In this episode:

Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story

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A group of misfits enter a Las Vegas dodgeball tournament in order to save their cherished local gym from the onslaught of a corporate health fitness chain.

Things we discussed in this episode:

• Ryan has to read the movie summary for this episode because Ashley got the giggles. Check out the blooper at the end of the episode (1:09:20).

• 2004 was a good year. We discuss the joys of being teenagers with cars and money, but no real bills.

• Ryan coins the phrase, “Vince Vaughn factor.”

Our Predictions: Ashley and Ryan agree that the movie will not hold up.

• Ryan thinks that Stephen Root is handsome. News to Ashley.
• We discuss Patton Oswalt’s voice-over cameos and go on a bit of ride to Tangent City about voice acting.
• We mention Lori Beth Denberg’s cameo in the film, discuss All That. We talk about the live shows that she does with Danny Tamberelli (The Adventures of Pete & Pete) called Nostalgia Personified. Which is not a podcast like Ashley mentioned but was spawned from Danny’s podcast with on-screen big brother Michael C Maronna called The Adventures of Danny & Mike.
• Tangent City Alert: We discuss not wanting to get invested in new shows in fear of them being cancelled. Then later discuss watching Hulu’s The Great starring Elle Fanning and Nicolas Hoult, a brand new show.
• We bring up the trailers from our DVD copy of the movie including:
  • Girl Next Door
  • Taxi
  • Pauly Shore is Dead
• Should we have a Pauly Shore week? (We already decided yes on this one.)
• We disagree about Bernice, who Ryan is adamant is played by a guy, but Ashley thinks it’s just a tall girl with fake mustache and arm hair. (After doing very little research, Ashley is correct. Bernice is played by a 12 year old (at the time) actress named Hayley C Rosales.
• Tangent City Alert: Ashley can’t remember the girl group that guest starred on an episode of Boy Meets World. Google says it’s Nobody’s Angel. Okay Google you win this time.

Award Winners:

Ryan: The “Cagey”– Rip Torn (Patches)

The “Hanxy”– Jason Bateman (Pepper Brooks).

Ashley:  The “Cagey” – David Joel Moore (Owen).

The “Hanxy”– Ben Stiller (White Goodman).

Does it hold up?

Ryan: Yes!

Ashley: Yes!

Facts from 2004:

• This movie was released on June 18th 2004.
• Hit TV Shows:
  • CSI
  • American Idol
  • Desperate Housewives

• Hit Songs:
  • Usher ft. Lil Jon & Ludacris: “Yeah”
  • Juvenile ft. Soulja Slim “Slow Motion” 
  • Outkast “Hey Ya!”  

• Hit Movies: 
  • “Meet the Fockers” 
  • “The Incredibles”
  • “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban”  
• Where you can stream it:
  • HBO Now, HBO GO
  • Rent on various streaming services.

Resources:

• Movie streaming info from Justwatch.com
• Facts from https://pop-culture.us
• Music Clips in episode: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Fanas/Or_Up_We_Fall

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