Last Looks: Date with an Angel
A quick overview of How Did This Get Made’s last looks on Date with an Angel, highlighting fan-tagline suggestions, debates over the film’s brain-tumor premise, discord-driven misdirections, and previews of audience corrections, deleted scenes, and upcoming discussion. It also teases current TV favorites and the next movie pick.
Key Takeaways
- Discord drama reveals how vote-driven hype often backfires, exposing groupthink and fragile fan cultures alike.
- Mouth-to-mouth silliness in Date with an Angel becomes a microcosm for 80s filmmaking misfires and CPR myths.
- Tumor as plot device reads like a running joke about unreliable explanations—ludicrous but oddly self-aware meta-humor.
- Corrections segments turn fan feedback into performative accountability, yet still boost engagement more than the episode itself.
- Go Van Goes' meta-taglines and theme song props show the show’s strength: turning chaos into playful, shareable lore.
Who is mentioned in this episode?
14 people come up, including Paul Shear, Jason Mantzoukas, Sarah Sherman.
- Paul Shear (Person)
- Jason Mantzoukas (Person)
- Sarah Sherman (Person)
- Clive Owen (Person)
- Paul Giamatti (Person)
- Monica Bellucci (Person)
- Steve Martin (Person)
- James Meredith (Person)
- Taylor Swift (Person)
- Timothy Olyphant (Person)
- Nicole Byer (Person)
- Edie Patterson (Person)
- Danielle Schneider (Person)
- Rob Pub (Person)
What is recommended in this episode?
Wonderman, 30 Rock, Reggie Dinkens and 1 more.
- Wonderman (Media)
- 30 Rock (Media)
- Reggie Dinkens (Media)
- Girls5eva (Media)
Sponsors of this episode
- Joyful Recollections of Trauma (Book)
- Dinosaur Improv (Organization)
- Largo (Location)
Mentioned in this episode
- Shoot 'Em Up (Media)
- Discord (Organization)
- Born Sexy Yesterday (Concept)
- Only Murders in the Building (Media)
- Tumor (Concept)
- The Core (Media)
- Astro City (Concept)
- Passion Play (Media)
- Los Angeles (Location)
- Jacob's Ladder (Concept)
- Clash of the Titans (Media)
- CPR (Concept)
- Berlin Wall (Event)
- London (Location)
- Hawaii (Location)