Last Looks: The Forbidden Dance

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1:08Jason Mantzoukas:Like the strawberry watermelon refresher and the Spriteberry Blast topped with cold foam. Who knew ice cold drinks could be so fire? Try them all now at McDonald's. Refreshers contain caffeine. Taxi dancing, a porn PSA, and Paul goes on jackass? All this and more on a brand new How Did This Get Made? Last Looks. Hit the theme. This is the last look. But Paul's such a stand-up guy. He lets us all say goodbye. To last week's film. See you later. Gotta go. Cheerio. Ta-ta. For now, farewell. Hello, all you Kid Creole and the Coconut fans. It's me, your host, Paul Scheer, a.k.a. Daddy Coconut. And welcome to How Did This Get Made?

2:01Jason Mantzoukas:Last Looks, where you, the listener, get to voice your issues on The Forbidden Dance, a movie that Discord user FunFacts47 thinks should have had the tagline The Forbidden Dance. You're tearing me apart, Nisa! And that, of course, is a mediocre Tommy Wiseau impression, but a great alt-movie tagline by FunFacts47. And here's a thought. Do I need to have a great Tommy Wiseau impression? I mean, aren't there enough out there? It's like if you're doing impressions right now, I don't think you need to work on a Schwarzenegger or Christopher Walken. Like those have been covered. So, you know, honestly, by me not doing a great one, I'm doing you a service.

2:40Jason Mantzoukas:Anyway, shout out to Quinn for that opening theme song. I love that. Remember, if you have an alt movie tagline or title, submit it to us on our Discord at discord.gg slash hdtgm. And if you have a last looks theme song, go to hdtgm.com and click on submit a song. That's right. It's easy. Remember, keep them short. 15 to 20 seconds is best. We're going to be hearing all about your issues, your corrections, your omissions about the forbidden dance in just a bit. Then Jason's going to pop by. We're going to talk about Nirvana, the band, the show, the movie. also my visit to the brand new jackass movie set and we will reveal next week's film oh it's a big one um now let me tell you we love the forbidden dance we barely saw any problems with it but you you had a lot of problems with it and now here's your chance to set us straight fact check us if you will it is now time for corrections and omissions correct it correct it touch the rhythm Feel the bass, right your wrongs, save some face, give to me, give to them your corrections and a mission.

3:51Jason Mantzoukas:Thank you, Brian B. Love that song. All right, first one up from the Discord is John Steele. Hey, Paul, two things. Hey, John. Number one, I was surprised not to hear Jason's take on Nisa running through a men's bathroom barefoot while they made their escape from the villain. You know what? Honestly, John, I think that there's just too much in this movie to discuss that that was kind of left on the wayside. You know, here's what I'm going to say. Yeah, gross, but also not as gross as those dirty feet in Birdemic. I mean, those live in my mind forever. John Steele also brings up that the actor that we were calling Rucker Hauer's brother is Richard Lynch.

4:33Jason Mantzoukas:John Steele reveals that apparently he set himself on fire while on LSD in the 70s. Our producer Scott chimes in and says, yeah, that is true. He became a very popular nemesis in film and TV because of these scars that happened in a 1967 incident in New York City's Central Park, where he did light himself on fire. 70 % of his body is burned. But wow, way to go. This guy came back as a very hardworking, great actor. So there you go. Can't beat that. And kids don't do drugs. Mitch Kappa writes, one very funny thing that wasn't mentioned. Wow. Another thing that we didn't mention in the episode is how Rucker Hauer's brother eventually reveals his real passion project is to open an evil nightclub.

5:23Jason Mantzoukas:The one dastardly plan that happens to line up perfectly with having captured Nisa. So are you saying that this movie actually makes sense, that his evil plan could only work by capturing an amazing dancer? Well, now this movie works on a whole nother level for me. You may have made the movie make sense. Sean McBee writes, you all talked a lot about how Nisa and Jason never seemed to improve their dancing, but no one mentioned that the dance seemed to never be the same twice. I mean, every single time they danced, the lombata, it appeared to be a completely different dance. You know, Sean, you're right about that.

6:01Jason Mantzoukas:I didn't realize that. In my mind, I was like, oh, they're just doing different parts of the dance. But of course, I don't think that they knew the dance. This is, I love this movie. I really, really do. Let's go to the phones. First up, we have Elle with some very exciting news. Hi, Paul. I am calling with a correction. You all spoke pretty highly about Dirty Dancing during last week's episode of the Forbidden Dance. And the switchblade lady, Nikki, is her name, was actually in Dirty Dancing. I recognized her. She is like the older woman who is married that Patrick Swayze is pleading with before he meets babies.

6:50So I verified this. This is one of the only things that she's been in in these two movies that I've seen. Well, actually, she's been in a few others. Side and Peloton Key. But yeah, wanted to provide some more connected tissue between these two iconic dance movies. Thanks so much. Love the show.

7:10Jason Mantzoukas:I love it. Thank you so much. You know what? But he should have stayed with her. I think he should have stayed with her. He would be more happy with her. And by he, I mean Patrick Swayze. I don't know if you've seen our shirt for this, but Jason Needs a Swayze is a pretty great new design that we have in our TeePublic store. You can just go and get that by going to hdtgm.com and clicking on merch. I do love that. I'm not using that just to sell a shirt. I don't care if you buy the shirt. I think it's a good shirt. But I just want to kind of keep all the connective tissue together. Next up, a call from someone who's anonymous.

8:08Back when I worked in marketing, you know, I would keep up with trends and industry news, and I came across this ad produced by a Spanish agency called Officer and Gentleman. And they partnered with adult film creators to have sex on a beach while it was cleaned up by the organization Ocean Palmers. And for every view the video receives, they would make a donation to this organization. Well, it received five and a half million views and Ocean Balmers got a ton of money because of this not so traditional PSA. Love the show. Love the work that y 'all are doing. Your content is a bomb in these troubling times.

8:59Please keep it up and excited for the next episode. Bye.

9:04Jason Mantzoukas:Whoa, wait, what? That is the most insane story. I have to go find this. I also,$1 per view. So we're, I don't understand even how, okay. Oh, wait. So you, oh, this is great. I love this idea. More spicy PSAs. You should get this done, caller. And by the way, thank you so much for what you said. We love doing this show. And it means a lot that it's a sad for us too. I just think, yes, why not do it? As a matter of fact, Scott is chiming in. There's a whole New York Post article about this PSA. The title is, Can the Dirtiest Porn Ever Help Clean Up Our Filthy Beaches? And yeah, it's a flick. I guess I didn't understand it when you were describing it.

9:54Jason Mantzoukas:But Pornhub, every time you watched it, they would give a donation to Ocean Polymers, a nonprofit organization working on sending a ship to sea to pick up and recycle plastic from the world's waters and spread awareness about this environmental issue. While the Flix sites as the dirtiest porn ever because they wanted to kind of appeal to a lot of fetishes, basically, you never get to see anything in the act that's obscured by garbage until a cleanup crew is there in Pornhub Cares logos. So it's a porn that's safe for your own family, and I'm just looking at some stills from it. And you know what?

10:32Jason Mantzoukas:This is genius. This is a genius thing. All right, back to the Discord. My fake Iron Lung writes, I am surprised that Jason June and John did not mention what Nisa was doing at the brothel. It's something called taxi dancing. It's basically an old timey thing from the early 20th century where a diamond dance girls would dance with businessmen for companionship. The movie sort of merged that older style with a more modern brothel, which was not necessarily the case with taxi dancing. Obviously, Switchblade Lady and her establishment is supposed to be sleazy and in seedy Hollywood, so the conflict would be heightened if it was more akin to sex work.

11:08Jason Mantzoukas:Well, I think we did talk about that. She was just a dollar a dance girl. I mean, and we understand 10 cents a dance is where it was. I feel like this was like taxi dancing with more, right? It starts with taxi dancing, and then it heightens. And she wouldn't heighten, so she just did the taxi dancing. But anyway, it was weird, and I don't think that this was happening. any time around the time of this film. Like you said, it was from the early 20th century. Ginger writes, whenever Nisa spoke to her tribe or the witch doctor, she was speaking Spanish. Shouldn't she have been speaking Portuguese as that's Brazil's official language?

11:43Jason Mantzoukas:You know what? We actually did talk about it. It just wasn't one of the most interesting facts. We just kind of cut it from the episode. Adjective Animal writes, I can't believe they didn't cover the song Lombada was remade into the 2011 Jennifer Lopez plus Pitbull hit On the Floor. Every time that song played in the movie, which was many, I kept on expecting to see Mr. Worldwide to chime in. Apparently On the Floor was so popular that Lombada re-entered the Billboard charts in 2011 after 22 years, hitting number three on the Billboard digital chart. Whoa, I did not know that. And you know what?

12:22I mean, Mr.

12:24Jason Mantzoukas:Worldwide should be in a cameo in every movie. I mean, if there is dancing in the movie, he should be there just to cheer him on. Adjective animal, love this. I cannot believe that we did not know that Lombada re-entered the charts after 22 years. Blew me away. Wow, wow, wow. So many great corrections and omissions this week, but there can only be one that is the best. You know, it's going to be hard for me to figure it out. But I think the one that is our winner is our anonymous caller who led us to the best, most spiciest PSA of all time. That's right. Anonymous, you get this week's prize. And you know what?

13:03Jason Mantzoukas:For having the best correction, we have a very special prize for you, courtesy of a surprise guest. Nope, that wasn't a lion. That was the roar of Nisa's bodyguard and magical shaman. Remember him? That's right, Anonymous. Joa has agreed to provide you with one week of free bodyguard and healing services the next time you travel to Brazil. So to claim your prize, just go to Brazil and Joa will find you. However, I do want to clarify the Had to Skip Made is not paying for your trip to Brazil. And if you choose to use Joa's healing services, you must consent to his pet snake biting your wound. Not a big deal.

13:41Jason Mantzoukas:I think it's worth it because these bodyguard and healing services are top notch. So Anonymous, I know we don't have your official name, but I think you should take us up on this. Thank you, Joah, for supplying such an amazing prize. And for all of you who did not win this completely real prize, you can try your luck next episode by submitting your corrections and omissions on our Discord or by calling us at 619-P-A-U-L-A-S-K. Okay, coming up after this quick break, Jason will stop by to chat about movies and TV. that we are loving, plus so much more. Stick around.

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16:24Jason Mantzoukas:This week's classic episode is on the erotic thriller Jade. So keep on checking out all of our replays of classic episodes every Tuesday. And now, without any further ado, it is time to welcome to Last Looks for a little Just Chat, my friend, Jason. Anton Wellen, play us in!

17:01Jason Mantzoukas:Jason, how are you? Paul, boy, oh boy. Thrilled to see you. How are you? I am thrilled to see you as well. I felt there's been so much stuff going on. I haven't seen you in a little bit of time. It's been too long. It's been too long. And we were in the middle of spring break. And I know you go hard. You go down to Florida. You know, I go down to Florida. I've got, I rent a house with a guitar-shaped pool. Oh, yeah, so fun. You know, you enter the neck and you come out the fretboard. You know, it's really, it's a cool spot. Did I ever tell you this story? I might have, and forgive me if I'm retelling it, but when I was seeing Club Paradise for the first time, which is like a Robin Williams movie from the 80s, it's like Robin Williams and Peter O'Toole.

17:43Jason Mantzoukas:And I think the premise of it is that Robin Williams like takes over a Club Med style resort, like full party, adult party thing. And at one point, Peter O'Toole's like, you're running this place into the ground. and and he goes i'm finding diaphragms in the pool and i didn't know what that was and uh and i was trying to find out for my dad i was like dad what it's like um what's a diaphragm he's like oh that's how you control your breathing i'm like great so could you lose that in the pool it was like oh what a strange thing for your dad to have to put together oh and then he was like oh no that's that's another kind of no that's that's a different kind of diaphragm oh my god but you have a lot of I guess what I was saying was you have a lot of diaphragms in your pool.

18:29Well, see, I have one of those, you know, um, when, uh, Scrooge McDuck dives into the pool of gold coins. Yeah. Uh, that's what my pool is like, except it's just diaphragms. I actually have no water in it. It's just diaphragms.

18:44Jason Mantzoukas:Well, there is water in it. Cause there's the diaphragms do absorb something. Yes, there is a little bit of water, but really it is mostly diaphragms. Um, I'm surprised that in this year of our Lord, 2026, uh, we have not ever seen anyone attempt a Scrooge McDuck dive into a pool full of coins. How has that not been a Mr. Beast thing? Yeah. Or a jackass six or whatever thing, you know, how have they not tried? Although, I mean, I think the answer is obvious. Metal is solid. It doesn't move like liquid. And if you tried to dive into a pool full of metal coins, you would die. But at the same time, we have to see if that's actually true.

19:27Jason Mantzoukas:I agree. And maybe the thing is, maybe it's a person couldn't do it, but a duck could. Ooh, a duck with a monocle. I think maybe the problem has been getting the monocle on the duck. And the robe. It's really a tailoring issue. I can speak about this without using too many specifics, but I got to swing by the set of Jackass five. So good. And wow. Wow. Can't wait. And I think the thing that was, that kind of blew my mind about it was when you're there, they're, they're shooting them at the pace in which you watch them. Right. Like I would say that I watched them do a bit and probably 15, 20 minutes.

20:13Jason Mantzoukas:And then it was over and it was like, okay, now we're moving to the next thing. They don't do it again. they don't get pickup shots they don't you know no the most that i saw them like tweak was just the we are here doing this yeah like just just the intro thing yeah just a succinct setup for it but uh yeah and the thing that blew my mind in visiting that set was i got there at lunch and like you know when you're on a when you're in a film you know you break for everyone breaks for And I didn't realize that like jackass breaks for lunch. And then I was like, why would you ever want to eat and then do any of these things?

20:53Like it doesn't feel like it's just imagining them lining up a catering to get like a chicken breast and some rice and all the traditional like onset meals. And then going back into having themselves like punched repeatedly in the stomach by like a robot.

21:09Jason Mantzoukas:That's all I could possibly think about. I was like, why are Preston, Wee Man, why are you guys eating? Don't eat. Just keep it like a liquid diet or something. Because a lot of the guys, the original guys, are older now. Yes. So is there a younger contingent of Jackasses? Well, yes, from Jackass 4. The same. Oh, that's right. There were some people. Yes, that's right. You got Poopsies. Poopsies. Poopsies.

21:38Jason Mantzoukas:Poopsies. my family um i did not realize this but poopy's got his hand eaten off by a shark during shark week the first ever injury on shark week happened promoting jackass four what and his hand was bitten off well it was severed at three tendons oh and uh and they had to like get him out of where they were shooting get him back to the states they brought him to a guy who uh was able to get it reattached it is reattached it's gnarly um and he says it's painful uh but i and there's footage of it you can watch the footage of it and so poopies uh like his like um shark week for shark week not even for the movie like they gave him the footage to put on his youtube like that was the mea culpa like yeah the shark week people were you can actually have the footage it's brutal and And then Steve-O talks about it as well.

22:34Jason Mantzoukas:And he was like, we all knew this was not a smart thing. He's like, because in our time with dealing with sharks and everything, he's like, sharks really don't fuck with you. And, you know, but these sharks were so hungry. He's like, I saw a leaf land like in the water and they all went nuts for the leaf. So then you drop poopies in there doing a literal jump the shark like Fonzie from Happy Days moment falls off. And then, and when you watch them race towards him, it is frightening. Oh, that's awful. And there's no, and there's no insurance. I was actually thinking that that's like the best, not the best gig, but like for Shark Week, it's like, oh, he didn't get paid.

23:15Jason Mantzoukas:Like he didn't get paid extra for losing his hand. Cause I'm sure he's signed everything away. Oh, I'm, oh, for sure. Oh, that's so upsetting. Yeah. It's really gnarly. And I just was like, it again, because my kids have gone so deep into it. We really found pockets that I didn't even know exist. Have they found or gotten to the, all of the TV shows? Yes, that's how we started. Oh, it is. Okay. Because I was like, I knew the movies would be great, but I was like, let's start on the TV show because it's harder to go backwards. It really is. It's a good ramp up. And so, you know, so that was the TV shows, which apparently, according to Jeff Tremaine and Johnny, they are in the middle of redoing because it was an interesting thing.

24:04Jason Mantzoukas:And just as somebody who worked at Viacom, I can identify with this, which is at one point when they were like, oh, yeah, we need you to QC these. You lose the rights to certain music. Now, Human Giant was a show that we knew about digital and DVD. So we really picked our music and hired musicians and we owned a lot of our music. But back in the day, Jackass and Real World, they would just play the top 40. They would play any song they wanted. Yeah. And then it's like things like the state had that, too. And you couldn't you can't release it because you don't have the rights to it. But back then, it's why shows like Moonlighting or 30 something or my so-called life spent so long not being able to stream is was because they had huge music rights problems.

24:52Jason Mantzoukas:um it's really wild yeah so it's like so i guess what happened was at one point they weren't really cue seeing it as closely as they should have so they're they have some issues with some of the music choices that are in there and like i mean i will say in watching it didn't really like you know but i do think that they're actually very careful and really selective about the music that they pick so i also feel like it's one of those things it's like well it wasn't picked by us you and it's not going to be as good. Oh, well, I mean, a box set of all of the Jackass stuff would be so fucking funny.

25:27Jason Mantzoukas:Oh, God. That would be an incredible, I would love that. And I also love that they always, one of the things I always appreciated was that they would put out a new movie and then the next year they would put out like 45 minutes worth of, like an extended cut of that movie with 45 extra minutes of stuff. Right, and it was very rarely, because we've watched all of those, The 2.5s or whatever, you know, it's very rarely the same bits, different openings, fully different bits. Like it's not even extensions. It's it really like I didn't understand that. I never really watched this because I already saw it.