Show Notes
Chris and Erik are back to talk about Erik and his wife's parking lot stand off (and Chris's case against ever trusting a woman's intuition), Chris's record-setting 10-hour night of sleep and his Mark Wahlberg-approved oatmeal-and-dates breakfast, whether Jay-Z and rap itself have a shelf life, Drake's Iceman, the Japanese internet-game-turned-movie Exit 8 somehow being about accepting fatherhood, the rise of YouTuber-directed horror hits like Obsession and Backrooms, why the Mandalorian movie is tanking, why comedians keep torching the budget on movies that flop, the slow death of going to the theater, Chris's savage Letterboxd reviews of Sirât, No Other Choice and The Monkey, the theory that the more bags a woman packs the more baggage she carries, and much more! Hims: To get simple, online access to personalized, affordable care for ED, Hair Loss, Weight Loss, and more, visit https://Hims.com/Golden Draft Kings: New DraftKings customers, sign up with code GOLDEN spend five bucks to get two hundred in rewards within 21 days. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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