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Last Looks: Law Abiding Citizen
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A crew member who worked on Law Abiding Citizen reveals juicy secrets when Paul responds to your corrections & omissions on last week's episode! Plus, Jason and Paul recommend A TON of media they're currently loving, Jason tells a delightful story about Philip Seymour Hoffman and Ethan Hawke in a bonus deleted scene from our Law Abiding Citizen live show, and at the end of the episode Paul announces the next movie we'll be covering on the pod. JASON & PAUL'S WATCH LIST: Shelter Dark Winds Chris Fleming: Live at the Palace Katt Williams: The Last Report Will Hines & Ian Roberts' High Functioning Comedy DTF St. Louis Ultra City Smiths A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice Lovesick The Rip Secret Mall Apartment The Housemaid Ask Hank Anything Ragas Live Festival The Iron Snail JASON & PAUL'S READING LIST: A Short Stay in Hell by Steven L. Peck King Sorrow by Joe Hill I Blame Dennis Hopper by Ileanna Douglas Scene by Abel Ferrera Will Hines' Improv Nonsense Substa...
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Paul Scheer
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Caller/Listener
Go.
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Paul Scheer
I'm gonna take that as a yes. Project Hail Mary is the number one movie in the universe. So what we do now? We party. It's exhilarating and awe inspiring. The perfect film. Amaze, amaze, amaze. Ryan Gosling gives a performance that goes down in history. How do you know when the hug is done? Would you just get in here? This is one for the ages. Project hail mary rated pg13 may be inappropriate for choice children under 13 now playing only in theaters. Exploding dogs, Al Pacino's hair and you'll never guess what. I watched all this and more on today's how did this get made? Last looks hit the theme. How did Schwarzenegger grow a baby in his belly? Rock a rhinestone vest while whipping Justin the Kelly?
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Jason Manzoukas
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Paul Scheer
to hitting cruise control J man, Big Paul and the beautiful June gonna take you from the goob all the way to the room Reindeer games and street fighter held the blow off steam just
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Paul Scheer
Timothy Green shark NATO to birdemic how he staying alive they calling in a badass and he's on the line drinking 88 minutes cause they cool as ice cause the badge and Barney's looking kinda nice Paul and June gettin literal Jason is getting laid June is making sure
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Jason Manzoukas
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Paul Scheer
judge a bunch of movies how they making the grade? Here's a real question for ya.
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Jason Manzoukas
How did this get made?
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Paul Scheer
Hello all you Gerard Butt Heads. And I mean that not like in the Biff Tannen sense of the word butthead. But as someone who is like a fan of Gerard Butler's butt. People, this is a classy show. And you know what? I'm a fucking classy host. I'm Paul Scheer. Welcome to how did this get made? Last Looks. And I'm so happy that you're here today because you are going to finally be heard. I mean, you. It's going to be a majority of me reading your voice and then just me disregarding what you have to say and just talking to Jason. But you, for the first part of this, it's all going to be about you, okay? You're going to voice your issues on Law Abiding Citizen, a movie that Discord user. Repo Manish. I like that. Thinks should have had the tagline Law Abiding Citizen Trial by Jerry. I like it. I like it a lot. Repo Manish coming in with not only a great name, but a great alt movie tagline. Gotta give a big shout out to Benjamin Helton for that polka remix of our opening song. Thank you, Benjamin. That was just the kind of remix I needed. I didn't know I needed polka. And I didn't know besides Weird Al Yankovic, people are doing polka remixes Anyway. Remember, people, if you have an alt movie tagline, submit it to us on our Discord at Discord GG hdtgm. And if you have a Last looks theme song, go to hdtgm.com click on the submit a song button. It's easy. You just pop it right in there. Keep them short, keep them fun, and let's keep them coming. Today we are going to be hearing all your corrections and omissions on Law Abiding Citizen. Plus, I'll even share a bonus deleted scene from our live show. Then Jason will stop by for Just Chat, where we will recommend a whole slew of TV shows, music and movies that we are currently loving. And these have been fun. Jason and I have not had a chance to really connect on all this good stuff that we have been consuming. And as always, I will reveal the movie for next week's episode. Now we are back at Largo in Los Angeles on April 1st, doing our first live show in almost five months. Holy cow. It's been very long. We're going to be covering the Pierce Brosnan action flick Livewire. We have a very special guest and maybe even two. You can get your tickets now@hdtgm.com and then guess what? Next week on A Thursday, we are putting together the biggest cast of all time doing improv together. Me, Jason, Edie Patterson, Carl Tart, Lisa Gilroy, Seth Morris, Corinne Wells. So many great people come out and check that out on March 26, also at Largo. You can go to my website. You can go to hdtgm.com anywhere to get the tickets for both of these shows. All right, people, let's get into it. We had questions and you apparently have answers. It is time for us to get down to business. Set us straight, if you will, as we get into something I like to call corrections and omissions. Mad Licks, take us in. Corrections and omissions. You were wrong. Okay, everybody, big news. Every now and then doing this show, we hear from somebody who has worked on one of the films that we have talked about. Today is one of those days. That's right. We have an anonymous source from Law Abiding Citizen who has given us some details, some things that are gonna be some real head scratchers. So sit back, relax, and enjoy an anonymously sourced recounting of some of the things that that went astray on Law Abiding Citizen. Okay, just to refresh everybody's memory, Law Abiding Citizen ends with Jamie Foxx going to see his daughter play the cello. And we thought the most appropriate ending to this film would be if Clyde rigged her cello to explode, killing everyone. The ultimate revenge. And what we are finding out is we weren't that far off. Okay, so many people on the crew thought that's the natural ending of the movie, right? It should just happen like that. It may not be the feel good ending, but it makes sense. And the movie's already a little bit crazy. Now here is a bit of backstory that I didn't know. The film was shot entirely in script order, which is just, if you don't know, kind of crazy and unheard of. But it wasn't trying to prove a point. It was really just because of the. A myriad of factors, right? You had weather, you had actor schedules, you had set construction. And the biggest part was they didn't have a third act. That's right. This movie was greenlit without a third act and they needed to get it in theaters. So they thought if we move forward in script order, we can always be adjusting for continuity sake. You know, you'll never have to be in a position where you're like, oh, it would be so great if he did this. Oh, but we already shot that six weeks ago. So it was actually a really smart way of addressing It. But because there was no third act and because they were shooting in order, there were a myriad of script revisions. I mean, all the time. According to my source here, they were getting pages slipped under their hotel doors at 3am and every Saturday and Sunday, brand new pages. And there were like over six writers working on this film and all very high end names. Then you also had the talent and the director. Everyone was adding in to make this movie as good as it could be because they knew what this movie was. Yes, it was absurd, but they were committed to making it work, right? They wanted to make the film make sense. So in many respects, and this is what my anonymous source says, there was a lot of care put into it, but it didn't always work out. Now, with a day or two left in production, the shooting script had reached quadruple goldenrod. Okay? Now, if you're not familiar with production, every time you write a script and you put it in production, it changes color. So the first draft is white, the second draft blue, then pink, then yellow, then green, and then goldenrod. And then it continues on with, like buff salmon cherry. And what this person is telling me is it went to quadruple goldenrod, which is like the 25th script that has come out. And there was a joke around set. Has anyone ever worked on a quadruple cherry script? Which would be the final color it would be before it flipped to quintuple white. And no one had ever heard of such an absurd achievement. So on the final day of production, it was the viola performance of Nick's daughter at the end of the film. So the night before, one of the producers jokingly sent around pages for a quote unquote new ending, where Nick and his wife settle into their seats, the lights go down, the conductor starts the recital and the viola explodes, and then the drums, and then the violins and the oboes, et cetera. The entire theater detonates into a mushroom cloud. Fade to black. Now, everyone read the fake pages and they thought it was a hilarious and fitting end. But yes, that's all it was. It was a prank. They all felt that Clyde's gags were super fun and over the top and would be honestly, more entertaining than the real ending. But alas, they did not ever shoot it. It was just a prank. It was a memorable prank to lift everybody's spirit to get through that last day of principal photography. But it did give this film the unique distinction of having a quadruple cherry status on scripts. Now, I will say this. I love when people share their stories this is an amazing one. I love knowing that there was a lot of care here. And I don't think that this movie feels lazy. It's just improbable. And that may come from the fact that there are seven writers and people just trying to make it better and better and better. And I think the turns were really good. It just forgot some of the justifications. I don't know. I still think that there's a great movie in here, but look, that's from someone who was on set. Now let's focus on you. Let's go to the discord. Sam writes, a friend of mine worked on the movie and told me that the production office shipped back a bunch of unused fake blood to the special effects company, but the PAs didn't pack it right and it leaked all over the FedEx truck. And the FedEx was going to call a specialist or a HAZMAT team to investigate it until the production's regular FedEx guy realized that the package came from the movie. Sam, I love that and how freaked out that driver must have been to see just blood. They thought. I mean, there's definitely a moment where you're like, oh, I am carrying Gwyneth Paltrow's head here. I have a seven style murderer on my hands. I wish we should do more, like, more pranking of FedEx drivers. That was what I was about to say. And I was like, no, no, we shouldn't do that. I saw a video with this guy, Airac. He's a YouTuber. Yeah, I have kids where he shipped himself across country. But now I'm hearing that Arak is fake. Anyone want to weigh in on that, let me know. Ryan says says. So a couple of corrections here from the perspective of a prison librarian. Oh, wow, Ryan. I didn't know that. First of all, Butler would most definitely not be held in a prison while on trial, as he's only been accused of a crime. He'd be in jail or a holding center in the courthouse itself. It would be a litigation nightmare if an innocent person got hurt by an inmate while still on trial. Okay, great. I like that. And I didn't also know the difference between jail and prison. And thank you for not hitting it over the head too much, but yes, those are two different places. Second, it's very much a failure on the prison's part for not checking in on Butler while in solitary as there is a risk of escape or suicide. Well, look, we're dealing with that in the real world, right? Jeffrey Epstein, now, Ryan says continues by saying the institutions in my state have a log system where officers have to physically touch a tracking scanner on the door and then go to a data pad after looking in the window of the cell door to see a moving, breathing flesh. I don't like how you said moving, breathing flesh. Just say a person. We're all moving, breathing flesh. Oh, I don't like it. Anyway, these checks are done every half hour. Johnny Unusual writes. It's worth noting that the writer on this film is Kurt Wimmer, master of films that are both tremendously preposterous and very dumb and still very fun. He's written the how did this get made classics, ultraviolet, the Beekeeper, Expendables 4 and Double Trouble. I'm not going to name the films because it's not a recommendation station, but I assure you that if you are ever stuck for movies, most of his films are the right kind of movies for this show. You can probably skip his Total Recall end Point Break remakes. Johnny Unusual, thank you for not making this a recommendation station. And as a matter of fact, because you didn't, now I am inclined to. To go deeper. But you're right about Total Recall and Point Break. What whiffs Like a whiff and a miss. I mean, or I guess a whiff is a miss. Sean McBee writes, I read the entire screenplay for the movie and I have notes. Well, Sean, thank you. While the film credits Kurt Wimmer as the solo writer, the script is written by Frank Darabont, following Wimmer's previous draft. This is interesting. Johnny Unusual, take notes. I know about this because when I first came out to la, people were talking about this script. They're like, we have the next seven. And this was the movie it became. I may have said this in the actual episode, it became this. But let's find out why. Sean McBee continues to write and says the script skips the actual crime opening with Clyde's 911 call. Clyde didn't even witness the crime, but came in to find his family already dead. Oh, I like that. I like that. It's a little bit. I mean, that opening was rough. There's a reason given for Clyde being in the prison and for how he was able to tunnel into all the cells. Due to overcrowding in the jail, this old and disused prison has recently been opened as an annex to the county jail. This all makes so much sense. Okay, Clyde is the first person to occupy those solitary cells in over 20 years. No word on how he could have known that overcrowding would force this old building back into use, though. All right. But by the way, love all these reasons the version of the script doesn't have the cemetery scene. Instead, it establishes at the beginning of the movie that Bruce McGill's character is going blind and going through training with a guide dog. And when we skip forward 10 years later, his guide dog is wearing a cone of shame to indicate the dog recently had some sort of surgery. But whatever surgery the dog had came with something a little extra. Courtesy of Clyde. Yes, Bruce McGill is killed via exploding guide dog. It is somehow even more ridiculous than the cemetery Murderbot.
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Jason Manzoukas
Wow.
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Paul Scheer
Not more ridiculous. Better. Okay, we're gonna take a quick break and we'll be back with some more of your juicy corrections and omissions. Stick around Today's podcast is brought to you by Squarespace. Whether you're just starting out or scaling up your business, Squarespace is the all in one website platform designed to help your business stand out and succeed online. Now I love Squaresp because it gives me everything I need. You can offer services and get paid all in one place. From consultations to events and experiences. Showcase your offerings with a customizable website designed to attract clients and grow your business. Get paid on time with professional on brand invoices and online payments. You can streamline your workflow. Keep it all in one spot. That's right. Built in appointment scheduling? Check. Email marketing tools? Check. I have been using Squarespace forever. You can see each one of my websites, whether it's the dark web, Paul Shear unspooled, or how did this Get Made? Is completely a unique experience and I love building there because it makes me feel free and creative to offer the things that I want to offer. Now head to squarespace.combonkers for a free trial and when you're ready to launch, use the offer code. Bonkers. It's B O N K E R s to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain on ebay. Every find has a story. Like if you're looking for a vintage band tee, the one you wore everywhere until you lost it. Now you're on ebay. And there it is. The things you love have a way of finding their way back to you, especially on ebay. From rare collectibles and vintage cars to designer fashion, it's all there. Shop ebay for millions of finds, each with a story. Ebay Things People Love how did this Get Made? Is sponsored by Sylvania with Sylvania Seeing better while driving at night starts with you. Headlight bulbs dim over time and can lose up to 50ft of visibility before burnout. So don't wait. Upgrade your drive with Sylvania Automotive lights for better visibility on the road ahead. Sylvania's step by step video installation guides make it easier than ever to take control of your nighttime clarity. All without a trip to the mechanic. So before the burnout darkens your day, upgrade to Sylvania and see better tonight. Okay, we are back with more your thoughts of law abiding citizen. Let's go to the phones. First up is Rebecca.
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Caller/Listener
Hi, Paul.
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My husband and I are big fans of the podcast and we were actually at the Philly show. We had a great time. The whole time I was watching this movie, I kept coming back to the very sort of beginning setting up of the premise, which is, why wouldn't these guys, Darby and Ames, have killed Gerard Butler? In that initial break in, I know you guys talked a little bit about how the motive was kind of murky. And I agree that there was a lot there they didn't really get into, but it felt like he's incapacitated, he's on the floor, they have the baseball bat. It would have taken like a few extra seconds to like bash his head in and then you don't have a witness. Your the case against them is that much weaker. Like, what possible reason would they have for leaving him alive? Like, every time I tried to sort of track back and think about that, it just, like, it didn't make any sense to me. So I don't know if you guys had thoughts about that or possible theories, but that was my big thing that really kind of stuck with me throughout the course of watching this movie, which I did enjoy very much. So thank you very much for the great show. Appreciate the podcast. Bye.
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Paul Scheer
Well, Rebecca, look, I think that sometimes people are left for dead. Maybe they thought they killed him. Maybe they thought he was such a wimp that one shot would take him out. Maybe they just didn't want it. Right. They weren't there to kill. They were just there to be these violent whatever. They're not. They're there to pick on women and children. Like they're perverted. They're the worst of the worst. I understand the confusion. I get it too. I think that now that we know the script was written in a different way, it makes way more sense. I don't know if that makes him more of a hero or less of a hero. I think he would have a lot more issues at play if he came home. I don't know. I. I agree with you. It's over Complicated. It would be. What a great opening scene to have him walk in on that. Oh, we already had that script and we threw it away. Next up. Ooh, this is good. From Anonymous. Not the organization trying to bring down Scientology. Just a person that didn't give us a name.
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Caller/Listener
Hey, Paul and everyone else. I was at the Philadelphia show for Law Abiding Citizens. Great time. One omission that I thought you would catch. When the entire district attorney's office moves to the prison for, quote, unquote safety reasons, they bring in all their files. And they also apparently brought their framed diplomas and then put them up on multiple walls. Thought that was an interesting choice. Love the show. Thanks a lot.
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Paul Scheer
I cannot believe that we did not see that. And now I can see it so clearly in my head. That is. Oh, I love it. I love something as dumb as that. And you know what? It also makes me love these characters more because, you know, the actors asked that question, right? They had to. And they're like, well, the room looks too bland. We want to put some stuff up here. It's like you're trying to have your cake and eat it too. I love that they had to put their diplomas up. I may have talked about this before. I'll say it really quick. I used to hang up my diploma in my office, like the way a doctor would have it on the wall. And it was a joke that never really took. I was like, no, you see, I don't actually care about my diploma. It's just a joke. But people are like, no, it should be on the wall. You graduated. I'm like, no, I didn't know. And then I had to explain it, and now I. Now it's away. It's in the garage. It was a good joke. I thought. I thought it was a subtle joke. I didn't always call it out, but then I thought, oh, people do. They think I'm serious about having my diploma up? It was a school of education diploma. It wasn't even an acting school diploma. Okay, Scott from Maine.
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Caller/Listener
Hey, Paul. Jason, June, this is Scott. I'm from Maine. It's a stellar skateboard throwback. I'm literally in the middle of listening to the Law Abiding Citizen episode, and I had to pull over and correct something that Jason was talking about and you guys were talking about regarding the prosecutors and lawyers watching executions. So Jason talked about watching Law and Order, so I think he needs to refer to the earlier episodes where it's Benjamin Brett, Jerry Orbach, Sam Waterston, and I can't remember the address name for Claire Kincaid, but they all witness an execution. It's where Benjamin Brett's character ends up going and having an affair and Jerry Orbach goes off the wagon. Clark and Kate ends up dying in a car accident later. Spoiler alert. And it's just a little silly having listened to this episode and loving you guys so much. But this is a major law and order episode where all these prosecutors and lawyers are watching the execution regarding the death penalty in New York. And I think it's the first time they execute one of their prisoners. So there's my omission. Thanks so much. I love your podcast. You guys do an awesome job. Have a great day.
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Paul Scheer
Whoa. Well, I guess there's some Law and Order episodes I might have missed. Okay, well, there we go. I'm glad to know that this is true. And you know what? Score one point for the movie. Next up, Steve from New Jersey. Hi, Paul.
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Caller/Listener
Regarding Law Abiding Citizen, I thought it was hilarious that the CIA agent said we could not kill this guy for six months. Then we called in Jerry Butler and he slipped a necktie into his wardrobe that strangled him to death. If they could get a necktie into his wardrobe, why couldn't they get a bomb into his bedroom? That is all. Have a great day.
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Paul Scheer
Well, I mean, come on, it's so much easier to sneak a tie and you just put that on the shelf. A bomb would click, click, click. There's wires, there's buttons, everything. I think the necktie was great. I love that. I think that that's a fun thing because you feel like, oh my God, they were in my house, they put the thing there. I put it on myself. It's like the dog. They snuck it in the dog. That is where I think this movie should have done more. And I think that's why this movie was viewed as a 7 style film because it's like you can't stop it. You don't even know where it's coming from. You're actually doing it to yourself. Oh, this movie could have been so good. Okay, now here's the thing. Lastly, we're gonna do something a little bit different today. Now, normally this would only be about Law Abiding Citizen, but we did a matinee episode of 88 Minutes. Pete Holmes, Al Pacino movie. We put that back into the feed and someone called with a correction and omission. That had to be discussed. Had to be discussed. So please take it away. Anonymous.
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Caller/Listener
Hi, I just was listening to the episode 88 minutes with Pete Holmes. And I had to stop and call in because they're currently debating whether or not Al Pacino is wearing a wig in the movie. And I actually did his makeup and hair for something just a few years after that movie came out. And I can confirm that that is his hair also. That is his hair, because that's how he wants his hair styled. So when I worked with him, it was for an interview. It was not a union shoot. So I was doing his makeup and his hair, and he was lovely, and I did his makeup. And then when I went to do his hair, I reached out to touch it, and my fingers just grazed against it for one moment as I was going to start to style it. And he dodged my hand, like, slipped his head to the side and said, no, no, no, no, no. The hair is fine. Thank you so much. The hair is good. And what I had felt when my fingers made contact was it clearly had been doused in just an enormous amount of hairspray, which makes sense in hindsight, considering the height ratio to the depth. It was very, very thin, but incredibly tall. And this was only a few years later. There's, like, four years after 88 minutes. But it was thinner and considerably taller even than in 88 minutes. So I would also venture to guess that the makeup or the hair department on the film used. You know, there's various powders and things you can apply to make it look fuller. But definitely it was the way that it was because he had really strong feelings about his hair, height especially. And when I was done with everything, not his hair, he was like, okay, great. Thank you. And the producers came up to me, and they were like, hey, did you want to touch the hair a little bit? And I said. I tried. And he ducked away from me and said, the hair is good. I. I believe he did it himself. And they said, then it looks great. And so I didn't tell anyone that I did Al Pacino's hair and makeup that day for that project, even though it was really exciting for my career, because I didn't want people to think that I did that to his hair. But he was really happy, and it made him happy, and that makes me happy because he was a pretty nice guy, and that is all.
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Paul Scheer
Oh, my goodness. Oh, my goodness. I don't.
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Caller/Listener
Wow.
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Paul Scheer
First of all, thank you for sharing that. I think you did it in the best possible way. You know, look, it's his hair. And I think old guys that used to have a big, thick head of hair, they get nervous when it Gets a little bit different. I don't mind it being like that. It's not like a comb over, but I get it. There's things were happening, right? And maybe, you know, maybe there were things in there that all pulled together.
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Jason Manzoukas
Wow.
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Paul Scheer
I love this. I love it, I love it, I love it. And I love that he's a good guy. I told you. Or maybe I, I may have mentioned it. I did a movie where he was hanging out with one of the actors in the film and one day just decided he would just wait in the car outside set the entire day. Never came to set, but just waited for his friend to come out. And I thought that was the sweetest thing. Al Pacino, great guy, great head of hair. And I feel like whenever I see it's still there. Who knows, who knows what's going on. I don't need to hair shame anybody, but I'm glad that it's not a wig and I'm glad that he is that passionate about it because if he likes it, I love it. And you know what? Look, nothing is gonna beat that. I mean, truly, right? Nothing is going to beat a good old Al Pacino hair story. And you know what? Instead of just giving you a theme song, Anonymous. I'm gonna give you a chance to attend a death row execution of your choosing. That's right, you can cosplay as Jamie Foxx's character, Nick Rice, courtesy of our new sponsor, D Dead Nation. That's right, Live Nation Tickets is launching their brand new spin off, brand Dead Nation, which is your exclusive home for buying and selling tickets to the hottest death events around the world. I'm talking about executions, funerals, burials at sea, Viking funerals and more. And they have partnered up with us and we are going to give you two free execution tickets. Just go to deadnation.com HDTGM and use the promo code bonkers at checkout. That's deadnation.com HDTGM, and use the promo code bonkers. Terms and conditions apply. Offer only available for executions in the city of Philadelphia. And the execution must occur at the same time as your daughter or niece's cello recital. All right, Congratulations, Anonymous. I hope you enjoy that live execution brought to you by our friends over at Dead Nation. All right. What an amazing prize. And you know what, don't worry, people. Just because you didn't win this week doesn't mean that there won't be another chance to win an amazing, completely real prize next time. All right, remember, submit your comments, your queries about the episode that we're doing. And if you have something as good as the Al Pacino story, please bring it there. And I gotta say, I know that it was tough to beat our anonymous person, but I really do appreciate our good friend Sean McBee for reading the script and telling us where the movie actually made sense. And I'm always flabbergasted when they change things that make sense. Anyway, you all are amazing. And coming up after the break, we are going to be joined by Jason Manzoukas. We're going to chat about tv, music, movies and everything. But first, take a listen to this bonus deleted scene from our law Abiding Citizen Live show where we go off on a tangent and we talk about the late, great Philip Seymour Hoffman.
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Jason Manzoukas
We just did a movie that had Philip Hoffman as he was credited, his first screen role, which was as a high school student. And it was absolutely bananas. It was My Boyfriend's Back is the movie. And I cannot recommend it enough.
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Paul Scheer
On the queue, it was. He was doing almost a Commedia Dell art perform. It's like, hat backwards. Like, what's up, man?
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Jason Manzoukas
It's straight clown work.
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Paul Scheer
I mean, I love. Look, I love Philip Seymour.
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Jason Manzoukas
I love Philip Seymour Hoffman.
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Paul Scheer
But as you go back through the
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Jason Manzoukas
catalog, there are a lot of moments
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Paul Scheer
where you're like, the dude is chewing the scene. Yeah.
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Jason Manzoukas
Like, chomp, chomp, chomp, easy. He's eating everything at lunch. And then everything during the second half of the day. Give it to me. Because, like, I saw, like, a clip of him in that movie with Ethan Hawk.
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Paul Scheer
The Devil knows.
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Jason Manzoukas
Oh, my God, this movie. And I remember loving the movie when
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Paul Scheer
I was like, I think, yeah, who wrote that movie?
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Jason Manzoukas
Is that the Palma? It's Lumet. L. I remember loving that movie. And then when you think it's Lumet's last movie, when you go back and
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Paul Scheer
watch it now, there are so many of those, like, bad improv where, like, actors do improv they don't know how. And they're just talking about, like, yeah, it's a nice day outside, huh? Nice day.
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Jason Manzoukas
I saw Ethan Hawk tell a great story about that movie. That every morning Lumet would come to his trip, each of the. He would go and talk to them and kind of talk to them about their characters. But. And just kind of anecdotally to Ethan Hawke kept mentioning just how incredible Philip Seymour Hoffman was coming off in the dailies. He's like, wow, we're watching the dailies. And Phil is so good. He's really. He's just going to places that I've never seen him go before. And Ethan Hawke was just getting more and more like aggressive and uptight and so. But I was so angry about it. So he would come in trying to be bigger and better and then finds out that Lumet's going to Philip Seymour Hoffman and saying the same thing about Ethan.
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Paul Scheer
Love it.
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Jason Manzoukas
So they confront Lemat. He's like, ah, you guys are so easy to with.
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Paul Scheer
It's like, yeah. And if you go watch that movie, they're both at a 10 and, and
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Jason Manzoukas
Sidney Lumet is like 92 when he made this movie. Well, maybe. Absolutely.
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Paul Scheer
Truly. Maybe he couldn't hear them otherwise.
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Jason Manzoukas
Truly.
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Paul Scheer
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Paul Scheer
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Paul Scheer
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Jason Manzoukas
What's up, Paul? You know what, boy? I've got a list of stuff that I've been watching and listening to and reading.
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Paul Scheer
I am excited. I got books. I got music. I got it.
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Jason Manzoukas
We've got news. I think we have to start now. This puts a little bit of a timestamp on when we're recording this. So this is now going to be slightly old news, but I think it's imperative that you and I talk about the fact that Gerard Butler is no longer making Plane two.
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Paul Scheer
What? I did not know about this.
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Jason Manzoukas
They have canceled the sequel to our beloved plane and are now no longer making Plane two.
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Advertisement Voice
No.
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Jason Manzoukas
I believe this is a story that I just recently read. So it is not.
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Paul Scheer
Well, you know, by the way, it was never going to be called Plane 2. It was going to be called.
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Jason Manzoukas
It was going to be called Train, I believe.
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Paul Scheer
Oh, shit.
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Jason Manzoukas
Oh, no. Boat.
- [38:08]
Paul Scheer
Ship.
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Jason Manzoukas
Ship.
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Paul Scheer
Two weeks before production began.
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Jason Manzoukas
Yes. Isn't that What a bummer.
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Paul Scheer
And apparently Gerard Butler, I'm looking at this, just pulled out. He's like, I don't. I don't want to do it.
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Jason Manzoukas
I got to think that's a mistake. I don't know what he's up to.
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Paul Scheer
I wonder if he. Look, he knows what he's good at.
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Jason Manzoukas
He.
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Paul Scheer
And he might have felt like it just didn't have the juice.
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Jason Manzoukas
Maybe it wasn't there. I don't know. Because Plane, to me was. Was gangbusters. Oh, you know.
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Paul Scheer
Yeah.
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Jason Manzoukas
I don't know if you. I tried to watch Greenland 2 and it wasn't working for me. The Greenland movies are a little too dramatic for me. They're not as fun.
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Paul Scheer
I mean, it was supposed to pick up, like, right where Plane ended and go right to ship. And that's Gbase. I can talk to our friends over at Gbase. We have some friends in the drag Butler world. We got to figure out what is.
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Jason Manzoukas
What is what. I'm so, so curious. But there is. I mean, the great news is there's no shortage of fantastic stuff to watch. I'm gonna recommend that people watch the new Jason Statham movie, Shelter, which I think is an absolute blast in the John Wick. Just straight. Not just John Wick, but like many of the other Jason Statham movies, it doesn't have the absurdity of a beekeeper, but it has, like a very good, propulsive action movie.
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Paul Scheer
All right, I'm excited.
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Jason Manzoukas
Very fun. Very good. Dark Winds is back, baby.
- [39:37]
Paul Scheer
So everyone loves this show. I.
- [39:39]
Jason Manzoukas
My favorite show on TV right now.
- [39:41]
Paul Scheer
Wow.
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Jason Manzoukas
I think this is the most slept on show on television, I think. And there's lots of great stuff on TV right now, to be clear.
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Paul Scheer
Yeah. Yeah.
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Jason Manzoukas
And I just think this is season to season, so consistent, so good, and such a fantastic world example of world building that I cannot recommend it enough. It is an amazing show. And the new season, dun, dun, dun. Titus Wellivers.
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Paul Scheer
I heard about that. And that's. And that's. And you know Molly. Molly, who is one of the producers of the how did this get Made? Is a Dark Winds fan, and so she is singing its praises. I gotta. I gotta get in. I gotta get in.
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Jason Manzoukas
So good. You can.
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Paul Scheer
It's got all my favorite people.
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Jason Manzoukas
It's got everybody in. It is fantastic. And it's based on books in that way that a lot of times I find that sometimes I'm reluctant to commit to something because I'm worried it will get worse as time goes on. Allah. Game of Thrones or something. Like that. But this is based on books and everybody seems to think that they're doing an incredible job similar to like a slow horses taking those books and making great seasons of television out of them. And so I cannot recommend it enough.
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Paul Scheer
I. I will recommend a book that I just read that was fantastic. And it's a novella, so, you know, easier to shorty. Yeah. So for people who, you know, I'm right now, I jumped into a big book which I am loving, but I also know, like, I'm going to be here for a long time, which is Joe Hill's book called King Sorrow, which is. I am about 200 pages in and I'm loving it. But I mean, that's about. That's like about a thousand pager. I'm going to. Yeah, I'm going to. I will get through it. But by the way, also a funny thing that someone said. Oh, I didn't know. You know, like, I'm a big fan of Joe's father. And I always said, oh, who's that? And they're Stephen King. I was like, what?
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Jason Manzoukas
Oh, yeah.
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Paul Scheer
And then I looked at the back cover. I was like, oh, he looks like. I never knew I was a fan of Lock and Key.
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Jason Manzoukas
I remember. I remember finding that out as well. Years and years after I knew Joe Hill stuff.
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Paul Scheer
Yeah.
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Jason Manzoukas
No, I agree.
- [41:43]
Paul Scheer
I was totally shocked. So the book that I read that I really.
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Jason Manzoukas
Baby, I don't read Joe Hill because he's a nepo babe.
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Paul Scheer
This is what I will say, this book, if you go and pick it up, I think you will love it. It is called A Short Stay in Hell by Stephen L. Peck. I don't want to tell you anything about it.
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Jason Manzoukas
Great.
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Paul Scheer
You can read it in afternoon if you'd like. It is so I couldn't get enough of it. I just thought it was such an interesting. It's like a horror. I mean, people call it a horror. I know. Don't think of it as a horror. I just felt like it was like a psychological trip. Really fun. So Short Stay in Hell is what I got here.
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Jason Manzoukas
Awesome. Oh, I love that. I can't remember if I shouted it out last time, but there's a couple of books that audiobooks that I've listened to lately that I thought were all fantastic. But to the two that I'm going to shout out specifically were shouted out on the Action Boys podcast. One of which is the Iliana Douglas book I Blame Dennis.
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Paul Scheer
Oh, yes.
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Jason Manzoukas
Which is fantastic. And the other is the Abel Ferrara, the director, Abril Ferrara. His book Called scene that he reads himself and is just, he's a character. His stories are insane. This was again another Ben Rogers action boys shout out. And it is a fantastic listen and it's short.
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Paul Scheer
Okay, I'm gonna put that on my list. Now I know that you probably haven't had a chance to watch it because it just came out. But I highly recommend Chris Fleming's special.
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Jason Manzoukas
Oh, I haven't seen it.
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Paul Scheer
Chris Fleming has a brand new special. If you don't know Chris Fleming, I mean he's getting a lot of traction right now as being like one of the most fearless comedians. I think that's like, that's a, like there's a great New York profile of him which I agree with all. Like, I, I, I just think he is insanely silly and funny and he's just got an energy unlike anyone else. It made me feel the same way. I felt like when we talked about Sarah Sherman, like watching that special. This is a T2B great special. And he's so good. And if you're in la, you could check catch him at Largo. He's always kind of popping up at Largo. And one of the cool things about Chris Fleming, he releases so much shit online because he's like, oh yeah, that's might be funny tonight and they may never be funny again. So he has a lot of like quick bits that you can kind of get into. But it is a great, great special directed by Bill Benz. But he love Bill Benz. Made me laugh so, so hard. And it's the new one, so I gotta remember, I think it's called.
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Jason Manzoukas
I love that.
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Paul Scheer
Yeah, Live at the Palace.
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Jason Manzoukas
I can't remember what it's called. And this is the opposite end of the spectrum because I feel like Chris Fleming is on the up. This person has been there for a while. Cat Williams's new special.
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Paul Scheer
Oh dear.
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Jason Manzoukas
Once again being taped in Florida and is absolutely nuts.
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Paul Scheer
I saved that one. I am ready for that.
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Jason Manzoukas
Just a couple of other like because we sometimes will talk about comedy.
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Paul Scheer
Yeah.
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Jason Manzoukas
Will Hines has got a sub stack.
- [44:52]
Paul Scheer
Oh yes. I love that substack.
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Jason Manzoukas
Great sub stack. If you're at all interested in improv, improv comedy, the LA comedy scene, anything like that, I can't recommend it enough. And then he and Ian Roberts do a YouTube series that is improvised scenes where they're just two guys meeting for dinner for coffee.
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Paul Scheer
Yes.
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Jason Manzoukas
And they do scene and they just do scenes based on it. And it's all on YouTube. And a lot of it is very funny and worth watching. And I can't remember what it's called, but it's Will Hines and Ian Roberts.
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Paul Scheer
YouTube.
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Jason Manzoukas
You'll find it.
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Paul Scheer
I. Well, I have a. I have a musical thing for you because, you know, some fans have reached out to me and said, you know, Paul, here's something you could let Jason know about because you can kind of surprise Jason with your knowledge. And I said, all right. So I was recommended this band, the Twisted Teens. They're a Australian, like, kind of rock band, and I love it. It is great. Twisted Teens on Spotify. I've really been enjoying it. They have a handful of albums out and they're. They're French indie, I guess. Yeah.
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Jason Manzoukas
I'm going to check it out. Okay. I love that. While we're on music, I'll shout out a couple of more albums that have come out recently that I think are fantastic. Snow Caps is a band that has the Crutchfield sisters. Katie Crutchfield, you might know as Waxahachie. Her sister was in the band Swearing and has put out solo records of her own. Snow Caps is them working together, and boy, it is incredible. The record is phenomenal.
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Paul Scheer
Yeah.
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Jason Manzoukas
Juliana Barwick and Mary Lattimore have released an album together called Tragic Magic that is absolutely stunningly beautiful. Also, the artist Ichiko Aoba, I hope I'm saying that right. That is put out a record last year called Luminescent Creatures that I cannot stop listening to that is like completely wormed its way into my entire year so far and is fantastic. New album from Dry Cleaning, New album from Dancer, a found song. A new song from one of my favorite bands, one of my favorite Glasgow, Scotland bands, Life Without Buildings. They found and remastered a song that would never been released. Get involved. It's fantastic.
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Paul Scheer
Whoa.
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Jason Manzoukas
There's a new. There's a new Greenhouse album about to come out, probably out by now. And there's a new band that I love called Careful in the sun that just put out a new record and it's fantastic.
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Paul Scheer
Oh, wow. These are. This is. All right. This is a good list of people. Yeah.
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Jason Manzoukas
Just because I mentioned rishikeshirway recommended Apothecary Diaries to me. He does Song Exploder, which is one of my favorite music based podcasts. But inside the Song Exploder feed, he's doing a new podcast called Key Change, where he interviews someone about a song that changed their life. And that is also a fantastic new podcast that I think is worth.
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Paul Scheer
Oh, I love that.
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Jason Manzoukas
Yeah.
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Paul Scheer
All right. Wow. You've given me some really good things off the bat, and I Thought I was coming in with Twisted Teens. I felt really good. I'm excited, you know, I mean, I hope it helps.
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Jason Manzoukas
All my stuff is mellow and I was just thinking the other day, I need some new bands. I know a lot of my stuff is, is like really chill, like quiet music. Yeah, I'll. I'll jump back to TV for a brief moment and say that one of my favorite all time showrunner creators is Steve Conrad, who made Patreon. I was gonna ask you about limited and his new show DTF St. Louis is out now. A couple of episodes are out now by now. Absolutely incredible show in like straight off the bat. Incredible show.
- [48:33]
Paul Scheer
I am so excited about this. And I was. I didn't realize it was the same guy. And there was a show that he made after Patriot that I also didn't realize that he made that I was
- [48:41]
Jason Manzoukas
like, oh, this is Perpetual Grace Limited or Ultra City Smiths?
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Paul Scheer
Ultra City Smiths was the one.
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Jason Manzoukas
Yes. And I was a stop motion animation.
- [48:49]
Paul Scheer
Yes.
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Jason Manzoukas
And it's fantastic.
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Paul Scheer
So I gotta, I gotta catch up on this. You know, it's tricky because my wife does not like to watch anything that is written. We are just trying to solve cold cases. We're trying to get to the bottom of cases that have already been solved. But now she's out of town. So she's out of town. And I got free reign of the TV every day.
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Jason Manzoukas
I mean, there's a lot to see. Have you watched the Dunk and Egg? The Night of the Seven Kingdoms, the new Game of Thrones series?
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Paul Scheer
I don't even know what that is.
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Jason Manzoukas
Oh, interesting. So. So actually this counts as both a TV show recommendation and a book recommendation. So this is the. And actually this is related to Steve Conrad because he wrote the original adaptation of this and was then taken off and rewritten. But there's a series of novellas that George R.R. martin wrote for the characters of Dunk and Egg.
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Paul Scheer
Okay.
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Jason Manzoukas
And. And it's a knight and his squire. And unlike Game of Thrones, which is palace intrigue and dozens and dozens of characters and all these moving parts, this is the exact opposite. This is small scale storytelling, just these two characters and each novellas is like a couple of hours long. And so I listened to all the novellas on the audiobook. Like you can finish it in 10 hours, I think.
- [50:12]
Paul Scheer
Oh, wow.
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Jason Manzoukas
And they just did. Season one of a TV series, only six episodes, that covers the events of the first Nolla. And it's dynamite. It's such a good watch. It's so fun. It's funny. It is exactly the kind of Game of Thrones story that I would enjoy because it's not Spraw. The House of Dragons is too. I don't know what's going on there. Too much.
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Paul Scheer
Yeah, I get that it's too much.
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Jason Manzoukas
So this is much smaller and really fun. And I recommend it both as is worth listening to the audiobook and also the show is terrific.
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Paul Scheer
You know, if you are at this moment struggling and being. I have to write all this stuff down. Don't worry about it. It's always in the show notes. We have been doing a very good job of that. Also, if you go in the Discord, you can kind of jump in there and see what's happening.
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Jason Manzoukas
Unless it's been disconnected.
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Paul Scheer
I mean, it's.
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Jason Manzoukas
Oh, yeah, go ahead.
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Paul Scheer
I was gonna say I have a little like a sneak peek to get excited about.
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Jason Manzoukas
Okay.
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Paul Scheer
My friend who I think we talked about on the Shoot Em up episode, Ben David Grabinski, a director who was behind the Scott Pilgrim anime show on Netflix, also did a movie with me and Joe McHale a couple years ago, has a brand new movie coming out called Mike and Nick and Nick and Alice. It is with Vince Vaughn and James Marsden. And I got to see an early screening. I'm actually even hosting a screening here in Los Angeles probably right around the time that you're hearing this. And it is great.
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Jason Manzoukas
Oh, nice.
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Paul Scheer
Fun. Oh, I love Vince Vaughn time travel movie. I'm not spoiling anything because they're in the trailer, but Vince Vaughn from the future travels a little while not, not tremendously far back to Vince Vaughn like maybe a couple weeks earlier. And it's a gangster. Shoot him up. There's scenes in it that remind me of like Drunken Master. James Marsden is awesome. And it's just like an. Also like Elisa Gonzalez is in it. Right. And it's also Jimmy Tatro, Keith David. It's a cool, fast. Yes. And it's going to be exclusively on Hulu. It's going to be premiering at south by Southwest as well. Watch the trailer because the trailer, the trailer. The trailer gets you pumped. And it does for me because it definitely has. It has an Andrew W.K. drop in it as well. Okay. It is. It's a Fun1. So March 27th on Hulu is when this one I love that.
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Jason Manzoukas
I'm also going to shout out thank you, Joanna Robinson from House of R, for recommending the TV show Lovesick. The British sitcom Lovesick.
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Paul Scheer
Oh, I've seen this. Yes.
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Jason Manzoukas
I like these episodes. But A couple of seasons rather, but is fantastic. And I just watched all of that and then in movies. Have you. I watched the Rip. Of course. Oh yeah. I love the second Damon. But have you watched which I thought you would like Secret Mall Apartment.
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Paul Scheer
Oh yeah. I was up on that and I. We haven't talked about it.
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Jason Manzoukas
And I love this all day. All I want is this.
- [53:08]
Paul Scheer
It is so fun. So weird. I think they're even doing a screening of it in the mall or they have like. Yeah, they've been doing like some fun things. It should get more attention. But now it's out streaming in a. It's I think probably on HBO Max at this point.
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Jason Manzoukas
I think I saw it on Netflix maybe.
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Paul Scheer
Okay. Maybe that's what it is. That's a really so.
- [53:29]
Jason Manzoukas
So good. I can't recomm meant it enough. I had a blast watching it.
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Paul Scheer
I was gonna say, you know what I really enjoyed. It's a really fun. If you're in the mood for like. It's not. How did this get made movie? Because it's. It's quite effective but it has those elements that make it kind of fun. Which is the housemaid. Paul. Paul Fen.
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Jason Manzoukas
I'm excited.
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Paul Scheer
Fun as hell. I'm really like. I really. I really dug it and great. And June and I were watching it and just fully caught up in it. Yeah. Silly and not silly but like can't be in the best possible.
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Jason Manzoukas
Yeah, no, it looks like it's a fun time, which I All I want.
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Paul Scheer
And I gotta say I may have said this out here and I'll say it again because God damn it, I believe it. Amanda Seyfried running one of the best careers in the game.
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Jason Manzoukas
Oh yeah.
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Paul Scheer
Like she's just killing it.
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Jason Manzoukas
Turned up on One of the YouTube sent me some video of her playing auto harp and singing Joni Mitchell songs on some late night talk show.
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Paul Scheer
And I was like yeah man.
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Jason Manzoukas
Incredible as well.
- [54:29]
Paul Scheer
Like what is happening here? Cool lady.
- [54:32]
Jason Manzoukas
I'll shout out some YouTube stuff. Ragas Live, the Indian classical music and other experimental music festival that happens every year in New York. The. This year's festival is all on YouTube now. And I cannot recommend enough one incredible performance after another. Ragas Live. I'm really digging the Iron Snail, which is this guy who lives in Maine and who does like long form YouTube essays that are about clothes and old school clothing companies or what it is to build like what it is to have different kind of wool sweater and why are. Why are our sweaters falling apart and what used to be well, they're not
- [55:10]
Paul Scheer
falling apart if you get McQuints.
- [55:12]
Jason Manzoukas
Oh, boy, here we go.
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Paul Scheer
I just want to say, Jason, like, if you want. Here's the thing. They are able to cut out the middleman anyway. I don't want to. Hey, like, I don't. I don't need to sell you on it. But if you do go there, use that offer code bonkers, and you'll get stuff that's not gonna fall apart. I'll guarantee you there's gonna be a YouTube show about how they make this stuff feel good.
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Jason Manzoukas
The show that I'm looking for, that. The show that I need, the fans help someone find this and send it to me, please, is the British sitcom Movie Club. Can't find it.
- [55:44]
Paul Scheer
Oh, wow.
- [55:44]
Jason Manzoukas
Anywhere it looks great. I wanna watch the TV show Movie Club, so can you please find it? And also, I was a guest on The Hank Green YouTube show called Ask Hank Anything.
- [55:55]
Paul Scheer
Oh, wow.
- [55:56]
Jason Manzoukas
That was an absolute blast. So go watch it, please.
- [55:59]
Paul Scheer
I love that.
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Jason Manzoukas
He asked me to ask him lots of questions that were like, science based and stuff like that, and I did, and he had answers.
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Paul Scheer
Oh, I love that. Jason, what a pleasure.
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Jason Manzoukas
We did it.
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Paul Scheer
We will. We'll talk soon and wait. Yeah, cannot wait. Always a blast. Thank you, Jason, for popping in. And a reminder that we put the entire list of our recommendations in this episode's show notes. So take a look there if you can't remember something you wanted to check out. All right, it is now finally time to announce our next film. Next week, we are going from a prison inmate to hips that gyrate. That's right. We'll be watching 1990s the Forbidden Dance, starring the former Miss USA, Lara Herring. IMDb breaks in the plot by saying a Brazilian princess tries to save the rainforest by introducing America to the electrifying exotic Lombata. Rotten Tomatoes gave this film a 25% score on the tomato meter. And John Perez from the New York Times wrote in his review, its dance sequences are barely sexier than a bowling tournament. But connoisseurs of clunky dialogue and shameless continuity lapses should look no further. And you know what, John? You are right. And that means it's a perfect film for us. Take a listen to the trailer.
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Paul Scheer
You can stream the Forbidden Dance on Tubi or rent it at all the usual places. Now we are going to discuss this more within our episode. But heads up. There is another movie about the Lombada that came out in 1990 on the same exact day that is called Lombada. Make sure you watch the Forbidden Dance, not Lombada. Okay? It's tricky. The Forbidden Dance. Anyway, that is a wrap on Last looks. If you listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, please rate and review us and also make sure you are following us and have automatic downloads turned on. It helps the show. It helps the show. Make sure you have automatic downloads turned on. And I gotta tell you, we appreciate it. Visit us on social media, leave comments, do all that good stuff. And a big thank you to our producers, Scott Sonne, Molly Reynolds, our engineer Casey Holford, our social media manager, Zoe Applebaum, our intern Quinn Jennings and of course we will forever be thankful to the one and only Avril Halle. We'll see you next week for the
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