The Gates Of Cimino
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The Gates Of Cimino
Ep. 45 Cannery Row
Join me and actor/writer Chris Staviski as we discuss this forgotten classic.
Ever found yourself lost in the nostalgic beauty of a classic film, or captivated by an unexpected love story set in the heart of World War Two era America? Join us, as we grab the popcorn and journey back in time to the quaint fishing town of Monterey, the setting for this overlooked gem. Based on John Steinbeck's novel, Cannery Row, this episode is a deep-dive into the unique characters, exquisite set design, and the timeless love story between Doc (Nick Nolte) and Suzy (Debra Winger).
Get ready to appreciate the underappreciated, as we unravel the charm of this critically panned yet endearing film. We discuss character actors like M Emmet Walsh and Harry Dean Stanton, highlighting the vulnerability Nick Nolte brings to his character. We pay tribute to the film's deeper messages and soulful musical interludes, arguing that despite its box office bomb, Cannery Row, holds a charm that most definitely makes it worth watching.
In our final act, we dissect the symbolism and characters within this cinematic masterpiece. From drawing parallels between Frank McRae's character and Steinbeck's iconic Lenny Small, to discussing the eternal optimism of the characters set in the early 1940s backdrop. We also dig into the intriguing life of Doc and his determination to live life on his own terms. This roller coaster ride through Cannery Row is sure to leave you with a newfound appreciation for this overlooked classic. So sit back, relax and let's take a stroll down memory lane together.
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Vito:Yeah, man, i gotta say I watched the movie yesterday. Uh, Cannery Road this is the first time. I mean, i've only heard of it like just a couple of times, but I only know it because it's like the best movie poster ever. Oh yeah, i love that poster, but I never saw it. And then you brought that up. I was like, oh shit, okay. So I loved it And you want to? uh, why did you want to talk about this one?
Chris:So this is one of those type of films that I watched ever since I was a kid And, uh, you know it's not the greatest movie, but there's just something about the community that I just did. Just the crazy characters you know, like pretty much a majority of the characters are all just kind of out there, right, and and I love that aspect about this film. And another thing that I love them, uh, probably even more, is the set design of this movie.
Vito:Oh, yeah, that's amazing. It's so cool looking. You're right, the set is amazing on it. I actually thought it was taken from a play. I didn't realize it was a John Steinbeck novel until like the uh, you know, until I actually I kind of watched it one and a half times and I realized his name was above the credit. So I said, oh shit, okay, but it's a John Steinbeck novel and it's a real place. Henry wrote in Monaray. Did we go by there when we did our trips? No, okay, okay.
Chris:No, um, you see, i've actually been there a couple of times and the main reason why I wanted to go there the first time was because of the movie. And you know you, you go there and you're expecting, okay cool, it's going to be kind of like this little shanty town, you know, something reminiscent of a movie that was made in early eighties, based on a time they liked what 40s, i think.
Vito:Yeah, was there really? World War Two was going on.
Chris:Yeah. So my wife and I went there. Well, the canneries all closed down back in the 50s or, i think, a little prior to that. So now it's just a major tourist area. And you know there's this little shanty town in the movie. If you own property there now, you're set for life.
Vito:Oh yeah, i saw pictures online now. It's like a little hot spot. That's like a tourist attraction. It's so crazy to see that. You know, considering you see the movie, it was like this dump for poor people, you know.
Chris:Yeah, yeah, pretty much just kind of the the throwaways of society. They all went there and created just a really cool little counterculture.
Vito:Right And I was to give everyone a little rundown of the movie, because I knew nothing about it. I just knew it was kind of like a romance movie, which is when you see something from the 70s or 80s and you see romance. it could be anything. It could be about like Coke or everything. The romance movie.
Chris:So I mean, Starface is technically a romance movie. Technically is a romance movie You can categorize everything for the time So.
Vito:I wanted to kind of so. When I watched it I was just, i was completely blown away by it. Actually, i liked it more than I thought. But so to give everyone a rundown, canary Road was a John Steinbeck novel. But there's a spot in Monterey, northern California, called Canary Road which was like this little poor street. And but there was they canned up food. Is that what they did there?
Chris:Basically, it was a fishery area So, and there were a ton of different little canaries there And it was actually really booming at one time, But due to like overfishing, you know, and then just the area because the water is really rough, just one day pretty much dried up of the fish. So, you know, you had this huge booming community And then the next day was just, you know, pretty much a shanty town. Wow.
Vito:That is just such an insane place. And in the movie Nick Nolte plays Doc And he's like a marine biologist but he's an ex baseball player And he's new to the town but everyone kind of loves him. He has all the local stag around him, which I love, the supporting cast around him from, like you know, eminent Walsh and Frank McCrae, and I was like yes, yes, oh yeah, That's amazing.
Vito:You know, I love that, I love looking at the cast. So Deborah Winger shows up in town and she plays a woman named Susie who is just looking for work. So she becomes a prostitute in a brothel which is a ran by Mrs Roper.
Chris:And I was like isn't that the greatest man? Audrey Lindley.
Vito:I was like, yes, i was like, oh man, if Norman fell shows up, i'm going to die. I'm going to die, you know. But it was like. So we were talking a couple episodes about just like sex appeal in movies And Deborah Winger to me is so perfect for that time And, you know, i think I thought she was amazing. I wanted to tell you, when I was looking, i was trying to find the poster, because I wanted to post a poster up when we do. When I put the episode up And all these you know steals from the movie were showing up And I saw a picture of Nick Nolte talking to Rock Hill, welsh, and I was like, Oh, what was this from? And I didn't know this And I started looking it up. I didn't know she was the original Deborah Winger character And they fired her after a few days.
Chris:Yeah, yeah. So here's the crazy thing about that, because I was doing a little more research on that as well. That right there pretty much ruined Raquel Welsh's career. Yes. Yeah, So yeah it's pretty amazing because they got rid of her for being temperamental.
Vito:Basically being herself. Yeah.
Chris:Yeah, which I mean, look it was. I love her, i loved her. Oh yeah, come on, who didn't love her for 10,000 BC, or right, right, yeah, yeah. So after that she ended up suing them. So, yeah, where is this right here? And she won.
Vito:She won money, they had a pair.
Vito:She won, but they said she never got a starring offer ever again after that in a movie. Exactly Fuck, yeah, yeah, that's crazy. That is, i wonder what she thought about the movie afterwards, if she like, if she like regretted dad, or if she was like, fuck them, you know who knows. But when you watch it, i'm like I don't see anyone but Deborah Winger. It's like she was so perfect for that part. I thought she was amazing And I thought as much as her and Nick Nolte that that that dynamic was perfect, because the whole movie is about these two being so wrong for each other. But it just, you know, there's nobody else around.
Chris:Well, they're like they're, they're almost like the two only normal people in this area.
Vito:Yeah, so that's a good way of looking at it.
Chris:Yeah, you want them to get together And, and Deborah Winger added a sense of vulnerability And I think that had to do with her age as well at the time. I don't see her kill Welsh, would you know, would have done, because Raquel Welsh was what? 15 years older than Deborah Winger.
Vito:Yeah, 15 years older, and she was like such a sex symbol at the time. It would have been a different thing, you know. You would have automatically thought she was, you know, beautiful and everything where Deborah Winger has to win you over, you know, and that's what's so amazing about her She just has like that sex appeal. It's not just straightforward beauty, it's just, you know, everything about her makes her you know who she is. Yeah, yeah, definitely. And Nick Nolte I love Nick Nolte. I man we talk about like proper drunks and he's one of them And I can watch him just drinking all day, but he really is.
Vito:This is like the prime of his career that late 70s, early 80s. Nick Nolte was amazing And I bought everything about him about being a marine biologist He seemed like he knew what he was talking about. I bought him as a baseball player too, I mean, I thought that his whole backstory was great, Oh love the backstory And the thing is we forget how charming he could he was.
Chris:He dances in it, yeah, yeah, he dances in it in a funny scene where they're essentially competing with each other. But you always kind of like nowadays a lot of the younger viewing audience when they see him, they think of him as the older guy or even kind of disgruntled from the 48 hours which really, you know, made his career blow up, right. But you know, instead of him being like Nick Nolte, that's a terrible impersonation. Okay, that was great, that was great. Okay, i don't do Nick Nolte impersonations, but We can start. That's still going to be terrible, no matter what, but regardless, he even adds like just a sense of vulnerability in himself as well as being extremely charming. Yeah, and you know, you don't really see him in that role.
Vito:No, i totally agree with you on that, especially when you start hearing about his backstory, when you know you start with, the Audra Lindley character starts talking about you know, about him being a baseball player and Deborah Winger is like, well, how come he doesn't want to talk about it? She's like just leave the past go. It's just there's something that the thing that was getting me about the movie was there was something there was like this deep message to it that the novel probably gets into more And I was trying to figure it out. But it's something about like leaving the past alone. And because I love that seer character Yeah, i from Roadhouse, i, he's sunshine Parker.
Chris:Yeah.
Vito:He's fucking great at it, man And I. There's something about him too, and I love that little twist later on about like who he was in and in Nick Nolte's life in the past. I thought was great. I really love how they tie to that. I love to read the book now, you know. Oh, definitely.
Chris:Yeah, as I've watched this, because I watch it twice again this week And I'm like I really need to read these books. They're based on two books. One is Canary Rowan, i think. Uh, what was the other one?
Vito:It's uh, oh, ok, I didn't know that.
Chris:Yeah, it's a combination of two. I'll have to look that up.
Vito:Yeah, let me know. But if you're listening out there.
Chris:Just Google it. It's much easier than me sitting there trying to figure it out for an hour and a half.
Vito:Yeah, i know We don't even know how to use Google proper either at our at our old age. Yeah, there's fuckers. You know what stood out to me, what I always loved, and how they did this really good, was the musical interludes, how they were like playing live, like they kind of made it look as they're playing live music, as you're hearing music in the movie. I always thought that was really. You know, i was hoping to do that movies, but this one I loved, like when when Emma Walsh is playing the piano and the moon lights behind them and it's, it's almost like it's almost a montage, but it's not.
Vito:I was like God, that's. that's really cool how they did that. Definitely That's one of my favorite parts of the movie actually.
Chris:Oh yeah, what you know the sad thing is is like this movie is bombed in the box office.
Vito:Oh, it did Okay. Okay, i didn't know that.
Chris:And then also just the critics just just hated it, because it's tough to turn Steinbeck novels into movies, right.
Vito:I mean, Gripserath is really the only successful one, right?
Chris:Yeah, maybe East of Eden, but I think Oh yeah, East of Eden.
Vito:What am I thinking?
Chris:Yeah, yeah, but I mean that really comes down to more the, the legend of James.
Vito:Dean, right, you had Kazan directing you know and, and, and, and. then Ford did you know Gripserath? but this is directed by David Ward, who's mostly known for a major league Yeah. So I was like. This guy must love baseball, by the way, you know. Oh, yeah.
Chris:Yeah, and I think maybe that's another thing, that because you know I love baseball and that's probably another reason why I really liked this movie as well, because he had the baseball backstory.
Vito:Yeah, that was really cool how they snuck it in there too. It wasn't like in your face. They really did that nice. And David Ward he's. He's known for major league and he also won an Oscar for writing the sting. So he's been around forever. He's still alive and but like it's funny that he's done all this stuff but he's mostly known for major league. You know, that's awesome Yeah.
Chris:But the first one's great man. Yeah, yeah, fuck, yeah I love major league.
Vito:Yeah, definitely. You know a long time ago when, of our not a long time ago, but one of our earlier episodes, we did a character actor thing, vincent and I, and he brought up something that was for this movie too. But he said Roger Ebert had something called the Walsh Stanton role and any movie with MM Walsh or Harry Dean Stanton was good enough to watch, no matter what you know. And that role applies to this movie. Not only is this movie great and a fun watch, but I think he adds to it. As soon as you see MM Walsh pop up, you're like God damn, this is going to be one of those movies with great characters all throughout. and they're all going to be.
Chris:you know, add something to the movie, definitely, and I mean we've discussed this before because you know, i mean, even though I've only been on what 15, 16 movies somewhere around there, i consider myself a character actor And, yeah, i love character actors and MM Walsh, he is like one of the epitome of the character actors.
Vito:Definitely.
Chris:You start looking back a lot of stuff that he's done and you're just like, oh wait, he's the dude that shot the oil cans and the jerk Yeah.
Vito:I mean, he's in everything Fletch Na'vi, Na'vi he Blade. Runner. Oh God, he was so great in like the 70s But when the 80s came around he kind of like, yeah, he was just yeah from Blade Runner that he was one of the best bad guys ever and blood simple. You know he was. He is amazing. He's just one of the best actors character actors ever, you know.
Chris:And then even the best of times, which you guys have talked about as well.
Vito:Yeah, he's always around him and Harry Dean Stan. That's why I think it's one of the funniest roles for a critic to say for a movie, because when those two pop up that really is always at least an enjoyable watch. And again, na'vi was saying Frank McCray was in it and he's another great actor from from back in the day, from Bonnie and Clyde to shit. He was in Rocky 2, last Action Hero. He's in all kinds of stuff. He was another great actor.
Chris:I mean 48 hours vacation even Red Dawn man.
Vito:He was like the first person to get killed in Red Dawn. He's the teacher in.
Chris:Red Dawn, The teacher In the beginning he goes out there, like you know, hey guys, what's going on?
Vito:That's why that scared me when I was a kid, that scene. I was like, oh man, the Russians are going to come kill the teachers. Those damn Ruskies ain't got Frank McCray. The Ruskies are coming for Frank McCray, god man. But you know, it is kind of sad and a weird way to see the sets of this movie, seeing old pictures of Canary Row and then seeing it now all colorful and touristy, trapped out, and it's like, i don't know, there's something so nostalgic when, when places don't get that upgrade, you know.
Chris:Yeah, You know they try to kind of keep some of the exteriors of it up there, but it's still just. It's still extremely clean And it is a major tourist trap. My wife and I went up there a few years ago to a road trip. Okay, And it's funny because they got this little like animatronic show that you walk through that talks about the history of Monterey and it is so cheesy and such a major tourist trap. But it's the only thing that we went through where I felt like, okay, this is kind of like old school, kind of like Canary Row movie.
Vito:Oh, right, okay.
Chris:Yeah. So if you're ever up there in Monterey, spend like the 10, 15 bucks through the cheesy animatronic thing.
Vito:Well, we do our next road trip. We got to go through it. I got to see it. now You know, Yeah, It's it was. yeah, I really love it. Where did you shoot the movie at? You know, like the actual filming?
Chris:Yeah, actually in Downey Studios. They built the sets in Downey.
Vito:Oh, really, that's okay. That's strange, but yeah, no, they were beautiful sets. though. Did it win anything for that, do you know?
Chris:I don't think so.
Vito:I don't think so It was just a forgotten about movie Pretty much Oh man.
Chris:To me the sets. That's probably that in the sets in the. Remember the cheesy pop-by movie with Robin Williams. Yes, i think those are probably my two favorite sets.
Vito:They reminded me of Popeye too. You're right, It did remind me a lot of Popeye sets, just that way. you know the places on the water. I love it. And John Houston as the narrator was also a little touch. Yeah, you know he was drunk as hell when he's reading those lines, but I think they were all pretty much drunk as hell when they met. This is like the prime of all their alcoholism. Yeah, this milty and winger could handle it.
Chris:So the only one that wasn't drinking with Christ Sunshine Parker, who looked like he should have been drunk.
Vito:Right, he looks like he's the biggest drunk in all of them. Yeah, but he's I. you know I would love to really I definitely want to watch it again read the book because his character, the seer and just the whole background behind Doc. there's just a lot there that I think probably went over my head on the first time viewing and not knowing much about the novel. But I mean, if it's John Steinbeck, there's definitely a lot more more to it, i think, than you know. just that surface level plot. Oh, definitely Who?
Vito:got you into it when you were younger, like did you just like stumble on it, or?
Chris:No, i, you know it was. I'm the youngest of four. My oldest brother is 10 years older than me, so I'm sure it's probably just one of those things that they had it on one day And I just started watching it And I just fell like in love with kind of like the lore of it.
Vito:You know it's it, to me it's it's almost like You're from here, though, so it's a different thing You've. You probably have known this area before you even watched the movie, where, like to me, i'm like what's I thought was called Canary Road at first, and then I didn't realize. He looked at the spelling. You know, though it's. It was definitely a different. You know, lore to me.
Chris:Yeah, yeah, definitely. But like going back just kind of like seeing like the, the bums, you know the homeless people up there. I don't know what we're supposed to call them now.
Vito:Now, if you don't have a job, you're a bomb You know, but at least that's what I'm calling all the time.
Chris:Hey, you just see, a lot of these characters are almost just very child, childlike. So I think even when I was a kid, it's like there's that part of me that just kind of relate to them. They had really no responsibilities whatsoever And it's like what kids do? They don't really have that type of responsibilities. But one day they're like hey, i got a great idea, let's throw a mom and dad a party. Yeah, and that's what they do in the, in the movie. You know, they decided to throw a party for daughter with drastic consequences.
Vito:Yeah, exactly. But Frank LeGray is the perfect example of that too, because he had that, that brain disorder, whatever it was, where he still has like a whatever, a five year old kid's mind And he really has that childlike point of view for the movie, especially when they're catching frogs. I love that scene too. Yeah, definitely.
Chris:Well he's. he's very similar to another Steinbeck character, The the Lenny small character.
Vito:Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Chris:So you know I got to read a little more on Steinbeck stuff because I wonder if he threw, you know Lenny or Hazel type characters and more of his books.
Vito:I wonder if he's one of those authors who like reuse characters in their novels and you know who knows what he? I don't know a lot about him either, i just know the famous stuff. I think you didn't do like where the red fern grows as well, i believe. So Yeah, i just know like the famous ones. Like I don't know much, much about him either. That's what was cool to watch this movie it was. It was so fresh I didn't know anything about it. We're like his other stuff. You at least know a little bit of the premise going into it from grapes of wrath and. But this one I knew nothing about. I didn't know if it was a famous novel or not, but I tried to figure it out. I tried to research it in the movie and more the novel came up than the movie. So Yeah, i guess it is a bigger one.
Chris:Yeah, no, i don't think you did where where the red firms grow. But you know, like of my some man they had numerous. You know retellings of that.
Vito:Okay, yeah, well, then I'll cut out that part then, so I don't look completely stupid, i don't know. I mean, i mean he's obviously one of the biggest authors ever, you know. But you know, when you're younger and you and you've been are going to attempt to read, you're going to read stuff that's a little more to your. You know sensibilities and what you're into and you know Steinbeck's definitely he's a, he's a place in time, you know, the early 40s at poor America trying to get his feet going. I mean, that seems to be what he he's all about. You know, all of his novels seem to be about that, at least that are famous.
Chris:Yeah, the eternal optimism. Yeah, you always have those characters there, just like we're going to succeed, we're going to do something great, and that's kind of like the Susie character in this movie. Yeah, she was.
Vito:Yeah, deborah Winger. Her character is great because maybe when the few times you see a prostitute, that it's, it's almost like fully wholesome from the whole thing, from the madam to all the girls in the place. There really isn't anything ever to naughty going on. That, you see, and I don't know. I love it. It's like they talk about like the you know the meals are going to get. It was pretty cool.
Chris:Oh, definitely. Well, i like. One of my favorite parts is the first time she's ready to get together with a John Oh yeah, that's right when he walks in the room. Yeah, this military guy you can tell, he's just like very kind of straight to the, to the point. You know, probably, probably to me I think his backstory was like a bootcamp sergeant or something like. Oh, yeah.
Chris:You know. So he's telling her, like you know, take off your clothes. And she's like don't you want to do it for me, and and stuff. And He's like what's the point? he's all Exactly. And then she's like, well, how do I look in the dress? and he's like I don't know, i don't care. She's like it cost me $12, you know.
Vito:Oh yeah, that you kind of like points out and tells him off. He's like, oh, you look great, you look great, but that's probably the closest they get to going there. You know Nick Dolt, he's kind of watching her reflection outside, you know what? you know drinking a beer. You know it's definitely a movie that I think when you go back you do got to watch him multiple times because everything I think means something from like the frogs, a rattlesnakes. You know which I thought when that fight happened. I thought, instead of the octopus, i thought something was going to happen with the rattlesnake and some of those didn't get bit.
Vito:You know, i was like oh shit, yeah that I'm surprised that didn't happen.
Chris:Oh, yeah, yeah, and I agree, there's a lot of symbolism in the movie. like you know, the frogs actually symbolize hope.
Vito:Oh yeah, okay, that's good yeah. So yeah because their whole point is And money becomes a monetary system. Remember when they start dealing with the guy. It's like no, it's two frogs.
Chris:Yeah, he starts jacking up the prizes and everything. Yeah, and that character right there. That's just a cool character name. It's like Joseph and Mary is the guy's name.
Vito:Yeah, that is cool right.
Chris:Yeah, santos Morales played him.
Vito:Oh yeah yeah, i was checking out the cast. I saw that.
Chris:So one of the interesting things about Doc, his character he's actually based on a real guy. Oh, no shit. Yeah, and in Ed Ricketts he was a marine biologist in the area. he was actually best friend with Steinbeck, oh get out.
Vito:I was going to ask you if this was at least taken from a real guy, because he seemed to have the information on him pretty good, like his backstory, yeah, and he was actually one of the guys that kind of helped in a certain way form the Monterey Aquarium, monterey Bay Aquarium, to a certain degree.
Chris:it was like his studies that kind of helped really open the door for that And like nowadays actually one of their, their research vessels is named the Ricketts. Hmm, after the guy Ed Ricketts.
Vito:Oh cool, now was this at all a true story.
Chris:I don't know. I hope it is.
Vito:I know, I know that'd be great if you married some prostitute at the local brothel. Oh yeah, And it's just great, this little tiny and it really is a row, It's like this little small street, right, And I love it like what they have there. You know, instead of having, maybe things that are a little more important, they have a brothel. I was like that's like the cornerstone business that's in the town.
Chris:Yeah, and one of the interesting things is like they got this brothel, they've got these homeless guys out there. There's no cops.
Vito:No, that's right. No cops, even when they get in that big fight, it just has to end on its own, yeah.
Chris:With the Hazel and then the defensive van from the college team, beating the crap out of each other for six hours.
Vito:Yes, the frat boys coming in, uh huh, yeah, they got it on.
Chris:I've got it on right now And this is actually the scene. They just busted through the door, frat boys.
Vito:I tell you, right before that scene happened, when, when Emma M Wall punches them all at the same time, they all go falling back, i thought it was going to be like a slapstick scene and it was going to kind of end there, and then so they come back in, i was like, oh shit's going to be a real fight now. Oh man, that's funny. I was trying to. I was trying to see who actually made that movie poster too, because I, yeah, i haven't seen anything. I mean, you've seen things close to that, but the artwork on there was amazing. People should look that up, actually, just go on the IMDB page and look at the poster. I've always loved that And I just thought it was going to be just a romance movie, so I'd ever bothered watching it.
Chris:Yeah. So here's a little fun fact. It really does have anything to do with the movie, but with Audra Lindley, mrs Roper, so you know that every year they do, uh, mrs Roper, barcrawls in like different cities. No, what is it? People drip, yeah, people dress up as Mrs Roper and they just go hit up a bunch of bars like in the Hillcrest area of San Diego. Uh, New Orleans has done it before. Uh, let me see what else. What the fuck, I love it. North Worth London.
Vito:Oh, they need to do it right here one time. Yeah, i might have to go and drag as Mrs Roper.
Chris:Okay, if you're going to go and drag, mine's will be Mrs Roper.
Vito:Yeah, no doubt, no doubt. You know, turner Classic Movies has a little um making a featurette of the movie on there and um, it was it's about like eight, nine minutes long, but you can see uh between shots and everything in all the scenes. Uh, nick Nolte is uh actually, you know, uh pitching and and working on this throw and stuff, And I just love it that he's actually practicing his baseball, even though there's never anything in the movie that he has to do anything, it's just him, you know, talking about baseball.
Chris:Well, in fact, the only baseball is with the seer.
Vito:Remember when he hits the home run.
Chris:Yeah, or I think there is like one quick scene of him just uh pitching to uh Deborah Wiener.
Vito:Oh, okay, okay, Okay, i remember right, i don't think that's what happens when you watch a movie. once, you just forget every little detail.
Chris:I've watched it numerous times, but I still forget everything.
Vito:So yeah, but I like about this one, i, i, i want to own this because I, i. This is something I definitely want to watch over and over again. It feels like a seventies movie. When I saw 82, i was like, oh shit, okay, i mean, it definitely feels a little bit few years prior. Um, you know, and especially you know, this is the same time as urban cowboy, but you know, deborah Wiener looks a lot younger in here than she did in that movie. So it's, i'm surprised it was made, so you know, in 82.
Chris:Yeah, yeah. Well, and crazy thing is, like you know, it did miserable in the box office. But yeah, i think later on that year you had an officer and a gentleman and 48 hours come out, which was shit. That was the same year, same year. Officer and gentlemen, i mean, that made bank, that made like 130 million 40 hours.
Chris:Yeah, Yeah, So I. It's one of those where I think that if they would have pushed of course you can never, you never know how it's going to be, but if they push the release, I think, like to the following year, I think it would have blown up. So are you going to try the beer milkshake now?
Vito:Oh, that's what I wanted to talk about the bill. This is why I did the right notes. Yeah, that was like the coolest thing I have to try it. Is that a real drink?
Chris:So actually when I was a teenager my friends and I actually tried it. You know beer. Back then you just get like the regular butter or Coors or the Stater Brothers, a brown label brand, yeah, and we had to be our tastes like crap. So we tried it. It is not good, but I think next time you come over you're going to get a little bit of flavor. We'll try it with like a stout.
Vito:Yes, okay, okay, we're gonna do a beer milkshake in honor of Nick Nolte.
Opening:Welcome to Canary Row. Here we go. All right, you ready, touch it, joe, bring your hips Jumping jack Home of the world's foremost authorities On the leisure The flight. Ed Jonesy, i'd like a job as a waitress if you got one, yeah, but we don't serve too many sandwiches in here. I'm waiting Right here.
Opening:No one knows his name, so he's the one. So they call him Doc IQ 152, university of Chicago, a master's and PhD. What do you say? Thank you. He keeps to himself whenever possible. He knows what he likes Octopi. Oh, hey, doc, you know Susie here.
Opening:He's not the sort of man who goes looking for trouble. How do you do? I knew this guy once. He was always talking about he was gonna order a beer milkshake and get a driver. So he never saw her coming. He never knew. He never did Suddenly, without warning. The Doc was all set. He never had a chance. Excuse me, i could go make a phone call. Well, now I'm Doc. I'm not as young as I used to be.
Opening:It's a pretty funny business. Unborn things and all that. They're funnier businesses. Oh, a little sysacue. What do you got? Mr Buzz Snakes You sick? you're free to start this. Sea urchins. A beer milkshake. Who cares what she thinks. What the hell was that? I called him over the rainbow. I knew you wouldn't be able to do it. I do what I want, i live the way I want and I'm free. Hey, i'm sorry really. What can I do to make it up? You can watch. Yeah, crazy things have happened on Canary Road. 25 frogs for a buck. You got a five frog profit. We got you all kinds of frogs And we figured what the hell they might well celebrate. Mgm presents, nick Nolte What have I got myself into? And Deborah Winger, i ain't got the class of a duck. John Steinbeck's Irrassable. Let's see what you got. Hot stuff, ah. Irresistible love story. Canary Road, i don't know, doc, i like you just fine when you're not around.
