Cigarette Burns

“It’s not your fault” – Actually, it’s Cole’s fault. Thanks to some very unplanned work stuff, Cole took forever to get this edit done. However, our Good Will Hunting episode is worth a ticket to Game 6! Download now to hear if Skylar is actually funny, whether Robin Williams was overrated, and if Cole and Jedd would go see about a girl.

Recommendations:

Jedd: School Ties, Chasing Amy, Dogma, Legend of Bagger Vance

Cole: 2 Fast 2 Furious, Chuck, Chernobyl, Mallrats, We Bought a Zoo

"Well it's Groundhog Day...again".  On this episode Cole and Jedd go round and round as they discuss and dissect all things Groudhog Day.  This film may appear to be a simple comedy but there is so much more beyond the shadow.  This film has it all, comedy, existential questions, philisophical pursuits and of course all the flapjacks you can eat.  So sit back relax and sit back and relax and sit back and relax because this one will be listened to over and over and over again.

Recommendations

Jedd

Cole

“Cow….another cow. I think that was the same cow.” That’s right Burners, we start chasing tornadoes with the 1996 classic, “Twister”. Jan De Bont delivers an incredible disaster flick despite being a bit of a disaster himself behind the scenes. We get into all the meteorology and break down why this movie works, why the script is terrible, and why Cole thinks this is a fantastic “Mighty Ducks” remake. Strap down, get in the basement, and have some FOOOOOOD, because this is an F5 episode.

Recommendations

Jedd:

· Volcano

· Airport 77

· The Impossible

· Frailty

Cole:

· The Day After Tomorrow

· 2012

· The Towering Inferno

· The Poseidon Adventure

· Dante’s Peak

· Speed

· Midnight Run

Today’s episode is an experimental journey through “Happy Accidents”, the 2000 Marisa Tomei/Vincent D’Onofrio romance. We mixed it up a bit and tried to have some fun with this off-beat, often bad, always bizarre time-travel romantic comedy. Cole watched the first half; Jedd watched the second and we then recorded our guesses as to what happened. Spoiler alert – Cole had no idea. We had a blast trying to dissect where this script was going and what could have been changed to make it work.

Recommendations:

Jedd: Frequency, Timecrimes, Primer, The Accidental Tourist

Cole: Slums of Beverly Hills, Mystic Pizza, Edge of Tomorrow, Happy Gilmore

We also have some thoughts at the top of the episode about where we are right now and you can find our full statement on Twitter (@cigburnspod), Instagram (@cigburnspod), and Facebook.  The films, books, and other resources we mention in the introduction are listed below:

Films:

- Boyz In The Hood

- Fruitvale Station

- 12 Years a Slave

- 13th – Ava Duvourney

- Within Our Gates

- Fieldwork Footage

- Tongues Untied

- House Party

- Just Mercy – Streaming free for the month of June

- Friday

- Do the Right Thing

Books:

- Ta-Nehisi Coates: “We Had 8 Years in Power”

- Michelle Alexander: “The New Jim Crow”

Resources:

- themarshallproject.org

- 8cantwait.org

- Pod Save the People (Deray Mckesson @deray, Brittany Packnett Cunningham @MsPackyetti, Samuel Sinyangwe @samswey, Clint Smith III @clintsmithIII)

- 1619 Project

Charities:

- ActBlue

- blacklivesmatters.org

- 8cantwait.org

- blacklivesmatters.carrd.co

If you are in Southern California and have been arrested while protesting, please go to my website, www.williamsdefense.com or call my office at 657-200-8894 and ask about pro-bono representation.

"The Glove… I had no problem with The Glove."  This week we go dancing and basically gush over the greatest sports documentary of all time.  We're of course talking about The Last Dance.  The ten part espn series on the six time nba champion Chicago Bulls featuring the greatest to ever lace them up, Michael Jordan.  To say this is a review is a stretch, it's 20 minutes of us talking about how perfect this series is.  So put on your warmup and lace up your Jordan's because this quick burn is 23 (perfect).

“Sorry, I just took an upper decker” - That’s right, this week’s episode tackles the cult classic, MacGruber. We found a shoelace, ping pong ball, chewed gum, and a Bed Bath and Beyond coupon and turned it into a banger. We get into American Exceptionalism, car stereos, how many pumps the MPAA gives you, and why this movie lives on.

Recommendations:

Jedd: Bravetown, Spartan, Bridesmaids, Barb and Star go to Vista Del Mar, The Lincoln Lawyer

Cole: 7 Days in Hell, Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping, Nebraska, Unauthorized Bash Brothers Experience, The Skeleton Twins, Heat

"Pain don't hurt" Or does it? No no, it definitely does not hurt. You know what else doesn't hurt? Doing a deep dive on the 1989 Patrick Swayze classic  Road House.  This film has so much subtley and layers and subtext and philosophical conundrums and...who are we kidding this film is all about kicking ass, monster trucks, explosions and hot women!!  It has everything you would want in a film about a legendary cooler and the bouncers he manages and the sadistic ruler of pretty small town.  We had a blast with this one and hope you enjoy.

Recommendations

“THERE’S NO CRYING IN BASEBALL!!” – or is there? In honor of what should be the very beginning of the baseball season, we talk about one of the greatest sports films of all time, “A League of Their Own”. Penny Marshall’s masterpiece is a perfect blend of sentimentality, action, and a sense of seeing something new. Take a trip back to the AAGPBL and look out for Cole’s emotional baseball monologue, Jedd’s revelation about Little League, and why Bitty Schram is the reason Tom Hanks gets credit!

Recommendations:

Jedd – “Renaissance Man”, “Riding in Cars with Boys”, “The Accidental Tourist”, “Terminal”, “Cadillac Man”, “Accepted”, “Beautiful Girls”

Cole – “A League of Their Own” documentary on YouTube, “A Secret Love” (on Netflix April 29, 2020), “Ava” (not yet released”. “Splash”, “Brockmire”