Last Looks: Oscar w/ Nick Kroll & Rob Huebel

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2:01Sylvester Stallone's Summer.

2:16Sylvester Stallone's Summer. Hello, all my gallery urchins. I'm your host, Paul Scheer, and welcome to How Did This Get Made? Last Looks on location. That's right. I am recording this from a laundry room in Vancouver because I can't stop working. That's right. I'm on vacation. They say you got to do another last look. So I get in a laundry room. I get my stuff together. Why? Because I don't stop. Just like You don't stop. You, the listener, you are going to get a chance today to voice your issues on Oscar, a movie where the character Oscar was absent, just like this movie was absent from the Oscars.

2:56Bam! Thank you, Sean McBee, for that alt-movie tagline. I mean, I don't know if that's a tagline as much as it is a movie burn. We should maybe open it up, Scott. It shouldn't just be taglines. Let's get the roast jokes going. I love this. A big shout out to the Action Jackson 5. They always bring the heat and they're helping us kick off Stallone summer with a Sly-centric opening theme song. I love that. That was awesome. And you know what? I don't think it can be displaced. But if you think, oh, I'm better than the Action Jackson 5. Well, guess what? Take a shot. See if you have what it takes to create a How Did This Get Made Last Looks theme song.

3:34Just go to hdtgm.com and click the Submit a Song button on our homepage. Remember, keep them short. 15 to 20 seconds is best. And if you need to talk Stallone, if you need to get out your concerns, your worries about anything in the how did this get made world, well, you just go to discord at discord.gg slash hdtgm. We got so much on today's show, but first, some very good news. Our friend Andrew, who is Averill's partner on Movie Bitches, wrote us this week and actually posted on the Movie Bitches Instagram account about Averill. A little update. Averill just got some amazing MRI results that showed no more tumors or growth.

4:17She is recuperating really, really well. And I just want to say thank you so, so much to our entire How Did This Get Made audience from all around the world who have reached out and brought some joy into Averill's day. It has meant the world to her. It has meant the world to us, for the people who have gotten up at the live shows and dedicated songs to Averill. It has been incredibly overwhelming. When I got this news the other day, I was just overjoyed. So I wanted to say thank you so much for everyone sending her good wishes. We can continue sending her good wishes. She has a long road to recovery, but it has made a giant, giant difference.

5:01I said difference twice, but it's made a giant difference. So we really appreciate that. Now, we also today are going to talk about some other stuff. That's right. We're going to be talking about Oscar. We're going to really get into this film. We're really going to dive into what it got wrong. And there are so many things. My friend Drew reached out to me this week and said he worked in a theater in L.A. or in the L.A. outskirts where they were testing this movie. And he saw a cut that was 20 minutes longer. So how about that? So at the end of this episode, we will, of course, announce our next film.

5:41But to start Stallone's summer off with a bang, I have a very special treat to share. About 10 years ago, I started a podcast called the Sylvester Stallone Podcast. It's a miniseries with the goal of talking to Sylvester Stallone about all of his amazing work. It was something that was really hard to do, but I was so happy that I got to, you know, get inside the mind of one of our greatest actors. And I've edited some highlights right now of the Sylvester Stallone Podcast. It has not been available anywhere in many, many years. I have unearthed it from the Wolf Pop vault. Now, Wolf Pop was a failed podcast network that was launched in tandem with Earwolf that had some amazing shows on it, but I can talk about that later.

6:30Anyway, what you're going to hear now is a selected bunch of highlights from the Stallone podcast. You're also going to hear from people like Nick Kroll, Rob Hubel, and of course, the one and only June Diane Raphael. So stick around because you don't want to miss it. Now, I want to thank everybody for buying tickets for How Did This Get Made and Dinosaur. People have been so amazing. I know times are tight right now. You guys have been supporting us so, so much. So I just want to say thank you. I have nothing to plug, but I just want to say you are all absolutely amazing. And if you are still looking for an address for Averill, if you still want to send her something, you can always email her at andrew at moviebitches.xyz.

7:14He will give her anything that you send. And you can always send her something at PO Box 641, Agora Hills, California, 91376. Okay? So send her a message. Tell her congratulations. Keep her spirits up. You've done an amazing job. And I think that it really, really is helping. All right. Let's get into it. last week we talked at length about Oscar. Well, we had questions and we might have even missed a few things. Here is your chance to set a straight fact check us, if you will. It is now time for corrections and omissions.

7:54Thank you, Alon Osborne, for that short but sweet theme song. Let's go to the Discord. Rob from Long Island writes, in response to the idea that sex cures pimples, It was cliche for a long time that having pimples is an indication that you're not having sex. There's even a line from a song in Little Shop of Horrors that says, a little nookie can clean up those zits. Wow, that's a really catchy little phrase. However, according to the Google machine, the notion that sex cures pimples is a common myth that is not supported by scientific evidence, while sexual activity does have several positive effects on the body that might indirectly improve skin health.

8:33It doesn't directly treat or prevent acne. Okay, interesting. I mean, yeah, sure, that all makes sense. Now, Dr. Guts, 1003 adds, I assumed the implication was that teenagers get pimples and that once you have sex, you become a man, or Dr. Guts, a woman, which would mean that your pimples vanish at that point. Okay, very interesting. I like it. I get it. But, you know, for all those people out there that are doing hardcore fucking to get rid of their pimples, you got to stop. You got to just take care of it. You just can't 69 the pimples out of there. Johnny Unusual writes, in talking about how weird it is to keep the Claymation opera singer in the corner of the screen for most of the credits, I'd like to add it's also weird to pay that much for animation to have no jokes or anything exciting for him to do.

9:18What was the point? They don't even bring him back for the end of the film as a bookend. Even though the end credits feature more of that same singer, you probably could have had that same effect with an opera singer doing it for less money. Now, I love animation and rarely ask for less of it in the films, but it's confounding to have no funny business nor exciting visual flair. You know, here's what I thought. I didn't bring this up in the show. I feel like this was a friend of the production, right? Stallone met a guy in France who does Claymation. I don't know why it was France. And he's like, oh, you got to make it from a movie.

9:50It would be great to have you in the movie, Claymation guy. Or like he saw the California Raisins and was like, oh, maybe I could be a raisin. Maybe he was a raisin. Was he a raisin? I think it was in that puppet show where they all look like they had melted faces. Anyway, that was a favor. I know it was a favor. But what was so weird was, like, as an animator, you're right. You would think maybe you could put a joke in there? I don't know. We need to get to the bottom of that. That's what I need somebody to figure out. Cash Money Coward writes, you talked about how weird it was for the guy who wanted to convert the cash into jewels.

10:23This made me think about how pimps and gang members often flaunt their jewelry, which is seen as a sign of opulence. But actually, it stems from the thought that if arrested by police, the cops can take your cash, but they have to give your jewelry back. Wow. All right. Cash money coward bringing in some very important information. By the way, my grandfather was involved in a very serious money laundering scheme, which is a whole other story that I can't get into. But the person above him, the real guilty person who did jail time, all of his assets were in things like gold pens and he had a vintage phonograph record.

11:04So that does make sense. And it's just not for pimps and gang members. It's for the white collar criminals as well. SS Lizard writes, in the older French version of the movie, the daughter actually gets with Oscar in the end. and the accountant in the French movie steals 60 million francs, which is equal to$1 million. So the$50 ,000 seems measly in comparison. Wow, SS Lizard. Yeah, why would they lower the money? Why don't make it a lot more money? Oh, wait, you know what? I think that the French version was in modern times. I think that that's the difference. I think? Not sure. Dr. Guts is chiming in again, not just an acne expert, but also wants to say in the episode they lament over the fact the film is lacking in stakes.

11:50A glaring example of this to me is the fact that Snaps never seems concerned or even aware of the fact the police have staked out his house. Given how many people are going in and out of his house in just a span of a few hours, it would have made the film so much better if Snaps had been either worried or strategic about who was seen coming and going, or at the very least have them acknowledge that they're watching by waving to them or taunting them. Oh, Dr. Guts, you just came up with a great set piece. Just how do the people get in and out of the house? I love that. But again, it feels like that might've been added at the very end.

12:22Oh, I guess it couldn't have been. I don't know. This movie is bad. I mean, it is legit bad. And we always talk about this, like, it's so easy to, you know, make light of, you know, plot holes, But these are giant plot holes. These are plot holes that are these are not like the microscopic plot holes that when you see people like talking about the new James Gunn Superman. Well, technically, no, this is like right in front of your face. Danny the Wall writes, the original Danny DeVito version of the movie would have been great. But my first round draft for an alternate to Sly would be Nathan Lane.

12:56Oh, that's great. You know, by the way, maybe even like a more modern, like a birdcage era, Nathan Lane. Although I think Lane was still doing Broadway at that time, and I'm sure the studios would have wanted a name with a bigger draw. Maybe Kevin Kline then, or if we couldn't get him, Michael Keaton, because he's the best. Whoa, Michael Keaton, Johnny Dangerously. I know we talked about that. By the way, if you want to know more about Johnny Dangerously, Blank Check is doing a great series on Amy Heckerling, and it's awesome. Okay, I like Michael Keaton. I think that that's really funny. But I guess he doesn't, like, read Italian.

13:29I guess he could have been, like, Irish mob. Anyway, lastly, we have a phone call about this week's matinee episode on Stop or My Mom Will Shoot. Why? Because it's Stallone's summer and we open it up about this. Okay. Hey, Paul. This is Andrew. I'm a longtime listener, first time caller. I was just listening to your Stop or My Mom Will Shoot matinee. And you guys asked why Stallone would have possibly done this movie. I'm sure this has been discussed by now and you already know this. But just in case he didn't, Arnold Schwarzenegger really needed a hit, and he wanted to catch up to Stallone. And he said, the only way I can catch up with Stallone is if he has a stumble.

14:08So, being the prankster that he is, he told his agent to tell Stallone's agent that he was really interested in Stop or My Mom Will Shoot because they had both received the script. So his agent put the word out and pretended that they were talking to the film's director, Spottiswood. Stallone freaks out, says, give me the movie, give me the movie. and they let him get a movie because they knew it was going to tank. So yeah, you know, go Arnold. Yeah, that's about it. Yes, that is true. And here's the best part about it. After that show, Gabriel Luna came backstage. You know Gabriel Luna, he's a fantastic actor.

14:43We love him in so many things. From The Last of Us, Terminator, Dark Fate. You know, he's in FUBAR. He's the best, right? He's in The Terminalist right now and he was up shooting Terminalist while we were doing our show. And he came backstage and he called Schwarzenegger to verify that story in front of us. Schwarzenegger agreed to it immediately. It was truly one of the best how did this get made moments to be talking to Arnold Schwarzenegger to get that that rumor completely verified. Now, it's not the first time. About three years ago, Arnold had verified this, telling the Hollywood Reporter it's 100 percent true.

15:19And there's a great book called The Last Action Hero where he talks about it even more. But all I'm going to say is, Andrew, I'm glad you brought that up. And I'm glad that Gabriel Luna is a friend of Arnold Schwarzenegger. So we got to hear it from the horse's mouth. Okay, so many great corrections and omissions this week, but we can only pick one that is the best and the best one from this week. Oh, boy, this is going to be really good, right? I mean, there's so many good ones in here. But I have to say, the one that kind of opened my eyes, many things here. but Dr. Guts, you hit the nail on the head.

15:53The movie sets up the cops and we don't really ever pay them off in a meaningful way. So Dr. Guts, 10.03, you are this week's winner. And what do you get? Nothing, but actually it's something. You get this amazing song from Sean Fogle. Hit it! You win! Nothing! You win! All right. If you want to chime in with your own thoughts about the latest episode, hit up our discord or call us at 619-P-A-U-L-A-S-K. And once again, you can find our new song submission link at hdtgm.com right there on the front page. All right. Coming up after the break, you will hear from June, Nick Kroll, Rob Hubel, and more as I bring in some clips from the long forgotten Sylvester Stallone podcast.

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20:56And now here is the Sylvester Stallone podcast. I made it 10 years ago, right when I had my first son. That's why I made it. I was stuck at home, and I was like, well, let me talk to Stallone. All you need to know is I did book Stallone, but there was a small issue. All right, here we go.

21:22So obviously, we haven't been able to contact Sylvester Stallone, But I actually am here with a good friend of mine, Nick Kroll. And how are you, Nick? Great, Paul. How are you doing? Great. We actually did Frank Stallone and Sly Stallone on Comedy Bang Bang. And it was really well received. And I thought maybe you might know Sly Stallone because your impression was so good. Do you know him? I don't know him personally. But I feel like I know him having done an impression of him on Comedy Bang Bang. That's great. That actually is great. I think you're very much able to answer a question as Sly Stallone.

21:54then so uh this one is from uh jeremy lockhart uh what is a writing day like and how do you come up with some of your great catchy lines yeah jeremy and you know it's a great question i mean you know obviously most people know me as an action star you know every guy who makes pictures you know i love to work in making show business making pictures but you know every day as a star you know, being a star of a movie, you gotta get it there and write it out, you know what I'm saying, yeah, I gotta write it, do the writing, so I wake up about 4 a.m., I go out, I go drink like 12 eggs, and then I come home and do three hours of buys, and now it's, you know, about 7.30, and then I sit down and write, you know, Problem is I can't write so good because my buys are throbbing at this point because I've done three hours of buys.

22:57So I do tries. And when I double tries, then I feel like I'm really ready to sit down at the keyboard and write out, you know, whatever I'm going to come up with. Yeah, it's going to be, you know, kind of another part of being in show business and making a picture. so that one I sit down to write and my legs start to hurt because I haven't done a workout on the legs and so there's tiny pickle legs I got tiny little pickle legs so then I call over my brother Frank Stallone he come down we talk out a couple different lines I actually got Frank Stallone here right now and your boy Shane I'm a really big fan.

23:42He writes great. I write too. That's right. Me and Frank, we're like the Cone brothers, the Stallone brothers. People don't know that. I write down the lines that people say he writes all the stage direction. Yeah, that's right. He gets good with dialogue. He's not so good with stage direction. So, like I said, guy crosses, you know, Arnie Schwarzenegger, you know, the governor, that's what I call him. I still joke around with him because, you know, he left the business. Yeah, and I go, hey, that's a good one, son, yeah. So I go, I go, the governor crosses out of the jungle and it's on fire. And he sees a beautiful looking lady.

24:25And then I'll have him say something like, she's the one on fire. Yeah, I picked the wrong time to quit smoking because he's smoking hot. That's right. Frankie's good with the catchphrase. That's the guy who's good with the catchphrase. So that's how I write some of the things I can't do without my buddy Frankie, without ripping my bias, torching my tries. And then I go out for suits. I go out and buy a suit that makes me look like a triangle. So it's all angles. I want everything I said to my tailor. I said, you know, give me a suit that's all like 35 degrees. Not quite 45 degrees. Not a right angle.

25:09You know what I mean? 35 degrees. Yeah, he looks good. He looks like a rhombus. Yeah, as I say, you know, I don't want to look like a rhombus. So, you know, people don't think the Sloan Brothers are strong, but we know things like rhombus. You know, so then I go to my shine guy. I take it from the suit guy, the tailor, and then I go to another guy who's a lacquer guy. He lacquers up the suit. He makes an extra shine. And then I go get a new penis pump. And fill out that penis pump. And I go to my trailer and tell them, you know, cup the balls. And then, you know, we got an 90-bit script. And we shoot it.