The Nightly – Game Shows & Robert De Niro Movies

Host: Hatch Podcasts
Date: December 3, 2025

Overview

This cozy episode of The Nightly invites listeners into the Hatch Pillow Fort for a playful, late-night chat all about game shows and the ever-iconic Robert De Niro’s extensive filmography. Hosts Chris and Jacques (a.k.a. Chiquis) reflect on the appeal of pop culture trivia, swap personal game show stories, and play a friendly “movie memory” game trying to name as many De Niro films as possible. It’s all delivered with gentle humor and the familiar warmth that makes the podcast ideal for late-night unwinding.

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Game Shows & Jacques’ Trivia Adventures

[00:43 – 04:11]

• Chris brings up the new Pop Culture Jeopardy! and wonders who among them would survive in that competitive environment.
  • Chris: “I would love to be on that show. And then in the realistic sense of things, I’d probably get completely crushed.” (00:53)
• Jacques reveals a surprising game show resume:
  • The Price is Right with Bob Barker: Wore a homemade Plinko shirt during Barker’s final season at age 19.
  • Idiot Test on Game Show Network.
  • Celebrity Family Feud in recent years.
  • Jacques muses on possibly leveraging his connections to get onto Pop Culture Jeopardy! (03:08) — potentially as a trivia team with friends.
  • Jacques: “We’ve never won at our actual trivia night, but we’ll be so interesting doing it.” (03:43)

2. Movie Memory Game: How Many Robert De Niro Films Can We Name?

[04:20 – 14:59]

• The main game involves going back and forth naming De Niro movies until one person blanks.
  • Jacques sets the rules: “I’m just gonna point at an actor, and that’s the one we’re gonna go with.” (04:32)
  • Actor chosen: Robert De Niro.
• Notable films recalled include:
  • Goodfellas (Chris’s pick, 05:33): “A movie I adore and have seen many, many times.”
  • Meet the Parents (Jacques, 06:07): “This is when the world realized Robert De Niro could be funny, right?”
  • Taxi Driver – including the famous “You talking to me?” scene (06:43).
    • Jacques: “Would you say that was the movie that brought him to, ‘Oh, this kid is like one of the better actors?’” (06:52)
  • The Intern, Raging Bull, Showtime (with Eddie Murphy), Joker, Once Upon a Time in America, and The Irishman (complete with a humorous critique of the “de-aged” effects).
    • Jacques: “There’s a part of the movie where he’s supposed to be like beating somebody up. And he’s supposed to be like a young man, but he’s still clearly a 80 plus year old man.” (11:10)
  • Killers of the Flower Moon, Cape Fear, and others.
• Jacques runs out of De Niro movies and surrenders, with Chris adding one last pick.

3. Rapid-Fire De Niro Filmography Recap

[15:07 – 19:14]

• The hosts reference the “pillow fort encyclopedia” and are astonished at how many major De Niro titles they forgot:
  • Casino, Heat, and Jackie Brown—“How do we miss those? That’s wild.” (16:18)
  • Analyze This, Analyze That (with Billy Crystal): “Those were fun movies also.” (16:39)
  • The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle, Silver Linings Playbook, American Hustle, Joy.
• Chris observes that De Niro’s career is the opposite of Leonardo DiCaprio’s—he has done tons of movies, big and small:
  • Jacques: “…looking at Robert De Niro’s filmography, he was in so many movies that I’ve never heard of in my life.” (18:19)
• They call out obscure or unfamiliar titles: Mistress, Ezra, Guilty by Suspicion, Savage Salvation, Jackknife, Hands of Stone, 1900, and even a short called Ellis where he plays “the Immigrant.”
  • Chris: “If you enjoy acting, play all the different kinds of roles, be in all sorts of projects, why not?” (19:05)
  • Jacques (jokingly): “And if you got 20 kids make all that child support money.” (19:14)

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Game Show Glory:
  Chris: “Oh, my God, Jacques, I didn’t know this about you. And now I find you even more heroic than I thought I did.” (01:14)
• On De Niro’s Versatility:
  Chris: “That was like one of the first movies where there was an actor doing that big physical transformation thing… that later on Tom Hanks did for Cast Away and other actors have done.” (07:54)
• About The Irishman:
  Jacques: “I couldn’t get the de-aging in the face. Cool. But the body, like took me all the way out.” (11:10)
• Self-Deprecating Movie Recall:
  Chris: “There are gonna be people who are gonna be so mad. We missed probably two of the biggest movies, Casino and Heat.” (16:09)
• On De Niro’s Gigantic Resume:
  Jacques: “Like every year he has like two to five movies that came out that year.” (18:19)

Timestamps for Important Segments

• 00:43 – Pop Culture Jeopardy! & Game Show Experiences
• 04:20 – Introduction of the Movie Memory Game
• 05:08 – Robert De Niro Chosen; Game Begins
• 06:39 – Notable De Niro Movies: Classic & Deep Cuts Begin Flowing
• 11:10 – Extended Riff on The Irishman’s “De-Aging” Effects
• 15:07 – Comparing Notes: What Major De Niro Films Did They Miss?
• 18:19 – Reflection on De Niro’s Prolific Output

Conclusion

The episode wraps up with both hosts winding down, expressing admiration for De Niro’s multifaceted career and laughing at the movies they managed to forget. The vibe is as soothing and fun as ever, making this the perfect winding-down listen for pop culture lovers and movie buffs.

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