What's On Draft?: Recent Episodes
Paul Valentine
Three hosts do a fantasy style draft around a prompt from movies, TV, music, history, pop culture, or anything else in the universe and then you vote on the winner!
Pizza toppings, fictional musicians, obscure sports, Star Wars side characters, conspiracy theories, actors, Starfleet crews, video game characters, serial killers... we'll make a draft out of anything!
Hello listeners! This is another episode that we recorded and then dawdled on getting edited and released, so enjoy this record of January 2024 us drafting what we think are going to be the most profitable movies of the year. This year's movie draft has an added twist in that we're considering the budget, so for each of our films we'll be calculating a score based on the total domestic profit versus the film's budget in a way that will weight movies that exceed their budget much higher in the ranking. This means a lot more horror films drafted by three guys who don't watch horror films, so what could go wrong! Listen in and see if you agree with our selections, and let us know what you think we got right/wrong!
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Time Codes:
- 0:00 - Welcome to What's On Draft!
- 4:05 - Draft Intro
- 9:35 - The First Half
- 45:25 - The Second Half
- 1:11:30 - Recap and Alternates
Callbacks to Previous Episodes:
- 93: What Will Be the Highest Grossing Movies of 2023?
- 66: The 2022 Movie Box Office Draft!
- 33: Which Team of 5 States Would Win a Civil War Against the Other Teams?
- 25: The 2021 Movie Draft Part Deux!
- 24: The 2021 Movie Draft Part I
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Hello listeners! Several months ago we got together for our second ever live and in-person recording of the podcast, the first time since our very first recording! (We will blame the table drumming and microphone adjusting noises in the recording on our inexperience...) We did a follow-up to our previous trivia draft where each drafter had to select an answer to five trivia questions, but in draft style only one person could have each answer. How did they prioritize which answers to draft early on, and did someone come away as the winner? Listen in, play along, and let us know how you did! If you'd like to follow along with the draft questions, you can see them on this quiz sheet.
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Time Codes:
- 0:00 - Welcome to What's On Draft!
- 4:05 - Question and Answer Time
- 7:53 - Draft Intro
- 12:05 - The First Half
- 57:10 - The Second Half
- 1:21:25 - Recap and Alternates
Callbacks to Previous Episodes:
- 84: Can You Answer These Trivia Questions?
- 49: What Are the Best Conan O'Brien Remote Segments?
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Hello listeners! Coming to you better late than never we have our 2024 draft celebrating Cameron's birthday. Since Cameron is a big fan of LEGO sets, Paul, Michael, and returning guest David all pitched him on some new sets to try and come up with what he would be most likely to buy. The picks get a little wacky, and a little dark, so tune in to see what you think!
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Time Codes:
- 0:00 - Welcome to What's On Draft!
- 2:56 - Draft Intro
- 50:52 - The Second Half
- 1:21:15 - Recap and Alternates
Callbacks to Previous Episodes:
- 71: Celebrating Cameron's Birthday by Drafting His Favorite Things
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Hello, Listeners! In this episode, we are putting together our five picks of movies to watch that received multiple Oscar nominations, but came up with no awards. Which team would you watch all five movies from? Listen in and then let us know! Also, Cameron shares about a mini-midlife crisis brought on by an Oscar-winning film. And Paul lets us know about a not-so-sweet candy store incident.
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Time Codes:
- 0:00 Welcome to What's On Draft!
- 1:00 Cam’s Crisis
- 10:00 Paul’s Candy Conundrum
- 20:30 2023 Box Office Draft Results
- 25:30 Topic Intro & Draft
- 59:44 Cameron Nitpick
- 1:17:24 Three Round Rundown
- 1:44:45 Recap
Callbacks to Previous Episodes:
- 91: What Actor Had the Most Successful Year of Work in Film History?
- 90: What Are the Scariest Monsters from around the World?
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Hello listeners! In this episode (also a dated recording as you'll quickly note!) we are sticking up for the little guy. And by little guy, we mean mostly movies made by big studios and starring big actors that just didn't perform as well as they'd hope. We're each drafting five movies that won the Golden Razzberry award for Worst Film with the goal of making the most watchable collection of five films. If you had to, which team would you watch all five movies from? Listen in and then let us know!
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Time Codes:
- 0:00 Welcome to What's On Draft!
- 4:15 Question & Answer Time
- 7:20 Topic Intro
- 13:07 The Draft
- 1:41:10 Recap and Alternates
Callbacks to Previous Episodes:
- 99: Who Are the Most Clutch Players in NBA Playoffs History?
- 96: What Fictional Apocalypse Would Be Best to Live In?
- 47: What are the Best Pizza Toppings?
- 40: What Are the Best Spicy Foods?
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Hello listeners! As you'll be able to tell from our discussion up top, this one was recorded way back in the olden times of 2023 but we're finally making our way through editing some of our back log. In this episode, Paul has ranked each year that he's been alive based on the most popular movie, song, TV show, and video game from that year. The three drafters attempt to put together the top scoring collection of years, but you can also just listen and try and decide which years you like the best! Let us know what your favorite year was and make sure to share this episode!
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Time Codes:
- 0:00 Welcome to What's On Draft!
- 8:40 Question & Answer Time
- 11:40 Topic Intro
- 19:04 The Draft
- 1:39:00 Recap and Alternates
Callbacks to Previous Episodes:
- 99: Who Are the Most Clutch Players in NBA Playoffs History?
- 91: What Actor Had the Most Successful Year of Work in Film History?
- 71: Celebrating Cameron's Birthday by Drafting His Favorite Things
- 8: Drafting Real People for a Fellowship of the Ring
- 2: Best Film Trilogies
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Hello listeners! Very simple theme to this episode - we pick five fruits and you decide who has the best selection! Also, some important announcements and updates up top!
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Time Codes:
- 0:00 Welcome to What's On Draft!
- 11:33 Question & Answer Time
- 14:06 Topic Intro
- 15:56 The Draft
- 53:56 The Second Half
- 1:12:37 Recap and Alternates
Callbacks to Previous Episodes:
- 103: Barbie's Dream Town
- 102: Impossible Spy Mission
- 104: What Are the Most Interesting Minor League Baseball Team Names?
- 50: 50th Episode Special! Planning a Vacation Using Picks From Our Former Drafts
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Hello listeners! When you're making your best meal in the kitchen, what tools are you using the most? Knives? Bowls? Mixers? Forks? In this draft, we each take five things and then figure out how we can still cook without access to the other options! Which set of tools do you think works the best together? Listen in and let us know!
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Time Codes:
- 0:00 Welcome to What's On Draft!
- 6:21 Question & Answer Time
- 8:53 Topic Intro
- 10:39 The Draft
- 47:00 The Second Half
- 1:19:49 Recap and Alternates
Callbacks to Previous Episodes:
- 98: What Are the Most Desirable Features When Buying a Home?
- 73: What are the Best Tools to Have at Your House?
- 47: What are the Best Pizza Toppings?
- 2: Best Film Trilogies
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Hello listeners, Paul here writing this episode description... As Himself! In this episode, we memorialize the great Carl Weathers by looking back at one of our favorite performances of his, where he played himself as an acting coach in Arrested Development. What makes a good As Themselves performance, and who has done it the best? We each draft the five best examples we can think of to find out. Listen in and tell us who you think has the best collection of performances!
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Time Codes:
- 0:00 Welcome to What's On Draft!
- 11:28 Topic Intro
- 13:19 The Draft
- 46:42 The Second Half
- 1:21:30 Recap and Alternates
Callbacks to Previous Episodes:
- 81: Which Celebs Would Make the Best Star Trek Crew?
- 37: What Are the Better Versions of "Twin" Films?
- 2: Best Film Trilogies
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Hello listeners! This week we're thinking about all the adorable animals out there, and specifically the ones we're not allowed to keep in our homes because of the nanny state and personal safety and ethics and all that nonsense. Each of us is drafting a team of animals that, in an alternate universe, might have been domesticated thousands of years ago and as safe to have as a pet as a dog or a cat is today. Who has the best team of animals? Listen in and let us know!
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Time Codes:
- 0:00 Welcome to What's On Draft!
- 10:19 Question & Answer Time
- 14:25 Topic Intro
- 19:39 The Draft
- 58:59 The Second Half
- 1:33:44 Recap and Alternates
Callbacks to Previous Episodes:
- 99: Who Are the Most Clutch Players in NBA Playoffs History?
- 15: Halloween Special! Drafting Fantasy Horror Scenarios
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Hello listeners! After the smashing success of the Barbie movie we know that Hollywood is going to learn one valuable lesson from this, that they should give talented filmmakers full creative control of well known properties to make interesting takes on th... oh wait, no, they're going to greenlight hundreds of movies based on toys. Well, if Hollywood is going to insist on it we're going to try and put them in the best place to do so. So if you're a Hollywood studio exec listening to this episode, we're going to draft the top 15 toys we think would make solid movies and give you a pitch for each of them! Also, there's one very shocking revelation from Paul in the up-front chit chat!
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Time Codes:
- 0:00 Welcome to What's On Draft!
- 4:09 Question & Answer Time
- 11:03 Topic Intro
- 14:25 The Draft
- 1:01:55 The Second Half
- 1:36:33 Recap and Alternates
Callbacks to Previous Episodes:
- 103: Barbie's Dream Town
- 100: Which Female World Leaders Are the Most Athletic?
- 72: What's the Best Movie Theater Candy?
- 41: What are the Best TV Commercials of All Time? (Plus Having Our Picks Judged by a Marketer)
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Hello listeners! This week we're staying in the food draft, but we're sticking to the most important meal of the day (allegedly). That's right, we're drafting breakfast food items! Listen in and let us know who's got the best way to start your day.
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Time Codes:
- 0:00 Welcome to What's On Draft!
- 4:43 Question & Answer Time
- 9:27 Topic Intro
- 15:43 The Draft
- 1:09:48 The Second Half
- 1:44:11 Recap and Alternates
Callbacks to Previous Episodes:
- 47: What are the Best Pizza Toppings?
- 40: Drafting Spicy Foods While Doing the Fiery Beanboozled Challenge
- 39: Drafting Our Vacation Bucket List Destinations
- 30: Five Course Fast Food - Drafting Items à la Carte From Different Restaurants
- 8: Drafting Real People for a Fellowship of the Ring
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Hello listeners! In this draft, the drafters will be casting five actors to star in their movies... the catch is, these actors generally go by stage names, but they'll be picking them based on their birth names! How many names do you recognize? Listen in and see what movies this draft produces!
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Time Codes:
- 0:00 Welcome to What's On Draft!
- 3:27 Topic Intro
- 11:58 The Draft
- 36:37 The Second Half
- 59:20 Recap and Alternates
Callbacks to Previous Episodes:
- 67: What are the Highest Grossing Films of All Time at the U.S. Box Office?
- 65: Drafting Coen Brothers Movies (The Tragedy of Macbeth)
- 49: Celebrating Conan O'Brien by Drafting His Best Remote Segments
- 28: Celebrating Spring Training by Drafting Fictional Baseball Players
- 14: Building Our Own Star Wars Spin-Offs with Minor Characters
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Hello listeners! Minor league baseball teams have some of the most creative (or just wacky) nicknames in all of professional sports, so in this episode we're celebrating the off-the-wall mascots by drafting the five we think are the coolest. Do you have a favorite team that made our list? Listen in and find out!
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Time Codes:
- 0:00 Welcome to What's On Draft!
- 4:05 Question and Answer Time!
- 8:16 Topic Intro
- 11:15 The Draft
-
1:01:20 The Second Half
-
1:29:17 Recap and Alternates
Callbacks to Previous Episodes:
- 28: Celebrating Spring Training by Drafting Fictional Baseball Players
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Hello, Listeners! This week we are basking in the pink radiance of Greta Gerwig’s new Barbie movie starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling. To celebrate Barbie’s live action debut, we take a look at all the roles she has had since her creation. Find out which ones we think are Kenough to develop Barbie’s self-sufficient Dream Town. Listen in and tell us whose town gets your vote as the best place to live!
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Time Codes:
- 0:00 Welcome to What's On Draft!
- 3:08 Question and Answer Time!
- 12:55 Topic Intro
- 17:55 The Draft
- 55:08 The Second Half
- 1:14:32 Cameron’s Nit Pick
- 1:21:21 Recap and Alternates
Callbacks to Previous Episodes:
- 59: Drafting Songs with a Person's Name in the Title
- 102: Impossible Spy Mission
- 77: What Are the Best Tom Cruise Movies? Plus Mission Impossible Trivia!
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Check out the Barbie episode of The Toys That Made Us! Season 1, Episode 2, currently on Netflix.
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Hello listeners! Ethan Hunt is back on the big screen with more daring stunts! Hunt, played by Tom Cruise, is known for going rogue in order to achieve his objective. He has assembled a top-notch team of trusted agents. For this episode, our impossible mission is to recruit our own team of spies to go head-to-head with Hunt’s crew to get them back in line. Listen in and tell us whose team has the best chance of success!
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Time Codes:
- 0:00 Welcome to What's On Draft!
- 2:25 Question and Answer Time!
- 11:28 Topic Intro
- 16:07 The Draft
- 48:26 The Second Half
- 1:28:43 Recap and Alternates
Callbacks to Previous Episodes:
- 88: What Would Be the Most Exciting College Football Conference?
- 77: What Are the Best Tom Cruise Movies? Plus Mission Impossible Trivia!
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Hello listeners! The next 100 episodes of What's On Draft begins by looking back at one of the preeminent movie stars of our time, Harrison "Don't Call Me Han" Ford! In anticipation of Dial of Destiny we'll be drafting sets of five Ford movies (with the Indy films off the table) to see who can come up with the Ford-iest collection. Listen in and tell us what you think about our sets of films!
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Time Codes:
- 0:00 Welcome to What's On Draft!
- 5:34 Question and Answer Time!
- 10:19 Topic Intro
- 14:20 The Draft
- 1:05:36 The Second Half
- 1:32:51 Recap and Alternates
Callbacks to Previous Episodes:
- 89: What Would You Bring to a Trip to Middle-Earth?
- 21: Drafting Booby Traps to Home Alone Our Houses
- 2: Best Film Trilogies
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One. Hundred. Episodes! That's right listeners, we've done 100 drafts so we're coming in strong with a callback to our very first episode. Well, not that strong considering we spend four minutes up top talking about pillows but if you want to skip the pillow talk yo can always hit the timecodes! In our first episode we drafted U.S. presidents and put them into a 3-on-3 basketball tournament. Of course, using U.S. presidents meant we had an all-male tournament so we decided to flip the scale and produce an all-female basketball tournament by drafted female world leaders throughout history. Which leading ladies did we find that could produce on the court? How much harder was this to research than the presidents? Listen in and find out!
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Time Codes:
- 0:00 Welcome to What's On Draft!
- 7:16 Question and Answer Time!
- 14:40 Topic Intro
- 19:45 The Draft
- 1:04:55 The Second Half
- 1:30:40 Recap and Alternates
Callbacks to Previous Episodes:
- 82: How Do You Decorate a Studio Apartment with IKEA Furniture?
- 73: What are the Best Tools to Have at Your House?
- 62: Creating a Dungeons and Dragons Party From the Jersey Shore Cast
- 52: What Five Schools Supplies Are the Best Combo if You Can't Use Anything Else?
- 12: Building Teams of Serial Killers to Try and Murder Each Other
- 8: Drafting Real People for a Fellowship of the Ring
- 3: Drafting Powers to Make Our Own (Terrible) Superheroes
- 1: U.S. Presidents in a 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament
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Hello listeners! The NBA Finals just concluded and another postseason full of dramatic plays and moments just entered the book. In this episode, we look back on a lot of those moments and see if we can guess which players in NBA playoffs history hit the most "clutch" shots at the end of a game. Listen in as Paul and returning guest Nate make their best picks hoping to end with the clutch-est team!
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Time Codes:
- 0:00 Welcome to What's On Draft!
- 7:35 Question and Answer Time!
- 10:37 Topic Intro
-
16:55 The Draft
-
1:00:00 Recap and Alternates
Callbacks to Previous Episodes:
- 51: Who Are the Best NBA Players Born Outside the U.S.?
- 31: The Father's Round Table Draft
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Hello listeners! In this episode, we're taking things a little closer to home... literally our homes, that is. We're going to be drafting the features that we most like to have in a home. Specifically, we're thinking bonus features - everyone gets a kitchen, but not everybody gets a bonus room! What do you think are the most compelling extras in a house? And what would be the worst thing to live without? Listen in and let us know what you think about our homes!
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Time Codes:
- 0:00 Welcome to What's On Draft!
- 9:37 Question and Answer Time!
- 13:30 Topic Intro
- 17:05 The Draft
- 55:40 The Second Half
- 1:33:52 Recap and Alternates
Callbacks to Previous Episodes:
- 82: How Do You Decorate a Studio Apartment with IKEA Furniture?
- 8: Drafting Real People for a Fellowship of the Ring
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Hello listener! This week we're thinking about nutrition and what sorts of food are healthiest to add into your diet, but in usual What's On Draft fashion we're putting a little spin on it - when you draft a food, you have to draft it for a specific nutritional element but you receive no other benefits from it. You want bananas for their potassium? OK, but then you get no vitamins, minerals, or anything else from the banana! Who can put together the healthiest and most nutritious menu within these guidelines? Listen in and then let us know!
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Time Codes:
- 0:00 Welcome to What's On Draft!
- 3:55 Question and Answer Time!
- 8:10 Topic Intro
- 15:53 The Draft
- 49:14 The Second Half
- 1:21:46 Recap and Alternates
Callbacks to Previous Episodes:
- 84: Can You Answer These Trivia Questions?
- 68: Who are the Best Sidekicks in Disney Animated Films?
- 41: What are the Best TV Commercials of All Time? (Plus Having Our Picks Judged by a Marketer)
- 18: Thanksgiving Special! Drafting the Ideal Dinner Menus
- 12: Building Teams of Serial Killers to Try and Murder Each Other
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Hello listeners! In this deadly episode of What's On Draft we're thinking about the apocalypse and the people who make it through. More specifically, would we want to make it through? Each of us are drafting a list of fictional, somewhat-tolerable apocalypses (and then assigning the worst one we can think of to someone else) and then playing a game of randomly selecting one from our team to live in. If you were also going to be randomly sorted into one apocalypse, which team would you go with? We're joined by special guest Maeve so you have four teams to choose from; listen in and let us know which one you'd pick!
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Time Codes:
- 0:00 Welcome to What's On Draft!
- 8:44 Topic Intro
- 15:52 The Draft
- 1:32:06 Recap and Alternates
Callbacks to Previous Episodes:
- 46: Which 5 Varieties of Alcohol Make the Best Bar?
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Tomorrow is the Academy Awards, so naturally we hear at What's On Draft decided to put our usual spin on it! We tampered with the rules a little bit to try and make it a little more interesting, but the base is the same as we're drafting the nominees for this year's academy awards and trying to get as many wins on our team as possible. Who has the best chances with their team? Listen in and let us know!
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Time Codes:
- 0:00 Welcome to What's On Draft!
- 6:41 Topic Intro
- 10:49 The Draft
- 1:42:10 Recap and Alternates
Callbacks to Previous Episodes:
- 92: What Were the Best Movies and TV Shows of 2022?
- 81: Which Celebs Would Make the Best Star Trek Crew?
- 69: Drafting the 2022 Academy Award Nominated Films
- 31: The Father's Round Table Draft
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Hello listeners! This week we've got another geography based trivia podcast for you and in this one size does matter because we're looking for the countries that have the highest populations. Returning guest David joins us for a draft board that Cameron put together and we try to put together a team of five countries with the most people in them, and also answer some trivia questions for the opportunity to earn some extra people in our population pools (sort of a reverse Thanos situation). This one we recorded a while ago but then put on ice while we got ready to come back with a full supply of episodes so there might be some dated references, but listen in and see how well you can pick the countries playing along at home!
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- 0:00 Welcome to What's On Draft!
- 4:34 Question and Answer Time!
- 8:28 Topic Intro
- 16:00 The Draft
- 1:09:56 Recap and Alternates
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Hello listeners! The annual movie draft is here again, and we're here to select which upcoming sequels, comic book movies, and maybe even an original concept (or at least some franchises that haven't had a live action movie yet) are going to gross the most dollars in the U.S. box office. Last year we drafted 9 of the movies that ended up being in the top 10, do you think we can repeat the feat again? Listen in and tell us how you think we did!
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Time Codes:
- 0:00 Welcome to What's On Draft!
- 2:23 Question and Answer Time!
- 6:32 Topic Intro
- 8:45 The Draft
- 44:15 The Second Half
- 1:22:34 Recap and Alternates
Callbacks to Previous Episodes:
- 66: The 2022 Movie Box Office Draft!
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Hello Listeners!!!
We're back after a longer-than-expected break to kick off Season 4 of What's On Draft. Thanks to everyone for the patience while we got things in order. This episode was planned as an end-of-the-year wrap up but instead we're going to use it to lead into the 2023 Box Office Draft. For this episode, we're drafting our favorite content from 2022 and then we conclude by revealing the final box office numbers for our 2022 Box Office Draft. Whose list has your favorite content on it? What shows or movies did we most miss out on? Listen in and let us know!
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Time Codes:
- 0:00 Welcome to What's On Draft!
- 4:10 Question and Answer Time!
- 8:26 Topic Intro
- 13:51 The Draft
- 1:10:49 The Second Half
- 2:04:13 Recap and Alternates
- 2:10:51 2022 Box Office Draft Results
Callbacks to Previous Episodes:
- 85: Who are the Best Stranger Things Characters?
- 66: The 2022 Movie Box Office Draft!
- 15: Halloween Special! Drafting Fantasy Horror Scenarios
- 13: Who are the Best Starfleet Crew Members from the Star Trek Universe?
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Hello listeners! This week we're thinking about movies (rare around here for us, I know) and the actors who... act in them. Specifically, we're thinking about actors who have a run of success in a single year with multiple films coming out. Which actors managed to put together the most complete or impressive years of work? Listen in and see who we drafted, then let us know what you think!
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Time Codes:
- 0:00 Welcome to What's On Draft!
- 2:34 Question and Answer Time!
- 5:20 Topic Intro
- 10:51 The Draft
- 51:46 The Second Half
- 1:26:24 Recap and Alternates
Callbacks to Previous Episodes:
- 75: What Are the Best TV Shows of the 21st Century?
- 36: What Are the Largest Fictional Corporations in Pop Culture?
- 21: Drafting Booby Traps to Home Alone Our Houses
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Hello listeners! Prepare yourself for the spook-tacular event that is our 2022 Halloween special! In this one we're looking to expand our cadre of Halloween monsters beyond the usual werewolves, vampires, and ghosts of the generic monster lineup by taking some inspiration from countries around the world. What monsters that we drafted send the most shivers down your spine? Listen in and let us know!
On one programming note, we're going to be reducing uploads to every other week as we round out the year, so look forward to our next episode about which actors had the best years in movie history in a couple weeks!
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Time Codes:
- 6:22 Question and Answer Time!
- 11:08 Topic Intro
- 14:15 The Draft
- 1:02:50 The Second Half
- 1:38:26 Recap and Alternates
Callbacks to Previous Episodes:
- 15: Halloween Special! Drafting Fantasy Horror Scenarios
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Hello listeners! We here at What's On Draft have been enjoying the Rings of Power, which has got us thinking about Middle-earth. And, specifically, if we could make a super awesome character that Amazon should totally put into season two (call us, Jeff.) So in this episode we're drafting a character dungeons and dragons style, picking our attributes, equipment, and a traveling companion before we switch things up and draft a villain for each other to fight. Which character would survive their battle? Listen in and let us know what you think!
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Time Codes:
- 2:30 Question and Answer Time!
- 7:58 Topic Intro
- 12:37 The Draft
- 43:54 The Second Half
- 1:28:22 Recap and Alternates
Callbacks to Previous Episodes:
- 8: Drafting Real People for a Fellowship of the Ring
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Time Codes:
- 6:49 Question and Answer Time!
- 10:22 Topic Intro
- 19:10 The Draft
- 1:05:13 The Second Half
- 1:37:35 Recap and Alternates
Callbacks to Previous Episodes:
- 51: Who Are the Best NBA Players Born Outside the U.S.?
- 11: Making Changes to Professional Sports Leagues
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Join us this week to learn how to Beat the Heat! This summer was a hot one and we wondered where we should travel for some much needed relief. For this draft, if you manage to pick a place with a low temperature, you are rewarded points which can be cashed in for prizes at the end. But beware, if a warm location is drafted, WHAMMY! You lose points and chances to purchase items to keep cool. Michael organized this draft and Paul, Alana, and Cameron put their geography knowledge to the test!
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Time Codes:
- 2:56 Question and Answer Time!
- 7:09 Topic Intro
- 8:43 The Draft
- 28:20 Cameron's Nit Pick Corner
- 1:22:44 Points for Prizes
Callbacks to Previous Episodes:
- 12: Building Teams of Serial Killers to Try and Murder Each Other
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Hello listeners! This week we're turning back to sci-fi to think about what pieces of technology we most wish existed in the real world. Transporters? Robotic suits? Communication devices? Do we draft for money, recreation, quality of life, or all of the above? Listen in, then let us know which collection of sci-fi gadgets you'd most like to see exist in real life by voting on the winner!
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Time Codes:
- 3:49 Question and Answer Time!
- 10:18 Topic Intro
- 14:23 The Draft
- 1:04:32 The Second Half
- 1:36:22 Recap and Alternates
Callbacks to Previous Episodes:
- 73: What are the Best Tools to Have at Your House?
- 36: Drafting Fictional Corporations to Invest Our Money In
- 35: Drafting Our Ideal Robotic Staffs
- 8: Drafting Real People for a Fellowship of the Ring
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Hello listeners! This week we're looking back on the first four seasons of Stranger Things and pondering which characters would actually be the most useful to have around in a situation where you had to venture into the Upside Down. Well, Eleven would be the most useful to to avoid stacking the deck we're drafting five non-superpowered characters to join us in a fight against some demobats, dogs, or whatever other animal gets demoed in Strangers Things season 5. Does your favorite character make the cut? Listen in and let us know!
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Time Codes:
- 3:30 Question and Answer Time!
- 6:19 Topic Intro
- 11:14 The Draft
- 50:55 The Second Half
- 1:36:21 Recap and Alternates
Callbacks to Previous Episodes:
- 80: What are the Best Wedding Traditions Around the World?
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Hello listeners! Apologies for the long delay between episodes, but between a wedding and then a run of sick children we've been out of commission for several weeks. But we're back, and we've got a competition episode for you! Alana returns as a guest host to draft answers to trivia questions - five questions, four answers each so the drafters need to collect the most correct answers and try and not leave any on the draft board! Play along and see see how many questions you can get right!
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Time Codes:
- 4:30 Question and Answer Time!
- 8:27 Topic Intro
- 16:00 The Draft
- 50:23 The Second Half
- 1:11:50 Revealing the Winner
Previous Episodes with Alana:
- 68: Who are the Best Sidekicks in Disney Animated Films?
- 41: What are the Best TV Commercials of All Time? (Plus Having Our Picks Judged by a Marketer)
- 18: Thanksgiving Special! Drafting the Ideal Dinner Menus
- 12: Building Teams of Serial Killers to Try and Murder Each Other
Callbacks to Previous Episodes:
- 73: What are the Best Tools to Have at Your House?
- 82: How Do You Decorate a Studio Apartment with IKEA Furniture?
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Hello listeners! This week we're bringing you more cowbell by drafting teams of all-time Saturday Night Live cast members. What sort of skills makes the best SNL cast - impressions? Big personalities? Characters and bits? And which premier players work best on stage together? Listen in, then let us know what you think of our teams and which of the undrafted cast members should have made our cut!
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Time Codes:
- 7:23 Question and Answer Time!
- 9:55 Topic Intro
- 23:18 The Draft
- 1:09:26 The Second Half
- 1:52:20 Recap and Alternates
Referenced in This Episode:
- The Star Power Baseball Cast
- Drew Gooden: I Watched One SNL Episode From Every Season
Callbacks to Previous Episodes:
- 67: The All-Time Box Office Movie Draft
- 66: The 2022 Movie Box Office Draft!
- 57: Drafting a Stand-Up Comedy Lineup in Honor of Norm Macdonald
- 28: Celebrating Spring Training by Drafting Fictional Baseball Players
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Hello, Listeners! This episode took longer to assemble because I lost the darned Allen wrench! Listen in as we try to act as interior designers for a studio apartment using EXCLUSIVELY IKEA furniture. There's one more hitch--we have only been given the Swedish names and prices of the items, which include beds, TV stands, seating, tables, lighting, and some Wild Cards. We'll be posting quizzes this week on Instagram so you can guess along with us! Don't forget to vote for the winner of best interior design by clicking the link below!
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Time Codes:
• 3:57 Question and Answer Time!
• 9:56 Topic Intro
• 22:53 The Draft
• 48:44 The Second Half
• 1:09:10 Furniture Reveals
• 1:26:17 Recap and Interior Design Pitches
Callbacks to Previous Episodes:
30: Five Course Fast Food - Drafting Items à la Carte From Different Restaurants
61: Drafting a Menu for the Ultimate Tailgate Party!
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Hello, Listeners! This week we have another Star Trek related draft. This time around we are selecting celebrities to fill the roles of Captain, First Officer, Chief Medical Officer, Science Officer, and Chief of Security. Who can assemble the crew most fit for Starfleet? Listen in, and don't forget to vote by clicking the link below!
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Time Codes:
• 3:08 Question and Answer Time!
• 6:03 Topic Intro
• 13:23 The Draft
• 27:25 Cameron's Nitpick Corner
• 59:28 The Second Half
• 1:35:03 Recap and Alternates
Callbacks to Previous Episodes:
8: Drafting Real People for a Fellowship of the Ring
13: Star Trek Crew Members
53: Creating Music Festivals Featuring Fictional Musicians from Movies and TV Shows
65: Drafting Coen Brothers (The Tragedy of Macbeth)
71: Celebrating Cameron's Birthday by Drafting His Favorite Things
80: What Are the Best Wedding Traditions Around the World?
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Hello listeners! This week we're celebrating the forthcoming nuptials of Michael by thinking about weddings. Specifically, we're looking at ways people around the world have weddings figured out better than the U.S. and drafting five traditions each that we think U.S. wedding celebrations should adopt. With no double-drafting of countries we end the draft with fifteen traditions from fifteen different countries - listen in and tell us which lineup you think would be the most fun to experience!
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Time Codes:
- 6:09 Topic Intro
- 11:26 Question and Answer Time!
- 13:26 The Draft
- 55:28 The Second Half
- 1:22:29 Recap and Alternates
Callbacks to Previous Episodes:
- 62: Creating a Dungeons and Dragons Party From the Jersey Shore Cast
- 9: Which Conspiracy Theories Would be the Worst if They Were Actually Real?
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Hello listeners, and happy almost Father's Day! This week we're reaching back into the vault and taking something Cameron recorded with Holly back before the podcast even had a name, you know, back when it was just a twinkle in its three fathers' eyes (which is many twinkles). Cameron and Holly each draft fictional characters who best represent some aspect of their fathers, then switch and draft one character for each other's father. Listen in to see if Cameron has improved as a podcaster in the past three years, and to hear what the esteemed fathers of our two drafters are like!
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Time Codes:
- 3:35 Topic Intro
- 6:39 Question and Answer Time!
- 9:27 The Draft
- 48:33 The Second Half
- 1:15:00 Recap and Alternates
Callbacks to Previous Episodes:
- 77: What Are the Best Tom Cruise Movies? (Plus Mission Impossible Trivia)
- 76: What Are the Dirtiest Jokes Ever Told?
- 74: Who are the Best Newspaper Comic Strip Cartoonists?
- 60: Drafting the Next James Bond and Playing James Bond Trivia
- 20: Drafting Standalone Movies and Pitching Their Sequels
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Hello listeners! Apologies for the late upload again this week as we continue to experiment with some of the technical behind the scenes stuff. This week we have a novel draft in store for you; we're looking at adaptations from some of the authors Hollywood likes to come back to frequently. So we've got a shortlist of authors (Stephen King, Michael Crichton, John Grisham, Roald Dahl, Phillip K Dick, Richard Matheson) for which we've all seen at least three movies adapted from their work. We'll draft three each from the first five off the board, and then you can tell us which film collection ends up being the best. Listen in, and don't forget to vote either by clicking the link below!
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Time Codes:
- 3:35 Topic Intro
- 6:39 Question and Answer Time!
- 9:27 The Draft
- 48:33 The Second Half
- 1:15:00 Recap and Alternates
Callbacks to Previous Episodes:
- 77: What Are the Best Tom Cruise Movies? (Plus Mission Impossible Trivia)
- 76: What Are the Dirtiest Jokes Ever Told?
- 74: Who are the Best Newspaper Comic Strip Cartoonists?
- 60: Drafting the Next James Bond and Playing James Bond Trivia
- 20: Drafting Standalone Movies and Pitching Their Sequels
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Hello listeners! Have you seen the box office sensation that is Top Gun: Maverick yet? (Shout out to all savvy drafters who took Maverick in the 2022 movie draft). Tom Cruise returning to one of his big hits has us thinking back on his career, so we're drafting the best Cruise movies of all time! Cameron and Michael each draft 6 non-Mission Impossible movies, then Paul comes on to give them some MI trivia with a chance to add some IMF adventures to their Cruise collection. Who ended up with the best bunch of Cruise? Listen in and let us know!
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Time Codes:
- 3:32 Topic Intro
- 9:57 The Draft
- 1:15:25 The Second Half
- 1:36:20 Recap and Alternates
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Hello listeners! This week we're drafting in honor of Gilbert Gottfried, so hopefully you're reading this description entirely in his voice. As before when there's been a celebrity death, we like to take a moment to think back on their career and the way they've influenced pop culture by drafting in a field or genre they're known for. In Gottfried's case, he was particularly known for his blue comedy so we decided to step on some rakes today and draft the dirtiest jokes ever told (or at least recorded!) So get ready for some awkwardness and some creative editing, then let us know which jokes you think did the best job walking the line between shock and comedy!
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Time Codes:
- 7:33 Topic Intro
- 11:06 The Draft
- 46:50 The Second Half
- 1:18:36 Recap and Alternates
Callbacks to Previous Episodes:
- 59: Drafting Songs with a Person's Name in the Title
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Hello listeners! We're two decade worth of television into this century, and that got us thinking what is the cream of the crop so far? But in What's On Draft fashion we also wanted to add a wrinkle to give us a little more diversity in our picks. So we're drafting the best TV shows of the 21st century, but the twist is once you take a show nothing else from that channel/network/streaming service/platform can be drafted. So if someone drafts the greatest show ever based on an insurance commercial about prehistoric humanoids in the modern era with 2007's Cavemen then all other ABC shows are off the table. Does your favorite show end up making the board? Listen in and find out!
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Time Codes:
- 3:27 Topic Intro
- 8:44 The Draft
- 1:03:11 The Second Half
- 1:35:24 Recap and Alternates
Callbacks to Previous Episodes:
- 60: Drafting the Next James Bond and Playing James Bond Trivia
- 53: Creating Music Festivals Featuring Fictional Musicians from Movies and TV Shows
- 29: Recasting Characters From Firefly
- 10: Fictional Character Slayer Teams (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
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Hello listeners! Since today is ̶C̶i̶n̶c̶o̶ ̶d̶e̶ ̶M̶a̶y̶o̶ National Cartoonists Day we're celebrating today's most famous holiday by drafting cartoonists and their creations, specifically those appearing in your newspaper funny pages! What makes a good collection of cartoonists - old standards? New and innovative strips? Variety or just the most renowned ones? Listen in and let us know what you think of our picks!
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Time Codes:
- 1:52 Topic Intro
- 8:32 The Draft
- 49:02 The Second Half
- 1:30:22 Recap and Alternates
Mentioned in the Episode:
- The Comics Curmudgeon
- Elsa Charretier's YouTube Page
- Hoopla
Callbacks to Previous Episodes:
- 61: Drafting a Menu for the Ultimate Tailgate Party!
- 60: Drafting the Next James Bond and Playing James Bond Trivia
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Hello listeners! This week we're looking at tools for DIY projects - anything handheld and not powered is on the table, but the real question is whether any of us could build the table ourselves with the five tools we have! What tools let you complete the largest number of jobs? Which tools have the most irreplaceable functions? Listen in and let us know what you think!
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Time Codes:
- 8:45 Topic Intro
- 13:10 The Draft
- 47:56 The Second Half
- 1:16:54 Recap and Alternates
Callbacks to Previous Episodes:
- 52: What Five Schools Supplies Are the Best Combo if You Can't Use Anything Else?
- 29: Recasting Characters From Firefly
- 15: Halloween Special! Drafting Fantasy Horror Scenarios
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Hello listeners! This week we're reaching into the vault and pulling out an episode we recorded at the beginning of the year before it sat in the mire of technical difficulties. So never fear, when we speak of February you have not fallen through the space-time continuum! Instead, we're here to draft the best candies you can buy at a movie theater. Which flavors go best together? What's the criteria for a movie snack over an every day snack? Can raisinettes make a comeback with the youth? Listen in then let us know what you think!
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Time Codes:
- 3:50 Topic Intro
- 13:07 The Draft
- 1:02:10 The Second Half
- 1:28:33 Recap and Alternates
Callbacks to Previous Episodes:
- 66: The 2022 Movie Box Office Draft!
- 47: Drafting Toppings for New Pizza Restaurants
- 46: Which 5 Varieties of Alcohol Make the Best Bar?
- 41: Drafting the Greatest TV Commercials of All Time (and Having Our Picks Judged by a Marketer)
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Hello listeners! This week we're drafting... us? Cameron put together a game for his birthday to see who knew him the best and we invited some of his friends (and former guests on the show!) on to play. Provided lists of movies, tv shows, and fast food restaurants that Cameron had privately ranked everyone drafted two from each category. The higher the picks were on Cameron's rankings, the better your team fared. Listen in and see what this episode makes you think about Cameron's taste in content, food... and friends!
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Callbacks to Previous Episodes:
- 62: Creating a Dungeons and Dragons Party From the Jersey Shore Cast
- 52: What Five Schools Supplies Are the Best Combo if You Can't Use Anything Else?
- 47: Drafting Toppings for New Pizza Restaurants
- 13: Star Trek Crew Members
- 10: Fictional Character Slayer Teams (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- 5: Time Travelling to Watch Concerts Live (Bill & Ted Face the Music)
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Hello listeners! This week we're paying homage to the filmmaking legacy of Douglas Trumbull by drafting science fiction movies that could have been improved had he been working on the movies special effects. What's the best use of a movie icon - turning him loose on some truly bad movies to try and redeem them or polishing a few bad areas of otherwise great movies? Listen in then let us know which approach you think works the best!
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Time Codes:
- 8:40 Topic Intro
- 10:36 The Draft
- 1:01:43 The Second Half
- 1:41:36 Recap and Alternates
Callbacks to Previous Episodes:
- 35: Drafting Our Ideal Robotic Staffs
- 28: Celebrating Spring Training by Drafting Fictional Baseball Players
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Hello listeners; this week we're continuing to resolve our various technical issues that have been delaying episodes, but we've got one (barely) out in time for Oscars season for you here! We're doing a fantasy style draft of the Academy Award nominated films trying to grab the movies that will win the most awards, but we're putting a slight limitation on it - each nomination a film has counts for $1, and our teams of five cannot exceed a $20 budget, so a selection of The Power of the Dog in the first round would mean the drafter is putting 60% of their budget behind it. What's our strategy based on this rule? And which films do we think will make the most of their nominations? Listen in to find out!
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Time Codes:
- 8:48 Topic Intro
- 13:10 The Draft
- 54:25 Recap and Alternates
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Hello listeners! In this episode Alana returns as a special guest as we all draft teams of sidekick characters from Disney animated movies. In the episode we talk about what constitute a sidekick character, what qualities we want in a sidekick, and Paul first thinks Whoopi Goldberg did a voice for Tarzana and then once corrected still mixes up Rosie O'Donnell and Rosanne Barr. Listen in and let us know which team you think is the best!
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Time Codes:
- 9:44 Topic Intro
- 13:00 The Draft
- 59:23 The Second Half
- 2:30:44 Recap and Alternates
Callbacks to Previous Episodes:
- 57: Drafting a Stand-Up Comedy Lineup in Honor of Norm Macdonald
- 35: Drafting Our Ideal Robotic Staffs
- 31: The Father's Round Table Draft
- 18: Thanksgiving Special! Drafting the Ideal Dinner Menus
- 12: Building Teams of Serial Killers to Try and Murder Each Other
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Hello listeners! Apologies for the upload delay but we're back with a follow-up to the 2022 Box Office draft and this time we're talking about the highest grossing movies of all time! Returning guest Gentry joins us to try our luck at taking the highest earning movies, adjusted for inflation, from a list of the top 30 - the drafter at the end with the highest box office dollar figure wins! Listen in and play along to see if you can guess which movies are at the top of the list!
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Time Codes:
- 6:42 Topic Intro
- 12:00 The Draft
- 1:17:55 Draft Results and Listing the Remaining Movies
Callbacks to Previous Episodes:
- 54: Drafting the New Host of Jeopardy!
- 51: NBA Players Born Outside the U.S.
- 42: Recasting Anchorman
- 31: The Father's Round Table Draft
- 28: Celebrating Spring Training by Drafting Fictional Baseball Players
- 14: Building Our Own Star Wars Spin-Offs with Minor Characters
- 11: Making Changes to Professional Sports Leagues
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Hello listeners, we're back in action with Season 3 of What's On Draft! As is our tradition we're kicking off the year by crowning the winner of last year's box office movie draft and then getting into this year's. We're back to our more normal format for this year - domestic box office movie, no drops or bonus picks, and just five films. Who's picks will top the box office this year? Listen in and let us know your predictions!
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Time Codes:
- 7:08 Topic Intro
- 10:16 The Draft
- 48:46 The Second Half
- 1:13:26 Recap and Alternates
Callbacks to Previous Episodes:
- 24: The 2021 Movie Draft Part I
- 25: 2021 Movie Draft Part Deux!
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In MLB if you have a free agent you've offered a qualifying offer to sign with another team you receive a compensatory pick in the next draft; well here at What's On Draft? when we remove the chat time at the front in the episode you the listeners receive a compensatory bonus episode all about content! In this one we talk about all the things we've been watching lately.
Time Codes for Specific Content:
2:15 Atlanta Braves World Series Champions
8:45 Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
16:30 Arcane
22:10 Don’t Look Up
26:30 The Matrix: Resurrections
32:20 Free Guy
36:40 The Addams Family
40:10 8-Bit Christmas
43:50 Love Hard
45:60 Below Deck
50:10 Star Trek: Prodigy
55:57 Hawkeye
1:03:55 Tiger King
1:07:50 Wheel of Time
1:15:70 Jungle Cruise
1:22:80 Spider-Man No Way Home
1:29:60 Maid
1:34:46 The Harder They Fall
1:39:65 Tick, Tick, Boom
1:43:22 Worth
1:46:25 The Great American Baking Show: Holiday Edition
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Hello listeners! This week we're anticipating the release of Joel Coen's The Tragedy of Macbeth, so to get in the mood we're thinking back on the movies directed by Joel and Ethan and picking our favorites. With a deep catalog of critically and commercially successful movies, which ones will we prioritize? Does anybody draft the Ladykillers? How many times can Jack White come up in a conversation about the Coen Brothers? Listen in and find out!
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Time Codes:
- 8:21 Topic Intro
- 13:09 The Draft
- 1:25:21 The Second Half
- 2:24:34 Recap and Alternates
Callbacks to Previous Episodes:
- 64: Drafting the Star Wars Movies!
- 53: Creating Music Festivals Featuring Fictional Musicians from Movies and TV Shows
- 49: Celebrating Conan O'Brien by Drafting His Best Remote Segments
- 38: Drafting the Past 40 Years of Best Picture Winning Movies
- 14: Building Our Own Star Wars Spin-Offs with Minor Characters
- 2: Best Film Trilogies
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Now this is podcasting! Listeners, this week we're sitting down and drafting the currently canonical Star Wars material from film and television. Each of us takes one pick each from the prequels, original trilogy, sequels, other live action properties, and the animated television shows. Which Star Wars properties are the best? And which ones came off the board strategically just so we wouldn't end up with a different movie later? Listen in and let us know what you thought of our strategies!
Vote for the winner here! (for now, you have to have the Spotify mobile app to vote)
Time Codes:
- 4:04 Topic Intro
- 8:30 The Draft
- 1:19:35 The Second Half
- 1:58:18 Recap and Alternates
Callbacks to Previous Episodes:
- 60: Drafting the Next James Bond and Playing James Bond Trivia
- 55: Drafting Teams of Martial Artists to Celebrate Shang-Chi
- 14: Building Our Own Star Wars Spin-Offs with Minor Characters
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Hello listeners! This week we're glad your tune-ing in as we're drafting the best TV themes songs of all time! We each take five songs from different decades to round out our teams. What makes the best theme song - one that's just fun to listen to? One that sets the mood for the show but has no direct connection? One that spells out the central conceit directly? Listen in to what we decided and then let us know who you thought had the best draft!
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Time Codes:
- 3:56 Topic Intro
- 7:29 The Draft
- 51:49 The Second Half
- 1:28:57 Recap and Alternates
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In MLB if you have a free agent you've offered a qualifying offer to sign with another team you receive a compensatory pick in the next draft; well here at What's On Draft? when we remove the chat time at the front in the episode you the listeners receive a compensatory bonus episode all about content! In this one we talk about all the things we've been watching lately. Do you want our opinions on Squid Game? Dune? LuLaRich? We've got it all here!
Time Codes for Specific Content:
2:55 Infinite
6:46 If I Can’t Have Love I Want Power
9:27 Raya and the Last Dragon
12:27 Alice in Borderland
17:41 The Many Saints of Newark
26:03 Star Wars Visions
35:07 The Sinner
38:59 Black Widow
44:43 Star Trek Discovery Season 3
48:22 Marvel’s What If…?
54:16 Only Murders in the Building
59:29 Squid Game
1:14:34 The Forgotten Battle
1:16:36 Midnight Mass
1:21:28 Sobibor
1:25:15 Star Trek Lower Decks
1:31:24 Maya and the Three
1:35:26 LuLaRich
1:42:06 I Think You Should Leave
1:46:40 Dune
1:56:50 The Movies That Made Us: Season 3
1:59:54 Cowboy Bebop
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Hello listeners! We've got an interesting mashup (smoosh up?) for you this episode - we're combining Dungeons and Dragons with Jersey Shore, you know, the two properties with huge crossover fanbases? Cameron and special guest Virginia will be put through five Jersey Shore-ified dungeon scenarios where they'll have to draft a cast member into their party and have them roll to get out of The Situation. Who scored a critical hit and put together the best drafting throw? Listen in and then let us know!
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You can look at the awesome Jersey Shore character sheets Virginia put together here!
Time Codes:
- 11:26 Topic Intro
- 17:20 The Draft
- 55:55 The Second Half
- 1:23:23 Recap and Alternates
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Hello listeners! We're in the nice sweet spot when lots of professional and college sports are all happening at once, which means lots of people are gathering for the time honored tradition of the tailgate party. And what tailgate party is complete without a big assortment of food? This week we're planning two tailgate parties that contain a variety of meats, snacks, drinks, sweets, and other foods and you can tell us which one you'd most be attending in your team's colors!
Vote for the winner here! (for now, you have to have the Spotify mobile app to vote)
Time Codes:
- 5:21 Topic Intro
- 12:50 The Draft
- 42:36 The Second Half
- 1:10:31 Recap and Alternates
Callbacks to Previous Episodes:
- 47: Drafting Toppings for New Pizza Restaurants
- 46: Which 5 Varieties of Alcohol Make the Best Bar?
- 40: Drafting Spicy Foods While Doing the Fiery Beanboozled Challenge
- 30: Five Course Fast Food - Drafting Items à la Carte From Different Restaurants
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It's Draft... What's On, Draft and this episode is shaken, not stirred, because we're once again doing Hollywood's job for them by casting the next James Bond. Yes, that's right, we continue our tried and true tradition of bringing you news that was topical when we recorded but old hat by the time the episode is produced and released (now that everyone won't shut up about sand worms and spice!) We each draft 5 potential 007 picks and then play a game of James Bond trivia - for each question about the franchise that we miss the other two get to knock one of our bonds off the list. At the end we each pick a candidate from our remaining actors and you get to tell us whose pick you'd most like to see behind the wheel of the Aston Martin!
Vote for the winner here! (for now, you have to have the Spotify mobile app to vote)
Time Codes:
- 5:00 Topic Intro
- 8:23 The Draft
- 1:29:41 James Bond Trivia!
- 1:52:40 Recap and Alternates
Callbacks to Previous Episodes:
- 49: Celebrating Conan O'Brien by Drafting His Best Remote Segments
- 43: Reimagining Non-Musical Movies Into Musicals
- 17: Sean Connery Tribute - Picking the Best Bond Gadgets
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Heyyyy Jude (maybe we have a listener named Jude) and other listeners! This week we're trying to put together the best album we can for you to listen to, but we're only looking for songs that have a person's name in the title. Think My Sharona or Annie's Song. We added a little more difficulty to ourselves by blocking picks both by artist and by letter - so if somebody drafted My Sharona, nobody else could take any other song where the name in the title starts with an S. What did we come up with under these limitations? Listen in and let us know which album you'd most like to listen to!
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Time Codes:
- 3:17 Topic Intro
- 8:42 The Draft
- 58:04 The Second Half
- 1:19:20 Recap and Alternates
Callbacks to Previous Episodes:
- 53: Creating Music Festivals Featuring Fictional Musicians from Movies and TV Shows
- 28: Celebrating Spring Training by Drafting Fictional Baseball Players
- 5: Time Travelling to Watch Concerts Live (Bill & Ted Face the Music)
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Hello listeners! With the news dropping recently that there is going to be a new Super Mario movie with the obviously very Italian Chris Pratt as Mario we started thinking about what other video games could be put to film. The history of video game adaptations is full of failures and some mediocre to fun films, so it's not an easy task. Who did we think was up to the challenge and what video games will they be adapting? Listen in and let us know what you think about our picks and what other games or directors we should have considered!
Time Codes:
- 18:31 Topic Intro
- 22:44 The Draft
- 1:25:29 The Second Half
- 2:12:35 Recap and Alternates
Callbacks to Previous Episodes:
- 56: Creating Season 4 of True Detective
- 41: Drafting the Greatest TV Commercials of All Time (and Having Our Picks Judged by a Marketer)
- 19: Drafting New Challengers to Appear in Super Smash Brothers
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Hello listeners; here at What's On Draft we were fans of Norm Macdonald's work and were, of course, surprised and saddened to learn of his death (we didn't even know he was sick!) Since we were already thinking about Norm it got us onto a broader discussion of stand-up comedy so we decided to take it to the podcast. This week we're each drafting five of our favorite stand-up comedians (dead or alive) to fill a show. Which line-up would you most want to catch at the comedy club? Listen in and let us know, and if you have any favorite Norm bits we didn't mention at the top of the show we'd love to hear them too.
Vote for the winner here! (for now, you have to have the Spotify mobile app to vote)
Time Codes:
- 11:14 Topic Intro
- 12:57 The Draft
- 1:06:30 The Second Half
- 1:37:22 Recap and Alternates
Callbacks to Previous Episodes:
- 49: Celebrating Conan O'Brien by Drafting His Best Remote Segments
- 47: Drafting Toppings for New Pizza Restaurants
- 43: Reimagining Non-Musical Movies Into Musicals
- 6: Casting Actors He's Never Worked With for Christopher Nolan's Next Movie (Tenet)
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Hello listeners! We're here to help you solve the case of where we were last week - we were busy! With that detective work done, we bring you a duo-pod where Cameron and Michael design their own continuation of the True Detective anthology series. Each one drafts a setting, a crime, a villain and, of course, the two lead detectives. Who will craft the most interesting new season of television? Will anyone have an idea that could turn out more disappointing than season 2? Help us solve the case by listening in and then voting with the links below!
Time Codes:
- 19:22 Topic Intro
- 21:31 The Draft
- 57:33 The Second Half
- 1:34:17 Recap and Alternates
Social Media:
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Hello listeners! New week, new upload day! We're switching our schedule up to begin uploading episodes on Thursdays (well, Friday this week due to technical difficulties but that's the plan!) This week, we're thinking about #1 movie in the world Shang-Chi, which got us thinking about other awesome martial artists in movies. Each of us is taking a team of 5 fictional characters and you vote to let us know which team would be the last standing in a dojo showdown!
Time Codes:
- 18:52 Topic Intro
- 23:05 The Draft
- 1:39:35 The Second Half
- 2:12:07 Recap and Alternates
Referenced in This Episode:
- In Praise Of Movies That Just End (Because They Used To Know When To End)
Callbacks to Previous Episodes:
- 49: Celebrating Conan O'Brien by Drafting His Best Remote Segments
- 43: Reimagining Non-Musical Movies Into Musicals
- 37: Picking the Better of "Twin" Movies (And Then Drafting the Leftovers)
- 19: Drafting New Challengers to Appear in Super Smash Brothers
- 6: Casting Actors He's Never Worked With for Christopher Nolan's Next Movie (Tenet)
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We ended up going on a 4 minute rabbit hole about Mandy Patinkin, Criminal Minds, and podcast content in this week's Jeopardy episode. We took it out of the main episode but are placing it here for you, the true What's On Draft/Mandy Patinkin enthusiasts!
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We're Drafting People for This Role Today. Who is: the New Host of Jeopardy? That's right, we're making Sony's job easy for them and giving them three slates of hosts perfect for taking over for longtime host M̶i̶k̶e̶ R̶i̶c̶h̶a̶r̶d̶s̶ Alex Trebek. We each take a permanent Trebek replacement and then guest hosts for the Kids, College, Champions, and Celebrity tournaments. What skills make for a good host? What specialized skills do you need for the different events? Listen in and let us know how you think we did by voting or e-mailing us with the information posted below!
Time Codes:
- 11:45 - Topic Intro
- 15:14 - The Draft
- 59:42 - The Second Half
- 1:51:15 - Recap and Alternates
Referenced in This Episode:
- Alex Trebek roasts nerdcore hip hop
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Hello listeners! This week we're thinking about the underrated stars of many works of fiction - the bands, singers, and other musicians that are created for the story! These are sometimes heavily featured, sometimes playing in the background, but either way our picks today make some solid music that's just as good as anything you'd see topping the charts. Listen in and let us know which of these two festivals you'd most like to attend!
Time Codes:
- 13:45 - Topic Intro
- 19:19 - The Draft
- 59:22 - The Second Half
- 1:40:15 - Recap and Alternates
Referenced in This Episode:
- Live Bear Cam
Previous Episode Callbacks:
- 50: 50th Episode Special! Planning a Vacation Using Picks From Our Former Drafts
- 39: Drafting Our Vacation Bucket List Destinations
- 10: Fictional Character Slayer Teams (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- 5: Time Travelling to Watch Concerts Live (Bill & Ted Face the Music)
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Hello listeners, welcome to our back to school special! Our podcast over-indexes with educators so we're currently back in the midst of back to school season. That got us thinking - if we drafted school supplies, what combo would work the best if you couldn't use anything else for your entire academic career? So we decided to settle it by doing just that! Returning guest Holly joins us and we each take five supplies - if you draft something, you get an unlimited amount of that item but nothing else, and the only electronic we allowed was a calculator. Listen in, let us know what you think of our combos and don't forget to vote on the winner with the links below!
Time Codes:
- (17:37) - Topic Intro
- (22:56) - The Draft
- (50:22) - The Second Half
- (1:27:47) - Recap and Alternates
Referenced in This Episode:
- Itaewon Class
- Home Within Home Within Home Within Home Within Homeby Do Ho Suh
- The Genius Editing of South Korean Reality TV by Just Write
- How The Chinese Language Makes Math Easier - Linguistic Analysis (not the video Paul was thinking of but the same concept we were discussing in the conversation!)
Previous Episode Callbacks:
- 51: NBA Players Born Outside the U.S.
- 49: Celebrating Conan O'Brien by Drafting His Best Remote Segments
- 10: Fictional Character Slayer Teams (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) - Holly's previous appearance!
- 5: Time Travelling to Watch Concerts Live (Bill & Ted Face the Music) - Holly's previous appearance!
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Hello listeners! This week we're celebrating the Milwaukee Bucks Finals victory behind the performance of Giannis Antetokounmpo's big performance. Paul, Cameron, and our returning guest sports specialist Nate are each drafting a starting 5 of all-time NBA players born and raised outside of the U.S. Which players do we rank at the top of the all-time list? How do the new era of international players fit in with the all-time greats? Which of our teams fits together the best on the court? Listen in and let us know!
Time Codes:
- (6:39) - Topic Intro
- (13:28) - The Draft
- (1:28:00) - The Second Half
- (2:03:30) - Recap and Alternates
Previous Episode Callbacks:
- 48: New Sports for the Olympics
- 11: Making Changes to Professional Sports Leagues - Nate's previous appearance!
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Time Codes:
- (3:08) - Reviewing the Results of Our Draft Polls
- (21:37) - Topic Intro
- (25:15) - First Half of the Draft
- (54:56) - Second Half of the Draft
- (1:23:04) - Recap and Alternates
(Some of the) Previous Episode Callbacks:
- 49: Celebrating Conan O'Brien by Drafting His Best Remote Segments
- 48: New Sports for the Olympics
- 47: Drafting Toppings for New Pizza Restaurants
- 43: Reimagining Non-Musical Movies Into Musicals
- 42: Recasting Anchorman
- 39: Drafting Our Vacation Bucket List Destinations
- 35: Drafting Our Ideal Robotic Staffs
- 34: We Pity the (April) Fools! Drafting Teams of Tricksters to Prank the Other Teams
- 33: Which Team of 5 States Would Win a Civil War Against the Other Teams?
- 32: Drafting Fictional Characters to Pull Off a Heist
- 31: The Father's Round Table Draft
- 29: Recasting Characters From Firefly
- 28: Celebrating Spring Training by Drafting Fictional Baseball Players
- 26: Drafting Musical Artists for a "Big Game" Halftime Show
- 20: Drafting Standalone Movies and Pitching Their Sequels
- 19: Drafting New Challengers to Appear in Super Smash Brothers
- 16: U.S. Election Special! Picking Fictional Characters to be the President and Their Cabinet
- 15: Halloween Special! Drafting Fantasy Horror Scenarios
- 12: Building Teams of Serial Killers to Try and Murder Each Other
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Hello listeners! In this clip we're checking in on our 2021 movie draft to see what movies are really pulling their weight at the box office, what movies are no longer even coming out this year, and, most importantly, who is technically in second place as of right now.
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Hello everybody! A few weeks ago the tallest and longest running late night host hung up his microphone for good (to go off and do a different type of show.) It's the last passing of the torch to the new crop of hosts and for those of us who grew up watching Late Night it's not a torch we wanted passed, damnit. But in this episode we're looking back on Conan's career and celebrating it by drafting the late night staple that Conan mastered and innovated above all else: the remote segment. What goes into making the best remote segment? In what era did Conan have our most favorites? How many Jordan Schlansky remotes make the cut? Listen in and find out!
Time Codes:
- (12:50) - Topic Intro
- (16:33) - The Draft
- (1:19:00) - The Second Half
- (1:57:55) - Recap and Alternates
Previous Episode Callbacks:
- 47: Drafting Toppings for New Pizza Restaurants
- 46: Which 5 Varieties of Alcohol Make the Best Bar?
- 38: Drafting the Past 40 Years of Best Picture Winning Movies
- 14: Building Our Own Star Wars Spin-Offs with Minor Characters
- 12: Building Teams of Serial Killers to Try and Murder Each Other
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Hello listeners! We're back from a week off to celebrate the opening of the Tokyo Summer Olympics (or, at least, what's left of it after pandemic safety protocols.) This year some new sports like surfing and sport climbing have been added to the Olympic slate, but that got us thinking about what other sports we'd like to see featured. So we're each drafting 5 new sports and giving our pitch for why you should want to watch the best athletes in the world competing in them. What makes a good Olympic sport? What would be the biggest draws for fans? Listen in, and don't forget to vote for the team of sports you'd be most excited for!
Time Codes:
- (6:48) - Topic Intro
- (8:33) - The Draft
- (55:29) - The Second Half
- (1:24:54) - Recap and Alternates
Previous Episode Callbacks:
- 47: Drafting Toppings for New Pizza Restaurants
- 22: White Elephant Christmas Special! Drafting the Best Selling Toys of All Time
- 21: Drafting Booby Traps to Home Alone Our Houses
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Hello everybody! We hope you're coming to this week's episode hungry because this week's episode is topped with loads of discussion about the great party food that is pizza. We each are given a base of standard crust, marinara sauce, and mozzarella cheese and then drafting 5 toppings - you don't have to eat all of them but if you come to our establishment some combination of those five toppings is what you'll have to choose from. Listen in and let us know which pizza establishment you'd most want to visit and what you'd be putting on your pizza there! Time codes below if you want to jump straight to the drafting.
Time Codes:
- (22:43) - Topic Intro
- (25:18) - The Draft
- (1:02:03) - The Second Half
- (1:39:16) - Recap and Alternates
Previous Episode Callbacks:
- 42: Recasting Anchorman
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Hello listeners, we hope you're thirsty for this one! We bring on returning guest Nathan and his friend Luke this week to start our own bars by drafting various spirits, wines, or types of beers. Which combos of drinks lends the most variety and enjoyable bar experience? Where would you most drop in for a drink? Does the personality of the bar matter? Listen in and let us know!
Time Codes:
- (2:57) - Topic Intro
- (11:24) - The Draft
- (49:27) - The Second Half
- (1:14:25) - Recap and Alternates
Previous Episode Callbacks:
- 33: Which Team of 5 States Would Win a Civil War Against the Other Teams?
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Hello listeners! In celebration of Father's Day this past weekend, Paul sat down with his five-year-old daughter Wren and drafted their favorite kid's TV shows. Which set of shows do you think you would like the best, and how much better would the show be if we just let Wren take over as the host? Listen in and let us know!
Time Codes:
- (4:20) - Topic Intro
- (5:44) - The Draft
- (35:41) - The Second Half
- (57:32) - Recap and Alternates
Previous Episode Callbacks:
- 34: We Pity the (April) Fools! Drafting Teams of Tricksters to Prank the Other Teams
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Hello listeners! This week we're drafting the best Pixar movies - we each end up with five films and you tell us which collection are the Pixar films you like the most. Fairly simple set-up for this week, listen in and let us know what you think!
Time Codes:
- (10:30) - Topic Intro
- (18:52) - The Draft
- (1:16:49) - The Second Half
- (1:58:10) - Recap and Alternates
Referenced in This Episode:
- Michael's Instagram
- Patrick Doing Work
Previous Episode Callbacks:
- 36: Drafting Fictional Corporations to Invest Our Money In
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Hello listeners! This week Cameron makes his triumphant return to the pod and we're in the mood for some musical entertainment to celebrate. In celebration of In the Heights being released this weekend, we wanted to talk about musicals but we couldn't just do things normally around here. Instead, what we decided to do was take some non-musical movies and remake them into musicals, drafting a movie, a musical artist to score the production, and three star actors. We also take a look back at some former drafts for inspiration. Listen in and let us know which new musical you'd rather watch!
Time Codes:
- (14:08) - Topic Intro
- (16:39) - The Draft
- (1:00:43) - The Second Half
- (1:29:50) - Recap and Alternates
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Hello listeners! This week we've got another special guest for you as verified former-newsman Nick joins us to recast a newsy movie - Anchorman! Although we also sort of just draft our own news teams. Which approach did you like the best? Which film would you want to watch/news team would you tune into on the local station? Listen in, and write in to let us know what other actors you think would have made good selections!
Time Codes:
- (9:51) - Topic Intro
- (16:02) - The Draft
- (1:00:16) - The Second Half
- (1:42:22) - Recap and Alternates
Mentioned in this episode:
- ball champions
- Mr. Music - Music Everywhere
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Hello listeners! In this week's episode, we're discussing the greatest TV advertisements of all time. Returning guest-host Madeline joins and we each draft five commercials and justify why we think they deserve a spot in the conversation. But, at the end of the day we have no expertise in this area... so we brought in someone who does! Fellow returning guest Alana, a professional marketer, joins us in the second half of the episode to go over all of our commercials and what works for them, plus let us know what would have made her list. Listen in and let us know if any of these commercials convinced you to run out and buy something. And remember - What's On Draft, apply directly to the forehead.
Time Codes:
- (4:18) - Topic Intro
- (7:34) - The Draft
- (56:11) - The Second Half
- (1:33:56) - Recap and Alternates
- (1:47:45) - Having an Expert Discuss Our Picks
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Hello listeners! This week we've got a special two-person draft for you: Paul is joined by his brother-in-law to draft their favorite spicy foods. But after each round of picks, they both eat an increasingly spicy "fiery five" beanboozled bean, going from sriracha to carolina reaper pepper beans! Can they handle the heat? Can they draft a list of foods you want to eat? Listen in to the episode and then let us know by voting on your favorite list of foods on our Facebook page or e-mailing in to let us know what we left off our lists!
Time Codes:
- (7:00) - Topic Intro
- (10:18) - The Draft
- (51:37) - The Second Half
- (1:33:15) - Alternates
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We're back! We needed a week off to catch up on some work but we're back on schedule now. And having just gotten a lot of work done it's now the perfect time for a vacation! This week we're thinking about places around the world and each drafting five spots we'd like to go; the catch is if once you take a vacation destination nothing else from that country can be taken. What does your ideal vacation look like, and would you hire any of us as your travel agent? And where in the world should we have Arkan-saw fit to add to our lists? Listen in and let us know!
Time Codes:
- (9:30) - Topic Intro
- (10:56) - The Draft
- (1:08:45) - The Second Half
- (1:50:30) - Recap and Alternates
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Hello listeners, we're back with a (released late) update on Cameron's bake for April! We tasted these lemon bars at the beginning of the month and Cameron really raised the bar for himself moving forward with this one!
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Hello listeners! A few days ago Nomadland was named the winner of Best Picture at the Academy Awards. It was a weird year for movies so our intrepid hosts did not have the opportunity to watch any of the nominees (and based on the ceremony ratings, we may not be alone!) So we decided to draft some Academy Award winners we have watched (or at least heard more about). We took a list of the past 40 years of winners from 1980's Ordinary People to 2020's Parasite and each drafted a collection of 10 films. Which list of films would you most like to watch? Which picks did we leave off the final board that should have made it? Listen in and let us know!
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Hello listeners! This week we're discussing the topic of "twin" movies - movies that come out in close proximity to each other with very similar plots (Dante's Peak/Volcano, White House Down/Olympus Has Fallen, etc.). For this draft we have a list of movies that you can follow along with and we go in two groups: we each take three movies off the list, and then we each take three movies from those that were paired with a drafted pick - i.e., if one person takes Dante's Peak eventually someone will have to take Volcano. Do we prioritize the best films or avoiding the worst leftovers? Listen in, and let us know which of the films in these pairs you prefer!
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Hello listeners! This week we're putting our money where our mouths are... fictionally, of course (despite the vast financial empire that is What's On Draft). We're each drafting five fictional companies to make to try and take us to the three commas club by building out our portfolio. Which list of companies would you most want to trust your financial advisor to go long on? What are the ethical concerns of putting money into any of these companies? Give the episode a listen, perform your SWOT analysis and let us know!
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Hello listeners! Apologies for the delayed release this week but we are still here. We could have potentially gotten the episode out on time with a little help, so luckily that's just what we're targeting today! Each of us is drafting five fictional robots to serve as our personal staff and making the case for why our collection of robots has the best combination of skills and companionship for the task. We're also limiting draft picks to just one per universe - so if someone takes C-3PO, then all Star Wars droids are off the table for the rest of the draft. Which staff would you most want around the house? And what picks did we leave on the table that should have made the cut? Listen in and let us know!
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We hope you're note in the mood for any treats this week, listeners, because we're all about tricks! Tricksters, that is, as we're celebrating April Fool's Day by each drafting 5 fictional or real individuals known for their propensity to pull of perfect pranks and asking you to imagine the three teams all unleashed at each other in a (standard American mid-sized) city. Which team would pull off the biggest pranks against the others? Which tricksters would be crafty enough to avoid what was being targeted at them? Listen in, then let us know who you think won and which picks you think we pranked ourselves with by leaving them off the draft board!
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Hello listeners! This week we've got a rousing episode of war, strategies, and... guest hosts? That's right! Cameron is joined by two guest hosts to draft five states each to see which alliance would win in a civil war against the other teams. What makes a state a strong contender? What states do you think were smart selections and which states did our intrepid field commanders miss in their recruitment? Listen in and let us now which team seceded in building the best team!
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Hello listeners! This week we're trying to steal your votes, and some valuables, but drafting a team of non-superpowered fictional characters to pull off a heist. We each from an Ocean's... uh, 5, by drafting the brains, brawn, master of disguise, getaway driver, and someone with some finesse for a team. Which group could most successfully pull of a heist, or which group would be the most cohesive unit? Which would be the most fun to watch attempt it? Listen in and then let us know!
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Hello listeners! This week we've got a little bit of a different format for you. As Cameron is the father-to-be on the pod we decided to bring on a team of fathers-who-are to draft him some advice for his impending parenthood. Paul and two special guests each draft three pieces of father advice and Cameron sticks around to comment on each of them. Which advice sounds the most solid to you? For the fathers out there listening, what would you add?
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Hope you're not hungry before digging into this one listeners! This week we're talking fast food and each drafting five items from a different restaurant chain; however, once an item is taken nothing else from that restaurant is available. Come see the combo meals we create, and we also weigh in on some of the big fast food debates like where can you find the best burger, fries, or dessert. Let us know which meal you'd most want to eat, what items we left off would you most have wanted to be included, and which of our picks you'd leave off your own plate!
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We're back to check in on Cameron's New Years Resolution to bake more, and for February he prepared for all of us a slice of red velvet cake! We recorded this a couple weeks ago but I (Paul) ran out of time to edit it so never fear, Cameron was comfortably in the February window with this one. Check out our Instagram page for a picture of the finished product!
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Hello listeners! We've got a shiny episode on tap for you this week where we recast some of our favorite characters from Firefly. We get into what we like about the show, what makes each character work and how that might translate to a new actor, and also discuss all the recent allegations against Joss Whedon and how that may impact our future enjoyment of stories set in the Firefly universe. Listen in and let us know which casting choices you think are on point, which would be bad (or good!) changes in the characters, and which lineup you'd most like to watch if the rumored Firefly reboot involved a full recasting (which, if you're listening TV executives, please don't...)
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For those of you who aren't trapped in the frozen tundra that is the center of the United States right now it's beginning to feel a bit like spring... training, that is, as pitchers and catchers are reporting this week and teams are getting ready for the start of Spring Training activities. In celebration of one of our favorite sports we're combining it with another of our favorite things - movies, books, TV shows, and all other stories revolving around the game (and usually Kevin Costner). We each draft five fictional baseball players and you tell us which team you'd most like as the core of a real world World Series contender. Joined this week by special guest Gentry Collier!
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This week has us thinking about Valentine's Day... and specifically how none of us care that much about Valentine's Day. So we decided to bring a slate of holidays to the table that we do care about. Each of us drafts three brand new holidays that will be automatically lifted to major federal holiday status and given all the cultural cache that commands, and then we round things out by each changing two of the current major holidays. Which alternate holiday world would you most want to be celebrating in? What do you think of our new unique holiday ideas and what would you have done differently? Can you believe Paul immediately mixed up the time of Veteran's Day and Memorial Day even after acknowledging the correct dates mere seconds before? Listen in and let us know what you think!
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Hello listeners, it's Su... uh, Big Game week, and naturally that has us thinking about music! We're looking at artists who have never performed a halftime show and drafting 4 of them to build our own superstar lineup. After we have our musical artists, each of us is also adding one showstopper (a theme, stunt, event, etc.) to the show for a little extra flavor (and to keep our stages from being too crowded!) Which artists would you most like to see Pepsi give the call to? Who did we not pick that you think should have made the cut? Listen in and let us know!
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Hello listeners! As one of our New Year's Resolutions Cameron is getting into baking, and he's delivered the first good of the year - a lemon poppyseed loaf! We sample and give our opinions, and talk about our future plans for our entry into the culinary industry.
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Welcome to our quarter-of-the-way-to-triple-digits episode, listeners! In this episode we conduct the second half of our 2021 movie draft. Which films will we round out our teams with? Which films have already moved out of the year immediately after we drafted them but before we released this episode so now we look like fools! Listen in and let us know what you think!
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We're officially back in full for the new year! To kick things off we're performing our annual movie draft - we're each taking 10 films, and after they've all had their theatrical runs we'll tally the top 7 earners for each drafter to see who pulled in the most at the box office. That's right, we're not looking for the best, most artistic, or most meaningful movies of the year - we're just looking at who made the most cold, hard cash. The movie draft is something we've done for a while that long pre-dates the pod, but this year has a lot of new wrinkles with movie release dates still being in a state of flux. This episode is the first 15 picks of the draft, and we'll be back next week with the final 15. Which films do you think will pull in the most money? Did anything go too low or was egregiously omitted in this episode? What are you most excited to watch? Listen in and let us know!
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Welcome to 2021, listeners! We're easing into 2021 with some non-draft bonus content. First, we're updating on our New Year's Resolutions from the previous draft and getting things organized. Then we're recapping our 2020 movie draft. We never released the audio because, well... a total of six movies we drafted were actually theatrically released last year. But we talk about our favorite things we did watch (whether they were released in 2020 or not), what we're most excited about of the things that were bumped to 2021, and what we think the movie-going landscape is going to look like in the near and distance future. We'll be back next week with our first draft of the year!
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A day late but not a resolution short, this episode is our conclusion to the first calendar year of What's on Draft! The year certainly didn't look like what we or really anyone expected, but we've had some good times along the way; thanks to everyone for listening! In this episode, we're all drafting 5 resolutions for the new year, but then the other two hosts are adding in a little wrinkle to make them more interesting. Listen in and then check our social media pages throughout the year to get some updates on how the resolutions are going!
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Hello listeners! As mentioned in this week's episode, here is the recording of a Christmas Carol Michael and Paul created in the long ago year of 2011 for a white elephant gift exchange. This is presented almost exactly as the audio version we burned onto a CD for the party; so if you're looking for a new Christmas Eve tradition, here's just the right new entertainment option for you!
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Merry Christmas and happy holidays listeners! This week we're in the gifting spirit... particularly the spirit of gifting ourselves. So we found a list of the top selling toys from 1980 to 2000 and each drafted five of them. We added one twist though - in the white elephant/dirty Santa spirit we're each going to be able to steal one pick from someone else, so get ready for a little drafting gamesmanship! Take a listen and let us know which group of toys you'd most like to unwrap under the tree, and which item on the list would have been your number one pick!
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In this week's draft, we each take very different approaches to going full Kevin McCallister on our homes! Which of our homes do you think would make for the best cinematic foil to the Wet and/or Sticky Bandits in the Home Alone universe - the psychological warfare, the cinematic homage, or the full lethal variety? Listen in and let us know!
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- The legal implication of booby trapping your house
- The Home Alone trap montage
- Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 and the punji stick mystery on Unraveled
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Hello everybody! In this week's episode we are talking movies, specifically movies that we think deserve a sequel. We each draft five movies and then give our idea for what a sequel might look like - some have an interesting plot point to continue, some are an interesting universe that deserves some more exploration, and some were movies we felt like had an interesting premise but weren't as successful and could use the reboot treatment. Which set of films would you be most excited to see get greenlit but Hollywood? And what movies do you want a sequel for that we didn't mention? Listen in and let us know!
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- What if Wes Anderson Directed X-Men?
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Happy December everyone! What better way to get into the season of Christmas shopping than with a topic covering one of the biggest holiday gift buys of all time? In this week's episode we're picking new video game characters to make an appearance in Super Smash Brothers. We've taken off the shackles of copyright law and given ourselves free range of any video game characters. What do you think of our selections? If you were adding any character to Smash Bros who would you pick? Listen in and let us know!
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- Halo Novels Unraveled
- "The Miracle Sudoku"
- Dan Hipp's Instagram
- Phoenix Wright Redd White
- The Animation of Phoenix Wright
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Happy Thanksgiving (week) listeners! While many of our holiday traditions have been put on hold for this year, the one thing you can do with any amount of people in your bubble is prepare a Thanksgiving feast for the ages. This week we all take some turkey and then draft five food items plus one alcoholic beverage to pair with it to see who can create the best Thanksgiving plate. Which plate would you most like to eat? What is your most quintessential Thanksgiving item? Did we leave anything off our list of potential picks that you feel like was a glaring omission? What's wrong with eating a salad, anyway? Listen in and let us know!
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In this episode we're paying tribute to Sean Connery by considering the best that the Q Branch has to offer. Each of us takes a collection of five gadgets from across the Bond franchise to see which spy would be the most prepared to handle whatever SPECTRE has to throw at them. Which set of gadgets are the most versatile? Which are the coolest? Can you have enough modes of transportation? Let us know what you think!
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As a bonus for our Bond gadget episode, we're joined by returning guest Alana for a game - we present her with two real gadgets that appeared in a Bond movie and then one we invented to see if she can pick out the gadget imposter!
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Tonight, the window for casting a vote for the U.S. president will end, and while we wait for the long and needlessly complicated process to tabulate all the results, we were thinking - how much better off would be if we could pluck our leaders off of the silver screen? In this Election Day special, we're taking a fictional characters to be the president and then drafting their cabinet for them. Come for our predictions on the 2020 election, stay for a debate over whether Snowball from Animal Farm would be constitutionally eligible to serve as acting president in the even everyone above him in the line of succession was incapacitated.
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We've got an extra spooky extra episode for you this week! Maybe the three most unqualified hosts for talking horror films draft our own horror scenarios, taking a setting, villain, booby trap, and supernatural phenomenon to build a dastardly plot for anyone to face. We round things out by drafting a hero to face down the other two scenarios. Which hero would survive the longest? Would any hero make it through unscathed? How intelligent does a giant squid need to be to qualify for villain status? Listen in and let us know!
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This week we're getting in the spirit of the Mandalorian, Rogue One, and Solo and talking about which Star Wars characters we'd want to see in their own spin-off stories. Only this time, we're aiming for the deeper cuts. Which team of minor Star Wars characters would you most like to see in their own film trilogy? Was there someone who wasn't drafted that we should have taken? Can I get a paper published on my theory of the Boba/Babu line? Listen in and let us know!
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In this episode, we're drafting a captain and four crew members from across all of the Star Trek shows to form our very own Starfleet crews. Which team would most boldly go? Which crew would have the best chemistry? How surprising is it that we exclusively drafted characters from Star Trek: Enterprise? Listen in and let us know!
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We've got a diabolical new episode for you as the spooky month continues! This week we're joined by special guest Alana to draft teams of serial killers. In our scenario, our teams will all be unleased into Standard Mid-Sized American City where they will devote all their effort to trying murder the other teams. Which group of serial killers as the best odds? What's better, a literal murder castle or a metaphorical murder castle? Can Paul and Alana's marriage survive a stolen draft pick? Listen in and let us know what you think!
As a warning, we do describe many of the crimes these killers have committed. If that's not your thing, check out our back catalog of episodes that involve far fewer dead bodies!
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- Crime Junkie on Rey Rivera
- Funny or Die Dog DNA Skit
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One of the wildest eras of sports is upon us! The global pandemic has changed the way all professional sports leagues operate, and how we can watch them, but what we have received for that trouble is an unprecedented conglomeration of leagues playing at the same time. But what if things were... even weirder??? This week we're joined by special guest Nate and drafting changes to be made to major sports leagues; which alternate sports universe would you like? Did our picks get wild enough? Are you read for... MORE MADNESS?
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In this draft, we're taking fictional characters and drafting our own slayer teams for the Buffy universe - who has the best Buffy? Whose Watcher is going to be the most knowledgeable? You let us know! Social Media:
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In this episode, we each take five conspiracy theories (that are believed by at least a decent number of people) and ask you, in a hypothetical world where all the theories were true, which world would be the worst to live in? Buckle in for some really out there ideas and make sure to wear your tin-foil hat to keep the mole people from reading your mind and knowing which team you'll vote for before the end of the episode!
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In this episode, we take people from all over the world to send to Middle Earth and see if they could be as successful as ol' Frodo at getting the Ring into Mount Doom. This was the first episode of the podcast we recorded, so we hadn't quite settled on the layout (or nicer microphones) but we think you'll still enjoy it. Which team would you most trust with a cross-country quest to save the kingdoms of men, elves, and dwarves? And did you know any of our international picks before we drafted them? Polls for the winner of the draft and room for conversation can be found on our social media accounts linked here!
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- Our magical outro music for this episode was found on the YouTube channel stantough, which we highly recommend both checking out and making sure you read the comment sections! (that last part is non-ironic it's an upper tier YouTube comment section).
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In this episode, Cameron and Michael are joined by special guest Preston for a very musical episode (though, not to get your hopes up, not an episode drafted entirely in song.) We take five famous musical groups - The Rolling Stones, the Beach Boys, the Four Seasons, Creedence Clearwater Revival, and Earth, Wind, and Fire - and take on the monumental task of replacing their famous front men with a modern pop song. Who makes a good Mick Jagger? Who would have the unique style and writing chops of Brian Wilson? Let us know what you think of our picks!
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- If you enjoyed Preston's song played as our outro for this episode and want to check out some more of his work you can stream the album on Spotify or check out Preston's website.
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Inspired by the (U.S.) release of Tenet this week, we're taking a look at Christopher Nolan movies. The director is well known for working repeatedly with actors he's Caine-fortable (booing intensifies off stage) with, which got us thinking - what if the studios told him his next project had to be filled with completely new faces? We each give a pitch for a Nolan film (or for the archetypes Nolan likes to use in his films) and then take five cast members to co-star in our films. Which lineup would you most like to see work with Nolan? Let us know!
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Most excellent listeners! Join us as we take on a draft topic inspired by the Bill & Ted movie franchise; if we had our own time travelling phone booth and wanted to take it for a spin to go see some live music, where (and when) would we go? We've got concerts lined up from big obvious names and some that may not make the top of "best concerts of all time" lists but have some personal connections to us. Or, we just like them a lot! Let us know which lineup of five concerts you would most like to see, and if there's anything you can't believe we didn't bring up.
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- Can't Get Enough of Keanu on Excellent Adventure and Bogus Journey
- David Byrne covering Bowie with Choir! Choir! Choir! in NYC
- LCD Soundsystem performing Dance Yrself Clean in Madison Square Garden
- Vulfpeck live at Madison Square Garden
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We got a little excited with our Bill & Ted episode and ended up recording for over three hours. A lot of the conversation was cut to make the resulting episode length more manageable, and this is one of the clips that was taken out where we get into a conversation about grunge music and what it means to different generations. Enjoy!
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In this episode we're drafting teams of actors to take on characters from The Office. What character did someone draft John Mulaney for? What do you think of the gender swapped selections? How much money will Michael's network lose based on their casting budget? Let us know!
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In this episode, we take some inspiration from the comic page and the silver screen by drafting three super powers each to turn ourselves into a superhero. But, as they say, you should never meet your heroes... because sometimes they turn out to be comically inept; like in this case, because we spent our final two picks assigning some very ridiculous limits to everybody's powers. Which superhero would be the best at saving a city even with their limitations? Were there more creative ways we should have limited someone's powers? Let us know!
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In this episode, we draft famous film trilogies. Who's collection of movies would you most like to watch? Did we leave off any important trilogies? Should we have counted some of the trilogies we rejected or rejected some of the ones we allowed? We promise not all episodes are this long!
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- Taste of Cinema article
- Spider-Man 3 with realistic audio
- Alienating the Audience episode (podcast name incorrectly cited in our ep) on the science cryogenic freezing and pop culture that features it
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In this episode we're taking U.S. presidents to build a team to compete in a 3-on-3 basketball tournament - three starters, one bench player, and a coach. What's better, youth or experience? Which president's athleticism survived until inauguration day? What illnesses did presidents have that we forget to research until after we had made our pick? And is Lincoln allowed to block shots with his hat?
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- Slate's NBA/President comparisons
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Hello, and welcome to What's on Draft! In this brief prelude to our first episode you can hear what this podcast is, what kind of topics we'll cover, and a few wildly out of context samples from our upcoming episodes.
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