Dystopian Dance Party

Much like the year 2024 itself, we’re taking the Year of the Weasel into 2025 with the mandate “more of the same, but worse”! So in that spirit, here’s Pauly Shore [https://dystopiandanceparty.com/blog/tag/pauly-shore/] doing some decidedly shaky accent work in a limp Coen Brothers imitation so obscure, we didn’t even know it existed until last November. But wait, don’t leave yet, the score is by legendary session musician Jeff “Skunk” Baxter! Video version below: 00:00:00 Trailer for The Curse of Inferno [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118909/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_4_nm_0_in_0_q_curse%2520of%2520inferno] (John Warren, 1998) 00:05:04 Not gonna lie, we’d rather be watching this 00:12:09 Trailer for Raising Arizona [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093822/?ref_=fn_all_ttl_1] (Joel and Ethan Coen, 1987) 00:15:44 I Got the Hook Up [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0131436/?ref_=fn_all_ttl_1] starring Master P (Michael Martin, 1998) [https://dystopiandanceparty.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/i-got-the-hook-up-714x1024.jpg] 00:15:47 Repos [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0819669/?ref_=fn_all_ttl_1] (Sal Martino and Master P, 2006) [https://dystopiandanceparty.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/repos-683x1024.jpg] 00:17:04 2Eleven [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5588416/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_6_nm_2_in_0_q_2eleven] (Derek Scott, 2015) [https://dystopiandanceparty.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/2eleven.jpg] 00:17:15 Sloppy Seconds [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt30128587/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_1_tt_7_nm_1_in_0_q_sloppy%2520sec] (Lisa Brown and Anthony Williams, 2023) [https://dystopiandanceparty.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/sloppyseconds-775x1024.jpg] 00:23:17 Major League: Back to the Minors (John Warren, 1998) [https://dystopiandanceparty.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/majorleague2.jpg] 00:25:31 “Freak-a-holic” Official Music Video by the Egyptian Lover [https://dystopiandanceparty.com/blog/tag/egyptian-lover/] 00:35:01 Tuneland, another random media project where Skunk Baxter showed up in the late ’90s 00:35:53 More on Shelley Duvall here [https://dystopiandanceparty.com/blog/year-of-the-weasel-episode-8-5-totally-pauly-halloweaaaa-sel-spooktaaaa-cular/] 00:37:35 Ah, what might have been [https://dystopiandanceparty.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/weaselopolis-1024x683.jpg] 00:52:10 Follow us on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/dystopiangram/]! 00:52:20 Follow us on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrmmw41Y_uOw3ZPTiwLsJeQ]! 00:52:41 Email us (heybuuuddy@dystopiandanceparty.com [heybuuuddy@dystopiandanceparty.com]) 00:53:00 “Reelin’ in the Years” by Steely Dan [https://dystopiandanceparty.com/blog/tag/steely-dan/] featuring Skunk Baxter (Live on The Midnight Special, 1973)

Looking for a last-minute excuse to get away from your extended family this Thanksgiving? Here’s half an hour of us talking about seasonal Totally Pauly episodes (plus bonus Son in Law!) that is guaranteed to clear the room if you put it on during the festivities. You can thank us later. We’ll be back in two weeks to close out Year (1) of the Weasel with 1997’s The Curse of Inferno [https://dystopiandanceparty.com/blog/tag/curse-of-inferno/]! YouTube version here: 00:01:35 Totally Pauly Fan [https://www.youtube.com/@TotallyPaulyFan]‘s Thanksgiving playlist 00:03:02 Spoiler alert, we’re doing the same thing for Christmas next month 00:03:21 Our last minisode [https://dystopiandanceparty.com/blog/year-of-the-weasel-episode-8-5-totally-pauly-halloweaaaa-sel-spooktaaaa-cular/] 00:05:01 The Bogus Witch Project [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0250990/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_1_nm_0_in_0_q_bogus%2520witch%2520], another piece of latter-day Pauly Shore media we’re just now finding out about 00:08:22 Our previous episode on Pauly (1997) [https://dystopiandanceparty.com/blog/year-of-the-weasel-episode-9-pauly-1997/] 00:08:57 Totally Pauly Episode 85: “Thanksgiving Turkey Bowling” (he’s at a sporting goods store, by the way, we missed him saying it) 00:11:06 Totally Pauly Episode 86: “Abandoned on Thanksgiving” 00:16:24 Totally Pauly Episode 91: “L.A. Mission Homeless Shelter” 00:19:06 More important context: This speech takes place moments after Pauly announces a “Smash or Pass” of a Robert Palmer [https://dystopiandanceparty.com/blog/tag/robert-palmer/] song 00:20:05 Totally (Different) Pauly Episode 418: “Pauly’s Totally Stuffed Thanksgiving” 00:26:14 For more Weazgiving, revisit our episode on Son in Law [https://dystopiandanceparty.com/blog/year-of-the-weasel-episode-4-son-in-law-1993/] 00:31:24 Follow us on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/dystopiangram/]! 00:31:26 Follow us on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@DystopianDanceParty]! 00:31:40 Email us! (heybuuuddy@dystopiandanceparty.com [heybuuuddy@dystopiandanceparty.com]) 00:32:01 “Get a Leg Up” by John Mellencamp [https://dystopiandanceparty.com/blog/tag/john-mellencamp/] (from Whenever We Wanted, 1991)

We can’t exactly say we’re surprised, but after finding the positives in both Jury Duty [https://dystopiandanceparty.com/blog/tag/jury-duty/] and Bio-Dome [https://dystopiandanceparty.com/blog/tag/biodome/], we’d held out hope for Pauly, the exceptionally short-lived 1997 Fox sitcom that officially sank Pauly Shore’s career, to have at least some redeeming qualities. Spoiler alert: It doesn’t, but we still watched four of the five existing episodes so you don’t have to! We’ll be back next week to wash the taste of our mouths with some Thanksgiving-themed Totally Pauly [https://dystopiandanceparty.com/blog/tag/totally-pauly/]. YouTube version: 00:00:00 Original TV ad for Pauly 00:01:41 Our Halloween minisode [https://dystopiandanceparty.com/blog/year-of-the-weasel-episode-8-5-totally-pauly-halloweaaaa-sel-spooktaaaa-cular/] 00:03:08 We liked Bio-Dome [https://dystopiandanceparty.com/blog/year-of-the-weasel-episode-8-bio-dome-1996/], so if we say Pauly is bad, we mean it 00:03:21 It’s also worse than Jury Duty [https://dystopiandanceparty.com/blog/year-of-the-weasel-episode-7-jury-duty-1995/] 00:03:27 The episode where we talked about Future of Americ [https://dystopiandanceparty.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/yotw2.mp3]a 00:03:41 Possibly also worse than In the Army Now [https://dystopiandanceparty.com/blog/year-of-the-weasel-episode-5-in-the-army-now-1994/]? 00:06:18 “Behind the Weasic [https://books.google.com/books?id=ygXnnzAlaNQC&pg=PA118#v=onepage&q&f=false]” by Greg Beato, SPIN, October 1999 00:07:59 Would Pauly in Bram Stoker’s Dracula (Francis Ford Coppola [https://dystopiandanceparty.com/blog/tag/francis-ford-coppola/], 1992) really be that much weirder than Keanu [https://dystopiandanceparty.com/blog/tag/keanu-reeves/]? [https://dystopiandanceparty.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/weazdracula-1024x684.jpg] 00:08:13 Pink Diggily Diggily (1994), the title of which… doesn’t inspire confidence 00:11:06 Pauly Episode 1: “Pilot” (Robert Berlinger, 1997) 00:16:52 (It was Oakland [https://kappanonline.org/russo-ebonics-coverage-65649-2/], actually) 00:27:38 Pauly Episode 5: “Through the Ringers” (Amanda Bearse, 1997) 00:30:16 Pauly Episode 2: “Spies Like Us” (Amanda Bearse, 1997) 00:33:26 Pauly Episode 4: “Foreplay” (Terri McCoy, 1997) https://youtu.be/AspesZmRj8s?si=6eZTxvbEzavNEBz1 [https://youtu.be/AspesZmRj8s?si=6eZTxvbEzavNEBz1] 00:35:55 Fox’s nonsensical print ad for Pauly [https://dystopiandanceparty.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/pauly97-689x1024.jpg] 00:36:55 Amy Hill’s previous appearance [https://dystopiandanceparty.com/blog/12-months-of-mike-month-8-the-cat-in-the-hat/] in the Dystopian Dance Party Cinematic Universe 00:37:10 “Amy Hill on being Hollywood’s ‘go-to Asian’ and why working with Mike Myers was hell [https://www.avclub.com/amy-hill-on-being-hollywood-s-go-to-asian-and-why-wor-1798254024]” by Marah Eakin, The A.V. Club, October 25, 2016 00:40:04 We talked about Chillin’ with the Wiez in our May minisode [https://dystopiandanceparty.com/blog/year-of-the-weasel-episode-4-5-is-pauly-shore-okay/] 00:42:49 Whoops, we should have come up with the idea of a voice acting minisode before we recorded a whole episode on the Goofy Movie franchise [https://dystopiandanceparty.com/blog/year-of-the-weasel-episode-6-a-goofy-movie-1995-and-an-extremely-goofy-movie-2000/] 00:43:35 Follow us on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@DystopianDanceParty]! 00:43:38 Follow us on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/dystopiangram/]! 00:43:44 Zach forgot to say this, but you can still email us! (heybuuuddy@dystopiandanceparty.com [heybuuuddy@dystopiandanceparty.com])

Awoooooo! Happy Halloween, buuuu-ddies! We took a slightly longer break than anticipated, but we’re just squeaking this one minisode into the month of October to talk about some of our favorite seasonal episodes of Totally Pauly. We’ll be back to our regular schedule next month with an episode on Pauly’s 1997 return to the small screen, the ill-fated Fox sitcom Pauly [https://dystopiandanceparty.com/blog/tag/pauly-tv-show/]! YouTube version: 00:03:28 Our last episode on Bio-Dome [https://dystopiandanceparty.com/blog/year-of-the-weasel-episode-8-bio-dome-1996/] 00:10:40 We need someone to make a “Bud and Doyle: Thriving on Chaos” shirt that’s better than this one [https://www.teepublic.com/t-shirt/66233954-thriving-on-chaos-biodome?countrycode=US&utm_source=google&utm_medium=shopping&utm_campaign=%5BG%5D+%5BG.NAM%5D+%5BL.ENG%5D+%5BGEN%5D+%5BC.TShirts%5D+%5BPLF%5D&utm_id=notset&utm_content=encino+man+(1992)&ar_clx=yes&ar_channel=google&ar_campaign=71700000112193843&ar_adgroup=&ar_ad=&ar_strategy=search&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=%5BG%5D+%5BG.USA%5D+%5BL.ENG%5D+%5BGEN%5D+%5BC.TShirts_Top%5D+%5BPMAX%5D&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjw1Yy5BhD-ARIsAI0RbXYEmW4_vKRAN-52xaURFF_FcYqDzKOKPWou3v5syIoLdlJCltl33GkaAibnEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds#369P66233954D1V] 00:11:50 Our last minisode [https://dystopiandanceparty.com/blog/year-of-the-weasel-episode-7-5-weasel-pilled/] 00:12:48 Would you believe we’ve been hearing good things about Adopted [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1264103/?ref_=fn_al_tt_3]? 00:13:33 Our Son in Law episode [https://dystopiandanceparty.com/blog/year-of-the-weasel-episode-4-son-in-law-1993/] 00:15:14 Spaceship Earth [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11394188/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1] (Matt Wolf, 2020) 00:18:33 We discussed Pauly’s Mötley Crüe [http://www.dystopiandanceparty.com/blog/tag/motley-crue/] joke (and Lenny Kravitz [https://dystopiandanceparty.com/blog/tag/lenny-kravitz/]) in our May minisode [https://dystopiandanceparty.com/blog/year-of-the-weasel-episode-4-5-is-pauly-shore-okay/] 00:27:02 Zach still needs to get Pauly’s Record Store Day release [https://rsdmrkt.com/item/651b4b787052dfd25bccf681] 00:28:17 This upload of the Totally Pauly segment from MTV’s 1990 Shocktober Weekend also includes some interesting non-Pauly content 00:28:43 If you’re wondering why we consider Jimmy Page [https://dystopiandanceparty.com/blog/tag/jimmy-page/] an enemy of the podcast, here’s the Led Zeppelin episode of Headbangers Book Club [https://dystopiandanceparty.com/blog/headbangers-book-club-stephen-davis-hammer-of-the-gods-and-richard-coles-stairway-to-heaven-led-zeppelin-uncensored/] 00:32:25 We talked about Stoney’s Encino High Journal [https://dystopiandanceparty.com/blog/tag/stoneys-encino-high-journal/] way back in our April minisode [https://dystopiandanceparty.com/blog/year-of-the-weasel-episode-3-5-encino-man-ephemera/] 00:34:39 Zach actually means Faerie Tale Theatre [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0199214/?ref_=nm_flmg_job_1_cred_t_36]; Mother Goose Rock ‘n’ Rhyme [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100192/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1] was something else 00:34:48 The last time we mentioned Mother Goose Rock ‘n’ Rhyme [https://dystopiandanceparty.com/blog/year-of-the-weasel-episode-1-introduction-and-prehistory/] 00:35:23 The weird Mother Goose Rock ‘n’ Rhyme clip that’s been making the rounds on Instagram and brought childhood memories flooding back > View this post on Instagram > > > > [https://www.instagram.com/reel/DBU0wIxMCDI/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading] > > A post shared by 📼 [https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/16.0.1/72x72/1f4fc.png] VHS Oddities 📼 [https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/16.0.1/72x72/1f4fc.png] (@vhs_oddities) [https://www.instagram.com/reel/DBU0wIxMCDI/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading] 00:36:21 So, um, why didn’t anyone tell us about Mick Jagger in Season 2, Episode 2 of Faerie Tale Theatre? [https://dystopiandanceparty.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/mickjagger.png] 00:37:34 Who wore it better: Pauly, Mick, or Hammer? 00:37:50 Totally Pauly Episode 285/286: “Knott’s Scary Farm” 00:38:40 More about Pauly’s many Prince references [https://dystopiandanceparty.com/blog/year-of-the-weasel-episode-2-peak-weasel/] 00:39:43 We were very disappointed that Elizabeth Berkley’s character in Showgirls didn’t have one leg like the poster promised [https://dystopiandanceparty.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/showgirls-683x1024.jpg] 00:41:38 Totally Pauly Episode 44: “Costumes Magic World” 00:43:20 Totally Pauly Episode 45: “Trick or Treat” 00:46:28 Follow us on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/dystopiangram/]! 00:46:31 Follow us on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrmmw41Y_uOw3ZPTiwLsJeQ]! 00:46:38 Email us (heybuuuddy@dystopiandanceparty.com [heybuuuddy@dystopiandanceparty.com]) 00:48:18 Shelly Duvall’s Faerie Tale Theatre Season 2, Episode 2: “The Nightingale [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0315578/?ref_=fn_rvi_tt_t_1]“

Is this just acquired immunity after eight months of controlled exposure to Pauly Shore [https://dystopiandanceparty.com/blog/tag/pauly-shore/], or did we… kind of like Bio-Dome [https://dystopiandanceparty.com/blog/tag/biodome/]? Don’t get us wrong, the movie is exactly as dumb as it looks, but it’s also weirder than it needs to be, and its surprisingly positive environmental message may be just what we need in this time of climate crisis. We’re taking a slightly longer than usual break after this while Zach goes to the U.K., but we’ll be back in late October with a special Halloween-themed minisode; then, it’s onward to the twilight of the Weasel, a.k.a. the late ’90s and early 2000s! YouTube version for the visually inclined: 00:00:00 Trailer for Bio-Dome (Jason Bloom, 1996) 00:05:01 Dude, Where’s My Car? [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0242423/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_in_0_q_dude%2520where%27s%2520my%2520car] (Danny Leiner, 2000) [https://dystopiandanceparty.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/dwmc-689x1024.jpg] 00:05:50 Our previous episode on Jury Duty [https://dystopiandanceparty.com/blog/year-of-the-weasel-episode-7-jury-duty-1995/] 00:07:00 Bio-Dome‘s record low Metacritic score [https://www.metacritic.com/movie/bio-dome/] 00:07:13 Rotten Tomatoes isn’t much better [https://www.metacritic.com/movie/bio-dome/] 00:09:48 Tom Arnold [https://dystopiandanceparty.com/blog/tag/tom-arnold/]‘s 1996 Razzies hat trick: Big Bully [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115676/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_7_nm_1_in_0_q_big%2520bully] (Steve Miner), Carpool [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115836/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1] (Arthur Hiller), and The Stupids [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117768/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1] (John Landis) 00:10:03 Another Tom Arnold classic, Soul Plane [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0367085/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1] (Jessy Terrero, 2004) 00:10:11 Of course we’ve talked about Tom Arnold being scammed by a Peter Criss imposter before [https://dystopiandanceparty.com/blog/dystopian-book-club-podcast-peter-criss-makeup-to-breakup/] 00:12:40 The Garbage Pail Kids Movie [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093072/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_1_tt_6_nm_2_in_0_q_garbage] (Rod Amateau, 1987), another member of the rarefied 1/100 Metascore cohort [https://dystopiandanceparty.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/gpk-676x1024.jpg] 00:12:51 (The podcast Zach is talking about is Unfilmable [https://www.patreon.com/posts/unfilmable-58-95350060?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_fan&utm_content=web_share]) 00:14:51 Our very first podcast on Rock ‘n’ Roll Nightmare (John Fasano, 1987)–Warning: very rough around the edges [https://dystopiandanceparty.com/blog/dystopian-halloween-party-podcast-rock-n-roll-nightmare/] 00:15:50 Can’t find much info about Jason Bloom’s first film Irving [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113439/?ref_=nm_flmg_job_1_cred_t_7] (1995), but there are at least two gay vampires in it and one of them is played by Jim Belushi 00:16:16 Jason Bloom’s third movie, Overnight Delivery [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117276/?ref_=nm_flmg_job_1_cred_t_5] (1998)–we’re going to guess there are no gay vampires in this one [https://dystopiandanceparty.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/overnightdelivery.jpg] 00:16:43 The TV series Soldier of Fortune, Inc. [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118469/?ref_=nm_flmg_job_1_cred_t_4] (Jason Bloom directed a couple episodes) [https://dystopiandanceparty.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/soldieroffortuneinc.jpg] 00:16:59 Double Team [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119013/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1] (Hark Tsui, 1997) [https://dystopiandanceparty.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/doubleteam.jpg] 00:17:36 The far superior Double Impact [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101764/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1] (Sheldon Lettich, 1991) [https://dystopiandanceparty.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/doubleimpact-683x1024.jpg] 00:18:11 Twin Dragons [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105399/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1] (Ringo Lam and Hark Tsui, 1992) [https://dystopiandanceparty.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/twindragons.jpg] 00:19:14 Two Much [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118001/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1] (Fernando Trueba, 1995) [https://dystopiandanceparty.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/twomuch-661x1024.jpg] 00:19:28 Multiplicity [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117108/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_in_0_q_multipli] (Harold Ramis, 1996) [https://dystopiandanceparty.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/multiplicity.jpg] 00:35:17 (Her name is Dara Tomanovich [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0866381/], Zach was looking at the wrong character name) 00:36:53 Spaceship Earth [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11394188/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1] (Matt Wolf, 2020) 00:43:00 We talked about Kevin West’s first appearance in the Paulyverse in our May minisode [https://dystopiandanceparty.com/blog/year-of-the-weasel-episode-4-5-is-pauly-shore-okay/] 00:48:10 Stephen Baldwin Ass Shot Count: 1 00:48:30 We previously shared our disappointment in Andy Dick’s performance in In the Army Now [https://dystopiandanceparty.com/blog/year-of-the-weasel-episode-5-in-the-army-now-1994/] 00:51:33 Your reminder that Stephen Baldwin is Hailey Bieber’s father [https://dystopiandanceparty.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Stephen-Baldwin-Hailey-Bieber-091424-1ca9637ecc284653a904ba554d520367-682x1024.jpg]Photo by Kevin Mazur/WireImage 00:54:31 William Atherton in Ghostbusters [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087332/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1] (Ivan Reitman, 1984) [https://dystopiandanceparty.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/athertonbusters-1024x427.jpg] 01:11:09 Our last minisode [https://dystopiandanceparty.com/blog/year-of-the-weasel-episode-7-5-weasel-pilled/] 01:14:08 Follow us on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/dystopiangram/]! 01:14:11 Follow us on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrmmw41Y_uOw3ZPTiwLsJeQ]! 01:14:17 Email us (heybuuuddy@dystopiandanceparty.com [heybuuuddy@dystopiandanceparty.com]) 01:14:46 “He’s a Whore” by Wax (from Bio-Dome, 1996)