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MARCH MADNESS 2024 - Day 22

🕑 Added 2024-03-22 16:00:13 +0000 UTC

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nate kidd

Holy hell he won….how? Why? Is this reality?!

Maricela Gonzalez

Having a JCS 1973 themed bday party this year, so ALW would be such a perfect gift!

John Machala

Will #thetwofriends cover the theatrical release of CATS or the fabled "butthole" cut?

Jennifer Riggs

Really don’t want to be dramatic but if ALW doesn’t win I will kms

Trevor Talley

I feel like we need a separate scumbums podcast

Trevor Talley

I am realizing that there is a third of us that is cool and I'm in it

Trevor Talley

Fuckin big agree. This is antiqueer

Chris Radicone

It's like you all hate Ben...for shame...the chain's!

Tyler Duggan

Sex NEGATIVE? You did listen to last week’s main feed, yeah? You’d think Mallory Rubin was running the pod with the begging there to be some sort of follow through to any kind of sexual tension in MEDICINE MAN.

Tyler Duggan

I think David is gonna blow us away with his hot take, based on his published review

Harry Russ

Between Barker, Ernest and Luca getting voted out, I think it's clear Blankies are sex negatives. Then again, if they release the butthole cut of Cats...

MoCoSwede

Dench and McKellen are clearly giving it their all, in an utterly misconceived film.

CT

Thank god we might get a chance to hear a podcast that’s derisive about Cats and talks about its weird choices, strange casting, and bad special effects! It’s…it’s just never been done, y’all! FINALLY someone might talk about this k-razy movie! What a unique treat at long last!!

Dylan C

It’s truly breaking my heart here

Trevor A

With Clive Barker, you get to hear them cover David Cronenberg as an actor (he's got quite a big role in Nightbreed)!

Mark Keathley

Yep! Nightbreed is awesome.

Dylan C

OH MY GOD PEOPLE IF YOU LET CLIVE BARKER LOSE THIS ROUND IM ACTUALLY GOING TO CRY

theintention

Well that can’t be right; I thought we were dang ass freaks here

Ryan Baker

Unless you've already got PFT lined up for every ep, this is a travesty. #BlankiesSoKNIFEGRAB

Pure Guava

Yes please

Chris D.

Omg no please Clive Barker

Lobo

The Joanie Sommers song?

Alex Lovendahl

griffin nominated judi dench in cats for a blankie, this is a pro-cats space

Tyler Duggan

It’s not that cats is bad. It’s that cats is so bad they may need to take a gummy to deal with it

Ray Goldberg

If we don’t get ALW how else will we learn that a cat is not a dog

Laura Bee

I have NO thought at all about my own reward

MoCoSwede

Gods preserve us from a Schumacher series…

MoCoSwede

Lindsay Ellis is another obvious guest for that episode.

Donald W Pratt

If it does end up being ALW, they have to get Jamie Loftus on for the Phantom of the Opera. She’s a rabid Phantomhead

Chris Radicone

Now that's the movie we should all want to see mischievously little furry cenobites.

Dan Roman

Jesus Wept

Kevin Fennell

All their followers were blind Too much blank check on their mind It was beautiful but now it’s sour Yes it’s all gone sour

Joe Turner

See, I saw it after I saw Last Temptation of Christ, so I didn’t get the same wow with it. I don’t even hate the musical, I just don’t love the movie.

Thaine Smith

Down the dark decades of your podcast, this will seem like a memory of heaven.

Judson Picco

Cronenberg the actor, everybody. CRONENBERG THE ACTOR!

James Smith

Vote Clive.

James Smith

Ergh, the "Cats is bad" is my personality people are going to pile on this one.

Wyatt Gray

I'm voting Clive Barker in the hopes of a run of spooky/weird Blank Check episodes for September/October.

Josh Harvey

☠️🙀☠️

Erin

Gonna need Paul F Tompkins to guest as old Andy Lloyd Webber for at least one of these movies 🐈

Anthony Oleszkiewicz

Putting the Cats image there was an unintentional thumb on the scale

Harry Kolmer

Normalize voting for Midnight Meat Train.

Mark Keathley

Come on, people. Anne Bobby singing “Johnny Get Angry” in Nightbreed is better than any of the numbers in any of the ALW movies.

Max M

Vote for Clive. A funny episode about Cats isn’t worth it at all

Michael Guarnieri

just don’t say I’m damned for all time

Kibblesmith

You fools have introduced Cats (2019) into the equation and now it's going to coast. This is the real life March Madness equivalent to letting one of the teams use guns.

Nathan

Feed my debilitating Hellraiser addiction

Atticus Swartwood

This decision is so hard.

heather

Stealth Parker.

Alison R.B.

I am going to repeat my comment from the previous ALW bracket that I need #thetwofriends to go Rainbow High 🌈 on Madonna’s performance in Evita and then send her packing with Another Suitcase 🧳 Another Hall 🙏🏼

Jordan Coleman

Cats talk is overdone.

Colin

I really want Clive to take this whole thing.

Sara Malec

The Jesus Christ Superstar movie is non-ironically awesome. It's more than just "But if you think about it, Jesus was just like a hippie, man;" viewing Judas as a true believer who didn't think his leader was committed enough to the cause of righteousness blew my mind when I was younger.

Michael Nixon

CHOO-CHOO, MY FELLOW FREAKS!!!

Austin McDougle

🦅

Mason Diab

I’m rooting for ALW mostly for y’all to talk about Phantom and late-stage Schumacher

Alison Abrams

Aw man I know it’s a long shot but I’d love to hear them talk Nightbreed. Such a weird movie that’s been kinda forgotten but has interesting stuff going on

Kevan Patrick

I have no personal investment here so I decided to consult the comments, and congratulations Lord Webber fans for on the whole being less negative!

Steve Geiler

Haha, fair. In a weird way you are 😂

Lionel Olivares

The possibility of a PFT ep is what will power Lord ALW through!!!

Chet Kazalski

Im prepared to be DAMNED FOR ALL TIME by picking Andrew Lloyd Webber

Frank Wright

We are the sickos, mister.

Izzy G

The Cats crowd were the real sickos all along.

Joe Turner

God! Come on Clive! All of the ALW movies suck! What the hell, people? Bad versions of meh musicals.

Steve Geiler

Noooooooo, the Cats crowd is gonna win huh? Were are the sickos?

nate kidd

Hahaha who wants to hear them discuss cats?!? When I saw these two I thought it’d be an easy win for Clive but apparently people want musicals

Izzy G

If ALW wins, they should add on to the end of the JCS episode coverage of the Mr. Show sketch Jeepers Creepers Semi Star.

Benjamin South

If Clive Barker doesn't win this I swear to that TRIANGLE GOD I will make sure all of yall who voted against him end up in Hellword

Blake Anderson

If Andrew Lloyd Weber wins I’ll never forgive yall

Rob R

Why do you losers want to hear them talk over *musicals*

Terry Ballard

Voting for the shorter one just in case either of these monstrosities go deep.

John Szolscek

Come on, they added Midnight Meat Train! Do you all really need more Cats discussion. GIVE BEN HELLRAISER!!!

Manish Agarwal

🗳️🕛🍖🚂

Deven KB

Bradley Cooper — the Maestro himself — on a MIDNIGHT. MEAT. TRAIN.

24HRVideo

Currently imagining Jellicle Cenobites...

Connor Meehan

Andrew Lloyd Webber is homophobic and Clive Barker is one of our best gay genre writers, this the easiest choice of the whole Patreon bracket

Alex Lovendahl

I'm voting for Barker, and if he loses today I will say I'd be happy to hear this selection (even minus one or two of the ones he didn't direct) done on main feed! ALW is a great choice too, though.

Ian

I'm sure they'll cover Phantom of the Opera in the Joel Schumacher series

Gretchen Lindensmith

Both of them freaks

Mike R

A vote for Clive is a vote dang ass freaks and chains!

Chad Perry

I can’t say either excites me in the least - so I’m hoping the winner gets bodied next round.

Tyler Duggan

Before I vote and glance at results I just want to say one thing: I think they allowed Midnight Meat Train because they 1) know it would never beat some of the others such as Highlander and 2) they *do not* want to have to watch CATS. That said, we doing CATS, BAYBEEE! *slams vote button on ALW!* and just think, if there’s ever any future adaptations, WHICH THEY WILL HAPPEN, They gotta cover it!

Berko Pierce

The lack of a Starlight Express movie gives Barker a huge train advantage

Izzy G

The cenobites quake in fear at musical theater fans, who have gone even farther than they could imagine in blurring the line between pleasure and pain: Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals.

Chris Radicone

Meat Train Choo Choo, these are all the horror movies I adored growing up, seeing them at sleepovers on VHS are great memories but... Please don't make me watch Cats. I love musicals and grew up seeing some of these on Broadway or having the original soundtrack LP. But having to sit through Cats even if it were to goof on is not something I am looking forward to, I did it once for HDTGM and will not do it again. Do I think it would be funny to hear them talk about jellicle Cats sure........hmmm wait, let me think on this for a moment (this was a real time change of heart and its staying in). I decided Barker...c'mon it's not even close.

Jeff Brax

It can be a Ben’s Choice

Leah Thomas

It is Andrew Lloyd Webber's birthday today if you even care

Drew Wobser

Good with either of these winning but was so hard choosing. Adding Midnight Meat Train to the Barker lineup sealed the deal for me though. That movie rips (beats, pounds?) plus I want Ben to talk about how big Vinnie Jones is.

William Garcia

Shimbleshanks the railway cat

Matt Reifschneider

Cats FEELS like a Barker story at times.

Ryan Spearman

Last time I watched Cats it ushered in the year that shall not be spoken of. Coincidence? Perhaps. Ain't risking it again though

sheabobay

Tough choiceee ⛓️ 😺⛓️

Ian Joshua Postman

Choo choo

George Dunne

A Nightbreed ep would be great and Hellraiser has chains but we've been teased a Cats ep for so long I need it. Also American Mike's Phantom ep will definitely be a blast.

Cody Eustice

Riding that meat train straight to hell, no regrets

Reddit_Is_Harold_Lauder

I choo choo choose you, Clive Barker

CT13

Can't believe this is happening

Owen Phillips

I want to finally watch Cats

S

do it for skimbleshanks

BestowalDonkey8

C’mon, people. Do you want a pod about Cats or take a long rife on that Midnight Meat Train. Tooot toot!!!

Matthew Chmiel

Real upsetting that Clive Barker is about to lose to a series of two okay films and two dogshit films.

Charles

CATS CATS CATS

Skimbleshanks The Railway Cat

Is there even a railway cat (a cat of the railway train) on the midnight meat train? The choice is clear

Jay Kay

Cats alone may win the day

Blank Check with Griffin & David

Your underrating my ride or die fascination with Bradley Cooper here

Adam

We need Ben reacting to all the dang ass freaks in Nightbreed

Michael Hoffmann

You should have PFT on for an Andrew Lloyd Webber episode

Trevor Talley

That this is even a question when we have HELLRAISER as an option is fucked. You musical freaks don't want Ben watching the most chainiest scumbum movie of all time?? I know someone who has some sights you should be shown