418: American Anthem
GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast
GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast
4.7 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 31 March 2020
⏱️ 104 minutes
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Summary
AMERICAN ANTHEM
The year: 1986 The film: American Anthem The quality: low Spencer and Jessica spend way too long this week on a deep dive into what is perhaps the most significant film in the gymnastics pantheon, teen sports-drama-romance American Anthem. Jessica lovvvveeed this movie as a middle schooler. Spencer hates everything. It's gonna get good. We discuss it all: very excellent gymnast acting, backlit hair and 13-foot-wide denim jackets, THE TRIFFUS OF MURRRDERRR, an 11-week-old Jenny Rowland putting Daniela Silivas to shame, the lovely and sensitive handling of domestic abuse (jk it's monstrous), storing your grips IN THE LEAVES, excessive gymnastics grunting sounds, and the true hero of this story—Becky Cameron. Join us?
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| 0:00.0 | He does a full-in to murder. |
| 0:02.0 | A full-in directly connected to murder, and then, but then in the very next scene we see him and he has like a single bandaid on his eyebrow. |
| 0:12.0 | And it's like, how did this happen you were dead a second ago I thought that was I |
| 0:17.0 | thought this movie was just about to get good and he killed his coach with a trip. |
| 0:23.0 | Welcome to Gymcastic. |
| 0:26.0 | Warning. |
| 0:28.0 | This podcast discusses gymnastics in a frank and adult manner. |
| 0:32.0 | So you might hear a frank and adult manner. |
| 0:32.7 | So you might hear a naughty word or two. |
| 0:34.8 | Today, something to lift your spirits. |
| 0:37.8 | The most sex positive, athlete-centered, |
| 0:41.4 | Kathy Johnson choreograph |
| 0:43.2 | Extremely White, High Bar in the Woods having |
| 0:46.6 | Revelation of a Gymnastics movie |
| 0:49.0 | 1986's American anthem. |
| 0:52.2 | This is episode 418 for April 1st, 2020. Not a practical |
| 0:58.0 | joke. We're really recapping American Anthem. Give me your thoughts. This movie is a |
| 1:02.2 | practical joke. I think it's an elaborate prank. |
| 1:05.9 | Welcome to the number one Jernastics podcast in the universe. I'm here with Spencer from |
| 1:10.5 | the balance beam situation and this week's dedication is brought to you by |
| 1:15.2 | John Joyce who says I would like to wish the happiest birthday to my awesome wife, Maribeth, who is a former Beaumont Gymnastics Academy in Texas, |
| 1:29.0 | elite from the 80s, and all-around gorgeous gal and huge gymnastics fan we hope you enjoy |
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