Episode 134 – Tropic Thunder (1:13:48)

We Bust-a-Nut with some Booty Sweat and welcome back Doc Anarchy to the show to discuss Tropic Thunder, the controversial war movie send-up by and starring Ben Stiller that stirred up a bit of controversy with its use of the word, retard, and a white actor in blackface.

Ben Stiller, Jack Black and Robert Downey Jr. lead an ensemble cast in “Tropic Thunder,” an action comedy about a group of self-absorbed actors who set out to make the most expensive war film. After ballooning costs force the studio to cancel the movie, the frustrated director refuses to stop shooting, leading his cast into the jungles of Southeast Asia, where they encounter real bad guys.


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Tropic Thunder

While shooting a war film, the director attempts to liven up proceedings by dropping the principle actors into the middle of a real jungle, claiming he is going to capture their performance with hidden cameras. The hapless group including drug-addled comedy star Jeff Portnoy and po-faced method man Kirk Lazarus are completely unaware when a series of unfortunate events leads them into the middle of a real war zone.


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Our guest is Doc Anarchy who was one of our first guests, way back on episode 4 when we talked about “Dallas Buyers Club”. Doc is a double-board certified medical doctor specializing in pain management. He will be launching a podcast soon talking to people who were influenced by Ron Paul and have created projects promoting liberty. Check out his site at: www.honoringronpaul.com

Here is his previous appearance (complete with the terrible audio quality from our earlier days that was our hallmark):

Episode 4 – Dallas Buyers Club (1:38:14)

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We were so off the cuff in this one that there isn’t much in the way of show notes per se, but there is a great song by the Temptations in the opening credits of the film that is worthy of a listen.  Lyrics also posted below.

Ball of Confusion (That’s What the World Is Today)
The Temptations

People movin’ out, people movin’ in.
Why, because of the color of their skin.
Run, run, run, but you sho’ can’t hide
An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.
Vote for me and I’ll set you free
Rap on, brother, rap on.
Well, the only person talkin’ ’bout love thy brother is the preacher
And it seems nobody’s interested in learning but the teacher
Segregation, determination, demonstration, integration, aggravation,
humiliation, obligation to our nation
Ball Of Confusion that’s what the world is today (yeah, yeah)
The sale of pills is at an all time high
young folks walkin’ ’round with their heads in the sky
Cities aflame in the summer time, and oh the beat goes on
Eve of destruction, tax deduction,
City inspectors, bill collectors,
Evolution, revolution, gun control, the sound of soul,
Shootin’ rockets to the moon, kids growin’ up too soon
Politicians say more taxes will solve ev’rything, and the band played on.
Round and round and around we go, where the world’s headed nobody knows.
Great googa mooga, can’t you hear me talkin’ to you, just a
Ball of Confusion that’s what the world is today. (yeah, yeah)
Fear in the air, tension ev’rywhere
Unemployment rising fast, the Beatle’s new record’s a gas,
and the only safe place to live is on an Indian reservation,
and the band played on
Eve of destruction, tax deduction,
City inspectors, bill collectors, mod clothes in demand,
population out of hand, suicide too many bills, hippies movin’ to the hills
People all over the world are shouting end the war and the band played on.
Round and round and around we go, where the world’s headed nobody knows.
Great googa mooga, can’t you hear me talkin’ to you, just a
Ball of Confusion that’s what the world is today
Let me hear you, let me hear you, let me hear you
Ball Of Confusion that’s what the world is today

Source: LyricFind
Songwriters: Norman Whitfield / Barrett Strong
Ball of Confusion (That’s What the World Is Today) lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC


Join us next week for the triumphant return of Shaheen, our Batman-man who comes to defend an abomination of a movie, Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice. His argument centers on the extended version making the theatrical cut actually make sense and even claims that the full version is a “masterpiece”. Can you polish a turd? We will be the judge of that.


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