Last Looks: War of the Worlds

12 Sep 2025 · 51 min · 36 chapters

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In short

“Last Looks: War of the Worlds” is a corrections-and-omissions episode for the prior War of the Worlds discussion, plus a deleted-scene-style bonus chat and then a separate TV/movie recommendation segment.

Guest backgrounds

No named guests appear as interview subjects. The “guests” are listener callers and Discord users who submit theme-song ideas and corrections (e.g., Vinod S., Soap Trail, Dove, Johnny Unusual, Riley, Simon, Amy, David, John, Caroline, Sean McBee, Mighty Beard, Permutator).

Key claims

Aliens in the movie “eat” data, but the episode argues the film’s logic falls apart under hard research (e.g., why not generate dummy data). It also corrects misconceptions about tourniquets (modern guidance: limb loss isn’t guaranteed if hospital care is sought within ~6 hours). Pronunciation “data” is defended via Star Trek: TNG’s “Mr. Data” table-read origin story.

Notable examples

Ice Cube’s Facebook behavior; TV graphics calling planes “alive”; Amazon delivery truck camera angles; Ludacris-style “move, bitch” line tone; Goliath/“David’s sling” interpretation tied to kids’ names.

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Chapters

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Aliens and Data Erasure

2:18 to 4:39

The hosts humorously discuss an alien invasion that leads to the loss of show data.

“That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard.”

Theme Song and Tribute to Scott

4:39 to 5:32

The opening theme plays, followed by a tribute to producer Scott.

“We're the ones that have to watch you roll.”

Promoting Audience Participation

5:32 to 6:24

The hosts encourage listeners to submit taglines and theme songs.

“but now that I've lived through it, it makes every bit of sense.”

Upcoming Live Shows Announcement

6:24 to 6:46

Details about the upcoming live shows in Los Angeles are shared.

“I also wanted to shout out an awesome new book called Podcast Pantheon by culture critic Sean Mallon.”

Podcast Pantheon Book Announcement

6:46 to 7:11

A new book about podcast history is introduced, featuring the show.

“The book comes out on September 16th, and we will drop a link in the episode description if you're interested in checking it out.”

Reflections on Accolades and Recognition

7:11 to 7:35

Hosts discuss feelings about podcast recognition and what truly matters.

“I was a little bummed, but lists aren't everything.”

Corrections and Omissions Introduction

7:35 to 7:50

The segment transitions into corrections and omissions from previous episodes.

“Last week, we talked about War of the Worlds.”

Listener Corrections on War of the Worlds

7:50 to 11:40

Listeners provide corrections and thoughts about the War of the Worlds episode.

“Corrections and omissions were on the case.”

Further Insights and Discussions

11:40 to 14:00

Discussion continues with insights on various topics raised by listeners.

“But also for opening my mind about a tourniquet.”

Discussion on Data and Character Naming

14:00 to 14:34

Exploration of the name 'Data' in relation to character development.

“I felt like it was a more formal name, because why would you name a robot Data?”
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Listener Call: Family Dynamics in War of the Worlds

14:34 to 16:05

A listener discusses the complex family relationships portrayed in the film.

“Thank you, Simon, by the way, for all the shout outs.”

Hosts Reflect on Audience Engagement

16:06 to 16:49

Hosts discuss their experiences and audience interactions during live shows.

“You know, I didn't even put that together, but I'm thinking about it now and it's all kind of circling in my head and I'm realizing, you know what?”

Listener Call: Military Technology and Data Consumption

16:49 to 19:14

A listener questions the logic behind the aliens' data consumption in the movie.

“That one, that story, the woman in the audience kept on taking us on these detours.”

Discussion on Cultural References in the Film

19:14 to 20:18

Examining the film's references to pop culture and music.

“With any amount of research, this movie falls apart.”

Listener Contributions and Corrections

20:18 to 25:50

Hosts acknowledge listener insights and discuss film production details.

“Thank you for calling in multiple times.”

Classic Episode Highlights and Upcoming Segment

27:30 to 28:00

Hosts discuss classic episodes and introduce the next segment on TV shows and movies.

“Pacific Life Insurance Company, Omaha, Nebraska, and in New York, Pacific Life and Annuity, Phoenix, Arizona.”

Initial Conversations and Recommendations

28:28 to 29:28

Hosts discuss their recent TV shows, movies, and experiences, preparing for recommendations.

“We are going to do a straight up recommendation segment.”

Diving into TV Shows: Andor and Dark Winds

29:28 to 31:22

In-depth discussion of 'Andor' and 'Dark Winds', highlighting their merits and impact.

“people are loving it just being out in the streets people are talking to me about taskmaster which is delightful.”

Brooklyn Nine-Nine and Tom King's Supergirl

31:22 to 32:55

Discussion about 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine' and Tom King's 'Supergirl', sharing personal experiences.

“And I was going to tell you the other thing that I kind of missed my radar early on.”

Exciting New Seasons: Star Trek and Ballard

32:55 to 34:11

Hosts share thoughts on new seasons of 'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' and 'Ballard'.

“This new season of Star Trek Strange New Worlds, I'm having a blast watching.”

The Naked Gun and Classic Comedies

34:11 to 36:28

Hosts talk about 'Naked Gun', its theatrical experience, and classic comedies like 'Police Squad'.

“It is unimpeachably, I think, a fantastic season of television.”

Taskmaster and Similar Shows

36:28 to 37:43

Conversation about Taskmaster and its similar shows, detailing their comedic elements.

“Um, there's a couple of shows that I will shout out some of which are if you liked Taskmaster, I can't recommend enough past seasons of Taskmaster, including if you watched Taskmaster as a family, Taskmaster Jr.”

Ludwig and Other Recommendations

37:43 to 39:56

Hosts discuss the show 'Ludwig' and other current favorites, sharing personal insights.

“And then as well, Would I Lie to You, as well, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown or Big Fat Quiz of the Year.”

The Comeback and its Satire

39:56 to 41:28

Discussion on 'The Comeback', its humor, and critique of the entertainment industry.

“show that also has a larger in the background macro storyline.”

Health Anxiety and TV Shows

41:28 to 42:06

Hosts discuss how certain shows, particularly medical ones, impact their anxiety levels.

Discussing the Impact of Medical Dramas

42:06 to 43:46

Explores the influence of medical dramas on viewers' perceptions of health.

“I don't want to start to think about diseases.”

Discussing the Impact of Medical Dramas

44:08 to 45:12

Explores the influence of medical dramas on viewers' perceptions of health.

“You know, lately I've been really struggling to keep up with my to-do list.”

Discussing the Impact of Medical Dramas

46:19 to 46:34

Explores the influence of medical dramas on viewers' perceptions of health.

“That's code bonkers at im8health.com slash bonkers.”

Recommending Shows and Movies

46:34 to 49:18

Hosts share their favorite recent shows and movies, discussing their merits.

“These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration.”

Parenting and Marvel Movies

49:18 to 52:41

Discussion on introducing Marvel movies to kids and the experience of family movie nights.

“And I watched The New King of the Hill, which I really enjoyed.”

Filmmaking Insights and Experiences

52:41 to 54:48

Insights into filmmaking experiences and a discussion about current film shoots.

“And I won't say anything about it, but I will say.”

Promoting Merchandise and Future Episodes

54:48 to 56:01

Discussion about podcast merchandise and a preview of the next episode.

“nothing is revealed no it's not like oh you got the costume yeah no no no possibility for anything So funny.”

Store Promotions and Upcoming Content

56:01 to 56:44

Learn about the new merchandise available and what to expect next week.

“That's enough of me and Jason gabbing about TV.”

Introduction to Jack's Back

56:44 to 58:08

Discover details about the next episode’s film, Jack's Back, and its unique plot.

“Next week, we'll be going from a guy who hacks to Jack who's back.”

Streaming Options and Library Services

58:08 to 58:20

Find out where to stream Jack's Back and access media through libraries.

Streaming Options and Library Services

59:08 to 59:52

Find out where to stream Jack's Back and access media through libraries.

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Transcript

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1:43Jason Mantzoukas:Time to record today's last looks episode. All right, on War of the Worlds. Okay, yeah, let's see here. I'm just going to open up my Dropbox folder, download my script, voicemail messages, theme songs. Wait, what the hell? Everything's gone. The corrections, the omissions, all the listener-submitted theme songs, all of it's been erased. Oh, man, if Producer Scott accidentally deleted the Dropbox again, I am going to fire his hairy little ass. Scott, what's going on? Paul, thank God. Where did all the last looks data go? I don't know. There's a freaking alien invasion. I think they ate all our data.

2:29Jason Mantzoukas:Aliens invading Earth to eat data. That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard. I know it's stupid, Paul, but think about it. What better place to hunt for beloved data than 15 years worth of podcast assets in the How Did This Get Made Dropbox folder? I don't care, Scott. Just get me the last looks data now. The aliens are eating her. And then they're going to eat me. Oh my god. Scott, move! Scott, get out of there! Run! Run! Scott, get out of there! Ah! I'm dead. Oh, that didn't look good. Well, I mean, I really never liked Scott. I mean, everyone knows producer Molly is like the real backbone of the show anyway, so...

3:13Only trouble is, without all the last looks data, how am I supposed to respond to the listener corrections and omissions on War of the Worlds?

3:21Jason Mantzoukas:A movie that Discord user Vinod S. thinks should have had the tagline, War of the Worlds, straight out of computers. Vinod, that's good. And how am I supposed to play my pre-recorded Just Chat with Jason, where we talk about all the TV and movies that we're currently obsessed with? And how am I supposed to end the episode by announcing next week's new movie? If only I could simply fix everything by saying, Hey, Amazon Alexa, recover all of the Last Looks data. Last Looks data recovered. Oh, I also destroyed all the aliens. Hooray, Amazon. Whoa, thanks, Alexa. I guess I can start doing the episode again.

4:07Jason Mantzoukas:Alexa, play opening theme to How Did This Get Made Last Looks. Playing the How Did This Get Made opening theme song now.

4:37Jason Mantzoukas:Five stars. Proprietors of trash is what we are. How did this get made? Dialogue cliché. How did this get made? Who the hell got paid? Surely not. Jason, June, or Paul. We're the ones that have to watch you roll. We've got to watch them on a bus or a train. Or the middle seat of an airplane Where people think that they are going insane Oh, yes! Thank you, Tom McWatters, for that opening theme song. And R.I.P. to our producer, Scott. But I'm glad the show will go on, and it's all due to Alexa. You know, for a long time I thought War of the Worlds didn't make any sense, but now that I've lived through it, it makes every bit of sense.

5:37Jason Mantzoukas:Now, remember, if you have an alt-movie tagline like Vinod S did, submit it to us on our Discord at discord.gg slash hdtgm. And if you have a Last Looks episode theme song, go to hdtgm and click Submit a Song. It's super easy now. Remember, keep these songs short. 15 to 20 seconds is best. Before we dive into corrections and omissions, just a heads up. How Did This Get Made is returning to Largo in Los Angeles on the 22nd and 23rd. There are still a few tickets available, but get them fast because they sell out quickly. Dinosaur Improv will also be at Largo on the 18th with Jack McBrayer. That's right.

6:14Jason Mantzoukas:Daniel Schneider from Bitch Sesh, Corinne Wells, and Rob Riggle. It's going to be a fun one. So get your tickets LA. I also wanted to shout out an awesome new book called Podcast Pantheon by culture critic Sean Mallon. It's a comprehensive canon of podcast history told through the perspective of 101 different shows. And there's an entire chapter in the book covering how did this get made, which I am honored to be a part of. The book comes out on September 16th, and we will drop a link in the episode description if you're interested in checking it out. I like Sean a lot. I think this book is going to be great for all you podcast nerds.

6:58Jason Mantzoukas:I will say, slightly offended that How Did This Get Made did not make the top 100 podcasts that kind of covered the scope of podcasting. We've been around for 15 years. There's another list we weren't on. I was a little bummed, but lists aren't everything. You're everything. People who listen to the show make the show. And you know what? I'm just going to focus on that. I don't need those damn accolades. Yeah, sure. I was bummed about it, but I don't need them. And you know what? I'm not going to stop it from putting on a great show. So let's get into it. Last week, we talked about War of the Worlds.

7:38Jason Mantzoukas:Well, we had questions and we might have even missed a few things. Here's your chance to set us straight. Fact check us if you will. It is now time for corrections and omissions. Don't you worry about a thing we're here to correct. Corrections and omissions were on the case. Take it away. Thank you, Carlo Teofilo. I hope I'm pronouncing it right. For that theme song, let's go to the Discord. Soap Trail writes, Are we to believe that Ice Cube, a hacker, who regularly checks his daughter's fridge, Cam, I should add, because he has no boundaries of his kid's privacy, would have not accepted a Facebook friend request from his daughter's baby, daddy, I think you're missing, for several years.

8:29Jason Mantzoukas:He would have accepted it instantly to snoop on this guy from day one. Soap trail, you are right. You left out a couple of key words. But yes, it feels to me more like Ice Cube hasn't checked Facebook in a long time after his wife died. That to me is where I feel like, look, I want to agree with you, but I also want to pay homage to the great writing of War of the Worlds. Dove writes, the Chiron on the TV over the footage of a plane crashing said, passenger jets are falling to their death. I'm pretty sure that planes aren't alive. Yeah, Dove, you're right. But you know what? When the aliens are attacking, that person has to come up with those graphics.

9:10Jason Mantzoukas:They're going too quick. Too much news is happening. By the way, I would love, that should be a show, right? People who just had to put up news chyrons. I mean, I guess that's not a show. I had a great show with Adam McKay. Oh, it was so good. Andrew Guest, one of the greats, had a good show. And then pandemic killed it. Anyway, it was about the cable news. Anyway, Johnny Unusual writes, there are six camera angles in the Amazon delivery truck. Is that the case with actual Amazon trucks? I mean, it wouldn't surprise me, but that is terrible. Scott, our producer, who is deceased, did say, although six cameras seems excessive, according to Vice, Amazon does use AI-enabled cameras to monitor drivers' speed location and actions on the road.

9:59Jason Mantzoukas:Wow. Wow. Uh, that's scary to me. Um, but I'll tell you one thing, my Amazon packages come on time. although occasionally I'll get something from UPS like oh we couldn't make it out today or there's some sort of obstruction it just seems like they didn't get to it but they make it like it's your fault and then when you kind of follow up on it it was their fault anyway let's go to the phones Riley from New York what do you say hey Paul I just finished listening to the war of the world's episode and I wanted to comment as a volunteer ENT on your discussion about first aid First of all, Jason was completely right that if you have a foreign body embedded in you, like a shard of something, you do not want to take it out.

10:49That thing is probably keeping pressure in your blood, and taking it out will release that pressure and also maybe rupture an artery. But, however, your discussion about tourniquets wasn't exactly right. So applying a tourniquet does not mean that you're going to lose that limb. The science has changed, and there's been a lot of progress made in aftercare of applying tourniquets. And the general consensus is if you apply a tourniquet and then seek hospital care within six hours, there won't be any lasting damage. After six hours, there's the potential for nerve damage and necrosis, and maybe you'll lose a limb, but it's not guaranteed.

11:33But, you know, for in the case of this movie, if the character had gone to the hospital within six hours of the tourniquet, then they would not have lost that limb.

11:43Jason Mantzoukas:I hope that's interesting to you. All right. Bye. Riley, thank you for this. Thank you for your service. But also for opening my mind about a tourniquet. I, first of all, didn't even know that that was a possibility. A tourniquet meant you're going to lose a limb. So when Jason said that, I took it at face value. And now you have disputed it. And I appreciate it. Oh, my gosh. And look at that. Medicine, science all working together to make us live longer. But great to know that if you apply a tourniquet, someone's not going to be like, you're making me lose a limb. So I feel like, you know, because I imagine when you're tying it off, if you were to have that in your head, you're like, wait, can I just see a doctor before you just do this action?

12:29Jason Mantzoukas:This is probably because Jason's watching that show. It's like a Battlefield show that he likes to watch. And I'm sure he's probably equating the two things. Thank you, Riley, from New York. Simon, what do we got? Hi, Paul. I wanted to talk about something you touched on in the War of the Worlds episode, the multiple ways that people were saying data or data. And as June says, there's only one way of saying it right, which is data. I thought you might find it interesting to give a little background of how that became the standard pronunciation, as it could be due to one of my British countrymen.

12:59The story that Brent Spiner tells, who of course plays Commander Data in Star Trek, is that it was at the first ever table read for the first ever episode of Star Trek The Next Generation. Patrick Stewart announced something like, Mr Data, please scan that walk signature. Everyone would have assumed this new character was pronounced Data, but Gene Roddenberry had a rule that the first person to say the name of a character or an alien or whatever major word they needed in that show, that becomes the way that you say it. So Mr. Data became set in stone. And because everyone pronounced data that way, where they used to say data, but they were saying data on a primetime TV show, that became the standard way to say it in general.

13:41Anyway, love the show. Saw you in London last year and it was wild. And I hope you come back here soon. Thanks very much. Bye.

13:47Jason Mantzoukas:Oh, Simon. I love anyone who comes on with a Star Trek anecdote. and that is a great one. I actually always like that Data, or yeah, Lieutenant Data, Data, Data. I felt like it was a more formal name, because why would you name a robot Data? You know, that would be a weird Data, Lieutenant Data. Weird. It's weird. Data was a much more sophisticated way of kind of handling it. It's a funny play on words, in my opinion. So hats off to Patrick Stewart for creating the confusion, but also for creating a longer lasting legacy of a great character by not just naming him Data. All right. Thank you, Simon, by the way, for all the shout outs.

14:37Jason Mantzoukas:Amy from Baltimore. Hi, Paul, long-time listener and third-time caller. Calling about War of the World, it's kind of a small thing, but you guys touched on the difference in the relationship between Ice and his daughter and Ice and his son, and I also thought that was crazy. I was also flabbergasted by the fact that he seemed to hate his son so much that he didn't even add his name to that email until, like, almost the end of the movie, well after he found out that his son was the disruptor. So I'm not really sure what that was about. Was that a choice to show that he had grown? I don't know. I thought it was wild.

15:17And then super quick side notes. I started watching Cast Master for the very first time so that I could catch Jason in Series 19. And I am hooked. I'm loving it. It's so fun. Jason is hilarious. It's great. And I went to the movie theater to see Weapons, upon your recommendation, which is not a movie I would normally see in the theater. And I loved it. And June was incredible. And not to leave you out, Paul, we saw Dinosaur when you guys came to D.C., and it was great. We had an amazing time. It was so much fun. We missed Jason, of course, but you guys were all incredible. So I'm actually going to see some improv back in D.C.

15:53tonight. So thank you for continuing to broaden my horizon, both in the worst ways and the best ways. And can't wait till you guys come to the D.C. area again. Better yet, come to Baltimore, huh? All right. Take care. Bye.

16:05Jason Mantzoukas:Amy from Baltimore. Great catch there. You know, I didn't even put that together, but I'm thinking about it now and it's all kind of circling in my head and I'm realizing, you know what? He didn't even seem that upset when his son almost got killed. This guy is bad news. Maybe he thinks, oh, maybe my son killed my wife. I mean, I want to get into that kind of drama of Ice Cube's world. By the way, thank you for coming out. Thank you for supporting. That DC show was a weird one. I remember that in our run of shows. We're going to be back in D.C. in November. Yeah, it's not been announced yet, but we will bring you a much more controlled show.

16:48Jason Mantzoukas:We got mics now. We got a lot of things under control. That one, that story, the woman in the audience kept on taking us on these detours. It was horrific for us, but we figured it out. All right, people, let's go next to David. Hey, Paul. You're talking about Ice Cube being on Facebook all the time. And my friend works for a defense contract company that makes one small component of some sort of military technology. And he's not allowed to have any social media accounts at all. So the fact that Ice Cube has Facebook and is going on some of these sites is apparently a big no-no in defense and government circles.

17:33Jason Mantzoukas:Thank you. Have a great day. Yes, exactly, David. My son's computer from school has more restrictions than IceCubes does. Now you could say, well, he's a hacker. You hacked into it. No, no, no, because they would keep that shit at the door. It's like the old West. You put your guns in the front when you go in to have a drink. How do I know? Time travel. Anyway, yes, this movie falls apart with any hard research as John from Minnesota brings forth. Hey, Paul. I've been listening since the first episode. This is my first time calling. Love you guys. I'm calling about the War of the Worlds episode.

18:11I am confused about the data or data that these aliens are consuming. I assume it's, let's call it records in a database. I'm a system developer. I've built many systems that contain databases, large data systems, big data, things like that. Often what we will do is we will create programs that generate dummy data to simulate user data. So my question is, does the data need to be user-generated? It's extremely confusing to me why an interplanetary species that figured out how to travel between planets to consume other species' data can't write a very simple program to generate enough data or food for themselves and never have to worry about this again.

18:55Yeah, that's my question. I have more questions, but I'm not sure the writers were too concerned about these types of problems. Love you guys all. Love the dark web. Jason, your season of Taskmaster was absolutely the best. Doing weapons. Loved it. Excited to see you guys and more. That's it.

19:12Jason Mantzoukas:Love you guys. Bye. Exactly, John. Exactly. And you know what? With any amount of research, this movie falls apart. Yes, John. And I like that you even know how to generate dummy data. I didn't even know that was a thing. You can generate dummy data, but yes. And Caroline from Texas, what do we got? Hi, Paul. I just was wondering if you guys had noticed his shout out to Ludacris when he says, move, bitch, get out the way, when he's going around the snake things that go into the data center. I just thought that was kind of funny. Thanks. Bye. You know what? But I did. But the way that he said it was it wasn't in the spirit of Luda.

20:01Jason Mantzoukas:And it sounded more aggressive and misogynistic in a weird way. Like, it didn't come across as planned. I think you're right. It was there. I felt it. But it didn't feel like an homage as much as he's just angry. Thank you, everybody, for all the support. So much love coming at us. Thank you for listening to the show. Thank you for calling in multiple times. Thank you for calling in first times. We love it. We love y 'all. And yeah, and Taskmaster and weapons is great. It's so, so good. All right, let's go back to the Discord to Sean McBee. The government has known since 1948 that these things feed on data, yet just decided to roll the dice with the creation rollout and exponential growth of the internet.

20:46Jason Mantzoukas:No matter how invasive Goliath is, it's a drop in the bucket compared to the data footprint of the entire Internet. The idea that Goliath is what rang the dinner bell is absurd. Sean, yeah, it is. I have nothing to add, but yes, well-researched, well-thought-out, easy point. The Mighty Beard writes, I think there was an interview with the director or producer where they said that the reason they chose Mark to be an Amazon driver is because during COVID, Amazon drivers were out there delivering all of our stuff and they were heroes. And this is why Amazon had such a big role in the movie versus Amazon forcing them to put a bunch of product placement in the movie.

21:29Jason Mantzoukas:And you know what? I read that too, Mighty Beard. And I actually don't disagree with this. This is a movie made in COVID. The people that were out there on the trucks delivering the things, whether it was DoorDash. So I appreciate that. And I don't understand. I mean, I think when Amazon bought it, it feels a little bit weighted. Frankly, I, I, yeah, look, I can also, I can understand this guy being like, Amazon's saving my ass. By the way, Amazon saved my ass during COVID. Uh, it saved my ass many times as a new parent, you know, moving. There's so many things. So I get it. Amazon workers are heroes.

22:06Jason Mantzoukas:You heard it here first. By the way, we have created a shirt for this show. Yes, you asked for it. We made it. Check it out right now at TeePublic. It is the Grandpa Shark shirt. So get that Grandpa Shark. It's a little Ice Cube face on a shark. It's pretty great. Permutator, I don't think you mentioned a possible connection between his kids' names and the Goliath program. Ice Cube was afraid of losing faith, but then regained it by becoming David's sling to take down Goliath. You know what? Congratulations, Permutator. You've done more thinking than the writer of this film, and no offense to the writer of this film, and that's why you are the winner of this week's corrections and omissions, and you get this song by Chris Finke.

22:59Jason Mantzoukas:Hit it! You win You win nothing You You win You win nothing Except for this song Paul Ask Looks All right, if you want to chime in with your own thoughts about the latest episode, hit up our Discord or leave us a message by calling 619-PAULASK. That's 619-PAULASK. call it anytime. It's a Google voice mail. So wherever you are, whenever you want to call it, you leave a message. We'll get it and we'll play it on the show. Anyway, coming up after the break, Jason and I will catch up about all the TV and movies that we are currently loving. But first, let's close out our War of the Worlds episode by listening to this bonus deleted scene where we learn how June can actually relate to Ice Cube.

23:53Jason Mantzoukas:Here, take a listen. How much the movie exists on a cluttered computer screen is a scathing indictment of how we live and also quite stressful. Like how many open windows he had active, how much clicking around. I did not like it because of how much like the world it looked. I mean, occasionally I will see June's computer screen and it gives me an anxiety attack because there's too many files on that desktop. There's too many things open. And that's a world in which I like to keep a nice and tidy workspace I gotta know what's up I can't take it I can't do it Now June, were you comforted by his work screen?

24:32I wasn't comforted by it, but I understood

24:35Jason Mantzoukas:Did you feel validated? Well, I just was like, he's got a lot going on You know? And he's a working dad A lot of it is his own stuff That's what I'm saying though And a lot of my workspaces is my own stuff Like my personal stuff too So it's the struggles of a working parent.

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27:36Jason Mantzoukas:Welcome back. By now, I'm sure you've noticed that every Tuesday we re-release classic How Did This Get Made episodes back into our feed. This week's matinee covered a very different alien movie. That's 2016's Great Wall, which was a movie about the Great Wall of China and, yes, aliens, and has one of our most infamous shirts, designs, stickers, whatever you want to call it, where it's just aliens fucking each other, and it spells out the Great Wall. I love that shirt, and it has sold like gangbusters. It's like one of those, like, Senor Frog's sexual position shirts. So keep on... So there's a tie-in that I haven't really talked about on this show in a long time.

28:15Jason Mantzoukas:But our replays always kind of bring back those kind of beautiful memories to me. Without any further ado, it is time for Jason and I to catch up on all of our favorite TV shows and movies, which we have not done in a very long time. And to play us in, we have a theme from Sweden. That's right. Anton Wellen, please play the theme.

28:56Jason Mantzoukas:Jason, it's just you and me back, baby. Oh, it feels good to be back. We are going to do a straight up recommendation segment. But I know a lot of people have been asking questions about Taskmaster. And we will do a special Last Looks chat about Taskmaster. now that it's completed the season is over you have invaded the uk we did it i've got a foothold over there you're finally in you got in uh it was it was i'm i will say it's been incredible finally getting to see these episodes air right has been awesome and it i really i'm loving that people are loving it just being out in the streets people are talking to me about taskmaster which is delightful.

29:40Got it. So great. So great.

29:42Jason Mantzoukas:All right. Well, let's let's get into what you have been watching and doing, because I know you've had some time to watch, to read, to get into stuff. So where are we at? Oh, man, I've been pretty prolific. I've watched quite a bit and listened to a lot. I've got a big list. And also part of it is my list includes stuff that like we haven't done one of these in a while. So, you know, we never talked about Andor, which I can't believe we didn't do that. Oh, my God. Absolutely. Must see TV like maybe the best show of the year. One of my favorites. I'm willing to say at this point, just an incredible season of television.

30:23I'm going to shout out. I don't even know where to start. I mean, I think I talked about it in the past, but I'm going to keep talking about it. I think maybe the best show on television right now, the best continuing show on television is Dark Winds. The Zahn McLarnon, George R.R. Martin, Robert Redford produced adaptation of the, I think, Tony Hillerman novels, which are just banger police procedurals that take place on a reservation. It is tribal police. Every season are these big, beautiful, sprawling cases. The characters are incredible. The stories are fantastic. But there's nobody better right now than Zahn McClarnon in this show, you know?

31:08And it is so incredible to watch. Dark Winds, there's three seasons of it. It's fantastic.

31:15Jason Mantzoukas:I'm right there with you. I've been watching, I told you we've been watching a Brooklyn Nine-Nine. That's what we have been doing as a family all summer. I love it. And watching that show, in beginning to we are in almost at season six so we've been really just chunking a lot but you know we're going and this has been a summertime show and it's I gotta just say uh one of the the best shows I mean really one of the best shows it was so funny so good you're so good on it a fantastic sitcom like one of a show that you know before I was able to be on it I was a rabid fan. I love that show. They really, really, really nail it.

31:55Jason Mantzoukas:And I was going to tell you the other thing that I kind of missed my radar early on. And I'm reading Tom King's Supergirl right now in the world of tomorrow. I did not read that book. And wow, it's great. Wow, wow, wow. Like I am actively whenever I have a chance running to continue reading that. I love that book. I think that book is absolutely fantastic. Um, you know, and, and that's like applicable to almost every Tom King, you know, like, like I think from, you know, from the beginning, uh, Sheriff of Baghdad, all, you know, to, uh, to now like all of the, the books that he's been doing, the Rorschach book, the, um, the, uh, Mr.

32:38Miracle book, the, and this book especially, I think is just phenomenal.

32:41Jason Mantzoukas:I really, I mean, there, there are certain ones that you miss. I, we were talking about the Helen of Windhorn too, which is another A+. Yeah, great one. All right, so what else have you been watching? Because I want to give you some wide berth here. Yeah, I'll shout out some returning stuff that I thought was great. This new season of Star Trek Strange New Worlds, I'm having a blast watching. I'm so excited. I love that show, and I feel like it's getting some of its just deserve at this point. Like, I feel like it really is kind of, like, I feel like people are coming around to it in a great way.

33:12Yeah, I love it. I'm having a blast with it, as I always do. It is a super fun, super silly at times show that I just really enjoy. And I think the dude that plays Spock, I think, is just fantastic. So good. Really great. I can't recommend enough. What will be one of my favorite shows at the end of the year is the Amazon Prime show Ballard, which is an adaptation of the Michael Connelly Ballard book. So it is a Bosch spinoff, technically. And don't you worry, Bosch is in the mix for a couple of episodes. It's great. It's better than Bosch Legacy. It's better than late season Bosch. I think Maggie Q is fantastic as Renee Ballard.

33:58I think having John Carroll Lynch in there is so smart and so great. He is such an incredible grounding element to the team. I think it's fantastic. I think the cases are great. she is a terrific lead and I love Ballard this is my begging to please let me be on season 2 of Ballard

34:19Jason Mantzoukas:I've been working on trying to get on Ballard at Amazon because we have a show over at Amazon let's get on this, come on I need to get in that Bosch universe it's such a good show, she's great and I do hope that I had issues with Bosch legacy, slight issues But this is bringing me back to what I fell in love with original Bosch. For sure. Oh, it's great. It is unimpeachably, I think, a fantastic season of television. And it is, it's long, too. It feels like a season. Yes. It's not six episodes. It's not eight episodes. It's longer. It luxuriates in it, which I had a blast with. Now. Yeah, go ahead.

34:58Jason Mantzoukas:Can I just say, too, I know that I was, I just deferred the floor to you, but I want to also say, like, if you've not gone out to the theater and seen Naked Gun, go do yourself a favor. I saw it for a second time last Wednesday. It was packed on a Wednesday night. It is a movie to see in a theater. Bring some friends. Have a, it's just very good. Very, very good. And worth going out and seeing. I just want to support our friends, Dan Greger and Doug Mand, who wrote that with Akiva. Akiva Schaffer, who is a Lonely Island director. Incredible. So funny. Great director. Yeah. Yes. Great shout out.

35:37And also, I have now gone back and rewatched the Naked Gun, the original Naked Gun movies. Yes. Then a bunch of Police Squad, which is so funny. The original TV show. The TV show is so good.

35:52Jason Mantzoukas:So good. Like, you know, and the reason they canceled that TV show was because, and this is at the time, the president of ABC said, well, you have to pay attention to it. Yeah. That was the reason for cancellation. You have to pay attention to it. We got to get rid of that. Yeah, got to get rid of that show. gotta get it off the air. I will say this. I find the police squad movies as I've watched or the naked gun movies, they really degrade quickly. Uh, and to a point where I'm like, wow, what happened? But I guess what really what happened was the less and less of the guys who created the original were there.

36:23Jason Mantzoukas:And that, and I think that's it. Um, I can't recommend enough now that I'm, um, so British because of taskmaster. Um, there's a couple of shows that I will shout out some of which are if you liked Taskmaster, I can't recommend enough past seasons of Taskmaster, including if you watched Taskmaster as a family, Taskmaster Jr. Great stuff. But other similar shows that will scratch that itch. There's a show called Last One Laughing, LOL. There's a UK version of it. There's an Australian version of it. I believe there's a Canadian version of it. the UK version is the one that I watched it's six episodes and it is just six comedians in a room together and you cannot laugh and for six hours and that's the challenge and each episode is one of the hours and it's just them fucking with each other in a way that is so funny because two of the people on the there's only one season of it and it is all banger the cast is bangers almost everybody is a taskmaster alum But the two, except for the two geniuses they have are Richard Ayoade, who is just such an icon of British panel shows from What I Lie to You to 8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, all that stuff.

37:42But the true legend, Bob Mortimer, who is absolutely one of the funniest people on the earth currently, they are both in this season of Last One Laughing and I cannot recommend it enough. It is so fucking funny. And then as well, Would I Lie to You, as well, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown or Big Fat Quiz of the Year. These are all British panel shows that incorporate many of the same cast of comedic, of comedians who are just on this circuit of shows where they are just constantly roasting each other and being funny. Where do you find all these shows, though? Oh, they're all over the place. You can find on YouTube.

38:25Okay. A lot of them you can find on YouTube. Last one laughing is on Amazon. Okay. It's just, it's, it's licensed to Amazon. I subscribe to Brit box, not to brag. Right. Well, you know, I didn't know Brit box had comedy on there. Oh, it does. Okay. It's got sitcoms and it's got panel shows. Oh, great. So I think that's, I think Brit box has, would I lie to you?

38:45Jason Mantzoukas:Okay. And I think eight out of 10 cats is on YouTube. I think I just found it on YouTube. Also on Brit box is one of my favorite shows of the year. It is the David Mitchell show Ludwig, which is a fun. This is the setup of the show. He is a character who is a kind of shut in, who is a puzzle maker. He he makes puzzles, blah, blah, blah. His twin brother, who is a police detective, goes missing. So he in an effort to try and figure out what's happened to his twin brother, he pretends to be his twin brother, who is a homicide detective. and inexplicably starts solving cases because of his puzzle expertise.

39:27Jason Mantzoukas:Oh, wow. And gets embroiled in this much larger criminal story. But it is a very light one-hour police procedural. There's only one season of it. It's a blast. The way I'm explaining it is a little bit convoluted. Give me the title again. Ludwig. It's just called Ludwig. It's on BritBox. I can't recommend it enough. It's fantastic. And again, a show that I'm dying to be on in that way. Like there's a lot of shows right now, Elsbeth high potential poker face that are that kind of case of the week show that also has a larger in the background macro storyline. And this is one, this fits right in with those and is maybe a little better than all of them.

40:11I think this is right up my alley.

40:14Jason Mantzoukas:I'm so excited about this. I think you'll really like that. I think that's great. because they announced it's coming back. I am rewatching The Comeback, the Lisa Kudrow, Michael Patrick King show, The Comeback, which is - Talk about a show that I want to be on that show. My God. Dying to be on it. But the rewatch is a blast. The show is - So funny. So funny and still so savage and so brutal and such an indictment of our world. Yes. And TV and everything. It's great. Right. It's and, you know, I was talking to certain people behind there and, you know, as of all good things based in some reality, some things that are dark moments that people have experienced, especially at a time when sitcoms were a lot more produced.

40:59So that first season, you know, there is a pretty savage takedown of a network sitcom. Yeah. And when you're and some and Jimmy Burroughs is in there as the director and blah, blah, blah. What you're watching, this is one year after Friends ended and you cannot help but see it through the lens of. Yes. All of these people have just made Friends and Sex and the City. And this is the show they're making now.

41:26Jason Mantzoukas:You know, super interesting. great great great stuff i i i totally agree um have you watched the pit you know yes and no i watched the first like three or four episodes of the pit yeah loved it but it stressed me out so much um medically yes i i agree that i that i had to stop watching it simply because it was giving me like I was it was giving me sympathetic health anxiety. Jason I am right with you I was I watched the majority of the show through a book that I was sitting next to June while she was watching it because it was I don't think Gore is the Gore is one thing which I am but I'm also like I don't want to start to think about diseases.

42:14Yeah that's it and it kind of the same thing happened to me i loved and watched all of but the last few seasons of house yeah i was like i'm just too suggestible right uh right now i'm just too suggestible and it i don't want to then be thinking about like well actually i have that i have a little bit of that yeah i don't need it that's

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47:06She's fantastic in this. She's fantastic in all the magpie murders. Now, if you're wondering if I've subscribed to every single subscription service there is, I think the answer is yes. I now subscribe to BritBox, BritBox, Acorn TV, and the PBS app.

47:25Jason Mantzoukas:Wow, you're on the PBS app. Well, the PBS app just for Wolf Hall, season two of Wolf Hall. Oh, my God. How did I forget about that? I didn't even watch it yet. Oh, yeah. Season two of Wolf Hall. Again, a master class in watching someone act in that. Mark Rylance is just full stop unreal in this show. Just next level stuff. Mobland, the Guy Ritchie Mobland, Tom Hardy, Helen Maron, Pierce Brosnan. British gangster TV series that's on Paramount. I'm having a blast watching that. The new season of Digman is out. Oh, I love that show. Andy Samberg, our friend Neil Campbell's show. Mitra Juhari's on it.

48:14And it is so fucking funny.

48:17Jason Mantzoukas:It's a really funny show. And it's one of those shows that I think, unfortunately, is sidelined by... Yes. This is the thing. It's trapped. It's trapped in Comedy Central. Yeah, and it sucks. It's like there are these shows you just can't get out of the, you know, it's like it's hard to find them. You're not specifically looking for them. And that's it's a bummer. It's a bummer. But that show is very good. That show should be a massive hit that everybody should be talking about. Yes. But because it's stuck on Comedy Central right now in a way that is not advantageous for the common viewer to come across, I think it is it needs the love.

48:55So if you're listening to this, go and find it. Find a way to watch Digman. Tell people about Digman. I think it's one of the funniest pound-for-pound joke machine shows that's on television.

49:07Jason Mantzoukas:I mean, and I will say that, you know, obviously everyone else has been talking about it, but South Park this season is already just, like, just killing it in what it's doing. And I watched The New King of the Hill, which I really enjoyed. Oh, I haven't watched that. Oh, great. Yeah, so it's really, there's a lot of fun, good animated things right now that I am enjoying. The other thing that we did is my kids have finally, we've passed the Marvel threshold. I didn't know when it was going to happen, but we saw Superman in the theater, then we saw, but that's not Marvel, obviously. But that was the first superhero movie that they saw.

49:45Jason Mantzoukas:Then we saw Fantastic Four. And now I'm doing something that you're going to be very upset with, I think. I was like, all right, my son's like, I want to watch a Marvel. And I was like, all right, well. Having watched none? None. Yeah, great. Okay. So I started them with Guardians of the Galaxy 1. And that has been a huge hit in the house. And we went on to Guardians of the Galaxy 2. And now we are in the Super, sorry, the Spider-Mans, which re-watching these have been fantastic. Oh, man, I forgot how good that first Spider-Man, the John Locke Spider-Man is so good. The original Guardians is so great.

50:25Jason Mantzoukas:And, and I like, you know, it's tricky because, you know, we've been watching these movies. We're all caught up to date. And it's like, I wanted to bring Gus in. I'm like, he's not, he's not going to make it. He's not going to get there. All the, all the medium stuff, all those mid movies. You don't want them to lose sight of it. I kind of was like, if you get really into this, we can go back and you can watch them as prequels. But like, like right now, let's, let's figure out a way to kind of get you. I am creating some sort of weird backdoor way into the thing. Because I think what I'm going to do next after the Spider-Man, because I have to watch out for when we get to the big Avengers endgame and all that.

51:05I almost feel like at a certain point you're going to need to do the Iron Man, like the early Iron Man one, Captain America one. I don't think you need to do Thor one, if I'm honest.

51:19Jason Mantzoukas:Well, he's very first in Iron Man. He gets it from Spider-Man. And so then I'm going to get him into Thor Ragnarok. So I kind of feel like I might be outfitting it in such a way where he might not know everybody, but he's seen enough of these other ones and he kind of can get them. Yeah, right. Exactly. I'm just like, let's just go this way because I want to keep them watching. And that's the tricky thing. It's hard. You can't, you know, these kids, they get this. they get upset. And there's so much. They have so much that's available so that they don't have to suffer through bad origin story movies.

51:55They don't have to suffer through all those early, all that nonsense. I just watched, I don't know, maybe there wouldn't be, oh, maybe they would be. I've just re-watched the Nolan Batman trilogy. Ooh. Which is absolutely fantastic. Yeah. And all I want now is there to be extended cuts of these. I would like the way that, like, I think the Lord of the Rings trilogy really benefit from those extended cuts. I think Nolan's Batman trilogy longer would be incredible. And so that, I want that.

52:29Jason Mantzoukas:I wonder if there isn't any extra meat on those bones, because it feels like he is taping. Maybe. Yeah, getting I mean, now I will say this, if you've not seen Weapons, you gotta go see Weapons in the theater. It's fantastic. Very excited. June is obviously in Weapons, and And I won't say anything about it, but I will say. And if you don't know, Weapons is the new movie from Zach Kregor who made the movie Barbarian. So a lot of people have seen that. So this is the next movie from the same creator. And you don't need to know anything about Barbarian to watch this one. But the way I've been describing it to people is it's like Paul Thomas Anderson meets John Carpenter.

53:03Jason Mantzoukas:There's a fun. So cool. It's fun. It's really well done. and my point on that was a lot of people have asked June, like, oh, well, the script must add so much more crazier stuff in it. And she's like, no, it was what it was. And I think that when you have a filmmaker, especially at least the way that Zach approached this movie, he knew what he wanted, he got what he wanted, and that was it. There was no confusion on what he was getting. And so it's always interesting, like those filmmakers seem like there's a lot less, Although I will say I can share a little story out of school. This is good.

53:40Jason Mantzoukas:I was on the Universal lot last week. And if you've online at all, you will see that they have been shooting the Odyssey, Nolan's new movie, The Odyssey, on the back lot at Universal. And apparently from the ET parking lot at Universal Studios, you can watch them shoot the Odyssey. It's a boat out on the water during thunderstorms. And then there's another grouping of houses on the other side of the lot that can also watching now what can you see you see a boat in the water with rain and thunder you're not really seeing anything and it's the boat that we already saw in the imax commercial fort uh and apparently they are pissed like nolan is furious that anyone is seeing a boat in the water from hundreds of yards away like it like when i say you don't even see people or cameras you are just you are just watching like big overhead lights and i was talking to one of my my friends there at university like you cannot imagine the amount of phone calls that we have gotten that there is uh there's essentially like bad security footage of a boat that has already been revealed in the preview in water and i was like that is a filmmaker like you could spend that much time being mad that nothing is revealed no it's not like oh you got the costume yeah no no no possibility for anything So funny.

54:59Jason Mantzoukas:That's great. But yeah. But I mean, like also like shooting it on Universal a lot. That's very public. Yeah. That's very funny. Great. I love it. I'll just shout out at the very end here. Alone season 12 is airing. It's Alone in Africa for the first time. They're in a desert climate. It is incredible. The Amy Sherman Palladino ballet show Atoile has already been canceled. But don't worry. I watched every episode and it was great. and insane. The Predator animated movie, Killer of Killers. Yes. Incredible. Absolute blast. Oh, that's amazing. I love that. Absolute blast. Yes, fantastic. And I'm very excited for Dan Trachtenberg's new Predator movie, Dan Trachtenberg, who did Prey some years ago.

55:47Just absolutely fantastic. Anyway, I've got a bunch of other stuff I can shout out, but for another time.

55:54Jason Mantzoukas:Yes, we'll do it. We have so much more to talk about. Great to finally get back to just us. Just us. Just chatting. All right. That's enough of me and Jason gabbing about TV. I want to remind you that if you go to our Dashery store, that's our new store. If you go to hdtgm.com, it's run by TeePublic. I don't know the difference ultimately. But it's better for the artists. It's better for us. You can get any design from the show in a sticker, on a coffee mug, on a laptop sleeve, on a sweatshirt, on a onesie. You could do whatever you want. So you don't just have to get T-shirts. If that's not your thing wearing like T-shirts, just get a sticker.

56:30Jason Mantzoukas:I've got some great How Did This Get Made stickers. Also want to let you guys know that, just to bring it back up, that Grandpa Shark sticker is going to look pretty badass on anything you want to put it on. All right, let's talk about next week. Next week, we'll be going from a guy who hacks to Jack who's back. All right, that's right. We'll be covering the 1988 serial killer thriller Jack's Back, starring James Spader, Cynthia Gibb, and Robert Picardo. IMDb calls this film a movie where a serial killer is in Los Angeles celebrating Jack the Ripper's 100th birthday by committing similar murders.

57:07Jason Mantzoukas:But here's the twist, people. It has nothing to do with that. Rotten Tomatoes rates this film a 71 % fresh. What? Roger Ebert wrote, what makes Jack's back worth seeing is the work of Spader as a young actor who I believe has much promise as anyone in his generation. That is true. Spader is great. This film is worth the watch. Take a listen to the trailer. One hundred years ago, there was a series of murders so grisly. Some theorize that Jack the Ripper was a medical man. I believe that would also apply in this case. Human mutilations so meticulous. My brother didn't kill anybody. That an entire city was paralyzed in fear.

57:52Jason Mantzoukas:Now, 100 years later to the day, the Ripper has returned. Jack's Back. You can stream Jack's Back on Hoopla, Amazon Prime, VideoTube, the Roku channel, FUBU, PlutoTV, and Fawesome. In addition to Hoopla, I also encourage you to check out Canopy and Libby, which are digital media services offered by your local public library that allow you to consume movies, TV, music, audiobooks, e-books, and comics. for free. That's it for Last Looks. If you listen on Apple Podcasts or Spotify, please rate and review us. Please also make sure that you are following us and have automatic downloads turned on. Say that again.

58:28Jason Mantzoukas:Make sure you are following us and have automatic downloads turned on. It helps the show. We appreciate that. And you know what? Here's a little thing for you. Tell a friend about the show. It's always good. It expands our reach. You know, why not? We've been around for a long time. Tell a friend. Visit us on social media anytime you want at HDTGM. And a big thank you to our producers, Scott Sonny, Molly Reynolds, Kyle Waldron, who designs all of our amazing art on our How Did This Get Made page, and our movie picking producer, Averill Halley, who is still recuperating and we are sending her all the best wishes we can.

59:00Jason Mantzoukas:And of course, our engineer, Casey Holford. We'll see you next week for Jack's Back. Bye for now. Back to school season. You've got the new backpack, the folders, the 17 highlighter colors. But there's one essential that never makes a shopping list. Their pillow. And we all know better school days start with better sleep. So we've got big news. Coop Sleep Goods is running their back-to-school sale. Save 20 % on the entire collection. Spend$150 or more and get a free gift. The sale starts July 28th and ends August 25th. From cooling pillows to mattress toppers that transform thin dorm room mattresses, the only thing left to blame for a bad night's sleep is their insomniac roommate.

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From the publisher

Jason & Paul have a classic Just Chat where they recommend all the TV shows, movies, and comics they're currently loving (picks listed below!). But first, Paul answers all your Corrections & Omissions on Ice Cube's War of the Worlds and shares a bonus deleted scene from the episode. And as always, Paul announces next week's movie!


 

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Attend a book signing in LA here: https://dieselbookstore.com/event/2025-09-25/sean-malin-podcast-pantheon-101


 

PAUL & JASON'S TV/MOVIE PICKS

Andor (Season 2)

Dark Winds

Brooklyn 99

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds

Ballard

The Naked Gun (2025)

Ludwig

The Comeback

The Pitt

Sherwood

Wolf Hall

MobLand

Digman

South Park

King of the Hill (Season 14)

Weapons

Alone (Season 12)

Étoile

Killer of Killers


 

JASON'S BRITISH PANEL SHOW PICKS

Last One Laughing (UK Version)

Would I Lie To You

8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown

Big Fat Quiz of the Year


 

PAUL'S COMIC BOOK PICKS

Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow by Tom King

Helen of Wyndhorn by Tom King

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