Brazil with Andy Nelson
October 26, 2026
Andy Nelson brings Mandy his all-time number one film, a 1985 dark satire about bureaucracy, ducts, and torture that turns out to be a documentary about this week.
Andy Nelson brings Mandy his all-time number one film, a 1985 dark satire about bureaucracy, ducts, and torture that turns out to be a documentary about this week.
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A 1994 teen drama that aired against Friends, died after one season, and somehow described your entire inner life better than anything since. Mandy finally meets Angela Chase — and the leaning boy who ruined a generation.
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.
Batman doesn’t use guns — so why does Batman Beyond hand an aging Bruce Wayne one in the first five minutes? Voiceover actor and lifelong nerd Jason Yeung walks Mandy through the criminally underrated Batman nobody watched.
Mandy has spent her entire life dodging The Godfather. Movie nerd Seth Vargas finally makes her an offer she can’t refuse.