Josh Spiegel
@mousterpiece.bsky.social
The co-host of Mousterpiece Melodies, a podcast about the songs of Disney movies.
Email me at [email protected].
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Hello, friends! As we ramp up to the Thanksgiving holiday, it's no better time than to get away from the craziness of the human world and head under the sea. That's where Scott and Josh are headed on ...
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It’s a pre-Thanksgiving miracle in podcast form! In our latest episode of Mousterpiece Melodies, @scottrenshaw.bsky.social and I give you the scuttlebutt on the songs of Disney’s beloved animated classic The Little Mermaid: mousterpiecemelodies.podbean.com/e/mousterpie...
You will be visited by three spirits
December 10, 2025 at 12:47 AM
You will be visited by three spirits
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it's 2025 and the gangly guy who appeared on a few seasons of The Office is now our only mirror to society
December 9, 2025 at 9:21 PM
it's 2025 and the gangly guy who appeared on a few seasons of The Office is now our only mirror to society
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Will Arnett was on Conan and told a story about how Conan dealt with the death of his parents by accusing Jason Bateman of killing them. It’s so funny.
December 9, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Will Arnett was on Conan and told a story about how Conan dealt with the death of his parents by accusing Jason Bateman of killing them. It’s so funny.
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if you gave every person on earth a chance to guess the reveal here there would not be a single correct answer
I can’t emphasize enough how much you need to watch this until the end
December 9, 2025 at 5:10 PM
if you gave every person on earth a chance to guess the reveal here there would not be a single correct answer
I'm very disappointed to see the Mets unwilling to re-sign Edwin Diaz, but now the heart attacks he would inspire are bequeathed to Dodgers fans.
December 9, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I'm very disappointed to see the Mets unwilling to re-sign Edwin Diaz, but now the heart attacks he would inspire are bequeathed to Dodgers fans.
"But remember, I'm a very smart guy."
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 3:20 PM
"But remember, I'm a very smart guy."
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"Ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country.” — John F. Kennedy Jr.
“Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.” — Robert F. Kennedy Sr.
"Mommy milky." — Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
“Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.” — Robert F. Kennedy Sr.
"Mommy milky." — Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
RFK Jr: "All of the ingenuity of corporate America has not produced an infant formula that is superior in nutrition and all the qualities that we want to the infant formula that God made, which is the infant formula in a mother's breast."
December 8, 2025 at 9:17 PM
"Ask not what your country can do for you—ask what you can do for your country.” — John F. Kennedy Jr.
“Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.” — Robert F. Kennedy Sr.
"Mommy milky." — Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
“Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.” — Robert F. Kennedy Sr.
"Mommy milky." — Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Colbert’s standing in a trench.
okay is Conan way taller than I think he is or is Colbert way shorter than I think he is
December 8, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Colbert’s standing in a trench.
Do any political journalists know how to write well? Is that not job qualification anymore?
Possibly the only thing more freakish than Nuzzi's prose is the contortions her defenders twist themselves into. "She's not just hot, but she definitely is hot, while also being a vulnerable smol child. Also, criticizing her is sexist."
December 8, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Do any political journalists know how to write well? Is that not job qualification anymore?
Two things can be true:
1. The level of support for Paul Dano has gotten a little goofy.
2. Normalizing that Tarantino’s opinions are largely idiotic is a good thing.
1. The level of support for Paul Dano has gotten a little goofy.
2. Normalizing that Tarantino’s opinions are largely idiotic is a good thing.
December 8, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Two things can be true:
1. The level of support for Paul Dano has gotten a little goofy.
2. Normalizing that Tarantino’s opinions are largely idiotic is a good thing.
1. The level of support for Paul Dano has gotten a little goofy.
2. Normalizing that Tarantino’s opinions are largely idiotic is a good thing.
My only futile awards hope this year is that Paul Thomas Anderson, Adam Sandler, and Emily Watson all get Oscar nominations, in a delayed Punch-Drunk Love hat trick.
December 8, 2025 at 4:24 PM
My only futile awards hope this year is that Paul Thomas Anderson, Adam Sandler, and Emily Watson all get Oscar nominations, in a delayed Punch-Drunk Love hat trick.
The greatest trick the Hollywood Foreign Press Association ever pulled is getting people willing to debate their sham of an awards every goddamn year.
December 8, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The greatest trick the Hollywood Foreign Press Association ever pulled is getting people willing to debate their sham of an awards every goddamn year.
My HOF hot take is that I’m glad Carlos Delgado got so many votes, and he should get in one day.
December 8, 2025 at 12:51 AM
My HOF hot take is that I’m glad Carlos Delgado got so many votes, and he should get in one day.
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folks, is "let's murder everyone for whatever reason we want" a good policy
WELKER: Is there any hard evidence showing this particular boat was headed to the US?
TOM COTTON: That didn't come up in my briefing
WELKER: Are you comfortable having the US target a boat that you're not sure is heading to the US?
COTTON: I'm not just comfortable with it -- I want to continue it
TOM COTTON: That didn't come up in my briefing
WELKER: Are you comfortable having the US target a boat that you're not sure is heading to the US?
COTTON: I'm not just comfortable with it -- I want to continue it
December 7, 2025 at 10:04 PM
folks, is "let's murder everyone for whatever reason we want" a good policy
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You couldn’t make BLAZING SADDLES today. You have laundry to do.
December 7, 2025 at 7:06 PM
You couldn’t make BLAZING SADDLES today. You have laundry to do.
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Truly love how Netflix is treating this like the climax of Avengers: Endgame.
Netflix, which rarely carries a single movie from before 1980, wants you to know how thrilled they are to acquire that classic piece of franchise IP, Casablanca
December 6, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Truly love how Netflix is treating this like the climax of Avengers: Endgame.
At Episodic Medium, I wrote about a very “I see what you did there” episode of Elsbeth and a surprisingly compelling and thematically consistent Matlock: www.episodicmedium.tv/review-elsbe...
Review: Elsbeth, “Basket Case” | Season 3, Episode 8 / Matlock, "Prior Bad Acts" | Season 2, Episode 7
How come, Coach Willoughby?
www.episodicmedium.tv
December 6, 2025 at 2:29 AM
At Episodic Medium, I wrote about a very “I see what you did there” episode of Elsbeth and a surprisingly compelling and thematically consistent Matlock: www.episodicmedium.tv/review-elsbe...
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Biden never slept through meetings but Jake Tapper wrote a whole book about how he was too old.
December 5, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Biden never slept through meetings but Jake Tapper wrote a whole book about how he was too old.
This is my shocked face.
Breaking: Vanity Fair and Olivia Nuzzi agreed to part ways after new revelations and allegations about an affair with RFK Jr. and her behavior while reporting on him.
Exclusive | Vanity Fair to Part Ways With Journalist Olivia Nuzzi
Nuzzi’s contract with Vanity Fair expires at year-end, following new allegations and revelations about her conduct while she reported on Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
on.wsj.com
December 5, 2025 at 8:21 PM
This is my shocked face.
Unfortunately, for George Lucas, “original” means “MacLunkey”.
December 5, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Unfortunately, for George Lucas, “original” means “MacLunkey”.
Seeing an FYC email for Tron Ares is a nice reminder that it’s good to have dreams, no matter how impossible.
December 5, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Seeing an FYC email for Tron Ares is a nice reminder that it’s good to have dreams, no matter how impossible.
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in the movies this is the screensaver on the computers at the world’s most evil company
December 5, 2025 at 7:03 PM
in the movies this is the screensaver on the computers at the world’s most evil company