Shadow Wolves October 2022
The boyz discuss what they're watching/reading, answer some calls from the ABZ phone line, and talk about Ernest Scared Stupid (1991)!
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Shout out to Gabrus for the "Undeclared" reference
Hell yeah
Can we get time stamps on the voicemail segment so I can skip listening to these fucking losers
Anyone ever see the photos of Jonathan Ames' boxing match? He wins it and the photos after with then-girlfriend Fiona Apple are... weird and super hot. Shes looking up at him in one photo with the most "I want to fuck you so bad right now" looks ever. And hes a weird looking dude, with a strange, circus-like crowd, so the photos got a lot going on.
BOYS! I’m catching ALLIGATOR with Robert Forester on tnt or some shit. This fucking movie is fun as hell. Would love to hear the ep.
saw that in the theater right before the pandemic. movie rips.
The girl who predicted columbine’s family started an organization in her honor called Rachel’s Challenge that went to high schools around the country- mine included- telling that story (and literally showing the pictures of that drawing on a projector like Stanger joked about). I think it was ultimately an anti-bullying thing but they REALLY played up the stuff about her predicting the massacre. It was wild.
Gabrus is spot on, I fucking hate mirrors.
Great episode guys
Might not be the advice the demon ghost guy is looking for but I don’t see the point of a pull up bar if you can levitate. Seems like cheating.
Full Ernest Goes to Camp here while it lasts: https://ww6.0123movie.net/movie/ernest-goes-to-camp-9342.html
Start with this for the authentic VHS experience: https://archive.org/details/youtube-V_x16izYRGI
RETURN OF MEE LEE YOSE RETURN OF STANG ..couple eps behind maybe he's been back I dunno
Hocus Pocus 2 is a perfect example of the backslide of cinematography and mise-en-scène in streaming service movies. Watching the original and the new one back to back the decline is striking.
I have a blu ray of Ernest Goes to Camp (of course I do). If the Action Boyz IT Department wants to walk me through uploading it to vimeo or something I would do that. IT department or we got to have a guy in a van. Well I'm sure we have a guy in a van but I'm talking about a tech van.
Based on this ep's opening clip, I want to recommend "WNUF Halloween Special" to the action faction. It is a cheap 2014 "movie" that is meant to look like a VHS recording of a late 80s news broadcast followed by a special where a reporter investigates a supposed haunted house. About 1/4 of the movie is made up commercials which are pretty funny/frustrating. The news anchors are great. Some good satanic panic in there. Mostly funny but some scares. I think there is a full version on youtube, enjoy.
Anyone watching Andor? I never expected Star Wars to be this good
It’s a revelation; so, so good. I swore off Star Wars after Rise of Skywalker (I had a sinking feeling during the opening crawl and a voice inside was like ‘that’s it, I’m out’) and haven’t bothered with any of the other tv shows. I had to check it out when my favorite TV critic ,Sean T Collins, said it was a real goddamn show. It is genuinely the best thing with the Star Wars name since ‘Return of the Jedi’- and a legitimately mature look at fascism, radicalism and rebellion. I love it.
Loved the Ernest movies when I was young. Loved Ernest Goes To Jail, Ernest Goes To Camp, and Ernest Saves Christmas. Thought I loved Ernest Scared Stupid but realized I've never seen it after watching it for this episode. It's complete dogshit 😃
Big Adam Curtis fan here. Watched and re-watched a couple times his last documentary Can't Get You Out of My Head. The great part about Curtis is while I don't always agree with his ideas they're always riveting. They sit with me for days and days and I can't shake the ideas and images. So I'm very much going to have to check out Trauma Zone. I would also say if you haven't seen any of his work and want an in point, HyperNormalisation is a great starting point.
This is the one that got me into Curtis, didn't know shit about Ayn Rand really before this https://www.filmsforaction.org/watch/bbc-all-watched-over-by-machines-of-loving-grace/ It's funny Rodgers mentioned Heidecker in that Curtis Q&A cuz he had him on his show last week https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60-yfzGpNek
I'm glad I'm not the only kid that cried during Ernest Goes to Camp.
Simon Rex looks like the next Jim Varney
I was at work listening which David Milch book did Ben recommend?
Cool thanks
Yeah, Varney was a chain smoker and died of lung cancer. Bummer.
Hey, Stanger- love the Action Boyz!
Missed opportunity!!! Stanger-Bot or Goregon could of filled in for Rhino and we fan are not stupid. It’s not like you lost your ability to summon either of them Missed opportunity!
Hey Stanger, can you and Erin do a Dumbbells episode where you test which pull-up bars are demon proof?
Man, the fall of the USSR is legit one of the worst human tragedies of the last 40 years. Largest recorded drop in life expectancy (8 years!) without war or famine in the world. "Democracy" had nothing to do with it, they have less than they had before. It was all about western capital plunder and shock privatization with oligarch collaboration. The crisis and the banning of left wing parties led directly to vulgar nationalism and Putin. Ukraine is one of the poorest countries in Europe, run by their own oligarchs because of it too. Weird place to talk about it lol, but shit's sad and that's still the goal of 100% of our foreign policy toward countries that are non-white or east of Germany.
I think the book Rodgers is talking about giving up on is The Wrong Case by James Crumley. He has some absolute classic detective novels set in the American West, but they all seem to have one or two weird sex or race issues in them. The Last Good Kiss, the Mexican Tree Duck, and Bordersnakes are my favorites.
The Last Good Kiss is solid.
A redemption for Tim Heidecker's "bad questions" during moderation of Adam Curtis doc, he does an excellent interview with him about Trauma Zone on this episode of his podcast https://youtu.be/60-yfzGpNek starting at 30:00
My parents every halloween would be like "uhh dont eat the razor blades, just spit them out"
Inside jokes are like secret handshakes that no one can keep secret. People want everyone to know they are in the club. And the whole parasocial vicarious relationship thing podcasts foster means that a lot of us feel friendship and I think forget it's completely one-sided. Social media has fucked us up so much. It's not too different than those freaks who think their only fans subscriptions are their girlfriends. Hopefully none of us kill any of you guys. Stay safe.
I’m just a socially awkward, overgrown stoner. I don’t want to offend or disturb you guys. Just genuinely want you to know that I dig your stuff.
Mr Baseball (1992) is on Prime.
Ernest goes to camp planted the seeds for my anti capitalist worldview 🥲
Reternest
With social media and the ability to reach out creators, fans now think they should talk to artists to tell them they like them. Some people need an outlet I guess, which I why I am recommending the action boyz sell a “swim with the action boyz” package. Fans can swim with the action boyz for 30 minutes under supervision, can feed them some grapes, and take a picture.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1906500.McMafia Trauma Zone sounds great, this book details how criminal enterprises profited after the fall of the Soviet Union. Fun read
Wow, $109 a day before taxes!? You must be a millionaire by now!
"It's nothing mental health related but I have a demon ghost following me and I can levitate. What kinda pull-up bar should I get?"
The Halloween talk at the top of the episode is why I love shadow wolves
Pizza, candy, then pizza