Sons of Thunder (Episode 2) - "The Blind Fighting the Blind" (GAM280)

### Starring:

Randal Reeder, Ned Yousef, Gerald Brodin, Don Swayze, Mavrick Von Haug, Donna Morrell Gafford, Emily Peachey

## Hosts

Noah Lugeons

Heath Enwright

Eli Bosnick

***Sons of Thunder*** (Episode 2) - "The Blind Fighting the Blind" is the story of how God created a meth-dealing biker gang so that one of the gang could eventually quit and then *eventually* resolve the humanitarian crisis in the West Texas family owned woodworking sector (they say woodworking—we're going to get to what that means to them, but that's what they say).

### **Opening Phrase**

Where each week we sample another selection from Christian cinema, because at least two of us are really bad at saying no.

### **How Bad Was It?**

Well, if you love hard core bikers, living on the open road on a journey with no name, but you wish they spent more time in family court, you will *love* this episode. They just… they just didn't *have* a second episode, right? The entire time I was just like "Alright, first episode, Mexican cartels ravaging the Southern border; second episode, which is worse: punching or yelling?"

### **Best Worst**

* Heath: ...punch. [Elderly father-in-law, randomly.]
* Noah: ...title tease. [That sounds goddam hilarious, or like absolute ninja badassery, but no.]
* Eli: ...equivalency. [Do we do a hit? Maybe.]

### **Notes**

* Not to be confused with *Sons of Thunder* (1999) starring Chuck Norris, a *Walker Texas Ranger* spinoff on CBS: "Detective Carlos Sandoval resigns from the Dallas Police after his partner is murdered. He then hooks up with childhood chum Trent Malloy, an ex-military martial arts instructor. Together they decide to form a private investigation business. Trent's brother, Tommy, and ex-cop turned bartender Butch McMahon help them out from time to time."
* This episode was recorded 10 April 2020, only a few weeks after the release of episode 239, *Sons of Thunder* Episode 1, "Mi Casa Es Su Casa."
* A "tank safety gauge" is a pressure gauge on a storage tank (not the military vehicle) to prevent overpressure; other possible safety features include a PSV (pressure safety valve) and/or an EPRV (emergency pressure relief vent).

### **Jokes**

* And by the way, if you had trouble finding it on PureFlix—I did too—it takes at least two searches, in my experience. I searched for "Sons of Thunder" on the search bar on Pure Flix, and the results screen just said "Please buy a lifetime membership to Pure Flix. Please. Please."] [Eli: "If you are searching for *Sons of Thunder*, you are our target demographic."] [Heath: If you're searching for*Sons of Thunder*, you might be dead when this airs. But that was all it said on that screen—there was no option to click on a show called *Sons of Thunder*—I actually had to hit the back button and search again.] [Eli: So, speaking of Christian movie searches, I have PureFlix on my Apple TV, and for some reason that is now connected to *any* Apple TV search I ever do. So now if I'm ever like "Hey Siri, play The Beatles", it's like "Did you mean *The Beatles are Satanists Who Will Drag You to Hell* on PureFlix?"] [Heath: Yeah.] [Eli: "I did. I did mean that, Siri."] (2:33)
* [Eli: I want you to know, I am dedicating a hundred percent of my brain to thinking of a Mexican dish that has the "mock" sound in it, so I can do the "chalupa-taroon" thing, and I'm dying.] [Noah: Yeah, like "guac-taroon" or something like that.] [Eli: Guac-taroon! How dare you! Nooo! I literally stopped breathing. I literally stopped breathing in my…] [Heath:. Eli's just reciting the Taco Bell menu in the background.] [Eli: Literally what I was doing. I was literally like "Taco. Chalupa... Burrito." And then you just throw out "Guac-taroon." How dare you.] [Noah: Oh yeah, this is good. These are timeless jokes.] (29:33)

### **Interstitials**

* Last Time on *Sons of Thunder* **(8:48)**
* Your Husband's a Dick (33:12)
* These Two, Always Fightin' (49:18)
* *God's Not Dead: The Musical* (1:14:55) [After Credits]
* Eli Did Not Say "Four" (1:15:02) [After Credits]

### **Tropes**

* Alcohol=Bad Guy
* Disappointing Christian Celebrity
* Christians Don't Know How the World Works
* Conspicuous American Flag
* Dollar in the Swear Jar
* Make Me a Sammich!
* Neglectful/Godless /Abusive Parent
* RACISM!
* Reprehensible Moral Message

### **Links**

* Episode on Audioboom
* Episode on YouTube
* Trailer on YouTube
* IMDB