Sons of Thunder (Episode 1) - "Mi Casa Es Su Casa" (GAM239)

### Starring:

Randal Reader, Maverick Von Haug, Don Swayze, Vanessa Angel, Michael Kruger, Jon Glenn, Mayra Leal, Sam Medina

## Hosts

Noah Lugeons

Heath Enwright

Eli Bosnick

***Sons of Thunder*** is a Pure Flix original series produced by David A.R. White (get excited) and while normally I'd do a quick summary here, there's nothing better than their own description of their own stupid fucking show: "Combat vet Simon motorcycles across the country, working odd jobs, helping those God puts in his path, and trying to atone for past sins in a biker club." So, they did *Rambo: Last Blood* and *Sons of Anarchy,* plus David A.R. White made it into a Christian thing.

### **Opening Phrase**

Where each week we sample another selection from Christian cinema, because *you* haven't fired us yet.

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

Well brother, if you like the feel of the open road, the wind in your hair, the roar of a hog between your thighs… that sounds lovely, but this a Christian attempt at "not all Mexicans are bad", so I got nothing for you.

### **Best Worst**

* Heath: ...everything I wrote down as a joke turned into the actual plot of this television program.
* Noah: ...nasal descriptor. ["stiff nosed"]
* Eli: ...rescue denouement.

### **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."
* Vanessa Angel is great in the *Weird Science* series.

### **Jokes**

* So, the dad turns to him and goes "Alright, well I hire ranch hands all the time. It pays a hundred dollars a day plus room and board." Wow! [Heath: "Plus a generous bount… commission. Plus a generous commission to guard my wall along Mexico."] [Eli: Sorry, he pays a hundred dollars a day, plus room and board? Welcome to Bernie Sanders ranch? What the fuck kind of job is this?] Yeah, no I did the—back of the envelope, that's about forty grand a year depending how good they feed you, so pretty good work if you can get it. [Heath: Yeah. You can't.] [Eli: "Yeah, but you gotta save my son. Everyone else makes the traditional three cents a day and owes me money for sleeping here."] [Heath: "You'll need to be a white gritty Christian biker to get this job, to be clear."] (23:40)
* [Noah: So yeah, they run into the garage, and now the Mexican lady, she has to explain what she's doing there, but she has to say every sentence first in Spanish then English—which is weird.] And again, you know it's because of the Pure Flix audience, right? They like—I'm sure there was a version of this episode where they tried subtitles, and they were like "Ahm sorry, what kind of lightnin' speed reader do you think ah ahm? That ah kin h'look at a teevee and then h'look down at the bottom? First of awl, that's where ah keep mah bowlin' trophies, so ah can't even *see* those words you put down there; second of awl you need to keep those words up there ten, tweny, forty-fahve minutes if you want me to folla along!" [Heath: They *do* try closed captioning here though. The Pure Flix people put it in, but all they wrote was "speaking in foreign language."] (59:19)

### **Interstitials**

* First Ever Writer's Meeting (8:00)
* Sniffing the Bullet Casings (56:45)

### **Tropes**

* Alcohol=Bad Guy
* Disappointing Christian Celebrity Vanessa Angel
* ~~Black~~ Mexican Person is a Drug Dealer/Criminal
* 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

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