Apex Mountain on The Rewatchables
60:13 – 67:09… like pictures of him as a member guy. He's kind of disappeared. Yeah. He's 59 now. And there's, I can't find any. He's out of the business like by 90, 91. Apex Mountain. Wait, I have one more piece of half-assed internet research. Later, like about 25 years later, Modine gives an interview to the Spokane newspaper. And he tells this story. He goes, I was walking Venice Beach, California recently and the driver of a car literally stepped out of his moving car and marched toward me saying, dude, dude, you have no idea. Vision Quest saved my life. His car smashed into a wall. He was so emotional. I gave him a …
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There's nothing on, it's Schoffling, you said? Yeah. There's nothing on him. Like, I was looking to see how he's. There's not even like pictures of him as a member guy. He's kind of disappeared. Yeah. He's 59 now. And there's, I can't find any. He's out of the business like by 90, 91. Apex Mountain. Wait, I have one more piece of half-assed internet research. Later, like about 25 years later, Modine gives an interview to the Spokane newspaper. And he tells this story. He goes, I was walking Venice Beach, California recently and the driver of a car literally stepped out of his moving car and marched toward me saying, dude, dude, you have no idea. Vision Quest saved my life. His car smashed into a wall. He was so emotional. I gave him a hug. Forget about the car. Who cares, dude? You have no idea. That guy was Bill Simmons. It was. No, that's the story. I fixed the car. Yeah, right. What's your story with Modine? Like, did you ever know him? Because it seems like Modine should be like four or five time BS guest. Talking Knicks. Talking full metal. I think he got mad at me for something. He took something personally. Do you remember what it was? That I said on a podcast. Was it about Pacific Heights? No. It was a movie he made in the last six or seven years. And I remember he came at me at Twitter a little bit. Really? I went right back at him with like, I'm a huge fan. What are you doing? Like, it was one of those. And it got squashed. I think he thought I was making fun of him, but I wasn't. Were you? So you've never had him on? Never had him on. He's, I would love to have him on. Because he was also in the band played on that I loved. There's something about Modine that's actually like, no one's ever going to say, hey, he's the best. Great Knicks fan. But he's always kind of good in everything. He also seems like he's living life right. And he also, he's so different. He's got this, he's got like the most relaxed. If you were a basketball player, be like, how did that guy get 20? Like, it was so slow. And it didn't really matter. I'm like, no, no, he's totally in control. It's this relaxed thing. And it's like different. He's not doing anybody else. He's like only doing it the way he does it. And it works way more than it doesn't for his career. Yeah, but in this movie, he's playing a selfish, oversexed, failed date rapist who is the worst guy on his team. I don't think this is going to be the bridge to Modine you're hoping. No, and you're rooting for him the whole movie. You put it that way. No, but he, but he's still doing Modine. Right. And you're just like, I just like Modine. I'm in on this guy. Pick and nits. Yeah. Oh, no. Let's, let's take a break. Then we'll do Apex Mountain. Now that we're two months into 2020 and everyone is trying to stick to their resolutions, Pepsi wants to usher in this new decade a bit differently by encouraging everyone to unapologetically do what you enjoy. Even in the face of others' judgment, Pepsi encourages you to let loose, be yourself, and live your life like nobody's watching, like me. You know what I like to do sometimes? Just not eat lunch. Maybe I'll have like a juice or water. Maybe I'll have a Pepsi. I just have no food. I'll just reset it. And then I come back strong for dinner. Every single thing I've ever read on the internet advises people not to do this. But you know what? It clears my head. I'm less tired. I'm more alert. Right now I am plowing through this ad. I feel fantastic. I feel really alert. The words are just popping out of my brain. And it's all because sometimes I don't like to eat lunch. Guess what? Don't judge me. Pepsi. That's what I like. Apex Mountain for Modine. Is it this or Full Metal Jacket? Oh, it's Full Metal Jacket. Okay. This is Apex Mountain for nobody. 1980s wrestling movies? Apex Mountain. Spokane? Michael Schauffling? Probably Spokane. Michael Schauffling and Frank Jasper? 16 Candles. Frank Jasper. It is Frank Jasper's Apex Mountain. Yeah. What did you call the thing the wrestling coach wears? Singlet? The Singlet? Apex Mountain for the Singlet? I always feel like the Singlet Apex Mountain would always be that Saturday afternoon wrestling that we got as little kids growing up where we get hoes. We never get any good matches on TV. And then, you know, whatever, like famous guy would come out and then it'd be like, Cliff Cliffs. That guy, that was Singlet. You know. John Waite? It's either this or Son of Almost Fire. I think it's, well, you mean John Waite in movies? Because I think Missing You is a bigger song than this, right? That's John Waite, isn't it? Was Missing You before or after this? I'll look it up in a second. I think 1985 was just his overall Apex Mountain would be my take. Missing You is 84. Spokane? Have you ever spent any time with it? Did it ever get better than this? No, I haven't. Did it ever get better for Spokane than this movie? We'll hear about it if it did. Okay. I don't know enough about it. There's a listener out there who thinks it got better. Fiorentino? I think it's that Pete Berg movie. Yeah, and she was in Men in Black. And then she has like a nice little run there. And then she seriously doesn't do anything. She does one thing from 02 until today. She's involved in the Anthony Pelicano case. I think she's pretty difficult. Ah. Oh. She worked with our guy. Well, she's from Philly. She did Jade with Caruso. That's right. It's me and Chris's guy. It's like ultimately everybody has one guy. And for me and Chris, it's David Caruso. Yeah, I remember one of the first times I didn't think I liked Bill was because of how much you liked Caruso. Oh, yeah. And I remember your dad. Didn't your dad say like, hey, so what are you doing? You're going to ESPN? Well, didn't Caruso try to do movies? Wasn't that weird? Your dad did some weird Caruso. That's almost right. It was when I went to go work for Jimmy Kimmel. My dad didn't understand it. He's like, you're going to leave Boston. You worked for five years for this comp to take off. If it took off and now you're going to work for some TV show that might not make it, this is like a David Caruso move. I'm like, dad, I'll see you later. Came to LA. And then a couple years later, I came back. I was like, see you, old man. Right. TBD. We'll see how it goes. Picking nets. Can I go first? If you're from Trenton. Yeah. And you're driving to San Francisco. That was my first one. But she's hitchhiking. Why are you in Spokane? That doesn't be, even if she's hitchhiking, it doesn't make any sense. I mapped it out last night. The most northern you would go would be maybe Cheyenne. The only thing I could think of is if she had a friend in Washington that she was veering completely out of the way to go see. But then why not get on the Greyhound and get down to Seattle or wherever it is. Or stay with them instead of horny, weird Modine and underutilized dad who apparently beats the shit out of people no matter what. Another Carla picking knit is, did she, she never wears the same thing twice with the exception of maybe the tank top. But every day has a different jacket. The hat, she looks great. Now, are we to believe that maybe. How many suitcases? Or is she wearing the mother's clothes? Oh. Which is creepy. But that Zelda Fitzgerald look she has. I'm like, where did, who has that just in a duffel bag that she's hitchhiking with?
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