---
title: "Episode #126 \u2013 Playing for Keeps"
url: "https:\/\/www.flophousepodcast.com\/2013\/05\/episode-126-playing-for-keeps\/"
date: "2013-05-18T01:35:00+00:00"
episode_number: 126
movie: "Playing for Keeps"
guests: "Dan McCoy, Elliott Kalan, Stuart Wellington"
---

# Episode #126 – Playing for Keeps

Nicholas Cage might be our true love, but that doesn’t mean we can’t indulge our bad movie crush Gerard Butler and his soccer comedy (?) “[Playing for Keeps](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1540128/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1).” Meanwhile, Dan lets us in on all the cool cop lingo, Stu reminds us of the plight of the MILFs, and Elliott is surprisingly down with necrophilia.

 0:00 – 0:32 – Introduction and theme.
 0:33 – 34:16 – You play a good game, Butler! But do you play… for KEEPS?
 34:17 – 36:16- Final judgments.
 36:17 – 38:43 – A word from our sponsor.
 38:44 – 53:53 – Flop House Movie Mailbag
 53:54  – 1:02:17 – The [sad](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1300854/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) [bastards](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067541/?ref_=sr_1) [recom](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082477/?ref_=sr_1)[mend.](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051337/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1)
 1:02:18 – 1:04:11 – Goodbyes, theme, and outtakes.

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   One of these people is a MURDERER.    [Wikipedia synopsis of Playing for Keeps](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playing_for_Keeps_%282012_film%29#Plot)