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Newcomers: Sports, with Nicole Byer and Lauren Lapkus

Rocky (w/ Rekha Shankar)

Newcomers: Sports, with Nicole Byer and Lauren Lapkus

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Star Wars, Trilogy, Disney, Tyler Perry, Nicole Byer, Madea, George Lucas, Comedy, Vin Diesel, Tv & Film, Lord Of The Rings, Newcomers, Jon Gabrus, Lauren Lapkus, Commentary, The Fast And The Furious, After Shows, Movie Watchalong, Fast & Furious

4.75.8K Ratings

🗓️ 30 July 2024

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

Lauren and Nicole enter the world of boxing with very special guest, comedian and Philadelphia native Rekha Shankar! The group gets into the interesting social dynamics that come with Rocky’s quirky pet ownership, the cultural obsession with impersonating Sylvester Stallone, and the lasting impact of yelling “Adrian!”.

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This is a headgum original.

0:07.0

You know, I've been coming in for six years.

0:10.0

You know, I've been coming in for six years.

0:12.0

Six years you've been sticking it to me, I want to know how come.

0:15.0

You want to know?

0:16.0

I want to know, I'm going to tell you.

0:19.0

Because you had a talent to become a good fighter,

0:22.0

and instead of that, you became a late-breaking

0:25.0

some cheap second-rate loam shark.

0:27.0

To live it's a waste of life! I feel like a good guy's down he gets laid off right he can take a year

0:37.0

let me do the figure it okay rock from here and just let me do the figure

0:43.0

come on come on I'll bring both your arms so they don't work for you

0:47.6

you believe that America is the land of opportunity

0:52.4

yeah Do you believe that America is the land of opportunity?

0:53.0

Yeah.

0:55.0

Apollo Creed does.

0:58.0

And he's going to prove it to the whole world by giving an unknown a shot at the title.

1:02.0

I need your help about 10 years ago, right? 10 years ago,

1:05.0

he never helped me. You didn't care.

1:07.0

Well, if you wanted help, I say if you wanted help, why didn't you ask? Why didn't't you ask me, kid?

1:13.2

Look, I asked but you never heard nothing.

1:15.2

But he's ever gone to distance from Crete.

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