Chopping Mall LIVE! w/ Mary Holland (HDTGM Matinee)

Summary

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How Did This Get Made? — "Chopping Mall" LIVE! w/ Mary Holland (HDTGM Matinee, Largo)

Podcast: How Did This Get Made?
Hosts: Paul Scheer, June Diane Raphael, Jason Mantzoukas
Guest: Mary Holland
Release Date: October 28, 2025
Film Discussed: Chopping Mall (1986)

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Episode Overview

In this riotous live episode, Paul, June, Jason, and comedic guest Mary Holland gather at Largo in LA to eviscerate "Chopping Mall," the bonkers 1986 cult horror-comedy where malfunctioning security robots terrorize horny not-exactly-teenagers after hours in a shopping mall. The panel dives deeply into the movie's absurd plot, 80s excess, inconsistent logic, and, of course, its vibrant tapestry of questionable acting choices and glorious low-budget mayhem.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. What's "Chopping Mall" All About?

• Movie premise: Three malfunctioning mall security robots—meant as "protectors"—begin systematically murdering a group of mall employees (clearly played by adults), who stick around after hours for an ill-advised sex party in the furniture store.
• Poster confusion: The panel notes how the movie’s poster promises way more gore than delivered, misleading viewers into expecting a slasher rather than "RoboCop in a mall, but if RoboCop was a Roomba hooked on murder" ([06:14], Jason).

2. The Not-So-Teenage "Teens"

• Discussion: The supposed "teens" are all middle-aged—and, in June and Mary’s opinion, blatantly not teens.
  • "They are not teenagers so that they can fuck. So that they can be nude and fuck. They are not teenagers" ([09:03], Jason).
• Wildly impractical business and financial decisions, as dissected by June: why are some of the couples married, seemingly running auto repair shops, and still hanging at what is essentially a mall orgy?

3. The Absurdity of the Mall and its Security

• Mall as setting: The delight in the unique, oddly luxurious mall—House of Almonds, Her Scent, and stores selling dynamite.
• Why install killer robots for crime that's never established? "It’s a problem that is not a problem that they've created an insane solution to" ([12:39], Paul).
• "This mall also has a store that sells dynamite" ([10:35], June).
• Comparison to "RoboCop", "Short Circuit", and "Red Dawn," but with less logic, more boobs, and way dumber robots.

4. The Killer Robots (a.k.a. "Protectors")

• Goofy but deadly: The robots are slow-moving, loud, plastic-pincered, but weirdly equipped with C4 and laser eyes.
  • "They are like robots you would see in The Hurt Locker... to protect House of Almonds" ([17:03], Jason).
• Malfunctioning due to lightning à la Frankenstein—three dramatic strikes in 30 seconds ([18:38], Paul & Jason).
• Oddly social: "The robots are continuously looking to each other to check in... like they're having weird relationships with each other" ([17:56], Jason).
• Programmed to say, "Have a nice day" after murder.

5. The People of "Chopping Mall": Disgusting?

• Each character is lampooned as gross or questionable:
  • The chef: "smoking, wipes a spatula on himself, continues to make food" ([22:15], Paul).
  • Janitor bullies bullying other janitors ([25:23], Jason).
  • The patrons: "Could I eat a stick of butter?" and general despair ([23:31], June).

6. Furniture Store Fucksesh / Orgy Scene (27:02–34:00)

• The infamous after-hours furniture store group sex scene gets torn to shreds.
  • "I literally felt like I got an STD by watching this movie" ([27:07], Paul).
  • Why do grown adults, including a married couple, have sex in a mall, in front of each other, on display beds? "Even in their 20s. I find this really strange" ([29:53], June).
• Memorable moments:
  • Pepperoni girl’s bluesy singing post-sexual encounter ([31:24], Jason & Mary)—"As long as you pull your tits out you can do whatever you want" ([33:24], Jason-as-director).

7. Logic Defying Plot Holes

• Vents and weapon shops:
  • Giant air vents "should not fit two people shoulder to shoulder" ([39:48], Paul).
  • Guns and ammo sold openly off a discount rack—"It's like where they put M&M's, except it's a shotgun!" ([40:47], Jason).
• Survival tactics: Repeated frustration that characters could simply have hidden instead of seeking out the robots:
  • "All they needed to do was hide until morning, which they easily could've done" ([42:00], Jason).

8. Unintentional Hilarity and Notable Quotes

• Favorite dumb lines:
  • "I guess I'm just not used to being chased around a mall in the middle of the night by killer robots" ([50:16], Mary as character).
  • "How many tune-ups is that?" ([52:07], Jason mocks the business subplot).
• Physical comedy and 80s trope satire:
  • Mall montage with ridiculous dads fighting for arcade machines, guys ogling women on escalators like cartoon wolves ([56:12–56:57], Paul & Jason).

9. Robot Motivation & Possessed Machines?

• Are the robots evil or just misunderstood?
  • June: "They don’t feel evil to me... They felt like spoiled brats, you know" ([65:22], June).

10. Opening the Floor: Audience Questions & Alternate Titles

• Audience suggested alternate titles: "Killbots," "Laserbots," "Furniture Store Fuck Sesh Interrupted," "Chop 'Til You Drop," and "Mall of Killmerica" ([61:18–66:14]).
• Fun discussion of other Roger Corman film universe cameos (Eating Raoul, Streetwalkin’), and the tradition of TV airings needing to add footage to hit 90 minutes ([68:02], June).

11. Second Opinions (Amazon Reviews Set to Song)

• Hilarious audience renditions of "second opinions," highlighting just how much some reviewers love killer robots, skin, and gore, and how the movie offers "first class entertainment… different and surprisingly marvelous to watch…" ([73:02], Paul reads Amazon review).

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Memorable Quotes & Moments with Timestamps

• On 80s movie nudity:
  • "It's amazing to see that much nudity in a movie because I feel like that's been almost erased or it's done tastefully now. This movie... it's gratuitous. It's to a point where you feel uncomfortable." ([04:10], Paul)
• On the robots:
  • "They are like robots you would see in The Hurt Locker... and it's like, oh, we need those at the mall to protect House of Almonds." ([17:03], Jason)
• On the main cast's age:
  • "They are not teenagers so that they can fuck. So that they can be nude and fuck. They are not teenagers." ([09:03], Jason)
• On business logic:
  • "According to my calculations, provided we survive the night, of course, we're gonna be in hock to this place for the next 85 years." ([51:50], June, mocking the "autoshop" subplot)
• On the orgy scene:
  • "I literally felt like I got an STD by watching this movie." ([27:07], Paul)
• On survival strategy:
  • "All they needed to do was hide until morning, which they easily could've done." ([42:00], Jason)
• On catchphrases:
  • "When our lead actress kills the robot, like, gets them all dead at the end, she says, 'have a nice day.' And to me, I'm like, wouldn't you want to subvert it? ...It's so anticlimactic." ([58:06], Paul)
• On the robots' personality:
  • "The robots are continuously looking to each other to check in…like they're having weird relationships with each other" ([17:56], Jason)
• On audience favorite alternate title:
  • "Furniture Store Fuck Sesh Interrupted." ([63:10], Audience member Brie)
• On cult-movie love:
  • "Favorite scene was when the girl gets her head blown off by the laser beam. Love it." ([74:20], Paul reads review)

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Notable Audience and Meta Moments

• Audience engagement shines:
  • Suggestions for alternate titles are creative and bawdy (“Furniture Store Fuck Sesh Interrupted”), and the crowd relishes the opportunity to delve into Roger Corman trivia.
• Song parodies:
  • Two audience members deliver live "second opinions" songs, to great applause ([71:13], Paul).
• Panel interplay:
  • Constant ribbing about who would survive in a killer-robot mall, how to spot a “dad bod,” and exactly why grown adults would have group sex in a public showroom (“Finally, June and Jason agree: just leave those tops off during the robot rampage!” [50:08]).

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Timestamps of Essential Segments

• [06:17] – Poster & Plot Setup, Questionable Mall Logic
• [17:56] – Robot’s Odd Social Dynamics
• [27:02–34:00] – Deep Dive: The Infamous Furniture Store Sex Scene
• [39:01–40:59] – Lack of Security, Weapon Convenience, and Dumb Survival Choices
• [46:53] – Susie's Fiery Death ("They stare their friend down, like watch her burn.")
• [50:16] – Dumbest Line of Movie: “I guess I’m just not used to…”
• [61:18–66:14] – Audience Alternate Titles, Shared Universes
• [71:13] – Second Opinions (Live “Amazon Review” Songs)

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Conclusion

The crew and crowd gleefully tear apart "Chopping Mall" for its ridiculous robots, inexplicable plot, unsexy sex scenes, accidental comedy, and all its delightful 80s cheese. This live HDTGM episode is a treat for fans of so-bad-they’re-good cinema and showcases the hosts’ razor wit, improv, and deep love for the absurd. Even if the film leaves you feeling "like you caught something just by watching," the laughter here is contagious and the deconstruction, thorough — you don’t need to watch "Chopping Mall" to experience its insanity thanks to this episode.

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Transcript

[Paul Scheer]

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[Mary Holland]

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[Paul Scheer]

The essential dining experience is set long.

[Mary Holland]

Before the plates are plated, the sauce.

[June Diane Raphael]

Is simmered or the puree hits the pan. It starts with a simple blend that's consistent, purposeful and precise.

[Paul Scheer]

Trusted by the world's best chefs so.

[June Diane Raphael]

You can bring your best Vitamix.

[Paul Scheer]

Only the essential A movie that proves the age old adage don't fuck in your dad's furniture store or you'll be killed by robots we saw chopping malls so you know what that means.

[Mary Holland]

How.

[Paul Scheer]

Did swasta nigger grow a baby in his belly? Rock a rhinestone vest while ripping Justin the Kelly or maybe see a burlesque show with Nick Crowe and take a boat with speech who hitting cruise control J man Big Paul in the beautiful June gonna take you from the goob all the way to the room Randy Games and Street Fighter hope to blow off steam Just a sucker punch the odd life of Timothy Green Sharknado the birdemic how we staying alive they call it in the and he's on the line cranking 88 minutes cause they cool as ice cause the bad Jim Bonnie looking kind and nice Paul and June getting literal Jason is getting laid June is making sure all the monkey shots getting paid they judge a bunch of movies while they making the grade Here's a real question for you. How did this get made? Hello people of Earth and hello people of Largo. We are live once again. Largo, our LA home. And we have a great show for you tonight. The film Is Chopping Mall. And this has been on our agenda for a very long time. Thank you, Amazon prime, for making it available for all of us to see. Let's get this show started. Let me introduce you to Jason Mantzoukas.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

What's up, jerks?

[Paul Scheer]

Welcome, Jason.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

How are you, Paul?

[Paul Scheer]

Very good. I told you this backstage, but so.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Excited behind the curtain.

[Paul Scheer]

Yeah, a little bit. Just a glimpse. A glimpse?

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Just a glimpse behind the curtain.

[Paul Scheer]

I said I got excited genuinely in the middle of watching this movie that I was gonna be able to talk about it with you in particular.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Oh, yeah. Was the part where you got excited the very busy women's locker room at the mall. Because that's when I wrote this movie is awesome.

[Paul Scheer]

I think the moment that switched over for me.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Highly functional women's locker room at the mall. What?

[Paul Scheer]

They gotta get changed into those uniforms somewhere.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Listen, as long as it gives us, like, more boobs in this movie, I am into it. I really was like, why don't we do movies with more boobs in them? Like, our lives would be better.

[Paul Scheer]

It's amazing to see that much nudity in a movie because I feel like that's been almost erased or it's done tastefully now. This movie, it's just. It's gratuitous. It's to a point where you feel uncomfortable.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

You are wrong, sir.

[Paul Scheer]

Let me introduce you.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Or if that's uncomfortable, then I was uncomfortable throughout the movie. I don't understand words.

[Paul Scheer]

Let me introduce my other co host, the lovely, the talented June Diane Rayfield.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

June.

[Paul Scheer]

Welcome, welcome, welcome, June. Another peek behind the curtain. I showed you the poster for this movie this week and you said, what? I can't do this. I will not watch this. You were very upset by the poster.

[June Diane Raphael]

Well, I don't do gore. Yeah, but this wasn't really gory. This was just.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

It isn't that there were multiple head.

[June Diane Raphael]

Explosions, but they happened so quickly. Like, I'm okay with a head explosion. I'm not okay with the head, like, slowly dangling and seeing insides outside. So I was okay with that. I was okay with it.

[Paul Scheer]

Well, I will say that the poster for this movie makes it way more scary. It's like.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

What's the poster?

[Paul Scheer]

The poster is like a decomposing hand holding a shopping bag where arms and legs are coming out of it. So it looks like, oh, it's a chopping. Like people are getting chopped up.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

A door where you go to get, like, human limbs.

[Paul Scheer]

Like.

[June Diane Raphael]

Like a. Yeah, I mean, that's the big. And we'll get into this after our guest comes out. But that's the big confusion about this.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

No, let's get into it right now.

[Paul Scheer]

I was.

[June Diane Raphael]

The poster makes it seem like. And the opening montage makes it seem like we're going to see a lot of shoppers get killed.

[Paul Scheer]

Yes.

[June Diane Raphael]

It's not what happens.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

No, no.

[Paul Scheer]

Well, we'll talk about.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

We'll talk about that.

[Paul Scheer]

I thought we're going to get to that game. Sweeney Todd. Not the case. Our guest tonight is somebody we've been very excited to have on the show. She is fantastically funny. She currently is starring on the show Shrink, which is on ciso. You can see her in the upcoming season of Veep. She also is one of the stars of Blunt Talk, and her show Wild Horses performs here at Largo all the time. Please welcome Mary Holland. Let's see. Welcome.

[Mary Holland]

Welcome party to the max.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

I wrote that down, too. Oh, no. She said it's good times to the max.

[Mary Holland]

Oh, good times to the max.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

I had real, like, nostalgia during this movie.

[June Diane Raphael]

Did you ever say good times to the max stuff?

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Like, I feel like those were the kind of stuff like, that was like, the. The lingo when I was in, like, high school or whatever is shit like that.

[Mary Holland]

I have a question. Was I supposed to have notes?

[Paul Scheer]

You don't have to have notes.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Okay. You fucking blew it. You blew it. Mary, I.

[Paul Scheer]

Well, like. Mary, what was your. Obviously, like. What was your interpretation of the poster or anything? What did you know, like, walk us through your journey of, hey, you gotta watch this movie to do the show.

[Mary Holland]

Yeah.

[Paul Scheer]

And then what happens?

[Mary Holland]

So there I was late last night, and I thought, I should watch this because I don't have much time left.

[Paul Scheer]

Yeah. Which is a good thing.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Cause it's Earth.

[Paul Scheer]

The movie is 77 minutes. 77. Doesn't even make 80. Not even close to 90. 77.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

I think technically a short.

[Paul Scheer]

I didn't know you could make a movie that is 77 minutes. All right, so. Yeah. So you.

[June Diane Raphael]

Okay.

[Mary Holland]

So then I. Then I had it up, and I had the same response to the. To the poster as well. I was like, oh, no. Oh, I'm not gonna like this. I can't do this. And then. It really wasn't that.

[Paul Scheer]

Yeah. It's surprisingly not that. Yeah. The premise of this movie, just to clue you in, if you've not seen it, it's about three malfunctioning robots that kill teenagers after a fuck sesh.

[June Diane Raphael]

By the way, this is.

[Paul Scheer]

And teenagers are in quotes.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Yeah. Those aren't. Those are not teenagers.

[Mary Holland]

Those Are not teenagers.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

And they specifically aren't teenagers. They're not teenagers so that they can fuck. So that they can be nude and fuck. They are not teenagers.

[June Diane Raphael]

One of them, there's a married couple on Amazon. On Amazon, it says next to the description of the movie eight teenagers.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Oh, okay.

[June Diane Raphael]

Caught in a shopping mall at, you know, whatever it says about the movie. So my question is, I know the actors aren't teens. Obviously they're all 45.

[Mary Holland]

But they were teenagers at one point.

[Paul Scheer]

Sure.

[June Diane Raphael]

As we were.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

It would make more sense if Danny Trejo played one of the teenagers. Present day Danny Tree.

[June Diane Raphael]

But coming back to is, are these people characters Teenagers?

[Jason Mantzoukas]

I believe. This is what I think. I believe these because they. Two of them are married and the others are jobs.

[Mary Holland]

Oh, that's right.

[June Diane Raphael]

I want to get into their business and financials.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Yes.

[June Diane Raphael]

Pretty soon.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

I think they are meant to be post. I think they are meant to be like college age people. Right?

[June Diane Raphael]

Well, I don't know. Because teens are the ones that have jobs at the mall.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Not in this movie. They are in the beginning of the movie, they have like an all mall meeting to introduce the robots to the mall. There is a doctor present. They're like, okay, Dr. Fairpoint and I wrote, why is there a doctor at the mall?

[June Diane Raphael]

Here's the thing.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Here's the thing. It's as if this mall is the most important place on earth.

[June Diane Raphael]

But this mall also has a store that sells dynamite.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Yup.

[June Diane Raphael]

Okay, there's a paintball.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

And there might as well be like an office for NASA at this mall. Like it's. And everybody that works there appears like the eyeroll couple that we saw in the trailer. Like, oh, boy. Like the guy that during the all mall meeting says that one of the robots looks ethnic.

[Mary Holland]

Oh, my God. That was wild.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

I was like, what is happening?

[Paul Scheer]

I was like, those two people are the 1980s version of difficult people. I was like, that is Julie Klausner and Billy Eichner right here. Like, oh, let's get them to cameo.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

One week from tonight at closing, the protectors will begin their patrol of the mall. Paul, they look like the Three Stooges. Each assigned to one of the three upper shopping levels.

[Paul Scheer]

I don't know, Mary.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

The one in the middle has an unpleasantly ethnic quality. Now, are there any questions?

[June Diane Raphael]

Yes, Dr. Carrington.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

So what do your machines that do besides kill criminals? Well, first of all, doctor, the protectors do not kill. Wonder if they kill cockroaches? They could probably be programmed to.

[June Diane Raphael]

They seem so violent.

[Paul Scheer]

If they're called Protectors.

[June Diane Raphael]

What do they protect?

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Bloody, for starters. As seen in the film, the protectors do their work in the mall proper, not in the stores themselves. Maybe we could use one at the restaurant. Get rid of people we don't like. I was sad that they didn't come back.

[June Diane Raphael]

I was surprised they didn't.

[Paul Scheer]

I did find something out interesting about them because I was curious for why these two characters are so snarky at the top of the movie and getting oddly a lot of screenplay.

[Mary Holland]

Yeah, they're very featured.

[Paul Scheer]

Very featured. To not be mentioned or referred to any ever again. They are two characters from a movie called Eating Raul which was another Roger Corman movie about people who are cannibals. So this is a continuation of their characters.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

So this is the shared Eating Raul universe.

[Paul Scheer]

Yes.

[June Diane Raphael]

I wish I'd known we were in that.

[Mary Holland]

Yeah, me too.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Eating Raul univers. There's some way there's a good one there.

[Paul Scheer]

Wait. Oh my issue with this movie just at the top level of it is this. I mean there's many. But it's a problem that is not a problem that they've created an insane solution to. So like they're like. So it's.

[June Diane Raphael]

Well, that's the thing. At the all mall meeting, there's no like has crime been up?

[Mary Holland]

It's basically anything up.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

The movie is basically RoboCop in a mall. Well, here's what I read that presumes the mall needs RoboCop and it does not.

[June Diane Raphael]

And this is three RoboCop. But this is the problem at the end. Those robots only come out when the stores are closed.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

June, how do you feel about robots?

[June Diane Raphael]

Don't like them. But by the way, these robots also are fairly friendly looking and affable looking. They don't also appear menacing. But the mall closes at night in these crazy gates.

[Paul Scheer]

Lock everyone in like space lock doors.

[June Diane Raphael]

But that's when the robots come out. Which begs the question like why do you need robot. Nobody's there. Nobody's breaking in.

[Mary Holland]

They don't get out.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

There is no evidence given as to why this is even remotely necessary for a just regular shopping mall. This is not like.

[June Diane Raphael]

I guess my point is even if the. Even if the mall had a spike in crime in the last few months, this still is not the solution.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

I agree.

[Paul Scheer]

I would argue that no mall is really getting broken into in the middle of the night. It doesn't seem like the best targets. Like let me go into a maze of stores.

[Mary Holland]

And it doesn't that each have their own security systems in place.

[Paul Scheer]

So you have to break into one security, then another. It just seems.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

I feel like that was the pitch, though. I feel like the pitch was like, RoboCop. It works, right? They put a robot into a crime infested city and everything goes crazy. This is that. Except the robots are tiny and cute and Detroit is a shopping mall.

[Paul Scheer]

I would go like this. They'd be like, all right, we love Short Circuit. Johnny Five comes alive. But what if Johnny 5 kills? Make that movie with boobs.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Yes. But, yeah, he doesn't fight adults, though. So it's Red dawn versus Tiny Robot Johnny Fives. Yup.

[June Diane Raphael]

Well, here's the thing. I think as a setting the mall, I mean, there's a lot of fun to be had.

[Mary Holland]

Absolutely.

[June Diane Raphael]

There's a lot of fun to be had. So much fun in the mall movie.

[Mary Holland]

We all know.

[June Diane Raphael]

Yes. There's different stores, there's different lifestyle brands. It's fun.

[Mary Holland]

There was a house of almonds. I don't know if you saw that. Did you guys see that?

[Paul Scheer]

This.

[June Diane Raphael]

But this mall was like, none I've ever seen.

[Paul Scheer]

This was the one that jumped out right here. Her Scent is the name of one of the stores.

[Mary Holland]

I didn't.

[Paul Scheer]

Her Scent.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Oh, man. I used to go to that part of the mall all the time just to remember my mom.

[Mary Holland]

Oh, my God. That's really touching because she used to.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Work in that section of the mall.

[Paul Scheer]

Oh, yeah. By the way, we are a mere, what, 200 yards away from the exteriors of this mall? Yeah, yeah.

[Mary Holland]

Oh, yeah.

[Paul Scheer]

Yeah. So the Beverly center is a mere few feet away from here, where they just quickly show you exteriors as if the DP was in a car that couldn't stop. And they're like, shit. Get it, get it, get it. You got it.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

They shot this on a public bus.

[Paul Scheer]

Yeah. There was no way a permit was given for whatever footage they used to get the Beverly Center. And it's not the Beverly Center. Inside it is the same mall from Commando. That's the one thing I do know.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Oh, really?

[Paul Scheer]

Yes. It's in the Valley. Oh, and these robots also have lasers that can cut through debris, which is like. Well, all right, first of all, you got these doors, then you got these robots that are gonna knock people out. But what kind of debris do they like?

[Jason Mantzoukas]

They're not.

[Paul Scheer]

These are not army robots. Like.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Yeah.

[Paul Scheer]

And then they also find out later they're equipped with C4.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Yeah. These are like war. These are like robots that you would see in, like, dismantling bombs in the Hurt Locker.

[Paul Scheer]

Yeah.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

You know What I mean, and it's like, oh, we need those at the mall to protect House of Almonds.

[Paul Scheer]

And.

[Mary Holland]

But I also found them, like when they were presented and you know, their features were shown, they just had little plastic pincers that didn't look sharp and didn't even seem to do it. Like they would launch it on a little string, but the string would look limp also.

[June Diane Raphael]

Yes. And the pace at which they moved was comical.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Yeah.

[June Diane Raphael]

I mean they just slowly glided.

[Paul Scheer]

Yeah. Like, I feel like they never probably moved more than like eight miles an hour.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Like, and our so loud are so loud. And then they're keeping instances where they sneak up on someone, which is frankly impossible because this, it is empty. Empty, devoid of sound.

[Paul Scheer]

And just.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

And just like. And they appear to. My favorite fucking part of this movie, this fucking mental movie is that the robots are continuously looking to each other to check in on shit that's going on. Like, like, bro, are you getting this, bro? He doesn't even know we're awake. Like, they keep. Like they, they're fucking robots and they're having like, subtle, like weird relationships with each other.

[Paul Scheer]

And the weird thing about these robots are they only malfunction because like something out of Frankenstein lightning hits the highest point of the mall.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Yes. Three times.

[Paul Scheer]

Three times.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Three lightning strikes in like 30 seconds.

[Mary Holland]

And there's such terrifying lightning strikes too. Like, and everyone's just walking to their cars. Like, no one seems to react to the bolts of light.

[Paul Scheer]

And they're not attached to the thing that's getting hit. They just. I guess that's like.

[June Diane Raphael]

Well, I think they made a big point of like, oh, they're online, you know, the idea being like when whatever that was, that whatever they hid in the control room, in the control room, they're always online.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

The control room for the mall that looks like it belongs in like a nuclear facility. Like it's a control room from like the China Syndrome.

[Paul Scheer]

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[June Diane Raphael]

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[Paul Scheer]

Other thing about this movie, first, I would say everybody in this movie is disgusting. Like there is something disgusting about every person. Like the chef.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Let's go person by person, person by person. Let's pick them apart. Why are you disgusting, Chef? This is like, this is the smoking.

[Mary Holland]

Chef with a T shirt on his.

[Paul Scheer]

Which looked like something out of like you can't do that on television. Barf. Like the. The. You know, I'm just gonna. I'm gonna pull him up.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

But there's so much setup.

[Paul Scheer]

Yeah, there's Barf who wipes a spatula on his and then continues to make food.

[June Diane Raphael]

By the way, he's at the front of the house. Like, could you imagine walking into a restaurant?

[Jason Mantzoukas]

He's back in the kitchen, that guy. I sadly feel like I'm Max four years away from playing this part. Like, I am like, maybe four years away from playing this part. That's the world I'm living in, guys.

[Paul Scheer]

And then there's like. And then there's like the guy who's taking over for the security guy.

[June Diane Raphael]

Wait, before that. Before that, there's the restaurant patron.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah.

[June Diane Raphael]

Okay. Well, he asks for to eat a stick of butter.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

He says, more, but more butter.

[June Diane Raphael]

Honestly, I felt really disturbed by that moment.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Well, he also, they'd say is real hands. The one who sues warns the other one, be careful. He's real handsy.

[June Diane Raphael]

That's fine.

[Paul Scheer]

But what I saw.

[June Diane Raphael]

No, of course it's not fine.

[Paul Scheer]

June likes a man.

[June Diane Raphael]

That's not my science. By that reveal, what I saw in that moment of him saying another stick of butter or whatever the line was. I saw the actor having to say a line like that. And he looked so, so devastated. If you. I wish we could watch it. Cause he barely looks up. And it's not a choice, guys. It's not a choice.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

It's a choice. It's a choice. He's not looking up because he's so enthralled by the meal.

[June Diane Raphael]

No, it's not. He's like, here I am, you know, playing this part.

[Mary Holland]

Here I am.

[Paul Scheer]

I'm in a movie, and this is what it comes to.

[June Diane Raphael]

Yeah.

[Paul Scheer]

Even this. This piece of pizza is disgusting.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Yeah.

[Paul Scheer]

A piece of pizza falls on the floor and it looks like it's more corn than pizza.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Yeah. And they also.

[June Diane Raphael]

Ew.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

They also stage this in a way such that it's only because they can bend down to pick up the debris that they can have a private conversation. It's like they have to break stuff to be like, hey, are we getting out of here? Or what? Wait, what? You can't just talk to each other on the job.

[Paul Scheer]

The other thing, like, well, then there's a security guard who comes in who's a. Sorry, I'm late. It was all you can eat downstairs. And then proceeds to pick up the guy's like, half eaten donuts. Like, I'll eat this, too.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

My favorite of all of these people, janitor bullies.

[Paul Scheer]

Oh, my God.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Janitor bullies. One janitor is, like, mopping up slop. Two other janitors come by and are like, fuck you, nerd. Oh, look at this fucking nerd mopping up, doing his job, you fucking nerd. It's like. And it seems all janitors. What's happening right now? What is the hierarchy of janitors?

[Paul Scheer]

It seems like they're making fun of him like that. Like they're all doing the same jobs. Like, you're gonna be here all night cleaning up this stuff. But it's like, yeah, like, he's got job. That's the job.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

That's our job. And the janitor bullies look like nerds, too. Like, one of them, like, the mean one, looks like Stephen Tobolowski.

[Mary Holland]

I was really hoping. When the robot came around, I was like, he's not gonna hurt him because he works at the mall and that's. And he's protecting people. And I thought, just show him the badge. Show him the badge.

[Paul Scheer]

Then he does show him the badge.

[June Diane Raphael]

Here's the thing, though, Mary. I think the robot have gone fucking nuts from those lightning bolts.

[Mary Holland]

Right?

[Paul Scheer]

I think that's not a debate. That's not a debatable. They did. There should be no fake.

[Mary Holland]

I don't know. I don't know.

[June Diane Raphael]

I'll tell you what else is disgusting in this movie. The furniture store.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Can you imagine?

[Paul Scheer]

No.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Can you imagine buying furniture that people have been on?

[June Diane Raphael]

Disgusting.

[Paul Scheer]

I want. I really want to talk about that sex scene for hours. Yeah, this is.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

I was surprised. It was only 10 seconds long, and then I fell asleep.

[Mary Holland]

You're the king. You're the king.

[Paul Scheer]

This. I literally felt like I got an STD by watching this movie.

[June Diane Raphael]

And actually, I had the thought, a fleeting thought, of, like, I've been in a position where, you know, I've been told to just buy the model. You know, the car and the dealership. Like, just buy the thing. And don't, you know the on display model? Yes, because it's always cheaper. Well, it's always cheaper to just buy whatever's on the floor. And watching this scene, I thought, never again will I buy any floor models of anything.

[Mary Holland]

Although they did say the sheets were clean. They put clean sheets on everything.

[Paul Scheer]

But by the way, these are.

[June Diane Raphael]

But they're not gonna take those sheets off, Mary.

[Mary Holland]

I don't know.

[June Diane Raphael]

They put new sheets on for themselves. But those are the sheets that we would be. Well, I guess we wouldn't Be buying the sheets.

[Mary Holland]

My point exactly.

[Paul Scheer]

All right, we gotta play the.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

All of it.

[Paul Scheer]

The scene.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Yeah, we have to play all of this scene.

[Paul Scheer]

Just so you understand what I think. Just because if you're listening to us, the first image that you think here, well, you know, we could take it bit by bit.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Okay, so here we go. So this is the furniture store. Orgy. Furniture store.

[June Diane Raphael]

But that's when you first talk about that, though.

[Paul Scheer]

No, when you first see this, you think this is the married couple who have gone back to their house to f. That's at least what I thought.

[June Diane Raphael]

I never thought that.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Oh, I never thought that in my life.

[June Diane Raphael]

Didn't occur to me.

[Paul Scheer]

Oh, wow. So you thought they were. Right. Did you think they were in the house?

[Mary Holland]

Yeah, I thought they were in a home.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Oh, no, I thought they were fucking in the furniture store. I guess that's the kind of perverts June and I are.

[Paul Scheer]

Cause she, the wife, tempts the husband by going, I got these clean white underwear and bra, like.

[Mary Holland]

And he's like, finally.

[Paul Scheer]

Yeah.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

They were my favorite couple.

[Paul Scheer]

Like a job, like a Hanes ad. Like, that's how sexy this outfit is. I mean, you know. All right, here we go. This is how it goes.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Lady, you got a license for that outfit?

[Mary Holland]

Why, no, officer. I guess you're just gonna have to take me in.

[Paul Scheer]

So they present themselves. The camera.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Now.

[Mary Holland]

Okay, now I.

[Paul Scheer]

Furniture store across the store.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

They are seven feet away from these furniture store.

[Paul Scheer]

Now, I will just say before we continue the next part, like they're role playing in a group sex.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Yes.

[Paul Scheer]

Like there's an orgy, by the way, that's so vulnerable.

[June Diane Raphael]

Here's the thing. That's what's crazy about the idea that they're not teenagers. Like, if these people are, I don't know, like 25, even. Even in their 20s. I find this really strange.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

What? Well, why are they fucking within six feet of each other?

[June Diane Raphael]

I find it odd.

[Paul Scheer]

Why does a married couple have to go to a furniture store to fuck?

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Why are. Why are they married? Why are they married? And if they're. And if they are married, which I am, I suspect, is not true. No. Why are they still hanging out with the furniture store crew?

[Mary Holland]

And why don't they go home?

[Paul Scheer]

Go home.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Go to your home.

[June Diane Raphael]

Here's the thing. What's set up early on is that I don't Jenny or Jesse or someone's having a crazy party at the furniture.

[Paul Scheer]

Store, which is like six people.

[June Diane Raphael]

So that. That woman, the married woman says, we have to go to Support her.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Oh, okay.

[June Diane Raphael]

She.

[Mary Holland]

She gets so insecure about her parties at the furniture store.

[June Diane Raphael]

Yeah, the turnout no one ever comes to.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

I'll tell you what. I really liked Suze in the beginning, but she really goes crazy. Also. Also, guys, heads up. If your girl is still fully dressed, don't get down to your boxers. Like, don't you be in your boxers while she's still fully dressed. It just is a little eager.

[Paul Scheer]

The camera now has panned over just a handful of feet to couple number two, where this amazing interaction happens.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

I like pepperoni.

[Paul Scheer]

Oh, wait. Oh.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Oh, my God. You smell like pepperoni.

[June Diane Raphael]

Well, that's the way you feel.

[Paul Scheer]

Wait a minute.

[Mary Holland]

What?

[Paul Scheer]

I like pepperoni.

[Mary Holland]

Oh, in that case.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

So many bracelets.

[Paul Scheer]

No, hold on.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Why does she start humming?

[June Diane Raphael]

This is.

[Paul Scheer]

Here's what.

[Mary Holland]

Here's what? I think I have a theory about this. I have a theory. The actress went up to the director, and the scene ends as written. The scene ends with, I like the smell of pepperoni. And then they're supposed to do it. She went up to the director and she said, hey, here's the thing. I'm a singer. Can we do a take where I face out? I start humming a, like, blues ballad? And then. But I will sing. And then you'll have that in the movie. And then that will make the scene that much more romantic and sexy.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Do you have a theory about what happened next?

[Mary Holland]

He said, yes.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

I have a theory. I have a theory. So you say that to me. I'll be the guy.

[Mary Holland]

Okay. Oh, wait, are you the director?

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Yeah, I'm the director.

[Mary Holland]

Okay. Hi. This is so fun. Thank you so much for this opportunity.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

You're doing great, kid. You're doing great. Thank you.

[Mary Holland]

I don't know if you know this. I'm a singer, and I really think it would enhance the scene if I were to. I don't know, at some point, when he says, I smell like pepperoni, I'm insulted, obviously. And I. I'm sorry to interrupt.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

I'm sorry.

[Paul Scheer]

Hey, we have to shoot 95 more pages in the next hour.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Okay.

[Paul Scheer]

All right.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

All right. Thanks.

[Mary Holland]

And anyway, so I was thinking I would just enhance the scene by stepping out and sort of having a moment of being heard. And then I'll just disrobe. But I'll hum a blues ballad.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

You're hum a blues ballad. Okay, great. As long as you pull your tits out, you can do whatever you want, sweetie.

[Mary Holland]

You got a deal, mister.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

As long as you pull those B cups out, you can do whatever the fuck you Want.

[June Diane Raphael]

This is the crazy thing about this song. You're right. It's like a lullaby.

[Paul Scheer]

Yeah.

[June Diane Raphael]

What it all. It sort of reads as though she's the character needs to kind of get herself psyched up. Yeah.

[Paul Scheer]

Because she's like.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Well, she later is proven to be a straight up crazy person.

[Paul Scheer]

And then. All right, so then the camera pans from them. That goes over to a guy going down on his girlfriend.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Well, he's trying to.

[Paul Scheer]

Or trying to.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Michael.

[Paul Scheer]

What?

[Mary Holland]

Now, you know I don't allow that.

[Paul Scheer]

You allowed it last week, didn't you?

[June Diane Raphael]

What do you do?

[Jason Mantzoukas]

You know I don't allow that.

[Mary Holland]

I didn't recall it.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

That's right. Just another lady out there telling another guy how much she hates being gone down on.

[June Diane Raphael]

Well, I mean, I have to say, she may just be ungovernable with it in a furniture store.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Yeah.

[June Diane Raphael]

Which I can understand.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Perhaps I can understand. Or maybe she just keeps finding gum in her pussy.

[Mary Holland]

I know. He never stops chewing gum.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

And it's like. It's like, listen, you know I love it, but I don't allow it from you because you keep. I got toxic shock twice last year because there was gum in my pussy. Fucking. This guy chews so much gum, it's bananas. She's like, I found a golf ball sized big league chew.

[Paul Scheer]

Again, adding to my thing that everyone is disgusting. And I think the idea is that the script was probably pretty bad. And everyone's like, I'm gonna dress up this character. I'm gonna give my. Everyone's like, I'm gonna give my character, like a little.

[Mary Holland]

A thing.

[Paul Scheer]

Yeah, thing. Like, what do I got?

[Mary Holland]

Like a little tick. Like a character ticket.

[Paul Scheer]

You think there's a commentary. There's three commentary tracks to this movie, but I will let this one. Just wait.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Are they from Protector one, Protector Two and Protector Three?

[Paul Scheer]

It's just a lot of have a nice day.

[Mary Holland]

Have a nice day.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

I remember when we were shooting this scene, have a nice day. It was so hot on set. This day. Have a nice day day.

[Paul Scheer]

All three of them are real estate agents now. They're great. All right, so this is. This is just great. A little insight. You'll notice he is chewing gum in every scene when he's in bed with the very, very attractive Susie Slater. He is chewing gum. He was chewing four or five sticks at a time.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

And it's really annoying and it's really funny.

[Paul Scheer]

And that's all because of John.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

He's an incredibly inventive actor.

[June Diane Raphael]

But I agree.

[Mary Holland]

I thought John was an Excellent actor. That was my opinion. I was like, this John guy is good.

[Paul Scheer]

Look, he made a choice.

[Mary Holland]

He's really good.

[Paul Scheer]

I wanted to ask you guys about this thing because I was confused about this. The full body lace leotard. Was that ever a thing?

[June Diane Raphael]

It's actually back.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Oh yeah. Like a bodysuit.

[Paul Scheer]

Yeah.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Yeah.

[Paul Scheer]

Okay. That. All right. And that's normal.

[June Diane Raphael]

Yeah.

[Paul Scheer]

All right.

[June Diane Raphael]

Because that checks out.

[Paul Scheer]

I didn't. I never saw. Look, I never saw stepping in and pulling up a lace.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Keep in mind that scene is at the shopping mall. The locker room at the shopping mall there is where everybody from the mall just showers up and hangs out.

[June Diane Raphael]

See, I thought that locker room was just for the pizza place employees.

[Paul Scheer]

Really?

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Now that's even crazier.

[June Diane Raphael]

You're right.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Can you imagine a pizza restaurant? Can you imagine working a shift at.

[June Diane Raphael]

Even most pizzeria where the front of the house looks like what we already.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

The guy's wiping his spatula on his thing and there is a full on spa level locker room where people are just hanging out. Oh, I would love that.

[June Diane Raphael]

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[Mary Holland]

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[Paul Scheer]

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[Jason Mantzoukas]

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[Paul Scheer]

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[Jason Mantzoukas]

Oh, you okay? Call short circuiting.

[Paul Scheer]

Well, lasers. Yeah, lasers killed four people in the aud.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Well, and also like, okay, I loved that they had the idea sneak out through the vents. Well, it's that. Okay, it's that thing of like it was like they wanted it to be teenagers, but it wasn't. And the idea that the first thing they decide to do is we need to get some weapons. The guys are like, we need to get guns and that. They go off and send the women into the heating vents and then they get overheated in less than a minute. In less than one minute. It's as if the heating vent is 500 degrees and they are being cooked inside. They could.

[Paul Scheer]

They said the heat was turned up.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Yeah, sure.

[Paul Scheer]

And look. And the heat in those two people across heating vents really get hot. Like, I've never seen that. Like, I think, like, they didn't figure out, like, the heating vent's not that wide. To be able to be like two people shoulder by shoulder. That's a lot. Yeah, that's a. That's like a five foot wide heating vent. That seems big to me. Right. Bruce Willis is in there and Die Hard and I feel like that's like.

[June Diane Raphael]

It'S supposed to be, but this is a mall.

[Paul Scheer]

Yeah, maybe you're right.

[Mary Holland]

A lot of area, a lot of square coverage.

[June Diane Raphael]

Yeah.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

And a lot of just like very easily accessible firearms.

[Paul Scheer]

They literally.

[June Diane Raphael]

Paint stores. I've never seen a paint store in.

[Paul Scheer]

A mall off a discount rack. It says 30% off and the guy picks up a handgun. Like there's no case there. Like, there is no. There's no. Like, they don't even pretend to go behind the counter. It's like, it's like front of store items.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Yeah. It's like where an impulse buy is.

[Paul Scheer]

Yeah.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

It's like where they put like M&M's and stuff. Because you're like, ah, fuck it. Except that it's like a shotgun.

[Paul Scheer]

A rack of shotguns. And then. And the bullets seem close by too.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Oh, yeah.

[Paul Scheer]

They don't search for anything. Like, load that shit up. Right. Two, three.

[June Diane Raphael]

How do the robots find the humans?

[Jason Mantzoukas]

I don't know how they found them.

[Paul Scheer]

Because they're patrolling each floor.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

What's that?

[Paul Scheer]

They're patrolling each floor.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Right.

[June Diane Raphael]

But do they smell them or.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

I think they can hear them, but not very well because they get into a gunfight at one point with one of them, the other two don't show up.

[June Diane Raphael]

Well, this is the interesting thing because. Because to me, at the very end of the movie, not to jump forward, but the woman.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

No spoilers, Jim.

[June Diane Raphael]

The woman, our final gal saves herself just simply by hiding under a shelf. And.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

They could have done this.

[June Diane Raphael]

The whole thing should have just all gotten under a table somewhere.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Here's the thing.

[Mary Holland]

A dish, kibble in front of them.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

The robots weren't looking for them.

[Paul Scheer]

Right.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

They were going and finding the robots.

[Paul Scheer]

Because the robots are Just patrolling and killing anyone on patrol.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

All they needed to do is.

[June Diane Raphael]

The robots were doing them.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

What's that?

[June Diane Raphael]

The robots were just doing them. They were doing themselves as robots. They weren't really looking for.

[Paul Scheer]

So you're on the robot side?

[June Diane Raphael]

Kind of, yeah.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Well, this is. Do you understand how big this is? No, it's huge that you are on the side of robots. Your sworn enemies.

[June Diane Raphael]

It did really feel though that they were trying to rile the robots up.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Hey, listen, they were possessed. All they had to do was hide until morning. That's it. All they had to do was hide until morning. Which they easily could have done.

[Paul Scheer]

But they didn't know that in any.

[June Diane Raphael]

Store, under any display.

[Paul Scheer]

But they didn't know that because the minute they went to go hide, the robots kept on like lasering through doors to like go get them.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

I would love it too, when the robots would hide somewhere and then like. Like when the one robot killed gum chewer and then like set his body and she came and was like, oh, my God. Oh, my God, you're dead. And then the robot was like, ha ha, I'm here. Like, the robots had like real dramatic flourish to them.

[Paul Scheer]

The robots seemingly also open door. Like, their hands never seem to open doors. But the like, there's one door that clearly looks like it should be open by being pushed. But they're. They're just kind of like, I wonder if I have that clip. But they. I don't know if there's.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Can you wait one second?

[Paul Scheer]

Yeah, please.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

How do I know that actor?

[Paul Scheer]

Well, I am the same.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Can somebody tell me what movie from my childhood I know him from?

[Paul Scheer]

I had the same thing. He is kind of around in like the. I think in a Jason movie. But I found it to be more interesting about where he is now.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Where is he now?

[Paul Scheer]

He is this gentleman.

[Mary Holland]

Oh, what are we gonna see? Whoa.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

By the way. By the way, I'm on board.

[Paul Scheer]

He is. He has a headshot up on his IMDb.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

He is sure not a heads up.

[Paul Scheer]

He is pecks her out. He's a silver fox.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Is that a dad bod?

[Paul Scheer]

No, no. God, no. That's not a dad bod.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

No. Okay, I'm still trying to. I'm still trying to hone in on exactly what a dad bod is.

[Paul Scheer]

That's like a well worth.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

That's a hunky bod, right?

[Mary Holland]

Does he have a. Yeah, we still.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Call these guys hunks, right?

[Paul Scheer]

He is now a talent agent.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

What if that was your agent?

[Mary Holland]

What would you like that for your Agent.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

What if you were like, hey, man, I want you to keep repping me, but, like, you gotta take those shots down. It's like. It's super weird.

[Paul Scheer]

Yeah. But I think he is on General Hospital, too. I feel like.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Yeah, all right.

[Paul Scheer]

But he looks so familiar to me. But I think he just looks like somebody else.

[June Diane Raphael]

Well, he looks like John Travolta a bit. So every time you're kind of looking at him. Sure.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

A little bit like Jason Gedrick, Iron Eagle.

[Paul Scheer]

Oh, yeah. How about that? This is. Whenever they do come into contact with the robots, they get into this, like, firefight with them. And it seems like a lot of firepower is being thrown at each other, and it always is missing here.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Go for it. Nobody uses the COVID Yeah.

[Paul Scheer]

They're just openly firing at this robot and seemingly hitting. And then the lasers are. There's so many lasers that are. Everyone's a bad shot in this movie. Like, so many lasers not hitting.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

What?

[Paul Scheer]

I can't.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

My big thing is this movie features people constantly just standing in the line of fire and not getting out of the way. Really?

[Paul Scheer]

Well, I have a lot of issues with the way that people react when one of their friends catches fire.

[Mary Holland]

I had that, too. They just like, what a shame.

[Paul Scheer]

They look. They stare. They stare their friend down, like.

[June Diane Raphael]

And she's.

[Paul Scheer]

Watch her burn.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

But by the way, that's Susie or Suze. And you know what? It's her fault. They were safe in the heat ducts.

[Mary Holland]

But there was a long time where she was laying in the middle of the floor like this.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Oh, my God. Yes.

[June Diane Raphael]

She could have gone.

[Mary Holland]

Crawled away.

[Paul Scheer]

Yeah. Mary.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

While the robot slowly lumbers towards her from behind. I thought it was going to, like, run her over.

[Mary Holland]

Yeah, that's what I thought.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

As if that was the setup. But I'm sure the robot couldn't do that. And so instead, it shoots a laser at the kerosene can she's carrying, and she goes up in flames.

[Paul Scheer]

And she goes up in flames, and no one does a God damn thing.

[June Diane Raphael]

Because they look at it.

[Paul Scheer]

They scare her.

[June Diane Raphael]

Because I think what they realized is, like, this lady's bringing us down. She's having panic attacks left and right. Like, we're gonna let her go right now.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Yes.

[June Diane Raphael]

And we're going to honor her from 10ft away and watch her body burn out. Respectfully.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Yes.

[Paul Scheer]

Watch her burn out.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

I think you're right. I 100% think you're right. I would love to just straight up rewatch this whole movie right now.

[Paul Scheer]

The also. Oh, man. I also like when they do kill one of the robots, he's like, what's that? And the guy's like, robot blood.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Oh, yeah. What? No, no, it is not.

[June Diane Raphael]

The crazy thing about this gang of friends too is whenever someone gets upset, like when the brunette woman has some sort of a moment where she's yelling at her husband or something.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Oh my God.

[June Diane Raphael]

Immediately, immediately. Cover it with I'm so sorry. I just, I guess it's just the situation.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

She says this, she says this exact line. I guess I'm just not used to being chased around the mall all night by killer robots.

[Paul Scheer]

I, I literally, I just, literally just, just pulled that up. It is the dumbest line of all.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

It is unbelievable.

[Paul Scheer]

Cause one of their friends is like, we're dead meat. And you're freaking around. It's like, really? Your friends have been killed.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

I just show up before you press play. These jeans are too high waisted.

[June Diane Raphael]

First of all, they're khakis. They're khakis.

[Paul Scheer]

These.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Oh, these?

[Paul Scheer]

They're khakis.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

These khakis are too high waisted, by the way. No, women love high waisted waisted pants. It's gotta stop.

[June Diane Raphael]

Really.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

This is, this is.

[Paul Scheer]

Whoa, wait, hold on, Jason.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Wait a second.

[Mary Holland]

Sir. Have you ever tried to wear low rise?

[Jason Mantzoukas]

I can see everything in this.

[Paul Scheer]

I also think she has an issue with clothing. I think she just likes tight and high clothing because she at one point gets injured on her arm. Does not take off her sweater, just wraps her sweatered arm where the injury is. So she's put a bandage over her sweater where the wound is. And then so it's bleeding through the sweater, which is then bleeding through the bandage.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Like that is, by the way, a surefire way to get a wound infected.

[Paul Scheer]

Yeah.

[June Diane Raphael]

Well, even before this scene, as soon as they're attacked in the furniture store, I mean, the women are all half naked. And as soon as they're attacked and like run to the back room, they all start putting on their shirts. They've all been fucking in front of their very close friends half naked. And like then get dressed for the robots.

[Paul Scheer]

Yeah, well, their life. They got to get out of the mall. They got to go. They got to go get a.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

But I agree with June. I agree with June. The rest of the movie, they should have been naked. I agree. I also think like, June, the movie would have been better if the women didn't wear tops.

[June Diane Raphael]

What I'm saying is like, ladies, once the tops came off this mall.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Yeah, don't bother putting a top on. Let those things Flop around, get out of here. Get your priorities straight. June and I are on the same page about this.

[Paul Scheer]

Finally.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Finally.

[Paul Scheer]

Well, let's hear the dumbest line of all time.

[Mary Holland]

I guess I'm just not used to being chased around a mall in the middle of the night by killer robots.

[Paul Scheer]

Good boyfriend.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

My favorite part is same. Same character. Brunette, is at one point has a calculator and is making calculations.

[Paul Scheer]

I got that too.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

You have that too? Okay, good.

[Paul Scheer]

I mean, you can explain it either way.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

This I could not. I couldn't understand what this was even about.

[June Diane Raphael]

I feel like this is before this scene when they're driving to the mall. They're in, I think, okay. And correct me if I'm wrong, they have started a business with their wedding money.

[Paul Scheer]

Correct.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Auto repair.

[June Diane Raphael]

Auto repair business. The two of them. And she's great at it. And he's not so great. And I think because that's what we're supposed to think is because they're not that great at it, that the business is not doing that well. But they're still going to try to have a fun night.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Right?

[Paul Scheer]

I thought it was. We spent all of our money on this auto repair shop. We can't go out and party, so let's go fuck in a mall. That's what I like. That's what I thought I was like. We spent all our wedding money opening this business.

[June Diane Raphael]

Oh, so you're saying they couldn't go out to dinner?

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Yeah, See, I felt like they spent all their wedding money on the business and so now had to like fuck in front of other people for money. But I'm serious. What is this? Well, I think. What is she calculating?

[Paul Scheer]

Well, I think this is her having a mental breakdown. But here. I have a theory here.

[Mary Holland]

According to my calculations, provided we survive the night, of course we're gonna be in hock to this place for the next 85 years.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

How many tune ups is that?

[Mary Holland]

Just a sec. She's so annoyed that he asked. 2,900,000, 431.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Maybe we should raise our rates. That's. That's the. We're gonna need a bigger boat of this movie.

[June Diane Raphael]

What is she saying in the beginning of that? That she's 85 years.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

What did she Now I think I got it.

[Paul Scheer]

I know.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Yeah. Yeah. I think she thinks that they are going to. They are going to be financially responsible for the damage done to the mall by the robots that have literally murdered their friends.

[June Diane Raphael]

They should not be small business owners.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

This is what so. So while hiding from the killer robots she is calculating their financial responsibility. She's so convinced they're gonna get fucked somehow by the system. She's like, if we manage to survive the night against killer robots, we're for sure gonna have to pay for the damage to them all.

[June Diane Raphael]

Well, that's why, you know, not be responsible.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

We're gonna be rich for life.

[Paul Scheer]

But that's why I feel like she's having a clear mental break. It's like, should we just hide here? Well, I'll just calculate how much. And that means that she's also calculating damage. Like, we blew up that cigarette machine. Flower vase.

[Mary Holland]

It doesn't even look like she's hitting a calculator either. It looks like she's just tapping a notebook.

[Paul Scheer]

But look, it's not even a long form calculator. So that means that she's not made a single mistake. She's like 200. It's a very basic calculator. Well, look, I think that they basically were like, hey look, we need this scene because the movie right now is coming at 64 minutes.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

By this logic, she could just as easily be like, oh no, we killed that janitor. We did this. She's taking personal responsibility for everything.

[June Diane Raphael]

And I thought for sure that her mechanics skills were going to come back at some point.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Wouldn't that have been great?

[June Diane Raphael]

Dismantle a robot? That never happened.

[Paul Scheer]

Well, they don't even let the girl who's good at shooting, fucking shoot a gun. After she's shown like she can like sharp shoot, like bam, it explodes. Then the next thing that everyone's shooting guns. She's like standing there without a gun, like cowering behind a mannequin, like, give her the fucking.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Okay, I've got another question. When they're like, when it's her idea, smartly to create a diversion using the mannequins. Why are they hidden amongst the mannequins? If your idea is, let's put the mannequins out so the robots shoot the mannequins. Don't mix yourselves in. Cause it's, it's the mannequins allow you to go hide. That's the point. You're not like, ooh, now we're camouflaged within. Cause they'll just shoot. Shoot everything. What are you stupid? Fucking go hide somewhere. And they're all like, you fucking assholes.

[June Diane Raphael]

Listen, I think when you know it's a mall movie, you expect that our characters are going to be pretending to be mannequins at some point. I think they worked backwards for a minute.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

This movie this movie needed more music. I feel like this movie needed more like weird 80s music.

[Paul Scheer]

I mean, this is like, this is a rejected John Carpenter music. Yeah. Before we go to the audience, because there's more to talk about. But I do want to talk about montage. What?

[June Diane Raphael]

Like the opening montage.

[Paul Scheer]

Well, the opening montage I want to talk about.

[Mary Holland]

Yeah, well, let's talk about that then.

[Paul Scheer]

Because I wanted to. Can anyone describe why the dads were fighting over the video game? Like, so a kid is playing a video game. A dad, or I assume a dad knocks the kid out. Then he starts playing. Then another dad's like, get out of there. And he starts playing. It just seemed like an odd like, commentary on like, is that what was happening in the video game places?

[Mary Holland]

Things that happen in a mall? You know, I guess it felt like.

[June Diane Raphael]

The whole opening was okay. This is, you know, consumerism at its height, but it's also like clumsiness at its height. Like this is the. The age of, you know, excess. And also like we all forgot how to walk.

[Paul Scheer]

Well, especially when you see some big boobs. Like when those women in bikinis come to the thing. The guy is like carrying a bunch of boxes. Like he falls and then he's like. He's like a dog that. Whose eyes pop out of his head like an old like Tex Avery cartoon.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Oooga, ooga.

[Paul Scheer]

I don't even understand that Angel. Think of like guy like, like, you know, walking on. I. That's not a real. That does not happen. Right.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

I would love it if like the guy saw the women on the escalator and just like his pants. It was just like, like that's the equivalent of what's happening. He's just.

[June Diane Raphael]

And who were those women, by the way?

[Mary Holland]

It was like a beauty competition.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

And I do think at the mall.

[Mary Holland]

But they do do like, they do. They do guys. They do do like modeling, like searches and stuff.

[June Diane Raphael]

Oh, okay, Mary.

[Paul Scheer]

I would buy that.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

I would buy them all. That's a good segue. How were you discovered?

[Mary Holland]

Well, there I was at House of Almonds. At House of Almonds. I did work at a Discovery Channel pop up store in a mall, Brad.

[Paul Scheer]

Really?

[Mary Holland]

And there was a locker room.

[Paul Scheer]

Oh wow.

[June Diane Raphael]

There was a.

[Paul Scheer]

Was there a luggage tent in the middle of the mall floor that just in case you fell from an upper story.

[Mary Holland]

The empty luggage also had stuffed animals in the tent. It was full of stuffed animals.

[Paul Scheer]

Our hero falls off into a. Just oddly placed. Not a luggage store, just like a luggage pop up. Because that's the most Common thing that you would maybe have in a mall luggage store.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Oh, yeah.

[Paul Scheer]

Oh, my God. Oh, I do want to talk about. This is the thing that blew my mind. So whenever the robots would kill somebody, like, thank you. Have a nice day. Right. They would say that. So when our lead actress kills the robot, like, gets them all dead at the end, she says, have a nice day. And to me, I'm like, wouldn't you want to subvert it? Wouldn't you want to. Like, there's nothing clever about it.

[Mary Holland]

I did have a nice day.

[Paul Scheer]

Yeah. Or like, yeah, like, have a nice life. Like, you know, like, it's just simply like, oh, yeah, you said that. Now I say that like.

[Mary Holland]

Like it's not even the full phrase.

[June Diane Raphael]

Yeah, well, half of it. Also, I couldn't understand why they were programmed to say, have a nice day. If they are, they're not robot. They're not, like, welcome robots at the mall.

[Mary Holland]

Customer service only.

[Paul Scheer]

And they're only working at night.

[June Diane Raphael]

They're only there at night.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Yeah.

[June Diane Raphael]

To catch the thieves.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

I agree.

[Paul Scheer]

I did think, though, that that final line, like, I feel like they didn't. Nobody had, like, a line like, you buck the bolts. Like, you know, go back, you know, now you're on the discount rack. Like, there's a million things you could say. Or like, you know, like, I always thought you needed another coat of paint, like, whatever the thing was.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

How many of these did you write?

[Paul Scheer]

2. Let me get my calculator out. 2 million 415. No, but it's like that. Like, it just is so anticlimactic. And then she walks away from saying her have a nice dayline with that limp. And I really, for a moment thought it was going to be like Usual suspects, like a Kaiser. So moment where that limp went away and she was like, the robots were all my idea.

[Mary Holland]

I'm a robot.

[Paul Scheer]

That and lasers come out of her eyes. But yeah, the ending is really.

[June Diane Raphael]

Yeah.

[Paul Scheer]

Anticlimactic. I mean, they kill it. And then the guy that they think is dead, like, nope, I. I was fine.

[Mary Holland]

And toilet paper.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Toilet paper. And the only people who did not have sex survived the movie.

[Mary Holland]

And that's how it should be.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

The four were punished by the robot gods.

[Paul Scheer]

Well, let's go into the crowd and let's talk to them about some stuff. All right, here we go. Oh, my gosh, you are. You've done this show. You've sang our song so many times. Let's see, sir, your. Your name, your title for this film. And besides chopping mall and Your question? My name's Tim. I'd go with the original title. Killbots. Yes, yes. The movie was called Killbots. It was released in the theaters and then pulled because no one wanted to see a movie called Killbots. They released it a few months later as chopping moment was much more successful. And the doctor that you talked about who's at the top of the movie, his name is Dr. Carrington. And I was wondering if it's possible that he's the father of Michael Carrington and this is a shared universe with Grease too. Wow. Talk amongst yourselves up there.

[June Diane Raphael]

I mean, I'd say maybe, but he wasn't British and Michael is, so it just doesn't seem likely.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

So. Stupid question, Tim.

[Paul Scheer]

Stupid question. So next question, let's see. Next question. What's your name, your alternate title and your question? My name's Chris.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

The alternate title, I think should be Laserbots.

[Paul Scheer]

Laserbots. Got it. Love it. Because they didn't chop anybody. You're right. They did not chop. I always just sometimes throat punctured. Puncture bots.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

They, they roadhouse. That first guy.

[Paul Scheer]

Yeah, there's a lot of throat ripping. And I don't understand why they wouldn't just use lasers at all.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Always, always use a laser.

[June Diane Raphael]

Well, I guess I don't also know, like. Well, what would a chop be?

[Paul Scheer]

Well, like a slicing them up.

[June Diane Raphael]

Oh, okay.

[Paul Scheer]

Yeah.

[Mary Holland]

Okay.

[Paul Scheer]

I was just wondering if they had any lawsuits from all the big name advertisements that were in the movie, like GE and Coca Cola and all those. Yeah, nothing was covered in the movie. Like nothing at all was.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

I think all those companies were happy to have this as a representation of their products. Especially probably the paint company that's like, apparently our paint is incredibly flammable and.

[Mary Holland]

So many different shades. Look at all the different shades.

[Paul Scheer]

That's not a good, not a good sign for like of somebody redoing their house.

[June Diane Raphael]

I mean, that store blew up.

[Mary Holland]

It really did. That was the one shot that was.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

And how. I mean, she, in what I'm gonna say one and a half minutes, emptied 70 gallons of paint. They quick cut to her being like, crank, crank. She opened so much paint.

[Paul Scheer]

Okay, your name, your alternate title and your question.

[Mary Holland]

My name is Brie. I'd go with Furniture Store Fuck Sesh Interrupted.

[June Diane Raphael]

Say it again.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Wait, what is it?

[Paul Scheer]

Furniture Store Fuck Sesh Interrupted.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Okay.

[Paul Scheer]

It's a longer title, but I like it. I like Fucksesh Interrupted.

[Mary Holland]

What? Guest appearance from another. How did this get made? Movie All Star would be better to help improve the film. Would it be Gene Simmons character in Runaway or Hollywood mantra from Mannequin 2 on the move.

[Paul Scheer]

Oh, wow, this is interesting. So we've done a few mall based films. Who would we like to see or mall based and robot based movie. So we have Gene Simmons as the evil inventor of the spider robot from the Tom Selleck movie.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

I will say I don't know that I would choose Hollywood, but I would have loved it if one of the characters in this movie was a come to life mannequin in the mall. So if, if they were at the furniture storagey and were like. And then one of the mannequins was just like, I'm here too. Let's do it.

[Paul Scheer]

What if when the robots were firing at the mannequins, one came to life? Like, ah, I'm gonna die.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Like, here's things I want. I don't want Aliens versus Predator. I want mannequin versus Robot.

[Paul Scheer]

Okay. Mvr. Okay, so your name, your alternate title and your car name is Robert. Alternate title would be chop til you drop. Ooh, like. Oh, I like that one. Good. There's no chopping. It's more pinching. Yeah, okay, but I'll take it. Yeah. And my question is, would the robots, Are the robots possessed? Because, like, they're totally fucking with that guy in the beginning of the movie. The guy like inside the security station. What's going on with that?

[Jason Mantzoukas]

I don't think they're possessed. I just think they're. They think they're hilarious. That's what I meant by they kept like looking at each other like, get a load of this.

[Mary Holland]

I also like the guy holding up a centerfold and just like, oh, yeah, did that, does that happen at work?

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Fuck yeah.

[June Diane Raphael]

But I think what your question speaks to a larger point and what you were saying too, Jason, like the personality of the robots, it's hard to pin down because they don't. I can't believe I'm gonna say this. They don't feel evil to me.

[Paul Scheer]

Wow.

[June Diane Raphael]

It doesn't feel like their motivations are bad.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Someone questioned the moral goodness of BB8.

[June Diane Raphael]

I know.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

You are on board for three murderous robots. I think they felt misunderstood. Question mark.

[June Diane Raphael]

They felt like spoiled brats, you know, but they didn't feel.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

So they were the teenagers of the movie? Yes.

[June Diane Raphael]

They felt like teens. Like a bunch of male, white male teens.

[Mary Holland]

That's the teen fuck fest. That's the teen fuck fest.

[Paul Scheer]

So they weren't invited to the fuckfest. So they went out.

[June Diane Raphael]

Interesting.

[Paul Scheer]

All right, we've uncovered something. I don't know what, sir, your name, your alternate title and your question. My name is Bill. Alternate title is Mall of Killmerica. Question is, during the scene that they had the furniture, Storji.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

A lot of good it fucking works.

[Paul Scheer]

A lot of good it fucking works.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Doesn't it feel good to say. Doesn't it feel great to say Storgy? It's amazing.

[Paul Scheer]

The song that was playing during that when they were dancing was a song called Street Walking. Followed up with the line, it's the best that I can do. Which is the theme for Roger Corman's street walking movie as well. So this is also a shared universe with Streetwalkin. Wow. All right, so we're going deep into the Roger Corman everything here. The Corman verse that I love that streetwalking. You know, the one thing, the one thing that I noticed in this movie too, and it's just again goes to like the laziness of some moments of it. Some. All of it is there's a PA announcement was like, attention, there's a lost child in the lingerie department. And then they go answers to the name Steven. Answers to the name. So then you wouldn't like.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

That means somebody was like Mark, Peter, Billy, William, Frank, Mitch, Glenn, Gary, Marcus, Ross.

[Paul Scheer]

Did you ever go like what? When you.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Chandler, Binks.

[Paul Scheer]

But even when it finally works, when you go, whose name is Steven? Through process of elimination, we figured out.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

I think I've done everything. Stephen. Yes, it's Steven, by the way. Smart kid. Found him in the lingerie department. Kid gets it.

[Paul Scheer]

Your name, your alt title and your question.

[Mary Holland]

My name is Cecily and I don't really have a good title.

[Paul Scheer]

Like Easily avoidable decisions the film.

[Mary Holland]

And then I just wanted to point out that on the wiki Wikipedia page.

[June Diane Raphael]

There'S a blurb where it says that.

[Mary Holland]

It'S one of the only films where when they aired it on TV, they had to make it longer by like 20 minutes.

[June Diane Raphael]

Like they extended it to a 90 minute film.

[Paul Scheer]

That is amazing.

[June Diane Raphael]

What?

[Paul Scheer]

Because it couldn't make, I guess the. They probably have a two hour slot that TV needs to fill.

[June Diane Raphael]

So with commercial credits and everything.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

And commercials.

[Paul Scheer]

Yeah.

[June Diane Raphael]

And opening montage.

[Paul Scheer]

Well, it's only. It's only 77 minutes. So even a 90 minute movie is the normal two hour filler. That's crazy. Where did they find this extra footage?

[June Diane Raphael]

They added like the scene where like.

[Mary Holland]

The virgins are watching the old movie. Like they just extended that for a really long time.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Just watched. They showed 11 minutes of that movie you saw and you saw the third act of a month movie just close up on a television in the furniture store.

[Paul Scheer]

Who has a good question? We have one last question tonight. By the way, everybody asking questions are getting some comic books from our friends over at Coliseum of Comics. And also zines from Daniel Joel Katz, who makes his own zines about movies. Who has a good one, who feels really confident. Oh, wow, this guy feels really confident. All right, no animated hands. I'm gonna take you because you have a book. I see a book. Books always make me feel like there is some thought here. All right, let's see.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Oh, and a blazer.

[Paul Scheer]

And a book and a blazer. All right, let's see. All right, sir, here you go. Your name. You're all talking.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Well, we're going to Largo. I wore a blazer.

[Paul Scheer]

I like it. It's respectful.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

And a pocket squirrel.

[Paul Scheer]

I want people to start dressing up as the characters from these movies when they come here. But you didn't do that. Here you go.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Name's Brian Rambogram.

[Paul Scheer]

Okay, great.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

So I want to bring up the.

[Paul Scheer]

Women in the beginning with the bikinis.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

They're wearing sashes. And what they said were, the Park Plaza Mall, the future is now. Have a ball and take the kids.

[Paul Scheer]

So they were like a walking advertisement for the mall. That's amazing.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

The future is now. What if you just, like, saw them wandering independently? So there's just a woman with a sash that says, take the kids.

[June Diane Raphael]

Yeah, they have to be together.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Some creeps like, I got the go ahead. I got the go ahead that I've been looking for. I finally got a message from God. Take the kids.

[Paul Scheer]

This is the original poster for Killbots. Just a big picture of the robot, which they clearly then just replaced with a mall. Obviously, we had an opinion about this film, but there are other people out there that had a different opinion. It's now time for second opinions. Here's David and Kate. I have an opinion, but here it does not matter at. How did this get made? Second opinions are much better. Amazon has them all. Paul reads them out with Glee. Second opinion bring much joy to all of you. And me, kumate. And now here's Kate. Hey, hey.

[Mary Holland]

Just saw a really bad movie. Hey, hey. It couldn't end too soon. Hey, hey. It was a super bad movie, but I'd do just about anything for Jason, Paul, and June. Now I've got an opinion, and it's pretty low. But there's just some people for whom that isn't. So this is their opinion, their second opinion.

[Paul Scheer]

Amazing. Wow. Both Winners. Holy moly.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

That's how it's done.

[Paul Scheer]

That is how it is done. Kate.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

David.

[Paul Scheer]

Amazing. Wow. Those were awesome. Holy cow. That was. That was great.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

People are gonna be driving home tonight really angry like you should have gotten up there. No, no, you said you were gonna. You should have.

[Paul Scheer]

That's the way to come. Come with some lyrics. Come with. That was awesome.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Very good. Great.

[Paul Scheer]

All right, so obviously second opinions here were a little bit harder.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Still waiting for a full band to show up someday. Does anybody have anything like people like saxophones and guitars?

[Paul Scheer]

Where can we set up? All right, this one is.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Can we get a sound check?

[Paul Scheer]

This one here is from Robin B. McGorm. This was back in 2013. Security robots. Yes, they sound good. Trained to kill and shoot all trespassers. Even forget to listen to all orders and commands. Sound like little terrors to me. Well, on the first night they do their job at a shopping mall that has some shop assistants staying for a bit of fun. The fun you do when your folks aren't home to interrupt your basic needs.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

When your folks aren't home at the mall.

[Paul Scheer]

And then first class entertainment that will not be forgotten too soon. Different and surprisingly marvelous to watch. Plenty of action and suspense that you wonder where the little horrors are. So you have to be on your toes at all times. Sit and relax, grab the popcorn, put your feet up and rate this an A plus grade for an unforgettable enjoyment of a wonderful show. It's an odd.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

A wonderful show.

[Paul Scheer]

A wonderful show. And seems to have like this like idea. Like these little terrors getting in and mixing it up.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

These scamps.

[Paul Scheer]

Yeah, this is the one.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Incorrigible Killbot.

[Paul Scheer]

This one like got me a little bit, like, I wanna unpack it a little bit. This one was written as one of my all time favorite 80s horror movies. It's been a while since I last saw this movie and it still gives me that guilty pleasure of seeing robots kill those teenagers. Uh oh, that's not a guilty pleasure.

[Mary Holland]

That's a red flag, my friend.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Just like the feeling I get when. When I put kittens into buckets of water. This movie makes me feel what other people call alive and then goes.

[Paul Scheer]

Favorite scene was when the girl gets her head blown off by the laser beam. Love it.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

So if you dot, dot, dot. I directed this movie, I'm a creep.

[Paul Scheer]

If you ever encounter Rob Robles, beware. And then finally, this is from the Sultan of Sexy.

[Mary Holland]

I believe it goes like this.

[Paul Scheer]

If you were in your 20s back when this came out, like I was. All you cared about was how much skin you saw and how much gore got thrown at you. There could have been a bit more skin, but I guess we can't have everything. It's worth the money. Even if Ms. Maroney kept her clothes on. Darn it. Five stars. So there we go.

[Mary Holland]

Were these all written by the director?

[Paul Scheer]

These, oddly, also are all written within the late 2000s. This was written in 2010, that last one. The guy who likes to see teenagers get killed. That was in 2017. And then the first one was in 2013. These people are checking into this movie a little bit later. Well, I think we talked about everything there is to talk about. We really got a whole viewpoint in here. But let's talk about what everyone's got going on. Mary, what do you want to plug?

[Mary Holland]

You can follow me on Twitter Holland85 and I post about shows that I'm doing here at Largo and at UCB and other things coming up.

[Paul Scheer]

You're gonna be on Veep this season, which is very exciting.

[June Diane Raphael]

Yes.

[Mary Holland]

On Veep this season, I did an episode of Drive Share.

[Paul Scheer]

Yes. Which is on the show that Rob. I did Rob Huebel and I. And that's on go 90. Yeah. Super fun stuff. Yeah.

[June Diane Raphael]

June breaking comes out March 24th.

[Paul Scheer]

Right.

[June Diane Raphael]

The third season.

[Paul Scheer]

We'll be out by the time this is out. Yes. That'll be good. And then Jason.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Yeah, but I got nothing.

[Paul Scheer]

All right, a big thank you to Brett Morris up in the booth. Everybody here at Largo. Largo or Largo? Everybody here at Largo.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Flanny changed the name Largo Largo.

[Paul Scheer]

Avril Halley, who pulled all these amazing clips and listened to all these commentaries. July Diaz, Nate Kiley, Kelly Alto, Leanna Waldron and everybody at Earwolf. Thank you so much and thank you for all for coming tonight. So great.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Thank you to David and Kate for singing the songs.

[June Diane Raphael]

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[Paul Scheer]

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