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WOOT 0086: Our 2019 Year In Movies Review Plus More

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GHiT’s Year in movies review, plus our look forward and back.

Another Way Off Our Topic (WOOT)) episode this time, where we review 1)  the past year in movies and select our favorites.  2)  We then go into the top movies of the decade.  3)  We also go into the movies of 2020 we are most looking forward to and finally, 4) we cover the worst movies of the past year.  While initially, it does not seem like we have any car talk, we did manage to get a few related car topics into the show.  We hope you enjoy this episode where we cover a bit over 100 movies and shows. 

If you agree, disagree, or have any comments, please feel free to let us know on Instagram at GarageHeroesInTraining or on Facebook at GarageHeroesIT or via email at [email protected].

Highlights from Benny, Alex, Vicki, and Bill’s discussion include:

1)  Alex does his favorite robot impression early on
2)  “Bane” makes several appearances and interviews Alex a bit
3)  Benny and Alex give their thoughts on Star Wars:  Rise of Skywalker
4)  Bill lights up Alex like a lightsaber with a Xerox discussion, lol
5)  Benny shares our opinion on Joe Pesci
6)  Bill does not seem to understand directions for these lists and also finds various ways to cheat his way to having ties

If you have any show requests, please let us know. 

We end with our sincere condolences to the family, friends, and fans of Neil Peart from the band Rush.  He will always be our vote for the most air drummed drummer of all time, even when not close to the way he actually performed. 

Best regards,

Bill, Vicki, and Alan

Hosts of the Garage Heroes In Training podcast
and team members in the GHiT
Immature Endurance Racing Team

WOOT 0086: Our 2019 Year In Movies Review Plus More

GHIT 0085: Amanda and Adrian from the Faster Farms Racing Team

Faster Farms Racing Team

On this week’s podcast, we had the pleasure of interviewing Amanda Baak of the Faster Farms team who we met at last week’s Lucky Dog race at Laguna Seca.  Vicki and Amanda had some very exciting racing for a dozen laps or so until things ended poorly on our end.  Their team races a Plymouth Belvedere, as everyone should.  After repeatedly racing with them Saturday and Sunday, we had to have them on to find out more about the team, Amanda, and Adrian who made an impromptu appearance.  We enjoyed our conversation and hope you will too.  We can’t wait to see them again, hopefully at the track. 

Chicken Car
Are You Scared!

Some highlights include: 

1)  How and why a Plymouth Belvedere came to be a race car for the past twelve years
2)  Faster Farms team history and its ties to a real chicken ranch/pick and pull
3)  We compare the different racing areas, like California, Colorado and the east coast race crowds
4)  How they installed their crystal auto-break system to make other cars break before passing them

Crystal Shifter
Crystal Shifter (With Auto-Brake Function) at least on our cars

5) Bill has a(nother) bad plan for west coast racing
6)  We also begin to make a plan for an upcoming Thompson race
7)  Seeking revenge on Willow Springs
8)  The upcoming Alameda parade
9)  Probably the best “Good” story we have ever had with our Good, Bad, and the Ugly segment.  We are pretty sure Adrian isn’t familiar with the word “good”, lol. 
10)  Shout out to our many Belgium and Australian listeners
11)  Differences between the Lucky Dog Series and the Lemons series

Goodbye
Sad to Say Goodbye

Hopefully, we can be a bad influence and get them out to Thompson for a race at some point, maybe even getting our all-female driven car team goal accomplished. 

You can follow them at FasterFarmsFacing.com

Best regards,

Bill, Vicki, and Alan

Hosts of the Garage Heroes In Training podcast
and team members in the GHiT
Immature Endurance Racing Team

GHIT 0085: Amanda and Adrian from the Faster Farms Racing Team

Real Racing!
Waiting for AAA?

GHIT 0082: Laguna Seca With Lucky Dog and Mental

Planning and Repairing
Planning and Repairing

Unedited live episode from Laguna Seca after Day 1 of racing with Lucky Dog. We had a long day or racing and repairing. It was our first day ever on the Laguna Seca and Vicki’s first ever day racing a front wheel drive car.

We made a few mistakes, learned a ton, and loved every second. Most importantly, we think we made a whole bunch of new friends and we were able to catch up with many we already knew.

Lucky Dog is a great series, with great people, and some spectacular cars. Some are spectacularly good, some are spectacularly fast, and some are spectacular in their own way.

A tired crew describes our first ever race day at Laguna Seca with our friends at the Lucky Dog racing series, silliness ensues.

With Vicki, Bill and special guest Mental Ward

GHIT 0082: Laguna Seca With Lucky Dog and Mental

GHIT 0081: Kate and Bennett Danvers of our GHiT Team

Kate and Bennett
Kate and Bennett Danvers: Race Car Drivers for our team

On this week’s podcast, we were finally able to interview Kate and Bennett Danvers and share with you a bit of their background and experiences with our team.  Kate shared many words, Bennett, few.  We hope you enjoy the week’s episode at: 

Highlights from this episode include:

1)  Overall background of each, including driving, racing, and car history of each and the family
2)  How to power oversteer a John Deere tractor and the impact on the grass cut, as well as life with a Mark VI GTI first car
3)  Team areas of responsibility during race weekend and upcoming changes to our team for 2020
4)  Bennett’s amazing tracking abilities and what kept Kate from coming to her first race so long
5)  Bennett’s claim on the fireproof one-sie and our plan to get Quinn into our insanity
6)  What cars are their dream cars, especially fellow lemons paddock cars
7)  Wildest racing memories, so far with Lucky Dog and the 24 Hours of Lemons
8)  What we have done well so far, including the Good, Bad, and the Ugly, and some upcoming improvements we can work on.  Bennett can only find good in our food, lol.
9)  Bennett offers words of optimism/prediction for our 2020 season
10)  Heat upgrade for our winter garage is announced, so if anyone wants to come and visit, it should be warm this winter

Bennett Battery Assassin
Bennett Danvers: Battery Assassin

Best regards,

Bill, Vicki, and Alan
Hosts of the Garage Heroes In Training podcast
and team members in the GHiT
Immature Endurance Racing Team

GHIT 0081: Kate and Bennett Danvers of our GHiT Team

Discussion of The Rise of Skywalker

Star Wars Episode IX
Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker

WOOT 0080: SPOILER FILLED Discussion of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

SPOILER FILLED EPISODE:  On this weekends Way Off Our Topic (WOOT) episode, we try to review the most recent Star Wars movie, The Rise of Skywalker.  We try to get a broad range of opinions from relatively hard core Star Wars fans to fans who have seen the movies and we also range from 11 years old to over 50.  In general, we all liked the movie. 

We had issues with some parts, but in general, the internet backlash is much stronger than any of us felt it should be.  With us this week, we had returning Guest Jeff with his son Josh (11), returning guest Craiggers with his son Noah (18), along with Vicki and Bill. 

Highlights and Discussion centers on the following points:

1)  Our individual Star Wars history and fandom
2)  An in-depth review of most of the major points of The Rise of Skywalker along with several discussions along the way, as well as our usual trivia bits
3)  Jeff discusses Roger Bannister’s breaking of the 4-minute mile
4)  New canon and force capabilities expansion
5)  The very full nature of this movie plot and Craig’s very likely theory
6)  Potential editing choices/options to simplify the movie and add more to sections and/or stakes to the movie
7)  Is Hux really Biff
8)  Force users:  anyone vs by birthright/family lineage
9)  Acting comparison between prequels and sequels
10)  The Han Solo cameo and would it have happened is Carrie Fisher had not passed away
11)  Luke’s change in tone vs Episode 8
12)  Overall thoughts and rating of the movie
13)  Impact of Carrie Fisher’s death on the movie and plot points
14)  Star Wars:  Disney vs Lucas films, Closer than you would think
15)  Retcon of The Last Jedi/Episode 8
16)  Favorite characters, both lead and supporting
17)  Coolest Light Saber of the entire series
18)  The Star Wars family tree discussion and significant Naboo commonality
19)  The original sequel trilogy layout vs what we saw

Our Final Ratings:

Jeff:  Wanted to shift focus and expand upon certain other areas 8.0
Josh:  Too Complex, 8.0
Craig:  Sith level avoidance, as would be expected, but 8.0
Noah:  Avoided, rather similarly, Sith in training? 7.0
Vicki:  Still shipping Ben and Rey to a 8.0
Bill:  8.5, not quite a 9 as was thought upon first viewing

And finally a check in on The Mandalorian through episode 7 and a bit about The Witcher

Did we cover everything?  If not, let us know in the comments and we may have a part 2. 

Best regards,
Bill, Vicki, and Alan
Hosts of the Garage Heroes In Training podcast
and team members in the GHiT
Immature Endurance Racing Team

WOOT 0080: SPOILER FILLED Discussion of Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker