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  • @adraino7345
    @adraino7345 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Craig asking for a Watership Down reference is now a top 5 most memorable WttB moment

  • @DeanStrickson
    @DeanStrickson 2 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    A horse is a corpse, of course a corpse, and no one can talk to a corpse, of course, that is, of course, unless the corpse is the famous Mister Dead.

    • @monkeysuncle2816
      @monkeysuncle2816 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      What is a wound wart??

    • @Regfife
      @Regfife 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I seem to remember that from a 90s Casper episode.

    • @DeanStrickson
      @DeanStrickson 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Regfife Seriously? I never saw it. I was just riffing on what Matt was saying. That and I just binged all 140+ episodes of Mister Ed last month so that theme song is permanently stuck in my brain.
      .

    • @themoviedealers
      @themoviedealers 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Jane Curtin made that up on a 1979 SNL episode.

    • @lylarose2696
      @lylarose2696 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Well done.

  • @gingerofthesketch
    @gingerofthesketch 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    captain billy, dishonorably discharged from life lol

    • @oaf-77
      @oaf-77 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      He was a hero and a fool with his life

    • @hunteryocum2563
      @hunteryocum2563 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I want that on my tombstone

  • @langleymneely
    @langleymneely 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I was in the newspaper of Centerville Iowa population 1000, all because I was the 6’7” black guy from Chicago that chose to spend Spring Break with my friend in her home town and stumbled into teaching 3 ballroom dance classes for the High School kids! It was surreal as hell!? Front freaking page?!

  • @zakharovax
    @zakharovax 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Rabbits and Bats! This movie has everything

  • @danplewnarz
    @danplewnarz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    My one appearance in the paper taught me everything I need to know about news media.
    I was interviewed and photographed when my Eagle Scout project, picnic tables at a local park, was washed away during a flood.
    The lesson came in the realization that I was not interviewed when the tables were built.

    • @themoviedealers
      @themoviedealers 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Good things aren't news, they happen all time. Bad things are news due to their novelty.

  • @langleymneely
    @langleymneely 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Every time I have seen this film I never find those giant ass bunnies scary in the slightest! Because they are real it only looks adorable to me! lol “Aw look at those cuties!”

  • @trisblackshaw1640
    @trisblackshaw1640 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    From the Langoliers, don’t forget the immortal line, “SCARING THE LITTLE GIRL????”

    • @hunteryocum2563
      @hunteryocum2563 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      "I DID IT DELIBERATELY!!!"

    • @trisblackshaw1640
      @trisblackshaw1640 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      "I'VE GOT BIGGER THINGS TO THINK ABOUT THAN SCARING THE LITTLE GIRL!"

    • @locnar1
      @locnar1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Maybe I'm a glutton for punishment, but I own Langoliers on vhs, dvd, and laserdisc. no idea why.

    • @hunteryocum2563
      @hunteryocum2563 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@locnar1 because it's awesome and you are awesome for owning it

  • @seanhenry2921
    @seanhenry2921 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    You fellas face the tedium that is "Night of the Lepus" with aplomb. Those lean, post-Trek years were pretty grim for the Enterprise crew.

  • @MrHypnofan
    @MrHypnofan 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Now that I think about it, it is odd that there weren't more western/horror mashups back in the day.

  • @alexanderforbes1452
    @alexanderforbes1452 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Seeing DeForest Kelley play anyone other than Bones is somewhat surreal, maybe it's the mustache.

    • @joejira2809
      @joejira2809 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's like his midpoint from his look in the show to his bearded look in The Motion Picture.

  • @leradoms
    @leradoms 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    It kind of makes sense that the rabbits eat the horses. They would compete for a food source. I like to think that the meeting they had was to congratulate themselves on eliminating their equine enemies.

  • @colinwilson4609
    @colinwilson4609 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My grandmother grew up on an experimental farm. One of her chores was to take the barnful of guinea pigs out of their cages, replace the soiled newspaper, chase them around, and put them all back in the right cages. For the rest of her life, she had recurring nightmares about the little critters.

  • @GreatWightSpark
    @GreatWightSpark 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    16:59 "Skinless"!? I think Craig had a whole bottle at this point!

  • @Gappasaurus
    @Gappasaurus 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The combo of “They Eat Horses Don’t They?” and “A horse is a corpse, of course, of course” had me dying 😂

    • @slc2466
      @slc2466 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Somewhere in Horse Heaven, Mr. Ed is smiling.

  • @melissadeeter1289
    @melissadeeter1289 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Watership Down is a wonderful book! I watched the movie quite young, I very much credit it with my environmental consciousness

    • @TroubleToby3040
      @TroubleToby3040 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Love love love the book and the (original) movie! Didn't get the environmental message back then, though. I just thought warring (warren?) rabbits were cool. I respect the message now, though.

  • @CcreapMurdaProductions
    @CcreapMurdaProductions 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The truck with the vegetables part cracks me up.

  • @toyfreaks
    @toyfreaks 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Yeah, even a slow pan to reveal the giant sleepy rabbits would have been something. It reminded me of some 1950's FFA reel about how to groom your livestock for the state fair, like a Joel era Mystery Science Theater 3000 short !

  • @Kmac005
    @Kmac005 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm not sure what was more unbelievable. Rabbits that grown to gargantuan size in a few days. Or DeForest Kelly playing touch football in the final scene of the film.

  • @eliotmccann2589
    @eliotmccann2589 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hurrah for the return of the Ray Milland footage!!

  • @IndianaPopovich
    @IndianaPopovich 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What a coincidence! Our local theater is doing a Halloween double feature, and this movie is one of them!

  • @BearlyGamer
    @BearlyGamer 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love the mention of Tucker & Dale VS Evil at the beginning. Seriously underrated film

  • @ROOKTABULA
    @ROOKTABULA 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I wonder if the Monty Python lads saw this before Holy Grail was written? "RUN AWAY!!!"

  • @aestevalis0
    @aestevalis0 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks, Craig. Now I want a giant baby rabbit plush.

  • @iyona14granturismogt6gtspo7
    @iyona14granturismogt6gtspo7 ปีที่แล้ว

    First of all...that hairstyle is called the Hershey's Kiss!!! Lol!

  • @inotterwords6115
    @inotterwords6115 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I came here for the Watership Down reference and was not disappointed.

  • @Mick_Chicken
    @Mick_Chicken 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I love you guys, never leave us! Additionally I'd definitely watch Danger Trucks.

  • @jbagzz
    @jbagzz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Another line from The Langoliers that my sister and I love to quote, "MR. TOOMEY. IT'S MR. TOOOOOMEY!" and "this place smells wrong. really badly wrong." oh and of course "Something's coming. The something making that horrible cereal noise." Dinah the blind girl belonged in The Room.

  • @williamblakehall5566
    @williamblakehall5566 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Track down the Irwin Allen made-for-TV movie City Beneath the Sea and you can have a Stuart Whitman double feature a Whitman sampler, if you will.

  • @brantblackard
    @brantblackard 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Seen It: Danger Trucks!?
    Love this show, guys. Thanks!

  • @Regfife
    @Regfife 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    In "The Matrix", when Neo visits the Oracle, "Night of the Lepus" is playing in her living room.

    • @pathatfield2543
      @pathatfield2543 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That’s because “Night of the Lepus” is the favorite movie of all mentally evolved beings the universe over.

  • @Goldenspiderducck
    @Goldenspiderducck 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I haven’t gotten to the movie part of the video yet, BUT - it’s always fun to see people watch NotL for the first time. They start with such excitement and high hopes. How can a movie about giant killer rabbits not, at least, be *fun*?!?
    But then…they watch it. And the sleepiest cast of all time unveils a cinematic nap. It’s not a *bad* movie….but it’s not the good time it has every right to be.
    Let’s see how our brave boys fare…..

  • @nevet1212
    @nevet1212 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Have you guys seen the neverending story? I loved the movie growing up and enjoyed the book when I got a chance to read it.

  • @calebtennison9353
    @calebtennison9353 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I freaking heart this series. I heart it hard.

    • @slc2466
      @slc2466 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I also have a heart on for the Basement.

    • @calebtennison9353
      @calebtennison9353 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@slc2466 an individual of culture I see.

  • @marleyobrien12
    @marleyobrien12 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Always nice to see Ray Milland

  • @coldvaper
    @coldvaper 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Can't wait for you guys to make Danger Trucks!

  • @JRsMind
    @JRsMind 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I really wish there was a movie called Danger Trucks. That sounds amazing.

  • @NatPix
    @NatPix 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    You two are not the only ones to play the Anal RV game. My husband taught it to me; “Anal Prowler” is his favorite. I recently heard one woman explaining the game to another woman at the grocery store.

  • @SleepFan771
    @SleepFan771 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sorry Night of the Lepus, but Leave No Trace has the cutest gigantic bunnies!

  • @eliotmccann2589
    @eliotmccann2589 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    10:14 had me giggling for no apparent reason... "Down at the general store is where they keep Mildred the phone operator. In a cage."

    • @slc2466
      @slc2466 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      "Mildred in a Cage"- now that's a movie worth watching.

  • @patgalvez4563
    @patgalvez4563 ปีที่แล้ว

    2023 is the year of the Lepus..lol

  • @BudzzableRides
    @BudzzableRides 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I remember "Night of the Lepus" I'm still traumatized & I am considering legal action.

    • @lylarose2696
      @lylarose2696 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Settle down Bugs. 😂😂😂😂

  • @Aramis419
    @Aramis419 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Does Matt wear his "house shoes"/slippers in B&BG as well?
    I'm not saying to slap Aaron with them, just place them, politely, in a spot that is mildly inconvenient and amusing.
    Like, under the leg of his chair - just tuck it in there, or next to his bag of potato chips in the cabinet.
    "WTF IS A SLIPPER DOING NEXT TO MY CHIPS?!"

  • @Mumscup
    @Mumscup ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The Year of the Angry Rabbit is a science fiction novel by Australian author Russell Braddon, in which giant mutant rabbits run amok in Australia while the Prime Minister uses a new superweapon to dominate the planet…. And Hollywood did this .

  • @pathatfield2543
    @pathatfield2543 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This movie would make a great double feature with Frogs,starring your man Ray Milland.Also,on the subject of the movie Graveyard Shift,I understand it was originally supposed to be directed by Tom Savini.Maybe it would have been a better movie if he did.Know what V.C. rat eats? how about raw American,hold the mayo thank you!

  • @TroubleToby3040
    @TroubleToby3040 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Since the rabbits are eating the horses, he should have said "A horse is a COURSE of course of course!". Right?

  • @MrSandpaperCondom
    @MrSandpaperCondom 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    So, "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" is a great movie that I assume both of you have seen, but did either of you know that Tarantino turned that into a novel, and have either of you read it?
    Thank you for the show, as always. You guys are the best!

  • @BrendanPNW
    @BrendanPNW 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I am wondering if this inspired Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

  • @vampricramen
    @vampricramen 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Matt straight up lying to Craig about not seeing a horror classic.

  • @Inzanepiratical
    @Inzanepiratical 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    7:56
    All roads lead back to Lost Weekend

  • @hairymoose1974
    @hairymoose1974 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Holy crap, one of my favorite movies. It is soooo sooo bad. And I guarantee there is not a "no animals were harmed during the filming of this movie" endorsement

  • @gordieparenteau6555
    @gordieparenteau6555 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The Thing (1982) / Plan 9 From Outer Space.

  • @Eric_A...
    @Eric_A... 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    happy halloween

  • @better.better
    @better.better 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    haha "other shows like ours" yeah it's been a couple of years I think since we watched it on BML

  • @the1masterpiece1
    @the1masterpiece1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    SEEN IT: 1994's Dellamorte Dellamore also known as Cemetery Man in the US. A truly great and bizarre comedy horror mindbender. I can only describe it as if David Lynch decided to remake the Evil Dead.

  • @tecumsehcristero
    @tecumsehcristero 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love The Song
    Pet Semetary by The Ramones

  • @zsandmann
    @zsandmann 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I was really hoping for Phase IV.

  • @chobitsai1
    @chobitsai1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Santa_and_the_Ice_Cream_Bunny=nightmares

  • @Mr.CantThinkOfAName
    @Mr.CantThinkOfAName 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Do you guys have any "if I taught a film class, I'd cover this" ideas? I know Craig has already talked about Risky Business, and I'm interested in hearing more. I graduated film school recently and the most beneficial classes and extra-curricular events were the ones that put students in challenging situations where they'd have to figure something out themselves, something that makes everything else just 'click'

    • @locnar1
      @locnar1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      If I taught a film class I'd show them San Francisco (1936) and ask them what genre the film is. Cause that movie is all over the place with what it wants to do. but somehow it works.

    • @robertodell9193
      @robertodell9193 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@locnar1 Show them Fear City and ask them the same question.

  • @smacksalad
    @smacksalad 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Boffo episode, gentlemen!

  • @jbagzz
    @jbagzz 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Okay guys, The Open House. That's all I'll say. Seen it?

  • @danelykins4409
    @danelykins4409 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I think they still make snausages? Even if they didn't I feel like it's penetrated culture enough to still be known imo

  • @locnar1
    @locnar1 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Me and my friends saw the Pet Sematary remake in theatres. It was so awful (especially the one big change from the book) that I and my friend got the giggles at one point (when she's lying in the bed with that googly eye going off in one direction) and we had to bite our jackets to keep from bursting into full out laughter/getting kicked out. Her boyfriend, who had never read the book, even commented that the remake seemed "off" somehow. I'm surprised Matt enjoyed it.

  • @caffeineadvocate
    @caffeineadvocate 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Oh, and that's fun. Finished reading 'Misery' yesterday and now I'm on to a short one. 'It'
    Is there a stand-alone discussion of your Stephen King reviews?

  • @LarryPokeTrainer
    @LarryPokeTrainer 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    the person in the rabbit suit

  • @AJ-nc4vr
    @AJ-nc4vr 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Blame society X RLM plz ❤️❤️❤️

    • @hunteryocum2563
      @hunteryocum2563 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      probably won't happen, they got beef with each other because RLM shit on Chad Vader

    • @AJ-nc4vr
      @AJ-nc4vr 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@hunteryocum2563 but RLM sent them Space Cop.... :(

    • @hunteryocum2563
      @hunteryocum2563 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@AJ-nc4vr yea I'm sure RLM was just fucking around but matt and aaron were clearly butthurt about it

  • @BasicDrumming
    @BasicDrumming 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I Love Movies!

  • @harryo82
    @harryo82 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    He did the (pew pew) Craig is officially Grace Randolph.

  • @HenryRSeymour
    @HenryRSeymour 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I didn't know what snausages were. (I think they might still make them?) All these years, I thought the joke was literally just pronouncing sausages wrong. I still thought that was very funny.

    • @themoviedealers
      @themoviedealers 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      They had an annoyingly memorable TV commercial.

  • @langleymneely
    @langleymneely 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Question for you illustrative gentlemen! What is a film opinion that instantly tells you all you need to know about a person, either negative or positive?!
    Some for me are: “The Transformers films are all great, you just need to turn your brain off!” Or “Black and white film is boring.” Lol

    • @tecumsehcristero
      @tecumsehcristero 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Only a douchebag would make such statements.
      I find it shocking that anyone likes any of the Transformer movies.

  • @Tasarran
    @Tasarran 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wabbit twacks... Twain twacks...

  • @SuperRat420
    @SuperRat420 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I could have sworn you already covered this

    • @tpeack
      @tpeack 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      think that was red letter media, another wisconsin based film show.

    • @SuperRat420
      @SuperRat420 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@tpeack ah, could be that!

  • @derekrucker377
    @derekrucker377 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Leapin good time. That was a lot of tomato sauce.

  • @Brownbear502
    @Brownbear502 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ok guys, have you seen beyond the black rainbow? I watched it recently and need some help analyzing it

  • @MrAkilleus
    @MrAkilleus 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Matt, any thoughts on Dr Sleep? How did you think the movie (if you've seen it) held up compared to the novel?

  • @john_brawn
    @john_brawn 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    love the show, hey what do you guys think of men in black? the movie, not the sartorial choice

  • @SpiderDijon2
    @SpiderDijon2 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I was looking at Matt's decolletage and noticed he is not wearing his chain today.

  • @Zylork0122
    @Zylork0122 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Mildred got pierced.

    • @slc2466
      @slc2466 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yep, if Joan had played the role though, "rabbit stew- it's what's for dinner" would be the likely outcome.

  • @edwarddorey4480
    @edwarddorey4480 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sadly, I do not know what snausages are.

  • @lylarose2696
    @lylarose2696 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Night of the Lepus actually made money, the movie cost $900,000 and pulled in 4 million dollars. 😂😂😂😂😂

  • @annaheff7332
    @annaheff7332 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why was it called Night of the Lepus? Did they actually call them Lepus at some point?

  • @Ivyzord
    @Ivyzord 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    If you see Midsomar’s ending as a happy one… it made it’s point about brainwashing and cults.
    You are not imune to proaganda and manipulation, especially at your lowest.
    It’s a deeply, desperately sad ending for me.

  • @SEDA-3131
    @SEDA-3131 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    “To Live and Die in L.A.” 1985 movie?

  • @lylarose2696
    @lylarose2696 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    How does a small bunny give birth to a huge bunny?

  • @johnny2tons
    @johnny2tons 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    #ReleaseDangerTrucks

  • @adamwatson2914
    @adamwatson2914 ปีที่แล้ว

    Pet Sematary remake better than the original you silly guy lol, one of a classic and one is an already forgotten remake

  • @itzdono
    @itzdono 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    What? No cat post credit tag?

  • @TheBallpark25
    @TheBallpark25 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Equals... Tremors

  • @aestevalis0
    @aestevalis0 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The End... ?

  • @primalkaran3483
    @primalkaran3483 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi guys, RRR, seen it?

  • @Swishy_Blue
    @Swishy_Blue 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Other shows like yours....like redletter maybe...
    I mean you're practically neighbors...

    • @_Ciaran_Maher
      @_Ciaran_Maher 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      This one even started with Star Trek trivia.

  • @bobby5275
    @bobby5275 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I love you boys, but you cowards cut away from Craig's reaction to E.T. - GIVE US CRAIG'S REACTION TO E.T.

  • @jimvim3497
    @jimvim3497 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Adding killer rabbits with scale model sets just doesn't work! As for Janet Lee acting with little emotion is a waste for sure. I'm sure this is fun for Trek fans and B movie horror fans who appreciate comedy over Fright films. I'm a Doctor Jim! Not a Vet. Where's Spock when you need him.

  • @BernHaggerty
    @BernHaggerty 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Disappointing, no reference to "Rabbit-Proof Fence"--an entirely different kind of film, which is not about rabbits at all.

  • @captainloudpants
    @captainloudpants 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Boomers and your goddamn Snausages.

  • @hunteryocum2563
    @hunteryocum2563 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    the original pet sematary may not be perfect but at least it's memorable, the new one is just another lazy, boring, forgettable remake