"90s" Action Trivia - Nick Scarpino's Game Showdown

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Detailed Summary of "90s Action Trivia - Nick Scarpino's Game Showdown" Episode

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Podcast: Kinda Funny Gamescast: Video Game Podcast
Episode: "90s Action Trivia - Nick Scarpino's Game Showdown"
Release Date: August 1, 2025
Hosts: Tim Gettys, Greg “GameOverGreggy” Miller, Blessing Adeoye, Andy Cortez
Guest Participants: Gary Whitta, Josh Makuga, Snowbike Mike
Knowledge Cutoff: 2023-10

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Introduction and Setup [00:00 - 03:16]

The episode kicks off with Nick Scarpino enthusiastically welcoming listeners to Game Showdown, a special trivia segment dedicated to 90s action movies. Joining him are Gary Whitta and Josh Makuga, alongside Snowbike Mike. Nick sets a nostalgic tone, inviting everyone to dive back into the memorable action flicks of the 90s.

Notable Quote:
Nick Scarpino: “Get ready for Game Showdown. What's up, everybody?” ([00:00])

Round One: Bullet Points Trivia [03:16 - 11:20]

Nick explains the first round, Bullet Points, where participants guess the movie based on sequential bullet points describing it. The stipulation allows each contestant to buzz in once per bullet point.

Key Moments:

• First Question: The description begins with a 1994 release. Josh initially guesses “Jurassic Park” ([02:17]), but Gary correctly identifies "Street Fighter" ([03:43]).

  Notable Quote:
  Josh Makuga: “90s, so he's frozen out for the next bullet point, right?” ([02:10])

• Dynamic Interaction: Josh and Nick engage in playful banter over character references and game mechanics, injecting humor into the competitive atmosphere.

  Notable Quote:
  Josh Makuga: "That's way off." ([02:04])

Shout Out Tournament Introduction [04:04 - 04:34]

Nick introduces Shout Out, a four-week tournament where participants compete for a grand prize—a C.J. Rolf statue and a $25 Outback Steakhouse gift card. The excitement builds as participants gear up for the competitive rounds ahead.

Notable Quote:
Nick Scarpino: “Everyone today is competing for the grand prize of this wonderful statue by C.J. Rolf and a $25 Outback Steakhouse gift card.” ([04:21])

Round Two: Messy Mashups and Order of Release [05:11 - 11:20]

The trivia intensifies with Messy Mashups, where participants guess the combination of two movie titles based on a provided clue.

Key Moments:

• Mashup Challenge: Josh accurately guesses the mashup "Point Break" ([07:38]), earning points for Gary and himself despite initial confusion.

  Notable Quote:
  Josh Makuga: "Let's go with the darkest movie ever made. Schindler's List." ([02:44])

• Order of Release: Participants arrange 90s action movies from oldest to newest. Both Gary and Mike come close, earning partial points for their answers.

  Notable Quote:
  Nick Scarpino: "I probably would have guessed that Broken Arrow was a little older." ([10:08])

Mid-Round Break and Sponsor Messages [17:08 - 19:48]

A brief hiatus introduces sponsors Mood.com and Factor Meals, providing listeners with promotional offers and encouraging participation in audience surveys. Nick seamlessly transitions back to the game, maintaining the episode's momentum.

Back Nine: Geo Nick Round [19:48 - 32:27]

Post-ad break, the episode delves into the Geo Nick segment, a visually driven trivia round where participants identify movies based on images of actors from various 90s action films.

Key Moments:

• Predator Identification: Josh correctly identifies "Predator" by recognizing the iconic mullet on Jean-Claude Van Damme ([22:52]).

  Notable Quote:
  Josh Makuga: "That's Predator." ([22:52])

• Terminator Challenge: The final round poses a tricky set of Terminator-themed questions. Despite some confusion, Snowbike Mike emerges victorious by correctly identifying three out of four Terminator films ([30:17]).

  Notable Quote:
  Nick Scarpino: “What airport did Die Hard 2 take place?” ([13:38])

Conclusion and Winner Announcement [30:29 - 32:27]

The game concludes with Snowbike Mike winning 280 points, advancing to the final episode for a chance to secure the grand prize. The hosts celebrate his triumph, hinting at an exciting finale and continuing the engaging blend of trivia and camaraderie that defines Kinda Funny Gamescast.

Notable Quote:
Nick Scarpino: “The winner of this episode, ladies and gentlemen. Give him a nice round of applause with 280 points and he will advance.” ([30:22])

Memorable Interactions and Humor

Throughout the episode, the hosts and participants share light-hearted moments and witty exchanges, enhancing the listener's experience:

• Humorous Banter:
  Josh Makuga: “I didn't know I was. Oh, God.” ([00:24])

• Playful Teasing:
  Nick Scarpino: “He's a handsome man.” ([00:42])

• Contestant Reactions:
  Josh Makuga: “I'll tell you. Mine says we ride together. My wife says we die together.” ([06:35])

Notable Quotes with Timestamps

• Nick on Game Rules:
  Nick Scarpino: “You get it wrong, they get to go. Okay, so they can buzz in next.” ([01:48])

• Josh on Correct Answers:
  Josh Makuga: “Last action hero. Wait. Last action Showgirl.” ([12:46])

• Gary on Movie Knowledge:
  Gary Whitta: “I think whoever gets the most correct, they get the points.” ([09:24])

Final Thoughts

"90s Action Trivia - Nick Scarpino's Game Showdown" successfully blends nostalgia with competitive fun, celebrating iconic 90s action movies while engaging listeners through dynamic interactions and challenging trivia. With Snowbike Mike advancing to the finale, the episode promises continued excitement and entertainment, staying true to Kinda Funny's reputation for insightful and enjoyable content.

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Transcript

[Nick Scarpino]

Let's flashback to the 90s with round robin and Giotta. Get ready for Game Showdown. What's up, everybody? Welcome back to Game Showdown. I am your host, Nick Scarpino, and today I am joined by Gary Whitta. Hello, Snowbike Mike. Thanks for having me. And making his triumphant return to kind of funny content, Mr. Josh Makuga.

[Josh Makuga]

Nick, it's so great to be here. Really and truly. I didn't know I was. Oh, God.

[Nick Scarpino]

Oh, yes, there it is.

[Josh Makuga]

You guys are trying to SC me as per usual. You know, I was saying Tom Selleck earlier, but it was more like the villain in Better Call Saul in the.

[Gary Whitta]

Lalo.

[Josh Makuga]

Lalo. Yeah, little Lalo, right? Yeah.

[Nick Scarpino]

I don't know if that's a compliment.

[Josh Makuga]

No, he's a handsome man.

[Nick Scarpino]

Well, it. I'll take it. Yeah, I'll take it, Josh. Listen, ladies and gentlemen, I'm gonna give you the glockenspiel, the whole thing, all the rules, all that stuff. But that's not how this show.

[Josh Makuga]

Really quick, Nick, it's Tony Dalton is.

[Nick Scarpino]

The actor he's talking about. Oh, Tony Dalton from. From the MCU universe. Yeah, I appreciate. Tony. I would like Rob Delaney at some point, but that's okay, we'll get there. We'll work up to that.

[Josh Makuga]

You as full of faces, Rob Delaney.

[Nick Scarpino]

Well, okay, again, is there a possibility of doing negative points for Josh? Can we start him at a negative?

[Josh Makuga]

Why do you want Rob Delaney so bad?

[Nick Scarpino]

He's just so good looking.

[Josh Makuga]

He's a good looking.

[Nick Scarpino]

He's handsome, tall, drink of water, he's got a great career. Guys, we're going to start off with a buzzer. Buzzer question. We're starting off with a triple question. Going straight into it. So this question is worth 10 points and a chance to start off very, very strong buzz in. To answer. Here is the opening question. We're going to call this section Bullet Points. I'm going to read you details about a movie one bullet point at a time. It is your job to buzz in. And guess what movie this is. You can. You can each buzz in once per bullet point.

[Snowbike Mike]

Is there a penalty for buzzing? Butting in? Buzzing in and getting it wrong.

[Nick Scarpino]

You get it wrong, they get to go. Okay, so they can buzz in next. Okay, if that makes sense. Bullet point number one. This movie was released in 1994. Die Hard.

[Josh Makuga]

That's way off.

[Nick Scarpino]

That is incorrect.

[Josh Makuga]

90.

[Snowbike Mike]

So he's frozen out for the next bullet point, right?

[Nick Scarpino]

He can't guess right now.

[Josh Makuga]

Just.

[Nick Scarpino]

Okay, you guys can guess on this 1994 bullet point.

[Josh Makuga]

Oh, okay.

[Nick Scarpino]

You don't have to guess either.

[Josh Makuga]

Jurassic Park.

[Nick Scarpino]

No. Moving on. Do you want to hazard a guess or do you want to wait till the next.

[Josh Makuga]

Take a guess. Come on. Yes.

[Snowbike Mike]

Schindler's List.

[Nick Scarpino]

No.

[Josh Makuga]

We'Re going, like, funny. Good. Let's go with the darkest movie ever made. Schindler's List. That's definitely in Scarpino's wheelhouse, weirdly enough.

[Nick Scarpino]

And I don't want to listen. I don't. Mike, listen. I don't want to throw shade at anyone right now. Yeah, yeah. But two people wrote this document.

[Josh Makuga]

Okay?

[Nick Scarpino]

Okay. Especially the line that my cold open, which I didn't know I had to do until today. Okay.

[Josh Makuga]

Really good.

[Nick Scarpino]

When we talked about the. The introduction for this episode and when I pimped it on the show like last week and coming into this week, it wasn't 90s. And I apologize, guys. This is absolutely my apology. This is my problem. This is my fault. It's not just the 90s. It's 90s action movies. That would have been helpful today, ladies and gentlemen.

[Josh Makuga]

So let's avoid shind list.

[Nick Scarpino]

Let's go to bullet point number two. This movie was distribute distributed by Universal Pictures.

[Josh Makuga]

Days of Thunder. No, that's the 80s, I think. Was it 91.

[Nick Scarpino]

Bullet point number three. This movie was directed by Steven E. De Souza.

[Snowbike Mike]

Gary Whitta, Street Fighter.

[Nick Scarpino]

Street Fighter is correct.

[Josh Makuga]

Dang it. Whoa. What a big winner. Let's go.

[Nick Scarpino]

Well done, Gary Whitta.

[Snowbike Mike]

Thank you.

[Josh Makuga]

And I will back that movie up in a dark alley anytime that movie is criminally un.

[Snowbike Mike]

Going to kick Kyle's ass like K Bison's ass.

[Josh Makuga]

Who wants to go home? And who wants to go with me? Let's go. Good movie.

[Nick Scarpino]

Ladies and gentlemen, this game Shout Out. Nick Takeover. A four week tournament that will test Kind of funny's knowledge of movies. And more importantly, me, Nick Scarpino. Everyone today is competing for the grand prize of this wonderful statue by C.J. rolf and a $25 Outback Steakhouse gift card.

[Josh Makuga]

What?

[Nick Scarpino]

That was. That was a gift from Michael. Roger does not want.

[Josh Makuga]

Also no blue and onion. This is. What's the.

[Snowbike Mike]

Where's the awesome blossom?

[Josh Makuga]

I believe that is Chilies Applebee's.

[Snowbike Mike]

The Blooming onion is Outback.

[Josh Makuga]

Outback. Okay.

[Nick Scarpino]

All right.

[Josh Makuga]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I know it's.

[Nick Scarpino]

This is at least one and a half blooming onions right here for you guys, if not two. Barrett, let's take a look at the bracket right now while we've got you so here's where we're at, guys. You guys are competing. Whoever wins this is going to go to the final episode to compete for this wonderful gift card. You will be competing against Andy Cortez and the master of Disaster himself, Greg Miller. But we're not there yet.

[Josh Makuga]

You really. You threw Greg against Lucy Jane games and Joey.

[Nick Scarpino]

Yeah, I thought Lucy was really going to know a lot about Ben Affleck because that episode was all about Ben Affleck. And she said, I don't know anything about Ben Affleck. And then she said if I knew anything about Keanu Reeves, it would be good. And I was like, well, I could have written an all Keanu Reeves episode, but you didn't tell me that.

[Josh Makuga]

That's true. Trying to rig this thing so Greg doesn't keep winning.

[Nick Scarpino]

Well, I mean, I'd like braids and all these things. He has the memory of an elephant.

[Josh Makuga]

Yeah.

[Nick Scarpino]

And the psychosis of a psychopathic killer. If you guys love what we do, consider backing us over with a kind of funny membership over on Patreon or YouTube to of our shows ad free. Watch us record live and get a daily exclusive show. Thank you to our Patreon producers. Carl Jacobs, Omega Buster. Danny the Psalm Delaney, the Psalm Twining. For now, let's play round robin. The rules are simple. Round robin is pretty straightforward question and answer game about movies. I'm going to give you a question. You have your buzzers that you'll use to buzz in for the answer. You can buzz in once per round. If you get the correct answer, that's 10 points. Contestants, are you ready?

[Josh Makuga]

I am. Who did the music? Is that Andy? Did he make that music?

[Nick Scarpino]

No, that's. That. That's not Cameron who does the music for our stuff.

[Gary Whitta]

No, that was just generic stuff I think I found online.

[Nick Scarpino]

Okay, question number one.

[Snowbike Mike]

Are we buzzing?

[Nick Scarpino]

We're gonna buzz in for this. Finish the quote. Finish the quote. Ride together.

[Josh Makuga]

Oh, die together. Bad boys for life.

[Nick Scarpino]

That is correct.

[Josh Makuga]

That's good. Says it on my wedding ring.

[Nick Scarpino]

Gary. Not happy about that.

[Josh Makuga]

That's a red flag.

[Nick Scarpino]

Not happy about that one.

[Josh Makuga]

I'll tell you. Mine says we ride together. My wife says we die together. Seven years strong and a baby to boot.

[Nick Scarpino]

Question number two is a messy mashup question. Listen to the rules first. Before I read. This is a little harder. I'm going to read you a clue which will be the description of a movie. The answer will be the name of two movies mashed up together. Here's an example. This is just a for example During a massive storm, an ex con finds himself a reluctant participant in a casino heist. Remember, this is 90s action, so the answer to this would be hard. Reindeer Games.

[Josh Makuga]

Oh, solid. Holy. All right, rain's a good one.

[Nick Scarpino]

Here is the question. In this film, a series of banks are rob robbed to fund a trip to a 10 year high school reunion in Michigan.

[Josh Makuga]

Makua. Oh, I just buzz. Point gross. Point blank. Wait, no. Gross. Point break. Blank. Point break Blank, gross.

[Snowbike Mike]

Gross, point break.

[Nick Scarpino]

Give me one gross.

[Josh Makuga]

Point break.

[Nick Scarpino]

That is correct.

[Snowbike Mike]

To be fair, I gave it to.

[Josh Makuga]

Him, so I should have half of the points out.

[Nick Scarpino]

You did give it to him, damn it.

[Josh Makuga]

Okay, yeah, give him half.

[Snowbike Mike]

He's giving me five off of him as well. For sake.

[Nick Scarpino]

Yeah, give him five. It'll be tied at 15. Yeah, that's right. Okay, wait. Get it right.

[Snowbike Mike]

No, you can leave it there. It's fine.

[Nick Scarpino]

Okay, for this, you guys will probably need the whiteboards in front of you.

[Josh Makuga]

We're gonna play.

[Nick Scarpino]

Order up. I want you guys to list the.

[Josh Makuga]

Categories are in this game show. Face Punch. This is where Josh takes off his palm like Jes. Nick.

[Snowbike Mike]

All right, you're.

[Nick Scarpino]

You're almost winning. Josh. Relax.

[Josh Makuga]

Almost winning.

[Nick Scarpino]

All right, list the following movies in order of release, from oldest to newest. So what came out first? All the way to what came out last? In the scale of time, you just.

[Snowbike Mike]

Said two different things. Oldest and newest. What came out first would be newest to oldest.

[Josh Makuga]

No.

[Nick Scarpino]

Which movie came out? Which movie came out first? Which would make it the oldest movie.

[Josh Makuga]

Yeah, right.

[Nick Scarpino]

Okay, to newest. Does that make sense? Earliest in the time to latest in time.

[Josh Makuga]

Got it.

[Nick Scarpino]

Okay, we go. The following movies are.

[Snowbike Mike]

Didn't know there'd be math.

[Nick Scarpino]

Broken Arrow, Point Break, Under Siege, and Die Hard With a Vengeance. They're right in front of you. Thank you, Barrett. I thought you didn't know we were going to do that. You have 60 seconds. Which movie came out first? And then go all the way to which movie came out the most recent? Oldest to newest.

[Gary Whitta]

All right, I like this.

[Nick Scarpino]

And Roger, we give them points based on closest or whoever.

[Gary Whitta]

I think whoever gets the most right. So whoever gets the most correct, they get the points. If it's a tie, they both get points.

[Nick Scarpino]

Now, I love this. Gary going through the encyclopedia of knowledge that he has for movies. Josh doing the same. Mike. Just guessing. Mike has no context for any of these movies.

[Snowbike Mike]

I mean, he's guessing.

[Josh Makuga]

I don't know how many as good as mine.

[Snowbike Mike]

My guess, he's seen at least one.

[Josh Makuga]

At least one in Here. I think that I'm missing.

[Nick Scarpino]

All right, it could switch three seconds. All right, Michael, because you are behind, we're going to start with you. Yes.

[Josh Makuga]

Oldest to newest.

[Nick Scarpino]

Okay. Get ready with me.

[Josh Makuga]

Under Siege. Saw that movie with Nick. Get my pies out the oven. They're on a boat.

[Nick Scarpino]

That's old.

[Josh Makuga]

Okay, that was pretty old.

[Nick Scarpino]

Broken Arrow.

[Josh Makuga]

I've never heard of this movie, so I'm going to say it's fairly old as well. Number two, then number three, Point Break the Boaty. You know what I mean? Getting after Endless Summer and then Die Hard With a Vengeance. Is this like, the fifth Die Hard? The third one.

[Nick Scarpino]

I don't never seen that one.

[Josh Makuga]

So guess what? That's number four.

[Nick Scarpino]

Mike, you are nearly perfect in how wrong you are with all of those. I don't think you got a single one of those correct.

[Josh Makuga]

Okay, good to know. Good to know, Good to know.

[Nick Scarpino]

Josh, we'll go to you next.

[Josh Makuga]

You didn't get a single one correct.

[Nick Scarpino]

I don't believe so.

[Josh Makuga]

Okay. All right. So I went Point Break, then Under Siege, then Broken Arrow, then Die Hard With a Vengeance. But is Die. Die Hard With a Vengeance seems like the most recent.

[Nick Scarpino]

Right, Gary, let's see what you have.

[Snowbike Mike]

I actually have. I've got the same A Point Break first, then Under Siege, then Broken Arrow, then Die Hard.

[Nick Scarpino]

You were both very, very close. We're going to give you both 10 points for that. It's Point Break, Under Siege, Die Hard with a vengeance, 95. Then broken arrow.

[Snowbike Mike]

And so we had the last two flips.

[Nick Scarpino]

Yeah, the last two.

[Snowbike Mike]

It's only like a year apart.

[Josh Makuga]

No, I know.

[Nick Scarpino]

That's the hard part. That's the hard part. I probably would have guessed the same as you guys. I probably would have guessed that Broken Arrow was a little older.

[Josh Makuga]

And out of those four, the only one that isn't like, the cultist of cult classics, in my opinion, is Broken Arrow. Like, I don't need to see that.

[Nick Scarpino]

One again, I don't think Broken Arrow, not a very good film in my.

[Josh Makuga]

It's the one where they detonate the nuke underground and, like, the ground ripples.

[Nick Scarpino]

That might be chain reaction that you're thinking. I digress. Ladies and gentlemen, on to a buzzer question. Get your buzzers ready.

[Josh Makuga]

I'm heating up. I might need to take my sweater off.

[Nick Scarpino]

What is the name of the actress who played Julie in the film Bad Boys?

[Josh Makuga]

Leone.

[Nick Scarpino]

That is correct.

[Josh Makuga]

You are really playing my strengths here. It's Garfina.

[Nick Scarpino]

Messy mashup time.

[Josh Makuga]

Yes.

[Nick Scarpino]

Pull them Back together.

[Snowbike Mike]

Is this a buzzer again?

[Nick Scarpino]

This is. This is another buzzer. But again, I'll read you again. It's a mashup of two movies. I'm gonna give you a clue. Name the movie that is the mashup of these two. For example, an eccentric billionaire turned hero searches for a best friend to love. The answer would be, I love you, Iron Man.

[Josh Makuga]

Oh, okay.

[Nick Scarpino]

Here is your movie. Roger didn't like that one either, but I kept it in there because I was proud of it.

[Josh Makuga]

I was going to say, I love you, Batman, eccentric billionaire.

[Nick Scarpino]

Oh, that would have worked too. I would actually give you that one in this film. Here's the prompt. In this film, get sucked into the screen to solve the murder of an ex cheerleader turned pole dancer.

[Josh Makuga]

Who?

[Nick Scarpino]

I'm going to give you 15 seconds.

[Josh Makuga]

Last action hero. Wait. Last action Showgirl.

[Nick Scarpino]

Incorrect.

[Josh Makuga]

Mike, who framed Jumanji? What?

[Nick Scarpino]

Was it even a mashup of anything?

[Josh Makuga]

Last action.

[Nick Scarpino]

You know what? Give him five points for that.

[Josh Makuga]

I think I might have it.

[Snowbike Mike]

Read it to me one more time.

[Nick Scarpino]

Okay. In this film, get sucked into the screen to solve the murder of an ex cheerleader turned pole dancer.

[Snowbike Mike]

Last action boy scout.

[Nick Scarpino]

That is correct. The last action boy scout.

[Josh Makuga]

Is correct. Gary, Good job.

[Nick Scarpino]

Those are fun. Those are my. The most fun things to write. Yeah, two episodes ago, it was Argon Girl.

[Josh Makuga]

Oh, that's pretty good.

[Nick Scarpino]

I had a great one and Greg got that. I was very excited about that. All right, this is a multiple choice question, but remember, you guys can buzz in whenever you want on this, okay? You can buzz in if you know the answer, or you can wait for all the multiple choice answers for this question. What airport did Die Hard 2 take place? Gary?

[Snowbike Mike]

Widow, Dulles.

[Nick Scarpino]

Dulles Airport. Is correct. Is correct.

[Josh Makuga]

Really good, Gary. Nice.

[Snowbike Mike]

Thanks, buddy.

[Josh Makuga]

Dang.

[Nick Scarpino]

Question number 10.

[Josh Makuga]

It's good.

[Snowbike Mike]

Roger's cracking up.

[Josh Makuga]

Roger's got a hell of a laugh.

[Nick Scarpino]

Well, here's the thing with Roger that you guys don't understand. I wrote all these questions, and Roger doesn't think any of them are real. So the fact that you guys are answering them correctly is blowing his mind right now.

[Gary Whitta]

Yeah, I. I really thought this was just made just for Nick Scarpino. So this is kind of blowing my mind right now that this is happening.

[Josh Makuga]

I mean, if you ever fly through Baltimore, it's no dullest. Based solely on the Die Hard 2 plot. It's really fair.

[Nick Scarpino]

That is fair. All right, question number 10 in.

[Snowbike Mike]

Are we on buzzers?

[Nick Scarpino]

We are buzzers.

[Snowbike Mike]

Okay.

[Nick Scarpino]

In 1993, in 1993 movie Hard Target, why was Jean Claude Van Damme's character named Chance?

[Josh Makuga]

Oh, my God. Because his mama took one.

[Nick Scarpino]

Because his mama took one.

[Josh Makuga]

Oh, come on.

[Nick Scarpino]

That is correct. All right, we're moving into our round Two, I guess, would be from here on out. Correct answers are 20 points, and I'm not asking questions to the group. These are tailored questions for each contestant. You have 15 seconds to answer. Gary, we will start with you. Don't worry about the buzzer. You're the only person that can answer this. If he gets this wrong, though, pay attention because you guys will get a chance to steal. All right.

[Josh Makuga]

Sweater. Can we. Is that.

[Nick Scarpino]

You can do whatever you want to feel the heat.

[Josh Makuga]

Bad boy.

[Nick Scarpino]

Gary Sweaty.

[Josh Makuga]

Go ahead.

[Nick Scarpino]

You're an incredible screenwriter and novelist. So who wrote the original short story that the film Total Recall is based off of?

[Snowbike Mike]

Philip K. Dick. We can remember it for you wholesale.

[Nick Scarpino]

That is correct. That is correct.

[Josh Makuga]

That was. I was gonna go James Patterson.

[Nick Scarpino]

I don't know James Patterson. Also a great director.

[Snowbike Mike]

Points for knowing the name of the short.

[Nick Scarpino]

No, but. But I did want to ask you that and see if you knew it, but you didn't know it. That was pretty fantastic. Josh. Yes. You're up next. You were. You were on Bad Boys in review for Kind of Funny. We thank you for that. You don't have to bust. It's just a question for you. So I have to ask, is Bad boys the greatest 90s action movie of all time?

[Josh Makuga]

Are you Bad Boys or Bad Boys too?

[Nick Scarpino]

I'd say either.

[Josh Makuga]

Is it the greatest action movie of the 90s?

[Nick Scarpino]

Yeah.

[Josh Makuga]

Yes. 100%. That is 100% the correct answer.

[Nick Scarpino]

What are we doing here?

[Josh Makuga]

That's getting three points.

[Nick Scarpino]

Good answer.

[Josh Makuga]

You knew yours. No.

[Snowbike Mike]

Now that I know what this is, that's gonna be easier for me.

[Nick Scarpino]

All right. Okay.

[Snowbike Mike]

I didn't know what this was.

[Josh Makuga]

Harry's about to shank me.

[Nick Scarpino]

You guys just tied. Wow. It's deadlocked. This is great. Mike.

[Josh Makuga]

Yeah.

[Nick Scarpino]

You recently watched Jurassic Park, Rebirth. Oh, I love it. And said you were excited for Mahershala Ali to be Blade, but who played Blade? What was the name of the actor that played blade in the 1988 movie by the same title?

[Josh Makuga]

Stealing early the Demolition man himself, Wesley Snipes. This is the gimme round.

[Nick Scarpino]

It's heating up, ladies and gentlemen.

[Snowbike Mike]

Give me around for you two.

[Josh Makuga]

I got a real question, Gary, real quick. Was Philip K. Dick the same guy that did the. For the Rubber Man? What's it called? Running Man? Runner Blade? Runner.

[Snowbike Mike]

Blade Runner.

[Josh Makuga]

Yeah. Was that okay, Dick?

[Nick Scarpino]

Yes.

[Snowbike Mike]

Do Android stream of electric Electric sheep.

[Josh Makuga]

There you go.

[Nick Scarpino]

Yeah. Well, however, I will give someone five points right now if they can tell me who wrote the original story for.

[Snowbike Mike]

Running Man Richard Bachman, otherwise known as Stephen King.

[Nick Scarpino]

Oh Jesus. Give him the five points, ladies and gentlemen. Give him the five points, Gary.

[Josh Makuga]

And we needed the curveball.

[Nick Scarpino]

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[Gary Whitta]

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[Nick Scarpino]

And we're back, ladies and gentlemen, for the back nine. As they say of our trivia game show. We are going to be playing Geo Nick.

[Josh Makuga]

Okay. Oh my God.

[Nick Scarpino]

We'll change that later. We'll change that later.

[Gary Whitta]

This happened and didn't have time to put your face on it.

[Nick Scarpino]

But yeah, you get the vibe. You get the viz. His blessing show. I'm just sitting in the chair right now while he's on vacation.

[Josh Makuga]

Yeah.

[Nick Scarpino]

Here are the rules, by the way.

[Josh Makuga]

Blessing jacked now.

[Nick Scarpino]

Yeah, he got a little, he got.

[Josh Makuga]

First time I met him, he was just like nice little kid. And now he could beat the hell.

[Nick Scarpino]

Out of all he's doing. He's, he's, he's really focusing on his nutrition. He's packing in the calories, but he's also working out, which is the thing that Mike and I are, we're not doing that second step.

[Josh Makuga]

Yeah, I've been packing on the calories they say, but like I'm a bear.

[Nick Scarpino]

Yeah, yeah, you are. They do say that. The rules are simple. I have three rounds of images of various movie scenes. If you can identify the movie that the actor in the scene is from, you get 10 points. You have a minute to jot down your answer on the boards. Are you guys ready?

[Josh Makuga]

A minute.

[Nick Scarpino]

I'm going to show you. Each one of these rounds is going to be four images. Four images. You'll see them. Just write down what you think the movie is that the actor is from.

[Snowbike Mike]

So these are four images from the same film.

[Nick Scarpino]

No, four images. The same actor in four separate movies. And you write down the movies that you think is. Yes. Okay. Are you ready?

[Josh Makuga]

Got it.

[Nick Scarpino]

Let's bring up the first four movies.

[Snowbike Mike]

And you just want the names of the movie.

[Nick Scarpino]

The name of the movie. Okay. 1, 2, 3, and 4. We'll put some music over this at some point. Oh, there it is. Mike very intently looking, trying to know what the hell number three is. He knows two and he knows one, but he can't tell what four and three is. But he sees the mullet on Jean Claude Van Damme, and it's a powerful mullet.

[Josh Makuga]

It's so powerful.

[Nick Scarpino]

Josh knows all of them except for number three.

[Snowbike Mike]

You said this is 90s.

[Nick Scarpino]

All 90s.

[Josh Makuga]

Okay.

[Nick Scarpino]

I believe, Roger, one of them's not in the 90s. All right, guys.

[Josh Makuga]

Yeah.

[Nick Scarpino]

I'll give you a gimme on this one.

[Josh Makuga]

We gotta.

[Gary Whitta]

We got a few. I think the next few rounds. Kind of use the. The term 90s very loosely.

[Nick Scarpino]

Very loosely.

[Josh Makuga]

Clear. I'll give you.

[Nick Scarpino]

I'll give you guys what if you miss one? That's not in the 90s. That's on me. That's on me. Mike, let's start with you.

[Josh Makuga]

Number one. Is that Predator up there? I'm gonna go with Predator.

[Nick Scarpino]

It is Predator.

[Josh Makuga]

The original look before they changed the Predator look.

[Nick Scarpino]

That is it. That is correct, Mike.

[Josh Makuga]

Number two, Street Fighter. Because that's a cool look, right? Number three, is that Jesus?

[Nick Scarpino]

That I don't know the movie, not Jesus. And also, I apologize, guys. Not a 90s movie. 89 movie right there. Okay, and then that's incorrect, though.

[Josh Makuga]

And then number four, Time Cop.

[Nick Scarpino]

No, but close. Josh, let's go to you next.

[Josh Makuga]

See, I thought you would. You had put Van Damme's face on a different actor from a different movie. But that's what I thought the thing was. It's my bad on that one. Okay, so Predator, obviously, I knew there was Street Fighter. I crossed out and wrote the Rock because I thought you guys put Van Damme on Edward, on Ed Harris. My bad. Spartacus and Hard Target.

[Nick Scarpino]

You are. Oh, you have two, right? Two. Correct.

[Josh Makuga]

Okay.

[Nick Scarpino]

Street Fighter would have been correct for that one. I do apologize. I'll give you guys the third one because that was not a 90s movie. I apologize about that. Gary, what do you got?

[Snowbike Mike]

Well, so, yeah, the first one is Predator, and as Mike says, that's the original suit. And I guess that the connection here is that's Van Damme in that suit.

[Nick Scarpino]

Correct, Right.

[Snowbike Mike]

Okay, so then Street Fighter 4 is hard target.

[Josh Makuga]

Yeah.

[Snowbike Mike]

Three is again, I was gonna, I guess Spartacus, but I guess that must be either Van Damme or a Van Damme movie if that's the connection. So I don't know. I just don't know.

[Nick Scarpino]

Let me see.

[Josh Makuga]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Nick Scarpino]

I'm gonna give Gary the points for this because he got three out of four. And the third one was a tough one. It was an 89 movie called Cyborg.

[Josh Makuga]

Oh, that's a tricky one.

[Nick Scarpino]

Classic one. Yeah, he gets. Remember, he gets the. Kicked out of him, and they torture him because he's supposed.

[Snowbike Mike]

Why is he being crucified?

[Nick Scarpino]

Because the guy who decided one of the bad guys from Point Break decided to crucify him. Okay, all right. That was a tough one. That was a tough one.

[Josh Makuga]

All right. Yeah, I bought that. I got confused by the. Never mind.

[Nick Scarpino]

I'm gonna go ahead and say for the next few questions, we're out of the 90s. I apologize. I apologize about this. We didn't keep that theme going. Let's bring up round two, everyone. You're right. The same thing. Write the answers down.

[Snowbike Mike]

Oh.

[Nick Scarpino]

Let's bring up round two. Here we are. All right.

[Snowbike Mike]

My house.

[Josh Makuga]

It.

[Nick Scarpino]

I believe we are all done. Contestants, are you ready to show us your answers? Gary, let's start with you.

[Snowbike Mike]

All right, so first is. Stop. On memoir. Shoot. Second is Cobra. Third one is the one that kind of threw me, because there's a few candidates that it could be, but I'm gonna guess Demolition Man. And the fourth one is Cliffhanger.

[Nick Scarpino]

Very close, very close. Mike, let me see what you got.

[Josh Makuga]

Yeah, that's number one, Jason Siegel and Mama's Got a Gun. Number two is Taxi. Number three is Demolition man, and number four is Cliffhanger.

[Nick Scarpino]

All right, nailed it. Mike, what do you got? All right, Josh, what do you got?

[Josh Makuga]

Back Seat Stopper. My mom will shoot Cobra, which is by far Stallone's best movie, and it's not close. I would judge Dread on three.

[Snowbike Mike]

There's a few things it could be.

[Josh Makuga]

Because that's not Demolition Man. I don't think I. I would. I know Demolition man almost, like, to a T, but I could be wrong. And then cliffhanger four.

[Nick Scarpino]

Okay.

[Josh Makuga]

Yeah.

[Snowbike Mike]

Three is the one that the other three. I. I 103. I don't.

[Nick Scarpino]

What.

[Snowbike Mike]

What was it?

[Josh Makuga]

Yeah.

[Gary Whitta]

Can I reveal this one?

[Nick Scarpino]

Absolutely.

[Josh Makuga]

Right.

[Snowbike Mike]

Yeah.

[Gary Whitta]

It's one of my favorite movies that I grew up with. You know, a little bit. I'm a 90s kid, so it technically counts. Spy Kids 3D, he's the toy maker there. You know, it's a big deal.

[Nick Scarpino]

Definitely a 2000s movie, though.

[Gary Whitta]

Yeah. But, you know, I'm. I was born in 99, so it counts.

[Snowbike Mike]

That's a tricky one, because it's not a Stallone movie. Just a movie that Stallone is.

[Gary Whitta]

Yeah, yeah.

[Josh Makuga]

And make him look older. So I was thinking maybe Judge Dredd. They made him look old. I don't know.

[Nick Scarpino]

Great effort on that. We'll give Josh and Gary points for that.

[Josh Makuga]

Good call.

[Nick Scarpino]

They are thus bearing that.

[Snowbike Mike]

Did we both get three out of four?

[Nick Scarpino]

You both got three out four. Yeah, just a few I want to get. You know what I'm gonna give Mike five points though for. What was that? What was your first answer, Mike?

[Josh Makuga]

Jason Siegel and Mama's got a Gun.

[Nick Scarpino]

Jason Siegel and Mama's got a Gun.

[Josh Makuga]

Is that not him?

[Nick Scarpino]

They're all Sylvester Stallone.

[Josh Makuga]

Maybe I need glasses.

[Nick Scarpino]

They're all Sylvester Stallone.

[Josh Makuga]

They're all Stallone.

[Nick Scarpino]

It's the theme of the episode. All right, moving into the third round and final question of this episode, we're going to do it one more time, guys. We're going to run it right back. We're going to try to answer all four of these correctly. Give me the movies that these that this actor is in right now. Let's put a minute on the clock. Let's do it.

[Josh Makuga]

He's better be Jason Siegel movie.

[Gary Whitta]

This was really hard, Nick. I feel like we should do double points.

[Nick Scarpino]

We can do double points of this.

[Gary Whitta]

Let's do double points.

[Nick Scarpino]

We'll do double points for this.

[Gary Whitta]

This is really hard.

[Nick Scarpino]

Real talk. I don't think I could get this one.

[Josh Makuga]

Sam.

[Snowbike Mike]

And again, the. You said all 90s, right? It's the same.

[Nick Scarpino]

No, this is all. Not all 90s. This is open.

[Josh Makuga]

Okay.

[Nick Scarpino]

This is a Raj special. There's a bus. I just threw Roger underneath it. All right, Josh, let's start with you.

[Josh Makuga]

All right, so the first one, I think they're all Terminators. I think this is a trick question.

[Nick Scarpino]

That is a trick question. They are all Terminators.

[Josh Makuga]

Okay, so I went Terminator. Genesis is top left is one Terminator. The one with BAAL is Christian Bale. I think that one was called something Terminator. Friggin something. And then number three is the first Terminator. And then Terminator four. Four is the salvation one with the girl Terminator.

[Nick Scarpino]

Incorrect.

[Josh Makuga]

That's good.

[Nick Scarpino]

Good job, Mike.

[Josh Makuga]

I got really close. I wrote Expendables 2 for the first one. Number two was True Lies. Number three Terminator. And number four Prison Break. My favorite person of all time.

[Nick Scarpino]

All right, Gary, what do you got?

[Snowbike Mike]

Give it to me once again. I 100 on three. Well, not 100.

[Josh Makuga]

Get up on the mic.

[Nick Scarpino]

All you have to get Gary. All you have to do is get one right. And I think you get the answer to this question. You gotta get up. Get up on the mic first, Barrett.

[Snowbike Mike]

Before number one is Dark fate.

[Nick Scarpino]

Okay. Correct.

[Snowbike Mike]

Number two I'm gonna come back to because that's what I'm not sure about. Number three is T2, I think. And number four is Genesis 2. I'm 2. I'm gonna guess.

[Josh Makuga]

But you wrote it down.

[Snowbike Mike]

Yeah, you gotta show I'm okay. I'm gonna get salvation. Because I honestly don't know. That's just a wild guess.

[Josh Makuga]

Get them all.

[Nick Scarpino]

3 out of 4 correct for Gary Widow. And the winner of this episode, ladies and gentlemen. Give him a nice round of applause with 280 points and he will advance.

[Snowbike Mike]

So I go to the final.

[Nick Scarpino]

To the final.

[Snowbike Mike]

Nice.

[Nick Scarpino]

For a chance, of course, to win this.

[Josh Makuga]

Lovely.

[Snowbike Mike]

Okay, but what I want to know what the one that I missed was.

[Gary Whitta]

Yeah, Reveal it.

[Nick Scarpino]

Oh, I apologize. You missed Terminator 3.

[Snowbike Mike]

That's Terminator 3.

[Nick Scarpino]

Terminator 3.

[Snowbike Mike]

Rise of the machines.

[Nick Scarpino]

Lots of makeup. Is what Roger has written here.

[Josh Makuga]

Yeah, I don't remember.

[Snowbike Mike]

That's the one I probably remember the least.

[Nick Scarpino]

Well, so I think I remember all of them.

[Snowbike Mike]

And that was my guess. It was either T3 or. Or salvation.

[Josh Makuga]

In order for me to play in the first final, what if Gary and I just went off on a three question? Double or nothing. Let's do it.

[Snowbike Mike]

I've already won. What? What's in it for me?

[Nick Scarpino]

What's in it for him?

[Josh Makuga]

What? That outfit? State card.

[Nick Scarpino]

But Mike, you know, I mean, Josh, you know you can actually hang out for the finale. Cuz I think we're going to film that right after this.

[Snowbike Mike]

I won quite.

[Josh Makuga]

Gary, use me as a lifeline in the final. Just how did I.

[Snowbike Mike]

How did I get so many points towards the end? It was close until the end.

[Josh Makuga]

Double points in that last round. Oh, okay.

[Snowbike Mike]

But you pretty much got them all wrong, didn't you?

[Josh Makuga]

Like.

[Nick Scarpino]

Yes, he got all.

[Josh Makuga]

Yeah, all of them wrong. But I think I should have gotten at least five points because I knew they were all Terminator moves and it was the trick question.

[Nick Scarpino]

I don't know that Mike got any terminators on his list, which is very, very Terminator 1. He gets the wrong.

[Snowbike Mike]

I'm annoyed at myself. I should have guessed T3 just through elimination. I wrote Salvation, but I don't remember that look from Salvation. But I don't remember T3 virtually at all, other than it was probably from that one.

[Josh Makuga]

Yeah. Three out of four. I'll take it okay, so it went Terminator, obviously, then T2, Judgment Day, then T3 was what? Terminator.

[Nick Scarpino]

Oh, you're talking about the actual order of Terminators.

[Josh Makuga]

Yes. Rise of the Machine. Then that was the Christian Bale one, right? Yes. Salvation, then Genesis, then Genesis, and then.

[Snowbike Mike]

Dog Fight Dark Fate, which was the first.

[Gary Whitta]

You technically got the Christian Bale one, but then you also called something else.

[Nick Scarpino]

I would have given you that one, but you called something else, so then.

[Gary Whitta]

You kind of screwed yourself.

[Nick Scarpino]

And that is unfortunate. And that has been our game, guys. That's been Game Showdown, your nerdy trivia show. We'll be back next week with another episode with actually the finale of the Nick Takeover. And until then, it's been our pleasure to serve you.

[Josh Makuga]

Keep guessing. Thanks.

[Nick Scarpino]

Keep guessing. Thanks.