Doug Loves Movies - Leonard Maltin, Noël Wells, Scott Thompson and Scoot McNairy guest
Episode Date: March 13, 2017Live from Esther's Follies in Austin as part of SXSW, Doug welcomes Leonard Maltin, Noël Wells, Scott Thompson and Scoot McNairy to the show. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy... and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Doug hates candy wrappers, squeaky babies, sticky seeds
With 50 acid pop or kernels in his teeth
There's still not one that he won't see
Because Doug loves movies!
Hey, hey, hey everybody!
My name is Doug and I love movies!
This is Doug Loves Movies.
That was pretty good for a festival crowd.
Here we are once again.
Esther's Follies is part of South by Southwest Comedy in Austin, Texas.
Austin, Texas!
It's Saturday, March 11,
2017.
And badges don't count, you guys. I want to see
legit name tags
right now.
We got a few in the front row.
We got a gentleman I saw on Twitter.
What's your name, dude?
Travis Tidmore.
Travis Tidmore, but what's your name on your name tag?
Tidmore American Graffiti.
Tidmore American Graffiti.
It's a great name tag.
And he guessed at, you know, obviously I'm here,
but every other person he put on the poster
is not going to be a guest today on the show.
He got all the guesses wrong,
but they're all really good guesses.
Some of those people are in town,
but they're too busy doing press,
which cracks me up when that's the excuse
to not come on a podcast,
because I think that would qualify
as press,
and probably a slightly more enthusiastic audience
than other press might get, if you know what I'm saying.
I mean, look at this
crowd. Three of you brought name tags.
Is there a
fourth one? Okay, good. There's a fourth one.
Because we've got to have at least
Okay, there's some back there. Oh, very nice.
Okay. So we've got a few
for my guests to choose from. Because as you can see, we've got to have at least, okay, there's some back there. Oh, very nice. Okay. So we've got a few for my guests to choose from.
Because as you can see, we've got four
guest seats, and I'm very excited about
the people that are here today.
But first, Doug plugs.
Friday,
I'm going to be mocking Leprechaun 5
in the hood
with Master Pancake
over at the Ritz.
And next Saturday, I'm doing another Doug Loves Movies
at the Stateside Theater here in Austin on Congress.
Now, who is here in this Esther's Follies today
who doesn't have a badge but got in anyway?
Woo!
Ha-ha-ha!
I knew it was possible.
All these badge-wearing motherfuckers up front,
they're all looking around like,
you could get in here without a badge?
But they did have to sit in the back,
so we have a long way to go
when it comes to the rights of people
who don't have
stinking badges.
It's still a badge-wearing society.
But that's proof that people can
get into the other
shows that I'm doing during
South By. It's totally doable.
Tuesday, March 21st, Doug Lowe's
Movies is back in Los Angeles
at the UCB Franklin location.
And yeah, it's fun.
And I'm doing stand-up
and Douglas Movies at Helium.
It's a gas in Portland.
March 25th and 26th.
But for all my dates, deeds, and links,
go to DouglasMovies.com.
That's DouglasMovies.com That's douglosmovies.com
From the corrections department
Professor X
is
telepathic
which means he controls minds
telekinesis is the ability
to move things with your mind.
Yeah, I'm glad that's
we worked that out.
As those of you who listen to the podcast already know,
we have a prize bag that someone's going to go home with today.
And a gentleman in the audience gave us a tube
full of very artistic posters
that are
hard to roll and
unroll and fit in the tube.
So that is why I'm not
going to show them to you.
You have to trust me that they're very nice
and it's a nice thing for the
guy to do. And
also I didn't even bother to get his
name or how
you could check out his work.
So I hope that's enough.
I hope that's enough credit to make him happy.
Also in the prize bag, a copy of my CD promotional tool,
a Doug Loves Movies T-shirt,
some beads that I got on the 311 cruise that as you can see
they're very green
and very
you know
they bring to mind a certain thing.
Yeah, right?
Oh, look
at this. This is neat. This is
a thing you can
clip on like your keychain or onto
any part of your body and then
you stick your lighter in here
and it's like a lighter leash.
Like your lighter can only get so far
away from you. But then next thing you know
you're standing in a circle of people smoking weed
and you're like stretching it out as far
as it can go to light it for
somebody and it's probably not
a good idea. This is a
bag of things you shouldn't use,
you guys.
A rubber pipe from Peacemaker.
A lovely pink one,
so I hope a girl wins today.
Oh, a bunch of
buttons. Somebody gave me a bunch of buttons.
I'll say who a little later
in the show.
And then, this is a cool
button I got on the 311 cruise
that a guy made that's
specifically, I should keep that.
And it's all in a Jimmy Kimmel Live bag.
Did you guys see me on Jimmy Kimmel Live?
They changed the Hollywood
sign behind us
to say Hollyweed for the entire segment
but Jimmy asked me not to say anything about it
because he thought it was funnier
for people to just notice it on their own
and then it feels like nobody noticed it
I was like, good idea, Jimmy
That worked out great
Speaking of things that work out
great, there's four people that
are in this town for various
reasons, which we will get into.
And they all have
from... What time does this thing
start? Did it start at 4 o'clock?
It didn't start at 4.20,
sir.
There's one thing a stoner...
I may not be good
with time
but I know
that 420
is 10 minutes away
and I am going to
I'm going to set an alarm
because it is rare
that I'm on stage
at 420
so I'm going to set an alarm
at 419
and then we'll see
what happens
yeah I don't know is anybody up at 420, so I'm gonna set an alarm at 419, and then we'll see what happens.
Yeah.
I don't know.
Does anybody up close have a vape pen?
Okay, get it ready.
Please welcome to the stage Scoot McNary,
Scott Thompson, Noelle Wells,
and Leonard Maltin.
You want that one?
Oh, beautiful. Oh, such a polite panel already. Beautiful.
Oh, such a polite panel already.
I can't believe it. Do you have goodie bags on the high court?
There's no goodie bags on the high court.
We just settle their case and send them on their way.
And I hope to never see those people again.
Some of them are nice.
But let's meet our guests, the panel, individually,
starting with Noelle Wells is here, everybody.
Hi.
Woo!
Hi, everybody.
Writer, director, star of Mr. Roosevelt,
premiering here at South by Southwest tomorrow.
Tomorrow. At the Paramount 215.
I've never been more excited so I'm very eager.
It's so neat to have a
premiere there at the Paramount.
That's like the best theater in town to
premiere at. Right?
Scoop knows Austin.
Yeah. No, it's very cool.
So congratulations.
So if the movie
sucks,
I had a really high moment.
You're like in a...
This is like the premiere
and you're looking for distribution and all that, right?
Alright, well, good luck with it.
Thanks, and you're in it.
I don't have anything to do with it.
Wait, what? I'm in it?
He's in this movie.
That's a surprise.
I was so excited.
I saw the poster over at the poster competition
over at the convention center,
and my name is on the poster.
Aren't I in like one and a half scenes
or something like that?
Yeah, but you were a pivotal character.
Yeah, I'm pivotal.
You're pivotal.
I dare say I set the entire plot in motion,
if I may.
But what's a half scene?
What?
What's a half scene?
I think, aren't I Skyping on the second scene?
Yeah, he calls in the middle of a scene.
And then so he's in the half of it.
Okay, so an interruption.
Yeah.
Like what I just did.
Or it's like, actually, it is the whole scene,
but half of it's on me in one location
and half of it's on you in another location.
So I guess that's half a scene.
I think that's why I jumped to that, giving it that designation.
It's fascinating.
Well, it's interesting.
Right?
That's Esther's folly, isn't it?
I also used to...
Have we discovered what Esther's folly is?
Do you know who...
I used to work here.
Leonard Walton probably knows more about Esther Williams than anybody else
here right now.
Would you dare to say that, Leonard?
That this has any connection with Esther Williams?
It doesn't, right?
I don't think so.
Yes, it is. It's named after her.
It's named after her, but she never
did a show here
because we're on land.
She did mostly water-based entertainment.
She was a famous...
She was actually heading to the
1940 Olympics when they had to
cancel them because of war outbreak.
What was happening then?
Water shortage?
Backstage.
No, they canceled it due to low ratings.
Oh, yes, because of the water shortage in Germany
at the time. But she was a beautiful woman.
Their showers didn't work. Someone suggested
Oh, Jesus. Oh, man.
Oh, people! Get over yourself!
I haven't
even introduced you yet.
Well, you said we were polite.
I wanted to stop that right
at the beginning.
He's the rudest Canadian.
There has to be one.
Yeah, I have to put the all of them up.
Now, Louis B. Mayer,
the head of MGM, once said about Esther Williams' Swimming Star,
wet she's a star, dry she's not.
Oh, wow.
You can say that about a lot of ladies.
Yeah, you can say that about a lot of them.
They said that about Janet Jameson, too.
See, look at that.
Jenna Jameson.
Good, eh?
Are you really proud of yourself
coming up with, like,
a head of real porn there?
Yeah, a female porn star
right out of my pocket.
All right, well, since...
The only one I know
are Marilyn Chambers.
Okay, Scott, settle down.
We're not even at the game portion yet.
You're guessing away.
What's the movie we're watching?
We're not going to watch a movie.
This is like the one you did in...
I'm so not prepared.
I thought we were watching a movie.
No, no, this is like the
Toronto show where we talk about
movies and then play games.
This isn't a movie interruption.
Do you do like a mastery science theater?
I was hoping we were going to see a
bad movie.
Nope.
You just get to be in one.
But that's
Scott Thompson, everybody.
I'm sorry to confuse you by having so many shows.
You have a lot of shows.
I have a lot of shows, so every time you show up, you're like, what am I doing now?
It's like the fourth one I've done, and they're all different.
And you haven't done the food podcast yet.
And I can't find any of them on actual television.
No, this is just
an audio podcast,
Doug Loves Movies.
Just for people like
some of these people, so don't laugh at them too much,
Scott.
So,
they don't care that it's not on TV?
I get an occasional message, why isn't this on TV?
And I say, because it's a podcast.
It's my simplest explanation.
I like the format.
I enjoy doing it, and people like listening to it,
so it's our little thing together that we have.
But you, sir, recently appeared on my show
that's on Screen Junkies.
Your episode will be out
sometime next month, I believe.
The show's called Pitch Off.
And he was kind enough...
You know, your lofty position
in show business...
I deign to come down from my perch.
You deign to come in and be on a show
where you pretend to pitch ideas for movies
to a fake studio executive who is me.
Well, $200, people.
What were they going to say?
We do pay, yeah.
We do give a very generous stipend
to all of the participants.
Favorite nations, too.
Everybody got $200.
Stipend is one they call it
when they're not really paying you money.
Yeah, right.
It's just a little something.
Maybe we'll recommend you
to somebody else.
Give you a good...
We'll give you
a good Yelp review.
Something like that.
But thanks for being here, dude.
Thank you.
What else you got
going on at South By?
You're obviously here
to do some things.
I'm doing Guy Branum's
talk show,
the game show.
Talk show game show?
Yes.
Yeah, that's fun, right?
Yeah, at 8 o'clock tonight. I think it's here, too.
It's in this very facility? I think
it's in this very facility. You don't have to go anywhere. Oh, the Follies
never stop. No, it's crazy.
And then I'm doing like a
storytelling show. Well, I call it a
storytelling show tomorrow night.
You're supposed to have a stand-up set,
but I don't have any material on it.
Yeah, so you call it storytelling.
Tell a story. Which means I'm calling it a storytelling show.
Which means I'm not really prepared for it.
But it's like a storytelling show at 11 o'clock, I think, on drugs.
People will be asleep.
They will.
So I don't have to do very well.
But this is what I really care about.
Watching the movie.
Man, I was up for a movie.
What are you playing?
Just that it's 419.
You've been on Getting Doug with High.
My pleasure, sir.
What the fuck?
Don't be an enabler.
Enable me.
No, I'll give it to him.
It's like a fancy knight, a weed knight.
What am I supposed to do with this?
Pretending I don't know I don't know how this works
Oh
Bestow it upon yourself
I can't believe Leonard even touched it
That's right
Leonard Walton is here, everybody It's like, it looked green for a little bit.
It was like backlit.
It was very beautiful.
Well, also, I got a really pretty microphone, too.
Oh, we all do.
They are very shiny.
Very pretty.
Very pretty.
I wish the audience at home could have seen that puff, though.
Oh, yeah? You like that?
It was beautiful.
Let's look at the replay.
It was lovely.
It was lovely.
Oh.
And you can smoke that on a plane, right?
It looks, you know.
All right. You don't have to.
Thank you.
For the record, no one else did it but me.
Just to be clear.
Leonard, take a small one.
What's so sneaky-peaky?
Leonard! What are you doing in town? Sneaky peeky Leonard
What are you doing in town?
What's going on?
Funny you should ask
Well I'm here doing your show
That's not why you came here
Well I also did an episode of my podcast
With my daughter Jessie
Malton on movies
Yes
And we had a good show today
With the terrific
My brain
Nick Offerman.
Oh, that guy.
Who's in a new movie called Hero
with Sam Elliott. Have you seen it?
Yes, it's very good.
And we had the writer-director as well.
Nice.
And that worked out
very, very well. And on Tuesday,
I'm very excited to say that I'm going to spend an hour
in conversation with Frank Oz.
I'm very excited to say that I'm going to spend an hour in conversation with Frank Oz.
What a bunch of fucking nerds.
Frank Oz cuts across all boundary lines.
Who doesn't love Frank Oz except people who are like, who?
But most of us who know who he is.
If for no other reason than holding up...
Holding up Jake Blues' used prophylactic
at the beginning of The Blues Brothers
is my favorite Frank Oz role.
Some of you may prefer Yoda or Miss Piggy,
but I really love one used prophylactic.
So that's on Tuesday at what time and where? love. One used prophylactic. And oh, so
that's on Tuesday at what time and where?
2 p.m. in the conference hall.
I don't remember what room.
Right, there's so many rooms over there.
One of those rooms.
But that'll be fun.
And he's got a film here called, I think
it's called Muppet Guys Talking.
Colon, then more
words, but this isn't the game, so you don't
need to give me the full
title.
But yeah, that's playing here. I want to see
that as well. Me too. What's the thing you're
most looking forward to seeing while you're here?
If there is such a thing.
I do want to see Frank Oz's movie very
much. I would like to see Edgar Wright's movie,
Baby Driver. Baby Driver
is tonight. And I've heard things about Mr. Roosevelt. Yeah, Edgar Wright's movie, Baby Driver. Baby Driver is tonight. And
I've heard things about Mr.
Roosevelt. Yeah, I heard that movie's coming out.
I've heard good things about a bunch of others.
So,
my daughter and I are hoping to catch as much as we can.
Very good.
And I heard you liked
Kong Skull
Island. A lot.
Nice. I was worried. I was concerned
because I know you're probably a huge fan of the
very original King Kong. One of my very favorite movies.
And Son of Kong as well, which
has its charms, right?
Fewer charms. Fewer, but
because they went a little too wacky with it.
It was still pretty amazing that they made another one
so quickly.
Instantly. It was in theaters within months.
Yeah, but then there's been other Kong other one so quickly. Instantly. It was in theaters within months. Yeah.
But then there's been other Kong movies that you probably
have mixed feelings about.
I do have mixed feelings about.
King Kong is one of my all-time favorite films.
It's also Peter Jackson's
all-time favorite movie.
He was going to remake it at one point
and then they announced Mighty Joe Young
in the late 90s and that put the kibosh on
his proposed remake of King Kong
then. So he had a way here
to get to see it. He stuck to it, finally got it to happen.
Finally did it. And it's not a bad movie
at all, but it's an imperfect,
let's call it an uneven movie.
Well, I'll give this Kong Skull Island
something that that King Kong didn't
have, which is an hour less.
Yes, there is that.
That's a real boost in the right
direction for a movie
that's going to keep me engaged.
Cut out an hour of it.
But man,
the visual effects and the monsters,
they're all terrific.
Extraordinary. And John C. Reilly, I'm campaigning
now, Leonard. I want you to terrific. Extraordinary. And John C. Reilly, I'm campaigning now, Leonard.
I want you to help.
Best supporting actor.
He's wonderful.
He is so good in this movie.
He's wonderful. He's the emotional heart of the movie,
as opposed to Kong, which is what you sort of expect
from a King Kong movie.
But he's really great in it.
Yes, he is.
And he's right here in the wings.
Hi.
No, that's John D. Reilly.
Who did an impression?
Was that you, Noel?
It was me.
Hi.
Hi, John D. Reilly.
Oh, my God.
I can't believe you're here, man.
I did a movie.
I wouldn't miss this
for the world.
I did voices
for the Muppet movie, so.
Yeah, he's
so funny in the movie. He's like telling
everybody, this is not a good idea. We're gonna die.
And he's like laughing the whole time.
But speaking of people
who laugh in the face of death,
Scoot McNary
is here, everybody.
How you doing, man?
Good.
I came in town to see Doug.
That's it.
Just to do the show, and I'm flying out right after.
You're an Austin dude, though. Yeah, and I live here.
This is where you live.
And I try to
catch up with you here whenever I'm
in town and then sometimes you're off
in Atlanta.
Soon to shoot season four
and the final season of
Halt and Catch Fire for AMC.
Always a bunch of people that are super into that show
and somehow other people go, what?
Yeah, sometimes I'm like, what?
Like, I don't understand what we're doing.
Like, when we're tearing apart a computer,
it's kind of like, what?
I don't know, just say the lines.
But some people, the show is very accurate.
That's why people like it so much
that are in the business or were in the business
is that it did the research
and the show is very, very accurate
to the way it was done in the 70s.
But most of the other people that weren't around
at that time, they don't give a shit.
Well, have fun with season four.
Hey!
I love the show and I'm very excited to go back
and this is our last season, so we know that. So the show is going to have closure to it, which will be great. Yeah, and the lead dude in that show, and I'm very excited to go back, and this is our last season,
so we know that,
so the show's going to have closure to it,
which will be great.
Yeah, and the lead dude in that show,
what's his name, Lee Pace?
Lee Pace, yeah.
Yeah, he's amazing, right?
He's great.
Yeah, he's a very good actor,
so check it out if you haven't yet.
There's probably ways to stream
previous seasons somewhere.
Sure, you could rip it.
Binge watch it.
Yeah.
Yeah, but halt and catch fire.
Halting soon.
I think that's what AMC should start promoting it as.
Do people still stop you
to talk about Fargo?
Because you're in on the...
I am working on this
next season of Fargo,
but no, they do not stop me.
No.
But I think that starts airing in a month
or something.
He's in season three of Fargo.
I buried the lead, maybe.
Maybe.
Yeah.
Yeah, that's very exciting.
And
let's go through
talk to everybody about the prize bag.
What do you got for us there, Scott Thompson?
Well, I forgot.
Since I thought we were going to the movie show, I didn't bring stuff.
So I had to do a little bit of a shopping trip before.
And I got some things that I think are very, very cute.
And they're going to remind people of where they were when they saw this.
So I got a little snow globe.
Texas snow globe.
For people from Texas to remind yourself about that trip that you took out your door.
When you left the house and you went to the city and the state that you actually live in.
And I got that.
But I thought that wasn't quite enough.
So I got like one, just one of admit with the,
is that the Texan flag?
With the flag on it.
And then I can write on it, don't mess with me.
But it's not written on it.
Is that the phrase?
Don't mess with Texas.
Don't mess with me. But it's not written on it. Is that the phrase? Don't mess with Texas. Don't mess with Texas.
Or me.
Don't fucking mess.
Don't mess.
I mean, no fucking.
There's no need for that.
So you got one oven mitt.
And then, of course.
Don't mess in my oven mitt is a good thing to put on there.
Yeah, exactly.
Don't make a mess with my oven mitt.
And then, of course, a box of Raisin Bran.
Because who doesn't of Raisin Bran. Because who
doesn't love Raisin Bran?
It's a box of Raisin Bran.
And you signed it. I signed it!
Get your fiber, kids!
Right?
You're all youngsters, but you'll come
to a time when fiber is
everything. And a good
bowel movement will just set you off on a
great day.
You'll sail out of that house and go,
I'm in Texas. I'm going to visit my own state.
You'll be so excited.
So get your fiber, kids.
Love, Scott.
Now this is something people don't know about.
Scott Two Scoops Thompson.
My nickname.
Always has been.
Always has been.
Always has been.
There you go.
It's true, it's so true.
Thoughtful.
Well.
That's a definite hashtag for this episode.
Follow that.
Hashtag Two Scoops.
Noelle, what have you got?
I had a similar conundrum.
And I went to a convenience store
and then something told me
you were gonna buy cereal.
So I skipped the cereal.
I was like, I should buy the cereal.
What were you gonna get?
Was it gonna be Raisin Bran?
No, I think it was Apple Jacks.
Apple Jacks.
Okay, so here's what I got.
I normally bring a Team Noelle mug
and I forgot to pack it and I feel really bad that I missed
the tradition so I got a UT Texas hat
and
if you're from
if you support another college you're never gonna wear it
and
so we made a zine for my movie
and it has a bunch of
characters and stuff in it so I signed
it and I feel really dumb about that but
I needed to bring something.
And then...
Oh, it's nice.
Oh, thank you, yes!
I don't feel as dumb anymore.
And then these are two temporary tattoos that say movies and it's from a company called
Movies and it's the number one company that puts the word movies on things.
So I'm a huge fan.
And I'm giving you two temporary tattoos.
And then I took Polaroids of all
the guests backstage.
So you have like portraits of these people.
And I think that's it. And then I guess
if you want a water bottle. You fooled us.
You told me you were the official photographer
for South by
Southwest. I did and then I
stole your soul.
So that's it.
Excellent. Thank you.
Yeah, Scoot is always bringing some interesting stuff
that he took from his friends.
In the past, I couldn't steal anything.
Is this your own stuff, though?
Is this yours to give away?
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
This is all my stuff.
All right.
And I had to buy this bag.
Hold the mic for me so you can...
I like the challenge.
Yeah, Leonard will help you out.
So...
A mouse pad.
Oh!
A mouse pad.
Oh!
Vintage with neoprene backing and real
fabric.
Wow. Nice.
Took a while to part with this one, but I did.
This is more like a party bag kit.
A camera that you can actually get
4x6 prints from and
take to the store and get the prints and hold it, which is very nostalgic.
A Wilco Yankee Foxtrot Hotel album.
Didn't want to part with this, but I had two.
And some dust off.
What time do you do the dust off?
At 4.35?
You do it all at once.
The dust off, the album,
and then the camera.
There's a white bag with it, too.
You did bring things that do need to be dusted off.
Yeah.
Everybody needs a little dust off just to clean.
So that's exciting.
Is there some way to
put everything back in bags and pass it all to me?
Certainly. We can just put them back in bags.
Yeah, there you go.
And Leonard brought a copy of...
Well, this feels positively mundane
next to the creativity
that all you guys...
No, people will cherish.
The person who wins
is going to cherish this.
The third edition of my
Leonard Maltin's
classic movie guide.
Yeah!
Good one!
With something like
10,000 movie reviews in it,
but don't count.
It's about 10,000.
Roughly.
Yeah.
Like there's a review of Man of the Moment.
From 1935.
British.
Two stars.
Tell me anything else about it, Leonard.
It's in black and white.
You do not make that distinction here in the review.
It doesn't say color.
Therefore, it is assumed to be black and white.
Oh, in the classic book.
That's right.
If it doesn't say color, it's in black and white.
All right, you win.
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Starting that one.
What do you mean, mm-hmm?
That would have been a good thing to say
when I said, tell me anything about it.
The black and white
sounded like a dodge.
Oh, no. Hell no.
Do you want to keep your bag, Noelle, the
Showtime bag?
You trying to keep that? That's your purse?
That's my sack of dough.
Oh, okay. I think we got
enough baggage here to cover everything. That's my sack of dough Oh okay I think we got enough baggage here to cover everything
Yeah
That's three bags
And a roll of posters
So
Good luck
To the winner
With all that shit
Alright
Scott have you been to the movies lately
What was the last movie you saw?
Oh, jeez.
What did I see?
Noel.
Yeah.
I recently watched part of two movies.
Can I say that?
I didn't watch a whole movie.
Parts of two movies.
Go.
Love and Death and The Great Dictator.
Oh, wow.
Yeah.
Interesting.
Yeah.
You going to finish either of them? Yeah. Well, wow. Yeah. Interesting. Yeah. You going to finish
either of them?
Yeah.
Well, I finally finished
Love and Death.
I keep...
It's a really good movie,
but every time I watch it,
I fall asleep.
Oh, that's not good.
So I finally finished the end,
and I was like,
this might be my favorite
Woody Allen movie.
Oh, yeah.
I can see what you're talking about,
because the Russian Revolution
is so sleep-inducing.
I don't know.
I'm normally just very sleepy when I'm watching things.
And then, yeah, I started watching The Great Dictator here
but haven't gotten to finish it.
But I've seen it before.
But it's so good.
Has he done the ballet with the globe yet?
Yeah.
It's downhill from there.
He becomes a less pleasant dictator after that.
But I was really surprised at how,
because that was Charlie Chaplin's first talkie,
and he's so incredibly gifted doing that character,
speaking-wise.
I just, it's fascinating.
Back to you, Scott.
I just watched Nice Guys.
I thought it was really funny.
It's really good, right?
It's really hilarious.
I was telling you on a previous episode of this show
that Ryan Gosling's very funny and you weren't buying it.
I didn't and I went and I decided to check it out
and he is hilarious.
He's really funny in it.
And they have amazing chemistry.
Yeah, him and Russell Crowe.
Who would have thought it?
They're so good.
That's why nobody went
because why would you think that would work?
It's like one of the funniest movies ever.
It's hilarious.
They're so good.
I love the 70s setting in the Hollywood
and all the big billboards on Sunset.
It's dirty.
Like, it's a dirty film.
I like it.
It's like sweat and polyester shirts.
It smells like a Syrian holding camp.
That was a... you don't understand, that was flattering.
That was a good thing.
I love men crowded together in a small space.
Possibly in a refugee situation.
Willing to do anything to get out of their situation.
I just dug a deeper hole.
I dug a hole beside my hole.
I tunneled between them and I joined the two holes.
Maybe we'll
talk about submarine movies later
in the show.
But Scoot, what's the
last movie you saw? Did you see something
like Yesterday or Today?
I did watch the
Amanda Knox, it's a doc though.
But it was really good.
The Amanda Knox doc?
On Netflix about the girl in
Italy that they said she killed
her and we didn't know and it was a big thing.
What's your theory?
I don't think she did it.
I think it was the media
kind of built
it a story
to sell papers.
Three or four people are trying to applaud right now.
Yes.
It's not taking off.
I'm not a detective, but you know, based on what I saw.
Can I float a theory?
Yeah, please.
Have you seen the documentary before?
I was a deep man.
I was a Knox head.
I was obsessed with this murder.
And whether or not she did it.
Because I just found it so fascinating, the psychology of it all.
And here's what I really genuinely think happened. She came home. She didn she did it. And because I find, I just found it so fascinating, the psychology of it all.
And here's what I really genuinely think happened.
She came home.
She didn't do it.
But she came home
after it had been done
and freaked out
and then left
and then the next day
called the cops
because she had smoked
and done all these things
and she thought she was
going to get in trouble,
freaked out.
So she was lying.
Like she kind of had to
make up a story.
But she didn't do it.
Because she was clearly lying like half the time. to make up a story but she didn't do it because she was
clearly lying
like half the time
well now I think
she did it
no
who do you think did it
the guy that
did it
the guy that
raped her
or the guy that
killed the woman
his DNA is all over it
he went to jail for it
yeah he did
but he did it
and he had been
committing crimes
in the area
and been crawling
and breaking into things
and assaulting people on the street.
But she just walked in, freaked out,
because she was 20 years old and bonkers.
That's it. Knocks head out.
Makes sense.
Leonard?
Well, we've already talked about Kong.
Yes.
Which is my latest, newest.
I'm still cheering for Get Out.
Get Out.
People love Get Out.
Can't say it often enough.
What a good movie.
What a solid movie.
What a fantastic debut for Jordan Peele as writer-director.
Yeah.
And a great cast, of course, that he assembled.
But, I mean, it hits all the notes
and so well.
It's clearly
like the arrival of a great new voice
in American film. Very exciting.
Yeah, I have not yet seen it.
Oh, duh.
But I'm excited.
People are going to talk to death.
No, I don't listen to anything about it.
People say get out. I just assume
they mean leave the room, Doug.
And I do.
So next time they say that,
leave the room and then go to the nearest theater
and say get out. I know, I've got to see it,
but I'm too busy performing
at film festivals.
Doing press.
Yeah, it's a drag.
I've seen a few things.
What did you think of Logan?
Did you like Logan?
Yeah, pretty well.
I thought it was enjoyable.
A little long.
Right, but you say that about 90% of the movies you see.
Because it's true.
It is.
Because it's true.
It is.
They are all too long.
Logan didn't drag.
I'll give it that.
It just goes on longer than I think it needs to.
Sure, sure.
But very well done.
And of course, how can I not like a film,
and I don't want to give this away,
so I won't say too much.
How can I not like a film that calls on,
in a significant way,
a great classic American movie,
which it does.
And that's all I'll say.
So you've got to,
if you know it or see it.
It's got shades of tootsie.
All right, you guys.
That was a nice talk.
Now it's time for shit to get serious.
And for me to say,
let the games begin!
Alright.
Alright.
Some folks made some name tags.
Everyone else has got a badge.
A festival badge.
Please do not choose festival badges
unless you're really
dying to pick that person.
But everybody go
and select
who you'd like to play for.
Just physically take
the name tag from them
and bring it back to your seat.
And while you do that,
we'll do this.
We'll be right back
after this message
spoken by me.
Hey guys,
producer Matt here.
No sponsors this episode, but Doug wants to remind you to watch The High Court weeknights on Comedy Central at midnight, 11 central and on the Comedy Central app.
Now back to the show.
All right, we're back.
Leonard Maltin went the distance, searched high and wide to find a picture of me with a joint in my mouth.
And I assume the person
whose name tag this is?
Tommy?
That's your name?
You're the other character.
You're passed out over a bong.
Oh, and we're on a...
We look like we're on an island
of roaches?
It's just trash?
And then it says
Swiss Tommy Man.
Yeah, good job.
Oh, there's a thing on the back
and everything. Alright.
Excellent choice, Leonard.
Did you like that movie, Swiss Army Man?
Oh, a lot, yes.
One of the most original films last year, I think.
Certainly one of the most original films last year, I think. Certainly one of the most flatulent.
We got Scoot picked
Juggs Benson in Don't Tell Mom
the Babysitter's Greg.
It's a pretty good one.
It's got lights, too.
It's got lights on it.
Scoot likes the lights. So does Noelle. She picked a lit up one lights too. It's got lights on it. E for effort. Yeah, Scoot likes the lights.
So does Noelle.
She picked a lit up one too.
I think they came to their pairs.
They're right next to each other.
These two sides come together.
You guys just picked people in the front row.
But they look so cute.
So lazy.
But look at their, this is great.
It's like bingo.
You can have more than one card.
All right, and who's the, what do you got there, Scott?
I have Menace Drew Society.
But I picked it erroneously.
I thought it was a pun on Nancy Drew.
And then I thought, this is the worst ever.
There's nothing to do with Nancy Drew.
So I picked it for the wrong reasons,
but then I realized it is Menace 2 Society.
And it's, I guess, are you Drew?
Yep.
Okay, then I guess that's the deal.
I like seeing my face on a Menace 2 Society poster.
There you go.
I like that movie.
That's cute.
And mine's the hand that Roxy's the cradle.
Oh, yeah, we should say that.
Yeah, and you look very scary.
Yeah, my face is scary in there.
And Roxy's here.
And Roxy's there.
Yeah.
It's a great scary picture of you, Doug.
Yeah, where did this picture come from?
Well, if you see the whole picture, it makes more sense because I'm in bed and I have a cocktail.
You're an angry drunk.
That's why I've got that, why are you taking a picture of me face?
I just want to say hi to somebody real quick if that's cool with everybody.
Hanging out on the wings.
Come on out and say hello to everybody. It's Jenny Slate.
Drop by.
Hi.
Hi.
I'm sitting here looking at my phone
as I do and she's like texting me
hey I'm at your show. What's going on? I'm like come I do, and she's like texting me, hey, I'm at your show, what's going on?
I'm like, come out on stage.
And she's like, really?
And you're very polite.
You're not just going to run out here.
No, I wasn't going to.
No, you don't.
That's crazy.
I would run out on the stage,
but I guess now I'm here.
I have a beer,
and I was drinking more beers back there.
So, hello.
Sorry I interrupted. No, and I was drinking more beers back there. So, hello. Sorry I interrupted.
No, you didn't interrupt anything.
I mean, yeah, we got stuff to do, but...
But I'm so excited you're here,
because I was just watching Secret Life of Pets,
and you're awesome in that.
I'm the dog.
She's one of several dogs.
There's also a bunny.
That's true.
I'm the girl dog with the bow.
And it's chill.
I love it.
It's really, really fun to be a cartoon animal, if you're wondering.
And Harley Quinn in Lego Batman.
That's true.
I didn't come here for you to say my jobs.
Listen, this is your life.
I brought together four of your biggest fans.
And you're going to stand there while we all sit and talk about you.
Yeah, I would love to have that experience.
It feels odd for everyone else here who is not signing up for these people.
Most of them, I mean, I know
hello, but we haven't been
formally introduced. No, not yet.
Which ones haven't you met?
I think all.
What? Let's go
down the line. Go down to the other end and meet
Scott Thompson. Legendary.
Kids in the hall.
Me too. She's a big fan.
I knew she would be.
This is so awkward.
Yeah, look.
Do you want to
get to her?
Noelle Wells.
Say hi to Noelle Wells.
Look at that.
Hey, they're hugging.
This is so awesome.
That's Scoot McNary,
terrific character actor.
You may know him
from
Hall to Catch Fire.
And Leonard Maltin,
what's your favorite Jenny Slate vehicle?
Do you like her abortion movie? Was that
fun for you?
It was too long. I like Obvious Child.
Oh, man. That's what they
say about pregnancy.
If we could cut one trimester out of this
thing. Chief shot.
That's why you get
an abortion. I don't even ask her a question.
I just put the microphone in her face.
I was talking earlier
about how I did your first getting
a Doug with High show and they shut
us down for smoking weed live
on YouTube and it was hard
at that moment. Yeah, but now
we've been going for, we've had like
150 episodes and every week
we ask you to come back
and the answer's no.
Yep, gotta smoke weed in private now.
Poodles with secret lives.
Don't go on podcasts.
But thank you for coming out here
and saying hello to everybody.
Thank you for having me.
I would love to use the restroom.
Oh, I bet you that our backstage staff
can point you in the right direction for that.
And that's Jenny Slade, everybody!
Thank you!
I mean, you can't say no to that, right?
No, of course not.
What a delightful surprise.
Why did you turn down John C. Reilly, though,
when he was standing right there?
He was standing right there,
and I was just like, that guy is overrated.
I'm serious.
Best supporting actor for John C. Reilly
next year.
Never happens for comedic roles like that.
But he's the heart of that movie, I feel,
and does a great job.
And I know you guys aren't watching
Kong Skull Island right now.
Though Scott wishes we were.
But I do recommend it.
Yes, I do.
I would have loved that.
Is it too late?
We could do an interruption of that eventually, but we have to wait a few months.
It would be nice if that was backstage, the movie.
The next interruption in Los Angeles is, do you know the movie Collateral Beauty?
I've heard of it, yes.
Yeah, we're going to interrupt that, so I'll check and see if you're available.
Okay, sure.
Yeah.
I've never seen that.
Yeah.
It sounds like I wouldn't like it.
It's Will Smith plays a guy.
Leonard, tell us about it.
It was too long.
In the month of December,
when there are too many movies released at the same time...
Oh, Leonard doesn't see them all.
I don't see them all.
And you skipped ones called Collateral Beauty.
I did.
Good for you.
Good for you.
And I hope one of these days I'll catch up with it,
or maybe I don't.
But you don't...
You know the premise, though.
No, I don't.
Oh, I'll tell you.
What is the premise?
Will Smith plays a character who starts getting letters
from hope and death and a third...
Oh, that's right.
A third ploying thing.
It's a Christmas carol style thing.
Kind of.
But he gets letters from these people
and everybody thinks he's nuts
when he's talking about these letters he's getting.
And then, you know, there's a miracle or something.
But I can't wait to watch it for the first time
with an audience and a microphone.
Oh, you'll have fun with that.
Yeah, I think it'll be a good time.
Where were we?
What's happening?
The games are about to begin What's happening? The games.
The games.
The games.
I trust you, Leonard.
So I'm going to start the games.
Let's start with a little game
called Alex's, Jason and Deb's IMDb Game.
And yes, of course,
this game was born here in Austin.
And I will
name
the top four
titles in somebody's
best known for on
IMDb.
And just buzz in with your own name.
Just based on that book that Leonard had,
he's clearly going to win this game.
This isn't based on his book.
And when we play the game based on his book,
he often lost.
Okay, good, good.
Embarrassingly.
Okay.
But yeah, I mean, Scoot,
I don't know if you were listening,
but he has not written the IMDb site.
Yeah, but he reviewed 800 films.
That's where the game is from.
Yeah, but that's, you know, how can you remember?
You know what I mean?
Like, you guys are probably, like,
on the opposite ends of the knowing the movie spectrum,
because you're working in them all the time,
and he's writing about them all the time.
So you're too busy to see
all of them.
So that's where you're going to have some trouble.
And he has seen all of them.
Right, that helps you
for sure.
I'm not...
He does not feel
reassured.
I think you'll do alright.
If I had
to pick a winner tonight...
It's not me.
It's not Noelle.
Exactly.
Glad you have some confidence.
Scott's also shaking me off.
It's between me and Leonard.
I think Scoot's going to do it.
Scoot's going to win.
He seems poised for victory.
My money's on Scoot, but that's part of the fun.
Expectations might be upset.
And I'll start naming movies.
You name your own name when you want to buzz in.
Audience, no guesses on this.
You can guess even the first one you can guess?
Yeah, but it's risky.
It's negative one point if you get it wrong. You can blind guess.
Scoot thinks you can blind guess.
Okay, Sigourney Weaver?
Sigourney Weaver?
Do you really want a negative one point right now?
Because a blind guess is very risky.
I think I can get it.
Because it's nice to go on something.
But Sigourney Weaver,
I want to give you a point for
what a great guess that was. It feels like you're hesitating because it's Sigourney Weaver, I want to give you a point for what a great guess that was.
It feels like you're hesitating because it's Sigourney Weaver.
It does.
You just don't fuck with Sigourney Weaver.
That's what I mean. You're frightened.
That's my feeling.
All right. So does everybody think they understand how this works?
Oh, I know.
Okay.
Rawr!
Okay.
Rawr!
The first movie in this person's best known for is Les Miserables.
Anne Hathaway.
What's your name?
What?
Noel.
Noel Anne Hathaway.
That is correct.
Oh, damn it!
Oh! Noelle Anne Hathaway That is correct Oh damn it
I guess I didn't understand the rules
I was just like scream it right
That's what it was
You just buzz in with your own name and then you guess
In case it's close sometime
Good one
You were way ahead of everybody on that one
You know there's a lot of people in Les Miserables right
yeah I was gonna say
Hugh
me too Hugh
Jackman
alright so now
not only do you get one point
Noelle you also get to
try to guess
three more three more
three more films
that Anne Hathaway has done
oh I just what?
could be TV also
oh on the top?
I don't think she's done any TV
that are in the top four?
yeah in her top four
after Les Mis
okay Princess Diaries
okay
Devil Wears Prada
okay and um Devil Wears Prada okay
and
uh
fuck uh
shh
but yes
what
um
uh
let's see
um
I'm trying
I know this
title
okay say it
I'm
it's in my body, but not
in my mouth yet. What?
That was a very weird thing I just said.
Okay, so it is
the one that she
did.
I love that.
What if I don't know?
It's okay.
It's alright to not know.
You might have gotten two points.
Maybe.
It's a bonus.
These are bonus points.
Okay, I'm out.
Sorry.
Incorrect.
All of them?
On both of those, yeah.
They went with Interstellar, The Dark Knight, and Rachel Getting Married.
Really?
I know.
That's weird.
You'd think Devil Wears Prada would be in there
Is this based on user ratings?
It's based on a whole crazy metric
of several things
including now the actors themselves
can go in and put what they want in there
So she's really proud of
Rachel getting the award
We don't know if she did it or not
That's part of the fun, right?
Maybe
Alright, so But Noelle is in the lead with one point Oh. Yeah. Okay. That's part of the fun, right? Maybe.
All right.
So, but Noelle is in the lead with one point.
So it's based on nothing tangible at all.
Well, there's some tangible things like box office and awards and, you know, there's all those things. But there's a metric of all of them that leaves you with Rachel getting married is in her top four.
But that's a terrible movie.
I mean, she was nominated for Best Actress for it.
Yeah, but it's terrible.
Devil Wears Prada is her best movie.
I mean, it's just clear, isn't it?
Addicts seem to like...
I think you got...
Wait till you see Colossal.
What's that?
That might be your favorite Anne Hathaway movie.
Yeah, there's Colossal fans in the audience.
Oh.
Yeah. Well, this is Austin because that's an Alamo Drafthouse release. Right? favorite Anne Hathaway movie. There's colossal fans in the audience.
This is Austin because that's an Alamo
Drafthouse release.
Their new imprint, Neon.
Neon Films
is releasing Colossal.
It's very good. Have you seen it, Leonard?
I can't talk about it
because it hasn't opened yet.
Oh, I like that.
That's a great way of saying he hated it.
I've seen several
films that I can't talk about.
Okay, you can't talk about it. That's the official
word. You can't talk about it. Did you like
it?
Scoot is a
scamp. I'm embargoed.
I'm embargoed.
I'm so sorry. I'm embargoed. I'm so sorry. I'm embargoed.
Yeah, that's cool.
Yeah. That's my secret method.
I'm not embargoed and I loved it. Alright.
This is the next
top four of someone.
Also, a theme might emerge
in who the answers are.
So keep that in mind.
I often forget to remind
people of that.
And then afterwards, I was like, hey, there was a theme.
Finding Nemo.
Oh.
Somebody in the audience said, Ellen.
Shh.
Sorry. I'm like Dory
I have a three second memory
Alan
okay next title
smart of you to all wait
a beautiful mind
was Russell Crowe in Finding Nemo
that's what I'm thinking
I think he might have been
He's got to have been
What fish was he?
Was he a shark?
He was Bruce the Shark
He was Bruce the Shark
Okay, here's the next title
One Life to Live?
What? Yeah, my question mark, not theirs Okay, here's the next title. One Life to Live?
What?
Yeah, my question mark, not theirs.
The soap opera One Life to Live, apparently,
had appearances by this performer.
And then finally...
My Cousin Vinny.
Ted Danson.
Marissa Tomei.
Okay, first of all,
your names are Scoot and Larry.
Marissa Tomei, did someone say that? This is like being on Jeopardy
and you forgot to phrase it as a question.
But we don't have buzzers to buzz.
We just have to buzz our names.
Scoot.
Ted Danson.
No.
It's a good guess. Negative's good. Ted Danson. No. It's a good guess.
Negative one point.
Okay.
Leonard.
I don't even remember who I said.
That's how confused I am.
Sneaky play, Leonard.
I know.
You can't be wrong if we don't remember what you said.
I'll stick with the answer.
I just can't remember
what the hell I'm talking about.
Who did he say?
Marissa Tomei.
Yeah, yeah.
Who did he say?
Marissa Tomei.
Okay, so that's wrong.
That's wrong.
Minus one for Leonard.
I'm trying to think about
who might have been
on a soap opera in New York.
Right, yeah.
Well, and also,
obviously she wasn't
like my cousin Vinny.
Yeah.
Did anybody else not try that one and want to?
I think it's a tough one.
It's a real tough one.
I did it.
You'll understand why I did it when I say it.
Great character actor who goes by the name Austin Pendleton.
Oh.
actor who goes by the name Austin Pendleton.
I see the audience response.
I think they understood it. So far we have Anne Hathaway who played Jane Austin in a movie. We have Austin Pendleton.
Holy crap, what's going to happen next?
Noel is still in the lead with one point.
Scott is in second with zero.
And Leonard and Scoot are both in the hole
with negative one apiece.
It's okay, I've recovered from here before.
You can totally turn it around at any time.
The first credit of this next person
is from television
and it's The Fall Guy.
Shh.
Great show.
Lee Majors.
What's your name?
Scott Thompson says Lee Majors.
That is correct.
Yeah!
Ah, yes!
Oh, I feel good about that.
I, for one, want to hear what other three Lee Majors credits
constitute his best known or algorithmically determined favorite thing.
Exactly. Or Lee Majors determined.
Wait till you hear. Scott, do you have three guesses?
Except for one thing. He's in a great new series.
Well, Six Million Dollar Man.
Does that count?
That would count if it's in there, sure.
And then he did another thing.
Okay.
Like in the 80s. Another thing.
Where he played like another, he was a cop with all of his limbs.
Okay.
That was like, oh yeah, I'm all here.
Yeah.
All of me.
My legs work.
Sounds good.
And my arms work.
So those are your additional guesses.
I'm all here, my legs work, my arms work.
No, there's a fifth one.
I don't have super hearing.
That was Jamie Summers.
I have super sight.
What was his name?
What was Lee Major's name on that? Steve Austin.
That's correct.
And so a $6 million man.
But the other guesses are wrong, I have to say.
They listed two more TV shows,
The Big Valley and Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law.
Owen Marshall.
Yeah, he went full TV, all four credits.
I know, but they did not list
the fact that he's
really terrific now
playing Bruce Campbell's dad.
Yeah, yeah.
He's in Ash vs. Evil Dead.
Is he really?
Yeah, he's very funny.
Yeah.
Yeah, and a very funny man.
And the best thing
he's had in a long time
and he's really good.
Yeah, he's terrific.
Somebody's laughing
like they don't believe it.
It's true.
The Colonel Steve Austin that I know is Bruce Campbell's dad?
All right, so Scott now has two points,
and Noel has one,
and the less said about the rest, the better.
Oh, yeah.
This is for everything, unless there's a tie.
This is for everything.
Yeah, you can take the lead here.
I don't think so.
If it's worth three.
One of us can dig ourselves out, but maybe not.
I don't know.
Who knows what's going to happen.
The pressure is intense.
It really is.
Okay, let's double check.
It's Scott, Noel, Scoot, and Leonard.
That's what you say first.
Right.
We say Scott, Noel, Scoot, and Leonard.
Then I will say yes, and then you will say the answer.
Right.
I like how Scoot's holding his mic
like a martini glass
I've honestly never seen that before
I just think the podcast always needs
to see that they need to have a mental image
of you holding
my glass
welcome to Austin
is that a Texan thing
to help them hold their mics here keep your microphone holding weird Welcome to Austin. Is that a Texan thing?
To help them hold their mics here?
Yeah, keep your microphone holding weird.
I'm sorry.
That was unfair.
I did some mic shaming there.
That's not right.
No, you didn't do it the way you were more comfortable.
Oh, sorry.
I'm more comfortable.
There you are.
It's a mic, not a
snifter.
I'm ready.
I'm ready to say
my name. You all look like you're ready to do
a remote from downtown.
You're all holding like news station
microphones. Totally.
We need to do this.
I can't hear you, Steve.
Yeah.
Yeah, it's been raining
all afternoon.
Yeah, it's really put
a real damper
on the festival.
A lot of crowds.
Yeah.
Big crowd, no.
Scott, Scott,
you're on in five.
Okay, here we go.
And that weather system,
people will be leaving
at about eight o'clock.
So stay tuned for that.
Up next, the Texas Chargers take on the Austin Rams.
In another big, big football game.
This whole state's going to turn out for it.
Because we love our teams.
We love our football here.
Back to you,
Steve.
I can't even fake sports.
I just can't even.
That's true. We do love our teams.
Yeah, we do. That's right, Susan. We do.
This just in.
We still do.
Wherever you go, people love
their teams.
Can we review the possible theme that we're building?
Oh, I love that.
That's a great idea to recap that.
All right.
Anne Hathaway played Jane Austen.
Austen Pendleton, great character.
Lee Majors stars Colonel Steve Austen in Six Million Dollar Man.
And we are in.
And now here's the last one.
And I think I didn't need to recap
the theme. Oh, I know what it's going to be. Mike Myers.
I would all do, God damn it.
What's happening? Nothing.
Are you pre-guessing,
Scoot? Because I will give you negative
one point for an incorrect pre-guess.
Do it.
No.
I'm going to pre-guess
I got it for the win
What are you saying?
Mike Myers
That's correct
This is what you get for following the rules
You lose
That's never happened
Did I get points?
It doesn't matter what happens
because you already are in the lead.
But do you want to guess
four movies that have Mike Myers in them?
Yes.
I would say
Shrek,
Wayne's World,
Mike Myers. I would say Shrek, Wayne's World,
Mike Myers.
SNL?
Is that it?
Could be.
Could be in there. Okay, and then...
Well, obviously,
Austin Powers.
Full title?
Man of Mystery.
Oh.
Austin Powers, Fat Bastard.
International Man of Mystery.
International Man of Mystery.
Nope.
They went with Wayne's World, Shrek,
Austin Powers in Goldmember.
Right?
Yeah, and number one,
Austin Powers, The Spy Who Shagged Me.
Yeah, I guess that was the most popular in the series.
And it's the best, some guy in the back just said.
It's my favorite.
It does have a...
What's her name?
She looks good.
Heather Graham, yes!
No more audience answers.
Even when I'm saying it directly to you.
So that means Scoot won our first game,
but we got one more game to play.
Yeah, the game is try to figure out the mystery of the IMDb algorithm that puts those films together.
Yeah, you really got to try to let that go, Leonard.
I would love to. I would love to just release that and let them do whatever they want and name four movies for everybody.
But that makes no sense at all.
All right, you're forcing me,
you're forcing my hand, Leonard.
Let's look at your IMDb page.
Oh, no.
Why would they have me listed even for anything?
They do.
I mean, I know, but...
There are four things, Leonard, that define you.
The four things that will define me.
And you don't get to pick what they are.
As easily as those others
define them? The algorithm picks it for you.
Okay.
Robert
Sean Leonard is not you?
No.
Malton.
I bear no responsibility
for anybody else's work. Leonard Malton is bear no responsibility for anybody else's work
Leonard Maltin is one of the most
recognized and respected film critics of our time
Wow
Well, I dodged a bullet there
You thought the first line of your IMDb page
might be critical?
Critics suck and he's one of them.
I have read worse online.
Right?
Yeah.
Opinions make people mad.
So you've got a show.
You did something somewhere called Secrets Out?
That's right.
That was like an insider movie review?
It was a weekly movie review show for Reel's channel, which I hosted for six years.
There you go.
And then Malton on Movies.
Mm-hmm.
That's the podcast, the current podcast.
Yeah, this was an earlier version of it that they've got on here.
Oh, okay.
And then what is Forgotten Silver?
Oh, Forgotten Silver, you should know.
You should know this one.
This is Peter Jackson's faux documentary.
Oh, really?
Yeah.
About a legendary and forgotten silent film pioneer in New Zealand.
And it's all bogus.
And he did a brilliant
job of recreating silent movie footage and getting people to talk about this
this guy Colin McKenzie and how they've just discovered some of his early
footage and all this so Sam Neill is in it as a talking head and you know why
it's in your top four because it's a Peter Peter Jackson film. You get a thank you in it.
No, I'm in it.
You're also in it.
I'm on screen.
And then they must at the end say thanks to all the people that are in it.
So then IMDb is like, they said thanks to Leonard Maltin.
That was his character name was Thank You.
And then finally, The Making of The Quiet Man.
Which I produced.
Yeah, there, that got it here.
And it says writer is the credit they give you for it.
That's nice. That's generous of them.
But there you go. That's a solid top four that you've got on there.
Those are nice. Those are all positive.
They could have chosen much worse.
So, again, I dodged a bullet.
Maybe several.
I know all of you have very busy schedules
with all the things going on here.
Do you have about 15 more minutes?
Sure.
Is that cool?
Well, I mean, what time is it?
Yeah, man, just hurry up, dude.
I gotta go.
Scott thought he was gonna be watching a movie.
No, no, I'm fine.
Movie's still going.
It's 5.15 now.
We'll be done by 5.30.
Is that cool?
Yeah.
Okay, cool.
All right, so we're going to play a twist on a game that we play on the show.
The game on the show is called Last Man Stanton,
but in this particular case it's going to be Last Mash Stanton
because I've got two names, two Hollywood names
that I've mashed together into one name,
and you guys are going to take turns naming movies
that star or feature either one of these actors
until you can't think of one, and then you're out.
But you do get one lifeline.
Leonard gets to go to Tommy once,
and Scott can go to Tommy once.
And Scott can go to Drew once.
Greg.
Greg.
And what is it?
Roxy?
Right.
That you're playing for?
Noel?
Yes.
Yes.
That's true.
She's your lifeline.
Thank you.
Do you feel confident, Roxy?
I do.
She does. I like that. Do you feel confident, Roxy? I do. She does.
I like that.
Are they allowed to use their phones?
Good, good, good.
No.
I thought about it.
Trying to be reasonable.
I thought, well, for one, you know, because at least that way when you go to your lifeline,
they'll probably have something for you.
So it's not a terrible idea, but phones in general are bad.
And if you live in Austin or go to any of the Alamo draft houses,
how great is it that they just will throw people out
for using their phones?
Shout out to them.
So here's the mashed up name.
Chris Pine Glover.
So it's the films of Crispin Glover
and Chris Pine.
Chris Pine Glover.
Yeah, I thought of that today
when I was watching a Chris Pine movie
and I was very proud of myself.
And Scoot won the first game,
so Scoot gets to go first.
Name any movie that's got
one of those two dudes in it.
Silverado.
Which one's in that?
Danny Glover.
All right, let me...
Let me...
What?
I've just rebuilt this game for you.
So, let me get the rules straight.
Crispin Glover and Chris Pine.
Pine.
Rats.
That's the Crispin Glover thing?
Okay.
Y'all don't seem impressed.
That was a good pull.
Good job.
Noelle?
Back to the Future.
Very good. Be careful? Back to the Future. Very good.
Be careful with that one, everybody.
Yeah.
Yeah.
We know what happened there.
Butthead.
Scott?
Back to the Future 2?
I just said be careful.
I can't do that.
And you stepped right into it.
Lethal Weapon.
Danny Glover's in that one too.
Wait, why do you think it's...
Scoot, see what you've done?
Two points.
I'm sorry, go to think.
Two points for that.
There's three Lethal Weapons too.
It's just...
It's just Chris Pine or Crispin Glover.
Chris Pine.
I don't think I've ever seen him in anything.
Oh, you have.
Is he in Guardians of the Galaxy?
Maybe.
Guardians of the Galaxy.
Now, listen.
Shush, you guys.
I got this.
Oh, Star Trek.
He's in the Star Trek movie.
Yes.
Okay, is that what you're going with?
Star Trek?
Star Trek.
And where'd you get that from?
An audience member?
No, no, because I just realized the guy in Guardians of the Galaxy is another guy. Okay, is that what you're going with? Star Trek. Star Trek. And where'd you get that from? An audience member? No, no, because I just realized
the guy in Guardians of the Galaxy is another guy.
Okay, yeah.
I know he's Captain Kirk.
They're both named Chris.
That's true.
All right.
And they're both marginally.
All right, you got through it.
Okay.
But next time, you know,
use your lifeline if you're not sure.
Okay.
Okay.
Leonard?
The River's Edge.
Oh.
Oh. That's a really good one. That's a really good one That's a really good one
Yeah that's terrific
That's how the game should be played
What did you say again Scott?
I forgot already
A Lethal Weapon
No Star Trek Yeah Star Trek That's right Star Trek What did you say again, Scott? I forgot already. A Lethal Weapon.
No.
Star Trek.
Yeah, Star Trek.
That's right, Star Trek.
Just Star Trek.
That's all there is to it.
Scoot?
Hell or High Water.
Yes.
Is Danny in that one too?
Oh, now I know who Chris Pine is. Chris Pine is in
Hella Hot.
Chris Pine, come on.
When are people
going to...
It's not working.
I am so happy.
I was about to say
something really dumb.
So what do you got?
Enchanted.
Yeah.
What?
No, right?
Chris Pine?
No, am I wrong?
No, I know
what you're thinking of.
Who am I thinking?
Okay, can I try one more that I thought?
I thought I knew who it was, but now I'm really lost.
Go to your lifeline.
No, election?
Oh, is that a different?
Go to your lifeline.
Who's that?
Chris who?
Okay, lifeline.
Help her out.
Star Trek Beyond?
I'm going to say Lethal Weapon 2.
Star Trek Beyond. Star Trek Beyond is correct.hal Weapon 2. Star Trek Beyond.
Star Trek Beyond is correct.
Oh, you're so nice to me.
Thank you.
Alright.
Is it me?
I'm going to make a big...
You can go to Drew if you want.
I have a feeling that it might have been his first
role. I know I don't need to give all this
preamble and that it might have been the first thing he was in,
but was it Avatar?
Is he not
the guy in Avatar?
The young guy?
You can't just go to your lifeline.
No, but he was supposed to be, right?
And then they recast him.
He's not in Avatar.
I just want you to make it one more round, so use your lifeline.
Lifeline, Drew.
Star Trek into darkness.
Well, you can keep doing Star Trek into darkness.
I could have done that.
Yeah.
No, you couldn't have.
Who remembers what they're all called?
Star Trek into darkness.
Correct.
Wait, can I have a question?
Who was the guy in Enchanted?
It was James... James No the other one
Patrick Dempsey
Patrick Dempsey and James Marston
James Marston
James Marston
Does he look like Chris Pine
Stop asking the audience questions
Does he though
It confuses everybody
They're both handsome
I guess,
if you're into that sort of thing.
I am.
I think they're both excellent actors, too, by the way.
Scoot?
Oh, man.
Oh, it's Leonard's turn. Sorry, Scoot.
Didn't mean to give you...
Tommy, I need help.
Unnecessary.
Into the woods.
Oh, great.
Oh, yes.
Great answer.
Into the woods.
Into the woods.
Into the woods.
Into the woods.
Into the woods.
Into the woods.
Into the woods.
Into the woods.
We're going into the woods.
That's about as good as the music gets in that.
Into the woods. That's about as good as the music gets in that. Into the woods!
Okay, we get it.
We bought a ticket for it.
They sang less about the goddamn
Yellow Brick Road.
They had a map.
Alright, so...
That's where you're going with, Leonard? Into the woods? Alright, good call. Into you're going with Leonard?
Into the woods?
I'm going with into the woods
Alright, good call
Into the woods
Scoot
Maybe I'll save that one
Do you have anything?
Okay, here
I'll go with my lifeline
Greg
Lifeline's got you
Got you
Charlie's Angels That's right Crisp but we'll go with Charlie's Angels.
Charlie's Angels.
That's right.
Crispin Glover was in Charlie's Angels fighting the ladies.
Going at it.
What do you think of that, Noelle?
I think I'm out.
Oh, really?
Yeah.
I know all those Crispin Glover movies,
but I can't think of a single one of their names.
I've seen them.
But after you heard Charlie's Angels,
does anything come to mind?
Charlie's Angels 2.
Full title.
Full throttle.
That's correct.
Is that really?
Is that true?
No way.
That's outrageous.
That's the dumbest title.
I just thought it was the stupidest name I could think of.
Okay.
Okay.
All right, Scott.
Well, I wish I remembered that snail movie.
I'm just going to call
Crispin Glover's Home Movies
because he did release a film that he made himself
I don't think it was
called Home Movies
but it was sort of
he made it
he's done a lot of filmmaking
it was like an
let's just call it
monstrosities and oddities
okay so you're out
has the ensuing conversation
helped you think of
any others Leonard?
no no unfortunately it has not Has the ensuing conversation helped you think of any others, Leonard? No.
No, unfortunately it has not.
All right, Scoot.
Low country.
Or down country?
Down low country.
Yeah.
Does anyone have that?
I mean, somebody's got to be back-checking these.
Down country or low country?
I think it's low country.
I really need you to just say a correct answer. I'm being serious. Somebody's got to be back-checking these. Down country or low country? I think it's low country.
I really need you to just say a correct answer.
I'm being serious.
Look at Chris Pine. I really need a winner here.
06, 2006.
Think of another one.
I can't.
No, not get low.
Get low was Robert Duvall, right?
Yeah, yeah.
Low country or something.
I'm sticking with it.
Low country for old men?
Or it's down country.
A little help?
Did I win?
All right.
No, just give me another one.
I don't...
Come on, Chris Vine or Crispin Glover?
Man, I just don't have one.
You've got another one.
There's the one with the boat.
Oh, right.
You know, and it's not the perfect storm, but it's...
Oh, yeah.
Holy shit.
I don't know the name.
Yeah.
Catch it.
Catch me if you can.
Catch that.
Catch it.
It might be the final one.
Catch.
Is it called the last...
Catch me if you can.
The last wave?
No.
The storm from beyond.
Oh, the finest hour.
Final hours.
Final hour.
Finest hours.
Finest hours.
Finest hours.
That's it.
Plus he was in a Jack Ryan.
He was in a Jack Ryan movie.
Chris Pine.
Oh, in the one with Matt Max.
Tom Hardy.
Where they play the guys.
The fun thing about Chris McG Glover, of course,
is that his dad was one of the
two villains in
Diamonds Are Forever. Remember him?
No.
Thanks, Leonard.
I didn't want to lie. I didn't want to bullshit.
I could have said, oh, sure.
So you're not into
the Bond films, per se?
I am, but I don't remember him. Oh, okay.
There was like two bad guys
in that movie that were like,
people liked to insinuate that they were gay.
Mr.
Mr.
Donald Glover? Mr. Kent and
Mr.
Alright, so.
I just heard it might be gay.
Scoot is our winner tonight.
Somehow
you pulled it out.
It might be a fake win. I don't know.
The world is topsy-turvy
right now, but
if you want to come up here on stage
and get your prizes, the
person that he was playing for, oh you're just be careful stepping over that thing.
Yeah, oh Scott's gonna help you out. There you go.
Nicely done. I recommend taking the stairs to go back down. Oh you just want
your name tag? You don't want any of the prizes?
Yeah, so there's three bags.
And, yeah, do you have other plans tonight?
Because you're going to be a weird bag man walking around.
Walking around Austin.
There you go.
Beautiful.
Okay, watch your...
Careful.
You have to leave.
You're not allowed to go back to your seat.
It's pretty much over, yeah.
I mean, I don't mind
waiting for you. I'm just trying to wrap it up.
You didn't want us to go back the way you came?
He's like, I got my shit. I'm out of here.
Yeah, sit the fuck down.
Oh, and there's...
No, but I need that for the...
Is there a shithead on the back of that?
Did you put a shithead on the back?
Yeah, pass it to me.
Thank you.
Scott, pass me your name tag as well.
Everybody reads it as they pass it down.
Scott, what's going on?
What do you have to plug?
What was what?
Do you have any projects
you'd like to promote?
I have a series coming out
that's not available in the States.
So if you're Canadian,
What Would Sal Do?
comes out March 24th.
I play a priest.
You can get it on Crave TV, so you can stream it,
but it's the first serious
part I've ever done. I play a priest.
Sounds great.
I'm in.
I want to move to Canada anyway.
That's good. I'm very proud of the series.
It's very, very good.
Noelle Wells?
Just Mr. Roosevelt.
Mr. Roosevelt playing tomorrow here at South By.
So exciting.
It's really exciting.
Let's all support it and get it some distribution.
I love it. Scoot some distribution. I love it.
Yeah, Scoot supports it.
I support it.
Yeah.
When's the screening?
Maybe I'll come tonight.
Tomorrow at 2.
Tomorrow at 2.15.
And work it out.
At the Paramount Theater.
Love that.
Great theater.
Best theater in the screening area.
There's a hole in the ceiling, and it was put there by Houdini.
In the Paramount?
Mm-hmm.
I've never done the tour.
I just look up and see the hole
and then tell people that.
Scoot's fourth season of
Haul and Catch Fire is coming soon,
but you mentioned something
we were talking earlier about,
something else you want people to check out?
I got a film, I think it comes out at the end of the month,
called Aftermath with Arnold Schwarzenegger,
as well as a Netflix original called Godless.
It's like an 1880s western with Scott Frank,
who wrote and directed it.
Very nice.
Awesome.
Leonard Maltin.
The great Leonard Maltin.
Please check out our podcast, Maltin. The great Leonard Maltin. Please check out our podcast,
Maltin on Movies,
hosted by my daughter Jessie and myself.
It's on the Nerdist Network.
And we do a new show every week.
Between you and Jessie,
who has the most colorful hair?
It's not a contest.
My blue-haired daughter wins that.
You sure it's blue today?
Did she ask you before she changes colors? She knows knows I'm colorblind and it doesn't matter you
are oh shit is that why you wrote a guide to black and white movies?
Are all movies black and white?
No, no, no. I see colors.
Talk to someone else with color blinds.
It's really weird.
All these colored lights.
Do you see the right colors there? There's no colored lights in there.
I can't identify some of them.
And I can't distinguish between some of them.
Isn't that interesting?
Yeah.
No.
I like to end the podcast on that kind of thing
because then people aren't like,
oh, I wish this was going to go longer.
They're like, that was the perfect length.
One more time for all of my guests,
Leonard Maltin,
Scott McNary,
Noel Wells,
and Scott Thompson.
As always,
there's three of these and then the music cue.
As always,
Paul Ryan is a shithead.
The guy who spoiled Logan at the Rotten Tomatoes panel is a shithead. The guy who spoiled Logan
at the Rotten Tomatoes panel
is a shithead.
And anyone who didn't cry
at the end of Logan is a shithead.
Now it's time for Doug to watch
another talkie.
Eyes unrolled, his viewing prowess makes him
cocky. There's no room in his heart for you, cause Doug loves movies!