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What happened to comedy movies being released in the theater?! | The Studio Apple TV Series Review
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In today's episode, Mel and Rod breakdown the state of the comedy movies in todays age. Why don't we see comedies being released in movie theaters anymore? Why is everything being thrown onto a streaming platform to then not be as good quality as the comedy movies we used to get in the 90's and the 2000's? They also talk about the newest Apple TV series, The Studio starring Seth Rogen as the head of studio in Los Angeles tasked to make a movie about the IP, Kool aid. Did they knock it out of the park with this series? or was it a let down? Tune in for a fantastic episode that really makes us think about the state of the entertainment industry in making movies of ALL GENRES.
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Introduction to Beyond the Shot
00:00:00
Speaker
Hey guys, welcome to the Beyond the Shot podcast, a podcast hosted by close cousins Melody and Rodney. And on this podcast, we're going to dive into different topics related to movies, TV shows, and the entertainment industry as a whole. Movies are meant to make you feel something, and both of us want to share those feelings with you.
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So tune in to new episodes every other Monday, and thanks so much for listening. And now, into today's episode.
Where Are the Comedy Movies?
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So comedies. Yes. Rodney and I have been talking about the fact that we don't see comedies like they used to make them, at least in the movie theater these days. I feel like the last time – actually, now I'm trying to think in my mind.
00:00:43
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When was the last time I saw like a full-on like comedy in a movie theater was – And i can't I can't even think about it. Like a full-on like... ah Right now, I just Googled comedic movies of the 2020s. I'm just going twenty twenty s i'm Okay. not I'm not going before that because I want to kind of stay within the realm of the last five years. and Yeah.
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Like, I mean, we have we have a lot to look at. Like, I can discuss a lot of the stuff coming up that comes up here. Like, they have Jennifer Lawrence did a movie called No Hard Feelings, which is like a raunchy kind of comedy thing, coming-of-age comedy thing.
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that's there barbie was considered a comedy but barbie was different but i don't i mean i guess it could be i guess it was a kind of there was funny aspects to it it was funny yeah but it's not barbie's i don't i don't look at barbie and think of it as a comedy it's not to me it's not like don't know there's so much more being said in that movie yes then it's just being like you know, two guys get drunk one night and then they can't remember what happened and then they have to go and, and find the missing person like the hangover. Right. That, that's what I mean.
Comedy's Evolution and Scarcity
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Like that's like a full on comedy. There's nothing like you have to really think about where you're like, Oh, this is deep. This is telling us that, you you know, X, Y, and Z, and this is related. This is a political thing under, underneath comedy. Right. and it's not.
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Exactly. and that's my thing. Like I'm looking here and I'm looking at these options that they're saying like, like, There's comedies, but then there's comedies that delve into like, oh, it's an action comedy or it's a ah ah romantic comedy or it's a mystery comedy. No, no, no.
00:02:17
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What about the comedies? Like it's just a comedy. Like just a full on comedy. nothing Nothing else. Nothing. but I mean, like I said, the no hard feelings thing pops up. That that was like raunchy comedy. Oh, I guess the, what's it called? The one that recently came out with Kiki Palmer.
00:02:33
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One of them days was kind of. One of them days was a comedy. See, that's good example. It's a comedy, yeah. But that was in January. But that's like the one. that's like the And it's June. yeah Yeah. The 2000s were heavily, heavily comedy focused. Like you knew that you were going to be able to watch at least like three comedies that year. Like, I mean, if you think about it, like if you put in like put 2010 Like search comedies.
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All right. going to search it now.
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comedy comedy i'm ah i'm searching All right, so, okay. I mean, that was heyday. Are you ready? Yeah. You got bridesmaids. Oh, comedy. All right.
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Bridesmaids, grownups. Comedy. What is it? Neighbors. Comedy. The Heat. Comedy. The other guys.
00:03:23
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Horrible bosses. Yeah, see? The other guys. This is the end. You know, like... like those are like Those are just straight up like, yo, I'm going to go on a bad teacher.
00:03:35
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you know like you do You had comedies there with just legit hall pass. You had comedies. Sisters, um Get Hard. my God. I used to love Get Hard. Let me see. What is the other one?
00:03:49
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twenty yo Well, 22 Jump Street is an action comedy, but it was but it was very funny. But it was very... yeah that you know that's actually That's a funny one because that is a like a fine line between an action comedy and just full-on comedy. Oh, you know what's a good action comedy, a comedy that I i love? Did you ever watch the movie Game Night?
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Yes, I've seen Game Night. dude, hilarious. That is funny. I love that movie. It's so funny, but it's a good movie, though, because there's like an action aspect to it, but it's really fucking funny. What's his name?
00:04:20
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The guy that's married to the officer. Jesse Oh, my God. With the dog. He's great, by the way. He's great in everything he does. He's great. He's a solid actor.
00:04:31
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Solid. He could do drama and he could do comedy. Yeah. Solid, solid actor. See, Crazy Rich Asians is a romantic comedy. Like, I don't... That's definitely a rom-com. That's not a comedy. That's rom-com. There was funny stuff in it, but it was a rom-com.
00:04:45
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Like you said, other guys. That's straight up full-on fucking comedy. Yeah. That's just a comedy, like crazy. um Let me see what else we got. You know, I mean, you did have your typical Adam Sandler stuff.
00:04:58
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the There's one called That's My Boy. There's one... There's another one here. Well, Ted came out in the 2010s. Oh, that's full-on comedy. Yeah, that's full-on comedy. Obviously, The Hangover, like we talked about before.
00:05:13
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um yeah I mean, they exist, but but but again, like we were talking about, in the 2020s, what happened?
00:05:23
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Where did that go? Like, when was, like, the... Yeah, like, what... Like, what year was it that they, like, kind of just started to disappear off of our screens? Like, I have, it just happened. Like, all of a sudden, I was like, wait, what? Honestly, it probably was, like, the start of, like, actual streaming.
00:05:44
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because Yeah, that's what i feel like it was. once like streaming had to do something with budgets, I'm assuming. Yeah, but, like, comedies aren't hard to make. No, and they're cheap. But that's why I find it weird. I'm like, you would think they'd make more comedies because budget isn't A problem. You don't need crazy green screen and CGI. and and It's just, like, people... at all. it's Like, literally, you can film... You can literally film that on, like, the freaking...
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Warner Brothers Law. thank you Super easy. i mean, easy, but you know what mean? Like it's not going to charge. It shouldn't cost as much as it costs to make Avengers. No, no, no way. a it It's just not, not a thing.
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So
Challenges in Modern Comedy Creation
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I don't know. it It is very disappointing to me because I mean, I love comedies. I i mean, I, obviously I obviously love romantic comedies, but I do movies. the kind Oh, Step Brothers.
00:06:38
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How did we forget? Step Brothers. You have like these like iconic movies from the 2010s, 2000s that were like, they just don't make that kind of stuff anymore. And I don't know. It must have obviously started when when every other person, every other studio was like, let's start streaming. So was like Amazon Prime and then Apple and not just na i Disney. wouldn't count Disney.
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What's the other one? Paramount Plus. What's the other one? Peacock, yeah. Peacock. yeah Yeah, that's the thing. it's They all came together and said, you know what? How about we just produce comedies now? Yeah, where did that go?
00:07:18
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it's And it makes me really sad because a lot of them, when they are on these streaming platforms, they're not good. no like And you see though you see the drop in quality. The drop quality.
00:07:32
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Like, for instance, one of the big ones that came out a few years ago. i want to say it was two years ago when they decided to make one of the greatest comedies ever made is Coming to America.
00:07:43
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Coming to America is one of the premier comedies ever made. Oh, my God. In the 1980s. And then they said, oh, we're going to do Coming to America Part 2. So i'm like, all right, cool. So, you know, i'm ah we're all excited.
00:07:57
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um Dropped in 2021. Obviously straight to Amazon. yep And it was a good movie. Don't get me wrong. I saw it. I enjoyed it. I thought it was good.
00:08:07
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But it wasn't it wasn't coming to America. it wasn't the It wasn't the first one. And I didn't think it was going to be. you know Because that that was a tall task to ask that movie to be as good as the original.
00:08:19
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But it's like, it's like, what happened? There's like levels to these things. And there's just been a massive drop off when it comes to comedy now. And, and it's like, you have to seek it somewhere. And I don't know. i don't know what's going on. I don't know if it's our writers, like, well, I know what's going on.
00:08:38
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You know, we've talked about it before. You know, we live in an era now where you really can't say a lot of things. We live in an era where you, you know, you can offend people. And again, I'm not one of those types of people. I'm i'm pretty much like, you know, I'm all for having a good time and being fun, you know.
00:08:58
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And like, I just, I feel like once you start messing with that type of sauce, where you take away a person's ability to make a joke or make something funny because you feel like it's going to offend this group of people, this person, then you're kind of taking away the soul of what that person does. Yeah.
00:09:21
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And then there's a difference when you're being mean and malicious. It's different than just being funny. Now, sometimes some people will be like, well, it's one in the same. But it was never like that.
00:09:31
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You know, like whenever we saw like, for instance, you know, one of the funniest, one of the biggest hits of all time in terms of comedy was White
Comedy as Societal Reflection
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Chicks. White Chicks was a funny movie because it was technically white face.
00:09:45
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yeah You had the Marlins, you had the Waynes brothers do this comedic thing. But out of that movie, it just so much comedy came out of it. But they were making fun of like, you know, so many asked different aspects of it. And there was this there's a kind of like a moral of the story thing to it.
00:10:01
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Like, I feel like when there's one of those comedies where you kind of learn something about yourself, then I think it's okay to get away with saying things like that. You know what I mean? Or doing things like that.
00:10:12
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ah yeah it's I don't know, Mel. like When I think of comedy and I think about um think about me, for instance, in the ninety s i you know I was born in the eighty s grew up in the 2000s. You know how it is.
00:10:25
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I think about the 90s and I think about those summers where, oh, you know you know that new Jim Carrey movie is coming up. And you know that that Jim Carrey movie was going to be a massive hit. like You knew, ah yo, Dumb and Dumber is coming out.
00:10:37
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Massive hit. Yeah. You know? Liar Liar. Massive hit. Those are straight up comedies. Bruce Almighty. Bruce Almighty. Thank you. Bruce Almighty. Hell, even the sequel. Evan Almighty. Yeah. Did pretty well in the box office.
00:10:51
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You know? Like, there's things to it. And it's like... Where is that now? You're not seeing it in the box office. It's not coming out. Like I went to the movies not too long ago and I don't remember seeing anything about a comedy, any comedies, any big time comics. I didn't see, oh, the next movie from Kevin Hart, you know, who's a big time comedian now.
00:11:11
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enough Can I just actually before I forget, because I almost forgot and then you brought this up, which made me remember it. about comedians, right? So you know how we're like saying like, oh, well, you know, yeah they they don't make movies anymore if people are sensitive.
00:11:24
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I'm like, but that's
The Role of Comedy in Social Settings
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like going to watch a comedy show. Like, no one, like everything that comedians say is going to be derogatory. There's going to be racial things like, and people still go and watch that.
00:11:37
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And like, they're insulting. They're talking about different cultures or talking about things, but it's comedy, right? It's the space. It's the space for it. So I'm like, why can't they, like, if you're watching a movie and you know, it's a comedy, it's not like you're going in being like, Oh, this is supposed to be a serious drama. Now they're making fun of my culture.
00:11:54
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Right? Like, Have we become too robotic as a society now where we're just we just don't want to laugh? Like, we don't want that. Because and don't get me wrong.
00:12:05
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There's been times where I watch things and I feel like, okay, this is being too funny. What does it need to be? Because I've said it. Like, when I talk about when I criticize Marvel on things, i always say, well, why are they why they dropping jokes? Like, why is it doing this? You know, it's not the moment. Oh, put that stash right in. Sometimes I feel like I'm justified, but then sometimes I wonder, like...
00:12:22
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you know, a bit of levity might but not be that bad. You know what i mean? But I don't know. i just... But if you're watching a comedy, you're supposed to laugh. Yeah, you're supposed to have fun.
00:12:33
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You're supposed to just kind of forget forget what's going on and just laugh and be in the moment. And again, there's a difference when you're being malicious, you know, where you're just making fun of someone and you're making fun of them in a bad way, you know, like we've seen many times before.
00:12:49
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But then there's some times where it doesn't or it's not like that, where like the comedian is giving it to everybody. The comedian is giving it to this group of people, this group people. He's giving it to his own people or her own people.
00:13:00
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You know what i mean? Give it to themselves. like there's There's different like avenues in regards to it. um It made me think. You're like, oh, is there any comedies coming out?
00:13:11
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Happy Gilmore 2 on Netflix. But, okay. but Again. again happy it's going to be like a coming to america situation it's a streamer though yeah and it's a streamer yeah that's the thing it's mean it's a the big and i don't want to insult streamers i don't because plenty of really good movies have dropped on streamers and i'm not i'm not i'm not about this insulting no no that's true no they don't not all them oscar winners have come out of streamers yeah it's fine but we're a We're a podcast that we talk about movies.
00:13:44
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And you know me, Mel. I talk about movies on a grand scale. And when I talk about grand scale, I talk about the big screen. Having the popcorn in your hand. Being in a theater full of people. Yeah, experience. And experience. And...
00:13:56
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you know being in a commute like there's sometimes man there's no better experience when you're in a room like that and a big screen and you're watching a comedy and you're all laughing in unison like that feeling when that is like i'm like i remember when i wanted to go see when i went to go one of my favorite comedies of all time and again they will never make this movie again tropic thunder Oh, yeah. I saw Tropic Thunder with my wife. She was my girlfriend. Then we saw it.
00:14:27
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And we was like, it was ah was a bunch of us in the theater, other people. There was moments where people were just laughing, laughing their asses off, you know? And it's just like, you're just enjoying it.
00:14:40
Speaker
And the energy in that room is great. Why? Because everybody's laughing and having a good time because they're it's freaking hilarious. Yeah. We don't, it's like, we don't have that anymore. It's gone.
00:14:51
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You experience that. Oh yeah. I'm going to watch it, you know, on home at home. You know what I mean? Like you said, with um ah the, the, the Sia Kiki Palmer vehicle, um' one of one of them days, which is a really good movie. It was very funny.
00:15:04
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You know, I actually enjoyed that movie a lot, you know, and it did came out in the theaters early this year and it did well, it did well, but that's just one. That's just one. Like you think about the rest of the lineup for the year and I'm like,
00:15:18
Speaker
What comedy? Is there any other comedy coming out this year? ah You know what? the movie theater. I don't know. I don't. Like, any big comedies. I don't. Well, also, this is this is how i this is how I know. It's like, I haven't seen it come up on my YouTube, like, any previews. Anything that comes up on my previews, I was like, Amazon Prime, Netflix, Apple TV. So, I just did a search for. Okay. Okay.
00:15:42
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for movies. 2025. Comedies for 2025. Now, this is what we were talking about before, like what qualifies as a comedy, what is, what isn't. Like, for instance, they have this one movie called Death of a Unicorn, which is an A24 movie. It's with ah Paul Rudd and Jenna Ortega. it came out um ah It came out like a month ago, but that's like a horror comedy thing.
00:16:02
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So it's like, ah it's not a straight up comedy. No. They have Lilo and Stitch there. it's It's a family movie, you know. uh there's there's uh this one called you're cordially invited which is an am again amazon oh that came out yeah yeah yeah that came out but then that came out i didn't hear anything about that i't hear people about that movie so it's like i'm i'm i'm like like yeah like i see here one of them days um but then i see a lot of stuff that is not that you know um
00:16:35
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And I see a lot of things that we're talking about. Straight to streamer. Like, um there's this one movie called Kinda Pregnant with um Amy Schumer. Straight Netflix. Straight to Netflix.
00:16:46
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Let me see. Bridget Jones. A new Bridget Jones movie we came out. Mad About about the Boy. Straight to Peacock. So we're not we're not we're not getting anything that's being released in the theaters.
00:16:58
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And, yo, comedies are such a big part of the movies, man. like Oh, and it's such a great way to get like people out. And it's like it's fun for everyone. like You can go on a date to that. It doesn't have to be like, oh, I haven't seen that other movie that's connected to it. Like, oh, I'm going to see Avengers, but i want to bring my girlfriend who's never seen an Avenger movie.
00:17:17
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Right? Or whatever. or Yeah. Yeah. it's I feel like comedies were always such a great like date night kind of movie. Yeah, comedies are a great day, night, time movie. you're hundred sixty You have romantic comedies. And that's another episode. We're going to get into that as well.
00:17:32
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um But, you know, comedies are a safe kind of bet. Especially like, oh, you know, that new Will Ferrell movie is going on. love Will Ferrell. You like Will Ferrell? Yeah. Let's go watch it.
00:17:42
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He's funny. You know, that's reliable.
Historical Significance of Comedy in Cinema
00:17:45
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But when did studios literally just say, yeah, we're not we're not giving out big budgets for... um a comedy and we're not pushing it for the big screen.
00:17:58
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We'll give you a comedy, but we're just going to push that for stream. That's exclusively for streamers. And I feel like that's what's happened. Comedies now are exclusively for streamers and to get a comedy now put on the big screen is extremely rare, which is wild to think, man, because before the landscape was so different, you know, before the landscape, you know, the comedies were the ones that are really being pushed, you know,
00:18:22
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And yeah, you got your action blockbuster films, you got your horror movies and stuff, but comedies were a big part of it. Yeah. You know what I mean? Comedies were part of the lineup in the year. And like that is you know, along with romantic comedies, but just comedies as a whole, they're that's the one thing that is missing from the normal lineup in the year, right? You've got your dramas, you've got your action, and you've got horror, and you've got I mean, I'm going to put superhero in its own, in its own.
00:18:53
Speaker
That's its own thing. It's its own thing. Cause I wouldn't even like, yeah, they're action movies, but like, it's so specific to that world of just superheroes that I'm like, well, we're just going to give it its own. Yeah. Its own box.
00:19:04
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Yeah, but those are getting greenlit. Those are getting greenlit left and right. Left and right. They make money. They still make money. you know and And I just, man, it's it's it's just a sucky world when you tell me that we're not able to experience actor A, who's a great comedic actor. Like, for instance, and this I know a big focal point of the episode.
00:19:28
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Seth Rogen. Seth Rogen is he's ah he's a comedic actor. He writes a lot of comedy. Yeah, he's done some dramatic stuff, but you know we know him as his bread and butter is is comedy. yeah you know like One of my favorite movies that he was a part of was This Is The End. I thought that shit was hilarious. Hilarious, yeah. Because you know these actors are literally playing themselves in these movies.
00:19:52
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and And it's like... like are we ever going to get those types of movies and the big screen
Exploring The Studio on Apple TV
00:19:59
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again? are we just going to have them regulated to streamers? Or are we going to have them being turned into shows?
00:20:06
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Which is, I think, what our big topic of conversation for this episode is going to be, is comedic shows. And one in particular that Seth row and set Rogen pretty much had his hands in him and his ah partner, I believe his name is Evan Goldberg.
00:20:22
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Yeah. um The studio. On Apple TV Plus. ah I can't speak highly enough about Apple TV. Apple TV to me is the best streamer available, hands down. There's nothing better.
00:20:36
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Quality of shows, um the casts, everything is amazing. But I'm talking about the studio today. i told Mel. I was like, Mel, you have to watch the studio. It's hilarious. I think you're to love it It's so funny.
00:20:52
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Mel saw it. Mel was like merz like, first of all, you didn't tell me. Oh, yeah. top up with this I'm like, oh, shit, I forgot. Yeah. But then I was like, I didn't want to give it away because there were so many great cameos. Oh, my God.
00:21:07
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So many. So many. So many cameos. All of them. And they're hilarious. Oh, my God. fucking funny. Like, what's it called? Which episode is it? The one, the first one where Zoe, the Golden Globes.
00:21:19
Speaker
Oh, yeah. And Adam Scott's in it, and then he keeps, and then he starts the thing. Charles Saperstein. Yeah. Charles Saperstein. I want to give a shout out to Charles Saperstein. That shit. Oh. Man, let me tell you, that that show, I love it.
00:21:34
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I love that show. I love how chaotic it is. That's the one thing I love about that show, is the chaos Oh, man. The way that it's filmed. Oh, dude. then and And that's like, you know, speaking of like our podcast, which is Beyond the Shot, the way that this film, this film, see, I called it a film, this show is shot. And like Ronnie had mentioned to me before, he was like, yeah, it's like really chaotic because it like follows them around. And I was like, okay, I think I understand what he means. And then when I watched it, up like, oh, i and I definitely understand like why it's so chaotic because it's literally like
00:22:05
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the camera moves and you're looking at the other actor and it seems like everything is like in one shot. There's no like, okay, we're going to shot, you know, shot a shot, cut, shot, cut, shot, cut. No, it's literally just like everyone's in this room in a circle and we're going to be talking this person and this person talks and the other person, the other person talks and they're all running around and, and it also makes it, it also fits because that is what running a studio is probably like. That's the whole point. It's just absolutely chaotic every day of your life.
00:22:37
Speaker
They want you to feel that. I think they did a great job portraying that. Where Seth Rogen is the young executive. He was the president of the studio. And they want him to make a Kool-Aid movie.
00:22:51
Speaker
Oh my god, that was so funny. That is so funny. First of all, let me you know let me just start and let me just start there with Like, I knew we were in for something special when you go and you meet the the head the studio and it's Bryan Cranston.
00:23:07
Speaker
oh And I'm like, okay, we're going to be in for a treat. If this version of Bryan Cranston is the head of the studio and his idea is, oh, we got a new IP, Kool-Aid. I was like, oh, my God, what is going to happen with this shit?
00:23:25
Speaker
Oh, man. Let me tell you. It is. and and And, like, it's funny because going into this, I had one I didn't really. I knew ah that it was about, like, a studio. But I didn't know, like, that.
00:23:36
Speaker
I didn't know Catherine O'Hara was in this. Had no clue. And then when she came out, and I was like, oh, she's, like, little pretty. She's in a lot of the episodes. I was like where i was not expecting that. I was like, oh, had no idea she was in it.
00:23:48
Speaker
um I had no idea Catherine Hahn was in it. it No clue. Great. She's. Oh, my God. She's someone. Who was it? um What was that I was watching? Oh, so you know how they've been doing the actors on actors thing? Yeah. yeah So I watched the one with um Charlie Cox and what was his name from Heartstopper?
00:24:10
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la ah some Oh, my God. Joe Locke. And um they were because you know how he's in she Agatha all along.
00:24:20
Speaker
And he was like talking about like working with her whatever. And then i think i think charlie I think Charlie said it. Someone said it. I forget. was like She's one of those actors that's like, she can do so much, but it never feels unbelievable.
00:24:38
Speaker
No. And it's true because you would see that character and like, it's very theatrical, right? It's like big and like crazy, but like, it it's so grounded in reality somehow. And she's like one of those actresses that can do that. And I actually do agree. Because I was watching that and i was like, this is such a crazy character.
00:24:57
Speaker
And she is absolutely nailing it. i like I've seen her. And I'm like, I've met i've met people like this. Like I have met people in my real life that are like this. And I think that's what makes that character work.
00:25:10
Speaker
yeah And I think she's just a phenomenal actress. she She was... Oh, man. you They didn't know which episode. And like, in what's really great about this show is that like, it really does cover a lot of the topics that you think studios would be discussing. Like the episode with the, where they're changing the cast. Cause they're like, Oh no, it's racist.
00:25:34
Speaker
Cause everyone's like this, they're black and they're white. And the movie's called Kool-Aid. it's And you see Mel, I'm going to circle that back to what we were talking about with movies in general. It's like,
00:25:47
Speaker
People are afraid of making jokes like that in an actual movie setting. And I just wonder, like, so so it's okay to make that joke in a show, but not in a movie? In a movie. Where are we at, man? What's going on with this? you know Like, they could have made this whole show a movie.
00:26:03
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and i want to They could have. They could have. literally This literally could have been a movie. Like, it was... Oh, my God. It's so funny. Part of me wonders, Mel, how many of these comedic shows...
00:26:15
Speaker
were first movies and then they were turned into shows. Well, maybe that's something they'll cover on the studio. Yeah, I know, right? like It just makes me wonder how it's done. you do wonder, yeah. Because it really wouldn't surprise me if Seth Rogen was like, yeah, I made this i wrote this script about a studio, a movie studio, and and it's about an executive who's who has some who's just got a new job and he has to make a ah movie based on on the Kool-Aid man.
00:26:43
Speaker
And like that's the whole thing was that. Yeah. And what if... you know It was presented to him and him and his partner were like, you know what? Producers and they stuff. It'll make a better show than it would be a movie. Or maybe you don' we can't really do this in a movie. It'll work better as a show.
00:26:57
Speaker
Yeah. And like that's the beauty of this show, of the studio, is I almost feel like it's one of it's it's a show where it's a comedy, but you actually do learn a lot about the industry.
00:27:09
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Yeah. learn so much about how production is. let's just Let me just go with... um the The second episode the um no wait was it the second puzzle?
00:27:19
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the The one when he's like running around the set? Yeah. Oh, God. and i need to And the girl's like trying to get the shot. The runner. Yeah, the episode's called The Runner. Yeah, and he's the ah the director's trying to get the shot because the sun is right. Everything's just... And it's just like... And and then you kind of like... And I think the show does such a fantastic job.
00:27:40
Speaker
Like, I was thinking about this. I'm like, as they're shooting this, I'm like, wow. So they're shooting a show... an episode in this show about a crew shooting a movie. movie Like, and I just think about the amount of equipment at this location must be insane.
00:27:58
Speaker
yeah Because you got the camera that they're shooting to shoot this episode and then you got the camera that's shooting the favorite movie within the show. And then not to mention everything else around the set.
00:28:09
Speaker
But again, it's it's one of those things where a lot of people probably don't know how shows or movies are made. They probably just assume, oh, it's just a camera and an actor. But then use this show. Shows you know there's a lot more going on. We have to worry about natural light. We have to worry about continuity. We have to do this and that.
00:28:27
Speaker
And then, you know, here you have, you know, ah Matt Remick, you know, Seth Rogen's character just coming in and just being chaotic because, you know, his character is obsessed with film.
00:28:39
Speaker
He's, he's like, he wants to make a good movie. Yeah. He's like us. He's one of us. Matt Remick. And I think that's one of the reasons why I got attached to the show right away is because I saw a lot of myself when I, when I hear Matt Remick speak, what he talks about.
00:28:53
Speaker
film and he talks about his love of what these ah of movies and it's like I looked that and it's like I looked in the mirror was like man is he's speaking to my soul in a lot of ways and I was like watching like shit I'd probably be fucking going crazy like he is yeah you know because this is technically it's a job it's still his job it's a prestigious job because he's the head of a studio you know but then he's also he's also a fanboy he also loves the movies he loves the aspect of having Martin Scorsese you know Oh my God. that Was that the first like, oh we don't want you to do we don't want you to do the Kool-Aid movie anymore. And and we're just and we're and we're not we're not doing anything with your script.
00:29:37
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And then that he's just like, wait, you you took my movie?
00:29:44
Speaker
I felt so bad. oh but Mario Scorsese, he killed it. He was really good. He's great, though. when he When he does these cameos, he's fantastic. Oh, my God. Mario Scorsese is good actor. He's a actor. If he ever wants to transition to acting, get out of the right thing, I think he'll be fine. he's Oh, my God. Que risa. That was so funny. Yo, that shit had me dying, man. That that was so funny.
00:30:05
Speaker
The one episode, so you know how you were like, because you felt very... connected to the character and I completely agree with you in that is like I like I see him I see like I am like he's me I get it um but that scene that that that besides holy is one of my favorite was what with the doctors and the doctors are just shitting on his on his like ah yeah oh man no and I had never felt so seen Like i was like, oh, like that is that is literally what it it is like when you are talking to people who who have more prestigious jobs that they think that like, you know, filming movies and and being a filmmaker or an actor whatever are just like, oh, but you don't contribute to society. Oh my God. When they were like saying about doctors, they're like, no, you're kidding. Right? Like it what you do is nothing like, you know, like what we do. I was like, oh,
00:30:55
Speaker
Oh my God, I have never felt so seen. That whole episode was also like, he's just like trying to be like, what do you mean? Like, I, I, film, do you not see where we're like at in this actual like venue?
00:31:08
Speaker
It's movies, movies everywhere. This was filmed here. This was filmed here. And they were just like, they just like, don't see it. They're like, no, but we're doctors. Like we actually save human lives. Like what, what do you do? i was like oh my God.
00:31:21
Speaker
And, you know, it's it's funny because it's like, like episode and because it's true, though, and it's and and with with Matt, you know, Matt, again, he's he's one of us. He looks at movies as medicine. um Yeah, he's like, you know, and again.
00:31:36
Speaker
Yeah, you're a doctor and you save people and stuff. But, you know, my movie brings joy to people.
The Therapeutic Role of Films
00:31:41
Speaker
People come and see. Oh, you know when he said it about the hospital. He's like, well, people go to the hospital and they go to the bed. What's the thing in their room?
00:31:49
Speaker
A TV. A TV.
00:31:52
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What are they watching on the TV? Film, TV shows. Like, yeah obviously, like, that brings joy to people. And they're just like, we're not like, oh, sorry cut you off. but No, no, but you're right, though. And you made a great point. it's it's that's what that's what That's why I think this show was so special.
00:32:09
Speaker
um It... It was great writing, which I always champion great work great writing. Great writing is the key. A great story and great writing is the key to having everything come out well. Because out of great out of a great story and out of great writing, that's when you get these amazing characters. And all the characters in this show are amazing. like like let me just Let me just go through. And the actors.
00:32:34
Speaker
So you got Seth Rogen as Matt Remick. You got Ike Barinholtz as Sal Saperstein, who is... They were both in in neighbor's together. Yeah. Yeah. I didn't know that until like, I didn't know that they were like, that he was in And then I was like, aren't they?
00:32:47
Speaker
And I was like, wait, that's, that's the other actor from neighbors. I'm like, they're neighbors together. Yeah. and And then you got a chase suey wonders who played a Quinn Hackett. Who's the, who's the other executive that is, who has kind of has a rivalry with South Sapp. Yeah. We're trying to one up each other. Yeah. but so Which was a great episode. back Oh my God. With the parking situation. That was man. That was genius.
00:33:10
Speaker
That was freaking genius. Yeah. And the burrito. through The burrito was crazy, though. um no really bad rito And whole set.
00:33:22
Speaker
Yeah. Well, let me get back to that. but just i let me let me let I want to get back to that, but I just want to give shout outs. We talked about Catherine Han. She played Maya Mason. Obviously, the the the great and excellent Bryan Cranston, who played Griffin Mill, who's the ah the the head of the studio, the head head, the owner of it.
00:33:40
Speaker
um You had a Kayla Monterosso, who played Petra, who was the was Matt Remick's secretary. oh She was great.
00:33:51
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And then, of course, the um absolutely amazing, fabulous Catherine O'Hara, who played Patty, who was who had the job that Matt Remick got because remember, they hired Patty and Matt Remick went and hired Patty because he thought it wouldd be goodwill.
00:34:07
Speaker
And you see, that's the thing. Like, that's the one thing about these characters, too, is they're actually likable. Like Matt Remick's character, Seth Rogen's character, Matt Remick, is a likable because he's actually a good dude and he wants he just he wants to make everybody happy.
00:34:21
Speaker
Yeah. Like, I'm going to go to an episode about making everybody happy, and that's the note episode with Ron Howard and Anthony Mackie. With the movie.
00:34:32
Speaker
Oh, my God. When they're watching the movie, and then they're like, this is great. This is amazing. And it's like hour three, and they're like, Wait, what's going on? They thought it was good. I thought the movie was going to end. And it just kept, it went, it went going, it kept going another 45 more minutes.
00:34:47
Speaker
We need to cut those last 45 minutes, you know, which is a nut, which is an, again, this is a, this is a window into what it is to be an executive. Yeah. Because, you know, folks, I know you listening to the show.
00:35:00
Speaker
We love movies. We love shows. But, you know, when these movies are shot, they shot a lot of movie, a lot of hours of footage. So they have to trim the movie down. So they'll shoot, a director will shoot four hours worth of a movie.
00:35:13
Speaker
And the um the director, the editor, the studio, they sit and they watch these films and they say, okay, well, Remove this from the film. Take this part out of the film.
00:35:24
Speaker
We have to bring this down. It's too long. We want the movie to be two hours and a half long. We want the to be two hours. Mm-hmm. In this episode, it was pretty much that, where they're sitting down, they're watching this movie where by Ron Howard starring Anthony Mackie, and it's a movie that that they said is ah potentially could be an Oscar-nominated film.
00:35:42
Speaker
They love the movie. Literally, the movie gets to what they thought was the end, and the movie kept going another 45 minutes. So the whole point of the episode is they want to try to break they want to try to break the news to Ron Howard.
00:35:56
Speaker
that they need that the movie needs to get cut another 45 minutes, that part of the end of the of the what they thought was the end. But what turns out was that Ron Howard is a guy who, who who you know, everybody loves Ron Howard.
00:36:10
Speaker
He's such a nice guy. you know he's He's from Happy Days. you know People don't want to disappoint Ron Howard. And then what they end up finding out is that that last 45 minutes that they want cut, Ron Howard dedicated that to his cousin that died.
00:36:26
Speaker
So every time they try to do it, that keeps being brought up. Anthony Mackie makes a camera. He was great in this episode. Oh, he was. Absolutely awesome. Anthony Mackie, at first, you think, oh, he's like in lockstep with Ron Howard until he goes into the office, Matt Remick's office, and tells him about, hey, listen, those last 45 minutes, he fucking sucked. You got to cut that. And they're like, wait, wait, wait.
00:36:52
Speaker
Again, it is chaos personified. Yeah. Yeah. But it's done in the stat in the fashion of the studio. And it's it's just it's amazing. It's a great up episode.
00:37:03
Speaker
Oh, it's great. What is it? It ends when eventually he gets him to cut it or whatever. then what is it that Ron Howard tells him? Ron Howard said, let this be the last time you do this or I'll fucking kill you. Yeah, something. Something like that. And he said, oh, shit. Ron Howard just threatened.
00:37:19
Speaker
yeah So you thought they made peace, which they kind did, but then Ron Howard at the end got the last leg. He's like, I will fucking kill you. I will fucking kill you if you do this to me again. And then it just ends. Oh, it was so good. So, so good.
Praise for The Studio's Production Quality
00:37:33
Speaker
Oh, fantastic. Yeah, it's the the the the studio. and and and And I want to just circle back to something with with the studio as a whole, just talking about the show. It is shot so well. Like there's there's some shots in this show in this show that it's just beautiful. Like, like Like the setup of these shots, the lighting, the camera movement.
00:37:56
Speaker
It's it's it is to me, it's just it's it's TV done right. Yeah. And it's a high quality version of what you expect from ah movie. Yeah.
00:38:13
Speaker
Literally, but you're getting it in a TV show. tv show Like, I don't remember the last time I seen a comedy look this good. Like, it looks, it's ah it's just, it looks great, you know? and wonder if it's Apple TV, because maybe they have a bigger, do you think they might have a bigger budget than, like, other ones? They probably have bigger budgets. Yeah, they have bigger budgets. Apple TV always has, you know, Apple's Apple, they, know.
00:38:38
Speaker
um big big company so they they they maybe that have big budgets and stuff but part of me wonders well is it big budget or is it just just good direct really good people working on these episodes they have really good directors really good cinematographers that well i think they're doing i think seth directed almost every single one i believe so i think he directed and wrote almost like every episode Yeah, this is... This is, this this is like, really good stuff for him. like Yeah, this is his baby. This is 100% his baby. is it renewed for our second season?
00:39:10
Speaker
I believe so. i think I think the show was a massive hit for Apple TV. I... for apple tv i I loved it, man. I loved it. I, you know what I love, which episode I love.
00:39:22
Speaker
Well, I love the gold. du We talked about the golden globes episode, obviously with Al Saperstein. That was awesome. Sorry. Yeah. I just looked it up. It has written fit been renewed. Oh, perfect. Awesome. Yeah. It was, re it was, Renault was announced before they even aired the last episode. So yeah. Yeah.
00:39:37
Speaker
Um, the, the, the last episode, the cinema con episode was the, the cherry on top oh my ah of of of a perfect Sunday. Wild.
00:39:49
Speaker
Um, you know, it you know, it gave me vibes. It kind of gave me vibes of this is the end with the whole party scene and you have so many actors. Yeah. So many actors and everybody. being frank You love Dave Franco. Oh my God. And he has the podcast.
00:40:03
Speaker
Yeah. he
00:40:06
Speaker
He was so high. yeah
00:40:11
Speaker
and He was so high in the episode. and he's a close Zoe Kravitz comes out. like It's just like it said you're turning around. It's like yo who's is it a who's who in this episode. Yeah.
00:40:23
Speaker
And it's such a great episode. It's so wonderfully directed, so wonderfully written. Man, listeners, i plead you, go and seek this show out.
00:40:34
Speaker
If you don't have Apple TV, get it. Get it and just get it for the month or whatever. Watch it. As matter watch everything on the streamer because it's really, really good streamer. We're not being paid by Apple.
00:40:46
Speaker
I wish we were. Not sponsored. We're not sponsored at all. But it's just i'm just... I'm just calling a spade a spade here. The shows are really good. And this show is fantastic.
00:40:56
Speaker
I hate to be talking about this show like this because don't want spoil it for people because I feel like this is a show you have to watch. You have to experience Oh, you have You really do. I mean, I'm so glad Rodney told me about it. And you don't have to... It's not one of those shows where you have to sit down and think. Yeah, sit down and watch it. And...
00:41:10
Speaker
Have a good time. And they're short episodes, too. So they're not... You can get through it very easily. It's only, I think, eight episodes, too. So... You'll be done before you know it. Like, literally. You start early in the morning. You'll be done by afternoon. Like, it's... And it's so, so good. Like, oh, my God. And when it ends, you're going to feel bad because you're going to be damn, got wait, like, a year for season two because...
00:41:33
Speaker
It's so damn good. and so damn good. And want more. Because those caragan those characters, that they're written so well. You want to know more. You want to get more info. You want to know what's going on. likeck I want to see like well what else like other topics are they going to cover in the studio. you know Yeah, man. I mean, going back to the that one episode, though the one with with the racist thing. That one, value one of the top tier ones when like, they're like, Oh, this is a great cast.
00:41:59
Speaker
Woo. We've got this person. And then they're like, do you not see it? This is very, do you not see it? No, I don't see it. What do you mean? You don't see it. potentially This racist. And I was like, oh my God. And then they had everyone black and they' like they're if everyone was black, are they saying like, oh, well then the only people could watch this movie, they have to be black. So you're saying we can't get people who are white to watch this? Oh, like how it escalated from it just being like, yeah, this is a great cast. And then it being like just a shit show. And then Ice Cube was in it. Oh, dude. Oh my God.
00:42:31
Speaker
He's just, oh, it was like a comic con thing, right? Was it like, yeah, it was like a, it was like another comic con where they were trying to reveal it. Yeah. Oh my God. That shit. That really, that one for to me was like, that definitely happens.
00:42:44
Speaker
Yeah. That absolutely happens in movies. Like they have like this list and then they're like, Hey, well maybe we should just diversify this a little bit. Yeah. Especially now with everything going on. Yeah.
00:42:57
Speaker
You know, diversifying and put an ad, this and that. And, and, ah that that show, again, it it it's a window into what execs have to deal with when it comes to, you know, casting a movie, but yeah putting a project together.
00:43:13
Speaker
Or even, what's it called, the the second episode when he's on set and, like, everyone's just being nice to him so they can get what they want. She's just like, well, I really want this Rolling Stones song, so I need, you know, or so, I think that's what it was, like, ah some...
00:43:28
Speaker
It was some song. i think was yeah I think it was like Rolling Stones. I'm like, oh, so I'm just going to be nice. And then the other actress who was in it, like she was just being nice and then because she wanted like the better, like the private jet or or whatever it was. And then she's like, oh, I'm just being nice. I was like, you know what i want?
00:43:42
Speaker
And then I think Sal was like, you know she's just kissing your ass so she can get what she wants. Oh, my God. She's so nice. And, like, he just – because he's such a nice guy. he is. He really is.
00:43:52
Speaker
It is almost like he is getting taken advantage of in a way in that episode. He really is, though. Because, like, he is so nice and he just wants to, like, appease everyone. But then everyone's just, like, kissing his ass just so they can get what they want.
00:44:06
Speaker
Oh, my God, man. But that episode, he just kept talking over the the, like, when they're trying to get the shot. Then the the car was parked – it was yeah It was an episode where I was kind of watching it melt through my hands because I was covering my face. i was I was like cringed for him, for Matt. Because I'm just like, oh my God, this is so embarrassing.
00:44:34
Speaker
She's walking and she's just like, cut. Whose car is this? Oh, shit. And they're like running. He knocks over like the whole set. Like it's, yeah, you definitely like, you're like, oh my God, this is so bad well You know what episode we're not talking about? What I'm surprised we're not talking about?
00:44:51
Speaker
um The missing reel. The one with. us Oh, the one with Zac Efron. Zac Efron. Oh my God, yo.
00:45:00
Speaker
And they keep thinking that like he's the one who stole it. and And then like they go to the party and it's like, How I caught you. He's like, what do you mean? Like, this is the party that I made with my money because you didn't want to pay for the after party. You were too cheap. to You were too cheap to pay for the after party.
00:45:17
Speaker
Oh, my God. And it turns out that it was just like Olivia Wilde's character. It Olivia Wilde herself. The director of the movie. The own movie is the one that stole it because they wanted to reshoot a scene and they weren't allowed to.
00:45:29
Speaker
Yeah. died That was... And it was like film, so it's like super expensive to make, right? Is that what... I think that's what it was, right? Yeah, well, the thing with film is once... First of all, once you expose the reel and it's outside, that's it. It's ruined. Yeah.
00:45:41
Speaker
So... Oh, my God. Yeah, so you already know what happens Oh, my God. But, um man, this this this this show is... Applause. Applause, man. Applause set for this show. You, my man... Outdid yourself. If you ever listen, thank you.
00:45:57
Speaker
I hope it gets hope it gets some awards. Yeah, because, you know, just to kind of bring it back to the comedy thing so we can wrap up the episode, it's like we want more of this. Like, we want more of this. We crave it. I crave it, yeah.
00:46:11
Speaker
And I think that, you know, Mel, that's funny, I think the show also...
The Need for Quality Comedy Content
00:46:15
Speaker
to me, it was funnier because of the fact that we haven't gotten funny stuff like this in a while. yeah So it it made it special.
00:46:25
Speaker
we've been deprived it's not ah it's not like It's not diluted, it's not watered down comedy. It's like, man, this is really good. I want more of this. And and that's what we want. you know We want more of these types of things. We want shows that are well done, well written, that are very funny.
00:46:41
Speaker
you know But we also want them in movies. we want them on the big screen, man. like let's Let's bring that back. Let's bring back that communal experience of watching a comedy with a bunch of people and everybody just laughing their ass off, you know having a good time.
00:46:54
Speaker
Yeah. Because it's been a very long time since we've had something like that. Yeah. And like i want you know like it would be also like you know if they got like a lot of these... like you know it It is hard because a lot of it is like very...
00:47:09
Speaker
nostalgic base and it's kind of like how was like talking before the episode about uh right now we're talking about like other shows on Apple TV that have a lot of the main players are these actors that were in all these 2000 comedies you've got Seth Brogan you've got Jason Sudeikis and then you've got Jason Segel all like had Ted Alasso shrinking and now this is the studio and these are all actors that were like in our films for predominantly comedy for yeah like all the two thousands.
00:47:40
Speaker
It's always been their thing. And now they have like their own shows. So it's like, when I think about it, like, I don't know any new actors that comedy is what they're known for.
00:47:52
Speaker
you Yo, you, wow. You just, you just made a great point. I, i can't think of anyone. You can't. Like, there's literally no one in my mind that can be like, oh yep, staple comedy. Like, you you're you're the next generation of the Seth Rogen's or, you know, like, what we saw.
00:48:10
Speaker
I can't think of those people. I haven't seen them in a movie. I guess Kiki Palmer is pretty funny. She could be funny. She had a movie that actually came this year. She had movie that was funny. That's a woman. That's a rarity too. A Kristen Wiig. She's like...
00:48:27
Speaker
ah a kristen wig right she's like Kind of like a Kristen Wiig. Like, she was very popular during that time. But then it's like, but then where's Kristen Wiig at? Like, why are we getting more of her? what which Yeah, where is Kristen Wiig doing?
00:48:41
Speaker
You know, a so what actually, she she actually has a show on Apple TV. um ah What is it called? Is it a comedy? it's it's It's a comedy, but I think there's drama. Kristen.
00:48:56
Speaker
What is it ah called again? I got to look for it, actually. Palm Royale? Yeah. It is renewed for a second season. Yeah. um I didn't even notice that was her in the cover.
00:49:08
Speaker
Yeah, she's in it. that blonde girl? i don't know. No, it was her. I just couldn't tell. but But yeah, I mean, just going back to that, like it's just like I don't... like Obviously, this is just another – like it's a TV show, right? But when we're talking about the – I was just bringing up Kristen Waite because I'm just thinking like Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Waite. These were the people that were on our screens in the 2000s. Like just Sandra Bullock putting out comedies. you know And obviously Sandra Bullock does mostly dramas.
00:49:37
Speaker
But sometimes she dips into comedy from to time. She did comedy for a bit, yeah. Like – I think she did like she did like a rom like an action rom-com with Channing Tatum. like Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, which I saw in the movie theater. i actually saw that with Rui.
00:49:51
Speaker
And like, you know, she did from time to time. But like, I'm talking about like new and upcoming actors. Like, I can't think of anyone who I'd be like, yep, the comedy. I feel like all the new up-and-coming actors...
00:50:02
Speaker
are doing other things like they're doing they're doing euphoria's they're doing yeah they're doing you for they're doing that or they're like on the daily show doing that those types of are like those type of shows they don't do like like comedy comedies you know what i mean like it's it's hard to say i mean i think um what's her name she was in this she did she was in um oh my god she She played... Oh, my God. What's her name?
00:50:32
Speaker
From the Kissing Booth. ah Jodie King? Yeah. Yeah, yeah. She does some comedy Yeah, she does comedy. She does comedy. She's kind of funny. She did um that... But she's not a comedian, though.
00:50:45
Speaker
See, that's the difference. Yeah, that's true. She's comedian. She's done romantic comedy, but she's not a comedian. Like, I don't look at her and think of, like, oh, she's really funny. Yeah, I guess that's true. Like, I'm talking an actor, actresses that just, you know, do comedy. You made a great – the example that you did with Kiki Palmer is perfect.
00:51:05
Speaker
Like, Kiki Palmer is funny. She's done comedies before. She's just funny real life. You know what I mean? Character. But, yeah, no, that – oh – So did you hear that they're making a Meet the Parents 4 and Ariana Grande is in it?
00:51:19
Speaker
Yes. Ariana Grande is funny. I give her that. She's funny. I think. I mean, that's. But again, we're not we're not saying a comedian, but I think she actually like she's funny.
00:51:30
Speaker
I think she's and I'm really looking forward to seeing what she does in Meet the Parents 4, like what her who she is. I'm very intrigued to see what the parents for would even be about. that's final one that's you know of course it's a nostalgic thing probably you know gotta to bring that up but those meet the fucker movies except for the third one were like really good meet the fuckers is one of my another favorite comedies of all time another one of those big movies that was it yeah you know meet the fuckers came out you know um like you know like those are things where it's like that was a big movie and it's like we don't
00:52:04
Speaker
We don't get that anymore. No. you know We don't get that anymore. like The movie that I'm hoping gets made is the one that that it was teased a week or two ago where Tom Cruise and Chris McCurry, who directed...
00:52:19
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Mission Impossible, ah they were teasing the fact that they have a bunch of projects that they're kind of like looking into. But they said one of the projects they're looking into is finally doing the Tropic Thunder spinoff. Yeah, with the character. Of Les Grossman.
00:52:38
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I see like I've been wanting this. ah First of all, like I said I love that movie. That character stole so many scenes in that movie. And what made it hilarious is that you're looking at this guy and it's freaking Tom Cruise, but it's not Tom Cruise.
00:52:55
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And they're talking about doing spinoff about this character. And the funny thing with that is I have a bunch of ideas. And they all almost correlate with how the studio was done, where they can do a Les Grossman thing, but with like a studio-style type of environment.
00:53:10
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and But the scene that I want, I've said it before, I would love a scene where it's Les Grossman having a meeting with Tom Cruise. like That would be beyond anything can expect.
00:53:23
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That would be the funniest thing ever. That would be hilarious. And hope that Tom Cruise, and I feel like Cruise probably has that. He's like, I want to see where Les Grossman is, me and Les Grossman are having a freaking argument. We're just like, we want to kill each other.
00:53:36
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Like, that would be so funny. like like like Like, I want to get excited for comedy like that. You know, maybe Tom Cruise is going to bring it back. Well, they're talking about it. he said these see He said, you know, they're talking about it. So, like, that's what I'm talking about. like if they tell me, like, oh, yeah, we're going to do this or that. Like, okay, today, for instance, you know, breaking news. um um you know I know you y don't think you ever saw this movie.
00:54:00
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In the 1980s, Mel Brooks, very famous um comedic director and actor, a bunch of comedies.
00:54:13
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in the 60s and 70s. But in the 80s, he did this movie called Spaceballs, which is like a parody. Oh, i heard. They're making a Spaceballs 2. So a parody of Star Wars and space movies.
00:54:23
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And now they announced that they're going to Spaceballs Part 2. And it's just like, oh, man, this is great. And you know who's going to be back in it? Rick Moranis is coming back.
00:54:34
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Oh, wow. you know, Rick Moranis famously, he doesn't mean doesn't doesn't do a lot of movies anymore. He doesn't do a lot of movies. He doesn't barely does anything. He's coming back to play the big role in them in the thing. And so is Bill Pullman.
00:54:46
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um And Kiki Palmer's in it, too, actually. um i think, though, I think that's actually going to streamers, too. I think that's going to Amazon. Yeah. Oh, really?
00:54:58
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think it's an Amazon vehicle. Oh, see, it's not even coming out in the movies. No, you see, so it's like it's like, you know, but then it's like, I feel like, you know what? We're getting it.
00:55:10
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We're just getting it like this. We just got to hope that the quality is high and that it's done well. I'm assuming, though, that it's Spaceballs 2. You're getting Rick Moranis back. Yeah, the script must be good. I'm thinking the script must be good for yeah Rick Moranis to be like, yeah, I'll come back and play this role.
00:55:25
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Yeah. so I'm assuming that they have something good, something worth it. So I'm excited about that. Yeah. movie. Like, yeah, you know like you know how I'm excited about Superman, I'm excited about F1, like, I want to be excited about a comedy. Yeah, agreed. I want that experience, I want to feel that again, because You know, comedy is one of the pillars of what makes movies awesome and TV shows awesome. It's one of the many
The Craft of Writing Comedy
00:55:48
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pillars.
00:55:48
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And, you know, and that's the thing. Comedy is not easy. It's not easy to to write a comedy. You know, that's why most of the people that do comedy are very smart people. Because to sit down and write something funny, to write a joke and put it put that joke into a script and and make a whole story about it, like that's hard to do.
00:56:07
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But there's some people that are very talented that do it. And I feel like we need more of that. We need more that variety. Speaking of writing, sorry, before we end here, and because we didn't really chat about this and while talking about the studios.
00:56:19
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Do you think they improv'd a lot? Oh, 100%. Those actors are... They're all like pretty improv kind of people. yeah Ike Baron-Holmes, who plays Sal Saperstein, I know for a fact...
00:56:36
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did a lot of improv. he was I think he was in some sort of comedy troupe or something. I don't know what which one it was. um But I know for a fact he probably did a bunch of improv. Katherine Hahn couldn't do anything.
00:56:48
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Bryan Cranston is Bryan Cranston. Like, yeah. I assume that there's a lot of... Especially with all those chaotic scenes. And Seth Rogen is also like improv. He's off the cuff on the work. The cool thing is that a lot of the... I think a lot of these some of the actors in the show...
00:57:05
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did the writing on the show as well. What you mean? It wasn't just Seth Rogen. I think, um what's her name? the um The other executive that has the rivalry with Sal Saperstein. Yeah. I think she did a lot of writing for the show as well. oh Yeah. I didn't know that.
00:57:21
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Yeah, yeah, yeah. think they did. that there's It's a a very collaborative um ah effort when it came to writing and producing the show because she got she has producer credits.
00:57:32
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Yeah. Frida, I think it's Frida. Yeah. No, no, no, no, no. i'm I'm actually confusing her with somebody else. I was to say, i was like, I don't think so. I don't think she's very, i don't know really know who that actress is. I've never seen her in anything else.
00:57:44
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Yeah. No, no, no. I was wrong. I was mistaken on that one. i like i thought she I thought she did writing. um maybe i i Maybe I read that somewhere. Someone said it. I'm not sure. But, yeah, I think there was definitely a lot definiteafly lot of improv, man. I know a lot of stuff probably went off the cuff. A lot of the stuff was like, well, this is what we want you to portray on this scene. you know Say how you would say it.
00:58:06
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you know Say how you think your character would say it. and but everything Everything seems so, especially like all those chaotic moments, it just felt like they literally could just been like, saying wherever the fuck they wanted. like Well, that last episode at the party, that must have been... thatmo Oh, a lot of improv in that. Oh, my God. Because yeah i would I would break at any time. I'd be cracking up. i'd be like, I can't contain myself. if so my Oh, my God.
00:58:30
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Okay, we can talk about this forever. Anyway, okay, so let's wrap up here. We've chatted while now. um But no, this was a really great, yeah really great episode. Yeah, I agree with everything you're saying. I do think that they just need to bring comedies back.
00:58:46
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just Yeah, man. Fill the void. Fill the void. We need We need that. This world right now needs funny. We need funny. We need stuff where, ah yeah, listen, yeah yeah, I have my superhero stuff. I have my sci-fi stuff. I have drama.
00:59:01
Speaker
We have a lot drama. Which always but like. You also need your... You need the balance of funny, man. The balance of funny. The balance of funny is very important because we need levity in our lives. We need to have we need to have that because it's it's it's a vital part of who we are, our makeup as human beings. you know Yeah, we can have, like i said, heroes. We can have heroines. We can have courtroom dramas, police dramas, space operas. But what about the comedy of the
00:59:31
Speaker
of the guy trying to open up a hot dog stand, you know, like just something yeah crazy, but just a comedy, you know? Yeah. That's it. That's it, man. It's not that hard. That's all we need. um I would be very, very happy.
00:59:43
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Get some comedy, some rom-coms, and then it will all make sense. Same. But anyway, guys, thanks so much for listening. Next, we'll be back, I believe, in two weeks where we're going to be talking about probably The Materialist and maybe even How to Train Your Dragons.
01:00:00
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Um, cause I think, uh, we're both going to be watching those in the next coming weeks. Cause this, uh, tomorrow actually, when we're filming this tomorrow comes out both the materialists and how to train your dragon. So Ronnie and I are going to be watching those in the next coming weeks and then we'll chat about it here.
01:00:16
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01:00:40
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