Grease 2 w/ Anna Faris (Classic)

23:00Like I really do. Like I agree with all of it and I could care. Well, that's the thing is like we can logically, we can logically pick it apart, but this movie lives in your heart. It really does. The only thing that was hard for me in this viewing was watching it as a child. I thought of myself as Stephanie Zanoni and I was like, Oh, that's a part I want to play. I want to be her. I want to play this part. And watching it this time, I was like, Oh, am I Miss Mickey?

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28:07What's her name? The blonde is a virgin. Yes, Paulette is. But I, it's interesting that they try to, I think they try to like have it each way. Like they don't call out that she's having a lot of sex. No, but to me, she's probably slept with Johnny before. I don't know. You think? Yes. Cause remember she had to like put on the skirt. Like she, and then during that whole reproductive thing, she's like standing up there as a powerful woman, but she's not participating in the idea of, and then she is like defiant about the idea of her own sexuality. She's like, I want somebody who I can ride with or whatever.

28:44And I'm going to wait for that person.

28:45Jason Mantzoukas:I think you're right because I feel like all these people, all the people in the Johnny group were trying to always have sex, but they weren't succeeding. They were getting close to it. Hence the date rape song, which we should get into in a little bit. That changes everything because to me, she, and I felt this growing up, she was not a virgin. She was like a total, like she had had sex before with Johnny. and she was like a sexually mature woman. I wonder if, and we're not going to be able to come up with this answer, but I would love for people to weigh in on the form. Let's call Michelle Pfeiffer right now.

29:19I would love to know, because this movie is 1980s obsessed with virginity. You know, like virginity was losing it is the title of Tom Cruise's first movie, right? By the way, Tom Cruise is supposed to play the Adrian Semed part. Amazing. Sure thing. Like these are movies that are entirely predicated on teenagers losing their virginities. Porky's. Porky's. That doesn't exist anymore in, we don't see that in TV. Like that's not a thing anymore. Like the movie that is based on the necessity of losing it or, you know, like in this movie it's exemplified by. Well, it's always like one character.

30:04Jason Mantzoukas:It's like. Like we almost got in a car crash. Oh, and we would have died. I would have died a virgin. Can you imagine? Like, it's American Pie is the closest thing that was like that. Sure, 20 years old now. Wow. I mean, it must be, right? Yeah, you're right, yeah. That's interesting. Are millennials as... Post-virginity? Are millennials post-virginity? Like, obviously, I'm sure they as people are obsessed with their own virginities, etc., but they're not seeing it portrayed the way we all were. Because that's special. Because I think that something else is happening, which is that there's... They're all just fingering each other's buttholes?

30:36They're probably fingering each other, but also I think people are coming out, coming out with their sexuality and also coming out with their identity. I also think porn. And that's more important than their virginity. I also think porn. Oh, really? I also think everybody's watching porn since they're like little kids now. It's all online. So they're like, the idea of like a, the idea of - Porn was always around.

30:57Jason Mantzoukas:Not this way though. Not this way. I mean like porn for us was like finding the woods under an old stump. I don't want to talk about the woods again. But like, like gone are the days where in order to see like a naked woman, you had to like, you know, in as represented in movies, find like a hole in a wall that you could look into the girl's death. But are you saying that people because young, well, I guess young men, I mean, maybe young women are watching porn. I don't know. But are watching porn, they feel they've had sex. I think there isn't as much. It scratches an itch. Yeah. I wonder if losing your virginity has the same weight.

31:31I don't know. I'm curious. Maybe this is old man talk. Anna Faris is eating her own birthday cake. Happy birthday, honey. Yeah, it does bum me out, too. I'm genuinely curious. And I don't know. Maybe this is like, to young listeners, they're rolling their eyes. Aren't they sort of, aren't they, isn't the big, like, you know, transition for teens and millennials or whatever more about identity now than, like, just the actual act of having sex and more about who they are as a person. They are like emo, this, that, you know. I mean, I guess jocks and nerds have always. Yeah, I don't know.

32:08Jason Mantzoukas:I mean, now the movie would be about like the T-Birds going to that British guy to take cool Instagram photos and they would steal the credit for the photo instead of papers. I will say if somebody went to the trouble of writing a bunch of fake papers and whatnot for me and then ended up buying a motorcycle for me and fixed it up and ended up like, I'd be like, fuck you.

32:45I have no self-esteem. So, like, I'm not going to accept this. Wait, you have no, like, so you're saying. Why would you, you would say that out of you not having self-esteem? Because I feel like you'd be like, you don't have self-esteem. You should have only represented yourself as British man in a blazer. You shouldn't have had to change. That's what I'm saying. Like, he wanted to change for me. That means that I have to. You're both disasters then. Yeah. We're all disasters. See, this is the way I see it as different as – to me, it's not that he wanted to change for her or that he even did change for her.

33:27Because I felt in Grease 1, she was definitely making a choice. She comes out in that outfit in the end and it's like, oh, I've never seen this person before. It's a completely different person. In Grease 2, though, to me, it felt like, oh, no, this is actually who he is. he's more pulling out the side of himself. And he wants her to see it, but it's not as stark a change. What's interesting is that this movie plays it both ways. They both have him change. They both have him undergo the transformation that is that which she thinks she wants. As exemplified in the song Cool Rider. Do you want me to sing it or should I just?

34:08He hears her sing Cool Rider. Go ahead. Okay. If you really want to know what I want in a guy, well, I'm looking for a dream on a mean machine with hell in his eyes. Guys, it's so good. You wanted to see this. I know you're going to climb this ladder. Come on. I don't want to watch. June, do it. I'm going to be wild as the wind. And one fine night, I'll be holding on tight to a cool friend. It's so good. Fans? No, you have to get going. You have the vocal track. Go fans for it. Do you have the vocal track? If you don't continue, I'm going to be so mad. Well, I'm trying to remember the next verse.

34:49I think at one point it goes, I need it cool. That's the way it's going to be. Cool. Because that's the way that I feel.

35:01I want to, I want to be. I'm going to be. Now I can't remember any of it. It's so good. He takes that song. It is so good. And basically transforms himself. Into the cool writer. Into the cool writer. But the movie also gives them a storyline wherein they become friends. Right. Wherein he's helping her with her English paperwork, her English homework. It's loose. I mean, they have one scene together. But there's a couple scenes where they show them, because I think it would have been insane because he starts the movie, he's asking her out constantly. Can you meet me after school? Will you go out with me?

35:48And she's like, take a hint. The answer is no. But this is a movie where he's like, okay, you can say no to me, but I'm going to become the guy you want me to be. And also it gives you a little bit of, but they also are compatible. Because you have this code.

36:05Jason Mantzoukas:You can't date me because of the code. But that's not why she's not interested in him No of course not She's not interested in him because he's like a nerd He's a nerd After coming out of Grease 1 with Sandy and the poodle skirts To watch Stephanie Zanoni in one of the opening scenes Wear pants And then forget that she has to wear a skirt at school And put that skirt over it And pull those pants up I was I mean there's something to be said About the response to Grease 1 I mean ultimately I wish the story had been, oh, I don't really wish it, but I suppose there's another reading of it where she could actually want to ride a motorcycle.

36:44I mean, she still does want to just simply be on it. Date the best rider. Yeah. Like the movie could be, why can't I be in the T-Birds? Right, especially because she seems to be a mechanic. She is quite possibly the most qualified person to ride a motorcycle in the entire group.

37:01Jason Mantzoukas:I do want to talk just for a second about the T-Birds also, because I don't understand the T-Birds here because the T-Birds seemingly are not really a motorcycle gang, or at least comparatively. But they're very funny. They riff. But they're like missing a leader. They say really funny things like, oh, yo, you want this cake? Oh, I don't even know if I want this cake. Are these lines from the movie? No, they're not. Are you talking about the cake that's in front of you right now? Once again, your birthday. Happy birthday. But it's very funny. They also are like, they're like, they say things like, I'm going to help her out with her condition.

37:41She's a nymphoid maniac. A nymphoid, nymphoid maniac. What kind of, whoa, whoa. Is this where you tell us you auditioned to play one of the T-Birds in this movie? Oh, yo, oh. Hey, yo. You're not going to. This is more Stallone. This is our locker. This is more like Rocky. This is my locker.

38:02Jason Mantzoukas:No one's taking this locker away from us They're like human apes And yet they're afraid to wreck their reputation By having it known that someone's doing their homework Wouldn't you think that that would be Oh, and they're also Hey, no one's gonna They've got a rep to put this back Between you and I, not no one else And they don't They don't fight Here's three dollars They're scared Let's go bring a girl down to a shelter In my mind And in my mind, like their power had been diminished from Grease 1 to Grease 2. But I was okay with it. They don't work on motorcycles. All they want to do is win a talent show.

38:41Jason Mantzoukas:This is a fucking movie about the more for the records. But they never got to get to spring. They are obsessed with four-part harmony. They're obsessed with four-part harmony. And the only people they beat up are nerds who are good at three-part harmony. Yeah! They hate musical nerds. That's all they hate. It's not cool. They don't ever work on a, you barely see their motorcycles. You see their motorcycles in one scene. Like in two scenes. And more importantly, there is a true, like Michelle Pfeiffer should be dating the leader of the motorcycle rival gang. Yes. The man of the movie. Yeah, like the 40 year old.

39:20Balmudo, thank you. Who like rides across the track. The track, yes. She should be, the story should be. He was the same actor who played Balmuto in Grease 1. I love it. Yes. I think so. So we're just, which I think is the right choice. Like he's just a super senior. He's always there. He's McConaughey and Dazed and Confused. Yes.

39:40Jason Mantzoukas:Wait, isn't his name Craterface or no? It was in Grease 1. And they reference it in Grease 2. Yeah. But actually he was really hot. And, but it was a little bit weird that he did go cycling, like with like 40 other motorcycle buddies across the track. And then they decided to go bowling together. Is it interesting to know that the sequel to Grease 2 was written by the guy who wrote and directed Airplane 2? Really? That does not surprise me. It kind of actually answers a lot of questions for me. Another little fact here, this is for people at home that have not seen the movie. At 13 minutes and 30 seconds, hit that pause button because some dude's junk falls out of his pants.

40:28Jason Mantzoukas:Really? A guy running track, and I've watched it now, his testicles fall out of his shorts. Oh, my God. And he's trying to tuck them back in for the rest of the run. And it's... June, I can't... You as a child, you weren't clocking the balls? Wait, can I ask June, like, woman to woman? Oh, boy. Here we go. When a man's balls fall out of his shorts, it's, like, kind of secretly hot, right? Not to me. This is how we are as humans. Let's really think about this. I can tell you it is not. It's kind of hot, though. Let's think about it. When you really think about some sweet balls, like falling right out of, no?

41:18Right out of a pair of dolphin shorts? No. Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't know you were involved in this conversation. I'm just talking about those sweet, sweet balls, like just plopping, plopping right out of those track shorts. I feel like it's vulnerable and sexy at the same time. Are you looking at it? Sure. Oh, wow. What you're attracted to is the unexpected reveal of genitalia.

41:41Jason Mantzoukas:Oh, that's a great shot of it. Right? Yeah. You're like, you're like, I'm not supposed to see this. This is an accident. So balls to you, do it. Oh my God. That's amazing. Sweet balls. 1330, everybody. It's unsettling. Well, not as unsettling as this, where they take out all the sound, and you hear it. What is this? It's wet mouth sounds. Wet mouth kissing. I'll play it again. I don't like it. This is when they finally kiss. What? Ugh. All right. Well, I'm in. Gross. Gross. I don't like it. I do want to just give you a couple facts that I thought were funny. Sandy or not Sandy what is her name Michelle Febber Stephanie Stephanie the gas station that she worked at that's where John Travolta and Sandy were gonna cameo as the owners of that gas station oh interesting I don't want them owning a gas station I don't want them still together how many years after Grease 1 is Grease 2 meant to take place I thought they were going back to Australia it takes place in 1961 this movie oh really you've like dashed all my dreams I have Jason Menzuka said yes.

42:51Can you accept my apology? No. Fuck you. Wow. Things are not good between me and guest Anna Faris. Guest? Fuck you.

43:04Jason Mantzoukas:Okay, so Grease takes place in 1959. Grease II takes place in 1961. Oh, three years is the difference? Yes, I mean. They were freshmen. So these were freshmen when Danny Zuko was a senior? Yeah. Is that what you're telling me? Yeah. So you're telling me these people have witnessed the events of Grease One and are participating in this? They should look at their lives and be like, you know what? We've already seen Danny Zuko go through this. Remember when that car flew away? Flew up into the sky. My first year here. That was insane. Yeah. Yeah.

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46:14Also, by the way, and I mean, like, and I get it. It's for the romantic, you know, story in the movie. But, like, she is able, she is right next to him. She's able to see three quarters of his face and does not recognize him. And he has a very recognizable jawline. And she is like, I don't know who he is because he won't take his goggles off. I will say, though, his accent drops away. Why? I don't know. Why on earth? But what's interesting about his accent initially, like when he first enters the school, he speaks as though he doesn't know English. Yes. Like there's a quality to his voice where it seems like he doesn't know the language.

46:54And then you realize, well, no, he just is British. Well, and that kid is talking to him like, how long have you been in America? I thought that was an okay joke for this movie. I think there's some great jokes in here. I really genuinely laughed when that teacher who's, you know, had the mental breakdown, walks up to the luau and walks straight into the pool. I mean, I had a laugh when I was 11 and I had another laugh this afternoon. There's definitely jokes. There's definitely solid jokes in this movie. Airplane 2 style jokes. And that's actually what they are. They are. I appreciated them.

47:27Jason Mantzoukas:I wanted to, before we wrap it up, I do want to talk about the sex in the bunker scene. Yeah, let's do it for America. Yeah, let's do it for America. Let's play it. Yeah, let's do it for our country The red, white, and the blue It's Uncle Sam who's asking So your mother will approve Tomorrow I'll be fighting I'm going to win this war for you Let's do it for our country Our country wants us to I'm just picturing like a little kid June running around singing that song And your parents being like, what the fuck is going on? I would sing Reproduction all the time. Reproduction is also a section. Oh, absolutely.

48:10Reproduction. I don't think they even know what a pistol is. I got your pistol right here.

48:20One of the best joys I've had to your audience is watching June sing, like, lyric by lyric. And the joy. The unabashed joy.

48:38Jason Mantzoukas:The whole movie. The whole movie. I love it. By the way, I just love that you can't see it, but she just did like with her, rolled her fingers like. I got you a pistol right here. I wish you could. I want to have watched it with you. I will say in terms of social order, this is why I like this movie more. Also, because of the way women treated each other. Paulette really does like Johnny. and Michelle Pfeiffer, Stephanie Zanoni has had this relationship with Johnny. There's no competition between the pink ladies. And there's no stalker-channing. Are you human? There's no stalker-channing. Stalker-channing is one of the most amazing characters.

49:17The end song on Grease 1 that she sings

49:20Jason Mantzoukas:about having had an, or almost being pregnant. Oh, by the way, they also just drop that as a runner in this movie. She's like, I missed my period. Yeah. Like, what? And then it's like, we don't follow that character at all. But it's a great joke. and Miss McGee it's a great joke kills that scene it's a great line yeah she does it's a great line and it's a great look from her oh honey it's okay honey you can make them up and then oh boy it's so good I will say that when they get into the motorcycle chase with British guy and he goes off the jump and they think he's died they are very casual about being murderers the T-Birds are super casual about having just murdered someone and then they're like and everybody goes to the talent show Oh, and they perform.

50:03See, this is my one complaint about the movie. My one. Is that everybody's pretty casual about having murdered someone? I don't think they should have pulled back on that. He should have died. No, I don't think he should have died. I think when they say they've looked down there and he's not there, I don't think they should be able to see. I think they should have been staring into just a dark pit. Yeah, like a quarry. And really not know whether he's alive or dead. Okay. Because. I think that's how they were playing it. no, but they say so many times, he's nothing's there, nothing's there. And when I watch this movie, I mean, I'm in every moment.

50:37I am suspending my disbelief. And when they say he's not there, I'm like, well, I guess he did make it. And I don't want to even entertain that thought. But Daphne Zuniga doesn't think that. She is devastated. If they don't see him down there, though, then where is he? But she thinks he's dead. They'll find him in the morning. That's what I don't understand. If they are not seeing with their eyeballs that he's not in that pit, where did he go? I think they're looking down into the pit, and they don't see anything obvious, but they don't see it all. So they're telling themselves a narrative that is, we think he made it.

51:10And she's like, in her head, like, he's gone. He's gone. He's gone, and I never even got to see his eyes, which would have identified him as a person. Right, okay.

51:18Jason Mantzoukas:Because I also wanted to see like a Sherlock kind of, how did he survive? I want to see. Oh, I want to see it put together. Yeah, I want to see him explain how he's. practicing that jump specifically. Dead Man's Curb, did he set up those road signs? But can we just go back to the, you guys were not disturbed by the scene that is a date rape song? Oh, yeah. I mean, but that is - No, the song is crazy. The song is basically guilting her into sex before the cunt because your mom won't even mind. Is sex before the cunt? What? No, for the country. Oh, I thought you just said sex before the cunt, which I sort of loved.

51:53Which is the name of my second album. Sex before the con Yeah I mean it's crazy And it's crazy to watch this at a formative age Where you're just like oh this is what I mean the way I thought about high school I was like but I wanted to be in there I was like get me in that zoo I want to get to that crazy zoo As quickly as possible That feeling of wanting to be a teenager Is huge I mean it's what I wanted More than anything in the world Was to be a teenager Because of this movie And I get it. I get. I can see why this would be attractive because Michelle Pfeiffer is a fucking badass. I mean. Up and down in this movie.

52:33She's the best. She's the best. She's never not chewing like five pieces of gum. And is wearing sunglasses for half of the movie. I know. She's wearing sunglasses for a full half of the movie. You cannot see the actor's eyes, which is insane. I really realize that that is a huge. Well, it's funny you should mention that Because she is chewing a lot She's not just chewing one piece of gum She's chewing like five But that's what you do I know I've never been able to have one piece of gum She can't chew one piece of gum I can and I won't I'd rather have none

53:06Jason Mantzoukas:If I buy a pack of gum, it's gone in two settings If I'm going to have gum, I'm going to have at least three pieces And one sitting So I have to buy her like Costco level gum To keep in her car So it'll fend off a week she's like a bear. You gotta just throw gum at her. One of my favorite characters that we have not touched on at all is the character named Dolores, who is the pink lady's intern, basically, who rides a skateboard. The hot one with the pink lady. She's like a pink lady. No, it's not. Time out. Shut your mouth. Yes. Was that Pam Adlon? Yeah. Wait, shut up. Everybody shut up. Nobody's speaking.

53:46Shut up in the house. Nobody has said anything. Are you talking to me right now and saying that someone that we know, Pamela Adlon was the character Dolores in that movie. That is mind-blowing. That was my favorite character. I looked up her accident. Trying to sleep with her.

54:01Jason Mantzoukas:She got in the car accident in the middle of the movie, so most of her scenes are doubles. Oh, interesting. But yeah, but they got the middle scenes. I thought that character was hilarious. She was great. I loved when she was like, oh, this bra is this. Wait, will you extend hilarious even more? Hilarious. This bra is killing me. This bra is killing me. You wish. I love that. You wish. The fact that Paulette is her sister is so perfect. And I just love the two of them. It's the best. That character and her dynamic with British guy I also liked. So great. And she's like, we can't see each other anymore because I've got another guy going on.

54:39So great. I thought that was really good. There's good stuff in here. But the songs are truly reprehensible. Yeah. And they're all about one thing. Reproduction. Except for reproduction, which is on message. And Cool Rider. And Who's That Guy? Nope. Nope. Who's That Guy is an entire song that only asks one question. Who's That Guy? And it's almost as if they're like, well, we can't finish the song until every character on screen says the line, who's that guy? And so the song goes on for like seven minutes because there's a lot of people who have to say, who's that guy? And also Let's do it for our country And also Bad song Yeah that's a bad song The message behind that song is We're gonna score tonight

55:29Jason Mantzoukas:Is also not a great song That's a bad song too Because it's not even clever innuendo It's not even innuendo It's like It is a bowling song It just is a bowling song Yep Obviously we had an opinion about this movie But there are people out there That had a different opinion It is now time A lot of these are from June These are June Amazon reviews of this movie Honestly, I would be fine to write a review for this movie. I really would. Like, I do think, well, I don't know. I guess people watching movies now are so jaded. Ooh, the look on June's face with the word jaded. But there's something, to me, even the worst musical, I tip my hat to.

56:06Because I feel like it takes a certain amount of courage to put words to music and to make a musical. I just think it does. I think you have to really put yourself out there in a way that I appreciate. And I find joy in musicals. So I appreciate a musical. And I do think that there are better ones, of course. I don't look at this, though, as like, oh, it's about the music. It's not. If you're looking for a great musical. What you love about it is not musical. But it is a musical. But it is a musical. That's right. What you love about it happens to be, you could cut all the songs out and it would be a movie you would still love.

56:49Except for Cool Rider. Okay. Who's that guy? Reproduction.

56:53Jason Mantzoukas:All of them. Except for all the songs. All the songs. Obviously, we had. And that's the last song she sings when she's playing Winter. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. That crazy dream sequence. That song, too. Where he's suddenly in different gear. Talking from a pile of burnt motorcycles. And let's do it for America. Well, obviously, we have a second opinion and so does June. People have a second opinion and so does June. Time for second opinions. What do they do to show a different view? They get a second opinion Amazon review. It's a five-star review written for someone like you. It's a second opinion.

57:28Jason Mantzoukas:I love that. That's amazing. That was Chelsea Cannon. Chelsea Cannon, best second opinion theme song ever. Really good for Chelsea. That is it. That is the bar. Try and beat it, assholes. All right, so this is five-star reviews cold from Amazon. This one is first written by Richard Beeman. Okay, sure. It's not the original Grease, but this movie has its own campy theme and quality, and I enjoy watching it from time to time to escape reality, if nothing else. That being said, it's easy to understand why Grease 3 never came around. It'd be like North and South, book three. Totally unnecessary and empty, no matter how well it was done.

58:08Wait, what's that? No idea No idea

58:11Jason Mantzoukas:Some books? I guess Somebody should get smart though And produce a film that reunites a lot of these characters While they're still living After all What? Travolta and Newman aren't on fire anymore Oh god And we'd like to see them again for fun Five stars So a movie that puts all of these people The characters from one and two into one movie? I guess This guy's basically saying I don't like anything But let's put this Let's make it I mean you could make Grease 3 as a reunion movie. You know, a reunion movie for that age group. I've got an idea. It would take place, interestingly, if Grease 3 starred all the original actors at their 50-year reunion, it would take place in the 90s.

58:57I would like that. That would be neat. Or their 40-year reunion. It would be like the 90s. I don't know. I'm thinking like... And June, you could be in it. Yeah, I'm just... Alaska, like global warming is like setting in. Like there's a small, like Inuit village. Of Grease 3? Yeah, that's sort of like getting, you know, like. Less and less snow? Yeah. Yeah? Yeah, like the shores coming like creeping, creeping, creeping, creeping slowly. And they decide to have like some kind of like a Midsummer Night's Dream celebration. Of course. That's. A musical. that is Grease related.

59:42And, uh... No, no, no. Keep going.

59:46Jason Mantzoukas:You got this. This one is from Victoria English. I've only seen bits and pieces of the original Grease, and to be honest, I've never been interested in watching it. Wow. I have, however, watched this movie several times and can honestly say I love it. Great cast, plot, and songs. Definitely a classic Better than the original Five stars Yeah, it's sort of like Must we compare it to the original? I think you'd have to That's right Of course That would be a mistake But I will But I'm gonna Like I will back June up In the sense that like I like the story of Grease 2 More than the story of Grease 1 Me too You know, like I like this story I just I think the songs are really boring One of the things that pops up In these reviews too Is everyone that loves this movie has seen it and quoted, I've seen it 200 times.

1:00:38Jason Mantzoukas:I've seen it 300 times. I've seen it 45 times. I think for a lot of people, it probably existed in a similar way to June, which is it was their first VHS or something. Whoa. Wow. Oh, I'm sure. Over 200, you think? Well, there was a period. There was one summer I actually remember watching it almost every day. Wow. Yeah, I mean, there were two movies. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It was so awesome to watch a movie that, yeah, I probably watched it every day. So that's a summer of seeing it. Yeah, I'd say over 200 times Wow, jeez I mean, I know if you were to play it right now I could probably do every line from the movie You were doing it I was, yeah, I was I can't explain myself, but I like Grease 2 more than the original Grease Wait, Paul, are you speaking for yourself?

1:01:21Jason Mantzoukas:I'm speaking as Gina I can't explain myself, but I like Grease 2 more than the original Grease I know, I'm crazy Wait, am I crazy? Whoa No, this movie is great Why is it great? Because it's funny It's funny and it's got attractive people in it. Plus, they got that whole school pageant talent show thing. And that's just so you get it. Five stars. I get it. And then this is the other one. Again, this is just one other one that's almost like a haiku. Love it. Could watch it every week. Can't watch it enough. Love Grease 1 too. I'm not sure what else to say. Five stars. all around fun sing along movie.

1:02:06I get it. I get the appreciation of the movie. I just. To me, I remember watching Grease 1 and I loved it. But Grease 1, I remember thinking was a bit of a bore compared to this.

1:02:21Jason Mantzoukas:Grease 1? Grease 1 was a bit of a bore. That's what everyone says here. Everyone says Grease 1 is a bore. Grease 2 is amazing. If you really want to like have some fun. Whoa. You're going to want to watch Grease. So basically what you're saying is like Grease 1 is a prude and Grease 2 is a slut. Grease 2 is like. A horny slut. Yeah, absolutely. It's true. I want to watch like a saucier movie. Like I'm going to put on Grease 2. Yeah. I think that's true. Can I ask you guys one last question? Oh, no. I know you do. No. Go ahead. No. All right. So why is Stephanie always wearing glasses throughout the first act?

1:02:56Sunglasses? Mm-hmm. She is. She's wearing sunglasses constantly in the movie. So. So what happened? Did she like - It's bright. Can we work this out? I mean, I think this was like, it was cool, quote unquote. Yeah, she was like - Yeah, it was. And when she takes them off is when she becomes vulnerable. Well, I do think this idea of being cool was such a teenage idea. And I do wonder if it has that currency anymore. similar to what you're saying about losing your virginity because I do remember thinking kids were cool or not cool and now I don't ever think of people as cool or not cool you should what about me maybe there are certain people I think of who have amazing style or I can appreciate their whatever but go through the room and say who's cool and who's not cool

1:03:56Jason Mantzoukas:she keeps a list it's in her bullet journal No, but I do wonder if kids now conceive of it in that way of like you're either like Stephanie Zanoni was so cool. Like, do they still think of kids as are we post cool? Or is everybody just like on, you know, everybody's got their own YouTube channel and that's great. Or I think what constitutes cool is more of the question, because I'm sure there is still a hierarchy. But what is it predicated on now? That's what I wonder. You know what I wonder? What? I know you're going to regret this What do you wonder? I wonder when the fuck you're going to stop talking Because I'm bored I love you Obviously there's a lot of things to say And if you want to continue to keep this conversation going You can call us at 619-PAUL-ASK I love you, Justin I love you all 619 Paul ask and you can leave your own correction and omission or whatever you want to talk about.

1:05:02Jason Mantzoukas:We'll play it on our mini episode. 619 Paul ask. And we'll definitely check in with our good friend Blake J. Harris, who's going to be talking to some of the players from this film. Find out some behind the scenes info. But now before we go, we go around the table. I think the answers are clear. Would you recommend this movie? Would you recommend people to watch this movie in regards to this podcast? That's what I would say. Yeah. For me, absolutely. But I don't be afraid, in my opinion, I would say in the opening number, there's a lot of numbers that you can fast forward through because the songs are not relevant to the story.

1:05:42The only numbers that you should fast forward through are the T-Bird weird number where they do the silhouettes while they're practicing. You absolutely should fast forward through that. And that's it. Nope. Motherfucker, that's it. Because this movie is straight up two hours long. I would speed through the entirety of the opening first day of school. That's like 11 minutes. There are no lyrics. So much fun. It's seven minutes long. Back to school. It's seven minutes long. And it's worth it? That's all of it. It is not worth it. It is worth it because at the very end of it, when a kid, you think the song's over, and then a kid runs over the window and jumps in.

1:06:18Love that moment. And then they end it. It's worth the whole thing. In fact, it's not. But I also appreciate that moment.

1:06:25Jason Mantzoukas:If you like jumping, I prefer the end of the movie where they all jump and it freezes. I like that. I do love that. If you think, oh, I wonder if I could fast forward right now. You can. Yes. But 100 % watch. Okay. My two cents as Anna Faris. Jason Manzoukas hit me on the shoulder. It still hurts. So it turns out he's weirdly strong, but also he can't eat eggs. So, yes, I recommend Grease 2. I... I also recommend, I recommend this movie because it's not, it's not all, it's not bad. It's just, and it, this is, I did some research on it and I found out simply this, the script was not written by the time they started shooting.

1:07:12Jason Mantzoukas:Oh wow. So D.D. Cohn as Frenchie was written in when they started shooting, but written out by the time the movie stopped shooting. So it wasn't that she is like not in it. It's like they rewrote the script throughout shooting that her character was eliminated. Yeah. So like, I feel like that's what you're watching a lot of. Like the substitute teacher comes in. Tab Hunter. Tab Hunter and his story is like, man, everybody's like kind of things are introduced. And whether or not they come out in the wash, we don't know. It's a mess of a movie, but it's not. But there's. It's in that way. There's so much joy in it.

1:07:48But what June loves about it is there. Yes.

1:07:52Jason Mantzoukas:If you were held in a basement and watched this movie 200 times, you would also grow to love it. Yes. If you had Stockholm Syndrome for this movie, you would also think it was good. Who's going to chain me into a basement? Oh, boy. Uh-oh. It would be like a sloth from Goonies if he was watching Grease 2. Will someone chain me into a basement? It's room. It's room with one VHS tape. Make me watch Grease 2. Whatever, never, never, never. You'll win an Oscar for the Jason keeps you in a basement. Yep. And I just make you watch Grease 2. Really? Yep. I mean, it's like Michelle Pfeiffer dancing around.

1:08:28Like, what's the problem? Wait, wait, wait. What is the problem here? Can I please, like, a little more split pee or anything? No. Keep watching. Oh, cool. You'll get soup when you know all the lyrics to Cool Rider. I'm a cool, cool rider.

1:08:48Jason Mantzoukas:Oh God Oh my God Cut that into the song Ana You have an amazing podcast That we've all been guests on now And you should definitely check it out It's called Ana Faris' Unqualified It comes out every Tuesday Awesome Definitely check that show out If you've not listened to it Amazing episodes there What's a good starter episode That you would tell people to listen to? I would say actually Paul Scheer No Yes Paul Scheer And Jason Manzoukas And now June We did a three And Raphael. And then also your hit show. I love you. I love you, too. And I thank you so much for being here. Your hit show is on CBS.

1:09:24Oh, yeah.

1:09:24Jason Mantzoukas:Killing it. Thursday nights at 9 p.m. Yeah, I guess it's called Mom. It is called Mom. And that's the title. It is called Mom. Yeah, it's a long time. Oh, really? It is called Mom. Wait. The show is called It Is Called Mom. Oh, okay. It is called Mom. It is called Mom. All right. Jason, what do you want to plug? As of right now You have had two weeks to watch Gilmore Girls I am on the episode Called Spring Guys my dreams all came true You are Spring Thank you honey Watch the four episodes of Gilmore Girls A year in the life And also This is going sideways completely From our podcast network But there is an amazing podcast right now Called Crime Town I'm writing that down That is unreal.

1:10:14Good rhyme. Every season is a deep dive into the crime of one city. The inaugural season is going on right now, and it is Providence, Rhode Island, and it is fascinating. It is called Crime Town Buddy. Is it fictional? No, it is like a documentary series. Junie? Podcast documentary. So if we're just talking things that we like, I've been really into the CNBC show The Prophets Starring Marcus Limonis He's a nice Greek man He's a nice lovely Greek man I love that show as well We're talking about things we like I like Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood I do too I don't know what that is Oh it's amazing It's a child's show Oh that's why I don't know what it is By the way Thank God I don't know what it is right What if I was like I also love that Wouldn't you be like Oh boy That's worrisome.

1:11:08Jason Mantzoukas:You could definitely check me out on that star show. Blunt talk with Patrick Stewart. I think I am on this week or I was on last week. Nice. Figure it out. Watch it. All right. That is all a big. Thank you to the amazing people that put this show together. First of all, thank you to everybody here at the unqualified compound for hosting us here. To Averill Halley. That's all of our clips. You can follow her on movie bitches on YouTube. July Diaz, who does all of the listening and making sure the show sounds good. Nick Kiley does all of our research. Marissa Zeitz puts it all together. Leanna Waldron designs all of our cool stuff.

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