The Kristian Harloff Show - Deadpool 3 begins shooting! Jodie Sweetin in studio INTERVIEW!

Episode Date: May 25, 2023

Join the website! http://www.thekristianharloff.com Deadpool 3 has started filming with some STRICT notes due to the Writers Strike. Is it the right move to do? RIP to Tina Turner.  Elizabeth Olsen talks about the various re-writes of Dr Strange 2 and how Daniel Craig was going to make a cameo. And we welcome actress Jodie Sweetin to the show! Jodie made her name in Full House and returned in Fuller House. She is now producing, starring in The Jane Mysteries for Hallmark as well as dipping her toes in stand up comedy. We talk about Bob Saget, her problem with social media and being comfortable with who she is. #deadpool3 #marvel #Jodiesweetin #mcu #interview  This episode brought to you by BETTER HELP! BETTER HELP: http://www.betterhelp.com/bigthing MANSCAPED: http://www.manscaped.com/bigthing CODE: BIGTHING RUMPL:  http://www.rumpl.com/thebigthing CODE: THEBIGTHING CARBON HEALTH: https://carbonhealth.com/virtual-care/telehealth OUR MERCH STORE IS LIVE: https://www.teepublic.com/stores/the-big-thing-kh-channel?ref_id=27393 FOLLOW KRISTIAN + FIND HIM ON CAMEO https://cameo.com/kristianharloff https://twitter.com/kristianharloff https://facebook.com/harloff https://instagram.com/kristianharloff AMAZON WISHLIST: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/1KPH42T0TP0PG?ref=cm_sw_em_r_un_un_djbxgIW5ZQMMg SCHMOEDOWN ARCHIVE CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/c/TheMovieTriviaSchmoedownArchives Ask Kristian questions for next time! https://facebook.com/harloff Become a Patreon of the Schmoedown: http://patreon.com/schmoedown OTHER GREAT CONTENT: REVIEWS https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSJdE28YyUT368qY7sfE0nKE4c04CqGvu TV REVIEWS https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSJdE28YyUT1LU-t2Z9AD5UJDiWW4pS_E STAR WARS SHOW https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSJdE28YyUT0XmfpbblkF9PY7uO2qhbN6 THE BIG THING PODCAST https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSJdE28YyUT3KAwbzDsv6mdR-gwUiydQg

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Sad Confused, which you should be listening to. Great show. Anyway, she talked about Dr. Strange, not only did she say that she was kind of frustrated with the rewrites and everything that was happening, so she stopped reading some of them and all that, which kind of confirmed a lot of just the writing in general of that script. But what she did confirm was that there was rumors that Daniel Craig was supposed to have a role inside of the film, a cameoom. And she confirmed it. So we'll talk about that. And then, last but certainly not least, full interview with Jody Sweden.

Now, you know Jody, obviously, from her days as Stephanie Tanner on Full House, but she has just such an incredible story of comeback of what she was able to do in her life, from hard times to getting back and being a mom and doing stand-up comedy, producing, eventually trying to put her hand in directing, and much more. She's on the show with myself and my friend comedian Justine Marino, and we talked to her about everything. She's really, really awesome. I love having her on the show.

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All right, I'm reading this over from Dark Horizons, and here's what they say. Even as the writer's strike is continuing, the industry keeps chugging along with word coming today that production appears to have started on the third Deadpool film. According to Comicbook.com, Colossus actor Stephan Kappick took to Instagram today with an image of the news and confirmed sticker added to it. Upon checking, the posting appears to no longer be there. Trade reports previously indicated Marvel's Deadpool 3 and Thunderbolts would continue without the help of writers. As Ryan Reynolds is credited as a writer on the film's script, Collider indicates he is not allowed to improvise any lines during the entire time production takes place while the strike is ongoing. They have to follow to the letter of the script delivered before the industrial action began. The film's director, Sean Levy, earlier this year, indicated the production was hoping to start filming in May.

this is interesting because that's a that's a big that's a big stipulation there Ryan Reynolds is like the king of improv and Deadpool you kind of feel you want them to right but you got to stick by the rules otherwise you're going to get slapped with some a some big lawsuits and then other people are going to be calling you scabs or whatever and they might already be doing that I don't know but either way this is they said that this was going to happen right They said that a lot of these things would go into production because as the Marvel machine moves along, they need to get this movie out. I think they're trying to aim for the normal February date. Is that right? I don't know. You guys will know better than I do when this thing comes out. I thought it was coming out February of 2024. Could be wrong, but it's usually when they put Deadpool out. But they might be a different time. I don't know. Either way, it's coming out next year. So they need to start and they need to start moving on it. So it makes sense that if they stick by the rules of, hey, you're not going to have any writers on set. And you can't, whatever you, whatever you, whatever, you, whatever, you, whatever.

you have in your hands, that's what you have to shoot. You can't do new drafts. You can't do, you know, you can't make additions to them. Whatever is on the page, that is what you have to shoot. That's an interesting way to make films, man. That's an interesting way to make films because it's got to be a bit of a handcuff to not only Ryan Reynolds, but to Sean Levy, obviously. You know, now I think that what they're hoping for as the production starts, look, let's get some of the big action stuff. Let's shoot what we, what we, what we, can shoot. Let's try not to get a lot of the heavy dialogues. I'm sure that they changed a bunch of ways or they, or they, they have a new game plan as far as the stuff that they're going to shoot.

Shoot the stuff that doesn't require a lot of the heavy dialogue, things that Ryan would have to improvise and just do the stuff that, okay, we can follow the script right here. It doesn't hurt creativity. If we do that, we'll shoot a lot of the set stuff that we'll do. We'll shoot a lot of the action. and we'll do that, and maybe they just change their course of a, their plan of attack, if you will, because that would make sense that they did it that way with the fingers crossed mentality of, okay, look, let's hope that by the time we get into, if we start shooting now in May, that by the time, is usually a movie like this, it takes what, four or five months or something like that? Maybe, I think, depending on the shoot in general.

Maybe they're crossing their fingers hoping, let's knock out like a month, month and a half, and hope that this thing wraps up by July or August because that's what a lot of people are thinking, July, August. I think it might push into the new year. And if that's the case, then you're making this movie without any improv, guys. I hate to tell you.

But maybe they're just hopeful. The other side of it is what happens if there's a sag strike in the middle of this thing? That's when it's going to get real, like really real. Not that it's not real now. You know what I'm saying, though. But that's when it's going to get like,

you can't do this stuff. I should choose my words better. that is when it's going to be like, okay, the whole, you can't, you can't shoot anything. You think you can maneuver around the writers right now, and you might be able to, but you've got to stick to these rules. Everything else shuts down. Game over. See you later.

You're shutting productions down. You're losing money left and right. So they're going to try to figure that out quicker because what are you going to do? You're just going to, you're going to AI Ryan Reynolds in there? Nope. So it's crazy. It's crazy how this is, this whole thing is happening now. And it's it, but it also, you know, the business side of it, you say,

I get why they need to try to film stuff. I mean, that makes sense. But it's going to be tricky for everybody, especially with so much money involved in this. And with Disney, losing the kind of money that they have in general over the last year, they're like, get it done, shoot, stick to the script. Who cares? Put it out.

And the question is going to be, you know, for a lot of these projects is how much is it really going to hurt the creativity of the films? But that's just my thoughts on it. I'm very curious to hear what you guys think. Please comment. And if you haven't already done it, click that light button. By doing it, it helps. And you might have found our show because you saw it in recommendations. And you might have found my channel because you found a recommendation.

That's because people who are watching it have been clicking like and commenting on it. And then the algorithm goes, hey, more people are. commenting on this, more people are liking it, so more people are going to see it. That helps. So if you like the show, that's a way to support it, is make sure that you click like, and be involved in the conversation too. I would love to hear your thoughts on what you think. Do you think I'm completely wrong? You think I'm right? Is there something I'm missing? What do you think? I want to know. All right, next story, got to pay respect to the great Tina Turner, a music icon, 83 years old, passed away. She'd have peacefully in her home in Switzerland.

Following a battle with a long illness, again, dark horizons, Turner once held the Guinness World Record for the largest paying audience for a solo performer and said only a few weeks ago on The Guardian that she hopes to be remembered as the queen of rock and roll. Well, she's up there, man. In her early 20, she found fame with the Ike and Tina Turner and a live act with her former husband singing songs like River Dee, Mountain High, and Nupor City limits enduring brutal abuse through the marriage, the pair of divorce in 1978.

By the 1980s, she became a music juggernaut with notable songs, including What's Love Got to Do With It, The Best, We Don't Need Another Hero, What You Get Is What You See, I Don't Want to Fight, and the theme song for James Bond film GoldenE. She had on-screen roles in Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, Thunderdome Tommy, and Last Action Hero, along with being the subject of the biopic, What's Love Got to Do With It, which starred Angela Bassett as Tina Turner.

In her time, she won 12 Grammys, was the first black artist and the first woman to be on the cover of Rolling Stone. She had a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, fame and was twice inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame. Tina Turner is survived by her husband, Erwin Bach, and two children. I mean, come on. Tina Turner was an absolute legend. 83 years old, I mean, that's still, it's, it's, it's like, it's, it's still tough because,

you know, I don't know about you guys, but I, my, my dad is approaching 80. and as you get to that age, 80 is 80. You know, it's a real age to where anything can happen at any given time. You hope at that one point, you look at someone like Ray Stevenson, who was 58, and that's, that's young. And still, that's young. 83 and the life that Tina Turner lived, man, I mean, she really, she made the most of it. And you talk, I was to mention with Jody Sweden. and he talked about somebody who had really rough times

and was able to push through it, come out the other side stronger, and really just cement herself as the queen of rock and roll, as she says. You know, so much that she's done. I remember just Tina Turner was such a big part of my childhood kind of growing up. So all the songs that I mentioned and more and just everything that she did,

she just, it's like, Tina Turner was almost bigger than music in general, because she was just such and I think a lot of it came from that from that the the stuff that she had to go through with with ike and all that you know she the fact that she didn't just lay down give up go away she said f this and she and she turned it around and she made and she just got the hell out of there and she became you know even bigger than she was she was with him so and she just did more and more and i of course i remember thunder dome i mean that's i remember i remember how big of a deal of it was when she when she was cast he was like Tina Turner actually she's great in that movie I love that movie love her in that movie we don't need another

hero so good so good love it rest in peace to the great the legend Tina Turner I mean yeah I love Tina Turner and I'm so glad that she would that so many people

were able to listen to her music and so and you see all the love kind of coming out for her, but bummer, obviously, when we lose somebody like her, especially with the strength that she endured. So rest and peace to Tina Turner, big fan over here, and I think a lot of us are. So what were your thoughts overall on Tina Turner? What's your favorite song by Tina Turner? What do you think about what she did? What was her impact? All that. Same thing. Be part of the conversation here, guys. Get in on it. Let me know. One more new story before we move over to our interview with Jody.

Let's talk about this. Our buddy Josh Harowitz, happy sat confused. He had Elizabeth Olson on. You should watch that. If you haven't subscribed to Josh's channel, you should do it. Just go to Josh Harwitz. He has everybody on. He's the best, and he's a really good dude.

I've become pals with him. And I love what he does. He's just one of the best interviewers in the game. And he had Elizabeth Olson on. And so this is from comic book movie, Josh Wilding, who says, While it was already apparent from watching the movie itself, we've learned in recent months that Dr. Strange and the multiverse of madness

went through a lot of rewrites. The Illuminati's roster was fluid right up until the sequel's release and a combination of the pandemic and Marvel Studios figuring out its multiverse plans resulted in a muddled movie, albeit one which was still very good. Now, that's up to you. Now, the Scarlet Witch herself, Elizabeth Olson, has reflected on the chaotic production while talking on the happy, sad, confused podcast. Asked how much of what we saw in the theaters resembled the initial script,

She said, it resembled more than I thought it was going to. I mean, there were definitely moments where there's a point in making the movie. I just stopped reading drafts. I was like, this is going to change again. Just keep me posted with the information I need, and you guys fill in the blanks that you need. But I'll just keep my lane. That was one wild ride. Among the changes were plans, which called for Daniel Craig to play a variant of Thor's brother, Balder the Brave,

while the former James Bond has denied he was set to appear. Concept art has proved otherwise, and it's believed his commitment to no time to die, put the breaks on him being able to briefly join the MCU. She says, that's what I thought was going to happen. I saw the art. They made a costume. They had a design. So she confirmed that they pushed for details on Craig's long, rumored cameo.

Now, as fun as it might have been to see Belder impaled on his own sword by Mwanda, we can't help but think that it was for the best. This is what, again, this is more of opinion thing. But overall, look, that's a movie to me that I think, and I stand by it. I say that Dr. Strange multiverse of Madison, if you are a Sam Ramey fan, most people who are big Sam Ramey fans love this movie. I mean, it's about as much of a Ramey movie as you can get. And I think that it was, it's like this,

and I had somebody make this comment the other day, so you can't have it both ways. You can't have, you can't have, you know, say that you want them to do, let directors have more freedom, but yet, you know, complain about they don't stick to the universe. It's like you can have it both ways. You can. You can basically do what you've done with,

what you did with Ryan Coogler in the first black panel. And even the second Black Panther, but the first Black Panther is, okay, here's what we need to happen inside of the MCU and how it plays overall. And we want it to feel like this. We want it to have this. We really like what you've done with Fruitvale Station. We really like what you've done with Creed. We want to get your take. We want to get your vision on it.

Can you bring that and combine the both? And he said, hell yeah, I can. And that's why it felt the way it did. When you do something like a Tycho, a T. Thor Love and Thunder and a Sam Ramey multiverse of madness, you said, well, that's a Sam Ramee movie, that's a Tyco movie, even out of Kevin Feigey's mouth instead of the spy thriller, this, this, this, this, well, no, that's a Tyco with Titi movie. That to me is the mistake, because you're, if you want to continue with this MCU thing,

if you want to continue with the MCU thing of everything feeling connected and that it's all part of it, you have to have a balance of get, get a Sam Ramey, but say, Sammy, you got it, we got to wait before we start shooting and your writers have to watch WandaVision. It's got to make sense. And we can't keep confusing the lead actress with all these. And I get it, pandemic and all that too, but it's like, you know, wait, if the MCU is that important to you. Now I get Disney, he's like, oh, put it out.

We got to make money. We got to make money. You got to say at this point, well, we're trying to connect the same way that we have been in the past and that's why we've been successful. We either got to take a break, push it back, put it out in the summer, put it out in the different time, or, you know, we've got to just say, all right, We're going to take some hits on this when it comes to. They did find money-wise.

It made it made money. So, but I mean, you look at it. It's like, it's still, the Charlie Stern, the other day was like, I'm still waiting for a call. They put that in there. They don't know what the hell they're doing with that thing yet. I have no idea. There's like, it just shows it like just, it was kind of throwing things against the wall.

And Elizabeth Olson kind of confirmed that here with it was, you know what the hell they were doing. Oh, put Daniel Craig in it. Oh, we'll build them out of caution. Well, we can't do it. Oh, okay. Well, well, then the Illuminani thing's going to be a big gimmick. Let's promote it in the same way that Mushiyetti spoiled this cameo,

which I'm not going to spoil for you. And it's like, don't do that. You don't need to do that. Sell me on the movie. Sell me on the kick for this, the connectivity of where's it go? I just watch Wanda Vision. I'm so involved in Wanda Vision. Tie that in there.

Don't say that you don't have to watch it. Of course you had to watch Wanda Vision. The writers should have. I'll tell you that. But again, this is why I love Josh Harwis. He can get people to talk about this stuff and feel comfortable about it. and Elizabeth Olson did just that. So go and check that interview out on his channel.

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I don't want to miss any of this guy's interviews. Go and do that. And again, tell him I sent you. All right, guys. I'm excited for you guys to see this. I've been a fan of Jody Sweden for a long time. And, you know, obviously growing up and watching full house, that's a given, right? That show was just in everybody's household.

It was about as family show as you get and people that diehard fans. But I became more of a fan of her of very similar, like I said, what we're talking about with Tina Turner in a different way, obviously. But Jody Sweden went through a lot. She went through a lot. and she was she went through addiction she went through all these different things and she came out the other side really really strong um and she's open about it she talks about it and i loved having her on the show she's it's a great conversation so i hope that you will check it out i hope you enjoy it this is uh this is jody sweet and before we do that i wanted to also as we get into the interview

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Jody Sweden is here. You guys know we're obviously from Full House, Fuller House, but she's also executive producer, and she stars in the movie The Jane Mysteries Inheritance Lost, and we're going to be talking stand-up because she just did stand-up. She's doing another show at the comedy show at June 17th, 8 p.m.

I'm excited to talk to her. And not only I'm excited to talk to her, I also got my buddy, Justine Marino here. Look at Justin. And I want to tell Jody, thank you for joining us. Absolutely, my pleasure. I have to tell this story of how this all came to be. Yeah, yeah.

Because I was sitting down with my good friend, Rachel, who happens to be your manager, and we hadn't seen each other in a little. little bit. I worked for Rachel. Yes, she told me. That's what she was saying. She was like, he was like one of my first assistants. He was great. Yeah. So I mean, that's being nice. Glowing reviews. Yeah, I was a terrible assistant.

Actually, maybe she did say that you were. She should have. I think she actually might have, but I was trying to be nice. Don't be. I'm sorry. Yeah. I mean, the niceties are out the window now. As it should be. But we were talking and she's like, would you ever want to talk to Jody? I'm like, of course. I would love to talk to Jody. I'm like, of some reason immediately. I think of Justine and I was like, I feel like Justine has to know Joe. Cody Sweden and I texted her and she's like, yeah, we're like good friends. And I was like, of course you are. I was like, would you like to host the podcast?

And here we are. So how are you, Justine? I'm so good. Well, you know, I have a full house tattoo. So obviously that's an indicator that I might know someone from full house. Well, not necessarily. You know, I'm going to go out on a limb and say that there are probably a, at least a handful of people out there who have full house tattoos that don't know anyone on the show personally. That is true.

That's a good point. Yeah. But Jody and I... In fact, I'd say that most of them... Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, I'm going to backtrack on that. Yeah, I'm going to backtrack. I'm also going to backtrack on this because did you actually know anybody at the time that you got the tattoo?

No, I did not. I just wanted to make that. You know, actually, I knew... Never mind. I knew Blake McIver. Okay, okay, got it. But, you know, he wasn't a series rag. Right, right.

You know? Series right. I wasn't on series regular. I love Blake, but does not, but does not warrant a full house tattoo. Of course. And it's not a, it's not a Yankee Doodle. Even though it's the wrong one. No, it's still the wrong tattoo.

But that's okay. But what does what you mean is the wrong tattoo? It says you got it dude in French, which is not Jody's catchphrase. I had no idea that we would be friends years later. So it's kind of the talking point that got us friendly, though. I will say because then what happened the second time we met? I proposed. You proposed.

She gave me a ring that says how rude. And she was like. Wow. You must have lost. You have no idea. Especially because it was only the second time we met. It was at Ben Glems' like New Year's Eve party or something. And I was like, oh, hey, is Justine going to be there?

We've done a podcast. And I knew you had the tattoo and we made a joke about it. And I had this ring that said, how rude? It was like a, like this. Yeah. How long did you have it for? Oh, gosh, several years. A company had made it for me.

And it said, how rude on it? And I was like, you know, I never wear this because it's like I'm, I, like, I, like, I, I would when we were maybe doing the show and stuff, but I didn't like, I don't know. But I was like, you know who would really like this? Justine. And I brought it and I gave it to her. And that was, and then from that moment on,

we were engaged, at least according to Allison Holker. Yeah. I love it. So, yeah, what about the first time you met though? Because were you like geeking out? So it's been. It's funny because I think we both forgot. We actually met at Hollywood Darling's, the season two premiere.

That's right. And Ben, you and Ben Glebe were not friends. Like neither of us knew you. But Ben, nothing against Ben Glebe. I did not know him yet. Ben's very sensitive. He'd be like, wait, what?

What did I do? No, no, no. It wasn't that I was not, not friends with you. It was that I just had never met you yet. You were not aware of Ben yet. Right. Ben was so nice.

He knew I was such a big full house fan and I was too shy to ask for a picture. And Ben just flew right in and was like, my friend, Jesse Marino, has a full house tattoo. Will you please take a picture with her? That's incredible. And you were so sweet. You were like, of course.

You probably thought I was psychotic and that I wouldn't become one of the full house tattoo people that actually knew the cast. Right? But then... She's like, that's absolutely what I thought. Yeah.

And then years later, we did a show. You and Ben became good friends and we did a show at his house. And again, I brought up the tattoo and she was like, really, you got it to, not how rude, really. And, you know, that was a mistake, I will say, in hindsight.

Currently not. Look, we got a really. You know what, it brought us together and it got you a ring out of the deal. It did. It got me a ring. And you know what? I was thinking, I was like, I could actually level up. And now I could probably, maybe I could get a How Rood tattoo in Jody's handwriting, which would be.

Oh my God. You could. So special. Who had to come up doing it. I do. I actually joke on you guys. I have a tattoo artist flying in right now. So there you go.

Perfect. This was, this, I'm glad that I could put this reunion together. I really am. Yes. It's amazing. But so stand-up comedy. Because you're doing, you did stand up last night for the first time. Second time.

Second time. So I've been doing a show at the comedy store called Family Dinner, which is like a panel comedy show. Justine came to one. Super fun. Yeah, super fun. We've had some amazing guests. We've had, um, Otiko Okatska was my first show.

Mike Binder. Oh, nice. John Gabris, um, Kara Clank. We've had a ton of really great guests. And, you know, the premise is that everybody brings. some food that reminds them of their childhood and then tells the story. And then we also play stupid games

and include the... It's upstairs in the belly room, so it's smaller intimate. But I've been doing that. This will be our fourth show on June 17th at 8 p.m. But I hadn't done any stand-up on my own. I hadn't written my own material and gone up.

And I don't know. You know, I... Like, I'd always been told and I had the pleasure and the wonderful joy of growing up around Bob Sagitt and Dave Cooleyer, who are two of the funniest people I know and who have always encouraged me to be funny and to take that risk. And especially Bob, like, he would always compliment me on my timing or my whole life. And so it gave me this confidence, you know, and I was like, you know what, maybe I don't know, maybe I'll try it.

And I have started trying it and putting together, you know, just bits and jokes and writing and doing stuff and working things out. And I love it and it's really fun. It's great. And I've gotten a pretty great response so far. So I'm, you know, I feel like I am not totally fucking it up so far. I love that. And well, you mentioned obviously we just celebrated Bob Sagitt's birthday just passed. And when you are, how often was there ever a conversation with you and him about you doing something?

stand up and maybe, you know, because did you get a chance to just stand up before he passed? He passed. Not before he, no, not before he passed. And, um, yeah, he, I mean, Bob always, and in interviews, he would say it and David said it too, and it's always such a huge compliment coming from them, but, you know,

they would always say, you, the first time you sat at the table at five years old and, you know, read the script, we were like, oh, shit, she's got great timing. And Bob always used to tell me, he said, at five years old, you had the best natural timing, not just scripted, but just who you were. You were just really funny at five years old, more so than he said, even like some comics still can't find that right. He's like, and you just had it.

And he always would remind me of that. And he would always tell people that and, like, bring it up in interviews. And it always meant so much to me because I had so much respect for him. And I remember going to the laugh factory with Bob when I was about nine. because I was really close with his family and I went home. It was out of tape night, went home on Friday, was going to spend the weekend at his house with his kids,

and he was like, okay, so I didn't tell your mom, but I got offered to do a set at the laugh actor night, so you're coming with me. I was like, all right, cool, I might have been like 10, but I got to sit in the back and, you know, flash him his lights. That's cool. Oh, you flashed in the lights, too. That's amazing.

Yeah, it was like, I was always steeped in their humor and stuff. So, you know, I, when Bob passed, there, it was like that gathering that happens after someone that so many people love passes away. And it was such a sense of joy and laughter and all of this. And, you know, I just, I thought, you know what? like this is it's short it's real short man if you think this would be fun and you want to take the risk and you want to try something new and i said that this year was going to be a year of new things for me i have a necklace even that says say yes to new adventures i just decided that i want to do different things do things that i are unexpected and uh so now i'm i'm doing stand-up um i mean who would have thought you know i feel like that's kind of moving the career in the opposite direction which is you know, having a successful television show at like age five to 13 and then at 40 doing stand-up in like an attic room down the street from there at a small bar. But it keeps it fresh, though, doesn't it? No, but it does.

Yeah, for sure. I would much rather do, I like small insmit. Yeah. I'm like, this is so much. It's so fun. I, you know. Yeah. I naturally talk and tell stupid stories anyways.

So I'm like, I'm like, I'm going to. You ever call this lunatic to find, for like, advice and stuff? I'm about to. I'm about to. You're so fun. Every time you've been on my podcast, I've just been like, you're riffing. I'm like, why hasn't she done stand-up? So I'm so glad you started doing it.

And I'm so glad for you to do some of my stand-up shows that I've done. Oh, my God. I can't wait. Like I said, it's something I love. I've always loved comedy. I've loved making people laugh. I watched incredible comedians around, you know, growing up all my life and I also all of their friends by extension you know and uh I watched them

use comedy and humor to deal with loss and death and sad things and wonderful things and I was like yeah I that I I like that yeah it's a great place for it really is it feels like for especially for me I mean I it just I felt the most comfortable up there it's like you don't especially when it comes to writing because it's like you're writing with other people and You still have to bounce back and forth. It's like you're on your own out there and that's on purpose. Right. That's like you have to be, you're putting yourself out there.

But it's also it's that it's that freedom. I'm so surprised that you and I never, we didn't meet on the scene. No, we met after you. I mean, your name was on the wall at the comedy store, but I did. Did she get it tattooed on herself as well? It was on the left cheek. Yeah, exactly. Just his signature from the comedy scene.

Yeah, that was it. Again, I'm sure you're not the only one. Although it was spelled incorrectly, though. Yeah. Well, you have a K. You know, what are you a fucking Kardashian? I am indeed. I requested it before I was even born.

Right. Yeah, it is interesting because I met you through Mark Ellis, because I used to do a podcast with Mark Ellis. You were doing Schmo's No with him at the time, and we kind of got connected through the podcast world. And for a while, until recently, when we did Flappers a couple years ago together, I was like, I don't believe he really did stand up. I think it was a fever dream.

Everyone talks about it. It was like the legend of Christian stand-up. Yeah, and it was, well, it's been fun to go back up too, but it is exactly what Jody's talking about. It's just like that kind of like freedom of it all. Yeah. It just feels good. It feels really good.

And, you know, I also, I am, I don't do well when left, like, to my own devices to just sit and write and do something. And so I think I never, I never understood what the process of, like, writing was. That it's like, well, you're not just sitting in a vacuum. You're working with friends. You're like, oh, let's try this. You know, you're amongst other comics and working it out. This is not a solo journey that no one is, you know.

And I was like, oh, there's a different way to, okay, I don't have to do it that way. Okay, you know what? Then yeah, then I can, let me try this. Well, do you find, obviously, for all the success you've had as done actresses too, do you find yourself kind of bringing some of that technique and bringing into, I don't mean necessarily on stage, but when you're talking about realizing it's a process and collaborative and all that stuff, how you kind of have to bounce back and forth? Yeah, you know, I think what I, I think I love the collaboration of comedy writing.

It's, I mean, I can sit in a room all day and just crack jokes with people and be like, no, no, no, no, no, wait, let's do this. No, no, no, no, no, wait, this one. Like, that is, I'm thrilled, you know, and I just, I didn't realize, like, that it was, I always thought that comedy was a very solo sport. And it can be. And I think it has the reputation of being that way. But I've had the really great fortune to wind up meeting some wonderful people like you and Ben and Chris Bowers and like people along the way that are like, hey, come. You know, Mike Binder gave me the opportunity to open for him after he did my show. He was like, you have to do this.

And that was, that was, he's been friends with Dave Cleese and they were nine. Yeah. When he told me, he was like, you have to. you're doing this. You're opening for me. You're coming. You're going to, like, that's it. I was like, okay. It's amazing. Did you watch the doc that Mike did? Oh, it's so good. I did not.

So I had him on the show when we talked about it. It's, it's so good. I felt like it transported me back. Honestly, it was one of the reasons that kind of kicked me and he has to get back on stage. Was it watching that dog. Same for him. Like, he's getting back. I see him all over the place now. He's been out all over the place. And he said sort of the same thing. It was like, oh, I just

miss it. But I mean, I think that another reason also, and this is, this is a compliment to you obviously is that there are some people who just start, stand up later on, and that's all that they have at the moment, and they don't know, they're kind of like, you are still doing a lot of, you're executive producing and starring in this movie, The Jane Mysteries. Yes. So tell me about it. Tell me about how you got involved in it.

Tell me also how, you know, you decided you wanted to do it because you're a true crime person, too. I am, yes. So that's another bond that you probably had as well, too. So tell me about, tell me about the movie. So the Jane Mysteries is based on a series of books about. Jane De Silva, who is the character that I play in this movie,

Inheritance Lost, which is on Hallmark Movies and Mysteries, so not just the regular Hallmark channel, but the one that lets you get a little darker, you know, murder mystery. But Jane is a singer. She has moved to Europe. She's pursued a music career.

Her mom was killed when she was young in a car accident and with some questions. she was raised by her aunt and uncle who were very successful and sent her off to school and kind of supported her dreams to go be a singer abroad and the movie starts with Jane learning

that her uncle has passed away and wants her to come home to be with her aunt and to kind of sort out some affairs and potentially take over this detective agency that he has started. It's a non-profit detective agency.

And, you know, Jane at first is like, I can't this, I'm, no, this is not what I can do. And she gets presented with a case while she's there of a young girl who also lost her mom under some suspicious circumstances. And she realizes that she might actually have an understanding and an empathetic ear to be able to listen to this. And so it starts Jean on her, on her adventure of finding out that she might actually be good at some detective work. And she gets to, you know, have fun with her aunt Sadie, who provides her with some fabulous costumes. and, you know, looks and wigs and things like that, too.

Oh, looks and wigs. Girl, you know how it is. Okay. You know Hallmark movies, we got to be a little. Yeah, so we have fun with it. But, yeah, Jane has, she actually has some great style in this. You'd appreciate it. I'm so excited.

There was a vintage Dior coat that happened. Oh, I mean. Say no more. There was a lot, yeah. Well, so does Hallmark bring this to you? Do you bring it to them? So this actually is a production company, Brain Power Studios, that I had worked with on a brief project several years ago.

And that contacted me about doing this movie with them. And then they produce... What happens with a lot of Hallmark movies is it's external production companies and then they acquire them and then it becomes part of their Hallmark library. So this was actually with Brain Power. We shot in Toronto and hopefully I'll be getting an opportunity

to direct with them later this year as well. And the movie has gotten a great responsibility. It came out last Friday, May 12th, and it's gotten a great response. So hopefully this will be a series of movies and people will get to see Jane come back. But I loved it. I had a really great time. Our cast was wonderful. Stephen Hazar plays Detective John in it, and he was just great.

It's a good place to be in Toomey in that hallmark. They make them. They make the movies. They make the movies. They're really wonderful with the people who work for them. And they encourage it to be kind of a family. atmosphere of like they want to keep people in house they want to encourage you to do different things and you know and I just I love that it's been a really great place to learn a lot and so

and people can find it now yes yes people can find it now um it premieres I believe in Canada on June 5th okay but it is here in uh on the Hallmark Movies and Mysteries channel uh available like on streaming um but yeah it's out the Jane Mysteries Inheritness Lost. I'm excited. Yes. I'm going to go home and watch. I know you are.

Absolutely. Make sure that you check that out. And that is, again, the Jane Mysteries and Heritants Lost. Okay. So one of the things that I also wanted to talk to you about was that, as I mentioned in the beginning when I was sitting with Rachel that I said immediately that I wanted to talk to you.

And it's going to blend into the stand-up conversation also because you've done stand-up twice now. And my question is, as everyone knows and you're watching stand-up for so long, eventually you get to a place. And you might do this now. I don't know. I haven't seen the set yet. But eventually you get to a place where you start to kind of put out everything.

You start to go to a place where you go, okay, I want to talk about this. And sometimes when you're starting, you just go, oh, that's a funny premise. It's a funny bit. But eventually you get to everything. And one of the reasons I want to talk to is I find your story in general so inspiring. And for what you were able to do in your life, you had some hard times. And then you turned that around. You spun that.

And now you're a successful actress, producer, director, stand-up comedian, mom. So I'm very... A successful mom is. It depends on the day of the week you ask. I got an email home about some great thing. I'm like, well, really, but yeah, they're alive, though. And seemingly, they're happy. And that's good.

And that's good. But inside it. So my question is, are you going to, do you already? Do you talk about your time on full house? I do. Okay, the things, everything that you've kind of gone through in your life. I open with a joke about being divorced four times. That's how I open.

I make a joke about being a tweaker, not a crackhead, there's a difference. And I'm curious. And I end the set with, and somebody, a fabulous gay man has how rude tattooed on his ass cheeks walking around the city right now. So yes, I absolutely. Good. I lean into it. I am, I mean, you know me, I make fun of myself.

because to me the irreverence of laughing at the things that are dark is the only thing that makes them palatable. It's funny too. You know, and I, it's funny because I was at my parents this past weekend for Mother's Day and my friend decided to bring up a really poor taste joke that I made. But it was funny. Okay, it was funny. It was a death joke.

I make fun of death all the time. That's how I deal with it. My mom does not deal with it that way. And so my friend told me the joke and we're all laughing. And my mom just looks at me and she's just like, that is not funny. That is horrible. I cannot believe you. And I was like, I'm just saying it was funny.

I'm not saying it was appropriate. Yeah. But it was funny. Right. up with stuff like that was but I also grew up with these other people and influences where it was like be real dark just do and I that for me has been the freedom I can laugh at my addiction I can laugh at being divorced you know three times married four I think I finally got it right that's fucking how long have you to marry now I'm coming up on a year in July and my husband and I

are so happy and wonderful and amazing and he is so happy to let me go and do this and he's like have fun bye, it's late, I'm going to bed and he's so supportive he's like, make fun of me all you want, I don't care, great, go for it that sure, so key. You have the same, and you have the same thing. I do. Where there's like, yeah, go hang out with a bunch of dudes

till two in the morning. Yeah, go for it. It's trust. My staff is like, great. And he's like, if you really want me there, he came to the first family dinner show, he came to my set that I did with my binder the first time. And then he was, you know, it's kind of like,

you good? Right. Okay. He's like, I got it. Yeah. And think of God, though, because, you know, he was home last night making dinner for the kids and picking one up at soccer practice and doing stuff for me when I was, you know, out doing the things that I want to do.

And I, it really does, it takes that, especially having kids and all of that. But no, I deal with things in a very dark way. I am a really fucked up person on the inside. Aren't we all when it comes to stand up, right? Yeah. Yeah. And that's, and that's my. my people, right? So, like, I hang out

with people and I'm like, this is, yeah. And then my mom's just, I could totally see why I call to you for sure, especially because that's why I'm so glad, I'm not surprised, but I'm so glad that you said that exactly that that you do that because that's, if I didn't, if I was going to say, like, Jody Sweden's doing, I'm like, oh man, I hope she talks about full house.

I hope she talks about everything she's right. And you do. That's right. To go up on stage and ignore the reason why people know who you are. Right. Right. is stupid. Yeah. Particularly when I have made so many stupid choices myself, which are just ripe to make fun of. You know what I mean?

And it, great, if I make fun of myself, like, you have nothing on me. I don't care. I wrote a book on it. I'm doing stand-up on it. Like, call me a tweaker. It doesn't matter now. You've been through it. I've been through it and look where I'm at now.

And like, I can laugh at it. And I always, like, I know how much that helped me. and I think there is such a need for people to be able to use humor to get through things and to have it as not an armor that keeps you from feeling things, but that allows you to be so confident with who you are in the world that someone can say anything to you and it doesn't hurt. Well, it gives you a thick skin. It does.

So my brother passed away in 2018 and, you know, people were using, I was on this collider and people would use it against me and say certain things and you know would there be like people fake accounts with his name and all that

you're right but it's like after a walk people get a life who's home doing that shit but it's weird they always say the best person that you know in your life ever

has access to the internet and also the worst person you've ever seen in true crime has access to the internet right so it's like so yeah those are the types of people but it's like you said

you gotta have that thick skin you gotta be able to build off it and you gotta be able to joke about it as well, too, and that's exactly what you're doing. Do you still keep up with a lot of people in the cast? Oh, everybody. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, we've remained, like, really close for, oh, God, how long is it, 37 years.

It's, we're family. We're, like, not getting rid of each other at this point. I mean, you know, unless you go do what Bob did. Yeah. But, yeah, the only way out of the full house family is death. It's much like the mafia. We're all back You've been through it all anyway.

I've been through it all. I've lied about shit. I've been public. You know, great. Okay. And so, and for me,

I'm just, I'm a person who is acutely sensitive to injustice and to unfairness and to picking on the little guy. And I just think

we see a lot of that. And there are a lot of that. And there are a lot of people who don't always use their platforms in the way that they could in order to inspire the change, sometimes from within the communities that they could affect the most. And I just decide I'm going to not be the quiet person. It's so freeing, too, because also, like, I don't want the people that don't agree. You know what I mean? I'm like, hey, well, let me just be real clear on who I am. And you're like, I don't like you.

I'm like, then, great. Who cares to move on. Well, why are you here? Yeah, exactly. You know, I'll follow a few people I don't like, but I mute them on my time. Yeah, yeah. Like, I just, I don't, but I certainly don't need to go and, like, knock on their door and insult them. And then when I get punched in the face, be like, ha, I said, not.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I've actually used that analogy with people. They're like, oh, you're so mean. I go, no, no, no, no, I'm cool until you come to my page at my place where I post something and you start talking some shit. Yeah. And then guess what? you have knocked on my door and said something in my face and so I'm gonna usually

I just say something stupid bad you know but like it's just I think people when you're afforded the opportunity to stand up and have a powerful voice it means something to do it so I agree with you and I think that's it's it is especially with social media I happen to hate social media I hate it as well

I hate it but I but we need it we gotta play the game yeah I hate it and it's and it's because I feel like people like there are people that would comment to you and say things you like I mentioned with my brother or some mentioned things that they say about you and your past that we never say to your face. Yeah. I just say it all right it's my face. Right, but they would say it

and they would run away from the Twitter and I just think that there's something so I don't know it's there's a difference also like the Oscars I feel like and this is my opinion on it. I don't feel like it should be a place where people are given their political views back and

forth. I just don't. Twitter if you're following me, if you're following Joe, you're following the person. You're Now following the show. So if she's going to be talking political stuff and everything to you, you are following that for a reason. Right. So you can't say, oh, I don't want to hear celebrities talking. Get the fuck off my page.

Right. I'm like, that's fine. I don't talk about it really too. I mean, I talk about it on my page, but like if you're here, why are you doing this job? Yeah, yeah, exactly. More so I just want to go, what's wrong? Yeah. Why don't you have friends?

Yeah. Why don't, why are you here causing problems? Like, you know what I don't have time for? To go, fuck on other people's page and, like, go, I don't like you. Yeah. Right. Cool. Just move on.

Keep scrolling. Keep scrolling. Bye. I don't like you either. Yeah. But now, here you are. Yeah. It's just, it is.

It really is. I'm sure they're all watching this podcast. And they're going to, yeah. We're all going to hear something. We're all going to be like, guess what? I don't like you. No, I don't think so. I think there's going to be a lot.

It's, this show in particular, people like honesty. Right. And I really, I appreciate your honesty in general. And I think that that's why you're probably getting a big response. You're going to get a big response in stand-up comedy as well, too. I just, I don't know how to. really be any other way these days. And I think part of it too is like,

you know, I'm 41 now. And like, I've just gone through all of some. Like, I don't, I don't care. Yeah. The fucks are flying away. I just watch. I'm like, oh, look, there's three more. Yeah.

It's, I, and I am so confident and happy in who I am today. And that was hard fought. I was going to say, yeah, right. get to that like I'm thrilled that I'm I finally get to be this person and live in my skin and be okay and go out and and be that person. Well, let me ask you question. When did you, when did you find? Because obviously your struggles are well documented and you know and then you got to a place

where because it doesn't just happen. My brother again struggled with addiction and everything too. So when you get to a place where you're free of it, you think for a second, you're not totally free. You're in a, right, what, once you get out of it, you're like, okay, I've been clean for a little bit. Am I going to go back? Am I going to do this? Like, where do you get to a place where you just said, I'm comfortable with who I am?

Well, I mean, that comes from, I mean, I am in therapy weekly. Yeah. Thank God. But, you know, again, I'm in therapy weekly right now, and I went back, like, during the pandemic, a little post. But I'd say probably the past year, it was like I hit that place that you hit sometimes where you're like, I'm ready to dig into some other. stuff, you know, and, and I think it's always about, like, knowing that it's a process. There's never going to be a place where I get to where I'm like, oh, I'm all better now. Um, I, for me,

like, addiction isn't the thing I struggle with now. Now it's like being a parent. And now, you know, and it's all of those things. Um, and it's how I operate in the world. And I think also, like, when you have, you know, when you have a period of time away, from whatever it was that you were doing, all of a sudden you kind of go like, oh, and to be honest, too, I grew up. Yeah. I was pretty young when I had kids.

I came right out of like not having any responsibilities to like being a mom. And then, you know, I was growing up in a lot of ways too and figuring it out. And I feel like I'm still not grown up. That's definitely for sure. But I at least have a better handle on things and at least am in a place where I'm comfortable.

And hopefully I can, show my girls how to get to that place a lot quicker than it took me. Yeah, it's fantastic. It shows a very tough side that a lot of people, not even just your family, that people should see. So, again, thank you for that. Let's talk little movies and TV before we say goodbye. Let's.

What's something, obviously you watch True Crime, but what about some of the other stuff you're watching on TV? What are some of your favorites? Well, I'll be honest, I don't watch a lot of TV. Okay. What about movies? I don't watch a lot. I don't watch a lot of things.

I read a lot. I read a lot of news. I read a lot of, like, long journals and things like that. Yeah. Documentaries and other stuff. Okay. My weird little neurodivergent brain. So you're like just locked in a Netflix all the time?

No, no. I'm like scrolling my news. I'm reading at the Atlantic. I'm reading old Atlantic articles. I'm reading The New Yorker. I'm reading long, like Rolling Stone article. I mean, I don't know. I just like learning about the world and our place in it.

Yeah. But as far as stuff I'm watching, what am I watching right now? You know what I did watch the season of was Yellow Jackets. Oh, yeah, yeah. So good. It's so good. I haven't picked up season two yet. So I'm waiting for it to like all come out on Google and then I can.

So when I was, I avoided COVID for three years and got hit with it like two months ago and was leveled. Wow. But I was, and I was starting yellow jackets because we're going to get some of the cast. Yeah. So Perry Nemeroff, who I work with on. on guests and she was like, you gotta watch it. Coming in, it was great, I hear great things. I start watching, I'm like, this is really good.

And my wife goes, what are you watching? As I'm laid out on the bed, I can't move. And she's like, what are you watching? I'm like, yellow jacket? She's just, don't watch that without me. I'm like, in my head, I'm going, there's no fucking way you're gonna watch this with me and I'm not gonna watch.

And sure, shit, we watched like 15 minutes of it together. She's like, oh, this is good, we'll get back to it. Never got back to it. That's what happens with me and my husband. So he watches a ton of television. And we always have the joke where I'm like, oh yeah I'll watch that with you he's like no you're not I'm like yeah you're right I'm not yeah um it's just you know it's gotta be honest kind of how it is yeah yeah yeah but I hear good

things I'll tell you the show that I did watch like that I just smashed through was shrinking oh I need to watch that I actually do have a great show that I just watched tell me chimp empire what's that what is that I've never even heard of that yeah what is it's oh my god it's on Netflix right now and it is it's a documentary it's about the largest chimp group in the African forest, but it is, you guys, watching it is the politics of these monkey. Chimpanzees, excuse me. Be careful. I know, they're very different.

Be careful. Be careful. They need the animals. They need the animals. Well, the chimps eat monkeys. So, let's, I have to be very clear on that. Oh. Yeah.

Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Snacks. Yeah. Snacks. Oh, my God. Chimps are smart.

They are calculating. They are. And that's why it was fascinating to watch. It's only four episodes, but I'm telling you, like, it's been a big hit on Netflix. Probably because of the writer's strike, so nobody had to write it. But, yeah, it's really great if you like documentaries. And also if you just like kind of watching sociological experiments and watching almost humans, but not quite, but basically being like, wow, we really haven't come very far.

No, you just go on Twitter, you'll find out quick. Yeah, exactly. Oh, I don't have Twitter anymore. Good for you. Smart. The day Elon Musk bought it, I was like, and I'm out. I never used it much anyway. Yeah, I barely used it anymore.

Well, I just, I re-uped mine again. Because remember when you do my podcast, you're like, I can't find you because I had deactivated it as well. Yeah, I don't blame either one of you for not using them. I, I retweet. I send out my links. Me too. That was about what I did. I was like, I don't know.

And I would try and go on there and I was like, I don't have, I don't have. I don't know. Yeah. I understand. But chimp empire we're talking about. Chimp empire. Chimp empire. I'm telling you, you will, you will laugh.

Yeah. cry, you will be like, oh my, there's giant monkey brawl, it's a lot. Well, you goofed about the, you know, the writer's strike on the side of that that's why there's no writers on it, but I'll tell you what, that is going to see even more a heavier push in people watching those documentaries soon and more of them being produced.

Oh, yeah, that's why I already, I looked at it and I went, oh, this was Netflix planning ahead. We need something on the air and have something that doesn't require writers. See how it goes? Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. How long do you guys think it's going to last? It's going to probably go, I think it's going to go into like August,

maybe even fucking January. I've heard a couple things. I was at Series Fest last week, and someone said June 29th, because then DGA and SAG will strike, and it'll put so much pressure on them. Right, right, right. But then I've also heard, you know, beginning of next year. So, who knows?

I mean, I write it out because I'm 100% with them. Like, this is... Oh, absolutely. There's no, you know, there's no... It's not. The problem is that, as you just said, the studios and everybody else, they plan for this.

Because they're making so much money that they can be like we can bolster ourselves against needing people. And now, you know, AI terrifies me. So scary. I want my little hut in the woods. I don't want people. It's just going to avoid everyone and the monsters and the machines are taking over and it's all really scary. And then Ron DeSantis. No, sorry.

But yeah, it's just, it's a lot. It is. It is a lot. Thank you so much for joining me here today. Absolutely. amazing. Oh yeah, before we go, what are you watching? Oh, you probably watch. You gotta be, I always I watch everything. I'm always fascinated with what you're

watching because you can find something that I've either seen, love, or there's something I have no idea that I feel my wife would be watching tomorrow. Well, she and I are like, yeah, same. But you know what I'm really into right now is Succession, obviously. I've watched it. I haven't either. Are you kidding me? I know, I know.

Oh my God. So it took me a minute to get into it. So Mitch was like, well, let's watch Succession. I fell asleep the first episode, full disclosure. I think that might be. I've tried what's starting to watch it and I was like, I tried again, and I got to episode two. You guys, by the time you're at the season finale of this show, each season,

you're like, what? That's the best television I've ever seen. The writing is this next level. The writing, the acting is next level. These characters are all terrible people, but they're so complex that you empathize with them. So made Sopranos and Breaking Bad's so good too. Exactly. Because everyone has a little

bit of terrible person in them. Yes. And terrible people have a little bit of decent people in it. Yes. You know, it's, none of it's What's the balance? Right. Yeah. Right. But that's my number one right now.

I cannot stop talking. I will talk about it with anyone. It's so good. Are you just counting the days until Bachelor in Paradise? Yes. Oh, that too. That's like glitter and garbage. You know what I mean?

That's Justin Marino in a nutshell. That is me in a nutshell. Succession. Bachelor's in Carrier. Exactly. Love Island. Right. Exactly.

But yeah. Succession and yellow jackets. I love too. Yeah. Well, thank you both. I thought you were going to stay Yellowstone. And I was like, huh, that didn't strike me. No, no, no.

No. No. No. 1883. Yeah, I haven't watched those. I did watch the first few seasons of Yellowstone. It was great until I was like, all right, people are getting blown up. Nobody's doing anything.

Yeah. I was like, but. It's funny. I started backwards. Well, I guess I started chronologically. I started 1883, 1923. Oh, yeah, there you go. Yeah.

And then I'll probably get to Yellowstone eventually. But 1883 was fantastic. It was really long movie. I do love Helen Marin. She's 1923. But she's, but she's great in that one. She's really her and four together. I'm so bummed, guys.

Indiana Jones. I'm, they're so my favorite fucking franchises. And they premiered in Cannes. And the reviews have been shit. They're bad. They're like 41 or 38%. I'm like,

no, James Mangold who did like Ford versus Ferrari and like Logan. And I'm like, oh, come on, come on. And I'm like, I was, I was, I was, I'm going to say. Here's what I'm going to say. Yeah. Screw the critics. I know. It's true.

Don't listen to what they say. say, if it brings you joy, let it be. Because, look, Full House was hated by critics, and audiences loved it. People get tattoos? And people get tattoos and stalk you until you become friends with them and then wind up on the podcast. No, I just showed up today. Actually, Christian didn't even invite me. No, it's weird.

I was like, I'm going to go to the drug wait. She was standing here. No. You're in your trunk. I heard somebody getting out. It's weird. I don't even know what I was saying. Indiana Jones, but it's a, but yeah, don't let people, you know,

you're young, go watch it. I mean, I get it. I get it. I get it. I'm a kid and it's Indiana Jones. I'm just worried because the last one was shit. And it's like, people are like saying, okay, I was just hoping because of mangold. And collectively, there are a lot of people out there that were reviewing that I know that I'm on the same taste with.

Yeah. That's why it was more so like, hmm, this is not, I'm just not, I'm just not. I was still excited, but this wasn't as excited because I wanted the reviews to be good. I wanted collectively. But you're right. Maybe it's just all a giant scam so that you don't get over excited. And everyone's like, let's just make the reviews like sort of mediocre so that then you can have the moment where you walk and go, this was the best movie. That is true.

Yeah, yeah. I mean, even with Scream, you know, I had low expectations because Nev wasn't in it. And I fucking loved it. I saw it five times. Did you see it five times? Wow. You got to see a free once and then you paid for it four times. Well, I have the AMC Stubbs.

Oh, okay. But yeah, I have a scream tattoo as well. Don't get jealous. I believe you. Cheater. No, I think. I think I stopped watching Scream at like Scream 2, maybe, or three. Yeah.

Are you a horror person? I love horror, but I don't, I like horror, but I'd say I'm probably more of a, like, psychological thriller. Same. I'm like, make me think, oh. Do you like conjuring? Do you like conjuring? A barbarian was great.

Barbarian, I loved. Hereditary. Hereditary. Yeah. Like, give me midsummer, you know, real dark. Yeah, yeah. So me up in a bear suit and you've got me in. Yeah, well, what's good.

What's good about that, though, is that. If you haven't seen midsummer, that's it. But the thing about the horror, because I've never been a big horror fan, but I do like those psychological thrillers because it, and there weren't a lot of them for a while. When Ellis and I were doing Shamos, we would seal this, it was like another remake of Texas Chancel

Massacre and just like slasher and jump scares. I'm like, this shit sucks. And then they started to do conjuring stuff and these other things. And I'm like, okay, this is the kind of shit that I like. Right, right, right. And so, yeah, they're doing a lot more of that. And I think that they caught on and it's lower budget.

That's why, like, Blumhouse does. a lot of that. Of course. Yeah. Yeah. Well, because you can make something real much more terrifying. Oh, it's then you can make some sort of monster. You can be like, oh, it's just the dude that, you know, like, answers the door. I know you're trying to wrap up, but I have one question because I saw this movie a couple weeks ago and I don't know what to, Bo is afraid. Did you see it? I did not, but it's at Joaquin, right? Yeah. I want to see it because it's so weird, weird. It's crazy. I was like, I left. I was like, I don't know what that was about. So when you guys see it, text me.

Okay. I have no one to talk to about it. See, that is a movie. I'm like, if it's really weird. I've never seen a Marvel movie or a bit like a spider. It's not my thing. But give me something that everyone's like, this is, I don't know what I just watched. I'm like, I mean.

So did you love the lobster? I didn't see the lobster. Oh, I feel like you would love the lobster. Lobster is very, very weird, very psychological. It's like, it's bizarre. Is it like Tusk? It's not as crazy as Tusk, which is fucking awesome. I love it.

Kevin Smith and I. fucking, I love talking him about Tusk and even what's the one that he did the follow up to that one, which is even crazier. Shit, I can't remember the, he was, that the little fucking hot dogs running around after each other.

Did you see? And Austin Butler was in it. Oh. Shit. I can't, I'm driving me nuts that I can't think of the name. But anyway, he did at your period at Cannes at a Sundance. And what I really loved about what Kevin Smith was doing

was very similar to what you were just saying with Indiana Jones stuff. And that's, don't give a fuck. I'm just putting money for my friends. I'm making movies for my friends. I don't care what's, that's what Tusk was. Yeah. And yeah, and so, and that's what his follow-up movies were too.

And even when he made the last, the last clerks, did you guys see clerks? No, not yet. It is emotional. It is. Yeah, it is emotional. Okay, I'm going to have to check it out. It was, like, because the first, I love the first one, wasn't being a fan of the second one. Yeah.

I haven't seen the second one, but I have the first one. Yeah, the third one, it's like, it's the Kevin Smith humor in there, but there's like some emotional moments that you're like, fuck, it's really good. That's how I felt about the new Bill and Ted that came out. It was like emotional. Because we realize like, oh shit, we're old. We're old. Exactly. Yeah. Yeah. Absolutely. We're all going to die. Yeah, well, you've got to come back on again. I'd love to have you back on. This is a blast. And

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