00:00But it's true.
00:01Despite the fact that Blockbuster filed for bankruptcy in 2010,
00:05there are apparently four independently owned franchises
00:08still operating in the United States,
00:10three of which are in Alaska.
00:12Which actually makes a little bit of sense
00:14because internet coverage is sparse up there,
00:16and without unlimited data streaming has been expensive.
00:19And to listen to an employee at one of those stores,
00:21their very presence is almost magical.
00:23I have people who come into the parking lot
00:25just to take pictures of the building,
00:27People who come in, and they'll walk around like...
00:31And you know that person hasn't been in a blockbuster in a long time.
00:34You can just tell, because they'll also be like,
00:36-"Oh, my God, I can't believe you guys are still here."
00:40What a fun, but potentially passive-aggressive interaction that was.
00:44Wow, I thought you has-been losers
00:46have been thrown into the trash heap of history.
00:48But you weren't, good for you.
00:50I'm off to stream literally anything I want.
00:52See you later, punchline.
00:54But as Internet coverage improves,
00:57those few remaining Alaskan blockbusters
00:58are under serious threat.
01:00If only there were a fun, movie-themed way
01:03for them to draw people in.
01:05You know, the way that Planet Hollywood sucks you in
01:07with the chance to dine alongside the baseball mitts
01:09that out-acted Madonna in A League of Their Own.
01:12Or Patrick Swayze's clay erection from the movie Ghost.
01:15Or Tom Cruise's original wife.
01:17You know, incredible pieces of movie history.
01:20The problem is, there is no way for a blockbuster in Alaska
01:23to get memorabilia like that.
01:25Or, is there?
01:27Because a few weeks ago, you may remember
01:29that we told you about Russell Crowe's The Art of Divorce.
01:31An auction in which, to celebrate the end of his marriage,
01:34he was selling artifacts from his career.
01:37From the gladiator chariot to this leather jockstrap
01:40he wore in the film Cinderella Man,
01:42which was expected to attract
01:43an absolutely ridiculous $500.
01:47Well, the auction took place last weekend,
01:49and you will be glad to know that no one paid $500
01:52for that jockstrap.
01:53One of the more curious items that went under the hammer
01:56was a leather groin protector used by Crowe
01:59in the film Cinderella Man.
02:01It sold for $7,000 to a telephone bidder.
02:04It's not clear what they plan to use it for.
02:07Holy shit! $7,000!
02:11That is a big price to pay just to find out
02:14what Russell Crowe's balls smelled like in 2005.
02:16I'm guessing lilacs with just a hint of spoiled venison.
02:20Now, you should note that there has been some speculation out there
02:23that we were the ones who bought that jockstrap.
02:26And I will admit, it does sound like something that we would do.
02:29You know, buy Russell Crowe's jockstrap
02:32and send it to one of the last remaining blockbusters in Alaska.
02:34Even that sentence is absolutely incredible to say out loud.
02:38The bad news is, we didn't do it.
02:41I'm sorry, I'm sorry, it wasn't us.
02:43We didn't buy it.
02:45We did, though.
02:49Except we did.
02:50We absolutely did.
02:54Are you not entertained?
02:56Are you not entertained?
02:59Now, what we didn't do, what we didn't do,
03:03what we did not do is buy anything else at that auction.
03:09Except we did, though.
03:12Because what happened was, let me explain,
03:13it was 4 a.m. over here, and you know what happens
03:16when you start online shopping late at night?
03:18You wake up the next day and you think,
03:20oh, shit, what did I just buy?
03:22Well, this was very much one of those times,
03:25because we didn't just get a jockstrap.
03:28We've got a bunch of pointless Russell Crowe memorabilia,
03:31and I can think of no more fitting place for them to reside
03:34than an Alaskan blockbuster.
03:36So please join me for a guided tour.
03:39First, come with me.
03:41First, there is Russell Crowe's director's chair
03:45from the film American Gangster, a movie I'd completely forgotten he was in.
03:49But he obviously remembered because he not only took the back from his chair,
03:54he took the one from Denzel Washington's as well,
03:56which, obviously, we also bought.
03:59Now, by the way, Denzel Washington's cost more than his.
04:03Now, you are probably thinking,
04:05well, do you have one of Russell Crowe's iconic movie costumes?
04:08You know, something from the movie Gladiator.
04:11Well, no, but only because we got something even better.
04:14The vest he wore in Les Miserables.
04:17Oh, yes, a movie which Tacky Vest Weekly called a triumph.
04:23And that's not the only costume,
04:24because we also got this hood that he wore in 2010's Robin Hood,
04:29which looks like something a circumcised penis would wear
04:32to administer a lethal injection.
04:34And finally, we all know that Russell Crowe here is
04:37to the manager of the only remaining blockbuster in Anchorage, Alaska,
04:41at 5600 to Bar Road's number five.
04:44All of this shit is yours.
04:46Just call us in the next 48 hours,
04:50and we will send it to you.
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