“I’m always trying to push humor… but bend it, not break it—I don’t want to ruin the reality.” — Jorma Taccone
Great conversation on balancing comedy + truth in Over Your Dead Body.
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Samara Weaving:
“As long as we’re playing the truth of the scene, it’s going to be funny… you just have to trust your instincts.”
From Bob Barth’s One Night Stand — now in the archive:
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Jason Segel:
“We were all on board… let’s just give it our all… and make this thing awesome.”
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Now in the archive.
Jason Segel, Samara Weaving & Jorma Taccone (Over Your Dead Body) + O.N.S. Film Club on Days of Heaven.
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A script can feel finished on the page.
A room will tell you if it actually is.
This week’s piece on why table reads aren’t about validation—they’re about exposure.
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Film, theatre, music, and more—all in one place.
All that & more—today from 2–6pm PT / 5–9pm ET.
THEATER:
including Master Harold…and the Boys at the Geffen Playhouse, Fences at The Old Globe, Mean Girls at La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts, and the high-energy concert-theatrical experience Teen Beat Live: 80s Movie Mixtape from For The Record Live at CineVita.
Plus, the O.N.S. Film Club turns to the poetic and haunting world of Days of Heaven, directed by Terrence Malick and starring Richard Gere, Brooke Adams, and Sam Shepard. Joining the conversation is Tom Beddow, Director of Programming and Events at the Culver Theater, to explore the film.
Director Jorma Taccone joins the show alongside actors Jason Segel and Samara Weaving to discuss their new film Over Your Dead Body—diving into its creative origins, performances, and what drew this team to the project.
Tonight’s Guests: Jason Segel, Samara Weaving & Director Jorma Taccone (OVER YOUR DEAD BODY) + O.N.S. Film Club (DAYS OF HEAVEN) with programmer Tom Beddow (Culver Theater)
Saturday, April 18 | 2pm–6pm PT / 5pm–9pm ET
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If you missed it—
This week’s Substack is about table reads and the moment a script gets tested out loud.
A script can feel complete on the page.
A room will tell you if it actually is.
🎙️ What’s coming up on the show
🎬 Inside the Theatre Kids reading
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A script can feel complete on the page.
A room will tell you if it actually is.
This week’s Substack is about table reads—what they expose and why they matter.
Also:
🎙️ What’s coming up on the show
🎬 Inside the Theatre Kids reading
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Private reading of THEATRE KIDS at the American Film Institute Monday night.
Always a turning point hearing it out loud. Great room, great actors, real momentum.
More to come.
“It’s got suspense, action, horror kills—and comedy all the way through it.”
— Bob Odenkirk
Full interview now in the archives:
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If you missed this week’s piece:
What makes you believe a character?
Not the plot. Not the spectacle. The person.
Looking at Normal, Beast, and Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat — and why when you believe the person, everything else follows.
Read it here: open.substack.com/pub/bobbarth...
Now in the Archives 🎧
Missed this week’s Bob Barth’s One Night Stand on @wfmu?
Featuring Bob Odenkirk & director Ben Wheatley talking Normal—a gritty, pulpy neo-Western thriller that spirals fast.
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All of this and more—tune in.
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And in theatre, we head to the Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts for English, the Pulitzer Prize–winning play by Sanaz Toossi—a moving exploration of language, identity, and what’s lost and gained when we try to speak in someone else’s voice.
On the small screen, we’re spotlighting Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat on Prime Video—a brilliantly constructed comedy experiment that places one real participant inside a fully staged corporate retreat populated entirely by actors, creating a hilarious and revealing workplace satire.
We also take a look at Beast, starring Daniel MacPherson & Russell Crowe—a bruising, character-driven drama set in the world of MMA, exploring the physical and emotional toll of the fight game and the search for redemption inside and outside the cage.
Tonight we welcome Bob Odenkirk and director Ben Wheatley to talk about their new film Normal—a gritty, kinetic neo-Western thriller where a small-town sheriff’s routine call spirals into something far more dangerous. It’s a pulpy, character-driven ride with shades of Fargo and Walking Tall.
Tonight’s Guests: Bob Odenkirk & Director Ben Wheatley (NORMAL)
Saturday, April 11 | 2pm–6pm PT / 5pm–9pm ET
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The world doesn’t have to be believable.
But someone inside it does.
This week’s piece on Normal, Beast, and Company Retreat:
You don’t have to believe the world—just the person.
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New Substack is live.
We don’t actually need to believe the world.
We just need to believe the person.
(Normal, Beast, Company Retreat)
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Now in the archives 🎧
Brad Barr + O.N.S. Film Club on Rad with Bill Allen & Eddie Fiola
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A movie that everyone agrees on usually fades pretty fast.
The ones that split the room?
Those are the ones we keep talking about.
That’s what this week’s piece is about—Split the Room.
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If you missed it yesterday—
Some of the best films don’t tell you what to think.
They divide the room.
That tension? That argument on the drive home?
That’s the point.
“Split the Room” is up now.
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All that & more!
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We’ll also take a look at the brand new motion picture The Drama, and head to the stage with A Noise Within’s production of Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller—a timeless exploration of ambition, identity, and the cost of chasing the American Dream.
Plus, The O.N.S. Film Club rides into cult classic territory with a look at Rad, directed by Hal Needham. From the original cast, Bill Allen (Cru) joins the show alongside legendary BMX rider and stuntman Eddie Fiola to revisit the film’s enduring legacy.