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Episode #791: Wish Upon

“He is the hottest hoarder you’ve ever seen!” - Steve on Ryan Phillippe’s character

On this week’s episode, the 2025 Listener Request Month comes to a close with a rowdy discussion about the ridiculously tame PG-13 horror movie, Wish Upon! Why on Earth did they care about avoiding an R rating with this fake Final Destination movie? What is with all the dumpster diving? Why couldn’t this wish box talk or be accompanied by a ghost or something? And where is literally any faculty administrator with all the bullying going down at this school? PLUS: How can one be a slut for wontons? 

Wish Upon stars Joey King, Ryan Phillippe, Ki Hong Lee, Mitchell Slaggert, Shannon Purser, Sydney Park, Elisabeth Röhm, Alice Lee, and Sherilyn Fenn as Mrs. Deluca; directed by John R. Leonetti.

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Episode #791: Wish Upon

Comments

"Toots with a Silent J" made me laugh so hard.

Sonya Ballantyne

You get to see Bruce Willis' dong. That's the movies claim to fame.

John Locke

My wife and I had one and it's the best thing ever. No more smelly garbage! But now we live in our house with a septic tank so we can't have one.

John Locke

Same here. I'm struggling to get through this turd.

John Locke

This movie sounded so awful that I had to check it out. Question. Why do Claire and her dad look about 5 years apart in age?

John Locke

Update* I am currently watching Wish Upon after hearing you guys talk about it ... I can't believe you were able to finish this turd of a movie 💩

Watch_N_Rewatch

I watched this last night for this episode and wow what a shitshow

Dalton Barrett

To quote the classic Gilbert Gotfried interview from long ago…. I WANT TO BE RICH… HIT BY A BUS RICH!!!!!! 🤑 😂😂😂 Congrats on another successful Listener Request Month Gents! Loved it 👏🏻👏🏻👍🏻

Carlos Ramirez

I support my Constitutional right to have a garbage disposal, as the founding fathers and mothers intended. I'm a slut for garbage disposals. This is a quintessential great ep, terrible movie for me

Smaug

Great episode but I particularly loved when it briefly turned into The Nexus featuring “Captain Face”.

Craig

But is he a Dumpster Zaddy?

MarkNM

This episode makes me remember your interview with Gilbert. "I wish I was rich. Balls bitten off by a dog rich!"

Jamie

I never really liked turkey and that’s what this movie is.

Frank Grimes

I got thru link, i somehow got thru duffel bag, i made it home on Shame, but dude, this one crushed my spirit. I turned it off like Steve watching Dirty Grandpa. Sorry, listener, u broke me.

Brandon

Game Show Network is blaring in the waiting room while I start this and honestly? VHS Trailer Game would kill.

Tala Hobballah

I think the Slender Man movie is Bye Bye at home

Jamie

I would have wagered cash money that they had done an episode on Color of Night. I must have been thinking of HDTGM.

Jamie

Thanks for the Columbus, Ohio shoutout. Entirely accurate. To quote one of our more infamous billboards, Hell is real.

Dominic Kovell

My interest in that game barely lasted a day, yeah. - Andrew

We Hate Movies

omg I JUST watched enemy of the state last weekend I’m so excited to hear ya’ll talk about it me and my sisters had a blast lol!

Nathalie Pena

My father-n-law is a trumpet jazz dad 😬

TDB

Never Been Chrissed?

Hard To Gwil

You boys were correct, Byrne is in Stigmata as well as End Of Days. He was going through a real heaven vs. hell phase and he was playing both sides!

Adam Ray

Speaking of “box addicts,” can’t fucking wait for Michael Douglas in the Gamentary

RJ Cunningham

I let out an audible “woooow!” when Andrew revealed this director also helmed Mortal Kombat Annihilation. Also I didn’t realize they were trying to uglify Phillippe until he got his “glow up” with shaving his sexy facial hair and giving him a sax. That’s worse than the classic trope of “beautiful actress wearing glasses to make them ugly.” I truly didn’t even realize they were doing that Phillippe

RJ Cunningham

Anyone ever try the Ghostbusters version of Pokémon Go? Probably played it all of two minutes.

Darryl Bowen

I've seen Color of Night three times, but all on broadcast tv; so the one thing I know nothing about in that movie is the sex scenes.

The Wheel

Shawn Mullins name was said more times in this episode than the entire last two decades combined

RJ Cunningham

Bravo on tmnt hyper stone heist reference.

Mark D Myers

A unified rant against garbage disposals?!?! Join the 20th century!

Supposing they brought

Pokemon Go-ers are definitely still around. I was walking down the street the other day and had to push my way through a group of them, faces down to their phones, powerbank cables coming out of their pockets. I was shocked they were still a thing!

Tony King

Parent of a youth here to say Pokémon GO is very much still alive and well.

ChasingKillersMusic

I posted too soon! Chris mentions Columbus (where I live)! It sucks here… I travel to New York as frequently as I can.

Derek Baxter

Listening now and being from Ohio and hearing Steve and Eric talk about “Ohio rich”, I have to say… they aren’t wrong.

Derek Baxter

Hold on, you dig on shitty multiverse movies that talk about multiverse movies?

Daryl Williams

This movie came out in an era of these poorly produced horror movies somehow getting theatrical releases. Granted, that certainly still happens, but it also came out about 6 months after The Bye-Bye Man and has very similar energy. On that note, The Bye-Bye Man also happens to be one of my favorite old episodes of the podcast and the energy of this episode is also VERY similar, and I love it.

Busiris

Never saw Color of Night and was immediately screaming in the car. Give me my gatdam points. Edit: okay, I may have seen a few specific minutes of it.

MarkNM

I'm guessing the WLM will be either Crimson Tide or Unforgiven, leaning towards Tide as it has more in common with Enemy of the State.

Justine Prudhomme

Same! - Andrew

We Hate Movies

Right? No electrician worth their salt is installing the garbage disposal button there! - Andrew

We Hate Movies

Out of that whole comment, the thing I zeroed in on immediately was that you had burritos in our school cafeteria! Very jealous! - Andrew

We Hate Movies

The VHS Trailer Game is really neck and neck: Steve has 28 points, Andrew has 26 and Eric has 24!

Felipe Sobreiro

lol, is that true? Is the game still big? Can't remember the last time I saw someone "catching them all" in public. - Andrew

We Hate Movies

I see what you did there, Toupee... - Andrew

We Hate Movies

Hell yes, can't wait till next week for enemy of the state. By far my fave will Smith movie/role. Hackman and him had great chemistry....and that cast was stacked!

Frank Grimes

Is it sad that when Steve said "Is it because I'm a lesbian?" made laugh so hard that I choked on my breakfast burrito? I knew exactly what the reference was

James C Harris

2 hrs + on Wish Upon is a dead give away for a trailer game

David Thompson

Yeah, she could have wished she was a little bit taller,she could have wished she was a baller or wished she had a girl who looked good, or a rabbit in a hat with a bat and a six-four Impala.

CharlesGrodin'sToupee

Judging from past experiences, a slut for wontons is the best type of wanton woman.

CharlesGrodin'sToupee

"mom, can we watch The Bye Bye Man?" "no, we have The Bye Bye Man at home" The Bye Bye Man at home:

Alex Murica

Fun fact, pokémon go is still around, and it was just purchased by the Saudis.

Ray

I was big into the show Hoarders back in 2011. My ex wife and I would watch an episode while eating dinner and see who would be grossed out the most. I don't know what you'll find of use dumpster diving at a school. I lost a retainer at school when I accidentally threw it away during lunch and my mom came to help dig through trash which was nothing but open/half drank milk cartons and burritos...we did not find it and she was pretty pissed about the whole thing. Got a free replacement though.

Darryl Bowen

Regarding the garbage disposal, I was most upset with the placement of the on/off switch: perfect hip height? These are Z-grade Final Destination kills but that was just lazy.

John Zurkuhlen

Fuck yes, I love this movie!!!!! And I totally dig on multiverses 🤣

Evan

So happy this got picked up

Tom

The thing I remember most vividly is the ending and bursting out laughing when it happened.

Voror

Man, this is going to be a funny ep and I'm sure the guys go into this extensively, but I gotta say something. This girl is the shittiest wisher in the history of wish stories. She's on wish number 5. She knows this thing works by now and she's like 'Um, I guess I wish my friends were super horny for my dad.' WHAT THE HELL?

johnny stocker


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