Rocky

Published: April 25, 2020, 5:01 a.m.

ROCKY Rocky Balboa is a struggling Philadelphia boxer who is chosen to take on the reigning world heavyweight champion, Apollo Creed...The Champ touts the fight as a chance for a 'nobody' to become a 'somebody' and so he can easily win the bout himself. But someone forgot to tell Rocky... To everyone's surprise, Rocky trains earnestly while tentatively beginning a relationship with the sweet wallflower Adrian Craig and guest co-host Brandon Agnew (@BLCAgnew on twitter)  discuss being the underdog, reading children’s books on YouTube, the many ways to describe Burt Young and the movie “Rocky” on this week’s Matinee Heroes! Show Notes 1:10 Craig and Brendan talk the pandemic as well as Brendan's Youtube channel where he reads stories to children. 16:48 Craig and Brendan discuss the movie "Rocky" 40:20 Recasting 59:27 Double Feature 1:03:20 Final Thoughts 1:05:39 A preview of next week's episode "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" Alan returns with special guest Chris Evangelista to talk about Alan's favorite movie of all time "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial"