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I just watched it and the biggest takeaway for me was the Terribly Emaciated Lions at the end of the movie. What the fuck!? Also, could this have been one long Outback commercial? (car or restaurant, you pick) And was Linda Kozlowski in Linda Koslowski drag?

Just one point: If the producers/directors etc of this movie saw that the double elimination aspect was confusing to audiences, why not (DOUBLE) ELIMINATE IT? They are making this up as they go along anyway. If the drama of a loss is what they wanted, they could have plugged in a scene where Hawk(s) loses, but then the other guy turns out to have cheated or something, allowing Sly to continue in the competition. For years I've remembered this movie as a kidnapping story. The son was kidnapped and Stallone had to arm wrestle to get him back? Not sure why that seemed more probable to me than a man winning back his son's affection via the internationally popular sport of arm wrestling. Amazing episode this week. Everyone was on fire! Bobby was an excellent guest - loved his "I don't care about other people's lives" comment. So funny. Continuing to love Jason and JDR's interactions like "when they go into that steakhouse" "June... June... not a steakhouse." All three hosts have been destroying with the funny recently. Excellent movie choice, too.

I realized things were MENTAL with this movie in the first few minutes when Dolly Parton walks right from her husband's funeral into the pastor's office to campaign for her dead husband's job. STILL wearing the same mourning rags she was wearing by the casket. Her husband just had a heart attack and suddenly died and he's not even cold in the ground before she's trying to get herself into his old job. WTF? She didn't even seem upset, just like she'd been waiting for the moment in the script where she gets to start saying lines. So many B plots in this movie. Can't even list them all. No wonder it's 2 hours long!! This movie should be 75 minutes MAX. I agree with June that it gets super dark for no reason. And the final belly laugh in this movie for me is that the "boss/ultimate villain" of this movie is a GROUP OF KIDS who Queen shits on to make the audience feel like it's ok for our protagonists to win against a group of amazing kids. At least Sister Act got it right. The kids are the protagonists, and the ultimate "villain" choir group is a bunch of preppy dicks. I can't with this movie. I just can't.

June has been killing it lately! Her comments here and the whole "What exactly is a street fighter?" discussion of the last episode made me very happy indeed. I barely noticed the guest after the first five minutes - Jason, Paul and June stole the show as a dynamic trio. Loved their insight. Quick addition: When Estelle Getty calls the dispatcher because she's locked in the cop car, the cop IMMEDIATELY tells her to look for a slim jim (nevermind that he doesn't confirm her identity, or ask how she locked herself IN a car.) Somehow, he knows that pulling up the locks in the door won't work, so he goes right for the slim jim idea. Why doesn't he ask her "Oh, why don't you just pull up the lock?" Great job, guys!