Doug Loves Movies - Leonard Maltin, Sean Jordan and Samm Levine guest
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Doug hates candy wrappers, screaming babies, sticky seeds
With 50 acid pop or kernels in his teeth
There's still not one that he won't see
Cause Doug loves movies
Hey everybody Hey, everybody.
This is exactly not the kind of microphone stand I want for this,
but I stood in the wings right over there,
and I looked right at it, and I was like,
I didn't even register that it's not the kind of, like,
and we even discussed
backstage oh this year we got you the mic stand you want and this is absolutely not
it's not the kind of mic stand I want I just want to anyway hey everybody my name is Doug and I love
movies this is a crowd where many of the people have not listened to the podcast
And they're not going to pick up on those cues
And they might look around and go, what's happening?
And I'm looking around and going, why are there two empty seats in the very front of the theater?
Are there two people with name tags that are hoping to get picked today?
That want to just move right up to the front?
Yeah, I feel like this is rock and roll when they tell the crowd, just rush the stage.
Do you two guys know each other? No, interesting.
Just two separate dudes took advantage of the open seats.
I couldn't be happier about it.
Let me get my script out of the bag.
Got a lot to talk about tonight, you guys.
We're coming to you once again, I want to say for the fifth time,
maybe sixth, fifth from this film festival,
but I think I also did one at the comedy
festival one time but anyway
we're in Traverse City, Michigan
yeah
go all the
colors I say
it's too many colors
to keep track of.
And I would like to see
at this point in the show
your beautiful handcrafted name tags.
Look at that, everybody.
Are there any in the balcony? Apologize
to you in advance for having those seats.
But lots of amazing
ones. The Empire Strikes
Bach? Your name is Bach? Your last name? I would hope so.
That would be a weird one. And what's this Marx Brothers thing? Are you, is your name Marx?
Animal Zackers. Instead of Animal Crackers, because his name is Zack. You, me, and Doug B,
and you got your face in there. That's pretty cool. Stand up in the aisle and show the entire audience what it looks like.
No, yeah, there you go.
I like this guy over here changed Chinatown to Peter Town.
You really could have just thrown the word peter on anything the peter strikes back
what does that say ingloria ingloria ing laura eos bastards all right well it's curious how many
inglorious bastard signs there are here tonight I don't know why you guys did that,
but thank you very much for bringing all your
name tags and good luck being chosen
this evening. The
people I'm inviting onto the stage when we get to
the game portion of the show will be
selecting the name tag that they
want to play for, and they're going to win
some fabulous prizes,
including what I have here in my
bag they gave me when I got here,
the Traverse City Film Festival bag. First, I got to do some Doug plugs. Tomorrow night,
be sure to check out the comedy panel here at the Traverse City Film Festival. I'll be moderating
that with lots of funny people. And that's free to get into i'm pretty sure and then the benson movie
interruption of starship troopers is at midnight at the beautiful state theater and tickets are
only 700 a piece so be sure to come out to that uh the star of the movie casper van deen was uh
i asked him a couple weeks ago ago to come to this and participate
and he was super into it
and excited about it
and willing to do it
and then he got a guest role
on Hawaii Five-O.
So he's not going to make it out
but we're still going to have fun
making fun of his classic movie.
This Monday, July 31st
Douglas Movies is back at the Gramercy
Theater in New York City, and we're
back in Los Angeles at Meltdown
Comics on Sunday, August 6th at
420. We've got shows coming up in
Cincinnati, Columbus, Chicago,
San Francisco, and more.
For all the dates and deets
and links, go to
DougLovesMovies.com
That's DougLovesMvies.com. That's douglovesmovies.com!
Yeah!
That one was better.
It's like some of you listened to an episode of the show
between when I said none of you listened to it.
Some people got up to speed, and they're ready to go.
Our good friend Jesse Pasternak
is not going to be here this evening
because he's dead.
No, he is...
That's messed up.
He is alive and well
and I wanted to give you guys an update on him
and why he's not here.
He's actually out in Los Angeles
and I asked him
to write a little message to the audience tonight and the listeners at home because he's been on
the last few Traverse City episodes. He says, I'm currently doing rehearsals for my Broadway show,
which is called How to Succeed in Last Man Stanton with Only Sort of Trying.
And it's opening across the street from Michael Moore's show.
So there's a little Broadway humor for you guys,
because he and I both enjoy Broadway.
And then he goes, in all seriousness,
if I could be serious for a moment,
he says that he's working for a management company in L.A.
He's interning, and he's reading a lot of scripts,
and that he misses you guys.
He's having fun out there,
but he also wishes he were here seeing all of his friends in Traverse City.
And then at the end he said,
Eat lots of pie for me.
So that's Jesse Pasternak.
Hopefully he'll stop with his interning nonsense
and come back next year and be on this show.
Being on this show is better than being an intern.
My opinion.
Let's look at the prize bag.
It's the lovely bag, as I mentioned.
Traverse City's very into
recycling and stuff, and these cloth
bags are very nice for
bringing small items home from the store
and not using plastic.
But I brought, to give away
tonight,
a copy of Traverse City
magazine.
Because if I take it with me and I read it when I get home I'll just get sad I'll
miss the place so much that I'll just be like I should have left it there uh these are these are
a uh a story that's been told a few times at this festival uh these are some uh things they give you and your talent here at the festival. Cherry chews
from the dog bakery.
And they're doggy
treats, but they have icing
on them, which I don't
think a dog is going to spit it out
if it doesn't have icing
on it. But that's just
my excuse for the first time I was
here, maybe even the second time I ate
all of them.
And honestly, I didn't think they were great,
but they were all right.
They were worth eating all of them,
and Jeff Tate did the same thing,
so I'm just giving them away this time
so I don't risk coming back to my room and eating them.
A copy of one of my CDs, Promotional Tool.
There's a movie playing this week here at this festival
called Mr. Roosevelt that I'm lucky enough to be a small part of,
and it's the writer and director and star of that movie,
Noelle Wells.
She made a little comic book about the movie
to promote it that she was giving out to people,
and I got a hold of a few, that she was giving out to people. And
I got a hold of a few, so I'm giving one to you guys tonight. A blue card from my show
Getting Doug with High. Oh, this is neat. One free week of whatever they do at Yen Yoga and Fitness. So, you know, if you live around here and you win that,
good for you.
I've got other things to do besides yoga and fitness
while I'm here, because it turns out this city
is showing a lot of movies, and they have alcohol.
Also, here's a slice of pie.
They used to put the pie in the bag,
but I guess now we just want people to come over and get one.
And what's the place that gives them away?
The Pie Company.
Traverse City Pie Company, is that what it's called?
All right.
Here's a Peacemaker pipe that's only been used once.
And, oh, this is another cool thing they give you.
It's like a Swiss Army knife that's got the name of some company on it.
And some local
merchant. Oh, and
another coupon. This is for 20%
off your next
purchase at
Eat Sparks
Barbecue. Or Sparks
Barbecue? But their website
is eatsparksbarbecue.com
Alright, so I brought all that stuff.
All my guests brought something,
and they're going to contribute it to the bag
when I bring them out here right now.
Three regular guests on Doug Loves Movies
that a lot of you have figured out
exactly who's going to be here,
but let's still give them a big warm welcome.
It's Sean Jordan, Leonard Maltin,
and Sam the Ma'am Levine,
a.k.a. Lil Wolverine. I don't know what that was.
Oh.
Oh, God, no!
Oh!
Those of you listening at home...
I wish the audience at home could have shared that experience.
That was exceptional.
Doug being so considerate...
I was trying to help out Leonard and move a table over
so he could put his drink on the table
so that it would go all the way to the floor
like these other animals will have to do.
And I did make a big mess.
So, anyway.
Compared to what it could have been.
Right, I caught it, sort of.
Yeah, it looked great.
It was a good save.
Yeah, thank you very much.
Let's meet my guests individually,
starting with the man with water on a table.
It's Leonard Maltin, everybody.
Hi, everybody. on a table it's Leonard Maltin everybody
now that that is a metaphor isn't it water on the table or is that just
literally I don't know I think you have water on the table as do I and I'm gonna
enjoy mine as well and And how are you doing?
This is your...
How many times
have you been to Traverse City?
This is my very first visit
to Traverse City.
No way.
And to the film festival.
I see you at festivals
so it feels like
I've seen you at this one.
I know, but...
But this is your first time.
There's other ones.
And this is my first time
I'm here with my family.
My wife Alice,
my daughter Jessie.
My wife!
We're having a great time meeting a lot of great people
and the weather's been gorgeous, especially today.
It's got all the right ingredients for a good film festival.
Yeah, I think you're going to have a very nice time here
and you've got some of your own events coming up this week?
Yeah, several.
I'm going to be, we're going to be doing, Jesse and I are going to be doing our podcast,
Maltin on Movies, Sunday morning, bright and early.
What, that's like 9.30 a.m.?
I'm afraid it is, yes.
Yeah, yeah.
So I'll see you later that day, probably.
And then I'm interviewing the Alloy Orchestra that afternoon. Oh, that's probably. Exactly. And then I'm interviewing the Alloy Orchestra
that afternoon.
Oh, that's neat.
Three great guys
from Boston
who play
incredible music
for silent films.
In this case,
Harold Lloyd's
comedy Speedy.
Yeah,
I got my ticket
for that one.
I'm very excited
to see that.
Very much looking
forward to that.
And I think
that they've given me kind of
a light schedule, which is fine with me.
That's good. You can see some films.
Is there a film that you're
particularly looking forward to seeing here?
Well, I want to see the documentary about
Gilbert Gottfried, which these
guys just saw.
I just saw it and
then ran over here for this, and
the film was a treat.
And Gilbert Gottfried was a treat because he was there in person with his wife.
And they talked after the film.
And it was a terrific experience.
I think it plays again tomorrow.
Yeah.
At several other shows.
And that's directed by Neil Berkley, who's done a lot of other good work, too.
Including a wonderful documentary called Beauty is Embarrassing about the artist Wayne White. And if you don't know Wayne White,
and you do remember Pee-wee's Playhouse,
then you've seen Wayne White's work.
That's just his most visible work, I guess,
his most celebrated work.
But he is something of a genius, I think.
Yeah, the movie's a lot about his painting and his artwork,
but he also did design the Pee Wee Herman set.
So that's sort of his claim to fame.
Yeah, that's a cool movie.
And same director, Neil Berkley,
did this documentary about Gilbert Gottfried,
and he really followed Gilbert around for a while.
And his offstage persona's different from his onstage one,
so it's a fascinating documentary.
Yep, yep.
And there are a couple of other films that have been, well,
one of them opens theatrically tomorrow,
I guess, which is Detroit.
Closing night film here, but I hadn't seen it yet.
So I may have the
opportunity to see it here.
Seeing it here in the beautiful State Theater.
It's one of the best theaters in the,
I say, in the world.
Yeah. Yeah. So it's, of the best theaters, I say, in the world. Yeah.
So it's, you know, and then probably some surprises.
I find I get more adventurous at film festivals than I am at home.
All right.
If I'm at a film festival and I'm out of town
and I'm not, you know, at home doing my everyday things
and there's a Bulgarian movie that somebody says, this is really great,
you've got to see it. I'll go.
Whereas at home, I'll say, do I really
want to drive a half hour
in the rain to see this
Bulgarian movie?
That's a problem in Los Angeles,
driving in the rain. That's never happened to anybody.
That's not a thing.
It has to be raining. There has to be a popular
Bulgarian film. It could happen. It could not a thing. It has to be raining. There has to be a popular Bulgarian film.
It could happen.
It could happen, Sean.
It could. I agree. Well, that's one of the
cool things about this festival is that they're
showing films. They have like a sidebar
of, I think,
seven different movies that are all from
countries that are on Trump's Muslim
ban. And I'm not
joking.
Sounds like it should be hilarious. But it's countries that are on Trump's Muslim ban. And I'm not joking. That's real.
Sounds like it should be hilarious.
But it's really cool.
But the filmmakers that are involved in those films, of course, can't be here to show them.
So it's a bittersweet situation.
What do you have for the prize bag, Mr. Walton?
Well, I have, no shock to anybody who listens to your show,
a copy, and you get another copy, of my classic movie guide.
I love it. Classic movie guide.
Hell yeah.
Hell yeah.
Woo!
More than 10,000 movies are in this book.
Prior to 1965.
Yeah.
And from the silent movie era up to the 60s.
Yeah. Suck the silent movie era up to the 60s. Yeah.
Suck on this, millennials.
And then I have these buttons
that my daughter has made up
of me in my celebrated appearance
on South Park some years ago.
Yeah, you got to run
with that image.
Both me as myself
and me as the robotic Leonard.
Okay.
The evil robot Leonard?
Well, I'm fighting the Mecha Streisand in that episode.
Oh, okay.
And it's more than 20 years old, but it's still in their rotation.
They still show it.
I can't imagine an evil anything Leonard Mullen.
They all seem like sweethearts.
That's very benign and very sweet of you.
Thank you, Sean.
Benign and sweet feel like two different things. It like very sweet, but it's mostly benign.
Benign hurt my feelings, but sweet was cool, so I'm excited
about it.
Alright, let's say hello to our
next panelist, the
fellow on the opposite end from me.
It's Sam Levine,
everybody.
Hello!
Hello, Traverse City.
Lil Logan is here.
That's me.
Under a cloud of controversy.
The clouds have parted
here at Traverse City.
I did not feel good
about that win
in San Diego.
He did not have a comfortable win
on the last show
so he flew all the way here
to have a better win.
Well.
Or at least a fairer one.
It was a tricky decision on my part,
and I don't know if I made the right one,
but you're our standing champion at this point.
That's true.
That's all that really matters.
That's all that really matters,
and we'll see how you do tonight.
We'll see.
It's always an honor to lose to Mr. Leonard Walton himself.
Well, that doesn't happen, though.
Yeah, but it could.
There's also somebody sitting in between you and Leonard.
It wouldn't be an honor to lose to me all of a sudden.
What a dickhead.
What do you got for the bag, Sam?
Oh, well, as some of you may or may not recall,
it's high times for TV screeners at my place.
So I got actually some good ones.
A show called Happen Leonard,
which, okay, judging by the applause,
none of you have seen it.
And whoever wins this,
I actually recommend you watch it.
You're going to be pleasantly surprised.
It's the entire first season of Happen Leonard.
Also, based on the Stephen King season of Happen Leonard. Also,
based on the Stephen King novel and from producer J.J. Abrams,
it's 11-22-63.
The Hulu miniseries
starring some guy named James Franco.
I hope that guy turns out okay.
Are you making these things up?
No, these are
real things.
These are real things that people make?
Pulling out of my bag here.
Also from Hulu, it's the Jason Reitman
production
of Casual, starring Michaela
Watkins and
two other actors I'm not familiar with,
but I'm told it's wonderful.
And last but not least,
something your parents will enjoy
the next time you visit them and they're like, you never bring
us any gifts. You can say,
Mom, don't be ridiculous.
I brought you all of last season of The Crown.
Oh.
All but one disc of the last season.
All but one disc.
You don't get to know how it ends
because it's scratched.
Don't worry, Mom.
I'm sure we can look it up online.
I blame the people at Netflix
for this shoddy
construction. I think you were just
dug in like a tick to the crown last
night and you didn't put them back in the right way.
Alright, so some of the crown.
Alright, Sam,
why don't you gather all this stuff off the ground
and bring me all of your offerings.
Will do. Terrific job as usual me all of your offerings will do a terrific job as
usual bringing you bringing all of that stuff also with a plastic bag joining us
tonight his his first time in Traverse City it's Shawn Jordan
hell yeah I love it here yeah you're having a good time I'm having a really Hell yeah.
I love it here.
Yeah, you're having a good time, aren't you?
I'm having a really good time.
You got a haircut today.
What up?
Boy, I got a haircut.
I looked like a fucking monster before this,
and now I look, you know, like less of a monster.
And you got some wedding clothes today?
No, we didn't.
We didn't go shopping.
What?
I wanted to chill before this, so... You ran out of time? We didn't go shopping. What? I wanted to chill
before this, so...
You ran out of time?
We didn't run out of time
necessarily, but I'm just
We can talk about this later.
I'm going to hit up
Kelly Jordan.
She'll get me a wedding shirt.
I have to go to a wedding
on Saturday.
Hilarious, right?
Isn't that funny?
It's kind of fun
that you have to go shopping
in Traverse City
because you have nothing
you could have worn
to a wedding.
I've been on the road for a couple weeks
and it's like T-shirts and a sweater, you know?
Thank you, Sam.
That ain't gonna do it.
Excuse me?
I think she should pass it.
I don't think they were saying anything that involves us.
Oh.
It's just people chatting in the crowd.
That was a loud chat.
Yeah. But I'm glad you're having a good experience here so far and uh what is that one of the things you did instead of shopping for
yourself is shopping for the gift bag that's exactly what i got for the prize bag i took the
time i have uh i shopped in my swag bag and i I brought this sparkling wine, I believe.
Sort of a Traverse City commemorative situation.
You could christen a small boat with that.
You could.
Maybe you'd christen a jet ski with this, I think.
And I brought some dog treats, like my friend.
Oh, boy, doubling up on dog treats.
And if you guys just know someone with a dog, you could go ahead.
You're really going to go nuts with that.
And then I brought some Sour Patch Kids
because they're the best thing to eat
while you're watching a movie.
Who said yeah?
Goddamn right, Playboy.
You said it.
And then a $15 iTunes gift card.
Whoa.
You need to purchase.
Now we're talking.
Yeah.
Doesn't take a lot to impress Traverse City.
I could have bought two of these.
What's up?
It really is funny that a $15 iTunes gift card
got the biggest reaction of anything.
I mean, it's the entire season of The Crown, you guys.
Thank you, Doug.
It's most of the first season of The Crown.
And also a book written by somebody on the panel.
That's astonishing. Can't go down to CVS and buy a book that by somebody on the panel. That's astonishing.
Can't go down to CVS
and buy a book
that I wrote.
You know what I mean?
Not yet.
I appreciate the confidence.
Now I don't feel
benign anymore.
There it is.
So all of that
is going to be
somebody's burden
because it is very heavy
and has glass
and alcohol in it.
But somebody's going to win all of that tonight.
You know what I wish I could have brought, but it was too squishy.
Heroin.
To survive.
No.
No.
Is heroin squishy?
I don't think so.
I have no personal experience.
But there's a bakery and coffee house here in town called Morsel's.
But there's a bakery and coffee house here in town called Morsel's that has done a series of special cakes and goodies named after guests at this year's festival. And they have created something called the Leonard Malted.
Malted.
Which is, yes, little chocolate cake balls with milk chocolate frosting
and crushed malts,
like Whoppers.
Yeah, something like that.
Leonard, I love your chocolate cake balls.
You had to go there.
You had to go there.
No, I'm going to go there.
You took us there.
You were taking us on a walk.
We were going to jump off the dock.
You know what I mean?
You took us there.
You were taking us on a walk.
We were going to jump off the dock.
You know what I mean?
Did you see any other examples of food named after people?
Yes.
I can't remember any of them.
But if you drop by Morsel's or go online to look them up,
you will find them.
Oh, they have it on their website? If they don't have a Doe Benson.
No?
I'd be all right with that.
I'm groaning for it.
That was hilarious.
Thank you.
There's zero reason to groan at that.
It was perfect.
Yeah, it was perfect.
I appreciate it, Sean.
We like each other now, but wait till we start playing.
So, Doug, you apparently didn't get the beard memo tonight.
No, I was like, I'm going to let my guest shine in the beard department
and I'm going to be beardless.
But with facial hair, though.
Yeah, I'm not
good at shaving. Which is funny
that one of our sponsors of the show tonight
is Harry's Shave Club.
For only...
Just launch
into an app. I just look right over Harry.
What the fuck?
Harry's Shave Club. But I have a few questions
Before we get to the
Game portion of the show
As I always do
And Sam
Having been on the most recent shows
Probably the one that's
Most prepped for these questions
Maybe thought about them a little bit
I've got some answers
Ready to go
Nine inches. Which question
would you like me to start with?
Why don't you ask me to recommend
a movie that I think you will love that you
have not seen? Okay, this is a great one.
I asked my guest
what's the best movie Doug
Benson has never seen?
You don't know what I've seen. I don't know what
you've seen, but I'm going to take a shot. You've not seen
this film because it's from the 70s.
And it's a film called California Split.
Sam, you and I have played poker together.
Yep.
We're both big James Caan fans.
I call it Jimmy.
I was just trying to ramp up to, I've seen it.
James Caan, I don't believe, is in that.
Oh, he's not in that one?
No, that's Elliot Gould.
Oh, Elliot Gould.
George Segal.
But James Caan is in The Gambler.
Yes.
Yes, which is another.
Both of those movies are about a person with a real fucked up gambling problem.
Yes.
That is exactly what they're about.
That's why I confuse them.
I understand.
But now I have to California split.
Yes, you do. And then I drop the mic and walk out. I've. But now I have to California split. Yes, you do.
And then I drop the mic and walk out.
I've never heard of either one of those movies.
I've got to do the rest of this show.
I mean, Sean, pardon me, Sean.
That's okay.
I wasn't going to get mad about it.
Sam, Sean.
A movie that...
Boy, I don't know.
You guys are really letting me stew in it.
Everybody wants some? Did you watch that? It just recently came out. Yeah, I saw't know. You guys are really letting me stew in it. Everybody wants some.
Did you watch that?
It just recently came out.
Yeah, I saw that.
Okay.
Richard Linklater.
Yeah.
Then that's what, you know, that would have been...
That was your attempt.
Do you remember before coming to this show
that this question was going to come up?
No.
Oh, okay.
I know we've never talked about it before.
Mm-mm. Oh, okay. Must be we've never talked about it before. Mm-mm.
Oh, okay.
Must be something I've been asking so recently
that you haven't been on and asked that question.
Yeah, I mean, I was on like three weeks ago or something.
Yeah, so I asked you the question.
No, you didn't.
I swear to God.
Have you ever seen The Program, the movie The Program?
Yeah.
Speaking of James Caan.
Jimmy.
I call him Jimmy. The Program, Program? Yeah. Speaking of James Caan. Jimmy. I call him
Jimmy. The Program, I like that movie, but
it made me want to go lie in the middle of a road
until I was dead.
I just watched that deleted
scene. I just watched it on YouTube the other day
because The Program is on Hulu or something,
so I watched it. It's a football movie. It doesn't hold up,
but it got me fucking pumped
when I was in middle school to go play football.
So I watched it again.
Didn't get me pumped to go do it. Wait, that was your Hail Mary
Doug This Is A Movie You're Gonna Love, a movie that you
went on to say isn't good at all?
I said it doesn't hold up. I didn't say it wasn't
good. It doesn't hold up. I like it still.
Well, if it doesn't hold up, then that makes it
no longer good. That's what that expression means.
Potato, potato.
He laughs. Now Now I know Leonard's
Going to have a good one
Because he can go
Deeper than these guys
Well
Is this supposed to be
With those chocolate balls
There, that's damn right
I feel so bad now
Now is this supposed to be
A good movie, Doug?
That's what I'm saying
The best movie
That I've ever seen Like I'm going to just be
delighted and be like, why did I never see
this? This is so good. Okay.
Employee's Entrance.
That's where you go deep.
So you have to go
to the back of the video store to get this one?
Yes.
Yes.
You have to back of the video store to get this one? Yes. Yes.
You have to tunnel under the video store.
What is Employee's Entrance?
It's a pre-code.
You know about those pre-1934 movies from Warner Brothers.
Very racy, very raw, funny, fast.
Stars Warren William, who's in a lot of those movies,
who's a suave leading man,
kind of the poor man's John Barrymore,
and a beautiful Loretta Young,
and it's about a lascivious boss
at a department store,
and it's really good.
And I showed it the year before last
at the Virginia Film Festival.
The Library of Congress
loaned us their
35 millimeter print
and it played like gangbusters.
The audience really ate it up.
And how else could we see it?
It's on DVD.
It's on...
I want people to be able
to see this
instead of just you
bringing up some movie
nobody can access.
That sounds tricky.
It's part of the...
Call the Library of Congress.
Book a tour.
It shows up on TCM.
So it might be on their app.
Turner Classic Movies.
Turner Classic Movies.
And if it's not on their app,
then it is available as part of the DVD series
called Forbidden Hollywood.
All right.
And Employee's Entrance.
It's not the catchiest title,
but sounds like
a fascinating film.
Judge it after
you see the film.
Okay.
That's another good question
I should bring up to people.
What's the movie
that has a title
that you hate,
but you like the movie?
Mine has to be
Larry Crown.
No, I don't like
Larry Crown.
But I also don't like that title.
All right, so my follow-up question,
and this is since we're at a film festival,
I would like it to be something that you've seen at the festival,
if you have already seen anything.
Starting with Sam, what was the last movie you saw?
Well, Doug, you were there.
We literally just watched Gilbert
right before
doing this show.
And you liked it?
I enjoyed it thoroughly.
Not to brag
or nothing, guys,
but I know Gilbert
and his wife,
Dara,
and they are
wonderful people
and this is
an incredibly sweet,
touching documentary
about the two of them
and their relationship
and Gilbert
and his career
and if you're even familiar with who Gilbert is, you should check documentary about the two of them and their relationship and Gilbert and his career. And
if you're even familiar with who Gilbert is, you should check this movie out when you can.
Yeah, even if you're not. I think it'd be a fun exposure to him in general.
Yeah.
If you just watched it, if you weren't familiar with him, but people are familiar with him
because everybody's heard that goddamn Affleck duck.
Damn right. And also it is screamingly funny.
He tells,
there's a lot of jokes.
It's a lot of filthy humor, too.
Very dirty.
It is the sweetest
filthy movie I've seen.
Yeah.
It really is
an interesting experience.
Sean?
I saw Paris Can Wait
the other day
and I thought it was fantastic.
I'm a big romantic comedy guy,
so I was super into it.
Nobody gives a fuck.
I open my soul.
I open my soul.
I say I'm a big romantic comedy fan.
It's all about drinking wine.
Tell us about the movie.
I was just staring at you
because I was wanting to hear more.
Diane Lane, Alec Baldwin,
and a fetching French gentleman.
I forget his name, but he was fantastic.
It's not the guy from The Artist, is it?
No.
Okay.
It's not Jean-Jean Jean-Jean?
Jean-Jean Jean-Jean.
Yeah, Alec Baldwin's a producer, and his wife goes from, I think, Barcelona to Paris
on a road trip with this French dude
that Alec Baldwin works with
because he has to go to Budapest, I think,
for some sort of filming situation.
That was crazy.
Yeah, anyway, they just take a long romantic road trip
up the coast and she's debating
if she's going to fuck this dude the whole time or not.
All right, you've said enough.
Yeah, yeah.
Go see if she fucks him, I guess.
It's a charming film.
Yeah, we don't need to.
You've seen it, Leonard?
Oh, it's a charming film.
And it was made by...
That's how I was supposed to say it.
And it was made by Eleanor Coppola, Francis Ford Coppola's wife.
True story.
She's 80 years old.
Whoa.
This is her firstpola's wife. True story. She's 80 years old. Whoa. This is her first film.
Damn.
She made a great documentary
about the making of Apocalypse Now
some years ago.
Yeah.
But she hasn't made a film since
and she's never made
a dramatic film before.
So she's the Grandma Moses
of the Will They
or Won't They Fuck movies?
Well,
you said that.
I did say that.
And I hope,
and I hope that they print that quote on the back of the DVD.
I really do.
That's what they sometimes call a money quote,
but I don't know that this one is really worth it.
You know what's going to be weird is I'm going to tell people that you said that.
It pays your money, it takes your chances.
All right, Leonard, are you ready to answer that question?
Well, not easily, because we just came from,
my family and I just came from a two-week adventure
at a film festival in the Czech Republic.
Whoa.
The Karlovy Vary Film Festival,
which has been going since 1946.
And it's a very old and established film festival.
And we saw a lot of interesting movies there that probably will never play here, from Russia,
from France, from Israel, from a variety of countries. And all really worthwhile. But
I don't know how many of them will get a shot here at U.S. Distribution.
Did you see some stuff that would be
come over here? Was it all just...
What's funny is there's one film that's
an Israeli-German
co-production.
And believe it or
not... Not expected.
That sounds tense.
The filmmakers were there. It was its premiere showing. The filmmakers were there.
It was its premiere showing.
The filmmakers were there.
The leading cast members were there.
And the audience just adored it
and gave it a lengthy standing ovation.
The kind you read about it from the Cannes Film Festival
where they applaud for like five minutes straight.
And Allison and I hated it.
Were you guys just putting
your hand between people's hands like with a glove on
so they couldn't applaud?
It didn't work. It didn't work.
And, uh,
but if it's a crowd pleaser, perhaps
it'll get, you know,
make some waves and
make its way over here. Do you know what it's called?
I used to.
Before you hated it.
That's reasonable.
The Cake Maker. Thank you,
honey. It's called
The Cake Maker.
Oh, that guy that has to
go in the employee's entrance?
Hey, the Cake Maker's
here.
Alright.
So, yeah. Not a lot to recommend to people,
at least not currently.
I mean, Gilbert will probably show up somewhere sometime soon.
Oh, I hope so, yeah.
And Eleanor Coppola's movie, Paris Can Wait,
is in release already.
Oh, okay.
Yep.
Feels like a Woody Allen movie to me.
The title and the cast and everything.
That's exactly, it's a lot like a Woody Allen movie, which I'm stoked about. It was great. Yep. Highly recommend. It's like a Woody Allen movie to me. The title and the cast and everything. That's exactly.
It's a lot like a Woody Allen movie, which I'm stoked about.
It was great.
Yep.
All right.
Fair enough.
It's all about drinking and eating.
I love both those things.
I saw on day one here, I saw I, Daniel Blake.
You seen that one?
It's the new Ken Loach.
Yeah.
And it is just a gut punch.
It is so devastating. It's a fascinating Ken Loach. Yeah, and it is just a gut punch. It is so devastating.
It's a fascinating movie, great characters, really interesting,
and then at the end you're just like, I can't even.
And then the next day, what I see the next day,
I saw parts of Reservoir Dogs, part of it.
But no, I saw all of something in the afternoon.
Oh, it was called Quest.
And this was a documentarian,
or a guy that became a documentarian in the process,
because he started off as a photographer
just doing an art project.
He followed this one family with cameras
in North Philadelphia for eight years.
And some stuff, this family goes through some stuff,
and it's real, again, like, it was just crazy emotional.
So, like, every time a movie ends here,
because also, I found Gilbert emotional for a lot of reasons.
Sure.
And every time a movie ends here,
I'm just, like, wiping tears off of my face.
So I was hoping one of you guys would recommend something
that wouldn't make me want to kill myself.
Paris can wait, my friend.
Okay.
I mean, if she decides not to fuck him,
I will kill myself.
I don't want to wreck anything.
That story seems like it could go bad for me.
I think you have a promising double feature
in Paris Can Wait and Employee's Entrance Act.
Yeah, that sounds like a real fun day for me.
All right, this is the part where I tell Bert Kreischer to turn the show off
because I'm about to say, let the games begin.
Gentlemen, we've got a lot of great name tags in the audience.
I didn't see Matt Roosevelt.
That's a cool one.
So we need each of you to go select who you'd like to play for
by just taking the name tag from them.
There's a lot of inglorious bastards out there, Sam.
There is an insane amount of inglorious bastards.
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Alright, we're back.
Tell us about your
name tags, guys. Starting with
Leonard, you went with
Marx Brothers. I went with the Marx Brothers, tried
and true, in animal
zackers, as opposed to animal
crackers. And the faces
have been
distorted, let's say,
creatively.
Yeah, so Sam is,
which one is he? Sam is Groucho.
Yeah. Damn right.
And Harpo is Leonard. I'm Harpo.
Chico is me. Yep.
And of course, Sean is Zeppo.
It makes perfect sense.
Zeppo, the coolest person?. Is Zeppo the coolest person?
Yep, he's the coolest one.
He's the most famous of all the Marx Brothers.
People turn on Marx Brothers movie going,
I can't wait to hear what Zeppo's got to say.
I'm starting to feel kind of benign again.
I would think Sean's more of a gummo.
Thank you, Leonard.
I don't like what's happening up here with my friends.
What are you wearing, Sean?
Did you pick out something for the wedding on Saturday?
He would be stoked.
His wife would fucking be furious if I wore this.
This is, and I'm noticing, yeah, I'm wearing the name tag.
I'm thrilled about it. Brad Santa. And I'm sure, I don't yeah, I'm wearing the name tag. I'm thrilled about it.
Brad Santa.
And I'm sure, I don't know, I'll tweet a picture out because it's dope.
It's the first name tag that I've ever been able to wear.
So I'm excited about it.
And it wasn't supposed to be the sweater,
but Brad Santa was cool enough to make the name tag the sweater.
So, yeah, I picked it.
Wait.
Brad was just wearing the sweater?
Well I mean I think it went You insisted on taking his clothing?
I go
I was like listen dickhead give me your sweatshirt
I have a wedding to go to on Saturday
If we can make a trade
Then yes I'll pick your name tag
So you know here we go
I would be so happy if you wore that to the wedding
I got all G'd up over here And my jeans with the hole in the crotch I'll pick your name tag. So, you know, here we go. I would be so happy if you wore that to the wedding.
I got all G'd up over here and my jeans with the hole in the crotch.
I can wear those.
But I think we should give it back to Brad
because the bars don't let people
in shirtless around here.
Oh, no, I wouldn't dare do that.
He's got another shirt on.
Oh, okay, he's got another shirt.
Yeah, that'd be crazy.
You thought that I was going to make Brad
sit there with no shirt on?
I just kept looking over at Brad
and I don't know if you'll find this offensive or not,
but I was just wondering why Weird Al Yankovic
was at the show.
He's a friend of mine.
He could be up here.
But good job, Brad.
What do you got, Sam?
So this was very difficult for me
because a lot of you made a lot of
Inglourious Bastards posters.
There was even a drones poster over there.
Shout out to you.
That was awesome.
But Laura went really next level,
and she took a production still of me from the film
as opposed to just Photoshopping my face onto Brad Pitt.
That's so sick.
And she's inglorious.
Inglorious bastard.
Yeah, we discussed that at the beginning of the show.
That one caught my eye.
Indeed.
And a slight point deduction for calling me Sam the man.
I'm the ma'am.
Please.
But a.k.a. Lil Wolverine.
And that's the toughest I've ever looked in any photo I've ever taken.
You look tough in that photo?
I'm holding a gun, man.
Hey, don't listen to him.
Yeah, but the face doesn't say tough at all.
Yeah, that guy thinks you're 12.
I was 12 in this.
Definitely not 26.
All right, well, great job, everybody.
And good luck to the people who were chosen.
I have no idea how we're doing on time,
so I'm going to glance at it.
Oh, well, that's not too bad.
We got several games that I'd like you gentlemen to play,
starting with a little something
that I call Characters Welcome.
And this is a game that one or two people
in the audience love.
And I am going to name characters played by a particular actor or actress.
And the first one to guess who that is is the winner of the game.
Sounds good.
Yeah, you can guess as often as you'd like.
And I'll even take a pre-guess if you want to do one right now. Bruce Willis.
No and no. Leonard, do you have a pre-guess? if you want to do one right now. Bruce Willis. No and no.
Leonard, do you have a pre-guess?
Robert Crawford.
Nope.
I mean, wildly different.
We don't have to say our name.
We just guess, right?
Yeah, just say it as often as you like.
Just say it out.
Who played these parts?
Tim. Who played these parts? Tim
Played a character named Tim
Bruce
Is that me, Doug?
Sheldon
Yeah, that's me
Dirk
Spanky
Yeah
Ha ha ha
Ha ha ha
I'm just kidding
It's Sam Levine
Let's play this game for real
There were no last names there.
That was
Tim Steinberg.
Thank you. Bruce had no last name.
All right. Well, some of these are full names
for the real person.
All right. Here we go. This is the real game.
I was just having fun. Thank God.
What did you play
Dirk in?
Club Dread.
Oh, okay.
Tight.
Who played Private Roy Loomis?
How about, and this is just for the people on stage, by the way, how about Captain Hank Wilson?
Or Charlie Bubber Reeves?
Paul Bratter?
Paul Bratter?
A character called Dorfmunder?
Vin Diesel?
Nope.
All right.
Is there an actor named...
What the hell are you talking about?
Gary Cooper.
Bill McKay.
James Stewart.
Nope.
Johnny Hooker.
Val Kilmer. Oh, my Hooker. Val Kilmer.
Oh, my God.
Not Val Kilmer.
This actor also played
Jay Gatsby.
Leonardo DiCaprio.
No.
Robert Redford.
That is correct.
It's Robert Redford.
Next, I was going to say
the Sundance Kid
And then Bob Woodward
No idea he was in so many war pictures
Yeah those movies were
All the ones I was saying before
Were from the 60s and 70s
That's why Sean was so confused
But Sam won that game
So that means he gets to go first
In our next game
called Whose Tagline Is It Anyway?
And
yes, more
people are into that game.
This is a game where I'm going to say a tagline
from a motion picture,
and this is one at a time.
You get to guess on these. So we'll start with Sam,
and then we'll go to
Sean and then Leonard. And if the person in front of you doesn't get it, then you get a shot on these. So we'll start with Sam and then we'll go to Sean and then Leonard.
And if the person in front of you doesn't get it
then you get a shot at it.
So only guess when asked to guess.
Sam.
Yes, sir.
What movie has the tagline
The Ocean is Calling?
The Ocean
is Calling. The ocean is calling The big blue
No
Alright
Not a bad guess
Thank you very much
Not a correct guess
But not a bad one
Sean
The ocean is calling
Blue crush Now Somebody scoff But not a bad one. Sean? The ocean is calling.
Blue Crush?
No.
Somebody scoffed. Are you just saying blue because Sam said it?
Completely different movie.
Leonard, do you have any idea?
The ocean is calling.
The deep?
Oh, that's another good guess.
In all three of those cases, if the ocean was calling me, I would let it go to voicemail.
But the correct answer is Moana.
Moana.
My favorite film.
Yeah, Moana.
It's playing in the free space here this Sunday night.
The open space.
It's free to the public
and it's great watching movies out of doors.
Sam?
Yes, sir.
Here's a new one for you.
Okay.
What movie has a tagline,
Here's to the fools who dream?
A little film called La La Land?
That's right.
And it's played last night at the Open Space.
Those were wildly dipped.
One of those was easy
Alright Sean you gotta go first on this next one
I wanted the easy one
He was a cool customer
Until the law made it hot for him
I think up until now I've had a failure to communicate So I'm gonna say Cool Hand Luke until the law made it hot for him.
I think up until now, I've had a failure to communicate,
so I'm going to say Cool Hand Luke.
Cool Hand Luke is correct.
Playing here at the Traverse City Film Festival this Sunday.
Got a theme.
Let's see what Leonard does with this one.
Bob's a special kind of friend.
The kind that drives you crazy.
As in?
What about Bob?
What about Bob?
We have a three-way tie.
I would never say that you look like Dr. Leo Marvin under any other circumstances,
but I'm going to say it right now.
Okay.
All right.
I can live with that.
Yeah, yeah.
What does that mean?
What?
He told him he looks like Dr. Leo Marvin.
Yeah, the Richard Dreyfuss character, right?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Okay.
All right.
I'm on board with it, I guess.
Yeah.
Yeah.
Just say that to every person you see
with white hair and a beard.
Well, he is a miracle worker.
Leonard Maltin, I mean.
I got nothing.
I got nothing.
Rubbing his face, goddammit.
Yeah, nothing.
All right.
Leonard even told you that got nothing
without even saying it into his microphone.
It's true.
He's got the microphone down by his knee.
He doesn't even need the listeners
to hear him burning you.
He just quietly burns you.
Fine, he's not a miracle worker, whatever.
You guys don't know our relationship.
All right, so to settle the tie on this one,
all of you, your buzzers are open, unlocked.
All right. Everybody
just guess as soon as you think you know it.
Reservoir Dogs.
Did I allow for
pre-guessing? You're out. Okay.
Oh!
Hell yeah.
I gotta give Sean and Leonard a chance
tonight, you guys.
Any chance to knock Sam out?
Okay, between you two.
You're serious.
He's out.
Yeah, he's out.
Put my microphone down.
Say it.
The story of a man who could only count to number one.
Infinity Baby.
Is that like if you wished... I don't know.
If you wished Baby Driver would never end?
Infinity Baby Driver?
There's a movie here at the festival called Infinity Baby.
That's not the correct answer.
Leonard, do you have any idea?
None.
All right, Sam.
Reservoir Dogs.
I have no idea.
You really don't know?
No, no, no.
That's interesting.
Yeah, so the people in the audience know.
Mr. Roosevelt?
Somebody in the audience just said Shake and Bake. Oh, there it is. Oh, Talladega Nights. Oh, yeah. So the people in the audience know. Mr. Roosevelt? Somebody in the audience just said shake and bake.
Oh, there it is.
Oh, Talladega Nights.
Oh, okay.
You could have held that up and not said anything
and nobody would have gone mad.
You wouldn't have been cheating.
You would have been like...
Hey, I was waiting for that.
Settle down.
Talladega Nights, the Ballad of Ricky Bobby.
There you go.
Are you guys competing with each other
or just hanging out?
What's going on?
Well, I was out of the game. I didn't think
me saying it would matter. I thought I got it when I said
Tell It Again Nights. I forgot about the full time. No, I brought you back in,
Sam, when these two
fellas were drawn
blanks.
Sean was almost going to go see that movie the other night.
I was? It's true. Yeah.
Because it played out the outdoor space as well.
So that was the theme of all of those.
It rained.
I don't know why I didn't go see it.
We did something else.
We already seen Talladega Night.
I said we were at the opening night party.
Yeah, yeah.
I got hammered.
What do you do?
All right, you guys.
I want you guys to just really dig in and compete.
I'm here.
I'm ready.
No shit, you're here.
Let's do it.
You guys are fucking dead.
You're like, just look at everybody's posture.
Sam is ready to go.
No, no, I'm putting on...
I'm playing.
I'm putting on my game face.
Leonard is just chilling and...
No, I'm putting on my game face right now.
Sean's just getting drunk.
I'm not.
Sean looks like he just needs to get a new cab,
leave the Christmas party.
I do look like that. I'm going to give looks like he just needs to get in a cab, leave the Christmas party. I do look like that.
I'm going to give you that.
I do.
That's exactly what I look like.
Yep.
Susan's not having it, man.
I got to go.
I got to go.
She's still married.
You know, take me home.
Monday's going to be a bummer.
Like if I were leaving the Christmas party, you know.
And I've been trying to fuck Susan for like a year.
People are really being cheated by not being able to see
this Christmas sweater. This is an outstanding
Christmas sweater. They'll see it. I'll tweet it.
It is pretty dank. I'm really feeling it.
I don't know why the
house lights just got brighter.
Someone in the theater thought
Leonard means the audience members are
being cheated. No, no, no, no, no.
By not being able to see it. The listeners.
Exactly. The listeners are... They'll get an eyeful of it, though. We not being able to see it. The listeners. Yeah, exactly. The listeners are,
they'll get an eye
full of it though.
We'll make sure
we get a picture of it.
Am I having a stroke?
It just got really bright
then very dim in here.
That's what we were
talking about.
All of that is true.
You might be having a stroke
because you missed
that part of the conversation
that we were just having.
Okay.
We just,
just brought that up.
Learn to spot
the warning signs, people.
Wait, did I miss the last 30 seconds
of what everybody with a microphone said?
Am I going deaf from a stroke?
I believe that I am.
Brad Santa's a doctor.
Maybe he could help out.
What kind of doctor?
Didn't land.
A cool one, bro.
Who's the doctor?
I was kidding.
It didn't land.
It was one of those jokes that wasn't good. I still would like you to answer the question. Who's the doctor? I was kidding. It didn't land. It was one of those jokes.
It wasn't good.
I still would like you to answer the question,
who's the doctor?
Brad Santa.
Oh, okay.
I feel like I missed something.
Yeah.
All right, so...
Yeah.
We're going to play a game called Last Man Stanton.
I'm in.
Okay.
I'm in there like swimwear.
Let's compete.
All right.
Yeah, this is the one where
we're going to get a name from an audience member
of an actor or actress,
hopefully someone that's not from too long ago,
so Sean can participate,
and hopefully someone who's not too,
what would be like out of your wheelhouse, Leonard?
People that are in horror movies?
Yeah.
Teen comedies?
You probably don't have to sit through too many of those anymore.
I choose not to.
But I'm really good at those, so try to push for those.
What's your favorite teen comedy of all time, Leonard?
Fast Times at Ridgemont High.
Nice.
Wow.
I would have said
Beach Blanket Bingo for you.
Well, you would have been wrong.
I guess so.
Yeah.
Good thing that wasn't
one of the games.
Now, this isn't going to be
a popular opinion,
but it's going to be
not another teen movie,
and it's absolutely hilarious.
It's a hilarious movie.
Even for those
shitty parody movies,
it's fantastic.
Did I ask you
what yours was?
No, but Sam said his.
Leonard said his.
And I was going to say mine regardless if you asked or not.
Because I had a feeling you weren't going to ask.
So I just said it.
And I knew you were going to say that.
Yeah, I'm not interested in what someone who's just a teenager thinks of teenage movies.
This was a conversation for us.
But you do like that movie, not another teenage movie?
It was.
I'm talking to you, Sean.
When I speak to you, you don't answer.
And when I don't ask you, you do answer.
Yes, I love that movie.
Is that a magical sweater that makes you drunk?
I'm not drunk.
It makes you Christmas drunk when you put it on?
Look at how sober Brad Santa looks right now.
I feel like I'm being painted in a bad light.
I'm not drunk.
I will be later.
All right.
I guarantee that, but I'm not right now.
Might as well be now.
I'm at work.
Might as well...
Oh, really?
I thought you were at the work party.
God damn it, Susan.
I guess I'll drink the whole bottle then.
All right, here we go.
Where is D underscore Chungus?
Front row.
Off in the case.
Super fan.
I believe you contacted me two or three days ago via Twitter.
Your other name besides D underscore Chungus,
I mean, that's pretty catchy,
but you're also listed as Meow Spaceman.
So that's what really catches my eye.
I'm like, oh, Meow Spaceman.
This guy's going to be interesting.
What's his Twitter handle?
D Chungus?
Not a real name in there.
That's fun.
Yeah, he's keeping it anonymous.
But now we're looking right at him.
Who's that sitting next to you?
You don't know that person?
You have the same clothes on.
It's 100% true.
I thought they were like brothers that showed up.
Let's wear our blue t-shirts and our brown khaki shorts.
Let's do this.
Oh, they're green? I apologize.
I take it all back.
You guys are wearing the same shit.
That's crazy.
All right, so...
What's your actual name?
Peter. Okay? Peter.
Okay, Peter.
You were off the grid.
Oh, we talked to him earlier because his name tag was Peter.
What was it?
Peter Town.
He changed the to Peter.
I know it was Chinatown, but it'd be even funnier if somebody took the town
and covered up the with their own name.
You know, you see how it's catchy, right?
Everyone's like, Peter, no, that doesn't make any sense.
If your name was like a, then it would work.
A town.
All right.
So, Peter, town.
You told me you have a suggestion for this game,
and we're going to hear that suggestion now.
Do you want a mashup? I'm sorry.
Just a regular one.
Mashup?
Sometimes we do a mashup.
Now, Peter.
Oh, fuck.
I wish there was a place I could send you to called Peter Town
where you could learn
that Marlon Wayans
especially for
extremely white panel
might be kind of a toughy
so do you want to toss out another idea?
now John Travolta
is perfect.
I can rip off some Marlon Wayans movies.
Let's not get it twisted.
No, no, no.
Don't mess with this.
Don't mess with this.
All right, so...
You're making, so don't mess with this.
So Sam has been winning all night,
so he's going to go second.
I'm going to go first,
and then we'll go to Sean and
Leonard and then back to me, because I like to
play along. That's why we got the suggestion
from Peter. Thank you very much.
John Travolta
starred in a movie
called Perfect.
Why would you take a
deep cut like that right out of the gate?
Because I had just said out loud,
John Travolta, that name is perfect.
So I wanted to say it
before any of you thought of it, which you
clearly all did not.
Wow.
And hold all the rest of your questions, Sean,
until after the game. Sam.
Look who's talking.
Sean.
Grease.
Grease, very good.
Another funny about it.
Yeah.
The devil's reign.
Oh, Leonard with the deepest cut of them all.
All right.
We're going that far back, are we?
You can't go further back.
Well, I'm going to go in the other direction
and say Carrie.
Oh.
Yeah.
He's in Carrie.
Don't look at me like that.
No, he is.
He's 100% in Carrie.
I didn't.
It wasn't disbelief.
What was that look?
I didn't know that, man.
I was excited.
Excited?
Yeah.
Okay. Check it out
sometime. I do things right sometimes.
No, your face looked
like you were stunned. Yeah.
Not delighted. You know what I want to do
when you look at me like that? I want to take your face
off.
You know what I want to do to you?
I want to take your Battlefield Earth off.
Good one.
Rip it right off.
Leonard.
He said Battlefield Earth.
White man's burden.
Oh, that is good.
Yeah, yeah.
I always party too hard when I come to Traverse City.
And, you know, by the weekend, I'm really messed up.
Like, I'm pretty sure I'll have Saturday Night Fever.
Hey, look who's talking, too.
Am I right?
I feel you.
I feel you.
Pulp Fiction.
Know what I mean?
Crazy.
I do.
Do you know what you mean?
Right over there, Pulp Fiction.
He's still, you know.
Do we all have to play this?
No, you don't have to form it as a sentence. No, no, because we all
mentioned that Sean got a fresh
haircut today, and I'm sure they used
some hairspray. Yay!
They did.
A lot of
hairspray in this mug.
What's the name of the place
where you got your hair did?
That was me asking you a question.
I know.
I know that. I was trying to think.
You were just still drinking while I was...
Fuck.
I just can't remember the name
of Lori's spot for some reason right now.
Do you remember it? You could ask her.
Say it.
Foxies. Foxy. now do you remember it you could ask her say it foxies boxy how do you think it's spelled sean
f-a-u-x-i-e
no i didn't really think that so what do you think it is spelled like? F-O-X-Y? Correct.
Hell yeah.
Yeah.
There it is.
Looking good, dude.
I appreciate it.
Whose turn is it?
It's yours.
Oh.
I thought it was Michael's turn.
Fuck, man.
But there's no one up here named Michael.
No, but Jesus, look who's talking now.
All three!
How did I get all three of those?
Because who knows what those are fucking called?
Why is it the second one called
Look Who's Talking Too?
Still talking and somebody else is talking.
It's two O's?
Why don't they have a colon and everything?
It's T-O-O.
Yeah, yeah.
Good job.
All right.
It was fun to have you do that-O. Yeah, yeah. Yeah. Good job. All right. It was fun to have you
do that little run.
It really was.
Yeah.
I'm not going to think
of one in the next
ten seconds.
How about if I gave you
twelve seconds?
Had to have been a hit.
Nothing?
Eight seconds? Was there a rode. Nothing? Eight Seconds?
Was there a rodeo movie
named Eight Seconds
that he was in?
There sure was,
but I don't think
John Travolta was in that
unless he also played Luke
on Beverly Hills 90210.
And I'm out.
Sorry, Brad.
When does he have to
give you this shirt back?
Whenever.
Talk to me in 10 years, Playboy.
I'm going to wear this.
I'm going to wear this for a while.
I like it.
It fits.
It feels so good.
Hey, shit.
We forgot about lifelines.
Oh, shit.
Yeah, we can go to Brad Santa to see if he's got one.
Phenomenon.
Playboy.
We're still in it.
Phenomenon.
You're still in it.
Excellent.
Good job.
So yeah, Leonard, if you need your lifeline it'll be the person whose name tag you chose.
Okay.
But I think you've still got more Travoltas in you.
I hope so. Urban Cowboy?
Yeah, of course.
Prequel to 8 Seconds, obviously.
Did him bringing up
rodeo help you to think of that?
No
Okay
Well, you know, I'm always struggling to find people to be guests on my show
In Traverse City, there's always lots of great people to choose from
But also I have to bring people in
And I talk to the festival about who would you like to see on the show
And we all agreed that we needed, for this one tonight,
we needed to get Shorty.
And I think I know what Sam's gonna say to that, baby.
Don't. Dude.
Be cool. Be cool.
Why wouldn't you just let me be in the game a little longer? Be cool. Be cool.
Why wouldn't you just let me be in the game a little longer?
Fucking crap.
I mean, I don't want to hold it up.
It's not going to happen.
All right.
Leonard?
I hope I'm getting this title right.
Engine Company 49?
Oh, damn it. I'm getting this title right. Engine Company 49? Oh, damn it.
I'm sorry.
But you want to use your lifeline for something else? Yes, I do.
Or for a correction on that one?
Do we want to, will you tell me the correct title?
Oh, I will when it's my turn.
Where is your lifeline at?
Oh, here in the front row.
You got one for him?
Saturday Night Fever.
Well, I said Saturday Night Fever
because I'm going to come down with it.
He said Grease because he has some in his hair.
He went to Foxy today.
Blowout.
Blowout.
That one has not been said because it's on my list.
Blowout.
You going with Blowout?
I'm going with Blowout.
All right, Leonard goes with Blowout.
That's correct.
All right, for my next one, I would like to say
ladder 49.
There it is.
Yeah.
Sure.
The hunky fireman.
I was trying to
fucking unlock
that one in my brain,
but I just...
I just had to get rid of it
in case you thought of it.
I didn't...
No, I didn't.
I didn't have the password.
I thought it was swordfish,
but...
I'm glad I'm out. I can't do this. I can't have the password. I thought it was swordfish, but...
I'm glad I'm out.
I can't do this.
I can't do this magic.
This is crazy.
It's like I'm up here with three wizards.
I love it.
Leonard, do you have another one?
I'm running dry. Yeah.
Because the last few films of his I've seen
have not been memorable
get your shit together John
no I like
I like John Travolta
he did a film
where he played an art forger
did you see that one
I don't think it opened
in theaters
I think it went direct to yeah I don't think it opened in theaters. I think it went
direct to...
Yeah, I don't know if I saw it, but if I'm aware of him being in something, you're right.
His movies aren't always great, but I like him so much as an actor. If he's in it, that
makes me want to check it out.
Yeah, I like him.
But this game is hard to... You run out of titles at a certain point. I think that's where we are. Yeah. Yeah. I think I've you run out of titles at a certain point.
I think that's where we are.
Yeah.
Yeah.
I think I've just run out of titles.
But great job.
Yeah.
Yeah.
You didn't clap?
Go ahead.
Feel free.
That's pity applause.
Right.
That's pity applause.
That's so sad.
I didn't even get that, so, you know.
I just got shut the fuck upstairs.
That's what I got that sounds
like somebody wants you to leave the room and be quiet shut the fuck upstairs
well I mean I'd say another title but I've got a bolt. Hey!
People are excited for that one.
People with kids knew that one, probably.
If it's just down to you and me, Doug,
there might be a fight.
This could be a whole mad town.
Mad city.
Mad city.
Oh.
Self-corrected.
Oh, man.
Sorry, I'm locked in.
Mad city.
What do you want from me, guys? I decide when an answer's locked in, Mad City. What do you want from me, guys?
I decide when an answer's locked in.
In a Valley of Violence is a movie that he's in that I enjoy a great deal that's more recent.
I saw it last, like a year ago at South by Southwest.
So that's my answer, In a Valley of Violence.
Is that whole thing the title of the movie?
Huh?
That's not a bluff.
I'm not Graham Elwood.
That movie doesn't star Leif Garrett.
I'm worried about...
Ah, fuck it.
The Boy in the Plastic Bubble.
Made for television.
I win.
Oh, wait.
Can I go to my...
Do you want to go to your lifeline?
Sure.
Wild hogs.
Wild hogs!
Wild hogs.
Holy shit.
How the fuck?
Way to go, Laura.
How could we miss wild hogs?
I do not know.
I thought sitting up here that we were the experts.
You guys, nobody told me I could check my tattoos for movies
because I would have seen right here my wild hog's tattoo
and that would have reminded me.
Where is it?
On your leg right next to your wild hog?
My wild hog.
Is it on the side where the dingle dangles?
Are you trying to think of another one, Sam?
Yeah.
Oh, shit.
There was that one he did that one time.
No, there was this...
And there was that other one.
No, there's a movie.
It has the word...
Do not yell it out, folks.
I'm going to work this one through.
Not, folks.
It's got the word kill in the title,
and it's him and De Niro,
and it is un-fucking-watchably bad
And I've seen it twice
And still can't remember the name of this movie
And Milo Ventimiglia is in it
He plays De Niro's son
And it's called like
It's not Kill Shot
And it's not Righteous Kill
I'd walk away from that one
And pick one of the dozens
of other movies he was in.
Don't let him in your head, dude.
Oh, man.
I'm not in his head. I'm just over here.
No, there are dozens and I was having trouble coming up with them.
I don't know if it's dozens, but he's made a lot of movies.
Oh, he's made a lot of movies and a lot of them have gone
straight to DVD.
But, uh...
Hmm. Come on, you gotta stay alive! gone straight to DVD. But, hmm.
Come on, you gotta stay alive.
He was not in Stayin' Alive.
And also Be Quiet.
Wait, what? He was the star of it.
Well, Stayin' Awake is what Donna
Pascal called it. Thank you, Leonard.
That one was just for you.
But just because
you put it in a sentence and made it all
clever doesn't mean I appreciate
you yelling out answers while we're still playing.
So staying alive is off the table.
That's fine. It wasn't on my list.
How many more you got?
I don't have too many more.
I mean, I've got Two of a Kind
with Olivia Newton-John.
Moment to Moment with Lily Tomlin.
I'll never forget.
That's awful, right?
I will never forget seeing that movie because...
Oh my God, PTSD.
Better put the gun down.
My wife and I saw it at a press conference. My wife!
Proud of theater in New York.
My wife and I saw it at a press conference. My wife.
Proud of theater in New York.
And the audience, if you could have turned a camera on the audience,
they would have looked like the people watching the Springtime for Hitler number in the producers.
Right, yeah.
Just slack-jawed with disbelief that this was happening.
Yeah, it was bizarre.
Oh, man.
Yeah, that wasn't a good one.
You're a master of understatements.
You know what you should have done after
seeing that if you were really upset by it? You should
have taken a civil action.
That's a good one. Oh, I got one.
A civil action.
That's a good one.
I got one.
Yeah, he's done a lot of them.
He really has. Yeah, but
Sam, you lasted the longest
so you're our winner tonight.
Sam did it, everybody.
Domestic disturbance, right?
Domestic disturbance?
Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Oh, taking a Pelham 1-2-3?
Him and Vince Vaughn.
Vince Vaughn and Terry Polo and Steve Buscemi,
who got knifed in the face during the shooting of that movie at a bar fight.
Steve Buscemi did. True story.ed in the face during the shooting of that movie at a bar fight. Steve Buscemi did. True story.
What a fucking gangster.
That is Harley. Yeah, that's some crazy shit there.
Yeah, it really is. Alright, so let's
go to the audience for more titles.
Broken Arrow.
A Punisher.
We said Michael.
Primary Colors. Can't believe we missed that one. Punisher. Punisher. Michael. We said Michael. Primary colors.
Primary colors.
Primary colors.
Oh, yeah.
Can't believe we missed that one.
Yeah.
Wait a second.
The Killing Season.
Thank you.
This gentleman knew it.
Wait, is he in Basic and the General's Daughter?
Basic.
Definitely in Basic.
From Paris with Love.
Oh.
The Luc Besson thing
I said take a pill
I'm on a two three
just now but
the in red line
we said face off
and General's Daughter
so we're getting repetitive
but that's what happens
like if you know
you can't write them all down
it's hard to remember
which ones are said
savages
somebody over there
just said Punisher
then I said Punisher
savages
shout I was thinking that was called sing so that's why I didn't say it but shout Savages? Somebody over there just said Punisher. Savages. Savages.
Shout.
I was thinking that was called sing, so that's why I didn't say it.
But shout.
Yeah.
Old Dogs. You've seen that one too?
I don't know.
Yeah, that's Robin Williams.
Savages is an interesting movie, but if you screw that up with The Savages,
those are two very, very different movies.
And for those of you listening to this near a computer,
I highly recommend you look them up for an after laugh.
The Savages is a cartoon, yeah?
No, The Savages is Laura Linney and Philip Seymour Hoffman
and Philip Bosco.
It's two middle-aged people caring for their dying father,
and it's a heartbreaking movie to watch.
Wildly different from the Oliver Stone.
And then Savages, the Oliver Stone movie,
is a fun romp about drug dealers.
Taylor Kitsch is like fourth shot,
and he just couldn't make it work.
I don't know.
Yeah, let's worry about Taylor Kitsch at another time.
All right, all right.
Let's talk about plugs.
Leonard Maltin's doing his podcast here at this festival
this Sunday morning
that is true
and we have
another episode
breaking on Friday
tomorrow actually
oh okay good
on Maltin Eye Movies
with our guest
Nikolai Kostorvaldal
of Game of Thrones fame
do I look shocked
or excited
shocked
shocked
we landed a guest like that.
And he's charming. Just a
delightful guest. That's cool. Are you a Game
of Thrones watcher? I'm really not.
But I like him.
And he's one of these 25-year
overnight success stories.
He's been working a long, long time.
Yeah, I see him in stuff sometimes.
I'm like, oh, that guy from Game of Thrones was in stuff
before Game of Thrones. Who is he in Game of Thrones, if I can ask?
Jamie Lannister.
Jamie Lannister.
Oh, he's...
What?
Jamie Lannister.
He's here?
Sorry.
Sorry.
Sorry.
No.
Continue.
Continue.
He's virtually on our podcast.
I get it.
I get it.
Yeah, you could listen to it tomorrow, Sean.
Tomorrow.
From anywhere.
Called Malton on Movies. Yeah. Yeah. On the listen to it tomorrow, Sean. From anywhere. Called Malton on Movies.
Yeah. On the Nerdist Network.
Alright. Leonard Malton, everybody.
Woo!
Sean Jordan and Sam
and I will all be doing a comedy panel
tomorrow night in this
same facility
with some other guests of the festival
involved in comedic films.
And that's at 6 o'clock, and I think that's
free to everybody. I don't think you need a ticket
for that. And what else you got
going on, Sean? I do
a podcast on a very regular basis.
My roommate and best friend
Ian Carmel has a podcast called All Fantasy
Everything, where we draft pop culture.
Just like the Taco Bell menu, the mall.
So we just do a fantasy draft of things like that.
It's a very fun podcast.
So give that a listen if you get a chance.
That's it.
Thanks.
Sean Jordan.
And, of course, our friend Sam.
You can hear me and see me
on Kevin Pollack's chat show,
which is on iTunes and YouTube.
And we've got new episodes
coming almost every week now.
They drop on Tuesdays.
But very big and exciting
coming up on August 4th.
Wet Hot American Summer
10 years later on Netflix.
Yes.
All episodes streaming
Friday, August 4th.
Check that out.
Is there any talk
of like some sort of
Freaks and Geeks
X number of years later?
Not that...
Way to get people's hopes up.
No, not that I've heard of.
That's how you get it going.
You start going around
telling people,
hey, we might get this.
That is.
And when people ask me about that all the time,
I'm like, is there going to be a Freaks and Geeks reunion?
And I always say, believe me,
if they were asking the actors,
I would be the first one to sign on.
I'd be the one to give you the definitive answer
whether it was happening or not.
And it is not to my knowledge.
All right.
So sorry, guys.
But for the record,
we've done like big Paley Festival panels and stuff
where everyone is on the stage.
We talk about it.
It's the whole crew back together again.
And that's all video that you can find online,
I think on Amazon.
So if you really want to see
how well we've all aged in one sitting,
feel free to look that one up.
Right on.
Sam Levine, everybody.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Right on.
Sam Levine, everybody.
Thank you.
I've got a stand-up show coming up at the Comedy Works in Denver on Monday, September 4th at 4.20.
Denver.
And tomorrow night, tomorrow night at midnight,
we are going to do an interruption,
movie interruption of Starship Troopers,
anniversary screening. Great movie, but we're of Starship Troopers anniversary screening.
Great movie,
but we're going to add some jokes to it.
And that's tomorrow night
if you're listening
and you're in the Traverse City
area, come by.
You guys, of course,
I think some of you
might already
have your tickets.
And thank you
for coming out tonight.
Yeah.
One more time for all of my guests leonard malden sean jordan and sam the ma'am levine aka lil logan thank you leonard Thank you, Leonard. And as a consolation prize
to the two name tags that were chosen
whose players did not win tonight,
I have to say whatever they tell me to say
is a shithead,
and then the show is over.
And here's how it's going to go.
Seasonal allergies are a shithead.
And they made it so that Jesse Pasternak was saying it.
I don't know if Jesse has seasonal allergies or not.
And the potholes during the winter in Michigan are a shithead.
Now it's time for Doug to watch another talkie.
Eyes of gold, his viewing prowess makes him cocky.
There's no room in his heart for you because Doug loves movies.