The Worst Idea of All Time

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Original release2014 (2014)
ProviderLittle Empire Podcast Network
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Website www.worstideaofalltime.com

The Worst Idea of All Time is a podcast hosted by New Zealand comedians Tim Batt and Guy Montgomery where they watch and review the same film every week for a year. In each season, the film chosen is one neither of the hosts have seen before and is generally considered to be a bad film. [1]

Contents

Background

The original concept, as stated in the first episode of season one, was to watch Grown Ups 2 "until it became worthwhile". [2] The hosts adapted the scope of the podcast to watching the film once a week for a full calendar year. Some other films that were considered for season one were Con Air and The Room , but they were passed over for being too good and too bad respectively. [3] In episode two of season one, Montgomery claimed that his main reason for hosting the podcast was to become better friends with Batt. [4]

Seasons

Season 1: Grown Ups 2

In the first season, the hosts watched the Adam Sandler comedy Grown Ups 2 once per week for 52 weeks. Neither of them had seen the first Grown Ups film. [5]

The final viewing occurred in Los Angeles. Batt and Montgomery began an Indiegogo campaign promising that, if they reached their goal, both would have a picture of Patrick Schwarzenegger, who has a small role in the film, tattooed on their bodies. [6] They fulfilled this promise when their goal was passed. [7]

Season 2: Sex and the City 2

In the second season, the hosts watched Sex and the City 2 every week for a year. [8] The film was chosen off the back of a gag that was hastily included at the end of a video Batt made about finishing the first season. [9]

Sex And The City 2 has a run time of 2 hours and 26 minutes, making it a full 45 minutes longer than Grown Ups 2.

Season 3: We Are Your Friends

In the third season, the hosts watched the 2015 drama We Are Your Friends . [10] In the first episode of the season, Batt mentioned that they had received a lot of feedback about how they had broken the spirit of the podcast by not choosing a sequel or a particularly terrible film, but both hosts concluded that there were never any rules stating that the film had to be either.

Season 4: Sex and the City

In the fourth season, the hosts watched the 2008 movie Sex and the City .

Emergency Season: Home Alone 3

During a lockdown in New Zealand during the COVID-19 pandemic, the hosts watched Home Alone 3 every three days to produce a nine-episode season, plus a spoof of a director's commentary.

Season 5: Emmanuelle

At the end of September, 2020, Montgomery and Batt have undertaken the fifth season, and instead of rewatching the same movie every week they are watching a different movie from the same film series. The series they are picking from for the fifth season is the French/American Emmanuelle series of softcore pornography.

Season 6: The Fast and the Furious

From December 2022 to December 2023, Batt and Montgomery watched The Fast and the Furious franchise in reverse, with each film watched the number of times matching its number in the series ( F9 nine times, The Fate of the Furious eight times, etc.) [11] They have since announced that this is the final season. [12]

Other episodes

Friendzone and Family Time

Friendzone episodes began during the second season as a way to thank contributors to the podcast. The hosts read emails and social media messages sent in. [13] These episodes were later renamed "Family Time" during Season 6.

Reviews and DirComms

Halfway through the second season, Batt and Montgomery created a Patreon page where subscribers could vote on a movie for the hosts to watch and record a directors commentary on. [14] At the conclusion of season three, they decided to begin releasing the Patreon podcasts as part of their regular feed for free.

Episodes released discuss the films:

In 2015, the hosts teamed up with Justin, Travis, and Griffin McElroy, hosts of the podcast My Brother, My Brother and Me , to create the annually recorded Til Death Do Us Blart , in which the hosts must watch Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 every Thanksgiving for the rest of their lives. Each host has a replacement host who takes their place when they die. [15] [16]

Batt also began a podcast network called Little Empire Podcasts, which includes shows hosted by various New Zealand comedians. The company's podcasts include Cult Popture, Boners of the Heart, The Male Gayz, The Walk Out Boys, Hosting and Polidicks. [17]

    In October 2021, Batt appeared as a guest on the "Grown Ups 2" episode of movie podcast Diminishing Returns. He watched it again as part of his preparation for the appearance. [18]

    In March 2022, Batt appeared on SUDDENLY: a Frank Sinatra podcast having watched the Frank Sinatra film The Kissing Bandit , widely considered to be among Sinatra's worst ever. The episode was structured around the life of Estonian-Australian immigrant Peeter Pedaja, a man who had been inspired to commit armed robbery after watching The Kissing Bandit in 1950 then later made a name for himself after several failed attempts at sea crossings in oil-drum vessels of his own construction. Batt drew parallels between Pedaja's determination in the face of repeated failures and Batt's own determination to watch poorly-reviewed films repeatedly. [19]

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    References

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    2. ↑ "The Worst Idea Of All Time Season 1, Grown Ups 2, Guy Montgomery, TWIOAT". Guy Montgomery. Retrieved 2018-06-12.
    3. ↑ "Meet the Two Guys Who Are Doomed to Watch 'Grown Ups 2' for Eternity". Vice. 2015-01-04. Retrieved 2018-06-12.
    4. ↑ "The Worst Idea Of All Time Season 1, Grown Ups 2, Guy Montgomery, TWIOAT". Guy Montgomery. Retrieved 2018-06-12.
    5. ↑ Arthur, Kenneth. "The Worst Idea Of All Time: Watching Grown Ups 2 every week for a year". AUX. Retrieved 2018-06-08.
    6. ↑ "The Worst Idea of All Time: LA Fundraiser". Indiegogo. Retrieved 2018-06-12.
    7. ↑ "David Farrier on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2018-06-12.
    8. ↑ Verdier, Hannah (2015-12-03). "The Worst Idea of all Time podcast review: Could you watch Sex and the City 2 40 times?". the Guardian. Retrieved 2018-06-08.
    9. ↑ "Interview: Tim Batt and Guy Montgomery on 'The Worst Idea of All Time' Season 3". Flicks. Retrieved 2018-06-12.
    10. ↑ "Live every moment: A fanboy farewells The Worst Idea Of All Time". The Spinoff. 2017-12-01. Retrieved 2018-06-08.
    11. ↑ "The Worst Idea of All Time on Twitter: "🚨Announcement: Season Six of The Worst Idea of All Time starts next month. @guy_mont & @Tim_Batt are watching the entire Fast franchise, backwards. First up, F9 nines times. Then The Fate of The Furious eight times. And so on. Enjoy. 🏎️🎟️🍿⚰️" / Twitter". Twitter. 2022-11-24. Retrieved 2022-11-25.
    12. ↑ Sowman-Lund, Stewart (19 February 2024). "How the Worst Idea of All Time became the best idea of the decade". The Spinoff. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
    13. ↑ acast (2016-02-04). "Friendzone One | Worst Idea Of All Time Podcast on acast". acast. Retrieved 2018-06-12.
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    19. ↑ "Episode 15: This is Not a Book". SUDDENLY: a Frank Sinatra podcast. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
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