Reel Confessions: Mike Mitchell
4/21/202652 min
Doughboys' Mike Mitchell steps into the confession booth with Paul and Amy to spill his hottest movie takes, from a chaotic game if “F***/Marry/Kill” of the 2005 Best Director lineup to chatting about his new comedy Napa Boys. They debate “big dumb” hits vs. prestige flops, his Star Wars burnout, and why he’ll never rewatch The Zone of Interest. You can join the Unspooled conversation on Paul’s Discord at https://discord.gg/ZwtygZGTa6 Follow Paul and Amy on Letterboxd for more of their movie hot takes! https://letterboxd.com/paulscheer/ https://letterboxd.com/theamynicholson/ Paul’s book Joyful Recollections of Trauma is out now! Find it at https://www.harpercollins.com/products/joyful-recollections-of-trauma-paul-scheer Check out more of Paul's writing on his Substack https://substack.com/@paulscheer Learn more about the show at Unspooledpod.com, follow us on Twitter @unspooled and on Instagram @unspooledpod, and don’t forget to rate, review & subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or where you listen to podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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First 90 secondsPaul Scheer· Host0:00
[gentle music] Hey, everybody. Welcome to Unspooled's Real Confessions. I am Paul Scheer.
Amy Nicholson· Host0:04
Hello, and I am Amy Nicholson, and this is the show where we dim the lights and ask our guests to bare their cinematic souls to tell us about the movies they love, the movies they hate, the movies they're embarrassed to admit they own, and the reasons why we might not wanna sit next to them in a dark theater.
Paul Scheer· Host0:18
Today, stepping into the confessional, we have a podcast legend, a brilliant actor and comedian, Mike Mitchell. You know him as the co-host of The Doughboys with Nick Wiger. His brand-new film, Napa Boys, is in theaters now, which honestly, I can't even describe it. It's just a comedy that is absurd and wonderful and weird and feels like no one gave them any notes, and I mean that in the best possible way. Uh, you also might know him as Stu on Twisted Metal and from The Birthday Boys. Yeah, uh, he's an A-plus guest.
Amy Nicholson· Host0:54
Oh, I love The Birthday Boys. I loved it when they had their show. I loved seeing them at UCB. They used to do a show with, uh, my girl Eva Anderson in kind of a double feature. She was in- Oh, yeah ... Kiss From Daddy. They're awesome, two set.
Paul Scheer· Host1:04
Well, uh, I- I'm telling you, we got an A-plus guest here. Mike, step into the confessional.
Amy Nicholson· Host1:09
[upbeat music] Well, Mike, I just wanna jump right into this then because I wanna take you back to the year 2005. I believe this is a special year for you.
Mike Mitchell· Guest1:25
Mm-hmm.
Amy Nicholson· Host1:26
This was the year that Sideways went to the Oscars. I would like