It's a wacky comedy and a cornerstone of cinematic technology as Brad Garoon & Jake Ziegler go back to 1933. Brad assigns Sons of the Desert to Jake, a Laurel & Hardy romp that draws provokes questions about the ever evolving state of comedy, and whether or not it's detrimental for film and television to include pop culture references for yucks.

Then, after having a slight meltdown over his missed relationship with his grandparents, or perhaps because of it, Jake assigned Brad the original King Kong, the first movie that his grandfather saw in the theater. They talk about the tremendous visual effects in the film, and how the birth of the giant monster movie influenced the next century of movie-making.

Other movies discussed in this episode: Son of Kong (1933), Cavalcade (1933), 42nd Street (1933), Duck Soup (1933), the Invisible Man (1933), King Kong (1976), Enemy Mine (1985), Shrek (2004), King Kong (2005), Kong: Skull Island (2017), Stan & Ollie (2018), Godzilla vs. Kong (2022), Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)