Matt and Jordan returns with a review of Balls Up, debating if the Peter Farrelly formula still works on the small screen and whether they can actually recommend a movie involving cocaine-addicted crocodiles. Later, Matt revisits Empire Records, Jordan goes back to 1935 with The 39 Steps, and the team plays the first-ever round of "Key Chain."

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Intro (00:00:00-00:02:58)

Balls Up (00:02:59-00:34:13)

Rec Seg + Radical Streaming Honesty (00:34:14-01:11:40)

Game: Key Chain (01:11:41-01:29:18)

New to Streaming / Credits (01:29:19-01:37:28)

Notes:

Now Streaming on Bazooga - A Filmspotting: SVU Archive

https://letterboxd.com/samvanhallgren/list/now-streaming-on-bazooga-a-filmspotting-svu/

Matt's book "Funny Business: The Old-School Wedding Crashers and Knocked-Up Virgins Who Changed Comedy Forever" comes to bookstores everywhere in October

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/790241/funny-business-by-matt-singer/

The Reddit thread that explains how the poster for Nirvana The Band The Show The Movie ripped off Marty Supreme (and how this all related to the Balls Out poster):

https://www.reddit.com/r/blankies/comments/1qk7av1/marketing_for_nirvanna_the_band_the_show_the/

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Matt and Jordan returns with a review of Balls Up, debating if the Peter Farrelly formula still works on the small screen and whether they can actually recommend a movie involving cocaine-addicted crocodiles. Later, Matt revisits Empire Records, Jordan goes back to 1935 with The 39 Steps, and the team plays the first-ever round of "Key Chain."
(Timecodes/chapters may not be precise with ads.)
Intro (00:00:00-00:02:58)
Balls Up (00:02:59-00:34:13)
Rec Seg + Radical Streaming Honesty (00:34:14-01:11:40)
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New to Streaming / Credits (01:29:19-01:37:28)
Notes:
Now Streaming on Bazooga - A Filmspotting: SVU Archive
<a href="https://letterboxd.com/samvanhallgren/list/now-streaming-on-bazooga-a-filmspotting-svu/">https://letterboxd.com/samvanhallgren/list/now-streaming-on-bazooga-a-filmspotting-svu/</a>
Matt's book "Funny Business: The Old-School Wedding Crashers and Knocked-Up Virgins Who Changed Comedy Forever" comes to bookstores everywhere in October
<a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/790241/funny-business-by-matt-singer/">https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/790241/funny-business-by-matt-singer/</a>
The Reddit thread that explains how the poster for Nirvana The Band The Show The Movie ripped off Marty Supreme (and how this all related to the Balls Out poster):
<a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/blankies/comments/1qk7av1/marketing_for_nirvanna_the_band_the_show_the/">https://www.reddit.com/r/blankies/comments/1qk7av1/marketing_for_nirvanna_the_band_the_show_the/</a>
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