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The Number 23 (HDTGM Matinee)

How Did This Get Made?

Earwolf

Film Reviews, Comedy, Tv & Film, So Bad They’re Good, Bad Films, Bad Movies, Comedy Movies, Movies, Movie Reviews, Film

4.823.4K Ratings

🗓️ 25 February 2025

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

This week's Matinee, Paul, June, and Jason break down the 2007 Jim Carrey thriller The Number 23. They discuss all the bonkers names—from Topsy Kretts to Fingerling to Sirius Leary—the protagonist who hates dogs, Walter Sparrow’s sanity, Bud Court’s crazy room, the son’s childish mug gift, Danny Huston’s villainous vibe, and Chekhov’s Saxophone. Plus, they ask “At the beginning is Jim Carrey basically playing Ace Ventura?” And Paul reveals his theory that maybe Walter Sparrow’s dog bite gave him rabies. Is Paul right? Crack the code. (Originally released 2/23/23, coincidence?)

Transcript

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0:00.0

This podcast is dropping on February 23, 23, 23. That's two, 23, 23s. June, Diane, Raphael Shear is 23 digits,

0:14.7

if you include the hyphen and her husband's last name. Her birthday is 01041980, which adds up to

0:20.7

23. Jeffrey, character reviewsies adds up to 24,

0:24.5

but if you misspell it as Jeffrey with 1F character weedies, it is 23. This podcast is hosted by

0:30.5

Tall John Shear. And if you assign the corresponding number in the alphabet to his name, you get 21, 12, 12, 10, 15, 8, 14, 19, 3, 8, 5, 5, 18.

0:45.4

If you add this all up, you get 69, which, if you divide by the number of names, tall, John Shear, 3, you get 23.

0:55.1

But did you see the 69?

0:57.4

We saw the number 23, so you know what that means.

1:02.4

Now it's time for how did this campaign?

1:06.5

Gonna have a good time, celebrate some failure, not just be a hater,

1:09.6

because you know you wonder, how did this campaign?

1:11.7

Let's follow in the mediocrity of subpar art.

1:15.8

Perhaps we'll find the answer to the question, how did this get paid?

1:20.0

Hello, people of Earth, conspiracy theorists unite.

1:24.9

Today we are talking about a classic Jim Carrey thriller, the number 23, came out in 2007.

1:33.8

And if you've not seen this film, the plot is going to be a little bit tricky to break down, but I'm going to try two weeks in a row.

1:46.9

But basically, we are following Walter Sparrow, played by Jim Carrey, who works as a dog catcher, who comes to find

1:53.6

a book titled the number two. Oh, yeah. Did you forget this movie starts with him being

1:59.2

Ace Ventura and talking to animals?

2:01.4

I forgot that.

2:03.8

So this dog catcher comes to find a book called The Number 23, which sends him down the rabbit hole of the 23 Enigma, which is a real conspiracy theory.

2:16.5

I'm going to just play a quick clip to show you exactly how that comes into play.

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