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Are you new to comedy podcasts, overwhelmed by the array of options, and wondering where to begin?
Have you ever seen a movie so bad that its amazing?
Released biweekly by Earwolf (co-founded by Scott Aukerman ofU Talkin U2 to Me?
The strongestHDTGMepisodes rely on the hosts carefully curating their choices, often through crowdsourcing.
The 1983 slasher turned cult film lends itself extremely well to each hosts individual comedic sensibility.
Both Scheer and Mantzoukas have cited it as a favorite, and for good reason.
As Mantzoukas says, There might be no more difficult a movie in our history to unravel.
Wet Hot American Summerdirectly parodied this movie.
I mean, characters are dressed the same as they are inWet Hot.
This means that many characters can be seen wearing what Scheer describes as not even shorts.
Theyre just like penis holders.
Mantzoukas is quick to respond to Scheers observation of the scantily clad men with the phrase cock baskets.
Kids swore like we as kids swore.
Its outrageous and only the beginning.
The rest of the episode comes together with Raphaels wild-card personality and continuous questions.
In this episode, that requires her to ask, point blank, Thats incest?
Shes also great at staying focused and extracting character motivation from distractingly absurd actions.
that the owner would be willing to cover up multiple murders in favor of making a profit.
Each episode ends with Scheer sharing second opinions in the form of five-star reviews posted by Amazon users.
These never fail to provide additional and lasting laughs.
One from this episode suggests you watch this movie with a dog.
Fortunately, boththe episodeandthe feature-length filmare available online.
