Earwolf and Paul Scheer, June Diane Raphael, Jason Mantzoukas
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Paul Scheer, June Diane Raphael, and Jason Mantzoukas argue their way through terrible movies.
How Did This Get Made? is a comedy panel built around movies that seem to defeat ordinary explanation. The show moves fast, with Paul Scheer, June Diane Raphael, and Jason Mantzoukas pulling apart strange choices, live-show oddities, and listener corrections.
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How Did This Get Made? is a scripted-unscripted comedy panel show, not a traditional interview format, built around three recurring hosts — Paul Scheer, June Diane Raphael, and Jason Mantzoukas — who watch a chosen bad or strange movie and argue through its logic in real time. Most episodes follow a consistent structure: plot recap, character-by-character complaints, and a search for the film's 'best' or most inexplicable moment. A recurring subset of episodes are recorded live in front of audiences at venues like the Chicago Theater or festivals such as Bumbershoot, with crowd reactions folded into the discussion. A separate recurring segment, 'Last Looks,' is shorter and lighter, often hosted solo by Paul Scheer, and centers on listener-submitted corrections, fact-checks, and tangential media recommendations rather than a full film breakdown. The films covered skew toward cult, camp, and commercially unsuccessful titles from the 1980s through the 2000s, including romantic comedies, video-game adaptations, action thrillers, and dance movies. Episodes regularly include tangents into unrelated production trivia — casting near-misses, soundtrack credits, and behind-the-scenes anecdotes about directors and actors. The tone throughout is comedic and irreverent rather than analytical film criticism, with hosts frequently breaking into bits and callbacks. Listeners who enjoy genre riffing on bad movies, along with fans of the three hosts' broader comedy work, are the primary audience. Production is conversational and lightly edited, preserving cross-talk and live audience noise where applicable.
Made for: Comedy fans and bad-movie enthusiasts who enjoy panel-style riffing on cult and flop films alongside production trivia.
What sets it apart: A fixed three-host panel format combined with a recurring 'Last Looks' segment built around listener call-ins and corrections rather than a new film each episode.
The award-winning comedy podcast that celebrates bad movies. Comedians and actors Paul Scheer (The League), June Diane Raphael (Grace and Frankie), and Jason Mantzoukas (Big Mouth) break down the very best of the worst films ever made—we’re talkin’ blockbuster flops, cheesy 80s action movies, Lifetime thrillers, obscure cult classics, and if we’re honest… most Nic Cage and Jason Statham movies. Plus, sometimes they’re even joined by hilarious guests like Seth Rogen, Conan O’Brien, Amy Schumer, Nicole Byer, Nick Kroll, and Charlize Theron. And the best part? They watch these bad movies so you don’t have to! New...
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Close movie watching becomes combustible comedy when three competing explanations meet a plot that cannot support any of them.
How Did This Get Made? turns baffling movies into animated arguments about the choices nobody on screen seems willing to question. Paul Scheer supplies the setup, while June Diane Raphael and Jason Mantzoukas press on broken logic, stray character behavior, and images too…
A wooden boy enters public school, and suddenly you need answers about enrollment paperwork.
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A funny listener-powered aftershock for Mindhunters, packed with script oddities, underwater gun logic, and Paul Scheer's amused disbelief.
Last Looks: Mindhunters keeps the bad-movie autopsy going, with Paul Scheer handing the floor to listeners who apparently include an FBI profiler, a military detective, and a physics teacher, because this nonsense thriller demands expert witnesses.
A Chicago live episode that turns Pinocchio's wooden-boy logic into a very funny civic emergency.
How Did This Get Made? takes The Adventures of Pinocchio LIVE! in Chicago and immediately latches onto the right nonsense: this supposedly familiar children's fantasy has accents everywhere, a barely-there Jonathan Taylor Thomas payoff, and the kind of puppet weirdness that…
A remote-island profiler thriller turns into prime fuel for Paul, June, and Jason's suspicious, personal riffing.
How Did This Get Made? takes on Mindhunters, a 2005 Renny Harlin action movie about FBI profiler trainees, Val Kilmer's murder-scene simulations, and a remote-island final test that starts looking less like training and more like a trap.
A live Super Mario Brothers riff turns hated plumbers, Dennis Hopper intensity, and Bob Hoskins commitment into prime bad-movie comedy.
How Did This Get Made? hits Super Mario Brothers at the level where the movie starts sounding like a municipal planning dispute from another dimension.
Paul Scheer turns Forbidden Dance listener leftovers and a Jackass 5 set visit into a loose, very specific comedy detour.
How Did This Get Made? turns The Forbidden Dance leftovers into a loose, giddy Last Looks lap, with Paul Scheer fielding listener issues, alt taglines, and the kind of corrections that immediately stop being corrections.
A rainforest dance crusade turns into prime HDTGM fuel, with lambada confusion, corporate villains, and a richly hated Ashley.
How Did This Get Made? finds a very silly sweet spot in The Forbidden Dance, a 1990 movie trying to save the rainforest with lambada, courtroom-adjacent title confusion, and a second lambada movie apparently opening at the same time.
Paul Scheer and Jason turn Date with an Angel leftovers into fan chaos, backlog gossip, and very committed brain-tumor nonsense.
Paul Scheer treats this Last Looks for Date with an Angel like a clubhouse meeting after everyone has already seen the mess and come armed with notes.
Jason Manzoukas joins the live panel in Minnesota for a 1987 romantic comedy the hosts have clocked as a Splash ripoff.
Date with an Angel, the 1987 romantic comedy its creators claimed to have written before Splash despite coming out after it, gets a live panel recording in Minnesota with Jason Manzoukas on stage.
Sketch-radio chaos with a recap habit.
Satire, side quests, and domestic collapse.
Simpsons love, Simpsons grievance, maximum derailment.
Action movies counted, mocked, and celebrated.
Cult movies roasted without polish.
Genre riffs with lore, grudges, and jokes.
Mindhunters still makes no sense.
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Mindhunters somehow missed the room.
Plumbers are the enemy here.
Paul opens in full Daddy Coconut mode, and the Last Looks mailbag immediately starts wobbling: The Forbidden Dance as Tommy Wiseau bait, Discord shout-outs, and listener bits that trip over their own feet.
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Rainforest rescue, by dance.
The hosts and a guest comically dissect the absurd movie 'Surf Ninjas'.
Comedians Paul Scheer, June Diane Raphael, and Jason Mantzoukas humorously dissect the terrible movie Law Abiding Citizen, reading listener comments and joking about its absurdities.
The hosts introduce a live show in Chicago where they will discuss a crime: a movie that has never been released in a purchasable format.
The hosts humorously analyze the absurd plot of the film Law-Abiding Citizen, a Gerard Butler action movie.
Comedians riff on and celebrate terrible movies, with this episode introducing a film that defies expectations.
Host Paul Scheer introduces a listener feedback segment on the movie Shoot Em Up, featuring alternative taglines and upcoming discussions.
The hosts introduce a live show discussing the movie Escape from L.A.
The hosts discuss the 2007 action film 'Shoot 'Em Up', chosen by listener vote, and break down its absurd plot.
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Paul Scheer opens with tumor jokes and smoochies, because Last Looks gets there fast.
This episode reviews the bizarre 1994 film Double Dragon, comparing it to other cult action movies like Demolition Man and Escape from L.A.
Date with an Angel, the 1987 romantic comedy, gets the live Minnesota treatment — the first time the show has played there — with Jason Manzoukas on stage.
This episode analyzes the 1994 film 'Disclosure', starring Michael Douglas and Demi Moore, which tackles the taboo topic of sexual harassment in the workplace with a comedic twist.
The hosts discuss listener feedback on the movie Return to Oz, share personal updates, and reveal next week's film.
This episode discusses the 1993 action film 'Hard Target' starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and Lance Hendrickson, focusing on its plot about hunting homeless people.
Return to Oz comes in bleak.
The hosts introduce a movie unavailable on streaming and perform a rap about bad films before starting their discussion.
The hosts humorously dissect the confusing plot and details of the movie Monkeybone.
The hosts discuss the bizarre 1992 film Cool World, where cartoons and humans interact in a surreal plot.
The hosts comically dissect the terrible movie Monkey Bone, a stop-motion live-action kids film about a cartoonist trapped in his own creation.
The hosts discuss the terrible movie Grease 2 with guest Anna Faris in a comedic breakdown.
The hosts discuss listener corrections and omissions for the movie Grizzly 2: Revenge in a comedic mini-episode.
The hosts and a guest comedian discuss the absurdity of the 2006 film The Wicker Man.
A comedy podcast where hosts and guests humorously dissect and celebrate the worst films ever made.
A live episode of How Did This Get Made where the hosts and all-star guests discuss the movie Glitter starring Mariah Carey.
The hosts introduce a segment where listeners voice issues on the movie 'Jack's Back', joking about movie titles and current pop culture.
The hosts excitedly discuss a hilariously bad Nicolas Cage Lifetime movie, dissecting its absurdity.