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Hello, all you cigar-smoking sheriffs and jackbats. I'm your host, Paul Scheer, and welcome to How Did This Get Made? Last Looks, where you, the listener, get to voice your issue.
or issues on bats and as always i reveal next week's movie but first things first a big huge shout out to quinn for that spooky john carpenter inspired opening theme song
I got to say, that was great. And we love your last look theme song, so please keep them coming. And not only do we want your last look themes, but we are potentially looking for a new theme song for our regular movie episodes too. In fact, Jason is going to join me later, and we're going to critique the first batch. We're going to go through. It's going to be like American Idol for your theme songs. I can't wait to hear what you think about
of them as well. So tell us if we got it right or wrong. Anyway, we want more songs and it will give Jason and I more to critique. Anyway, if you think you have what it takes to oust our current theme song,
send it in and you'll see after this episode what we are looking for um all right and when you send them in send it to how did this get made at earwolf.com uh or you can post it on our discord and the theme songs channel yeah we got a we got a channel for that at the very least jason and i will judge your song on air and you know what that sounds uh like a true pleasure i know that would instill so much anxiety in me but you know what you're better than us anyway people
How Did This Get Made is on the road. That's right. Next week, we're going to be in Maine. We're going to be in Providence, Rhode Island. We are going to be in New Haven, Connecticut and Brooklyn. Come out. See us. Come dressed in costume. Come singing a song. Come asking your questions.
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I'm trying to create content. I'm trying to get it out there. I'm trying to raise some money. I'm trying to do a good thing. Anyway, I want to see you on the road and I want to see you either in that theater or on that live stream. Okay, now let's talk about today. Let's talk about Bats. All right, because Bats was a fun show.
A fun episode. We had to cut a lot out. And this is a deleted scene from our bat show where we got sidetracked talking about Mr. Beast. Yes, the internet personality. Your name and your question. Hi, I'm Margo. And my question is, can we just talk about the kid who kept on playing the video game at the diner? Yeah!
While his father was being attacked by bats? While his father was thrown across a counter. Like dragged down the diner counter. Yeah, like in Superman 2. It's like, how did he do that? Here's the version of it that I would buy. A kid listening to his headphones. Headphones, exactly. And there's like, but he's no headphones on.
Seemingly, he's in a perfect vantage point from a sight. A scathing indictment of how video games are turning our kids into fun. That kid is four feet from that man that is being killed. He's right here. He's oblivious. He's so into the video game. Well, sometimes when I call my kids and they're watching Mr. Beast, it is the same thing.
Like, guys, breakfast. Guys, breakfast. Guys. He's giving $11 million to a school of fish. Asking them to do better on the AP exams. He's making all the different ethnic groups fight in a giant gladiator style. And he's going to pay all their medical bills for a year.
Oh my gosh, he did have a challenge that I found odd. He did his own version of Survivor where I think people couldn't pee for 24 hours. Was that it? No. He's going to get someone killed eventually.
That's not good. I think that was the one, Paul, where he drew a circle in a big warehouse and saw how long people could stand in the circle. But then every day, the circle got smaller and smaller. But then there was a part two, and I never could find it on the internet, so I actually don't know what happened. I just want to be on the record. I guess someone won. We all love Mr. Beast. We're all going to be working for him in a couple years. He will end these strikes. Oh, here's the thing. You are listening to How Did This Get Beast? And we...
And we love Jimmy. And Jimmy loves us. How did this get Beast? By the way, Mr. Beast basketball just arrived at our house tonight.
He's got his own basketball? Yeah. I mean, I bought it for my son for his birthday. It came a couple weeks late. But a Mr. Beast basketball did arrive. Does he play a lot of basketball, Mr. Beast? Is he a hoops guy? Well, I know my son loves Mr. Beast, and I went to go look on his gift store, and I was like, oh, basketball. That works. That's the kind of thing that my son could get into that would make him not like Mr. Beast. Yeah.
The whole car pool the other day was talking about how Mr. Beast is being sued. And they're like, well, what? Like, for how much? Everybody in the car pool. And I said, $100 million. Oh, he's got it. Yeah, he does. I like that every kid knows what Mr. Beast is worth. They were not worried about the lawsuit. They're like, he got it. Your kids are all in the backseat reading the Rob report.
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All right, welcome back. Last week, we talked at length about Bats, a movie that Discord user FunFacts47 thinks could have had the tagline, Bats, it's guana be crazy. I like that, guano. I like it. Well, we had questions about Bats, and we might have even missed a few things. Here is your chance to set a straight fact check us, if you will. It is now time for corrections and omissions. Omissions, yeah.
I see that you're trying to detail and rock this show. Go out, shot, and overshot. Go out, shot, and overshot.
Thank you for Angels for Wins. I love that name. That is a great theme song and a great name. All right, let's go to the Discord right now. Cameron H. says, in defense of the Second Opinion's writer who said that bats could happen, not only could it happen, it did happen, at least in terms of weaponizing bats and having similar disabilities.
disastrous results. What? Cameron, what are you talking about? Well, he says during World War II, while Oppenheimer was developing the atom bomb, the U.S. Navy had a competing program called Project X-Ray, the brainchild of a dental surgeon who lived near Carlsbad Caverns, a famous bat hotspot. The plan was to attach
incendiary devices to thousands of bats and drop them over Tokyo just before dawn. The idea was that the bats would look for the most convenient places to roost, the eaves of homes, barns, schools, etc., and then timers would detonate them once they were settled. Not only was this plan incredibly expensive,
inhumane to the bats. It was especially barbaric as bats can't be trained to seek out military targets, so most of the casualties would have been civilians. The plan was popular enough that FDR gave it
the thumbs up predictably much like the events depicted in the film things went sideways quickly during the first test run immediately the bats caused millions of dollars of damage to their own air force base when they blew up several fuel tanks and the new car of the general in charge of the project proving that bats are nobody's patsies uh wow cameron h
Let's give it to you right now. I mean, who can beat that? We'll see. Derek chimes in and Derek says, I have an answer to June's questions. Do bats just always have diarrhea? I used to volunteer at the zoo with bats. Basically, flying requires a lot of energy, so bats eat a lot, but most of their food, whether it's bugs or fruit, isn't very digestible and would weigh them down. So bats use a high volume, low processing strategy to get as much energy out while keeping their weight down for flight. So they poop a lot.
Bat poop gets a special name because it has high nitrogen content, which makes it very useful for pre-industrial fertilizer and gunpowder. You can check out a whole Reddit about that at reddit.com slash r slash bat facts for more bat info. But I'm going to tell you, the guano talk continues with Dr. Guts. Dr. Guts says when LDP, that's Lou Diamond Phillips, and Dina Myers are waiting in the river of guano, LDP lights a flare to help them see. But guano is high.
highly flammable. In fact, during the Civil War, the Confederate Army actually resorted to using bat guano for ammunition in reaction to the Union's blockades. The moment
LDP would have lit that flare. The entire mine would have ignited into a fireball from all the methane gas in the air. In fact, something similar happened. Oh my God. In real life, in the 1800s, lightning struck the mouth of a bat cave located in a small Texas town, causing a massive explosion. The townspeople actually found humor in this and renamed their town Blowout, Texas. Holy shit. These are
blowing my mind. Corgi Herder writes, if you are creating the ultimate predator and you are a mad scientist like Dr. McCabe, how far down the list are bats? He couldn't find something bigger and already dangerous? Yes, Corgi. I mean, bats, it seems like a, I don't know, maybe it was jungle warfare. I don't know. I can't pronounce this person's name, but it looks like it's just the image of a bat.
When the guys were talking about not being maternal about bats, I had to come here to share this video. All right, so this is wild. This is a clip from a 1978 episode of the BBC news program Nationwide, where zoologist Sherry Bramwell talks about her relationship with the pet
fruit bat named Balls. That's right. That's her pet fruit bat named Balls. As you listen to the clip, picture the bat hanging upside down from her neck, like a necklace, because that is exactly what is happening. Well, my relationship began by having him as a sweet little baby bat, where he was only about six inches long. And I sort of tamed him first, and he began to look on me as his mother.
Does he hang around like that all day? I love having him around my neck, especially in the winter. It's like a sort of electric neck warmer. Wonderfully warm on a cold winter day. I mean, I take him about with me. I take him out shopping and I take him to parties.
What ghost is he? In the morning he wakes me up, which he does by hanging from the head of the bed and he knows you're asleep because your eyes are closed like that, you see. And what he does is he takes his thumb, which is this bit here, and he very, very delicately with it lifts open your eyelid without holding it, he puts it in the upper eyelid and lifts it open and wakes you up like that.
I mean, it's amazing, because he knows he's got to get the eyes open to wake you. He knows not to hurt you.
Please find this clip. That is too good. It is too good. Thank you for sharing that. Oh my God. Mitch Kappa, Chunk Style writes, I had a couple issues with the fortifying the school montage. First, I'm afraid their electric fence wouldn't work because Jimmy was connecting both the positive and negative wires to the fence. That will just create a short circuit. And at most, the small area of fence between the two cables just might get hot. But the larger issue was why did they pick
Such a big location to fortify in the first place. They had their run of the town at that point. Find yourself a nice, small, and secure spot with way fewer windows. If LDP took them there just because of the turntable and PA system, I question his commitment to the mission. Wow. Okay, well, last but not least, Cameron H returns with a follow-up to his earlier comment. Cameron, you come at the front, you come at the back, you come at the front,
Cameron writes this, Holy shit, I was researching more into Project X-Ray and discovered that the youngest member involved, Jack Cofer, ended up writing a book about his experience on the project in 1992 called Bat Bomb. After World War II, he worked in Hollywood for a time as a documentarian and a cinematographer, ultimately getting nominated for an Academy Award for Best Cinematography for a little film called...
Jonathan Livingston motherfucking Siegel holy shit Cameron H I thought that you would have lost your perch but you regained it doubling down two times no need for debate Cameron H is our winner and as such he gets this amazing song hit it basically you win nothing
Thank you, Katie Morris, for that song. Remember, if you want to submit an alt movie tagline or chime in with your own thoughts about the latest episode, hit us up on the Discord at discord.gg slash hdtgm or call us at 619-Paul-Ask. That's 619-P-A-U-L-A-S-K. Stick around. After the break, Jason will join me to judge theme song submissions. American Idol style, baby. Be right back.
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All right, everybody, let's go and check out what's been happening on Matinee Monday. Every Monday, we re-release an older episode back into the rotation. This week's Matinee Monday was Lake Placid with Paul F. Tompkins and Nate Corddry. I love that episode. And since today is Friday the 13th, next week we will be re-releasing our episode on Friday the 13th, Part 6, Jason Lives. So keep on checking out these replays of classic episodes every single Monday. All right.
Now, without any further ado, it's time for Jason to join me in a little Just Chat. Jake Holstein, play us in. Jason, a couple weeks ago, I put a call out to our listeners. I said, you know what? We have had some great themes. Themes that have been made popular.
by our listeners for our show, the main How Did This Get Made theme. And I said, you know what? Why don't we open it up once again? The show has grown. We have amazing, talented people that are making great songs every week for Last Looks. Why don't we open it up and give them an opportunity to trump 2020?
to best what we already have. And if we find one... I want to say... Yeah. I just want to say to exactly the point you were just making, only in these last few years have I been dropping in and hanging out with you on Last Look. Yes. And...
boy, is it so impressive to hear all of these fan submitted theme songs, ancillary songs, all the original music that you guys are doing is incredible. And I was listening back to one of our segments because I couldn't remember if I'd
recommended something or not. And so I heard a song that I hadn't heard when we were doing it that featured vocals by James Kachalka. You referenced it. Oh, yes. Which for me was a blast from the absolute past.
James Kachalka is a indie comics creator, a indie music creator, someone whose music and comics were very much a part of my... I think I spoke to James Kachalka on the phone when I was my college radio station's general manager in 1993 or 4. Whoa.
Which, that blew my mind. I was really delighted by that. So I just wanted to shout that out because I was like, whoa. Whoa, I love that. Oh, that's amazing. All right. Well, that's what I'm saying is we got great talented people here. I wanted to give them a shot. Not saying that we're going to replace the theme, but we're. Don't freak out. We're just opening it up.
Opening it up to say, hey. We're encouraging creativity. Exactly. And if we find something that works, great. And what we're going to do right now is kind of like, you know, it's kind of like a reality show. Our reality show. We're going to listen to a little bit of these and...
We can comment on them. We can listen to the whole thing. Oh, yeah, we're going to tear them to shreds. We are going to Simon Cowell the shit out of these people. We're going to tear these to shreds. Rob from Long Island, watch out. We're coming for you. Like Jeff Olander, get ready. Huge mistake, the Action Jackson 5. All right, so I haven't heard these.
You haven't heard these. Okay, great. Our producer, Scott, has heard these. And we got three. We got three. And Scott, do you have any other ones or just three? Total three. I might have one or two more if we want to add some into the mix. All right. But these are the cream of the crop, according to Scott. Let's say this, Scott. Let's start us off with- So if these suck, it's on Scott. Well, that's what I kind of want to do. I want to kind of say, Scott, let's start off with one that you didn't even put into the top three. Okay.
only because we need a baseline. We need a baseline. It doesn't mean that that... Wow. This is savage for this person. You're setting this person up as the worst. I'm not saying this, but you know, look, there's many reasons why it may not be the perfect song, but I don't want this person to feel like you didn't give me my due. Like you didn't, I submitted it and you didn't even play it. Your producer knocked me out before I even had a chance.
Send your angry emails to Scott. Yes. So I want you to know that we're on your side. We haven't heard it, but Scott, you know, who's titled the folder here. These are not the ones that he wants. But again. Wow. You're really throwing me under the bus here. But hey, I'll take it. No, you don't have to. No, honestly, Scott is great. And we want to make sure that everyone feels heard. And you know what? If this stinks, no.
The truth is, it's good for Scott. It's good for Scott. Just so people know, Scott, great guy, great producer. I did see him after a Largo show once kick a dog. That dog had it coming to him, alright. And by the way, it was a puppy. It was a puppy. With a bow on it. Really a vicious attack. Really, it was brutal. No, but I will say this. We do play a lot of songs on Last Looks that people submit. Some weeks...
They're bangers. Some weeks you're like, okay, that is a song that technically qualifies as a song. And that's what we're doing here. I think we got to take the pressure off. So here we go. The one that didn't even make the cut. What do we got? This comes from Benjamin Helton.
Maybe there were 14 different writers. I think the original was French. If only the ADR were a bit tighter. Regardless of the theory that Bill made our buttcheeks clench. Now brace yourself for Paul's best-faith explanation.
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All right. Wow. Wow. This is what Scott is trying to keep from us. Yes. Put it on the show. Put it on every past show, every future show. This is it. I have to say a couple things about that. First of all, length. Perfect. 40 seconds. Can't get better than that. Second of all, it reminded me.
A little bit. And I don't want to come across mean here, Ben, but your voice had a little bit of a Kermit the Frog energy. I thought it was a Kermit the Frog impression at first. And you know what? It endeared me to the song immediately. And the polka music, very weird Al, I was engaged.
Here's where I will say I was engaged as well. I thought it was a blast. But the mix is troubling. Yes. Because the instrumental track, and I'm genuinely curious, I can't remember if we've said Benjamin Helton submitted this. And in the mix, the instrumental stuff is mixed too loud and your voice too soft. So I'm being assaulted by poker players.
polka music and can have to focus so hard to make out the clever lyrics. I also agree. I heard towards the end, I got a little bit more into it. There are some funny turns in it. Jason of our group, the ADR needed to be a little bit tighter. I like it. Again, this is just we're setting a baseline. And I got to say. I love it.
anybody who submits your hero. And I'm not against that one. I thought we were going to be, I thought we're going to be, let's be clear. Let's be clear. We're applying the model of the podcast, which is the show. Yeah. We're only, we're just doing it to your theme song. So we're, we're not trying to trash you. We're not trying to eviscerate anybody. I think Benjamin did a fantastic job. And frankly, I would just like an, I would like to hear a redo on the mix.
I'm down. Look, and that's what we're here for. We're here to be. We're not here to just knock him out. We're not here to be like Scott kicking a dog. I got to say, you know, we're going to give people second chances and we're going to say, hey, maybe there's something you could do here. And that's our little. No, no, no. Scott, stop doing thumbs down. Scott, Scott, stop doing active thumbs down. Oh, gosh. He's making a noose around his neck. OK, well, anyway. So now we're out of the Scott.
wants-to-kill-himself folder. The folder that Scott has just...
puke emojis on and we're going to now get to some different ones. Alright, this next one comes from Rob from Long Island, long time theme submitter and Jason, you will be happy to know he is the one who had James Kuchelka featured on his song as well. Oh, hey, nice. Oh, great job, Rob from Long Island. I love this. Welcome everybody, come on in and have fun and we'll watch the strangest movies under the sun.
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Wow. All right. So we've upped it a little bit. Rob always delivers a solid. This was great. That was great. I really liked that. I thought that was really fun. It's giving me a little bit like it's the end of the world as we know it vibes kind of running through all this stuff. I especially like the chorus. How did this get made? Chorus. I like that.
the bounciness of it. But, you know, Jason, I'm going to go back and say what you just said
I think the mix is a little too, sometimes the mix is a little too low. I feel like the songs that we've had, the voices are in the front of the music a little bit. I'm now wondering if that's a fault that we are not, that these may be mixed better, but that what we're listening to or the way we're listening to it over Zoom might be affecting it. Could that be possible? I mean, Scott, what do you think? Listening to the local file, I would have to agree as well. I don't think it's just the Zoom. Okay. Okay.
Okay. Okay. Scott is taking a shit on his keyboard. I mean, he's ready to go. Scott is literally dumping on his computer. Angry. Angry at it. So mad at these submissions. I mean, but that's, you know, he's a taskmaster. You know, he likes to just get in there and...
You know, you got to appease him. You got to get in there. So, I mean, this is good. I like that. I mean, I liked this. Here's what I'll say. Here's one of my criteria. Okay, great. Let me hear this. For a how did this get made theme song. Actually, and I'm curious, Paul. Yeah. Paul, I'm curious how you feel.
Are there any criteria or can you think of any shows that have theme songs that you love that there's a thing that you like about it? Because I have one I realized that I feel like the two that we've heard so far, well, the Rob from Long Island could have benefited a little bit more. And one of the criteria I think that is for us really meaningful and impactful is that it's the song is hyping up the show. Yes, I agree. I feel like
I feel like you got to come in with some high energy. Not lyrically or anything like that. But I don't mean like hyping the show, like what you're saying about the show. I mean, energetically, the song, I think, should be a little up. Well, to me, what I'm also thinking about is the way the show starts. We have a little intro and then it's like, boom, and we're blowing. We're just going. We're going, boom, right out. And I do feel...
Like, you're right. I'm trying to think of the songs I love. Can we play Rob from Long Island again? We don't have to listen to the whole thing, obviously. Like, I almost feel like, frankly, I would like this. This would almost work as an outro theme. Oh, I like that. We don't even have an outro theme. All right, I like this. Okay. So the show ends, whatever the final things are. And then what happens next, Scott?
Okay, so you can stop it here. Now, there's a little bit of stuff that doesn't exactly make sense because it feels like an intro song, but the tone of it, I feel like, is a wind down, not a wind up. Does that make sense? Yes, I think you're right. I feel like...
Now, here's the thing. I still like this song. Oh, I really do. That's why I'm advocating it be an end of show theme. Like that we have like an end of show. Yeah, we have like, yeah, there's something about it. Like, I want to come back to this song. I feel like there's something here that's good. But I agree with you. Like it has like it does have a wrap up vibe to it.
Especially because if you go further through Scott and start, I feel like it's da-da-da-da-da-da. This is a little bit up, and then the how did this get made, which I really like, is a little bit down. Am I right? ♪
It's great. I like this chant along. How did this get made? I like this. How did this get made? How did this get made? I feel like, for example, I feel like at a live show, the audience would chant along to that part. Yes, I agree. So I think that maybe what we're saying is we like that. There's something there.
Yeah. Do we need to, you know, look. Maybe, maybe Scott, set a Zoom with Rob from Long Island. We're going to need to get into that. We're going to have to figure it out. What's the next level of this on a reality show? Would this be where he'd be working? At this point, he'd be working with coaches. Yeah, exactly. Okay. Again, we are so grateful for everybody who submitted stuff. I love it. It's great. I love it. I love it. I love it. Okay. So, yeah.
So let's go to our next submission. All right. This next one is from Jeff Follender. And I think, you know, you brought up being an outro. This was one I thought could actually be a decent outro, but I don't want to sway you before you listen. All right. How, how, how, how did this get me? Don't seem like it.
These folks should have got paid. John, Paul, Jason and June. They're going to do their best. And a special guest. Going to do the rest. Well, how, how, how does it get me?
The best damn podcast show ever got made. Oh, it's got a little bit more. Wow. Whoa.
Okay. That was, that was incredible. Jeff, Jeff, what does it say? Follander. Yes. Jeff Follander. Yes. I, I really, I was gonna say what I liked about that was it felt confident in what it was like. It didn't, you know, I don't know if that's the right.
launch into our show. Let me be clear. It is not. We cannot start How Did This Get Made with a minute and a half long acoustic blues song. That being said...
Jeff, absolutely incredible job. Right, I kind of loved it. I love it as a song. That's what made me think. I agree with Scott who said you could use it as an outro. You could use it in Last Deluxe. There's plenty of places to put it. It just can't. It's not at all
pumping you up for no are you ready to are you guys ready to rock this show but it also feels like very organic to the show and that's the thing i can't quite figure i can't like oh it's i can't like yeah it's got vibes it's got vibes for days it's not the best opening but at the same time like i like the i like the sound i like the voice i like the lyrics um but yeah that was really fun
I love that. I thought that was great. And it also made me want to, and I'm certain we probably can't do this, but there's just so much good stuff that's been submitted for all this type of stuff. Wouldn't it be great if it all lived somewhere as a streamable? I mean, yeah. Like,
You could just be a YouTube channel or something. I'm certain we would have all sorts of problems playing other people's music. But it would have to be such that we weren't making money off of it. We're not trying to make... But wouldn't it be cool for people to have access to all of these great songs? It's not like they can go off and do that much
It's not like we're taking Shake It Off and making money. This is very specific. But I want to also... Sorry, you didn't let me finish. I also want to do Shake It Off. Okay, well, now we will have to talk about it. I want to do... Will somebody start...
Is there a how did this get made eras concept? I mean, look, I'm all, you know, I'm all in on Taylor Swift. Let me ask you a question, Jason. Sure. Go ahead. Very, you know, look, everyone's talking about it. Taylor Swift and Travis Kelsey. Would you feel comfortable in like...
Like, I've never seen this much energy around a newly dating couple. Like, and I keep on thinking this is I know Taylor Swift is famously quiet about her relationship. She seems like she's coming out in a big way here, which I like, but.
But at the same time, how would you feel if a casual relationship that you were in was under the microscope like this? Oh, I mean, please. That sounds like an absolute nightmare. It really does, right? But it's, you know, I think, though, that...
And sadly, both of these people are under a spotlight. Obviously, Taylor Swift so much more. But I do believe, based solely on what I've come to learn in the last few weeks, that Travis Kelsey's dating life would also be noteworthy because he is one of the top people in the NFL. Is he dating? Does anyone have any notes on this? I don't know who he's dating. He seems like a real lovely guy.
Our family, we've adopted the Kansas City Chiefs. Not before. Oh, nice. Before this, because there's a lot of issues. We were the Rams house, and then June. Can I ask you a question? Sure. And admittedly, admittedly, I am not a sports fan. Yes. Any sports fan. I don't follow any sports. I'm not a sport. I'm not a sport-o.
And so I can tend to look at some things cynically. And I admit this is a cynical point of view. Yes. Is there any part of this? Football's reputation has been so terrible. Yes. For these last bunch of years. CTE, concussions, concussion protocols. Yes.
people having heart attacks and almost dying on the field. People like all of this crazy negative stuff around it. Isn't all of this somehow solving football's greatest problems from an optics point of view and reminding it's, it's, it's making football synonymous with pop star love in a way that is, is kind of a master stroke of crisis management. Oh, absolutely.
Absolutely. And the only thing I would say about that is it's tricky because Taylor Swift doesn't need to improve her image, right? Not at all. And they're lucking out. They're getting to crest on this wave, which is why I think a lot of people feel like, is it publicity? Because Taylor Swift has her concert movie coming out, which is already sold out. It's already gigantic. Oh, no, I don't think... She just made a billion dollars off of this tour. She doesn't need that kind of publicity of anything. But...
I will say better business for her concert movie. Oh yeah. I mean like it, it is going to benefit on some level via like she's getting, uh,
Like, the only thing that people watch, it seems like, is sports. Like, as far as, like, audience tuning in and Yellowstone reruns on CBS. But that energy, I think, I mean, look. It's interesting, yeah. She could be getting shrapnel. Like, she doesn't even need it. But, like, she could be getting shrapnel. No, it's kind of, it's incredible the way it has captured the zeitgeist of
around a couple in a way that I just don't know, in a way that I feel like is from the days of old. Yes. You know what I mean? Yes, we like it. Yeah, this feels like old school Hollywood matchmaking, less so like contemporary dating. And can I say something else that I feel like maybe I don't want to be a fuddy-duddy here, but they're both 33.
Like, it's not weird. It's not like, you know, it's great. It's all those. Yeah. I mean, like, you know, I think that sometimes we have these bigger relationships where it's like, oh, he's 57 and she's 20. You know, it's like, you know, and it's like, and it's I feel like we're there like forever.
They seem like down-home people. There's something about it that it all checks all these boxes. It's like a very, like you said, it's pop star love, but she's an adult. They just feel like they're in their own personhoods. I don't know. It's an interesting... I'm very curious to see how this plays out. I know. I'm sad about it. Because it is so public in a way that is...
In a way that I, again, I guess I just wouldn't wish on anyone. I don't want it to be over. And if it is, it will, yeah. Yeah. Even prior to this relationship, I felt bad for Taylor Swift's prior, like, um,
the actor she was dating, Joe, I can't remember his last name, Alwyn, yes. Joe, Alwyn and stuff because I'm like, oh, they are under such a microscope. There is, that to me seems brutal. It's hard. And this now seems like that times a hundred. I know we talked about it here on the show or maybe we didn't, I may have talked to you about it privately, but I was going a little bit on the deep dive of Taylor Swift like I do and the one who got bit the hardest was Tom Hiddleston.
I mean, Tom Hiddleston really took it on the chin and, you know, and I think has pivoted in a way to just kind of having to avoid talking about it. And he's now married and all this other stuff. But man, oh man, it's, you know, it's hard. It's hard to, you know, you don't want to be on the side of that. You don't want to have a song written about you. That's the thing that I'm always thinking about too. Oh yeah, sure. It's really interesting. It's a very, it is in a time when I feel like most of our,
narratives are being supplied by like reality television like scale
or something like that. You're right. This is happening for everybody live at a game. Like, this doesn't feel like editing. This doesn't feel like producers are monkeying around. This feels earnest and honest in a way that people, I think, are really responding to. And it's because I don't know the last time something like this caught this much fire. Well, it's like you have literally the biggest music star ever
in the world and one of the most popular uh football teams and you know a legendary super bowl champion like yeah great funny guy like it's a perfect mix it's like it's not even it's not even hollywood it's not hollywood it's music no i know that's what's interesting i think it's actually i think it actually is more interesting because it's not hollywood
You know, it's... Whatever. Anyway, you know... People want to know what two middle-aged podcasters have to say about this. And by the way, no snark. We're just coming at this really from a very general, nice place. Oh, yeah. I mean, listen, I want...
I want love. I want love. Give me some. I also want everybody to leave them alone. Yes. And I also want to be like, the football still seems fucking bananas. But yeah, I mean, look, it's tricky. It's just tricky when I see pictures of him like leaving her apartment. You know, it's like it's a lot. It's a lot of energy that you don't want. But I also would imagine that he actually has the best energy for it because he's actually funny.
And she's got her whole thing escaping in popcorn machines or whatever. Yeah, yeah, yeah. She's got her shit figured out. That seems fascinating to me. Oh, I love it. Someday I hope they auction off all of those things. Oh, yeah. Like an auction of things that Taylor Swift was in.
I mean... Like a janitor's... What was it? A trash can setup or something like that? Yes, yes. Oh, my gosh. Cleaning supplies was the one that I saw. Yeah, the cleaning supplies is a big one. Oh, my gosh. Yeah. All right. So let's get into it. Last song. Is this the last song? Last song from Taylor Swift herself. Let's... No, okay. Well, well, well. Well, that does bring something up. If you are...
are in a band and you want to write us a song, what? God damn it. Why not? I'm looking at, I'm looking at you mannequin pussy. I'm looking at you other bands who are very sweet to say that they listen to the podcast when they're on tour in the van or on the bus. If you're listening to the show, write us a theme song. Yes. Yes. All right. What do we get? All right. Last but not least, this is from the action Jackson five. Yeah.
Trash can fires in Jacob's Ladder Starring out bad, now it's getting badder Jason Statham, Angelino Down at the Lago is where I seen her How did this get bad? Tall John Sheeran, Jason Seuss Balcony Monster's about to puke Should I ask what's its mission? And where the butt starts is another question Baby
Wow. Wow. Wow. That's good. I mean, that's great. That is the one that if we had to pick, I'm going that. That's my vote because I think it encapsulates everything that we've been talking about. Vocals in the front. Right. We did that. Length. Great.
Funny. Minute long. Minute long. And it. Clever, clever lyrics. And it's got a very up tempo. It's got an up vibe. You know, it's not like it's not really fast or anything like that, but it's got an up vibe. And I like that. I love I love you know, I love a big, heavy riff driven, you know, hard rock kind of song. It almost almost tipped into like late 90s rap rock music.
Yes. And I, and I wasn't mad at it. I was like, Oh, okay. I, when the guy comes in, he goes, don't even ask where the butt starts. I was like, Oh, is there going to be a rap rock breakdown? That's what I kind of loved about it. Like I, yeah, I wanted it. Well, here's the thing we've done. We've done our like hip hop version. We had our traditional like podcast song. Like when we first had our first podcast song, uh,
Every song kind of sounded the same a little bit, right? It had a similar vibe to it. And now it's gotten a little bit more interesting. But I feel like this stamped new territory, it laid it down. Let's hear it again. Let's just hear a little bit of it. I love a metal, hard rock metal theme in the mix is a great addition. Yeah. Biscuit.
I mean, I like this. I love that. Great. How did they? How did?
Wow. Wow. Incredible. Yeah, I loved it. I liked it even more the second time around. I mean, I'm in. I like this. Here's my note. Here's my note to the Action Jackson 5. My only note would be instead of the long-ish fade out pull down, that there be a punchier end.
You know, almost like, you know, like something that's like a real cutoff point so we can start the show. Yeah. That's really it. Because the decay in between for us, the decay is a problem. I agree. Yes. I mean, look, this is great. I hope this inspires people right now. That's a great one. Love it. Yeah. Love it. You know. Well, it's almost got like, it's got a Motley Crue style lyric. Yeah.
uh and vocal performance from the action jackson five but like a a heavy scuzzy you know uh hard rock kind of vibe which yeah which i dug i'm in i like this jason this is a great experiment we are we're in no rush we're not gonna replace we don't even know if we're gonna replace it but this we might never replace it how about that i know about that or we're replacing it tomorrow boom and that's it and it's going to be that first one with the accordion
And that's, and that's, and that's despite Scott. And I'm sorry we had to do it to Scott like this, but so sorry, Scott. Yeah, Scott, fuck you. All right. We will be back next week as Jason, we finally discuss what movie you were thinking about. A lot of people have weighed in about this. Thank you, Jason. Thank you, Jake. That was, uh,
A great theme song right there. Jake, you ever think about submitting? I mean, that was a grind punk. I love it. Anyway, thank you to all of you who submitted a theme song and let yourself be put up to that scrutiny, which you didn't even know was going to happen. We appreciate everyone who takes the time to make music for us. We truly do. We love it.
And remember, if you want to make a theme song, send it to us at howdidthisgetmade at earwolf.com. Remember to see us out on the road. Tickets are available at hdtgm.com. Go get those tickets now. And now that we got bats out of the way, let's talk about next week's movie. We are going from winged beasts to Italian priests. That's right. Next week, we are watching 2023's, oh, it feels like yesterday, The Pope's Exorcist, starring Russell Crowe. A movie inspired by actual files from the Vatican's
chief exorcist. You heard me right. The Vatican's chief exorcist. Here's a short breakdown of the plot. The Vatican's leading exorcist investigates the possession of a child and uncovers a conspiracy the Vatican has been trying to keep secret. Anyway, Rotten Tomatoes gives this film a 48% on the tomato meter. Catherine Bray of Empire Magazine writes, it's not just the demonic possession victims whose eyes will be rolling in the back of their skulls. None of this
should work, really, and yet the film just about gets away with it, proving the Lord truly does move in mysterious ways. I couldn't agree with you more, Catherine. Let's listen to the trailer for Die Poeps Exorciest. There's a great evil that only you can help. Inspired by the actual files, we have work to do.
Of the Vatican's chief exorcist. Is the Vatican's human? The Church is hiding something. You've been blamed. Who will defend you? My faith does not require defense.
The Pope's Exorcist. Rated R. In theaters April 14th. All right, people. You're going to have a blast. It's on Netflix. Remember to rate and review the show. It helps. And if you listen to us on Apple Podcasts, make sure you are following us. Tell your friends. Visit us on social media at HDTGM. And a big thank you to our producers, Scott Sonney and Molly Reynolds, and our movie-picking
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