Podbit · 2 Bears, 1 Cave with Tom Segura & Bert Kreischer
Bert Kreischer's gym teacher told him that javelin was banned in Florida because Michael Landon killed a man at a track meet. The story crumbles immediately under fact-checking — Landon went to high school in New Jersey, not Florida — but the group confirms he did throw javelins competitively, and the truth remains elusive. The legend lives.
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The pivot comes from Tom describing footage of a quadruple amputee who allegedly committed a gun murder — a man shown loading a magazine, pulling the action, and firing out a window, as well as doing cocaine upside down in a tree stand. From this genuine amazement at the human capacity to adapt, Tom and Bert produce their movie pitch: The Quad Squad. Four FBI agents, one ISIS van explosion, four quadriplegics. The mission: find the people who did this to them. [1] — Bert Kreischer "Tom Segura and Bert Kreischer pitched their movie to Nick Kroll live on air: four FBI agents, a van blown up by ISIS, all four left quadrip…" 1:01:18 Nick Kroll says he's in before Tom finishes the sentence, but issues one creative note: the whole thing has to be practical. No CGI. He will go full Daniel Day-Lewis. His character has no arms or legs at all. The casting is resolved in real time — Eddie Murphy is the head in a Voltron configuration, with Tom and Bert forming the lower body inside a large overcoat. The pitch is immediately identified as Bert's best path back to Eddie Murphy.
Tom Segura and Bert Kreischer pitched their movie to Nick Kroll live on air: four FBI agents, a van blown up by ISIS, all four left quadriplegic, hunt down the people responsible. The Quad Squad. Nick immediately signed on — but only if it's all practical effects, Daniel Day-Lewis style. Eddie Murphy is the head.
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Oliver North traveled to Iran under the alias 'William P. Goode' with a fake passport. CIA Director William Casey allegedly gave him cyanide pills so he could kill himself rather than be tortured if captured. He returned safely and the deal moved forward.
The Pentagon sold missiles to the CIA for $3,700 each. The CIA sold them to Richard Secord at cost. Secord sold them to Iranian middleman Ghorbanifar for $10,000 each. Ghorbanifar charged Iran even more. The profit — including $3 million in interest in one Swiss account — was diverted directly to fund the Nicaraguan Contras.
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