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    It's hilarious Paul brought up Richard Scarry when talking about the Mandela effect, because yesterday, via another podcast's livestream, they played this video:

     

    [media='']https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JItWs-ElNg[/media]

     

    A pretty clear case for synchronicity right here.

    (Or a clear case that people just misremember things or are confused by double r's in someone's name and just can't stand being wrong. Either way.)

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    It's rad that they brought up Man Bites Dog, and they may be right that it's the first found footage movie

     

    I hope I won't sound like THAT nerd, but there's a few found footage/mockumentary horror movies before Man Bites Dog. They're worth looking into! Cannibal Holocaust is the first one I can think of from the 70s, (but there may be one even before that), but it's about a man that goes to the Amazon to find out what happened to a film crew and he brings back their footage and half the movie is that. (Warning, though, if you watch the unedited version there is live animal deaths that is pretty brutal.) There's interesting stories to go along with the film, like the stars were paid to basically go into hiding to make it seem like the footage was real and the director was put on trial under suspicion of creating a snuff film.

     

    But if people don't want to count that movie as found footage since that stuff is only half the movie, in '89 there was a movie called UFO Abduction, or also known as The McPherson Tape, which is about a man filming his niece's birthday one night and they get attacked by aliens. To this day there are people that think it's real footage (hilariously enough) like Blair Witch.

     

    A year before Man Bites Dog was released there was a British TV movie called Ghostwatch that was a mockumentary rather than found footage, but it's about a BBC special that's investigating a haunted home that goes awry and it's filmed live. And people also thought that this was real when it was aired.

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    I love Mel Brooks, The Producers is my favorite movie of all time and I can't wait to listen to this, since I'm sure he has a good nature about it. Just listening to the intro reminds me Mel has always seemed like the nicest dude in the world.

     

    Just finished listening; he is so insanely genial. He almost goes bankrupt because of this movie and is able to talk about it in a way that is barely bitter. He is what we all should aim to be.

     

    But the #1 lesson to take from this, as he brought up, to quote Bialystock: NEVER PUT YOUR OWN MONEY IN THE SHOW

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    I keep typing a long spiel here but it's basically just a rehash of things answered or speculated on in this bonus ep. Too much to say on this topic, not just for improv but entertainment in general!

     

    However, it would be great if there could be a part two to this where you ask any LGB improvers their thoughts on this, if they're cool to discuss it, of course. While it's good to hear answers from straight performers on this issue, it's very important to hear the other side.

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