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Episode 392: Danny Devito Net Height [Patreon Preview]

Duration:
15m
Broadcast on:
06 Aug 2024
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mp3

On the bonus episode this week, we take a look at the 90s movie magic of Batman Returns, and Jamie unveils his new party trick — knowing Danny Devito's age at any year in time. To listen and watch the full episode and support the pod, head over to our Patreon page at https://patreon.com/whatagreatpunk

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Is that what happened? - No, I think we did it in two parts. - Oh, two halves, yeah. - But we did season two, we did an episode twice, remember? - Yes, we did. - Well, we got through the whole thing without realizing. - Yes, we did. - Which is crazy. - I wonder how much of the commentary would have been the same, probably a lot of it. - Fully. - It's wild that we literally did the same episode to us and didn't even realize that. That is some serious affentasia. Like nothing triggered. - Nothing triggered. - The memory. That's, well, maybe it goes to show how many times we've actually seen the fucking thing. You know, I did that with Inception. Oh, I got right to the end and went, I've seen this, like two and a half hours in. - That's so funny. What a movie to do that in as well. - I know. The little inception. - Inception didn't trigger me, nothing. - Yeah, wow. - Seen it. - Good movie. - Great movie, I liked it. Do you know what Kate and I watched last night? - What? - Batman Returns. - Whoa, I looked that up on Google the other day. Is that the one with Danny DeVito? - It sure is. - That was a sick Batman. - It's a great Batman. - It's, is it the best Batman? - I think for me it is. - Yeah, me too. - It's my, it's my clear, clear favorite. - What's good about it? - Oh man, the production design. - Yeah, it's real peak '90s production, isn't it? - The world building is insane. The snowy streets of Gotham, they're all on sound stages, so you know, there's no like, there's very little to no actual like outdoor location. - Like full stage. - Yeah, like even snowy street corners with cars driving around and all that kind of shit. It's all studio. - Fucking man. - That feels magical. Like when the, you know, the mayor's given a speech in the town square and, you know. - Oh, it feels like watching the Grinch or something? - Yeah, yeah. - Kind of. - It's like that. And then the penguin and cat woman. - Yeah. - I just, so iconic and the performances, I mean, I gotta say Danny DeVito is a little bit like cornea, hammy and some bits, but I think that's part of the style as well. - Oh, yeah. - And so was, so was Michelle Pfeiffer as a cat woman, actually, there's a lot of like cornea, Hollywood stuff, but majority of it, I'll just never forget how iconic the scene is where Michelle Pfeiffer skulls the milk from the, skulls the milk from the carton in the fridge. And it just all goes down her chin and after she's been kind of transformed into cat woman. - Is it sexy? - Sexy. - It is sexy, yeah. - Sexy? - Yeah, it's sexy. - I don't remember that, but. But I do remember the penguin being, well, I do remember that cat woman was quite sexy. - She was, she licks Batman's lips. She literally like licks his lips. - Oh, wow. - Like a cat. - A fan-tasia. Yeah, sick. And it was quite, it's like basically like, and excuse me for saying this, film noir. - That's right. - Yeah. - That was very dark. - It's dark. - Okay, it's coming. - Yeah. The lighting is very purposeful as well. Like it's like, they really close off. Like they do that thing where they close off the lights and really point it right into someone's face. So they're, it's just their face that's lit and everything else kind of falls into darkness. - Yeah. - Yeah. - Yeah, it's sick. It was real, that was back in the days for me where like going to the movies was just magical, wasn't it? Like it's a real part of that time, isn't it? - Yeah. And some of that is, - No, I was gonna say some of that is like, you know, the actual quality and style of the filmmaking and Hollywood back then. But some of it's also just being a kid, I guess, and holding those memories close. - Yeah, exactly. - But you can still experience that feeling like of magic watching those, watching films, when they are special like that. So yeah, Michael Keaton's a great Batman. - Yeah, it's an interesting choice, isn't it? 'Cause he's not really like, Michael Keaton is not, in my opinion, an alpha male. - Yeah, like he's slightly camped to me. - Is he? - Yeah, like he's just a bit of a softie, maybe he's not camped, but like he's not. - He's not like a real like manly man. - Yeah, I think that's why I like him as Batman. 'Cause then you put George Clooney in that position, it's like, oh. - Yeah, that's what I mean. - Yeah, he's kind of like an interesting choice for that. And he fucking smashed it. - Yeah. - And he looks like fucking sick. - He does. - He looks really good in it. Yeah, I think Bruce Wayne, I was really likable character in that Bruce Wayne, just because he's a little less, he's not cocky, he's not a cocky, arrogant bastard. Christopher Walken's in it as well. - Oh yeah? - Yeah. - Who's Christopher Walken playing? - He plays like Shrek. (laughing) - Shrek's not. - No, he does, he plays Shrek. There's a character called Shrek. And he's like, I honestly, 'cause we were talking a bit during the movie, I missed a few of the details as to who Shrek was, but I think he was like the, he's a powerful businessman. And he is like, gets to choose who's the mayor of, oh, I've got stuff like that. He wants Penguin as the mayor. I don't know why. - Penguin is Donald Trump. - Yeah, exactly. That's what I said as well. - Really? - Yeah. - Yeah. Donald Trump does have a big Danny DeVito, Penguin energy. - Yeah. - Mixed a little bit with the Riddler or something. I don't mean it. - Yeah, yeah, yeah. (laughing) - Yeah. And yeah, he's just grotesque in that film, Danny DeVito. Grow, test, that decision to always have his teeth covered in ink. Like he's been eating raw squid. - Yeah. - He was kind of dribbling down his chin, like when he's talking his teeth are all black, like covered in ink. - That's right. It's really cool, isn't it? - Yeah. - And he's, he's got the, when he takes his gloves off. - Yes. - Yeah. - Yeah, he's got the claws and hook nose. - Yeah. - Sharp, pointy nose. - He's a pretty sick Danny DeVito, eh? - Yeah. - He's done some really good stuff. - Yeah. - He's really funny and absurd in, it's always sunny in Philadelphia. - Oh, I forgot he was in that. - Yeah, he's in a lot, like most of the seasons. - He's fairly iconic. - Yeah. - I wonder if there's a Danny DeVito documentary anywhere on the internet. (laughing) - I wonder if he's in that way. - And Danny DeVito has passed away. Danny DeVito, born in '44, okay, so he's... - Oh, shit. - Oh, he's 84. - Excuse me. - Oh, damn, is that right? - No, 74. - No. - 78. - 84, it's, it's, it's 2024. And he was born in 1944. So 60 years, it'll be in 2004, and then add another 20 years. - Oh. - What? - Yeah, 60 years from 1944 is 2004. And then add 20 years, that's 2024. So he's 80. - Wow. - He's 80. - Dude, I'm tripping out. Oh, yeah, that makes sense, that makes sense. - He, he... - Betrayal, okay, yeah. - Yeah, he looks some. It looks pretty good for his age, gotta say. For an 80 year old man. Twins, Batman Returns, iconic, iconic. Always sunny, one of his top films. - Yeah. - How tall is he? - How tall is he? Thanks for asking, he's um, let's see if his wiki has his um, height. Nah, I wouldn't, I'll just type it into Google. - How tall is he? - Danny DeVito, net height. (laughing) He's 1.47 meters tall, so he's 4 feet 10, 4 foot 10. Oh yeah. So like, if you were looking... - Shocking. - Yeah, yep. - T.C.A. is shocking. - And net worth 80 mil. - Oh, you're guessing 80 mil? - Nah, I looked at that. - Oh, okay, all right, so it's worth it. - He's got a fair bit of coin. - Yeah. - Behind him, so, well done. - Well done to that. He's a producer as well. - Yeah. - Director, business person, voice actor, comedian, singer. - Mm. - Fantastic. - I wonder how he got his break? - Yeah. - Career beginnings, decided to switch to cosmetics profession. Oh wait, how's this? Danny attended boarding school. - Graduating from oratory preparatory school in Summit, New Jersey, 1962. - Oratory preparatory. - Oratory preparatory. There he began acting, appearing in school productions of St. Francis of Assisi, and the billion dollar saint. After graduating from high school, he began working at his sister's salon, which he thought was a good way to meet girls. - Oh. - After working there for 18 months, he decided to switch to the cosmetics profession, because it was more lucrative. - Oh. - While searching for a professional makeup instructor, DeVito discovered the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. - Oh. - So, like, just on his walk to find one, he's walked past the building and went, "Oh, look at this." - Yeah. - He ended up applying to the school and was required to perform a monologue as part of his application. - Okay. - It doesn't say here what he did, but it says following the positive feedback he received for his monologue, Danny quickly switched to studying acting at the school instead and graduated from the Academy in 1966. - Legend. - That's pretty cool. Just decided I'm gonna give it a crack. - He was only 22 years old. - That's cool. What? So he just got a calling. That's mad. - Yeah, well, he already had a background in school theater, you see. - That's true. He's true, he did too. Oh, this one flew over the Cuckoo's nest. - Yeah, I saw he was in that. - It's the first one. - That was his transition to working on the screen from theater. - Wow, wow. - That's big. - He'd initially started an off-Broadway production of the novel. So that helped him land the film role. - Oh, okay. - So that was in '71 and then in '75 he got the film version which was highly successful. - Yeah. - Winning five major Academy Awards. - The film did. Yeah, amazing. - Never seen it, you've seen it. - I've seen it.