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 Office   Michael Ian Black’s Dean Finch delivers the ultimate meltdown monologue — Martin is suspended, but only because his wife’s name is on the building. 55:40 – The Spiral   Martin stalks Deb, hacks her phone, and deludes himself into believing it’s love. 58:00 – The Vent Scene   Martin plans a grand romantic gesture: sneaking through the locker room vents. It does *not* go as planned. 59:10 – The Locker Room Finale   He crashes through the ceiling, naked, mid-meltdown — the legend of Professor Beyoncé is sealed forever. 01:00:20 – The Arrest   Police lead Martin out, pantsless, as students chant “Professor Beyoncé!” One of the most chaotic endings yet. 01:00:45 – Wrap-Up   Marcus and Tra$h Dog thank listeners, plug the merch, and tease the next episode of *Pitchin’ Movies With The Sound Off.*  

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 00:00:00 Intro: “We did ourselves dirty” 00:00:18 The “elevator pitch” (and why it won’t be short) 00:00:36 Theme sting: “Mr. Boom, sound off” 00:00:48 “We’re rolling… but not really” 00:01:04 How the show will actually start 00:01:19 Welcome to Pitchin’ Movies With The Sound Off 00:02:01 Accountability, three cameras, and backyard chaos 00:02:16 The handshake: holding each other to the project 00:02:39 Why Episode 1 is hard (live research) 00:03:15 What this show does (and maybe with guests) 00:03:57 Hotline joke and bit 00:04:07 The movie: a Leo Sayer biopic 00:04:35 Songs we know (“You Make Me Feel Like Dancing,” “I Can Dance”) 00:05:12 Stop addressing camera → into story mode 00:06:59 Discovery by David Courtney & Adam Faith 00:08:12 Wikipedia and donations riff 00:10:01 Cameos & a music-universe idea (Beatles?) 00:12:17 Opening image of the film: the fire 00:13:03 Budget note for the explosion 00:14:01 Period piece vibes (1968) 00:15:10 Tone: thriller/dramedy structure 00:15:25 Favorite Goose (band) tangent 00:17:28 Where “Leo” comes from (name bit) 00:18:10 First flash-forward: studio with Daltrey 00:19:11 Metaphor: “Gerald” dies in the blast 00:20:07 “Sleazy” Courtney bit + disclaimer rule 00:22:02 Title locked: How Gerald Died 00:22:36 AD BREAK — TotallyRealBands.com (merch walkthrough) 00:24:58 Back to show; restating title & tone 00:26:11 Opening credits plan + “Give It All Away” 00:27:25 Roger walks in; accent soup 00:28:05 Casting Roger Daltrey → Hugh Grant 00:29:12 Clarifying: Leo Sayer is the subject 00:32:17 Casting Leo Sayer → Jesse Eisenberg 00:33:23 Setting the studio scene (three guys) 00:36:25 “Gerald doesn’t sell”—the name change 00:37:03 Internal monologue/narration idea 00:37:25 Back to the blaze; media montage concept 00:38:46 Rise montage → hits & stubble era 00:40:09 Beatles gag (all in unison) 00:41:41 Into the flames: saving residents 00:42:14 Pivot to the most important reveal 00:43:19 Adam Faith twist (supportive → smarmy) 00:44:32 The clown performance seed 00:45:18 Where the ending image comes from 00:46:08 Theme: once a hero, forever chasing it 00:47:06 Goofy Movie, finances, and managers 00:48:15 Casting Adam Faith → Joe Keery 00:50:07 Love interests: Janice & Donatella 00:52:02 Mistress casting vibe (Donna Pinciotti type) 00:52:36 Muppets beat → embracing the bit 00:53:10 Resolution shape 00:54:17 Budget/FX for the opener 00:55:14 Outro sting