The Worst Idea Of All Time - Replay S01E12: Acaster
Episode Date: February 17, 2024Please enjoy this victory lap of Season One episodes as we celebrate 10 years of The Worst Idea of All Time. New episodes posting on our Substack.Original Description: Guy and Tim have done a double h...itter, back to back watches of Grown Ups 2. And they've got special guest, UK comedian James Acaster in the studio. A thorough analysis of the how the film might have come to be is investigated and Tim's mental state is rapidly deteriorating. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Guy Montgomery, episode 12.
As far as I understand it, our first guest, and boy, do we come out swinging.
Because since 2014, this guy's arguably gone on to become one of the sort of defining voices of stand-up.
It's only James Acaster.
Lots of fun experiencing this again.
Only James Acaster.
Lots of fun experiencing this again.
Little squabbles and bickers, Tim and I.
They're only leaking out the sides this time.
I know it was a long time ago,
but I think we were still quite starstruck and surprised James wanted to come on the show at all.
So really fun to listen back. I think we do a pretty good job of playing it cool and
staying normal james does an outstanding job of spotlighting um the intensity and absurdity of the
film and um also you know with it with a seemingly genuine concern or interest in our mental health and um
i really you know first time having kind of where we'd made it to at this point reflected
back to us by a guest and an incredibly articulate and funny one at that so uh yeah i don't i don't
know that it's necessarily a high watermark for the podcast, but it's a lot of fun to revisit.
I hope you enjoy.
You know if your precious time slips away Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the Worst Idea of All Time, episode 12.
I'm Guy Montgomery.
I'm Tim Batt.
I'm James Acuster.
That's right. This is our first guest in the booth.
I think so. And James, do lean in.
As you can see, we've got a state-of-the-art studio here, but it's not quite as sensitive as we'd like.
Don't be afraid to get right up to the microphone
so everyone can hear your fantastic opinions on the film.
So, quick rundown on the premise.
Worst idea of all time.
Tim Batt and I are watching Grown Ups 2 once a week for 52 weeks,
and we'll review it every time for you at home this week.
James Acaster joined us.
He's over for the New Zealand International Comedy Festival.
And I mean, I'm quite keen to just roll our sleeves up
and get right into it.
Well, firstly, just a slight little bit of admin.
You'll remember from episode 11 of The Worst Idea of All Time,
that guy and I promised to watch it twice in one go
to account for the fact that we were kind of tuned in and out last time
because we were dealing with a red wine stain that guy had created.
There was a lot of noise. There was a. Yeah. There was a lot of noise.
There was a vacuum cleaner.
There was a hairdryer.
A bit passive-aggressive.
The blame there was solely directed at you, Guy.
Yeah, it was solely my red wine stain.
A bit of an emphasis on the word Guy there.
I have literally nothing to do with it.
Anyway, look, let's not get bogged down
with the red wine stain.
What it means is that Tim and I woke up bright and early.
We had an 8.30 screening.
Then we had to go to an interview
and then we came right back and we're joined by James at high noon
for the second screening of the day.
James, I mean, I was watching you watching the movie.
There were some laughs.
There were some sort of exacerbated moments.
What's your overall feeling?
Personally, guys, I think you've chosen the right film to watch 52 times
because there's so much going on in it
that I would need to watch it about 52 times to fully take it all in.
I believe that you're probably discovering something new with each watch
and there's bits that you've forgotten about.
I've never seen a film before that doesn't have a story
and yet still manages to take you on a journey uh an emotional journey uh all
the way through um i don't know where to start with it there's there's too much well i thought
i might just say i was really at the start of the film today i was really excited having you here
because just the idea of you watching it for the first time and that you got to experience like
how many characters they're introducing at a rate of knots and just how they tie in a lot of
storylines but there's no purpose there's no payoff in any of this and it's sort of having a having a
first time opinion james may disagree well yeah but having a first timer in the studio was like
there was a reminder of what it's like to watch the movie for the first time i felt today yeah
you know like when i first saw Kill Bill,
and in the opening scene, she just answers the door,
and someone punches her in the face immediately, and there's a fight.
And Grown Ups 2 is like that at the beginning,
where it's like there's instantly, like, a stag in his bedroom,
and it pees all over him.
And you don't even need to know what the reason is.
Eventually you do, but it's just because someone left the door open.
That was it.
But, like, there's a massive...
It's straight in with the action and it doesn't let up.
It doesn't stop at any point.
For the whole thing, there's something happening.
There's never a dull moment in the whole film.
Something's happening constantly.
You've picked such a beautiful metaphor for the whole film.
So something crazy happens.
A stag is pissing on everyone.
There's no reason.
Well, there is a reason. The reason is someone left the door open. And that is this whole film. Something happens. A stag is pissing on everyone. There's no reason. Well, there is a reason.
The reason is someone left the door open.
And that is this whole film.
Something happens.
Why does it happen?
Someone left the door open.
Someone did something inexplicable for no reason.
And then something happened.
But it never amounts to anything.
It just happens.
And then once they've milked all of the negative comedic value they have out of it,
they just do a hard cut to a whole new... To a party.
Yeah.
That's the way to do any film, I think.
You just don't bother with the storyline
and then at the end you get all the characters
and you put them in a party
and then you make something happen there.
You just go, we'll put them all at the party.
And I actually...
The film I can definitely defend and say I liked
and I think more films should do this
was the ending.
I think every film should end
with just getting all the bad guys and just beat them up
don't have any redemption
for anyone and just beat them all up
really viciously, just fight
them and punch them in the face over and
over again, it's all you want to see. James, you're a
comedy guy, you're an international comedian
what did you think of the cast?
As Guy said in the middle of the film
it's like SNL
the movie but fucking terrible
it's nice to see the old familiar faces
popping up, any Adam Sandler fans
any fans of the Happy Madison franchise
will be very glad
to see a lot of his friends
popping up again, Peter Dante
playing the cop, he's played many
people in the past
if I can remember any of them
I'm pretty sure that Peter Dante and the guy with the funny eyes He's played many people in the past, if I can remember any of them.
I'm pretty sure that Peter Dante and the guy with the funny eyes and the guy who played the hippie teacher
are all people who just worked for Adam Sandler at one point
in his general management.
Yeah, not even in an acting capacity or a comedic, just like his plumber.
He's like, you want to be in a movie?
Funnily enough though
after this many viewings
some of those guys
particularly Peter Dante
and the hippie teacher
those are characters
which I think are stronger
than other guys
you could use more of them
well they're playing
the same people
actually the teacher
Alan Cover
is the teacher
I believe that's his name
and he's played
a lot of
more of a variety
of characters
over the years so it's harder to
place him in films but he was like his best friend
in Wedding Singer
he was the guy who just
Michael Jackson
I think he's wearing a wig
in this
he's played many different characters
in all this
and somehow I mean we were
speculating a while ago
that Sandler must have dirt on Steve Buscemi.
Why does Steve Buscemi keep committing to these...
They've been friends forever, those two.
They were in Airheads together.
That was really early on, those two and Brendan Fraser.
They were doing films forever.
Steve Buscemi just enjoys doing his films.
And I think the whole film is probably worth it
for Buscemi dressing as Flavor Flav.
I imagine that grown-ups
too started because sandler said i want to have a film where bashemian dresses as flavor slave
and one of them went well how about a party that's an 80s party who would have that what about your
character from uh grown-ups you'd probably hold host a party like that okay well we'll write a
film that climaxes after that i'm glad you said this because i had i had a thought what might be
fun is Tim and I
will pretend to be
network executives
okay
and you're the guy
you're Adam Sandler
you're Adam Sandler
you're just the guy
who's
you're pitching
grown ups too to us
okay
so you've just seen it
but imagine you're coming in
we haven't given it
the green light yet
you're saying
you have to make this move
if I may
I'd like to give you
a bit of preamble
on behalf of the network
so James thank you so much for making some time with us today.
I appreciate you coming in.
No problem.
Look, as you know, times are tough.
We've had the global financial crisis.
Piracy is weighing heavily on our industry.
We need some dynamite.
We need some gold.
Please let us know.
What's your idea?
Well, guys, we can only make so many films.
We can't make all the films we'd like, right?
This is true.
You'd like to make a film about a stag that runs loose and pees on people.
I would love that.
On the other hand, you'd like to make a film about a gay aerobics instructor
who all the women fancy and his funny janitor sidekick who makes them do stuff, right?
But you can't make both those films.
his funny janitor sidekick who makes them do stuff, right?
But you can't make both those films.
But wait, you'd also like to make a film about a guy who finds out that he's actually got a son
who's fully grown up and he's really scared of him
because he's definitely a psychopath, right?
You'd like to make that film as well.
Plus, you'd like to make a film about a guy
whose wife wants him to have a baby
and at the end of the film you discover that she's pregnant.
Yeah, you'd like to make that film.
You'd also like to make a film
about a guy who remembers his wife's anniversary,
but she forgets that it's their anniversary
and then he can hold it against her forever.
And yeah, you'd like to make a film about...
James, I want to make all these films.
Yeah, but I just don't think we have the money.
Yeah, where's this all going, James?
Here's the trick, guys.
It's one film. Fuck off. We put all going James here's the trick guys it's one film
fuck off
we put all those
characters in one film
together as a community
we disregard
any kind of
main plot
and we link them
all together
because you know what guys
life is a series
of small stories
all linked together
in a beautiful tapestry
and then we bring
them all in at the end
and that
is what it's like
to be a grown up
wait wait two oh my god this is how the movie got that was really convincing it was so good yeah see that
this is how it happened that's what happened you just go i think you just realize there's so much
it's bursting with life the whole film there's so much going on i mean like a summer slammer from
um burger king yeah i can have all of that for five dollars sign Yeah. Well, you can't have all of this for $5.
This hasn't even made it to the bargain bin yet.
It was a cheap movie considering the cast, though, I think.
What did you say?
80 mil?
Now, another thing, James, because we haven't really...
I mean, a lot of people are sort of incredulous
towards the whole podcast concept.
How do you feel about two people watching this 52 times?
I think it's good.
I think it's a good experiment.
And I genuinely do think you've chosen the right film for it. I think I would rather watch this 52 times. I think it's good. I think it's a good experiment. And I genuinely do think
you've chosen the right film for it.
I think I would rather watch this 52 times
than like Schindler's List or something.
I think this has a lot more to offer
on each viewing.
I think it's a good experiment.
I feel sorry for you guys.
I think it's going to be horrible for you.
I mean, I don't know how much
you want to reveal to the listeners,
but you were both fading
within the first five minutes
of this watching. You weren't doing well. Tim want to reveal to the listeners, but you were both fading within the first five minutes of this watching.
You weren't doing well.
Tim, I'm going to say,
did descend into genuine depression at one point.
Not even like a little jokey,
I'm going to pretend to be depressed and put on a show.
I think you were genuinely quite sad
and really didn't want to be here at all.
And Guy was exhausted by the end
and not happy at all.
Having you here gave me fresh life for the first 20. Like I was
in delirium. I was actually laughing quite hard
at jokes just at the idea that you're seeing
these jokes for the first time.
But then yeah I mean I did dip pretty quickly.
For me it's just the fact that
we watched the movie twice today
and that is a ridiculous proposition.
That's crazy.
I never want to see it again.
I'm never going to watch that again
I don't want to
and I would only enjoy watching it again
if I was showing it to a friend
who I knew would hate it
have you seen the first one?
no
would you?
I don't think I need to
I think I've caught up on
I think that's told me everything
I need to know about the characters
if every day
also that's one day
yes
if every day of their life
is like that
that is relentless
they don't even think
it's anything amazing at the end of the They don't even think it's anything amazing.
At the end of the day, they don't think it's that spectacular.
If the same day that a stag broke into your house and peed all over you,
your wife told you she was pregnant,
and you had a brawl in your garden with about a million frat students,
you would probably go to bed thinking,
I can't believe what happened.
You wouldn't go to bed, do a sneeze, fart, burp,
and then celebrate, which is how the film ends.
You've so succinctly name-checked so many features of the film
that Monty and I have tried to drill into.
We have a segment that we like to do on the podcast
which is called The Shining Light,
and what it is is the movie clearly is more than slightly intolerable,
but we like to pick a bit that we enjoyed on this week's viewing
that kind of stood out for us as a positive.
Something we enjoyed, something that might have caught us off guard as being genuinely funny.
Do you have a moment in the film that you genuinely enjoyed?
The little Chris Rock's son shaking his butt when it's full of poop.
That's funny.
Every time he does a little dance and shakes around, that's genuinely funny.
It's funny that the kid's
doing that
especially when you think
that he's got a diaper
full of poo
and he's
he's a little kid
who knows what he's doing
so he's shuffling
his butt around
and he knows
he's making it harder
for his mum
to clean his diaper
it's funny
that's a funny concept
that kid is dynamite
like that kid's
a great actor
he is pretty good
it made up for
you know,
it got me through some of the more misogynistic elements of the film later on.
It's pretty horrific in its perception of women, let's face it.
Yeah, well, while we've got you on a roll then,
what do you think, similarly, the low light?
I mean, at what point were you saying this is...
Most of the scenes that involved the women just either doing nothing,
let's face it, most've got three pretty big stars,
female leads in this film, who do nothing each.
They don't do anything.
Hayek does the most, and all she does is be a caricature
that is really emotional and cries all the time
and is really unreasonable
and just has her boobs pushed together for the entire film. the woman i think mayor mayor rudolph is the only one who
stipulated a new contract she wouldn't wear a push-up bra and when we did the drinking game
episode a couple of weeks ago we made rules and one of the rules monty floated and we went with
is that every time there's a push-up bra on screen drink hammered within what the first two minutes
we got shit-faced.
There's so many rules, but it's a great game.
So many.
You're right, the misogyny is coming thick and fast.
It starts early and it doesn't lead up.
Yeah, it's really, really crazy.
Yeah, it's a bit silent.
Also, I guess the low light is when the ice cream guy
throws a scoop, a metal scoop,
and just brains a woman for no reason.
Now, that is Tanya, who's the extra that we will be hosting on the podcast at some point in the not-too-distant future.
She's a yoga instructor in LA.
Not an actor.
Just was friends with the executive producers, I believe.
I had a quick chat to her over Twitter.
Right.
Because we were quite drawn to her.
Because I really like the noise that
she made when she got hit and fell down she makes this kind of yeah and i really wanted to find out
if that was additional dialogue recording or if it was her voice that's her i asked her i asked
her on twitter i said is that your voice she said yes i said you're hilarious she said thank you i
said you want to come on our podcast she said sure thing I said I've got to give you a heads up
we're not huge fans of the movie
but we are watching it 52 times
she said that's fine
I'm not a big fan of the movie either
brilliant
so we're going to have a chat to that
I mean
that woman
how do you
speaking of that sort of thing
how do you feel about the extras
James
you've got
because when you do watch it enough
when you have watched it
you know
say you're pushing
8, 9, 10, 11, 12 times,
what I like to do is I start watching, I'm not watching the dialogue anymore,
you're watching the actors reacting, because there's a famous saying in acting,
which is acting isn't acting, it's reacting.
Yes.
I mean, do you think that the people, all the frat boys, all the party extras,
are they aware that what they're in essentially is a bit of a dunger?
I, well, they must be, sure. I think Sandler doesn't
care anymore. We all know he
stopped caring a long time ago. He got to a point
in his career where he went, I'll make whatever I like
I don't give a shit. Just funny
people. Yeah, funny
people, I think it's nice to try
a proper one, wasn't it? Yeah, exactly.
It's like, I'm going to do a proper, but then
don't do it with Apatow, who's going to leave all the deleted scenes in
and then
yeah
that's what that movie is
but
yeah
I think they all know
that the movie's not good
I imagine
on set
while they were filming it
they were all going
this is awful
yeah
I can't believe
that any of those people
thought it was good
but I think they just thought
who cares
we're making loads of money
we're really rich and we just get I bet it's fun to make i bet a fun like a film like that
must be well fun yeah i would think so you got a lot of it's your mates you're hanging out with
your mates every day it's big budget well you know like it's it's in a class of big budget so
you've got all the trappings you've got trailers you've got lovely catering you've got people
looking after you you have the assistant too Mr Sandler and you're just
you're skiving off
no one's putting
too much work in
we also had
Rose Matafea
dropping in and out
of the viewing
and she had
part time
yeah not committed
like you were James
or me actually
Tim I mean you were
you did a wee
in the middle of the movie
I noticed
we're allowed though
texted
texted
that was particularly naughty
very early on
in the film
because I had
to let someone
know that I
wouldn't be at
a place because
I was watching
Grown Ups 2
for the second
time
that's ok
let someone
know you're
a cheater
let someone
know that
the whole world
or like 10
people know
now
the fuck
thing is
we're watching
it twice today
to catch up
on last time
because I was
so stringent
about us
technically
watching this
film in
totality 52 times so don't you dare get me up on last time because I was so stringent about us technically watching this film in totality 52 times
so don't you dare
get me up on a
technicality this time
I'm sorry Tim
you've got to ease up
on that rule though
you've got 52 times
if another time
something happens
that distracts you
let it go
fuck no James
you can't let it happen
this is the thing
if we don't do it
all of this is for nothing
the entire process
this is the one thing
pulling us through now.
As I say to Tim, I say,
because Tim, we've flirted with quitting,
or just there have been moments when we're so despairing.
It's like, what's the,
but then you think,
no one cares about someone who watched
Grown Ups 2 11 times.
There's nothing in that.
That's not a thing.
52 times?
Yeah.
That's a thing.
That's pretty interesting.
You've got to get guests every time now, though. You can't do this on your own every time. There's a thing. That's pretty interesting. You've got to get guests every time now, though.
You can't do this on your own every time.
There's no way.
Well, thank you.
I feel like that's coming from a place of being concerned
for our mental well-being, and rightly so.
I don't think you two can be friends after this.
I think we've grown together and we've grown apart.
I think it's made us closer.
It's a weird sense of camaraderie that is created from
just diving
into this little pit
you've got to stop
comparing it to wars
it's not like a war
we're in the trenches
together
watching this terrible film
week after week
trying to enjoy
the horrible acting
and extras
that they picked up
who don't have
very similar to war
what I was going to say
that Rose said though
which I thought was on point
was it's like a really
well produced but terrible 48 hour film festival film yes war. What I was going to say that Rose said though which I thought was on point was it's like a really well
produced but terrible
48 hour film festival
film.
Yes.
Like it's just it's
just it really hit me
today when watching
it.
It's just so many
disparate parts and
they think that to
create a sense of
cohesion if they
reference things that
they've introduced
earlier in the film
there'll be payoff but
there's no payoff
because you don't care
about anyone.
None of it is
amounting to anything and it is. It's a fucking high budget too long 48 hour film festival film it's a trojan
polished herd i thought at the beginning when they show all their different lives you think
okay there's four stories for the whole film that's what it tricks you into doing you go
adam sandler has got his crazy family who are all out of control and there's a stag in the house. And the guy from Mike and Molly has got a really stupid kid
and he's got to figure that out.
And Chris Rock's anniversary is happening
and David Spade's got a son he's just heard about.
So you think that's the whole film, is those four stories.
And the fact that that doesn't even last two minutes.
All their lives change in the next scene.
They abandon it immediately.
It just bounces around.
An interesting thing that I would like to mention this week
is that I thought I noticed it in the first watch today
and then I looked out for it and definitely noticed it in the second one.
Chris Rock's character's name is never mentioned in the film.
Not once.
Because I asked Monty when we were...
We went and did a little press thing.
We did some radio to do publicity for our comedy shows,
but we ended up just talking about the podcast.
Because that's what we do now.
And on the way there, I was like,
do you know what Chris Rock's character's name is?
Because I feel like we've seen this double-digit times now.
We should know what everyone's name is.
Couldn't think of it.
And then on the second viewing,
I tried to capture any moment where anyone says his name.
It's not there.
The first time you know what his name is is in the credits,
and it's Kurt.
I think surely there's more examples of that in the film.
I can't think of a lot of people's that in the film. I can't think of
a lot of people's names
in that film.
Salma Hayek,
what's her name in it?
They mention that?
They do, they do.
Yeah.
Rudolph, mention her name?
Yeah, she's Deanne.
They say that.
I mean, but it's stuff,
it's just,
they're throwing so much at you,
it's really difficult
to remember the specifics
of everyone.
Yeah.
But they should name,
just once, they should name just once.
They should say Chris Rock's name.
Oh yeah.
I mean a lot of things they should.
I think there's only a few films where that doesn't happen ever.
Another thing I want to drill into while we've got you James
you're
obviously a comedy fan.
Any of the people in this film have you ever grown up
admiring or respecting their work? Are are you a chris rock stand-up fan um some chris rock
stand-ups yeah really good um i i used to love adam sandler when i was growing up i used to proper
i used to watch happy gilmore all the time and um i really liked wedding singer still really like
wedding singer i think that's a really good film and i really like punch joint love uh and i used
to watch all of his comedies.
I thought they were really, really funny.
And what I liked about them was that it was just him and his mates goofing around and it didn't matter.
But his old films, even they had a really simple plot that at least went through it.
But now all of his stuff is ridiculous.
Like nothing's relevant at all.
And like, where's that film, that 51st Dates film, where he's an animal doctor.
He's a vet.
And the only reason he's a vet is so that they can do a scene where some animal shits itself.
I can't remember what the animal is.
But it's just like...
Because that's not relevant for the whole film.
It is relevant for a bit where he shoves his hand up his butt
and it poos over everyone.
And so it just becomes irrelevant.
Whereas The Wedding Singer, it was relevant that he was a wedding singer.
Throughout the whole film, it was important.
So how do you, I mean,
does it stir anything in you to see them all just mailing in,
cashing a check like this?
Or it's just, you're just like, fuck it, who cares?
They don't.
Yeah, I think good on them.
I think they don't care.
And if people are going to keep on filling out the cinemas watching this,
then they deserve everything they get, not watching these films.
No one to blame but ourselves.
Speaking of watching this sort of thing at the film,
Tim, you were saying earlier you read a Reddit AMA with David Spade?
Yeah, on the website reddit.com, David Spade didn't ask me anything,
which is like a Q&A session,
and he mentioned that there is a distinct possibility
of Grown Ups 3.
Yeah.
Like, I think he said that they might have started
working on the script for it.
Well, the whole...
It scares the shit out of me.
The fact that the pregnancy thing's tied in at the end
suggests that there's more to come
from these lovable characters and families.
Well, there's infinite stuff.
They don't have to ever stop.
That whole film is a series of just, like, random events
that just keep on happening to them
they can do it
forever
they don't ever
have to stop
doing these films
they can just
have a next film
they can sit down
and start it now
and go right
it starts with
he wakes up in a
skate park
and a skateboarder
runs over his head
he chases the
skateboarder for ages
and then he catches
him and breaks
his skateboard
and we'll bring
that back later on
in the film
and then we go
to Chris Rock
and Chris Rock's
at the swimming pool with his daughter,
and he jumps in the pool,
and then he gets his ankle bracelet,
he's got that on him,
he gets caught on the ladder,
and he's like swimming around,
and then a kid comes along and pees on him.
No, yeah, I mean...
Just do that.
You're the money.
You make a whole film out of it.
We pitched another sequel in the grips of delirium
after the 48-hour film festival,
when we hadn't slept and we watched it,
sort of in a group viewing. Afterwards, we got quite deep in the grips of delirium after the 48-hour film festival, when we hadn't slept and we watched it, and it's sort of in a group viewing.
Afterwards, we got quite deep in the idea
of doing a Kickstarter for Grown Ups 3D.
Right, yeah.
And we'd ask people to pledge on Twitter
how much they'd donate using the hashtag Grown Ups 3D,
and we got a little bit of heat.
There'd be a lot more boners in Grown Ups 3D, I feel.
Oh, the boobies, yeah.
Those are boners, and yeah.
It'd just be a horrible idea for society.
We should probably wrap this thing up.
Guy Montgomery, I want to check in with your mental stability
and just assess where you're at.
A cool dozen watches now, or 13?
No, we call it a dozen officially.
Okay, 12 and a half.
To Guinness World Records, we'd say it's a dozen.
A cool dozen, you've seen it twice today.
That's right
how are you feeling?
look man
I mean
next week we're doing
a live record on the Friday
so that means
that I've got a week
and a bit off
I mean
do we?
yeah
fuck man
I don't know
no we do it on Sunday
what day is it today?
no we're doing it next Friday
it's Wednesday
we'll do one before then
no that doesn't make any sense
doesn't it?
it's one a week
okay
look we don't need to talk logistics mate
I'm feeling good
I'm glad we had James this week
I think he breathed new life into the film
I think he's right
we might need to get more regular guests
I mean I don't know how much more new stuff
I can find in this thing
I'm fucking working my ass off over here
oh do you have a shining light?
my shining light this week
I said it was that
and you said
I might have used it
before but I liked it
anyway
it was twice today
I genuinely laughed
at the moment
it's in the supermarket
the lady Penny
who wears a barrette
she points it at
she says
there's a moment
of confusion
and Adam Sandler
like accused of
having brain damage
or something
and it was just
I don't know
it was a scripted joke
which worked for me
today
you go how are you doing what's your shining light let's get the fuck out of here okay but I also really quickly want to introduce and it was just, I don't know, it was a scripted joke which worked for me today. You go.
How are you doing?
What's your shining light?
Let's get the fuck out of here.
Okay, but I also really quickly want to introduce a new segment that'll be at the tail.
Okay.
Just bear with me on this.
Okay.
Firstly, my mental state is bad.
I am like, I'm quite terrified now of having to watch it another 40 times.
Like, genuine fear.
We've done more than 20% of the work.
Yeah, that's a fifth, mate.
And I feel...
James, you were sitting next to me.
You captured some of the mood,
like a splashback.
Oh, it's horrible.
Horrible to see.
Yeah.
I never wanted to see a person like that.
And I'm going through that another 40 times.
Like, I hate the movie.
I hate watching it.
I hate the experience.
It's getting pretty bleak.
What was your shining light?
My shining light today was in the scene where they're at the garage uh and um
haggins reveals that he's been fooling around with uh quote-unquote fabio the um the muscular lady
and uh oh what does he say he says oh he's talking about hiccups and again he says she's really hot
and then she goes if she's so hot,
why don't you make her your late night booty call?
And then Kevin James says something,
and then he says, oh, no, she's going to kick the crap out of me.
And there's an extra that they cut to
who is an old man working in the garage
who looks back inquisitively,
and I just think he nails it.
He was my shining light today.
There's a triumph of watching it 12 times, Tim,
that you picked her up on that.
I'm really proud of you. My new segment for this podcast is called Top Three. There's a triumph of watching it 12 times, Tim, that you picked her up on that. I'm really proud of you.
My new segment for this podcast is called Top Three.
Let's blitz through it.
We're going to do a Top Three every week on a new thing,
and today's Top Three is going to be the Top Three Stunts.
Okay.
Counting down backwards, obviously.
We haven't talked about this at all, so this is going to be a shit show.
Definitely one of the top...
Okay.
Officer Dante on skis on the roof of course yeah comes charging
down shooting guns in the air and lands in the water great phenomenal stunt really good really
good physical humor great gag uh james you do one um i would say the uh when swanson is on the
blow-up life raft and rolls into the rec center or whatever it's some building it's not even there
even say what it is but then just a little roly-poly.
I like that.
I like it when he does that.
For me, it would be the Shaquille O'Neal cartoon throw
of a man over a house.
Yeah, I thought that really...
Who definitely would have died.
Yeah.
A couple of people die in this film,
if you kind of look at the biology of it.
Certainly who should die.
Nick Swartzen, when they're in the bus,
you see how they rip him down,
he just drops on his neck
and then slides right down the back.
Smashes his head on the back.
All right, so there you go.
Brand new segment, brand new guest.
It's been a hell of a week.
Next week, only one episode coming out on the Friday.
It's a live record at the Classic.
So if you want to come down and watch it, it's happening at 5.30.
We'll probably figure out something special for that as well.
Thank you so much for listening.
Remember not to watch the movie.
James, thank you so much for joining us and not to watch the movie James thank you so much for joining us
and putting yourself through it
good luck
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