Live Wire LIVE! w/ Johnny Knoxville & Nicole Byer

24 Apr 2026 · 1 h 19 min · 28 chapters

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In short

The podcast is a live episode breaking down the 1992 Pierce Brosnan bomb thriller Live Wire. They discuss the plot’s central premise (a “water bomb” that detonates after ingestion), the movie’s DC setting and nonstop explosions, and how the story repeatedly foregrounds weird details (Chekhov-style bombs/props) that don’t pay off. They also critique the film’s tone, pacing, and relationship melodrama, including Brosnan’s character Danny being cuckolded while trying to save the man who’s sleeping with his wife.

Guests and backgrounds

Nicole Byer (comedian; known for her podcast and TV work) and Johnny Knoxville (Jackass franchise; Fear Factor). Co-host Jason Manzoukas appears throughout.

Key claims

The movie is “magical” but incoherent—many setups are never resolved (e.g., a bomb robot and a “bomb lab” explanation). Brosnan’s character is portrayed as self-destructive and often powerless, with the climax relying on improvised MacGyver-style tactics rather than his supposed expertise. The acid/lemonade fountain plan is confusing and allegedly not understood by viewers.

Notable examples

the “just kissing” elevator scene; the “wear some underwear” moment; the judge exploding with water inside her; the lemonade-acid fountain scheme; a Chekhov bomb robot that’s used briefly then abandoned; and multiple graphic stunts (including a child being thrown from a wheelchair and a pistol-whipping scene).

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Discussing 'Live Wire'

2:28 to 9:00

A deep dive into the movie 'Live Wire', exploring plot points and character dynamics.

“we are live at largo to talk about the 1992 pierce brosnan classic live wire a movie that i didn't know existed until today and boy oh boy i regret that now if you've not seen live wire what do you need to know?”

Johnny Knoxville Joins the Conversation

9:00 to 14:00

Johnny Knoxville shares his thoughts on 'Live Wire' and bad movies.

“So, Nicole, if you're just listening, has caught what I realized at the top of the show.”

Analyzing the Bomb Diffuser's World

14:00 to 21:18

Discussion about the absurdity of bomb diffusers in a chaotic D.C. setting.

“I was like, oh, at one point we're going to find out, oh, Ron Silva punched him in the face or something.”

The State of the Film's Humor

21:23 to 22:30

Exploration of the film's humor and the character's unfunny quips.

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The State of the Film's Humor

23:20 to 24:20

Exploration of the film's humor and the character's unfunny quips.

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Character Dynamics and Relationships

24:31 to 28:00

Delving into the character relationships and the complexities of the narrative.

“I do feel like he was like, I just need to be everything.”

Exploring the Movie's Plot Confusion

28:00 to 30:00

Discuss how the film's timeline and character motivations are perplexing.

“And I don't know when they were divorced because he said it's his wife.”

Unnecessary Violence in the Film

30:00 to 31:40

Examine the film's use of violence, including shocking moments.

“My god She flies And falls so hard I was really looking at it to be like Is that a stunt?”

Character Relationships and Development

31:40 to 33:20

Analyze the relationships and dynamics between main characters.

“They wanted to pass a bill because if they pass the bill or they don't pass the bill, they get money.”

The James Bond Connection

33:20 to 36:40

Discuss the various actors who have portrayed James Bond and their impact.

“The Rocks Untouchables Finding Forrester nope whose movie is Finding Forrester get that person out yes Indiana Jones yes because I date a straight man he was like you gotta watch Indiana Jones Wait, because you...”
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Critique of Romantic Elements

36:40 to 40:00

Critique the portrayal of romance and its realism in the film.

“And was basically like, just so you know, I can get in here.”

The Role of Trauma in Relationships

40:00 to 41:20

Explore how trauma influences character relationships in the narrative.

“and the first time they're getting back together is in a body of water.”

The Role of Trauma in Relationships

43:12 to 44:01

Explore how trauma influences character relationships in the narrative.

“And I also don't want to spend a fortune.”

Movie Logic and Plot Holes

44:18 to 47:24

Explore the absurdities and inconsistencies in the movie's plot.

“They're trying so hard to up the stakes Yes, the senators are blowing up Everything's blowing up And then at one point, Senator, will you be at the event?”

Characters and Their Motivations

47:25 to 51:02

Discuss the motivations and character development in the film.

“You know, like the guy that's like, you better give me my 10.”

Explosions and Action Scenes

51:03 to 52:58

Examine the action sequences and their impact on the film's narrative.

“And I was genuinely pretty upset about it.”

Special Effects and Visuals

52:59 to 56:00

Evaluate the special effects used in the film and their effectiveness.

“I don't even know where that hand is coming from.”

Explosive Humor and Courtroom Chaos

56:00 to 57:20

The hosts discuss humorous and absurd elements of a courtroom explosion scene.

“Because the idea being like, oh, this is explosive, this is crazy, but that it is inside of people, it looked terrific.”

Audience Interaction and Bomb Questions

57:20 to 1:00:40

Audience members pose funny and curious questions about bomb technology in the film.

“Johnny, I want to see you with that hair Uh oh Uh oh That looks great!”

Character Analysis and Plot Confusion

1:00:40 to 1:03:40

The hosts analyze character motivations and confusing plot points from the film.

“All right, so, yeah, so basically can't work.”

Sex Scene Discussion and Production Insights

1:03:40 to 1:07:20

A discussion on the film's extended sex scene and production decisions regarding it.

“Adam and did you catch what Pierce said to her when he goes your husband really knows what he's doing this bomb is really cute.”

The Unreleased Film and Final Thoughts

1:07:20 to 1:10:01

The hosts reveal the movie's unreleased status and reflect on its content.

“and then cut it from the movie well Nicole here's the thing that's gonna really boggle your mind this movie never came out in theaters what?”

Discussing the Movie 'Live Wire'

1:10:01 to 1:12:01

The hosts explore plot points and oddities in 'Live Wire'.

“Because that could just blow up the robot too.”

Musical Interlude: Five-Star Review

1:12:01 to 1:12:48

A unique musical recap of reviews related to the film.

“about this film, but now it is time for second opinions.”

Reading Viewer Reviews

1:12:48 to 1:17:03

Hosts read and critique various viewer reviews for 'Live Wire'.

“Handcuffed to this guy that I hate, but he met his raw iron fate.”

Insights on Film Editing and Content

1:17:03 to 1:19:50

Discussion on the film's editing, plot points, and character interactions.

“Yeah, and then there's a special thanks at the end of the film to Julia Child and the ladies pro bowler tour.”

Final Thoughts and Recommendations

1:19:50 to 1:22:38

Hosts share their final thoughts on 'Live Wire' and recommend the film.

“I feel like everybody in it is throwing themselves all the way in, in service of absolute dog shit, which is one of my favorite things for our movies.”

Show Announcements and Upcoming Events

1:24:00 to 1:26:34

Learn about upcoming episodes, events, and the team behind the podcast.

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1:27Jason Mantzoukas:stream now pay never next time put on some underwear we saw live wire so you know what that means Thank you.

2:27Jason Mantzoukas:Hello, people over. And hello, people of Los Angeles. we are live at largo to talk about the 1992 pierce brosnan classic live wire a movie that i didn't know existed until today and boy oh boy i regret that now if you've not seen live wire what do you need to know? Well, Pierce Brosnan stars as Danny, a bomb expert who's got two big problems. Someone's blowing up senators, and one of those senators is fucking his wife.

3:18Jason Mantzoukas:Also, the bomb is kind of just something that you ingest, and I guess you become the detonator. I don't know. And a lot of the times in this movie, they just go, yeah, yeah, yeah, we don't, we can't figure it out either it just happens go with it and we do and it's great and we are gonna break this down for you it's got a great cast of course actor activist ron silva i'm still committing to the silva is in this film great great performance by him oh so many great people so many bombs, so many upskirt shots. Weird. But let's break it down with the best. Please welcome my co-host tonight, Mr. Jason Manzoukas!

4:11What's up, jerks? Let's go! Let's go, Largo! oh we got a good one we got a good one pierce brosnan's so angry he's getting cucked he's got to save the guy who's fucking his wife holy shit i'm so like into this version of pierce brosnan

4:38Jason Mantzoukas:because it's like he was trying to do something imagine a world in which you're like i'm pierce Brosnan my wife is fucking actor activist ron silva and what's happened what world am i living in we'll break it down in just a bit but just kissing is what he says at one point oh my god when he comes back out of the elevator to tell the security guard they weren't fucking they were just kissing kissing the the security guard should have killed him and the way that he says like They were just kissing. It was like they weren't even using tongue. It was a very polite kiss. I lost respect for him in that moment immediately.

5:23Ron Silver is alpha-ing James Bond? What planet are we on?

5:29Jason Mantzoukas:This is a year after Mrs. Doubtfire and a year before James Bond. A weird outlier in the Pierce Brosnan catalog. but boy oh boy you know when there's a bomb movie we call a how did this get made expert she's joined us before on such uh films as the specialist you also know her from her amazing podcast uh and the show nailed it please welcome nicole byer

6:14Yeah. So nice. Oh, my goodness.

6:19Jason Mantzoukas:Nicole. Nicole, Nicole, Nicole. You're welcome. I feel like this movie has got a lot of things that you might like. Hey, I loved it. Yeah. Okay. I will say this. I've never seen James Bond, and I probably won't now. By the way, that's fine. By the way, he only represents a small part of the James Bond story. And I would probably argue one of the weaker parts. Sure. Oh, dang. He's the whole thing, though. Well, I love that you think that. We can break down James Bond later. But, yeah, so go ahead. Also, I like the senator because it looked like somebody just placed that wig on his head. Yeah. That wig never fit right.

7:02That hair was wild. It looked like a Fisher Price person. Oh, yeah. That you had to swap out the hair? Yes. It had a weird part to it.

7:12Jason Mantzoukas:And it was like, he allowed that to happen. It's also a period that we've talked about this before. Before hair products could hold things in place. So during the action set piece, his hair is doing this. it's like flouncing around in a way that is like terrible looking it looked like a hair commercial it was just like flowing I wonder if that was his own piece we had a caller call into last looks who talked about working on Al Pacino's hair and when he sat in the chair he had already done it and then she like went to go touch it he's like I think it's great and she was like oh and then she was, oh, okay he's like, yeah, it looks great, but she never touched it and then the producers came in and were like, what did you do Al Pacino's hair?

8:05Jason Mantzoukas:It looks terrible and she's like, he likes it and they're like, okay, we won't say a word so I do feel like there is a world in which Ron Silva's like, I think it looks fantastic. I think it looks great We gotta keep men away from hair I've been saying that for years

8:24I think most men have a fundamental misunderstanding of how hair works unless they're going to Turkey to get it in which case they're obsessed with how their hair works oh and they will tell you about it they would love to talk to you about it

8:40Jason Mantzoukas:and then pretend like they never went to Turkey four months later I've always had this head of hair what? what do you mean there was this couple of months where I only wore a fedora? I feel like you're talking about someone very specific It's really everyone There are pictures of men coming back to the states from Turkey And they're all wearing the same fedora And they're all slightly damaged Turkey fedora market is off the charts You get a free fedora with every hair transplant The follicle fedora You know

9:18I've missed you I like that alliteration it was nice and they did not appreciate it these fucking idiots don't even get it they don't even understand alliteration they're dumb

9:30Jason Mantzoukas:they're just as clowns when you drink your water tonight you'll fucking learn

9:38Nicole has clocked Jafar I thought that was hyperbole I was like ha ha no Oh!

9:46Jason Mantzoukas:So, Nicole, if you're just listening, has caught what I realized at the top of the show. You know her as Jafar. Jafar is in the crowd tonight dressed as a full clown from the film. And when you see her, it is shocking because out of the corner of your eye, you're like, oh, God. Also, you know her as Jafar? Yeah. It's a longer story. I can tell you a lot I know about Jafar. I'll be honest. I wish I knew less about Jafar. Jafar has been around Is Jafar your government name? Jafar was the first costume that she ever had and she's never lost that name but it's not Jafar even from Aladdin it's Jafar from a bad Herculeys movie We got it, the show's over Okay, so Tonight we have a very special guest You know him from such things as the Jackass franchise.

10:44Jason Mantzoukas:Also from the brand new Fear Factor, please welcome Johnny Knoxville.

11:05I have to say, just kissing better than getting effed, but just by a little. Yeah, but I mean, like, we're not, he does it. Do we think he really thinks they just kissed? Then he sees Ron Silver's bedroom later and is like, come on. I mean, he's got like some sort of fuck den. I will. Not to jump ahead, but like it's clearly some sort of fuck den. I do.

11:32Jason Mantzoukas:Well, if we're jumping there, I do need to ask a question. It's great. This is the first time my son has come to see a show. And we started with this. he puts his hand in the jar of Vaseline. I mean, I've already... Get tested, Pierce. What are we doing? He puts it all in there, and I wrote this down because he says... I'm sorry, make sure I have it right. He goes, planning a party. Now, planning a party would mean... Well, I couldn't figure out, was there not enough petroleum jelly in there, or they're too much? I felt like that was a bad joke because like planning a party suggests like ditty level loot.

12:17Right, that's what I thought. Yes. A.K.A. DLL. But this just was a slightly used normal tub of Vaseline.

12:28Jason Mantzoukas:Well, it should have been like, how was the party? Like he should have said like it already had happened. Well, I just thought it was very full because what he splatted out was a lot. So I feel like he was like, oh, there's still a lot of Vaseline. I like the word splatted. I just really want to highlight it because, boy, it's dynamite. Well, that's what it was. Literally. Splatted. I feel like he saw all of it and he was like, well, maybe he'll have a fisting party soon. Right. Wow. Look, this is where his money goes. You're sounding like that joke, right? But this movie is the master of the non-joke joke.

13:03Yes.

13:03Jason Mantzoukas:Oh, yes. There are so many. Now, Johnny, you also love bad movies. I know we've talked about this a little bit. have you ever heard of Livewire before today, before it was assigned to you? I was elated and also upset that I'd never seen it because it is magical. Wow. The premise of the movie, and I know I said this in the beginning, but it's like basically water, it's a water bomb that when it goes in your stomach, the person explodes. And it's deadly serious. And also I loved it. I loved how clean it was. that he's a bomb diffuser, but the bomb is just a glass of water. Now you're really fucked.

13:46Yeah. It also was only, I think, an hour and a half. Real quick. Get in, get out. I loved it.

13:53Jason Mantzoukas:Quick question. The movie starts off with Pierce with a Band-Aid on the bridge of his nose that is never spoken about, justified. I was like, oh, at one point we're going to find out, oh, Ron Silva punched him in the face or something. Nope. They bring up a lot of things once that never figure into the movie ever again. It also is a world that is like, it's D.C. It takes place in D.C. A city that seems to have nonstop bombs. There are both the bombs you would anticipate that might be part of the nation's capital. Okay, attacks on the infrastructure or something like that. But then there are also bombs just for cheating wives.

14:39Well, I mean, these guys are fucking busy. They're booked and busy, these bomb diffusers. And everyone's, all the other bomb diffusers are in full gear, except for Pierce Brosnan. He's in skinny jeans diffusing bombs. Well, I think we're meant to believe he has nothing left to live for. Oh, okay. So he's like, fuck it. I'm going in raw.

15:02Jason Mantzoukas:But he also, it's like No one ever takes a beat to go like This is crazy that this woman Has a bomb under her seat And how did she find it? It seems like in the middle of the ride You're like, oh, wait a second And her bomb Her bomb was a classic Sticks of dynamite Acme level bomb Yeah, and spread your leg Spread your leg

15:29He's diffusing So he's defusing the bomb like this Uh huh Yes Yeah It's insane And he's staring at her naked pussy the whole time Because he was like, next time, wear some underwear Oh yeah And I was like, God, she must have been dripping wet She was either like There it is

15:54I just now also want to call attention to her necklace Yeah? because this is some next level nonsense. This is the only person who's dressed like this in the whole movie. She appears to twice drive into this movie from another movie.

16:17Jason Mantzoukas:And I'm realizing that now, when we meet him, he is self-destructive. I think they're trying to capture a little lethal weapon energy. Yes, yes. But at the end of the movie, he seems exactly the same. Yeah. Yeah. He's hyper aggressive. He gets hit with a restraining order right off the bat. I'm like, that's a really aggressive. Yeah, and then proves why there's a restraining order. Yes, yes. He's like, I'm so fucking married to you and this is my fucking garbage can. And then they're like, my dead daughter.

16:51I did not see that flashback coming at all. Me either. Brosnan is racking up L's over and over. He has almost no wins in this movie.

17:03Jason Mantzoukas:But the way that they, like, it's so funny because the wife seems to be over the dead daughter. He's like, look, it wasn't your fault. And he's like... It kind of was. It really was. One second. But I don't know why that daughter just jumped in the pool in the back either. Well, the wildest part was he had the dog with him, but not his daughter. So he was playing with the dog as she's dying? He left her there for a long time. It's hard because, like, I think the movie wants him to be, like, a complicated, like, he fucked up. He's like Riggs in Lethal Weapon, but Pierce Brosnan is just too Pierce Brosnan.

17:42Jason Mantzoukas:Oh, but there's multiple scenes where he's just like, ugh, ugh, like, just staring at the city of D.C. Like, I can't get over this. As we get into it, could you, would you mind, I think you have the text that opens the movie. Yes, of course. Only because I think this is imperative that for people who may not have watched the movie, you understand how this movie starts. Because I saw just this text and was like, oh no. This movie. Here we go. You ready? Yeah. Over the last decade, more than 3 ,600 lives worldwide have been lost as a direct act of terrorism. Nearly every country on the globe has its share of political kidnappings, hijackings, and firebombings.

18:29With one notable exception, dot, dot, dot, the United States of America. This movie came out in 1992. I've got an update.

18:43I'm going back to the text. Due to a stable political system and the difficulty of smuggling easily detectable incendiary devices into the country. This is my Easily detectable Like Alright well yeah sure The United States Has been relatively safe Dot dot dot Until now Boom And then cut to this

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19:06Jason Mantzoukas:Wear some fucking underwear And her line When she When he's between her legs Her line is like You have one affair And your husband Puts a bomb Under your chair And again It's not It's like yep all on a work day because then he jumps on a helicopter, flies to another bomb scene. These motherfuckers do not care about crime scenes at all. They're just no gloves, smoking, and explosion crime scenes seems bad. Yeah. They are multiple times. Cigarettes are like, yeah, what happened? The thing is still smoking. They're sitting in a smoking car like, yeah, it's fucked up. It's like, well, yeah, get out of the car.

19:44Was anybody else obsessed with Chekhov's bomb robot? Oh Madonna There's a fucking robot in this movie That they never use

19:57Jason Mantzoukas:Nope They use it a couple times They open up its stomach and they put stuff in there Yeah they use it like they never They keep foregrounding it And these scenes where you're like Would you get your robot out of my way Or fuck your robot or whatever And I'm like you know what this robot's gonna come in handy And I think I'm so fucking clever Thinking this movie Nope the movie's like fuck the robot We don't see it again But he got that one good line in, oh, I feel like I'm lost in space. Well, this is it. I feel like they gave him all these things that you would never say. It's like, what, did you see that on CNN?

20:30Jason Mantzoukas:What am I on, Ed McMahon? What is this? He always is cracking these jokes. But then when there's a perfect moment to crack a joke, he doesn't. It's like, what, are you a Boy Scout? And he's like, yeah.

20:47Jason Mantzoukas:Perfect opportunity for a joke. Yeah, and I got a mirror badge. I'm kicking ass. Yeah. He also tries to sell jokes that aren't jokes. When they're like, hey, when he helps the woman between her legs, then they're like, okay, there was an explosion in a restaurant. We're going to put you on a chopper and get you over there. He goes, I love Mondays. Oh, yeah. And a big smile. I just cracked. These guys are going to go home and be like, Dan said the funniest thing today. He's like, basically, my buddy Dan at work is like the anti-Garfield.

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25:01And that is the story. Like the bad guys are so not really like delved into very much because we spend so much of the time with Ron Silver. That is the story.

25:14Jason Mantzoukas:and yeah and i and i would also say you know like if he would be so much happier if he just kind of embraced the robot who was a little bit of a perv when the robot was pinching his ass and they go i don't know the robot has a mind of its own and i was like does the robot have a mind of its own because the movie doesn't like wink and say it doesn't it's like i think the robot is sexually attracted to pierce brossey who isn't i would love that wolf yeah uh can we go back to the elevator for once. So the door's closed. Is this man's ear pressed up against the door? Being like, are they gonna say something about my wife fucking that man?

25:51What? Here we go. What? That's the guy that found Senator Traveris fucking his wife. No shit. That's a long... Okay.

26:02One fucking to a kiss, okay? So the next time you go spreading rumors about my wife, check the facts with me first. Yes, sir. No. Thank you.

26:19What? How can I root for this guy? He's in there so long. So we're to believe he goes in the elevator, pushes one. Does he go up a floor and come down a floor? Like, I wish, I almost wish he'd come out the stairs door. Hey, hey, hey. I heard what you said. I emergency stopped on three and ran down. Just a heads up. It was just kissing, no tongue. And some light over the shirt stuff.

26:51Jason Mantzoukas:I do just, I mean, but again, why would they know this? Like, Ron Silva's a low-level, like, senator. He's a lower-level cop. It's like, this would not be the talk of anyone. But yet it is the talk of the town. Everyone knows. That FBI bomb diffuser Dan, what's his last name? o 'neill's dan o 'neill danny o 'neill's wife is fucking senator actor activist ron silva oh um in a way that it really is it made me laugh and i was like oh i wish that they had known and so that later when people are saying because this continues everybody is is is gossiping that they're fucking i wish people would be like oh no i heard it was just kissing i wish that it had like a cumulative effect and it had continued to radiate out like that oh my gosh uh so he i mean i want to go back to what nicole was saying he deserves a restraining order yes he is abusive to his wife when he comes in i'm like yeah get away he's a bad dude because he's like still my house.

28:02Jason Mantzoukas:And I don't know when they were divorced because he said it's his wife. He's wearing the wedding ring. They're not divorced. I think they're separated, but he does have a whole other apartment. Right. Which is awesome. The house is amazing. The apartment, amazing. Oh, yeah. Apartment, though, it's like, he's complicated because one of the pieces of furniture is just a wood box. Yeah. But it was a really nice apartment, and they tried to make it look tough by when he opened the front door you saw graffiti on the outside wall. Like, how much does he make as a bomb diffuser? And by the way, he's not even a bomb.

28:35Jason Mantzoukas:He works for the FBI. He's carrying a gun. What is he? Because he's not like... A bomb diffuser, I don't think, is going on stakeouts. He's staking out. Well, they keep saying to him, too, you don't have to do this anymore. You basically... That's why we made you an FBI agent, so you cannot do this. And he's like, I want to die. I mean, it basically is like, I want to die in a bomb. The movie also very confused about when it's night and when it's day um the bad guys are talking to uh ron silva and there it's thunderstorm it's dark it's night they cut to ron silva he's in an office during the daylight and then at the end of the scene walks to the window is like oh it's about to rain so then i'm like where the fuck how are they that far away from each other it's that dc weather if you wanted to change give it five minutes but then but then then they also have the scene at the end where it's like the radio DJ's like it's four in the morning so if you're up just stay up but then the scene before the mom is still over the wife's house and she's like what's been going on you're up you're like at three in the morning you're hanging out when they pistol whip that elderly woman I have never been so turned on in my life This movie is not afraid to make wild choices Like pistol whipping a woman My god She flies And falls so hard I was really looking at it to be like Is that a stunt?

30:09Did they swap it out? They killed a woman It's executed well I think they might have killed that old woman

30:17Jason Mantzoukas:Well she actually had the same backstory as Dani And she said she wanted to die on film And so they let her do it They also throw a kid out of a wheelchair in this movie. That was one of the highlights. It's so unnecessary. I'm so sorry to disagree with you, Nicole. It was so necessary so that they could load the clown into the wheelchair and wheel him away. But the way they do it, no one is hustling and they're like... Dump. Yeah. Oh, yeah. At this kid center, we need... Get this kid. Dump the kid. Dump the kid. Get the chair. when that kid hits dirt and it doesn't seem like anybody like it's like oh no the kid they're like we gotta go like that kid would be dead that kid is as rust as trampled at the end oh absolutely and that's the thing is like the stakes are so high because the we we've barely talked about the bad guys which is very interesting yeah because who i don't know who they all look alike I don't know where they're from or what their agenda is.

31:22It seems to just be revenge because he's owed$10 million, which, I mean, is, yes, a lot of money, but he's blowing up children's events. I don't know if it's that much money. Weren't they mad about a bill being passed or something? Yes.

31:40Jason Mantzoukas:They wanted to pass a bill because if they pass the bill or they don't pass the bill, they get money. But then at the end of the movie, it's like, well, you have$10 million. What's happening right now? This movie's timeless. A very prescient movie. But then it feels like at the end of the movie, it's like, you got$10 million right here. So it's like, wait, did Ron Silva was going to pay the$10 million? I didn't understand. I'm a little punchy, and I was about halfway through the movie before I realized that wasn't Timothy Dalton. By the way... I referenced Timothy to my wife. She's like, what are you talking about?

32:15That's Pierce Brosnan.

32:16Jason Mantzoukas:Pierce Brosnan who did wax himself wait who's Timothy Dalton another I love this another James Bond Timothy Dalton is another actor who played James Bond would you would you Nicole wait how many James I thought Daniel wait wait what were you gonna say would you be surprised to find out multiple people who played James Bond I thought it was just two okay who are the two Daniel Craig and Pierce Brosnan okay Oh, wait. Oh, wow. And then that man. Timothy Dalton. That man. No, I don't know that man. That man, the sequel to the Marla Thomas show. He talks like this. Oh, I love it. I love it. Let's see.

33:02What else do you know him from? And please keep doing the impression.

33:10What do I know him from? I have seen a movie with him. someone say a movie nope

33:20Jason Mantzoukas:The Rocks Untouchables Finding Forrester nope whose movie is Finding Forrester get that person out yes Indiana Jones yes because I date a straight man he was like you gotta watch Indiana Jones Wait, because you... You have to do it because... He keeps showing me these movies that he's like, I like them. And you're blaming this because you're dating a straight man. Yup. A gay man would never.

34:04So I guess it's a real toss-up. What are you going to choose?

34:14You have to watch Indiana Jones movies, but fuck a straight man. That was my choice. Yes. Or watch what you want to watch, but not fuck a gay man. I don't think he'd fuck me. I think he'd go.

34:27Jason Mantzoukas:And this is the dilemma. This is it. This is the Strowjarder's Den. Yeah. Oh, um, there... I love that you thought it was Timothy Dalton, and it could have been Timothy Dalton. there is something really interesting with him which is like he shaved his body for this movie of Pierce Brosnan. Right. Poorly. Yeah because he's a hairy man and he wanted to be a sexy guy but that's what I think it is he's trying very hard to figure out what that sex appeal is Wait is that trivia or do you just know that? It is trivia but then when I realized oh he is a hairy guy because he's like in Mrs. Dalfrey he takes off his shirt he's a very hairy guy and somebody who has a hairy chest I'm like oh it's clocking that too I'm like great good on you and this guy was like wait what happened to that hairy chest I already saw Mrs.

35:13Jason Mantzoukas:Doubtfire and then I read that this part he wanted to create the sex appeal where'd you read that? what? where did you read that? yeah what's the source? because you said I read that he said that he wanted cite your source where is he talking about that? playgirl.com honcho magazine honcho magazine it is on IMDB as Jafar has told me. I can't believe there's a clown named Jafar here.

35:47We are, we're through the looking glass. This is.

35:50Jason Mantzoukas:My favorite part is when Travaris is like, Ron Silva's like yelling at him and he goes, you know, if you need to leave, I can separate you from this. And then Pierce Brosnan goes, I'll separate you from your fucking life. and then and then shane is in the background his buddy's like you get him danny he's like not a that's not it's not a joke it's a real threat well it's not even like he frequently frequently is begging ron silver to stop fucking his wife he says it both to ron silver in person and then also tells people who know Ron Tilver, you tell him he better stop fucking my wife. He also broke into his home while his wife was there.

36:38It was like, hey! Yeah! And was basically like, just so you know, I can get in here.

36:47Jason Mantzoukas:This is him kind of begging for it here. O 'Neal, this is business. and you better learn to separate it from the other problems in your life

37:01you touch my wife again i'll separate you from the rest of your life face

37:10it's also a very clumsy line yeah yeah i'll separate you from the rest of your life

37:17Jason Mantzoukas:me okay the whole movie the whole movie feels like that level of like first draft it's like oh yeah we'll placeholder for a more a more exciting comeback there it's almost like he should have been a nerd who diffuses bombs right who doesn't quite have it all together who doesn't have clever comebacks who's kind of just like failing and flailing but it's again pierce fucking it's never more clear than when you're cutting between Pierce Brosnan and Ron Silver. And you're like, what on earth is happening? Yeah. The only thing worse than Ron Silver doing the box try with your wife is doing it with that haircut, which I had the same exact haircut at that time.

38:06Please provide pictures. I tried to find them.

38:10Jason Mantzoukas:I do think if you're, I think you should let her go. I think if your wife is fucking Ron Silver, you know what, she's got bad taste. She's gone. Now, I don't understand why they are separated. It's because he can't get over the death of their daughter. But then when he saves the day, she's like, well, now I'm back in love with them. When she hears about him saving the day, she's like on the fence. She comes to his apartment. But when she sees him saving the day, then the next thing you know, they're in the bathtub together. Like a Cinemax sex scene. I couldn't believe that woman got in the tub with all her clothes on I said this is not reality The minute I saw her fully clothed on the edge of the tub I was like she's going in Even though this movie isn't in the 80s there's a saxophone that's about to start playing It does And they have tender slow sex for about 30 seconds But it's also a weird thing that's like We saved the day.

39:13Jason Mantzoukas:I better put him in the bath and give him a massage. It's also not sexy to be like, I've got to give my man a bath. Work into the bath. Do something else, but just don't give him a bath. Cheap behind him. I also love that it was a reveal. They panned to him, and then they kept going, and I was like, oh, no. Why isn't she in the tub with him naked? Right, just cut to that scene. It's weirder. They have a weird relationship. And then her clothes come off slowly, then you see her fucking dick. Here's what I'll say. Also, like, I'm not rooting for them at all. No! No! I'm not invested in their relationship, and I think they're better apart.

39:57Jason Mantzoukas:It's weird. It's weird to me that their daughter died by drowning, and the first time they're getting back together is in a body of water. Also, also, not for nothing, and I don't know how much time has passed. Where's the dog? where's the dog it's the dog's fault the dog is the one that tries to save the little girl maybe they fuck in the bathtub because it's exposure therapy now he's finally healed they didn't like that is this thing on but i was like it is the promise of the present like the premise right it's like it's like if you establish that there's a gun it has to go off in the third act so if you establish that then there's a robot it needs to well i was gonna say i was gonna say if you establish that he wants to fuck his wife again he's got to fuck it like that scene feels like oh yeah he's back he's back like we needed to see him fuck his wife uh and i never would say that about any other movie but i think you did need to see him uh do it all and then i just don't get why she does it because he's so mean to her.

41:07And then when she goes to his apartment, he's drunk. His tongue is literally out of his mouth. He's like slurring. And then she's like, better fuck him.

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44:27Jason Mantzoukas:He's like, yes, hundreds of children From all around the country have raised money For the D.C. Kids Center Why would the kids from around the country Be, we gotta help those kids in D.C. It was such a weird thing That's a complete waste of time Also, let me ask you this about the bad guys. Is their headquarters the Washington, D.C. Department of Water? When they drive into their abandoned warehouse headquarters, it appears as though it's the Department of Water. And I was like, oh, smart. They're putting their bomb water in the water supply of D.C. No, that's not it. Nope. That's not what they're doing.

45:10Just one fountain. Yeah. Just one. One fountain Who's gonna drink from the fountain What's the plan

45:19Jason Mantzoukas:What was the plan Oh wait I thought I thought that it was in the lemonade Yeah I did too Oh my bad Wait a minute I think it's the fountain This guy's flipping out Cause this is I'll hold the mic So basically the stuff was in the water And he was gonna put the lemonade in and it was going to make the water in the fountain explode because the lemonade is acidic. And he's like, oh, yes, yes. It's both. It's like the only thing that neutralized it was Alka-Seltzer, which you heard once and never heard again. And they never did it. They never did that. Why would I? I wanted them to shove an Alka-Seltzer into somebody's mouth.

46:02I thought the clown, when he's got the clown and he sees the guy's going red, he goes, hey, to the guy who's got the robot, hey, he's going to blow. And I was like, the robot's going to come in and put Alka-Seltzer into this motherfucker's mouth. No. Nope. No robot. No Alka-Seltzer. Nobody. Wait, out of everyone who has seen this movie, did one person understand that the acid from the lemonade? Oh, okay. Show offs. Yeah, right. All these assholes think they're so smart.

46:35Jason Mantzoukas:I do love the bad guy's lair because it's a very furnished office, but it's also in the basement of a water... They have a nice desk and file... What do they stand for? What is their agenda? What is their message? It's business, Jason. I understand he wants his$10 million, but there's so many other people that are dying for the cause. What's the cause? I don't know. The kid doesn't know. Answer that, yeah. Oh, another great move of not being a cool superhero is when he's trying to go to Traveris' house. There's a speed bump right before the house. So he's like zooming in. It's like, slow down.

47:15Jason Mantzoukas:Go over the speed bump. And then he's like, you can't look cool driving up and hitting a speed bump slowly. Like, well, I will slow down. This is going to fuck up my engine. The fact that they made, so the two bad guys are like the guy in a suit. You know, like the guy that's like, you better give me my 10. Mikel, I think is his name. you better give me my 10 million dollars i'm owed 10 million dollars and then his enforcer who jafar is dressed like with the earring why they thought that he needed to dress up like they were like he'll dress like a clown for the kids thing we'll dress him like a clown there's people doing all sorts of shit at this thing this guy doesn't need to be dressed like the most chilling upsetting clown wait a second wait i want to go back to that so the clown was serving up lemonade so was the idea like so no one had taken lemonade until that point nobody had mixed lemonade with the fountain yeah no no but it would be your body no so the lemonade the acid in the lemonade like it's acidic yeah cause it to explode so it's just lemonade but the fountain oh okay no i understand and i understand everybody saying it's stomach acid or lemonade but was the plan to always just drive the lemonade cart into the fountain they were gonna yes that's a bad plan.

48:31Jason Mantzoukas:I mean, they could have done that at any point. This was an instance where they didn't need someone to ingest the bomb. They just needed to mix the ingredients in the fountain and it would have blown the whole thing. But it seemed like they could have just done that right away in the beginning. In fact, they should have. Because the clown's like, I'm going to go back in. And then the clown takes off his nose and hat like, now I'm not fucking around. But you are undercover as a clown. I love that he took off his nose to do the final. What was interesting to me is so much is made of, you know, a la The Hurt Locker.

49:08You know, Pierce Brosnan's ability to know and clip the right wires and all this bomb diffusion kind of stuff. He's the best. They keep telling us he's the best at this. He's so good. He's in demand. Blah, blah, blah. But then they have invented a bomb he cannot do. He is powerless to the bomb.

49:27Jason Mantzoukas:The only thing he can do is give it Tums, which he does not do. Which he doesn't do. His pliers should be Tums by the end of the movie. But all he can do is put a clown on a wheelchair and roll him away. He's doing the best that any of us would. That's why the third act is that he just becomes MacGyver. He's like, here's a nail gun, and I'll use this. Oh, my God. He's just making... Who has that much acetone at their house? Well, he's getting ready for a party. Here's some fertilizer in the kitchen. Oh, he makes electricity bombs. He makes a pipe bomb. He shoots nails. Right into someone's neck.

50:03Also, that man had fertilizer in his kitchen.

50:07Jason Mantzoukas:Yeah. Yeah.

50:12Jason Mantzoukas:My favorite line is when he goes, are you in should? And he goes, no. What? Exactly. His accent is all over the place. Yeah, all over the place. It's like English. It's New York. But also, you don't have Homeowner's insurance? That's what I was like How could you not have Homeowner's insurance? And also, like Does Pierce Brosnan care? But that's like That's another joke line Like he needs That's the thing Like when he goes The Boy Scout was the same thing It's like It's like Oh yeah, we'll put that in later If I'm Pierce Brosnan And I'm in the guy's house That's fucking my wife And he says his house Is not insured I'm as quickly as possible destroying the house to the maximum ability that I have.

50:57I agree. Can we talk? Go ahead. Well, I was just going to say they painted over all that beautiful dark wood in that house. And I was genuinely pretty upset about it. Oh no, they ruined a lot of original detail. They did! That white banister? I said, why? Oh yeah. All of the casings on the door, I said, why? I would love this I would love for this This is your new podcast Where you watch movies And critique the interior design And the choice The design choices they've made Can we talk about Gwen? That was her mom, right? Oh, yes She is such a social climber Oh, she wants her to be with that guy

51:41Jason Mantzoukas:You should go You should go to this weird man's house At three in the morning Her reward is to be pistol with which is crazy. But yeah, she wants, and I mean, like, her daughter, I mean, how, these are adult people. These are people who are very capable of making their own decisions, but she's like, you should go do this. You should, if your old senator boyfriend sends a man to come get you without telling you, you gotta go. Well, the other alternative is a man who's mad at her and yells at her. I guess so. I mean, like, here's the deal. Choose neither. choose yourself she needs I mean she does she's also in a very similar situation in Beverly Hills Cop well yeah she's literally being held by the villain at the end we'll get to the audience here in a second I want to talk about the explosions the first two explosions of the film they're dynamite what I love what I love about them is yeah the explosions are big but they also felt like we do need to put a person right outside of it too.

52:52Jason Mantzoukas:We gotta kill that person too. Like there's a guy like, huh, I'm standing in front of a restaurant. Oh god! But then the other guy goes to the car. This is this guy. I love this. I love it. And now look at his hand. There's a hand. Can you see that? I don't even know where that hand is coming from. But the best part is he gets up after it. Yes! He's absolutely fine. And never do your stunts in slow-mo if your stunt double looks like Shecky Green. Because he looked nothing like Pierce Brosnan. Oh, no. There is this one shot that I pulled. This is when they're falling at the end. This is what I'm talking about.

53:32Jason Mantzoukas:Yeah, let's see if I can zoom in. Oh, that's, I didn't even clock that. That's so funny. That's neither of them. Also, is that Steve Carell? This looks like when you go to Universal Studios for the Waterworld stunt show. And the guy's like, I'm Kevin Costner. Honestly, that's Steve Carell. I'd rather watch this movie that stars these two guys. Look, I love that they were like, yeah, that wig will work. Yeah, yeah, yeah. It works enough. It's so funny. It's like an Elvis wig from Party City. and by the way they do kill traveris and he's not that bad i mean i guess he's a bad guy i mean his biggest crime i i don't know i guess he seems to be somehow the villain of the the arms deal i guess you know he goes i just was trying to get in a high profile vote no i don't think we're meant i don't think that's true i think he's trying to talk his way out of it i think he was laundering money he was refurbishing his whole home to hide money yeah but then but then that woman who wanted to fuck Pierce Brosnan too she was like there's nothing on him.

54:45Jason Mantzoukas:There's nothing there. Wait that lady was so sad. She was like well I guess you won't fuck me. She was like I got tired of waiting for you. How long was she waiting? He's been married until just recently when his daughter died. And then she was like By the way What are we up to here? Hey, I heard Mandy RIP'd Let's do this The timeline of this movie might be three months From when the daughter drowned in the pool To now, it's very short And the journalist is like, let's do this? Yeah, I was kind of pulling For her, him and the journalist Or the bomb girl Yeah, any By the way, the bomb lab is in An office building with all windows Like there's like the full laboratory I was like, I don't think this is healthy for like the specimens or anything and then they're showing him he's like i'm gonna show you how this bomb works pierce broson puts his fucking face up to the test tube like i mean look like you work with bombs like don't do it but also i saw what the bombs do they turn you into the devil yeah and then you explode i thought this was a great special effect the yeah the people turning into the bomb.

56:07Bloodshot eyes. The bleed. I thought this was great as a... Because the idea being like, oh, this is explosive, this is crazy, but that it is inside of people, it looked terrific. My favorite one was the judge. Yes. The judge was great. Yes, because her back like ripped open a little like pre-cum, and then it's like... And you can still get pregnant then. It's very... You just are starting to leak a little bomb pre-cum, you can still get pregnant. I literally

56:40Jason Mantzoukas:said to somebody backstage, you're like, is it okay for your son to watch a show? I go, we never talk about dirty stuff in this show. There you go. So many questions to answer on the ride home. But what I do love, I want to show that judge exploding, but what I do also love is they run back into that courthouse and he's like, oh, there's still water in the jug. Really? like here it is the judge still full of water the whole fucking courtroom well that's the thing is it's very good because each human body is this the explosion oh fuck yeah vera blair oh fuck i love her proceedings so hot having said that this is case this hair Johnny, I want to see you with that hair

57:39Uh oh Uh oh

57:59That looks great! I love it.

58:08That floppy hair.

58:26She's got a call!

58:43Jason Mantzoukas:That's from her! He stayed in front of that door for way too long. It's so much damage. So much damage, and I've been to court. Why was there a partition? I mean I guess like to stop assassinating I've never seen that I watch a lot of legal shows It's supposed to be bulletproof glass It's not good It melted very quickly It melted immediately Oh my gosh I love that everyone also checks their watch 30 seconds is quick Like just go Pierce Brosnan clocks that He clocks the guy getting nervous He clocks her drinking the water And he's still like Here's the thing if you're an accomplice to a villain, don't wear an identifying earring.

59:29Jason Mantzoukas:He never took it out. Big time. Let's go to the crowd here. Let's talk to you all. I'm sure that you all have points of view, ideas, questions. Obviously, you knew how the thing worked. All right, so we're going to go to you because you actually understood the evil plan. So what's your name? Alex. Okay, and Alex, and what's your question? So I reached out to my science teacher about bombs being ingested. How old are you? 15. love it

1:00:02Jason Mantzoukas:you're as old as this show which is true and chilling so basically this is kind of a summary of what he said so he said the human body is mostly water so it's not good for explosives explosives require fuel oxygen and ignition and the stomach doesn't have any of these and you're writing him on spring break he must think you're the coolest He's like, wow, all right, yeah. I didn't tell him it was a movie. Yeah, yeah, no, I love it. I love that you just asked him a question. You didn't tell him it was a movie? You were just like thinking about bombs. See you next week. You're going to get arrested.

1:00:40Super quick cue vis-a-vis school. Can a body be a bomb?

1:00:52Jason Mantzoukas:Wow. All right, so, yeah, so basically can't work. Can't work. Okay, that's good. All right, yes. Hi, what's your name and question? My name is Sam. Assuming this bomb technology is real. Which we know it can't be. The villain was so upset about this deal and his$10 million, why didn't he just sell this technology to another country? I mean, he's obsessed with revenge. Right, because he didn't care. He just wanted, I mean, his word is more important than, yeah. He wants to get$10 million off of an arms deal. He's sitting on like a gangbusters bomb technology that he could sell for tens of millions of dollars, if not more.

1:01:31Jason Mantzoukas:But yet he kills the poor scientist. He's like, hey, I would love it if you gave me a check. I've been working real hard. He's like, I'll fucking kill you. It's like, why? Why him? Do you have a pen? And then stabs him with his own pen. And then the other guy cleans it off like he's going to use it later. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. As if he's like, hey, this is a good pin. But also leaves him in the doorframe of the elevator. So every day people are just like, click, click, click, click. Why is this elevator not coming? Because it's just hitting that dead body. Just boom, boom, boom. A lot of elevator work in this movie.

1:02:06Jason Mantzoukas:Yes, hi. What's your name and your question? My name is Dan. I just want to know, the lady in the car, what is her dating pool? Because this was pre-internet, so there's not a lot of instructions on how to make bombs. but those were relatively sophisticated bombs from both her husband. How do you know? I asked my science teacher. Everybody look under your seats. He's back. But she learned her lesson. She didn't leave her husband but she's still dating because it's her boyfriend. But she said this one's my boyfriend. So she's still cheating on her husband. But the husband's not upset about it. The boyfriend is?

1:02:43I also want to know her story. yeah i want to see her compelling character yeah yeah well i also love in that final scene where

1:02:51Jason Mantzoukas:they're like he's doing it and then you're like hey buddy you're gonna be a dad your wife just gave birth and he's like oh i gotta leave now it's like he seems surprised that he's a dad like it was delivered like hey you wouldn't have guessed it your brother just came in from cincinnati and then he runs to the hospital yeah you don't see him get in a car get on the bus nothing yeah it It is confounding that he is. And again, that woman's car in the middle of a street. Like, just like she was driving her tick, tick, tick and called. I mean, like, when she goes home and her husband is like, how was your day?

1:03:28Is she like, there was a bomb in the car? Like, is she talking about it?

1:03:34Jason Mantzoukas:Is she dating Dennis Hopper from Speed? And it's like the origin story? I wish that was a movie. Yes. Oh, yeah. Sorry. Adam and did you catch what Pierce said to her when he goes your husband really knows what he's doing this bomb is really cute. Was he talking about her pussy when he said that? Like what was he like? You know what? Yeah no further. Alright hey what's up? So you're saying her pussy is the bomb? Yeah all that and a bag of chips. Oh! Salt and Vinny?

1:04:22Oh, wow. That really... Whoa. It's got a wang to it. Oh, wow. That is sharp. If someone ever ate me out and went, mm, salt and vinegar, I would walk into traffic. that or sea salt and cracked pepper

1:04:42Jason Mantzoukas:by the way that's the way that the sex scene originally ended yes okay again my children are here tonight

1:04:54Jason Mantzoukas:by the way so we all have talked about Jafar and dressing the clown costume but we have yet to notice the person that she's sitting next to can you please also stand up He is wearing a shirt that says, Jafar's boyfriend, please help me. Wow. That's funny, because if you guys weren't walking together, someone would be like, I knew Jafar from Aladdin was gay. That happened to us at the Santa Monica Pier earlier. That did happen? The lady operating the carousel at the pier was like, I love your shirt, I love Jafar and Aladdin. You dressed like this all day? Were you dressed like that? No, God, no.

1:05:33We went and had dinner down the street, and then I put this makeup on in the car at like 6.30. What do you think I am? Well, Jafar, I don't know. Imagine you're walking by a car and this is being assembled. Also, that's so funny. Jafar's like, what do you take me as as you're sitting here like a clown? What do you take? I love you, Jafar.

1:05:57Jason Mantzoukas:All right, Jafar, what do you got? So we did not have director's commentary on this DVD and I'm sad about it, but we did have an eight-minute long extended sex sequence. Eight minutes? It's eight minutes? Hamana, hamana. It's like the samurai cop sex scene. It's just awful. There were six position changes. Oh. There's six positions? Wait a minute. Did this movie invent five positions?

1:06:33Jason Mantzoukas:To be honest, five of them was him finding bombs on her body and diffusing them. But so the caveat to all of that fucking is that this movie was in pre-production when Pierce Brosnan lost his wife at a very young age from ovarian cancer. I was going to keep this part a little bit out of the show, but go ahead. We may just edit this, Jafar. Jafar, that's fair. they had production meetings because Pierce Brosnan was upset about like having to have such intimate scenes and they were like if you want to be James Bond you'd better like whip your butt out wait a minute where comedy goes to die Wayne talks already so he was sad about his wife who passed away they shoot an eight minute sex scene and then cut it from the movie well Nicole here's the thing that's gonna really boggle your mind this movie never came out in theaters what?

1:07:29Jason Mantzoukas:No! This movie was a TBS, like TNT, not even a showtime. That doesn't make sense. Yeah. Oh, thank you. All right, here we go. It's a very odd story. So basically... Do people have sex for eight minutes? Eight minutes, six positions? I mean, that is like... I'm out. If you add them together, that's double digits. I'm pretty sure that's not how sex works. So this is what they say. The film was being prepped as a summer blockbuster when New Line Cinema was trying to diversify its films. And then it just never made it to the theater. Wait, where is it? I have the reason why. Did it go? You have the reason why?

1:08:22I have the reason why. They watched it. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Wow.

1:08:31That's incredible. Like, there's a reason. Because this is not a cheap... Like, this is... No. That's a huge hit. Yeah. It was$9 million. That's a lot of money. In 1992, that's like$10 million. Can I ask you a question very briefly? Yes, sir. How did our main bad guy... When did he swallow the liquid? oh when he's got the gun to that lady's head he has a little vial and he went he does and then

1:09:02Jason Mantzoukas:i missed that sorry yeah because he knows it's over from by the way we have been talking the entire time about what what the reason is like why why did they do it and this is the closest that we have is this scene here that fool was right it is completely undetected this looks like how the joker is made formula can give us nothing will stand in our way nothing sometimes i wonder what's it all for ring

1:09:38no

1:09:43I would believe you if you told me they improvised those lines you're like that makes no sense why would you even why would you keep that in that's like that adds up to zero yeah there was also a weird gay joke at one point

1:10:01Jason Mantzoukas:oh yes I have that one too okay thank you I was because it came so late the movie it's like wait we're doing it was in like the middle of like the third act like thing yeah this is it I got it right here hold on okay so this is guess who

1:10:23Look, I've alerted my security I've also got a man in the house Your sexual preferences don't interest me You could have killed hundreds of innocent people today Well, only because they mattered to you Now, I'm not in the mood to wait any longer I have a life, you know But if you kill me, you won't get anything Not true I'd get to kill you Okay, you'll get your ten million

1:10:48Jason Mantzoukas:Again No plot What's weird too is If you kill me you won't get anything That's not true I get to kill you It's so weirdly Done like it's as if he's Clarifying but he's just Restating what Ron Silver said It's a It's really weird And so much of the threat Is all phone based The bad guy's always calling the senators To be like I'm gonna get you and they're like you can't touch me i'm philip baker hall yeah i'm immune to the and the next thing you know his guy's like glug glug glug i love this water boom i do think i'm just thinking back to that robot was the robot's name madonna the madonna yeah madonna and they just pour stuff into the robot's belly at a certain point and the road i just it just seems like they're very unsafe with like explosives, liquids and everything.

1:11:44Jason Mantzoukas:Because that could just blow up the robot too. The robot, at one point they say, it's napalm, it's TNT, it's dynamite, it's everything. Like, it's everything? Boy, we didn't know how good we had it. Obviously we had opinions about this film, but now it is time for second opinions. Hello, my name's Anna.

1:12:10Gotta get that. Run, Silva, hit that. Then he went splat. Gotta get that, that, that. Five-star review, view, view. Filmed, watched by few, few, few. Bad guys confused, fused, fused. That judge, she flew, flew, flew. Yo, I got that five-star review. Ass pinching robots, that's new. Sanitars get blue. Up from the inside, ew. That clown outfit. Knock a kid out a wheelchair, shit. These bodies, boom, boom, boom. Live wires, doom, doom, doom. These bombs go boom, boom, pow. Brosnan's a cuck somehow. Second opinion swagger. How did this get made? Like how? Handcuffed to this guy that I hate, but he met his raw iron fate.

1:12:52So no more boom, boom, boom. Don't drink the water in the room, room, room. Everybody now boom, boom, boom. Boom, boom, boom. Boom, boom, boom. Boom, boom, boom.

1:13:04Jason Mantzoukas:Wow. Wow, wow. Now, that was amazing. You did not know that Johnny was going to be here. Do you bet these people before? They're amazing. No, they're amazing. That is amazing. Oh, my. But that's like, that's an Irving Zisman song. Yes, it was. I was trying to remember the dance steps, but I couldn't even remember Timothy Dalton or Pierce Brosnan. You're saying you don't have very good long-term memory. Do you think? It's been altered. Can you attribute that to anything? Live wire. Here we go There are 523 total reviews Of Livewire on Amazon And 63 % Are 5 star reviews What? Yep, 63 % And this one is from Jerry What's not to like?

1:13:59Jason Mantzoukas:Nude Pierce Brosnan? I mean, not through the whole movie Of course

1:14:08Jason Mantzoukas:which i would have liked to seen that uh pretty good story i liked it i mean i liked it years ago when i first saw it like i still like it i mean i must like it i bought it right kind of improbable but i like that five stars great pierce brosden movie then it goes to Kimberly Hatch she did this in 2020 I like Amazon they always deliver my items on time, five stars what? can you imagine writing a review for your experience on Amazon somehow on the page for live wire I'm sure they said review your purchase and she was like oh my purchasing experience got it What a life for Kimberly Hatch. This one in 2014 was written by Joe and goes, although very entertaining, this movie should be viewed as a warning of what could happen across the globe.

1:15:17Jason Mantzoukas:Very sick people out there that want to exact hurt on Western societies. Another wake-up movie. Five stars. He needs to email his high school science teacher.

1:15:34Because it's not possible.

1:15:38Jason Mantzoukas:And then this one from Jonathan Fritz who writes... Jonathan Frakes from Star Trek? Sorry, Jonathan Fritz. Jonathan Frakes did love this film. He goes, at first he was doing bomb stuff. Then he turned into a spy. Love when he got back to his roots of doing bomb stuff. Great performance by the robot. Five stars. I agree. I agree. And the final review, just, and this might be, I fear, this is somebody that is a fan of ours who saw that we were doing this, but I'll read it anyway. Don't reward them. Pierce Brosnan has a girly ass. Five stars. Has a girly ass? Yeah. Didn't like his ass. Is that an insult?

1:16:23Jason Mantzoukas:Yeah. I mean, they did give it five stars, but I feel like they wanted a more masculine ass. maybe they knew he was deeply hairy and went to the same source you went to and said this too girly what a hair at did you write it whatever shut up anyway we have a lot of great reviews um yeah and uh right right right okay um there are in addition to the eight minute sex scene there is the uk version is highly edited because you cannot show making bombs and apparently this movie is very explicit and correct about making bombs. So that was pretty good. Yeah, and then there's a special thanks at the end of the film to Julia Child and the ladies pro bowler tour.

1:17:15Because that's, yeah, that's what he's watching on TV. Oh, oh, oh. He watches Julia Child and then there's bowling. Oh, okay, I thought this was a joke. Wow, you're super perceptive. I thought he was Timothy Dalton through half of the movie and you're noticing this shit.

1:17:33Jason Mantzoukas:And if you are wondering, yes, there was a live wire to Human Time Bomb. Wait a minute, wait a minute. Human Time Bomb?

1:17:48Jason Mantzoukas:It says it has very little correlation to this movie. Sounds like the plot, the title seems right on the money. Human Time, We gotta do it. Wait, has anybody seen it? No, okay. It says a computer chip turns an FBI agent into a lethal weapon. And it reuses scenes from another film called Cyborg Cop. I think we gotta do them all. Yeah, so that is this. Who's in it? I don't know. Another James Bond. Timothy Dalton, as a matter of fact. You know what I loved? I just want to say We talked about the fact that early in the movie Pierce Brosnan is served a restraining order From his wife, rather That happens on the highway That is blocked off From everything Where he is diffusing A car bomb Between the legs scene The guy manages to get all the way through To serve him a restraining order That was wild And she completely ignores it the whole movie.

1:18:58Yeah. Yeah, he keeps saying, you shouldn't be here. You're violating your own restraining order. Here in this tub. We also didn't talk about how Pierce Brosnan handcuffed himself to that man. And I was like, you're going to slow yourself down? Yeah. Why not just handcuff him to anything else? Well, he did handcuff him to a pillar in the middle of the bedroom. And then unhandcuffed him. And then handcuffed him to him. Like, did you think they were going to fuck? Yes. Hoping. That's on the DVD. When they were in the bedroom, weren't you like, maybe this is going to jump off? Yeah, I thought Pierce was going to be like, boom, let me suck your dick.

1:19:37Maybe they'll do one position for 30 seconds, apologize, and leave.

1:19:42Jason Mantzoukas:That's the only way you could get back at him. Or just gentle kissing. Okay, so final thoughts. Anything that we haven't covered anything before? Would you recommend this movie, Jason? Yeah, I actually would. This was fun as hell. I mean, it's absolutely nuts. It makes no sense, but it's a blast. And it helps that I do. I feel like everybody in it is throwing themselves all the way in, in service of absolute dog shit, which is one of my favorite things for our movies. They're going for it, and it's not working, and it's wonderful. And they're all good. That's the thing. It's Pierce Brosnan. It's Ron Silver.

1:20:23These are good people. but the movie is dog shit. How dare you?

1:20:29Jason Mantzoukas:I mean, it does feel like a point that's like, are they making fun of this or are they? Oh, no. Because it's like, yeah, because they're not. And that's what's kind of like, so the earnestness really does work for me. I mean, I... Imagine if instead of Pierce Brosnan, not to make it too much of a callback, but it was Jean-Claude Van Damme. I don't think it would have worked as good. Really? Yeah. Interesting. I think he's got more of like a well I'm going to say he's a good actor so he's actually who is? Pierce Brosnan John sorry it's almost like he's playing things too heavy like it causes an unbalance.

1:21:08I kind of wanted Pierce Brosnan to be replaced by someone who was in Ron Silver's movie. Yes. You know which would have been like a Seagal, a Chuck Norris

1:21:19Jason Mantzoukas:Oh it's a great Seagal that would be like I'll fucking separate you from your life. Yes! There it is. Nicole, any final thoughts on Live Wire? What a treat. I am going to re-watch it because I do want to see that eight-minute sex scene. I think we're all going to go home tonight and re-watch the eight-minute sex scene. But do I have to buy the DVD? Do you want mine? All right. There it is. Nicole, Jafar I can't wait to get home to that nice man in my life and go Jafar gave me Livewire and not explain a thing We get to watch the 8 minute sex scene babe You made me watch Indiana Jones I'm going to make you watch Livewire

1:22:15He's like Livewire made me gay

1:22:20Jason Mantzoukas:thank you Jafar Johnny it's been amazing to have you here what do you think any final thoughts on Live Wire I realized I miss so much and I have to go re-watch as soon as I get home it's really it's one that just keeps on giving thank you oh wait sorry I forgot this anyone have anything they want to plug Jason, Nicole Jason you have anything you want to plug no not really great Nicole anything I'm in the world All right, great. Johnny. Nope. All right, great. Got nothing here. Thank you, Largo. Give it up for Largo. Give it up for Jason Madzikas, Nicole Byers, Johnny Knox, Ralph Paul Scheer. We will be back.

1:23:03Jason Mantzoukas:Make sure you come check out Dinosaur. See you all later. Bye-bye. Eat shit, LA.

1:23:11Jason Mantzoukas:And with that, the bomb is diffused. That is a wrap on Live Wire. Thanks again to Nicole Byer and Johnny Knoxville. And guess what, people? We have a really exciting announcement. Every week, we come to you to ask for your corrections and omissions, things that we might have missed from this episode. We dive deep into them every other week on Last Looks, and now we have changed it up. How can you get your voice heard? Well, it's simple. Okay, instead of calling that number that we used to have, now just go to speakpipe.com slash H-D-T-G-M to leave us a voice message. Okay, you can use your phone or a computer.

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1:25:17Jason Mantzoukas:Now, I do want to say this, people, we love hearing from you and you won't want to miss next week's last looks because in addition to responding to your corrections and omissions, I'm going to play a deleted scene from this very episode where Johnny Knoxville and I both share some hilarious Steven Seagal stories. Plus, June will be making a rare Last Looks appearance as well. Oh, we got so much. So make sure you're tuning in next week. You can check out Jason and I at Dinosaur Improv at the Del Close Marathon in New York City on June 12th and 13th. We also won two Webby Awards for Best TV and film podcast.

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1992's Live Wire stars Pierce Brosnan as a bomb expert with two big problems: someone's using explosive water to blow up senators, and one of those senators is f**king his wife. Johnny Knoxville (Jackass: Best and Last) and Nicole Byer (Nailed It!) join Paul and Jason at Largo in L.A. to break it all down, including actor/activist Ron Silva's wild hair, Madonna the bomb robot, the exploding clown and exploding judge scenes, the multiple up-skirt bomb defusal situations, the bathtub sex scene, and so much more. Plus, Nicole reveals her very limited knowledge of actors who played James Bond.

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