Surfing, fighting, lounge kissing!
Mr Scott Caan is a star of screen and television who played the adorable Danno in the television series Hawaii Five-O, was a Mormon in the Oceans 11 series and is the son of Hollywood tough guy James Caan.
Scott, who is forty-four, is a black-belt in the not-so-gentle art of Brazilian jiujitsu and a lifelong surfer who once optioned the movie rights to Charlie Smith’s book, Welcome to Paradise Now Go To Hell.
In this interview, Scott advises Charlie on the correct course of action when faced with an enraged rival, describes the time he visited Uncle Eddie Rothman on the North Shore to soothe local tempers after he had said unkind things about Hawaiian food in an interview and waxes on a life given to surfing and grappling.
At one point, we discuss Daddy Caan’s best films.
I choose Rollerball; Scott is fond of The Thief; Charlie, The Godfather.
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Surfing isn’t cool anymore, surf schools, soft tops and these modern day boring straight laced goofy pro surfers have killed the cool. Surfings desperate attempt to be clean cut and mainstream in an attempt to grow the “sport” is the very thing that is killing surf culture, when an absolute dork like Elo is running pro surfing you know you’re in serious trouble
Legit mobbed up Scotty Caan. Heavy moment when he shut down that line of questioning DR!
yeah! and notice he was careful the way he talked about charlie’s nemesis – interesting… wonder if goggans could be a family name too. haha, that would be funny if the guys came around to soften up charlie’s knuckles. except beachgrit’s kind of fun, so it would be sad too of course.
I had to put a car-struck mynah bird out of its misery today. It was shivering and panting in pain, crouched in the middle of the road, as I cycled past. I don’t like seeing any creature suffering, so I made to break its neck with a swift tug of its head, other fingers cradling its shoulders. Pulled its fucking head right off along with a couple inches of spinal column and assorted squelching gore. I felt a wee bit sick as it twitched its last and went still, still warm and soft in my hands.
Tried to rationalise the exchange of cutting short the certain hours of incomprehensible suffering and fear, with the barbaric sudden violence I had just committed against the poor thing.
I put it in a kerbside household bin just emptied that morning, and cycled on to work past the Agapanthus-strewn white picket fences of Merewether, uncertain about how my karmic balance was currently positioned.
Lol!!
Recently a lorikeet was in the middle of the road freaking out cause its mate had just been run over, I was in two minds about putting it out of its grief misery but swerved, the guy behind me ran straight over it
It’s a cruel world. All we can do is try our best not to make it worse. Sometimes we have the opportunity to try to temporarily make it less so.
And humans are the only animal capable of that empathy, its a mystery, or is it?
We stopped to pick up a juvenile galah that had been car struck. Fucken went nuts when we came close, so figured it had a chance. The broken wing will prevent it ever flying gain. So now, we have a fucken galah in a cage on the front porch.
Birds eh?
I’m still paying the karmic penalty for running over a flock of stray kittens in my driveway twenty years ago, although only one fatality. I, too, cradled, the warm little bundle as it shat its last shit.
More likely a cravat
Used as a pocket square in his purple jacket over beige polo combo
I’m halfway through listening but I’ve been pummeled into submission by all the “grappling” talk (see what I did there?). I can’t take any more listening to grown adults gushing amongst themselves about that lame activity. Is it safe to continue or should I tap out? (see what I did there?)
Did you catch who he got his black belt under?
Due for a Shearer podcast, the ones where you three just shoot the shit. Those are the best!
Scott grew up in LA with a moviestar Dad. Surfing was punk? This guy tries soooooo hard to look like he’s not trying. Must be exhausting.
Rollerball was sick for it’s time.
I’m so proud as an American (who doesn’t support Fascism) that Joe Biden will lead our Corporatocracy and answer to the banks now that the rebels who sullied the Republican party are incarcerated and conveniently forgotten.
A single capital letter, a quasi fictional character, has ambushed and corralled this cult formerly known as the GOP.
It’s ok. We aren’t surprised. And you have no shame.
Line in the sand.
I wonder when you’ll get over it?
Winners are grinners.
Pouters be pouting.
Is that a Putin reference
Poutine. For all the Canadiens.
It’s no longer the GOP, it is now the QOP
I’ll listen to it later
as always, brilliant
Dude basically had the best gig in Hollywood with Five-0.
Post up in Hawaii for several months a year. Nothing too challenging from an actors standpoint. Got PAID.
For 10 years.
Pretty much an unheard of length of time these days.
Scott Caan’s best performance…
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Scotty was great as Scott Nomates
In Entourage
5pm Hawaiian time, no word from Elo.
Dix hueres plus tard….sacred blue
Longtom STILL on the case. Love it!
Do you think the towel has been thrown?
Not even an Instagram post or update on their website. Incredible. Feels like the end.
Does Eddie Rothman just lie around all day like Jubba the Slut vaping native Hawaiian blood and sentencing people to death by Kala poof pak dunny fucking for making flippant remarks about Hawaii? Go back to selling shit goey to deros on the beach you shit cunt.
He does. All of that. Except this year he has a mask on while he does it.
The same people claiming the “White Man” stole Hawaiian land are the same people making a Jew from Texas the spokesman for the Hawaiians.
Proof that Hawaiians aren’t that tough and the SJW crowd are stupid.
The jew is from Jersey but you are right about the other stuff.
Just rewatched The Godfather I and II this month. Masterpieces. Is the third one worth a watch?
They just released a recut version, supposedly less garbagey than the original Pt. 3.
I bet I hate the recut more.
they butchered Apocalypse Now .
The dinner party was tre Bon.
Opium for desert and a little french
the dinner party scene was gobshite.
Gene Shalit over here
you’re dating yourself bro
hope you have the mustache and wacky hair…
guys, bex is a sillebrity.
I’ve dated myself many times.
I always fuk on first date too
54 OK it’s not a secret
Something we share in common.
I loved it but funny to see Coppola rubbish it. Hearts of Darkness on SBS on demand currently
Have you ever seen the The Godfather version where they cut all three together as one big chronological movie? That shit is bonkers.
The original 3 is proper proper terrible.
radical opinion.
It’s good.
Lots of Catholic guilt