Top 10 Comedy Films of the 2010s Decade

Hey, this is Steve Blum, and you are listening

to the Geekcast Radio Network. Today on episode

65 of the Cinema Geeks, we bring you the next

in our series of the best of the half decade

lists. And it's all about the comedies this time

as we count down our top 10 comedies from 2010

to 2014. Along with the countdown, we give you

our feelings on the state of the comedy genre

and the stars that this decade will be known

for. All that and more coming up on episode 65

with the Cinema Geeks. Thanks for watching! Thanks

for joining us once again here on The Cinema

Geeks for episode 65. As you heard in the intro,

we're talking about our top 10 comics this time.

We're continuing the series that we started early

on in the year. So far, we've gone over science

fiction and fantasy. We've gone over our top

10 animated films, our best superhero slash comic

book films, and now we're making our way into

the standard genres here of comedy, action, and

drama before we wrap it up with some fun lists

at the end of the year. And like we've done with

all of the previous lists, we're bringing on

some special guests each time to help us weed

out what the best of the best is from these last

five years. And before we get there, let's first

go over which Cinema Geeks are here with us today.

As you could hear in the intro, we have Movie

Revolt Dan. Hello. Hey, how's it going? Not too

bad. We have Amanda Hard Candy Mandy. Hello.

And of course, I am Optimus Solo, and joining

us this week from the True Bromance podcast,

making his first appearance with the Cinema Geeks

is none other than Mr. Barry. Hello. Hey, how's

it going? How are those wings treating you? Oh

man, I'm telling you, it's like, I, my stomach

is, like I'm wearing a barrel. That's how big

my belly is right now. It's just not good. And

anybody that listens or follows to the True Romance

guys knows that they enjoy themselves some wings.

That's right. It's best food there is. So Dan,

how's your week been going? And are you ready

for another Top Ten list? I am not ready at all.

Not at all. Not in the least. I'm gonna put that

out there. Not that proud of this list, I'm gonna

say. I'm like, really? Guess that's making it.

We should probably put it out there, though,

that... I think out of all the genres, we can

probably all agree that this is the most subjective,

just completely, I don't know. We kind of knew

where we were going with some of those other

lists. Yeah, there were differences amongst our

list, but it was a little more straightforward

in some of those other genres. But comedy is

just kind of, like, up in the air. And I'm with

you. I know this is kind of sneaking ahead to

what we'll talk about at the end with the state

of the genre. But this list was really hard for

me to put together. And I, like you, Dan, am

not super proud of my list. Whatever. I am set,

dude. All kinds of research. She's got extra

lists on top of lists. Oh my gosh. Come at me,

bro. Come at me, bro. I didn't plan on it, but

I guess if you're asking, there you go. I am.

So Amanda's proud of her list. What's the over

-under on the amount of Adam Sandler films on

your list? Just ask. I'm trying to go off of

the animated list we did and the over -under

on sequels that will appear on her list. Whoa,

bro. You don't have to make a trend just because

I like some animated sequels. Besides that, the

week's going okay. I have officially been trying

to cut the cable cord. I've purchased Amazon

Fire. Been trying that out. It's been interesting.

It's partaking in Sling TV, which is like cable

from 30 years ago with only like 20 channels,

but it's not too bad, you know? So streaming,

ESPN, and just the essentials. So just going

to see how that goes. Trying to get as far away

from Comcast as I possibly can. We cut that cable

cord a year and a half, a year ago, something

like that. We are basic cable. We get four channels

and Netflix and Amazon Prime. I mainly kept it

for HBO, but now that you can get HBO on its

own, I can officially do it. Right. Yeah, it's

definitely saving us a lot of money every month

as Comcast continues to try to take over the

world. Communist cast. But Amanda you got some

interesting news this week I don't know if you're

ready to share anything on the air, but put you

on the spot I just got offered a position at

the local radio station here, so Be starting

out doing the Saturday night dance party yet

on one of our local, the big time radio station,

it's a top 40 station, so I will be an O 'Fish

radio personality. From seven to midnight every

Saturday night. Wow, like actually on the radio,

that's impressive. And possibly Sunday's working

into her own show outside of the dance party.

Yeah, 50 ,000 listeners, crazy. So it's not the

same audience as Cinema Geeks. Roughly. She's

leaving us behind, Dan. I'll still be here, you

know, for the... Interesting enough, the reason

this came about was because of a movie -going

experience. So we were at Southpaw on that advanced

screening, and she ran into somebody that she

has known for a long time from the radio station,

and that's how it kind of all got going. And

he's actually listened to at least an episode

or so of The Cinema Geeks to see how she sounded,

and I guess that was good enough, so we're doing

something right. Alright, so we're making your

look good, I guess, apparently. Yeah, well we're

so bad that it makes her sound good. Oh, okay,

okay. I see how it is. Barry, besides your wings,

with your wing fiasco, how's your week been going?

It's only been a couple days since I talked to

you. Yeah, no man, it's going good. I'm a bachelor

this week. My wife and the kids are out of town,

so I've been a glutton. There's lots of movies

and golf and beer and... bad food, so I'm paying

the price as the week goes along, but it's been

fun, so. Barry, most people probably won't be

listening when we get to the end, so we're going

to let you get a chance right off the bat. A

lot of faith. When they hear some of our... They've

tuned out by now. They've tuned out a long time

ago. So we're going to give you a chance at the

beginning instead to pimp out your stuff and

how people can listen to you or follow you guys

online. Oh, okay. Yeah. So, I mean, we're Everywhere

Podcasts and Be Found. You can find us on iTunes

or Stitcher. We are the True Bromance Film Podcast.

If you want to find us on Twitter, we are True

Bromance Cast. That's true without an E because

my co -host is horrible at spelling. We do have

a website. It's truebromancefilm .com. It is

a site, you know, all our shows are there. So

if you'd like to just stream them and not download

them to your phone, you can go there. So, yeah,

we've, you know, we're the basic places, so.

Awesome. And it's definitely worth a listen.

That's an amazing show. It's a real fun and entertaining

movie discussion. So anybody that likes fun and

movies, check out True Bromance. Amanda, why

are you looking at me like that? He's like, fun

and movies. That's all you need. Fun and movies.

And you should definitely check out their last

episode because I was the guest when we talked

about Southpaw. And then you should continue

listening for at least one more week and check

out Amanda when she shows up for her guest appearance

as well. Just two more weeks. The two -part cinema

geek invasion of true bromance. Get him out of

the way back to back weeks. Don't have to deal

with us again for a while. So let's get into

this. Dan, let's start with you as far as any

type of, how do you tackle this genre and what

was the criteria you used or how did you go about

this whole process? I guess the one thing, this

is probably one that I did have some criteria

for in that, is that you always get those comedy

dramas. It's like, is it a comedy, is it a drama,

is it both, the dramedies per se. I tried to

stick away from those, though some of those are

like the funny, like. You know, just hopefully

I don't take anyone's choice, but like Nebraska

is probably one of the funniest films I've watched

in the past year, but I don't necessarily think

it's a comedy. So I try to go with this legitimate

straight comedy. It's like if you're going to

go percentage -wise, it's at least 70 % comedy

for the most part. So it just - That's what made

this list hard. Yeah, it made it even more difficult

because I was looking at it at first and I'm

like - i don't know if any of these are actually

comedies or they're just drama that occasionally

funny so that was i had to redo it but besides

that and i did put like i said a quota on adam

sandler films i can only put three there's so

many to choose from so it's it's hard it hard

it was hard to bear down so i had the same rule

with will ferrell so no um... i was the same

way as you don't say that i had i had a bunch

of uh... dramedies so to speak that uh... i was

considering and i was like I really, if I'm going

to start including them, then it's going to take

over the entire list. And so I nixed as many

of them as I could. I think there might be one

that some people might say is not fitting your

70 % comedy, but I nixed all the other ones to

try to make it as most about straight comedies

as I could. Amanda, what about you? Um, I realize

that I've seen a lot of comedies, but I've also

not seen a lot of comedies So this list is gonna

be super personal and I'm probably need a lot

of flack from it When do you ever get flack from

the list? She gets flack all the time on Twitter.

I give it to her. All the friggin time, all the

friggin time Barry, Hyro, you guys just are on

that ass no matter what I say Some of your twitches

are really out there. I just gotta say It's gonna

be a theme here too, but I did eliminate anything

animated just because I mean, animated, it's

gonna be funny at some point. We just did the

animated list too, so that's kind of redundant.

That's about it. This is all about what I want

on my list. Alright, it's all about you. Barry,

how'd you go about coming up with your list?

Yeah, I kind of followed Amanda's protocol. I

eliminated the animated films because I know

you guys did the... best animated of the half

decades of listen i do listen you know okay i

try to get through them um you know they're long

well you you guys shows long and then i can only

listen to podcasts on the way to and from work

really so it takes me about 40 minutes give or

take so and you know i have a bunch of shows

that i try to listen to so sometimes i get behind

but so i try to eliminate animated films and

then i uh much like uh everyone else i try to

stay As close to just pure comedies as I could

but I mean there's a couple of my list that definitely

kind of teeter to that You know comedy romance

drama genre, but not not that many so All right

I think we're all set then let's get it started

with Barry Why don't you kick us off here with

your number ten choice? Okay. Well, I got one

question. So if I have one that's like number

ten and one of you has it like further down the

list. Do you want to wait to talk about it then,

or do you want me to just expound on it and you'll

talk about it when we get to your numbers? Yeah,

go ahead and expound on it while it's in your

slot, and we'll save our thoughts for when it

comes up on our screen. Okay, so it sounds good.

So for my number 10, then I have This Is the

End. This is the Seth Rogen, James Franco, you

know, just that whole crew gets together, kind

of the end of the world apocalypse movie. I actually

went to see this with my co -host Tyrone he was

up to town and we kind of wanted to go see a

movie so we saw this together and I really thought

this was very funny you know I mean it's kind

of the characters in the movie all play themselves

you know James Franco's James Franco but just

kind of maybe an exaggerated version of himself

and there's just really a lot of good like jokes

and one -liners and kind of gags in this movie

as well and There's there's a cameo. I don't

want to give away who it is But there's a cameo

by an actor at near the end of this movie that

is it's one of the best cameos of the past ten

years I laughed and laughed and laughed so this

This movie for me just really worked. I've only

seen it the one time, but it still stuck with

me So that's why this is the end comes in at

number ten for me Yeah, I think that's a good

pick and and I'm kind of same way I've only seen

it one time but I liked it I don't know why I

haven't given it a rewatch but I I too I like

the fact that none of them let their egos get

in the way or whatever they were all willing

to kind of Let themselves be a caricature of

themselves. Yeah, so they just let it fly Yeah,

just have fun with it, and I enjoyed that movie

much more than I thought I was going to going

into it, so I definitely liked that pick. Yeah,

that was actually teetering. I had that, my tentories

in that, like going back and forth a few times,

and I pretty much agree with Barry said, and

I love how, you know, it... just what it says

about celebrities in general. There's a lot of

really good cameos too. When some Harry Potter

stars show up, I enjoyed that as well. I think

there's a lot of humor you get with a Rogan -type

comedy, but a little bit more. I think that cast

of characters works really great. Danny McBride

has one of the best movie entrances ever in that

film. He's fantastic. There's definitely a couple

scenes that... I wasn't expecting to see the

stick with you in that film. Amanda, what did

you think of the Harry Potter? You've seen this

film, right? Yeah. I'm actually not going to

say too much about this film. All right. So she

definitely agrees with your pick. What's your

number 10, Amanda? I'm going to go with this

might be the first one. Barry, you want to reach

out and say something? Tammy from 2014. Oh my

goodness. It starts like that. Is this the first

of name with McCarthy movies that's coming down

the pike? Is that a chance? Wait, Barry asked

you a serious question. Have you only seen ten

comedies since you two got together? Is that

how this is on there? If this didn't touch your

heart a little bit, then I don't know what's

wrong with you. And she was willing to share

those pies, let me tell you. What badge? You

mean my name tag? Yes, exactly. I need your badge.

I need your badge back. It's not a badge. It's

a name tag. And you made me buy it with my own

money. That's company policy. I need it back.

Well, I need you to stop sweating through your

shirts and grossing everybody out. It is hot,

and when it's hot, people sweat. I don't like

that. Tammy, you have already been fired. I have

already terminated your employment. You are at

least 40 seconds fired, so please exit the topper

jacks. Fine. You know what? I'm gonna give you

this. Tammy, I got it here. It's your middle

finger. Nope. Poom! Re -between the lines. I

knew that you were gonna do it, Tammy, so it's

not as good. I get it, Tammy. Poom! You get that?

What is that? Little version of this. You know

what? You are no longer an employee of Topper

Jacks! Oh. Enjoy the special sauce! Those buns

are all still good. Just change the hats. Poom!

Later, dummy. How about him? I really like this.

I like her frumpy self in this, and Susan Sarandon,

an old crotchety lady. I'm cool with it. I liked

it a lot. I would comment on it, but I can't

remember anything about it. I think I've erased

it from my memory, so I don't remember what this

movie's about. I'm about to erase your face from

my memory. I think you started by saying this

list is subjective, and I think that it gives

you the point right away. It's subjective until

you say Tammy, and then it's just wrong. At least

we don't have to worry about any of us holding

off on comments until a later point with this

one. Shut up. Oh, just kidding. I can't wait

to hear the rest of your list. I have not peeked

at her list. I don't know anything about it.

I'm anticipating every pick. uh... dan what is

your number ten i mentioned i was going with

this is the end of this other might my number

ten choice and i was going back and forth but

i figured we talked about this in some some point

so i went with this and i uh... joseph movies

for two big reasons i had seven psychopaths and

the reason number one reason i think is for the

the writing of martin mcdonough uh... he's we

have uh... he makes this sort of sister and calling

feral about this struggling are crime author

who gets kind of caught up in this ring with

this kidnapping of a crime boss's dog and this

ends up being this really meta story about crime

genre and there's so much going on in each scene

but even without that I think what's really funny

about it are just the performances of people

like Sam Rockwell and Christopher Walken who

reminds you that yes, he can actually be funny

and be a good actor in a movie that's not awful

and Also, even like Woody Harrelson who is always

great He knows how to be menacing and still really

funny and Colin Farrell actually works as a good

good straight man So I end up really liking this

movie and I guess you could maybe argue it's

not completely comedy But I think what makes

it comedic or the performances and just the idea

of it I think it has a lot of interesting things

to say and play with when it when it comes to

the crime genre Are you saying that balls of

fury was not? Serious was that the name of that

movie the ping -pong on Christopher? Well, I

mean that that didn't happen in this decade.

So I can't that's true can't put it in this All

right, yeah, I haven't seen seven psychopaths

so I can't I can't I believe on Amazon and Netflix

or one of the other so you can watch it for free

There's own there's already so many movies on

my list. You should move psychopaths up. It's

good. I like it I am a huge Sam Rockwell fan

and he absolutely crushes it in this movie. Nice.

I like Sam Rockwell too. Your guys' recommendation

and Sam Rockwell being in it, that's enough to

move it up on my list. For my number ten, it's

a movie that we kind of talked about a few weeks

or months ago, Dan, because it was one of the

ones I gave you as homework. I did not expect

it to actually make my top ten, but Process of

Elimination, I was left with put Tammy on my

list or put something else and I went with something

else. I'm going with the 2010 film Date Night

with Steve Carell. Again, I don't think this

is necessary. This is probably a better example

of why my list is not very good, but I don't

know. I like Steve Carell. I like Steve Carell.

I don't think this was his best comedy of the

decade, but I enjoyed this one enough. I thought

Marky Mark was funny in this, and Steve Carell

was funny, and it was just a good time, and kind

of just a refreshing comedy that made me laugh

more than twice, which is what most comedies

seem to do these days, so. You don't laugh at

anything, that's why. I have no soul. Date Night

is my number 10. I'm hilarious, and he hardly

ever laughs. She always gets upset because I

don't laugh out loud. Oh, you say, I'm like,

that was funny, like, expecting him to laugh.

And I'm like, I giggled. That was funny. Is it

when you're quoting Tammy? Is that the problem?

Obviously you can see why her sense of humor.

No, I'm just kidding. She's super funny I just

don't laugh very much out loud. I'm gonna stop

talking Barry save me go to your number nine.

My number nine is a movie I Wonder if you guys

have seen it. I really like this is another movie

actually watched with my co -host on another

trip up here to visit me And it's in a world

Yes, this is the it's a bunch of voice actors.

It's very meta. It's really funny because this

movie takes You know that these like the people

that do over the trailers and the animation movies

and stuff and it really kind of gives them these

egos that you expect to see on Major League movie

stars, but they're kind of the B level So everyone

around them is also at the B level and it's just

really really funny Gosh, I'm drawn a blank on

the name of the Lake Bell. Thank you. Yes. I

think she's she's really great and she's so funny

Uh, like she, she actually has voice talent the

way she kind of, kind of goes around and mimics

and stuff. Just so, so funny in this movie and

you know, it just really works. Uh, you know,

it's for a kind of a female driven comedy, um,

which, which I don't always like, you know, I

mean, maybe I'm a sexist pig or maybe they're

just not funny. I don't know, but this one really

works for me and I just really love in a world.

Yeah, of course. I agree. It's quite good. And

Kevin, I know you have a soft spot for voice

actors, so I think you would definitely enjoy

it. And it's got a really good supporting cast,

too. Like, Kikna Kataro's in there, and Demetri

Martin. It's got a lot of funny people there,

yeah, for sure. Apparently, this episode is just

going to be an episode where I just have to write

down everybody else's pick as movies that I should

probably check out. Maybe I have a wrong opinion

about comedy this decade, because I haven't seen

these good ones. Amanda, I'm afraid to ask, but

what's your number nine? I have Ted from 2012.

I think that it was a good one. It was a good

breakout film for Ted. They even followed it

up later and gave it a sequel and I could not

put that sequel on my list, but I also enjoyed

that. If there was a panda version of Ted, I'd

definitely be Marky Mark. I had a ton of fun

with this. I'm a big Mark Wahlberg fan. I think

he's hilarious. I really don't give a crap about

Mila Kunis, but everything else was spot on for

me with this. not that that bothers me but I

mean it just yeah obviously but it's I really

think it is funny there's a lot of really good

solid moments in this movie that are legitimately

laugh out funny laugh out loud funny so all right

so much better pick than your number ten good

job all right um I got a pat a good job pat for

that Dan what's your number nine uh my next one

I guess this might be a pretentious pick because

it's a foreign film but the actual Movie is not

pretentious at all. It's very I guess you would

say crass or raunchy and it's a Danish field

called clown But again spelled incorrectly KL

o WN. I guess that's how they spell it there

and it's a colony based upon this guy who is

trying to get married and trying to prove that

he Can be a good dad so he ends up kind of kidnapping

a 12 year old and bringing him on this canoe

trip and it's like it's like it has the style

in the of something like a Curb Your Enthusiasm

but the execution of like a Family Guy because

it's very raunchy and it definitely pushes the

boundaries. I feel like there's a lot of stuff

in this that they would not be able to get away

with with American audiences. So it may not be

for everyone. It definitely does not hold back.

But it's hard for foreign comedy, I think, to

really work because there's so much lost in translation

with text and trying to read and you're trying

to react to something as your brain's a little

bit far behind. But overall, that didn't bother

me too much with this. And I think it ended up

being rather funny and enjoyed it quite a bit.

Barry, have you seen this one? I cannot comment

because I have not seen it. It is streaming on

Netflix. I wrote it down. Dan, you should be

a spokesman for Netflix. I've been trying to.

They do not return my calls, ever. I love it.

All right, my number nine. I guess I didn't realize

I have a theme going with my number 10 and my

number nine. This is also probably the one that

you could probably say breaks somewhat of my

rule, because I don't know if this is necessarily

really a straight comedy. It's probably the one

on my list that's not as much straight comedy

as the rest of them, because it's a little bit

more probably of a coming of age film. But I'm

going with the way back from 2013 with aforementioned

Sam Rockwell and of course from my number 10

Steve Carell again so I guess I must have a soft

spot for Steve Carell I forgot he was in this

movie until I just lined these two movies up

next to each other but I don't know I just thought

this I thought this movie was was funny I thought

it I'm also a sucker for coming -of -age films,

so I guess that might have helped it get on my

list. But compared to some of the other ones,

I thought this tilted just a slightly more edge

towards the comedy side compared to a lot of

the other coming -of -age films we've had in

the last couple years. So the way, way back makes

my number nine. I never think the scenes in the

amusement park very much are reminiscent of your

classic 80s type of comedy. So I can kind of

see it. I ended up kind of disqualifying this

because I thought it felt a little bit... Like

I said, a little bit more dramedy than comma,

but I can see the argument. I was stretching,

Danny. I was stretching. Like I said, there's

not much to it. It's slim pickings, so you know.

All right, so that makes it time for everybody's

number eight. Barry, where do you go for that

one? All right, so my number eight, this might

be my Tammy. But I have a... Well, it's not actually

Tammy, but I have a real soft spot for Ryan Reynolds.

And when he teamed up with Jason Bateman for

the change -up, I was kind of in heaven. This

movie, to me, is just so funny. I laughed and

laughed and laughed. It's basically Freaky Friday,

but with two guys and more raunch. And it just

really works for me, because the guys are obviously

polar opposites. And obviously, the cliched body

switch movie where they both help each other

get over... respective humps and problems and

relationships, etc. But it's just done really

well, it's done really funnily, I think. Not

really funny, I don't think that's an actual

word, funnily, but I really like how funny it

is. And also, like, I'm also a big Atlanta Braves

fan, and this takes place in Atlanta, so they

actually go to a Braves game, so it kind of,

it warms my cockles, so I really like the change

-up. Amanda, have you seen this one? uh... you

know what i was on my list uh... of things i

didn't see but when i heard ryan reynolds and

more raunch i kind of think i'm down yeah it's

just stuff he shirtless couple times so i might

have i might have unfairly written this one off

because this is one of the ones that is based

on the premise i couldn't uh... bring myself

to watch so i have not seen this one either uh...

i don't think i can vouch for this one but i

personally think it's funny i don't think a lot

of people would think this is funny but it really

worked for me Dan have you seen this one? No,

I just remember it getting bad reviews. So I'm

like, I'll just I'll just choose other things

I always I always forget like that one and there

was that other the switch she had I keep those

two The switch is with Jennifer Aniston. I've

seen that one too that one. I don't think it

was good, but It's true that's my girl, but uh,

she's she's not good in that so Alright Amanda

number eight This is my one and only cheat, so

let me have it. And I'm gonna go with the Jump

Street movies. 21 and 22 from 2012 and 2014 if

we can keep up with that I think that it was

funny in its own right and it even made fun of

itself for being the same movie again and I found

that funny in 22 Jump Street and I think that

a lot of the even some supporting roles of like

Ice Cube and And some of the scenarios that they

go through are pretty hilarious. And I'm all

about the Channing Tatum anyway, so it's my number

eight. And I will say, I will say nothing for

now. I will. Yeah, you mentioned two movies and

I'm not going to say anything because one of

them may appear later on. I'll say you could

have had one at eight and one at nine and bumped

Tammy out of your top ten. But other than that,

yeah, you could have saved yourself that. Nice.

Dan, what's your number eight? All right. My

number eight. That's a good question. You're

still trying to do that. It depends on where

you're, this movie has different titles depending

on what country you're watching it. It's called

Alan Partridge, Alpha Papa starring Steve Coogan.

And I guess I never heard of this character Alan

Partridge, but I guess it's one of his most infamous

characters. He's been playing it for years, but

it's like this radio DJ who ends up being in

a situation where his DJ or his radio station

gets taken over and taken hostage by these this

crazed gunmen. Kind of like think of airheads,

but funny. So and I think what makes it work

is Steve Coogan is in this character of Alan

Partridge. He's just has an unabashed ego and

tries to use the situation to further his career

because he's kind of on the out. He's kind of

seeing that, you know, his career is kind of

coming to an end. So it's it's just kind of wackiness.

And if you have like the keep steve coogan's

humor it's a little dry for some people but i

end up really liking it and i didn't think i

would because i went into it not knowing anything

about the character but you really don't need

to it's self -contained and works really well

another one i've not seen this and i have to

admit i i've seen the trip with steve coogan

and uh... i didn't Find that one particularly

funny. So when I saw hit this with his Alan Partridge

I just decided to kind of keep browsing through

Netflix. I would say if you don't like the trip

you would not like Okay, I just I think maybe

the trip was a little for me. It was oversold

You know, it was like this is the funniest movie

of the past three years yada yada yada when I

saw it I mean, I think it's funny, but just I

have a problem with impressions. Like it's it's

a skill, but is it just necessarily funny? I

don't know. So That's why I didn't like it Dan,

I'm not sure how I feel about our homework for

next week. Well, we'll talk about the trip later

tonight. All right. For my number eight that's

already been talked about, so I will be in agreement

with Amanda about Ted. That came in at number

eight for me. I thought that was probably going

to be a train wreck, and it surprised me because

a lot of the stuff that Seth McFarland's tried

to do outside of his formula in Family Guy hasn't

worked, and even at times in Family Guy it hasn't

worked. But I like Ted. I thought it was funny.

I thought Mark Wahlberg worked. I thought the...

The Ted character himself worked, even though

it was a bit crude and whatnot, but just... I

mean, for the name scene alone... Not bad, actually.

I met a girl, she's a cashier. No way, that's

awesome. We should fucking double -date something.

You mean Laurie, you know, what's her name? White

Trash Lynn, yes. Mandy. Nope. Marilyn. Nope.

Brittany. Nope. Tiffany. Nope. Candice. Nope.

Don't fuck with me on this. I know this shit.

Do you see me fucking with you? Alright, speed

run. I'm gonna rattle off some names and when

I hit it, fucking buzz it, okay? You got me?

Yeah. Alright, Brandy, Heather, Channing, Brianna,

Amber, Sabrina, Melody, Dakota, Sierra, Bambi,

Crystal, Samantha, Autumn, Ruby, Taylor, Tara,

Tammy, Lauren, Charlene, Chetel, Courtney, Misty,

Jenny, Krista, Mindy, Noelle, Shelby, Trina,

Reba, Cassandra, Nikki, Kelsey, Shawna, Jolene,

Earlene, Claudine, Savannah, Casey, Dolly, Kendra,

Collie, Chloe, Devin, Emily, fucking Becky? Nope.

Wait, was it any one of those names with a Lynn

after it? Yes. Oh, I got you motherfucker. I

got you. Okay, Brady Lynn, Hevelyn, Cham - Tammy

Lynn. Fuck! Okay, so Ted is my number eight and

that takes us to Barry and his number seven.

All right. So my number seven, I had to say I

mentioned at the top of the podcast that I'm

kind of flying solo this week. So my wife called

me before we started the show and she was like,

Well, what do you have on your list? So I was

kind of going through them. When I got to my

number seven, she was like, Don't talk about

that movie because then no one will take you

serious. Well, Amanda already talked about candy.

I felt safe, right? I was like, well, I know

Amanda's gonna have something on her list, so

I'll feel okay. Amanda's gonna be in total shame.

Hot Tub Time Machine comes in for me at number

seven. I just really think this movie is very

funny. I think the ensemble cast is fantastic.

John Cusack, he's been making good funny movies.

Since the 80s and he doesn't really get a lot

of credit for his comedic ability Rob Cordray

is very funny Craig Robinson is fantastic and

You know and the premise is obviously completely

ridiculous But you know being a child of the

80s anything that takes place in that decade.

I just I have a more Kinsmanship to you know,

it just kind of pulls me in so when they kind

of travel back and everything is like 1986 which

you know, I just I love it. I thought it was

so funny. Again, a little crass, a little vulgar,

but I really enjoyed this movie. This movie was

better than I thought it was going to be going

into it. Have you seen the sequel? I have not

seen the sequel. I haven't either yet. I'm not

sure. I didn't need one. Comedy sequels, they

rarely are as good as the original. Surprised

by Hot Tub of Time Machine, I feel like there's

no way they can surprise me. I feel like that's

why I'm not watching it either. It surprised

me once. You're not going to surprise me twice.

But no, decent pick there. I like that. Amanda,

I love it when it gets to your turn every time.

So what is your number seven? This is the end

is my number 7 2013 Yeah, that's why I didn't

want to talk about it because I had mine way

higher than you guys did so in your face I Love

the cast. I love how outrageous they were Michael

Cera is so so ridiculous but it's so funny to

see them in these roles and um make fun of themselves

a little bit and hermione popping up who doesn't

love little hermione action outside of you know

harry potter um she took a little time from her

spell books and decided um that she would not

get raped in the apocalypse so good to know right

she's just eating shitty food anyway let's just

give her all the shitty food that we don't want

Look how tiny she is. She's not even a full seven.

She's like half a seven. This is a fucking cool

thing, man. I, for one, am very excited. I'm

a massive Harry Potter fan. What? Yes, I love

fucking Harry Potter. I cannot wait till she

wakes up and I can ask her all these amazing

questions about how they made those motion pictures.

Take it easy, Dumbledore. Guys, listen, listen.

I think we need to address the elephant in the

room. Well, Jane, I'll talk about... That's fucked

up. I'm right here, man. I'm not calling Craig

an elephant. That's fucking weird. Yeah, no,

that's racist. I wasn't referring to him. I was

referring to the issue that's on all of our minds.

Like what? This is one girl in a house with six

males. Yeah, really safe. Ideal scenario. She's

like a little sister. I think that it's important

that she feels safe and comfortable and we should

be mindful. Who's making her not feel safe? Well,

I'm just saying we don't want to give off a bad

vibe. What kind of vibes are you talking about?

He's talking about us giving off a rapey vibe.

Whoa! Jay, what the fuck, man? Chill out, dude.

Why are you putting that shit in the mix? He

fucking said it! You're the one saying no one

here is thinking about raping anymore. Well,

you talking about vibes is the only thing that's

rapey going on right now. Dude, nothing was rapey

until you brought up the rapey vibes. The one

who smelt it dealt it, dog. Drew that, dude.

The one who denies it supplies it. I know, it's

farts, I get it. Guys, guys, guys! Maybe we should

just stop this entire conversation right now.

If anyone's gonna rape anyone here, it's probably

gonna be Danny. What the fuck, Franco? What?

Why do you think I'm gonna rape somebody? I'm

just trying to lay it out there. I'm not gonna

rape anyone, all right? If anyone's gonna rape

somebody... That's my number seven. Good life

goal. It's mine. It's currently my life goal.

Gotta start someplace. Gotta start someplace.

My number seven is probably a movie that people

actually have heard of, so we got that going

for me. And it is... I think a comedy that has

criminally untalked about. I feel like it came

and went and I'm not sure why. Maybe some people

don't like it. And that's The Other Guys, directed

by Adam McKay and Will Ferrell. And again, I

guess the theme going today is Mark Wahlberg,

because he's also in this. And I think Adam McKay

and Will Ferrell work the best when they're together.

And I think this is proof of it. I thought it

works well as a good action comedy. And there's

some funny elements like The Rock and Samuel

L. Jackson as like the pseudo like over -the

-top action stars and what happens to them. But

again, I think Ferrell and Wahlberg have really

good comedy. There's some really great quotes

with the infamous line about him being a tuna.

I think that's probably most... popular line

from it Even if you weren't in my food chain,

I would go out of my way to attack you. If I

were a lion and you were a tuna, I would swim

out in the middle of the ocean and freaking eat

you! And then I'd bang your tuna girlfriend.

Okay. First off, a lion swimming in the ocean?

Lions don't like water. If you'd placed it near

a river or some sort of fresh water source, that'd

make sense. But you find yourself in the ocean,

20 -foot waves, I'm assuming it's off the coast

of South Africa, coming up against a full...

grown 800 -pound tuna with his 20 or 30 friends,

you lose that battle. You lose that battle nine

times out of 10. And guess what? You've wandered

into our school of tuna, and we now have a taste

of lion. We've talked to ourselves. We've communicated

and said, you know what? Lion tastes good. Let's

go get some more lion. We've developed a system

to establish a beachhead and aggressively hunt

you and your family. And we will corner your

Your pride, your children, your mom's brain.

How are you gonna do that? We will construct

a series of breathing apparatus with kelp. We

will be able to trap certain amounts of oxygen.

It's not gonna be days at a time, but an hour?

Hour 45? No problem. That will give us enough

time to figure out where you live, go back to

the sea, get more oxygen, and then stalk you.

You just lost your own game. You're outgunned

and outmanned. Did that go the way you thought

it was gonna go? Nope And to also Steve Coogan

is in this too, so it's just I guess there's

five comic actors and they're all these movies

But yeah, but I really like the other guys. So

Yeah, I agree with you about that one not being

talked about enough But I'm gonna do my part

to talk about it a little bit later. So So I

will get into my number seven And I guess I figure

that these films qualify, but maybe you guys

will disagree with me, even though I'm the one

that tried to set the rules. Maybe I'm breaking

them all. But my number seven is Moonrise Kingdom

from 2012. Amanda is giving me an awful, awful

look right now. But I don't know how else to

classify any of Wes Anderson's movies outside

of them being. I believe they're in the work

genre. Is that Budapest Hotel? No, that's a different

one. I'm saying is that the same guy? Yes. Okay,

I didn't see that either. Anyways, obviously

I watch these movies alone, but yeah. This is

the shit he watched when he was still a bachelor.

still wish i could uh... uh... uh... uh... uh...

uh... uh... uh... uh... uh... uh... uh... uh...

uh... uh... uh... uh... uh... uh... uh... uh...

I love the actors that he has in his little gang

and seeing the random characters that they play

and the weird positions or places they find themselves

in. I found this one pretty funny throughout.

So Moonrise Kingdom is my number seven. I thought

it was a good return to form for him because

he had some like the Georgina Unlimited and Steve

Azuzu which were not, which were kind of too,

was almost Wes Anderson becoming too Wes Anderson.

Let me rise kingdom kind of got got back to what

made him good So I will say I'm not gonna talk

about that what other movies might come up later

All right Number six Barry number six. I will

say is probably the movie that shocked me second

most on my list And it's one that I really don't

hear anybody talk about but I really thought

was quite funny and that's Tucker and Dale versus

evil I feel like you're that Our lists were copacetic

in some ways, but then I took them all off. But

yeah. This movie, man, like I kind of heard people

talk about it and I was like, that premise sounds

just really stupid. But like I was kind of sitting

around the house one day and it was streaming

on Netflix. I was like, you know, I'll give it

a shot. I mean, it's it stars Alan Tudyk. You've

probably seen him. He's in my dodgeball and a

few other movies. Tyler Labine, I think he's

been in some things. Katrina Bowden probably

most well -known from 30 Rock and and James Franco's

little brother and I just you know this movie

completely shocked me it's one of those kind

of mistaken identity movies you know Tucker and

Dale are our friends and they buy like a cabin

in the woods and kind of hilarity ensues when

they are mistaken for kind of like murderous

hillbillies And I mean, this movie is just so

funny. And I mean, this kind of genre really

doesn't normally work for me. I don't know if

it's just if it's Tudyk's, like, charm that kind

of really works on screen or, I don't know, Dave

Franco looking so much like his brother that

I kept trying to figure out, like, who is that?

You know, and it took me forever. I had to look

it up. I was like, oh, OK, so he's James Franco's

brother. That makes sense. But yeah, I really

thought this movie was was very, very funny.

And I really liked Tucker and Dale versus Evil.

So. I suggest checking it out, so. Can we back

up to Murderous Hobo -y? Yes. Because that sounds

intriguing. It's classified as comedy horror,

you know, but I definitely think it's comedy

first. But, you know, it just the stuff that

plays out in this movie, you know, that they're

kind of seen in compromising position. I mean,

because you've seen all the scary movies right

when people break down in the woods and, you

know, like the where the people come and so that's

that's what they're mistaken for and i mean they're

just too you know nice guy that actually kind

of live in like the sub suburb so they're just

out you know visiting their cabinet just really

really funny movie i highly suggest checking

it out This sounds like it's something right

up Amanda's alley. This is gonna be, I think,

the seventh movie I'll have to write. I actually

walked into my cousin's house the other day and

her and her boyfriend were watching this and

he decided to play it on his laptop and sit there

with his tablet and he had his headphones on

and we were watching, trying to watch, Woman

in Black 2, but he was sitting over there cracking

up the entire time watching Tucker and Dale vs.

Evil. enough to Netflix the crap out of that.

Should definitely give it a go. Alright, Dan,

any comments since you said you left it off your

list? Yeah, it's really good. It's a great like

deconstruction of the genre of horror and I think

like that in like Cabin in the Woods would work

really good as a if you're looking for a good

double bill. Yeah. I want to put them back. Very

similar vein and it is streaming on Netflix now

so. Alright, double sponsorship here from the

Netflix guys. The NetTube. Amanda, what is your

number six? Number six I think Kevin you might

like this film a little bit more than I did but

I have 2014's st. Vincent Bill Murray joint and

also has Tammy in it It's Tammy but Melissa McCarthy

did a Little bit different take on what she normally

does. She's still the sad frumpy My husband didn't

love me because I'm not beautiful kind of lady.

Well, she can't get away from that, actually.

Well, come on. Give her a shot. But I think that

Bill Murray, always amazing in everything that

he does, and I liked the comedy that was in here,

but I also got... The straight feels quite a

few times in this so it surprised me about how

much I enjoyed the film This is uh, this would

be one of the ones that I disqualified off of

my list. Otherwise, it would have been on there

but I thought Some people might say that the

the drama outweighed the comedy or that it was

more close maybe to a 50 -50 split So I ended

up disqualifying it. Otherwise, it would have

been on my list Hater, I'm sorry. All right,

um dan number six, um, and this might be the

one that some people It might be my Tammy choice,

I guess. I don't know. How do you see it? None

of us can handle it. We're all safe. It is Cedar

Rapids, starring Ed Helms and John C. Reilly

and Hayes, a few other people. Ed Helms is this

insurance agent that kind of goes on this generic

vacation to Cedar Rapids, but for him it's like

the best thing ever because he's been such a

home -droom life. I love comedies that can...

Take like average everyday people and make them

funny kind of like the office But in movie form

fittingly starting at Hems and it's got a great

cast John C Reilly is great in everything he

does But I think the guy that probably probably

really steals the entire film is Isaiah Whitlock

jr Who if you're a fan of the wire you've seen

him and he's the shit guy if you've seen the

wire You know exactly what I'm talking about,

but I can't only want tonight I thought it was

a great slice of life type of movie. I'm a big

Ed Helms fan. Not all the movie stories he makes

are great, but I end up really liking Cedar Rapids.

So I've seen more films in the last five years

than I ever have in my life, and apparently none

of them were comedies. I apparently need to watch

more comedies on a yearly basis. I'm skewing

way towards the drama end, I guess. I have not

seen that one either, so I'm just sounding ignorant

in this whole list. My number six, though, has

been talked about by multiple people, so I won't

go in detail too much, and that would be this

is the end. So I'm in agreement with Barry and

Amanda. I just have it slightly higher, but I

thought this is the end was one of the more surprising

ones. I did not go into that one expecting too

much, and I enjoyed it throughout. some crazy

stuff happening, but like I said, I like the

fact that they were all kind of playing themselves

somewhat, and way better than I thought it was

going to be, so it was good enough to make my

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Alright, we're back here on cinema geeks counting

down the top 10 comedy films of the decade so

far and during the break our listeners weighed

in and They ranked our list so far. So we're

actually gonna go in reverse order So the one

that they thought has the worst list so far will

go first this round and the one that they had

the best list Will round things out. So Amanda

you are starting with number five Stop it. My

number five comes from 2012. This may be worse

than Tammy, depending on how they were. Identity

thief. Identity thief. Dark shadows. Yeah, you're

right. With Michelle Pfeiffer and Johnny Depp.

Ava green I had so much fun with this movie.

I don't care how dumb anybody says it was I it

was hilarious. I bought this movie I'll rewatch

this movie. I love vampires and this was a total

vampire spoof I don't even know what this is.

I don't know what we're talking about dark shadows

Johnny Depp remade or made a movie based on a

TV show or was a radio show TV show from way

back in the day the dizzy where which was a Wednesday

by the way, and it's where it's set in the 70s

a vampire in the 70s Okay, I'm not on board.

You're wrapping your mind around this Also directed

by Tim Burton, so yeah, oh, I'm definitely not

on board Carter isn't it naturally all right,

so So you started your first half of the list

with Tammy and you're starting the second half

with Dark Shadows So is it funny like in the

way like the room is funny where it's just like.

The room is hysterical. Oh, goodness. Matt, our

former co -host on. When it was called Weekend

at the Movies, he's actually read or listened

to the audiobook from the co -star of the room

on the behind the scenes and everything that

went into that film. He is an expert and he's

told some great stories about that. I don't even

know what you're talking about. Okay, that's

good. Lucky as it is, I get to go next because

I have the second worst list so far. My number

five, I'm going back to Wes Anderson and I will

go with Grand Budapest Hotel from last year.

I probably like Moonrise Kingdom a little bit

more as an overall film but I thought Grand Budapest

Hotel probably had a little bit more comedic

presence than Moonrise Kingdom for me at least

so that's why I have it at number five and I

thought the only way I was going to come up with

ten was to try to stick as many Wes Anderson

films in here as possible. He's got a couple

short films he can throw in there if you want.

uh... very what is your number five up my number

five is is actually been talked about and i agree

that the other guys is an underrated comedy uh...

i think this movie is is very funny i think mark

walberg is it's has been said before on the show

uh... so far today is is i think his comedy is

underrated i think he's he's can be quite humorous

uh... i actually use the line at work sometimes

when i get frustrated that i'm a peacock you

gotta let me fly to clean out Cassian Jewelry.

We got it. Good luck, guys. Have a good one.

Allen, let's go. No, I got work to do. What?

This is work. Hey, you. Dancing in high smith.

You're rolling heavy. Cream puff. Sit tight.

You gotta be shitting me. You can't keep me cooped

up in here, OK? I am a peacock. You gotta let

me fly. Did he just call himself a peacock? Yeah,

I mean it it's great stuff, you know, I really

like the the interaction that Mark Wahlberg's

rage that will ferrell's married to uh Gosh,

what's her name? I'm joining even and as yeah

He's just like he's like he's like irate to his

face. Like how is this possible? Like he just

questioned the whole time. It's just so funny

I really like the other guys and it's You know,

it's probably not as good as some of other Will

Ferrell's buddy movies, but since those kind

of fell outside the window, I could not use those,

but I think this one is definitely worth mentioning.

That's why it comes in here for me at number

five. I think every time Mark Wahlberg has offered

something like Transformers... There should be

like a Kickstarter to get him to do a comedy.

Yeah, he's very very funny. So All right, Dan.

That means you're up last with your number five

pick. All right, my number five Well, we talked

about movies about the world ending and I don't

have this is the end but I have the world's end

Directed by the third film in the car little

car little trilogy or whatever you say it but

uh, I know a lot of people don't put this along

the same lines as Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz,

and I agree it's not as good, but I still think

it's enjoyable. I felt like what you get a lot

with Edgar Wright movies, it gets better on a

rewatch, and I know the first time I watched

it, I thought it was okay, but I've really appreciated

it, because I've watched it many times when it's

been replayed on HBO, and I just noticed... how

many jokes are put in there that you'll get on

a second go around, because a lot of Edgar Wright's

jokes are very character -based, in the sense

of characters are making jokes based upon knowledge

you don't have yet, but once you have that knowledge,

you go back and re -watch it, things become a

little bit funnier, and I think it fills out

those characters a little bit more, and it makes

it feel like real life, because you think about

it, when you make jokes with people, you're making

jokes about... everything, not just things that

have happened based upon the film. And I just

think, too, it doesn't live in genre nearly as

much as Hot Fuzz or Front of the Dead. It doesn't

really do as much with science fiction. But I

thought the comedy itself has more weight to

it because it deals with some more serious issues.

And I think, to me, Simon Pegg's best performance.

And I don't know. It just has that Edgar Wright

flavor that I like. And if you don't like it,

I can get that. But I enjoy it. It's my number

five. This whole trilogy is on my list of shame.

So I will add all three of them to my ever -growing

list This is the only one I've not seen from

this this trilogy. So did you like the other

two? I did I mean I like hot fuzz quite a bit

And Shaun of the Dead also, you know, I mean

they're definitely kind of spoofing of those

particular genres But I like them quite a bit.

So I really like Simon Pegg. I think he's you

know, he works And in a lot of things so I like

those two movies Amanda I'm in agreement with

those Those two movies being pretty awesome.

I really dig Simon Pegg. What's the what's the

big guy? Yes, he is hilarious to them together

always a good time and Definitely to very quotable

and remember on movies. I don't think I've seen

Dan's pick though Alright, what is your number

four? My number four is going to be a 2013 film

The Family with Michelle Pfeiffer and Robert

De Niro Was Michelle Pfeiffer in the one you

just said a second ago? Yes You have two Michelle

Pfeiffer comedies on your list from 2010 to 2014

She is also my number two best female comedic

performance on my list I don't understand what's

happening. Have you guys seen them? Yeah. I was

so confused. I thought we were doing... Is this

like ironic comedy? I don't understand. Oh, man.

I love this movie. I thought it was so much fun.

Oh, gosh. Shut up. Defend yourself. Come on.

What can you not like about this movie? I mean,

it's a mob comedy movie. I love mob movies. I

like comedies. Put them together with Michelle

Pfeiffer and Robert Deero. I'm probably gonna

dig it. There's gratuitous gun violence There's

people getting beat up with tennis rackets Michelle

Pfeiffer blowing up snooty French grocery stores

that don't carry peanut butter anything So there

it is right there I've not seen the family. I

just saw the previews Very you've seen I have

seen it. I you know I mean I chuckled a few times

I'm not gonna say it's completely laugh -free,

but in the end it just did not not work for me,

but you like said comedy is subjective, so You

model yourself after Michelle Pfeiffer in this

movie, that's what you're saying then she gets

kind of crazy and she's like yeah that's that

storyline really bothered me how she kind of

makes that that kind of crazy turn that was uh

i didn't like that entrapment but uh other than

that it was okay at first i was like yeah this

bitch is awesome and then i was like whoa she

needs help so i probably would identify with

michelle five a little bit more because i would

totally totally put some uh some uh mob action

Craziness down on some snooty French people if

I had to. Alright, I thought she was going to

say me, so I'm not French. Alright, for my number

four I am going to a 2011 film and that would

be the reboot attempt that they did there with

The Muppets. I really enjoyed the first one.

I can say I was a little disappointed with whatever

it was, Muppets Most Wanted. I don't think that

was nearly as good, but the Muppets that came

out in 2011, I thought did a real good job of

both kind of blending the old school things that

you know about the Muppets, all the cameos, et

cetera, but still making something that was enjoyable.

And if you just tacked on the sequel song from

Muppets Most Wanted as an end credit scene to

the Muppets, then you wouldn't even need to watch

the second one. And then the first one would

be even that much better, because that song was

pretty cool. But I'm going with 2011's The Muppets

at my number four pick. I don't know if everybody

would consider that comedy, but for me it is.

I think it falls in like family comedy, so I

would assume it definitely... You know, Muppets

are always a good time, you know? And everybody

can see how much I'm stretching for every pick

I'm on this list. All right, Barry, what's your

number for all right? My number four has also

already been mentioned, but this this movie was

probably my biggest shock for me When I finally

got around to seeing him that was 21 Jump Street

He's trying Are you okay, man? Hey, what the

hell? Are you serious? I turned that gay ass

musical. You punched me because I'm gay? What?

No. I... Oh, come on. That's not cool, man. That

is really insensitive. I didn't punch him because

he's gay. I punched him. And then he's... happened

to turn out to be gay afterwards. I am one more

black gay kid getting punched in the face away

from a nervous breakdown. You're a narx, are

you? Whoa! Whoa, whoa, whoa, no! Maybe you're

a narx. You know who calls people narx? Narx.

Narc. First of all, your argument kind of just

collapsed on itself because if you would call

us narx... Narcs call people narcs, and you call

us narcs, and that's kind of... Call each other

narcs. Your grandma's vagina, and there's a dick

going into it... What the fuck? What are you

doing? Are you trying to find my G -spot? Just

stick it in! I've never done this before! Just

stick it in! Go! I don't like that. Put your

tongue back in your mouth. Put your tongue in

your mouth, and close it. What are you doing?

Stop it. Prior to watching this movie. I did

not like Channing Tatum. I really just he bothered

me completely and You know, I had kind of avoided

this movie at all costs and an actual co -worker

mine was like no You really got to check it out.

It's it's much better than you think so and came

home and it was like streaming on, or not streaming,

it was just like on HBO that weekend or something,

so I gave it a chance and man, I think at the

end, there were certain points in the movie I

was literally crying, like I was laughing so

hard. The meta aspects that are kind of covered

in the beginning, I think that was one of the

first versions of that that we see and I think

it was kind of mocking the aspect of it instead

of... things that we've seen with more recent

movies that are trying to be meta it's like well

we know this is bad we're gonna do it anyways

I think this was kind of like you know they gave

us money to make a sequel we think it's dumb

too so I don't know I just work better for me

in this movie and then after seeing this I'm

now a big fan of Channing Tatum after this I

went and saw Magic Mike and Magic Mike XSL and

now he's my boy so I will see him in just about

anything I thought this movie was just so funny

I didn't like the second one as much So it kind

of left off my list and I didn't want to kind

of double them up together. Like some people

cheated with. Every show has a cheater. But I

mean it is still funny, but it just doesn't quite

work as well for me. So that's where I got number

421 Jump Street. I'm going to go ahead and jump

ahead and give my number three pick since it's

21 Jump Street as well. And my number four is

also 21 Jump Street. I would say ditto. I just

wanted to say that you said that This is the

End had one of the best cameos. I would say 21

Jump Street also had one of the best cameos because

I wasn't expecting the cameo at the end nor the...

the way that they went out in that film. So I

thought that was super clever, and I'm glad that

those guys agreed to appear in the film. But

I'm with what everybody has already said. I think

21 Jump Street was far better than I thought

it was going to be, and I think made a lot of

people believers in Channing Tatum. I was already

on the Channing train. Only when his shirt was

off, though. You know, I can always get the shirt

off pretty easily. All right. Now it's going

in the direction of your heart. All right, so

we're all choosing to spend one of our selections

on 21 Jump Street, which I believe then means

it's back to Amanda for her number three pick.

All right, I'm going to bring it into 2013 again,

and my pick is We're the Millers. I'm just waiting

for Barry to laugh at every one of them. I actually

like this one. I thought this one was this one

has some good funny moments. This one's not as

shameful. I agree. I agree. What do you like

best about this one, Amanda? When the kids sing

in TLC. When the waterfalls are half as legit.

How about a little victory music, huh? Oh, no,

no, no. Don't change it. I love this song. Me

too. What? I even liked this song when it was

popular. Come on, listen up, David. Don't do

this. This isn't even a good victory song. No.

You're not doing this. This is embarrassing.

Come on. I've seen a rainbow yesterday, but too

many storms have come and gone, leaving a trace

of not one God given rain. Is it because my life

in ten shades of gray? I pray all ten fade away,

seldom facing for the sunny day. You claim the

insane, a nameless place in type of fall, and

pray to crime or swear the system got you victim

to your own mind. Dreams of hopeless aspirations

and hopes to come in true. Believe in yourself,

the rest is up to me. And don't go chasing waterfalls.

So much to like, Jennifer Aniston is pretty,

I don't know, her like sexy dance thing wasn't

really that sexy. You're watching the wrong movie.

I think that them as a unit made it funny. I

don't remember the girl that much though, just

the boy that they... Looped in as their play

-to -be son or whatever, but um I had a good

time with this I think it was a an LOL for real

movie. I'm sorry what and a laugh out loud for

real. Oh, okay I'm old an LOL for real movie,

so I had fun with it, and I don't care if you're

laughing me I'm with Barry, I thought this was

better than I thought it was going to be too.

I thought it had more funny moments than I expected

and I think you're right though, it does work

because of the ensemble there and the group and

just kind of the whole journey they're going

on. So I have, I mean it's not on my list but

I don't have a problem. It probably would have

been like maybe an outside honorable mention

for me. Yeah, I think this movie shows Jason

Sudeikis can carry something on his own so he

needs to get more projects I think. Yeah, I already...

spent my number three with twenty -one jumpstreet

so very what is yours all right so uh... my number

three is that is my most recent movie uh... and

actually was released last year uh... almost

made my top in the list is probably my top fifteen

uh... and that is a bad word so jason bateman

making another appearance uh... on my top ten

list this is one of my uh... honorable mentions

on that this movie this is kind of comedy i really

like that uh... that kind of biting dialogue,

you know, I mean, I like to think of myself as

being a very sarcastic person, you know, and

I think hateful comments are funny. Maybe I shouldn't,

but I really like them. And so this movie just

really works for me. There's a couple of the

sex scenes in this movie. I mean, you know, movies

try to make sex funny a lot of times and it's

usually, you know, people like fall off the bed

and it's kind of this like silly slapstick, but

The way they do it in this movie, it just kind

of, it's within the theme of the movie, so it's

a little mean -spirited, some of the conversations

that happen during a couple of sex scenes with

Katherine Han. So funny. I just, I really liked

it. There's a slight turn at the end of the movie

that I didn't kind of like, so that's what kept

it off my top ten. A list last year and the same

thing that kind of makes it not a perfect movie,

but it's it's really good But man for about you

know, 90 minutes, so no, it's a 90 minute movie

But for about you know an hour and 10 15 minutes.

This movie is just hilarious Jason Bateman is

crushing it and I really enjoyed it Anytime you

have a movie that sets up opportunities for someone

to just completely rail on some type of Stereotypical

person that everybody else absolutely hates or

despises or at least people with intelligence

do It makes for some fun. I like seeing him kind

of rip a couple of those people apart Yeah, so

I think it also showed that Jason Bateman because

I think he directed it as well It's actually

yet a good director. So if that's how he he is

good a good sense and I think it ended up looking

pretty good too, just on a film standpoint. I

agree, I like bad words, it's a good flick. Dan,

what's your next one? My next one is maybe again

a movie that I like more than I should. I like

movies with heavy dialogue or mean -spirited

comedies and I like comedies that are very much

subversive and kind of satirical but satire with

a bite to it and that says something and maybe

approaches some taboo topics and You don't get

much more taboo than a movie. That's about British

jihadists and that's movie four lions Okay, if

you guys have heard of this But if it follows

these different these four different jihadists

who living in England which does not sound like

a comedy, but they're kind of let's say not the

most capable and it follows their exploits and

it It has silliness to it. There's like a one

gag where they're trying to avoid having photographs

when they go outside, so what they do is when

they walk out, they move their faces back and

forth really fast, so the pictures will be blurry,

so they can't actually get a full image, and

it's just ridiculous, but there's a lot to it

like that, and it is a little bit, there's slapstick

moments, but I think it actually has some interesting

things to say, and it's really absurd, and I

kind of like movies and TV shows that do that,

that look at something that a lot of people are

afraid to talk about and go after it in a funny

way. So that's why I picked Four Lines. Alright,

another one to add to the list. Thanks, Dan,

for making me sound like I don't watch movies.

This one is actually no longer streaming. I actually

missed my chance. I just saw a meme the other

day that reminds me of this. There was a meme

of a picture of this teenage... girl in a burka,

I don't know what you want to call it. I'm not

really too versed on their clothing options for

women. Keep digging yourself that hole, keep

going. I'm okay with that. And the wordage on

there was when your dad comes home from a suicide

bombing and the chick is just sitting there looking

all confused. Do you get it? Anybody get it?

It's a suicide bombing when he came home? Come

on now. I'm too old for this joke, I think. I'm

too old for this joke. I've clearly shown that

I don't know what comedy is, so I can't laugh

at anything. I think I saw the visual, maybe

I would understand. Alright, you have two gems

left on your list, Amanda. What is your first

of those two gems? I don't even want to say anymore.

She's leaving the podcast. I need another drink.

My number two pick is also from 2013, and it's

The Heat. Oh my god. With Melissa McCarthy singing

a song. I am leaving the podcast. I love this

movie. It's so funny. Have you seen Hot Pursuit

yet? Because you'll probably love that too. I

have not. It's the same film. This came first,

okay? And I don't care who you are. This is funny.

I love Sandy B. I feel like she can do no wrong.

I don't care what Jesse James thinks of her.

But this just feels like something I want to

be a part of. I just wanted to be in the bar

with them, in the bar scene, where just all these

crazy shenanigans happen. And I feel like they

should be my besties. I'm thinking ahead and

looking forward to you recapping your 10 through

1. I don't actually I will I don't hate the heat.

I like the heat. I think it's a harmless movie

In the sense, it's not you know, it's it's enjoyable.

It's uh, I think if identity thief is your number

one I think Dan just gave me a verbal pity pat

on the head It was my intention I laughed at

this I left that the heat it's got bill burn

it so you got points for me Barry any thoughts

on the heat I don't know. I mean, at this point,

I'm in just between the wings and the shock of

Amanda's list. I don't know if I'm going to be

able to make it. My heart might stop. But I agree.

I mean, I chuckled a few times in the heat, but

I'm not a Sandy B fan. I disagree. So I'll just,

I'll stop there because I don't want to, I don't

want to enrage Amanda. Have you seen Miss Conjuliali

2? I have seen one and two, and I love them both.

Too bad they're not in this decade. I saw Street

1 and 2. I can't wait to hear how Barry introduces

Amanda on the True Bromance episode next week.

Did you like my new category for you, Barry?

Proof that you can make a husband out of a man

whore. There you go. Yeah Exactly. All right

Moving right along my number two is already been

talked about by a couple people. So in both times

they said, you know, this film is Not talked

about enough. So I'm trying to write that wrong.

My number two is the other guys from 2010 It's

already been talked about in depth here, but

I'll just echo everything they've said. And this

was hilarious. They had a lot of one -liners

or dialogue moments that people quoted or just

to kind of stick with you. And spoiler alert

for the other guys, but just the way that they

introduce the rock. Samuel L. Jackson and then

immediately do away with them was just something

that kind of caught me off guard when I was watching

it. I was like, are we what? Their ending is

hilarious. I was like, did that just happen?

Aim for the bushes? Yeah. So that from that and

that happens like, you know, fairly early on

and that just sets the tone for the whole film.

I enjoyed it a lot. This is easily for me one

of the best comedies of the decade so far. So

that's my number two. Nice. Barry. All right.

So I'm My number two is a movie that no one said

yet. So I'm a little nervous. I don't know but

for me this movie was just It was very funny

and it has Emma Stone in it so that you're already

Deep into my heart and that's easy a this is

from 2010. So it just barely makes the cutoff

you could maybe consider this kind of a romance

comedy, but she's you know a high school student

who kind of lies about promiscuous activity kind

of to get ahead and I don't know, I just really

thought this movie was very funny. I thought

Emma Stone was great in it, Stanley Tucci's in

it, he's fantastic. Amanda Bynes before she went

completely bat shit crazy. Died her hair one

too many times and that was all she wrote. But

no, I really, really like easy AI. It just works

for me. Emma Stone is I think very good at delivering

dialogue and this is kind of a dialogue heavy

movie. And it just works for me because it's...

I don't want to say it's a coming of age, but

it is a high school movie. So anytime you're

developing and growing, you can kind of say it's

at least part of that. So it works for me in

that sense too. And I just, I really liked it.

I was kind of actually shocked at how much I

liked this. This was one of my first introductions

to Emma Stone and I've seen almost everything

she's done since then. So she's, she's on my

list. I really admire her. So. And easy eight

will be on my list because it's just another

comedy. I haven't seen oh, yeah, I would Terrible

podcasters easy days. It's not on my list, but

it's quite good. It was it was It was on and

off, on and off, but I ended up barely making

it. But I agree. It's quite good. Emma Stone's,

like, big coming out party. She was in, I know,

in Superbad, but I think this was, like, her

first starring miracle. And she was great in

it. And Stanley Tucci and Patricia Clarkson,

like the player parents, and they were hilarious.

So, yeah, great parents. Perfect parents. So

it's a great film. And it's good if and, Kev,

I think you'll like it because it's very much

like you coming in. commenting on the old coming

-of -age film, especially John Hughes stuff,

so it's quite good. Dan, that leaves it for you

for number two. My number two is a movie that

was apparently oversold to Barry, so hopefully

I'm not overselling it now and one that's been

talked about, and it's The Trip. And doing this

list, I realized I'm more of a Steve Coogan fan

than I even knew myself. And it's a very simple

movie in the sense that it's just Steve Coogan

and Rob Brighton driving around the... England

is eating at restaurants and making doing impressions

and I agree with Barry when it says like impressions

by themselves aren't necessarily funny But what

I find interesting with what they're doing is

that however, it's almost there's this ongoing

Ego career contest that's going between Bryden

and Coogan who basically play themselves and

their their names and they can it's very much

commenting on their careers and and whatnot and

how they just Coogan just always tries to you

know, just one up him in some ways. There's an

iconic scene, I don't know if iconic might be

a strong word, but of their different impression

of, I forget who they do. They're dueling Michael

Caines. Yes, the dueling Michael Caines is probably

the most notable scene of the film. But I think

there's more than that, too. And yeah, like I

said, I think it's it's not for everyone. You

know, you may even argue that it's a dramedy

because there is some drama there because Coogan

has some family things going on as well. But

I dug it. It was like sometimes it's a simple

comedy that doesn't really rely on plot. It's

just based on character. And that's what the

trip was for me. Will give you my thoughts on

the trip next episode on cinema geeks since that

was our homework for this yeah Probably overselling

it so that's the worst thing ever to do is go

into comedy with expectations because they're

barely ever gonna match those Don't let me soil

you like said I just you know impressions to

me like bother me like when you see God, who's

the fat guy that's always on ESPN that does this?

Rick Coliendo. I yell at the radio and the TV.

I'm like, he's not funny! I just, over and over,

every time he's on TV, I just want to break things.

Chris Berman's right there. I don't need to hear

someone else. Do Chris Berman, you fat pig. Knock

it off. I'm sorry. I hate him too, actually,

sometimes. Not all the time. Everyone's always

funny, but every Sunday having to deal with him,

give me his football picks is annoying. Alright,

drumroll Amanda, your number one comedy so far

of the decade. Is there any left? Going in line

with the theme of the heat, I'm gonna bring it

back to 2010, a movie that's been beat to death

on this particular episode, and that's The Other

Guys is my number one film. She redeems herself.

I think it's the most... Rememberable, most quotable.

Did you just say rememberable? Rememberable?

Okay. Is that a word? No. It is now? I think

that, like I said, it's the most quotable movie.

I don't know anybody who hasn't seen this movie.

If they do, I'm gonna drag them somewhere to

make them sit through the duration of this awesomeness.

I'm gonna get the duct tape out, the whole nine

bungee cords, and they're gonna watch this. I

think it's... It definitely set the standard

for Mark Wahlberg's comedy entrance. Was he anything

funny before that? Because if he was, I don't

remember. I remember Marky Mark in Fear. He's

always been funny. And Four Brothers. But I think

he's hilarious and him and Will Ferrell do a

great odd couple and There's just a ton about

this that we've already talked about, but I love

definitely the Sam Jackson and the Rocks character

Even the one of them isn't one of the Wayans

brothers. He's in this Movie so it's probably

gonna have one of the Wayans in it and there's

a ton of It's got a ton of really funny side

characters too, and I think as a whole, this

is the best comedy of the last half decade. Well,

I think it's one of the only ones that has made

everybody's list, so I guess... Yeah, that's

pretty solid evidence right there for sure, so...

All right. And if you want an early Mark Wahlberg

comedy, you could watch the big hit from 1998.

It might be a little dated now, but I really

liked this movie when I first saw it back in

the 90s. I thought it was hilarious. There you

go. What is it? The big hit? Yeah, he plays a

hit man. Him and uh... So there you go, you got

the family. ...Diamond Phillips, it's pretty

funny. I always also wanted to be a hit man.

There you go. So... I just wanted something that

I could carry, got in more pinstripes. You just

wanted to... inflict violence on people. That's

what it really is. I'm sleeping in a bulletproof

vest tonight. Why you play hockey? The violence,

the rage is channeled. Exactly. I have a client

that teases me saying that I beat Kevin with

a cast iron frying pan all the time. I don't

know why he says that. That's never happened.

Not yet. Alright, stuff to look forward to. My

number one has also not been mentioned yet and

I am either way off base here and I'm the only

one that thinks this movie is hilarious or...

Don't know maybe people aren't considering it

a comedy, but my number one is from 2011 I started

with Steve Carell I will end with Steve Carell

and that would be crazy stupid love from 2011

I thought Barry you were gonna steal this because

you said Emma Stone with your number two but

Emma Stone Steve Carell Ryan Gosling just for

the whole scene of Gosling remaking Steve Carell

and going through the wardrobe and everything

else and I laughed a lot in this film Maybe not

as straight a comedy as some of the other movies

that have been listed so far, but my number one

is Crazy Stupid Love. Yeah, I like the movie

a lot. Again, I wasn't sure if it felt in that

dramedy thing for me, so that's why I didn't

include it. Dang it, Dan. All my picks are invalid.

It was very borderline, but I don't know. I think

you can make the argument. Alright. Well, I'm

making the argument, because I don't have any

other movies I thought were funny. So, Crazy

Stupid Love is my number one, Barry, what's yours?

All right. Well, my number one, I think, has

three components you need to make an almost perfect

movie. A shirtless Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone,

and a great shopping montage. It is also my number

one, Crazy Stupid Love. Thank you. Thank you.

Not only that, I think this is the best, the

funniest movie maybe of the past half decade.

I think it's definitely the best movie on my

list. I love this. I mean, if I made a list of

movies for the past half decade, this would probably

be in my top 20 somewhere. I can't rave enough

about this movie. I love every second of it.

I think Gosling is great. Emma Stone is fantastic.

The family dynamics that go on are just so great.

It gets a little heavy handed and sappy near

the end. But by that point, I don't care. I've

enjoyed it so, so much. I agree. I think it's

the comedy with drama. It definitely has drama

in it, but I think it's funny throughout. So

that's why I included it on my list. I could

go on, but I'll stop. It also had a twist in

there that, for an odd thing in the comedy, didn't

really see coming for me. With all the relationships

and whatnot and that kind of I remember seeing

that, you know the first time and being like

whoa Why didn't I see this coming? There's a

few twists in this movie that I thought were

really incredible that kind of left me left me

gaffed The fun part about that main twist is

you you see it and then you're just like You're

you're shocked, but then you're also anticipating

Getting to watch however, this is the fallout.

What is gonna be the fallout? Like you're so

excited what's gonna happen next? Something,

shit's gonna hit the fan. But I'm glad you picked

it at number one. I am feeling better about my

pick now. All right, Dan Rothenau, end the list

here. What is the best comedy of the last five

years? Number one, that's a, yeah. My, it's one

that's already been mentioned, but I will mention

it. And I think Barry said he feels like his...

Crazy super love was the best movie on this list

and I would say for my number one. I feel like

Everyone I had all the other films that are on

my list. I thought felt were good comedies This

is the only one I feel like is actually a great

film and that's the Grand Budapest Hotel West

Anderson's latest film from last year and I think

the number one reason this makes my list and

makes number one is Ray Fiennes and his performance,

which is Fantastic because he's playing this

like, you know, very high -class character, but

it's obviously a ruse and because every so often

you see it slip a little bit with especially

like his uh just ridiculous cursing that happens

on occasion and there's some slapstick comedy

in here that works it's a good it's exactly what

you expect for Wes Anderson so again you're not

a Wes Anderson fan you're probably not going

to like it but I just thought it was all from

top to bottom a really good movie felt with a

lot of great comedy that I uh I probably laughed

at more than anything last year so that's why

it made my number one. I've not commented on

any of the Wes Anderson movies that's been talked

about because I have never seen a Wes Anderson

film. Kevin, you keep talking about being a horrible

podcaster. You and I are maybe in the same quasi

-boat there. I don't think we're the worst because

Amanda's over there picking Tammy and Pete. I

think we're safe. We're number two on that list.

We're number two and three. Whatever. Hold on

to one. the Grand Budapest Hotel about halfway

through it's like on the HBO so I've kind of

been watching in the past couple nights and I

mean it's interesting I don't think I've laughed

out loud yet but I definitely think it's decent

movie so I think Wes Anderson does benefit if

you start from his first film and work your way

up because okay there's a there's a progression

to his style if you it just I don't know it it's

it's hard to explain but there's like a Wes Anderson

-ness that uh it kind of evin evin flows until

it reaches probably a a bad peak at Darjeeling

and limited and then kind of gets back with Fantastic

Mr. Fox and Moonrise Kingdom but if you look

at like Bottle Rocket which is his first movie

and then to Pass Hotel, they're very different,

but it's kind of cool seeing that progression.

I think he's one of those directors that really

kind of came into a style of like about third

or fourth film. And so. OK, yeah. Sweet. All

right. Well, let's recap the list for everybody

so we can see the entire list and all its glory

from each person. So let's start with Amanda.

What is your 10 through one? I want to hear number

10. Skip number 10. Start with number nine. Number

10, Tammy. Nine. Ted. Number eight might cheat

with 21 and 22 John Street. Number seven, this

is the end. Six, St. Vincent. Five, Dark Shadows.

Four, The Family. Three, We're the Millers. Two,

The Heat. And number one, the other guys. Alrighty.

Um, things like the Titanic slowly going down.

My ten through one is number ten date night number

nine the way way back number eight Ted number

seven Moonrise Kingdom number six This is the

end number five Grand Budapest Hotel number four

the Muppets number three 21 Jump Street number

two the other guys and number one crazy stupid

love Barry What's your list? I had number ten.

This is the end number nine in a world Number

eights the change -up seven hot tub time machine

six Tucker and Dale versus evil five the other

guys for 21 Jump Street three bad words To easy

a and one a great movie crazy stupid love All

right, Dan run it up. I'm in number 10 with seven

psychopaths number nine clown number eight Alan

Partridge alpha Papa Next is the other guys and

I had Cedar Rapids the world's end 21 Jump Street

four lions, then number two I had the trip, and

last but not least as number one I had the Grand

Budapest Hotel. All right, and as we do when

each one of those lists we usually end with a

brief discussion on the topic at hand or the

genre at hand and obviously like we said at the

beginning comedy is one of those that's really

subjective and That can probably be seen as the

differences on our all of our list I think we

had two films that appeared on everybody's list

that would be the other guys and 21 Jump Street

Outside of that there was no No film that appeared

on all four lists unless I'm missing one. So

that might be it testament to that, but I also

wanted to kind of just get an idea of what you

guys feel like as far as the decades so far in

general and if it's been a good decade for comedy

or what the state of the genre is in general

and then after that quick discussion we'll kind

of get into some of the personalities or maybe

what this decade will be known for when people

look back at this comedy because I think a lot

of times the decades can be somewhat signified

by the comedy stars and we'll kind of go through

a little bit of a history of that. But Dan, let's

start with you. What do you feel like as far

as 2010 through 2014, halfway through? What is

this decade shaping up for this genre? I don't

think it's been a great time for comedy, but

I'll preface that by saying I think comedy is

one of those genres where I think the great ones

often aren't appreciated until down the line

in some ways. But I just think a lot of the big

comedies have been disappointments, and I don't

think you get a lot of the... There's a lot of...

Generic comedies that are out there to kind of

just follow the same patterns and we mentioned

with with comedies like sequels are often Don't

work and we're getting a lot of those So I think

right now comedy is not at its best point But

I do think there is some potential with maybe

we get into some people. I think that might help

turn it around very Agree or disagree good decade

for comedy so far or off to a rough start. Can

I say pretty good? half decades so far I mean

I you know I think my list that you know there's

definitely all the movies that I've here I've

really laughed at you know quite a few when I've

seen them I think one of the biggest problems

and I mean maybe this has been the same thing

for you know all decades but you know you get

a movie like horrible bosses is kind of an honorable

mention for me again Jason Bateman Jason Sudeikis

I thought that was pretty good but then they

followed up with horrible bosses too which is

just not good it's not funny and and like they

they repeat the same jokes you know and it's

just the same joke told the exact same way a

second time is is just it's not as funny and

so you know i also think that when they make

these kind of inferior sequels it takes away

from the original a little bit and the only thing

i would have to say is is going forward i i mixed

uh... you know because i think there's a lot

of funny people in hollywood and steve carell

was you know both these and are number one movies

and then you and i and you had him on your list

a couple of times but you know i think he's a

genuinely funny guy that a lot of his movies

aren't good you know and that's i don't know

why that is and uh... you know if they feel like

tina faye i love tina faye i think she's One

of the funniest people alive, but you know like

baby mama and they I just whoa don't even hate

oh my god Those two Amy Poehler and Tina Fey

I think are I I used to think I would watch them

do anything and then I watched baby mama And

I was like well, maybe not So I just I don't

know I you know there's a lot of funny people.

You know the the next five years coming up I'm

optimistic because you know I'm hopeful like

Amy Schumer and some other comedians that have

kind of tried to dip their toe into the movie

world will continue to go that way because I

think there are truly funny people but I think

we need to the PG -13 rating hurts a lot of comedies

you know they pull a lot of punches to try to

get maximum ticket sales and it just it neuters

movies you know I mean it's it's hard to kind

of come in with that you know it's hard to make

a dick joke when you can't say dick you know

I mean so it makes it problematic. And you wouldn't

think that that would be something that they'd

be... Comedy is something that you can do on

such a low budget that why not do, you know,

shed the radian? You're gonna make your budget

back most likely anyways, but I think you touched

on a couple things. Number one, it has not been

a good decade so far for sequels. I mean, I don't

know if that's ever a case for any genre, but

especially in the comedy genre. And it's not

only films that were good... on the original

film and then are bad on sequels, but they're

even making sequels of films that were bad originally,

like Grown Ups 2. I don't kid, you know what

I mean? But we also got to, in this half decade

so far, we've had Hangover Part 3, we've had

kind of the reboot, whatever you want to call

it, Dumb and Dumber 2. You know, like you said,

Hot Tub Time Machine 2. So there's been a lot

of unnecessary sequels or... you know, reboots

to old comedies, etc. And I think the other thing

that you mentioned kind of getting into the comedians

that have been featured in a lot of these films,

it seems like there has been a little bit of

a gap between people that are genuinely funny

people or genuinely funny on TV or SNL or stand

-up that have not translated well to movies.

You named, obviously, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler,

but even Kevin Hart has not really translated

that well to the film world. I think he's a funny

person. I think a stand -up's funny, but he's

had a lot of crappy movies. Will Farrell struggle?

There's been a lot of people that are struggling

in this half -decade so far, so I'm kind of with

Dan here. It doesn't seem like it's been a decent

decade so far, but I think he makes a good point

that maybe comedy is something that it's unfair

to judge in the moment, and we've got to kind

of take another five years before we look back

and... make a passive judgment on these films.

And I think a part of it too with comedy is the

reason why maybe it's not as strong now. So I

think a lot of comedians, instead of getting

that movie, they're going to television like

Louis C .K. Like he's getting more freedom to

make a TV show than he ever would probably making

like an actual film. So I think you're seeing

that more often where comedians are doing that

or doing podcasts rather than they get... more

of a boost from that than being in just your

everyday, like, forgettable comedy. So I think

that's kind of hurting it a little bit. And I

think the sequel thing, I think that's something

that's, like, short -lived, right? Because eventually

Ghostbusters 2 didn't really negatively affect

Ghostbusters 1 that many years later. I think

in the moment it does, but I think eventually

people forget there is even a sequel to Fletch.

So I think it... And some of those forgettable

sequels become exactly that, become forgettable.

So then the originals, it's like, you know, Jaws

4 doesn't stop Josh from being a classic film.

Maybe at the time it was hurting it, but decades

later, people don't ever talk about that. hopefully

paul barb mall cop two will not ruin the legacy

of uh... amanda's third all -time favorite movie

paul barb mall cop so i've never even seen that!

i've never even seen that! i've never even seen

that! i've never even seen that! i've never even

seen that! i've never even seen that! i've never

even seen that! i've never even seen that! i've

never even seen that! i've never even seen that!

I think that bitch is on top right now. No, I

think it's the opposite. I think it has been

a funny year. I think that they've stepped up

their raunch level, and I think that they're

going to continue to do that because that's what

people want. And I don't think people are going

to be satisfied with anything less than that

now. So I think the R rating for comedies is

going to go strong. I don't know. how well the

comedy of this decade can do with the PG -13

rating, like you're saying. I think it's definitely

gotta go to the R rating because nobody's going

to get on board for it unless it's topping everything

else. And how it tops everything else is how

crass and raunchy it can be. And I'm okay with

that. I think that's one thing you do have to

get Melissa McCarthy credit for, that she's...

one of the people that can actually carry an

R -rated comedy. There's not many people that

can do that and make a R -rated comedy actually

do well. So hopefully, you know, there's... She

just says some stuff I feel like I would say

or I need to say to people. Some things just

happen and I feel like we need to be besties.

Maybe I'm the only one that does this, but...

Often, with this genre specifically, it's something

that when I look back at previous decades, movies

don't come to my mind as much as comedy stars

come to my mind. When you're looking at the 80s,

you're thinking of stuff like Bill Murray or

Steve Martin, Chevy Chase, etc. You're looking

at the 90s, maybe the first names that come to

your mind are Jim Carrey, Adam Sandler. Mike

Myers, those types of names. I think you could

look at the early 2000s and you're getting more

into like the Will Ferrells along that line.

What do you guys see as this decade so far? Who

are the comedy stars that are standing out that

10, 20 years back people will look at the 2010s

and say, that was the decade of these people.

Are there any? I mean, we had a lot of Steve

Crow, a lot of Mark Wahlberg, a lot of Melissa

McCarthy. Dan, you had a lot of Steve Coogan.

Who are the names that will stand out most from

this decade? We'll start with you, Dan. Oh, geez.

I think you have a little carryover with Will

Ferrell and like that. Like the Judd Apatow gang.

Paul Rudd kind of comes to mind. I can't think

if he's had a lot of films in this past five

years or not. Man, that's a good question. Geez.

Or is it going to be the people that are just

coming onto the scene that will kind of carry

that second half of the decade? I know, Barry,

you mentioned Amy Schumer. Is it more the people

that we're just now starting to see kind of halfway

through? I guess you would have to say, Melissa

McCarthy, like you or not, that she certainly

has been, at least if you're looking at box office

wives, some of the most notable comedies in the

past few years. But honestly, You've got to give

him credit, but Mark Wahlberg, I think we've

talked about him a lot, but he's been in other

guys, the Ted, to a bunch of different comedies,

so he too, I think, deserves being one of the

bigger comedic names that's going right now.

Barry, what about you? For me, I think Jason

Bateman was on my list a couple of times, and

he kind of continues to make comedy movies, but

he's been around for a while. so I don't know

if you would say he's just the 2010s I guess

I'm kind of concerned because you mentioned Kevin

Hart earlier and he's putting out a movie every

six months and I don't know if any of them are

truly really funny and you could say the same

thing with like Josh Gad like he's like everywhere

and I mean he's probably a funny guy I mean I've

heard nothing but great things about the play

the Book of Mormon but like in the movie he's

in but the movies i've just i don't see it like

i'm just not uh charmed or amused by him so you

know what i think that the 2010s will be known

as i think it'll be known as maybe not known

as but i think it'll be the decade of the supporting

character uh you know guys like rob cordray who

are in you know, a dozen movies is kind of a

second character that's really funny and Craig

Robinson and some of these other bitcares. Ed

Helms a lot of times. Ed Helms, you know, these

guys that play, you know, a 10 or 15 minute part

in a movie and it's often one of the funniest

parts. You know, but I will say, you know, we

mentioned Mark Wahlberg, but I have to say Channing

Tatum. I mean, like, he really impresses me with

how funny he can be. You know, he's... We eliminated

the animated movies, but Lego movie, he's the

voice of Superman. That would have made my list

if I would have had animated films. That's a

pure funny movie. Maybe he'll continue to bounce

around genres, but he'll come out on the other

side as a comedy guy. Rose Byrne is another person

that's kind of a secondary character in a lot

of these movies, but she's in Bridesmaids. spy

and the neighbors and all these other movies,

you know, she's always around and she's not the

lead, but she's usually pretty funny. So maybe

it'll be the decade of the supporting character.

What about the crew? I mean, we all are three

of us mentioned. This is the end. What about

like the Seth Rogen and kind of the crew that

was in that film? Any of those guys think might

stand out the rest of the decade? I hope Craig

Robinson gets like the courage he deserves because

I'm a big fan of him. So I think there's some

potential there. I'm sure Seth Rogen will continue.

I think so. You know, even within like the Evan

Goldberg films, I think they'll go on. I mean,

James Franco, I think he's probably going to

be known. He has a pretty wide range of what

he can do as an actor. So I think he'll he'll

have a career no matter what he does. So but

I do think like we're going to see like more

female centric comedies, I think, kind of bridesmaids,

which I'm surprised no one had on any of their

list. Yeah, I was shocked, too. I did have it

as an honorable mention, but I think that did

kind of open the door, and with now Amy Schumer,

another person comes to mind is Jenny Slate,

who was an obvious child last year, which is

more of a dramedy, which is why I didn't include

it, but I think there are a lot of strong female

voices that hopefully might break free and be

more well -known in the decade coming up, so

maybe you'll see a little bit of a shift there.

Amanda, will this be the decade of Michelle Pfeiffer?

It very well could be, yeah. What isn't the decade

of Michelle Pfeiffer? Serious comedy question

for all of you guys. Will Adam Sandler ever make

another funny movie? No. Man. You guys tried

to laugh at me saying that I would have a ton

of Adam Sandler movies and I did not have one.

No, I was just saying I would. I was saying I

would. I think Adam Sandler's humor's not changed,

right? I mean, I laughed at the poo jokes at

Billy Madison in 90 whenever when I was... 1920

and he's still telling poo jokes and I mean I

enjoy them but they're just not as funny at almost

40 so like you know it just I don't know like

you I think comedy evolves you know a little

bit and you know like you know your taste definitely

change a little bit and I just feel like he's

still making the same movie but I mean I don't

know like Guess a pure comedy. I would say no,

but I mean like I really like a movie like 50

first dates I mean, that's a funny movie, but

it's a romantic comedies more romance, but I

thought that was good, you know, so But he got

is there has there been anybody else that we've

kind of seen the the end of as far as the comedy

world I mean, I think Adam Sandler's basically

Seems like he's almost done. Is there anybody

else that just kind of has seen their end as

far as the comedy game? I'm a little worried

about Vince Vaughn, because he's been choosing

a lot of bad films. I mean, I love Steve Carell,

too, and maybe in the sense that, but after Fox

character next year, maybe he's going to try

to be more of a dramatic character. But him,

too, if he's not going to pick better films,

there's a good chance that... He might go away

in the sense of being like a well -known like

starring a comedic actor. What about someone

like Will Ferrell? I think he does so much like

so many different things like he has the documentary

coming out this year about him but doing the

baseball things I don't he'll just force his

way onto things. I don't think he'll ever go

away I like Will Ferrell, but I think he'll help

be there in some form One more name I had for

you Zach Galifianakis I don't think he'll be...

I don't think he has any desire to be a movie

star. I don't think he can carry something by

himself. He's just not known enough. I think

he'll go more the realm of being more of a character

in here and there, but I think he's more on the

stand -up and things like that. the whole hangover

thing was more than he anticipated and he never

I think ever tended to be like a comedic icon

I think that so I think he I think he's been

forcibly moving himself from a lot of comedies

but I think he's actually quite good in uh it's

kind of a funny story but that's it was not really

a comedy his stand -up was pretty good back in

the day yeah he's a unique unique figure for

sure I think one of the things too that I've

noticed just this decade and we kind of talked

about how we went through the decades and we

kind of mentioned people you know when like guys

like Jim Carrey comes to mind who when he burst

onto the scene he did like 10 comedies 15 comedies

maybe and then he tried to start doing more serious

stuff and that's maybe when you know you could

say he kind of lost his way and I wondered now

like if you see there's a lot of funny people

that are in movies like like Kristen Wiig I think

she's incredible I think she's very funny I mean

she did Bridesmaids and one of things but then

she was in things like Skeleton Twins which is

a funny movie but not a comedy you know and that

that bring it to me whatever that what's the

movie welcome to me welcome to me I mean that's

more serious the the Lifetime movie she did with

Will Ferrell I mean that's it's a spoof but it's

a serious movie kind of you know so like comedians

comedic actors like i think they they kind of

you know that they start they don't they don't

we we don't get that they lose really uh... of

uh... of you know i will maybe even good comedies

you know four five in a row and then where they

kind of dive off they kind of just do one comedy

and then one time an actor now i'm gonna go try

to get my oscar and i i don't know what to do

you better that trend continues with with you

know people like Amy Schumer you know I mean

I really like bad words or not bad words but

a trainwreck so you know if her next time around

she tries to write a boxing drama or something

it might be a challenge yeah I think into the

looking question we could co -star in Skeleton

Twins with like Bill Hader another guy yeah I

think he could probably you know be a comedic

person but I think he's already showing he's

trying to get into more of a So is that more

of a comment on the people and what their desires

are or is it more of a comment on the types of

material that's out there as far as comedy films

or the landscape of how they're received or how

they're critiqued or how much money they make

etc. I think it's a type of comment comedic actors.

Look at the 90s, a lot of them were stand -up

based, but a lot of them now, like a question

like Bill Hader, they're very much improv based,

and improv is a different type of talent, and

I think an improv actor probably has a little

bit more range than that of say like a Chris

Rock or something like that, but they're capable

of doing more, so because of that, they I think

are... pushing themselves out there and maybe

they see things of like what happened to Jim

Carrey where after you know three comedies in

a row he couldn't do anything that in even movies

that were good like the treatment show people

just kind of rejected because they weren't the

Jim Carrey they wanted so yeah and and maybe

you know they you know Kristen Wiig they offer

her Tammy and she's like no no thanks I'll pass

so they're like well that's okay we know Melissa

McCarthy will do it anyway Last question for

you guys before we kind of wrap this up. We already

talked about possibly wanting some more focus

on maybe some R -rated content or that type of

thing. What other things would you like to see

out of the actual material? Getting away from

the people, but the actual content or the subject

matter or the material that they're using. Is

there any specific direction, Dan, you'd like

to see them venture into besides maybe R ratings?

Well, I think we mentioned stop it with the sequels

because that's not good. I don't know, I think

it would just let, with comedies, the easiest

thing is just let the funny people be funny.

and allow kind of like you mentioned with like

Louis CK with his TV show he does everything

well maybe when you have comics come on or comedic

actors come on let them take care of it and don't

make them such like a studio project where it

gets noted to death and you let things just kind

of go out there that are strange and wacky and

see how they go and don't test them and change

everything just the fit what middle America wants.

So I think that'd be my... And that's something

that a lot of the older stars were able to do

because I think they had the respect. Like, you

cast Bill Murray in a film and you don't try

to direct him. You just, they're like, okay,

be Bill Murray. Or, you know, whoever it might

be. Someone like, in that older yoke. I don't

know if these younger people are not, they just

don't have the presence that the directors are

allowing them to do that. But I agree with you.

I think just let the funny people be funny and

get out of their way. Yeah, and I think one thing

too that I'd like to see is you know, maybe not

stay away from the sequels But if people work

well together and they're funny together might

try to get them back together, you know I think

of Will Ferrell and John C. Riley. I mean step

brothers is I mean step brother, you know, like

how can you not laugh that movie and even something

as dumb as Talladega nights I mean, there's a

lot of good funny jokes in that movie, you know,

and I mean they just work well together and they

both have such a good Improv background and they

can kind of play off each other and you know,

like that would be a rated R worry about people

not going together You know and just let them

let them do their thing like you said, you know

And if it works to get that if people work well

together and they're funny together Then you

know just because it doesn't work one time. Maybe

you can try it again. I mean, I know that's you

know, maybe there's there's you can point to

failures of that like I really like Vince Vaughn

and Owen Wilson from Wedding Crashers but you

know things like the internship and they don't

work quite as well but I mean just because that

one doesn't you know I feel like they just tried

to remake Wedding Crashers just put them together

and let them be themselves and I think you could

still have a funny movie so Amanda besides seeing

a film starring Channing Tatum and Melissa McCarthy

what would you like to see in the next five years?

I'm totally down for more Will Ferrell, John

C. Reilly that Barry is touching on. I think

that they are awesome together. John C. Reilly

by himself I think is awesome, but pair him with

somebody that he can really bounce those improv

skills off of and get something good back from.

I think that's golden, so I'd definitely be down

for that. Maybe throw in a little Melissa McCarthy

action in that mix. I don't know. John C. Reilly,

Melissa McCarthy, and Sandy B. in the same movie.

Oh man. My dreams just came true. Getting all

the Oscars. Alright, for closing thoughts, just

grade this decade so far. So the half decade,

we grade out of 1 through 10 scale just like

you guys do Barry. So we'll start with Amanda.

1 through 10, what does 2010 through 2014 get

for its comedy score? I'm going to give it an

8 out of 10. I think there were some real gems

in this, Tammy aside. I wasn't as disappointed

with the films that are on my list. There is

a huge list of disappointments that I have in

the comedy realm, but Tammy was not one of them.

All right, Barry, what grade would you give to

Tammy so far? I'm going to be a little bit...

Harsher when I was you know when you guys invited

me on I kind of started doing some research And

I was kind of looking through comedies that have

been released since 2010 And I was kind of writing

down the ones that I've at least that I've seen

And I'd seen more, but I only wound up writing

down 20 movies that I thought were funny. And

I'd seen some others that I didn't even bother

writing down. So 20 movies out of the past five

years, that's not a good number. But the ones

that are in here, I will say they're very, very

funny. And I've never kind of done this sort

of list before. And I think comedy is a genre

that is... It's more challenging to have movies

come out and be super successful consistently.

You know, like you could probably go from 05

to 2009 and kind of have the same problem. You

know, there's probably 10 or 15 really good ones

and then the rest are like Tammy. But, you know,

so I'm going to give it, I'm going to say six.

So eight from Amanda, six from Barry. Dan, where

do you stand? Yeah, it's tough because I think

there are, it's depending on you looking at the

quality of the movies that we, within our lists

or overall. And I think there have been a lot

of really bad comedies, just really stinkers.

And so I think there are some really good ones,

some diamonds in the rough, as you would say.

And like I mentioned, maybe there are some even

better ones that are, have yet to really get

an audience in a million years down the line.

So right now I rated about a seven. There's some

things there, but I think it's certainly not

nearly as strong as a lot of the other genres

that we've done so far. And as can be seen by

the number of comedies that I apparently have

not seen yet from this decade, maybe it's an

unfair judgment since I've apparently only seen,

like Barry, he's seen 20 funny ones, I think

I've only seen 20 total. I'm gonna come down

pretty hard on this decade so far for comedies.

I think it's definitely worse than, I know Barry

you mentioned like if you took like 2000, 2009,

I think you'd be surprised once you start adding

them up how many you'd get from that decade.

Maybe I'm wrong, but I'm thinking of a lot of

them that we've even mentioned in some of the

discussion that would be. on par with maybe the

top two on my list and that's about it. So I'm

gonna give this decade so far a 5 out of 10 with

hopes that the second half of the decade will

pull it up, but right now I think it's standing

right at that teetering line where the second

half of the decade could make it below average

or it could bring it up to a respectable level.

So I'm at a 5 out of 10. So that does it for

this episode. We still have a couple more genre

series to go through, so if you have been enjoying

the series, we still have action and drama before

we get into some of the fun end of the year type

things covering the whole half decade. So Barry,

one more time, how can people, what's the name

of the podcast and what can they be looking forward

to that you guys got coming out real soon? Yeah,

it's the True Romance Film Podcast. You can find

us in all the usual places, iTunes, et cetera.

If you search true romance be sure to add film

in there, you know, because there is another

true romance podcast trying to horn in our territory

But you know, like you know, we we were released

show every week. We got some some good shows

coming up Amanda's gonna be on this week with

us. We're gonna talk about Mission Impossible

5 and our Top -bottom spy movies, you know, we're

gonna do a higher and now we're gonna do our

top ten favorite films of all time here soon

to try to give you an inch, you know where we

come from a little bit so you can kind of see

what you know what we really like is from a background

so we got some stuff planned so hopefully it'll

people will enjoy it all right um dan before

we close out and give our information um did

we have anything that wasn't mentioned throughout

the whole list that was on honorable mention

or anything like that that you just want to shout

out real quick I did have a few. We talked about

a lot of my honorable mentions like Easy A and

Tucker and Dale, but also just a few others.

I mentioned Obvious Child, Ted. Some of the ones

that I thought were more on the drama side were

like 50 -50, 50 -50 Nebraska. I mentioned The

Guard, anything else. Already a brother comes

to mind. I love you, Philip Morris. Wanderlust

is up there. Really? Wanderlust? That's Tanny

levels. I like Wanderlust, I like David Winn

comedy, but you know, some people can be wrong.

In a world that's been mentioned, Beginners,

and some other films, but I think there's been

a few things in there. Yeah, I'll mention the

ones too that I disqualified because I didn't

know they had. I didn't think they blended or

swayed enough to the comedy side. So 50 -50 like

we talked about, St. Vincent, Top Five, Nebraska,

and Everything Must Go, the Will Ferrell film

that I don't think anybody saw except for me.

The other honorable mentions I had that nobody

had mentioned was Neighbors and Horrible Bosses.

I don't think they were quite on the same level

as the ones we were talking about, but besides

that I just had We're the Millers, Bad Words.

And that we're already talked about so that was

it for me and made anything we didn't get to

I Think instead of going honorable mention route.

I will let you know after reviewing this list.

I made a top five must -watch comedies list Number

five number five this means war from 2012 Tom

Hardy and What's his name people are scientists?

Yeah, Chris fine guilt trip with Seth Rogen and

These are ones you've never seen before I have

not seen so these are ones that are on your list

of stuff to watch So you haven't seen okay number

three is gonna be 50 50 number two voices with

Ryan Reynolds Number one about time the time

travel so you haven't seen any of those so that

was all right Barry anything you did not get

to mention You know, I had a couple of Paul,

you know, speaking of Seth Rogen and Simon Pegg

and his buddy. I had that on my list. I also

had dinner for schmucks. I don't think it's a...

You yelled me for a Wanderlust. Yeah, I know.

That's kind of my Wanderlust, my Tammy. I just,

I don't know, like, I, you know, Paul Rudd is...

He's so funny and so charming man. I just I want

better things for him, and he just kind of continues

to get a cast aside I don't know why he is not

in a lot more movies because I think he could

carry them, but So that's kind of my thing the

only thing I will I don't want to kind of derail

and extend this any longer So I'll shut up then

okay All right, so just things to look forward

to for cinema geeks. We will actually Next episode

we have something fun planned. I'm not gonna

get into it too much But I will say that hopefully

it will be more entertaining than pixels And

it'll have something to do with that and I think

it's I think it's gonna be a really fun record

So we're not gonna give it up quite a way yet

But definitely look forward to that and then

of course Dan and I have our ongoing Quentin

Tarantino retrospective going on So we just released

recently the kill Bill episode covering both

both volumes of that film series and then we

will have uh... deftrap coming up that group

that group that group that's uh... that group

coming up uh... with our next episodes of the

on the lookout for and that dan how can people

follow you on twitter uh... by going on twitter

and following and we're all very how about your

personal for my personal my personal personal

my personal clear is uh... at darth g zero zero

seven Heart candy, Mandy, eyes, no eyes. And

mine is at Optimus Solo. We'd like to thank Barry

for coming on. Hopefully he will come on again,

and hopefully he'll still let Amanda be on the

Mission Impossible show. Or at least let her

go over her top or bottom spy. We're just going

to have Amanda come on to talk about Mission

Impossible because I'm terrified to hear her

spy list. I'm terrified as well. Number one spy?

Is number one going to be spy? You never know.

Actually, they will if they tune in and listen.

Alright, that does it for this week. Tune in

next time for your next chance to listen to The

Cinema Geeks. Thanks, Barry. Yeah, no problem,

man. I'm glad. It was a lot of fun. I'd love

to come on again. For sure. Don't eat as many

wings next That's sound advice forever man, like

I all you can eat and I was like I was good I

went there and I was like why is this so crowded?

You know, like cuz the parking lot was jammed

and I went in and like I did I don't mind I mean

I was gonna sit at the bar anyways But like that

was the only place open and I get up there and

like it's also like right at the end of happy

hour So like they won't even take my food order

They're just like I gotta get all these beers

out and that's fine. Just bring me two of them

then since it's happy hour and it's India and

so like, you know and just They just kept bringing

them out menu put another order in it's 20 bucks.

I gotta get my money's worth Yeah, sure, so I

was I almost had to roll out of there, but uh

The problem was you don't eat as many wings advice

is it expires like 12 hours after you're you've

gotten that advice Well, you've had them twice

this week, you know different flavors, it's all

the same time I go to this place. I get the same

flavor. It's called Buffalo Wing Factory and

Pub. I don't know if they have them where you

guys are, but it's They have this it's a flavor

called Suicide Ranch. So it's like a really spicy

ranch flavor and it's it's it's top -notch for

me So I I love it quite a bit That's the one

I go to but you know, I was gonna say I know

I'll let you guys go. Do you think that like

movies like Action movies that are they're funnier

now that I think they have been in the past.

So like it's but like especially the Marvel movies

like Ant -Man, Captain America, those movies

have more jokes than any other action films do

per, you know, Captain... We should have brought

that up a little bit because I think comedy...

I think all our commentary on comedies was more

so about straight comedies because I think comedy

has shifted and it's not, you're seeing a lot

more of it in other films, like in the dramedies,

in the action hero, you know, superhero type

stuff. It's just not in the straight comedies

that we're getting the good ones. Yeah. So, I

mean, that's what I was going to say at the end,

but I didn't want to derail it and kind of latch

it on. But it, you know, like all the movies

that are the fringe, like Dan was talking about,

like 50 -50 and these other things. I mean, they're

heavy on the drama, but there's tons of jokes

in them too. So in St. Vincent for me, it kind

of falls in that list. You know I think that's

heavy on the drama, but there's there's a lot

of jokes, so it's just it's I agree with that

I think there's been a lot more like even coming

of age or even in straight dramas where you're

getting a lot more Spice like you said Guardians

of the Galaxy Ant -Man and those are being funnier

I think that's a great point. I think it's part

of it people It's hard to make a broad comment.

You know people are going the movies less So

they're trying to make broad comedies, which

is hard to do so they they You know, it's becoming

really generic and that's why you see a lot of

sequels because it's like this comedy actually

did well so let's just try to do that again and

then that never works out. Well, like I said,

hopefully they'll turn the corner and we'll get

some straight comedies that are good too. I miss

stuff like Step Brothers and Wedding Crashers

and all that. I know for a fact the cops doesn't

start until four. See what you have to look forward

to tomorrow. I'm excited, man. I'm ready. Don't

make fun of my outfit or my hair. I'm coming

straight from the wedding reception. You might

not want to use the camera, because at 11 o 'clock,

I'll be about 15 beers into my evening. It could

be a rough night. Hide the pandas, because Hyrule

will comment on them again. He won't shut up

about the pandas. I know he is. There's too many

of them to move. I felt like I need to set them

up in the back, like playing a poker game or

something. Yeah, you really should. If you have

them set up doing something, he will lose his

mind. I'm gonna have them like with beers and

like a poker game and some like bras laying around

and some strip poker happening and something

crazy. Alright, we'll be in the other room. I'm

gonna lock him out. He's getting locked out of

the room now for a change. Alright, talk to you

later. Thanks guys, take it easy.