{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Going The Distance: The Rocky Series Podcast","title":"Rocky V (Episode 9) - Heart, Fire, and Headlines: “Balboa’s Boy” Takes Over","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":4060,"description":"Ryan Rebalkin and guest host Kyle continue their Rocky V breakdown with one of the film’s longest stretches: Rocky and Tommy visit Father Carmine for a blessing, then launch into Tommy’s rise-through-the-ranks montage.\nThey cover the church scene and the “angel on your shoulder” talk, Tommy’s first pro fight in the same gym Rocky fought Spider Rico, the over-the-top newspaper headlines that keep calling him Rocky’s boy/clone/robot, and the parallel story of Robert training on his own with Jimmy (Mike) and Paulie while his dad is busy with the new kid. Plenty of talk about Rocky living vicariously through Tommy, time jumps, writing choices, and whether those headlines would ever actually get printed.\nKyle is back in the guest chair. If you enjoy this kind of scene-by-scene Rocky talk, also check out Ryan’s other show, The Worst of the Best Podcast (every major app, YouTube, Facebook, and X). Follow Ryan at @RyanRebalkin and the Rocky feed at @GTDRockyPodcast.\n00:00 – Intro from Quebec, Ruben update, Worst of the Best plug, and the Patreon rant  \n07:02 – Quick Stallone news: thoughts on the female Cliffhanger remake  \n08:22 – Rocky and Tommy visit Father Carmine for the blessing  \n11:34 – “Angel on your shoulder” and forcing Tommy through Rocky’s journey  \n14:54 – Training/fighting montage begins (church gym callback to Rocky 1)  \n19:45 – Rocky’s pep talk: fear is a fire, heart and fire  \n26:09 – First knockout and the start of Tommy’s winning streak  \n29:57 – Robert watching, split lip from Chicky, feeling replaced  \n32:39 – Blue Horizon, speed bag struggles, and “Balboa’s pupil” headlines  \n39:27 – Rising venues, “Rocky’s clone” and “Rocky’s robot” headlines  \n45:38 – Rocky running with Tommy, Adrian calling from the pet shop  \n51:02 – One-arm push-ups and playful father-son time in the ring  \n55:31 – Rocky gives Tommy Apollo’s stars-and-stripes trunks  \n57:17 – Madison Square Garden, crowd chanting Tommy’s name  \n1:00:11 – The stairs scene and Tommy’s cartwheel...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/f446Q3CxCTjHVzJBt6bW8obFoxTibotInVFRWbCgfuY/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS81ZTA3/ZGRiMGNiZTZmZTk0/NTRmM2EzMmM0NTIx/YmU3MC5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}