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Episode #191: Weirdly Wonderful Movie Merch

Fuel Your Fandom

English - June 21, 2024 14:00 - 1 hour - 61.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 4 ratings
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After their recent news note regarding the (only MILDLY suggestive) Deadpool and Wolverine popcorn bucket, Saint and Jim got to thinking about what other off-the-wall movie tie-in goodies might approach that level of bizarre. So, they went looking. And the internet did what the internet do. Specifically, it revealed a completely nutso underbelly of movie merch they never would've believed existed outside the freakish fever dreams of stimulant-addled studio execs. From "Do you want to smell like Iron Man" fragrance lines, to soundtrack albums to movies with no music, to novelizations of films that were based on books to begin with, there seems to be no end to the bizarro-world swag movie fans could snag to commemorate their fave flicks. So earhole this, and prepare to be confused. Because they were.