Summary
Overview
Paul Scheer hosts a Last Looks episode diving into corrections and omissions for the 1991 action film LiveWire, featuring a rare Just Chat segment with June Diane Raphael filling in for Jason. The episode explores fascinating behind-the-scenes details from the film's writer, analyzes Pierce Brosnan's wandering accent, and features an extensive discussion about travel bags and airport strategies. June shares updates on her new Amazon series Elle (a Legally Blonde prequel) and recommends shows like The Pit that have helped her process hospital trauma.
Pierce Brosnan's 'Here Come the Judge' Reference Examined
Paul investigates Pierce Brosnan's bizarre "here come the judge" line delivery in LiveWire, tracing its origins back to 1968 performer Pig Meat Markham. The original phrase was "here comes the judge" and became popular through appearances on shows like Laugh-In with Sammy Davis Jr. Paul discovers the early hip-hop style song and concludes that Brosnan essentially put a "vocal blackface" on the reference, misunderstanding both the original line and its cultural context.
- Pierce Brosnan's line 'here come the judge' was actually 'here comes the judge' originally performed by Pig Meat Markham in 1968
- The phrase became popular through Laugh-In with performers like Sammy Davis Jr.
- Paul describes Brosnan's delivery as putting 'vocal blackface' on the reference
Behind-the-Scenes Intel from LiveWire's Writer
Clinton calls in with exclusive information from Bart, the actual writer of LiveWire. The Madonna robot wasn't part of the original script but was added by another writer at the insistence of New Line executive Bob Shea, who was obsessed with the robot and wanted it to save the day. Bart was repeatedly fired and rehired over disagreements about the robot's role, with Bob Shea famously screaming that he wanted to see the robot go underwater and go "glug, glug, glug."
- The Madonna robot was not in the original script written by Bart, but added by another writer
- Bob Shea at New Line constantly pushed for more robot scenes and wanted the robot to save the day
- Writer Bart was fired and rehired multiple times over creative disagreements about the robot
- Bob Shea threw a fit demanding to see 'the fucking robot go underwater and go glug, glug, glug'
" I want to see the fucking robot go underwater and go glug, glug, glug, glug. "
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