barry's trodling along. Does he say hi-ya in the van? Yeah. I don't know why he keeps doing that. I don't know. So, oh, this part was this part, I felt bad for him. I did, something like this happened to me, but I didn't go as this far.

Barry is kind of talking to Winnie. What the fuck is her name? I keep calling her Winnie Cooper. That's all I see her as. Because she is Winnie Cooper. Lauren. Nah, I like Winnie. Yeah, she's Winnie Cooper, everyone.

She even said in an interview. just call me Winnie Cooper. I just accept it. Good, good for her. I'm glad she's not. Ah, that's not my name. But anyway. So he's walking along and goes, yeah, yeah.

You're really cool. And I really like you. And she's like, well, I like you too. But not like that. And he just, he was just like crushed. Like, I mean, did he just,

did he just meet her? I don't know. It's like that scene, I mean, it wasn't to this extent, but that line in Black Widow at the end where she tells that guy who's like, you've always been a good friend of me. And he was like what every man wants to hear from a woman. Yeah. She goes, I like you, but not like that. And he just like, all right. She makes the words.

I just feel so bad for you. I was like, oh. She just turned that knife. She already pulled his heart out. She just set it on fire. So he goes, the crushed look in his face. And then he goes running off and crying.

Yeah, I was crushed too. When I got rejected, I didn't cry. I don't know. Fuck that. I mean, she does kind of make it seem that way throughout the movie. I mean, she's like, when he has to stay behind class, she's like, do you want me to wait for you and just all kinds of stuff? she's like his only friend cheering him on.

I'm like you did kind of make it seem like it was a little bit more than that. Yeah, man. I mean, you basically throwing it at him. That's how we see it get ladies. It does you throwing it at him. And then he was like, oh, man,

he thought it was all good. But she straight out, I don't like you like that. Ran off crying. I didn't run off crying. Yeah, I was a little crush and everything. But I was like,

no, fuck all that. Real quick about her character. They made it known that her father's a Texan and they live in Houston. There is nothing Texas about none of the actors in this movie. No one had an accent. Not one person. Because she was straight out. Yeah, my dad's a Texan.

Shoot him and mount them and whatever else. She said. So as he goes running off crying, he's like, he starts to use his inhaler, but then he gets mad. Like, I don't need this. And he slams it on the ground and breaks it. And then he goes running. He makes it home.

But then he's sitting on the bench on the porch and he's wheeze it and wheeze it. And then just goes right into daydream mode. I don't think I can daydream if I'm like trying to catch my breath. But his daydreams seem to go into situations. for bad things too. Yeah. So he's laying on a table. He's strained,

he's chained to this table. The bull or Coach Horn, Richard Moe. He's playing a German Nazi soldier. And he's doing the whole Haas. Whatever the German accent is in these

movies, like you can't escape from me now. And that's not a German accent. Anyway, you guys know what I'm talking about. And Chuck is tied up, they're also chained up to the wall. And, um,

coach horn, uh, whatever he was. I can't remember his rank. But he's, he's tightening the chains. And Barry's going, I can't breathe.

And he's like, he's like, he's just torturing him. And Chuck's like, sorry, Barry, he can do it. It looks like it breaks his ribs.

I mean, as tight as they get. Yeah, man. It'd be different if it was a rope, but this is metal chain. I'm sure it would have just broke his lungs and rib cage and everything, but he's like, I can't breathe. Hang in there, Barry. Yeah. Chuck, you're not helping.

Yeah, you're not helping at all. You could see he's getting tortured. And then Barry wakes, or no, they kind of snap out of the dream world and Barry's getting wheeled. Or he's in an ambulance and he's got the oxygen mask and his dad's like, it's all right, son, it's all right, man. Just breathe. You're going to be okay. So Barry ends up going to the hospital just because all because of Winnie Cooper.

Shut him down and he just went into an asthma attack and he ended up in the hospital. And I'll have some things to say about Winnie here in a minute. So we get to the hospital. Mrs. Chan and Mr. Lee show up. And Mr. Lee's like, what room is he in? Oh, he's in room, whatever, whatever. So he goes running down there. And Barry's just kind of going in and out.

He's got the tubes and everything in his nose to help him breathe. But the doctor did say he just had a really severe attack. And he's going to be all right. just needs a rest. But Mr. Lee goes in there with his little ancient Chinese sav and he starts putting it on Barry's chest.

And Barry's kind of awake like what is that? He goes, I wouldn't know if I told you. So he's like, he goes, this will help you. He goes, just breathe. And he's like, and Barry's like, it's starting to burn. He goes, that means it's working. It'll help you. Just breathe.

And then try to get some. some rest. So whatever it was, they didn't really go into it anymore after that. But my friends, his aunt had some stuff like that. She was Japanese though. She was rubbing it on my friend's arm because he was playing baseball at the time and everything and his arms were always sore. And I don't know what the hell she was. It rubbed it on it. It burned and it stunk. And she always told us, actually that's when you know it works. Because I had rub some on my knee because I had just my knee was sore from skateboarding. And it felt like it was like burning, like, like hotter than icy hot.

And I was, ha, ha, and she goes, that means it's working. Just let it, just tough it out. It burns and it stinks, then it works. Yeah. So, um, so Barry, not saying that that helped him, but I'm sure it did help him. And I'm sure it probably, uh, the way it smelled might have cleaned up or cleared up, uh, his lungs so he can breathe. So Barry's out of the hospital. More montage of Barry and Mr. Lee training.

When did he, when, when did Randy challenge Barry to, oh, no, no, no, they got into it in the gym again. Yeah. And he had, he threw him down on the ground and Barry basically let him know it's not going to be so easy this time and kind of did like some kind of sweet kick move when he was on the ground. Yeah, that's right. Because Barry was talking to Winnie Cooper and then he, I think he was just picking up the equipment. And that's when Randy came up behind him and slammed him on the ground. And then Barry just let him have it. And then they kind of stopped it.

Oh, no, yeah, Coach Horn came running out and stopped it all. He'll kill you, Barry. or Grubrowski. Yeah. So he told him, Randy was like, you know what? He goes,

you want more of this? He goes, here, come to this and he had this flyer of the, the All Valley karate chamber. I'm just saying,

I don't know what it's said. Basically what it was. It was Houston's All Valley karate tournament. Yeah, that thing. I'm just juice. Really quick.

Fuck, we're getting another course. Cobra Kai season this year in December. And my daughter, if you ever hear this, I want my money. We made a bet. I told you we'd get Cobra Cuyah before Stranger Things. And that's how it's coming. December.

I'm juice. We get two seasons in one year. Start us off and to end it. Oh, my God. I can't wait. Tary Silver is going to kick ass in this. Anyway, we'll talk about that when it comes on. Oh, real quick.

I'm not feeling her at this point in the movie because after he defends himself from from the bully she wants to Barry what are you doing this weekend I'm going to the zoo he was like oh can I come to Barry if I was you always said no you can't come I said hell no I was like we don't like each other like that remember you feel sorry for me I mean even I mean if this is me boys and girls if I was buried and she came at me after she saw me whoop up some dude and got all

excited yeah hey now and then wanted to be with me like hell no get lost but I mean but even if I was like all right yeah yeah and then we hooked up it would always be on the back of my mind like hey man this this chick just shot me down said she didn't think of me like that

now of a sudden she does yeah I'm with you on that man Winnie. If I did something that maybe a girl shot me down was excited over, I'd be thinking if you're excited, somebody else is excited too. Yeah, and those are the gals in there, too. Best yet, go after her best friend. It seems like she didn't have friends either.

I assume her friends are the cheerleaders, but I don't know. And speaking to cheerleaders, what the hell kind of cheerleading uniform? They look like little sailors. I don't know. And I didn't know that was part of gym class Is to watch the cheerleaders perform I all right I mean I don't remember ever seeing them in there

When we were They were they were always cheerleading like after school But yeah During school in gym class and Go Indians go or no Go Redskins go Redskins I was sitting just cringing like Ah I could not go to the school

Because I'd have been going off Well, they probably change the name now to Houston high school team or something. Oh, man. So, yeah, they end up going to the zoo. And it was mainly just Barry talking to Mr. Lee. They didn't really show Barry and Winnie, like, walking around holding hands or anything. But I think they were just more talking about. Um, are you ready for the All Valley?

We're only calling it All Valley everyone because I don't know what it was called. But are you ready and Barry's like, yeah, man, I'm, I'm juiced. So it comes to the, um, no, no, no. Barry, this is when he has the code of silence, uh, daydream. Check doors is come running in and this is, it was so slab sticky. Uh, Randy and Joe Piscopo are, was this? like a toy factory or something? I don't know. They were stirring a big

thing of the, I'm assuming it was bubble gum or something and I had no idea what's going on and one of the henchmen had like the biggest mohawk I just I don't know. I don't know what was going on. I did like how it ended though.

Yeah. We see Chuck, he's in there first and no, both of them. They're in like the black trench coats. the mullets and shotguns. So they go in there and they kind of have a shootout. And then they both start kicking ass. And usually in the daydreams,

Mrs. Chan was always the damselaunt of stress because he goes running there and finding it. Chuck's looking at him like, what's going on? Who is she? And he goes, this is my daydream. And then he's all happy and hugging on Winnie. Chuck's just like, oh.

Yeah, he was like, okay. I mean, do you have, here's a question. Do you think Chuck only did this because his brother was directing this or? Yes. I mean, did his brother write the story like, hey, man, come on. This is this is a good movie. I mean, all right. You promise you do one of my movies.

Yeah. what was good about this was it did for the young generation at this time that didn't know who Chuck Norris was it kind of opened that door for them they probably couldn't go back and watch his movies but he actually directed some other movies Chuck was in

which ones he did Mission and Action 3 Delta Force 2 stupid movie Chuck was in what was it top dog. Yeah, that's yeah,

I was towards the end. What was that one he did with Luke Gossett Jr? Oh, the one that's kind of like a, like their treasure hunters or something? Yeah,

it was more of a comedy. Oh, gosh, I can't remember. I didn't even get all the way through that one. I was like, oh, this is killing me.

I mean, once he started doing these, this one was out that I was able to at least sit through. and enjoy it for what it was at the time. I probably thought it was goofy in 92, but in 2021, oh my God, this movie is, it is what it is.

It is enjoyable when you haven't seen it in a long time. And if it does come out on Blu-ray, of course I'll buy it. I got a ton of Chuck. Firewalker. Yes, that was it. So, yeah, they go in there and they save Winnie Cooper, and then, all right, we're going to fast forward up to the tournament. and this isn't just a karate tournament.

This is like a martial arts freestyle. Yeah, skills, weapons. I don't know the correct, pronounce the correct term, but basically like people doing like Cata and stuff like that. So it was just a all around team competition. Yeah, but then we find out that Chuck Norris is one, one of the sponsors and he's going to be there.

So obviously the, the, the dojo that's always wins every year is the stone karate dojo. So they're, there are the bad guys of this and, I mean, Joe Piscopo just turns it up the heat. And this on how he acts of being the asshole.

And everybody knows it because when they're like, oh my God, it's, it's him. You guys all know how he is because, When you see Chuck Norris, go ahead. I was going to say even like during the competition when his team's doing stuff, like the camera cuts to him and he's just like flexing for no reason.

He's just like, oh, what is happening? Yeah, because there's a scene when Chuck Norris is standing there talking to whoever, his friends or whatever. And then Kelly Stone goes walking, oh, hey, yeah, Chuck, finally get to kick your ass and all this in his face. and Chuck is just looking at him like, all right. And then he kind of walks away and he was, okay, that guy will never change.

So obviously they know each other. Yeah, and I like they threw that in there. They didn't have to really go into a backstory. They just Kelly Stone's always been an asshole. And Chuck just confirmed like, this guy will never change. Yeah. So then we get into the competition,

a lot of a montage of, these are all legit. martial artists and and kata and everything every once because the men and women we see them out there doing the with the swords

um doing the kata and the just everything you you can think of they're in there doing even with the the weapons like with the with the with the bow staff and numchucks and shit like that

then we get to the the brick breaking. Who does it first? Randy? Yeah, Randy and he does the I think he wants another brick. Yeah. And then he's got a

Randy's like a little not as extreme but kind of like a little mini version of Kelly Stone. Yeah, he he breaks them that first time. But then we see Chuck also getting in. No, no, no, no. Before

all this starts, they go to register. Miss Chan, Mr. Lee, and Barry, and they're going up like, hey, here's our applications, and they're like, well, who's your fourth? And I go, it's just the three of us. We're going to compete as a trio. And they're like, no, you need a fourth person to be in this. And you don't have a fourth person. I mean,

say, nara, or whatever that we said. And they're like, fuck, what are we going to do? And then Mr. Lee's kind of like, all right, I got an idea. So he grabs Mrs. Chan and they go running and then he's telling her like, just go ask him, go ask him, and want her to go up and talk to Chuck Norris, see if they can join the team. How do you think she talked to him? Do you think she told him how Barry fantasized about him all the time?

Or did they let him know that he gets to go against Kelly Stone? I think that was more of it, more, more the reason why he, he wanted to do it. It's basically to shut up. Stone. Because that's what it made it seem like. But, uh,

cause she's like, he's again, he's standing there talking to or whoever. And she just walks up. Chuck, can I, can I talk to you? And he's like,

excuse me, guys. And he just goes walking. She's a beautiful young woman. Would I have stopped talking to my friends to go talk to her? Probably. But I assume that's what he was stopping for. yeah but i'm sure chug was done been married for years during all this but anyway it moves the

story along yeah this is a movie chuck so yeah so i i don't know they don't they don't go into what she said to him but uh basically yeah uh he was gonna do it so we see barry he's sitting uh watching the competitions going on and they're right here he's sitting on the steps and everyone else is sitting in seats. No way he would have been able to sit there. Security bin were the people ushers, whatever, hey, you can't sit right here. Go sit in the chair.

There's martial arts now. Nobody's stopping him. And there was an empty seat right next to him where he was sitting. But Chuck. He goes to walking down and sits down and Barry is looking around, clapping and cheering. This is when he notices Chuck Norris sitting right there. And his eyes are all.

open mouth open like oh my god the thing that gets me is nobody around them cares that Chuck Norris just sat down yeah I mean even the dude that was sitting next to Chuck Norris well didn't even like out I would have been like whoa what the fuck ah and I love you in this movie and that movie

and I love you when Bruce Lee killed you and Way the Dragon yeah I would have been like Mr. Norris how was it acting and you know such and such uh yeah I would have been going off man I'd have been fanboying out but no one no one gave a shit. But now that I'm saying it,

maybe they had it play that way to make it seem like Barry thought he was daydreaming again? Yeah, okay. I can see that. Realistically, everybody would have been like, oh my gosh, Chuck Norris. Yeah, because earlier, when he came walking in the first time, and there's Chuck Norris.

Everybody was like, oh, my God. Yeah. And then when he comes walking down, just says, no one cares. Yeah, because, you know, realistically speaking, the crowd would have formed around him.

Security would have told Barry, you can't sit on the steps, and he would have never got to talk to Chuck Norris. He would have had security around him. Not that he needed it, but mainly just crowd control. So he sits down and, hey,

hey, how you doing? I'm Chuck Norris. And Barry is like, I know who you are. And he kind of goes, hey, man, what do you say you and I go out and win this thing?

Uh, yeah. He's like, all right, cool. So he gets up and goes with him. We go back to the registration table and that guy's reading and he goes, Chuck Norris. The Chuck Norris is your fourth team member. And they're like, yep. And he goes, come on. You're killing me.

And then here comes Chuck. Hey, guys, how you doing? And then he's like, oh, okay. And then this is. Yeah, he's sonned him. He was like, do we have a problem, son? It's like, Chuck Norris says, we got. a problem son you just let them

in the competition that he's sponsoring so yeah yeah I mean yeah I mean these rules are pretty lenient going on in this I mean so I mean plus the competition was

already going I mean shouldn't they have been already signed up and registered but I don't know fast and loose with these rules yeah I guess you could show up whenever you feel like showing up so he gets there. More montage of everyone out there doing it. Because then we even

see Chuck Norris is all gied up and he's ready to go. And even Kelly comes, oh, we finally get to see who's tough. And then I'm going to kick your ass and all this shit. Kick his ass. It's just so like, I mean,

Chuck Norris is like, I'm man, whatever. So we see Chuck Norris out there sparring with some guys. And um like how intimidated would you feel like oh yeah man i'm i'm gonna i'm gonna fucking kick ass in this and you see you're who your opponent is and it's chuck narht stand in

like i nobody's up to his level in in this tournament but okay so some of these guys i mean i'm not in shape but there's a couple guys in this tournament that i'm like you guys guys, I don't know, maybe you're really good at martial arts because he don't look very athletic. Because even the guy Chuck Nour's was fighting. I mean, he almost fell off the mat and Chuck kind of grabbed him and gave him a hug. Yeah, yeah, right on. And yeah. Oh, the guy that looked like he was fucking breathing hard before.

Yeah. So, um, Mrs. Chan gets up there. she does I assume it was Cata but like really fast and she did it I mean the women that they were shown earlier

doing all that and they were moving all super fast and everything and jumping up and she was up there moving all hell slow and I just barely barely did anything compared to what the ladies we just saw seconds ago do I was like all right whatever but she's one of the stars of the movie

so everyone's cheering for her she goes to sit down earlier when Mr. Chan was or Mr. Lee was there once the original goes all right well I'll see you guys later I had to go back and run the restaurant then we'll be back by two so he's like all right so it's his turn two two it's like two 30 and where is he he comes running in to do his

yeah this is when we show Randy breaking the bricks and then Mr. Lee he comes running up it's his turn to do the bricks okay go ahead fast and loose with the rules again that is a rule you can't not be you can't you have to wear a ghee or some kind of something and all he has to see is I don't need a key to break bricks and the guys is like go ahead yeah that would be just part of the question right there here he is right up there hat apron everything he just left the restaurant and and came over here and these announcements or dudes. How fresh was that guy's mullet? And how raw did he think he looked at his Don Johnson sports coach? I'm surprised they didn't go off on a little racial tangent with anything.

But, I mean, they were just as corny. You can tell they wanted to. Oh, yeah. They can references to the frying dragon name and the him wearing an apron. I was like, are you guys going to go there? But they didn't go there. I think someone at this one would decide something. So Mr. Lee goes up there.

He eyes it, gets one more brick, and he breaks it. Now it's finally his time to shine. All right. I liked how he started out with this. But of course, this is a big daydream movie. So, all right, I'll let it slide. But man, I mean, I'll give it to this kid, man. Jonathan Brandis, Barry, he went out there.

He had nunchucks. He was out there doing what he came. I could not, I don't even want to try that. I would knock myself out. Shout out to my brother Derek, man. Got a busting himself twice in the head with nunchucks, full speed. No, I'm good. Never, never picked him up again after that.

But I mean, obviously, I mean, they showed him training with him earlier during one of the montage. I'm sure this young kid sat there in probably practice, practice, practice. because he was out there doing good, flumming around. Next thing you know, he's got two of them. They're going all over the place,

over the shoulders, under the arms, around the neck and the legs. And then he starts walking to the camera, and then he fantasizes he's a ninja. Hugh the stunt double. Yeah, doesn't even look like him.

And here is a white ninja guy in all white, just throwing it around, throwing in the kicks and the splits and all that. And then as he does his last move and then comes down and then we get out of daydream land and there's Barry standing there. I think he could have been, I thought he was doing good right from the get-go. But, yeah, again, he's got a daydream. This is how he looks to everyone.

So, all right, I can let that slide. Finally, so he does good. Now we get to Chuck Norris and Kelly Stone are going to fight. So they're like, Joe Piscopo, Kelly Stone. just pouring hamming it up again. They were all like, yeah, kick your ass and see how tough you are. And then fucking Chuck Norris is just lighting him up. And then he at one point he hits, Chuck Norris hits stone in the chest.

And he kind of goes, he takes it like, oh, yeah, that was nothing. And then he turns around the camera. Oh, with this dumb look on his face. I was like, oh, my God. then it wasn't there like a little scene where like the the referee says go and then chuck just comes on like full speed like pop pop pop pop yeah he just lit it well i wasn't ready i wasn't ready you didn't say go man i was like oh my god so then after he did that and stuff they they were uh sparring with uh those gloves not not boxing gloves like the little karate glove things so he took

all those off, took off his top gie, and then just started flexing. All right, right here. At this time, when we first were introduced to Joe Piscopo on Saturday and live, he was just comedian.

And I think it was Muscle and Fitness. One of those muscle magazines we see, we saw how Joe Piscopo man, he was cut. And he was still cut in this movie because when he takes that off and then he starts, He's all just greased up and everything.

He starts flexing like the 12 pack and everything is there. And then he's like, yeah, he goes running up at Chuck. And Chuck's just looking at him. And then he goes running up at him and does his signature kick. And Chuck Norris hits Stone in the face. I was like, oh, I mean, even now, the first time I saw this and even watching it now, he kicks him in the face. and then he goes head over heels in the air.

And obviously, he's obviously on something because his body is just spinning in the air. Wow. Wow. And then bish he falls on the ground in his face. Oh, that hurt. I was like, oh, my God.

So, I mean, obviously he would have been disqualified for taking off the gloves and everything. But check, no, I didn't care. He just kicked his ass really quick. Obviously, he wasn't too hurt because we finally get to the finals. And it's Randy going up against Barry, the Stone Dojo against the frying dragon. Joe Giscop was still over there just like, oh, yeah. Yeah, he kind of just tells them they had to pick which one they were going to do.

what they were going to compete against and then Randy's like bricks so we choose bricks and yeah Joe Piscopo's like we choose breaking yeah I mean you just got your ass beating you're still thinking your hot shit so

Barry's uh Randy goes up there he sets he sets up he's ready getting in getting his stance ready wants one more brick and the the two announced like oh my god he wants another brick I was like, oh, God.

I assume these guys were talking and everyone in there could hear them, but I don't know. But anyway, so Randy's gearing up and he does it and then he goes in for the hit and breaks all of them. I think it was like nine. He breaks pretty much all of them except for the ninth one on the bottom. And he's like, oh, man, he's just shocked. And he goes down and Kelly's like, man, you said you were going to break it. You break in. And he's like just screaming in and screaming at him.

I can do it. Everybody starts laughing. And then Barry gets up there and he's all like, oh man, well, I don't know if I can do this. Because earlier Barry was trying during the montages when he was training, he could barely get through one brick. But then he finally ended up breaking one brick. Now he's got to, he's got to go through nine. And he's like, oh, my guy. I don't think I can do this.

Like he was just so nervous and scared. I can't do it. I can't do it. And Mr. Lee's like, come on, man, you can do it. And he goes, just focus.

So Barry's kind of like looking at it. And then Mr. Lee comes out with some, luckily he had lighter fluid. Oh, yeah. Squirts it all over the bricks. And,

you know, damn well, they probably wouldn't let him do that because that was a fire hazard right there. Yeah, you got to have all kinds of things in place. If you're going to, you know,

just in case something happened. and this guy just comes out and with the can't alighter fluid like you said just happen to have one and just light and shit on fire so these these blick bricks are flaming berries looking at him and then he just

and breaks all all nine of them and it just falls into a pile of a burning rubble and yeah he's all cheering when he's screaming and hugging him we see Kelly Stone and Randy standing there And in slow motion, Kelly Stone just like, slaps the back of Randy's head.

So they're like, ah, they're all hugging and hugging. Winnie's all over, Barry. So him smacking Randy in the back of the head, is that like when Crease was trying to choke out, Johnny? I guess. So we go outside, Chuck and Barry are sitting there. And Barry is like, hey, man, thanks, man, you're the best. And da-da-da-da-da.

Texas business and you know what yeah because it was cool it was good to meet you glad we did this we got to put stone in this place and I'll see you around it's you know what I kind of don't feel like they put stone in this place uh-uh because he got his ass kicked and he was still just like yeah he was still talking shit briggs didn't get broke he's like I could have done that year I was just like yeah this guy will never learn. This is what it says here on Wikipedia. After the tournament, Barry is seen talking to Norris. thanking him for his help.

Norris vanishes and it is implied that Barry has found the strength to live his life without the need of his daydreams before it fades the black. A young boy finds Barry's Chuck Norris magazine and it's excited and that's the end of the film. All right. Yeah. So, yeah, Barry and Chuck are standing there. Chuck's like, yeah, I got to go.

So it was really cool to meet you. Hey, man, you're the best. And Barry kind of gets up and starts to walk away. And then he turns around and Chuck's gone. So he looks around, doesn't see him. And he's just all happy. And he goes up and runs, sees Winnie and his dad and Mrs. Chan. And they go walking off.

Then this little kid comes rolling up in a wheelchair. And he's like, oh, cool or wow, or whatever the hell he said. and he picks up the, uh, the, uh, the Chuck Norris magazine. He kind of flips through it.

And then he goes, wheeling himself off and that's your movie. Is this a magical magazine or something? Is he going to start daydreaming? I, I, I, I,

I don't know. But yeah, that, uh, that was it. That's sidekicks. Um, I don't know what the budget was for this film,

but it did box office, uh, the 17 million. Yeah. Damn. I mean, that, a lot. I'm sure

Chuck did take a big chunk of it. You think he did it on a discount because it was his brother making a movie? Yeah, but then again, he is one of the producers as well. So extra check. Yeah.

Yeah, instead of a million dollars, I'll only take a 500,000, but I want a cut of the box office, so I'm sure he made out more of that way. But, I mean, overall, this movie, it is goofy and everything, but it is, would you put this in the cult status film? Yeah, because when I had posted, I was watching this, I got, there was quite a few people that were like, oh, I haven't seen this since I was a kid. I loved it when I was a kid.

I need to rewatch this. So I would definitely put this in the cult. Yeah, I mean, if you grew up in this era, if you were a young kid, when this came out in 90s, I was already old man by then. But I enjoyed it because I love Chuck Norris. I was kind of the only reason I watched it. I had seen this boy and everything.

I think this was before he did it, which I think so, or maybe it was after. I don't remember, but anyway. It was before. Okay. He had did Neverending Story. Two ladybugs, then sidekicks, and then after that was

before that was it, actually. He was in Pet Semetery. He did a voiceover in the beginning. Did? That's what it says here. Stepfather 2. Uh-huh. That's all the first one.

Oh, ghost dad. Oh, man. Ladybugs is the first movie I had seen him in. Yeah, I think he was kind of after Neverending Story 2 and Lady Bugs. Because I remember they played those movies on TV, like, constantly. And then he was on that one hit TV show. What was it?

The Sequest. Yeah. There's him and Roy Shider. Yeah. He was kind of riding the success there. So yeah. Yeah. At that time, if you weren't a fan of Chuck Norris,

then you probably had seen a few of Jonathan Brandis' movies. So either way, somebody was watching this. Yeah, I mean, he did. he was having a career one of his younger years but then I think as he got older his rules were just starting to

wean out and then I mean this isn't a story that hasn't been told before I mean you fall into the depression of being a big actor and then slowly not getting roles anymore and

he ended up taking his own life and it's a sad story he was only 27 and um i remember when i heard that i was like what really i was like oh my god and it's it said here his depression i think it's basically became worse because he was supposed to be or he was in that movie that bruce willis movie hearts wore and they thought that that that role would help revive his career but was significantly reduced in the film's final cut and be brandis began drinking heavily after that. Yeah.

I mean, but he had done a lot of, a lot of stuff. Mm-hmm. He had passed in 2003. Um, who was the last thing? Oh, I mean, the last thing here

that came out was bad girls from Valley High, but they're, from looking at this, they said they filmed it in 2000, but they must have sat on it for a while, but um, I think,

uh, only his earlier things. I didn't, I didn't see the stuff when he was older. I never even seen Hart's War. Last thing I seen him in was outside Providence. I didn't even see that. I think the last thing I seen him in was

sidekicks, this movie. Oh no, well, uh, when was Sequest? Sequest was um, E-Quest. 93, 96.

So I think that was probably the last thing that I had seen him in. I think that was the only reason I watched Sequest is because he was in it. Yeah, that was the last thing that I had seen him in. And then I found out later that he had taken his own life. And I was like, oh, man. But, I mean, he left this with a lot of good things to watch. I mean, my favorite movie of his was Lady Bugs. I mean, that was introduced to him.

That's definitely a cult classic. Yeah, that movie's because I don't think you can make that movie nowadays either. Oh, no. We got young Jack A after the 227 and, that one guy feels that wise. It's not funny, but it is funny. The scene in ladybugs where they're in the dressing room

and that lady's listening and he was like, I know it's tight, but you'll get used to it. My favorite part is when Rodney's in the bar. Yeah, it starts. the late and great Rodney Dangerfield and now he could not be around today with the jokes he had. But anyway, different times, everyone.

When he was in the bar and the bar, the barkeep was like, hey man, what's your problem? He goes, well, I got my girlfriend's son and made him dress up like a girl and played with me. I was like, oh, man.

That movie's hilarious. It's streaming on Prime, everyone. guys haven't seen ladybugs it's it's a funny movie yeah they can't make the future yeah they they can't make that today um do you have a youtube red premium or what it's called not since uh co-racuse season one all right um was this your pick yeah all right i mean everyone if you guys have you guys have prime sidekicks is streaming on there uh all right uh all right uh you guys have you guys have Prime sidekicks is streaming on there. Also, it's streaming on YouTube.

Somebody put it up there. It's a good copy, so you can definitely check it out. And also it is on Tobe for free. Yeah. Commercials and all. You know what? This next one is my pick. We're going to do Lady Books. Nice.

It's on Prime. So we're going to do that. That was what, 92? One, 91, I think. I think it was right before this. Yeah. So I guess we're continuing with our Jonathan Brandis retrospective. Yeah, we're going to do ladybugs.

I have not seen this movie. I just picked it up on Blu-ray too. I have not seen it on forever. So, but yeah, that's going to be the next stream, stream fiends everyone. All I know is I got a lot of balls. Oh, Rodney. I think we'll have to tackle back to school at some.

point two but for some reason that's what Lance thought we were doing for our back to school commentary I was like no we're doing a movie for back to school not back to school oh man I don't even have showtime so I guess I couldn't have been on

on that one for the faculty but yeah that was sidekicks everyone and come back next week when we tackle it says 92 here 92's Rodney Dangerfield and Jonathan Brandes classic ladybugs. As far as E-Society, we just got to sit down and record our next episode.

So just look forward to that. I know people have been bugging me about ESP Skate Society. I got one. I got to put it together. So sorry, everyone. I just been caught up with life and everything. But I haven't stopped. I still got more skate videos to come for you guys.

And that's about it. So again, everyone, thank you for listening. And what do you guys got coming? Of course, by the time this comes out, we've already had our back to school commentary, not the movie, but a movie for back to school, which was the faculty. And spoilers, a movie didn't quite hold up for all of us. But check it out anyways. Of course, next episode, we got Don't Breathe 2. And I paired that up with

Panic Room. Action returns, we got what have we got? Nobody. Bob Odenkirk. We got that one still coming. And we got some bonus reviews that I am going to speak to Nez about because I got a couple of emails

requesting for us to do them. So, definitely we're going to have some stuff coming. Yeah, everyone just be patient. So it's coming. It's coming. So until next time, everyone, just be safe out there. And we'll see you guys next time.

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