Rocky II- Episode #864
Zen Pop
Todd and Cathy Adams
4.9 • 637 Ratings
🗓️ 14 April 2026
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
Cathy and Todd discuss Rocky II (1979), the Sylvester Stallone-written and directed sequel that earned $200 million worldwide and briefly became the highest-grossing sequel ever made. They break down the film’s best behind-the-scenes stories and hidden details, make the case that Apollo Creed is actually the more compelling character in the film, and explore how Rocky II quietly lays the emotional foundation for the entire Creed franchise decades later.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Zen Pop. |
| 0:01.6 | Sweetie, I'm going to sing. |
| 0:03.5 | Da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da. |
| 0:08.0 | Go ahead. |
| 0:08.9 | Join me if you want. |
| 0:11.2 | Baum, baum, ba'all. |
| 0:13.8 | All right, here comes a trailer. |
| 0:15.2 | Okay, good. |
| 0:16.2 | I never asked you to stop being a woman. |
| 0:20.4 | Please. You want to ask me to stop being a woman, you know. Please, |
| 0:21.5 | don't ask me to stop being a man. |
| 0:23.8 | Now, he's all finished. |
| 0:25.1 | Forget this bomb. |
| 0:26.5 | Man, I won, but I didn't beat it. |
| 0:29.1 | You'll go back to being a stupid nothing. |
| 0:32.2 | But don't you ever come back here again |
| 0:34.2 | because I'm too old to waste my time |
| 0:37.2 | trying to train a no good loser like you |
| 0:39.7 | don't know as you are okay I'm going to be here when you wake up don't lay down my uncle |
| 0:48.2 | why don't you stand up and fight this guy hard those of you who are watching tonight's |
| 0:53.8 | telecast, |
| 0:54.3 | we're going to go see our real great battle in every sense of the word. |
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