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Last Looks: Vertical Limit

July 10, 2026 • 40m

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Overview

Paul Scheer hosts this Last Looks episode diving into audience corrections and thoughts on Vertical Limit, featuring a deleted scene with Lacey Mosley and a special Just Chat segment with June Diane Raphael about their recent Disney cruise to Alaska. The episode celebrates extreme summer with discussions about K2 pollution, Applebee's obsessions, and announces next week's movie: the 1986 skateboard classic Thrashin'.

K2 Environmental Issues and Movie Observations

The episode opens with listener corrections about the real-world problem of pollution on K2, including equipment and human waste that makes cleanup difficult at high altitudes. Listeners also point out missed Star Wars connections in the cast and discuss the film's clunky exposition methods, like the magazine page reveal showing Annie as the fastest woman climber.

  • K2 has serious litter problems including equipment and human waste that's difficult to clean at high altitude
  • Tamura Morrison (Boba/Jango Fett) played the helicopter pilot who throws the shoe bomb
  • The movie used awkward exposition like helicopter wind blowing magazine pages to reveal character backstory

Corrections and Omissions Philosophy

Jason Mantzoukas sets a new tone for the segment, declaring that instead of corrections and omissions, it should be called opinions and context because the hosts are always right. This leads to debates about Bill Paxton's motivations in the film and whether Scott Glenn would meet his wife in heaven with the same facial hair he had when he died.

  • Jason declares the segment should be 'opinion and context' instead of 'corrections and omissions' because they're always right
  • Debate over whether you go to heaven with the facial hair you had when you died
  • Listener argues Bill Paxton's motivation was ego, not the commercial, but Paul disagrees
" Do you go to heaven with the facial hair you just had? "
" Instead of correction and omission, it should be opinion and context. The assumption should be that we're always right. "

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