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They should just dock greedy Colin’s pay and give more money to the boys and forum posters

Man Sean offering the company lawyer this work in conjunction with his own lawyer not wanting to be a part of his clients contract negotiations I'm floored. Tom Scharpling should hang up his hat because this is the Best Show

I would argue the opposite: this is still wildly relevant today. People still look at people of color and women in their jobs as they did Mr. Tibbs - a range of disdain to low expectations. Very little has changed. I mean, he got arrested solely for reading while black, which still to this day happens constantly (and have triggered the Black Lives Matter movement). What I like about the movie is what they said in the episode: it's not full of monologuing or preaching or whatnot. I found the police case to be realistic in that regard too -- instead of showing a racially charged murder to condemn racism, the movie focuses on a regular murder and shows the racism all around that. It's in the autopsy, in the coworkers and boss, in the victim's wife, in the interrogation suspects. If Tibbs showed up down there and solved a KKK murder case or something, that starts to push into melodrama. Instead, it reflects reality, showing us how deeply racism is embedded in the everyday routine. That's also why I believe it gets a balance in not just being about racism. It is about a murder case. The comments on society just come along with that.

My Mom grew up in Sparta, Illinois, where this film was made (to substitute for Sparta, Mississippi). It was an hour south of St. Louis, but still on the north side of the Mason-Dixon line. When this movie came on TV in the late 60's/early 70's, we were living in St. Paul. Mom would have us watch the movie and show us the racist things that we didn't see growing up in Minnesota. Some were blatant and some were more subtle. You brushed on one of the more subtle items at the end of the movie, where Rod Steiger carries Sidney Poiter's suitcase to the train. This was a big deal to my Mom. At that time in the South, she told us, it would have been VERY unusual for a white man to carry a black man's bag. There are little things like this in the movie that we don't really get the impact of now that audiences in the late 60's would have picked up on. Good podcast - keep them coming.

I had never seen this movie before, and I loved it. It was very satisfying, like slapping an old racist. I even liked it as a procedural. There's a few styles of procedurals - and this is the sort of old-fashioned version, in how the viewer doesn't know what it is going on and so you have to just take the evidence as the detectives discover them. It can feel random or convenient. More modern versions either let the viewer puzzle it out via clues, or just flat-up show you the crime first, so you're ahead of the detectives (cat & mouse style). I don't really have a preference myself, and when the focus is pretty much purely on the detective the old version is more than fine.

The Shakespeare cinematic universe is a legitimately brilliant parody idea.

I'm assuming the change of font on the earwolf 'site is a secret xmas pres from the boys and boys... ... .. . thenk you

happy holidays

ADAM PALLY joins The Boys again to record some promotional bumpers for his show Champaign ILL.

It's a better police procedural that's ostensibly about racism than Zootopia. I get your criticism and agree to an extent. But I loved this movie when I saw it. I wouldn't necessarily say it's just a product of its time since it's themes are still pretty relevant today (and aged significantly better than Poitier's other movie this year about racism Guess Who's Coming To Dinner). I don't have any more to add since I haven't seen this in well over a decade and specifics are pretty much lost.

I guess I'm the only "no" vote here (not my usual position!), so I'll just say that I agree with Amy -- it's a movie with some great lead performances and is an easy enough watch, but the movie doesn't feel "timeless" to me. It feels like something that is absolutely a product of its time and is mostly only interesting as a snapshot of that time. Some of the issues they discussed about Jewison's direction are (IMO) things that tend to show up throughout his career, especially in "social problem" movies like this: being generally over-emphatic with the emotional beats and concentrating so much on the message of the movie that he loses the function of the plot a little bit. The structure of the movie is a police procedural and murder mystery, but they clearly want the film to be "about" racism . . . yet the resolution of the mystery has nothing to do with racism. These little things bugged me, though Poitier and Steiger were so good together that the movie kind of works anyway. If I just look at the other Best Picture nominees from 1967, I'd say both Bonnie and Clyde and The Graduate have held more relevance throughout the years than In the Heat of the Night. I'd be okay taking it off the list. I guess I could be convinced to keep it on because there's nothing else to showcase Poitier, who is a major figure in American film history.

The best gift this Christmas a amazing and hilarious studio episode! Truly the best gift I was given this year.

I could be wrong, but I think The Lion King makes a reference to this film when Pumba says, “They call me Mr. Pig!!!” It was a line I always though must be a reference to something, but I could never figure out what it was. Can anyone confirm or deny?

I just listened to the Marc Maron podcast with Topher Grace, and in it Grace talks about how sometimes you do scenes with actors who have their lines fed to them through an earpiece, because they can't be bothered with memorizing. Mario may be busted here!

Talk about a great Christmas surprise seeing this in my Youtube feed.

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My BF and I were bugging about how this was what, a 2-3 day trip max, yet the brother had packed enough clothing for himself and to loan to Mario the entire time, through multiple outfit changes? The mom had set out warm clothes for them to go play hockey in too... like a full hat/coat/gloves+ situation for Mario, who arrived there in a suit with no coat or anything. Not to mention that the brother wore different versions of the same outfit every single scene -- a half zip sweater, usually blue. But somehow he has clothes that fit and are attuned to the personal style of Mario's character? The brother wasn't wearing anything like that luxurious crew neck, form fitted black sweater!! One more thing: The brother was SO weird. No one mentioned him sitting in the dark, alone, drinking beer in the garage? When MJH went to drop the trash she flipped on the light to see him there. Now, granted he was probably upset because she was "engaged" and he was still in the closet but uh, that's not anything we're going to address? And I guess it isn't the kind of thing you'd get into during an ABC Family holiday romcom but then why even add the scene in the first place? It was really odd.

To all my friends here, whatever your plans, I hope you all have a Happy Holidays Merry Christmas! May your days be bereft of sentient, blues crooning snowmen, insane conflicts with your neighbors, and romantic Holiday abductions. ETA: Oh, and stay safe you crazy deviants

FINALLY a reason (not that we need a reason) to get Nicole Byer and Zukes together! Even if it is only for a horrible holiday film. Give the people what they want! Sizzling hot Mntzoukas / Byer action! June and Lauren star as the quirky best friends maybe? Jessica could be his best friend? Paul plays one of the bad dates. In my mind the dating scene is a speed dating round and we have a sort of montage of the bad dates responding to questions. Mainly because we need more weird childhood tales from Paul and I want to see improvers just be monsters.

As I've been watching all these terrible mostly-charmless holiday movies, I think we need to move to get Earwolf improvisers in more of these. They'll still be pretty bad movies, but the charm level will certainly improve a million times. Danica and Lacey are just stealing jobs from Wild Horses if you ask me.

Honestly, I can’t think of one off the top of my head. Usually there’s familial - particularly maternal - pressure to get married, but not one (that I can think of) where someone has “hired” a boyfriend or fiancé. I will say, something close, and maybe a recommendation for next year, would be Dear Santa. In that one, Amy Acker plays a spoiled socialite whose mother gives her an ultimatum: either get married or get a job by Christmas. By chance, she stumbles on a little girl’s letter to Santa which is asking for a new wife for her widowed father. So, rather than get a job, she sets her sights on stalking this stranger and his daughter and trick him into marrying her. There is also a gay character that is absolutely, 100% respectfully and tastefully done and is in no way a cartoon character. Here’s the trailer (It’s the kind that basically shows you the whole movie, so watch at your own risk, I guess)

Pierce Brosnan. Incredible nightclub scene featuring such thrills as a man with balloons under his clothes and an woman whose mere appearance gets everyone uncontrollably horny. Lots of stupid deaths, outrageous sexism, and a bizarre paranormal twist at the end that I still don’t quite understand. This movie written by Jerry Stahl was amazing. I need to hear people talk about it!

If you guys haven't seen them already, I highly recommend both Widows and Creed 2. Both had some slight issues but were still great movies.

I am wet, with excitement for another studio episode. And Conan & June!!! I'm double wet. With excitement!!! I love you all!