Matt Baume

Clue is an iconic film with an iconic cast, iconic jokes, and when it came out, it was an iconic flop. So for this week's bonus video, I want to look at what went wrong, but more importantly, what went right and why. I think it is worth a revisit. We'll talk about the almost-cast (Carrie Fisher!!!),

On this week's Sewers of Paris, I’m continuing the monthlong Pride special, bringing you excerpts from some of the very best conversations I’ve had over the last nine years. On this episode, we’re talking musicals — a roundup of conversations about songs on stage and on screen. We’ll start with a co

Hello there! Time once again for the monthly feedback video, a series that is free to everyone on Patreon and that started as a way for me to respond to questions ... and has now sort of morphed into trading recommendations for great stuff to watch. So! If you like the kind of things that I make, he

Hello there! In this week's bonus video, we're exploring the wild, creative, often-cutthroat party games invented by puzzle-masters Stephen Sondheim and Anthony Perkins. Stephen of course you know from West Side Story, Into the Woods, Company, Sweeney Todd ... and Anthony you know from Psycho and it

Hello there! In this week's bonus video, we're taking a look at some highlights from the life & career of Anthony Perkins -- in particular, how guarded he had to be while being interviewed by Mike Wallace in the 1950s. On the outside, he was a young 20-something heartthrob, but secretly he was roman

My guest on this week's Sewers of Paris podcast spent eight years auditioning for Drag Race before he was accepted and his life completely changed. Alexis Michelle, aka Alex Michaels, was a theater performer when he discovered a love of drag, and gradually figured out how to turn his hobby into his

If you happen to be in Toronto this weekend, you may want to find your way down to Massey Hall on Saturday night for a one-night-only performance called Och and Oy!, starring actor Alan Cumming and NPR correspondent Ari Shapiro. Their collaborative show is a mix of cabaret and storytelling, and to m

Hello there! In this week's bonus video, we're taking a look at a ~mystery~ surrounding Batman: The Animated Series. Why did they replace Tim Curry with Mark Hamill to play the Joker? Well, that depends on who you ask. Also: how the team behind the show Gargoyles wanted to make their show more like

Well hello! In his week's Bonus Video we're looking at the reasons why all four lead actors on Will & Grace initially declined their roles and we nearly had an EXTREMELY different show. Also: How David Hyde Pierce, fresh off an Emmy win for playing Niles on Frasier managed to singlehandedly nominate

A few weeks ago, I welcomed Kathy Tu to the Sewers of Paris -- she's the co-creator of the podcast Nancy from WNYC. And this week, we're chatting with Nancy's other parent, Tobin Low. He's a recovering cellist-turned-podcaster who realized he hated his career and needed to make a change for his own

What role does confidence play in reaching your goals -- is confidence as important as skill, or more, or less? My guest this week is Jonathan Lovitz, senior vice president at the National LGBT Chamber of Commerce. Before he stepped into that role, Jonathan enjoyed a successful acting career on stag

My guest this week is Ari Shapiro, host of All Things Considered. These days, he tells other people's stories on NPR, but his own story was considerably is more winding than you might expect -- behind his calm journalistic voice is a man who spent some time as an illegal immigrant, who carried mace