Last Looks: Circus Island [Jason Edition] w/ Justin Halpern
6/26/20261 hr 13 min
Discord beware—it's a Jason takeover! Paul's away, which means Jason reluctantly takes the mic and responds to all your Contexts & Opinions (formerly Corrections & Omissions) on our Circus Island episode, including a call from a performer in the movie. Then, writer/producer Justin Halpern (Abbot Elementary, Harley Quinn) chats with Paul and Jason about his hilarious new mystery novel Get Lost, why you'll never see Batman go down on Catwoman on the Harley Quinn TV show, the origins of $#*! My Dad Says, and much more. Plus, Jason announces the first movie we'll be covering for our EXTREME SUMMER series before introducing a mysterious brand-new segment.
JASON'S SUMMER PLAYLIST:
Rala-Bucho by Antonio Carlos & Jocafi
World of Trouble by The Montvales
Love of the Song by Jobi Riccio
I Just Want To Talk To You by Charles Brown & Sleepy Creek
T'chuba T'chiba by Dulce Neves
Get It Up For Love by Ned Doheny
Spring Theme by Fabiano do Nascimento & Vittor Santos e Orquestra
Ālibek'agnimi by Tilaye Gebre & Dahlak Band
JUSTIN, PAUL, & JASON'S RECS:
• Go to hdtgm.com for tour dates, merch, FAQs, and more
• Leave us a voicemail at speakpipe.com/hdtgm
• Submit your Last Looks theme song to us here
• Join the HDTGM conversation on Discord: discord.gg/hdtgm
• Buy merch at howdidthisgetmade.dashery.com/
• Order Paul’s book about his childhood: Joyful Recollections of Trauma
• Shop our new hat collection at podswag.com
• Paul’s Discord: discord.gg/paulscheer
• Paul’s YouTube page: youtube.com/paulscheer
• Follow Paul on Letterboxd: letterboxd.com/paulscheer
• Subscribe to Enter The Dark Web w/ Paul & Rob Huebel: youtube.com/@enterthedarkweb
• Listen to Unspooled with Paul & Amy Nicholson: unspooledpodcast.com
• Listen to The Deep Dive with June & Jessica St. Clair: thedeepdiveacademy.com/podcast
• Instagram: @hdtgm, @paulscheer, & @junediane
• Twitter: @hdtgm, @paulscheer, & msjunediane
• Jason is not on social media
• Episode transcripts available at how-did-this-get-made.simplecast.com/episodes
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First 90 secondsJason Mantzoukas· Host0:00
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