Quentin Tarantino | Club Random w/Bill Maher
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What jokes and banter kick off the episode and how do the hosts riff on Zippo lighters?
You know, I'm not a fancy intellectual like you are I'm just a sleazy late night comic. Is that what you're trying to say, Quentin? Some people traveled 300 miles. see that movie. Of course they also needed an abortion at the same time. Welcome to Club Random with Bill Maher. Tonight's guest. Quentin Tarantino
Well you totally whipped it out, all right. I didn't realize there was gonna be joints in there. It had that Simon Templer uh gold cigarette case.
And you just whipped it out. But uh of oh Is d is it me or do Zippo Lighters? Not work.
No, th they're a great idea, but they're th they're they're not very practical.
I I just I don't wanna like d diss a product, but I just feel like No, I wish they were the greatest. Like I almost I wish I could I almost wish I could smoke just so I could smoke a lucky strike. I think I must be doing it wrong. You put the lighter fluid in the back and it sort of saturated.
No. The the minute it runs out of the minute the minute it runs out of lighter fluid, you throw it away and buy a new one.
But it but only works it I I must be doing it wrong. Otherwise, how did they burn down half of Vietnam with these? Yeah. They're always seeing them in the movies and they're like, oh the village has to be saved. Yeah. And then they fucking I th yeah, I think I treat the zippo lighters like
like big lighters. When they when they run out of lighter fluid I just throw them away and get a new one. Oh hey, here's a new one with uh with uh crew written on it. Here's the new way Z Z Tops written on this one. I don't even like Z Top, okay.
I just know when it works I feel fortunate. Oh, see I blew oh No,
you what are you talking about? Your light your flame is good.
Another thing I don't want them to clip. Uh but listen, before I forget, I did want to say there is a expression in French, L'Esprit d'Esprit d'Escalier. Uh huh. Escalier. I know
Esprit de Cor. I don't know if it's
Escalier. Everybody knows Esprit de Corps,
I well I didn't say that I was special. I'm saying that's
the one I know. No, but esprita Everybody knows a go ahead. This is a very this is a very uh recherche to use another uh uh sort of pretentious French word. Uh phrase uh I don't know where I came across it but I always loved it because it pertains to a part of my life that I find very frustrating. It means escalier stairs. Esprit. I don't know how that is translated literally, but what it means is the thought you had that you wished you said.
Oh wow.
And now you're on the stairs. You're you're leaving and you go, Oh, I wished I'd like told the boss's wife her meatloaf was great or whatever.
Oh wow. I actually have one of that when it comes to you and your show.
I have it
every week. Uh-huh,
yeah. Of course you do. And we Of course you do. Of course I do. And when you were on, I I said it to you in the green room, I just said it to you over there. But I wished I had said it on the show proper, which is that The reason I l was imploring you to continue your career is because I felt Your last one once upon a time in Hollywood. was this departure from No
you you revenge you were very s look you were very sweet in that. And I wasn't used to you being a little bit more let me finish.
Revenge into a love story.
Yeah.
It it's it it's a love story, e even though it's between two men. And that is such a departure for you. And to me it says, Oh, I'm in a new chapter in my life. I'm guessing this has something to do with the fact that you're married. Well I wasn't married when I made it,
but I was going to be married when I made it. Okay, but there
you go. You're in the honeymoon phase. Yeah. So it makes makes sense that you would make a love story movie after so many years of Revenge movies. Well, no no no no no no no there makes
no no no but no no I know that. I know what you mean. No, there makes a lot of there there makes a lot of sense to that. I mean look I think there also is a little bit of Age going on and the idea that I was Six or seven. During nineteen sixty nine, but I was living in Los Angeles. So I remember what it was like driving down those streets.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What jokes and banter kick off the episode and how do the hosts riff on Zippo lighters?
0:00–10:12
2
How does the conversation shift to the French expression “L'Esprit d'Escalier” and what does it mean?
10:12–19:18
3
Why do Bill and Quentin discuss the love‑story angle of *Once Upon a Time in Hollywood* and its connection to Quentin’s personal life?
19:18–31:05
4
What silent‑film pioneers (Chaplin, Keaton, Lloyd) do the hosts highlight and why are they important to modern cinema?
31:05–52:08
5
What movies do they hate and how do they define a “parody remake”?
52:08–1:01:32
6
How do they compare stand‑up comedy writing to filmmaking?
1:01:32–1:17:32
7
Why do they discuss babies, relationships and the Austin meetup?
1:17:32–1:31:38
8
What’s the debate about political/comedic controversy and religious jokes?
1:31:38–1:44:32