Episode 26.5: The Tuxedo

To be fair I was also born in 2001 and while I totally know who he is I haven’t had a thought about him in the pst ten years outside of these episodes so I could see someone born in like 2005 not having much of an idea

Salsa Roja

Yup. Born in 1984, still listened to the Beatles, the Who, Simon & Garfunkel. Who doesn't grow up at least partially enjoying their parents' cultural touchstones? Hell, even ancient Mesopotamian copper seller Ea-Nasir has a tumblr fandom.

Lauren Shear

speaking as someone born in 2001, of course i know who jackie fuckin chan is, my man is a legend also very funny hearing people not even out of their twenties going on like they ancient cuz an imagined group of young people dont know a pop cultural figure

Login

Super excited for the foreigner

Why is the Podcast Image the HeroForge shirt and tie and not the actual tuxedo outfit that’s also there?

Harrison Fuller

drunken master 2 is great

L

subscribed specifically to listen to this episode. I never watched this movie, but I do remember getting the trailer for it on every PG movie I ever bought or rented in 2002. "What a great concept for a movie," I thought. "Surely even Hollywood couldn't completely ruin this"

J Grant

Dante's Peak would've been better

James Craft

Imagining the process that results in an organization tying a prisoner up in shibari. Thug 1: "So, uh, does any of us actually know how to securely tie people up?" Thug 3: "I'm sure I can find instructions on the internet somewhere..." *smash cut to shibari-tied prisoner* Thug 1: ... Thug 3: "What? I followed the instructions!"

Violet

kind of sobering realizing Jackie Chan needs explained

Broth Mirepoix

lol "misogyny" tag

anamoy

Damn do I wish Community-Supported Agriculture was more popular...

Tripp

shot in the dark here, but perhaps "Jackie Chan Adventures" which was incredible

Maz

I remember this movie fairly well, but like, not the misogyny, the cool tuxedo, the people crumbling into dust (I sure thought about that for a while when I was a kid) and that thing about lighting a cigarette I feel a lot of movies around that time had the same level of misogyny

Maz

I know I'm not young but listening to them describe Jackie Chan made my bones crumble. He was in that movie Rush Hour that came out what, 5 or 6 years ago? No I will not look up the exact date.

Matt

i am a zoomer and i briefly remember watching a jackie chan cartoon like once. have no idea what it’s called

molotawv

I am from Hong Kong and I have been encouraging my friends to subscribe to this bonus feed to learn more about Hong Kong cinema.

Maloria

Don’t worry young people know who Jackie Chan is. When we were kids we watched him beat up a group of twelve year olds in the Karate Kid remake.

Bees McBee

Had to listen to Alice's Liz impression five or six times for important cinema appreciation reasons

ZaitsevFred

crumbling into dust when they say that young people wont know who Jackie Chan is

Lyra

Update: "stargazy pie"

obliteron

Got to the end of the episode feeling pretty normal and then Abi destroys me with the phrase "delicious fish pie". A thing I have never conceived of. I don't want to search "fish pie" on a Tuesday night, but I'm gonna.

obliteron

cant believe jennifer love hewitt specifically is such a misogynist.... smh..............

Kstoff

Weirdly the second podcast I listen to that decided to shit on The Tuxedo this month, is this hauntology?

Potato

"called the BBC usually" i am clapping for you alone in my house

Kstoff

"you told me you dealt with Devin with the skate board bomb" is delivered with exactly the same cadence as "do I look like I know what a JPEG is"

Anthony

Oh god, poor Grace. At least you didn't make her watch this one.

dm

Welp, I guess I have to take down my Combined Syndicates of America flag.

Chandler Hull

I haven't listened yet but for some reason that little image of a heroforge business shirt made me laugh out loud.

Kill James Bond Highlights

Idk what the age range for Patrons here are but I’m 20 and I did know who Jackie Chan was. I grew up on reruns of the cartoon

For non-American listeners, "CSA" here means "Confederate States of America"

David L

Chan did appear in little live-action outro sequences to tell you facts and shit. It was great.

dm

For those younger listeners who don't quite grasp how absolutely huge Jackie Chan was at this time, there was an animated TV series in which Jackie Chan was straight up voiced by another dude. And we ate that shit up so much it ran for five goddamn seasons. The theme tune was by Wheatus, who almost still mattered at that point.

dm