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Sep 2024
1h 31m

Matinee Monday: Garbage Pail Kids LIVE! ...

Earwolf And Paul Scheer, June Diane Raphael, Jason Mantzoukas
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Jon Lovett of Pod Save America joins Paul, June, and Jason to discuss the 1987 live action film adaptation of the children’s trading card series The Garbage Pail Kids Movie. Recorded live from Largo at the Coronet in Los Angeles, they talk about whether or not some of the Garbage Pail Kids are adults, prisoners in the State Home for the Ugly, what’s the deal with Juice and his gang, and much more. (Originally Released 08/18/2017)

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