EP. 372 — You Got Served LIVE!

 

[00:00:00] Paul Scheer: Let’s get street. And remember, no rules. We saw You Got Served. So you know what that means.

[00:00:14] Music: [Intro Song] [00:01:09] Paul Scheer: We’re live in Los Angeles for You Got Served, a movie that came out in 2004 and boy oh boy, it set the world on fire. And honestly it did. It opened up number one on Super Bowl weekend. Tagline, “If you want respect, you gotta take it.” I guess. Alright, so. Uh, IMDB describes this movie as in order to achieve their dream of opening a recording studio.

[00:01:45] Wait, no. IMDB should really read my research. Um, well, I’m gonna read what IMDB says. It’s not true. Uh. “In order to achieve their dream of opening a recording studio, two friends must win their city’s dance contest, a fierce competition that pits ’em against a group of young, tough street dancers.” That’s all false.

[00:02:12] This is about two guys. Well, it’s about two guys. It’s about dance. It’s about losing a drug dealer’s money. But don’t worry about that ’cause it’s really not that big of a deal. And what it really comes down to is getting into a little Kim video for $50,000. That’s really what it’s about, man. IMDB is slacking.

[00:02:33] All right, so, we are gonna talk about all of this. We’re gonna talk about all the dancing. Is it good? Is it bad? I don’t know. I don’t even know how to judge it. Uh, I’m impressed by it, but we will talk about it all. But first, let me introduce my two co-host. Please welcome to the stage, Mr. Jason Mantzoukas!

[00:02:56] Jason Mantzoukas: What’s up, Jerks? Let’s go. Alright. Wow.

[00:03:02] Paul Scheer: Jason, were you in the theater for You Got Served?

[00:03:05] Jason Mantzoukas: Never seen this movie before today.

[00:03:06] Paul Scheer: Okay. I, I am a, I’m a big Step Up fan.

[00:03:10] Jason Mantzoukas: Huge Step Up fan.

[00:03:11] Paul Scheer: Huge.

[00:03:11] Jason Mantzoukas: Huge Step up fan, Step Up, Step Up To The Streets. I’m a huge, I’m a, I’m a huge Moose guy.

[00:03:17] Paul Scheer: I love Moose.

[00:03:17] Jason Mantzoukas: I’m all in for Moose.

[00:03:19] Paul Scheer: Look, I want to go see.

[00:03:20] Jason Mantzoukas: Not many Moose fans. Oh, okay.

[00:03:22] Paul Scheer: Step up 3D. Still one of the best theater experiences I’ve ever had. Amazing, amazing.

[00:03:27] Jason Mantzoukas: Agree. Jackass 3D are the 3D movies that really work.

[00:03:30] Paul Scheer: I, I it really? Yeah. That’s what it needs to be. Now, uh, ladies and gentlemen, somebody else that can talk about 3D movies and dance, please welcome June Diane Raphael!

[00:03:51] Welcome. June.

[00:03:53] June Diane Raphael: Hi Paul, how are you?

[00:03:54] Paul Scheer: I’m well. Thank you so much for asking. Um. You Got Served. Did you get served in the movie theater or did you see this for the first time?

[00:04:02] June Diane Raphael: I saw it for the first time today. Um. I cried.

[00:04:05] Jason Mantzoukas: Yes.

[00:04:06] Paul Scheer: Whoa.

[00:04:08] Jason Mantzoukas: I cried as well.

[00:04:09] June Diane Raphael: I cried.

[00:04:10] Paul Scheer: When, when Is there an opportunity, when how?

[00:04:12] Jason Mantzoukas: Justice for Little Saint.

[00:04:13] June Diane Raphael: When?

[00:04:15] Jason Mantzoukas: How about, how about justice for Little Saint, Paul?

[00:04:20] Paul Scheer: Little Saint, I was gonna say tonight’s episode dedicated to Little Saint, I mean RIPS.

[00:04:27] Jason Mantzoukas: Um, I, I mean, wow, this movie goes for it. They killed that kid off screen.

[00:04:33] June Diane Raphael: And I thought.

[00:04:34] Paul Scheer: I needed to see a body.

[00:04:36] Jason Mantzoukas: What?

[00:04:36] Paul Scheer: Show me a body or it didn’t happen.

[00:04:38] Jason Mantzoukas: You wanna see that kid’s body? Okay, now that.

[00:04:42] June Diane Raphael: Honestly, you put on those checkered vans tonight, which I’ve never seen before.

[00:04:47] Jason Mantzoukas: You, you skateboarded, you skateboarded here.

[00:04:53] June Diane Raphael: And you got some kind of energy over there.

[00:04:59] Jason Mantzoukas: You, you watch the teen movie, you got your teen sneaks on.

[00:05:04] June Diane Raphael: I’ve never seen those before.

[00:05:05] Jason Mantzoukas: He called me a lame.

[00:05:08] Paul Scheer: Bunch of lamos over here. They don’t know about youth culture. Now look, little Saint came in.

[00:05:15] June Diane Raphael: He came out, said, I guess we watched the beginning of the movie together and you said when Little Saint came on screen, you said he’s gonna die.

[00:05:21] And I was like, and now I didn’t even know you had seen the movie before.

[00:05:25] Paul Scheer: I never have.

[00:05:26] June Diane Raphael: Oh, I thought you saw it in the theaters. So.

[00:05:28] Paul Scheer: Step Up 3D.

[00:05:29] June Diane Raphael: I’m sorry. So you said it so confidently and I was like, you’re crazy. You’re, you’re so crazy. Like they would never, they’re gonna make us think he died. They’re gonna make us think like something, he’s in peril, they’ll never kill him.

[00:05:43] They did.

[00:05:45] Jason Mantzoukas: At the, at the very least, he’ll get to do like an incredible dance piece before he dies. Nope.

[00:05:49] June Diane Raphael: Never got to see him do it.

[00:05:51] Jason Mantzoukas: Just wants get on the team. Gets on the team, and then is murdered.

[00:05:53] June Diane Raphael: And not only that.

[00:05:55] Paul Scheer: He doesn’t, he doesn’t even really get to. Yeah. Like he is even officially on the team.

[00:05:59] June Diane Raphael: He’s officially on the team.

[00:05:59] Jason Mantzoukas: You’re, you’re on the team.

[00:06:00] Paul Scheer: But he never gets even go to practice.

[00:06:02] Jason Mantzoukas: He doesn’t get to even get to practice.

[00:06:05] June Diane Raphael: No.

[00:06:06] Jason Mantzoukas: He’s shot off screen.

[00:06:06] Paul Scheer: So technically technically, never on the team. I mean, he was told he would be on the team.

[00:06:12] Jason Mantzoukas: This take is awful. This take, this is a villain’s take. Why? What is that? I think you think that looks cool. It doesn’t. That’s.

[00:06:26] Paul Scheer: The audience. You’re gonna look young like me. You’re young like me.

[00:06:32] Jason Mantzoukas: How come? Here’s the next question. How come Paul was in a boot on tour? That’s the, that’s what’s gonna happen. You’re gonna hurt yourself.

[00:06:40] June Diane Raphael: The craziest thing about Little Saint’s death too is that it was caused Little Saint’s death was caused by the fallout between M. M?

[00:06:51] Jason Mantzoukas: L.

[00:06:54] June Diane Raphael: I knew it was close by. L and David, and had they not been fighting. I mean, blood is on their hands.

[00:07:04] Jason Mantzoukas: Yes.

[00:07:05] June Diane Raphael: And that’s so upsetting. And I just couldn’t believe this dance movie did that.

[00:07:11] Paul Scheer: He went for a ride along.

[00:07:13] June Diane Raphael: Yeah. He was supposed to be with them, but because Little Saint’s older brother, his like big fake, big brother wasn’t willing to fight with L. Dance with L. That’s why Little Saint died.

[00:07:25] Jason Mantzoukas: For anybody who hasn’t seen the movie, Little Saint is max 11 years old. Right?

[00:07:29] June Diane Raphael: I would put him at 9 or 10.

[00:07:31] Jason Mantzoukas: This is okay. Even younger. This is a child.

[00:07:35] Paul Scheer: He knew what he was getting into. You play with adults. You, you, you find out.

[00:07:42] Jason Mantzoukas: They’re not adults. They’re not adults, they’re teenagers. What are talking about?

[00:07:47] Paul Scheer: I’m just saying play with kids your own age, Little Saint. Play with kids, your little your own age.

[00:07:53] Jason Mantzoukas: Wow.

[00:07:53] Paul Scheer: Now all I wanted to see though, was all I wanted to see were those when they ran to that hospital. The movie, this movie is shot in three sets, a basketball court inside Steve Harvey’s house.

[00:08:04] Jason Mantzoukas: You think that’s steve Harvey’s house?

[00:08:06] Paul Scheer: Oh yeah. It’s his back house.

[00:08:08] Jason Mantzoukas: It’s his in the back of his house where he is, got a boxing ring and an airplane hanger.

[00:08:12] Paul Scheer: Um, and uh, but like when they go.

[00:08:15] Jason Mantzoukas: I got this old boxing ring, I guess you guys can dance in there.

[00:08:18] Paul Scheer: When they run into that hospital like we need to see Little Saint. He’s, he’s family. They’re really, and they’re, well no, technically he’s not. And they’re like, well yeah, ’cause his family already left because he dead.

[00:08:28] Jason Mantzoukas: Yeah. And oh man, they genuinely strung that out for so long, so long. Because of course we all knew Little Saint was dead. Right?

[00:08:37] June Diane Raphael: I did not. I was like, they would, they would never do that to us.

[00:08:40] Paul Scheer: You need a Little Saint in the hospital being like, dance for me.

[00:08:46] Jason Mantzoukas: Wow. This is, this is rough.

[00:08:50] Paul Scheer: It’s the shoes.

[00:08:51] Jason Mantzoukas: This is rough to watch.

[00:08:53] Paul Scheer: Dance for me.

[00:08:58] Jason Mantzoukas: But that’s the thing is that is what motivates them. You know, they, they change the name of their team to a Little Saint. They are, you know, they, they’re doing it for a Little Saint, but there’s a part of me that’s like, drop out.

[00:09:08] June Diane Raphael: Yeah.

[00:09:09] Jason Mantzoukas: Drop out. Drop out of the competition.

[00:09:10] Paul Scheer: Not for $50,000. Little Saint would’ve wanted them to dance.

[00:09:13] Jason Mantzoukas: I guess maybe you’re right. But also, like, guys.

[00:09:16] Paul Scheer: This is some of the acting that’s going on in the hospital scene.

[00:09:19] Jason Mantzoukas: This, and, and he is really like, I really can’t tell you guys this, but finally has to be like, okay, he is dead.

[00:09:25] Paul Scheer: He did break. He did break patient confidentiality here.

[00:09:29] Jason Mantzoukas: Yeah. Yeah. Oh, in the, as they’re walking out, you can see the doctor gets fired in the background.

[00:09:34] Paul Scheer: That’s HIPA law. You’re out here, buddy.

[00:09:36] Jason Mantzoukas: You’re out. You’re out.

[00:09:38] Movie Audio: Look, I’m sorry to have to tell you this, but Sean died a few hours ago.

[00:09:44] What?

[00:09:44] A bullet pierced his lung and caused severe internal bleeding. We tried to contain it. We tried to revive him. He didn’t come back. It’s nothing more we could do. I’m so sorry.

[00:10:03] Oh man. Lemme go. Go

[00:10:11] Paul Scheer: Bye-Bye, Little Saint.

[00:10:14] Jason Mantzoukas: Do you have a, do you have a picture of Little Saint?

[00:10:15] Paul Scheer: I wish.

[00:10:17] Jason Mantzoukas: I wish Little Saint was your, uh, was the background there.

[00:10:21] Paul Scheer: I think that little Saint should be the shirt. Just like in memory.

[00:10:24] Jason Mantzoukas: Yes, I agree.

[00:10:25] June Diane Raphael: Justice for Little Saints.

[00:10:26] Jason Mantzoukas: I’m surprised you’re on board for that.

[00:10:29] Paul Scheer: I, look, Little Saint to me, uh, is, is the reason why everything comes together, right? I think, uh, you know, we have, we needed a sacrifice like this. This is how great movies work. You know, he died so they could work.

[00:10:44] Jason Mantzoukas: What do you mean we need a sacrifice like this? Who, who needs the, who? Who is the who did we sacrifice Little Saint to? What?

[00:10:53] Paul Scheer: The story listeners of America need a a death to, oh, now we lean in. Oh yeah.

[00:11:00] Jason Mantzoukas: The story listeners of America?

[00:11:03] Paul Scheer: Because a lot of people say the storytellers. I’m just saying we never talk about the story listeners.

[00:11:06] Jason Mantzoukas: Yeah, we don’t talk about the story listeners nearly enough. I think you’ve lost a goddamn mind.

[00:11:12] June Diane Raphael: He, yeah. I always worry when Paul puts on like a little flare. And that’s what I see happening right now. It’s the shoes.

[00:11:24] Jason Mantzoukas: Yeah, it’s the shoes.

[00:11:25] June Diane Raphael: I’ve, I I the shoes. Truly. I’ve never seen him in them. I, I looked out from backstage. I was like, are those what I think they are?

[00:11:32] Jason Mantzoukas: Like, I feel like I feel like.

[00:11:33] Paul Scheer: Get ready. I’m doing a ska band after the show who’s with me?

[00:11:36] Jason Mantzoukas: I feel like Paul, Paul showed up in normal shoes, saw those backstage and was like, lemme put these on.

[00:11:42] June Diane Raphael: Yeah.

[00:11:42] Jason Mantzoukas: Became possessed by like, like a, like an evil ska, uh, person. Some sort of ska ghoul.

[00:11:52] June Diane Raphael: I was very emotionally moved by the Little Saint story. I, I

[00:11:56] Jason Mantzoukas: Fully agree.

[00:11:57] June Diane Raphael: I was weeping.

[00:11:57] Paul Scheer: How could you get emotionally, like we didn’t get to see anything?

[00:12:00] Jason Mantzoukas: Okay, so you are saying, do you think if we’d seen a child’s body.

[00:12:05] June Diane Raphael: What did you wanna see?

[00:12:05] Jason Mantzoukas: Would be able to enjoy the dance sequence?

[00:12:08] Paul Scheer: All I wanted, I want this. Alright. Oh my God. We’re here to see Little Saint and then all of a sudden, you know, pushing like a small little gurney.

[00:12:17] Jason Mantzoukas: Wait, you think, you think the gurneys are smaller? You think they’ve got little gurneys? I think the.

[00:12:28] June Diane Raphael: Little gurneys for Little Saints?

[00:12:30] Jason Mantzoukas: I, I’ll be honest with you, Paul, I mean, I don’t think they got little gurneys. I, I, I mean, I get what you’re saying, maybe. Oh, they, they seem to pulling the, the sheet up over a little Saint’s body.

[00:12:42] June Diane Raphael: I, I did not.

[00:12:43] Jason Mantzoukas: I think it’s gonna be on a normal sized gurney if, if I’m honest.

[00:12:46] June Diane Raphael: I was like, oh, that the movie is, is being really respectful and I appreciate it.

[00:12:50] Jason Mantzoukas: Oh, there’s no way they could’ve come, they could never have shown us dancing if they’d shown us a child’s corpse.

[00:12:55] Paul Scheer: No. Yeah.

[00:12:56] Jason Mantzoukas: Full thought they would. It’s, we would’ve revolted. We would’ve rebelled against it.

[00:13:03] Paul Scheer: Lemme tell you who, I was not expecting to see, in this movie, Steve Motherfucking Harvey.

[00:13:09] Jason Mantzoukas: Oh yeah.

[00:13:10] Paul Scheer: When Steve Harvey comes out as Mr. Rad, Mr. Mr. Rad, uh, Steve Harvey, I was shocked. I was surprised. And I’m like, we need to get him in more movies. I love Steve.

[00:13:24] June Diane Raphael: Agreed. There’s something when he’s on screen, tell me you can’t keep your eyes off of him. Tell me he doesn’t comfort you. Just his presence his way. I find him endlessly watchable.

[00:13:36] Paul Scheer: We, we have done, uh, June and I have done Family Feud. I’ve done it twice, and the best part of Steve Harvey is him talking to the audience in between or when the commercial breaks are, which you don’t even really have to take that much downtime. It’s not, the show is not live, but he does it and he’s like, what do you got?

[00:13:54] And people are like, Steve, my son, he won’t go to school. He’s like, all right, lemme tell you. He knows the answer to everything. The only other person I’ve ever seen do that is Tom Cruise, where someone came up to Tom Cruise and was like. Tom, I wanna be a photographer. He is like, alright, first of all, you gotta get a, a Fuji, get a 35 millimeter lens only shoot film.

[00:14:15] I want you to start doing ISO 800. I’m like, what the fuck? How did you know about this? And he did it for everybody back. No one asked him about acting. He’s like, Tom, I wanna grow plants. He’s like, okay, if we’re gonna grow plants, we gotta go, uh, with, you gotta get a proper temperature. It’s like Steve Harvey did the same thing on Family Feud.

[00:14:34] June Diane Raphael: Well, I, what I was amazed by with Mr. Rad is that Mr. Rad, I get, he’s sort of like the mayor of the neighborhood, knows everybody has seen these kids grow up. Fine, fine, fine. And is he.

[00:14:45] Jason Mantzoukas: He’s putting on these dance contests.

[00:14:47] June Diane Raphael: He’s putting on these dance contests and I guess putting up some money or I don’t know if they’re getting money at the door.

[00:14:51] Jason Mantzoukas: Well, first of, first of all, what, why is he hanging around with all these kids? I mean, everybody seems to be pretty cool with Mr. Rad, but I’m here to be like, everybody should. Nobody, I’m, I’m sketched out by the adult who’s like, okay, everybody, no. Let us do this on our own.

[00:15:08] Paul Scheer: Mr. Rad. First of all, I’m gonna say it’s Steve Harvey’s house they’re in, but it, they have a boxing ring set up, but it’s not a boxing ring.

[00:15:16] June Diane Raphael: It’s a warehouse.

[00:15:17] Paul Scheer: It’s a warehouse. So I guess they just need that for, to keep people at bay. But but it’s packed. I think Mr. Rads taking money off the top.

[00:15:25] Jason Mantzoukas: For sure.

[00:15:26] Paul Scheer: Because they’re only given oh, 600 bucks. I’m looking around it looks like, well, that’s a, what’s the entry price?

[00:15:30] June Diane Raphael: What do you think it’s $20 at the door?

[00:15:32] Paul Scheer: I think it’s 20 bucks at the door.

[00:15:33] Jason Mantzoukas: Do you think he owns that space or do you think he just organizes it or they put it together? Like what is it? Is everybody taking over a derelict space to host this?

[00:15:43] Paul Scheer: Well, because they also are having practice there too.

[00:15:44] June Diane Raphael: No, I think that’s Mr. Rad’s space. That’s a different space.

[00:15:47] Paul Scheer: No, no. They go into his space too.

[00:15:49] June Diane Raphael: Oh, it’s a different room. It has mirrors and stuff.

[00:15:51] Paul Scheer: Well, no, they, they, they have multiple they are in multiple scenes. One, there’s the ropes in one of the rooms.

[00:15:57] June Diane Raphael: Okay.

[00:15:59] Paul Scheer: I think what happened is Mr. Rad got one of those cool stopwatches that you wear around his neck and he is like, Hmm, what should I do with this? Dance contest. I’ll time it. Like that’s what’s, that’s what Mr. Rad seems to bring to the table.

[00:16:11] June Diane Raphael: Like Mr. Rad. I, I, I did not think, I thought Mr. Rad had pure intentions. I think Mr. Rad is, is, uh, you know, Mr. Rad for the people and knows that this is something that the community needs and is willing, I mean, I wish a lot of us would be more like Mr. Rad and offering something to our community, you know, just out of the goodness of our hearts.

[00:16:31] Jason Mantzoukas: Well, I, so, so I’m cool to just start judging children’s dance contests?

[00:16:36] June Diane Raphael: They’re not, they’re not children.

[00:16:38] Paul Scheer: Well, Jason, he doesn’t judge. He just throws the money in the hat.

[00:16:41] Jason Mantzoukas: No, he, no, he doesn’t judge. He’s saying who? He’s the, he’s the arbiter. He says.

[00:16:45] Paul Scheer: Mc.

[00:16:45] Jason Mantzoukas: Who votes for these guys who votes for, I’m sorry. Yes. Yes.

[00:16:47] Paul Scheer: Yeah, because without him there would be complete chaos.

[00:16:50] June Diane Raphael: Well, but aside from Little Saint, I believe that most members of the crews are out of high school.

[00:16:57] Paul Scheer: Oh yeah. These are adults.

[00:16:58] Jason Mantzoukas: These are adults?

[00:16:59] June Diane Raphael: Yes.

[00:17:00] Paul Scheer: Yeah.

[00:17:00] Jason Mantzoukas: Oh.

[00:17:00] Paul Scheer: They’re not.

[00:17:01] Jason Mantzoukas: Whoa.

[00:17:01] Paul Scheer: They’re not going to school. One girl’s working in the hospital.

[00:17:04] June Diane Raphael: She’s, well, she is about to go to Princeton.

[00:17:06] Jason Mantzoukas: Yeah.

[00:17:06] Paul Scheer: Okay. So she’s at high.

[00:17:08] June Diane Raphael: Deferred and is going to community college, but I do think.

[00:17:10] Paul Scheer: Wait, she’s gonna college currently?

[00:17:13] June Diane Raphael: Okay. First of all. I think she’s currently, yeah, I think she’s working at the hospital or somewhere and she’s also going to college.

[00:17:34] Jason Mantzoukas: This points to a weakness in the, in the movie I will say, even though, even though I’m, I’m loath to admit there are weaknesses in this movie. Um, I don’t know what anybody’s up to.

[00:17:45] I don’t know what anybody’s in this for other than the dancing and the money. I understand. But like the orange, I don’t understand what it is. What’s the animosity?

[00:17:53] June Diane Raphael: Well, here’s how I put it together. Actually was because of Princeton, and it’s L’s M’s L’s, l L’s. It’s L’s younger sister, and she’s going to, she just, she got accepted into Princeton. They can’t afford the tuition, and so she’s going to community college and trying to save enough money to go. So he’s clearly at least older than college aged.

[00:18:15] Jason Mantzoukas: Okay. Okay.

[00:18:16] June Diane Raphael: And I think that, that a lot of the crew members are working day jobs wanting to be professional dance crew members.

[00:18:23] Jason Mantzoukas: Well, and that’s the thing is I, for, I didn’t understand, it seems so like local team versus local team, like the Orange County guys have challenged us, blah, blah, blah. So that when it blew up to be like, it’s MTV is here. It’s on, we’re on. I was like, I haven’t even seen this coming at all.

[00:18:38] Paul Scheer: Well there there are certain things about the way information is doled out in this movie that is bizarre. Right? Because they lose, uh, this dance, then they go.

[00:18:49] June Diane Raphael: They lose their first dance.

[00:18:50] Paul Scheer: Yes. So they.

[00:18:51] Jason Mantzoukas: Well they win the first dance in the, in the cold open. The, the, at the very opening, they win.

[00:18:55] June Diane Raphael: Do they? Because.

[00:18:56] Jason Mantzoukas: They’ve won everything until they fi, until they battle the $5,000 guys, the Orange County guys, they lose to that. Because they steal their move.

[00:19:03] June Diane Raphael: I thought they lost their first dance.

[00:19:05] Paul Scheer: I thought they lost their first dance when they sleep over.

[00:19:06] Jason Mantzoukas: Did they? Yeah. Okay. No, they, because they were like undefeated. That’s why they think they’re so, they’re so cocky because they’re kind of undefeated, I believe.

[00:19:14] June Diane Raphael: Got it.

[00:19:15] Paul Scheer: Well, I guess where I was having an issue was they, they have their dance, they, they fall asleep watching, uh, videotapes and then they wake up the next morning and then the guy goes, Hey, so I got sent this video tape.

[00:19:31] You wanna come over and watch it? I was like, you were just at his house, you didn’t talk about this at all? Like, you, you went, you went to the basketball court. You chatted, you went home, you slept there, and then you called like, Hey, I got this tape. Why didn’t you talk about it? Like no one ever, no one ever gives out information.

[00:19:49] June Diane Raphael: Yeah.

[00:19:50] Paul Scheer: At the right period.

[00:19:51] Jason Mantzoukas: I don’t think those scenes had been written yet. My guess is this was shot like catch as catch can.

[00:19:58] Paul Scheer: That’s what I think too because it really is like, sometimes it’s like these two are having a date during the day and this guy’s in the middle of the night with a bag getting his ass kicked.

[00:20:07] I’m like, is it a different part of LA where it’s nighttime and that. Is it the time zone has changed because, it is, it is confusing and it’s also confusing that Wade’s crew, the main bad guys, challenge them via videotape, but then they also seem to be performing at Mr. Rad’s regularly as well.

[00:20:28] Jason Mantzoukas: Because they said. Okay, the videotape, I agree, was strange because it made me feel like, because they kept also being like the guys from Orange County. So I was like, they, where are our guys? Where are David and L from? Because I was like, oh, they must be far away. They had to be sent a videotape. But then they show the, the, the Wades crew guys just showed up on their basketball court being like, okay, we’re ready to do it tonight.

[00:20:50] And I was like, whoa, wait, what?

[00:20:52] June Diane Raphael: But that’s a lot of this movie is like setting up the stakes of we’ve got this battle, we’ve got this competition, and then being like, actually it’s tonight, or I’m in a lot of trouble. I owe someone $50,000. I need to get it right away. And then that guy being like, you can have two weeks.

[00:21:07] Yeah. And then Mr. Rad being like, I figured it out. Like stakes are both presented to us. That heightened and taken away.

[00:21:15] Paul Scheer: Traditional Entourage plotting, which is like the biggest problem that’s presented itself. Okay, that’s not a problem anymore. We’re done.

[00:21:23] Jason Mantzoukas: It it to that end, if the, if we’re to believe the movie at Face value, then everything takes place within that two weeks period.

[00:21:32] June Diane Raphael: Has to.

[00:21:33] Jason Mantzoukas: Right. So mustn’t they have.

[00:21:35] Paul Scheer: Wait, wait. His recovery from his broken legs.

[00:21:38] Jason Mantzoukas: That’s what I’m saying. Like if he only has two weeks to pay it back, he does the full recovery plus then doesn’t that cast like. From the minute the movie starts, don’t they know in two weeks is the MTV dance off?

[00:21:50] Paul Scheer: No, that’s, they find that flyer midway through the movie.

[00:21:52] Jason Mantzoukas: Oh, I know, but I mean, like, it’s still two weeks, it’s only two weeks away.

[00:21:56] June Diane Raphael: Yeah.

[00:21:56] Paul Scheer: I think everything is two weeks. It’s like everything in LA is 15 minutes away. This movie is, everything is about two weeks away because, he is doing a full recovery, which seems to be a lot of arm work for a guy who has a broken leg. He’s like, ugh.

[00:22:12] Jason Mantzoukas: Where’s all this rain?

[00:22:14] June Diane Raphael: Don’t know.

[00:22:15] Jason Mantzoukas: Where’s all this rain? He, he is rehabbed in the rain..

[00:22:19] June Diane Raphael: By the way though, when, when we watched a scene where he’s getting jumped, like they’re, they’re kicking him in the head multiple times. They’re kicking him in the side. I didn’t see anything happen to his legs.

[00:22:28] Jason Mantzoukas: Yeah.

[00:22:29] June Diane Raphael: And that was the only thing.

[00:22:30] Jason Mantzoukas: Okay, so you think L’s faking his injuries?

[00:22:32] June Diane Raphael: I’m just saying knowing now.

[00:22:34] Jason Mantzoukas: Your guys takes are wild.

[00:22:36] June Diane Raphael: Knowing now how quickly he recovered. I’m like something, something’s up with that. Also, there’s another movie within this movie that’s a very good movie and I wish we got to see it and maybe we will.

[00:22:49] Jason Mantzoukas: Is it Jack A’s movie?

[00:22:50] June Diane Raphael: No, it’s

[00:22:51] Paul Scheer: Love Jack A.

[00:22:52] June Diane Raphael: It’s what? I’d like to see that movie too. But it’s the movie about what Steve Harvey did to Maurice or whatever, to absolve L of his debt to him.

[00:23:05] Jason Mantzoukas: Wait.

[00:23:06] June Diane Raphael: What happened?

[00:23:07] Paul Scheer: Yes, I think Mr. Rad killed him.

[00:23:09] June Diane Raphael: Mr. Rad killed him?

[00:23:11] Paul Scheer: I think he’s like, Mr. Rad is like this guy, like he loves the community and he’s like, this motherfucker, I gotta take him out. And he brought his, here, he brought his friend from the LAPD, who’s packing that serious heat.

[00:23:22] Jason Mantzoukas: Yeah.

[00:23:23] Paul Scheer: And they went in there and they were like, Hey, I wanna talk to you. Bam. Bam, bam. And then, and all of a sudden Little Saint came out. What’s go? Bam.

[00:23:31] Jason Mantzoukas: Wait, I, that’s a good question.

[00:23:33] June Diane Raphael: Stop.

[00:23:33] Jason Mantzoukas: You think Mr. Rad killed Little Saint?

[00:23:39] Paul Scheer: We didn’t see it happen.

[00:23:40] Jason Mantzoukas: Okay, so now I, now I’m on board because I think, I do think Mr. Rad is a villain.

[00:23:48] Paul Scheer: Mr. Rad? Bam.

[00:23:51] Jason Mantzoukas: Oh wait, but that’s a good question because like nobody really is seeking justice or answers for who killed Little Saint.

[00:23:59] June Diane Raphael: No, that’s over there. That’s for after the MTV event. Maybe.

[00:24:04] Jason Mantzoukas: Yeah, prior. Our priorities are dancing for the MTV event for.

[00:24:07] June Diane Raphael: Well, here’s what I really appreciated.

[00:24:10] Paul Scheer: Say MTV is hosting it, but it’s little Kim.

[00:24:11] June Diane Raphael: Here’s what I really appreciated about the MTV event, which I was like, God, I wish you could have done this sooner. All the crews were different colored track suits in the other dance sequences. I was like, I, that’s why I didn’t think they won the first one, because it’s all happening so quickly. We’re cutting back and forth. I’m like.

[00:24:28] Jason Mantzoukas: The, the editing did the dancing a tremendous disservice.

[00:24:33] June Diane Raphael: Yes.

[00:24:33] Jason Mantzoukas: The editing in this movie is awful.

[00:24:36] June Diane Raphael: Yes.

[00:24:36] Jason Mantzoukas: Specifically for the dancing. It’s all chopped up.

[00:24:39] June Diane Raphael: Yeah.

[00:24:39] Jason Mantzoukas: That you cannot a, a tepid applause. I’d, I’d rather not get any, actually, don’t, no, I don’t want, I’m not looking for that, guys. What the fuck?

[00:24:52] Paul Scheer: I mean, this is the issue. Like, I have watched dance movies and.

[00:24:58] Jason Mantzoukas: Okay.

[00:24:58] June Diane Raphael: All right. All right.

[00:25:00] Jason Mantzoukas: I think.

[00:25:02] Paul Scheer: I’ve watched a lot of dance movies now. I’ll tell you this much, and I think I’m always like, whoa, this is amazing. Like when you watch Step Up or even Save The Last Dance, whatever it is, Julia Styles and 10 things I Hate About You.

[00:25:15] I’m like, that’s a great dance. Here, I’m like, what’s going on? How am I supposed to be feeling? Only when the guy levitated, I was like, oh, shit. They brought magic into this?

[00:25:23] Jason Mantzoukas: Well, and there, there’s, there’s a couple of instances where you can tell, like there’s, in the final uh, battle, there’s like, our hero team has a whole thing that looks like they’ve choreographed it to be in slowmo, which so that it would look cool, like as if they’re moving in slowmo, but they’ve not set up the cameras to capture that at all.

[00:25:41] So the cameras are catching it only in it’s terrible.

[00:25:44] Paul Scheer: Then there’s also this idea like, you stole our moves.

[00:25:47] Jason Mantzoukas: Yeah.

[00:25:47] Paul Scheer: But it’s like.

[00:25:48] Jason Mantzoukas: We didn’t know those moves.

[00:25:50] Paul Scheer: But we’re also all seeing it, right? Like they’re performing publicly. It’s not like. I don’t know how you see.

[00:25:55] June Diane Raphael: Well, I guess that’s true, but also none of those moves were memorable.

[00:25:59] Paul Scheer: Right.

[00:25:59] June Diane Raphael: And that’s the big problem with the movie is like, that’s right. I, I love these dance crews. I watch, I follow a lot of them on TikTok. I, I love watching them. I think they’re amazing. And I was like, I don’t think they’re good.

[00:26:14] Jason Mantzoukas: None of them.

[00:26:14] June Diane Raphael: I don’t think they’re good.

[00:26:15] Jason Mantzoukas: None of them.

[00:26:16] June Diane Raphael: Of them, nor did they get better.

[00:26:17] Jason Mantzoukas: Did Jabawakis exist at this point in time?

[00:26:19] Paul Scheer: Not at 2004, I don’t think.

[00:26:20] Jason Mantzoukas: Okay.

[00:26:21] Paul Scheer: I mean, maybe they were.

[00:26:21] June Diane Raphael: But like they never, they never also got, and not even better, but they never showed us anything at the end that was at all different from what we saw in the first dance.

[00:26:31] Jason Mantzoukas: And every team’s dancing was the same.

[00:26:35] June Diane Raphael: Yeah.

[00:26:35] Paul Scheer: Yes.

[00:26:35] Jason Mantzoukas: Like the teams didn’t have unique identities that I felt like were like, oh, this is this team story.

[00:26:41] Paul Scheer: It was different color, different colored tracksuits.

[00:26:44] Jason Mantzoukas: Yeah.

[00:26:44] Paul Scheer: Because even at one point I was like, oh, is it just gonna be like, these are the white guys. The white guys are the bad guys in this? And I’m like. I’m fine with that, but then I’m like, well, they’re just not white guys. There’s a, they have a, a multiracial crew.

[00:26:55] They’re just fronted by two white guys who I’m like, man, was 2004 a rough time for white dudes with their hair and shit. I was like, come on man.

[00:27:04] Jason Mantzoukas: This is part of your, it’s hard to be a white guy thing?

[00:27:07] June Diane Raphael: Yeah. I’ve heard this speech.

[00:27:08] Jason Mantzoukas: And now, and now you’re trying to post date this to 2004?

[00:27:11] Paul Scheer: All I’m saying was back in 2004, we could do things like make our hair spiky and look like vampire.

[00:27:19] Jason Mantzoukas: When Oscar, when Oscar shows up, they’ve been talking about Oscar, the whole movie. Hey, can you get your guy Oscar to come? Maybe Oscar can come. He, he doesn’t compete anymore. He’s a purist. Oscar shows up, walks around on his hands for one second, and that’s it.

[00:27:34] June Diane Raphael: That’s the thing, like there are too many, there are too many other dance characters.

[00:27:38] Paul Scheer: Yeah.

[00:27:38] June Diane Raphael: Like, there’s Oscar, there’s Rico, there’s Little Saints big brother. Maybe that’s Rico, I don’t know. But like, there’s also the guy who defected from the other team, like, and none of them seem to be additive.

[00:27:52] Jason Mantzoukas: Well, they’re not the, I feel like they are. Most of the people you just mentioned are the actors. So like the dancers to me are people that I feel like are not part of the main acting crew. So I, that’s why I was like, who’s that jump? What? That’s cool, but where is that?

[00:28:06] June Diane Raphael: Yeah. And never seen that person before.

[00:28:08] Jason Mantzoukas: No.

[00:28:09] Paul Scheer: I, the, the one thing that I was so confused by.

[00:28:11] Jason Mantzoukas: How come Mr. Rad never dances?

[00:28:15] Paul Scheer: Well, Mr. Rad, Mr. Rad does come out with semaphore flags at one point. Alright, dance over. I’m like, you have voting flags now. Like I, I feel like Steve Harvey just wanted a prop. Uh, and I then I don’t.

[00:28:27] June Diane Raphael: Other weird thing about Mr. Rad is that during the, the last scene where, where L’s little sister is sitting with him and they’re, they’re at the MTV competition, they’re semi-finals. She’s like, God, I really wanna get David and L back together. He’s like, they have to squash this. Like, this is ridiculous. They have to squash this.

[00:28:46] And she’s like, yeah, I know, L’s so worried about the money. And he is like, oh, I fixed that. And she’s like, you should tell them.

[00:28:52] Paul Scheer: No. And he’s like, no, I don’t wanna wreck the vi. They need that.

[00:28:57] June Diane Raphael: The energy. I’m like, huh.

[00:28:59] Jason Mantzoukas: The real problem between David and L is that L doesn’t want David dating his sister.

[00:29:06] June Diane Raphael: And that’s gross.

[00:29:07] Jason Mantzoukas: It’s not just the, it’s not just the betrayal of you weren’t there for me when we had to do this deal and I got beat up. It is, it is part and parcel that you were with my sister and I don’t want that.

[00:29:16] Paul Scheer: Can I ask a question about this? Is it because. I mean, are we to believe that they’re also drug dealers or what are they doing in these big duffel bags?

[00:29:26] June Diane Raphael: I don’t think they’re dealing, I felt like they were just moving drugs from place to place. Which sounds like dealing, but it seems more just like a transportation.

[00:29:35] Jason Mantzoukas: I think they are like.

[00:29:36] June Diane Raphael: They’re couriers.

[00:29:36] Jason Mantzoukas: They’re delivery. Yes.

[00:29:37] Paul Scheer: But at one point he goes, this is a big, like, he basically says like, this is a big load. Can you handle it? He’s like, I can handle it. It’s like, well is this a heavier bag? Like he’s, I think so He’s worried about the weight of the ba. It is about 35 pounds. You could carry that 35. I got the, because it’s backpack.

[00:29:53] Jason Mantzoukas: Well, I, maybe it’s the value of it. Maybe it’s the, this is a big deal and that’s, isn’t that the whole thing of like one more of these and we’re done and like we’re getting out or whatever?

[00:30:01] Paul Scheer: Well, yeah, and that’s what I was like, but even, I don’t know why that guy would need a two kids to just drop bags across town. Like it seems like kind of a waste of money. Like just. Get one of your guys to do it.

[00:30:16] June Diane Raphael: They are one of his guys.

[00:30:16] Paul Scheer: Are they his guys?

[00:30:17] June Diane Raphael: Yeah.

[00:30:18] Jason Mantzoukas: I think in this.

[00:30:18] Paul Scheer: Well, they seem to, they seem to be working a lot of freelance time. They’re like, Hey, you got any, you got anything for us to bring across on?

[00:30:24] June Diane Raphael: I don’t think that there’s a payroll or they’re like, W-9s.

[00:30:28] Jason Mantzoukas: Did you need to see them fill out like a W-9? What’s going on?

[00:30:32] Paul Scheer: Well, I feel like they’re trying to walk.

[00:30:33] June Diane Raphael: You wanted them on 10 99.

[00:30:35] Paul Scheer: I want, I wanna see if they’re an S corp or whatever.

[00:30:38] I guess like what I want, but I guess my thought was they don’t, I think they do a very, like, they’re walking this fine line of saying they’re not always working for this guy, but when they need money, they’ll work for this guy.

[00:30:51] June Diane Raphael: Yeah.

[00:30:51] Jason Mantzoukas: But dance is gonna get them out. They’re trying to, they’re trying to, they are, their priorities are dancing, but they have to do this.

[00:30:57] Paul Scheer: So this is why he doesn’t want him to date his sister.

[00:30:59] Jason Mantzoukas: No, no.

[00:31:00] June Diane Raphael: That has nothing to do with it.

[00:31:01] Jason Mantzoukas: Yeah. That he doesn’t want him dating his sister ’cause he’s a player. Right?

[00:31:04] June Diane Raphael: Because he’s, I think he’s a little bit of a player, but also I think that L is weirdly possessive of his sister and it’s really gross.

[00:31:12] Jason Mantzoukas: There’s that. But then the other guy’s, the other guy.

[00:31:14] Yeah.

[00:31:14] June Diane Raphael: It’s really gross.

[00:31:17] Jason Mantzoukas: The other guys accused David of always pursuing the, uh, the women in their, in their

[00:31:23] Paul Scheer: Oh, okay.

[00:31:23] Jason Mantzoukas: In their world. And they name a bunch of other women you did it with, with this girl and that girl. And they, they seem to all be down on David.

[00:31:30] Paul Scheer: But then it seems like the whole reason why he’s mad at David is because he decided he was gonna take that big giant load himself.

[00:31:37] Jason Mantzoukas: I don’t think. Okay. That’s not, you wanna rephrase that?

[00:31:41] Paul Scheer: No. He was like.

[00:31:42] Jason Mantzoukas: Because people can clip it.

[00:31:43] Paul Scheer: He was gonna say, let me.

[00:31:44] Jason Mantzoukas: That’s editable my friend.

[00:31:46] Paul Scheer: Let me take that giant load by myself.

[00:31:48] Jason Mantzoukas: Okay. Wait a minute. Oh God. It’s getting worse. AI’s gonna have that.

[00:31:58] Paul Scheer: I, I just felt like that was like, I, I feel like he was mad at him and like, I just felt like, but then.

[00:32:07] Jason Mantzoukas: The end when he’s like, that’s how you’re gonna talk to your girl? And then they so hardcore make out in front of him.

[00:32:13] June Diane Raphael: It was disgusting.

[00:32:13] Jason Mantzoukas: That I was like, oh, don’t do that either though.

[00:32:16] June Diane Raphael: There was a lot of like very wide mouth kissing.

[00:32:20] Jason Mantzoukas: Big open, big open mouth kisses.

[00:32:23] Paul Scheer: But I like when his grandma said, Elgin Barrett Eugene Smith ii. It’s like, wow, that’s a, that’s a big name. That is a fucking masterful name. The grandma’s my favorite character with her.

[00:32:35] June Diane Raphael: Absolutely.

[00:32:35] Paul Scheer: Her, her gout,

[00:32:37] June Diane Raphael: Absolutely.

[00:32:37] Paul Scheer: Her everything. When she said, I’ve never heard this phrase before and I love it. She says, I diapered it so I can ask about it. I was like, fuck, that’s a shirt.

[00:32:46] June Diane Raphael: And honestly, I clocked that. I was like, yeah.

[00:32:52] Jason Mantzoukas: After the first dance contest, they win and those two there, two girls come up to them and be like, Hey, we wanna join the group. And they’re what to them? Great. Tomorrow at one o’clock practice or whatever. Do those girls ever join the group?

[00:33:07] Paul Scheer: Yeah.

[00:33:07] Jason Mantzoukas: Where are those two girls?

[00:33:08] Paul Scheer: Those girls become the doong golf girls. Remember where they put the feet down on the ground and they pull their sweatshirts over and they’re like, we’re little people, people we’re dancing around.

[00:33:18] Jason Mantzoukas: Okay. Okay.

[00:33:18] Paul Scheer: Yeah, they, they joined the crew.

[00:33:20] June Diane Raphael: That’s fine. It just.

[00:33:21] Jason Mantzoukas: I thought I was gonna see.

[00:33:22] June Diane Raphael: And they felt we were setting up some sort of a love triangle or something. Nope.

[00:33:28] Paul Scheer: I, here’s what I, I, I said, I wrote down, don’t say this ’cause it won’t work, but I, I, I am gonna say it.

[00:33:35] Jason Mantzoukas: But, but villain Paul is, he’ll say anything.

[00:33:39] Paul Scheer: No. ’cause it’s so small. Like obviously this is a, this giant warehouse, there’s so many people there. The minute the dance competition’s over, it’s deadly silent.

[00:33:46] Jason Mantzoukas: Yeah.

[00:33:47] Paul Scheer: Like so silent. Like there’s not even, there’s no noise. It’s like, it’s a vacuum. It’s like, there’s like, do we need any sound design for this?

[00:33:55] No. Not, not people leaving. Not a clink of a bottle, not a door open. Not a Hey, what? Nothing. Just in that movie, there’s so many times where it’s a giant crowd and it’s like. Steve Harvey in that stands like, yeah, I took care of it. And there’s people all around him. Silent. I, I watched this movie watching that, and I was laughing my head off again. It’s, it wasn’t gonna work, but I needed to express it.

[00:34:18] Jason Mantzoukas: One of my favorite things is when they get to the MTV, like the much of the third act is just this gigantic dance contest that the, is the MTV Lil Kim video opportunity $50,000 prize and, um. And it’s, what’s so funny is at certain points, Lala is just talking into the same camera that is otherwise being used to shoot the movie.

[00:34:41] Paul Scheer: Yeah.

[00:34:43] June Diane Raphael: That’s right.

[00:34:43] Jason Mantzoukas: So it’s the same frame. It’s like, here we are showing these people and then it’s Lala be like, Hey, attempt it right into Lens. I was like, whoa, we can’t do This’s. We need another, this has to be established.

[00:34:55] Paul Scheer: Nope.

[00:34:56] June Diane Raphael: No.

[00:34:56] Jason Mantzoukas: We can’t just have someone looking into lens with a microphone now. That’s, that’s the camera that I use to look into the movie world. I don’t want it looking back at me. I trying to jump back here.

[00:35:09] Paul Scheer: That’s what we’re saying. That’s like a, we we’re, we’re talking about that’s like a, what you’re saying is like that’s the, uh, story hearer’s lens, right?

[00:35:17] Jason Mantzoukas: The story, the story listener, you mean? The story listeners of America.

[00:35:21] Paul Scheer: I couldn’t, listen, I couldn’t remember it. I said yeah, the story.

[00:35:23] Jason Mantzoukas: Oh, I remember it. It’s the Story Listeners of America. I unfortunately have complete recall of the last 40 minutes of my life.

[00:35:31] Paul Scheer: So the story that you were yet, that they really, they crossed the story listeners’ lens right there. And that’s, you see, that’s what you need to.

[00:35:38] June Diane Raphael: Listen, I laughed so hard there. This it during the semis at the big competition at the, in the third act.

[00:35:44] Paul Scheer: Oh, I love this.

[00:35:45] June Diane Raphael: I laughed so hard when David’s crew before he joined L’s. When David’s crew gets knocked out, the reason I get knocked out is because there’s several falls.

[00:35:55] Jason Mantzoukas: Yeah.

[00:35:55] Paul Scheer: Those falls.

[00:35:56] June Diane Raphael: That happens and there are some like really elaborate jumps and moves. That’s not how people are falling. People in that dance crew are falling just walking. Just honestly standing.

[00:36:10] Paul Scheer: I thought that someone was shot.

[00:36:12] June Diane Raphael: So funny.

[00:36:13] Paul Scheer: I, I thought that someone was shocked ’cause they fell out of frame. I was like, whoa. What happened?

[00:36:18] June Diane Raphael: Not a twisting. Not they didn’t get twisted up in a move.

[00:36:21] Paul Scheer: Nope.

[00:36:21] June Diane Raphael: They just simply fell.

[00:36:23] Paul Scheer: Walking backwards.

[00:36:24] June Diane Raphael: Yep.

[00:36:24] Paul Scheer: Walking backwards for a reset.

[00:36:26] Jason Mantzoukas: Stumbling. It’s not even falls. People are just.

[00:36:28] June Diane Raphael: Yes. Stumbling around.

[00:36:30] Paul Scheer: There. There are so many things in this movie that are, that’s beautiful and great, but I, I also like, again, it’s.

[00:36:39] Jason Mantzoukas: Like what? What do you mean beautiful and great.

[00:36:41] June Diane Raphael: Here’s something that.

[00:36:42] Jason Mantzoukas: There’s so many things in this something’s movie that are beautiful and great you just said.

[00:36:45] June Diane Raphael: I’ll tell you something.

[00:36:46] Jason Mantzoukas: There’s so many things.

[00:36:47] June Diane Raphael: I’ll tell you something that’s beautiful and great. The grandma, when the grandma, when L first goes to see her and she’s complaining about all of our stuff, the grandma brings out some orange juice for him and she pours him the smallest glass. I don’t know if anyone else clocked it, but it’s like this big, it’s a shot of orange juice.

[00:37:05] Paul Scheer: Well, but I think that that shot of orange juice is just to get you to this scene where you get the, the hot cocoa latte.

[00:37:11] June Diane Raphael: Beautiful. Two Ls.

[00:37:13] Movie Audio: You know they say hot chocolate latte make the pain go away.

[00:37:16] Who says that?

[00:37:18] Me. Anything that’s hot in chocolate, girl, you know you can’t go wrong.

[00:37:25] I can’t believe Elgin put his hands on you. I would’ve took my shoe off and did damage.

[00:37:31] Things are so messed up.

[00:37:32] You think?

[00:37:34] And you know what? You can stay here as long as you need to because you know you my girl and you know that. I got you.

[00:37:41] Thanks B.

[00:37:42] You are welcome. Now I’m finna get my makeup kit and we finna have a girls’ night.

[00:37:47] Paul Scheer: I like a coffee before girls’ night, a hot cocoa coffee before a girls night.

[00:37:52] June Diane Raphael: And I Did she say that was a mochaccino?

[00:37:54] Paul Scheer: She said it’s a, it’s a hot cocoa latte.

[00:37:57] June Diane Raphael: Uhoh. The best part of that scene to me. And I don’t know who wrote the movie, I didn’t look up the writers, but it’s so.

[00:38:05] Jason Mantzoukas: It was re rewritten by Sorkin.

[00:38:09] June Diane Raphael: So reeks of like late nineties. Someone writing a, a guy writing a script and they’re like, what do girls do?

[00:38:15] Jason Mantzoukas: Yeah.

[00:38:17] June Diane Raphael: They like candles. I know they like candles to be cozy. Hot cocoa.

[00:38:25] Jason Mantzoukas: Yep. Big time.

[00:38:27] June Diane Raphael: Big time. Like sitting also on the edge of a bed, drinking giant mugs of hot coco.

[00:38:33] Jason Mantzoukas: Like you have all your conversations.

[00:38:34] Paul Scheer: Yeah.

[00:38:34] Jason Mantzoukas: Both of you sitting on the edge of a bed.

[00:38:36] June Diane Raphael: Yeah. And then it’s time to do each other’s makeup.

[00:38:38] Paul Scheer: Yep.

[00:38:38] June Diane Raphael: It’s like they, he hit all of the things that girls do.

[00:38:41] Paul Scheer: Uh, now I will say this, uh, they have the finale in the LA convention Center in the lobby of the LA Convention Center.

[00:38:53] That’s not a main area. It is, they have put a couple of bleachers in the front hallway, like when you walk through the front door like this, that to me was like, this is really low rent. This is not, this is not, this is not, how big is this?

[00:39:08] June Diane Raphael: Well, and they also didn’t have, correct me if I’m wrong, they didn’t have Lil Kim for the first shot of her, correct?

[00:39:14] Jason Mantzoukas: Sorry, what do you mean?

[00:39:15] June Diane Raphael: When they were first introduced Lil kim.

[00:39:17] Paul Scheer: Yeah. You don’t see Lil Kim yet? She’s not at that judge’s table, I don’t think.

[00:39:19] June Diane Raphael: Well, that’s not act. She is the character of Lil Kim, but that’s not actually Lil Kim.

[00:39:25] Paul Scheer: What?

[00:39:27] June Diane Raphael: So the shots of her all from the side, we never get to see her face full on. I do not believe that. I believe that there was one day they didn’t have Lil Kim.

[00:39:38] Jason Mantzoukas: Oh, whoa.

[00:39:38] June Diane Raphael: For whatever reason. And they put someone else in there that was not Lil Kim. That was Lil Kim’s stand-in. Do you have that?

[00:39:46] Paul Scheer: Well, I have. I have Lil Kim.

[00:39:48] Jason Mantzoukas: Do you have Lil Kim Standin?

[00:39:50] June Diane Raphael: Do you have Lil Kim’s?

[00:39:51] Jason Mantzoukas: Do you have those shots?

[00:39:52] June Diane Raphael: Do you have those shots for the judges table?

[00:39:53] Jason Mantzoukas: Lil Kim stand in from the side?

[00:39:56] Paul Scheer: We’ll get a little Kim whichever moment here.

[00:39:58] Movie Audio: Whichever wins today, you’re gonna want to remember their faces because the next time you’ll see them.

[00:40:02] Jason Mantzoukas: Who’s he?

[00:40:03] Movie Audio: Little Kim’s hot new video. Give it up a Lil Kim!

[00:40:05] June Diane Raphael: Choreographer.

[00:40:06] Jason Mantzoukas: Oh.

[00:40:06] Paul Scheer: Oh, alright. So she’s there.

[00:40:10] June Diane Raphael: That’s not her.

[00:40:11] Jason Mantzoukas: That’s not Lil Kim?

[00:40:13] June Diane Raphael: No, no.

[00:40:14] Paul Scheer: What’s so funny about that, is that.

[00:40:15] Jason Mantzoukas: Okay.

[00:40:16] Paul Scheer: That right there, that’s not Lil Kim?

[00:40:18] June Diane Raphael: I don’t think so.

[00:40:20] Jason Mantzoukas: Wow.

[00:40:21] Paul Scheer: Now what, what I love about this is.

[00:40:23] Jason Mantzoukas: I love, love this theory.

[00:40:24] Paul Scheer: Um, to Lil Kim, if, now I know that might be not Lil Kim, but at least for the movie’s reality, if that is Lil Kim, they introduce her and people act as if she’s come out of from behind a curtain.

[00:40:36] Jason Mantzoukas: Yeah.

[00:40:36] Paul Scheer: Like she’s been sitting at this table, table.

[00:40:38] Jason Mantzoukas: Just sitting right there.

[00:40:38] Paul Scheer: Yeah. With her security. And then that’s it. Like, and here’s the guy.

[00:40:42] Jason Mantzoukas: But will you rewind just a few frames from the, there is a, because the, Hmm.

[00:40:45] Paul Scheer: That’s Lil Kim.

[00:40:47] June Diane Raphael: I don’t know.

[00:40:47] Jason Mantzoukas: So, yeah. Okay. So it’s the, wait a minute, you’re suspect of this Lil Kim as well?

[00:40:54] June Diane Raphael: Yeah.

[00:40:54] Jason Mantzoukas: But I don’t know. I’m, I’m gonna go in on they’re all Lil Kim.

[00:40:58] Paul Scheer: It feels like it’s the same shot that they had two cameras to get her in one. Let’s go back and see. Is she there?

[00:41:05] Jason Mantzoukas: It’s so small.

[00:41:07] June Diane Raphael: See, she’s not there. There.

[00:41:09] Paul Scheer: Oh yeah. She’s there.

[00:41:11] June Diane Raphael: Where is she? Okay. She’s over there.

[00:41:13] Jason Mantzoukas: Whoa. I’m having trouble. I don’t understand the geography of the set.

[00:41:19] June Diane Raphael: Is she all the way over there?

[00:41:21] Paul Scheer: This is, this is, we only have Lil Kim for three hours, so we’re gonna put her off in the corner so we won’t ever see her.

[00:41:29] Jason Mantzoukas: What’s, what’s this about? What’s over here?

[00:41:32] Paul Scheer: Is that where.

[00:41:32] Jason Mantzoukas: Like, why are there tall tables? Like they’re gonna get, like there’s waiter service. I, I’m so confused by the geography.

[00:41:41] Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on. Hold on. 100%. This is an ironing board. These are folding tables. But that’s an ironing board, right? No, it’s the Dj. I see it now, but for a minute I was like, whoa, whoa, whoa. What?

[00:42:06] Paul Scheer: Well, okay, so, um, what I do like about this is, um, this is a passionate movie and there’s that moment where they break out into a fight. You know, when they, when they fab that dance battle, that was not scripted. That was real. What? The dancers were upset with each other for real. And the $5,000 dance and Steve Harvey did have to break it up. So that is a good reason why a Mr. Rad needs to be around because these are actors in the movies. Hey, hey, stop. So, yeah, they got a little upset ’cause they felt like. They were not allowing each other to do the best dancing, even though that scripted that they have to lose, I guess. They had a hard time taking the fall there. And so, yeah, and thank God for Steve Harvey being there because it stopped the action.

[00:42:53] June Diane Raphael: Always.

[00:42:55] Jason Mantzoukas: I mean like, we’re really like elevating Steve Harvey this episode to it. God tier.

[00:43:00] June Diane Raphael: Steve Harvey is the fucking best. I, I love Steve Harvey.

[00:43:05] Jason Mantzoukas: I think Mr. Rad shot Little Saint

[00:43:09] Paul Scheer: Look if it was to take down that big guy, you gotta do it.

[00:43:17] Jason Mantzoukas: Oh man.

[00:43:18] June Diane Raphael: Wow.

[00:43:19] Paul Scheer: Think about it like this. Those two kids, they get this money, they’re gonna event, I mean, what’s the end game of this though too? The dance crews. Like, I guess to be on America’s Got Talent.

[00:43:29] June Diane Raphael: I don’t think, I don’t maybe, I mean that’s the, the economics of the crew. It’s hard, right? Because especially with like, the early competitions where they’re just splitting $700 between 23 people, like it’s nobody’s walking home with a lot of money. And it does seem like some of the sequences they do, they have to practice a lot. So those are hours they’re putting in.

[00:43:53] Paul Scheer: Can I ask you about the economics of it though, June? Like did you have an issue? When those guys said, Hey, we’ll put up the 5,000. We’ll.

[00:43:59] June Diane Raphael: I knew you were gonna ask about this. I knew you were gonna ask about this.

[00:44:02] Jason Mantzoukas: This is arguably what causes, doesn’t this cause the defection that leads to the.

[00:44:06] Paul Scheer: Yeah.

[00:44:07] Jason Mantzoukas: Their moves being able to be stolen because that guy who wants the equal split goes to the Wade’s team.

[00:44:12] Paul Scheer: Still don’t understand how the moves could be stolen when they’re being performed publicly.

[00:44:15] Jason Mantzoukas: I’m assuming.

[00:44:16] Paul Scheer: And that guy left.

[00:44:17] Jason Mantzoukas: I’m assuming, I’m assuming these were upcoming moves.

[00:44:19] Paul Scheer: Okay. Oh, so they’re like, they’re, they’re like.

[00:44:21] June Diane Raphael: The practices.

[00:44:21] Paul Scheer: Banking like, so in two months we’ll be, it’s like.

[00:44:24] Jason Mantzoukas: These are the new moves.

[00:44:25] Paul Scheer: It’s like when Zoolander is like, I’ll one time reveal Magnum. It’s like that. I just watched Zoolander, so I had a lot of Zoolander says it ready to go.

[00:44:33] Jason Mantzoukas: Just like that. Zoolander. Just like it. Of course we all know.

[00:44:36] June Diane Raphael: So what do they say They, that L and David were gonna take 1500 off the top.

[00:44:39] Paul Scheer: They were gonna take 2000 off the top.

[00:44:42] June Diane Raphael: And then 3000 out of the 5,000?

[00:44:43] Paul Scheer: Yeah.

[00:44:44] June Diane Raphael: That’s a lot.

[00:44:45] Paul Scheer: But they were putting up the full thousand. They were putting up the full 5,000.

[00:44:48] June Diane Raphael: I thought it was a lot, but I also would’ve loved to have known about the hours they’re putting in, choreographing and then teaching, and also any costs they have with rental space, et cetera.

[00:45:01] Jason Mantzoukas: Yeah. Who, yeah, who is the choreographer? Who’s coming up with the moves?

[00:45:05] June Diane Raphael: I don’t know. And I do think they should be compensated.

[00:45:09] Paul Scheer: It doesn’t seem like there is any hierarchy to be like, it’s not like, oh, this is my crew. Wade is the head of his crew. Wade is definitely the head.

[00:45:20] Jason Mantzoukas: You think?

[00:45:21] Paul Scheer: Well, they say Wade’s crew.

[00:45:22] Jason Mantzoukas: Oh, it’s Wade Crew. Yeah, I guess so. So I mean like his is a monarchy, but like our guys is a democracy, I guess.

[00:45:30] Paul Scheer: Yeah,

[00:45:30] June Diane Raphael: I don’t think so though. I mean, I think David and and L are definitely the heads of the crew.

[00:45:34] Jason Mantzoukas: I agree with that. Yes.

[00:45:35] June Diane Raphael: And I also think they’re doing a lot of admin, like they’re figuring out what, where to sign up. Like, well now I’m fine with them taking 3000.

[00:45:43] Paul Scheer: L is really good at excel, like he’s doing all the spreadsheets and stuff like that on Excel. He’s like.

[00:45:50] June Diane Raphael: I’m so weirded out by how you’re putting the emphasis on the X in Excel.

[00:45:54] Paul Scheer: Excel.

[00:45:57] June Diane Raphael: Excel.

[00:45:59] Jason Mantzoukas: What is up with you man?

[00:46:02] June Diane Raphael: Excel. Excel. Excel.

[00:46:05] Jason Mantzoukas: Excel. Excel.

[00:46:07] June Diane Raphael: Excel. It’s an Excel document.

[00:46:09] Jason Mantzoukas: What? He’s good with Excel. What? Like honestly, what’s up? I don’t feel, I don’t, I’m genuinely like, I don’t feel safe.

[00:46:24] Paul Scheer: Alright, so let’s go to the crowd. Let’s see what they have to say.

[00:46:27] Jason Mantzoukas: Take it to, to the streets, Paul.

[00:46:28] Paul Scheer: Let’s go to the streets.

[00:46:29] Jason Mantzoukas: Take it to the streets.

[00:46:29] Paul Scheer: Let’s go. Street rules. Here we go everybody.

[00:46:34] June Diane Raphael: Oh my.

[00:46:35] Paul Scheer: Alright. Street rules. Here we go. What do you got? Alright, what’s your name? What’s your question?

[00:46:38] Audience Member: Um, my name’s Josh.

[00:46:39] I was thinking that maybe this might comfort Jason and June. I don’t think Little Saint died. I think that um, it was like a coverup and because his family left early, his dad was one of them and he took them and he abducted him. He got him an on flight Oceanic 815 and that’s why he ended up as Walt on Lost.

[00:46:58] June Diane Raphael: You know, it’s funny.

[00:46:59] Paul Scheer: Wow.

[00:47:00] June Diane Raphael: I actually did.

[00:47:00] Paul Scheer: By the way, that is Walt from Lost. Yes.

[00:47:02] June Diane Raphael: I did have questions about where that family was. And how they were out there so quickly.

[00:47:07] Paul Scheer: We need to get him outta here. Great point.

[00:47:09] June Diane Raphael: So you think he he was released from the hospital and they, his body was already.

[00:47:14] Paul Scheer: Look, if those kids fucking come, you tell him he’s dead.

[00:47:19] Jason Mantzoukas: That’s brutal.

[00:47:20] Paul Scheer: They’re dumb. They won’t, they won’t Google anymore. Yeah. You tell them they’re dead. We’re gonna go to Australia or whatever. They’d have to go to Australia and then be coming back, right? Yeah. So I guess event like they went to Australia for a bit and then they came. Yeah. So, alright. Anyway, I like your theory that that is what happened with Walt. Okay, great. We finally get some more Lost uh, fanfic. Hi, how are you?

[00:47:41] Audience Member: Hi, I’m Doug.

[00:47:42] Paul Scheer: Hey Doug.

[00:47:43] Audience Member: We’re trying to figure out my crew and I.

[00:47:44] Paul Scheer: Okay.

[00:47:45] Audience Member: What?

[00:47:46] Jason Mantzoukas: Wait, are you?

[00:47:47] Paul Scheer: I got a question.

[00:47:48] Jason Mantzoukas: Doug’s crew. Is this Doug’s crew?

[00:47:49] Paul Scheer: I got Doug’s crew. Doug’s crew over here.

[00:47:51] Jason Mantzoukas: Doug’s crew, everybody.

[00:47:52] Audience Member: What is the deal with the door in L’s House?

[00:47:57] June Diane Raphael: Thank you. Thank you.

[00:47:57] Audience Member: That is bizarre window.

[00:47:59] June Diane Raphael: Thank you.

[00:47:59] Paul Scheer: This is a great yes. So describe this door a little bit.

[00:48:02] June Diane Raphael: Uh, well, at first I honestly thought it was like the Louisiana, um, what is that flower like? It looked like some sort. And then I was like, it’s a Celtic symbol. There’s some sort of symbol cross like symbol on the door.

[00:48:19] Paul Scheer: New Orleans Saints logo?

[00:48:20] June Diane Raphael: But they’re in Los Angeles.

[00:48:22] Paul Scheer: You can still be a Saints fan. I got a lot of fan friends that are Saints fans.

[00:48:26] June Diane Raphael: Maybe.

[00:48:26] Paul Scheer: Maybe they’re from New Orleans. Maybe they’re from New Orleans.

[00:48:29] June Diane Raphael: Okay. I thought about, thank you for bringing it up, Doug, and you and your crew. Thanks to all of you. Because I thought about it quite a bit.

[00:48:38] Jason Mantzoukas: And also, if you’re here with a crew, please identify yourselves by a name. Decide, decide what your crew’s name is when Paul gets to you.

[00:48:47] Paul Scheer: Alright. Yes. Hi.

[00:48:48] Audience Member: Hey, um, is it just me or.

[00:48:50] Jason Mantzoukas: Who the fuck are you?

[00:48:52] Paul Scheer: What’s your name? What’s your crew?

[00:48:55] Audience Member: Uh, Pete and, uh, straight up stray up. ’cause I got my brother-in-law from Melbourne in today. So is is it just me or is it just uh, whoever could win the dance off, it’s just if you have enough friends in the audience. ’cause it’s all sound based in the end.

[00:49:09] June Diane Raphael: Absolutely.

[00:49:10] Jason Mantzoukas: Uh, yeah, you could, you could absolutely rig this.

[00:49:13] Paul Scheer: First of all, no, no, no, no, you couldn’t because they are fans of dance. They’re, they’re willing to. Look, Wade’s crew won in enemy territory because people are like, you know what? I can’t lie. They’re better.

[00:49:30] Audience Member: How many shows do you think they’re actually putting on that.

[00:49:32] Jason Mantzoukas: Well, they seem to, well they seem to do eight shows in two weeks.

[00:49:37] Paul Scheer: It seems like there’s multiple things.

[00:49:39] June Diane Raphael: I think Paul, you’re just lobbying for the Story Listeners of America.

[00:49:42] Paul Scheer: Thank you.

[00:49:43] Jason Mantzoukas: Does Mr. Rad make, is this Mr. Rad’s whole like job? Is he making a living at this?

[00:49:48] June Diane Raphael: No. Why can’t he just like, bring joy to the community, Jason? Like why can’t he just be invested in the success of the youth?

[00:49:57] Paul Scheer: Hey, Mr. Rad, first of all is, uh, he is a, uh, obstetrician and.

[00:50:03] Jason Mantzoukas: Wait a minute, he is?

[00:50:06] Paul Scheer: That’s what I got from it. Like, he is, uh, delivering babies during the day, but he also has a flexible schedule because. You know, sometimes, oh shit, there’s a, I gotta go and then he’ll leave.

[00:50:18] June Diane Raphael: You don’t have a flexible schedule as an obstetrician.

[00:50:21] Paul Scheer: Well, you kind of gotta, you know, you don’t know when it’s gonna happen.

[00:50:24] June Diane Raphael: That’s the definition of not having a flexible schedule.

[00:50:29] Paul Scheer: Here’s, here’s what I’m saying. He gets, he gets a beep. Oh shit, baby’s coming. You guys got five minutes. And he can always, you can always.

[00:50:40] Jason Mantzoukas: That’s what you think is happening at in the off offscreen moments of this movie. You think Mr. Rads getting beeped because he has to go deliver a baby?

[00:50:47] Paul Scheer: Yeah.

[00:50:48] Jason Mantzoukas: No, you’re wrong.

[00:50:51] Paul Scheer: Alright.

[00:50:51] June Diane Raphael: By the way. I thought I, I mentioned this to you backstage, Jason, but I could not believe that we didn’t get to see the Lil Kim video.

[00:51:01] Jason Mantzoukas: Yes. I, I thought it, I thought for sure that would be the credits.

[00:51:07] Paul Scheer: By the way, the Lil Kim video cost more than this movie. There’s no way that this movie could finance a Lil Kim video. Like this. This is a, this is a low budget film. Uh uh yes. Uh, yes, your question. Hi.

[00:51:18] Audience Member: Hi. I am Alex. And this is the real OC crew.

[00:51:21] Paul Scheer: Ooh, the real OC crew.

[00:51:22] Jason Mantzoukas: Real OC crew.

[00:51:24] Audience Member: Um, I had a question about we’re we’re confused about the economics. They each had to put $5,000 in?

[00:51:30] Paul Scheer: No. Five.

[00:51:32] Jason Mantzoukas: Yeah.

[00:51:32] Paul Scheer: Wait. Each?

[00:51:33] Jason Mantzoukas: Each team, each team, each team.

[00:51:35] Audience Member: Had to put in $5,000, but then they’re only divvying up $5,000?

[00:51:43] Paul Scheer: Well, I guess the five, the 5,000 would go back.

[00:51:46] Jason Mantzoukas: No, I, I think they’re divvying up 10,000.

[00:51:48] June Diane Raphael: No, they’re not. She’s right about that. They are divvying up 5,000. But the 5,000 because.

[00:51:54] Paul Scheer: Don’t win. They’re not winning 10,000. They’re winning. Winning 5,000. That’s their 5,000.

[00:51:58] Jason Mantzoukas: !Whoa. Wait, why? Because, Mr. Rads taking a cut.

[00:52:02] Paul Scheer: No, it’s like.

[00:52:03] Jason Mantzoukas: Let me guess, Mr. Rad gets the other 5K.

[00:52:06] Paul Scheer: It’s, it’s a battle for $5,000, but they have to put up $5,000 to win $5,000.

[00:52:13] Jason Mantzoukas: What happens with the other 5,000?

[00:52:15] June Diane Raphael: The $5,000 is gonna go back to L.

[00:52:17] Jason Mantzoukas: I put up 5,000 we battle.

[00:52:19] Paul Scheer: So if I get it from my grandma. Right.

[00:52:21] Jason Mantzoukas: Wait. It doesn’t matter where it’s coming from.

[00:52:23] Paul Scheer: It does a little.

[00:52:24] Jason Mantzoukas: Wait. It does not, Paul, the auspices of the $5,000 is irrelevant.

[00:52:30] Paul Scheer: Well, but but, but explain.

[00:52:32] June Diane Raphael: No, it’s relevant, cause it’s not coming from the whole crew.

[00:52:34] Paul Scheer: Right. Like, let me explain it. Like, let me explain it. Let me give you the grandma analogy for it. If I get $5,000 from my grandma, she only gave ’em 1500.

[00:52:42] But if I get 5,000 from her, then when I win the dance battle, I’m like, I have to give back my grandmother that $5,000.

[00:52:48] Jason Mantzoukas: Right.

[00:52:48] Paul Scheer: So now we have the 5,000 that we’ll split.

[00:52:51] Jason Mantzoukas: Oh, I agree with you.

[00:52:52] Paul Scheer: Yeah.

[00:52:52] Jason Mantzoukas: That, that is what’s happening.

[00:52:54] Paul Scheer: That’s why it’s only 5,000 that they’re splitting because it’s 10.

[00:52:57] Jason Mantzoukas: I think it’s 7,000 that the rest of the crew is splitting because aren’t the, aren’t David and L taking 1500 each?

[00:53:03] Paul Scheer: Well, but wait, but they’re, but.

[00:53:05] June Diane Raphael: That’s, uh.

[00:53:06] Paul Scheer: They’re only. They’re only winning.

[00:53:08] Jason Mantzoukas: Well, David and L are putting up 5,000 of their own, own combined money.

[00:53:13] June Diane Raphael: Which they’re then saying like, Hey, hey, hey, as investors in this, like, we deserve a much heavier cut. We’re taking the risk. We took the risk. Yes.

[00:53:22] Paul Scheer: Right. Because the other crew’s not putting up that. I think that’s fine. So the 5,000 goes back and then they split that money and they keep a percentage that’s a little bit higher.

[00:53:30] June Diane Raphael: Quite a bit higher.

[00:53:31] Jason Mantzoukas: Win $10,000.

[00:53:32] June Diane Raphael: No, they don’t.

[00:53:33] Paul Scheer: 5,000. 5,000. It’s battle. It’s a five. Th it’s like it we’re, we’re gonna challenge you for $5,000.

[00:53:40] June Diane Raphael: It’s a $5,000, like buy-in.

[00:53:43] Paul Scheer: Right.

[00:53:43] June Diane Raphael: Thank you.

[00:53:44] Paul Scheer: So that $5,000 goes back. You gotta pay back grandma with a 5,000.

[00:53:48] Jason Mantzoukas: Wait a minute. But if my team doesn’t have a grandma.

[00:53:52] June Diane Raphael: Then you can’t.

[00:53:53] Paul Scheer: Okay.

[00:53:53] June Diane Raphael: So you can’t afford to play, you can’t battle.

[00:53:56] Jason Mantzoukas: I have gotta have a grandma? What if I, what if I don’t have a grandmother? What if my grandmother’s a.

[00:54:00] June Diane Raphael: Find one. Get married and get a grandma in-law.

[00:54:03] Paul Scheer: Yeah, get a grandma in there.

[00:54:08] June Diane Raphael: Sorry.

[00:54:09] Jason Mantzoukas: No, it’s okay.

[00:54:11] Paul Scheer: No. So it’s like if everyone put, if you’re, if, if you have a five crew, if you have five members in your crew and they each put in a thousand, you get back your thousand and then you also get a thousand.

[00:54:21] June Diane Raphael: Yes. I can’t believe we’ve discussed this for this long.

[00:54:25] Paul Scheer: Isn’t that, isn’t that $10,000?

[00:54:26] Audience Member: Yes.

[00:54:27] Yes.

[00:54:28] Paul Scheer: Well, yes and no. It’s not. I guess if in your mind, audience. If you wait, if you’re, if you’re saying, well, yes, and that ma like that I put in 5,000, I’m winning back my own money, I guess. Yes. If you wanna view it like you’re winning back your own money, you’re just getting back.

[00:54:44] June Diane Raphael: It’s like, what’s the profit here?

[00:54:46] Jason Mantzoukas: $5,000.

[00:54:47] Paul Scheer: Right.

[00:54:47] June Diane Raphael: Yes.

[00:54:47] Paul Scheer: So all they’re, only thing they’re gonna win is $5,000, but they have to.

[00:54:52] Jason Mantzoukas: But then no, the prize is 10,000 bucks. You don’t think Mr. Rads advertising that is? Uh, oh wait, okay. Oh, Paul, who will Paul be now? Who is this guy?

[00:55:14] Paul Scheer: No, uh. Oh my gosh, this movie made me take off my shoes. Oh, obviously we have opinions out this movie, but there are people out there with a different opinion. Is now time for second opinions.

[00:55:32] Audience Member: Hi, I am. I’m Jen. Um. You got served. That’s what is called in the, it’s focused on the crews. I really want to shine a light on the one star who came through, got arthritis in her leg and now she thinks she’s got the gout.

[00:55:52] She is all our inspiration. She’s the one who showing out! Grandma, she earned this movie five stars. We know. She don’t complain. Oh grandma, oh, I need to borrow some money.

[00:56:14] Paul Scheer: Amazing! Give it up! Great second opinions tonight, like I said, um, this movie. This movie was a bonafide hit. Um, you know, it, it, uh, the budget was $8 million.

[00:56:29] Jason Mantzoukas: Wow.

[00:56:30] Paul Scheer: Opening weekend. It made 16 million and it went on to, uh, gross domestically $40 million. Opened Number one at the box office the week it came out.

[00:56:41] Jason Mantzoukas: Paul, is this before or after Step up? The first Step Up.

[00:56:45] Paul Scheer: Uh, before. Before. This is before.

[00:56:46] Jason Mantzoukas: So this is, okay.

[00:56:47] Paul Scheer: Yeah. So 2004 is when it came out. Uh, the average rating on this is a 4.6 out of five stars.

[00:56:55] Jason Mantzoukas: I don’t disagree.

[00:56:57] Paul Scheer: 1900 total reviews. 83% are five stars. And here we go. Okay. This is from Exuma X. The title is “Tight”.

[00:57:09] “A lot of people gave this movie a low rating because they said it lacked plot. I watch movies for entertainment. I read books for plot.”

[00:57:26] June Diane Raphael: Story Listeners of America have spoken.

[00:57:30] Paul Scheer: “I was a street dancer myself from the dirty south, and although this movie is several years old and uh, without the current moves and they are updated, it’s still a cool to look back at the past. They could have added more dancing and kicked up the effects a bit more, but it was slamming. Plus Megan Good and Lil Kim. Were very, very sexy. Five stars.”

[00:57:57] Jason Mantzoukas: Wow.

[00:57:59] Paul Scheer: Uh, I’m gonna mispronounce this person’s name, but here we go. Brenda Johnson writes in 2004.

[00:58:05] Jason Mantzoukas: Which of those do you think you mispronounced?

[00:58:07] Paul Scheer: Well, no, it’s gonna come up here. Brenda. Brenda Johnson is the writer, but she titles it. “Michelle Mokinov is the Best Dancer in the movie.”

[00:58:16] “I saw the movie with Michelle. She is one of the dancers that appears in the Big Bounce competition. She rocks. The first time I went to see a movie in the US. I’m from Argentina, was last January and it was, You Got Served. It’s an amazing movie. I love how they act and of course, how they dance. Everyone in this movie rocks and Michelle Mokinov is the best dancer in the world. Five Stars. Michelle Mokinov is the best dancer in the world.”

[00:58:53] Jason Mantzoukas: Wow. I wish we knew who that was.

[00:58:58] Paul Scheer: Ling Ling writes,

[00:59:00] “This movie is off the heezy. Forget about all them players who said this movie was sick of trash. This movie is my life rizzle. It’s hella sweet dancing made me wanna bust all over the place.”

[00:59:17] Jason Mantzoukas: I mean, Paul, again, these can be clipped. These pieces can be, can be used elsewhere.

[00:59:26] Paul Scheer: “This story also had a well-developed plot and all the characters were believable and intriguing. Home sizzle. Get this movie dog. It’s hot. Peace. Baller.”

[00:59:37] And the title is “Holler at ya boy.”

[00:59:46] This person, uh, just titled Amazon customer writes,

[00:59:49] “Yo, I hollered up my boy to pop one of these bad boys in for me the other day and I’ll snap. This is some hot shit. The dancing is like whoa. And the moves are like insane. You, yo, you better pick up this DVD right away ’cause it’s got the mad moves that are all up in your face, son.”

[01:00:05] And the title is “Get Off the Hook.”

[01:00:11] Jason Mantzoukas: Wow.

[01:00:15] Paul Scheer: There it is. Now I’ll tell you this much. Sequels. Yes, it had it, You Got Served Beat the World 2011. So almost like the very long delay.

[01:00:24] Jason Mantzoukas: 2011?

[01:00:25] Paul Scheer: Yeah.

[01:00:26] Jason Mantzoukas: That’s quite. Wow.

[01:00:27] Paul Scheer: Went straight to video. Um.

[01:00:29] Jason Mantzoukas: Six years later.

[01:00:30] Paul Scheer: But it was released in foreign territories. Um, but here’s the thing that actually happened. The official dance tutorials from the film were released shortly after the movie’s released on a tutorial DVD titled You got Served, take It to the Streets.

[01:00:45] The, uh, the 1984 dance movie that was the main influence on You Got Served was Breakin. The dancers for the film were divided into teams and rehearsed at Millennium Dance Studio and Debbie Allen’s dance company. Uh, and they basically kept them all separate to lend authenticity to their, uh, legendary dance battles.

[01:01:04] And, um, yeah, so they, they, uh, they brought in Simon Rugola. Which sounds like a fake name, uh, to uh, to bring in the underground.

[01:01:14] Jason Mantzoukas: Who? Me? Simon. Simon Arugula. I’ll be taking your daughter out tonight. My name is Simon. Si. Simon Arugula.

[01:01:25] Paul Scheer: What we have here, I wanted to see. I think there is a, uh, well, we don’t need to watch the trailer for the second one. Uh.

[01:01:31] Jason Mantzoukas: Yes we do.

[01:01:31] Paul Scheer: Alright. Alright. Here we go.

[01:01:33] Jason Mantzoukas: Oh, I hope Little Saints ghost is in it.

[01:01:37] Trailer Audio: We got over 20 countries represented here tonight.

[01:01:41] It doesn’t matter what language you speak ’cause the language of hip hop is universal.

[01:01:46] We wanna be the first crew to bring free run into hip hop.

[01:01:48] It’s crazy. If we wanna win this competition, our moves gotta be fresh.

[01:01:53] I have a dream to do this. And that’s all that matters.

[01:01:58] How hard is it to be on time?

[01:01:59] Since when do you speak for the crew?

[01:02:05] Just wanna shake your hand, the last year’s champion.

[01:02:07] It’s my pleasure. Also want you to get a chance to meet this year’s champion.

[01:02:11] We’re gonna win this. I need you to stay focused.

[01:02:13] Don’t always handle my business. She’s our competition.

[01:02:15] Jason Mantzoukas: Can you press pause for one second? 40 crews.

[01:02:20] June Diane Raphael: That’s a lot to follow.

[01:02:22] Jason Mantzoukas: We couldn’t make sense of four. This movie had 40?

[01:02:25] Paul Scheer: 40 crews.

[01:02:26] Jason Mantzoukas: 40 crews.

[01:02:28] Paul Scheer: 40 crews, 10 minutes of dialogue.

[01:02:30] Jason Mantzoukas: This movie and it’s six hours long.

[01:02:32] Trailer Audio: The only thing in my mind right now is when you gonna step up. I’ll school you right here. She’s not going with you.

[01:02:42] You know, dancing is our only way out.

[01:02:50] June Diane Raphael: Wow.

[01:02:52] Jason Mantzoukas: I’ll be honest.

[01:02:53] June Diane Raphael: It looks so good.

[01:02:54] Jason Mantzoukas: It looks great.

[01:02:56] June Diane Raphael: It looks so much better.

[01:02:58] Jason Mantzoukas: I love that, that you. Yes, I’m, I’m, we gotta do it.

[01:03:01] June Diane Raphael: I would like to. I’m sorry ma’am. I know you really don’t want us to.

[01:03:07] Audience Member: No, no, no,

[01:03:11] Paul Scheer: No. Gross. Thoughts?

[01:03:16] June Diane Raphael: Oh, wow. Mm. I’m looking forward to this, this movie. The international movie. Yeah. For me, there was just, I never thought I’d say this too much dancing.

[01:03:27] Jason Mantzoukas: There was too much dancing.

[01:03:28] June Diane Raphael: There was too much dancing.

[01:03:30] Jason Mantzoukas: Well, and yeah, i, it.

[01:03:31] June Diane Raphael: Just too much lateral dancing.

[01:03:33] Jason Mantzoukas: That’s it.

[01:03:33] June Diane Raphael: Every dancing seemed the same as the last.

[01:03:35] Jason Mantzoukas: And each of the compet none, like they did not seem to get the, the numbers and the choreographer did choreography rather, didn’t get more, it didn’t complicated or complex.

[01:03:45] It didn’t heighten to something so that at the end it felt, whoa, this is it. It all felt yes, the same, and all the teams had the same moves, it seemed like.

[01:03:53] June Diane Raphael: Yeah.

[01:03:55] Jason Mantzoukas: I loved it. That being said, I still loved it.

[01:03:59] Paul Scheer: I like this movie too. I thought it was like. I wanted it to be dumber, like in a way.

[01:04:07] Jason Mantzoukas: How could it be dumber? What?

[01:04:10] June Diane Raphael: You wanted so much from this movie.

[01:04:14] Jason Mantzoukas: Like it gave you so much dumb.

[01:04:17] Paul Scheer: I guess you’re right. I mean I’ve, I’ve found it in completely enjoyable. I think that I like the side characters. I would like to see, uh, I would like to see, uh, You Got Served Universe, you know, blow it out. We’ll see a movie with, you know, Mr. Rad. We’ll in working with Beautiful. What’s Going. Beautiful. Yeah. Beautiful. We’ll see all that sort of stuff. I think that would be great. I think the hospital should be the centerpiece we call it, You Got Served like meets Grey’s Anatomy.

[01:04:41] June Diane Raphael: Interesting.

[01:04:42] Jason Mantzoukas: Oh wow.

[01:04:44] Paul Scheer: Um, but no, I, I recommend this movie. I recommend it. And, um.

[01:04:47] Jason Mantzoukas: Oh yeah, this is a blast. I mean, I will say step up a better version of a dance crew movie. I love those movies, but this was a, this went down so smooth this afternoon.

[01:04:58] Paul Scheer: I loved it. I was down for it. All right, well, thank you so much. Goodnight everybody!

[01:05:03] You know what you might have gotten served, but don’t beat yourself up about it. It happens to the best of us. By the way, speaking of the best of us, we’re going to Canada. That’s right. How Did This Get Made is going to be in Vancouver on July 12th at the Queen Elizabeth Theater. The movie is the 2001 Sylvester Stallone, F1 movie, or maybe it’s just a car racing movie.

[01:05:26] It’s called Driven and it is beautiful. It is available to rent in Canada, so don’t worry about that. You can get tickets by going to HDTGM.com. My book, Joyful Recollections of Trauma, is now out in paperback. And go to my website. You can check out all the extra bonus content, videos, pictures, whatever. And the book has 20 extra pages.

[01:05:48] If you want it autographed, just go to my website or How Did This Get Made. And you can just, uh, click a little link and I’ll sign it. I’ll personalize it. I’ll make it perfect for you. Uh, Jason is continually on Taskmaster in one of the best seasons in recent memory. Oh my gosh. What I wouldn’t give for me and Jason to host a Taskmaster here in the States, it would be an absolute dream. Now, if you’re thinking about T-shirts, we did make one. It is the Story Listeners of America. It looks a little bit like an NPR logo. It’s the United States with headphones on. Get that as a sticker, a mug, uh, whatever you want. The dashery will get you hooked up. Anyway, you want your merch.

[01:06:27] Uh, check out all the merch from our tour. And a big thank you to everyone that always helps us on our tour, and especially at Largo, our home theater. That is our producer Codi, our producer Scott, Molly Reynolds, and our sound engineer, Casey Holford and Rich Garcia. As always, I’m thanking Avaryll Halley and I want to continue to send her good thoughts, goodwill.

[01:06:49] Anything you can send it to her way. You can check out our discord where you can see how to reach out to her, uh, via email or actually snail mail. Just don’t send anything that smells or is perishable. And if you wanna continue this conversation about You Got Served, hit us up on the discord at discord.gg/hdtgm or 6 1 9 P-A-U-L-A-S-K.

[01:07:11] You can leave a message for me about You Got Served and again, we will break it down for you. Okay. That’s all for this week’s episode. Make sure you are subscribed, make sure you are rating, make sure you’re recommending this show to a friend because all those things help and it’s completely free. Uh, so we will see you next time in a little episode that we like to call Last Looks where we now hear from you about You Got Served and whether or not we should do the sequel which is a valid question.

[01:07:39] Alright, well see you next time. Bye for now.