The Fly (1986)

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Sean-Claude Van Hams (0:41)

How is this possible?

SPEAKER_2 (0:44)

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Sean-Claude Van Hams (1:00)

You're doing all this when you could just make some cash on Depop?

SPEAKER_2 (1:04)

But like isn't listing clothes online like harder?

Sean-Claude Van Hams (1:07)

Harder than this?

Mike Schulte (1:10)

Look, I made you a listing and somebody just bought your hat.

SPEAKER_2 (1:13)

I'm wearing this hat.

SPEAKER_6 (1:15)

You were wearing that hat.

Sean-Claude Van Hams (1:18)

Make money on Depop with no selling fees.

SPEAKER_6 (1:20)

Download the app and start selling today. Dramatization. Sales times vary by item and demand.

AJ Vence (1:26)

Does that mean if they're going to more bars that Jeff Goldblum's a bar fly?

Mike Schulte (1:32)

Are we supposed to think Jeff Goldblum's hot?

Sean-Claude Van Hams (1:34)

Why did you even ask this?

AJ Vence (1:36)

You guys think he's pretty fly for a white guy? I don't think Jeff Goldblum actually ever closes his eyes totally.

Mike Schulte (1:44)

Again, it's a disease.

SPEAKER_2 (1:46)

He's got that Roy Orbison disease.

Sean-Claude Van Hams (1:48)

Yeah, they call him Roy Orbital.

AJ Vence (1:50)

I'm 11 years old. I say you should be at least 21 to watch this. They were doing it in the sitting method. I cried.

Mike Schulte (2:18)

No one told you life was going to be this way. Well, hello, and welcome to The Confused Breakfast Podcast. Do you remember the pure joy of a trip to the video rental stores again?

Sean-Claude Van Hams (2:29)

Joey Tribbiani, man. It's hard to beat the ease.

AJ Vence (2:34)

I think I do, yeah.

Mike Schulte (2:36)

It's hard to beat the ease and convenience of the modern streaming era, but the experience of a Friday night trip to Blockbuster to make the big and sometimes tough decision of what movie was coming home with you was a truly magical experience. We're here to revisit the era and the movies that shaped us and defined our childhoods. My name is Mike Schulte. Joining me as always, two dudes who love to wax messionic.

Sean Pryor and AJ Vance, how the heck are you?

AJ Vence (2:59)

It's probably the only way to wax these things.

Sean-Claude Van Hams (3:01)

It is, right?

Mike Schulte (3:02)

Talk about the Messiah and just kind of wax on it.

AJ Vence (3:04)

Just saying, man. Just, yeah, wax on the Masononics.

Sean-Claude Van Hams (3:08)

Yeah, I was never invited to the El Shakir Shrine or whatever.

Mike Schulte (3:14)

Yeah, Tupac Shakir Shrine?

Sean-Claude Van Hams (3:16)

Yeah.

Mike Schulte (3:17)

Yeah. Shrine?

AJ Vence (3:18)

Well, it's a...

Sean-Claude Van Hams (3:19)

Mason, and like, are those...

Mike Schulte (3:22)

Freemasons.

AJ Vence (3:22)

The guys with the hats.

Mike Schulte (3:23)

Yeah, they drive the little carts in parades.

AJ Vence (3:26)

Yeah. Oh, yeah, the Moose Club. Yeah.

Sean-Claude Van Hams (3:29)

I think that's who that is. Those are Masons. Okay.

Mike Schulte (3:32)

I can't wait to be a Mason someday.

Sean-Claude Van Hams (3:33)

Yeah, man.

AJ Vence (3:34)

All right.

Mike Schulte (3:36)

Don't go. Don't you ever leave.

AJ Vence (3:39)

Don't you say that.

Mike Schulte (3:41)

Well, this is, I mean, this is starting off really great. It is. We're doing 1986's The Fly today. We're going to do a scene-by-scene deep dive analysis on the entire movie. But first, we got to talk nostalgia, fun facts, and reviews to set the stage. Sean, it's spooky season. You're going to start us off, man. You curated this. Why?

Sean-Claude Van Hams (3:59)

It grossed me out when I first saw this movie, really to turn my stomach.

Mike Schulte (4:04)

No.

Sean-Claude Van Hams (4:04)

Did not like it at all. It was a lot like the thing. I watched it, it gave me a stomach ache. I thought this was going to happen to me for sure.