The Worst Idea Of All Time (podcast)

The Worst Idea of All Time
Presentation
Hosted by Tim Batt and Guy Montgomery
Genre comedy
Updates weekly
Publication
Original release 2014 – present
Provider Little Empire Podcast Network
Website www.worstideaofalltime.com

The Worst Idea of All Time is a New Zealand podcast from hosted by comedians Tim Batt and Guy Montgomery where they watch and review the same film every week for a year. In each season the films chosen are ones neither of the hosts have seen before and are generally considered to be bad films.[1]

Background

The original concept, as stated in first episode of season one, was to watch Grown Ups 2 'until it became worthwhile'.[2] The boys quickly adapted the scope of the podcast to be a watch a week for a full calendar year.

Some other films that were considered for season one were Con Air and The Room but they were passed over for being too good and too bad respectively.[3]

In episode two of season one, Guy claimed that his main reason for doing the podcast was to become better friends with Tim.[4]

Seasons

Season 1

For the first season Guy and Tim watched the Adam Sandler comedy Grown Ups 2 once a week for 52 weeks. Neither of them had watched the first Grown Up film.[5]

The final watch was completed in Los Angeles after Guy and Tim started a kickstarter campaign to get something out of the experience. If they reached their goal they promised to get Patrick Schwarzenegger (who had a small role in the film) tattooed on their bodies.[6] They fulfilled this promise when their goal was passed.[7]

Notable segments:

To assist in creating content for each episode the hosts slowly developed segments they would revisit in each recording:

  • The Shining Light - Their favourite moment of the weeks watch. Created to try and stop the podcasts getting too negative.
  • Paddy Swartz Party Time - Their favourite moment from Patrick Swartzenegger's performance. He was in very few scenes and was cast as 'Frat Boy'.[8]
  • Steve Buscemi's Mystery Bus Tour - Steve Buscemi appeared in the film as a character named Wiley, a man who had broken both his arms in an incident that occurred in the first Grown Ups film. The incident was not explained in the sequel and Tim and Guy took turns in creating a back story.

Season 2

For follow up season Tim and Guy watched Sex and the City 2 once a week for 52 weeks.[9] The film was chosen off the back of a gag that was hastily included at the end of a video Tim made about finishing off the first season.[10]

Sex In The City 2 film had a run time of 2 hours and 26 minutes[11] a full 45 minutes longer than Grown Up 2[12] resulting in a full 36 more hours of screen time than season one.

Notable segments:

  • The Shining Light
  • Mr Big's Big Book of Ideas - The boys noticed that the character Mr Big didn't have a computer in his work office leading them to speculate what he did with all his time. They decided he spent most of his time coming up with ideas and took turns in the segment coming up with an entry he made in his Big Book of Ideas.
  • What's he Doing, Where's He Off To? - Early in season two, the boys noticed an extra in the background who is constantly drinking from his coffee in every shot and then abruptly leaves the cafe.[13] They dub him 'Coffee Guy' and the boys take turns creating a backstory about why he is slamming down his coffee and leaving so quickly.

Season 3

For the third and final season, Tim and Guy watched the 2015 drama We Are Your Friends.[14] In the first episode of the season Tim mentioned that they had received a lot of feedback that they had broken the spirit of the podcast by not choosing a sequel and not choosing a particularly terrible film but both the hosts concluded that there was never any rules stating that.

Notable segments:

  • The Shining Light
  • Getting Sentimental with James Reed - There is a scene in the movie where the character James Reed give Zac Efron's character a Macbook Pro box and tells him it is a present and he got a 'little sentimental". According to the boys this is never referenced again in the film. They use the segment to take turns speculating what was in the box.

Other Episodes

Along with the main episodes where Tim and Guy review the current season's film there have been several other episode types develop along the way.

Friendzone

Friendzone episodes began being posted after the 48th episode of the second season as a way to thank people who had donated money to the podcast and read out the growing amount of emails and social media messages Tim and Guy were receiving without having it take up too much time from the regular podcast episodes.[15]

The Friendzone episodes continued after the conclusion of the third season to continue answer fan mail.

Reviews and DirComms

Halfway through the second season Tim and Guy created a Patreon page where subscribers could vote on a movie for the boys to watch and record a directors commentary on.[16] At the conclusion of season three they decided to begin releasing the Patreon podcasts as part of their regular feed for free.

The episodes released so far include:

In 2015, Guy and Tim teamed up with the McElroy brothers from the podcast My Brother, My Brother and Me to create the annually recorded Til Death Do Us Blart.

The concept of this podcast is that Tim, Guy, and the three brothers watch Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 every year on Thanksgiving for the rest of their lives. Each participant must have a replacement viewer that takes their place in the case one of them dies.[17][18]

Tim also began a podcast network called Little Empire Podcasts. It includes podcasts from various New Zealand comedians including Boners of the Heart, The Male Gaze, The Walk Out Boys, Hosting and Polidicks.[19]

    A spiritual successor to the podcast launched in December of 2017, entitled “The Even Worse Idea Of All Time”. Hosted by fellow New Zealanders Alisdair Armstrong, Jamie Owers and Oliver Pol, the podcast sees the hosts continuing the tradition of watching a film 52 times, this time based on A Bad Moms Christmas.

    References

    1. ↑ "Interview: Tim Batt and Guy Montgomery on 'The Worst Idea of All Time' Season 3". Flicks. Retrieved 2018-06-12.
    2. ↑ "The Worst Idea Of All Time Season 1, Grown Ups 2,Guy Montgomery,TWIOAT". Guy Montgomery. Retrieved 2018-06-12.
    3. ↑ "Meet the Two Guys Who Are Doomed to Watch 'Grown Ups 2' for Eternity". Vice. 2015-01-04. Retrieved 2018-06-12.
    4. ↑ "The Worst Idea Of All Time Season 1, Grown Ups 2,Guy Montgomery,TWIOAT". Guy Montgomery. Retrieved 2018-06-12.
    5. ↑ Arthur, Kenneth. "The Worst Idea Of All Time: Watching Grown Ups 2 every week for a year". AUX. Retrieved 2018-06-08.
    6. ↑ "The Worst Idea of All Time: LA Fundraiser". Indiegogo. Retrieved 2018-06-12.
    7. ↑ "David Farrier on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2018-06-12.
    8. ↑ Grown Ups 2 (2013), retrieved 2018-06-12
    9. ↑ Verdier, Hannah (2015-12-03). "The Worst Idea of all Time podcast review: Could you watch Sex and the City 2 40 times?". the Guardian. Retrieved 2018-06-08.
    10. ↑ "Interview: Tim Batt and Guy Montgomery on 'The Worst Idea of All Time' Season 3". Flicks. Retrieved 2018-06-12.
    11. ↑ King, Michael Patrick (2010-05-27), Sex and the City 2, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis, retrieved 2018-06-08
    12. ↑ Dugan, Dennis (2013-07-12), Grown Ups 2, Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Chris Rock, retrieved 2018-06-08
    13. ↑ Sorry Mom (2017-05-31), sex in the city 2 coffee guy, retrieved 2018-06-12
    14. ↑ "Live every moment: A fanboy farewells The Worst Idea Of All Time". The Spinoff. 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2018-06-08.
    15. ↑ acast (2016-02-04). "Friendzone One | Worst Idea Of All Time Podcast on acast". acast. Retrieved 2018-06-12.
    16. ↑ "The Worst Idea Of All Time is creating mind-numbingly stupid podcasts. | Patreon". Patreon. Retrieved 2018-06-12.
    17. ↑ "About". Till Death Do Us Blart. Retrieved 2018-06-12.
    18. ↑ FM, Player. "Til Death Do Us Blart". Til Death Do Us Blart. Retrieved 2018-06-12.
    19. ↑ "Little Empire Podcast Network". Little Empire Podcast Network. Retrieved 2018-06-12.
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