Sometimes you just have to turn it off for a while – all the thinking, and overthinking, analyzing, and figuring out. Sometimes it’s nice to just breathe through your mouth and talk about dumb things criminals do for an episode.
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This Stuff You Should Know episode takes a humorous dive into a collection of hilariously botched crimes and amusingly incompetent criminals from around the world. Josh and Chuck breeze through a quirky countdown of real criminal mishaps, from a teenage carjacker who couldn't drive a stick shift to bank robbers who called ahead to warn the bank they were coming, complete with an entertaining discussion about whether some of these stories are even real or just internet legends. It's a lighthearted, rapid-fire tour through the criminal justice system's most bewildering moments that'll have you laughing at just how spectacularly some people fail at their illegal schemes.
"I'm going to recommend the great, great show, RIPLEY. That is on Netflix right now. — Chuck recommends the Netflix series Ripley, based on the Tom Ripley stories, praising its black and white cinematography."
— Chuck
"I started Alps, which is another one. — Chuck mentions starting to watch Alps, another film by Yorgos Lanthimos."
— Chuck
Black Swan
2010
R
1h 48m
★ 7.7
"I also went back and watched Black Swan again last night, and it is such a good movie, it's crazy. — Josh recommends rewatching Black Swan, noting it gains appreciation after seeing Swan Lake ballet in person."
— Josh
Dogtooth
2009
NR
1h 38m
★ 7.0
"you should also go back and watch his early foreign language film Dog Tooth. — Josh recommends Dogtooth, an early foreign language film by Yorgos Lanthimos, as disturbing but excellent."
— Josh
"I also should recommend Fallout, the TV show about the video game Fallout, one of the few video games I've played on Amazon Prime. — Josh recommends the Fallout TV series on Amazon Prime, featuring actor Walton Goggins."
— Josh
"the guy who plays Ripley, uh, what's his name? He was in, uh, he was in fleabag. — Josh references Andrew Scott appearing in Fleabag while trying to remember his name from the Ripley series."
— Josh
Glengarry Glen Ross
1992
1h 40m
★ 7.3
"The guy, like the hard luck guy from Jack Lemon from Glengarry Glen Ross. — Chuck references the film to help identify the character Gil from The Simpsons, noting the hard-luck actor Jack Lemmon's role."
— Chuck
In Bruges
2008
1h 48m
★ 7.5
"Well, did you see In Bruges or? I couldn't make it through In Bruges. — Josh mentions being unable to finish watching In Bruges, a film starring Colin Farrell."
— Josh
Poor Things
2023
R
2h 21m
★ 7.6
"He also did the favorite in the Academy Award winning Poor Things from last year. — Chuck mentions Poor Things as an Academy Award-winning film directed by Yorgos Lanthimos from the previous year."
— Chuck
The Banshees of Inisherin
2022
R
1h 54m
★ 7.5
"the recent one, the, um, with Brendan Gleason, the same one, uh, the same guy he was in Bruges with. — Chuck recommends The Banshees of Inisherin, featuring Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson, as a quirky Irish movie."
— Chuck
The Dark Knight
2008
2h 32m
★ 8.5
"did you see, I think it was called Mastermind, the Netflix special on the woman who devised that plan? — Chuck references the Netflix special Mastermind about the woman behind the collar bomb heist."
— Chuck
The Killing of a Sacred Deer
2017
R
2h 1m
★ 7.0
"I just took a chance and watched the killing of a sacred deer. Whew, boy. And it is really good. — Josh recommends The Killing of a Sacred Deer, praising it as a disturbing but excellent film by Yorgos Lanthimos with Colin Farrell."
— Josh
The Lobster
2015
R
1h 59m
★ 7.0
"I finally saw The Lobster Chuck and I asked you about it and you're like yeah like eight years ago. — Josh mentions watching The Lobster, a film directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, and discussing it with Chuck."
— Josh
"I think I would look a lot like Gill from The Simpsons in court as a lawyer. — Josh jokes about resembling the character Gil Fenders from The Simpsons if he were a lawyer, describing him as a hard-luck character."
— Josh
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