Reggie's Prayer (GAM081)

In a world that needed heroes, Reggie Knox was a champion.

### Starring:

Reggie White, Pat Morita, Emmanuel Brown, Marc Samuel, Durante Lambert, Paul "The Giant" Wight, Rosey Grier

## Hosts

Noah Lugeons

Heath Enwright

Eli Bosnick

***Reggie's Prayer*** is the story of an NFL player who retires and takes a job as a history teacher, despite having no knowledge or experience about anything like that, and then leaves halfway through the semester. He thinks the whole story is about football, but it's not. It's about a dick teacher.

### **Opening Phrase**

Where each week we sample another selection from Christian cinema, because we like our listeners more that we like *us*.

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

Well, if nobody in your family ever got an "A" but greatness has been waiting in your body for a hundred years, you will *love* this movie. This movie is like someone paid the Mighty Ducks to explain Dead Poet's Society to the Untouchables while they were working.

### **Best Worst**

* Heath: …understanding of how grades in school work or what those are. If you ask the entire cast and writing staff "What's a grade?" you would not get a single meaningful answer.
* Eli: …use of a sheep. [Editor's Note: Not what you're thinking. *Well, there is speculation.*]
* Noah: …extraneous football metaphors. [Editor's Note: It's all Reggie has.]

### **Notes**

* One of the best movies GAM has reviewed (up to this point). According to Eli, better than Blood Freak.
* Repeatable! The cast says this movie could be reviewed again.
* Addition of Sheep to the GAM Zoo (along with Fat Camel and Hellbound Kangaroo).
* Sports cameos include: Brett Farve (Janitor"Burt"), Roosevelt 'Rosie' Grier (Rev. Jeremiah Knox), Mike Holmgren (Janitor "Ed"), Keith Jackson (Assistant Coach Jackson), Bryce Paup (Cop), Mel Renfro (Dr. Walker), Paul "The Giant" Wight aka The Big Show (Mr. Portolo). As of July 2023, the IMDb cast list is bizarrely incomplete, leaving Taylor (Mark Anthony Samuel as the quarterback) off of the top cast list, while entirely leaving out Tyler (Emmanuel Brown as the troubled teen) and Tyrone (Durante Lambert as the youngest brother who shot himself).
* Sad Credits -- Pat Morita (Principal Osaki), Emilio Delgado (Stadium Announcer), M.C. Hammer (Forest Ranger Baker)
* Crazy Connections: Cylk Cozart (Assistant Coach Bobby Fess) played Malachai in the 1984 movie Children of the Corn.

### **Jokes**

* [11:34] Eli's accent is not racist because it's accurate.
* [14:40] What color trash bag for a dead black kid, Allen?
* [16:35] If your kid shoots themselves, it's at least some percentage your fault."
* [25:40] Eli claims Reggie White wasn't good at football because "he only had 3 touchdowns and 4 scootbacks". *[Editor's Note: Per Wikipedia, Reggie White only had 2 touchdowns and 198 sacks. A scootback is a square dance call and a 2019 song by Brave Mugraw.]*
* [26:20] What Race is Reggie White's Wife [Sara White/Sara Knox]?
* [29:34] Mr. Miyagi (Pat Morita) is dressed exactly like PeeWee Herman and is a Karate Action Principal.
* [40:30] PUSHUPS!
* [59:54] Dream sequence SHEEP (move time stamp approx 44 min).
* [01:52:46] What is the moral of this story? Heath: You probably shouldn't play football. Do not smash your head into stuff really hard.

### **Interstitials**

* Reggie White Gets Into Character [06:06]
* Chicago Live Show Video for Patrons [7:15]
* Reggie Sneaks and Reggie Shoots [1:10:25]

### **Tropes**

* Awkward (Grandma) Kiss
* Bad Sportsing/Sportsing -- never see the sportsing that is central to the movie!
* Behind on the Rent
* Black Person is a Drug Dealer
* Crazy Billionaire Money
* Dead Baby Comedy
* GO FUCK YOURSELF!
* Magical POC
* Phone Calls to No One
* Wake Up!

### **Breakfast Club Close**

* Heath: One sheep was severely psychologically harmed in the making of this film.
* Noah: Brett Favre thinks he did really good.
* Eli: Reggie White's wife is a race we are not sure of.

### **Links**

* Episode on Audioboom
* Episode on YouTube
* Episode on Patreon
* Trailer on YouTube
* IMDb