The Reel Rejects - Extended Version: LIFE (1999) IS HILARIOUS & SURPRISINGLY HEARTFELT!! MOVIE REACTION! Eddie Murphy | Martin Lawrence

Episode Date: October 19, 2025

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Thank you to Hewell for sponsoring this video. More on them in just a bit. Citizens of the Reject Nation, welcome back. Happy Comedy Saturday, y'all. I'm super excited. Today, we're watching a movie I've never seen. Greg's never seen. Eddie Murphy, Martin Lawrence.

We're playing a game of life today. I'm excited. Before we get into the movie, though, we're going to check it with how we're feeling before we get into this life game. Greg, how you doing, man? Dude, I just watched Get Out. So I am ready to provide social political commentary on black culture now for this movie starring Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence. I'm ready to bring my A game, people. That's what you want with a comedy reaction.

Deep thoughts coming your way. How are you feeling? You know, we're going to make a lot of. of commentary and we're going to have a lot of opinions thrown around. But overall, I'm doing good. I'm excited. I'm excited to talk over all the jokes, man. Yep. Yep. Yep. Laugh over everything they say. Yes, everything. Yep. I'm good. Honestly, I'm doing really good today. Me and Greg. Me and John just filmed a lot of friends. That's a bummer. And it's a comedy day. I know it's a real sad thing to laugh. I like it better when you're sad. Me too. Yeah. Makes me feel more happy.

Makes me feel more alive when I'm sad. I feel dead when I'm laughing. Anyway, guys, we are going to do this. I'm wearing shirts. Greg's wearing shirts. You're wearing shirts. I'm wearing multiple shirts. Secret shirts, multiple layers. And I'm also wearing a blanket.

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description box leave this video now glory life life is starting now get ready for more glory all right i'm ready i cast down we're going to start this movie in three two one well he's getting eddie murphy's performing in saudi arabia so that's going to be good i did hear about that that is a trip i'm excited for him i'm excited for all the comedians they all could use the money especially kevin hart especially I said it in the first opening of the movie Brian Grazer Nice

Ron Howard's producing partner I didn't know that Wake up everybody No more sleeping in bed Yeah Yeah there's a time where they were both superstars I know I'm excited I've never seen them work together before

I wonder if they're like share the screen instead of like trying to outdo each other now they hated each other it's just they just cut this film on different days Bernie Mac Hey Bernie Mac is in the house Bucky Woodbines in this okay cool

I know who that is that's the shocker and spend homecoming yes it's the black one thank you geez Rick Baker did the

makeup for this he's like a legendary makeup artist he did the grinch oh no way what the hell do they do in this movie oh wow just watching them all walk past all these graves it's an interesting way to start to lay to rest the remains of inmates are gipson number four three one six hmm see banks number four three one seven they god have mercy on their soul amen how that's an opening look like you finally free now boys For the homies. Friends of yours old time?

Well, let's just say we spend some time together. Now, why do I get the feeling? And when you say sometime, you mean sometime. I've been here a good while when they come. You come here must have been 1932. Oh, man. Wow. That's 65 years, son.

So this takes place in 97. I seen them before they put them in the box. When I tell them this day it was baking burnt, it was like some shit from the X-Files, man. died in a fire what you got in their bottle anyway the old time are this is Rayford special recipe

see he had what we call exacting standards when they come to the hooch hmm Harlem Harlem Ratched in 32 are the they're saying the ones who died are Martin Lawrence and Eddie Murphy

oh I'm assuming that's what they're applying is this is young right and find a little place where they let you in the front door what about that time I got your girl in my alligator shoes man huh did I come through for you Just wearing pics again when I met I got out the swine She wearing an alligator

Let me in help a nigga out You know that's how it goes Brother that's how it goes Thank you man Yeah I just tie look Looking sharp man You're looking sharp

Yeah I feel lucky Than that comedy With like a real Production value Yeah it's really cool I love seeing like Roaring 20s And 30s especially

I'm in black culture It's really awesome Here's to your new job Down at the bank I always knew you make Something of yourself You know what I'm gonna buy With my first paycheck

Season tickets to the Yankees. What's wrong, baby? I was hoping you were going to say an engagement ring, Claude. Why would I do that? That's what respectable folks do. Get a job, get married, start having baby. And now you're talking crazy, woman. Baby, I just don't see no reason to rush into things.

That's all. Look, I got to clean this. I'll be right back, baby. All right. My man, stop avoiding shit. You're about to get 25 to life. Uh-oh. Got some beef with them.

What? What? What's happening here? Can I have a towel, please? Cool. Oh. Oh, no, there ain't no reason to get violent. Oh, I'm trying to put your ass down. Oh, who you owe?

How much? Yeah. Damn. Look, fellas, I got a bill to pay out there. Look at here. $22. Oh, that sucks. What a start?

That's two weeks pay, man. I'm here with my girl. me something how about your legs oh yeah yeah that's that's good i keep the legs that's tony todd no excuse me that's racist you got near french shit yeah bro yeah yeah he just stack that boot all right oh this man's a con art i smell french yeah you keep that's so well done Hey, don't I know you? I don't think so.

Yes, I do. I know you. What is your name? Claude Banks. Claude Banks. Ray Gibson. We went to high school together. How are you doing, man?

You went to Monroe? Monroe, yes. Show, let me feel good. See colored folks doing good for himself. Yeah, well, I went to Jefferson. Ah. You must have a different. Smart, man.

Excuse me. It's probably a movie to never do that to test. There's nothing in that wallet, man. Hey, Isaac. going on man this about my tab I worry about I got a cover man it's hot in here tonight and he was so energetic back then man you got bigger problems than that man oh I really think we gotta get out of here excuse me sir your bill such an incredibly large bill oh oh no oh the irony

I don't know what you're dining ditch over 10 bucks probably just looking at a thumb or something Oh shoot friend of yours I never met this man before tonight He's a low life that hangs around in bathroom pickpocketing people I'm a professional man now I got a job that starts on Monday I pay you back with my first paycheck but if you cut off my fingers you won't get nothing Working and adding machines I got to behold ching and I need these for praying drop him My talk is not going to get you nowhere.

Hey, Spanky, you know, you ain't got to do that to that guy. You know, you ain't got to drown him. He's a square. You didn't know who he was with. Oh, no. Oh. Oh, damn, it's a rat, man. I hate rats.

What you do? What does I say about me, Ray? I'm just trying to get by. Man, you remember what was like when you first started out, Spank? Please. Check this out. I got access to that. What is that, Ray?

Some more of your bathtub, boom. It's coming up from the Mississippi, man. It's a lot more. It's a lot more. It's a lot more. It's a good. do a good job of some of the danger of it all the desperation the fast talking oh geez poor a guy they got to get down there two three days you know as long as somebody to drive right now

really get naked come on snake wow he's showing he's got a heart you f*** me on this i'll spend no expense on your ass understand i hear me i hear you that's what they call save the cat i'm gonna pick somebody who won't be able to watch my back in a tight squeeze well i just want to be with somebody they ain't going to put a bullet in my head once the truck is for lifting not that you would do something like having to do so lift him you would never I'll tell you what though this little rum run run he's trying to get that shot from the center is so driving down the road also 1932 that's what you got to have in this business capital connection I'm going to give me the connections I got no capital yet but I'm going to get me something I'm going to get the connections

and I'm at my own place raise boom boom boom room he was irritated by him right boom room when you want to check it out hell yeah god but he just don't stop talking it's interesting because they both usually play big characters Eddie Murphy has to be the comedic one martin's the straight man at least you can do is give me a friendly conversation boy i don't want to be your friend i just want to do this thing and get back to new york in time to start my job of course me martin law is usually pretty good playing like curmudgins this time next year i'll be a lone office if i won't get some frogs Give you come out of the bank to get a loan.

I got to come down and deal with a tight assumbish like you. That's right. Well, how I get alone? You? Well, I can't be. I can't get no money. You need collateral. What do you think I ain't got collateral?

You obviously do. How about this here? Who'd you steal it from? I ain't steal at my daddy. Give me that watch. Yeah, well, who'd he steal in front? You watch your mouth what you said about my daddy. My dad is dead.

You say whatever you want to say about me, but you can't drag my daddy into it. This watch is sterling silver. Do you mean that? Probably not. like a fake to me loan denied they do play off each other very well this oh this is totally their type of restaurant so welcoming i think i'm saying really are you kidding tell me you don't want one of these pies right here what do you do not recognize read the read the room lost my appetite when i came in there my appetite just left good afternoon billy we like some coffee and a couple of slices of pie

how do you know my name is billy well it says it right there on your shirt you boys can read so good how come you miss that sign on the door over there oh Just rushed in, we was really hungry, so we kind of missed that. Don't, don't push. We've been traveling all day. Yeah, let's go. All we want is some coffee, a cup of slices of pies. Is that all right?

He's a whites only pies. But do you have any n-ro pies? A woman ain't got the recipe to no n-n-ro pie. How would you get that recipe? How far is it the next time? 35 miles, yeah. I'm not driving no 35 miles to get no pie. Ma'am, we want some pie.

dude i'm let me take it why somebody got to die because you want a pie let me take you look how much you're going to cause to turn one of them white only pies into pie so you say about that that's been so long so the hat pie what's your favorite pie apple pie nice what about you uh i think it's pumpkin man think i got to go pumpkin you're Pumpkin fella. Oh, cornbread. Slim. 36 cases.

Mississippi's finest. That's $180. Man, that music's hot. What goes on down there, Slim? That there's not just under the hill. Color folks, welcome down there? Green's the only color that matters under the hill. They got gambling.

Girls. Oh, that sounds fun. Monday you can go be a bank teller, but tonight you are a bootlegger with a truckload of Mississippi's finest and a fistful of cash. That's gas, man. money come on think says the guy who was trying to get pot

from the restaurant it's two dollars you stay here and watch the truck and i got the keys with me case you won't leave down here in the woods i know how you think you you ain't slick it's so quick so good sounds like he's just making shit huh man it's so well done would not be surprised of some stuff's improv it's so funny damn this is like an expensive ass comedy movie they would never throw this

much money down for a comedy now they're two beat stars at the time it makes yeah back then they took chances like this you're always join longer his face said it all man i ain't never been in here before my name syvie hi civy can't you remember your name make it up i know it begins with a c mr c how about buying a gal a drink i got to keep an eye on my friend over there you look like he could take you himself he's just concerned around his money oh she can be in her eyes you got to get yourself some trouble man you can't afford trouble like this you better oh no you can't take the liquor

claude that's so well done you got your money claw oh wow two dollars but i need that to get home oh no oh she won you rent for the night what you want to go home for oh so early give me a deuce thank you

you don't want to pick up this country pace best to you so oh wait who's this guy i don't he looks it's quincy jones it's not

i believe you and i raise you and i raise you 10 damn she's i don't think i have any more money next city boy well that's too bad

now hold on now they both broke the watch oh no man if that watch is real he's not even given the back story i wonder if it is real i think that'll cover it that looks way more than ten dollars i got a full boat with the ladies doing the pattern much stronger than that sir no oh no this sucks this movie has a unique layer of because you know they're going to go to jail at some point yeah their interaction did

look rather suspicious sheriff they're good guys they're cops my old friend that's that bill burr i thought we agreed that you was going to leave town i don't recognize it looks like a young bilberg i was just joking though but your wife she begged me to stay oh you don't do that in the 1930s It's like young Bill Burr and Sebastian Stan. I was just thinking Sebastian Stan as well. You sliced him. You cut a white man in the 30s.

That's death. Yikes. You still got that $2? Not exactly. You see, I met this girl. Godfaring girl. Same guy, senior. He looked religious.

Her mama needs his operation. She ain't had the money for it. Oh, yeah. So, hey. Man. You tell me the church took up a collection, but they still were short, so I, you know, $2 short. Yes, I gave it to it.

You know, when the spirit moves me. You lost all our money in the car game, Ray? Fuck the money's not even about the money. Yeah, I lost my daddy's watch. Man, fuck that cheap ass. Oh, don't assault the watch. Gotta stop something, you're right. One more again.

One more again, too. I take all your front set, I swear. See how you go back to New York. That's how you're gonna be. How are we supposed to get home without any money? We got 36 cases of booze. That's better than money. Where's that girl I was working over here?

What girl? What girl? We'll see. When the next time I come back in there, whichever bitch I start to fucking, that's what girl. Oh my God. Oh, shit. I just want to get back to New York. All that makes you think.

Oh, no. He's gone. Oh, shit. I think he's her pretty bad, man. Get your watchback. Damn. And this guy's dead. I ain't never seen no dead body body.

before ray what are you doing and it ain't here my dad is watch this the guy that took my watch from me now look at your ass out here please oh no ro-row hey how y'all doing ah shit i think they're i think they're framed wrongfully imprisoned he's not dead he's drunk getting too drunk oh that tobacco you're chewing on yuck I'm gonna tell his wife

that we left him I'm gonna tell her let's go back to car yo uh oh I think it's look we're gonna go to your car then there has to be like some

some improvised lines and stuff the way they're going back and forth yeah I blame you for everything Ray okay is that what lands them in prison for life you forgot all that shit I need all that shit I need all my thing is

and thumbs for adding and you remember that shit right i saved your life we'll see i don't i don't know if it's that yet it has to be something bigger i feel like they're gonna blame the black people for why this guy's been murdered what that's never happened you're right Billy Bob and the boys found him down under the hill With Winston Hancock Looks like murder Looks like there's running a hooch Got 36 cases of evidence

Oh shit We didn't kill nobody That man was like that when we found He was out there dead He was already dead now As far as bootlegging goes I haven't worked for a very very important man Back east

This guy Spanky Johnson It's very well connected We'll give us a break He would do something to show his appreciation I'm sure oh i don't doubt that you can buy your way out of trouble up in new york city but down here we take murder very serious oh what an asshole he was already dead he's telling the honest truth that there was no breath in there don't have anything to worry about then do you

i see y'all in the money man they still be in prison for the liquor huh yeah tomorrow i'm tell that judge we didn't murder nobody that was spanky's booze what what's the worst that can happen to us ray oh no you don't ask that there it is damn wow that's crazy the movie has to find like that right pitch where you can believe everything that's happening without like the the realism bogging down the comedy so it doesn't become totally conflicting yeah really good job at that definitely like it feels real enough it's it's hard to do yeah it's a it's a balancing act but yeah we've seen prison movies before i'm I'm curious how a little gentle juggle, that sort of thing with something like the longest yard.

You will eat only what you can grow. Your crop don't come in, you go hungry. Eat only what you can grow? We ain't got no fences here at Camp 8. We got us the gun line. It runs from shack to shack. Clear around the yard. You step outside the gun line without my permission, you will be shot.

Yeah, makes sense. You tripping far all over the gun line. You will be shot. You spit, you pit. You so much as stick your Johnson out over. the gun line a lot of old people and in case you haven't met this handsome young fella this is hopping bob you run afoul of bob you run a foul of mate he is hopping was he gonna be like this the samuel jackson of this movie like he wasn't like samuel jackson jango

we ain't got no wallflowers here in cap eight don't y'all were or not just like a prison like this in a movie anthony and oh wow he wasn't even famous enough to be credited yet that's wild i didn't see nothing special the first time ray and claude walked into the Cage, they were just a couple of fools who's lucky'd run out. How's wrong about that? Interesting. Tim's new Cravable Raps are made for the times your boss said the what now? Or your teacher

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Also, interesting, starting it off, letting us know that they die and risen. What the hell you doing, man? Don't do that. I'm going to do that shit. Oh, man, shut up. Why isn't that boy's back swinging? Why ain't that big player? Too high.

I'm high, boss. Damn. I ain't interested in his meteorological assessment. Ain't interested in you, yo. Meteorological. you're only interested in getting this here ditch cleared by sundown you can hear him boy got it all right you're just taking that position so you don't have to be down there well they'll find we do things different down here you noticed oh don't smart me boy you just

shut your mouth and do your work you got that look like we got a couple of live ones or they step out of line again we'll shorten up that sentence real fast damn it's crazy their shots are like completely dirt when they were like on them you're the one of you new fellows know how to read i know how to read why i've been can this letter for four months now oh that's dude love him look it's from it's from your mama's neighbor mrs tidewell that your second cousin bow died and your other cousin sally on your daddy side she died oh apparently your sister died too oh no no no no so unresponsive jennie died too jennie and marlene both did damn

in which your mama and your daddy was both killed. Damn. What the hell? That is, it gets over the words. And no one wrote him a letter until this point. Anybody else got something they want read? I'm good. Right.

Let me stay ignorant. Hey, hey, hey, hey. Very, hey. Fine, thank you. First time in. What's that, Lugar? I gave you, man. I've been in and out of prison.

Mostly in. You won't have a problem of justice. You shouldn't have a problem. No. man you need anything of any kind of name jingley jangling you ever some favors I'm claude

oh no nice and subbo yeah I see why you think they called jangolay you won't find out for me on me on the prize doing that that guy was dj and street fighter movie

he's trying to like the burnt part off way too fancy you get that off yeah you get that off you're scraping to some shit making the excess no right no noise you want a man what you up in here for wrong story killed to the some bitch with a claw hammer when he was 13 years Oh, damn. A lot of people say it, though. How long have you been in here? What you do?

Somebody's chocked and sister. She was my half sister. I cut the ass and half. Oh, damn. What you talking about biscuits? You'd want to skint your landlady alive and made a jacket out of her. Oh. Well, at least he didn't kill Santa Claus.

Oh, no. You're just wearing the suit and ringing the bells. And a bad present. Salvation man, a dude to be out there on the street with the bell. Something like that. that's what he did that's what they did but y'all did say something crazy yeah violent killing spree y'all around the country been to killing people all yeah you ain't heard about it

sometimes you got to do certain shit it's just enough that people know in that you know i there's no telling what i may do stand here choked you bite you i mean whatever it take to me the motherfuckus existing i press the wrong button that's what it's from I heard that my whole life I didn't know it was from this movie

he'll eat your comb bread well are you mind passing this down to hey I'm not going to eat this cornbread if he wants to cornbread damn let him go up to the front get his own portion of cornbread He's trying to try to survive bro He's gonna get him killed

If you can have him at your cornbread You're gonna be ironing his droid and clipping his tone ass if you try to eat your corn bread because if you try to take my cornbread part two of my killing spree going to begin up in here on your air oh no what are you doing man if you think about my cornbread making the taste out your mouth no man fuck that no new york city god damn it not go for you and any other fucking farmers want to try some shit you're gonna take you you bet you get your ass kicked dude it's gonna be consequences and repercussions oh shit you can say that again oh nice yeah i think the the first movie we're getting where they were trying to be bootleggers was good

but i'm really liking the the turn of them being in prison i'm like this is where the meat the mean if it starts for real oh no he likes it oh oh oh my god oh shit wow he just picked up Eddie Murphy like that no break god all that do is blind they allow them to have church father is so bold request permission to go to the time bar conjugal visits are for mad prisoners only and i don't see no wedding rat in the beginning of the movie just once i could issue a temporary marriage license phenomenal faith show is pretty

I now pronounce you man and wife you go have a good time Wow Did you go see my cousin Melvin like I asked you to in my letter Of course I did It's not the let them have you know guests in this way Melvin wanted to know if he should Or something they get today They should have prisoner as well

No Daisy he's the reason I'm in here For all I know he's got a record a mile long You tell Melvin to think about me Cookie made me a map to Greenville You made it that far they'd be checking everything retrain that pulls out of that station cookie told me it's a boot on the phone man you probably don't even know how to swim we can do this shit why do you always talk about we what there's no we right oh man things have got to change all right that's your buddy it's your best friend

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Whenever you come by my spot, I call him Statumol, and he come by whenever he in town. Yeah, get there's something to dream about. Trying to say something at the wrong time. Go, go to sleep. Let let us have our fun. Last night, y'all should have come by, man. It was big fun, but y'all never guess who gonna be there tonight.

Ooh. Ooh, that right? Just guess. I got a man that. Ooh. Everybody. making dream oh that's cool what a gift catch any care heading up time because all the drivers know about raised boom boom

ha ha ha ha this is sweet this steak tastes like butter just for you cookie you got some safe sauce boy get it some worse of this ass sauce he's keen off that damn this face wouldn't be a club without some dates this face on a true story oh no oh come on this dude oh damn you're about ready to spend the night in the hole boy now shut up and go to sleep you got that boy won't even let them dream i'd expect such a level of like actual community bonding with everyone here

Yeah, there's like something nice, but also kind of sad in them imagining this life that seems so luxurious when really they're in prison for, you know, forever. All right, let's get a move on. Only 15 hours of daylight left. 15 hours. Jesus. You still got that math? Yeah, I still got it. Well, if you're thinking about booking it, I want in.

I think we can make it. Huh. You switched up on him, huh? My cousin Melvin is a lawyer. filed a pill on my behalf on your behalf what happened to we call it then daisy went and fell from malvinale and engaged to be married can you believe that damn oh no talking too loud so might hear you're playing this whole shit on me your little scheme that you had was I part of that you got to learn a whole lot more about

friendship a lot more yeah no you probably slow me down claude you know you're out there worrying about your silverware being cleaning all that shit you know you want them talking too loud so might hear you're playing i hate that oh is that the trigger word what you're gonna put your chin up huh that means something to me because i said so because i said so what i said i spell it always gonna talk about that watch again huh how you like that what you gonna do claude what you're gonna do oh or not just hit him oh oh this is good Brick it up, break it out.

Ouch. I'm getting ready to shoot somebody here, goddammit. Better he don't even got bullets. Don't go to sleep, nukkah. Don't go to sleep, mother. Don't go to sleep. You know that. Fucking let me down in the dirt, ball.

You got it. Nice. This is such an interesting movie. Because it's actually really character-driven. Yeah, no, it's not based on a ton of slapstick, how I'd expect it to be. Yeah. or just like a million jokes per minute yeah there's a lot more nuance let me see that map you call us a map we out here in the middle of nowhere don't tell me you don't know where we're

going i drew it up because i knew your ass wouldn't come unless i had a map oh wow damn you guys both in the fire for that one so yeah half of a plan man man i'm surprised they didn't get killed for this oh god damn oh oh oh i feel that Yikes, yikes. Yikes. I hate that. Oh, damn it. Shit.

Even though you know they're not going to get away, there's that party that's that's hoping. Yeah. Yeah. Honey, what you think we ought to do with these two teach them all this? A night and a hole. Better make it a week. Oh, man.

Better make it a week. Hoof. First time that rained Lord ran, but it sure wouldn't the last. oh really wow and the world went to war for a second time while they was fighting for freedom on outside we would dreamer about it on the inside his mustache is thicker now 12 years of later is that Dave Chappelle what are you doing boy what is your problem I just assumed was Dave Shepin half looks like him I got to see a bit look at his face

as his twin it's his twin he must be a main character of sorts when dillet found out that claude was a baseball man he put him in charge of the team that way when we lost he get blaming on somebody else his movement so good come on man they can't get ready to have a swing secret sauce coming in A little easy on him. Nah, man. You have no idea the specialty you have laying it on.

Wang and now, don't be scared of the ball. Woo. That wasn't bad. Put that on it. That might just been one you know a mistake. Yeah, give me that tricky one. Oh, that's powerful. oh he looks so happy yeah oh is that the daughter grown up oh 12 years later

hey my rose done grown up and out that girl got gang oh oh oh oh oh no you are looking at bokeen oh no James you can start fighting. Stan Blocker, scout for the league's, Negro leagues, actually. Progressive man. Heard a rumor you got a boy up here who can hit the ball a ton. That's him right over there. Can't get right.

That's the kid's name? Yeah. Can't get right. Why are you interested? Crawfords are always looking for new talent. But this here is a prison. Oh, there are ways around that. He is interesting.

The circumstances are different, but the way that it's a comedy, but an actual story, sort of feels like the longest yard in a way. not like one for one bow oh oh no no can't get right no you can't do that no let's keep what mind you got focused can't get right won't be right don't do it like crack though so powerful folks you mark my words five years there's going to be a color man playing in the majors hey jucky i think that boy could be the next josh gibson right well it's getting late boys oh man he's going to blow it he's going to sleep with that girl you're going to blow it's

handling you know we take everything for you boys oh it's not going to matter at all huh Good job with that. Ruin it. Can't do right. All right. Oh, man. He can do right by himself. I like that you can feel the development of their relationship.

It feels like they've been friends a lot longer now. They did a great job at that. What in the world? Oh, my God. Does she give birth? What? Does she get birth to a black child? His Mayerone's all right?

She's doing just fine. She definitely did. What about the baby? He's a bigon. There's a boy. Honey, it's a boy. boy uh let me see him right now let me see um oh no how does burning back to keep that up the tongue out with the eyes lumped

Oh, I hope not. Damn. Daddy, give me my baby back. Oh, no. Oh, he's gravitating. You know who the daddy of that chocolateed baby is? Chocolateed baby. It's my baby boss.

Oh, hell yeah. I'm that baby's daddy. Hell yeah. Any fool can see that baby belongs to me. i want a different that little rasker belonged to me proud to say boss i'm not baby's daddy i'm a pep he's live wow they all stood up to protect him that's that's community right there oh that was the last we ever saw us of been to have nothing and little ma'amette rules to celebrate his departure camp eight to ourselves making more sexual deals

claude managed to scare up some girls it wasn't quite the boom boom room this is the release form what am i gonna do out there right i can't go home to my mama like this is your mama gonna be happy to see you when you get home and i like this right wow feel safer in there we'll sit here with your ass looking all sad you got the best news of the day you sitting there looking sad i'm over here and slow ground with this sheep you you cheer up you're going home right oh we're not going to be accepted in the real world that must be so scary like the world changes so much while you're just locked in here and then he said it'd be hard to acclimate as well not only you know him with him being gay but just how the world

treats you what oh no don't don't don't get yourself further sentence oh you're gonna kill yourself he's gonna have it extended he's gonna do some shits to get in trouble no not the gun line dude no no no what are you doing man wow oh wow that was the easier choice for him that's really sad it's so crazy they have other black people be the gunman i do not expect this layers to this movie oh he gets released while they have to stay what's this go to the league blocker what's going on here kids getting out what about me and Ray, you said you was going to put it in a good word for us. I mentioned you.

Fards don't come cheap. I mean, that kid can hit. Man, we're the one who work with this, work with him. Night and day on that game. I'm not going to let it go, right? The man said he was going to put in a good word. Explain. At least the kids get now.

That's what you wanted, right? What an asshole. Yeah. You showed him cross how to play ball. They can throw you straight. Go, you're a free man. That's heartbreaking. It's so fascinating they chose to keep him as a sassold.

character because obviously now we know him to have a iconic voice but yeah he's able to emote so much and express so much with obviously no dialogue that coach comes across like he's a all right guy at first even corrects the N word in the beginning it seemed like he's a little bit more progressive and accepting he really doesn't care yeah just what's gives him the money they're not going to give him money i'm finally wrapping my mind around this whole concept they threw us in this shit hole for life don't you get it we're gonna die here and My daddy died in a place like this because that shit you're talking. He gave up hoping himself.

Ooh. Maybe you're just to chip off the old block. Dude. Now, you're gonna take that back of we ain't friends no more. Newsflash, Ray, we ain't never been friends. It's been nothing but pure hell since the moment I ran into you, Ray. Damn. Well, I ain't got nothing else to say to your ass then.

Thank you. Now, if you ask me, when you can't get right left campaign? They were just hurting. A piece of Claude left with him. And would Ray and Claude not talking? The place felt a little harder. They're doing a really good job on embodying the characters and the passage of time.

And it's really cool that this allowed an opportunity for Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence to actually demonstrate dramatic skills. Yeah. Again, knowing both of their reputations, especially at this time and their prime, you would never expect that. I imagine this movie opened up the gate

for his later dramatic roles and, you know, the 2000s and even like... Like all this... March for more freedom and black people's rights is all happening on the outside world for them while they're still going through the punishment. Yeah, and then what they're experiencing

is obviously the legal version of slavery. And it is time for you and me to fight for ourselves. Damn. That hurts. I see all in New York City. Oh, shit. Oh, my God.

wow it's kind of lucky he survived it all fade damn everybody's going out 60s I wonder if the Rick Baker yeah the elderly makeup is why they got Rick Baker everybody's going y'all the last one like we're probably gonna see Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence old as shit 70 years why don't rich even oh wow Oh, wow. Around about 1972, I got transferred to the infirmary, and those two fools were still at it.

That's going to take me some adjusting. Martin Lawrence looks better than anybody's. I was all excited at the Rick Baker makeup. You'll find his breaking point. It could be triggered by any little thing. A face, even a smell. White's only pie. Let's go run.

Go enjoy that pie. Oh, it's some damn pie. You comfortable? Are you still alive? If that pie eating some bitch step off them bottles, I want you to shoot him right in his ass. I want you to kill it. You do that, I swear to God.

you a freemate bullshit i got to be honest with you here boss you don't want to give me that gun but i probably shoot you with it that was the wrong answer boy he's gonna be other balls out too yeah i'd have knocked you off the bottles put a bullet in your ass and be halfway to new york right now after all these years of blissful signs i forgot how annoying the sound of your voice is you don't make me fall off this shit talking to your head about being poised right just poised Boy, my ass. Let's say 28 years later, right? Yeah.

I'm sorry to hear about your mama, pastor. Yeah, about five years ago. Thank you. Wow. Every time you start talking, I'm almost falling. Will you stop? Just don't say nothing else to me. Oh, she, damn, one of my toes in the bottle.

Damn it, Ray, shit. I don't get why. Why Martin Lawrence's make it look so much better than Eddie Murphy's. Every morning I wake up praying. that Ray Gibson and Claude Banks have died in their sleep and every morning you disappoint me you haven't warmed up to the middle sorry you two got 15 minutes to clear out your lockers had been transferred to the superintendent's mansion and I for one won't miss you well he is going to miss him he was an all right racist in the

end oh yard boy this murder could use some attention perhaps some fertilizing would restore it's a zuberance your ass to work you've been on the farm for quite a spell haven't you over 40 years now it's a long time for any crime even murder there's a hell of a lot longer when you're innocent half the men in this prison swear they're innocent clodd that's probably true we're gonna see uh bokeen wood by my son because it's been almost 30 years i want to talk about the plan you've been working on i ain't working on no plan right i know you and i know when you got something brewing working on getting your innocence yeah i got something brewing i got a ass whooping brewing for you ray if you don't stop fucking with me oh that's right

that's right right all right sleep tight dude yeah i hope your ass pissed a bed with that weak ass blatter yeah well if i do if i do and then i put the sheets on you it's interesting how the second act was like stewed in the the drama of it now we're back to like the the more comedic aspect of it green viz Pick up the new superintendent at the bus stay. What's with the old pretty suit? Who you're supposed to be, Harry Berifonte? Well, I look very dapper.

Now, don't touch this car. Just I piss on the motherfucker. I ain't gonna touch you out. Oh, bad. Hey, Murphy's makeup's growing on me. Still haven't fully lost myself in it. He's so custom and so synonymous with playing characters and having makeup. Yeah, that is the thing, right?

I guess both of them are because with Martin Lawrence and Big Mama and then him with a Nettie Professor norbit you know i trust you claude i hope so be right back what choice are you about to make don't do nothing stupid wow that taste of freedom right there this is first time outside of the prison i thought he's gonna take the car at first changed world they're all hip is now black and white folks in the same bus probably never seen that before yeah the styles of change man really digging the score in this moment as well yeah you've gotten old the world's changed without you well naturally i had to get set down next year oh this guy

hyperchondriet yeah damn ward on her nose hair out of it for Christ sake

oh shit I'm god damn gallbladder like the back of my god damn

hand the irony there you go boy wow wow this time to go let me get that door for you

while this guy's leveled up in the world that's quite a hall huh Claude oh my god why he's safe Are they what are they gonna do? Oh my god. Yeah, it's getting late and I sure as Elk could use a nice hot. Wow, you still have it after all this time.

What my wife gave it to me on our anniversary some years back. Asshole liar. About 40 year back. Yeah, something like that. Give me that scone face too. I ought to kill you for that remark boy. What's going on here? Teach this up. A lesson and manner. Oh shit. Chiefs this. You're gonna get us in a lot of trouble now. He's right, Gibson. Mm-hmm.

Oh, he got my dad's wife. He killed with the hair car. That blocked all thing my dad ever gave me and he got it. What the hell difference does it make? That makes a big difference. Got 40 years the cheap labor out of the deal. Oh, the fuck, you don't took our lives away from it. Give me a girl.

No. I'm gonna get shot. Oh, shit. Whoa! whoa what that is quite the turn i did not expect that whoa how he really he really does like him i believe it belongs to me oh that is that is fucking like wow we were walking a bird came out low on our left i swung on it mr pipe walked directly at my line of fire they were loading up the truck i believe they gone on ahead

Why don't he just tell them the truth? Well, he knows nobody won't hear the truth. You want to tell them what they want to hear? No, no, he just protected you guys, big time. I think they bought it. One of the deputies is a member of my church. Gibson, I don't think there's any way that... You can hold that watch.

There's no way to make up for 40 years. He believes his innocence. I'll get Charlotte to draw up your pardon papers in the morning. Oh, wow. Would you mind helping me upstairs? Sure, Bob. I'm not your boss. I'm not your boss.

Not anymore. Oh. They got their part of his way back then. We wouldn't be burying them here today. What happened? He died. His old man Wilkins never come out of the bathroom. Fuck.

He goddamn. You got to be kidding me. I must have been pretty messed up for them, man. What happened to them after that old time? I have a theory. I don't want to spoil. So I'm just going to write it down. Okay.

Okay. And you were right you said the only way we gonna get out of here is through them all in the cemetery Oh you think their death that's what I wrote down here He's like what I wrote down I said fake their death I mean let's be real we neck we on deck that you like baseball we're on dick because they said there's a fire right yeah you're crazy right yeah fran friends for life you know how to get in here don't you you smuggling in in their ass they're what it's also interesting seeing how the outfits and i think i got to one with the plan no way he's the one with the plan now any plan you got i don't even

i don't even want to hear because i know it's fuck you don't want to believe me you don't want to believe me that right I'm too old. I ain't got no time for no plan. I'm 90-year-old, boy. Damn. Okay, flights on Air Canada. Oh, wow. Mayorka, that's new. Oh, nice. But Vienna is a classic Mozart, palaces and schnitzel. Mm-mm, now you're cooking. If you're hungry, deli brings the heat.

Heat. Cartagena's got sun and the sea to cool off. So does Marchanique. Mmm, and that French cuisine? Book it. Yes, chef. Wait, what about Lyon? Choose from our world of destinations. If you can. Air Canada.

Nice travels. I mean, if they fake their death, they did an amazing job. So I was the fucking error to make. Sorry. That's crazy. Doubted my own theory. Nah, no, they must have. There's no button in the ark.

They must have. Yeah. I don't know how. What was Claus planning you? He could steal a couple of bodies from the mall, right? Uh-huh. That way, when they set the infirmary on fire, and all the commotion, him and Ray could just slip right on to them fire engines and see, waiting until the morning and rule right on our widow. Uh-huh.

Well, what makes you think that ain't work? I never said it didn't work. Hey. Wait, you mean to tell me that this is not Ray and Claude in these two boxes? Well, is it old man? Hey, old-time. Is it? Come on, let's see him.

Oh, he went to the Yankee game. Yes. That's exactly what he said he wanted to do. That's amazing. All these years in the making. Yeah. I didn't appreciate when you had said something about the... You had just said that I was on.

You said it. You know what? Here with it. Which one of Yankee? The world wants up at the map. Go, go, go, you. Run, mother. That's it.

Hey, they did it. They're 90s years old, but they did it. What a little perfect about this shit? It took 65 years to come up with it. 65 years. That's going to get you hurt. That kind of talk. Now live in Harlem.

Wow, full circle. Together. Aw. Well, come on, help me out, man. She'll be at me standing on this car. I got the bitch to be standing. I'm going to be consequences and repercussion. Uh-oh.

Well, I know it's 1932. Hey, my shit, I almost got stung by a beast. What's wrong? The mustache too big. Duh. Give up hope me young himself because of this fucking airplane is coming over. Maybe have to loop all this shit. I ain't looping shit.

Rick James. Hey, this ain't my dad's watch. that was great that was awesome vampire brooklyn i never even heard of that one oh righty you guys we've just finished watching the movie life jake jillenhall and ryan reynolds wow they were so good they were so good that's two black men they did i'm surprised how well they pulled that off yeah really good uh black face they did uh not offensive whatsoever anyway this was uh good this is a really fun time definitely different than i was expecting uh we have some patreon questions we're probably going to get to and a bit here but before we get it in there we're going to take a look at our

thoughts we're going to examine our thoughts gregory how's you feel man looking at my thought terran looking at him wow wow can't say that one on camera no it's the movie man has influenced my brain the dialogue that's all it's not an opinion this movie was a surprise it was really surprising i expected nothing but comedy and it was ended up being something much more nuanced and so it's a clever title you got to respect a good title yeah you know life sentence to life watch these men's lives unfold they grow together in friendship the community life that they form in prison where it's not just a bunch of There's harshness, but there's true relationships that build and form.

I felt myself immersed. You know what I mean? Yeah, I really felt like I stepped into it with them. It was not, in a way, it is slice of life in a more time-spanning kind of way. Pretty big slice. Yeah, it's a giant piece of the pie life. And the performances by them were incredible. honestly like even though the makeup on eddie murphy seemed it just it looked like they put

shit on eddie murphy that that was a problem with it right but in 1999 i think it's probably like whoa that's amazing right it's probably like absolutely incredible but we are watching this in 2025 where makeup in this realm granted they don't use practical effects they were near as much as they ought to it's probably evolved to the point old man makeup is really hard to get down and yeah you were talking about the association with that but Eddie Murphy's performance was so good that it sold it you know like Eddie Murphy's known it to be a good dramatic actor nowadays too like we know we can pull it off so if anything Martin Lawrence was the one that surprised me wow this guys are actually really good at drama and I never associate him with drama

there must be some work he's done that's maybe flown over my head that I have just missed over the years but this was a surprise man this was this was a nice surprise and it was it was heartwarming and a story about never losing hope at the end of the day never lose hope so i was very moved by it and it was also wasn't hilarious but it was really funny yeah you know yeah because it's pretty dark for a lot of it in the in the first half i'm like oh they're a good job balancing it and the last half it's primarily a really sad experience But never losing the personality of these two. It's really sad. Anyway, that's my thoughts.

What were your expectations you kept saying? You said it was different than what you expected. So what were your expectations? And what did this movie end up surprising you with? Well, because both of them have a very prominent reputation in the comedy world and both had made major successes on film and television for Martin's show and then Eddie Murphy with his comedy specials and other movies. prior to this and SNL exactly I was expecting something that was more akin to what we know them for you know something that's really fast talking something with a lot of bits some that's just a thousand miles a minute of jokes and it wasn't that at all I think it found a way to be a story that featured comedy rather than a comedy that had a string line of a story And I felt like they did a really great job of that, showcasing the passage of time, making it feel believable, not only in how they responded to their environment, but also how their relationship grew and change over the course of those 65 years.

And I had no idea that this movie took place over such a large amount of time. And granted, the movie started off of telling us that. But I did not know that prior to this. I knew that it started the two of them, certainly, but the fact that we got to experience that and got to watch just what it's like to see somebody try to still hold on to hope over the course of 60 years and how the world changes around them in that time

and how, I guess they deal with that. I think that was a really, really engaging story, and it was really funny and sad to watch. that middle portion of the movie, actually got me internally. I was like, oh, wow, this is real. And it's really crazy how much people in the prison system endure, but not only that, but how tough it is to acclimate to the outside. Like we saw the one dude who was sad that he was leaving prison,

and he ultimately decided to end himself via getting shot down because he couldn't take the pressure of what it was like for the world to change in a place where you wouldn't think that someone that's like, you know, predominantly men and tough and who were there for vicious crimes would be a place to be more accepting of him than the world where it's so many more options. But that's what he felt at the end of the day. And yeah, it was just really insightful but also funny. And I think they did a great job of, you know, when two actors who were that big, you know,

one of them could have like this big ego about it or you know one of them wants more screen time than the other but I felt like between the two of them in them being the prime of their careers it felt really balanced yeah surprisingly yeah it felt really balanced and it's care for both these characters I feel like they work together really well and I think that's that's great I wonder if they have a good relationship outside of the movie I don't think I've seen them anything other than this together well it's said that Eddie Murphy was one of the lead producers of this so I imagine he sought out Martin Lawrence for this oh okay usually that's kind of the story that I hear like Martin Lawrence specifically sought out will Smith for bad boys oh wow I didn't know that and I would imagine that's probably the case here okay because they they had done like coming to America with Arsenio Hall so I but and he's done other buddy movies even did like 48 hours or Nicknulty it's probably some others I can't recall off the top of my head so I think he understands the power of sharing the screen with something. you know and not just making it all about him because there were i feel like in the as especially in

the middle chunk when it became like about the baseball time a lot more was lent to martin lawrence yeah and there was where eddie murphy's character kind of took a little bit he didn't take a back seat but i felt like martin lawrence's character was more spotlighted for a good chunk of it so it seemed like he was generous too with serving the story yeah also the supporting characters were kind of took more of a front seat then yeah orrence and and their dynamic And then, yeah, obviously, in the third act, it came more about them again. But I appreciated how generous they were with allowing their supporting characters to shine overall. And also, fucking, like, production design on this is...

Incredible. Really good for, like, a dromedy of this scale. And I imagine, like, with the stars attached, makes a lot more sense. Yeah. But, yeah, it was pretty awesome, man. i really i really enjoyed the hell out of that it was a nice nice surprise i'd say i did too today is tuesday right today is tuesday yeah you got five questions all right five questions today from the patrons here we go nicky son risa hey gregg and aaron life is one of my

favorite movies i'd love to hear your discuss the chemistry between eddie murphy and martin lawrence two powerhouse comedians did the rolls last portrayals surprise you in anyway greg damn must elaborate further yes the part that surprised me too from understanding how a movie works it's obvious that at some point these guys are going to be best of buds you know so that arc wasn't necessarily the surprise the surprise that happened for me is how well they handled the aging gaps you know they start off they had to really understand the three pivotal points that were out with the characters the journey of before and then the early stages of the prison the first year the 12 years later mark and then the 28 years later mark

and I felt they really filled in the history on each one of those gaps where I didn't feel like I was missing something or I needed more scenes to see how their relationship form because you could see it in the dynamics not just with them but also with the other inmates like what you were talking about again like no surprise that it is kind of odd that you know Eddie Murphy is really associated with doing a lot of character are crazy makeup and then to see him do like a dramatic turn

with uh is ed but martin lawrence i mean he does big mama's house but i i feel like i've seen that movie isn't big mama's house he's pretending to be a big mom he's not actually he is and he's not actually a big mom right but he's also dressed up with other characters in his own show in the martin oh okay yeah i've never seen any of martin oh great show is it okay yeah so i've never seen any of that so that was probably the element of their performances that really surprised me. That's a hard task that you got to do

and to not be so self-absoratim. Like, let me just play an old man. Like, it's still about connecting with your other performers. So I thought they did a really good job there. What about yourself? Yeah, no. I think they did a great job individually and the way they bounced off each other was really great. Because initially when the movie was first getting into it, I kind of made a comment

earlier saying that, oh, I think Martin Lawrence is going to be like the straight one and then he's the Eddie Murphy's going to be the more comedic one but I feel like they did a good job of giving them both comedic moments to really shine where I feel like they in a way I guess broke from that that's the stereotype of one has to be the serious one one has to be the the funny one and then the other one just reacting off of them I feel like they did a good job before reacting off each other but yeah I feel like the way that they were able to showcase them how they change as individuals and how their relationship change will also maintaining that sense of loyalty to one another, even though it was like, it was like there were an odd couple in that sense, you know, that Ray didn't want to give up Clyde and have to hold the gun for him. And then Clyde was trying to stop Ray from shooting the guy. So they, even though they had that tension over that one period of their lives, they still had each

other's backs even if they weren't directly engaging with each other because yeah they were the only two people alive you know and they see that middle portion where all their friends either presumably die or get released from prison you know they're the the constants so I feel like the way that they showcase the elevation and the transformation from where they started to them at the end finally getting to go to the baseball game was believable you even though this movie's under two hours you believe like yeah I believe these guys have been friends for their entire lives and that's a really a hard feat to achieve especially in something that's i guess labeled as a comedy but also one where we one know what these guys look like in real life and don't look like that with the makeup but um yeah it was

a gamble and i think that they they paid it off well well said beast games contested number five first off yes gregg i was on beast games was in the Dune Part 2 video. Oh, you were there at the IMAX screening. Oh, snap. Cool. I don't think you introduced yourself as Beast Games contestant number five, so who were you? But I wanted to ask you both this. So put yourself in their shoes.

How would you have changed the outcome after receiving life in prison, I'm assuming? Would you stop being petty and work together? on escaping or just giving up and enjoyed life what life you had left in prison knowing me i feel like i would keep trying i'd like to hope i'm the guy who would keep trying to get out keep fighting it do you feel like you try to escape or you try to find the legal way of doing it first legal okay then i would grow impatient and try doing the other avenue because if i get to a point where if i i think i'm the kind of guy again like this is pure imagination of course yeah if anyone's ever been incarcerated you're hearing me talking about like you're full of shit man you really don't

like i will gladly trust your assessment of me um the the the the what i imagine is that if i came to terms with oh man this would be my lot my the rest of my life i might die if i try to escape i'd rather just go that path and risk dying because i would not want to stay here who knows maybe prison's better now maybe it's better you know shape take some class they offer a lot of good shit in some prisons now join a gang join a gang community yep i have natural leadership skills i could lead a gang search your own i you absolutely we're called the rejects do a great job you all get magic tattoos what would uh how would you respond you think i don't know if i would try to escape in the way that they did because i you know especially with

how they framed it in the beginning where if you try to escape, we'll shoot you on site. Unless I was at a point where I was ready to die and risk dying, I felt like the fear of getting shot would prevent me from going

out and try to do it like my own way. Because then I feel like I'd be constantly paranoid that I was going to get locked up again. So I feel like I'd want to go about it every way I can legally. And if that never worked, I feel like I would find a way to adapt to prison life find uh and maybe maybe maybe find community you know find some some sort of hobby

within there become a writer from prison it just yeah just acclimate uh from there but yeah and hey if i get to a point where prison's so awful that you know we want to to die in the face of trying to get freedom then yeah we're coming up with something elaborate where we're crossing every dot and doing all the teas and going to shovel ourselves out with a spoon. And we'll get to the other side. We're going to climb through some shit and get to freedom and start a farm. But yeah, I think that's how I'd answer that. Cool.

Thanks for the question, Beast Games. Contestine number five, appreciate you. Jaden Rhodes, this is easily Eddie Murphy's best movie slash performance. I'm curious if y'all feel the same or does. his do some of his other movies stick out more that's a good question i like dream girls a lot but yeah do you have any movies that stick out for you know being his best performances he has a lot of great movies i haven't seen dream girls i have seen dolomite is my name which is often credited to a lot of people as one of his better term performances

I guess I would say this is probably my favorite performance of his. I feel like from everything we've talked about, and he still manages to keep the elements of Eddie Murphy that we love, while showcasing a different side that doesn't feel like it's costing the sides of Eddie Murphy that we really enjoy. But I also saw past Eddie Murphy. I saw just the Ray character that he was playing. So I would say probably this is my favorite of, I know the side is most iconic. i i'd probably meet you on there jaden as my favorite performance of his he did disappear into it

and you know what's funny because one of his biggest roles uh the nutty professor i've never actually seen those movies so i'd want to watch them oh hello look out potentially but yeah i don't know he's done donkey and you know he's been on obviously um s andl so it's it's tough He has a lot of really great ones. But my favorite performance is him in Bowfinger. Have you seen Bowfinger? Never seen Boe Fing. Okay, that's my personal favorite Eddie Murphy performance.

Okay. Yeah. But I would say this is a stronger, like, character performance. But that's my personal favorite. He plays two people in that movie. And I would say that's where I would edge it out for my personal favorite. Okay. You know, I really loved from the Beverly Hill Cops movies.

He's so much fun and he's just so quick. and clever in beverly kills cops one yeah i'd have to i'd have to give it to that one but uh yeah thanks jane rhodes pierre the reject hey gregg and aaron thanks for reacting to my childhood movie which other performances set out to you other than martin and eddie eddie erin who oh uh definitely berny mac that was great mac i've never seen anything like this before and that was definitely a change of pace for what i expect from someone like uh like bernie mack and also booking woodbine you know it was more subtle more subdued he's a really great actor and i'm happy his career kind of flourished on after this point yeah but yeah i would say those two

are the ones that surprised me the most i'm used to see him play like tough guys yeah as tough guys or or quiet subdued guys have you seen uh have seen fargo he's really great the show the show fargo i've never seen the show now oh it's so good dude he's like i think he's in season two he's so good oh no i'm never seen the show but yeah i mean at the time i've seen him in anything he's good spider man is great yep that's it the only thing he's done and bernie mack yes i meet you there i don't know the actor's name the the other gay guy who was uh great uh there's a lot of surprising performances upon reflection the warden surprised me he was good as someone who never really has the full turn no but you could see

these little glimmers of i do kind of like these guys but i'm still a racist asshole you know uh yeah you saw the glimmer of sadness that they were leaving by him at that almost like he's resistant towards fully letting himself actually connect to the idea that he cares about these people yeah you know exactly and ned badie the final guy who was actually sympathetic towards them yeah that was really sweet yeah he was really good yeah there's a lot of great supporting performances in this movie i think they're they're all very good but you know if we had to nail it down to one that's great transition j rustin question is who is your favorite side character in the movie would you have a favorite Bernie

he was hilarious and he was just his his movements his lines what did he say like i'm the peppy that murdered me that was so funny um yeah i would say i'd have to go with with him he was great that's a hard one too because that easily could have been the most sketch performance of them all for sure and somehow he because at first when he was introduced i was going okay i guess he's gonna be like oh you're the funny gay guy in here you know and it was funny it was but the movie had a different tone so it is impressive how he adopted a tone or adapted to the tone as the movie adapts to the point where the other guy dies and he does have that sad walk towards him like oh my god i just see him as a real character not as a sketch and you discovered where the cornbread line came from yeah that was great

i've heard that my whole life and just now realize it was from this movie and yeah it was worth it i'm happy i got to experience that here yeah man i'm glad we got that on camera me too forever so you can forever watch it for life awesome man all right do you have any uh final thoughts for you out of here no i really enjoyed covering this movie thank you guys for joining erron and i and thanks royal rejects for submitting some cues yeah all right all right we've done it guys thank you so much for watching this video i had a great time i'm happy i finally got to experience life i can talk about it with my family now and yeah i hope you guys all have a great day thank you for sending you questions thank you for watching this video and we'll catch you guys

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