MARCH MADNESS 2024 - Day 28
Added 2024-03-28 16:00:14 +0000 UTCGotta say, I'm a bit surprised by Highlander's strength in this year's tournament! But will Connor MacLeod be able to defeat Tabletop Games in the next round? HMMM.
Up today - a much-anticipated matchup.
HAPPY MADISON ORIGINS vs PULP HEROES!
You can practically hear these images!
With HAPPY MADISON ORIGINS, we'd cover the six Sandler vehicles that led to the creation of his Happy Madison production shingle with LITTLE NICKY:
BILLY MADISON
HAPPY GILMORE
THE WEDDING SINGER
THE WATERBOY
BIG DADDY
LITTLE NICKY
With PULP HEROES, we'd cover five films (mostly) from the 90s, when people thought this genre was gonna be a thing:
Dick Tracy
The Shadow
The Phantom
The Rocketeer
The Spirit
Which franchise will move on to face Andrew Lloyd Webber in the next round??
Comments
We had the chance to have a Little Nicky episode and THIS is what you do to me? 💔
Nolan B
2024-03-31 03:12:03 +0000 UTCYou people disgust me.
Nolan B
2024-03-31 03:11:24 +0000 UTCI forgot to pay for membership and couldn’t vote LMAO 😭😭😭🍅🍅
Ancient alien
2024-03-30 07:56:52 +0000 UTCAll respect to Highlander, the first is a classic, and a The Quickening episode is a must, but you can defiantly stop there. Unless you need 2-3 hours to discuss Mario Van Peebles (in the Highlander franchise anyway.) 4 you could justify if you are encompassing the transition to television and the various series, which have their own following I suppose.
Howard Green
2024-03-29 16:33:40 +0000 UTCI remember seeing The Spirit in theaters and it was a tough watch. Disappointed Happy Madison didn’t knock this one out
Rebecca C
2024-03-29 14:19:02 +0000 UTCI don’t think anyone should be surprised by Highlander. It’s been a years in waiting Ben’s Choice.
William Volny
2024-03-29 14:12:16 +0000 UTCPeople that think somehow the Rocketeer is the only interesting pulp hero film in that batch are out of their minds, The Phantom Slams Evil, features crystal skulls, and Treat Williams murders a man with a booby-trapped microscope!
Chris Dobson
2024-03-29 14:09:17 +0000 UTCI think Dick Tracy and The Rocketeer would be great episodes. The Shadow might have some interesting BTS details I guess.
Michael Conway
2024-03-29 13:20:01 +0000 UTCPulp Heroes, all the way!
Joshua Athridge
2024-03-29 13:02:29 +0000 UTCI love The Rocketeer, but the others are so bad and not in a "I want to watch them for laughs" way.
Jason H
2024-03-29 04:35:32 +0000 UTCy'all are transphobic if you don't pick happy madison
Alice
2024-03-29 04:26:06 +0000 UTCwhich three lol every one of the pulp movies is bizarre in a very different way except MAYBE the shadow and the phantom, and those movies are still weird they're just similarly weird
disk-kun, the mascot for the famicom disk system
2024-03-29 04:16:39 +0000 UTCClearly I don't know anything about anything, I thought Pulp Heroes would be out in the first round and Happy Madison could only potentially be defeated by Tabletop Games. This is bananas.
Janine Liberty
2024-03-29 02:09:16 +0000 UTCHe’s an American Hero!!
CT
2024-03-29 01:46:26 +0000 UTCI am so thrilled at the totally gonzo result of this poll! Thank god the majority of Blankies have the correct opinion this one time!
CT
2024-03-29 01:35:00 +0000 UTCYeah I think that just created a noncompetitive bracket
Rad Rodge
2024-03-29 01:04:12 +0000 UTCI’d say those are all fun and/or wild movies that will fun to be sit through with commentary!
Anthony Regina
2024-03-28 23:22:55 +0000 UTCI’m taking these pulps as far as I can
Anthony Regina
2024-03-28 23:21:56 +0000 UTCHarold would never beat up his landlord!
Laura Bee
2024-03-28 23:20:07 +0000 UTCdick
Eric
2024-03-28 23:01:02 +0000 UTCdiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiick
Eric
2024-03-28 23:00:51 +0000 UTCCome on happy!
Adam Buckeridge
2024-03-28 21:53:06 +0000 UTCOn a certain level isn’t that what the pod’s about? If i was just interested in a movie I’d read about it, the friends’ personalities is what makes the show tho. Like, I wasn’t interested in Nomads at all but I loved the episode.
Austin McDougle
2024-03-28 21:45:18 +0000 UTCNobody is funny
Jon Tiberious
2024-03-28 21:15:04 +0000 UTCI'm really happy that the Patreon users are also insane like me. The general march madness bracket winners are turning out to be way too serious.
Bill
2024-03-28 21:11:11 +0000 UTCBasically a guarantee once Twin Peaks was included.
PoorFrisco
2024-03-28 20:53:30 +0000 UTCNot that I don’t like Patrick Fischler but I do like suspenseful busted brackets more
Rad Rodge
2024-03-28 20:53:16 +0000 UTCMy fear with the main feed bracket since day one has been “wouldn’t Lynch just win against any possible opponent on a main feed bracket, given the demographics of the electorate,” and it still is unfortunately feeling that way to me
Rad Rodge
2024-03-28 20:52:04 +0000 UTCYeah that’s the thing, this has all been vanity because an index card with Jarnathan on it would’ve won hahaha
Rad Rodge
2024-03-28 20:48:43 +0000 UTCThis was maybe the first hard decision I've had to make for this bracket.
Douglas Wykstra
2024-03-28 20:47:56 +0000 UTCI can sense Griffin’s disgust with our evaluation here but I kiiiiiiiinda agree about Stanton, I think John Carter is one of the most necessary movies for the show cover eventually but I’m not set on a Stanton series
Rad Rodge
2024-03-28 20:47:36 +0000 UTCYeah this is a really blank check series with a surprising amount of variety
Rad Rodge
2024-03-28 20:46:19 +0000 UTCThere are a lot of interesting careers within the happy Madison camp other than Adam Sandler. He always gets interesting ensembles because he’s (seemingly at least) such a genuine mench
Blake Anderson
2024-03-28 20:33:22 +0000 UTCblank check dick tracy is my roman empire
tracy
2024-03-28 20:18:47 +0000 UTCYikes. Pulp Heroes is gonna have 3 completely skippable episodes. Even the lame Sandler ones are going to have something interesting to talk about.
Michael Conway
2024-03-28 20:14:46 +0000 UTCGIMME NOTHING BUT PULP
Chuck Emmett
2024-03-28 20:09:38 +0000 UTCI feel like Table Top Games can do it with Clue in the mix.
Chris Radicone
2024-03-28 19:48:21 +0000 UTCPacino as Big Boy Caprice is worth the price admission alone.
Josh Harvey
2024-03-28 19:16:29 +0000 UTCPre CGI Under appreciated Lovers of kitch People!
Josh Harvey
2024-03-28 19:14:56 +0000 UTCAnything can happen
Flappy McGillicuddy-Jones III
2024-03-28 18:49:48 +0000 UTCTHIS IS THRILLING! edge of my dang seat!!!
sheabobay
2024-03-28 18:43:39 +0000 UTCIf you think a Rocketeer episode is worth sitting through 2 months of the Shadow, the phantom, the spirit, and dick tracy then I don't know what to say
Jestin
2024-03-28 18:34:54 +0000 UTCOh yeah HT and Mixed Nuts are definitely classics. Let's step aside and let them cover the movies with real cultural legacies like *checks notes* "the phantom" and "dick tracy"?
Jestin
2024-03-28 18:31:11 +0000 UTCPULP PARTY!!
Taman Eggers
2024-03-28 18:25:12 +0000 UTCIt’s all about Dick Tracy
Susan Hoffa
2024-03-28 18:21:53 +0000 UTCThey've done way more Sandler (HT1, 2 and 3, plus Spanglish and Mixed Nuts), than they have Beatty. Let's put Sandler to bed for a bit.
Devin
2024-03-28 18:13:54 +0000 UTCWaaaay more Shadowheads than expected
Manton
2024-03-28 18:05:34 +0000 UTCI would like to put it out there, that Little Nikky is to be added to the pulp hero list in the unlikely event Happy Madison doesn't pull through
Carolyn
2024-03-28 18:02:10 +0000 UTCAnd it was enough!
Max Newfield
2024-03-28 17:34:21 +0000 UTCI told y’all, pulp heroes is gonna take it. People here and on Reddit were makin fun of me, but I knew… I knew…
Tyler Duggan
2024-03-28 17:31:54 +0000 UTCThe Rocketeer rules and the Shadow deserves more love. It's really stylish and fun
Avri Rosen-Zvi
2024-03-28 17:29:05 +0000 UTCPulp heroes all the way, baybeeee!
Avri Rosen-Zvi
2024-03-28 17:26:58 +0000 UTCGet Flash Gordon in there. Let's see Sky Captain too.
PG
2024-03-28 17:25:00 +0000 UTCMan, this one is pretty hard...both of these sets are really appealing. I might have to flip a coin!
Kerry Benton
2024-03-28 17:14:12 +0000 UTCDick Tracy wins this
CT13
2024-03-28 17:13:36 +0000 UTCLove comedies on main feed, not ideal for commentaries.
Adam Grzegorczyk
2024-03-28 17:09:33 +0000 UTCZing!
Patrick McEvoy
2024-03-28 17:04:35 +0000 UTCThey've only covered one Beatty-related movie though, right?
Philip M Bernstein
2024-03-28 17:03:53 +0000 UTCIf pulp wins over Sandler then I can only assume that this is karma for ALW winning that vote but seriously there are enough podcasts about comic book characters please leave this topic to The Ringer shout out Van Lathan and Mallory Rubin and Joanna Robinson🫶🏼
Alison R.B.
2024-03-28 16:59:21 +0000 UTCI feel like they’ve covered Beaty enough. I’m always hesitant on these weird fascination of griffin series. They are weird and his fascination is justified but they aren’t movies I’m interested in
Blake Anderson
2024-03-28 16:58:47 +0000 UTCI buy that. In my head the main audience and the Patreon audience are the same, but that obviously isn’t true. I’m hopeful for main feed busted bracket some year, but this year makes that seem like a long shot. I’m even bummed about the next bracket update episode since it’ll be a lot of, “well, the favorite won this matchup too.”
PoorFrisco
2024-03-28 16:56:46 +0000 UTCThis was precisely my reaction.
Chris Bench
2024-03-28 16:55:26 +0000 UTCSeriously I agree don’t we have enough podcasts about superheroes leave this crap to the Midnight Boys over at The Ringer shout out to Van Lathan 🫶🏼
Alison R.B.
2024-03-28 16:54:55 +0000 UTCI hated the spirit when I first saw it, but since the homogenization of the genre I kind of appreciate it. At least it was trying something.
Robert Young
2024-03-28 16:53:15 +0000 UTCthank god. i was so scared to hit that button
SJCMX
2024-03-28 16:50:52 +0000 UTCAustin powers series ruled. Let’s watch Sandler crack the boys up
Blake Anderson
2024-03-28 16:50:46 +0000 UTCGuys no offense but who cares about pulp heroes? We did it with raimi already. They’re weird but bad? Not enough for me.
Blake Anderson
2024-03-28 16:50:30 +0000 UTCRocketeer fuckin rips
FirstPet BirthStreet
2024-03-28 16:49:34 +0000 UTCI've been saving a SHADOW/PHANTOM double feature for a special night, and I would love a gentle nudge towards fully excusing myself to do it. Love all of the PULP HERO films, except for THE SPIRIT, but who knows, maybe I'll learn to love it!
Johnny Pomatto
2024-03-28 16:49:13 +0000 UTCThe people demand Warren Beatty's Dick
Geraint Thomas
2024-03-28 16:46:51 +0000 UTCI've only seen the Rocketeer. Pumped for PULP.
Billnetherlands
2024-03-28 16:45:39 +0000 UTCI’m not sure where you stand PoorFrisco, but I’m wondering whether the chalk-y nature of the Main Feed Bracket vs. the more chaotic Patreon bracket reflects a more “I only watch films” voting base for main feed whereas the Patreon has a higher % of sportos who understand the beauty of a busted bracket.
Ian Green
2024-03-28 16:45:04 +0000 UTCBoth have their highs, mids, and lows. This is a tough one. Either way, I hope who makes it forward has enough juice to wipe ALW off the face of the earth.
Matthew Chmiel
2024-03-28 16:43:57 +0000 UTCAdd John Carter to Pulp Heroes now that Stanton is done
Aidan
2024-03-28 16:43:05 +0000 UTCAh now, be fair! He *has* made one - the *same* one, about 30 times or so! Honk honk!
John Dog
2024-03-28 16:40:07 +0000 UTCI voted Pulp Heroes because I've never seen The Shadow and note with interest that (a) it's directed by Aussie stylist Russell 'Highlander' Mulcahy and (b) our Checkmates commentary might coincide with Alec Baldwin's upcoming trial... 🦹🏻♂️🚨
Manish Agarwal
2024-03-28 16:38:36 +0000 UTCBAM! POW! ZAPP! KA-BLAMMO! Take that you Nazi scum! Gimme a dame and some quippy dialog and you got the juice! Extra Pulp...
Chris Radicone
2024-03-28 16:37:50 +0000 UTCPlease I cannot handle that much Adam Sandler for 3-4 months. For variety, vote pulp heroes!
David freeman
2024-03-28 16:35:07 +0000 UTCOh no what do I do!?
Nathan Bagwell
2024-03-28 16:34:14 +0000 UTCWoooooah
Matt
2024-03-28 16:32:45 +0000 UTCWe need Happy Madison origins guys
Jonathan Gage
2024-03-28 16:28:42 +0000 UTCPULP PULP PULP PULP
Zwoozy
2024-03-28 16:27:50 +0000 UTCI love Spike Lee but it’s going to be incredibly disappointing and boring if all 1 seeds are in the final four.
PoorFrisco
2024-03-28 16:26:54 +0000 UTCHappy Madison Origins is the obvious choice
Dan Licata
2024-03-28 16:26:44 +0000 UTCI don’t have anything against comedies. Maybe someday Sandler will make one.
Patrick McEvoy
2024-03-28 16:26:15 +0000 UTCThe Phantom came up in conversation at my regular movie trivia this week and a friend was telling me that it was originally written as a comedy, but then another studio took it over, didn't know about the comedy aspect, and filmed it completely straight. I already wanted a Dick Tracy ep but now I really need that Phantom ep as well.
Emily Scott
2024-03-28 16:24:29 +0000 UTCI have a sinking feeling that it will come down to Highlander vs. Happy Madison and Ben will be forced into a Sophie's Choice. So anyway I'm voting PULP because I've been meaning to revisit The Rocketeer. I've been loving March Madness this year by the way, thank you for all the hard work the BC Team put in!
Wyatt Gray
2024-03-28 16:23:38 +0000 UTCDid someone order a root canal? Because we're here for pulp!
Andrew
2024-03-28 16:23:03 +0000 UTCLET ME HAVE MY WEDDING SINGER EPISODE
Emily Parker
2024-03-28 16:22:49 +0000 UTCAhhhh you nerds. Go Sandman!
Anthony Pierre Coco
2024-03-28 16:20:38 +0000 UTCI'm shocked I thought "Good" Sandler was gonna go the whole way!
Josh Darby
2024-03-28 16:19:13 +0000 UTCThe Spirit is all I'm here for.
Mesfin Mebrate
2024-03-28 16:18:58 +0000 UTCHahahaha.
Corby Weyhmiller
2024-03-28 16:18:00 +0000 UTCMostly because Dick Tracy and The Rocketter will be better than Water Boy and Wedding Singer
Doug Robertson
2024-03-28 16:17:30 +0000 UTCGuys we can’t miss a breakdown of little Nicky a truly insane film
Jay Kay
2024-03-28 16:16:26 +0000 UTCThese matchups ultimately come down to uniqueness for me, and Pulp Heroes is simply more interesting than episodes about some of the most talked-about comedies of all time. Extra pulp, please.
Evan
2024-03-28 16:15:45 +0000 UTCTabletop is taking it!
Joel Cunningham
2024-03-28 16:14:34 +0000 UTCThe anti-comedy contingent of blankies is back, even though the Austin Powers episodes were S-tier
Jeff Burnett
2024-03-28 16:14:11 +0000 UTCSeeing these two H2H, kinda surprised Sandman never dipped his toe into a pulp hero comedy. The career arch lined up perfectly with the pulp hero "moment" and seems like a genre ripe for a high concept comedy
Del Lorenson
2024-03-28 16:12:51 +0000 UTCA vote for Happy Madison is a vote for Carl Weathers
Ryan Spearman
2024-03-28 16:12:40 +0000 UTCPulp has so much interesting content and people we've never discussed. More varied. Same cast and crew with Sandler. Plus, comedies aren't as interesting to listen to on the Patreon. More fun to watch, but it's just the guys laughing and describing bits. That said Austin Powers kind of ruled.
bigcabba
2024-03-28 16:12:15 +0000 UTC50/50 ! C’mon pulp heroes!
Scott Carberry
2024-03-28 16:11:53 +0000 UTCSorry, but I can't not vote for The Rocketeer
I am a robot who turns into a car and I find no humor in this
2024-03-28 16:11:18 +0000 UTCFolks, we’re just picking who is going to lose to ALW
Chet Kazalski
2024-03-28 16:11:17 +0000 UTCSo close!
Ryan Michael Liston
2024-03-28 16:11:01 +0000 UTCWill happily take Waterboy and Little Nicky over Phantom and Spirit, thank you.
Aaron Summers
2024-03-28 16:10:37 +0000 UTCI agree, would love to get a John Carter ep!
Curtis Bellemer
2024-03-28 16:09:59 +0000 UTCC’mon, Pulp Heroes! Slam evil!
Tobey
2024-03-28 16:09:56 +0000 UTCHappy Madison Origins aka default Sunday on every bachelor party I’ve gone to
Dante Cuestas-Thompson
2024-03-28 16:09:40 +0000 UTCit’s too damn hot for a penguin to be walkin’ around!!!!!
Austin McDougle
2024-03-28 16:09:10 +0000 UTCHard agree.
Fred Mercado
2024-03-28 16:09:08 +0000 UTCI think so. How much juice can you get out of Sandler films as far as content? Same cast and crew and the guys just laughing at the movie. So much interesting context with the PULP movies.
bigcabba
2024-03-28 16:08:57 +0000 UTCOk but if we do Pulp Heroes can we get commentaries on Warren Beatty’s bizarre Dick Tracy webisodes?
Peter M
2024-03-28 16:08:54 +0000 UTCC'moooon pulp! Those movies are so fun and weird, and comedies are never as good for commentary, imo.
Begemott
2024-03-28 16:08:49 +0000 UTCIf it were only the first 2 sandler’s I would vote for happy Madison without hesitation.
ryan mcgrath
2024-03-28 16:08:35 +0000 UTCI cannot sanction his buffoonery
Jeff Brax
2024-03-28 16:08:17 +0000 UTCIn Little Nicky there's a guy with boobs on his head
Benjamin South
2024-03-28 16:07:37 +0000 UTCI love the Sandman but Dick Tracy AND The Rocketeer? C'mon!
Alex Staniloff
2024-03-28 16:07:34 +0000 UTCYall should throw John Carter into pulp heroes now that Stanton is out - only reason to do Stanton anyways and I feel like it’d be better as a commentary
Zak Goldberger
2024-03-28 16:07:05 +0000 UTCVery fun I think. There's probably only one good movie on the list (Rocketeer) but the rest are big swings with big stars the that miss... bigly. So I think they'd be interesting commentaries.
Nathan D
2024-03-28 16:06:38 +0000 UTCYou gotta get back in here, they're starting to turn on George.
Ted Bogart
2024-03-28 16:06:34 +0000 UTCDo you really want to hurt me!? Do you really wanna make me cry!!
Martín Peréz
2024-03-28 16:05:32 +0000 UTCThis is the most conflicted I’ve felt all month. Both series seem great for different reasons.
Tom Houseman
2024-03-28 16:05:19 +0000 UTCI've never seen any of the pulp heroes films....would they be fun to talk about?
Jack Barr
2024-03-28 16:04:37 +0000 UTCPulp for me!
Jack R
2024-03-28 16:04:16 +0000 UTCVoting Happy Madison, but this made me laugh so hard that I was momentarily swayed
Alex Papaioannou
2024-03-28 16:04:10 +0000 UTCI thank Adam and all of the Happy Madison crew for the comedies of my youth, but nobody beats The Rocketeer. Nobody.
Beardmask
2024-03-28 16:03:37 +0000 UTCI think this will be close.
Michael Curley
2024-03-28 16:03:16 +0000 UTCLook, only one of these characters ever dared to have the courage to Zoom In.
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