Michael and Us

A kinder, gentler Michael Moore invades Europe in his final documentary to date. Will and Luke took an extra long time this week detailing why they didn't care for it. Incredibly, this is not the final episode...

Did you know that Michael Moore acted in a John Travolta/Lisa Kudrow comedy? Or that he made a sequel to ROGER & ME? Or that he directed a Rage Against the Machine music video? This week, Will and Luke dive into the dark matter of Moore's career, dredging up LUCKY NUMBERS (2000), PETS OR MEAT: THE RETURN TO FLINT (1992), and the "Sleep Now in the Fire" video.

Will and Luke venture one last time into the world of right-wing anti-Michael Moore documentaries. This week, they look at CELSIUS 41.11: THE TEMPERATURE AT WHICH THE BRAIN... BEGINS TO DIE, a rightfully forgotten rebuttal to FAHRENHEIT 9/11 produced by Citizens United (yes, THAT Citizens United). Plus: they launch an earnest campaign to get Michael Moore on the show.

Will and Luke go back to the end of the end of history, when George W. Bush and Al Gore were battling for the presidency, to examine the second and final season of Michael Moore's "The Awful Truth." Also, Luke recounts how he exposed the dark heart of the @MeanwhileInCan Twitter account.

Will and Luke venture into Michael Moore's TV work and revisit the first season of The Awful Truth. Get ready to think about the Clinton/Lewinsky scandal again!

Michael Moore's period of relevance wheezes to a conclusion with 2009's CAPITALISM: A LOVE STORY, which examines the decline of the American empire one year after the financial collapse and two years before Occupy Wall Street. After struggling mightily to muster the energy to revisit this film, Will and Luke conclude that it is (for better and worse)a career-summing work.

Believe it or not, there was once a time when Michael Moore was a thing that people cared about very deeply. In 2004, just weeks before the re-election of George W. Bush, a Mormon college in Utah Valley was engulfed in outrage when it invited our friend from Flint to deliver a speech. This week, Will and Luke dig up THIS DIVIDED STATE, a documentary about the controversy, and consider what it says about the nature of political discourse. They also do a dramatic reading of one of Michael Moore's horrible 2016-era blog posts.

In the waning days of the Bush administration, AIRPLANE/NAKED GUN creator turned 9/11 Republican David Zucker took satiric aim at Michael Moore. But does AN AMERICAN CAROL (2008), starring Chris Farley's brother and a host of right-wing celebrities, bring the laffs? Will and Luke are on the case. (Spoiler: good lord, it's terrible)

After several weeks in the Republican wilderness, Will and Luke finally return to the oeuvre of Michael Moore. They watched his 2007 universal healthcare polemic SICKO, and in an astonishing turn of events, actually kinda liked it.

This week, our heroes watch another anti-Moore documentary, but this one was made by liberals! (Ostensibly). But despite appearances by Noam Chomsky, Christopher Hitchens, and Ralph Nader, MANUFACTURING DISSENT is the worst movie that Will and Luke have yet endured for this misbegotten podcast.