My Brother, My Brother And Me: MBMBaM 289: Ben Stiller's Museum Nights

February 15, 2016 5:10 PM

Welcome, all, to our most fanciful episode yet! It's got everything: Extremely wrong-headed Super Bowl predictions, Travis' mushroom-tainted movie memories and a brief lesson on Mogwai rights. Come with us on a three-way mind voyage! Suggested talking points: The Hug Heard Round the World, Mushroom Movie Editions, A Very Terrible Towel, Office Traps, Pirate Jeffcoats, Emu President
posted by drezdn (6 comments total)

I felt so bad for Travis all episode cause they went in so hard on him for something that totally is a thing! Projectionists mess up matting all the time! (Less so these days with digital, but still.)
posted by kmz at 11:23 AM on February 16, 2016 [1 favorite]

The Facebook page has been quick to point out that, while mainstream films are usually matted to the aspect ratio the film will be when projected, lower budget films often aren't, which means you can see all sorts of weird shit when the projectionist forgets to gate the film right (I may be using the wrong terms here).
posted by maxsparber at 1:20 PM on February 16, 2016 [1 favorite]

Does anyone remember what nickname Justin called Travis by in this one? I think he has used it before, but I can't remember what it is.
posted by drezdn at 6:06 PM on February 16, 2016

Does anyone remember what nickname Justin called Travis by in this one? I think he has used it before, but I can't remember what it is.

Possibly "Scraps"?
posted by moons in june at 6:45 PM on February 16, 2016 [2 favorites]

In the new episode, they deny the possibility of poorly gated movies and insist the evidence to the contrary is a conspiracy. Weirdly, even Travis says he doesn't think it's actually a thing and he made it up, which is so middlest brother I can't stand it.
posted by maxsparber at 9:04 PM on February 16, 2016 [1 favorite]

My favorite Travis bit from this episode "[Bring me my Jeff Coat] so they can't see me Jeff." (Partially because it references a cub scout skit)
posted by drezdn at 6:54 PM on February 21, 2016