Mack didn't win Celebrity Jeopardy so now he is forced to discuss the classic Coen Brothers comedy Raising Arizona with professional clown Richard Evans.
There is a hole in my soul that can only be filled with more Rich Evens Yodeling. The universe is made right! Years of bleeding ears, be it BOTW or half in the Bag, have led to this moment. We now know why God gave you life. Go forth and Yodel!
Mac revealing the secret behind how they got the shot of the van almost hitting the baby because he was in the same scene in Home Alone is my favorite.
The one I wish they'd talk about in all the Breakfast Club stuff I've seen is very early in when Bender is walking across the lot and Allison's parents almost hit him. They cut that kind of close.
After all the speculation about Mac in the media over the years, along with the horror stories that accompany many child actors, it's lovely to see how happy and well adjusted he seems to be. I also love how much he genuinely seems to enjoy Rich's company.
my dad, like most fatherly figures, *never* cries - especially in front of me! but when he showed me Raising Arizona a year ago, i glanced over at him during the end sequence and watched him shed a couple tears before he realized i saw him and he began to apologize. such a special movie that hits a perfect balance of humor and heart.
I really respect how cool headed he is being (despite being obviously nervous) to sit down and chat with someone who is as famous as internet superstar Rich Evans.
Best scene imo was when John Goodman is talking about robbing a bank and says something like, “we either get away with it or we don’t, either way we’re set for life.”
One of my favorite scenes is the parole hearing: board member 1: "You're not just tellin' us what we wanna hear?" HI: "No, sir. No way." board member 2: "'Cause we just wanna hear the truth." HI: "Well, then I guess I *am* tellin' you what you wanna hear." board member 1: "Boy, didn't we just tell you not to do that?" HI: "Yessir." board member 1: "Okay then." Raising Arizona is a cartoon. But a very clever one.
“They’re jammies. With Yodas ‘n’ shit on ‘em.” I’m surprised Rich didn’t mention the “Everyone in a trailer park speaks with a Southern accent, no matter where in the country they are” movie trope.
What's funny about it is that if it were Mike who asked, he would immediately be suspicious and not want to do it, but because it was Mac asking he just went for it and nailed it.
I really like HI's cellmate's story about growing up poor: "...and when there was no meat, we ate fowl and when there was no fowl, we ate crawdad and when there was no crawdad to be found, we ate sand." "You ate what?" "We ate sand." [pause] "You ate SAND?" "That's right! "
I'm so happy for Macaulay Culkin. He walked through the fire of child stardom, hollywood, drug addiction, and came out the other side a humble, good dude. Love this guy!
This was me and my late fathers favorite movie to quote. He would sometimes turn and look at me dead seriously and say: _"Son, you got a panty on your head."_
It's arguably the most quotable movie of all time. As I get older I often revisit movies that were favs of people who aren't around any more, it's bittersweet.
Noislund got the shoutout! Unironically excited to see what they do with this episode. Upbeat by Noislund is another great demo of Richs lovely singing voice.
At the end of the day, Mac’s going to be known for his stints on RLM With a footnote of “Also in some movies about getting left at home by his negligent parents”
“You’re not just telling us what we want to hear?” “No sir, no way.” “Cause we just want to hear the truth.” “Well then, I guess I am telling you what you want to hear.” “Boy, didn’t we just tell you not to do that?”
The scene of the knuckle scraping across the stucco walls during the trailer fight stuck with me so hard as a kid that I always, always thought of it whenever I saw those types of walls or ceiling growing up. You just _know_ that would hurt every single time because you always imagined it would. This film is a genius work of art.
I've always thought of this as Nic Cage's best role and performance. It's the perfect balance between being completely over the top and exaggerated in that way he's known for while also being quiet and sincere when he needs to be.
love when mccauley talked about having his first kid and called Brenda "my lady" and talking about how she just started bawling cause she loved them so much. so sweet ☺ the only celebrity couple I care about
And mirrored a moment later, with him answering "Naw, just circular" with this amazing balance between hilarious enunciation, and a sort of world-weary recognition that such truly magical outcomes were not for such as them.
The final scene of Raising Arizona is somehow one of the most beautiful of all time - the writing, the acting, the transcendent music. “Maybe it was Utah.”
@@calipanhead I think the idea is that H.I. isn't a big-picture guy. He remembers his dream about living a future life in a better place, far from trouble... but not too far. Maybe just the next state over from Arizona.
Raising Arizona is the movie that turned me into a movie dude. It came to cable in 1988 when I was eight or nine and we'd just gotten HBO for the summer, and I watched it three or four times a week. Concepts like directing and cinematography are kind of abstract and hard for little kids to understand, but anyone can watch Raising Arizona and see how it looks and feels different from Temple of Doom or Back to the Future or The Land Before Time or whatever. When I understood that it felt different from other movies because of the guys who had made it, something clicked and that's where I started paying attention to who was making movies instead of just who starred in them.
Same! I was mesmerized by this film, as I could see how differently it was made from other films. Showed little me that films could be just insanely creative, and that there weren't really any rules in how a story can be told. Funny, I loved the way RA was shot, and then came Three O'Clock High and Evil Dead 2, and it's been interesting to learn about the connections between them given their obvious shared cinematic language.
The actor who played Nathan Arizona (Trey Wilson) was supposed to play the gangster boss in Miller's Crossing, but died a few days before they started filming. The Coens had to scramble to fill that part, and they got Albert Finney, who absolutely killed it.
"These blow up into funny shapes at all?" "No, unless round is funny" Such a great, quotable movie. Not that long ago I discovered the version of "Down in the Willow Garden" by the Everly Brothers, which I hadn't realized was what Ed was singing until a recent rewatch. So happy they did this one
The scene where the first kid picks up an errant hula hoop and does tricks like a circus performer in "hudsucker proxy" while the other kids have their mind's blown is one of my favorites of all time
Dang, Rich. The dual tattoo theory is really good! I never really thought of it before. The way he says "I'm sorry" is so much more meaningful that way.
Right? That never crossed my mind as a kid, of course. But it makes so much sense! Like when the guy explodes, there's this other worldly kind of growl, like a monster. His monster!
I showed my Polish father in law this film. Had subtitles . The whole scene leading up him sliding out the windscreen after stealing the nappies made him slide off the sofa with tears laughing.
Rich yodeling in the correct key without a pitch reference is actually pretty impressive. If you don't believe me, record yourself humming your favorite song (let alone a film score) and then play it against the original.
Just saw this and it’s so funny. The fact that the Coen brothers can get humor right and still nail a movie like No Country For Old Men is crazy to me.
I always used to think they only made comedies because I grew up watching The big Lebowski and and O brother where art thou, but then I saw BLood simple and Fargo and realised they just made great films.
@TEGRIDY_FARMS Llewellyn Moss isn't the main character of the film. The fact that the Sheriff is who the novel and film focus on is rather clear from the title, as well as the whole theme of the story.
It's about time Rich and Jay finally got around to reviewing Raising Arizona. I figured it would happen ever since they mentioned they had coincidentally both watched it at the same time.
I always interpreted them having the same tattoos as an inference that Leonard Smalls and H.I. are actually long lost brothers. Leonard had made an earlier comment to Nathan Jr.'s father about how he himself was put up on the black market as a baby, and earlier we see he has a tattoo that reads "Mama didn't love me" suggesting his story is true. Since we never learn anything about H.I.'s mother, we never get to know for sure, but that implication does make how Smalls dies a more emotional scene if we assume it's the moment H.I. realizes he has a brother, before accidentally killing him in self defense. It might even help to explain why he dreams about him before he enters the story, as they have a prior unknown connection.
@@nathang.sellers181 Also, the way the angle of HI getting dragged from under the truck mirrors him dragging one of the quints from under the crib, and the way HI looks like a squalling baby when Smalls has him in a bear hug.
Glad to see another episide with Macaulay Culkin. Dude just fits into this channel seamlessly. Glad he is showing up and doing work with the team. Another great episide!!
Super underrated Cage and Coen Bros. movie. Love that it’s Mac and Rich talking about it.The scene I never see anyone talk about or mention is during the final fight scene. H.I. has just hit Cobb off his bike with a 2x4. Cobb gets up and throws a knife at H.I. but misses and hits the 2x4. Cage is backing up slowly as Cobb approaches him. I don’t know if it was in the script or just Cage being Cage, but he sneezes super aggressively, so aggressively in fact that it sounds and looks like he was about to vomit. It’s the funniest part of the movie imo and it’ll always bewilder me why it happens.
I first saw Raising Arizona as a kid and really loved it. I think the description of it being like a cartoon hits the nail on the head and probably why it was appealing even then. Definitely need to give it a re-watch.
The Fargo Season 2 direct callback to the ending dream scene in Raising Arizona is a great moment, but completely recontextualized. Definitely worth a watch for any Coen Bros fans out there.
Nicolas Cage is one of the few actors that has avoided typecasting. He can be in pretty much any movie. Maybe because he's genuinely hard to pigeonhole as an actor. He just is.
The one thing you can always be sure you'll get with Nic Cage is an absolutely committed performance, no matter how stupid or bad every other aspect of the movie is.
One of my favourite movies of all time, and the best flick for my money that re:view has ever touched. The song Holly Hunter is singing is called "Down in the Willow Garden," or "Rose Connelly," and has been a folk standard for years. I was 8 when this movie came out, and so it was probably my introduction to it, but as I spent my teen years as a lapsed movie geek transitioning to a music geek, I came to know it by the Everly Brothers, Wilco, Art Garfunkel and countless others before finally rewatching Raising Arizona in my 20s and being astonished to find it hiding in plain sight in the flick. Goddammit, now I have to stop my entire day and go watch this movie. THANKS FOR NOTHING MAC AND RICH
Yeah, and the fact that it’s been covered by famous artists like the Everly brothers, Art Garfunkel, Bon Iver etc. and this version is still my favourite shows just how insanely good Holly Hunter did it. She’s not even a singer and she crushed it.
I just realized that this was probably my first Coen Brothers experience. My family went and saw it in theaters when it came out and we weren't really entirely sure what we were in for, but in the end we all agreed it was a great movie with a lot of great moments throughout. I'll have to see if I can find a copy on DVD to add to my collection! And who would have thought Rich could yodel like that! Amazing! He's some kind of savant or something! Thanks for the entertaining video and stay safe out there!
6:36 during the woodpecker/mr horsepower tattoo/logo discussion they show clay smith cams stuff while rich says he thought it was to sell mufflers, but I wanted to add that thrush mufflers also used that logo so he was correct. This man's a hot rodder
Loved seeing you on Celeb Jeopardy, Big Mac! I was unreasonably excited when I saw your name. Random note... you guys had the best episode(so far). Only one where I was knowledgeable enough to adore each contestant. ♥
I watched Raising Arizona after being a fan Greg Garcia for years, and you can tell this film really must have inspired his shows. Especially My Name Is Earl, with Jason Lee basically playing a dumber H.I. in the show.
I love the Coens though I had to grow into Raising Arizona to really appreciate it...I saw it in my teens and the tone went over my head, but now I know more about movies and stories and characters, it's brilliant. I'll happily take a Re:View on any and every Coen Brothers movie!
For anyone curious, the murder ballad she sings is called "down in the willow garden" or just "the willow garden". It's an old folk song so there are tons of renditions of it.
This movie is a comedy classic, and it is easily one of my favorite Coen Brothers movies. I love it so much, in fact, that I made my husband watch it with me right after we had found out I was pregnant with our first kid. Haha. The Coen Brothers rarely miss-- especially with comedy. The "Would that it were so simple" scene from Hail Caesar! is easily the most hilarious scene I've seen in a movie the past decade.
I really appreciate this re:View coming out when it did, brings comfort at a difficult time for me. I've been in love with this movie since i first saw it with a group of friends, I'm glad you finally talk about it.
One of my faves from childhood. Casting director deserves an award. Everyvody was perfectly cast. Loved Holly Hunter and Goodman is a national treasure👍
