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Anthony Bourdain is a guy I am aware of and was saddened to hear about his passing. But he’s never been one of MY GUYS nor did I really get what made him all that important besides his reputation.

The guys did a great job giving context to him, his life, and his unique worldview.

Really made me wanna dive into his tv work and even look into the work that inspired him.

Episodes like this really make the case for why these 2 guys are a perfect match for each other and really do great work when chasing topics they are knowledgeable and passionate about.

Really loved the episode and really wanted to give the show its flowers.

Wouldn’t mind that becoming a format for a special episode similar to how The Bjg Pic has drafts. (Would even love a deep dive in authors they both like, etc.)

He quietly engages with popular comics. And is constantly disappointed with how they’re rendered in movies.

I just really appreciate when he’s like “been reading Hickman’s X-Men. Pretty sick stuff going on there!”.

I can’t wait till he sees how cool recent Ghost Rider books have been and how bummed he’ll be that Shawn Levy is gonna reduce all that to a quippy mess lol

EDIT: would pay good money to get Andy and CR to watch GHOST RIDER 2. An incredible inventive movie. So fun and stylish. With Cage at his most demented.

Love the pod! Love Andy and CR and their chemistry. And I love all the tv content at the Ringer! Really love whenever Jo hops on to talk tv cuz she’s so knowledgeable as well.

But even as smart as they and the ringer staff are, they always get into this rut of “but nobody’s talking about it.” Which is so odd in many respects.

Yes. There are true organic hits like THE PITT that is big with everyone.

But in most cases most shows ppl aren’t talking about. CR mentioning ppl (in his orbit) aren’t talking about ALL HER FAULT.

But for me and my world it’s a big deal and it’s big enough to be heavily represented in the academy.

Shows like BEEF and PARADISE don’t really get pushed to me in my day to day (unless I’m listening to a podcast or on Twitter) but they’d prollly argue that there was a lot of convo around those shows.

It reminds of the moment where Ozark won some Emmy’s over GOT final season and there were a lot of critics online (who I respect) laughing at the idea of anybody even watching that show let alone having strong feelings about it.

And it’s so odd to me. We know the algo pushes things to us we already wanna see. We know that monoculture is dead, and yet they still talk about tv and pop culture as if what ever is loudest to them is the thing that’s actually the loudest.

Even consider the Taylor Sheridan Paramount shows. We know they’re massive but don’t get a lot of critical or film twitter hype so they feel smaller next to something like a Widows Bay which really hit with the very online Hollywood crowd. And yet is only a fraction as big as Landman.

Not a big deal but someone I always bump against. Has then been a thing with yall as well?

The title says it all.

Love his movies and he has such a great perspective on cinema. Would love to get him talking about a Scorsese movie or something. Especially now that they’re having more filmmakers on!

EDIT: sheesh, did not know about the Winnie the Pooh guy and his issues. I’m talking about the director, writer, and star of THUNDER ROAD! Not the voice actor.