A musical written during a writers strike, funded out of Joss Whedon’s own pocket, and starring a not-yet-evil Neil Patrick Harris — and somehow Mandy had never seen it. Kyle Olson and Krissy Lenz drag her into the Evil League of Evil, one unfinished song at a time.
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Plan 9 from Outer Space was declared the worst movie ever made — by people who hadn’t even watched it. Mandy finally does, and walks away utterly charmed.
A 2012 micro-budget alien bluegrass musical starring the lead singer of Twisted Sister somehow became one of the most charming films you’ve never seen. Mandy watched it skeptical, played a drinking game through it, and came out the other side recommending it far and wide.
Manga is one of the biggest storytelling mediums on the planet, and Mandy has been successfully avoiding it her whole life — until now. World-renowned expert Helen McCarthy hands her three wildly different titles, explains why a pirate cartoon is secretly a manual for surviving childhood, and makes a convincing case that the comics your mom threw out were probably worth something.
Marvel made a superhero show where the hero spends eight episodes trying not to be a superhero, and somehow it’s the most compelling thing they’ve done in years. Mandy and returning guest Matthew Fox break down why Wonder Man works precisely because it ignores everything you expect from the MCU.