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Stavvy's World

#168 - Matt Johnson

Stavvy's World

Stavros Halkias

Humor, Advice, Relationship, Comedy Interviews, Comedy, Improv, Stand-up

4.52.6K Ratings

🗓️ 16 February 2026

⏱️ 94 minutes

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Summary

Matt Johnson joins the pod to discuss his new film Nirvanna The Band The Show The Movie, wholesale stealing the skeleton of the plot from Back To The Future, his mom being brutally honest when he asked her if he was handsome, his and Stav’s concept for a reboot of Twins, his favorite sandwich, and much more. Stav and Matt help callers including a woman who suspects her friend of lying about having breast cancer, and a man concerned about his dad’s new obsession with ChatGPT. See NIRVANNA THE BAND THE SHOW THE MOVIE in theaters now! Get your tickets at https://www.neonrated.com/film/nirvanna-the-band-the-show-the-movie Thank you to our sponsors! Twisted Tea - https://www.twistedtea.com/locations Keep It Twisted!! Chubbies - https://www.chubbiesshorts.com/STAVVYSWORLD promo code STAVVYSWORLD ☎️ Want to be a part of the show? Call 904-800-STAV and leave a voicemail to get advice! 🎟️ See Stavvy live on the Dreamboat Tour 🛥️💕!!! https://stavvy.biz/ for tickets ‼️ Bonus episodes every week! Unlock exclusive, Patreon-only episodes at https://www.patreon.com/stavvysworld

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0:00.0

Welcome, everybody to Stavvy's World 9-04-800-staff.

0:06.3

Call in, we'll solve your problems.

0:09.2

We have one of the greatest minds of the Great White North on the couch right now.

0:14.4

Matt Johnson, whose new movie, Nirvana, the band, the show, the movie, has done probably what?

0:22.9

By this, this is Monday, so it's probably $400 million box office?

0:26.8

Oh, you know what?

0:27.5

I think you can drop maybe even three zeros.

0:33.0

The movie just came out.

0:34.6

I saw it.

0:35.3

It's funny as, it's legitimately funny as shit.

0:38.4

I mean, I'm trying to think, is it the fucking funniest movie of all time?

0:42.5

Is it? I'm trying to think. Is that what it is? No, no, no, not even close. But it was a very good time at the theaters, folks.

0:52.4

What's great about it is that it's one of those movies that were you watching at first,

0:55.7

especially you, are thinking, what a piece of shit.

0:58.8

Like, I can't believe I'm here.

1:00.7

I'm sitting in the IFC theater.

1:02.5

I was doing my buddy a favor just to appear.

1:05.1

He wanted me to be a laugh track to get the crowd going.

1:08.0

And then as soon as it does one interesting thing, you go, oh, okay. It's like, I once heard Wayne Knight say on the DVD special features of Seinfeld that one of his secret weapons, who was a really, really fat guy, but he was light on his feet. And so that when he ran, people always got a kick out of it. And I think that Nirvana, the band, the show, the movie has that. That's what you think. A big fat piece of shit movie that can move quickly. Yeah, yeah, it's nimble. Does it have a coherent plot, professional actors, beautiful people to look at? None of that. Jay looks pretty. Jay is cute. Jay is cute. Jay is held up really well. It's unbelievable.

1:46.7

Jay looks incredible. We're talking about Jay McCarroll. Look him up. He's one of these guys that gets

1:51.2

more handsome because when he was young, it was a bit of an uncanny valley because it was like,

1:56.2

uh, like he kind of looked like a man, but he's 14 years old. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

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