498: The Stolen Lunch Money Report
The Popcast With Knox and Jamie
Knox McCoy and Jamie Golden
4.8 • 7.1K Ratings
🗓️ 29 March 2023
⏱️ 72 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of The Popcast, we play the ultimate game of Hollywood schoolyard politics with The Stolen Lunch Money Report. Join us as we dish the dirt on who’s been embezzling roles and swindling screen time versus those whose careers were looted.
MENTIONS
- Join us: The Popcast Live is coming in September. Tickets go on sale April 12th… unless you’re a BFOTS. BFOTS pre-sale begins April 4. Note for the Audio subscriber and FOTS is April 11. Lots of info here: knoxandjamie.com/live
- John Hamm vs. Jonah Hill
- Tom Hanks vs. Michael Keaton (their age difference is what?)
- Zendaya (see also: Hot and Cold Kids Bop 15 | Replay) vs. FloPugh vs. Hailee Steinfeld (see also: True Grit | she wrote a song about what?)
- Simba > Rocket Racoon
- Well, actually…: that Stitch ride closed
- Speaking of Hanson: It’s been over 25 years since MMMBop.
- More like Dick Van Yikes
- Pedro Pascal (see also: The Mentalist, his big spear, Narcos, Hot Ones) > Oscar Isaac (arm pit sniff)
- John Krasinski (see also: 13 Hours, Some Good News) vs. Zachary Levi (see also: Shazam!)
- Amanda Seyfried vs. Blake Lively (see also: her nose circa The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, first date with Ryan Reynolds)
- Flyby mentions: Winston Duke, Michael B. Jordan, LaKeith Stanfield, Daniel Kaluuya, Brian Tyree Henry, Regé-Jean Page, Stephan James, Donald Glover, Tyler James Williams, Jonathan Majors (woof, indeed), John David Washington, John Boyega, Aldis Hodge vs Jesse Plemons, Glen Powell
- Jennifer Garner (see also: baby food, pretend cooking show, Party Down) vs. Gwyneth Paltrow (see also: Goop) vs. Leslie Mann vs. Kristen Wiig vs. Giada De Laurentiis (see also: Giada and Nicole Kidman on Ellen)
- Bop: Whopper Whopper song
- More fly by mentions: Chris Pine vs. James Marsden | Lindsay Lohan vs. Emma Stone | Steve Buscemi vs. Willem Dafoe | Domhnall Gleeson vs. Jesse Plemons | Philip Seymour Hoffman vs. John C. Reilly | Bradley Cooper vs. Michael Fassbender | Michael Cera vs. Jesse Eisenberg | The Rock vs. Vin Diesel (see also: Twin Diesel)
- Red light mentions: 21 Jumpstreet and Kanyei | Jim Toth | STD State | Olivia Wilde’s money woes | Harry Styles + Emily Ratatouille
BONUS SEGMENT
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- The Rock vs. DC
- Succession vs. Yellowjackets
GREEN LIGHTS
- Jamie: book - “How I’ll Kill You” by Ren DeStefano
- Knox: book - “I Have Some Questions For You” by Rebecca Makkai
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Stitches in a weird Disney World ride where like you just sit in a room and it's like a comedy club |
| 0:04.5 | And at some point he farts and you smell it. I'm not making this up. This is the legit story. That's not real and it's just |
| 0:11.0 | What part of that caught is bad it you guys there's there's cool way to spend 10 grand and there are not cool ways and sniffing |
| 0:17.2 | Stitches farts is not a cool way to spend 10 grand. I will |
| 0:20.2 | Hello and welcome to the 498 of the podcast I'm your host Max McCoy and I'm your other host Jamie Golden |
| 0:34.7 | The podcast is a show dedicated to the life of idiocy and we're committed to getting you on things entertained but do not matter |
| 0:40.8 | To find out more about these transitive pursuits check us out at noxonjami.com |
| 0:45.4 | You can also find us on Instagram and Facebook at the podcast and we're on Twitter at podcast pod |
| 0:49.9 | Thanks for joining us this week as we are going to be talking the stolen lunch money report |
| 0:54.4 | But before we do that did you guys know that in August of this year we will be celebrating |
| 0:59.8 | Ten years of the podcast box. Have you ever worked anywhere that long not even close? |
| 1:04.8 | No, not even close neither not even close guys. So just celebrate the podcast live is coming to a town near you and by near you |
| 1:11.2 | I mean it might mean a fun road trip right on September 2nd |
| 1:14.8 | We will be in Austin, Texas at ACL live check knows what that is because of PBS and then on September 30th |
| 1:21.1 | We will be in Atlanta, Georgia at the Symphony Hall check knows less about the Symphony |
| 1:24.9 | But he does like the soundtrack to 1986 top-hand set. Yeah, so how can you get tickets tickets go on sale to the general public on Wednesday April 12th at 10 a.m |
| 1:32.8 | Central time that's a very special on Wednesdays |
| 1:35.4 | We pop cast because it's our 500th episode now when you get tickets earlier than that also yes |
| 1:41.2 | Be five best friends of the show already have a pre-sell code so they can buy tickets on Tuesday April 4th at 10 a.m. Central |
| 1:47.1 | They get a whole week to think about it by their tickets pick out the best seats and then friends of the show and |
| 1:52.6 | Subscribers to our newsletter note for the audio they get a pre-sell code for Tuesday April 11th and then the general sale on April 12th |
| 1:59.5 | Now in the past most of our live shows have been general admission, you know fight to the death for a seat |
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