The

entire

movie

saying,

what

does

it

all

mean,

Basil?

Every

time

I

saw.

Over.

Did

you

say

over?

Nothing

is

over

until

we

decide

it

is.

Was

it

over

when

the

Germans

bombed

Pearl

Harbor?

Hell,

no.

He's

not

as

tough

as

he

thinks.

Neither

are

we.

Before

we

dock,

I

think

we

ought

to

discuss

the

bonus

situation.

This

is

the

business

we've

chosen.

It's

only

a

problem.

We

do

have

to

make

certain

concessions

to

the

war.

We're

three

miles

from

the

front

line.

Prove

that

you

wealthy

college

boys

don't.

Have

the

education

enough

to

admit

when

you're

wrong.

Forget

it,

Jake.

It's

Chinatown.

Stop.

Don't.

Come

back.

Don't

you

ever

interrupt

me

while

I'm

conducting

business

over

your

little

chicken

ass.

But

don't

ever

take

sides

with

anyone

against

the

family.

We.

A

silly

place.

Welcome

back

to

CinemaDecon.

Hello,

everyone,

and

welcome

back

to

CinemaDecon.

Deconstructing

and

overthinking

the

movies

of

our

younger

years.

My

name

is

Steve,

and

I'm

joined

again

by

our

panel

of

elite

film

historians

and

our

special

series

to

find

the

best

movie

of

the

decade,

starting

Here

in

the

1970s,

March

Madness

bracket

style.

In

this

episode,

we

will

turn

our

attention

to

the

south

bracket

of

our

decade

tournament.

Our

last

episode,

going

through

the

north

bracket,

took

a

very

long

time.

So

let's

do

some

quick

intros

of

our

elite

film

historians

and

then

dive

into

some

movies.

Our

returning

panel

today

is

Bud.

Yo,

yo,

yo,

Mike.

What's

up,

Steve?

Tony.

Hey,

guys.

What's

going

on?

Jamal?

Oh,

yeah,

Jamal

can't

make

it.

Guys,

Jamal

is

actually

not

gonna

make

it

tonight.

He

is

without

power.

Atlanta

is

having

some

wicked

storms

right

now,

and

we're

gonna

press

on

without

him.

But

we

have

a

contingency

plan

of

a

tiebreaker

is

needed.

Welcome

back,

gentlemen.

Let's

have

some

fun.

Usual

big

disclaimer

right

off

the

bat.

These

movies

we

are

about

to

debate

were

made

over

45

years

ago.

Many

involved

in

the

making

of

these

films

have

taken

a

dark

path

in

life.

We.

We

will

try

not

to

focus

on

that

and

instead

focus

on

the

movies

as

they

are.

Plus,

obviously

some

spoilers

for

some

very

old

movies.

Starting

us

off

in

the

south

bracket,

we

have

number

one,

the

Godfather

versus

number

16,

Cheech

and

Chong's

up

in

Smoke.

It's

not

personal,

Sonny.

It's

strictly

business.

What?

I

almost

gave

you

the

wrong.

Yeah.

Hey,

man,

I

already

took

them,

man.

I

mean.

Well,

let's

look

at

this

ranking

real

quick

here.

I

was

like,

is

this,

like,

the

number

one

overall?

Yeah.

Versus

16.

Oh,

no.

This

is

number

one

in

the,

like.

I'm

talking,

like,

the

bracket.

The

full

Monty

here.

Well,

the.

The

four

number

one

seeds

were

Alien,

Godfather,

Godfather

2,

and

Taxi

Driver.

So

it's

either

one

or

two.

So

it's

fourth

overall.

Those

four

were

fourth

overall

behind

Alien

and

Taxi

Driver.

This

is

not

a

Virginia

one

seed.

Yeah,

this

is

like.

This

is

like

duke

in

the

90s

type

stuff

here.

Yeah.

Godfather

over.

4th

overall,

up

in

smoke.

61st

overall.

I

can't

believe

it's

4th.

It's

not

even

fair.

It's

just

the

way

the.

The

scores

felt,

guys.

Number,

like,

number

1

1.

The

whole

thing

is

Alien.

It

was.

Yes.

By

the

composite

score.

Get

wheeling.

How

many

Oscars

did

that

movie

win?

I

honestly,

I

like

both

movies,

obviously.

I

love

both

movies.

Up

and

Smoke

is

a

good

movie,

but

it's

pretty

funny.

I

mean,

especially

the

car

made

of

weed.

Like,

that's

classic.

I

think

I

first

washed

up

in

smoke

when

I

was

too

old,

so

I

didn't

have

the.

The

nostalgic,

you

know,

attachment

to

it.

I

didn't

see

it

in

high

school

version

of

it.

I.

I

just.

If

I

wasn't,

you

know,

when

I

first

saw

it,

I

was

well

into

my.

My

boring

twenties.

Not

even

the

fun

twenties,

but

yet.

You

find

Monty

Python

funny

old,

because

that's

intelligent.

This

is

just

stoner

humor.

Well,

yeah.

Dave's

not

here,

man.

Steve,

I

didn't

even

smoke

weed

the

first

time

I

saw

this,

and

I

still

laughed

my

ass

off.

But

then

I

hated,

like,

Sublime,

so

it

was

like

a

whole

thing,

you

know?

Like,

I.

I

don't.

I

don't

smoke

weed

at

all.

And.

And

I'm

a

big

Pink

Floyd

fan,

so.

But

the.

I

don't

know,

the

stoner

humor

just

never

hit

with

me.

I

could

see

why

it's

funny,

and

I

would

chuckle

at

times.

I

do

not

think

it

should

be

in

this

tournament.

But

the

numbers

put

it

there.

What

was.

What

was

their

plan

against

their

plane

Was

against.

There

was.

There

was

a

play

in.

Right.

Yeah.

Tommy

up

in

Smoke.

Dude,

Tommy,

you're

the

one

who

put

Quadrifini

in

the.

In

the.

I

didn't

put

it

through.

The

numbers

put

it

there.

I

tried

to

be

as

honest

as

I

could

so

that,

you

know,

this

is,

you

know,

irrefutable.

I

was

honest.

I

could

have

fudged

the

numbers.

Sure.

That

wouldn't

have

been

easy.

No

one's

got

a.

Neither

one

of

those

two

are

going

to

the

championship.

They're

a

fun

Cinderella

team,

but

no

one

cares.

So

for

these

two

movies,

I

have

Seen

them

both

in

the

past.

Godfather

many

times.

No

recent

watch.

It's

obviously

an

all

time

great

film.

I

didn't

watch

it

this

week,

but

I

did

want

to

watch

Cheech

and

Chong

and

I

made

a

mistake.

I

watched

the

wrong

Cheech

and

Chong.

I

watched

Still

Smoking

and

I

laughed

my

ass

off.

And

then

today

I

realized

I

watched

the

wrong

one

and

I

started

watching

up

in

Smoke.

I

just

ran

out

of

time,

but

I

was

laughing

my

ass

off.

You

know,

I

find

that

humor

funny.

I

have

smoked

weed

in

the

past.

I

thought

the

humor

hit

and

I

thought

it

was,

you

know,

on

point

for

the

70s.

I

was

like,

this

is

like,

to

me,

this

is

Broken

Lizard

before

Broken

Lizard.

You

know,

this

is

Super

Troopers

before

Super

Troopers.

Okay,

that,

that

humor.

Yeah,

Half

Baked

Finn

there

too.

I

find

that

humor

funny,

and

I'm

not

a

big

comedy

person,

but

it's

going

up

against

Godfather,

it's

just,

it's

a

tough

beat

for

them,

you

know,

but

it's,

it's

nice

to

see

them

here

get

here

because

I

think

that

Tommy

Chong

and

Cheech

Martin

are,

are

funny

guys

and

they've

made

their

career

off

of

doing

that

type

of.

Type

of

stuff.

And

I

think

it

deserves

a,

A

mention.

But

it's,

it's

going

up

against

the

Godfather,

as

I

already

said.

So.

Yeah,

this

is

like

a

sub

500,

like

mid

level

conference

coming

in

against

like

Cooper

Flag

and

Duke.

Yeah,

like,

cool.

Thanks

for

showing

up.

There's.

They

have

like

a,

A

mascot

that's

like

the

Anteaters

or

some.

That

nobody

cares

about,

but

it's

like

fun,

you

know.

And

Duke

beats

him

by

30.

Like.

Steve,

Steve.

Yes.

Hear.

Hear

me

out.

For

science.

Okay.

All

right.

For

science,

I

think

you

should

definitely

get

high

and

re.

Watch

up

in

Smoke

so

that

way

you

can

make

a

valid.

I

think

Steve

should

get.

You

just

gotta

wait

for

Georgia

to

make

medical,

and

then

you

can

get

medical

science.

Have

a

gummy

wait

for

science,

but.

For

science,

if

in.

Up

in

spoke,

they

got

the

whole

van

made

out

of

weed,

don't

they?

Yep.

Yeah.

Yes.

Listen,

Officer

Science

George

didn't

even

have.

Sir,

put

your

clothes

back

on,

Bible

belt.

Man.

They.

They.

Well,

they

do

have

a

form

of

it,

but

it's,

it's.

It's

oil.

That's

all.

Mike,

you

can't

even

buy

alcohol

on

Sundays.

I

know.

Alabama's

like

that

too.

Well,

you

couldn't

do

that

in

Princeton

either.

I

don't

think

you

could

buy

alcohol

on

Sundays.

Princeton,

Illinois.

Sorry,

folks,

not

Princeton,

New

Jersey.

Well,

I

think,

I

think

we

all

know

which

way

this

one's

going

to

go.

I

mean,

I.

We'll

save

the

deeper

Godfather

conversation

for

a

future

round,

especially

when

Jamal's

here,

who

I

know

he

is

a

big

fan

of

the

movie.

Yeah,

this

is

an

easy

one.

So

we'll.

We'll

go

ahead

and

call

a

vote

here,

bud.

What's

your.

What's

your

vote?

Godfather.

Tony.

Godfather.

Mike.

The

Godfather.

And

I

am

voting

up

and

a

Godfather.

I

would

say

this

one's

probably

5

0.

Because

if

you

said

Jamal's

like

a

big,

bad

father.

Yeah,

this.

This.

This

one's.

This

one's

an

easy

unanimous.

Absolutely.

I

feel

like

this

next

one

is

a

much

longer

discussion.

Do

you

want

us

to

have

AI

Jamal

give

you

a

vote

as

well,

or.

No,

no,

no,

we're

good.

We're

good.

Let's

save

AI

Jamal.

That's

our

contingency

plan,

everybody.

We

have

an

AI

bot.

So

if

one

of

us

can't

make

it,

you

know,

could

be

AI

Jamal,

AI

Tony,

AI

anyone.

And

we

will.

That

person

will

cast

the

tiebreaker

vote

if

needed.

So,

speaking

of,

next

on

our

list,

we

have

number

eight,

the

Exorcist,

versus

number

nine,

Young

Frankenstein.

If

you're

the

devil,

why

not

make

the

straps

disappear?

That's

much

too

vulgar.

Display

of

power.

Carris.

You

must

be

Igor.

No,

it's

pronounced

Igor.

It's

Frankenstein.

Frankenstein,

like

doing.

I

see

who's

leading

us

off.

This

is

Tony.

You

can.

You

could

start

off

your

thoughts

on

this.

Yeah.

So

you

got.

I

think

this

is.

This

is

very

close.

I

watched

both

these

movies

this

week.

Exorcist,

I

think,

is

a

great

movie.

I

thought

the

performances

across

the

board

were

good.

Even

though

I

think

it,

from

what

I

read

it

messed

up

that.

That

girl

pretty.

Pretty

bad

from

her

time,

but,

you

know,

for

being

her

age

and

things

she

had

to

do

that

was,

you

know,

she

said

some

vulgar.

So

that

was

a

great

performance.

And

I

thought

both

the

Priests

were

pretty

good.

If

you

were

looking

at

horror,

I

would

think

this

is,

you

know,

categorize

them

into

sub

genres.

You

know,

there

hasn't

really

been

movies

that

have

hit

this

sub

genre

of

horror

correctly.

I

mean,

you

could

say

the

Conjuring

series,

which.

Which

did

a

good

job.

But

I

know

a

lot

of

the

Possession

type

movies

are

pretty

awful.

Even.

Even

the.

Some

of

them

in

the

Conjuring

series

aren't

very

good.

Young

Frankenstein,

fun

movie.

You

know,

I

think

that

this

is

probably

the

best

of,

you

know,

that

trio

of

Mel

Brooks

movies

right

there

in

the.

In

a

row

there.

It's

fun

that,

that's

arguable,

but

I

mean,

it's

definitely

possible.

It's

my

mother's

favorite

movie

of

all

time.

Yeah,

that's

just

my

opinion.

They

know

they

did

the

whole

thing

in

black

and

white.

The

story,

the

story

made

sense

even

for

a

comedy,

you

know,

you

know,

Blazing

Saddles

will

get

to

there.

The

story

doesn't

really

make

too

much

sense,

but

you

know,

Young

Frankenstein,

it

makes

sense,

you

know,

and

it

was

funny.

I

thought

the

characters

were

funny,

you

know,

rolling

the

hay.

She's

a

pretty

good

looking

woman.

Terry

Gar.

Which,

know,

I

think

we're

going

to

talk

about

her

later

too,

but

it's,

it's

very

close.

I,

I

think

both

of

these

movies

are

on

equal

footing

with

their,

you

know,

subsection

of,

of,

of

what

they

were

trying

to

be.

I,

I

agree.

For,

for

the

Exorcist,

it,

it

wasn't

as

scary

as

everybody

made

it

out

to

me,

but

when

I

first

saw

it,

you

know,

everyone

that

I

had

heard

talk

about

it,

it

was

just

this

great

horror

movie.

It

didn't

really

scare

me

like

I

was

expecting,

but

I

enjoyed

it.

As

for

the

movie,

it

is,

I,

I

love

some

good

religious,

you

know,

you

know,

Vatican

intrigue

sort

of

things.

You

know,

the

inner

workings

of

priests

in

their.

Sometimes

when

they

have

a

crisis

of

faith,

how

things

work.

Good

Exorcist

movie

always

brings

those

elements

in,

like

the

recent

Russell

Crowe

one.

I

enjoyed

that

a

lot,

I

think.

I

can't

remember

what

that

was

called,

where

he's

riding

the

little

Vespa

around

Italy.

But

I

do

love

a

good

movie

that

brings

those

exorcism

elements

in.

It's

always

just

interesting.

Linda

Blair's

performance,

the

priest,

was

it

Father

Karras?

I

don't

know

who

played

him,

but

he

did

an

excellent

job

as

well.

The

young

one

or

the

old

one?

I

can

never.

The

young

one,

yeah,

he's

good.

He's

a

good

actor.

The

practical

special

effects

as

well,

pretty

fantastic.

And

that

alone

puts

it,

you

know,

well

into

this

tournament

though.

That

was

all

just

really

amazing.

Young

Frankenstein.

Well,

let

me

step

back

on,

on

the

Exorcist,

though.

It's

not

really

rewatchable

for

me

though.

I

don't

really.

When

did

you

see

it

for

the

first

time,

Steve?

Oh,

I

was

like,

I

was

probably

early

20s

in

the

army.

Okay,

so

you

saw

it

when

you're

more

of

an

adult.

Yes,

like

as.

Because

I.

You're

Catholic,

right,

Steve?

Or

you

grew

up

Catholic?

Yep,

like

growing

up

Catholic.

And

I

think

that's

the

first

time

I

saw

it.

I

might

have

been

like,

12.

And

when

you

see

that

as,

you

know,

what

your

parents

say

about,

you

know,

Jesus

and

all

that,

it

was

a

hell

of

a

lot

scarier.

I

think

when

you

see

I'm

trying

not

to

bash,

like,

religion

on

this

one.

I'm.

I'm

just

saying,

like,

when

you,

like

when

you're

younger,

you

believe

stuff

more,

and

to

you

for

something

like

that,

you're

like,

holy.

That's

real

life

stuff,

man.

I

better

not

swear

and,

like,

pick

up

my

sister

or,

like,

you

know,

say

Lord's

name,

you

know

what

I

mean?

Like

that

it

scares

you

more.

Stay

away

from

those

Ouija

boards,

man.

You

never

know

what

could

happen.

Right.

I

think

if

you

saw

it

earlier,

I

think

it

would

have

been

more

impactful

as

a

scarier

movie.

Yeah.

It

wasn't

one

that

was

just

available

in

our

house

growing

up

at

all,

Steve.

It

wasn't

supposed

to

be

available

in

my

house,

but

when

my

mom

left,

my

dad,

as

we've

discussed

before,

would

be

like,

hey,

let's

watch

horror

movies.

And

we're

like,

I'm

six.

Why

am

I

watching

Jaws.

Now?

Young

Frankenstein,

I

also

love

quite

a

bit.

This

is.

This

is

actually

a

really

difficult

one

for

me,

and

this

is

the

conversation

I've

been

looking

forward

to.

But

Young

Frankenstein

is

just

fantastic.

Gene

Wilder

just

knocking

it

out

of

the

park,

and

obviously,

you

know,

Mel

Brooks.

But

then

that

supporting

cast,

Cloris

Leishman.

Gene

Hackman

in

a

fantastic

role

as

the

fine

dude.

That's

just

so

fun.

I

didn't

even

know

it

was

him

the

first

time

I

saw

it.

Quotable

left

and

right,

you

know,

with

the,

you

know,

walk

this

way.

It's

pronounced

Igor.

Frau

Brucker.

Who

plays

the.

Who

plays

the

monster.

Yeah,

that's

the

dad

from

Everybody

Loves

Raymond.

I've

seen

him

before.

I

just

couldn't

today.

But

I

just

know

him

as

the

dad

from

Everybody

Loves

Raymond.

Putting

on

the

Ritz.

He.

He

hooks

up

with

his

wife.

And

when

she

starts

singing,

when

she

starts

hitting

those

high

notes.

Oh,

yeah,

I

forgot

Madeline

Khan

as

well.

Madeline

Khan.

Singing

those

high

notes

is

just

classic.

And

then

at

the

end,

when,

like.

They'Re

all

Peter

Boyle,

by

the

way.

Peter.

Yeah,

when.

When

they're

at

the

end,

she's

like,

well,

I

put

your

poopoo

poo

poo

poo

undies

in

the

one

basket,

and

it

would

not

with

the

regular

laundry.

And

he's

like,

reading

a

book,

you

know,

this

is.

I

mean,

the

way

they

ended

that

movie,

like,

it's

just.

It's

such

A

good

movie.

Like,

it

really

is.

Like,

I

mean,

I.

I

ain't

gonna

have

any

qualms

about

it.

Like,

I

think

the

Exorcist

is

a

great

movie,

but,

like,

Young

Frank

seems

like

it's

a

movie

I

grew

up

with

because

my

mom

loved

it

so

much

that

we

watched

it

all

the

time.

I

mean,

probably

shouldn't

have

watched

it

at

a

certain

age,

but,

like,

I.

Didn'T

see

this

until

I

was

in

my

20s.

I

saw

Spaceballs

first

and

then.

So

Spaceballs,

then

Men

in

tights.

And

I

thought

that

was,

you

know,

just

Mel

Brooks

being

awesome.

This,

he's.

Are

great

to

my.

Yeah.

You

know,

childhood

mind.

And

then

I'm

in

my

20s,

like

blazing

saddles,

Young

Frankenstein.

Let's

watch

these.

You

know,

History

of

the

World.

Like,

oh,

my

God,

this

man

is

a

genius.

Yeah,

I

just.

It

just

kept

getting

better

and

better

the

further

back

in

time

you

went.

This

one

I

thought

was

impressive.

You

know,

he's

able

to

hit

all

of

his,

you

know,

comedic

notes

while

doing

a

good

story.

The

story,

I

mean.

Yeah.

I

mean,

you're

adapting

a

story,

you

know,

satirically

that

has

been

around

for

a

long

time,

obviously.

I

mean,

this

is

like

the

first.

The

first

sci

fi

monster

that

was

ever

created.

But

you're

also

adding

all

this

stuff.

You

know,

they

get

dancing,

you

know,

a

musical

number.

There's.

There's

a

whole

bunch

going

on

there.

And

it.

I'm

not

a

huge

fan

of

it,

but

it

worked.

You

know,

everything

kind

of

just

worked.

And

I

thought

that

this

movie

was.

Was

pretty

good.

I

think

that

is

the

one

up

that

it

has

over

Blazing

Saddles

is.

It

has

an

ending,

Steve.

The

ending

from

Blazing

Saddles.

Well,

we'll

get

to

that

in

another

bracket,

but

yeah,

it'll

get

discussed.

The

ending

of

Blazing

Saddles,

but

also

I'll

leave

that

one

there.

What

do

you

think?

Here's.

Here's

my

dilemma,

and

I'll

kind

of

roll

through

this

as

quickly

as

I

can.

So

when

we're

talking

about

the

Exorcist,

whenever,

when,

whenever

I

see

that,

that

name,

the

first

thing

I

roll

to

isn't

the

Exorcist.

It's

Scary

Movie.

With

James

Wood,

huh?

Yes.

Yeah.

How

did

he

start

making

out

with

the

Possessor?

That's

ridiculous.

So

that's

where

my

head

goes

every

single

time.

And

I'm

like,

ah,

okay,

all

right,

that

was

funny.

But

when

we're

looking

at

Young

Frankenstein,

however,

I

mean,

nod

to

Mel

Brooks.

I

mean,

the

guy

is

a

genius.

Spaceballs

is

and

always

will

be

forever.

My

One

of

my

favorite

movies.

I

think

it

was

done

beautifully.

Well,

and

probably

safely

say,

I've

seen

that

one

probably

over

a

thousand

times.

When

Mel

Brooks

spoofs

something,

he

does

it.

He

doesn't

mock

it.

He

does

it

with

such

reverence

for

the

original.

Yes.

And

that

really

comes

out,

whether

it's

a

Western,

the

old

Universal

Hollywood

monster

movies,

or

Star

Trek

and

Star

Wars.

There's

just

such

a

love

of

the

original,

and

it

shows.

Yep.

I

agree

with

that.

Like,

and

with.

Especially

when

we're

talking

about

his,

like,

artistic

tastes

is

as

well.

I

mean,

he.

He

opted

to

do

this

in

black

and

white,

obviously,

for

the

dramatic

effect

of

it.

And

it

worked.

Like,

they

had

to

fight.

Like,

it

works.

It.

It

definitely

changed

the

entire,

you

know,

the

entire

kind

of

mood

of

the

movie.

Right.

So

their

first

company

said,

well,

just

film

it

in

color,

and

we

super

duper

promise

we'll

release

it

in

black

and

white.

And.

And

then

Melon

and

Gene

were

like,

no.

So

they

shopped

it

around.

And

I

want

to

say

it

was

Fox

that

picked

it

up,

but

don't

quote

me

on

that.

They

said,

oh,

yeah,

whatever.

You

want.

Black

and

white.

Sure.

Because

the

black

and

white

nature

is

a

character

itself

within

the

story

that

puts

it

in.

That

feels

like

it's

one

of

those

old

Universal

monster

movies.

Yeah,

exactly.

Yeah,

exactly.

Exactly.

Yeah.

So,

I

mean,

that.

That's

how

I

kind

of

go

back

and

forth

on

it.

And

I

mean,

if

we're

talking

like,

you

know,

what

did

the.

You

know,

from

a

public

perspective,

you

know,

what

do

the

public

think

about

it?

I

mean,

let's.

We

know

it

made

a

ton

of

money.

Yeah.

400

million

adjusted,

obviously,

but.

And

got

10

Oscar

nods

when

winning

two

Oscars.

Really?

I

mean.

Yeah.

The

Exorcist.

Yeah.

Yeah,

yeah.

You

could.

That's.

It's

gonna

be

on

pretty

much

every

list

of,

you

know,

top

10

greatest

horror

movies

of

all

time.

Yep.

I

mean,

it

must

have

been

an

Oscar

now

for,

like,

screenplay.

Right.

Probably

Special

effects

and

Special

effects.

I

was

gonna

say

special.

Best

Adapted

because

it

was

a

book

originally

and

because

the

same

guy

that

wrote

the

book

wrote

the

screenplay.

I

can't

remember.

William

Friedrich

or.

It's

kind

of

the

way

that

should

go.

Your

Benchley,

maybe.

I

don't

know.

It's

one

of

those

guys.

Are

we

ready

to

vote

for

this

one?

Let's

do

it.

Yeah.

All

right.

Tony,

lead

us

off.

Yeah.

Still.

Still.

Tough

call.

I'm

gonna

continue

my

comedy

bashing,

and

I'm

gonna

vote

the

Exorcist.

All

right,

Mike.

Yeah.

Young

Frankenstein.

For

me,

like,

I

enjoy

the

Exorcist,

but,

like,

the

Young

Frankenstein,

like,

is

near

and

dear

to

my

heart

because

of,

like,

it

was

my

mask.

It's.

Well,

my

mom's

still

alive,

so

it's

her

favorite

movie

of

all

time.

And

it's

still,

My

mom

still

quotes

it,

my

parents

still

quote

it,

you

know,

and

I

quote

it.

My

brother,

my,

you

know,

my

family,

we

always

talk

about

it.

Even,

like,

my

cousin

Danny,

like,

you

know,

we'll

bring

up

gifts,

and

Steve,

you're,

like,

on

checkers

with

us,

and

we'll,

you

know,

we'll

bring

that

up,

you

know,

because

it's,

it's

an

important

movie

to,

like,

my

entire

family,

which

is

crazy

to

say

because

it's

a

movie.

Right.

So

who's

me?

So

I

am

going

to

vote

Young

Frankenstein.

I

went

back

and

forth

on

this

quite

a

bit,

you

know,

from

cultural

impact

to,

you

know,

cinematic

quality,

rewatchability,

everything.

But

just

Young

Frankenstein

is

one

that

I'm

going

to

go

back

to

many

times

over.

And

I

have

no

desire

to

go

watch

the

Exorcist

again.

And

that,

that

is

a

big

part

of

how

I,

you

know,

vote

in.

This

is

the

rewatch

ability

of

some

of

these.

And

also

a

shout

out

to

the

Young

Frankenstein

musical

if

it

comes

your

way.

It

is

hilarious.

They

have

a

whole

song

called

Rolling

the

Hay.

It's

great.

Yeah,

they

transfer

over

the

horses

gag

with

Frau

Bruker,

so

it's

great.

It

is

really

good.

So,

Bruka.

Yeah.

So

my

vote

is

Young

Frankenstein,

bud.

All

right,

all

right,

all

right,

all

right.

So,

so

I'm,

I

know

that

this

is

what

goes

through

my

head.

I

know

that

if

I

vote

for

what

I,

I'm

pretty

sure

what

I

want

to

vote

for,

then

that's

going

to

put

us

in

a

position

to

where

AI

Jamal

is

going

to

have

to

get

involved.

I

think

I

know

how

that's

going

then.

So

I'm

trying

to

decide

am

I

gonna,

am

I

gonna,

am

I

just,

just

gonna

stop

the

bleeding

or

am

I

gonna

allow

this

to

go

all

the

way?

That,

that's

where

my

head's

at

right

now.

That's

what

I'm

trying

to

figure

out,

which

one

I

want

to

do.

Gotta

vote

for

what

you

think

is

the

best

movie,

man.

Honestly,

like,

I,

I,

I

am

gonna

say

Young

Frankenstein.

Yeah,

for

sure.

Yeah.

No,

I

mean,

it's,

it's,

honestly,

between

the

two

movies,

it's,

it's

the

one

I

think

that

I

always,

I

go

back

to

the

most

out

of

the.

Two,

and

that's

A

pretty

close.

Like

overall

number

29

and

36.

Is

that

the

closest?

8.

9,

Steve,

as

far

as

the

overall

listing?

Yeah.

Yeah.

Oh,

carrying

Kramer

versus

Kramer

is

31.34.

Did

I

send

you

guys

that

full

list?

I

don't

remember,

but

it's.

It's

on.

It's

on

the.

It's

on

the.

Yeah,

it's

on

the

bracket

and

it

says

it

on

the

side.

Okay.

Yeah,

that's.

Oh,

yeah,

yeah.

So

it's

within

seven,

but

it's

not

the

closest

out

of

the

eight.

Nine.

I

didn't

look

at

any

of

that

stuff.

I

just

watched

the

two

movies

this

week

and.

And

I'm

just

on.

On

Vape.

They're.

They're.

They're

right

there,

neck

and

neck.

Yeah.

Yeah,

this

was.

This

was

not

an

easy

decision.

So

it's.

It's.

Either

way,

it

would

have

gone.

It's

like,

okay,

good

with

it,

but.

Great

to

get

your

ass

kicked

by

the

Godfather

second

round.

We

talked

about

you

now.

All

right,

so

moving

on,

we've.

Next

we've

got

number

five,

Patton

versus

number

12,

dawn

of

the

Dead.

Where

you

going,

General

Berlin?

I'm

going

to

personally

shoot

that

paper.

Hanging

son

of

a.

When

there's

no

more

room

in

hell.

The

dead

will

walk

here.

Yeah,

this

was.

This

is

an

interesting

matchup.

Like,

you

know,

you

got

like

a

World

War

II

general

that

everybody

in

the

world

knows,

you

know,

story

against,

you

know,

zombies.

And

it's

a

tough

one,

I

think,

for

me,

because

it's

like,

well,

they're.

They're

so

different.

Like,

it's

not

even

close

to,

like,

it's

not

like

it

was

Young

Frankenstein

versus,

like

Exorcist

because,

like,

yeah,

it's

a

comedy

versus

a

horror

movie.

But

like,

they're

both

like

kind

of.

They're.

They're

kind

of

like,

kind

of

dark.

You

know,

this

is

just

like

the

original.

This

is

the

George

Romero

one,

right?

Like,

okay,

you

know,

this

guy

created

like

the

genre

against,

you

know,

one

of

the

greatest.

Like,

you

know,

acting

as

a.

As

a

military

person,

like,

ever.

I

mean,

you

know,

personally,

I.

I'm

always

like

a

big

zombie

guy,

so

it's

kind

of

tough

for

me.

But

I

also

love

World

War

II

and

like,

war

movies

and

historic

fiction,

if

you

want

to

call

it

that,

you

know,

like

historic

non

fiction.

So

it's.

That

it's

tough.

Like,

I

mean,

I'm

not

gonna

give

my

vote

away

or

anything,

but

I

feel

like

as

a

grandson

of

two,

you

know,

Army

World

War

II

vets,

that

one

was

at

D

Day.

Another

one

took

on

Rommel

in

Africa.

It's

a

tough,

there's,

it's

kind

of

like

I

feel

like

my

grandfathers

would

come

out

of

the

grave

if

I

voted

for

zombies.

Which

is

kind

of

funny

in

a

way.

You

know.

How

real

do

you

want

this

decision

to

be?

So,

yeah,

I

mean

they're

just,

they're

so.

This

one's

so

different.

I

kind

of

went

in

the

same

way.

I

mean,

I'm

a

big

fan

of

the

patent

movie.

I've

loved

it

for

years.

You

know,

ever

since

I

was

obviously

in

the

service.

I've,

I

had

seen

the

Zack

Snyder

dawn

of

the

Dead

and

I

enjoyed

it

several

years

ago.

Yeah,

I,

I,

with

the,

with

the

mall

and

stuff,

but

I

had

never

seen

the

original.

I'd

only

seen

Night

of

the

Living

Dead,

the

black

and

white

one,

which

I

enjoyed.

So

I,

I

did.

I

was

able

to

get

dawn

of

the

Dead,

watch

it

on

YouTube

and

I

was

impressed.

It

was

so.

It's

making

my

decision

much

harder

on

this

one

to

touch

on

Patton.

I've

always

loved

it

for

one.

George

C.

Scott's

portrayal

of

the

man

is

how

I

will

always

see

him.

It's

one

of

those.

That

is

how

I

know

Patton.

If

I

read

it.

Yeah.

If

I

read

it

in

a

book,

I'm

visualizing

George

C.

Scott

in

the

role.

100.

It's

so

weird,

ain't

it?

And

not

just

standing

in

front

of

the

American

flag.

I

mean

just

there's

so

many

different

scenes

and

one

liners

that

are

honest

to

the

time.

Like

where

he's

the,

the

shell

shock

soldier

and

he's

slapping

him,

calling

him

a

coward,

saying,

get

out

there,

I'm

going

to

shoot

you

myself.

You

know,

today

we

have

a

much

different

perception

of

PTSD

and

what

can

happen,

but

at

the

time

that,

I

mean

it's,

it

was

a

real

scene.

So

you

can

view

that

as,

I

don't

know,

he's,

he's

almost

like

the

Ty

Cobb

of

generals.

It's

like

he

was

just

so

good

at

it.

But

yes,

he

was

an.

And

it

was

portrayed

so

well

in,

in

that,

by

that

actor.

And

I

can't

remember

the

guy's

name,

but

the

guy

that

played

Omar

Bradley

loved

him

too.

But

I,

I

loved,

you

know,

the,

the

race

through

Sicily,

the,

you

know,

this,

the

saving

of

the,

the

Battle

of

the

Bulge.

All

this,

all

that

stuff

was

done

so

well.

And

the

hinting

that

he

might

have

been

assassinated.

It's,

it's

a

long

movie.

It's

not

short.

You

gotta,

you

gotta

commit

to

it.

But

it

is

really

A

great

movie

if

you're

a

World

War

II

history

buff,

especially

if

you

know

the

timeline

of

World

War

II

before

you

go

in.

If

you

don't,

they're

not

gonna

catch

you

up.

You

gotta

know

how

things

go.

Dawn

of

the

Dead,

the

zombie

makeup

today

is

obviously

much

better.

Putting

that

flat

out

there.

But

what

this

movie

does

really

well,

almost

better

than

a

lot

of

the

Walking

Dead,

is

the.

The

real

enemy

is

not

the

zombies

thing.

It's

people.

It's

how

people

act

and

how

they,

you

know,

like,

they

find

that

super

not

supermarket

shopping

center,

the

mall,

and

they

take

it

over.

But

then

the

bikers

come

and

the

bikers

really

mess

things

up

and,

you

know,

just.

It's

so

the.

The

real

danger

is

actually

the.

The

factions

of

people,

how

people

are

reacting

to

society

collapsing.

I

mean,

there's.

They're

like

mocking

the

zombies

at

some

points

in

the

movie

and

you

almost

feel

sorry

for

the

zombies

despite,

you

know

that.

So

they

do

a

good

job

of

film

making

and

showing

and

making

you

feel

sympathy

for

these

monsters.

It's

really

kind

of

neat

in

that.

Aspect,

I

will

say,

Steve.

Like

that,

you

know,

like,

that's

what

makes

like

the

Last

of

Us

such

a

good

show

in

game

is

it's

not

about

the

mushroom

people.

It's

about,

like,

how

instantly

people,

like,

turn.

And

I

do

like

that

you

brought

up

Ty

Cobb

because

Patton's

the

same

way

as

Ty

Cobb.

Because

anytime

I

read

anything

about

Ty

Cobb,

all

I

can

in

my

mind

is

Tommy

Lee

Jones.

Yeah,

like,

from

the

Ty

Cobb

movie.

Like,

and

he

is

a

God.

Is

he

a

motherfucker?

Like,

and

you're

like,

you

know,

he's

one

of

the

best

baseball

players

of

all

time.

But

if

you

just

wanted

to

punch

him

in

the

face

and

he.

That's

what.

Tommy

Lee

Jones

did

such

great

job

in

that

movie.

Because

if

you

got

pissed

at

somebody

by

acting

as

that

person,

like,

that's

a

good

job.

Like,

to

me.

And

then

when

you

brought

that

up,

I

was

like,

that's

such

a

great

point.

Like,

it's

a

good

tie

in

to

t.

To

Ty

Cobb

too.

Both

of.

So

the

actual

people

themselves

that

they

were

playing

so

good

at

their

jobs.

Ty

Cobb,

fantastic

baseball

player.

Patton,

one

of

the

best

generals

America

has

ever

had.

But

both

of

them

were

very

flawed

individuals

on

the

personality

and

humanity

side.

I'll

say.

I

think

there's

several

people

in

history

we

can.

We

can

relate

that

to

as

well.

True.

Let's

see.

I

mean,

I

do

like

myself

a

good

war

movie.

And

Patton

was.

Was

well

done.

I

thought

it

was

a

good

movie.

But

then

we

got

dawn

of

the

Dead,

and

I'm

a

huge

zombie

movie

show

fan.

I

think

it's

great.

But

then

at

the

same

time,

I

feel

a

little.

A

little

bougie

about

it.

And

so

you

go

to

watch

a

70s

zombie

movie,

it's

not

quite

the

same.

That

gray

face

paint.

Yeah.

It

doesn't

quite

give

you

the

horror

when

the.

The

makeup,

like

what

Night

of

the

Living

Dead

in

black

and

white

looked

better

because

it

was

in

black

and

white.

It

was

exactly.

Yeah.

So

when

you

got

it

in

color,

that's

why

the

movie

gets

more

interesting

when

the

people

start

fighting.

Right,

right.

So,

yeah,

I

mean,

to

me,

at

the

end

of

this,

I.

I

like

my

war

movies,

so

that's

probably

where

I'm

gonna

go.

What

do

you

think,

Tony?

Okay.

First

time

watch

of

both

of

these

movies.

I

had.

Like

you,

I

had

seen

Night

of.

But

not

this

one

with

Patton.

I

think

it's.

You

know,

I'm

a

big

World

War

II

buff.

I'm

a

big

war

movie

buff.

Having

never

seen

this

is

kind

of

embarrassing,

but

it

was

interesting

to

have

it,

you

know,

from

an

officer

perspective.

You

don't

see

too

much

of

that.

There's

not

a

whole

lot

of

battle

going

on

there.

But

it's

a

story

told

from

an

office

perspective.

You

know.

You

know,

Band

of

Brothers

Dick

Winters

is.

Is

driving

this.

The

plot.

You

know,

here

you've

got

Patton's

whole

story,

but,

you

know,

is

it

historically

accurate?

I

don't

know.

I

mean,

his.

This

portrayal

is,

you

know,

extreme

narcissist.

And

from

what

I've

read,

he

was

a

complete

diva

on

set.

So

maybe

that

fits,

maybe

it

doesn't.

I

don't

know.

I

mean,

at

one

point,

he's

jumping

out

of

a

window,

shooting

a

pistol

at

an

airplane.

Come

on.

He's

talking

about

reincarnation.

Like,

come

on.

He

was

a

big

believer

in

reincarnation.

Which

is

fucking

odd.

So

fine

movie.

And

the

guy

you

were

thinking

of

is

Karl

Martin

Malden.

I

knew

him

immediately

from

his

nose,

from

West

Wing.

He

was

the

priest

in

one

of

the

West

Wing

episodes

in

a

Chelsea

Steal

where

he

has

to

pardon

the

guy.

And

he

doesn't

pardon

the

guy.

He's

his

hometown

priest.

And

I

thought

he

acted

better.

I

actually

thought

he

was

better

than

George

C.

Scott.

But

that's.

It'll

be

a

bad

take

on

that.

I

know

I'll

be

in

the

minority

there.

Dawn

of

the

Dead.

So

back

to

what

I

said

about

the

Exorcist,

about

horror,

you

know,

chopping

them

up

into

subplots.

You

can

chop

this

in

into

a

zombie

subplot.

Romero

gets

a

lot

of

credit,

you

know,

the

time

and

when

it

was

made.

But

what

I

would

say

that

differentiate.

Differentiates

this

from

the

Exorcist

is

when

I

said

the

Exorcist.

Possession

movies

haven't

really

hit

the

way

the

Exorcist

did.

I

would

say

that

the

zombie

genre

has

been

hit

and

exceeded

this

many

times

over.

You

know,

whether

it's

The