Military Vets & Friends Discuss GODZILLA MINUS ONE (2023) Minus Color
This is how it is today on my field. [Music] This is how it is. [Music] today. [Music] This is how it is today on Park. [Music] Good morning. It’s another Monday. Uh, look lookie here. We have Pope Metallicus today. How’s it going, guys? Good to be back. Apparently better than you because you sound like [ __ ] Yeah, you’re working himself to death. You sound like you’re 10 feet away from your microphone is what I mean. Oh, that’s because I kind of am. Oh, well then uh and don’t don’t tell me it’s something like uh uh Marines are afraid of phallic objects. Oh boy. True. Got to make it weird. Gota. Nope. It’s always weird with the Marine Corps. Um at least it didn’t open with the gay clip. Uh I had a friend tell me, “Well, everybody knows that the Navyy’s the gayest of the branch.” went, “No, no, no. Marine Corps.” No. The [ __ ] motto. The The Marine The Navy is full of actual gay people. The Marines are just homoerotic as [ __ ] Very. An army comes a close second. Especially the combat arms guys. Yeah. It’s uh because like every morning, you know, you as a squad leader, you do your your squad inspection. So you got you see all the squad leaders going up solder to solder, you know, doing their quick inspection up and down. And I would always whisper to my guys, “Thanks for last night.” And then I would go to the next guy and not say anything. Then I go to the next guy, “Hey man, that meant a lot what you did to me last night.” And uh and it would be like like what? I always love doing that [ __ ] Oh my god, it’s Monday. Monday. Monday. Who did that song? Do you guys remember? Oh god. If you hadn’t asked me, I’d know. Good lord. Hang on a second. I’ll I’ll look it up because that’s going to drive me crazy. Was that the Mamas and the Papas? No way. I It may very well have been. Let me see. Monday. Yes. Mamas and the Papas. Monday. Monday on the Dunhill label. Z’s faster looking it up than you were. Yeah, you were. 1966. Can you Can you tell him the son of a DJ? I remember idiot things like that, right? Yeah. Yeah. It’s Well, you need to talk to uh Charlie because Charlie was was a DJ and I used to hang out with them. I I got hired and fired from uh uh oh, I just forgot the name of the radio station in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Uh in one day, I was hired to do a commercial. The the uh uh station manager woke up and heard it for its like third or fourth play and like pull that get it off the air. Oh my god. And I like found out later like yeah he was pretty pissed at that commercial we did Charlie and I and it was funny as hell. Everybody thought it was hilarious but not the station manager. And it wasn’t dirty. It was It was just [ __ ] weird. And he said his problem was me. I sounded like a stoner. And I’m like, I was doing an old California dude. Come on, man. Yo, man. Hey, totally. So, anyway, what the hell? Who’s all here in the chat? Let’s see. We got Snorty Emmanuel’s here. Good morning from France. Andy Marorrow is here and Gambit. Good morning, guys. and Sally Forth. Yay, everybody is here. Good morning. Good morning, one and all. Gambit the first. Yeah, he’s That’s funny. Gambit and I like Is that James Bond? No. Yes, it is. Yeah, it is. It’s like an anime version. Yeah, I watch that. Pretty cool. That looks like the legs from uh For Your Eyes Only. They did some manga comics. I checked them out and they’re pretty pretty interesting. Uh manga James Bond stories. They were done. I think they were done right around the Shan Connory period. So, but good morning everyone. I hope every and of course to our dear friend uh Emanuel Bonjour. Bonjour. and uh trying to see what studio are we in. We are in a military one. Okay, good. Uh always remember, even military money, we are brought to you by Backdoor Beaver. It’s the only popcorn maker that has real genuine beefer anal gland butter. It’s delicious. It’s favorite. Yeah. [ __ ] you, Gary. And this episode is also brought to you by uh Martin with Hair. So, yay. I also did the thumbnail in and well, it’s black and white, but then I add a little blue to it cuz I I kind of like the black and white that’s bluish in color. No, I’m not going to play with you. I’m sorry. One of the kittens is at the door sticking her paw underneath. It’s one of the kittens. I’d say they’re kittens. They’re just young, but they’re so tiny. Um because their mother is like one of those little tiny breeds. Yeah. Little tiny Egyptian style face. And uh boy, she got pissed this morning at her daughters. Like they were just like pestering the [ __ ] out of her. And then um she went over in the corner of the bathroom while I’m in there and just laying there trying to chill and uh happy or ships. Um got a little too close and I heard it like crossing. Mom was like, “Fuck off. Leave me alone.” And minute I And the minute I, you know, washed my hands, open the bathroom door, she shot out like a [ __ ] rocket to get the [ __ ] away from these kids. They are just driving her crazy. And it’s kind of funny because she’s been one of the most tolerant moms I’ve ever seen, just putting up with their crap constantly. And then over the last two weeks, she’s been, “Get the [ __ ] away from me.” And uh and I like that she needs to, you know, let them know I need my personal space. Stop [ __ ] with me. No, that’s natural instinct to prevent inbreeding that at a certain age they chase their kids away. I just gagged on my waffle because it it has butter on it. There you go. You’re [ __ ] people up with See, now you have people questioning where they’re getting their butter from, bro. Yeah. Where you getting that butter from? They have specially trained people uh that milk those anal glands. Yikes, man. Why do I have to make things [ __ ] up? Because I’m military. That’s what we do. No, because you’re a [ __ ] Uh military helped me become this [ __ ] Really? I was going to say it puts a slant to it. No doubt. It’s like it’s like we already were. It just made us worse. Yeah. Yeah. That’s like being in the military magnified all my [ __ ] up thoughts and pretty much focused them in a way that, you know, it kept my guys uh, you know, always on their toes and and laughing, always in a good mood, which was part of my job as as a combat medic, too. You know, was to keep, you know, you know, medic’s jobs are not just the uh fix the wounds and and kiss your boo boos. Uh, the combat medic’s job is morale. We help uh maintain a healthy morale and if we see people who are struggling, if we can’t deal with it, we find somebody who can and make sure that that grunt’s taken care of. And uh and you’re a shitty combat medic if you’re not paying attention to the psych psychological welfare of your soldier. We’re not just checking to make sure you don’t have to jam. Yeah. Right. Yes. And you do. Uh especially when you’re out in the field, you’re checking your guys’ feet, man. Always. Uh cuz look, I’m going to tell you, grunts are idiots and they they don’t know. They’ll Yeah. People think it’s crazy in all these war movies when they say change your socks and all this stuff. They tell you that all the time. Yes. You don’t check on them. They will leave your socks and boots on for days. They’ll sleep in them. It’s like, man, you can’t do that. You will get [ __ ] between your toes. Next thing you know, you’re [ __ ] dying out in the field from uh uh you know, fungus growing in in between your toes. So, I don’t know. Uh is Regis here? No. Oh, I saw Gambit’s comment. Bonjour Regis, Rei Reis, however said it the first time or Martin. And I liked it when Emanuel corrected. You guys said no, it’s Regis. And I went, “Thank you, Emanuel. Oh, he’s at work.” Okay, gotcha. I want to add How do we do that again? I kind of want to add that to the the screen. I forget how to do that. Oh, there we go. Found it. Right down there by you, Pope. I see it. So, what are you drinking this morning, Pope? Just water. This Aquafria? Yeah, Aquafria. Already have my coffee for the morning. So, I’m good to go. I’m down in mine right now. In fact, I need to take this stuff now. My ibuprofen and my allergy pills because uh good grief, I woke up with my eyes puffy again. And apparently during the middle of the night, Anna, that mask that um uh Lauren gave me came off, slipped off like a condom in the middle of the night. How is that even possible? It’s laying on my pillow. I ended up like sleeping on it. I don’t know. And I think it’s because it has so much elasticity. I think that as I rolled around at night, it just pulled up off my head. So, my eyes all puffy this morning when I woke up, but yesterday when I woke up, they were not because that mask stayed on all night. But last night, it it came off. So, you’re wearing that mask and your headset. And answer your two query. Yes. I could not sleep like that. It’s very comfortable and uh I like that pressure that mask puts on my eyes at night. And um yeah, I’m too claustrophobic. I think I did learn uh and we’ll never make the same mistake again. Um I’m not going to sleep while listening to um Cold Check the Nightstalker because uh Oh man, really? Wow. Like the first time I did it, nothing. Nothing. But uh the last time I did it was the last time I’m going to do that because I had some [ __ ] wild horror dreams and I’m like, “Yeah, that’s maybe not the best idea.” The but still like last night uh because I’m listening to Ultra Man. I sleep to Ultram Man a lot. And uh last night I dreamt I was in a competition and I was military age again. I was, you know, in the military and uh I was worried that my dad would miss me like uh you know cuz he was supposed to show up for this our graduation thing. We’re in some, you know, it’s not like real buds or anything, but it was a competition where you had to deal with water and all that [ __ ] and and so I I actually normally I hate my military dreams, but last night was kind of fun. It’s just like, oh wow, you know, I wasn’t all like, [ __ ] I don’t want to have that dream again, right? Like, oh my god. Like we had to do a force march and run in one of my dreams and just [ __ ] hated that dream. Yeah. Just two things that we don’t look forward to. I go to I go to sleep to cops. That’s what I go to sleep to. I my favorite reality show. I call it stupid people on parade. I love it. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. They got that other show that’s I think it’s still on and they shoot it occasionally here in Springfield area. Oh yeah. Uh, yeah. And it’s kind of funny like I went to the gas station one night and there were police there and there was a camera team with them and I went, “Oh, shooting another episode.” I’m like, “I do not want to be in this.” Yeah, they canled it for a little bit during the uh height of the, you know, defund the police stuff and everything, but it’s back on now. It is. It’s back on now. So, yeah. Well, it’s it’s live PD, I think, is the name of the show. And, uh, yeah, that’s it. They they shoot it in like six or seven days live. Yeah. Mhm. And every week you could see Springfield and I’m like, “Holy shit.” You know, lot of meth here. Uh, lot of meth. But, uh, Japanese work differently from the way Americans work. Well, the Japanese work ethic is like bizarre. Um and it’s like like unhealthy bizarre people end themselves because they have only work no life. It’s sad. Yeah. But I will say something’s interesting is that America to my knowledge still America is the only country in the world that when somebody asks something about you, the first thing we say is what we do for a living. And uh other cultures are like you know they talk more about their family you know and but not Americans we it’s like you know what do you you know uh what do you do in your life you know it’s like well I’m an artist and I always answer that way that’s an American way it’s not a western way of answering it’s an American way I mean I can just speak for Europe but we don’t give a [ __ ] what your job is the least interesting thing about you it’s the most important thing a a lot of times, especially in Europe, is uh your family. And I think that’s interesting that Americans, first thing we want to describe is what we do. Who who am I? I’m an artist, you know. But you also openly talk about how much money you make. And that’s just something Europeans don’t talk. No, no, no, no. That’s actually not cool to do. That’s not I was fixing to say we don’t do that. The only people that do that are people that have got the fattest wallet in the world. They’re the only ones that do that and nobody likes them anyway. You talk about that like tourists. Maybe it’s a touristy thing. I don’t know. Australians here, too. Daryl Brewer is here. And of course, our good friend Reed is here. What’s up, man? Daryl, how are you doing, buddy? Happy Monday, guys. Happy [ __ ] Monday. Yeah, we were talking pregame there, uh, me and Martin and, uh, one thing they do show in this movie is, and I didn’t realize it until I served on Johnson Island and I met a few Japanese people, they live in such confined spaces, it would drive me nuts, man. I don’t I’ve You got to step outside to change your mind, you know? I helped a Japanese guy move uh from one apartment to another on Johnson Island and my god, man. The rooms are so damn small. But they’re just comfortable as can be in there. And I’m like, “Wow, that would drive me nuts.” Well, you have 110 million people on an island that size. You get used to living in a little, right? I guess you get used to confined spaces. Yeah. Mhm. It’s time for Japan to um consider doing the San Francisco thing and uh building more land over the water, expanding because that’s what a lot of people don’t know that about Frisco. Frisco is like this peninsula type thing and then they expanded it and it’s larger now because they made it larger. Um it’s crazy. And people go, “Well, Japan’s full of earthquakes. [ __ ] San Francisco. I was fixing to say that’s that’s the US capital. Don’t talk about that [ __ ] with me. I was I was stationed in San Francisco for three months at the end of my tour and I woke up one morning and my wall locker was walking towards me. I was like, “Holy [ __ ] what’s going on here?” Yeah, you were at uh Presidio before they closed it. I was there for three months. Yeah. I’m so glad Trump’s uh if he hasn’t already, he is opening it back up. Is he really? You know what that place is? It’s just a dog and pony show for generals to to hang out at. They have a parade every week there. At least that’s the way it used to be. It it’s it’s a military retreat for people really. You know what I mean? Um it’s kind of like the uh hotel the army runs on uh Wik Ki in Hawaii. I was so pissed. I’m I’m I’m after my year on Johnson Island, I got to spend three months in Hawaii waiting on orders and that’s when I ended up going to San Francisco. But a buddy of mine I had served with on Hood got the gig at the hotel on Wy Ki, that sorry bastard. I was so pissed at him, man. I was like, you sorry, [ __ ] You still hold a grudge against him and I talk to him? No. No. I I I talked to him and he’s a great guy and everything, but damn, I was mad at him at the time because I had just spent they I had been kicked off the planet for a year. I was I was upset, man. Yeah, but I had lost my fiance and everything. I mean, you know that it was not a fun year for me. I will say not every posting on Hawaii is excellent. Um when No, no, no, no. When I was coming out of infantry school, all of our all of our mortmen got sent from my class got sent at 23 in Kenoi Bay. Okay. And um you know those nice green mountains out back of Honolulu. Oh man. That’s their training area and they’re humping an 81 millimeter mortar up there. I don’t know what Scoffield barracks is like, but I used to take the drive 40 minutes north of Honolulu to pick up guys there and take them to the uh air base at Hickham. So, um, yeah, I I don’t know what Scoffield Barracks is like, but Oh, yeah. I know not everything is great on Hawaii for the military, but Fourth Chapter is awesome. That Fourth Chapter was great. That’s eight minutes from Wy Ki, man. It was fantastic. Whoa. Whoa. Whoa. Whoa. Okay. They took the color out of it. Yeah, but that first frame was color. And I’m like, that’s what I’m saying. And they took they showed you the color and then they took it out of it. And this is how the movie is. Mhm. Okay. All right. And in fact, not only they changed the the second logo, they used the original old logo. It’s in four in four three aspect resolution. Very cool. [Music] It’s snort. There we go. The snorty is here. And uh also I wanted to address this. Gary speaks truth. Only Americans obsessed with money and title ask questions like that. Exactly. Not all Americans though. Uh rural folks. Uh God, I hate that [ __ ] word. Rural. Rural. Who came up with that word? Rural. Rural. Rural. I’m from a rural area. Like who? Um but we do. We have manners. I have manners. I grew up in the South and um southern some things you just don’t talk about, right? And Midwest and Southerners just we frown on that [ __ ] Like the [ __ ] wrong with you? You’re talking about how much money you make. Like who gives a [ __ ] It’s nobody’s business. Yeah. It makes you sound like an elitist snob is what it makes. Even in New England, if you’re not It’s like if you either grow up in one of the rich towns or the city, you don’t talk about it. It’s one of those like, “Yeah, I do.” All right. It’s taboo, man. It It’s just weird. Well, you know, you know, I work in the gambling rehab uh area, and uh look, one of the reasons why that has the gambling addiction has the highest suicide rate. And one of the reasons is it’s something you’re not even supposed to talk about. The money that you make and the money that you’ve lost. Uh this is something that’s taboo to even talk about, you know. So, well, here’s the thing. The reason I don’t know about that opening color logo before transitioning to black and white is because I um I own the movie, but I wasn’t going to pay for the black and white version. I’m like, I’ll just do it myself because I know how to handle the contrast, right? And uh and so my copy of the movie is black and white from beginning to end. Okay. New Yankee weapon. The dinosaur. Yeah, that’s what we we made. We’re going to unleash dinosaurs. Uh that was uh Hammond’s uh [ __ ] working for the US War Department. Yeah, I was shocked to see the monster this early in the movie. I really was. I I thought they were going to have a little bit of a buildup. Well, what they do here is they kind of they’re connecting it to the original film where Godzilla started on the islands and he would eat and then the food wasn’t there and he started moving out away from the islands and going towards the mainland. It’s uh wait what does he say? It’s too early for me to be this drunk area. I like what they’re doing with this movie. They show you all the horror in the beginning and World War II is just about to end and then he goes back to his place and picks up his life and this girl and the baby join him because she just moves in without asking him really and then you get to see his life getting happy and routine and he has a job and the camaraderie with his colleagues and everything and then the monster comes back and you’re like damn he’s not meant to be happy. It’s a good story. They they had uh they had told me that if you took Godzilla out of this movie, you’d still have a great post-apocalyptic Japanese drama. And I see what they’re talking about now. Yeah. It it’s really good that the way they made you care about these people was really freaking cool in this movie. Yeah. And Japan at this time really was a post-apocalyptic horror. I mean, everything had been burned to the ground. Obviously, Hiroshima and Nagasaki were gone. Gone. Um, but every Japanese city was in ruins. Yeah, there’s another word that sounds weird. Ruins. Ruins. Um, I like this one. Like you we released Barney on them, you know? I like me. I like me. I had a frontal lab. Now I’m falling down drunk from drinking this cheap booze. Uhoh. I puked on my shoes. Oh man, I like my version better. I hate him. He hates me. Let’s hang Barney from a tree with a kick and a punch and a bullet through the head. Soon that purple freak is dead. Yes, I hated Barney. I would not let my kids watch that. Fun fact, we used to we used to interrogate people using that song. We would just lock you in a room, put it on repeat until you So, so you you basically did what they did to Daryl in the Walking Dead, right, on Easy Street, right? Pretty much just like we just lock you in a room, put that on a loop, and then you know when you’re ready to talk, you let us know, right? Gambit says, “And Joseph Breen was worse when he announced back in 1934 to America, the American family is wholesome. Cockeyed philosophies, ugly sex situations, cheap jokes, and dirty dialogue are not wanted. Why are you shouting, Gambit? Wow. The responsible crowd don’t want such vulgarities and therefore will not allow these show. And Breen, as I recall, wasn’t he the guy that was in charge of um uh the Christian movement to make films wholesome again? Yeah, I think he was. Or at least he was involved with it. Of course, this is a time when you couldn’t show a man and a woman kissing, let alone uh alone in a bedroom. They had to have uh both feet on the floor and because we had shown fa you know husband and wives in in the same bed but during that period man that’s when the double bed thing got started you know you can’t show them sharing the same bed as a husband and wife uh and people go well no husband and wife sleeps in the se like I know a few that do I’ve known I’ve known a few I know people who sleep in different rooms because one of them snores so badly if it works why not my my exx uh father and mother-in-law uh were like that. They they slept in separate rooms. I think that would suck myself personally. Oh yeah. My wife snores loud enough to wake up the whole house and I still sleep the same. The Barney might fun. Yeah, right. Barney. Well, I could see it after um right after the war. um couple sleeping in different beds cuz I know a lot of guys who came back from that war had severe PTSD and like could not be touched. You Yeah. You ever You ever want to fear for your life? Tap a combat veteran when they’re asleep. No thanks. Watch that [ __ ] response. I’m across the room when I do it. Yeah. Just watch it run. That’s it. And I’m not even a combat veteran. And um my wife uh when I was in the army would not wake me up close by cuz uh I woke up one time and she was on the ground or arm in a lock. I put her in an arm lock uh and cuz man you get punchy just in the military in general and uh I can imagine just that’s like a thousand times worse for combat vets. Well, especially in this war where you had especially if you had guys serving in the Pacific where the Japanese fought liked fighting at night. So, I mean, you would hear guys get stabbed in the middle of the night. Oh, yeah. And you know, I I got to point out to uh because I just did some more reading on the war in the Pacific and uh how the Japanese were [ __ ] after they did some combat with Americans, they became very terrified of Americans because we didn’t [ __ ] around. Yeah. And when you’re used to fighting the Chinese and all of a sudden you’re facing some 6 foot five farm boy from Iowa who’s been throwing who is absolutely no problem murdering not just murdering you but murdering the [ __ ] out of you. Yeah. So you do and especially Japanese are typically pretty small. You see that coming out you’re like oh holy [ __ ] A whole bunch of them whole bunch of [ __ ] Americans of around six foot and above. six foot with a with a rifle bigger than you with a bayonet on the end of it. Like, uhoh. Here’s the beginning of his family. By the way, uh I don’t know if we pointed it out or not, but this guy was a kamicazi pilot. And um that survived. That survived. So, he’s a failure. He’s a failure. So, he’s a coward. He’s a coward. Yeah. He he couldn’t because when they’re on that island, I want to go back to that scene. We don’t need to physically, but I just want to talk about it because they’re being attacked by the first version of Godzilla, which is like um pretty big, but not gigantic yet from radiation. And um basically this thing feeds on the islands just like in the original film. And uh but this one’s not a radi irradiated yet. So it’s about the size of a regular T-Rex. And uh it tears up their [ __ ] encampment. And their one hope of survival is for him to get back to his plane, which they repaired and fueled up. And all he has to do is fire his weapons, but he’s so [ __ ] cowardly, he won’t do it. And he’s in that plane, he won’t pull the trigger. And it costs I think they’re all going to die anyway. And uh there wasn’t much on anything. So it was it was a [ __ ] up situation. And uh but you basically have it in your mind that this is a guy who is ashamed of himself. Yeah. And and look, his own culture is ashamed of him. I mean that the woman looks at him, if you’d have done your job, I you know, maybe my my family’d still be alive. I mean, which is [ __ ] because at that point they already knew that the war was lost. That’s why the commander guy, if you’d listen to the guy on the island originally, remember when he sits and he sees the and he sees the fish and everything and the guy looks at him and said, “Uh, uh, I’m not going to give you any shit.” Basically, I’m paraphrasing because of because it was over, you know, it would have been a useless sacrifice, right? And that’s his excuse for them being a coward later because he is a coward. He he just doesn’t pull that trigger. And he, you know, could he have saved him? We’ll never know because I don’t think that his gun would have done anything. He was sent to his plane to do one thing. He was ordered to do it. Just pull the trigger. Yeah. And he couldn’t do it. He was too cowardly. Yeah. And his his desire for self-preservation was too high, which is something that even American soldiers like we frown on that. And I remember uh I took an oath with my best friend uh Julio when I was in the army and I said uh cuz he said, you know, “Hey man, if if you see me turn to run, shoot me. Don’t don’t let me run.” And I went, “Okay, I’ll do that for you. And if you see me,” he goes, “Oh, yeah.” And I haven’t even finished asking the question. He goes, “No, I have no problem.” I’m like, “You don’t know what I’m going to ask you.” And he goes, “You’re going to ask And I have no problem shooting you. Know it. Why are we friends? Yeah, right. You’re gonna do me in. You’re sorry, B. Just gonna You’ve been thinking about shooting me anyway. But Julio, that sense of deep shame um and derision from the Japanese populace towards their army was very prevalent after the war. They saw that’s a shame. I mean, don’t get me wrong, the Japanese fought as hard as they could, but for their populace, that was not what they expected. That you were going to fight and die for the emperor or you and that was it. The fact that you lost survived made you made you shameful. Yeah. And it’s I’ve never mentality Japanese Yeah. I I bet you a Japanese never referred to a coward as yellow. Probably not. [Laughter] It’s crazy. That’s my racist joke of the day. Um, yeah. It’s almost like the honor thing chokes their society, man. You know, never know. Now, yeah, I agree, Reed. I was actually reading while you were talking, Joe. You were talking over me, [ __ ] Sorry. It’s all right, [ __ ] Hey, look who’s supposed to be at work and is talking with us. So, it’s not just Americans that do that. Did you know Debb Martin is often at work when he’s in our chat? Tim does a lot, too. Tim, uh, my Sicilian grandpa was one of the only guys little enough to go down the tunnels in Okinawa. I need to dig out some of those crazy photos and send them to you, Gary. Yeah, man. Wow. I’d love to see that, John. [ __ ] yeah. Uh, I still would have tweaked the culmination of the engineers arc so it’s a surprise for the audience and the main character that he’s been forgiven. Well, I I don’t I think it’s it works the way it does for Reed. Um, I actually like that arc because he’s out there been hating this guy for, you know, all the time that goes by through the film. you know, hating his guts. And uh but it’s what’s funny is he hates his own guts, you know, because he knows he was a coward and he feels like he’s at that moment where he’s wanting to do something better with his life. And um and it it’s on this boat that he begins to change. I think this is where his change his his uh character. The only complaint I have with this character is god damn he cries a lot. Which is so odd for a Japanese. He’s a very sentimental guy. Yeah. I’m like I It’s like with Zoe. I don’t know what you’re saying, honey. You’re crying. You’re crying. Uh maybe that has to do with his lack of courage. I don’t know. because he has courage by the end and he’s still a cry he’s still a crying [ __ ] [ __ ] at the end when he gets in her [ __ ] uh hospital room. It’s like Jesus Christ dude. I mean yes. I mean fighted because look the Japanese culture uh is made up of people. There’s John. I’m at work but I wish I could be on a panel. [ __ ] yeah. you’re our Godzilla expert even though I consider myself because I grew up on Godzilla, you know. Uh I started watching in the 60s and uh I was alive during the Showa era and uh but anyway, I I love the this these relationships. And by the way, huge nod to Jaws in this film. Yeah, whoever made this is a huge Jaws fan. Yeah, they they basically had the general attitude that Jaws was a kind of kaiju movie. Yeah. Giant shark. You see the shark underneath boats or excuse me, you see Godzilla underneath boats just like Jaws and all that stuff. Gary, I gotta go. Uh, Martin, Pope, try and keep Gary in line. I’ll see. I’ll try. Be good. I gained on that a long time ago. That’s That’s a wish in one hand, [ __ ] in the other thing. No. No. Let’s not go back. You’re asking the marine to keep him in line. I’m going to make him worse. Yeah, that [ __ ] doesn’t even work when I’m next to him and able to slap him. I can slap the [ __ ] out of him. He’s not staying in line. So, it’s good to see Regis is here. Uh, hold on. Where the big lizard is, I stand. Hello, wife. Uh oh, he’s already gone, so I can’t I don’t know if he read that. And hopefully he’ll be back, you know, after he uh helps his mom because he often does that. He he gets done doing what he needs to do and then gets back to us. It’s also symbolically overcomes his failure if he believes he’s going to die. And what’s worse is, you know, he thinks that she died. And so I think that plays a huge part. That is his motivation to do that to a venture. To avenure and also to let go. But he when um the mechanic is talking to him, I knew what he was doing when I watched the movie. I was like, why did all of a sudden go quiet? We can’t hear what they’re saying. And I saw his hand go towards the behind the seat and I went, he’s telling him how to eject. He’s forgiven him. Because Japanese planes didn’t have that eject option. No, they did not. And that’s a German plane. It’s a German plane. It’s an ethylmerman plane. Does anybody even know what what movie that’s from? I don’t think so. No. The German some merman. I’m full merman. It’s Steve Martin. Um, dead uh deadmond don’t wear plaid. Plaid. The ultimate badass Viking warrior and video gamer. Dus Vin, though, I got to tell you, um, he he he sucks at Fallout. He’s been playing it all year. It’s insane. Year of one game. Uh but that, you know, admittedly, they’ve been putting out uh additional uh missions and stuff. Well, playing the Tale of Two Wastelands mod. Yeah. Yes. Which that’s not one game, that’s two. That’s Fallout 3 and New and New Vegas. Yep. So, it’s never going to end. No. Um, so this professor with the crazy [ __ ] hair, man, I thought that was a woman at first. I’m like, what’s a woman on the boat for like, oh, he’s not a professor. He’s an engineer and they call him Doc and he doesn’t like it, but they still do it. Uh, the the black and white version, Gambit, is in my opinion superior version. And I think some movies should be seen in black and white. Uh, we’re going to eventually do the shadow and we’re going to be doing that in black and white because it’s just it looks so good. Well, that was brought up over the weekend and I think that’s a good idea is to do the mist in black and white and uh I think somebody made the joke you you’re going to go blind because there’s so much mist. That’s the joke of going blind. Anyway, um is he playing Homer’s Odyssey mod? Oh, I’m alone. Nobody’s answering. I don’t know. It’s too late for me to watch that. So, Martin would know. I I don’t know if this is a joke or Yes. about how long has been taken. Oh, okay. Uh, the boy is seemingly traumatized over the war and the nuke bombings that blew Japan. And he Well, I got to tell you, man. Um a lot of people don’t know what happened to Japan uh in those days, those last days that uh Emperor Hirohito was considering to prolong the war because his uh uh command said that they need to re reconoider uh the mainland start they had already started digging tunnels into the mountains where planes could be put in and launched from. They couldn’t land in there and basically fight to the last man. They were going to fight for the last man. And when word got around to some of the command that Hirohito was, uh, going to sign the peace treaty, uh, they attempted a coup and it failed. And um one of the guys who was in charge, a very famous man uh committed sabuku in the imperial palace after the um event failed. Well, the emperor was trying was trying to surrender and these guys wanted him to continue even after. Well, yeah. And when some of these guys heard in the in the Japanese command that he was going to sign that treaty and uh so they attempted this coup to take over Japan so the war could continue and they wanted Japan to fight to the last man. They they didn’t care if they all died. We will not surrender. And um that coup was over was stopped and uh and the treaty went forward. But still before that happened, they did attempt it. And basically what was being discussed was the fact well you you killed a lot of people and you had two bombs. Do you have no more? And Harry S. Truman says yes we do. best military and best bluff during the war because we didn’t. And uh that scared the [ __ ] out of uh Hiito that he could just sit there and and keep dropping these atomic bombs and uh so yep, we’re going to surrender. So it all fell apart with that. And it is it’s one of the greatest bluffs in military history because what they were afraid of with Harry S. Sherman was that he was going to be like um Takumska Sherman and uh burn Atlantis. And that was that was Sherman saying you citizens are going to [ __ ] die because you’re not stopping your your leadership. Stop feeding into it and revolt. And that’s why he burned Atlanta. And that was also a different era of warfare too where we weren’t fighting oh well this group of people or this government we were fighting the nation of Japan. Yeah. And until they surrendered unconditionally we would not stop. Nope. And basically MacArthur, the entire uh US command sat there and explained to Truman that if this war is prolonged and we got to invade Japan, we’re going to lose up to two million men and we’re going to kill even more of them. And we could have essentially had people love people [ __ ] about us dropping those bombs. And it’s like dropping those bombs saved lives, American and Japanese. Well, when you look at it, in order to win on the ground in Japan, we would have essentially had to wipe the Japanese people off of the face of the earth. I know it’s insane. And when you hear people talking [ __ ] about dropping those bombs, it’s like, do you know what would have happened if we hadn’t? We would have murdered Japan. Yeah. Like there would be no Japan anymore. So you you clearly show your ignorance that you don’t know what was going on. That that’s where it was headed. A complete genocide of the Japanese people. It wasn’t what we wanted. But it was what was going to happen. Um Hey Meth. Hey Meisto. What’s up buddy? What’s this? The president who came from Gary State made the right dec. Yeah. Harry Truman. Uh, I live in Missouri and that’s where he’s from. It’s the Harry Truman state. So, I like that. Haro. Haro. You’re doing it wrong. It’s how But okay. He’s doing it the Japanese way. He’s doing it. Yeah. He’s doing it like uh you just did, which is uh um Kim Jong-un. Yeah. All is well in the eastern front. Very good. Have I missed anybody? Stasis Geek. Yep. I’ve said everybody else. Now, I paused here for a reason. I’m going to get back to it. This is the Jaws scene. Uh there is another one later on, but this one is clearly uh a nod to it. The uh mines are basically the yellow barrels from Jaws. That’s what this scene is an homage to. And you see him already starting to show courage in this scene because he’s so scared when he gets up to that [ __ ] uh uh heavy machine gun. And uh and people go, “Why do you say heavy machine gun? Pope, you want to explain the difference between heavy and light? Are you here, Pope? Pope’s gun. Oh, sorry. I’m I’m right back. I just grabbed some more water. What’s up? Like like the uh M249 is a light machine gun. Yes. 50 caliber machine gun is a heavy machine gun. And uh that thing on the back of this thing is a heavy machine gun that he’s going to mount here. And you see him not sure of himself when he mounts that thing and then he just squeezes that trigger and then he’s like, “Oh yeah, I’m into this that he knows how to aim for that thing because it’s moving and the boat is moving and he’s calculating that.” The other guy wasn’t. That’s why he missed. Well, that’s what traces are for and that’s why Americans learn during training. Uh Marine Corps and US Army, not the Navy or Air Force. Um once you get into the tier level versions of the Navy and uh uh air force, yes they are trained that way but only in the tiers. Whereas with the US, Marine Corps and Army, we learn during basic how to use tracers to track a target because that’s what you do. You look to see where the enemy is. And when you start firing the tracers, the traces are your guide to drop it on top of the the enemy spot. Yeah. And and so that’s what he does in this. He uses the tracers to guide where he’s firing because it’s really hard to aim with a weapon like that. I think everyone has a similar experience the first time they fire a heavy machine gun like that though of like you’re kind of nervous before you pull the trigger because you know it’s about to kick and then as soon as you you get a couple rounds off you’re just like oh yeah I I like this. I used this uh a stomper when I wor construction when I was younger and uh it’s a hydraulic thing that you when you do back fill and you got to go up and tap it tamp it down and there’s this thing it’s like a hopper or uh I’ve heard called uh uh uh tampers and they’re hydraulic like jackhammers but the job is it’s got a flat base and it’s there to push the dirt and pack it down. And when I fired uh the 50 for the first time, that’s what that reminded me of. And uh um I remember my arms were tingly after the first time I fired it for a while. I’m like, “Holy [ __ ] man.” Like my whole arm was a little tingly from that [ __ ] because it’s just it’s constant movement of that gun because your hands like doing this the whole time and it’s being forced to do it. It’s not me doing it, it’s the gun doing it. And I loved it, man. There just so much power in that weapon. And you know that if you were to shoot that at something, because we did, we shot at an old APC. Yeah. And put holes in that [ __ ] thing because the 50 was not meant to be fired at human beings. The 50 was specifically anti-armour. And uh and that’s why Audi Murphy technically committed a war crime when he started shooting those Germans with a 50 caliber and killed 200 of them. Is ridiculous, man. It’s like um that that’s 200 [ __ ] war crimes, buddy. It’s like you’re going for the you’re going for the Canadian record, huh? Yeah. Boy, the the visual effects in this are really good. Before the show, we were talking and kind of bitching about it and I ended up in a a a very friendly argument with John that but everybody pretty much agrees with me that the only thing bad in this is the way Godzilla walks. It’s very mechanical. Yeah. And it didn’t look like he was lumbering like having difficulty. It looked like he was a machine walking like that. just the rest of it, man. Like when he gets angry looks [ __ ] great, you know? I was sad to see what happened to that cruiser, though, because I know what ship that is. That’s either I forget. It’s either Teka or Magami and I can’t remember which, but it’s like the only Japanese cruiser to survive the war and then it gets killed by Godzilla. Godzilla kills the [ __ ] out of it. Oh yeah. Um because there’s a world of difference between killing something and killing the [ __ ] out of it. Like if you’re in the military and Pope knows what I’m talking about. Like uh shooting something is one thing. Shooting the [ __ ] out of it means you leave hamburger or Yeah. crap. It’s like nothing left. And uh and that’s what that means. Uh I do love the dynamic of these guys friendship. I do. So the whole uh you know dropping these mines is dropping the barrels from Jaws and the whole shark following him and with the barrels uh floating. That was this scene. It was a huge [ __ ] nod to Jaws and I love that. It totally intentional. Would be kind of poetic if they at some point end up doing mocap for Godzilla. Well, they should have done that for this. That would have helped and saved them the problem of that robotic movement. Yeah, you took me and saved me and we’ve been together since. I I love this. And she’s in love with him. But he’s like, you know, like a brother in his mind that he’s not good enough for somebody because he’s a coward. And but they’ve got a built-in family. You have a girl that’s an orphan, a woman who is the surrogate mother, and then now he’s father. Yeah. I love how hates tearing to him when he tells the kid, “Don’t tell me dad. Don’t call me dad. I told you I’m not your dad.” And they tear the [ __ ] in him. And his neighbor, by the way, hates hates his guts when he comes back. But she ends up that’s her family now. So she Yeah, I I [ __ ] love that. And later on when she gets the letter saying that the girl is alive and she shows up and he survived that near kamicazi mission that he finally goes on at the end. Um she hits him. She keeps hitting him. Like how dare you? You have a family. And the thing is he would have done it either way. Even without the eject option, he would have flown that plane into Godzilla’s mouth. But he has a family. Uh, by the way, uh, I have I didn’t even know if there was a dubbed version. I I I prefer watching the original version because the acting is different. The voice acting changes it, and I don’t like that. Some of them sound so weird. Yeah. So, I only watch the Japanese versions. When I’m when at night I’m sleeping, I will put on the dubbed versions of like Ultram Man, but the acting in that is so awful. It’s like, oh my god. Eco is the only one I think the actor did a good job on cuz he pretty much nailed the way uh Eco is in the Japanese version. Kind of goofy. Uh I’ve got to tell you, Godzilla movies have had dub versions from America that export foreign films for the international recognition for decades. And ironically, it was American International. You put an international in there and America in one sentence and it’s American international that released them. Uh I can’t help but think of Grave of the Fireflies when I see postwar scene. Yeah. And I love the way that by the end of this movie, the mechanics story arc is that he forgives him and tells him there is an eject on this ship and says all you got to do is pull back on his handle. And a lot of people don’t realize because that’s that’s not a control that he grabs right before he flies that plane into Godzilla’s mouth. Uh, the only thing that could be is either a [ __ ] stick brake or an eject. And you’re not going to [ __ ] pull a brake in the air. Like, what the [ __ ] is that going to do? All your flap control is is on your joystick, you know? And uh that stick to the right of him had to be. And I was like, “Oh, that’s what that was.” Okay. I knew right then and there cuz I suspected that when he reaches when he’s talking to him and then they cut off the dialogue and we’re looking at them from far away and they’re continuing talking but you hear no voices when his hand goes behind the seat I’m like he is he’s he is decided to forgive him and he told him about the eject uh stick. Yeah. He’s forgiving him because he is offering himself up to do that to sacrifice himself. Oh, and by the way, and Popo backed this up, too. Um, the Japanese didn’t have, and knows this, too. I I’m assuming Martin knows it as well. They didn’t have ejects in Japan. You know, that was the whole point behind being a kamicazi. If you are um going down, the J Japanese command would prefer you to fly that plane into something and kill people. As I recall, nobody had those. Everybody had to open the [ __ ] Germany was working on it. Germany M262 had one. Um I believe RP80 shooting star had one as well. Um, not that it saved Richard Bong, but he that’s one of the things where he did the kamicazi thing in order to save lives where he had a flame out over the city and chose to stay and chose to stay with the aircraft and make sure it hit somewhere where there was no civilians. Yeah. Intentionally leading his aircraft into somewhere he knew it would do damage. Yeah. And I’ve seen that, you know, cuz that we’ve seen that uh with uh pilots in the past here in the United States who have gone down with their plane because they were afraid it might go into a civilian area and kill people. Yep. Although my favorite story with that was uh there was an F106 back in I think the 70s that um it was started losing control and the pilot punched out and then the uh the change in weight actually stabilized the aircraft and it just kept flying on its own. They had to shoot it down. I’ve I’ve heard of that. It’s the same thing that happened with the B7 in World War II. Uh the ghost B7. Yep. out and well the [ __ ] plane landed. Yeah. It’s like how why like how the hell did that happen? Like Yeah, that was crazy. That’s I think that is the single craziest story I heard from World War II. Yeah. You get in the plane after and you’re like where’s the crew now? This is the This is the craziest [ __ ] scene and it’s absolutely one of my favorite moments is there she is in that [ __ ] train and she looks out the window and we see the reflection of Godzilla and it just I’m like, man, this is a great throwback to that classic 1954 film. It really is. This this feels like one of those moments because you remember there’s a train scene in the original Godzilla and this is I always thought this is that scene but now it’s personal because she’s on the train and and almost gets killed and it has one of those Mission Impossible moments uh where they did that with the second to last film where um they’re like in a train that’s going to go over a [ __ ] cliff, you know, and they’re slowly going off and they’re the trains dip sideways and they got to figure out how to get out of here alive and and this is one of those moments where she’s like dangling and finally Godzilla turns and goes over water and she drops and is saved because of that. Yep. Uh, the other thing I like about this is that they really go into the radiation poisoning because um when he fires his atomic breath, that’s atomic energy that’s going to kill people. Residual. Yeah. You know, and this is the part I don’t like when he’s walking. It just looks so robotic. right here. This angle right here, you you can see there was a problem with the CG where you could see almost a separation of the leg from the body. They masked it well, but I can see it that there that was problematic. And you got to remember this film was shot uh for a shoestring budget. Uh, let me go because I haven’t uh been looking up anything for uh specs on this thing. So, let me do that real quick here. This film was shot on a 10 to$15 million budget and it looked fantastic. I mean, like I said, the only complaint I have is the walking. That’s it. Yeah. They shot this for10 to$15 million with a box office of $113.6 million. And that just proves to you, make it a good movie, write a good script, and people will [ __ ] watch it. Build it and they will come. And yes, that’s old school Showa era Godzilla with a little bit of the um uh I just forgot the other one. Um the eight, you know, from the 70s into the uh 90s. Um that’s where they started making him more cat-like. Angry cat. This one has a angry cat. Man, the reporters on the roof are crazy. like everybody’s running to get to safety and they are just reporting and filming and taking photographs. I also love how he walks in this. And I the other thing I love is I love how before he fires his atomic breath, his spine pops up all it goes slow at first and then it it gets faster and faster. That look very cool. I almost don’t know how to respond to that to what? What? Pub got it. Oh yeah. Let’s see. Uh cuz I wanted to talk to you about a little bit just a little bit about they did Greenlight and it is in pre-production right now and it’s supposed to start filming between now and the end of the year uh the sequel. And here we go. Look at that explosion. Yeah, that one I will say the graphics in this are excellent except for that one scene where he’s walking. Yeah, it’s well anytime he’s walking because he has this mechanical way of walking that just doesn’t look right. It doesn’t look like he’s lumbering. It looks like a [ __ ] robot walking. And this is where she saves him and uh dies. Oh, that’s what you think. She’s not dead. Countryman that died at the wake of her hip. Takahara was one of the unfortunate souls in Japan who lost their family. And you know, I got to point out Harry S. Trim was quite aware that Nagasaki was a um major Catholic city in Japan. Yep. That there were Catholic missionaries there. And he knew that. And that’s why he got angry at uh Oppenheimer for bit being a whiny [ __ ] in in the White House. And it’s true. That’s in the movie Oppenheimer. They show it. And Harry S. Truman did say that like, “Don’t ever let that son of a [ __ ] in my office ever again.” You know, he just considered him a whiny [ __ ] He did not like Oenheim. No. No. He was He says, He says, “You made the bomb. You’re not the one who dropped it on those people. I did that. So, don’t even [ __ ] talk to me about that. This building gets destroyed. That’s a real building from uh uh Japan. It’s in the original film, too. It’s featured in the original film. And this time, the the media is there up on top of that building reporting. And I don’t know if they die because the building descends so slowly. There’s a good chance they may have survived that fall. Bye, Penny. Bye, Penny. Hi, Penny. And I will point out that this film uh absolutely is loved by critics and audiences alike. And it’s one of those moments where the audience and the critics seem to be somewhere in the same area. So back in uh February of 24, uh Yamasaki confirmed that no discussion of a sequel had transpired, but expressed interest in direct directing one. He elaborated his desire to proceed with the following. the same characters lives there on to have Godzilla battle an antagonizing kaiju. In an interview, the Mono magazine uh Yamazaki implied that a sequel would explore the curse Godzilla left behind on Japan similar to that of the Tatari Gami and Princess Manaki. I’m sorry, Manonokei. And Hana Hannabe remarked when interviewed by the same publication, quote, “If there is a next series, I might be the one stepping on and crushing people.” End quote. On another occasion, Ando told the Daily Express that he wants her character to encounter Godzilla in a sequel to the film, joking that she would like to be quote jumping like his Spider-Man type woman taking down Godzilla end quote, which I don’t know if I like that. Yeah, I’m not so sure about that one. It’s like stay grounded. Don’t get weird. Uh the possibility of a sequel was largely discussed at a stage greeting held after a screening in the film’s black and white version in Tokyo January 12th to 24. Several cast members were in attendance and Yamazaki attended uh remotely from the United States. The latter signified wanting the characters to return to the sea for the sequel. Uh, Yamada proposed the idea of using Norico as the key to locating Godzilla because she’s infected. According to his interpretation, she possesses the monster cells in her body. During the February uh Q&A with Collider, Yamasaki announced that he had begun developing a new movie and denied that it would be a sequel to Minus one. producer Minami uh Ichiawa believed that Toho would take their time to produce the next live action Godzilla film since they want quote great ideas, an excellent script and a talented director and the right cast to work on it carefully because Godzilla deserves to have the level of intentionality. End quote. Uh then and then in November of 24 it was disclosed that a new Godzilla had been green lit and Yamazaki returning to the film. At the 23rd annual u visual effects society awards in 25 of February. Yamazaki announced that the storyboarding and scripting of the new Godzilla film is in progress and he expects it to cost more than Godzilla minus one. Uh because it was an experiment. see if it works. On April 14th, Bloomberg News reported that the sequel is in development. And in July, Toho International President Cooji Oi, some of these names, suggested the sequel could potentially be released in 26. And then the last I read, because it’s not there on uh uh Wikipedia, was that the film is moving forward. We’re in the pre-production stage and they believe production will start near the end of 2025. So there you go. So here we go. This is that you know this is leading into what will be the final act moving into the third act and they’re talking about how to destroy him. Instead of going the original film’s way with the oxygen destroyer as they call it, not destroyer, they pronounce it destroyer. Um, they come up with another method which is to bottleneck him in and sink him. And uh, and I’m trying to remember, but the funny part of this movie is you see Godzilla not swimming, but walking out in the middle of areas that, you know, are deeper than he is tall. And that was another thing I thought was weird in the film. Like, I know where they’re at right now. It’s way deeper than that. He can’t be walking. I have a brilliant idea. It’s a big lizard, right? Let’s create a giant cat. Problem solved. Yeah. Um, that plan was to sink him rapidly and then pull him back up just as quick to create compression. Yep. Yep. The Nagasaki debate is just another knot in all those tough debates for Kermit and others. I can’t imagine. But it’s really to me there’s no debate. If the war continued, millions would have died. Millions uh we would have wiped out Japan and potentially killed Japan as a country like it would be gone. only the outlying uh Japanese islands uh would survive like Okinawa, the Nagasaki debate. Yeah. Uh and you know, I don’t see it as a debate. It could be an argument, but it’s an argument that one side is right, one side is wrong. And the side that’s wrong in that one is anybody who says that um there was no excuse for dropping those bombs. Yeah, there is. And I think it’s a viable one. White. Well, there was no excuse. There was a very good reason. Different. That’s a good point. It’s not an excuse. It’s an actual reason to do this. Yeah, you’re right. Can’t remember where I put my water bottle. Oh, there it is. I do not want soda today. I want my coffee. I just like coffee in the morning. It’s odd. You know, I love the smell of breakfast cooking, but my favorite smell as a kid was walking in the kitchen and smelling coffee brewing. Yeah, that’s an awesome smell. Don’t get me wrong, I did like the smell of pancakes, eggs, bacon. Oh my god, that smells great. But it’s that coffee smell that just it’s a smell all by itself, man. When you The best would be when you come off like a three-day patrol or whatever and then you come into the either the COC or the or the uh chow hall and there would be fresh coffee on. It’s just like, oh, oh, I love you. Well, that’s one thing I like about the movie Blackhawk Down is um the importance of I don’t pronounce it like Keith, so you don’t get to make that joke. I pronounce the H. So I actually say blackhawk. You don’t hear me say it like Keith where he’s like blackhawk. They’re like look at look Keith bragging again talking about his dick. But no, there’s a scene like that in the Pacific as well where like they’re just coming off a Guadal Canal and these guys like their dungarees are cut to [ __ ] They stole coffee too. They stole coffee. No, it wasn’t even that. Oh, it wasn’t even that. Like, this is when they were getting evaced from the island and like these guys are all scruffy. Haven’t shaved in weeks. Like just look like absolute hammered [ __ ] And they walk into the galley on the on the transport and he’s like, “Sorry guys, Chow’s not till like 1500.” And these guys look like really deflated because they haven’t had like real food in weeks, right? And it’s like, and then they like look at the little carff. He’s like, “Is that coffee?” He’s like, “Yeah, have as much as you want.” And it’s like they lost so much weight there because supplies were going bad. Um, wasn’t even because they were going bad necessarily. It was because the Japanese were running through the slot every night and they couldn’t not only keep supplies um around, the supply ships had to leave. Yep. But they had a problem in the Pacific and I can’t remember if this happened in Europe, but sea rats going bad and they didn’t in Europe. They did in the Pacific because of the the humidity and the heat. Yeah. The heat would cause some of the cans to uh burst. Yep. And so u there was a a significant loss of uh food in the Pacific. But the thing that’s amazing and the Japanese and the Germans were the same way. Like they couldn’t believe Americans had ice cream. We had we had two entire barges that’s job was to go around the Pacific and make ice cream for the troops. Meanwhile, you have like your average Japanese soldier who’s living on like a cup of rice a day. Yeah. Right. And like can maybe some meat sometimes. probably some fish that they caught locally. So any of them that were captured and taken prisoner and they immediately thought they were going to be a brutalized and instead they were treated with kindness and yeah had ice cream. Yeah. They’ll hand them a cigarette, a coke and an ice cream and they’re like what the [ __ ] is that? [ __ ] We were told you were going to brutalize us and and demean us and then uh slowly kill us. And it’s like and instead they’re feeding us better than the our own country did. Well, I think that’s the moment they realized just how well supplied the US military was and they’re like, how could we ever have fought this? You guys are not even wasting wasting, you know, space on ammo or anything like that. You have everything you need, but you have ice cream and [ __ ] like this, too. It’s like, “Yeah, welcome to enough for everything.” I can’t remember which ship it was, but there was one specific ship. It sole job was to make it supply ice cream. Yeah. There was a couple of I don’t think they were named. I think they were just had numeric designator barges that their job was to get towed around the Pacific, park off an island, and just make ice cream. Make ice cream. And it’s like, that’s insane, man. Hey man, you’re probably gonna die today, but you’ll have a stomach full of ice cream. Well, that was the important thing with morale is uh I mean that was one of the reasons Coke did what they did and basically built like 85 bottling plants around the world. So anywhere in the world a USGI could get a Coca-Cola for the same five cents. Marketing strategy of all time. This is a great comment. I’m just picturing a ship in the Navy sailing around with an ice cream van tune playing. I mean, if they existed at the time, I would not put it past the US Navy sense of humor to do that. Uh, I can’t remember. Hold on, let me look it up real quick. Have an ice cream played. Oh my god. Yeah, right. An ice cream just pulls up. It’s just like, what? I have to look this up real quick. So, hold on. There’s something I forgot the name of the song. Um, one of the songs that was commonly played in the United States, uh, on ice cream trucks was an 1800’s, um, racist, um, [ __ ] song. But they only play the music, like a music box sound, but the song itself, if you learn the lyrics, is racist as [ __ ] Yeah. like with the n-word in it and uh and it’s still played on some ice cream trucks to this day and you’re just like like um that’s crazy. That’s crazy. It’s wackadoodle and I’m trying to find the name of song. The funny one was like, you know, when people were talking about, you know, right when the whole woke thing was starting. Turkey in a straw. Turkey in a straw song. Turkey in the Straw is the song. But like, uh, you know, when the whole woke thing was starting and then you like they cancelled the Looney Tunes and like Looney Tunes aren’t racist. And then you see some of the ones from the 30s or the Warriors and you’re like, “Yeah, you might have a point there.” Yep. That’s pretty racist. Especially the ones racist. Yeah. Oh, the Tojo, all that stuff. Yeah, but that was kind of the way America was at that time. We [ __ ] hated Japan because of what they did. Germany didn’t do that to us. No, Germany had done that, we would have hated them. Uh, we did hate them during World War I because the sinking of the Lucatania, but when it came to uh hatred though, nothing matched the hatred of the United States against Japan. Well, that and there was ele there is an element of you know ethnic solidarity there too because like a third of America at the time had German ancestry. So it like that’s one of the reasons why everyone kind of went oh well why didn’t we inter you know German citizens too. It’s like first of all we didn’t hate the Germans during World War II. They declared war on us. So we were going to go fight them, but there was no hate there because they were part of the Axis and they knew if Japan was at war, they had to declare. And you know, I remember saying at one point that was one of the biggest mistakes, the biggest blunder Germany did was declaring war on us. They could have tried to maintain uh and we might not have entered the war in Europe, but no, we we had to we had to we’re already fighting. You just we found different ways of fighting by there was so there was so many German people here we could never have interred that many people it would be like a third of our population we got to lock up most like whereas the Japanese like yes they were they were Americans and they considered themselves Americans but there weren’t all that many of them. Yep. And um there was a good reason though it was done, but I would say um a good excuse is the better way to say it this time because badly we knew there were Japanese spies at Pearl Harbor. We knew it and one was a dentist uh and uh we knew that they were taking photographs of Pearl Harbor and sending it to the you know to Japan. they were spies. And so that scared the [ __ ] out of Roosevelt. And Roosevelt overreacted. And there was also a not unfounded fear that there would be a lot of retaliation against Japanese Americans and their businesses and homes and they were trying to protect them from that as well. Not unfounded. The fact is though, in the end it was Roosevelt actually committed a crime, constitutional crime during it because you can’t do that. You can’t inter American citizens and uh just because of their race and uh and they did. But I understand, you know, the reasoning behind some of it, but that doesn’t make it right. And we could have also done it a lot better, too. A lot of them like, you know, assigned caretakers for their homes or, you know, people to run their businesses while they were interred. Like, hey, we know we can’t allow you out right now, but we’ll make sure everything’s the way it was when you get home and that didn’t happen. So, I think if if it had to be done, Democrats don’t do that, buddy. Democrats if it had to be done, and I’m not saying it did, it could have been done a lot better than it was. Hold on, Andy. Are you serious? That’s [ __ ] awesome. That’s [ __ ] great. I love it. I always thought it’d be funny just have an ice cream truck that plays the voice of sounding something like Jerry Lewis yelling ice cream. We got ice cream. Come get your ice cream. I thought that’d be funny as [ __ ] But man, every kid I don’t know, you know, were they still doing that when you were a kid? The ice cream truck. Oh, yeah. That comes by. [ __ ] kids lose their [ __ ] minds, man. Yep. Just like, ice cream. Got to go get some ice cream. Mom, can I have a dollar? We don’t have that here, unfortunately. Uh, that’s weird to not have that. Time for the old bear to take an afternoon snooze. Have a fun show, every human. All right, buddy. Good seeing you, Snorty. Take care. Have a good nap. Uh, we need quick draw to get your wallet out. Yeah, that shit’s crazy, Andy. That’s crazy. the good, the bad, and the ugly played on your ice cream trucks. Uh there’s a movie that came out in the 80s that I love about these um two um waring families that have ice cream trucks uh up in the, you know, north of England. The ice cream, it might have been Scotland. Uh but the movie um has this character in it named Dicky Bird. He was a uh radio personality in the movie. And um I have the movie. I could just find it, but I’m not going to look for it right now. Uh something in Comfort was the name of the movie. I can’t remember what the the first word is. I don’t remember the name of the movie, but I know the events about the ice cream wars, which had nothing to do with ice cream. Okay. Uh, basically they were using ice cream trucks to move drugs around the city and it was a couple of rival gangs and they started shooting up each other’s trucks. Comfort and Joy. That’s it. Comfort and Joy. And it’s directed by the same guy that that uh wrote and directed Greg Greg Gregory’s girl. Um, directed by written by Bill Foresight and directed by Bill Foresight. And Bill Patterson is the actor that’s in it. I [ __ ] love that guy, man. And he’s still alive. Uh, one of the last films I remember seeing him in, uh, that came to the US was the one where the witches turned the little boy into a mouse and uh, has Angelica Houston in it. Hocus hope. Was it Hocus Pocus? I think it was Hocus Pocus. 84. Is that the year? No, that is not the right year. I was going to say Hocus Pocus came out when I was a kid. I want to say maybe 95, 96. Had like Pet Middler and all that. No, no, no. Uh, that’s not the movie. Okay. Uh, witch. That’s witches with Angela. Yeah. I’ll never live that movie down cuz I took my son to it because I read the book and it’s not a scary book. It’s a comedy. Yeah. The Witches is the movie 1990 and it stars Angelica Houston. And the movie has a happy ending to it, whereas the book I mean they win, but he remains a mouse at the end of the the book. Oh, you mean like when my mother let me watch Ship Down as when I was like seven? Because she said, “Oh yeah, it’s a cartoon rabbit. How bad can this be?” Oh my god. I saw it as a young man, too. Yeah, that’s a dark [ __ ] movie. Oh yeah. It’s like, “Oh, it’s just a book about rabbits.” It is not a book about rabbits. Oh, by the way, this little girl is the most adorable thing I’ve seen. The only thing more uh adorable than that is um uh my buddy uh entertainment uh uh John. Anyway, he lives in Japan. Uh he’s an American from New York. He’s got a thick New York accent, but it sounds amazing when he speaks uh fluent Japanese and he has uh three Japanese kids and they’re just the cutest [ __ ] things I’ve ever seen in my life. And uh I don’t know what it is. And this little girl in this movie is all kinds of adorable. The only time she’s not adorable is when she’s crying because she has an ugly cry face. Also, I want to point out the the the CG miniature work in this is amazing with the ships. Yeah, even though yes, I’m fully aware in color that that’s CG. Also, the blending of live action in the in the ship digital ship miniature, this shot right here is great. I mean, this is perfectly made. I cannot believe how little every penny of the budget is in this movie. There is no waste. Oh, yeah. And it’s brilliant work, too. It’s all seamless to the point where you can barely tell. And I love the writing and the dialogue and the characters are just so uh I enjoy them and I want to immerse myself in that. Yeah. Uh yeah. Which is uh Roald Dah wrote that that’s based on his short story and the little boy at the end uh in the book remains a mouse. Uh they defeat the witch, but sadly he stays a mouse. And his dad in the movie is played by uh Bill Peterson or Patterson, a Scottish actor. I [ __ ] love that guy. I think he’s a great actor. And I love that movie uh Comfort and Joy. It’s a Christmas movie, hence the title. You can tell where he ends up being the olive branch between these two waring families. And in order for them to maintain peace, he gives them a gift uh from a Chinese family of fried ice cream. How do you no fry anything? You you get the ice cream at its coldest. Okay. And then you roll it and roll it and roll it in the breading. And then you freeze it again. Put it back in the freezer. And then you take it out and you fry it just long enough to make the outside crispy, golden brown. And you pull it out and it’s got soft ice cream on the inside. It’s amazing. Uh there was a Japanese restaurant here in town. I forget the name of it. It’s one of my favorite places to go. When Mac and I wanted sushi, that’s where Zoe cried because they gave her peach ice cream and she was afraid that we were trick trying to trick her into eating sushi. She thought the real peaches in the ice cream was sushi. And we’re like, and even the owners of the restaurant, it it is not. It is not. No, it is not. It is peaches. Real peaches. She’s just [ __ ] crying. So [ __ ] funny. Oh. Um, I can look it up for you real quick. It was, um, you had Angelica Houston. You had as Miss Ernst, my Zetterling as Helgen. I think she’s the good one if I recall correctly. God, a lot of beautiful women in that movie. Uh I’m a big fan by the way of um um a lot of the films uh from Europe and uh one of my favorite directors I I mentioned a second ago with Comfort and Joy is Bill Foresight. He’s still alive and both Brian and I had tried to get him to come on the show and I still I’m not going to give up. I’m gonna keep emailing him in hopes to eventually get him on. And when I can get him, the movie I’m gonna do is Gregory’s Girl because I love that movie as a a teenager because it really captured what it’s what it’s like to be a middle teen and falling in love with a girl. Oh, I love these boat scenes. But we are again coming up on another Jaws moment with the little boat. Oh, this [ __ ] plane. I think the visual effects on this plane is some of the best I’ve seen in a uh World War II style film. Uh the only other film I think is better is uh Christopher Nolan’s film. And uh yeah, I don’t I don’t like the movie because they got a lot of [ __ ] wrong, but I still like the movie and enjoyed the movie. But uh [ __ ] man. The best part of that movie is Tom Hardy’s character flying and fighting trying to protect the these Brits. I love the moment when the when the kid with a broken arm that they left behind and he was so pissed about being left behind but he couldn’t really help with only one arm and he comes to the rescue with a bunch of other people. They say the useless come to the rescue. That’s a beautiful moment. And one of the things that uh a lot of uh anger towards Nolan with the film was that uh uh they don’t show uh some of there was a lot of African uh soldiers fighting for England, fighting for the crown. And they don’t depict it in the movie, but I’m like, you know, it’s still a good movie, but yeah, it misses a lot. So, I mean those African troops weren’t fighting for England. They were part of the French colonial corps. Oh, French colonial war. Yeah. Gary should dress as Krampus. I don’t have to. I am Krampus. No. No. Have you seen the guy? You need to dress up for that. Get horns and [ __ ] And I think that’s who it was though, dude. The name I gave you. I think that’s the actress’s name is uh May Zetterling. That’s a trippy movie. We should do that film, The Witches, because it’s not a Disney film. That’s a [ __ ] Warner Brothers movie. The poster is great. I love that artwork. And then they did a remake of it and I’m like, “Nope, no, no, not going to watch that.” That’s always how it goes where it’s like they need to stop [ __ ] remakes. No. Okay, I got to correct myself. It’s technically not a remake. It’s a readaptation. But why bother when the first one was perfect and it still looks good today. This is what we talked about yesterday. Um or was it Saturday? Saturday. We were talking about on Saturday that um we liked it back when the studios would re-release movies. Yep. Instead of doing it, they’d re-release them in the theater. And I like it when you do that. They’re doing it with Star Wars. You know, that’s the way you do it. You know, re-release a film in the theater and a new generation gets to enjoy it. Yeah, they did that with gender swap [ __ ] They have to do the gender swap and eliminate redheads and building gay characters. That’s the only reason for doing remakes. I know. Pull out [ __ ] Yeah. And you know, um, they did that with the Star Wars original trilogy when I was a kid where they came like right before Phantom Menace came out, they re-released like one a year the old the original trilogy in theaters. Dude, they did that during the pandemic and it was the only thing selling seats. Well, yeah, because people will still show up for the original Star Wars movies. Not anything Disney’s made, but All right, I’m going to pull the movie down just for a second and pop this up. This is who you’re talking about then, Jane Horics. And she is gorgeous, by the way. Yes, she is. Um, and this is her today. And I remember this show. Um, my problem is I now won’t watch any British shows about law enforcement. Uh, I’ll watch it about this because this is about paramedics and [ __ ] But, uh, I now block I will block the images because I can do that with my my the software I have. If there are shows that are on video sites for me to watch that are British law enforcement shows, I block them. I don’t want to watch them because I know the law enforcement isn’t law enforcement anymore. They’re jack boots. Yeah, there are probably a handful of cops still working that aren’t [ __ ] [ __ ] Most of the people that work for law enforcement today in Britain are jack boots that are part of the movement and believe in the movement. And that’s why you get all these videos we’re seeing here in the US of people demanding um going into going to and into homes to demand the uh computer or software or I mean computer uh PCs or devices because somebody posted something that hurt somebody’s feelings. Yep. And it’s it’s unforgivable. It’s gotten to the point where they arrest 12,000 people a year for essentially thought crimes on the internet, which is twice the number of the PRC. When you’re more oppressive than communist China, you have a problem. Like even the communist China, it’s like like what’s going on with the West? They’re worse than us. Yeah. Well, either that or they just know or China doesn’t have that many cases because people just know not to say certain things ever to anyone. Yeah, they know that. It’s like those are inside thoughts. It would be like feudal Japan where it’s like I’m going to go tell that guy with the sword what I think of him. It’s like you can do that. I I wouldn’t. I did like Law and Order UK for a bit. the actor who played Jerry Obach’s equivalent of a good actor, same guy who was a Doctor Who companion. Uh, I also like that in the Law and Order, you had the actor that played Apollo in the uh 2000s Battlestar Galactica. And by the way, another thing that I talked about with withma while watching this movie is that some of the male characters uh speak more feminine than the more traditional Japanese male characters. Nice. Yeah. These guy, this guy right here, the guy in the middle and the guy on the left speak real male Japanese, whereas some of the guys burping, they’re softer tone. Yeah, because it you know it’s one of the things I remember uh when I was interested in learning Japanese was uh you speak from low tones gutral speak whereas um these men like the science or engineer and all that they uh they’re softer and they speak more like a female and uh and there are different ways of speaking Japanese. There’s the masculine and the feminine. And that’s why if you listen to Japanese women speak, um, they speak often with a soft, gentle kind of voice. And so I loved it when all these [ __ ] uh, Karens in the world were bitching about non-Japanese women speaking fluent Japanese and sounding trying to sound like they were like Japanese girls. And it’s like that’s because they were taught how to speak Japanese that way because you’re expected to speak that way as a woman. Yeah. I mean, learning a language, you listen to native speakers and copy them. You speak language, not accent. So, when you take classes in speaking Japanese, they teach it that way. If you’re a male, you’re taught this way to speak. And uh and I I I find it just hilarious when these people who don’t know what they’re talking about go cultural uh appropriation. The other day it was so funny. They had this woman standing out on a street yelling at a cop or no it was inside of a a mall or something. There’s cops just sitting there looking at her and he turns her and he says she’s wearing a um I think it’s the it’s the scarf the shme is that what it’s called? I forget. Uh it’s Yeah. Yeah. And um basically he says she’s a white woman with with blond reddish strawberry blonde hair. Yeah. And I’m here for Palestine. And he goes you know that’s cultural appropriation right? She goes what that I’m wearing this I’m wearing it in my support. He goes it’s still cultural appropriation. How is it appropriation if I support it? She she’s not understanding her own stupidity when saying that. No, because because that doesn’t matter if he’s supportive. Their position is not based on logical conclusions. It’s based on pure emotion and stupidity. Yeah. Feelings. Whoa. Whoa. Whoa. Well, I love when the ceasefire started and then the and then Hamas immediately started shooting anyone they thought was a collaborator and then they were like, “What?” Like, “Yeah, we’ve been telling you this. I explained this a couple of weeks back, Reed, toma how funny that is that if you the symbol for woman is uh this one cross with a a triangular stick. Okay. And um I think that’s what it is for the hierarchy anyway. No, it’s a circle with a cross underneath it. And the male is a circle with an arrow pointing to the upper right. The Japanese symbol or female. I’m not talking about Oh, I thought you meant the universal one. I meant Japanese. No, the Japanese. It’s it’s it looks like a number four with a curve at the bottom that curves left and then a line across the top and that means woman. And then for noise, loud noise, obnoxious noise is that symbol done three times in a triangle. That’s what did they mean by this? And so I’m like the first time I learned that I went, we saw what you did there, Japan. Nice. That obnoxious noise is woman three times. [Laughter] It’s like that’s sexist and it’s funny. Tell me the Japanese don’t have a sense of humor. I did like Wait a minute. What was that? I’m sorry. I wanted to read that again. I You It’s still under your control now. I did like Law and Order UK for a bit. Oh yeah, yeah, yeah. We were talking about this already. And yeah, the actor, like I said, from Battlestar Galactica 2000 was also in there. Uh, one, he was a barristister. But, uh, I stopped watching anything about British law enforcement, anything made after 2014 and, uh, because it’s all woke, especially if it’s from the BBC and got no room for it. surprised they haven’t had the police knocking at my door because of my flag avatar. By the way, speaking of that, over on X, I can do the American flag uh next to my name and uh but I tried to do my support for Ireland and Britain on there and it just it’s a black flag. It won’t show up when I try to add the uh the emoji. H interesting. And I can’t get it to work. And it said, well, you do Windows key and either period, depending on what window you’re in, it’s either Windows key period or Windows key, Windows key uh semicolon opens up your um emoji thing, and for some reason, mine doesn’t have any flags in it. The only flags that show up when I pop it up are the gay and trans flags. Interesting. So stupid. And I tried to update it because I’m like [ __ ] off with that. Um, because I support the [ __ ] out of uh uh England and Great Britain. We have Chad and this is his name. By what name are you known? There are some who call me Tim. him. And still one of the funniest stories is how that came about because he had this long bit of dialogue with the real name and as they were shooting he [ __ ] forgot the name. Yeah. And so he jokingly said Tim. Like he’s asking you like maybe Tim I don’t know what you do know. The worst thing is modern panel shows. That’s the place jokes go to die. Not on this channel. One, you know, we get some great compliments, Ree. Um, occas, you know, occasionally we get these [ __ ] [ __ ] stop talking. Uh, show the movie. And I’m like, clearly you’re illiterate because it says movie discussion in the description. It’s like, andor have never watched this channel before. Yeah, this show, this channel is all about talking about film, having some fun, and showing love for film. And I [ __ ] love this movie. And I love there at the end as he starts wiping weeping like a little [ __ ] I hate that cry. The little girl isn’t even in the story anymore. The little girl’s like like he puts her down and like we don’t know what she’s doing. She might be grabbing syringes and stabbing herself. We don’t know. Um, it’s just him crying like a [ __ ] into her uh bosom and uh and it’s cute, don’t get me wrong, because he’s so relieved she’s not dead, but then they pull over to to the side and you see the black [ __ ] coming up her neck from Godzilla being by Godzilla. I do believe she’s going to be linked to Mothra. Um, well, look, I don’t want that. I don’t want that. Only if she has a twin would I like that because they have to They started to do that with uh the the Warner Brothers films and then they dropped it because the twins were mentioned in the second Godzilla film and you had an actress that was supposed to play both parts. But you don’t see the twin sister. It’s gone. It’s gone. Because Obi-Wan had hit her. Everybody don’t talk. Just Just look at Martin right now. By the way, here are the pictures that uh Tim sent. Yes. Look at that. Oh, I love that place. I’ve been there. So cool. Yeah. It’s a giant hanger. Yeah. And and that B29 you’re seeing in the background there, that is in fact the Anola Gay. Yep. I went there with my dad and it is amazing. I also really love uh down in Arizona is the famous um airplane graveyard. And I mean it’s so amazing to walk through that place. No, it really is. And it’s a German plane as I recall. Wasn’t it designed by Germany? Japanese. I thought for some reason because there was a reason that it has a German uh eject because I guess cuz the Germans were the only ones to have ejection systems at that time cuz we did the United States uh did what’s referred to as bailouts. you would open your cockpit and [ __ ] jump out. And you would probably you try to, as I recall, you try to sit at a specific angle. So you go over the the main wing and go under the uh rudder. And uh uh if I remember correctly, that’s the way you’re supposed to fly when you’re going to have to bail out. Tip the nose down. Although the last thing you want to do is like hit that [ __ ] tail tail section. Although in this thing you don’t want to do a bailout because you’ll be bailing out right into the freaking prop. Well, but yeah, that was an experimental Japanese plane. They only rebuilt a few. Yeah. Well, the the idea as you can read there is that uh they wanted it to be a to be a jet. So the propeller is just to see if the configuration could fly. Yeah. It’s like some of the early versions of the um what do you call it? Um first use of Delta wings and the where you have the rudder in the front instead of the back. They weren’t sure if that would work. And then of course the uh design of the flying wing because everyone everyone credits that to the Germans and that’s [ __ ] wrong. Jack Northrup was working on one in the 30s. Northrup and later Northrup Grumman once the war was over. They teamed up with the Germans and it became Northrup Grumman. Yeah. And they built that jet flying wing design in the 50s. It never went anywhere but it was it was very close to what the B2 is. And that reminds me because you got it with um the Whan Utani company in Alien in the Alien universe and in the Bladeunner universe you have the um uh the Shimatu uh Dominguez Corporation. Both of them are based off of uh North Grumin. Doesn’t surprise me. And uh because I mean everybody knows who that is and it’s two different count uh countries um that teamed up and created one company main company. And so Ridley uh had the idea of having something like that. I don’t know if he’s the one who came up with the name because I actually think it was um the first screenwriter that worked on it with him uh put that in there. The Shimatu Shimatu Dominguez Corporation. Yeah, the Mitsubishi. Yeah. It’s like there are companies out there we buy cars and [ __ ] from, motorcycles that were actually have been around since before World War II and made [ __ ] for World War II. Most of them and most of them renamed themselves after the war. Um, best example is Nakajima. They are now Subaru. Yeah, I remember reading once that Mitsubishi made a a motorcycle called the Kamicazi. It didn’t sell well. Oh, okay. Tell me I don’t make good jokes. Even if they’re bad, they’re still funny. Yeah, they did some testing with it and the cyclist kept crashing. Oh yeah, for some reason they they only crash into things like buses, trucks, and things with a lot of people in them. I can’t understand it. I think it’s built in. It’s like, well, it’s like the old great joke, what does the kamicazi instructor say to his students? Pay very close. Hey, how’s it going, Sam? But um you know that. Oh, cool. Yeah. But um yeah, what did the kamicazi instructor say to his students? Pay very close attention. I’m only going to do this once. Once. Yeah. I always loved uh the um Chichin Chong uh scene that’s on one of their albums. We the uh celebrated Kamakazi pilots now take our um celebratory saki juice. Before we drink the saki juice, uh are there any questions? Yes, you in the back. Yeah. Are you [ __ ] crazy? Oh man, I love that album. Wait, you froze up. What? You froze up. Okay. You said something. You froze up. We didn’t hear it. Oh, just like, are you crazy? Yeah, a tiny bit. Yeah. So, ceremonial. That was it. The ceremonial saki drink. Um, I just thought that was one of the funniest skits because he goes through this whole spiel, you know, and and he goes, “Are there any questions?” Yes, you in the back. Yeah. Are you [ __ ] crazy? [ __ ] slayed me. I was in high school when I heard that the first time. Like I I And then I found out they were like big ptheads and I’m like, “Oh, that’s that was a turnoff to me because I was like one of those straight laced guys in school. I wouldn’t do that [ __ ] I was into beer.” But that’s because I grew up in a drug addled family, you know, lot of [ __ ] drugs. Uh if you know my parents popping pills, especially my mom um and both my parents being drunks and then like my siblings started out with drugs and then became drunks later, you know, I did not want to do drugs because I saw as the baby in the family how bad it got and I’m like, I want nothing to do with that. But then I started hanging out with guys that smoked pot and we’d be like either watching movies or gaming and I was in a room and they would always seal the [ __ ] windows because they didn’t want to get caught. And you seal a room and people smoking weed in there. I got what’s called a contact high. And I’m like at this point like why am I bothering not doing it? I’m getting high anyway. And so because I was fake hitting and I don’t know if you’ve ever done that fake do fake hits. Yeah. Because I I didn’t want to inhale that [ __ ] in my lungs. Yeah. I’m always Tim. I’m always gaying. It’s what I do. Marines do it, too. And this is what I said to my buddy. I said, they said, you know, everybody knows all all the gays are in the Navy. I went, no, it’s the Marine Corps. because you know it’s in their [ __ ] motto looking for a few good men and I’ve always loved that joke and I did not write that joke or make it up. That’s I’ve always loved the second half of that saying was Robin Williams. What’s that? I’ve always loved the second half of that saying at least according to the Marines of like we’re looking for a few good men. All right, stupid. Get on the truck. Get in the truck. Yeah. I try to explain to people about what the shark frenzy is like. And uh and I told Enma, man, even during the shark frenzy, no DI [ __ ] with me because I did exactly what they told me to do. I went to where they told me to go to and I did it in a very expeditious fashion. And uh they want that. And if you do things exactly the way they tell you to do them, they tend to not [ __ ] with you. They only yell at the other guys. And so I saw a lot of guys getting [ __ ] oh [ __ ] bloody water, dude. Um we had this one guy, oh my god, his last name was Condan. And he was sitting next to me in in the truck when we were being transferred from uh reception over to basic. And uh I’m talking to him. I says, “What’s your name, man?” He says, “Condon.” I went, “Yeah, you need to stay the [ __ ] away from me.” And he’s like, “What?” I went, “No, you’ve got a [ __ ] up name. They’re going to [ __ ] with you.” Oh, you you mean the you mean like the Asian kid I went to boot camp with whose name was Dong? Yeah, that’s just You’re just going to get [ __ ] with. Yeah. Like, I’m sorry, dude. Like, you could be the most squared away kid ever. you are going to get [ __ ] with. They’re going to [ __ ] with you. I didn’t have one of those names. They just they didn’t [ __ ] with me. I wasn’t stupid. In fact, the first uh day because we didn’t have a full day. The first day technically was day zero. And you’re there and 90% of that day you’re in a room with a bunch of [ __ ] bald guys cuz there’s no high and tight and basic bald. You’re [ __ ] bald. Everybody looks like Uncle Fester. And um heads down [ __ ] pilling up filling out paperwork. Uh, and finally you go to your barracks, you empty out your bag in front of you, and a drill sergeant come by comes by and inspects if you’ve got anything to uh you’re not supposed to have contraband. And uh because in reception they take you and they and tell you if you’ve got any contraband, you go into a room, it’s like a confessional alone. You’re in a line and everybody goes in that room and anything that’s contraband you throw into the black box which I have always believed went into a a crate that the drill instructors took home with them later. Oh yeah. And oh man, this is good [ __ ] Oh, who’s throwing that away? Um, a lot of times it would be dip and because you weren’t during boot, no dip. You get caught with tobacco, your ass is in trouble. You are not allowed. That’s contraband. And it it’s not until about your third or fourth week in Army basic training they start to let you have tobacco products. And was the same thing with you in the Marine Corps? No, you were not allowed to have tobacco products the entire time. No energy drinks, no candy, no snacks. Like if you took [ __ ] from the chow hall, you got f and got caught. You got [ __ ] up for it. And knowing us, I’m thinking that you were getting punished because you got caught. Not because you stole something. Here’s my favorite. My favorite with that, okay? Because we’re all wearing uh as basic duty uniform cargo pants and there would always be this one [ __ ] that would put food in his pockets that one of his cargo pockets. And it’s like the drill sergeants can see that you’ve got something in there. It’s not supposed to be anything in there. And so he the drill instructors, the drill sergeants would walk up and they would see that and they go, “Hey, I wonder what’s in here. Let’s find out.” And he would just squeeze it. Like if it was fruit, juice would just go everywhere. If it was like a sandwich, your pocket was gross. And then you didn’t get to to to deal with it until the end of the [ __ ] day and go back to your barracks and clean your [ __ ] pockets out. Uh yeah, they [ __ ] they would [ __ ] with you. Did I tell you what I did that one day? It was rainy day and everybody’s wearing their [ __ ] um ponchos with the hoods. Okay. And and it’s it’s Missouri. It’s about 70 miles from me where I went to basic training and uh from where I am right now. And uh basically it’s like they’re out there getting soaked and they’re all just bunched together like and I looked up and there the drill sergeants were up in this tower overlooking us and there was a little muddy ramp road that went up to where they were and it was so high that you literally just walked right into the top level of this [ __ ] tower that they’re standing and looking at everybody and they’re all standing up there and I’m standing behind them. They don’t know I’m there yet. They didn’t notice me because I walk quietly and uh hence my nickname in the army, ghost. And uh basically I’m standing right behind them and they’re just making fun of everybody down there. And one of the drill sergeants goes, “I don’t know what to make of that.” I said, “Yeah, it kind of looks like a a garden salad.” And they all just started looked like and they [ __ ] laughed. I said, “Yeah, it kind of looks like a garden salad, doesn’t it? All these [ __ ] wet lettuce.” They never [ __ ] with me. I never got [ __ ] with the whole time I was in uh basic. The only thing that happened to me was when uh my drill sergeant found out I was an artist. And it was funny how he found out. And uh he wanted me to do a mural. And so he gave me permission to take anybody with me I needed to carry supplies back to do this mural in the barracks. And so I took two of my buddies with me. And um Fuller and Jones, they’re also the ones you’ll see them in photos with me. Clearly, they were my two best friends. A and and basic and and Julia was my third and later Davis because we all went to AIT together except for Fuller. All of us went to combat medic training and uh but I went took him over, got some art supplies. I’m coming back and uh top is there for sergeant. Uh oh. And he says, “Hey, hey, hey, where are you guys coming from?” I said, “Uh, for Sergeant, I’m Derek Cell. Drill Sergeant Samuels gave me permission to go get supplies.” And he says, “Yeah, I know about you, but what are these guys doing?” I said, “They’re carrying some of the supplies for me because I got so many.” And he goes, “Yeah, but they weren’t listed in permission to go.” And I said, “Well, he told me I could take anybody I want.” He goes, “He didn’t tell me that.” And so he’s going to take these two guys and smoke the [ __ ] out of them. Mhm. And so I thought because I was, you know, my drill sergeant’s favorite that uh I could like stand up for him. And I I said, “Well, if you’re going to smoke them, you got to smoke me.” Top went, “Oh, okay.” And then what he did, he had them sit down and watch him smoke me. And And that is not a thing you want to say to an army first sergeant. It’s like, “If you got to smoke them, you got to smoke me.” Back. look on his face was was oh pure just pure perverse glee of just I learned to watch my mouth after that boy and oh somebody finally [ __ ] around and found out and I found out man he smoked me into body collapse I I did so many crunches I must done about 300 uh setups against the hill that’s up the hill and then he’d have me roll over and I’m doing push-ups downhill So, it’s all on my upper body and and I went into complete [ __ ] collapse where I couldn’t get up. I couldn’t move. And he told Mar, “Pick him up, take him up to his barracks. Maybe he’ll learn a lesson out of this.” And I went, “Yes, I did. I didn’t tell him that.” Yep. I [ __ ] learned that’s one of those you do that once and then learned to never ever do it again. Yep. And uh that was the only time I ever got smoked in basic. And um one of my favorite moments is we’re next to another barracks, but the door between our barracks was down because they were doing in interior and external uh construction. And so all we had was this uh what do you call it that thick plastic? Yeah. Basically semi-transparent, you know, hanging. And it was only for a couple of weeks while they were doing repairs. And uh but we heard the other platoon, they had just started. Uh all of a sudden there was this ruckus. Woke us all up. And apparently what we understood that was happening was one of the other uh recruits had a problem with another recruit and climbed up on his bunk, top bunk, stood over his face and pissed on him. Oh. Oh. And the guy punched him in the [ __ ] balls. I I I don’t blame him. And then it erupted into a not a fight between two guys. Everybody was fighting. Everybody was kung fu fighting. And we could hear this [ __ ] [ __ ] go. And then you hear yelling from the the drill sergeants. And uh uh man oh man. And then they were [ __ ] they were taken out at zero dark 30 out there on that [ __ ] hillside right out behind our barracks where they would do grass drills with us. And they did grass drills at like 1 2 o’clock in the [ __ ] morning. Everybody, the entire uh not platoon, but the uh yeah, the platoon uh the entire platoon was taken out and smoked at 1 2 o’clock in the morning. Craziest [ __ ] thing I’ve ever heard in my life. That’s what forgiveness sounds like in the military. Lots of screaming and then silence. Yeah, dead silence. Oh my god, that was so [ __ ] crazy, dude. I [ __ ] you not. And I’m like I rolled over and I said, “I’m so glad I never pissed on you.” And my little battle buddy like what? He didn’t get what I was saying. Like I don’t know if the army did this too, but like if we were you know going between buildings or whatever or like we were on like kind of going to admin or medical or whatever and we’re coming back like every now and again you’d get screamed at for something random by a drone instructor who wasn’t one of yours. he was just correcting you on something or but like every now and again you just get hey then stop and immediately every recruit in the general vicinity just like just goes in like deer in the headlights moment I’m just like not you the one next to you. Yeah. Now did your guys uh your uh uh drill instructors did they um do the knife hand all the time? Oh yeah all the time. Knife hand was the [ __ ] There are three degrees of knife hand. This is this is correction. This is instruction. This is batshit [ __ ] insanity. Now, I came up with my own because there was no explanation that I learned. But in the army, while I saw it, I said, “This is the drill sergeant hand. It is aerodynamic aerodynamically designed to um instruct, to direct, and to punish.” Pretty much what I made a I came up with that one on my own. I’m like because that’s what it’s used for. And the most terrified you’ll ever get is when the drill instructor doesn’t get the full extension of the knife hand. It’s just like come here thing. It’s like uh oh. I love about our drill sergeant. I think they got that from like Macho Man back in the 80s. It was just like oh yeah. Oh yeah. Oh yeah. Uh oh. Ours were all cokeheads by the way. Probably. And um I’m serious. They had the pinky thing with their pinky nails. And I thought that was the weirdest thing I’d ever seen. And the only one who didn’t have that was um drill sergeant schmaltz. Uh he was our vacationing drill sergeant. He was gone. He missed the first two weeks of of basic. And then suddenly he shows up. He’s this little mousy guy and he had [ __ ] scarring on his throat from dry shaving uh you know out in the field. And uh you ever seen that that [ __ ] pox scars all over the neck? And I knew black guys that got it cuz they’d get uh if they they would get uh profiles for not having to shave um because their hair because it’s coarse and curls, it would curl back into their face and they get these [ __ ] giant hair blisters. And so if they had that, they were given profiles so they didn’t have that actually just went away this year. I don’t know. They need to keep that because that’s nasty. That is so nasty. As a combat medic, that’s gross. From what I understand, like it’s one of those if you need a shaving profile, you’re gone. Yeah. You don’t belong. And uh so I mean, and I’m okay with that. I get it. If that’s the standard, I understand it. But it’s like, but don’t like keep them in and have them have to go through that. And it sucks that because they’ll lose some good soldiers doing that. But they will. I understand it. I understand that because it’s like if your religion means that you need to have a beard, I’m sorry, you don’t get to serve. Find another branch. We said the same thing to um the Seikhs when they wanted to join, but they have to wear a turban. It’s just like, I’m sorry, dude. I know you’re you’re probably going to be a great fight hard, but uniform. It’s like if you’re gonna be one of us, you have to be one of us in every way. By the way, that’s not a joke. That’s a true story. Gambit. Yeah. And uh and the Marine the Marine Corps is even stricter on it with the Army where like the Army they give you some leeway. The Marine Corps No, it’s everybody will be almost exactly the same. Well, it’s just that it’s like in the Marine Corps they say it. They didn’t say it to us in the Army, but I know they say it in in the Marine Corps. And Arley Yuri nailed it when he said uh you are all the same. You are all um you are all equally worthless. Equally worthless. You are amphibian [ __ ] you know, and and that’s why they shave your heads is everybody gets the same thing. Unlike in the movie Stripes, they get their head shaved except for Bill Murray and Harold Ramos who have high tights. Like really high uh you know, [ __ ] man. They had [ __ ] a pompador on their hair. It’s like, yeah, you don’t do that in [ __ ] boot. Well, I mean, once you get to the fleet, you can grow out your hair a little bit and like they’re a little more relaxed, at least in the infantry units. But like in boot camp, if you see a platoon graduating boot camp, it looks like we were assembled in a factory somewhere. Well, here’s another one, Gambit. Uh, right after we go into that room and there’s like a line of [ __ ] barbers in this room. This is in like at Fort Leonardwood. This is in the reception building. Yep. Paris Island, too. The photography is in there. your first lecture is in there. Uh where you go into an auditorium, they explain to you [ __ ] Um those paper that paperwork you signed where they explain everything you signed uh to you and then you go down the hall and uh because you’ve already done everything else. The first night you’re there, you go into that building and you they do the contraband room, which like I said, it’s confessional. You go in alone and you whatever you got, if you got drugs, gone. And um I didn’t come with anything so I just did nothing in there. But uh you could hear people in there and you hear the clunking of [ __ ] and you’re like, “Oh man, that guy brought some contraband.” Um but uh the next, you know, next time you go to that building is for all of that [ __ ] And uh you go into this room and there’s I think six barber seats and barbers and they’ve got these clippers that have a hose. Yeah. That goes up and into a central vac system. And it’s cut. It’s like sucking in all that hair, you know, so there’s not so much on the floor. But man, I had long hair when I went in. And there’s none of this, you know, let’s get this precision. Get a take. It’s like it’s like being freezer. What? And then you walk away and you walk into this latrine bathroom and it’s got about a 30foot mirror and all of us are standing in front of it doing the same thing because it feels so [ __ ] weird and I’m taller than everybody. So, I’m standing behind everybody and all these heads in front of me about like right here and I’m looking and I’m doing this and then I just suddenly went, “Hey, Gomez.” And about half of them got it and [ __ ] started laughing because we all looked like Uncle Fester. We’re all pale, dark rings under our eyes already from reception because we were in reception for almost three weeks because there was delays with one of the basic groups before us. And so we had to wait till they graduated before we could go in. And uh holy [ __ ] dude. We I swear to God, man. Uncle [ __ ] faster. And I I couldn’t help but laugh at that [ __ ] And uh the wor the worst part was I was already in a military academy, so I already kept my hair in like the high and tight. That they hate that. I got [ __ ] up for that because Oh, you thought you were going to come prepared, huh? Well, get prepared for this. Yeah. It’s like you bring more attention on yourself if you thought you had that military haircut that was uh you know what you would call um what’s it called acceptable in the mir mil military there’s a term for it I forgot it with in rags haircut. Yeah. Yeah. in rags and uh yeah and that’s what it sounds like that [ __ ] and I mean it’s like the I’ve had haircuts army haircuts are something else man because they use like a high power clipper and you can feel the going across your head I swear to God I think they took the first layer of skin off it’s pretty bad man and then they walk you down after you get your haircut you get walk down to this room and you’re all on bench is waiting for your turn and you go into the room and they put a um Velcro uh uniform on you that they slide it your arms in and then velcro it in the back. the basic uniform and put your name tag on and put your head gear and they did that to us with our dress blues, but we didn’t do that until like week eight because ours our blues weren’t ready yet, but they wanted to take pictures for the, you know, uh, platoon yearbook. So, they would put like this basically smok that had the shape of your dress blues on you, tighten it around you so it looked good, and then take your picture. Yeah, we didn’t we didn’t have our pretty much dude because they had different sized uniforms. They had to get the largest one for me to be able to wear it and uh because I’m just Dude, I’m a [ __ ] giant. Okay. And I know I’m a giant. Yeah, I’m there. They tried to kick me out. They tried to kick me out. They said that according to uh uh Army standards, I was um obese. And I’m like, I don’t have but 10% 13% body fat. I mean, what are you talking about? And they said, “Well, according to our charts here, for your BMI, you should weigh 180 pounds.” I said, “If I weighed 180 pounds, I’d look like I’m dying.” Right? It’s just like like they try to say that for the the same thing for me. It’s just like, “You should be like 190 pounds.” I’m like, “In what world?” And because I came in, I was a hockey player in high school and had been in a military school for two years. I was in shape. And they were like, “No, no, you’re you’re too big.” I’m like, and like they when they take me, it’s like, “Yeah, no. Get out of here.” But as soon like I got But as soon as we got that, we got there, one of the first things they issue you is your is your camies. They don’t have name tapes on them yet, but they issue you your uniform, and you will change out of your civilian and into that uniform immediately. I found this one and uh I’ve got some of the guys I hung out with. I don’t remember all their names, but I remembered most of them and uh open image and new tab, but I can’t I I think it’s on my other Facebook account. Um the photo, my army photo where I look like Uncle Fester with a hat on. Yeah. So [ __ ] bizarre. And uh and I always laugh because I tell people the uniform I have on, not mine. That’s a Velcro suit. They velcro it in the back. And uh it’s not real. And let’s see. Entire screen. Boom. No audio needed. And here we go. This is our platoon photo. Bravo 410. Uh, and uh, we were second platoon. That was us. And uh, I don’t know. Can you find me in the photo? And I will tell you, it’s the back row because the tallest guys are on the back row. One of my best friends, the guy with the name over his head, that’s Holland. He was one of my best friends in basic. Found you. We had You found me. Top row, third from the left. Yep. Yep. I can see it. That’s me wearing my hat cor head gear correctly. Two fingers. Mhm. And uh the guy next to me on on the right there, he’s wearing his correctly. The guy in front front of me there on the left front of me, he’s wearing it right. The guy next to him with the thick [ __ ] eyebrows and the closed eyes, I [ __ ] hated that guy. I wanted to beat his ass so many [ __ ] times. And he he he’s like wearing his headgear correctly, but he’s got his headcock back like an idiot, right? Um then like um let’s see if I can find it here. Cowboy was one of my best buds and he wanted to be an airborne plumber. This is in the West was at. And uh JT, this guy, he looks, look, he’s a [ __ ] chop. Look at him. The way he’s wearing that [ __ ] uniform. I swear to God, he was like just the worst. But I love the guy. And he’s the guy because I was already a medic when I went into the army, okay, with plus a year of nursing. And uh JT would come to me all the time in the middle of the night from basic through AIT like, “Yo, man, kiss him, man. Kiss him. like, “Fuck, man. My arm. I can’t feel my arm.” I’m like, I’ve had this conversation with him so many [ __ ] times. I went, “You laid on it wrong. You didn’t have a stroke. You’re not having a stroke. Go to bed.” Like, I cannot tell you how many times he [ __ ] did. He also led to a situation once because uh as a squad leader, I had to go in quickly into the barracks. I got back late and so I had to haul ass in there to deal with everybody. And I said, “JT, please put my gear in the uh lockup.” He goes, “Okay, man.” And I go out and I start dealing with everybody in my squad. And then I go back and like the the next weekend I go into lockup, my [ __ ] ain’t in there. So I’m complaining and the drill sergeants get pulled into it and they [ __ ] rip that barracks apart. pulling down the false ceilings, going through everybody’s [ __ ] like foot lockers spewed out all over the [ __ ] floor. And I mean, it’s getting ugly. It’s [ __ ] ugly in that barracks. And JT walks up and goes, “Yo, man, I forgot I put your [ __ ] in my locker.” And I looked at him. He’s We’re standing out there at the end of the barracks, right in front of the junior leader room, which goes into the barracks. And I’m standing there and I’m looking at him and then I look down to my right at the drill sergeant pulling people’s [ __ ] out. And then I look back in my You better keep your [ __ ] mouth shut and not tell anybody. Yep. Because he’s going to kill you and then he’s going to kill me. And so we just left. And I we had a similar incident like uh this was in the fleet like because we had all our gear laid out like right after we came back from the field. So we had all of our 240s lined up in a row with the Abags right next to them. So we go to put the weapons in the armory and I’m sitting there because it was our company and we were training we were training some of the headquarters and service company guys and we were like, “Oh, hey, go put the tents and stuff in that container.” So then we come back and we go to put the weapon. I go to put my 240 in the armory. There’s no aag. Well, it has the spare barrel and all the other stuff with it. So I’m like, where the hell is it? And you know, we have to go on lockdown. They start tearing [ __ ] apart. And sure enough, one of these morons grabbed my a thinking it was a tent and threw it in the container. God damn, dude. Uh, you see, that’s a good way to get smoke. I’m going to point out this guy right here on Massie over. I didn’t put his name on there. I don’t remember his real name. I just remember what we called him. His name was Teddy Bear and he’s a former gang banger and he was involved in a driveby shooting and joined the army. And I turned to everybody. I said, “All right, everybody, you heard it. Stay the [ __ ] away from this guy because this is an open base.” Yeah. And uh everybody’s like, “Why?” And I’m like, “Because it’s an open base. If there’s somebody that knows where he’s at that wants him hurt, you don’t want to get caught in that. Uh then this guy on the right here, his real name is Freddy Kredura. Uh oh. And and but he was he was our fax totem guy. He the drill sergeant’s assistant. That’s what he ended up. And because he was super [ __ ] smart. I really liked him. And uh and he got the nickname Freddy Krueger. And then Gulak here, uh, this guy here, he got recycled and I don’t know what ever happened to him. I love that guy. He could sing just like Bobby Brown. And so he would do the Bobby Brown songs. That’s Hedgepin. And his name, I can’t read it on the photo, was something close to that. But the drill sergeant gave him that nickname. And that female drill sergeant right there, I like Di uh uh, well, technically DS Emerson. because DI is Marine Corps. DS is uh army. And she was a [ __ ] [ __ ] And women dr dr dr dr dr dr dr dr dr dr dr dr dr dr dr dr dr dr dr dr dr dr dr dr dr dr dr dr dr dr dr dr dr dr dr dr dr dr dr drills feel like they have to be meaner than the males in order to show have their place in the military. And boy, and I hated the way she would say. She would say, “Oh, right.” And I’m like, “Oh, [ __ ] off of that.” That’s something my mom uh because my mom said, “All right, like that.” All right. No. Drove me nuts as a kid. That’s Julio right there. He was a top-notch dude. But he told me day one that he was in um uh uh what do you call it? High school. Uh the army rati. He was a rosy. Okay. And and he says, “Yeah, I learned to do drill and ceremony as a rati.” I said, “Okay, I’m just going to tell you now. Don’t [ __ ] let the drill sergeants know you’re a Russi. Don’t do it. Tell them you learn to march in marching band before you [ __ ] tell them that you’re RO junior ROC. Yeah. Right. It’s do not ever like I made that mistake because I was not JOTC. I was ROC. I did two years at uh Nor University and um yeah, I made the mistake of letting them know that. They’re like, “Oh, really?” Like, uh oh. But that’s exactly what happens. Well, let’s get you to march and do some DNC for us. Yeah, you asked for this. You asked for it. Yes, I did. Um, yeah. Don’t never admit that to drill instructors. Just telling you now. Uh, but anyway, we’re going to get out of here, guys. We’re almost a half hour over. Uh, it’s just fun to have you here, Pope, because I like uh reminiscing with you about being in the military. Oh, yeah. is you and Joe uh are the only two I really get to hang out. Former military by the way before we go though, Mad Martigan was on Zach’s channel the other night and I was like and then he saw I was in a chat and he goes, “Man, yeah, that guy ghosted me.” I’m like, “The [ __ ] I ghosted you? You ghosted everybody. You disappear and like we don’t know where you’re at. Don’t see you on any shows. no streams and then all of a sudden you come on here and you say I ghosted you and he starts laughing because he knows I’m right stuff to mess with people sometimes. Yeah. Well, he’s what I said to him and he said I really appreciate that. I said look man when you go quiet I leave you the [ __ ] alone because I know you’re having physical pain and you’re going through [ __ ] and I don’t want to, you know, interrupt your [ __ ] healing process. I respect that process and so I leave you alone. I figure you’ll say hi to me when you’re ready. I said two years later. I’m still gonna respect I’m going to give you [ __ ] for it. And then and one of the things I said in the chat too, I tagged him. I said, “Also, go look at our last communication. I spoke last.” Oh, you didn’t respond. So you [ __ ] ghosted me, [ __ ] I [ __ ] love that guy so much though. But he’s a lot of people don’t know, you know, that he he got injured and burned and um so he’s always in constant pain and I know that. And uh so that’s why I’m so cool with him about [ __ ] I’m not going to [ __ ] bug you, dude. If you don’t want to talk, I’m not going to keep bugging you out of respect, you know, because I know, you know, I spent my entire life around combat vets. I learned let them go through their [ __ ] Yeah. Or like me, like if I if I’m not on the show or I’m not communicating, it’s like it’s usually because I’m working. Well, I just write something gay to you and then you show up. Dude, that Civil War letter was [ __ ] amazing. It was brilliant. And I did it live. I did it live on the show writing you that gay letter. Especially Especially because I I heard I know you’re from Virginia. So I did it in like the you know the Virginia southern accent. Even though I don’t have one, but I do have one because if if I’m tired, you will hear me start talking like this. You’ll hear a little bit of it and I’ll go, “How y’all doing?” Yeah. How y’all doing? Um what I hate about Missouri is they have something akin to that. It’s kind of a southern central southern accent. But then they say a word that I [ __ ] would never say is yins. Yeah. I said, “Look, y’all means you all.” That’s what it literally means. You say yuns. And I’m like, “What the [ __ ] uh contraction is that? You ones?” Like, I mean, nothing sounds more illiterate than a a Missurrian. still my favorite greeting was uh one of the guys I used to work with like he’s from like just north of me in West Virginia and he’s just like like he would be like hey oh hey how’s your mom and now it’s like I mean I know what that means but still really yeah in Virginia they had this weird thing and uh I never got used to it um like if you have a car and somebody needs a ride then you know you know uh are you going in town? Yeah. can you carry me to the store? And it’s like, what the [ __ ] No, I’ll give you a ride, but no, I’m not gonna [ __ ] carry you. What the [ __ ] And the first time my dad got asked that was by Wayne Newton, the singer, Wayne Newton’s aunt. She worked with him at uh oh, I forget the name of the place. He was he was an engineer uh draftsman and he could, you know, my dad had patents. like real patents that are still used to to this day by muers. Uh, and uh, my dad was a genius. Like, and he loved to say because I have a lower IQ than my dad, also lower than my my eldest son, like by points. And my dad was such a dick. He goes, “Well, you know, intelligence skips a generation in our family.” And I’m like, “Oh, [ __ ] you, dad. I win every debate with you.” So, yes, you’re smarter than me on on paper, but uh, what’s that? live in Pittsburgh. Trade myself to say y’all instead of Yins. I [ __ ] hate that. Sound weird. And by the way, hi Chow. End of the show. If you want to hear the fun, we do go into the movie, but we also just talk about a bunch of military and history [ __ ] But anyway, Killy, I’m so glad to see you, man. I’m so glad to see you, Sally, and all of you guys. Uh, I want to thank um Hold on, Gary. Hold on. Somebody has a birthday tomorrow. I thought we should mention that. I thought it was today. No, tomorrow it’s Gambit’s birthday. Yeah, tomorrow. Happy birthday. We better say it now because you and I won’t be here tomorrow. So, nobody will be here. Uh, by the way, Gambit, I’ve been trying to make a video for you. Um, and it is really hard because in the movie Gambit, both versions of it, they don’t actually say Gambit in the movie. I’m like, god damn it. because it’s a perfect movie. So, I have to go find like Gambit the the X-Men. I’m going to see if I can find a good C Gambit quote from there. But I wanted to get it from the movie Gambit because I love both those. There was a remake that the Cohen brothers remade. Nobody knows of this movie. The Cohen brothers remade the classic Michael Kaine movie Gambit. and nobody knows what it stars that uh uh English actor who’s always got the posh English accent. Uh he’s like in he plays a Roman Roman legionaire in one movie in the 2000s. U he’s in that love story about the girl that her and her diary. Um I can’t remember his name, but uh yeah, he’s uh he plays the Michael Kane part in the remake and I saw the reviews for it. It wasn’t good from audiences. So, I’m like, “Yeah, I’ll probably pass on it. Maybe that’s why nobody knows it.” But yes, everybody wish Gambit a happy birthday. He’s this many years old. [Laughter] You do the math. Um, anyway, love you guys. I want you all to have a great [ __ ] day. And I want to tell you how much we appreciate Snorty Emanuel, uh, Andy Marorrow, Gambit, Happy Birthday, Sally Ford, Reed by Nature, Daryl Brewer, John Oains, I’m sorry, John [ __ ] Osteins, uh, Stasis Geek, Regis, uh, Dasvin, Meisto’s movie reviews, and Shinatski, as well as Penny, who already left, and the Whitefield Report. That’s a cool name. It sounds like a horror movie about ghosts or poltergeist. Uh, and CJ Prime, thanks for being here, guys. And oh, you didn’t did you mention Keely Chow? Nope. Keely Chow’s not in there. So, thank you, Keely Chow, for showing up at the end of the show. Rewind to see if you want to see if you enjoy the jokes. And we’re going to get the hell out of here. Um, and deeply appreciate all of you. And uh by the way uh the new weekend shows Anna was kind of bitching at me uh about our weekend membersonly show and I think what we can do on that one is maybe talk a little bit about TV shows that we like and uh if that’s something you want to do. Well yeah I’m just I was a bit bummed out that we didn’t have a single person in the chat on Saturday. Oh this last weekend? Yeah. Nobody showed up. I’m sure some there was a reason because Penny usually shows up. Uh, and uh, oh, look. Happy birthday, It Balloon. That’s the balloon from It. You should do a clip of Tatum’s incomprehensible fiber for Gambit. Shannon Tatum play Gambit in Dead B and Wolverine. Yeah, but I’m trying to remember what’s the fiber thing about. Oh, that I forget. He was doing a terrible and a terrible French accent. Oh, his Cajun accent, right? Yeah. Oh, yeah. Yeah, it was it was pretty bad. But anyway, guys, we will see you on Wednesday. Uh, the chief is doing a show tomorrow. No, no, no show tomorrow. So, we will see you on Wednesday. And, uh, what’s our Wednesday show? Uh, Invisible Man. Oh, I’m looking forward to that one. I’m so sorry, guys. You won’t be able to see it. Let’s get out of here. Uh, I don’t know. How do you do this? How do we get out of here? I don’t know how to end the show. We’re trapped in the computer. Help. Bye. Help. Somebody get us out of here. It’s like Tron but better. Bye, guys. Bye. Bye. Heat. Heat. Bomb bomb. Damn. Y’all come back now. You here? Met Gaming.
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Great livestream, dudes and dudettes! ❤🎉❤🎉❤ And thank all of you for celebrating me!
2:32:37–2:33:16–2:33:27 Yeah, thats where i picked the name from, the film GAMBIT (1966). Definitely the reason i picked that nickname from it (although my real name is Henok but GAMBIT will fit me just fine). It is one of my favorites of Michael Caine's. And the name also derives from the X-MEN comics, thats 100% true. The remake i havent caught up with yet, though.