Sasquatch: Strange Wilderness/Saquatch Dumpling Gang

 

 

In this episode The SGS team goes searching for #Sasquatch, but all we get is more #JustinLong. In the first half we discuss the #HappyMadison produced, #StrangeWilderness, starring #SteveZahn (#Treme, #DiaryOfAWimpyKid), #JonahHill (#21JumpStreet, #Accepted, #MoneyBall) #KevinHeffernan (#SuperTroopers, #Beerfest, #ClubDread), #JeffGarlin (#TheGoldbergs, #CurbYourEnthusiasm) and #RobertPatrick (#Terminator2, #XFiles). Through our discussion we try to figure out if #AdamSandler produces these movies as a tax dodge, the brilliance of #SteveZahn and #JustinLong and the ways that they pulled together a pretty fantastic comedic cast for a film that was loathed by critics and audiences upon release, but is gradually developing a cult following for the way they parody TV wildlife personalities such as #BearGrills (#ManVsWild) and #SteveIrwin (#TheCrocodileHunter), and America's obsession with #Bigfoot.

In the second half we discuss the very low budget Indie, kids comedy The #SasquatchDumplingGang (AKA #TheSasquatchGang). This was another Justin Long film that costarred #JeremySumpter (#PeterPan, #Frailty, #FridayNightLights), #JoeyKern (#SuperTroopers, #CabinFever), #JonGries (#MonsterSquad, #Lost, #NapoleonDynamite), #CarlWeathers (#Rocky, #Predator, #ActionJackson), #StephenTobolowsky (#Sneakers, #GroundhogDay), and #JonHeder (#NapoleonDynamite, #BladesofGlory).

We discussed the history of The #DumplingGang films that inspired this film, the inspiration of #NapoleonDynamite. The #comingofage story, and theorize about why Sasquatch is often used in kids’ films. 

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