Shadow Wolves January 2022

Berry Blaustein’s VO reminded me of Cal Solomon

You guys made the joke in reference to Chewbacca having a different, perhaps racially motivated name, and it draws weird and uncomfortable parallels to The Dam Busters which Star Wars borrows heavily from. Particularly that the hot shot pilot has a beloved (historically accurate) dog named n-word. A name which is used over and over again in the movie. Anyway. Just a weird coincidence I’m sure. Glad Lucas didn’t use the original name.

Since ABZ like biographies, I have to recommend Mick Foley's Have a Nice Day. I read it when it came out and I was in 6th or 7th grade, peak wrestling fandom, which would've added to my enjoyment of it, but I think it would hold up today wrestling fan or not. Written by Mick I believe, no ghost writer. So many good stories about his way to the top that I still remember, plus some great WWF behind the scenes stories, but I forget if those are in his first or 2nd book. I think there's an audiobook out, too. The stories about wrestling in Japan are nuts and worth the read alone.

Another shadow wolves down and they still haven’t gone in depth on Benedetta. I need to hear their takes on some of the farting and shitting in that movie

My wife and I have been slowly amassing a 70s-90s VHS action movie/psychosexual thriller collection that we do crafts to every night after work. Action Boyz saved my marriage. Thank you Action Boyz.

I had a connecting flight through Houston and Terry Funk happened to be on my flight. We both went to the bathroom after we landed, and I said hi to him after we were both back outside. I shook his hand knowing he hadn't washed his hands in the bathroom. We talked for a good 5 or so minutes, very nice guy. My point is, I've touched Terry Funk's piss

Sam Elliot is GREAT in 1883. The first couple seaons of Yellowstone were really fun too. I ended up buying a cowboy hat to wear while I watch the show in my basement...pathetic.

Anyone else who saw Licorice Pizza catch what movie was on the marquee of the theater at the end?

GABRUS - Wheel of time Final book is worth the journey! you are almost there! Glad to hear you are chewing threw them

Glad Stanger brought up Boiling Point(2021) I had just watched it before the ep dropped. I enjoyed it. Very tense movie if you’ve ever worked in a restaurant

When Shockmaster started talking I truly thought Kevin had inserted Stanger into some old wrestling clip for a new style of cold open

My conservative in laws bring up Yellowstone a lot "it's really good, but don't watch around the kids." We don't have kids

Ugh my band teacher totally started messaging me on FB after I graduated. His wife was the Spanish teacher.

Speaking of Syd. Watch him snap his ankle on tv. https://youtu.be/yZ8gvjJ6wUY

I also know a band director that married a former student

Jake The Snake is a perfect blend of Waingro and Gandolfini

I'm such a loser and left the worst local controversy voicemail. I left out all the good details. So in Middletown NY a bunch of local fireman from surrounding fire companies got busted for selling fentanyl. One guy was even bold enough to sell it directly out of the firehouse. So here they are selling a guaranteed death sentence and also going out on these OD calls trying to save their customers lives. There was also a local biker gang involved in distribution. Lots of people went to jail. But yeah that's what I meant to say but I'm an idiot.

I remember damage

Pretty sure the shockmaster's voice was an off stage Ole Anderson... a good bit like the voice in night of the demons

I feel like shockmaster would be really great at letting the boyz know the production company that makes each movie. Not sure why, just seems like he'd be great at it for some reason.

Shockmaster was Tugboat/Typhoon from WWF, who was a hoss in his early days. Dude was benching like 600 in the 80s. Another crazy Sid story is that he stabbed Arn Anderson 30+ times with a pair of scissors in a hotel brawl.

Highly suggest going with the Director's Cut of Kingdom of Heaven; it includes some very important character motivations.

Also I wanted to clarify that the Shock Master bullshit was from 1993 and it is hard to quantify how much “professional wrestling” changed from the early 90s to the late 90s.

The boys mentioned The Ringer a few times this ep. Turns out the DP on The Ringer is Action Boyz royalty. He also shot Passenger 57, Showdown in Little Tokyo, Robocop2, and The Protector (85 Jackie Chan flick). He’s also shot a ton of iconic horror like The Fly and Scream and a bunch of classic comedies like Something About Mary and Kingpin. Dude fucking works.

Hey Action Boyz I promise I don’t place any fault towards anyone and I don’t wish my life experience on anyone else. I Love the show (I’m also a Shadow Wolf… obviously). This January Shadow Wolf episode led me to share this. I had my first gynecomastia (breast reduction surgery) in 1997 when I was 14. As life would have it, my bitch tits grew back and I had a second gynecomastia surgery in 2004 when I was 21. Sadly, “Big Naturals” means something entirely different to me. As a male it sucks when you inherit your tits from your mom instead of your dad (please laugh at this joke) I hope that even Big Jon would laugh at this. Thank you for all of the entertainment. I’m now closing in on 40, happily married, and the emotional damage inflicted by post-puberty bitch tits has been relatively forgettable. Please bring back StangerBot or StangerGorgon.

The scenes with Jake and his dad are brutal, especially knowing all the physical and sexual abuse his dad inflicted on his children.

Curious what Rogers thought of Victoria. Was a stand out one shot movie for me. I liked it outside of the one-take-ness. Felt like it added tension but idk

Meat Loaf was hilariously discussed on the "Streets of Fire" episode. Best episode of 2021 imo.

Surprised that Stanger and Gabrus are so high on Belfast. Its depiction of childhood is very good, but the plot of the family clashing with the external drama (ESPECIALLY that showdown/climaxish scene) was real hokey and forced IMO. Which is weird considering it's supposed to be semi-autobiographical.

With the Michael Bay talk, suggestion for a future Shadow Wolves open, Michael Bay at the Samsung trade show freezing up and walking off when the teleprompter stopped working.

Foley was supposed to go through the cage ceiling, but not so fast (they didn't realize the connections between the sections of cage ceiling would break as those two huge dudes walked over them), and the chair was not supposed to be placed there, that was the main fuck-up. The chair hit him in the face when he hit the mat and gave him a bad concussion, plus drove the tooth through his nose.

Listening to the RoboCop 2 episode and they're talking about voice actors for tv channels. I always thought Stanger's voice sounded like guy the who did Fox 5 NY area kids block voice over, VO Actor Jess Harnell

Would be very into Gabrus discussing the Wheel of Time at length. He is so self-deprecating about it and apologetic about its length every time i hear him talk about it, even in the High and Mighty episode. I'd like to hear what he likes about it more, who is his favourite main and secondary characters (gotta be Perrin right?), would he rather be Aiel or a Shienarian, that kinda dorky shit. Also, does he know that Robert Jordan served in the Vietnam War and did Michael Mann like levels of research? Was a dope dude. Would love to hear him dork out more about these fucking great books.

Thanks Action Niños

"OH MY GOD HE'S GONNA PUKE! HE'S GONNA PUKE!!!" - Vince McMahon

The New Jack Dark Side of the ring is amazing definitely required viewing

I'd recommend Yellowstone to anyone who loves Blue Bloods and has also long dreamed of showing up to the office wearing a cowboy hat and boots.

The ABZ Library: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/162873.The_Action_Boyz_Library 3 Books added. Didn't add the Mel Brooks book because Stanger said it wasn't good. Not adding Wheel of Time books because there's too many.

Stephen Graham being severely undersold by Stanger. He’s the dude from Snatch. Al Capone from Boardwalk Empire. Was in the Irishman. In my pantheon of character actors with Scoot Mcnairy and Stephen Root or Jerod Harris.

Yellowstone is a fun watch. Cole Hauser is doing the Lord’s work as a bona fide badass.

Chucky is canon in wrestling too https://bleedingcool.com/tv/chucky-returns-nxt-features-more-wcw-nostalgia-at-halloween-havoc/

Oh man, not being able to tell if it was Shockmaster or Stanger was a great way to start the episode.

I won’t defend The Book of Boba Fett as I’ve outright stopped watching but Temuera Morrison is a good actor so it must be the creators. Watch him in Once Were Warriors to see his talent. Oh, and it sounds as though Brian Cox has the classic Scottish trait of maybe not being an Alcoholic who has to drink to function but is a Problem Drinker (regular binges; not “having drinks” but “going drinking”; sober or ALL the bevvy!). 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🍻

I'm definitely gonna need more cold opens of the Boyz reacting to old Wrestlecrap clips.

Have they ever mentioned "13 Assassins"? Definitely a great sword movie and one of my favorites from Miike. I'm the Stranger Bot of my group.

Hell yeah man

I love the Action Boyz, especially stanger. ⚡️🔒