Please Make This

Welcome, mortals, to the interval in which the veil between humanity and the spiritual realm is pulled away revealing arcane horrors beyond your understanding. Even now, shadowed demons clamor for your immortal soul, looking for a single, foul motivation to bring you back down the fiery depths of Hell. Maybe this tale of Halloween horror will be that final nudge they need... Are you strong enough to resist? Or will you venture down... The Steps!

The political campaign of Senator Mills is on the rocks. A public gaff has turned his supporters on him, and for the first time it seems like underdog upstart Max Holliday could win. With the media now on Holliday’s side, Mills calls in Trip Dickens, a notorious assassin, to eliminate the competition during a campaign event at Circus Circus casino in Las Vegas. The hit is easy for the infinitely cool hitman till a sudden change of luck has Trip botching attempts on Holliday’s life as an intrepid reporter starts to notice - and misinterpret - the presence of this sinister figure who’s hot on Holliday’s trail. StarringTrumane AlstonSpencer D BlairBryant HayesDave HonigmanDebbie KimZak KinnairdCass OstranderLaura PetroHobert ThompsonPoster by Jess Fang

*Alarm Sounds* It’s a very special PMT minisode! The PMT gang is coming to you live(ish) from their “situation room” for an emergency broadcast to remind you there’s still time to donate to the Indiegogo for Broadcast: a film project by PMT host Laura Petro. Tune in and donate while there’s still time!Donate here: http://bit.ly/PMTBroadcast

It's 1975 and eighteen year-old photography enthusiast Jen Davis is trying to enjoy her last summer before college. She’s staying with her grandparents, Bunny and Walter, in upstate New York doing the same things she does every summer: helping out in her grandmother's craft store and taking pictures for the local church. After a revelation about her grandmother’s history, Jen soon finds herself experimenting with her photography skills to host boudoir photoshoots to help the older women in the town to reclaim their bodies and sexuality, all while Jen is discovering herself and experiencing first love while getting...knotty. StarringSpencer D BlairZak KinnairdChance NicholsLaura PetroHobert ThompsonKelsie Blackwell as BunnyAnd Hana Christenson as JenPoster by Jess Fang

Please Make This hosts Laura Petro and Hobert Thompson sit down for a conceptual double feature based on the dumbest criteria available: they both have numbers in their titles. In this new Please Make This minisode series, our patient, White Claw-fueled film fanatics craft perfect double features and test them out. This one’s about the bad Jim Carrey conspiracy thriller The Number 23 and the even worse sketch comedy film that somehow tricked a lot of famous people to be in it, Movie 43. Hey, why not?

Cousins Ashleigh and Brittany have grown apart over the years. Ashleigh lives in Chicago, has a fancy office job, and lives a life of complete independence while Brittany still lives in their hometown with her boyfriend from high school and her comfortable job. On the first night of Brittany’s impulsive trip to Chicago, the two embark on a wild night of bar hopping that shows them they really aren't as different as the years have made them feel. It's a tale of family, friendship, and alcohol and more importantly a love letter to Chicago’s bars and one very divisive liquor.StarringSydney BackSpencer D BlairRyan BlanchardDaniel MorenoLaura PetroHobert ThompsonWith Carly Schirber as BrittanyAnd Mahyn as AshleighPoster by Jess Fang

The old monsters of Hollywood have fallen on hard times. Once the stars of film, screen, and our collective nightmares, they now bicker and laze around an old mansion they share. After realizing they’d completely forgotten Halloween, Dracula, Frankenstein, his Monster, the Wolfman, and more set out to remind the world, and themselves, who goes bump in the night. Starring Sydney BackSpencer D BlairNathan HallClaire McDonaldLaura PetroAlosha Robinson Nolan ScatesJosh SmithHobert ThompsonPoster by Jess Fang

The Please Make This crew sits down with Chicago writer and performer Nathan Hall to come up with their most ambitious film yet: a dramedy about the Universal Monsters living together in a shabby apartment and wondering where it all went wrong! Your hosts build their gruesome amalgamation out of the corpses of Universal’s failed “Dark Universe” series, Judd Apatow’s buddy ensembles, and as much of Tennessee Williams as they can remember from high school. Listen in horror as they spin a tale of monsters, friends, roommates, and buckets and buckets of blood in The Mash (coming soon).

Since January of 2018, Please Make This has written 44 comedies, dramas, and documentaries that stretch from the beginning of time to the distant future. That is why we proudly submit Please Make This to The Chicago Reader’s “Best of Chicago” poll for your consideration. With the link provided in this episode description and in the bio of all of our social media profiles, you can vote for Please Make This for Best Podcast under the City Life category. Voting takes only a minute, requires no sign in, and can be done as many times as you wish before September 13th. With your help, Please Make This can become what we already know we are: the best podcast in Chicago. Vote here: http://bit.ly/PMTVote

Aoife Flannery’s acting career has been on a long decline over the twenty years since she was one of the stars of the incredibly popular action-adventure TV show, The Adventurers’ Club. When the show ended she returned to her home in Ireland expecting a serious stage acting career to take off, but her dreams quietly failed while her American co-stars’ came true. Back in America for a weekend Comic-Con, Aoife is suddenly around fans of her show who still see her as the plucky Prof. Lucky McDonald instead of the bitter woman she’s become. Surrounded by cosplayers, co-stars, and cast members of the new reboot of the classic show, Aoife comes to terms with what it meant to be part of The Adventurers’ Club. StarringSpencer D BlairAndy FlemingChrissi HartiganSkyler HigleyLaura PetroJohn SpillaneHobert ThompsonWith Claire Noone as Aoife Flannery / Prof. Lucky McDonaldPoster by Jess Fang