Toronto Mike'd: The Official Toronto Mike Podcast - Toronto Mike'd #28

Episode Date: March 19, 2013

Rosie and Mike chat about her walking pneumonia, the new pope, Rob Ford, The Simpsons and their favourite comedies.

Welcome to the 28th episode of Toronto Mic'd, a weekly podcast about anything and everything, often with a distinctly Toronto flavour. I'm Mike from torontomic.com. Joining me as always is Rosie from mytorontoscoop.com. And hosting this audio file are the good people at Core Fusion. Welcome back, Rosie. You know, I never unmuted you, so you're going to have to say that big hello, my friend, one more time. Now you may say it.

Hello, my friend. Wow. Maybe I'd keep you muted the whole show. You're so rude to me. No, I'm glad you're back. Oh, it's good to be back. Hi, everybody. You were the Cal Ripken of podcasts. Oh, no. You're so rude to me. No, I'm glad you're back. Oh, it's good to be back. Hi, everybody. You were the Cal Ripken of podcasts. Oh, my gosh. I've been so sick.

It's been nice, though, that some people showed they cared, unlike my co-host, Roshan and Kevin. They were asking if I was feeling better. I cared a lot. You just made some rude comment about getting a flu shot. Oh, so what did you have? What knocked you down for a week? Well, I don't know if you've ever heard of this before, but I have walking pneumonia. It's awful.

When you mentioned you had walking pneumonia, I can't even spell walking pneumonia. I actually was starting a parody song to Mark Cohn's Walking in Memphis called Walking Pneumonia. I like how on our show rundown, Mike's spelled pneumonia out phonetically. It's pretty funny.

Because it's an N word that starts with a P. It's unnatural. It's weird. It's a weird one. I don't know how anyone learns English if it's not their first language. What a confusing bunch of words. How do you get walking pneumonia? Well, I've had a cold for like a really long time and a sore throat and coughing. And I just thought it would pass like everybody does.

You know, I actually wasn't too big a baby about it. But then after about two months of waking up in the morning with a really sore throat and coughing, I thought this is odd. This is probably, I should probably go to the doctor and I did a little web MDing first which I've never

bad idea Rose oh my god you know I've never done that before I've always shunned it that's not true I did it once when I was

I was pregnant and yeah you should never ever do it well Rose everything is a symptom for everything exactly and anyways

long story short you know the doctor definitely thought I have pneumonia type symptoms and gave me some medicine and I'm a little better, but he said it takes a really long time and you actually need to rest. And I don't really get a lot of rest

with a toddler, but... A few things. First of all, you've never looked better. I don't believe this diagnosis is correct. I don't think you have walking pneumonia. I think you were, I know that. Did they do an x-ray? Well, this is the thing. I actually did. I did not, um, have an x-ray cause he listened to my chest. It sounded a little messed up, but not, um, not so bad. So if it got worse, we're going to do an x-ray. But the thing is, this is the point with walking pneumonia. It's, that's why it's just not pneumonia.

You're walking around. You appear fine. You seem to be okay. You're just sort of dragging yourself through the day. But inside, you're falling apart. Inside, you're dying. It's pretty bad. But I'm better.

Well, I'm glad you're back. Your streak ended. Yeah, I missed you guys last week. We all missed you. 26 episodes. That's where you have to kind of break the streak now. Was that? 26 in a row.

26 in a row. That's crazy. You missed episode 27. This is 28. My brother Ryan was coming over to record his own podcast, Fantasy Sports Hookup.

So I'm like, you need to be rosy this week. And he's like, I don't know what's going on. I'm like, neither does Rosie. That's perfect. I was going to say,

like, you know, on a, well, on a good day, I tend to know what's going on. I'm like, neither does Rosie. That's perfect. I was going to say, like, I'm, you know, kind of, honey, well, on a good day, I tend to know what's going on, but I'm sure.

But it was fun, it was fun because we, he's great. I just, it was very like therapeutic for him, I think. If you listen to episode 27, I found it very revealing.

Like, I listened to it three times. Yeah. I've never, I learned more about my brother recording that 40 minute podcast than I did the last 10 years of talking to the guy. Isn't that interesting?

And you're close with your brother. I see him a lot, like several times a year. Yeah, no, I'm close with my brother too. But don't you find that I actually thought it was awesome that you were going to do the podcast with Ryan because I don't know how it is for you, but I know with me, with my brother, we can just talk and talk and talk and talk.

We have like really long conversations about everything and anything. And I feel like that's the only person I really can have, other than Scott, I have really good long conversations. And me. You too. For 26 episodes. Actually, we do. Well, we used to have lots and lots and lots of chat when we were in school. Mike and I used to, I've said this before, we used to always get in trouble for always talking.

No, you got me in trouble. I think that's a little different. Oh my goodness. That is so not true. I think it's true. I think it's true. Okay. So my brother recorded episode 27 to great acclaim,

even though we're happy to have you back. The ratings were never better, but then like, just kidding. Just later that day, I recorded his podcast with him and his buddy Mikey. It's really confusing because his screen name in fantasy sports is Booner, and his buddy is named Mikey. And I sit there and listen to Booner talk to Mikey,

and I've been called both at some time in my life. It's very confusing, very confusing. So you all kind of have the same name, in a way. Yeah. Oh, that won, you know what? That won't be picked up. I'll sound ridiculous telling you I thought somebody was coming at us with a chainsaw. No one's coming at us with a chainsaw.

We're hearing it really, Mike's audio. So my point is, recording my brother Ryan's podcast, okay, I did something I've never done on Toronto Mic'd where I pressed, I thought I pressed record, and then we recorded the whole podcast because I saw, I see a timer in GarageBand, and it ticked down to 30. Great episode, guys. It turns out I pressed play, not record, so it just played for 30 minutes.

It didn't record a thing. So after it, they're ready to get out of here. Booner and Mikey are blowing out of here, and I'm like, guys, I didn't get anything. We have to re-record. And I think Brian's like, you're effing joking, right? And I'm like, guys, I didn't get anything. We have to re-record. And I think Ryan's like, you're effing joking, right? And I'm like, I'm not joking. And my brother Ryan was so mad.

I thought he was going to kill me. I've never seen him so mad at me. So we went from this great recording bonding. He was going to murder me. We had to record it a second time. I think because your adrenaline, you think you've recorded this great show and then you find out you haven't. They probably thought you were joking. I was because your adrenaline, you think you've recorded this great show and then you

find out you haven't. They probably thought you were joking. I was counting my Gemini Awards. I was sure I was going to win another Gemini for that.

You're a smooth operator. Speaking of smooth, this past week, last Saturday, I think it was, I went to get fitted for my

tuxedo. I'm renting a tuxedo for this event in June. I'm glad you're sporting the tuxedo. I'm a big fan of the classic tuxedo. I'm renting a tuxedo for this event in June. I'm glad you're sporting the tuxedo. I'm a big fan of the classic tuxedo. My son is too. My best man is going to wear the same tuxedo.

He'll be like a mini me. We're looking at these different patterns. There's this blue. There's all this cool stuff. There was a picture of this really handsome guy. He looked like James Bond. Just make me look like that. He's like, that's the classic. It just like black and white it's classic or whatever

and i'm like yeah i'm gonna do that so i went with classic because i figure you can't mess up you can't mess up black and white like i don't need this cool blue pattern vest stuff and bow tie blue boot bow tie i just want give me james bond you're gonna do the bow tie though blue boot bow tie. I just want, give me James Bond. You are going to do the bow tie though. Yeah, I'm going to do a black bow tie. I've noticed in the last few years, there's been this sort of backlash against the bow tie. It's been a lot of just like the, you know, the regular ties. I haven't noticed this backlash against the bow tie.

The last few years, the weddings I've gone to, the grooms, I've not done the bow tie, but it's definitely come, it's come back again. I personally love classic tuxedo, bow tie, really, really, really slick. That's how you should do it. Well, I said to the guy, I'm like, I don't know how to tie a freaking bow tie. He's like, oh, it's a clip-on. It's a freaking clip-on.

Just clip it on. I didn't know. I thought I had to tie a bow tie. I didn't want to get stuck messing up a bow tie. Okay, so that's what I'll be wearing when you see me June 15th. It's good because also, you know, how many times in your life do you get to wear a tuxedo it feels really really good i don't know this will be my first time rosie yeah this is good this will be good so i posted a picture on torontomike.com of me trying on my tuxedo that was saturday excellent i know you probably printed

it and put it in your wallet and then i'm wearing i was i wear this shirt i'm wearing now i was wearing my cbc shirt so it came off as a bit uh it's not wasn't complete but i had the the jacket on and the pants and one of the shoes because you even rent shoes i bought some package i'm gonna rent shoes it's just easier to have it all there and ready for you shoes bow tie the whole thing jacket pants you're. You're not wearing that t-shirt though. No, I'm not allowed to wear the t-shirt. And the next day I went to the Raptors in heat at the

Air Canada Center and the Heat were on some, well they still are on some crazy win streak, 22 games or something. I saw you were, I've been sick so I've just been doing a lot of sort of lying around watching music videos. I said that and Mike's like what's a video? But we'll get to that. But I've been on the iPad and of sort of lying around watching music videos. I said that and Mike's like, what's a video? But we'll get to that.

But I've been on the iPad. And when I was watching when you were tweeting through that game, it looked like it was pretty exciting. We tied it up in the fourth. Yeah. So it's like we had no business being in the game. We're tied up in the fourth. But it was so quick how they just turned a switch and blew us out.

We ended up losing by almost 20 points. And we were tied in the fourth quarter. I've only been to one or two basketball games, but they're fun when they're there. I find that with basketball games, it's so different, the experience watching it on TV and being there. I find it so much more exciting when you're there. Whereas hockey, I love watching hockey on TV. I find it exciting.

But with basketball, I get bored. But when you're there and you see how huge they are, they're enormous are like enormous men they are large men it's cool they're big so that was uh thanks to dove plus men i think dove plus men is that how you say it i don't know sounds right so they wanted me to come so they could demo this like daddy change table the ultimate change table which like you can change your kid's diaper and you can time it and compete against other dads and there's like an emergency lullaby button and all the stuff is there so it was actually kind of kind of neat i thought it was kind of cool i saw the picture you put of that on your on your site and in the picture it showed diapers does the

change table come with diapers yeah there's diapers there it's impressive it's impressive. It's all there. I don't know if it's real or if it's like just to bring awareness. I couldn't tell if it was like the real, but it was freaking neat. Like my kids, I mean, James will be upset

when I ask if I can change his diaper on that thing because he's like 11 years old. But were there, did anyone use it with an actual intake? I didn't see it used as a real baby.

I wouldn't have liked to have seen that. That's pretty funny. Gosh, I haven't, no, I haven't used a... We've retired my little guy's change table. It's kind of nice to have that be done. I can't even remember.

Well, for you, it was a long time ago. Michelle started changing her own diapers when she was three months old. So it's been a long time. Very savvy young woman. Very savvy. And one last note on this before we move on is that after we record,

I'm going downtown to see Rock of Ages at the Sony Center for the Performing Arts or whatever they call it now. And I have no real idea of what Rock of Ages is about except I saw like a 15-second promo with Tom Cruise and advertising a movie that I never saw. So will I like Rock of Ages, Rosie? Well, I think that, I think you're like me.

You don't really care what it is, but you like a good show. You know, it doesn't really matter the genre. I don't, I don't really know how the reviews were. I wasn't really following Rock of Ages. I haven't seen it. I don't know what the reviews were like, but I suspect that if it's, you know, has some good music, you'll like it. Thanks, Rose. I'll be there. I that if it has some good music, you'll like it. Thanks, Rose.

I'll be there. I'll let you know. I'm sure you'll like it. I'll write about it after I see this thing. I look forward to the review, although I don't think I'm going to see that one. Well, maybe you will. If I give it a raving review, you might have to buy tickets to Rock of Ages. Maybe.

These days, though, something has to be really, really... Oh, because you've got to get babysitting and all that? Exactly, yeah. You know what I mean? It has to really sort of be something I really, really want to do.

Really special. Rosie, you're a Catholic, is that fair to say? Correct me if I'm... Yes. ...incorrectly labeling you. What are your thoughts

on the new Pope? Oh, my gosh. We haven't talked about the new pope yet that news broke minutes before i started recording episode 27 with ryan the um i'll say one thing it certainly is even if you don't you know care at all it certainly is dramatic those few moments when in saint peter square when they you know, you're waiting for it to see who's going to emerge on the balcony. There's so, you know, in these days with social media, there's so few things that are still. Oh, cause you're wondering if it's going to be a black guy. Yeah. Like you just wonder, is it going to be the Canadian? Although I have to say, I really don't think that it was realistic that it was going to be a Canadian. There was nothing

for them. There was no advantage to them choosing a Canadian. You know, we're all heathens here. You know, it's not growing. We are 40% of Canada labels themselves Catholic. Right, but... But none of them go to church. That's the thing, right? It's, you know, it's...

So I didn't really foresee it being a Canadian pope, but there is those few, I have to say, those couple of moments before, you know, in the end of the day, I really didn't care who the Pope was. But I have to admit, it was kind of exciting because you really don't know. You know, nothing gets leaked.

You know, you have no idea. They aren't allowed to have their blackberries on. No, no, it's sort of exciting. And then when I, you know, saw him, you know, it's really funny. Again, I didn't really care who it was, but it's just neat. You know, it's really funny. Again, I didn't really care who it was, but it's just neat. You know, it's so rare nowadays to be really, you know, affected by like a nice piece of journalism,

but the Washington Post wrote something that sort of stuck with me, and I have to think that, I have to agree, and I can't remember if it was a tweet or just a blurb from one of the journalists, but they wrote, somebody wrote, you know, in their impression of the few moments when he walked out, there's a gentleness in his eyes. And I think I would agree with that. There's something certainly, there's a warmth that he emanates that certainly Benedict, I don't think, did. And I saw Benedict.

We actually, when we were in Rome, we went to a blessing. You saw him at a local cafe? Yeah, he cruised by in the popemobile which um pope francis is not choosing not to to use which is is interesting so yeah he seems he seems sweet it's kind of cute he looks like a nun no looks like a nice you dig him okay so i just wondered i wanted to get the catholic perspective well you're catholic too no i No, I've rescinded. St. Michael Berry. What do I have to do? Like unbaptized?

You can't undo this? No. I mean, you just stop being. What do I have to do to get out of the club, out of the cult? No, I don't know. I have no opinion because I think it's all silly. But I also think the monarchy is silly. Like I think all this pomp and circumstance, symbolic stuff is silly.

Well, you can't think it's that silly. I actually read what you wrote on your website. No, I said that I hope he does, because I said he has influence over a billion people, so I hope things change, because a billion people are affected. I'm not affected, but a billion people are affected. I share

the planet with these billion people. I did find it humorous, though, leading up to the conclave, the way in the billion people. I did find it humorous, though, leading up to the conclave, the way in the media people were referring to all the Catholics, the 1.2 billion Catholics. I remember reading a couple times, oh, 1.2 billion

Catholics have no leader. Please. I mean, like my day-to-day life, having no pope in place really affects me. I thought that was a bit rich. You were rudderless for like a month there. So I'm glad he's there and in place really affects me. I thought that was a bit rich, but, uh, you were rudderless for like a month there. So I'm glad it's, I'm glad he's there and in place. And I mean,

at the end of the day, there's, you know, the Catholic church is conservative. There's, you know, there's still going to be anti-abortion, anti-contraception.

I'll be interested when, did you see 60 minutes in those American nuns that are, that was interesting. It was amazing. Anti-woman. Okay. So Rosie, do you have anything to say about the Rob Ford stuff that took place

since you last recorded? Rob Ford, Sarah Thompson, we're talking about. Well, you know, what's really funny is there's a couple of things that really sort of stuck with me when the dust settled, you know, after that. And the first thing is, and I have to admit, you know, when it all happened, you sort of roll your eyes. It's like, oh, what's he done now kind of thing.

But what sort of bothered me was it is amazing to me how when something like this happens, how much vitriol gets spewed against the woman. And no, we don't know what happened. What's that word again, Rosie? Vitriol. Can you spell it? V-I-T-R-I-O-L. Can you spell pneumonia? Yes. P-N-E-U-M-O-N-I-A. Okay. You may continue. I used to do spelling bees before we knew each other. And it's actually funny because I didn't even notice this on the comments on your website, which I looked at.

Just because you start a sentence by saying, I'm not blaming the victim here, and then you go on to spew vitriol about the victim, you are actually blaming the victim. So I found that kind of frustrating. There was a lot of that, actually. Well, it's hilarious, the hypocrisy. I'm not blaming the victim. So I found that kind of frustrating. There was a lot of that, actually. Well, it's hilarious, the hypocrisy. I'm not blaming the victim. I don't want to blame the victim. We shouldn't blame the victim. And then to go on to slander this woman who is a publisher.

She's a businesswoman. She's a CEO. She was at an event where there was an expectation that people could behave professionally. And for the people that say, oh, she's trying to call attention to herself again, any woman that's had been touched inappropriately, I will promise you, no one wants attention in that way. And the publisher of a woman's magazine, I'm pretty sure has other ways to get attention than having a gross, sweating man touch her ass. So really you know irked me and then the second thing that i find is just so unbelievable rob ford you know there's a lot of unflattering pictures of him and you know a lot of people will say the not a photogenic guy no

and you know and people say oh the toronto star does this on purpose. But people use it now to make him out to, for him to be the victim. Oh, poor, helpless Rob Ford again. Oh, look at, there's a picture of him sweating. Oh, this, we need to stop. He is not a helpless victim. He is a multimillionaire who has the Teflon of his family and his success to protect him.

He knows very well how to portray himself in the media. He could very well have much better pictures taken of him if he would choose to, and he doesn't. So it's quite alarming to me that somehow now he's become the victim here. He's not. He could have put himself out there in a much better way if he were to choose to. But he doesn't. It's disappointing. That's really the way I feel about

it all now that it's sort of settled. Well said, Rosie. And now that you're on this roll, I just checked to make sure I'm recording. I was worried maybe I had to make sure I captured this awesomeness. You wanted to say something about the Target invasion of Canada. They opened more stores this week in the GTA. Mike, I almost wanted to email you today

because Cloverdale Mall, the Target, opened today. That's the closest one to you, right? I'm surprised you weren't there. Or me. Both of us. And I know how excited you are about it. My dentist is in that mall, so I will be there in that mall at some point.

Yes, yes. Well, the thing, okay. For me, I don't get excited when the American stores come to Canada because I find that once they come to Canada, I don't get excited about it anymore. Like, for example, Bath & Body Works. Do you know Bath & Body Works?

I've heard of it, yeah. Okay, so years ago, it was not. It's in Canada now. And it wasn't. It was only in the States. So whenever I would travel to the States, go to New York... It was exciting for you because we don't have that here. Exactly. It's like, oh, I'm going to go to Bath & Body Works. I'm going to buy a whole bunch of different flavors, bring them home, and then it's over. Then, you know, when it

comes, it's not interesting to me anymore. Same thing with Sephora. I used to love going to Sephora in the States. Even if you don't buy anything, it was not interesting to me anymore. Same thing with Sephora. I used to love going to Sephora in the States. Even if you don't buy anything, it was just kind of something fun and different. And then as soon as it comes here, it loses its appeal. The first time I ever went to a Target was in Ohio. My girlfriend that lives in Ohio, she was like,

okay, I'm taking you to a Target. It's time. And it was fun because it was something different. No, you know, let it here. Meh. And it's not like it's a carbon copy of the American Target, right? They have their own

local buyers. They set the prices for the local market, not for the, whatever, Buffalo market or whatever. So you're not,

if you saw something and you thought it was really cheap in the States, you're not going to necessarily find it really cheap here. Do you remember,

yeah, when Denny's came, it was such a failed experiment when Denny's came. Well, there's one, I've never been to Denny's in Canada, actually. And that's the thing, everyone thought it was going to be the way Denny's came. Well, there's one. I've never been to Denny's in Canada, actually. And that's the thing. Everyone thought it was going to be the way

it is in the States, you know, $5 meals. Grand Slam. All that kind of stuff. And then it came and it was actually a lot more expensive and it really didn't take off. So, yeah, I'm almost disappointed when those stores come here. And plus, too, it just feels like we're getting so Americanized.

And boo to consumerism. Boo. Do we need, how much more stuff? We have Walmart. You know, how much more stuff do we need? No, I mean, I don't know. I never buy anything. I really don't. Like, if the kids need something, I go and get it for them. But I don't buy anything. Well, I'll tell you. I wear the same shirt

every day, Rose. I have to say, the last four times I've seen Mikey has been wearing the CBC shirt. I love the shirt. I'm going to wear it. And the Irish sweater, like, I like this now. And that's it. I have to say the last four times I've seen Mikey has been wearing this CBC shirt. I love this shirt. I'm going to wear it. I'm going to wear it. And the Irish sweater, like I like this now and that's it. I forgot about your Irish sweater. I know because it's been too hot in here since we left the old dungeon for this wonderful new recording studio. It's so airy and I breathe so well.

Do you think that the toxic fumes from the old place caused your walking pneumonia? No, no, I don't. I don't think so. But it did smell. Just checking. It did smell off there. If you wanted to join my class action suit.

Just checking. I remember we would walk in and I would just start, my throat would get really dry. Oh, I remember. You looked horrible. It left me with a headache. Maybe we should sue.

Just for shits and giggles rose so i was thinking of shows that sort of like are enjoyed by me and the kids equally there's not a lot of them you know they like a lot of this they like a lot of this uh family channel disney stuff like they all seem the same to me they really do seem the equally. There's not a lot of them, you know. They like a lot of this family channel Disney stuff. They all seem the same to me. They really do seem the same to me. Sunny with a Chance and Wizards of Waverly Place. They're all, to me, the same show, kind of

different, attractive young people. But the kids love it. It's harmless. I watch it, it's harmless, but they love it and I can't get into that. And I like my, you know, my Mad Men or my The Wire or whatever. Like, you know, girls. Kids, i can't get into that and then i like my you know my madman or my my the wire or whatever like you know girls like you can't you can't kids you can't watch girls okay oh my god no they're poking their ears with with q-tips and stuff or you know or boinking yeah or you can say boinking well the yeah the second the penultimate episode was filthy yeah it's so raw right i want to watch that with your kids.

But The Simpsons, you know, I don't know what your opinion is. Monica and I had this chat yesterday. She thinks maybe I introduced The Simpsons too young. But the fact is, my four-year-old and I were watching The Simpsons, okay? I have no floor on The Simpsons because the jokes that are not appropriate for the four-year-old go right over their head. And all they see is a cartoon and there's parts that are not over their head. Andyear-old go right over their head and all they see is a cartoon and there's parts that are not over their head and that's what they get out of it.

Anything inappropriate goes right over their head. I think that's actually the magic of The Simpsons is I think they really mastered that really well is that the cute stuff that's appropriate for kids, the kids will giggle at it and the stuff that's meant for you is going to go to you so i think

yeah like so my son my son like right now we're going through it again we're on like season three and we're going through it again me and the kids they are funny they love that show i love it i can watch it a hundred times in a row like i i can watch the simpsons like i like seinfeld i watched an episode last night and i've seen it a hundred times but simpsons nothing beats simpsons for me in terms of repetitive i mean the first 10, like repetitive viewing enjoyment level. And I love the Simpsons and my kids love the Simpsons. And I introduced my son to it basically as young as I could. And I just want to say the Simpsons has brought us together. Like we enjoy it equally. And it's great that it just old people, young people, middle-aged people, we all love the

Simpsons. Please, your kids will be smart if they watch The Simpsons because once they start to get the dry humor, they'll appreciate it. It's very intelligent, very well-written stuff. You know, a town with money is a little like the mule with a spinning wheel. No one knows how he got it and dang if he knows how to use it. Rosie, I just want to say rest in peace phil hartman we miss you that's all that's phil hartman that's a nice little clip there thank you i have all the simpsons albums like i bought them as cds way before you know you kids in your napster in your pirate bay i was buying these cds you know do you remember the first time you downloaded a

song from napster i remember my brother and I waited an hour for it to download. Sounds about right. Yeah. And then you would hope no one would like call because we were on dial-up. Oh no, I had a thing that I had a workaround for that little issue before Napster. But yeah, I do remember that very well. Absolutely. And speaking of funny things like the simpsons i was hoping you'd share with me your favorite movie comedies i'll share with you some of my favorite movie comedies i think comedies are harder to get right than a drama i find you know it's pretty you know good directors and writers and actors can get a drama right and say well that was a good drama but getting a comedy right where i come out of that movie thinking that was freaking funny. So rare. If it happens once a year, I'm happy.

It is so, that is such a good point. No, you're absolutely right because it's so much harder to make someone laugh than it is, you know, it's, it's, it's hard and a movie, you know, two hours of your time, something that actually it's going to make me laugh the whole way through. It's, it's rare. You don't, you don't come up with a lot okay you go first and i'm not talking about like a drama like i'm not talking about a coen brothers movie or a tarantino movie which will have a hilarious stuff in it i'm talking about a comedy totally like funny all the way through the point is to make you laugh that's it so i was writing some notes on what are my favorite comedies and they seem to cluster up like i'm gonna start and this is no particular order but

uh zucker zucker and abrams or is it abraham's like not sure but they did airplane okay airplane when i saw it as a kid i couldn't believe how much funny there was in it i watched it again recently monica had never seen it so i said you're gonna watch airplane and some of it is dated but it holds up you know it holds up okay like it's still pretty freaking funny with june cleaver and the jive talking and the uh kareem abdul-jabbar you just gotta tell monica who that is and it's still pretty freaking funny and then when i was young like 15 maybe i went to the theater and saw the naked gun with leslie nielsen and i was like again awesome right that one holds up better than airplane i think because the physicality but then you gotta explain I went to the theater and saw The Naked Gun with Leslie Nielsen. And I was like, again. That is awesome. Right? That one holds up better than Airplane, I think, because the physicality of it. But then you've got to explain who Reggie Jackson is.

But yeah, absolutely. You're right. You're right. It absolutely holds up. And OJ's in there. And it's like, hey, OJ. Yeah. So that was, those movies I find to be very, very funny.

Which are the ones with Priscilla Presley? Yeah, Naked Gun. Yeah, those were her, right? She was great in those, I thought. She was great in those you know nice beaver thanks i just got it stuffed it's fantastic oh yeah no fantastic i kind of want to watch it again though i re-watched it recently i just did it with the kids actually because i wanted them to see it and yeah it's still funny so that was the first okay those are good. Yeah. Classics. Christopher Guest movies, Waiting for Guffman first and Best in Show.

And there's a couple of others that are just frigging funny. They got Eugene, you know, the crew, Parker Posey and Eugene Levy, Christopher Guest, Harry Shearer, like all these guys in these things.

Speaking of the Simpsons, just frigging funny. Waiting for Gffman and best in show those two particularly i could watch over and over again are funny a lot of improv in those two you got to get the right mix of talent for those things and they just tickle my funny bone i loved a lot at best in show it was cute yeah that's when the first time i actually saw jane lynch i think she was like calling the dog show and it's like, she was great in it. She's so good. And now she's everywhere.

She's hilarious. Yep. Although the first time she really was, um, the hangover. Oh my God. She was hysterical. Yeah. And think of how much Best in Show predates the hangover. It was the hangover, right?

That's the one. Or no. Jane Lynch? Yeah. Was it the hangover? Was it? I don't think. You know what?

I think I'm wrong. But were the three best friends? The one with Paul Rudd. Not The Hangover. It's not The Hangover. Oh, my God. Horrible Bosses? No.

Although that movie was funnier than I thought it would be. But I think it's because I have a huge leftover teenage crush on Jason Bateman. Oh, from Silver Spoons? No. Hogan Family. Hogan Family. Valerie's Family. He was just so cute.

No. What show was he valerie's family right yes okay okay yeah i mean i remember him on silver spoon okay so uh that and then the next cluster and i think you want to make a comment here is the uh farelli brothers with there's something about mary and me myself and irene and you could put like dumb and dumber in there too uh it's ridiculous but i found I found those funny, particularly there's something about Mary and me, myself and Irene. Yeah, I found something about Mary.

I just felt it was really overrated. And I feel like if there wasn't that scene with Cam and Diaz and the stuff in her hair, I really don't even think it would have made that smash. I watched it again recently and it's still funny. It was, you know, I thought it was okay. And I didn't think me, myself and Irene remember I think I just the Farrelly brothers don't really do it for do it for me we were doing so well Rosie but you know it's very subjective

but I like and then the last I'll do the last little cluster and then I want to hear yours but Wes Anderson movies um well not my last cluster I realized but second last cluster the Royal Tenenbaums and Rushmore and these Wes Anderson movies the the Royal Tenenbaums and Rushmore and these Wes Anderson movies the the Royal Tenenbaums I can watch over and over again and I find it all friggin hilarious so this is so bizarre because we were just Scott and I were just talking about Wes Anderson last night and we were talking about the Royal Tenenbaums which was the first DVD we ever owned isn't that funny mine was Fight Club oh Oh my god, that's funny. And you know, Scott said yes, it was funny. It was such a good movie.

But it's more sad funny, you know? Yeah, but it's definitely a comedy. Even though there's a lot of sad, like suicide and death and everything. But yeah, you're right. It is more than comedy. Sort of like Coen Brothers, but more comedy than Coen Brothers. Totally. And

what was the other one you said? Rushmore? Which I recently re-watched again. I did not enjoy that movie, but Scott but more comedy than Coen Brothers. Totally. And what was the other one you said? Rushmore? Rushmore. Which I recently re-watched again. I did not enjoy that movie, but Scott quite liked it. Bill Murray? Oh, and Schwartzman? I know, I love him.

Oh, come on. Well, and it's funny because there's a movie coming out and they're all in it. It's very hipster. Is it Wes Anderson? Yes, it's Wes Anderson and it's got the whole hipster lineup of actors.

Oh, yeah. Luke Wilson and Owen Wilson. It's like, I can't remember. You know what? It's all my coldness. I can't remember. And I'm just going to close out with a gem of a movie that I think you also love. Damn, it feels really gangster.

It's a seed on your list. Office Space. I love this movie so much. I'm freaking out. Because this is my favorite scene. Yeah. It's a great scene. And the scene where he beats up the printer.

PC low letter. What the fuck does that mean? I love this song. Now, Rosie, this is the perfect segue because this is one of your favorite comedies. Mine too. Love it. I love it. Love His Face is such a funny movie because I think it captured for all of us.

The cubicle culture and the whole, I see you've been missing work a lot lately. Well, I wouldn't say I've been missing it, Bob. And the best part was when the part in the movie where he decides he just doesn't give up anymore. Yeah, and he gets promoted and he gets promoted and I like his neighbor you know channel boobs on channel nine or whatever to this day whatever like there's some like stupid paperwork or whatever it'll be like pc oh it'll be tbs report yeah and everyone does their bill lumbered um yeah I don't want to tell you let you know about the tps reports but he has the dream about jennifer anderson having sex with her and he's holding his oh yeah and the tchotchke scene i think that's

mike judge in that too uh the guy from beeps and butthead who directs this thing oh my god that movie is hilarious i love it i love it i love it i could actually watch we have that one it actually came on tv uh a few weeks ago and i was just watching it and I was like laughing out loud. It was so funny. For me, it's you have to make me laugh out loud and you have to sustain it for a really long time. Not easy to do. I do it every week though. And yes,

it's, you know, I do laugh a lot but you gotta earn it. Tell me what other comedies you've enjoyed besides the wonderful Office Space. Alright, I loved the wonderful Office Space. All right. I loved the movie Anchorman. Oh, yeah. Anchorman made me laugh so hard.

And I think particularly, I think because at the time I was working on air. Oh, yeah. And the character of Brick, the stupid weatherman, was so, it just was so funny. Like, he was so funny. Like he was so hilarious. And that was like Steve, Steve Carroll. And Ron Burgundy. The scene where he's reading the teleprompter and they put,

you know, right at the beginning, they put a question mark at the end. I'm Ron Burgundy. And you know, when I was particularly, when I was working in business news, and I'm not going to say his name

because I actually think he's still working on robertson no he's still working on air somewhere in like the catholic television channel but he was like i worked with the actual ron burgundy like he was he's modeled after a real la anchor he truly anything you put in the teleprompter he would read like he read arkansas you know arkansas and a million other like things like that it was like no you really really oh my god when he had to say the name Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

it was forget it you have to write it phonetically like pneumonia it was it was it was so so like

I worked with Aaron Burgundy it was so funny but I just love that movie I love Will Ferrell though so okay who else what other old school

old school that's a good one too well it was funny because I remember when we went we saw old school in the theater Scott and I

his brother and his girlfriend at the time we had it was one of those things where we had zero expectations you just

and we died laughing just like laughed all the way through love that movie so funny I can't even see a Bed Bath and Beyond

without just cracking up the old guy blue died so old but everybody died and um okay my other favorite comedy on without just cracking up. The old guy, Blue, Blue died. So, oh, yeah. Yes, I know. But everybody dies. And, okay,

my other favorite comedy, Bridesmaids. You know, okay, go ahead, because I thought it was funny, but not as funny as everybody said it was. You know what?

I think I just, Kristen Wiig, that scene when she goes crazy at the shower with the chocolate fountain, and, oh, my God, it's hilarious. Loved it.

And that was the breakout song. I think girls like it more than guys, Bridesmaids. Like, it's a woman it's hilarious loved it and that was the break girls like it more than guys bridesmaids like it's a woman comedy i don't i don't i'm funny for guys pretty hard he laughed pretty hard i don't think it's a woman comedy and you know how i feel but when we label things woman things and man things i don't i don't i don't like that it's just a funny comedy that happens to start a woman's store story? We're not saying old school is a boy comedy. So it's just a funny movie that happens to star female comedians. But it's no Animal House.

No, no, that's a different type of movie. So Bridesmaids? And then my fifth, and this was my fifth favorite movie comedy, Austin Powers. Oh my God, I love Austin Powers. Very funny. Did you see it in the

theaters because it didn't do well the first run in the theaters i signed all of them in the i signed the theaters too i loved scott evil scott evil was so funny very funny i liked uh austin powers too really especially that first one because it kind of you weren't it just kind of came out of nowhere and it's just really fun that's the thing like i love when that happens you just have no expectation. And back then, we saw every movie, right? And, like, you know,

we didn't have kids. You could go to the movies. You had nothing else to do but go to the movies. We saw everything. And, yeah, we saw it in the theater. I mean, the Goldfinger one, not really as funny, but that first one,

International Man of Mystery, amazing. And then, runner-up, sixth place, Adventureland, Kristen Stewart. Did you ever see that? No. You would love it.

It really made me get her. I've never heard of it. Adventureland. Oh, Mike, it's hilarious. Such a funny movie. A little bit sad funny, but funny. And it really made me get, like, Kristen Stewart is really actually quite a good actress. Hilarious movie.

I've never seen her in anything. Adventureland. Adventureland. I'm actually curious to see what you think. Very funny. Very sweet. Adventureland. I'm actually curious to see what you think. Very funny. Very sweet. That's it? Why?

Do you have any final remarks? No, I'm done. Walking pneumonia? I'm actually exhausted. I'm tired. I have to go to sleep for 20 hours now. Oh, we're recording next week. You're not going away?

Okay. No. And that brings us to the end of our show. You can follow me on Twitter at Toronto Mike and Rosie at Rosie in Toronto. See you all next week. Bye for now. Thank you.