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From the Patreon Files- The Running Man (1987)

November 10, 2025·1 hr 1 min·10 clips

They open by thanking Patrons and asking listeners to email movies for a future Patreon episode. They joke about stuffing the ballot box and making fake email addresses, and Lucy is named as the guest who will help choose the shortlist. Then they pivot into The Running Man and the conversation moves quickly. Ben Richards is framed as the Butcher of Bakersfield, and they keep coming back to how the movie turns public violence into entertainment. The military vehicle chasing him reads like a Cybertruck to them, and the net gun gets plenty of attention. The crowded-airport capture sequence becomes another excuse to pile on jokes. The woman involved gives Ben a wistful look that turns into a whole bit about attraction and embarrassment. They keep circling the idea that Ben is being sold like a celebrity criminal. Richard Dawson's role gets picked apart with real delight. The Justice Department Entertainment Division is exactly the kind of future bureaucracy they cannot leave alone. When Ben gets a lawyer, it turns out to be his agent instead, and the line about being the asshole on TV lands hard. Weiss and Laughlin get treated like the name of a law firm that should absolutely exist. The hosts also dig into the logic that Ben is the one person who might have a shot in the game, which sends them back to the cart-and-shoot setup. Around the film talk, they keep dropping in side riffs and personal memories. The conversation eventually drifts into an embarrassment story about being a class clown and a senior prom moment involving a chicken impression. It closes with the same mix the show runs on all the way through: mockery, affection, and a very loose conversation that never bothers to sound polished.

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A brisk Running Man discussion that keeps the jokes moving and the movie in focus.

The episode moves fast through Ben Richards, the net gun, Richard Dawson's pageantry, and the Justice Department Entertainment Division, turning each stop into a new joke or judgment.

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You want a joke-heavy run through The Running Man with plenty of banter and a future-game-show premise.

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