Jono, Ben & Megan - The Podcast - Bonus: What To Watch With Megan Papas (The Weeknd's New TV Series)

Episode Date: June 13, 2023

Every week we get Megan from The Hits Day show to recommend new shows and movies for the teams!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

What to Watch with Megan. We like to find out each week what we should be watching. Whether it's streaming, whether it's 3D air television, Megan Puppis is across it all. She is indeed. How are ya? Great. How are you? You know we're doing well. You've been away sick over the last week. I feel like you've been sick for three years. It's like the winter blues, right?

If there's something to get, the kids will get it and then you get it. But the good thing is you've been at home and watching stuff I've watched so much stuff telling us what we need to watch because usually

we put this burden on you week to week and when you've got your usual work commitments as well and work gets in the way of my tally watching and when did we

punish you with this as well I'm sorry I know and I was like we don't just want one show we want two shows and you were like why is that I mean just. I know. And it was like, we don't just want one show, we want two shows.

And you're like, why is that? I mean, just come. If you're like, I saw five minutes of something, that's fine too, right? Yeah, I know. I end up watching the start of so many shows. Yeah. No, but there's some really awesome shows out at the moment, and one that everyone is talking about is the weekend's new show, The Idol.

You're the American dream. Rags to riches. Trailers to mansions. You are Jocelyn. Just be you. So The Weeknd, obviously the pop stars, and it's Lily-Rose Depp. Johnny Depp's daughter.

She's the pop star. Abel, I don't know how to say his last name. The Weeknd. That's how you know him. He created it with the guy who created Euphoria. Right. So it's very risque. But he is like a cult leader, self-help kind of guru that kind of takes on the pop star.

So she signs up to his cult? Yes. Right. Well, there's only two episodes out. So I'm guessing that, yes. He's luring her in in So it's kind of a Commentary on Scientology Yeah

It's a commentary On so many things And they've admitted It's a little bit To do with Britney And like Oh really You know

Pop stars Get involved In bad situations The first episode It's had such bad reviews It's got like 20 something percent Of Rotten Tomatoes. Oh, is that all?

I thought it was meant to be really good. I love it. But it's so risque, and I can't even go into details about some of the stuff in the first episode. Also, disclaimer, I really like The Weeknd. Right. Okay, right. He can do no wrong for me.

We demand a balanced opinion when you come here. You can't be playing favorites. Does it get a bit spicy in parts in terms of the first episode? How can I say this? I saw a lot of skin. A lot of skin. I don't imagine Johnny Depp's watching this.

And you grew up in a naturist home. You've seen as much skin as anyone can see. It's a lot of skin for you. It is a lot of skin. I think it's good. It's a bit different different If you liked Euphoria, it's a similar vein But I think There's a lot of controversy before A show or a movie comes out

When it comes out, everyone wants to jump on the bandwagon And be like, yeah, it is Rubbish Whereas Squid Game kind of just came into the ether Didn't it, and just took off that way There was no expectation No we didn't know What we were getting into there

And we were like Whoa Don't know why I plucked Squid Games out of it No but then you're right It was huge And then we kind of Forgot about it

Real comparison Yeah Maybe it was the time Of the Sign of the times We were in With lockdown Yeah

Yeah Feeling very angry See Squid Games 2 Will be very hard To live up to Yeah Yeah When is that happening I think it's meant To be happening isn't it Well it'll give us Another chance feeling very angry. See, Squid Games 2 will be very hard to live up to. Yeah. When is that happening?

I think it's meant to be happening, isn't it? Well, it'll give us another chance. If we played our own Squid Games, we would phone up fish and chip shops and we had to guess the price of a single piece of calamari. Didn't we? I don't think we ever got it correct in our Squid Game. No one died in our version, that's for sure. Although the critics hated it.

Oh, Megan, love your work. Thank you very much. Thanks.