The Reel Rejects - TED (2012) MOVIE REVIEW – WE DIDN’T EXPECT TO LAUGH THIS HARD!! – FIRST TIME WATCHING

Episode Date: January 16, 2026

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More on them in just a bit. All right, guys. Well, let's hop into it. We're watching the unrated version. You can now own the double feature on Prime Video. Just like we were pressure to you to stop the noise in my headphones. Let's go. Wow.

Look at that. We did it, gang. Let's see if there's a post-credit scene. You can never, it's, you got a thing would react. Yeah, you never know. You got a check. You always got check. LJ.

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Ooh, look at that. Rejects one. There you go. He's a big fan of friends. He's never seen. That is driving. Dude, dude,

you should watch it. It's pretty good. All right. That was a, that was funny. That was funny. Yeah. That was a genuinely funny-ass movie.

My cheeks hurt a little bit. Yeah, man. Definitely. I had a really good time. I am glistening. So, what's less pressure for you?

You go first or you go after John who's really good at reviewing stuff? I'll go first. Jesus Christ. What the way? No, you should go absolute last. Oh, good Lord.

last after we get all the talking points out of the way. You've got to come up with some shit to say. Fans. What do you, what do you think, man? Did you, did you find it funny? Do you think it's outdated?

Should it be canceled? You're going to ruin the fun for everyone today? It's not woke enough for you, John? Loken up almost. God. Oh, God. No, man, what'd you think?

Honestly, I mean, I'm a fan of Seth MacFarlane. I'm a big fan of, like, family guys. So, naturally I found a lot of even the offensive stuff funny. I know that we're not supposed to laugh at that now, but whatever, you know. John loves offensive stuff. It's all about, baby. No, yeah, I had a ton of fun.

It was hilarious. I mean, again, it feels like an extended family guy kind of episode. But, yeah, there was some existential stuff. Like, he being 35 and like, because that's how old we are. there was surprisingly enough experience wise as much as I was laughing

and have a good time with you guys there was this reflective moment of like oh am I a loser not to be like so self-defficating but like yeah

I give you getting at yeah but otherwise um Milakunis was like the best girlfriend ever and like still stayed with him like

I there's a lot of things to unpack there. Otherwise, good movie. She is like the idealized. Right? Like, she's like a dream person

concocted in a lab. Yeah, like I have, this movie in particular. To suspend my disbelief about all facets of the movie, I really had to digest that. Like, I was like, oh my God. Okay. Seems like that she likes that you're a man child.

She just wants you have a better job. and a slightly better grip on, you know, like your nuts and bolts of just getting by in society, but otherwise, like, you know, be his crass and immature as you want. Exactly. Yeah. It seemed like you know it's hilarious, though. Yeah.

Yeah. As long as you find it, a comedy hilarious or funny, that's all that really counts at the end of the day. Of course, of course. It's a good point about the reflective side, though. Yeah. I think this is a lot of things. There's a time where if you're in your mid-30s

and dealing with this, it's like, come on, man, you're in your 30s. And now I feel like there's a lot of people in their mid-30s who deal with a lot of this kind of stuff. Definitely. You know? Yeah. At age where you're like,

I should be a lot more of an adult by now. And I'm not. So I understand that feeling pretty well. And you have a best friend? Do you kick it with a lot? I do. I've known him since kindergarten. Really?

Yeah. I think you've met him. He was up my birthday party. But, oh, and Humphreys knows him from C-Sun. What's that? His name is Pejimon. Oh, yeah, yeah. Yeah.

Yeah. I've known him since I was... Yeah, Pat and I were in film classes together. There you go, yeah, yeah. What you look like? I don't want to... What's his race? Let's go by race.

Persian? I know what you're talking about. You put me in a corner, fool? I was a joke. Nobody puts L.J. in a corner. I talk to, like, two people at your birthday morning. Oh, my God. But, yeah, no.

yeah I mean don't get me wrong again a hell of a fun time of a good movie but like I didn't expect to be so reflective and like really introspective about like my age it's got a lot of heart oh definitely it's surprised by how I thought the heart was going to be like a like a punchline or a cynicism to it and I was like surprised by how sincere it was played for real yeah you know and then because the movie's not even like as edgy and offensive as the comedy is i wouldn't call it like a cynical type of comedy weirdly enough right i was i was really surprised by that i thought it would be more in that vein with a bit of a black humor to it but no it was actually like really sweet and i was genuinely taken aback by like i'm getting kind of i'm getting pretty emotional

if i was by myself at home i'd probably let myself cry but i don't want to cry on camera over the movie Ted? That's not what I... We need that for the thumbnail. Come on. People want to see you cry. That's sad. It's a lightful, raunchy comedy.

I'm about to cry right now. It's fucking odd. Oh, damn. But yeah, with John, what you, Humphrey? Big John. DJ. I enjoy the movie. One, two.

BJ and L.J. Okay. B.J. It makes perfect sense. You cannot blame me for your mind being in the gutter. You blame Seth McFarland. Oh, there you go. This is very fun.

This is very fun. You know, it's a comedy. So some jokes age better than other jokes. But generally, yeah, like its heart is in a nice place. And I do, you know, I would agree. It's like the thing that makes this nice is the fact that it does have an earnest sense of heart. It catches you a little by surprise with the fact that it has some sense of heart that it actually cares to incorporate. you know it's on an afterthought and as much as we are laughing about milacunus being like

lab engineered human uh you know in terms of just like what she's willing to put up with and where the lines are she sells it really well and like what the point of the movie is yeah like there i i feel like during this time we had a lot of that man child character comedy and this takes that and definitely does that and brings all the seth macfarlane isms to that but it tells like an actual coming of age story a little bit and and you know it seems to care about the through line of this guy you know growing up a little bit and then it becomes a horror movie for a little of a kidnapping manhunt movie for a little while and that's fun you know everybody showed up to this so yeah it's a little unwieldy and I could tell that this was the unrated cut but I still had a lot of fun yeah it felt like just a few minutes too long to me I had a great time I was like I was pulled in it's kind of movie that I feel like I needed right now just to escape from my own brain honestly.

No, yeah. Like, I don't mind. It's like, it's so obviously like meant to be so absurd, even like the racist jokes and whatever that I'm not like bothered at all. There's like, yeah, there's like humor here. The only times when I get a little

bit like, even though it was honest, hilarious. It was like the stuff with the kid, it's always something with a kid. And I'm like, oh, I're making a lot of like fat jokes about the kid and I know that guy's probably kids an adult now well they're making jokes about the kid and

Giovanni Rubisi like being together but it's mainly like the kid in the fat jokes and he's like a really overweight kid and I'm like this kid you need because I know it's not that war I could have just like insert an improv these jokes. Yeah I wonder that too.

Is he like aware of these were the kind of jokes he was going to get or do you like walk in and just suddenly like oh my god they're making like really mean jokes about me You know, that was the only time when I was, but at the same time, they were, they were really. Funny. Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah. That crossroads. Hey, they signed up for it. It's just kind of been a thing throughout. I mean, I watched Goonis for the first time last year. And they had a whole kid there named Lard, you know. Not Lard. Chunk.

I call it. I internalize it as Lard. They had market tested it on you. It would be Lard. But you know, same idea. Same concept. It's a bit it makes you think there, right? I call him lard, and it's the movie already called the chunk.

So it's in net neutral at best. I'm the best kind of social justice warrior. You are. Stand up for it while also participating. Yeah, and Mark Wahlberg was so good in it, too. Yeah. Like, Mark, Mark, Mark Wahlberg in the other guys and Daddy's Home.

He's so funny. But the difference there that I thought was so odd is I feel like he's so aware he's still in a comedy in those movies. Even though he's so good in those films and he's really, really funny, he actually feels like a person in this and not Mark Wahlberg playing like a funny version against the type they. expect him to play. True. And like in daddy's home, he's like a tough guy. And then and the other guys,

he's like, like, he's like, like, he's like, he's so good in those movies. And it's really funny.

But here I buy him as that like middle age guy who's a slacker and has a best friend as a tell. Like his interactions with him feel so real. Yeah. And I was very surprised by like, wow, Mark Paul Brou is actually really good in this film. And he's very believable as this character.

That's a smart part about the casting because he has a boyish thing about him and like and the way he talks you know yeah so like there's something about that that suits a big old child man really well right and it helps you see past his buffness yeah because we were saying that going like this is the fittest

slacker man yeah yeah like his vibe sells it yeah yeah yeah I was really really really surprised by that did you have a favorite bit in the movie um good question uh I can't think of the top of my head.

A lot of the offensive jokes, to be honest, like as much as it's offensive. The more offensive, the better. Was there a moment? You don't apologize for laughing at offensive stuff. We're edgy here. What, is there a joke in here that you were like,

that was probably the hardest one you laughed at? Oh, man, I need to really think about it. Yeah, it's like, I remember gut-busting a couple times, and I'm trying to remember what it was about. this movie because the thing is this movie is so dense with jokes and stuff like there's so much flying at you and there's so many quips and cutaways and stuff and because this is again 10 minutes more jokes yeah yeah but i also thought most of it was funny no i did too i'm not even complaining it's like an embarrassment of riches it wasn't like irritating you know yeah yeah yeah that's true that was a one part where we put on unrated i was like uh like honestly nine times out of ten when i watch an unrated version of a comedy, I think they're bad. I don't usually...

Generally, I don't like the unrated versions of comedies. I think they, like, go on way too long. Yeah. And they're, like, overly self-indulgent, and a big part of what makes a comedy work is the overall pace of a film. And surprisingly, this movie's... I thought it was, like, really well-paced.

Even if there were a couple of moments that, like, went on a little too long, and I was this part of the unrated? It never actually ruined, like, the next scene or something like that. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, there was extended jokes for sure that like just like they they sat in it for a little bit but otherwise didn't like it

didn't bother the flow of the story so do you relate with the joel mcale character oh good lord definitely there's a lot of when i was watching i was like that was that was the most off-putting thing i've seen a long time that moment was i wonder honestly if that was in the theatrical cut because that seems like i could cross a line into unpleasantness yeah a little extended yeah a little extended Yeah, yeah, yeah. Did you like the fart joke? I could, I could say that far joke. I normally don't like fart jokes.

Yeah, no, but the fart joke with Temak is so unexpected, but also like, honestly very relatable. Real? Yeah. It was like waiting for a private moment. It was surprising. That was like, that was one of the funnier fart jokes. Yeah.

Because it's saying something about the character even still. True. Because you know what? You think he's going to say. something like absurd like thank god for finally or whatever yeah I could see

that being a cut out moment because all the later scenes when he's like look I know I'm an out like none of that plays as possibly believable when you have that moment earlier when he sniffs the chair yeah yeah yeah um but I don't know man

that was uh it thought it was a great comedy but now hard and surprisingly well done and uh I I appreciate, and like I like the actual of it with the color symmetry, like this white and green palette. I thought it was really good. I know we got some cues because what the Royals are going to be a part of. Let's do it.

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Sure. This movie really... Part of the rules, you got a shout out there. Oh, my bad, my bad. Yeah. My bad. Rookie mistake. All right. From Jaden Rhodes. This movie really only works if you like family guy humor,

which I love that kind of humor. My really only issue is I think the movie runs 5 to 10 minutes long. Too long, you mentioned that. I'm curious if y'all agree and y'all plan to watch the show. I don't know if the show... Is the show liked? Yeah. Really?

I remember the first season that people were like... Did the show get viewed? This is surprising. Who people still be watching? I feel like people were surprisingly enthusiastic when the first season. out, but... Is it, like, strictly on Peacock? Is that what happened?

Like, when he's a teenager? I mean, I did air on TV. There's no way, if it's, like, an R-rated show that it could air on, like, NBC. No, yeah. What other channels does Peacock own? I don't know. Comedy Central. Are they a universal NBC?

I don't know. It's got to be, like, a... I don't know. No plans right now. Just the first two movies, at least. No pads right now. You don't have a question. Except they would agree.

Yeah, we kind of, I mean, we watched the five to ten minute long. Yes, yes, exactly. For our standards, this is 20 to 15 minutes too long for you. I suppose it is five to ten minutes too long. I mean, I think I can see the, you know, there's a version of this being a tight 90 where I think that's maybe advisable. But not even the theatrical is 90. Yeah, theatrical is an hour and 40, which is not too bad. I mean, honestly, you know, I wouldn't argue that you couldn't.

I'm guessing that even the theatrical cutout shit you could cut out. But yeah, I wasn't like annoyed by. Like there was a moment where I was like, okay, I can feel how long we've been here. But then I was laughing again and I didn't really care. Yeah. That's Seth McFord. Yeah. I know what.

And to your point, we know what we're getting into with that. Yeah. All right. BJ. All right. Read the other one. Brandy Davis. Thank you for chiming in.

Hey, guys. John stupidly. this is the suspense part where we find out if this is about us or the John in the movie. John stupidly risked everything to party with Sam Jones. All right, who would be the celebrity that you would risk it all to party with? My pick would be you guys, of course. Oh, and Clint Eastwood.

Thank you. Us and Clint Eastwood together. Interesting. Who we partying with, gang? Yeah, I want to party with 95-year-old. Watch him. die he's out here I don't think you should do that

chair I mean in reality I don't think I would want to party with any of them if there's this I think the real I think the heart of your question

I'm going to totally like strip all fun away from your question I think the heart of your question is which celebrity would you drop everything to me like drop everything with to meet and I'm like well if I'm at a party

I'm probably going to be really quiet as a matter of party and everyone's going to want their attention. And I'm not going to feel like I'm trying too hard to be funny or something like that. Because like, yeah, would I drop everything of like Conan O'Brien's here? Like, yes, I would, but I'd also be like highly into me. I'm like, this is probably not the environment. I want to be Conan and on it.

So, but if I had to have a pick to participate in the question, it would be, it would be Conan O'Brien. I would say Conan O'Brien, for sure. Do you have one, LJ? I don't have an answer. I mean, because the context of the movie is that he, he, he, basically we don't know how to just answer your question yeah we can play too which i'm sorry we're imagining a party that we don't want to go to yeah and he leaves that significant other that's he's playing it in this realm if there was just what celebrity would you really

that's a good question uh i can't damn it um this is great no i i i'm blanking here Go to Humphreys. Ah, shoot. This is the complete... You can't name one famous first. This is the complete inverse of how it would normally be. I just have a straight answer for you. It's either Keanu Reeves, Jack Black, or Nicholas Cage.

Oh, what's the next question? Cool. Okay. I would be happy to party with all those dudes. No, like, Humphrey's doing exactly what we're doing right now, which is like, let's really overthink the context of this question. About leaving anybody important. That's just a fun, good-sized party where ostensibly

we will have a good time together Keanu Reeves, Jack Blacker, Nicholas Cage. Michael Jordan? Oh, Ted Danzin. He seemed fun. Nice. You drop everything to meet Michael Jordan? Were you a big Chicago Bulls fan? No, I mean, I wear his shoes.

I just want to thank him for the shoes. I'm blanking with anyone who's... My favorite cobbler, Michael Jordan. Dude, man. Those shoes, you may. made personally crafted. Did it just slap your name on this? The fact that you handmade every pair and produced them on the mass level that you did. How do you come up with so many unique designs?

That's incredible, man. Oh, you did it? Oh, the fact that you pointed and said those. Oh, my God. The fact that you signed a contract so that a bunch of other people can make these decisions and you get paid for them and use my name. Oh, my God. Brilliant.

My silhouette. I love you, Michael Jordan. Oh, my God. I don't know Jack about your basketball career. All right. Well, if you think of one, you let us know. Okay. Nick at night, great name.

Hey, real rejects. What would you guys want as a living stuffed animal? I love how there's, like, no serious questions. That's brilliant. It works for this movie. It's the one time I'm like, totally okay. What would you guys want as a living stuffed animal to hang out with and why? Oh, that's scary.

Hmm. You know, I had an old, uh, miscarriage. Stucito stuffed animal who was my dude back in the day and I think I think he would be cool I would like my my old Skeeto to come to life interesting yeah an insect I want my my Indian in the cup board to come to life yeah yeah that's what I thought of yeah bring everything to life yeah all you see the covered and then yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah you have infinite stuffed animals yeah yeah you got yeah you got thunder buddies galore yeah you can make anyone a thunder buddy You can charge.

That's kind of a messed up title. That's offensive. This is where I take my standard instead. What do you need in the country? The indigenous person. The First Nations person in the cupboard. We fixed it. We did it.

I legit don't remember what happens in that movie. Outside of one time he cuts the boy's hand, the finger. Yes. And like someone dies at some point. Yeah, yeah. What? It gets really sad at that moment. But I don't know.

I can't tell you what. Yeah, I want a little guys. Yeah, and they have to like bury him. And that brings the... Yeah, I don't remember what. I can't remember. I don't know. Indian in the cupboard reaction coming.

Over your stuffed animal. I don't, I didn't have one growing up. So I, but... Yeah, that I. I'm trying to think of like a... Do you know what you have? Huh. A wide imagination.

Thanks, Jack. No, I'd probably think of something silly and, like, simple. Like, you know, Pokemon, like a Pikachu little stuff. Oh, that's actually a great pick. Yeah, that'd be actually pretty cool to have a real, like, Pokemon. Yeah. So, like, have the power? I would hope so.

If Ted can punch fucking Mark Wahlberg, then, yeah, I want my Pikachu to have. You can't put up a fight against you, 500 feet. I know. Apparently not. I know. I was like, you could take this guy. Read the next one, Little John. Master T says...

We got to clap for the editor. Sorry. Read the next one, Little John. Master T says, hello, Greg and John. I guess not me. They're not aware you're in it. I know, I know. It's a typo.

Who wrote John twice. I love watching your reactions. My question is for you is who would be your Thunder Buddy be? You go ahead. This is a... I don't know. This is... I go with it.

I go with BJ. Yeah. Aw. Yeah. Buddy. Agree. We're Thunder buddies. My wife would just push me away.

Dude, I'm not doing for a hug, right? Dude, we can weather the thunder together. Yeah. Yeah, I go with you. Yeah. And you're alone now, John.

Yeah, welcome to this room. Yeah, you're not allowed to be our thunder buddy with us. It's only two. Third wheel. You only get to be two. Damn right, right, you are. What happens in here? A real reject.

Everyone is Craig and John. That's a third wheel. Yeah, so pick another reject to be with another buddy. What about your friend? No, yeah. What about Pej? Yeah, I would immediately choose him, but otherwise, whoever the future significant other is.

His name is Pej. Yeah, P-E-J. Pej, the Persian? Yes. Peshman, the Persian. Peshman is full name, yeah. Cool. Sick.

Do you, oh, we picked each. We picked each other. Yeah, dude. We've been Thunderbodies for real since you're... All right, BJ, LJ. No, BJ. You're up. BJ.

Daniel, thank you for chiming in. In the opening montage, montage, montage. We see John and Ted having Boys Night out at the movie theaters. What are some activities you all feel comfortable bringing your, quote, animal buddy to tag along for? Could be younger you or adult you. Strip Club, definitely adult you. My animal buddy

You go to the arcades, dude Or like, laser tag What do you mean my animal buddy? Like a stuffed animal buddy Come to Life, I think Yeah I'm guessing it is a TED scenario I thought like my wild friend

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah I don't have a friend It's animal from the Muppets If you had to bring animal from the Muppets anywhere I mean now they're in L.A., you can bring them anymore LA or New York, everyone's going to bat an eye. You know, a bodega,

coffee show. Yeah, honestly, I'm glad or not. I guess, yeah, I think a movie theater. Yeah. I immediately went there, too,

yeah. Yeah, why not? Arcades, dude. Sure. But what if you need to put it down to play? What if you're playing with you? What if you do a VR? So the ideas you have like a TED,

the ones are like a living one. Yeah, that's how I feel like both of these work, though. Sure. I mean, the world of Ted, he's just a being that exists and everyone accepts it. It's not like, no one's like pointing in the way and like, a teddy beer. Yes, they could have gone to the arcades.

We're thinking too much about this. Well, the movie has no rules. No, Seth McFarlane has a Bible. What is appropriate in Ted Lord? And I is not. I need to think in rules. Okay, so as a young boy, you wished for your some kind of thing. I would bring my cupboard with my cup.

my sentient cupboard cupboard my little Indian friend I would except he's actually from India yeah I do I would bring my my stuffed animal to life and then we just go to museums

and quietly look at the art would you bring Michael Jordan that's the celebrity Whoa. That's going to be my version of a Ted style movie is instead of like a stuffed animal brought to life. It's just like the powers that be bring you Michael Jordan. And now Michael Jordan's just like,

we live together and I'm your best friend. Oh my gosh. Well, that was a really fun movie. Thank you guys for asking these questions. Thank you guys for being here. Ten. Have you met Ted? Have you met Ted?

Have you met your mother? Oh, no. I have not seen that show. Wow. I've seen only a few, like a few episodes, but like, you know, it's about. I mean, kind of. It's about how we met that guy's mother. Yeah.

Yeah. I mean, that's the gist of the title, right? It took eight seasons to tell that story. It did. It did. And everyone loved how it turned out of it. Everyone loved how they anyway. I got no confidence.

It was worth it. All right, guys, thank you so much for being here. Leave your thoughts down below. If you had to pick a stuffed animal to bring the life, what would it be? Who would be your thunder buddy? Shout them out in the car. comments. See you guys soon, Rejects. Looking to grow your investing skills and make smarter decisions with your money in

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