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In this episode Frankie and Jason talk about their recent experience at the annual daddy daughter dance, then they breakdown the 1988 classic film Bloodsport. 

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We don't like to brag or anything, but the people behind Madness Madness have accomplished some pretty incredible feats of combat prowess, to the point where several hit movies have been based on our exploits: Avatar, Avengers: Endgame, Avatar: The Way of Water, Titanic, Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens, Avengers: Infinity War, Spider-Man: No Way Home, Jurassic World, The Lion King, The Avengers, Furious 7, Top Gun: Maverick, Frozen II, and of course Barbie. That’s more than $27 billion at the box office just from the ones we can name off the tops of our heads, so honestly we’ve got nothing to learn from Frank Dux, a fight choreographer and semi-professional liar whose “life story,” the 1988 Jean-Claude Van Damme breakout “Bloodsport,” pulled in a mere puff of dust to the tune of $11.8 million worldwide, which I don’t even think is enough money to wipe your ass with these days.

Nonetheless we’ll hear about this valor-stealing boomer schmuck, then imagine him dropped into Cassadaga, Florida (formerly New York), the fortune-telling capital of the world, mouthing off to a series of increasingly irritable palm readers until the ghost of Patrick Swayze manifests and Road House roundhouses him so hard he lands in a different ZIP code from his medals of honor, which turn out to be made of cardboard and cellophane anyway. Join us, won’t you?

200 - It's Episode 200 and we have gone LARGE. If you're a fan of Bloodsport, this is the episode for you - we tackle it all from soup to nut-punch. We speak to the creative forces behind the film in Sheldon Lettich and Frank Dux and get both sides of the contentious reality behind the film. 

Being episode 200, there is some preamble before we get into the titular sport of blood, so if you don't want to hear our reflections on the best and worst of the last 200 movies we have covered, you can skip straight to 34:30 to take the secret path direct to the Kumite.

Ans most importantly, Sheldon Lettich's epic book 'From Vietnan to Van Damme' is available for purchase here

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On this episode of the Garbage Pail Skids;
- Prometheus/Alien Covenant
- Last episode....
- Habadashery
- Kevin kicked off Twitter
- Elon Musk and Twitter
- Steven Seagal stories
- Fake Martial Artists
- A package of cookies
- Bologna
- Inflation rising
- Junk food and drinks no longer around
- Tik Tok causing mental health problems
- Scatman!!
- Conspiracy Corner: Yuri Bezmenov

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Episode 7 - Jean Claude Van Damme burst into the mainstream after the 1988 martial arts movie - Bloodsport. Directed by Newt Arnold, starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Donald Gibb and Leah Ayres. The film was released in the United States on February 5, 1988. Bloodsport is based on the allegedly true story of Frank Dux, an American martial artist who fought in underground Kumite matches in Hong Kong. 
Van Damme plays the US Army Captain Frank Dux, who has been trained since childhood in Ninjitsu by Senzo Tanaka ( Roy Chiao). Dux has entered into an illegal underground martial arts tournament in Hong Kong called the Kumite, where he must fight for his life against some of the deadliest martial artists in the world.

The film was shot on location in Hong Kong and Los Angeles. It was released to positive reviews from critics and was a box office success, grossing over $65 million worldwide.
Van Damme's performance in Bloodsport helped to launch his career as a martial arts action star. He would go on to star in other successful films such as Kickboxer (1989), Lionheart (1990), Universal Soldier (1992) and Timecop (1994). Bloodsport is considered to be one of Van Damme's best films and has garnered a cult following over the years.

See below a link to the soundtrack for Bloodsport
https://youtu.be/S7QWBbtjqyg

This is the best dance scene in all of cinema.
https://youtu.be/CE8XKeN0zk4

Today we're talking about Bloodsport (1988)!  It was the first thing we recorded so Darcy obliquely references the taking of the US Capitol on 1/6/20 and Katie says "like" approximately nine thousand times. Discussion topics include: Are all secret worlds in martial arts movies connected? Sexy fight training montages with Punch Dad, One True Art as created by white American individualist dominance narratives, One True Can of Beer held by Ray the entire movie, Being the pink Power Ranger, Frank Dux's astrological chemistry with Chong Li, What is truth?

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Have you brushed up on your epic nut punching skills lately? Jonah takes Mally on an 80's-tastic, ass-kicking journey to Hong Kong as she experiences her very first JCVD flick. Directed by Newt Arnold. Starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Donald Gibb, Forest Whitaker, Bolo Yeung.

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