How am I hearing? My headphones just aren't as
loud right now. I think I just need to turn them
up. You did turn them up? No, I didn't. Mr. Producer,
can you go over to mix bus number three and turn
it up? Just the whole thing. Just bump it up.
Yeah, that's better. Just a little bit more.
Yeah, that's good right there. That's good. Thank
you. There you go. All right. Second half of
the Dudes Like Us podcast. Thank you, Chuck.
It's May 6th. And we've got an advent bourbon
whiskey that we've unveiled. Thank you, Mr. Jeff,
coming back from the bourbon trail. This is a
rare. Did I tell you that? This is a rare. You've
said it. Rare. It's rare. You tattooed it on
your arm. I did. It's on my forehead. But we
can't talk about it yet. We've got to keep our
listeners so tasty. Just waiting and waiting
and waiting. Yep. All right, well, it's Dudes
Like Us. I'm Sean. I'm Paul. And I'm Jeff. And
we've got a jam -packed second half. Actually,
I think we have too many topics we're going to
be talking about. So there's a list, which I
don't want to tell them what the list is, but
there is a – should we tell them? What list?
The list we're going to go down, the top ten.
Oh. You want to jump right into that? No, I'm
not saying we need to jump right into it, but
I'm just saying there's a list we're going to
be jumping into eventually. We can tell them
what it is. Yeah. All right. We're going to go
to the top 10 sitcoms, I guess, of the 70s, 80s.
70s and 80s. I think that's what we got. It's
the stuff that we grew up watching. Correct.
Just kind of the cool things. I'm curious if
all of us have watched, because I haven't seen
the list yet. I wonder if all of us have watched.
all of them, or have just heard of them. I mean,
70s to 80s, you've got to think, what sitcoms
were out in the 70s, what were in the 80s? I
mean, the 80s, you know, you had three companies,
and can we sing all the titles? Can we sing all
the theme songs? That's a challenge. That's a
challenge. We can try it. We can hum it. We can
probably hum it. I don't know. I mean, some of
them were black and white. It's in the 70s, you
know? Like, I know there's a big one. I don't
know the list yet. I'm not looking, but there's
one back in the day called Soap. Oh, yeah. That
was great. I never watched it. Billy Crystal.
Had Billy Crystal. Yeah, Bill Crystal. Bill Crystal.
Yeah. William. Yeah, William Crystal. We had
the... Willie? Willie? Willie Crystal. Willie.
He was gay in that show, wasn't he? Yeah, I believe
so. I think that was kind of a controversial
thing back then. To be gay in a show? Named Soap.
What's his name, Soap? Soap and a Rope. Oh. You've
never seen the show Soap? I've never seen it.
I actually haven't, no. Yeah, I've never seen
it. I don't even know the premise of it either.
I don't either. All I know is Willie Crystal's
in it. Is that where Benson came from? Yes. It's
a spinoff. Tons of spinoffs, man. And the mother
-in -law, she had such a nice big redhead. Her
boobs were so beautiful. Wow. She was very juggy.
Isn't that the mom from Who's the Boss? That's
the mom, or the grandmother, I guess. From Who's
the Boss. Yeah, sounds right. I believe. Anyway.
Interesting. All right, we'll have to talk about
that. We'll get to that. What's your name? Well,
sorry, the character's name is Jessica Tate.
Catherine Hellman. Catherine Hellman. And you
like her jugs, you said, huh? Yeah, well, yeah,
they're nice. That's who she looks like today.
I mean, I don't know. I think she's dead, so
that's a great way to erase a really positive
memory. Is to show them now. I think that's it.
Well. Yeah, she died in 2019. Oh, yeah. Oh, wow.
She was 90. Oh, I know exactly who that is. She's
on Everybody Loves Raymond. She's his mom or
somebody. No, no, no, no. That's not her. No,
she is. No, it's not her. It is. It's not her.
She's an older character on that show. Did she
die on the show? Well, she may have been Raymond's
wife's mom, maybe. Yes, that's what I'm talking
about. She's a mom on that show. I have never
watched that show either. Oh, Everybody Loves
Raymond? Yeah, never watched it. Oh, God, that's
one of my favorites of all time. No, she's in
True Blood. Interesting. Is she a vampire? Is
she a vamp? Anyway, we'll get into the top ten.
According to, I don't know what Chuck found,
70s. We'll talk about others if it didn't pull
up where I think. We'll have some disagreements,
I'm sure, because some of these top 10 lists
we find are just absolutely disgusting. Some
of them are horrendous. Yeah. So anyway, we didn't
get to any politics last time, and there's a
couple of things. It's kind of interesting work.
I didn't even notice that. Yeah, we didn't talk
about any, I don't believe. But what I found
interesting, this is one of the topics I brought
up, is, and I don't know how realistic it is,
is to revamp Alcatraz. Trump's mentioning Alcatraz
to put all these, I don't know if he's just being
Trump, you know, trying to poke the bear or something
like that. I think he's envious that he doesn't
have a supermax prison kind of like El Salvador
does. Don't they have one in Colorado? Maybe.
But you know the one I'm talking about. Like
Leavenworth? No, not Leavenworth. There's one
in Colorado where the Unabomber is, the Shoebomber,
the Timothy McVeigh's guy, Terry. Yeah. He's
there. That's where they keep the worst of the
worst. I think that's a Supermax. No, no, but
what I mean is like something iconic. He's always
big, bigger, bigger, bigger, better. ADX Florence.
I mean, because that El Salvador prison is pretty
impressive, right? It's out in the desert or
something. It looks all like military barracks.
It looks all military, right? And so I think
he's just wishing he had something fancy like
that to send people to here in the United States.
I don't think that's what it is. I don't think
that's what it is at all. I mean, what is the
goal? Is he going to be sending illegals there?
Well, he didn't really say. He goes, the worst
of the worst will go there. because it'll be
the best because there's sharks. Yes, he wants
to restore it to its super max glory. Well, why
not? It's just sitting there collecting dust.
It's a valuable island. I think it would take
a huge amount of money to redo it. Have you been
out there? It's been out there. Julie and I took
the tour. Fascinating. It'd be terrible to lose
that ability to go visit and see the history.
It's a cool place to visit. It is. It's very,
very cool. It doesn't seem, I mean, when you
talk about a vast amount of money, I mean, like
a billion dollars? Well, that's why they closed
it. Because back in the 60s, they were like,
they were going to need like $190 million to
renovate that place. Because for one thing, it
corrodes very quickly because of the saltwater.
And so it's constantly needing upkeep and all
this kind of shit. There's no direct way on there
except by boat. As far as supplies. They need
to start making the buildings out of NASA -style
plastics. I don't know if this is true or not.
Do they have direct sewage line off of those
things? I doubt it. I doubt it. So they're having
to boat their sewage off. Pump that sewage. It's
illegal to dump it in the ocean? Sure. Especially
in San Francisco, California. It's frowned upon.
They also said it was extremely expensive to
have to boat everything back and forth, all the
supplies and all the, you know, and all the correctional
officers and, you know, all this kind of stuff,
right? And I like my Supermax prisons to be able
to not be escaped from, right? I think there
would be a better option. I think they need to
put it in the middle of Death Valley. Just build
something so that if someone escapes, they're
going to die. There's no way you're going to
get out of that place. I still don't understand
what the angle is. I mean, you guys are thinking
he wants to put or redo or make a prison for
prestige. That doesn't make sense. No, I didn't
say that. I mean, it's kind of what you alluded
to. I just think that Trump is always, you know,
he loves the big flashy headline type of stuff.
It doesn't make sense. I mean, what does this
say? What is the reason Trump wants... So CNN,
Trump wants to reopen one of Trump's America's
most notorious prisons, but it doesn't say why.
It says, no longer will we tolerate these serial
offenders who spread filth, bloodshed, and mayhem
in our streets. That is why today I am directing
the Bureau of Prisons together with a few others
to engage and rebuild Alcatraz to house America's
most ruthless and violent offenders. And again,
I thought a lot of those were... in the ADX Florence,
but maybe those are even extra special in there.
I don't know. I mean, it's notorious, right?
Alcatraz. Everybody talks about Alcatraz. Alcatraz.
Well, you remember the movie Escape from Alcatraz
with Clint Eastwood? Right. That was one of my
favorite movies growing up. Right. I mean, it's
iconic. Yeah. You know what I mean? And so when
you talk about restoring that to its full glory
as a supermax prison in Alcatraz on an island,
I mean, it's got a, oh, shit, I'm going to be
sent to Alcatraz? Fuck. I know. You know what
I mean? I guarantee that's feeding into what
Trump's wanting to do. I think once they, El
Chapo was an ADX. I think once they get an estimate,
they go, yeah, it's going to be $10 billion to
do this. Exactly. That makes no sense. I mean,
if you can – no, if we need more supermax prisons,
you know, and we need to build one or, you know,
then let's build one somewhere. Like you said,
in Death Valley or something, let's build one.
I mean, but it's got to be economically feasible,
right? Right. So I'm okay with that. Yeah. So
I don't know. I don't see it happening. I think
it's going to cost too much. I think they should
start from scratch and build it. Find a place
that is just as inhospitable. You mean like Houston?
Yes, at Huntsville. I was thinking downtown Chicago
or the south side of Chicago. Oh, Cabrini Green?
Who knows? How about Dearborn, Michigan? Well,
part of the reason why it's so hard to escape
is the waters are so cold that it's shark infested.
Right. So you're like, if you swim. You're going
to get eaten by a shark. Well, three made it
out alive. Did they? I think so. Clint Eastwood?
They never found them. Yeah, well, they found
their tattered clothes, though. Yeah, with shark
bites out of them. You got shredded. That's what
Trump said. I don't know. Did he really? They
must have been good swimmers. I don't know. Did
he really say that? Oh, yeah. It was like shark
bites out of them and everything. I wouldn't
have swam across that. I would have stayed in
the boat, right, instead of going to the shark?
I would have negotiated and made a deal. Oh,
my God. Trump talking about how he went to one
of the numerous, whatever, the meetings, not
meetings, but the press conference things. And
they're saying, someone brings up the fact that
there was a picture of the Pope produced with
his face on it. Right. Oh, yeah. AI. Yeah, of
course it's AI. And he's like, I didn't do that.
It was a great job. Melania thought I was hot.
She thought I was cute. And he started processing.
But I guess I couldn't be married then, now could
I? I don't think I'd like that. He's such a jokester.
And then he posted on the official White House
or on social media, Truth Social. That right
there. Yes. And so that just made the liberals
go apeshit crazy. So he posted that? Dude, he
is the ultimate troll. You know, he just chuckled.
He went, send. Post. He is the ultimate troller.
100%. That's just great. Yeah, they just buy
it. Oh, yeah, right there. Yeah, and they just,
you know. Whatever, man. It's funny. I've also
seen a meme. You know how they do the white smoke?
I saw one with orange smoke coming out of it.
I've got to give credit. These people are so
talented. May the 4th, they built him up as a
badass Jedi Knight, but he's got a red saber.
That's what everybody said. Don't you know what
red sabers are for? That's the Sith. You think
that he would have... He should have been blue.
He should have run that by a nerd or something,
you know? Well, I don't think he did it. I think
that was... Somebody did that on purpose. No,
I think the official White House did post it.
They may have posted it, but they didn't make
it. Great. Jabba. Maybe. Jabba the Hutt. Oh,
nice. Oh, look at that. Jabba. Jabba. Jabba.
It's so impressive what these people are doing,
though, with all these clever posts and memes
and this and that. I mean, if you pay enough
money, you can buy the AI programs, and they
can do anything. I mean, the AI is pretty impressive.
The free ones I've played around with, the free
graphics generators, they suck. Do they suck?
Yeah, they're not good. Well, yeah, they want
you to pay. Yeah. You go there, and you're saying,
do this, and it's... It's wrong. Well, you tried
to come up with pictures of the dudes like us.
Oh, yeah, and it was ridiculous. Yeah, it was
like there were so many errors in it. Yeah, like
three guys sitting around a campfire drinking
bourbon, and there were like six glasses and
18 arms. Right, right. You know? Yeah, it was
stupid. Yeah, it was really bad. It was funny.
They're getting better. Yeah, this was a year
ago I did that, so maybe they are getting better.
I don't know. Sure. It was still funny, though.
But the whole Alcatraz thing, again. I don't
get what the angle is. Yeah. Again, build something
from new because it'll probably be less expensive
in the long run. Or maybe just as much. Yeah,
plus you lose a little history that you can go
out and see. That's what I mean. I don't care
about that. I don't care about the expense and
I don't care about the history. I really don't.
It's just, it doesn't make sense. I wouldn't
make it an, if you're going to take that island
and do something with it, make it into something
else. I mean. I think the history is cool. Cheesecake
factory. Whatever, man. Ghirardelli's chocolate.
I don't know. I don't know what to tell you.
Make it a zoo. I don't know. Well, the point
isn't to do something productive with the island.
I mean, that wasn't his angle. It was really
just to bring back the - I know that's not his
angle, but that's my angle. Oh, okay. I think
as a life experience to go there and see all
the stuff there, It has a lot of value to it,
but I think there's probably more value to that
real estate than that. Yeah. I just don't see
it. To me, it doesn't make sense. It's a fascinating
prison, though. It is. It is. This was cool.
It was very cool. I mean, what was so fascinating
about it? It was just the big buildings, the
big bars. You walk through all the cells. You
see where the famous people were. Yeah. There's
a lot of history, man. The Birdman of Alcatraz
was, and Jimmy Hoffa. And you see the prison
yard with the high walls. Oh, yeah. It's just
cool. It was cool. But you can see those anywhere.
Not Alcatraz. Yeah. Well, you see a quote -unquote
prison with high walls and cells. You can't tour
it. Where are you going to tour that with the
history of Alcatraz? I get it, the nostalgia
of it, but to me, it doesn't have value. It does
to me. It did to me, too. It was a really neat
tour that I took. Yeah, it was very, very cool,
and I'd recommend it. Maybe get a 3D rendering
of it, and that way people can visit anytime
they want. It's not the same. Put on some VR
goggles, and you can do anything. You take a
ferry out. Yeah, it's a cool day trip. Yeah.
And you walk around, and you say, Nicolas Cage
was here, and it's John Connery. Yeah. Absolutely.
That was all real. Yeah. What was that gas that
they were trying to— ZRX gas or something like
that, ZX gas or whatever, and the green balls.
You know, we make fun of that movie, but that
scene where they pop out of the bottom into the
bath area or the shower area, and all the guns
were pointing down, and they were pointing— Dude,
that's one of the most intense scenes from a
movie that's out there, man. And they were like,
hold your fire, hold your fire. Don't they all
kill each other? I think so. Yeah, the guys up
top kill everybody that came out, man. Oh, man,
that was an intense scene. Speaking of movies,
I watched one today called Warfare. Okay. I recommend
it. Oh, yeah. I heard about it. A movie. I recommend
it. I don't think it got... Steven told me about
it. I was like, well, what is this? It's still
in theaters, right? Uh, I don't know. Uh, I watched
it today. I watched it today. Um, and it's about
a team of seals, I believe over in Afghanistan
or Iraq, Iraq, Ramadi, Iraq. And the story, there
is no plot. You don't know what their mission
is. You're just following them. You're just a
day in the life of these guys. Damn. And they're
in this house hanging out and the, the locals.
find out they're in there. And at about 25 minutes,
30 minutes in, it all goes sideways. And it's
intense. They're basically fighting for their
lives. Yes. And there's no music in it. Actually,
at the very opening scene, there's music. But
outside of that, it's just silence, them breathing
and talking and doing all kinds of shit. And
it's intense. So it's a little Black Hawk Down
-y, you know? Oh, it is. Oh, yeah. And it's based
off of a true story. Damn. because they show
one of the guys at the end. Anyway, I'm not going
to say it, because I highly recommend it. It's
very, very, very well done. And you say it's
in the theaters right now? I don't know. Yeah,
I want to say it was just released. Okay. Yeah,
cool. I'll try to remember that. How did you
see it, Jeff? I went to the theaters today during
break. Oh, okay. It's still in the theaters,
like I said. I recommend it. Yeah. I would have
gone with you. That was at Cinemark. Cinemark.
Released April 11th. Yeah. See? There you go.
See? It's been three weeks. It's fair game. You
know what? A movie like that would probably be
better to go see at a movie. Oh, for sure. Some
of them are, you know? This would almost probably
be a really good one to see at IMAX. I miss going
to the movie theaters. I do, too. I think I'd
miss that whole era. You know, when a new movie
comes out, the excitement, going to the, you
know, before it just got off the charts expensive.
Yeah, it's ridiculous. It is. It's just like,
you know. Yeah, you get a couple drinks in a
box of popcorn or a bucket of popcorn and it's
60 bucks. Yeah, it's like going to a sporting
event. Go ahead. And movies got stupid, too.
I mean. Yeah. Oh, that's true, too. The movies
all sucked. The quality of the movies has just
gone downhill. Well, you know, somewhat. I mean.
For the most part, they're stupid. There's some
that shine, right? Right. This one, I would go
see this in the theater. Yeah. I don't know who
I'd go with. Maybe you guys. Yeah. That'd be
cool. We should do it. Yeah. I don't think the
Wiles would like this. Like I said, it's intense.
Yeah. It's graphic and gory. Yeah. Because it
shows what happens to bodies. Yeah. Trying to
be realistic in warfare, man. Yeah. It's well
done. I highly recommend it. Not huge actors
in it. Right. There's a couple you may recognize,
but it's, again, outstanding. It was really well
done. Very cool. And it's called Warfare 2025.
It's only an hour and 35 minutes. Yeah, it was
a quick movie. Yeah, it's just warfare. Yeah,
I wouldn't mind, you know, the thing, like I
said, it's like going to a ball game. I mean,
tickets are X amount of dollars, and, you know,
it's kind of like, and people may get a little...
frustrated or disgruntled or look at him he's
smuggling shit in i don't care right you know
i hear you you know i'll bring my little nap
satchel and i'll i'll bring some snacks in and
uh beverage i think the last time we went was
like a buffet i mean it was hell dude i i've
went all out burgers and tacos i have done that
before i mean we went to taco bell and i bought
like you know 52 different burritos and tacos
for a group of people. They'll bring the kids
and their friends and stuff, and we show up,
and I've got a backpack full of pop. What, in
the movie theater? In the middle of the movie
theater, yeah. Oh, my God, that's hilarious.
And then, you know, I've been known to, like,
bring a couple bottles of wine, and you hear
the corkscrew going in there, and you hear the
corkscrew, and then you pull the cork out. And
it was so loud. Everyone was at a quiet moment,
and everyone was kind of like, oh. And then you
hear, glug, glug, glug, glug, glug, glug, glug,
glug. I remember when I was working at the theater,
this guy came out, and he was in between all
the movies. It was quiet in the lobby, right?
He came out all pissed off. He goes, somebody
is eating McDonald's in there. And I was like,
okay. Yeah, I was like, okay. He goes, whoa,
it's smelling up the whole theater. He's angry
because he wanted some, right? Go get me some.
Yeah, he's like, I can't buy that. I can't bring
it in. And you're letting them eat in there,
and we're smelling it. Well, they may be done.
Yeah, what do you say to that? How do I know
what it is? They can be done. Who ate it? So
you need to throw that up right now. Yeah. Just
breathe through your mouth so you don't smell
it. It was so dumb. I mean, I was like, really?
You're going to complain about this? It will
stick up the whole thing. You open up that hamburger
and, you know, the onions and everything. Oh,
it's a wonderful aroma, though. Yeah. And it
was a matinee movie, right? So it's like a Tuesday
afternoon. You know what I mean? I'll tell you
what, though, Paul, you taught me something,
and I'm a huge fan of it. I try to use it every
time I remember, is getting the closed caption
little thing that fits in your cup holder. Oh,
I have to, because I don't know what the hell
they're saying. No, I think it's great. I mean,
it's a free thing, and people kind of look at
me, and I'm like, what are you asking me? It's
like, you guys have a closed caption thing. I
love it, because I see a bunch of things that
I never hear before. Yeah, it's true. You can
do that? Yes. Absolutely. It's a little thing
that's got a twisty thing that sits on the cup
holder. I'm getting that from my wife, for sure.
It's in the cup holder. You just rearrange it,
and you put it right below the big screen. It's
badass. I do it every time. They actually spell
out the words with a closed caption, and it has
a little sound. They spell out the words? They
spell out the sounds. Like we're watching an
old Batman movie or something. That guy's fucking
fucked me up. Oh, my God. Oh, whatever. That's
funny. It's fun, though, and I enjoy it, so I'm
glad you showed me that. Yeah. And not a lot
of people take advantage of it. Hardly anybody
does. I think that's, did I, did we go see Midway
and I got that thing and you guys were like,
what is that? What are you doing? Yeah. That's
where the second time I've heard the glug, glug,
glug, glug, glug. Because Paul was pouring Jack
Daniels straight into his cup. No, no. It was
Evan Williams, 100 proof. It was bottled at Bond
and we drink three times stronger than that now.
Oh my God, that was awful. That was an awful
experience. Yeah, I remember. Is that when we
got thrown out of Kelly's? Well, because of Paul.
Because I'm hearing impaired and I was. passionately
talking about stuff like this podcast. Jesus.
And you guys did nothing. You guys didn't fight
for me at all. You're going to have to leave.
Did you see yourself? You were a fucking maniac.
You look like a goddamn Muppet from Sesame Street.
You're like, we're sorry. He's a tard. We're
going to take him home. Instead of, oh, I'm sorry.
He doesn't know how loud he is. He's hearing
impaired. That was the night I fucking went straight
home because we went home like 738. You know,
I fell asleep. Maybe a little later. And I fell
asleep. I woke up at 11 and I didn't have my
phone. I left my phone at Kelly's. It was very
late. No, no, because I went back and picked
up my phone 10, 30, 11 o 'clock at night. Did
you really? Because we left it there. I drove
you there, didn't I? I think you called me. No,
I think I drove because I was still drunk. Great.
Hey, look, I'm not proud of it, but it happened.
That was a shit night. Anyway. All right, so
what are we talking about? Oh, other movies that
are out right now? I don't recognize a lot of
these. Thunderbolt? I don't know what that is.
That's the new Marvel movie. Right. And they're
renaming it to the new Avengers. Right. Why are
they renaming it? Why would they do shit like
that? Because it's a marketing ploy. But basically,
they're trying to reintroduce Avengers into people's
minds so that they associate it with the big
hit that was Avengers. But they got these other
guys that are the Thunderbolts. they want to
make into the new wave of the Avengers. They're
building up for more Avengers movies, basically,
in the future. Secret Wars is going to come out.
Well, they're bringing back all the old games.
Doom is going to come out. Doomsday, I think
it's called. Yeah. Well, they've got to. They've
got no choice. I mean, all they do is they run
on the coattails of these pre -existing storylines
that they already have. Come up with something
new. Come on. Dude, how has Hollywood gotten
so uncreative? Well, I know Stephen and Kevin
saw this, and they said that it had nothing to
do with the previous movies. Yes, it's in the
Marvel Universe. It's a standalone. It's a standalone.
They don't address it. That's okay. Is it any
good? Is it any good? I don't know. I've heard
mixed. What's the ratings on it? After finding
themselves ensnared in a death trap, an unconventional
team of antiheroes must embark on a dangerous
mission. Isn't that Suicide Squad? Yeah. It's
very much like Suicide Squad. Right. I wonder
what the ratings are. I'll call it up here. So
it's got a lot of guys that you've seen before
in other, like Black Widow, Black Widow's sister.
7 .7, that's pretty high. It's not bad, right?
It's got Winter Soldier in it, and Julius Dreyfus
from Seinfeld is in there. What about Rotten
Tomatoes is one that I... I use a lot. I don't
trust that at all. You don't? No. I trust the
audience score more than the critics score. Well,
you could be right there. Yeah, the reviewer
score, the professionals, they're a joke. They're
idiots. I don't know why people even really read
them anymore. I don't. Because they're hacks.
Yes, they are. They're just looking for a reason
to hate everything. Sometimes you just got to
go out and watch them. Get the experience. If
you like it, you like it. If you don't, you don't.
That's the way it is. That's, you know, because
they got like with the Star Wars stuff. I mean,
you don't want to watch the, I don't even know
what that, the Acolytes, you know? Damn, that's
a high rating right there. If you don't like
it, you don't like it. If you like it, you like
it. Whatever. Those are really high ratings.
94 % for the audience score? That's pretty good.
I was going to think that this is like. Not a
movie worth watching, but maybe it is. Who's
that actress right there? That's Florence Pugh.
Florence Pugh. She does the full nude graphic
sex thing in Oppenheimer, if you want to see
her grinding on Biggie Blinder's wiener. Dude,
how weird that scene must have been. Yeah. A
room full of old dudes, like in their suits,
sitting at a table, and she was, yeah. She was
butt naked. Butt naked. Just screwing the shit
out of him. Well, yeah, and he had clothes on,
though. I don't think so. I think they were both
naked, weren't they? Oh, they were? Yeah. I mean,
and it wasn't really happening. It was a dream,
wasn't it? Yeah, it was in her dream or she was
thinking that or something. Oh, man, it was a
very uncomfortable scene. They didn't, like,
AI that? No, I don't think so. It's an extremely
uncomfortable scene. Yeah. Great movie, by the
way. Yeah, but you don't really know that. I
mean, it's a dream, so it didn't really happen.
Yeah, but. I knew that they were filming that.
It was uncomfortable for him to watch it. Yes.
And to know that these guys are sitting there
watching her do this to him. Yes. Or to each
other, I guess. In real life, because they filmed
the scene. It's just awkward. You have to watch
it. It's weird. Is Oppenheimer a good movie?
Yeah, it's good. It's very long, too. It is a
long movie. Einstein is in it. Oh, I've seen
that movie. Yep. Yeah, it's got Peaky Blinders.
Peaky Blinders guy. Did you ever see that summer,
what the hell's it called, that one that Florence
Pugh is in? Kind of a horror flick. She goes
on a summer vacation to some Swedish or Dutch
small little village, and they're religious.
Summer, click on her. Yeah, I'm not sure I've
heard of that one. I certainly haven't seen it.
There it is. Midsommar. Midsommar. With an O
and an A. Yeah, Midsommar. Oh, yeah. That would
have been impossible to find that. But, you know,
it's considered a good horror movie, but it's
strange because it's like a cult, and these American
tourists get pulled into it, and there's sacrifices.
And they're not allowed to leave? Right. Oh,
wow. Like, they make them part of this whole
ceremony that happens every 10 years or something
like that. Right. Basically, they kill all their
old people. Oh, okay. Oh, kind of like Logan's
Run? Yes. Like Soylent Green? Soylent Green is
people! And they make them jump off these big
cliffs and land on a big rock. And they show
it all. Oh, wow. That's neat. Do they actually
jump or do they get pushed? They jump because
the old people know what they have to do. They're
part of this community. We're old and we're a
burden now. So it's our time. Just like Soylent
Green, they knew they were going to be... I don't
think they knew that they were going to be turned
into food, but if you turned 60 or 65, that was
when you had to go up there and be, you know.
So when they jumped on the rock and they perished,
I mean, did they do anything with the bodies
or did they just let them pile up down there?
Well, they all stand around and watch as they
do it. But they just left the bodies down there
for the seagulls to eat. I don't remember what
they did with the bodies. I think they burn them
or bury them. They may eat them. I don't know.
I can't remember. That's odd. It kind of reminds
me of the Vikings spoof on Prime where the old
guys were, I forget even though that may have
been on Netflix. I don't know. But that was a
funny show. The old men, they were like. trying
to force them to jump off of cliffs, and the
guy's like, you know, I decided I'm not going
to do this. I'm going to back out, you know.
And try to quietly walk away. No, you have to
jump off it, you see. I'm charged with you to
bring this group here to jump off the cliff.
No, Helga and I are going to get back over to
the community over here, and we're not going
to do this. It was just freaking hilarious. Because
the first one jumped off and he landed and they
were all looking at him like, fuck that. That
looked painful. Because he didn't die right away.
Well, that happened in the midsummer as well.
One of the people didn't quite die. And I think
they had to go up and beat her head or something
like that. Nice. Snow White. Yeah. No interest.
Is a complete flop. It's been out for, I don't
know, 13? weeks is that what it says yeah so
it's made 86 million that seems like a lot no
that's not it costs like 350 million dollars
to make i love it disney's so stupid man why
do they keep making movies that lose tons and
tons of money oh it's because it's not their
money they don't care well it is their money
because what happens is their parks Do outstanding.
Oh, they make so much money that it doesn't matter.
Their parks subsidize their movies and their...
That's what I meant by saying it's not their
money. I mean, it's not like the department's
money. You know, they just pull from other things.
Are they getting funded or financed through China
at all? I don't think so. Because China finances
a ton of movies. They do. Disney does their own
shit. They're not like... Tencent or whatever
it is, where that's China company. When you see
those movies, that's funded by China. There's
Tom Cruise movies, like Top Gun. There's a story
where in the original movie Top Gun, they have
all their badges on their... And they omitted
certain badges because it was offensive to some
of the Chinese people. Well, sometimes they'll
do that if they want to make money in China.
Because China will come back and say, we're not
going to show this because it has this, this,
this, and this. It's a huge market in China.
Yeah. So they have to be sensitive to, yeah,
I mean, losing all that money. Yeah. And Disney
has bent over backwards. Actually, they filmed
over in China before. Mulan, apparently like
10 miles from where the Uyghurs were being kept.
They were filming, like, right next to that,
wherever that camp was, apparently. Lovely. But,
yeah, Disney, they... So when the park began
to go down, that's when things kind of go sideways
for Disney, right? Because there are other ventures.
The Disney app, the streaming app, is losing
money. But still, I mean... I get that the parks
can subsidize the losses, but the losses I'm
hearing are hundreds of millions of dollars for
every film. You can't sustain that. I don't care.
That's why their stock is going through the tank.
You can't sustain it. And they're just making
bad business decisions. Yes. Even the Disney
movies that they're putting out, not just that,
but it's the gayness that they put in there.
It's just the race. that they put in there. It's
just like, come on, man. It's all the woke shit.
I mean, just make it real. We don't care. I mean,
just make it real. You know, that's like Hancock.
I mean, come on. You know, I mean, they didn't
do Hancock, the musical, but is it Hancock? Hancock.
Hancock. Isn't that a Will Smith superhero movie?
No, no, no. Hold on. What is the musical that's...
The Charlies. What is the musical that has Jefferson
and the... Hamilton. It's Hamilton. Yeah, I misspoke.
So Hamilton. It's just like, why are they doing
this stupid shit? You know, it's ridiculous.
I would never go and watch Hamilton. You mean,
why make it woke? It's unnecessary. I don't think
it was woke. You know, but they're also doing
it. It's just unrealistic. You know, it's not
realistic. I mean, why would you put black people
in there? You know, why are we having... It's
not historically accurate. Yeah, I mean, just
try to abide by some of this. They had other
movies out there that just like the monarchs,
the queens and, you know... Yeah, all that stuff.
You're talking about Bridgerton. It's just like,
why? It doesn't matter. Because they're trying
to, like, soften history. You know what? They
got to face the facts. I don't know. There's
also that the Oscar nominations depend on you
having a diverse cast and crew, right? Otherwise,
you're not going to even be considered. You have
to fill the check boxes. That all comes to a
screeching halt once the people stop watching
the movies, which they kind of already have.
That's my point. Also, Trump announced today
or yesterday he's going to put 100 % tariff on
foreign -made films. I don't know how that's
going to work. Yeah, I don't know. We got a lot
of stuff that's made in Canada. We got a lot
of stuff that, you know. Made over in Europe,
Australia. Like, all the Lord of the Rings would
not have been made. New Zealand. New Zealand.
Yeah. I don't know if I agree with him on that
one. Well, they just film it at Grand Canyon.
Well, he wants it all made in the U .S. He wants
to make Hollywood great again. There we go. I
mean, there's something to be said about that.
Well, you can't film everything. No, you can't.
Yeah, but Hollywood's so expensive now, they
just go somewhere else, right? That actually
subsidizes them. Texas wants to subsidize them.
Georgia subsidizes them. Yes, there's people
desperate to take on that industry. They'd rather
film it there or Montreal. You'd be surprised
how much stuff is filmed in Vancouver. Yeah.
Interesting. Is it because there's massive tax
breaks for them? Oh, yeah. Yes, massive tax breaks,
and they can make that town look like any town.
Right. I know they film a ton of shit in Albuquerque.
And that's why. Because they're extremely friendly
to the movie industry there. A lot of these states
are learning, right? Come here. Computer imaging.
It's easy to build any backdrop now. You can
basically fake it. But you can tell. Yeah. You
can still tell. I don't think it's there yet.
I don't think they're ready to make a total transition
to that. Yeah. I agree. It probably will be at
some point. At some point, but I don't think
it's quite there. Because we watched, what the
hell did we watch? Julie and I watched something,
and I was like, this looks like a video game.
Right. It doesn't have the same look. Yeah, I
was like, this doesn't look quite right. What
movie was I watching? Well, hell, it could have
been Star Wars Andor, you know? Actually, I think
it, no. Or maybe Rogue One. When he runs in there
and Princess Leia, that's a video. That's an
AI. It may have been Andor. No, you were watching
Red Shoe Diaries, the movie. It could be. It
could be. Those are AI boobs. Remember those?
Remember those shows on Skinamax? Oh, yeah. and
you're trying to watch it. What is it? The screen's
all messed up, and you're hoping it pauses on
a boob. Sean had a way around that, though. Yeah,
he did. Wasn't that Tom Hanks movie that came
out called The Red Shoe or something like that?
The Man with the One Red Shoe. I was thinking,
oh, there's going to be boobs. No, it's Tom Hanks
with a violin. You were so let down, sucked in.
Yeah, I was. That was so crazy. I was a 12, 13
-year -old, or however old I was. I was like,
well. Yeah, it was Showtime and Skinamax. Yeah,
I don't think Skinamax exists anymore. No? Is
it not called Max? Well, I mean, no. What's the
reason? Well, Skinamax never existed. It's Skinamax.
They just called it Cinemax. Well, Cinemax I
don't think is around anymore. I don't think
Cinemax is around anymore. I don't know. I don't
know either. I don't know either. It probably
got folded into something else. Yeah. I mean,
HBO Max, right? They're streaming. They had to
try to sell it, so they just became Max, and
now it's got everything conglomerated in there,
and it's not dirty at all. See, I thought...
There's nothing there. I thought it was a merger
of... Cinemax still exists. It's a pay television
network. It's owned by Warner Brothers. Yeah,
it's probably the same. So it is still out there.
It's launched by HBO. It's owned by Warner Brothers.
It's part of HBO. It offers a variety of content.
That's what I thought. When I saw HBO Max, I
thought it was a merger of Cinemax and HBO. So
Cinemax quasi -exists. It's blended with HBO
now. So their late night stuff is pretty saucy?
I mean, it used to be. I don't know. It used
to be. I don't have HBO. That's why they call
it Skinamax. I mean, but whatever. I don't even
care. I mean, that's all Skinamax now. Good Lord.
What was the other? Somebody's Diaries. Somebody's.
Red Shoe. Lady Chatterley's Love. Yes, Lady Chatterley's.
That was another one. If that popped up, it was
like, oh, you knew that one was good. Or Emmanuel.
That was another one. I don't remember that one.
Oh, wait a second. I think I do. Yeah, there's
a bunch of those. That was a soft porn show from
the Skinamax days. Isn't that how pathetic we
are as teenage boys? Like, oh, okay, everybody's
gone to bed. I'm going to sneak downstairs and
watch Skinamax. That's so stupid, man. It was.
I never had that. That's what you have to do.
Yeah, you did. That's what you did. Skinamax
didn't come out until we were living alone, living
on our own. No. They had these movies. Emanuel
was from the... It was high school. Potentially
late 70s through the 80s. There's a bunch of
those movies. Yeah, it was high school for me.
I haven't seen those. Of course, we grew up in
Germany. Well, those commercials had nudes. Oh,
I was going to say, your toothpaste commercials
were all nude. But we got used to the United
States Armed Forces Network, and so it was basically
one channel. And yeah, they had some German stuff,
but we watched some of it, and it took a while
for us to, you know, because we don't speak German,
but we could understand after a long time, we
understand some words. But when we got back to
the United States, we're like, holy shit, there
are a gazillion channels. And we were sitting
at the hotel. We got off the airplane. We go
to a hotel, and we're in New Jersey, and before
we went to our house, they were moving the furniture
in, et cetera, et cetera. So we're at the hotel
for like a week, and we argued over what channel
we're going to watch to the point where my dad
didn't buy cable until well after I moved out.
Oh, wow. He was just like, I'm not buying it.
You guys are a bunch of fucktards, and I'm just
not buying it. And you're fighting over everything.
Oh, yeah. It was ridiculous. I remember it because
it was the hotel room. They had a box, and it
wasn't a dial. It was this little bar, and it
moved left to right. And it was like 1 through
13, and then the VHF kicks in, and it's 14 through
this, and then it's A through whatever. And you
had a gazillion channels, and I was like, hey,
cartoon, cartoon. No, no, no, not with this one.
Oh, man. My dad was like, fuck that. You guys
are stupid. I'm going to go drink and fuck off.
The first one we had was a little set -top box.
It had these push buttons. Oh, yeah. And then
a little dial on the side. Just like you said,
A, B, or C. But then the cube came out. Oh. This
was the cube. And it was a box with a wire on
it so you could sit on your sofa and punch this
thing, a cube. And it was interactive. So you'd
have these, the way it's supposed to work is
there'd be these game shows that you would be
able to participate in. Oh, yes. So you'd press
a button and. you know they'd see it was this
this is the early 80s probably the cube i never
is that like uh through uh how what technology
made that happen make how those corded it wasn't
wireless or anything yeah but still i mean you're
going to a network yeah that made it back so
it'd say you know we had you know 50 people get
it right and they didn't say You know, Jeff,
you got it right or anything like that. It wasn't
that granular. It was space age innovation, man.
Yeah, Cube Interactive TV. That's what it was.
Could refer to a few different entities based
on available information, but it seems you're
most likely asking about Cube. Hold on. Yep,
from Columbus, Ohio. We're in Cincinnati, so.
Interesting. I've never heard of that. I've never
heard of it either. See if there's a picture
of it. There was a box. I don't know. There's
probably. 60 -plus channels, what's it say on
there? 30 channels, later expanding to 400. That
felt like more at the time. Oh, of course. Yeah.
And it was great. And, you know, that's where
it had all the MTVs. That's when all that shit
started coming out, right? But there was only
one show that I could find that I could participate
in. It was like Bozo the Clown or something like
that. Right. You know? All right, friends, let's
answer the question. Oh, Lord. And it was really
MTV. I like the Claymation one, the Davey. Hello,
Davey. What is that? I don't know that one. Oh,
man. Is that a German one? I saw a bunch of Germany,
but no, it was Claymation. I don't even know
the name of it. I always thought the Claymation
stuff was creepy. But really, the game changer
was MTV, dude. Yes, it was. I mean, coming from
overseas back to the United States and seeing
MTV. It was Davy and Clive. It's crazy. You know
what? Do me a favor. Pull up Davy and Clive.
I want a quick soundbite because I've done that
voice a few times and you guys both look at me
with the same freaking look at both times. IP
chicken. That's it right there. That thing, that
second picture. 100%. That's it. Oh, that's the.
That's the cube. So you had three rows of channels
and all those buttons down the side, and then
you had the black buttons on the right. Those
were the interactive buttons. Jeez, amazing.
That's it right there. How far we've come, man.
Yeah, but actually, that was pretty impressive
back then. Yeah, yeah, seriously. You don't want
to look that. Yeah, that was early. I mean, we
didn't get cable probably until early 80s. That's
pretty impressive. 1978, 1980s, 1978. So sitcoms
back then were just crazy. You know, all the
other shows. I mean, you got like back then is
the, what is the, the Jeffersons, but they spawned
off of all the family, all the family. Yeah.
And that was a show. Again, that was from the
seventies and my parents didn't watch that. So
I never watched all the film. I've seen some,
but that wasn't a show we sat down and watched
together. A lot of these I missed simply because
I was overseas. Oh, there we go. Right. So I
asked Grok to list by popularity in 70s and 80s
sitcoms, so I'm sure we've all seen all of those.
So we're starting from top down to number one.
So the top one is M .A .S .H., of course, which
is great. I'd actually start... You don't want
to go in the other direction? Okay, sorry. We're
at the bottom. We want to go shitty to great.
All right, you want to start at 10? Yeah, start
at 10. Okay, now we know MASH is number one,
so we blew the whole game. Way to go, Paul. Yeah.
All right, number one, or number 10 is Family
Ties. Watch that. That was funny because he was
a - Michael J. Fox. He was a Republican in the
family of Libs. Right. And it's Jessica - Alba?
No, who's the sister? Justine Bateman? Justine
Bateman. Justine Bateman. Yeah, she never wore
underwear, apparently. And teeny utters, right?
Okay. Good to know there, Jeff. That was back
in the day. That's what was being passed around
school. She doesn't wear underwear. So, of course,
that's why you'd watch. Maybe she couldn't afford
underwear. They're driving ratings with fake
news. She was an actress. That was total bullshit,
I'm sure. I'm sure teenage boy rumors, you know.
All right. Well, that was a good one. And it
ran for seven years, it looks like. Yep. And
then you got Taxi. Love Taxi. I watched it as
reruns. Probably when I was in college, and that's
when I watched Taxi. Only five years. I never
got into that one, but man, when you go back
and look at how many people got their start.
Oh, yeah. Danny DeVito. Right. The guy from Back
to the Future. Christopher Lloyd. Yeah, Christopher
Lloyd. Who's the boss guy? Tony Danza. Tony Danza.
Damn. And then you had - Mary Lou Hanner. Mary
Lou Hanner, who has a didactic memory, apparently.
Oh, God, yeah. That's crazy, right? Yeah. Did
you guys say Judd Hirsch? Yeah, Judd Hirsch is
another one. Andy Kaufman. Hold on. When did
I know the last one you said? Judd Hirsch? Judd
Hirsch. Judd Hirsch. He was like the main star,
basically. He wasn't old back in the day. But
I would recognize him. I don't know. Yeah, he
plays on Independence Day. He was the father.
Yeah. He was Jeff Goldblum's. Oh, yeah, yeah,
yeah, yeah, yeah. Oh, yeah, he was in a bunch
of cop shows, right? Yeah, he was in a bunch
of shit. Yeah, I totally recognize him. Is he
still alive? I don't know. Danny DeVito's wife,
Rhea Perlman, was on there. Yeah, he's 90. He's
still alive. Badass. Good for him. Yep. So Taxi,
yeah, I watched that one. Like I said, I watched
it for a couple years, reruns. I think I probably
watched all of them. And then the theme song
was always very, yep, yep, going across the bridge.
The New York Bridge. Oh, it's just music, right?
Yep. And it was a good theme song. Just a clean
comedy. I've never seen an episode of it. Bits
and pieces here and there. It was a little crazy
too, right? With Louie and, you know, I'd recommend
you go back and watch a tent pack of it. That
would be badass. I think 100 % of it took place
in the garage. I don't think they had another
set. I don't think they had any other sets. Really?
I don't remember them going to lunch or anything,
you know? Yeah. That's funny. Let me see if I
get that. So 1978 was the very first episode.
There you go. Was that like the recorder that
you get? Yeah, it kind of is, right? Yeah, I
had one of those. I think we all had one of those.
A recorder. That's crazy. You got that dope -ass
little scene. Oh, so 70s? Oh, my God. This is
so 70s. Jeff Conaway. Danny DeVito. I mean, he's
still going on a sunny, right? You know? Oh,
yeah. It's always sunny in Philadelphia. All
right. That's good. Yeah. All right. Let's move
on to the next one, then. That was a good one.
That was a good one. Anyway, I enjoyed Taxi.
And then Laverne and Shirley, that was a family
one for me. We'd sit around. It'd be, and then...
Seven years. We'll get to another one here in
a minute, but it was always right behind another
one. It was a spinoff. Yeah, it was a Happy Days
spinoff. Massive female lead -led hit. It was
good. That was a great theme song as well. Big
Jew -y. Jewish Jew -y. Jewish. I mean, the cast,
you know? The beginning of the... They're Italian.
But the... They may have been Italian, but that
is where they're from, but it's not their religion.
So at the very beginning, Shamil, Shabab. There
you go. That's what I was getting at. I thought
you meant the people. No, no. I'm putting this
on my playlist. There we go. They were just crazy.
And they worked at the bottling factory. What
was the beer company? I don't know. Like Schwartz
Beer or something like that. Penny Marshall,
who ended up being a very renowned director,
right? Yep. And they had Lenny and Squiggy? Yeah.
Lenny was in Spinal Tap, yeah? Yeah, he was.
Interesting. I never watched this one either.
If you notice, these ended before I actually
got back to the country, right? I didn't get
back until like 1984 or 1985, and this ended
in 83. Yeah, we'd watch this every week, and
then it got really dumb when they moved to California.
So the beer company, the TV show that burned
Shirley, it's called Schatz Brewery. Schatz,
right. Schatz Brewery. With a D. Yeah, once they,
I think both of them moved out there to California.
for some reason, and then I think one of them
ended up leaving the show, and then it just went
downhill at that point. It got really stupid.
And they kept trying to go with it, huh? Yeah,
I think we even gave up on it as kids. We're
just like, yeah, this is bad. All right, this
next one I absolutely watched, and it was a great
show. It was. It was good. The Cosby Show. Yep.
And notice the years, right? 84 to 92. Yeah.
So, yeah. We watched this one as well. It was
good. It was a good one. It was a good show.
Yeah. It was a cultural juggernaut. I'm kind
of wondering how many women he took advantage
of during that period. I don't know. He did.
I don't know. He was a serial rapist, really.
Yep. Yep. I mean, somehow he got... Let off.
But anyway. All right, next one. Cheers. Cheers.
That was one of my favorites. 82 to 93. That's
a really good one. Yeah. Another great theme
song, in my opinion. I think it's one of those
songs that when you hear it, it brings back a
point of time in your life. Oh, yeah. This is
one of them that does that for me. Yep. For some
reason. Now, did you watch it as a family, and
that's why it brings back memories? Or were you
in college? No, I was in college. So I didn't
start from the very beginning, obviously. Now,
isn't it based on a bar that really exists? Correct.
Yeah, it's out there in Boston. Yeah, it's in
Boston Commons right there. You walk downstairs
and walk into the bar. And it's still iconic.
It's still iconic, still there. It's a long version.
Oh, yeah. You better kill it because they'll
ding us. They'll shut down the whole thing. Ted
Danson as the main bartender forward slash manager.
And they had so many spinoffs on this. They had
Kelsey Grammer, who played Frasier Crane. Frasier
Crane. Frasier was another spinoff of this. Shelly
Long was the original, one of the originals,
right? Yeah, and she ended up leaving, and then...
Christy Alley. Yeah, Christy Alley. Christy Alley.
Oh, it's called Bull and Finch Pub, right there
in Boston Commons. Nice. Okay. Very cool. Boston
Commons is a cool little park. But they also
had the original bartender, Coach. died in real
life. So they wrote him off. He died on the program.
Nicholas Colasanto. Yeah. He was funny. He was
a dumb old guy. And then that's when they brought
in Woody Harrelson. I was going to say Woody
Harrelson. That was the face I was trying to
get the name for. That's when he came onto the
show. And he had a successful movie career. He
was good on Cheers as well. He played an idiot.
Yeah, he was the good -looking dumb guy, right?
That's funny. Okay, all right. Then you have
the duos. The guy sitting at the end of the bar.
John, it's Cliff. Cliff Clavin. Cliff Clavin.
Everyone likes Cliff. Norm. Norm. Norm. And Cliff,
you know. He's in the opposite service for about
15 years now. He's in every Pixar movie. Yeah,
pretty much. Which one? Norm is? No, Cliff Clavin.
The other one. Then you have the bar. Ratzenberger.
Right, John Ratzenberger. Yeah, John Ratzenberger.
Then you had Harry Anderson, who would go in
through the bar, and he would do magic tricks
at Cheers. The guy from Night Court? Right, yeah.
Then he, and it's spinoff into Night Court, but
he got his role in Night Court, which was another.
It's amazing how many of these people got their
starts, right, in all these shows, right? Super
cool. All right, the next one's huge. Yeah, Three's
Company. 77 to 84, so it was on for seven years,
and I think this one jumped the shark as well.
Yeah, they tried to make it last. It wasn't working.
And great show. We watched this one as a family.
Again, until it got dumb. It got too raunchy?
No, it didn't get too raunchy. It's when the
ladies moved out and the ropers came on because
it was Don Knotts. What was his name? Mr. Furley?
After Don Knotts? Oh, it was Roper. The Ropers
were after Furley. Yeah, the Furleys. I don't
remember his name. Yeah, so Don Knotts was on
it first. He was great. And then the Ropers came
on, and there was a spinoff called The Ropers.
Yes, that's right. Which I don't even think we
bought into that one. Norman Fell. So the original
ones were obviously John Ritter. Stanley Roper.
John Ritter and Suzanne Summers? Is that right?
Suzanne Somers and Joyce DeWitt. They were the
original three. It just kind of got silly after
that because, like you said, Suzanne Somers was
wanting more money. Imagine back then it was
what? a three share. They had like three or four
networks out there, and they would get a huge
share of the audience. Major, major endorsements,
but yet they were paying the women shit. She
was like, fuck off. That's crazy. And she held
her ground, and I think it's great. She was probably
one of the pioneers of women standing up for
women's rights. She ended up getting booted.
She did, but you know what? She ended up still
being successful. Thighmaster. It wasn't as good
after she left. It wasn't. No, it was not. That
was the beginning of the end of it. She played
a really good ditzy blonde. She did. Chrissy.
Chrissy, yes. Yes. All right, the next one, again,
I think is, this is one I, every day after school,
I'd get over to my friend Jeff Lund's house,
and we'd watch this, The Jeffersons. The Jeffersons.
I saw maybe a couple episodes of it. Wheezy?
Yeah. Her name is Wheezy, though. Yeah. Great,
great show. Funny, I think that, what's his name,
Sherman Helmsley? Sherman Helmsley, yeah. was
good. And I like the opening. The music is really
good. The theme song. Yeah, all these are good
theme songs. Yes. That's back in an age where
theme songs mattered, I guess. Right. Yeah, but
I think one of the most dynamic characters on
there was their maid. Florence. Oh, yeah, Florence.
Florence was, she was, that was funny. Oh, God
bless. This brings back memories here. Oh, yeah.
Yeah, Wheezy and George. And then you had their
friends, their sidekicks, Helen and Tom, which
was kind of a cool thing because they had a black
and white relationship thing, which I think was
great. Kind of tied it in. Yeah, they said they
covered all sorts of racing class issues. Well,
this was a spinoff. This was a spinoff of All
in the Family. Right, because Jefferson was Archie
Bunker's neighbor until they moved. Right. They
moved on up. I see. And I think he owned a dry
cleaning place in the All in the Family. And
they took that same premise. I don't remember.
Yeah, I think so, yeah. And mentioning All in
the Family. Speaking of. That is the next one.
And All in the Family, which is, I never watched
this one. Well, it ended in 79. Yeah, so that
was a little early for me to sit down and watch
it. 71 to 79. And as a 6, 7, 8 -year -old, I
would not have understood it, probably. I watched
a lot of it. And there's probably reruns. By
the time I was watching it, I thought it was
fantastic. And, you know, Archie Bunker was...
Frickin' hilarious. It's a little nails on the
chalkboard, isn't it? I mean, just a little.
But it's so nostalgic that it's great. I watch
this a lot. Did you? All the family? Yeah. It's
just reruns, you know. So if we were to watch
it now, would it be? But hold on. Hold on. Hold
on. Go ahead and turn it back up and back it
up like 10 seconds. Okay. Because they say something.
Right, right. Before that. Listen to what they're
saying. No, right here. They're talking about
these are the days. And then the next verse is.
Not that. Yes. Girls were girls and men were
men. In 76, right? Yeah. I mean, that's the kind
of stuff, geez. Man, how far we've come now,
right? It's just an absolute nut. You could still
be gay and be a man. That's what I don't get.
These people are just, and then Meathead. I mean,
they are the epitome. Carl Reiner. Sally Struthers
and Rob Reiner. Rob Reiner, yeah. Yeah. There's
just freaking knuckleheads. He called him Meathead.
Meathead. That's what he called him. Yep. And
then another one, Happy Days. Oh, that one's
huge. That one's huge. I actually do have this
theme song on my playlist. You do? It's actually
the original theme song. Then they switched it
to, they created one specifically for it. At
the one, two, three o 'clock? Yeah, correct.
This is the - The revamp? The revamp. Yeah, the
first one was Bill Haley and the Comets. Right.
It's Rock Around the Clock, right? Rock Around
the Clock, yep. Interesting. Interesting. I'm
not finding it, so. The original? Yeah. Intro
season one, I bet that's it. Do you see it? Right
there, 74. Yeah. Put the coin in the jukebox.
Yep. Record pops on, starts spinning. There you
go. Yep, those are the originals. And this is
where actually the term jump the shark came from.
Oh, yeah. You're right. Because Fonzie jumped
the fucking sharks. That's right. Yeah, they
went on vacation. You guys had to explain that
to me in a podcast we did years ago. Yeah, that's
where the term came from. Yeah, I remember that
now. Yeah, but I was surprised that there were
some, you know, Tom Bosley, Henry Wrinkler, you
know, Scott Bale. Those were really the only
ones. I guess Pat Morita. The original Al? Yeah.
And he went on to do, is that the same one that
did Karate Kid? Karate Kid, yeah. Mr. Miyagi.
And I guess Ron Howard, what a staple. Ron Howard.
I tell you what, these earlier sitcoms that came
out, Penny Marshall, she turned into a director.
Ron Howard turned into director. It's kind of
like when you get into that lifestyle, you learn
everything about it. And why not? If you're an
authority. What did Potsy do? Patsy. Anson Williams.
Anson Williams became a punchline. Didn't end
up doing anything, huh? Donnie Most. Ralph Mouth.
He's 75 years old. It doesn't really say what
he's done. I don't know. I'm sure he's done something.
No, I don't see anything. All right. Last one
we've already talked about is Bash, which is,
I think. is watchable today because I've seen
a couple episodes and they're good. You know
what sucks? I have been trying to get Shelly
to watch it. We started watching it and we just
couldn't. Can't get into it? Nope. We just couldn't.
I don't know why. Maybe if I watched from the
beginning, maybe it would be different. Maybe
it was just clips that I saw and I was like,
I remember that episode. We've talked about this
show before. Not necessarily the show, but the
theme of it, which it's pretty... Dark. Dark.
Yeah, and look at that. That's one of the original,
well, it's based on a movie, which was really
dark, too. Yeah. Yeah, the movie was not a comedy,
I don't believe. Yeah, did you know it had lyrics?
Yes. The theme song? Yeah. Yes. Very dark. Sorry.
So the 70s sitcoms, the All in the Family, Mary
Tyler Moore Show, MASH, Taxi, Jefferson's, One
Day at a Time, Happy Days, The Odd Couple. Don't
you guys watch that? No, never watched that.
Sam for the Sun, Rhoda, Curb Your Enthusiasm.
Never even heard of that one. That's an HBO show.
And the Bob Newhart Show. Right. In the 80s.
Oh, I love the Bob Newhart Show. That was one
that I did watch. The reruns of. And I'll shout
out to a bunch of the 80s here. The Cheers, The
Cosby Show, The Golden Girls, Bob Newhart, Night
Court, Full House, Roseanne, The Wonder Years,
Family Ties, Married with Children. Quantum Leap,
Silver Spoons, The French Prince of Bel -Air,
Seinfeld. Quantum Leap? You're getting into the
90s, though. I watched Quantum Leap. Those are
all 80s. That's not a sitcom, though. KRP. Which
one? What about Debbie KRP in Cincinnati? I think
that was in the 70s. 78 to 82. Wow. The Simpsons.
Spin City? Sister, did you realize the Simpsons
were on in the 80s? They came on. They spent
off of 30 years of the ladies' show. They basically
kicked off Fox as a broadcast network. That's
the only reason people watched them. What was
that lady's name? They were a bit on a TV show.
Tracy Ullman. Tracy Ullman show. Tracy Ullman
show. They'd have like a five -minute Simpsons
bit. Yeah, if that. That's how they got started.
Matt Groening would animate it, and it would
just be like, what is this? And then it all of
a sudden became a phenomenon, and they got their
own show out of it. And it's still going. It's
still going. Yeah. I mean, it's got to be the
longest -running show of all time. I think it
is. Is it 40 years? 30 years? How long has Wheel
of Fortune been going on? That's another one
that's been on forever. And Jeopardy, that's
another one. God almighty. That's insane. All
right, we have to talk about a bourbon. We are
almost at the end of our podcast. We've got to
squeeze this in here. So this is one that Sean
likes to call from the advent calendar. Yes.
A rare. You going to sing your song, Sean? It's
a rare. I forget how it goes. Damn it. I was
typing something I forgot. Did I tell you this
was a rare? Yeah, it's a rare. So you pulled
it up several times. Many, many times. What is
it called? What is it called? Drabs, dabs, only
fans? Only fans. Only drams. Only drams. So we
are logging our only dram. I'm sorry. We're logging
all of our whiskeys into only drams. And this
one pulls up as a rare because it is difficult
to get. And I'm telling you, this is terrific.
This is terrific. This is terrific. Punch a mouthful
of flavor. It's flavorful. So this is a distillery
only, and it's limited, so they didn't make a
ton of them. She told me the barrel count, and
I can't remember. It may actually say on there.
It said 36. Bottle 27 of 30. 27 of 30. Damn.
Does it have a high rye profile? Do you know?
I don't know. I can't read that on the back,
so that's impossible. No way I'm going to read
that. But it's a Yellowstone. It's from Limestone
Branch Distillery. And it's a Yellowstone single
barrel toasted, right? Did I get that right?
Correct. Yep, that is correct. So when they say
it's toasted, I mean, they're all toasted. So
what does that mean? Well, they go into another
barrel that I think is barely. Yeah, it's finished
in toasted casks. Oh, so it's not quite a char
one? Correct. It's like really barely done from
what I understand. So is it double barreled?
Yes. Oh, so they do it a regular. I wonder what
their original char is because it's got a nice
hue. It's got a floaty in there. It's probably
part of the cork. That was me. The cork is a
little frail. Oh, wow. Okay. Okay, I'll see if
I can find the mash bill, but I don't think it's
on here. Well, yeah, I mean, Chuck's having trouble
even finding it online. I can't find it online,
yeah. Yeah, so there's not very many bottles
of it out there. I do get a hint, a lot of rye.
Well, I can't find it, so I don't have the tasting
notes. We're going to dive in with this. Let's
do this. Do we have our bourbon circle? The bourbon
wheel. Our mosaic? Is limestone on there? It
might be. No, I mean the tasting. Oh, the wheel
of fortune. The whiskey wheel. The whiskey wheel.
Whiskey riot wheel. The alcohol atlas. The whiskey
riot taste at home worksheet. All right, here
we go. So I've got, I mean, it's got floral notes
to it. What do I get? I pick up, there's definitely
a little bit of sweetness on it. Well, for sure.
It's got such a great taste. There's a light
tobacco, a hint of mint. It's like a mint tobacco.
You know, I don't see, I don't taste the traditional
stone fruit, as I like to say. It's more like
plum. Plum is a stone fruit. Well, yeah, but
it's not like a peach or, you know. My point
is it's a darker kind of rich fruit, right? Yeah.
Like a raisin, maybe? Raisin, yeah. That might
be it. Or a date. Dates. I get a little bit of
butter. Not bad. Like butterscotch or just butter?
Oh, my gosh. Because you don't like butter. I
could taste the hell out of it. I almost sneezed.
It's almost like a light spiced butter. It forced
me to taste a bunch of grapes. Actually, if you
do the bourbon chew, I can get some grapes on
that. Man, this is incredible. So for the folks
out there that you're not going to be able to
get this, let's just put it out there. It's Yellowstone.
It's a limited edition Yellowstone toasted barrel.
It's 100 proof Kentucky straight bourbon whiskey
finished in toasted casks. It's bottle 27 of
30. So it's a single barrel. And that's all we
really know about it. What was the sticker price
on this -ish? It's on our spreadsheet. I don't
remember. It wasn't cheap. So, you know, it's
probably $100, $120, I'm guessing. I don't think
it was over $100. No? I don't think so. Again,
it's on the spreadsheet somewhere. Yeah. Well,
that is terrific. I'll tell you what. I'm going
to give this because it's 100 proof. It's 100
proof. So it's in its own category. And in that
category, I've got no choice but to give it an
8 .5. That's a little high for me. I think it's
rich. It's got something in there that I'm not
totally agreeing with me. I'm going to go with
a 7 .3. Whoa. Yeah. I'm not sure what it is,
but it's not bad. No, not at all. 7 .3 is a high
rating. Yeah. I'm trying to think what we have
in the 100 proof range. We have quite a few,
actually. But I can't recall what they are in
the early times. This is better than early times,
I think. You bring that up a lot. Yeah, well,
it's 100. Yeah. And it's a really good bourbon,
and it's cheap. It's a fan favorite. Yeah. I'm
probably right around where Sean is, 8 .4, 8
.5. Yeah. Because I really enjoy this. It's great.
It's got a decent finish. It's nice and oily.
Whereas the one we had previously, I think, disappeared
pretty quick. It's got some legs on there, too.
You switch that thing around. Look how long those
babies stand up. Yeah. That's still up there.
Yeah. Real viscosity. What do you think, Chuck?
I give it a solid eight. Solid, solid eight.
I like it. Cool. All right. Well, look. final
of our second half of the Dudes Like Us podcast.
I think we hit a ton of our topics. We enjoyed
doing the doom scroll of the sitcoms of the 70s
and 80s. I was thinking there should have been
more. I was waiting for Debbie Carpe to be on
there. We watched that one every week. It was
11. Oh, was it? Yeah. Which one? WKRP in Cincinnati.
Oh, yeah. WKRP. You know we should do. Lonnie
Anderson. Yes. Oh, yes. Bailey. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Shout out to Bailey. Oh, yeah. I like Bailey,
too. You know, I want to do all theme songs next
time. Oh, yeah. We don't even need to. We're
going to play the theme songs, and then we'll
guess what it is. We could do that. I had a cassette
tape of nothing but theme songs. Wow. That means
we kind of have to face away while Chuck plays
them. You're going to have to... Ah, whatever.
Like this. Oh, we're going to guess what show
they came from? Everybody wears a sleep mask.
I literally had a cassette of nothing but game...
Not game shows, but theme songs. It was great.
Check us out on Instagram and Facebook, dudeslikeus
-podcast. And if you're looking for some swag,
some dudeslikeus -woodcraft, we've got some fun
stuff out there. Shout out to the Yellowstone...
The Limestone... Limestone Branch. Limestone
Branch Distillery in Yellowstone. Shout out to
you, Jeff, for picking this shit up. Thank you,
Chuck. As usual, dudes like us, I'm Sean. I'm
Paul. And I am Jeff. Stick around for a week
or two, and we've got RD1 Spirits popping up
on here. Looking forward to that. And Horse Neck.
Looking forward to those. Shlaba -daba -ding
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