Xanadu: LIVE! w/ Michaela Watkins (HDTGM Matinee)

How Did This Get Made?

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4.8 • 23.4K Ratings

🗓️ 17 June 2025

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

If you’ve ever roller-skated, then this movie is for you! Michaela Watkins (Hacks) joins Paul, June, and Jason to talk all about the Olivia Newton-John & Gene Kelly musical Xanadu. LIVE from Largo in LA, they cover everything from the opening dance montage where the muses come out of a mural portal, the animation sequence that was basically the sex scene, and Gene Kelly’s memory boner. Plus, we discover why Zeus has a British accent during audience Q&A! (Originally Released 01/30/2022)

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0:00.0	If you are a roller skate, this movie is for you.
0:04.0	We saw Zanidu so you know what that means.
0:08.0	Now it's time.
0:10.0	How did this can wait?
0:12.0	We want to have a good time, celebrate some failure, not just be a waiter,
0:15.0	because you know you wonder, how do you disagreeing?
0:17.0	It looks low in the mediocrity of subpar arts.
0:21.7	Perhaps we'll find the answer to the question, how did this get made?
0:26.0	Hello, people of Earth!
0:29.5	And hello, people of Largo!
0:35.9	We are live in our L.A. home here at the Largo Theater at the Cornette, one of the greatest theaters here in L.A., and we have an amazing show for you.
0:44.9	But to begin the show, I need to introduce my co-host. Please welcome Jason Manzukas.
0:58.0	What's up, Jukes? June, Diane Rayfield.
1:03.0	I love. And our very special guest for tonight,
1:17.9	Michaela Watkins!
1:22.1	All right.
1:29.3	All right. Like I said, this movie has been told to me that we need to do this movie.
1:37.3	I never believed people until I saw it.
1:40.3	This movie is insane and insane in a way that I feel like it was like,
1:46.9	it was late night art deco furniture, cocaine use.
1:52.4	And like, I feel like there was like,
1:54.5	I literally feel like someone was fucking someone
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