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How Did This Get Made?
Last Looks: Surf II
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This week, Paul is going over everything we might have missed from last week’s episode, Surf II. Then, it’s the return of Paul’s Picks and he asks, "why so much tongue in kissing?!". Finally, Paul announces next week’s movie which kicks off Sylvester Stallone Summer! Paul's Picks of The Week! Things Fell Apart Podcast The Viall Files The Best Show w/ Tom Scharpling Podcast Unspooled Podcast Amy Miles album, Dirty Stay-Out Final Destination: Bloodlines Paul's Substack, Scheer Nonsense
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Paul Scheer
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It's just one way a little lottery play for many Oregonians can add up to a lot of good the Oregon Lottery. Together we do good things. Lottery games are based on chance and should be played for entertainment only. Must be 18 or older to play. Now more than ever, Lowes knows you don't just want a low price, you want the lowest price. And with our lowest price guarantee, you can count on us for competitive prices on all your home improvement projects. If you find a qualifying lower price somewhere else on the same item, we'll match it. Lowe's. We help you save price match applies to same item current price at qualifying retailers. Exclusions and terms apply. Learn how we'll match price@lowe's.com lowest price guarantee. F1 stands for F. Yeah, the Simpsons stealing from Surf 2 and a very cheesy Stallone. All this and more on this week's how did this get Made? Last Looks hit the theme. Last Look Last Looks say something before it's gone because it's Last Looks. Last Looks. This is the opening song. Well, after this one, Paul moves on. Hello all my surf zombies. It puts the lotion in the basket. I'm Paul Scheer and welcome welcome to how did this get made? Last Looks, where you, the listener, get to voice your issues on surf to a movie that honestly, I mean, it just grossed us out. We were utterly disgusted by this movie, but also kind of loved it. I tell you that. Aaron Renee, one of our Discord users, thought the movie should have had the tagline Surf 2, Grease 3, Eugene's Revenge. I love it. Thank you Aaron Renee for that alt tagline. Remember, if you have an alt movie tagline or A title. Submit it to us on our discord and we might just read it on the show. All right. It is Fourth of July, people. So we'll be hearing all your corrections and omissions on Surf 2. There's not going to be a lot of them because a lot of you, you people are out on vacation, living the life, not trying to correct us, just letting us live. But we will get to those corrections and omissions. Plus, we have a deleted scene from last week's episode, which you're gonna love. And Jason's not here. He's also on vacation. It's just me, fresh home from F1, which I fucking loved. It's the best. I mean, yes. Is the bad guy a little complicated to understand? Sure, but I don't care. It's like Top Gun Maverick, but dumber. But in a way that makes it better. I don't know. I'm still processing it. Anyway, we have so much to get to, but we'll also reveal next week's episode. But before we get too far into things, I have to give a shout out to Quinn. Quinn, I love that opening theme song. It was so good. Good for you. Good for all of you. I love doing the show. Every week, week after week, I am here for you and you are here for me because you deliver the best Last look episode themes in the world. No one else has as good a themes as we do, so keep them coming. Just go to hdtgm.com that's our website. There's a little button there you hit Submit a song. And that's how you could submit songs to this. It's easy. Keep them short, though, right? Brevity is the soul of wit. And I believe that was said by Michael Bay. All right, next week, Pacific Northwest. You've been warned. Dinosaur improv is coming to Seattle and Portland. July 9 at the Neptune Theater. July 10 at the Portland Theater, which is also the Aladdin Theater. I like to call it the Portland Theater. We'll be at the Aladdin on the 10th, and we'll be at the Neptune on the 9th. Joining us is Edie Patterson from the Righteous Gemstones and resident alien. It's going to be me, Jason, Edie Hubel, Seth Morris, Carl Tart, Owen Burke, Chad Carter, and then get ready. How did this get made? We'll be in Vancouver on the 12th. Okay, we have changed locations. Repeat, how did this get made in Vancouver has changed locations. You should have been notified by your ticket seller broker. Whatever you call the the people you buy tickets from, we are now at the Vogue Theater. And we might as of this recording be completely sold out. So heads up, Vancouver is at the Vogue Theater now. We cannot wait to see you. And we'll be Talking about the 2001 Sylvester Stallone car racing drama Driven, which will not live up to my F1Imax experience. Oh man. You know we have two Imax theaters. The true Imx theaters in LA, one's on CityWalk, one is at the Kodak Theater, the Dolby Theater, the big one, Man's Chinese Theater is what I call it. And I gotta tell you, this beautiful imax, great sound. Saw Rrr there, seen a lot of movies there. Concessions suck ass there. They're terrible concessions. It's like the concessions are trapped in 1984. I don't get it. I don't get why the concessions are so bad there. Anyway, that's just a shout out to a very specific problem that I have with one of the only two IMAX theaters here. And I know there's these other theaters. Oh, we have. Oh, IMAX presentation. It's not imax. It ain't imax, buddy. That ain't imax. Anyway, if you haven't heard, this is going to be too abrupt of a change of tone here. You know, we have been celebrating bad movies for over 15 years on this show. And one of the reasons why this show is so good is our movie picks. And um, the main person responsible for these amazing movie pics has been, for as long as I can remember, Avril Halley. Avril Halley is one of our movie picking producers. I mean, she is our movie picking producer and she is going through a battle right now with brain cancer. And you know, she has asked for some love. That's really one of the most beautiful things. If that tells you anything about Avril, it should tell you everything. We were hoping that if you have a second, you could send her an email, some fan art, just something to brighten her day at andrewoviebitches xyz. You can send it right to andrewoviebitches xyz. Just a little note, even checking in if you've done it before. And if you wanna send her something, nothing perishable and nothing scented, you can send it to Avril Halley, P.O. box 641, Agora Hills, CA 91376. Avril is truly one of the kindest, nicest people I have met. I've loved my time working with her. We can't wait to have her back. Just, you know, if you have a second Send her some love. Okay, that is all that I got. Let's get into it. Last week we talked at length about serve two. Well, not that long. Just regular. We had questions. And you know what? We might have even missed a few things. Here's your chance to set us straight. Fact check us, if you will. It is now time for corrections and omissions. Don't be rude with your bad attitude. You know you got nothing to prove. How did this get made? They've got a mission to cover all the things that they've been missing. On a little section that they call Corrections and omissions. Boom. That's Action Jackson 5. That's like. Was that Dark Ska? I mean, is it called Dark Ska? I love it. All right, let's go to the Discord. Dove, Dove, Dove writes, the Buzz Cola International Surf Trophy that they gave Eric Stoltz at the end is a woman's bowling trophy. I'm looking at a picture of it, and you are correct. And you know what? This movie gets it. I'm not here to pick apart this movie. This movie gets it. But Dove also goes on to say, sign above the store said Sir Boards. Sir Boards. Because I assume they didn't give an F. Oh, I like that, Dove. So many Easter eggs and other things just for the audience. They definitely had a blast. You know, this is stuff that actually came up during the fan Q and A as we cut it out for time. But yes, Sir Boards and Groceries is a great. A great notice, a great find, if you will. And the Discord is full of these finds, pictures. Everything is so beautifully detailed. Mitch Kappa Chunkstyle writes, Giving the Nerdiest Couple two full pages in the yearbook seems really extravagant. Well, Mitch Kappa, we all know the nerds put together the yearbook, so. Of course. But they were called the Nerdiest Couple. Maybe it's a small school. I had a. I went to a small private school when I was very young.
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Jason Mantzoukas
And.
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Paul Scheer
And I still have my yearbook from it. And there was only one senior. So it was like junior class, sophomore class. And then it was the senior. The senior. And it was a full page picture of her. Lonely. That seems so lonely. But back then it felt so cool. Ghostbag writes, does Eddie Deason's character in this film create Buzz Cola with three Z's with the intention of initially putting the surfers to sleep? Oh, and the zombification isn't like. Is a unintended consequence. Okay, wait, wait, wait. Ghost Bag, let me go with you. I like this. What if the Buzz Cola means zombies Buzz. And the extra Z is for a zombie ghost bag. We got something. Let's go to the phones. First up, Rob. Oh, we know where Rob is from. Rob from Long Island. What do you got?
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Jason Mantzoukas
Hey, guys, it's Rob from Long Island. Just listening to the Sur podcast and you talked about a thong and you were surprised at the Beach Boys sang about thongs. But in the olden days, thong was referred to flip flops, basically because it's that little strip that goes between your toes. It's kind of like what we think of now as a strip between your legs or whatever. So a thong is basically a. It could be a flip flop or bikini bottom or something like that. So that's. That's why. That's that. All right, bye.
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Paul Scheer
Well, how about that? Finally learning something on this show. And you know what, Rob? I looked it up in the dictionary, which is I just typed into Google and I typed in definition. And a thong is defined as a narrow strip of leather and. Or other material used especially as a fastener or as the lash of a whip. And also a skimpy bathing suit or a pair of underpants. Well, well, well, thank you. I'm glad my image of the Beach Boys stays untarnished. Thanks to you. All right, next up, lot of calls from Seattle. And by the way, we are so excited to come back to Seattle on a Wednesday. And you guys are buying tickets for a Wednesday? Hell, yes. Seattle. We fucking love you. All right, John, what do you got?
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Jason Mantzoukas
Hey, Paul. I haven't done this in a long time. This is John. You helped me out a lot with my kids with some questions back in the day. I just want to kind of give you a. A full circle follow up. We were at your Seattle show a couple weeks ago where you got the legendary shirt from Den of Thieves. The very next week, I went to CinemaCon and we got to watch a screening of how to Train youn Dragon with Gerard Butler. And I only had, like two seconds to talk to him. And it was either get a picture with him or show him my phone where I took a picture of you wearing this shirt. So I chose option B and I showed him the picture of your shirt, you wearing the shirt at the show. He was stoked. He started laughing and he was like, I'm glad it's got a good home. So anyway, that's basically it, but I thought you would enjoy hearing that. All right, love the show. Bye.
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Paul Scheer
Well, John, I'm glad to hear that my advice has gone over well. But let me tell you this. More importantly, you did the right thing. I know that it would be cool to have a picture with Jerry B. But you do a moment like that, as someone who has to deal with a lot of different people in my life, and people come up, that's going to stick out in his head. You did done right. You did done right. John, I appreciate you taking your moment to share it with him. I appreciate you calling in. I appreciate you being back on the show, but I'm going to just say, I know it's a bummer not to have a picture with him, but I gotta tell you, that story might live on longer with him, and then you are part of it. So, I mean, you're not getting to benefit from it. But just know that was awesome. And way to go that he's doing a Train youn Dragon screening in Seattle. My buddy produced that movie. And way to go for that whole team. They're awesome. We went to visit them, as a matter of fact, when they were shooting when we were in Belfast. Yeah. Okay, next up, Katie. Oh, not Katie. Jafar. What do you got? Jafar.
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Jason Mantzoukas
It's Katie from Seattle. But yet again, anyone listening to this is going to know me as Jafar, so fuck it. But I guess I'm just Jafar now. I'm calling with an answer for Jason, because yelling from the upper balcony like a true monster is absolutely not the best way to convey information. At the time, it just seemed really vital that we clear up what I'm now referring to as crawl gate. Okay, so after the huge reveal about there being a director's cut, Jason wondered what else was different between the two versions, apart from the Krull, which, by the way, I'm pretty sure either replaces or plays over the montage most of us saw with the carbuncle feat, because I think Jason would remember it if he had seen those monstrosities. But aside from the crawl giving you the entire plot of the movie up front, there's literally only one other significant difference. The director's cut has significantly more nudity. When Jason said he loved the movie so much because it had topless scenes every 15 minutes like clockwork, it made me realize I must have watched the wrong version, because while I saw some big American naturals, I definitely didn't see that many big naturals. Naturals aside, though, I agree with you. It was way more fun not having to crawl and having to try to make sense of what's happening while absolute mayhem unfolds. Sincerely, thank you so much to everyone who makes the podcast, especially the live Shows happen not just for the great episodes, but for giving nerds like me a place to indulge. Very specific, very strange creative pursuits. When Surf one happens, I want to be in the costume department. Thanks so much. Take care.
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Paul Scheer
Katie, you are definitely hired on Surf one. I like this explanation. I'm wrapping my head around it and I think you're right. I think it is better that we understand the movie less, leave more to our imagination. And thank you for coming in. Great costume. I will say, if you come out to see Dinosaur, no costumes needed, but I believe you might actually be coming to Vancouver. So we hope to see you there. All right, next up, Luke from you guessed it, Seattle.
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Jason Mantzoukas
Hey, Paul. Had a great time at the Surf2 show. Hoping to catch you guys in a week or so for Dinosaur. So not necessarily correction or omission, but more theory I wanted to posit and more I think about the more I've convinced myself it's true. But I think this movie might have inspired one of the more iconic images in modern pop culture. And that's the image of Homer Simpson just choking the shit out of Bart a la Chuck and Bob's dads. When the guys come out of the water from competing in the surf system or surf competition, they just wrangle their necks and the first thing I thought was like, boy, that looks a lot like Homer choking Bart. Also thank Matt Groening. Being a guy in California at that time, being a fellow Pacific Northwest weirdo and someone whose dad made surf movies when Matt Groening was a child. Think that's very possibly true. So that's what I think. I want to give shout out to Averill and just want to thank her for weird ass movies that she's brought into my life and put me on some watch list probably. So take care, guys. Hope to see you for Dinosaur.
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Paul Scheer
Wow. Okay, well, first of all, thank you for buying a ticket or hopefully buying a ticket to come see us in Seattle. No pressure, but this might be the best connection yet. You know, I gave a lot to Rob from Long Island. I've given a lot. I mean, look, we didn't. There's. This is actually one of the better corrections omissions we've had. This is tricky. I don't know where we're going to land at this. All right? But I'll tell you this much, Luke, you were not the only one that saw that Simpsons connection. There were a lot of Simpsons connections which make me believe your theory even more. So you can check out our Instagram because on our Instagram we are going to post all the Simpsons connections that we have found in this movie and they are great. I mean Buzz Cola references there are the transformation of sparkle. You're gonna see. It's good. I. I believe you. You know what, Luke? You might have. You might have really cracked open a whole gold mine here. Anyway, let's go back the Discord John Steele writes hey Paul, that's a fellow lover of One Crazy Summer. I just want to bring up the appearance of Tom Villard, AKA Clay Stork, Bobcat Goldthwaite's on screen twin as Jocko the surf zombie. Oh yes, I did notice and I'm glad you pointed it out. I did not bring it up because I felt like I would have to explain so many different parts of it and it was out of. But yes, John, I saw Tom Villard. I was psyched to see Tom Villard. I love the Stork Brothers. I'm a big fan of One Crazy Summer and if you've not seen it, what a perfect time to watch it. Last year we were in Nantucket for the film festival doing a How to Discon made show there and we watched One Crazy Summer, which shot a lot on Nantucket back then. And it was real. It was fun for the whole family. Anyway, this one's going to maybe boggle your mind from fun facts 47 even though Eric Stoltz lost out on sharing the screen with Biff Tannen in Back to the Future. If you don't know that story, look it up. I don't need to get into it here. He did star in this movie with a different Biff, Biff Maynard, who played Bob's dad. Now it would have been more of a coincidence if Biff played Chuck, that's Eric Stoltz's dad instead. Well, yes, that would have been the coincidence we would have needed. And fun facts 47, that feels like a 47th fun fact. Like you got the good ones out of the way and now you're getting like you're. You're digging a little bit deeper than you need to. JXL writes. I was fascinated by the character arc of Big Head. He starts off with some self awareness, joking about cheating his way to a 53 on his IQ test and then tacks on a bow wow as his catchphrase early on. As the movie progresses, his dialogue is stripped down to just his catchphrase. Did he do some lasting damage to himself in that garbage eating contest? I'm going to say Big Ed, I think, was suffering once he started eating at chain link fence, which was right in the opening scene. You can't digest that. That's too much metal. I'm in the garbage eating contest. At that point, I think his brain was already gone. Bow wow. All right. So many great corrections and omissions this week, but man, oh, man, what could it be? What could it be? I have to say Seattle brought it this week. I want to give Seattle the. The, you know, the. The winner of the week. But that's unfair. To give it to all of Seattle would be like, I'm. I'm like, kind of like, oh, you know, giving them too much. I'm going to give it to Luke from Seattle, who pointed out this giant Simpsons connection that I've never heard about or knew about. And I love it. So, Luke from Seattle, you are the winner. And guess what, Luke, I normally say there, you win nothing. But guess what? I'm going to give you two tickets to Dinosaur. If you want them in Seattle on me, I'm comping you. Just hit us up. I don't know how to do that, but hit us up. Hit us up at. How did this get made@earwolf.com? no. Well, on the Discord. You're on the Discord. Yeah. So just hit us up on the Discord. We'll figure it out. Okay.
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Jason Mantzoukas
You win.
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Paul Scheer
Yay. Okay. That was more complicated than it needed to be. Anyway, if you want to chime in with your own thoughts about the latest episode, hit up the discord at discord gg hdtgm or call us at 619p a u l a s k. Coming up after the break, it's Paul's pick. But first, take a listen to this bonus deleted scene from Surf 2, where we talk about the origins of Surf 2 and it being in 3D and how this movie is connected to our home theater in Los Angeles, the Largo at the Cornet. All right, so take a listen to that. All right, let's see. Okay. Oh. Joshua Cadman was cast as Johnny Bighead after impressing producers by drinking an entire six pack during his audition.
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Jason Mantzoukas
There were unsafe work conditions on this film.
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Paul Scheer
I know. That is unsafe. Unsettling. To me, that's unsettling. We did hear that the writer director had suffered a surfing injury to the face, and while on painkillers, he wrote this movie in two days. It was originally called Frankie and Annette go to hell. I love that, too. And then he retitled it Surf Death the Movie. And then basically he made it into surf trash, which was sold at Cannes as a 3D film. Cannes. Yes. So they sold it at Cannes as a 3D film. And while it was not shot in 3D, it wasn't. They did use a lot of images that they felt like, oh, maybe we'll turn this into 3D. Because some setups seem to be 3D. And then the scene where the boobs keep slapping the guy in the face.
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Jason Mantzoukas
Would have been incredible.
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Paul Scheer
D. Forget about it. That'd be incredible. Never. I'd never leave my room. Yeah. Now here's another two interesting connections here. So they had the. When they finished the movie, the studio was like, jason, Jason, come back. I'm just picturing it. And I'm like, calgon, take me away. When they finish the movie, the studio is like, we can't release this. So they had to kind of add in a bunch of the new sex and gross out gags. And they really wanted to capitalize on Revenge of the Nerds. So they originally titled it Surf 2. The Nerds Strike Back. But that came away and now this is the best part of it. We perform at Largo, which is the Cornet theater. This film premiered at the Coronet Theater at Largo for the overflow. So basically, kids who couldn't get into the premiere went to Largo to watch Surf. Surf two. Wow. So that's maybe. I mean, look. So we've been in the same theater that. What a piece of history. Surf 2. Yeah. What a piece of history. There it is. Wait, Paul, can I ask you a question, though?
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Jason Mantzoukas
I think we might have covered this.
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Paul Scheer
So those boobs were added post? Yes.
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Jason Mantzoukas
Really?
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Paul Scheer
Not all.
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Jason Mantzoukas
Not all, but more.
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Paul Scheer
I think, like a bunch of the very inserts that are very close cut are the. Are the reshoots simply because they don't have any other people around them. They can. And those. Those people might already have. Their boobs might have fallen by the time they were doing the reshoot. Fallen off, fallen down.
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Jason Mantzoukas
You know what I mean?
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Paul Scheer
There's a lot of sun damage going on. I don't know. You think the sun makes boobs fall down?
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Jason Mantzoukas
Yeah.
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Paul Scheer
You don't know? Yeah. Cause they grow away from. Well, yeah, yeah. Gravity. Look at gravity. Okay, Gravity. I understand, but you think the sun controls gravity?
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Jason Mantzoukas
I think that sun damage doesn't do.
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Paul Scheer
Great things for big American naturals. Oh, so now the American. Now the naturals are American. Yes, they have. Should be. You will be surprised to know that we're going to build that bra. Yeah. That. The way that they sold this movie at Cannes was around Sparkle. She. That well It's Linda Carriage. That was the one. They're like, it's going to be a Linda Carriage movie. We'll go see a Linda Carriage. I mean, there it is. This movie was ever in Cannes. Well, I think they do that to sell a lot of weird movies. It's like a lot of movies come out of Cannes. Like, oh, we've got the financing for it. The Palme d' or award goes to Surf two. Today's podcast is brought to you by Squarespace. Hell, I might even be brought to you by Squarespace. I got so many websites up there. Squarespace gives you everything you need to offer services and get paid all in one place. Truly, I have been loving my Squarespace experience. I have broadened out. I have my website. 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All right, all right, people, what have I been up to? What I've been watching, I just did a very big recommendation on my sub stack. I have a sub stack, no big deal. But mine is free. I'm not charging you any money for that. But I did a whole bunch of stuff and there's one thing I really want to talk about, which is, and I talked about it already on this show, but I'm bringing it up one more time because it's just so good. When Things Fell Apart with Jon Ronson is a podcast that is blowing my mind. I just finished it today, two seasons, eight episodes each. And it really attacks the culture war that we are finding ourselves more and more in the midst of. And he goes back to all these pivotal moments that start this. Like a snowflake that becomes a snowball that then becomes an avalanche where we change our perception on something or the world starts to take a position that is so wrong. In a way, it's awesome. I mean, we go back from how the Catholic Church adopted a anti abortion stance, to the myth of kids identifying as furries and using a litter box in classrooms, to a disgraced scientist who had become the leading voice on not having vaccines, and the documentarian who had it out for Anthony Fauci. All of these things started from the weirdest places, but then took on this giant cultural relevance. I find this podcast just fascinating. It's not done in an incredibly funny way. It's just very, very interesting. You know, Jon Ronson, he. He wrote that book called the Men who Stare at Goats. It was made into a movie that was not as good, but it was like the CIA experimenting with like psychedelic drugs and telepathy and all this kind of cool. I like John Ronson a lot. I think you will like this podcast. When things fell apart. I also have been deep into Love Island. You might have heard me on Nick Vile show last week, the Vile Files, as I broke down my impression of Love Island. First time watcher of Love island and I gotta say was shocked at how much tongue is happening in kissing nowadays. I've been married for a very long time and these people are leading with tongue. Is that a thing? Are we really like tongue first kissing? I mean, like, I don't mind tongue as a part of kissing, but are we leading with the tongue and not the lips? I don't know. I don't know. This show is making me second guess how people kiss. There is one thing that if you do watch Love island, please avert your eyes. You had to suck milk out of a teat, fake teat, and then spit it into your partner's mouth and then collect all the extra milk. And then when a couple was making out that you didn't like, you had to throw milk on them. I just said all those words. Yes, I did. That's what that show does. And I watched it. I did fast forward a lot through that. I couldn't take it. It was disgusting. But that is just a norm. That wasn't even the finale. That was like a mid season fun episode. Megan the stallion is in an episode and she kills. I'm just falling in love with this show. Like I mentioned earlier, I F1 really enjoyed F1, loved Final Destination Bloodlines. Wow, that. Talk about a franchise that figured it the fuck out. They definitely did. It's so damn good. Oh, I love it so much. You know, I've been doing a little bit of a throwback. Amy Miles. When I was coming up in New York doing the comedy thing, I'm still doing the comedy thing. But when I was coming up in New York, there is a amazing musician. Her name is Amy Miles. She actually composes a lot of the music for Amy Poehler stuff. The Good Hang podcast, Amy Poehler's podcast, which is great, great episode with Mike Scher. If you're a Parks and Rec fan, you would love it. But just if you're a writer, you would love it. Mike is great, super smart, talented dude. Amy Miles composed the song for the Good Hang podcast. But she has a bunch of great albums. I've just been listening to Dirty Stay Out. I believe the album is. It's her first album, 2002. Man, she's great. Love Amy Miles. So I'm gonna give her a shout out and then Best Show Tom sharply, 25th anniversary of best show coming up this October. Rob Huebel and I were on this past week talking about terrible gifts, really interesting cameos and so much more. So check out Best show wherever you get your podcast and I'll give one more plug of something that I am in which is unspooled. Unspooled. We tackled the New York Times Best 100 Films of the millennium and I think we had actually really interesting conversation about that. So if you've not checked out unspooled or you want like a quick episode to just kind of wet your whistle, that's the one to do. Okay, I have more to tell you about. But first, this. This is an ad by BetterHelp. 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Stallone stars as Oscar where he plays Angelo Snaps Provolone, a mob boss who promises his dying father that he will leave the world of crime and become an honest businessman. Well, it's really like a stage play with mediocre timing. Anyway, Rotten Tomatoes gives this film a 12% score on the tomato meter. And Michael James of Letterbox, well, that's, you know, anyone, anyone can post on Letterbox. Michael James says this comedy of errors has its set of hits and misses, but it does stay quite watchable, providing a good dose of laughter. It was also fun to catch Stallone in this mode. It's a perfectly laid back guilty pleasure watch on a lazy afternoon. You know, I've said that about movies that I have been in. It just means that it's fine. And you know, honestly, Oscar is fine. I don't recommend that you need to watch it. But you can listen to the trailer. The year is 1931. And gangster snaps Provolone is in control. The police are powerless. His rivals are helpless. No one in the entire city dares to defy him. Except his daughter. I'm a modern 30s woman. Look, put that away. Of your father. She'll do anything anywhere with anybody. Your daughter and I are lovers.
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What did he tell You.
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Paul Scheer
I was pregnant. What? Touchstone Pictures presents Sylvester Stallone in the story of a father. What we need is a husband. Trying to find someone? No, look at us. Who will marry his daughter? I've decided to go away to a convent. Well, you're a little late. You can rent out Oscar on Amazon Prime, Apple TV and Fandango. In addition, I encourage you to check out Hoopa Canopy and Libby, which are digital media services offered to you by your local public library that allow you to consume movies, tv, music, audiobooks, ebooks and comics for free. All right, that is it for last looks. If you listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, please rate and review us. Remember that. Please rate and review us and make sure you are following us. Click that little button, have automatic downloads turned on. It helps the show and we appreciate it. You know, if you want even more content, check out Dark Web Weekly. Rob Huebel and I breaking down the weirdest clips on the Internet. And if you just want more, how did this get made stuff? Well, just visit us on social media at hdtgm. A big thank you to our producers, Scott Sonny and Molly Reynolds and our movie picking producer, Avril Halley and our engineer, Casey Holford. We'll see you next week for Oscar, or I should call it Snaps Provolone. What's poppin listeners? I'm Lacey Mosley, host of the podcast Scam Goddess. The show that's an ode to fraud and all those who practice it. Each week I talk with very special guests about the scammiest scammers of all time. Wanna know about the fake errors? We got em. What about a career con man? We've got them too. Guys that will wine and dine you and then steal all your coins. Oh, you know they are represented Cause representation. Joined by guests like Nicole Byer, Ira Madison iii, Conan o' Brien and more. Join the congregation and listen to Scam Goddess wherever you get your podcasts.
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