September 7, 2023

S3E1.5: KJB Q&A 9

We're back again and answering YOUR questions! This week: Is it possible for a Spy movie to score a perfect Zero on SCUM? What little things can you do to help you feel like you're making progress in your transition? I'm going to Greggs, do you want anything? And the return of the Muppet Question...

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THE MOVIES ARE ON STRIKE!

SAG-AFTRA and the WGA are both on strike for a number of reasons, from pay for streaming residuals, to the rights to own your own appearance, to the right to not have AIs trained off your work.

So if you've got a few spare pennies, why not chip in to help keep movies from becoming Shit Forever.
https://entertainmentcommunity.org/
https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising/the-snacklist-support-striking-workers

And if you're in the UK, the UCU could still do with some help
https://www.ucu.org.uk/fightingfund

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Omar Apollo’s Strongest Soldier · August 7, 2026

100% agree on Kill La Kill. That anime is SICK, it’s one of my favorites. I love how stylized the whole world is and how reality sort of reshapes itself to complement characterization, like how Gamagori is different levels of huge depending on how intimating they want him to be in that moment. And what a great soundtrack; I have Satsuki’s theme in my workout playlist because it just goes so fucking hard. But ya hard anime to show to other people lmao

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Australian Estuary Pirate · December 26, 2025

An AKAB Barbie? (Assigned Ken at Birth (yes, the dolls are born in cannon, remember Midge?)) EDIT: With Amazon buying the rights to Bond, and with how Krazy Mortal Kombat gets with the guest characters, the possibility that Bond is a guest character in one of the next Mortal Kombats and they might bring Rambo back. So it might not be that wild that Bond vs Rambo happens. EDIT2: Jared Leto Paulo Gucci would be the Swedish Chef, obviously. EDIT3: If Sharako Lohar becomes a big enough character, they might be able to get Matt Smith, and I think he'd be a lot of fun. (Well, if you could get him...) Ask him about his great dance scene in Morbius, it's the best bit of that movie.

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BanditCrab · October 5, 2023

I love the idea of getting LK on here and I don't think it's that unfeasible! He's a fairly frequent streamer on Twitch. Side note: not a big fan of the brief dieting talk at the beginning of the ep

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Kwasi · October 2, 2023

I think the perfect 0 SCUM score might be Avatar Way of Water. Which is interesting because I think the perfect full score might be True Lies

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Beach Boy Sammy · June 7, 2024

All of the Na'vi culture is appropriated from existing indigenous cultures, especially Māori. To me, that's at least a 5 or 6 on the "Cultural Insensitivity" meter

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Hannah Oberhardt · September 23, 2023

Thank you very much for answering my question, it really means a lot. I wanted to find something else to do besides electrolysis because im doing that right now and it fucking hurts

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Not Just Bikes · September 18, 2023

I should come on as a guest to watch a Dutch eurospy movie, except that I listen to this podcast so that I DON'T have to watch these terrible movies.

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Jim Kroft · September 17, 2023

I would still pay money for both Pierce Brosnan and Timothy Dalton shirts

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Marlu · September 14, 2023

Not me being so far inside an Aldi my internet stopped working right when they were talking about defecting to Cuba 😆

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Christopher Barnes · September 14, 2023

God dammit! Your muppet replacement answeres were fantastic but it has since spread to 2 other podcasts and my reddit feed! Just want to say i heard it here first.

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Tyler Smith · September 11, 2023

Patlabor 2 could probably ace the scum system. I can't think of any issues with it off the top of my head but I am open to corrections

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-Kris- · September 11, 2023

Get Noam Chomsky to watch one of the Andy Serkis "Planet of the Apes" movies

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Metalupis · September 11, 2023

Guest question: I bet you could get Dan Olsen on

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Trannie Oakley · September 11, 2023

Muppet Name of the Rose.

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Arthur Sexcrimes · September 10, 2023

Some kind of spinoff with M (either Fiennes, although that might echo The King's Man a bit too much, or Dench) could actually work. Using another character is potentially a good way to reappraise Bond's legacy in a way that No Time to Die wished it did

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Jordyn Clementi · September 10, 2023

Given how many solicitations TF gets from startups, I bet you could go to at least two premiers before they barred you.

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Nikki · September 9, 2023

Thank you for answering my question and for saying my name right!! Little Kuriboh would be a hilarious guest. That Or someone absurdly random like I dunno getting on Travis Willingham to do a werewolf movie.

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-Kris- · September 11, 2023

I bet Travis would do that, absolutely

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Gabe · September 8, 2023

Also, getting Little Kuriboh or Lindsay Ellis would be great! I first heard about your podcast through Abi's appearance on Musicalsplaining.

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Gabe · September 8, 2023

1. You're right, it should be Patriot Games, but it should be that because then IRA Kermit can talk about how 'It's not easy being green" 2. Very happy you answered one of my questions.

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Moray Macdonald · September 8, 2023

Wait, how did you miss Muppet Lives of Others?? Human Wiesler spying on all these muppets?

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Cam · September 8, 2023

I'm sure someone has mentioned this before but Nobody is an action film which is relatively light on the SCUM scale (and one ups John Wick 1 by actually having a half Russian cast)

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Lizzy Needs Gender Euphoria · September 8, 2023

re: Muppet question - what about three days of the condor??

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JoeNotCharles · September 8, 2023

I guess I should save this for Q&A 10, but I won't remember by then, so: If you're forced to make something in the Bondiverse, (a) what side character would it be about, (b) what format would it be, and (c) what genre? (My pick: (a) Jaws, (b) 6-episode miniseries, (c) domestic comedy.)

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Jon W · September 8, 2023

November sounds like a Bond Girl name.

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Violet · September 8, 2023

My most irritating "welcome to womanhood" moment was at an urgent care facility a year after I started HRT, when a Doctor came in and went, "Well we got a diagnosis, and it's xxxxxx. Congratulations, you're definitely a woman." then gave me some stats on the medical issue in question. It was about 90% annoying, 10% validating.

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Arthur Sexcrimes · September 8, 2023

defecting to the pussy, call that "transitioning"

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G Goldhar · September 8, 2023

I can't believe no one said The Muppet from Hong Kong

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Loz Pycock · September 8, 2023

Can't believe you went for 'Into the Bondiverse' and not 'Everybond Everywhere All at Once'.

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Trevor Gilmore · September 8, 2023

WAIT MUPPET RAMBO SHIRT I WOULD ALSO SEND GOLD BULLION FOR THAT

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Trevor Gilmore · September 8, 2023

I would pay real money for an Atomic Pig shirt

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MythicalMothman · September 8, 2023

My personal hot take is that there should be a moratorium on Muppets movies for a good 20 or 30 years. Otherwise they're just beating an extremely dead horse. Sorry for being a cynic though :/

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Lauren Shear · September 7, 2023

I haven't cackled this much since Geordie Bond! I could listen to the muppet dreamcasting forever (my husband for one wants to see a muppet The Lives of Others). I also love hearing about your respective transition journeys and experiences. I realized recently that I especially love fiction by and about trans women because as a cis woman I can relate to it very strongly. Trans women experience so many of the things cis women do when we're too young or embarrassed to express ourselves eloquently or thoughtfully.

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JoeNotCharles · September 8, 2023

On the subject of Muppet dreamcasting, this is the Muppet who was paralyzed in Afghanistan: https://youtu.be/fbiioBFkD_Q?si=pkgjVrQBwjzFEB9p. (Yeah, the video's 10 years old now, but I just found it a few months ago and I cannot stop watching it!)

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Skate Bush · September 7, 2023

I dont think November is a bad name at all

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Skate Bush · September 7, 2023

But also if you like Alice thats a good name too. It depends on whether you want your Voltron to be called Alibigevon or Novembigevon

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Mulloy · September 7, 2023

It's gonna be called "henched" and they'll just try to do hbo"s harley show but about oddjob.

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Victor · September 7, 2023

Oh no totally!!! Street harassment sucks so fucking hard, but if people do it to others and skip you, you feel like some kind of mutant 🙁 totally also a cis thing!

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Winter Strang · September 7, 2023

Okay, but, like, a trans spy story would absolutely kick ass. You could have this big Totally-Spies-Style freelance espionage agency that recruits eggs and incorporates their transition as part of establishing a new, 100% clean identity for them, gives them spy training, facial spyification surgery, etc.

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Indifferent Boolean · September 7, 2023

Alice or November if you decide upon it. Even if you don't change your name, you gave me the courage to change my name after using it for 8 years after coming out, so thank you

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weronika mamuna · September 7, 2023

thank for that shaving tip!! 💖 and a serious guest should totally be Jeremy Strong

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Robin McMurry · September 7, 2023

Genuinely had a moment when y’all were talking about Moonraker where I was like “That doesn’t sound right to me” before I realized that I’ve listened to the podcast so much that I was expecting you talk about “Moonpussy” instead of the actual title

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God's Eepiest Soldier · September 7, 2023

i need abi to know that defecting to north korea could be a great career move if she's fine with playing only villain roles forever since iirc the american defector you're talking about ended up cast as Evil American in every movie ever made over there

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Bryan · September 7, 2023

On the guest question: Judith Butler!!!!

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shadowcb · September 7, 2023

Thanks for picking my question! I hope you find a great name that you love and that Abis' gym staff throw that guy out as soon as possible (at a minimum)! Also have to say all this talk of Cuba is reminding me of a strange clinic...

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Borbachev · September 7, 2023

As a 3 day live show viewer, Alice’s gradual transition across the shows from shy corner stander to surrounded by absolutely beautiful women was a sight to behold

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Noblese Oblahaj · September 7, 2023

Sad, horny, giant tits? Congratulations to Alice on transitioning to Goth

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Lauren Shear · September 7, 2023

Or me at 12

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BarFly · September 7, 2023

Ahem: Moneypennyworth

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Franklin Paradukes Webb · September 7, 2023

Tombstone starring Kermit Russell! 🤣

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Ros · September 7, 2023

ATOMIC HOG

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BarFly · September 7, 2023

When they got to Atomic Hog I started cheering and doing Miss Piggy karate noises

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chronicles of girldick · September 7, 2023

How about 'Vembo', does that work?

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AnyaTopp, Mistress of the Truck · September 7, 2023

Isn't "teaming up with a chimp with a sword" just "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." reboot?

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James Cézanne-Taipale · September 7, 2023

Old Rambo just digging tunnels under a casino for ptsd reasons for years.

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Miguel Claxton · September 7, 2023

Thank you for answering my question 🙏🏽💚

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P.A.L. · September 7, 2023

...shit I was sleep dep like crazy when I asked that -edit- Got a good superconductor convo out of it, so thanks lack of sleep