Kim and Billy Talk

Welcome to the first ever Mission Impossible Award Show, aka The Mishies! In this episode, Kim and Billy come to the end of their M:I journey by giving out awards across all six films in categories ranging from Best Supporting Actor to Best Line of the Franchise. We also make an exciting announcement about what’s next for Kim and Billy Talk! Thank you so much for listening and subscribing, everyone.

For those of you who would like some listening markers, here are some good spots to stop/start: the start of the Mishie Awards @ 9:33; the award for Best Villain @ 31:27; the start of our mega Best Screenplay/Director/Film award (it all tied together!) @ 50:23.

CORRECTION: It was actually Nietzsche who defended the rationality of suicide (it’s been, like, 10 years since Kim studied philosophy). Camus was an absurdist who (in a nutshell) thought that committing suicide in the face of a meaningless universe ultimately made you ridiculous; he instead argued that we should all just own the absurdity of life and choose to create meaning for ourselves. Kim thinks Camus is onto something.

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Produced by: Penny the Podcat.

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In this episode, Kim and Billy Talk about our first upcoming bonus episode and make an exciting announcement! We also talk about seeing Fallout together; Jake Johnson delivering the best line of The Mummy; Billy advances his Cruise-hates-Cavill theory (Tom Cruise’s slander lawyer: don’t @ us); how the best Brooklyn Nine-Nine cold open is tied to the relationships in Fallout; BILLY DOESN’T WEAR FEDORAS; roundabouts are the worst; “little BOY from U.N.C.L.E.,” thought Tom Cruise; Ethan vs. Superman; so much more!

Number of guest appearances by Penny the Podcat: a record 6 — for movie #6!

For those of you who would like some listening markers, here are some good spots to stop/start:

• 10:40 — Tom Cruise Career Corner
• 17:03 — HENRY CAVILL KITTY CORNER (brought to you by Penny the Podcat)
• 28:02 — we dive into Fallout’s opening scene
• 59:29 — the return of Isla Faust!
• 84:24 — “Six-Pack Peggles”
• 127:25 — the start of our recurring questions!

CORRECTIONS:

• The Mission: Impossible theme IS based on morse code. Check it out: https://www.techly.com.au/2016/03/31/did-you-know-theres-a-secret-code-hidden-in-the-classic-mission-impossible-theme/.
• Fallout is NOT Tom Cruise’s highest grossing film ever. While it is the highest grossing M:I entry, the highest Tom Cruise film is actually War of the Worlds (lifetime gross of $234,280,354).
• That fancy French greenhouse is actually Le Grand Palais, built as part of the Universal Exposition, a world fair that occurred in 1900. Le Grand Palais is also built in the style of Beaux-Arts architecture. The more you know!

Here’s a link to that Cruise / Halo jump interview we talked about: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4912910/videoplayer/vi3214457625.

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In this episode, Kim and Billy Talk: HOW EXCITED WE BOTH ARE ABOUT THIS MOVIE; the fact that Tom Cruise is a shockingly good singer; THE BEST FIRST SCENE OF A MOVIE EVER; how technically we should be in World War 5 now if we take the geo-politics of the M:I universe seriously; Ethan’s Mulan move; Billy’s Opera Corner; “Shoes, please. Shoes;” how long superhuman Tom Cruise can hold his breath; Jimmy Buffett, at a rave, taking molly; so much more!

Number of guest appearances by Penny the Podcat: 4

Number of times Kim says “SO GOOD”: If you care to count how many times, tweet it to us and if you’re right, we’ll send you a prize!

For those of you who would like some listening markers, here are some good spots to stop/start:

• 2:03 — Tom Cruise Career Corner
• 9:46 — TIME TO TALK ABOUT ROGUE NATION, FRIENDS
• 33:03 — Enter Rebecca Ferguson, aka Ilsa Faust, aka Ethan’s match
• 48:20 — “Are we going to talk about Nessun Dorma?”
• 75:18 — The underwater scene / stunt
• 120:04 — What a f*cking good movie / the start of our recurring questions.

 

CORRECTIONS:

• There are now 23 Jack Reacher novels — the latest, Past Tense, released in November 2018.
• Edge of Tomorrow 2 is in development but a release date is not yet confirmed.

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In this episode, Kim and Billy Talk: Tom Cruise’s career between M:I-3 and Ghost Protocol (including Tropic Thunder); <3 Brad Bird <3 and John Carter; if Ghost Protocol would work as a silent movie; Jeremy Renner; the moment Kim realized she would die one day; why you always need to pack a fake arm; Linda Holmes, Black Widow, Anil Kapoor and why his scene is such a bummer; what Brandt’s reaction SHOULD have been to that reveal at the end; much more!

 

Number of guest appearances by Penny the Podcat: 4

 

For those of you who would like some listening markers, here are some good spots to stop/start:

• 31:15 — we start breaking down Ghost Protocol
• 71:37 — we start talking about the BURJ FREAKING KHALIFA SCENE
• 111:14 — Kim and Billy appreciate the “Mission: Accomplished” joke
• 122:18 — the start of our recurring questions!

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In this episode, Kim and Billy Talk Mission: Impossible 3 and the impossible mission behind getting this movie made in the first place, which of course includes an overview of Tom Cruise and the infamous year 2005. Some discussed topics include: Billy’s strong feelings about Smokin’ Aces; the fact that Domino’s Pizza is better at screening people than the IMF; our favourite Theodore Brassel lines; Italian Gael García Bernal; the relationship between Owen Davian and Kim’s dating life; so much more!

 

Number of guest appearances by Penny the Podcat: 2

 

For those of you who would like some listening markers, here are some good spots to stop/start:

• 14:23 — Tom Cruise Career Corner
• 31:28 — Kim and Billy start going through the plot of M:I 3
• 58:23 — ENTER LAURENCE FISHBURNE
• 96:04 — the Trolley/Train problem and Ethan Hunt
• 118:30 — the start of our recurring questions!

 

For the curious, Kanye West’s “Impossible” track (which does indeed play over the end credits): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qk8nu6mMZOA

 

CORRECTIONS:

• 2005 press tour was for War of the Worlds, not M:I 3
• Nostril air bubble was magnificently blown for Minority Report, not War of the Worlds
• The actress from Scandal at the engagement party is none other than the fabulous Bellamy Young. Forgive us, Bellamy!

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Enjoy an outtake from our upcoming episode on Mission: Impossible 3! New episodes dropping every Thursday starting November 15th!

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In this episode, Kim and Billy get REALLY excited and discuss:

• The meaning of “spank me Luther;”
• Punctuation;
• Our cocktail of the week, “The Rock Climber;”
• Billy recounts an embarrassing personal M:I story from his week;
• Our differing feelings about Tom Cruise’s hair;
• The plot of Mission: Impossible 2;
• The tragic connection between Wolverine and M:I 2;
• The most year 2000 scene ever;
• Our favourite jokes in the movie;
• SO MUCH MORE.

Billy also sings!

Number of guest appearances made by Penny the Podcat: 1.

For those of you who would like some listening markers, here are some good spots to stop/start:

• 28:25 — We really start getting into the storyline of M:I 2
• 68:14 — Tom Cruise Career Corner
• 93:50 — “Oh my god, Metallica. WHAT?”

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In this episode:

• We open with a seemingly random, unrelated observation about the 1999 classic film, Twister.
• We discuss the importance of little plastic men and our themed cocktail.
• Kim and Billy talk about when they first saw M:I.
• Kim maintains that her childhood opinion of the film was accurate.
• We start talking about the movie. Topics include:
  • Emilio Estevez, suction cups, fashion notes from the 90s, we confirm that Vanessa Redgrave is alive and awesome, Tom Cruise chemistry, the most iconic stunt of this movie and possibly this decade, and much, much more.
• We answer our recurring questions for each of the movies in this franchise.

# of guest appearances made by Penny the Podcat: 2

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Our very first podcast episode! In this recording, we describe what this podcast is about and where the idea came from. Spoiler: this is a podcast about Tom Cruise and the Mission: Impossible film franchise! Kim discusses her fascination with Tom Cruise, while Billy is here for the Mission: Impossible movies. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to join these two pals as they lay out what you can expect from the rest of this series (our recurring questions, the first appearance of Penny the Podcat, Kim’s inability to pronounce words, etc).

Our apologies to Mr. Cruise (#middlingfilmfans); here’s his Oscar nomination track record:

• Best Actor nom for Born on the Fourth of July and Jerry Maguire
• Best Supporting Actor nom for Magnolia

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