S16 Ep852: The Boondock Saints (1999)

About this episode

The episode discusses the film The Boondock Saints, its structure, characters, and the director's intentions.

“It is an obnoxious way to tell a story…” - Andrew on the film's structure On this week’s show, Listener Request Month 2026 makes the chicken come home to roost as we are finally forced to chat about Troy Duffy’s 1999 dorm-room-poster-movie, The Boondock Saints ! Why in the world did they think this ‘re-cap the crime’ format needed to happen? Why is Rocco’s character name just the real actor’s actual name? Where do they get this super-human strength to rip toilets out of floors and jump off five-story buildings with ease? And what’s with Troy Duffy’s hatred of the Mafia? PLUS: If you get bit by a Muppet, will you turn into one by the next full moon? The Boondock Saints stars Sean Patrick Flanery, Norman Reedus, David Della Rocco, Billy Connolly, Gerard Parkes, Carlo Rota, Ron Jeremy, and Willem Dafoe as Paul Smecker; directed by Troy Duffy. This episode is sponsored by Rocket Money! Let Rocket Money help you reach your financial goals faster. Join at RocketMoney dot com slash WHM! That’s RocketMoney dot com slash WHM. Be sure to catch us on the road in Minneapolis on 3/20 and Chicago on 3/22 where we’ll be talking Conan the Barbarian and Big respectively. Tickets on sale now! Be…

People in this episode

Hosts: WHM Entertainment, Andrew

Topics covered

• film analysis
• The Boondock Saints
• Troy Duffy
• character discussion
• listener requests
• comedy

Keywords

• The Boondock Saints
• Troy Duffy
• film structure
• character names
• listener request
• comedy podcast
• movie analysis

Sponsors

Rocket Money

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Boondock Saints, Conan the Barbarian, Big

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