130. Road Trip (2000)

Load Bearing Beams: A Movie Podcast

We take a look at what appears to be a “boob comedy” from the year 2000: Road Trip, directed by Todd Phillips, who makes Joker movies now.

It’s the heartwarming story of Josh (Breckin Meyer), a Boring Guy who cheats on his girlfriend but doesn’t mean it. Josh and his pals E.L. (Seann William Scott), Rubin (Paulo Costanzo), and Kyle (D.J. Qualls) do the only thing that make sense: They head across the country on a road trip to keep Boring Guy Josh’s girlfriend from finding out about his betrayal.

And, you know what, this movie’s pretty okay! But we try to figure out why Todd Phillips says he’s not allowed to make movies like Road Trip anymore because of Woke.

Also, we try to get to the bottom of Tom Green.

Bonus video: We talk about our favorite road trips from movies. Watch it on our Twitter (https://bit.ly/4ejg3TC), Instagram (https://bit.ly/3BiT24y), or TikTok (https://bit.ly/4gHLAjv).

Next week: Scream (1996)

Time stamps:

00:05:37 — Our personal histories with Road Trip

00:23:21 — History segment: Development and production of Road Trip; career overview of director Todd Phillips

00:49:21 — In-depth movie discussion

01:43:56 — Final thoughts and star ratings

Sources:

“Joaquin Phoenix on Joker, Why River Is His Rosebud, His Rooney Research, and His ‘Prenatal’ Gift for Dark Characters” by Joe Hagan | Vanity Fair, 2019 - https://bit.ly/3zI8I0D

The Men Who Would Be King by Nicole LaPorte - https://amzn.to/3XGCD2V

Artwork by Laci Roth.

Music by Rural Route Nine. Listen to their album The Joy of Averages on Spotify (https://bit.ly/48WBtUa), Apple Music (https://bit.ly/3Q6kOVC), or YouTube (https://bit.ly/3MbU6tC).

Songs by Rural Route Nine in this episode:

“Winston-Salem” - https://youtu.be/-acMutUf8IM

“Snake Drama” - https://youtu.be/xrzz8_2Mqkg

“The Bible Towers of Bluebonnet” - https://youtu.be/k7wlxTGGEIQ

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