Doug Loves Movies - Leonard Maltin, Todd Sklar, Louis Katz, and Samm Levine Guest

Episode Date: February 25, 2014

Doug welcomes famed film critic Leonard Maltin, writer/director Todd Sklar, comedian Louis Katz, and Leonard Maltin Game savant Samm "the Ma'am" Levine 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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Starting point is 00:00:00 Doug hates candy wrappers, green and baby sticky seeds With 50-edged and poplar kernels in his teeth There's still not one that he won't see But Doug loves movies Hey everybody Hey everybody! I didn't plan that out too good. This bag's not easy to get stuff out of.
Starting point is 00:00:38 My name is Doug and I love movies. This is I Love Movies! Coming to you from the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in Los Angeles on Tuesday, February 25th, 2014. Wolf of Wall Street fight Terminator 2 Judgment Day of the Dead Man Walking Tall, the President's Men. Thursday, the Tournament of Championships is coming to Burbank. That's right. At 8 o'clock this Thursday in Burbank, that one person is going to be there ready to clapper at
Starting point is 00:01:11 Flappers. He's the clapper of Flappers. Flappers Comedy Club, three top players, top men, maybe a lady, will be battling it out for a seat that Jeff Garland doesn't give a shit about. So we can move on with that
Starting point is 00:01:27 since Jeff is a duty head. Not a shithead. It's cuter. Now it's time for Watch This, Not That. The Lego movie is number one at the box office where it should remain for the whole year, if you ask me. And the number two movie is Three Days to Kill,
Starting point is 00:01:53 which doesn't even take place over the course of three days. Fuck you, Three Days to Kill. It's just a line of dialogue in the movie that's tossed off. I call bullshit. Watch Lego, not Costner. This has been Watch Lego, not Costner. Costner. This has been Watch Lego, not Costner. Now it's time for tweet relief. Tweets about movies at
Starting point is 00:02:12 Handron Seavey. I don't know what that name's about. I wonder if that's really his name. Handron Seavey. Handron Seavey tweeted, Jack White is definitely my favorite Johnny Depp movie. This has been
Starting point is 00:02:31 Tweet Relief. Tweets by someone named Handren. Prize bag, you guys. It is so chocked full of goodness. It is a beautiful, weird backpack that I got. It's one of those one-arm backpacks that I got from the Weezer Cruise,
Starting point is 00:02:50 but it's got a lovely Weezer Cruise logo on it, so that's something to be enjoyed. We've got a—she's not here tonight, but my friend Karen Kilgariff has a new record out on AST Records, so the vinyl version of that is going to be Somebody's, and we'll talk about that in a second, at Doug Loves Movies t-shirt. This is neat. Last night I got to see my friend Sleeper Agent, the band, play, and they gave me a vinyl copy
Starting point is 00:03:16 of their new single Waves, and it's signed by all of them. And I think they're going to be huge, so that's going to be a nice item for somebody. I'm just going to keep that. And then there's this weird thing. God, there's so much stuff in this bag,
Starting point is 00:03:32 you guys. Plan 9 from Outer Space on VHS. Yeah. Copy of Gateway, Doug. And a couple of movies. Perfect Storm and The Game. Wouldn't that be funny? Please welcome George Clooney and Michael Douglas.
Starting point is 00:03:48 And Sean Penn. All right, and one other thing in there that I will reveal in a moment after telling you to please welcome to the stage last week's returning Leonard Maltin game winner, Sam Levine, along with Louis Katz, Todd Sklar, and Mr. Leonard Maltin. Were you a gentleman? Did you hold the curtain open? Is that what happened?
Starting point is 00:04:22 Yeah, he was. You want to go in order of their names now. Oh, that's what happened. That's a good move. How's it go? All right. First rule, only speak when Leonard Maltin isn't. I wish your listeners could see the decor on this table tonight.
Starting point is 00:04:41 Well, that's a... And it's a trophy bag. You made me... You should run this whole thing, Leonard, because you're forcing me to introduce Todd Sklar, ladies and gentlemen. First time guest on the show. Probably...
Starting point is 00:04:55 Judging by that guy, the way he's doing... Not impressed. Who is he? Who is this guy? Did not want me here. Yeah, who is this guy? You brought trophies
Starting point is 00:05:04 that have the title of your movie, Awful Nice, that played last year at South by Southwest, which I did not see at South by Southwest, but you and your people were nice enough to send me a copy. And I watched it, and you directed it and co-wrote it. And when can people see it? How can they see it? You can get it on iTunes and VOD stuff right now, and it comes out in theaters on, oh, I should know this, like in a week or so.
Starting point is 00:05:31 March 7th? March 7th, yes. But it's on iTunes and VOD right now? Yes. Awesome. So go buy it and sell it to people. Watch the shit out of it. Watch the shit out of it, exactly.
Starting point is 00:05:41 It's so funny. It's really funny. Brett Gelman, of course, is a friend of mine who's been on the show. He plays like a crazy Russian, what are they, in construction? Wink. That's what they all are, right? That's what they all are. Exactly.
Starting point is 00:05:52 Especially in Branson. Yeah. Yeah. Oh, I guess that's the most important thing to mention, is it's a movie about two guys for reasons that you'll see if you see the movie. They have to go to Branson. Has there ever been a movie? Maybe Leonard can answer this.
Starting point is 00:06:05 Leonard Maltin is here, everybody. Has there ever been a movie set in Branson? Not that I'm aware of. Yeah. Have you broken new ground? Yeah, right? I don't know if we broke new ground, but we definitely are the first.
Starting point is 00:06:18 Well, there was a documentary in the 80s that was set there, but it's not really a documentary. It's also not really in Branson, but it's called Branson. So check that out, if you will. Weird. And you do get to see lots of Branson in the movie, so I thought that was fun.
Starting point is 00:06:34 It was an interesting new setting. And Sam was joking around about Yakov Smirnoff, but he's in Awful Nice. He's the biggest thing in Branson right now. Well, actually, there's one other thing bigger. There's a new show called Six, which is six human voices, six guys. They do lots of songs, and they do this thing where they play all the instruments with no instruments. It's all with their voice.
Starting point is 00:06:57 So it's like the guy in Police Academy, and they're really bad at it. Wait, hey, he has a name. It's called Six. Michael Winslow is the guy from Belize. All the entertainment is based on the 80s. It's Jakob Smirnoff and the sound effect dudes. It's pretty special. Do they do an evening show or a luncheon show?
Starting point is 00:07:14 Three shows a day. It's the hottest show in Branson. There is no way the matinees in Branson are not beyond crowded. The matinee is like the 9 a.m. The hottest ticket in Branson is the matinee of any show. It's like, well, we're totally sold out for the matinee,
Starting point is 00:07:32 but we still have 600 tickets available for the 8 o'clock. Oh, no. No, that's too late for me. That's past my bedtime. I want these people to sing me to sleep at the matinee. Well, anyway, it's a really fun movie, and I really recommend that people check it out and laugh at it. The two guys that play the leads, what are their names again?
Starting point is 00:07:59 Pumphrey? James Pumphrey and Alex Rennie. And Alex Rennie. They're both so funny. You've worked with both of them before, right? Yeah, actually that was our first time with Pumphrey and Alex Rennie. And Alex Rennie. They're both so funny. And so you've worked with both of them before, right? Yeah. Actually, that was our first time with Pumphrey. Oh, okay.
Starting point is 00:08:11 We discovered him because of this place. We used to go to shows here and see him all the time. And Alex is... Oh, that makes sense. Because he's in a movie that Matt Walsh made called The High Road. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And I assume there was some sort of connection there. For sure. And you brought a movie that does have the other guy,
Starting point is 00:08:26 Rennie. Alex Rennie is in, this is your first movie, and on the back, according to the San Francisco Examiner, this is Animal House Meets Clerks. I don't know if that's true. Well, what I would say to the San Francisco Examiner is it's National Lampoon's Animal House Meets Clerks.
Starting point is 00:08:42 Touche. Touche. That's what I would tell them. Sam was not proofreading for the examiner that day. Well, we had that movie, National Lampoon's Animal House was an answer recently, and I really insisted that the answer be the full title. They say National
Starting point is 00:08:59 Lampoon's, but you cleverly on the app, which we have to get to, you cleverly say uh it says also known as uh national animal well yeah because some people are going to look it up the other way and then get pissed off that it's not in the book when it is under its actual title smart you know what i had to do there was an odd movie i had to do that for people said i got a letter from a guy say why don't you have Gene Wilder's Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother?
Starting point is 00:09:27 I said, we do. He said, I can't find it. It's called The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother, but nobody knows that. So I actually had to put just a cross-reference so people could find it. Yeah, because anybody who wants to find that movie
Starting point is 00:09:43 deserves what they get. Because that movie, that's where Gene Wilder went off the deep end on that one, I think. Oh, well, there are others that are deeper ended. Well, no, they got worse. It got worse and worse, you know what I mean? As soon as he stopped working with Mel, it got a little dicey.
Starting point is 00:09:59 Is it his razor's edge? No, it's a comedy, but it's like, you know, Dom DeLuise plays a fat guy and you see why he's fat. Like, he's eating all the No, it's a comedy, but it's like, you know, Dom DeLuise plays a fat guy, and you see why he's fat. Like, he's eating all the time, and it's gross. Oh, jeez, I had no idea you felt that way. And also, I might be thinking of a different movie. Okay. Might be thinking of Fatso, directed by Anne Backcroft.
Starting point is 00:10:18 Remember that? Right, right. That was weird. So, Leonard, tell everybody what's going on with the Leonard Moulton movie app, because there was panic in the streets because I was
Starting point is 00:10:28 especially panicked because I thought well if the movie app goes away then the Leonard Moulton game is going to be very difficult
Starting point is 00:10:33 we'll have to go back to the old fashioned version we've got a copy of your book that you brought we'll have to go back to the
Starting point is 00:10:38 old fashioned version where we just you could retrain your thumb I have faith in you Doug you could retrain your thumb
Starting point is 00:10:44 to thumb the guide. It's still doable. It's still possible. Right, but then there's people like Sam Levine. Like, what letter do you think the movie I'm about to say begins with? What letter in the alphabet? It's probably somewhere in the D or E. Oh, okay.
Starting point is 00:10:55 So you're not as good at that as I thought you were. No, I guess not. Because it's pretty much halfway into the book. A lot of movies start with A. A lot of A movies, Doug. Yeah. But, so the app
Starting point is 00:11:08 still exists. Yeah, the newsflash is that, and I have nothing to do with this, my publisher is the one
Starting point is 00:11:14 who arranges any kind of a deal for electronic rights to the book and they're the ones who licensed this little company in New Jersey
Starting point is 00:11:21 to create the app based on the information in our movie guide. And they couldn't come to terms, apparently, with the developer. And they did a great job developing the app. Sure. And it's very user-friendly, and I thought they did a really nice job. But they could not reach an agreement for a new edition.
Starting point is 00:11:41 And so finally the publisher had to pull the plug. So if you've bought the app, you've still got it. You own it. It's on your device and it'll be there for the indeterminate future. But it's not being updated. It is
Starting point is 00:11:57 finite now. And you can't buy it anymore. So what I am saying, as I said on my website earlier this week, is we're hoping someone else will step forward who wants to recreate the app and also for the temporary future it seems no one will have to deal with In Theaters Now
Starting point is 00:12:14 which so many of us are grateful for just you basically but yeah that category is out because there's no new movies being added but there's plenty of movies to choose from on there and I'm going to keep using it. But I hope you get a new app going so we can move over to that one. And if one of your deep-pocketed listeners wants to step forward for that, that would be just fine.
Starting point is 00:12:34 Yeah, Sean Sacame. He always drops like $50,000 on the Smile Train every year. Come on, Sacame, pony up the dough. Two grand, 50 grand, whatever. I'm not good with numbers, Doug. Perhaps another relative of Larry Ellison would like to come forward. I don't know what that means, but I think that's
Starting point is 00:12:52 a great idea. His daughter, Megan Ellison, is getting a lot of praise because she started producing movies two years ago. She has a company called Annapurna Pictures. Oh, yeah, they did her. They did her. And they did American Hustle. That's right.
Starting point is 00:13:07 That's how well I remember the first thing you see. There you are. At last year, The Master and Zero Dark Thirty. So, you know, she's really created quite a track record. And at first, because anybody who comes to Hollywood with money to spend is embraced very quickly. But the difference between her and a lot of other suckers of years past is that she has good taste.
Starting point is 00:13:29 Or has surrounded herself with people who have good taste. And so she's backed very daring, unusual, and challenging movies by great filmmakers. So good luck to her and I hope she keeps doing it. You know what she's missing? What? An app. That's true.
Starting point is 00:13:46 In her portfolio. Right. She needs an app in her portfolio. Exactly so. Well put. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:13:55 And so you brought not only a copy of the book version of your movie guide, but you also brought a, what is this? Like a sippy bottle? It's a reusable
Starting point is 00:14:06 water bottle to go green while sipping away. That says IMAX and McGillie Ray Freeman Journey to the South Pacific? Yeah, I hosted a Q&A for this really good new IMAX documentary and they gave little goodie bags
Starting point is 00:14:22 and I thought I would share the wealth in a very pauperly way. Yeah. This is a nice item. I dare to say probably the most treasured thing the winner tonight will have. Not alongside Plan 9 from Outer Space, but okay. All right.
Starting point is 00:14:36 Yeah, and Todd, you brought Plan 9 from Outer Space? Oh, no, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Louis Katz is here, everybody. And he brought a copy of his CD, If These Balls Could Talk. And... Thank you.
Starting point is 00:14:53 You don't even have to say anything. Just mention your album title. Sometimes it gets no laughs, and then I eat it before I even get on stage. So that's a... Oh, because the MC at a... Yeah, read the title, and then no one will laugh,
Starting point is 00:15:05 and then I've already failed before I even get there. It's really great. How could people not laugh if these balls could talk? Seems pretty simple to me. Yeah, I think it's evergreen. I'm going to try saying it a little later in the show and see what happens. And Sam the Man Levine, everybody.
Starting point is 00:15:24 Little Wolverine. Always brings us some DVDs from his collection. I bring the good stuff. He doesn't think he'll ever want to watch again. These are two movies that a lot of people have fondness for that I certainly would never feel the need to ever see
Starting point is 00:15:42 again. What? The Perfect Storm and The Game. Okay, The Perfect Storm you can see once and be good with, but the game absolutely benefits from repeat games. Yeah, you have to see it again. It really does. Really? I just re-watched it, actually. All right, I'll hang on to it then.
Starting point is 00:15:54 Wait a minute. I don't know, man. I hated it so much that first time. Are you kidding? You're just wrong. I'm not kidding. This is not even open to debate. You know it wasn't a big hit and didn't win any awards, right?
Starting point is 00:16:06 You know that, right? You know it didn't make a lot of money and didn't win any awards? Neither did Office Space. Okay. Oh, no. Office Space actually became quite popular. Oh, yeah?
Starting point is 00:16:17 It's quite popular. More people have seen... I bet you three times as many people have seen Office Space than the game. It's a comedy. I bet you. It's a genre thing. I can't...
Starting point is 00:16:25 The running time alone. Let's talk to Louie about this. You really think this fucking movie that I'm holding in front of Mr. Leonard Maltin, who told you it sucks, would you give it? Do you remember? I hated this movie.
Starting point is 00:16:43 Leonard, did it suffer from over-length? It suffered from a lot of things. It suffered from length. It's trippy, man. Is it the game? Is it not the game? You don't get into that?
Starting point is 00:16:56 No. All right. No, I don't, unfortunately, because I'm just sitting there the whole time going, well, you can't make a guy do a professional stunt. Hey, it's all part of it. Whoever wins the game tonight, watch it
Starting point is 00:17:11 and then report back to us. I say that about a lot of the stuff I give away and I never hear back. I think people think once they win they have to leave the country or something. Or just claim his income for tax purposes. All right. Well, there's plenty of movie talk we could get into, but we've got games to play.
Starting point is 00:17:33 Or one specific game to play. So let's get to it, you guys. Let the game begin. Gentlemen, some folks have made some name tags. Didn't you actually win the prize, the bag? Oh, look at him. Let me see your
Starting point is 00:17:54 name tag, though, George, that you crumpled up. Oh, it's not even that good anyway. It's just a map of something? What's it a map of? Mammoth, okay. All right, who are you playing for, Leonard Maltin? Funny you should ask.
Starting point is 00:18:11 I'm playing for Kate. Let me see that thing. Nice. And it's a hat. Is this a team logo? The Broncos. Better luck next year? Yeah.
Starting point is 00:18:28 Second place Broncos. I wanted that to be a more exciting game because it was the first packable. Todd, who are you? Oh my goodness, you got an elf. I'm playing for Malf and probably the entire population of Melmac, I believe. Is the person who brought that,
Starting point is 00:18:49 is their name really Malf? No, it's Mal. Mal? M-A-L? Mallory. Malf. Oh, I gotta get a picture of it. Who are you playing for, Louie? I'm playing for Rebecca Elizabeth Hoffman
Starting point is 00:19:04 and her passport is the actual name tag. So I got the name tag with the most street value. I can actually just sell this and make a ton of money. You know, this expires in December, so just heads up. Make the appointment now. Small window of time to get rid of this. And I'm playing for their bilby blood.
Starting point is 00:19:23 Okay, Doug. That's fine. I got what I needed. It was upside down. I can't imagine it. So Sam was upset when he got here and found out there were four guests because he feels that's unfair. You know
Starting point is 00:19:40 how on Jeopardy sometimes they just bring a fourth contestant on when Alex has a fucking whim? How would that hurt that game? It would just be harder for those players. I guess so. It would be harder for one to win. Yeah. So I think you're figuring out what I'm up to.
Starting point is 00:19:59 Can't even with you. No, I'd love to have you back next week, but you're going to be shooting a movie. I actually, yes. I occasionally do work, and I'll be shooting a film throughout most of March. So I don't know if I'll be able to be here. All right. Oh, thank you. Thank you for my occasionally working.
Starting point is 00:20:13 Thank you. Are you on location somewhere? I know we shoot here in L.A., which is a delight, because that doesn't happen. And a rarity. Yeah. Seems like you could show up then next Tuesday. It really does sound like you'd be here on the show. I don't know why. That's a problem. If I finish early enough, you could show up then next Tuesday. It really does sound like you'd be here on the show. I don't know why.
Starting point is 00:20:25 That's a problem. If I finish early enough, you know, show up. Oh, that's how we're going to play it? I don't want to sit here while you're in traffic. Neither do I. I don't want to pull a Jeff Garlin. I'll let you know. Okay.
Starting point is 00:20:38 We'll be in touch. All right. Well, also, you have to win first today. Fine. It's going to be a moot. I don't know. Did you win once, Leonard? Oh, no. I've got a...
Starting point is 00:20:51 I've got a... You did get a point once, though. I did get a point, which was miraculous in itself. That was exciting. Yes, yes. That was very cool when that happened. I've been looking at your app.
Starting point is 00:21:04 I don't know why they're on any new reviews. I can do a verbal review of Robocop or Winter's Tale if you'd like, but I don't think you want that. I think I do. Look at how it says, for Spectacular Now, I put a frowny face next to it because that's no longer going to be a category. I'm sad about it. All right, Sam, you get to go first because you did win last week.
Starting point is 00:21:25 Okay. And then we'll go to Louie just to... Why can't you shut up and just be happy for me? Wait a minute. Did you hear that? Son of a bitch.
Starting point is 00:21:41 Why can't you shut up and just be happy for me? Boogie Nights? Why can't you just shut up and be happy for me? Boogie Nights? Why can't you just shut up and be happy for me? The Fighter? It is The Fighter. You need Wahlberg on Retainer, Doug.
Starting point is 00:22:16 Man. That's a new game called Doing Lines with Mark. That was exciting. Yeah. Sam gets big category Would you like You're the dog now man And that's movies where a person turns into an animal Or At Captain Kirk B
Starting point is 00:22:37 Suggested Breakfast at Tiffany And that's a movie Where a diamond is swallowed Or Walter Mitty And that of course is movies where and that's a movie where a diamond is swallowed. Ah. Mm-hmm. Or Walter Mitty, and that, of course, is movies where Walter Matthau wears mittens. All good choices.
Starting point is 00:23:03 Let's do a person turns into an animal. The soft, warm life of Walter McGee. You want The Person and Animal? Yeah. You got it. This is from 2006 this year where A Person Turns Into An Animal. The movie, I mean. The year is 2006.
Starting point is 00:23:18 Two stars for Mr. Maltin. He says about this movie He says, Adults will bemoan the waste of talent. he says about this movie he says adults will bemoan the waste of talent in this movie yeah and he says that this movie takes a long time to
Starting point is 00:23:36 get to the funny stuff and funny and stuff are both capitalized because Leonard is serious about funny stuff. Everything. Yeah. And he lists a whopping 10 names.
Starting point is 00:23:53 How many names do you think you can get it in, smart guy? Negative one. Oh, right out of the gate, man. Louis Katz, what are you going to do with that? Do you have any idea what this movie might be? So you just have to hope Sam is barking up the wrong tree? No, I think he's feigning not confidence. He has total confidence.
Starting point is 00:24:20 He's making non-confident faces, but there's confidence behind that. That's a bluff. That's a definite bluff. I got nothing to work with. Alright, so just ask him to name it and we'll all cross our fingers that he really means that face. Name it. Is it Tim Allen and the Shaggy Dog? Yes, you asshole.
Starting point is 00:24:40 Oh, man. Wow. Wow. Wow. How does the man do it? Right. He even knew that you didn't give top billing to the actor who plays the title character. Robert Downey Jr. Oh.
Starting point is 00:24:59 Yeah. But that explains why he wakes up in strangers' houses. He sees a dog running around the neighborhood, and then he wakes up in strangers' houses. He's a dog running around the neighborhood, and then he wakes up in there. What exactly was Danny Glover doing in that movie? I've never seen the movie. You remember that Danny Glover was in that movie? Yes, I remember being surprised that Danny Glover was in that movie.
Starting point is 00:25:15 Yeah, Philip Baker Hall, Jane Curtin, Craig Kilbourne, Laura Keitlinger. Spelled wrong here, but... I forgot he's sitting right there her name's spelled wrong you should shut this shit down start from scratch and spell Kite Linger correctly
Starting point is 00:25:35 alright let's go to another round let's keep playing Sam's on the board with one point we'll start with we'll start with Todd. Director. Writer. Todd Sklar.
Starting point is 00:25:52 Karate expert. Oh, I'm sorry. I forgot. Actually, I've never done karate. Not at all. I should also mention that the winner tonight is going to get these trophies, or do you just carry these around everywhere? Well, a little of both. But tonight, they get the trophies for sure. Okay. I got backups in the car.
Starting point is 00:26:06 And they have fun things written on them. One of them says, second place is the first loser. And the other one says, I used to fuck guys like you in prison. It was a real balls-to-the-wall prison. How only they could talk. Variation on a theme.
Starting point is 00:26:33 Very nice. Okay, so then we'll go to... We'll start with Todd, and then we'll go back to Louie. So Leonard might never even play. Entirely possible. If Sam has anything to do with it. The Notorious B.I.G.
Starting point is 00:26:49 is films with the word big in the title. Two Timing Bitch is dog movie sequels. Like a dog movie that has a sequel. And our friend Snitty on Twitter suggested Pineapple Express and that's a movie
Starting point is 00:27:07 where someone throws fruit wow I'm gonna find them I'm gonna burn their house down wait a minute I'm gonna find them I'm gonna burn their playhouse down four brothers
Starting point is 00:27:22 I'm gonna find them I'm gonna burn their playhouse down. I'm gonna find them. I'm gonna burn their playhouse down. Are you fucking kidding me right now? I'm gonna
Starting point is 00:27:44 find them. Huckabees? I'm going to find them. Huckabees? I'm going to burn their playhouse down. I don't fucking know. I heard Huckabees is your guess. I don't know, man. I'm going to find them. He's going to fucking find them.
Starting point is 00:27:53 Two guns. I'm going to burn their playhouse down. What's the one with Andre 3000 is like his brother? That's four brothers. Four brothers. Okay. Yeah, that's totally not it. I'm going to find them. Max Payne?
Starting point is 00:28:04 I'm going to burn their Playhouse down Oh yeah Say it Max Payne Get the fuck out of here Now is that a line For another movie Do you guys not like movies
Starting point is 00:28:12 I don't want a laundry list I don't know Come on Invincible Rockstar I'm gonna burn their Playhouse down Contraband
Starting point is 00:28:18 There's a cool Fucking person in this audience That knows the answer To this shit right now I'm gonna find them What I'm gonna burn... It is not the fucking other guys, although I killed that fucking movie.
Starting point is 00:28:29 Planet of the Apes. What's that? Planet of the Apes? No. Still not. Why would anyone in the Planet of the Apes have a playhouse? The big hit? The big hit? What's that? The big hit? I was in it, so it was a big fucking hit. It's not the Italian job.
Starting point is 00:28:46 What's that? The Italian job? No, it's fucking English. It's not the perfect storm. Not the perfect storm. I'm gonna find them. Shooter? What's that? Shooter? I'll see you guys later. No, but for real, I gotta go. An audience assist on that one.
Starting point is 00:29:02 Who said that? It's a good fucking movie, man. I'm happy. Happy to make a cameo. You guys take care. Which category did you want, Todd? I feel like I want to do the fruit one. Which one? The fruit one.
Starting point is 00:29:25 Okay. Just to see what's in that. Yeah, what's going on there? What is the category? This is the one where it's a movie where someone throws fruit. Okay. Three stars from Leonard Maltin for this movie from 1993. He calls it crowd-pleasing.
Starting point is 00:29:41 And he also says that one of the actors in this movie produced this movie with his wife yeah that's really helpful uh and 11 names are listed how many names you think you can get it in filmmaker todd sklar no relation to the Sklar brothers? Not yet. Okay. Let's say... Negative three. What is happening? Louis, what are you going to do with that? I don't even know what I can do.
Starting point is 00:30:27 You could go negative four. That's what you have to name. And I have to know the top four names. Top four Bill's people, yeah. In the right order. All right. You're going to say negative four? Wait, hold on, hold on. I can't believe this.
Starting point is 00:30:44 I can't get that fourth. I can't get that fourth. I can't get the fourth. Well, you can hope that he'll get the names in the wrong order or something. All right. Yeah, I'm going to hope that. Can I hope that? Yeah. All right, I'm going to hope that.
Starting point is 00:30:57 Just sit there and hope. All right. But say, name that movie, Todd Sklar. I fucking know the movie. Yeah, I know it too, man. It's killing us both. Name that movie. Okay. I am guessing and, man. It's killing us both. Name that movie. I am, I am,
Starting point is 00:31:06 I'm guessing and I'm hoping it's Mrs. Doubtfire with Robin Williams, Sally Field, and Pierce Brosnan. That is all correct. Damn.
Starting point is 00:31:17 Who is the fourth? Harvey Fierstein? Yeah, I was going to say Harvey Fierstein. I totally... Harvey Fierstein's the fourth. Is Philip Baker Hall fourth? No, it's Harvey Fierstein and I totally... Harvey Fierstein's number four, yeah. Is Philip Baker Hall fourth? No, it's Harvey Fierstein.
Starting point is 00:31:28 Wait, don't say it, don't say it. Oh, God, you show off. No, no, I don't. Who's fifth? Who's the daughter? That's tough. The daughter was... She won't be billed fifth.
Starting point is 00:31:40 Laura Wilson and then... Yeah, she got... Lawrence and... Much lower billing. But the next person. Rob Reiner? No, he's not even in there. But the next one is Polly Holliday, who of course played Flo on television.
Starting point is 00:31:53 Oh, really? Yeah, I would not have gotten Polly Holliday. She must be like, maybe she's the maid that gets fired or something. I don't know. I haven't seen it in a while, but as soon as this category idea came up, I thought of, it was a drive-by fruiting. That's all I thought of. Run by.
Starting point is 00:32:11 What? Run by fruiting. It's a run by fruiting. It's a run by fruiting. Did they say run by? Yeah. Because he had the pool. Yeah, he runs by.
Starting point is 00:32:20 Maybe he's a walk-by. But drive-by was the joke, right? I agree, but I'm going to defer to the gentleman who screamed that out. The man who's quoting Mrs. Doubtfire. On account of I trust him. I don't know which man is more disgusting, the one quoting it or the one that just got a point for going negative three.
Starting point is 00:32:38 Todd Sklar is on the board, you guys. Alright, let's where do we go next? Sam, what's going on here? Start with you? Okay. Alright, buddy. Start with you and then it comes back at you again,
Starting point is 00:32:58 Louie. Oh, fuck. Are you glad you showed up, Leonard? I'm glad he showed up. I really wanted Leonard to be here tonight to discuss the app. And also, before the show, when is the thing we did before the show going to come out? On my YouTube channel. Yeah, go to Leonard's YouTube channel. Is it youtube.com slash Leonard Moulton?
Starting point is 00:33:19 Yes. Okay. Absolutely. And you will see footage of the three of us, Sam and Leonard and I, sitting backstage on a couch too close to each other. Very close. We discussed the Academy Awards. Discussing the Academy Awards. Yeah.
Starting point is 00:33:31 So go check that out, everybody. And, you know, people that are listening can check it out, too. Not just people that are here. It's great. Thank you for adding that. It's a great system. Yeah. I can't believe we didn't mention it.
Starting point is 00:33:42 Very generous of you. Thank you. Oh, well, you know. That's all I am, is generous. Sam, would you like Ice Ice Baby, which of course is the films of Ice-T, Ice Cube, or Jennifer Grey? Or would you like Whistleblowers, and that's movies that have a lifeguard in them?
Starting point is 00:34:03 Or would you like Honey, Boo, Boo? And that's Jessica Alba bombs. Jessica Alba movies that Leonard gave the bomb rating to. Whoa. Yeah, let's do that. You like that one? Sure. Okay, this one is from 2010.
Starting point is 00:34:22 As I said, it's a bomb. This one is from 2010. As I said, it's a bomb. Leonard says about this movie that... Oh, boy. He says there's an alarming finale in this movie. Which I don't think I remember that. But he also says,
Starting point is 00:34:47 I think this might be the first time you've ever used this in a review. Do you think you use the expression wee-wee very often? I didn't even know how wee-wee was officially spelled, but you spell it W-E-E-W-E-E. Or O-U-I O-U-I, depending on the context.
Starting point is 00:35:03 The French version. Yes, right. Because you say this movie has wee-I, depending on the context. The French version. Yes, right, right. Because you say this movie has wee-wee gags in it. Wee-wee gags. And the alarming finale. And the number of names listed is... 14?
Starting point is 00:35:20 Wow. 14 names, Sam. Negative two. Oh, man. All right. I'm going to change the name of this to the Leonard Moulton Likes to Watch Game. What, Mark? Donnie's fucking car won't start.
Starting point is 00:35:49 Invincible. Invincible. You guys are welcome. Be here another three to two minutes. Oh, no, that's Rockstar. Fuck it. What, are you just fucking yelling shit at me? I guess so.
Starting point is 00:36:02 I'm sorry, Mark. Donnie's fucking car won't start. What What do you think Louis should do, Mark? Go with the first one. Can you hear when you're standing back there? Well, no, just fucking be decisive, bro. It's all different movies now. I don't think he knows what's happening. I don't know what to do now
Starting point is 00:36:25 I go with the first script I get each month Fucking smart right? What you think Max Payne picked itself? Huckabees? No I was in that I feel like we're literally driving around in a vagina. I feel like we're literally driving around in a vagina. I feel...
Starting point is 00:36:53 Somebody in the audience knows it. Like we're literally driving around in a vagina. That sounds like Huckabee. The other guys. I feel like we're literally... Is that official? The audience member said it. The audience member said the other guys?
Starting point is 00:37:02 That's because that dude knows good fucking movies. There it is. You ever try to page somebody from a cell phone? Wait, you're going to stay out here now? Is that how this works now? I'm waiting for fucking Donnie. All right. We've got to finish this game, bro. All right, you guys do your thing.
Starting point is 00:37:19 All right, dude. What's the matter? You don't know fucking Shakespeare, smartass? Departed. Look at these people. Genius. That's a crowd pleaser. You know, he's been in more movies than I realized.
Starting point is 00:37:40 Yeah, he's worked a lot. Uh-oh. Uh-oh. Uh-oh. First-oh Uh-oh First of all, you guys, you know, don't offer me a seat I'll just be here burning fucking calories Have a Mark Bar The correct thing is, I've been in more good fucking movies Than you realize
Starting point is 00:37:55 Or great, I'll give you the word And it does feel like we're driving around in a vagina Because it's warm, right? It's extra hot in here It's extra hot in here tonight It's extra hot in here tonight. I thought it was just a great... I gotta go. I'm fucking out of here.
Starting point is 00:38:07 All right, go already. Hey, it was good to see you, Doc. We talked about it before the show. I'm like, yeah, in between each round, come out and do one of those. And he hasn't come out at the right part once.
Starting point is 00:38:24 All right, so, Louis? Name it. I don't remember what we're talking about, but name it. Little Focker's De Niro Stiller? Sam Levine's our winner. Yeah! I have seen that one. I didn't know she was in that movie.
Starting point is 00:38:50 Yeah. It's another one of her great comedy roles. What are the different wee-wee gags? She's only been in a handful of movies. I figured it was like that or Blue Crush. What else could it be? Yeah, walk us through your process. Dark Angel, the movie.
Starting point is 00:39:04 I don't know. what else could it be? Yeah, walk us through your process. The movie? I don't know. How are you so smart? Tell us how that works. Oh, please. This is the absence of actual knowledge. With enema, vomit, wee-wee, and E.D. gags?
Starting point is 00:39:20 Oh, erectile dysfunction. How? What? Why did you write E.D.? What? Why did you write ED? And then how did you know that? Because I watch Major League Baseball. And they talk about it there a lot? Every fucking commercial break. Oh, okay.
Starting point is 00:39:36 And they call it ED? Yep. Oh, okay. I never heard of such a thing. It's very common. It happens to a lot of guys. Way more than you'd think. Just saying. You should maybe talk to your doctor about it, Doug.
Starting point is 00:39:50 The whole dispiriting endeavor leads to an alarming ensemble finale that sets up yet another sequel. Do you remember what was so alarming about the finale? Just that it was there. Found it terribly alarming that the movie continued. Yes. And then ended. What kind of game? Nothing more to say.
Starting point is 00:40:13 All right. That's fair. Yeah, I'm not really on board with the Fokker movies. I personally feel like De Niro would have a better and more distinguished career right now if someone didn't tell him he was funny. You know, like if he didn't start starring in comedies all the time. Like, Analyze That. That's
Starting point is 00:40:31 where I draw the line. That's a funny movie. No, no. The first one, Analyze This. Yes, Analyze That was just the same movie again. Harold Ramis R.I.P. Oh, yeah. Can we talk about Harold Ramis? We can. We've got time. No minutes.I.P. Oh, yeah. You know, can we talk about Harold Ramsey? We can. We've got time.
Starting point is 00:40:46 No minutes. Go. What? It's just, it's so sad. It is. And God, what a great filmmaker he was and what a great comic
Starting point is 00:40:54 and a great writer. Yeah. And National Lampoon's Vacation, which he directed, I watched that probably twice a week from 14 to 20. Like,
Starting point is 00:41:04 I loved that movie so much. And Ghostbusters. The list goes on. Yeah, it does. A hand for Harold Ramis. Yeah, he... I'm really bummed about that. He co-wrote four of the 100 funniest movies,
Starting point is 00:41:17 according to AFI. Wow. And I hope I can reel them off for you now. Ghostbusters, Groundhog Day, Caddyshack, and Animal House. Yeah. National Lampoon's Animal House. Is Mark Wahlberg still here? I don't see him behind you.
Starting point is 00:41:30 Jesus. Okay. But anyway, yeah, he was great. And I did a Doug Loves Minis episode where I talked a little bit about him. And did you, you probably had, were kind of hit and miss with his career, probably. Like a lot of his stuff was probably a little juvenile for your taste. On and off. But, I mean, the sheer volume of really successful, really popular comedies.
Starting point is 00:41:51 I don't know who else has got a filmography like that. As a writer and a director and a performer. Yeah, he did it all in a lot of those movies. Now with Ghostbusters 3, I hope it just really never happens. Shouldn't happen. Oh, no just really never happens it shouldn't happen you remember he only had that one scene in As Good As It Gets but you loved him he was so good
Starting point is 00:42:11 he was so good in that he was so believable he's great, he's really good dude that's our moment of fun it's a fun way to end the show well no, the way to end the show Well no The way to end it
Starting point is 00:42:27 Is to everyone Watch a Harold Ramis movie As you're listening to this When the podcast is over Put on a Harold Ramis movie Well there's a specific one That I recommended Called The Ice Harvest
Starting point is 00:42:35 Yeah with Cusack Cusack and Billy Bob Thornton Yeah I've never seen that It didn't get much attention No but you're right That is actually a really good movie Really violent
Starting point is 00:42:43 It's really dark comedy Good twists Oliver Platt's really good in. Really violent. It's really dark comedy. Good twists. Oliver Platt's really good in it. Like, he has an extended drunk scene that's, like, he's good at that. Like, that's hard to do. And he does it well.
Starting point is 00:42:54 Thank you to all of my guests. Sam the Man. Thank you. Louie Katz. Thank you. What do you got coming up, Louie? Can people see you somewhere? When is this coming up?
Starting point is 00:43:04 This is out right away, like tomorrow. You can see me at the improv tomorrow night. Hollywood Improv. Tonight. If you're listening to this tomorrow. Tomorrow. If you're listening to this on Thursday, fuck off. I'll be there Wednesday and Thursday.
Starting point is 00:43:16 Oh, shit. Boom. If you're listening to this Friday, you missed it twice, bitch. Todd Sklar, the movie comes out. Awful nice. March 7. March 7 in some theaters, but it's on VOD now. I'm serious, you guys. If you watch this movie from the beginning, I watched it on a screener
Starting point is 00:43:34 at home and laughed out loud a bunch of times. Thanks, man. It's really funny. That's awesome. Leonard Maltin's movie guide, the book, is still available. Book's still available in book form. Yes, we hope so. And my classic movie guide also available in book form.
Starting point is 00:43:51 Speaking of. And my website still going strong at leonardmaltin.com. And this Sunday, I'm actually going to co-host the Oscar Arrivals show on KTLA with Sam Rubin. Which is also seen in New York. Are you going to help second straight as to which one is Sam Jackson and which one is Lawrence Fishburne?
Starting point is 00:44:06 Not going there. Ruben did that mistake? Oh yeah. Leonard, we've been on this show a bunch now and it's like at least once or twice a year and every time you're about to print the new edition you always say, oh no, we're
Starting point is 00:44:22 going to fix it. We're going to make sure you get listed for the movies that you're actually in those are all lies it doesn't ever happen it doesn't ever happen well maybe we can still remedy that situation
Starting point is 00:44:37 but of course you need to put in his full name Sam the man Levine aka Lil Wolverine I'll talk to my copy editor yeah talk to him about it you need to put in his full name, Sam the Ma'am Levine, a.k.a. Little Wolverine. I'll talk to my copy editor about that. Get on it. I'm doing a Benson movie interruption at South by Southwest on Saturday, March 15th at 420. I think you need a festival badge
Starting point is 00:44:56 to go, so I don't know why I just mentioned it. One more time for all of my guests, Leonard Maltin, Todd Sklar, Louis Katz, and Sam Levine, who we may or may not see here next week. Depends on the movie, right?
Starting point is 00:45:11 Yeah, and I need some shitheads. Oh, wow. Kate, I know you went to all this trouble to put masking tape on a hat, but there's no shithead. Can you write one down for me? Thank you, Kate.
Starting point is 00:45:27 Do you have one on the back of the mouth? On the back of the card. On the back of the little thing there, maybe? I guess you can hang on to it. Yeah. Oh yeah, and of course you don't have a shithead on the back of your passport. Customs.
Starting point is 00:45:43 The TSA is a shithead. Customs The TSA is a shit Not the ass dog But if you watch Kevin Pollack's chat show This Oscar Sunday We will have the great Anna Faris
Starting point is 00:45:57 As our guest We stream live at Well actually I think We may be going early Normally it's 2pm Pacific So I don't know Check the website Yeah and skip the Oscars This year No we may be going early. Normally it's 2 p.m. Pacific, so, I don't know, check the website.
Starting point is 00:46:07 Yeah, and skip the Oscars this year. No, we'll be on long before the Oscars. What? We can do both. How long is it on for? Well, no, it usually runs like 90 minutes, but we'll start here. You'll be from like 2 to 3.30? Yeah, something like that. Okay.
Starting point is 00:46:16 For a tailgate. Absolutely. Absolutely. Kate not only didn't put a shithead on her hat, then when she wrote it down for me She picked two names What? Oh I'm sorry
Starting point is 00:46:33 You put two names? Kate did a good one, I apologize Kate Wait, Mal didn't pick What? It's on here Oh sure he did? Oh that's smart It builds up for your listeners on these shitheads. They better be good. As always, apologies to Put Your Hands Together,
Starting point is 00:46:53 and Donnie Wahlberg or the Leonard Maltin app maker is a shithead. People who haven't seen Back to the Future are shitheads. I don't know where that gripe came from. The planet Melmac, I guess. And the game is a shithead! Now it's time for Doug to watch another talkie. He's a bolted viewing prowess makes it foggy.
Starting point is 00:47:23 There's no room in his heart for you, cause Doug loves movies!

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