Live Wire LIVE! w/ Johnny Knoxville & Nicole Byer

Summary

How Did This Get Made? – “Live Wire” LIVE! (w/ Johnny Knoxville & Nicole Byer)

Recorded Live at Largo | Released: April 24, 2026

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Episode Overview

This episode of How Did This Get Made? dives into the spectacularly bizarre 1992 action-thriller Live Wire—starring Pierce Brosnan as a bomb expert grappling with exploding senators, marital drama, and a convoluted terrorist plot. Hosts Paul Scheer, June Diane Raphael, Jason Mantzoukas, plus special guests Nicole Byer and Johnny Knoxville, gleefully pick apart the film’s logic, performances, and outrageous set pieces. In front of a live Largo audience (with cosplaying fans), the crew revels in Live Wire’s blend of “serious” political intrigue and gonzo action nonsense, interrogating every choice from Brosnan's “cuckolded” hero to the world’s most impractical bomb plot.

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Key Discussion Points and Highlights

1. Pierce Brosnan’s Wild Career Outlier

• The panel is floored by the movie’s existence, setting the tone:
  “If you've not seen Livewire, what do you need to know? Well, Pierce Brosnan stars as Danny, a bomb expert who's got two big problems. Someone's blowing up senators, and one of those senators is fucking his wife.” (Paul, 01:22)
• Jason Mantzoukas summarizes the insanity:
  “Pierce Brosnan. So angry. He's getting cucked. He's got to save the guy who's fucking his wife. Holy shit.” (04:05)
• The cast note the film is sandwiched between Brosnan’s appearances in "Mrs. Doubtfire" and as Bond, making its tone and choices even stranger.

2. “Just Kissing” – The Movie’s Cuckold Energy

• A recurring focus is Danny’s emasculation, especially when he insists to a security guard that his wife and Senator Ron Silver were “just kissing.”
  “There's no weaker thing to say. It's not cool. It's not clever.” (Paul, 25:00)
  “The security guard should have killed him.” (Jason, 04:59)
• The team repeatedly returns to this—mocking Danny's pathetic attempts to save face.

3. Hair, Wigs & 90s Aesthetics

• Nicole Byer fixates on Ron Silver’s "Fisher Price" wig—“looked like someone just placed that wig on his head.”* (Nicole, 06:45)
• The panel riffs on men’s hair obsessions and the “Turkey fedora” phenomenon (08:16), with great rapport and running gags.

4. The Infamous Vaseline ‘Party’ Scene

• The group gleefully discusses an absurd visual where Ron Silver dips his hand into a massive Vaseline jar, declaring, “planning a party.”
• Jason breaks down the limp humor:
  “Planning a party suggests, like, Diddy-level loot... but this just was a slightly used, normal tub of Vaseline.” (12:03)
• Nicole quips,“Maybe he'll have a fisting party soon.”* (12:41), heightening the episode’s rowdiness.

5. Nicole Byer Has Never Seen James Bond

• Nicole admits, “I've never seen James Bond, and I probably won't now.” (06:20)
• The hosts test her Bond knowledge, revealing confusion over actors and a hilarious aside about gay men and the Indiana Jones franchise (34:05–34:32).

6. Bomb Plotting: Nonsensical and Glorious

• The panel marvels at the absurdity of the film’s “water bomb” premise—where people explode after drinking adulterated water.
• Johnny Knoxville:
  “They bring up a lot of things once that never figure into the movie ever again.” (13:59)
• The “cheating wife bomb” and “ACME-level bomb” are highlighted as peak movie nonsense.
• The group roasts the movie’s lack of internal logic—bombs for cheating spouses, fluctuating time of day, and disregard for crime scene protocols (14:07–19:01).

7. Accidental Comedy and Clunky Dialogue

• Repeated focus on unfunny “non-jokes”—Pierce’s failed one-liners (“I love Mondays!” (20:42)), wooden comebacks, and how the script feels like a first draft:
  “There are so many. This movie is the master of the non joke joke.” (Johnny, 12:51)
  • Example:
    “I'll separate you from your fucking life.” (Pierce, quoted at 36:25)
    The panel laughs at how this doesn't work as a threat or as a joke.

8. The Robot Named Madonna

• The panel is preoccupied by the bomb squad’s robot, “Madonna,” foregrounded throughout but ultimately irrelevant.
  “There's a fucking robot in this movie that they never use... No robot, no Alka Seltzer. Nobody.” (Jason, 19:41–47:10)
• Running jokes touch on the robot’s “perv” behavior.

9. Inconsistent Character Motivation

• The hosts are confounded by the main character’s arc—ostensibly a “self-destructive” Riggs-from-Lethal-Weapon type, but never actually evolving.
• June: “At the end of the movie, he seems exactly the same.” (16:19)

10. The Movie’s Tone: Action, Melodrama, Violence, and Sex

• Scenes involving child endangerment (a kid being dumped from a wheelchair) and violence against the elderly are declared both shocking and hilarious in their out-of-place extremity (30:25–31:42).
• The infamous “eight minute sex scene” (67:02) cut from theatrical release, and the weird, anti-romantic bath sex reunion after a child’s drowning, are the subject of much ribbing.

11. Audience Q&A: Bomb Science, Plot Logic, and Lemonade

• A 15-year-old audience member confirms with their science teacher that the “water bomb” is physiologically impossible (60:36–61:44).
• Other fans probe the villain’s illogical market choices (“Why not just sell this bomb?” (61:49)), and the lemonade-acid bomb plot hole (47:07–49:31).

12. Second Opinions: Five Star Reviews for Nonsense

• The hosts read ridiculous Amazon reviews—
  “What's not to like? Nude Pierce Brosnan... although very entertaining, this movie should be viewed as a warning...” (74:41; 76:17)
• Nicole Byer breaks into a “Boom Boom Boom” musical review (72:55).

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Jason: “Imagine a world in which you're like, I'm Pierce Brosnan. My wife is fucking actor, activist Ron Silver. And what's happened? What world am I living in?” (04:33)
• Nicole: “If someone ever ate me out and went, ‘Mm, salt and vinegar,’ I would walk into traffic.” (65:22)
• Johnny on the explosions: “Who has that much acetone at their house?” (50:38)
• Paul: “If your wife is fucking Ron Silva... she's got bad taste. She's gone now.” (38:38)
• Audience member Anna’s “Boom Boom Boom” song, scatting through the plot as a musical recap. (72:55)

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Important Timestamps

• [01:22] – Paul introduces Live Wire and its bonkers premise
• [04:05] – Jason sums up Brosnan’s “cuckolded” hero
• [06:45–10:20] – Nicole and Jason riff on Ron Silver’s hair, “Turkey fedora,” and audience clowns
• [10:24] – Johnny Knoxville joins, riffs on kissing vs. “fucking”
• [12:03] – Vaseline “party” scene breakdown
• [14:08–15:02] – The DC bomb madness and “cheating spouse bomb”
• [19:41] – Obsessed with Chekhov’s bomb robot
• [25:00] – Fixating on the “just kissing” emasculation
• [30:25] – Violence against the elderly and wheelchair kid
• [39:12] – The strangely unsexy bath scene reunion
• [46:09–49:31] – Lemonade, acid, and bomb “science” confusion
• [60:36–61:44] – Science teacher debunks human bomb premise
• [67:02] – Reveal of the missing 8-minute sex scene
• [72:55] – Second opinions “Boom Boom Boom” musical recap
• [76:17] – Five-star Amazon review: “warning movie”
• [80:41] – Final verdicts from hosts and guests

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Tone and Flow

True to HDTGM’s style, the tone is irreverent, gleefully profane, and loaded with inside jokes. Banter is fast-paced with all hosts and guests riffing off each other and the audience, frequently circling back to running gags (Ron Silver’s wig, “just kissing,” insecure masculinity, robot perviness). The night’s live audience leans into the chaos, offering both serious and totally left-field questions, fueling more laughter.

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Conclusion: Should You Watch Live Wire?

• Jason Mantzoukas: “Yeah, I actually would. This was fun as hell. It makes no sense, but it's a blast. And it helps that...everybody in it is throwing themselves all the way in in service of absolute dog shit, which is one of my favorite things for our movies.” (80:41)
• The group agrees: Live Wire is deranged, confusing, and weirdly earnest—a perfect “so-bad-it’s-fun” viewing, especially with friends.

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Special Segment: “Second Opinions” (72:55)

Musical Amazon reviews, wild letterboxd takes, and the panel’s final verdicts make for a fittingly ridiculous capstone.

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Listen to This Episode If…

• You love the inexplicable logic and fizzing energy of early 90s action movies.
• You want to hear comedic masters break down one of Brosnan’s most bewildering roles, dissect bad writing, and reinvent movie science.
• You crave wild live show energy, audience Q&A, and riotous recurring in-jokes.

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Notable Final Line

Jason: “Everybody in it is throwing themselves all the way in in service of absolute dog shit... and they're all good. But the movie is dog shit.” (80:41)

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For fans of: movie chaos, Pierce Brosnan, clown cosplay, robots named Madonna, and the sweet, sweet sound of a panel losing it over 90s action nonsense.

Transcript

[A]

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[B]

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[C]

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[B]

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[D]

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[B]

Next time, put on some underwear. We saw Livewire so you know what that means. Schwarzenegger, grow a baby in his belly. Rock a Rostov vest while ripping Justin to Kelly. Or maybe see a burlesque show with Nick Crow and take a Boba speed to hitting cruise control. J man, Big Paul in the beautiful Jewel Gonna take you from the groove all the way to the room. Rain against the street Fighting hopes with blow off steam Just a sucker punch the odd life for Timothy Green Sharp wheels, Bird, Jimmy, how we staying alive? They calling him the badass and he's on the line cranking 88 minutes cause they cool as ice Cause they're bad. J Funny looking, kind and nice Paul, is June getting livable? Jason is getting laid? June is making sure all the monkey shots getting paid. And just a bunch of movies while they making the grade. Here's a real question for you. How did this get paid? Hello, people of Earth and hello people of Los Angeles. We are live at Largo to talk about the 1992 Pierce Brosnan classic Livewire, a movie that I didn't know existed until today. And boy, oh boy, I regret that now. If you've not seen Livewire, what do you need to know? Well, Pierce Brosnan stars as Danny, a bomb expert who's got two big problems? Someone's blowing up senators, and one of those senators is fucking his wife. Also, the bomb is kind of just something that you ingest, and I guess you become the detonator. I don't know. And a lot of the times in this movie, they just go, yeah, yeah, yeah. We don't. We can't figure it out either. It just happens. Go with it. And we do, and it's great. And we are gonna break this down for you. It's got a great cast, of course. Actor, activist Ron Silva. I'm still committing to the Silva is in this film. Great, great performance by him. Oh, so many great people. So many bombs, so many upskirt shots. Weird. But let's break it down with the best. Please welcome my co host tonight, Mr. Jason Mantzoukas. What's up, jerks?

[C]

Let's go. Let's go, Largo. Ooh, we got a good one. We got a good one. Pierce Brosnan. So angry. He's getting cucked. He's got to save the guy who's fucking his wife. Holy shit.

[B]

I'm so, like, into this version of Pierce Brosnan because it's like he was trying to do something.

[C]

Imagine a world in which you're like, I'm Pierce Brosnan. My wife is fucking actor, activist Ron Silva. And what's happened? What world am I living in?

[B]

We'll break it down in just a bit, but. But just kissing is what he says at one point.

[C]

Oh, my God. When he comes back out of the elevator to tell the security guard, they weren't fucking. They were just kissing.

[B]

Kissing.

[C]

The. The security guard should have killed him.

[B]

And the way that he said, like, they were just kissing, it was like they weren't even using tongue. It was a very polite kiss.

[C]

I lost respect for him in that moment. Immediately, Ron Silver is Alpha ing James Bond. What planet are we on?

[B]

This is a year after Mrs. Doubtfire and a year before James Bond. A weird outlier in the Pierce Brosnan catalog. But boy, oh, boy, you know, when there's a Bond movie we call a How did this get made? Expert. She's joined us before on such films as the Specialist. You also know her from her amazing podcast and the show.

[C]

Nailed it.

[B]

Please welcome Nicole Byers.

[C]

Yeah.

[E]

So nice. Oh, my goodness.

[B]

Nicole, Nicole.

[D]

Nicole. Nicole.

[C]

You're welcome.

[B]

I feel like this movie has got a lot of things that you might like.

[E]

Hey, I loved it.

[C]

Yeah.

[E]

Okay. I will say this. I've never seen James Bond, and I probably won't now.

[B]

Okay.

[C]

By the way, that's fine.

[B]

By the way, he only represents a small part of the James Bond story, but again.

[C]

And I would probably argue one of the weaker parts.

[B]

Sure.

[E]

Oh, dang. He's the whole thing, though.

[C]

Well, I love that you think that

[B]

we can break down James Gone later, but. Yeah, so go ahead.

[E]

Also, I like the senator because it looked like somebody just placed that wig on his head. Yeah.

[B]

That wig never fit right.

[C]

That hair was wild.

[E]

It looked like a Fisher Price person.

[C]

Oh, yeah.

[E]

Where?

[C]

Swap out the hair. Yes, yes.

[B]

It had a weird part to it, and it was like he allowed that to happen.

[C]

Well, it's also a period that we've talked about this before, before hair products could hold things in place. So during the action set piece, his hair is doing this. It's like, flouncing around in a way that is, like, terrible looking.

[E]

It looked like a hair commercial. It was just, like, flowing.

[B]

Yes. I wonder if that was his own piece. We had a caller call into Last Looks who talked about working on Al Pacino's hair. And when he sat in the chair, he had already done it. And. And then she, like, went to go touch it. He's like, I think it's great. And she was like, oh. And then. And she was, oh, okay. He's like, yeah, it looks great. But she never touched it. And then the producers came in. They were like, what did you do? Al Pacino's hair. It looks terrible. And she's like, he likes it. And they're like, okay, we won't say a word. So I do feel like there is a world in which Ron Silver's like, I think it looks fantastic.

[C]

I think it looks great.

[E]

We gotta keep men away from hair.

[B]

I've been saying that for years.

[C]

I think most men have a fundamental misunderstanding of how hair works. Unless they're going to Turkey to get it, in which case they're obsessed with how their hair works.

[B]

Oh. And they will tell you about it.

[C]

They would love to talk to you about it.

[B]

And then pretend like they never went to Turkey four months later. I've always had this head of hair. What?

[C]

What do you mean? There was those couple of months where I only wore a fedora.

[E]

I feel like you're talking about someone very specific.

[B]

It's really everyone. There are pictures of men coming back to the States from Turkey, and it's. They're all wearing the same fedora.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

And they're all.

[C]

You get it in Turkey. Turkey fedora market is off the charts.

[B]

You get a free fedora with every Hairdresser.

[C]

Oh, yeah, the follicle fedora.

[B]

You know,

[C]

I've missed you.

[E]

I like that alliteration. It was nice. And they did not appreciate it.

[C]

These fucking idiots don't even get it.

[B]

They will learn.

[C]

They don't understand alliteration. They're dumb.

[B]

You'll learn when you drink your water tonight. You'll fucking learn.

[C]

Nicole has clocked Jafar.

[E]

I thought that was hyperbole. I was like, ha, ha. No.

[B]

So Nicole, if you're just listening, has watched what I realized at the top of the show. You know her as Jafar. Jafar is in the crowd tonight dressed as a full clown from the film. And when you see her, it is shocking because out of the corner of your eye, you're like, oh, God.

[E]

Also, that was. You know her as Jafar.

[B]

Yeah, it's a longer story. I could tell you a lot. I know about Jafar.

[C]

I'll be honest. I wish I knew less about Jafar.

[B]

Jafar has been around. We know a lot.

[E]

Is Jafar your government name?

[B]

Jafar was the first costume that she ever had, and she's never lost that name. But it's not Jafar, even from Aladdin. It's Jafar from a bad Hercules movie. We got it. We got it.

[F]

The show's over.

[B]

Okay, so tonight we have a very special guest. You know him from such things as the Jackass franchise. Also from the brand new Fear Factor, please welcome Johnny Knoxville.

[F]

I have to say, just kissing better than getting effed, but just by a little.

[C]

Yeah, but I mean, like, we're not. He does it does. Do he think. He really thinks they just kissed. Then he sees Ron Silver. Ron Silver's bedroom later, and is like, come on. I mean, he's got, like, some sort of fuck den.

[B]

I will.

[C]

Not to jump ahead, but, like, it's clearly.

[E]

It is a fuck den.

[C]

Some sort of fuck den. I do.

[B]

Well, if we're jumping there, I do need to ask a question. It's great. This is the first time my son has come to see your show and we started. Started with this. He puts his hand in the jar of Vaseline.

[C]

I mean, I've already get tested. Pierce, what are we doing?

[B]

He puts it all in there, and I wrote this down because he says, why does I make sure I have it right? He goes, planning a party. Now, planning a party would mean. Well, I couldn't figure out, was there not enough petroleum jelly in there or there too much or. It was.

[C]

I felt like that was a bad joke because, like, planning a party suggests, like, Diddy level loot.

[B]

Right? That's what I thought.

[E]

Yes.

[C]

AKA dll. But this just was a slightly used, normal tub of Vaseline.

[B]

Well, it should have been like, how was the party? Like, he should have said, like it already had happened. Right.

[E]

I just thought it was very full because what he splatted out was a lot. So I feel like he was like, oh, there's still a lot of Vaseline.

[C]

I like the word splatted. I just really want to highlight it because, boy, it's dynamite.

[E]

Well, that's what it was.

[C]

Literally splats, splatted.

[E]

I feel like he saw all of it and he was like, well, maybe he'll have a fisting party soon.

[B]

Right?

[E]

Look, this is where his sound like that joke, right?

[F]

This movie is the master of the non joke joke.

[B]

Oh, yes. There are so many. Now, Johnny, you also love bad movies. I know we've talked about this a little bit. Have you ever heard of Livewire before today, before it was assigned to you?

[F]

I was elated and also upset that I had never seen it because it is magical. Wow.

[B]

The premise of the movie, and I know I said this in the beginning, but it's like basically water. It's a water bomb that when it goes in your stomach, the person explodes and it's deadly serious.

[C]

And also, I loved it. I loved how clean it was that he's a bomb diffuser, but the bomb is just a glass of water now. You're really funny.

[F]

Yeah.

[E]

It also was only, I think, an hour and a half.

[C]

Real quick, you're well blew by.

[E]

I loved it.

[B]

Quick question. The movie starts off with Pierce with a band aid on the bridge of his nose. That is never spoken about Justified. I was like, oh, at one point we're gonna find out, oh, Ron Silva punched him in the face or something.

[C]

Yeah.

[F]

Nope, nope. They bring up a lot of things once that never figure into the movie ever again.

[C]

It also is a world that is like.

[B]

It's dc.

[C]

It takes place in dc, a city that seems to have non stop bombs. There are both the bombs you would anticipate that might be part of the nation's capital. Okay. Attacks on the infrastructure or something like that. But then there are also bombs just for cheating wives. Well, I mean, these guys are fucking busy. Yes, they're booked and busy. These bomb diffusers.

[F]

And everyone's. All the other bomb diffusers are in full gear, except for Pierce Brosnan. He's in skinny jeans to fusing bombs.

[C]

Well, I think we're meant to believe he has nothing left to live for.

[F]

Oh, okay.

[C]

So he's like, fuck it, I'm going in raw.

[B]

But he also. It's like no one. No one ever takes a beat to go. Like, this is crazy that this woman has a bomb under her seat.

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

Like, and how did she find it? It seems like in the middle of the ride, you're like, oh, wait a second.

[C]

And her bomb. Her bomb was a classic sticks of dynamite. ACME level bomb.

[F]

Yeah. And spread your legs. Spread your legs.

[B]

Yeah.

[F]

He's diffusing.

[C]

So he's diffusing the bomb like this. Yes.

[F]

Yeah.

[E]

Yep.

[F]

It's insane.

[E]

And he's staring at her naked pussy the whole time. Cause he was like, next time, wear some underwear.

[C]

Oh, yeah.

[E]

And I was like, God, she must have been dripping wet. She was either like, there it is.

[C]

I just now also want to call attention to her necklace.

[E]

Yeah.

[C]

Because this is some next level nonsense. This is the only person who's dressed like this in the whole movie.

[E]

She.

[C]

She appears to twice drive into this movie from another movie. And.

[B]

And I'm realizing, like, I'm realizing that now, like, when we meet him, he is self destructive. I think they're trying to capture like a little Lethal Weapon energy.

[F]

Yes, yes.

[B]

But at the end of the movie, he seems exactly the same.

[F]

Yeah.

[E]

Yeah.

[F]

He's. He's hyper aggressive. He gets hit with a restraining order right off the bat. I'm like, that's a really aggressive.

[E]

Yeah, that proves why there's a restraining order.

[C]

Yes.

[E]

He's like, I'm still fucking married to you and this is my fucking garbage can. And then they're like, my dead daughter.

[C]

I did not see that flashback coming at all. Kate Brosnan is racking up L's over and over. He has almost no wins in this movie.

[B]

But the way that they like, it's so funny because the wife seems to be over the dead daughter. He's like, look, it wasn't your fault. And he's like, kind of was. It really was very one second. And then she. But I don't know why that daughter just jumped in the pool in the back either.

[E]

The wildest part was he had the dog with him, but not his daughter. So he was playing with the dog as she's dying.

[B]

He left her there for a long time.

[C]

It's hard because, like, I think the movie wants him to be like, a complicated. Like, he fucked up. He's like Riggs and Lethal Weapon. But Pierce Brosnan is just too Pierce Brosnan.

[B]

Oh. But there's multiple scenes where he's Just like. Like, just staring at the city of D.C. like, I can't get over this. But he is.

[C]

As we get into it, could you. Would you mind? I think you have the. The text that opens the movie.

[B]

I would, yes, of course.

[C]

Only because I think this is imperative that for people who may not have watched the movie, you understand how this movie starts. Because I saw just this text and was like, oh, no, this. Here we go. You ready?

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Over the last decade, more than 3,600 lives worldwide have been lost as a direct act of terrorism. Nearly every country on the globe has its share of political kidnappings, hijackings and firebombings, with one notable exception, the United States of America. This movie came out in 1992. I've got an update. I'm going back to the text. Due to a stable political system and the difficulty of slavery, smuggling easily detectable incendiary devices into the country.

[B]

This is my easily detectable, like, all

[C]

right, well, yes, the United States has been relatively safe. Dot, dot, dot, until now.

[F]

And then cut to this.

[B]

Wear some fucking underwear.

[C]

And her line when she. When he's between her, like, her line is like, you have one affair and your husband puts a bomb under your chair.

[B]

And again, it's not. It's like, yep, all on a work day. Because then he jumps on a helicopter, flies to another bomb scene. These motherfuckers do not care about crime scenes at all. They're just no gloves. Smoking in explosion. Crime scenes seems bad. Yeah, they are. Multiple times. Cigarettes are like, yeah, what happened here? The thing is still smoking. They're sitting in a smoking car. Like, it's fucked up. It's like, well, yeah, get out of the car.

[C]

Was anybody else obsessed with Chekhov's bomb robot?

[F]

Oh, Madonna.

[C]

There's a fucking robot in this movie that they never use.

[B]

No, they use it a couple times. They open up its stomach and they put stuff in there.

[C]

Yeah, they use it. Like they never. It never You. They keep foregrounding it in these scenes where you say, would you get your robot out of my way? Or your robot or whatever. And I'm like, you know what? This robot's going to come in handy. And I think I'm so fucking clever thinking this movie. No, the movie is like, no, fuck the robot. We don't see it again.

[F]

But he got that one good line in, Oh, I feel like I'm in Lost in Space.

[B]

Well, this is it. Like, I feel like they gave him, like, all these things that you would never say, like, what'd you see that on CNN. What am I on? Ed McMahon? What is this? He always is, like, cracking these jokes, like, but then when there's a perfect moment to crack a joke, he does. It's like, what are you, a boy Scout? And he's like, yeah, like a perfect opportunity for a joke. Yeah. And I got a nerve badge. I'm kicking ass. Yeah.

[C]

He also tries to sell jokes that aren't jokes when they're like, hey, when he helps the woman between her legs, then they're like, okay, there was an explosion in a restaurant. We're gonna put you on a chopper and get you over there. He goes, I love Mondays.

[F]

Oh, yeah.

[C]

And a big smile like, I just like, crack. These guys are going to go home and be like, dan said the funniest thing today. He's like, basically, my buddy Dan at work is like the anti Garfield.

[D]

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[B]

I do feel like he was like, I just need to be everything. I need to be like he's angry. Right. And he's got all these witticisms, but he also comes off super weak. Like when he does come out of the elevator and tell. And I know we are going to harp on this a few times, but there's just kissing. There's no weaker thing to say. It's not cool. It's not clever.

[C]

I mean, inarguably, the movie is about a man who is being cuckolded by the. By the man he's trying to save.

[B]

Yes.

[C]

And that is the story. Like the bad guys are so not really, like, delved into very much because we spend so much of the time with Ron Silver. That is the story, right?

[B]

Yeah. And I would also say, you know, like, if he would be so much happier if he just kind of embraced the robot, who was a little bit of a perv, but the robot was pinching his ass and they go, I don't know. The robot has a mind of its own. And I was like, does the robot have a mind of its own? Because the movie doesn't like, wink and say. It doesn't. It's like the robot is sexually attracted to Pierce Brosnan.

[E]

Who isn't?

[C]

I would love that.

[B]

Wolf.

[C]

Yeah.

[E]

Pierce, can we go back to the elevator for one second? So the door's closed. Is this man's ear pressed up against the door being like, are they gonna say something about my wife fucking that man?

[B]

What?

[C]

What? Here we go. What?

[B]

That's a guy who found son of

[C]

Trevoris fucking his wife.

[B]

No shit.

[F]

He's wanting to paper.

[B]

I thought they weren't fucking.

[C]

They were kissing.

[B]

Okay, so the next time you go spreading rumors about my wife, check the facts with me first. Yes, sir. Miller.

[F]

Thank you.

[E]

What?

[C]

How can I root for this guy? He's in there so long. So we're to believe he goes in the elevator, pushes one. Does he go up a floor and come down a floor? Like, I wish. I almost wish he'd come out the stairs door. Hey, hey, hey. I heard what you said. I emergency stopped on three and ran down. Just a heads up, it was just kissing. No tongue. And some light over the shirt stuff.

[B]

I do just. I mean, but again, why would they know this? Like, Ron Silva is a low level, like senator, He's a lower level cop. It's like this would not be the

[C]

talk of anyone, but yet it is the talk of the town. Everyone knows FBI bomb defuser, Dan. What's his last name? O'. Neills. Dan o'.

[B]

Neill. Danny o'.

[C]

Neill. Danny o' Neill's Wife is fucking senator. Actor activist Ron Silva. In a way that it really is. It made me laugh. And I was like, oh, I wish that they had known. And so that later when people are saying, because this continues, everybody is gossiping, that they're fucking. I wish people would be like, oh, no, I heard it was just kissing. I wish that it had like a cumulative effect and it had continued to radiate out like that.

[B]

Oh my gosh, it's so he. I mean, I want to go back to what Nicole was saying.

[D]

He deserves a restraining order.

[E]

Yeah.

[B]

He is abusive to his wife. When he comes in, I'm like, yeah, get away. He's a bad dude. Because he's like, still my house. And I don't know when they were divorced because he says it's his wife. He's wearing the wedding ring. They're not divorced. Right.

[E]

They're just separated. But he does have a whole other apartment.

[B]

Right?

[F]

Which is awesome. The house is amazing. The apartment, amazing.

[C]

Oh, yeah, Apartment though.

[B]

It's like, he's complicated because one of the pieces of furniture is just a wood box.

[F]

But it was a really nice apartment and they made it. Tried to make it look tough by. When he opened the front door, you saw graffiti on the outside.

[C]

Like, how much does he make as a bomb diffuser?

[B]

And by the way, he's not even a bomb. He works for the FBI. He's carrying a gun, right? He is like, what is he. Cuz he's not like a bomb defuser. I don't think is going on stakeouts. He's staking out.

[C]

Well, they keep saying to him too, like, you don't have to do this anymore. You basically, that's why we made you an FBI agent, so you cannot do this. And he's like, I want to die. I mean, it basically is like, I want to die in a bomb.

[B]

The movie also very confused about when it's night and when it's day. The bad guys are talking to Ron Silva and there it's thunderstorm, it's dark, it's night. They cut to Ron Silva. He's in an office during the daylight. And then at the end of the scene, walks to the window, he's like, oh, it's about terrain. So then I'm like, where the fuck. How are they that far away from each other?

[C]

It's that DC weather. If you want it to change, give it five minutes.

[B]

But then, but then, then they also have the scene at the end where it's like the radio DJs like, it's four in the morning. So if you're up, just stay up. But then the scene before the mom is still over the wife's house, and she's like, what's been going on? You're up. You're like, at 3 in the morning, you're hanging.

[C]

When they pistol whip that elderly woman, I have never been so turned on in my life.

[B]

This movie is not afraid to make wild choices like pistol whipping a woman.

[E]

My God. Flies and falls so hard.

[C]

I was really looking at it to be like, is that a stunt? Did they swap it out?

[E]

They killed a woman.

[C]

It's executed. Well. I think they might have killed that old woman.

[B]

Well, she also had. She actually had the same backstory as Dani, and she said she wanted to die on film, and so they let her do it. They also throw a kid out of a wheelchair in this movie.

[F]

That was one of the highlights.

[E]

It's so unnecessary.

[C]

I'm so sorry to disagree with you, Nicole. It was so necessary so that they could load the clown into the wheelchair and wheel him away.

[E]

But the way they do it, no one is hustling. And they're like, dump.

[C]

Yeah. Oh, yeah. At this kid center, we need. We get this. Dump the kid. Dump the kid. Get the chair.

[B]

When that kid hits dirt, and it doesn't seem like anybody, like, he's like, oh, no, the kid. They're like, we gotta go. Like, that kid would be dead. That kid Is his rust trampled at the end.

[C]

Oh, absolutely. And that's the thing is, like, the stakes are so high because the we. We've barely talked about the bad guys, which is very interesting.

[F]

Yeah.

[C]

Because who. I don't know who.

[B]

They all look alike.

[C]

I don't know where they're from or what their agenda is. It seems to just be revenge because he's owed $10 million, which, I mean, is, yes, a lot of money, but, like, he's blowing up, like, children's events. I don't know if it's that much money.

[E]

Weren't they mad about a bill being passed or something?

[B]

Yeah, yeah, they wanted to pass the bill because if they pass the bill

[D]

or they don't pass the bill, they get money.

[B]

But then at the end of the movie, it's like, well, you have $10 million right now. This movie, timeless from that movie is

[C]

time, but very prescient movie.

[B]

But then it feels like at the end of the movie, like, you got

[D]

$10 million right here.

[B]

So it's like, wait, did Ron Silva was going to pay the $10 million? I didn't understand.

[F]

I was like, I'm a little punchy. And I was about halfway through the movie before I realized that wasn't Timothy Dalton. By the way, I referenced Timothy to my wife. She's like, what are you talking about? That's Pierce Brosnan.

[B]

Pierce Brosnan who did Wax himself.

[E]

Timothy Dalton, the Bat.

[B]

Another.

[C]

I love this.

[B]

Another.

[C]

Timothy Dalton is another actor who played James Bond.

[F]

Would you.

[B]

Would you.

[C]

Nicole.

[E]

Wait, how many.

[C]

Nicole.

[E]

Would you be surprised.

[B]

What were you gonna say?

[C]

Would you be surprised to find out multiple people have played James Bond?

[E]

I thought it was just two.

[C]

Okay, who are the two?

[E]

Daniel Craig and Pierce Brosnan.

[C]

Okay.

[E]

Oh, wait. And then that man.

[F]

Timothy Dalton.

[C]

That man.

[E]

No, I don't know that man.

[C]

That man. The sequel to the Marlo Thomas talks like this. I love it. I love it. Let's see. What else do you know? What else do you know him from? And please keep doing the impression.

[E]

What do I know him from? I have seen a movie with him. Someone say a movie? Nope.

[B]

The Rock. Untouchables, Finding Forrester.

[E]

Nope.

[C]

Whose movie is Finding Forester? Get that person out.

[E]

Yes.

[B]

Indiana Jones and Alaska.

[E]

Yes. Because I date a straight man. He was like, you gotta watch Indiana Jones.

[C]

Wait. Because you. You have to. You have to do it.

[E]

He's showing me these movies that he's like, I like them.

[C]

And you're. And you're blaming this as for. Because you're dating a straight man.

[E]

Yup. A gay man would never.

[C]

So I guess it's a real toss up. What are you gonna choose? You have to watch Indiana Jones movies but fuck a straight man.

[E]

That was my choice.

[C]

Yes. Or watch what you wanna watch, but not fuck a gay man.

[E]

I don't think he'd fuck me. I think he.

[B]

This is the dilemma. This is. This is it. This is the dilemma. Yeah. Oh, there. I love that you thought it was Timothy Dalton. And it could have been Timothy Dalton. There is something really interesting with him, which is like, he shaved his body for this movie. Pierce Brosnan, Right?

[F]

Poorly.

[B]

Yeah. Cause he's a hairy man. And he wanted to be a sexy guy. But that's what I think it is. He's trying very hard to figure out what that sex appeal is.

[E]

Wait, is that trivia? Or do you. Do you just know that it is trivia?

[B]

But then when I realized, I was like, oh, he is a hairy guy. Because he's like. Well, take like and Mrs. Doubtfire. He takes off his shirt. He's a very hairy guy. And as somebody who has a hairy

[D]

chest, I'm always clocking that too.

[B]

I'm like, great. Good on you. And this guy was like, wait, what happened to that hairy chest? I already saw Mrs. Doubtfire. And then I read that this part, he wanted to create the sex appeal.

[C]

Where'd you read that?

[B]

What?

[C]

Where did you. Where did you read that?

[E]

Yeah. What's the source?

[C]

Because you said. I read that he said something. Where is he talking about playgirl.com?

[F]

honcho magazine.

[B]

It is on IMDb as. As Jafar has told me, there are.

[E]

I can't believe there's a clown named Jafar. Here

[C]

we are. We're through the looking glass.

[B]

This is my favorite part is when Trevoris is like, Ron so was like, yelling at him, and he goes, you

[D]

know, if you need to leave, I can separate you from this.

[B]

And then Pierce Brosnan goes, I'll separate you from your fucking life. And then. And then Shane is in the background. His buddy's like, ha, ha ha. You get him, Danny. He's like, not a that. It's not a joke. It's a real threat.

[C]

But it's not even like he frequently, frequently is begging Ron Silver to stop fucking his wife. He says it both to Ron Silver in person and then also tells people who know Ron Silver, you tell him he better stop fucking my wife.

[E]

He also broke into his home while his wife was there and was like, hey, yeah.

[C]

And it was basically like, just so you know, I can get in here.

[B]

This is. This is him. This is him kind of begging for it here, o', Neill, this is business, and you better learn to separate it

[C]

from the other problems in your life.

[F]

You touch my wife again, I'll separate you from the rest of your life face.

[C]

It's also a very clumsy line. Yeah, yeah, I'll separate you from the rest of your life. Okay, well, the whole.

[B]

The whole movie. The whole movie feels like that level of, like, first draft. It's like, oh, yeah, we'll place older for a more. A more exciting comeback.

[C]

There is almost like he should have been a nerd who defuses bonds, who doesn't quite have it all together, who doesn't have clever comebacks, who's kind of just like, failing and flailing. But it's. Again, Pierce fucking. It's never more clear than when you're cutting between Pierce Brosnan and Ron Silver, and you're like, what on earth is happening?

[F]

Yeah, the only thing worse than Bron Silver doing the box trial with your wife is doing it with that haircut, which I had the same exact haircut.

[C]

At that time, please provide pictures.

[F]

I tried to find them.

[B]

I do think if you're. I think you should let her go. I think if your wife is fucking Ron Silva, you'd be like, you know, she's got bad taste. She. She's gone now. I don't understand why they are separated. It's because he can't get over the death of their daughter. But then when he saves the day, she's like, well, now I'm back in love with them. Okay.

[F]

When she hears about him saving the day, she's, like, on the fence. She comes to his apartment, but when she sees him saving the day, then the next thing you know, they're in the bathtub together in, like, a Cinemax sex scene.

[E]

Oh, I couldn't believe that woman got in the tub with all her clothes on. I said, this is not reality.

[C]

Oh. The minute I saw her fully clothed on the edge of the tub, I was like, she's going in. But also, even though this movie isn't in the 80s, there's a saxophone that's about to start playing. It does. And they have tender, slow sex for about 30 seconds.

[B]

But it's also, like, a weird thing. It's like, he saved the day. I better put him in the bath and give him a massage. It's also, like, not sexy to be like, well, I got to give my man a bath. Oh, like, work into the bath. Do something else, but just don't give him a bath. She's behind him. Like, I'll scrub you.

[E]

I also love that it was a reveal. Like, they panned to him, and then they kept going. And I was like, oh, no. Why isn't she in the tub with him? Naked?

[C]

Right?

[B]

Just cut to that scene. It's weirder. They have a weird relationship, and then

[E]

her clothes come off slowly. Then you see her fucking tit.

[C]

Here's. Here's what I'll say. Also, like, I'm not rooting for them at all.

[B]

No, no.

[C]

I'm invested in their relationship, and I think they're better apart.

[B]

It's weird. It's weird to me that their daughter died by drowning, and the first time they're getting back together is in a body of water.

[C]

Also. Also not for nothing, and I don't know how much time has passed. Where's the dog? Where's the dog?

[B]

It's the dog's fault.

[C]

The dog is the one that tries to save the little girl.

[E]

Maybe they fuck in the bathtub. Cause it's exposure therapy now he's finally healed. They didn't like that.

[F]

Is this thing on?

[B]

But I was like, it is the promise of the premise, right? It's like if you establish that there's a gun, it has to go off in the third act. So if you establish that he.

[C]

That there's a robot, it needs to.

[B]

Well, I was gonna say, I was gonna say if you establish that he wants to fuck his wife again, he's gotta fuck it. Like that scene feels like, oh, yeah, he's back, he's back. Like we needed to see him fuck his wife. And I never would say that about any other movie, but I think you did need to see him do it all.

[E]

And I just don't get why she does it. Because he's so mean to her. And then when she goes to his apartment, he's drunk, his tongue is literally out of his mouth, he's like slurring. And then she's like, better fuck him. Like,

[D]

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[B]

What I also think about this, like they're trying so hard to up the stakes. Yes, the senators are blowing up. Everything's blowing up. And then at one point, like, senator, will you be at the. The event is like, yes. Hundreds of children from all around the country have raised money for the D.C. kids Center. Why would the kids from around the country. We gotta help Those kids in D.C. it was such a weird thing.

[C]

That's a complete waste of time. Also, let me ask you this about the bad guys. Is their headquarters the Washington D.C. department of Water? When they drive into their abandoned warehouse headquarters, it appears as though it's the Department of Water. And I was like, oh, smart. They're putting their bomb water in the water supply of D.C. no, that's not it. Nope, that's not what they're doing.

[E]

Just one fountain.

[C]

Yeah, just one. One fountain.

[E]

Just one.

[C]

Who's gonna drink from the fountain?

[E]

What's the wait?

[B]

That's so funny.

[E]

What was the plan? The plan?

[B]

Oh, wait, I thought. Wait, I thought. Thought that it was in the lemonade.

[F]

Yeah, I did, too. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[E]

Oh, my bad.

[C]

Wait a minute. There's. I think it's the fountain. This guy's flipping out because this is.

[B]

We gotta get. Yeah, yeah, okay, I'll hold the mic.

[C]

Can we get house lights?

[B]

So basically, the stuff was in the water, and he was gonna put the lemonade in. It was gonna make the water in the fountain explode because the lemonade is acidic.

[F]

And he said, oh, yes, yes. It's like the only thing. The only thing that neutralized it was Alka Seltzer, which you heard once, I never heard again.

[C]

Why would.

[B]

I wanted him to shove an Alka Seltzer to somebody's mouth?

[C]

I thought the clown. When he's got the clown and he sees the guys going red, he goes, hey. To the guy who's got the robot. Hey, he's gonna blow. And I was like, the robot's gonna come in and put Alka Seltzer into this motherfucker's mouth. No.

[E]

Nope.

[C]

No robot, no Alka Seltzer. Nobody.

[E]

Wait, out of everyone who has seen this movie, did one person understand that the. The acid from the lemonade. Oh, okay. Show off. Yeah, right, right.

[C]

All these assholes think they're so smart.

[B]

I. I do love the Bad Guys lair because it's a very furnished office, but it's also, like, in the basement of, like, a water. It's like, they have a nice desk.

[C]

What do they stand for? What is their agenda? What is their message? Jason wants his 10 million, but there's so many other people that are dying for the cause. What's the cause?

[B]

I don't know.

[C]

The kid doesn't.

[B]

Yeah. Oh. Another great move of not being a cool superhero is when he's trying to go to Trevaris's house. There's a speed bump right before the house. So he's, like, zooming in. He's like, slow down. Go over the speed bump. And then he, like, you can't look cool driving up and hitting a speed bump slowly. Like, well, I will slow down. This is gonna fuck up my engine.

[C]

The fact that they made. So the two bad guys are like the guy in a suit, you know, like the guy that's like, you better give me my 10. Mikel, I think is his name. You better give me my $10 million. I'm owed $10 million. And then his enforcer, who Jafar, is dressed like.

[B]

Like, with the earring.

[C]

Why? They thought that he needed to dress up like. They were like, he'll dress like a clown for the kids thing. We'll dress him like a clown. There's people doing all sorts of shit at this thing. This guy doesn't need to be dressed like the most chilling, upsetting clown.

[B]

Wait a second. Wait, I want to go back to that. So the clown was serving up a lemonade. So was the idea, like. So no one had taken lemonade until that point?

[C]

Nobody had mixed lemonade with the fountain.

[E]

Yeah.

[F]

No, no.

[B]

But it would be your body.

[E]

No.

[B]

So the lemonade, the acid and the lemonade, like, because it's acidic. Yeah. Cause it to explode.

[E]

So it's just lemonade. But the fountain is the bomb.

[B]

So the plug. Okay, no, I understand. And I understand everybody's saying it's stomach acid or lemonade, but was the plan to always just drive the lemonade cart into the fountain?

[C]

They were gonna. Yes.

[B]

That's a bad plan. I mean.

[C]

Oh, yeah, yeah.

[B]

They could have done that at any point.

[C]

This was an instance where they didn't need someone to ingest the bomb. They just needed to mix the ingredients in the fountain and it would have blown.

[B]

But it seemed like they could have just done that right away in the beginning.

[C]

They 100 they. In fact, they should have, because the

[B]

clown's like, I'm gonna go back in. And then the clown takes off his nose and hat, like, now I'm. Now I'm not around. Like. But you are undercover as a clown now. You've. Like. I love that he took off his nose to do the poem.

[C]

What was interesting to me is so much is made of a la The Hurt Locker, Pierce Brosnan's ability to know and clip the right wires, and all this bomb diffusion kind of stuff. He's the best. They keep telling us he's the best at this. He's so good, he's in demand, blah, blah, blah. But then they have invented a bomb he cannot do. He is powerless to the bomb. The only thing he could do is

[B]

give it tums, which he does not do.

[C]

Which he doesn't do. His. His pliers should be tums by the end of the movie, but all he can do is put a clown on a wheelchair and roll him away. That's like, he's doing the Best that any of us.

[B]

That's why the third act is like. He just becomes MacGyver. He's like, Here's a nail gun and I'll use this.

[C]

Oh, my God.

[F]

Who has that much acetone at their house?

[E]

Well, he was getting ready.

[B]

Here's some fertilizer.

[C]

He makes electricity bombs. He makes a pipe bomb. He shoots nails into someone's neck. It's full of.

[E]

That man had fertilizer in his kitchen.

[F]

Yeah, yeah.

[B]

My. My favorite line is when he goes, are you insured? And he goes, no. What?

[F]

Exactly. His accent is all over the place. It's like, English.

[C]

It's New York.

[F]

It's.

[E]

But also, you don't have homeowner's insurance.

[B]

That's what I was like, how could you not have homeowners insurance?

[C]

And also, like, does Pierce Brosnan care? That's like the joke.

[B]

Like, he needs the other. Like, that's the thing. Like, when he goes. The Boy Scout was the same thing. It's like. It's like, oh, yeah, we'll put that in.

[C]

If I'm Pierce Brosnan and I'm in the guy's house that's fucking my wife and he says his house is not insured, I'm as quickly as possible destroying the house to the maximum ability that I have.

[E]

I agree.

[F]

Can we talk? Go ahead, Go ahead.

[E]

Well, I was just gonna say they painted over all that beautiful dark wood in that house, and I was genuinely pretty upset about it.

[C]

Oh, no. They ruined a lot of original details.

[E]

They did that white banister. I said, why?

[C]

Oh, yeah.

[E]

All of the casings on the door. I said, why?

[C]

I would love this. I would love for this. This is your new podcast where you watch movies and critique the interior design and the choice. The design choices they've made.

[F]

Can we talk about Gwen? That was her mom, right?

[B]

Oh, yes.

[F]

She is such a social climber.

[B]

Oh, she wants her to be with that guy. You should go. You should go to this weird man's house at 3 in the morning.

[C]

Her reward is to be pistol whipped. Which is crazy, but, yeah, she wants. And I mean, like, her daughter. I mean, how. These are adult people. These are people who are very capable of making their own decisions. But she's like, you should go do this. If your old senator boyfriend sends a man to come get you without telling you, you gotta go.

[E]

Well, the other alternative is a man who's mad at her and yells at her.

[C]

I guess so. I mean, like, here's the deal. Choose neither. Choose yourself.

[B]

She needs. She needs. I mean, she does. There's.

[C]

She's also in a very similar situation in Beverly Hills Cop.

[B]

Yes. Well, yeah. She's literally being held by the villain at the end. I do just want to. We'll get to the audience here in a second. I want to talk about the explosions. The first two explosions of the film.

[C]

They're dynamite, right?

[B]

They're what I love.

[F]

Hey ho.

[B]

What I love about them is. Yeah, the explosions are big, but they also felt like we do need to put a person right outside of it, too. We gotta kill that person, too. Like, there's like a guy like, huh, I'm standing in front of a restroom. Oh, God. But then the other guy goes to the car. This is this guy.

[C]

I love it. I love it.

[B]

And now look at his hand. There's a hand. Can you see that? I don't even know where that hand is coming from.

[E]

But the best part is he gets up after it.

[C]

Yes.

[E]

He's absolutely fine.

[F]

Yeah. And never do your stunts in slow mo if your stunt double looks like Shecky Green, because he looked nothing like Pierce Brosnan.

[B]

Oh, no, there is this one shot that I pulled. This is when they're falling at the end.

[F]

This is what I'm talking about.

[B]

Yeah. Let's see if I can zoom in.

[E]

Oh, that's. I didn't even clock that. That's so funny. That's neither of them. Also, is that Steve Carell?

[B]

This looks like when you go to, like, Universal Studios for the Waterworld stunt show, and the guy's like, I'm Kevin Costner in this.

[E]

Honestly, that's Steve Carell.

[C]

I'd rather watch this movie that stars these two guys. Look. I love that. They were like, yeah, that wiggle worked.

[F]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[C]

It's an. It works enough.

[E]

It's so funny. It's like an Elvis wig from Party City.

[B]

And by the way, they do kill Traverus. And he's not that bad. I mean, I guess he's a bad guy. I mean, his biggest crime. I don't know.

[C]

I guess he seems to be somehow the villain of the. The arms deal.

[B]

I guess. You know, he goes, I just was trying to get in a high profile vote.

[C]

No, I don't think we're meant. I don't think that's true. I think he's trying to talk his

[B]

way out of it.

[E]

I think he was laundering money. He was refurbishing his whole home to hide money.

[B]

Yeah, but then. But then that woman who wanted to fuck Pierce Brosnan, too, she was like, there's nothing on him.

[C]

There's nothing there.

[E]

Wait. That lady was so sad.

[C]

Yeah.

[E]

She was like, well, I guess you won't fuck me.

[C]

She was like. She was like, I got tired of waiting for you. How long was she waiting? He's been married until just recently when his daughter died. And then she was like,

[B]

by the

[C]

way, what are we up to here?

[B]

The timeline.

[C]

I heard Mandy rip. Let's do this.

[B]

The timeline of this movie might be three months from when the daughter drowned in the. The pool to now. It's very short.

[C]

And the journalist is like, let's do this.

[F]

Yeah. I was kind of pulling for her. Him and the journalist or the bomb girl.

[C]

Yeah, any. Any.

[B]

By the way, the. The bomb lab is in a. An office building with all windows. Like, there's, like, the full laboratory. Like, I don't think this is healthy for, like, the specimens or anything. And then they're showing him. He's like, I'm going to show you how this bomb works. Pierce Brosnan puts his fucking face up to the test tube. Like, let me look. Like you work with bombs. Like, don't do it.

[E]

But also, I saw what the bombs do. They turn you into the devil.

[F]

Yeah.

[E]

And then you explode.

[C]

I thought this was a great special effect, the people turning into the bomb.

[F]

Right.

[C]

Bloodshot eyes, the bleed. I thought this was great as a. Because the idea being like, oh, this is explosive. This is crazy. But that it is inside of people. It looked terrific. My favorite one was the judge. Yes, the judge was great. Yes.

[E]

Cause her back, like, ripped open a little, like, pre cum. And then. And then it's like.

[C]

And you can still get pregnant.

[B]

Then it's very.

[C]

If you just are starting to leak a little bomb pre cum, you can still get pregnant.

[B]

I literally. I literally said to somebody backstage, is

[D]

it okay for your son to watch a show?

[B]

I go, we never talk about dirty stuff in this show. There you go.

[C]

So many questions to answer on the ride home.

[B]

But what I do love, I want to show that judge exploding. But what I do also love is, like, they run back into that courthouse, and he's like, oh, there's still water in the jug. Really? Like, he's like, oh, here it is. The jug's still full of water. The whole fucking courtroom.

[C]

Well, that's the thing is it's. That's very good. Because each human body. Is this the explosion.

[B]

This is it. Yeah.

[C]

Oh, yeah. Vera Blair. Oh, fuck, I love her. So hot.

[B]

Having said that, this is case 787.

[C]

Johnny, I want to see you with that hair.

[B]

District of Columbia against Savio Capelli. Since the defendant does not have a lawyer, the court has appointed Mr. Lewis. Mr. Lewis, are you ready to enter

[F]

a plea on the charges of.

[B]

Mr. Lewis, are you ready to enter a plea on the charges? No.

[C]

No plea on the. That looks great. I love it.

[B]

Now get the senator out of here now.

[F]

Right now, Right now.

[B]

Move

[E]

that floppy hair.

[F]

There goes Shaky three.

[C]

That's from her.

[B]

He stayed in front of that door for way too long.

[C]

It's so much damage.

[E]

So much damage. And I've been to court. Why was there a partition?

[B]

I mean, I guess, like, to stop assassinating. I've never seen that.

[E]

Me either.

[B]

I watched a lot of legal shows.

[C]

Supposed to be bulletproof glass. It's not good.

[B]

It melted very quickly.

[C]

It melted immediately.

[B]

Oh, my gosh. I love that. Everyone also checks their watch. I got it. 30. 30 seconds is quick. Like, just go, like. Yep, she drank it.

[C]

Pierce Brosnan clocks that. He clocks the guy getting nervous. He clocks her drinking the water. And he's still like, here.

[B]

Here's the thing. If you're an accomplice to a villain, don't wear an identifying earring. He never took it out. Let's go to the crowd here. Let's talk to you all. I'm sure that you all have points of view, ideas, questions. Obviously, you knew how the thing worked, all right? So we're gonna go to you because you actually understood the evil plan. So what's your name?

[E]

Alex.

[B]

Okay, and, Alex, and what's your question? So I reached out to my science teacher about bombs being ingested. How old are you? Fifteen. I love it. You're as old as this show, which

[C]

is true and chilling.

[B]

So basically, it's kind of a summary of what he said. So he said the human body is mostly water, so it's not good for explosives. Explosives require fuel, oxygen, and ignition. And the stomach doesn't have any of these. And you're writing him on spring break. He must think you're the coolest. He's like, wow.

[C]

All right.

[B]

Yeah. I didn't tell him it was a movie. Yeah, yeah. No, I love it. I love that you just asked.

[E]

You didn't tell him it was a movie. You were just like, think about bombs. See you next week.

[B]

You're gonna get arrested.

[C]

Super quick. Q vis a vis school. Can a body be a bomb?

[F]

Wow.

[B]

All right. So, yeah. So basically.

[D]

Can't work.

[B]

Can't work. Okay, that's good. All right. Yes. Hi. What's your name and question?

[F]

My name is Sam. Assuming this bomb technology is real, which

[B]

we know it can't be.

[E]

The villain was so upset about this deal and his $10 million.

[F]

Why didn't he just sell this technology to another country?

[C]

I mean, he's obsessed with revenge, right?

[B]

Cuz he didn't care. He just wanted. I mean, his word is more important

[C]

than he wants to get $10 million off of an arms deal. He's sitting on like a gangbusters bomb technology that he could sell for tens of millions of dollars if.

[B]

But yet he kills the poor scientists. I just like, hey, I would love it if you gave me a check. I've been working real hard. He's like, I'll kill you.

[C]

Do you have a pen? And then stabs him with his own pen.

[E]

Yeah. And then the other guy cleans it off like he's gonna use it later.

[C]

As if he's like, hey, this is a good pen.

[B]

But. But also leaves him in the door frame of the elevator. So no one. Every day, it's like people are just like, click, click, click, click. Like, why is this elevator not coming? Because it's just hitting that dead body. Just boom, boom, boom.

[C]

A lot of elevator work in this movie.

[B]

Yes. Hi, what's your name and your question? My name is Dan. I just want to know the.

[F]

The lady in the car, what is her dating pool?

[B]

Because this was pre Internet, so there's not a lot of instructions on how to make bombs. But those were relatively sophisticated bombs from both.

[C]

How do you know? How do you know?

[B]

Busty?

[C]

I asked my scientist. Everybody look under your seats. He's back.

[B]

But she learned her lesson. She didn't leave her husband, but she's still dating. Like, because it's her boy.

[C]

This one's my boyfriend.

[B]

So she's still cheating.

[C]

She's still cheating on the husband. Yeah, but the husband's not upset about it. The boyfriend is. I do. I also want to know her story.

[E]

Yeah, I want to.

[C]

She's a more compelling character.

[F]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[B]

Well, I also love in that final scene where they're like, he's doing it. And then you're like, hey, buddy, you're gonna be a dad. Your wife just gave birth. And he's like, oh, I gotta leave now. It's like he seems surprised that he's the dad. Like, it was delivered. Like, hey, you wouldn't have guessed it. Your brother just came in from Cincinnati

[E]

and then he runs to the hospital.

[C]

Yeah.

[E]

You don't see him get in a car, get on the bus. Nothing.

[C]

Yeah, it is confounding. That he.

[B]

And again, that woman's car in the middle of a street. Like, just like, she was driving her tick, tick, tick and called.

[C]

I mean, like, when she goes home and her husband is like, how was your day? Is she like, there was a bomb in the car? Like, is she talking about it?

[F]

Yeah.

[B]

Is she dating Dennis Hopper from Speed and it's like the origin story of the movie? Yes. Yes.

[C]

Hi, Adam. And did you catch what Pierce said to her when he goes, your husband

[B]

really knows what he's doing.

[D]

This bomb is really cute.

[C]

Was he talking about her when he said that? Like, what was.

[B]

Well, I don't. You know what? Yeah. No further. All right. Hey, what's up?

[C]

So you're saying her is the bomb?

[E]

Yeah. All that and a bag of chips,

[C]

salt and Vinnie. Oh, wow.

[E]

That really. Whoa.

[F]

It's got a wang to it.

[C]

Wow, that is sharp.

[E]

If someone ever ate me out and went, mm, salt and vinegar, I would walk into traffic.

[C]

That, by the way, sea salt and cracked pepper.

[B]

By the way, that's the way that the sex scene originally ended. Yes. Okay. Again, my children are here tonight, by the way. So we all have talked about Jafar dressed in the clown costume, but we have yet to notice the person that she's sitting next to. Can you please also stand up? He is wearing a shirt that says Jafar. Jafar's boyfriend. Please help me. Wow.

[E]

That's funny. Cause if you guys weren't walking together, someone would be like, I knew Jafar from Aladdin was gay. That happened to us at the Santa Monica Pier. That did happen. The lady operating the carousel at the pier was like, I love your shirt. I love Jafar. And Aladdin.

[F]

You dress like you all day.

[E]

No. God, no. We went and had dinner down the street, and then I put this makeup on in the car at like 6:30. What do you think I am? Well, Jafar, I don't know.

[C]

Imagine you're walking by a car and this is being assembled also.

[E]

That's so funny. Jafar's like, what do you take me as? As you're sitting here like a clown,

[C]

what do you take?

[E]

I love you, Jafar.

[B]

All right, Jafar, what do you got?

[E]

So we did not have director's commentary on this dvd, and I'm sad about it, but we did have a 8 minute long extended session sex sequence.

[B]

8 minutes.

[F]

It's like a samurai. It's like the samurai cop sex scene. It's just awful.

[E]

There were six position changes.

[F]

Oh, there's six positions.

[C]

Wait a minute. Did this movie invent Five positions,

[B]

To be honest. To be honest. Five of them was him finding bombs on her body and diffusing them.

[E]

But. So the caveat to all of that fucking is that this movie was in pre production when Pierce Brosnan lost his wife at a very young age from ovarian cancer.

[B]

I was gonna keep this part a little bit out of the show, but go ahead. We may just edit this. Jafar.

[E]

They had production meetings because Pierce Brosnan was upset about, like, having to have such intimate scenes. And they were like, if you want to be James Bond, you'd better, like, whip your butt out. Wait a minute.

[F]

Where comedy goes to die.

[E]

Wait, it talks already. So he was sad about his wife who passed away. They shoot an eight minute sex scene and then cut it from the movie.

[B]

Well, Nicole, here's the thing that. That's gonna really boggle your mind. This movie never came out in theaters. No, this movie was a tbs, like tnt, not even a. Like Showtime.

[F]

That doesn't make sense.

[B]

Yeah, it.

[E]

Oh, hbo.

[B]

All right, here we go. This is. It's a very odd story.

[F]

So basically, do people have sex for eight minutes?

[C]

Eight minutes, six positions. I mean, that is like, I'm out. That's. If you add them together, that's double digits. I'm pretty sure that's not how sex works.

[B]

So this is what they say. The film was being prepped as a summer blockbuster when New Line Cinema is trying to diversify its films. And then it just never made it to the. It just never made it to the theater. Wait, where's. I have the reason. Why did it go.

[F]

So you have the reason why they watched.

[B]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[C]

Wow, that's incredible.

[F]

That, like, there's a reason for all.

[C]

Because this is not a cheap. Like, this is. That's a huge hit.

[B]

Yeah, it was $9 million.

[C]

That's a lot of money. In 1992. That's like $10 million. Can I ask you a question? Very.

[F]

Yes.

[C]

How did our main bad guy. When did he swallow the liquid?

[E]

Oh, when he's got the gun to that lady's head. He has a little vial and he went,

[C]

I missed that. Sorry.

[B]

He knows it's over from. By the way, we have been talking the entire time about what the reason is. Like, why did they do it? And this is the closest that we have is this scene here. That fool was right. It is completely undetected.

[C]

This looks like how the joker is made.

[B]

This formula can give us.

[C]

Nothing will stand in our way.

[F]

Nothing.

[B]

Sometimes I wonder, what's it all for?

[F]

No.

[C]

So I would believe you if you told me they improvised those lines. You're like. That makes no sense.

[B]

Why would you even. Why would you keep that in.

[C]

That's like. That adds up to zero.

[F]

Yeah.

[E]

There was also a weird gay joke at one point.

[B]

Oh, yes, I have that one, too.

[E]

Okay, thank you.

[B]

I was. Because it came so late, the movie, it's like. Wait, we're do. It was in like the middle of like the third act. Like, like thing. Yeah, this is it. I got it right here. Hold on. Okay, so this is guess who.

[C]

Look, I've alerted my security. I've also got a man in the house.

[B]

Your sexual preferences don't interest me.

[C]

You could have killed hundreds of innocent people today.

[B]

Well, only because they matter to you now. I'm not in the mood to wait any longer. I have a life, you know. But if you kill me, you won't get anything. Not true. I get to kill you.

[C]

Okay. You'll get your 10 million again.

[B]

No. No plot.

[C]

Well, what's weird. What's weird too is if he. If you kill me, you won't get anything. That's not true. I get to kill you. It's so weirdly done. Like, it's as if he's clarifying, but he's just really restating what Ron Silver said. It's really weird. And so much of the threat is all phone based. The bad guy's always calling the senators to be like, I'm gonna get you. And they're like, you can't touch me. I'm Philip Baker hall, by the way. I'm immune to the. And then next thing you know, his guy's like, glug, glug, glug. I love this water. Boom.

[B]

I do think. I'm just thinking back to that robot. Was the robot's name Madonna?

[F]

Madonna.

[B]

Yeah, Madonna. And they just pour stuff into the robot's belly.

[D]

At a certain point,

[E]

it just seems

[B]

like they're very unsafe with, like, explosives, liquids and every. Because that could just blow up the robot, too. The robot. At one point, they say it's napalm. It's tnt. It's dynamite. It's everything. Like, it's everything.

[C]

Boy, we didn't know how good we had it.

[B]

Obviously we had opinions about this film, but now it is time for second opinions.

[E]

Hello, my name's Anna. Gotta get that. Run. Silva hit that. Then he went splat. Gotta get that, that, that five star review. View, view filmed. Watched by few, few, few bad guys come Confused. Fused, fused. That judge, she flew, flew, flew. Yo, I Got that five star review ass pinchin robots that's new Sanitars get blue up from the inside Ew, that clown outfit knock a kid out of wheelchair Shit these bodies boom boom, boom Livewires doom, doom, doom these bombs go boom boom pow. Brosnan's a cuck somehow second opinion swagger how did this get made? Like how? Handcuffs to this guy that I hate but he met his wrought iron fate so no more boom boom boom don't drink the water in the room, room, room Everybody now Boom boom, boom boom boom boom boom boom boom boom, boom, boom.

[C]

Wow, wow, wow.

[B]

Now that was amazing. You did not know that Johnny was gonna be here.

[F]

Do you vet these people before they're amazing.

[B]

No, they're amazing. Amazing. That is amazing. Oh my. But that's like. That's. That's an Irving Thisman song.

[F]

Yes, it was. I was trying to remember the dance steps, but I couldn't even remember Timothy Dalton or Pierce Bros.

[C]

You're saying you don't have good, very good long term memory. Do you think it's been.

[F]

It's been all.

[C]

You attribute that to anything.

[F]

Livewire.

[B]

Here we go. There are 523 total reviews of LiveWire on Amazon. And 63% are five star reviews. Here's a sample.

[F]

What?

[B]

Yep, 63%. And this one is from Jerry. What's not to like? Nude Pierce Brosnan. I mean, not through the whole movie, of course. Which I would have liked to have seen that pretty good story. I liked it. I mean, I liked it years ago when I first saw it. And I still like it. I mean, I must like it. I bought it, right? Kind of improbable, but I like that. Five stars. Great Pierce Brosnan movie. Then it goes to Kimberly Hatch. She did this in 2020. I like Amazon. They always deliver my Items on time. 5 stars.

[C]

Can you imagine writing a review for your experience on Amazon? Somehow on the page for Livewire, I'm

[B]

sure they said review your purchase. And she was like, oh, my purchasing experience. Got it.

[C]

What a life for Kimberly Hatch.

[B]

This one in 2014 was written by Joe and goes, although very entertaining, this movie should be viewed as a warning of what could happen across the globe. Very sick people out there that want to exact hurt on western societies. Another wake up movie. 5 stars.

[E]

He needs to email his high school science teacher. Because it's not possible.

[B]

And then this one from Jonathan Fritz,

[C]

who writes Jonathan Frakes from Star Trek.

[B]

Sorry, Jonathan Fritz. Jonathan Frakes did love this film. He goes, at first he was doing bomb stuff, then he turned into a spy. Love when he got back to his roots of doing bomb stuff. Great performance by the robot. Five stars.

[C]

I agree. Agree. I agree.

[B]

And the final review just. And this might be. I fear this is somebody that is a fan of ours who saw that we were doing this, but I'll read it anyway.

[C]

They wrote, reward them.

[B]

Pierce Brosnan has a girly ass. 5 stars.

[C]

Has a girly ass.

[B]

Yeah. What does that do?

[C]

We think?

[F]

Is that an insult?

[C]

Yeah.

[B]

I mean, they did give it five stars, but I feel like they wanted a more masculine ass.

[E]

Maybe they knew he was deeply hairy and went to the same source you went to and said this. Too girly. Where the hair at?

[C]

Did you rate it?

[B]

Whatever. Shut up. Anyway, we have a lot of great reviews. Yeah. And. Right, right, right. Okay. There, in addition to the eight minute sex scene, there is. The UK version is highly edited because you cannot show making bombs. And apparently this movie is very explicit and correct about making bombs. So that was pretty good. Yeah. And then there's a special thanks at

[D]

the end of the film to Julia

[B]

Child and the Ladies Pro Bowler Tour.

[E]

Cause that's. Yeah, that's what he's watching on tv.

[C]

Oh, oh.

[E]

He watches Julia a Child. And then there's bowling.

[B]

Oh, okay.

[E]

I thought.

[B]

This is a joke there.

[F]

You're super perceptive. I thought he was Timothy Dalton through half of the movie. And you're noticing this.

[B]

And if you are wondering, yes, there was a livewire to Human Time Bomb.

[C]

Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Human Time Bomb.

[B]

It says it has very little correlation to this movie. Sounds like the plot. The title seems right on the money.

[C]

Human Time.

[B]

We got to do it. And it says.

[C]

Wait, has anybody seen it? No.

[B]

Okay. It says. It says a computer chip turns an FBI agent into a lethal weapon. And it reuses scenes from another film called Cyborg Cop. So

[C]

I think we got to do them.

[B]

All right. Yeah. So that is this.

[E]

Who's in it?

[B]

I don't know.

[E]

Another James Bond, Timothy Dalton.

[B]

As a matter of fact.

[C]

You know what I loved? I just want to say we talked about the fact that early in the movie, Pierce Brosnan is served a restraining order from his wife. Rather, that happens on the highway that is blocked off from everything where he is defusing a car bomb. The between the legs scene, the guy manages to get all the way through to serve him a restraining order. That was wild.

[F]

And she completely ignores it the whole movie.

[C]

Yeah, yeah. He keeps saying, you shouldn't be here. You're violating your own restraining order here in this tub.

[E]

We also didn't talk about how Pierce Brosnan handcuffed himself to that man. And I was like, you're gonna slow yourself down.

[C]

Yeah. Like, why handcuff him to anything else?

[E]

Well, he did handcuff him to a pillar in the middle of the bedroom and then un. Handcuffed him. And then handcuffed him to him.

[C]

Like, did you think they were gonna fuck?

[E]

Yes.

[F]

Hoping, yes.

[B]

That's on the dvd.

[C]

When they were in the bedroom, weren't you? Like, maybe this is gonna jump off.

[E]

Yeah. I thought Pierce was gonna be like.

[C]

Like, let me suck your dick for 30 seconds, apologize, and leave.

[B]

That's the only way you could get back at him. Or just gentle kissing. Okay, so final thoughts? Anything that we haven't covered anything before. Would you recommend this movie, Jason?

[C]

Yeah, I actually would. This was fun as hell. I mean, it's absolutely nuts. It makes no sense, but it's a blast. And it helps that I do. I feel like everybody in it is throwing themselves all the way in in service of absolute dog shit, which is one of the. One of my favorite things for our movies, you know, like, they're going for it, and it's not working, and it's wonderful, and they're all good. That's the thing, is it's Pierce Brosnan, it's Ron Silver. Like, these are good people, but the movie is dog shit.

[F]

How dare you?

[B]

I mean, it does feel like a porn. It's like, are they making fun of this? Or they.

[F]

Oh, no.

[B]

Because it's like. Yeah, because they're not. And that's what's kind of like. So it's. The earnestness really does work for me.

[C]

I mean, I imagine if instead of Pierce Brosnan. Not to make it too much of a callback, but it was Jean Claude Van Damme.

[B]

I don't think it would have worked as good.

[F]

Really?

[B]

Yeah.

[C]

Interesting.

[B]

I think he's got more of like a. Well, I'm going to say he's a good actor. So. So he's actually Pierce Brosnan.

[C]

Oh, yeah.

[B]

John. Yeah. Sorry.

[C]

Okay.

[B]

It's almost like he's playing things too heavy. Like, it causes an unbalance.

[C]

I kind of wanted Pierce Brosnan to be replaced by someone who was in Ron Silver's movie.

[B]

Yes.

[C]

You know, which would have been like a Seagal, a Chuck Norris.

[B]

Oh, it's a great Seagal. I'll fucking separate you from your life. Yes. Like, that's. That's all. Yeah. Like, yeah. Yeah.

[C]

There it is.

[B]

Nicole, any final thoughts on Livewire?

[E]

Oh, What a treat. I am going to rewatch it because I do want to see that eight minute sex scene.

[B]

I think we're all going to go

[C]

home tonight and rewatch the eight minute sex scene.

[E]

But do I have to buy the dvd? Do you want mine?

[B]

All right, there it is. Nicole. Jafar.

[E]

I can't wait to get home to that nice man in my life and go, Jafar gave me Livewire and not explain a thing.

[C]

We get to watch the eight minute sex scene.

[B]

Babe, you made me watch Indiana Jones. I'm gonna make you watch Livewire.

[C]

He's like, livewire made me gay.

[E]

Thank you, Jafar.

[B]

Johnny, it's been amazing to have you here. And what do you think? Any final thoughts on Livewire?

[F]

I realized I miss so much and I have to go rewatch as soon as I get home.

[B]

It's really. It's one that just keeps on giving. Thank you. Oh, wait, sorry, I forgot this. Anyone have anything they want to plug? Jason? Nicole?

[D]

Jason, do you have anything you want to plug?

[C]

No, not really.

[B]

Great. Nicole?

[D]

Anything?

[B]

Anything.

[E]

I'm in the world.

[B]

All right, great. Johnny?

[F]

Nope.

[B]

All right, great. Got nothing here. Thank you, Largo.

[C]

Give it up for Largo. Give it.

[B]

Jason Manzukis, Nicole Byer, Johnny Knox, Paul Shear. We will be back. Make sure you come check out dinosaur. See you all later.

[C]

Bye.

[B]

Bye.

[C]

Eat la.

[D]

And with that, the bomb is diffused. That is a wrap on Livewire. Thanks again to Nicole Byer and Johnny Knoxville. And guess what, people. We have a really exciting announcement. Every week, we come to you to ask for your corrections and omissions, things that we might have missed from this episode. We dive deep into them every other week on Last Looks. And now we have changed it up. How can you get your voice heard? Well, it's simple, okay?

[B]

Instead of calling that number that we

[D]

used to have, now, just go to speakpipe.com hdtgm to leave us a voice message. Okay? You can use your phone or a computer, and I know some of you international listeners would get charged a fee when calling our old number, but Speak Pipe is completely free, no matter where you live. Okay, the link is in the show notes, but Again, it is speakpipe.com hdtgm so we want you to use speakpipe.com hdtgM and let me hear those voices. By the way, if you got Netflix

[B]

and you live in the United States,

[D]

why don't you check out Black Monday, which just came on Netflix. A surprise to us all. I'm in it, June's in it, and so many amazing Guests from How did this Get Made? Are also appearing throughout the three seasons. I think you'll really dig it. Don Cheadle is amazing.

[B]

Regina hall, unbelievable.

[D]

And Rannell's the best. Let me just say again, we love performing at Largo. Make sure that when you go to Largo, you say hi to Flanny, Griffey and Skills in the booth. They make every show sound perfect, as well as our engineer, Brendan Burns. And guess what? We're gonna have video from this show on our social media. So check that out. Just go to HDTGM for clips on Instagram. That's right, people. We got so much good stuff. But if you don't want to leave messages, if you don't want to look at video, then just go to our discord at Discord gghdtgm. Now, I do want to say this, people. We love hearing from you. And you won't want to miss next week's Last Looks because in addition to responding to your corrections and omissions, I'm going to play a deleted scene from this very episode where Johnny Knoxville and I both both share some hilarious Steven Seagal stories. Plus, June will be making a rare Last Looks appearance as well. Oh, we got so much. So make sure you're tuning in next week. You can check out Jason and I at Dinosaur Improv at the Del Close Marathon in New York City on June 12th and 13th. We also won two Webby Awards for Best TV and Film Podcast. We won the People's Choice award as well. So thank you all for voting. And remember, if you listen to us on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, please make sure you are subscribed to our feed. It actually makes a giant difference, right? Have those automatic downloads turned on it. It helps us get paid, honestly.

[B]

Anyway, I want to give a huge

[D]

shout out to all of our behind the scenes team. I'm talking about our producer, Scott Sonny, Molly Reynolds, our engineer Casey Holford, our social media manager, Zoe Applebaum, and our intern, Quinn Jennings. And move forever be thankful to the one and only Avril Halle. That's all I got, people. We will see you next week on Last Looks. Bye for now.

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