Hi everyone, it's Amy Polar, and I'm launching a new podcast called Good Hang.

In preparation for that, I asked some of my friends to send in some videos and give me some advice.

Just be yourself, and the guests will come.

Don't be the celebrity that this is their, like, sixth thing they're doing.

I love true crime and cooking podcasts. Is there any way you could combine the two?

Well, everyone has an opinion and a podcast. So, join me for good hang. It's rough out there.

We're just trying to lighten it up a little.

It is Thursday, July 31st. I went to a screening at Paramount the other night at the new Naked Gun reboot. It's very

funny, and it really feels like a throwback, not just because it's a comedy coming out in theaters,

albeit based on known IP, or at least IP known to my generation, not sure how much Gen Z is

familiar with Naked Gun. It's also a pure joke-driven comedy, something you really don't see

anymore on film or in TV. For that reason, I feel like the stakes are higher for this movie.

If it's a hit, we may see more swings from the studios in the comedy space. We talked about

this subject before, but we haven't talked about with one of the major comedic voices of the

past 25 years. Seth McFarlane is here,

in addition to being the creator and executive producer of Family Guy, American Dad, the Cleveland

show. He's a writer-director in film and TV and a talented singer, produces a bunch of stuff,

including the new Naked Gun movie. We're going to get into the comedy climate these days,

how to push the envelope

in this environment, the business end of comedy, and why he says it's so hard for even someone

like him to get a studio interested in a mainstream comedy. Plus what he wants to make now.

No call sheet today. It's Seth MacFarlane from The Ringer and Puck. I'm Matt Bellany and this is

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