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#122025
Selects: PT Barnum: More Complicated Than You've Heard
"the greatest showman really set the internet on fire, man"
— Josh
Discussing how the movie sparked controversy by whitewashing P.T. Barnum's actual history and exploitation.
Dec 20, 2025
#122824
Selects: The Three Christs of Ypsilanti Experiment
"it sounds like what you're describing is more along the lines of greatest showman, like that kind of sanitization"
— Chuck
Chuck suggests the Three Christs movie had similar over-sanitization as The Greatest Showman.
Dec 28, 2024
#121224
Tugboats: Pushing Their Way Around Since 1803
"Hugh Jackman playing P.T. Barnum. Who was it? P.T. Barnum. The greatest showman, yeah."
— Josh
Josh references Hugh Jackman's role as P.T. Barnum in The Greatest Showman when joking about past predictions.
Dec 12, 2024
#071923
Short Stuff: Pie-In-The-Face Gag
"There was a film, it came out in 1963 or 1964, it's called The Great Race and it promised an even bigger pie fight."
— Chuck
1963/1964 film that promised a bigger pie fight than Battle of the Century but didn't fully deliver.
Jul 19, 2023
#042523
Why does everyone love Dolly Parton?
"Even though he did the greatest showman, people still like Hugh Jackman."
— Josh
Used as an example of a film that didn't diminish Hugh Jackman's likability.
Apr 25, 2023
#082722
Selects: Knife Throwing: Super Cool
"You mean hugh Jackman. What is it, Chuck Stradamus? I don't know, something like that. I make one lucky casting call, predict one sexual predator and one bad lifetime movie."
— Chuck
Chuck mentions Hugh Jackman in connection with a PT Barnum story, likely referencing The Greatest Showman.
Aug 27, 2022
#080321
The Three Christs of Ypsilanti Experiment
"it sounds like what you're describing is more along the lines of greatest showman, like that kind of sanitization."
— Chuck
Chuck suggests the Three Christs movie employed similar overwrought dramatization as The Greatest Showman.
Aug 3, 2021
#050818
PT Barnum: More Complicated Than You've Heard
"The greatest showman really set the internet on fire, man, and a lot of like, it really brought out a lot of people saying like, whoa, whoa, whoa."
— Chuck
The hosts discuss how the film brought attention to P.T. Barnum but glossed over historical facts about his exploitation and racism.
May 8, 2018
#022718
Knife Throwing: Super Cool
"You mean Hugh Jackman? Mm-hmm. What is it, Chuck Stradamus?"
— Josh
Josh jokingly suggests that because he predicted Hugh Jackman would play P.T. Barnum in a movie, he has psychic abilities.
Feb 27, 2018
#010418
How Impeachment Works
"So P.T. Barnum played by... Hugh Jackman."
— Chuck
Chuck mentions Hugh Jackman playing P.T. Barnum in a discussion about making predictions.
Jan 4, 2018
Cast
Hugh Jackman
P. T. Barnum
Zac Efron
Phillip Carlyle
Michelle Williams
Charity Barnum
Rebecca Ferguson
Jenny Lind
Zendaya
Anne Wheeler
Keala Settle
Lettie Lutz
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
W. D. Wheeler
Natasha Liu Bordizzo
Deng Yan
Paul Sparks
James Gordon Bennett
Sam Humphrey
Charles Stratton
Austyn Johnson
Caroline Barnum
Cameron Seely
Helen Barnum
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