Will Friedle (3:08)

Sabrina?

Sabrina Bryan (3:09)

Yes.

Will Friedle (3:10)

I don't know how I feel about today. I'll be honest with you, because part of me wanted to leave this exactly as it was. I'll be totally. And I still have my recording. I still have my feed, so I don't know if you kept yours, but I still have my original recording from two years ago. Of course. Of course I did. I don't throw out it. I don't throw anything out, Sabrina.

Sabrina Bryan (3:34)

Well, I love that. Well, that's not true. Because you go through the list of things that you're deleting off your computer.

Will Friedle (3:40)

Oh, those off the computer. Sometimes I will. But not that. The only time I delete something is when it's then put into the world. Okay, so it's like. Because then there's times where somebody will call and be like, hey, do you have the feed from blah blah, we haven't released it yet. And I'll be like, yeah, I can resend it. So the second it's out, then I'll delete it. But since this was never released, I never got rid of it.

Sabrina Bryan (3:58)

Okay, so I love that.

Will Friedle (4:00)

Still have it. And we're gonna get into it. But first of all, welcome back to Magical Rewind, the show that makes you want to grab your friends, your PJs and your popcorn and go back to a time when all the houses were smart. The wave tsunamis. And we had just started our podcast. I'm Will Friedle.

Sabrina Bryan (4:15)

And I'm Sabrina Bryan.

Will Friedle (4:17)

Yes. Don't be chicken. It's time to own the spotlight. We are officially this time, taking on the 2009 mascot comedy because there's so many of them. Hatching Pete. Hatching Pete was initially released on April 24, 2009. And listen, okay, we've admitted this before, but Hatching Pete, Magical Rewind, already have a very long history. We have dated, we have liked each other, we've held hands, we've kissed. But it never went any farther. You see, before we started pressing record on this podcast, before we ever published even one single episode, we decided we needed a test run. Sabrina and I literally had never met before. So we picked. And by we, we mean our producers picked a Little dcom called Hatching Pete. And since the format has definitely changed, our chemistry has evolved. We don't like each other at all anymore. Since those early days, we thought there was a chance, but we hate each other. We had to watch this movie again purely for academic reasons, so that we could give it the attention it deserves. But we're have to ask the question, did you remember anything about this movie?

Sabrina Bryan (5:21)

Oh, my gosh. I remember I was excited for parts that were coming up, and not always in a good way, in sometimes a laughing at it way, but I remember because we were trying to figure out how we were going to put this podcast together. There were just things that were coming out, like, coming out of our mouths, our thoughts, our things of. Did you see this? Does that make sense? Who is this lady in the stands who's just that heckler? Just all of that was like. It was fun to watch because I remember having so much fun talking about this movie. And we didn't necessarily love the movie. We love some things of it. Yeah, we love Jason. We love those certain things. But I was just. I had actually a lot of fun. Although I did kind of go, how long is this movie?

Will Friedle (6:18)

Yeah, well, now. Now we're looking at it differently. I agree.

Sabrina Bryan (6:21)

We are. We are looking at it so differently now.

Will Friedle (6:24)

Yeah, I know. I didn't remember certain parts until it started, but I do remember specifically thinking, okay, are all the DCOMs going to be like this? And it turns out they weren't. So. Hatching Pete premiered to 4.1 million viewers, which at the time was considered a failure. Oh, how TV has changed. This slide in ratings marked the third Disney movie in three years with less than 5 million viewers on premiere night. And the critical response wasn't much better. It currently sits at 59% on Rotten Tomatoes, which is not good even for a dcom. And they expected more viewers, especially since it was the first DCOM to air in the UK before the United States. One big moment in the movie is the song Let It Go and. No, not that Let it Go. The Let It Go is performed by Tiffany Thornton and the great Mitchell Musso. Recorded specifically for this movie, it became a number six hit on Disney Radio in the name of synergy. And the Disney Channel consistently aired the music video as promotion. Hey, this song is what it is. But I was able to let it go because Elsa sings the real one and that song's awesome. The song appears in the big parade scene, which we'll get to later. But what did you think of the actual song itself?

Sabrina Bryan (7:35)

First of all, this was the time of the channel. You're talking 2009, where.

Will Friedle (7:39)

Right.

Sabrina Bryan (7:39)

High School Musical, Camp Rock, like, you know, Hannah Montana, the Cheetah Girls. It is so heavy, driven. And they were really wanting to find their stars that could do both acting and singing. Mitchell is obviously so hilarious, but I really loved. He was a cool kid when you were around him. The way he dressed, his hair, everything. He was a cool kid. And it was always fun to see what they were doing and where they were trying to get his. His musical world to. And I. I didn't mind this song. I felt like it was very right in the banks of what Disney was doing at the time.

Will Friedle (8:18)

Yeah, I. This song, to me, seemed. It seemed not like something he would have written or performed. It seemed like something Disney said. Here you go. Here's the song you're doing a little bit, like, even the pronunciation of the words was kind of like, everyone out on the dance floor. Like, he's pronouncing everything perfectly. There wasn't any twang to it. It was like, now put your hands together for the chicken.

Sabrina Bryan (8:42)

Like, okay, there was, yes, that. That. That one. But the one where they're in the credits, that was his song as well. Do you remember where he.

Will Friedle (8:51)

That one. Now sees that one. I like that one.

Sabrina Bryan (8:54)

I guess that's the song I'm thinking of.

Will Friedle (8:55)

I can't get the same song. Aren't they the same versions? It's like a different version of the same song, though, I think maybe. And it still felt like everyone on the dance floor, but it felt like.

Sabrina Bryan (9:05)

More of a rocker vibe, like the drums and like that. Which was more up his natural alley of style. Yeah, but, yeah, the. The. The parade one was.

Will Friedle (9:16)

I think it's the same song.

Sabrina Bryan (9:18)

It's not redone. They had to have done, like, a remix.

Will Friedle (9:21)

I know.

Sabrina Bryan (9:22)

I think it's such a different vibe.

Will Friedle (9:23)

Pretty much the same song.

Sabrina Bryan (9:24)

Is it really?

Will Friedle (9:25)

I think so. I think so.

Sabrina Bryan (9:27)

But I think I just really love him so much. He can do no wrong in my eyes.

Will Friedle (9:32)

I think he is great. I think this character is one of the worst pieces of ever on film. And I just wanted to constantly punch him in the face.

Sabrina Bryan (9:42)

Why did he do it so well?

Will Friedle (9:45)

Because he's good. Because he's a good actor.

Sabrina Bryan (9:46)

Oh, good at this.

Will Friedle (9:48)

He took what he. He took what they gave him with arguably the worst quote, unquote, friend character in the history of Disney movies, and he made it funny because he's good at what he does.

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Yes.

Sabrina Bryan (9:59)

And I will say Re watching it this second time. Right. Hasn't been that long since we've watched it the first time. I remember getting to about halfway kind of when they're in the janitor room or something like that. That's when last time we really brought up this guy's a jerk.

Will Friedle (10:17)

Oh, he's awful.

Sabrina Bryan (10:18)

Right? But in this time watching, he's like a jerk. Right when we meet him.

Will Friedle (10:24)

Oh yeah. No, he's always an awful friend.

Sabrina Bryan (10:26)

Didn't build to him being more selfish and self centered like and just. It was right from the start, this guy.

Will Friedle (10:34)

Terrible, terrible, terrible friend. Friend, yes.

Sabrina Bryan (10:38)

Terrible, terrible brother. Terrible friend.

Will Friedle (10:41)

Everything about him is just awful. He plays it well. It's because it's not him. It's the character killing this role. The cast is great and I will say right now, Brian Stepanek is a genius. An actual last time. But he's so good in this movie.

Sabrina Bryan (10:56)

Yeah, the last time we watched this, this was our like, oh my gosh, he is amazing.

Will Friedle (11:02)

And then seeing what he does with. With. Yeah, well, we'll get into it. Anyway, Hatching Pete was shot in Utah. Yes, Midvale and Payson to be exact. And yes, it was produced by Salty Pictures Inc. The company behind High School Musical and the other dcom shot in the state. And during that big parade scene that I mentioned, you'll notice that production gave the whole town a fresh coat of paint and new sign for the shooting. Some of it is still seen today. And that chicken suit, probably the most iconic item in the film was actually five different suits. They'd switch out depending on the scene and at least seven different people wore the suit at different times in the movie. For example, there was a stunt chicken, a backflip. I can even say back flip chicken. Go say that five times fast. A choreographer and more. It was rarely the actual actor that was in there because you just couldn't hear them talk in the suit. But like us, twice in three years. Now you can stream Hatching Pete on Disney. It is available to view before or after you listen to our recap. Matter of fact, start the movie. This is cool. And then the minute the chicken first appears on screen, press play on our podcast. And like wizard of Oz and the Dark side of the Moon, it syncs up. I'm kidding. It doesn't in any way, shape or form, so don't do that. But hey, it was worth a shot. Okay, now here's a loaded question because we obviously knew about Hatching Pete for this rewatch, but did you know about it before? Before we first paired up and asked to try this little podcast we now call Magical Rewind.

Sabrina Bryan (12:27)

No, no, of course. Never.

Will Friedle (12:29)

I don't think the people in the movie knew Hatching Pete.

Sabrina Bryan (12:31)

No, no.

Will Friedle (12:33)

This was an obscure one.

Sabrina Bryan (12:34)

No, but I remember when we interviewed Brian, he was like, a fan of when he did this movie.

Will Friedle (12:40)

Oh, I'm sure they had fun shooting the movie.

Sabrina Bryan (12:42)

Yes. They look like they were having a.

Will Friedle (12:44)

Great cast that's having a great time doing super weird in a chicken suit. Yeah, so we'll get into that. But now let's steal a sheriff's car and run into the woods to get off scot free. It's time for the synopsis. A shy high schooler agrees to wear a mascot chicken costume only for the secret identity to spiral out of control and become wildly popular. Now he must decide whether to keep hiding or finally stand up for himself and take credit for who he really is. Sabrina, what did you think of Hatch and Pete the second time you watched it?

Guest/Producer Jensen (13:17)

Now?

Sabrina Bryan (13:17)

I feel like it's like, an unfair thing. I feel like it might as well have been one of our movies. I've got such a soft place in my heart.

Will Friedle (13:27)

I know.

Sabrina Bryan (13:28)

I know I do. The things that were, like, kind of weird the first time were weirder.

Will Friedle (13:37)

Super weird time.

Sabrina Bryan (13:39)

They weren't like. Yeah, like, I couldn't get over the. The she shack that's. That's connected to the house. That's also connected to the car repair shop, but that's actually their house that. I don't think we ever go into their actual house.

Will Friedle (13:57)

No, we go into the bakery, but that's it. Oh, no, we do. We do. We go in the kitchen. We got. Because when. When he first. No, I think it's. We go into the kitchen with Mitchell Musso, but we go into the regular kitchen when they're going to the game at the very beginning.

Sabrina Bryan (14:10)

Okay. Yes. Yeah. I mean, that is the one shot in the very beginning of the game. Like, I couldn't get over how weird that was. And also, like, was that a set or was that someone's literal house that they used?

Will Friedle (14:24)

They had to. They had to have put. Built it as a set some.

Sabrina Bryan (14:28)

Although the fact that she's a baker in Utah. Those houses never comes up wild.

Will Friedle (14:33)

But they never. They never bring it up that she's a baker. She doesn't do anything.

Sabrina Bryan (14:36)

I noticed that too. I noticed that the first time. I didn't. I mean, they're like. It's like a full bakery. Like.

Will Friedle (14:42)

Yeah. And a full garage. Well, we'll get in all that. But. Yes.

Sabrina Bryan (14:45)

So the things like that were just so much more weird. And then I remember there was one scene, and it's towards the middle end, we're getting closer to the end where, you know, he's now run off and he's stolen the car and all that. And then they're on this random side of the road.

Will Friedle (15:04)

Yes.

Sabrina Bryan (15:05)

That's scene. I remember we talked about it, but that scene was so strange. I kept rewinding going. I think I missed something.

Will Friedle (15:14)

Nope, you didn't.

Sabrina Bryan (15:15)

That I missed. That may make sense. Well, the whole.

Will Friedle (15:19)

The whole film missed a rewrite. That's. That's my early thoughts right there.

Sabrina Bryan (15:22)

Yes. So. And I felt bad watching and getting, like, more annoyed. Not annoyed, but just, like, weirded out.

Will Friedle (15:29)

No, because you're watching it differently now that we've seen so many of these decoms.

Sabrina Bryan (15:33)

So freaking many. I can't get over the way.

Will Friedle (15:36)

I know. I know. Yes.

Sabrina Bryan (15:38)

Oh, but again, no matter what, hands down, the cast.

Will Friedle (15:41)

Phenomenal.

Sabrina Bryan (15:42)

Like, phenomenal.

Will Friedle (15:43)

Phenomenal.

Sabrina Bryan (15:44)

Phenomenal.

Will Friedle (15:45)

Yep. They're great. They're great. Even. Even some of the kids on the basketball team that have two or three lines are great. They are. The thing that's odd, and we will get into this as we go on, is almost every single actor in this movie is in a different movie. They're all playing it like they're in a different. Brian Stepanek is in a different movie than Sir Jason Dolly, who's in a different movie than Mitchell Musso, who's in a different movie than the teachers, who's in a different movie than the principal.

Sabrina Bryan (16:12)

Cheerleaders, who's in a different movie than.

Will Friedle (16:13)

The love interest, who's in a different.

Sabrina Bryan (16:16)

Movie than the sister in her own movies.

Will Friedle (16:18)

Everybody shooting her own films. Yes.

Sabrina Bryan (16:21)

I'm telling you, her boyfriend cheated on her, dude. Something bad happened to that poor girl.

Will Friedle (16:27)

Every single actor is in a different movie. So Hatching Pete was directed by Stuart Gillard, an Emmy nominee for the Sonny and Cher Show. Gillard is a favorite here in Magical Rewind. He first worked with Disney on 1987's Magical World entry the Return of the Shaggy Dog. Which makes me wonder, was there just Shaggy Dog? Must have been. But his lineup of dcoms include the Scream team, Full Court, Miracles, Twitches, Twitches two, Girl versus Monster, and the possible all time best Going to the Mat. He also directed the 1993 live action threequel Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3, which, if you're a fan, you're wondering which one that is. That is the one Without Vanilla Ice. Long, impressive resume on Stuart Gillard, even if it includes hatching Pete. The movie stars. Again, an undeniable dcom legend royalty. In our book, it's Sir Jason Dolly. Well, well, well. Knighted as Pete Ivy, one of our good pals here at Magical Rewind. It would be hard to define the Disney Channel original movie era without this guy. Jason appeared in Read it and Weep, Minutemen, and this movie, but on the TV side, you know him as both Newt on Corey in the House, which also appears to be the most popular video game ever, and PJ Duncan on Charlie. Well documented here, he's also a Disney Channel games legend. All hail the sir himself. He has been touched on both shoulders. He is officially a knight of the roundtable. And not to be outdone, we've got Mitchell Musso as Cletus. Cletus, you know, we haven't knighted him because he doesn't want to come on our show. Mitchell is another channel mainstay, most known as Oliver on Hannah Montana, which also spun into a dcom. He also starred in the Disney Channel original movie Life is Rough. And like many actors of his day, Musso was also a pop star, releasing tons of songs, you know, while later starring in another Disney show, Pair of Kings. He also is the voice of Jeremy on Phineas and Ferb. And we love this guy. A Dolly and Musso team up is kind of like this channel. Shaq and Kobe, if you ask me. We'll let you decide who is.

Sabrina Bryan (18:23)

That is such a good statement. I am sticking by it. I love it.

Will Friedle (18:27)

It's true. Tiffany Thornton is Jamie Nguyen. So Jamie is the one who. Who she. You know, he wanted to fall for her. Yes and no. That's not even. That's not right. She's the one. She's the one who. They dive out of the way and she gets hit and her nose starts to bleed.

Sabrina Bryan (18:43)

She ends up being.

Will Friedle (18:45)

She wants to make out with Mitchell Musso.

Sabrina Bryan (18:47)

Cletus is correct. I hate that name. That is the worst character. Cletus. I can't. I cannot with that name. And I also could not pick up what their nickname for him was. Clue.

Will Friedle (19:04)

Oh, they kept.

Sabrina Bryan (19:06)

They never. They call him Cletus like, once or twice in the movie. And the rest of the time they call him, like Clue or was the.

Will Friedle (19:15)

Night it was the ninth thing on my list of watching this film. Yes. So Tiffany Thornton is Jamie Wynn Thornton appeared on eight simple rules, the O.C. that's so Raven, Hannah Montana, and Wizards of Waverly Place. And like Musso, she was a singer. She did that get on the Dance Floor song with him. Jodi Lauren was another Disney regular. She plays Angela before the movie. She showed up on Hannah Montana, Cory in the House and the zac Efron movie 17 Again. She has since been on the scripted show Make It Or Break It, Hit the Floor and the Mentalist, and her last acting credit is from 2015. Another actor worth pointing out is Hayley Poulos, who played Courtney Ivey. She is in a ton of things, most notably 500 episodes of general Hospital. That's again almost a year's worth of soap opera as Molly Lansing Davis because they all have three names. She was also in the Collector and a few of those movies where a dog saves something like Christmas. Sean o' Brien is Leon Ivy. Most listeners will know him as Mr. O' Connell in the Princess Diaries, but he also acted alongside Sir Jason Dolly before in two episodes of Good Luck Charlie. And then you got Principal Fred Daly. And that's Edward Herman, who could be argued to be in the Dabney, the Coleman Reynolds chair, but probably not. This guy should be recognizable to our listeners for many reasons. He's probably best known as Richard Gilmore on the Gilmore Girls. But he's appeared on so many TV shows from MASH to St. Elsewhere to the Practice to Oz. And he's in movies like the Lost Boys, Nixon, and he played Herman Munster in the Munsters TV movie. This guy did it All. And finally roll out the red carpet for friend of the show and co host of the Disney Channel games, Brian Stepanek. Brian was a guest on Magical Rewind, and we highly suggest going back and listening to that one. He is so much fun, but he's best known for playing the lovable and eccentric Arwen on the Suite Life of Zack and Cody, later repeating the role in the Suite Life on Deck. And yes, he was the man behind the legendary game of Simon says between Sir Jason Dolly and Sir Jason Earls, for which we have dedicated well over two hours dissecting on this podcast. In addition to his Disney work, Brian also starred on Nickelodeon's Nicky, Ricky, Dickie and Don and appeared in 22 episodes of Young Sheldon who? Yeah, but not even a sweetheart like Brian can make a long movie bearable. So we don't want a long movie. We don't need a long movie. So how long is Hatching Pete, ladies and gentlemen? Hatching Pete is 90 minutes. We've done it. We've done it, folks.

Sabrina Bryan (21:37)

Minute.

Will Friedle (21:37)

We have a winner. That's right. We hit the target. A rare feat nowadays so no matter what, even though this movie at its core is still, you know, hatching peaching peach, it's a winner in my book thanks to the ideal runtime. I'd like to thank everyone involved, my parents, for making this possible. My co host, I can't remember her name, but thank you everybody for being here for when we've hit our 90 minute movie.

Sabrina Bryan (22:02)

Oh damn it, Will.

Will Friedle (22:03)

Yes. And what are the thank yous for that? Hang on, let me just google Sabrina real quick so I know which one she is. Gotcha. Oh, she's the blonde. She's the blonde.

Sabrina Bryan (22:13)

She's the blonde.

Will Friedle (22:14)

And one of those thank yous should go to writer Paul W. Cooper. This TV vet started on shows like the Waltons and Little House on the Prairie, so he's been around for a while and found his way to Disney through some work on the ABC After School specials. I was in one of those. Hatching Pete was his sole entry into the lexicon and his second to last writing credit ever.

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Will Friedle (25:17)

And so cockadoodle, do it. Oh, God, I have to slap myself in the face after that. Let's get into the recap for Hatching Pete Again. We open with a handful of kids sprinting to Brewster High School. Now, remember, it's called Brewster High School, people. That's gonna be important. Even though it looks like they're running away from a serial killer, they're not. They're just racing to the school's packed gymnasium where the mascot is removing his costume from a duffel bag that clearly says rooster. So they're obviously the Brewster Roosters. The students are clapping and stomping, ready to get hyped up. But what we can only assume based on basic literacy is supposed to be a rooster, especially because their sports team is called the Racing Roosters. So imagine all of our surprise when the mascot gets dressed up and we see a chicken. Now, here's my question, Sabrina. Do you think someone got the wrong costume? Do you think someone didn't care and thought this was a rooster? Or do you think this is part of the joke that they're the Brewster Roosters, but for some reason it's a chicken? Do you think this was done on purpose?

Sabrina Bryan (26:24)

Oh, boy. I think I feel like they lean into the costume and call it a chicken. Like they lean into that.

Will Friedle (26:37)

Oh, they. It's very much the chicken. Yes, but they cock a doodle do, which is a rooster, Right?

Sabrina Bryan (26:44)

Yeah.

Will Friedle (26:45)

So the question is, do you think they did it as a joke because it's the Brewster Rooster. And then a chicken comes out. Yes, I kind of agree. And I'm hoping.

Sabrina Bryan (26:53)

I think that's what it was. The whole thing is that, like, it's a funny aspect that this family has been this rooster chicken for decades.

Will Friedle (27:04)

But that's the thing. It's not a rooster.

Sabrina Bryan (27:05)

Well, but they've been this for it. But, like, it's like a joke. Like, they're a joke. Like, it's always been a joke.

Will Friedle (27:12)

Okay, like, all right, so hopefully that was on purpose.

Sabrina Bryan (27:16)

I think so.

Will Friedle (27:16)

I hope so, too. The fully clothed, furry mascot that very much looks like the classic San Diego chicken emerges into the school hallway and screams, cock a doodle doo. Then falls flat on his face. While on the ground, the marching band passes by, paying very little attention to the animal until one member of the band calls him the worst chicken they've ever had. And here the mascot corrects him, reminding him he's a rooster, but again, he's not a rooster. And this feels like something that was added when Disney execs were like, hey, wait, what the hell's going on? Like, just put in a voiceover that says, I'm a. I'm a rooster. But he's not. So. Yeah, we don't know. We just don't know. Now in the gym, as the marching band enters, so does Pete Ivy. He apologizes to a teacher, Ms. Banfield, for being late and wonders if she's seen Carney Poole. Banfield wonders if he's a new student, but no, he's actually in her biology class. That's how forgettable this kid is. And again, right away, Sir Jason is likable. He's good. He's the everyman.

Sabrina Bryan (28:15)

He's horrible.

Will Friedle (28:17)

You love this guy right off the bat. And I always will.

Sabrina Bryan (28:19)

He's worthy, but, like, the dorky. Like, oh, my gosh, he's just. He's perfect.

Will Friedle (28:25)

Yeah, I love him. He's the best. And then the chicken arrives, bumping into walls. He's best friends with Pete Ivy, vouching for him and removing his big furry head to reveal another student, Cletus. And they both have exactly the same haircut, which I find very distracting and weird.

Sabrina Bryan (28:41)

No, no. At the time, all boys had this.

Will Friedle (28:45)

This with the. It's curved over this way and then the puffy out the way. I mean, I guess Ryder and I had the same haircut.

Sabrina Bryan (28:51)

The beaver haircut. That's what.

Will Friedle (28:53)

Beaver had short hair, didn't he? They have long hair in the back. It looks like a bell. It looks like. I know, a diving Bell.

Sabrina Bryan (28:59)

It's. It's.

Will Friedle (29:01)

It was.

Sabrina Bryan (29:02)

It was.

Will Friedle (29:03)

Okay.

Sabrina Bryan (29:03)

Awful.

Will Friedle (29:04)

Gotcha. We also find out he is also the aforementioned Carney Pool's brother. He admits he knows that Pete is hoping to ask her out, and then he just starts sneezing uncontrollably. Now, it must be practice, obviously, for tonight's big game. As Cletus enters in costume, Pete scans the gym for Carney, who finally enters as part of the cheerleading team. Her in street clothes. So the kids are running to the gym. So, okay, the marching band is fully dressed as the marching band. The chicken is fully dressed as the chicken. But the cheerleaders are in civvies.

Sabrina Bryan (29:39)

They're in. They're in what?

Will Friedle (29:41)

Civvies. Civilian clothes. They're just in clothes. They're not in their uniforms. I don't understand what's happening. It's like, why did some of them get the message?

Sabrina Bryan (29:48)

We just go into the military.

Will Friedle (29:49)

Oh, sorry, it's military. I'm still. I'm still thinking I'm work. Because we're coming off a cadet Kelly for. I'm trying to wipe that out of my mouth.

Sabrina Bryan (29:56)

Babies.

Will Friedle (29:59)

Trying to get that taste out of my mouth. So that's my question.

Sabrina Bryan (30:03)

Yeah, that doesn't make any sense, because if you're on a campus and everyone's there, you know, your basketball team will probably be wearing the school's jerseys. But they're like their practice jerseys.

Will Friedle (30:19)

Right. But then all the kids at the very beginning were running to the gym to see practice. Right?

Sabrina Bryan (30:29)

Yeah.

Will Friedle (30:31)

Seems like another mistake. It seems like we're 30 seconds into this film, and there's been nine major mistakes.

Sabrina Bryan (30:39)

Yeah. Well, no, yeah, Wait. No, they were. Wait, yes, they were running to the gym, I guess.

Will Friedle (30:49)

Yeah. And then the chicken comes out and falls on his face. And then the full marching band comes out, like, worst chicken ever. And then they march in, and the cheerleaders are just dressed in regular clothes. Practice.

Sabrina Bryan (30:59)

Yeah, they're just, like, in practice clothes.

Will Friedle (31:01)

Yeah, I didn't. Okay, so chicken costume. Cletus tries to flirt with one of the girls and is immediately dismissed just as a very nervous Pete finally gets to Carney, and just as he's about to ask her out, star basketball player and overall douche dill, perfectly named, runs up to insult him, which, again, I love how they insult him.

Sabrina Bryan (31:20)

But the.

Will Friedle (31:20)

The team hasn't even scored a point all year. Uh, yeah, it's great. And then hug Carney. She's apparently with this douche nozzle. Big strikeout for Pete, who walks away defeated nearby Chicken. Cletus is also being bullied by let down basketball fans. And again, why are there fans there? And the team isn't faring much better. They're terrible, falling all over each other during practice drills. And coach Mackey announces their goal to finally score more than seven points. I played basketball growing up on, like, the orange team. I was terrible and I averaged 11 points. So I, I, it's like, what, are you kidding me? Yeah. Come on now. In the school hallway, Pete is confiding in Cletus about his love for his sister, who's clearly dating Dill. A fact that the best friend never told him. Let's just keep a check mark running tally of how much of a friend this guy is. Because it gets bad. Cletus says he never mentioned it because he wanted his friend to grow and experience new things. But Cletus quickly admits that's a lie. It just slipped his mind. Then he sneaks. Now we're at a large suburban home that looks like any upper class family dwelling in the middle of a community, except for one thing. There's a retail bakery attached to it. That's right. A functioning restaurant with seating outside in a pink neon sign. Sabrina, what is going on? What's happening here?

Sabrina Bryan (32:38)

I couldn't get over it this time. I couldn't get over it. I could not. The detail, the grandness of it too. It's not like, okay, so, you know, some, some people have like, they'll call it like a, like a she shack in the back of their house, right? And they'll, they'll run businesses out of it. A lot of it. You know, here in Orange county, it's like the, the woman spray tans girls or they have, like.

Will Friedle (33:07)

Is that even legal?

Sabrina Bryan (33:08)

Yeah.

Will Friedle (33:09)

Okay.

Sabrina Bryan (33:10)

Yeah, as long as you have all the, the proper permits and everything.

Will Friedle (33:12)

Okay. Okay.

Sabrina Bryan (33:13)

But, or like, they'll do like, you know, like somebody. This, It's a mom that does like, screen printing and she does like a lot of, like, schools, you know, or teams, shirts, whatever, different things. They call them, like, she shacks. It's like their own little personal business, right? This, this. And I don't, it's not that you can't do like a bakery out of it. This is just so grand.

Will Friedle (33:35)

Yeah, it's like, it's like a restaurant.

Sabrina Bryan (33:38)

Yeah. Like, it looks like a diner almost on the outside. Like, and it's just like. And then it gets weirder because you look next to it and you see his dad who's like, working out of a fully operating repair shop.

Will Friedle (33:51)

Yeah. Yeah, so that's. Yeah, I was just gonna say Pete. Pete pulls up to his house in a red VW Bug and is greeted by his father working on a car in a traditional garage. So we now have a retail bakery and fully functioning garage for auto work house, bakery, garage, a traditional trio for all homes that we're aware of.

Sabrina Bryan (34:08)

But I will say, loved his car.

Will Friedle (34:10)

Oh, beautiful car.

Sabrina Bryan (34:11)

That little red bug was just like.

Will Friedle (34:14)

They're popping and snapping as it's driving. It was great and perfect for him. Thank you.

Sabrina Bryan (34:17)

Loved it.

Will Friedle (34:18)

His dad knows something is bothering Pete, so he follows him to the backyard trampoline where he's jumping and completing some very impressive flips. Pete admits that he has girl trouble, and he was beat to the punch by the basketball captain. His dad suggests that maybe he doesn't need to change for a girl and she should like him for who he is. No, I'm kidding. That didn't happen. His dad suggests. No, that's not what happened. His dad suggests doing something that gets him noticed. Maybe he can go back into gymnastics. And now we find out there's only 45 minutes before tip off again, the practice timing doesn't make sense. So they were at practice and he came home. But now the game is happening and they.

Sabrina Bryan (34:54)

Yeah, well, I mean, I would imagine they practice at some period, like they're the beginning of the school year or school day periods, like zero and first period. So then they have school the rest of the school day, go home. Like, I'm trying to. Trying to help them out.

Will Friedle (35:08)

But all the rest of them were dressed for the game. The only people that just decided not to dress were, like, the cheerleaders. Like, yet I'm not going in.

Sabrina Bryan (35:15)

Well, they had nothing to cheer for.

Will Friedle (35:17)

That's right. Maybe that's what it is. Like, our team sucks. I'm wearing my sweats.

Sabrina Bryan (35:21)

Yeah. I may or may not get off the bleacher.

Will Friedle (35:24)

Yeah. Who knows? I've been. I dropped acid second period. I don't care what happens. Pete says he's not going to the game. And his parents, both rooster boosters, are not happy. Pete complains the team hasn't won a game in forever. Just as Cletus enters, still sneezing, he assumes it's allergies. Once Pete's parents leave for the game, Cletus asks for a favorite. He needs Pete to be the chicken tonight. He says it's because he's dying. Well, not like really dying, but dying from inside. An allergic reaction to the new chicken head. By the way, I apologize to everybody listening for the amount of times I'm gonna have to say chicken head tonight, he thinks he's going to sneeze to death. But he doesn't want to publicly quit because every generation of the family has been the mascot. And this is where the gaslighting and guilt and just, you're not a good friend if you don't do this for me starts. And again, I just wanted to pause it, go back in time, walk on set, and slap him in the face. Pete says there's no way he can be the chicken. He's very shy. But when Cletus claims the suit is a chick magnet and he'll put in a good word with his sister, Pete is all ears, which, again, he never does. Then Cletus encourages him to walk around and flap the wings. It's easy. Cletus says he's looking into an expensive, hypoallergenic chicken head. Again, apologies, but for now, he just needs a. Just needs a solid. It's not his thing at all. But Pete agrees because he is a good friend and a nice guy to do it and to keep the secret.

Sabrina Bryan (36:46)

Guy does not.

Will Friedle (36:47)

Nope. Deserve self esteem. No Self esteem, Pete. But Pete also needs to man up a little bit.

Sabrina Bryan (36:53)

Yes. But.

Will Friedle (36:53)

Yeah. Back in the gym, the game is about to start. The school announcer admits The Roosters are 0 and 20. Just as the players re enter the gym and start missing layups. We've got cheerleaders. We've got a full marching band. And the stands are full of enthusiastic fans. From an old lady to Pete's parents, to Cletus, his dad, a former chicken mascot himself. Coach Mackey checks in, his spirit completely broken from being involved with such losers. And when the game starts, it takes no time at all to start proving they're the worst team in the state. Their opponents, the Armadillos, are hot out of the gate. And that's when.

Sabrina Bryan (37:23)

Armadillos, right?

Will Friedle (37:24)

Heck, yeah.

Sabrina Bryan (37:25)

Just went right over that.

Will Friedle (37:27)

What?

Sabrina Bryan (37:27)

Hey, hey, Armadillos mascot.

Will Friedle (37:34)

It's better than the rooster chicken.

Sabrina Bryan (37:37)

Yes. But like, oh, my gosh, where are they getting these mascot names?

Will Friedle (37:42)

I guess is they're a Texas team if they're the Armadillos. But the Armadillos are hot out of the gate. They are. And that's when the chicken arrives in the VW Bug. Pete waddles into the gym, stumbling everywhere, just as the roosters go down 30 to zero. They haven't scored a single point in a basketball game, which I find odd. Pete is immediately nervous, disguised but feeling exposed. How is he gonna pull this off? And he makes his way to the sidelines. He's distracted by Carney cheerleading and as a result, a fast breaking armadillo, which armadillos are very slow, smashes right into him. They collide and the chicken crashes to the ground. The entire gym laughs. The refs don't even stop play. They clearly just want this massacre to end. The school principal Fred Daly enters just as Pete finally gets back on his feet. And then he's hit in the back of the head with the ball, forcing him to violently flip on his back again. The Djinn loves it. But Principal Daly walks out ashamed. Pete shakes it off and notices something. The cheerleaders like his tactics. He's done something to get their attention, just like his dad suggested. As long as he has become a completely different human being, girls are gonna like him. And now he's hungry for more. He starts dancing around, falling to the ground, slithering near the cheer squad and even sitting on the visitor's bench. The roosters are getting killed. But now everyone is watching the mascot and having the time of their lives. I mean, they're splitting a gut near bursting with laughter. George Carlin never saw this type of reaction. Everyone thinks it's Cletus and his antics even get Coach McKay ejected.

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Will Friedle (41:54)

Now, after the game, Pete returns the costume to Cletus, who promises he's going to hook him up with his sister, which is definitely not gross at all. But even with all this complaining, it's clear Pete liked being the mascot more than he expected. The next day at school, the student body loves Cletus because they're under the impression he was the hilarious chicken. But Coach McKay wants Cletus expelled for his hooligan ways. Luckily, Principal Daly is more concerned about how bad the team is than the mascot. He says the chicken has more job security than the coach does. Later in the locker room, though, Dill, Dill. And even if your name's Dylan or something, you know no one calls you Dill. And some place it's like, well, I'm half German, half pickle, thank you very much. And some players from the Question is, would the dad or the mom be the pickle? Oh, we're not. Oh my gosh, I'm just asking Dylan. Some of the players from the basketball team want a little word with Cletus. They are not thrilled about his antics either. They begin to rough him up, but are stopped by Coach McKay, who is now forced to protect the chicken, even though he hates him. And more than anything, Cletus is now dying to know what happened to the game. Okay, again, I just see folks have to keep pointing out Brian Stevenik because he's just so funny again in a completely different movie than everybody else, as is everybody in a completely different movie than every other person on the movie. But he's so funny that it's great.

Sabrina Bryan (43:16)

I literally cannot handle that. He's just 100%, like, threatening a child.

Will Friedle (43:25)

Oh, yeah, it's great. It's great.

Sabrina Bryan (43:27)

After saving him of his job, safety, or anything. Even though the. The. The principal literally just said, your job's on the line, it's like, okay, I've got a great idea. I'm gonna make sure the bullies don't get him, but I'm gonna tell him that I can't wait to let them get him.

Will Friedle (43:43)

I'd love to let them tear you apart. Yes. It's so. It's. It's great, isn't it, too? I want to kill you.

Sabrina Bryan (43:52)

It's so funny. Oh, my God.

Will Friedle (43:54)

But it also makes Cletus wonder what the hell happened at the game. Especially when he gets a round of applause and attention from hot girl Jamie Wynn, who we Googled to find out was the blonde walking into his first class. Even the teacher, Ms. Banfield, was impressed. But now she needs two volunteers to be on the parade float committee. When no one volunteers, she picks Pete. Then the cute new girl sitting next to him, Angela Morrissey, volunteers herself. And she is cute, and they're great together. They look very, very cute together.

Sabrina Bryan (44:22)

So cute.

Will Friedle (44:23)

Yep. Later in the day, Cletus is holding court during lunch, Kids completely fawning over him as he does some chicken moves. And then at the nearby parade committee meeting, one kid has an idea for the float. How about a rocket ship? And everyone is just instantly and unexplainably offended especially. It makes no sense.

Sabrina Bryan (44:42)

They're looking at him like. He's like, why don't we do a float in the shape of a.

Will Friedle (44:48)

Is that what it was? Is that. You think it was like, is that what they were going for?

Sabrina Bryan (44:52)

No. Well, maybe not.

Will Friedle (44:54)

Right.

Sabrina Bryan (44:54)

Said it, but you're right. It's like that's how they were looking at him, like. Yeah, like he said something that was, like, derogatory. And he's like, no, I'm just, like, really into space.

Will Friedle (45:04)

It's also a rocket ship. It's not the worst idea ever. Yeah.

Sabrina Bryan (45:08)

And then his backup plan, it wasn't offensive.

Will Friedle (45:12)

No. His backup plan, he asked, is a space shuttle. Another student even gets up and leaves, Absolutely disgusted.

Sabrina Bryan (45:19)

He hates the space. He hates space things. Space killed my father a hole forever suggesting they come out of here.

Will Friedle (45:27)

It's weird. But then Angela has an idea. How about they use the chicken? Who was hilarious last night? Everybody loves the concept. But that doof once again suggests putting the chicken on a rocket ship. And no, by the way, the rocket ship nor that student ever come up again. And it might be the best part of the movie. It's possible. Now, after school, Pete catches up with Angela and compliments her idea. They decide to walk home together. And then the buzzkill of all buzz kills happens. She mentions her boyfriend back in Houston. And at first I was like, oh, she just doesn't like him. And she made up the boy.

Sabrina Bryan (45:57)

She's lying. Yeah, same thing. I thought the same thing. And I don't know if I remember thinking that last time I did, this time I did for sure. Like, oh, she's lying.

Will Friedle (46:08)

Yep.

Sabrina Bryan (46:09)

Yeah.

Will Friedle (46:09)

Do you. Do you have a specific memory of ever just making up a boyfriend so somebody stops hitting on you or. Or going out with somebody and it's like, somebody from. Like, my boyfriend's in Canada.

Sabrina Bryan (46:23)

Well, not a specific one I use.

Will Friedle (46:24)

But it had to have happened, right?

Sabrina Bryan (46:26)

Yeah, I use that all the time.

Will Friedle (46:27)

Did you have a fake boyfriend name?

Sabrina Bryan (46:30)

No.

Will Friedle (46:31)

Oh, I was dying of it.

Sabrina Bryan (46:32)

Well, for. Yeah, no, I think. I think I would just use my ex boyfriend's name.

Will Friedle (46:38)

Oh, interesting. Okay, fair enough.

Sabrina Bryan (46:40)

Because then it was like, oh, like, if they. I had any. If they had any questions, I was just like.

Will Friedle (46:46)

Yeah. Because then you could just. Yeah, see your.

Sabrina Bryan (46:47)

Because they didn't know.

Will Friedle (46:48)

Always keep a lie simple. And if it's somebody, that's. If your lie is 99 truth, boom. That's how you get away with it. Yes, it's true. So anyway, yes, she mentions her fake boyfriend back in Houston. He volunteers at a nursing home.

Sabrina Bryan (47:01)

All this sounded really fake.

Will Friedle (47:04)

All this while Cletus continues, incorrectly, to be the toast of the town and straight up, you know, macking it on Jamie. It's so weird. Anyway, he's, like, taking advantage of his friend and keeping. And making him feel bad about not doing things and then taking credit for it and then trying to pimp out his sister at the same time, but not actually even doing that. So then that night, we're back at the house, Bakery garage, where Cletus needs to know what Pete did at the game. Pete explains some of the moves, and Cletus is loving that he now gets all the rewards from this he needs Pete to teach him the routine. So to keep the facade going, Pete's going to be the chicken one more time at tomorrow's game. And Cletus will be in the stands, disguised to take notes, of course. And so the next night at the game, Cletus big disguise is just a green wig and yellow and green face paint to match the rooster's colors. Meanwhile, Coach McKay has found a whole new lease on life. He's ready to turn their luck around. But instead of the team running through the large paper banner, it's the newly confident chicken, AKA Pete Mascot is quick to go to work with a full dance routine and insults. For Dill, he's back on fire and the audience is loving it. It's like they're attending a comedy show, not a sporting event. And the game starts with the same epic failure for the roosters that we're used to. But even worse, Dill face dives into the stands and Principal Daly pushes the coach to turn this around. We get, this is where we just get my favorite thing ever. This great improv from Brian Stepanic where he calls a timeout and only grunts and frustrations at the players. And if you go back and watch, most of the players have to turn their faces away from the camera because they're just laughing the whole time. It is hysterical. Go watch the scene again and just watch the players.

Sabrina Bryan (48:45)

Zero chance I would have been able to keep my face.

Will Friedle (48:48)

Did you see them all though? I mean, they're all just laughing because he's so funny in this scene.

Sabrina Bryan (48:52)

Yes, it's so good and you know it. Like you said, all improv. All improv. So every time he did it different. So they were just not able to lose. I mean, after take one for sure. There's no way I would have gotten back. I would have gotten the giggles.

Will Friedle (49:07)

He's so funny. I really want to work with this guy. Meanwhile, the cheerleaders, now with Angela Morrissey, that's the brunette on the squad, are flirting with the chicken. Remember, they think it's Cletus, but Pete, with his new costume confidence, actually grabs Angela and runs her right out of the gym. And the audience loves this kidnapping. Five more feet. They would have had to call the police. During the routine, Dill actually scores. And out in the hall, Angela is thrilled to have some one on one with Mascot. They joke back and forth with the chicken, handing her a flower. The crowd is chanting his name, so he needs to get back to work. Later that night, Pete drives to Cletus house And they post game the whole situation. Cletus now knows why the school loves him. He even has a date with Jamie later. I hope he means later in the week because how late is the date? Is it after the game? Also, who are Jamie's parents and why is his sister also suck horrible family. Pete isn't as thrilled though. He's not getting any credit and there's been no progress with Cletus sister. So Cletus has a plan. Pete will become the mascot full time, which honestly is not a good plan. It's just taking advantage of your friend even more weird. It's awful. And it just keeps getting worse.

Sabrina Bryan (50:20)

Pete just says okay.

Will Friedle (50:22)

Like yes. Stand up dude. Cletus admits the allergy free chicken head was also a lie. So he also just lies to his friend all the time. And he is the problem. He is the problem in this movie is the is that he's fun. Mitchell is funny and delivering the lines.

Sabrina Bryan (50:40)

But the character is care is just like the probably the worst friend character. Even after all of these other movies we've seen since this first one.

Will Friedle (50:53)

Yes.

Sabrina Bryan (50:54)

Still remains the worst friend.

Will Friedle (50:57)

Yep.

Sabrina Bryan (50:58)

Ever.

Will Friedle (50:59)

Ever. He's awful.

Sabrina Bryan (51:00)

All of the character, all of the awful characters we've met. He's the worst.

Will Friedle (51:04)

He's the worst. 100%.

Sabrina Bryan (51:06)

Couldn't agree with you more, but Mitchell does it brilliantly.

Will Friedle (51:10)

He's great. Yes. Oh God. He, the actor is playing it wonderfully.

Sabrina Bryan (51:13)

Take it over. It's like even as much as you hate him, it's like you're just going, Mitchell's just like killing this.

Will Friedle (51:19)

He's hysterical. He's absolutely hysterical. Pete isn't sold though. If people find out he's the chicken, they'll be disappointed that he's such a boring person in real life. But Cletus calls it a win win. His family tradition lives on and he gets to scam with Jamie while Pete gets to have fun as the chicken. And even though this is wildly uneven and nowhere near a win win, Pete of course goes with it. And back at School, Coach McKay is again begging the principal to ban the chicken. But since the Roosters have been outscored this season by 600 points, he has no leg to stand on. And it's time for now, another committee meeting. But now they're actually building the float. Pete and Angela work together and she announces her boyfriend made captain of the debate team, admitting he likes to argue. Fake boyfriend. Fake boyfriend. She's actually just using Sabrina's ex. And she quickly changes. It's true. She's like oh, my God. Who did Sabrina date? And she quickly changes the subject to Cletus. She wants to know more about him, calling him interesting and complex. He's ordinary by day and bold, daring and funny as the chicken. But she knows he's dating someone and she has her boyfriend, so she ignores her feelings. So she's attracted to him because he's the chicken. He's apparently complex because he's quiet during the day, which he isn't. And he's bold and daring as the chicken. Okay, I get the chicken part. So she's just another hopping on the bandwagon of now. This is the most popular chicken, I guess.

Sabrina Bryan (52:40)

Yeah, everyone's just like completely intrigued by this chicken.

Will Friedle (52:44)

Now on the team bus for an away game, Pete takes a seat in full chicken gear. Or we think it's Pete, and it drives away. Maybe two dozen students run after it screaming, chicken. Totally normal. Now, in the back of the bus, seated next to Jamie, he avoids talking to her because it would expose his voice. And when she becomes upset, Dill, shockingly, has a theory. Cletus isn't in the costume. Wow, he knows something. Still. See, he got that from his pickle side, not the German side. Jamie laughs it off. But the star player has a point. He says Cletus has never been funny. How did he just get funny overnight? And that's one thing Cletus is. Is funny. So to make sure, he rips off the chicken head, and lo and behold, it's Cletus. How lucky. Did you remember this part? Did you think it was going to be Pete?

Sabrina Bryan (53:30)

I did. I totally did. Oh, God, I didn't remember that. And then it's Pete. I'm like, all right. Then it's Cletus. I was like, oh, my gosh, I forgot it too. Me too.

Will Friedle (53:40)

Yep. Now, on their way to the visitor's gym, the chicken excuses himself. And then, right in front of a janitor mopping up while wearing headphones and singing R B, Cletus is pulled into a supply closet. And so now, disguised Cletus is in the stands. And the chicken returns just as the game starts. The stands are jam packed, thanks solely to the fury around the mascot. Apparently, they just. Everyone's there for the mascot, even at away games. But maybe this chicken fever is exactly what the team needs, because right off the jump ball, the roosters, led by Dill, have been able to score. Hey. Sure, the other team is literally dunking every drive down the court, and they're down by 50, but the chicken is transcendent. And the roosters have scored 20 total, more than they've had all last season. Okay, great. 20 points. And at the end. I know. And at the end of the game, one of the visiting players has a breakaway. And as he gets ready to dunk, Pete sees through the chicken eyes that Angela Morrissey is right in the line of fire. He jumps in front of her like a Secret Service chicken protecting the president. And instead of hitting Angela, the player spears cheerleader Jamie. She was the blonde, leaving her with a bloody nose and a bad attitude. Cletus knows he's going to pay for this lady. The two boys switch clothes again in the closet. And Cletus thinks he should have saved Jamie, not Angela. But Pete admits to his best friend he likes Angela and reveals she seems to like the chicken. Cletus is immediately nervous he's going to spill the beans to his crush. So he continues to manipulate and guilt trip his best friend. And when Cletus eventually leaves the closet, now without a disguise, he's met by a horned up Angela. Yes, the girl who his best friend just said I like. They have an awkward conversation and she thanks him for saving her from the stampede. Pete. She continues to flirt with him, but all Cletus cares about is Pete keeping the secret. How this guy is anybody's friend. I don't understand Pete's self esteem or something. But then this leans in to try to kiss the girl his best friend just said, I have a crush on.

Sabrina Bryan (55:40)

I honestly don't even.

Will Friedle (55:43)

I was yelling at the screen and.

Sabrina Bryan (55:47)

We didn't like this last time. This part I remembered as it was coming up, I was already rolling my eyes like yes. And would have had Pete not interrupted him by physically pulling him away like, yes, like hello. Would have absolutely gone for the kiss.

Will Friedle (56:10)

Yeah. So he's lying to his best friend, gaslighting him, guilt tripping him, and now trying to go take his lady. It's like it is the worst character in the history of the dcom. I mean, you could not have written a worse guy than this.

Sabrina Bryan (56:30)

Yeah, I mean, some of the villains in our dcoms aren't this.

Will Friedle (56:33)

Yes. Oh my God. I'll take all the Descendants and the werewolves and everybody else over this any day.

Sabrina Bryan (56:41)

Rotten to the core.

Will Friedle (56:43)

Oh, he's terrible, Cletus. Absolutely terrible.

Sabrina Bryan (56:50)

And so he would be a great Descendants character.

Will Friedle (56:53)

He should have been.

Sabrina Bryan (56:54)

He should have been.

Will Friedle (56:55)

Cause it's just he's so awful. And so the next day after school, the float committee's back at work. Cletus is talking to Pete about how amazing his life is. His dad even loves him more than usual. But the whole situation is getting to him. So now they're trying to show that he's a little. They. They took it to as far of a crescendo as possible and they're trying to bring him back a little. And it's. I don't buy it. He's a fraud. He says his dad only loves the chicken, but Pete is the chicken. Pete talks him off the ledge like a good friend, and Cletus suggests they finally just call it quits and switch back for good. But Pete isn't sold. And you know, reality just. He wants to stay the chicken. Chicken. So thanks to Cletus manipulative ways and reverse psychology, he's now made it so Pete somehow just wants to stay the chicken. Then Pete realizes Angela isn't at the meeting, so he drives off to find her pouting nearby. Her Houston boyfriend. Sabrina's ax broke up with her by text message. Citing that 86% of long distance relationships break up, which Pete casually mentions sounds high. He convinces her to return to the float, especially because now there's a chance maybe he's got it. But she just tried to kiss his friend. Oh my God, this poor Pete. Poor delusional Pete.

Sabrina Bryan (58:04)

And yeah, and also, it's just popping in my head. She almost cheated on her boyfriend anyway, right? How brokenhearted are you?

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Here we go.

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Will Friedle (61:00)

So we arrive at the Day of the Rooster Day parade. The streets are lined with people as the marching band plays, the sheriff is driven in a convertible and the basketball team walks the route. We see Cletus in the crowd and he's wearing a cartoonish cowboy costume and clearly fake mustache. He looks like Pee Wee Herman at the rodeo. And now it's time for the big final rooster float. It has a gigantic egg in the back of a flatbed and is flanked by students in the mascot costume. The float comes to a stop as the theme from 2001 plays and the egg hatches, emerging from the smoke as Pete dressed as the chicken, back flipping onto the street and transitioning into the song Let It Go Again. Not that Let It Go, the Shitter one. He is accompanied by all the cheerleaders for a big song and dance number. And then coincidentally, Angela picks one person out of the crowd to pull them on the float. That person comically fake Cowboy Cletus. He adapts to the position and dances along with the chicken, but his mustache falls off as the song comes to an end. The crowd Quickly realizes it's Cletus and gasps. Who's in the chicken costume? Then even Cletus. Dad is panicked, but instead of revealing himself, Pete decides to make a run for it and jumps into the nearby sheriff's convertible. And now the entire crowd feels bamboozled. They react by chasing the car, which speeds off and plows through the barrels of hay. Pete ditches the townspeople, navigating through two small eye holes somehow. And the one bright spot is Angela is relieved to find out she doesn't have to bang the chicken. Cause she's gonna bang the chicken. It just. She's happy. It doesn't have to be Cletus. But now everyone has a lot of questions for Cletus, including the sheriff, who takes him into custody. That's literally what she says. She's like, oh, thank God it's not. That's not him. Because I'm in love with the chicken. Thank God it's not that guy. That's what it was. Yes, that's nuts.

Sabrina Bryan (62:41)

But I feel like he. She saw how not great of a person Cletus is. Like, she really did.

Will Friedle (62:48)

But still. Still falling for him. She's like, thank God the guy I'm.

Sabrina Bryan (62:53)

Falling for is not that guy. And how he could be so great in this costume. Right? How? And that's why she didn't want him.

Will Friedle (63:00)

To take the costume off.

Sabrina Bryan (63:01)

Because the magic would end and she'd be stuck with the Cletus.

Will Friedle (63:04)

This is super weird. Meanwhile, the guy in Houston dodged not just a bullet, but a nuclear missile with this girl. God. At the. Also moving on real quick. Aren't you there, missy? Really crazy. At the police station, the chief interrogates Cletus, but he's not giving up Pete. But once his dad arrives, of course, he quickly folds. He admits he's allergic to the costume and just didn't want to let his family down. His dad reveals he was also allergic to the fur, but he didn't have the guts to fly the coop. He's proud of his son. He wants him happy, not sneezing. Well, we're all happy for Cletus. But Pete is still sprinting through the woods, avoiding people with pitchforks. Eventually. Now back in the street clothes, he runs into Angela. She was concerned she didn't see him at the parade and wants to know who he thinks the chicken is. She's worried that once she knows, the magic will be over. She wonders if the chicken will ever come back. Pete says he wouldn't know and continues to keep the secret with a sad look on his face. And this was the weird scene you're talking about, right?

Sabrina Bryan (64:00)

Yes. What street were they on?

Will Friedle (64:04)

So many questions.

Sabrina Bryan (64:06)

Why does she have a car now when that was like, a whole part of her storyline was she walked. Walked home. And then remember the. The. The scene where she's, like, walking into her house? I remember saying, talking about that last time where it was like, is, does she have a bad home life again, where she's got her own movie that she's in? So we didn't really get to know much about her version of exactly her.

Will Friedle (64:33)

Hatching Pete is, like, rated R and really dark. Yeah. It's really sad much.

Sabrina Bryan (64:38)

We didn't get much, like, backstory on what her movie's about, but, like, Angela's.

Will Friedle (64:42)

Got a whole other thing going on. Yeah.

Sabrina Bryan (64:44)

But then all of a sudden, she shows up with the car, and so.

Will Friedle (64:48)

Did he go back home to his garage bakery?

Sabrina Bryan (64:53)

Was part of my. One of my Sabrina sees was like the. The time frame of this seemed like it was, like, edited differently than what it was supposed to be because he looks like he goes back home, ditches the costume, gets rid of the costume and is walking. But then not far after, he's like. With Cletus, like, there's like, a whole weird.

Will Friedle (65:18)

Yeah. Why? Also, if you're trying to avoid people, do you not just go home, ditch the costume and stay home? Why are you now walking forlornly like Bruce Banner at the end of the Hulk? Like, why did you.

Sabrina Bryan (65:30)

Where are you going? Yeah, where are you actually going? And you have a car, so why wouldn't you get back in your car? Saw his car. Oh, maybe that's what he was doing.

Will Friedle (65:38)

Oh, maybe walking back to get his car.

Sabrina Bryan (65:40)

Back to get his car.

Will Friedle (65:42)

Okay, let's pretend that's what it is.

Sabrina Bryan (65:43)

So it makes sense. Pretend that. Okay.

Will Friedle (65:45)

Okay, Done. But the mystery of the chicken is huge news in town. Cletus is thrilled. Their front page of the newspaper. But Pete is annoyed he stole a cop's car and was chased by a mob. Cletus has kept his name away from the controversy and. And suggests letting the chicken die out and only telling the truth at their 30th reunion. But now we're at the next basketball game. The stands are again filled with chicken fans, all wearing foam chicken hats that they apparently had manufactured overnight. Cletus is speculating while police patrol the court ready for the chicken to arrive. Jamie is still dying to figure out who it is, but fellow cheerleader Angela says she doesn't need to know. And to the crowd's chagrin, instead of the chicken bursting through the team paper banner, it's just dumb dill. Everyone is incredibly disappointed until at the last moment. And a chicken arrives. But it's not the chicken we're used to. It's a tamu chicken in a much cheaper costume. The authorities was awful. Awful.

Sabrina Bryan (66:37)

Oh, my God.

Will Friedle (66:38)

Instantly tackle him. He's unmasked, and it's the R B singing janitor. He apologizes and announces he just needed some love and attention. And now I want an entire decom about the janitor itself. But also, they pull off the mask, and then they look like they're cuffing him. What. What crime did the janitor commit? What did what. What was the crime? Faking being a chicken.

Sabrina Bryan (67:02)

Yeah.

Will Friedle (67:04)

I don't know.

Sabrina Bryan (67:04)

What did this man do?

Will Friedle (67:07)

And then as he walks away, the coach goes, janitors. Like, they're all the worst people ever.

Sabrina Bryan (67:11)

Like, are you kidding me?

Will Friedle (67:12)

They're what keep most of the school going.

Sabrina Bryan (67:16)

Building that is filled with yucky, nasty teenagers who do not care about getting anything in the trash spilling on the ground. They keep high schools actually nice. Yeah, they are the best.

Will Friedle (67:33)

And again, this poor man is in jail for something that they haven't met. Like, they're literally cuffing him, basically. And it's like, what did he do? What crime did this guy commit? What did he do?

Sabrina Bryan (67:42)

He apologized for something. Like, sorry, I just wanted attention.

Will Friedle (67:46)

Yeah. And it's like, why can't this guy be the chicken? The other guy didn't show up. What? It's so strange. They're like, arrest him. He was pretending to be a chicken. Like, what? So with the real chicken nowhere to be found, fans start piling out of the gym. Even the principal tosses his chicken hat away. And as the sad scene unfolds, Pete joins Cletus in the audience with a bucket of popcorn. With no crowd and a completely silent cheerleader group, the Roosters are again, totally blown out. And even the cheerleader's like, let's go. I'm not supporting these. Was like, wow, what the hell is going on with you? It's. There's a terrible, terrible school.

Sabrina Bryan (68:21)

Meanwhile, you have not mentioned the heckler that comes.

Will Friedle (68:25)

I was gonna let you do it. I was gonna let you do it.

Sabrina Bryan (68:27)

Oh, my gosh. We will. We'll go over her.

Will Friedle (68:29)

Okay.

Sabrina Bryan (68:30)

Later.

Will Friedle (68:30)

The next day at school, Principal Daly is having a word with Coach McKay. It's obviously. It's obvious people only attend games to see the chicken, and his absence is becoming an economic issue. You know because high schools are only able to stay afloat thanks to the ticket sales from their varsity basketball team. So now, for the sake of the town, they need a chicken to come back. He's spoken with the sheriff and they're willing to drop the charges if the mascot returns. By the way, the janitor was executed the night before. I know. It was very sad. So they need to tell the chicken he won't be arrested if he comes back. So here's what they decide to do. They gather all the students and announce, since one of them is definitely the chicken, all criminal charges will be dropped. And no one will attack or demask him at the game. Even Dill agrees they need him back. And with that, Pete Ivy decides to reveal himself. It's finally time. But as he stands up, the bell rings and the entire student body rushes back to class, blocking anything Pete was about to expose. So they set up this class announcement, gave them 30 seconds to tell people.

Sabrina Bryan (69:41)

What to do, then didn't give anybody.

Will Friedle (69:44)

A chance to step out. And then the bell rings and everyone rushes back to class. This is when I was sitting here going, like anyone? I don't. I don't think they know what they're doing. I don't think they know how to make this movie. I think they're making it up as they go along. I was like, really, dude? I have. No way. Hey. The bell rings. It's like, wait, everybody stay in your seats. Does anybody want to stand up and say they're the chicken? Let's maybe give it another 10 seconds. No. You set up an entire school assembly for a 60 second thing. And then the class starts again. Oh, man, it's so weird. It's so weird. Yes.

Sabrina Bryan (70:17)

So anyway, I remember my cheeks hurting when we did this the first time.

Will Friedle (70:23)

Yes.

Sabrina Bryan (70:24)

So hard.

Will Friedle (70:24)

Because it's true. In the halls, Angela, that's a brunette, investigates the yearbook. Who could it be? Her cheerleading pals loudly explain, it can't be Pete Ivy, because he's not cool enough or wild enough. And that's when Angela spots Pete and walks over to say hi. Angela doubles down. She doesn't know who it is. Maybe it's Keith Burke. And with that dumb idea, she ends up leaving, probably to go see another fake. Now I have a boyfriend in Canada. And now it's another game night. The sheriff meets with Principal Daly to promise they won't arrest him if he returns. But fans already know they've been stood up again. Their hero is gone, and the team is again creamed. So the next day, Principal Day has a new idea. The Rooster Signal. It's named that even though, again, the mascot is a chicken. I'll never get a over that. The principal believes when they shine the light into the sky, the mascot will return like a superhero or something. And honestly, I think it's pretty cool idea. They should go, you know, incorporate something like this into a comic book. I'll even do the voice for it if it becomes a cartoon. And I think we can call it the something signal. We'll figure it out. Anyway, Pete notices a flyer for a high school radio event being held by the basketball announcer Tommy Thompson. He has challenged the chicken to show his face for the school's TV channel. And it seems like a talk show might be the best way for Pete to address this. So we go to the broadcast. Tommy is sitting across from the costume chicken. Pete is talking with an electronically altered high pitched voice to a packed studio audience. He explains that if he removes the mask, he's just an average guy. And as he tries to convince everyone to let him be, Tommy brings out Coach McKay and the coach. The first thing he does is come out and shake Tommy's hand. It's like, I'm a really big fan. If we could get a picture afterwards. So funny. Like the kid, the kid in their school doing the local things. Like, I'm just a really big fan. So if we Chicken. Really great. He stole this. Whatever movie he was in, he stole.

Sabrina Bryan (72:11)

He was it.

Will Friedle (72:12)

It was great. Yeah. So the coach knows the team can't win without the chicken and begs him to come to their last game. They shake on his return, promising safety and the paper banner to run through. So now the mascot reiterates, he will be at the game, but he'll be in the stands just like every other student there. He will keep his identity a secret forever because the magic is in the mystery. And that's a turn of phrase Angela used earlier. So now as she watches the show, she grins. She's gonna bang that chicken. Back at the house bakery garage, Cletus tries to convince Pete to wear the costume one last time for the game. But Pete isn't ready. He may never want to reveal himself. What if people stop liking the chicken because it's just him? Cletus says, you can live your whole life in a shell or you can hatch. Now all of a sudden, he's trying to be a good guy. Pete walks away, and as he does, Cletus reaches into a local drawer close to him and steals money and a wallet from the family. I mean, seriously, Would you? Would you? He doesn't do that, but I wouldn't deny it. I mean, come on, he's the worst. He's the worst. Pete walks away willing to let people down and keep his anonymity safe. And now it's time for the final game. Coach McKay is trying to convince his team they can beat their undefeated opponents without the chicken. They can't end the season winless, but deep down, everyone knows they need them. The players notice that every single seat is filled in the gym. The energy is electric, so when they lose the jump ball and give him a quick few baskets, Cletus really hopes Pete is coming. Dill calls for a timeout and launches into frustrated instructions for his players. And that's when the lights go out. Principal Daly wheels out his $2,000 rooster signal, whispering to himself, this is it. This is it. He shines it into the rafters and reveals the chicken hanging from the wire, screaming, cock a doodle. Do it. Cheerleaders run out the paper banner as he flies down, crashing through it and then turning the fall into a flash clip. He's somehow not attached to the wires anymore. He dances. And now everyone is ready to win, which we know because the entire gym, including an opposing player, has broken into another song and dance number to Let It Go. One rooster's even doing the worm. So, yes, it's the same song. The only song in this entire town. The teams once again take the court, and the roosters dominate. Dill steals the ball and dunks, a feat even he didn't know was possible. Also, I think I should point out that the marching band now has a set of drums and an electric guitar like they're in Fallout Boy. And they're playing throughout the game, just jamming while the chicken performs his moves and trampoline dunks to keep the crowd loose. And as the game progresses, the roosters have kept it within 10. They're in this thing. And now, during a timeout, the guitar continues to shred and the chicken faces the music. The crowd chants, wanting to remove his head. They chant, chicken, Chicken. Chicken. And Tommy Thompson applies the pressure. They need to know who it is. And so Pete comes to the realization it's time for him to hatch. He slowly starts to remove the head again when Angela runs out to the court and she says, let me give you a hand with that, Pete. And they had to do that for the movie because she needed to let everyone know that she knew it was Pete before he took the chicken head off, because she wanted everyone to know that she actually loved Pete for Pete and not that he was a chicken. And bleh. They couldn't have done that before. Come on. So she supports his final move. The crowd gasps as he reveals his face. We hear a lot of confusion and someone yells, who is that guy? People are clearly disappointed, but not Angela. She's smiling ear to ear, happy to see she was right. As the baffled crowd tries to figure it out, Cletus stands up to announce it's Pete. Pete Ivy. Then, in a part of the script I can't even start to understand, his parents actually recognize him too. The school quickly turns from confused to thrilled. They scream and applaud, and Angela explains that his answer about mysterious magic tipped her off. The crowd now chants, pete. Pete. So he puts the head back on and returns to what he does best. The Roosters call their final timeout and Cletus runs over to the marching band. He now jumps behind the empty drum set and starts to play. The Roosters quickly steal an inbound and score an easy layup. The band roars back up. Cletus is now wailing on the drums like he's dancing a roll. The roosters are down four with 17 seconds left. They apply full court pressure and again steal the ball. Dill scores with another dunk and the cheerleaders are now in a pyramid with the chicken balancing in the middle. The team is down two with eight seconds left when the visitors dribble it down the court. The clock continues to run out. With four seconds left, the same kid steals the ball, most likely setting an all time basketball record for Most steals in 10 seconds. He passes it off to Dill at half court with one second left. Dill lunges from deep three point territory. And it's good. Roosters win. And yes, you're correct, Pete had nothing to do with any of that. And they score. It's the final scene. Woo. The crowd goes nuts and the cheerleaders tumble to the floor, leaving Angela on top of the chicken. Told you she was gonna bang that chicken. Cletus runs out from behind the drums, a move never explained in any way, shape or form. The crowd rushes the court as Angela kisses the now unmasked Pete. Cletus makes his way to the Lovebirds and demands his best friend put his head back on. The crowd loves him. And so we get our final credits with the alternate shots of the Rooster Days parade. And the chicken moves from earlier in the game. We freeze on the chicken being tossed in the air after the big win. And that's our movie.

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Will Friedle (78:26)

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Will Friedle (80:09)

Let's do some real reviews. And I can't wait to read these. You've got the five star review this time. Sabrina, what do you got for us?

Sabrina Bryan (80:17)

Okay, this review comes from Grace. 15 stars. All right, guys, this is in all caps, all caps, all caps. The entire one. I love this movie. With my whole life, Jason Dowley should have won an Oscar for this cinematic masterpiece. Chef's Kiss.

Will Friedle (80:42)

Yeah, you're right. Jason Dowley. How they missed that.

Sabrina Bryan (80:45)

She loves him so much. It's not Dolly. It's Dao.

Will Friedle (80:48)

She loves him. Love. I love you enough. Just not enough to Google how to spell your name. I have the one star review. This is from Spencer R. And I'd like to reiterate, this is a real review that was found online and it. And it reads thusly. My teacher wrote this. I'm not kidding. Hi, Mr. Schwartz. I'm sorry your really cool idea got stolen by your fourth cousin who was basically 91 star. So apparently this movie was stolen. Not sure anyone should be sad their name was left off this, but that's a first. We've never seen that one. That's amazing. We now, of course, come to Sabrina's favorite part of the program. That is our feature presentation. And this week we are going with something called Mascot Madness. To celebrate this movie's fascination with mascots, we'll be given the name of professional sports team mascots. Oh, we have to get. Yeah, I thought the same thing. We have to guess which team it represents from a list of Multiple choice options. 3 out of 5 wins. Who are we playing with today?

Guest/Producer Jensen (81:46)

Oh, it's me.

Sabrina Bryan (81:47)

Hi.

Will Friedle (81:48)

Oh, hey. All right, we got Jensen back, so we already know Sabrina's lost. That's great.

Sabrina Bryan (81:55)

So good to see you, Jensen.

Will Friedle (81:58)

Hello. That sounded. Don't say that till you're done with the game. Exactly. Here we go. Number one, Chuck the Condor. Is that A, the Philadelphia Eagles. B, the Los Angeles Clippers. See the Philadelphia Flyers. Or D, the Dallas Wings. Chuck the Condor. Well, it wouldn't be Eagles. Right? Because that would be an Eagle. Yeah, the Clippers. No, I'm gonna go with D, the Dallas Wings.

Sabrina Bryan (82:28)

Okay. I'm going to go with C, Philadelphia Flyers.

Will Friedle (82:35)

It's B, the Los Angeles. We both live here. Oh, the Condor.

Sabrina Bryan (82:40)

Clippers are. Chuck the Condor.

Will Friedle (82:43)

Yes. Yes. Condor is our bird. It's our bird, Ben. To like 10 Clippers games. That's terrible. Number two, Dinger is at A, the Los Angeles Dodgers. B, the Boston Red Sox. C, the Colorado Rockies. Or D, the Chicago Whites Socks Oh, God, I don't know.

Sabrina Bryan (82:58)

Holy cow. I'm gonna go with Dinger as A, the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Will Friedle (83:04)

I'm gonna say. Oh, that there is an alliteration there. I'm gonna. I'm gonna go with you then Dinger the Dodger. I'm so good at this. It's C, the Colorado Rockies. I was gonna say Colorado Rockies.

Sabrina Bryan (83:19)

Damn it, Dinger.

Will Friedle (83:20)

The. Don't ever go with Sabrina.

Sabrina Bryan (83:23)

I know. I don't know what you were thinking with that. That was so.

Will Friedle (83:27)

You know, the air in Colorado, very thin, so a lot of home runs are hit there. Ding. Oh, that makes sense. Oh, that's a number three blue. Is that the Toronto Blue Jays? The Washington Mystics, the Indianapolis Colts or the Dallas North Stars?

Sabrina Bryan (83:44)

Toronto Blue Jays. Blue. You're my boy blue.

Will Friedle (83:47)

You're my boy blue. It's so cold. I'm gonna say B, Washington. Mrs. Sticks. It's C, the Colts. I was gonna say that, but then I thought you'd never do two C's in a row. Oh, I think of these things well in advance. This is awful. Number four, Carlton the Bear. Is that A, the Toronto Maple Leafs, B, the Chicago Bears, C, the Texas Rangers or D, the Chicago Cubs.

Sabrina Bryan (84:12)

And they go with the Chicago Cubs.

Will Friedle (84:14)

But that's what I'm gonna go with. And so it can't be right. I'm gonna go with B, the Chicago Bears. It's A, the Toronto Maple Leaf. Let's go.

Sabrina Bryan (84:24)

Why is Toronto Maple Leafs Carlton the Bear?

Will Friedle (84:29)

I don't know that one. I don't. My NHL facts are not great, but that is. All right, well, here we go. Let's go. Let's go. Number five, buckets. Is that A, the Brooklyn Nets, B, the Seattle Storm, C, the Orlando Magic, or D, the Las Vegas Aces? Is that a team? The Las Vegas Aces?

Narrator/Ad Announcer (84:47)

Yeah.

Sabrina Bryan (84:47)

What team is that?

Will Friedle (84:48)

Wnba there. Okay, I'm going to go with. With A, the Brooklyn Nets.

Sabrina Bryan (84:56)

I'm going to double down A, the Brooklyn Nets.

Will Friedle (85:00)

Sound the alarm, everybody. It's D, the Las Vegas WNBA team. We have a shutout. Oh, for five. That was terrible. Love to see. That was hard. Well, thank you for that, producer Jensen. I love feeling inadequate as I finish a podcast. Can we now do a Sabrina Seas?

Sabrina Bryan (85:24)

We absolutely can. So it's so funny to do these kind of again, right? One of the things that I said in the first one and it actually ended up being a clip like in our very first, like, Instagram post, was I said, was that A, Joe bro, Because Dylan the, like, the male hunky guy that's the captain of the basketball team looks so much like he could fit right in with the Jonas Brothers.

Will Friedle (85:52)

Wait, Dill?

Sabrina Bryan (85:52)

You mean Dill?

Will Friedle (85:53)

Yeah, yeah.

Sabrina Bryan (85:54)

And when I first saw the movie the first time, and then as soon as he came on screen again, I was like, it still stands. He looks like he could be a Jonas brother. 100%.

Will Friedle (86:05)

Ah, he. Dill looks like a Joe.

Sabrina Bryan (86:07)

Yeah, he looks like. Like he could totally be a Joe. Probably. I. We talked about. I mean, why I'm starting to instantly. Worst friend ever. We're talking blackmail. We're talking all the things. The shack, the car repair shop, all this stuff we've already gone through because it's just too hard to pull back.

Will Friedle (86:25)

I know, right?

Sabrina Bryan (86:27)

One of the things and you sort of touched on it was just the ultimate hair flips between. I mean, it was like a battle of the hair flips between Jason.

Will Friedle (86:37)

It totally is.

Narrator/Ad Announcer (86:38)

And Mitchell.

Will Friedle (86:39)

Yes.

Sabrina Bryan (86:40)

It's like, it's that hair flip style that was part of why you got it cut that way was to hang in the eyes and be able to do the Bieber flip. And I just loved watching them because they're so young. Oh, yeah, you could totally cut your hair like that.

Narrator/Ad Announcer (86:56)

Now.

Sabrina Bryan (86:58)

Question. How was he allowed to stop it up?

Will Friedle (87:04)

What's the problem? Sabrina, what's going on? What's up?

Sabrina Bryan (87:11)

How was he allowed to walk? I mean, at the end of the day, the car was stolen. Like, someone took off with the sheriff's car.

Will Friedle (87:21)

A cop car.

Sabrina Bryan (87:22)

I mean, was it a ridiculous cop car? Because it was a convertible cop car. Okay, but someone took it. They have somebody who obviously is a part of this shindig and they let him go without telling him. Is that how it would have worked?

Will Friedle (87:41)

I mean, maybe in a small town.

Sabrina Bryan (87:43)

He says, he admits that he knows who it is and he's saying, but I can't tell you.

Will Friedle (87:49)

Yeah, no, that's. No.

Sabrina Bryan (87:51)

And then his dad lets him go as well. Like, to me, that was.

Will Friedle (87:55)

And then says, I'm proud of you. You. It says, I'm really proud of you.

Sabrina Bryan (87:59)

Kiddo, for not being a good friend. But okay.

Guest/Producer Jensen (88:02)

Yeah.

Sabrina Bryan (88:04)

And then that. That was the last thing. Oh, no. So this is one of the things I was gonna say. We see so much basketball in this movie. More basketball than I think we even saw in Double Team.

Will Friedle (88:18)

Double teamed. Yeah, seriously.

Sabrina Bryan (88:22)

Maybe competitive. With.

Will Friedle (88:23)

With.

Sabrina Bryan (88:24)

And this is what made me think of it was since it's. We're right around the 20 year anniversary of High School Musical, I kind of have to bring in the fact that that's one of the only movies that we saw. I mean, Zac Efron's character plays basketball throughout the entire movie. He's constantly got a ball in his hand. He's playing, bouncing it, whatever. You know, his dad and him. And this is competitive with how much basketball there is in High School Musical, I think. Think last one was, did the gym size bleachers in the. Were they in a different gym? They were in their home gym.

Will Friedle (88:58)

I think so. Because I wanted to make it look.

Sabrina Bryan (89:00)

Huge or something higher.

Will Friedle (89:01)

Yeah.

Sabrina Bryan (89:02)

Like the high. The bleachers got much higher than what they were.

Will Friedle (89:05)

I agree. They had to fold it out, an extra thing because extra people came, I guess.

Sabrina Bryan (89:09)

So, like, it, like, literally got higher. And then lastly, we cannot end this session without talking about our heckler.

Will Friedle (89:17)

Yeah.

Sabrina Bryan (89:18)

This lady who was like. Like a fairly large character in the movie, but not a character at all, but so aggressive in her character choices of echoing.

Will Friedle (89:31)

Why are you there? What are you there for? You don't like the team. Obviously like the team.

Sabrina Bryan (89:37)

You're too old to be a parent of someone on the team.

Will Friedle (89:44)

Yep.

Sabrina Bryan (89:44)

You just keep coming back to these games and hating on them. Like, oh, my gosh. She was one of the funniest characters of the whole thing.

Will Friedle (89:54)

So weird. It was so weird.

Sabrina Bryan (89:55)

She was hilarious.

Will Friedle (89:56)

Oh, God. Well, thank you for that. Now it comes to the point in our program, of course, where we have to rate the film we just saw. And thankfully, you get to go first this week because I went first last week. We're gonna do one out of 60, with 48 being the highest, but 12 being the middle. No, we'll do one out of 10. That's easier. One out of 10. 10. And we'll do 10 as the highest.

Sabrina Bryan (90:18)

And the options are.

Will Friedle (90:21)

Our options this week are. Let it goes.

Sabrina Bryan (90:24)

I can't do that.

Will Friedle (90:25)

Chickens not roosters. One out of ten. House, bakery, garages. One out of ten. Hypoallergenic chicken heads. George Carlin laughs. Rocket ships and space shuttles. 1 out of 10. Cheerleader kidnappings. 1 out of 10. Jamie's loose ruled. Parents, manipulative best friends. Tamu chickens. 1 out of 10. R B janitors. Over. 1 out of 10. Marching band electric guitar solos. I think I get to pick this week. And you have to go first.

Sabrina Bryan (90:55)

You do?

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Will Friedle (90:56)

You said you couldn't do it, so we're gonna do Let it go.

Sabrina Bryan (90:58)

Oh, dang it.

Will Friedle (91:00)

Because you didn't want to do it. So that's gonna be the fun part.

Sabrina Bryan (91:04)

I didn't hate the Song, though.

Will Friedle (91:06)

Like, I didn't hate it either, but it's not as good as Elsa.

Sabrina Bryan (91:09)

Well, nothing's. Nothing is out there.

Will Friedle (91:11)

Thank you. One with the wind and sky. Don't even start with me.

Sabrina Bryan (91:14)

So here's the thing. As wild as it is this movie and how just cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs it is. It really is. I still had a. Like, it's still a funny movie to watch. The cast holds this movie up. They really do. Mitchell's hilarious Jason Dolly is. Is everything you need any, like, rom com crush. You know, the. You know, the guy gets the girl. Like, do you know what I mean? Like, it's all of those things. Even though it's wild and the storyline makes no sense, I still liked it. I did. I really did. I did not hate this movie. I still am gonna give this movie. I. Like I said the cat. I mean. Oh, gosh. It's just so many funny parts. It had me laughing, it had me smiling. It had me rolling my eyes at a lot of the parts, but I still liked it. And I'm gonna give it an eight.

Will Friedle (92:20)

Oh, my God. Wow. Wow.

Sabrina Bryan (92:23)

I don't know if this is if I'm at one of the things where we kind of tell our fans not to do and it's this two year worth of nostalgia for me that holds it up so high. I don't know. But I just. Truly, the lowest I could go would be a 7.5, but I don't want to.

Will Friedle (92:41)

Okay. Hey, you gotta go your way. And I understand that feeling because it does hold a special place for us. Obviously it does.

Sabrina Bryan (92:49)

And I just love these characters. Like, the actors just really dig. Did such a great job for me.

Will Friedle (92:56)

I agree with you.

Sabrina Bryan (92:58)

It is unbelievable in it. I think it's just funny.

Will Friedle (93:02)

I agree with you. The. The. As individual bits. Yes, it's funny. Yes, the actors are great. It's arguably the worst character in the history of dcoms, which Mitchell Musso's character who's just.

Sabrina Bryan (93:19)

If you're gonna go there, go.

Will Friedle (93:21)

I guess. I guess so. It seems like they had. They got all the perfect pieces to build a race car and last minute decided to make a merry go round instead, where it was just like you took all those pieces and you did something else with them. Like what? Really? That's what you decided to do with them. I feel like you. I feel like you do in that. Love the care, love the actors, love the cast. Script makes no sense. Huge story points you could drive trucks through. There's not a really redeeming girl in the whole movie, even the one who's there is lying to him most of the time about the boyfriend. And then she falls for just the chicken. And then she's happy she doesn't have to bang that one dude who's the chicken. The movie is so all over the place, but it does hold a special place for me. So I think I'm being generous by saying I'm gonna give it 6.5. Let it goes. It's. It's just, it's a weird movie. Again, love this cast so much, but the film itself was weird. Yes, was weird, but there, there you go. We bought, we brought it back. Our first one ever. Our next movie is a stone cold classic. So to go from the Dali Muso duo, We are recapping 2009's Princess Protection Program starring Demi Lovato and Selena Gomez. Yes. An arguably even bigger duo. They are the tag team champs, if you ask me. And it is currently streaming on Disney plus, so jump in now if you want to go ahead and watch that. But before we do that, this week for our Park Hopper episode, we are talking to an actor who recently impressed us in the dcom. Right on track. We love that movie. He's an old pal of mine from his time on Boy Meets World, but you might recognize him from Little Giants or Toothless or Jingle all the Way. It is the best crew chief in all of hot rod racing. That's right. Marcus Toji is going to be joining us. He is such a great guy and we love talking to him. Here's a little snippet of what you can expect to hear. It was a joke, but it's also very hard to get in and out of those cars, right? So to have, you know, Beverly Mitchell, like, putting on her helmet, watching her get into the car, it's not like a glamorous looking thing, you know, so it's, it's always like she's in the car when you see it or she's, she's, you know, stepping up and taking off the helmet and doing the hair, you know, that was totally fun. Again, talk to this guy twice now for two hours and I could do it again. He's a ton of fun. He is the best. And he's really, really great in that movie. That was a movie that shocked us. Right on track. We really liked it. Get to know him a little better with our interview on the dedicated Magical Rewind feed. Just search for us wherever you get your podcast and subscribe so you never miss another episode of dcom. Greatness and for more info, you can follow us on the Magical Rewind Pod on the Instagram machine. Apparently what you do is you hold your phone underwater and you say Instagram three times and it opens. So that's awesome. Thank you everybody and we'll see you next time.

Sabrina Bryan (96:14)

Bye bye.

Will Friedle (96:23)

Foreign.

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