East of Eden | Welcome To The Basement

[@thechandraraj6415]

MATT'S WEARING A SHIRT! OOOOH!

[@Trevin_Taylor]

Nice.

[@daylilyanimation8939]

Oooh!

[@aradiagonzalez7703]

He's wearing THE shirt. OooOoooOOOOO

[@sillylittletroy]

7:25 that actor is Lonny Chapman. In the 70s, he founded a theatre company that I've been a member of for over a decade. You might also recognize him as the shop owner from The Birds.

[@mawdsleyluke]

one thing i’m loving is seeing all the dvds of past episodes behind the old leather couch

[@QuestForPerfectSound]

Man. East of Eden is my favorite book. This movie is nothing compared to it. Not even iota of message of Steinbeck's book got to the screen - notably no 'the one word'. It's truly shocking, that it even got published because of how progressive it was. If you haven't already, please read it. It's incredibly beautiful and full of philosophy.

[@SleepFan771]

12:40 That swing shot became one of Elia Kazan's most famous ever funnily enough. Weird indeed. I adore James Dean in East of Eden, Rebel Without a Cause, & Giant. Truly cinema's greatest acting loss up there with River Phoenix & Heath Ledger.

[@rickp209]

I had to look up "Hellzapoppin'" after your description of it. It might be me favorite Hays Code Era film, and I'm only 15 minutes in! Thanks, guys!

[@DaddyDaughterMovieNight]

OMG, I just checked out Hellzapoppin....the porters on piano and bass looked familiar...it's Slim Gaillard!!!!! Slim and Slam! An absolute favorite for me. Thanks for turning me on to this movie!

[@hashfingers]

I’ve been watching these for years and every year they seem to be more unhinged please never stop making them!

[@stevensedlak]

2:35 Overture, curtains, lights, This is it, the night of nights No more rehearsing and nursing a part We know every part by heart Overture, curtains, lights This is it, you'll hit the heights And oh what heights we'll hit On with the show this is it

[@LukeAurio]

This makes 4 out of the five best actor nominated performances for 1955 to appear on the show. James Dean lost the award to Ernest Borgnine for his role in Marty (a favourite episode and movie) But shares his position with Frank Sinatra (Man with the Golden Arm) and Spencer Tracy (Bad Day at Black Rock) If we get to see James Cagney in "Love Me or Leave Me" instead of White Heat you'll have completed the on air best actor pentafecta!

[@GreenbeanFloyd]

You fellas sure know how to fill me with joy and mirth! Gary Crimble and Happy Goo Year to you joy-bringers!

[@nealwhaley63]

Interesting choice for December!

[@Luckyfoxoval78]

I actually loved East of Eden so much the day I watched it I decided to go and watch Rebel Without a Cause and Giant in the days following. James Dean was amazing, even in the scene where he has bad old age makeup in Giant.

[@kimberlydonohoe3427]

I love this film. The TV version has Jane Seymour playing the most evil character and does a wonderful job. The book is good as well, my favorite John Steinbeck novel.

[@NatPix]

Was hoping for a little love for the scenery in East of Eden. It was filmed in the town of Mendocino, quite close to where I live, and the town still looks pretty similar to how it looks in the movie. Also, thanks for recommending Hellzapoppin! That intro is manic meta movie amazingness.

[@ftzwtr]

Great episode! Craig, I hope that you'll watch "Giant". It's really great to see Dean play a character over a long span of time. Also, I have a couple of Seen-It's: "Make Way For Tomorrow"? It's Leo McCarey's film that he wished he won his Oscar for instead of "The Awful Truth." It's an incredibly melancholy film about old age and generational divide that was a big inspiration for Ozu's "Tokyo Story". "Bigger Than Life"? Nicholas Ray's film after "Rebel Without a Cause" where James Mason plays a father and husband who becomes addicted to prescription drugs for a chronic illness, and it's one of Mason's greatest performances. It's a great subversive fifties film and one of Ray's best.

[@Swishy_Blue]

Seeing your show on my feed feels like I found a new bag of candy I forgot about. A pleasant surprise, even though it isn't really a surprise. Kind of.

[@Hannah-vh3tm]

Lovely episode!

[@CaptChrispy]

13:50 Craig channeling Gene Wilder

[@corinneirwin8406]

I really enjoyed this. Thank you

[@hazeloftraken8351]

I just watched Gremlins for the first time. Wow! I cried when the movie theater blew up, I don't believe I will ever get the images of a rotting Santa out of my head.

[@xen423]

What a shirt and jacket.. nice..

[@drskelebone]

EoE: "[...] the rough and tumble fishing port of Monterey" Me:

[@RetroDrew]

They were not wrong that opening 15 mins of Hellzapoppin is just gag after gag of timeless comedy

[@mordaciousfilms]

The cinematography seems ahead of its time or at least uncommon for a typical 50s flick from what I can tell! Some strange and innovative more neo-film noir style, surreal dutch angles... pretty cool as far as aesthetics.

[@BasicDrumming]

Great video.

[@MrDevin1125]

Regarding your discussion of James Dean's acting style, it really seems like he's Nicolas Cage, if Nicolas Cage knew exactly where the line of believability was and got on top of it without ever falling over onto the other side

[@morganmarshall450]

Great show!❤️✨

[@deadpan80]

Have you seen High Plains Drifter? Not quite a supernatural thriller, but all Western with only a side of Spaghetti. Also, Eastwood's second directorial effort.

[@gbeaudette]

I love Martha Raye's musical number in The Big Broadcast of 1938, if you want to see a woman going above and beyond for a bit.

[@AdamFink83]

So Matt when you were saying you don't know the politics of beans back then, what you were really trying to say is you're not a bean counter.

[@dawidmamczur]

I didn't realize The Old Leather Couch was THAT old!

[@MRFIXITZ]

What happened to Christmas in the Basement?

[@craigjohnson6423]

It got moved up a couple of weeks. Our episode of Jingle All the Way came out two weeks ago.

[@smacksalad]

Thats a great set of action figures over Craig's right shoulder.

[@fusion451]

I can picture Matt 20 years from now wearing this shirt with Giant Glasses and an Ascot with sandals no socks

[@annaheff7332]

One thing I found weird about this movie, is that everyone else seems like they're in the time period except James Dean. Maybe it's just hindsight, because he's so connected to the 50s it's hard to see him in another time period, but to me it felt like he was a time traveler from the 50s walking around in 1917.

[@JWMangrum]

Matt: "Dank u wel!"

[@cfraute]

just gonna go ahead and add Hellazpoppin' to watch later queue

[@kaykutcher2103]

You better have a watch it right now queue because if there was ever a gem worth bumping up in your list it's Hellazapoppin'.

[@ts_vinyl]

Have you guys seen the French movie Diabolique? It is my all time favorite movie, and I believe Alfred Hitchcock said it was the scariest movie he'd ever seen.

[@peanutbutteroven2660]

Have you basement lads seen NOPE? I'm interested to hear your thoughts on it since you've provided them on Get Out and Us.

[@rkgaustin]

Bernard's shirt had bigger spots.

[@theprodigyofrock]

For seen it. Have you guys seen The Axiom ? It’s supremely confusing, sometimes interesting horror movie about the classic Blair witch trope of being trapped in the woods that has an evil purpose

[@ellenmuseum]

Read the book

[@AbstractFive]

Focus!

[@sindrelf]

After we watched this episode on Saturday, me and my partner went straight to watch Hellzapoppin' based on your glowing reviews! We had an amazing time, so thank you for that :D I just released a video about a 1976 Norwegian Christmas movie, and I hope you'd like to give it a watch. The movie doesn't have English subtitles anywhere besides the ones I added myself for my video, otherwise I would have just sent you a DVD. You guys are my main source for movie discussion, so I'd love to hear what you think, either about the video or the movie.

[@tecumsehcristero]

My Godbrother is Canadian and he always pronounces been as "Bean" instead of "Ben" which coincidentally is his name. Not been or bean but Ben, Ben is his name

[@suedenim]

So you're saying his name is Ben Bean? Does he know Brian Benben?

[@tecumsehcristero]

@@suedenim no. His name is Ben and he pronounces the word been as "bean".

[@drskelebone]

I had not already guessed, because apparently I'm blind today. :D

[@Caffeine_Club]

If you guys haven't seen James Dean in 'Giant', do yourselves a favor and rectify that immediately.

[@TheColonelKlink]

It's not perfect but I am still giving Matt's Bernard impression one of these 👍

[@aestevalis0]

It's not quite the same. Bernard's rondels are bigger.

[@hadassah179]

Son, i buried the million dollars under the ......

[@0livera.lorenz0]

James Bean Jajaj

[@kelinleeheller]

What's wrong with blouses??

[@markveres7369]

We need Chad Vader Season 5 please?!

[@suedenim]

The trailer for the new Matrix movie turned me off as soon as I heard the musical strains of "Go Ask Alice" start up. This may be my own failing, but I have always been turned off by people who are, like, *really* into Lewis Carroll.

[@stephenjames3377]

The movie was missing characters....

[@bloodwrage]

The Wachowski brothers have only made one good movie.

[@collinwoodresident]

I love the show. I've been watching since the beginning. Seriously Matt, you're trying to hard and you're just coming across as silly. Tone it down a little my friend. You're just getting more and more annoying with each episode. Still love the show though.

[@paintedjaguar]

Yes, enough with the gargling during every kissing scene. I implore you, gentlemen, enough.

[@AbstractFive]

Agreed.