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Coach Finstock Life Lesson

Moral or takeaway from the film.

Coach Finstock Life Lesson has run in 157 episodes. The most recent 40 are listed below — open any episode at its timestamp to hear the segment.

The 'once you realize you can do anything, you're free' line, plus his own added lesson: don't let your possibly murderous son take your daughter ice skating (i.e., pay for the sitter)

Picks the 'believe your child' lesson, referencing the scene where the kid's elaborate story (driving in, finding an incinerator, seeing Rick killed) is believed by adults simply because it's detailed

Pokes holes in the credibility of the story, noting the courtroom scene where the kid claims he ran off but somehow knows about the incinerator, questioning the logic of adults believing him

Don't hire a hot nanny / don't let a hot woman into a power position in your household

Don't go into a greenhouse, not ever, not even once

Keep questioning what's out there

Never, ever close your mind off to an impossible possibility

The 'don't get mad, get even' line, comparing it to Mr. Miyagi's wisdom as the best life lesson from the movie

The frat guys' drunken interview scene where one says he'd 'never let a woman make him who he is' - moral: 'Do not let a woman ever, ever make you who you are' (mocking the frat bros' sexist bravado as the film's target)

Agrees with the frat guy scene as the takeaway moment, elaborating that the guys are exposed as idiots ('I call people and have sex with them and don't call them back... because they don't have my respect'), feels no sympathy/protectiveness for them since they're adults who knowingly performed on camera

References 'porn sets the tone for everybody' but full context unclear from transcript

Kindergarten teachers still matter and can make a huge difference in lives