Radioactive Man (with Cosplay Chris)

Only four lad boy can say it be now where fuller boy boy or my eyes the goggles do nothing? A four finger discounted everybody Dando here for another thrilling episode of Forefinger discount No guy here this week because I was lucky enough to be joined by the one Cosplay Chris or Chris Stanley, depending on which one of his YouTube channels you are watching. So we thought, I'm getting cosplay Chris on which episode of the Symptons? Which classic episode should we go

back and review? We thought Radio diive Man, Superheroes, Cosplay Chris. It just writes itself, so we went back and reviewed this absolute classic and absolute all time has so many great mean moments in this episode as well, so we absolutely love talking about that. We also talk about just Chris's career and what he's doing now with himself on YouTube. You're gonna love his content, so check out all of his channels. You can find a link for

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Radioactive Man Go. We'll be back next week for another episode of season nineteen, but for now and Dwano, hope you enjoyed my chat here discussing Radioactive Man with the legendary Kysla Chris. But how was New York? I saw that you did a movie tour and you did all the touristy stuff. What

did you get up to besides meaning Zach of course. Yeah, so I did the press junket for everyone in part two and like that film was getting thrashed unfortunately, But I'm a big fan of his work, especially with like Batman and all that stuff, so it was great, but it went too quick, man. I was there for four nights and then had to fly back, so the jet lag was bad. It was really bad, and I was trying to sleep on the plane coming home, and it's cool,

like it's not a pay gig, but they cover flight. Accommodation was business class with Cathay Pacific, which is great. And coming home, I'm like, all right, got the flatbed, I'm going to sleep and I'll be fine. I'll listen to some four fingered discount. I'm trying to listen to you guys. And we had the worst turbulence and I'm like, this is awful. So I'm like, screw it. I'm just gonna stay up and just listen to you guys. So these guys usually put me to sleep.

Why is it not working this time? Ah? Man? You were? You were also you had an episode with the guy that had the big collection. You had a few animation cells and Michael, I remember I was drifting in and out of that one because it was just like, you guys just talk shop and shit, it's great. Well that's what I try to do with Guess and going. I just we recorded an episode yesterday. We just started season nineteen, and we sort of discussed about interviewing and I feel like

when you're interviewing, because you interview as well. You don't interview, you just chat. I think that's the best way to do it. Yeah, because and I said, I love that moment where you realize with like a big name guest or whatever, where you realize, oh shit, you've asked me a question. You can tell they've never been asked before. Yeah. Yeah. When you stump them, they're like, oh good one, You're like, yeah, fuck, because sometimes they use our good question as a

way to sort of de stall time. But you can tell when they say good question, when they actually meant that's a good question. Yeah, yeah, yeah exactly, and they give you little pat on the back. What landmarks did you see? Have you been to New York before this trip? That was my fourth time. Yeah, So my dad used to work for Corners and I used to work for Corners too before I well, during when I started doing all this. So I went there when I was a kid,

then went there in my twenties two more times. But yeah, like did the home alone hotel like for av log on my second channel. Then we did like Central Park and just Time Square all the touristy stuff, and again, like we had so much stuff to do activities wise. With Netflix, it was on behalf of Netflix Australia, so you like we had like one day to like do all touristy stuff and have time to ourself. Apart from that, we were just on the on the go the whole time.

Man. So like we had the press junk at the screening like the premiere and then before you know, it was time to fly home. So they contact you say we're going to pay for your flight's accommodation, all that good stuff. But you've got to do what they tell you to do when you get that kind of thing a sort of so like last year I did Rebel Moon Part one and that was in Japan, so it's the exact same thing, like, hey, we want you to come back for part two.

We're going to do it in New York this time. Like they do have a schedule, but because they're not paying you, they don't expect a certain thing socials wise, like in terms of posting, and we want, you know, three stories and one main newsfeed post if that makes sense. If they are paying you, then they'll probably give you a list of what they want, hashtags all that stuff, like deliverables and like I review. I've got my main channel causplay Chris, and then I've got just Chris Stanley,

which is just movie reviews and all that. And I always try to be honest, even though because tomorrow night my fiance and I have the premiere of Furiosa here in Sydney, so like Hamsworth, George Miller and all that are going to be there. But you know, I still will give an honest opinion even though you get an invite, I still think you need that healthy balance, if that makes sense. Is there a fear though, of giving a bad review that you might not get invited back? Or have you found

it that doesn't really matter? If anything, that's not my problem. It's like you guys have to understand it's subjective. I can still have an opinion. Just because you've gifted me something doesn't mean I have to abide by the rules. And when I do my reviews, if something's negative, I'm not bashing it. I just try and be like this didn't work for me, and I'm not like this is shit, the person shit, this is awful. It's just like, hey, this didn't work for me. So you

know, I always try and have a fair kind of balanced opinion. But at the same time, there's no such thing as a perfect movie man. So yeah, I used to be a lot more scared of doing that, but now I find your audience respects you a lot more. If you're like, hey, I did get invited, but this still isn't a perfect movie, but you'd be polite about it. You're like, these were just my negatives. These are my gripes, but overall, you know, it's still

pretty damn good. So I think that needs to be addressed a lot more these days instead of just pandering because you got an invite. Like the buzzword these days is shill. Everyone thinks you're a chill. Well, they're your thoughts. What you just described heed to describe those films, was that your thoughts walking out of the Simpsons movie, because I think that's how most Simpsons

fans felt. It's like there were negatives. I mean, it was good, but there's a lot of things I would have probably wish were a bit better. Yeah, it was kind of It was like when when it finished, because it was a big deal. We were in year we just graduate, so it was two thousand and seven when it came out. Yeah, yeah, so I graduate. I finished you twelve or two thousand and six.

I think we were about the same age. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I graduated two thousand and six, and I remember when the credits rolled, it was like that episode Itching Scratchy and Poochie's Home is like, well, what did everyone think? It was? Like, it was actually pretty good for how the series was starting to sort of decline and kind of go downhill in terms of like not not to say it was like getting bad, but it just wasn't what it was in the golden era. And I remember

back remember the Cheese TV days. Of course it I'm the guy that helped relaunch the Chefs TV social medias with Jayden Ryan Oh christ will be all right, yeah, yes, so it's safe to say you Cheese TV. Yeah. I remember like the Boys announced it on Chief TV that a movie was being made, and then Disney Adventures would been like, yeah, movie's happening. I'm like, guys, it feels like it's been like ten years everyone's

been saying a movie's happening. Then it finally came out. I'm like, I think that's the best Simpsons movie we could get in the in the age we are in now, like two thousand and seven. I think that's the best we can get, and I actually really liked it. Look, it could have been so much more worse, but I'm glad they brought back the older riders for it, and I think that's why it was pretty decent.

I think if they remade, if they've made a second one, I think now they would pander more to the hardcore fans of like the Golden Era, more so because I think they've now finally acknowledged and accepted. Okay, I mean the first ten years we're the best, and I think though in that weird period of going we're still good. We're still good and trying to sort

of just be there who they were at that point. Now, I feel like a new movie would be more pandering to what we grew up on and they My big thing was I wish I had a back Hank Scorpio as the villain because he had the same voice actor. Yeah, I say it's the same voice actor the guy that voices Marlon is it Marlin Broding Nemo Brooks? Yeah? Yeah, Like can you imagine if they brought back Conan to co write it, and is John Schwartzwelder is still alive. He's still alive.

Yeah, I don't think he waits for the show anymore though. No, he's like I picture him being like mister Burns when he's got the casino and he's got the beard and he's on the type rider with the long fingernails. Do you know that he bought a booth from the diner that he used to go to the right Simpsons and put it in his house so that he can feel like he was in his little zone. That's so cool. I remember that. My me and my two best mates talk about that all the time.

And one of my mates, Luke, who I'm getting married next week and he's on our groomsman and thanks Man. Yeah, Luke told me about that. He's like, yeah, he used to go on that diner every day chain smoke. And then I think that were they getting rid of the booth or they were refurbishing the din. I'm not sure, but all I know is that he took it to his house and I thought, that's so fucking awesome. It's so good. I love that. Do you have anything

from your childhood for me? Though? And I never got my hands and I'm still so sad and bitter about it to this day. But there was a time where we have time zone. It's now called laser Quest or something here in Jalyn, but we had time zone right the arcade and they had the Simpson's Arcade machine there, and it was always the same machine there forever, forever, and then just sort of disappeared one day and I was like, oh, man, I used to spend so many hours of my childhood

playing his machine. And then I went to a mate store who was had like a pop culture T shirt store, and I went there and he had the machine. He bought it from Times and they didn't want it anymore, and I said how much do you want for it? He goes eight hundred. I said, all right, cool, let me just go talk to

my wife about it. And see, I wanted to own kind of like George and Sidefad the Froggy Machine. I wanted to own the original Arcade that I actually used to play, right, And I went back there two days later he sold it to somebody else. He goes, oh, well, I didn't know if you're going to come back all night, and I just sold it. I was like, man, I spent the whole weekend begging to my wife. She finally agreed to it. Now it's not there, Oh damn. I just love to I would love to own the actual Simpsons

Arkae machine that I played when I was a kid, you know. Yeah, yeah. We had Tilt at our local Westfield and they had an abundance of Simpson games. They had like pinball machine, so I had some other specialty ones and I always remember like the movie themed pinball machine or like arcade games. I remember the Simpsons the Adams Family pinball machine like from the movie Ye Star Trek was a big one fish tails Yeah yeah, yep, yep.

But like I've I've got my Simpsons Issue one comic from when I was a kid, and yes it does smell like my grandpa and it comes with like the poster and everything. And then these two I repurchased off eBay. So this is issue forty eight and then issue fifty. And the reason why

I rebrought these two is because, like it's nostalgia. But I remember my dad and I went on a road trip from Sydney up to the Gold Coast and I had these two issues and they kept me company the whole ride through and they were like the illustrations always great there's always something going on in each frame, and they got lost just throughout the years. And yeah, I

found them on Eban. I just wanted to again, just that nostalgia and just was like that was a fun road trip with my dad and I and I read them now and I'm like, man, these still hold up. They're pretty good. Yeah. I feel the comics are so underappreciated because they just sort of pull the pin on them m. Yeah. Yeah, actually, especially the Halloween ones as well. You've read some of them now,

an you think these are just they're just as good as the episodes. Yeah, I'm like, why did you make this a comic and not an episode? Yeah? There must have been a different staff or something. I'm thinking, how can these guys write good stories but the actual shows declining? Jesus, these are really good. I've got my whole collection down here. I'll try to show you. I'm not sure if you can see it. That's all my comics down there. They're are my records up. But I collect

vinyl soundtracks. That's my thing. We all have a thing, right, hang on, you'll get a kick out it. Collect vinyl soundtracks too, But for like a night re olm Street, Robert England who signed to Chrism. He goes to Chris from DJ Freddy. That's so cool, I am, I've got that. But I've got like the re releases from Mondo. Yeah, I because the original one that's not from eighty four, that was a German release and I think eighty nine or ninety. But the OG one

is like super hard to find. Before we were talking about the guest you had on who has the collection. He has the animation cells. And this

is one thing I regret selling years and years ago. I bought an animation cell from the Lemon Tree episode and it's the very first frame when Bart's on the skateboard just cruising down the street before he finds the wet cement and it's it was, yeah, the first couple of frames in and it was signed by Nancy Cartright and like this is when I was still living at home and I was like strap for cash and I'm like I had it framed in UV

glass and everything, and some bloke from the Blue Mountains came down and bought it who was a collector, and he was really sweet, he was really nice and excited about it. I'm like, man, I should have held onto that because it's those pivotal moments that make these cells more expensive, and obviously the more characters in it, like you've got the whole Simpsons family and

one cell, like that's that's worth a motza. But because the Lemon Tree episode is so iconic, Yeah, I just that was the one that got away for me. Imagine owning this the cell of the lemon Face. That would be iconic. Yeah, that or shoe Colder boy. I think it all shake harder boy. Yes, I think the lemon Face would just be the best. Wh Who would have thought, you know, they made that episode like ninety five or something that twenty years later the lemon Face would become

one of the most mean things of all time. You know, I still think one of the and like we're obviously touching on the episode, and I think it's one of the best memes every And I don't know if you saw it, so you know that have you been up all night eating cheese? Scene? Marge comes out and it's the goggles with rain years eyes in him, and she goes, have you been up all night doing nothing? And

it's just the goggles staring at her. That's all that to me. We usually cover that favorite moments that to me is one of the most iconics Simpsons moments in general, just the real ascid. But I just thought the ah oh ah yet all this left of his undies, that just makes total sense exactly. Yeah, what would be your earliest memories of The Simpsons do you

think? I? Dude, I honestly remember year two when I was in Grade two and coming home and like you know, like back in the day primary school, you're in your school uniform right until you have a shower before bed, Like you just come home, you're still in your uniform. I remember sitting like this close to the TV, eating dinner and watching The Simpsons.

I was one of those kids that could watch The Simpsons and South Park when I was in primary school, so I'd like watch the episodes, especially South Park, come to school the next day and like fill the kids in on what happened, like the ones who couldn't watch it. So that was definitely my earliest memory. And I told my fiancee I was gonna tell this, so I'd come out with some crazy facts and my dad would be like, where did you learn that? I'm like the Simpsons, And Dad's like

huh. So my fiance and I met on Tinder and like, we just talked for a bit, but then we stayed in touch on Instagram. And she'll contest this. In my bio had said I got most of my education from the Simpsons. That was my Tinder bio. So many of us who grew up in the nineties, it was like we learned so many pop culture references and actual facts and celebrities. Well, for example, Mickey Rooney. I had no idea who Micky Rooney was, but I learned who he was

from the Sims. Neither exactly. I'm like, who's this old guy that's staying Jimminy Jillicus. But did you find what's the thing that you feel like you learnt from the Simpsons that still you used to this day? For me, I remember going to school and it's the episode Trios of Horror six, the three D one three D Homer and Frank draws the three D cube on the chop board with the two squares and he draws a little Homer in the

middle. I went to school the next day and Drew's cube and the kids were just flabbergas and they could not believe how did you draw this three D thing. I was like, well, it's a little secret. It was the Simpsons, well one of the kids like whoa, well, slow down, egghead. And because of that that memory, I've always wanted to get that little scribble tattooed on me. So the plan is I'm going to go

to America at some point in a couple of years. And I spoke to, oh shit, who's the David Silverman, the animator, David Silvman is gonna draw it on me, and then I'm gonna get a tattooed. Oh that is bad. That's yeah. I In terms of like what I learned, it was mostly like American history, like stuff that we wouldn't know here in Australia, but like it just translates to something different in America. But also you know, like you know American wars, presidents, stuff like that.

And again just drop these like facts to my dad, like useless pub trivia, and Dad's like, wait, they wouldn't have taught you that in primary school. IM like no, no, no, no, watched it last night at the Samsons And Dad's just like, so wait, we're spending all this money on school for you and you're learning more from a crude TV show and I'm like, yeah, I was like, shit, okay, but yeah, just obscure things like that. And also, like you said,

like celebrities and stuff like that. Yeah, just the most random things ever, and those are embedded in my brain more so than what I learned in school. Like I don't want to know about Pythagoras. I want to know more about Mickey Rooney exactly. Yeah. Yeah, I feel like The Simpsons introduced me to horror with the trios of horror episodes. Do you feel the same, Yeah, I yeah, I feel like because like I got into Freddy through like Freddy Krueger, Like through my mom. Mum would always

tell me about Freddie. Then I go to the VHS store where my parents would go grocery shopping, and I'm like, I don't want to and They're like, well, go look in the video store and we'll come get you. That's what we all did. It was the fucking hangout. It was the best time of the week, getting a hangout in the video store. Yeah. Man, And like I've said this before another podcast. I don't know about you, but Australian VHS horror covers from like the eighties were hardcore.

They didn't hold back. There were some horrific stuff on those covers. We always say the podcast you walk down the store as a kid, and it's like, I've never seen the movie, but I remember the cover. The cover was just just captured your imagination. You think, what the fuck is this movie about? But because the covers, because covers are a thing anymore, really are they? Because the physical media is dying and the poster

art on streaming service is always changing. But I can remember, for example, Evil Dead too, that skull cover that's just embedded in my brain. Yes, yes, yes, yes, and like it had a human eye in it, and I'm like, oh, that's really like, hang on, here's one that'll take you back down memory lane. Hell Raiser. Yeah yeah, yeah, like the shit that's on the back of that one that Yeah, it's always like you'd see if I cover and go, this looks

scary? Do I dare look at the back because the back's gonna be worse? Yeah? Yeah. Man. So I definitely think with Treehouse of Horror, especially the ones where they acknowledge like Freddie Jason Pinhead, like the Shinning episode where Moe's like the Guls and I a little concerned that the project isn't moving forward, and he's like, oh, I crying out loud, and

then they come in and grab him and all that. And then I remember the couch gag with Freddy and Jason and they actually got Robert England in to do the voice, and I just kept playing that over and over, and we have the photos somewhere. The Nightmare and Evergreen Terrorist episode. I remember pausing because Dad takes I remember Paul and getting the old disposable camera and taking photos of the screen of Willy with the rake and the sweater, and like

half the screen is black and you just see the bottom of Willy. So I'm a big wrestling fan right when I was a kid, and I thought that I would take photos of my little poloid whatever, not poloid, but just like wind up camera of the TV screen during a wrestling pay per view. You take photos and tell my friends that I went to the event. So I'm sitting there and fucking taking all these photos of the TV. Get them developed. I'm so exciting, tell my friends I went to the event.

And they're all just blurry black half, you know, can't make out shit. And I'm like ah, man, I'm glad you I wasn't the only one. I love that. Just try and pull one over them. That's great. Yeah, the good old tube tellies man, and then the oh yeah you would like for probably for all the relics you've got, what's just good for old school video games? Yeah, and I remember when the DVD started to roll out, like obviously, when they started with season one

in that gray box set. I always remember constantly going to Big w to see when they're on special and just buy them all up. And then I got to season seven and I couldn't find the regular box version. It was Marge's head and I'm like, okay, I'll grab this one. This is gonna do my OCD and I hate this and yeah, it's just the bane

of my collecting existence. Well, I remember when they first released those, they were only available in the head shapes first, and then after all the outrage and people gone, they look stupid on my shelf, they re released them in the boxes. So us, being the fools we are, we then bought the second set of the exact same thing, but just because the cover looked better. Yeah. Yeah, and they rely on people like us because they're like regardless of how angry they are, they're still gonna buy it.

Who cares. Yeah, I feel like a lot of outrage online is all fake. Anyway, do you get like comments on your videos of just fake outrage? Sometimes I do. I try to limit how often I look at comments on my videos, especially if I know it's going to be a topic that's going to stir people up. So, like I did my Rebel Moon Part two review. I gave it a three and a half out of five, I'm like, yeah, this is far from perfect, but like

the end battle sequence I really liked. And anyway, everyone's blasting the film, so I haven't. I've left that video. I haven't gone to the comment section. I'm like, I'm good because a lot of people comment as if you are telling them how to feel. They don't realize that you're just telling them how you feel. And you know, movies are subjective. The Simpsons is subjective, you know, it's media is subjective. So it's okay

to like something that some people just can't fathom them. They they go to the lowest common denominator and they'll be like, well, you know, your your eyebrows are weed, your noseweed or you know your parents are fuck because you've got that opinion. I'm like, what, Yeah, it's especially when it comes to like comic book films, man, like you got to you got to tread very carefully. You don't want to angry the crew. Well, I've learned, especially with The Simpsons, if you post anything that's post

season ten, you're in trouble. Yeah, and especially like whether it be your page or like rock Bottom or Copyr Hypoglobal Mega Nat, like someone will post a meme. Actually I posted a photo so you know Universal Studios in Hollywood they've got the Simpsons land. Yeah, my mates and I went there twenty twelve and it's where the quickimart is and there's an illustration of Millhouse.

I think he's like graffeiting or something on the side and anywhere me in front of him, and I'm yeah, and I'm facing him, and I kid you not the way it's framed up perfectly, it looks like Millhouse has cut my leg and he's performing fullatio on me. And we didn't mean to do

that. I just got the they got my mates got the photo and I'm like, oh my god, it looks like Millhouse is going to town down there and I just posted it like as a laugh on one of the pages, and everyone was like saying, you know, Predator and all that, and I'm like, oh, okay, I got it. The no no, no, Chris Hands is going to show up in a man This isn't good. The thing is, so if you I don't know, it's just

you post anything season ten. They just feel like you're opposed. Like are you just saying you're like the Simpons because you like the Simpson because you want to get in their goodlie souse. You got to a podcast, And I'm like, it's okay to like things post season ten. You do understand that, right, It's okay for people to like anything something that you don't like. That's what they can't seem to understand is just because you don't like it

doesn't mean it's bad. It means that you don't like it. No, that's it. And I still haven't watched it. Yeah. Look, I don't watch much new Simpsons these days. It's more or less like just having the time to sit down and watch it. But I do want to watch the episode. I watched Simpson Theory break it Down the other day of the episode how Larry the Barfly died. Okay, yep, have you watched that episode yet? No? Is it available on Disney Plus yet or do you

just pirate it? I don't know, man, Like I'm assuming it just went out live like on regular Telly over there. But yeah, she was brief breaking down that episode. I'm like, that actually sounds pretty well written. So I feel like I need to invest a bit of time and you

know, playing catch up. But like, because I'm so narrow minded and a child of nostalgia from the nineties and stuff like that, and like it's my comfort food from like season four to season I actually go to twelve because I remember back in the day, we had the bootleg foxtail box with the Dodgy sim card you put in yeah, yeah, and every Saturday and Sunday, man from nine to twelve, Fox say the Simpsons Marathon, And like

my ritual on Saturday morning was go to tennis halfway through the marathon and tennis was literally like a five minute walk down the road and then come back and catch the last episode before it hit midday. And then you know, the days just started and just like and then when the Olympics were on and they had that massive marathon Simpsons FanFest. Mate, one of the highlights of my

childhood. Mate, that was like we were spoiled, absolutely spoil like you could just go away, do something, come back and just it's just plain. It was so good. I've still got VHS tapes of me recording that marathon. That's so good. Oh man, I remember the Oprah special and Homer's like upro oupro chat. Fuck man, I'm so glad you remember. We must have watched the same shit, because I've still got that Channel ten to a marathon on a Friday night in like nineteen ninety five, and I've

still got the videotaped me recording it. And I was hosted by two people from Neighbors and that was sort of like the chief TV guys before this, right in between the episodes, and they aired that opera skit for the first time during that that marathon. So that's why you probably we probably watched it at the exact same time one hundred percent. Man, Yeah, I think so. Yeah, And oh man, what else was there? There was a few other spellers. Yeah, I remember the Oprah one because Dad taped

that one for me. Oh do you remember when they were it was a big huha, and they're like, you know, r rated Simpsons. The one went Homer and Margin naked trying to get home. They edited at nine point thirty in stand of seven thirty. Yeah, yeah, And mom and dad were like, you can't watch that one. I'm like, come on, Lynn, please be a friend and you're mean and I'm like, come on, man, and you watch it. And he went, ah, it's actually not that bad at all. No, it wasn't. It was.

It was good. It was a good episode, especially when Home is getting dragged up the glass. Yes, I remember they on the trailer for that, they had like when Noah in front of in the front of everybody at the football field and they're covering themselves, But on the ad it just had big sensored marks in front of it. I was like, holy shit, we gotta see him naked, but of course you don't. Yeah. Yeah. And then the Simpsons movie came out and we saw Bart's doodle.

I'm like, what, I don't have to feel about that. I was like that, I feel a bit uncomfortable, like the whole I remember the whole audience in our cinema. It was a nervous laugh it's like, if you laugh at this, something's wrong with you. I remember, though, when the movie finished, I know you said, there was that sort of awkwardness of I think it was good, but I remember when I watched it

for the first time, there were people standing up and applauding it. And I'm thinking, I'm not going to do that, But there were people applauding the movie. I think they just felt that they had to because it was the Simpsons and have just been lifelong fans, and we waited so long, that was the thing. We'd waited so long, hadn't we for that movie.

Yeah, it just seemed like forever it was in development, in development, which it was like it was in development health for quite some time, because I think they went through a fair few writers, did they in a fair few iterations of the script? Is that correct? Yeah? It went fair a long time like that. I think that's why they brought in the originals in the end. I'm like, Ah, these guys seem to know what's up. They wrote the Golden ear. Let's just get those guys in.

I mean, that's the smartest thing you can do, man, because now more so they're fully aware that the Golden Era will always be the best. That's why it's the Golden Era. But yeah, I think the jokes landed pretty well. I just like it's just little things that stick out to here that you know, you still it's just like, you know, I was elected to lead, not to read just President Schwartzenegger, and I don't know, just very very funny, like even like the whole Tom Hanks thing,

you know, tussle my hair, mister Hanks. I feel like that movie was the first half an hour was really solid, and then appeared with the epiphany of Homer just sort of just dragged for me, and then when they finally got to Springfield, it became good again. So I feel like there's goes about ninety minutes. I feel it there's about fifty minutes of good

quality content in there. Yeah. When he has the whole existential thing with the lady in the hut and all that, I'm like, yeah, okay, Like I kind of equate that to when he has the chili and he's high as a kite with the coyote. Yeah, I'm like, but that's because he had a chili. Like he's a bit crook, but he'll come

good. Yeah, that's when it definitely did dip. But also I think it was very sweet when Marge leaves the tape for him and she says, you know, I tape this over our wedding thing, and I was like, oh, that really hit me in the fields. I'm like, I kind of haven't felt that way before whilst watching The Simpsons, and I'm like, that was some pretty good writing. I like that. Yeah, that was the first time I remember watching feeling genuine emotion, going oh shit,

And you could feel it in the cinema too. Everyone was sort of going, oh man, you could sense the saddness in the room. Yeah, but something that's not sad. Radioactive Man, an episode that I chose for us to discuss because you know, you were you are you still Cosplay Chris or you are now Chris Stanley, what's the deal? So on? So I got the main YouTube channel Cosplay Chris, and I just changed my name on Instagram to kind of like broaden the horizon, so it's just Chris Stanley

Official. But yeah, still Cosplay actually did a shoot yesterday as Christopher Reeve Superman, which is fun, but yeah, just try and like, so I should have like started the second channel ages Ago Man, like just keep the build videos separate from the talking videos with like movie reviews, entertainment news stuff like that. So yeah, like, this is definitely one of my favorite episodes because the idea of a beloved comic book character. It's like is

if Batman was coming to shoot here in Sydney. That's a massive deal. And I think just everything that goes on in that episode is comedic genius. The way Springfield carries on knowing that Hollywood is coming to their town, just little things, the way Wigham and the mayor carry on, you know, it's just great. I feel like this is what would happen. Sydney's a big city. This is what would happen if Hollywood came to Geelong, smaller, smaller than Sydney. You know, this is like, holy shit,

it's hollywoods coming. But I love the way they flipped the script here. What's the world to do with this? With the Hollywood guys being the good guys and Quimby and like Springfield being the villains. Essentially, Yes, that's correct. And also this was the first hang on, I've got my trivia here. This is the first episode to be digitally colored. Yeah, I've got that my notes too. I thought, I remember watching this as a

kid, feeling this looks different. There's something about this that feels not off, but just different to the other episodes. And it's because this is the only one in cool season. Yeah it does. Till season twelve, they didn't do it again, so it always just stood out to me, going what's going on here? But that's why digital coloring and they ye had season

twelve and they did it full on from season fifteen. I think that's when I made the switch, and like to this day, my two best mates to know, like we'll just be like we will say something and it's just like, yeah, it's real, and then my mate Peter'll be like real accid. My quote that I use all the time in real life is just going to put my shoes on whatever Nikola says, are you ready? And are you and your undies in the living room with slot cars. I tried

to be not all the time, but yeah, like it. It's definitely like one of the most quotable with my mates, Like we'll again just be like look at my range or just like E usually just tape a bunch of cats together. There are so many elements of this episode that I appreciated more as an adult than I was a kid, Like the crusty like you just said, with the range. As a kid, I didn't get whatever, it's just crusty being crusty. As an adult, I'm like, that's so

fucking good. Yeah, Like when I was a kid, I thought he said rage rag and I'm like, yeah, you don't look that angry, like I'm pitchy. You're happy, prusty. I don't know what's going on, but yeah, just also just how just what kind of what it says about Hollywood as well, and you know when a big budget thing comes to a small town and how the town can change, and like you said, it flips the switch where Hollywood, the Hollywood people are the good guys,

and Springfield turns into like not grubby, money hungry. But you see the way Quimby carries on, Wigan carries on. You know, if there's an animal that's snooting around just set, we'll have it wiped out, we'll have it extinct, and shops increasing their price. It's kind of like you know when it's a long weekend and all the petrol prices go up. Even snake

upped these prices. That's amazing it did. Yeah, exactly. I was going to bash you apparently, except I feel like this episode though, as a kid, whopped my idea and perception of what Hollywood was, because I finally visited in twenty sixteen and I got there and I was like, this

is not what I expected, very disappointed. Well, we rocked up on Hollywood Strip at about two pm in the afternoon, and the first thing I saw when we got it we went quite on the proper strip, we're all the Chinese theater and stuff, was we're a little bit further down and we're going to have the car, and the first thing I saw was a homeless dude pissing on a street sign. That was the first thing I ever saw

in Hollywood. Welcome to Hollywood, baby, Yeah, exactly right. Yeah, it's basically I felt then how the kids felt when they arrived at the World's Fair. You know the wad fur No no, no, yeah, the wardfur. Did you at least walk away with some wigs? I tried to find some know what I walked away was with less money. Because Nikolas, she's one of she's a patsy. So we'd walk down the street, and I'd say, right, everyone's gonna want you to take a photo of

you with them for money. I said, don't do it. Don't go do that, Chewbacer, don't do anything. The first thing she does goes, hey, this guy's gonna snake, let's take a photo. I'm like, oh, Nikola, it's gonna cost us fifty dollars and yeah. You never go near those people. And then the rappers hanging out handing out their demo discs and you grab it and then they're like whoa, oh, whoa, where's a donation? And then they start threatening you were like, oh,

what have I done. I've told the story on the podcast numerous times. When Nicola thought would be a good idea, because this is all on our honeymoon, a good idea to walk from the main Las Vegas strip to the old one. And when you're doing that, that's a fair walk,

isn't it. Yeah? Fuck oth it is and it's hot. And we get about halfway right and there's this guy, I assume homeless, I don't know, but wrap a demo disc, right, but he just walks up to us out of nowhere from the shadows, and he was just in my ears. I thought he said, can I show you photos of my baby? I was like, yeah, sure, cool dude, whatever you reckon. But he pulls out his phone and I don't know what he actually said, but he starts playing this demo rap on his phone. What do you

think? I said, Oh, it's cool here. Yeah, yeah, I'm taking donations. Okay. I remember thinking at that time, I don't actually have any cash on me right now, there is no one around. I'm probably about to die. That's what I remember thinking that moment. I remember looking at seeing nobody, going, we're in here, and he followed, and the entire time he walked with us for about five minutes, just rapping this song in my ear. I could feel his breath on my ear

and the smell, and eventually we saw this little bar. Just ran straight in there, and the guy in the bar goes, yeah, they know they can't come into these places, so they just go away. I'm thinking, holy shit, welcome to America. Yeah, man, you've got to have your wits about you. Yeah. That that happened in Venice Beach and then also in New York when they were hanging out the discs and I still have it I'm like, if I'm gonna give this man this money because my

life is being threatened, I'm gonna keep this disc. And his name was Swaggy Jeff. And I've still got the disc and Dad found it in storage one day and Dad's like, mate, who's bloody Swaggy Jeff. And I'm like, oh, told him the story and he put the disc in and it's just obviously like wrap And Dad's like, this is fucking awful. Mate, you've got a bit of Perry Como or something to play. I'm gonna google it. Swaggy Jeff. Swaggy Jeff the most handsome hustler from the Bahamas.

He has three Oh, Swaggy Jeff sold me a CD on the sidewalk in New York City. That's that's a Reddit post. There you go. It comes forward and I really want to find him. The only thing is the city only had one song on it. I can't believe that's on Reddit. That's amazing. Yeah, that's from ten years ago. Yeah, we got to find Swaggy Jeff. If you're out there listening, Swaggy, get in touch. But yeah, radioactive man, though, what were your first

thoughts rewatching? Did you rewatch it for this review, or you just go one based off memory because we've just watched it so many times already. No, No, I've got it on my laptop here and I rewatched it the other morning. Chloe and I were actually watching it and having coffee in bed, just playing catch up. But again, it's just the little things, man, Like just the fact that Barton Millhouse are wearing hats and they never wear hats at the beginning, and it's just like they most fixed their air

conditioning. And also the little bit where where Skinner's like radio Man, radioactive man, stupid. I don't know why I could hear that, but anyway, Yes, and then the hats once again. Yeah, it's definitely one of those episodes that sticks in the back of my mind. But also, like you said that, the Easter eggs, like when they up their prices, signage, things that are just peppered throughout that episode. There's always something

to look at in every frame. I think it's one that sort of just taps into my my nerdy self, especially with comic book Guy going to the nerd obsessive to find out who's in who's gonna be cast as radioactive Man. Just takes me back to the glory days of the internet. Prince in that chat room. I don't know whether it's supposed to be Princes, but it sure as how it looks like a really weird version of him, right, yeah, yeah, I also love he's like comic book guys little and you

hear his shoes squeaking on the floor. Yeah. I always, even as a kid, I was like, that's I'm young, but that's Prince. Like, why is Prince in a movie gossip chat room? Maybe it was their way of dissing him for not doing the episode, and now they're going to do the Return of Leon Kompowski the Michael Jackson episode. Oh right, I didn't know they were going to do that. Yeah, they wrote a sequel and it was going to be Princess said of Michael Jackson, and Prince

agreed to do it. Blah blah blah. They wrote the script. So the script is out there somewhere, and I'm pretty sure that the writers have put screenshots of online somewhere on Twitter. But basically, he read the script and said he didn't like a few things and got his I think he's chauffeur to like rewrite the script. For him or something, and they're like, we're not having this, and then he just pulled out. So I think they were just angry about that. Oh my god. I had no idea

about that. And because I know Michael Jackson went under an alias, he didn't get credited as much Jackson did. John J. Smith was John Something, wasn't it. Yeah, yeah, some sort of alias. But I had no idea that Prince was gonna come in for like the follow up episode. I didn't even know there was going to be a follow up episode. Yeah, I'm kind kind of glad they didn't makes Michael Jackson want stand out more even though the episode doesn't exist anymore, it doesn't Oh what's been turned

down by the actual creators of the show. Alig basically came out and said and in twenty nineteen that they're taking it off of any streaming services because and add of syndication, because they feel that Michael Jackson used it to groom children. Oh what to be like, Hey, I was in the Simpsons type thing, like he came to usk, came on the show, and like he would have put that episode on when he was grooming kids. So now

they've just yep, the episode's gone from history. Oh man, I had no idea about that, because didn't they didn't they do that with a few other episodes that were a bit I wouldn't say problematic, But depends on the country. I know, in the I'm pretty sure thirty minutes of a Tokyo wasn't allowed over there when it was originally out. I remember that. Yeah, yeah, there's a couple others, but anyway, but yeah, anyway, I feel like this episode they're radioactive. Man. Do you feel like

it would have benefited from more celebrity cameos? Because I tend to prefer when they keep it more Springfield and Springfield celebs like Randy and wolf Castle. But I feel like this episode might have been one where you could have sort of gone down the home at the bat Rap with more celebs coming in. I

don't know, what do you think? I think so? I think because the inclusion of Hollywood coming to town they're filming a movie, I think that's when it could have given the writers permission to just go ballistic and have an array of cameos. Same with the episode with Kim basing at, Alec Baldwin and Ron Howard. That's a pretty big lineup, but I definitely think they could have gotten away with it. But at the same time, you run that risk of it being too much of a distraction and taking away from the

core characters. It's called the Simpsons because it's about the Simpsons and also Springfield, but I think it could have been an opportunity to have the cameos, like that's their excuse to go ham and have an abundance of cameos, special guests like celebs voicing and coming in to do bit parts and stuff like that. So it's kind of yeah, it's a double edged sword. I think, like too many, it's a distraction, but also you know, have

them peppered throughout. I think it could work. Man, what about you, Well, it's funny that you brought it Ron Howar, because I was thinking the exact same thing that maybe bring in a director to play the director role. Not necessarily get actors, but have the director be somebody. I thought, because Ron Howards hilarious, I thought him being him playing that role would have worked. I think, ah, dumbassy, was it run? How would you have done it again? Yeah? Exactly, like obviously like

Mickey Rooney, but like Mickey Rooney's Mickey Rooney. Like, I feel like there's only a certain demographic of people that would instantly be like I know that person. And then obviously you know rain Year is you know Springfield celebrity. Yeah, I don't know, Like I directed, that would have been great, Like imagine if like they actually had not seniors spilled bettergla, they had actually Steven Spielberg come in, And I was thinking the same thing. It'd

be so cool. I feel like Spielberg will be up for it too. He's like a fun guy. I feel like he'd be like a secret fan if they ask him. He's like, I actually have a confession. I'm the biggest Simpsons fan ever. Like you just like there are those celebrities that have weird obsessions or not weird, but you wouldn't pick it from their personality type. Wasn't George Clooney a fan of South Park and that's why he voiced Sparky the dog, the gay dog. Yeah? Yeah, so that was

legit him him he did the barking. Yeah, that's amazing. I know, right, but I'm pretty sure because he was George Clooney at that point and South Park was sort of just starting he probably thought. His agent probably went, Okay, you can go on the show, but you're not going to be George Clinton. You can be something else. He's like, right,

I'll be the gay dog if I have to. But at the end of the day, though radioctive Man as an episode, I feel like this is a it becomes a Mialhouse episode, doesn't it, And how he manages to cope with the instant fame of being a child star, and it's kind of like a reflection on how parents push their kids to become stars and then live vicariously through them. It's what Luan and Kirk do here. He's like,

I don't want to audition, and she pushes it. He gets the role, and of course we see them enjoying the fame all the money that comes with it, and he's like, I don't want to do this. She can't hear him over her jacuzzi suit, Millhouse, baby learning a drug dealer. Keep her aware. Man. Whenever you see Phil Hartman like Lionel

Hearts and Troumicclure just makes me so sad. Oh Man, like we when because a lot of people that I talk to and I'm like, yeah, Phil Hartman and I and they're like, yeah, like he doesn't do much these days, and I'm like, oh, buddy, I have something to tell you. Everything he was in and like even jingle all the way, just like, oh, Howard, this cookies are so good. Just he's

he was just so good man. And again like even though it was like little bits where it be trou McClure or Lionel Hearts or even just other little obscure characters, it was just so damn good. But going back to Millhouse becoming the star. I respect the writers forgeting it to Millhouse and not Bart and having it be a character that isn't in the immediate family. But then also that way Bart learns that famers and everything, like Millhouse has already learned

that right off the bat. He's like, I don't want this, like obviously Kirk and LAWANDU. But Bart sees it through Millhouse and is like, maybe this worked out pretty well because this isn't exactly what's cracked up to be. I think it was also nice that Bart wasn't jealous of Millhouse. He just sort of worked out a new way to get involved in the film with that having to sort of try and sabotage Millhouse's position. Yeah, what did he say to Lisa? Lisa gives the big speech and he says something like

yeah, I'll just suck up to him or something like that. Love lot of people do with God. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. When he goes in and sees Millhouse and the director comes and he's like, again it again, I got it again. Like I say that quote all the time of the podcast, when I say again again and again it again, and then someone else is like, we did it. It's done. Yeah. As a kid, I always thought I was a Bart, But the more older I get, I feel like I was definitely a Millhouse. Well

do you feel like you're a Millhouse or a Bart? I was a Bart? Yeah. So primary school I was a shithead, Like I was always going to the principal's office. I so, I actually this sounds so bad. I bit a kid on the arm after Bart did something similar once and I got sent to the principals. I was, And that's when mom and dad were like, I think we've made a mistake letting him watch the Simpsons. And yeah, I was a bit of a feral child in primary school.

Soon as as soon as I hit high school. It was I was like a little nerdy kid, but yeah, I was definitely a Bart like absolutely, and I actually I actually told a teacher to eat my shorts in grade three. Man, what about ass Ah? Yeah, man, it didn't go down well. But like, you know, looking back on it, like, and my mum was the type she wouldn't call it the Simpsons. I don't know if your parents were this, but it's a very I realized it was a very common theme. Mom would be like, oh,

you're not watching the Bart Simpson Shower, are you? Mom? Simpsons? Well? See, I wasn't allowed to watch The Simpsons until I was six because it's the famous iconic story I've always told on the podcast of Triosopara One bad dream house, the family get possessed, make it gets a knife out of the kitchen draw. I went and did the same thing, walking to the lande with the family, had a knife in my hand. And that was the end of me watching The Simpsons for several years. So not good.

It's funny though I'm a parent now, wow, So I always say, what was mum worried about? You know, the Simpsons? Isn't that bad compared to what they watch these days. The Simpsons isn't that bad. But I now watch the Simpsons, and particularly I was talking with Guy yesterday about the Itchy and Scratchy cartoons. I now watch it and go I'm not sure whether I want Elliott to watch this yet, because Elliott, my son's

nearly six, so he's kind of old enough to know about it. But my daughter's three nearly four, and she can't quite differentiate the different difference between what's real and what's not. So if she's watching Itchy and Scratchy and Scratches getting his head cut off and blood squeating it everywhere, I think it's too much for her. I don't know what are your thoughts. It's a tough one because actually, Itchy and Scratchy was my dad's favorite part of The Simpsons.

Every time an episode was on, in the episode like Dad would laugh like the creepy old uncle. He'd be wheezing and slapping his knee. And I was young, so I don't know, Like, obviously I'm not a parent, but I'm at that age now where I can look back and be like, okay, like watching Itching and scratch and be like if I had a child, Now there was maybe similar age to either your son or your daughter. I'd be like, as goofy as this is, and it's stylized

because it's a cartoon. Maybe there's a time and a place for this. I think I think gonna wait till he's maybe seven. I don't know, Yeah, And I always I don't know why. When I was younger, like really really young, and I just started watching it, the one Itchy and Scratchy episode that terrified me. And it's the stupidest episode when Scratchy gets the ants put on his head and goes up through into the TV and Elvis is like, ah, this show ain't no good. Like that just scared

me. I don't know why. Just weird things like that that scare you as a kid. You look back and you're like, what was wrong with me? I used to be terrified of My favorite movie is ET, But as a child, I was terrified of it. I was back now and go, what the hell Brendan's ET? I don't know, Like mind you that that shot where he like flares up and screams and all that, that's like the one that terrified Yeah. And also when he's in the ditch dying,

I'm like, that's horrifying what happened to him. I remember when she the mother comes in and takes the kids out, and he was like mom and starts screaming and crying because you're taking the kids away from me. I was like, that fucking haunted me. Man. Yeah, it was a bit like when you think about watching that as a kid, You're like, that's heavy, Like that has a lot of heavy themes in it, Like it's not just about, you know, a boy's relationship with an alien who

becomes his best friend. I'm like, there's a lot of heavy themes in this. Do you find though, talking about like relating to characters? I find the older I get I was discussing with guy yesterday as well, the older I get I relate to characters that I've never used to. So as a kid related to the kids. Obviously, as you old, you relate to Homer and whatnot. But I find now as a parent, even though these guys aren't necessarily parents, Like Mo, for example, I relate to

the anger and bitterness that Mo has to the world. It's like he's like a stress ball that I can live vicariously through. And Grandpa like shaking the fist of the cloud. Do you find that you've had moments like that? Now? Where has it happened to you with Grandpa kind of thing? Yeah?

Yeah, I there are times like where I'll just get so cranky over the most trivial thing, and I'll make sure no one's around when it happens because I get very embarrassed and I'll have my episode and then be like what

was that all about? I'm like, how old am I getting now that I'm like reacting way Whereas back in the day, like early twenties, like fine, Now it's like little things all, like you know, making sure I get stuff done during the day, like you know, around all the errands and stuff like that, and also planning a wedding as well, like that's like a stressful thing in itself. And you know, because Chloe's from

South Africa and mum and dad live in Mauritius. So Mum and Dad arrived here a few days ago, My sister in law and brother in law are coming here tonight, so it's all happening and it's kind of like Christmas vacation when the whole family's over and it's a full house and everything's happening because my parents live like fifteen minutes down the road, but I'm there like nearly every second day because I've got my workshop there where I do a lot of work.

You know, we get like an Etsy order or something, so it's just all flat chat. All systems go until next week so and then all of a sudden it's over, and then it's just been all little things, man. So I definitely relate to Mo and Grandpa for sure. And I also like, obviously when you're a kid, you relate to the kids.

But then when you find out that you're now older or around the same age as Homer and Marge, you're like, oh what, Yeah, no, I never thought i'd get to this, because I was saying to Nicola the other day, when we were like five or six, our parents were the same age and they seemed fucking old man. And now we are that to our kids. You know, they must look at us and go, they're old people. I don't feel old, but I'm old man. Yeah.

And it's like that meme of the parents from Rugrats when you realize you're the same age as them and you're like, oh my god, I'm I'm feeling DP pickles. This is crazy, not good at all. No, no, no, see I find myself relating to Mow and Grandpa more and more often. Yeah, one hundred percent. Man, And like, oh man, I don't know if it's a problem down in Geelong, but our biggest problem at the moment is little shits on those four thousand dollars e bikes at

the moment that are like fanging a on paths and everything. And we've got a dog, We've got a little English Couga spaniel. Like they're doing like fifty k's on these little bike paths and like it might just take our dog just to veer off to go smell something clip him. And I get so angry, and I'm like, was I have this obnoxious when I was a kid? And I'm like, no, it's definitely the children's fault. It's definitely the children who are wrong. I knew I was getting old when I

started getting annoyed by people's haircuts. Oh but mind you like some of the like mullets and the broccoli haircut. Come on. I look at him like what are you doing, buddy, and Nicholas like you're just old. Yeah that's true. Did you have the ball cut when you were a kid. I had the Nick Carter part down the middle. I had that too. I had the frosted tips as well, but Mum insisted I had a bowl cut when I was a kid, and I think that didn't help with bullying

in high school. In primary school, she's like, oh, you look a door where I'm like, if you say that, I must like I'm like Nelson, I'm like, I feel like punching myself. Well, was anything il you want to talk about? Radioactive man? Before? We aren't getting to your cosplay. I've covered all the good bits, right, I think, like, yeah, I think that's pretty much it, Like obviously like that you can go on and on about the jokes and all that. I just love, like Millhouses, is this a real X ray machine?

Brilliant? Good question. We'll look into that. It was a great voice for that character, wasn't it. Ah Yeah, yeah, I just But then I also love because that's Hanka's area when he's like I'm telling you we're sixty three years old and he's dead. It's just that gets you so many times in memes as well. It's just like, hey, we should get that person. They're dead. Ye just also like, wow, look at that ed. Okay, this place must be hot. They don't even have

big advertising, all the correct spelling. I think for me, this standout scene though, is definitely the acid scene. That's the one that stuck with me the most. I don't know about you, what's the what's the one

scene that you met with the most? Ah, it's the acid It's the acid scene, but also just the last shot of rain year after he's put the goggles on and he's like oh h and he just sits there like a little schoolboy prepped for his doom and he gets smashed away, and then obviously the ah oh, and then Krusty being like, I want to talk about this coffee. It's kind of like when he comes at the end of Who's Mister Burns? Part one? He's been a runa for six weeks? What

have I missed? You know? Exactly? Exactly? Yeah, Yeah, definitely the acid scene. And I think just anything just with filming, and just also like Ralph and the boys on set, pestering the teamsters place, painting horses and cows and all stuff like that. It's just like again like going back to my mates and I quoting it like we'll be having a slow day, saying we'll just be like so lazy and surly it's so good, like Homer's relating to the teamsters. It's just me now, Like getting paid

to do nothing seems like the dream. It's oh man, Like some people on movie sets, they just I'm like, why, why are you? What are you doing? That's what my wife says to me usually on a day to day basis. I've got to ask. Those POGs behind you hanging there are not only POGs, they are Simpson's Tasos. Oh my god, the Tazos. I used to have the fucking purple that you put them in. And I'll move the camera up so you can kind of see. Can you kind of see them? There we go Star Wars ones, Yeah,

I can see them, There we go. POGs are sort of in there. They're the Tazo's in there as well. Just yeah, trying to move around. That's my vinyl collection, yep, yeah, love it. A lot of crazy crap on the walls. Also the trading card wall over there, see the trading card wall. The entire wallpaper is just nineties trading cards. Oh that's so sick. We actually just had a card shop open like

two kilometers down the road. It's a tiny little shoe box, but they've got mostly like Pokemon Yu Gi Oh basketball, but they had an unopen Mint Batman nineteen eighty nine box of cards and bubblegum, and I'm like, I took my father father in law in there the other day and I'm like, what that gums like? And it's like when Milhouse bites the gum and it

breaks his snaith. Yeah, yeah, oh, I got you unboxing out and you channel will be good views though, right, surely one hundred percent, But then you get people that are just like, why did you open it? It was mid yeah, just like like it'd be like comic book Guy when he's the collector trying to like keep Lucy Lawless in mid condition exactly. I remember because we got a second separate channel. I called it nerd

Daddy. I do videos with my kid unboxing stuff every moe. He's like a baby, and we get so many people with unbox like Funko Pops take him out and play with him. My son when he was like want to be like bashing him around, and the comments are like, why are you taking it out of the box? It's not worth it any thing anymore. And I'm like, I don't care. It's a fucking toy. I'm playing

with it. He's a kid. Let him enjoy it. Yeah, it's like live vi carously through him because you're clearly never gonna take your shit out of the box. So this is what it looks like out of the box. This is what it looks like when you do what what was originally intended. Trying to look around because I've got a lot of crazy crap on the walls too. But this was found the other day. I made the mine. Found this at a flea market. The rings from the Billy Zane Phantom

some shit you're keep in the box. Yeah, I'm like, I had them when I was a kid, but you found them for five bucks at this flea market here in Sydney. I'm like, dude, can you please grab them for me? Like that's that's it, because like, yeah, just other little things. I don't know if you remember the McFarland toys back that was so great. I love the world of Springfield figures. I look back now and think, fuck, I wish I had collected those. Oh

yeah, I used to have the diorama of Krusty Burger. We bought that in New York when Dad took Mom and I had the Krusty Burger one. And this is so obscure. I remember when Red Rooster did their kids meals and they had the Simpsons. You collect them and put them on the couch. Do look over there, you see it? No, don't tell me. Oh my god, I've got the Red Rooster box as well, you magnificent bastard. That is amazing. I've got three of the boxes still pushed

out that it is flat, flat packed. Wow, that is impressive, because no one goes to Red Rooster anymore. No one really went to Red Rooster in the first place. I remember there were like maybe five times in my life, and every time it was always really slow, so we never went back. But I remember the rooster rolls were always delicious, just the chicken rolls. And I found this coupon box. We've gone through the garage.

We're cleaning out the garage the other day, and I found this box of coupons that I just know I didn't keep them old coupons, and it was Red Rooster and it was two rooster rolls for five dollars, and I was like, what a time to be alive? That was. It's like moon Bige, just like we don't get that anymore. We found I found Hungry Jacks bouches as well, and it was two whoppers for three dollars. Can you imagine two whoppers for three dollars? Oh, it's a bargain,

I know, right, And I have great memories of name. We'd always we'd go to her house on school holidays and that meant we'd go to Hungry Jacks. So we'd always get the two for three dollars. What would be to walk down Hungry Jackson? Nan? So whatever I see Hunger Jackson to think of school holidays Nan space oh Man, Yeah, that that's that's prime like childhood memory. And then like the six week school holidays that was the best. But getting back to those figures from Red Rooster, I feel like

in Australian I've only learned this recently. Australia had a lot of collectibles, usually assigned to some sort of junk food, but Simpsons collectibles that we could collect over the time. That's whether it be the Tazo's those things, remember the little I've got them in here somewhere either over there, the little motion cards that came in the c ceds. Remember CC's were a thing with the

Simpsons for a while. I lived on CC's when I was a kid, and I think that's why I was a little bit of a chubber when I was a kid. And I do remember those those, yeah, particular ones. I remember they did something similar for when Batman and Robin came out. They had the plastic kind they had a little film cell. Oh my god, I love it. You've got an inventory of like my childhood in your

room right there. That's that's amazing. The plans for me on the Nerdaddy channel is to show all this shit to my son from when I said, this is when I was a kid, and that's going to be the channel, just me just get bringing in all the nineties useless shit. Yeah, yeah, absolutely, I oh god, I do actually want to get the issue one of radio Active Man and just have that framed, just because it's

such a good looking cover too. It is it really is. Yeah, I've got my first edition like you've got the other Simpsons comic because the other side is the divisional Fantastic four covers and of Homer coming out of the ground. That's the back of it, right. Well, that's the thing I always got confused with. I'm like, is that the proper issue one or the one of Homer coming out of the ground? Is that the proper issue one? Homer coming out of the ground is the issue one? But I

thought the back of the back page of that was that is it? Not? No? No, this one right here? You want a nostalgia trip mate, one of my favorite shows of all time, love dinosaurs? Yeah, yeah, I want to start a podcast on dinosaurs. You should because, like again, it's nostalgia, man. But yeah, this one says Issue one Special Collectors Edition. But then I see the other one with Homer

coming out of the ground, Like, which one came first? The one Come of the Ground definitely came first, I'm pretty sure, but I could be wrong. I always under the assumption it was the first one. But who knows. This one has like a really good this one has a really good Bartman storyline and it comes with a poster as well, which is really cool. But yeah, let's promote your stuff before we before we wrap up. So basically, you still do any cosplaying things, So what do you

putting more energy into these days. So like, I've got a few side hustles apart from YouTube, because you can't always rely on YouTube. So I have an Etsy store where I sell a lot of my props because I have silicon molds where I can make resin castings and copies of all these pieces. So a lot of them are like, you know, Freddy Krueger busts, Michael Meyer's stuff, a few Batman pieces, Hans Moleman. Oh, yes, so Hans Moleman. So I sculpted a hyper realistic bust of Hans Moleman

back in twenty seventeen. I've still got the mold for it. I actually want to recast it in translucent flesh tinted resin, do all the things. I add all the wispy hairs one by one. The eyes are custom made and they're all blood shot and just disgusting. But I actually want to get like a child sized mannequin and sculpt Hans's body and make a full statue of Hans with a little sad daffodil. And yeah, I sculpted that, and

I was actually really proud of that one. It got a lot of attention and a lot of people were just like, what the fuck is that thing? And I'm like, it's Hans more Man. I'm like, I want to like spray something on it that makes it smell like a peanut. Yeah, so yeah I did that, Like you know, the Big Les Show. I sculpted Sassy years ago, and I've still got the mold for that. And I showed Jared I forget he surnamed the creator, and he's like, mate, that's so cool. So I got the thumbs up from him.

So I sculpt a lot of like obscure background characters. I love doing stuff like that, but mostly it's been like horror Batman stuff. So but also now I've got the second channel just called Chris Stanley, where I just do like movie reviews, collectible reviews. Like so this is really nerdy, but yes this morning put up an unboxing video. So this right here is a vintage knife and this is actually the knife they used on the original Freddy

Krueger glove. So they actually used tomato knives that were made in like the sixties, seventies and eighties, so originally it's like that, and then they took the handle off, turned it upside down, and I found one in Mint condition. So I did an unboxing video that people respond well to that on the second channel because I do a lot of horror and like a lot of prop stuff as well, so cosplay, Chris, I keep it build

stuff and costume stuff like if I'm wearing something. But the second channel, which I do a lot more frequent uploads because you know, there's always movie news, movies to review stuff like that, So putting a lot of effort into the second channel just to get the momentum going, because it's hard man, Like you know how it is just to keep fresh, keep ideas fresh, but also grow that audience. Well everyone's just doing it now, which

makes us just so hard to stand out. I've had this discussion with Guy the other day about rewatch podcasts and how it used to be so easy to start to rewatch podcasts, but now every person who starred in the show is now doing a rewatch podcast of the show that we're in, and they're just stealing all the attention. It's like, let us have something please. Yeah.

Yeah, And I've kind of like thought of it. I'm like, maybe I should go back and like revisit stuff for stuff like that, but yeah, you it just people just do that, and it just they get the views and everything, and look, it shouldn't always be about the views, but when you put in all that work and effort, it definitely does help. Oh that the views matter, because that's how you get press junkets, that's how you get all expenses paid trips mate the views. Yeah,

yeah, that's it. That's it. So yeah. Look, I've definitely had some great opportunities from the cosplay world as well. I've been fortunate enough to work in the States, the Middle East, of all places cosplaying, which is crazy. Do you find it's a different audience with the two different channels or do you think a lot of them have sort of come over you Are you finding new fans through your second channel. I'm finding new fans through

the second channel absolutely. Like when I announced on the main channel that I started the second channel a year ago, actually, you know, a few sifted over, but others just stayed for the cosplay stuff, which is fair. And I feel like if I continued that and uploading movie reviews cosplay stuff in the one channel, it gets confusing for your audience, like what are

you doing? Whereas if you're doing all talking stuff movie related stuff, then people know what they're subscribing to, so I think that again, I should have done it years ago, but you know, better late than never. So yeah, how hard is it to get people because you've got three hundred and seventy five thousand subscribers to think on your main channel? Is that right something around there? How hard is it to get even ten percent of them to come over to a new channel. It's hard, man Like, it's

really hard. And you've also got to be at the mindset. Some people are going to just be like this isn't for me, and you're like, yeah, fair enough. But then that's when you build up that new audience that are there because they know exactly what they're getting, and you know they'll you know, watch most of the videos that you upload each and every time, so it's good and you know, you build a good little community. You know, you have your people that always comment, and then you get

newcomers. They'll be like, hey, man, I just subscribe today. Good stuff, you know, greetings from Canada or Portugal or Brazil, and you're like that's awesome, man, like, welcome, that's very very cool. So you never know, like what the algorithm is going to bring you and then there are those videos that you don't put any effort into and it does so well, and then you do a banger of a video where you put your heart and soul into it and it gets bugger all views and you're

like, I don't know what's going on. What's good? Is new? Do you have a second guess yourself? Oh? All the time. All the time. I second guess myself. I compare myself and I saw a quote a few months ago. I'm like, man, I got to keep remembering that. Don't compare your five months journey to someone's five year journey.

So yeah, there are some people on YouTube that are friends of mine and I'm like, man, they just have to fart on camera and it just explodes, like it just and but you're also like, they've been doing that channel for quite a long time, so it's and again like it's it's a lot of effort, a lot of effort, man, thinking on your feet, coming up with fresh ideas. But I love it. I love doing the second channel because I feel like there's a lot more that I can do.

Whereas opposed to doing a cosplay build or like a custom collectible, it's expensive, it's very expensive to do. It's a big edit and that's why when I announced a second channel, I said things are probably going to be spaced out more on the main channel now because like my last one was a Batman custom collectible from a month and a bit ago, but we're about to put a Superman one up, so you know, as long as you're transparent with your audience, it's like, guys, obviously that's not going to be

as frequent, but I'm still doing cosplay stuff in the background, but obviously want to work more on reviewing movies, entertainment news and doing press junkets and stuff like that. I love doing that. Like that trip to New York that we were talking about last month was great, and yeah, it definitely builds up your confidence, your people's skills and stuff like that. And reviewing film is hard. A lot of people look at it and be like,

you've got to sit there and talk about a movie. I'm like, it's actually it can be hard, especially trying to get all your thoughts and feelings out without having to edit the video and be like, damn, I should have said this, should have said that, and also not being afraid to have an opinion. That's against everyone else's. Like when everyone's in a certain mindset of how good or bad a film is and yours might be different,

you get scared to upload that video in fear of backlash. But that's when you've got to be like, man, if someone has something bad to say, they're the one with the problem. Usually someone would just be like, oh, man, that sucks. You didn't enjoy it. Hopefully we can agree on it next time. I'm like, man, if everyone was like, YouTube would be an easier place to be on. And some people are

just like, I'm unsubscribing your fuck. I don't agree, And I'm like, announcing your unsubscribing is like a Karen announcing you just lost the customer. I can't go on our iTunes reviews because we've got like thousands of five star reviews on there, but occasionally people on to check at one start and there'll be something like, been listening to this show for years and now there's ads

on there. I'm not listening to ads, And I'm thinking, so, I've given you years of free entertainment, but you don't want to have to but you don't have to pay for Yeah, if you want this show to continue going we need to put some ads in so that I can survive financially. Yeah, how dare you? How dare you? I'm unsubscribing? What what? Yeah? Exactly like or like you do like a sixty second integrated

ad on a YouTube video and people lose their minds. I'm like, sorry if I'm just trying to earn an extra bit of quid, because it's very hard and temperamental being on YouTube. Yeah, are you earning a living through this? Now? Is this your job? Ah? It is? But not only YouTube, man. I could not rely on YouTube obviously because things are more spread out on the main channel, so that revenue goes down there. Revenue did build up a bit on the second channel, and then it

kind of tape it a bit. But again, you've got to keep the momentum going, build up the subscribers, and then you know, eventually the regular views definitely do come. But obviously I've got Etsy, my Etsy store, and then campaigns like social media campaigns, stuff like that. In July, I'm going up to Warner Brothers Movie World to do a talk on batsuits, which will be fun. So you know, that's a nice little bit

of pocket money, and you know, I'm in my element. But there are a lot of times when studios pr companies kind of try to take advantage of, like not just maybe like other creators and they're like, hey, we'll send you this if you do this for free, and I'm like,

no, I don't want that product. No, So it's like but also like, you know, that is a cool product, But at the end of the day, like I'm putting effort into this and I need it'd be nice to get compensated financially because I could be focusing my energy somewhere else where there is a compensation involved or earning something from it. And unfortunately, a lot of new creators or novice creators that are still fresh to doing campaigns unfortunately

get taken advantage of. And it sucks because there are some talented people out there, you know, building stuff or you know, doing tutorials or you know even you know, make up tutorials and stuff like that, like really talented people, and they unfortunately just get taken advantage of sometimes because they think, oh, it's X, Y and Z, which is a big studio, I'm working with them, Da da da, and they'll just keep they'll keep pushing and pushing the friendship. So yeah, you've got to kind of

have your wits about you. I find too, when you're a content creator, when you align yourself with a brand, I just suppose have a Disney where we've worked with Disney before because they have the Simpsons on Disney Plus and things like that. Now, when you're a content creator that relies on support from your listeners on Patreon and things like that, when you align yourself with big brands like Disney, a lot of people just assume they must be making

money. Then if Disney's working with them, that's not the case. Disney might chuck you some money or send you some a free subscription to Disney Plus or something. But just because you're aligned with the big brand doesn't mean that you shouldn't support these guys because they're probably still doing it tough. Yeah. Absolutely, And sometimes it can be the biggest studios that are the biggest tied asses and it's not a dig it's just facts. That's just how it is

sometimes. And then you have other studios that aren't as not well established but not as bigger or popular, and they're just like name your price. I'm like, wow, that's really refreshing, and they give you creative freedom. They're like, we want you to have your own voice. It's got to be you. We don't want to give you a script, but obviously, like if you want to type something up, shoot it to us and just

make sure you're hitting all the right talking points. But you've got to make sure it's all about you, otherwise your audience will see straight through and be like, what are you doing your shill When it comes to editing your videos. See I hate the cliche editing of many YouTube videos of logs where it's the quick cutaways, the zoom and the zoom outs they're random, and then

cutting back to you talking normally. How are you with that? Because I just can't see myself ever bringing myself to doing that, even though I know that's exactly what the algorithm wants. I just don't think I could ever do it. How are you with that? I try and keep it as real as possible, like I always try and just be me, Like, obviously there is a bit of heightened energy, but I want people to get excited or just have a good time watching my videos, and if they get a

laugh out of it, that's alsome. I always try and be goofy self, deprecating, humor, all that all for that, Like, I love making people laugh. I think that's the best feeling in the world in terms of like you know, when like someone does a vlog and they put their hand over the lens and then it cuts to something else, I'm like, ah, that's not really me. I try and keep it as real as possible, but I get a bit like my my brain's got so much going on, and then it kind of trips over my words. So I do

fumble a lot. So I do have a lot of jump cuts, especially with like a movie review. I do sometimes stutter, so like, you know, thank God for jump cuts. So I like with editing, I try and keep it as real as possible. Like when I unbox that knife yesterday, I try and try to keep it as raw as possible because there's a big deal for me. I've been after this knife for fourteen years and

it's all like come to this. I try to, you know, just try and like maintain my excitement but also just be professional, but like keep it real. Like when you're unboxing this thing, people want to be in there be as if like they're they're there they're amongst it, they're involved. But yeah, with I did some vlogging in New York. Again, try to keep it as real as possible and try and keep it funny as well. Like I do so many Simpson references in my videos. It's not funny

and I rely on a lot of Simpson references. And some people with the comments will be like, that was very good. I'll do a cutaway to a clip, or like if a film's bad, I'll be like, you know, these are my thoughts, and then it cuts to crusty and he's like, what the hell is that? Just stuff like that. I felt the Simpsons is one of those things that if you grew up in the nineties,

you'll always be able to find a friend. If you're a fan of the Simpsons, you'll always have a Simpsons moment that you can sort of bond over one hundred percent man and like because of these groups on Facebook like Yours, rock Bottom, Compy, Hypoglobal, MegaNet Obscure, there's Obscure Simpsons moments

stuff like that. It's crazy how many people out there have really just relished the Golden Era and everything and just how beloved and how protected it is it is crazy and like people you wouldn't expect as well, like people you'd be like, you look like a lawyer, and then they'll start quoting like Season six back to front. You're like, did not pick that, not at all? No, all right, man, Well, it's been a joy

to have you on. Let's plug it your Etsy store before you go, and we find you on Etsy. So it's just called props by Chris on Etsy. And you know there's a bit of horror stuff, a bit of comic book relay stuff like Batman stuff, stuff like that YouTube. The main channel is Cosplay Chris a little bit slow there at the moment, like the uploads are spread out a lot more. But the second channel, which has more frequent uploads, is just called Chris Stanley And you'll see my melon in

the thumbnail little avatar logo there. But yeah, man, thank you for having me on. Like I said, I'm actually like a really big fan of you, and guy kept me company on my plane ride home from New York last month, so it was actually really good to see a few good laughs on the plane by myself. So I probably looked like a crazy person. What's been love to have you on, mate, And hopefully we have you on the show again in the near future. Absolutely, man, thank

you so much and all the best. As I said, everybody in an absolute legend of a man Nay cosplay Chris, I know you're gonna love your so Like I said at the beginning of this podcast, check out his content via the links and the description of this podcast. Also, don't forget once again. Please if you can support us on Patreon, where you get access to our exclusive programs like Talking Seinfeld, Speaking of the Hill, Tales of

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