REPLAY: S02E16 - Smooching

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Kiwi comedians Guy and Tim welcome guests Joseph Moore and Nick Sampson to discuss watching Sex and the City 2 for the 16th time.

In this episode of The Worst Idea of All Time, hosts Guy Montgomery and Tim Batt welcome guests Joseph Moore and Nick Sampson, both New Zealand comedians. The episode focuses on their 16th viewing of Sex and the City 2, a movie they watch weekly as part of their podcast format. The hosts introduce the guests with playful banter, ranking them as top podcasting talents. Early in the episode, the group compares Sex and the City 2 to the movie Entourage, noting similarities in featuring hateful characters and discussing concepts of 'bad fun.' They critique Sex and the City 2's length and editing, describing scenes where trucks metaphorically and literally interrupt dialogue. The guests are challenged to summarize the movie's plot in three minutes, resulting in a humorous and disjointed recap that highlights the film's confusing narrative. The conversation shifts to character analysis, with theories about Carrie's magical abilities linked to a hat and Mr. Big's color blindness explaining his preference for black-and-white movies. The hosts and guests share their 'shining light' moments from the movie, such as a karaoke bar with backup dancers and Mr. Big's empty coffee cup. They invent absurd backstories for minor characters like Coffee Guy, imagining him as a superhero with coffee-based powers. The episode concludes with a mock pitch for the movie, where the guests present a chaotic idea to the hosts as executives, ending with a humorous handshake. Throughout, the tone is comedic and informal, with references to personal anecdotes and pop culture.

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A late-night rewatch turns one souk smooch into a case against Sex and the City 2's tidy logic.

Sex and the City 2 turns into a late-night audit of romantic logic, with John James Preston's name sitting there like a delayed complication. The hosts circle Carrie's kiss in an Abu Dhabi souk, then set the movie's diamond-ring fix against a real story about a wallet vanishing…

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You get a souk smooch, a stolen wallet in Kuala Lumpur, and a late-night argument about whether Big JJ wastes a J.

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