Doug Loves Movies - Jay Chandrasekhar, Kevin Heffernan and Samm Levine guest

Episode Date: April 24, 2023

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Doug hates candy wrappers, screaming baby, sticky seeds with 50 azepam or kernels in his teeth. There's still not one that he won't see, cause Doug loves movies. Hey, hey, hey everybody. My name is Doug and I love movies. This is Doug Loves Movies. It's Sunday, April 23rd, 2023. And today's show is a virtual Club Dread reunion. Because we're doing this virtually. And my guests are Jay Stander-Sachar, Kevin Haverton, and Sam Levine. Hello, gentlemen. Hello.

Hello. Let's meet everybody individually and alphabetically. I'd say by first name, but I think the three of you line up no matter which way we do it in the same order. He's the co-writer and co-star of Quasi now on Hulu. He'say chandra sikar hello dude hey doug how are you pal i'm good man uh excited yeah oh that's good i'm excited uh for your movie that uh just started on hulu a couple of days ago. You know, we're pretty excited, too. I mean, it's a real wild thing to have a movie just get plugged right into the houses of

the stoners who follow us. Oh, yeah. It came out on 420, which is always a sign that it's going to be a good time. Yeah, I think so. I think so i think so yeah well let's you know let's say hello to the director and also co-writer and co-star of quasi on hulu now it's kevin everton hey hello hello hello hello how are you it's good to have you back or to hear you back good to be back i um i've been i've been dying for you to show us a picture of yourself, Doug.

But, you know, I know we're keeping it mysterious here. Oh, I'll turn my camera on. At some point. At some point. I'll surprise everybody. For emphasis. I'll shock everybody. But, yeah, I like to do an old school radio style. Like we're all called. We're all calling into a radio station interview. Well, it's one big phoner. And what have you directed stuff before? Is this your first direct? Is this your directorial debut?

directorial debut uh i directed uh a broken lizard movie many years ago called the slam and salmon um i i work when chan risakar is otherwise busy so i directed a movie uh about 10 years ago for broken lizard and then i've done um i've directed about we've done about 50 episodes of my show tacoma fd and i've directed half of those so i I guess that's kind of, you know, that counts, right? Yeah, no, you're an old hand now at directing. Yeah, yeah, quite an expert. Well, tell us, you know, a little bit about the movie, Quasi-Sort for, it's a reference to Quasimodo, right? Yeah, this is the Broke-Lizard spin on the Quasimodo story. And it has nothing to do with the original Quasimodo story,

except for a hunchback character at the center of it. Oh, okay. But it is actually set in medieval France. It's set in the 13th century in France. And we made this movie about this kind of lovable loser who finds himself in this conflict between the Pope and the King, the two most powerful guys in his world. And then at the same time, he's falling in love with the Queen.

So it's kind of a skewed, braveheart love story. Yeah, it sounds like a real love triangle of sadness. There it is. And how did you guys land on uh steve being quasi like because he's not naturally ugly and slumped over you know he's not on the on this show doug you don't have to compliment him steve uh worked at i mean we wrote this script way back when, like when we were writing Super Troopers,

we were simultaneously writing Quasi. And this is back when Steve was working in a record store in Manhattan called HMB. And there was a guy in the jazz and blues department who spoke out of the side of his mouth. And Steve would come back to us and imitate the guy and the guy would basically say steve the saxophone is the loneliest instrument i sit in my windowsill and play it on a hot sweaty summer day for a woman who will never come

and uh he would do that invitation and we would laugh and riff and riff and laugh. And we kept doing it. And eventually we thought, let's put a movie. Let's put that guy in a movie. And then let's make him a hunchback and a virgin. And let's set him in 12th century France. So we need a king and a pope. And there we go.

And then you're off. And how did you fight over who gets to be king and who gets to be pope? Yeah, we have big arm wrestling thing session place do some rochambeau yeah a little rock paper scissor um no you know it was it's fun because when we write our movies we try to avoid those fights as far as long as we can so everyone just kind of writes and then we cast very late in the game and uh i don't know by the time we got to the end it just kind of writes and then we cast very late in the game. And I don't know, by the time we got to the end, it just kind of felt like, you know, Paul Soder really wanted to be the Pope and Jay really fit the king. And Lemmy was, you know, going to be quasi no matter what. So it all kind of fell into place.

No fights, no brawls over it. And I was, you know, I'm not a terribly observant religious person, but I was technically born a Hindu and I thought maybe I shouldn't play the Pope. Oh, but King is okay. People are already mad. They think we're woke because we have an Indian king in France. People are criticizing us already for it.

There's just five Broken Lizard guys, so everybody's got to play something. Someone's got to play something. Like they've never seen a broken lizard movie before exactly they've all they've all been pretty woke on that score yeah uh all right well let's say hello to our third guest today uh who of course co-starred with these other dudes in their film Club Dread. Yes. And he's a returning champ to the show.

It's Sam the Man Levine. Hey, Sam. Hey, dude. That was like the Raising Arizona of intros before you got to me. You covered so much before where the opening titles could finish. Yeah. You know, you got to give the people a chance to talk about why they're here i knew you didn't have anything to plug other than that you're you're available on cameo that's true

but also i watched glossy yesterday yes yeah right good we can keep the conversation going yes i wanted to jump in but i know you don't like it if i jump in before my intro um oh it's okay we're all friends here well i just wanted to say uh casting paul as the pope was uh brilliant he's fantastic he does a fantastic job as the pope fantastic as the pope so that's it that's all i have to add. Okay, I'm going to take off, guys. Thank you, Sam. I was in a dumb hotel room since Wednesday

that doesn't have... You don't have access to Hulu, and I'm not going to watch the movie on my phone, so that's going to be a treat for me this evening. Yeah, watch it properly, Doug. You've got to watch it properly. Yeah, I mean, you know, TV still,

I really like, you know, I like the motion picture experience, but you know, now that we've got these big screen TVs and you can sit close to them. I think he meant stone, Doug. Oh! Say what? You don't have to worry

about that I watch everything stoned I watch Schindler's List stoned Kevin and I also went to Schindler's List stoned I mean you gotta get through it somehow right yeah

I think it made it better I mean it was a great movie made better. It actually has a couple of light moments, if I recall correctly. I mean, not a lot, just a couple. But there's a couple little jokes in there, I think.

Yeah, Ray finds there's a tight 10 right in the middle of the movie. He tries out his road material for some of the workers. Speaking of Tacoma FD, when is more of that on the horizon? Yes, sir. We finished. We shot 13 new episodes.

We just finished editing about two, three weeks ago. And it's going to air this summer. They have not given us a date because the company that we're involved with is turned upside down by mergers. But we're in the can. It's finished. The season's great. And they're all going to drop this summer, I'm being told. I don't have a date yet. I i did i wish i did well did i spy with my little eye or there's like

a few people from tacoma fd that are in quasi yeah we got them all in there um yeah i mean the funny thing was we we shot this movie um between seasons three and four we had like a little six week window which was one of the reasons we were able to get the movie done quickly. And so basically we just took the Tacoma crew and the cast and we moved them over to this movie and we got all the, all the guys in there for a little cameo parts. That's great. And they're all very funny in it.

It's like a cast away. What lies beneath tie in. Yeah. Do you guys remember that? That when the Zemeckis like a cast away what lies beneath tie-in yeah do you guys remember that that when the zemeckis was doing cast away they had to take a year off so that tom hanks could lose all that weight and grow the beard and the hair and zemeckis loved his crew so much that in that time the entire same crew shot what lies beneath with uh harrison ford michelle pfeiffer right when they finished they went right back to the second half of Castaway. It's exactly like that. Exactly like that.

Now you're going to do Quasi 2 between the next season of Tacoma. I think we can do that. Terrific. That's how I'd like to watch Castaway and What Lies Beneath. I feel like a year has gone by you just pause it in the middle

I mean that What Lies Beneath is I saw a little bit of it on cable a while back and it is that movie is insane it's like it's every other every other moment in that movie is a jump scare

it's every other moment in that movie is a jump scare. It's so weird. All right. So let's get to the part where we talk about movies in general. on the show every week called Recommendation Nation, where I ask each one of my guests to recommend a movie that fits under a particular topic or category. And in the case of today, what I'd like each of you to do, because now Sam's seen Quasi, so he's well-equipped to do this. Uh-oh.

I'd like each of you to recommend a movie that you think pairs well with Quasi for whatever reason you have. Let's start with Jay. What do you think, Jay? What movie would make a great double feature with Quasi? Well, I would say The Three Musketeers. Oh, yeah. Richard Lester. Yeah.

The kind of lighthearted Three Musketeers. Lots of action, but also just fun. Yeah. And it's sort of set in ancient Europe. And there's some historical elements to it. And, you know, there's a little bit of violence and some excitement. So, yeah, it's a similar kind of era. Yeah, and they all wear the same wigs that you wear in this movie. That's correct. That's correct.

That's a good one. And what about, did you like the follow-up, the four Musketeers? Was that as good for you? Man in the Iron Mask? Yeah, I'm generally reluctant to see sequels. And I know that's wrong because I occasionally make them, but I'm generally like, I don't see, like, I've never seen Fletch, the second Fletch with Chevy. I've never seen the second Caddyshack uh if there was another blues brothers i definitely didn't see that i just

well that one that one i saw that and i was right um uh not to see it so um you know i i just like i just like the originals that said see super Troopers 3 when we make it next year, folks. Alright, Kevin, what do you think? What's a good double feature with Quasi? I'm going to go Braveheart. Because basically we ripped off a shitload from Braveheart for this movie. Jay's character in one,

for one. We were huge fans of the king in Braveheart for this movie. Jay's character in one, for one. We were huge fans of the king in Braveheart. I believe it's Patrick McGuhan. What's the guy's name? McGuhan, he was the prisoner. I would call him McGuhan. Okay. But we always loved that guy.

We watched that movie. And here's the thing that people can do when they watch Braveheart. Watch that guy. We watched that movie. And here's the thing that people can do when they watch Braveheart. Watch that guy. He never blinks in the whole movie. If you watch him, he never blinks. And that's what we loved about the guy. So Jay never blinks in Quasi on purpose.

And then we stole also the queen who falls in love with a dirty commoner. We stole that little element, too, from Braveheart. And so I think, you know, people can see what we're paying homage to. Right. And also Braveheart, if you watch it now, is probably got some stuff in there that's more unintentionally funny than they intended. Yeah. And things you couldn't get away with now.

Yeah. Yeah, it's kind of brutal. Yeah, like Mel Gibson essentially makes fun of the prince through the whole movie, but we would never do that now. No. We would never do that. How long can you go without blinking, Jay?

Well, Kevin, you know, the truth is I attempted not to blink on the first day. And then I'm like focusing so much on not blinking, it was a little bit hard to hit the right comedic rhythm. So if I'm not blinking in the movie, it's because Kevin edited out my blinks. Every time I blink, he probably cut away. It's funny. I was in a restaurant many years after Braveheart came out, and I was sitting next to Patrick McGowan. And he was with his wife. And he was eating soup.

And I was just watching him to see if he blinked when he ate his soup. And I don't think he blinked then either. Wow. He's a consummate professional. Or he was. Or he just is really intense about soup he is very tense about soup and acting yeah you got to keep your eye on soup you can't you blink and that's when the flies get in there sure then you're done sam yep if you could have watched it on a double bill with another movie

Quasi and what do you recommend Kill Bill Volume 1 and Quasi and Kill Bill Volume 2 just because you like those movies or is there some connection Sam the over the top violence

oh okay well that connection sam the the over the top uh violence oh okay okay well that that maybe took it up a notch of a extra notch of excitement about quasi for me because i i didn't know it was going to be really violent well well there's some comedy violence there's some comic violence comedic violence yeah yeah. Yeah. Yeah, I laughed my ass off during John Wick 4. There's nothing funny about that. I was going to bring that up as my double bill movie. Sam, though, it's funny because whenever there's a set piece in that movie,

like when he's falling down the stairs or when he's getting hit by cars near the Arc de Triomphe, it's like it always goes on for several beats longer than necessary. And so I would just kind of like the vomiting and trying to live sadness. Like after 10 minutes of it, the last seven minutes of it was a laugh riot to me because I just couldn't believe that it was still, you know, that it was still going. But that's the nature of the whole John Wick 4 movie. It's three hours long. Yeah.

And everything goes on a little too long. But my thing was that the interesting thing is that those two set pieces that you mentioned are probably in the last 20 minutes of the movie. And I thought they were some of the best action set pieces I've ever seen. But I had action fatigue by then. It's too much for some people. Yeah, it's too much. It's definitely a lot. But, you know, I've been railing against movies that are too long

because I think most of them are these days. But for some reason, I was all in on the John Wick 4 being so long, but I think it helped that I didn't know it was that long before I saw it. Good thing you didn't read Leonard's review. Oh my god. Suffers from over length?

That's everything. I mean, why would Leonard even watch John Wick 4? It just doesn't seem like it's made for him. I doubt he watched it. He knows what's going to happen, right? Oh, okay. You were just joking.

I see. Yes, I was. Because now he just sort of reviews the movies that he would want to see, but he still often finds them too long. He does. I think everybody should only review the movies they want to see. That would make for a more appropriate review. Well, that's why, you know, the numbers tend to be a little more favorable on those opening day polls,

because it's everybody who chose to see the thing on opening day. So there's like an extra enthusiasm level there that, you know, helps a lot. Well, these are great recommendations you guys and uh i will um you know put them in the put them into my uh twitter feed and see uh see how people react and um we're going to play some games after this break we'll be right back we are back after this break. We'll be right back. We are back and the first game I would like to play today

is something that I call Which Chris Is Dis? Which Chris Is Dis? Okay. Which Chris Is Dis? I name a movie and then you have to tell me if it's got Chris Evans, Chris Pratt, or Chris Hemsworth in it.

What about Pine? What about Pine? What about Pine? Yeah. What about Pine? What, have we got all day? He's a Chris, too. He's in the same food group.

He really is. He really is. He should have been in there, but he didn't make the cut today. If we say Pine, we will definitely be wrong. That's good to know. Yeah, you know the wrong answer already. It's not ever going to be Pine. But we'll start with Jay.

I'll name a movie. You tell me which one of those guys you think was in it. And then if you get it wrong, then Kevin will get to guess between the remaining two. And if Kevin misses, then Sam gets a gimme. I'm going to guess Chris Pine. He's going to get a gimme point

if he doesn't blow it by saying Chris Pine. And then... So wait, let me just... Let me repeat this. So it's Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, and Chris Cuomo, right?

I really... I forgot the third one. No, no. It's, it's Chris Evans, Chris Pat and Christie Brinkley. Okay. Chris Cuomo was great in John Wick 4. I hope he was one of those people that got hit by a car. No, Chris Hemsworth is your third one there jay got it got it got it and um and every time somebody gets one right then we start with the next guy for the next one and we'll

see how y'all do okay um so jay you get this first one and part of this game part of the trick to this game is uh all three of these dudes have been in some movies i know i've never heard of so we'll see uh we'll see how deep your expertise goes and you can also just take a wild guess uh so evans pratt or hemsworth jay who do you think was in a movie called the extreme team called The Extreme Team in 2003. Hemsworth. That sounds like an Australian film. That's your guess, Hemsworth? That's right.

And it's a little bit wild, but I'm going with it. You're going for it. And unfortunately, that is incorrect. It's not Hemsworth. Kevin, of the remaining gentlemen, Evans or Pratt, who do you think is in a movie called The Extreme Team? I'm going to say Pratt. That is correct.

Chris Pratt is in something called the Extreme Team. I don't even know if he was a member of the team. Because I feel like in 2003, Evans was kind of a star, right? No, no, no, no. That's pre Parks and Rec. Is it? Oh, yeah. 2003?

No, no, no. I'm talking about Evans was a star. Oh, I'm sorry, dude. Yeah, I don't know. By 2003, he hadn't been in any Marvel movies. He'd done the Fantastic Four, maybe? The first one? sorry, dude. Yeah, I don't know. By 2003, he hadn't been in any Marvel movies. He'd done the Fantastic Four, maybe? The first one? Right, right. I thought that was around that time, maybe.

Although maybe we've just screwed Doug on one of his... Oh, yeah. Sam likes to help his opponents with his commentary. I like it. I love it. It's informational and educational. Mm-hmm. All right. So what just happened? Oh, you got it. All right. You got one. Sam's up next. Oh, boy.

Sam, have you ever heard of a movie called Walk the Talk? Walk the Talk? talk walk the talk um well uh i mean i hope i didn't write it down wrong maybe it's called talk the walk so here's the truth i i have heard of the movie and i'm going to tell you why it's because my friend carrie always is in the movie but i have never seen the film. So I do not know who else is in the film. You couldn't name one other person? I could not name one other person other than Carrie. That's perfect. Come on, Sam.

I will guess. It's wild guess time. It is. That is definitely wild guess time. I will wildly guess Chris Hemsworth. Hang on. Let me get the right sound effect. There we go.

Incorrect. Incorrect. wow i i'm so angry all right jay you got evans or pratt walk what year was it what year was 2007 well you didn't give me a year i meant to sam let's let's jump in the DeLorean and go back. Okay. It's okay. I still wouldn't have known. I think at that time, I think Evans was a better walker, so I'm going to go with Chris Evans. Oh, boy. Kevin.

So that means if I, unless I said something like Chris Pine, I know that. Say Chris Pine. Say Chris Pine Chris Pine Pratt I'm sticking with Chris Pratt He's my horse I'm gonna ride that horse Yup Chris Pratt walks the talk I'm gonna retire now Yeah That was sweet

I'm the boy Chris Pratt Wow Back to Sam. Oh, boy. The Motion Picture is a film from 2004 called Wanted. Oh, well, 2004 Wanted. Okay, because I know there's one later with Angelina Jolie. I think this is Angelina Jolie, isn't it?

2004, that's not right? No, that's like 2008 or 2009, I think. So this is just some other movie called Wanted. Ah, well in that case, let me think. Is it Chris Pratt? me think um i don't is it chris pratt you want to stick with that yeah i don't remember evans or

or hemsworth in it so yes i'm gonna say chris pratt that is correct all Yeah, he plays a character named Barry. That's all I know about his role in that film. Gotcha. I'm going to ESP called Chris Pratt for the next one. All right. So, Jay, you're officially in with a pre-guess of Pratt. ESP call. ESP call. All right.

Let me tell you the title just to give you a chance to change your mind. The film from 2009, Bride Wars. Bride Wars. I met Chris Hemsworth. I thought that's what happened I thought you meant that

I wanted to give you the chance to be wrong Oh my god Kevin I gotta go Chris Evans Sam Levine gets the gimme point It's Chris Pratt Jay you had it with your pre-guess I had it

Oh my god It's all Pratt so far He plays the guy He's marrying Anne Hathaway And then by the end of the movie She's like nope Can I be honest You could have added Chris Pine as one of the options she's like nope yeah can i be honest you could have you could have

added chris pine as one of the options it wouldn't have changed the game was that still was that still fat pratt was it is it fat pratt or muscular pratt that was like uh pretty fat pratt yeah that's pre-moneyball pratt okay because moneyball pratt is when pratt started getting less fat it's when he started getting less fat and then Guardian. And then Guardian, he got ripped. Ripped, yeah. Yeah, now I think he splits the difference. Okay.

The other two guys are always ripped. I don't think he gets as ripped anymore, you know? Yeah. No, he doesn't have to. Star-Lord doesn't do that much physically. It's more about that he's good at driving the ship or whatever. Yeah, but also they took his shirt off in the first one, right? They hosed him down and stuff. He showed his abs.

You're like, holy shit, the guy's got abs. That was some good stuff. All right, so Kevin has two and Sam has two. Jay, this is your chance to get on the board. Oh, boy. The film from 2009 is Jennifer's Body.

Yeah, I was surprised that one of these dudes was in that because I saw that movie. I remember that movie. I don't remember any of them being in it. No. Chris Hemsworth. Damn it, Jay. Kevin? I'm telling you. I that evans was a bigger star than i would have remembered i gotta go pratt again pratt that is correct

we are way out on a pratt ledge here. And I just can't be the one. I can't choose them. I just can't do it. That had to be Fat Pratt, too. Same year, 09. Yeah. Yeah. Dumpy, lumpy Pratt.

Lumpy Pratt. That's what he preferred. Mm-hmm. I only say that, guys, because I'm a heavier fella. I only say that because of that. No. I can get away with it Right that's why Jay is always making fun of the tall folks He's always like hey what's going on up there

That's right And Sam goes after the shorties How dare you Alright Sam This is your turn again right It is here we go this one you might actually remember who's in it this is a movie starring uh people that you know are pretty well known okay uh it's called from 2007 the nanny diaries uh that one i definitely know because uh Definitely no, because I love my boy, and he's quite...

Wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute. Whoa, what's happening? I'm making sure I'm not confusing the Nanny Diaries with a different movie. Oh, the Diary Nanny? Because he's like the... Okay, because I'm thinking it was Chris Evans, because it's him and ScarJo, and they'd worked together already at least once because i know they worked together a bunch but now i'm trying to make sure i'm not confusing my rom-coms and like the manny diaries because

it's 2007 so it's entirely possible like chris pr like an unknown Chris Pratt was like a doorman or something but I don't think so because what other movie would he be in with Scar Jo so I'm going to say yeah I'm gonna go with my gut I'm gonna say Chris Evans it is Chris Evans

alright thank you yeah he plays he's credited so I don't believe it's a big role All right. Nailed it. Thank you. Good job. Yeah. He plays his, he's credited. So I don't believe it's a big role. He's credited as,

as Harvard hottie. Yeah. Cause he, cause he, he like works in the, lives in the building that she's the nanny. But now isn't that after fantastic four? Oh, definitely.

That's at that point wouldn't that have been a bigger star then no because those movies weren't terribly successful the first one okay and then they did the second one well he was johnny storm come on i mean yeah but he's got a real weird little roller coaster in his early career of like jogging between hits and things that didn't work out and like you know it really didn't start to click in until you know avengers but if i'm his agent i'm like hey harvard hottie come on you know at least get a name for your character i think the nanny diaries is based on a book and i believe that's the character's name but i could be wrong right and also it was just a prestigious project because it was the couple that directed american splendor which any actor really

loved because they've got really good acting in it so like he probably just wanted to work you know was excited to work with them or whatever probably fit into his schedule. I can make all sorts of excuses for 2007 Christmas. Get him on the horn. Let's talk to him about this. Okay, so we've got a tie here. So Jay, you're going to have to sit this next one out because we have to break this tie. I think that's best. Yeah. So Kevin gets

in order. Kevin's first up. So Kevin, if you get this one, you win. If you don't, then Sam can steal. And Oh, this is, this is fun. If neither Kevin or Sam get it,

if you both miss, I'm going to declare Jay the winner. I love it. You know what? That seems reasonable, right? Yeah. Only fair.

Uh, Kevin. Yes. Star Trek from 2008 starring chris pine yeah that's that's hemsworth i know that's he plays the doesn't he play the guy before captain kirk who is the guy the guy before the pike right there's a pike he's supposed to be his dad right oh i don't know is he oh yeah maybe you're right he's george kirk okay yeah yeah i knew i know that scene there's a scene with him and uh a lady sitting around decided trying to decide a name on james kirk and they and he suggests

tiberius and she looks at him like middle middle name well they're not they're not sitting around he's moments away from death oh yeah he's on my man crush that's when my man crush started on chris hemsworth just you know when i saw him in a star trek that's who is this guy who is this guy that's a wonderful coincidence i was just i was you know i was ready for chris pine to show up and and then he did yeah because he because his first scene is driving a car fast to the Beastie Boys sabotage. That's right.

Which is what you look for in a Star Trek movie. Fast cars and cool songs. Yep. Exactly. So Kevin, congratulations. You won that game. We'll tell you what you won after this break. We'll be right back.

We are back and since uh kevin remembered that uh early in his career hemsworth played uh captain kirk senior uh he was able to uh to secure the the win there i hadn't remembered that so that's why i made that the last one because i thought somebody might remember did you remember't remembered that. So that's why I made that the last one because I thought somebody might remember. Did you remember, Jay, that he played that part? I did. Yeah? Yeah, I did. I'll go with that. Okay.

So all that Kevin wins, people who listen to the show know that he only won the opportunity to go first in our second game. Yeah, the opportunity to go first in our second game okay yeah you get to go first in our second and final game today but it's but it's not a short one by any means it's a yeah it's not going to be easy for any of you to take this down uh but we will begin with kevin and then we'll go to jay and then to sam switch that order around and we're not doing the chris game anymore right

this is a new game this is gonna be a new game oh boy okay and it's something that i call whose tagline is it anyway oh okay oh boy I'll say Sam's favorite game. I'll say a tagline from a motion picture and in turn, you each get a guess. If anybody gets it right, you get a point. These are taglines from

movies throughout the history of cinema so this is not easy. Okay. A lot of bad taglines out there. Do you guys know offhand the tagline for Quasi? Every day is hump day. Yeah. See, that's an example of a good one.

Because it's actually funny and tells you something about what you're about to watch. There you go. It's going to have a lot of humping in it. Okay, so Kevin will be up first. Oh, here's the other thing. Here's why going first isn't an advantage. After you've heard one or two of these, you might notice a

theme emerging that will make it easier to guess which movie it is. but you still may figure it out just based on the tagline because some are more descriptive than others so i don't get a point for the quasi one no because you that's a motion picture you directed ah okay got it but although it is funny i i could fool directors on what their taglines are day and night. Like a lot of them don't know because you're not necessarily involved in that part of the process every time. Right.

No, we aren't. But for this one, we were because there was a fight between marketing and creative because marketing loved that. And the Disney, well, essentially we made a Disney movie quasi and they were upset. They didn't want us to be insensitive to Hunchbacks. They thought it was insensitive. Right. Well, it's also insensitive to Wednesdays.

Exactly. And Humping. But there was a historical character named Quasimodo, and that's why we got away with it. There was, but Disney has a significant IP in that character, which they didn't want us to mess with either.

I see. Alright, well here we go, Kevin. Okay. Here's the first one. Fiery temptress and inhuman beast. The strangest pair in all the annals of horror

fiery tempterist and inhuman beast yeah okay strange pair strangest in the annals of horror mr and mrs right there mr right there in the annals of horror. Mr. and Mrs. Smith. It's right there in the annals. Is that really your guess? That'll be my guess because I don't know. That's a funny guess though, isn't it? It was fun. Yeah, that's why I thought you might just have been kidding around.

That's what Jay will do is he'll say his answer was just he was just kidding when he's wrong. You ready for it? Yeah. Because Kevin's definitely wrong. I didn't hear any buzz, but I'm guessing. he's wrong. You ready for it? Yeah. Because Kevin's definitely wrong. I didn't hear any buzz, but I'm guessing. I'm wrong. Yeah.

Yeah. Okay. All right. I'm going to say, um, uh, the Ghostbusters. Oh,

okay. Doug, I'm not good at these games Thank you It's more satisfying when you hear that Sam? That's definitely Super Troopers 2 Oh, that's another thing I just remembered

Who's the narrator of Quasi? Oh, Brian Cox. Mr. Brian Cox. Yes, Mr. Brian Cox. He's alive again. We were very lucky to get him. His schedule freed up a little bit. No, we got him between recording McDonald's and Virgin Atlantic.

And he recorded our narration. Didn't even have to leave the booth. He did. And I'm not lying. I'm not lying. He said, I'm going to be in the booth in Brooklyn on X day if you want me to do it. Okay. That's fantastic.

When reading the lines for your movie, did they ever throw in a ba-da-ba-ba-ba? I did. I did to make them feel comfortable. All right, Sam, that is incorrect. Oh, no, my noisemaker broke. Oh, there it is. Okay. So none of you got that one right, which, you know, like I said,

the first one's always trickier because you know you don't know what the theme could potentially be uh but that is from a motion picture from 1956 called the hunchback of notre dame that makes sense that makes sense with gina lola brigida as esmeralda and Anthony Quinn as Quasimodo. But don't you think that Angelina Jolie is a fiery temptress? She is, yes. I'm close.

Gourney Weaver is also a fiery temptress. That's true. And Brad Pitt is an inhuman beast. Another man crush of mine, Brad Pitt. All right. All right right let's get somebody on the board here let's start again with kevin on this next one okay so so far we have hunchback and Notre Dame was the first answer so what movie do you think had the arguably terrible tagline uh you know because sometimes they work the date the movie's coming out into the tagline. Because sometimes they work to date the movies coming out into the tagline and then that becomes irrelevant

so quickly. As soon as the movie comes out all the posters look stupid. So they said about this movie, join the party June 21st. Okay. That's the first day of summer. Right. Correct. Summer school. okay that's the first day of summer right correct summer school great guess not the right answer that's a great guess though come on totally great

guess summer movie yeah thank you i think they made that one come out in August, though, to be honest. Jay, what do you think it is? Join the party June 21st. Mm-hmm. Exclamation point. Here's what I think happened. I think the movie is called Juneteenth. It didn't land on a Friday, and they said, screw it, let's go with it. Is that a join the party kind of a thing, though?

Juneteenth? Screw it, let's go with it Is that a join the party Kind of a thing though? Join the party of freedom? Okay, there you go Oh man Damn I'm going to go out on a limb here And I'm going to say The Hunchback of Notre Dame The animated one from the mid-90s.

You figured it out. You figured it out, you son of a gun. You're simply being smarter than us. No, I've just been on a lot of these podcasts with Tuck. The animated Hunchback with Demi Moore as Esmeralda and Tom Hulse was quasi in that one. Okay. That's the one we were not allowed to touch or make fun of. Right.

Because it did the whole Disney thing. Yeah. We had to change the color of the wardrobe of our Hunchback because they thought it was too close to the color of the wardrobe of that Hunchback. Honestly, God. Well, you know, and also i don't care how silly a face steve's makes that that hunchback in their movie is an ugly dude right right like so like when he walks around the parades at disneyland it's like kids are like is that a good guy or a bad guy? Terrified. How am I supposed to react to this guy? All right. So Sam's on the board with one point, but everybody's still got plenty of opportunities to get in on this.

Okay. So, so far we have The Hunchback of Notre Dame and The Hunchback of Notre Dame. So, Kevin, what movie do you think would fit the fit that the theme that's established here with the tagline some call him bad they call him dad don't call him bad They call him dad Okay I'm going to say

Stun of the Hunchback of Notre Dame That's not it What? Wait a minute That's the wrong noise That's it? No, okay, that's not it No, that's incorrect

Okay Okay Yeah Jay? Okay, that's not it. No, that's incorrect. Okay. Okay. Jay? Father of the Bride? Oh, Father of the Bride. No. Do you want the whistle? Give me the damn buzzer.

Thank you. Sam, have you figured this out I have absolutely not I mean it's not like I've seen Every Hunchback movie But I don't remember anywhere He's a dad Maybe you went for a a hunchback of a different type

he's ghost dad right that's like that movie just popped into my head too ghost dad some do call him bad and others call him dad it is accurate yeah no i think that i think it happened costello made son of the hunchbacks oh no no i don't know i don't think so i don't even think they ever i don't think those guys ever even met i don't think they did a meet the hunchback i don't think they didn't meet the hunchback anything okay i don't think so

um they were meeting everybody. They met Billy the Kid and Keystone Cops. But this is the motion picture from 2010 where the main character that they call Dad has a hunchback and a

Russian accent. It's Despicable Me. Oh! Okay. That was gettable, guys. That's Despicable Me. Oh. Okay. That was gettable, guys. That was very gettable. I'm still disappointed that Despicable, the sequel to Despicable Me wasn't just called

Despicable Me 2, like with a hashtag in front of the Me 2. Sure. They could have made a real statement with that yeah they could have been ahead of the curve all right so sam's still uh numero uno uh but that means that kevin gets to go first on this next one okay okay now this one i think could qualify as a somewhat famous tagline so somebody might just know this one I think could qualify as a somewhat famous tagline.

So somebody might just know this one just off the top of their head. Uh, Kevin, it's a different set of jaws, a different set of jaws. Okay. Huh? Huh? Um, different set of Jaws. Okay. Huh. Huh.

Okay. I'm thinking about the shark movie. I'm thinking about Jaws from the James Bond movies. Oh. He's kind of a hunchy... No, he's not a hunchback. He's just a big guy. A different

set of Jaws. I don't know. Jaws 3D. Jaws 3 and 3D. I'll give you three of those. Jay, what do you think? Jaws 3 wasn't 3D guys just so you know it wasn't 3D

Moonraker yeah you're right I mean you're not right oh you're wrong it's not Moonraker but Kevin was right that 3 Jaws 3 was in 3D

yeah Sam have you figured it out you know in the 90s my brother every week went to a midnight showing of this movie. And I went a couple times with him.

That's the Rocky Horror Picture Show, guys. That is correct. Yeah. Wow. And was that really the, that was the tagline? Well, it's one of them. It's on one of the posters. Okay.

Yeah, they had several posters. And one was the famous lips From the opening credits And it just has a different set of jaws Okay, okay Because it came out pretty soon after The first jaws Right, I get it And the lips, okay

Yeah, they had a few clever Posters that Played off of other movies Okay Alright, so Sam I'm not doing a very good job i'm not doing a really killing this thing i don't think anybody else has a chance but it's still worth trying okay okay i'll try all right uh so it's back to kevin and this is the tagline the scariest comedy of all time.

I'm going to say Young Frankenstein. That is correct. Yeah. Wow. Wow. I know. I do not think that movie is scary at all. At all.

But that's the joke, right? Isn't it? I guess. But even, you know, it was even based off of I don't think Frankenstein movies are scary, you know, like, yeah, true. You know, I think Marty and Marty Feldman are back in it. Or yeah, who's Igor? I go. Yeah. Igor. Yeah.

OK, is the hunchback in that one. So you've you've figured out what's happening here. I get you. I get you. It's too little too late, I'm afraid. Oh, shit. Let's get Jay on the board here. Thanks, Doug. You ready?

Yeah. While she craves a romance she can sink her claws into, he plots a foul reign of destruction. Well, let's see. While he can foul reign of destruction, I'm going to say interview with a vampire.

I love that. I mean, it's a solid guess. It's not right. No. You had to go to the computer to figure that out? No. It's, no, I just was, I got kind of lost in how much I love the AMC TV version of Interview with a Vampire. Is it good?

It's really good. It's really violent. It's really violent. And it just kind of repairs all the damage done by Cruz and pit in that first one. Okay. I like that movie. You didn't like that movie.

It's a good movie. It's definitely a good movie, but this is like, it does, it just does it better you know it just does what it does what it really needs to be which is like you know like brad pitt and tom cruise were like oh let's sort of be gay in this you know they're so beautiful i thought both of them yeah beautiful but they don't commit to the being to the being

lovers part you know and uh and this tv show goes all in on that. Okay. And it makes it interracial too at the same time. Okay. Yeah. Who's up? Sam's up. Oh, I am? Yeah. Could you say the tagline one more time for me, Doug?

I want to make sure I heard it right. Yeah. While she craves a romance she can sink her claws into, he plots a foul reign of destruction. Okay, I definitely know this one. It's The Babymakers. There's a lot of claw sinking in them. Yeah.

No, that's not it. Oh, that's not it? I really thought it was. I put in that long pause so there would be a lot of suspense about whether or not you were right. Kevin, do you know what it is? I think I do. Yeah?

The Santa Claus. Huh? Come on, guys. The Santa Claus 2. the santa claus come on guys the santa claus too that's your final answer yeah that's my answer yeah pretty good though it's pretty good answer yeah um one thing i learned is that i thought there'd be dozens of hunchbacks in motion pictures over the history. And certainly they've made the hunchback story like five or six times. And then some other people have shown up with humpbacks in movies. But one that you might not think of off the top of your head, but he definitely had a fucked up back,

is Danny DeVito in Batman Returns. Okay. Okay. As Mr. Penguin. Wow. Okay. Yeah. Burt Reynolds had a fucked up back during the making of Dukes of Hazzard as well.

Well, that covers a lot of Burt reynolds movies i think that's true that's i was just watching the other day that movie gator that he did with uh you know that's when he and al nita al needham were going crazy with the car stunts and stuff and and there's a i put it on my instagram because there's a stunt where Burt Reynolds jumps into the back of a truck, right? Riding down the beach. And then it flips over and he jumps out. And how need him was not only the second unit director,

but also was his stunt double. And so he does the stunt jumping out and they use the take where he straight up breaks his back. Yeah. It's brutal. Yeah. Incredible. It's incredible. Yeah, it's incredible. It's incredible. Those guys were crazy.

They were. I went as Burt Reynolds last night to a 70s party. Oh, no. That's hilarious. Red shirt, cowboy hat, you know, mustache, the whole thing. Chewing gum? Sure. Did you?

When you found something amusing, did you do his high-pitched laugh? Ha ha ha ha! Ha ha ha ha! Ha ha ha ha! Ha ha ha ha! Well, congratulations, Sam Levine. You've done it again.

You won today. Can I give you one? Can I give you one, Doug? Yeah, another hunchback? Well, you know, maybe. This could fit into your theme. You just mean you want to try a tagline on me. I'm going to try a tagline on you.

In our theme. This is in our theme. Okay, ready? Mm-hmm. This is one of my favorite taglines too it's not the size of the dog in the fight it's the size of the fight in the dog oh that is good but i don't know there's so many underdog stories that that could be applied to and then also movies with an actual dog. Speak of our theme, though. Oh, right. Okay.

Oh. Yeah, I don't know what this is. Do you know it, Sam? It's Air Bud Golden Receiver. Nope. No? Okay. Jay, do you have a guess? No, but I know this tagline well because Kevin mentions it every now and then.

But I'm only ever half listening so I can't remember the name of the movie. You guys are going to kick yourself. You're going to kick yourself. It's Rudy. And he was at Notre Dame. That does fit the theme.'s kind of the hunchback of Notre Dame yeah

he really is the halfback of Notre Dame I'm embarrassed I should have gotten it there you go I'm just trying to contribute guys it really encapsulates what that movie is.

It's a great tagline. He's not a main character, but I think there's a hunchback character in Adam's Family. The one from the 90s. Yeah, it's like Uncle Lumpy or something like that. Yeah, something like that. Yeah, that's exactly right. Uncle Lumpy.

Yeah, there's somebody that's not Uncle Fester, but he's got a hunchback. Yeah. Well, congratulations to everybody because you all played great. Thank you. But Sam gets to do his plugs first. So, Sam, tell them what you got gotta tell him uh definitely check out uh quasi uh i'm really proud of having watched it and i think everyone else should well i had nothing to do with the making of the film uh but as one of the first people to watch it i'd like to think

i'm more of a tastemaker so i really want to put it out there that it's a really, really funny movie. And if you're not a smoker, be a drinker like me. I enjoyed it with a bottle and a half of wine and it was a terrific evening. Terrifically well spent evening. Also, I am on cameo as Doug mentioned some time ago.

Hey, mother's day is right around the corner. Do you have a mom who for some reason knows who I am? Great. Do you have a mom who for some reason does not know who I am? Much more likely. Perfect. And you screwed up getting her something good. I will gladly put together a several minute video for your mom explaining that you were all out of ideas. And this cameo from me, Sam Levine, is the best you could come up with. So happy mother's day and better luck next year.

Come on. Whose mom wouldn't want that? There you go. Find me Sam Levine. That's Sam with two M's on cameo. I enjoyed your, your D and D promo thing though. Oh,

thanks very much, man. That had to be very fun with Martin and yeah, Martin and John. That was super fun. I mean, I'm, I'm so glad that uh

you know the three of us have all kept in touch over the years and uh and yeah it was super fun to shoot and um yeah i love the love that that got in line and also uh i guess sort of similarly to to quasi uh dungeons and dragons uh was a really good movie a hard source material to to put that together and john and jonathan did i think a really really great, a hard source material to put that together. And John and Jonathan did, I think, a really, really great job. And I enjoyed it. With Chris Pine. That's right.

No other Chris's. No other Chris's. Yeah. There you go. Yeah. All right. So, Jay, what do you got to, I mean, obviously, if you want to talk more about Quasi, that's cool. But if there's anything else you want to plug.

I think Kevin's going to plug Quasi, so I'm going to plug some stand-up dates. Oh, okay. Cobbs Comedy Club in San Francisco, May 11th, 12th, 13th. Nice. Louisville Comedy Club in Kentucky, June 1, 2, 3. Tacoma Comedy Club in Washington, June 15, 16, and 17. And this last one, Chicago, Thalia Hall, July 21. I'm doing two shows and recording a special.

Whoa. Neat. Thalia Hall in Chicago. That place is awesome. Yeah, I'm excited. Very excited. That's very cool. What's the date of that again? July 21st.

Two shows. Nice. Well, very cool. Kevin? I'll definitely plug Quasi again. It's on Hulu. Available now. You can get it in your living room and watch it with your friends. And, um, uh, it seems to be doing pretty well.

Everyone seems to like it. So, uh, I'm gonna plug that. And then I'll also plug Tacoma FD season four. Everyone has been asking what we're doing and we're trying to get the thing, you know, back up and running there. So we shot a new season and uh we got 13 episodes coming out this summer keep your eye out have you guys uh have you and steve ever uh you know popped into that uh tacoma comedy club we did we did um the first two after the first two seasons like once in the first season once in the second season it was a raucous thing packed with

firefighters and uh it's very dangerous because firefighters, a lot of people want to drink with you. Firefighters want to lift you up in the air. So when you're in the line at the end, the autograph line, I was constantly being lifted up in the air, and I'm not a little guy. And it was terrifying. But they're a very good audience, those firefighters.

All right, well, hopefully they'll come out and lift Jay up as're a very good audience, those firefighters. All right. Well, hopefully they'll come out and lift Jay up as well. Yeah, Jay. They'll lift you up. I look forward to that. I've got a few plugs. I've got shows coming up at Zany's in Rosemont, Illinois, on May 5th and 6th. And just want to remind everybody to check out

Getting Doug With High, the Patreon version. And all of my dates and stuff are at douglovesmovies.com. Now, I end every episode now with a line, a last line from a movie. Do you fellas know offhand what the last line is in quasi? Yes, it's Brian Cox. I do. Do you want me to tell you what it is?

Yeah, what does he say? Or is it a big spoiler or anything? It's not a spoiler because what we did is, you know, like the end of Conan the Barbarian, they have, you know, James Earl Jones does a little narration on the way out. We had Coxie do that for us. He's basically

setting up the sequel. His line is, but that's another story. He talks about Quasi's reign as king. Then he says, but that's another story. That sets us up for the next movie it sounds like you didn't even have to hire him you could just do it well i did it i did do it and

then the studio thought i sucked they were they were the only one yeah everyone did and so they they made us go get brian so well he's just always great to get anyway. Wonderful. It's a win-win. Yeah. The 1939 Hunchback of Notre Dame with Charles Lawton. That ended with the line, Why was I not made of stone like thee?

Ooh. Ooh. We should have done that. We should have done that. No, I like yours. I like yours. Ooh. We should have done that. No, I like yours. I like yours a lot. So thanks once again to Jay and Kevin and Sammy.

And until next time, as always, but that's another story.