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).

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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

On this PMT minisode, host Laura Petro starts a new segment 'Cutting Room Floor' where she discusses movies that actually got made and for one reason or another, never made it to release. On this episode she talks about the rise and fall of the blacklisted 90's Don's Plum, a black and white indie movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire. Joining her on the episode to talk in depth about what went wrong is none other than producer of the film Dale Wheatley.

In a land before time, a permanent night has fallen over the valley of the People Who Live By The Lake after smoke from the nearby, long dormant volcano fills the sky. Something must be done to preserve their way of life and bring back the sun. Tag and Vee, a mighty warrior and a gentle priestess, embark on this dangerous quest knowing that one of them will never return. The long path up the mountain is beset by dangers. Strange beasts, rivers of lava, clouds of ash, and a mysterious, brutal guardian, all await to make sure Tag and Vee never make it to the top and the night lasts forever.StarringSpencer D BlairRichard BrassealeLaura PetroLevi ShraderHobert ThompsonWith Liz Fitzgerald as VeeAnd Kristin Phillips as Tag

Hobert sits down with his friends Justin and Mike to watch Deadly Prey, a terrible action film from 1987. Muscles are on constant display in this guns’n’traps dumbing down of Rambo. Danton, an unkillable soldier who fought in the Vietnam War and now lives a simple life napping and taking out the trash for his wife, is kidnapped by a group of California mercenaries who take civilians off the street to hunt in the woods north of San Fransisco. Unfortunately for the mercenaries, Danton was trained by their leader to be the ultimate hunter, and he kills them all one by one because they love running through the forest single file. Yeah, this is the dumbest possible Rambo.

The year is the future and the world is in peril. Mankind has fracked the moon and caused it to crack down the center. If something isn’t done fast, a part of the moon might break off and tumble toward the Earth, killing everyone. Surely Earth’s brightest minds can solve the problem, if only science wasn’t so expensive! A partnering with a TV network, a team of scientists who all happen to be good looking and one celebrity guest are assembled to set out to save the moon and fall in love on Earth’s newest hit reality show: Moon Base!Thanks to Cold Reads, Hot Scripts at iO Chicago for having the PMT gang on!Starring:Spencer D BlairAngie CampbellDC CathroMegan CorseZach HackerCassie MiddlemistShariba RiversHobert ThompsonWith Louie Cordon as RealityTronAnd Sompong Patheuangsin as AwkwafinaPoster by Jess Fang