Chiefs Take a Step Back, Jason Does Disney, Wild NFL Trades, World Series Haters and Midseason Meme Awards | EP 163

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24:52All right, let's get to the rest of Week 9, brother. Let's do it. Starting with Little Eagles. have the greatest bye week of all time. The Commanders, Cowboys, Packers, Lions, Giants, all lost. The Eagles won a game without playing a game. They won a week without playing a week. Now a three-game lead in the NFC East. Well, the NFC East is a debacle right now. Nobody's good. Before the season, I was like, gosh, you know what? That's going to be another fucking tough division. Yeah, well, Washington was in the NFC. I mean, it was the NFC Championship game last year in Jaden Daniels' rookie year, and they've been hurt all over the place.

25:26Terry McLaurin's been hurt. Debo Samuel's been out. Jaden Daniels has been out. Now Jaden's out for a long foreseeable future with the elbow dislocation. So it's not looking good. Their defense is atrocious. The Cowboys' defense is not good. And I don't know what Jerry Jones' move is today. It hasn't been released yet. Apparently he's doing some type of trade, although he might have canceled it based on the performance last night from the Cowboys. We'll see what happens. No, they just picked up a linebacker. A linebacker. That'll help out. Who was it? Logan Wilson from the Bengals. Nice. The NFC East might have three of the worst four or five defenses in the NFL.

26:03I mean, the Bengals are the only ones competing right now with the Commanders, Cowboys, and Giants. Who else is worse on defense? I don't know. It's bad. It's bad defensive ball right now in the NFC East. Good if you're the Philadelphia Eagles, given a lot of locker room material, but whatever. Well, the Eagles making moves as they always do right before the trade deadline. They acquired Jets cornerback Michael Carter II, Ravens cornerback Jair Alexander, who was formerly a Green Bay Packer, teamed back up with his old Green Bay defensive backs coach. And Dolphins edge rusher, who was a big – he was a hot commodity during the trade deadline.

26:46Jalen Phillips reunites with Vic Fangio. 92 %ers remember him as the guy who called me eyebrows. That's who called you eyebrows. That was nice. That's good shit. It was too good to not stop me in my tracks and make me laugh. So he's going to bring a lot to the defense. I mean, the defense, the thing that they've really been missing is the defensive backfield and depth, really, at edge position. I think they have good players there. Nolan Smith has been hurt. They lost Sweat and Brandon Graham in the offseason. They lose Milton Williams. Now, all of a sudden, BG comes out of retirement. Nolan Smith is going to get healthy eventually here.

27:22And now we got Jalen Phillips coming in, who's been a proven good rusher in this league. And he's familiar with this system in Vic Fangio. Yeah. I think it's a no-brainer. It feels like it's going to make a big difference to the depth of the defensive line, as well as getting pressure on the quarterback. I wanted to ask you, so Michael Carter gets paid by the Jets. He's renowned as one of the best nickelbacks in the NFL. Supposedly his game has kind of tailed off a little bit because of injury in recent years. And then Jair Alexander, who at one point was considered one of the best cornerbacks in the NFL.

27:59And then all of a sudden this season, people have been crushing him and he just hasn't had the year he's won. So I want to ask you, someone who's gone up against both of these guys, what is the New Heights take on these guys as players? Did the Eagles win in these moves, in your opinion? I honestly, I never played Green Bay to the point where I was guarding. Well, yeah, hopefully we got – this is the reality. The backfield with Quinion and Cooper is really good. It'll be interesting to see how these new pieces fit in. Michael Carter, as we've said, has been a nickel. We have one of the best nickels in the NFL in Cooper DeGene.

28:39Does he slide out and play outside corner? Does Michael Carter become a starter? Do we start with Jair outside at the cornerback position and keep Cooper inside? It's going to be interesting to see how Vic utilizes these new pieces, but it does bring a level of competition talent to players who have been really good in this league before in the building, which I think in general hopefully will improve. That's what you want around the trade deadline to make a run, though. You know what I mean? For sure. You want guys that are experienced, that understand defense, you know, recognition, can get lined up at least and not be scared of the moment.

29:20I think that's what you guys got for sure. And I think – Not necessarily scared, but don't let the moment get too big. It also just reemphasizes the team's idea on how competitive we are right now. You don't go out and make all these moves. Yeah, makes them every year. Howie might have been the only person with a busier phone than Adam Schefter this weekend. Making three moves at the trade deadline, it's pretty – Did you guys lose anybody? How do you guys just trade and picks? I think this is all picks. Jalen Phillips was a third-round pick, but I don't think we gave up players, if I'm not mistaken.

29:52He could be even brewing up something else. And the rest of the league could be brewing something else. It's only Tuesday morning. Like we said, the trade deadline isn't until later today. I will say, I'm giving the Cowboys defense a lot of crap. I do think, like, Iberflus' scheme, you need to have really good linebackers if you're going to run this cover two shell. That's why they went out and got Wilson. If you want to run cover two, if you want to play with two safeties back, you have to have great linebackers, and you have to have some guys on the D-line that can get after it. You've got to have six guys that can stop the run and get after the passer in the box.

30:321 ,000%. Hopefully this guy gets them closer to that for the Cowboys' sake, for the Eagles' sake. I hope he doesn't work out at all. All right, now that does it for the trade deadline. Jason, let's get into the rest of week, whatever it is. Okay, we're officially at the halfway point of the NFL season. Let's hand out some halfway points, halfway point awards. That's a weird way to say that, halfway point awards. We based all the categories on memes. For the player or team that isn't getting talked about enough, we're handing out the I owe you an apology. I wasn't familiar with your game award.

31:06There's a lot of people that can win this one. That's the thing about the NFL season, man, is somebody could get hot right now. Somebody could just, a team could just like mesh. And a team could get an injury and then all of a sudden be buns. I mean, look at the Ravens first half of the year. Lose two games early on, get decimated with injuries, and all of a sudden they're back to competing. So who do you think is a, you know, was not given enough credit? I mean, obviously the Colts are probably the biggest thing. Daniel Jones, I would say. And a little bit of a letdown this past week. But another one's a sneaky one, man.

31:39Sam Darnold up there in Seattle. Seattle's all the way the fuck up there in that Northwest, man. And they just don't get talked about enough. They don't get talked about at all. That team is fucking physical. They have a number one in that wide receiver room. Yeah. That dude, Jackson and Jenga, bro, what? Yes. That dude is fucking nasty. He's crazy routes. Yes. He's pissing everybody off that plays him. He's a fucking problem. And then their run game is fucking downhill. It's coming at you, and that's giving Sam Darnold a lot of time back there, man. Yeah, they're running that Kubiak system. And Sammy D's fucking balling, man.

32:17They're running that Kubiak system very well. Clint Kubiak is – I mean, it feels like the same thing as when I was watching Houston with Arian Foster and all those guys. I mean, it's – the run and play action marries up very well. And Darnold is fantastic this year. I mean, it's crazy that one playoff game, Everybody had already come back around to Sam Darnold being a good quarterback. Then he has one absolutely terrible, like a couple games to the end of the season. And then everybody was like, oh, yeah, I guess Sam Darnold actually does suck. And then he's out there again. He's like first or second in QBR through the first half of the season.

32:53Like he's balling out. And, yeah, it helps to have JSN this year just like it helped to have freaking – Justin Jefferson last year. Justin Jefferson last year. But Sam Darnold is slinging it. Leonard Williams, the guys they got up front on defense, they have some players in Seattle. NFC West is going to be an interesting one because I think the Rams have also, they could very easily, I mean, you take away a blocked field goal and a fourth down conversion, and they haven't lost a game this year. Isn't that crazy? You could just fucking pull out two plays at the end of a game, and it's like that's how close victory is in this fucking league, man.

33:33So I'm with you. I think Seattle and Darnold got to be the I owe you an apology. And I think everybody kind of owes Darnold an apology. All right. For the veteran that is still balling out, it's the Unk Still Got It. I'm not familiar with this meme. What's this meme? Can I see this one? Unk Still Got It. It's impressive that Unk ever had that. Ah, that boy going crazy. Unk Still Got It. How do you even find out that you could do that? Unk is traditionally an older player. Got to be an older player. Got to be an older player balling out. Yep. I feel like Stafford is the obvious choice because he's – I mean, he might be – he's definitely up there in contention for MVP through the first half of the season.

34:15But I feel like nobody thought Stafford didn't have it. Like everybody kind of knew Stafford's a great quarterback. Are you kidding me? Yeah, Stafford's unbelievable. So Funk still got it. I feel like it's got to be – It's got to be one of the oldest players in the league. It's got to be Flacco, right? It's got to be Flacco. Like, nobody expected him to go out there and throw for 470 on a team that he's only been on for like two weeks. Yeah. The most by a 40-plus-year-old quarterback in the regular season. The only 40-year-old quarterback who was thrown for more was Tom Brady in Super Bowl 52.

34:50Yeah, I remember that one. That was a wild one. That was a fun game. For the team that is getting healthy at the right time, we're calling this the ambulance, but not for me. I don't know this one either. Am I just not plugged in on these memes? No, I don't know this one. I knew the last one, but I don't know this one. Hopefully the younger audience gets this one. All right, we got Ravens, Tampa Bay 49ers. The thing with the 49ers is are they even getting healthy? I feel like a lot of the guys they've lost are freaking out. Yeah, that shit sucks. I think they got Kittle back last week or two weeks ago.

35:23I guess. Do they even want Procbrier to come back at this point? Mac Jones has been balling out. The way Mac Jones has been balling, man, Man, that's a tough decision because you paid Purdy a lot of money. And I didn't like Purdy was playing bad. It's just Mack Jones has really played well in his time. It's tough, man. It's tough. I mean, I still feel like Tampa Bay is the real deal. Once they get healthy, I think they're going to be competitive. I think Baker is one of the best quarterbacks in the league. They've kind of been injured to this point, and they're still one of the top teams in the NFC.

35:55Ravens, I mean, those are two good options. All three of these are really good options. I'm going to go Tampa Bay. I'm going to keep on the Baker Love Train. Yeah, keep it in the NFC. Yeah. For the team or player, we can't really explain, but it gets the kids going. The 6-7 award. Nice. That's a good one. That's a good one. You know about this one? It's just supposed to mean like it's okay, but then at the same time nobody really knows. Everybody just kind of says it now whenever it's just like a 6-7. Yeah. All right, whatever. I feel like the 6-7. Who's got the juice? It's got to be Jackson Dart, right?

36:32He's gone in and played really well. I love the energy and effort and excitement that he's had on the game day, but it doesn't feel like it's not all there yet. There's still a few pieces away up there in New York. And that's the perfect for the team or player we can't really explain, but gets the kids going. I mean, he gets the Jackson Dart scadaboo, really scadaboo, was the scadaboo is it there still ah man broncos are another good choice i don't know how you feel about that but the broncos defenses lights out bo nicks is only good when his team is losing for some reason bro the guy when it when it comes down to it listen the guy just needs pressure he needs pressure he needs to be like oh shit shit's fucking hitting the fan i gotta fucking make a play exactly and he does crazy and he does every time yeah i've seen it firsthand last year he tried to pull off like a second half like downfield lateral yeah i don't know if you remember this bro and i was like bro he's out there doing this shit with the fucking game on the line man fuck do you want to name the broncos the 6-7 award or is that feeling no i think i think it's either drake may or i just feel like even scataboe on the drake may is a 10 you can't give him a 6-7 award this dude is balling out right now 6-7 to me is not balling out 6-7 is like you're having a moment you're playing well but you're not like the best i thought it just kind of got the kids going for some reason i saw a video of uh of drake may and his uh his tackle they're at a uh they're at the boston celtics game and they put drake may up on the uh on the screen on the floor and everybody's going crazy and there's a boston celtics kid like a kid like a fan in the stands that had a i love drake may shirt on and he was going fucking nuts i mean it Definitely gets the kids going.

38:26I just don't think that that's what 6-7 is. I don't. Yeah, trick me. Sure. Yeah, you fucking crushed it, Jason. Thanks for selling that bit.

38:35You leaned in. Thank you so much. You didn't just leave that out to dry. Fuck. That was great. Sold it. Do you think I know what 6-7 means? I don't fucking know. All right, that's our midseason awards. And that does it for week nine bold topics. This show is sponsored by Liquid IV. God, I hate IVs, but I love Liquid IV. It's no secret that we have insanely busy schedules. Between podcasting, attending, and playing in games, workouts, meetings, family events, we barely have time to catch our breath some days. That's right. And trying to stay on top of your game when you're running on empty. Now, that's rough.

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43:32win to receive bonus bets which expire in seven days minimum odds required nba league pass auto renews until canceled additional terms at dkng.co slash audio limited time offer all right now let's move on to stamp of the week stamp of the week and brought to you by starbucks nice man god i could use some starbucks right now your new protein coffee destination i could use some protein and some caffeine are there other protein coffee options i think that's the only one i've never heard of it never heard of it very good protein coffee all right nominees yeah who you going with big guy well we got nominees nominees the owl that attacked brian schottenheimer i did not see this he was attacked that's a that's so that's not photoshopped there was actually an owl in his house chas you remember when there was a bat in our house growing up a bat there was a bat one year and then there was a bird i just remember the bird i don't remember the bat we had a bat one year and a bird another year those didn't fare too well over at the kelsey household well flash flash was a badass she was she had a lot of that stuff she wasn't she wasn't we found dead birds all the time dead birds mice yep you name it like little gifts all right arch manning little gifts clearly uh intern brandon put that in there baseball we're gonna stamp baseball for what listen just because the phillies didn't make it doesn't mean the world series wasn't absolutely epic that was the awesome seven games of fucking baseball man it was back and forth every team was both teams had their had their shining moments blue jays are up all game going into the eighth inning so you're telling me i'm supposed to get excited about a canadian baseball team and a team that just spends more money than everybody else who the fuck cares about both of them both of them spend more money than everybody's it's the baseball well yeah that's why baseball sucks That's why baseball is like, you just buy World Series championships.

45:25It's the dumbest thing in the world. It's exciting. It's exciting that the team that spent the most money and everybody knew was going to win the World Series won the World Series. It was an unexpected person that won it for them. Everybody knew this was going to happen before the season. We just had a bunch of meaningless shit happen before it, and then it happened. And on top of that. You still got to go do it. I'm not. Yeah, well, they did. Yeah, they did it. So, yeah, no, baseball not getting my stamp. baseball get a stamp if it adds a salary cap and starts making people actually having to win championships on merit rather than just spending a bunch of money on japanese phenoms but it is fun when one of those teams with merit find a way to get the win you know they don't have merit travis they they have merit one of the teams that don't pay for it find a way they did like that's The Blue Jays are high in the payroll as well.

46:18That's what I'm saying. No, I'm saying this year wasn't it. When has it been it? When the guards went to the World Series. Did they win? Unfortunately, no. Oklahoma kicker Tate Sandell. As a coach, get off the field, son. Go put pants on or you're not playing for me. I don't think this should be allowed. Kicking is already too easy. Why the fuck is this dude's... Why am I seeing VMOs? I see his goddamn quad muscle. I don't want to see this. I don't want to see Daisy Dukes on the football field. Just put the fucking pads on. His fucking VMOs. His helmet that looks like he's from the Little Giants.

46:54Cam Little sets the record for a field goal. I mean, it's impressive. He fucking kicked a field goal that was snapped at the 50-yard line. That's fucking insane. Yeah, that's crazy. I'm going to go with my guy, Brock Bowers, man. I love giving tight ends the love. And Brock has been injured. He's been banged up all year. He comes back and man alive. two fucking great touchdown grabs as well as 133 uh it through the air man actually three touchdown grabs i should say but two of them were absolutely electric one an option route that he broke off the defender and fucking man the guy can fucking roll i want to know how fast that guy was going um on on his uh long touchdown and then uh the back shoulder one-handed grab where he landed on his back in the end zone man rocky b rocky my stamp of the week brother stamp of them is a bad I already gave my Hemi award on Monday night to Sam Darnold.

47:44I'll give it to the kicker, not the one with fucking shorts. I'll give it to the one that made a 68-yard field goal in the NFL. I think that's pretty remarkable. I routinely am known to shit on kickers, so I'm going to do the honorable thing and give the award to somebody who set a record. Chicken Little kicked a 68-yard field goal. Brand new record. Well done. And that does it for Stamp of the Week, Brought to you by Starbucks, your new protein coffee destination. 92 %ers, it's time for a special edition of Heights Hotline, Pet Parent Edition. Brought to you by Hills Pet Nutrition. Brandon, can you please show some of the product to our fine viewers?

48:24That's right. We got Hills Pet. We got the pet. Oh, yeah. Wonderful, wonderful. This is a Hills Pet dog right here. As we said, this Pet Parent Edition is brought to you by Hills Pet Nutrition. Because while your pets are perfect, you're only human. 92 %ers, we asked you to call in your pet advice questions. So let's take a listen to some of these voicemails right now. Can't wait. So me and my fiance, soon to be husband, are thinking of getting another puppy. We have a dog who's three right now. But with just like a 9-5 job, we're just wondering, is there really any good time to get a puppy? Do we just kind of pull the trigger with it?

49:04Because there are a lot to handle. So if you could just give your advice on if you think that there's really any good time of the year to get a puppy. Any good time of year? I mean, it depends on your setup. I'll say this. It's not a good time to get a puppy if you're having kids because that is having a puppy, trying to potty train that thing, while also trying to potty train a human being is a difficult thing to freaking navigate. The dog is now pissing in the urinal. Yeah, pissing shit happening all over the place. And the kid is now pissing outside. Yeah, it's not ideal. You don't want that.

49:39I would say winter, depending on your climate. But winter, typically you want to let the dog outside if it needs to go to the bathroom. And going outside for a walk or just letting the dog outside, depending on your setup at your house, is difficult sometimes when it's cold out there. Summer, you want to be out of the house and doing stuff. You don't want to be weighed down by a puppy. so i would say i think fall spring spring's a good time if you want to get a fucking puppy you're it's you're gonna make the decision to take care of the dog no matter when you get it and that's gonna have at least some inconvenience to your life you know it's gonna switch up your daily routines and shit like that so it's like the best time is whenever you're up for switching that routine soon to be husband's a good time to get one too you can find out a lot about the nurturing habits of your soon-to-be husband.

50:31If he's shit with a puppy, I mean, you might not want that guy around. It's a good test. Dogs are a good test for humans as parents, which I do not pass usually. Don't listen to him. Good Lord. No, you get one of these things. Do we know what breed it is? No. Do we know where it's from exactly? Also, no. You get one of these little creatures, it just hangs out with you all day. That's a cute, whatever it's doing with its ears, I like that. Let's be honest, the breed matters a lot. The breed does make a big difference. when you're adopting. And could not possibly tell you what breed this is. His DNA test came back like a fucking pie.

51:04But you can see its face. It's a harmless dog. Look at that face. Look at that face. So get you one of these. That's somebody that just wants to be loved. See? Yeah, I would adopt like an old bloodhound. I would just get like an old bloodhound that just can't even move and it just sits on the front porch. It just drools and farts all day. And its lips and ears are just like matted down onto the carpet. What's the next question? My name is Ruth. My question is, was there any kind of pet that either of you wanted as a kid that your parents absolutely wouldn't have allowed. Like, for instance, my mom would have been cool with just about anything, including snakes, which I am pretty sure that's not the norm.

51:40But like, is there anything that Mama Kelsey or Papa Kelsey would have immediately vetoed? Also, my cat, Autumn Willow, she watches the show with me every week. Okay, Autumn. All right, Autumn. Nice. Shout out to Autumn. I don't think we would have been allowed to get anything other than a dog and a cat. I think that's where mom and dad drew the line. I remember bringing it up that I wanted a ferret. I thought they were the coolest animals ever. Very much remember that. Then learned that they're not very, like, my college roommate had a ferret. Who had a ferret? And I got to, Isaiah Pede. Isaiah Pede had a ferret?

52:16Dude, yes. I forget the name of it, but it was living in our dorm room illegally. Yeah, of course. Frowned upon because you can't have pets in the dorm rooms. I was the same thing with Marcus Barnett. Marcus Barnett had an alligator in the dorms.

52:33Bones Barnett, man. That's right. God damn it. What a legend. Yeah. So a ferret is a very, it's a, I mean, you got to be ready for the room to smell like absolute shit. It's going to be a fucking mess. Those things are not like as cute and friendly as you would hope they were. I feel like we talked about, definitely remember you wanting a ferret. Yeah, my dad mentioned that when I told him. I was like, yeah, my roommate has a ferret, and it is the fucking worst. And he's like, hey, you remember when you wanted that fucking rodent? Yes. Dad got fired up. He was like, thank God. We didn't fucking lean into that.

53:13I feel like we almost got a hamster. The rodents were definitely a thing for a little bit. Then there was like a rabbit. Somebody had a rabbit or a bunny, one of our friends. And we talked about that for a little bit. No chance our parents were letting us get a snake or anything like that. We'd have done something done with it. I do remember you wanted a pygmy marmoset. This is when you're a full-grown adult. I wouldn't be surprised if you still want it. Pygmy marmoset. You remember those little finger monkeys that you got into? Oh, yeah, we were fucking around with that. Those things look fucking cool.

53:44I just saw them flying around, jumping on fingers. I just wanted to put my finger in the air and see it jump from one side of the room onto my finger. I did have a buddy that had a monkey growing up, and I remember going there and seeing the cage for this thing and just being like, what the fuck i was like a kid and i was like why the fuck do you guys have a monkey dude you know the one the pet that i kind of want now i saw one online where uh somebody had like a like a full on not a sea turtle but like those old the tortoises that grow to be like a hundred turtles no they're like just like a it's just a big tortoise i can't giant tortoise or whatever it's called yeah i know i know exactly they had them in chicago and it was like had a garage beer on its back and it was just walking down the street i was like god dang a tour a tortoise like that would be so fucking sick but then it's like all right where do i keep this thing because it's 100 years it outlives you pass it on down yeah it's bill he's older than everybody in the family you're stuck with him now it is now a year inconvenience good luck caring for him in the winter in pennsylvania um do you recommend exotic pets for kids jason i don't remember exotic pets for anybody.

54:54I think exotic pets should stay exotic. Wild animals. Dogs and cats are kind of the big ones. Do you know the one that's kind of getting interesting? Donkeys? Like a miniature donkey? That's not an exotic pet. That's an exotic pet to fucking me. Hi, my name is Eleanor, and I'm calling regarding pet parenting advice. I have a five-year-old cat. 1950s name right there. And I'm getting ready to adopt a younger brother for him. And I I just need to find a perfect name. So my question is, what should I name my new male kitten? Perfect. Perfect name. That's a tough task. What did she say the older cat's name was?

55:32Franklin. That was Franklin the cat. I like Franklin. I'm a big fan of human names for pets and pet names for humans. Franklin is a great name. Franklin is a good one. I like that. So she's kind of into this territory. What's a good pet name for a male cat that's a younger sibling to Franklin? I mean, if you're going Franklin, why not keep it in the childhood cartoon, like kids? You know what I mean? Like, hey, it's Franklin. You can go Arthur. Arthur. That's it. That's it. I mean, I think that's it. Artie? You got Franklin and Arthur. No, Artie. Frank and Art? Frank and Artie, yeah. I think we just did it.

56:07That's the perfect name. She's not going to think of it. Eleanor's not going to get it better with an art. What are some other options? We got Arthur. Arthur's great. Doug. Doug Funny. Doug doesn't feel like a cat. I'm not getting a dog. Unless it's like a cat that just fucking sits around. Doug kind of does Doug. I don't know why Doug kind of feels like a fuck up for a name. Yeah, I think it's Arthur. Arthur is the perfect name. As we've said, we like people names for pets. I think it's always fun. All right. Now that does it for the Heights Hotline Pet Parent Edition. That's right. Brought to you by Hills Pet Nutrition.

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57:28robin williams is the genie in aladdin is the best it's the greatest nobody's done a better voice acting role in anything ever i don't think i don't know shrek was pretty good not even fucking close to the comedic timing and ability that robin williams executed with the genie from Aladdin. I mean, it's the only reason the movie is like redeemable. They tried to redo it with Will Smith and it was a fucking disaster. Like nobody liked it. You thought it was a disaster. I thought it was pretty good. I mean, you are so out of your fucking mind if you thought that movie was even remotely good. I thought it was good.

58:03And it was bad because everybody expected the genie to still be Robin Williams. It's not like an indictment on Will Smith. Anybody in that role was going to fail. I remember the songs in Aladdin a lot. They're great. It's my favorite Disney flick of all the old school ones that's the ones i watch i like the messaging behind it and like i think it's a great film it's a fantastic film and then of the new ones i'm kind of into coco which really isn't even a movie for kids like a child watching coco gets nothing out of it but if you're an adult you're in tears at the end of it it is fucking an intense movie just telling you dude you're fucking knee deep in it some of the new movies are a little bit too straightforward with what they're trying to message they're too descriptive the songs are more straightforward.

58:45Like there's no interpretation. It's all just like, this is what this movie's about.