Doug Loves Movies

I may have mentioned this before, but I like me some podcasts.  They can help you get through a long day by keeping you entertained while you should be doing something else.  There are thousands of podcasts out there ranging from sports to comedy to politics, but my favorite podcast is easily Doug Loves Movies.  Basically, comedian Doug Benson has a couple of guests on the podcast (from Jon Hamm to Ken Jennings to local comedians) and they discuss movies then play fun games about movies.  It's a really funny show and the funniest part is generally the Leonard Maltin Game where Doug gives one of the guests some funny categories to choose from (like "Tom Cruise", that's movies where Tom Hanks is on a boat), then provides the year it came out and some horrible clues about the movie taken from Leonard Maltin's review of the movie, and then lets them know how many actors Leonard lists in the cast.  At this point, it gets pretty confusing but let's just say it is funny and leave it at that.  Also, before the Leonard Maltin Game, Doug's guests will go out into the audience and pick a "name tag" (which can be anything from an actually name tag to a bag of candy to a Bane mask) and the the guest who wins that episode also wins a prize bag for the name tag owner they picked (this is important later).

Well, I told you all of that because fellow Brainfart contributor Alex, my little brother, and I went to a taping of Doug Loves Movies this weekend in Atlanta and it was awesome.  We were pretty excited going in because Doug had mentioned on a previous episode that he was hoping to book some guests who were filming a movie in Atlanta at the time and the only movie we could find filming at the time was Anchorman 2.  Paul Rudd and David Koechner had done the show before and we thought they might be who Doug was referring to.  Unfortunately, they were not his guests for this episode, but he did bring in one big name.  Anyways, I wanted to give you guys the highlights:

• The guests were Graham Elwood (a good friend of Doug's and fellow stand-up), Duncan Trussell (another stand-up who has done some stuff for Comedy Central), and Colin Quinn (SNL alum and comedic actor).
• The episode was taped at The Punchline in Atlanta and it might have been the most cramped place I have ever been.  The tables and chairs were so packed in that my 6'5 legs were in a lot of pain by the end, and frankly, it was worse than being on a roller-coaster or an airplane.
• My name tag said "Sam Loves Boobies" and when they were picking name tags, Graham Elwood was looking in my direction but ended up picking the guy right behind me.
• Graham Elwood is pretty good at this, mostly because he is Doug's go-to-guy when he needs someone to be on the podcast.  Duncan Trussell was awful and Colin Quinn got the hang of it after a couple rounds (and after he realized that is wasn't a podcast of "an hour and a half of stoner jokes").
• The funniest part of the episode was during the Leonard Maltin Game when Graham Elwood was told to "name that movie" but Colin Quinn thought he knew the answer, too.  Colin asked Doug if he could guess it if Graham got it wrong and Doug said sure but he wouldn't win the point or anything, it would just be for fun.  At this point, Colin suggested they do a side-bet and both guys threw a twenty on the stage and Colin wrote his answer on one of the bills.  Doug then named a few of the actors in the cast and when he said Denis Leary (one of Colin's good friends), Colin dropped a loud f-bomb and the place went crazy and Doug won the bet.  (In case you wanted to know, the category was baseball movies and both Graham and Colin thought the answer was Angels in the Outfield but it was actually The Sandlot).
• Duncan won because he challenged Colin and Graham the two times it was his turn and they both got the answer wrong even though he was so terrible at the Leonard Maltin Game.
• Other than the cramped space I was crammed into, I thought it was a great experience and will definitely go to another taping if he comes back to Atlanta.
• Look for this episode on iTunes later this week, it is a good one.

"My brother took a picture at the show, but forgot to send it to me, so I present to you Doug Benson being Dough Benson instead."