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Josh Spiegel

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The co-host of Mousterpiece Melodies, a podcast about the songs of Disney movies. Email me at [email protected].

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Josh Spiegel @mousterpiece.bsky.social · 7d

We're back! (A Podcaster's Story.) @scottrenshaw.bsky.social and I are podcasting once more as a new season of Mousterpiece Melodies kicks off with our discussion of talk-show hosts, mouse voices, and also, the songs of the 1950 classic Cinderella: mousterpiecemelodies.podbean.com/e/mousterpie...

Mousterpiece Melodies -- Episode 12: Cinderella | Mousterpiece Melodies

Hey, friends! We're b-b-b-b-b-back! Scott and Josh are back in action, podcasting once more as a new season of Mousterpiece Melodies begins. This time around, they're moving up in the history of princ...

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Josh Spiegel @mousterpiece.bsky.social · 11h

Noel has never been more correct.

Noel Murray @noelmu.bsky.social · 4d

Sometimes we as a society get so disgusted and offended by a TV commercial that the ad quickly gets pulled from the air, and friends, we need to apply that takedown energy towards the Verizon commercial where the guy at the plastic surgeon has his mouth in his chest. This is an emergency.

Josh Spiegel @mousterpiece.bsky.social · 16h

I can hear that laugh so distinctly. A shame that line didn’t make the final cut.

Farced Perspective podcast @farcedperspective.com · 16h

Many reposts of this, and well-deserved. When one just pastes the New Yorker link into the interface, the lede is, "The actor and singer discusses the origins of 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show,' his relationship with David Bowie, and the joy of working with Miss Piggy." Well, tet's cut to the chase:

An excerpt from an October 12, 2025 interview with Tim Curry in The New Yorker:

[Michael Schulman, interviewer:] A few years after that, you did "Muppet Treasure Island." Did you have conflict with any of the Muppets?
[Timy Curry:] I didn't. They're my favorites, actually. One of the great things about working with them is that you come to see them as characters and not as puppets, which is down to the brilliance of the Muppeteers. I loved Miss Piggy. We got on great.
[Schulman:] She's difficult to share the spotlight with.
[Curry:] She is. She's a greedy girl. It was established in the script that we had, maybe sometime in the past, some kind of a fling together. And I improvised a line which never made it into the movie: "Once you've had pork, you never look back." [Deep laugh.]

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Josh Spiegel @mousterpiece.bsky.social · 19h

In short:

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Josh Spiegel @mousterpiece.bsky.social · 19h

Disney has tried so hard to make Tron into a viable franchise, but they did zilch with The Rocketeer. For shame.

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Josh Spiegel @mousterpiece.bsky.social · 20h

“Ratio me. Please.” is the 2025 version of “I’m not mad, please don’t write in the newspaper that I’m mad.”

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Josh Spiegel @mousterpiece.bsky.social · 22h

Adjusted for inflation, John Carter had a $42 million opening weekend. (And to another question I saw, Morbius had a $39 million opening weekend.)

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Henry Taylor @tgrahammemories.bsky.social · 23h

Is that inflation adjusted?

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Josh Spiegel @mousterpiece.bsky.social · 23h

Tron: Ares making $3 million more in its opening weekend than John Carter did back in 2012.

a man in a suit and tie is talking to another man in an elevator and says `` not great , bob '' .

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Josh Spiegel @mousterpiece.bsky.social · 1d

More than anything else, we’re one step closer to a World Series entirely in stadiums that have roofs.

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Josh Spiegel @mousterpiece.bsky.social · 1d

This man was last seen in the opening credits sequence of Cheers.

Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 6d

You just got beat by a time traveler from the 1910s

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Josh Spiegel @mousterpiece.bsky.social · 1d

I wonder if The Grey Zone was a connection, too, since it was directed by Tim Blake Nelson.

Josh Spiegel @mousterpiece.bsky.social · 1d

I saw the Demon Slayer movie today under…we’ll say mild duress…and the moment when I perked up the most was when I recognized a very famous voice in the dub.

a man says " my name is jeff " in front of another man

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Jacob Oller @jacoboller.bsky.social · 1d

woke up from a nap in a frenzy

a few good men but make it a few small beers

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Josh Spiegel @mousterpiece.bsky.social · 1d

That none of them respond to the joke only makes it better.

sadvil 😎 @sadvil.bsky.social · 1d

A great weekend to share Jeff Bridges making a perfect joke

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Justin LaLiberty @jlalibs.com · 1d

What an absolute treasure Diane Keaton was. Her wit never tired, nor did her style.

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Josh Spiegel @mousterpiece.bsky.social · 1d

I will take your word for it! Never saw it, for obvious reasons.

Josh Spiegel @mousterpiece.bsky.social · 1d

Jared Leto is fetch, and Hollywood execs are all Amanda Seyfried in Mean Girls.

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Josh Spiegel @mousterpiece.bsky.social · 1d

It really is hilarious that the first time a movie featuring Jared Leto made at least $100 million at the domestic box office is also the only time. (Suicide Squad, a movie no one had negative thoughts about.)

Jessica Ritchey @jmritchey.bsky.social · 1d

Jared Leto may have a toxic reputation, he may have a wildly unappealing screen presence, but say what you will, he also can't open a movie either.

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 1d

Mamdani talking lucidly and passionately about trans rights and history in a video that should frankly shame every politician who has hemmed and hawed and triangulated and said, "Well, but sports..." It's not that hard to tell the truth and stand for what's right. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEvV...

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Josh Spiegel @mousterpiece.bsky.social · 1d

Legacy also opened to $43 million in its opening weekend, and benefitted from the long holiday season. This new movie has no such luck. (And it didn’t have competition this week!)

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Josh Spiegel @mousterpiece.bsky.social · 1d

It is inaccurate to say that Tron or Tron Legacy were flops, to be clear. They weren’t! But they’ve never been world-beaters. Legacy made $172 million domestically on a $200 million budget. Not a flop, but also not great, Bob.

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Josh Spiegel @mousterpiece.bsky.social · 1d

Also, sorry, the third film in a franchise that has always been a cult success with a hard ceiling didn’t do massive numbers? The hell, you say.

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Josh Spiegel @mousterpiece.bsky.social · 1d

Hold on, are you telling me that a new big-budget Jared Leto movie has not translated to box office success? You’re blowing my mind here.

Cosmic Marvel @dailycosmicmarvel.bsky.social · 1d

‘TRON: ARES’ has earned $14.3M in its opening day at the domestic box office.

For comparison, ‘MORBIUS’ opened to $17.3M.

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Adam B. Vary @adambvary.bsky.social · 2d

I wish I was surprised that Deadline claims it asked questions that were actually asked by me and other journalists at this James Gunn press conference. No one from Deadline even *submitted questions* for it (and I know, because I moderated). This is just brazen and sad.

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Josh Spiegel @mousterpiece.bsky.social · 2d

I genuinely don’t know how I managed to not realize this already. bsky.app/profile/itss...

Shane Zeagman 🇨🇦 @itsshazam.bsky.social · 2d

If we win, we don't need to go to the White House.