How Much Do You Know the MCU? - Nick Scarpino's Game Showdown Ep. 1

Summary

Podcast Summary: Kinda Funny Gamescast – "How Much Do You Know the MCU? - Nick Scarpino's Game Showdown Ep. 1"

Podcast Information:

• Title: Kinda Funny Gamescast: Video Game Podcast
• Host/Author: Kinda Funny
• Description: Weekly video game reviews, previews, and analysis of the biggest topics in gaming, covering the latest in PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo, and more! Hosted by Tim Gettys, Greg “GameOverGreggy” Miller, Blessing Adeoye, and Andy Cortez.
• Episode: How Much Do You Know the MCU? - Nick Scarpino's Game Showdown Ep. 1
• Release Date: July 18, 2025

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Introduction to Game Showdown

[00:00] Nick Scarpino kicks off the episode by introducing "Game Showdown," a four-week-long tournament focused on movies, specifically the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). He humorously recounts the creation of the show, mentioning how he and Roger Picordi locked themselves in a conference room, leading to Nick's witty remark: “There’s not enough oxygen in this room for both of our egos” [00:00].

Meet the Contestants

Participants for this episode include:

• Blessing Adeoye Jr.
  • Expresses enthusiasm: “I got a blue buzzer in front of me and a Coca Cola. I'm ready for this. I'm ready for today” [00:48].
• Andy Cortez
  • Engages in playful banter about his buzzer color: “Nick, I'm. It's purple. But you know, I'm really happy that they're giving you more to do around here” [00:55].
• Tim Gettys
  • Joins the conversation later, adding to the competitive spirit.

Rules and Format of Kind of Feud

[04:54] Nick Scarpino explains the rules of "Kind of Feud," inspired by the popular game show Family Feud. The game involves:

• Surveying over 1,200 members of the Kinda Funny audience on various MCU-related prompts.
• Contestants guess the most popular answers.
• Each correct answer earns points based on its popularity.
• The game consists of five rounds, with the contestant accumulating the most points winning a trophy and a $25 gift card to Outback Steakhouse.

Round 1: Name the Worst Avenger

• Question: "Name the worst Avenger."

  [05:40] Andy Cortez confidently answers: “Hawkeye” [05:42].

  • Nick Scarpino confirms Hawkeye as the top answer worth 50 points [05:46], with a humorous nod to Greg's early portrayal: “He's an idiot. Greg has soured the waters for everyone” [05:51].

  • Tim Gettys and Blessing Adeoye Jr. struggle to find matching answers, demonstrating their limited knowledge or differing perspectives on the MCU.

  • Ultimately, Andy secures the initial lead with Hawkeye being the highest-voted answer.

Round 2: Characters That Should Be in the MCU

• Question: "What character should be in the MCU that isn't."

  Andy suggests “Spawn” [08:56], which doesn’t make the top list.

  • Blessing initially considers “Cyclops” [09:28], tying into X-Men lore.

  • Andy ultimately nails the top answer with “Ghost Rider” [09:41], earning 50 points.

  • The round highlights the contestants' varying familiarity with potential MCU additions, with Andy maintaining a strong lead.

Round 3: Next Wolverine Actor

• Question: "Name an actor who should be the next Wolverine."

  • Tim baits the game with “Daniel Radcliffe” [16:08], a less conventional choice.

  • Blessing opts for "Jeremy Allen White" [16:26], mimicking popular fan casting debates.

  • Andy attempts multiple guesses, including “Hugh Jackman” and “Taron Egerton,” finally securing 50 points with “Edgerton” [17:37].

  • Blessing tries to reclaim points with “Danny DeVito” [18:10], but only scores a 20-point slot on the list.

  • The round showcases the difficulty in fan casting and the unpredictability of audience preferences.

Round 4: Name the Worst MCU Movie

• Question: "Name the worst MCU movie."

  Blessing immediately slams with “Thor, the Dark World” [20:03], capturing the top spot with 50.8 points.

  • Andy follows with “Quantumania” [21:27], earning 40 points.

  • Tim casts a wide net with answers like “Captain America: Brave New World” and “Eternals,” the latter securing a 30-point spot [22:59].

  • Blessing revisits “Thor” to latch onto additional points.

  • The round underscores common fan criticisms of specific MCU films, particularly the Thor sequels.

Final Round: Which MCU Character Should Die in Doomsday Avengers

• Question: "Which character should die in Doomsday Avengers."

  • Blessing contemplates multiple options, ultimately selecting “Captain America, formerly known as Falcon” [25:08] but it doesn’t register on the list.

  • Tim humorously suggests “Robert Downey Jr. as Doom” [25:53], which garners 40 points despite being an unconventional choice.

  • Andy locks in “Hulk” [26:26], achieving a 30-point response.

  • Blessing tries to salvage points with “Bruce Banner/Hulk” [27:48], earning additional points.

  • The final question emphasizes the emotional and narrative impact of character deaths within the MCU.

Conclusion and Winner Announcement

[28:23] Roger Picorni recaps the scores:

• Blessing Adeoye Jr.: 90 points
• Tim Gettys: 190 points
• Andy Cortez: 280 points

Andy Cortez emerges victorious, breaking his streak of second-place finishes with a triumphant “This is what it feels like” moment [28:35].

Nick Scarpino wraps up the episode with gratitude and hints at the next week's topics, maintaining the upbeat and competitive spirit of the show [29:20].

Notable Quotes:

• Nick Scarpino on the creation of the show: “There’s not enough oxygen in this room for both of our egos” [00:00].
• Andy Cortez on his buzzer color: “It's purple. But you know, I'm really happy that they're giving you more to do around here” [00:55].
• Blessing Adeoye Jr. on the worst Avenger: “I've never seen an MCU movie. I'm gonna say Star Lord” [06:14].
• Andy Cortez reacting to his win: “This is what it feels like” [28:35].

Insights and Highlights:

• The episode highlights the deep engagement and varying degrees of MCU knowledge among the Kinda Funny community.
• Contestants’ playful interactions and humorous exchanges add a lively dynamic to the competitive format.
• The reliance on audience surveys for answers showcases the community-driven aspect of the podcast.

Conclusion:

"How Much Do You Know the MCU? - Nick Scarpino's Game Showdown Ep. 1" offers an entertaining and competitive exploration of the Marvel Cinematic Universe through a game show lens. With engaging host Nick Scarpino and spirited contestants, the episode balances humor, knowledge testing, and community interaction, making it a must-listen for MCU enthusiasts and fans of interactive podcast formats alike.

Transcript

[Nick Scarpino]

Today we're playing kinda beauty in the mcu. Get ready for game showdown. Even better. What's up everybody? Welcome back to game showdown Nick style. I'm your host Nick Scarpino and today we are going to be kicking off a four week long game showdown movie edition from the mind of Nick Scarpino and honestly half of the mind of Roger Picordi. Because we locked ourselves in a conference room for a solid two hours and giggled to the point where Joey Noel came in, knocked on the door and said, are you both okay? Is there enough oxygen in this room? And I said, no, Roger, there's not enough oxygen in this room for both of our egos. That's why we're in the studio. Ladies and gentlemen, today I am joined by our three contestants. Blessing Adioa junior.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

I got a blue buzzer in front of me and a Coca Cola. I'm ready for this. I'm ready for today.

[Nick Scarpino]

The nitro rifle Cortez on pink.

[Andy Cortez]

Nick, I'm. It's purple. But you know, I'm really happy that they're giving you more to do around here. It's nice, it's nice. Yeah, it's.

[Nick Scarpino]

You know, I think you're being fine with one day a week of work.

[Andy Cortez]

I think you're being underutilized.

[Nick Scarpino]

Thanks, Andy.

[Andy Cortez]

I think we need to play Dune awakening more.

[Nick Scarpino]

I think we should, we should start playing right now. Get your steam deck out. And of course rounding out the team, the man who loves blue on orange.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Oh man, that's a, it's a shame you're.

[Tim Gettys]

I love having you at the table playing with us because normally you're over there. You know, normally we have to give you. There has to be a line between us and them and the whole thing. You're, you're one of us now, but you're taking the blue.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

It does something to you. I can't lie.

[Andy Cortez]

I get it, I get it.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Kind of tough to hear you all the way from that orange buzzer. Yuck.

[Tim Gettys]

I am excited about. I'm also excited about the fact that right before we went live, Nick was like, oh man, you guys were strapped in. It's a topic we, we don't normally cover. And then he starts at his mcu. I was stressing, I was like, unless there's some to come, who the hell.

[Andy Cortez]

Knows with this show with Nick hoping it wasn't geogr.

[Nick Scarpino]

Yeah, exactly. Yeah, no, of course. Ladies and gentlemen, guys, this is, this is all about movies. It's all about from my mind. So we're going to we're starting off with in familiar territory. Okay. Of course we're going to start off with a trivia question worth 10 points and the chance to be the first in kind of feudy. You're going to buzz in.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

I forgot that we did this.

[Tim Gettys]

It's your show.

[Nick Scarpino]

It's stressful, isn't it?

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Yeah, it's kind of crazy on this side.

[Nick Scarpino]

Here's the opening question, ladies and gentlemen. In Iron Man 1, during the final act, Tony Stark's best friend James Rhodes looks over at a silver Iron man suit and proclaims, next time, baby. Tim Gettys.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Tim, what's your answer?

[Andy Cortez]

What's your answer?

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

What's your answer, Tim?

[Tim Gettys]

I'll be next time, baby.

[Nick Scarpino]

There of course was not a next time as he was recast in the sequel by Don.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Don Cheadle.

[Nick Scarpino]

Name the actor who played the original, for Christ's sake. Oh, dang it.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

I should have waited.

[Andy Cortez]

All right, well, there you go.

[Nick Scarpino]

Blessing gets a chance to do the first round of kind of feudi. But let me tell you guys about.

[Andy Cortez]

What we're gonna do this or do.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

No, Andy.

[Nick Scarpino]

Got it. Sorry, Blessing, you did not do it. Unfortunately. It was so chaotic right now, I'm lost. We should start over. This is game showdown. Nick Scarpino Takeover. A four week tournament that will test the KF crews knowledge of movies and more importantly, me, Nick Scarpino. Everyone is competing for the grand prize of this trophy and a $25 gift card to Outback Steakhouse that might gave to Roger that Roger does not want.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Here it is right here.

[Nick Scarpino]

The trophy is amazing. Of course. It's the Johnny trophy.

[Andy Cortez]

Beautiful.

[Nick Scarpino]

That was made by C.J. roth. Thank you, C.J.

[Andy Cortez]

Roth.

[Nick Scarpino]

We appreciate that. Barrett, can we take a look at the bracket? This will be a bracketed tournament. Here we are right now.

[Tim Gettys]

Oh, wow.

[Nick Scarpino]

Here are the teams. Yes. So it's going to be bracketed. So whoever wins this going to move on to the final round and then.

[Tim Gettys]

We'Re going to have $20 or $25 on that card.

[Nick Scarpino]

I believe it's $25, Tim.

[Tim Gettys]

Hell yeah.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Who's Josh?

[Nick Scarpino]

Joshua will be competing with us.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

I was like, when did we hire Josh?

[Andy Cortez]

We have not.

[Nick Scarpino]

We have not. He's coming up for this.

[Andy Cortez]

We got to go find one.

[Nick Scarpino]

If you love what we do, support us over with the kind of funny membership on Patreon or YouTube and get all our shows ad free. Watch us record them live and get a daily exclusive show. Thank you to our Patreon producers Carl Jacobs and Mega Buster And Delaney the Psalm. Twining.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Yeah. New thing now.

[Nick Scarpino]

Wow. I didn't know that. That's a. Oh, he's a Somalier. That's super fun. I'm like 9 2m, so. I wasn't sure how to pronounce that. Yeah, I don't know if it was S. S. It is. It needs an umlat. Like a little thing. Anyway. But for now, let's play Cat of Beauty.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

It's so satisfying seeing somebody else hit my marks so well. You're killing it, Nick.

[Nick Scarpino]

Thank you. I learned from the best. I learned from the best. The rules are simple. I've surveyed over 1200 members of the Kind of Funny Audience on a number of prompts. Each round, I'm going to read you a prompt and we'll ask each of you which answer you think the Kind of Funny best friends gave the most. I've narrowed down to five answers per prompt. If you give a correct answer, the more popular answer, the more points you'll receive. Today's Kind of Beauty isn't about video games. However, it's all about the Marvel style cinematic universe. Each player will get a max of two guesses per round. Last place goes first after the first round. Whoever gets the most points after five rounds wins. Andy, you're the first person to guess on this. Here is the first question of Kind of Feud. Name the worst Avenger.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

That's a good question.

[Andy Cortez]

Hawkeye.

[Nick Scarpino]

Final answer.

[Andy Cortez]

Final answer.

[Nick Scarpino]

Hawkeye is our 50 point answer. Nice.

[Tim Gettys]

Yes.

[Nick Scarpino]

Points on the board right off the bat. All right.

[Andy Cortez]

He's an idiot. Remember, that's what Greg was calling him in those early episodes.

[Nick Scarpino]

He's an idiot. Greg has soured the waters for everyone. Yeah, we're gonna go next to the. Tim. We'll go Tim. We'll go Tim, man, no, you know, we're gonna go Blessing, because Tim, you know the MCU too well. Blessing just go.

[Tim Gettys]

Bless.

[Nick Scarpino]

That's the Worst Avenger.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

I've never seen an MCU movie. I'm gonna say Star Lord.

[Nick Scarpino]

Star Lord.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

That is my final answer.

[Nick Scarpino]

One of the most beloved MCU characters.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Have you seen Infinity War where he up and Thanos killed?

[Nick Scarpino]

He's the canonically right answer is not on our list. On our list. Tim, question to you.

[Tim Gettys]

Oh, man, this is. This is a tough one. I like where your head is at with this. But Hawkeye is the number one.

[Andy Cortez]

The number one easy one. Yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

You know, Ah, Vision.

[Nick Scarpino]

Bishon Vishon. As they say in France. Wanda is not on our list.

[Tim Gettys]

For reals?

[Nick Scarpino]

For real. For reals.

[Andy Cortez]

For Reals.

[Tim Gettys]

Oh, this is. This is about to piss me off.

[Nick Scarpino]

Andy, back to you, Black Widow. Black widow is our 40 points.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Known that after Hawkeye.

[Nick Scarpino]

That's crazy, Andy.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

No, this bodes well for me and Tim because, like, whenever Indy's in first place, usually he fucks it up.

[Andy Cortez]

Yeah, Blessing has a lot of experience, man.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

So it's me next, right?

[Nick Scarpino]

It is you next. Blessing, I'm gonna say, do I get.

[Andy Cortez]

Extra points for doing an impression of every one of them?

[Nick Scarpino]

No, but I'd like to hear it.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Okay. Yeah. A little tip of the hat.

[Nick Scarpino]

You do a ScarJo.

[Andy Cortez]

Damn. No, I think of it.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

No, I'm gonna say War Machine.

[Nick Scarpino]

War Machine.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

War Machine.

[Nick Scarpino]

Not on our list.

[Andy Cortez]

Don Cheadle.

[Nick Scarpino]

Tim, back to you.

[Tim Gettys]

Winter Soldier.

[Nick Scarpino]

Not on our list. Not on our list.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Wow.

[Nick Scarpino]

We've gone through all two rounds of this to the point so far, Andy, 100 points. Blessing and Tim nil.

[Andy Cortez]

Do we get to know the remaining ones?

[Nick Scarpino]

30 point answer.

[Andy Cortez]

Hulk. Oh, Ant Man. Okay. Yeah.

[Nick Scarpino]

Our 20 point answer is Quicksilver, who I'm not even sure was an Avenger, if I'm being honest.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Like, five minutes maybe.

[Nick Scarpino]

And the 10 point answer, of course, is Hulk, which is weird. Sixth place for a fun one is a Black Panther with 51 votes.

[Andy Cortez]

I say this has an absolute win.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

That's crazy.

[Nick Scarpino]

The seventh place vote with Ray Romano, apparently.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah.

[Nick Scarpino]

Second question, kind of feudi. Lock it in. What character should be in the MCU that isn't.

[Tim Gettys]

Dang.

[Nick Scarpino]

And we're tied for last place here. So, Tim, I'm gonna let you go first.

[Andy Cortez]

Say Spawn. Spawn.

[Tim Gettys]

Spider. Gwen.

[Nick Scarpino]

Spider. Gwen go Spider is not on our list. Blessing.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Is tough. There's now a lot of people are in the mcu, especially in these last couple of phases. They've gotten a lot of people in there. I'm gonna say.

[Andy Cortez]

Stuff.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

I'm gonna say Cyclops.

[Nick Scarpino]

Cyclops, leader of the X Men, is not on our list.

[Andy Cortez]

Damn.

[Nick Scarpino]

Andy, to you.

[Andy Cortez]

Ghost Rider.

[Nick Scarpino]

Ghost rider is our 50 point.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

No way.

[Tim Gettys]

There's a meme.

[Nick Scarpino]

You can't see those, can you? You're not looking at my.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

This is like the Snow like Mike episode where they're. They're giving Andy all the right answers. Is a bit. I can tell they're doing it.

[Nick Scarpino]

I am not doing it.

[Roger Picorni]

As someone who wasn't a part of the planning, I can promise you.

[Andy Cortez]

Bless.

[Roger Picorni]

That's not what is happening right now.

[Andy Cortez]

I just. I just know, like, Twitter goes crazy for every time that guy's on. Every time, like, the. He was in the TV show, the one that you like, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. yeah, he was in that.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Oh, yeah.

[Andy Cortez]

TV show, right?

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Oh, my God.

[Andy Cortez]

I always see clips pop up and get viral and viral again.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

I Love Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

[Nick Scarpino]

Tim, the question is to you, man.

[Tim Gettys]

Dude.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Ghost Rider at 50.

[Tim Gettys]

Oh, man, I'm between. I'm between two bad answers for different reasons.

[Andy Cortez]

I feel like everybody else is in there.

[Nick Scarpino]

Mephisto, Mephisto. No spoilers is not on our list.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

All right, can you say the prompt again?

[Nick Scarpino]

What character should be in the MCU that isn't the Marvel Cinematic Universe? That is not.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

I'm going to give a bad answer, but this is me trying to play to the audience because sometimes y' all.

[Andy Cortez]

Get bad answers or hoping that they're wrong and saying like Wolverine or. I don't know.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Yeah, well, I'm going to say Blade.

[Nick Scarpino]

Blade.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Because Blade's not in. Well, Blade's been in there through a, like, post credit scene and he's supposed to get a movie, but.

[Andy Cortez]

Well, I mean, he was in.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

He was in Eternals, like the post credits Eternals, right?

[Andy Cortez]

No, but he was in Deadpool and Deadpool.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Oh, fuck. You're right. He wasn't Deadpool.

[Nick Scarpino]

Whatever. Well, it doesn't matter because blade is our 20 point.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Okay.

[Nick Scarpino]

Okay.

[Andy Cortez]

There it is.

[Nick Scarpino]

There you go. Points on the board for blessing.

[Andy Cortez]

All right.

[Nick Scarpino]

Okay, okay. All right, okay, okay, okay.

[Andy Cortez]

You just gotta have like a deep bag and a deep Ross and I don't like. I just know the people that are.

[Tim Gettys]

No, I think it's. The problem is you can't go too deep.

[Nick Scarpino]

You gotta go. You gotta go surface level on this. Because our 40 point answer. No, I know, I know. Oh, I'm just letting you know.

[Andy Cortez]

Okay. I thought you're still available. I thought you're gonna read the answers. Let me see. Okay.

[Nick Scarpino]

Okay. What would you know? What? You need to channel someone.

[Tim Gettys]

He doesn't need help.

[Nick Scarpino]

No, no, no.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Yeah. He's so far in the lead, but.

[Nick Scarpino]

I'd like him to answer this next question. Is Sir Michael Caine.

[Andy Cortez]

Okay. The Batman. I. Okay. You said okay. Not. Not deep. I think we're. You know, I think Ghost Rider was kind of deep. But not too deep in the back. Too deep in the pocket. I'm gonna go with. I'm gonna say. I'm just gonna hope the audience up and say Venom.

[Nick Scarpino]

Venom is not on our list. It is, however, our sixth place.

[Tim Gettys]

Can I guess I have two.

[Nick Scarpino]

I want to say go for it.

[Tim Gettys]

Just people being people.

[Nick Scarpino]

Our audience.

[Tim Gettys]

Wolverine.

[Nick Scarpino]

Not on the list.

[Tim Gettys]

Okay. Good.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Thank God.

[Tim Gettys]

Nova.

[Nick Scarpino]

Not on the list. What is on the list? Our 10 point answer at 5 is squirrel girl.

[Andy Cortez]

Oh. Our 30 point answer out.

[Nick Scarpino]

Probably, of course, the much beloved character Jeff the land shark.

[Andy Cortez]

Oh, sure.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Should have gone rivals.

[Nick Scarpino]

And our 40 point answer is. Miles Morhalis.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Oh yeah, that makes sense.

[Andy Cortez]

Sam.

[Nick Scarpino]

That makes sense.

[Tim Gettys]

Honestly, you said Spider.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Gwen.

[Tim Gettys]

Spider. Gwen. I should have went.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

That makes a lot of sense. Wow.

[Tim Gettys]

That's on me.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

That's tough. That's real tough.

[Nick Scarpino]

Ladies and gentlemen, that is round one of game showdown. We're going to take a quick break to tell you about our sponsors and then whatever those are.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

The first two rounds.

[Nick Scarpino]

Round two.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Okay.

[Nick Scarpino]

That's round two of our game showdown.

[Andy Cortez]

We're going to take a quick break.

[Nick Scarpino]

To tell you about our sponsors. We'll be right back.

[Tim Gettys]

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[Nick Scarpino]

And we're back, ladies and gentlemen, for more game showdown. Kind of beauty. All about the mcu. Oh.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Me and Tim got to team up.

[Tim Gettys]

This isn't looking good.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

You got to work together to make sure.

[Andy Cortez]

Let me have one.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah. You know what, Andy?

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

And he deserves this because here's what I'm thinking is that Tim, you just give me all the good answers. Like if there's an obvious one, don't guess. Just let me get the second one. I'm closer.

[Andy Cortez]

Yeah.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

I'm closer to getting part of me I'm waiting for.

[Tim Gettys]

You know, it's. It's Moving day.

[Andy Cortez]

You all think this is an inside job? I think it's an inside job that you're all like, no, let's have Andy win, so that way he'll like stay around for the rest of you know of game showdown so you don't quit and retire.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Yeah, but I want to make him feel good.

[Nick Scarpino]

No, I don't want anybody's game still. Ladies and gentlemen, because we have our third question again. We have pulled the audience of 1200 members of our fine community, all of whom took this question very seriously. Name an actor who should be the next Wolverine. We're gonna go with Tim, who's gonna lead this off. He is last place currently. Name an actor who should be the next Wolverine.

[Tim Gettys]

Daniel Radcliffe.

[Nick Scarpino]

Daniel Radcliffe is our 40.8 points on the board for Baby Blue Blessing.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

I know this actor. I'm just not 100% on his name. He plays Carmi in the Bear. I want to say his name is Jeremy Allen White.

[Nick Scarpino]

It is. Jeremy Allen White is in fact the name of the actor from the Bear.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Okay.

[Nick Scarpino]

In the last season was pretty good. Watched it over the weekend. Unfortunately, Jeremy Allen White is not.

[Andy Cortez]

No way.

[Nick Scarpino]

Our list.

[Andy Cortez]

No way. That's like the Internet fan casting.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Oh, y' all are bad at that.

[Nick Scarpino]

He came in eighth place. He is on the list.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Way down the list.

[Andy Cortez]

Wow.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Wow.

[Nick Scarpino]

Andy Cortez for a chance. Put more points on the board for you.

[Andy Cortez]

All right, here's a stretch. I'm gonna. I'm gonna say Hugh Jackman.

[Nick Scarpino]

Hugh Jackman. Not on our list.

[Tim Gettys]

I liked it, though. Yeah.

[Nick Scarpino]

Back to you.

[Tim Gettys]

Okay, perfect's out there.

[Andy Cortez]

I can't believe. Jeremy Allen White.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

That's crazy. That's crazy for sure.

[Nick Scarpino]

Taron Egerton.

[Andy Cortez]

Is that his name?

[Nick Scarpino]

Well, Edgerton.

[Tim Gettys]

Edgerton.

[Andy Cortez]

Damn it. Come on, you gotta be. Come on.

[Tim Gettys]

What's the proper way to say it's.

[Nick Scarpino]

He's British, so you never know. Psalm. Psalm, yeah, of course. From the Kingsman fame. Also played Dar Elton John.

[Andy Cortez]

Oh, right.

[Tim Gettys]

Rocket Man.

[Nick Scarpino]

An actor's actor. It would have been my choice for Han Solo as well, but we don't always get our choices here, Tim, unlike you. Today, Taron edgeman is our 50 point answer, ladies and gentlemen.

[Andy Cortez]

That was gonna be my first guess. Damn it.

[Tim Gettys]

He didn't say it right.

[Andy Cortez]

He said Edgerton.

[Nick Scarpino]

Egerton Edgerton. Sometimes the accent plays with you, Andy. What would you like your choice to be today?

[Andy Cortez]

Damn it.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Well, it's me, right?

[Andy Cortez]

Oh, it's you.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

It means me. I'm going to say Danny DeVito.

[Andy Cortez]

That's good. That's really good.

[Tim Gettys]

He's thinking short.

[Nick Scarpino]

Danny DeVito. Also not on our list, but he was seventh place.

[Tim Gettys]

Don't say what to that.

[Roger Picorni]

Higher than Jeremy Allen.

[Andy Cortez]

White is the meme.

[Nick Scarpino]

You cannot say no to that. Yeah. All right, back to Andy.

[Andy Cortez]

I'm going to go with Henry Caval.

[Tim Gettys]

Cavalry.

[Nick Scarpino]

Henry Caval, of course, notable for man of steel. Superman. Our 30 point.

[Andy Cortez]

Yeah, he was in I pull Wolverine.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

For some reason, this. This goes back to like when you said, like, conquer and you might do the other thing. Or the other way around when you said Daniel Radcliffe. In my brain, I pictured Henry Cavill. I don't know why my brain did that. Yeah.

[Andy Cortez]

Oh, wow. There it is.

[Nick Scarpino]

There it is.

[Tim Gettys]

There it is.

[Andy Cortez]

How about that?

[Nick Scarpino]

Our 20 point answer, ladies and gentlemen. Actually, we'll start with our 10 point answer is Noah Schnep. The kid from Stranger Things.

[Andy Cortez]

The Zionist.

[Nick Scarpino]

Wait, Above.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Above. Carmi. From. From above.

[Nick Scarpino]

Car.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Above.

[Nick Scarpino]

The guy that's jacked out of his gourd and has amazing hair. Yeah.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

I don't know what happened there. I really don't know what happened.

[Nick Scarpino]

That makes no sense. But our 20 point answer makes perfect sense. Nick Scarpino.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Oh, yeah.

[Nick Scarpino]

Logan himself, ladies and gentlemen. Oh, scores. Tighten up over here. Bless. It's time to step it up.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

And this is a garbage game show.

[Nick Scarpino]

It's moving day. Ladies and gentlemen, question number four. Name the worst MCU movie. All right, this is blessing. We go to you.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Game over, dumbasses.

[Andy Cortez]

Game over, dumbasses.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Thor, the dark world.

[Nick Scarpino]

Thor 2. The dark world is our 50.8.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Let's go.

[Nick Scarpino]

Okay, Tim.

[Tim Gettys]

Oh, this is hard. Best movie.

[Nick Scarpino]

Worst mc.

[Tim Gettys]

Sorry, Worst movie.

[Nick Scarpino]

Not TV show, just movies.

[Andy Cortez]

Did you eliminate TV shows?

[Nick Scarpino]

I'm not doing any TV shows. This is all. Well, I guess it could be. This is all movies. I should have prefaced that.

[Tim Gettys]

I. I appreciate all movies.

[Andy Cortez]

No, but I'm wondering, like, did they even. If they voted it?

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Like, I appreciate that he talked with like. Like, he did this.

[Andy Cortez]

It was me that was doing that.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

I eliminated all TV shows.

[Nick Scarpino]

It's all goodies.

[Tim Gettys]

Perfect.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

I don't even give that context. I just read the prompt again.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah, whatever. They answer.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Well, you know what? It's. It's our show. I mean, fair enough. Fair. I mean, this is a garbage game show. Who came up with kind of feud?

[Tim Gettys]

The secret invasion would be the answer. But because it's a movie, man, this gets harder and I'm rolling the dice. And I don't agree. I'm going Thor. Love and thunder.

[Nick Scarpino]

Thor 4, as Roger has put it on our list, is our 10 point answer.

[Tim Gettys]

Oh, what Holy fun movie.

[Andy Cortez]

I can think. I can think of the goats. I can think of a worse movie. Tim.

[Nick Scarpino]

Yeah, Andy, what would it be?

[Andy Cortez]

Quantumania.

[Nick Scarpino]

Ant Man 3. Quantumania. Our 40 point answer.

[Tim Gettys]

I was between those two.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

I thought I for sure had the 40 point. Because my answer. My turn, right? It is my answer. Is the Incredible Hulk. The original?

[Andy Cortez]

The Incredible Hulk better or worse than Thor?

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

I think it's better than Thor. Like Thor 2 person. Oh, I put them in the same place.

[Andy Cortez]

No, but like, if you had.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

If I had to choose. I mean, Cat Dennings isn't one of them. So I gotta say Thor. I gotta say Thor.

[Andy Cortez]

This guy knows. This guy knows ball.

[Nick Scarpino]

Thor. Excuse me, Hulk. Is our 20 point answer.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

All right, I'll take it.

[Nick Scarpino]

Take it.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

I'll take it.

[Nick Scarpino]

Points on the board.

[Andy Cortez]

I mean, Edward Norton. Just a wet blanket out there.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Yeah.

[Nick Scarpino]

All right. Is it my turn? I believe it is, Tim.

[Andy Cortez]

Okay. Get lost. The 30. It's hard to nickel's gonna be like. And that's our game.

[Nick Scarpino]

Tim. There is. We have already had the 10, the 20, the 40, and the 50. You are playing for our 30.

[Tim Gettys]

For the 30. I mean, I recency buyers. I'm gonna go Captain America. Brave new world.

[Nick Scarpino]

Oh, that's a good answer. That's a really good new world.

[Andy Cortez]

That's a bad move.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Yeah, that's just boring.

[Nick Scarpino]

Is not on our list.

[Andy Cortez]

I think I know how our audience votes and I'm gonna say Eternals, Andy.

[Nick Scarpino]

Oh, eternals was our 30 point answer.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Damn, he's on it.

[Nick Scarpino]

It is right there. You are fire. You're on fire.

[Andy Cortez]

Dude, way too much Eternals. Hate in the. You know, in the community.

[Nick Scarpino]

Yeah, our signal wasn't that bad.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Honestly.

[Nick Scarpino]

Sixth place was Cat 4, and then seventh place was the marvels y' all need.

[Andy Cortez]

That movie's good fucking figure. Chill out.

[Nick Scarpino]

Well, this is the. The seventh place of the worst movies, you know, I mean, no, I would agree as well, but you know what? Nobody asked my opinion.

[Andy Cortez]

22 out of 50 or 40 or whatever.

[Nick Scarpino]

It's crazy. Ladies and gentlemen. All right, we are on the final round. Everyone.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

We can still do this.

[Nick Scarpino]

We have one last question.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Mathematically, we're fucked.

[Nick Scarpino]

Actually, I don't even know. Barrett, are you doing the calculations in there? Can anyone.

[Andy Cortez]

Actually, Tim would need 90 and he can't do that.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Yeah, like, the highest me and Tim would do would be 90.

[Roger Picorni]

Andy has one, but we're still going to do this.

[Nick Scarpino]

Well, maybe we'll have a tiebreaker. What if Victory round.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

What if he minus points from Andy? If he gets it wrong, he gets like, minus 50.

[Nick Scarpino]

Oh, interesting. We'll think about that.

[Andy Cortez]

Or you just.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

That's how my.

[Andy Cortez]

I never win these.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

That's how I usually do the show. Dick.

[Nick Scarpino]

You know, I mean, Andy did to just let me move into his house in Dune.

[Andy Cortez]

Yeah.

[Nick Scarpino]

I might need to give him.

[Andy Cortez]

You also gave him Edgerton.

[Nick Scarpino]

I did give him Edgerton, but that's because I thought that's how you say his last name.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

This is like, when, like, I think.

[Tim Gettys]

It'S how you say his last name.

[Andy Cortez]

Edgerton is like when Roman.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Roman Reigns went away and came back as, like, a different beast. This is what Andy's doing right now.

[Nick Scarpino]

He took some time off. He's come back with style. Ladies and gentlemen, our final question is what character? Which character, excuse me, should they kill off in Doomsday? Avengers. Doomsday. Which character should die?

[Tim Gettys]

Jesus, man.

[Nick Scarpino]

We're gonna go with blessing on this. Ooh.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Okay. Which character should die? I'm gonna go with.

[Andy Cortez]

How racist is this?

[Tim Gettys]

I know this sounds, like, concerning.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

That's his point, though, because I'm gonna think out loud because this is the last round. Anya's already won. Because I was gonna say Thor, but you know what?

[Andy Cortez]

That's not a bad choice.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

You know what I'm gonna say? Captain America, formerly known as Falcon.

[Andy Cortez]

Okay.

[Nick Scarpino]

Not on our list.

[Andy Cortez]

Damn. Okay, Good, good.

[Tim Gettys]

All right.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Good on y'.

[Nick Scarpino]

All.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Good on y'. All. It was probably my first pick.

[Andy Cortez]

I think Thor's a good choice just because of how long he's been around.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Yeah. Like, he's one of the OTs left.

[Tim Gettys]

We need him.

[Andy Cortez]

Yeah, you're right. Yeah. No, you're right.

[Nick Scarpino]

Yeah.

[Roger Picorni]

No, we have his daughter now, you know.

[Andy Cortez]

No, but we need him.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

God, he had a daughter. Oh, man.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah. This is like. All right, let's see.

[Nick Scarpino]

Whatever.

[Tim Gettys]

I already lost, but I'm gonna give an answer that our audience might give Robert Downey Jr. Doom himself.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Wow.

[Nick Scarpino]

Robert Downey Jr. Doom himself is our 40 point answer.

[Tim Gettys]

People really don't like that casting.

[Nick Scarpino]

They sure don't. They sure do not.

[Andy Cortez]

Well, maybe that's just them hoping that he dies. I hope the good guys win. Hope the Villains lose.

[Nick Scarpino]

You would like to think that.

[Andy Cortez]

Let's see. I'm gonna say Captain Marvel.

[Nick Scarpino]

Captain Marvel. Not on our. Wow.

[Andy Cortez]

Good for our audience.

[Nick Scarpino]

Not on our list.

[Andy Cortez]

I'm proud of that.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Here's the thing.

[Nick Scarpino]

Yeah.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Because I should just say Thor Because I feel like Thor is a good answer.

[Tim Gettys]

It's a great answer.

[Andy Cortez]

I think it is.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

But I want to double down on the bigotry.

[Tim Gettys]

Sure.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Why do you think.

[Andy Cortez]

Why do you think I said Captain.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Marvel, I gotta double down on the Internet Disappointed me. I'm gonna say she Hulk.

[Nick Scarpino]

She Hulk is not on our list. Is not on our list. All right.

[Tim Gettys]

I gotta double down on the bigotry.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

All right, then it's Tim.

[Tim Gettys]

Yeah.

[Andy Cortez]

Yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

Oh, well, sorry. Bless Thor.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

I mean, I want to know.

[Nick Scarpino]

So, Thor, the answer that you said two times blessing, and then decided not to go with it, it's our 50 point answer. Fair enough.

[Tim Gettys]

It makes a lot of sense. Yeah.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Big on my face.

[Andy Cortez]

It does make a lot of sense. Okay, for the final answer, I'm going to pick, like, what? Man, it's so confusing to even know what the hell the roster is right now. I'll say Hulk.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Oh, it's a good, good pick.

[Nick Scarpino]

Hulk is not on our list.

[Andy Cortez]

Wow.

[Nick Scarpino]

Yeah.

[Tim Gettys]

Is awkwafina fizz.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Roger says it is on the list.

[Nick Scarpino]

Oh, my God. I'm so sorry. I apologize. Bruce Banner.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Well, because you're fucking weirdo. Well, because most people wrote in. Most people wrote in Bruce Banner.

[Nick Scarpino]

That's the thing.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Both of you wrote in Bruce Banner slash Hulk.

[Andy Cortez]

Bruce Banner slash Hulk.

[Nick Scarpino]

Bruce Banner slash. My apologies, Bruce Banner. Hulk is our 30 point answer.

[Andy Cortez]

I looked at it.

[Nick Scarpino]

I was like, just Bruce Banner, but Hulk and Lip. Oh, my God, that's good.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

That's that good stuff.

[Nick Scarpino]

I do want to point out that Roger put Thor 4, Thor 2, and Ant Man 3. And I had to remember the subtitles of those. I'm not saying that it's hard to find a good producer for the show, but blessing. Roger, I appreciate you. Great job.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

I'll just delete the documents right now. You say the word really quick.

[Roger Picorni]

As a score recap, the final score. In last place, not. Not even getting into triple digies was team blessing Adoa Jr with 90 points, who declared before we recorded the show, I'm gonna win.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

Hey, that's not. You know, that wasn't canon until you.

[Andy Cortez]

Said double digits for doubling down on the bigotry.

[Roger Picorni]

In second place, the person we all thought would have had this episode in the bag, but didn't quite have it enough. His losing streak continues. It is team Tim Geddes with 190 points and the person who deserved the win today because he's been so close to the win but never quite got there. He finally has it today with team andy Cortez. With 280 points.

[Andy Cortez]

This is what it feels like. I forgot.

[Blessing Adeoye Jr.]

That's crazy.

[Andy Cortez]

It's been a while, you know, Nick, I don't know if you know, but KDG, who keeps all our SATs, I was in my mind, I was like, I think I'm always second place. And she was like, yeah, you were always. You finished second place the most times, like always. The bridesmaid, you know.

[Nick Scarpino]

Well, today, Andy, you finished first place.

[Andy Cortez]

Thank you.

[Nick Scarpino]

Your second place. In our hearts, though, ladies and gentlemen, this has been Game Showdown. Tune in next week, of course, where we will have Greg, Lucy and Joey talking all about Ben Affleck. I'm gonna say it. I'm gonna say it. Ladies and gentlemen, until next week. Guys, it has been our pleasure to serve you. We'll see you later.

[Andy Cortez]

Goodbye. I don't know if that's real or not.

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