HDTGM’s 400th goes full chaos with the live takedown of Circus Island
This preview is based on the episode’s published show notes, not the audio itself. For their 400th episode, Paul, June, and Jason go live at Largo to unpack 2006’s Circus Island, a movie the notes promise is packed with ghosts, long-lost daughters, circus montages, and gloriously bizarre energy.
This episode looks like a celebratory, high-energy live show built around a movie that sounds tailor-made for *How Did This Get Made?* According to the show notes, Paul, June, and Jason mark their 400th episode by taking on **2006’s _Circus Island_** (also known as **_Circus Camp_** or **_Island Fever_**), starring the **Landers Sisters** and **Ed Marinaro**, live from **Largo in Los Angeles**. If you’re deciding whether to listen, the main draw seems to be the sheer density of odd plot elements teased in the description: **long-lost daughters, ghosts, sisters in love with an aging trapeze artist, a pervy kid with a video camera, a psycho mean-girl villain, Jamaica Joe, slippery seaweed,** and **lots of circus training montages**. Even without hearing the episode, the notes suggest a classic HDTGM setup where the hosts have plenty of absurd material to react to in front of a crowd. The live setting is also part of the appeal. Milestone episodes often bring a bigger-room energy, and the notes hint at that with one especially specific extra: **Paul explaining what it means to have a “sock on the door kind of house.”** If you like HDTGM most when the movie premise is chaotic and the audience is likely feeding the momentum, this preview makes this one sound like an easy pick. Best fit for listeners who enjoy: live comedy podcast energy, gloriously messy movie premises, and anniversary episodes that lean into the nonsense.
About this episode
<p>For our 400th episode, Paul, June, & Jason take you on a magical tour of 2006's <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0453500/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Circus Island</a> (aka Circus Camp or Island Fever) starring the Landers Sisters and Ed Marinaro. LIVE from Largo in LA, the gang discuss this straight-up bananas movie about long-lost daughters, ghosts, sisters in love with an aging trapeze artist, a pervy kid with a video camera, an absolute psycho mean girl villain, a man named Jamaica Joe, slippery seaweed, and a whole lot of circus training montages. Plus, Paul teaches everyone what it means to have a "sock on the door kind of house."</p> <p>Buy our "Jesus Motorboated Me On Circus Island" t-shirt <a href="https://howdidthisgetmade.dashery.com/products/93995692-jesus-motorboated-me-on-circus-island-t-shirt" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">HERE</a>.</p> <p><p>• Go to <a href="https://hdtgm.com/">hdtgm.com</a> for tour dates, merch, FAQs, and more<br>• Leave us a voicemail at <a href="https://www.speakpipe.com/hdtgm">speakpipe.com/hdtgm</a><br>• Submit your Last Looks theme song to us <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/request/7lFHAGvcL9IyJWoTv2eD">here</a><br>• Join the HDTGM conversation on Discord: <a href="http://discord.gg/hdtgm">discord.gg/hdtgm</a><br>• Buy merch at <a href="https://howdidthisgetmade.dashery.com/">howdidthisgetmade.dashery.com/</a><br>• Order Paul’s book about his childhood: <a href="https://www.paulscheer.com/my-book">Joyful Recollections of Trauma</a><br>• Shop our new hat collection at <a href="https://www.podswag.com/collections/how-did-this-get-made">podswag.com</a><br>• Paul’s Discord: <a href="http://discord.gg/paulscheer">discord.gg/paulscheer</a><br>• Paul’s YouTube page: <a href="http://youtube.com/paulscheer">youtube.com/paulscheer</a><br>• Follow Paul on Letterboxd: <a href="http://letterboxd.com/paulscheer/">letterboxd.com/paulscheer</a><br>• Subscribe to Enter The Dark Web w/ Paul & Rob Huebel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@enterthedarkweb">youtube.com/@enterthedarkweb</a><br>• Listen to Unspooled with Paul & Amy Nicholson: <a href="https://www.unspooledpodcast.com/">unspooledpodcast.com</a><br>• Listen to The Deep Dive with June & Jessica St. Clair: <a href="http://www.thedeepdiveacademy.com/podcast">thedeepdiveacademy.com/podcast</a><br>• Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/hdtgm">@hdtgm</a>, <a href="https://www.instagram.com/paulscheer/">@paulscheer</a>, & <a href="https://www.instagram.com/junediane/">@junediane</a><br>• Twitter: <a href="https://x.com/HDTGM">@hdtgm</a>, <a href="https://x.com/paulscheer">@paulscheer</a>, & <a href="https://x.com/MsJuneDiane">msjunediane</a> <br>• Jason is not on social media<br>• Episode transcripts available at <a href="https://how-did-this-get-made.simplecast.com/episodes">how-did-this-get-made.simplecast.com/episodes</a></p><p>Get access to all the podcasts you love, music channels and radio shows with the SiriusXM App! Get 3 months free using the link: <a href="http://siriusxm.com/hdtgm">siriusxm.com/hdtgm</a></p></p><br/> <p>Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.</p>