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WHAT WENT WRONG

SNAFU with Ed Helms: Starfish Prime

WHAT WENT WRONG

Sad Boom Media

Flop, Film, Film History, Blockbuster, Acting, Disaster, History, Tv & Film, Movie, Directing, Hollywood

4.84.2K Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2026

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Join Chris & Lizzie as Ed Helms guides them through Starfish Prime: that time the US government decided to detonate a nuke in the atmosphere, just to see what would happen. SNAFU is basically What Went Wrong, but with real-world stakes, nukes, and hosted by the wonderfully talented Ed Helms!

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0:00.0

Operation Fishbowl sounds less like a nuclear testing program and more like something you'd win tickets to see at SeaWorld.

0:08.5

I don't know which is more depressing. Welcome to Snafu, the show about history's greatest screw-ups.

0:28.4

I'm Ed Helms, and today we'll be covering Starfish Prime.

0:33.2

This was actually a royally nuclear screw-up in our history.

0:37.2

I'm joined today by a dynamic duo.

0:40.2

Both are talented artists combining skills of writing, directing, producing,

0:44.9

and together they host the critically acclaimed podcast, What Went Wrong?

0:50.2

Which you guys have self-described as a bi-weekly podcast exploring movie-making mayhem

0:56.7

behind your favorite films. Welcome to Snafu, Chris Winterbauer, and Lizzie Bassett.

1:03.4

Thank you. Thank you so much for having us at. Although we have since gone weekly,

1:07.9

we will say now, we need to update our text clearly.

1:12.9

And we are just going to start off with just blowing your audience away.

1:17.9

They can have twice as much of us as they thought they might get previously.

1:21.2

So that's exciting.

1:22.3

Do not correct me on my own podcast.

1:25.5

How dare you?

1:26.3

What are you?

1:27.1

If I may. A couple of other mistakes.

1:30.6

Great. Did I say your name's correct?

1:35.4

That's actually an important thing to point out. You guys have a really cool podcast. Tell us a

1:41.0

little bit about it. Lizzie? Thank you. Well, yeah, each episode of our podcast

1:46.3

dives into the story behind a different movie, and the theory is sort of that any movie is a

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