How Did This Get Made?
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 episodes every Friday. Classic episodes re-released every Tuesday.
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Recent Episodes
Perfect Stranger LIVE! (Classic)
Nov 03, 2026Halle Berry & Bruce Willis star in the 2007 thriller Perfect Stranger. LIVE from Washington D.C., Paul, June, & Jason discuss the Victoria's Secret product placement, what the tile of the movie refers...
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In this live episode from Washington D.C., the hosts dissect the 2007 thriller Perfect Stranger starring Halle Berry, Bruce Willis, and Giovanni Ribisi. The movie features multiple endings, confusing plot twists, and a revelation that the protagonist herself is the murderer. The team struggles to make sense of the convoluted narrative involving online affairs, belladonna poisoning, and buried bodies, while celebrating the film's unintentionally hilarious moments and questionable creative choices.
- Opening and Movie Context
- Bruce Willis's Performance and The Return of Bruno
Seed of Chucky
Oct 30, 2026For our first foray into the Child's Play franchise, Paul, June, & Jason tackle 2004's Seed of Chucky—a slasher comedy that also attempts to be a meta Hollywood satire, a family melodrama, and a queer...
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Paul Scheer, Jason Mantzoukas, and June Diane Raphael close out spooky season by diving into 2004's Seed of Chucky, the fifth film in the Child's Play franchise. This meta Hollywood satire blends slasher, family melodrama, and queer coming-of-age themes as murderous dolls Chucky and Tiffany reunite with their gender-fluid offspring Glenn/Glenda. The hosts spend considerable time unpacking the convoluted lore, Jennifer Tilly's dual role brilliance, and the bizarre choice to have dolls with functioning genitalia reproduce. While not scary, the movie delivers laughs through its absurdist premise and self-aware humor.
- Cabbage Patch Kids and Chucky Origins
- Jennifer Tilly's Dual Role and the Meta Hollywood Satire
Wish Upon LIVE! (Classic)
Oct 27, 2026Joey King & Ryan Phillippe star in the 2017 horror/thriller Wish Upon—a movie where the villain is a magic music box with confusing powers. LIVE from Largo in LA, Paul, June, and Jason discuss dump-ju...
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The How Did This Get Made podcast tackles 2017's Wish Upon, a teen horror film starring Joey King and Ryan Phillippe. The hosts dissect this Final Destination-meets-Monkey's Paw story about a music box that grants wishes but kills innocent people with each one. They explore the film's confusing rules, questionable teen dialogue, and bizarre deaths while debating whether the protagonist actually outsmarted the cursed box or met her inevitable fate.
- The Premise and Opening Trauma
- The Rules of the Box (Or Lack Thereof)
Keanu Reeves & Al Pacino star in one of the sexiest/dirtiest movies we’ve ever covered—the 1997 supernatural thriller The Devil’s Advocate. LIVE from The Bell House in NYC, Julie Klausner (Difficult P...
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The How Did This Get Made podcast team—Paul Scheer, June Diane Raphael, and Jason Mantzoukas—along with guest Julie Klausner, perform a live show at Brooklyn's Bell House discussing the 1997 film The Devil's Advocate. They dissect the film's excessive runtime, Al Pacino's over-the-top performance as the devil, problematic content, bizarre character choices, and convoluted plot twists involving Keanu Reeves as a lawyer tempted by Satan.
- Opening the Pedophile Trial
- Moving to New York and Al Pacino's Introduction
Charlize Theron & Seth Rogen join Paul, June, & Jason to discuss the 1987 horny supernatural slasher Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II. LIVE from Largo in LA, they talk about stink bombs, the naked termin...
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The How Did This Get Made podcast team dissects the 1987 Canadian horror film Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night 2, a wild supernatural revenge tale featuring a jealous ex-boyfriend burning his girlfriend alive at prom in the 1950s, only for her spirit to possess a student decades later for vengeance. The panel—joined by guests Seth Rogen and Charlize Theron promoting their film Long Shot—celebrates the movie's bonkers plot, fearless performances, complete lack of exposition, and unexpected horniness while trying to make sense of its many inexplicable choices.
- Opening and Movie Setup: A Prom Night Gone Wrong
- Vicky the Star: Greatest Performance Never Recognized
Last Looks: Happy Birthday to Me
Oct 16, 2026Jason and Paul battle it out in a quiz game about all the scary movies we've covered on the podcast. But first, Paul responds to all your corrections & omissions on Happy Birthday to Me! We learn more...
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Paul Scheer hosts Last Looks for Happy Birthday to Me, featuring corrections and omissions from listeners about the bizarre Canadian slasher film. The episode includes listener feedback on strange details like the creepy therapist, toilet/bidet debates, and the main character's head injury. Jason Mantzoukas joins for a scary movie trivia battle covering past horror films covered on the show, with mixed results as both hosts struggle to remember titles from their 17-year catalogue.
- Therapist Boundary Issues and Canadian Crime Scene Protocols
- The Great Bidet Debate Resolution
Leprechaun in the Hood w/ Kumail Nanjiani (Classic)
Oct 13, 2026Is Leprechaun in the Hood a movie so bad that it's good? It stars Ice-T and Warwick Davis, who are always bodacious. We got Kumail Nanjiani as our special guest, to help us put this horror flick to th...
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The hosts of 'How Did This Get Made' dive into Leprechaun in the Hood, the fifth installment in the Leprechaun franchise. Joined by guest Kumail Nanjiani, they dissect this 2000 horror-comedy featuring Ice-T as a record producer who imprisoned a leprechaun decades ago, only to have three aspiring rappers accidentally free the creature while stealing a magical flute. The conversation highlights the film's bizarre logic, offensive stereotypes, inconsistent supernatural powers, and surprisingly dark ending.
- Introduction and Movie Premise
- Ice-T's Performance and Character Inconsistencies
Happy Birthday to Me
Oct 09, 2026The 1981 teen slasher Happy Birthday to Me has a wild twist ending that you could never predict, but Paul, Jason, and June try nonetheless to make sense out of all the bonkers plot turns leading up to...
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Halloween III: Season of the Witch (Classic)
Oct 06, 2026Paul, June, and Jason go guestless for the first time ever to tackle 1982's terrifyingly terrible Halloween III: Season of the Witch. They discuss the robots full of goo, the evil Irish novelty toy ma...
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The hosts of How Did This Get Made tackle Halloween 3: Season of the Witch, a bizarre non-Michael Myers Halloween film from 1982. They dissect the absurd plot involving an Irish toy manufacturer's plan to kill children with microchip-embedded masks, a stolen piece of Stonehenge, and robot assassins. The conversation explores the film's confusing protagonist (a sex-addicted alcoholic doctor turned detective), impossible plot holes, and surprisingly dark ending where the villain's plan partially succeeds.
- Introduction and Halloween 3 Background
- The Protagonist: Dr. Sexy McAlcoholic
Last Looks: The Lair of the White Worm
Oct 02, 2026Jason & Paul discuss their Halloween season plans before recommending some movies, stand-up specials, podcasts, and books they're currently loving. But first, Paul responds to all your corrections & o...
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Paul Scheer breaks down The Lair of the White Worm with listener corrections, then Jason Mantzoukas joins to discuss Halloween traditions, The League's lasting legacy, fantasy football culture, and recent comedy specials they're loving. The episode blends movie analysis with personal stories about celebrating spooky season and navigating Los Angeles trick-or-treating chaos.
- Bram Stoker Origins and Ken Russell's Adaptation
- Catherine Oxenberg's Underwear Controversy
Underworld: Blood Wars LIVE! (Classic)
Sep 29, 2026Kate Beckinsale stars in the fifth and final installment of the Underworld franchise in the 2016 action horror movie Underworld: Blood Wars. LIVE from Boston, Paul, June, and Jason discuss the UV bull...
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Paul, Jason, and June tackle Underworld: Blood Wars, the fifth installment in the vampire-werewolf franchise, during a live show in Boston. The hosts struggle to understand the convoluted plot involving bloodlines, hybrids, and an ancient war between vampires and lycans. Despite watching the film multiple times and consulting audience members who've seen the entire series, they remain confused about basic plot points like why Kate Beckinsale can walk in sunlight, what exactly makes a hybrid, and why the title is 'Underworld' if it's not actually set underground. The conversation touches on the film's oppressive darkness, Game of Thrones actors, impossible biology, and whether vampires and werewolves live among regular humans.
- Introduction and Initial Reactions
- The Confusing Mythology and Exposition Dump
The Lair of the White Worm
Sep 25, 2026Hugh Grant, Amanda Donohoe, and Peter Capaldi star in Ken Russell's nutso 1988 horror cult classic The Lair of the White Worm. Paul, June, and Jason discuss the plane sex dream sequence, if Lady Sylvi...
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Paul Scheer, Jason Mantzoukas, and June Diane Raphael dive into Ken Russell's 1988 cult horror film 'The Lair of the White Worm,' celebrating its campy brilliance and visual style. They discuss the confusing plot involving an immortal snake woman, virginal sacrifices, Hugh Grant's aristocratic nonchalance, and Amanda Donohoe's scene-stealing performance. The hosts appreciate the film's avant-garde aesthetic, psychedelic imagery, and commitment to pure vibes over coherent mythology, ultimately recommending it as perfect spooky season viewing.
- Introduction and Plot Confusion
- Ken Russell's Vision and the Film's Success
Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock star in the 2006 romantic fantasy The Lake House, which is a love story centered around a magic mailbox. LIVE from Largo in LA, Aisling Bea (Taskmaster) and Starlee Kin...
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Jason Mantzoukas and Paul Scheer join Aisling Bea and Starlee Kine at Largo in Los Angeles to dissect the 2006 romantic time-travel film The Lake House. The hosts explore the baffling logic of a mailbox that allows Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves to communicate across a two-year time gap, questioning why these characters would choose letter-writing over simply meeting in person. The conversation covers everything from the infamous final kiss to the magical dog that may be orchestrating everything, with the panel ultimately concluding that the film prioritizes neither its romance nor its time-travel premise effectively.
- Opening and Initial Reactions to the Film
- The Kissing Problem
Last Looks: Jack
Sep 18, 2026Jason & Paul give their thoughts on Lanterns, Jason Statham's Mutiny, Coyote vs. ACME, and a bunch of other movies, TV shows, albums, and comic books they're currently loving. But first, Paul responds...
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Paul Scheer hosts Last Looks for the Robin Williams movie 'Jack,' fielding listener corrections, discussing Francis Ford Coppola's compromised vision for the film, and diving deep into recent movies and TV shows with Jason Mantzoukas. The episode explores Jennifer Lopez's terrible teaching, the film's troubled production history, and wraps with recommendations ranging from Coyote vs. Acme to obscure anime.
- Jennifer Lopez's Teaching Incompetence
- Francis Ford Coppola's Debt-Driven Filmmaking
Tim Heidecker joins Paul, June, and Jason to break down the 2012 fantastical dramedy The Odd Life of Timothy Green starring Jennifer Garner and Joel Edgerton. They cover Timothy’s relationship with Ba...
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Jack
Sep 11, 2026Robin Williams plays a 10-year-old boy who looks like a 40-year-old man in the 1996 Francis Ford Coppola film Jack—a movie that wants to be a dramedy but is actually a body horror flick about boomers ...
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Paul Scheer, Jason Mantzoukas, and June Diane Raphael dissect Francis Ford Coppola's 1996 film Jack, starring Robin Williams as a 10-year-old boy with a rare condition that makes him age four times faster, causing him to look 40. The hosts struggle with the film's inconsistent tone, Robin Williams' performance as a child that doesn't feel authentically 10 years old, and a narrative that fails to explore its own premise. They debate whether the film is a metaphor for childhood illness, a meditation on mortality, or simply middle-aged men yearning for youth.
- Introduction and Film Overview
- The Central Problem: Robin Williams Doesn't Play His Age
Joyful Noise w/ Fred Stoller (Classic)
Sep 08, 2026Dolly Parton & Queen Latifah star in the 2012 musical dramedy Joyful Noise—a movie with so many bizarre plots that your head will spin trying to follow them all. Actor/comedian Fred Stoller (Everybody...
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Last Looks: xXx & The Legend of Billie Jean
Sep 04, 2026It's a super-sized Last Looks! Paul responds to your corrections & omissions on both xXx and The Legend of Billie Jean, and also shares bonus deleted scenes from both episodes. We get more info on Xan...
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In this supersized Last Looks episode, Paul addresses corrections and omissions from both XXX and The Legend of Billie Jean episodes. He shares bonus deleted scenes, discusses audience questions about plot holes and details, and Jason joins for a Just Chat segment where they recommend documentaries and books about Hollywood flops. The episode concludes with the announcement that next week's movie will be Jack, the 1996 Francis Ford Coppola film starring Robin Williams.
- Triple X Corrections and Questions
- Pat Benatar and The Legend of Billie Jean
Finish sucking your milkshakes, because Paul, June, and Jason are LIVE from Detroit in front of a livid audience to discuss the 2012 kids mega-flop The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure. Despite...
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The How Did This Get Made podcast team takes on 'Oogie Loves in The Big Balloon Adventure,' a 2012 children's film shot in Michigan. Hosts Paul Scheer, Jason Mantzoukas, and June Diane Raphael dissect this $60 million musical featuring puppets on a quest to find five golden balloons for a pillow's birthday party. The live Detroit audience shares their strong reactions to this notorious box office bomb that holds the record for lowest opening weekend gross for a film in over 2,000 theaters.
- Opening Discussion: The Oogie Loves Experience
- The Disturbing Puppet Characters and Design
The Legend of Billie Jean LIVE!
Aug 28, 2026FAIR IS FAIR! Helen Slater and Christian Slater star in the 1985 cult classic The Legend of Billie Jean, a movie that caused Paul, Jason, and June to stand up in fierce debate for over ten minutes. LI...
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A passionate discussion of the 1985 film 'The Legend of Billie Jean' recorded live at Largo in Los Angeles. The hosts debate whether this ahead-of-its-time feminist teen empowerment film belongs on a 'bad movie' podcast, with Jason and June celebrating it as revolutionary cinema while Paul raises questions about its logic. The conversation explores themes of youth empowerment, gender dynamics, class warfare, and the film's cultural impact.
- Opening and Film Introduction
- The Movie's Kid Logic and Adult Dismissal