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921. Frame Rate: Meet the Feebles (Feat. Tom Reimann)

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Comedy

4.91.1K Ratings

🗓️ 14 October 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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This episode was paid for by special bean Doctor Slaphammer via the Pick the Flick tier on our patreon. They picked it and we flicked it! Thanks, Doc! This episode covers one of the first features of hobbit-lover/director Peter Jackson. It’s the one with the rude puppets. Features: Tom Reimann: https://bsky.app/profile/startthemachine.bsky.social Michael Swaim: https://bsky.app/profile/michaelswaim.bsky.social Abe Epperson: https://bsky.app/profile/abeepp.bsky.social Support Small Beans and access Additional Content: https://www.patreon.com/SmallBeans Check our store to buy Small Beans merch! https://www.teepublic.com/stores/the-small-beans-store

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0:00.0

The

0:07.0

The So Tom, guess it almost needs no introduction

0:28.8

because he's such an old bean moldering at the back of the bean bed at this point.

0:33.1

One of the biggest smelliest oldest beans around.

0:35.4

Tom, I got to ask, how does it feel to be the person, the pal that came to mind when a patron said, cover, meet the feebles. And we went, Tom would be good for that. Does that feel insulting at all? It was a concern of mine. It's entirely appropriate. Okay, great. Okay. Good. Because we were sitting in our altar room that we have with the two rocks facing each other

0:59.5

bringing candles.

1:01.1

Shrieking.

1:02.0

And we're facing us.

1:03.6

Mommy.

1:05.0

Daddy.

1:06.2

And it happened.

1:07.1

It just happened organically one night.

1:09.4

That's the title of that old classic film, right? It happened organically one night that's that's the title of that old classic film

1:11.6

right it happened organically one night yeah uh if people aren't aware it's about the titanic

1:18.3

turning into a biomechanical organism sorry yeah meet the feebles it was about a series of half

1:24.9

technological half organic hybrid beings commonly referred to as Muppets or Puppets.

1:32.0

That's one of the early films of Peter Jackson of Lord of the Rings fame.

1:36.0

And famously, if you're not aware, his early movies are all gnarly and nasty.

1:40.4

And sometimes for humor's sake, sometimes for gross out shock values, sometimes both,

1:45.5

but he had back in the day a very, uh, what do you call them, toxic Avengers making people,

1:51.6

you know, uh, trauma.

1:53.4

What's that outfit?

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