Night of the Lepus | Welcome To The Basement

[@colinwilson4609]

My grandmother grew up on an experimental farm. One of her chores was to take the barnful of guinea pigs out of their cages, replace the soiled newspaper, chase them around, and put them all back in the right cages. For the rest of her life, she had recurring nightmares about the little critters.

[@Kmac005]

I'm not sure what was more unbelievable. Rabbits that grown to gargantuan size in a few days. Or DeForest Kelly playing touch football in the final scene of the film.

[@adraino7345]

Craig asking for a Watership Down reference is now a top 5 most memorable WttB moment

[@GreatWightSpark]

16:59 "Skinless"!? I think Craig had a whole bottle at this point!

[@CcreapLuvBeats]

The truck with the vegetables part cracks me up.

[@Strawberryjasmindoll]

Rabbits and Bats! This movie has everything

[@DeanStrickson]

A horse is a corpse, of course a corpse, and no one can talk to a corpse, of course, that is, of course, unless the corpse is the famous Mister Dead.

[@monkeysuncle2816]

What is a wound wart??

[@Regfife]

I seem to remember that from a 90s Casper episode.

[@DeanStrickson]

@@Regfife Seriously? I never saw it. I was just riffing on what Matt was saying. That and I just binged all 140+ episodes of Mister Ed last month so that theme song is permanently stuck in my brain. .

[@themoviedealers]

Jane Curtin made that up on a 1979 SNL episode.

[@lylarose2696]

Well done.

[@langleymneely]

I was in the newspaper of Centerville Iowa population 1000, all because I was the 6’7” black guy from Chicago that chose to spend Spring Break with my friend in her home town and stumbled into teaching 3 ballroom dance classes for the High School kids! It was surreal as hell!? Front freaking page?!

[@gingerofthesketch]

captain billy, dishonorably discharged from life lol

[@oaf-77]

He was a hero and a fool with his life

[@hunteryocum2563]

I want that on my tombstone

[@danosaur55]

My one appearance in the paper taught me everything I need to know about news media. I was interviewed and photographed when my Eagle Scout project, picnic tables at a local park, was washed away during a flood. The lesson came in the realization that I was not interviewed when the tables were built.

[@themoviedealers]

Good things aren't news, they happen all time. Bad things are news due to their novelty.

[@seanhenry2921]

You fellas face the tedium that is "Night of the Lepus" with aplomb. Those lean, post-Trek years were pretty grim for the Enterprise crew.

[@trisblackshaw1640]

From the Langoliers, don’t forget the immortal line, “SCARING THE LITTLE GIRL????”

[@hunteryocum2563]

"I DID IT DELIBERATELY!!!"

[@trisblackshaw1640]

"I'VE GOT BIGGER THINGS TO THINK ABOUT THAN SCARING THE LITTLE GIRL!"

[@locnar1]

Maybe I'm a glutton for punishment, but I own Langoliers on vhs, dvd, and laserdisc. no idea why.

[@hunteryocum2563]

@@locnar1 because it's awesome and you are awesome for owning it

[@leradoms]

It kind of makes sense that the rabbits eat the horses. They would compete for a food source. I like to think that the meeting they had was to congratulate themselves on eliminating their equine enemies.

[@langleymneely]

Every time I have seen this film I never find those giant ass bunnies scary in the slightest! Because they are real it only looks adorable to me! lol “Aw look at those cuties!”

[@Gappasaurus]

The combo of “They Eat Horses Don’t They?” and “A horse is a corpse, of course, of course” had me dying 😂

[@slc2466]

Somewhere in Horse Heaven, Mr. Ed is smiling.

[@melissadeeter1289]

Watership Down is a wonderful book! I watched the movie quite young, I very much credit it with my environmental consciousness

[@TroubleToby3040]

Love love love the book and the (original) movie! Didn't get the environmental message back then, though. I just thought warring (warren?) rabbits were cool. I respect the message now, though.

[@alexanderforbes1452]

Seeing DeForest Kelley play anyone other than Bones is somewhat surreal, maybe it's the mustache.

[@joejira2809]

It's like his midpoint from his look in the show to his bearded look in The Motion Picture.

[@IndianaPopovich]

What a coincidence! Our local theater is doing a Halloween double feature, and this movie is one of them!

[@toyfreaks]

Yeah, even a slow pan to reveal the giant sleepy rabbits would have been something. It reminded me of some 1950's FFA reel about how to groom your livestock for the state fair, like a Joel era Mystery Science Theater 3000 short !

[@MrHypnofan]

Now that I think about it, it is odd that there weren't more western/horror mashups back in the day.

[@BarryHart-xo1oy]

Quite true.

[@eliotmccann2589]

Hurrah for the return of the Ray Milland footage!!

[@ROOKTABULA]

I wonder if the Monty Python lads saw this before Holy Grail was written? "RUN AWAY!!!"

[@BearlyGamer]

Love the mention of Tucker & Dale VS Evil at the beginning. Seriously underrated film

[@hunteryocum2563]

awesome movie

[@Mumscup]

The Year of the Angry Rabbit is a science fiction novel by Australian author Russell Braddon, in which giant mutant rabbits run amok in Australia while the Prime Minister uses a new superweapon to dominate the planet…. And Hollywood did this .

[@Mick_Chicken]

I love you guys, never leave us! Additionally I'd definitely watch Danger Trucks.

[@marleyobrien12]

Always nice to see Ray Milland

[@Goldenspiderducck]

I haven’t gotten to the movie part of the video yet, BUT - it’s always fun to see people watch NotL for the first time. They start with such excitement and high hopes. How can a movie about giant killer rabbits not, at least, be *fun*?!? But then…they watch it. And the sleepiest cast of all time unveils a cinematic nap. It’s not a *bad* movie….but it’s not the good time it has every right to be. Let’s see how our brave boys fare…..

[@brantblackard]

Seen It: Danger Trucks!? Love this show, guys. Thanks!

[@eliotmccann2589]

10:14 had me giggling for no apparent reason... "Down at the general store is where they keep Mildred the phone operator. In a cage."

[@slc2466]

"Mildred in a Cage"- now that's a movie worth watching.

[@aestevalis0]

Thanks, Craig. Now I want a giant baby rabbit plush.

[@calebtennison9353]

I freaking heart this series. I heart it hard.

[@slc2466]

I also have a heart on for the Basement.

[@calebtennison9353]

@@slc2466 an individual of culture I see.

[@jbagzz]

Another line from The Langoliers that my sister and I love to quote, "MR. TOOMEY. IT'S MR. TOOOOOMEY!" and "this place smells wrong. really badly wrong." oh and of course "Something's coming. The something making that horrible cereal noise." Dinah the blind girl belonged in The Room.

[@JRsMind]

I really wish there was a movie called Danger Trucks. That sounds amazing.

[@inotterwords6115]

I came here for the Watership Down reference and was not disappointed.

[@williamblakehall5566]

Track down the Irwin Allen made-for-TV movie City Beneath the Sea and you can have a Stuart Whitman double feature a Whitman sampler, if you will.

[@nevet1212]

Have you guys seen the neverending story? I loved the movie growing up and enjoyed the book when I got a chance to read it.

[@themoviedealers]

I'm still watching it

[@coldvaper]

Can't wait for you guys to make Danger Trucks!

[@Regfife]

In "The Matrix", when Neo visits the Oracle, "Night of the Lepus" is playing in her living room.

[@pathatfield2543]

That’s because “Night of the Lepus” is the favorite movie of all mentally evolved beings the universe over.

[@BudzzableRides]

I remember "Night of the Lepus" I'm still traumatized & I am considering legal action.

[@lylarose2696]

Settle down Bugs. 😂😂😂😂

[@gordieparenteau6555]

The Thing (1982) / Plan 9 From Outer Space.

[@iyona14granturismogt6gtspo7]

First of all...that hairstyle is called the Hershey's Kiss!!! Lol!

[@Inzanepiratical]

7:56 All roads lead back to Lost Weekend

[@caffeineadvocate]

Oh, and that's fun. Finished reading 'Misery' yesterday and now I'm on to a short one. 'It' Is there a stand-alone discussion of your Stephen King reviews?

[@the1masterpiece1]

SEEN IT: 1994's Dellamorte Dellamore also known as Cemetery Man in the US. A truly great and bizarre comedy horror mindbender. I can only describe it as if David Lynch decided to remake the Evil Dead.

[@MrSandpaperCondom]

So, "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" is a great movie that I assume both of you have seen, but did either of you know that Tarantino turned that into a novel, and have either of you read it? Thank you for the show, as always. You guys are the best!

[@TroubleToby3040]

Since the rabbits are eating the horses, he should have said "A horse is a COURSE of course of course!". Right?

[@SleepFan771]

Sorry Night of the Lepus, but Leave No Trace has the cutest gigantic bunnies!

[@tecumsehcristero]

I love The Song Pet Semetary by The Ramones

[@Eric_A...]

happy halloween

[@Mr.CantThinkOfAName]

Do you guys have any "if I taught a film class, I'd cover this" ideas? I know Craig has already talked about Risky Business, and I'm interested in hearing more. I graduated film school recently and the most beneficial classes and extra-curricular events were the ones that put students in challenging situations where they'd have to figure something out themselves, something that makes everything else just 'click'

[@locnar1]

If I taught a film class I'd show them San Francisco (1936) and ask them what genre the film is. Cause that movie is all over the place with what it wants to do. but somehow it works.

[@robertodell9193]

@@locnar1 Show them Fear City and ask them the same question.

[@zsandmann]

I was really hoping for Phase IV.

[@BrendanPNW]

I am wondering if this inspired Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

[@Brownbear502]

Ok guys, have you seen beyond the black rainbow? I watched it recently and need some help analyzing it

[@pathatfield2543]

This movie would make a great double feature with Frogs,starring your man Ray Milland.Also,on the subject of the movie Graveyard Shift,I understand it was originally supposed to be directed by Tom Savini.Maybe it would have been a better movie if he did.Know what V.C. rat eats? how about raw American,hold the mayo thank you!

[@MrAkilleus]

Matt, any thoughts on Dr Sleep? How did you think the movie (if you've seen it) held up compared to the novel?

[@NatPix]

You two are not the only ones to play the Anal RV game. My husband taught it to me; “Anal Prowler” is his favorite. I recently heard one woman explaining the game to another woman at the grocery store.

[@patgalvez4563]

2023 is the year of the Lepus..lol

[@better.better]

haha "other shows like ours" yeah it's been a couple of years I think since we watched it on BML

[@locnar1]

Me and my friends saw the Pet Sematary remake in theatres. It was so awful (especially the one big change from the book) that I and my friend got the giggles at one point (when she's lying in the bed with that googly eye going off in one direction) and we had to bite our jackets to keep from bursting into full out laughter/getting kicked out. Her boyfriend, who had never read the book, even commented that the remake seemed "off" somehow. I'm surprised Matt enjoyed it.

[@smacksalad]

Boffo episode, gentlemen!

[@john_brawn]

love the show, hey what do you guys think of men in black? the movie, not the sartorial choice

[@harryo82]

He did the (pew pew) Craig is officially Grace Randolph.

[@SuperRat420]

I could have sworn you already covered this

[@tpeack]

think that was red letter media, another wisconsin based film show.

[@SuperRat420]

@@tpeack ah, could be that!

[@Aramis419]

Does Matt wear his "house shoes"/slippers in B&BG as well? I'm not saying to slap Aaron with them, just place them, politely, in a spot that is mildly inconvenient and amusing. Like, under the leg of his chair - just tuck it in there, or next to his bag of potato chips in the cabinet. "WTF IS A SLIPPER DOING NEXT TO MY CHIPS?!"

[@SpiderDijon2]

I was looking at Matt's decolletage and noticed he is not wearing his chain today.

[@derekrucker377]

Leapin good time. That was a lot of tomato sauce.

[@Gigglefists]

I think they still make snausages? Even if they didn't I feel like it's penetrated culture enough to still be known imo

[@chobitsai1]

Santa_and_the_Ice_Cream_Bunny=nightmares

[@vampricramen]

Matt straight up lying to Craig about not seeing a horror classic.

[@jbagzz]

Okay guys, The Open House. That's all I'll say. Seen it?

[@BasicDrumming]

I Love Movies!

[@LarryPokeTrainer]

the person in the rabbit suit

[@edwarddorey4480]

Sadly, I do not know what snausages are.

[@hairymoose1974]

Holy crap, one of my favorite movies. It is soooo sooo bad. And I guarantee there is not a "no animals were harmed during the filming of this movie" endorsement

[@Zylork0122]

Mildred got pierced.

[@slc2466]

Yep, if Joan had played the role though, "rabbit stew- it's what's for dinner" would be the likely outcome.

[@annaheff7332]

Why was it called Night of the Lepus? Did they actually call them Lepus at some point?

[@AJ-nc4vr]

Blame society X RLM plz ❤️❤️❤️

[@hunteryocum2563]

probably won't happen, they got beef with each other because RLM shit on Chad Vader

[@AJ-nc4vr]

@@hunteryocum2563 but RLM sent them Space Cop.... :(

[@hunteryocum2563]

@@AJ-nc4vr yea I'm sure RLM was just fucking around but matt and aaron were clearly butthurt about it

[@HenryRSeymour]

I didn't know what snausages were. (I think they might still make them?) All these years, I thought the joke was literally just pronouncing sausages wrong. I still thought that was very funny.

[@themoviedealers]

They had an annoyingly memorable TV commercial.

[@langleymneely]

Question for you illustrative gentlemen! What is a film opinion that instantly tells you all you need to know about a person, either negative or positive?! Some for me are: “The Transformers films are all great, you just need to turn your brain off!” Or “Black and white film is boring.” Lol

[@tecumsehcristero]

Only a douchebag would make such statements. I find it shocking that anyone likes any of the Transformer movies.

[@Tasarran]

Wabbit twacks... Twain twacks...

[@lylarose2696]

How does a small bunny give birth to a huge bunny?

[@itzdono]

What? No cat post credit tag?

[@aestevalis0]

The End... ?

[@SEDA-3131]

“To Live and Die in L.A.” 1985 movie?

[@Ivyzord]

If you see Midsomar’s ending as a happy one… it made it’s point about brainwashing and cults. You are not imune to proaganda and manipulation, especially at your lowest. It’s a deeply, desperately sad ending for me.

[@primalkaran3483]

Hi guys, RRR, seen it?

[@adamwatson2914]

Pet Sematary remake better than the original you silly guy lol, one of a classic and one is an already forgotten remake

[@TheBallpark25]

Equals... Tremors

[@BernHaggerty]

Disappointing, no reference to "Rabbit-Proof Fence"--an entirely different kind of film, which is not about rabbits at all.

[@lylarose2696]

Night of the Lepus actually made money, the movie cost $900,000 and pulled in 4 million dollars. 😂😂😂😂😂

[@johnny2tons]

#ReleaseDangerTrucks

[@Swishy_Blue]

Other shows like yours....like redletter maybe... I mean you're practically neighbors...

[@_Ciaran_Maher]

This one even started with Star Trek trivia.

[@jimvim3497]

Adding killer rabbits with scale model sets just doesn't work! As for Janet Lee acting with little emotion is a waste for sure. I'm sure this is fun for Trek fans and B movie horror fans who appreciate comedy over Fright films. I'm a Doctor Jim! Not a Vet. Where's Spock when you need him.

[@bobby5275]

I love you boys, but you cowards cut away from Craig's reaction to E.T. - GIVE US CRAIG'S REACTION TO E.T.

[@captainloudpants]

Boomers and your goddamn Snausages.

[@hunteryocum2563]

the original pet sematary may not be perfect but at least it's memorable, the new one is just another lazy, boring, forgettable remake