Best of the Worst: Back in Action vs. Enemy Territory
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- čas přidán 13. 08. 2023
- OMG it's Best of the Worst! This time it's Canada vs. the US as we pit two action movies that look very similar on the surface against each other to see which country did it better! Rowdy Roddy Pipper and Billy Blanks star in Back in Action! The touching story of Billy Blanks turning into a raging psychopath at the idea that his little sister is out there somewhere living her own life. Then there's Enemy Territory, a John Carpenter-esque siege movie about an insurance nerd being trapped in a low end apartment building and running down the same hallway over and over and teaming up with Ray Parker Jr aka the guy who did the Ghostbusters theme song. Shablam!
- Zábava
The idea of a "Taken" movie where the daughter is fine but there was a misunderstanding is an AMAZING comedy plot
"Mis-taken"
That's basically The Big Lebowski.
@@WilliamT-ep8cz it takes Jeff Bridges 15 cuts to make a white russian
@@WilliamT-ep8czI remember there are more similar movie with this kind of plot (fake kidnapping etc).
They need to do Taken 7 as their next animated pitch video
I love how the McNamara brothers have become such a staple of BOTW that Mike exclaimed “It’s the boys!” when he realized who it was
They really are the boys, good friends you forgot you had
" Eat your milk and cookies boys !"
@@mattiron26 Apologize for callin me a Mac Truck
They were quite stapled together on that ATV
@@RyanReenBattikhthis is how Canadians insult each other.
"One tiny bag of cocaine"
Wow, Jay must have a REALLY expensive cocaine habit.
He's a very serious celebrity
You should see the price of cocaine in Milwaukee. No wonder everyone is an alcoholic. Last shipment of cocaine fell on the ground in March - they lost it in all the snow.
Hey, you try working with Mike Stoklasa, you'd have one too.
For a few years, Mike and Jay stopped editing subtitles for Rich's mispronunciations, but we are in a renaissance. We got Roat Shore and now we have Plouse.
I don't know what you are talking about. I keep my folding chable in my plouse by the roat shore.
Rich folds folding chables by the roat shore
Pour one out for Shoji Tabuchi, he passed away Friday at 79. Classic Wheel of the Worst tape Branson, MO entertainer.
I'm gonna get as drunk as all of those old people in the audience of his shows. Fly high, Shoji.
Shoji and JJ Bittenbinder... in the same year!
@@LincolnStarkWait Bittenbinder died?! Guess he went to that Great Second Location in the Sky.
RIP Shoji!
No!
He was such a classic
"Hey, Ray Parker Jr - you know that new sound you're looking for? Listen to this!" I'm in tears. This was gold.
I get the reference but I don't understand the relationship between BttF and anything in this episode.
@@Tetragrammaton22It came as a result of a comment made in that same conversation.
Funniest damned thing Jay's ever said...and that dude's pretty funny.
@@Tetragrammaton22 So Ray Parker Jr. was sued by Huey Lewis because the Ghostbusters theme song had the same bass line as "I Want a New Drug". Huey Lewis is the connection with BttF. It might just be the perfect joke, lol.
@@crystalrowan It's like poetry
I love that Mike thinks the audience of their shows is young, like some Gen Z kids just stumbled on their videos and thought "yeah, forget about TikTok, hearing these old men talk for 1 hour about obscure movies is what I was looking for".
As a gen z kid, yeah thats pretty much it
@@bababooey8330 😂
I guess I'm Gen Z, but I'm on the cusp of Z and Millennial, so I'm much more entertained by these guys than whatever the hell the Zoomers are doing on TikTok.
I'm 24 and have never used TikTok in my life. That shit is brain-rotting lmfao
to be fair, I am gen Z and I have been watching these assholes ever since I was 16 or something
The shoot out in the cemetery looked like a scene from Police Squad; I was half expecting them to just start throwing their guns at each other.
IN COLOR!!! 😂
@@AedanBlackheart Tonight's Episode: A Bird in the Hand
That, and Garth Marenghi's Darkplace.
Them all behind that little tractor was legitimately hilarious.
It's a shame Danny Elfman didn't stay behind the tiny tractor, he might have avoided getting shot 11:05
“Looks like they dressed a 12 year old kid up as a middle aged man” - Rich Evans describing Colin
Stranger Things Season 6
Flashback to the musical jacket
Danny Elfman NOOO!
Holy shit XD
Plot twist: he was describing both Colin AND Jay
I think Back in Action followed the classic cinema rule of "Don't show, don't tell". It believes in its audience to fill in all the blanks... Billy Blanks
Lol boooooo
The good old excuse for "we couldn't be bothered to write a story, figure this shit out yourself"
That should've been the movie's tagline: MOVIE GUY VOICE: "We leave YOU to fill in ALL the blanks -- BILLY BLANKS!"
Booooo
This is the best comment. The best of the worst.
Imagine if you joined the merchant marines and finally saved up enough to retire and then a sweaty aerobics celebrity appears and kicks you into a coma on board your ship
rip bozo
Jan Michael Vincent's character on Airwolf was written as being injured and ended up in a wheelchair during the last season of the show due in large part to his drinking problem. "Enemy Territory" was the first film JMV made after leaving Airwolf. (Clearly producers picked up some tips on how to manage a plastered JMV, and that memo was: wheelchair.)
Dixon Hill + wheelchair = Ironside
@@benjaminfisher5351 🤣 Touché.
Had no idea
Am always surprised when I hear stuff about actors like him
Never really watched airwolf
I'm 57 at time I was either working or watching something else
Wasn't an Ernest Borgnein
Fan either
Reminded me of one of my fat grandpa or uncles 😢
I was not expecting the McNamara cameo, the RLMCU is truly a masterpiece.
RLMCU
*trademark that sh!t ™️
Last time I clapped this hard was when Rem Lezar showed up in Infested
Billy blanks also is credited as being in Low Blow as a “Guard” or something.
The idea of the macnamaras being elected joint prime Minister of Canada is awesome. I want to see twins elected to a single office. I'm sure people would object to 2 twins running together, but I'm sure toy could convince a country that twins are one person in entity. Like the Corsican Twins Tomax and Xamot
Jay's closer to his dream of becoming 100% hair
Let him have it. It’s not wise to upset a Wookiee.
i think it's a puberty thing, it's all the hormones..
Jay inspired me to cut my long hair and get a cut like how his is now
So Cousin It?
@@LTRoyceBenBarks 59:04
15:59 Jay grabbing Mike's imaginary cheque and excitedly saying "$40!" was the cherry on top of an already hilarious bit lol
And the "split two ways" was the chocolate fudge on top of the cherry
40 Canada bucks
40 loonies@@zacharymacnamara5363
Listen 40 dablooneroni's goes a LONG way.
I don't know if they meant it, but it calls back to the Bob and Doug Mackenzie bit for "Take Off" where they were paid $30 (each) for doing the "hit single". I think Geddy Lee got the same amount.
Gentle Reminder: Billy Blanks is the inspiration for the character Dee Jay from Street Fighter 2.
And now seeing him with hair for the first time, that kind of makes sense.
Glad someone commented this.
I was gonna say it would be an easier way to relate him to zoomers than his exercise routine at this point.
@@warbossgegguz679 you'll be happy to know that you were right
I read that as Billy Blanks was inspired by Dee Jay from Street Fighter 2
Great now I can stop rewatching old RLM videos for a hour
Most of those are better than this one though, so keep going.
I see I'm not the only one. 😅
Definitely not the only one.
Can't believe when they were discussing Billy Blanks' unlimited ammunition no one said "but Billy was shooting blanks."
Can't believe it 😮
It would have been beneath them.
Of course they had a ton of spare ammo, they literally hired Billy *_Blanks!_* like, really.
@@Shinkajo Have you ever watched this channel?
All the viable liquid in his body escaped through the steam constantly emanating from his person.
I almost spit out my coffee when they showed Billy Blanks writing Tara on the wall with the torch cutter.
He should have written “Tara” in a different medium every place he went: mosaic tiles, colored chalk, etc.
I just wanted to comment that after hearing Jay talk about The Caller, I googled it to see what he was talking about, and no one online, including Wikipedia, would reveal the plot twist. Suitably intrigued, I sought out the film and watched it. While I won't reveal the ending either, I just want to say thank you Jay for introducing me to a very weird and niche film that I will remember for a long time.
I did the same thing and am supremely happy I did. Is it based off a book? It felt like a pulp era short story you’d find in a sci fi magazine imo
I was intrigued the second he said Malcolm McDowell.
It's at 3.36 on RYM which tends to be a much better judge than IMDB (where it's 61%). Anything over 3.00 is good, anything over 3.50 is really good.
And again, thanks for not spoiling.
People will never see it coming.
For those who want to know the twist, please read below
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It turns out The Caller is actually Cameron Mitchel wearing a disguise and the movie ends with him saying "close the fking doors"
Wow, just wow.@@eatpant1412
Mike: Theres a Canadian here.
Colin: ʰᵉˡˡᵒ
I like to imagine that Josh always just randomly wanders through the studio and that’s how he became a member of the group.
Josh is there?
He was a vagrant who slept in the RLM warehouse doorway to stave off the freezing Milwaukee winters. No joke.
Are we just openly saying Josh is the least funny now.
@@luckyspurs I’ve always thought that.
@@luckyspursJack exists
I love how Rich walks around like a 80 year old man with crippling, aggressive, lower back pain.
He's _riddled_ with disease.
The back pain he can deal with. But being too darn loud? Sheer depression.
Holy shit that stunt guy was Randy Butcher, what a beautifully bizarre cameo from the broader RLM cinematic universe
Timecode?
@@Edax_Royeaux 35:10 maybe?
Glad to see Colin's staying ahead of the long arm of the canadian law by hanging out with two elderly men and someone's unattended child!
It's a sting operation. Rich is totally wearing a wire.
The arm of canadian law being very short.
RedLetterMedia inspires me.. My parents said if i get 40K followers They'd buy me a professional camera for recording..begging u guys , literally
Begging...
The Mounties are very sorry they have to hold Colin accountable for...well, anything, really.
@@namantherockstarcringe bro
Someone I'm friendly with from high school is now neighbors with Billy Blanks. I thought about sending this to her to share with him, but about five minutes in it became clear that would be a bad idea.
You'll never hear from the friend again but you'll receive a very sweaty letter soon.
Dude, Billy Blanks is still making B movies. He definitely has a sense of humor about it. He'll probably comment on this episode if he sees it.
Maybe he's got a better sense of humor about himself than we'd all expect...
@@keithpl5438 definitely possible! I just feel odd about telling my friend to send a video to her friend where he's mercilessly mocked for how sweaty he is.
Billy Blanks just starred in a campaign founded movie called "The Last Kumite", it's going in post production now i think? He knows A LOT of channels watch and make fun of his movies, from what i've heard he is a pretty cool guy.
I'm always bummed Roddy Piper never got more action movies on a higher level. I think he could have easily run with Stallone and Arnold in that era. Tons of charisma and exceptionally good physicality in fight scenes, with a dash more grit.
He's also got a surprising relatable every-man quality for a wrestler.
Legitimately a better natural actor than both of them, imo. Would have kept getting better given the chance.
I'll always love "Hell Comes to Frog Town" just because I know Stallone or Arnold or any other action star of the era would turn their nose at even the thought of starring in it, but Roddy stepped up and made it his own!
At least we always have They Live.
He was really funny as The Maniac on Sunny. Top 5 side character on that show and I wish he was in more comedy stuff.
I commend Mike's restraint when Colin said "Shaka" to not reply with "when the walls fell"
Shaka when the Balls Melt
@@MFSeaMen Shaka when the sweat drips
Colin in Wisconsin.
What a character arc for him
Shakma!!!
Roddy Piper said in an interview that the title "Back In Action" didn't make a lot of sense as this was the FIRST of the two movies he made with Billy Blanks.
There's another one????
Maybe "Action in Back" would have made more sense, considering the apparent dysentery.
@@-PVL93-Tough And Deadly is the other one.
Maybe because Billy's character was a former soldier is my guess.
@@garymiller8320also, his hairline
The crew underestimates how many Zoomers (like myself) were raised by mothers who bought all the Billy Blanks Tae Bo DVDs - that man had a chokehold on my mom’s exercise habits before I hit puberty
..... theres an easy sexual joke in here somewhere....
The only thing Billy Blanks had a chokehold on was the undercooked chicken at craft services.
We had them on VHS. Such bright colors on the spines I was drawn to looking at them easily as a kid.
Colin's response to "Does Canada even have an anthem?" is the joke of the episode for me. And it gets talked over :P
“It’s like if Shake-n-bake made a bag full of clichés.” 👏👏👏 That’s an all-timer Rich Evans quote if I ever heard one.
Cliche-A-Filet. Let's you add cliches to any script, both movie or play; Instantley!
Have you heard one?
@@charlottecorday8494 “I want that juicy Shaq meat.”
@@highhorseo7875 Mmmmmmmmm!
And *I* helped!
That photo of Billy Blanks' character at 13:22 looks like Handsome Squidward, that's pure gold.
50:00 OMG LEXX!!!! I was pumped when they had some episodes set in newfoundland where the Stanley Tweedle actor is from (and im from the Labrador part of the province). Now thats a Blast from the past. old City TV days!!
OMG!!!! kind of funny, but I was speaking with Paul (creator of the amazing YT channel Smack Talk) before a livestream and for some reason we got to talking about Lexx. I think it's cause I mentioned I was from Canada. He has a mild obsession with the tv show and it was so strange sharing memories about an obscure scifi show I had nearly forgotten watching late night on City TV, here in Edmonton lol.
Dude I am fucking dying at the McNamara Brothers cameo. I literally can’t believe that. And the fact that this is their canon deaths after their other 2 movies, is unbelievable.
RIP RODDY. Dude was awesome. Met him a few times in my time as a Wrestler. Guy told me alot bout the business. Great guy.
Before we get Back in Action I just wanted to say RIP to the King of Branson, Soji Tabuchi. That is all.
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Oh no! Genuinely sad to hear that. But good on him to have lead the life he did.
@@SsnakeBite Yeah think he was still doing his shows close to the end even if they weren't at his theater which unfortunately had been closed for quite awhile. I actually saw the exterior of it when I was in Branson around Christmas last year. Although I didn't see him, I did see the place where he had been doing his shows. It was at a little IMAX equipped movie theater and show complex that had a family restaurant called McFarland's. Ate at the restaurant, it was good eating.
🙏♥️🎻🕺
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Here in Canada, growing up in the early 90s, I can tell you Back In Action seemed like it was ALWAYS on cable on the movie channels. I completely forgot it, then watched this and IMMEDIATELY realized I had memorized the whole fucking movie like it was a Simpsons episode. Holy shit, my friends and I quoted Roddy Piper ENDLESSLY for like a year. What a great stupid movie.
It took me a solid like 2 years of just watching like A video from these guys here and there before this channel and these guys clicked for me. And now I basically fall asleep to best of the worst nightly. There’s something so sweet and endearing about their friendships. Particularly Mike and rich. I didn’t not realize they’ve basically been lifelong friends
COLIN!!!
Also I'm pretty certain that Mike has underestimated the age of his audience yet again and the vast majority of us know exactly what Tae Bo is
I saw it on tiktok
@@playedout148 I think you mean the hit Train song, Drops of Jupiter.
Just watching Tae Bo for 5 seconds tells you everything you'd need to know about it
I remember seeing ads for it on TV where they had a sort of training dummy designed as an exercise program, it was blue and pink-ish
I’m 28 and I used to use his tapes for exercise when I was a kid
If you guys haven't seen the news already... Shoji Tabuchi has passed away on the 11th of August. He was 79. RIP
I I I I I I I I I I I’m speechless 😢
"If Shake-n-bake made a bag of cliches" Beautiful sentiment that you just can't get anywhere but RLM!
Find yourself someone who can read your expressions as perfectly as Mike read Rich's at 29:09
That's true love right there
They are a perfect adorable old married cpuple!
@@Scribbled_DeathAfter all these years, still making sweet sweet dusty love.
When Rich laughs my cat looks concerned.
The hypothetical Taken plot would be a great spoof movie. They could call it "misTaken".
Bravo sir. Bravisimo
YESSSSS!!
I love that they credited Neil Cicierega with the Ghostbusters music video footage.
Wow they credited a person for a thing they made!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@notveryniceatall I don't think you know who Neil Cicierega is. You should do a little more thinking before you start talking.
Billy Blanks: "Those DAMN ENCHILADAS!!!"
incredible how even back in high school, Rich had already typecast himself as Curmudgeonly Old Person
No!
Maybe
I don't know
it's like poetry; it rhymes
Can you repeat the question?
Yes sir. I'd like to order five dozen Mouse Pops, ten Car Poofs, and of course my usual half dozen Fart Bags.
Would you like a box of Teeny Fire Sticks to go with that, or perhaps an Ember Flinger?
“Of course, Mr. Evans-- they’ll be waiting for you on the folding chable next to the register.”
Insert Chris Evans "I understood that reference" meme.
charge it to Rote Shore's account...
Roddy is so fun to watch, he got better at acting. I sincerely mean that.
Jay's Back to the Future joke is the best joke I've heard in a long long time
RIP Shoji Tabuchi. I needed some new Best of the Worst. Thank you again RLM!
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btw guys sometimes ppl in wheelchairs can move their legs, actually most wheelchair users retain some amount of leg movement. usually people have them because they cant stand for long periods of time without pain or fatigue.
Yeah, a lot of people have to be able to stand up and move themselves into bed from them.
LOL Mike just drinking a energy drink while watching a movie, he can't stop shaking his legs.
Someone I was watching it with brought up how frustrated they were that there wasn't an intro where they're reading the back of the boxes in the viewing room, and how this opening just cuts to them sitting at the table. And I told them it's sort of like their Spotlight episodes, but that yeah, I do like the intros being there too.
Literally said to myself "I've never seen this episode before!"... before fucking realizing NONE OF US had seen this before.
It's really great to see Colin back, but I do miss Jim as well. Hopefully, he'll be back next time alongside Colin.
an episode with Jim, Jay, Josh and Jack. We will call it Jest of the Jorst
RedLetterMedia inspires me.. My parents said if i get 40K followers They'd buy me a professional camera for recording..begging u guys , literally
Begging...
Agreed. It's always a good time with the Canadians.
@@D0NU75 Best of the Beards... and Jack
Theyve been cutting down on expenses, they can only afford one canadian on-screen at a time now
Whenever he’s on, it feels like wish fulfillment to see a guy they met and brought onto the show turn out to be such a good friend of the show and be so charming and funny. Keep it up, Mr. Mochrie. You’re always so fun to watch.
"I see Jay still refusing to get that haircut, darn hippie" - Mike's inner thoughts
Wait this is a Best of the Worst gimmick WITHOUT randomization?! Truly we have been blessed!
Nah, Battle of the Genres is the best.
Next time they can roll dice to decide which movies they pair against each other.
I hope they do another head to head - T-FORCE (1994) vs. TC 2000 (1993) in a battle of the worst Terminator ripoffs.
Lady terminator already won this
Hope these guys never lose interest in watching bad films. I've been watching these on repeat and it's never not funny
I think the reason Billy's always so sweaty is to increase the lighting highlights on his skin. I also think it's probably his idea. Dude is always sweaty on camera.
Glad to see Colin back in action
Straight from Canada into enemy territory - this will be good!
Colin is my nephew’s name.
Enemy Territory is one of the best from the late 80s that’s still stuck in VHS purgatory. Hopefully one day, it’ll get he 4K treatment that it most definitely deserves.
Paging Vinegar Syndrome.....
The sign on Jack Astor's said sorry we're open. Hilarious.
My high school gym classes used to play those tae bo videos for a unit lmfao core memory unlocked
Nice to see Colin as always. I hope Jim is doing well, we haven’t seen him on since before Covid
Jim is still in recovery from the "lorem ipsum" joke
@@DenizuOOF
@@Denizu That joke was awesome.
I'm just recovering from a brutal food poisoning, so I am very sympathetic to Billy Blanks.
Hahahaha, when ye got to the villain of Back in Action I was like "hold on a second! That dude was LaCroix in Forever Knight!" Turns out his name is Nigel Bennett.
He was also in THE SHAPE OF WATER as the KGB agent.
My favorite game to play is seeing how far into an episode before I know whether Jay or Mike edited it. The second we saw footage of The Caller, I knew it.
Mike tries to make a comparison between Billy Blanks and Jane Fonda, promptly gets smacked down by Jay, and retreats to his beer. Beer will never tell you you’re wrong, Mike!
The cinema historian in Jay just couldn't deal with Jane Fonda being compared to Billy Blanks.
That was Mike trying to explain something to Zoomers and having a Boomer fail moment.
Being compared to that treasonous snake is a grievous insult to Billy.
To me Billy Blanks will always be the football player who shoots himself on the field in The Last Boy Scout.
Glad someone else recognized him
"To me, Billy Blanks is always dead"
lol
That was him too? That was a great intro to a movie, apparently the original line before shooting was supposed to be "I'm going to Disneyland" but they couldn't get the rights for him to say that.
The most expensive movie he was ever in, like when Dolph Lundgren was in Aquaman.
Wait, that was him? It certainly fits his "being super sweaty" schtick but I had not connected those two roles in my mind, jokes aside that was a pretty cool and completely outlandish way to start a movie, the RLM boys really should do a Re:View of that film, the dialogue is a cut above what one would find in most action movies of the time which is saying something since that was the golden age of action scripts and one-linners.
Colin throwing out a Lexx reference is incredibly Canadian and evokes ancient lore.
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I love the Mackinac Island shirt Rich has on. I'm from Michigan and used to go on vacation with the family every summer in Mackinac and would go out to the island one of the days. It's a magical place really. No motor vehicles allowed on the entire island. I haven't been in close to 15 years. I need to go again soon.
My grandparents used to live in the UP between Houghton and Marquette. One of the last memories I have of my grandma was her taking me to see Mackinac Island.
Sounds very Joe Pera
I could watch the people who makes the salt water taffy all day long. Stuff is amazing too.
I’m an honored Michigander. Love the appreciation.
I like how these old, old men assume their viewership is comprised of Zoomers who don't get any of their old man references.
They do that a lot. Makes be wonder if they get complaints or if they're just self conscious.
Rlm viewers are split equally between young hipsters and crusty old dudes
The fact that Rich is wearing a Mackinac Island shirt, a place where cars aren't allowed and you have to walk anywhere, is just hilarious to me.
Tony Todd: "I am IMMORTAL!"
These were MADE for BOTW!
A day with a new Best of the the Worst is a damn good day.
Billy Blanks is making a movie right now with a bunch of B movie action stars from the 80s and 90s. It's called "The Last Kumite". I think they just finished prinicipal filming.
Colin bathes in poutine to keep his youthful look and dresses like a character from The Sandlot.
What a treat, we watch Back in Action with Billy Blanks AND Back inaction with the elderly RLM crew.
_Back in Action_ really should have had a subplot where the press calls him the Gone with the Wind Killer because he writes "Tara" everywhere.
Or maybe the Scarlett Killer. That sounds cooler.
"If I have to lie, cheat, steal, or kill, as God is my witness... I will never be dry again!!"
@lisah-p8474 "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a drip."
It should have been called _Sopping Justice._
"Ray Parker Senior was at a Huey Lewis concert and he said 'Ray Parker Junior, listen to this!'"
Classic stuff by Jay. Perfect joke.
22:15 "Taken?" Centers around Liam Neeson's character from the Taken series... (Mr. McTaken?) In his later years, he's been committed to an elderly care facility due to dementia. But he still has a particular set of skills... and makes use of them to escape the care center and rescue his daughter and granddaughter... he thinks.
Seeing a clip from Do The Right Thing in an RLM video wasn’t on my bingo card for today
Who cares
"Expect No Mercy", which flashed at the beginning of the video when you were discussing Billy Blanks' career, is a fantastic piece of schlock that I randomly happened upon a few months ago. Entertaining from start to finish, and Yes, he is sweaty the whole time. It's on CZcams, and well worth a watch.
It's cool to see Billy Blanks. I recently watched Expect No Mercy, and it's a perfect movie to watch with friends. Blanks was unnecessarily wet in that movie, too.
He brings his own spray bottle to film shoots. He was tired of hearing the make-up department say, “say when!”
Probably the steroids.
"plouse" is an excellent addition to the "rich evans mispronounces words" collection
I assume he started to say place and switch midword to house.
My plouse is where I keep my folding chable.
I always thought Billy Blanks looked like a They Live alien. Now it makes sense.
Re: Canada and siege movies, there’s another one called Kings and Desperate Men (1981) that’s so Canadian it stars Margaret Trudeau,
mother of Justin, current prime minister of said country. It also stars Patrick McGoohan of The Prisoner television show and was written, directed, produced and edited by an actor who appeared on that show with him, Alexis Kanner.*
Kings and Desperate Men is about a group taking a DJ and his family hostage in a high-rise to conduct an on-air interactive mock trial. Kanner actually sued the makers of Die Hard claiming it was essentially similar to his movie, but lost the case.
* Incidentally, I have a pet theory that Alexis Kanner’s look in The Prisoner in 1967 influenced the look of the characters in A Clockwork Orange in 1971, which more resembles Kanner’s costume in The Prisoner than the ACO novel’s description of the droogs’ appearance. (Kanner’s character is a chaotic, mad, murderous young man, so may have been written with the 1962 novel fresh in the writers’ minds.)
What I'm taking from this is that the "plastic Hollywood heroes" the McNamaras were railing against in their own movies were, in fact, Billy Blanks and Roddy Piper.
I can imagine an alternate timeline where the Barbarian Brothers went on to fame and fortune, and spent the better part of a decade at the top of Hollywood. Say what you will about them, the guys are gigantic. The McNamara brothers, not so much.
First thing I check is the length of the video… if it’s over an hour, then I know this is going to be a banger of an episode.
Yeah, but how am I supposed to justify drinking before noon? This just isn't fair.
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Begging...
@@namantherockstarput you're loving hand out baby
@@secondarycontainment4727just start drinking now and it’ll be 6 o’clock in no time
Longer is always better with the joys of RLM. These precious YT Not-So-Shorts are guaranteed multiple watches from me.
Jay needs to share some of his hair with the others, it's growing too powerful
I need an hour-long clip of Rich. No movie commentary, no snark, just uproarious laughter
Colin nailed it with the Miles Davis line. Can not unsee.
13:23 that slow zoom into the greatest picture of all time had me dying laughing
He looks like a cadaver in that photo, is just such a bizarre thing to include in the shot and for some reason try to divert the attention of the watcher to it.
And what I assume is a live grenade on his shelf
In all honestly the Mcnamara brothera might have did it for a chance to meet Blanks or in exchage for a seminar at their school. While most kinda know him as a b-grade movie dude or from Tae Bo Blanks was all over the pages of inside karate and all the other martial arts magazines during that period. In that world he was somewhat of a big deal.
jan michael-vincent being so wankered he can only move around in electric wheelchair was a highlight