Summary
Overview
Paul Scheer hosts this Last Looks episode for 'My Boyfriend's Back,' diving into corrections, omissions, and listener feedback. The episode takes an unexpected turn when Jason Mantzoukas joins for an emergency discussion about Vanity Fair's 'Boys of Hollywood' covers and how they compare to their own Geek Squad concept. The hosts debate which actors belong in the next generation of leading men, with help from their 21-year-old intern Quinn.
Opening and Episode Introduction
Paul welcomes listeners to Last Looks and highlights the incredible response to their first video clip, which garnered over a million views in two days. He announces their upcoming holiday special on December 10th with Jason, June, and Jessica St. Clair, emphasizing it will be a live broadcast available worldwide. Paul also reveals that next week's episode will cover 'The Christmas Tree,' a 1991 animated holiday special.
- First video clip of How Did This Get Made got over a million views in two days on Instagram
- Holiday special announced for December 10th at 6pm Pacific, live on Veeps with Jason, June, and Jessica St. Clair
- The episode will focus on corrections and omissions from 'My Boyfriend's Back'
Corrections and Omissions for My Boyfriend's Back
Listeners submit various corrections about the film, including a significant age discrepancy for actor Andrew Lowry. Discord user Del Preston personally edited IMDb to correct Lowry's age from 23 to 29. Other fascinating details emerge, including the revelation that the movie was originally titled 'Johnny Zombie' and featured an entire zombie community before Disney forced changes that gutted half the script.
- Andrew Lowry was actually 29 when the film came out, not 23 as initially stated
- The movie was originally called 'Johnny Zombie' and featured an entire world of zombies living in a cemetery
- Disney forced the removal of all zombies except one, essentially throwing out half the original script
- George Romero's zombies ate flesh, not brains - Return of the Living Dead established the brain-eating trope
" I was so annoyed with this piece of misinformation that I submitted an edit to IMDb to correct it, and it was accepted. "
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