[Teaser] 653: ‘Chad Powers’ Creator Michael Waldron

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This week’s Frotcast guest: Michael Waldron, co-creator of Chad Powers on Hulu! (Previously: Heels and Loki). Don’t miss the Chad Powers season finale, Tuesday, October 28. Anyway, Michael is dishing the dirt and legitimizing us with his presence this week, telling us all about how an Eli Manning sketch became a TV show that’s actually good, how he got permission to use real college teams in his show about college football, the joys of letting Glen Powell be silly, and why the best writing advice is actually “pretend you’re really stupid.”

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Hey! Hi. It’s another episode of the Frotcast, pretty much the same as the last 652 times. Yep. Anyyyywayyyy, what’s in the news???

AI parties are in the news, that’s what! It’s a perfect descriptor because it’s an unnecessary, shoddy, low-effort facsimile of an original idea. The short version is, a group of besties in San Francisco have gotten together to show us that you can’t spell “alienated from your friends and family” without AI. Listen to the whole segment if you want to feel really sad, though.

We then hear the harrowing tales of discrimination and harassment that our poor Cybertruck owners have to endure. We hear from several, none of whom seem to say anything about the truck itself, and instead focus on the reactions it elicits. There’s probably a lesson there but this podcast is about the doo doo, brother. Anyway, it absolutely cements the Cybertruck’s status as America’s Most Divorced Car. You know what they say, being a Cybertruck owner means never having to put the seat down.

Finally, long time Frotfan/first time Frotguest Michael Waldron joins us to discuss his new show, Chad Powers starring Glen Powers. Powell! Glen Powell. He walks us through how he and Powell turned a ten-minute prank sketch into a hit TV show (through a mutual deep and unabiding love of the 1998 action blockbuster Armageddon, of course), the challenges of writing a show based around time travel (For his other show Loki, Chad doesn’t have those kind of powers), and the majestic soaring height of the Manning Brothers. It’s kinda nice because short kings Vince and Michael get to commiserate over having tall colleagues. Must be rough.

Everything’s computer, including Vince’s smart TV, which is working out great for him, so stream Chad Powers now on Hulu.