E313 – Buddy - What Would YOU Do?

In this episode of Cinema IRL, Amber and Scott dive into the bizarre, kitschy world of the horror-comedy Buddy , a film centered on a children’s show host who happens to be a murderous orange unicorn. The hosts share a hilarious debate over the cultural impact of childhood icons like Barney and Bozo the Clown, with Scott remaining blissfully ignorant of the purple dinosaur’s reign. They also dissect the absurdity of the film’s "Diamond City" facade and the traumatic reality of being a child actor in a world where your co-star might just be a demonic entity. Some What Would You Dos from the episode: What would you do if your spouse insisted they felt a "presence" in the home, saw an empty chair at the dinner table that should be occupied, and then screamed at the top of their lungs in front of your children? What would you do if you were trapped in a surreal, murderous children's show and realized the only way to potentially escape was to run the perimeter of the park to see what lay beyond the fence? What would you do if you were a child, witnessed a murder, and the only "adult" authority figure you could turn to was the very unicorn trying to kill you? What would you do if you were a child protagonist who finally escaped into the real world, only to realize your sentient, talking backpack and mailbox companions had reverted to inanimate objects? The conversation reaches peak absurdity when the hosts argue over the proper protocol for a husband whose wife is clearly having a supernatural crisis, leading to a fiery debate on whether divorce papers are the only logical response to a dismissive spouse. Ultimately, Scott and Amber conclude that if your television ever beckons you to come closer, the only correct answer is to run in the opposite direction.