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    Two Can Play That Game (2001) & Ctrl by SZA

    en-usApril 24, 2021
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    About this Episode

    Can you control your man? This week we're taking you back to the golden age of black rom coms with Two Can Play That Game starring Vivica A. Fox and reflect on our 20 somethings with SZA's Ctrl.

    Intro 0:00 - 3:43
    Two Can Play That Game 3:43 - 32:44
    SZA 32:44 - 58:21
    Art of the Week 58:21 - 1:10:56
    Outro 1:10:56 - 1:12:28

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    Best of Season One

    Best of Season One

    0:00 Intro

    0:24 Why our podcast is called Hahaha Fantastic

    2:07 Christian’s favorite line in Speed

    3:08 How does recording equipment work in this world (Speed)?

    4:48 Mack hates everyone but Jack

    4:57 Alec didn’t know what WAP meant

    5:52 Alec’s nacho story

    8:47 Racism is everywhere

    9:14 The Eric Andre Show

    11:30 Our dumbest fan

    11:57 Alec is not Black

    13:53 Samuel L. Jackson and Black empowerment

    14:22 The Good Christian Hug

    15:19 Alec’s and Two Can Play That Game’s ending

    16:40 RIP DMX

    17:31 We are lazy

    17:55 We recommend nothing

    18:29 You can’t start with ska

    18:46 Friendship story

    20:20 Rage Against the Machine woes

    21:24 Strangers trying to convince us to do things

    23:32 Arnold Schwarzenegger and David Carradine

    24:56 Female Empowerment

    26:00 Hahaha Fantastic doesn’t care

    26:21 Alec is still not Black and our podcast cover art

    29:13 Greenland is lazy

    30:23 Listen close sheepeople

    30:50 The moving pictures company

    32:01 Hahaha hipsters

    32:45 Seasons of music

    36:38 Touched

    36:53 Bo Burnham and Mr. Krabs

    38:08 Sam Jackson and Julia Louis Dreyfus gonna bang

    39:30 Tarantino films ranked (Alec is such a hipster)

    42:31 Live Free or Die Hard is Alec’s mom’s favorite movie

    43:09 Christian hates John McClane

    46:21 Alec’s dad is bald

    46:50 Arnold Schwarzenegger and Justin Long

    47:34 How do you like Die Hard 4 now Mrs. Mundy?

    47:59 Watch Die Hard 4 or whatever

    48:36 Cajun?

    50:24 Christian only likes sad music

    51:13 Alec’s cajon woes continued

    52:31 Pitching or catching?

    54:15 This ride isn’t canon

    55:48 Ja Rule and Race Wars

    58:28 Brian O’Connor is a bad cop

    59:23 John McClane v. Jack Traven v. Brian O’Connor

    1:03:17 What if Jesse’s dad is John Cena? (he wasn’t)