Episode 125: Smiley

TagEdit

"I have to admit: we did it for teh lulz. We discuss Smiley."

Website BlurbEdit

Warning: listening to this podcast may result in a Smiley attack.

Movie SummaryEdit

PremiseEdit

A college student discovers that Smiley, an urban legend about a murderous spirit which you can invoke to kill your Internet chat partner, is actually true!

StoryEdit

It's a classic "Reverse Candyman" scenario. @06:50, 09:15

EndingEdit

Worse ThanEdit

• That's My Boy @37:45

Final JudgmentsEdit

• Bad-Bad Movie (Elliott) @36:55
• Bad-Bad Movie (Dan) @37:25
• Bad-Bad Movie (Stuart) @38:35

Episode HighlightsEdit

TangentsEdit

• Dan's Knee @1:45
• Millionaire Baby and Hobo Baby
• Dingdonggate @3:20
• Pervazoid #1 @42:25, 45:40
• Dan's Wife @45:15
• Krang with boobs @55:10
• Star Wars @59:45

Movie PitchesEdit

• Stuart Wellington's Castle Babies (television series)
• You're in the Hot Seat Starring Dan McCoy as The Seat, and Stuart Wellington as Jamie Hot. @43:30

QuotesEdit

• “­Watching Smiley with Stuart was like watching The Matrix with my dad, when I had to explain everything to him.”
       —Elliott @06:25
• “­Hey, it's me! Where do you want those lulz?”
       —Stuart @36:25

Listener MailEdit

LettersEdit

"The Flopford Wives" from Joe Lastnamewithheld @41:30

"Our Long National Nightmare Is Finally Over" from Sta Lastnamewithheld @47:45

The Invisible Maniac for sale on DVD @48:20

"Brookline High School" from David Lastnamewithheld (Elliott's brother) @50:35

Dan:	This letter...
Elliott:	Okay.
Dan:	Is from...
Elliott:	Yes? Any time...
Dan:	David...
Elliott:	No!
Dan:	Last name withheld.
Elliott:	Okay, thank goodness.
Dan:	Elliott's brother.
Elliott:	No! Nooo! NOOO!!!

Which Nicolas Cage movie that you've all watched for The Flop House do you think was the worst?

• Bangkok Dangerous (Stuart) @52:55
• Bangkok Dangerous (Elliott) @53:00
• Bangkok Dangerous (Dan) @53:40

"Honor Roger Ebert by Dishonoring Rob Schneider" from Chris Lastnamewithheld @55:30

RecommendationsEdit

• Blood Diner (1987) by Jackie Kong (Stuart) @1:00:30
• Excision (2012) by Richard Bates, Jr. (Dan) @1:01:55
• Kurotokage (1962) by Umetsugu Inoue (Elliott) @1:05:25 (Not the 1968 version.)
• Union Station (1950) by Rudolph Maté (Elliott) @1:04:35

Mentioned InEdit

• “­They're all wearing masks that have big, smiley faces. Not like Smiley — they don't look like a fat man's belly.”
       —Elliott, Episode 137: The Purge @27:45
• Episode 193: United Passions