Wednesday, February 28, 2024

347: "Scarred-Up Burnt Sex" - Pay It Forward (2000)

You want Oscars?  Get two-time Academy Award winner Kevin Spacey on the phone.  Sweeten the deal with Academy Award winner Helen Hunt.  Throw in Academy Award nominee Haley Joel Osment.  But you really looking for Oscar gold?  Then you need Jon Bon Jovi and, more importantly, SNL alum Jay Mohr.  We watched Pay It Forward from 2000, a movie that is a failure on multiple levels.  Little Haley Joel Osment tries to change the world with kindness.  His mother's a drunk, his teacher has burns all over him, his best friend is a hobo junkie that looks like Jesus.  Jay Mohr is on the hunt for a big scoop.  Then most of the movie is devoted to trying to get Kevin Spacey and Helen Hunt to bone burn victim style.  Stay for the last 3 minutes if you want to see a kid get stabbed for no thematic reason.  Enjoy!

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Tuesday, February 20, 2024

346: "More Bruce Vilanch References" - Mango Part Two - An SNL Recurring Character Study

And we're back with yet another installment of our award winning segment ...And We're Back! where we take a deep dive into an SNL recurring character and watch all their appearances.  Last time we gathered we watched the first 10 appearances of Mango and surprisingly couldn't stay away so we're back for one more slice of that sweet, sweet Mango pie.  In this episode we watch the final 6 appearances of everyone's favorite male stripper and get some diminishing results.  Somewhere along the way, we lost sight of Mango.  Gone are everything we loved about the character and he eventually morphs into a stereotype.  But it took much longer than anyone expected as we get to number 13 before any sort of Mango malaise kicks in.  Enjoy!

Sketches Include
Mango - Season 25, Episode 13 hosted by Ben Affleck
Mango - Season 26, Episode 11 hosted by Jennifer Lopez
Mango - Season 26, Episode 20 hosted by Christopher Walken
Mango - Season 27, Episode 5 hosted by Gwyneth Paltrow
Mango - Season 27, Episode 9 hosted by Ellen DeGeneres
Mango - Season 27, Episode 20 hosted by Winona Ryder

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