A three hour comedy (??) gets adapted into a pretty short book. What could go wrong? Nothing, as it turns out. This book is hilarious.

This week on Authorized, we’ve got no guest, and it’s just Andrew, Johnny, and Hannah reading the novelization of one of Hannah’s favorite movies. Two daredevils race across the globe. One’s nice, one’s a meanie. Who will prevail? And will women finally achieve professional equality in the meantime?

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Next time on Authorized: Michael May wants to capture King Kong

Uh, Dewey Gram, you let me down, bro!

On a surprise Authorized, we’re joined by Roxana Hadadi to discuss a movie we all love, Ocean’s Eleven! And the novelization is just…ok! And Overbye lost his voice but still croaks out an episode.

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Next time on Authorized: We take part in The Great Race

Ocean’s Eleven [1960], a film that begs the question, what is a heist movie? Is it still a heist movie if 1% of the movie is heist?

This week on Authorized, Matt Fisher returns to once again sneak and creep. We discuss Danny Ocean (huge piece of sh*t), his way too many friends, and his multiple love affairs. Oh yeah, and his boring little robbery. Book’s good, though. 

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Next time on Authorized: Roxana Hadadi talks Ocean’s Eleven [2001]

OUR 100TH NOVELIZATION

This week, we celebrate our 100th novelization (!!!) by revisiting the little freaks who got our ball rolling- The Gremlins.

We’re joined by comedian, podcaster, and artist Branson Reese to discuss the zany follow up to Gremlins, The New Batch. It is a book that is here to see the million gags from the movie, and raise it another million. Some of it works, some of it falls flat. But I can’t imagine a better novelization through which to celebrate the joy of the medium.

Check out Branson’s webcomic Swan Boy: https://swanboy.com/

Check out Branson’s podcast Rude Tales of Magic: https://www.rudetalesofmagic.com/

Check out Branson’s book, Hell Was Full: https://www.amazon.com/Hell-Was-Full-Branson-Reese/dp/1620107430

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Next time on Authorized: Matt Fisher returns to talk Frank Sinatra’s Danny Ocean

Our second novelization of a stage production, but how could we avoid discussing the 1961 film? We couldn't!

This week on Authorized, Casey Miko returns to talk Tony's existential crisis, writing around songs, and the societal powder keg of 1960s NYC. It's a long episode; I should have known. Three theater kids talking West Side Story.

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Next time on Authorized: Our 100TH NOVELIZATION is Gremlins 2: the New Batch, with guest Branson Reese!

It was a mistake to spend two movies with this guy. This week on. Authorized, we hate Ned Brained so much. Worst husband, worst scientist, honestly stupidest dude alive? Things get so unbelievably stupid that we end us asking, “Can the Absent Minded Professor even consent?”

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Next time on Authorized: Casey Miko returns for West Side Story

Hoo boy, a movie that lives up to its title. This guy is not just leaving his keys around or something. He is missing his own wedding three times in a row.

We're joined by Kelly Nugent, who gets to meet her new nemesis, Ned Brainard. He's got a wonderful fiancee who he simply cannot treat like a human being. Maybe the ultimate example of a guy who speaks one thing while his every action shows another. Also, footnote, he invents Flubber at some point in the film.

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Next time on Authorized: More Ned Brainard, more Flubber, more Kelly Nugent.

The un-sequelizable gets sequelized! This week on Authorized, we're joined by film critic Bilge Ebiri to discuss Arthur C. Clarke's colder, harder scifi follow up to 2001. It's got Lovecraftian monsters, love affairs, and more Dave Bowman than you could ever want.

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Next time on Authorized: Kelly Nugent meets her new nemesis, The Absent Minded Profesor

For Overbye, this is the big one. We’re joined by writer Sarah Welch-Larson to discuss the first novelization Overbye ever read- 2001: A Space Odyssey.

You already love this movie. Press play on the dang episode! If you'd like to.

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Next time on Authorized: Bilge Ebiri embarks on Odyssey Two 

What if a novelization only decided to adapt the first half of the movie? Well, it makes for an extremely weird story structure, dramatically.

This week, we're joined by returning guest Paxton Holley to discuss The Rare Breed, a book so obsessed with the minutiae of cowboy life that we had to read pages and pages about types of rope and kinds of food to feed your horse. It's excruciating!

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Next time on Authorized: Sarah Welch-Larson talks 2001: A Space Odyssey