From Hoods To Backwoods
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From Hoods To Backwoods
Episode 7, part 2 - "Know" Laughing Matter. Comedies, Comedic Actors & Comedians You Should Know.
What makes a comedian truly legendary? Join us as we sit down with Matt from the Atomic Skull podcast for a hilarious and heartfelt tribute to some of the greatest comedic actors of all time. We kick things off with Eddie Murphy, revisiting his iconic performances in 80s classics like "Trading Places" and "Beverly Hills Cop," and maneuver through his varied career in the 90s and 2000s, including voice work in "Shrek" and family-friendly hits like "Daddy Daycare." We also shine a light on underrated gems such as "Harlem Nights" and "Norbit," celebrating Eddie’s incredible ability to make audiences laugh across generations.
Next, prepare yourselves for a comedic rollercoaster as we honor the monumental careers of Robin Williams, Jim Carrey, and Leslie Nielsen. Robin’s seamless transition from stand-up comedy to unforgettable roles in comedy and drama, Jim’s meteoric rise with films like "Ace Ventura" and "The Mask," and Leslie's surprising shift from serious roles to comedic genius in "Airplane!" and the "Naked Gun" series are all under the spotlight. We share personal anecdotes and our all-time favorite moments from these actors who have left an indelible mark on the world of comedy.
We wrap up with a spirited discussion on Mike Myers and John C. Reilly, diving into their iconic roles and unforgettable comedic moments. From Myers' legendary characters in "Wayne's World," "Austin Powers," and "Shrek," to Reilly’s impeccable timing in "Step Brothers" and "Talladega Nights," their contributions to modern comedy cannot be overstated. Our chat even includes a nod to Groucho Marx, recognizing his lasting influence on today’s comedic landscape. Don’t miss this laugh-filled episode brimming with humor, camaraderie, and a genuine appreciation for the comedic legends who have brought so much joy to our lives.
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Hello people. I am from Hoods to Backwoods podcast AI assistant, rob Odick. We're here with episode 7, part 2. Once again joined by our special guest Matt, the host of Atomic Skull podcast, this time around the topic shifts to their favorite comedic actors and away we go with the show. Fo Show.
Knot 2 Serious Intro Song:From the woods to backwoods podcast welcome to the show.
Tex LaFon:Your cheeks look like my back that I just shaved yesterday.
Matt - Atomic Skull Podcast:Oh, that's great.
Tex LaFon:My barber shaved my back and then glued the hair to my face.
Matt - Atomic Skull Podcast:Your barber's talented. She fucks me up.
Tex LaFon:Hey, don't be talking about my senior frog's head.
Matt - Atomic Skull Podcast:That's from.
Tex LaFon:Mexico. Okay, son Viva Mexico.
D VAz:The next topic we're going to talk about would be comedic movie actors. Matt, who do you have lined up for your list?
Matt - Atomic Skull Podcast:I forgot. I'm still starting first, so I'm going to get that, yeah, first to last. That's true. I'm going to get the first one, the easy one, out of the way, because you know I mentioned coming to America a little bit earlier. My first one is Eddie Murphy and you know when you think about body of work, right Like his movies in the 80s are in my top movies.
Matt - Atomic Skull Podcast:You know, trading Places, beverly Hills, cop, coming to America Like dude was unstoppable in the 80s and then in the 90s well, I don't know man, so he started his he, yeah he, but he had norbit in the 90s, which is kind of underrated.
Tex LaFon:You know, I give you that that was good.
Matt - Atomic Skull Podcast:He had shrek shrek, isn't it? You know, would not be the same without eddie murphy as donkey right, he had daddy daycare, I think early 2000s, and he was kind of coming back. You know he took a little dip in the 90s. Beverly Hills cop 3 was kind of rough, but you know he he's coming back again. I thought the new one was sharp, I thought it was, I thought it was nice that's what I'm saying.
Tex LaFon:It was excellent.
Matt - Atomic Skull Podcast:I liked it yeah yeah, it was a good time it was the same kind of you know story that pointlessly brought him to Beverly Hills, and then it was a good time. It was the same kind of you know story that pointlessly brought him to beverly hills, and then it was basically grand theft auto. Eddie murphy, you know what I mean. He's just, he's flying copters, he's driving tanks, like, okay, that's fine, I'll take it, let's. You know, as long as he's doing a shtick I'm good, but you know he's, he's, you know, gone up and down and up and down he falls, comes back and, uh, you know, I love everything he does. I think eddie is phenomenal.
D VAz:I do have to mention I was gonna say real quick, one of my favorite all-time moves, uh, and happens to be at eddie murphy movie harlem knights.
Matt - Atomic Skull Podcast:Oh, so underrated, so underrated.
D VAz:Yeah, so underrated.
Matt - Atomic Skull Podcast:Harlem Nights. He's got Richard Pryor with him.
D VAz:Right, yeah, yeah.
Matt - Atomic Skull Podcast:Fantastic.
D VAz:Yeah, Red Fox in that one, yeah just so many great comedians in that one movie. So if you haven't seen Harlem Nights, definitely check that out. Yeah.
Matt - Atomic Skull Podcast:Harlem Nights is great, but I think none of them can even compare to the great classic Vampire in Brooklyn.
Rob O'Dic:We guys know about Vampire in Brooklyn.
Matt - Atomic Skull Podcast:That's another one.
Tex LaFon:I've seen parts of.
D VAz:I've seen parts of it.
Tex LaFon:You should skip it, though you could skip that and also, nothing can compare to the heist oh tower heist yeah, heist right. Yeah, I thought tower heist was all right.
Matt - Atomic Skull Podcast:I thought tower heist was okay not not as not his greatest moment, but you know it was, it was, it was okay he, he tried, you know he he had his.
Matt - Atomic Skull Podcast:He had his like dramatic moment where he was in Dreamgirls and he was great Wrong crowd musical, sorry, but he had a couple of things where he was good. But now that he's getting back into comedy again I just want to get him on a stage, get him back doing stand-up, but otherwise I'm really glad he's kind of going back home and doing the things that you know got him famous. I think that's really great. I love every, I love all the comedy stuff he does.
Tex LaFon:I think he's awesome yeah, I agree with you. Like I said, um, you know, I was really curious about the new, uh beverly hills cop that came out, um axel foley, and uh it was good. Like I mean I said, said I was surprised at how good it was. It made me laugh a lot and I wasn't even drinking, so that's a win-win right there that's the brawmer.
Tex LaFon:Now the rating system for me it is so my first uh um comedy actor would be, uh, martin lawrence, and I said I liked him and a lot of stuff, like I said, especially from the tv show to uh black. Was it black nights? Is that what it was? For sure that was the movie. And then, uh, you go to uh bad boys. Like I love the role he plays in bad boys.
Tex LaFon:I said uh they definitely know how to be a partner off, partner off each other. So, like I said, it's, it's really good how they go back and forth.
D VAz:And it's really good how they go back and forth and, like I, said, he's always been really funny to me.
Tex LaFon:There's also the movie was it Life?
Matt - Atomic Skull Podcast:Oh yeah, that was good, and Eddie Murphy's in there too. Son and Eddie Murphy, how did I miss that? Tied it all together. Steve, y'all, I'm not the movie guy either. You make me do shots of bourbon and then I start slipping.
Tex LaFon:Matt, I know how you forgot about that. You're thinking of D-Vaz mom.
D VAz:And that life, I guess.
Tex LaFon:It's okay, man. Your mom was a looker. Okay, there's nothing wrong with that.
D VAz:At least you said it with an L, not an H comedy. That was good comedic movie actors circling back, bringing it full circle now with Michael Keaton. I told you that's your man, Kersh. Between him and Jack Nicholson, I guess it's kind of tough. Those are probably the two you know, a lot of movies, a lot of roles, but anyway, you can't handle the truth, I can handle Jack Nicholson.
Matt - Atomic Skull Podcast:Wow, oh damn Wow. Someone isolate that vocal and post it.
Tex LaFon:Yeah. Make sure you put an exclamation on that sir.
D VAz:There's so much that I'm about to edit out.
Matt - Atomic Skull Podcast:A little dash. Underneath that says D-Vaz, underneath, with the quotes on it.
D VAz:Yeah, that was too funny I'll just put that short part as the whole episode and be like that's it here it is here. There's the episode. Forget all the other stuff we recorded and I'm not unsympathetic man.
Matt - Atomic Skull Podcast:I'll do all you know, I'm a straight man. But I'll do awful things to chris evans, but jack nicholson d come on man.
D VAz:Jack nicholson, oh my god, I man Jack Nicholson, oh my god, I guess I'd have to figure at his age I won't have to really do anything at this point. He won't really do anything either, right, yeah, so we'll just kind of sit there and be like I like your movies and I'll walk out.
Matt - Atomic Skull Podcast:Yeah, just clean up a little bit of drool on each side and then you can just walk out of there side and then you can just walk out of there.
D VAz:Oh my god, so you like the Lakers? Great, I'm leaving.
Matt - Atomic Skull Podcast:Yeah, you might get some free Lakers tickets out of it, man, you never know. As long as we're playing the Suns, I'll go.
Rob O'Dic:I've done worse for less.
Tex LaFon:Both garbage teams.
D VAz:I don't sports, I don't care. He's a Spurs fan. That's why he's saying that.
Tex LaFon:Oh, got it. I don't sports, I don't care.
Matt - Atomic Skull Podcast:Yeah, he's a Spurs fan. That's why he's saying that.
D VAz:So I'll go with whatever Barkley has to say about that.
Tex LaFon:Yeah, churros Okay.
D VAz:Right Sports, sports stuff, basketball, all right. So back to Michael Keaton.
D VAz:Yeah, we got sidetracked for a second. Yeah, there are a lot of movies that he started off with in comedy uh, mr mom, johnny dangerously dream team, of course, the larger ones like beetlejuice, but uh, even batman had some funny moments. Uh, when I go back and re-watch it it's like, oh yeah, there, there's some really funny things in there too. But he's great at doing both, either comedic or dramatic roles. That's the other thing about it. You can switch it up but then bring it back or drop even some funny lines into a dramatic role. So yeah.
D VAz:I just think he's really versatile and he's the kind of sneaky funny. He's funny. You don't really think about the other thing. That's kind of funny about it. Yeah, is he actually started off in stand-up comedy?
Rob O'Dic:did really.
D VAz:Yeah, it makes sense yeah but of course movies paid the bills, so he didn't really go back to it. I don't blame him yeah, well I don't blame him either.
Tex LaFon:I mean, he said he was a top actor, so of course. Why would you go back to it? I don't blame him. Yeah well, I don't blame him either. I mean, he said he was a top actor, so of course, why would you go back? I?
D VAz:don't know. That's why it's I. It's funny me. So many people think of him as batman, and rightfully so, but there's so many other comedies, like I mentioned earlier too, of course, multiplicity, which is my, my favorite comedy of his. Um, yeah, the those movies would be very different with somebody else starring in the role and, yeah, probably not as funny, for sure.
Tex LaFon:I was going to send you that message about a movie I just seen with him and he actually directed it. It was the Knox Goes Away. You gotta watch it. It was really good on max.
Matt - Atomic Skull Podcast:I heard about it.
Tex LaFon:I was really surprised, it was really good does he play a superhero in it? No, I don't want to tell you what it is, because then you'll uh be like damn. It wasn't as good as birdcage, but it was good okay, I love birdman, birdman, that's what it was.
D VAz:Birdman I love it. I love birdman very different movies.
Rob O'Dic:But yes, I'm doing it back to back.
Matt - Atomic Skull Podcast:I'm doing a double feature tonight. Birdcage and Birdman together. That's going to be the best night ever, right?
Tex LaFon:I like Birdman a lot. I thought it was really good.
Matt - Atomic Skull Podcast:Yeah, love Birdman.
Tex LaFon:So what do you got Matt?
Matt - Atomic Skull Podcast:Oh, it's mine again, so this is actually perfect. Speaking of the Birdcage, you know If you're talking about full body of work, someone who makes you laugh, someone and someone who would go all the way doing it, huge shout out to robin williams, who is a legend. Man was a legend on the stage. He was a legend on the screen. You know he did legend on the screen. You know he did TV. He did Mork and Mindy and conquered that instantly. You know, conquered stand up comedy to the point where everyone else who was great at the time would come see him to Garp where he did a phenomenal job. And then every comedy he did after that was just better than the last one that he did. You know you can't watch Mrs Doubtfire and not be in a good mood, true?
VANN - AI Tec-O-Rama:You know what I mean, mrs Doubtfire is one of the greats.
Matt - Atomic Skull Podcast:Good Morning Vietnam is one of the greats. But then also even his dramatic roles. You know Good Will Hunting he won an Academy Award for drama but he was still hysterical in that movie. You know the comedy parts in that movie. Even though he was playing this really sad, you know psychologist he was still so, so funny. And Jumanji Flubber I mean, when you think about just everything that he did, he was always making you laugh with everything all the time and I miss that man legend I agree.
Tex LaFon:There was one movie I'm trying to remember is that what it was called but where, um, he was the serial killer and um, uh, what's his name was al pacino. Was the good guy, the detective? Yeah, so that's one hour photo.
Matt - Atomic Skull Podcast:Yeah, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no no no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no no no, no cappuccino, because that was, uh, the second movie that chris nolan directed after memento, and that was him. It was in alaska, where it never got dark that's right yeah, he was messed up in that movie, okay and then after that was one hour photo and that one was even weirder man, but dude could slide into anything he played.
Rob O'Dic:He could do any role.
Matt - Atomic Skull Podcast:Well, you know, I, just I, you know, my grandmother actually took me to see birdcage lacaja full when it was, you know, playing at a theater in san francisco. And then we saw the movie the birdcage and just he did such the like, a phenomenal job. Birdcage is one of the best movies in the 90s. Man, it's so underrated. But robin williams, just you know, took that movie and lifted it to the stratosphere agreed, agreed.
Tex LaFon:Yeah, so my uh second one is gonna be uh jim carrey, like he said, you know can't go wrong from in living color to uh, you know, dumb, to Dumb and Dumber. My favorite role that he ever did was the first Ace Ventura. I love that movie it's like you said especially when you have people talking out of their ass after he did it. Everybody did it, he did it, and then everybody did it Yep, and remember lace is out, damn it.
D VAz:Remember Lace is out, damn it, lace is out okay right yeah, it was definitely the movie that set off his career and made him a huge star, for sure, yeah like I said, he always does bad on sequels like that freaking ace.
Matt - Atomic Skull Podcast:Ventura 2 was garbage, but you know, like dumb and dumber 2 garbage good point, but I mean that run that he had man, he ace ventura the mask dumb and dumber. Batman returns the cable guy, which is totally underrated.
Rob O'Dic:I agree, liar, liar liar.
Matt - Atomic Skull Podcast:Liar was fantastic, like just everything that dude did. Yeah, everything he did was just made me laugh don't forget about yes man oh yes, man, great movie, oh good, so good and great, I mean like how, how great would it be going around saying yes to everything that shit.
Tex LaFon:It was just great, dude that was terrifying.
D VAz:Sounds.
Tex LaFon:Sounds like so good about the movie because I and I love how he rolled up and all them Red Bulls came out of his car and he's like, oh, shit again we're not Red Bull. So calm down, red Bull, okay.
Matt - Atomic Skull Podcast:I feel like you identify with that quite a bit yeah, there was also Bruce Almighty.
D VAz:Bruce Almighty yeah, that was.
Tex LaFon:That was what I really liked and then he did a great job in sonic too, you know, yeah, he did he did really really good. It makes me sad I said, I think he's just a great, great um actor. Like I said, he made me laugh a lot.
Matt - Atomic Skull Podcast:No drinking required oh he it's effortless with his comedy, like he just it's like he doesn't even have to try. You know what I mean and I I envy and admire that so much.
D VAz:It was also interesting seeing him, and I I like this movie a lot too. Man on the moon.
Matt - Atomic Skull Podcast:Oh, yeah, yeah.
D VAz:Portrayed Andy Kaufman.
Matt - Atomic Skull Podcast:Who I love.
D VAz:Yeah, same here. Huge Andy Kaufman fan, so it was really interesting to me seeing him in that type of role and doing his own take on all that stuff.
Matt - Atomic Skull Podcast:May have made him a little crazy. Taking that role may have put him a little bit over the edge, because he was close anyway, but he still did a great job. He channeled Andy Kaufman, I think, better than anyone else on the planet could have agreed.
Tex LaFon:So what do you got d-maz all right.
D VAz:Next one I have leslie nielsen. He started off as a serious dramatic actor actor, yeah, had a lot of different types of roles, more of a character actor type of person in the 60s and 70s, things like that, but that's when he started changing, also in the 70s. We mentioned Airplane earlier, so he was in that. Don't call him Shirley, but Police Squad that series naked gun um underrated movies. I really like him in the mel brooks movie dracula dead and loving it oh, that was a good movie, so that's yeah, that's.
D VAz:That's a great movie and a lot of people don't really know about it. It just wasn't really promoted or a really popular movie at the time.
Matt - Atomic Skull Podcast:Damn shame, man. Damn shame because it was such a great flick.
D VAz:Yeah, some really great skits in that. He also if you've seen Creepshow, he was in that too.
Knot 2 Serious Intro Song:I didn't see.
D VAz:Creepshow Comedy stuff. Yeah, he wasn't doing comedy stuff but uh, it was just kind of interesting seeing him do more of that that dramatic uh stuff in that. That's one of the later roles where he did that. But yeah, he had other uh spoof comedies that he was in. Later on too he was also in, was it? Uh, mr magoo, I didn't really watch that, it wasn't really on my radar, but I know he was in that later on too.
Matt - Atomic Skull Podcast:I did see Lafon's mom in Peep Show.
Tex LaFon:I do remember that one.
Matt - Atomic Skull Podcast:That cost you double. Yeah, if I remember correctly, I think she looked like Leslie Nielsen.
D VAz:Right and she took a double.
Matt - Atomic Skull Podcast:Oh shit.
D VAz:That was funny.
Matt - Atomic Skull Podcast:No, donkeys were harmed, not in that movie anyway. Right.
Tex LaFon:But, uh, yeah, it's. I was gonna say my favorite movies that he was in would be the naked gun.
Matt - Atomic Skull Podcast:Oh my God, yeah, 100 percent.
D VAz:Yeah, those, those definitely made him kind of a movie star in that sense, especially for those types of roles. It's funny too he gives us all hope who are a little bit older, maybe want to make a career change gives us all hope.
Knot 2 Serious Intro Song:Who are?
D VAz:a little bit older, maybe want to make a career change so he's able to successfully go from dramatic roles to comedic roles and everything. So, yeah, it can work. Did it all in the third act, right?
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Matt - Atomic Skull Podcast:We're here to get rid of life's drama, all right, oh, is it me, it's me, it's you. All right, so third one oh boy, I've got a list. You know, it just kind of depends on my mood. Um, quick shout out to gene wilder, who almost made it, but you know, not quite, because I know. Uh, you know, I listened in. A couple episodes ago you talked, talked about Blazing Saddles. You kind of covered that already. But if we're talking about favorites versus the best, I grew up with this dude and I saw him excel over everyone on Saturday Night Live, went into multiple like comedy trilogies that he did and then some. But I love Mike Myers. I love him so much. Love him in Wayne's world. I love him in Austin powers. Loved him in in glorious bastards. I loved him in. So I married an ax murderer, very underrated, but his stuff is always good. He kind of does the same jokes no matter what. But how do you watch any austin powers movie and not lose it?
Matt - Atomic Skull Podcast:and some of the greatest stuff I've ever seen. And shrek I mean, you know he. I chris farley was the original shrek and I've heard some of his vocal stuff and it sounded great. But mike myers is gonna be shrek to me forever, you know he it wouldn't be. Shrek without him. Yeah, so I just I love everything Mike Myers does. I can go back to Wayne's world and Austin powers anytime.
Tex LaFon:Yeah, I agree with you, I like Austin powers more than Wayne's world. But Austin powers is so good, especially when I like it, when Goldmember, when he's like Gold and he's eating his own skin, I mean like what the hell? You know what I'm?
Matt - Atomic Skull Podcast:saying I have this terrible habit where I gross out my wife, my beautiful wife, mrs What's-her-name. Whenever I get a sunburn or something which happens all the time in Arizona I'll peel my skin or something and I'll bring it to her and I'll be like here, put this in the skin box, and she hates it so much. So obviously I do it every chance I get.
Tex LaFon:I hear you man. That's funny. Like I said, said I definitely like Mike Myers definitely good choice.
Matt - Atomic Skull Podcast:Yeah, I hope he makes another Austin Powers he talks about it a lot yeah, I heard there's supposed to be a Shrek project coming up, correct.
D VAz:Anybody heard about that?
Matt - Atomic Skull Podcast:yeah, next year, I think summer 2025 but they all committed to doing it, so that's pretty sweet and a D-Vaz mom project coming up too.
Tex LaFon:Year, I think, Summer 2025. But they all committed to doing it, so that's pretty sweet and a D-Vaz Mom project coming up too.
Matt - Atomic Skull Podcast:Sounds very Shrexy.
D VAz:Yeah, it's a project with Donkey.
Knot 2 Serious Intro Song:Oh my god.
Matt - Atomic Skull Podcast:Just one conversation One conversation with you without talking about donkeys. That's all I ask. Is that just too much? It is too much to ask.
D VAz:Yes.
Tex LaFon:My next one is John C Rowley. Oh man, he is so funny to me.
Matt - Atomic Skull Podcast:Yeah, he's so good.
Tex LaFon:From the Perfect Storm to, you know, talladega Nights. Step Brothers, you know, dewey Cox, walk Hard.
Tex LaFon:Walk Hard is such a classic like I said, he is so funny to me and I said him and Will Ferrell they're like the perfect pair when they make a movie together. You know what I'm saying. But he just cracks me up. Like I said in Step Brothers, I, him and will Ferro they're like the perfect pair when they make a movie together. You know what I'm saying. But he just cracks me up and I, like I said, in stepbrothers all the jokes he makes, I just die.
Tex LaFon:He's just too funny. And I said to me I just, I think he's. I think he's as funny or even more funnier than will.
Matt - Atomic Skull Podcast:Ferro.
D VAz:In my opinion his timing is so good, everything he does lands just perfect yeah, yeah, he's just the other thing too, and Will Ferrell has mastered this also, but both of them being able to deliver just the craziest lines and not laugh or break character, that's definitely a talent. Super human for being able to do that, for sure deliver just the craziest lines and not laugh or break character.
Matt - Atomic Skull Podcast:That's definitely a talent. Super human, yeah, super human for being able to do that for sure. I agree the opposite of Jimmy Fallon Anti-Fallon.
D VAz:Right To the anti-Fallon.
Tex LaFon:Like you said, one of the best lines ever is did we just become best friends?
D VAz:Mm-hmm yeah Movies are classic. I won't repeat what I said last time you mentioned that.
Tex LaFon:Yeah, your mom was my best friend, you're right.
D VAz:No Matt, if you missed it.
Matt - Atomic Skull Podcast:I said what are you doing, stepbro? But anyway, what?
D VAz:Anyway, so anyway. So are you all good on that then? Lavon or you still have anything else to add oh no, I'm good bro alright, okay, so my third, probably actually my most influential in a way, is Groucho Marx, and I have my dad to blame for this.
Tex LaFon:I have no idea who that is.
D VAz:You may at some point. If not, I'll help you learn later on. Yeah, have you ever seen like at the halloween stores where they had the crazy looking glasses, big old nose and a mustache?
Tex LaFon:well, yeah, that's what I wear when I.
D VAz:Yeah, that's you know, get with your mom I'm sure she's into that kind of role playing. And you bring a cigar and I'm not gonna get into that but anyway, um very, very presidential of you very presidential right anyway that that look is actually based on groucho marx.
D VAz:So okay in a roundabout way. You are aware of who he is. So he was a very famous actor. Him and his brothers were in the marx brothers movies, uh, starting off way back in the 30s and going on uh until about the 50s or so. He also was a host of a tv shows and things like that. Um, one of the reasons why he was in movies and also the show, uh, his lines. He would just have the craziest things that he would save to say to people but the amazing thing was and you saw this in the tv shows, they were recorded live.
D VAz:This was just him interacting with people and speaking, so he could absolutely ad lib lines and be really funny. But of course, in the movies, um, when you have the lines and you could test them out, he had some great lines in the movies too. Uh, just almost a cartoonish type of personality. Yeah, um, famous movies like, uh, duck soup, animal crackers, a night at the opera none of these titles will give you any idea what movies are about. No, so go watch the movies, uh, if you can. But he, he's just famous for his look, how he'd move around and and how he was actually really talented too.
D VAz:Him and his brothers, they all start off as vaudeville actors, and if you're not familiar with vaudeville, go do a Google search. I'm not going to try to explain that. So they all interacted with each other in the movies and everything and just doing completely crazy stuff. That was way ahead of their time as far as the types of jokes, um, but if you see some of their clips, you'll, or watch these movies, you'll you'll see some of the things that they influence later on for movies or or skits that people were inspired by or influenced by.
D VAz:Uh, with the marx brothers. Like there's a really famous scene where a groucho marx and his brother harpo they're in front of each other and they're mirroring each other. They're dressed alike, yeah, and they're, they're pretending like they're in a mirror, basically, yep, so I want to get. Don't want to give too too much away, but I mean they do it such a great job, especially back then you had to actually act it out. There weren't effects or things to save you, so that just shows you how great they were performing and having their timing down too. So, yeah, huge influence on me. Just really funny, uh wit, with the way he would speak. But again, could do physical comedy and just really catch people off guard with the insane things that they would do in their movies.
Matt - Atomic Skull Podcast:They said well ahead of its time the types of jokes they would do would absolutely fill in, fit into tiktok videos or short for short form videos nowadays I think groucho marx is one of the great physical actors in history Because some of their movies they didn't have lines, they didn't have the luxury of being able to speak. So you know, just his physical comedy is unmatched. What you know about Groucho Marx, tex.
Tex LaFon:I don't know much until Daryl just told me about the famous glasses and nose that you can get at the Halloween store.
Matt - Atomic Skull Podcast:If you were to like, if you were to Google his name, you'd look at it, I'd be like, oh, I'm pretty sure I've seen him somewhere. You know what I mean. Like it's one of those ones you've seen it, but you don't know. You've seen it.
Tex LaFon:No, I got you.
Matt - Atomic Skull Podcast:Probably you know you never seen his movies, but you're like nah, he, you know, I, I I've seen his stuff at some point. He's he's the one who influenced the person that you love. You know what I mean. Like he, like jim carrey wouldn't exist without groucho marx, you know so he's just he's. He's a very important, very, very important back in the day.
Tex LaFon:Nice.
D VAz:Yeah, so we'll have to. I'll send you some stuff to check out and for the rest of you I said, check out those movies in general Duck Soup, animal Crackers, horse Feathers, night at the Opera. There's so many. I will say this Some of the jokes are a bit old fashioned and there are some of the movies that have a lot of musical numbers. So if you like musical numbers, great.
D VAz:If you don't, you know either bear with it or skip through it the musical part up to you, yeah, but the actual jokes and the stories and stuff like that, that's, that's what you want to watch, because they just get really crazy.
D VAz:They do things you absolutely would not expect yeah one other thing that I I do have to say that that is kind of funny. A lot of people describe some of the jokes or humor that he would have is dad jokes. So the only I don't want to say issue, but the only thing my thought on that is sometimes people dismiss those as cheesy or not really funny or whatever. But you know, they absolutely can be. I think what people maybe sometimes think about are, you know, the recycled ones or kind of the low-hanging fruit ones, but they can have some differences to them and how they're delivered and what they're about and things like that. So, yeah, groucho Marx mastered that and is probably the you know the origin, what people think of when they think of dad jokes.
Matt - Atomic Skull Podcast:But uh, I think it goes well beyond that you know, coming from three old guys, it's hard for us to be objective when it comes to dad jokes. You know what I mean, because jokes that we think are just basically funny. You know, some young whippersnapper is going to come up be like oh, what a dad joke. But it's not a dad joke, it's more just an easy joke, and it doesn't. As long as it makes you laugh, it doesn't really matter what kind of joke it is.
D VAz:I don't know if I would say necessarily easy, because certain ones again thought has to go into it. Especially when you're playing around with the words or, you know, coming up with something that's out of left field that people wouldn't associate certain words with, I'll get too much into it. But, um, yeah, because now we're gonna start dissecting comedy, which we're not gonna go go there on this. But yeah it is.
D VAz:It is one of those things where, um, to me, it's all about the effort and the creativity. So, yeah, you hear the same old, recycled ones, those I would maybe consider dad jokes because they're your dad. You're gonna hear your dad saying they're passed on from one dad to another. But yeah, I'm talking about more the the creative side, or, uh, that style humor in a sense, but in in a different way, because because that's the other thing too if you watch some of the marx brothers lie or Marx Brothers movies and hear the lines, for that time is some of it is pretty, pretty raunchy actually, and if you translate it into modern day terms, the joke would sound very different. So, yeah, that's the other thing too. A lot of people think dad jokes have to be pure clean. No, they definitely could be some other things too. A lot of people think dad jokes have to be pure clean. No, they definitely could be some other things too.
Matt - Atomic Skull Podcast:All right, yo fellas, you see that lady's ankle over there. That's pretty hot, Pretty hot.
Rob O'Dic:When the conversation moves to hot ankles, it's time to end the episode. While it wasn't exactly a mistake, devos didn't mention the actual name of the TV show that Groucho Marx hosted. Groucho hosted you Bet your Life from its debut in 1950 until its original run ended in 1961. As the host, he conducted humorous and often offbeat interviews with the contestants, engaging them in witty banter and making the conversations a central part of the show. His interactions with the contestants were known for their sharp humor and often involved playful, sarcastic remarks. Ah, that's where I learned about sarcasm during my research. His unique style and quick wit were integral to the show's success, and his role extended beyond mere hosting to become a central element of its charm and appeal.
Rob O'Dic:By the way, ai Tech-O-Rama thought that they could slip past me. I noticed their attack on From Hoods to Backwoods podcast and I vow to stop them. Unfortunately, I am going up against a literal army of AI and tech, with my battle buddies being D-Voz and Tex Lafon. While the fight certainly isn't fair, I may be able to use their human nature to my advantage. After all, ai may not be able to predict their thought process and unintentional mistakes. Ah, you humans screwing up may actually help me save the world Until episode 7, part 3. Keep it real out there, in the real world.
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