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I would not appreciate being called a Paulie apologist, frankly.This week we watch one of the biggest underdogs in history. Much like how our podcasts happen to be the biggest underdogs in movie podcasting history. Which is great, because now we know exactly what we need to do to become the biggest podcast in the world. It’s Rocky I-III, written by Sylvester Stallone and released in 1976, 1979 and 1982.Show-notes:6:38 Look how in-depth Rocky’s wikipedia page is. If you didn’t know better you might think this was a real person if you just skimmed the page.19:20 Francis Ford Coppola is of course famous for the Godfather movies, but he also directed the early 90s Dracula with Keanu Reaves.22:15 This article compiles a few videos that explain how to make your own steadycam for relatively cheap.28:54 Roger Ebert is probably the most famous “movie critic” of all time. He passed away in 2013. His website still features review and other articles.Other stuff:Stallone’s instagram post explaining how Clubber Lang was originally going to be played by Smokin Joe Frazier.Link to Stallone’s instagram post so it doesn’t auto convertStallone doing headstands and drinking coffee (unfortunately not at the same time)Some behind the scenes info for Rocky IIIRoger Ebert watches Rocky II with Muhammad AliBehind the scenes stuff for Rocky IIRocky 1 info from Mental FlossArticle about how a bunch of stuff in the first movie was actually based on Chuck Wepner’s real life“Making of” article from ForbesSome anecdotes from Rocky IIIMore behind the scenes info for the entire franchiseMore Rocky 1 infoEven more Rocky 1 infoBurt Young’s statement to TMZ about CreedOn Paulie’s death in CreedOn Stallone and Young’s falling outChuck Wepner finally gets recognized for inspiring the Rocky franchiseInfo on the famous running sceneSome info about Stallone leading up to RockyThe Rocky 1 story again1976 article about Rocky and an interview with StalloneSubscribe on Apple Podcasts!Subscribe on Google Play!Check us out on Facebook!Check us out on YouTube!Check us out on Twitter!