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Unspooled

Clue

Unspooled

Paul Scheer & Amy Nicholson

Film Reviews, Tv & Film

4.6 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 11 September 2025

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

Paul teams up with Chris and Lizzie from the What Went Wrong Podcast to solve a murder mystery as they revisit the cult classic Clue. They reflect on the film's nostalgic charm, how casting shaped the film, and marvel at how edgy a PG rating could be in the 80s. Check out the What Went Wrong podcast at https://www.whatwentwrongpod.com/ You can join the Unspooled conversation on Paul’s Discord at https://discord.gg/ZwtygZGTa6 Follow Paul and Amy on Letterboxd for more of their movie hot takes! https://letterboxd.com/paulscheer/ https://letterboxd.com/theamynicholson/ Paul’s book Joyful Recollections of Trauma is out now! Find it at https://www.harpercollins.com/products/joyful-recollections-of-trauma-paul-scheer Check out more of Paul's writing on his Substack https://substack.com/@paulscheer Episodic Art by Kim Troxall: https://www.unspooledart.com/ Learn more about the show at Unspooledpod.com, follow us on Twitter @unspooled and on Instagram @unspooledpod, and don’t forget to rate, review & subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or where you listen to podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

The year, 1995.

0:03.3

And there's been a murder.

0:05.1

You see, like the mantis, we always get our man.

0:09.0

Mrs. Peacock was a man?

0:12.6

Would anyone care for fruit or dessert?

0:16.1

The movie? Clue.

0:20.6

Ah, I'm schools. Ah, ah. Clue.

0:56.7

Hello and welcome to Unsped. This is a podcast about good movies. Critical hits, fan favorites, musts, and in case you missed them. We have covered the AFI top 100. Now we are checking off movies from three major lists. The Letterbox top 250 films with the most fans, the IMDB 250, and the New York Times 1,000 essential films. And we'll also be chasing our own curiosity like we are doing today

1:02.9

revisiting Clue on its 40th anniversary. Pretty exciting stuff. I am Paul Shear. Normally I am joined by Amy Nicholson, but not today. Today, I am

1:13.7

joined by the hosts of What Went Wrong, a podcast that I absolutely love. Please welcome to the show.

1:20.4

Chris and Lizzie. How are you both? We're great. We're very excited to be here, especially to talk about

1:25.6

this absolute bedazzled gem of a movie.

1:30.0

I was wondering which list this made, but it sounds like it made your personal list, and that

1:35.7

not to besmirch clue, but that does make more sense. I will tell you, you know, you know,

1:40.2

normally I would, I would save this for a little bit later, but I will tell you, it did make some list.

1:44.1

It did make some, some list, not the ones that I would save this for a little bit later, but I will tell you it did make some lists. It did make some,

1:45.3

uh, some list, uh, not the ones that you would think, but it is on the letterbox, uh, the letterbox films with the most fans. I should actually even, uh, quantify that even more, comedies with the most fans. Comedy is slash board game. Yes, yes.

2:00.6

Yeah, yeah.

2:01.0

It's a very,

2:01.5

Parker Brothers.

2:02.0

It's very specific.

2:03.4

Yeah, very specific. I wanted to have you, too, on the show because I love your show. Your show, again, is what went wrong. It's a podcast where you really just break down how every movie is a miracle, right? The fact that you get from an idea to a script

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