In Episode 6 of Pitchin’ Movies With The Sound Off, the boys swing for the fences with Wasatch Wingnuts, a no-salary-cap sports comedy set deep in Utah men’s softball culture. What starts as a simple pitch spirals into an Avengers-level casting spree, featuring bitter rivals, generational beef, hot dad coaches, edible subplots, Mormon jokes, and a championship showdown years in the making. Starring (in our minds): Danny McBride, Shane Gillis, Brad Pitt, Woody Harrelson, Walton Goggins, Kathryn Hahn, Amy Poehler, Seth Rogen, and somehow… Missy Elliott. It’s The Sandlot meets Step Brothers meets a men’s league softball tournament where no mercy rule applies. Like, comment, subscribe — and remember: the Wasatch Wingnuts are coming to a theater near you (eventually). ⏱️ Episode 6 Timestamps 00:00 – Cold Open & Chaos BeginsDanny McBride talk, hot dads, Sean Connery discourse, upside-down notebook energy 02:00 – American Dad! Tangent ZoneAnimated subplots, Goofy Movie rules, pitching cartoons as films 04:20 – The Pitch Begins: Men’s Softball ComedyShane Gillis introduced, semi-pro softball, adult rivalry setup 07:00 – Casting Spiral (Danny McBride, Walton Goggins, Jack McBrayer)Athletic nerds, muscle men, and no budget limitations 11:00 – The Hot Dad RevelationBrad Pitt vs. Woody Harrelson as rival coaches 15:00 – Merch + Subscribe Interlude 17:10 – NBA 2K Franchise Mode LogicSalary cap OFF, casting logic fully abandoned 19:00 – Wives, Edibles & SubplotsAmy Poehler, Kathryn Hahn, Rashida Jones joins the team 24:40 – Naming the Movie (Almost)Avoiding Fever Pitch, defining the vibe 27:00 – Missy Elliott as PitcherAbsolutely no follow-up questions allowed 32:25 – Full Movie BreakdownPlot, rival families, dads coaching against each other 34:40 – Team Rosters & Character NamesJesse & James Montgomery, Lisa Frank (Seth Rogen), Mormon representation 41:00 – The Sandlot DNAChildhood rivalry, generational beef, Utah setting 46:00 – The Title RevealWasatch Wingnuts is born 48:15 – Championship Game & Blowout EndingNo mercy rule. Total domination. 51:10 – Wrap-Up & Final Chaos

Episode 5 — “Perspective.” We pitch a gritty Baltimore noir: a CEO jumps after seeing damning phone images, a pop icon follows, and Detective John Moriarty (think Cillian Murphy) tracks a pattern through a fallen politician and a tech founder (Leo Hex) to a drifter who claims he can make people see who they truly are. Ethics, art vs. artist, analog cigarettes, and one tense alley decision. Comment below (or message us): Bill Burr as the captain—yes or no? Who plays Clark McDonald? What would you do? Merch: Printed-on-demand shirts that fund the show → https://totallyrealbands.comSubscribe for drops at the bottom of that page. more info at: linktr.ee/pmwtso Content note: Discussion of self-harm in fictional context. U.S. help: 988 (call/text). You matter. Chapters00:00 Adult show & ethics cold open00:00:41 Crazy Style tour pitch00:02:09 Bedbugs gag & merch tease00:02:25 Thriller pitch: CEO in the garage00:03:28 Phone horrors; the window00:04:42 Detective enters00:05:10 Casting the businessman00:07:19 Detective tone; art vs. artist00:12:27 Detective John Moriarty (analog)00:15:56 Fourth high-profile case this month00:17:05 Phone is clean00:18:52 Baltimore call00:19:35 Meet “Andre” on the train00:23:07 Restaurant talk; Bill Burr captain?00:25:54 Andre spirals00:28:10 Web of connections00:31:36 Language & ethics sidebar00:37:00 Politician “Clark McDonald”00:40:50 Meet Leo Hex00:46:31 Security bristles; booted00:47:06 Stakeout at HEX HQ00:47:45 The drifter reveal (setup)00:49:25 Car chase; deliberate crash00:51:06 Leo’s bags; real target00:52:28 Foot chase00:53:21 Alley confrontation & “the power”00:54:15 How to buy merch (walkthrough)00:57:10 Recap00:57:37 It’s Cillian00:58:23 Tone comps & Ben Affleck joke01:00:59 Final ethics01:04:12 Outro

Supporting Character — a romance about choosing the harder part. Marcus and Tra$h Dog build a relationship drama where the “movie inside the movie” collides with real life. Sergio Cruz (David Castañeda) is a rising director mounting his third feature. He casts his wife, Annabel Strickland Cruz (Erin Moriarty), as the lead… until she asks to play a different woman in the story — a supporting role that actually challenges her. That choice cracks open their marriage, Sergio’s ego, and a legacy shaped by Sergio Cruz Sr. (John Leguizamo). Meanwhile, Annabel’s family in Lawrence, Kansas—Greg (Tommy Lee Jones) and Carol (Susan Sarandon)—pulls her home, while Sergio’s co-writer Marco Dawson (Bill Hader) tries to keep the film (and the couple) intact. Serious romance, a little comic relief, and the truth that the role that matters isn’t always the lead. Merch & Totally Real Bands: https://totallyrealbands.comAll PMWTSO links: https://linktr.ee/pmwtso 00:00 – Ghost of Stanley Kubrick (Cold Open)00:18 – Theme Song & setup00:46 – Plan: Romance pitch (plus a thriller tease)01:16 – Actress + Director, married and making a film02:20 – Casting the director (David Castañeda energy)05:45 – Casting the actress (Erin Moriarty energy)06:57 – The twist: she wants the supporting role07:39 – How the role complicates the marriage08:44 – Serious romance, with comic relief12:18 – TotallyRealBands.com merch ad break15:16 – Names locked: Sergio Cruz & Annabel (Strickland) Cruz18:50 – Annabel’s Kansas roots (Lawrence) & family21:18 – Parents: Greg (Tommy Lee Jones) & Carol (Susan Sarandon)30:12 – Sergio’s legacy & father: Sergio Cruz Sr. (John Leguizamo)33:00 – He’s not a villain, he’s not listening43:26 – Enter Marco Dawson (Bill Hader), co-writer/friend45:56 – The film-within-film: famous artist; Annabel takes support46:27 – Personal vs. professional; what “supporting” really means48:44 – Title unlocked: “Supporting Character”49:16 – Final cast recap & outro

Best friends and lifelong recording junkies Michael Carnegie (Timothée Chalamet) and Noah Apollo (Lakeith Stanfield) have spent their lives chasing “authentic sound.” As kids, they recorded everything — parents fighting, trains screeching, strangers yelling — anything that felt real. But one day, they miss the sound of someone dying on the tracks, and it changes them forever. Years later, as professional engineers, they’re hired to produce a record for the indie band Pineapple Mouse. What starts as a normal session becomes an unholy pursuit — the search to capture something real, raw, and horrifying. Front of House is Sound of Metal meets The Vanishing, wrapped in the lo-fi dread of a studio haunted by its own recordings. 🎧 New episodes every week — where Marcus and Tra$h Dog pitch the movies Hollywood should be making.👕 Pineapple Mouse & PMWTSO merch: https://totallyrealbands.com📱 All links: https://linktr.ee/pmwtso   00:00 Cold Open  00:10 Welcome Back to Pitchin’ Movies With The Sound Off  00:35 Guess the Episode Number  01:15 The Glasses Fund & Donation Plug  02:18 The Warmup Pitch: “The Guy Who Needs Glasses”  02:34 Transition to Horror: Today’s Genre  03:15 Building a Horror Formula  03:40 The Sound Obsession Begins  04:33 Brothers of Noise  05:20 Recording the Perfect Car Crash  06:05 Marcus’s Vampire on Trial Pitch  07:26 Vampire Politics & Jail Forever  08:07 Scorsese Writes Himself Into the Episode  09:30 Vampire Law & Order  10:37 True Blood Memories  11:20 Eternal Jail for a Vampire  12:07 Living Forever in a Cell  13:00 Nightcrawler Vibes  14:06 Building “Front of House” Characters  15:37 The Foggy Childhood Setup  16:27 Childhood Friendship & Sound Bond  17:22 Subway Upbringing  18:08 Fear of Balloons & Trauma  19:09 “Boys Being Dudes Pretending to Be Men”  20:22 Parents Arguing: The Noise Origin  21:04 Subway Inspiration  22:14 Haunting vs. Lurking Debate  23:08 Political Tangent (Ranked Choice Voting!)  23:56 Early Sound Experiments  25:05 The Band “Pineapple Mouse” Is Born  26:00 “Totally Real Bands” Ad Break  27:11 Pineapple Mouse Merch Tutorial (TotallyRealBands.com)  28:11 Back to the Pitch – Band World-Building  30:00 The Horror Sound Escalates  31:21 Introducing Michael Carnegie & Noah Apollo  32:47 Casting the Leads  34:11 Timothy Chalamet as Michael / Lakeith Stanfield as Noah  36:07 Pete Davidson Enters the Picture  37:04 Pineapple Mouse Recording Begins  38:07 The Band Becomes Central  40:22 Casting the Band Members  41:22 Liam, Julie, Brady & the Crew  42:46 Building the Story Timeline  44:07 The Obsession With Authentic Sound  48:15 Childhood to Career Montage  50:12 Meeting Pineapple Mouse  51:35 Recording the Album  52:14 Crossing the Line – Secret Recordings  53:20 The Fatal Car Crash Recording  54:07 “Hollywood Recordings” Gone Wrong  55:18 The Fallout & Album Success  56:04 Obsession Grows  57:06 The Second Album  58:03 Inviting Liam to the Studio  59:10 The Murder Recording Scene  01:00:20 The Final Album  01:01:19 Subway Jump Finale  01:02:00 Title Reveal: “Front of House”  01:03:13 Wrap-Up & Pineapple Mouse Merch Plug  01:03:42 Outro: “Pitchin’ Movies With The Sound Off”  

This week on Pitchin’ Movies With The Sound Off, Marcus and Tra$h Dog pitch a movie about ego, karaoke, and midlife meltdown — Professor Beyoncé. Nathan Fielder stars (in our universe) as Professor Martin Yonce, a tenured computer science professor who’s been overlooked his entire career. After a campus karaoke night and one surprisingly flawless Beyoncé cover, he becomes a viral legend — but fame and obsession hit harder than a final exam. It’s a dark comedy about fame, failure, and the dangers of trying to be “cool.” Cast (in our version):🎓 Nathan Fielder — Professor Martin “Beyoncé” Yonce🎤 Matthew McConaughey — Professor David Watterson💼 Tina Fey — Professor Margaret Laskin🏈 Jacob Elordi — Zane Maxwell🎧 Barbie Ferreira — Deb Majors🏛️ Janine Garofalo — Gem Yonce📋 Michael Ian Black — Dean Mark Finch 🎧 New episode every other week.👕 Merch & Totally Real Bands: https://www.totallyrealbands.com📱 All links: https://linktr.ee/PMWTSO   00:00 – Cold Open  Marcus and Tra$h Dog lock in the title *Professor Beyoncé* — and immediately start laughing at how bad an idea it is. 00:35 – Welcome to the Episode  The hosts introduce *Pitchin’ Movies With The Sound Off* and joke about missing their horror-movie homework from last week. 02:25 – A Professor with Tenure (and Regret)  The concept forms: a mid-career college professor decides this is the year he’s finally going to be “cool.” 03:40 – Casting Begins: Nathan Fielder as Martin Yonce  They land on Nathan Fielder as the perfect awkward lead, a computer science professor whose attempt at reinvention goes horribly right. 06:15 – Finding the Name  Martin Yonce is born — complete with a tilde debate and the discovery that “Professor Beyoncé” just *works.* 09:50 – Building the World  The campus comes to life: Columbia-adjacent, bougie New Jersey vibes, filled with smug professors and cooler students. 11:20 – Enter Zane Maxwell  Jacob Elordi plays Zane, the effortlessly cool student who triggers Martin’s midlife identity crisis. 14:00 – The Cool Professor Montage  Martin tries to become “that guy” — new clothes, new gym membership, new insecurities. 17:15 – Meet the Faculty  Matthew McConaughey becomes Professor David Watterson, the effortlessly cool colleague; Tina Fey joins as his partner, Margaret Laskin. 20:25 – The Wife on the Building  Martin’s wife, Gem Yonce (Janine Garofalo), is revealed to be part of an old-money family whose name is literally on the college. 23:10 – Faculty Envy and Awkward Marriage  Martin’s professional jealousy and dead marriage boil over — and we get a painfully awkward dinner scene. 30:30 – Totally Real Bands Ad Break  Tra$h Dog gives a chaotic live read for **TotallyRealBands.com**, featuring Pineapple Mouse, Favorite Goose, and Priest King. 33:30 – The Makeover & the Meltdown  Martin updates his wardrobe, gets ignored by his wife, and starts spiraling toward “cool guy” delusion. 36:00 – The New Semester  A new school year begins — and Zane ends up in Martin’s class, sparking an unlikely (and uncomfortable) friendship. 39:10 – Invited to the Scene  Martin hears about Zane’s band hangout and decides to show up, uninvited, to a Priest King basement show. 41:10 – Priest King Live  Martin’s first taste of “the scene” — chaotic punk, trash cans flying, and total sensory overload. 44:00 – New Friends, Old Pain  Martin tries to join in, buys everyone drinks, and embarrasses himself into becoming part of the group anyway. 49:00 – Karaoke Night  The fateful scene: Martin’s surprisingly incredible Beyoncé performance earns him a new title — *Professor Beyoncé.* 51:20 – Campus Fame  He wakes up hungover to cheering students. He’s gone viral. He’s finally “cool.” 52:45 – Deb Majors, the Student  Barbie Ferreira’s Deb enters the story — a student whose brief hookup with Martin sends everything downhill. 53:40 – The Downfall  Martin brags about the relationship, rewrites his coursework around Beyoncé, and loses his grip on reality. 54:10 – Dean Finch’s Of

Pitchin’ Movies With The Sound Off Welcome to the premiere episode of Pitchin’ Movies With The Sound Off, where hosts Marcus and Tra$h Dog do what Hollywood would never dare — pitch a movie about someone they barely know, based entirely on a YouTube video filmed in a basement. This week’s cinematic masterpiece: How Gerald Died, the totally real and completely unnecessary biopic of Leo Sayer, the blue-eyed king of soul you might only know from An Extremely Goofy Movie. Expect chaotic “research,” questionable casting, and a full-blown cinematic universe that starts (and probably ends) right here. 🎬 In This Episode The heroic fire rescue that starts it all Casting Hugh Grant, Jesse Eisenberg, and Joe Keery in roles they didn’t ask for The “Beatles Scene” that could get us sued Clown symbolism, character deaths, and unearned emotional payoffs 👕 Grab Some Totally Real Merch 👉 https://totallyrealbands.com 💰 Support the Show on Patreon 👉 https://www.patreon.com/cw/PitchinMoviesWithTheSoundOff 🎧 Follow for New Episodes Every Week Early access, shoutouts, and behind-the-scenes chaos await our patrons. 🔖 Episode Chapters 00:00 – Welcome to Pitchin’ Movies With The Sound Off00:35 – The premise: “We’re making a biopic about someone we don’t know”02:00 – The concept: How Gerald Died04:00 – Who is Leo Sayer? (and why should we care?)06:10 – Crafting the opening fire rescue scene08:20 – Casting chaos: Hugh Grant, Jesse Eisenberg & Joe Keery10:45 – Building the Totally Real Music Universe13:00 – The Beatles cameo (bad idea, great moment)15:30 – Gerald’s rise, fall, and redemption arc18:45 – Clown symbolism and the emotional finale22:00 – Totally Real Bands merch plug23:00 – Wrapping up the pitch (and kind of the plot)25:00 – Outro & tease for Episode 2