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What Is Making 'Dune' Such a Phenomenon? Plus, 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' and 'What We Do in the Shadows.'

The Watch

The Ringer

Tv & Film

4.55.5K Ratings

🗓️ 28 October 2021

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Chris and Andy talk about the success that 'Dune' is having amid all-time low moviegoing (4:42) and why this heavily science fiction movie has mass appeal (17:53). Plus, the premiere of 'Curb Your Enthusiasm,' and 'What We Do in the Shadows' gets weird (40:40). Hosts: Chris Ryan and Andy Greenwald Producer: Kaya McMullen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

The press box is here to catch you up on the latest media stories hosted by Brian Curtis and

0:04.6

David Schumaker. These guys have the insight on the biggest stories you care about.

0:08.6

Check out the press box on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.

0:14.8

I need support to have to clear the room.

0:17.9

Stand up and walk now!

0:20.0

Hello and welcome to the watch. My name is Chris Ryan. I am an editor at theRinger.com and

0:25.2

joining me on the other line, the Baron Harkin in of Content. It's Andy Gruebos!

0:31.6

It's you joke but I've always considered myself to be a fat slug-like being floating above the

0:37.6

scrum. You know and just delivering my opinions, my orders and generally being feared and respected.

0:44.1

Oh Andy, it's great to see you man. I'm still recording from Philadelphia, Andy's in California.

0:48.8

It's Wednesday when we were recording. This is going up Thursday. We're going to talk a little

0:52.4

bit about Dune, which I also chatted about with Sean and Amanda on the big pick. We're going to

0:58.0

talk a little bit about what we do in the shadows and maybe a little bit about curb your enthusiasm.

1:01.8

All the all the funnies coming out today. Chris, you missed. I don't want to step on our treasure

1:08.2

trove of content but you're missing a lot of epiphenomenal events out here. So far you've missed

1:13.9

you missed an earthquake. You missed rain, which is more uncommon than earthquakes. Do you have

1:21.0

FOMO? Do you have California natural event FOMO right now? It's just slate gray here in Philadelphia.

1:27.4

Like absolutely dead concrete slate gray. Oh Jesus yeah. I can't. So it's been it's been cool.

1:34.2

Like I've enjoyed it and it's been that like late it's like that fall East Coast weather where

1:39.5

it's like some days it's 68 and some days it's 48. But it is it's funny. It's like I do think

1:45.2

that California has gotten into my into my sort of like emotional balance beam because like now I'm

1:51.4

like oh man like I haven't seen like pure sun in a couple of days and it is it is gets to you.

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