Running Scared (1986)
RUNNING SCARED this week, a good looking buddy cop movie from the 80’s that’s unremarkable save for a stunningly unfunny performance turned in by Billy Crystal. Happy ohhhh Noooooovember
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I love you guys but I've gotta ask the ActionBoyz a key question here: did Peter Hyams reject you for a gig or steal one of your girlfriends at some point?? 😆 Granted I can't help but love this movie just purely based on nostalgia goggles - this and Aliens were the first R-rated movies I saw in theaters (Aliens clearly holds up much better) but your takes about how "unfunny" this movie is and how the two leads are miscast are just SO far outside of what I have heard from most others about this movie.....and you have been equally dismissive of other Peter Hyams movies like Outland and Sudden Death. I'm not saying that he's on the level of a Friedkin or Walter Hill but the dude clearly had a good rapport with various stars, his films are always tight, and he knew his way around a good action setpiece. All of the stuff shot here around Chicago looks great, the supporting cast is fun, the two leads have obvious chemistry...and the overall plot? It's pretty generic but it holds up as well as any number of other buddy movies (Tango & Cash, The Rookie) which I have heard you guys give full passes to from this same era.... I KINDA get your Billy Crystal complaints overall as outside of this and When Harry Met Sally, I have honestly found him to be mostly insufferable. But he's just doing something different here than his usual cloying schtick. He's doing an adept job of playing an asshole cop. Sorry I just don't get the hate.
Gret ep! In case you've never seen the music video for Sweet Freedom, here you go: https://youtu.be/kJT6haWz39Y?si=YVyqFl2RVZnutjBb
Hell yeah
The constant & never-ending barrage of negativity from Rodgers in regards to comedian & legend Billy Crystal made the episode unlistenable.
Did anyone else have their entire world rocked by the fact that Billy Crystal is shredded in this movie https://twitter.com/sepinwall/status/1379517677975265283
The guy that punches Billy Crystal playing basketball was my Tae Kwon Do instructor in Elgin IL. He was a Chicago area stuntman - Stacy Logan. Look him up on imdb - he was in tons of Chicago movies with Norris and even Arnold. He'd kick our asses and tell us about making the movies after class. Still my fucking hero. This is my Action Boyz origin story. The only thing missing is that he didn't try to molest me.
I’m a janitor in South Dakota. I’ve always considered it the upper Midwest
They said it was impossible but they did it twice! Once again congrats to the Action Boyz for reaching 5K+ patrons! Just Beginning!
"Brett Auerbach" 😄
I'm so pumped for Eternals.
I heard Margaret Cho on Do You Need A Ride talking about gaining a bunch of weight shooting Face/Off cuz she’d eat with Travolta. He’d order big meals like Beef Wellington and then a bunch of pies, apparently he’d just house a whole pie himself
Wait... What did Granny Rhyno collect?
I worked in the State of Illinois building (the building where the big final action sequence takes place) - not only was it a total disaster in terms of climate control (there would literally be ice on the inside walls) but it was designed in a very suicide-friendly matter - at least 5 people have committed suicide by jumping from the interior floors since it opened.
I like the 2006 reboot better. Paul Walker plays Ray Hughes.
Hi Boyz, “Sneakers” (1992) is now streaming on HBO Max. Just throwing it out there. My voice is my passport, verify me.
I worked as a custodian, at Setec Astronomy, in the 90s.
Please cover 1995's Chameleon, which my father purchased on VHS at an Ace Hardware. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4ZWIPuhoPU
Holy fuck this looks awesome
Rogers, you have plenty of time to sleep in. My parents are in their 70s and they still stay up past 4am and sleep until noon.
Vintage nuggets
Like 'Innocent Blood,' a real example of how a cavalcade of outstanding character actors both levels up the quality of the film, but at the same time emphasizes the shortcomings of the lead. You know, the Very Cool and Extremely Sexy Dramatic Actor Billy Crystal!
I love how three quarters of the way into the show, Stanger casually mentions that he’s worked with Billy Crystal.
Worked at a campus deli in college & always brought home meat along with panini accoutrements...best thing ever in a Foreman grill! I'm also from Iowa & don't think I've heard anyone not include us in the Midwest discussion haha
I’ve always thought this was the all time funniest Looney Tunes ep https://youtu.be/4JGVXV1No2E
The midwest ends at the Mississippi river. Dakotas are Great plains, Missouri is south or midsouth. Midwest is Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio. Sometimes Iowa and Minnesota but not really. Them The Plains.
Im from no dak and always considered it the midwest west.
Along with the famed "Ice Cream Episode," this episode will go down in ABZ lore as the "I thought this was a good joke" episode
Jon Hamm does embarrassing SkipTheDishes Canada adverts.
What’s he done with his money? He wasn’t married so there’s no divorce settlement to pay.
Joey Pants does a Pesci in Casino level Chicago accent in Bound (1996). It rules
Loved hearing Jason Mantzoukus shout-out ABZ at 44:00 on Comedy Bang Bang today!
Holy shit Stanger's description of Jokko as the bad boy clothing guy is 100% perfect. Laughing my ass off right now at that.
Really enjoying the disdain for billy crystal. Never gave him much thought, but I get it now and I’m sold.
One of those movies where I saw the box a million times as a kid but my parents wouldn't let me get it. What an 80s treat.
Anyone got a link for that Daffy Duck cartoon Stanger mentioned?
This one maybe? https://youtu.be/yCfKsO3jFkE
The Pump Room is a famous restaurant in Chicago! https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pump_Room,_Chicago
Was, sadly.
Anyone got a link to that Eternals tweet? I gotta roast my buddy.
It is strange how Midwest northern Illinois is and how Southern Illinois is just West Kentucky.
Deepfakes are corny, but damn if I don't laugh at Kyle Dunnigan's shit every time I see it on Instagram
That's because he's extremely talented and funny.
I’d pay $30 for a “I’m friends with your salad, remember?” T shirt. Just sayin’.
yeah i need more shirts i need to awkwardly explain
One of my fav eps in a while. Nice job ABZ!
That lady running in the snow video happened in Portland. Every time is snows here (which isn't often), it's posted all over the internet. I watch it every time.
Lavoris mouthwash.
I think Tom Green's doing fine. He pops up as a guest on a podcast here or there just enough to get a whiff of what he's up to. He had a talk show for a while, think he mostly does stand up now. Early in the pandemic he got a customized sprinter van to live and podcast out of to go around the US and Canada, visit friends and see the sights and shit, sounded awesome, don't know what came of it..think it was on The Poundcast
Green’s career took a nosedive after Freddy Got Fingered but he absolutely should have seen that coming (I’m saying this as someone who loved the movie).
I love ABZ but it’s always a stark reminder of how abnormal I am. They discuss their high school conquests and I couldn’t get a girl to kiss me until college. They naturally wake up at 8 and my body wants to sleep 3am - 11am. People talk about alphas and betas, I’m more like a delta or some shit
We got an upsilon over here
The Tom Green stuff makes me think Freddy Got Fingered would be a great pick for a Shadow Wolves movie.
Red Letter Media does a great exploration of that film.
The New Beverly Cartoon Club is excellent. Nice mix of classic Bugs, Daffy, Donald, Chilly Willy, Foghorn, Heckle and Jeckle, etc. They also had Jerry Beck (cartoon historian/producer) on hand to break down a few episodes during intermission. My daughter and the rest of the kids didn't give a shit, but it was cool for the adults.
Every time im watching a thing and Billy crystal shows up i say to myself "god do i wish Paul Reiser was in this". Paul Reiser, the good version of Billy crystal.
jfc Idaho is in the northwest, outside of Washington state it's the most northwest of the contiguous 48
Hawai'i is where much of Magnum p.i. (1980) was filmed.
I want a movie that is Richard Dreyfus and billy crystal being unlikeable assholes to each other over dinner, like my dinner with Andre (as a movie of two people having dinner together, not that they were assholes) but “my dinner with this asshole” and they’re both pointing at each other on the poster and looking exasperated
Just gonna put my name out there as a Colombian Necktie consultant you guys could theoretically hire for your podcast. I haven't been all that busy lately.
Multiple layers of clothing is a character in this movie.
Seriously how is Chris Delia just still making podcasts and Instagram posts and shit?
Because for as much as cancel culture is an actual thing- where there is a certain group of people who will now think less of you and Hollywood studios might be disinclined to hire you for about 3 years- those people who now think less of you weren’t the people who made you popular in the first place and there’s now a new group of people who, now that you’ve been identified as a victim of cancel culture, are more likely to give you money.
Running Scared, yes! I was afraid they might do a Don Wilson or Cynthia Rothrock movie. Phew!
3 hours LETS FUCKINNN GO!
Childhood gaslit me into thinking this was great.
Every Billy Crystal movie should start with a random extra punching him in the face during the first scene, it makes the rest of his bullshit in this a lot more palatable.
A very different Monsters, Inc.
Billy Crystal's comedy in the car is so funny I had to pull MY car over to the side of the road to keep from crashing 🤪
I watch most of my movies while driving 🙃
Stanger is my all time #1 favorite action boy ever.
My ranking is #1 Stanger, #1 Rodgers and of course can't forget at #1 Gabrus