1 00:00:04,879 --> 00:00:07,160 Speaker 1: What's going on? Thank you so much for listening to 2 00:00:07,200 --> 00:00:09,599 this podcast. It is heard live every day from noon 3 00:00:09,679 --> 00:00:12,480 to three on WBT Radio in Charlotte. And if you 4 00:00:12,519 --> 00:00:16,719 want exclusive content like invitations to events, the weekly live stream, 5 00:00:16,760 --> 00:00:19,199 my daily show prep with all the links, become a patron, 6 00:00:19,320 --> 00:00:22,600 go to thepeteclendershow dot com. Make sure you hit the 7 00:00:22,640 --> 00:00:25,120 subscribe button. Get every episode for free right to your 8 00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:27,679 smartphone or tablet, and again, thank you so much for 9 00:00:27,719 --> 00:00:33,960 your support. Apparently they did not catch the suspect the 10 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:38,280 shooter at Brown University, so that person is still on 11 00:00:38,320 --> 00:00:42,079 the loose. And according to the reports that I have seen, 12 00:00:43,520 --> 00:00:49,759 the suspect description is a man dressed in black and 13 00:00:49,799 --> 00:00:53,479 that's it. Apparently that's all we know. We don't have 14 00:00:53,560 --> 00:00:56,359 any other suspect description that I have seen that I 15 00:00:56,399 --> 00:01:00,600 can relay, which is really not very help at all. 16 00:01:01,840 --> 00:01:05,519 The investigation does not seem to be going well, which, 17 00:01:05,560 --> 00:01:10,879 by the way, this is remember after Charlie Kirk was murdered, 18 00:01:11,959 --> 00:01:15,519 same sort of deal, right, they grabbed a guy, everybody 19 00:01:15,519 --> 00:01:18,120 thought they had the suspect, and then it turns out 20 00:01:18,120 --> 00:01:22,000 they didn't have the correct person. They had some crank 21 00:01:22,480 --> 00:01:27,719 that was claiming to be the shooter in order to 22 00:01:27,799 --> 00:01:33,200 give the shooter time to get away. But there was 23 00:01:33,239 --> 00:01:36,359 no coordination between the two. He just happened to be 24 00:01:36,599 --> 00:01:39,719 a local left wing crank that would show up at 25 00:01:39,760 --> 00:01:44,640 these events and just make a nuisance of himself. I 26 00:01:44,760 --> 00:01:46,840 don't know if that happened here. I'm not saying that 27 00:01:46,879 --> 00:01:51,120 it happened in this shooting that was at Brown University 28 00:01:51,959 --> 00:01:56,239 in Rhode Island. But they took somebody into custody and 29 00:01:56,280 --> 00:01:58,920 then they released him, and they said the investigation is 30 00:01:59,239 --> 00:02:01,400 going in a different direction now, so they're looking. So 31 00:02:01,480 --> 00:02:05,519 now they're like doing a manhunt for a man wearing black. 32 00:02:06,359 --> 00:02:10,439 So luckily he won't be able to change clothes, and 33 00:02:10,800 --> 00:02:13,120 because if he did, then all we would have as 34 00:02:13,120 --> 00:02:18,240 a suspect description is that it's a dude. If he 35 00:02:18,319 --> 00:02:23,560 identifies as a dude, I don't even know, like what. Yeah. 36 00:02:23,680 --> 00:02:31,960 The first victim has been identified as Ella Cook from Birmingham, Alabama. 37 00:02:32,520 --> 00:02:38,080 She was a student at Brown University. She was among 38 00:02:38,120 --> 00:02:42,240 the two students killed in the shooting. I believe there 39 00:02:42,240 --> 00:02:46,360 were nine others injured. She was a sophomore. She was 40 00:02:46,400 --> 00:02:51,719 also vice president of the Brown University College Republicans I've 41 00:02:51,759 --> 00:02:54,080 seen some reporting, but I don't know if this is 42 00:02:54,159 --> 00:02:57,520 confirmed because we don't even know what the you know, 43 00:02:57,560 --> 00:02:59,960 who the suspect is or a description, so it's kind 44 00:02:59,960 --> 00:03:03,800 of hard to say whether she was specifically targeted, whether 45 00:03:03,840 --> 00:03:08,800 the class was targeted, we don't know. The shooting happened 46 00:03:08,840 --> 00:03:13,560 inside a classroom in the Barrass and Holly Engineering Building 47 00:03:13,599 --> 00:03:18,560 around four pm Saturday. Two students were killed, nine wounded. 48 00:03:19,319 --> 00:03:22,479 Police announced that a person of interest was taken into custody, 49 00:03:23,280 --> 00:03:30,159 but later last night they released that individual, and so 50 00:03:30,199 --> 00:03:33,759 they are actively searching now for the killer. Police say 51 00:03:34,080 --> 00:03:37,840 surveillance video shows a man dressed in all black, and 52 00:03:37,879 --> 00:03:41,560 that is the most useful image they have to try 53 00:03:41,560 --> 00:03:46,400 to track down the gunman. That's that's all they've developed 54 00:03:46,400 --> 00:03:52,680 and have been able to release. We also got this 55 00:03:52,759 --> 00:03:58,319 story now from USA today, four members of an alleged 56 00:03:58,520 --> 00:04:05,080 radical pro palastine group have been arrested. They are accused 57 00:04:05,120 --> 00:04:08,400 of plotting a New Year's Eve bombing or a series 58 00:04:08,439 --> 00:04:12,800 of bombings in Los Angeles. This is according to the FBI. 59 00:04:13,800 --> 00:04:19,800 The suspects are accused of being members of a radical offshoot. 60 00:04:20,519 --> 00:04:25,040 They're hamas holes, Okay, that's what they are. That's what 61 00:04:25,079 --> 00:04:28,199 these people are. It's not a radical pro Palestinian group. 62 00:04:28,199 --> 00:04:32,879 They are Hamas supporters. This is what globalizing the Intifada means. 63 00:04:32,920 --> 00:04:35,720 For all you idiots that have been out there chanting 64 00:04:35,759 --> 00:04:41,720 this as if it isn't a call for the assassinations 65 00:04:41,759 --> 00:04:45,439 and murders of Jewish people and anybody else's collateral damage 66 00:04:45,439 --> 00:04:50,000 as well, That's what globalized the Intifada means. I've never 67 00:04:50,879 --> 00:04:54,560 had a doubt in my mind about what that chant means. 68 00:04:54,920 --> 00:04:58,720 And if you're chanting it, I now have a pretty 69 00:04:58,720 --> 00:05:02,839 good understand you as well, if you're out there chanting 70 00:05:02,879 --> 00:05:06,519 these things as part of your tenttifada on the college campuses. 71 00:05:08,839 --> 00:05:11,199 The suspects are accused of being members of a radical 72 00:05:11,360 --> 00:05:21,120 offshoot of the Turtle Island Liberation Front or TILF or TILF, 73 00:05:22,800 --> 00:05:29,000 an alleged extremist group motivated by pro Palestinian, anti law 74 00:05:29,079 --> 00:05:34,399 enforcement and anti government ideology. That's according to the FBI 75 00:05:34,480 --> 00:05:39,519 director Cash Pattel, who posted on social media. The group 76 00:05:39,600 --> 00:05:44,759 was allegedly planning coordinated ied bombing attacks on New Year's Eve, 77 00:05:44,839 --> 00:05:49,519 targeting five separate locations across Los Angeles. A fifth person 78 00:05:49,639 --> 00:05:53,199 was arrested by the FBI in New Orleans for allegedly 79 00:05:53,240 --> 00:05:58,399 planning a separate violent attack. That suspect is also believed 80 00:05:58,399 --> 00:06:06,839 to be linked to tilf Okay. Over in Europe, in France, 81 00:06:06,920 --> 00:06:12,079 I believe they canceled their Christmas parade or their big 82 00:06:12,439 --> 00:06:16,480 Christmas celebration. They canceled one of these big and this 83 00:06:16,600 --> 00:06:18,399 is not the only location to do it. There was 84 00:06:18,439 --> 00:06:20,240 another one I saw a couple of weeks ago, I 85 00:06:20,279 --> 00:06:23,680 believe in a town in Germany where they are canceling 86 00:06:23,759 --> 00:06:30,480 Christmas celebrations. Why because they cannot protect them from a 87 00:06:30,639 --> 00:06:34,839 terrorist attack. They're like, sorry, it's these you know, you 88 00:06:34,839 --> 00:06:38,399 get all these Christians gathering together to celebrate Christmas. We 89 00:06:38,519 --> 00:06:42,160 can't guarantee your safety, so just cancel the Christian celebration. 90 00:06:43,040 --> 00:06:49,759 This is do you see what is happening again? Like 91 00:06:49,839 --> 00:06:54,319 to me, this is very clear. In Brooklyn over the weekend, 92 00:06:54,920 --> 00:06:58,959 a bunch of Muslims stopped their cars in the middle 93 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:02,680 of traffic on a well, they're all busy roadways in Brooklyn, 94 00:07:02,720 --> 00:07:05,560 but they stopped on I don't remember what road it was, 95 00:07:05,600 --> 00:07:07,920 and they just stopped the cars. They got out and 96 00:07:07,959 --> 00:07:11,920 they were chanting about, you know something about Islam I'm 97 00:07:11,920 --> 00:07:14,319 sure there were a few Alahuac bars thrown in there 98 00:07:14,360 --> 00:07:18,480 as well. These are shows of force, That's what this 99 00:07:18,920 --> 00:07:27,040 is meant to intimidate. Four members have been arrested down 100 00:07:27,079 --> 00:07:31,439 in New Orleans as well. Patel said the FBI disrupted 101 00:07:31,480 --> 00:07:36,279 a credible imminent terrorist attack, saying that the FBI's work 102 00:07:36,519 --> 00:07:40,519 undoubtedly saved countless lives. Law enforcement. Yeah, I mean, can 103 00:07:40,560 --> 00:07:44,879 you imagine a series of bombings across Los Angeles and 104 00:07:44,959 --> 00:07:50,720 New Orleans on New Year's Eve? Law enforcement investigation prevented 105 00:07:50,759 --> 00:07:53,720 what would have been a massive and horrific plot in 106 00:07:53,759 --> 00:07:57,759 the Central District of California. The planned series of bombings 107 00:07:57,800 --> 00:08:00,879 by the suspects included multiple targets and California on New 108 00:08:00,959 --> 00:08:06,040 Year's Eve. They were allegedly going to target US Immigration 109 00:08:06,240 --> 00:08:13,560 and Customs enforcement agents and vehicles. If only there was 110 00:08:13,600 --> 00:08:17,360 some sort of a connection, because I'm not really following 111 00:08:17,399 --> 00:08:23,120 the the Ice the anti Ice pro Hamas connection if 112 00:08:23,600 --> 00:08:27,560 of course, no, of course there's a connection. It's about 113 00:08:28,079 --> 00:08:32,879 the tearing down of the Western civilization. See again, this 114 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:35,159 is very clear to me. 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An economics 145 00:10:33,039 --> 00:10:40,399 professor told the local media outlet, Ocean State Radio that 146 00:10:40,480 --> 00:10:43,320 the shooting had taken place during a review session for 147 00:10:43,440 --> 00:10:47,840 her course, which was being led by her teaching assistant, 148 00:10:47,960 --> 00:10:52,759 so she was not there. Her TA was, the TA 149 00:10:52,919 --> 00:10:56,960 told her, which she then conveyed to the media. The 150 00:10:57,000 --> 00:11:00,519 TA said that the shooter came in the doors, yelled something. 151 00:11:01,039 --> 00:11:03,960 He couldn't remember what he yelled, and then he just 152 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:09,159 started shooting. Okay, so we don't know what the shooter yelled, 153 00:11:09,960 --> 00:11:15,279 but he yelled something, according to the teaching assistant investigators. 154 00:11:15,399 --> 00:11:17,759 Later on in the story, it says investigators have said 155 00:11:17,759 --> 00:11:21,320 they are not immediately sure how the suspect got inside 156 00:11:21,360 --> 00:11:25,000 the first floor classroom because while the outer doors of 157 00:11:25,039 --> 00:11:30,360 the building are unlocked. You you got to have a badge, 158 00:11:30,399 --> 00:11:32,559 you got to have like a key card or something 159 00:11:32,600 --> 00:11:38,679 to swipe into the room for the final exams. And 160 00:11:38,720 --> 00:11:40,399 this is like the classroom is like one of those 161 00:11:41,120 --> 00:11:50,720 stadium seating huge classrooms. So how did he get in? Right? Like, 162 00:11:52,159 --> 00:11:54,360 hopefully they'll give us more information, but there's a lot 163 00:11:54,360 --> 00:11:59,240 of outstanding questions I've got on that case. Also, this morning, 164 00:11:59,799 --> 00:12:05,600 we find out that Rob Reiner and his wife were 165 00:12:05,759 --> 00:12:13,720 butchered and the police have now arrested their son, Nick Reiner. 166 00:12:15,399 --> 00:12:19,279 Rob Reiner and his wife, Michelle Singer Reiner, were found 167 00:12:19,320 --> 00:12:23,879 dead in their Los Angeles home yesterday. Authorities responded to 168 00:12:23,919 --> 00:12:26,639 a medical aid call at about three point thirty pm 169 00:12:27,720 --> 00:12:35,440 local time and discovered their bodies. People Magazine, People dot Com. 170 00:12:36,320 --> 00:12:39,679 They were the ones that had multiple sources saying that 171 00:12:39,720 --> 00:12:44,600 the killer was the couple's son. On Sunday, LA Fire 172 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:47,919 was called to the home to provide medical aid. They 173 00:12:47,960 --> 00:12:54,200 found Rob Reiner, seventy eight and Michelle Singer Reiner, sixty eight, 174 00:12:54,519 --> 00:13:01,679 both dead, stabbed to death. And this was this is 175 00:13:02,039 --> 00:13:07,639 this is awful. It's just an awful story. And I 176 00:13:07,679 --> 00:13:11,039 am like I am well aware of his politics. I 177 00:13:11,080 --> 00:13:12,960 am well aware that he's a big time donor to 178 00:13:13,000 --> 00:13:15,840 the Democrats, and it doesn't matter because he was, you know, 179 00:13:16,159 --> 00:13:21,600 he was a human being and it's just awful he 180 00:13:21,679 --> 00:13:26,279 had Obviously, he was a you know, an actor first 181 00:13:26,759 --> 00:13:30,559 when he was on the All in the Family sitcom, 182 00:13:30,600 --> 00:13:33,440 the Norman Lear TV sitcom All in the Family, where 183 00:13:34,480 --> 00:13:38,720 he played Mike or Meathead. He was born in the 184 00:13:38,720 --> 00:13:42,919 Bronx nineteen forty seven. His father was the legendary comedian 185 00:13:43,039 --> 00:13:47,320 Carl Reiner. His mother was an actress and singer. Her 186 00:13:47,399 --> 00:13:53,799 name was a Stelle Labost. Rob and Michelle met on 187 00:13:53,960 --> 00:13:58,600 set when Rob was directing when Harry met Sally, and 188 00:13:58,639 --> 00:14:02,120 the couple got married in nineteen eighty nine and had 189 00:14:02,120 --> 00:14:06,080 three children. Previously, he was married to the late Penny 190 00:14:06,159 --> 00:14:12,000 Marshall Laverne from Laverne and Shirley Right. She died in 191 00:14:12,039 --> 00:14:19,919 twenty eighteen. Rob Braner then went on to be director 192 00:14:20,039 --> 00:14:24,600 producer as well. In nineteen eighty four, he made his 193 00:14:24,720 --> 00:14:31,799 directorial debut with This Is Spinal Tap. I mean it's 194 00:14:31,840 --> 00:14:40,919 like his run of the first what seven years, This 195 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:45,919 is Spinal Tap, The Sure Thing, Stand by Me, The 196 00:14:45,960 --> 00:14:50,679 Princess Bride, When Harry Met Sally, Misery, and a Few 197 00:14:50,679 --> 00:14:55,879 Good Men. Those were the first films he directed. He 198 00:14:55,919 --> 00:14:57,879 also acted in Throw Mama from the Train. He was 199 00:14:57,919 --> 00:14:59,840 also in The Wolf of Wall Street. But I mean 200 00:15:00,120 --> 00:15:03,720 been in stuff you know ever since. But I mean, what, like, 201 00:15:03,799 --> 00:15:09,200 what an amazing run to start directing, And these are 202 00:15:09,200 --> 00:15:12,440 the movies you direct. All of these are classics. I 203 00:15:12,440 --> 00:15:15,639 mean I've seen I've seen every one of these movies. 204 00:15:15,679 --> 00:15:18,720 And I'm not even a big movie guy, but these, 205 00:15:19,600 --> 00:15:23,600 like I actually got Christy to watch spinal Tap A 206 00:15:23,639 --> 00:15:26,720 couple within the last year. I finally got her to 207 00:15:26,799 --> 00:15:34,000 watch that. Let me see here. This is from People 208 00:15:34,039 --> 00:15:39,480 magazine in twenty sixteen. 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There was another hang on because after Yeah, 247 00:18:14,319 --> 00:18:18,960 after these classics, he went on to co found the 248 00:18:19,079 --> 00:18:26,599 production company Castle Rock, and Castle Rock is the company 249 00:18:26,599 --> 00:18:31,880 behind movies like in the Line of Fire, City Slickers, Shawshank, Redemption, 250 00:18:32,319 --> 00:18:42,000 and Seinfeld. Even Michelle Singer Reiner. She was at one 251 00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:46,559 time a photographer and she's the one who took the 252 00:18:46,599 --> 00:18:50,079 photo of Donald Trump for the cover of his book 253 00:18:50,160 --> 00:18:55,279 The Art of the Deal. Now Rob Reiner over the 254 00:18:55,359 --> 00:19:05,240 last decade has just savaged Donald Trump on air on 255 00:19:05,279 --> 00:19:10,119 social media, right, just constant drum beat. He's a fascist, 256 00:19:10,119 --> 00:19:14,200 he's this, He's a just awful things. And Donald Trump 257 00:19:15,720 --> 00:19:19,839 took the occasion of Rob Reiner's murder to return the 258 00:19:19,880 --> 00:19:26,039 favor today. I don't know why, and I don't know why. 259 00:19:27,279 --> 00:19:32,759 I don't I don't, I don't know why this is. 260 00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:35,519 But this is who he is. So here's what he said. 261 00:19:37,759 --> 00:19:41,759 Posted on truth Social at nine fifty one am today. 262 00:19:44,119 --> 00:19:47,960 A very sad thing happened last night in Hollywood. Rob Reiner, 263 00:19:48,279 --> 00:19:52,400 a tortured and struggling but once very talented movie director 264 00:19:52,400 --> 00:19:57,039 and comedy star, has passed away together with his wife Michelle, 265 00:19:57,319 --> 00:20:01,839 reportedly due to the anger he caused others through his massive, 266 00:20:02,039 --> 00:20:07,079 unyielding and incurable affliction with a mind crippling disease known 267 00:20:07,119 --> 00:20:12,079 as Trump Derangement syndrome all capitalized, sometimes referred to as TDS. 268 00:20:13,680 --> 00:20:16,440 He was known to have driven people crazy by his 269 00:20:16,640 --> 00:20:20,880 raging obsession of President Donald J. Trump, with his obvious 270 00:20:20,960 --> 00:20:25,400 paranoia reaching new heights as the Trump administration surpassed all 271 00:20:25,480 --> 00:20:28,839 goals and expectations of greatness, and with the Golden Age 272 00:20:28,880 --> 00:20:32,680 of America upon us, perhaps like never before. May Robin 273 00:20:32,799 --> 00:20:42,440 Michelle rest in peace. Thomas Massey responded to this. Massey 274 00:20:42,519 --> 00:20:47,359 obviously and Donald Trump they don't get along either, Massey said, 275 00:20:47,440 --> 00:20:50,559 regardless of how you felt about Rob Reiner, this is 276 00:20:50,599 --> 00:20:54,079 inappropriate and disrespectful discourse about a man who was just 277 00:20:54,160 --> 00:20:58,400 brutally murdered. I guess my elected GOP colleagues, the vice president, 278 00:20:58,440 --> 00:21:00,680 the White House staff will just ignore it because they 279 00:21:00,680 --> 00:21:06,799 were afraid. I challenge anyone to defend it. I can't 280 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:11,440 and I won't. I'm going to hold the same standard, 281 00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:16,880 a consistent standard. Right. I saw what people said after 282 00:21:16,960 --> 00:21:20,599 Charlie Kirk was assassinated. I saw all of that, and 283 00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:27,799 that was also completely disrespectful, inappropriate, hateful, vile, evil even right, 284 00:21:28,119 --> 00:21:32,599 we all saw a lot of the comments and heard these, 285 00:21:32,799 --> 00:21:34,880 you know, heard the I'm not saying you should have 286 00:21:34,960 --> 00:21:40,720 been killed, but rationalizations all over the the news stations 287 00:21:40,759 --> 00:21:46,519 and such an on our social media feeds. So like, 288 00:21:46,680 --> 00:21:50,599 I reject that. That is that is corruption of your soul, 289 00:21:53,960 --> 00:21:59,160 and I reject this. I won't defend what again, like, oh, 290 00:21:59,240 --> 00:22:02,440 that's just Donald being Trump. But I get it, and 291 00:22:02,480 --> 00:22:08,440 that's that's unfortunate. What's amazing is that nobody had the 292 00:22:08,519 --> 00:22:12,960 sense to say, probably don't send this, Let's not then 293 00:22:13,240 --> 00:22:16,920 retweet it out, Let's not you know, publicize it and 294 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:21,920 publish it to multiple platforms and such like. Sometimes just 295 00:22:22,119 --> 00:22:25,519 you know, don't say anything. If you don't have anything 296 00:22:25,599 --> 00:22:33,400 nice to say, don't say anything at all. Let me 297 00:22:33,440 --> 00:22:41,519 see here there was oh this from the Los Angeles Times. 298 00:22:44,480 --> 00:22:48,599 Family friends told the LA Times that Rob Reiner and 299 00:22:48,680 --> 00:22:53,799 his son Nick got into an argument on Saturday evening 300 00:22:54,519 --> 00:22:59,799 at a party at Conan O'Brien's home, and that a 301 00:22:59,799 --> 00:23:03,680 lot of people noticed that Nick was acting strangely at 302 00:23:03,720 --> 00:23:09,039 the party. So they had some fight on Saturday night 303 00:23:09,119 --> 00:23:16,039 at Conan O'Brien. Conan O'Brien's house, at a party. That's 304 00:23:16,119 --> 00:23:18,920 just awful. I mean, just because now everybody that was 305 00:23:18,960 --> 00:23:23,119 at that party, right, anybody who had, you know, a 306 00:23:23,240 --> 00:23:26,720 feeling that something was off and this isn't good. Whatever 307 00:23:27,000 --> 00:23:31,480 they're now, you know, they're going to have survivor's guilt. 308 00:23:32,160 --> 00:23:36,839 Maybe if I had done something, said something, whatever. It's 309 00:23:36,880 --> 00:23:46,079 just awful. Reiner's first seven films, nineteen eighty four. This 310 00:23:46,160 --> 00:23:50,359 is spinal tap. It did not invent the mockumentary form, 311 00:23:50,920 --> 00:23:55,240 or even the rock mockumentary form, but spinal tap is 312 00:23:55,279 --> 00:23:59,319 still the standard against which all others are judged. Some 313 00:23:59,400 --> 00:24:03,599 forty years later, again, this is Alan Sepinwall at What's 314 00:24:03,599 --> 00:24:09,720 alan watching dot com? The sure thing some people hadn't 315 00:24:09,759 --> 00:24:13,000 seen it, He says he hadn't seen this one. This 316 00:24:13,039 --> 00:24:17,480 is with John Cusack, a road trip romantic comedy starring 317 00:24:17,559 --> 00:24:27,119 Joan John Cusack and Daphne's Zuniga or Zuniga. They remember, 318 00:24:27,160 --> 00:24:31,599 they're riding together to go home for the holidays or 319 00:24:31,599 --> 00:24:36,039 something they're from. They're in college together, and you know, 320 00:24:36,079 --> 00:24:38,519 they bicker the whole time, they get into fights and 321 00:24:38,519 --> 00:24:41,880 stuff whatever, and then inevitably, spoiler alert, they fall in love. 322 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:46,759 It's a road trip romantic comedy that was apparently John 323 00:24:46,839 --> 00:24:52,519 Cusack's first real lead role fun movie. I remember this 324 00:24:52,920 --> 00:24:58,599 funny movie stand by Me like of course this and 325 00:24:58,680 --> 00:25:01,720 stand by Me like that, I think was the first 326 00:25:01,759 --> 00:25:08,680 time that. That's what introduced me to Stephen King's books. 327 00:25:08,720 --> 00:25:10,559 And I've read when I was growing up, I read 328 00:25:10,599 --> 00:25:14,359 all of his books. I had all of his books. 329 00:25:15,079 --> 00:25:20,440 This one because stand by Me was based off of novella. 330 00:25:20,519 --> 00:25:23,400 I think it's called called The Body, and it was 331 00:25:23,440 --> 00:25:25,599 a short It was like a shorter story basically. It 332 00:25:25,599 --> 00:25:27,599 was a collection. I think it was called Different Seasons, 333 00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:31,480 and there were four different stories in the book, and 334 00:25:32,079 --> 00:25:36,160 the Body was one. I think Shawshank Redemption was also 335 00:25:36,759 --> 00:25:41,119 a short story like that. Hm, maybe not, Yeah, maybe 336 00:25:41,160 --> 00:25:44,160 I think it was. It may have been from Different Seasons. 337 00:25:44,599 --> 00:25:47,519 I don't remember, but this was the one. I mean, 338 00:25:47,559 --> 00:25:54,160 all of those kids, Jerry O'Connell and River Phoenix, right, 339 00:25:55,039 --> 00:26:00,640 like great talented actors that came out of that movie 340 00:26:02,039 --> 00:26:06,720 Coming of Age. Tao again didn't invent this subgenre, but 341 00:26:06,839 --> 00:26:09,599 it is the standard that everything else gets judged by. 342 00:26:10,480 --> 00:26:12,279 All Right, if you're listening to this show, you know 343 00:26:12,359 --> 00:26:14,359 I try to keep up with all sorts of current events, 344 00:26:14,359 --> 00:26:16,440 and I know you do too, And you've probably heard 345 00:26:16,480 --> 00:26:20,559 me say get your news from multiple sources. Why Well, 346 00:26:20,559 --> 00:26:23,279 because it's how you detect media bias, which is why 347 00:26:23,319 --> 00:26:26,519 I've been so impressed with ground News. 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Check dot ground 358 00:26:58,440 --> 00:27:02,240 dot news slash Subscribe through that link and you'll get 359 00:27:02,240 --> 00:27:05,519 fifteen percent off any subscription. I use the Vantage plan 360 00:27:05,640 --> 00:27:09,039 to get unlimited access to every feature. Your subscription then 361 00:27:09,079 --> 00:27:11,880 not only helps my podcast, but it also supports ground 362 00:27:11,960 --> 00:27:16,160 News as they make the media landscape more transparent. Right. 363 00:27:16,279 --> 00:27:21,000 So the Stephen King book different seasons. It had the Body, 364 00:27:21,079 --> 00:27:25,079 which was turned into stand by Me, Shawshank Redemption, and 365 00:27:25,200 --> 00:27:28,279 it had apt Pupil, which I think they also made 366 00:27:28,319 --> 00:27:30,920 into a movie, which really is the only way to 367 00:27:30,960 --> 00:27:34,119 do a Stephen King book into a movie. It's got 368 00:27:34,160 --> 00:27:38,119 to be a short book. It's kind of shorter because 369 00:27:38,160 --> 00:27:39,640 they get too long, and then you've got to leave 370 00:27:39,640 --> 00:27:43,200 a bunch of stuff out except Misery, which that was 371 00:27:43,279 --> 00:27:48,640 Kathy Bates's first movie that came out in nineteen ninety 372 00:27:48,680 --> 00:27:52,200 and that was that was a really good book too, 373 00:27:52,359 --> 00:27:56,480 but it had the body, Shawshank, Redemption, apt Pupil, and 374 00:27:56,519 --> 00:27:59,599 then I think it had it had it had a 375 00:27:59,599 --> 00:28:03,160 book of out. I thought it was. The fourth story 376 00:28:03,319 --> 00:28:06,799 was like Missus Smith's shortcut or something, where she would 377 00:28:06,880 --> 00:28:10,640 drive her car and like kept always trying to find 378 00:28:10,680 --> 00:28:13,480 a shorter way to get someplace, and then was like 379 00:28:13,519 --> 00:28:16,720 breaking through, like the time space continuum or something. It 380 00:28:16,759 --> 00:28:20,799 was a weird story anyway. Jordan says the first edition 381 00:28:20,920 --> 00:28:24,480 had the breathing method, which is garbage. They replaced it 382 00:28:24,519 --> 00:28:27,079 in later editions, but the first three are the ones 383 00:28:27,119 --> 00:28:31,160 that made the book famous. All got movie adaptations. Shawshank 384 00:28:31,240 --> 00:28:34,880 and The Green Mile are Stephen King's best adaptations in 385 00:28:34,880 --> 00:28:40,559 my opinion. Yeah, I'd agree with that. Jeff says, I 386 00:28:40,599 --> 00:28:43,319 always support President Trump, and I am thankful for all he's 387 00:28:43,359 --> 00:28:47,000 done and sacrificed for our country. But dang, that post 388 00:28:47,039 --> 00:28:50,880 of his about the Rhiners was in truly poor taste. 389 00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:53,519 Mama always said that if you have nothing nice to say, 390 00:28:53,839 --> 00:28:59,799 then say nothing at all. Kim says, I just heard 391 00:28:59,839 --> 00:29:02,240 you read Trump's comment about Rob Reiner. I have tried 392 00:29:02,240 --> 00:29:04,519 to be neutral about him, as I consider myself a 393 00:29:04,559 --> 00:29:10,440 Republican on on the border of libertarian. But his comment 394 00:29:10,599 --> 00:29:13,680 has sickened me. And then she says, correction to my 395 00:29:13,759 --> 00:29:16,240 last comment. My son has informed me that I am 396 00:29:16,279 --> 00:29:24,160 a moderate conservative independent. Okay, So, and then Andy says, 397 00:29:24,519 --> 00:29:27,599 I agree with Thomas Massey. Let's not retweet this or 398 00:29:27,640 --> 00:29:30,160 talk about it. Nobody said that, Andy, right after you 399 00:29:30,200 --> 00:29:33,720 read the entire post face Pump. So I do agree 400 00:29:33,759 --> 00:29:37,880 with Thomas Massey. Massey said nobody should defend this or 401 00:29:37,920 --> 00:29:39,880 is everybody just going to ignore it and move along? 402 00:29:40,720 --> 00:29:47,480 That's what That's what Massey said. And yeah, that raises 403 00:29:47,519 --> 00:29:50,519 a valid point. People are just going to ignore that 404 00:29:50,559 --> 00:29:54,440 he said this and pretend like it didn't happen. What 405 00:29:54,519 --> 00:29:57,519 I said then was what's amazing is that nobody in 406 00:29:57,519 --> 00:30:01,480 the White House said, let's not amplify this overall of 407 00:30:01,519 --> 00:30:05,920 our media. You know, let's not send this out. Let's 408 00:30:05,960 --> 00:30:09,400 not then you know, retweet it and stuff. But nobody did. 409 00:30:11,680 --> 00:30:14,880 I didn't say let's not. I didn't say you shouldn't 410 00:30:15,160 --> 00:30:20,000 talk about it, you shouldn't hear it. So I'm not 411 00:30:20,039 --> 00:30:22,839 really sure if that came through anyway. So there's that, 412 00:30:22,880 --> 00:30:25,400 all right. So I'm going through these movies, these Reiner movies, 413 00:30:25,400 --> 00:30:30,559 because these movies have shaped Hollywood and a lot of 414 00:30:30,599 --> 00:30:34,200 people's understanding of film and storytelling and all of that. 415 00:30:34,240 --> 00:30:36,480 And these were the first movies that he directed, right 416 00:30:36,519 --> 00:30:40,200 out of the gate. So Spinal Tap, the Sure Thing, 417 00:30:40,559 --> 00:30:44,039 stand by Me, then The Princess Bride. He says. It's 418 00:30:44,079 --> 00:30:48,000 that rarest, most delightful of movie miracles, a hilarious parody 419 00:30:48,119 --> 00:30:52,000 of a particular genre, the swashbuckling adventure and romance. But 420 00:30:52,079 --> 00:30:54,720 it's also a brilliant representative of the real thing. At 421 00:30:54,759 --> 00:30:58,400 the same time. Then he did when Harry Met Sally 422 00:31:00,440 --> 00:31:04,359 with Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan, right, the only debatable 423 00:31:04,359 --> 00:31:07,759 point is whether it's the greatest romantic comedy movie of 424 00:31:07,799 --> 00:31:12,559 any era. Then Misery, and then A Few Good Men. 425 00:31:12,599 --> 00:31:14,839 And when you hear people lament the death of the 426 00:31:14,880 --> 00:31:18,279 mid budget movie for grownups, a Few Good Men is 427 00:31:18,359 --> 00:31:20,880 the exact kind of film they're thinking of, he says. 428 00:31:21,119 --> 00:31:25,279 And these are his first seven films. This is impossible. 429 00:31:25,559 --> 00:31:29,880 Steven Spielberg's first seven includes the bloated Farce of nineteen 430 00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:32,839 forty one, for instance. Even when Hall of Fame directors 431 00:31:32,880 --> 00:31:35,000 managed to churn out seven good ones at the start 432 00:31:35,000 --> 00:31:37,880 of their career. They are rarely as varied or as 433 00:31:37,920 --> 00:31:42,839 consistently outstanding as these. All right, that'll do it for 434 00:31:42,920 --> 00:31:45,599 this episode. Thank you so much for listening. I could 435 00:31:45,599 --> 00:31:47,839 not do the show without your support and the support 436 00:31:47,839 --> 00:31:50,720 of the businesses that advertise on the podcast, so if 437 00:31:50,759 --> 00:31:52,799 you'd like, please support them too and tell them you 438 00:31:52,839 --> 00:31:54,920 heard it here. You can also become a patron at 439 00:31:54,920 --> 00:31:59,000 my Patreon page or go to thepetecallanershow dot com. Again, 440 00:31:59,200 --> 00:32:01,759 thank you so much for listening, and don't break anything 441 00:32:01,799 --> 00:32:06,519 while I'm gone. H