FH Mini 58 - Fourth Majure

Elliott Kalan

[0:00] Hello, Flophouse friends, and welcome to another Flophouse mini.

[0:08] That's right, it's one of our off-week mini-episodes.

[0:11] Normally, at the Flophouse, we watch a bad movie and then we talk about it.

[0:15] But on our mini-episodes, we're just going to do whatever we want,

[0:18] which has turned into a series of games that each of us kind of throw at the other ones without explanation.

[0:24] Sometimes they make sense, sometimes they don't.

[0:26] Joining me, my name is Ellie Kalin.

[0:28] Joining me on this week are my regular co-hosts, and their names are...

Dan McCoy

[0:31] Dan McCoy.

[0:34] Stuart Wellington.

Elliott Kalan

[0:35] And we're recording this on a night when Dan is recovering from an illness and Stu is tired, and I'm also tired.

[0:42] So let's see what happens, because we're doing a series of games tonight that I have prepared,

[0:47] each less interesting than the last for my two co-hosts.

Dan McCoy

[0:51] Oh, great.

[0:52] Okay.

Elliott Kalan

[0:52] Wait, I meant to say more fiendish.

[0:54] Uh-oh, what did I say?

[0:55] Yep.

[0:57] Now, guys, how are you feeling today?

[0:59] You ready for a little bit of game playing?

Stuart Wellington

[1:01] Sure.

[1:01] You know me, I'm a real Game Boy.

[1:04] Just slap a little cartridge in my back and play, I don't know, alleyway, brickle, what's the game on...

Elliott Kalan

[1:12] Super Mario Land?

[1:14] It sounds like...

[1:16] Or Tetris?

[1:17] It sounds like...

Stuart Wellington

[1:18] Yeah, Tetris makes the most sense.

Elliott Kalan

[1:20] Like David Cronenberg's Nintendo ad would have been slapping a cartridge into someone's back,

[1:24] and then their face would turn into a Game Boy screen.

[1:27] Mm-hmm.

[1:27] And it would say, you know, all hail the new games or something like that.

[1:30] Uh-huh.

[1:31] You know.

[1:31] Mm-hmm.

Dan McCoy

[1:32] That sounds great.

Elliott Kalan

[1:33] Let's do it.

[1:34] Why didn't he make that commercial?

[1:35] Let's play those new games.

[1:36] Let's do it.

[1:37] So, Mr. Cronenberg, if you're listening, please write Dan McCoy, care of,

[1:42] why didn't you make any Nintendo commercials?

[1:44] 123 Fake Street, or send us an email or tweet at us.

Dan McCoy

[1:47] I'm just trying to move this thing along.

[1:49] You know, we recorded a full episode before this.

[1:52] I think that's why.

[1:54] But it's going to come out after this one.

[1:57] So, just to bring the audience up to date, I finally got coronavirus and I'm very tired.

[2:04] But we're still putting out...

Elliott Kalan

[2:05] Yeah, Dan will go into more detail on that next week after this episode is released.

[2:11] So, let's get to the games.

[2:13] We're recording this episode the day after 4th of July.

[2:17] And that means that Bastille Day is right around the corner.

[2:19] That's right.

[2:20] It's the revolutionary time of the year.

[2:22] The time when people get a little antsy and start overthrowing their governments.

[2:26] And so, guys, I thought I'd have a series of games for you about revolutions and American history.

[2:32] Since even though this will be released a week after the 4th of July, we're recording it, you know, the day after.

[2:37] Or a little bit less than a week after.

[2:39] Anyway, so, I've got four different rounds.

[2:42] You guys will compete against each other.

[2:43] And they have to deal with movies.

[2:45] Do you guys like movies?

[2:47] They're all right.

[2:47] You know it.

[2:48] I'm a real freak.

[2:50] How about games?

[2:51] Do you like games?

[2:53] You know it.

[2:53] I'm a real game boy.

[2:55] What about games about movies?

Stuart Wellington

[2:57] You know, are we talking about when you pop in a DVD and it plays like a little scene and then you have to guess what's going on?

Elliott Kalan

[3:05] Something like that.

[3:06] Yeah.

[3:06] I mean, that's just watching the first scene of a movie usually.

[3:09] Oh, shit.

[3:09] That is what I do.

[3:12] And just to finish up the questions.

[3:15] Do you like movies about games?

[3:18] Yeah.

[3:19] Quiz show?

[3:20] War games.

[3:21] I like war games.

[3:23] Okay.

[3:23] Well, stop thinking about those.

[3:24] We're not actually – I should not actually ask you about those.

[3:26] Road games.

[3:27] Road games.

[3:28] Yeah.

[3:29] The game.

[3:32] Which is – it's called The Game, but there are actually other games too.

[3:34] It's not the only game.

[3:36] It should be called A Game.

[3:37] And they're barely playing a game.

[3:39] To be fair, it's not much of a game.

[3:41] So, we've got four rounds.

[3:42] The first one I'm calling Real, R-E-E-L, Life Revolutions.

[3:47] And so, I'm going to ask – I'm going to describe a movie to you and you're going to tell me what movie with the word revolution in the title I'm asking you about.

[3:56] And you'll take turns with these, okay?

[3:57] So, let's flip a coin to see who goes first.

[4:00] And flipping, Dan, can you call heads or tails?

[4:03] Heads.

[4:05] Oh, it landed on the edge.

[4:07] I'm going to have to flip a second coin.

[4:08] Hold on, guys.

[4:09] Okay.

[4:09] Yeah.

[4:10] Okay.

[4:10] Flipping.

[4:10] Dan, call heads or tails?

[4:13] Tails.

[4:14] You're not going to believe this.

[4:14] A raven swooped down and ate the coin before it landed.

[4:17] Oh, my God.

[4:17] You know what?

[4:18] Dan, you just go first.

[4:19] Dan, you just go first.

[4:21] That was so raven.

[4:22] I was eating coins in the air.

[4:24] Very raven.

[4:24] Dan, you'll go first.

[4:26] Raven.

[4:26] Okay.

[4:26] So, Dan, what revolution movie is this?

[4:30] I'm going to paint a word picture.

[4:34] We're in a suburb.

[4:36] Life is kind of boring.

[4:38] Too boring for Kate Winslet.

[4:40] And Michael Shannon sure has a lot of truth to land on people due to the fact that, according

[4:45] to this movie, emotional instability and mental illness are a pathway to seeing through the

[4:51] illusions of things.

[4:52] Dan, what revolution movie is this?

Dan McCoy

[4:54] This is a film I have not seen, but I believe it is titled Revolutionary Road.

Elliott Kalan

[5:01] You're right.

[5:01] Oh, and you didn't see it?

[5:03] That's fine.

[5:03] Stuart, I didn't love it.

Stuart Wellington

[5:05] Oh, and it stars Michael Shannon.

[5:07] He's a regular in the neighborhood.

[5:11] To the point that now, like, he'll walk past the bar and somebody will be like, that guy

[5:16] looks like that actor.

[5:17] And I'll be like, it is that actor.

[5:19] Yeah.

Dan McCoy

[5:20] Audrey saw him at a restaurant the other night when she went out to dinner.

Elliott Kalan

[5:23] He goes to restaurants like a person?

[5:25] I know.

[5:27] Michael Shannon's.

[5:28] They're just like us.

[5:29] This has been another exciting chapter of Tales of Shannon, in which we hear that Michael

[5:34] Shannon walks by bars and patronizes restaurants.

[5:37] Now, Stuart, it's your question.

[5:39] Okay.

[5:39] Can't wait.

[5:40] Okay.

[5:41] What revolution is this?

[5:42] You're living sometimes inside a computer, sometimes not, and you can fly in stuff, and

[5:48] you have really betrayed the promise of the earlier parts of the series.

[5:52] What revolution is this?

Stuart Wellington

[5:56] I would say Matrix Revolutions.

Elliott Kalan

[6:02] Yeah, that's right.

[6:03] Matrix Revolutions.

[6:04] I was waiting for you to say singular.

[6:05] It's Matrix Revolutions.

[6:07] Okay, Dan, we're heading, this is a short round.

[6:09] We're heading towards the end of the round.

[6:11] Dan, okay, what revolution is this?

[6:14] We're not going to settle this on the battlefield.

[6:16] We're going to settle it with a dance-off, and it is, yes, also a sequel.

Dan McCoy

[6:21] Dance Dance Revolution?

Elliott Kalan

[6:23] Oh, I'm sorry.

[6:24] That's a video game.

[6:26] That's not a movie.

[6:26] Yeah, I was confused.

[6:27] Stu, would you like to steal this one?

[6:32] No.

[6:33] Okay, well, it's Step Up Revolution.

[6:36] Step Up Revolution.

Stuart Wellington

[6:36] I didn't know there was a Step Up Revolution.

[6:40] You got to be on it.

[6:41] Okay.

[6:41] Which one is it?

[6:42] Which one in the series?

[6:43] Don't know.

[6:44] Haven't seen it?

[6:45] Don't know.

[6:46] Don't care.

[6:47] Don't care.

Elliott Kalan

[6:47] There are surprisingly few movies with revolution in the title, it turned out, after I'd already

[6:54] decided on this being the first round game.

[6:56] Sure, okay.

[6:57] Okay, there's one more.

[6:58] This is Stu.

[6:58] Okay, what revolution is this?

[7:00] It's not the word revolution, but it is a movie that was supposed to be the new Ghostbusters

[7:06] and did not turn out to be the new Ghostbusters.

Stuart Wellington

[7:10] Wait, is it Ghostbusters Revelations?

[7:14] No.

Elliott Kalan

[7:16] I'm going to give you also a hint.

[7:18] It's got David Duchovny in it.

[7:21] Oh.

[7:24] Oh, shit.

Dan McCoy

[7:27] This one's a little bit of a trick.

[7:29] No, it's not California.

[7:31] Dan, would you like to steal it?

[7:32] This one's called Evolution.

Elliott Kalan

[7:35] It's Evolution.

[7:36] It's not Revolution.

[7:37] Wait, is it Plain God?

[7:38] It's got Orlando Jones in it.

[7:40] Yes.

[7:40] No, it's not House of D either.

[7:44] It's not any of the other Keanu Reeves, David Duchovny things.

[7:47] Here's the problem.

[7:48] The only other movie with revolution in the title I could find was an Al Pacino movie called

[7:52] Revolution set during the American Revolution that I had never heard of.

[7:55] So I decided I have to go with Evolution.

[7:57] Okay, guys.

Stuart Wellington

[7:58] That poster is awesome.

[8:00] For what?

[8:01] Evolution?

[8:02] No, for Revolution with Al Pacino.

[8:04] Where it's just his face?

[8:07] Doesn't he have like a ponytail?

[8:10] He does have a ponytail.

[8:11] That's true.

[8:12] Okay, guys.

[8:13] Because he plays a fur trapper.

Elliott Kalan

[8:14] So round two.

[8:16] Okay, this one is called Real Life Revolutions.

[8:19] That's R-E-A-L, Life Revolutions.

[8:21] I'm going to name a movie.

[8:22] You're going to tell me what the real life revolution in real history that happened for

[8:27] real that movie is about.

[8:29] Okay, are you ready for this?

[8:31] Bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum,

[8:33] bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum, bum.

[8:34] Natasha Kinski's in it?

[8:37] Okay, guys.

[8:39] So are you ready for this round?

[8:40] Yeah, yeah, why not?

[8:41] Because you're going to go first.

[8:42] Okay, Stuart.

[8:43] Okay, the movie is The Patriot.

[8:47] What revolution is that?

Stuart Wellington

[8:49] Oh, fuck.

[8:50] The American Revolution.

Elliott Kalan

[8:52] Yeah, I don't know why you were so startled by it.

[8:55] Because I was thinking about how dumb a fucking movie that movie is.

[8:59] It is.

[8:59] Okay, Dan, this movie is called Les Miserables.

Dan McCoy

[9:03] That's the French Revolution.

Elliott Kalan

[9:06] You are wrong.

[9:07] That is not the French Revolution.

[9:09] Stuart, you want to take it?

[9:11] You said it was a revolution.

Dan McCoy

[9:12] So if it's not that one, then what?

Elliott Kalan

[9:15] I knew you would say the French Revolution, which is wrong.

[9:18] Les Mis does not take place during the French Revolution.

[9:19] The Industrial Revolution?

[9:21] No.

[9:22] It was the 1832 Paris Uprising that's nearly 60 years after the French Revolution.

[9:28] It was a revolution, but not the one called the French Revolution.

[9:30] I thought it had to be the name.

[9:31] I thought it had to be the name.

[9:33] Nope.

[9:34] Classic trick.

[9:35] He fucked with us.

[9:36] It's okay.

[9:37] You fell into it.

[9:38] You fell into the trick.

[9:39] Then you get the next one.

[9:40] The next one is called Danton.

[9:42] What revolution does that take place during?

Stuart Wellington

[9:45] Wait, what's it called?

[9:45] Tauntaun?

Elliott Kalan

[9:46] No, Tauntaun is during the Star Wars Revolution.

[9:49] Danton.

[9:51] Danton.

Stuart Wellington

[9:52] Yes.

[9:53] Yeah, it's me as a Tauntaun.

[9:55] You just said Danton.

[9:57] Yep.

[10:01] Is it the Dan Stance Revolution?

[10:03] No.

Elliott Kalan

[10:03] Okay, Dan, you get to steal it.

[10:05] I believe that is the French Revolution.

[10:08] Yes, that is the French Revolution.

[10:09] You got it, Dan.

[10:10] Not the 1832 Paris Uprising, which Les Mis is about.

[10:13] Danton is about the real French Revolution from the 1770s, 1780s.

[10:18] Okay, moving on.

[10:19] Now, Dan, it's Dan's your turn, even though you got that one.

[10:23] Okay, Battleship Pechemkin.

[10:25] What revolution is that movie about?

Dan McCoy

[10:31] Well, is it just called the Russian Revolution?

Elliott Kalan

[10:36] Yeah, sure.

[10:37] It's not really about the Russian Revolution.

[10:38] It's about an uprising before the Russian Revolution.

[10:40] But I felt really bad about that trick I played with Les Miserables.

[10:44] So I'll let you have it.

[10:45] How about that?

[10:45] Thank you.

[10:47] Okay.

Dan McCoy

[10:48] I appreciate it.

Elliott Kalan

[10:50] Okay.

[10:50] You said.

[10:51] How about this?

[10:52] The Battle of Algiers.

Stuart Wellington

[10:58] Is it the Algerian Revolution?

[11:02] You know it.

Stuart Wellington

[11:04] You got it.

[11:05] You know, I kind of doubted myself, but you know what?

[11:09] At the end of the day, I just got to trust my body.

[11:12] Trust in the heart of the cards.

Elliott Kalan

[11:14] You got to do it.

[11:15] The game wants you to win.

[11:16] Now, I guess you could call it the Algerian War, but it's an Algerian revolution.

[11:19] What else are you going to call it?

[11:20] Okay.

[11:21] So, Dan, this last one in the round before a bonus question is for you.

[11:25] This movie is called Viva Zapata.

[11:28] What revolution is that?

Dan McCoy

[11:33] Is that the Mexican Revolution?

Elliott Kalan

[11:36] Oh, you guys are doing great.

[11:37] This is.

[11:38] Oh, man.

[11:38] And you thought you were going to do badly.

[11:39] I feel smart now.

Dan McCoy

[11:41] Yeah.

[11:42] I know a lot about Zapata.

[11:45] Yeah.

Elliott Kalan

[11:47] And again, just to mention earlier, I know that Battleship of Chempkin is really about the

[11:50] 1905 naval uprising, but I wanted to give Dan a little bit of a leg up.

[11:55] We know it's Russia, so we said Russian Revolution.

[11:56] Okay.

[11:57] Here's the bonus question.

[11:58] Guys, what country does the movie Bananas depict a revolution in?

[12:04] Jeez Louise.

[12:06] This one is equal to five points.

[12:08] So, you're going to want to get it right.

[12:11] Here's the hint.

[12:12] It's not a real country.

[12:13] Yeah.

Dan McCoy

[12:14] That's what I was wondering.

[12:16] I couldn't remember.

[12:18] Oh, I don't know.

[12:21] I don't know.

[12:22] Okay.

[12:22] The answer is, even though it's a very funny movie, we don't have to talk about Woody Allen

[12:28] anymore.

[12:29] Is that the answer?

Elliott Kalan

[12:30] The answer is problematic.

[12:31] No, it is in San Marcos.

[12:33] That's the name of the revolution.

[12:34] Right.

[12:36] Dan, before we get into round three, why don't we take a moment to have a revolution

[12:41] in sponsors?

Dan McCoy

[12:44] Round up some sponsors.

Elliott Kalan

[12:46] Because we're not talking about revolutions anymore after the break, but now we're going

[12:50] to have a sponsor break before we get to round three in this, perhaps the least thought through

[12:55] series of games in Flophouse mini history.

[12:58] Dan, who's sponsoring us today?

Dan McCoy

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[17:12] Hey, guys.

[17:13] Just want to remind everybody, we're doing a live show for the first time in like two years.

[17:17] It's going to be August 7th.

[17:18] That's a Sunday.

[17:19] Hey, Sundays are now the new Saturdays, so it's okay.

[17:22] We're going to be at the Bell House in Brooklyn.

[17:24] That's right, our favorite.

[17:25] I got to get new calendars.

[17:26] Yeah.

[17:27] You didn't hear about it, Dan?

[17:28] Yep.

[17:29] Sundays are Saturdays now.

Stuart Wellington

[17:31] Dan Stewart and Elliot are all laying out their little outfits that they're going to wear

[17:36] for the show.

[17:37] They're so excited.

[17:38] They can't wait.

Elliott Kalan

[17:39] Can't wait.

[17:39] So, that's August 7th at the Bell House.

[17:41] Would you like tickets?

[17:42] Sure, we all would.

[17:43] Go to thebellhausny.com and just find the date, August 7th, and get yourself some tickets.

[17:49] That's at the Bell House.

[17:50] It's one of our favorite venues.

[17:52] It's always a lot of fun, and we're going to be talking Morbius.

[17:55] People said, give me Morbius, and we said, wait, Morbius, or do you have B-I-S and you

[18:01] want more of it?

[18:02] And they go, no, no, no.

[18:03] The opposite of less B-I-S, yeah.

[18:05] Yeah.

[18:06] And so, we're going to give it to them.

[18:08] That's us talking Morbius.

[18:09] It's going to be a lot of fun.

[18:10] Sunday, August 7th at the Bell House.

[18:13] Tickets at thebellhousny.com.

Stuart Wellington

[18:15] Do you think that all these promos we've been doing for our live show on Morbius, that

[18:19] we've used all of our Morbius energy?

Dan McCoy

[18:23] It's possible.

[18:24] People show up and like, I'm sorry.

[18:25] We're actually, we're going to be watching the Fritz Lang classic M instead.

Stuart Wellington

[18:34] Starts with the same letter.

[18:35] Not a bad movie.

[18:36] It deserves to be roasted, yeah.

Elliott Kalan

[18:42] Um, hi, I'm looking for a movie.

[18:45] Oh, I gotcha.

[18:45] Uh, there's that new foreign film with the time travel.

Stuart Wellington

[18:48] There's an amazing documentary about queer history on streaming.

[18:51] Have I told you about this classic where giant robots fight?

[18:54] Or there's that one that most critics hated, but I thought was actually pretty good.

Elliott Kalan

[18:58] Ooh, I know.

[18:59] The one with the huge car chase.

[19:00] And then there's that scene where-

Stuart Wellington

[19:02] The car jumps over the submarine.

[19:04] Wow.

[19:05] Who are you eclectic movie experts?

[19:07] Well, I'm Evie Wadiwe.

[19:08] I'm Drea Clark.

[19:09] And I'm Alonzo Duralde.

[19:10] And together we host the movie podcast Maximum Film.

[19:13] New episodes every week on MaximumFun.org.

[19:16] And you actually just walked into our recording booth.

S4

[19:19] Oh, weird.

[19:19] Sorry.

[19:20] I thought this was a video store.

[19:22] You seem like a lady with a lot of problems.

[19:27] Carrie, is it?

[19:28] Oh, yes.

[19:28] Hi, I'm Carrie.

Dan McCoy

[19:29] I am Psychic Ross, and I will be reading you this evening.

S4

[19:33] Oh, interesting.

[19:34] Well, okay.

[19:34] I co-host a podcast.

[19:36] It's called Ona, Ross, and Carrie.

Dan McCoy

[19:37] Yes, I'm sensing that.

[19:39] The spirits are telling me.

[19:40] It is a show about poodles.

S4

[19:42] Well, it's about like fringe science and spirituality.

[19:44] Yes, that's correct.

[19:45] And claims of the paranormal.

[19:46] Oh, you knew that.

Dan McCoy

[19:47] You do research online.

S4

[19:49] But more importantly, like we do in-person investigations.

[19:52] You get in-person investigate as well.

[19:53] Oh, my God.

[19:54] That's amazing.

[19:55] See?

[19:55] Me and my friend, this is so weird, my friend Ross, same name as you.

[19:59] Weird.

[19:59] He and I just go and try them all out.

[20:01] And actually, we've gone to a number of psychics.

[20:03] And to be honest with you, it's a lot like this.

[20:05] It's called Ona, Ross, and Carrie.

[20:06] They can find it at MaximumFun.org.

Elliott Kalan

[20:08] I could have told you that.

[20:10] I've got some bad news for you, Dan.

[20:12] I talked to the judges during the ad break,

[20:14] and they felt I was being a little too lenient giving you that point for Battleship Pachembe.

[20:18] I think that's fair.

[20:19] That's fine.

[20:21] So they said they will give you an alternate question if you'd like to take it.

[20:27] Okay?

[20:28] Sure, I guess.

[20:29] The movie Reds.

[20:31] What revolution is that about?

[20:33] Reds.

[20:33] Directed by Warren Beatty.

Dan McCoy

[20:36] Uh, Reds?

[20:38] Yes.

[20:39] Is that about the Russian Revolution?

Elliott Kalan

[20:41] Yes, that is about the Russian Revolution.

[20:43] Okay.

[20:43] You did it, Dan.

[20:44] You got it.

[20:45] Oh, sorry about that, everybody.

[20:47] I know that there were some revolution fans out there who were like,

[20:49] that's outrageous.

[20:50] And the judges agreed with you.

[20:51] Okay.

[20:52] We're done.

[20:52] We're done talking about revolutions.

[20:54] Time to talk about what happens after the revolution.

[20:57] After the American Revolution, that is, we have presidents.

[21:00] And it's time for round three.

[21:02] This category is called real life presidents.

[21:04] R-E-A-L, real life presidents.

[21:08] And I'm going to...

[21:08] I love this.

[21:09] I'm going to name an actor who played a real life historical president,

[21:15] and I want you to tell me the movie that that actor played that president in.

[21:19] Do you think you can do it?

Dan McCoy

[21:22] I can do my best.

[21:23] Yeah, I don't know.

[21:25] Probably?

Stuart Wellington

[21:26] I love that confidence.

[21:27] I mean, all we can really hope for is to try.

[21:31] Yeah, what am I?

[21:31] Fucking Cassandra?

[21:32] I can't see the future.

[21:34] That's true.

[21:34] He's not.

Elliott Kalan

[21:36] No, you're not Cassandra.

[21:37] You're neither.

[21:37] Cassandra sees the future.

[21:39] Nor are you Cassandra Tia Carrera's character from Wayne's World.

Dan McCoy

[21:44] Although I also did learn English from the police academy movies.

Stuart Wellington

[21:50] Nor are we those weirdos who live in the water that make marbles have names written on them,

[21:56] like in Minority Report.

Elliott Kalan

[21:58] Yep, that's true.

[21:58] Good point.

[21:59] Yep, that's true.

[22:00] You can't see the future in any of those ways.

[22:02] Okay.

[22:03] Any other precogs or things like that that you want to talk about?

[22:06] I do want to talk about the fact that we haven't talked about Max von Sydow on this episode yet.

[22:11] And we did on the episode that we recorded before this, but which will be released after this.

[22:16] Like a regular Mr. Show, pre-taped call-in show sketch.

Stuart Wellington

[22:19] If you are casting the movie Minority Report and you're like, director Steven Spielberg is about to crank out a modern science fiction masterpiece,

[22:28] but a key part of the movie movie movie.

[22:30] A key part of the movie involves a twist, a surprise character, and you're like, we're going to make people fall in love with Max von Sydow, only to have our world torn apart when we find out that he's the baddie.

[22:45] Now, the thing is, why would you cast Max von Sydow?

Elliott Kalan

[22:49] Now, my guess is Spielberg has only seen Max von Sydow in Ingmar Bergman's work where he often plays a, if not heroic character, at least an empathetic or a normal character, as opposed to the needful things Max von Sydow that the rest of America is more used to.

[23:04] Or strange brew.

[23:05] Or strange brew.

[23:07] True.

[23:08] True.

[23:08] Now, my other question is, you have this system of telling the future to stop crimes.

[23:13] Why does it have to be engraved on a marble?

[23:15] Why is that part of the tool?

[23:17] I don't understand.

[23:18] You got a stun on them, dude.

[23:20] I guess so.

[23:22] Okay, so in this round, to remind the audience, which I'm sure has forgotten by now, I'm going to name an actor who played a real-life president, and you will tell me the title of that movie.

[23:31] Oh, no, sorry, Dan, the first one is for you.

[23:33] Dan, the first one is for you.

[23:34] Okay, that's Anthony Hopkins as John Quincy Adams.

[23:38] What was that movie?

[23:41] Is that Amistad?

[23:43] You're right, that's Amistad, directed by the same guy who made Minority Report.

[23:46] Makes you wonder why Max von Sydow didn't show up as Abraham Lincoln or something.

Dan McCoy

[23:51] Well, it's a different period of time.

Elliott Kalan

[23:54] Oh, now you're a history major.

[23:56] Now you know all about history.

[23:57] Before it's, I don't know what French Revolution is.

[23:59] I don't know what Russian Revolution is.

[24:00] Suddenly.

Stuart Wellington

[24:00] Maybe in Amistad, John Quincy Adams gets bonked on the head by a coconut, and he has a vision of the future and sees Abraham Lincoln.

Elliott Kalan

[24:07] Very possible.

[24:09] Okay, the next one.

[24:11] Stuart, this is for you.

[24:12] This is Bill Murray as Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

[24:16] What was the name of that movie?

[24:19] Recent movie.

[24:20] Relatively recent.

Stuart Wellington

[24:22] It's not Ghostbusters.

[24:23] Gets a handjob in a car, I believe.

[24:25] It's not Ghostbusters.

[24:27] It's not Zombieland.

[24:31] It's not Stripes.

[24:33] Nope.

[24:34] Keep saying them.

[24:35] You'll hit on it eventually.

[24:36] Uh, oh, uh, fuck.

[24:40] What is that fucking movie?

[24:42] Um, it's the, what is it?

[24:45] Is it, uh, fuck, what is that movie?

[24:49] He's the man around.

[24:50] As if, as if, as if to walk the sense of the movie to him.

[24:55] Fucking no.

[24:55] I just had some like weird, like George Surratt painting in my head.

[24:59] Um, I don't fucking remember the name of this.

Elliott Kalan

[25:01] You're thinking of Sunday in the Park with George, which is not related to this at all.

[25:06] Uh, yeah, I don't know.

[25:08] Just pick, just pick a bunch of words and throw them together.

[25:11] Is it, is it, is it red heat?

[25:13] No, it's not red heat.

[25:15] Okay.

[25:16] I mean, maybe my strategy that I gave you is not the best.

[25:18] Dan, would you like to steal this one?

[25:19] Uh, is that movie called Hyde Park on Hudson?

[25:23] Ooh, so close.

[25:24] So close, but it's not.

[25:25] It's called Hastings on Hudson.

[25:28] Hastings on Hudson.

[25:29] Hastings on Hudson?

[25:30] You know, there is no.

Stuart Wellington

[25:31] No fucking universe.

[25:33] I would have gotten that right.

[25:37] Hastings on Hudson.

[25:40] Dance.

[25:40] Okay.

[25:41] That's pretty exciting.

Elliott Kalan

[25:43] Oh no, it is called Hyde Park on Hudson.

[25:44] No, no, it is Hyde Park on Hudson.

[25:46] You were right, Dan.

[25:46] You were right.

[25:47] I misremembered it.

Dan McCoy

[25:49] Do I get an extra point for stumping the game master?

[25:53] Nope.

[25:54] Stumping the quiz master?

Elliott Kalan

[25:55] I'm going to throw that to me being tired.

[25:57] And let me check.

[25:58] Actually, I'm looking at my notebook says Hyde Park on Hudson.

[26:00] And I just got it mixed up when I was typing it.

[26:03] So, Dan, you got that right.

[26:04] It is Hyde Park on Hudson.

Dan McCoy

[26:05] There's a village of Hastings on Hudson in New York.

Elliott Kalan

[26:08] That's what I was thinking about.

[26:10] Yeah.

[26:11] Okay.

[26:11] So, it's Hyde Park on Hudson.

[26:12] Dan, you got it right.

[26:13] Amazing steal.

[26:14] Now, it's your turn again to get another point.

[26:16] Okay.

[26:17] In what movie does Frank Langella play Richard Nixon?

Dan McCoy

[26:23] Is that Frost Nixon?

Elliott Kalan

[26:28] Okay.

[26:28] Stu, your turn.

[26:29] In what movie does Dan Hedaya play Richard Nixon?

Stuart Wellington

[26:32] God fucking damn it.

[26:36] Is it Dick?

Elliott Kalan

[26:38] It's Dick.

[26:38] Okay.

[26:39] Dan, in what movie does Anthony Hopkins play Richard Nixon?

Dan McCoy

[26:42] I think that movie is just called Nixon.

Elliott Kalan

[26:45] Okay.

[26:46] That's one for you.

[26:47] Okay.

[26:48] Stu, in what movie does John Cusack play Richard Nixon?

[26:53] Fuck.

[26:54] Hot tub time machine.

[26:56] No, that's not it.

[26:58] Dan, do you remember?

[27:00] John Cusack played Richard Nixon in a movie?

[27:03] He did.

[27:04] It was just a big release.

[27:05] Well, relatively.

[27:06] It was a big.

[27:06] Well, I mean, it wasn't so big, but it was a movie.

[27:10] JFK.

[27:10] No, it was not.

[27:11] No, that's not it.

[27:12] No.

[27:13] The answer is The Butler.

[27:15] The Butler.

[27:16] And I'll give anyone an extra point for each name if they can tell me what other presidents

[27:20] were in The Butler and which hilariously miscast actor played them.

Dan McCoy

[27:26] The Ghost of John Candy as Woodrow Wilson.

[27:33] No, that's a good guess.

Elliott Kalan

[27:35] No, the answer is Robin Williams played Dwight Eisenhower, of course.

[27:38] And do you remember who played Ronald Reagan in that movie?

[27:42] No.

[27:43] It was Alan Rickman.

[27:44] Alan Rickman, of course.

Stuart Wellington

[27:45] Oh, okay.

[27:47] The Butler.

Elliott Kalan

[27:47] Is that first?

Stuart Wellington

[27:49] Now I want to see The Butler.

[27:51] Jog up another villain to his role.

Dan McCoy

[27:52] This seems like a cavalcade of strange choices.

Elliott Kalan

[27:57] Yeah.

[27:59] So next, who was that offered first to?

[28:03] Was that offered to Stuart first?

Stuart Wellington

[28:04] I can't believe I dogged out the casting director of Minority Report and then heard about the

[28:10] casting of The Butler.

Elliott Kalan

[28:12] It just goes to show, Stuart.

[28:14] It just goes to show.

Stuart Wellington

[28:15] Like, what a fucking wild man was that.

Elliott Kalan

[28:19] They took the names of all the presidents on index cards and the names of every actor in

[28:22] Hollywood and just threw them up into the air and grabbed them at random.

[28:25] Okay, Dan.

[28:26] So this one's for you.

[28:27] Kevin Spacey as Richard Nixon in what movie?

Dan McCoy

[28:32] Oh, God.

[28:33] It's the, what's that movie called?

[28:37] Is it called Elvis Meets Nixon?

Elliott Kalan

[28:42] Oh, so close, but that's not the name of the movie.

[28:44] Stu, do you want to steal this one?

[28:46] Isn't it just like Elvis and Nixon or some shit?

[28:49] You got that right.

[28:50] It's Elvis and Nixon.

[28:51] Ugh.

[28:52] And finally, for you, Stuart.

[28:54] Well, what do they do?

[28:55] Do they meet each other?

[28:56] That title tells you nothing.

[28:58] They do.

[28:59] Do they meet each other?

[29:00] There needs to be an action.

[29:01] Do they hate each other?

[29:04] Where's the verb?

[29:05] It's not a sentence.

[29:06] Every title has to be a sentence.

[29:07] Are they going to the beach?

[29:09] Are they going to Casa del Mar?

[29:10] What's going with Elvis and Nixon?

[29:11] Are they going large?

[29:12] What's happening?

Stuart Wellington

[29:13] Are they going to meet Frankenstein?

[29:16] Elvis and Nixon shouldn't play with dead things?

[29:20] Elvis and Nixon shoot horses, don't they?

Elliott Kalan

[29:24] What's it going to be?

Dan McCoy

[29:27] What a movie that would be.

[29:29] Elvis and Nixon just out on the ranch, plugging horses.

Stuart Wellington

[29:33] Elvis and Nixon tell mom the babysitter's dead?

Elliott Kalan

[29:41] Yeah.

[29:41] Elvis and Nixon in Little China?

[29:42] What is it?

[29:43] What's the movie about?

[29:45] Oh, great.

[29:46] So, and Stuart, this is the last one for you before a bonus point, that bonus question.

[29:50] Philip Baker Hall as Richard Nixon.

[29:52] What movie was that in?

[29:55] Oh, fuck.

[29:56] Heart 8.

[29:59] You're halfway there.

[30:00] It was Philip Baker Hall in Heart 8, but he was not playing Nixon.

[30:02] Dan, do you know this one?

[30:04] That movie's called Secret Honor.

[30:06] Oh, it is.

[30:07] What a great movie.

[30:08] Really?

[30:08] Okay.

[30:09] It's only, it's Philip Baker Hall's.

[30:10] Yeah, Robert Altman movie.

[30:11] Robert Altman, it's a one-man show.

[30:12] It's just Philip Baker Hall the whole time.

[30:14] It's so good.

[30:14] Oh, wow.

[30:15] Anyway, so here, so Stu, Dan's got a little bit of a lead over you, but there's a bonus

[30:20] one coming up.

[30:20] Now, both of you can get it, but I'm feeling pretty good for Stu on this one.

[30:23] This is a bonus question worth 100 points to whoever gets it.

[30:27] Oh, wow.

[30:29] So this wins the game, even though we have another round coming after this.

[30:32] This is a fucking snitch.

Dan McCoy

[30:34] Wait, that kind of takes the air out of the last round.

Elliott Kalan

[30:37] It's like the golden snitch, you know?

[30:39] Anyway, so the bonus point for 100 points.

[30:43] Can you tell me the movie in which the actor Larry Gates plays Chester A. Arthur?

Dan McCoy

[30:48] Larry Gates?

[30:49] Yes.

[30:50] Plays Chester A. Arthur.

Elliott Kalan

[30:52] Possibly the only movie in which Chester A. Arthur is portrayed by an actor.

Stuart Wellington

[30:58] How many points?

[31:00] 100 points.

[31:01] This is worth 100 points.

Dan McCoy

[31:03] Is it the, is it the, is it another Robert Altman movie, O.C. and Stiggs?

Elliott Kalan

[31:09] Nope.

[31:09] It's an interesting choice that is not O.C. and Stiggs.

[31:12] A movie I don't believe takes place during the 1880s.

[31:17] And Stu, what about you?

[31:19] What do you say?

[31:19] Can you name this movie in which Larry Gates plays Chester A. Arthur?

[31:23] Just, here's a hint.

[31:24] He's not the main character in the movie.

Stuart Wellington

[31:27] You don't say.

[31:28] He appears in a couple scenes, but he's not in the whole movie.

[31:31] Oh, I don't know.

[31:36] I'm not going to guess.

[31:37] I don't care.

[31:37] You're going to kick yourself.

Elliott Kalan

[31:38] You're going to kick yourself.

[31:39] The movie is Cattle King.

[31:42] Cattle King.

[31:42] Oh, yeah.

[31:43] From 1963.

[31:44] Of course.

[31:44] Starring Robert Taylor.

[31:46] Sure.

[31:46] And Robert Loge is in it too.

[31:48] He plays a character named Johnny Quattro.

[31:50] Sounds great.

[31:52] So, no one got that bonus.

[31:53] No one got that 100-point bonus, which means the game is still very much alive.

[31:56] There's one round left.

[31:58] This is round four.

[31:59] Now, this round is called Real Life Presidents.

[32:02] R-E-E-L.

[32:03] Yeah, that's what I was going to ask.

[32:05] Life Presidents.

Elliott Kalan

[32:05] That's how it's spelled.

[32:06] And this is actors who played fictional presidents in movies.

[32:09] I'm going to name the actor and the president's name.

[32:12] And you tell me the movie.

[32:13] Originally, I was going to just do it.

[32:14] Actually, should I just do it with the name of the president character?

[32:17] No.

[32:18] We're not going to.

[32:20] There's no chance.

[32:21] I was thinking about doing that, and I thought it was too hard except for one of them.

[32:24] Yeah.

[32:24] One of them I think you could do without it.

[32:26] So, okay.

[32:27] So, this one.

[32:28] We'll start with Stuart.

[32:28] Stuart, you get the first one.

[32:30] Hell, yeah.

[32:30] This is Michael Douglas as President Andrew Shepard.

[32:34] What's that movie?

Stuart Wellington

[32:35] Michael Douglas.

[32:36] What?

[32:38] An American president?

[32:40] Ooh.

[32:40] Oh.

[32:41] Would you like to try that again?

Elliott Kalan

[32:42] It's so close.

[32:43] American president?

[32:45] No.

[32:46] Oh.

[32:46] Dan, you got to swoop in.

Dan McCoy

[32:48] I believe that the definite article, the, is in there.

[32:52] The American president.

[32:53] Yeah, right.

[32:53] It's the American.

Elliott Kalan

[32:54] He's not just an American president.

[32:56] He is the American president.

[32:58] How many American presidents do you think are running around any given point?

[33:01] Come on, Stu.

[33:01] Okay, Dan, you've got this next one.

[33:03] President James Marshall.

[33:04] We all remember when he had to deal with a real situation when he was played by Harrison Ford.

[33:10] Harrison Ford as President James Marshall.

[33:13] Air Force One.

[33:15] It's Air Force One.

[33:17] Okay.

[33:18] Get off my plane.

Stuart Wellington

[33:19] Should have called it Air Force Fun.

[33:22] Put that on the box.

Elliott Kalan

[33:24] Yeah.

[33:24] I mean, it's not that fun.

Stuart Wellington

[33:26] Put that shit on the box.

Elliott Kalan

[33:29] It's true.

[33:29] They should have put it on the box.

[33:30] The blurb for me.

[33:31] Worst airplane CGI effects I've ever seen, said Elliot Kalin.

[33:36] Wow.

[33:37] When that plane crashes into the ocean at the end, it looks so terrible.

[33:40] Anyway.

[33:41] Like worse than the Transporter 2?

[33:44] I haven't seen the Transporter 2.

[33:46] That's a fair point, I guess.

Stuart Wellington

[33:47] You haven't seen the Transporter 2?

[33:49] I've been too busy watching these movies.

[33:50] Arguably the best one.

[33:52] It's great.

[33:52] That's the one where he's got the bomb under the car.

[33:54] Oh, okay.

[33:56] What happened?

[33:56] You should.

[33:57] Yeah, don't spoil it.

[33:57] So he's got a bomb under his car, and the only way he has to get that bomb off the bottom

[34:02] of his car without leaving the car is he does this fucking cool flip with his car, and

[34:08] it spins upside down, and a crane knocks the bomb off.

[34:13] So he really Mr. Magoozed, is what you're saying?

[34:16] It's fucking wild.

[34:16] No, no.

[34:17] It's deliberate.

Elliott Kalan

[34:18] It's deliberate.

[34:19] There's no, like, baby's day out situation.

[34:21] He knows exactly.

[34:22] He just happens to drive through a construction cycle.

Stuart Wellington

[34:24] There is no moment that the Transporter doesn't do something exactly perfectly exactly how

[34:30] he wants it.

[34:31] Oh, okay.

[34:32] Okay, that's fair.

Elliott Kalan

[34:33] Speaking of transporting, let's transport Stu to the next question.

[34:37] Yes, please.

[34:37] This is Kevin Kline as President Bill Mitchell.

[34:44] Is that Dave?

[34:46] That's Dave.

[34:47] A lot of people would say, you mean President Dave Kovic.

[34:49] No, Dave was not the president.

[34:51] He was standing in for President Bill Mitchell.

[34:53] Anyway, that's the plot of the movie Dave.

[34:55] And everyone's like, I want to go meet Dave.

[34:57] And they were like, that's a different movie.

[34:58] Hold on.

[34:58] Different movie.

[34:59] You're not allowed.

[35:00] So, Dan, this is, what about President Tom Beck as portrayed by Morgan Freeman?

[35:06] Is that Deep Impact?

[35:09] That's Deep Impact.

[35:09] Oh, yeah.

[35:11] Stu, this one might be a little difficult.

[35:13] Actually, it won't be at all.

[35:14] What about Terry Crews as President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho?

[35:19] What movie is that?

Stuart Wellington

[35:21] You mean the movie that is more accurate every single day?

[35:26] That's idiocracy.

Elliott Kalan

[35:28] Yeah, right.

[35:28] That's idiocracy.

[35:29] You guys are blazing through this round, Dan.

Stuart Wellington

[35:31] Do you think Mike Judge gets any pleasure for being more and more accurate?

[35:36] I don't think so, no.

Elliott Kalan

[35:38] I think he would be happy to be wrong.

[35:41] So, I remember when that movie came out, it didn't do well, and they didn't really know

[35:46] how to market it.

[35:47] And I remember someone floating the theory that it's such a visually ugly movie on purpose

[35:51] that the studio didn't know how to sell a movie that looked that ugly.

[35:55] And it was like, come on.

[35:56] That's grasping at straws.

[35:57] That's ridiculous.

Stuart Wellington

[35:58] That's so mean to Luke Wilson.

[36:01] I don't think that's what he meant.

[36:03] He looks fine.

[36:05] He was in Home for Eyes.

Elliott Kalan

[36:07] He's one of the top Wilson brothers.

[36:09] He's a wedding crasher.

[36:12] The top Wilson brothers are...

[36:13] Wait.

[36:14] Wait, that's the other Wilson.

[36:16] That's the other Wilson.

[36:17] Because I get the Wilsons mixed up.

[36:19] I know there's Owen Wilson, Luke Wilson, and Wilson from Home Improvement.

[36:22] He's the older brother.

[36:23] He's always giving advice.

[36:23] There was Wilson Phillips.

[36:24] Wilson Phillips, yeah.

[36:25] There's Wilson the volleyball.

[36:27] Yeah.

[36:28] And there's Mr. Wilson, their dad, who's always mad at that dentist from next door.

Stuart Wellington

[36:32] Was Luke Wilson a never-been-kissed or just home for Eyes?

Elliott Kalan

[36:36] I think that was...

[36:37] Ooh.

[36:37] I think that was Luke Wilson in Never Been Kissed.

Dan McCoy

[36:40] Okay.

[36:40] Wait, which one's never been kissed?

[36:42] That's the Drew Barrymore.

[36:43] I think that's Michael Varton that you're thinking of.

[36:48] Who's Michael Varton?

[36:50] Never Been Kissed is the one where she pretends to be in high school, right?

[36:54] Yeah.

[36:55] That's Michael Varton.

[36:57] Oh, well...

Stuart Wellington

[36:57] Then who's Michael Varton?

[36:59] Oh, you know what?

Elliott Kalan

[36:59] He was an alias.

[37:00] He was the handler in Alias.

[37:02] It was Michael Varton.

[37:04] I got mixed up because David Arquette is in Never Been Kissed.

[37:09] And he's got kind of an Owen Wilson-y look about him.

[37:12] Or Luke Wilson-y look about him.

[37:13] Yeah.

[37:14] Whichever Wilson it is.

[37:14] He's got the vibe.

[37:15] Let's get back to the game.

[37:16] How about that?

[37:17] Dan's eager to get back to the game because it's his turn.

[37:19] Dan, President James Sawyer as played by Jamie Foxx.

[37:23] What movie was that?

[37:27] White House Down.

[37:29] It's White House Down.

[37:30] White House wasn't the only down.

[37:31] Jamie Foxx was getting down on every episode of Beat Shazam or whatever.

[37:35] Okay.

[37:36] So, Stu.

[37:39] It's now President Jackson Evans as portrayed by Jeff Bridges.

[37:45] Jeff Bridges as President Jackson Evans.

[37:47] And you'll notice that presidential names, they never sound like real presidential names,

[37:51] but they do sound like made-up presidential names.

Stuart Wellington

[37:56] This is a guess, but is it The Contender?

[38:00] It is The Contender.

[38:02] The Contender.

[38:02] Fuck you, Dan.

Elliott Kalan

[38:03] I fucking nailed it.

[38:05] You nailed it right, Dan.

[38:07] Let's see.

[38:07] Dan, let's see if you'll nail it.

[38:08] We've got plenty more of these to go through.

[38:10] Dan, John Travolta as President Jack Stanton.

Dan McCoy

[38:15] Yeah, that's primary colors.

Elliott Kalan

[38:17] You got that right, primary colors.

[38:19] Okay, Dan.

[38:19] Okay, Stu, it's up to you.

[38:21] Jack Nicholson as President James Dale.

[38:25] Oh, Mars Attacks?

[38:27] It's Mars Attacks.

[38:30] Dan, this is kind of a givey.

[38:31] This is President Thomas J. Whitmore as played by one William Pullman.

Dan McCoy

[38:37] Oh, that is, of course.

[38:38] A few Independence Day.

Elliott Kalan

[38:40] Stu, you've got an easy one, too, coming up, because here's Peter Sellers as President

[38:43] Merkin Muffley.

Stuart Wellington

[38:45] Okay, that's Dr. Strangelove.

Elliott Kalan

[38:51] Yes, Dr. Strangelove.

[38:52] I thought you were about to say driving Dr. Strangelove.

Stuart Wellington

[38:56] Driving Dr. Detroit.

Elliott Kalan

[38:59] It would have been great.

[39:00] Every now and then, this happens to me all the time where I have the idea in my head,

[39:04] and then I very confidently say something that sounds like it.

[39:07] So I wanted you to be like, no problem, Dr. Detroit.

[39:09] And I would have said, oh, so sorry.

[39:12] Dan, okay, here's, this is one of the, as opposed to Merkin Muffley, who we can all agree

[39:16] is trying his best, though not particularly good at being president.

[39:19] Here's a bad guy president.

[39:20] Dan, Gene Hackman as President Alan Richmond.

[39:23] What movie is this?

Dan McCoy

[39:25] Is that Absolute Power?

Elliott Kalan

[39:27] Yes, that's Absolute Power with Clint Eastwood.

[39:30] Hell yeah.

[39:31] Now, Stu, Donald Pleasence as President John Harker.

[39:35] Oh, fuck.

[39:38] You know this one.

Stuart Wellington

[39:39] I do know this one, but my brain is...

[39:43] It's late at night.

[39:45] It's late at night, everybody.

[39:46] I'm drinking too much whiskey right now.

[39:49] Fuck.

[39:51] I think I'm off.

[39:54] I don't know this one.

Dan McCoy

[39:55] Dan, do you want to try to steal this one?

[39:58] I didn't know it for a second, and then I realized I was picturing Donald Sutherland

[40:03] and not Donald Pleasence.

[40:05] Wait, Stuart, were you making that mistake?

Elliott Kalan

[40:06] Were you thinking of Donald Sutherland, a different Donald?

[40:09] Just the scene from Animal House where you get to see his butt.

Dan McCoy

[40:13] Okay.

[40:15] So I believe that this is Escape from New York.

Elliott Kalan

[40:19] It's Escape from New York.

[40:20] Fuck right.

[40:21] God damn it.

[40:23] Okay.

[40:24] And Dan, this next one, I wasn't going to do it, but I'm going to do it now anyway.

[40:27] Cliff Robertson as President Adam.

Dan McCoy

[40:30] President Adam?

[40:32] Yeah.

[40:34] Cliff.

[40:35] President Adam.

[40:39] The time machine.

Elliott Kalan

[40:41] No?

[40:42] Okay.

[40:42] Stuart, what movie am I going to ask about after Escape from New York?

[40:47] Escape from L.A.?

[40:49] Escape from L.A.

[40:50] There you go.

[40:51] Okay, that throws off my numbers, but I don't care.

[40:54] Dan, Michael Keaton as President John McKenzie.

Dan McCoy

[40:57] Oh, Michael Keaton.

Elliott Kalan

[41:00] Batman himself.

Dan McCoy

[41:00] Played the president.

Elliott Kalan

[41:01] Oh, is this multiplicity?

[41:05] What's it?

[41:06] Is this?

[41:07] If I'm a clone, I can campaign in every state at the same time.

Dan McCoy

[41:10] Is it called First Daughter?

Elliott Kalan

[41:12] It's First Daughter.

[41:13] Not to be confused with First Knight, which is not about a president, but about King Arthur.

[41:17] Okay, Stu, Chris Rock as President Mays Gilliam.

[41:22] Fuck.

[41:24] I should know this.

[41:26] You shouldn't.

Stuart Wellington

[41:28] I don't know it.

Elliott Kalan

[41:29] There's no reason to know it.

[41:31] Dan, do you feel like you want to steal this one?

[41:33] Is that head of state?

[41:34] Oh, Dan, you've got so much junk in your brain.

[41:36] Yes, that's head of state.

[41:38] Okay.

Dan McCoy

[41:40] Audrey gets mad at me for all of the stuff that I do not remember that is of value to our life.

[41:47] Yeah.

Elliott Kalan

[41:48] But, Dan, it's my birthday.

Dan McCoy

[41:50] Mays Gilliam.

[41:52] Sorry.

[41:52] You've got to make room for head of state.

Elliott Kalan

[41:56] You've got to make room for all of Chris Rock's directorial vehicles.

[42:01] Okay.

[42:02] Okay.

[42:02] So, this means that it's Dan's turn again.

[42:04] Dan Aykroyd as President William Haney.

Dan McCoy

[42:08] Dan Aykroyd was the president in something.

[42:12] Yep.

[42:16] I don't know this one.

[42:17] Stuart, you got it?

Stuart Wellington

[42:18] Do you have this one, Stuart?

[42:20] It's not gross point blank.

[42:22] No, he wasn't the president in that.

Elliott Kalan

[42:27] Fuck.

[42:27] I have no idea.

[42:28] Okay.

[42:29] The answer was My Fellow Americans.

[42:30] My Fellow Americans.

[42:31] Oh, yes.

[42:32] Of course.

[42:32] Okay, Stu, your turn.

[42:33] Jack Lemmon as President Russell Kramer.

[42:35] What movie was that?

[42:38] No idea.

[42:39] Okay.

[42:39] That's my – oh, Dan, do you want to guess?

[42:41] Was that also My Fellow Americans?

[42:42] I was going to – is James Garner coming up?

Dan McCoy

[42:45] Can I –

Elliott Kalan

[42:46] Dan, it's your turn.

[42:47] James Garner as President Matt Tuck.

Dan McCoy

[42:48] Yeah, is that My Fellow Americans?

Elliott Kalan

[42:50] Yes, that's My Fellow Americans.

[42:51] Dan, you're so far ahead.

[42:52] I'm not going to worry about you missing that other one.

[42:54] Okay.

[42:54] This is the – two toughy ones.

[42:56] Okay.

[42:56] Because the presidents in these movies, as far as I can tell, have no names.

[42:59] They're just the president.

[43:01] Okay.

[43:01] So that's Stu, Henry Fonda as the president.

[43:08] The Dead Zone?

[43:09] Nope.

[43:11] I mean, in that, Martin Sheen plays the presidential candidate.

[43:13] But Dan, Henry Fonda as the president?

Dan McCoy

[43:17] Failsafe?

Elliott Kalan

[43:18] Yes, that's Failsafe.

[43:19] And so, Dan, last one for this, the final round.

[43:23] E.G. Marshall as the president.

[43:25] E.G.

Dan McCoy

[43:27] Uh, I don't know.

[43:30] On the beach.

Elliott Kalan

[43:31] Nope.

[43:32] Okay, Stuart, you want to take this one?

[43:33] I'll give you a hint.

[43:34] E.G. Marshall is asked to do something, maybe demanded, to do something very unpresidential

[43:38] involving a man named Zod.

[43:41] Oh, that's Superman 2.

[43:44] Superman 2.

[43:45] All right.

[43:46] And that just brings us to the end of round four.

[43:48] That's the final round.

[43:50] Let me just tally up the scores real quick.

Stuart Wellington

[43:52] That was a fun last round, Elliot.

[43:53] The other round's not as fun.

Elliott Kalan

[43:56] So you're saying I should have just done that one.

Stuart Wellington

[43:59] We're doing the feedback right in the middle of the game.

Elliott Kalan

[44:01] Yeah, I'm just dropping feedback.

[44:03] Yeah.

[44:03] Appreciate it.

[44:04] Appreciate it.

[44:05] It's a shit sandwich, you know?

[44:06] Well, it wasn't really a shit sandwich.

[44:08] It was a...

[44:09] But anyway, because where's the final compliment?

[44:13] It's an open-faced sandwich.

[44:15] It's an open-faced shit sandwich criticism.

[44:18] Well, I'm not surprised you're unhappy with the game because you were blown out of the water

[44:22] by COVID Dan.

[44:23] Dan, who is recovering from an illness.

[44:26] Handily bested Stuart.

[44:27] Why don't you...

[44:27] You don't have to rub it in, dude.

[44:30] What the fuck?

[44:32] 22 points to 12.

[44:34] Stuart really would have turned the game around if you knew that Larry Gates played Chester A.

[44:37] Arthur in the movie Cattle King.

[44:39] You would have easily walked away with the game with that 100-point bonus.

Stuart Wellington

[44:45] Dan, pull up Just Watch.

[44:47] Where's Cattle King playing?

[44:49] Is it on Tubi?

[44:52] It's on Tubi, isn't it?

[44:54] Yeah, probably.

[44:54] It's on Shudder?

Elliott Kalan

[44:56] That's our game.

[44:57] I want to remind everybody that revolutions don't just happen in the movies.

[45:01] All it takes is for you to go out there and stand up for your beliefs and do something

[45:04] good for somebody else.

[45:06] Don't give up hope because history never ends.

[45:09] And so there's always a chance for us to turn things around, whether in our own lives

[45:13] or in the life of our respective nations.

[45:16] For this series of fairly ill-thought-out games, I've been Elliot Kalin, and I'm joined by

[45:21] my regular Flophouse Go hosts.

[45:23] Dan McCoy.

[45:24] Stuart Wellington.

[45:26] Join us again next week for an episode we've already recorded, and then a week after that

[45:31] for an episode that we haven't recorded yet.

[45:33] And so it is in the future for all of us.

[45:35] Thank you for listening, and goodbye.

Stuart Wellington

[45:39] Bye.

FH Mini 58 - Fourth Majure

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