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Apex Mountain

Golan-Globus; arm wrestling; Bob Beattie; annoying children of divorce; Rick Zumwalt; Sammy Hagar; motor-oil drinking

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  • Stallone is rejected.
  • Golan-Globus are affirmed in their prolific Cannon heyday.
  • Arm wrestling is an unquestionable yes, with the movie’s association persisting decades later.
  • Divorce films are rejected in favor of Kramer vs. Kramer, with Mrs. Doubtfire personally affecting.
  • Bob Beattie receives a definite yes.
  • The Vegas Hilton probably had larger boxing moments; Terry Funk is rejected.
  • Evil Loggia is placed at Scarface, while this grandfather is defended as potentially the good party.
  • Annoying children of divorce and Rick Zumwalt receive affirmative answers.
  • Truck driving loses to the late-1970s era, with Smokey and the Bandit and Convoy among comparisons.
  • Sammy Hagar receives an emphatic yes around his Van Halen debut period; the podcast’s same-year chronology is not independently verified.
  • Las Vegas is rejected.
  • Drinking motor oil is affirmed as a memorable, reckless gimmick.