Making promotional art is hard. Let’s talk about how some movie posters dealt with controversies, from the royalties for Pulp Fiction, to the whitewashing on Couples Retreat. Special Guest: Jonathan Giesbrecht from Paper and Light Get the longer Director’s Cut version of this episode on Patreon (with 28 extra minutes)! You can watch the full video version of this episode on YouTube! 📺 | Watch or Listen! 💸 | Support us! 🔗 | Follow us! 👕 | Buy our merch! In the entertainment world, there are m...
Jul 23, 2025•1 hr 53 min•Season 5Ep. 97
Making Blade act is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make Blade: Trinity, from Wesley Snipes refusing to show up on set, to him suing New Line Cinema for taxes. Get the longer Director’s Cut version of this episode on Patreon (with 25 extra minutes)! You can watch the full video version of this episode on YouTube! 📺 | Watch or Listen! 💸 | Support us! 🔗 | Follow us! 👕 | Buy our merch! In the entertainment world, there are millions of dollars on the line and troubled productions ...
Jun 18, 2025•1 hr 58 min•Season 5Ep. 96
Making monsters is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make Universal’s Dark Universe, from abandoning Dracula Untold as a franchise starter, to 2017’s Mummy burying the shared universe before it could begin. You can watch the full video version of this episode on YouTube ! 📺 | Watch or Listen! 💸 | Support us! 🔗 | Follow us! 👕 | Buy our merch! Sourced Audio: Collider: http://y2u.be/eMNvXdpjZ10 Fandom: http://y2u.be/3mzZcLJzKt4 Flicks in the City: http://y2u.be/cV1JcAlTdFw HeyUGuys...
May 28, 2025•24 min•Season 5Ep. 95
Stealing from drug lords is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make Triple Frontier, from its decade long journey to existence to the endless rotation of big name stars. Get the longer Director’s Cut version of this episode on Patreon (with 4 extra minutes)! You can watch the full video version of this episode on YouTube! 📺 | Watch or Listen! 💸 | Support us! 🔗 | Follow us! 👕 | Buy our merch! In the entertainment world, there are millions of dollars on the line and troubled produc...
May 07, 2025•56 min•Season 5Ep. 94
Making a video game into a movie is hard… still. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make Uncharted, from the decade long quest to film it to being shut down by COVID as soon as they started. Get the longer Director’s Cut version of this episode on Patreon (with 15 extra minutes)! You can watch the full video version of this episode on YouTube! 📺 | Watch or Listen! 💸 | Support us! 🔗 | Follow us! 👕 | Buy our merch! In the entertainment world, there are millions of dollars on the line and...
Apr 09, 2025•1 hr 28 min•Season 5Ep. 93
Dealing with fascism is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make Starship Troopers, from the years it took to get the film financed, to the initial response not understanding Paul Verhoeven’s satire. Get the longer Director’s Cut version of this episode on Patreon (with a whopping 47 extra minutes)! You can watch the full video version of this episode on YouTube! 📺 | Watch or Listen! 💸 | Support us! 🔗 | Follow us! 👕 | Buy our merch! In the entertainment world, there are millions o...
Mar 19, 2025•1 hr 31 min•Season 5Ep. 92
Making Benecio del Toro a wolf is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make The Wolfman remake, from replacing the director one month from filming to Rick Baker’s make-up being replaced with CGI. Get the longer Director’s Cut version of this episode on Patreon (with 17 extra minutes)! 📺 | Watch or Listen! 💸 | Support us! 🔗 | Follow us! 👕 | Buy our merch! In the entertainment world, there are millions of dollars on the line and troubled productions are bound to happen. Whether it's ...
Feb 12, 2025•1 hr 31 min•Season 5Ep. 91
Creating the Land of Oz is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make The Wizard of Oz, from the dozen of on set injuries to the infamously poor treatment of Judy Garland. You can watch the full video version of this episode on YouTube! 💸 | Support us! 🔗 | Follow us! 👕 | Buy our merch! Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 00:27 - L. Frank Baum’s Wonderful Wizard of Oz 01:38 - Early Attempts at Adapting 03:13 - Producer Mervyn LeRoy’s Vision 04:30 - Directors Norman Taurog & Richard Thorpe 05:...
Jan 29, 2025•31 min•Season 5Ep. 90
Making sense of Ninja Terminator is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make movies directed by Godfrey Ho, from pumping out over 150 films in 20 years to splicing ninja footage into already existing films. Get the longer Director’s Cut version of this episode on Patreon (with 12 extra minutes)! 💸 | Support us! 🔗 | Follow us! 👕 | Buy our merch! In the entertainment world, there are millions of dollars on the line and troubled productions are bound to happen. Whether it's big egos, ...
Dec 18, 2024•1 hr 28 min•Season 5Ep. 89
Apologies for the poor audio quality! Recorded Live at FanX, Salt Lake City, September 27, 2024. For two decades, Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger were locked into one of the most heated rivalries in Hollywood. Being the two biggest action stars of all time, they traded insults, started rumors, and tried one-upping each other in all their movies. Join Cinema Therapy and It Was A Sh*t Show as they discuss the egos at play, how it ugly it got, and the eventual lifelong friendship that ...
Nov 20, 2024•48 min•Season 5Ep. 88
Making the perfect organism is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make the Alien trilogy, from James Cameron feuding with his British crew on Aliens to David Fincher being micromanaged by Fox on Alien 3. You can watch the full video version of this episode on YouTube! 💸 | Support us! 🔗 | Follow us! 👕 | Buy our merch! Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 00:35 - Dan O’Bannon’s Alien 01:25 - David Giler & Walter Hill’s Rewrite 02:25 - Ridley Scott Boards Alien 03:45 - H.R. Giger’s Xenomorph ...
Oct 30, 2024•35 min•Season 5Ep. 87
Losing your star is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make The Crow, from the crew fighting rumors about a cursed film to Brandon Lee’s tragic on-set shooting. Special Guest: Sequoia Simone (@sequoiasimone) from But Make It Scary (@butmakeitscary) Get the longer Director’s Cut version of this episode on Patreon (with 17 extra minutes)! 💸 | Support us! 🔗 | Follow us! 👕 | Buy our merch! Podcast Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 06:59 - Clint’s Closet 08:14 - The Crow (1994) 01:26:04 - Follow...
Oct 23, 2024•1 hr 41 min•Season 5Ep. 86
Making tornados is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make Twister, from rewriting scenes as they filmed to director Jan de Bont possibly abusing his crew. Get the longer Director’s Cut version of this episode on Patreon (with 17 extra minutes)! 💸 | Support us! 🔗 | Follow us! 👕 | Buy our merch! In the entertainment world, there are millions of dollars on the line and troubled productions are bound to happen. Whether it's big egos, bigger budgets, or just plain bad luck, we are goi...
Oct 02, 2024•1 hr 23 min•Season 5Ep. 85
Making a sequel when there can be only one is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make Highlander II: The Quickening, from the financial troubles ending production before finishing to the multiple versions of the final film. Special Guest: Alan Seawright (@alanseawright) from Cinema Therapy (@CinemaTherapyShow) Get the longer Director’s Cut version of this episode on Patreon (with 24 extra minutes)! 💸 | Support us! 🔗 | Follow us! 👕 | Buy our merch! In the entertainment world, there...
Aug 28, 2024•1 hr 39 min•Season 5Ep. 84
Making a sequel to The Avengers is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make Avengers: Age of Ultron, from writer/director Joss Whedon caving to his own ambitions, to the Marvel Creative Committee forcing him to make changes. You can watch the full video version of this episode on YouTube! 💸 | Support us! 🔗 | Follow us! 👕 | Buy our merch! Sources: Birth.Movies.Death.: https://bit.ly/3RCkIpJ BuzzFeed: https://bit.ly/3ts2v5U https://bit.ly/3TD41wG Collider: https://bit.ly/46TtHIs Dead...
Aug 14, 2024•23 min•Season 5Ep. 83
Motor mouthing your way into places is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make the Beverly Hills Cop movies, from the first one originally starring Sylvester Stallone, to the third film shutting down a month before production. Get the longer Director’s Cut version of this episode on Patreon (with 18 extra minutes)! 💸 | Support us! 🔗 | Follow us! 👕 | Buy our merch! Podcast Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 02:01 - Beverly Hills Cop 29:07 - Beverly Hills Cop II 45:12 - Beverly Hills Cop III 0...
Jul 31, 2024•1 hr 51 min•Season 4Ep. 82
Making the Western Godfather is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make Tombstone, from writer/director Kevin Jarre getting fired four weeks in, to Kurt Russell possibly ghost directing to finish the movie on time. Get the longer Director’s Cut version of this episode on Patreon (with 20 extra minutes)! 💸 | Support us! 🔗 | Follow us! 👕 | Buy our merch! In the entertainment world, there are millions of dollars on the line and troubled productions are bound to happen. Whether it's b...
Jul 10, 2024•1 hr 38 min•Season 4Ep. 81
Being canceled three times is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to revive Futurama, from the evolution of television over three decades, to Fox (then Disney) undercutting voice actors’ salaries. 💸 | Support us! 🔗 | Follow us! 👕 | Buy our merch! Sources: AV Club: https://bit.ly/3xejcTZ CNN: https://bit.ly/3PI66VA https://bit.ly/4cs6Nfn Deadline: https://bit.ly/3PIBxiw Entertainment Weekly: https://bit.ly/3Pvjn3u https://bit.ly/3PFFYKT iF Magazine: https://bit.ly/3x61vGf MovieWeb: htt...
Jun 26, 2024•27 min•Season 4Ep. 80
Making apes talk is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make the 2001 version of Planet of the Apes, from the likes of James Cameron, Oliver Stone, and Peter Jackson all trying to remake it, to Tim Burton struggling with the time constraints. Get the longer Director’s Cut version of this episode on Patreon (with 17 extra minutes)! 💸 | Support us! 🔗 | Follow us! 👕 | Buy our merch! In the entertainment world, there are millions of dollars on the line and troubled productions are boun...
May 29, 2024•1 hr 39 min•Season 4Ep. 79
Making a star act with a T-Rex is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make Theodore Rex, from the court case that forced Whoopi Goldberg to be in it, to a writer/director ill-equipped to handle the situation. Get the longer Director’s Cut version of this episode on Patreon (with 11 extra minutes & no ads)! 💸 | Support us! https://www.patreon.com/itwasashtshow 🔗 | Follow us! https://linktr.ee/itwasashtshow 👕 | Buy our merch! https://www.teepublic.com/user/itwasashtshow In the en...
May 08, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Season 4Ep. 78
Making a podcast is… fun. For our 4 Year Anniversary, let’s relisten to fan favorite moments from It Was A Sh*t Show’s first 3 seasons, from learning how a director uses a 2x4 to losing our minds over Daniel Craig injuries. Special thanks to super fan John Carrigan for offering to edit this episode! Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 01:26 - Super Mario Bros 05:54 - Misleading Trailers 08:45 - Jurassic Park III 14:38 - Dubbed Actors 16:47 - The Simpsons Movie 24:16 - The Good Dinosaur 26:19 - Mr. & Mrs...
Apr 24, 2024•1 hr 37 min
Following up after The Simpsons is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make Futurama, from Fox questioning every aspect of the show to dooming it with a terrible timeslot. 💸 | Support us! 🔗 | Follow us! 👕 | Buy our merch! Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 00:36 - The Simpsons’ Changed the World 02:37 - Matt Groening Creates Futurama 03:49 - Enlisting the Help of David X. Cohen 05:27 - Fleshing Out a Science Fiction Comedy 06:50 - Battling the Risk Averse Fox Network 09:09 - Unexplained Recas...
Apr 17, 2024•21 min•Season 4Ep. 77
Making a movie against your will is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it is when an actor is contractually obligated to a movie, from Emily Blunt missing out on being Black Widow to Mike Myers being a pain in The Cat In The Hat. Get the longer Director’s Cut version of this episode on Patreon (with 8 extra minutes)! 💸 | Support us! 🔗 | Follow us! 👕 | Buy our merch! Podcast Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 04:54 - Contractually Obligated Casting 09:38 - Ryan Reynolds in X-Men Origins: Wolverine (200...
Apr 10, 2024•1 hr 26 min•Season 4Ep. 76
Making a rat a chef is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make Ratatouille, from director Jan Pinkava being replaced by Brad Bird to finishing the movie in only 18 months. Special guest: Ryan K. Hudson @ryankhudson Get the longer Director’s Cut version of this episode on Patreon (with 15 extra minutes)! 💸 | Support us! 🔗 | Follow us! 👕 | Buy our merch! Podcast Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 02:16 - Ratatouille (2007) 01:09:31 - Follow Ups! Sources: Ain’t It Cool News : https://bit.ly/47L...
Mar 13, 2024•1 hr 15 min•Season 4Ep. 75
Making Frank Herbert’s classic in 1984 is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make Dune, from discovering that David Lynch was not the next Spielberg or Lucas, to the truncated post production that led to multiple versions of the film. Special guest: Max Evry Buy “A Masterpiece in Disarray: David Lynch's Dune. An Oral History” https://a.co/d/gVbbs8r Follow Max Evry: Insta: @maxevry1 Twitter: @maxevry www.MaxEvry.com Get the longer Director’s Cut version of this episode on Patreon (wit...
Feb 28, 2024•1 hr 29 min•Season 4Ep. 74
Watch Part 4 here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/98002216 Making movies for toys is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make Phase 2 of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, from Iron Man 3 changing scripts to sell more toys to Thor: The Dark World changing scripts to sell more toys or choosing to make Guardians of the Galaxy… to sell toys. You can watch the full video version of this episode on YouTube ! 💸 | Support us! 🔗 | Follow us! 👕 | Buy our merch! In the entertainment world, there ...
Feb 07, 2024•30 min•Season 4Ep. 73
Making a holiday slasher flick is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make the 2006 Black Christmas remake, from the Weinsteins forcing excessive reshoots to inserting fake trailer moments. Black Christmas Trailer: http://y2u.be/hyzsjvvKYQw Black Christmas TV Spot: http://y2u.be/XQBHu0mYq4g Get the longer Director’s Cut version of this episode on Patreon! 💸 | Support us! 🔗 | Follow us! 👕 | Buy our merch! In the entertainment world, there are millions of dollars on the line and trou...
Dec 20, 2023•1 hr 27 min•Season 4Ep. 72
Making a Holocaust clown movie is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make The Day The Clown Cried, from a producer not paying the cast and crew, to Jerry Lewis choosing to never release the film. But surprise! Ian told Clint and Rae the episode would be about the original The Nutty Professor... Support us on Patreon! (Which includes the longer Director’s Cut version of this episode!) Follow us on Twitter and Instagram, and subscribe to our YouTube channel! Buy our merch! In the enter...
Nov 30, 2023•1 hr 11 min•Season 4Ep. 71
Making the origins of fairy tales is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make The Brothers Grimm, from Director Terry Gilliam not wanting to make it, to the year long battle with the Weinsteins over the edit. Support us on Patreon! (Which includes the longer Director’s Cut version of this episode!) Follow us on Twitter and Instagram, and subscribe to our YouTube channel! In the entertainment world, there are millions of dollars on the line and troubled productions are bound to happen....
Oct 18, 2023•1 hr 28 min•Season 4Ep. 70
Chasing Harrison Ford without a script is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make The Fugitive, from nearly every actor making up all their lines to VFX artists barred from talking about their effects work. You can watch the full video version of this episode on YouTube ! Support us on Patreon! Follow us on Twitter and Instagram, and subscribe to our YouTube channel! In the entertainment world, there are millions of dollars on the line and troubled productions are bound to happen. Wh...
Oct 04, 2023•23 min•Season 4Ep. 69
