What We’ve Been Watching Episode 006

Full Episode Transcript
This episode of What We've Been Watching a variety of viewing experiences, from Kevin Hart's comedy talent search and a biopic on Hulk Hogan, to new films like 'Marty Supreme' and documentaries on the Portland Trail Blazers, all while reflecting on the evolution of comedy and the enduring appeal of fighting game adaptations.

Opening Discussion & Kevin Hart's Comedy Ventures
Reginald Titus Jr.: What We've Been Watching, episode six. Welcome to What We've Been Watching, a spin-off of Filmmaker Commentary. We will cover the latest content we've consumed from movies, television, and streaming platforms, as well as more. As always, it's hosted by Reginald Titus Jr. and Casey G. Smith. Let's jump into the show. Brother Smith.
Casey G. Smith.: Brother Titus.
Reginald Titus Jr.: What have you been watching?
Casey G. Smith.: I'm glad you asked. I want to start off immediately with something I watched on Netflix. It's called 'Funny AF with Kevin Hart'. This is a small, I don't know, like a docu-series almost, where Kevin Hart is looking to find the next great comedic, pardon me, comedic talent. And so it's a, it's a, it's a, more like a reality show versus docu-series, it's a reality show where he takes several comedians on the East Coast, and there's like maybe ten of them, and they get a five-minute set. And they go through and they do their set, and in that location he's teamed up with Keegan-Michael Key. He's like his, his fellow judge and they're they're judging the comedians and they're trying to figure out, they're only going to take five. So they do that on the East Coast in New York. Then they go to LA. And same situation, but this time in LA, he is with another, some some local comedian, it's a bald-headed white guy with a beard, I can't remember his name, but they go through and then they they pick their top five from there. Then they go to Chicago, same process, pick five from there and then there he's with Kumail Nanjiani. Uh, but while all that's going on, in between we get scenes in a cut where he's sitting with Kumail, with Keegan-Michael Key, and with Chelsea Handler. And they're all, you know, kind of joking around and all that kind of fun stuff. But each of these comedians in their sets, they all have some jokes that slay. And you can tell the ones that don't do as well because they kind of they cut their stuff, they kind of just they get in a little kind of B-roll kind of thing, you get a couple of their jokes, but those that are good, you get their full set. And once you get to like the third episode, they've they've they've narrowed down their top people from all three areas and now you got your like your top ten. They have to do a roast, and they do a roast with, um, NFL, I guess, I don't know if he's a future Hall of Famer, but Super Bowl champion, um, Marshawn Lynch. So they're they're doing a roast, so they're they're they're going in and it's Everybody loves Beast Mode. Yeah, yeah, but it's it's it's it's well done and it's it's it's really really funny and they're also even going in on each other as well. And then the last episode that I saw, it was a it was at the, what's it, the Improv I think in LA, where they each had to get in a five-minute set. But it's cool to see them kind of switch things up and and bring out more. And at that one, that's when it was it was Kevin and it was and it was uh Chelsea Handler, they were they were both there watching, judging and then and and out of the ten that were there, I think like two of them were going to be eliminated and it was down to your like your your I think your last eight or so. So now it's at a point where there's going to be a live episode, as of this recording it was going to happen, then the next live episode will happen on Monday. And this is where the audience will now get a chance to vote on who moves forward. But 'Funny AF with Kevin Hart', well done. If you just want some good laughs, this, yeah, this will do it for you.
Reginald Titus Jr.: That's cool. I like how they're integrating live with that because this is the future, interactive TV, I like it. That's cool that they're doing that. Absolutely. Okay, since we're talking about funny stuff, I watched 'Headliners Only' on Netflix. And that's with Kevin Hart and Chris Rock. Didn't did you watch that one before? When they they are kind of talking about, you know, their trials of coming up through the comedy scene and they kind of revisit and certain things. You find find out more about Chris Rock's life and like his come up and like, you know, how his uh father had passed and how like, he was like poor, like real poor, you know, like when he was like on the scene. It was funny though, just seeing uh Kevin Hart's interaction uh with um Yeah, with Chris Rock and then it leads up to like this big event which is at the uh New York, Madison Square Garden. And doesn't Dave Chappelle? Yeah, and they literally have a goat on the stage and I didn't see that. It was like this is a bad idea. The goat is literally, you know, defecating on the stage. Um, but it's like to, um, see the appreciation, you know, and then also seeing like how Chris Rock is kind of like hardened because of how he he's come up in the game as well and like his brother said, you know, we don't ask him for anything. You know, and he said, I've never asked my brother for anything and this this that and then he said, you ready? We you opening up for, you know, on Madison Square, you know, Madison Square Garden. So it was like a big deal, especially him being a true New Yorker and like, it's just in his blood, so it's kind of cool 'cause you kind of forget like from Chris Rock has a hip hop edge. You know, he he has that Eddie Murphy said he saw it in him. Sex and the champagne. Yeah, he he's got the edge and it's like, oh yeah, 'cause he was New York and he was talking about, um, because he was on 'Saturday Night Live', right? And how it it didn't really, you know, kind of, he felt kind of weird, and so but he would hang out with like the hip hop guys at these other places. So that's that's the energy that he's come from 'cause you can really see that in uh 'New Jack City' and stuff like that. So 'Headliners Only'. It was like, I don't know, I was in the I was in a comedic mood. I was like, let me let me watch this.

Comedians, Controversy, and Movie Reviews
Casey G. Smith.: Man, there's few things I enjoy more than watching other comedians interact with each other trying to make each other laugh. It's there comedy is its own art form and those that are professionals at it, who who are good at it, who understand it, watching them work through, watching the way they think, it's
Reginald Titus Jr.: And it's it's a treat. Chris Rock was showing like his uh show, like he has, he allows, he prepares enough, more than enough, he's overprepared where he has these index cards and there's like ten in a row. And it's like, okay, here's a new segment. Here's this segment. And he's showing Kevin Hart. And then he said, yeah, so I have it so like if I'm thinking or it's not playing, so I can use this card, and that's in his brain. And then Kevin Hart's like, well, whatever I got, got to work. Like looking at it. Um, but I do like them like kind of going back and forth, like you were saying how they interact and Chris Kevin Hart is always on. Like you he's aware that the camera's there and then so he's like creating some energy to like we are shooting a TV show still, a documentary, documentary. Um, and so you can tell he's kind of turned on sometimes, but it Chris Rock doesn't really play play up like that. All he's kind of more of the laid back, he's not trying to tell jokes stuff. But you can tell he's naturally funny. And so when Chris uh Rock was talking to uh Kevin Hart about how people are like expect things from him and stuff like that and then he was like, then like he the way that Chris Rock would move his head, it was just comical. He's like, like just his physical comedy. I was like, this dude is great. He's great. You forget about it because stuff recent things that happened and he I feel like he's like retired. I feel like he's kind of like, even though I'm pretty sure he's very busy, he comes off like, I don't have to work today. Yeah. Yeah, I actually don't feel like it. Like that's how he comes off to me these days.
Casey G. Smith.: Kind of like Seinfeld vibe, you know, where it's like, it's like Seinfeld was like that in his 20s. Like, I I I I've done my thing, I've got my success. And now I can sit back and and maybe I'm producing some things, maybe I'm I'm I'm I'm handling some business stuff. But I don't I don't I'm I'm not trying to make it, I've already made it. And I can give a couple of less Fs about certain things.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Pretty pretentious. That's his favorite word anyway. He's that. Hey, he's honest.
Casey G. Smith.: But I I still like his dry humor though. Like
Reginald Titus Jr.: Yeah.
Casey G. Smith.: Like I'm not signing up for it, but I still appreciate it.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Okay.
Casey G. Smith.: If it so if you happen to come across it then all right, great.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Yeah, so I like him uh when he's like interviewing people and he's trying to he's trying to like lob it up, you know, for another. Sometimes it hits, sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes it's culturally different, sometimes it's not on the same wavelength that he's on. So I I I get you there. There was one of his specials I watched was like, okay, some of the stuff hit, some of it was like, All right. And specifically like with the comedian when he's like, comedian in cars having coffee. It doesn't always hit with some of some actually gets into confrontations like with uh Howard Stern, you know, they were just kind of like going, no, no, no because he was so negative and it just goes against what Seinfeld is. You know, but he's the retired guy when he's talking to Steve Harvey, it's like great. Um, so I like him better that way. Same thing with Cat Williams. These days I like him better in interviews than his standup. Yeah.
Casey G. Smith.: Okay, fair enough.
Casey G. Smith.: Uh, something else I also watched, so we came out of Oscar season and there were all kinds of different uh wins and some controversies potentially.
Reginald Titus Jr.: At the Oscars? Oh, yeah. There's always some controversy at the Oscars. They got to they have to drum up something because who's going to watch this?
Casey G. Smith.: Man. So, I I watched a number of films that were a part of the Oscars, especially those that were nominated for best film, but one that I hadn't seen was called 'Marty Supreme' with one Timothy Chalamet. That's now available to watch on HBO Max. And so I watched it.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Was it supreme?
Casey G. Smith.: It was okay.
Reginald Titus Jr.: You're about to say no. You're about to say no.
Casey G. Smith.: Well, supreme is it's a very strong word. No to be supreme. No, it was not supreme. Compared to some of the other films it it was not supreme to 'Sinners'. And Timothy Chalamet, great actor, world-class talent. One of the best working today.
Reginald Titus Jr.: 'Dune'. 'Dune 2'.
Casey G. Smith.: Yes, but was he better than Michael B. Jordan in 'Sinners'? No. Even if the controversy of the comments he made about ballet hadn't have come out.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Oh, oh, that was the controversy. Yeah.
Casey G. Smith.: And and and the comments he made were he said with all due respect. So there were just somebody was looking to just to take shots.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Find anything. Yeah. I was like, oh, that's not. Come on.
Casey G. Smith.: It's almost like the media's getting away with murder. Instead of like doing journalism, they're getting away with stupid stuff.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Sometimes it happens where people yeah are focused anyway. So, nonetheless, tangent.
Casey G. Smith.: 'Marty Supreme', good film. It it's it's a good film, it's well done, but not better than 'Sinners'.
Reginald Titus Jr.: I saw him playing ping-pong and I said, I'm out. Uh, that that's actually
Casey G. Smith.: That's the only action you get? That's it.
Reginald Titus Jr.: It's it's I didn't exactly know what to expect going into the film.
Reginald Titus Jr.: That key art also makes me not want to watch it.
Casey G. Smith.: Yeah. I mean he's not his character is not a likeable character. He's super super pretentious, arrogant and cocky and has illusions of grandeur of being a very great ping pong ping-pong player. And he is very very good. But to get to where he's trying to get, he's he's a bit of a, he's he's a bit of a jerk. It's like, oh man, it's like it's an unlikable. Like, man, but again, Chalamet plays plays the character very well. Uh, we get a pretty soft performance from Gwyneth Paltrow.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Got Tyler the Creator in there, don't you?
Casey G. Smith.: The black friend? Does he have a black a black friend? He does.
Reginald Titus Jr.: That's Tyler the Creator. Is that him?
Casey G. Smith.: It is. Huh.
Reginald Titus Jr.: That's the only reason I kind of knew about it 'cause like it kind of brought some coolness to it 'cause like, oh, what's Tyler the Creator creating?
Casey G. Smith.: Well, it's it's it's a it's a period piece, so it's like he's he's
Reginald Titus Jr.: Uh oh. He's what year?
Casey G. Smith.: He's a he's a he's a cab driver. But also him him and him and uh Marty, they're they're they're they kind of hustle people sometimes with uh with with with ping-pong.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Yeah, I'm out.
Casey G. Smith.: Or maybe it's pool.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Yeah, I'm out. Yeah.
Casey G. Smith.: But again, those the parts of ping-pong playing are
Reginald Titus Jr.: It's not the bulk of the film. Ping-pong playing. I like it.
Casey G. Smith.: Alliteration. Uh, that's not the those those scenes are are are small and relatively quick. That's not the that's the minimum part of the film. But it it's it's him trying to find a way to get to this the heights of being able to play at that level and the hustle that that takes place in between, trying to get the money, scheming a little bit.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Kind of like 'White Men Can't Jump'.
Casey G. Smith.: Ooh, that was a good one. Uh, you know, I guess in the in essence a little bit of that. Like just He's he's a he's a he's a he's a hustler. He's trying to hustle to find any way by hook or by crook to get the money he needs to compete. Okay. Yeah. But that's that's what it's all me ultimately about. Marty, Marty Supreme.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Love interest. His love interest is. It is.
Casey G. Smith.: Uh is is the uh young lady who plays on this HBO show that I mentioned, I love LA. Uh she's one of the main actresses on there. Uh Avion something.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Yeah, she's legit. I remember now. Yeah.
Casey G. Smith.: And yeah, she's yeah, she does her thing. She's got it. She does. But yeah, Marty Supreme on HBO Max, good film. I wouldn't call it great. Or supreme. Yes, we would not call it supreme. And uh the Oscars chose 'White' with Michael B. Jordan as best actor.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Okay. Yeah. Okay. I can dig it.
Casey G. Smith.: Yes, sir.
Reginald Titus Jr.: I mean, but you know, it's only one way to find out, you know, is by watching it. Um, that I mean, we found an awesome Oscar nominated film called 'Bagonia'.
Casey G. Smith.: Yes, sir. And that key art is done.
Reginald Titus Jr.: That one is now streaming on HBO I think now as well. Before it was just on Peacock, but I think now it's on HBO also. If you haven't seen it, go check it out. And our episode on 'Bagonia' as well.

Comedy Specials & Sports Documentary
Casey G. Smith.: That's right. Uh, so, more comedy. I watched Trevor Noah 'Joy in the Trenches', which is on Netflix, came out 2026. I watched that also. I forgot to write it down.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Yeah.
Casey G. Smith.: That one was good. I did what?
Reginald Titus Jr.: I just thought of the the scene he talked about, you know, with uh Martin Luther King marching for civil rights and then, you know, they have the right to eat in in these these white establishments and then they get the get the food. Martin, this is the most bland. Yes. I'm so sorry. I apologize. We got about for this. I'm so sorry. I made a mistake.
Casey G. Smith.: I know. That's got to be the worst feeling. You're getting beat up and stuff and then you eat the food and it's just apple pie without seasoning. Oh man.
Reginald Titus Jr.: That's That was pretty funny. I was like, that's pretty funny. That's pretty funny, Trevor. Trev, I didn't I I am a I don't know if I'm a fan, but um, Trevor is Yeah, I wouldn't say I'm a fan, but I uh, admire his like his everything that he's done.
Casey G. Smith.: Is it similar to Chris Rock, what what what did you say? You'll you'll you're not signing up for it, but
Reginald Titus Jr.: No, Seinfeld. Chris Rock uh
Casey G. Smith.: Oh, I thought you were saying Chris Rock, you were saying. No, Seinfeld. Like I I appreciate it, but I'm I'm not going to I'm not signing You'll subscribe to it. Yeah, I'm not signing up. I okay. Got you. Uh, yeah, I'm not waiting in line to see it, how about that.
Casey G. Smith.: Fair enough.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Uh, but I will watch the stuff he do on TV. But with Trevor Noah, it's um, he's always been funny. He's always been funny and he's done the um, the what show? The Daily Show. So when I say I'm not a fan, I haven't probably only watched like one or two episodes. And he's probably done thousands of that show. That's what I mean by not being a fan, so like I can't say I'm a fan like that because I I wouldn't say you're not a fan of that show.
Casey G. Smith.: I like the show, but I just don't watch it.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Okay. Yeah, I I care I'm way I curate a whole lot, so that's. We all have to now. So much so much out there. I I I would watch maybe every now and then some highlights of the show on YouTube. But yeah, but I I I if Trevor Noah has a comedy special, I will watch his comedy special. 'Cause I I always I always end up laughing a pretty good amount.
Casey G. Smith.: Yeah. He's legit. I um, I didn't know Trevor. Um, so yeah, so now I'm I'm going to be checking for him more or like his older stuff 'cause I I'm sure he has more specials. Okay, so this is. Okay, so this is my first special that I've seen of Trevor Noah.
Reginald Titus Jr.: He does. It was it was worthwhile watching. I think this is my maybe third. Third one I've seen with him. But it's it's So I appreciate like the wit. You know, you have to be you have to be in the know, got to be a little educated to kind of catch some of the jokes as well. Um, I like his the the joke about like like Twitter, I guess when like Donald Trump was like coming after him and things like that and how he kind of reenacted that. I was like, that's actually I I had no idea that he that happened to him. And so like seeing I was like, oh, wow. So yeah, so Trevor Noah, I'm going to be looking out for more of his stuff 'cause I I'm familiar with 'The Daily Show' from, you know, Stewart and all that and it Sure. You know, passed down but um, I haven't seen him in anything else. Colbert was he on that?
Casey G. Smith.: Neither did I. I think before he got his show. Possibly. Um, Yes, he was. It was Colbert before it went to Trevor. Okay. Yeah, 'cause I remember he when when Sam Wilson the combo character became Captain America. I remember him showing that on the show. I don't know why that stood out to me, but it was Colbert who was the one talking about that. Yeah, that one was good. I didn't expect that. So I was like, all right.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Another comedian to check out to like check out. Just 'cause I kind of looked them I didn't. And so I it takes a different kind of talent to be international and to come into America and kind of understand like the nuances of everything without coming off like racist or anything like that and because he's um, South African. And a mixed child. He went through apartheid. He can kind he actually his his experiences, he can relate a lot to America culture. So I was like, oh, yeah, Trevor, okay. I got you.
Casey G. Smith.: But he's also, he's he is very cultured as well. He's traveled other places, you can speak some other languages and it's it's it's I I I enjoy his comedy. He's he's got a a unique unique perspective. So I might I might become a fan. So yeah, so make sure you like and subscribe.
Reginald Titus Jr.: There you go.
Casey G. Smith.: Uh, another thing I watched was on Netflix. This was called 'The Jailblazers'. This is about the 2000, well, it's probably 2000, no. What year would this be? Yeah, this is the early 2000 Portland Trail Blazers.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Oh. Rasheed Wallace. This is a Clyde?
Casey G. Smith.: No, no. This is Rasheed Wallace.
Reginald Titus Jr.: What year?
Casey G. Smith.: Early 2000s.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Okay. Sorry about that.
Casey G. Smith.: Yeah. So like Rasheed Wallace, this is uh, Damon Stoudamire.
Reginald Titus Jr.: You know, Mighty Mouse.
Casey G. Smith.: Yeah, Mighty Mouse. And uh another Bonds Boswell Boswell. Boswell something something Boswell. Fonsie Boswell? That's not right. Anyway, another brother on the team. And Pippen on there for a little while, but he's not he joins the team for like, I don't know, a couple of years and then he's gone. Shawn Kemp also uh, Shawn Kemp was on there? Yeah, yeah. This this is the team that they when they face the Lakers in the Western Conference finals, they they almost beat them. They they honestly the first several games, like they had it on lock, and they went I think they went all the way to a game seven and Portland had it up until the last quarter and they just went cold. And but they they they were, I mean, inches or minutes. Minutes, wrong measurements. Minutes away.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Seconds.
Casey G. Smith.: From from from from an NBA championship. And then from there they they never they never got they never got back up to that that level again. But while all that's happening, you get Rasheed Wallace who was a uh speak his mind like and and and and very kind of emotional, just technicals out the wazoo. Like just technicals, technicals.
Reginald Titus Jr.: I remember. You got to have an enforcer on the team. He was an enforcer, right? Rasheed?
Casey G. Smith.: Uh you could say that, but it was more he was just always just running his mouth. Like just Okay, that's a little different. Like gives like give zero Fs. And like like 40 technicals.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Oh, racking them up?
Casey G. Smith.: Yeah, I think he had set a record. It was it was like next level. So at one point, him and Stoudamire are coming back from a game or whatever and they're they get there somebody's driving and and they get pulled over and they they've got weed. And this is early 2000, so it was like it's like it gets it gets in the papers. And then these these these incidents happen where they, you know, have these run-ins with with with the law. But they're like you like now it's like, this is like pretty minor stuff. Uh, sometimes it happens where people yeah, or or focused Anyway, so, nonetheless, tangent.
Reginald Titus Jr.: I remember. It's funny to listen to Stephen A. uh back in the day when he was like, weed! You're gonna jeopardize millions of dollars for weed! Can you get off the weed please? And and it's true, you know, it's like, dang. Uh, but I know some of those football players, they probably needed it for that for that for the brain stuff.
Casey G. Smith.: But yeah, so you so it's them looking back at at all of that and and the fans after a while, they they were they were they were not happy with them 'cause Portland, yeah, it was just they weren't winning and they were just getting rep reputations for different stuff. And so by the end, they kind of all wanted them to to leave. But also when you look back at the the GM at the time, the players he was specifically bringing on board had often had like previous run-ins or different issues. So that was interesting to see how that how that how how the team was formed. And even with Kemp when he got there, the one he was overweight. And that's what I was about to say. Fat Kemp or skinny Kemp? This is this is this is heavy Kemp. This is uh yeah, heavy Kemp. And uh he was he was messing with like cocaine. Oh. Yeah, it was it was rough. But this is the if you're interested, 'The Jailblazers' on Netflix. Just an inside look at the Portland Trail Blazers of the early 2000s.

Comic Book Adaptations & Nostalgia
Reginald Titus Jr.: Um, 'Clayface', the trailer. That was disgusting. Indeed. Are you are you familiar with Clayface? I am not. Quick little uh, history. But if you if you want to to to understand why this film's being made, it goes back to 'Batman: The Animated Series' from the 90s.
Casey G. Smith.: Aha.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Oh, wow. I was That was a good That was a good animation series.
Casey G. Smith.: All you need to do is watch the episode. It's one of the things called either 'Feet of Clay' or something like that, but it's it's that's how I was introduced to Clayface. He's been a character in the comics, but I didn't know earlier Batman comics then. This show introduced a lot of us to those things, but just the episode with Clayface, so damn good. The animation, the it's excellent. It's just one of the best episodes you can see and it's it's worthwhile maybe a two-part episode, but if you can find it's it's on HBO Max, all of it's on there, but you find it watch it, it's But that's that's why we're getting Clayface now because it was that those episodes were so freaking well done of an of an actor who goes through uh an accident, his face gets messed up, he tries to get surgery done, it doesn't work, finds some company that's able to provide a chemical that allows him to literally reshape his face to how he wants. He gets into some some trouble, uh and then because I think they start making him do jobs, like illegal stuff to get more of the stuff. And then eventually they double cross him and they just pour it all over him. And then it causes his whole body to then begin become become that actual chemical and gives him total control over his molecules to be able to change shapes and form. And it also drives him crazy. Clayface. Yeah, I saw that trailer. I'm like, what is this? It's like a dude, I was like, did he get beat up? He's like looking through like the bandage face with his eyeball poking out. Then you see this like pretty guy and then like he rubs his face and it's like, I'm like, all right, I'll watch it.
Reginald Titus Jr.: I I like when comic book based films hit different genres. This this is going to be a horror film. James Gunn's been very clear now, this is a horror film. So, and again, no kind of Batman involved, so, all right, it still works. So it'll be interesting to see.
Casey G. Smith.: I mean, they've done Joker like that and it made millions.
Reginald Titus Jr.: It's true. Then they turned into a musical. Trauma, that one that's a rough one. Yeah. That was a you talk about a fall from grace. Jeez.
Casey G. Smith.: Dang. But um, in the bigger kind of DC DC Universe, Clayface is interesting because James Gunn's trying to have it all connected, the live action and the animated stuff. So the Creature Commandos, Clayface shows up in Creature Commandos. And so it's going to be interesting because you think about timelines when things are are set, based on what happens to him in that show, this is clearly set before that. So it's going to be interesting to see uh what unfolds, but uh yeah, Clayface. That's all the trailer.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Yes, sir. What you got?
Casey G. Smith.: Uh, I also got uh another documentary I saw on Netflix. It's called 'Hulk Hogan: An American Hero'.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Brother, brother. Let me tell you something, brother. I I I I newsflash, I'm a pro wrestling fan. I enjoy the business. I enjoy the history. Yes, I know. It's a shocker. Spoiler alert. And so obviously, uh, for those that don't know, Hulk Hogan passed last year in 2025. And so this documentary is is obviously set before that. They'd been interviewing Hogan and getting all the all this footage. But I'm I thought I knew a pretty good amount about Hogan's career and kind of how he started, but this kind of just takes you like his his his early years, how he got into the business, uh, and just his his his his rise and him becoming, you know, not Terry Bollea, which is his government name, but Hulk Hogan. And that's that was be the Hulk came from the TV show that was out at the time with Lou Ferrigno. Oh, he's big as the Hulk. And so he kind of took that moniker started rolling with that. And just you know how he goes from wrestling in Florida, to wrestling in in Minneapolis with AWA and then eventually getting the call up to the WWF at the time with Vince Senior. It's interesting like watching his journey, how he meets his wife and um, his son, his oldest his only son, Nick, is in the documentary. You see them working out at the very beginning and you can see Hogan, he's he's he's beat up from all the years of of wrestling. I remember seeing uh I think he had like a TV series with his uh Hogan Knows Best. Yeah, and there and in there he was like getting shots in his back because he was so basically like a bone on bone from all the cartilage being jacked up.
Casey G. Smith.: His back was so jacked up. I didn't even realize how many surgeries he had towards the towards the end. And one of the reasons of his passing, like right at the very end, they're like, oh, we think we have enough footage and he was off to get another neck surgery. And apparently it's complications from the neck surgery that caused him to have cardiac arrest and ultimately pass away.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Holy crap.
Casey G. Smith.: But it's like, I don't know, maybe like a four-part docu-series, very well done. Uh, yeah, I I I I recommend it. 'Hulk Hogan: An American Hero'. And yeah.
Reginald Titus Jr.: A real American. A real American. He gives you all the, you know, all the kind of ins and outs, you know, the the good and and, you know, some of some of the bad. He's a human being and, you know, complex and kind of where he was at in his his views towards the latter end of his career. You kind of see how those things form, but yeah. So it was it was it was an enjoyable one.
Casey G. Smith.: I watched the trailer. 'Coyote vs. Acme'. Ah, yeah.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Did you see that? I did see that. I was like, this, I'll probably take my kids to go watch this. Um, this was a couple weeks ago when I was coming out August 28th. I wonder if if there's a connection with all those like Looney Tunes and things like that from like what we watched back in the day with this new generation of kids. I don't know if there is a connection. I don't my kid, I don't think they see really see those old school like Bugs Bunny and all that stuff.
Casey G. Smith.: Uh, I I guess it depends on where you're where you're looking to watch them because they haven't had there was a show that was out uh maybe, like ten years ago now, it was it was 'The Looney Tunes Show' where they took the concept of the Looney Tunes and instead of this being just a bunch of kind of shorts based upon just Elmer Fudd hunting Bugs Bunny or um, Yosemite Sam, getting into a confrontation with Bugs. Now it was set like a sitcom where Bugs had his own house, like lived in a real nice house in a nice neighborhood and Daffy was his roommate, but like just a total moocher, like not paying rent, just living there. And and Daffy just the most self-absorbed, uh, moocher you could imagine. Just just it's ridiculous. And Bugs just has money from his previous stuff that he did, but just it just dry wit. It's it's excellent. Like I I've recently been watching some episodes on Tubi of it, but it was just to be on on HBO, but it's just different different vibe. You know, um, Speedy Gonzales has his own pizzeria, like restaurant and it's like they they they they ground them in the sitcom setting and it kind of it kind of works really well. But you do have the occasional in between episodes or in between segments, they'll do a a Coyote, you know, chasing the Road Runner kind of thing. Uh but it's like a short like three-minute deal and they'll do this occasional like music videos of different Looney Tunes characters. But I guess maybe the last thing that we're in was the last Space Jam film that probably with LeBron. That was probably the last big thing for them.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Makes sense.
Casey G. Smith.: Okay.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Okay. So yeah, so I I watched it and I was like, okay, maybe. I'm going to I'm going to plug that as a maybe. Okay. Put a pin in it. Yeah.

Final Thoughts and Other Films
Reginald Titus Jr.: Uh, I don't know that I talked about this previously, it was in my trailer section, but there was a new trailer for the the new 'Street Fighter' film. Did you see the most recent trailer that dropped? I did. Yeah, 'cause I I sent I sent a I sent a text out to a number of I actually I sent that trailer to a number of people. I was like, hey, hey, you got to I was like, So.
Casey G. Smith.: That's right.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Apparently there was already like a um, was it Street Fighter movie like kind of like a low budget joint? Are you familiar with this? Yeah, in the 90s, yeah. No, not that one. It was like, it came out maybe 10 years ago. And people like praised it because it was like a like almost like how um, like a fan-made, like a fan-made film? Almost but it had like, it had a budget. Um, a lower budget, but like it uh, is it the one with Ken and Ryu? Yeah. Yeah, I watched that one. That actually is really it's really well done. It is good. Okay, okay. So, I I didn't see that. I was unaware of that. I just recently seen the video because I watched the trailer of the one you sent me. I'm excited for it.
Casey G. Smith.: I yeah, I'm excited too. I'm trying to get a group of folks together to uh, to experience it. And it's funny because the people I send it to are kind of just just just friends. I don't I I didn't know if they were interested in Street Fighter or not, but it kind of shows it's the cultural zeitgeist of what Street Fighter is just from the time that it's from Street Fighter 2 and on up. Very few have played the first one and it's hate to say it's not worth playing. It's it's a yeah, it's uh I I tried to play it and I was like, oh, this is I don't need this. I only know Street Fighter 2, so it was like, it's all you need. I found a I this collection That's the arcade. I don't think I've ever seen Street Fighter at the arcade. Yeah, I was first introduced to two, but I found I found this collection I always wondered what where was one, you know, because if we're already on two then I've never seen and I always went to the arcade. Yeah. And yeah, one is I I can't even tell I was like, it's garbage. It took it took like, nope, nope. This stay right over there. Thank you for your contribution. Thank you for your service. But I was hardcore with the Street Fighter. Oh, yeah. But then came Mortal Kombat. Ah, and we push it to the side. I I I liked Mortal Kombat 2. I I used to rock with Sub-Zero. Me my my my cousin and I when I came to Texas, we would walk from my grandma's down to the Pizza Hut. They had Mortal Kombat 2. And we we would rock that there, but I but I when I got back home, I had my Genesis plugged in and I was playing Street Fighter 2 Championship Edition. Cursing like a sailor as I try to play it on the highest level. Yeah, well it was it was bad, but I but I I I love some Street Fighter though. Yeah, Street Fighter is good. They I was like, they're punching cars. You remember that? I love the bonus stage. On some of the games they took that out, but on Street Fighter 5, I think it is, they have like you can play through like the the lineup of the some of the previous games and so but they got they brought that back in the bonus, like, hey, let me break up this car. Like, just Yeah, just like a just a boys' dream. You know, just to break stuff. Destruction. Yeah, I'm I'm excited to see how this turns out. And yeah, I'm I the the the relationship between Ryu and Ken is always foundational. And I I like how that that kind of setting it in the 90s, at least part of it in the 90s. I'm like, all right, so, yeah, I'm I'm very excited to see how this goes down. And speaking of Mortal Kombat, that drops this uh this weekend, this week.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Oh, part two of the re. The reboot, yeah. Um, theaters? Theaters, May 8th, I believe is the date. Oh. Very very soon. Around the corner. Uh, I'll sign up for that. Uh, the first one I like 'cause that was that released during the time when it was like COVID and stuff, right? Yeah, and they were all direct it was direct HBO. Dude, I watched King Kong. I watched Mortal Kombat and I was it was just uh an escape from the real world. If it gives me that escape, I'm with it, you know. And Mortal Kombat doesn't always I don't think it's ever hit the mark between the balance of like great acting, good martial artist and story. It's like it's it's almost like something is like, like the first film that came out, it was like all martial artists. It was all great.
Casey G. Smith.: Yeah. Yeah, they always going to throw them off. It's like you feel like a certain way when that shows up, you're like, oh, no. I said, I'm sorry, sister. I said, we're invested though. We got We've gone this far. I know, we got. We got we got to turn back now. Yes, too late. I said, she was like, oh man, we got to watch this. All right, so we watched it. So it was just one of those funny things to kind of come back to, but you're done now, boy. Yeah. 'Clifford'. But it it's it's strange because it's a grown man playing this little kid. But 'Problem Child' was such a hit that this film like didn't stand a chance.
Reginald Titus Jr.: It was an interesting time.
Casey G. Smith.: It really doesn't stand a chance to me either, I'm going to be honest with you. chance for me watching this. It's a hard sell. It's a hard sell. I would probably say I would probably say 'Problem Child' is worth it, but maybe not 'Clifford'. It's an acquired taste and I wouldn't I wouldn't watch it again. So, fair enough, fair enough. It's it's it's it's worth watching to be like, I no other film like this exists. There's reasons. Reasons. Yeah, yeah. Anyhow. But I'm glad I'm glad you uh got through it. Yeah, I actually Yeah. I told you I wasn't going to.
Reginald Titus Jr.: That's a hard sell, man. Yeah, just Like the first scene is him going down the airplane and the aisle and then slapping adults upside the head. I yeah, I remember I know that's that's in the trailer. I was like, f this guy. I I would no. And they're just letting him slide. I didn't see I didn't see that. I just get I get I get I get pissed just thinking about that. Like again, badass kids in movies. I just I'm I'm not a fan. I just my tolerance is low. Low, low, low. Yeah, they got triggered. So, one thing that I watched, I I've been been on the bit of a uh Sasquatch Bigfoot kind of journey. And so I I found two films on Amazon Prime that dealt with the subject of the of the Bigfoot. Uh one was a film called 'Willow Creek'. And I found out about it from watching a a a video on YouTube. They talk about just different legends of the Sasquatch and some films that have been made that represent the Sasquatch. And they mentioned 'Willow Creek', I was like, oh, so I, you know, search for it, found it on Amazon. I was like, okay, cool. So 'Willow Creek' is done in a found footage style. And so it's a it's a it's a guy and his girlfriend. His girlfriend is like an aspiring actress. He is a uh, I don't know, a history history nerd who's who's convinced that he can find Bigfoot. And so Bigfoot's kind of known to be in the Pacific Northwest. Uh there's this, you know, the the famous footage. I'm using quotation air quotation marks. Footage of of Bigfoot um and that was captured so many years ago by this gentleman. I forgot the gentleman's name or whatever. But so they they they they make their way to to this area where this stuff has happened. And the whole little town is there there in on it. Like as far as they've got, oh, it's the Bigfoot Hotel and the Bigfoot restaurant and, you know, we have a Bigfoot burger and all this kind of stuff. Yeah, it's all like they're all in on it, right? This is this is this is merchandise, this is tourism for this town. Uh and so the guy he's he's very serious about this. He believes he's going to find Bigfoot. And his girlfriend is like, I don't really believe in this. Maybe we'll find some leprechauns too. So they've got this kind of dynamic back and forth as they're going along. That means they're going to find Sasquatch when someone does a joke like that. Yeah. Yeah, exactly. It's like, okay. And so they they uh there's even a big Bigfoot statue by the hotel they're staying at and and, you know, you starting to get some pushback from some people in the town. The one guy he comes up and looks at and gives him a nasty look. Like, sorry, sir or whatever. And so they they end up going on to the trail that that they're trying to get to the location where the footage was originally taken. Um, and so they they start driving further into the woods. And they come across some guy who's just out there by himself and he's like, uh, uh, why don't you turn around? He's super rude and kind of that that, you know, the guy who lives out by himself. He's he's dressed in normal clothes. He's got the the the vest on or whatever and all that kind of stuff. But he's just he's a he's a jerk to them. Tells them to leave. And they turn around and they turn around again and they they they keep going into the woods. So, they go they all get so far and then they have to like stop 'cause their their vehicle can't go any further. They have to get on foot. And so they're getting closer to this location. And it's starting to get dark. And and so they have to set up tent. And so they're in their tent and while they're in the tent, all of a sudden they start you started hearing like noise like, um, I cannot imitate the sound. It's like, uh, like the sound of wood clicking together. like and the guy's like, that's he goes that's a common thing that the Sasquatch will do, like they'll they'll slap wood together to communicate. And you hear these different sounds like like his vocalizations. And so initially he's like, they're in the tent and he's whatever he says the camera on. I have running a light source or whatever. And they're like, he's like, did you hear that? First go for doesn't hear anything. He's like, not hearing anything. But then you you get this whole scene, it's about like ten minutes long. They just like sitting there listening to these different sounds. And it's like getting closer and closer and closer and all of a sudden there's stuff being rattled outside of the tent. You can hear that they're going through their stuff. And then all of a sudden like you see the tent like like something pushes on the on it. He's like, ah, you get the jump scare. And so eventually, like they they they're able to last until morning. She's like, I want to go. I want and so they start leaving. He's like, uh, yeah, I'm so so so so, we're getting the hell out of here. There's there was all kinds of stuff last night. Vocalization. So they they get so far out and they find this really gnarly looking tree and they pull like this hair sample out of it. He's like, oh no, I think this is something. And she's like, so so let's go. She's like, the girlfriend is over it. She's like, we got to get out of here now. So he gets a little hair sample and they keep on walking. And they're walking and they're trying to get out of this this place. And they come back to the spot and she's like, this is the same tree we passed hours ago. He says, and it is the same stump where he got that hair from. They're lost. And nightfall is coming yet again. And then you hear more and more of the sounds. So and there they get by some water and they get some water and and they and these these and you don't actually see the the monsters themselves. But uh, I don't want to spoil like the ending, but it it's it's uh, the ending was like, oh man, but again, very much so found footage. So that was that so that was 'Willow Creek'. 'Willow Creek' on Amazon on Amazon Prime. It's a it's a fairly short watch, but just a and it's just mainly these these two actors are they kind of carry it through. But yeah, but the ending is the ending is is interesting. It's uh, yeah, not a happy ending, but that's the this can't it can't it can't end happy. This is a found footage. No, that's how it's supposed to be. That's not how it's supposed to be. Because somebody found the footage because the people are no longer in possession. That's right. Yeah. Um, last one I'll mention. You got another one? I'm sorry. Um, is there a related to Sasquatch? This next one, go ahead. Okay, appreciate it. And then after that, I have just one. All right, perfect. Uh, so my last entry for this episode of what we've been watching is another Sasquatch film. It's called 'Exists'. This one is it's partially found footage, but with some, you know, normal camera work. Whereas the other one was all found footage, the whole thing. Yeah, that's usually yeah, that's usually it. He's So this big he's like kind of thinks he sees something in the in the in the trees. He's like, hey, we could be friends, man. We could be friends. And he's trying to capture the footage and he moves he gets scared and he goes inside. But this thing just gets closer and closer. It starts banging the doors. So they try to barricade the doors. And this thing gets its hand in and grabs one of the girls, one of the little very slight, you know, small grabs her and like shakes her. They find a gun and they they like shoot off a shot. There's one brother in it and it's it's it's it's interesting how how it uh unfolds. But uh yeah, it's called it 'Exists'. Obviously, you know, we can kind of getting an idea of kind of where where leads up to, but it was it it's more this one is more action oriented and you actually will see moments of the Bigfoot, whereas in 'Willow Creek', you don't actually see the monster, you just see kind of the impact of what it does. But this one you actually get to see it a few times and uh yeah, but yeah, interesting watch. Both both of them interesting watches. Pretty fairly quick ones as well. Oh, that's what that's how it's supposed to be. Because somebody found the footage because the people are no longer in possession. That's right. Yeah. Um, last one I'll mention. You got another one? I'm sorry. Um, is there a related to Sasquatch? This next one, go ahead. Okay, appreciate it. And then after that, I have just one. All right, perfect. Uh, so my last entry for this episode of what we've been watching is another Sasquatch film. It's called 'Exists'. This one is it's partially found footage, but with some, you know, normal camera work. Whereas the other one was all found footage, the whole thing. Yeah, that's usually yeah, that's usually it. He's So this big he's like kind of thinks he sees something in the in the in the trees. He's like, hey, we could be friends, man. We could be friends. And he's trying to capture the footage and he moves he gets scared and he goes inside. But this thing just gets closer and closer. It starts banging the doors. So they try to barricade the doors. And this thing gets its hand in and grabs one of the girls, one of the little very slight, you know, small grabs her and like shakes her. They find a gun and they they like shoot off a shot. There's one brother in it and it's it's it's it's interesting how how it uh unfolds. But uh yeah, it's called it 'Exists'. Obviously, you know, we can kind of getting an idea of kind of where where leads up to, but it was it it's more this one is more action oriented and you actually will see moments of the Bigfoot, whereas in 'Willow Creek', you don't actually see the monster, you just see kind of the impact of what it does. But this one you actually get to see it a few times and uh yeah, but yeah, interesting watch. Both both of them interesting watches. Pretty fairly quick ones as well. Oh, that's what that's how it's supposed to be. Because somebody found the footage because the people are no longer in possession. That's right. Yeah. Um, last one I'll mention. You got another one? I'm sorry. Um, is there a related to Sasquatch? This next one, go ahead. Okay, appreciate it. And then after that, I have just one. All right, perfect. Uh, so my last entry for this episode of what we've been watching is another Sasquatch film. It's called 'Exists'. This one is it's partially found footage, but with some, you know, normal camera work. Whereas the other one was all found footage, the whole thing. Yeah, that's usually yeah, that's usually it. He's So this big he's like kind of thinks he sees something in the in the in the trees. He's like, hey, we could be friends, man. We could be friends. And he's trying to capture the footage and he moves he gets scared and he goes inside. But this thing just gets closer and closer. It starts banging the doors. So they try to barricade the doors. And this thing gets its hand in and grabs one of the girls, one of the little very slight, you know, small grabs her and like shakes her. They find a gun and they they like shoot off a shot. There's one brother in it and it's it's it's it's interesting how how it uh unfolds. But uh yeah, it's called it 'Exists'. Obviously, you know, we can kind of getting an idea of kind of where where leads up to, but it was it it's more this one is more action oriented and you actually will see moments of the Bigfoot, whereas in 'Willow Creek', you don't actually see the monster, you just see kind of the impact of what it does. But this one you actually get to see it a few times and uh yeah, but yeah, interesting watch. Both both of them interesting watches. Pretty fairly quick ones as well.

Casey G. Smith.: I would probably say 'Problem Child' is worth it, but maybe not 'Clifford'. It's an acquired taste and I wouldn't I wouldn't watch it again. So, fair enough, fair enough. It's it's it's it's worth watching to be like, I no other film like this exists. There's reasons. Reasons. Yeah, yeah. Anyhow. But I'm glad I'm glad you uh got through it. Yeah, I actually Yeah. I told you I wasn't going to.
Reginald Titus Jr.: That's a hard sell, man. Yeah, just Like the first scene is him going down the airplane and the aisle and then slapping adults upside the head. I yeah, I remember I know that's that's in the trailer. I was like, f this guy. I I would no. And they're just letting him slide. I didn't see I didn't see that. I just get I get I get I get pissed just thinking about that. Like again, badass kids in movies. I just I'm I'm not a fan. I just my tolerance is low. Low, low, low. Yeah, they got triggered. So, one thing that I watched, I I've been been on the bit of a uh Sasquatch Bigfoot kind of journey. And so I I found two films on Amazon Prime that dealt with the subject of the of the Bigfoot. Uh one was a film called 'Willow Creek'. And I found out about it from watching a a a video on YouTube. They talk about just different legends of the Sasquatch and some films that have been made that represent the Sasquatch. And they mentioned 'Willow Creek', I was like, oh, so I, you know, search for it, found it on Amazon. I was like, okay, cool. So 'Willow Creek' is done in a found footage style. And so it's a it's a it's a guy and his girlfriend. His girlfriend is like an aspiring actress. He is a uh, I don't know, a history history nerd who's who's convinced that he can find Bigfoot. And so Bigfoot's kind of known to be in the Pacific Northwest. Uh there's this, you know, the the famous footage. I'm using quotation air quotation marks. Footage of of Bigfoot um and that was captured so many years ago by this gentleman. I forgot the gentleman's name or whatever. But so they they they they make their way to to this area where this stuff has happened. And the whole little town is there there in on it. Like as far as they've got, oh, it's the Bigfoot Hotel and the Bigfoot restaurant and, you know, we have a Bigfoot burger and all this kind of stuff. Yeah, it's all like they're all in on it, right? This is this is this is merchandise, this is tourism for this town. Uh and so the guy he's he's very serious about this. He believes he's going to find Bigfoot. And his girlfriend is like, I don't really believe in this. Maybe we'll find some leprechauns too. So they've got this kind of dynamic back and forth as they're going along. That means they're going to find Sasquatch when someone does a joke like that. Yeah. Yeah, exactly. It's like, okay. And so they they uh there's even a big Bigfoot statue by the hotel they're staying at and and, you know, you starting to get some pushback from some people in the town. The one guy he comes up and looks at and gives him a nasty look. Like, sorry, sir or whatever. And so they they end up going on to the trail that that they're trying to get to the location where the footage was originally taken. Um, and so they they start driving further into the woods. And they come across some guy who's just out there by himself and he's like, uh, uh, why don't you turn around? He's super rude and kind of that that, you know, the guy who lives out by himself. He's he's dressed in normal clothes. He's got the the the vest on or whatever and all that kind of stuff. But he's just he's a he's a jerk to them. Tells them to leave. And they turn around and they turn around again and they they they keep going into the woods. So, they go they all get so far and then they have to like stop 'cause their their vehicle can't go any further. They have to get on foot. And so they're getting closer to this location. And it's starting to get dark. And and so they have to set up tent. And so they're in their tent and while they're in the tent, all of a sudden they start you started hearing like noise like, um, I cannot imitate the sound. It's like, uh, like the sound of wood clicking together. like and the guy's like, that's he goes that's a common thing that the Sasquatch will do, like they'll they'll slap wood together to communicate. And you hear these different sounds like like his vocalizations. And so initially he's like, they're in the tent and he's whatever he says the camera on. I have running a light source or whatever. And they're like, he's like, did you hear that? First go for doesn't hear anything. He's like, not hearing anything. But then you you get this whole scene, it's about like ten minutes long. They just like sitting there listening to these different sounds. And it's like getting closer and closer and closer and all of a sudden there's stuff being rattled outside of the tent. You can hear that they're going through their stuff. And then all of a sudden like you see the tent like like something pushes on the on it. He's like, ah, you get the jump scare. And so eventually, like they they they're able to last until morning. She's like, I want to go. I want and so they start leaving. He's like, uh, yeah, I'm so so so so, we're getting the hell out of here. There's there was all kinds of stuff last night. Vocalization. So they they get so far out and they find this really gnarly looking tree and they pull like this hair sample out of it. He's like, oh no, I think this is something. And she's like, so so let's go. She's like, the girlfriend is over it. She's like, we got to get out of here now. So he gets a little hair sample and they keep on walking. And they're walking and they're trying to get out of this this place. And they come back to the spot and she's like, this is the same tree we passed hours ago. He says, and it is the same stump where he got that hair from. They're lost. And nightfall is coming yet again. And then you hear more and more of the sounds. So and there they get by some water and they get some water and and they and these these and you don't actually see the the monsters themselves. But uh, I don't want to spoil like the ending, but it it's it's it's uh, the ending was like, oh man, but again, very much so found footage. So that was that so that was 'Willow Creek'. 'Willow Creek' on Amazon on Amazon Prime. It's a it's a fairly short watch, but just a and it's just mainly these these two actors are they kind of carry it through. But yeah, but the ending is the ending is is interesting. It's uh, yeah, not a happy ending, but that's the this can't it can't it can't end happy. This is a found footage. No, that's how it's supposed to be. That's not how it's supposed to be. Because somebody found the footage because the people are no longer in possession. That's right. Yeah. Um, last one I'll mention. You got another one? I'm sorry. Um, is there a related to Sasquatch? This next one, go ahead. Okay, appreciate it. And then after that, I have just one. All right, perfect. Uh, so my last entry for this episode of what we've been watching is another Sasquatch film. It's called 'Exists'. This one is it's partially found footage, but with some, you know, normal camera work. Whereas the other one was all found footage, the whole thing. Yeah, that's usually yeah, that's usually it. He's So this big he's like kind of thinks he sees something in the in the in the trees. He's like, hey, we could be friends, man. We could be friends. And he's trying to capture the footage and he moves he gets scared and he goes inside. But this thing just gets closer and closer. It starts banging the doors. So they try to barricade the doors. And this thing gets its hand in and grabs one of the girls, one of the little very slight, you know, small grabs her and like shakes her. They find a gun and they they like shoot off a shot. There's one brother in it and it's it's it's it's interesting how how it uh unfolds. But uh yeah, it's called it 'Exists'. Obviously, you know, we can kind of getting an idea of kind of where where leads up to, but it was it it's more this one is more action oriented and you actually will see moments of the Bigfoot, whereas in 'Willow Creek', you don't actually see the monster, you just see kind of the impact of what it does. But this one you actually get to see it a few times and uh yeah, but yeah, interesting watch. Both both of them interesting watches. Pretty fairly quick ones as well.

Casey G. Smith.: One of my last ones, I watched 'I Am Chris Farley' on YouTube. And so apparently this director does a lot of these like profiles of certain um, famous people. 'I Am Chris Farley' for Chris Farley was like one of those guys is like everybody I think enjoyed his physical comedy and things like that. Um, but you understand how he became the guy he was because he had a uh a family, I think four or five kids, and he was like in the middle. And so always like, attention, attention, attention. And so um, great background. You know, he's the khaki's and uh polo shirt kind of kid, like where they grew up, good home and everything, they were supportive. Uh, but you you understand like, okay, he has he's had it for a long time. And he just um, sports guy. So when you see him doing like all his stunts and falling on his back and doing it from like rugby days and things like that. Okay. And so he was like an athletic, even though he was a heavier set guy, he was always athletic. Um, uh, but it just makes you appreciate life in general, looking at like how many people like reflect and how much joy he brought people. And he was he was one of those people that always turned on like, you know, like his comedy is can be creepy, like um with his like his friends and things and like other people. Like uh who was the guy who was the guy? Um, the guy that played Austin Mike Myers. He talks about like when they were on Saturday I think it was 'Saturday Night Live' and Chris Farley would just um, he's taking a shower with like whatever location they were at when they were taking a shower Michael Myers take a shower and then Chris Farley would just open up his his like, why are you taking shower and be like, come on, you know you want? Like so like just like this like just like like over the just crossing the line. So he's always crossing the line. Uh but in a way where it's so creepy, it's funny, you know? And so he can laugh about it. And so they have these memories like that 'cause how can you like not forget like, how could you not remember that? You're never going to forget that. And so it's a memory that they can always go back to and like, oh man, I miss that guy. 'Cause like you just don't have people like that around that are willing to do like this extreme stuff just to get your smile or affection. Just to get your laugh. Yeah, and like, whatever it takes for the laugh. Yeah, and then one of his girlfriend's uh she also talked about his life and, you know, he was like rag on being like fat and things like that. Like almost to a fault, you know? And um, she was like, but man, he was sexy, you know, and they were just kind of talking about like, like how masculine he was. Like, he's like a a real good guy and just wanted to be have a family and stuff like that. So, it was just it was just it was just a it was cool and just to reflect back on his life. And then um, I said, who's this guy that he always would do like black sheep, Tommy Boy, the Spades? David Spade. And David Spade just like they would fight like brothers. And like they're their relationship was like a genuine relationship. And David Spade would just like, yeah, this is something that's always going to kind of affect me to the end of my life, you know, 'cause he's basically like his brother. So I was like, wow, this is this is but it's also cool to kind of see how people can I can't kind of reflect and it can still be happy um for their times with with them. And uh, it it was like a good um, kind of a reflection piece. Chris Farley is is he's like one of those like shooting stars where he came on the scene and when he blew up, you know, coming out of SNL and he started doing his films. Again, I I I'll be honest, I never watched a lot of his stuff. Um, I I don't think I've watched Black Sheep or Tommy Boy. I've heard about him like endlessly, but like his his humor didn't really like hit for me. But people would talk about it all the time. People in school, oh man, they open they they'd be quoting the films all the time. His most famous character is uh he's a the I don't know if it's coach something, but um, he's a motivational speaker. Oh, on SNL. Yes. You be uh rolling through the band down by the river. Yeah, those are pretty funny. I've seen 'cause he makes he makes he makes other people break when he's like, especially like day you see him like trying to turn away, trying not to laugh. So he's developed, so he the reason that uh Farley doesn't break is because he's developed that talent at um uh is an improv play, a famous improv place and I think Key and Michael Key uh also studied there.
Reginald Titus Jr.: Say yes and. Yeah, yeah, but I always one of the ones I always see from him, because you know, there's a best of Chris Farley on SNL. You can find those those that that video. Uh but the one with him and Patrick Swayze where they're like, oh, that's right. And he's he's doing his thing and like he gets a big pop from the audience. Him just kind of just breaking it down. But uh, but yeah, his his again, he's a shooting star and just kind of like going too soon, just kind of just like like like uh Jim Belushi, just like there, man, just hot high high energy and just a amazing talent, but yeah, it's one of those unfortunate sad tragic uh ends. Yes, indeed. I am Chris Farley.
Casey G. Smith.: Groundlings. Probably, I don't I don't know the name. I forget it. It affect me, but like he was like, I want to go there. And the reason that guy picked him is because he's like this guy's like honest, you know, and he's not trying to be funny. Uh he is trying to be funny, but he said there's an honesty in what he's doing. And so uh that allowed Chris Farley to like develop because this is he always like did like stage plays and stuff like that, but he was more of an athlete. He wasn't necessarily like this guy that's going to do this comedy stuff. Okay. He just likes being part of a team. And so like stage plays and all the stuff requires a team. So people enjoyed working with him because he's willing to give. So like on 'Saturday Night Live', if somebody tries to throw him off, it doesn't really work because he he'll go with it. So it won't it won't throw them off. He'll just like go, but he learned that from the improv days. Say yes and, stay in character, the yes yes and. Yeah, but I always one of the ones I always see from him, because you know, there's a best of Chris Farley on SNL. You can find those those that that video. Uh but the one with him and Patrick Swayze where they're like, oh, that's right. And he's he's doing his thing and like he gets a big pop from the audience. Him just kind of just breaking it down. But uh, but yeah, his his again, he's a shooting star and just kind of like going too soon, just kind of just like like like uh Jim Belushi, just like there, man, just hot high high energy and just a amazing talent, but yeah, it's one of those unfortunate sad tragic uh ends. Yes, indeed. I am Chris Farley. I am Chris Farley on YouTube and they have several profiles. Okay. So it's like it's different characters. It could be musicians and actors and things like that. I want to say I saw it uh show up on another maybe it maybe it showed up on on Vizial, but I I've seen I've seen the key art for that show up recently quite a quite a bit. Maybe maybe it was on YouTube. Yeah. Awesome. And that's it, bro. That's what we've been watching. Thank you so much for joining us. Um, you can find us on the usual socials, of course. Where you can find and listen to what we've been watching. Uh everything from YouTube, as well as SoundCloud and Spotify. Of course, you can catch us on again, all the usual spaces from Instagram and Twitter. Facebook as well. All often associated with Filmmaker Commentary, our other podcasts. But once again, for Reginald Titus Jr. and Casey G. Smith, this is what we've been watching. Peace. Respect.