Uploaded March 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Amy & Paul shift gears for 2006's Will Ferrell NASCAR comedy Talladega Nights: The Ballad Of Ricky Bobby! They trace director Adam McKay's origins back to his Second City show Piñata Full of Bees, remember the mid 00's era of French baddies and freedom fries, and make the case McKay has always been a political filmmaker. Plus: what do you get your grandma who just turned 80?
Listen to the full episode here: listen.earwolf.com/unspooledpod
Amy & Paul shift gears for 2006's Will Ferrell NASCAR comedy Talladega Nights: The Ballad Of Ricky Bobby! They trace director Adam McKay's origins back to his Second City show Piñata Full of Bees, remember the mid 00's era of French baddies and freedom fries, and make the case McKay has always been a political filmmaker. Plus: what do you get your grandma who just turned 80?
Listen to the full episode here: listen.earwolf.com/unspooledpod
![[SPOILER] Hollywood Handbook - The Masked Engineer Reveal](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/pfiZw7oxkrs/mqdefault.jpg "[SPOILER] Hollywood Handbook - The Masked Engineer Reveal
Id absolutely lose my sh*t and never get it back
The triumphant reveal of Engineer The Jackal
Hollywood Handbook - Episode #274 - https://www.earwolf.com/episode/the-masked-engineer-our-masked-friend/")
