Gooby w/ Nathan Fielder (Classic)

20:12Not Muppet. I would say you calling him a Muppet is actually really offensive to the Muppet people. He does look like a taller, much, much cheaper, more menacing Fozzie the Bear.

20:22Jason Mantzoukas:Yes. He looks like the characters that hang out on Hollywood and Highland. Like if you were dressing like Fozzie, this is like the$70 version of that costume. Some sort of public domain Muppet. That's what's so upsetting about the way he looks because he's adult sized. Yes. He's the size of an average man. Yeah. And so when I'm looking at him and he's a little bit wider, but he's essentially like if you just saw a figure go by, you'd be like, that's an adult man. But he has a scarf on and no other clothes. Yeah. And that's an image to me that I find deeply unsettling. Because it's, when you're just wearing a scarf, I look at him and I think Gooby's naked.

21:01Gooby's a naked man. Because he wears a scarf. Running around. And I know he's an animal. Do you feel like that with Donald Duck? No, I don't. But that's because of his size. And he's always animated, too. Yes. There's something about an animal wearing no clothing, which is fine. Which is totally fine. Oh, an animal wearing a little clothing. So, you know what? Then this is a choice. Well, my issue. And this is aggressive. You know what? You are forcing this on me. I did not like it.

21:30Jason Mantzoukas:I didn't like his ass was threadbare either. Like, his butt cheeks were threadbare. When did you notice that? Oh, whenever he's running a right. Hey, man. Stop checking out Gooby's ass. Gooby's ass, though, was a... But I thought that was an odd choice for an animated, like a puppety character. that whenever he ran around there were... I hope the director was to the props department or whoever was making wardrobe or whatever was making that costume was just like... But there's got to be some areas where there's been a lot of wear. Like the kid always holds it there. There's got to be a lot of wear.

22:02Like maybe the ass cheeks. Like the ass cheeks are really worn out.

22:04Jason Mantzoukas:Well, that's also a weird place to get wear on a... It's true. I thought it was supposed to be like a bear's actual ass. Like it wasn't that they were trying to make it look worn, but they were trying to replicate... The actual ass of bears. Yeah. Well, by the way. Okay, go ahead. No, he just had the tag, too. Oh, yes. Is that what that was? At first, I thought it was just a bad costume thing where that's where the actor got in. Yeah. I didn't understand what that was. But it was just like the blown up version of the tag. That's right. But cut off kind of like? Yeah. I couldn't tell. Now, I will say that Gooby, while a confusing character, I find this kid's parents to be really upsetting.

22:48Jason Mantzoukas:Yeah. Because there's one point, and this is a moment that really called out to me. Like, the kid is, he's covering for Gooby. There's noise upstairs. Right. And so the parents are hearing the noise upstairs. And the kid tries to be like, oh, I'm getting sick to distract his parents. at which point, like, when he's getting sick, his parents protect the Chinese food in such a way it's like, oh, don't get it on our Chinese food. Yeah, don't barf on our food, gross kid. Like, they don't want, like, they're terrible parents, really bad parents. You sort of find out what is going on with the dad later on when you realize, like, he grew up in a very, you know, poverty-stricken neighborhood, and his father was always working, And so you kind of understand his drive.

23:34But the mom, I have more questions about because she's also working. She was going back to work. What do you mean she was going back to work? Wasn't that part of the thing? She was going back to work full time for the first time? Oh, I didn't hear a lot of this movie. That's why they get Mary Poppins. That's why inexplicably there's a nanny that shows up in the middle of the movie with a Mary Poppins accent. And the nanny doesn't do anything.

23:53Jason Mantzoukas:The nanny just sits in a chair. I thought she was going to be like Snoop who's trying to always uncover Goose. She's just doing laundry for days. Yeah. She loves folding. Yeah. Again, none of these characters work in tandem. Like, it could be interesting if the nanny was trying to get one up on Gooby, not the school teacher who's Eugene Levy, who's played his character's name, which is great, Nerdlinger. Just in case you wanted to just set it out there for everyone. They say Nerdlinger about 15 times before he's introduced. Well, he's an interesting character. So he's introduced as their regular teacher has gone off on maternity leave.

24:32So he comes in and he has written three books about a fish. Yeah, like children's books. Children's books. And none of the kids know the books or know of them. And so he's very upset. And so his whole thing is like he wants to get famous. And I'm just trying to make the leap with the film. Like he wants to get famous. So in order to do that, he's going to reveal Gooby. I guess he's going to take a picture of Gooby and be like, hey, look, I proved there's a monster. There were two voiceovers that established that. One was the kid just said he wants to be famous. Right. It was all in ADR. You're right.

25:09It was not. And then he said something.

25:13Jason Mantzoukas:Yeah. Eugene Levy says, like, not all of us can be famous or something like that. Like he makes a subtle. It was also off camera. It was like thrown in there. There were scenes where there were so many lines off camera that people on camera are just reacting to just because they simply did not have actors that day. Like they would be running through the supermarket and it would be just on the kid and Gooby and then somebody would be like, hey, you get out of here. And they'd be like, whoa. That's true. Gooby in the supermarket. That's when Gooby really makes his presence known because Gooby likes cookies.

25:44Jason Mantzoukas:Obviously, Gooby loves cookies. And also, just to show his parents not being interested at all, they go, oh, you know, they go, that boy's name, I'm sorry, I forget the kid's name. Willie. They go like, oh, Willie's sick today. Oh, why is he sick? I don't know. I found 50 cookie wrappers. But they don't seem to be even like, oh, he shouldn't have eaten 50 cookies. They're just like, eh, whatever. And they're leaving him. So Gooby goes to get cookies at the supermarket. And that scene is way too, like, that's like the fun montage. You would think they're running around having fun, but all they are doing is running up and down aisles in a supermarket.

26:20Jason Mantzoukas:And at one point, Gooby pulls him so violently that the boy is suspended in air like he's flying. His socket would come out. That was a weird choice, that flying thing, because that is the first time it's established Gooby has this strength or something or speed that you never see utilized anywhere else. And he never, it doesn't come back. Like, that's the other thing, too. Nothing comes back. Like, that doesn't, like, even at the end when the boy is in peril, there's no, Gooby doesn't use that speed. Gooby's, all Gooby's able to do is dial a cell phone when the kid is in peril. The kid, oh, God.

26:57Do you think what Gooby's really, because, okay, I think what Gooby's purpose is ultimately, because Willie also wanted to build some sort of a cart, right? A moon, a moon. Like a spaceship kind of thing. Right. and he's got issues at school where there's a bully and he has to stand up to him, although he doesn't really. Gooby does. Gooby does. On Halloween, it makes him pee his pants. That was really upsetting to me. That whole sequence. They shouldn't have done that. They shouldn't have done that.

27:26Jason Mantzoukas:It's Halloween. They really shouldn't have done that. Shouldn't have done that. Now, this is a Canadian movie. I realized that midway through when I saw the Captain Crunch was Captain Crunchy. I didn't know anything about this going in. And then there were two kind of bombshells I saw when I Googled it after that. It was made in Canada. And the thing that blew me away the most was that it was made in 2009. Yes. I honestly thought this was made in like 1985. Yeah, it is. The way it looked. And because there's this issue where like there's this one scene too where it's a big plot point. But the guy, the dad has to go at some point leave the house.

28:05And he says to the mom like you have to stay here in case the police call. Yeah. Implying that like cell phones don't exist.

28:12Jason Mantzoukas:I wrote that down too. And yet Gooby has a cell phone because Gooby calls. Gooby uses the kid Willie's cell phone to call the dad. Ten year old. How old is that kid? Yeah. Like he's like 10 or 11 years old. He has a cell phone. But the mom doesn't. And the mom doesn't even object. Like the son's missing and he's like, I'm going. I'm not saying where. Well, the weirdest thing about that scene too is that she's like, she's very upset. And he's like, don't worry. Spoken to the police. They've assured me that they will call as soon as they know anything. That was the best, yeah. Which is like, he's not saying, don't worry, everything's going to be okay.

28:45Oh, yeah. He's just like, they've told me they'll call. And then he's like, I got to go out for a minute. And she's like, where are you going? And he does. He goes, you stay here. He's like really emphatic about it. And that's what I wrote in. I was like, their marriage is terrible.

29:02Jason Mantzoukas:I want to, this is back to my question about Canada. And this is, I don't mean to be naive about this. But you're from Canada, so you better know. Well, I mean, something else about this movie, the budget was$6.5 million I saw. And Canadian films are funded usually, if not entirely, a large percentage of them with taxpayer money. Yeah. So this film was made with taxpayer money. Do you want to hear the saddest? So you were there in Canada in 2009 and paid for this. Yes, I did pay taxes there in 2009. So you're one of the backers of this movie. We have an investor. Indirectly, yes, I invested in this movie.

29:44Because I didn't see your name enlisted in the producer. We don't get credits for it. We just support the artist. You should arbitrate.

29:51Jason Mantzoukas:You've got to get a credit. That's probably why Eugene Levy is in this movie, because he's a Canadian citizen, right? Yes. So I imagine that. But now here's. So he has to, you mean? So they make him. They can call anybody back and be like, you've got to do this. I think there is a thing, though, where you have to do some sort of art. If you still share citizenship, you have to do some. Wait, what's the rule you're saying? I thought there was a rule that if you share citizenship, that you have to do something in Canada in the arts of that. But that could be totally wrong. No, that's not a rule.

30:26That's so crazy. No, can you imagine being mandated to go back to the end of this movie? Like some sort of prison. Like, oh, where are you going next month? Oh, well, you know, I'm half, you know. I got to do a play. You know, I was born in Canada, so I saw Canadian citizenship. So I got to go up and I got to make a terrible kids movie. You don't have to go back to Canada and make a TV show. No, but for you to get Canadian funding for a movie, it has to be, like, the leads in the movie have to be Canadian. Okay. So since he has a major role. Oh, in order to qualify for that money. Yeah, so they'll try to get people.

31:01Yeah, so that's why it was definitely Canadian funded.

31:04Jason Mantzoukas:Well, do you want to hear how much money it made? You said it cost 6.5, which you're right about. The opening weekend gross, and this is... This was released in theaters? I guess, but listen to the opening weekend gross. $706. That doesn't even seem possible to me. The lifetime gross is$3 ,234. Whoa. That doesn't seem right. That's like Delgo numbers. Also, this is one of the higher budget movies to come out of Canada. $10 is a lot of money. Yeah. Yeah. That's a lot of money that I did not see. And it's written, directed, and produced. Not on extras? Not on the suit? If you look it up, I mean, Telefilm is the place that funds movies.

31:47I wonder what they did kick into this because.

31:50Jason Mantzoukas:I will tell you. Maybe we should investigate. Or it could have just been he invested his own money, but I don't. Yeah, the writer-director Coney Bear. His name is. Coney Bear 2012. Wilson Coney Bear. He's a writer, producer, creator. He also did Shining Time Station. $6.5 million. On this movie. That is kind of fascinating. There are a handful of locations. There are no extras. There are no extras in the movie whatsoever, except for the students in the classroom scenes. Well, let me ask you this. This is the question that I had before about Canada. On Halloween, they make it like they go out to go to the movies on Halloween.

32:26Jason Mantzoukas:And that doesn't seem like. Is that a tradition? Yeah. Is that a thing? Explain yourself in a weird country. Yeah, that was weird. But did the movie take place in Canada? That, I mean, all I know is that in the supermarket, Captain Crunch was... They never said the words Halloween, though. Do you remember? They kept on saying October 31st. Yes, that's true. Well, what does that mean? I don't know. I mean, it clearly was Halloween. I mean, it's not called something different in Canada, is it? It's October 31st day. Look, I never get new glasses because why? They're expensive, right? Guess what?

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36:44here's a weird thing in that in that October 31st scene where he so he goes up to the kid the bully the red headed bully who's been you know harassing him and Gooby I could listen to you say the name Gooby for an hour Gooby it's like the Gew you put in the Gew in Gooby Gooby actually does become a monster for a moment and scares the shit out of the kid, which makes him piss his pants.

37:15Jason Mantzoukas:Well, that's probably where the 6.5 went because for that moment of CGI, where his face, because Gooby, his mouth is not moving. Whenever he's eating, he's just shoving things to his face. No, but Paul, that's what was really, that's honestly the biggest problem I have with this movie. Yeah. It did move a little bit. His mouth did move a little bit. Guys, don't fight. Okay, but not enough so that it seemed like he was talking. But not so little that we're just buying into the fact that it seemed like an air hole that had some give to it or something. The ending, I had like some real I got real upset when the ending was Gooby takes the kid like Stand By Me style to like You want to go see a dead body.

37:56Yeah, basically you want to go see a dead body, but not a dead body. Back to the dad's old where the dad grew up, the apartment building his dad grew up in. They find the dad's apartment, fall through a hole in the floor. The dad comes to visit. The scene where the dad goes into his own secret room felt really uncomfortable. I did in all honesty think the dad's version of Gooby was going to be there as well. That would make sense. I think we all did.

38:22Jason Mantzoukas:The idea would be that, because Gooby also takes the dad into that room. He's like, you know, when you're a child, and I'm not doing the Scottish accent, I apologize, but he's like, how dare you? How dare you rob us of it because we all know you do a perfect Scottish accent. Well, I don't want to brag, I don't want to boast, but he's like, when you're a child, You forget things from your youth and you just forget about it. Oh, this is so great. He's going to forget about Gooby. No. It was just like his dad had pictures of trucks and stuff on the wall. And Gooby was not a part of it. Nor did the dad freak out when he saw Gooby.

38:54He was like, I'm totally cool with this Gooby situation.

38:57Jason Mantzoukas:It was like, oh, you're my kid's toy, but you're eight feet tall and you're talking. And you're alive. Yeah, and you're alive. There was no reaction to it. And again, I don't. Maybe he's trying not to be rude. I hesitate to go back to something I talked about in Jack Frost, but Gooby eats and never shifts. He is full of stuffing. Okay, but wait, wait. He cuts his arm and he's full of stuffing. So, come on, guys. Don't you just say that. There's no organs in there. Well, first of all, you also talk about it like you see normal people in movies shit. You never see Tom Cruise take a shit in a movie.

39:31Jason Mantzoukas:I do. I do in almost everything he's in. I'm going to guess when Gooby's eating himself in gummy bear form in that sequence in the movie. That's the other thing, too. Gooby has a knowledge of the world that is not as small. Oh, he knows what everything is. Yeah, he's never like, what is this? He's not E.T. in that sense. I don't think that Gooby's masticating, by the way. I think it's just lying on top. He may have a smell because the hot dog is laying on top of the cookies and stuff like that. Yeah. The thing is that that's what's weird about the movie is we don't know. did Gooby have other adventures with other kids before Willie?

40:07Oh, please. I'm sure Gooby's been terrorizing children for a while. He must have been bought as a toy new from a store, right?

40:18Jason Mantzoukas:Yeah, well, that's what I think. I don't know. I don't know. Well, because I think he's like Chucky. I think he's like Chucky. You know how Chucky gets the spirit of a serial killer inside of him or a killer? Gooby is just a doll. He seems like that scarf, and I know that scarf upsets you, but that scarf seems like they make gummy bears out of him. No, no, no. That's not Gooby. That wasn't Gooby, though. He says it looks like him, but it's not him. Oh, okay, all right. That's like a clarifying scene that he wasn't a bear. Yeah. That's the significance of that, right? Because he was saying, that's me.

40:52They made toys like, they made food like me. Got it. And the kid said, no, that's not you. Those are bears. So what if... That was a scene. In the movie. The shot that widened from there. There was a bunch of scenes that I was like, this is an interminably long scene for nothing to be happening.

41:14Jason Mantzoukas:And by the way, the movie is only an hour and 30 minutes at the most. 95 minutes, yeah. It is a short movie that has a lot of long scenes. I'm also going to put out on the thing and just see what you guys react to. I think that the kid Willie is an unreliable narrator because I don't believe anything that he's saying. Throughout the whole movie, the one thing. All of his voiceover is like, and that's when the trouble started. Well, he did say that whole thing about the traffic jam. Like, we were in traffic and everyone saw us in traffic. It wasn't traffic. It was a stoplight with three cars at it.

41:48Jason Mantzoukas:And then he also was able to recognize as he was flying past in this flying go-kart that his teacher was in one of those cars. But I don't understand how he knew that either. And who is he telling this story to? Who is he telling this to? No, probably to his therapist. Years later. Probably. I mean, I would love that if it was to the therapist. The thing when I was like, I really believed for a good portion of the movie that the reveal was going to be that his hallucinations were causing the Gooby doll to come to life, much like Calvin and Hobbes. And then when an adult is in the room, Hobbes is just a stuffed tiger.

42:27and when he's not in the room, he's like, you know, Calvin's buddy and partner in crime. Like when they're on the go-kart, it reminded me of Calvin and Holly's sledding, right? But then, so, and I was like, okay, I'm almost willing to buy that the kid who has hallucinations and all this stuff is in a tough time, is his imaginary friend, like what's the imaginary friend movie? Russell Brand was gonna remake it. Drop Dead Fred. Drop Dead Ted, whatever. Russell Brand was going to remake Drop Dead Fred. Oh, my gosh. I love that movie. Like that kind of imaginary friend movie. But there was a way in which when everybody saw Gooby and Gooby brings everybody together or whatever, that I genuinely was like, I have no fucking clue what's now happening.

43:11Because now anything is possible. Like this is a weird magic universe that backs up the kid being like having hallucinations and stuff. Like that all worked out in favor for him. Like, I'm worried for this kid, basically. Guys, I'm worried for Willie. I'm very upset by this whole... You should be. Strangely, I thought the weirdest part of the movie was the Eugene Levy storyline. Yes. Which I know you were talking about before, June, a little bit. But that is entirely motivated by him saying in one line, like, really quickly, like, anyone who takes a photo of Gooby will be famous. He says that.

43:53and that motivates his whole obsession.

43:56Jason Mantzoukas:And it's not even like the town... That and his love for Canada. That... Well, he's mandated to work. He was mandated to do the movie. It's a slavery. But that is interesting because also the town is not being afflicted by goobies. It's not like people are like, oh, thank God you found this picture. Like if he was... Again, I will go back and say if he was to hand that picture to someone, someone would go, yeah, that's a guy in a... I guess, yes, Paul, But the bigger question to me about his character is – Whereas E.T. was something different. Well, he set out – he wrote these three books. He is a teacher.

44:30He's in the world of children and probably children's literature.

44:34Jason Mantzoukas:Clearly unsuccessful. Unsatisfied. But it's interesting that he would – he wrote three books that I guess didn't do very well. But it seems like that is sort of in the world of things that he wants to do. Well, he hates Alice Carroll. He was really shitting on – Lewis Carroll. Lewis Carroll. Yes, but like it's lined up to his profession in a way. And so it's such a huge character leap to just believe that this guy who – that he was writing those books from the get-go just to be famous. That's crazy. That's really crazy. So he wants to be taught like Alice in Wonderland. But I don't even know if that's important to him or if he just wants to be a famous children's book author.

45:19Yes. You know, like those kind of folks that we all know. But then he's so willing to abort that dream.

45:27Jason Mantzoukas:Wouldn't it be more interesting if you were a teacher to be like, oh, my gosh, I'm inspired to write a book about Gooby. Yeah, that's interesting. And that becomes like the new book. Here's what's weird. One of the things that's weird is when on Halloween it begins, I think. But then it recurs a little bit is Gooby, when in public, will frequently pose as Willie's father and they will hold hands. I didn't like that one bit. I didn't like that one bit. Well, he even says, Gooby says the most upsetting thing. I'm this boy's father. I didn't like it one bit. And they hold hands a whole lot. A number of times.

46:05Well, and this is the weirdest thing. So the cool kids from school, I actually did think that one actor who played the super popular boy was great. Yeah, real talent.

46:17So Willie gets in with the cool kids because Gooby posing as his dad got him into the movie. Gooby.

46:25Jason Mantzoukas:Gooby gets him into an R-rated movie. Maybe I'm forgetting what it's like to be a kid. The 11-year-olds should not be a miniature. Yeah, like a Saw-type movie or something. Right. Maybe I'm forgetting what it's like to be a kid, but it also seems like a jump that just because one of your parents is cool, you would be deemed also cool. Oh, I was super cool because my dad was cool. No, that's a crazy thing. Well, it seems like they would want to hang out with Gooby. Right. I didn't like at the end of that scene, though, when after the kids think he's really cool and they say, maybe you can join us and play soccer at school tomorrow.

46:59Jason Mantzoukas:That was like he's in now with the cool kids. Yeah. The most polite inclusion into their group. And Gooby says, I like being your dad. And I think the kid. I didn't like that part at all. And then later he says, later I'm pretty sure I imagined him saying, who's your daddy now? What were your favorite parts? That's a great question.

47:23Okay. There was a line. Well, this is not really my favorite part, but there was a line that I loved, which the dad said in the beginning about why they were moving, like what had happened in their lives, where he said, you know, change happens all the time. He goes, you remember when Joey's dad and I even started this business? That was a big change. That was one of my favorite parts because we've never – I don't know who Joey is. We've never even met Joey. I don't know what this man does. It was just so absurd. But favorite sincere parts of that movie. I did enjoy some of the shots from behind of Gooby running.

48:13Because I know Paul might spend a lot of time on Gooby's ass. But his ass was so wide. You like that? It was just satisfying to watch. It was just comedic. I agree. Those are the moments where you're more thinking about the man in the costume. Yes, and it was just there was some joy to it.

48:35Jason Mantzoukas:Well, the guy in the costume is working hard. I feel like he's really physical and eating those hot dogs. Those are my favorite parts. I feel like if people don't want to watch the movie, but they're interested in seeing some taste of it, I would say if you just watch the supermarket scene, I don't think you need real context for it. No, you don't. That might be the best or the most interesting part of that movie. I would watch the first reveal of Gooby in the backyard with the rake. I would watch the supermarket scene, and then I would watch from when Willie falls through the floor till the end.

49:16Yeah. So that's probably like max 15 minutes of watching, and you're going to get some pretty rad stuff.

49:23Jason Mantzoukas:I just want to, just because I feel like we haven't heard enough Gooby, can we just hear Gooby talking about what his name sounds like in the markers? Just take a listen to this clip. I don't remember this. Gooby! Sounds like snot. Snot? What sounds like snot? My name. You were young, so I can't complain, but I always thought it sounded like great big gobs of snot. Woohoo! Markers! He loves markers. I love muggers. I don't think you should be. I very much think I should. Muggers are about the best thing in the world. Next, of course, to those window cookies. So that's kind of character, that lovable character.

50:11That's like in this movie. They were like, yep, we got it. That scene cut together well.

50:16Jason Mantzoukas:Well, not to reveal the ending, because I don't want to end our conversation, But I do want to just talk about the ending about another thing. At the end of the movie, obviously, the dad sees the error of his ways and decides that he needs to be a better dad. So he quits his job to build a treehouse, which seems a little bit reactionary. And by the way, I thought he was going to – I thought he didn't quit his job, by the way. He went on sabbatical. He went on sabbatical. To build a treehouse. And the man named Raleigh became a partner. Apparently. Maybe was Joey's dad. I'm sorry, Raleigh. It does seem like there are a couple movies going on and we're just checking.

50:49I think there were a lot of scenes cut in the beginning. I think they added that voiceover later on. I think there was a lot of like just scenes lifted. Well, this was supposed to be a trilogy. This was supposed to be like.

51:03Jason Mantzoukas:By the way, they definitely leave it to that because this is what I'm getting to at the end when the dad. Like everything's fine in Willie's household. The dad and him are going to build a treehouse. Dad's on sabbatical. Raleigh's taking over. And the kid and Gooby are talking as they're leaving Home Depot. At which point. And Eugene Levy has been foiled. At which point, Gooby just kind of walks off frame. And we're like, oh, where's Gooby? And we see him creepily staring down a young disillusioned girl who is also in the parking lot. Just also kind of, it doesn't seem like she's being totally neglected by her parents.

51:34It just seems like she's in her head. She's staring at something. And he's like, I like her.

51:42Jason Mantzoukas:I want you to help me put her with her. Which is super creepy. So at which point, another thing that we've never seen happen or referred to, Gooby shrinks down into inanimate stuffed animal form. And then the willy brings it over to the girl. Yeah. Let me saddle you with a nightmare for the rest of your life. By the way, it would have been useful for him to do that many different parts of the movie. Yes, to shrink down and become a doll. That's a great thing. But I think, this is what I think. I think he has to remain as Gooby. Oh, God. I think he has to remain as Gooby until his task is completed, and then he can move on.

52:23I think that's what it was.

52:24Jason Mantzoukas:Wait, wait. You wait. So you think that Gooby is only activated by longing of a child? No. I think you're onto something. I think what the movie is actually really about is you're supposed to think the whole time Gooby's there for the kid. Right. And then you realize at the very end, he's really there for their parents. He's really there to reunite the kid and the parents, basically. Okay. But the problem with that is that in a scene with the little girl, they're just focused on the little girl. Like, they don't. Right. Yeah, yeah, yeah. But now he can pass on Gooby. Gooby will pay attention to you when your parents won't?

53:02Jason Mantzoukas:I think so. When your parents are not paying attention to you. I think that's the idea. I think that's the idea. I would also say a little bit of the idea is Gooby will also help you with facing your fears. No, because Gooby was equally afraid. I don't, because basically the parents go, yeah, he's not afraid of those hoonies anymore since we moved to this house. I don't know. The logic of this movie is flawed. Yeah, it's really hard. Because Gooby just makes a kid piss himself. Well, Gooby does say, Gooby, when he brings Willie to the apartment building, his dad's apartment building, he says, I think I know why I'm here now.

53:35I think I'm supposed to bring you here. You know, he thinks he recognizes that I felt like that he has been brought to life in order to achieve a purpose or a task. Jason, earlier on when Gooby's in the attic and they're looking through all that stuff and they find that photograph of the dad outside this shack. The kid starts to look at him. Gooby goes, no, no, no, no, not now. Oh, interesting. Did anybody else think that also the new house was not that much nicer than the old house? It was a little bigger. It was a precious little. It had that big yard. What was the reason they moved again? Because they're making bank now.

54:19Is that why? Yeah, since the dad went out on his own. Holy cow. Well, not on his own since he partnered with Joey's dad. Oh, yeah, yeah.

54:30As a construction company that Gooby winds up at one day? Oh, yeah. Just keep in mind, this is a giant monster. This is the craziest thing about the movie is there's so many ways to get him there. And the way that they get him there is that something happens at school where—

54:48Jason Mantzoukas:Well, this is—this I want to talk about the— So they show a scene of the kids playing soccer. After October 31st. After October 31st. It's probably November 1st. Happy October 31st. Ooh, scary. October 31st. Well, everyone knows that Halloween is a copyrighted name. You can't say it without paying a lot of money to Halloween. So it's like the birthday song. So the soccer ball is coming down, at which point Willie runs to push Colin, the cool kid that June really likes. And he's like, watch out. And he pushes Colin out of the way. And it looks to be like he's going to take a soccer ball on the head.

55:24Jason Mantzoukas:But that somehow seriously injured him so much. No, it didn't. Who did it injure? Colin. I thought that was a miscommunication. communication. So Colin just got injured from falling down because Willie pushed him? I don't know what actually happened. What I do know is this. A message was left on Willie's household answering machine. I know this, yeah. Where they said there's been an accident. Like a head injury. A head injury. So of course Gooby assumes that it's, well this is the crazy logic to get Gooby to the construction site, but Gooby assumes it's Willie. So are you telling me that the school called up Willie's house to say another kid in your school People got injured today?

56:03Yes, because Willie says later on I had to go to the nurse's office with him. To be fair, Nathan, does that happen in Canada? Yeah. Where the school notifies all parents. When one kid gets hurt. Yeah, that's how. It's like three-person classes. I thought it was Willie that got, and I didn't get that either. No, because. But I was really loosely. Did you guys watch it together? Yeah, we did. We watch it together, yes. Yeah. And you watch it? I just watch it alone. Like a sad man in his 40s who purchased this movie. And I mean, I don't know if it's more fun or like you guys are discussing it, but like it's an infuriating experience to have to watch that.

56:50It's depressing. I'm talking about it with some amount of joy, but believe you me, I was very angry. We do a lot of movies on this show, some of which are a delight to watch. I know you guys have to do this. You know, this was this felt like punishment. Like I this was retribution of some kind.

57:08Jason Mantzoukas:I will say this. I just found out something interesting. It was produced by John Calvert, who I just Googled. And he is a famous magician. So I don't know what that means either. But that's a very odd partner to be the he is an American magician. So that's who produced this movie and a weird older magician. June, talk to me about the construction site because I didn't want to cut you off about how he gets there. Well, no. So there's a message that's left on the home phone of Willie and saying that there's been an injury and Willie's, I think, in the nurse's office. So the dad happens to be at home and runs out to the car.

57:52So, of course, Goopy thinks he's going to school. You're not just full on saying Goopy. Goopy thinks that he's going to school to be with his son. So to Goopy's surprise, they head to the construction site. And so I think this is all supposed to further our idea of like this dad really doesn't give a fuck about his son. But then what we'll find out later is that his son was never hurt. Correct. Colin was. Because Goopy says, how's your head? Right, but did the dad know that? Or did the dad knowingly neglect his son? Yes, I don't know. I mean, I think probably he doesn't. A little bit of both. A little bit of both, but I think probably not full on neglect.

58:35Okay. But they are neglecting him. They're passively neglecting him. But I think if true trauma had occurred, I feel like they would have jumped into action. Why do you think they didn't have any other kids? Oh, because I think he got a vasectomy. I think he got a vasectomy. But I think, you know what I think? I think he cheats. I think he's fucking, I think he's a real cheat. Yeah, there was something about his newfound love of money. I felt like his reveal was going to be that he wasn't going to work all the time. He was boning somebody else. Because he doesn't come home for the kids on Halloween.

59:12He cancels a family vacation. Yeah. Guys, I'm really... Were you guys worried as soon-to-be parents? Was this a real wake-up call for you in terms of parenting style? Well, it was a cautionary tale. It's like if Gooby shows up at some point, we know we have not done a good job.

59:33Jason Mantzoukas:Well, look, we also learned something really important that boys don't need things. They need parents. They need dads. I will tell you this. I just was looking. I'm doing some research. And you better fucking build a fort or a tree house with your son or they're going to spend the rest of their life. I'm going to take a break to do that. Can I just say one thing, though? Willie was not the one that wanted the fort. Yes, he did. So both Willie and his dad both wanted forts? They both wanted forts that both of their fathers did not give them. Specific. Yeah, that's exactly what it was. It's a fort gene.

1:00:04I see. Willie's was supposed to be like a space fort or something like that. He had a very big space gene. He also said forts are in trees, right? Yes. And that's not true, right? No. Yeah, because we made forts anywhere. You can make forts anywhere, yeah. Fort tree houses are in trees, but I assumed in Canada that was the thing.

1:00:21Jason Mantzoukas:I looked on IMDb, the ratings on IMDb to see who liked this movie the most. And I will tell you the number one, the highest rating are females 30 to 44. Oof. And males 45 plus. Those are the two demos that it spiked in. Wow. Which is very interesting. Now, obviously, we had an opinion about this movie, but there are other people who thought better. Now it is time for a second opinion. Second opinions. From top to bottom, crazy movies are fun. They're not your first, but they're gonna be your second. From the depths of Amazon they come. Second opinions for everyone. Second opinions! Alright, so these are five-star reviews called from Amazon.

1:01:13Jason Mantzoukas:Here we go. This is from Cool Dude. There weren't many five-star reviews for a movie that made$3 ,000. So here we go. This is the first time I ordered from Amazon.com. Received the item as described in the mail very quickly. DVD was reasonably priced. I'll be making more purchases. Five stars for Gooby. That does not really. So the delivery service of Amazon should be getting the five stars, really. And then this one is by B. Reed from Tulsa, Oklahoma. I rented this off of on-demand from my cable provider for my three-year-old son. Although I did not enjoy it that much. He loved it and has begged me to watch it over and over again.

1:01:55Jason Mantzoukas:So six months later and after repeatedly renting it from my cable provider, I'm breaking down to buy it for him because he won't stop begging to watch it. Five stars. Five stars for a three-year-old. For a three-year-old whose mom hates it. But I would say, too, that it's not like the look of Gooby, I found it to be terrifying. like it's not a I can't imagine that kids well from behind you know as I said before I did enjoy him you're like obsessed you're obsessed with Gooby's monster butt it's so weird it was very playful well the proportion of the head to the body too because on the original doll it's a big head and a small body and then on the real when he gets big it's a big body and a tiny head I want to just play this one clip this is the end narration of the boy saying goodbye to Gooby and I found this to be amazing coupled with the song, the Gooby song at the end too, which we haven't talked about, but here's the end narration.

1:02:52Jason Mantzoukas:Take a listen. Final and most important rule of having a big fuzzy lunch monster? Realizing what you leave behind. What I mean is, Gooby may have gone on, but he left me with all sorts of stuff. Like how to build a space car, the best way to go grocery shopping, and how to defeat the hoonies. None of these things happen. How to be a friend. Oh, and he gave me something else as well. He gave me back my dad. And maybe because of that... Crabs. He gave me crabs. I realized that when it comes to family, where we belong isn't a place. It's with each other. Oh, shit. By the way, that sounds like the end of a movie.

1:03:38Jason Mantzoukas:He did not help him with the hoonies. Nope. He did not help him to go supermarket shopping the right way. The way of going supermarket shopping was just eating everything in the aisles. Stealing. He's stealing. He didn't do any of that stuff. Would you guys, well, I think we've already covered this, but would you recommend this movie? I really would not. I really would not. This was upsetting. I don't want to put you in jeopardy with Canada at all, Nathan. Well, I'm like, I'm wondering, I mean, did, you know, the director hasn't, you know, I'm sure he's going to listen to this. Right? Like, I'm sure he's.

1:04:14I don't know I mean you think he's got a Google alert for Gooby I just looked at IMDB I don't think he's worked since the movie but he's been in the Canadian TV industry since 1981

1:04:28Jason Mantzoukas:he created a show called Majority Rules in 2009 the same year as Gooby but it looks like that show is cancelled Monster Warriors I wouldn't put all of this on the director I mean I think there's he wrote it too oh and he produced it with a magician. Here's a very real reality. And this is for the sake of our audience. If we, through very little action, the audience of how did this get made through renting this on, what was it, Amazon? Amazon or iTunes, it's on iTunes. Or iTunes. We could match the... We could double it. We could match the amount of money this made in theaters through rentals very easily.

1:05:14We could double the amount of money this movie has made. And I will challenge our audience now. Just to give it back to the people of Canada. To give it back to those people and to show that this director, writer-director, deserves another shot. Maybe a Gooby 2. I would love a Gooby 2. Gooby Gooby 2. Where are you? That one's a good idea. You don't think that's a good idea?

1:05:38Jason Mantzoukas:What if, what if, only 11 ,000 people need to rent this on iTunes to double the gross. Only 11 ,000. Now we get, we get plenty of those people. So yeah. So fucking step up everybody. And I guess there's no way to track this. So maybe on Facebook we can put up a little thing or on Twitter we can make a hashtag that's like I bought Gooby. Yeah. I rented Gooby. Now that's the thing. If some of you buy Gooby, it's even fewer people because that's like$9.99. Exactly. Yeah. And I'm not upset that I saw Gooby, you know, that I watched it. That's very ringing endorsement. I could have a conversation about it.

1:06:18There's a pull quote right there for the DVD. I am not upset that I saw Gooby. If I wasn't doing this, I would be upset that I watched it.

1:06:33Jason Mantzoukas:We should point out, by the way, the dad is. This is a star. I realize why women, older women like this, the dad is the star of Jag. That's one of my grandma's favorite TV shows. So I would imagine for you Jag fanatics out there. For you Jag heads. Are they called the Jag-offs? Well, that was an experience. I was glad to share it with all of you. And a big thanks to everyone who makes this show possible. Our engineer, Sam. Our clip puller, Averill Halley. Also, Nate Kiley does all of our researching. and Leanna Waldron, who just kills it on all of the graphic designs. And of course, Katie Dyer, who does all of our social media.

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