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--- s16e09 [2025/12/06 21:29] – [Gregg Turkington's speech] kianworld
+++ s16e09 [2025/12/11 21:58] (current) – [[META]] kianworld
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 New looks back at Gregg, telling him it's time for his speech. Gregg walks up to the podium, uncrumples a piece of paper, and says hello to Kaili. Gregg starts his speech by talking about how G. Amato was a movie buff and had a great collection of "priceless" movie memorabilia that he helped G. locate. Gregg notes that the suit he's wearing is a priceless piece of movie memorabilia, being [[kington]]'s suit from //[[decker]]//. Gregg laments that the [[pepboys|Pep Boys]] movie G. Amato produced has not yet come out, though notes "one day it will". Gregg compiled a list of three movies that G. Amato loved, telling the attendees to watch these movies within 48 hours in memory of G. New tells Gregg from the pews to make it two, but Gregg refuses. Gregg notes that the first movie, //[[wp>The Ten Commandments (1956 film)|The Ten Commandments]]// (1956, 220 mins.)[(fn:ttc>Runtime without overture, intermission, entr'acte, and exit music)], is a Guinness Book of World Records holder as one of the ten longest movies of all time, 1 minute shorter than //[[wp>Gone with the Wind (film)|Gone with the Wind]]// (1939, 221 mins.)[(fn:ttc)]. He also notes that G. owned a sandal from the movie, stating those at the Grand Terrace Manor were lucky to see it in person.
-Gregg then mentions the [[soupcan]] from the //[[ma_and_pa]]// movies that, "due to [G. Amato's] own fault, not due to any prop-master or anyone associated with the Pep Boys movie", G. Amato ate, "which was not the best thing to do." New interrupts Gregg at this time, telling him "there will be a time to litigate it" and not to bring up the "murder weapon" at the service, especially as he was the one who "delivered a weapon into my father's home". He then tells Gregg to "cut that shit out", looking back at Giorgio and the rest of the crowd to apologize. Gregg continues to talk about it, saying the soup can should have been in a trophy case. New attempts to stop his speech at this point, which makes Gregg change the subject to the second movie, //[[wp>The Searchers]]// (1956, 119 mins.). Gregg then tries to quiz the attendees, first asking who stars in the film (John Wayne), then asking "[[from]]" (//[[wp>True Grit (1969 film)|True Grit]]// (1969, 128 mins.)); both questions received dead silence. Gregg states G. Amato loved westerns and knew a lot about them, though "not [[vfa|VFA]] level", and knew more about it than New, who "doesn't have basic knowledge on the subject of movies". Gregg attempts to quiz the attendees again, first about what //The Searchers// co-star Natalie Wood also starred in (//[[wp>Rebel Without a Cause]]// (1955, 111 mins.)) and then about what //Rebel Without a Cause// star [[jamesdean]] also starred in (//[[decker3]]//). New attempts to wrap Gregg's speech up, to no avail.
+Gregg then mentions the [[soupcan]] from the //[[ma_and_pa]]// movies that, "due to [G. Amato's] own fault, not due to any prop-master or anyone associated with the Pep Boys movie", G. Amato ate, "which was not the best thing to do." New interrupts Gregg at this time, telling him "there will be a time to litigate it" and not to bring up the "murder weapon" at the service, especially as he was the one who "delivered a weapon into my father's home". He then tells Gregg to "cut that shit out", looking back at Giorgio and the rest of the crowd to apologize. Gregg continues to talk about it, saying the soup can should have been in a trophy case. New attempts to stop his speech at this point, which makes Gregg change the subject to the second movie, //[[wp>The Searchers]]// (1956, 119 mins.). Gregg then tries to quiz the attendees, first asking who stars in the film (John Wayne), then asking "[[greggcatchphrases#From|From?]]" (//[[wp>True Grit (1969 film)|True Grit]]// (1969, 128 mins.)); both questions received dead silence. Gregg states G. Amato loved westerns and knew a lot about them, though "not [[vfa|VFA]] level", and knew more about it than New, who "doesn't have basic knowledge on the subject of movies". Gregg attempts to quiz the attendees again, first about what //The Searchers// co-star Natalie Wood also starred in (//[[wp>Rebel Without a Cause]]// (1955, 111 mins.)) and then about what //Rebel Without a Cause// star [[jamesdean]] also starred in (//[[decker3]]//). New attempts to wrap Gregg's speech up, to no avail.
-The third movie, //[[wp>The Switch (2010 film)|The Switch]]// (2010, 101 mins.), is a much more recent film, though Gregg noted that G. liked new movies as well, having loaned a copy of the film to him as Gregg was [[dvd_to_vhs|dubbing the film from DVD to VHS]]. About the movie, he told G. to "don't ask, just watch" as it was a [[popcornclassics|Popcorn Classic]]. Gregg is unsure if G. actually watched the film or not as he died a couple days after that conversation, but figures he would have loved it anyway. He notes that the film stars Jason Bateman, who also stars in //Zootopia 2//, a film that came out the week of the funeral. He briefly reviews //Zootopia 2//, calling it a great sequel that's better than the original. He attempts to quiz the attendees one last time on what movie //Zootopia 2// co-star Macaulay Culkin is from, once more to silence. He asks one more time, which leads to Kaili answering with //[[wp>Home Alone]]// (1990, 103 mins.). Gregg thanks Kaili and calls it "very cool" that she answered, giving //Zootopia 2// five bags of popcorn and ending the speech.
+The third movie, //[[wp>The Switch (2010 film)|The Switch]]// (2010, 101 mins.), is a much more recent film, though Gregg noted that G. liked new movies as well, having loaned a copy of the film to him as Gregg was [[dvd_to_vhs|dubbing the film from DVD to VHS]]. About the movie, he told G. to "don't ask, just watch" as it was a [[popcornclassics|Popcorn Classic]]. Gregg is unsure if G. actually watched the film or not as he died a couple days after that conversation, but figures he would have loved it anyway. He notes that the film stars Jason Bateman, who also stars in //Zootopia 2//, a film that came out the week of the funeral. He briefly reviews //Zootopia 2//, calling it a great sequel that's better than the original. He attempts to quiz the attendees one last time on what movie //Zootopia 2// co-star Macaulay Culkin is from, once more to silence. He asks one more time, which leads to Kaili answering, with a smile, with //[[wp>Home Alone]]// (1990, 103 mins.). Gregg thanks Kaili and calls it "very cool" that she answered, giving //Zootopia 2// five bags of popcorn and ending the speech.
 New admonishes Gregg for his speech, saying he asked Gregg not to review //Zootopia 2// and calling it disrespectful and a "breach of decorum". He also admonishes Gregg again for being specific on how G. Amato passed away, stating he showed a lot of "grace, and dignity, and humility" by giving Gregg a speech and that he "abused" it. Gregg starts to argue back, saying he was talking about what G. Amato loved. New warns Gregg that he could be escorted out by Mark at any time.
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   * This is the second episode of the series to not have the name of the movie(s) being reviewed in the title, the first being //[[season13]]//'s [[s13e09|"On Cinema and More! In the Morning Christmas Special In the Evening"]], which had no reviews.
     * Other special episode titles, like the [[s07e04|"Doctor San Forgiveness Special"]] and [[s11e09|"Debt Forgiveness Special"]], were retconned at first by the [[oncinematimeline]] before being made official by [[heinetwork]]. A third episode, [[s04e04|"On Alternative Medicine On Cinema"]], was retconned by [[adultswim]].
-  * As Gregg notes in his tribute, he is wearing the [[kington]] outfit he used to wear on //[[decker]]//.
+  * Gregg does not say "[[greggcatchphrases|Hey guys!]]" in this episode, but does say "Hello?"
+  * As Gregg notes in his tribute, his outfit in this episode is the [[kington]] outfit he used to wear on //[[decker]]//.
   * The funeral was originally supposed to stream 2 hours earlier in the day, at 10:00 a.m. PT, but a shuttle delay resulted in the funeral beginning 2 hours later.[(cite:delay>HEI Network newsletter: [[https://us3.campaign-archive.com/?u=2e7b6b2b23b27c39133b85d89&id=a2004861da|"In 10 Minutes: The Funeral of G. Amato"]])]
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 === Behind the scenes ===
-  * The decision to include images of T. Amato by himself with Dodge Charger that he didn't even get to keep in G.'s memorial video was director [[eric]]'s idea, something he had felt strongly about including.[(cite:ohl>Hi, It's Me Again podcast on the Office Hours Live Patreon)]
+  * The episode was originally going to be recorded in the same room that the prior Grand Terrace Manor episodes had been shot. However, when location scouting for that set, they found a temple in the same building that doubled perfectly as a funeral home.[(cite:letitbe>[[https://www.patreon.com/posts/please-please-it-145167240?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_fan&utm_content=web_share|Please, Please Let It Be podcast on the Office Hours Live Patreon]])]
+  * The decision to include images of T. Amato by himself with Dodge Charger that he didn't even get to keep in G.'s memorial video was director [[eric]]'s idea, something he had felt strongly about including.[(cite:hi>Hi, It's Me Again podcast on the Office Hours Live Patreon)]
+  * Gregg had suggested that Dekkar cover "Now and Then" by The Beatles instead of "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)", as a tribute to "all that they've lost".[(cite:letitbe)]
   * New and Mark walking down the aisle like it's a wedding kept causing Tim and Mark to break out in laughter, ruining takes.[(cite:tompapa>[[https://youtu.be/OVNZxFeewyY?si=2TyuxDQ-HWW47cx6&t=1965|Tim Heidecker on "Breaking Bread with Tom Papa"]])]
+    * Tim and Mark kept worrying they would ruin the sound as both of them kept breaking throughout the taping.[(cite:letitbe)]
 === Goofs ===
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   * New briefly acknowledges the fact that he has practically no one left in his life that believes in him or his work. G. is dead, [[drsan]] is dead, Gregg only stays on to be on what he believes is the top movie review show, [[toni|Toni]] has left him twice (and only ever loved him when she was an alcoholic), [[joe|Joe]] is not on speaking terms (and has been seen frequently with Toni as of late), and Toni's therapy tapes seen in the //[[oscar9]]// have her state that even New's closest associates, including Axiom, Manuel, and [[larue]], all "talked shit" about him behind his back.
     * While New sat at the front row on the left side (facing the podium), Axiom notably sat in the back row on the right side.
+  * The superimposed footage of New in the "Daddy's Gone" music video is shot entirely in black and white, just like [[s16e04|episode 4]] earlier in the season. In that episode, New demanded Gregg return all of G.'s movie props, including the now infamous soup can. Perhaps he made this music video *before* G. died?
 ===== Links =====
   * [[https://www.heinetwork.tv/on-cinema-at-the-cinema/season-16/celebrating-the-life-of-gabriel-g-amato/|HEI Network]] (video, **subscription required**)