Ep.75 "Punxsutawney Phil" The Best Groundhog Day Debate

This week on The Reel Debaters Micheal Petrow, Martin Navarro and Jimmy Skinner welcome Director Ian Bawa to return and sit down in the virtual living room to squabble about the 24 hour time loop. Inspired by the comedy classic Groundhog Day (1993) the guys quarrel about what movie would they want to spend 24 hours in with the ability to do whatever they want...like the movie. Well and also slowly go insane in as well.

Premise: Pick any movie that falls in the sports genre (SPORTS!!!!) and apply the plot of Groundhog Day to it, argue why that movie and its canon and stories would be great to live over and over again. Caveat: You must learn a lesson to break your loop, like any lead character has to. Conflict people, its what we crave!

Stick around for an end credits trailer dedicated to what Cameron Crow film you can always watch in the background.

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The Reel Debaters Podcast

Where The "Art" Of Cinema Meets The Power Of Debate

Based in the heartbeat of Canada and surrounded by Manitoba's booming film industry, The Reel Debaters Podcast is a motley crew of film-obsessed nerds, comedians, and selected colleagues that sit down each episode and use one of their many "patented formats" to argue and insult each other for your amusements with situational debates created from their favorite films and shows

Example:
Could James Bond be a Therapist?
Should The Ghostbusters have a restaurant?
What would Indiana Jones and Lara Croft's wedding look like?
Wanna know if Conan The Barbarian could teach Sex Ed?

You get the picture.

At The Reel Debaters, we cover all your film needs. We argue the best releases, big and small, and reassess great films.

Between debates, you can listen to The Reel Talk Sessions where we trade stories, and behind-the-scenes knowledge while arguing our favorites, and interviews that bring you right to the front door of the film industry

Welcome to Where The "Art" Of Cinema Meets The Power Of Debate. New episode every Saturday

Meet your cast:

Micheal Petrow Film And Entertainment Sales/Executive Producer/Host

Martin Navarro Comedian/Host

Jimmy Skinner Comedian/Host

Rob Strachan Home Theatre Expert/Host

Ian Bawa Filmmaker/Host

Mark Cowell String Bean Comics/Host

Charles Fernandes The Nerdgasm Show/Host

Emily Clark Dodge baller/Host

Recorded at Sick Bad Panda Studios
Engineered, mastered, and produced by Micheal Petrow

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About your hosts

Micheal Petrow

Name: Micheal Petrow

Genres: Drama, Independent, Obscure Comedies

Tropes: Meet Cutes, The Heroes Journey, Superhero Entrance

Favorite actors: Cate Blanchett, Kate Winslet, Sandra Bullock, Leonardo DiCaprio, Christian Bale and Brad Pitt

Guilty pleasures: Cooking Shows, Cheeseburgers in the Movie Theater

Must see: I Melt With You, Wristcutters: A Love Story, Exit Through The Gift Shop

Childhood classic: Return to Oz

Favorite directors: Christopher Nolan, David Fincher, Tim Burton

Worst movie ever: Freddy Got Fingered

Favorite TV show: LOST, Westworld, Severance, Succession, Barry

5 TV Characters I love: Hank Moody, Don Draper, HOUSE, Elaine Bennes

Movie snacks: Cheeseburgers, Popcorn, Peanut Butter M and M’s

Movie crush: Kate Winslet in The Holiday

Emily Clark

Name: Emily Clark

Genres: horror, sci-fi, musical/ theatrical, comedy

Tropes: Having sex means you die

Favourite actors: give me the unknown

Guilty pleasures: reality tv, F1 racing.

Must see: The Menu

Best childhood classic: Now and Then

Favourite directors: Cohen Brothers

Worst movie ever: Matrix Reloaded

Favourite TV show: Buffy the Vampire Slayer

5 TV characters I love: Captain Holt, Spike, Emily Gilmore, Winston Bishop, Linda Belcher

Movie snacks: popcorn with salt and vinegar seasoning

Movie crush: Flynn Ryder, Jack Dawson, Johnny Castle