Comedy Bang Bang: The Podcast - Bonus Bang: Jon Hamm, Edgar Wright, Paul F. Tompkins, Jessica McKenna (Going Hamm)

Episode Date: September 19, 2024

This is part 3 of our "Going Hamm" series, originally episode #494 titled "Face Fox". Jon Hamm and Edgar Wright join Scott to talk about their new film “Baby Driver,” Edgar’s first film “A Fistful of Fingers,” water, and musicals. Then, vigilante hero JW Stillwater returns to seek help from Scott, Jon, and Edgar with an issue of women being trapped in a room with no access to men. Plus, little girl Beth rides into the studio once again on her power wheels to talk about summer plans and her dad’s whereabouts.  Get access to all the podcasts you love, music channels and radio shows with the SiriusXM App! Get 3 months free using this show link https://siriusxm.com/cbb and code CBB.

Hey everyone, this is your host Scott Aukerman, and welcome to this week's Bonus Bang! This is episode three in our Going Ham series. Each week of this series, we're highlighting a great episode with our fan-favorite friend, Jon Hamm from Mad Men. This week's episode is number 494. It's called FaceFox. It was released on June 26th, 2017. Not only does it have the titular Ham,

but it features Edgar Wright, Paul F. Tompkins, and Jessica McKenna. So come for John Ham, stay for the classic CBB characters of J.W. Stillwater and Power Wheels Beth. And of course, if you like what you hear and you want to hear the entire CBB archive, you can become a subscriber at CBBworld.com,

where you can find every episode we've ever recorded, as well as every single live episode. We're gonna be back Monday with a new episode of Comedy Bang Bang. Until then, enjoy this bonus bang. ["Comedy Bang Bang"] Come and eat my pie Come and eat my pie Come and eat my pie Pie

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Oh god. Welcome to Comedy Bang Bang for another week. We are, and this is, it's always a pleasure to say this, but we are officially balls deep in June. It's always the last Monday of every month, it's my pleasure to say that we are officially balls deep in June. It's always the last Monday of every month it's my pleasure to say that we are officially balls deep and dads and grads having a hell of a time this month I hope you enjoy it. Hey person am I right? Dad or grad? I'm a grad Scott. You are a grad, you're not a dad. Unidentified person across from me, or grad Neither neither neither neither neither wait you said neither though

Either either let's call the whole thing off do British people kept to say any word the way they want and you can just say Yeah, I'm British Well, you know what I did on this well, I'm unidentified but on this car Maybe I just made, it was a total struggle all the way through the shoot to say, hood and trunk, hood and trunk, not bonnet and boot, not bonnet and boot. Because when you say to stunt guys, big tough stunt guys,

and he just slides over the bonnet, they're like, what? It is very, it's a little too feminine for a, you know? Why would you call the hood of a car a bonnet anyway? Because it's the head and the boot is the back of it, I guess. Because Thomas the Tank Engine told them to. Okay. And that's where boots go is in the butt? Because bonnets are on your top and boots are on your bottom, I guess that's right.

Oh, I see. Oh, I understand. I don't know, that might be complete bullshit. This is before the movie Cars came out. I'm going to claim that that's correct. We're going to identify you guys in just a moment. We're having a great time and, look, it's the end of the month, we're balls deep.

Let's just have a little fun. I mean, this is a late night recording session. This is at four in the morning and emergency session. I, let me give a little background. I saw, many of you know I love film. The art of it, I love art in general. The comedic, the dramatic. I'm a big fan of, look, we started telling stories

back during caveman days. Yes, they were boring. They were all about cavemen. Have you ever seen the movie Caveman with Ringo Starr? It's super boring, right? Quest, shooting us down, Bob or back. Super boring, right? Quest for Fire, another boring caveman story. Another boring, boring film.

Now, cut to, or smash cut to today where we have films, and this is what I like, is I like the art of film. And I saw a film a couple of times the other day, and in fact, in different cities, and I'm trying to see this film in every city in the continental United States. You know, I think I'm gonna get there. It can be done.

It is a film entitled Baby Driver. It comes out in two days. If you're listening to this, the date came out. So Wednesday, the 28th of June, in theaters across the land and in different countries. This is exciting. It comes out in Hood and Trunk country and in Bonnet and Boot country. That's right. And have you memorized any other terms for these in any other language? No, we have not.

You really, really should. I should. We have the writer and director here, maybe a producer too, probably, right? Yes. And we also have the star and maybe a producer? No. Okay. Okay.

Okay. But we have these two gentlemen who have worked together, they've played together, they work hard and when they get off work, they play hard. And that's very important in this business. We have of course Edgar Wright and John Ham. Both returnees. Welcome back gentlemen. Thank you so much. We've never been on together.

Never together. Never together. Mm hmm. So this is the inaugural British American bang bang situation. That's right. Because you've normally come on with British people. All Brits. And I only come on with Americans. Yeah exactly. Because actually. And never the twain shall meet until tonight. We're reaching across the water is what we're doing. Yes exactly. Across the pond as they say. Across the pond. Do you find that emasculating to call it a pond Edgar?

The Atlantic Ocean? I guess so. It's bigger than a pond. It's an ocean. I mean the thing is that if you're in LA it's really difficult to reach across the pond, because you have to reach across the whole of the states as well. That's true. That's just like an extra hardship. Yeah, but guys, with the internet now, it's like super easy. You can like Skype and you can text. Mm-hmm. We started the internet back during caveman days. That was how they originally, that was their first quest.

The original internet was like... The second quest was for fire. the first one was for Wi-Fi the quest correct password I Like it the quest for Wi-Fi er John Ham. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to the show guys. So good to see you This is the kind of humor That you can find in the movie baby driver Let's talk about Baby Driver.

First off, I've seen it a couple of times as of this recording, and I'm still confused. Is it the sequel to Boss Baby? It is not the sequel to Boss Baby. That's disappointing to me. I mean, in theory it could be. We don't know what happened to the baby at the end of... Yeah, he grows up, he starts driving cars. Maybe in live action. I haven't seen the Boss Baby, but I'm presuming that the baby does not die at the end.

I think that would be a great idea for the end of Boss Baby, is just, you know, smothers to death at the very end. Boss Baby 2. Oh God. Boss Baby 2. Bailing out. The funeral. You're bailing. You're bailing on this bit. There was a Sid's joke there that I was not going to do and then I just said it anyway, so who cares.

Please don't. This is a great, great film. I'm a big fan of it. There's nothing better than sitting down in a darkened room with a collection of strangers and who, I don't know these people, why would I ever sit in a room with them we don't know but then the lights go down and suddenly the flickering from the black the back of the room comes at sometimes at 24 frames per second and I'm just transported into another world and I'm like wow is this real life where everything's cut off at around waist level?

No, this is a film. And this is one of the best that I've seen in a long, long time. I usually can't see a film more than even once sometimes. I'm a guy, I like to bail at the end of the second act. That's usually where I am. Like, I get it. I understand. Things are sad. things are bad for the main character Yeah, you're like a half-naked kind of guy is the point of like the you know, the sad point of the movie

I like I'm out that way things don't get better after that in movies. Do they you know that bridesmaids has a happy ending, right? She's depressed she's making fakes But this is this is a great, great film. Edgar, you wrote and directed it. If I had to guess, this is your fifth film? It's my sixth film. What's funny is I made a film when I was 20, which regularly gets left off my resume.

And I never correct them. What is that film? Because I don't believe I've seen it. It's a wait, it's not a Star Wars film, is it? No, I made a film when I was 20 called, get ready, A Fistful of Fingers. I like it. Western. And, you know, so it was... That has screened. It has screened. In fact, it actually had its like... It never screened in the US until two years ago sin of family showed it and I made in

1995 I know you can't believe that I'm now I made in 1995 and when it's screened at the sin of family had never screened in North America So we called it the US premiere 20 is late Wow, it It is 78 minutes long. That's, I mean, that's feature length. And about six minutes of that is credits. And basically I didn't really have enough material for a feature, so I really padded it out.

Did you have credits at the beginning and credits at the end, too? Yes, very long credits sequence at the start and a very long credits sequence at the end. And here's the thing what happened. When I made the movie, I basically had not, I shot for 21 days, I had not shot enough stuff for it to be a feature film. And I wanted to cut it down to like 60 minutes. And the producer said, you can't do that. It's not a feature film.

It's got to be at least over 75 to be a feature. So then I was stuck. I couldn't cut out any of the bits that I thought were lame. And I had to pad it out. So I had a long opening sequence, a long credit sequence, and I put a scene in the dark in the middle of the film. So just literally black screen. Well, there was a scene.

There was a campfire scene where the two cowboy heroes, or cowboy and Indian, rather, one of them blows out the fire at the end of the scene. And the scene ended with them having a campfire chat, and then he blew out the fire. And I was thinking, I could just put leader in the middle, like have a black screen and just get the actors to just talk for another two minutes.

Wow. Two minute long song in the dark. Yes. So here's the thing. In the UK, it got released at one cinema. So it got reviewed. And most people sort of bring it up. In the US, when I came to the US and did press for Shaun of the Dead,

people said, so with your debut movie, Shaun of the Dead, I go, yes, continue. So I'm a liar, basically. This is your sixth film, but fifth really. It is my fifth movie over 78 minutes long. OK, great. OK, that is the bar. And this is the first one that you've,

unless you wrote Fistful of Fingers by yourself, but this is the first one you've written by yourself that I can remember, unless you did Scott Pilgrim. Well, God, now I'm just confused. You know what? It is the first film that I've written solo if you discount Fistful of Fingers. Okay. But we don't talk about Fistful of Fingers in this country. So yes, Scott, it is the first film that I wrote on my own. Mm-hmm, mm-hmm, mm-hmm. So yes, Scott, it is the first film that I wrote on my own.

So yes, I co-wrote Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, The World's End. I co-wrote Scott Pilgrim, but this is my first solo effort, apart from the other one. Right. Now, some would say, well, without the other guys, I'm out, but I'm here to tell you that this is a great, great film.

Would you say better without the other guys, Scott? I mean, look, they're friend... You know, one of them's been on the show before. They don't listen to it, though. Oh, they don't listen to it. Oh, yeah. These guys are dead weight. You should have ditched them long ago. Let's bring them in.

Oh, shit! Oh, no! No, this is a great achievement. I was I was talking to a friend, you know what, actually a family member. We were at the Olive Garden and I was trying to describe the film and this is a person who doesn't go to the movies a lot. But does get all that. Was it a family member because you were at the Olive Garden and in there your family? Exactly, exactly. Okay, fair enough. And so they looked at me like the title was crazy. I said, oh, it's great. It's a movie called Baby Driver. And they're like, baby? Driver? Like, what are these words doing together?

And so they asked me what it was and the best way that I could describe it was, what it was and the best way that I could describe it was it's like if The Fast and the Furious was going on and suddenly the actors in there got tired of it and the director got tired of it and said hey let's do a musical instead. Is that accurate? I think so. And then they went back to The Fast and the Furious and then they kept switching back and forth. When I first pitched it, I did say that the most simplest explanation of the film was a car movie driven by music. So that was my very short pitch. And did they say, we want you to continue and give us a longer pitch? No, I mean that was always the idea. So basically, it's like a car chase movie, but the lead character, the titular baby himself,

is listens to music the entire time. And so you see, I don't want to say you see the movie through his ears, but that sounds really strange. You hear the movie through his ears, through his eyes. Through his eyes. And both times I've seen it, you've gotten up and talked before it, and I don't think this ruins the film to say that, and it enhances it perhaps,

because both times I've seen it, you did this, but you have had this idea for a long time. Yeah. You made a video for what musical group was it that? It's a band called Mint Royale. Mint Royale. You made a video that sort of explored the opening sequence of this film a little bit and thought to yourself, oh, did I burn the idea?

But then you developed this idea into a full-length feature film. Yeah. And in fact, that video ended up being a benefit because it starred Noel Fielding from The Mighty Bouj, but pre-Mighty Bouj fame. So that video just kept bouncing around like it had just come out. Even like 10 years later, I made that video in 2002. People were still sharing that video saying, have you seen this Edgar Wright video with Nold Fielding like we just did it yesterday? Interesting. And what happened to the band since then?

They still, right? They're like a dance act, but they're like not really in the video. The video had Julian Barrett Nick Frost Noel Fielding and Michael Smiley in it And there's a tiny clip of the video in the movie. That's right. Yeah. Yeah, so yeah I basically like so that was just I but that wasn't the thing is sometimes people have said Oh the film is based on the music video But the real truth of it is is I had the idea for the. And then I don't know if you've ever done music videos, but it's very similar to doing cramming for an exam.

It's 1130 the night before you're supposed to hand in a treatment on the Monday morning. It's like, oh god, what am I going to do for MIT Royal? Ah, shit. Maybe I should use this idea. And then I did it and made the video, and then immediately, initially regretted it. Because I was like, oh, why did I squander the idea

on that 30 grand music video? But now it doesn't matter. It doesn't matter at all. I was like, oh, why did I squander the idea on that 30 grand music video? But now it doesn't matter. It doesn't matter at all. In fact, it immediately, it later became a help to the movie. Right, because then you could show someone. I could say, oh, like this. It's sort of like this.

Yeah. Right, yeah, yeah, great. So this is, can you describe, and we'll get to you, John, in a second. What? You've been very, very patient. Is this enough? You've been a good little boy. Which one are you? I'm sorry. You've been a good little boy. Which one are you? I'm sorry.

You've been a good, good little boy. Oh, yes. It's just so dark in this room. I kind of knotted off there. This is almost like we blew out a campfire in here. It's like a lot of people don't know that Blake Edwards' movie, Skin Deep, the famous glow-in-the-dark condom scene, was inspired by Fistful of Fingers.

Really? How did they go back in time to 1989? It's hard to explain. They first came up with the time travel technology. Then you immediately needed something. Are those fluorescent condoms like time machines? I think so. I think if you get enough of them in one room, time stands still or reverses or goes forward,

depending on the color, of course. I've always thought the way British people say condoms is annoying. What do you think about that? Wait, how do you say it? Condoms. Condoms. See, they actually pronounce the second O and we substitute it with U. The thing is, is there any noun in the UK you can use as an insult.

So it would be like saying to the to saying shut the fuck up you condom That's right. It's we were talking about potato before we said and to underline the second syllable like name a noun John You name a noun you're good at this game name a noun sock Suck you and now you say it as it needs to be two syllable. Oh, no. No, maybe it doesn't let's hear it Insult me by calling me a sock. Why do you f off you fucking sock? Well it works, right? It works. Everything works in a Ray Winstone voice though. It's true.

And by the way, I think this happens whether you're in the US or in Britain. Anytime you imitate a course person, you usually, like you have an accent that goes down a class level. Oh yes, absolutely. You know, like if we're here in the US, we go, hey, get the fuck out of here, and we go southern. Meanwhile, you go sort of, is that sort of cockneyish or? When me and Simon were writing, me and Simon Deadweight Peg, we were writing Hot Fuzz,

we both are from the West Country, but my parents weren't from the West Country, Simon's were, but when we were trying to remember the accent of where we lived, we would have to swear to get into the accent. So it would be if you were trying to do the sense memory of an accent, you'd have to go, shut the fuck up, you fucking wanker. And it would only be if I was trying to like do the accent, the only thing I could think of a saying was swearing in the accent. So does that mean you've changed your accent over the years?

No, I never really had the accent because my parents were not from that area. I see. Interesting. Simon did, though. Simon did, and he changed his accent. Yeah. Interesting. Why would he do such a thing?

Well, I think so. You know, just— To seem smarter? I don't know why people do that. It's called received pronunciation in the UK. Do you have that over here? RP? RP? Yeah well, nothing of just like, you know, elocution lessons of just dropping your likes of

Regional accent and sounding more it's it kind of happens like, you know, it's a the flat kind of Midwestern Accent what a teenage John Hamm sound like a lot like me Never wanted to sound like I was from Missouri, which is very Midwestern. What is a Missouri accent? Oh, yeah, like the Sclar's can do it really well, too. But they're like, it sounds kind of like Chicago guys. Like all the A's get flattened out, and you start talking like that.

And it's, you know, give me a glass of water. Water. Water. Water. Water. My dad would have water, and he'd put milk in his coffee. I was talking yesterday to somebody about the Kenneth Branagh film Dead Again. Kenneth Branagh plays a detective in that?

Yes. Yeah. And his name is Mike Church and my friend, Reese Shearsmith from the League of Gentlemen, had this theory that he's only called Mike Church so he can try and get into his American accent. Hey, my name is Mike Church. I'm Mike Church. Hey, Detective Mike Church. I found any time anyone from Britain imitates

a US persimmon-like actors when they do it in a movie, they end up sounding like Mandy Patinkin. Ha ha ha ha! It's very weird. It's for, the word that trips me up the most with my British accent is the thing that I need the most is water. I say water in a diner and they look at me like, I'm fucking insane.

And I feel so bad I literally have to go, can I get some water please? Water. Water. I feel like some water. Now you're making me self-conscious about saying the word water. I hope I don't say it during the show.

If I was crawling through the desert, Water, if I was crawling through the desert. Water. If I was crawling through the desert and dying, and I met a Los Angeles waitress, I would. First of all, kind of fun. OK, yes. It's kind of an amazing, amazing, yeah. What is she doing there?

Well, I guess it's a desert near the, you know. Well, it's probably the Mojave. Mojave Desert. Yeah. Yeah. I just think that I could easily die if she couldn't understand me, and I couldn't get back into my Unless I could conjure up water, but this is I would have a feeling had that had that exact situation occurred

She probably would have made the leap right Okay, I'm very 15% of my lot of your I know bodies water Do you believe we're made up of so much water? I mean, the Earth is... 99% of the body is water. The Earth is 70% water. Tell that to the aliens in science. Welcome to Water Talk, Airwolf's latest...

Water. ...fine podcast. But, I want to hear you Americans say water. I mean, say it in an English accent. Water. Water. Oh, there you go. Perfect. Water. Water. That's water.

Condom. Condom. Would you put some water in my condom? Can't use it twice, Scott. That's not water. Really? And that's not my condom. You really shouldn't use it twice.

Edgar, I was going to ask, though, can you describe the plot of this film without giving too much away? First of all, what is the least amount of information you can give away to get someone excited about the plot of the film without giving anything away? What do you think? And how many words can you do it in? Make a prediction. Oh my god. I'll give you, I can do it in ten words. Okay, this is not how you play it play it, let me do it. Okay, I'll try it in ten words.

No, we're supposed to- okay, you can do it in ten words, I can do it in nine words. Badass Action Car Chase Musical with Jon Hamm, eight words. Eight words! Did you count badass as one word or two words? I counted it as one, so if he's saying that two words- It is one word, no, it is one word. I counted it as one word. Yeah, it is. I can do it in three. You can do it in one word. Yeah, it is three you can do in three do it John

Action heist musical action heist musical I can do it in one. Let's hear it Movie, ah, yes. I Like I mean, I love movies too. I think we should all go see this movie. Hey, let's do an episode of I love movies I love movies too. I think we should all go see this movie. Hey, let's do an episode of I love movies No one has that title John turning to you You do not play the titular baby driver. I don't and Is that disappointing for you deal to not be titular? Well, I mean you you have a career where you've played the titular character. You've been the madman. I'm mostly titular.

You mostly are. You're all titular. Oh yeah, your character name is Don Madman, isn't it? Don, Donald Madman. You also played Dr. Day the Earth Stood Still. Yes, that was a big part of my upcoming career. And you're also Detective the Town in The Town. I was.

I was Mike Church, Detective Mike Church. It's pronounced Thetown. But he pronounced it Thetown. And my character, Stephen Bridesmaids, was really integral to the story, I thought. Let's talk about the cast in this film, because in addition to John, we have Jamie Foxx. Who else is in the film? John Hamm. Sure.

You know. I already mentioned him. Ansel Elgort and Lily James are sort of two. He's the titular star. He's the titular star. He's great. I was not familiar with him before the film and now... Mostly, I think the most famous movie that he did was The Fault in Our Stars. And now I just want to see a movie starring him. There you go. Like put him in everything. He's amazing.

You're all in for Elgort? Yep. Ha ha ha ha. Um, Ansel Elgort, Lily James, John Hamm, Kevin Spacey, Jamie Foxx, John Bernthal, uh, an actress called Aysa Gonzalez, um... Wanna try that again? Aysa Gonzalez. There you go.

Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers. John Spencer. John Sp... There's lots of musicians in it. John Spencer is in it. Lot of musical cameos in there. Sky Ferraro Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers. John Spencer. There's lots of musicians in it. A lot of musical cameos in there. Sky Ferraris in there. Sharpe-eyed viewer. Paul Williams is in the movie. Yes.

How do you get an actor the caliber of Flea in the film? You know, as I've said to you, well, Flea, I know socially. That sounds... Well, we all know him from the Red Hot Chili Peppers, of course. He's the bassist. Yes, he's the bassist. Uh, I know him socially because we have a mutual friend in music. Oh, Anthony Kiedis.

Yes. Um, and I was at a dinner and I literally went over to my producer, we said, we should cast Flea in the movie. And it was as simple as that. And then we asked him and he said, oh, I'd love to. And he's great in it. He's great. Couldn't be nicer either. Like, he's the nicest guy.

Nice guy, does great work with children, great guy, and is great in the film. Hollywood local. He is. He truly, truly is. I think he wants the Hollywood high, right? Yes. Crazy.

One of the sheiks. That's right. That's right. John, what was your experience like making this film? First of all, you had to go to Atlanta for a long time. Yeah. Atlanta's a great city. Donald Glover's Atlanta.

They're renaming it. Is that really? Is that going on the Chamber of Commerce? It is. Donald Glover's Atlanta? Okay. It was great. It was lovely to be down there.

There's tons of fun stuff to do. Going to work was a dream to work with somebody like Edgar because he's so well-prepared, and we were all very excited to sort of make this thing. When you say well-prepared, now Edgar, you told a story South by Southwest. I don't know how much of this is true or if I heard it wrong,

but did you board out the entire film to music before shooting it so you knew exactly what shots you would need to the second? Yes that's true. Oh thank god. I know that sounds kind of like, slightly rain-manish but it's true. I mean no it's just I sort of it was a very ambitious movie and we didn't have as much time as we'd have liked but you never have enough time. Who did the voices? What voices? In the in the boarding of the movie. Oh mean as, we did actually, well we did a read through. We had some pre-vis. We had some pre-vis and we did a read through of the movie and occasionally we'd use bits

of that dialogue to time it out. Oh. So you have basically, you get to show everyone on set like, oh okay, this is the shot we're doing and then your script supervisor would call out to you, no, you're three seconds over, and stuff like that. Well, we had an editor on set. My editor was on set. So we would be, Snippy. That's what I call editors.

Hey, Snippy, get over here. Wesley Snips is his name. Yeah. He, but basically, we would have it like set to music so sometimes it'd be something where we're doing a shot and I would say to him does that fit and he'd be like yes and then we'd move on. So sometimes I'd move back a bit. It was amazing to have that luxury as well because you, we would shoot, you shoot these things and it's, you're getting minuscule parts of this hoping

it's gonna make in, you going to make a larger picture. And by the end of the day, Paul would cut something together. And you would get to see it on the day. And it would be rough. I mean, you know, there wasn't fine tuned or anything, but you would see it timed up to the music and whether or not it worked, at least in theory. Yeah. And then you know, if you had to like go back over and get something else or whatever. And it was really satisfying to go through a day and see like 35 you know kind of storyboards you know and just cross them

off. That's incredible. I mean a lot of people something this complicated yeah it was just to break it down like that it's what I mean like why it was so fun to go to work because there's just no wasted energy and with all of the stuff that could go wrong you know weather and stunts and cars and I mean a lot of the stuff that could go wrong, weather and stunts and cars and I mean, a lot of the stuff in the movie is practical. A lot of the stunts and a lot of that. The stunts in the film are incredible and the car chases and we're used to now

seeing car chases with green screens and not even chases now. Anytime you see cars in, even in Mad Men sometimes, you'd see driving shots and you can tell there's a green screen going on. But almost, I mean, I don't know. Did you ever use a green screen? I'd say, hold on Edgar. I was really disappointed with Mad Men.

It's not a show about cars. You understand? Yeah, but I mean, there was other things in the show. No, it just takes me out of it. Out of the sixties. Oh yeah. Well, that's another thing. You didn't like that either?

Well, John, a lot is coming out about this show. I know you's another thing. You didn't like that either? Well, John, I know you. You're not in the 60s. That's fair, Scott, but I'm an actor. It takes me out of it every single episode. I'm also not a world-weary criminal. You're doing this well anymore. I've seen the error of my ways.

Listen, John, if you'd worn one of those fluorescent condoms, you could have shot it in the 60s. Oh, man. But did you use any actual green screen in this? I'd say like 90% of it is real, maybe 10% green screen for a couple of tricky things. But that did mean that with shots of actors, which usually in a lot of other movies nowadays, they just do them on green screen later. I don't think on the Fast and the Furious movies, those actors are not necessarily in the same country as where the stunt team are.

Right, yeah. But with this, we shot everything for real, so Mr. John Hamm, to my left here, was racing down the I-85 at like 80 miles an hour. Doing like a serious like 180 on an active freeway. Did you actually drive it? I wasn't driving, I was a passenger in the car as well. Oh, that's right, yeah, of course, baby was driving. It's a...

What am I thinking? Well, you do drive a car in some of this. I don't want to give too much away, but you do drive in the film. That's not a spoiler. No, I do drive and I did a lot of my own driving in this, but it was, it was hard, hard stoppingly terrifying to drive down this thing, throw the car into a spin

on a freeway. I mean, yes, we had a lot of the stunt cars around us and everything, but you're still going 80 miles an hour one way the wrong way. And then yeah, back in traffic, kiddie pools on all sides of the car, just in case you were thrown from the car and you had to like land in anything. We did. They were four tiny pools with water. I thought so.

Traditional Hollywood safety. So good, good, good. Are big pillows with a lot of feathers. Yes, yeah. Like, just fun. Like, just in case anything goes wrong, it's not an accident, it's a fun accident. Big pillow budget on this film. How do you cast the people in this film, especially the Ansel is his name, how do you cast someone like that?

He's got to do so much, he's got to drive, he's got to dance. He's got to act Did did did he was he doing a dialect or is that his actual no? He was doing like a sort of Kind of southern things so he's got to do that too How do you how do you cast him and then with John is it just like hey John? Do you want to do this film that space the latter part absolutely? It's like John I've written this role with you in mind. Please do the movie That's how that works and so because it's like a you know the've written this role with you in mind, please do the movie. That's how that works. And so, because it's like a, you know, the character is written as like a 20-year-old, I basically like saw all of the young actors out there.

I didn't get a call. I'm a little upset. So I, but he was one of those people who could... 28-year-old man. Scott, is this metric years? How does that work? Well, and so there's 21 and it, you know, it was interesting. Scott, is this metric years? How does that work? Well, Ansel is 21 and it was interesting.

I auditioned a lot of actors and some of them are like people in their late 20s who were auditioning for it as well. And not only was Ansel the best basically, but also I felt like, oh, it's really going to be great to kind of have this like, he's a baby face. His youth plays in the kind of dynamic in the gang as well. Sort of like he seems like this sort of naive one. It's still very sweet and you can root for him even though he's essentially committing crimes. Yes. He's sort of an unpaid intern in this gang, basically. Did you do a dance audition with him? Or did you? Sort of. We did stuff where we would, when we did the auditions we would play. The weird thing was I had to do a dance audition. That's very odd. I don't know of dance in the film. Like 16 bars. Yeah, it was really weird. I had to do a dance on it. That's very odd. I don't know if dance in the film. Like 16 bars.

Yeah, it was really weird. I had a, and most of it was topless, which I thought was a weird choice. But thanks, I guess I got it. It worked. It worked. Oh yeah, definitely. Yeah, so we played the songs in during the audition scenes.

You know, so it'd be something where he'd be doing a dialogue scene. I said, do you want me to play the music that's in the scene? He goes, sure. And you just play it for mood, and then he'd sort of do the dialogue on top of scene. I said, do you want me to play the music that's in the scene? He goes, sure. And you just play it for mood, and then he'd sort of do the dialogue on top of it. Or like, you know. But he also is like a musician, and he's got a dance background and stuff. So it's actually, all of that stuff, when you have like any musical training,

either playing instruments or like dance, it always like really helps with action choreography. And people, you know, pretty much everybody in the movie has some kind of musical background, like dance, it always like really helps with action choreography. And people, you know, pretty much everybody in the movie has some kind of musical background, like Jamie, Kevin, not so much you. Well, John, but you've spent a life in the theater. I have. You've been around the art of dance.

Sure. Did you ever do a musical, John? I have done three musicals. Let's tick them off. Carousel in high school. As did I in high school when I was 14, and as did my friend, Paul of Tompkins. I don't know if you know him.

I haven't seen him in a while. I do know him. I then followed that up. Who did you play by the way? Were you Billy Bigelow? I was in the chorus. Oh, you were in the chorus. As was I.

I was also the star keeper. Oh. And then I followed that up my senior year in high school with Godspell. I was in Godspell in my junior year. Where I played the titular god of spelling. I was Judas. I was Judas.

Oh, really? Some men are born to be. Is that what the music's about? I wonder if I could go through that song again. Some men are born to liberties, doing what they please. Switching them bees are in honey. Never doing love, never doing love lots of gold from thin air

the best in every town, best at breaking down, best at making mountains of money they can't take it with us, but what do they care? they get the center of the meat, motion of the seat, castles on the street where it's sunny something on the thing, something on the thing, then it's all good air but who is the land for the sun and the sand for? you guessed, it's all for the best Christmas carol. So good. What was the third?

Quickly, quickly. Assassins. Oh, who's you playing that? Leon Trollgoach, the guy who had to sing. Claim the Sylvester Stallone role? It says four notes, that's about all I got. Doug Benson had a joke that Sylvester Stallone puts the ass in Assassins, and Antonia Banderas

puts the other ass in assassins Always very funny Doug Benson rest in peace Taken by the storm in Houston, let's Tell me tell me a secret about this film that you're not gonna tell anyone else in the press because I know how it is When you're talking about these films films it's like you tell the same stories over and over this is you know this is this is podcasting this is where we break it down and we do things a little more you know just a little more not as formal not as strictly formal so tell me something interesting about

Edgar or me? I'll take it from either of you at this point. Well this is the first time in a movie that I've full-frontedly nude. Yes, that's true. So that was surprising. Can I tell you a secret? Sure. I am not impressed. Sorry.

It wasn't for you. All these stories I read about online, they're not accurate. Just because I'm not nude right now, and it is very dark in here. That's true. Doesn't mean I won't be nude later. Okay, thank you. Which is I know what you're going for. Yes, it is, it truly is.

Edgar, is this a film? Is this a film? It is a film. Okay, good. But is this film a dream come true for you? Is it the most personal of your films? Is it the least personal of your films? No, I think it's very personal in terms of it's about... I have a real passion for music, so it's something that I've been dreaming of doing for a long time.

And even though it's a departure from the other movies and it's a bit more of an action film than it's not really a comedy, but it is also the oldest idea I've had. I've had this idea in my brain for like 22 years. 22 years. 22 years rattling around up there in the old nog. I know. I thought of it when I was five years old You're my age Is a real nog rattler? Can I get on the poster is that pull quote? Yeah

Nag rattler, oh I gotta see this shit This is a follow-up song to rolling in' in the Deep, I think, is Rattlin' in the Nog. Rattlin' in the Nog. This truly is a great, great film. I want everyone to see it. How many screens are we opening up on? I don't know these hard numbers, actually. You can only watch one one at a time, so it really doesn't matter.

One near you. One near you, yeah. Don't feel like you need to drive out of your way. Just go to one near you. One near you, a theater near you. It totally makes sense to do that. But Edgar will follow up on this. It needs to be seen large and loud.

Yes, with like a good stereo, at least stereo. Yes. Maybe 5.1. Maybe 5.1, but if you don't see it in mono. Dolby Atmos if you can find it. We put it in Dolby Atmos. Is it in Atmos? Really? Yeah. Yeah, so I mean there's so much how many there's 30 songs on the soundtrack how many are in the actual? 35 songs maybe 36 songs in the movie, but 30 songs on the soundtrack. Which 6 did not make the soundtrack? Ones that were either too long or too... I was trying to make the album

like... Sort of like a mixtape and flows really well. Like summer jams. So some of the moody ones had to go. Well there's also the the original track too which is very cool. I listened to it the other day. The Danger Mouse, Run the Jewels one. And also the Sky for Area does the Commodore's Easy as well. Yeah. Underrated song. Beautiful song. Beautiful, beautiful song. I don't understand it. Easy like Sunday morning. Well, he's saying it's very like a Sunday morning kind of attitude.

You might have a brunch. Oh, I work on Sundays. You might wake up late. Oh, so Sunday morning for you is much more difficult. Oh, I've never understood it. It's very stressful. Yeah, okay. Well, no, no, no.

Oh, so that, oh, I understand. Now I see. I'm glad. I actually saw the nickel drop. That was very nice So go out and see those of you listening at home Scott's mind is operated by Pocket change do you say you put up a nut penny drop in this country? No nickel. I think nickel, right? I say nickel back. Yeah All right, so go see moment of silence for Doug Benson. Oh man, that was so nice.

Everybody literally did a double take. The irony of him dying is that, you know, Doug loves storms. He does. He's a real storm chaser. He's a real storm chaser. He loves to be in the eye of the road. I want to put him in the film twister. Yes.

Go see this film, Baby Driver, I can't stress enough. Great film. Can you guys stick around? We need to take a break. Love to. Oh, love to. When we come back we're gonna delve in even deeper into this film. I want to hear about the themes. I want to hear what motivates all of the characters. I want a scene-by-scene breakdown of what lenses you use. We're gonna do all of this after the break. Great. Comedy Bang Bang, more with Edgar, more with John right after this. Yeah.

Yeah. Comedy Bang Bang, we're back here. Our old friends, John Hamm and Edgar Ryder here, and we're on the precipice of the release of Baby Driver. What Oscars do we think we're up for come 2018? Listen, on a serious note, I think, I hope that it would get something like sound effects editing. Oh, of course, come on, at the very least.

At the very least. They don't do stunts. They do not do stunts, very controversially. They should. They should. The stunts are in the SAG Awards, but stunts are not in the Oscars, which is one of the few departments that is not like, you know... Yeah, certainly below the line. It's very silly. Yeah. John, what number were you on the call sheet?

I don't know. I don't remember. You don't know? One and a half? One and a half one and a half one a shit I Honestly don't know I might have been for You might have been for who's number one number one would be answer. That was the answer. Okay, who's number two? Is that Lily probably Kevin? Okay, so let's break it down because this is what this is inside showbiz stuff that I love. Oh, no, wait. Paul Williams is number one.

In our hearts. Yes. Who do we have? Where's Jamie Foxx land on this? Let me see if I can pull up an old call sheet. Yeah, pull it up for us, please. I want to see it. I don't know, I honestly, I would say off the top of my head,

I would say that maybe, did you say you might be 4, John? Yes. Well then I think it would be Ansel, Kevin, Jamie, John, maybe. Ansel, Kevin, Jamie, John. Yes. That old, um... Mm-hmm. The old list.

That old group. That old saw. If you can pull it up, let us know, because I want every single person who was there on the day. And saw Kevin, Jamie, John, the Beatles. The Beatles. So Edgar, I want to, if you can't find it, that's alright. Edgar, I want to get into the technical aspects of filmmaking, because these are very fascinating to me.

Now, when you're out there on the highway and you have... Or a byway. Or a byway. Look, either one. What kind of lens do you use when you're shooting one of these car chases? I mean, I don't know too much about photography. Hey! Oh, hi. Hey! Sorry, Edgar, was that you?

Is y'all safe? No. Is y' Edgar, are you, is that you? Is y'all safe? Uh, no. Is y'all safe? John, is that you? Uh, it's too dark in here. I know it's not me. Hey, turn on them lights! Is y'all safe? Uh, hold on.

Is y'all safe? I think I- I need a verbal confirmation Yeah, I think I- that y'all are safe. I feel very safe. I feel very safe. I'm feeling less safe now.

I don't know who you are. Guys, I think I know what's happening. Sir, are y'all, are you safe, sir? I'm safe. Let me turn on the lights if I can. less safe now. I don't know who you are. Guys, I think I know what's happening. Are you safe, sir? I'm safe. Let me turn on the lights if I can. Yeah. This is a- That's better. God, I haven't seen you in so long, guys.

It's been a while. Let me introduce you to our old friend, J.W. Stillwater. That's right. I'm J.W. Stillwater. I'm a vigilante superhero from Cumberbatch County, Florida. Is that Northern Florida or Southern Florida? That is right smack dab in the middle. Swamp country.

It's swamp country. What you do is you gonna fly, if you wanna get there, you gonna fly from here to Tampa, you gonna go from Tampa to St. Pete, then you gonna take a little puddle jumper over to Cumberbatch County, Florida. You're gonna get off at St. Judas. Then you take a fan boat down to where I am

in Cumberbatch County. That sounds like a lovely trip. It's not so bad. I, of course, don't fly. I take my fan boat everywhere. So when I travel here from Florida all the way around through the Panama Canal that's correct. It's gotta be terrifying. Sometimes I will do it I've discussed this with Scott Ackerman before.

Sure, but it's okay to talk about it in front of new friends. I do have a pickup truck what I will do is I'll put the fanboat I'll tow it on the pickup truck I will steer the pickup truck from the towed fan boat through a series of ropes and bricks. So if it's impressive. Well, it's a bit, it's a real pain. Now, correct me if I'm wrong, fan boats can kind of go on land a little bit, right? A little bit.

Just not like on a freeway. Not totally cross country. This is, I don't mean to talk down to you, it's part of my business and my day job and my secret identity of Eddie Lee Capers. Forget you heard that name. What I do is I'm a fan boat repairman. Oh, that makes sense. Yeah. Right?

It does. His secret identity, Eddie Lee Capers. Symbiotic. Please stop saying the name out. I'm sorry. Eddie Lee Capers? I wish that everyone would stop saying Eddie Lee Capers. Well, now if it's not secret,

you shouldn't introduce yourself. It is a secret. Well, no, I know that I shouldn't do that, but I did it and I'm asking you to like respect my wishes Eddie Lee Capers is a little more catchy than JW Stillwater. I will say that too. You're now you're telling tales I mean, JW is Stillwater. Yeah, but Eddie Lee Capers Like he's mild-mannered. Oh, that's right. I forget that he's mild-mannered If you if Florida is America's penis Cumberbatch County is not balls deep.

It's about halfway through. Well now this is if we agree on your premise, which we do not, my friend. We don't. No we do not. You consider Maine to be the penis of America. That's correct. We've talked about this many, many times. Well what if Maine is the erect penis and Florida is the flaccid penis?

Is the droopy bloop. I can't think of nobody that has two penises except you get into weird nature like that one kind Of snake or whatever. Is that when the state when it says FL does it mean flaccid? Edgar Wright, he's a film director. You have not introduced me to either one of these people. Edgar works in the arts He is a film director. What's your favorite film? JW? My favorite film? Yeah, sure. Well, you know, I don't- Should I address Eddie? I don't go, pah. Can I talk to you? Sure, do you want to talk over here?

Just for a minute. Okay, yeah, hold on, guys, hold on one second. Sure, sure, sure. Eddie, what's up? Can you put, oh. Can you please stop calling me Lily Cape? Why, why, that's your name. I know, it's my secret name.

Your secret name. You can see I got my uniform on. That's right, you're wearing your mask. I got my cover on, I got my mask, I got my hat. State of Florida flag as the cape. That's my cape. But cape is in your name, capers. Okay, let that be a fun secret. Why do you have to let it be the subtext? You know what I'm saying? It's almost like you should be Cape Man. Because you're wearing a cape. The Paul Simon album? Can you imagine taking some Paul Simon song and making a whole musical out of it? That's absurd.

What if your superhero name was Graceland? That's a place. Okay, guys hold on one second, we're coming back. Here we go. You don't mind I brought my pony, do you? He's wearing his little sneakers, what do you think? So, JW. That's right. This is Jon Hamm. Hello.

We didn't get your favorite film. Maybe Jon Hamm is in it. Jon's an actor. I have no disrespect to you, but I have not seen a number of films because I'm a good Christian man and they sinful. Right. But I do love Caligula. Hahaha. With Roddy McDowell? Because it's about history. Oh no, Malcolm, is Roddy McDowell in it or is?

Every McDowell's in it. Malcolm McDowell. Malcolm McDowell's in it. Andy McDowell. Andy McDowell's in it. It's probably him. Getting fucked. Roger McDowell, former McDowell's in it. Probably in there. Yeah. Getting fucked.

Roger McDowell, the former release picture for the Mets. McDowell's the fictitious restaurant from Coming to America. Painted into a mural. McDougall's. Was it McDougall's? Yeah, maybe. I thought it was McDowell's. Wait, so you love Coming to America.

I've seen more than a few movies, though. Coming to America, I was forced to see one time. The one time I flew on an airplane. You don't have to watch the movie. You can close your eyes. What? Now I know. I didn't realize you could close your eyes.

I'm paid for this, so I'm going to. How do you sleep? If you don't know, you can close your eyes. Okay, now hold on. This is not in a John Lennon way. I know like, I know like Yankees like to act like you so smart and so smug, so superior. I know that I close my eyes to sleep. What I'm saying is, you're gonna make me, you're trying to make me sound stupid, I'm

not stupid. You're not stupid. All I thought was, you was not allowed to close your eyes on an airplane. Okay? That doesn't sound stupid. Thank you very much. That's legitimate. Well, welcome JW.

We're safe. Is that all you wanted? No. Oh. I need y'all's help. Okay. Because as you know, I'm a crime fighter. Yeah, describe some of the crimes that you fight down there in Cumberbatch.

Do you fight crime solo? That's right. Well, I do sometimes have a ward. Yeah. Name a caramel. She's a young I do well I do sometimes have a ward. Yeah name a caramel She's a young lady right here in Los Angeles Oh, yeah, and when you get out to LA a lot to check yeah I go to visit her and and I sort of replaced her I become an adoptive father of a sword and I sleep in her bathroom

Bathe in her sink. Okay room. Bathe in her sink. Okay. So you have a large sink? These, I wish, I ain't gonna lie, I wish it was a little bit larger. Little bit bigger. Yeah. That's gotta be rough. It's not smooth. Not like Rob Thomas. It's from Matchbox 20? Yeah. Why would you mention him? He has a song named, maybe, Carlos Santana. Featuring Santana. Yeah. Or was it the reverse? It might be Santana featuring Rob Thomas. Y'all tell me Rob Thomas did a solo track? Oh, a duo in this case.

Santana featuring Rob Thomas. It was very much like the ocean. Oh, so he's guesting on a Santana track. It's not like he's deserting Matchbox 20 like some kind of Benedict O'Donnell. You're Matchbox 20, man? I love Matchbox 20. Really?

Favorite song? Yeah, any song. Oh, it's gotta be that one where Track one. In the video he's got the llama. You're an Every Morning guy? Or is that Sugar Ray? That's Sugar Ray my friend, sorry. I keep track of all Matchbox 20's competition bands. More so than Matchbox 20 is he? Well yeah Matchbox 2 I feel like they're taken care of, you know. I gotta keep tabs on these competition bands. So JW, what, yeah describe some of the crimes that you've battled. I mean it started off with certainly one that sort of like your Batman Begins origin story was basically someone in Cumberbatch County reported a hammer was missing?

Well, yes. A hammer got stole and I was on the case because the police wasn't going to do nothing about it. Because they're corrupt? They's all corrupt in Cumberbatch County, Florida. Big Earl and Little Earl, the sheriff and deputy. Which one is which again? Little Earl is the dad and Big Earl is the son. And they's corrupt.

They's corrupt as the day is long. 24 hours of corruption? I imagine when they's asleep with their eyes closed, thank you very much, that they're still corrupt. They're probably having dreams of corruption. Corrupt dreams? Yeah. Do those count?

You can't prosecute them. They're stealing sugar plums. Can the dream police come and arrest them for that? Like the Dream Police from the Cheap Chick song? Yeah, exactly. Yeah, I imagine they would have jurisdiction to arrest them in their dreams. Right. Not technically a Matchbox 20 competitor. No, no. Not at all.

No, different time periods we're talking about. Not at all. Yeah. Certainly. The Dream Warriors might have something to do with that too. That's true, from the 90s. They have a song about a sink as well. What's your face in my sink? Yes. All coming around. Wait, who else had a song about a sink? Well, you mentioned a sink. Okay. And there any other sink songs? There really should be. It's kind of an underrepresented genre. I know there's me or in the bathroom.

Presumably there's a sink right under it. You would think that in sync. Yeah, it's right there. Timberlake really fell. The titular sink. Did you ever recover that hammer by the way? I don't think we've ever talked about that. Solve that case. That hammer remains an open case. At large.

Do you have any suspects? Any thoughts? Oh, I've got a few suspects. Who are you leaning towards? I'm leaning towards You have any suspects? Any thoughts? Oh, I got a few suspects. I got a few suspects. Who are you leaning towards? I'm leaning towards number one suspect? A criminal. Well, yeah. Hmm. Yeah. Right. Oh. So he's on the same page?

Sure. Sure. Okay. That makes sense. Right. Yeah. Have you ever looked at Big Earl and or Little Earl as one of the suspects? I mean, I wouldn't put it past them him, and I wouldn't put it pasted him hiring somebody to steal this hammer. All right, full disclosure, it was my hammer. It was Eddie Lee Capers' hammer.

Yes, thank you. That citizen of Cumberbatch County, it was his hammer what got stolen. A citizen you've never met before. Well, that's who I am. Oh. I'm sorry, you know what? That's on me. That who I am. Oh. I'm sorry. You know what?

That's on me. That one is you. That was definitely not me. You're trying to help? Yeah. And I appreciate it. I'm glad we had that little talk, because I feel like it did some good.

Thank you. Thank you. So you've never found the hammer. But what brings you here to Los Angeles now? I mean. Just visiting Caramel. Yeah. Well, Caramel is, she's not here right now,

if you're looking for her. She's not here right now. She is. Caramel is your ward? She's visiting caramel. Yeah. Well caramel is she's not here right now if you're looking she's not here right now She is camera is your ward. She my ward. Yeah, and she told me about This thing is going on There's a saying where Women are being Trapped in a place for a couple hours With no access to man Men cannot get at them to save them trapped in a place for a couple hours with no access to man,

men cannot get at them to save them. And I got to find out what's going on. I got to free these ladies. Is it an all-female screening of Wonder Woman? A what? Hold on. Where are you from? I'm from England. Where is that in America? Just across the pond. Yeah, if you think Maine is America's penis, where exactly is...

It's America's perennium. We beat them for America. That's the easiest way I can really say it. They used to have America and we... No, that was Great Britain, my friend. Sorry to correct you on air and make you look like a fool. That's pretty much what. It's basically the same thing.

England is in Great Britain. Yeah. Since when? You're asking the tough questions. Well, then let's move on. Let's admit we all don't know a whole lot about this topic and just get past it. I mean, he's not even a grad. How's he supposed to know?

Let alone a dad. Let me ask you something, J.W. What's that? I think Edgar, our dear friend Edgar here, is correct. I think you're thinking of a an all-female screening of the film Wonder Woman. Well, I don't get the words. An all-female screening of Wonder Woman. Let's try to break it. Edgar, you're a director. Can you explain a film? There's a screening of Wonder Woman. Let's try to break it down. Edgar, you're a director. Break it down. Can you explain a film? There's a film called Wonder Woman. What's it about?

It is about a Greek goddess? She's an Amazon. She's an Amazon. Amazonian princess. This is tough. I know, it's tough. There's going to be a lot of words you might not be familiar with, JW.

She's a character who is fighting for her JW. She's like a character who is fighting for she's like a river sprite She's fighting for her rights in her satin tights as I remember That's the lyrics from the old thing. Yeah, the original thing. So she's like some circus lady who wants to vote She has a magic lasso what a magic lasso Are you saying it that way for me? She has a magic lasso. A what? A magic lasso. She does right? Are you saying it that way for me? A lasso. I appreciate that.

That's very... I feel like that's very... I appreciate that hospitality. It's my pleasure. So she got a last... It's my distinct pleasure. What'd you do with this? Okay.

This guy's eyes got all big when he said distinct. What's this lasso all about? She uses it to fight evil. She wraps it around... Evil doers. Evil doers. For example, if Wonder Woman was on the case, she could last sue either Big or Little Earl and see what they knew about this hammer.

It would be inadmissible in court, one presumes. Because they'd be so afraid of being confined, they'd be like, untie me, I don't like this, I got claustrophobia or whatever. That would maybe be 20% of it, but I think the magic part, yeah, magic. What's the, how's it, magic, first of all, you know, I know I got as a Christian I have a hard time with that. I know you don't like Harry Potter. I do not like Harry Potter. The boy who lived.

That's right. I do not like the, whatever, the Beast movie, where you're supposed to find the Beast. Is that a, uh. Pokemon. That's right. Do not like Pokemon. That's sinful and satanic. What about Penn and Teller?

I don't like them. They're sinners in two ways. I like Teller a little bit more than Penn. Sure, but they do magic and they tell the audience how they did it and that's a sin too. Teller speaks no evil. I don't- Teller speaks no evil. Right.

I don't like the movie Now You See Me. I don't like the movie Now You See Me 2. Not least which should have been called- Now You Don't. I know! What a missed opportunity. I agree with you. Now you see me also.

Now, hey, now you guys are seeing me. Now you still see me. Mm-hmm. I don't like that TV series, The Magician, starring Bill Bixby. Short run in the 80s. Let me ask you this. Do you like A Ventriloquist Act? I do love A Ventriloquist Act.

That's what I thought. So now, oddly then, the movie Magic, you probably like. I was torn on that one. I was like, of course I want to see this, but that title, that title's a deal breaker. What about the song Magic Man? I like half of it. The man part?

I like the part. You know what I appreciate about that song? To understand. Is they're saying saying try to understand. And it's like, they want to have a dialogue. Yes. It's about inclusion. But they don't really explain much about the magic man

that makes me like him. I've never really thought about this song. Why are they trying to explain that a guy is a magic man? Try to understand. He's a magic man. I tell me from across the pond, who sang magic man heart oh hot yes and or Nancy are you saying people from across the pond don't know who sang magic man I don't know that one I know some other hot songs okay which a barracuda perhaps um what's that what's

that one from the In dreams. You know when you close my eyes. Oh yeah, it's in dreams. I believe that's in dreams. Every second of my life. I live another life. In dreams. So you're saying these women are safe? Uh, there- It's not a crime? It sounds like a crime. They're actually-

I heard there was this one guy, he's trying to get in there, he's trying to get in there. And then people wouldn't let him get in there. And he's like going to the authorities he's trying to get in there and then people wouldn't let him get in there and he's like going to the authorities like you gotta let me in there he wasn't that wasn't you was it yeah what's it you I mean it was about to be I was gonna help this guy out no these women are voluntarily see voluntarily removing themselves from man from the world of men to prove to enjoy each other's company. Just to see a movie with like-minded individuals.

I don't know what happens in these screenings. I mean, the mind reels. Well, we can't. We can't. I'm pretty sure I went to a all-male screening of John Wick 2. It is both dead and alive. That was not on purpose, though.

Oh, okay, right. So you're saying they just go and have a good time with this movie? They're just, yeah, they're having a good time. They want to be together. It's a very empowering movie to women and they want to enjoy it together without, you know, the likes of us dragging them down. I ain't gonna lie, this is sounding like less and less of a big deal.

It really isn't. I don't know why anyone's upset about it. I came through the Panama Canal. Yeah, that's a long way. Yeah. A long way to go for, I mean, and Caramel's probably gonna be out in like an hour and a half, two hours tops. Depending on how long she stays with the Q&A. Yeah, she's probably in there. What's that, Q&A? Question and answer. It means that sometimes the people will come and they'll answer any questions you might have.

This is a good way you could see, like, learn a little more about about movies and how they're made. I thought for a second you saying the movie comes to life and it starts talking to you. No. It's not a Purple Rose of Cairo situation. What? Okay, how do I explain that? Do you know anything about Woody Allen? I love Manhattan, great movie. I haven't seen it since it came out, but imagine it really holds up.

Well it's almost as if New York is another character in that film. Despite that I enjoyed it. Top 10 Florida's Never another character in that film. Just by that I enjoyed it. Hmm. Top 10 Florida's never a character in the movie. Oh, it often is. Where was Manhattan on the call sheet, I wonder? Number one. Number five. It's always the fifth character.

Number two is Pull It In. Right. Isn't it weird that in The Fast and the Furious, the name of their big race is Race Wars? Strange, isn't it? It's impossible. Is that true? It is true. And they kept it going up till the last

movie. It's fine 10, 12, 15 years ago in the first one that they call it that but keep calling it that? That might seem out of character for me to say something like this but that's insane. I agree. Race Wars. Race wars. Little weird. Oh no. If only they was battling for information and they could call it Info Wars. Oh yeah. Do you like Info Wars?

I love Info Wars. I feel like they give me the real news. It seems like a lot of characters, not characters, but characters. What's that? A lot of people I meet on this show, it is the show where I speak with interesting people, seem to have a lot of the same point of view.

Thank you for calling me an interesting person. All right, we need to take a break. When we come back, we're just going to talk to these three. We never talked about those lenses. I really want to get into that. So yeah, just a idea. Yeah. I'm glad you have that on deck.

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And just to be clear for the listeners out there, the film does not have body odor. No. Although, I mean, it depends on who you see it with. What does B.O. stand for? In Scott's case, it stands for box office. Yeah. Oh, that seems like a crass question. Well, maybe, I don't know, but I'm fascinated by the business.

I forgot this about you, you're obsessed with money. I am, yes. I judge everyone by how much money they've made, how much, if a piece of art makes a lot of money, I think it's successful. Hold up, you're not still asking people what number they is on a call sheet, are you? I am, by the way, John, did you ever find that? I never did, I'm sorry. I can't find it. Ah, damn it. Well, guys, I really want to get to the lens question that I was asking.

How many lenses are there? What? What in the world? Stop, stop making... Edgar, you're not... That's not me. You don't say this over here. Should we turn the lights back on?

Yeah, we turned them off during the break again. I can't see. Meow, meow, meow, meow, wheels. Let's turn it back on. Meow, meow, meow, meow, wheels, meow, meow, meow, wheels. Oh, hi, Scott. Oh, Beth. What's up?

Hey, Beth, how are you? Check it out, I'm doing a donut in your studio. Meow, meow, meow. Sorry, guys, this is Beth. She, your mom works upstairs? Yeah, in marketing, Scott. What are you doing here at this time of night? Gosh, well, 5 AM.

Time to get to work, ma. Oh, she comes in early. Yeah, she's got to. Come on, be serious. I wasn't joking around. Scott, be serious. And it's summertime, so I can't be in school, so I'm just driving the halls. Meow meow.

Yeah. As you can see, she's in a little, what do you call this? A power wheels. Oh, that's right. You keep saying that. Power wheels. It's a red Jeep. A red Jeep?

Have you changed? I don't remember it being a red Jeep last time. Well... This, by the way, Beth, this is Edgar. Oh, hey. He's a film director. You probably are not old enough to see any of his films. Oh, yeah?

What's his newest one? What do you got? What's coming out? It's called Baby Driver. It comes out on Wednesday, June 28th. Oh, yeah. That's the middle of that trilogy, right? The prequel is Boss Baby. It's in the middle of that trilogy right the the prequel is boss, baby

It's in the middle and then drive. Yes exactly. That's exactly it. Yeah, I've seen all of those Interesting and this is John Ham. He stars in the film. He was on an adult television show called Mad Men I saw that oh you did see yeah Don Madman. Yeah, Don Madman adult television shows pornography Oh, you did see yeah, don madman. Yeah, don madman adult television shows pornography More less of a kid show boring to kids. I guess is what I should say. Why didn't you say so? Do you think kids would be bored by madmen? Why don't you ask me Scott a kid who's in the freaking room, okay, are you bored by madmen? Ah No You like the cartoon bit of the stunt?

Come on, man. Why are you talking down to me? Cause I'm down here in a car? No. I liked how the more I watched it, the more like it felt like it was actually about now. Oh wow. That's actually really astute observation.

Hey thanks, thanks so much. Also, I found this as I was driving in. Did someone, Eddie Lee Capers, drop a blockbuster card? Child, give me that. Oh wait, but I want it. It's like a cool relic. It's not, there's still an existing and extant blockbuster in Combeche County, Florida. It is the last one on earth. This is an operational blockbuster card? It is the, yes it is. Dang it, I wanted to put it on my wall.

I need to return this to my friend. Oh yeah? Well I can only give it to the real Eddie Lee Capers that can be giving away precious blockbuster cards. That is true. It says it right on the back of the card. Okay, look. Do they have all the Benedict Cumberbatch movies

in the Cumberbatch County blockbuster? Who's that? Oh, sorry. Sherlock? It's an actor called Benedict Cumberbatch. Do you ever see that movie about the guy who is chemically castrated? Which one? The touring machine.

Fate of the Furious? No, no. Vin Diesel's not chemically castrated at the end of that. Skindie? John Ritter? No, the one, the touring, the guy about the guy... What is it called, that movie? Something called...

The Theory of Everything, that's the other one the imitation game the imitation game because the computer is imitating human beings the imitation game the imitation game yes chemically castrated I thought imitation game was where they slice each other's faces off and then they so they do what that's face off right there right there in the description they should have called that the imitation game I think when you act out face-off in your own life, you're playing an imitation game. Interesting. By the way, while you guys were talking, John showed me on his phone.

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Oh yes. You thought that was a documentary? Yeah, I was asking big questions. Beth, what are you up to this summer? What's going on? Oh, yes. You thought that was a documentary? Yeah, I was asking big questions. Beth, what are you up to this summer? What's going on? Not a lot, you know, because it's tough for my single mom working so hard, so I just am roaming the halls in my power wheels looking for trouble.

Where's your dad these days? Whoa, for real, Scott? Why don't you just ask me how much money I make? When you're a kid, you probably don't make any money. Okay, wow, John. Why don't you just ask me how much money I make? Well you're a kid you probably don't make any money. Okay wow John why don't you just ask me if I try to make money? Beth do you try to make money? Yeah I do. What do you do for a living? What's your dream? Selling blockbuster cards on eBay. What? Child you best not sell that blockbuster card I need it.

Well I can't give it to you. You are a confounding demon. If most movies are sinful, how often do you use your blockbuster card? It's once a year. Just for Caligula. I watch Caligula during the purge. I watch Caligula during the purge, once a year. I don't want to be out there with the murderers.

What do you normally get for a blockbuster card on eBay? Well, it depends if it has a good name on it or not, what condition it's in, if it's laminated or if it's paper. And I get about $17.95. Do you find a lot of the old paper ones, though? Yeah, those will go for even more, especially if I post them with a video of them blowing in the wind.

American Beauty style. Yeah, that's right. Thanks for getting the reference. How do you shoot these videos? On my mom's iPad that she leaves me with for three hours a day. Oh, that's nice. It is nice. Thanks.

So you never mentioned where your dad is. Scott! I'm sorry. This is a touchy subject for you. You know, I don't know him, OK? Thanks a lot. When did he leave or die? I don't know. I guess he could be dead. I don't know him, okay? Thanks a lot. When did he leave or die? Well, I don't know, I guess he could be dead.

I don't know. So, whereabouts unknown? Yeah. I love that quiz show, leave or die. Leave or die. I was gonna say that was a very callous question, the way you asked it, but then the way it was answered seemed A-okay.

Oh yeah, I mean, he can be dead. I don't know him. What do you hope he is? I hope he's alive and full of regret. Yeah. Yeah. I get it. Do you ever want to meet your daddy?

What? No? Well actually yeah maybe. Who is he? Well now how do you know? Do you know him? Now this sounds like the kind of a thing that a legitimate vigilante could maybe go search for.

Oh damn. Better than a hammer. Does it vigilante expert? I mean her dad stole the hammer. Hold on a second. Accusations is flying fast and furious. Hey, fate of the furious. The fate of the furious.

Child, do you know anything about your daddy? Okay, I actually, yes, last year on my birthday, I asked my mom, instead of giving me my own iPad, to give me a shoe box of clues. That's very wise. Yeah, well, you know, I thought I'd piece it together over time and when I was ready I'd seek them out. So she gave me a shoe box and in it I just

were two safety pins, a bus ticket to central Florida, and a toupee. And a toupee. What color was the toupee? Oh, glad you asked. It was... If that is not too personal a question. Thank you. It was a vibrant orange. Oh.

Yeah. Almost a hair color that doesn't exist in nature, but just barely human enough. Oh, there she goes. Hey, do you want to see me do anything cool? She's doing donuts. Yeah, hang on. Let me inflate the kiddie pulls on the side so I'm safe. Oh, there she goes. Meow. Hey, do you want to see me do something cool? She's doing donuts. Yeah, hang on. Let me inflate the kiddie pulls on the side so I'm safe.

Ah. It's going to take a while. I got a pump from my pontoons. Oh, great. Thanks. So yeah, we'll just... Why after all the circular foods out there, why did they name it after a donut, you know, going around a parking lot?

That's true. Pulling a donut. Probably because they're both indulgences. Ah, it's pretty good. Yeah, good thinking. Also, usually you leave track marks with a hole in the middle. Yeah. Yeah, what other circular food? A bagel? Sure, that has a hole in the middle. He's outside of the parking lot pulling bagels. Little ethnic. I think you know why we don't say that. It's in the movie Race Wars. Mister, do you really think you can help me? Because if you want, I can give you the box of clues. Yeah, technically, JW, her father is a scofflaw in the sense of he's a scofflaw. He's a deadbeat dad.

He's a deadbeat dad. Which I cannot abide. I lost my father at a formative age as well. What age was that? I was just almost 30. And then he faked his own death and ran away from me. That's right. We've talked about this on previous.

What's that? How old a man are you now? I'm a man's age. Now, I'd be happy to help you. If you truly want to find your father, I'd be happy to help you if you truly want to find your father I'd be happy to help you find it. Well yeah I wouldn't I wouldn't mind getting some more info let me just get my box of clues out of my car's boot. Wait a minute. Now he's making my language. That's a clue right there. What do you mean?

Well I mean. With something rattling around in your nog? How long have you been saying boot almost as if someone that you... Well let's see, I'm eight, my mom said I spoke early so I don't know, six and a half years. Six and a half years you've been saying boot. Does your mom say boot? No, I don't know, I just started saying it. Interesting. So what would you call the front of your car? Oh the front of this, the bonnet? Hmm. Yeah one time I got a bee in there. When you say bee, what do you mean? Are you abbreviating?

No, I mean the insect that can sting you. I got a bee in my bonnet. Yeah. I thought you were saying... It was cool because it made my power wheel sound like it had more of an engine. Oh yeah, I bet. Yeah, it was fun. It was pretty cool.

Really buzzing. Yeah, it made all the kids step away. Do you think old English ladies actually had bees in their bonnets at some time? That would be something that would happen. They would get a bee in their bonnets at some time? That would be something that would happen. They would get a bee in their bonnet. I would imagine. It would be very irritating. If you had real flowers on your bonnet or realistic enough fake flowers that a bee was

fooled, then I imagine it could happen quite literally. But bees are fairly smart. They's the smartest creatures on earth. I don't know if that's true. I know that it's true. You know that that's true. They's the smartest creatures on earth. I don't know if that's true. Oh, I know that it's true. You know that that's true. They's the smartest creatures on earth. Just because they make honey.

That's right. Who else can do it? No one. That's true. I mean, if we had to make synthetic honey, I don't think we would be able to. No one ever has and no one ever will. Mm-hmm.

So wait a minute. So I'm guessing, Beth, that your father may be from Great Britain of some sort. I mean, if you say Boone and Bonnet. Is it me? Well, I don't know. Are you a grad or a dad? That's the opposite of what Shaggy said.

I think we've established you are neither a grad nor a dad. So I think it's... Well, I don't know. I mean, maybe. Well, does... Do any of these items mean anything to you? Two safety pins, a bus ticket to central Florida, and an orange tupé?

I mean, no. Okay, well, also, why would you, that was a pretty intense thing to tease a young child. Oh, I'm sorry. It truly was. Yeah, Edgar, that was not cool. You know. I say it to most children.

Am I your father? When I'm over in the United States, I'm just trying to center myself. Unless you're willing to take on the responsibilities of a father, you really shouldn't be offering like that. It doesn't often go down well. Little Beth here is like a duckling that's walking up to a cement mixer and saying, hey, are we related? And then you, like the cement mixer, came to a cement mixer and saying, Hey, are we related? And then you's like the cement mixer came to life and said, Hey, I think I'm related to you.

And then was like, ah, nevermind. Very quickly. Basically, as soon as the duck felt a flutter in its little heart. I'm sorry. No, it's okay. Meow, meow, meow, meow. She's doing some Greek going. Drive angry. Pull these kitty pulls off of here.

Ah! No, no, no, no, Beth, Beth, Beth, Beth. Beth, Beth, Beth, calm down, calm down. Breathe, breathe, breathe. I think if we really look at your box of clues, we can probably put something together. All right. Let's take a look at the.

I think the real one is that there's something about central Florida, and I think there's something about that orange Is that ringing any bells? Orange tooth, I think orange hair sure I really think of the president of the United States And I know for a fact that he comes from the swamp As he said he wanted to drain it. Oh, that's right He said he wanted to drain it. Oh, that's right.

Was he drowning? I mean, I think he's terrified of drowning in the swamp and that's why he wants to drain it. Is he in a swamp thing? I'm not, I can't confirm or deny, but I do feel like this, we might be narrowing in on it. Can I, I want to, I got to ask a question and I feel like y'all are going to jump all over me and make fun of me.

No, no, we promise. Edgar, do I have your solemn vow? I would never jump all over you. John, how do you feel, no, we promise. Edgar, do I have your solemn vow? I would never jump over you. John, how do you feel? I'm gonna wait to hear what he has to say. Okay, Beth, you're just a child, so I can't hold you to any promises. Oh, alright! But can I get at least a temporary promise?

Yeah, but I hate to leave my car, so I probably won't jump. Juvenile promise? Mm, that's right. JP, great. Great. It's a baby promise. Oh, BP. Who's president? Oh, wow. The president It's a baby promise. Oh, BP.

Who's president? Oh, wow. The president of the United States? Yeah. That's certainly a question to ask. Sure, but it's Donald Trump. All right. So you a good guy or?

He's a guy. Of Trump Stakes fame. Yeah, have you ever had a Trump Stake? Yeah, have you ever had a Trump Stake? Is that like regular cow? Not sure. It might be the cow's butthole. I'm not sure.

Well, that I've had. It's the Great Britain of the cow. Right. Oh, say no more. The perineum. Now, Donald Trump does have a residence down in Florida. Yeah. Mar-a-Lago.

Do you know Mar-a-Lago? Oh, I know that place. Yeah, you do those Mar-a-Lago. Is that over by Cumberbatch? No, it's not near Cumberbatch It's a little ways away, but everyone knows of it. It's within fan boat. It's within fan boat range What does Mar-a-Lago mean? See on the lake yes It's but it's neither right is it isn't it on the ocean? No, it's on the lake. C on the lake. Yes. But it's neither, right? Isn't it on the ocean? I think it's on the pond. Oh, OK.

Right. Interesting. Well, two safety pins? Yeah. That's something maybe you would use to keep a toupee on. You just use it just to hook the pins right in your skin. Eventually you grow scar tissue up there if you do it enough. Oh, that's true.

A song that flees. Yeah, played on. Doesn't, wouldn't you say that, does a president have more like orange skin, yellow, white hair? And maybe that, but maybe there was a time where he wanted orange hair because he really wanted to be one color and maybe hide in plain sight. sight like a carrot field or like that poppy explosion that was happening field yeah the super bloom did you go to the super bloom Scott I was not at the super bloom what were you doing I live in my life I don't know oh gosh you

got to smell the flowers sorry you're right I have noticed that Donald Trump since he's been in office his his toupee has got whiter. It was orange, now it's gone white, and I think it's A, an attempt to look more presidential, and B, evidence that he killed Laura Palmer. Yep, it may be. That would be amazing if you just saw him in the mirror. I didn't kill anybody. Just putting it out there.

You haven't killed anybody? I didn't kill anybody. Not even in the line of work? Not even in just solving crimes? You gotta, sometimes you gotta take... I will never take a life. Because then you would be no sir on the criminal. Exactly. Oh, I see. You don't want to sink down to that level. And you are, as mentioned, a good Christian man. That's true. I mean, I watch someone die and not think two things about it. Number one commandment. Number one commandment. That's right. Number one commandment. That's right. Actually, number one commandment is, on the Lord your God, thou shalt have no other God before me. That's very true. I'm sorry.

Wait, you watch someone die though? Can we get back to that? Yeah, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to interrupt. Watch a few people die, sure. Anyway, Beth, I feel like... Number two, thou shalt watch Caligula once again. That's more of a guideline that I happen to agree with. I think that's like a bee attitude. That sounds like Catholic stuff, which might as well be witchcraft. Are you religious?

I'm into it as a hobby. As you know, last Halloween I was the dead lion from the story of Samson, which is full of bees. He had a bee in his bonnet. Did people mistake you for the deadline that the Trump boys had slung over their shoulders? And the dentist, the one the dentist killed, Cecil. Yeah, I got a lot of, oh, what an adorable Cecil, way to take this back and make it positive. And I said, no, I'm from the obscure biblical tale.

Please give me all the bit of honeys you have. And when they had none, I stormed into their house. Is that Andra Cleese in the line, that one? What's that? That's a different story. The thorn out of the branch. Oh no. That's from fables. That's not a Bible story. That's an Aesop.

Yeah. You're mixing up your fables with your Bible. Aesop Rocky. AesAP Rocky. ASAP Rocky. No, that guy, no, that's ASAP Rocky. I think there's a dollar sign in there, so. What did ASAP stand for? ASAP is soon as possible. Soon. No, ASAP.

What's ASAP stand for? Yeah, as soon. What about, no, we've got that weird little E that's connected to the E. A-E-S-O-P. A-E-S-O-P. A-E-S-O-P. As estimated. Steven Esau. The guy who sang Between the Moon and New York City?

No, that's Tootsie. I'm thinking Tootsie. Yeah, Tootsie. All these movies I've never seen but know the soundtracks, too. That's weird. You're just a big movie soundtrack guy. Wait a minute, Beth. Did you have an agenda when you came in here today?

Because I don't think we got to it. Oh, no. You know, Mitch Schiff, Tom Flory, find out if I can keep this blockbuster card. And finding your father, it sounds like. Well, that's just like always, I guess, my agenda that I'm trying to not think about. Yeah, well, your mother, she's good to you. And she's a hero.

She's a hard worker. She's here at 5 in the morning. Yeah, she died of to you. Oh yeah, my mom's a hero. She's a hard worker, she's here at five in the morning. Yeah, she's had a homeschooling for a while because I kept accidentally predicting kids' deaths. Accidentally predicting them? Well, I sent them out loud and then they happened. Whoa. That's insane.

Yeah, it was a bummer. Yeah, you remember Tupac taught me math? The hologram of Tupac taught me math. Yeah, I had to be homeschooled for a while. Sometimes I forget the details of some of the stories we were talking about. Listen, I've had quite a life. I packed a lot into eight years.

You packed a lot into eight years. Let me ask you, as a child, that Instagram, that one Instagram storage filter where the numbers go around your head, is that helpful at all in math? I think it is, because you know what it makes me think? Oh, the world thinks math is cool. I am now going to invest a little more time in this. If someone wants numbers floating around their head

as part of their daily story, it must be worth looking into. Are you on Instagram or Snapchat? No, just Instagram, yeah. Just Instagram. Yeah, I don't like that Yeah, I like that snapchat I just point out this is a little trivia thing. We say maths in the UK So when people say you do the math that's very American we'd say you do the math Why do you why do you pluralize it? Don't you take it for granted?

If you really want to shorten it take that s off Did the man Well, I don't just take out a middle chunk. If you really want to shorten it, take that S off. Yeah, keep it short and sweet. I did the math. That also makes me think that like you're doing multiple kinds, like adding up the tip requires algebra, geometry, and calculus, where it's really just arithmetic. No, I mean... Right? Yeah, you're right. You're very correct. Schooled ya! Pyaow! Pyaow! Pyaow! Damn it. Schooled ya! Pyaow! Pyaow!

There she goes again! Pyaow! Pyaow! And then bagels. Doing some triumphant bagels. Edgar, Beth likes to school people when she comes in here, so I'm sorry that you fell victim to that.

My mom's schooling me, I gotta school you. Aw man, the circle of life. That's right. The student has become the teacher. Mm-hmm. We say schools. Oh my God, Edgar! Edgar, if you made a movie where there was a British guy who

was just constantly correcting an American guy, that should be your next movie. That would be your next. A good buddy cop film. Yes, your next, your most personal movie. Yeah. Because it's the story of your life. I'm sorry.

You hateful pedant. Is that what it's called, hateful pedant? That's the name of the movie. Hateful pedant. Open it nationwide.'s called, hateful pedant. That's the name of the movie. Hateful pedant. Opening nationwide. Beth, do you like movies? Do you see movies? Oh yeah, I love movies. What's your favorite movie of all time? Congo. Oh, good one. Good one. The Michael Crichton? Yeah, that's right. The crown jewel of the Crichton crown. About the intelligent apes yeah, mm-hmm. What do you relate to in that film? Laura Linney just in her extreme range

What's your favorite Linney? Oh gosh? Oh, what's my favorite Linney? They can't see don't say can see oh give me some love actually oh gosh come on guys um Give me some love actually. Oh gosh come on guys um Where she where she's basically like? American fetishism like the one American who gets to be in that movie we deem her cool enough Wow a lot of hot takes a lot get a lot of pent-up anger about love actually there's more Americans in that movie Hmm, any Bob Thorne you're right. You're right, and he's he's a great character He's basically like three different subplots have people having affairs with their assistants in that movie. Billy Bob Thornton. You're right, you're right, and he's a great character. Is that in the movie? Like three different subplots have people having affairs with their

assistants. Yeah, it's very odd. There's an affair with a cleaner, there's an affair with a teesmaid, and an affair with an secretary. Sometimes it's good, sometimes it's bad, right? Yeah. Interesting. There you have the facts of life. My favorite Linney is the big C. Really? You like the big C? Yeah. It's a little dark to be watching. Well, you know, without the darkness, how do we see the light, Scott? I don't think you need to call Laura Linny a big C. I think that she's a wonderful actress, and I think that she's really presumptive of someone so young.

Does the C stand for Congo? Um, oh. Is that what drew you to the show? Yeah, that's what I thought. You watched two seasons thinking this was a prequel to Congo. And about how... When are we getting to the apes? When are we getting there? I want to see Curry think he's in a different movie. I would have been that opening day if it had been called Big Congo. The Big Congo. Yeah, turns out it's not.

Just about a woman living with cancer. Hey, how bad would you think of the United States of Terror? Oh gosh, you know what, I, God I loved that. I loved that movie. You know what, it was, it was, I don't know, show, show. Felt like a movie. It was great. I loved it. She had a lot of good personalities. How do you feel about the first season of The Leftovers? Oh god seems right up your alley. No, no, no, I had to I had to a bit I didn't get into it because Justin Theroux makes me nervous Oh really? Yeah, cuz if you can be if you can catch a star like Jennifer Aniston, what's wrong with you?

Interesting star like Jennifer Aniston what's wrong with you? Interesting. It seems like it would be like a positive thing. No, but I think it's he's too good it makes me nervous like he's uh like I'm not ready for that yet. He's multi-talented. So you're a Jennifer Aniston fan? Who isn't? Am I breathing? Really I haven't checked since you came in here. Oh you're not a ghost child is you? No, but I have sent a lot of children to their early graves. On accident! No, but I have sent a lot of children to their early graves. On accident! Please don't predict any of us are going to die.

I won't. I won't. Yeah, I mean, already we've lost Doug Benson. But at least he died doing what he loved. That's true. Movies. Being in a storm. Well, guys, we're just about running out of time here.

I feel terrible about it. But we do have one last feature on the show, and that is a little something we like to call plugs. I say, Stoke B. Coy, but you just tell us you love us. It be like that. Oh, short and sweet. Guys, thank you so much for keeping them short lately. I think we had one that was super long recently and I admonished the audience.

So I appreciate that. That seemed to be a- Note taken. Yeah, five audience. So I appreciate that. That seemed to be taken. Yeah. Five seconds long. I love it. That was uncle Jesse's pissed by Todd Frohnauer. Thank you so much.

Uh, keep sending those in and you can be famous for a week. And let's talk about plugs, baby. Let's talk about you and me, uh, John and Edgar, I believe all the good things. Obviously you're probably plugging the ladies, all And the bad things. Let's talk about plugs. Obviously, you're probably plugging the same. Ladies, all the ladies, after now, hear me out. Come on. Oh, say can you see. We just doing our favorite songs.

I guess that's your favorite song. It's a plug song. It's a plug song. I love that song. It's a beautiful melody. It's a beautiful song. Is Spinderella on that one? Spinderella should jump on that track.

Edgar, John, you're probably plugging the same thing, but I don't want to take that for granted. So we do it at the same time? Sure. Ready? On. Three. Wait.

Three, two, one. The Imitation Game comes out. The Imitation Game comes out. Baby Driver in theaters. Oh, yep. I was done with that one. Yeah, not the same thing. Starring Ansel Elgort.

And the rock is wriggling. Kevin Spacey. Who was third on was not listening. Yeah, not listening. Starring Ansel Elgort, Kevin Spacey. Who was third on the call? Number three, Jon Hamm. And number four, Jamie Foxx. That is a Wednesday opening, so don't forget and think, oh, it's going to be Friday. Let's go Wednesday. Let's just go out on Wednesday. And I mean, it got moved up from July, right?

From August. From August. From August. I couldn't believe it when I saw it back in March I was like I gotta wait till so what they've done is is Essentially extended the 4th of July holiday weekend traditionally a big Movie big movie going weekend and this comes out well before start celebrating America I know JW you probably love celebrating America last year early. Let me ask you why not let me ask you He's gonna be co-ed screenings?

Yeah, they will definitely be co-ed and Cooperative educational all all ages all ages all ages although it is a rated-r film It is rated-r. You can see it with with a parent or guardian. Yes, that's right Yes, or just a rando who decides to take you in I'm thinking maybe JW, JW, maybe you could take Beth here. Oh, yeah Will you please take me please? I mean movies is sinful, but I do feel bad used without a father So and I guarantee you you'll get your blockbuster card back or Whosever blockbuster card that is it's a deal. All right

Two tickets there you go. I'm gonna hang on to this baby till Wednesday. Alright, you drive a hard bargain child. Drive? She'll also drive you to the movie theater. Oh no, we gonna take the fanboat. Have you ever been to a drive-in movie theater in that fanboat? Well it's the fanboat and the pickup truck, so I gotta buy two tickets. Oh no! And you probably sit pretty high up.

That's right. It gotta get big wave. It's like Beverly Hillbilly style. Get up high. No wonder you don't see too many movies. God, two tickets at a time. It's a bit of a hassle, yeah. Yeah. What do you guys, I mean, plugs are still open.

Edgar, John, you can still plug anything you like. What do you have coming up after it? A glorious nothing. Nothing planned. Uh-huh, so it's just all baby driver all the time until this baby opens up. Indeed. And then nothing. And then nothing.

Nothing at all. Excitement, excitement. John Wins Mad Men coming back. Mad Men is finished. Scott's finished. It couldn't be because I watched the last one, I was like, okay, so he comes up with the idea for the Coke thing.

Yeah. That's not the end. No, well. How many seasons does it take to get to 2017? It's gonna take a while, guys. It's, you know, the leftovers isn't about leftovers to 2017? It's gonna take a while guys. You know the leftovers isn't about leftovers, right? It's not about food. That's what Diner's Drive-Ins and Dashes and Dudes and...

Is that the sequel to Diner's Drive-Ins and Dives? Yes, The Leftovers. Is Don Draper in this fictional universe? Did I get it the right way around? Can anybody clarify that? Diner's Drive-, and dives. It can never be known. Yeah. It is unknowable.

The order. In America, we just call it Triple D. Gotta keep it short. John, in the Mad Men verse, this fictional universe in which Mad Men took place. The Men verse? Very similar to ours. Man walks on the moon on the same day, et cetera.

Yeah, very similar. Is Don Draper alive in 2017? I cannot confirm or deny it. Can you peer inside that universe ever? I can't tell you, Scott. Do you have the power to peek inside there? We may have something coming out that will reveal this information, but I cannot. Oh, you're hearing about it first. Madden and Men Reunion. Mad Men Reunion. Oh my god. I always break things on the Comedy Bang Bang podcast. I love this. They're doing it live on NBC. Whoa. Set to music. Edgar's directing. Which musical? The musical of Mad Men Reunion. Oh lovely. And scored completely by Alan Menken. Really? Menken's back?

Back. Back from the dead. Literally. I don't think he's the one who died. One of them did. All right, Beth, what are you plugging here? What do you got here? You just check out my eBay page. All Blockbuster cards. $17.95 or so?

Yeah, yeah. If you got $17.95 and you like to collect a Blockbuster card, just check it out. Yeah. Yeah, of course. Yeah, sure. Yeah, of course. Yeah, sure. Okay, very good.

Let's see, I want to plug, I don't know, you know, my issue of Spider-Man Deadpool is collected in the trade paperback that's still out, came out three weeks ago. You can still get that. And come see us at the Now Here This Festival on September 9th. We'll be out there in New York City. That's all I want to plug. How about you, JW? What do you got? Well, mine's going to seem anticlimactic after your glamorous plugs. I wrote a comic book. I guess. I mean, I ain't done nothing like that. I guess just, you know, a shout out to a friend of mine. If you ever come to Batch

County, Florida and your fan book breaks down, you can go to get it fixed up at Happy Rotoring Fan Boat Repair. He does fan boat repair and regular fan boat repair. Sure, of course. Regular fan, well I did not know that. You got a box fan, window fan. Ceiling fan? Can't do ceiling fans no more.

What about those? Did it for a while. Then they did it for a while. What about those hand fans that you can get down in Chinatown that you, you know, that open up fans? Like a paper fan. How? They break a lot of times because they're paper and they get them open. Sometimes they don't open. That's true. I tell you what, those sound like they're going to be more trouble than they're worth. So I'd say just get a new fan. What about those squirt bottles

that have a fan in front of them? Yeah, they get a Disneyland? It's like a mist. Yeah, it makes like a mist. That's a nice thing to have at Florida. Oh, the mist is my other favorite. Stephen Gaines, The Mist? Yeah.

That's got an ending that I thought you would respond to. Yeah, no, I loved it, yeah. Oh, but you never, what's the endings of things? Oh no, yeah, I had no idea. So when the mist got sad. You had no idea that it has a real bummer ending. When the mist got sad for you, no, yeah, I had no idea. So when the mist got sad... When the mist got sad for you, like, well, I don't want to watch this anymore.

So you start watching in the first five minutes of the mist. The mist is, I think, the third in the trilogy that is Pokemon, Fantastic Beasts, and Where to Find Them, and then the mist. Scott, I want to ask how you think Misery ends. Well, I mean, undoubtedly, he just stays there the entire time. Yes, Misery loves company. Oh, that's right undoubtedly, he just stays there the entire time. Yes, Misery Loves Company. Oh, that's right. That was the original title of the film.

The musical company. Yes. And it just sat there in Bobby Baby. How does Misery feel about assassins? How do I feel about assassins? How does Misery feel about assassins? Likes. Misery likes assassins.

So-so. Misery likes assassins. Misery loves company. Are you done with your plugs? Uh, yeah. Oh, I will fix the fan part, I will not fix the bottle part. Fair. Very good.

All right, let's close up the old plug bag. I'm talking about bags and bags I'm talking about opening bags I'm talking about opening bags Opening bags I'm talking about bags and bags I'm talking about opening bags Alright guys, well this has been a really fun episode I mean obviously I wanted to just kind of break down Baby Driver with you guys and really talk about the technical specs of it but we didn't get a chance to but please

I can email you the lens package. Please, that's all I really want. Edgar, John, continued success and literally this is my favorite film of the year so far and I'm a true connoisseur of the art form. Take that, boss baby. Take that, boss baby. Take that, boss. And when you say that, what do you mean? Just take, take that and do with it what you will, boss baby. You're the boss,

even though you are an infant. This Wednesday, please go see it. And then Beth, so sorry to bring up so many... No, it's okay. I guess sometimes you gotta, you gotta, you know... You take the good, you take the bad. Yeah. You take them both. You take them both. You take them both. What do you have? The, the being a kid. And JW, I'm so sorry that you made the trip out here for nothing.

Well, I'm not because I'm glad to hear that, you know, a crisis not only was averted, but didn't even happen. That's right. Well, you know, maybe they'll make a movie about the crisis on infinite earths that Wonder Woman took part in. I mean, if they're making these superhero movies, you know, I got, I got an idea of one they could make. Oh, wait a minute. We got next time you're on the show, we got to beat out this film. I mean, we have a director right here. Yeah, I'm in. You might be surprised to learn that there is already an existing screenplay. Let me guess who wrote this? Eddie Lee Capers? Are you familiar with this one? I know I'm not. All right, thanks. We'll see you next time. Thanks. Bye. Bye. This has been an Earwulf production, executive produced by Scott Ackerman,

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