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BEHIND THE VELVET ROPE

Introducing: The Big Flop

BEHIND THE VELVET ROPE

David Yontef

Entertainment News, News, Society & Culture, Tv & Film

3.93.2K Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2023

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

Every big moment starts with a big dream. But what happens when that big dream turns out to be an even bigger failure?  Each week on Wondery’s new podcast The Big Flop, host Misha Brown is joined by different comedians to chronicle some of the biggest failures and blunders in pop culture history. Each episode will have you thinking to yourself, why in the world did this get made?! This is just a preview of The Big Flop. You can listen to the full episode wherever you get your podcasts, or at Wondery.fm/bigflop_behindthevelvetrope Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Every big moment starts with a big dream, Bethany and Skinny Girl, Countess Luann and her cabaret.

0:10.2

Tell her Swift singing her first note in the shower, me and this podcast, but what happens when

0:16.2

that big dream turns out to be an even bigger failure? It happens, each week on Wondry's new

0:23.8

podcast, The Big Flop, host Misha Brown is joined by different comedians to chronicle some of the

0:29.6

biggest failures and blunders and pop culture history. Can you imagine if we all didn't tune into

0:35.6

the first episode of Keeping Up With The Kardashians? Each episode will have you thinking to yourself,

0:40.6

why in the world did this get made? Sounds like a great podcast, right? It is. I've listened,

0:45.8

but hey, I'm going to share a preview with you guys of The Big Flop. Right now, actually,

0:50.1

you can listen to the full episodes wherever you get your podcast, Apple Spotify,

0:55.6

and everywhere else just search Wondry's Big Flop. And hey, I'm even going to include a link in

1:00.9

the show notes for you to make it easy. Now, just sit back and enjoy the sample of this great new

1:06.1

podcast, The Big Flop. It's October 2020, an actor Thomas Lennon is sitting but naked on a bucket.

1:21.2

He's filming a scene for his new movie Reno911. It's a wonderful heist. Here's Lennon on AV Club.

1:28.1

I had my pants completely down and I was pretending to poop in a bucket. Do you all remember Reno911?

1:34.0

It was that instant classic when it premiered on Comedy Central in 2003. And now, 17 years later,

1:40.5

they're shooting the revival for a brand's new streaming platform called Quibi. Quibi claims it's

1:46.8

a brand new way to watch TV in movies, Hollywood quality content in 10 minutes or less, only available

1:53.9

on your phone. The idea came from some of the biggest names in Hollywood and Silicon Valley.

1:59.7

The app seemed to have everything going for it. But right in the middle of a take,

2:05.0

Thomas Lennon starts to notice whispers among the crew. Everyone's suddenly uncomfortable.

2:12.8

And it doesn't seem to have anything to do with his butt.

2:16.3

When we finally cut, everybody's like, hey, Quibi doesn't exist anymore.

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