Notable Episodes: "Face / Off" "TMNT", "Staying Alive", "Wild Wild West", "Safe Haven"
How Did This Get Made started by doing the impossible: proving that something good could come from the Robin Williams/John Travolta cringefest, Old Dogs. Apparently, after watching what could be the worst movie to be released in the last 10 years, four friends had a blast wondering aloud how the movie made it through writers, boardroom pitches, studio execs, test audiences, and Robin Williams all the way to theaters. Three of the friends, Paul Scheer, Jason Mantzoukas, and June Diane Raphael, created this podcast. The other, Casey Wilson, went back to filming the short-lived, bonkers-great (best-sitcom-of-the-last-decade great), Happy Endings. What resulted is the most consistently entertaining podcast in existence. From the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to the Nicholas Sparks cry-fest Safe Haven, the show delivers hilarious factoids and mostly just "what the fuck" discussion from Mantzoukas, Scheer, and Raphael. Friends in real life (or more, as Scheer and Raphael are married) their dynamic is comfortable and engaging. Listeners may be relieved to know that Scheer and Mantzoukas have much softer personalities outside of the characters they portray on The League. Some of the best moments come from Mantzoukas's real-life persona being a big ol' softy, albeit one that talks about "tits". A lot. The film picks aren't always obvious, or even kind-of well known, which can be just as much fun. Who doesn't want to know how someone green-lit, and the Canadian government funded, the horrible (and horrifying) Gooby? Still, whether they're talking about the Sly-Stallone-directed, totally real, 2-hour-musical-montage follow-up to Saturday Night Fever, or breaking down the big three of Con Air (hair, muscles, tank-top), HDTGM is an absolute blast. Guests drop by from time to time, with a near-perfect success rate. HDTGM is Earwolf podcast, so it released weekly for free. However, they follow a big-small-big rotation: full episodes are dropped every other week, with mini-episodes in between.