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Sep 12, 2026
HelenHOST
Have a modest coffee.
HelenHOST
Best wishes, Ian Les Paul." And he has a little drawing of it looks like Gru from Despicable Me.
HelenHOST
[laughs]
GavinHOST
Oh, yeah.
HelenHOST
I d- I, I don't know.
GavinHOST
Is it you?
HelenHOST
Is it Ian Les Paul? Is he Gru?
GavinHOST
I have no idea.
Nick WigerHOST
Uh, it, it, it's, it's...
Nick WigerHOST
I, I think it just has a, has a tremendous sense of fun to it, and a real pa- like, pace to it, whereas sometimes these movies get bogged down in subplots where it's just like, I don't care about this unicorn that Gru's daughter is looking for, you know what I mean?
Jen D'AngeloGUEST
Sure.
Mike MitchellHOST
Yeah, yeah.
Nick WigerHOST
Um, so like, I, I just thought it was an absolute delight.
Jen D'AngeloGUEST
Yeah, I mean, look, I never need Gru or those girls-
Nick WigerHOST
No, right
Jen D'AngeloGUEST
... running around at all.
ScottHOST
But there's something about Max Schreck, the way he looks and the way he moves.
ScottHOST
I mean, he almost looks like Gru out of Despicable Me.
ScottHOST
You know, he's got a big coat on and all that kind of stuff.
ScottHOST
But there's something about him.
Stephanie KauffmanGUEST
They are, you know, very lovable.
Stephanie KauffmanGUEST
You've got this tremendous story about these three girls who, you know, kind of become a part of Gru's life.
Stephanie KauffmanGUEST
He's a little bit the evil guy, but these minions very much humanize him.
Stephanie KauffmanGUEST
And so we really started putting together a very strong strategy as to why the Minions were going to be the next big pop culture phenomenon.
Stephen CreaghHOST
Question one.
Stephen CreaghHOST
In the Despicable Me series, what are Gru's yellow helpers known as? Minions.
Stephen CreaghHOST
Question two, does cracking your knuckles cause arthritis? No, it does not.
Stephen CreaghHOST
Extensive medical research and long-term studies have found absolutely no link.
Harry SissonHOST
The moon is ours with an American flag.
Harry SissonHOST
Notoriously, the moon is not owned by anybody, but it sounds like the Minions movie where Gru tries to steal the moon.
Harry SissonHOST
The moon is not ours, but Donald Trump, I guess, is claiming that the moon is ours.
Harry SissonHOST
It wouldn't surprise me if he's trying to lay claim and bully other countries into admitting this.
AntonGUEST
Yes.
AntonGUEST
That's Gru's song.
AprilHOST
You're right.
AntonGUEST
That's Gru's second
AprilHOST
song.
AntonGUEST
His first song is Karma Chameleon.
Tim LammersGUEST
Yeah, yeah.
Tim LammersGUEST
So Minions and Monsters, that's the seventh in the Despicable Me franchise, which includes Gru and the Minions.
Tim LammersGUEST
So maybe they're going to start thinking they're going to have to take a step back.
Tom BarnardHOST
There you go.
speaker_2UNKNOWN
And as we are leaving the restaurant, and I'm standing behind him and we're walking out, I've recognized who he reminds me of.
speaker_2UNKNOWN
Um, his posture, the way he's walking, everything about him physically reminded me of Gru from the Minions.
Chris RamseyHOST
[laughs]
speaker_2UNKNOWN
And I couldn't unsee it.
Rosie RamseyHOST
[laughs]
speaker_2UNKNOWN
And I feel so terrible about it because he's lovely.
speaker_2UNKNOWN
He's genuinely a lovely guy, but all I can now see is Gru.
Rosie RamseyHOST
Oh, no. No.
Scott MendelsonGUEST
And it'll probably be a Despicable Me 5.
Scott MendelsonGUEST
And it'll be the first time we've seen Gru since in five years.
Scott MendelsonGUEST
So that will help.
Matt BelloniHOST
So you think that the franchise is not diminished here? I think the franchise is diminished.
Matt BelloniHOST
I did not recall that, but that's why you are you.
Scott MendelsonGUEST
And because it kicked ass in China, it was the only movie of that summer to cross a billion dollars.
Scott MendelsonGUEST
But I always wondered at the time, was that the start of the franchise becoming less of a big deal in North America, which eventually would be followed by overseas? But I do think in a weird way, the COVID-related delay and the generational coronation behind Minions The Rise of Gru may have...
Scott MendelsonGUEST
prevented what otherwise would have been a further downturn for the franchise.
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