Las Culturistas with Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang - “Pertinent & Prescient: An LCCA 2023 Recap” (w/ Matt & Bowen)

Episode Date: June 21, 2023

Matt and Bowen are fresh from the 2023 LCCA’s and break it all down for all the readers, Kayteighs, publicists and finalists who were not in attendance.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Wow. Look over there. Wow. Is that culture? Yes. Las culture. Ding dong. Las Culturistas. Ding dong.

Las Culturistas calling. Still, I'm over. Still on the come down from awards night. Honestly, the awards went off without a hitch. They were New York's biggest night,

wouldn't you say, Bo? I would say it was truly such an honor to be at the cultural epicenter of New York's biggest night, wouldn't you say, Beau? I would say it was truly such an honor to be at the cultural epicenter of New York City where some of the most amazing cultural events take place. I'm talking, of course,

about the Big Apple Circus. Yes, of course. No, but in a very real way. Last year, I got overwhelmed at the end and begun to weep on stage. And this year, I look over at my sister and I saw that steely facade had melted away. And Bowen had begun to weep. He had begun to weep.

In a way, I know my heart was waking up and all the walls came tumbling down. They really did. But wow, all the Katie's readers, publicists and finalists who came out. And I will say, whether you got in and were present at the event or not, and we will address this. We just want to say thank you so much. I mean, the fact that this was just a little tiny bit that we decided we'd do on the podcast and then it became this literal event and we'll get into the particulars of what the event entailed because I mean

I'm still so shook by some of the stuff that happened but just the biggest thank you and the biggest hug and you know hopefully consensual open kiss on the mouth to all of you because this was this was an unforgettable one for

sure. Definitely. I would say the same and I was just kind of overcome by the end of the night with how lovely it was and hearing a lot of fun stories from people about

friends they made in line, reunions that happened, a lot of solo people meeting up together. Really, really special. So thank you so much. On this subject, before we get into a little breakdown, if you couldn't get in, we're so sorry. It really did, Matt can attest to this, for both of us, but I was really, really worked up about it afterwards, at the after thing. I was like, oh God, I'm hearing about people who couldn't get in and I feel so bad. But the fact is that in the future, this will be something that

truly anyone who wants to see it, be a part of it, can be a part of it. We'll leave it at that for now. Yeah. We are definitely aware of the fact now and not and i will say this is like i guess to boil it down the success of an event like this and honestly honestly this podcast in general continues to surprise us and so i think that when we say something like, well, if you come two hours early to our free event in an outdoor space, you're going to get in. That's because we are so new to the fact where that might not be the case. And so I think that please understand that our intentions in sort of directing you guys in the way that we wanted everyone to get into the event were only with the intention of being as liberal as possible with how much time you needed and trying to over prepare you

for what kind of weight would happen and then the fact that a couple people waited a couple hours and still did not get in i really um and like i don't want this to be the narrative about the event because we did work so hard on it and so many people did and it was so much fun but suffice to say if you did go to great lengths to be there and could not enjoy it in the way you wanted to this is something that is certainly towards the top of our minds and we will do things in the future to make it up to you seriously because we're now aware this is probably the last time we can do something like that in that way. Correct.

But we love you down in the words of Tomas Matos. We love you down. Their original All I Want for Christmas is You by Mariah Carey rap verse. Which was really beautiful. So inspired. I mean, they took the time to write a custom verse for this event, really referencing all of the listenerships, but especially

saying, blanketing all of you by saying, you're all finalists. Oh yeah, if you took the time to try to make it out last night, you are a finalist. You have graduated. I understand that a lot of people are saying they identify as Katie's readers, publicists, and that there's a little bit of

shyness when it comes to claiming the title of finalist. But if you made your way out there in what was for a short time, a drizzle. Yeah. You're a finalist. You're a finalist. I will say that, you know, if you had FOMO about this year,

no matter what your reason was, if you weren't in town, if you couldn't get seating, it's only going to get bigger and better from now on in the future. Truly. Also, I was only comfortable really saying come a couple hours before because I'm not going to be the person, I don't know about you, Matt,

I'm not going to be the person who's going to say, come sit and wait in line for longer than the actual show itself. Like that is, at that point, like it's almost, no matter how great the show is, usually not worth it, right? I mean, I guess that was not up to us, but everyone that came thought it's almost no matter how great the show is usually not worth it right i mean i guess that was not up to us but everyone that came thought it was worth it and the thing is like we will continue to make it worth it going forward and i also think there's another thing of like you know when this event is coming together we have the most incredible producer her name is lauren mandel she's gonna run so basically she going to run this town I mean that's for real

and we, Bowen and I in the weeks leading up to the event sort of just throw things out there that we think would be fun to happen like oh it would be fun if you know the cast of Titanic came and performed it would be fun if we could get a video from such and

such and we'll get into it and if they wanted to accept the award and send in a video people that are like uh objectively kind of busy right now and if they want to take their time out and do this like that would be cool and then showing up and it's all actually happened that that we were allowed to just be creative like lauren mendel i almost don't even want to share her name with you because i don't want anyone out there who's creative and like might might be able to hire her to take her from us. But then again, I do want her to have all the success in the world.

So I will begrudgingly share her name and talents with you. But I mean, she made the show just an 11 out of 10. And we were able to be just so joyous in preparing for it. I mean, let's just recap from the top. Yes, let's recap from the top. I just want to post on all the Lauren Mandel shoutouts and shoutouts to the rest of the team. Karina Strom,

Maggie Jessica Leal, Randy Silver. We love you, Randy, so much. Charlotte Harrison who designed the trophies, printed out the cards, cut together so many of the graphic, designed the graphic treatment. Ryan Gaynor, her fiance, for editing the videos, all the videos that you saw. Just an amazing group of people.

David Dabin for music directing, arranging these songs. Absolutely, the whole band. The whole band. All the dancers that we had this year. That was a whole other element that was such a gag i mean like it was if you came last year it was like last year like doubled and like we will double that we promise you this one this has now become something that we find so much joy in doing and of course all the presenters and winners that we had in performers and everyone at lincoln center. This was just the coolest. Yeah.

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Presented by Elf Beauty, founding partner of iHeart Women's Sports. Just to begin from the top, we began with a performance of record of the year nominee eighth world wonder and i feel that i was able to look back at my like i don't know 13 14 year old self and say yes you did perform eighth world wonder to a crowd of thousands you know what i'm saying you traveled back in time in that moment you think i just remember being young and thinking this is one of the greatest pop songs of all time and it's sort of being played on the radio and to now have it be performed on the same show as padam padam america's number one the world's number one song i mean a shout out to kimberly lock and and please Kimberly hear us

when we say you did that you did that Kimberly Locke who is now I think in her like either and I would love for her or anyone who knows her or is more familiar with her to correct me on this I think she's in her like life coach slash influencer era

I'm checking out her Instagram her socials she's at a winery talking to camera, front-facing, going, what's keeping you from your success? That kind of thing. It feels right. Kalo, as she was called

season two of American Idol, we called her Kalo. She seemed to... Gosh, and you and I were talking about this, right? That was a time in pop culture when, especially on American Idol, where it was but they wear glasses they have they have so much talent but they wear glasses that was Clay Aiken and Kimberly Locke in the same season I mean literally what the theme of that just to sort of leave the culture awards behind for a second and to sort of talk about more pertinent things like season two of American Idol and its themes

what the theme I remember in the beginning of American Idol and its themes. What the theme, I remember, in the beginning of American Idol season two was, it was literally, should you look like a pop star or should you sound like an amazing singer? And basically what that meant was they had the frumps and they had the, like, sheeny, you know,

like, tank top wearing pop star muscle people yeah you know what i mean and i remember the whole bit was like kimberly lock came in and like a high-waisted jean and a black t-shirt and like her glasses and her hair up and sang somewhere over the rainbow and then slowly as the season went by as she she, Clay, and Ruben stayed in the competition and the Frumps began to win, they blew out her hair. They took her glasses off. They put the contacts in. They gave Clay Aiken that

ridiculous gay red jacket that he wore during when he sang Grease. We've talked about this. But they started to sex them up. They started to give Clay Aiken Ryan Seacrest hair. They gave Ruben this thing where he would wear a different designer jersey with his area coat on it. They sexed them up. They started to give Clay Aiken Ryan Seacrest hair. They gave Ruben this thing where he would wear a different designer jersey with his area code on it. They sexed them up a bit

and then they were the top three. So Kimberly Locke did that. They did. Yes, absolutely. We sang 8th World Wonder. I did travel back in time for a moment too, just listening to that song on my mom's minivan on the way to piano lessons or something. That was a moment too, like just listening to that song in my mom's minivan on the way to like piano lessons or something like that was a moment.

And then gosh, we opened the show. We took some census work and asked what the breakdown was among the Katie's readers, publicists, finalists. We brought Katie's really did respond. They responded in great numbers.

It felt like a big Katie crowd. Interesting. Interesting. I feel like Steve Kornacki just kind of tracking the shifts and the demographics and all that. And then we thanked our sponsor. They didn't really sponsor the event, but we just did a little nod to Matt's famous reading of the Kraft Mac and Cheese ad, of course. That is a reading we both did. Okay.

I think I was just there to like give some spice. But you were the meal. you know what I'm saying? Here's a glimpse behind the curtain when it comes to ads. Sometimes an ad will reach out and they'll say things like, here's the copy. And then they'll say something like, add some personal experience. And so Bone and I will rotate the copy. And then if you're the unlucky one that day,

you get to be the one that adds quote unquote personal experience with whatever the product is. And you may not even have much personal experience. And whether or not you do 99% of the time, you just kind of lurch through it and you're like, I don't know what to say. But Matt, something talk about what spirit moved you when you recorded that amazing, amazing account. Well, I think that Kraft Mac and Cheese tried to do this thing in sending us the ad where they said, let's connect culture and Kraft Mac and Cheese. So the line, what's the best culture to enjoy while consuming a bowl of Kraft Mac and Cheese, that was written copy. And you asked me that. And for some reason, I just said Sex and the City.

And then I believe it was the connection between the insatiable nature of Samantha Jones and how hungry I can personally get. I did say all the women. I think that's really sort of formed that opportunity there. Yeah. And I sort of just went with it. I went with a carnal desire for craft mac and cheese and that's sort of like just a glimpse into how that process came to be you know what i mean and then we just passed the ball back and forth once you get horny for craft mac

and cheese it's actually incredibly hard to stop yourself oh 100 because also what was happening was the finish line was we had to like land on, you know, in doing a bowl of crash mac and cheese is doing something for yourself, especially in a world that tells you you can't like that was, I think that was mostly written copy as well. It was. So you really built the bridge to that idea by throwing sex in the city in there. And it all works. And it feels like a different movement. It feels like a different act in the play, the screenplay, all of it. And so, gosh, what a huge success that is. And you really did that.

Well, when I knew that we were sort of, because the Culture Awards, of course, it honors culture that is in all of space and time. You know, we're talking about best lunch we're talking about best fish we're talking about so many of these things but also you do want to honor the current year and so I felt like we couldn't commemorate this year of Lost Cult without nodding to the Kraft

Mac and Cheese because I believe that culture is commerce, I do and I knew that if there was something that elevated our podcast this year, it was the way that the Kraft Mac and Cheese ad impacted. That's when I knew we had done something here. You know what I mean?

We've been doing it for, gosh, seven plus years at this point. And the only time I knew we had really done something here is when I saw readers, Katie's publicist and finalist really reciting and responding to the craft Mac and cheese that, and I just knew that their numbers saw a bump.

That's when I said, I think we're really doing something here with last college. And yet I will be honest. We haven't heard a peep from craft. It hurts. It hurts. And that's all we'll say. It hurts.

We would have loved to hear from you. That's all. Cause you know what? We would have loved to hear from you. That's all. Because you know what? We would have loved to hear from you because guess what? Maybe you would have earned some nominations because you know what? Oreo cookies,

they were really grateful for their nominations and they left a huge winner. We left a huge winner because they were, and I hate that we're sort of, you know, perpetuating this notion that like the more you engage in campaign with an awards body the more they're rewarded but you know that is just how the way that's just how the world works

and oreo engaged with us and the publicists yeah and look i mean they're called publicists for a reason i mean we say it here like first of all let's just say this just pull the curtain back see the man behind it. This is a business. Okay? This is a business. We wouldn't have for your consideration ads. Let me underline that word ads. If this wasn't a business.

Okay? You got to pay to play, baby. Oh, I mean, look, we're not above pay to play. You've known this all along secretly. I am very naive. And I am learning things about this industry that are a little ugly to me. Necessary.

I'm sucking cock for the Emmy this year. Okay? You heard it here first. I think that's all I'm doing for the Emmys this year because I'm not really getting much play elsewhere. Well, in just weeks, we'll know. And then we did, we reintroduced miss culturista of course

oh yes patty harrison came out we were so glad she was able to join us we made the uh trophy four ounces lighter this year so that she could carry them with more ease and um yes she had no issue carrying the trophies this year at all, but she did threaten us with hate speech. She said she was working in a non-profit space with a lot of thinkers, and in honor of Pride Month, she says that the big mission

statement of this organization is gay hate speech. To stop gay people. She said she wanted to stop gay behaviors. Just before I went on stage, so another peek behind the curtain, Bowen started on stage right, and I started on stage left,

so we could sort of meet in the middle for 8th World Wonder. So we actually weren't even speaking before the show. We actually barely even spoke before the show. We really only, the only first words we said to each other were the beginning lyrics of eighth world wonder you know we communicated through song but so sort of on stage left patty was sort of workshopping a phrase

for her non-profit and she was saying things like she's like i want to make america good like how do we make america good once more i was like patty i can't you're dancing around something very dangerous here and i said I have to go sing. And then I went out and sang with you. The whole time I was worried that she would get out on stage and start to spew hate speech. And then she did. So we sent her off the stage and said, you know what, just do what we told you to come here to do.

Just hand out the awards. Just hand out the awards. And honestly, we're, you know, obviously we're modeling Miss Colterista after Miss Golden Globe. And that's usually a child of an actor. And that is like i mean we were just doing nepo babies we were just parading them out like year after year by the way r-i-p-h-f-p-a i mean that is it had to happen so what a fall from grace truly truly

truly what a fall but um we're trying to sort of subvert this whole weird moment we're in with nepotism and how to handle it. And we brought in our friend, Patty. She's not related to us, but she's our friend, which is a degree away from family relation. And it's still, I don't think we solved it. I think some harm was still done. That being said, we'll give her another chance. Patty will return as Miss Coltrista for as long as she wants to.

And speaking of awards, we did pass out the first award, which was Kindest Greeting. Kindest Greeting was presented by Joe Firestone with help from professional actor from Netflix's upcoming Glamorous and the film Fire Island, Zane Phillips. The extraordinary Zane Phillips. The extraordinary extraordinary zane phillips the

extraordinary talented zane phillips joined with the actress and star joe firestone to present kindest greeting and he actually acted out the greetings which i think made elevated it it really elevated it just to see just how kind the greeting could feel and i think that that really made it clear how tight that race was. But the winner was, of course, Bonjour Boo. Bonjour Boo. You know, I had a thought this morning as I was, for some reason, and this is true, while I was taking out the trash, I thought, we have been waiting for you, not necessarily kind. It depends on the context, because if you're late to something and someone goes, we have been waiting for you.

Not kind. You know what I'm saying? You know what? Maybe most patronizing greeting. A little bit. That's one where tone comes in big. And sometimes tone comes in big. And that's actually rule of culture number eight. Sometimes tone comes in big.

So bonjour boo was the winner, Bonjour Boo was the winner. Bonjour Boo was the winner. Hi My Love. Hi My Love would have won, but I think people are a little fatigued with how often it's said, and people I think it started to like, with that ubiquity, I think people are like,

it doesn't mean anything. It loses. It's not kind to hear Hi My Love because I just hear it all the time. It feels like maybe three years ago, a little bit. You know what I'm saying? Bonjour. It was like a legacy nominee.

Yeah, that's okay. Bonjour. Boo. I love, I'm really happy for Bonjour. But then we had a most memorable line from a TV show. Yes.

Stiff competition there. I mean, this was one of the biggest categories of the night, just in terms of what way it was going to go. And ultimately, Cook My Meat by Eggo Wodum did win. And we did have Zayn act all these out again. He did an amazing job. He's extraordinary.

Extraordinary. Joe and Zayn presented the award to Eggo, who was there in person to accept. And she said in her acceptance speech, and I thought this was so beautiful. She said, cook my meat, toss my salad, and eat my ass. Thank you so much. I mean, if that doesn't go down in history as one of the best acceptance speeches. She looked fabulous in that pink.

Oh my God. When did she not? She brought fashion. She brought fashion. New dog owner, Ego Wodum. I mean, this woman has won. It's just a winner in every way.

Yes. She's got a dog. She's got an amazing summer. She's got the looks. She's got a dog and an amazing summer. And if you have a dog and an amazing summer, you're on your way. You're on your way. We then showed some winners and we'll tell you right now, Biggest Jester did go to Lady Gaga as Harley Quinn.

Biggest Flop was Tanya McQuad from the White Lotus. She went home with multiple awards. Have I been mispronouncing her name? So here's the thing about Jennifer Coolidge. When she's in the first season of White Lotus, she goes McWad. And then she goes McWad. And it's like a moment of comedy.

McCoyed, I believe, is like how it's spelled. I don't think you can go wrong here. I think it's part of her flopper tree. I think I did. And McWad is the French pronunciation of it. And I imagine that is it's a moment of comedy, but it's a moment of character as well for Tanya because it's like she cares a lot about where she comes from, her stock. And I imagine that is, it's a moment of comedy, but it's a moment of character as well for, you know, Tanya, because it's like, she cares a lot about where she comes from her stock.

And I apologize for mispronouncing her name. It's a cardinal rule of awards presentation or announcement is that people literally show up to rehearse and train and practice the names. But anyway, Tanya Wan, if you want the full winner's list, Vulture did update their articles, and the winners are bolded, if you want to check that out. Yes. I mean, just to run through some, Biggest Chester Flop went to Ketara Navache. Biggest Chester Flop in the Clown Square

was the studios who will not give the WJ a fair deal, which we still don't have. Biggest Night of Our Lives went to Winifag Cizadel Las Vegas. The Melanie Linsky Award for Most Sweetest Person went to Can't Remember Her Name But That Girl vegas the melanie linsky award for most sweetest person when to can't remember her name but that girl from the other night the freedom award for criminal who should be free the girls locked up at the end of the pirates of the caribbean ride and these are all on vulture.com i mean so many winners it just was an amazing evening it was an amazing evening

then we went into pat regan presenting the first record of the year nominee on stage. Yes. He so wonderfully set up the cast of Titanic performing If You Ask Me To by Celine Dion. We're talking, of course, about Marlon Mandel, Constantine Rizzoli, and Carrie St. Louis doing an amazing rendition. Yes. I mean, they performed If You Ask Me To. It was stunning.

I think that Pat was right when he said this is maybe Celine Dion's 11th most known song. That's high placement. Do you feel? I think that's very high. Can you rank Celine Dion's most known songs? Gosh. My heart will go on. One.

Oh my God, this is so hard already. I think number two is obvious. It's all coming back to me now. There you go. Because You Loved Me, Beauty and the Beast. Four. Tell him. I'll throw that in there. You think that's five? I would say

Power of Love. Power of Love. I drove all night. Taking chances. That's eight. I mean, I think there are like at least five more before If You Asked Me To. You know what I'm saying? We're already at eight and it feels like If You Asked Me To is not even coming close. Here, let me get to 11. know what I'm saying? Wow, so we're already at 8, and it feels like if you asked me to is not even coming close. Here, let me get to 11, alright?

Okay. Where does my heartbeat now? 9. Oh, God. Oh, that's the way it is. That's the way it is. 10. Her initiative, Nature Boy. Okay, and then there's also River Deep Mountain High. River Deep Mountain High, of course. I mean, you know, we're already at 12.

Just to love you more, which I would agree I mean, you know, we're already at 12. Just To Love You More. To Love You More. Wow. You know what? So, wow. Maybe when I wrote that copy up, I was a little too judicious. Oh, no, that was not a dig at you.

That was not a dig at you. I didn't say you did, honey. I'm just saying a note for myself. I should have said maybe her 18th most known song. And maybe that's a little rude if you ask me to. No, but it's part of the joke in the copies that Pat Regan is saying these words and to Pat, it's definitely the 18th most or even the 11th most popular song

and in the show Titanic, it is so beautifully done. It's amazing. It is like the showcase song. You know what I'm saying? Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. I also want to say, I want to get out in front of this and say, if you ask me to, while a record of the year nominee at We Set, If You ask me to by Celine Dion,

I am well aware this is originally a Patti LaBelle song. Right, right, right. I'm well aware of it. It just feels like it had a bigger cultural impact when Celine Dion sang it. We could debate why and we could get into a really academic discussion as to why that happened.

I am aware of its origins. Thank you. If you asked me to, by Celine Dion, V.I.V., the Titanic cast was why it was a record of the year nominee. In fact, peek behind the curtain, there may have even been another Celine Dion song that was originally a record of the year nominee, and we kicked it over to the Titanic cast, and they said, can we do this song instead? And then we said yes, and that's why it's a Record of the Year nominee. I think you could confirm. Well, Titanic had a Record of the Year kind of

year. Does that make sense? 100%. They were topical. They were top of mind all year. And so we really just we gave them their pick and we have no regrets. You have no regrets as an audience. so anyway um then we

had bonnie milligan tony award winner bonnie milligan via video she could not join us unfortunately because she was performing in the tony award winning musical for best musical kimberly akimbo she presented the kimberly akimbo award for best indoor life performance to titanic beautiful moment oh it was amazing just to just to be able to highlight um the gay monoculture Kimberly Kimball Award for Best Indoor Life Performance to Titanic. Beautiful moment. It was amazing. Just to be able to highlight the gay monoculture that was Titanic this year. If you were in New York and gay, Titanic was monoculture. I have on good authority that there are some prominent heterosexuals who love Titanic.

I heard the same thing. Some people that we all know love Titanic. Watch this space for Titanic, okay? So then we had the host of Exploration Live come out. And this was Charlie Bardet and Natalie Rotter-Leitman, who really became fan favorites on this podcast after our episode with them. And so we knew we had to have them to come present. Not that they needed us to signal boost them at all. But I mean, I think people were like, who are these two? And I think they have a lot of lovely fans crossed over into our listenership

and vice versa. Absolutely. So we had them on stage to present. These were coveted awards, Best Gay Guy Normal and Best Gay Guy Famous. Best Gay Guy Normal was a tie. It went to a nurse and a teacher. That was an incredible moment. So good. We had a nurse and a teacher. That was an incredible moment. We had a nurse and a teacher who looked suspiciously like George Severus and Sam Taggart up to accept the award. And I think they represented all the nurses and teachers in the crowd.

I'm assuming there were many gay nurses and gay teachers in the crowd. I just have that instinct that there were. And then they presented the award for Best Gay Guy Famous and I'm sorry, is this a soft spot for you? No. Is this a rough one? I was not very competitive this year in my categories.

I really wasn't. You didn't think so? No, I think I'm like, I think I needed to just sort of step away from that whole process and I think I'm the better for it, you know? Well, best gay guy famous did go to Andy Cohen who was

kind enough to send in an acceptance speech in which he actually vowed to be even gayer this year. He said that we made him want to be gayer. I'm hard pressed to see how Andy Cohen could be a gayer person than he currently is. We were on Watch What Happens Live with him

this week. He was acting gayer than ever. Very gay. Very gay. Some people think of him as the gay impresario of the current pop culture. And that's so redundant. You know, gay impresario? Every impresario is gay. Every impresario works in pop culture.

He is the impresario. He is the gay guy famous. The best one. Yeah. See, every impresario is gay. That's actually rollercoaster number 39. Every impresario is gay. Impresario, I don't think there's a gayer word.

That's the gayest word there can be. And the gayest thing in person you can be. And Andy Cohen is the singular impresario. Congrats to him. You are an impresario, Andy Cohen. Congratulations. Congratulations to you. Another winner's impresario, Andy Cohen. Congratulations. Congratulations to you. Another winner's package where we went through more categories.

Anyone you want to highlight in this batch, Matt? Here's the thing. Pizza Night was a huge winner, and I knew there was a huge moment, a movement rather, for Best Holiday Changing Day for that to be Pizza Night, for Best Dinner to be Pizza Night, and I just, I'm really happy for everyone out there that was pulling for pizza night

because I think that there's a stigma around pizza night. Yeah. Because it can't happen every night. You know what I mean? It's like pizza night is a treat. Yeah. That's why it's a holiday. You know what I mean?

That's why it's a holiday changing date. So for it to be both best dinner and best holiday changing date sort of makes it feel like, you know what? It tipped to celebration for me. And I'm just really happy. I'm really happy because this is what happens in a lot of awards is that if someone is represented more than once in a category, if there are multiple nominee,

sometimes that works against them. It's not fun to root for them. And I think pizza night never got snagged by that. I think pizza night was not fun to root for them and i think pizza night never got snagged by that i think pizza night was always fun to root for i think let's just say this it has not been a good week for doja cat she was i mean besides her new single i think this is this has been a rough one she lost all her categories she went home empty-handed from the las codricas culture awards and she was absolutely dragged to hell by azalea banks i did see what azalea said i mean but who among us has not been dragged by azalea i really await my moment azalea was nominated last year no she

she did insult us she was nominated for worst insult towards us fucking faggot yes to all gay people yes yeah to all gay people so i guess Yeah. To all gay people. So I guess, I guess what I'm saying is like to get individually insulted by Azalea Banks, who really is, I guess a poet, Laurie, not to insult any of our readers,

but the best reader and really the poet laureate and like the leading insult comic of our generation to get an individual insult from her. I hope Doja can at least find something positive about that because she does go home empty handed from the last culture. He says culture where she was blanked and, you know, called corny by Azalea Banks. But there's a light at the end of the tunnel.

There's, there's an honor in being insulted by Azalea. I mean, the best thing that happened to Grimes was being told that she looked like she smelled like a roll of nickels. I mean, that is... That's the top for me. You can't beat that. You can't beat that as an insult.

Yeah, I think you're 100% right. Also, everyone's saying that Melanie Linsky did not go home with enough awards. She won the Chivroy Award for Best Fake American Accent, okay? She's a Las Culturistas Culture Award winner. Period. Period. Well, we're going to talk

about this later about our finalist of the year winner because there was a moment that we have to address. Okay, let's keep going. Oh, and then finally, of course, in that package, scariest moment in history went to Hereditary Little Diva Head Come Off. Hereditary Little Diva Head Come

Off. Yeah. We had a fun celebratory moment with a cut video to Heads Roll Roll by Yeah Yeah Yes. And we all did the Macarena. All did the Macarena to it. Lovely. Sort of as a nod to the past of the Culture Awards

and also maybe even a nod to its future. Maybe we'll see the Macarena employed to different kinds of songs in the future. It just shows what a malleable dance it is. You know, people talk about the step touch as being something you can do to really any song. It's too simple. People talk about like a body roll being like something you can do to really any music.

Mostly R&B and hip hop. But really you can do anything. Who says you can't do the Macarena to the song Heads Will Roll by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs while the clip from Hereditary plays. Like, you can do anything. It's something I hope people felt at the end of the award show. That you can do anything. Yes.

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award winners. And so at this point, we brought them on as winners tonight george severa sam taggart he presented outstanding reality competition host yes this was a hotly contested race but the winner was alan coming for the traders and he was kind enough to send in a video from the woods in scotland and this was a scary moment in the show, I felt, because he really gave us traitors, Alan Cumming. He was unable to accept in person, but he did send wordless twinks, gagged and bound, to accept the very heavy award. And they did such an amazing job that we actually kept them for the rest of the show.

And we just decided, let's just keep employing these twinks that Alan sent. Because I honestly, quite frankly, was afraid of what happened when we sent them back to him. I was very afraid. I was very afraid. For Alan or for the twinks? For the twinks.

I was like, okay, let's make sure these twinks get fed. Whatever that means. I mean, I can't imagine where they would feed from because their mouths were taped shut. Their mouths were taped. And it sort of felt like they were under strict instruction to keep their mouths shut, literally, with black tape. Is that going to fly in 2023? Are we just letting this happen?

I think Alan can get away with anything. I really do. I think he's an international treasure. And listen, Alaska Teresa's Culture Award winner. So congrats to him. He takes home the award for Outstanding Reality Competition Host. And then this was a huge moment for us. Yes.

Because George and Sam, who, by the way, they vowed to take us down. They were the villains of the night. They were the villains of the night. I think they liked that. And that's okay. Yeah, they're sort of dark, you know, the two of them. They're sort of like evil. And they really vowed to take us down as the biggest current threat to us.

And that earned boos from the audience. And I don't know how they feel about it. But yeah, they should think twice before they threaten us again. Well, you know, George is giving glasses and Sam is giving mustache. And there are some parallels there with us. And I feel like people are really, they see a new way to enjoy glasses and mustache. And they go, I want to enjoy this, but it's different. But it's familiar.

What do I make of this? Well, there's basically they feel they've reached a maximum. We've reached critical mass. It's sort of like the multiverse, which we'll get into later. They're a multiverse version of us. You know like the multiverse, which we'll get into later. They're a multiverse version of us, you know what I mean? I'm going to get into it. But they presented the award for most iconic building or structure

to LaGuardia Airport Now, and we accepted on behalf of LaGuardia Airport Now as its biggest champions. I mean, and we just watched a beautiful supercut of the new Delta Terminal LaGuardia set to Glamorous by Fergie. Yes. And I think that made the audience

really feel comfortable. At an award show, you really are on the edge of your seat the whole time because you're sort of who's going to come out? What's this performance going to be? Who's going to win? I did want to give the audience, and I think you agreed, a moment where they could just sit back, relax, and enjoy a clip package that made them feel good. And so just to see the Delta

Terminal at the New LaGuardia, I could see everyone's soul just dropping. I could see them rolling their heads to Glamorous by Fergie. It felt like a good relaxing moment about almost halfway through the show. And isn't it so funny because there really is nothing more glamorous than an award show. No, there's not. It was a perfect moment. Perfect moment. Next up, we had another winner's package into our next record of the year nominee, which is Padam Padam. So basically, we were under the impression, and like I said, Lauren Mandel, our producer,

she makes amazing things happen. And we were told that Kylie Minogue was going to come perform Padam Padam at the Las Cotrisas Culture Awards. And we said, but wait, Lauren, isn't she performing at Jones Beach with Deborah Cox? And isn't she just coming out to do a couple songs and then bouncing? And then Lauren goes, Lauren, isn't she performing at Jones Beach with Deborah Cox? And isn't she just coming out to do a couple songs and then bouncing?

And then Lauren goes, yes, exactly. So she's going to, we're sending a chopper. We're sending a blade chopper to Jones Beach. We're going to blow sand in everyone's faces there. And then she's going to hop on the copter and then come to Lincoln Center. I mean, the top of the David Geffen Hall is basically a helipad. It's a flat ceiling. It made perfect sense to us and felt feasible. Yeah.

But then I also did, I was like, I was a little, I don't know, my Spidey Spence. My Spidey Spences were going off when I noticed that Patty Harrison was sort of missing. So she was Miss Culturista and all of a sudden she wasn't handing out the awards anymore. The Twinks had started handing out the awards. I said, where's Patty?

Where's Patty? So the dancers come out in their iconic Kylie Minogue Padom Padom Red. And then who's posing as Kylie Minogue? It's Patty. It's Patty. And she sang Padom Padom

as Kylie Minogue, her appendix burst mid-song. Twice. Twice. Which I don't think happens ever. I kind of think once your appendix bursts, your appendix is burst. Yeah. She did sound a lot like Kylie,

though, I will say. She did. Her appendix burst, she revealed that she's been dealing with bed bugs. And then she also was pointing out things on the stage. I think she was really disturbed by someone's insulin needle

it was a mess we're so sorry Patty I think we stressed Patty out because she would have been able to really fool us into thinking it was Kylie but I mean it was great to hear it really was who's tired of that song?

No one. No one. Not even us. It gets bigger every day. Then we had Ega Wodum come out, winner Ega Wodum come out, present the two awards with the word girl in the category. This is the Ariana Maddox award for Girl You Can Do Better, Hun,

which of course went to Ariana Maddox. Yes. award for girl you can do better hun uh which of course went to ariana maddox yes she was kind enough to send in a gorgeous video acceptance speech wherein she reminded us that reality tv is not trash and i never thought this oh and if i ever did i want to go back in time in a delorean and slap myself in the back of the head and say, fool. But I think she was talking to people who, there are still some holdouts, people who think that it's trash, and it's like, the way Skandoval dominated the cultural conversation

should get rid of any of that feeling. That should put that thought to rest immediately. I want to see the Emmy nomination for Vanderpump Rules. I'm saying it. I'm saying it loud. Did you see that FYC video? That thing they put together where they talked about the finale?

Oh yeah. It's the producers, it's Sheena Shea, it's Andy all being like just giving you and it was fascinating. No, they're working for it. And they deserve it more than anybody. 100%. So Ega remained on stage and she presented the Alison Williams

Cool Girl Award to none other than Ariana Grande who also sent in a video speech and describe what this legend, what this fag did so she basically cut together

a reenactment to the moment in Mommy Dearest in which joan crawford played by faye dunaway wins the oscar she runs outside with christina with mamacita and um you know accepts her award in front of her adoring public a wonderful speech a wonderful moment a deep cut of a moment for mommy dearest an underappreciated underquoted moment from Mommy Dearest and this is what made Aaron Jackson who was standing next to me turn to me and go oh this girl is a faggot

like this girl Ariana just gets it and that's what we'll say and we all know what that means, don't we publicists and readers and katies and finalists, like she is she's one of us and you can confirm i can confirm then we move on to a winner's package and we forgot to mention in the last winner's package

it ended with kate blanchett winning the award for the kate blanchett award for good acting and the reaction to her face i mean it was unmistakable everyone knew what was happening. It was Kate in her home, just elated at the win and confetti everywhere. Her kids throwing confetti from the banisters. You can see from the corner of your eye. And this is Cate Blanchett just winking at us because she's saying, I've known all along how ridiculous these award shows are. And she's had to play the game and do the drag, but this

is a moment for her to be like, let me just give you two seconds of silliness and stupidity and I'm out. We did, we will say we did write her copy to say, I think she was like, no, let me just do my own thing. And we honor that. Oh my god. I mean, I wouldn't change a thing. The fact that she allowed her home

to get messy with confetti, for us? Ridiculous. I mean, I wouldn't change a thing. The fact that she allowed her home to get messy with confetti, for us? Ridiculous. I mean, come on. What more could you want? That woman allowed her home to be covered in little pieces of paper, for us. For us.

Thank you. So this winner's package, again, go to vulture.com, and we'll also post the winners, ended with the song Breathe by Faith hill winning the santa award for being unforgettable and that led into what i think yet again was my favorite moment of the night personally last year my favorite moment of the night was performing driver's license in four-part harmony with josh harper and aaron jackson and my sister bone. And we were able to perform Record of the Year nominee, Breathe, in sheets that were ordered off Amazon

that were a nod to... The music video. The Breathe video by Faith Hill. And I have to say, I disappeared into the moment. You did. And I just allowed... No, we all did.

I just allowed myself to enjoy singing breathe in a satin sheet so much so that i absolutely launched a belted harmony too early in the clear when we were not supposed to do that and i wouldn't change a thing baby all we need is just to be you were caught up in the touch i was caught up in the touch. I was caught up in the touch. I think I was so... So, peek behind the curtain. Wow, a third peek behind the curtain. Crazy. This is the whole point of the episode.

So, we're rehearsing this song beforehand and we're all sort of standing stagnant on stage singing the song, which is, you know, not uncommon for a first run through, okay? Right, right. And then I say my note is, we've got to do a lyrics pass yeah and then my second note is use the fabric because why are we here if we're not going to use the fabric then lo and behold during the performance i'm too into using the fabric and i

lost the place in the song and launched a beltedony too early in the clear. And I felt, sure, I deserve that one. No, no, no. I think it was a perfect moment because it earmarks that whole number for you. And I was right there with you. I was very present in that moment. I literally remember just walk out there, feel the wind on your face. And that's all you have to do in this moment. What an amazing song. That's an amazing song. I mean, it's a song that does not need a bridge

because it doesn't have one because it doesn't need one. And the sheets, I thought, were a really nice, lovely little thing that we decided on last minute because Matt and I were watching the video on, what was it, Thursday? Yeah. Two days before the awards. And we were like, wow, watching the video on what was it thursday yeah two days before the awards and we were like wow this video a so 1999 so perfect love it timeless in a way and

then we went look at faith hill freshly fucked on that bed covered up in that sheet wearing just the sheet just like centrally singing about this love of hers. Tim McGraw. We said, what are the sheets? We said, what are we thinking? What are we thinking? Cause you know what?

The video for this kiss where she's on flowers and shit, popping out of sunflowers or whatever. She's cute. It's good. Breathe is, I think her best acting moment in a music video. And it laid the groundwork for 1833 for her Yellowstone prequel show with Tim McGraw.

That's all I'll say. She's apparently a slay? She's apparently a slay on one of the biggest television shows in the country, which you could never tell us the truth. 1883, sorry. So you were 50 years off. I'm sorry. In a lot of respects, I am, yes.

Old soul. Old soul. We always say Bo and Yang should have been born in the 70s. Wrong decade. But yeah, we said, we got to get the sheets. So happy we did. It added a different texture, literally. And then we closed the song down.

And they didn't know we were doing this, but we kept Josh and Aaron on stage. And we said, not only are you our sisters, but you are inspirations to us you are inspiration to the community and that's why we award you when we honor you with the diplo award for lgbtq they beat out a lot of people they beat out rupaul's drag race all stars they beat out poppy juice i saw oscar enye at bubble tea later that night. They were performing at Knockdown Center for that pitchfork party. And Oscar goes, did we win? And I had to look him in the eyes and say, you didn't.

And he said, okay. And I said, wow, you're the first person I've had to look in the eye this year and go, you did not win the award. And he laughed. But he understood. He said, Josh deserves it. Wow. Aaron found out. Oh, no, of course. He said, Josh and understood he he said josh deserves it wow aaron found dad aaron oh no of course he said josh and aaron said that's what i meant he said josh deserves josh wow shade no no no um i mean let's earnesty zone honesty zone i mean josh and aaron are

earnest which is not a word earnestness i guess whatever josh and aaron are there is no queer comedy community without josh and aaron are there is no queer comedy community without josh and aaron i know we've probably said as much in in recent years in the past but i will always say this until the rest of time especially right before they come out with their new movie which exciting stuff coming exciting news coming down we'll let them announce it not us yes we actually tried hard to get a trailer for the film to be shown at the Las Colas Cultural Awards, but it's just the note that was coming down was they didn't

want grainy footage of the trailer out there. They want it to be presented in all its glory. This is an A24 film, okay, where it's getting a proper rollout. Yeah, yeah. People aren't going to watch for the first time on reels off of a phone. Do you know what I'm saying? As much as I want this to be a gay cinema con, it just couldn't be. It made sense to us.

But then, you know, we just love Josh and Aaron so much. Just perfect comedians, perfect people. I mean, they really still bring in so many new faces into the fold. I meet so many people through them still

and it's just really lovely what they've cultivated and anything that we do that resembles that through them still. And it's just really lovely what they've cultivated. And anything that we do that resembles that is just our way of sort of paying it forward. That made them the perfect people to present the award for finalist of the year. Exactly. And this was hotly contested.

I mean, all five of these finalists could have walked away with the award, but Darcy Carden was the winner of finalist of the year. She took to the stage to a standing ovation. Huge. She joined Josh and Aaron and she accepted the award. She had the crowd, one of whom was very upset to see Melanie Linsky lose. There was someone who screamed when Darcy was announced as the winner

that Melanie Linsky was robbed. And Darcy took to the stage and she... It's a little rude. She acknowledged this and she said, a highlight of her own life was hearing Melanie Linsky pronounce the name Darcy Carden. And then she led the crowd in a pronunciation of a Kiwi, Darcy Carden.

Darcy Carden. And that was another cathartic highlight moment of the show. And then she kept off her acceptance speech by reciting, I don't think so, honey, going to church on Sundays and Wednesdays with Aaron Jackson and Josh Sharp. Aaron Jackson, of course,

the originator of that and a Las Colas Cultural Award winner the year prior for best. I don't think so, honey, of all time for that. I don't Think So Honey of All Time. For that I Don't Think So Honey, the crowd all did it together and it was only then that we were able to announce the Muna Award for Hottest Queer. Of course, the nominees were Katie Muna, Naomi Muna, Joe Muna, Fans of Muna, and Matt Bomer. And remember, this was the queerest moment in New York City last night,

even though Boy Genius had a concert, and even though just to the east of the city, Kylie Minogue and Deborah Cox were performing at a beach full of gays. Even though Tinashe was slaying with backup dancers at Knockdown Center, one of the gayest venues. Right. This was the gayest moment in New York

because Darcy Carden, star of A League of Their Own, a gay show, was presenting the Muna Award for Hottest Queer to fans of Muna alongside Josh Sharp and Aaron Jackson. And accepting the award were Katie, Joe, and Naomi from Muna. That was a fun little surprise. We kept that one under wraps for y'all. But of course, some people clocked them entering the premises. Lovely, no problem. And they were so nice to join us.

They were just at Bonnaroo the day before. I mean, come on. And we were so, so, so happy that they came. Real chemistry between them and Darcy. Oh, yeah. I mean, that kiss that they all shared was... Boy Genius found dead. Britney Madonna found dead. And Christina found dead. 100%.

So that went down. Then we had Pat came out one last time to present the Record of the Year nominee. All I Want for Christmas is You by Mariah Carey. It was performed by Fire Islands, Nick Adams, and Tomas Matos, who, as we said, tore it up.

This was one of the best performances of the night in a night that was already stacked. I mean, this, all I want for Christmas is you. It's here to stay. It's here to stay. And I have to say, there is something about listening to a Christmas song

sung live in June that really, it really is a new feeling. It's something I've never quite experienced before. And I did not expect to love it so much. It was a get up on your feet moment. I mean, the vocals were together. It was giving Broadway choreo. It was giving chemistry.

We were saying, Nick and Tomas, take it on the road or take it to the bedroom honey either way we're happy either way I'm happy to think about it either way I have a I have a boner either way I'm erect I'm erect yeah then we had a lovely moment where we rolled a beautifully edited package

where we had you guys send in videos of your moments that made you say culture was for you we always want to know and the thing is that like you know we can't i just always want to individually pull people on like what their moment is like and we always hear from people oh i know exactly what my answer would be and this was a platform for that so many lovely answers a lot of common answers a lot of spice girls answers a Spice Girls. I think the beautiful poetic way to close that package out was someone mentioning Marion Cotillard's Oscar speech being a moment.

And, you know, a nice little way to ease us back into the awards proceedings of the night, which were capped off by Sarah Sherman and Celestia coming out to present. Not nominated that evening. Not nominated that evening. The only presenters to not be nominated. Good luck to them next year. Only unnominated presenters,

but good luck to Sarah and Celeste both next year, hopefully. Hopefully. They were presenting for Album of the Year, hugely contested category. You, of course, had Renaissance, Midnight, Prism by Katy Perry,

Chapel Roan's album when it comes out and then what was the fifth one? It was the 2022 original Broadway recording of Into the Woods and Chapel Roan did take it home for an album that we have not even heard yet which is huge which is huge

and then Chapel was nice enough to send in a video acceptance from London international she said i'm so honored to win this award considering that my album isn't even out yet slay and really really good really good didn't really care about the fact that the album wasn't out just went i'll take it yeah finalist behavior and that's confidence that's finalist behavior that's confidence she of course was a finalist of the year nominee watch Watch this space for next year. I mean, we've all got our

eyes on Chapel. The album comes out in September. Listen to Red Wine Supernova. Oh, excellent. My perfect pop song. And then we have Record of the Year, The Biggest Award of the Night. Wow. I get emotional watching them all get announced

at the same time I go. We really have seen all these songs be performed tonight, haven't we? We really did watch. And I think that Sarah and Celeste were so right when they said that not every song matters this year. And the pieces of musical art that we had seen that night were examples of music that we need now more than ever. And when the winner was announced and it was padam padam all i could say was padam padam and we were so honored to present it ourselves to kylie who of course was patty who said in her trademark australian accent that all her life she had been told that she would never win awards or something to that effect and look at her now she's an award winner so proud of

kylie so proud of the entire queer community for lifting up that song there were no guarantees 30 days ago when it was released that it would win record of the year okay there were no guarantees and i'm gonna say something and i'm not calling anyone out but i remember she announced the single she announced the album being called tension and then there were a couple gays who were like, God, do you see the new Kylie album announcement? It looks awful. And I'm like, oh, you don't know what you're saying. Clearly not a Kylie fan.

And I'm like, just you wait. But I even did not say that from a place of anticipating that the lead single off this album would be a global phenomenon. Let's just say something right now. There's something in the air right now. Kylie's album is called Tension. Kelly's album is called Chemistry.

We need a third... Science. We need a third science. Yeah. We need bio. Bio. We need endocrinology. We need a pop girly to come out with an album

called Endocrinology. Yes. Period. Who is it going to be? Charlie. We put it to you, Charlie. It is going to be Charlie. No, no, no, no, no.

Endocrinology. Like, who could it be? Interesting. It could be anyone. We put it to you. We put it to you. Let us know. We asked the readers, the KDs, the publicists, the finalists.

Make the album art. Which pop girly do you want to see with an album called Endocrinology? Pitch it to us by creating the album art. The record of the year, Padom Padom, was then performed by the entire cast of the show. And we tearfully, joyously celebrated everyone that had come.

And we closed the night at two different places, really. Bowen, I guess you went to bubble tea i ended up at flaming saddles where jody benson the original area was there celebrating her daughter's birthday and i went up to her and i was so drunk at this point and i said these words i said this it is an honor to even be around you you gave us a gift forever. And then how did she receive that? She said, thank you. It's my daughter's birthday.

I said, yes, it is. I just wanted to come say hello. To take your daughter to Flaming Saddles at what must have been 1am. It was 2.30 in the morning. Jodi. I always thought Jodi... Legend. Here's my thing. I had

mischaracterized Jodi in my head. I went, Jodi Benson, like, got her start doing, like, fun Christian music. Wasn't crazy for you on Broadway. Of course, was Ariel. I was like, I think she's wholesome girl. I think she's wholesome. Maybe even, like, socially, politically conservative in whatever way. Like, no problem.

For this woman to bring her daughter and her daughter's friends out to flaming saddles at 2am on a Saturday night. It was 2.30 in the morning and there were no signs of stopping. Let's just say this, like Jodi Benson outlives Matt Rogers in terms of being out. Oh me. In Hell's Kitchen. And me, period. All of us. Jodie Benson, my god, and this moment for her, I mean, the Little Mermaid, I still have not seen the live

action. I feel like this is the thing with all these live action remakes is that, like, across the board, it's like, you can't touch the original. And Jodie, I think, can now move on with the rest of her life going, nothing will beat the thing that I helped make. I'm sure

she doesn't feel this way, really, but I'm like... No, I bet she does. That's kind of what I was saying to her. I was like, you know what? It's an honor to be around you. You gave us a gift forever. And I meant every single word I said. 1000%. That is a song that makes you go, I can't think of anything better

i mean howard ash man nah and i don't think so honey disney for really fucking sanitizing that documentary because i needed to know about this man and the way he moved through the world as like a fucking gay radical like I fuck okay like let me like be a gay man who is not just some like wholesome little pencil pusher you know where's the biopic where's the biopic where is the Ben Platt biopic

we're getting it that's what I want to see I want to see it movement start the movement who plays Alan that was the last oh I don't know Jonah Jonah Hill Jonah Hill I always want to involve Jonah Hill I always want to involve jonah we love jonah i uh i have to say that was the last culture is this cultural awards they were an absolute barn burner and we hope that if you were not able to live them in person that this recap helped you live them in podcast form yes i mean what we did,

and I said this via tweet, I will apologize personally because I did say the words, you will be fine if you, you know, come a couple hours before I over promised on the likelihood of getting a seat. But what we can promise now is that it will only be bigger and better in the future. Something that everyone can be involved in.

Everyone can engage with. And that's on promise. And that's on promise. And we love you so much. Thank you for coming. Thank you for celebrating with us. And award season is over, publicists. You can put your hats away. Yeah, just rest. Rest.

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I read a news item on the business this morning and I feel it's time to say something. This is Matt Rogers' I Don't Think So Honey. His time starts now. I Don't Think So Honey the multiverse. It's a wrap. Stop it. We did it. I don't think so honey the multiverse it's a wrap stop it we did it i don't think so honey that you can do it better the flash didn't do as well as they thought it was going to do

despite them really trying to like cram it down our throats that the ezra miller of it all was going to be worth it that like at the end of the day we really wanted to see them do this that the movie was actually quote unquote good no you guys i'm sorry all of these movies feel the same they really really really do and i think that you look no further than the receipts as to why people aren't going to these anymore superhero movies we have reached critical mass we are at saturation we need either a five-year break or a total, total reboot on these fucking films. Will we get them? No, because you don't fucking get it.

If you run a studio, you clearly do not fucking get it. And it's just going to keep being diminishing returns until you, I guess, at some point get fired or do. I don't think so, honey, the multiverse.

It was done with fucking everything ever all at once. Now it's over. And that's one minute. It it was done with fucking everything ever all at once now it's over and that's one minute it really was done with everything everywhere because i have a good authority that like the marvel folks from the week that that movie came out in the week that like people were just sort of responding to it it was just like the marvel folks were scared that's all i mean that's all it's just like they were shook and also it's like when you finally can wrap your head around the multiverse,

which is difficult to do because it's confusing, especially when like, you know, these movies aren't necessarily known for their clarity. Sometimes I'll be watching, I'll be a little stone watching one of these Marvel movies and I'll be like, wait, what the fuck is happening? What's this stone? What exactly is going on?

I don't think so, honey. Having to fucking read a wikipedia article or like a fucking screen rant article before or after you go into the movie like ant-man 2 it's like i should be able to go to ant-man 2 and leave clean you know what i mean leave clean i just want to leave clean i want to leave these movies clean meanwhile it's like then you do understand what happened and then in understanding it, you realize, oh, so there's like not really stakes. Because these people are all alive in other

multiverses and therefore they can just kind of like whatever. Like Zoe Saldana, I think has died like 17 times in Guardians of the Galaxy and I'm making that up, but like if it were true, you could believe it because they would do that. Was she in the recent one i mean yeah but she didn't remember shit because she was the other zoe seldon it's just stupid right right it's just it's it's getting stupid and i like the marvel movies before the multiverse i loved endgame i loved all of that it's just like

can we just go back to fucking basics and now the dc of it all like the flash bombing because they completely went in on the multiverse which i also can't believe because didn't marvel just do that doesn't it look inherently like you're copying them i just the whole thing is like it's the snake eating its own tail choking on the hotel shitting it out eating it it again. Multiverse snake. Yeah, yeah. And I'm just like, let's just stop. Like, make it about tortured supervillain in a world where they have their little conflicts about their identity, you know, and then there's an evil person.

You know, there's an entity. Yeah. And make it about that. Fucking with great power comes great responsibility. Perfect. Take it back. Take it back. I don't disagree. Thank you for that that we gotta shut it down we gotta okay do you have an i don't think

so i need to do i do this one i'm gonna bring it back to the lccas but not about the actual awards themselves all right here we go this is bowen yanks i don't think so honey as time starts now i don't think so honey lightning delays We were shaking in our boots the day of because there was lightning eight miles away in fucking probably central to south Jersey. Okay? And we had to clear the stage and sit in a room for like what felt like three hours

just because there was lightning in like fucking Morristown. It's like it has nothing to do with us paramus it has nothing to do with us why are you making 30 seconds why are you taking this away from us when it has nothing to do with us we had planned for this we were like it might rain but it'll be during the day and then we should be in the clear by like 2 p.m no it was like 4 p.m we had to fucking sit in a basement 15 seconds it did not ruin the day thank god and lauren mandel once again kept it so so so calm managed our emotions alongside the logistics of it all seconds but just the concept of a lightning delay for something that happens that far away ridiculous

and that's one minute and a lighting delay took away gaga's last night on the chromatica balls war took away her miami show she could not do her last show of this era that she fucking got blue balls out of and then it ends with another moment where like she gets robbed of satisfaction of fulfillment it's awful i hate it the lightning delay is of course here for our safety but it i feel it just has to be reconsidered yeah it's too much within eight milesonsidered. Yes. It's too much. Within eight miles? Ridiculous. I said, get the meteorologist on the phone. Let me talk to media. Get me the Doppler radar on the phone.

Media-rologist. Ms. Media-rologist. I want to speak to her because I had to say, within eight miles, and then get this, readers, publicists,

Katie's finalists that were actually at the show. Had there been lightning within eight miles and you all had been seated, you would have had to go home. We would have canceled the show. The show would have had to be canceled. I said, we got to move this inside. We have to sidestep the lightning of it all. We can't chance it.

We even had to get started about five minutes later because there was a rain delay, which we would never have known about because it wasn't raining. Literally not raining. It was gaslighting to the max. The weather was gaslighting us all day. We'd be looking at the weather app, which has not gotten better over time. And it says sunny conditions the rest of the day. 45 minutes later, duck and cover at 7 p.m.

on 80% chance of thunderstorms. It's like this is why biggest current threat to us included a nominee that was the fickle nature of the weather in june in new york city and i didn't know i was tempting fate you were when i pitched that one as a nominee yeah yeah and i had to sit there in the basement with you while lauren was like trying to be like okay so what do you guys think about this this this this i had to be like did i do this no i'm gonna let myself i'm not gonna let that be the narrative we had in eighth world wonder we cut the line your love's like a summer rain watching my dad's away and i thought if we would have kept it wouldn't have happened seven days and seven

nights of thunder would have been really pertinent. Pertinent and prescient. Anyway, went off without a hitch. We're so happy you came. We're so sorry if you couldn't, but we will make it up to you in the future, we promise. And we end every episode with the song, Matt.

Seven days and seven nights of thunder. Seven days and seven nights of thunder. Seven days and seven nights of thunder. You gotta preserve your voice. Listen to Ape Road Wonder by Kimberly Locke. The legend. Bye. Bye.

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