On the Line w/ Ike Barinholtz (HDTGM Matinee)

Summary

Episode Summary: "On the Line w/ Ike Barinholtz (HDTGM Matinee)"

In this episode of "How Did This Get Made?", hosts Paul Scheer, June Diane Raphael, and Jason Mantzoukas are joined by special guest Ike Barinholtz to dissect the notorious 2001 NSync movie, "On the Line." Known for its exceptionally poor reception, the episode delves deep into the film's myriad flaws, questionable performances, and baffling production choices.

Introduction to "On the Line"

The discussion kicks off with the hosts introducing Ike Barinholtz, a familiar face from MADtv and Eastbound & Down, setting the stage for a thorough critique of the movie.

June Diane Raphael [02:25]: "We are joined today by the very funny Ike Barinholtz... He played the Russian pitcher. Welcome, Ike."

Plot Overview and Initial Impressions

"On the Line" is portrayed as a romantic comedy centered around Lance Bass, who plays a man actively dating but freezes when he meets the woman he's truly interested in. The hosts immediately highlight the movie's inability to establish clear stakes or coherent character motivations.

Jason Mantzoukas [02:39]: "I'd say besides 9/11, it's the worst thing to happen in 2001."

The film's premise is criticized for its lack of depth and confusing narrative structure.

June Diane Raphael [03:19]: "Lance Bass is a guy who is dating, but he just clams up when he finds the right girl."

Acting and Performances

A significant portion of the episode is dedicated to scrutinizing the performances, particularly focusing on Joey Fatone and Lance Bass. Fatone's attempts at acting are met with mixed reviews, acknowledging his comedic background but questioning his fit in a leading role.

Jason Mantzoukas [12:05]: "I thought, for being a non-actor, Joey Fatone, this is controversial. I thought he did a fine job."

GQ and Dave Foley are also mentioned, with the hosts noting a general lack of chemistry and depth in performances, contributing to the film's overall mediocrity.

Production Flaws and Technical Issues

The hosts delve into numerous production disasters that plague "On the Line," ranging from poor sound mixing to inexplicable script choices.

Sound and Music

The movie's sound design is heavily criticized for its overwhelming and inappropriate use of sound effects and music, which detracts from the viewing experience.

June Diane Raphael [09:26]: "This movie was scored by a fucking DJ."

The relentless and often jarring music montages are highlighted as a significant flaw, disrupting the narrative flow and emotional beats.

Jason Mantzoukas [24:49]: "This movie is the most uncinematic film at all."

Script and Pacing

The script's lack of coherence and the movie's erratic pacing are major points of contention. The hosts point out scenes that feel stretched unnaturally, leading to a disjointed and tiresome viewing experience.

June Diane Raphael [45:40]: "It takes a really bold choice, which is the last 20 minutes could probably be condensed into five."

Product Placement

"On the Line" is rife with blatant product placements, particularly of brands like Reebok and McDonald's, which the hosts mock for their intrusive presence.

June Diane Raphael [08:30]: "Reebok is really up our ass on this account."

Narrative Inconsistencies and Plot Holes

The movie is riddled with plot holes and inconsistent character actions, leaving the audience bewildered. The absence of modern conveniences like the internet, despite the film being released in 2001, is a recurring joke among the hosts.

June Diane Raphael [14:12]: "2001. Right. That didn't exist. Right."

The unconvincing and rushed romantic developments further exacerbate the film's narrative shortcomings.

Jason Mantzoukas [27:09]: "They didn't beat the script that enough, I think was the biggest problem."

Reviews and Reception

The episode humorously tackles the movie's reception, showcasing fake positive reviews from dubious sources to emphasize the film's lack of genuine acclaim.

June Diane Raphael [51:33]: "This is written by Cary Gilfeather. A real feel good movie when America needed it most."

Real negative feedback is also parodied, reinforcing the movie's failure to resonate with audiences.

Box Office Performance

"On the Line" is acknowledged for its financial failure, having grossed a mere $4.3 million against an estimated budget ranging from $8 to $16 million.

June Diane Raphael [49:38]: "It made a whopping 4.3."

The limited release across a questionable number of theaters is mocked, highlighting the movie's lack of commercial viability.

June Diane Raphael [53:43]: "They would have added, actually placed fourth for first week numbers. Not bad for a couple of boy band guys, huh?"

Conclusion and Recommendations

Despite the overwhelming criticism, the hosts conclude that "On the Line" can be entertaining in its own flawed way. They recommend it to listeners who appreciate "so-bad-it's-good" cinema, suggesting it as an amusing watch for a good laugh.

June Diane Raphael [57:33]: "I think it's a fun movie to watch. Clearly."

Additionally, they mention the availability of the film on YouTube, allowing interested viewers to access it conveniently.

Jason Mantzoukas [57:56]: "You can imagine better people doing this."

Final Thoughts

The episode effectively highlights why "On the Line" is considered one of the worst films ever made, dissecting its numerous flaws with humor and camaraderie. For fans of the podcast and enthusiasts of cinematic misfires, this episode offers an entertaining deep dive into a film that seemingly missed every mark.

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Note: All timestamps correspond to specific points in the transcript provided.

Transcript

[Paul Scheer]

Your mom loves to talk on the phone with her friends. If she ate bunches of oats instead.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Of just oats, she wouldn't do it.

[Paul Scheer]

On speakerphone in public. Not only are honey bunches of oats delicious and nutritious, but they'll help keep her from recounting the plot of her steamy romance novel while in the grocery store. Don't just eat oats. Eat bunches of oats, honey bunches of oats.

[June Diane Raphael]

Pacifico is a Mexican lager brood to be discovered. It's like fresh tracks on a powder day. Like that uncharted trail a stone's throw away. Like the perfect wave on a sunny day. Pacifico. Find your own way. 21 drink responsibly. Imported by Crown Import, Chicago, Illinois.

[Ike Barinholtz]

Halliday presents. In the red corner, the undisputed, undefeated weed whacker guy. Champion of hurling grass and pollen everywhere. And in the blue corner, the challenger, extra strength eye drops that work all day to prevent the release of histamines that cause itchy allergy eyes. And the winner by knockout is Pataday. Pataday. Bring it on.

[June Diane Raphael]

It's the NSYNC movie that no one asked for and no one wanted to see. We saw on the line, so you know what that means.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Now it's time for padded discourage. We're gonna have a good time celebrating failure. Not just be a hater.

[Eliot Glazer]

Cause you know you're.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

How did this remain? Let's wallow in the mediocrity of subpar art. Perhaps we'll find the answer to the question, how did this get Made?

[June Diane Raphael]

Hello, people of Earth, and welcome to how did this get Made? I am joined, as always, by June and Jason. Hello to you both.

[Eliot Glazer]

Hi, Paul.

[Dave Steffi]

What's going on?

[June Diane Raphael]

Jason is, of course, not in studio right now. You're in New York. And so that equates for the.

[Dave Steffi]

That's why I sound weird, guys.

[June Diane Raphael]

That's why I sound weird. You're in a toaster. We are joined today by a very funny.

[Dave Steffi]

By toaster, you mean a Cylon.

[June Diane Raphael]

Yeah, man. Frack. Oh, what the frack.

[Dave Steffi]

Frack.

[Eliot Glazer]

What's up? Frack. Frack you.

[June Diane Raphael]

We are joined by the very funny Ike Barinholtz, who you might have seen on MADTV or Eastbound and down this season. He played the Russian pitcher. Welcome, Ike.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Hey, now. Thank you for having me.

[June Diane Raphael]

Oh, we're very excited. Now, this is a movie that Ike, you recommended to us, right?

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Well, we were talking about it, and you're like, God, it's tough to find movies that we, you know, because we we know people who make movies now. We don't want to offend anyone. I go, I think I know a movie that no one is involved with.

[June Diane Raphael]

Yeah. And this is this movie, this movie on the line. Just to give you an idea. It was released in 2001. It was an NSync movie with Joey Fatone and Lance Bass. And, man, it's kind of a romantic comedy, right? Yes.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

I mean, I'd say besides 9 11, it's the worst thing to happen in 2001.

[Eliot Glazer]

This was released in 2001.

[Paul Scheer]

This was.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Eliot Glazer]

Oh, wow. Okay. That changes things.

[Dave Steffi]

I've heard a lot of people say that this movie is why they attacked us on 9 11.

[June Diane Raphael]

Well, I heard that they were just trying to get the planes over here just to see it.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Yeah. Lance Bass is huge in Saudi Arabia. He's huge.

[June Diane Raphael]

Lance Bass, Okay. So he plays a guy who, according to this movie. This is where I'm most confused. He's a guy who is dating, but he just clams up when he finds the right girl. Is that every one of these characters is not really black and white. It's kind of all shades of gray.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Very nebulous.

[June Diane Raphael]

Yeah.

[Eliot Glazer]

There's no clear choices on any.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

I mean, I gotta say, I always feel bad for, like, the writer. I always do is imagine, like, when the writer finds out who their lead's gonna be, you know, and the producer's like, so we got the lead. It's a primo romantic comedy actor, like Ben Stiller.

[June Diane Raphael]

Wow, this is great.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

No, no, no, it's not Ben Stiller. It's more of a song and dance, man.

[Paul Scheer]

Oh, great.

[June Diane Raphael]

This is real.

[Eliot Glazer]

So now, do you think they added in the music stuff? Like, they had a version of the script that was just for, you know, your run of the mill, like, regular romantic comedy actor. And then they were like, okay, we have Lance Bass. We have Joey Fatone. Like.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Yes.

[June Diane Raphael]

As a matter of fact, the original script was rated R, and they had to knock it back for the NSync audience.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

That's right. Okay, so they basically wanted something about Mary.

[June Diane Raphael]

Yes.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

So they wanted. Right.

[June Diane Raphael]

But can I say something? This movie, even if it was R, I don't even understand where the R is coming in, because basically the whole. There's no stakes in this movie. He meets Emmanuel Shirky, Entourage.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

I call her E's girlfriend from Entourage. Yeah. And by the way, if you ever do a TV version of the show, we need to do, like, six hours in Entourage.

[June Diane Raphael]

Just break down six different Entourage season by season.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Yes. Okay. Sorry.

[June Diane Raphael]

I could spend forever on the finale.

[Dave Steffi]

Have to do that.

[June Diane Raphael]

Yeah, that'd be amazing. A special version.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Yeah. I'm an expert on Entourage. Like I know everything about it. I'm obsessed.

[June Diane Raphael]

But basically the whole movie is he meets a girl on the subway and then he's just trying to find her. For the rest of the movie there's like, no.

[Eliot Glazer]

Well, it is a very confusing promise because the movie starts off in a flashback, right. Seven years ago where they're starting and they find out that basically everything that is important to this movie happened seven years.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Seven years ago.

[Eliot Glazer]

I've said a couple of times they're.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Singing spin doctors like NSync's making fun of Spin Doctors. How dare you.

[Dave Steffi]

I need, honestly, I genuinely need for somebody in our audience to find out how many times two princes has been played in a movie.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

I would say the over under at 18.

[Dave Steffi]

Oh, no, I'm going like 30s. Way more.

[Eliot Glazer]

This is a dumb question, but is NSYNC just comprised of. I don't know anything about boy bands. Is that just Joey Fatone?

[June Diane Raphael]

No, no. Didn't you watch the credits?

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Yeah, the credits have.

[Eliot Glazer]

Timberlake was in nsync.

[June Diane Raphael]

Timberlake, Chris Kirkpatrick and JC Chase.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Who's not in the movie.

[June Diane Raphael]

Not in the movie.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Clearly bone of contention.

[Eliot Glazer]

So do you think they first went. Cause, by the way, not to jump ahead to the. But the end credits is over a sketch that Justin Timberlake and who is that other guy?

[June Diane Raphael]

Christopher.

[Eliot Glazer]

And there's more life and energy in this and it's terrible.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

But it's also very awkward that Timberlake is playing a gay man. To Lance, who has since come out of the closet. It's very uncomfortable.

[June Diane Raphael]

It's a very over the top gay performance by jt.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

But I like Chris Kirkpatrick's kind of German guy.

[Eliot Glazer]

I thought he was great. Great.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

He was good. Best actor in the movie, besides.

[June Diane Raphael]

So you're saying that. That you would rather have seen a two minute. That what that two minute sketch was at the end. You would rather have seen a feature length film?

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Yes.

[Dave Steffi]

Well, my. I feel like they probably tried to get in sync to play all of.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

The boys and Timberlake's like, no fucking way. I'll do this.

[Eliot Glazer]

Well, see, that's what I was curious about. Like, did it first. Did the. Did the main part, the Lance Bastis part first go out to. Without a doubt.

[Dave Steffi]

Without a doubt. No.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

See, you don't think so.

[Dave Steffi]

I think Timberlake was supposed to play the, like, what's the skinny hip hop guy? And I think Chris Kirkpatrick was supposed to play the smart guy.

[June Diane Raphael]

Yes.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

So where does that leave J.C. chase in all this? Al Green.

[Dave Steffi]

That's when he wasn't invited to the movie.

[Eliot Glazer]

Al Green.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

You know, it's funny. Like, we were talking about it, and I've seen this movie a bunch back in the day, and a couple days ago, I was like, I should watch this again. And I couldn't find it on Netflix or Amazon. Instant Amoeba didn't have it. Barnes and Noble didn't have it. But the whole movie is posted on YouTube, and I think that's the way this movie's supposed to be seen.

[June Diane Raphael]

Yes. In five chapters.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

And the great thing is, it was uploaded by a poster named Lance Bass fan page. And it says poster with the express permission of Lance Bass.

[June Diane Raphael]

Which is like, clearly they were at.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

A premiere or something and saw Lance Bass were like, hey, Lance, I love you. Can I post this on YouTube? He's like, yeah, whatever. I don't know.

[June Diane Raphael]

Can I post this whole movie that Lance Bass does not own? He does not own a movie that is made by whatever company it was made by. All right.

[Eliot Glazer]

So, yeah, the premise is pretty confusing, though. So he's this guy who I guess, has trou. He does date and seems to have a pretty active love life from what we know.

[June Diane Raphael]

He's not a loser.

[Eliot Glazer]

He's not a loser. In fact, he steals a girl in high school, which we find out later from another.

[June Diane Raphael]

That was kind of. But that wasn't really. He didn't steal it. She just kind of.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

She just asked him and asked him. From that guy's point of view, it looks like he was a dick. Cause he gives him that smarmy look.

[Eliot Glazer]

Okay. But it does seem like he dates people.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Yeah, he's a cool guy.

[Eliot Glazer]

He's out and about.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

He's out and about.

[Eliot Glazer]

He's out and about.

[June Diane Raphael]

Well, they also set him up as a loser in work, where he's, like, in the mail room with Jerry Stiller. And by the way, they lay so much pipe in the beginning of this movie. Like, all these things, like, hey, are you ever gonna tell me what that baseball means? Hey, you ever gonna get this?

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Hey, Reebok is really up our ass on this account. I was like, how did Reebok get.

[June Diane Raphael]

Involved, by the way? Most product placement ever in a movie.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

The McDonald's french fries.

[June Diane Raphael]

McDonald's french fries.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

That's like Mac and Me fucking shell blade. And there's a Pepsi in there.

[June Diane Raphael]

The kid is literally holding it. Like, holding the McDonald' it's like it's out. No one would hold it like that, by the way.

[Eliot Glazer]

I found that scene very disturbing. That kid is about 7 years old and says he's telling Lance Bass and his sidekick how to fuck chicks. Yeah, how to fuck chicks. And then he takes his french fries and walks over to an older. A woman in her 30s. 30s, yeah, in her mid-30s. Offers her fries and then gives them a look like.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Well, in the R rated version, she blows him. That's why they cut him.

[Dave Steffi]

Gets laid.

[June Diane Raphael]

Also, that kid starts off the thing that I really want to just call our attention to, which is the sound effects for head turns, blink and anything.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

What the fuck? It's like this movie was scored by a fucking dj. Morning, man.

[June Diane Raphael]

Tulsa.

[Eliot Glazer]

I think what happened is that they stopped.

[Dave Steffi]

There were crickets. At one point, somebody tells a joke that doesn't land. There's crickets.

[Eliot Glazer]

There are crickets. Fart noises.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Joey Fatone has 11 fart sounds. Oh, every time he moves a fart.

[Eliot Glazer]

Sound, there's triple takes. Like, what, what, what?

[Jason Mantzoukas]

A couple record scratches. A couple of those.

[June Diane Raphael]

When he turned. When Joey Fatone turn it one time and goes, wicka wicka, wicka.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Like, it's like, actually, no, Joey Fatone actually makes that noise. Also there's that song that keeps playing intermittently that's like, yeah, baby, hey, baby.

[June Diane Raphael]

I actually have a clip of that song just so you can hear. This underscores. The movie is barely creaks in at an hour and 20 minutes. And this movie plays under, I would say an hour and 15. Here you go. That went pretty well.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Gibbon.

[June Diane Raphael]

All right, so there you go. That is just a taste. A taste of the music. That and that plays all the time.

[Eliot Glazer]

Loudly.

[June Diane Raphael]

Yeah, yeah.

[Eliot Glazer]

Once I couldn't hear the dialogue.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

It was terrible sound mixing. Terrible sound mixing. I mean, I'm trying to think of like worse leading men for a movie. Like, who's worse? Like Paul Gasol.

[Eliot Glazer]

But see, here's the weird thing about the movie too, though, because in the beginning, not that seven years ago flashback, he's the lead singer of this band.

[June Diane Raphael]

Yes, the Spin Doctors band.

[Eliot Glazer]

Yes, the Spin Doctors Band. And we find out later on that music means a whole lot to him.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Oh, it's huge. That's why he works for Reebok.

[June Diane Raphael]

Yeah, he works for Reebok. Well, so much so that when he's on the subway, he will start singing along and getting embarrassed.

[Eliot Glazer]

Yeah, no, not only does he start, he's listening to algorithm on his cd, man. Or whatever it is. He gets so into the song that he stands up on a public subway and starts dancing kind of wildly.

[June Diane Raphael]

Yeah.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

And then he gives that sheer sheepish deer in the woods about to be murdered look like, sorry, everyone. And of course, who could resist that?

[Eliot Glazer]

But why isn't he in this band anymore?

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Well, I think after. I think what maybe they were going for is that after he. Because, remember, in the beginning, not only does he choke, he faints. He fucking faints.

[June Diane Raphael]

Oh, right, he faints.

[Eliot Glazer]

He thinks, oh, yeah, you're right.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

So maybe they had a meeting afterwards and I think the band broke up and the only one that held onto the fucking dream was Fatone.

[Dave Steffi]

Fatone.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Can we talk about Fatone for a second?

[June Diane Raphael]

Yeah.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

It's good. In a movie like this, if you got a lead like Lance Bass, who's not a pure comedy guy, you gotta get a comedy guy like Joey Fatone. Wasn't he. He's ucb, right?

[June Diane Raphael]

Yeah.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Was he just pento mansleb?

[June Diane Raphael]

Well, no, I think. Well, Joey Fatone was actually first member of Human Giant.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Right.

[June Diane Raphael]

But he was a Second City guy.

[Eliot Glazer]

I think he's easier places.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Was he Second City? I think he did Second City and UCB and IO.

[Eliot Glazer]

I gotta say, I thought, for being a non actor, that Joey Fatone, this is controversial. I thought he did a fine job. I thought he did a fine job.

[Dave Steffi]

I was gonna say the same thing. He actually seemed to be doing good.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Well, I mean, I think he did. He tried his best, but at the end of the day, like, I've been to fucking children's funerals that are funnier. Sure.

[Eliot Glazer]

Was it funny?

[June Diane Raphael]

His material was not good. His material was not good.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Yeah, but I guess. I guess some of the fart noises were pretty good.

[June Diane Raphael]

But you know what? He was a relief from watching Lance Bass and, like, E's girlfriend from Entourage.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Yeah, yeah.

[June Diane Raphael]

Because watching them was like watching the bor. Like, it was like being a producer on a reality show and just wading through the boring footage of a reality show. How do we edit this and make this interesting?

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Like, the chemistry between them. It was like the chemistry between, like, a hubcap and a turkey sub. It's like two. Nothing. There's nothingness.

[Dave Steffi]

Wait, who's who in that scenario? Because I want to know. Because I want to know whether I was attracted to the turkey sub or the hubcap.

[June Diane Raphael]

Definitely the turkey sub. I mean. Yeah.

[Dave Steffi]

Come on, man.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Come on. Joey Fatone has. For the record.

[Dave Steffi]

Can we talk about. Can we talk about the scene between the turkey sub and her roommate.

[Eliot Glazer]

Oh, my God, I was obsessed with that scene.

[June Diane Raphael]

So basically, Eve's girlfriend.

[Dave Steffi]

You just spent the weekend with your boyfriend of three years who you haven't seen in a month. Like, it is like the poor roommate has, like, 10 minutes of just solid exposition.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Well, the turkey sub just kind of wistfully looks out the window.

[June Diane Raphael]

Well, like, by the way, she comes on, like, you know. So the turkey. Turkey sub is visiting Chicago. And that's how they have this chance interaction. But she comes home, which is a.

[Eliot Glazer]

Big reveal, by the way. I think he's gonna see her again on the line, which.

[June Diane Raphael]

On the line. On the subway line.

[Eliot Glazer]

Turkey sub doesn't even live in the same town.

[June Diane Raphael]

But it seems like this best friend is like, the minute she's like, how's your boyfriend? Wasn't it great? And she's like, I met another guy. And she's like, great. How is he? Isn't he awesome? These friends are switching on a date.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Like a true friend. Be like, whoa, whoa, whoa. You met another. Wait, you're in a relationship with a guy?

[June Diane Raphael]

What are you doing?

[Jason Mantzoukas]

What's wrong with you? You're acting like a fucking turkey sub. Jesus. Yeah. That was a great scene, man.

[Dave Steffi]

Oh, my God. Well, a huge part of this movie. A huge part of this movie for me, hinges on a couple of things. One, there appears to be no such thing as the Internet. No.

[June Diane Raphael]

2001. Right. That didn't exist. Right.

[Eliot Glazer]

Or CDs.

[Dave Steffi]

You could totally. By the way, you could 100% post a Craigslist misconnection at this point. You could try and Internet look up this person. Like, that would be possible. But it doesn't.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Yeah. No.

[Dave Steffi]

And that every single person only reads the newspaper, and the way they read it is by holding it up high completely in front of their face.

[June Diane Raphael]

And by the way, this, like, local story is front page news every day on the Chicago newspaper.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Right.

[June Diane Raphael]

I.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Meanwhile, like, 15 people got shot to death on the west side. They don't mention that.

[Eliot Glazer]

And what was really weird is the first time it showed up in the paper, the picture they used of Lance Bass was his graduation photo from high school.

[June Diane Raphael]

Why would they do that?

[Eliot Glazer]

I assumed it was because the other guy was the reporter who was spurned. Just. That was the only picture he could find.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Who, by the way, I gotta say, it's one of the greatest introductions in cinema history where you see the antagonist and he's at his desk playing game boy again, 2001. Too late for Game Boy, by the way.

[June Diane Raphael]

This Movie, I think takes place in the world where the Y2K happened. That's why they don't have the Internet.

[Eliot Glazer]

That's why they have to draw pictures.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

He's playing fucking Tetris and for no reason, he just falls over.

[June Diane Raphael]

Yeah, like if he falls out of me.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

I love artificial fucking inorganic physical comedy.

[Eliot Glazer]

It's amazing where they're like.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

I can see them on set being like, we gotta fucking pump the scene on, man. It's just flat.

[June Diane Raphael]

I just fall down.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

What do you mean you wanna fall backwards? Why would I fall backwards? Just fucking do it.

[June Diane Raphael]

I do want. Alright, so when Lance Bass, or when the turkey sub and the hubcap get together, I do wanna just play a clip so you can hear the chemistry. And this is Lance talking about baseball, which I feel like he's never seen.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

No, no, no, no.

[June Diane Raphael]

So here, take a look.

[Eliot Glazer]

Google wouldn't think of you.

[Paul Scheer]

You're a Cubs fan.

[Eliot Glazer]

Heck yeah. Born and raised.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

All right, all right.

[June Diane Raphael]

So tell me, tell me your best.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

And worst Cub moment.

[June Diane Raphael]

Best?

[Eliot Glazer]

Whenever they win, of course.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Worst.

[Dave Steffi]

Game 5 in the 84 playoff. The ground ball to enter Durham's legs.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

That is the worst moment of my life. I was so depressed, I didn't even go to school the next day.

[June Diane Raphael]

I cried.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Okay. Most guys wouldn't have did that. Yeah, I don't know why I just told you that.

[June Diane Raphael]

When he says that was the worst moment of my life. That was my favorite line of the whole movie. So not passionate. This guy does not care about baseball. He doesn't even know what happened. I cried.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Jesus. And those two actors, neither of them have ever seen a baseball game. No idea. They all Cubs.

[June Diane Raphael]

That's football, Right? That's football. And then Lance, you know, asks her the question that every guy likes to ask a girl. What's something you only will tell a stranger?

[Dave Steffi]

Yeah.

[Eliot Glazer]

Creepy.

[June Diane Raphael]

To which she reports.

[Dave Steffi]

She says, I like making paper airplanes.

[Eliot Glazer]

And one other thing.

[Dave Steffi]

Shame, shame on her.

[Eliot Glazer]

And my dad's a pilot.

[June Diane Raphael]

That's why she likes making paper airplanes.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

That's why.

[June Diane Raphael]

Because her dad's a pilot.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

That's true. What did she. It'd be great if she was like, I killed a man in a hit and run one time. I just kept fucking driving.

[June Diane Raphael]

That's the worst secret to tell. What's a secret that you've never told a stranger? I make paper airplanes.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Fuck is that?

[Eliot Glazer]

And then after that, she walks him up to the subway platform and launches one of her paper planes from there and then says that this is her favorite spot to do it her favorite spot.

[June Diane Raphael]

She doesn't live in Chicago.

[Dave Steffi]

She doesn't live there.

[Paul Scheer]

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[June Diane Raphael]

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[Eliot Glazer]

The relationship I was really curious about was between Hubcap and Jackie at work.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[June Diane Raphael]

Jackie is Hubcap's nemesis.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Yeah.

[June Diane Raphael]

They're both working on the Reebok account, which is, again, if you're keeping track. We've talked about McDonald's, McDonald's, Reebok. And also there's a mention of Pop secret.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Yeah.

[Dave Steffi]

Are we to believe that Reebok, the company Reebok, is going to hire some tiny, rinky dink ad agency in Chicago to do all of their advertising?

[June Diane Raphael]

Oh, yeah.

[Dave Steffi]

No sense.

[June Diane Raphael]

And when they show their ads to them, they're just gonna have magazine cutouts of girls heads on little doll dresses. Yeah, that's our ads. That was their big first. Dave Foley, who's in this movie, reveals. He goes, here is our vision of Reebok. And it looks like the worst computer graphics is like, reebok the future. It's so poorly done. It's so poorly done.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Also, fucking Hubcap is supposed to. He's supposed to be good at his job, right? You know? So he says to her, at one point, he goes, what about this? And he holds up two kush balls and goes, rebok Reebok. And she looks at him, she's like, you're a moronaut. And she's right. That's the fucking worst bitch I've ever.

[June Diane Raphael]

Heard in my life. Well, also, this guy, Lance Bass is in the mailroom in the beginning. Yes. And then turkey sandwich says to him, oh, did you work on that pop shit? Oh, turkey sub.

[Dave Steffi]

It's a turkey sub, not a sandwich, Please.

[June Diane Raphael]

You're right.

[Dave Steffi]

Sorry.

[June Diane Raphael]

I apologize. Turkey sub says, like, oh, did you work on Pop Secret. He goes, oh, yeah, I wrote that jingle. Wait, you're working a fucking mail.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

You're trying to fix a copier with Jerry Stiller. What the fuck are you talking about?

[June Diane Raphael]

You're working on jingle?

[Eliot Glazer]

Anyway, the copier metaphor, which runs throughout the. Is one of the more baffling.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

That's supposed to be like the oil and there will be blood. You know what I mean? It's a metaphor for everything. Jesus. Poor Jerry Stiller. He had no idea. He had no idea what he was doing in there.

[June Diane Raphael]

Yeah, so this whole movie is basically, they give you a little bit, but then they take it away. It's like, you know, it's like, Joey Fatone. Is he a good singer? Is he not a good singer?

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Well, all I'll say is, in the first 17 minutes, he has three songs.

[June Diane Raphael]

Yes.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

That's tonnage. Oh, that's too much.

[June Diane Raphael]

Oh, a little bit. When he does a full cover of Pour Some Sugar on Me, Literally pouring sugar on himself.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

And then. And then after fucking turkey hubcap tells him what happened, he gets on stage and busts a parody version of Every Rose Has Its Thorn about. What is he, Weird Al Yankovic? Yeah, that just happened. It just happened.

[June Diane Raphael]

Well, also, Joey Fatone. Joey Fatone also has that interesting ability to be like, do one song. All right, guys, let's take a break. I'm gonna go hang out with my friends, chat with them for a bit, go back on stage and sing another song. Yeah, he's just performing in a place where music is gonna stop and start at any given.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Ah, it's the world's worst bar. Oh, my God. I love too about 24 minutes in, when he kind of figures out what he's gonna do, you know, he's got a finder.

[June Diane Raphael]

Oh, yeah.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Yeah.

[June Diane Raphael]

He's gotta find her.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

And they start playing the titular song on the line. It's the worst moment in cinema history. It's the fucking most uncinematic, horrible, terrible scene in movies.

[June Diane Raphael]

I mean, this movie is the most uncinematic film at all. Pacing is not a thing in here.

[Dave Steffi]

Yeah, I mean, montages are insane.

[Eliot Glazer]

Montages are cool.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Really long, too.

[Eliot Glazer]

And there's, like. There's one. There's that scene where he walks through the hallway of that. Of his ad firm, and all of, like, the secretaries are looking at him. They play that scene about seven times.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

And the one time he just drops his papers and they all start laughing at him. Like, all he did was drop a couple papers.

[Eliot Glazer]

These women are hard.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Yeah, it's A harsh place.

[June Diane Raphael]

Also, this whole working. This whole place of work is constantly dictated by what's on the COVID of the Chicago Times. He's looking for love. Everyone's into him. He's a jerk. Everyone hates him. There's so much. They really are feeding off this article. You would think these are the only people that would know him. For him, they are just whatever the paper says they are in.

[Eliot Glazer]

They do.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Oh, my God.

[June Diane Raphael]

And we haven't even talked about his friends. Really? Besides Joey Fatone, we have the astute guy who's always reading the paper, Right?

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Super serious.

[Eliot Glazer]

Andy Howser's friend.

[June Diane Raphael]

Yes. And then his name is gq. He played a character called Eric.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

His name in real life is gq.

[June Diane Raphael]

Gq?

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Oh, no.

[Dave Steffi]

Yeah, he plays a version of that character in Drumline as well as a bunch of other movies.

[June Diane Raphael]

If you look at GQ's IMDb page, it says GQ, as he likes to be called, is a brilliant young actor, writer and MC. A product of Shy Tilly. He went to NYU's Tisch School of the Arts and worked in the experimental theater wing. It was there, along with some classmates, he conceived the idea for the bomb. Oh, he was the bombadi of Errors.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

That's the guy.

[June Diane Raphael]

That's the guy.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Wait, he said he's from Chy. Tilly.

[June Diane Raphael]

Chi Tilly.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

I mean, Chicago.

[June Diane Raphael]

Yeah, he said something.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Paul, I'm from Chicago. I lived there 18 years. I've never heard anyone say chytilli.

[Paul Scheer]

Ever.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Never once, ever. It's never happened. It's a made up term. Jesus.

[June Diane Raphael]

Chai Tilly Bomba d' Averas. He created that. Yeah.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Jesus.

[June Diane Raphael]

And the ad Raptation of the Comedy of Errors.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Dude, I think he misspelled it. Adaptation.

[June Diane Raphael]

Nope. Adraptation. That's not a word. Nope, nope. Hey, man, just chill out.

[Eliot Glazer]

Go back to Shenzhen.

[June Diane Raphael]

Just go back to Shen.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Jesus Christ. I didn't know. I'm sorry. Jeez.

[June Diane Raphael]

Yeah. Those friends are the worst.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Yeah. Yeah.

[Dave Steffi]

And basically the friends decide they're gonna. Because all these girls are so in love now with Lance Bass. Because he's looking for his true love, right? All the guys are gonna take out all the girls and fuck them, which they then do.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Right?

[June Diane Raphael]

That's the major flaw of the whole movie, though. Hey, like, all right, so like, these girls call him to say, oh, I'm the girl from the subway, but yet he has to go out on dates with all of them. It's like, no, that's not the girl.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

That's not the girl.

[June Diane Raphael]

Pick up the Phone. Yeah, yeah.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Or show up and be like, not her. Bye.

[June Diane Raphael]

Yeah. Or just get on the phone, be like, oh, yeah. No, you.

[Eliot Glazer]

But you guys, the other major major.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

A huge fraud.

[Eliot Glazer]

A huge flaw is that these friends are concocting this whole plan. Once the girls show up, they've seen Lance Bassett, they've seen Hubcap's picture.

[June Diane Raphael]

Yeah. On the COVID of the paper every day.

[Eliot Glazer]

They're gonna show up and not go over to his friends. Why would they?

[June Diane Raphael]

And basically, these guys are just fucking girls. Like, literally four times a night. That's what they allude to.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

They didn't beat the script that enough, I think was the biggest problem. I love the scene where the three bros or the four bros playing basically baseball.

[June Diane Raphael]

Oh, my God. Barbecue baseball.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Barbecue baseball.

[Dave Steffi]

Throws a baseball. It's the most amazing thing I've ever seen.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

It's. It's literally how I imagine Rue McClanahan would throw a baseball right before she passed. Like, I mean, it's so soft. And.

[Eliot Glazer]

And why would she pass right after that?

[Dave Steffi]

Well, it's the throw. Her baseball throw kills.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Also. He is standing maybe four feet in front of Joy Fatone.

[June Diane Raphael]

Like, it's the way.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

It's so bad.

[Paul Scheer]

Oh, my God.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

And then they hit it. And then they hit it right where their friend has set out a beautiful table. Like, Mark Barbieur set it up. Barbecue. Yeah.

[June Diane Raphael]

Like, what are you doing?

[Dave Steffi]

I'm quite surprised.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Like, what are you doing?

[June Diane Raphael]

And they literally go, you're probably wondering why we asked you here to barbecue baseball. And he goes, well, I brought the meat. Like, that's my idea.

[Eliot Glazer]

By the way, the staging of this movie is so horrible, the blocking, that during this scene, they're all standing in one line.

[June Diane Raphael]

One line's facing camera.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Yeah. The director was done. He's just like, four shot fucking stand there. Let's go. Keep moving, moving.

[June Diane Raphael]

And they look like they were freezing. Yeah, that was the coldest day shot.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

They're like a March 5th in Chicago. It's like, like 32 degrees out. It's.

[June Diane Raphael]

I do want to. Just because I'm obsessed with it. Like, these characters going back on what they've just established that they've done constantly, which is Joey Fatone is in love with this character called the Mick played.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

By Richie Sambora, the one with comedy guy again, too. You want to get a big comedy guy just hitting it out of the park, bringing it.

[June Diane Raphael]

And so Sambora, he's. I love the Mick.

[Dave Steffi]

I love the.

[June Diane Raphael]

And he watches the Mick on trl. He's like, oh, I hate this guy. I hate this guy. This guy's the worst. It's like, wait, you just launched over the couch to watch your favorite guy, and the guy says two words and.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

You'Re like, ah, this guy.

[June Diane Raphael]

I hate him. And then at the end, he comes back in, he goes, I love this guy.

[Eliot Glazer]

Do you think maybe he was just upset to see the Mick, like, in Interview selling out?

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Was he selling out?

[June Diane Raphael]

I don't think the mic was selling out.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

No, he was being the Mick. That's what the mic does.

[June Diane Raphael]

The Mick talks about the Mick being the Mick.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Fuck me.

[Eliot Glazer]

Wait, we haven't even talked about this. This is before the Friends concoct this plan. GQ takes hubcap to see Al Green in comedy.

[June Diane Raphael]

Oh, yeah.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

You know, that five minute Al Green scene really gives the film a nice sense of urgency.

[Eliot Glazer]

Okay.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

You know what I mean? We're gonna literally show Al Green singing for five minutes.

[Eliot Glazer]

Yeah, it's crazy.

[June Diane Raphael]

And show Al Green singing. It is the worst lip sync of all time. I can't describe it to you because it's so utterly bad. It's like someone's playing a cd. He's not even near the microphone. It's. It is so off. He is.

[Eliot Glazer]

So what's weird about this movie? There are sounds added in, but then there are sounds taken away. Like something very strange happened with this sound.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

It's almost like the sound mixer was, like, holding them hostage. He's like, oh, yeah, you gotta pay me, otherwise you're losing the fucking Al Green track.

[Dave Steffi]

Hey, guys, you say your last couple of checks have bounced, so I'm not really gonna do this anymore.

[Eliot Glazer]

Did you notice, though, that at certain points, the camera would be on an actor and they'd say something and one of the words they would would just be so obviously dubbed over by another word.

[June Diane Raphael]

But not even bad words.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

No, no, no. Not like.

[Eliot Glazer]

Not curse words.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

I love bad ADR in a movie. It makes me happy. And every time you see the back of a character's head in this movie, you hear like, hey, watch out.

[June Diane Raphael]

Get out of the way.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Like, the worst fucking adr. And then they do it with their leads. I don't get it, but they do.

[June Diane Raphael]

It with their leads. It's like, you're gonna get screwed and then be like, you're gonna get in trouble. That's what they're doing. It's like, I'm gonna kick your butt. And it's like. But clearly it's that ass. But, like, that's not really dictating the difference between an R rated movie and a PG13.

[Dave Steffi]

No, but I bet it's still, I bet it was still for like tween girls. I think it was still that it was as, as sensitive as. But to ask, you know, for the.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Age girls, if we're talking about twin girls. You want to talk about the scene without green?

[Eliot Glazer]

No, go ahead.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

I was going to say maybe the most offensive scene in the movie is the protagonist or the antagonist's girlfriend, who's actually my friend Manny. She goes on a date with Joey Fatone and tells his friends what happened the next day.

[Eliot Glazer]

Oh yeah, I would love her to come on and talk about this movie. I mean, and her character, because it was so baffling. I mean, she's having a hard time with, with the antagonist.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

He's a dick. He's, you know, wrapped up in his work and he's consumed with jealousy over a hubcap.

[Eliot Glazer]

So much so that when she walks in from that date, she's severely injured.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Her fucking face is bandaged.

[Eliot Glazer]

Yes, her face is bandaged. Her leg is.

[Dave Steffi]

And she's wearing a.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Clearly she's been hit by a car or something.

[Eliot Glazer]

Something terrible.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

He doesn't even look up.

[Eliot Glazer]

He doesn't look up for a while. Then he does look up, continues to talk, looking at her and doesn't notice.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Right? And then at the end he goes, what happened to you? And then they get out of the scene.

[June Diane Raphael]

Yeah.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

And then Joy Fatone comes in the next morning and is like, no, no.

[Dave Steffi]

No, wait a second, wait a second, wait a second. He says, what happened to you? And she smiles, she smiles, she smiles like she. Like, I finally got fucked. Right?

[June Diane Raphael]

Yeah, that's what I got out of it too. Like she did some creepy shit with Joey Fatone, right?

[Eliot Glazer]

That's what was so interesting about her character. So then Joey Fatone retells the story to his friends, right?

[Jason Mantzoukas]

And they're like, what happened? And he basically tells her, he's like, I was doing my thing, which is like rocking out, I guess.

[June Diane Raphael]

Yeah. Rocking out in his bedroom, right?

[Jason Mantzoukas]

His big move is to kick the amp.

[June Diane Raphael]

That's it. He says that. He goes, that's my big move.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Like it's not like there's no ambiguity there, right? So. And his friends are like, uh, huh huh. Whatever happened? And then he fucking kicks her in the face.

[June Diane Raphael]

Yeah, the amp. Doesn't the amp like fly at her or something?

[Jason Mantzoukas]

No, he misses the amp face and she falls over and he goes, I broke her nose. And they all go, oh. And he goes, and her ankle. And then they Start laughing. And then he goes, guys, it's not funny. Yeah. And then they stop.

[Dave Steffi]

That scene where Joey Fatone, GQ and. And the smart guy are eating cereal, eating Frosted Flakes.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Frosted Flakes. Big box of Frosted Flakes prominent.

[Dave Steffi]

They are eating. They are eating food so loudly. There is such loud, wet mouth sounds disgusting in that. It was overwhelming. Wetness of chewing.

[June Diane Raphael]

I love that.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

The other Fred up the level.

[Eliot Glazer]

The sound mixer brought up the level.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Fuck these guys. Fucking check.

[June Diane Raphael]

And they're just talking about. They're talking about, like, getting laid.

[Dave Steffi]

I couldn't believe.

[June Diane Raphael]

I do want to revisit the Al Green scene again. Because it was a missed connection because Turkey Sub was there and so is Hubcap. But they miss each other. But they get. Hubcat gets kicked out cause he doesn't have tickets. Now, meanwhile, this Al Green concert is like, in a formal dining space. It's like 60 people. How did he even get there and get a table? He was seated front row, front row, front row, front row.

[Eliot Glazer]

And by the way, like, why. Why did they. So this is. Obviously, they needed to get them in the same space together. So the writers fix to. That was to have GQ say he had tickets to this thing and then get him to go, but he doesn't know Turkey Sub's gonna be there.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

No, no, no, no.

[Eliot Glazer]

I guess GQ also likes Al Green.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Who doesn't love Al Green Jr. My God.

[June Diane Raphael]

Young men love Al Green. My dad, these guys, you could guess.

[Dave Steffi]

That they might be there because they talked about loving Al Green. She said he's playing at that vent venue. In a normal movie, if I'm Hubcap, maybe that girl that I liked who said she loved Al Green and knew about that concert would be there.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Well, that's great. But then why would you have GQ be in the front row? And then all of a sudden, yo, I forgot my tickets, yo. Shy tizzy.

[June Diane Raphael]

What did he say?

[Eliot Glazer]

At the supper club, nobody checks your ticket at the door. You just. You just walk in and sit down and start ordering drinks and a meal.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Eating. He's eating.

[Eliot Glazer]

They're eating food.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Ah, shit.

[Eliot Glazer]

And then a security guard comes over for no reason.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

No reason.

[June Diane Raphael]

By the way, why is Al Green doing dinner theater?

[Jason Mantzoukas]

It's not that big of stadiums and stuff. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[June Diane Raphael]

The Reverend is playing out bigger.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Oh, the Reverend.

[June Diane Raphael]

So now the friends, you know, they fucked up. They started dating all these girls, having sex with all of them, and now they got. They got a. You know, now Lance Bass has gotten some bad play. I Guess. Cause, yeah, there's a return of events. Turkey Sub finds out about this.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Well, Turkey Sub meets ghost.

[June Diane Raphael]

Yes.

[Eliot Glazer]

Yes. But even before that, I expected that the reveal of Turkey stuff. Finding out that this was all going on because she's not in Chicago very.

[June Diane Raphael]

Much, but she's been back to Chicago a lot.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

But then she just keeps moving.

[Eliot Glazer]

She says she wants to do field work. And her boyfriend Paul says, ugh, enough with the fossil hobby. And she says, it's not a hobby.

[June Diane Raphael]

Take that.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

First of all, he looks like. He looks like Tom Hanks at the end of Big when he turns back into a kid. Like, he's a young kid wearing a business suit. He's like, the markets, markets.

[Eliot Glazer]

He's like, don't say sell. Don't sell.

[June Diane Raphael]

His cell phone makers.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Futures. Cattle futures.

[Eliot Glazer]

Yeah, but I figured, okay, so the way they're gonna reveal her finding out that she's been sort of detached from this whole thing and this crazy. Like, Chicago's taken by storm with this story, so it's gonna be really interesting how she finds out. No, she just walks over to a newspaper stand, right? Picks up a paper and reads it.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

That's it? Yeah, that's it.

[June Diane Raphael]

Just real casual, like, not excited. Calls the name, number, and that's it.

[Dave Steffi]

She just calls the number. She doesn't. She doesn't exclaim. She doesn't look surprised. She's just like, huh. Dials the phone and. And GQ picks up and pretends to be Kevin. And she's like, totally fine. All right, let's meet up.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

You know, before that, though, there's a great little scene where Lance Bass. Sorry, Hubcap. Answers the phone at his house, and we assume that it's Turkey Sub. He's like, hey, yeah, I'll meet you. I'll meet you. So he goes to dinner, and you see him waiting in the diner by him himself. And then you see her walk into a diner, and they do, like, Silence of the Lambs where you don't know what's happening. And then it's just. No, it's the crazy girl. You know, the level four at Improv Olympic in Chicago. Got cast doing the whole.

[Dave Steffi]

I feel like a cutter. I feel like we have a cosmic connection.

[June Diane Raphael]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. That.

[Dave Steffi]

My favorite part about that was at the end when cosmic connection and hubcap, it goes wrong. And she gets mad at him.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Yeah, yeah.

[Dave Steffi]

She. She leaves. She, like, storms. But she first leaves money. She takes money out of her purse and puts it on the table.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Well, she's a considerate Christmas as Best.

[Dave Steffi]

As I can tell, she has not eaten, ordered or drank anything.

[June Diane Raphael]

And cosmic connection also. Isn't cosmic connection the same girl who goes, I don't need to take this. I'm from Oregon.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. What? God. I didn't. I didn't notice she left money. I didn't notice she left money. Maybe that's one of her quirks.

[June Diane Raphael]

I love it. Having this.

[Paul Scheer]

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[June Diane Raphael]

Okay.

[Paul Scheer]

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[June Diane Raphael]

Today.

[Paul Scheer]

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[June Diane Raphael]

The guys try to help him back help out Lance Bass. And they make a sign that says, has anyone seen this girl? And it's the most crude drawing. It is like a stick figure head.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[June Diane Raphael]

And they're going around going, hey, have you seen this girl? Have you seen this, this girl?

[Eliot Glazer]

Stick figure head, stick figure head. And they're screaming at people, they're harassing them.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Eliot Glazer]

These people can't do anything to help you, right?

[Jason Mantzoukas]

No, I don't know what you're talking about. Fucking leave me alone.

[Dave Steffi]

The thing is, GQ had her. GQ had the girl and he lets her get away.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

I love too.

[Eliot Glazer]

I mean, and not. Sorry. Not only does he let her get away, but when all the friends find out that he actually saw her, they say you have to take. Tell Hubcap immediately.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Eliot Glazer]

He takes his time.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

He's in no rush.

[June Diane Raphael]

It goes to another baseball game, right?

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Which by the way, of course the Chicago Cubs are such. You can shoot a fucking bukkake film. They're like, yeah, sure, great, absolutely.

[Eliot Glazer]

And then you know, when are you gonna be here?

[Jason Mantzoukas]

You know you're fucked. When the best line and the best line reading in your film comes from.

[June Diane Raphael]

Sammy Sosa, which I would love to play for you right now. This is, it's, it's basically Sammy Sosa has had this problem where he keeps on hitting foul balls into GQ's nuts.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

So can I say that's Never happened in the history of baseball, let alone three times in one season.

[Paul Scheer]

Three times.

[June Diane Raphael]

And it looked like they were also. It looked like the foul ball. It didn't look like they were in an area where that foul ball would come right into his nuts.

[Eliot Glazer]

And if that happened, he would be seriously impressed.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

He'd be a contusion. He'd be in the hospital. Fucking be sad.

[June Diane Raphael]

Let's listen to something. Sammy Sosa's line, the first line. There are two other Cubs I don't know the names of. And then the third one is Sammy Sosa.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Ooh, that's gotta hurt. I can't believe he's hit that guy three times this season.

[June Diane Raphael]

Damn. That's the third time this season I hit this guy.

[Eliot Glazer]

Best performance in the movie.

[Dave Steffi]

I wonder if the line was. They were like, maybe people aren't gonna understand, Sammy. So maybe we need people who don't speak with an accent to say the same line first.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[June Diane Raphael]

Just set it up. Set the table a little bit.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Jesus. It's impossible, by the way. That's completely impossible. You can't hit someone in the nuts. It's just. It's out of. Yeah. No, no.

[June Diane Raphael]

Oh, man. And nuts is a runner in this movie too. He goes, oh, he just got hit in the. And somebody's like, would you like nuts in your Chinese food? That's literally the next scene. Just got hit in the. Would you like nuts in your Chinese food?

[Jason Mantzoukas]

I also gotta see it again. But I feel like when he gets hit in the balls, there's a. Or something like a voom.

[June Diane Raphael]

I mean, there's a sheep sound effect at one point.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

There is a sheep. I heard that. Yeah.

[Eliot Glazer]

I'm sorry to go back to the injured girl and Joey Fatone, but where did we land on that? So she really got something out of that experience?

[June Diane Raphael]

Well, Joey Fatone also goes. She got rocked.

[Eliot Glazer]

Okay, so are we to understand that after he hit her and she fell, she rolled back off that bed backwards, fell on the ground.

[June Diane Raphael]

No one has equilibrium in Chicago.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

They fucked after that. After he broke her nose and her ankle.

[Eliot Glazer]

And then she went to the hospital.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Then she went to the hospital. The doctors says. What happened? Broke my nose, broke my ankle. When? An hour ago. What were you doing in between? Fucking. Why didn't you come here right away?

[June Diane Raphael]

By the way, Joey Fatone did not accompany her to the hospital. I don't believe he did.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Wait a minute, wait a minute. Hold on, hold on. Wait a minute. How did she meet Joey Fatone?

[June Diane Raphael]

Because she called the number Sorry, forgot.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

There's a lot of information, guys. I'm sorry. I forgot.

[June Diane Raphael]

Oh, my goodness. Jesus.

[Eliot Glazer]

Do you think that they were gonna have. I mean, I won't cut to the end of the movie. I mean, there's stuff. Everybody sort of has a happy ending at the end.

[June Diane Raphael]

Oh, yeah. Everything works out except for us.

[Eliot Glazer]

But do you think that those characters end?

[June Diane Raphael]

Oh, yeah, they definitely did. They had that thing.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Yeah, they have a little thing at the end.

[June Diane Raphael]

And then she comes in at the end. Because when the Mick is there and the Mick is saying, like, I want you to do my new record. Give me your temple. And by the way, she's totally healed. Like a day or two.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

A broken nose. It's simple. It's a real quick fix.

[June Diane Raphael]

All right, so basically, the movie takes a really bold choice, which is the last 20 minutes could probably be condensed into five.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Yeah, two. I was gonna say two.

[June Diane Raphael]

Yeah, two. It's like. It's so many music montages, so many sad faces, like, they're just. Just wading through at this point. They're just like, we need to make this 120 minutes.

[Eliot Glazer]

We think that Jerry Stillers had a heart attack.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Yes. Oh, yeah. Yeah.

[Eliot Glazer]

Which is. Well, which was surprising.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

He actually had a heart attack because he found out he was doing this movie and he just fucking killed over. Wait a minute. I'm sorry. Was I really stoned? Or is there a scene where fucking Hubcap is breakdancing in the office by.

[Dave Steffi]

Himself wearing ladies Reebok sneakers?

[Eliot Glazer]

And not only that, that. But after Hubcap gets so into it that he's like. He's on the ground, he's breakdancing. Then Jackie walks in.

[June Diane Raphael]

Yeah.

[Eliot Glazer]

She catches up there. And then he pretends to hide.

[Paul Scheer]

Yeah.

[Dave Steffi]

He starts.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Yeah, he kind of like.

[June Diane Raphael]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

He kind of curls into a ball a little bit. Yeah.

[Eliot Glazer]

As though, like, he was saying to her, just like, I'm not here. Like, I'm not here. Like, this isn't happening.

[Dave Steffi]

Guys. Why is he putting on women's sneakers?

[Eliot Glazer]

I mean, I did respect the products.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

So he can come up with the killer jingle.

[June Diane Raphael]

But meanwhile, they already came up with the jingle. They got it. Yeah, they got it. In the beginning of the movie. It's like, for girls on the move, Reebok. And then he's constantly working on his ad campaign.

[Paul Scheer]

Like, what else?

[June Diane Raphael]

No, no, we got it. We got it.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

We got it.

[June Diane Raphael]

We got it.

[Eliot Glazer]

Yeah. Let's talk about Reebok for a second. Because they originally don't really care about him. And he's put on the team kind of by accident.

[June Diane Raphael]

He's put on the team because he was in the paper. And then Reebok, Dave Foley first is like, get on the. The team.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

I'm gonna use him to my advantage.

[June Diane Raphael]

Yeah. And then the newspaper was like, get on the. Then they saw the newspaper like, get on the team.

[Eliot Glazer]

But they were on the team. But why would they want him on the team? Because he's.

[June Diane Raphael]

Because he's looking for him.

[Eliot Glazer]

Posting this misconnection, like, I wasn't quite sure.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

God, I don't know how that logic works. It's just he's like a celebrity now, right?

[Eliot Glazer]

So they want him. He's a celebrity, so they want him on his advertising.

[Dave Steffi]

They know he was the guy. Did they know the guy in the paper was the guy that was on their head team?

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Yes, Reebok does. Yes.

[June Diane Raphael]

That's why when the paper turned against him, they're like, we want him off.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

We've changed our mind officially here.

[Eliot Glazer]

Oh, wait a second. Here's a big hole. Reebok thought that it was Jackie's idea.

[Dave Steffi]

Oh, yeah, because Jackie stole his idea.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

She stole his idea. Yeah.

[June Diane Raphael]

All right, so we are. We are nearing the end of this movie here.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Holy.

[Dave Steffi]

We gotta wrap this up. This is insane.

[Eliot Glazer]

Stiller delivers a couple sports monologues.

[June Diane Raphael]

How did you get that? Because in the beginning of the movie, he goes, how'd you get that? Baseball?

[Jason Mantzoukas]

And he's like, I'm not going to tell you.

[June Diane Raphael]

And then at the end, well, he.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Had a life changing experience. He wants to get it all out before he's gone. I mean, I get it. It makes sense.

[June Diane Raphael]

By the way, for a man who had a heart attack, he's totally fine. He's almost in a nursing home. Yeah, he's like in a beautiful, like, arboretum in a wheelchair.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

They actually shot that scene on the King of Queen set. They were like, listen, you're going to lose Stiller. You got to go to him. Shoot the scene there.

[June Diane Raphael]

Go, go, go.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

One of my favorite exchanges is as at the end, when all the buddy bros come back together in the. At the bar, and one of the guys GQ says to him, you look good. Lance Bass goes, I feel good. And the smart guy goes, you look good. My confers, rule of improv.

[Eliot Glazer]

Listen, it's been established, honestly, the writers and director didn't trust that all the lines would be heard again. There's something happening with the sound guys on the set. They just wanted to get all the lines a couple times.

[June Diane Raphael]

So this movie Was made for you. Anyone want to take a guess how much this movie was made for?

[Jason Mantzoukas]

I will say $12 million.

[June Diane Raphael]

June.

[Eliot Glazer]

Yeah, I'm gonna say like maybe 8.

[June Diane Raphael]

Jason.

[Dave Steffi]

20, 20.

[June Diane Raphael]

16 million bucks. And it made a whopping 4.3.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Just keep the money.

[Eliot Glazer]

4.3. That's a lot of money that didn't go on the screen.

[June Diane Raphael]

Yeah, there's nothing.

[Dave Steffi]

Terrible.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Yeah, it looks terrible.

[Eliot Glazer]

There's no hair and makeup department.

[June Diane Raphael]

Oh, no, no. Turkey Sub doesn't have hair and makeup for the first quarter of the movie.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Yeah, but Hubcap does.

[June Diane Raphael]

Hubcap has a lot. Oh, my gosh.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

I love too when Sambora and him show up at the end. It's like, it's like in Heat when Pacino and Geniro, finally, finally, these two screen legends are sharing the screen.

[Eliot Glazer]

I also loved in that scene, you know, everybody's. Everybody's found someone by the end. And the smart guy at the smart guy at the bottom turns around, he's listening to music. We're having a happy ending. And there's a girl holding an art book.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

An art book? An art book.

[Eliot Glazer]

Who I guess we're supposed to understand is smart and that they'll end up together.

[June Diane Raphael]

I guess so. By the way, the smart guy's in.

[Eliot Glazer]

A bar at night and holding an art book.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Like a coffee table book. It's a coffee table book.

[June Diane Raphael]

By the way, the smart. If this is like a real movie, the smart guy would not want any part of the dating. And he would be like, no, no, I want to find love. Realistically.

[Paul Scheer]

No.

[June Diane Raphael]

He's out there fucking girls just as.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Much as all the other females.

[June Diane Raphael]

So it's, it's not like a big deal that he found love because he even says like, oh, last night was awesome. Like, he's like, he's into it.

[Eliot Glazer]

The weird thing too about their plan is like, they seem to be meeting girls like every 15 minutes.

[June Diane Raphael]

Oh, yeah? Yeah.

[Eliot Glazer]

So is it about fucking them? Because they're meeting so, like, I don't know. Are they?

[Dave Steffi]

June, June. You just don't get what it is to be a guy.

[Eliot Glazer]

I guess not. I guess not.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

In the R rated version, they show them all fucking. It's all like immediate.

[June Diane Raphael]

Like the scene in wedding crowd, naked girls on the bed. Clearly we did not like this movie, but there are people who really did. And this is now time for a second opinion. These are Reviews culled from Amazon.com There's a couple of them this time because they were so great. I had to pull more than usual. This is a great One. This is written by Kerry Gilford. And this was written in 2001.

[Eliot Glazer]

That's not a real name.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

No one has that name.

[June Diane Raphael]

This is written by Cary Gilfeather. A real feel good movie when America needed it most.

[Eliot Glazer]

Oh, how dare you? Wow, I'm offended by that.

[Dave Steffi]

Horrible.

[June Diane Raphael]

Yeah, that's rough then. This is definitely a fake name. Tyresa Darksaber says Darksaber. Darksaber.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Come on, get a better fake name than that. Darksaber.

[June Diane Raphael]

Darksaber.

[Eliot Glazer]

What I love about that is I feel like people, even though these are positive reviews, nobody's willing to put themselves out there.

[June Diane Raphael]

These are five star reviews because this is a clean movie. Of course there might be some language, but it was totally void of any long petting scenes.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

That's Theresa Darksaber.

[June Diane Raphael]

Theresa Darksaber.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Isn't she on Game of Thrones?

[June Diane Raphael]

Now there's another one. These are written just by the blank names. I was very impressed with Joey and Lance's performance. There are better actors than these guys. But just imagine this movie with other people and you'll be fine.

[Eliot Glazer]

That's not my responsibility.

[June Diane Raphael]

That's a slam.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

That's a slam. That's not a good review.

[June Diane Raphael]

A five star review. If you don't like these guys, just imagine better people doing this.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

There are better actors, I'm not gonna lie. But if you imagine those better actors doing it, it's great.

[June Diane Raphael]

It also says here it could have been better with 15 or 20 minutes chopped off. It dragged down too long with 15 or 20. The movie's barely an hour, 58 minutes.

[Dave Steffi]

This could have been a good half hour sitcom.

[June Diane Raphael]

And this is my favorite one just because of the math of it. This is from Melissa Wilkins. For all the people who think it bombed, please keep in mind it was only in a thousand theaters. And when compared to the big pictures that show in more than 90,000 theaters.

[Dave Steffi]

90,000 theaters.

[June Diane Raphael]

They would have added, actually placed fourth for first week numbers. Not bad for a couple of boy band guys, huh? Thanks, Lance, for the great wholesome movie that we are so lacking. You don't have to be 14. I'm 35 and I enjoyed it. Aw, Paul.

[Eliot Glazer]

Let's stand the light, the heartbreak.

[June Diane Raphael]

90,000. No. By the way, just so you know, no movie is released on 90,000.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

There's not 90,000 screens ever.

[Dave Steffi]

There aren't 90,000 screens in America.

[June Diane Raphael]

Yeah, in the worldwide. I don't even know there's 90,000 screens basically in America. Like the most is like 3,000.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

I think it's 3,007. Hundred, I think 3,700.

[June Diane Raphael]

So 90,000. Yeah. If you put this. If it was released in 90,000 years.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

There might be 90,000 TV screens, but fucking movie screens, I don't know.

[June Diane Raphael]

So that is a sucker.

[Eliot Glazer]

I also love that at the very end when the Chicago Tribune.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

I'm sorry, guys, it's the Chicago Daily Post.

[Eliot Glazer]

I'm so sorry.

[June Diane Raphael]

We had a great article was that title.

[Eliot Glazer]

The Chicago Daily Post reports on this happy ending and publishes on the front page the worst picture of Turkey Sub and hup. Guess.

[June Diane Raphael]

Oh yeah. Oh my God, I already see that. Her eyes are closed.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

They were running out of money at that point. Like just fucking whatever. Use any. Just put two makeup stills together. Fucking fuck it.

[June Diane Raphael]

By the way, the end of this movie, the coverage on this event is like the space shuttle launch. It's like there's so many cameras. Everyone's gathered around their TVs, everyone's watching.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Civilians on the L platform are like, I'm not going to work today. Fuck my family. I'm gonna watch fucking Turkey Sub and fucking Hubcap shake hands. And then of course, like we said that just that great character driven. A little tag at the end with Timberlake.

[June Diane Raphael]

Oh, Timberlake. They actually was the best part of the movie. They stopped the end of the movie. It's almost. They didn't even trust it to be in the end credits. Yeah, Al Green starts singing again. Al Green comes up and he's singing. They cut that off immediately. And they go behind the scenes. And it was really behind the scenes.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

I've never seen that before.

[June Diane Raphael]

Yeah, it was. And it was just jt. But you get why jt. JT went on to a lot of bigger movies than this.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

He has more charisma than every single person in that movie combined.

[June Diane Raphael]

Oh, yeah, yeah.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

He's a movie star.

[June Diane Raphael]

Lance Bass, I guess he. What else did he do after this? I now pronounce you Chuck and Larry.

[Dave Steffi]

Well, he's now one of the biggest actors in America, isn't he?

[Jason Mantzoukas]

You're thinking of Ben Stiller, Jason.

[Dave Steffi]

Oh, my bad.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

But like in Chuck and Larry, I think it was just like a literally one off gay joke where some Sandler's like, yeah, look, this Lance Bass, he's a gay guy like me, you know, like it wasn't a big part. Well, Joey Fatone I know recently was on fucking like Celebrity Cook off and he brought as much energy to that as he did this movie.

[Eliot Glazer]

He looks like a guy, I really do.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

He seems like probably like the nicest guy in the world. He Tries really hard.

[June Diane Raphael]

Well, he was also. He was also in Jersey Shore Shark Attack. Oh, that's right, man. Cat Incubus and Karaoke Battle usa. The Kentucky Derby Imagination.

[Dave Steffi]

I genuinely hope you're looking these up and not reciting these for them.

[June Diane Raphael]

Beethoven's big break. The dog movie. Beethoven.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

So that year, like two years ago, the Oscars, it was no country for Old Men, There Will Be Blood, Jersey Shore, Shark Attack. What were the other ones?

[June Diane Raphael]

I think it was a dual year. Wasn't Mancation nominated? Mancation might have been there.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Yeah, yeah, I forgot that. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[June Diane Raphael]

Oh, my God. So that is this movie. Did we miss anything that anyone wants to chat about?

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Oh, God.

[Eliot Glazer]

Just strange that one of the big plot points is that they have this crazy connection because they can both recite every president in order.

[Paul Scheer]

Yeah, that's how they connect.

[Eliot Glazer]

That's like a huge part of their story.

[June Diane Raphael]

Their love that they know the president still love tears.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Tell me a secret you've never told before that is so fucking.

[Eliot Glazer]

You've never told a stranger.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

You're told a stranger. That's. That's madness.

[Dave Steffi]

Still the best.

[June Diane Raphael]

Oh, my God, guys, we have T shirts. They're awesome. They're brand new. They're Crank two. Inspired. Jason Oda made them for us and they're amazing. Our new guy pulling our clips, Dave Steffi. Thank you for pulling our clips for on the Line. Didn't mean to make you watch it. Would you guys recommend people seeing this movie? I think I would.

[Eliot Glazer]

I think it's a fun movie.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

I think it's a fun movie to watch. Clearly. Tracy Lightsaber thinks it's good.

[June Diane Raphael]

Theresa Dark Saber.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Dark Saber thinks it's good family fun. It's a movie to watch if you're, you know, you know, eight year old girl who's had some head trauma.

[June Diane Raphael]

And if you have YouTube, you can watch it in easy installments.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Oh, yeah, just go to Lance Bass fan page. Remember, it is posted with the express permission of Lance Bass.

[June Diane Raphael]

You can follow us on Twitter. I am Paul Sheer.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Isjunedian ikebarinholtz.

[June Diane Raphael]

There you go.

[Dave Steffi]

I'm not on Twitter, guys. I'm not on Twitter.

[June Diane Raphael]

Jason, not on Twitter.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

2012, man. You gotta get on there, bud.

[June Diane Raphael]

And Jason, you have a big movie coming out this week, the Dictator.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Yes.

[June Diane Raphael]

Coming out. Yup.

[Dave Steffi]

Please, everybody go next Wednesday the 16th. Please go and see the Dictator. Dictator.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Can't wait.

[June Diane Raphael]

It's gonna be awesome. All right, well, that is all. Thank you, Ike, so much for being here.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Thank you.

[June Diane Raphael]

You're awesome.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Love the show. Love the podcast.

[June Diane Raphael]

This is amazing. You have to come back. All right, thanks so much. That's it.

[Jason Mantzoukas]

Bye.

[June Diane Raphael]

Bye, bye.

[Ike Barinholtz]

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[Jason Mantzoukas]

Hey, everybody.

[Paul Scheer]

Conan o' Brien here with an ad about my podcast. Conan o' Brien needs free a a friend. I've had so many fantastic conversations with people. I truly admire. People like Michelle Obama, Bruce Springsteen, Maya Rudolph, Tom Hanks. New episodes are out every Monday, and we have a really good time. So subscribe and listen wherever you get your podcasts.