Summary
The How Did This Get Made? hosts conduct a live episode in Minneapolis analyzing the 1987 romantic comedy 'Date with an Angel,' a film about a man with a brain tumor who falls in love with an angel sent to collect his soul. The hosts dissect the movie's bizarre plot, questionable character choices, and striking similarities to 'Splash,' while praising Phoebe Cates' performance despite the film's commercial failure and critical panning.
Insights
- Phoebe Cates carries an otherwise incoherent film through sheer charisma and comedic timing, demonstrating how a strong supporting performance can elevate poorly written material
- The film's lack of communication between the lead characters (the angel cannot speak) fundamentally undermines romantic chemistry and emotional stakes in ways that cannot be overcome by earnestness alone
- 1980s studio filmmaking allowed for wildly inconsistent tonal shifts and genre-blending (heaven, engagement party, terrorists, woodland nymph scenes) that would likely be streamlined in modern development
- The movie functions as an unintentional critique of 1980s capitalism, with every character viewing the angel as a commodity to monetize rather than a being to understand
- Critical dismissal of films based on surface-level sexual appeal (Roger Ebert's review) versus audience appreciation suggests significant generational and gender-based differences in film criticism
Trends
1980s romantic comedies relied heavily on visual beauty and charm over character development or dialogueFaith-based and supernatural romance narratives were greenlit with minimal narrative coherence during the Reagan eraStudio films of this period featured extended physical comedy and slapstick that modern audiences find jarring alongside dramatic elementsFemale characters designed as objects of desire rather than agents with agency or dialogue continue to underperform in audience engagementPractical effects and creature design (wings, animal interactions) were valued over narrative logic in 1980s fantasy filmmakingMovies that fail commercially and critically often develop cult followings decades later through home video and streaming platformsEarnestness without charisma in lead performances cannot carry films with weak scripts, regardless of supporting cast quality
Topics
1987 Film Industry Economics and Box Office PerformanceRomantic Comedy Tropes and Character AgencyPractical Effects vs. Narrative Coherence in 1980s CinemaVoice Acting and Sound Design in Film ProductionCritical Reception vs. Audience Appreciation GapsCapitalism and Commodification Themes in 1980s FilmsFemale Character Development in Romantic NarrativesSplash (1984) Influence on 1980s Fantasy Romance FilmsBrain Tumor as Plot Device in Romantic ComedyBachelor Party and Engagement Party Narrative SequencingPhoebe Cates' Career and Performance AnalysisSatellite Technology as Plot Device in 1987 CinemaAngel Mythology and Religious Imagery in Mainstream FilmPhysical Comedy and Slapstick in Dramatic NarrativesHome Video and Cult Film Rehabilitation
Companies
Wendy's
Featured in the film as the location of a date scene; discussed as an indictment of 1980s fast food quality
Victoria's Secret
Referenced in discussion of angel wings as costume/fashion element in popular culture
Subway
Mentioned in anecdote about sushi chef's preference for Subway tomatoes over fresh ingredients
People
Emmanuel Béart
French actress who played the angel; discussed extensively for her physical performance and voice replacement
Phoebe Cates
Actress who played the fiancée; praised as the most charismatic performer in the film despite poor material
Michael Knight
Actor who played the lead character Ted; criticized for lacking comedic charm and chemistry with co-star
Roger Ebert
Film critic whose negative review of the movie was read aloud and debated by the hosts
Tom Hanks
Star of Splash (1984); compared favorably to lead actor for his charm and comedic ability
Darryl Hannah
Actress from Splash (1984); compared to the angel character for having dialogue and agency
Jim Carrey
Mentioned as originally considered for the lead role before being rejected for being too funny
Quotes
"This movie is a roller coaster ride. At my turn, I was like, oh, it's not. Well, wait a minute. Wait, who is this a love story for? The fact that the entire movie changes on a dime in the last two minutes."
June Diane Rayfield•Early discussion
"I'm so worried about time. I'm like, dude, are we going to have enough time? The end of time, what? Talks to your own. We are out of time. We are in no time."
Paul Scheer•Mid-episode
"This is a movie that exists in a time frame in which the lead guy is always like, I'm a guy, I'm trying to be better than my past, whatever. And all of his friends are complete psychopaths."
Jason Mantzoukas•Character analysis
"I'm not rooting for him, mostly, mostly because he's fucking over my girl Phoebe Cates."
Paul Scheer•Character discussion
"The most impressive thing about this whole movie is the way that Emmanuel Béart is actually able to play a convincing angel. At least I was convinced and if it's not an angel then at least it's certainly a beautiful blonde with wings."
Roger Ebert (read aloud)•Review segment
Full Transcript
Listen up, pisshead! If you want a romantic comedy, look no farther. We saw my date with an angel, so you know what that means. I'm a super friend, Jimmy, Kevin Stain, and I'll be calling you when you're bad ass and he's on the line. Freaking eight-jiggin' in his cousin cool as I, cause I'm a bad jimp on he looking kind of night. All his kids getting ready, we'll chase him, let's get in line. Don't let's make the shower, I'm on your shots in the plane. They're just a bunch of movies, why be making the great? Here's a real question for the audience, let's get it hanged. What are people of earth and what are people of Minneapolis? We are live for the first time ever in Minnesota. And while it might be a little cold outside, we aren't here to warm your heart with a romantic comedy. About a man with a brain tumor? Who falls in love with an angel with a broken wing? Now, there's so much to say about this movie that came out in 1987. Is it a splash ripoff? Yes! Even though the people behind the movie said we rode it way before splash. But it came out after, so I don't believe that is true. But we're gonna break down everything. And we have so much supplemental material I can't wait to dig into this movie. But before I can, I must introduce you to my co-host. Please welcome to the stage Mr. Jason Manzougas! What's up, jerk? How we doing, Minneapolis? That's what I'm talking about. Minnesota, we came here. Jason? I'm exhausted already. It's cold! It's cold! A great cold. I wore gloves. It was brisk. It was brisk. I loved every goddamn minute of it. I walked here. I loved every minute of it. Jason, top three movies of 1987. Day with an angel. Day with an angel. You would be right. I remember it well. 1987? 1987 is a great year. I was 15. Great year for the show. Beverly Hills Cop 2, Platoon, Fatal Traction. That's not on our show. That's the top three movies of the year. 1987, Garbage Pale Kids movie. Hard ticket to Hawaii. Miami connection. Tough guys don't dance. Running Man. Superman 4. Hello, Mary Lou. My demon lover. Made in heaven. Jaws 4. Over the top. And masters of the universe. No wait a minute. And in that list, we did munchies. We did all those. What? We've done all those movies. We've done all of those movies. 1987, great year for movies. And I cannot believe we've waited this long to talk about this one. A movie that was in my memory, but I never saw. And I want to see if someone else might have that same memory. Please welcome my other co-host, Miss June Diane Rayfield. Welcome June. How are you? Oh, I get it. It was the angel. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. It was the angel. I missed it. I wasn't paying attention for a second. Oh, that was amazing. You know what? As a matter of fact, it makes me want to just jump into one of the supplemental clips I have, but I wait. June, where do you fall? Do you remember this movie? So what it started, I said to Paul in the hotel room, I said, I feel like I've seen this before. And I have, I had an experience watching it where I was like, where I was like, I have seen this movie before. This is the worst thing I've ever seen. This is my favorite movie. I love this movie. How long do I have till it's over? I hope it never ends. Like I really was fraught the whole time. This movie is a roller coaster ride. At my turn, I was like, oh, it's not. Well, wait a minute. Wait, who is this a love story for? The fact that the entire movie changes on a dime in the last two minutes. Yes. And it explains everything. Yes. Everything gets explained in 30 seconds, then hard cut to credits. I was like, wow, OK, movie. That's the thing. This movie goes there. This movie takes risks. And there is a woodland nymph scene. And there are, I think, like, baby lion. Yes, there's a skunk. There's a skunk. It is. I believe she suckles a fawn. A 90% sure that Emmanuel Barrett suckles a fawn. Yes. This movie was not cheap because they're on a giant sound stage. And they are literally doing a live action bambi. I mean, the way that those bear living amongst creatures, like legit, like a bear, like you can't just be hanging out near a baby bear because when you hang out near a baby bear, the mama bear is going to be closed. But that's what I'm saying. When you're watching, when you're rather watching the beginning of this movie and they're in the town and they're doing this, you don't even imagine that you don't have three. You don't have six. No white in the forest, nuzzling animals, and then becoming an angel and flying around, and then zapping people with lightning. I was like, hey, pushing people, pushing people hard. Yes, kicking people in the ass. June. And that's a huge question. I'm sorry, I need you. I was so much, I wrote it down each time because I was like, we need to bring a high knee back. We need to be like, oh, check out the high knee on this one. I mean, let's take a look at the high knee, Clip 10. Come on. Come on, you got to show yourself. You kicked me my high knee. Where are you? There's no need for this. Don't do this. Nobody ever kicks me in my high knee. He did. What? He hit me, daddy, and then he kicked me in my high knee. You're high knee. What? Someone sat at a typewriter, not even a computer, and was like, yep, high knee, high knee. My guess is it was written longhand, and somebody was handed pages and was like, oh, again, just transcribing four high knees in a row from multiple people. Now, I have to say, I think that Phoebe Kitt's deserves an Oscar for this. Give her an Oscar. Give her an Oscar. Give her an Egot. She's up in here looking like a millennial who is eating ass. She? Is that blood or dirt on her face? It's dirt, okay. It's face planted after the high knee. I thought it was blood, too, from getting dirty. It's so crazy because I don't know if there's so much to talk about. I'm so worried about time. I'm like, dude, are we going to have enough time? The end of time, what? Talks to your own. We are out of time. We are in no time. But I think the movie wants us to believe that she's the wrong choice. But she's so goddamn appealing and so wonderful. She's acting oddly the most normal out of anyone. Here's the thing. Here's the thing. The movie should be about Phoebe Kitt's who is being blown off by her promise. Who he is leaving her high and dry for an angel? I'm so sorry. No. But I would argue. It's flesh. Does he have, is he engaged? Is he getting married? No. No. Well, here's what I would argue. That they even make a weirder and worse choice, which is he's not in love with her yet. I feel like in the beginning, he's like, I just want to take care of her. And then he falls in love with her. So I feel like his instincts are true. I just want to help this angel, even though he made out with her when he thought he was asleep. But I feel like he has nothing on tour to tell me. You seem really okay with that. When he thought, when he thought he was dreaming, when he thought he was dreaming, he was like, I guess. He's not even a dream. He did say, I think I'm in a dream. You know what he doesn't think he's dreaming? When he double peeps at her when she's in the water. And I was like, whoa, whoa, whoa, are we going here? To me, I think that that was the moment he finally fell in love with. Like, you needed to get to that moment in my mind. In my mind, I'm like, how is this angel going to bring and heal? He and Phoebe Cates back together. Right. Like, how is he? Nope. The angel's like, my guy. Goodbye. And that's what's hard to about the angel's cancer. She's a devil. Or maybe she's human and that's what happens. I don't know. But it's so hard because I never thought that she was that into him until the very end. Like, I was like, this angel, he's misunderstanding. She just like, smoochies. Like, she loves to kiss. And. Right. She does that. She does. She does. She just loves to kiss. She just loves smoochies. Just an angel. A silhouette of an angel and goes, I love smoochies. Because from the moment they met, she just seemed to want to kiss him. But it didn't seem like she, I guess I felt like she'd want to kiss anyone if she was in that close proximity to them and if they weren't trying to like throw a net around turn, steal her. If yes, as long as they're not, this is a movie that exists in a time frame in which the lead guy is always like, I'm a guy, I'm trying to be better than my past, whatever. And all of his friends are complete psychopaths. Okay, no. All of his friends in this movie are murderous psychopaths. They treat her like an animal. Like an animal or a baby. It's ET. It's ET and splash. Like, yeah, they even do a phone home joke. Yes, they do. The gate says drop dead at one point. Yes, she does. As if it's dropped dead. As if it's dropped dead. Fred, I was like, what the fuck is going on? Well, I will say this, you know, just to even walk it back. The beginning of the movie starts with what I'm assuming is God saying, go down there, you've got to get your man, go get him, he's ready. And I'm like, okay. And in my entire time, I was like, oh, he was an angel. And they're going to go like, I didn't think that this man was dying. That's the twist. It's like, go get that dying man. And if she, so was he going to die the night of his bachelor party? Yes. No, yeah, the night of the engagement party, she is supposed to cut, yeah, at the very end of the movie, we'll find out. We find out she was sent to earth to collect his soul so that he can ascend to heaven. Then why doesn't the guy mention having a headache once he made fall asleep a couple of days? He does repeatedly talk about headaches and he keeps trying to take pills. Oh, I saw him take pills. Yeah, but it's weird because it seems like he's hung over. It is because he's hung over. Yes, we think he's been out for a night. Nobody is believing that he has crippling headaches, even though he says it repeatedly. Okay, I don't remember that. And that's just thought of something. Yeah. Do you think she's trying to kiss him and it's the kiss of death? Oh. Oh. But she thinks that's why she keeps trying to kiss him. But she does kiss him, right? So she doesn't really love smoothies? Smoothies equal death? You don't, that's really interesting. But different than it's more for the grim reaper, right? Like a soul sucker. Like a death eating. Like a death eating. I see what you're saying. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I don't know. I mean, if the angel comes to take you away, do they, I mean, I wouldn't mind if they gave me a smooch. I wouldn't mind if I- I love munchies. Death and ascendancy to heaven was greeted with a kiss with smoothies. Yeah, just lovely. Yeah. From a stranger? Who looks like a manual bear? Yes. Okay. 100% who I very first saw in the French movie Manon de Sors, which was played in my high school French class and featured quite a bit of nudity. I was like, I'm so glad I took French. This is all I'll say. I also took French. We didn't have anything that exciting, but I did once bring in for a school project as a kid, clash of the Titans. And that had nudity. And no one knew even myself. And we didn't know how to react to it because we were too young. We were in fifth grade. And all of a sudden, boom. And we were like, ah! So you didn't know. I didn't know. That's great. And we just all collectively agreed that we didn't see it. Like the class, ooh! And the teacher never mentioned it. Because I think the teacher was afraid that she would have gotten in trouble if she didn't vet clash of the Titans. But honestly, why were there boobs in clash of the Titans? Why aren't there boobs in every movie? Here's what I'll say about this movie, though. They set up a gun in Act One, and they pay off the gun in Act Three, which is so odd to be in this fancy house with a gun rack, like an old school Midwest. Yeah. When she falls down the stairs, holding a shotgun, I was like, what the fuck are we up to right now? But it's also a loaded shotgun. Like that shotgun is loaded in a closet, in a hallway closet. And this movie, every single person in this movie is absolutely out of control crazy. Her father is sexually obsessed with her until he meets the angel. With the angel. Like he's very easily swayed. It's all business for him. The engagement party, when Phoebe Kates comes down the stairs, passed the giant portrait of herself, which I would pay thousands of dollars to own the portrait of Phoebe Kates but is in this movie. Not a reproduction, the actual painting from this movie. I was like, this is incredible. When he starts pulling out the makeup or the whatever, the ad campaign and grabbing her, I was like, what the fuck is going on here? This is Phoebe Kates's movie. And it's not at all. It's not at all. Well, and he's purring at her, which is so stressful. So creepy. And it also felt like this is their engagement party. There was no one under 60 in that room. I was weird out about that. But then as you're taking that in, as you're loading that into your head, all of a sudden you see terrorists in a car. You're like, wait, hold on, what? And we've already just come from heaven. So we're like, heaven, engagement party, terrorists, you're like, it is at that five minutes. That's to me why this movie is a masterpiece because it's going places. Now I did, yes, and I think to myself, I wonder if it's his bachelor party. But for a second, I didn't know. And I was like, oh, is this going to be like an elderly blood bath? Like what? I also was like, what is going to happen? This is fun. If this is the movie, what's a blast? If it's terrorists come and kidnap the groom. He's infected. The groom who's outside in the rain playing harmonica, like he's fucking Bruce Willis in 1987 with a blues career. I was like, what's up? Well, this is what I couldn't understand. Just the one cooler. I mean, keep in mind the whole time he's dying of a growing tumor in his head, but which just sort of exclaimed his whole arm. He veered, yeah. Knowing that he has the tumor, you almost believe the angel was a vision. Absolutely. Well, that would be great if they, if no one else saw her, but she's very much real. And she's very much as an angel. Like the tumor is just the reason that she's there, but she is real. Make no mistake. But, but I'm trying to really understand what's happened to his music career because he's gone to college. He's a composer. He's a composer. He's a composer. But I think, I think his tumor has stopped him from composing. I think so. Wow. Yeah. I think he has lost his way partially because of the headaches and partially because I don't know. It's been slow growing. Yeah. But then he also. This slow growing tumor that is now going to kill him except for an angel's kiss. And I also don't really get anyone's character because like how would you describe him? Is he a part of your? Not really. He's nothing. He's a giant of a brain tumor. Yeah. That's the only thing we need to know about it. We can't know. His interesting character trait is not revealed until the last literal minutes of the movie. And but then boy, it would have been great to start with, I guess God's voice. Then we cut into, boom, it's not looking good. Jim. Jim is his name. He's all looking good. Bob, bye, bye. And he's like, well, at least I have the love of a good woman. Great. We're getting married. Great. Okay. Phoebe Kate's is there. Now he's like, oh no, an angel is here. Okay. Now this is interesting. But the first time we meet him, yes, he's in the rain completely dry. I feel like they didn't really want to get him wet to do retakes. So they're like, he's the umbrella got him. It's like he would be soaked. And we meet him. He's like, funny guy. This is and no offense. I love this actor. This is for me. I thought he was wonderful. This is Tad. Tad. Who? Tad. Tad from all my children. I grew up with Tad. I thought Tad was the coolest. I don't think Tad is a comedic actor. Yes. And Tad, I'm sorry, I don't know the actor's name, so I'm just going to keep going. Michael Knight. Michael Knight. Okay. Tad is his name now. You know, because I will say, and I alluded to it, but the movie shares so much in common with Splash that it is shocking, truly shocking. But Splash has Tom Hanks. Yes. The absolute charm of Tom Hanks is going to get you pretty far. And Tad is, doesn't have that charm, possibly because the brain tumor is pushing, pushing against the part of the brain that gives you charming. I'm not rooting for him, mostly, mostly because he's fucking over my girl Phoebe Cates. That's a thing. And he seems to want to hang out. And what's to hang out more with the party ninjas? He's really set up to fail. And I was so ready for the scene between the angel and Phoebe Cates. I was like, I need this, I need this scene. I need this reconciliation. I need this healing for all of us. And we never got it. And it was so hard. And I also ask a question about Splash. And I forget, Madison in Splash, that's Darryl Hannah's character, she does talk a little bit, right? Yes, right. And has a name, right? Yes. Has a name and talks. And that's two things that are denied. It's a rom-com without one person who speaks. And it's like, we can't have a chemistry. They can't have chemistry if all she, if her only choices to be like, just be constantly leaning in to give a death smoochy. That's the shirt. Time for you to die. But I think that they try to get Tad to be interesting. Because when you first see him, he's like doing that baseball play by play. But that's like, it's too long and it's not funny. And it's not funny for multiple reasons. But I would say one of them is, what are we, like, what are we trying to get from that? Like, I don't even get these care free. It's so hard because, yeah. He's set up like that moment. We think it's Phoebe Gates's movie. But like, when she comes out to get him, I know we're supposed to think this guy is hot and charming. And but for me, I'm like, get inside. Go in. It's a pretty cool engagement party. Yes, we do it. Get inside. It was a just- It was just- It's suggesting that he has cold feet. And I don't know why or if he does. Right. Or he's harmonicking. He's here comes the bride into a funeral. He's pouting. Yes. He's pouting for reasons that are never explained. I feel like the movie wants us to think they shouldn't be together. Him and Phoebe Gates. He doesn't want to be married to her. He's just waiting for his angel to- I think that's why he's equivocating or something. But it doesn't make sense because I'm immediately on her side. I'm like this fucking piece of shit sucks. I think- I'm serious. Fuck this guy. I felt the same way. I felt the same way. Fuck this guy. I hope the devil comes and marries Phoebe Gates. I can't believe by the way. I'm going to blame this on Phoebe Gates. But I really think that role was written. She's a model. She's supposed to be super close to her dad. Well, she models in the funeral camp. No, I think her dad was like, you are my perfect model. Come here, smoochy, smoochy. Like, I feel like- Don't do that to me. I like smoochy. Don't do that. I don't like that. Because I can be clearly the dad is- Smoochy, smoochy. The dad is- Oh, smoochy, smoochy. The dad is- Let's all hope all of us tonight later are like- How about a little smoochy, smoochy? I feel like the dad- It's right, Minnie. It's supposed to be a model. And the reason why the whole company is going down the drain is because they react so negatively to her face. The company is going under because of her face. Okay, but this is- I know all of this. But I think- I know all of this. I know all of this. I didn't understand- I didn't understand all of this movie. This I know. But I think again, that's what the movie is showing us. And I think that's probably how it was written. And I think she was also probably written to be a little frumpy. Like, the red dress, I think, was supposed to look ill-fitting and unfettering on her. Especially later, she's in like- Yes. She appears to be wearing men's briefs over pants at one point. But unfortunately, like, she just always looks beautiful. And even when she's called to just like be shrill and reacting and screaming, because she's Phoebe Kates were always on her side, charmed by her- Yes, she's the most charismatic performer in the movie. So stop. It's just- You can't take your eyes off of her. She's hilarious. And she does an incredible job with what she has. I mean, she also says the line that it's something like my dad's acting like he's in a real poop-poop mood. And I- after she did it, I really thought to myself, okay, June, if you saw that in a script, like, how would you approach it? Like, what, you have to say it? It's in there, you have to say it. Like, you have to find your way into that. And I- Erin, you can't change it. You can't change it. God damn thing. You have to say it. And I was like, I don't think I can. I don't think I'm good enough to do that. So she is truly one of the best we have. I will say really. Truly. It's one of the best we have. No, of course, our love for Phoebe Kates is- is well documented in this podcast, but I do want to point out one thing about her that when she gets kicked in the high-nie, her response is, where's my gun? Yeah. Like, her immediate response is, now I'm going to shoot you. I'll show you. I'll show you where's my rifle. Yeah. She has a shotgun. She's a rifle rifle. She's like, I'm going to kill you for kicking me in the high-nie. And I was after kick one. Not even kick two. She's ready to kill the- She is. By the way, I wish she had. I did two. I wish. Let's go. She had killed Ted. And then she and the angel fell in love. That's a movie I'm going to think about in the hotel later. But can we talk about, I think the most charismatic- the most charismatic trio are the party ninjas. The party ninjas- Holy shit. I love the party ninjas because they are not cool. They seemingly aren't that fun and they're real dumb. And like the bachelor party seems to have been for four people. Yeah. And there might have been women there because when they come in they're like, let's see this woman. No, I think that's the- They had a like a 16 millimeter porno called the tender bartender. Are you being serious? I'm so sorry, Paul. Did you not see that the tender bartender was featured prominently? I was too busy looking at the blow-up doll. I was looking at the pin the tail on the donkey. And I was like, that was part of the bachelor party. That's the worst bachelor party in history. But also- And they all left him. I know this is like neither here nor there, but in terms of like the cadence of wedding events, it was too early for a bachelor party. Like we're just doing the engagement party. We've just announced this. It also- Oh, I see. I agree with you because I- The minute they were saying, oh, it's your bachelor party, I was like, oh, is the wedding in the next few days? Yes. Is this- No, it's- Is this- No, it's- Is the clock ticking now? Is this movie going to end at a wedding? By the way, it should have. Wouldn't that have been much- Nope, in the forest. Nope. Yes. Maybe theers. Maybe theers. Maybe theers. We have no reference for this. Perhaps no movie in our entire history. Have I thought every step of the way I understood where this movie was headed? And you're- You were right. You were- Not. The party ninjas get- I'm going to say, 40 legitimate news outlets to show up- To show up to someplace called the press club, where they live in the suburbs, so that they could debut an angel from heaven. But meanwhile, meanwhile the party ninjas seem to run a theater where they could have simply held a- No. Oh. They are- You mean the place where they're located? They are- That's the press club. No, no, no. Guys, they're home, I think, is the party ninjas live above like a theater set shop. Oh. Thank you. So they don't run that theater. That's just where they're locked. You make George and Rex and the other guy are just hanging out above a- None of it makes sense. By the way, this is a small issue that I have with the party ninjas. Our main guy, our bachelor, Ted, when he wakes up drunk with the inflatable girl, his tie is just slightly a skew. His tie never came off for the bachelor party. Nor did it get very a skew. It was sort of like the first move that you make if you get in the car like, ugh, it just stayed in the car. It was still very high up on the neck. He looked un-party. Oh, he was fine. He looked totally fine. Well, except for the brain tumor. Yes, except for the gigantic brain tumor. Then splash, we hear a splash. Water pours into the apartment. I'm poor, listen. I'm no scientist, but when we go back out to that pool and see the water displacements- Yes, from her 120-pound body? Not even. The wings go in the water. The wings go in the water. The wings go in the water. But she has lifted out, like, I want to say four feet of water. Oh, yeah. It's six inches of water in the house. Okay, I thought about it for so long, because I'm like, well, you are falling from heaven. So that's a- But when did her wings go down? But when did her wings break? Like, I'm assuming she was flying and she may hit like a power line. Like, so I don't think that she fell from that high. Hold on a second. Whoa! Hold on. Hold on. There seems to be a contestant. Who has the answer? Somebody here will know. Sir, what's your name? Paul, be careful of the man in a putter in a brush. I knew he was safe, because he was an official bird. Really? Be careful. All right, why is her wing broken? Because she hit the satellite. Oh, she hit the satellite. Somehow, I missed that. Somehow we all missed that, but all of you watched it? Keith, tell me what happened. So she's sent on her merry way by God. And she's headed towards Earth, and then all of a sudden the satellite comes out and nowhere. Do we see this? Yes. Oh, and then when? It's a POV- Okay, we have a- Who's POV? The satellite's the satellite's the satellite's the satellite's the satellite's the satellite's the point of view? She was like wearing a GoPro. That's the footage we saw. Wow! How did I miss this? You know what? Sometimes I don't pay attention to this. This movie sounds a lot better from Keith's point of view. Okay. So she broke her- So this is kind of a commentary on Star Wars, not the movie, but the- The arms race, satellites in the sky. You know, it's very prescient. Reagan, Reagan, and Henry Stone. Yes, yes. So that's how she breaks her wing. She falls, all right, so the satellite's still higher than her. I just don't mind. If you don't mind me just backing up for one second to the party. Please. When Ted is pounding out in the rain, Phoebe and he is embarrassing. Because these are not young people. No. They should have been- This movie would have been better if they were all in high school or something like that if they were young. Sure. You know what I mean? But they are old, old enough to know better. And he's pounding in the back. She comes out there and she goes, You know they all hate you. Yeah. You know everyone in our family's hate you. And then you go- And I do too. I'm with everyone else. I also hate you, dad. But it's such a lazy writing too because the way they make Phoebe kates unlikable is like, I know. No more fun. Like she's always saying, no more fun. And that's like a weird thing. And the party ninjas are actively trying to sabotage her. In a way that's like, you know, I think like toxic beyond. George is a true psychopath. Yeah. When they came out with that net. What? The George that's- The party ninjas are the government in ET. Absolutely. Absolutely. They are like animal control trying to capture this. But first of all, they're trying to market the angel to this guy. I don't know who the fuck this guy is. They're trying to sell the angel. The angel is yet not a commodity. It's like me trying to sell ET a year before ET comes out. I'm like, and it's a little guy. Big eyes. Phone home. I'm like, what are you talking about? Like you can't presale like merch. Like we got the bumper to stick. We got the shirts. It's like, for what? For what? Oh no. And they don't even have her yet because their big thing is like we got a getter in a net. And then we'll lure her away with French fries. We got a French fry. I was like, these fucking maniacs need to be put down. But what I do like- PDK should be shooting these guys with a gun. But what I do like about them is that they do provide a dress code for the press conference. Yeah. You guys can dress casual. To the press? You tell the press how to show up? Like never is- Yes, we'll be covering the event. Once the dress code? Oh, okay. Okay, got it. All right, got it. Can you imagine? Hey, we're doing a formal press conference. Ted, does camera. You got to wear tux. Ah, not again. You know. Can you imagine a world in which you have a four real angel. Now, you also have a catastrophic brain tumor. So who knows? But you have a four real angel. You go into a church with an angel and the priest is like, go tell it to the Baptist. The church would be so excited to have an angel. They would be like, we fucking did it. Holy shit, it's real. They would be so excited. She's up there doing angel shit. And he's like, I don't want to look at it. Get out of here. Well, that's the thing with this movie. Interestingly, there was in a newspaper headline. It said that priest from that church was moved to a different parish. Well, he only moved to a different parish to get better weed. Yeah. Because he noticed when he was around, Rex was like, I don't want to hang out with him. Him smoking weed in that... Too far? Minneapolis. What? Minneapolis. Very religious town. Oh, no, don't say that. That was the thing that was so interesting. It's like, whenever there is a choice to make a, you don't need to make it weirder. Like, that's a priest. He's holding confession. Let's give him a joint. Wait, why? Why are we over complicating it? Because we are dealing in a world of such crazy, fantastical nature. Now, I'm all for it. Like, yes, she's an angel. But no one questions it. It's like, she's an angel. Got it. No one's a checker wings. Yeah? No one has a, no she's not. She's just a cook. Nope. Okay, yeah, she's an angel. Oh, everyone bothers real. It's like, everybody in this movie has been waiting for this. And it just happens to be today. But it's not, it isn't really a surprise. Or it's like there's other angels. It's a world in which there's lots of angels. Right, right. We just got one here. I mean, that's not the case. But everybody does feel very okay with it. I will say, I thought she handled some of her comedic beats quite well. The French fry sequence. Great. I laughed out, you know? Was she upset that the hamburger was made of meat? I got to be. But how would she even know? Or that it was a deeply out of season unripe tomato slice on it. The tomato slice was like mostly yellow in the middle. And I was like, this is a scavenging indictment of Wendy. So, scavenging. I also don't think it was a square burger. Was it? No. No, it wasn't. So square burger. Someone, his mom had bought us a like private sushi chef for our first year anniversary. And this woman, Paul's woman, Ted is going to pop right off. This woman arrives at our apartment many years ago. And she's not Japanese. My mom said, you guys love sushi. So I got you a private sushi chef at your house. Long story short, it's a little uncomfortable to have this person in our home. And Paul and I are like doing small talk with her. And I also say the most uncomfortable thing about it, and not to be offensive in any way. It was just a white woman. And there was something about it that just felt like, It's just very, very strange. I just like, what are we all doing here? I like sushi. I've gone to, I go to a lot of different restaurants. I can remember twice when it was white people. And it once was in my house. And the other time was in Hawaii. And that man was surrounded by Asian people who made fun of him for being white. It made me feel better. Yes. So there were so many things happening. And we had to do about four hours with her. And, But there she is. She's a notoriously quick meal. This wasn't. This wasn't. Because she's in her home, we didn't. It was also that we had a tiny apartment. There was nowhere for us to go and not be with her. So we're watching her wash, aren't nice. We're watching. And we're also helping her. We're doing her dishes. Like it was very strange. We didn't barely had a kitchen. We had like a small counter space. Yes. So the whole interaction was so terrible. But just to go back to tomatoes for a second, this is where I really started to get worried. Because she said to us, You know what I'm about to say. She said, We're talking about food and I said, So if you spend any time in Japan, just trying to get to what her experience was so she is. And she said, yeah, I did. She did. And then she said, But I, what I really love is every day, go to subway. And I get a subway sandwich. And Tomatoes. The way they slice them so thin. And I'm thinking to myself, the subway tomatoes are, they're like the tomatoes in this movie. They are not real tomatoes. And they literally don't have a taste. But you know, guys wanted to let you know. You subway has stepped up their game. Oh God. You can't be preparing sushi for people in their home. And... And... Patrick Mahomes told me, the slice of the home eats. Him and Steph Curry signed off on it. Wait a minute. This feels like promotion. Whoo! Anyway, we had to... So, who can't be in that situation and then just waxing, exotic about the subway tomato? She also gave us a tip for eating sushi the right way, which was wrong. She's like... And again... On a... Between the two halves of a six inch... I think it's the half. Sub-roll. She's like, you gotta put it in the roll. I don't know if that was wrong. Oh, little oil. It was wrong. A mayo. All right. You want this sushi Mike's way? But some balsamic on this, ahi... Um... What a... I was in a restaurant the other day. I was in a restaurant and main the other day. And I said, I'll get the grilled salmon. And the waitress said, eh. You like salmon? It's like, oh, what? I was like, wait, it sounds like you don't like this. She was like, I hate salmon. I was like, please tell me how you really feel. And I'm saying this all, but all of it had like the heaviest bostomy Massachusetts. So she was like, oh my god, you like salmon? Ah, I think salmon is disgusting. I was like, what are you talking about? And I was like, I'm going to get it anyway. I got it. It was delicious. And she came by and she was like, what did you think of that salmon? And I was like, yeah, I thought it was absolutely delicious. She was like, ugh. She was like, the owner said he wants me to get a picture with you. He knows who you are. I have no idea who you are. I love her. And I was like, let's do this. I love this woman. I was like, I'm home. Last night, I did take a compliment for John Cryer. Someone came up to me and said, I just want to say, big time adolescence meant a lot to me. And I was like, huh? And I didn't know what it was either. And I quickly googled it. It's a machine gun, Kelly Pete Davidson movie that came out two years ago. And he said, I watch it all the time when I was in high school. And I'm like, you look like you're in high school now. This movie came out two years ago. You can't rap, you know, rapsodically about this. But I said, aw. This episode is the most usage of rapsodic in podcast history. And I said, oh, thank you so much. Thank you so much. You didn't correct him. I love that. I had a great time making it. Machine gun Kelly, we're a guy, but we had fun. I don't think I have. I'll never correct anyone. Even the guy who once said I was Robin Williams. At airport security, TSA going through LAX. Wow. I was like, I know you. And I was like, oh, hey. And he's like, I know you are a funny guy. And I was like, oh, thanks so much. And he was like, Rob Williams. And I laughed. And I was like, oh, right. And he got a very funny guy. And then I was like, oh, he's not joking. He's like, I'm not going to blow up your spot, Rob Williams. And Robin Williams had been dead for some time. What? Holy shit. You should have, as you were walking away, been like, hey, bro. Google me. And then leaned in for a smoochy. I was the angel. I saw the ghost of Robin Williams today. Oh, my god. Holy shit. My favorite moment in this movie was, a guy who lives in the town, he lives there, drives to the gas station, goes, where's the press club? You live here, man. You would have a equal amount of knowledge of the town. Also, forgive me, but what's a press club? It seems to be a place where press conferences happen in a small town. In a tiny town? Is there use for that? Is that a real thing? It might just be in a fool. I don't know. It didn't even look like a high school auditorium stage. When Phoebe Kate's and her father are having a screening match, and her only option is to put herself into the closet, I was like, yes, this is the movie. This is the movie I want to watch when she comes out with a hanger. Like, I'm going to fuck my dad up with this hanger. I'm like, yes, the dad and the priest are creeps. Get them both out of here. Let Phoebe be Phoebe. Bring in Fred. Fred fucks Be Angel. Oh my God. I did. I was trying to understand what the difference between the angel gaze was and just her falling in love with dad, because it's like, well, everybody's under her spell at points. But they're not getting the kiss of death. They're not going to be transported into another dimension. Right, you may see everybody. They seem affected by her, but I don't know that she is as into them. I see. So how? Because I think what, a part of what's happening is just like, they're falling in love with women who don't speak. And there's this sort of like, trans fiction. She's like a villa. She's like a villa in the Harry Potter story. Like she is like a beauty that people can't help but be like, you know, the dad is like the best example. He's like, absolutely not you ever. Oh, yeah, because like absolutely. I believe that angels have this like, like the way Crocodile Dundee could hypnotize animals with the two fingers, you know, you can do that. I felt the angel had that. You're doing a lot of finger work this tour. I did. I had the other night it was this. It's not of us liked that's not of us liked it tonight. It's this, but I remember like, but can crocodile does your memory? In the, so I'm so, so, so in the movie when he wakes up after the bachelor party and he's got the blow up doll, he puts it aside, he does this. He does. He's not. He doesn't see that. He's his finger. Oh God. His own fingers, as if to say, oh no, did I do something stupid? No. I'm okay. What? Whoa, whoa, whoa, there's a dead, there's a dead angel in the pool. Oh no, we party too hard. The stripper's dead in the pool, man. But that's wow. He slips his fingers. Did not. I did not see that or I blocked it out. It's got to be an improvised moment because all I, I think a lot, I think a lot of like funny business stayed in this movie. But to your point, June, I do think that yes, the angel has powers, but she's not full power until her wing is fixed. But I will say this. You say she doesn't talk. Well, I think she is talking. And as a matter of fact, we have supplemental clip four. I'd like to show you how her voice came to be. The kind of work that I've done in film in voiceovers. The first one I was invited to do was a film called Date with an Angel, in which Emmanuel Beart played an angel who had fallen to Earth. And the filmmakers wanted her to make other worldly sounds. And evidently all she could think of to do was squeak. And so when they test market at the film, and this beautiful woman opens her mouth, a squeak comes out, and the audience fell on the floor laughing. Well, that wasn't necessarily what they wanted. And so the sound designer contacted me and said, you know, can you help us? So they flew me out to Los Angeles and worked on a sound stage. And I basically replaced her voice for about 90% of the film. We did three complete separate tracks. One was a more musical track. One was sort of strange sounds, other worldly sounds. And one was speech-like, but not too speech-like. And then, so they used that. The sound designer mixed my sounds with other sounds that he had and came up with this composite voice for her. So she created it as something called... I'm obsessed with that woman. Absolutely. I first saw it. Yes. And she created something called other worldly speech. So supplemental clip five, we like to play some other worldly speech. Oh boy. Because she does perform other worldly speech. Okay. So this is solitary journeys of the mind. I'm not a single one. I'm not a single one. I'm not a single one. I'm not a single one. I'm not a single one. I'm not a single one. I'm not a single one. I'm not a single one. I'm not a single one. I'm not a single one. I'm not a single one. I'm not a single one. I'm not a single one. I'm not a single one. I'm not a single one. I'm not a single one. I'm not a single one. I'm not a single one. I'm not a single one. All right, we could go that that is oh shit that is a five That is a five and a half minute a five and a half minute improvisational musical piece five and a half minutes I find it put a beat like this could be Anya I Could believe this could be Anya this could be this is this is better than the whole movie Wow, so it's so interesting that she said they took those sounds and Smash them together because all I heard were squeaks. I mean all I heard was whale noise It felt like so much so that at the end of the movie when she says she's been sent back here by God To heal him and also make music with him. I was like with that boy. Yeah No, it was and it's especially clear There are moments where and I wonder if in the script they wrote lines for the angel because there are scenes in which She is trying to have She's trying to communicate with said there is there are scenes that Appears though they are having a conversation, but she's doing dolphin sounds and he is kind of like Okay, I Mean most of the movie too. He's just talking at her Yeah, and kind of filling in what she might be saying and we're supposed to believe that for them This is what it is to fall in love To have a foundational inability to communicate using language But it would make I think that the fact that Tad is so earnest makes it less fun Right because if he was like a little like he's so earnest and she's so earnest I'm just like watching two people just be very earnest with each other and it's bumming me out like it's like I'm like Where why there it's it's slow and they originally want to Jim Carrey for this and they said no for the angel no no They want to Jim Carrey as the lead and he They said no, he's too funny. We don't want funny. We want leading man. It's interesting because I wonder if Jim Carrey in Like taken down a notch. Yeah, Carrie would have been incredible in a affable Tom Hanks He way I just don't know if you would have been able to see it so hard because again We're never gonna be on Ted side because he has a fiance. Yes, who has done nothing to deserve this treatment so it's Yeah, he's always a villain and then again this angel an agent of God on high is here stealing someone else's man and And fuck her let's go Here but she's kicking Phoebe Kate's ass in the woods and then also But also like then the end of the movie is that yeah guy. I'm gonna fucking take your guy. Don't worry about it But the end of the movie is also this moment That God actually wants you to make music like we got to make music together. That's a crazy end But he's like God is like yeah, this guy's got the goods like That's what I could I actually couldn't understand when you said the last two minutes explained everything I was like not for me it didn't I mean it gave you information that made a little sense of some of what was going on Well, it makes sense why he falls asleep in the middle of the movie when like he's looking for her and they're at the press conference Like he wakes up. I'm like We see he was looking for her and he just fell asleep and he does that a number of times Okay, in the woods in the woods. He's just kind of Right, it's I would say the brain tumour is blade very low like it's yes It's like it's like it's like background noise if I really focus on it I'm like yeah, you've given me clues, but it's not like shocking me because I'm watching a priest smoke a joint I'm watching guns get fired. I'm watching a girl put underwear on I'm watching a guy get fit on the Better movie is it a better movie if she's not an angel but to him because of his tumor Yeah, he thinks she's an angel. Yes, and everybody else just is smitten with this beautiful woman But he thinks she's some sort of from another you know blah blah blah and that that it because There it none of it adds up and they just keep throwing stuff at you to be like Oh, what if he's got a brain tumor or dare I say it and I know that we Forbid it. Oh, yeah, better as a Jacobs ladder scenario For him and we and it's like they've all been around his bed the entire time He's imagined the entire thing what if it's a Jacobs ladder scenario for the stripper at the bachelor party who dies in the pool done Who imagines who's dying dream is that she's an angel who is rescued from this wretched existence By this man and Curry's God's favor so that they can become musicians together. That's the movie All right, let's see what the audience has to say here got a lot of people with questions Maybe there's a philogen in the house. I don't know maybe there's an angel What's your name in your question? My name is Sarah and my question is has have you ever received a telegram as good as the ladybug? Oh, thank you so much. I did want to talk about the love bug love bug is I I left a number of times in this movie That was one of them and I was like this is the part I would get in this movie This or probably George The love bug is a singing telegram who delivers the singing as they are leaving like the singing was the side effect of the telegram It happens at the end and then is all of his exit is just maniacal laughter It's like you a boyfriend better love And then later in the movie he drives by in his weapon when he when he's getting into his car he's like that's my son Give me a movie about the love bug Hi, what's your name? Hi, I'm Cassie so in the massive exposition dump we get in the last like 30 seconds and she can suddenly speak Part of it she explains that she is now been brought down to earth for her good behavior Which raised some implications that in addition and not having a name or a voice angels perhaps don't even have free will But also our angels capable of bad our angels on like a what like are they being monitored? They're fucking angel Shouldn't they be exemplified of good behavior? I think that was what yes if you are an angel you've already done your good behavior You know wait wait wait a second so you think an angel is Someone who is died and and come to heaven Satan was an angel you're right. Satan was a foul angel. So we make sure that that is clear someone just yell Satan was I It was said like this in a moment of chilling silence As if the audience knew this person would need to say this Someone said Satan was an angel Do Do Thank you for quoting metal Ocalypse lyrics at me I will say this though As soon as he said it the whole feeder now smells of sulfur. Yeah There's a fucking goat head on stage All right, you're naming your question. My name is Allison And my question is Do you think this movie is about capitalism? Explain I like it tell me so the The friends when they meet the angel their first response is to Get money monetize it and also the pubicates dad his first response is to Make her the model. Yeah, it's all about business fails He doesn't care about love. He wants to find another way to get money Well, and he doesn't care about his daughter at all. So he just cares about getting the ad is a communist I Do believe this is a scathing indictment of 20th century capitalism so far this is in down Reaganomics this is in the down stars. This is in the greed is good Gordon Gecko era of American greed Everybody just sees an angel and sees dollar signs But the other thing is and I keep on going back to this they accepted her as an angel She does nothing angelic. She's got these wings. I mean, that's pretty angelic But it was like wings and is an angel more we haven't checked them out. No one goes. Let me see What do you want to do with them? Do you think there are angel wing authenticators? What's this? What is this? I've seen that show with Roberto Antique's road show Press people up like panthers and shit you go to hide your clothe Halloween party You're gonna see fucking angel wings. I watch Victoria's secret shows. They got angel wings. You do check it out How often do you watch the in the Victoria's secret angel wings to study for this a lot But I mean, but no one goes like let me touch those shoulders. Let's what do we got? I don't want it. I don't like the way you said that I like any of this by the way Like when Paul says let me touch those short as like take a look under the wings to make sure they were really like you wanted someone to Tell gone. Oh, so Paul think Paul you are Positing that she is a scam artist that my my first instinct would be Check them wings. Yeah show me what's under the hood show me your wings. I show me your actual I grew up in New York. You're good. Tell me an angel. You got proof it. Do some sort of magic and let me touch them wings Wow, I agree. I would like to take you a face value. I agree. I would be skeptical as well I would be skeptical as well. I would want to see where those wings join She doesn't have to prove to either of you that she's an angel, okay But the minute she makes dolphin sounds I'd be like oh classic angel When she was hypnotizing one of the party ninjas I thought they were gonna pull like a little like a little switcheroo And he's like behind this curtain on amazing angel and they're like oh when he reveals it It's gonna be like the party ninjas at the pants down or something and then the angels gonna be gone But no she's still tied up in a chair and then you hear a report ago. Oh, that's not right. Yeah Well, they've got her tied into a chair. They've got a Cloth over her mouth to stop her from doing hypnotic chirping They take it off then they put her then they put one around her eyes as well Do they like one point they thought they have a press conference for kidnapped woman This is like it really is they bring they bring out a woman tied to a chair they bring out a hostage They're like we have a hostage And this is like we are from a grave but we have this Why cover up her wings then like that's actually when we need to see them Oh the choices that these men make thank you, Jim check them wings check them. Yes now I'm on your side I will say I think the t-shirt for this episode should be the t-shirt that they hold up when they're Yes, when they're in the patent office or whatever I like that. I wish the movie had now been about just party ninjas Okay, your name your question hi a Megan my question is what I'm Megan hi Jason What is the angel manual that he's reading in the treehouse where he's like oh according to the book your powers are fully reccompanied wait a second that book was in the treehouse I thought he got that from the library he did but he just said our library brings it to the treehouse. Oh yeah He's doing a lot of had like a colorful cover and the book in the library had like a leather bound Okay, like old book the library in this town has access to books from the 13th century That's a no way the library in this town has books that only giles from Buffy has access to Okay, that's what we're talking about here. This is not real books and Tad is up here reading about angels Like he's cracking the code. He's too dumb. He's way too dumb. There's a book that no one cracks the Bible. Yes No one's looking at the Bible a book that might have some information. This is like so that's why this episode We're giving away a Bible to everybody under your seats Do your seat you will find a Bible how did this get prayed Black it up So good night Minneapolis I was reading the book of Joban. Can you believe this passage? All right, it says right here. He who walks now get this He who walks through a valley now where are these valleys that would be our whole show Your name your question. I'm best and I just want to do address the physical comedy. Oh, we're talking to Cleasy Tonight, we're crazy. Sorry. Go ahead. Please go ahead I mean like the dog the dog attack like everything was just so over the top the dog attack was from the POV of the dog right Going into the man's ass and yet I forgot about that I mean it's not going into the man's ass Seems like he went pretty deep into I feel like he got side cheek and back cheek. Yeah, no, I love I love the dad That after he's been bit on the butt which is like midway through the movie On the high name. Thank you On the high After he's bit on the highney for the rest of the movie he does a lot of sitting down and then jumping up and Oh my highney you know that I was attacked I really laughed when the dad is in the board room And he's trying to describe who the new face of the ethereal beauty line is the hardest laugh in the movie I I genuinely love so hard he goes I got it. It's my daughter's fiance's girlfriend mistress mistress, it's even better And everybody's like uh-huh And it's like it's like the cast you notice for everybody in there is weasels It's a boardroom full of weasels who are like Also, they were alluding to something going horribly wrong in that Again, I think it was Phoebe Phoebe's face The guy comes to their house in the middle of the night with the marketing research reports not sales Like we adjusted the testing. It's bad and gleefully gleefully tells him it's bad. I had to come over and tell you it's bad Your instincts are shit your daughter is the worst I wrote down the press is witnessing an abduction go ahead your name your question hi. I am Dina Hi, Dina hi Has anyone figured out what the date was? What date? Oh, oh, I see it they teach alert date Yeah, there doesn't appear too big I think it's a good date like his date with destiny That's not like I like not like uh, we go to Benagans. It's like it's just a general my day. Yeah, they go to Wendy's It's interesting though. By the way, what an indictment on Wendy's. I know I didn't even think about it. It is interesting though because I I do have a vague memory of the dad and the engagement party scene Talking to Ted's mom who we haven't even touched on her. Oh, we haven't even said a word about her yet I have we need to spend roughly the next two hours talking about her Ted's dad and also where's Phoebe's mom unknown, but I do remember a reference to Ted working for her dad and that being the path and that it seemed like that's where we're going But I don't know because once once Phoebe's on screen. She doesn't seem to care I had it in me she was it was confusing to me that when he shows up at her house She throws stuff out the window. They weren't living together So she's just throwing her own shit out the window Well some of it is like cards and stuff that he's probably giving or whatever, but like yeah I agree it doesn't seem like that's a family that allows her boyfriend to sleep over but then again That I agree, but that suggests that she lives with her parents air go is young And so then I'm like how old are these characters supposed to be Now hours away from the movie. It's kind of starting to make a bit more sense. I think I think we're supposed to believe that Ted's from the wrong side of the tracks and that this marriage is going to be meaningful To his family and to his mom because they are going to profit off of it. Yes. Okay, because he drives like a piece of shit card She drives a corvette lives in a mansion and her dad is like Business business capitalist capitalism keeping up with the Jones is okay. You're name your question. You have a screen gravel I'm well Less of a question more of a reading of Roger Ebert's review of this movie. Okay. This is great. I actually Well, can you play room? We'd have never done this before I was gonna save this to the end, but I think it's worthy of it now. Can you play uh review? The most impressive thing about this whole movie is the way that a manual Bayard is actually able to play a convincing angel At least I was convinced and if it's not an angel then at least it's certainly a beautiful blonde with wings On some kind of a basic level. I liked her performance. In fact, I think you can even guess what that basic level probably was sexual And I liked a lot of the details of her relationship with Michael A Knight. You're being so kind I think this movie is garbage. I did not think she was convincing. I didn't think it was magical I didn't think the character surrounding her were interesting. All she does is chirp She is a beautiful woman. She now comes out. There are lots of beautiful women in the world. There are not that many Yeah, there are not that many there are not either a few movies that are there as bad as this one I'm kind of a basic human level upon which you can respond to beauty or this nature. Yes without having to just always be a critic all the time and see how dumb the movie is Yes, isn't there something pretty to look at there? Yes, and then then the movie starts rolling take a still picture of her I love Nothing I grew up every week watching at the movies on PBS every I Nothing is better than the animosity the gene syscle and Roger ebert have for each other it is So powerful how much they dislike each other and how much they are just constantly going after each other I mean, and that is brilliant like you know, I like her sexual sexual So upsetting can we bring on our second opinion people right now if I here's the thing while you guys are lining up If I'm sad Have some fucking balls and go and have a conversation with Phoebe Kates and be like it's over They cut all of that stuff out because oh we did it this the bachelor party he goes like I know you called after you woke up and tried to explain the situation like why didn't we get this even that that he says I'll be there in a half an hour doesn't do that clearly doesn't even have any attention This guy is a fucking piece of shit and I hate him For what he did to our girl. Yeah, it might be a piece of shit But you know what there are people out there that think a little bit differently because now it is time for a second opinions So in my bed And going to Amazon To leave I review Gonna be five We you you look just like a angel Oh, oh, and I'm recently engaged. I don't know what this movie's about anyway. I don't care about that I give it five stars Yes Amazing job great Wow Every single one of the 32 people who sang songs tonight were perfect Thank you so much those are amazing songs and now we're gonna read some amazing reviews on Amazon There are one thousand four hundred and three reviews of date with an angel average rating four point seven out of five star four point seven wow out of five stars 82% are five star reviews only Two percent are one star reviews Mel Leonard writes this is in 2018 Title a movie that has remained as one of my favorites for decades When I was a movie theater manager back in the 80s I had the pleasure of screening this movie and I thought it was wonderful Girls came out of the theater crying on their boyfriend's shoulders and everyone had smiles on their faces However The critics pandit terribly and not many came to see this great show which I thought was a real crime Because of these charlatan judges This movie failed at the box office. I have never forgiven those who were responsible for this I just want to say I still think this is a great movie and I highly recommend it to anyone dated Pardon the pun Though it may be It is both funny heartwarming and sometimes sad but With the proverbial happy ending You will do yourself a favor If you take the time to watch it five stars thank you mel Leonard Now mel has a little bit of an edge and soda share not share with an AC but share with an S And share of an S wrote this in 2011 and the title is DVD date with an angel This DVD was difficult to locate and the costing Canada was double From amazon I got my DVD and I enjoyed it very much And I was delighted to add it to my collection I wish amazon would arrange to deliver to Canada As having to drive to the US to pick up a parcel at a designated place is a bit much Thank you again amazon and I hope you will consider Find the same products in Canada or the US or rather than selling it or going overseas Keep it at home Keep it Americans and keep Canadians working five stars What the fuck is that review about This person starts about this movie and ends with keep Canadians working Capitalism wow, yeah capitalism indeed Uh, and that was that review was written by Justin Trudeau And you know what a lot of his legislation gets first started at the review level And then it moves up That's the way you have to do it in Canada apparently We've got some great reviews on Amazon We're having fun Are our costs rights this the title great movie My wife and I love this movie we feel divorced We feel that the ethics for the wings were done extremely well Much better and more realistic than what I think could be done with CG We just love the detail put into this movie more happy to add it to our DVD collection Five stars great movie I can I say one thing about that I Agree I think because the wings were not too white. I guess they just seemed like they had been I don't know used for some time. Wow That's why she's behaving badly. She's behaving badly now. She's behaving better like those were used wings Well, she gets a good way used winged good way I agree and I thought they I actually thought they looked good as well And I thought they did a good job of not giving us too much access to them So as you let them be let them breathe let them look better or see I did take issue with the scene where he was trying to disguise her I can understand putting a coat on the wings, but why does she need to be in a hat and sunglasses? I'm so sorry Also, why does she need high heels Get get a flat angel sneakers please get a flat sneakers or flip flops give her anything There's a decidedly angry attitude to you want to put an angel in Why she doesn't belong in flip flops? Well, you want to put an angel that she's an angel. That's my favorite John Pryne song Angel in flip flops walking through my life Isn't that the I don't know if you'll meet me tonight miniapolis Oh god come tomorrow, and I will see what's up in the in the toughest times I was carrying you, but I tripped on my flip flops right that's the Ed from Denver writes this The title is What is there to say about a movie I ordered dot dot dot What is there to say about a movie I ordered because I already knew about it before I ordered it Five stars I Think he thought he needed to like I think he's confused about what reviews are Um, I will I will read one you think he ordered it and then got the email and it was like leave a review here He was just like what hasn't arrived yet, but I Mean I already ordered yeah, I ordered it it came a review. I gave you a review of the ordering process This is um a review written by I am blessed The title is for angel lovers and others To me a collector of angel lore a manual bear is the personification of angels My guardian angel agrees What I think you will agree five stars That's chilling I just picture that person watching the movie and then looking at an empty chair and being like I know Me too So those are some five star reviews we got a bunch there a bunch of great ones I guess the question is Would you recommend this movie yes Yes forever and only yes if only to see what a piece of shit tad is For choosing this angel who is not gonna be with him forever. She's just clearly glomming on to him for her music career Um To pass up Phoebe Kates again. This is a movie about Phoebe Kates I won't hear anything else and it's fantastic everybody should watch it Yeah, this is really like this was a fine. This was a wonderful fight and I did genuinely ensure I did enjoy it I think I think I really I I don't know which I'm this up anymore. I think I ain't really enjoyed it This movie was released in the theater and made like this is a real movie We're gonna see it like there were no questions asked this feels to me like whatever you want to do Make it and they're paying for music the cars Steve One would there are needle drops of hit songs Steve when woods the finer things is in this song don't worry I had that tape guys And at this point I was 15 years old. I had this tape. I listened to this song and I was lonely The movie bankrupted the studio that released it They thought it was gonna help reinvigorate it but this year was bad for them in it was a $8 million movie that made two million dollars But it was nominated for best fantasy film with the 1988 Saturn awards and lost to the princess bride This is a this I feel like now this movie would be a faith-based movie You know, yeah, sorry, it would skew in that direction and would be Appropriately not as sexual not yeah, go ahead here's what I would say This is blind date The Bruce Wallace movie I think you put Bruce Wallace in this movie I think you put Kim basinger in this movie. It's a big hit great big hit. It's big. Oh you We're talking about splash. I think splash is so much is so similar But Tom hanks Darrell Hannah it is electric, you know, there you go It is not an electric connection between any of the people here and Phoebe Kates is pouring incredible work Into like a bottomless pit of nonsense. I will say this I think we figured out our shirt which is the shirt they made in the actual movie. I think that's the one It's pretty well. I don't quite remember but I think that's pretty good. I think we can just cheat it I remember feeling like when I saw it there was like angel wings on the back. Can we do that Paul? Please Paul can we please have two sides please Paul we are gonna do two sides Every now and then I like to keep the cost down, but you know what you guys need a two-sided shirt Minneapolis Thank you array for coming out here tonight Now Billy Joel good night everybody Each video That is a wrap on date with an angel thanks again to the entire staff at the Pantages theater and our fantastic Minneapolis audience we love you mini Our t-shirt design for this episode says angel just in quotes on the front with an image of huge Angel wings on the back to get this shirt and more just click on the merch link at hdtgm.com as always if you have a correction or a mission from this episode Leave me a voicemail at 619 PA UL ASK already comment on our discord at discord.gg slash Hdtgm and I will respond to your messages next week on last looks dinosaur improv will be back at Largo in Los Angeles on February 28th with edie Patterson and Nicole buyers so many great people Danielle Schneider will be there as well as Rob Hewbom myself you can watch a dark web every single week for free on youtube and remember if you listen to this podcast on Apple or Spotify make sure you are subscribed to our feed and have automatic downloads turned on in the show settings It helps us and we appreciate it a lot and lastly I give a huge thanks to our behind the scenes team I'm talking about our producer Scott Sonny Molly Reynolds our engineer Casey Holford our social media manager Zoe Applebaum and our intern Quinn Jennings We will forever be thankful to the one and only Avril Halley. 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