Regulation Podcast - Andrew's Blindside

Episode Date: October 14, 2023

It's been a while but a new Blindside has emerged. With the gang gathering under the pretense of watching a cool Tony Hawk Pro Skater video, Andrew Blindsides everyone into watching Canadian television series The Littlest Hobo. Andrew's got that dog in him. Watch the episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujvzAdvdS7A Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Y'all get blindsided. This is a blindside. I was really excited for Tony Hawk. I was so excited. Okay, we're going to do Tony Hawk some other time. I'm here with a blindside on you guys. We're going to do Tony Hawk some other time. I'm here with a blindside on you guys. We're going to watch an episode of a show. Not that it has to be this for a blindside, but I wanted to share a weird piece of Canadian history with all y'all.

Eric, I'm going to send you a link if you wouldn't mind sharing this because you know how to do this. Yeah, sure. An episode of a show. We are going to watch a canadian staple a canadian classic one of uh an all-time episode of the littlest hobo everyone's favorite tv show excuse me the littlest hobo i don't think i don't know if we're i don't know if you're allowed to say that but all right sure how long is the littlest hob Hobo? 22 minutes. Yeah, 23 minutes, 45 seconds.

Do you have time for The Littlest Hobo? Just a little bit of The Littlest Hobo. Oh my God, is it like frickin' Lassie? So it's a dog show, and every episode the dog saves people and helps problems. This actually, I believe, is where Mike Myers got his start.

He's in an episode of this. One of the greatest tv show themes you will ever hear okay so this is like skippy the wonder kangaroo or whatever the bush exactly that is yes this is uh season one episode 16 snapshot it is i think a fantastic view of shitty parenting in the 80s and like what is viewed as essential. And it's just it's a wild ride that I'm excited to share with you guys. I was so excited for Tony Hawk. I've been playing Tony Hawk.

That was the perfect amount of time between blindsides. I didn't even I didn't even consider it. I'm so impressed with you, Andrew. Yeah, I got to be honest. I don't think I could be more blindsided than I am right now. You waited just long enough that I forgot that that was a thing. You said it's a blind side. I immediately needed to piss for some reason.

Okay. You guys ready for the littlest hobo? Oh, I'm ready. Yeah. Okay. Here it comes. How many seasons did they have?

Like four or five. I want to say a while too many. All right. I'm hitting play. It's great. This is the littlest hitting play. Oh, it's great. This is The Littlest Hobo Season 1 Episode 16 Snapshot. 3, 2, 1 Play.

Can you hear that? Is the dog flying the helicopter? I would like to assume so. In the room. Oh, he's beating London. This is really cool because i don't know if gracie knows what a blind side is so she's really flying blind here um andrew has just hit

us with something that we didn't think we were gonna watch and now we have to so that's blind side welcome to it yeah this is only the second time it's ever happened, Gracie, and we're just as surprised as you are. I think I've used this editing template in Windows Movie Maker. Oh my god! Oh my god, he's got a gun! There's an active shooter in the

field! Jeff, do you remember when every show just had the longest intro you've ever seen? Yes, I do. Yes, I do. Santa Rice. Because it's Canadian, it has to be hockey related. Wow.

So what year did we determine this is? 1980. 1980. Wow. Maybe shot in 79. Yeah. Shot with one big floodlight pointed at someone. So this is 43, 44 years ago.

Is the dog up there? That's the dog, yeah. He just walks into scenarios. He just walks in. It's Quantum Leap, but with a dog. Does he belong? Does he belong to anybody? No, he does not.

He just calls them Snapshot for some reason. The dog would go to different groups and has no relation to any of these people. So he has a different name depending on who he sees? I don't think it's continuous. It looks like Peter Billingsley from A Christmas Story. It does!

It's like the Canadian Christmas Story. A. Andrew, can I ask you a question? Yeah. Does this kid have AIDS? No. Oh, okay.

No AIDS. But his mom's real mad because he's missing hockey. Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! What the hell? Oh, my God. Oh, my Lord.

The other guy's face. What the fuck? It looks like this kid's about to hit her with a 2x4. Yeah. It's foreshadowing. She barely got the words out. Jesus. The coach is like, yeah, she's crazy.

Wow. They just- they were like, first take's good enough. Will you be my dad dog? I like that the coach doesn't even wonder where the dog came from. This is okay. So they didn't have to pay residuals to that coach at all. He didn't open his fucking mouth once.

I've noticed that in Dallas a lot. Didn't he say something before the kid showed up? He did. He has one line. He's getting paid. He's probably 80 now. Probably still getting checks. I wonder if he's getting a check because we're watching it right now. Fuck no. Nope.

Kill her. Kill your mother. Hey kid, want to find a gun? Kill your mother. Hey kid, want to find a gun? So it's like a neighborhood dog. No, he travels the country. So it's like

David Carradine in Kung Fu. Yes. He's like the Incredible Hulk in the 70s. Oh, it's for Citibank. What if Macaulay Culkin was just walking the other way? Two very different adventures. So was that the kid's mom that was so hateful?

Yes. She's mad because he likes photography and he's not into skating and he doesn't have courage because he's not playing hockey is it looked down upon in canada if you don't like hockey or skating i don't normal people know okay i think his dad died is supposed to be the implication and he was a big hockey player super jock super jock yeah yeah he's just like I need a place to stay so walk

into this bank that's doors open for some reason in the middle of the night well groomed dog for being a little hobo he takes care of himself is that the music or is he got a bag full of bottles he stole all of their silverware Is that the music or has he got a bag full of bottles? He stole all of their silverware.

It's neither, Gavin. You're about to see what it is. It sounds like he's about to rob a bank. It's Andy Dufresne. The dog's going to go get his gun, help him out. At what point do you just stop and, like, leave? Like, I would not be continuing to pursue whatever this is. I would have looked at the doors made of wood and turned around.

Yeah. Is this kid gonna see a bank robbery happening? It's very possible. But if he does, at least the littlest hobo is here to help him. Why did you pick this specific episode? Because it's wild. It is an insane episode.

Had you seen it before you decided for it on Blindside? Yes. Oh, shit. That guy's uh yes oh shit they are robbing a bank that guy got danger pay the green stuff green stuff is this show supposed to be american i know i don't think so. But I mean, you wouldn't call your money the green stuff. Well, there was a time in which it wasn't colored in the same way.

Oh, really? Oh, I didn't know that. How are they getting sparks out of a concrete brick? Did he kill his dad? What's happening? You're a little foreshadowing. What if that is his dad? He thought he was dead're ill. Listen, foreshadowing his dad. What if that is his dad? He thought he was dead.

That'd be a hell of a twist. Oh my God. See how he was whistling there to distract the kid. If it were me, it would have been the 18 theme song. Quick. Weld them, Jimmy.

We're going to weld your mouth shut Hobo just observing Someone pet me? Oh, here he goes He's a tails wagon, he approves I hate children Oh, dog cam POV You love a show with a dog cam

I love dog POV. Too much like work. He's a slim Jim in his pocket. He's trying to be sneaky. He's trying to untie the kid come on hobo you can do it i want nope did the show end because london died i don't know why i assume ratings but oh i'm sure if you go to later seasons the dog's called paris or something. Starring London, too. Yeah, I don't know why they're trying to weld through brick.

It's a great point. They're just like cutting a hole through the back of the vault. It's the same Fisher dog right there. Oh, yeah. The shadows are. Oh, he's getting out. Is the kid going to choke him with the rope? He's like, hey, come on. Let's get out of here.

Get out of here. Bye. This dog is sneaky. Oh, it's a very sneaky dog. He's well traveled by this point point i bet this dog's good at hitman oh he's great at hitman it's also such a weird design for what should be a bank yeah yeah it's like uh it's like they had a set somewhere and just started putting pieces up and went bank they got a free night at the leisure center.

How many episodes do you think we'd have to watch before we saw this stairwell as something else? One other episode. There's only one door, and it's made of chipboard. there's only one door and it's made of chipboard ooh 80s carnival glass I feel like we're at the point where if you see a building with that in it it should be knocked down by now

really? it probably has asbestos yeah hand in hand probably has asbestos. Yeah. There's a lot of the Midwest of America that needs to be knocked down right now, unfortunately. Oh, yeah.

I'd say about fucking 30% of the houses I look for, I look at in Michigan have copious amounts of that shit in it. Oh, shit. Oh, kid.

Come on! You suck! Butterfeet! My glasses! Fucking Velma-ass kid. Get out of here. Oh, shit, now he looks like the 2x4 kid. Now it's Kid Cam.

Do you guys not have commercials? I assume they were edited out. We definitely do. But I mean, like, there hasn't been a place for a commercial break. They don't care. Right. Now, tiny hippos. That's Zoom.

This guy's corrupt. Yeah, he's a bad cop. You think he's a corrupt cop? Yeah. Do you think that corrupt cop is his dad? Can't rule it out. This dog. Did he call the littlest hobo Slapshot earlier?

Is that what he called him? Snapshot. I believe. Snapshot, yeah. Oh, because he's a photographer. Yeah. That makes sense. And because it said in big text at the beginning bad what you do that for are they on the roof

no they're in like the entrance where like i guess the bank is being constructed this the hell's going on this kid gets tied up a lot yeah he's tying the kid up he's a corrupt cop so you guys call a cab dude you know what kind of dog is the little estobo i think german shepherd right i don't know uh he looks like part german shepherd i think he's what's the plan with this cop and this kid? He's seen him. He's going to have to slit his throat later. Jesus Christ.

Yeah. I think that's the plan. Maybe they're planning on tying him up and throwing him in the bank and then pinning the whole robbery on him. Oh, that's a smart move. Some sort of evil boy genius. That's why he's always late to practice.

Some sort of evil boy genius. That's why he's always late to practice. Not a great sentence. Dummies. For bank robbers, these guys are doing a lot of not robbing banks. Just a lot of talking in hallways. $18? Slipping all around.

Was it a flashlight? I think so. You think he wouldn't have to pay for that, though? Yeah, no kidding. You feel like they would have filmed that bit. He's yelling. He's fucking corrupt. Don't trust him, George. This dog was so fucking smart.

Why doesn't he learn how to bark English? Idiot. Trapped. Child. Yeah. He said shoe and that worked. My one weakness. The dog had like the icon to the men's room on his chin there. Do you see that?

No. I didn't. I mean, he's really trying He's doing his best to help this kid Oh no Slowly pan Nothing The kid is gone First commercial break we're back

Do you think that commercial was of a tiny hippo It must have been Yeah break we're back do you think that commercial was of a tiny hippo they must have it yeah fucking cops I just saw his wiener there it is I like this I like the dog on a dog is great. The dog's not getting... He's not stealing the show.

He's a modest dog. This is as good as Mr. Belvedere, I think. I agree. I'd hope so. It builds. He's ringing doorbells? An invisible doorbell? Is he bringing this to the mom that hates her kid?

Yes, he is. That is an ugly door. She's going to get there and be like, if you had half the courage, you'd beat up those robbers. Your dad would have slapshotted them to death. Why is she dressed from a different century? I looked it up. The Littlest Hobo is a Canadian television series,

French title, Le Vagabond, based on a 1959 well-known movie by the same name. Oh, what? Dang. It was on from 1979 to 1985. The concept of the show was that of, quote, an ownerless dog. He's a German shepherd.

That is the dog. I'm looking at trivia. This series is a modern day Western hobo whose background, origins, motivation and ultimate destination are never explained. Wanders from town to town and befriends those who need help. At the end of each episode, despite the people he helped attempting to adopt him, he would head off by himself, preferring to be on his own. I'm a loner, Dottie.

A rebel. Like, so he's Clint Eastwood in, like, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly or whatever. Where he's like the nameless guy, like the blonde guy. He's just going from town to town. That's awesome. Did I bark five times or six? What happened to these guys? They're going to do what?

To my kid fingering it? Plots ranged from the simple, quote, dog helps person story to secret agent type adventures. Yep. In those places. I think they're talking about if they're going to kill the kid or not,

and the consensus is yes, we have to kill the kid. Good. Where's the James Brown crossover? Oh, I hope they don't look right you're fucked in season five's two-part episode the genesis tapes a scientist and reporter theorized that hobo was a type of superior canine the reporter theorized that there was one dog and the scientists theorized that there were up to 100 such dogs what what are they doing to him we're getting it's getting serious is that how that show orphan black happened yeah exactly so what what was the mom saying

to follow the dog she was just like if he thinks I'm gonna back down from being mad at him, there's no way. Oh, okay. They're gonna kill this kid. That's what we're watching. They're gonna chuck him down the lift? Throw him down an elevator shaft. Oh my god! Jesus.

There's no way this was safe to film. Oh my god! He's right. Just toss him. Stop talking to him. They're going to kill this kid. Oh, my god. Man, Canada does not fuck around.

Yeah. They do not! This guy in the blue... Oh, he stole his glasses so he can't see. Oh, shit. Now he's blind. Now people would believe that he fell down because he couldn't see. Well, at least he won't see it coming. Oh no, a dog bark. What's happening now? Oh, hell of a zoom.

Oh, didn't stick the landing, but it was a good effort. Like Grand Central Station over here. This poor kid getting shoved all around. This is manhandled. He can't see anything. I appreciate what Hobo's trying to do here, but I don't feel like bringing the mom into this environment is maybe the best idea. Kicking her in the box.

The dog's just going to get shoved down a different lift shaft. They're going to put the glasses on the dog and say, Yeah, call the police. Oh, okay. I followed the dog to this place. I might as well just see it through. Oh. Get him, hobo.

Bite his dick off. He's going in. He's trying to figure out where the kid is. Pfft. I was... Unnecessary? She's angry. Kids stupid,

dogs stupid. Tomorrow she's gonna be like, yeah, I went into this building and this stupid cop hung up the phone oh he's gonna throw him down the shaft now run kid no he can't see shit oh no oh no Oh! Oh, save him! Oh, yeah! He's fucking dead! He's fucking dead! Fuck! Hobo kind of killed that guy.

Hobo's got a body count. Oh my god, this is amazing. Why would you push someone who's about to fall down anyway? I don't have to kill you. You really want him to fly. But I don't have to save you either. Nobody ever dies on Mr. Belvedere. They just get AIDS close.

Oh, no. Here comes the backup. I guess no one could get AIDS in this because it wasn't around yet. It wasn't around. It was. Yeah, I just hadn't made its way to TV yet. Okay. It's like, what's happening?

Where's my friend? Get him, Hobo! Get him! Oh, my God! Drop him on his head. Oh, he's gonna drop him. No! Oh, my God!

Jesus Christ! Hobo's taken out two of them! That's the greatest thing I've ever seen. I am loving this. My favorite part of this is they establish the kid can't see because they know how traumatizing this would be for a child. Like they need an out

for how he can advance past this. The dog was waiting for him to be blinded before he started murdering all these humans. Oh shit. Jesus. Guns out. Oh damn. I think Hobo killed him. Yeah. He's dead.

I mean, that pry bar fell two stories. Yeah. Hobo's killed two people. Back of the head's a bad place to get hit by a fucking pry bar weapon two

give it to the blind kid what if he just walks down the stairs you do one now you do one now he just walks down the stairs and hits his mom swing for the fences Jimmy

you've got to get dirty to half his current now this is courage kid haha haha haha do you think there was a nail sticking through that board?

It has to be That explained why he went down so fast I killed two men This is a Tuesday Can I have some pets now? Was daddy a murderer? Hard cut That dog's fucking face at the end is so cool

What if the end credits were just that dog eating the bodies The littlest hungriest hobo Oh they're all hanging out They're friends now and they're taking photos The dog's taking a picture. Great fucking photo, too. Look at that. That horrible ring phone.

I'm smiling now. They're all taking turns. I wonder if there have ever been any real professional dog photographers. Oh, no, he's leaving! He just keeps going further. Bye, hobo! Wow. It's over. He's on to the next town.

Oh, my God. Andrew, what the fuck? That's weird. It's great. Andrew. Oh, my God. He's the littlest hobo. Down over. That poor thing. Andrew. Oh my God. He's the littlest hobo. This was so... This dog was so cool. It's a great dog.

He can do anything. Littlest hobo can do anything. He can kill people. He can do anything. Do you think there's ever an episode where he surfs? I don't i don't think there is from what i've seen but there should be there is by the water a lot if we could get a prop from that i want the the dummy of the guy that fell down the lift i want the bloody two by four well that was my blind side gavin you're the only one left now with one i hope you guys enjoyed this canadian journey phenomenal television that was my blind side. Gavin, you're the only one left now with one. I hope you guys enjoyed this Canadian journey.

Phenomenal. Classic television. That was A+. I mean, wow. It's a show. How old were you when you saw that? Pretty recently. Oh, for the first time?

Oh, wow. Yeah. Had you never seen the show as a kid? No, I never grew up watching it, but it was something that I'd heard of into and yeah is it a beloved classic like does it still play in reruns like last no i don't think it's rerunning anywhere but i i'm not sure i haven't like just watched cable that looks like the kind of show i was born in 86 that looks like the kind of show that they would have shown in the middle of the day on Nickelodeon in 1991. It looks like a show that like I would have seen it because the quality is like just a guy with a camera zooming in long.

And that's it. It was, man, wow. I love that video look of whenever there's a torch or like a flashlight on screen, it leaves a trail across the image that's like that's the shit i grew up watching yep really burning the film well great blindside yeah congratulations andrew you fucking got us that's for sure i do want to do the tony hawk thing like that is a real thing oh yeah you know when i see it, we're not falling for that again. No kidding. That's code now. Gavin, do you have any ideas for your blindside? Not currently,

but that's definitely put the pressure on now that I'm the last. We're running out of time. It resets in the new year, so you gotta try to figure out something before January. Did we establish that rule? Yeah, we did. So Jeff's out of bullets, now I'm out. Okay. There's a lot of stuff resetting in the new we did. So Jeff's out of bullets. Now I'm out. Okay.

There's a lot of stuff resetting in the new year. We got Nick's mask coming back. It's true. It's true. New year, all new bits. New bits. I will not be bringing Little Lesova back for my second bullet, sadly. Although there's much more to watch. But who's to say Gavin or I

won't? That would be a move. That would be crazy. What if somebody blindsided with the same episode? We gotta watch it again. Miserable. Alright, well there you go. That was a blindside episode 2.

I hope you enjoyed it as much as we did and if you're out there somewhere littlest hobo maybe maybe maybe you'll your paths will cross ours someday we'd love you to swing by the office and solve a little mystery for us then somebody else can say something I mean that's probably fun we just cut there if you want

to I thought that was like a nice ending just grab your hat come travel light that's hobo style that's a nice ending. Yeah, that was a great ending. Just grab your hat, come travel light, that's hobo style. That's a better ending, I suppose.