"At that moment, The Chosen One learned a valuable lesson about Iron Claws -- THEY HURT LIKE CRAP, MAN!"
-- Master Tang,
Kung Pow: Enter the Fist
Hey there, movie fans! My wonderful co-host Xan Sprouse and I are back with a new episode of Drunk Cinema! This time, we reopen the Drunk Cinema Theater to watch Kung Pow: Enter the Fist, the 2002 martial arts comedy film directed by Steve Oedekerk and featuring Steve Oedekerk as The Chosen One, Hui-Lou Chen as Master Tang, Fei Lung as Master Pain/Betty, Ling-Ling Hsieh as Ling, and Chia-Yung Liu as Wimp Lo!
In this ninth episode, Xan and I discuss things like Xan being the fashion police of the jury pool for jury duty, Xan celebrating her birthday and my giving her assorted 45s, our mutual love of '50s & '60s music, the recent Twitter debate of Woody Allen vs. Mel Brooks, Xan going into the movie cold, my realizing Kung Pow: Enter the Fist is a "love it or hate it" type of movie, the original 1976 Kung Fu movie Tiger & Crane Fists, Steve Oedekerk writing notable comedy films, Xan eating jelly babies, the DVD featuring an original audio track option, Jackie Chan, Xan and I getting our COVID shots, Baby Chosen One vs. Master Pain, super fast zooms in martial arts movies, the intentionally bad dubbing, Xan being freaked out by Tonguey, Master Pain's joke about crossing an owl with a bungee cord, Whoa having a unaboob, the best fight ever with a dairy cow, Master Tang sounding like Strong Bad, random weird objects popping up in the movie for no reason, Chris Sprouse's Wikipedia page, James Earl Jones as the voice of CNN, Xan being Team Backstreet Boys, the Boombox Henchman playing the remix of Ram Jam's "Black Betty", the Evil Council being revealed as French aliens, the Thumb Wars animated short parody of Star Wars, @Benga27 on Twitter thinking Xan is fucking hilarious, Snow's "Informer", Chris Sprouse watching the first episode of Jupiter's Legacy, sending all the positive vibes to Jesse Jackson, finally scheduling Christine Peruski to watch Clue with us, and more!
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Be sure to come back in two weeks for Episode 010, as Xan and I are joined by special guest host Christine Peruski to watch
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the 1985 black comedy mystery film directed by Jonathan Lynn and featuring Madeline Kahn as Mrs. White, Christopher Lloyd as Professor Plum, Michael McKean as Mr. Green, and Tim Curry as Wadsworth!