The Montreal Screwjob with Jon Mackey

Lizard People: Comedy and Conspiracy Theories

Lizard People

Paranormal, Religion & Spirituality, Conspiracytheory, Conspiracy, Comedy

4 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2017

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

You like professional wrestling? The thing is, even if you think you don't, you honestly do. From the pageantry to the hella ripped bods to the powerful community that's congealed around it, wrestling has become so much more than just a goofy rigged pseudo-sport. And in this episode our illustrious guest argues that the modern era of wrestling can be traced back to one shocking fight - the infamous Montreal Screwjob. Jon Mackey is a talented writer, director, and comedian, and he's finally going public about his passionate love for the art and sport that is wrestling. He's also addressing the true conspiracy behind the event that changed sports forever.

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0:00.0	The Hi, welcome to Lizard People. This is a show where we talk all about conspiracy theories,
0:22.2	crazy people, and kooky ideas. all about what's going on behind the scenes.
0:25.0	I'm your host Caitlin Hampstead.
0:29.7	Let's get to the show. In order to just like optically make this seem different,
0:40.0	we should switch up casting.
0:42.0	You're reasonable.
0:44.0	Yeah, because we don't care.
0:45.0	We just do whatever.
0:46.0	Yeah.
0:47.0	Most of that was just imp-
0:49.0	Whoa, cool. Bad boys of improv.
0:51.0	Yeah, most of that sketch is it was improvised.
0:55.0	Not really.
0:56.0	We had a structure.
0:57.0	Like we knew what all the people's games were going to be,
1:00.0	but they're like walking around like yeah that was all out of nowhere
1:06.8	doing this was just like a real highlight for. They're just great.
1:13.0	These mics are cool by the way.
1:14.0	Very golden.
1:15.0	Thank you.
1:17.0	You got to.
1:20.0	Um, cool.
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