Road Trippin' With Kai and Jim

[00:00:00] Get ready, because we're taking a nostalgic trip through the world of family road trip movies. From outrageous mishaps to the heartfelt moments. Join us as we play a fun game, share our favorite road trip memories and celebrate the chaos of hitting the road with family.

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[00:01:01] Welcome to the No More Late Fees Podcast. I'm Jackie. And I'm Danielle and we're just two best friends and ex-Blockbuster employees rewatching some of the best. And worst movies from the late 90s and early 2000s. We're so excited because why Jackie? We have our pals Kai and Jim from the Rotten Treasures Podcast back with us. Welcome. Hello, hello. Hello. How goes? Hello. Hello. It feels like we just saw you guys yesterday.

[00:01:31] Right? Yeah. Yeah. It's weird. It's almost like we recently... I love this. We did a crossover episode is what happened. We did. Yeah. We did. In a very special Rotten Treasure No More Late Fees episode. Mm-hmm. It's like the Abbott Elementary Always Sunny in Philadelphia, but we're funnier. I still haven't watched it yet, so I'm excited to see how... But there's two episodes, right? Yeah. I'm only watching the first half. Yeah. Okay. Okay.

[00:02:00] Oh, good lord. The creator of Abbott Elementary was like, don't watch It's Always Sunny. I know I shouldn't say this, but don't do it. Just don't do it. It's different. It's a different show. I don't know who was... Oh, I was talking to my friend Shayla, and she was like, what? What is this show? Who are these white people on this episode? And I was like, oh, they have a show. It's on FX, and they have 16 seasons. She was like, 16? Mm-hmm. I'm like, yeah.

[00:02:28] And then she was like, wait, I think I saw the blonde lady on a cleaning show. Mm-hmm. Or no, a cop show. I was like, yeah, she plays a cleaning lady on a cop show. And I'm like, it's so crazy because they have this show, but all of them have other shows. Mm-hmm. Yeah. And I'm like, gotta love a double paycheck. Wait, you're telling people they shouldn't start with a show with a pilot, the gang gets racist? You don't think that's a good idea? Where they go to Temple to make black friends?

[00:02:57] Yeah, yeah. Yeah. That show is so unhinged. It's messed up. Oh, well, what have y'all been up to? Just being unhinged. Now, currently, our life has been getting through the Shrek franchise. That's part of my life. Yeah. Okay. Yeah. We were along for that journey. Yeah. No, I appreciate you joining us. I don't remember a thing. We were there for a Shrek forever after? Yeah. And it's great because I was actually just listening to, I was editing the Shrek the third one talking

[00:03:27] about how I was preparing mentally for just a daddy issues. Like, what do I do? How do I be a dad movie? And that was as bad as I thought it was going to be. And we, of course, have to, again, thank Jim for us doing this movie. Yeah. Yeah. You're welcome. I will say, first off, we're here because I made a joke about this being the same movie as Daddy Daycare. It is not. I stand by that. I really stand by that. This is the same movie, but with less reality.

[00:03:58] Sure. Sure. Less children. Yep. Frame for frame. Less children, but more children personality. Yes. And more children karaoke. We have a game for you guys. Yes, we're ready. Oh, yeah. For both of y'all. It's family road trip themed. Okay. Jackie and I are going to read some clues to you. And both of you guys have a chance to guess which movie we are referencing. Is this I Spy?

[00:04:29] I guess. I don't know. Okay. I guess is what it could be called. Cool. Okay. Yeah. Jackie, real quick, hit the theme song for the I Guess segment. I guess. I like it started as the presidential theme song. It sounded like blues clues to me. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. It did.

[00:04:59] All right. Handy, dandy notebook. So the first clue is just, this is just a, you guys should get this one pretty easy. Two kids and their soon to be stepdad embark on a chaotic journey filled with pranks, a runaway deer, and a lot of family bonding. A beep. Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding. Daddy, take care. Is it our way there yet? Yes. Jim is correct. Okay. Dang it. Are we supposed to buzz in? Sure.

[00:05:28] Can we interrupt you? I very much enjoyed the buzz, but I want a different sound for the buzz every time you buzz in. Okay. Okay. That's fair. Do we interrupt you or do we wait until you're done? You can interrupt us. Yeah. I feel like that's fair. You're going to do it anyways, Jim. You're going to interrupt no matter what. No, I was going to be polite. I was going to do Jeopardy rules. Okay. I got you. Jackie, you go ahead. Shit. For the next clue. A family takes their brand new RV on a cross-country trip, but the dad's-

[00:05:58] RV. Yes. Okay. That's good. Kevin Williams. I saw that in the drive-thru one time. I had the actor. I knew that part. Yeah. Okay. I didn't know this. Go ahead. Yeah. It's not going well. A ragtag group of beauty pageant contestants heads to California in a broken down van learning about resilience and family along the way. Ragtag. Little Miss Sunshine? You did not ding engine. So, so. Fling. Hi. Wait.

[00:06:27] There's a ragtag situation and it's a beauty pageant contestant heads to California. Oh, ding. Ding. Little Miss Sunshine. Very good. You've got to be kidding me. You've got to be kidding me. I'm so good at this. It's going very well for me. A quirky dad takes his son on an impromptu road trip to visit his grandparents after a misunderstanding involving an award. Quirky dad. Quirky dad.

[00:06:58] Quirky dad. Quirky dad. So it's a dad and he's quirky. It's a dad. It's a dad. Quirks and a dad. Goes to see grandparents. Cheaper by the dozen. No, it's not. That's too important. You didn't ding in. You didn't ding in. I don't know. I'm just going to guess. Is it Jamaican now? Because that's what it's around. It's like. I listen to a lot of rap music. Is it To Grandmother's House We Go? Quirky dad. No, that is incorrect.

[00:07:36] Quirky dad. Okay. We're going to get in trouble? No. And not even. It just. It feels like it's missing something because I will say this. The movie is not just about a dad taking its son. It's an entire family going on a. National. Ding. Oh. Okay. National Lampoon's The Vegas Vacation. No, it's the new movie. Just vacation. Shit. I feel like I'm so close. It's wrong. It's wrong. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. They weren't in a van. They weren't in a van.

[00:08:06] It's a black movie. Uh-huh. Uh-huh. Okay. Got you. Got you. Got you. Got you. Beyonce's sister is in it. Beyonce has a sister. New facts for Kai. Did you know that? You don't know about Szilag? I'm very ignorant. I don't know about things. Didn't she pick someone in an elevator once in? Wait. Yes. And wait. You're joking, right, Kai? Look. Jim invited me to do a movie franchise podcast. I listened to the same music that I got in 2006. Uh-huh.

[00:08:34] And Beyonce had a sister in 2006, Kai. Okay. Yeah. Well, nobody told me. Instead, I was just getting C's in art school. Give me a break. Oh, my God. Danielle's face resembles my background right now. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. I'm just going to give it to y'all because I don't think- I don't think we're going to get it. I'm not a big Solange fan. I'm sorry. Elise, you know her name. Thank you. She came out in an elevator one time. Ding, ding. Is it Solis?

[00:09:03] It's Johnson Family Reaction. Can't say I've heard of this film. Okay. I didn't watch it, but it was in Blockbuster, and I'm pretty sure my sister loves it. Cedric the Entertainer, correct? Yes. Okay. Yes. I wonder who that is. And I think Bow Wow might be in it as well. He was in every movie for a little bit. Facts. The next one. Family sets out to visit Wally World, but their plans are being real. Ding! Ding! Yeah. National vacation.

[00:09:33] Yes. I think first. I think first. But we feel bad for me at the moment, so I got it. I think first and I knew it. This is so unfair. We're so sorry, Jim. It seems your buzzer may be broken. It's my mouth. This can't be happening. Continue with the game. Next question.

[00:09:59] Two brothers take a cross-country road trip to deliver a car, but things go sideways when they prank a trucker using a CB radio. Bing! Yes. Joyride. Joyride. Yes! That is correct. Look at Kai coming through. Yeah. Come on, man. Famous daddy daycare actor. Oh, God. Why am I forgetting his name? Steve Zahn. Steve Zahn. Yeah. With Paul Walker. I watched that movie a lot. Candy cane. Candy cane. Sorry. Creepy. Paul Walker was in a movie about cars? That's crazy.

[00:10:29] Whoa. He shouldn't. Never made that connection, but you are. Yeah. I mean, considering the way he died, he shouldn't. Too soon. Well. Cut that out. Canceled. Three drag queens take a cross-country trip in full glam, spreading joy and inspiration to everyone they meet along the way. Oh. Drag queens. Three drag queens. Okay.

[00:10:59] So there's three of them, Jim. There's three. And they're drag queens. Okay. There's three drag queens. I'm going to name the only movie I know with a bunch of drag queens. Well, let's get to it, Jim. Make sure you ding. Don't forget to ding. Hop, hop, hop, hop, hop. Paris is burning. No. No, Jim. And Kai? Uh, Dane? I'm about to put you in jail. For not knowing this movie? Yes. I don't know drag queens. Uh, Little Miss Sunshine again?

[00:11:26] The answer is Too Long Foo. Never heard of it. Thanks, Ben. Didn't know that one. I'm sorry. You guys have homework immediately. Yeah. Yeah, that's fair. That's okay. What? Right after the film. Right after. I feel like we should pause and you should go. We need a commercial break. Okay. We'll be back. That's fine. I'll get over it. All right. Mid-90s.

[00:11:52] Patrick Swayze, Wesley Snipes, and John Leguizamo are the three drag queens. Mm-mm-mm-mm. Okay. Okay. I've actually have seen, I've seen blips of this. Yes. Yeah. Wow. What a cast. Yeah. It's an amazing movie. I've definitely seen parts of this movie on the background. My family was definitely watching this film. And number eight, a shy teen and her two friends take a road trip to Los Angeles to follow

[00:12:19] their dreams, learning about sisterhood and independence along the way. Shy. Shy. Okay. Two of her friends. I'm not a girl. Uh, Dan. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Dan. I know what it is. So, like, it's high. Crossroads? Yes. Damn right. God damn it. I was like, I know it's a Britney Spears movie. But is it that or is it from Justin and Kelly? And I know it's not from Justin and Kelly. And Britney Spears was not in that movie.

[00:12:49] Are you joking? She should have been. Oh, fuck. You know what? I know it was Crossroads. I watched it recently. Damn. I thought that was from Justin and Kelly. Jackie, I don't know what the score is. Everyone. We each have four. We each have four. I'm pretty sure Kai won. I'll take it. I need a win right now. Yeah, I don't. No worries. You both did well. Thank you. Thank you.

[00:13:20] I may be judging one of you more than the other right now. But that's okay. I hope it's Kai for not knowing too Wong Fu. It's probably that. It's probably that. I'm sorry. Jim, you got this. I'll leave. I'll go. Don't do that. You need me? Oh, that makes me feel good. I never thought that this would happen, that I would be bullying Kai and not Jim. I know. It's okay.

[00:13:50] Wild. 2025 is wild, y'all. This is a crazy year. I'm trying it out. If anybody wants to get in my DMs and lightly bullying me, I'm just trying to see what it feels like for a year. It's my resolution. Be bold. You can do the same to me. Hi, here's more things to help you rest well. Sweet. You can find me on Tinder and do the same. Just keep swiping. You'll get them eventually. You'll get me eventually. Come to Philadelphia.

[00:14:19] Stand there for, stand in the middle of it for a little while. Set your set to five miles. What's the question for everyone? So if you could take a road trip with any fictional family or group from a road trip movie, who would it be and why? Okay. Who would it be? Oh. All right. What, all right. What's a fun group of people? It doesn't have to be from a road trip movie specifically.

[00:14:49] Yeah. Oh, really? Yeah. That narrows it down a lot, actually. Okay. Road trip movie. What I'm going to go with is Tommy Boy. Because I really want to hurt a car. I want to do a lot of property damage to a car and possibly see a deer. Well, that's good. I know that this shouldn't be my answer, but it kind of is.

[00:15:18] It's just, it's just a group of dudes from road trip. Like that whole movie is so insane that like, I think right now where my life is at is I just did a really unpredictable chaos road trip where the car blows up and like. They get a bus. Yeah. You just, honestly, the bus scenes. And also I need to play that song. Like, what is it? That. Is it? The Eels song? No, it's. I know. What's with Eels? Or Eels. What's with Eels? No. Because there's a really good Eels song in that movie.

[00:15:47] But also they play It's Tricky when they go to the black fraternity and it's offensive. I do remember that. It was. Or it's offensive. They're like, how do we. Oh, these black guys are so angry. What if we play a rap song? Oh, now they're dancing. I'm going to hang out. What a crazy day this is. I'm going to hang in the bus for that part. But no, I just think that I think it's are we going to be friends or I can tell that we are going to be friends. Oh, yes. I know that. Yeah. Napoleon Dynamite. Napoleon Dynamite. Yeah. Yeah. I don't know. It just. I like.

[00:16:16] They did a good job for the music soundtrack that it made me be like, oh, I want to go on a road trip with my friends. Yeah. Maybe not Sean William Scott. We'll kick him out of the bus. Anywho. Yeah. What are your answers? Yeah. What are your answers? Planes, trains and automobiles. Oh, good choice. Good choice. Good choice. I feel like I would have a ball. I haven't seen that in a long time. Yeah. The movie about an everyday guy and a quote unquote really annoying guy. That sounds like a blast.

[00:16:44] And funny enough, it's because I don't want to hang out with Steve Martin in that way. Or Steve Martin's character, I should say. Yeah. Go ahead. I'm going Smokey and the Bandit. Okay. Okay. Didn't see that one coming. Are you going to be with Smokey or the Bandit? I'm going to be with Burt Reynolds mustache. Okay. Okay. Okay. Smokey. I don't know. They drive fast in cool cars.

[00:17:11] And we used to bootleg beer across the Mason-Dixon line because you used to not be able to get Yingling in Austin, Texas. Nice. Nice. Didn't know that. Can you admit that on a podcast? Surely that can't be the definition. Yeah. You're fine on that. Can I change my answer? Yes. I think I want to be with the Fast and Furious people. I want to be family. You want to go to space. Yeah.

[00:17:42] Family. That's important. No, you're not wrong. But who were you writing with? Oof. Is it Han? Han. You know it, girl, because he always got snacks. And that's what I'm about. A road trip without snacks is not a road trip. That's a good point. Han would be... All right. Now, I feel... The question now is which Fast and Furious character are we all going to drive with? Yes. Okay. I love it. Han is taken. Han is taken.

[00:18:11] Keep in mind, that does mean you will die in Japan. But I'm resurrected. Spoilers, Jay. We haven't covered this franchise. Yes. No, no. It's so funny. I love in the later movie when they have the... When they finally run up to that timeline and they meet with the teenage boy and he's clearly a 40-year-old man at that point because he was already a 30-year-old man in the first movie. Right. He looks so old. He's so old.

[00:18:42] Anyway. Gal Gadot? Because I want to fall off a plane. Ty? What's up? Oh, my answer to this? You, Jim. Oh. Dwayne. Dwayne. Dwayne. Dwayne the Rock Johnson. Not even a doubt. I was a huge wrestling fan growing up and I just... I want to ask him all about what? What? This bootlicker going with the cops, I see. Oh, is he... He's a cop in the film? Yes. Well, I mean, I think he's... Ah, damn it. You know what?

[00:19:09] Can I just ask him to put his badge down and just be Dwayne the Rock Johnson for the entire time? Sorry. That's what he is in every movie, so sure. Okay. Cool. Cool. Jackie? Well, did you say... You said your original movie first, right? Yeah. Okay. I said Smoky and the Bandit. Right. I'm going with Jason Momoa's character. I haven't even watched that movie yet, but... Me neither. He's hot. Yeah.

[00:19:36] I would say if I wasn't with Han, I would definitely be with Helen Mirren's character because she's amazing in that franchise. I'd like to change my answer for the road trip movie because I want to go with Mad Max Fury Road. Oh, that's a good one. Yeah, let's go with Fury Road. I kind of was thinking Furiosa because I really wanted to hang out with Chris Hemsworth and his extremely silly Australian accent.

[00:20:04] I didn't watch any of those movies. I was like... Watching those scenes makes me thirsty. It looks so hot and dry. You should watch Fury Road. It is actually really entertaining. Okay. Can the podcast just be us changing our answers? I want to go homeward bound. I don't... They don't have a car, but it's a road trip. Wait, do animals count? Because I'd like to change my answer. I want to go with 101 Dalmatians because they get really cold at one point.

[00:20:36] All right, Jackie. We're unemployed. As we do, we like to invite our guests to be honorary blockbuster employees and give us each three movies you would recommend from 95 to 2005. Okay, I can do this. Jim, do you know your time period is probably a little bit better than I am, but go ahead. Yeah, hang on just a second. Is there a criteria besides? Nope. Just movies from that era? Just movies.

[00:21:05] Whatever makes your heart happy from that era. Give me the pocket one more time. It's 95 to... 2005. Okay, well, I already have one. Okay. Go ahead, Kai. It's the movie Multiplicity, which is ridiculous. I've just watched it a lot growing up with my family. And I, I don't know, Michael Keaton, it's not, not every part of that movie holds up by any means. But Michael Keaton is just, I don't know, he's something special. He really did a great job. That's my first one. Jim, you got one?

[00:21:33] Yeah, I'm gonna go with, I mean, honestly, the very first thing I thought of was Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring. I really love that movie. And also, it's really great. That's it. It's really, it's, every bit of it, I love it. I get super emotional every time, and I've watched it probably a hundred times. Okay. I'm gonna go with the Rugrats movie. It's not a well-received film by any means, but I was just... It's an amazing film. I watched it a lot of times. The original.

[00:22:03] Is it the one where they go to Paris? No, no, no. The first, that was the second one. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I don't want no dill in my movie. Absolutely not. Get that second kid out of here. Wait, you said the Rugrats movie or Rugrats in Paris? The Rugrats movie. Okay. That movie was the saddest movie ever when I was a little boy, because it was around the time that my mom got pregnant, and I was about to have a little sibling, and my mom was like, oh, this will be fun, a movie about babies, and then we'll tell them that, like,

[00:22:33] we'll tell them that they're gonna have, we're gonna have a little brother and sister, and then we'll, like, show this so they understand what's going on. And that's a movie about Tommy Pickles wanting to murder his little brother because he's been forgotten by his parents, and I cried for, like, days after that because I really thought that I was about to be replaced. I was, like, six or seven. Well, you were being replaced, Jim. Mm-hmm. Okay, well, you didn't have to put it that way.

[00:23:01] Jim, speaking of being replaced, I love how I'm finding segues on their podcast. Let's replace the letter B with one of your answers. Are you gonna do this to me? Yeah. You got it? Hang on, let me see what, nope, that was 1994, not gonna do that. I got one. I'll just go. I'll put my C in. Go ahead, Kai. It's clearly Homeward Bound 2, Lost in San Francisco. Not a great sequel, and I'm sure we'll cover it at some point.

[00:23:29] But I do remember, like, the street dogs, and, like, one of them getting, like, a pot dropped on their head, very, very, like, tomfoolerous, very much so in line with this movie, the beginning of this film, where you're just like, wow, okay, like, ha-ha, they're hurt, but it's okay, because it's funny. Yeah. Yeah. They're fine. They're fine. Everything's fine. Oh, yes. Good. Mean Girls? Yep. Oh, that's a better answer. Oh, yeah. Mean Girls was in there. Thank God. Right into the wire, 2004.

[00:23:59] That's a great movie. I love it. My dad loves it. Everyone loves it. I saw it at a sleepover by Sister. She had, like, a bunch of her friends over, and I was the little brother that was like, can I watch the movie with you guys? And they're like, we're going to watch Mean Girls, so you have to watch a girl movie. And I watched it, and I was like, this is the best movie I've ever seen. I love how you say, I loved it, and my dad loves it. He does. When that movie came out, he was like, you got to see this movie. It's called Mean Girls. It's real funny.

[00:24:28] And I was like, yeah, dad, everyone has seen it. Dads across America are mumbling, oh, I love that movie. He loves it. It unites dads together. All right, what's your last one, Jim? Oh, me? Geez. I'm looking through all the movies I've ever seen right now. What was the one that was 94? That's totally fine. It was Hoop Dreams. Actually, you know what? I'm going to go with one that's in the realm. And it's a controversial choice. I really like this movie.

[00:24:59] And everyone can suck it. It's American Beauty. Okay. Sure. Yeah. American Beauty had a time and a place. Yes, it did. Yes. It sure did. And I happen to like the movie a lot, even though extremely problematic. Bad premise for a movie. But I would say that the end of the movie is the part where they go, yeah, everything he's been doing this whole time has been bad.

[00:25:27] I think it is a movie that does insult the premise of itself, but also the homophobia in it is very weird. It was probably one of my least favorite parts. Yeah, I would say so. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah. Fair. Well, excellent choices. Do you want to give us your social handles where we can find you, where our listeners can find you? No. Absolutely. No, I could do it, Jim. You can go on Instagram.

[00:25:53] That's probably where they are most active, and you can see our little funny photoshops that I make for our movies that come out. You can go to rotten underscore treasure. You can go on X at the moment. We're still on there until I guess I switch us to blue sky is all what the cool kids are doing now at x.com slash rotten treasure. And then go just type in good old fashioned rotten no underscore treasure on Facebook, and you'll find us there. Do you guys see blue sky and think it says blue ski the same way I do? No. No. Okay, Jackie, let's get out of this podcast.

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