GMM 139: Gutless Wonders: A Rhett & Link Original Screenplay

we wrote an autobiographical screenplay when we were 14 and today we’re gonna read some of it to you this is Chris black from Las Vegas good mythical morning this episode is brought to you by the revelling community where you can name your mythical beast name and talk to other mythical beasts do all types of stuff it’s really amazing I don’t want to build it up too much though okay well I hope yeah hold yourself back from that you don’t want too many people in the community I’m yeah that’s true I’m excited about today I’m excited about what we’re about to do something this is special for us the goes way back we hope that this will become special to you as a watcher of good mythical morning now you know we’ve been friends for a really long time since first grade yes and we began doing creative things together very early on and one of the things that we did that there is a record of is a screenplay that we wrote called gutless wonders now we didn’t complete the screenplay but link because he’s very good about keeping things together kept this screenplay it had typed pages that I had typed at my dad’s law listen to it just listen to it listen to the creativity that just kind of fluffers out of it and then it has a bunch of written pages that link they don’t flutter quite as well that Lincoln put together and then he kept all these together and then we broke this out recently and we said you know what we ought to do because there’s like 13 scenes of the movie that were actually completed uh-huh well they were written they were written well I think we shot some opening scenes but then those tapes have been lost and they were tapes VHS tapes and now we have nothing to show for it except this manuscript which Jason has been so kindness to write up in the script format so we could at least read it to you we’re thinking over subsequent Friday’s if you’ll have us so we’ll see how far we get today we got two or three scenes here that we’re going to go through but I think it’s going to be fun we’re going to have a lot of fun we hope that you have a lot of fun and just keep in mind there’s a lot of screen direction we kind of as we go back and look we realize there’s a lot more screen direction then there is dialogue so we’re gonna read everything that means drink that means screen direction for those who don’t fade in fade out cut to telling you what is happening happening visually we did a lot of that well so what’s without further ado let’s go ahead and and get into this ladies and gentlemen the fourteen-year-old versions of rhett and Link this is our minds on paper in an autobiographical screenplay we titled gutless wonders fade in scene one intro peaceful scenery Rhett speaking in English accent in the great era of time we call the late 70s to landmarking events occured rhett mclaughlin and link neal were born cut – Rhett as a baby Rhett emerged from his mother’s womb his body weighing 6 pounds 5 ounces and his gargantuan noggin weighing 7 pounds 8 ounces for a total weight of 13 pounds 13 ounces that true cut – link as the baby link came into this world his body weighing 6 pounds 3 ounces in his unbelievably huge noggin weighing 8 pounds 4 ounces for a total combined weight of 14 pounds 12 ounces I think that is true cut – both little did they know that at this young age that one day they were come to be known as two of the greatest blooming idiots to ever walk the face of this green blue brown with hues of yellow earth good old boys starts while showing both as babies now good old boys is the Waylon Jennings song that was used at a theme song for this is just good old boys never meanin no harm please all we have so been in trouble with the law since the day they was born cut to credit starring cut – rhett and Link as young kids playing catch with one another hitting each other with the ball they start fighting credit link Neal cut to young link fishing has a big one young Rhett comes out of the water they fight I miss fighting those good credit Rhett mcLaughlin young Rhett playing golf swings shows divot fly show it hitting young link in the face – they fight credit screenplay by Rhett M and Link in I we didn’t put our full last names we just put the initial and period you don’t want to reveal too much good old boys fades out cut to farmer played by Rhett standing in front of his field yeah I remember those board spits it says yes back in the summer of 83 they wished all over my tobacco crop of course we still ended up being the best-tasting stogies we’ve had since ever dissever credit produced by linked in and rat em switch it up switch the name given given me some props there on alphabetical props well cut to fill jus be watering the lawn now fill Juby is a real person he’s the father of one of our good friends Michael you be Phil Joe be was like the coolest dad yeah of all of our friends my daughter’s hell oh I knew those kids they’d always press their faces against my kitchen window when we were eating supper they looked real hungry so I threw some scraps out to him man they attack those things like wild hyenas credit featuring Ronald McNeil Chris Gardner Trent Hamilton Jason Keenan Michael juvy Phil juvie Brandon tart sue Capps Dianne McLaughlin and Jim McLaughlin those are our parents and our friends and I was at Ronald McNeil who is that no idea wasn’t that our history teacher the guy with the wonky eye oh yeah yeah mr. Mack mr. Mack wanted to put mr. Mack in the movie cuz he had on him because he had a wonky eye well he was also very funny cut to link as an old woman whoa whoa huh I can’t I won’t I don’t I don’t know well what’s that contraption Sonny it’s a bazooka credit directed by Rhett M and Link in cut to title gutless wonders fade out and that’s the opening sequence yeah shall we keep going sure seem to waking up fade into Lynx house cut two links room focus in on Lynx head hand hand hanging out of the bed open to the whole bed focus on the head of the bed on Lynx feet okay cut two alarm clock ringing Lynx foot cuts it off cut the link getting out of bed cuts on music dubbed in length dances to the bathroom cut two retz house cut to Rhett in bed slobbering on pillow cut the links face you’re peeing sound cut to toilet move upstream show link pouring water into toilet with pitcher link realizes it Oh zoom in pours into nearby plant boy this is this is comedy this is yeah Wow cut back to Rhett in bed light is shining on face Rhett puts tanning goggles on you doesn’t help puts pillow over face cut to link show doing funny hairdos ends with correct one leaves now I will say at this point that I wouldn’t call his comedic geniuses but doing different hairdos in a montage in an opening scene of a movie yeah I mean that’s pretty much comedic genius very Jim Carrey ish yeah I would say that’s pretty awesome back to ret still asleep back to link he is already dressed in his pouring cereal music fades out link goes to the phone shot of dialing five five five five five five five was that a joke yeah five five five five over five that’s like a like a Musa movie joke movie joke back to Rhett show Rhett widened to include phone phone rings Rhett sits up hello still on ahead answers phone muffled roll back – link I can’t hear you – well hold on a shirt Rhett removes pillow goggles remain on face all right go ahead hey man I’ve got something bad to show you bad in a good way or bad in a bad way the good bad when you come in as soon as I figure out why I’m seeing yellow that’s a joke hangs up link stares at phone with weird expression and hangs up rat gets up takes off goggles OH music starts person to person which does an average white band song person the person cut tubes behind Rhett pen – behind rat who walks into his closet and closes door comes out immediately fully dressed and ready Rhett walks downstairs cut to quote nasty in Dynasty Onkar the name of the car that I drove was a dynasty but we were going to cut in on just the nasty part zoom out to show Rhett come out and drive off music fades and we’ll conclude the screenplay reading at that point today next Friday you can find out what it is that link had to show me isn’t it suspense it was so bad it was good as good yeah yeah and you got ready so fast that it was entertaining this is uh you know what I feel 14 again I’ve kept me – all right let’s in this episode of good mythical morning let’s know in the comments if you think we should continue reading the screenplay I mean if you don’t think we should then well we can we can give it up but we there’s so many more scenes there’s some good stuff in here so yeah hang with us people what you show me is quite amazing that’s a teaser yeah it is play mercy know me whose idea was this okay here we go 14 again it looks like mercy dunk for we gotta wait to her set you can’t try to take you can’t kind of take advantage instead of a quick start what do you mean and I’ve got 10 Ania so you know what you could ease it you could easily beat me I in fact I’m predicting a win for you on this one your hands are like very big very big Jason just give us a countdown from from one no standing from one yeah okay three two one go you went from three that’s the way I roll are you playing oh yeah have you started don’t taught me man you say mercy your hands are so freaking huge yeah yeah haha big sweaty hands for the word you’re still a loser in life

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