Comic Book Men s06e15 Episode Script
The Amazing Walter
1 [upbeat rock music.]
You know what I like doing? Combining romantic comedies and sci-fi or horror films.
You know? Just to kill the day.
Imagine if this movie existed taking "Star Wars" and "When Harry Met Sally," but now it's called "When Han Solo Met Sally," right? And remember that classic orgasm scene in the diner? - [chuckles.]
- Now picture that Han Solo, Sally, and Chewbacca.
In the cantina.
- In the cantina.
- Yeah.
[laughter.]
And Chewbacca's, you know, faking orgasms - Yeah.
Yeah.
- in front of Han Solo.
And he's getting all embarrassed 'cause his buddy is faking orgasms in front of a girl he likes.
But how would anyone know? - Yeah.
- [laughter.]
[growling.]
I-I love that, and then, when they leave, like, Han Solo slips that coin "Sorry about the mess.
" [laughter.]
At least Han didn't shoot first that time.
[laughter.]
Oh! [heroic music.]
[laughs.]
Hello, welcome to another episode of "Comic Book Men," the only show that's still looking for "Mission Report: December 16th, 1991.
" I'm Kevin Smith.
- Bryan Johnson.
- Walt Flanagan.
- Mike Zapcic.
- Ming Chen.
Okay, tell me some tales to astonish.
- When I say "Nanu nanu" - Mm.
What comes to mind? - Hey, how are you? - Hey, I'm good.
Nanu nanu.
- Nanu? - Nanu nanu.
Yeah.
What do you got? I have a Mork doll from "Mork & Mindy" with the Talking Spacepack.
I've never seen this before.
- Have you? - No.
Is it packaged, like, wrong? Is this an error? No, it was specifically packaged upside-down like that 'cause he did so often in the show.
- That's right.
- Yeah, they would always be like, "Hey, have a seat," and he would sit on his head.
- I guess that's how they did it on Ork.
- It's in unbelievable condition.
It looks like it just came out of the carton.
- Where did you get it? - My boss actually gave it to me as a Christmas present because he knew how much I love Robin Williams, and now I'm trying to save up for a tattoo, so I'm kind of cleaning off my desk of, like, collectibles that don't really fit.
- So you want to get a tattoo.
- Yeah.
I want to get a Robin Williams quote.
"You're only given a little spark of madness.
"You mustn't lose it.
" Ooh.
That's deep, right? 'Cause that's what happens.
We squash it down.
We lose our madness.
We don't embrace it.
For some of us, it increases exponentially by the hour.
[laughter.]
If you don't take the right meds.
Yeah.
What time is it? [laughter.]
"Mork & Mindy," man.
The sitcom from our childhood that spun out of "Happy Days" and somehow involved an alien from space who was the great Robin Williams, a force of nature like you've never seen before and will never see again.
The career of Robin Williams doesn't become what it became without the stop on Ork, man.
It made its mark in in pop culture history.
In a post "Star Wars" world, it felt like the "Happy Days," Garry Marshall attempt at, like, "Let's play with 'Star Wars.
'" [laughter.]
I don't even know if "high energy" is the right word to describe the character on screen, right? I mean, it's like - he's like a tornado.
- It's like ma it's manic.
It's like [groaning.]
like [laughter.]
Is that your Mork impression? - Yeah, didn't he run around - Let me hear that again.
He was like [imitating Mork.]
- Like, you know, he would do this.
- [laughter.]
Like, "Nanu nanu.
" It was like, so great.
You can't possibly be a "Mork & Mindy" fan.
You're way too young.
I'm more of a Robin Williams fan.
I grew up with, you know, him voice-acting in "Aladdin.
" One of my favorite movies was "FernGully.
" And, as an actor, he can make you cry laughing and then make you cry on the floor because he's so ridiculously emotional in his movies.
"Patch Adams" is my favorite.
Don't take this the wrong way, but "Patch Adams"? - Yeah, I know.
- Seriously? - I love that movie.
- [laughter.]
Favorite Robin Williams movie.
Go.
- "Popeye.
" - Oh, good pull, man.
Fun songs.
True to the comic strip.
I mean, it didn't do well at the box office, but it is an amazing movie, and it is visually stunning.
Ming, what about you? Favorite Robin Williams movie.
I'm gonna go for "One Hour Photo.
" Creepy Robin Williams.
- My Lord.
[laughs.]
- [laughter.]
Nobody picks "One Hour Photo.
" [laughter.]
What about you, Zap? Favorite Robin Williams movie.
I'm a "Mrs.
Doubtfire" man.
- A wig.
- [laughter.]
You said a mouthful there.
I knew it.
I knew it.
There's some Freudian crap behind that, man.
- Shazbot.
Don't talk to me like that.
- [chuckles.]
"Shazbot.
Don't talk to me like that.
" So it still works.
What are you looking to get for it? I'm looking to get about $75 for it.
'Cause it still works.
It's mint in the box.
The condition is crazy.
- It's made in '79.
- Yeah.
That alone, uh, makes it a a piece I'd like to acquire, just because it's so mint.
$75, just a little bit too high for us to make any money on it, though.
Yeah.
Any chance you could do $40? What do you say to $65? I could do $50.
How about $50? Yeah, I could do $50.
$50's good.
- You can do 50? - Yeah.
All right.
What did Mork say, when, uh, he was pleased with something? - Didn't - Kayo, right? - Oh, yeah, Kayo.
- Kayo, yeah.
- He said it backwards.
- Instead of okay, yeah.
- Oh.
- Both: Kayo.
Kayo.
$50.
- Awesome.
- Thank you so much.
Thanks, guys.
This is a "Kreskin ESP" game.
- Pick up the card.
- Okay.
And Walt's gonna have to guess - what's on the card.
- Guess? - Well, I'm sorry for - There's no guesswork, Stu.
Perceive.
1990 "Dick Tracy" action figures.
Wow, this is some collection.
[upbeat rock music.]
- Hey, how you doing? - Sup? - Hey, how are you? - Good.
I suspect you might believe in ESP.
Your suspicions would be correct.
- Well, then, I have - [imitating sci-fi sound.]
- Okay.
- [laughter.]
I have the perfect game for you, then.
This is from 1966.
It's a "Kreskin ESP" game.
- Kreskin.
- Yep, Kreskin.
- I remember the name, but - Yeah.
Was he a real character or a fictional character? No, he was a real character.
He was on "Johnny Carson," - like, 90 times.
- Yeah.
I thought he was actually a fictional character.
I thought it was like Houdini or something.
- Oh, he was real too.
- [laughter.]
Houdini I'm pretty sure Houdini is real.
- Yeah.
- He'd pull people out of the audience and predict things.
He predicted the Super Bowl last year.
- He's still around.
- He got it right? - Got it right.
- Before the season began, - or did he just - No, it was before the game.
Before the big game.
What about you? What if you had the gift? You think you could handle it? I'm not so sure I don't already have it already.
I think I could read your mind.
- I'm gonna read it right now.
- All right.
- You gross pig.
- [laughter.]
That's disgusting.
Same thing every time I go in there.
The Amazing Kreskin had a board game? It is crazy, right? I mean That was reserved in our childhood.
A board game meant you made it, man.
"The Waltons," they had a game.
"The Dukes of Hazzard," they had a game.
- Bob Newhart had a game.
- [laughs.]
But there hasn't been any other mentalist games after Kreskin.
I haven't seen a John Edwards, you know - [laughter.]
- board game.
"Scam your friends.
" [laughter.]
- So where'd you get it? - I picked this up at a flea market.
I'm a market researcher, and I like to pick up ESP and fortune telling games just in case the science didn't work out.
Then I would put it in my office as a joke.
Let's see what your game says here.
It says, "Will the mystery pendulum "answer your questions about love?" Do you have any questions about love? - Always.
- "How do you make it?" [laughter.]
There's I mean, there's always questions about love, though.
Especially when both his kids look like me.
[laughter.]
Kreskin, he's never claimed to be a psychic.
He's a mentalist, and a mentalist is somebody that's, like, really great with the power of suggestion.
So if I were to say that I felt I had a little bit of psychic abilities, you would be like, "You're crazy"? You'd be the one person in the world I'd probably be like, "He might.
" [laughter.]
- We could play it? - Sure, why not? Basically, do you remember the beginning of the first "Ghostbusters"? - Yeah.
- With, uh, Dr.
Venkman? Yeah, Bill Murray had two students in there.
- Yeah.
- And they were trying to predict - their ESP, uh - Exactly.
You're gonna be projecting your thoughts.
- Projecting? - Okay.
- What's your name again? - Stu.
- Stu? - Yeah.
You would consider yourself a man of science, correct? I am, yes.
Well, I'm about to show you that, you know, your whole life is a sham.
- All right, well, I'll - Science, schmience.
Okay.
What you're gonna do - is pick up a card - Okay.
- concentrate on it.
- Okay.
And, uh, Walt's gonna have to guess - what's on the card - Guess? - Well, I'm sorry for - There's no guesswork, Stu.
Perceive.
Perceive.
You're gonna have to get the vibe on what is on the card.
All right, so can you see the shapes that you have to choose from? - Yes.
- Okay.
Are you ready? - Yes.
- Okay.
[mysterious music.]
It's feeling like a shape.
It is a shape.
It's feeling like it feels like, uh, I'm seeing the earth.
I'm seeing the green trees on the earth, Stu.
I think it's a green circle, bitch.
- Okay.
- [chuckles.]
- All: Oh! - That's pretty good.
- Yeah, okay.
- [laughter.]
- Whoa.
- He nailed it.
The mystic powers of Milton Bradley have revealed Walt's psychic abilities.
You have the power.
And that's why I'm now your personal, um - Seer.
- [laughs.]
Look into his future and tell us what you see.
It's not gonna end well.
[laughter.]
Today or ever? No, really? How? How did you do it? I mean, it was astounding.
Is it easier with weaker minds? It oh, it's way harder.
You I mean, it was like pulling teeth, trying to figure out what was in that head.
- Really? - Oh, that's tough.
I'm afraid I'm afraid to think around you now.
What was your excuse for not thinking around him prior to this? - Like, the past 15 years.
- [laughter.]
This may be the most fun game I've ever played, man.
I want to get this so we can have it, you know, when it's slow at the Stash pop it out, you know? Could read each other's minds.
What do you want for it? I predict that you're going to give me $60 for this.
And that's why you're on that side - Okay.
- And I'm over here - guessing green circles.
- Okay.
'Cause I'm only gonna pay 25 bucks.
I predict that you're going to give me $50 for this.
The pendulum says $35.
Come on, Stu.
You know you're not gonna get a better deal than that.
Okay, all right, I'll take 35.
That's fine.
- $35? - Yeah, it's a deal.
All right, done.
[register dings.]
$35, man, it was awesome.
- Thank you.
- Come again any time, man.
- Thank you.
- Thanks, thanks.
- See you later.
- I love that guy.
I think Stu's horoscope was, "Today you'll be taken by a charlatan.
" [laughter.]
"Dick Tracy" action figures.
Wow, this is some collection.
Of what? [laughter.]
- "Werewolf by Night" 32.
- Oh, yeah.
- First appearance of? - Both: Moon Knight.
- Nice.
- That's right.
I was a co-executive producer on "Good Will Hunting," a movie that Robin Williams is in, so I got to meet Robin Williams, and we were talking one day on the set about being famous, 'cause there were people outside who were just, like, lined up 'cause they knew that he was inside, and, um, we were like, "That must be "from 'Dead Poets Society' or 'Good Morning, Vietnam, '" or any of the number of movies that he'd done, and he goes, "If you go out there and ask most people, "it's probably still 'Mork.
'" And I was like, "Really?" And he said, "Yeah.
Movies are special, "but TV puts you into people's homes.
"Every week, you're a family member.
" He's like, "So no matter where I go in this life, "even 20 years later, people still scream 'Mork'!" [laughter.]
[upbeat rock music.]
- Hey, how you doing? - Hey, guys, how's it going? Pretty good.
Whatcha got there? 1990 "Dick Tracy" action figures.
- Full box? - Full box.
Well, let's take it back to the poker table.
- Check it out.
- Yeah? All right.
- All right.
- Ooh.
Here's Lips Manlis.
Lips Manlis.
[snickers.]
- Dick Tracy himself.
- Little bowlegged, right? - [snickers.]
- And The Tramp.
Ooh, you got this is the hardest one to find in the Dick Tracy line, The Tramp.
Mumbles, Dustin Hoffman's character.
Oh.
Looks like these were purchased at, like, some sort of blowout.
You can see the residue of a sticker where it was, like, you know, "two for a quarter.
" Really? These highly sculpted figures? [laughs.]
Both: Pruneface.
Probably the most famous of Dick Tracy's rogues gallery, right? - No, I'd say it's Flattop.
- Flattop? I would think so, yeah? That's what I'd go with.
And the man himself, Big Boy Caprice, - Al Pacino's character.
- That's right.
And the last piece is - Oh.
- Big Boy Caprice's car.
Wow, this is some collection.
Of what? [laughter.]
Why? Are you guys not impressed? I mean, I saw the movie, but I didn't you know, it wasn't an instant classic.
I think I literally, I think I saw it once, and I totally forgot about it.
You know, this was released the year after "Batman" came out.
That's why it's often overlooked.
If not for Tim Burton's "Batman," it would've been the world of Dick Tracy.
Like the world would've settled.
- [laughs.]
- Yeah.
Yeah, that's pretty much what I just said, like, had there been no Batman, - I was like, "Ah, this is good enough.
" - No, I don't I don't buy that, right? Am I right or am I wrong? - I mean - School me about Dick.
[laughter.]
I mean, these villains were probably one of the most iconic villains ever on screen.
Mm-hmm.
It seems like you haven't seen the movie in a long time.
I think you need to re-watch it, honestly.
They're so iconic that I can't even remember them.
- Not one of them.
- Not one of them.
Is the Warren Beatty "Dick Tracy" movie the most underrated comic book movie of all time? No, not by a long shot.
Really, you feel that? You saw it, like, 15 times, didn't you? - [laughs.]
- I did.
I saw it a lot.
I did.
That's why I think I'm the world's most authority in saying "no.
" No, it's not.
It is not a comic book movie as much as it's a comic strip movie.
Comic strip movies like "Popeye" or "Dick Tracy" are based on characters that told stories - over three or four panels daily.
- Yeah.
So it wasn't really a comic book movie.
It's incredibly well made, but it felt, like, about 50 years too late.
[laughter.]
So where'd you get all these figures? Two years ago, I was at New York Comic Con, and some guy just had all of them out there, and, uh - What a score.
- And, um, yeah.
It was best score I've ever had.
So this is your best score toy-wise.
- Yeah.
This is it.
- Oh, boy.
- What? That's - Oh, no.
This is an amazing score.
Look at how look at the condition of the cards.
These holes weren't even punched in when I got 'em.
Oh, why'd you punch 'em out? I put 'em on my wall.
Don't you know the importance of whatever this thing is? People go crazy for it if it's not punched out.
It's worth so much more.
Rookie mistakes, man.
- Wow.
- I mean "How can I decrease the value of these things "that are hardly worth anything to begin with?" [laughter.]
So why are you selling 'em? I mean, it sounds like you have a lot of affection for it.
Yeah, I do.
Uh, I'm making a move to a new apartment, and I could use the cash, honestly.
What were you looking to get for 'em? I was thinking $600 for the whole set.
Whoa.
Is anybody really charging that much for this lot? Yeah, people still collect these.
I think you and I are the only two people left on the planet, though, who have an affection for "Dick Tracy.
" I mean, you heard these guys.
- Yeah, they don't appreciate it at all.
- Just rip it to shreds.
It pains me to say this, because I love this character and I love this franchise, but these are nasty-looking figures.
[laughter.]
I don't think we would have much of an interest in it, but thanks for bringing 'em in.
Oh, no problem, man.
I love Dick Tracy and seeing these wonderful figures.
- Thanks, man.
- No, no problem.
Appreciate it, man.
"Werewolf by Night" 32.
The most expensive book in the "Werewolf" 's 43-issue run.
[upbeat rock music.]
Let's say you had a magic pencil.
Whatever you drew would materialize in front of you.
- What would you draw? - Good question.
- I would draw my own comic book store.
- Whoa.
- Really? - Yeah.
You want to work at another comic book store? I want to own my own comic book store.
[laughter.]
He draws another comic book store he could be employed by.
It'd be really sweet, yeah.
I'd draw my own comic book store.
Like, you know, "Ming's Comic Book World" or something like that.
Just 'cause you draw a structure doesn't mean it has electricity, plumbing I can't assume that it's well-stocked and it's it's, like, really awesome on the inside? You forgot about the finer details of this magic pencil.
[laughter.]
- Hey, how you doing? - Hey.
How you doing? What can we do for you today? I was eyeing that "Werewolf by Night" 32.
Want to grab the book for the man? Hot book, right? I'm anticipating that it will be, yes.
So, uh, yeah, wanted to get my hands on that.
- There you go.
- Thank you.
- "Werewolf by Night" 32.
- Oh, yeah.
- First appearance of? - Both: Moon Knight.
- Nice.
- That's right.
Get it out of the bag and give it the once-over.
Yeah, sure.
This is "Werewolf by Night" 32.
Easily the most expensive book in the "Werewolf" 's 43-issue run.
- Not even his number 1? - Not even his number 1.
- It doesn't even come close.
- Oh.
There's a nice example of a character being introduced - in a Marvel monster book.
- Mm-hmm.
And a character then going on to eclipse the star of the book.
And if they put Moon Knight in "The Defenders" TV show, it's just gonna make everybody go, uh, that much more nuts.
What do you think the chances are that this that this hits, that Moon Knight becomes a sensation? I'd say the chances are pretty good.
Moon Knight.
- Marc Spector Moon Knight? - Yes.
Character's been around since, when, the '70s? And has never broken through to the mainstream.
But now, with the rumors that he's about to get that series, everybody's buying up this book.
Largely dismissed by a DC fan as Marvel's Batman.
That's how they say it a lot, but Moon Knight he's a billionaire, I believe, and he's got, you know, a bunch of toys and tools just like Bruce Wayne.
He's even got an Alfred called Frenchie.
- But "Were" - Is is he French? - Yeah, he's duh, yeah, he's French.
- [laughter.]
- "Duh"? - Wow.
No, he just likes to kiss with tongues.
What's your feeling on Johnny-come-latelies like this speculator right here? Stash loves.
- Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
- Stash loves Johnny.
All right, well, not exactly.
Look.
When I was a kid, I used to rock with these old-school Marvel monster books.
I'm probably be buried with my 1 through 72, my "Dracula", - so, just saying.
- All: Ohh.
- Just saying.
- He knows He knows the issue run.
Just so happens I'm here on business today.
That's some cred right there.
- So.
- Ming's shaking.
- He's like, "Oh.
" - [laughs.]
Please don't fire me and hire him.
I'm saying.
"I haven't drawn my magic comic book store yet.
"Don't fire me yet.
" [laughter.]
Have you ever hit any books that you targeted? You bought 'em low and then sold 'em high? Yeah, I did "New Mutants" 98.
- First Deadpool.
- Oh.
"Batman Adventures" 12.
Harley Quinn's first appearance.
- Ooh.
- Nice.
So when "Suicide Squad" dropped - Yeah? - Yeah.
All right, so we're looking to get, uh, $400 for the book.
Four? You got a little stuff happening - along the binding, though, I mean - Mm hmm.
Yeah.
Well, you know, a high-grade issue would fetch now, you know, close to $700.
Mm.
Okay.
I was thinking more like $300.
How about $375? How about 3 fiddy? I can do $350.
- All right.
- That's good.
Done.
My man.
You want to put back in the bag for the gentleman? You got it.
- There you go, sir.
- All right.
Thank you.
- Appreciate it.
- It was a pleasure.
- Talk to you later.
- Thank you, fellas.
You ever feel any responsibility, like, that guy speculating on a book that may sink in value if Moon Knight doesn't pan out? Could be like the big sell-off of '29.
- [laughs.]
- 1929? Yeah, like, he's jumping off the roof and stuff.
You could throw the country into a depression, and you don't think about it, do you? Caveat emptor, man.
Commies.
Commies.
The three of you.
Commies.
Oh, that's all the time we got for this week.
Sorry, kids.
For "Comic Book Men," I'm Kevin Smith.
- Bryan Johnson.
- Walt Flanagan.
- Mike Zapcic.
- Ming Chen.
Never play baseball with a kid named Negan, folks.
Good night.
You know what I like doing? Combining romantic comedies and sci-fi or horror films.
You know? Just to kill the day.
Imagine if this movie existed taking "Star Wars" and "When Harry Met Sally," but now it's called "When Han Solo Met Sally," right? And remember that classic orgasm scene in the diner? - [chuckles.]
- Now picture that Han Solo, Sally, and Chewbacca.
In the cantina.
- In the cantina.
- Yeah.
[laughter.]
And Chewbacca's, you know, faking orgasms - Yeah.
Yeah.
- in front of Han Solo.
And he's getting all embarrassed 'cause his buddy is faking orgasms in front of a girl he likes.
But how would anyone know? - Yeah.
- [laughter.]
[growling.]
I-I love that, and then, when they leave, like, Han Solo slips that coin "Sorry about the mess.
" [laughter.]
At least Han didn't shoot first that time.
[laughter.]
Oh! [heroic music.]
[laughs.]
Hello, welcome to another episode of "Comic Book Men," the only show that's still looking for "Mission Report: December 16th, 1991.
" I'm Kevin Smith.
- Bryan Johnson.
- Walt Flanagan.
- Mike Zapcic.
- Ming Chen.
Okay, tell me some tales to astonish.
- When I say "Nanu nanu" - Mm.
What comes to mind? - Hey, how are you? - Hey, I'm good.
Nanu nanu.
- Nanu? - Nanu nanu.
Yeah.
What do you got? I have a Mork doll from "Mork & Mindy" with the Talking Spacepack.
I've never seen this before.
- Have you? - No.
Is it packaged, like, wrong? Is this an error? No, it was specifically packaged upside-down like that 'cause he did so often in the show.
- That's right.
- Yeah, they would always be like, "Hey, have a seat," and he would sit on his head.
- I guess that's how they did it on Ork.
- It's in unbelievable condition.
It looks like it just came out of the carton.
- Where did you get it? - My boss actually gave it to me as a Christmas present because he knew how much I love Robin Williams, and now I'm trying to save up for a tattoo, so I'm kind of cleaning off my desk of, like, collectibles that don't really fit.
- So you want to get a tattoo.
- Yeah.
I want to get a Robin Williams quote.
"You're only given a little spark of madness.
"You mustn't lose it.
" Ooh.
That's deep, right? 'Cause that's what happens.
We squash it down.
We lose our madness.
We don't embrace it.
For some of us, it increases exponentially by the hour.
[laughter.]
If you don't take the right meds.
Yeah.
What time is it? [laughter.]
"Mork & Mindy," man.
The sitcom from our childhood that spun out of "Happy Days" and somehow involved an alien from space who was the great Robin Williams, a force of nature like you've never seen before and will never see again.
The career of Robin Williams doesn't become what it became without the stop on Ork, man.
It made its mark in in pop culture history.
In a post "Star Wars" world, it felt like the "Happy Days," Garry Marshall attempt at, like, "Let's play with 'Star Wars.
'" [laughter.]
I don't even know if "high energy" is the right word to describe the character on screen, right? I mean, it's like - he's like a tornado.
- It's like ma it's manic.
It's like [groaning.]
like [laughter.]
Is that your Mork impression? - Yeah, didn't he run around - Let me hear that again.
He was like [imitating Mork.]
- Like, you know, he would do this.
- [laughter.]
Like, "Nanu nanu.
" It was like, so great.
You can't possibly be a "Mork & Mindy" fan.
You're way too young.
I'm more of a Robin Williams fan.
I grew up with, you know, him voice-acting in "Aladdin.
" One of my favorite movies was "FernGully.
" And, as an actor, he can make you cry laughing and then make you cry on the floor because he's so ridiculously emotional in his movies.
"Patch Adams" is my favorite.
Don't take this the wrong way, but "Patch Adams"? - Yeah, I know.
- Seriously? - I love that movie.
- [laughter.]
Favorite Robin Williams movie.
Go.
- "Popeye.
" - Oh, good pull, man.
Fun songs.
True to the comic strip.
I mean, it didn't do well at the box office, but it is an amazing movie, and it is visually stunning.
Ming, what about you? Favorite Robin Williams movie.
I'm gonna go for "One Hour Photo.
" Creepy Robin Williams.
- My Lord.
[laughs.]
- [laughter.]
Nobody picks "One Hour Photo.
" [laughter.]
What about you, Zap? Favorite Robin Williams movie.
I'm a "Mrs.
Doubtfire" man.
- A wig.
- [laughter.]
You said a mouthful there.
I knew it.
I knew it.
There's some Freudian crap behind that, man.
- Shazbot.
Don't talk to me like that.
- [chuckles.]
"Shazbot.
Don't talk to me like that.
" So it still works.
What are you looking to get for it? I'm looking to get about $75 for it.
'Cause it still works.
It's mint in the box.
The condition is crazy.
- It's made in '79.
- Yeah.
That alone, uh, makes it a a piece I'd like to acquire, just because it's so mint.
$75, just a little bit too high for us to make any money on it, though.
Yeah.
Any chance you could do $40? What do you say to $65? I could do $50.
How about $50? Yeah, I could do $50.
$50's good.
- You can do 50? - Yeah.
All right.
What did Mork say, when, uh, he was pleased with something? - Didn't - Kayo, right? - Oh, yeah, Kayo.
- Kayo, yeah.
- He said it backwards.
- Instead of okay, yeah.
- Oh.
- Both: Kayo.
Kayo.
$50.
- Awesome.
- Thank you so much.
Thanks, guys.
This is a "Kreskin ESP" game.
- Pick up the card.
- Okay.
And Walt's gonna have to guess - what's on the card.
- Guess? - Well, I'm sorry for - There's no guesswork, Stu.
Perceive.
1990 "Dick Tracy" action figures.
Wow, this is some collection.
[upbeat rock music.]
- Hey, how you doing? - Sup? - Hey, how are you? - Good.
I suspect you might believe in ESP.
Your suspicions would be correct.
- Well, then, I have - [imitating sci-fi sound.]
- Okay.
- [laughter.]
I have the perfect game for you, then.
This is from 1966.
It's a "Kreskin ESP" game.
- Kreskin.
- Yep, Kreskin.
- I remember the name, but - Yeah.
Was he a real character or a fictional character? No, he was a real character.
He was on "Johnny Carson," - like, 90 times.
- Yeah.
I thought he was actually a fictional character.
I thought it was like Houdini or something.
- Oh, he was real too.
- [laughter.]
Houdini I'm pretty sure Houdini is real.
- Yeah.
- He'd pull people out of the audience and predict things.
He predicted the Super Bowl last year.
- He's still around.
- He got it right? - Got it right.
- Before the season began, - or did he just - No, it was before the game.
Before the big game.
What about you? What if you had the gift? You think you could handle it? I'm not so sure I don't already have it already.
I think I could read your mind.
- I'm gonna read it right now.
- All right.
- You gross pig.
- [laughter.]
That's disgusting.
Same thing every time I go in there.
The Amazing Kreskin had a board game? It is crazy, right? I mean That was reserved in our childhood.
A board game meant you made it, man.
"The Waltons," they had a game.
"The Dukes of Hazzard," they had a game.
- Bob Newhart had a game.
- [laughs.]
But there hasn't been any other mentalist games after Kreskin.
I haven't seen a John Edwards, you know - [laughter.]
- board game.
"Scam your friends.
" [laughter.]
- So where'd you get it? - I picked this up at a flea market.
I'm a market researcher, and I like to pick up ESP and fortune telling games just in case the science didn't work out.
Then I would put it in my office as a joke.
Let's see what your game says here.
It says, "Will the mystery pendulum "answer your questions about love?" Do you have any questions about love? - Always.
- "How do you make it?" [laughter.]
There's I mean, there's always questions about love, though.
Especially when both his kids look like me.
[laughter.]
Kreskin, he's never claimed to be a psychic.
He's a mentalist, and a mentalist is somebody that's, like, really great with the power of suggestion.
So if I were to say that I felt I had a little bit of psychic abilities, you would be like, "You're crazy"? You'd be the one person in the world I'd probably be like, "He might.
" [laughter.]
- We could play it? - Sure, why not? Basically, do you remember the beginning of the first "Ghostbusters"? - Yeah.
- With, uh, Dr.
Venkman? Yeah, Bill Murray had two students in there.
- Yeah.
- And they were trying to predict - their ESP, uh - Exactly.
You're gonna be projecting your thoughts.
- Projecting? - Okay.
- What's your name again? - Stu.
- Stu? - Yeah.
You would consider yourself a man of science, correct? I am, yes.
Well, I'm about to show you that, you know, your whole life is a sham.
- All right, well, I'll - Science, schmience.
Okay.
What you're gonna do - is pick up a card - Okay.
- concentrate on it.
- Okay.
And, uh, Walt's gonna have to guess - what's on the card - Guess? - Well, I'm sorry for - There's no guesswork, Stu.
Perceive.
Perceive.
You're gonna have to get the vibe on what is on the card.
All right, so can you see the shapes that you have to choose from? - Yes.
- Okay.
Are you ready? - Yes.
- Okay.
[mysterious music.]
It's feeling like a shape.
It is a shape.
It's feeling like it feels like, uh, I'm seeing the earth.
I'm seeing the green trees on the earth, Stu.
I think it's a green circle, bitch.
- Okay.
- [chuckles.]
- All: Oh! - That's pretty good.
- Yeah, okay.
- [laughter.]
- Whoa.
- He nailed it.
The mystic powers of Milton Bradley have revealed Walt's psychic abilities.
You have the power.
And that's why I'm now your personal, um - Seer.
- [laughs.]
Look into his future and tell us what you see.
It's not gonna end well.
[laughter.]
Today or ever? No, really? How? How did you do it? I mean, it was astounding.
Is it easier with weaker minds? It oh, it's way harder.
You I mean, it was like pulling teeth, trying to figure out what was in that head.
- Really? - Oh, that's tough.
I'm afraid I'm afraid to think around you now.
What was your excuse for not thinking around him prior to this? - Like, the past 15 years.
- [laughter.]
This may be the most fun game I've ever played, man.
I want to get this so we can have it, you know, when it's slow at the Stash pop it out, you know? Could read each other's minds.
What do you want for it? I predict that you're going to give me $60 for this.
And that's why you're on that side - Okay.
- And I'm over here - guessing green circles.
- Okay.
'Cause I'm only gonna pay 25 bucks.
I predict that you're going to give me $50 for this.
The pendulum says $35.
Come on, Stu.
You know you're not gonna get a better deal than that.
Okay, all right, I'll take 35.
That's fine.
- $35? - Yeah, it's a deal.
All right, done.
[register dings.]
$35, man, it was awesome.
- Thank you.
- Come again any time, man.
- Thank you.
- Thanks, thanks.
- See you later.
- I love that guy.
I think Stu's horoscope was, "Today you'll be taken by a charlatan.
" [laughter.]
"Dick Tracy" action figures.
Wow, this is some collection.
Of what? [laughter.]
- "Werewolf by Night" 32.
- Oh, yeah.
- First appearance of? - Both: Moon Knight.
- Nice.
- That's right.
I was a co-executive producer on "Good Will Hunting," a movie that Robin Williams is in, so I got to meet Robin Williams, and we were talking one day on the set about being famous, 'cause there were people outside who were just, like, lined up 'cause they knew that he was inside, and, um, we were like, "That must be "from 'Dead Poets Society' or 'Good Morning, Vietnam, '" or any of the number of movies that he'd done, and he goes, "If you go out there and ask most people, "it's probably still 'Mork.
'" And I was like, "Really?" And he said, "Yeah.
Movies are special, "but TV puts you into people's homes.
"Every week, you're a family member.
" He's like, "So no matter where I go in this life, "even 20 years later, people still scream 'Mork'!" [laughter.]
[upbeat rock music.]
- Hey, how you doing? - Hey, guys, how's it going? Pretty good.
Whatcha got there? 1990 "Dick Tracy" action figures.
- Full box? - Full box.
Well, let's take it back to the poker table.
- Check it out.
- Yeah? All right.
- All right.
- Ooh.
Here's Lips Manlis.
Lips Manlis.
[snickers.]
- Dick Tracy himself.
- Little bowlegged, right? - [snickers.]
- And The Tramp.
Ooh, you got this is the hardest one to find in the Dick Tracy line, The Tramp.
Mumbles, Dustin Hoffman's character.
Oh.
Looks like these were purchased at, like, some sort of blowout.
You can see the residue of a sticker where it was, like, you know, "two for a quarter.
" Really? These highly sculpted figures? [laughs.]
Both: Pruneface.
Probably the most famous of Dick Tracy's rogues gallery, right? - No, I'd say it's Flattop.
- Flattop? I would think so, yeah? That's what I'd go with.
And the man himself, Big Boy Caprice, - Al Pacino's character.
- That's right.
And the last piece is - Oh.
- Big Boy Caprice's car.
Wow, this is some collection.
Of what? [laughter.]
Why? Are you guys not impressed? I mean, I saw the movie, but I didn't you know, it wasn't an instant classic.
I think I literally, I think I saw it once, and I totally forgot about it.
You know, this was released the year after "Batman" came out.
That's why it's often overlooked.
If not for Tim Burton's "Batman," it would've been the world of Dick Tracy.
Like the world would've settled.
- [laughs.]
- Yeah.
Yeah, that's pretty much what I just said, like, had there been no Batman, - I was like, "Ah, this is good enough.
" - No, I don't I don't buy that, right? Am I right or am I wrong? - I mean - School me about Dick.
[laughter.]
I mean, these villains were probably one of the most iconic villains ever on screen.
Mm-hmm.
It seems like you haven't seen the movie in a long time.
I think you need to re-watch it, honestly.
They're so iconic that I can't even remember them.
- Not one of them.
- Not one of them.
Is the Warren Beatty "Dick Tracy" movie the most underrated comic book movie of all time? No, not by a long shot.
Really, you feel that? You saw it, like, 15 times, didn't you? - [laughs.]
- I did.
I saw it a lot.
I did.
That's why I think I'm the world's most authority in saying "no.
" No, it's not.
It is not a comic book movie as much as it's a comic strip movie.
Comic strip movies like "Popeye" or "Dick Tracy" are based on characters that told stories - over three or four panels daily.
- Yeah.
So it wasn't really a comic book movie.
It's incredibly well made, but it felt, like, about 50 years too late.
[laughter.]
So where'd you get all these figures? Two years ago, I was at New York Comic Con, and some guy just had all of them out there, and, uh - What a score.
- And, um, yeah.
It was best score I've ever had.
So this is your best score toy-wise.
- Yeah.
This is it.
- Oh, boy.
- What? That's - Oh, no.
This is an amazing score.
Look at how look at the condition of the cards.
These holes weren't even punched in when I got 'em.
Oh, why'd you punch 'em out? I put 'em on my wall.
Don't you know the importance of whatever this thing is? People go crazy for it if it's not punched out.
It's worth so much more.
Rookie mistakes, man.
- Wow.
- I mean "How can I decrease the value of these things "that are hardly worth anything to begin with?" [laughter.]
So why are you selling 'em? I mean, it sounds like you have a lot of affection for it.
Yeah, I do.
Uh, I'm making a move to a new apartment, and I could use the cash, honestly.
What were you looking to get for 'em? I was thinking $600 for the whole set.
Whoa.
Is anybody really charging that much for this lot? Yeah, people still collect these.
I think you and I are the only two people left on the planet, though, who have an affection for "Dick Tracy.
" I mean, you heard these guys.
- Yeah, they don't appreciate it at all.
- Just rip it to shreds.
It pains me to say this, because I love this character and I love this franchise, but these are nasty-looking figures.
[laughter.]
I don't think we would have much of an interest in it, but thanks for bringing 'em in.
Oh, no problem, man.
I love Dick Tracy and seeing these wonderful figures.
- Thanks, man.
- No, no problem.
Appreciate it, man.
"Werewolf by Night" 32.
The most expensive book in the "Werewolf" 's 43-issue run.
[upbeat rock music.]
Let's say you had a magic pencil.
Whatever you drew would materialize in front of you.
- What would you draw? - Good question.
- I would draw my own comic book store.
- Whoa.
- Really? - Yeah.
You want to work at another comic book store? I want to own my own comic book store.
[laughter.]
He draws another comic book store he could be employed by.
It'd be really sweet, yeah.
I'd draw my own comic book store.
Like, you know, "Ming's Comic Book World" or something like that.
Just 'cause you draw a structure doesn't mean it has electricity, plumbing I can't assume that it's well-stocked and it's it's, like, really awesome on the inside? You forgot about the finer details of this magic pencil.
[laughter.]
- Hey, how you doing? - Hey.
How you doing? What can we do for you today? I was eyeing that "Werewolf by Night" 32.
Want to grab the book for the man? Hot book, right? I'm anticipating that it will be, yes.
So, uh, yeah, wanted to get my hands on that.
- There you go.
- Thank you.
- "Werewolf by Night" 32.
- Oh, yeah.
- First appearance of? - Both: Moon Knight.
- Nice.
- That's right.
Get it out of the bag and give it the once-over.
Yeah, sure.
This is "Werewolf by Night" 32.
Easily the most expensive book in the "Werewolf" 's 43-issue run.
- Not even his number 1? - Not even his number 1.
- It doesn't even come close.
- Oh.
There's a nice example of a character being introduced - in a Marvel monster book.
- Mm-hmm.
And a character then going on to eclipse the star of the book.
And if they put Moon Knight in "The Defenders" TV show, it's just gonna make everybody go, uh, that much more nuts.
What do you think the chances are that this that this hits, that Moon Knight becomes a sensation? I'd say the chances are pretty good.
Moon Knight.
- Marc Spector Moon Knight? - Yes.
Character's been around since, when, the '70s? And has never broken through to the mainstream.
But now, with the rumors that he's about to get that series, everybody's buying up this book.
Largely dismissed by a DC fan as Marvel's Batman.
That's how they say it a lot, but Moon Knight he's a billionaire, I believe, and he's got, you know, a bunch of toys and tools just like Bruce Wayne.
He's even got an Alfred called Frenchie.
- But "Were" - Is is he French? - Yeah, he's duh, yeah, he's French.
- [laughter.]
- "Duh"? - Wow.
No, he just likes to kiss with tongues.
What's your feeling on Johnny-come-latelies like this speculator right here? Stash loves.
- Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
- Stash loves Johnny.
All right, well, not exactly.
Look.
When I was a kid, I used to rock with these old-school Marvel monster books.
I'm probably be buried with my 1 through 72, my "Dracula", - so, just saying.
- All: Ohh.
- Just saying.
- He knows He knows the issue run.
Just so happens I'm here on business today.
That's some cred right there.
- So.
- Ming's shaking.
- He's like, "Oh.
" - [laughs.]
Please don't fire me and hire him.
I'm saying.
"I haven't drawn my magic comic book store yet.
"Don't fire me yet.
" [laughter.]
Have you ever hit any books that you targeted? You bought 'em low and then sold 'em high? Yeah, I did "New Mutants" 98.
- First Deadpool.
- Oh.
"Batman Adventures" 12.
Harley Quinn's first appearance.
- Ooh.
- Nice.
So when "Suicide Squad" dropped - Yeah? - Yeah.
All right, so we're looking to get, uh, $400 for the book.
Four? You got a little stuff happening - along the binding, though, I mean - Mm hmm.
Yeah.
Well, you know, a high-grade issue would fetch now, you know, close to $700.
Mm.
Okay.
I was thinking more like $300.
How about $375? How about 3 fiddy? I can do $350.
- All right.
- That's good.
Done.
My man.
You want to put back in the bag for the gentleman? You got it.
- There you go, sir.
- All right.
Thank you.
- Appreciate it.
- It was a pleasure.
- Talk to you later.
- Thank you, fellas.
You ever feel any responsibility, like, that guy speculating on a book that may sink in value if Moon Knight doesn't pan out? Could be like the big sell-off of '29.
- [laughs.]
- 1929? Yeah, like, he's jumping off the roof and stuff.
You could throw the country into a depression, and you don't think about it, do you? Caveat emptor, man.
Commies.
Commies.
The three of you.
Commies.
Oh, that's all the time we got for this week.
Sorry, kids.
For "Comic Book Men," I'm Kevin Smith.
- Bryan Johnson.
- Walt Flanagan.
- Mike Zapcic.
- Ming Chen.
Never play baseball with a kid named Negan, folks.
Good night.