Podcast of the Week #4-How Did This Get Made?

Podcasts and websites devoted to the love of bad movies are a dime a dozen these days, but most are devoted to b-movies usually produced by independent film-makers like Ed Wood, Roger Corman, etc, as well as films of the past. I remember reading a great book by Michael Sauter, The Worst Movies of All Time: Or, What Were They Thinking?, that covered what the author called "The Megaton Bombs." The movies produced by the big studios (MGM, Warner Bros, Fox, etc) that had the big stars, the big budget, the big money...and nose-dived straight into the trash can! Cleopatra, Heaven's Gate, Waterworld. All had everything going for them and they flopped big time with critics and audiences.

That's the basis of this week's podcast! Hosted by comedian/actor Paul Scheer with co-hosts June Diane Raphael and Jason Mantzoukas, (And a special guest each week) How Did This Get Made? delves humorously into the modern Megaton Bombs, trying to make sense of movies that make no sense! The podcast is pretty young. (Only three episodes, with quick in-between mini-episodes telling listeners what movie is gonna get covered and a way listeners can participate, either by watching the upcoming movie and leaving an e-mail comment or coming up with alternative taglines for the film)

Films covered so far in order have been:

1. Burlesque-The Cher/Christina Aguilera attempt to out-show Showgirls!
2. Season of The Witch-In which we learn that the story has nothing to do with witches and Nicholas Cage's latest wig acted better than he did!
3. Old Dogs-Possibly the most scatter-shot episode, simply because this Robin Williams/John Travolta travesty was just as scatter-shot!

As of this post, the next episode will be devoted to M. Night Shamylan's horrid attempt at a kung-fu/fantasy/cartoon to live movie adaptation, The Last Airbender, based on the animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender. The cartoon is excellent! The movie, not so much!

So check them out at http://www.earwolf.com/show/how-did-get-made or subscribe to them on iTunes and let the pain begin!