A Fish Called Wanda
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Nov 2, 2026
Nick CasaliniHOST
It's almost like written by an alien or written for aliens, right? It definitely didn't feel like it was written for actual human audience.
Nick CasaliniHOST
Because at the time, that was the year also Coming to America came out, right? A Fish Called Wanda.
Nick CasaliniHOST
These are... really you know i would call them like smart comedies like very funny like you know the audience is like in they're taking big comedic leaps i mean eddie murphy is like absolutely swinging for the fences and like like a full nuanced performance right it was also the year of rain man which is not a comedy, but is still like, there's tons of funny elements.
Nick CasaliniHOST
I mean, I don't, I haven't seen that movie in maybe 10 years or something, but like, I've seen it a few times and it's like amazing to my memory.
Ricky StormHOST
We all know that.
D.B. RichardsHOST
She was in a movie called A Fish Called Wanda.
D.B. RichardsHOST
Heard of it.
D.B. RichardsHOST
Hysterical movie.
Adam JonesHOST
Some of these were on my list, but I'm just ticking through the Twitch chat.
Adam JonesHOST
Fish Called Wanda.
Adam JonesHOST
Fish Called Wanda is in there.
Adam JonesHOST
Yeah, Fish Called Wanda I thought about.
Adam JonesHOST
People go, how did you miss it? It was a movie.
Adam JonesHOST
How old were we when that movie came out? We might not have been alive.
Don LahiHOST
like, because she's, like, she has this haircut.
Don LahiHOST
from like she doesn't have this haircut in the first one no obviously the second one but she has it in like a fish a fish called wanda yeah um she has it in freaky friday she has it in true lies she has it in does she have it in
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Don LahiHOST
Yeah.
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Don LahiHOST
I think she's great.
Don LahiHOST
She should have won one for...
Don LahiHOST
A Fish Called Wanda.
Don LahiHOST
Like, she's amazing in that.
Pip MixonHOST
It's a fantastic movie.
Chris ChapmanHOST
And then Fish Called Wanda, she's amazing in.
Chris ChapmanHOST
She does
Pip MixonHOST
that naked dance for Arnie because he's gaslighting her in True Lies.
Dave ManheimHOST
It's like a comedy, but it's so meaningful, and nobody makes movies like that anymore.
Dave ManheimHOST
And A Fish Called Wanda, and you were in these amazing movies that don't get made anymore.
Dave ManheimHOST
And it's like you did some cool stuff.
Jamie Lee CurtisGUEST
Listen, I've done more cool stuff in my life than I ever thought I would do.
Tyler NesslerHOST
Yeah.
Tyler NesslerHOST
Well, so John, you had a lot of success with your score for A Fish Called Wanda.
Tyler NesslerHOST
And then you said that UHF was one of the most enjoyable projects of your whole career.
Tyler NesslerHOST
And you were particularly attracted to it because you, It was just full of all these big fantasy movie sequences, which would need to sound very orchestral.
Jeff StampkaHOST
Now, he did all their TV shows and their movies.
Jeff StampkaHOST
Some of their movies that weren't Monty Python that he did were Time Bandit, Silverado, A Fish Called Wanda.
Jeff StampkaHOST
He did a couple of the Harry Potter movies.
Jeff StampkaHOST
He had a daughter from his first wife, a daughter from his second wife, married his fourth wife.
RamonHOST
He declined because they wouldn't meet his salary requirements.
RamonHOST
I was going to say he was fresh off of A Fish Called Wanda, but that was 1988.
RamonHOST
So a few years had passed in between there, but he was...
DaveHOST
I mean, he was in Soap Dish, which I think was 91.
Courtney LandrumHOST
my favorite thing John Cleese is in, and I know that Monty Python lovers will have their own thoughts.
Courtney LandrumHOST
A Fish Called Wanda is one of my all-time favorite movies.
Courtney LandrumHOST
It's one of the best comedies ever made.
Courtney LandrumHOST
It is.
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