Wild Wild West w/ Kevin Smith (Classic)
5/26/202657 min
Kevin Smith (Clerks) joins Paul, Jason, and June to help break down and share his unique connection to the 1999 steampunk action-comedy Wild Wild West starring Will Smith and Kevin Kline. The crew discuss Dr. Loveless’s spider fetish, the huge robot dildo, the awful racist jokes, the murder discs with spider emblems, and so much more. (Ep. #43 Originally Released 08/21/2012)
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First 90 secondsPaul Scheer· Host0:00
It's Men in Black and the Old West, but way more racist. We saw Wild Wild West, so you know what that means.
Speaker 2· Soundbite0:05
[upbeat music] Now it's time for How Did This Get Made. We're gonna have a good time, celebrate some failure, not just be a hater, 'cause you know you wonder, How Did This Get Made? Let's wallow in the mediocrity of sub-par art. Perhaps we'll find the answer to the question, How Did This Get Made?
Paul Scheer· Host0:23
Hello, people of Earth, and welcome to How Did This Get Made. Uh, we have a very fun show for you today. The movie is Wild Wild West. I am joined by my two co-hosts, Jason Mantzoukas. How are you?
Kevin Smith· Guest0:33
Uh, pretty good. How are you, Paul?
Paul Scheer· Host0:34
And June Diane Raphael. How are you?
June Diane Raphael· Host0:36
Hi, Paul.
Paul Scheer· Host0:37
Both back in the studio. And today, a very special guest, uh, writer, director, podcaster, uh, Kevin Smith. Welcome.
Kevin Smith· Guest0:44
This is just a proactive way to make sure none of my flicks ever get discussed- [laughs] [laughs] ... on this fucking show.
Paul Scheer· Host0:51
Genius.
Kevin Smith· Guest0:51
From the moment I saw this podcast pop up, I said, "I gotta get on that show fast." [laughs] [laughs] Otherwise, it's gonna be like episode 16, Jersey Girl. "How the fuck did this happen?" [laughs] [laughs] So now you'll have to think twice- No, no, by the way, listen ... before it happens.
Paul Scheer· Host1:04
Uh, we'll do Jersey Girl if you ever get back.
Kevin Smith· Guest1:07
But I'm gonna be back, totally.
June Diane Raphael· Host1:08
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Kevin Smith· Guest1:08
Oh, 'cause I can tell you what happened there.
Paul Scheer· Host1:10
Oh, perfect. That's a, that's a great version of this show.
Kevin Smith· Guest1:12
This one, I, I don't have as much, uh, insight into how it happened, but I do play... I, well, to say a role would be putting it too, uh, uh, grandly.
Paul Scheer· Host1:21
Well, you're, you play Will Smith's role in this movie, right?
Kevin Smith· Guest1:23
I play what nobody ever realized- Is how black he really is ... how black he really is.
June Diane Raphael· Host1:27
Really is.
Kevin Smith· Guest1:27
And no, and nobody gave me any credit, you know?