White Heat | Welcome To The Basement

[@stormcloudsabound]

Honestly I think y'all should just call it "the big ol' leather couch," it's a bit of a compromise. I loved how chaotic Craig made everything after introducing the movie (even if Matt was freaked out).

[@avatarkc]

Just like White Heat was almost a deconstruction of Cagney's earliest gangster roles, so has Craig made this episode a deconstruction of the Basement formula.

[@oaf-77]

It’s brilliant!

[@mattwstewart205]

The prelude to the “big” old leather couch was the most I’ve laughed in a long time! Happy birthday Matt, we share one!

[@jamesgumm2281]

You guys are still the best thing on the internet!

[@orbitalstitch]

No idea why, there were no exeptional topics discussed and it was a pretty standard film, but you guys are in unusually perfect form today. You seem more relaxed, the jokes are flowing freer and your opinions are more decisive. Welcome to the Basement never disappoints but for me this is one of the best episodes in recent memory.

[@TheFillem]

It's because Matt had more open receptacles :)

[@orbitalstitch]

@@TheFillem Haha that's it! Matt's recepticals are immpressively open in this episode.

[@njstuckey]

I had the same feeling. Thanks for putting it in such great words.

[@romwil]

The greatest gift you can give to a comedian was what Craig gave Matt- a relaxed viewing since he saw it before, more improv comedy opportunities.

[@mitchell2491]

That episode of Rated RPG with Gangbusters has finally come full circle. I actually had no idea that Cody Jarrett and his relationship with his mom in that episode came this film!

[@briefcayc]

I came to the comments section looking for this, thinking was I the only one?? Lol

[@PlastoJoe]

Not only that, a bunch of the other characters came from Criss Cross which they watched on an earlier episode.

[@CassieVulpine]

I've been watching since Super Shooter, and you two have transformed into an old married couple. Such chemistry.

[@DaddyDaughterMovieNight]

Oh, the Cody Jarrett stuff in Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid is awesome! Steve Martin inside the trunk...laughing just thinking about it.

[@orf32]

Happy Birthday Matt! You guys wished me Happy Birthday way back in the Billy Jack episode and made my Birthday Happier. Thanks for that and I wish yours is even Happier than mine!

[@CTN71]

Happy birthday Matt! Hope you have a relaxing one

[@leradoms]

As someone who has been dealing with a sick baby for 2 weeks, I am giving Craig a complete pass for his sleep deprived mania

[@romwil]

The oscillator is just a transmitter at a particular radio signal- creating a specific signal at a specific oscillation. Using more than two radios tuned to that signal you can locate the transmitter by signal strength.

[@dylansporrer1198]

I was one of those people who said "I think it might be better than the original" about Spielberg's WSS. I saw it Christmas eve at like 10:30 at night and came home literally dancing up the steps. So much of it felt energizing....But, after re-watching it on HBO Max I absolutely agree with Matta and Craig's takes here. I realized that everything I was energized by was everything that wasn't Tony and Maria: America, Officer Krupke, every single scene Mike Faist is in. And when you get over the wonder of those scenes and numbers, it becomes very clear that what should be the heart of the movie is lacking.

[@romwil]

Happy Birthday Soon Matt!

[@mari88334]

Another great show guys! Happy bday Matt, God bless ♡♡

[@smacksalad]

I def need to watch White Heat again. Only saw it once in childhood, and this really makes a great reminder of a great film that deserves a rewatch.

[@SoonGone]

Great show. Thanks for making it ☺️👍

[@orf32]

Love you guys!

[@MrDarthT]

If you want to see Andrew Garfield with a British accent, watch the Doctor Who episodes "Daleks in Manhattan" and "The Evolution of The Daleks". Edit: I just realised, he actually plays an American in that. Never mind.

[@JeremyPhillips1981]

I would recommend the TV film Boy A, for which he was BAFTA-nominated. He plays a young man recently released from prison, having done something unthinkable as a child, and now tries to have a normal life under a new identity, except his guilt and a vengeful society try to prevent it.

[@CrazyKungfuGirl]

The one chicken to rule them all

[@seanhenry2921]

I love, love, love your "Hart to Hart" concluding line, Matt!

[@blamesocietyfilms]

Good to know...I almost cut it.

[@hermes_job_observer144]

@9:03: This doesn't look suggestive at all, lol! 😶🤣😂

[@jenniferschillig3768]

Good point on how the last line was meant to deflate Cody's "blaze of glory." This was, after all, the era of the Hays Code, where wrongdoers were always supposed to meet a just punishment for their acts, or redeem themselves, or a combination of the two. (Which necessitated a MAJOR change to Daphne Du Maurier's Rebecca.) Cody got killed off in the end, of course, but the Hays Code wouldn't have allowed for his act to look at all glorious or triumphant. (Funny thing is, when Cagney's character in Angels With Dirty Faces got executed, he supposedly died a coward--but since it may have been an act to destroy the young neighborhood kids' faith in him and discourage them from following in his footsteps, it may have been less an attempt to de-glamorize a sinful character than an attempt to redeem him in his last moments of life.)

[@michaellafferty6364]

"It's gonna open up different receptacles" sounds less like someone's pitching the movie he's going to watch with his friend and more like he's pitching the alternative medicine peddled by the multilevel marketing company he's started working for.

[@Swishy_Blue]

Whoa first maybe (?!) Love the show, maybe crossovers/guests maybe someday kind of? Please. Thank you.

[@caffeineadvocate]

White Heat and Akira.. I'm keeping notes! 🙂

[@willieluncheonette5843]

White Heat is a masterpiece. One of my 7 all time favorite noirs. How Cagney did not win the Academy Award for best actor is a big cryin' shame.

[@Mr.CantThinkOfAName]

Yes! Out of all the vinyl to choose from, Craig the right one

[@jrkinnard1]

Happy belated birthday, Matt!

[@MrHorsesongs05]

Great film, great episode as always.

[@shamwowser6449]

I like that Craig mixed it up for this episode, I think it's a good idea to watch a movie you're familiar with once in a blue moon. Especially since you two have seen so, SO many films, as an audience member I must say I wouldn't mind getting to see you guys watch something you haven't seen in awhile or that you're fond of.

[@Arosukir6]

Craig, I think the thing you "realized" a few minutes in is kind of ironic. You seem to have made the same kind of assumption that the film's characters make: that Bruno has any idea what's going to happen in the future. The joke is that because Bruno can see "the future," people think that everything he says is him giving them knowledge of the future. But Bruno reveals that no, he can see what *could* happen, depending on the paths people decide to take. He wasn't telling Pepa that she was going to make it rain at her wedding, he was observing that she seemed stressed out. That stressed her out more, and she created a hurricane. The lady with the dead fish was probably overfeeding it, the chubby guy was stress eating, the priest was stress balding, etc. Bruno has no idea what will happen for sure, but everyone who knows him assumes the worst because once they think they know the future or once they see that something bad might happen, they make choices that cause the bad predictions to be self-fulfilling. Bruno has to run because he knows that even though his vision only means that Mirabel will be important in whether the family and the encanto flourish or fail, he knows everyone is going to assume it'll be the latter. A thing that's a bit sadly inaccessible in the film is the song "Dos Oruguitas," which talks about how you have to move forward to create your own future, summarizing to some extent the idea of Bruno's gift as well as how the family can work through their traumas to better support one another. Since the song is in Spanish, I can understand folks not realizing what an important song it can be to the movie's themes.

[@DoctorEth]

Happy bday Matt!!

[@TitaniumSeraph]

✨OsCiLlAtOr✨

[@screenplaya4562]

Watching this in 2024 and wishing I could warn Matt about what Will Smith would do at the Oscars.

[@langleymneely]

Ha! Yes!! My sentiments exactly!! “Your instinct is correct Matt! Hes a violent dickhead!” Lmao

[@cfraute]

This movie has been on my list for awhile, can't wait to see what you guys have to say

[@pianoface]

I first saw Andrew Garfield in The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus and that film will always have a specy place in my heart.

[@pianoface]

Poor sleep deprived Craig 😅

[@BasicDrumming]

Great video.

[@dotsonpaper]

Craig is so chaotic in the opening segment it reminded me of when Tim and Eric got Tommy Wiseau as a guest star.

[@nevet1212]

Classic Craig, big leather couch. Side note, my dads middle name is Raul.

[@langleymneely]

Watching this episode several years removed from that year’s Oscar ceremony is so funny and ironic. “Im pulling for Smith to win but I don’t really like him.” I can’t imagine why ANYONE would dislike Will Smith!? With the remarkable way he uses his HANDS to express himself watching Will Smith finally SLAP himself an Oscar and solidify his place in the Hollywood firmament like a hard piece of immovable Chris Rock was truly an amazing moment! 😜🤣 lmao

[@CannonRanger1]

Happy pre-emptive Birthday Matt! How are you set for oscillators?

[@geengeklooi]

the oscillator is coming from inside the station haha

[@NeuJoi]

Matt’s disappointment was palpable

[@daveandreahoward8203]

Happy birthday, man!

[@captainunderpants200]

Andrew Garfield did his English accent in The Imaginarium Of Dr Parnassus, in which he was also AWESOME!

[@Strawberryjasmindoll]

Joyeux anniversaire, Matt!

[@vriderch1360]

I admit, I was a little disappointed that it was a movie Matt has seen (even though I haven't lol), but by the end I ended up liking this episode a lot.

[@VinylinStrangePlaces]

Seen it, The Road to El Dorado? My favourite animated film of all time. So vibrant, beautiful music (Elton John kills it here), and just a ton of silly fun. And hey, Cartoon June is coming up so if you haven't seen it...

[@MyAmazingUsername]

Wheat Hat? I had a wheat hat once. I remember that day.

[@emperorskulls]

I thought this Cody dies when the dashie Meatball smothers him with a pillow XD

[@DeniseFaraday]

Hey Matt, Happy Birthday! What a coincidence you refenced Edison Lighthouse in the episode when I just listened to the song yesterday! Seen It? -> The Fury (1978) co-starring Kirk Douglas, Amy Irving and John Cassavetes. The final moments of the movie will go down as one of the best cinematic finales of all time for me. What do you think?

[@GreatWightSpark]

There is only one lord of the wings, and he does not share his secret 11 herbs and spices! Makes sense that they couldnt have used the eagles now...

[@ebwarg]

All this time, I thought it was “Top of the world, Ma!”

[@aestevalis0]

Red-Hot Buzzsaw was my dieselpunk industrial metal/swing band.

[@captainnutella67]

You cant fool me. This is an alternate cut of this movie. EVERYBODY knows Cody Jarrett succumbs to explosive diarrhea and vomit after having fart powder thrown at him during a bungled bank heist and is arrested.

[@oaf-77]

You’re thinking of Jody Carrot

[@DocBouvette]

Craig done broke the show! And happy(?) birthday, Matt.

[@SleepFan771]

The French Dispatch was also my film of the year. Wish TFD, Shiva Baby, or Spencer had some more nominations. I'm hoping Kristen Stewart & Andrew Garfield win Best Actress & Actor. I think CODA would be a nicer win than Power of the Dog, which I found dull compared to Campion's early classics like The Piano. I recently saw White Heat and loved it. James Cagney is so entertaining and fearsome in White Heat & Angels with Dirty Faces. It reminded me of Paul Muni's Scarface & Angel on My Shoulder. Have you guys seen Angel on My Shoulder? Claude Rains is a delightfully sly Satan and the lovely Anne Baxter is quite touching alongside Paul Muni. Muni himself is hilarious, intimidating, and shocking moving as the romance blooms. A truly beautiful and entertaining forgotten film.

[@agedcurse]

I’m really glad Craig changed the album, the whole intro I was wondering why White Light/White Heat wasn’t there and if maybe it was too obvious

[@tekdev]

BIG LEATHER COUCH FOLKS

[@aestevalis0]

Calling Toronto? I think I saw them play one time in Seattle back in '03

[@SilverDFanng]

24:45 I only bring this up because I feel it's a examination Matt and Greg would make. Even though ir does fit it would be a lot more funny if Greg used the plural of white.

[@joelconstantino6178]

You know you talking about west side really summed up my feelings on the film, and I thought about it and I think the main twos problem might be that Maria didn't have the presence she needed. And now I'm thinking you know Spielberg really doesn't have a lot of strong female leads in his filmography and I was taken aback by this revelation that it probably was a directorial shortcoming.

[@MrHorsesongs05]

What about Fade To Black?

[@aestevalis0]

I forgot I'd seen this.

[@pk6084]

Have you recently gotten a new camera? I dont know why it feels like a higher resolution than normal. Maybe it’s because I rewatched some older episodes.

[@Londonmoe]

I hard agree with everything you said on CODA. After watching it, I was so confused why it was nominated, but also why it was on so many people's top ten lists for 2021. Like, it's fine. It's cute. I enjoyed it. But as soon as they got through the premise, I knew the entire rest of the story, including everyone's character arcs. How did this get nominated?

[@calebburkholder4193]

Matt’s wearing a shirt 👚

[@QuestForPerfectSound]

Speaking of Cagney, Seen It? Angels With Dirty Faces? Lots of interesting faces in that one. Very cool story. Too bad they didn't pick it up for a remake back in '90s or early 2000s. They could've focus more on the kids, maybe cast Denzel Washington in it.

[@carlosx1237]

I hated that last line too. I remember actually talking back to the movie, 'F U, Edmond O'Brien.'

[@charleswisconsin9196]

speaking of shoot-em-ups, what about Shoot Em Up starring Clive Owen and Paul Giamatti? i remember it fondly but i also remember it being super cheesy, and i love cheesy corny action stuff. big Arnold fan.

[@cheetosugar695]

What was that first album on display? I’m wracking the internet trying to find it. :(

[@blamesocietyfilms]

Get Yer Ya Yas Out -- Rolling Stones live album

[@cheetosugar695]

@@blamesocietyfilms Thank you so much!!

[@dylansporrer1198]

Damn, Craig is lookin' fine AF in this eppy.

[@toddevangelista]

The mcguffin is the top of the world.

[@puppysect]

Prediction before watching: Velvet Underground LP behind Craig.

[@TroubleToby3040]

I'm blown away Matt thinks Will Smith should win. This is an EXACT repeat of his Ali role. He's "doing a voice" and wearing prosthetics. And that. Is. It. He doesn't disappear into the character. Doesn't "transform" or "embody" him. He does a serviceable job by way of an impression. There are even a couple of scenes where he loses even the tenuous thread he has, and becomes "cringey."

[@chobitsai1]

oh craig, bday fail. should have had a chewie. j/k!

[@slc2466]

Love Cagney in this, but he does kind of blow it in that scene with O'Brien @9:06.

[@karlpoppe7192]

I just watched this one post slap. Interesting.

[@aestevalis0]

He's gone full Big Mix.

[@2.0wen]

Descent 2 anyone? (Gonna keep doing this, 🤞Halloween hopefully🤞)

[@Arosukir6]

Dangit, why'd ya have to go and mention the Oscars? As soon Matt talked about seeing the list of nominees, I paused and went to go see it. Somehow the Academy manages to continue to disappoint my increasingly low expectations. In The Heights virtually nowhere to be seen, the wrong song chosen for Encanto (though that one is actually on Disney and LMM, turns out), and West Side Story nominated for that many things?! I continue to be baffled by the acclaim for Spielberg's adaptation, especially with musicals as massively awesome as ITH and Encanto coming out the same year. From his usual spotlight fetish, to casting someone who looks like a child to play Maria (making me think of his obsession with it being canon that Marion Crane be 14/15 when she had sex with Indie), though Rachel Zegler did a wonderful job with what she was given. The lackluster choreography and cinematography. What feels like direction that forced actors to do a version of Puerto Rican accents that felt very unnatural to them. Paying lip service to evictions of immigrant and poor communities without actually making it an impactful part of the story, instead a background issue that never gets resolved, neither for better nor worse. West Side Story (2021) was far from a bad film, but one of the best of the year? It wasn't even in the top two best musicals about the Latine diaspora/experience this year, in my opinion. Obviously folks will disagree with me on that, but that's where I stand on it. It highlights for me once again the fact that the Academy is mostly made up of voters who have either already been nominated for Oscars before, or must be recommended by two people who are already members. Plus that American films feature Latine people 4% of the time, though we make up 17% of the country's population. It all feels very disheartening.l, especially when you have some years that seem promising, but then we have years like this.

[@WieryTraveler]

But where is Meatball???

[@steviea427]

It is just about impossible to find a decent oscillator these days.

[@oaf-77]

4:46 they all got eaten.

[@zsandmann]

Sorry Craig, but Bruno isn't omniscient he only gets the visions that the miracle grants him and sets in the green glass from his room. So no plothole there.

[@smacksalad]

I tried many years ago, but apart from catching the nominations almost via news osmosis ( :) ), I've found it impossible to care about the Oscars, and they seem to be more irrelevant than ever :) Oh, also - The Rebel, seen it? :D

[@PennyORadical]

Continuing my 10 year campaign for "Flight of Dragons".

[@PinheadLarryVEVO]

My fiancé said “is Craig possessed?” When she saw him introduce the movie

[@andybearchan]

There was so much more they could have done instead of explaining the tracking system to the audience. Why didn't we see the mom getting shot? Was money the only thing driving him?

[@bloodwrage]

The Oscars are a joke. Black Panther got nominated for Best Picture

[@evalange4626]

OLD!!!!!!!

[@richardmcleod1930]

The new movies are crap...............Just compare any of them to "White Heat" with Jimmy Cagney.

[@peanutbutteroven2660]

I felt like Encanto was more about the spectacle and the songs and less about story and characters, which was also a problem with Frozen. It seems like Pixar knows how to do story and characters much better and Disney movies are primarily concerned with the razzle dazzle, to quote a Mr. Michael Shannon.

[@gabrielbrito2120]

Well, they can’t all be winners, huh?

[@Icecreamforcrowtoo]

The French Dispatch was horrible.

[@RobVespa]

Hard disagree on your takes regarding the Oscars, an awful awards show (like the majority of them, across industries) that, along with the Grammy's and so many others, need to end. Why? So many reasons. There are a lot of essays (video and print) on the topic. Check them out. The French Dispatch is less than the sum of it's parts - It's a beautiful film, wonderfully acted and technically amazing - and yet... I appreciate this film so much. Much more than I enjoyed it. It wins the award for the film I most wanted to love. Licorice Pizza may be PTA's weakest film, with a lazy script and haphazard construction. Why did it resonate to an award worthy distance with your heart? West Side Story. I'm pleasantly surprised it wasn't a disaster. But why remake it? The film itself: It's good. Best of the year? No. Okay, that's more than enough for a comment. This is just one person's opinion. I happen to have a different take. Nothing like throwing out opinions and offering no substitutes. Yay!

[@DarkInugami92]

Craig claims that he watched Encanto and yet completely fails to understand how Bruno’s ability to read the future even works in the rules of the film. Easily one of Craig’s worst takes.

[@blahdiddy9445]

Did Craig lose his damn mind or forget what the point of the show was?!