April 18, 2026 • 16 mins
This week on Entertain Me with Heather Brooker, we’re diving into the biggest buzz out of CinemaCon, including major updates on Top Gun 3. Plus, a preview of Lee Cronin's The Mummy, a look at Normal with Bob Odenkirk, and a deep dive into Lorne, the new documentary about SNL legend Lorne Michaels.
From reboots to sequels to behind-the-scenes legends—what’s worth watching and what’s just hype? We break it all down during the entertainment report with Gary and Shannon!
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Welcome back to entertain Me. I'm Heather Brooker. This is
a show where we cover all things entertainment from Sokal
to the silver screen. This week, we're back with Gary
and Shannon for the weekly Entertainment Report, and there are
some interesting movies coming out this weekend. You know, this
time of year is not when studios release some of
(00:21):
their you know, big hits, the ones that they expect
to do really, really well. So we've got a couple
of offerings for you. We've got Lee Cronin's The Mummy
Normal with Bob Odenkirk and one movie I'm really interested
in seeing is Lorne. All about Lorne Michaels from SNL
to documentary, and we're gonna break it all down. Plus
(00:44):
some really exciting news about Top Gun three and an
AI version of Val Kilmer, all coming out of CinemaCon
in Las Vegas this week. We're gonna break it all
down with Gary and Shannon. The Boss is talking to Heather,
so I and Brian we were talking about Top Gun.
Speaker 2 (01:01):
Oh far entertainment reports, right, Heathered Broker, What.
Speaker 1 (01:08):
Is your damage?
Speaker 3 (01:09):
Heather?
Speaker 2 (01:19):
This is entertainment news, you guys.
Speaker 1 (01:24):
There was a duck in my front yard today there
was I love ducks. My husband sent me a picture.
He goes, look what's in her front yard?
Speaker 2 (01:31):
And I was like, get it, Gary.
Speaker 3 (01:32):
Sun has a pet duck.
Speaker 1 (01:35):
Where do you keep it? Where'd you keep it?
Speaker 2 (01:36):
I don't know, in the garage. Probably with me. The
duck don't live with me.
Speaker 4 (01:42):
Top Gun three officially announced at CINEMACN Big question, Okay,
does Tom Cruise come back?
Speaker 3 (01:49):
Yes, of course he does. He's Tom Cruise. He has
to come back. Do you think he would let this
get made without him?
Speaker 1 (01:55):
Absolutely not. That's what I was just talking to our
boss about Brian and he was wondering, you know, do
you is Tom Who's going to be in it?
Speaker 2 (02:01):
I think yes?
Speaker 1 (02:02):
I mean because Tom Cruise was a part of the announcement.
He made the announcement from the Paramount water Tower. He
filmed like.
Speaker 2 (02:09):
Especially jump off of it.
Speaker 1 (02:10):
Did he carreem off of it on a rope with
is like a parachute? Yeah, into the parking lot below.
I absolutely think there's no way you make any Top
Gun related project without Tom.
Speaker 3 (02:22):
He wouldn't allow it. I mean he is. He comes
across as being very much in love with Tom Cruise. Yeah,
he's gonna be one of those. Is he going to
die in the cockpit?
Speaker 2 (02:31):
Like?
Speaker 3 (02:31):
Is he ever gonna let a top gun property be
made without him?
Speaker 1 (02:35):
I can't imagine that he would. Who's doing that's That's
not me, it's not me.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
It's not me.
Speaker 1 (02:41):
Probably it's Gary, not me. Who's doing that?
Speaker 3 (02:44):
All right?
Speaker 4 (02:47):
But so so Tom Cruise. Yes, obviously there'll be some
new people that come through. But Val Kilmer No. But
speaking of Val Kilmer, yeah.
Speaker 1 (02:55):
Because he's passed away, yes, but he's still had a
presence at CinemaCon. Now, for those who don't know what
Cinema con in CinemaCon is, it is the largest gathering
of movie theater owners and it's a big business for
movie theater owners. It's where studios go and pitch their projects.
A lot of celebrities come. They try to get movie
theater owners excited about the movies so they'll want to
(03:19):
pick them up and distribute them and promote them with
trailers and all that stuff. So one of the big
movies that is really a lot of people are talking
about is this movie called As Deep as the Grave,
and it has it's giving everybody a first look at
the AI technology that was used to create Val Kilmer's performance.
Of course, Val Kilmer passed away last year after long
(03:41):
battle with throat cancer. He is playing this character, father Finton,
a Catholic priest in this film, and the AI visuals
on this they showed like a little snippet almost a
little bit of an extended trailer there, and it looks incredible.
It looks like a young Val Kilmer. The filmmakers say
(04:02):
that they did all this with the permission and following
the guidelines of SAG and the permission of Val Kilmer's family.
So of course then this raises a lot of questions.
People are like, is this what we're going to be
doing with all the stars? Like who's next Marilyn Monroe?
You know, who are we going to be bringing back
with this AI technology and making them look so lifelike?
He looks so lifelike in this film and sounds just
(04:24):
like him.
Speaker 4 (04:27):
You've caused her to sneeze, Oh, blessed you by No,
don't wait for it. Oh the pressure this you're right,
this does bring about some serious questions about the use
of AI to.
Speaker 2 (04:41):
What's the word recreate?
Speaker 4 (04:44):
Yeah, because and I would imagine, well that would be
a tough decision if you were in charge of your
loved ones estate, their likeness and all of that, because
on the one hand, it would be a great her
perhaps that they cared enough about your loved one to
include them in a movie, But on the other hand,
(05:06):
it kind of opens the door to misuse of that.
Speaker 1 (05:10):
So his daughter, Mercedes Kilmer, she says that her father
was always looking at emerging technologies with optimism as a
tool to expand the possibilities of storytelling, which is why
she signed off on him being in this film. But
the reality is, it's not him saying that he wants
to be a part of this movie. Because my daughter
(05:30):
as similar as we are, and I'm sure you know
your families as well. They know you, they know what
you like and what you don't like. There are some
things that she may not know about me that I
want to do, and if she's in charge afterwards, listen,
I also want her to just make the money, use
Mama's face to make the money. That's basically what I'm
gonna tell her. But not everybody feels that way. So
(05:51):
you have to sort of trust whoever you leave your
estate to to make those types of decisions. For you,
and I absolutely think because of how good this looks,
we're going to start seeing more and more of these
stars who have passed away being brought back to life
on on screen. I don't like it. It is a
(06:12):
little eerie.
Speaker 3 (06:13):
It is I it wouldn't buy. Yeah, it's eerie, and
who cares about my opinion? But is Ai going to
be writing for these dead people? That's my problem. I'm
I've had it with the the lukewarm writing that I've heard, Yes, slop.
Speaker 1 (06:31):
So the visuals you don't mind, but the writing of it,
you want it to be better, Like you don't mind
if you see one of them, you're.
Speaker 3 (06:37):
Going to bring somebody back from the dead at least
right well for them?
Speaker 1 (06:41):
What if they writing is so good they win an
Academy Award?
Speaker 2 (06:44):
That can't be can it?
Speaker 1 (06:49):
What is Valkilmer valcilma Ai Valkilmer is nominated for a case.
Speaker 3 (06:53):
It'll be a separate category AI Generated Person. There you go.
Speaker 1 (06:58):
I'll be covering it on the Red Carpet.
Speaker 4 (06:59):
Heather Brooker's going to have more with entertainment here in
just a couple of minutes, including the new The Mummy
Normal with Bob Odenkirk, who's somehow become an action hero
now and then the Lorne Michael's documentary It's all to
be coming up. Heather Brooker has joined us. We're talking
about the world of entertainment, some of the stuff that's
coming out. I saw a very creepy trailer for The Mummy.
(07:20):
This Lee Cronan movie is anything to do with the
Brendan Fraser franchise.
Speaker 1 (07:28):
No, not at all, and that's I think what's confusing
a lot of fans. Lee Cronan is a sort of
a popular underground like indie film horror film director, and
they've sort of Blumhouses labeled this Lee Cronin's the Mummy,
so that hopefully there would be no confusion. Well there
has been, and now they're kind of playing off of it, like, no, no,
this is this has nothing to do with Brendan Fraser.
(07:49):
But it is a very dark, very graphic and in
some cases grotesque kind of take on a Mummy story. Now,
if you're thinking you're going to see somebody who's wrapped
up in gauze and comes back to life, it's more
of like a creepy horror film. This family, they've lost
(08:11):
their daughter, they find her, and she turns out has
been in a sarcophagus and is now not the child
that they once news. She's this creepy, half dead, half
alive being, and they are convinced that they can bring
her back to them in some way through love and willpower.
Speaker 2 (08:28):
I don't know, it sounds like just parenting a teenager.
Speaker 1 (08:31):
Right, Welcome to being a parent of a teen. But
it's really creepy and really dark, and I think horror
movie fans will definitely enjoy it. But it has nothing
to do with the Mummy as we know it. There
is a Mummy movie with Brendan Fraser and the works
that is not going to be out though. Until twenty twenty.
Speaker 4 (08:47):
Eight, Nobody was one of my favorite movies. Yes, because
Bob Odenkirk was so unexpectedly great as an action hero.
They came out with a sequel, and now he's got
a new movie called Normal.
Speaker 2 (08:59):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (08:59):
So, so Bob Odenkirk has taken this really fun shift
in his career. He's, you know, was famously known for
being a mister show, very funny guy, and I interviewed
him when he was doing Nobody, and I asked him,
I was like, are you going to be an action
star now, because you seem right at home doing all
(09:20):
of this And he kind of laughed and he's like, no,
not really, It wasn't sort of the plan. But now
he's done several of these movies and I think he's
really enjoying this newfound space in the action world. So
normal is along the same lines as those other.
Speaker 3 (09:39):
Movies that he was in.
Speaker 1 (09:40):
Lorne.
Speaker 3 (09:40):
The documentary obviously about Louren Michaels and behind the scenes
of SNL and the development of is getting a lot
of buzz.
Speaker 1 (09:48):
Yes See, as a kid, as a young chap, I
always wanted to be on Saturday Night Live. It was
I came up, you know, in the time when like
Will Ferrell was on, Dana Carr, just like the some
of the best people. You know, every generation thinks that
their SNL cast was the best. But I have always
loved Saturday and Live and fascinated with how Lorne Michaels
(10:11):
has been able to create this ip essentially this brand,
if you will, and stuck to his gun, stayed true
to his vision back in the seventies when SNL first
started and created this legacy of comedy and made so
many careers. So this is a movie now that you
(10:33):
can go see, a documentary that follows him that kind
of tries to give people little bit of insight and
a peek into who he is, because he's always sort
of been this mysterious figurehead at Saturday Night Live. So
there's obviously a lot of SNL cast members who are
in the documentary who are weighing in on who they
think Lauren is. And it's a really you know, I
(10:54):
just I love anything connected with SNL in comedy.
Speaker 4 (10:58):
It is funny that I know that there have been
ebbs and flows of the quality of Saturday Night Live.
Speaker 2 (11:04):
I mean, but I grew up on it as well.
Speaker 4 (11:07):
And the fact that it continues to be part of
our culture. I mean, that has has held such an
important part of our consciousness, I suppose. And yeah, everybody
gets tired of the politics and they've chosen a lane basically,
but it is one of those products that has continued
(11:28):
to give us great comedians, or maybe not give them
to us, but showcase some great comedians and movie stars
and movie stars. Yeah, and I mean the billions of
dollars that Lorne Michaels is responsible for in terms of
producing a bunch of those movies.
Speaker 1 (11:43):
And movies like you know what, I just this is
so weird. I just watched Rome and Michelle's high school
reunion the other the first time. No, no, no, I
was watching the other night with my daughter because I thought,
oh you, she kind of wanted to know, like you
know something.
Speaker 3 (11:56):
About post its, about posts who made post it?
Speaker 2 (11:58):
And I was like, let me just tell you.
Speaker 1 (12:00):
But you think about all of the films that he
has been responsible for, and careers and lives that he
has had a hand in in making. It's an unbelievable legacy.
Like I can't think of anybody else, especially in the
comedy world, who has had that pivotable pivotable? Is that
a word?
Speaker 3 (12:16):
Pivotal? Pivot yeat Like what would have happened with Groundlings
and Second City and all of that? Would they have
found would there be a vehicle that's not SNL you
know who knows?
Speaker 1 (12:28):
I don't know that. Yeah it was. He was such
a visionary. And that's a big word. I know. I
don't throw that around lightly.
Speaker 3 (12:33):
And not as big as pivotable.
Speaker 2 (12:35):
I know, I need a teacher.
Speaker 1 (12:37):
Was pivotable lot, But he used such a visionary in
the seventies to and have the means and the ability
and the the creative vision to come up with a
Saturday and life would change careers.
Speaker 3 (12:50):
And to stick to his guns. Yes, in the way
that he wanted to do things.
Speaker 1 (12:53):
Absolutely.
Speaker 3 (12:54):
I just before we let you go, I just want
to mention that Steven Spielberg, I think guys may be
an investor for Space Wars.
Speaker 2 (13:03):
And here's why Space Wars.
Speaker 3 (13:05):
Of course the vehicle Gary gets the same look on
his face every effing time. Well, because it would be
nice if you could, if you could be encouraging, but
that's not what I see in your face. Space Wars
is about a half man, half cat named mister bumber
Puss and his partner in crime named Biractar. Biractar is
half alien because his mother was an alien and his
(13:29):
father was a Ukrainian fighter, and that's where he gets
the name Biractar. The two of them are. The goal
is to promote peace amongst the warring planets. And there's
different planets and they have different peoples connected to whatever planet. Like,
for instance, there's a forest planet where all the people
are forest people and they use trees and things for
(13:51):
weapons Anyway, Steven Spielberg said this week guys that the
studios need to be investing in original stories, too much
reliance on sequels and franchises and reboots. You know, we
talked about Top Gun three. Space Balls has a sequel
coming out. You know, Star Wars has more stuff coming out. Okay,
(14:14):
space Balls has a joke half man, half cat and
he's dead. PS two, wasn't that John Candy Andy, I'm dead?
So mister bumber Puss is different. Think about mister Bumberpuss
more of cats, like, more more realistic, not John Candy
in a cat suit. I see your vision is off too.
(14:35):
But anyway, Steven Spielberg sees Space Wars as the future.
That's not what he's says as opposed to Star Wars.
Speaker 1 (14:44):
Basically what he said that's CinemaCon exactly. Gary. He said,
we need original stories, original content. Yep, and here we
are delivering it wrapped up in a furry bow.
Speaker 3 (14:56):
Thank you, Heather, You're welcome.
Speaker 2 (14:57):
I think it's a great idea.
Speaker 1 (14:59):
I think that bumber could go really far, and I'm
sure Steven Spielberg would like to back it. Steven, if
you're listening, hit us up, Hit us up. Thanks so
much for listening to the Entertainment and Report on Gary
and Channon every week on Friday. Don't miss it. Also,
I've got a couple of stand up comedy shows coming up.
I would love to see you guys come out to
the ice House April twenty fifth. There are a couple
(15:22):
of seats still available. Grab your tickets there on the
ice House website. Also have a clean comedy show coming
up with the Bleep Comedy Group that's on May third,
also at the ice House, and then coming up on
May twenty second, I'm gonna be with the my friend
Lynn's son at the Renegade Comedy Group and we're gonna
be doing some stand up comedy there. All of the
(15:43):
shows will be at the ice House. You can get
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Welcome back to entertain Me. I'm Heather Brooker. This is
a show where we cover all things entertainment from Sokal
to the silver screen. This week, we're back with Gary
and Shannon for the weekly Entertainment Report, and there are
some interesting movies coming out this weekend. You know, this
time of year is not when studios release some of
(00:21):
their you know, big hits, the ones that they expect
to do really, really well. So we've got a couple
of offerings for you. We've got Lee Cronin's The Mummy
Normal with Bob Odenkirk and one movie I'm really interested
in seeing is Lorne. All about Lorne Michaels from SNL
to documentary, and we're gonna break it all down. Plus
(00:44):
some really exciting news about Top Gun three and an
AI version of Val Kilmer, all coming out of CinemaCon
in Las Vegas this week. We're gonna break it all
down with Gary and Shannon. The Boss is talking to Heather,
so I and Brian we were talking about Top Gun.
Speaker 2 (01:01):
Oh far entertainment reports, right, Heathered Broker, What.
Speaker 1 (01:08):
Is your damage?
Speaker 3 (01:09):
Heather?
Speaker 2 (01:19):
This is entertainment news, you guys.
Speaker 1 (01:24):
There was a duck in my front yard today there
was I love ducks. My husband sent me a picture.
He goes, look what's in her front yard?
Speaker 2 (01:31):
And I was like, get it, Gary.
Speaker 3 (01:32):
Sun has a pet duck.
Speaker 1 (01:35):
Where do you keep it? Where'd you keep it?
Speaker 2 (01:36):
I don't know, in the garage. Probably with me. The
duck don't live with me.
Speaker 4 (01:42):
Top Gun three officially announced at CINEMACN Big question, Okay,
does Tom Cruise come back?
Speaker 3 (01:49):
Yes, of course he does. He's Tom Cruise. He has
to come back. Do you think he would let this
get made without him?
Speaker 1 (01:55):
Absolutely not. That's what I was just talking to our
boss about Brian and he was wondering, you know, do
you is Tom Who's going to be in it?
Speaker 2 (02:01):
I think yes?
Speaker 1 (02:02):
I mean because Tom Cruise was a part of the announcement.
He made the announcement from the Paramount water Tower. He
filmed like.
Speaker 2 (02:09):
Especially jump off of it.
Speaker 1 (02:10):
Did he carreem off of it on a rope with
is like a parachute? Yeah, into the parking lot below.
I absolutely think there's no way you make any Top
Gun related project without Tom.
Speaker 3 (02:22):
He wouldn't allow it. I mean he is. He comes
across as being very much in love with Tom Cruise. Yeah,
he's gonna be one of those. Is he going to
die in the cockpit?
Speaker 2 (02:31):
Like?
Speaker 3 (02:31):
Is he ever gonna let a top gun property be
made without him?
Speaker 1 (02:35):
I can't imagine that he would. Who's doing that's That's
not me, it's not me.
Speaker 2 (02:40):
It's not me.
Speaker 1 (02:41):
Probably it's Gary, not me. Who's doing that?
Speaker 3 (02:44):
All right?
Speaker 4 (02:47):
But so so Tom Cruise. Yes, obviously there'll be some
new people that come through. But Val Kilmer No. But
speaking of Val Kilmer, yeah.
Speaker 1 (02:55):
Because he's passed away, yes, but he's still had a
presence at CinemaCon. Now, for those who don't know what
Cinema con in CinemaCon is, it is the largest gathering
of movie theater owners and it's a big business for
movie theater owners. It's where studios go and pitch their projects.
A lot of celebrities come. They try to get movie
theater owners excited about the movies so they'll want to
(03:19):
pick them up and distribute them and promote them with
trailers and all that stuff. So one of the big
movies that is really a lot of people are talking
about is this movie called As Deep as the Grave,
and it has it's giving everybody a first look at
the AI technology that was used to create Val Kilmer's performance.
Of course, Val Kilmer passed away last year after long
(03:41):
battle with throat cancer. He is playing this character, father Finton,
a Catholic priest in this film, and the AI visuals
on this they showed like a little snippet almost a
little bit of an extended trailer there, and it looks incredible.
It looks like a young Val Kilmer. The filmmakers say
(04:02):
that they did all this with the permission and following
the guidelines of SAG and the permission of Val Kilmer's family.
So of course then this raises a lot of questions.
People are like, is this what we're going to be
doing with all the stars? Like who's next Marilyn Monroe?
You know, who are we going to be bringing back
with this AI technology and making them look so lifelike?
He looks so lifelike in this film and sounds just
(04:24):
like him.
Speaker 4 (04:27):
You've caused her to sneeze, Oh, blessed you by No,
don't wait for it. Oh the pressure this you're right,
this does bring about some serious questions about the use
of AI to.
Speaker 2 (04:41):
What's the word recreate?
Speaker 4 (04:44):
Yeah, because and I would imagine, well that would be
a tough decision if you were in charge of your
loved ones estate, their likeness and all of that, because
on the one hand, it would be a great her
perhaps that they cared enough about your loved one to
include them in a movie, But on the other hand,
(05:06):
it kind of opens the door to misuse of that.
Speaker 1 (05:10):
So his daughter, Mercedes Kilmer, she says that her father
was always looking at emerging technologies with optimism as a
tool to expand the possibilities of storytelling, which is why
she signed off on him being in this film. But
the reality is, it's not him saying that he wants
to be a part of this movie. Because my daughter
(05:30):
as similar as we are, and I'm sure you know
your families as well. They know you, they know what
you like and what you don't like. There are some
things that she may not know about me that I
want to do, and if she's in charge afterwards, listen,
I also want her to just make the money, use
Mama's face to make the money. That's basically what I'm
gonna tell her. But not everybody feels that way. So
(05:51):
you have to sort of trust whoever you leave your
estate to to make those types of decisions. For you,
and I absolutely think because of how good this looks,
we're going to start seeing more and more of these
stars who have passed away being brought back to life
on on screen. I don't like it. It is a
(06:12):
little eerie.
Speaker 3 (06:13):
It is I it wouldn't buy. Yeah, it's eerie, and
who cares about my opinion? But is Ai going to
be writing for these dead people? That's my problem. I'm
I've had it with the the lukewarm writing that I've heard, Yes, slop.
Speaker 1 (06:31):
So the visuals you don't mind, but the writing of it,
you want it to be better, Like you don't mind
if you see one of them, you're.
Speaker 3 (06:37):
Going to bring somebody back from the dead at least
right well for them?
Speaker 1 (06:41):
What if they writing is so good they win an
Academy Award?
Speaker 2 (06:44):
That can't be can it?
Speaker 1 (06:49):
What is Valkilmer valcilma Ai Valkilmer is nominated for a case.
Speaker 3 (06:53):
It'll be a separate category AI Generated Person. There you go.
Speaker 1 (06:58):
I'll be covering it on the Red Carpet.
Speaker 4 (06:59):
Heather Brooker's going to have more with entertainment here in
just a couple of minutes, including the new The Mummy
Normal with Bob Odenkirk, who's somehow become an action hero
now and then the Lorne Michael's documentary It's all to
be coming up. Heather Brooker has joined us. We're talking
about the world of entertainment, some of the stuff that's
coming out. I saw a very creepy trailer for The Mummy.
(07:20):
This Lee Cronan movie is anything to do with the
Brendan Fraser franchise.
Speaker 1 (07:28):
No, not at all, and that's I think what's confusing
a lot of fans. Lee Cronan is a sort of
a popular underground like indie film horror film director, and
they've sort of Blumhouses labeled this Lee Cronin's the Mummy,
so that hopefully there would be no confusion. Well there
has been, and now they're kind of playing off of it, like, no, no,
this is this has nothing to do with Brendan Fraser.
(07:49):
But it is a very dark, very graphic and in
some cases grotesque kind of take on a Mummy story. Now,
if you're thinking you're going to see somebody who's wrapped
up in gauze and comes back to life, it's more
of like a creepy horror film. This family, they've lost
(08:11):
their daughter, they find her, and she turns out has
been in a sarcophagus and is now not the child
that they once news. She's this creepy, half dead, half
alive being, and they are convinced that they can bring
her back to them in some way through love and willpower.
Speaker 2 (08:28):
I don't know, it sounds like just parenting a teenager.
Speaker 1 (08:31):
Right, Welcome to being a parent of a teen. But
it's really creepy and really dark, and I think horror
movie fans will definitely enjoy it. But it has nothing
to do with the Mummy as we know it. There
is a Mummy movie with Brendan Fraser and the works
that is not going to be out though. Until twenty twenty.
Speaker 4 (08:47):
Eight, Nobody was one of my favorite movies. Yes, because
Bob Odenkirk was so unexpectedly great as an action hero.
They came out with a sequel, and now he's got
a new movie called Normal.
Speaker 2 (08:59):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (08:59):
So, so Bob Odenkirk has taken this really fun shift
in his career. He's, you know, was famously known for
being a mister show, very funny guy, and I interviewed
him when he was doing Nobody, and I asked him,
I was like, are you going to be an action
star now, because you seem right at home doing all
(09:20):
of this And he kind of laughed and he's like, no,
not really, It wasn't sort of the plan. But now
he's done several of these movies and I think he's
really enjoying this newfound space in the action world. So
normal is along the same lines as those other.
Speaker 3 (09:39):
Movies that he was in.
Speaker 1 (09:40):
Lorne.
Speaker 3 (09:40):
The documentary obviously about Louren Michaels and behind the scenes
of SNL and the development of is getting a lot
of buzz.
Speaker 1 (09:48):
Yes See, as a kid, as a young chap, I
always wanted to be on Saturday Night Live. It was
I came up, you know, in the time when like
Will Ferrell was on, Dana Carr, just like the some
of the best people. You know, every generation thinks that
their SNL cast was the best. But I have always
loved Saturday and Live and fascinated with how Lorne Michaels
(10:11):
has been able to create this ip essentially this brand,
if you will, and stuck to his gun, stayed true
to his vision back in the seventies when SNL first
started and created this legacy of comedy and made so
many careers. So this is a movie now that you
(10:33):
can go see, a documentary that follows him that kind
of tries to give people little bit of insight and
a peek into who he is, because he's always sort
of been this mysterious figurehead at Saturday Night Live. So
there's obviously a lot of SNL cast members who are
in the documentary who are weighing in on who they
think Lauren is. And it's a really you know, I
(10:54):
just I love anything connected with SNL in comedy.
Speaker 4 (10:58):
It is funny that I know that there have been
ebbs and flows of the quality of Saturday Night Live.
Speaker 2 (11:04):
I mean, but I grew up on it as well.
Speaker 4 (11:07):
And the fact that it continues to be part of
our culture. I mean, that has has held such an
important part of our consciousness, I suppose. And yeah, everybody
gets tired of the politics and they've chosen a lane basically,
but it is one of those products that has continued
(11:28):
to give us great comedians, or maybe not give them
to us, but showcase some great comedians and movie stars
and movie stars. Yeah, and I mean the billions of
dollars that Lorne Michaels is responsible for in terms of
producing a bunch of those movies.
Speaker 1 (11:43):
And movies like you know what, I just this is
so weird. I just watched Rome and Michelle's high school
reunion the other the first time. No, no, no, I
was watching the other night with my daughter because I thought,
oh you, she kind of wanted to know, like you
know something.
Speaker 3 (11:56):
About post its, about posts who made post it?
Speaker 2 (11:58):
And I was like, let me just tell you.
Speaker 1 (12:00):
But you think about all of the films that he
has been responsible for, and careers and lives that he
has had a hand in in making. It's an unbelievable legacy.
Like I can't think of anybody else, especially in the
comedy world, who has had that pivotable pivotable? Is that
a word?
Speaker 3 (12:16):
Pivotal? Pivot yeat Like what would have happened with Groundlings
and Second City and all of that? Would they have
found would there be a vehicle that's not SNL you
know who knows?
Speaker 1 (12:28):
I don't know that. Yeah it was. He was such
a visionary. And that's a big word. I know. I
don't throw that around lightly.
Speaker 3 (12:33):
And not as big as pivotable.
Speaker 2 (12:35):
I know, I need a teacher.
Speaker 1 (12:37):
Was pivotable lot, But he used such a visionary in
the seventies to and have the means and the ability
and the the creative vision to come up with a
Saturday and life would change careers.
Speaker 3 (12:50):
And to stick to his guns. Yes, in the way
that he wanted to do things.
Speaker 1 (12:53):
Absolutely.
Speaker 3 (12:54):
I just before we let you go, I just want
to mention that Steven Spielberg, I think guys may be
an investor for Space Wars.
Speaker 2 (13:03):
And here's why Space Wars.
Speaker 3 (13:05):
Of course the vehicle Gary gets the same look on
his face every effing time. Well, because it would be
nice if you could, if you could be encouraging, but
that's not what I see in your face. Space Wars
is about a half man, half cat named mister bumber
Puss and his partner in crime named Biractar. Biractar is
half alien because his mother was an alien and his
(13:29):
father was a Ukrainian fighter, and that's where he gets
the name Biractar. The two of them are. The goal
is to promote peace amongst the warring planets. And there's
different planets and they have different peoples connected to whatever planet. Like,
for instance, there's a forest planet where all the people
are forest people and they use trees and things for
(13:51):
weapons Anyway, Steven Spielberg said this week guys that the
studios need to be investing in original stories, too much
reliance on sequels and franchises and reboots. You know, we
talked about Top Gun three. Space Balls has a sequel
coming out. You know, Star Wars has more stuff coming out. Okay,
(14:14):
space Balls has a joke half man, half cat and
he's dead. PS two, wasn't that John Candy Andy, I'm dead?
So mister bumber Puss is different. Think about mister Bumberpuss
more of cats, like, more more realistic, not John Candy
in a cat suit. I see your vision is off too.
(14:35):
But anyway, Steven Spielberg sees Space Wars as the future.
That's not what he's says as opposed to Star Wars.
Speaker 1 (14:44):
Basically what he said that's CinemaCon exactly. Gary. He said,
we need original stories, original content. Yep, and here we
are delivering it wrapped up in a furry bow.
Speaker 3 (14:56):
Thank you, Heather, You're welcome.
Speaker 2 (14:57):
I think it's a great idea.
Speaker 1 (14:59):
I think that bumber could go really far, and I'm
sure Steven Spielberg would like to back it. Steven, if
you're listening, hit us up, Hit us up. Thanks so
much for listening to the Entertainment and Report on Gary
and Channon every week on Friday. Don't miss it. Also,
I've got a couple of stand up comedy shows coming up.
I would love to see you guys come out to
the ice House April twenty fifth. There are a couple
(15:22):
of seats still available. Grab your tickets there on the
ice House website. Also have a clean comedy show coming
up with the Bleep Comedy Group that's on May third,
also at the ice House, and then coming up on
May twenty second, I'm gonna be with the my friend
Lynn's son at the Renegade Comedy Group and we're gonna
be doing some stand up comedy there. All of the
(15:43):
shows will be at the ice House. You can get
details on my website at Heatherbroger dot com or on
the ice House Comedy website. Thanks so much for listening
to entertain me, subscribe, share it with friends, and enjoy
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