How Did This Get Made? - Thunderpants LIVE!

Episode Date: August 9, 2024

Rupert Grint—sorry, Grimpert—​plays sidekick to a farting Forrest Gump-esque boy in the 2002 sci-fi family comedy THUNDERPANTS also starring Bruce Cook, Paul Giamatti, Stephen Fry, & Ned Beatty. LIVE from Dublin, the HDTGM crew discuss if farts are green, the child firing squad, the farting opera note, Keira Knightley's cameo, and so much more. Plus, Paul tells a classic childhood story of the time he asked a barber for an unconventional haircut. ALAN! ALAN! ALAN! HDTGM is coming to NYC on Nov 15th! Go to hdtgm.com to buy tix, merch, and for more on bad movies.Order Paul’s book about his childhood: Joyful Recollections of TraumaFor extra content on Matinee Monday movies, visit Paul's YouTube page: youtube.com/paulscheerTalk bad movies on the HDTGM Discord: discord.gg/hdtgmPaul’s Discord: discord.gg/paulscheerFollow Paul’s movie recs on Letterboxd: letterboxd.com/paulscheer/Check out new HDTGM movie merch over at teepublic.com/stores/hdtgmPaul and Rob Huebel stream live on Twitch every Thursday 8-10pm EST: www.twitch.tv/friendzoneLike good movies too? Subscribe to Unspooled with Paul and Amy Nicholson: listen.earwolf.com/unspooledSubscribe to The Deep Dive with Jessica St. Clair and June Diane Raphael: www.thedeepdiveacademy.com/podcastCheck out The Jane Club over at www.janeclub.comWhere to find Paul, June, & Jason:@PaulScheer on Instagram & Twitter@Junediane on IG and @MsJuneDiane on TwitterJason is not on social media

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Belle Pat! Things full of farts. Eat them all. Rupert Ripper changed his name. Hey, hey. Pauline, you're getting little. Well, Jason is getting lazy. Julie's getting lazy.

I'm so upset. I hate this. That's my ugly truth. This place is full of bees. Here's a real question for you. How did this kid pay? Get this guy out of here! Hello, people of Earth!

And hello, people of Dublin! CHEERING Well, well, well. We finally did it. The 2002 classic film, Thunder Pants. Oh, boy, oh, boy. This is a year, to put it in perspective,

Gosford Park, A Beautiful Mind, and Thunder Pants. All of them saying something important about this world. Should this movie have been an Oscar winner? Yes! It's a biopic, and it's got Ned Beatty in it. It's got all the ingredients of an Oscar movie. What is it about? It's about a small boy with a big problem

who wants to be an astronaut but sidetracked as an opera singer and then has a short detour after murdering someone. But he does achieve his dreams, even though I'm not quite sure how. But we will break it all down. The tagline, it's time to blast off. And we are gonna do that tonight indeed.

Please welcome my co-host, Mr. Jason Manzoukas. Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!

Yeah! Yeah! What's up jerks? Yeah! Yeah! That's right, hereks? That's right. Here we go, Dublin. Ho-ho! Holy shit.

People had to watch Absolute Drek on this tour, except the beekeeper, and you guys got the fucking gem. I loved it! I can't even wait to tell you about it. I loved it! I can't even wait to tell you about it! I loved it! A movie that asks, what if Dudley Dursley was the chosen one

and Ron was her Mayonez? Come on! This is so plush! I can't get purchased! Jason, I refer to this film No, plush! I can't get purchased, yes. I refer to this film as the movie that broke Paul Giamatti into Hollywood. This is the movie that kids got the goods.

Holy cow, I swear to God, I'm watching this movie and I couldn't, the first 20 minutes, I couldn't make heads or tails out of it. No, me neither, I was like, oh no. I tried multiple times to adjust the color saturation because everything was green. Choice. Then Ned Beatty showed up on TV

and I was like, what the fuck? I mean, so much is going on in this movie and my wife made the choice to watch it with our children. You gotta. And I want to hear how it was firsthand. So please welcome my co-host June Diane Rayfield. Oh, Jason, you weren't kidding. It's cozy city over here.

It's too much. I will say, it's too plush. I need to be more engaged. Upgrade. Yeah. I need to be more ready to rock if some of these fuckers come at me. This feels like a chair that you might have an intelligent discussion about, Thunder Pants, as if Thunder Pants was a classic novel

and we were introducing it on Masterpiece Theatre, you know? Ah, Thunder Pants. If we were hosting a panel at Trinity College here in town. There's no reason to be reclining discussing Thunder Pants. Like, God help me if they bring an Ottoman out. This movie. Now listen, Paul, you brought up our children watching Thunder Pants and here's what happened. I was telling Jason backstage. So, the beginning

of the movie, one child was laughing hysterically, and I mean howling. And the other one was crying. And so deeply upset about what was going on. It's an upsetting movie because the farting makes him an outcast. Well, and I just, I guess let's start at the beginning because at the very beginning, because as a parent, and I don't know how many parents are in the audience, but... Well, let's start at the very beginning,

if we're going to talk about being a parent. How did you make these kids? Oh, God, here we go. Here we go. They showed up one day, and I was like, where did these guys come from? Here we go. So having a newborn, having a newborn, and having them release gas is, me like the most, it was like

always the most satisfying experience because you know it upsets them to have it and so the reaction the way this movie begins is so confounding to me because these parents, first of all why do these farts smell? Like there is a medical condition happening beyond two stomachs, but like as a parent, it's such a relief to hear gas come out of a newborn. You're doing massages, you're lifting legs, you're doing all this stuff, and when you finally hear it, I mean, I found it deeply satisfying. What a kill out.

You have a real connection. I loved it. Oh, I loved it. I was like, let it out. When you gave birth both times, did the baby pop out without, without an umbilical cord, fly over the doctor's head such that he said, it's a flyer, as if they've got a name for this? for this? What? It's a flyer. I also, I knew the movie was about a young boy and his problems farting, but when he was in the womb and they had that image on the ultrasound, I thought that was a giant

fart bubble that he was sitting on at first. Wasn't it? I also thought that and I believe it was. That's what propelled him out. Okay. I think that's what rocketed him down the birth canal. I mean, that woman's never been the same. Everybody seems to hate this kid. His mom included, I think I know why.

I mean, this, what they show in these opening scenes is truly disturbing. His family disowns him. His father leaves home with his mother crying at the car. The green car. That's when one of our children cried. Everyone hates this kid period until he meets, what's his name, Alan? Alan A. Allen. Alan A. Allen. Wait, what's Giamatti's name? Johnson J. Johnson.

What, is that a recurring joke? I guess so. The fact that you were able to... I think it's a joke, but I'm not sure what the joke is. Well, no, here it is. It's Alan A. Allen is Rupert Grint. It's Adam Godfrey plays... Now, I do want to just shout out that earlier in the tour, you called him Rupert Grimpert. Which we made a shirt of.

Which I am urging everybody to please, let's start a petition. We have to get him to change his name to Rupert Grimpert. We did make a shirt of Rupert Grimpert. It's not up yet. But Adam got- Who will be the only person who buys that shirt? The opera singer, his name is Placido P. Placido. And then it's Giamatti is Johnson J. Johnson.

And then it's just a lot of smashes. And that's about it. Yeah. I love when the doctor says, Mrs. Trash? And she says, smash. You know, I will say this movie has a tone that, and a sense of humor, bear with me, that is committed and consistent. I will, I also, I enjoyed this movie now.

I fell asleep several times because I was tired. But I woke up laughing and some of it I was like, am I still dreaming? I don't know. But I found it went down real nice. Real nice. There were a couple of times when I was like, oh no, I haven't taken notes in a while because I've been enjoying the movie.

Me too. I've been watching cinema assholes. And I was like, oh, they're gonna be so mad. I don't have more to make fun of. But this was fun. I just love the bold choices that this movie makes. And one of them is, and we've already touched on it a little bit, everything is green.

And that, at a certain point, makes it not green. Right? If everything is green, then nothing is green. And that was weird because I thought they could have gotten more with just making a couple of things green, but the green really got to me. Like the green disturbed me. It started to be crazy making. Yes. It started to be like, oh no, okay, wait a minute. Now we're at the school and the school is painted green? Now we're in court?

The teachers are green? What is, why? He's on trial and everyone's green. This is the green... And is it just because farts are green? I think... Are farts green? I'm going to say this.

I don't think they're green, but we see physical evidence when the bully opens the fart lunch box and gets a straight up green fart in the face. Oh, I need to get into that. I don't even want to gloss over it, but I do want to just... I'm not glossing over it. I want to foreground it right now. It is nuts, and I loved it.

I also want to know... He deserved it. I just want to know why farts come out like spray paint, but I do want to just show my favorite use of green. When they cut to the newscaster. The only newscaster in the world. He's the newscaster for the NASA story. He's the newscaster for the dead opera star story.

He's the only newscaster this world has. Because he's covering such big stories and such small stories. He's carrying... Where does this take place? Well, in the past, which I was shocked by. I said where, where, in the past? No, no, I know it's the best.

I did not know it was the past until John F. Kennedy came out. Yes, John F. Kennedy is in this movie. Oh yeah, oh yeah. Wait, that's not, was that Kennedy? Hey there, you there, good up boy. Well because, but then they pulled out, I thought so too, But then they pulled out.

I thought so too, but then they pulled out and it looked nothing like him. I think also as well because the father is reading the newspaper. It says they've landed on the moon or something. Okay, okay, okay. Oh, wait, but is that the false? Okay, wait a minute. There's so much going on because that second moon landing... Anyway...

I'm starting to pull at the threads and it's almost like this movie doesn't quite add up. Let me just show you the one use of green that really made me laugh from that newscaster. Everything that the newscaster broadcasts has this weird font that looks like something that you would put in an iMovie. Everything was this like, it looks like the way that they advertise the Matthew Broderick Godzilla film. I was going to say it looks like Armageddon's color scheme. I was like, what local news is putting up

a graphic package like that? But here's the thing about the movie. The kid actors are so good. Well. I'm sorry. I thought they were great. I thought they were great. Well, by the way, is this pre-Harry Potter?

Where does this fall? It's gotta be. So he's shot. so he hasn't. Wait, no. 2002. Okay, one of you decides. So here's my question. Elect one of you to talk.

Here's my question. It's her. Had Harry Potter come out yet when he did this? Wow. Had Harry Potter 2 come out yet? No. Perfect, between one and two. Either way, it doesn't matter.

It's not like this movie was the thing that got him Harry Potter. They were coasting off of that. That's okay. I just think it's wild they got him. He's so good in this. He's incredible. He's so good. He's incredible in this movie.

My gut might be that that is why this movie was released. So it was shot, it found no home. Then Harry Potter came out and they're like, ooh, we have a Rupert Grimert movie. Yeah. Rupert Grimert's in this too. Like there is. I'm not gonna let it die.

Rupert Grimert's knocking on my door tomorrow morning like, hey man, knock. I love Rupert Grimertt's knocking on my door the other morning like, hey man, not cool. I love Rupert Grimpert, he's so incredible in this. And I have to tell you, there's a moment where our main character is arrested, Patrick Smash. For murder. For murder. And sentenced to death. To death? By firing squad.

But when he's first... By the way, I had to explain that to our children when they said, what's happening? And I said, well, that's a firing squad. They're about to kill the child. My mother-in-law's shot dead. What are we talking about here? Yeah, I said they're all going to shoot him at the same time. So that no single one of them knows they were responsible.

That's right. And they can alleviate their own trauma. That's right. And they can alleviate their own trauma. And they said, well, why is he blindfolded? And I said, I think that that's... I had to really go into it. I said, I think he's blindfolded to actually make it easier for them to shoot him. And then, I guess my question was... I don't know, but that was my best guess.

Because otherwise people would be like, I was looking him right in the eyes. Exactly, and they would do it. I mean, but that was my best guess. Because otherwise people would be like, I was looking him right in the eyes. Exactly, they would do it. I mean, but then my question is this. Was the UK using firing squad in the 50s? No, right? No. I should hope not. I don't think firing squad... They were doing the head chopped off still. This movie exists in a world that feels like they're trying to pull off,

like a Tim Burton-y kind of, it's got its own look and aesthetics. Almost like what the Paddington movies have now, like a real color. The Matilda movie. It's Wednesday, but with farting. A real color scheme of this, of that. But they have a children's firing squad. I wish that. By the way, I wish the firing squad was children.

Awesome. That's great. They should have done that, but it would have tipped the hat for a kid scientist for the secret room of all child's genius scientists. Well, I will say this. I feel like he committed two murders. I would believe it if SpaceX was Elon Musk and 411 year olds. Oh, well thank you Dublin. But I feel like this movie kind of took him out of a second murder because he

he for sure murdered that bully in the in the in the park they brought him back for the trial I was like that motherfuckers dead wait when the bully testifies in the trial remember when he brings him out to the woods like Miller's Crossing and he's like, and he rips that fart so hard at him? You think it killed him? Oh, you think that killed him? It ruptured the trees! Look into your heart, Tom. Look into your heart.

I mean, that kid ran. First of all, that kid opened a lunchbox full of farts, got the face full of farts and was running from this fart. And this kid knew. I don't know how, I don't know why he had a more powerful fart, but he was like, now I'm coming for you motherfucker. And he brought him out to that woods. And I'm like, he brought him there to kill him.

What's incredible is not until the end of the movie, and it's not even literally done this way, but it is actually through mechanized invention. Thank you, Alan P. Allen. Alan P. Allen mechanized invention. Thank you Alan P. Alan. Alan P. Alan? Alan A. Alan A. Alan Alan Alan. Oh it's the end of tour. I just got that they're all the same goddamn initials. Anyway it surprises me that our protagonist never once thought to light his farts on fire. Something that the minute I found out it was possible, I was like, let's go!

It did, I will say, maybe I'm revealing too much right now, but it did make me think like, well, what could farts do? You know, I know you can light them on fire, but I don't know, I genuinely don't know what else they could do. You know that Twitch stars sell farts in a jar. I'm sorry. Ew.

You're going to have to say that entire sentence again, but slowly. No, I don't mean... You know that Twitch stars sell farts in a jar. That's a tongue twister. Everybody ready? Twitch stars sell farts in a jar. Pretty good. Everybody ready? I'm sure there are way I'm sure there are many ways that they're fetishized and all that but I just mean like what are they capable of? Yes, why why isn't science trying wise I believe is cow farts. Yes. Is agriculture, it is the the methane created by factory farming and all this

kind of stuff. That's why I try to eat as much meat as possible to kill those cows. So that's why exactly this movie this movie this kids farts that's got to be like I don't know how many acres worth of cows this kid, this kid is contributing mightily to climate change and should be put in front of a firing squad. Here's my question. So he's had this condition since, honestly, he was in utero. He doesn't go to a doctor? The one time he does a doctor...

Till he's about 12. The doctor's a fucking asshole. That doctor's such a dick. The doctor's like, everybody is like, you're a fucking idiot. He's like, the doctor the whole time is like, that's not what I said, idiot. But here's what I don't understand. And this is the only flaw I found with the movie. Honestly, it's the only note I have, is giving him a justification for having that much gas. Because him having two stomachs, it left me unsettled. Thinking about him with two stomachs,

and I was like, oh, I think maybe he would just be very hungry, or I don't know how that affects other things, but I just wish he was super gassy with no explanation. Sure. Yeah, we don't need a reason. And the reason, I mean, I don't want to even get into the end because it seems like the issue is, how does this boy who wants to fart live a normal life?

And he does nothing. Who doesn't want to fart, Paul? This isn't want. He has to. This is need. Well, I guess, like, he feels like he can never be an astronaut because he can't control his problem.

Like, I mean, like, I don't know if farting would stop, like, he seems to be dumb as shit. And... They literally say, Ned Beatty goes, this kid is a fucking moron. He's a tool. He's like, he's failed every test.

Every physical test and every mental test. By the way, it's then revealed he's only been there two hours. And yet he's also eaten every leafy green substance, this side of not NASA, whatever that was. Then he's launched into outer space. And what does he do? I want to be clear.

I want to be absolutely clear. This is after he has one of the most prolific musical careers in history. He's like a Forrest Gump character in that he's part of all of these aspects of history? He farts so loudly that a high note is created for Placido P. Placido and... Well, it's not that it's loud. I think it is... yes, it's got some volume. But it's high.

It's a note that can't be sung. Or that Placido E. Placidoido is P Placido is pretending to hit. What did... Right, but only one other person has ever been able to... One other man has ever been able to... Sure, the man who Patrick Smashing murders. That's right. Right in front of him.

And then that man was... And now that man puts it together that the boy is the fart. The fact that he even is putting that together like, oh, it's the fart. Like- No, he doesn't know it's the fart. What he first sees is he sees Placido- Yes, walk one way. But he hears the note coming from somewhere else.

Yes. So he goes into the room and our guy, Patrick Smash- Oh, he does say it. Full blown tells him, oh, I travel around, I make him tea, I do this, I do that. Oh, and I sing the high note with my ass. And this guy's like, blink, blink, blink, what now? And then he pours...

What? Milanta? I don't know what he puts in that thing. And why does he have it at the ready? Why, yes, he has a tincture that is perfect for this moment, a moment he couldn't have imagined. He never prepared for. He couldn't have imagined what was happening.

And then I felt like there's definitely child abuse going on because that little boy has the cream mustache on and it seems like hours later after he'd eaten that cream and no one told him to wipe it off. No one, even Placido is not like, hey, clean yourself. Placido P. Placido, this is a story about a boy who's treated like a tool by everyone. Everyone, and I love that when Placido P. Placido

discovers him, it's Keira Knightley. Oh my God. It's Keira Knightley, who's like, Professor, did you hear that? What? Now, why was she there in that scene? Well, I think Princess Amidala was supposed to be there, and she's gotta be there whenever Princess Amidala is. The courtesan has to be there. As her double.

You fucking nerds. How did this get me? How did this get me? And then when they see the Thunder Pants, the titular Thunder Pants, which is the name of the movie, You fucking nerds. How did this come in? How did this come in? And then when they see the thunder pants, the titular thunder pants, which have nothing to do with the film, Boy was I disappointed.

Well this is a movie that solves the problem in the first act. It's like, and here are these thunder pants at work. I was like, oh. I checked the progress and I was like, am I almost done? And then I was like, oh, I checked the progress. And I was like, am I almost done? And then I was like, minute 14? Oh no.

Here's the problem with the Thunderpants though, because what Patrick Smash is worried about is controlling his problem. And this is what makes my heart break for Patrick Smash. It's that he wants to control the problem, but wearing a set of thunder pants is not really, how you say, hiding that you have a major issue going on. Major.

A major situation is happening with you. But it's so much better. Like then when he has... Why not have... To witness it, to see those pants go... I'm like, just let it out. This is more distressing. No!

Why can't... Why can't there be a second version that can fit under regular pants? Oh, look. V2? Yes! Thunderpants.2, oh! I also feel like Patrick's parents have done him wrong. Yes, he farts, but don't dress him

and cut his hair like that. He's like, he's Mo from the three stooges. Why are we doing this? Why are we doing this? Get dirty. Like a mashup of Mo and Curly. That's where the movie, it does have sort of Matilda vibes where you just feel like this child, especially when her-

Is it a little bit naughty? Especially when he's delivering his speech. No, okay. When he's delivering his speech, when he goes up in the rescue rocket and he basically says like, I know- I'm so sorry. He delivers that speech and I cried.

I did too. I did too. Emotionally just very available for Patrick Smash. Me too. I cried when he was going into the paddy wagon. He was arrested and said to camera, I'm scared. I was like, I can't. Here's the thing too, and no offense to NASA, but they shouldn't be broadcasting that conversation where they go, hey, there's a 70% chance you're gonna die

and you're on live TV. We told you on live TV. Also, I actually rewound that scene, Paul, where one of the engineers comes up to tell our main guy that he only had a 21% chance of living. I'm like, where was this work about 24 hours ago? Why are you just crunching these numbers now? I actually have an answer. The entire thing was built by children. The answer is, what do you think? 11-year-old did this whole thing.

Absolutely not. Also, his mother is watching the TV like she did not know where he was. She thought he was still with the opera singer or dead. We sold him to that molester. What's going on? It was a different time. I'm sure that the UK police made it seem like he was dead. The CIA took him and that was it.

And all this movie happens very quickly. Once that murder happens, the whole movie is over within 48 hours. Now, here's my big question. And I don't mean to poke holes in Thunder Pants. What a fucking week for Patrick Smash. Opera star kills a man almost shot by a firing squad in outer space.

One week. What? But my question is this. They needed him to power the rocket. I won't even break that down too much. Cause I did wonder why don't they have fuel same same it doesn't but there doesn't seem to be a real reason given for why they need to power it with farts but the thing that I truly have a question about is, so he farts, it goes up, and the

movie posits, that's it. Like the astronauts are back. Well, we see the International Space Station or wherever he's headed in the distance, so I don't know. I'm assuming he's gonna dock with the space station, fart them back to Earth? I mean, he seems to be the only person on that ship. So that's- Oh yes, why were there other adult astronauts training?

Yeah, he's training on treadmills, there's other adult astronauts like, huh, huh, and I'm like, okay, he's part of a team there I've seen the right stuff I know how this works nope just him in a rocket and they're like you're definitely gonna die and he's like if I die I die because I want to be doing my dream and I was ironing ironing my white shirt like and he doesn't even get it he doesn't even get to do the dream. Because in my mind, he wants to be an astronaut. This movie just posits, he goes up and comes back down. Like, he basically does what Jeff Bezos and William Shatner did.

They just pop, bop. Like, he's not a... But for this time period, that's incredible. Give him a moonwalk. Give him a fart moonwalk. They already got... I think that he... Who did it better, Barbie or Thunder Pants?

With the homage to 2001 So funny when they did I think he just wanted to go up there and be a spaceman an astronaut a spaceman Well, what's the difference? I don't know He just so his dream. I'm with you. His dream is shit. I would have loved a spacewalk Yes, just powered by farts across space and time. But they couldn't afford it because when he's traveling the world, they have him on a black stage and it was like, here's a person dressed

as the Canadian Mountie. Here's a person dressed as the Geisha. Here is a person dressed as Attila the Hun. Whatever it was, it was just like there was no bat, it was not even, not even green screen. They're like, who cares? Black. He was just, just to go back to his monologue, that devastating monologue.

Should we hear it? Yes. I don't know if we can, okay. Hello everyone. My name is Smash, Patrick Smash, and this is my dream. I'm going to try my best to be a good spaceman. I've never had the whole world rely on me before. I mean, I did try to do my best at home, but I wasn't what my mum expected me to be.

I did try to do my best at school too, but I upset some of the other kids. I was a bit of a disappointment to my teachers. One time I thought I found someone who was helping. We went around the world together, we sang together, but everything kept going wrong. But then my friend Alan came and showed me that what the people of In Space need right now is a friend. And I'm going to try and be that friend. We are Patrick and Alan, the team.

And with my gift, Georgina, it's our friendship. We can never go wrong. And Alan, thanks for remembering the sprouts this time. It was such an indictment on all of us, honestly, on humanity, like I was like, wow, the way we've treated this person suffering from a chronic illness, they don't believe they have any value in our culture and our system.

And so the only way he's truly ready to sacrifice his life because he has no spot down here with us, with you all. No. No, you all would have turned your backs on him and rejected him, made him some sort of pariah. All I'm gonna say is this... I know you were Dublin. All I'm gonna say is that Alan A. Allen should build him another pair of Thunder Pants, because at the end of the movie, he's back on Earth,

but he's still farting. He hasn't controlled shit. He hasn't changed anything. But I think what happens is that when... I hope what happens is that when he comes back, because he's been such a hero and sacrificed so much and was so brave that when he farts around us, we love it. I love my children. I love my children. I love my children.

When one of them farts near me, I'm like, get the fuck out of here. Like, I want to get in the car and take off. Like, I... See, I really felt for Alan a Alan, because I similarly have basically no sense of smell. Oh, wow. So, like, sometimes when someone farts

or when someone is like, oh a skunk, I'm like, really? Oh, I can't, I don't smell it. I, one of our friends has the same illness. And. I don't, I don't like that. And I always feel like. I don't like, A, the word choice, or B, how you said it.

I always think about it and I'm like, gosh, I would feel so scared walking around the world not having a sense of smell. Like, you don't know what you're putting out. Oh, not at all. I remember so much so that I'm constantly trying to shower as much as possible because I'm scared. I don't want to be out in these streets smelling like a bag of old mayonnaise.

Well, I remember that there was a friend that we had back in New York who... And the issue that he had was he never knew when to take out his garbage because he didn't have the sense of smell. Yes. So his house always smelled. That's terrible. Was that me? Here's what I'll say about this movie. Ned Beatty brings

it in this movie. Like whatever it was, he sees the script. You possess the most powerful tutor I've seen. He says it. The little boy. He says it with a gravitas. And I watched Ned Beatty and Paul Giamatti do a scene. I'm like, these are two fucking fantastic actors just going like, we're here and we're going to just commit because... That's why I think the tone of this movie is so successful. It really is. It's like everybody is committed to this strange world and I loved it.

I haven't seen this clip. This is either an interview with Ned Beatty talking about the movie or Ned Beatty acting in the movie. Either way, I think it's going to be worth it of watching because I read what happens in it. I want to be a spaceman. But I have a problem. I cannot control my ass. happens in it. General what makes an astronaut? I'll tell you what makes an astronaut Todd You've got to be focused determined and in complete control of yourself But most of all all of my astronauts each and every one of them has worked hard to overcome their problems And each one of them is a uniquely gifted individual I Mean, that's good. It's just good. I was listening to it like okay is a uniquely gifted individual.

I mean, that's good. I mean, that's just good. I was listening to it like, okay, is it me? Okay. It's so inspiring. And I can't wait to show this movie to my kids. And then I'll say this. Do we like Paul Giamatti with hair? With hair? Yeah.

Yeah. I don't like him that much with hair. I think he's a better actor without hair. Me too. And I don't know why, but I do. I didn't mind it. I didn't mind. I agree with you.

I like him without hair, but I like him with hair in the same way. Here's what I do. I didn't mind it. I didn't mind. I agree with you. I like him. I like him without hair, but I like him with hair in the same way. Here's what I like. I enjoy, and as I'm rewatching Moonlighting right now with young Bruce Willis losing his hair, I'm enjoying watching people who have these hairlines be on TV.

Not everybody has either a full head of hair or absolutely no hair. And that's all we see in movies now, is robust head of hair or no hair. And I like this. I like this. This makes me... Same with teeth. You know what I mean? Like, everybody in movies now, same teeth, everybody's got them.

Bing, bang, boom, mouth full of teeth. You watch a movie from the 80s, it's like, this is the romantic lead with these teeth? And this hairline? All right, movie. You got me. Bruce Willis unequivocally looks good bald. Better bald. But boy, and die hard with his thinning hair. Dynamite. When I was a kid, I went to the hair cutter,

the barber shop, and I said to them, can you cut my hair like Bruce Willis? And now Bruce Willis, and they're like, well what does that look like? And I'm like, well you know, in the front, it goes down, and then there are like these, like I didn't understand that that was a receding hairline I thought that was a cool haircut. Is that in the book?

Put it in the book. I have to tell you it's not in the book and it's making me think like we need another book. Yes. We need another book. Yes. That I remember like my babysitter at the time and the hair cutter having to explain that that is not something that we could achieve.

And I was like, but no, no, it's easy. Just cut up here and like, and we're like. They're like, the only person that can give you that haircut, son, is time. Father time. I got it. I got it. That's so funny.

Eventually. I got it. I got it. So funny. Eventually. Send a picture to that barber. In your face. I told you somebody could do this. I'm stuck on the fact that a babysitter took you for a haircut, but I guess we'll talk about that later. I'm like, where's mom and dad? Okay. That's too important.

My dad is here tonight. Give it up for my dad. I never saw my mom more upset than when my dad's girlfriend tried to cut my hair and I came home with a new haircut. She's like, what? It's like, well, my dad's girlfriend tried to cut my hair. So that was a tough one. Sometimes I still hear about that. I was like, I was too young to say no. If someone says, can I cut your hair as a kid?

You say, yeah. Too young to say no. Is that the title of the book? That's volume two, baby! Yeah! How did this come in? How did this come in? All right, so... Steven Fry is in here. Yeah.

Great. As the barrister. I mean, come on. This cast is bad. Remarkable. Remarkable. My favorite thing, though, about it is there are moments that don't need to be in this movie. For example, Paul Giamatti has saved this young boy

from murder by firing squad, gets him on a private jet where the jet has made a bedroom for him. Now he's just going from like the UK to the States. So conservatively what? Like, you know, let's say the longest flight, eight to 10 hours, they've made him a bedroom and they've given him multiple wardrobe changes, which is the same shirt and pants I'm like, well, how many times is he changing wardrobe? And but they while you're watching all of that

Paul G. Mahdi goes to the front of the airplane. He's like, okay, so just keep on flying Nothing happens in that scene. He's intimately involved in every element. But I love that scene. Because he's also taking pictures of Alan A. Allen from the window of the limousine earlier in the movie. And I'm like, who is this creep? This is a movie about child predators because he's taking pictures of kids. Yeah, yeah, sure, I'll send you to space.

Sure, yeah, just get over here. I'll send you to space. You want some candy? Come in my limo. You want to come on tour? Come on. The astronauts need your help. The astronauts need your help.

Oh my gosh. What I was most disturbed at was at one point when they were ripping off the Thunder Pants, they cut to one kid and his mouth is full of thunder pants. Which meant that he went... He went down there. Yeah. With teeth at the pan. Those kids attacked him with a ferocity that I found upsetting.

And then when they walked away and he was in his underwear, I was like, I don't need to see this. I know. I shouldn't see this. I know. It was another question from our children, which was like, what's happening now? And I was like, I think they're eating him. I think they've tied him to a jungle gym and are consuming him like piranha. Like they tie him up, they crucify him for farting.

And at a certain point... For our sins. It was just Easter, hear me out. I do wanna go into the crowd. I wanna see what Dublin has to say about these Thunderbats. Wow, hey. Let me see, I'm gonna come down here. Hi, how are you?

Hi, I was just wondering, you did a Jason Statham movie in London and a Jared Butler movie in Glasgow. Did you do this movie in Ireland because it's green and Rupert Grint has red hair? Yes. And is that stereotyping? Maybe. But you know what?

It's okay. You guys can take it. Alright, so... Has anyone dressed all in green tonight? Is anyone in costume? I see someone in a green and black striped sweater right here. I don't know if that was intentional or not. Oh my gosh, we have somebody from NASA, from USSC. Where?

Well done. Do you have a... Is that... Wait a second, Paul. Is that Michelle? That's Michelle! Michelle! Michelle from the Belfast Show. Well done. Do you have a... Is that... Wait a second, Paul. Is that Michelle? That's Michelle!

Michelle! Michelle from the Belfast show. Michelle from the Belfast show. Oh, wow. Michelle the bell of the ball. Michelle, who's that? What is your question? My name is actually Dr. Michelle Pours.

Okay, yes. Good for you. Yes, you got the doctor. If Patrick allegedly killed someone in Italy, why was he judged in England? Great question. I assume that Italy extradited him and I'm not sure why. Well, because it didn't...

No, no, the man he killed was Italian, wasn't he? I think so. Well, I have a feeling that because there are so many character witnesses for him being a bastard yeah they were like you know what we need him back because we have some unsolved business with him. All right, your name? Emma. And your question, hi. I actually have a question and what I think is quite a fun fact and the fun fact is the news anchor fella who is talking to Ned Biche and stuff, he is actually more well known as Tinky Winky from the Teletubbies.

Tinky Winky from the Teletubbies. Wow. Tinky Winky. Wait a minute, wait a minute. And my question is a standing ovation from that single gentleman there. My question is, what's your deal? The creator of the Teletubbies, in the house. Wait, do you mean the voice of or he's inside the suit? No, if you go on to his IMDB, it's not a picture of him, it's a picture of Tinky Winky. Wait a minute, so you're telling me Tinky Winky, that character, puts on a skin suit and is this guy? That's how good he is.

That's a fucking performance. Good, fun fact. And now what's your question? So my question is that Patrick kind of divides a lot of people. Some people love him and the US government recruits him and some people think that he deserves to die, especially because his farts are so lethal. He nearly kills a bully with them in the forest. Do you think this movie was an inspiration for Oppenheimer? Oh, wow. That's a good question. Wow.

I told you, this is an Academy Award-winning film. I wouldn't be surprised. Also, because there, I believe in the deleted scenes, quite a bit of graphic sex. All right, I'm going to go up to the balcony, but I almost set up the fire alarm. Sir, what's your name and your question? How you doing? My name is Tom. My main thing I want to know is why are we making a shirt when we have a film called Thunder Pants?

Shouldn't we be making pants? Great idea. We should be making pants. Can we make pants? Can we called Thunder Pants. Shouldn't we be making pants? Great idea. Can we make pants? Can we make Thunder Pants? We can't start making pants now. I love the idea of just an exclusive pant for this show. But that is like... Love it. That has like metal on it and a lunchbox.

The lunchbox I felt bad about because we've seen him carry a lunch box full of nuts. Like it seemed like he carried a lunch box of squirrel food. And that was confusing too because doesn't that stuff make you gassy? I think so. I think his mother is, I think his mother is munchausen by proxying him.

I think she's a Gypsy Rose Lee situation. Wow, Gypsy Rose Lee now out, by the way. Out, do it. It's completely in her sentence. Living life. Living life? This is some... Sorry.

Everybody's like now kibitzing about Gypsy Rose Lee. Oh, did you hear? I heard she was doing, yeah, I'm not, baby. Sorry. Everybody's like now kibitzing about Gypsy Rose Lee. Oh, did you hear? I'm in the balcony. Oh, there you are. Dublin balcony monsters, let me hear you. Woo! Here we go. What's your name?

John. Okay, what's your question? You've been referring to Placido P. Placido as the opera singer who took Thunder Pants, you know, around the country, around Europe. Do you know who Sir John Osgood is? Oh no, is this gonna bum us out? Yeah. There's sometimes these factoids that bum us out.

All right, I'm gonna come to to you last, only because I think... Get it out of the way. Rip it. Get it out of the way. I can't believe this. What did he do? What did he do? He was the man who took him around. Placido P. Placido was the man who was crushed by the light. Oh, so we just had the names wrong.

Oh. Wait a minute. What? OK. Got it. We were calling this right. Yes, we were calling Placido... The wrong person.

Placido P. Placido. I thought you were about to tell me that that guy was a child molester. I thought so too. Wait, does that make... He was just letting us know we fucked up. He did say they're all child molesters. All right, sir, your name? You're watching.

My name is Niall. Just in terms of you're asking about the green, methane is most of what farts are, and under ultra-spectral light, it's green. Wow. Okay. Wait a minute. Are you a scientist? I think that's the answer I was looking for.

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, sir. They've been a professor of chemistry for six years. I think that's the answer I was looking for. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, sir. They've been a professor of chemistry for six years. All right. Professor of chemistry? Chemistry.

Oh, okay. That's nice. And you're... Imagine if you were in this show and your fucking professor was here. You'd be like, what? I'm supposed to thank you seriously now? All right. Yes.

Hi. Hi, Paul. How are you? I'm Raven. Hey, oh my gosh, Raven. Raven's our former intern for How Did This Get Made. Oh wow. Yes, welcome. Well, good to see you. It's wonderful to be here. So someone, I have a factoid and it's a fun one, but someone previously asked about the green and if that's why you chose Thunder Pants. I think we're forgetting about Dublin author, James Joyce, who was partial to the fart as a form of sexual enthusiasm. Look at this. This is why we had an amazing agent.

Give it up for Raven. This is James Joyce. James Joyce. Well, I remember reading Dubliners and a lot of it was about farts. Obviously, there's a lot to talk about in this movie. And we love this movie. And we're not alone.

There are people out there that also love this film. So I'm going to say that it's not time for second opinions. It's time for the same opinions. But for sake of this, it's now time for second opinions. Woo! Hi, I'm Alan. I am. Wait, whoa. Alan, A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A-A Does everybody know this man? When did this happen? Okay, this is wild.

What is happening? Why did everybody do? It's Alan? It's just because it's Alan. Oh, because it's Alan, yeah. Alan, a t-shirt that just says Alan. And by the way- It just says Alan, Ellen, Ellen, Ellen.

Ellen, Ellen, Ellen, Ellen. I've never been in a room that was so ready for a chant that they started it themselves. They're like, if you guys aren't gonna start a chant, whoever walks up next, we're doing it. Wow. Come on, you fucking magicians!

Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah mention it. Holy shit, I love this. Wow. No, but also like Alan, you can leave now if you think it's best. Maybe it's best. Let's do it. No, Alan, you gotta do it. Go ahead, please, please, please.

And now it's time for second opinion. ["Preflight"] He packed my sprouts last night, preflight Zero hour, nine a.m. But I'm gonna be high On my own supply by then. I miss my mom so much, my sister too. But do they even know I'm gone on such a timeless flight?

And I think it's gonna be a long, long till I find a movie out there. That's so fine I don't even care about these reviews at all. No, no, no Second opinion Second opinion I'm giving about Alan. What is happening? I don't know what's going on. I love Ireland. We've elevated Alan. This is the best thing I've ever seen. I love Ireland. I love Ireland.

I love Ireland. I love Ireland. I love Ireland. I love Ireland. I love Ireland. I love Ireland. I love Ireland. I love Ireland.

I love Ireland. I love Ireland. I love Ireland. I love Ireland. I love Ireland. I love Ireland. I love Ireland. I love Ireland. I love Ireland. I love Ireland. I love shit. I'm worried about Alan. What is happening? I don't know what's going on.

I love Ireland. We've elevated Alan. This is how gods are formed. This is how religion is born. People are like, I don't know, we just follow him. What are you talking about? He's, as someone said, he's Alan. You don't question him, you follow him.

I really do think of just like a white shirt that just says Alan in black font is really ... Love it. I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm like, I'm

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292 reviews. Wait, that's it? That's it. Well, this is, you know, of course 64 percent are five star reviews Only nine percent are one star reviews Eagles stale Sorry. Well, sorry. I should say that again Eagles tail Reviewed I think you had it right.

Because it's like this. Oh, I think this eagle is stale. Uh... Eagles tail writes this. Who don't eat that eagle? I think it's stale. It's been out for days. Finally, a movie that all the boys and I can relate to. My entire family laughed hysterically while at the same time learning to look at diversity

in a whole new light. This film should be required curriculum for all fifth, sixth, and seventh grade boys. Let's hope that the filmmakers agree and produce more great films for our guys. Five stars, Thunder Pants. I do appreciate that fart noise out in the audience. I was just gonna say, I have a genuine question. Does somebody have a whoopee cushion in the audience? Because there was just an audible fart from the audience.

And I appreciate the restraint in using it up until this point, but if you've got a whoopee cushion, bring it out. Keep your phones away, but whoopee cushion as much as you want. Somebody did say, it's the Guinness. This movie is from G. Browning. I really enjoyed this movie. G. Browning. I really enjoyed this movie. G Browning, your underwear. I really enjoyed this movie and I think Rupert Grint did an amazing job.

Rupert Rupert. Ron Weasley was always my favorite of the three main Harry Potter characters and going from Harry Potter to Thunder Pants was quite a transformation for Rupert. I wish he would have made more movies during this period of his life. Dan Radcliffe steals most of the thunder in Harry Potter. Thunder Pants. And I would love to see Patrick smash fart in Harry's face. LOL. The extras on the DVD were wonderful to watch,

and when Alan called Patrick Damon's little fart boy, I thought I would die laughing. My kids were amazed at the familiar faces in the film, especially the girls from Chronicles of Narnia. I would highly recommend this movie for a good laugh. The title? The Ugly Ginger-Haired Kid from Harry Potter, question mark.

Five stars? Oh my God. What? That's insane. The text is full, the body rather is full of compliments. And then that's the subject? This is the clickbait kind of Amazon reviews. You know, you go, you go all how I like this

Also, he's never looked cuter and sweeter. I agree That's why I read it because I felt like it had no power He was making huge choices throughout he's so good every one of them He's so good. And I loved every one of them. He's very good. He's very, very good. I loved when his dad showed up, looked just like him. Slammed the door and Patrick smashed his face. He was like, yeah, he's gone. And dot, dot, dot, he's never coming back.

Here's a letter. Get fucking bent, you idiot. All right, so and we'll finally end on Lorraine Crystal-Meyers who writes this. This movie is the best. It was funny. It was cute. It was sad. But it ended so well. The little boy was so cute.

We were all awing at the little boy. I also suggest The Muppets Wizard of Oz, five stars. I love her so much, too, because she's like, I'll put my full name, all three names. Lorraine, Crystal, what was her last name? Wait, no, it's Lorraine Crystal... Meyers. Meyers, wow, good job.

Meyers. Which is Michael Meyers Camp Crystal Lake. It somehow, I think, relates to... That's what I felt like it was there too. Let me read you this thing. This movie has some interesting connections, and no one brought this up in the crowd, and I thought it was great, and I thought someone would. This movie is being played in a scene from Five Minutes of Heaven. Five Minutes of Heaven is an intense drama slash

thriller and Sundance Award winner from 2009 starring Liam Neeson. In the scene one of the characters is watching the TV with his family after violently confronting Liam Neeson's character, the man who had murdered his brother 30 years prior during the Northern Irish Troubles. They get into a gruesome knife fight nearly killing each other and then they both fly through a second-floor window. Liam begs the other actor to off him and live his life for his daughters but that other actor walks away. Cut to the other actor sitting and

staring uncomfortably at his kids watching Thunder Pants in the daytime. So that makes me feel like it is an Irish movie? No. No. We don't want it. Don't give it to us. Please don't attribute this movie to our people. Alright. Very quickly I'll ask you. It's just like somehow this is a movie that people are watching somehow during the Troubles? The movie is an hour and 27 minutes. How many farts are in it? Oh. Yep, they got it. Fifty.

Fifty farts. Too many people did research. Hey, babe, what are you doing? We gotta go. Nothing. Scan, scan, scan, scan. Budget, seven million dollars Wow opening weekend six hundred and twenty seven thousand dollars in the UK this film made two million dollars and in the

Pervert. And in the- Hang on. Pervert, someone else. Hang on. Someone in the creep corner had something to say. And the worldwide gross was $3 million. The movie came in 2002 and it came out the same year as Britney Spears's Crossroads, The Country Bears, Master of Disguise, Rollerball, Jason X, Killing Me Softly, Shark Attack 3, and The Adventures of Pluto Nash. And it was produced written and directed by the same guy who directed Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey. Oh wow. And Garfield the movie.

Okay. There you go. Would you recommend this movie? Absolutely. Forever, yes. I can't believe, honestly, I can't believe we hadn't seen it yet. This is, I'm also shocked we haven't seen it yet. I had never heard of it. But as I wrote multiple times in my notes, I'm having a great time.

So part of me is even, and I had a wonderful time here with you Dublin tonight, give it up for yourselves. You guys killed it. Great questions, great songs, engaged. You've done your research, but even still part of me is like, should we have even done this for the podcast? This for me qualifies as a,

thank God this got made movie. I do think when you see a movie like this you go oh kids movies used to be weird and fun and not generic yes yeah saccharin and darker yeah a lot darker to have real like boy like he goes through it and one of the things we haven't talked about is that Patrick Smash is constantly evaluating, this is the best day of my life, this is the worst day of my life. And his life vacillates between those two poles, those two extremes.

It is either the best day or the worst day. And that's real. And that's like a fart. Sometimes you let it out, oh good, it didn't smell a fart sometimes you let it out oh good it didn't smell and sometimes you let it out you're like oh no i cleared an elevator yeah and also i think what i really connected to because i'm not sure this is the way he phrases it but when he says now we're gonna do my dream or you promise me we're gonna do my dream it was so sweet and childlike this idea that a dream or something you really want is an experience that happens once.

That's why when you were saying spaceman should be, he should have done more, I'm like the spaceman, the idea of him being a spaceman was really just putting on the costume and sitting in that rocket and that was enough for him. He didn't even really need to go up. He didn't even need to fuel the rocket with his fart. There were things in this movie

that were deeply moving to me. Well, as absurd as what you're saying is, June, and I want to be clear, it's truly, truly bat-shit bananas. But I agree, this is a great movie. I want to live my dream. It was, I want to do it. I want to wasn't, I want to live my dream. It was, I want to do it. I want to experience it and I want to get it done. And I loved that this movie suggests that through absolute suffering, you can achieve

your dream. And it's all by pure happenstance. Yes. Because if he wasn't poisoned, he wouldn't have killed somebody. If he didn't kill somebody, he wouldn't be rescued. And if he didn't rescue anybody, he wouldn't have saved the day. My guess is that Alan A. Allen would have, when they came to the stage in development

where they needed to propel the rocket with not rocket fuel but instead Farts they would have come to get Patrick smash anyway from wherever he was it just so happened He was being put in front of a firing squad. God and I can't I I'm really serious right now I know I've not been serious most of the show. I'm dead serious right now. If you haven't watched this movie, watch it only for the scene in which they put a child in front of an adult firing squad

and tell me this isn't the greatest movie you've ever seen in your life. How great would it have been if one person just took a shot? Scene 11, Beth. ["Jump Suit," by John Williams playing on TV, inaudible.] Take it. I mean, what is this? I didn't even realize that he's wearing a jumpsuit that's the same color.

Same as his other shirt. And then it happened. Oh, his voiceover. ["Jump Suit," by John Williams playing on TV, inaudible.] I wish Giamatti had been Agent Smith. Same color, the green. Look at him in the background. What's going on? This movie is brilliant.

I mean, this kid's a genius. So good. We're up here talking about how great Rupert Grimpert is, but this kid's- This movie is brilliant. I mean, this kid's a genius. So good. We're up here talking about how great Rupert Grimpert is. But this kid is great. And here's what I want to say about his performance. It could have been so overdone. The way he delivers lines like, when he says,

I sing out of my ass. Dead. He's straight faced. Dead. Dead. He is. Gives it nothing. Puts nothing on it. He's like the, he, he, I is. Gives it nothing, puts nothing on it.

He's like the, he, he, I mean, and I, and I want to reiterate, we are up here giving all the flowers to Rupert Grimper. This kid deserves everything and more. Really, everything's underplayed, and it's beautiful. Well that, that, I do think that that's important to say. For a child actor, he does underplay it a lot.

He's so good. He plays Melancholy better than any kid I've ever seen. No, this is a master class. Yes. He's just taking every insult, everything, just like... Not... He's not overdoing it. He's not like, oh, pity me, woe is me. He's just like... And then the voiceoverover comes in which he also kills and is like that was the best day of my life That was the worst day of my life

I can't remember the refrain that they say to each other these two friends, but it's it's quite Oh, he's like, what am I and he says you're a genius or yeah And we'll get through it through our friendship and there's nothing we can't do. And you know, I love it. This is a movie about friendship. I would show this to my children if I had them. Yeah, but you don't.

Oh, where are my kids? Thank you Dublin. Give it up for Jason Manzoukas, June Diane Rayfield. Paul Shear, ladies and gentlemen. Dublin, Beth Thomas, our stage manager, our opening act Bob, thank you for coming, we will be back! Eat shit Dublin! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen! Ellen, Ellen! Ellen, Ellen, Ellen! Ellen, Ellen, Ellen! Ellen, Ellen, Ellen! Ellen, Ellen, Ellen!

Ellen, Ellen, Ellen! Ellen, Ellen, Ellen! Ellen, Ellen, Ellen! Ellen, Ellen, Ellen! Ellen, Ellen, Ellen! Ellen, Ellen, Ellen! Ellen, Ellen, Ellen! Ellen, Ellen, Ellen! supported us on the road. We will be back. We will be back and we will do more shows. We're also going to be doing a show in New York in November. Dinosaur, Jason and I, we do improv. That's going

to be touring around as well. So keep your ears open, your eyes open for announcements about those shows. And just another special thanks to Beth Thomas, our tour manager, and our recording engineer, Matt Rice. If you are obsessed with Alan, as much as our live show was, you can snag yourself an Alan t-shirt on sale now at tpublic.com slash stores slash HDTGM. We still have all of our UK tour shirts on sale there for a limited time. And if you've been thinking about getting that

Rupert Grimpert, which I have, and Beoswarm shirt, now is the time, people, I gotta tell you, I own every one of those. My Allen sweatshirt is, I mean, truly great, and actually the material is awesome as well. How did this get made? Like I said, we'll be in New York City on November 15th. A handful of tickets are left.

Just go to HDTGM.com. My book, Joyful Recollections of Trauma, is available wherever you get your books, your eBooks, or your audiobooks. If you want a signed copy of the book, just go to my website. You can order it through Chevalier's. I'll write whatever you want in there.

I'm also in the brand new Batman Cape Crusader show on Amazon Prime. And if you want to continue talking about, and I don't know why you would, but if you want to continue talking about, and I don't know why you would, but if you want to continue talking about the Thunder Pants universe, please give us a call at 619-PAUL-ASK or write a comment on our Discord at Discord.gg slash HDTGM.

Then make sure you tune in next week to our last looks followup episode on Thunder Pants to hear me respond to your messages, announce our next movie, and Jason and I are gonna talk with the legendary Jake Brennan from the Disgraceland podcast. So don't skip out on this one. Remember, if you listen to us on Apple podcasts or Spotify, make sure you are subscribed to our feed

and have automatic downloads turned on in the show's settings. It helps us and we appreciate that a lot. And last but not least, I gotta thank our entire team for whom the show could not be done without. I'm talking about our producers, Scott Sonny and Molly Reynolds, our movie picking producer Averill Halley, and our engineer Casey Hulford, and our

associate producer Jess Cisneros. That's all I got people. We'll see you next week for Last Looks. Bye for now. Oh Thanks for watching.