Hollywood Handbook - Maria Blasucci and Amanda Lund, Our Close Friends

Episode Date: September 5, 2017

Sean and Hayes are joined by MARIA BLASUCCI and AMANDA LUND from Stitcher Premium to discuss something. This episode is sponsored by Wohven (www.wohven.com code: theboys), Chapman University (www.chapman.edu/grad), and Harry's (www.harrys.com/HOLLYWOODHANDBOOK).See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This is a HeadGum Podcast. not Ray Parker Jr. you know Ray Park? I know Ray Donovan because it's like back to school it's where they have the good erasers that's when they bring in the big no that's when they finally load up on the ones that you really want you don't have to get those bottom of the barrel erasers barely even erase the exciting ones but you have to go very fast

yeah I'm just kind of gathering up erasers. And this kid comes up and is like, that's too many. Oh, right. You can't have so many erasers. And every Target has one of these kids. Yes. The eraser police who's going to enforce the limit of how many erasers you can buy.

It's like, buddy, I could buy the whole damn Target if I want. First of all, and you don't work here. Oh, no kidding. Well, that's what I'm saying. Every Target. First of all, and you don't work here. Oh, no kidding. Well, that's what I'm saying. Every target has one of these, and they never do work here. And so he's like, that's too many. And I'm like, well, I got a big mess to erase. And I'm looking at him.

That's what I said. And so he starts immediately giving me kind of body blows. And I'm sort of just like, he's very small, a lot smaller than me. So I'm just kind of pounding on his head, but he's wearing a helmet. So he's like invincible basically. Yeah. And I, you know, you start, once you start to take so many hits to the body, you do start to kind of.

That'll wear you out. Yeah. It just, yeah, it does start to sort of like drain the energy from you. Yeah. And so when I woke up, a lot of me had been erased. Oh, no, of the eraser. Mm-hmm. And you turned out to be his big miss.

Well, I'm sorry to hear that, Hayes, but it's an important lesson. That's not why I'm telling you. I'm not telling you for you to be sorry. And I'm not apologizing because of that. And I just want you to know, I mean, I'm not mad. No. I'm not mad at you. No, and I'm not mad at you for not being mad at me.

Hey, welcome to Hollywood Handbook. Hi. It's had its guide to kicking, button dropping names in the red carpet linebacker hallways of this industry we call. We've been talking so much about having Amanda and Maria. And it's so fun to like, remember how much we've been saying. Like, it would be like, wouldn't that be so interesting? To the exclusion of other conversation and to the detriment of our personal relationship because a lot of times one of us will ask the other one for favor for a ride home from the airport or something.

And the other one will just go like, when are we going to get Amanda Maria? Or just catching up or just like what's going on. And then the first person is stranded at the airport because we can't talk about anything else because that takes up so much of our mental space. But we have them here. And guys, do you want to just say hi? Hey.

Oh, my God. That'll be so fun for the people listening to hear. Yeah, that's really fun. Hey, guys, what's up? Oh, perfect. Yes. I don't even know anymore what's up. This country is going through some changes.

We're not here to say if they're good or if they're bad. We're just here to say that they're happening. And we got a front row seat for all of it. So when you ask me what's up, I go, it's too early to say. That's fair. It's too early to say. That's fair. As a rule, when we have guests on, they're the guest and we're the host,

and the plan is to keep it that way. This show's a little different. Yeah, this is so funny. I don't know. Maybe you guys thought we were mad. I don't want you to guys think that we're mad about this thing that happened. Yeah, you guys of course read about this thing that happened. What? No.

And you probably thought we were mad and you were nervous to come in. Okay. We're actually so cool that we're being nice about it. It was a little while ago. And you honestly don't have to pretend that you don't know about this. It was a little while ago. But you don't have to pretend that you forgot because I know that you didn't forget. And just not to belabor the point, but we're so confident and cool that we're being nice about it.

Where was this new— What is it? It was online. So there's—this guy Kevin, you know this guy Kevin? Yeah. He's like this perverted thing. Yeah, he's like a basement troll. He's like a—I shouldn't say basement troll.

But he got out. But he—yeah. Yeah, but he—yes, he's like a I shouldn't say basement troll. But he got out. Yeah. But he, yes, he's like a troll that lived underground that has escaped and doesn't want to go back. And he wants to sample some of the above ground where, just like everything he can find. He wants to enjoy now. Because he's been underground for so long. It's good for him. Yeah.

If you look at the story just from his perspective, you go like, okay, I understand. But if you look at it from the perspective of polite society, you go, oh, this guy's a problem. We got to get him back underground somehow. So he looks online for us sometimes just to see what people are talking about with the show. And a lot of it is very nice.

Yeah, I've noticed that people like the show. And a lot of it is very nice. Yeah, I've noticed that people like the show. But a few months ago, some guy did a post. Kevin. No, this is not Kevin. So this confused me, too, because Kevin was telling me about it. So I was like, okay, you must have done this. Why did you say this? How else would you know?

But apparently this guy did it. He did an all post. So Kevin's not the troll. To everyone. Kevin's not the troll. Kevin is the troll. No, Kevin is sort of an underground troll who's now escaped into society.

That's who you guys were talking about. Or is Kevin the guy who found the underground troll? Kevin, no. Kevin found the post. Kevin found the post. Which, as Hayes said, was an all post that even Kevin could see. It was an all post.

So Kevin is the underground troll this post that he found was by a troll who lives in the internet he hasn't come up to the ground not to my knowledge and there is no above ground or below ground with him, it's all wires it's all online

for this troll I'm so glad that I spent so much time figuring this out. And Kevin has a direct line to you? Is that how he communicates with you? How do you know Kevin? So Kevin works here. Works here, yes.

I see. I think I understand. In some sort of sick experiment, Scott Aukerman has hired Kevin to do work here. But he is able to move between the physical world with us and also check online sometimes. Okay.

I asked this before, but have you seen Virtuosity? No. It's like we're dodging it a little bit. I'm glad that you stayed on. No, I think that it's good to double back for this. Virtuosity is a movie that's about kind of our real life right now. It's old, but it was very prescient. Who's in it?

Denzel Washington. Okay. And Russell Crowe. Is it a sci-fi drama? I wish it was sci-fi. It's just sci. It's just science. Science drama.

At the time it was made, it was sci-fi. It's just sci. It's just science. Science drawn. At the time it was made, it was sci-fi. But now the fi has become reality. Wow. So sci-fi has become science fiction too. Yes. Well, unfortunately. Welcome to the future. And it's your present.

Oh, and you can't return it. So Denzel is fighting criminal. Criminal is a wires guy who live only in electric and is from a computer. And he can't fight him with a keyboard. He has to shoot him with a gun and it doesn't work.

And then what does he do? And I haven't seen it in a long time, so I don't remember. Doesn't seem like my cup of tea. I would check it out. You'd have to because it's coming for all of us. So we should talk about the All Post. Yeah. Because Sam is kind of an expert on this stuff.

This is one of those messages for the whole internet. It's an internet-wide message. It's for America, as far as I know. Yes, for anyone to see What are we doing? Sorry guys this is my little cousin Sam And he's sort of our resident Texpert

Do you want me to look something up? No we just want you to know Maybe you can explain a little bit Because he's good at reading the screen Sometimes too technical When I'm looking at it it's so, it's like a blaster on me. Yeah. So is it like a tweet?

Okay. And this is a word that Kevin kept using. Yes, he was saying this. Yes. Okay, so like on Twitter. Right. Right, okay. These are all things I recognize from talking to Kevin.

But he was saying that it's like a post, like that it is like an all tweet, I guess, is the same? Yeah, an all out tweet. Okay, like a public tweet. Yes. But all tweets are pretty public. Yeah, it's what you would use if you want to talk internet. You would take what you want to say out. Push out to internet.

That's good. It's at you. Right. But it's not going private. You'd have to DM for the private. That's a direct... Another thing Kevin talks about a lot is how eager he is to slide into people's

DMs. He says slither. Yes. He always... Yes, that's right. He says, I'm going to slither into their DMs. An internet snake. The wires are all internet snakes. You have to be that shape to go through the wires as fast

as he can. Will you read this, Sam? As soon as this thing turns on you want me to find... I'm so happy you're moving the screen away because I'm addicted to eye contact. Okay. And Hayes is my dealer, you know.

He's giving me the good stuff I need. So it says it's replying to another tweet. So someone has made it. Don't do the complicated stuff. So it says just the format of Hollywood Handbook, but with Maria Blasucci and Amanda Lund instead. That's me. It would be incredible. Wait, read it again.

I wasn't listening. Just the format of Hollywood Handbook, but with Maria Blasucci and Amanda Lund instead. It would be incredible. And then all these people wrote back. Sam, we do your research before we do the show, before we have people in. If we have just a little bit of a big guest. No, it's okay. It's an Italian name.

It's not, you know, it's all right. Oh, yeah. There's no Italian stuff in America. I'm sorry. We never deal with this kind of stuff. I hear your apology. I don't accept it, but I absolutely hear it. Well, he didn't say it wrong.

He just paused, and you jumped right in. So we don't know what he was going to say. Oh, he might have been doing like a Michael Buffer thing. Well, he did a thing where he looked at it, and it was like he had already given up. Yeah, but he may have gotten it right. I don't know. He was trying to say. Oh, he might have been doing like a Michael Buffer thing. Well, he did a thing where he looked at it and it was like he had already given up. Yeah, but he may have gotten it right. He was trying to do a big load up like, Maria! Blah!

Blah soup tea! But the truth is none of us will ever know. Well, what did people say? What were the replies? And then it says, Sam is unknowable, isn't he? All that's left is to decide how often Matt Gourley guest stars. And you don't have to pronounce the T in often.

People think they sound smart when they do it, but actually it's often. Amanda's a person. That's what I think. And it drives Will Smith crazy to hear people pronounce T. Just like Matt's wife, she's like her own person. So for these people to be like, oh, but what about Matt? Actually, she's a human being. They didn't tag to be like, oh, but what about Matt? Yeah. Actually, she's a human being.

They didn't tag us in those, though, so I never saw it. No, I would have loved to be tagged in those. Just to double back, and I hate that I keep going back to things that were blowing past, but Will Smith is like a grammar junkie. He loves this stuff. And he thinks that people try to sound intelligent by hitting the T in often pretty hard, but it's actually often, and he knows that. Will does.

Yeah, and if you read an interview with him from 1998, I think you're going to find that he'll agree with me. And then this guy wrote, that's a great pick because they are as goofy as Clements in Davenport without being weird cross between smug post-irony and infantilization. Yeah, that's right. Infantilization. Yeah, that's right. Infantilization. Yeah, I don't know you guys that well, but that seems spot on.

Yeah. And we're actually being nice about it. Yeah, we're actually being nice. It's something to keep in mind. It's actually funny that you thought we were mad and that you were so scared to talk about it. And that you would think that it would hurt my feelings and that I would go to debate the infantilization part and then I would remember the way that I described the movie Virtuosity.

Oh, this guy wrote, I cannot, I basically cannot think of two more, two people more excelling at the most basic podcast format imaginable. Oh, talking about Miranda? I don't know if that was clear. Wow, that's nice. As they were, it is a nice, whoever it was about, it is super nice. Yeah. Two people more excelling? God, Will Smith would have a frigging field day with this character.

See, maybe this is your guy's problem. It's like someone's giving a compliment, and maybe it's not to you, but then you're like focusing in on the small things, the grammar. On the grammar? Yeah. Well, I know somebody else who did that, Will Smith, and I think it's worked out pretty well for him. That's another thing. You bring Will into it, and you're like,

yeah, Will would hate this too, and then people get they don't feel good. I have to say, I did rewatch Wild Wild West very recently, and it does hold up. To what? To anything. Any new westerns. Steampunk's on the way.

And also, they act like it's a bad thing. He is infantilizing, too, because he made two infants. Mm-hmm. Yeah. He made more than that. Willie? Yeah, Big Willie. He made the two, and then he made the one that he did the Just the Two of Us.

Oh, Trey. I forgot Trey. The Just the Two of Us song that he did. I forgot about Trey. From his first marriage. I forgot about Trey. Y'all forgot about Trey. Or maybe they weren't married.

And so these guys are like, oh, infantilizing is bad, but actually that's because they can't find any girlfriends. Would you say that nowadays everybody want to talk like they got something to say, but nothing comes out when they move their lips? Just a bunch of gibberish? I think it's when they move their mouth. What did he say? Lips.

No, it is lip. When they move their lips, just a bunch of gibberish. Yeah, it sounds better than mouth. Yeah, it is lip. When they move their lips, just a bunch of gibberish. Yeah, it sounds better than mouth, yeah. Yeah, he was talking about when they move just their lips. When they move their mouth, just a bunch of gibber-outh. Moving their lips without using their mouth. That's why it comes out so weird, because that's like the idea of the song, that they're just moving their lips, but not their whole mouth. Oh, yeah, because if you do use your mouth, you can make all kinds of noises.

It's very hard to talk if you're just doing the... With just lips, if you keep your... Well, even that, that's like bringing in some air from the throat and lungs. But if you're literally keeping your teeth clenched, tongue still, and just moving your lips, it's a little bit of this. And please, everyone, be quiet for this because this is the most you can do. And that's it. I like that sound. Yeah, it's not bad.

Yeah, it's sort of ASMR-y. Are you guys into ASMRtists? Who's your favorite? Is that when they whisper? Mm. I've checked out a few videos. I don't know any of the names of the people who are making them. Thank you for being honest.

So we are here to talk about these tweets. They're pretending not to know all this stuff. It's so weird. I hate to double back, but it's like, they don't know about the tweet, they don't know about Virgil Asimov. And we don't usually double back this much at our episodes. To know about ASMR. They pretend not to know about Will Smith's career. What are you scared of?

Is it Sam? No, we're not scared of anything. We just, we came in, you guys invited us on, we came in here, and then I mean, we don't, you know, we're not scared of anything. We just, we came in, you guys invited us on, we came in here and then, I mean, we don't, you know, we're not podcast junkies. No. You have a language that we're not, we're trying to adapt, but

we have to listen for a while. What are you guys, what are you guys junkies about? What are you nerds about? I love to talk about people's passions and being a nerd is really just being passionate about something and that's why nerd culture to me is just like, it's just being a fan. I like snacks.

I like pastries. Oh, okay. Pastry nerd. Yeah. Yeah. I really am a pastry nerd. Sometimes, like, I'll even start to tear up if I see something really decadent. Oh, wow. Like, what would that be for you? Something, like, puffy with, like, a puff pastry with maybe, like, some Can I do, sorry, wow. Like, what would that be for you? Something like puffy with like, like a puff pastry with maybe like some...

Can I do, sorry. Can I do that? What? Can we just have me be doing the question? Like, I'm sort of the host. Oh, oh, oh. Sean is sort of... I'm like a sidekick figure.

He'll sort of run with it. Oh, are you? But I'll initiate the questions like that. Okay, so then what's my role? You didn't know. You didn't know. What's my role? You'll find it.

Yeah, yeah. We don't have it yet, and we don't need to have it. I hate that kind of pressure on us. It's funny he sees you as the sidekick because I would have said the other thing. Really? Yeah. That's so interesting. Yeah.

Oh, wow. What do you think? And that's actually a compliment to me. That makes me think. Because that means that I'm just like blending in. The show is running so smoothly that people aren't even noticing I'm there. And that's the best version of the show to me. That's what I want.

I'd be kind of busting out as my own. Because if they're not talking about you, that's good. It is. Oh, yeah. That's really good. Because sometimes when they're talking about you, you're in trouble. It's because you're in trouble. Yeah, but all press is good press.

Yeah, publicity. And I mean, you guys could definitely get away with only having one of you here. Absolutely. Boy, publicity. I mean, you guys could definitely get away with only having one of you here. Absolutely. Boy, that makes me think. Well, it's funny that you... Can I go back to asking the question that I was actually going to ask right before Amanda? So, it's so delicious,

and what is it? It's delectable, or decadent. What are you talking about? Wasn't your pastry thing that something decadent would make you cry? I said, what would that be for you? And that's actually what I was saying. And you look at it and you think it's so yummy to eat. And tell me, talk about it.

I told her. That will not be in the show. That part is gone. It's already, is that gone already? Can we be a little more interested with our posture, please, Sam? Oh, shit. Just engaged. Do you need me to look something up?

No, we need to answer a question. Oh, what's up? There's five people in the room. The part, I've been doing the cut signals. Have you been not seeing those? He's been doing the Dave Coulier cut it out. So do you prefer pastries over cookies? That was me.

I said that. I like pastries over cookies, I think. Like a fruit tart is my favorite. I'll take a fruit tart. Anything that's in a case that's got some sort of chocolate in it or like a custard. Okay, this is actually helpful in a way that this is happening because part of why we wanted to talk to you and part of how we were going to be so nice about this tweet saying you guys should take over and that they wish that it was the same format of this show but that you were hosting it. We're actually so not mad at it that we think it's a good idea and we're going to try to sort of shepherd that along. We recently found out that we're not allowed to stop doing the show but there's's actually nothing in our contract that says that we have to be here for the show.

That's cool. So the show does have to keep going. So, yes. You could kind of walk it into it. You say that we could do it with one of us, but really what we are maybe trying to do is do it with zero. None of us, please. Yes. Oh.

Yes. So that would be really good. And the only thing is we can't just sort of drop you in the deep end and watch you drown. We want to coach you a little bit and kind of shape you into good hosts of this show. That pastry stuff, that's solid gold for the top of the show. What's like the log line of the show? Like when you sold it to Earwolf or whatever, what did you say? Because I can't make heads or tails.

That's so funny to go back to that, to think back to the beginning of when we sold it in that bidding war to Earwolf. But like, what is the show? Could you just, that's going to Elevator Pitch. Let's hear the Elevator Pitch. It's okay. This is going to be easy for Hayes to do.

Go ahead. I guess we can just go back. To me in my head, I have to go back to that first meeting. Do I pull up the deadline announcement? Yes. You know what I mean? Yes. Do I pull up the deadline Hollywood announcement? Because they normally, you know, yeah, you're involved in that press release.

Yeah. You know, it's not easy to get a show on Earwolf. So you guys are making fun saying deadline, but God knows Amanda and I can't get a show. Fair. Hang on a second. I have a show. Don't you have a Stitcher Premium Exclusive?

I do. That's a hell, but I mean, that Earwolf homepage and Earwolf homepage show is not the easiest book to write. I've been told that a Stitcher Premium Exclusive is even better than a...

Is that the case? I think you get a little more... You get more dough. Sean talked to a professor about this, and he said that having a Stitcher Premium exclusive is actually scientifically more prestigious, and it's better for the listener that they can't listen to it. Yes. Professor X. That's my favorite part about it, is that not that many people can actually hear it.

Are allowed to hear it. Yes, it's exclusive. People have to really pay and commit if they want to hear it. Yeah. As opposed to this. Without knowing if it's good or if it's anything. This is like 102.7 and then Amanda's got a show that's like Howard Stern or something. Yes, yes.

So you have to really pay. You get the cream of the crop coming over to you and people that make a living. Is it like Howard? It's similar in a way, but instead of Howard Stern, it's me. I just say Howard. Okay, right. Howard, yeah. And who's Robin? I'm probably Robin. Yeah, you might be Robin.

Maria plays a woman named Joanie. But I'm Robin in everyday life, just kind of there as the foil and also to just keep things grounded. You don't have to do that anymore if you do this. It's another thing. No, this show doesn't need a straight man.

So what will you guys do if you do pass the baton? What are some things that you've been putting off? I'm going to catch up on sleep. I've been just going 24 hours a day. I'm going to see as much of the natural world as I can. Oh, I'm going to watch the natural Robert Redford. And then I'm going to get a nice long sleep.

Okay, like eternal sleep. I may, yeah, I may never wake again. That's cool. But the logline for the show, I guess, would be, what do we mostly do on this show? Yeah, so the deadline, I guess we can go back to the deadline announcement. Do you want to just take turns reading it?

Yeah, absolutely. Let me just pull it up. You're going to start? I'm just going to go to deadline.com real quick. And dead air isn't a problem to you guys? He's doing the cut signal to Sam. He's doing the Dave Coulier cut it out, which is interesting. If you think about it, it's also 3-2-1.

He puts little sirens in the dinner. It's also 3-2-1. Have you ever noticed that about that hand signal? No. Show it to me so I can... Cut it out. Oh, okay. You know what I mean?

Wait, what's the three? Three, two... Oh, he's using his thumb. That's something I never knew. He is? Yeah. Cut it out. Because then you kick the thumb.

Cut it out. You know, you're out of here. Like an ump calling you out. That's genius. Whoever came up with that. It's so, so good. Dave Coulier. Uncle Joey. Oh, really? Yeah. Okay, so I didn't get

the exact article, but I think this will be helpful. Okay. Star Wars Rebels gets premiere date. Disney XD has slotted a fall premiere date and released a new trailer for the fourth and final season of its Emmy-nominated animated series, Star Wars Rebels. Season four debuts with an hour-long episode on Monday, October 16th. an hour-long episode on Monday, October 16th. And then I'm skipping, skipping, skipping.

Grand Admiral Thrawn, Horace Mickelson, in addition to Gray and Mickelson, Imperial threat arises on Lothal, Ezra, Taylor Gray leads the crew back to his homeworld to defeat the oppressive forces of the Empire. Freddie Prinze Jr., Kanan, Vanessa, Marshall, what about Freddie Prinze Jr.? Freddie Prinze Jr., Kanan, Vanessa Marshall as Hera,

Steve Blum as Zeb, Freddie Prinze Jr. as Kanan, Vanessa Marshall as Hera, Steve Blum as Zeb, Tyus Sarkar as Sabine, Dee Bradley Baker as Captain Rex, seems like they didn't try too hard on that name, David Oyelowo as Calus,

and Forrest Whitaker as Saw Gerrera. Wait a minute, Freddie Prinze Jr. is in the new Star Wars? This is Star Wars Rebels. Yeah, Star Wars Rebels. Okay, Sean, do it again. Warwick Davis joins the cast. Yes.

What's Star Wars Rebels? Star Wars Rebels gets premiere date. New trailer for fourth and final season. That's a cartoon. By Denise Petsky. It's on Disney XD. Disney XD is slated for fall premiere date and has released a new trailer for the fourth and final season.

And the secret of Disney XD is that it looks like a laughing man. Mm-hmm. Or woman. Yes, Warwick Davis trains the cast as Rook, Admiral Thrawn's deadly assassin. X, D, and you lose. Uh-oh, he's ripping the tissue. I tore it a little bit. Don't get on the table.

But if you write it like that, so you turn it like this, and the guy's like, ah! You could do that with any word with a D in it. No, the X is the eyes closed because they're laughing. FD, what's the F? Well, there's nothing funny about Star Wars Rebels, is there? I think they make room for some humor. I'm sure there's humor, but I wouldn't

be laughing that hard. My God. He's saying that BB-8 isn't funny, which here is not a safe place to say that. BB-8's fine. Who's BB-8? He's one of my closest friends. The little rolling guy. Oh, he's adorable. I've worked with him

and BB-8 is really a special talent. He wrote a book. But that's not actually helping you too much with our show. Falling Water casts Christopher Turner and Stephen Arbuckle. Michael Beasley joins Escape at Dannemora. So this is just an article

about Saving Hope Alone, Christopher Turner and Stephen Arbuckle. And they're set for recurring roles on the second season of USA's Falling Water. Can you not find the article about your show? There is no article. I didn't think there was. No, no, no.

As you just heard, this is a real, like we read other announcements. So you know that these things are real. Just to give you an idea of the shape of it. You know what I mean? This is definitely what they do. We know what they do. But we're asking you guys, what is the log?

I mean, we can probably come up with one. Well, I mean, Beasley is repped by E-Cubed management, Stuart Little and Pierce Law Group. Well, as we said, Kevin is not here, and he is the main searcher of the show. Okay. Oh, Kevin is normally in the room? Unfortunately, yeah, he is here a lot.

And he's not here to take pictures today, and I wonder if Sam will take any pictures or if he will read his phone. What's up? Do you want me to look something up? No. No. Definitely not. And he can't even look stuff up. So if you were thinking that he could

look up the article, he is pretending that he can do that. He's like the Jamie on the Joe Rogan podcast. He's like the Jamie. Thank you for putting it in terms I can understand. Yeah. In podcast lingo, he's the Jamie. And here they were saying we're not podcast cookies.

She's not a podcast head. And then she's dropping Jamie on us. And she's talking about Jamie. I'm not a podcast head. Just Joe specifically. I'm a Rogan head. And guys, let's talk a little more. Because one thing is you wanted to know what the show is about.

And the show is called Hollywood Handbook. And so maybe since I'm already on Deadline.com, I could give you a little piece of Hollywood news and we could see how you handle it. Because a lot of it is us, you know, taking the new Hollywood news and just talking about what's happening in this city, in this industry. I love that. Just like whatever the big news is from the week. Yeah, that's cool. And we sort of pick it apart. And we have no filter about it before you get started.

We never have any filter. And we're honest. Okay. And we give people the real deal. Yeah, they finally get a real look at it. No spin. Okay. So I'm just going to give you a piece of news, just a fun piece of news to talk about,

and then you'll be able to spin it into whatever. Roku looks to raise $100 million in IPO to fuel growth plants. And then you just run with it. Okay. So Roku is the Amazon... No, no, no. It's not the Amazon Fire Stick. It's not the

iTunes. It's basically an iTunes. That's good. You're really giving people the scoop on it. But it is. It's not the Amazon Fire Stick. It's not the iTunes. It's basically an iTunes. That's good. You're really giving people the scoop on it. But it's like the other thing that's not Apple TV or Amazon. It's not Apple TV. It's not Fire Stick. Other people are afraid to say. This is good.

Keep going. No one goes after Apple like this. And I don't know if you can fast forward and rewind with Roku. I think you can. I think that you probably can. I don't know, however, if it does include a built-in DVR where you could record your favorite shows. But is everything on demand? I don't know because then is it like DirecTV?

Peter Cook is shitting himself right now. Remember TiVo? TiVo. I don't have a TiVo. It's good to have some jokes and that they're laughing with each other and people are going, Oh, I'm learning about Hollywood. I'm learning about Thoreau Coupe But I'm also losing it laughing Teva was fun because the sounds it made

And like that Now is that something you had at what age? We had that And I watched a lot of Degrassi When we had that Because And I would record that I would watch a lot of X-Files

So Teva would Drake and they're getting In the hip hop side of it It was a DVR It was a Yeah you. It was, yeah, you couldn't, it wasn't on demand though. You could just record things

that were on TV. I'm going to stop you guys. That was so good. Except for the meanness. Yes. And we do want to go a little easy on being really mean.

To who? Too much meanness. Yeah, we were kind of mean in that. And we try to be nice on the show. Just the show, just so you know,

and this is maybe the log line, it's smart, it's cool, it's funny, it's nice. It's fun. It's for friends. It's nice. We're nice. It's cool. We're cool, smart, funny guys, and we are having fun.

It's friendly. Can you give us another one? Notice what he didn't say. Mean. Did you hear that in there? I was listening very closely, and I don't remember hearing anything about meanness. Okay, William H. Macy directs The Layover, Hugh Bonneville, back

in Viceroy House. Specialty B.O. Preview. Oh, The Layover is that movie with the two girls. Remember, you sent me the trailer for it. Oh, I'm sorry. Oh, it's with what's her face? Kate Upton. Kate Upton. what else did she say

in the email it wasn't an email this was face to face she sent you a trailer for it face to face I think we were sitting next to each other I emailed it

we both had our laptops open and out so I emailed it to her no no no actually you were not over no you were not over no you told me about it but I think

oh really yeah I emailed it to you and this is almost like this is like a serial element to the podcast where we're piecing back together the timeline of events. But it was sent because we had kind of had a similar idea. And I said, this is what our movie maybe would have become.

Yeah. I mean, William H. Macy is no slouch. The other gal was the brunette who was in True Detective with the good figure. And she was also in the new Baywatch. Who? The other gal. Not Kate Upton,

the brunette Kate Upton. The brunette Kate Upton? I'd like to see that. I'd like to see that. M. M. And it's good to not be tied up on the names

of these celebrities. Why do we? I mean like Miranda Beranda. Yes. And then you laugh it and we it, and we sort of get, and there's a natural end to that segment. And that is something that now people will run with. Now the fans will take Miranda-Branda.

And people are going to be animating it and everything. They'll make a hot sauce out of it. Miranda-Branda shirts. Yes, it'll be a hot sauce. Whenever I make a little whoopsie, we laugh, and then you guys like it and that's a oh yes

that's a great sort of trademark of this new version of the show that Hayes and I watch from afar I'd listen to this I am listening to it

you'd have to because you have to edit it because you can't really trust Sam or anyone else you have to cut out the meanness

and like yeah sort of the like lewd stuff that you guys were doing in that one what were we doing that was lewd come on you're talking about this girl's figure yeah I just said she had a nice figure we don't on this show and sort of the lewd stuff that you guys were doing in that one. What were we doing that was lewd?

Come on, you're talking about this girl's figure. I just said she had a nice figure. On this show, we don't really like to especially talk about women that way. Or guys, and it's actually sometimes worse when you do it with guys. Yeah, it can be because there's a stigma to it. So the show's going really well. I'm having fun. One thing we haven't seen you do is,

because obviously the dynamic between you two is lights out amazing, next level, just forget it, no notes there. We haven't seen you deal with a guest and incorporate a third party into this. Do we have them interview Sam as if he's one of the funny guests we get? Someone from the news. Because usually what we do is we look at who's in the news this week, and we bring in whoever is making whatever the big headline is. I got to say, they did totally ignore the Hugh Bonneville being back in Viceroy House.

We didn't give you time to get to that. Side of that news piece. So you could deal with that maybe. We'll pretend that Hugh Bonneville's here, and then Sam can play Hugh Bonneville, and you guys can kind of talk to him about what he's been up to. What we do is we talk to people about upcoming projects and sort of how they got into

entertainment and when they first realized they were funny, and just like what was their first big break, and that kind of stuff. Sort of like we're the only podcast, really, that is able to kind of get people to open up about these things. Okay. Okay.

So, Sam, you're playing Hugh Bonneville? Hugh Bonneville. Yes. Okay. So, Hugh, thanks for coming in. Sure. So tell us, what are you up to? I am in the acting.

It would probably be, yeah. Yeah, just let him sort of, like. I just asked him a question. I know, but if you give him like a little introduction, that would probably be nice for Hugh. So this is Hugh Bonneville. He's the new lead of Viceroy House. That's good.

You've probably seen him before in a couple other TV appearances. What was your favorite TV appearance you've done, Hugh? The Vice News thing. Is that reality or is it scripted? I couldn't tell. I'm pretty sure it's a documentary thing.

That Vice News is like... And I love that I could just be out in the natural world while this is happening. And that my legacy would go on because this is Hollywood Handbook in its purest form. Hugh, what... Inspiration. Yeah, what inspires you to act or to get into a role?

And don't attack him. Do you know the Sklar Brothers? The who? Sklar Brothers. Yeah, they're directors. It happens a lot when people come in here. They sort of think they're going to meet the Sklar Brothers. This is like a big...

So Sam is being very faithful to what the show is. A lot of times people will expect to be seeing a Sklar. Here's the problem. If we had a guest come in, we would have done research on him. And so you're giving us someone that we don't... We don't know who this guy is. You would think, but at the same time, you didn't really know what we were talking about at the top of the show.

You hadn't seen Virtuosity. For me to trust you to do that kind of research. Can Sam play someone we know? Yeah. Okay, who do you want from recent Deadline News? How about William H. Macy? Could he be William H. Macy? That story is played out.

Moga Dishu, Minnesota, from Canaan Warsami and Catherine Bigelow, not going forward to HBO. Catherine Bigelow. So who do you want to talk to? I want to talk to Catherine Bigelow. Okay, your choice. Hey, Catherine, how's it going? Thank you so much for being on the podcast.

Sure. And Sam, don't. What? Just do it normal. No, it's just for Sam. It's not you guys. You guys are great. It's so crazy having an Oscar winner in here.

Yes, we're thrilled. That's my pleasure. Was it fun giving an Oscar speech? Yeah, I am an actress. I knew it was good. No, you weren't an actress. You're a director. Do it normal.

Yeah. You were married to James Cameron. What was that like? Yeah, yeah, yeah. Was there a lot of... It it was good he made Terminator thank god this show is hosted by two women now because we would get crucified if we had Sam portray Catherine Bigelow this way

I know I'm kind of offended by how he's portraying her I can't imagine being out in nature and listening to this and not being able to do anything about it it's scary to me you're thinking of Catherine Heigl Catherine Heigl yeah can. Katherine Heigl, yeah. He's thinking of Kate Bosworth.

Can I just tell you with Sam, knowing Sam, he's thinking of Kate Bosworth. Yeah, and that's about 100% of the time that that's what's on his mind. I love Blue Crush.

Yes, yes, yes. Blue Crush is one of my favorites. You're not alone there. It's so good, huh? And I've turned down... The vampire movies? Twilight? God.

She's shooting a... Huh? Wait, Kate Beckinsale? Oh? She's shooting. Wait, Kate Beckinsale? That's Underworld. He's thinking of the Blood Wars, but he's talking about Kate Beckinsale. A lot of Kates in Hollywood, huh? The Blood Wars in Underworld, I cannot condone. Cate Blanchett was smart to put the C there. Okay.

Because everyone else has a K. Stands out. And she's got the C, so she's got that classy like step, she's stepping aside from the K. She put her C up and she went, I'm a little bit different, a little bit classier. Any other C's in Hollywood?

C-Kates? Well, I'm, I don't even know. Can you think of a Catherine with a C in Hollywood? Are you allowed to spell Catherine? Christina Hendricks has a C. Wow. Now, we should do what we like to do at the end of every show. Yeah.

Is to get personal and get really raw. Yeah. And this is where we open up and we go, hey, it's not always about showbiz and entertainment. Sometimes it's about bearing your soul to the world and self-care. in entertainment. Sometimes it's about bearing your soul to the world and self-care. And we just talk about how

we have had a lot of struggles and we're just not doing that good. And it's just really hard to keep kind of getting out of bed. Yeah, for sure. Therapy stuff. Yeah. Yeah, we basically do

like therapy stuff. And it's pretty brave. And we're kind of the only podcast that does it. And this is therapy for us and also real therapy is that too. Yeah. And our fans are our real friends. Okay.

Yeah. Oh, and also one thing we do to our guests is like when Sam was being the guest before, is a lot of times with the guest, I like to get really close in their ear if I feel like they're like not really being totally forthright. This is a Marin thing. And I get in as close to them being totally forthright. This is a Maren thing. And I get in as close to them as I can and I go, your mask is slipping. It's not funny.

So that's something you can do. And it's a bit disarming. I'm sure. I can't imagine. And if it happens to you, trust me, it's not funny. Sometimes we'll get them to maybe give you a piece of interview that you wouldn't have otherwise gotten Sometimes it makes them leave

I bet Your mask is slipping Okay, he looked right at me I did not like that Well, I didn't put it on today And we're getting a new take on you guys. But yeah, to do some therapy stuff.

Yeah, where you get like super raw and very emotional and also talking to the fans in a way that they know that they're like not alone. And stay positive. Well, it's just hard being in Hollywood sometimes and, you know, putting, like spending your days putting in work on like things. For free, that you're not getting paid. And also it's not a marathon. But you do get, but no, talk about like you do get paid. No, like a things for free that you're not getting paid and also it's not a marathon but you do get but no

talk about it like you do get paid no like a lot of the time we're not getting talk about how much money you have yeah no we both are struggling to be honest

yeah in a lot of ways and you know we try and put stuff out there but it's hard every day to wake up and just start just keep

hitting doors yeah hitting doors and being knocked down the doors slam back in your face best damn job in the world yeah and also the vibe

we're kind of looking for is that you are booking stuff you are like doing a lot of stuff sometimes but not like no no no

all the time you're doing good stuff all the time and you're like on TV but that is actually even harder sometimes yeah no when you get a show

you're fine no no no that's the hardest thing this is what you do you do say a bunch of stuff that people would be jealous of and you go like, I'm jealous of people

who don't have jack shit going on because it's actually hard. Even people who do have things going on, I don't think it ever gets easier, honestly. No, because they're still feeling like,

what's next? Yeah, what's next? Even if you get on a big sitcom, the actors on that are like, oh, I feel so constrained

and pigeonholed. And say you're on a big sitcom. Yes. Yeah, say that's me are like, oh, I feel so constrained. And say you're on a big sitcom. Yes. Say that's me. Amanda was on a sitcom that never aired. But it did. I've never been on a sitcom. I mean, it's

not easy for sure. That's why you have to make things yourself. Yeah, and maybe make a little joke now. Well, there's nothing funny about it. There's why you have to make things yourself. Yeah. I may make a little joke now. Well, there's nothing funny about it. There's peaks and valleys, but the valleys can seem like there's no end in sight. Like peaks, like inverted peaks. Yes. So that it makes, even when you're on a valley, you're like, am I up right now?

Yeah. But you're not. Inverted peaks, maybe there's something like that. Yeah, we're looking for like the funny thing. Like you say something wrong. You remember how that was looking for the funny thing. Like you say something wrong. You remember how that was your little funny thing? Yeah, that was like... It just gives us an out for the segment.

We just hit a button, you know? And maybe the show. Sam, what are we looking at here? What time are we going? How long have we been doing it? Oh, this will be episode 201. No, it's not. I'm sorry.

I don't have anything funny to say. Yeah, there's not. I'm sorry. I don't have anything funny to say. Yeah, there's nothing. Honestly, like, there's nothing funny about comedy. This is a lot like our show. It is. Yeah. Bye. I'm a horny girl wolf.

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