Episode 006 - Academy Awards Reactions
The audio isn’t as stellar on Mike’s feed since he had to borrow a conference room at DFW airport to chat with Danny, but we touch on the recently-wrapped 2014 drunkfest that is the Golden Globes, and react to this week’s Academy Award nominations. For anyone keeping score at home, that’s Oscar nods for ‘Rush’, ‘All is Lost’, and ‘Blue is the Warmest Colour’: ZERO, and ‘Jackass Presents Bad Grandpa’: One. If you take one thing away from this episode, make it this: While Mike has never won the Oscar pool at Danny’s annual party, he has most consistently been at the top of all finishers, making him (arguably) the best. After all, Peter O’ Toole, one of the most celebrated actors in the world, never won an Oscar, despite being nominated eight times. Sure, Danny has won the pool a couple times, but he’s also been WAY below Mike on several occasions. Hell, Jean Dujardin and Roberto Benigni have each WON an Oscar with their respective ONE acting nomination, but nobody is calling them celebrated actors. In case it wasn’t clear, in this comparison, Mike is Peter O’ Toole, and Danny is Jean Dujardin or Roberto Benigni (take your pick). Scratch that, I’ll pick. He’s Roberto Benigni.