September 24, 2024 • 24 mins
Join us for a heartfelt and inspiring episode of Pop Culture Weekly as Kyle McMahon sits down with the Reeve siblings—Matthew, Alexandra, and Will Reeve—to discuss their father, the iconic Christopher Reeve, and the moving new documentary, "Super / Man: The Christopher Reeve Story." They share deeply personal stories and the motivations behind the film, shedding light on their father's incredible journey from beloved actor to a pioneering advocate for spinal injury research. Listen as they explore themes of heroism, resilience, and the human spirit, offering a touching tribute to a man who became a true symbol of courage and hope.
On a lighter note, we're thrilled to catch up with the ever-entertaining Joel McHale, who brings his signature humor to talk about his latest venture with Rice-a-Roni's new Mac-a-Roni product. From his unforgettable moments on "The Soup" and "Community" to his current roles in "The Bear" and "Animal Control," Joel shares hilarious anecdotes and insights into his diverse career. This episode strikes the perfect balance between emotional depth and light-hearted fun, making it a must-listen for both fans of poignant stories and those in need of a good laugh.
Kyle McMahon's Death, Grief & Other Sh*t We Don't Discuss is now streaming: https://www.deathandgrief.show/Chapter-One-The-Diagnosis-AKA-WTF/
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On a lighter note, we're thrilled to catch up with the ever-entertaining Joel McHale, who brings his signature humor to talk about his latest venture with Rice-a-Roni's new Mac-a-Roni product. From his unforgettable moments on "The Soup" and "Community" to his current roles in "The Bear" and "Animal Control," Joel shares hilarious anecdotes and insights into his diverse career. This episode strikes the perfect balance between emotional depth and light-hearted fun, making it a must-listen for both fans of poignant stories and those in need of a good laugh.
Kyle McMahon's Death, Grief & Other Sh*t We Don't Discuss is now streaming: https://www.deathandgrief.show/Chapter-One-The-Diagnosis-AKA-WTF/
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
In this episode of Pop Culture Weekly, I talk with
Joel McHale, and I talk with Will Reeve, Matthew Reeve,
and Alexandra Reeve Givens all about the brand new documentary Superman.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
The Christopher Reeve Story. Let's go.
Speaker 3 (00:15):
Welcome to pop Culture Weekly with Kyle McMahon from iHeartRadio
your pop culture news, views, reviews and celebrity interviews on
all the movies, TV, music and pop culture u CRABE Weekly.
Here's Kyle mcmahonna.
Speaker 1 (00:34):
No, Hello, Welcome to pop Culture Weekly with Kyle McMahon.
I am Kyle McMahon, and of course I thank you
for tuning in to another episode of pop Culture Weekly.
So we have some great stuff for this episode. I
speak with Joel McHale, who I absolutely love. He's hysterical
(00:56):
all about a new project that he's working on with
the makers of Riis a Roney and that is Macarney.
So we'll talk about that shortly, as well as the
new projects that he's working on in film and TV
and all that stuff. And also I spoke about this
documentary before, but I had the pleasure of seeing super
(01:17):
Man the Christopher Reeves Story, which is such an incredible documentary.
Speaker 2 (01:23):
I went in and was just absolutely bawling.
Speaker 1 (01:27):
It is inspiring, it is heartbreaking, it is all of
the things. It really is such an amazing documentary. I
am so happy that I got a chance to see it.
And I speak with Christopher Reeve's children, William Reeve, will Reeve,
(01:50):
Matt Reeve, and Alexandra Reeve Givens all about their relationship
with their father and the new film Superman The Christopher
Reeve Story. So let's get right into it. We'll start
out with the Reeve's children. So super Man the Christopher
(02:11):
Reeves Story had a premiere at the Sundance Film Festival
back in January. The film is from Warner Brothers Discovery.
There's two day theatrical release September twenty first and September
twenty fifth, along through Fathom Events.
Speaker 2 (02:30):
Actually the twenty.
Speaker 1 (02:31):
Fifth is Christopher Reeves would have been Christopher reeves seventy
second birthday, So happily, happy, heavenly birthday to him. It
has a one hundred percent critics review rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
It really really is an incredible documentary. It is honest,
it is inspiring, you know, it really shows.
Speaker 2 (02:54):
The man behind the hero. For all of us.
Speaker 1 (02:57):
You know, it's a reminder that our hero tie their
shoes one at a time, just like all of us.
If you miss or missed the theatrical release in the US,
because those in the UK, you're getting a release in November.
It will be hitting the Max streaming service and I'll
get you the date as soon as that is announced.
(03:19):
But Christopher Reeve, of course most famously played Superman. He
had an acting career spanning thirty four years. He won
a British Academy Film Award, an Emmy, a Grammy Screen
Actors Guild Award. Was heavily involved in his activism, particularly
around an environmental and human rights causes, and then tragically,
(03:42):
in nineteen ninety five, he was paralyzed from the neck
down in a freak accident during an equestrian competition. He
had to use a wheelchair and a ventilator for the
rest of his life and after his accident he was
a huge advocate for spinal injury research, including human embryonic
stem cell research, and then with his wife Dana, they
(04:06):
founded the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation, which has been
hugely influential and instrumental in the gains not only in
spinal injury research, but in stem cell research in general.
In two thousand and two, he released a book Nothing
Is Impossible, Reflections on a New Life, where he talks about,
(04:27):
you know, life that had completely changed for him. On
October tenth, two thousand and four, Christopher Reef pasted at
the age of fifty two. His children, Matt, Will and Alexandra,
continue to serve on the board of directors of of
the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation. I'm telling you please
(04:48):
see this film, really, really, really is a powerful, powerful
film on heroism, the power of the human spirit, grief, death.
You know, it's it's incredibly powerful. So let's talk with
Matthew Reeve, Alexander Reeve, Gibbons, and Will Reeve. Thank you
(05:14):
to all three of you for speaking with me. The
film is incredibly powerful and inspirational and and it took,
in my opinion, such bravery to do it to put
you know this out there. Matt, If it's okay, I'll
start with you. Why was this important now to tell
(05:34):
this story?
Speaker 4 (05:36):
So when we embarked on this project, we didn't like
have a calculated plan that it would come out sort
of right now. We were approached by originally an archivist
who had seen some other material of our dad when
he was doing on another project, and he asked if
we had home movie footage. And as it happened, we
had just kind of cleared out a family house and
(05:58):
we knew what we had with these boxes of tapes
in different formats, and I tried to digitize some of them,
and anyway, we started approaching production companies and it first
Passion Pictures, and then the directors came on board, and
then Words and Pictures, and you know, it was made.
You know, we just we talked about it most ourselves.
We thought, if we're ever going to do it, this
(06:20):
is the right time. Enough time had passed since our
dad and Dana had had passed away, and you know,
we wanted to ensure that his story was kind of
brought to a new audience, a new a new generation
who perhaps didn't know exactly who he was or what
(06:40):
his story was. And also to remind people who did
know his story and had been a fan of his
from the Superman movies and knew him as an advocate
for the disabled, to remind them of the story and
also tell a more richer in depth story about who
he was and all the other things that he did
and that he wasn't just a guy in a cape
or a guy in a chair, and really tell his story.
(07:02):
And we were just so lucky because we were in
this amazing, unique, privileged position to be able to do that.
So when the opportunity to present itself, we agreed that
this was the time.
Speaker 5 (07:12):
Thank you and Will.
Speaker 1 (07:13):
I lost my mom three years ago to pancreatic cancer
and there was a moment in the film where you
said something like that was the moment that I, you know,
March would I believe it was six that I've been
alone since then, and that really I'm like bawling in
the theater when you said that, it really really touched No.
Speaker 5 (07:37):
I mean, I mean it was a.
Speaker 1 (07:39):
Beautiful statement, something that I could relate to, because you
feel like, you know, this rock for you, these rocks
for you are suddenly not there, and for me it
kind of feel rudderless in many ways. First of all,
thank you for saying that, because there's so many people
out there that feel the same.
Speaker 2 (07:58):
How has that effect did you? Now? You know? Now
you're you're some years on where are you?
Speaker 6 (08:05):
I should clarify that I like I've never actually I've
never felt fully alone. Look who I have with me
I have. I have such a village around me. I
have my sister, my brother, my broader family. That's the
family who took me in, Like, I have so many
people supporting me, rooting for me, loving me, lifting me up,
(08:26):
carrying me through not only that time of grief and trauma,
but through present day.
Speaker 7 (08:32):
I'm so lucky to have.
Speaker 6 (08:35):
So many people who love me and who I love
right back, and we do anything for each other. So
when I say in the film that I've been alone
since then, what I what I mean is I've been
without the two very most important people in.
Speaker 7 (08:49):
My life, my mom and my at.
Speaker 6 (08:52):
Of course, is hard, and grief is a permanent thing.
I missed them in some way every single day, and
I will forever. But part of this process of being
a part of this film and now getting to talk
about it and share it with the world has brought
I think each of us closer back to them. It
(09:15):
helps the grief process to keep people's memories alive by
sharing stories of them and trying to espouse the values
that they put in you. So while I may have
been without my parents for twenty years. I've never really
been without them because of the head start that they
gave me and each of us in terms of their values.
Speaker 5 (09:33):
I love that. Thank you also much. That's my time.
Speaker 2 (09:35):
I really appreciate what you're doing with this film.
Speaker 1 (09:38):
Thank you, Thanks Man, Matthew Reeve, Alexandra Reeve, Givens, and
Will Reeve.
Speaker 2 (09:46):
It is.
Speaker 1 (09:48):
Please do yourself a favor and see super Man the
Christopher Reeve Story. It is incredibly powerful. I was bawling
in the theater as I watched it, and I left
inspi fired by the power of the human soul.
Speaker 2 (10:03):
And will go see it. Do yourself a favor and
go see it.
Speaker 1 (10:07):
All right, We're gonna take a short break, and when
we come back, I talk with comedian, actor, writer, producer
Joel McHale about Macarroni and of course the bear, animal
control and more.
Speaker 2 (10:22):
We'll be back in sixty all right, welcome back.
Speaker 1 (10:34):
Thank you for hanging out with us and supporting our
sponsors that keep us going.
Speaker 2 (10:39):
We're gonna jump right into it. Joel McHale is hilariously funny.
I love him.
Speaker 1 (10:45):
He of course started really blew up with the soup,
which ran for like eleven years. Which was a kind
of a daily talk show or a weekly talk show.
I guess that went over you know so many of
the best moments in pop culture and online culture.
Speaker 2 (11:05):
And it was just hilarious. I loved that show and.
Speaker 1 (11:08):
It was hugely influential in like a show like this
pop Culture Weekly.
Speaker 2 (11:12):
Of course.
Speaker 1 (11:13):
He played Jeff Winger on Community, was in Spider Man,
Two Spy Kids, All the Time in the World, Ted,
The Happy Time Murders. He stars in The Bear, the
Emmy winning show, as well as Animal Control on Fox
and Hulu. Let's get right into my conversation with the
(11:35):
one and only Joel McHale. So I am here with
the one and only Joel McHale, And first of all,
thank you for joining me on Pop Culture Weekly.
Speaker 2 (11:48):
iHeartRadio.
Speaker 7 (11:50):
Thank you for having me. Kyle and my dog if
you can see him, is also here.
Speaker 5 (11:54):
His name's Beinback.
Speaker 2 (11:55):
He's adorable and I love that beam bag.
Speaker 1 (11:58):
So let me you have a exciting new partnership partnership
there you go. Thank you that that you are doing
with the creators of Rice Aroni and uh I'm starving now,
but tell me tell me about that. I'll let you announce.
Speaker 7 (12:17):
It here we go right it Rice, Well, I guess
I'm partnering with Rice Aroni and they are releasing Macaroni.
Speaker 2 (12:25):
I yeah, love it.
Speaker 7 (12:26):
They took the word Rice, remove that and put mac
there and now it's Macaroni. It's pretty good. I'm there.
I'm their chief uh Macaroni Officer. It's a real title.
Speaker 5 (12:39):
Uh.
Speaker 7 (12:40):
They guarantee it, and uh yeah, they're they're launching this
huge uh macaroni brand and uh they got a couple
of flavors and I, through experience, can tell you it's
very tasty. And we'll send you some, Kyle, and you'll
be like, he's right, He's absolutely right. Darn it.
Speaker 1 (12:59):
I can't wait because first of all, I love Rice Aroni,
and now to hear that you have partnered with them
and are doing Macaroni, it's like, like I said, it
just continues to make me hungry.
Speaker 7 (13:11):
Yeah, and I think I grew up eating mac I
mean Riceerni, and it's one of the most iconic brands
that America has ever produced. And so yeah, now with
macw when they asked me to, you know, if I
was interested, I did a Lucy sketch with my phone
to agree, and my ancients are like, don't agree yet.
(13:32):
I'm like, no, no, no, I'm in. I mean I also
have teenage boys, so they're they were quite happy about it.
Speaker 5 (13:38):
I bet yeah.
Speaker 1 (13:40):
And there are two flavors that they are that are
coming starting out.
Speaker 2 (13:45):
What what are they? Are?
Speaker 7 (13:46):
You like, cream cheddar and creamy white cheddar? You say, Kyle, yes,
uh yeah, so there's creamy cheddar and creamy white cheddar.
You can pretty much figure out the difference there. And
you know, it makes the perfect dish. And it's I
you know, I run around like a maniac all the time,
so it's very easy to make and it's quick, and
(14:09):
it's yeah, the the uh the work to uh you know,
satisfaction ratio is pretty uh pretty uncon it's off the charts.
Speaker 1 (14:19):
It's great, which you know that's really important to me
because I am, you know, much like you. You know,
we have busy schedules and I I'm sure yours is
much busier, but I you know.
Speaker 7 (14:31):
It's a dare you, Kyle, You've got a very busy schedule.
Speaker 1 (14:34):
It's it's I just don't cook, you know, I mean
I try and I just don't. And it's like I
feel like, in general, cooking like, you know, you have
to go and buy all these ingredients and they have
to like prepare each one and they have to mix
them all a certain way, and then you eat for
like ten minutes, and it was like I just took
like four hours out of my day to eat this sandwich.
Speaker 7 (14:55):
But but yeah, I like to think that I have
all that time, and then I don't exactly.
Speaker 1 (15:01):
So that's why I love risaroni is because you know,
it takes what ten minutes, I can go and whatever,
check emails to social media while it's cooking, and then
then I'm good to go and done. I didn't have
to do all of this stuff easy clean up. So
I am thinking that macaroni is going to be very
(15:22):
similar in the preparation department.
Speaker 7 (15:24):
Yeah, the payoff for the amount of time that you
were spending cooking it is. Yes, the ratio is off
the charts and there. Yeah, you'll it's you can have
it obviously alone, which I have multiple times, or it's
the perfect dish and because you can sit there and
cook for four hours or cook for two hours and
(15:46):
you'd be like, what am I going to serve with
this roast that I've been slowly or you know, like
smoking meat or something like what I'm going to serve
with it? And pasta, I think is always I think
it enhances the flavors of meat, and it obviously vegetables,
but it really brings it. I mean, that's why pasta
is one of the most popular dishes on the planet.
(16:07):
And when aliens, you know, I'm sure when aliens we
meet them, they'll be like, tell us about your favorite food,
and you'll be like, here's here's some pasta. There you go,
and then they will and the mind control begins. But
but I but yeah, no, it's the payoff. If you
don't have a lot of time, then it's perfect. And
(16:29):
if you have, it's also like that, like, look, Thanksgiving
will be like mashed potatoes are fantastic, but this takes
you can cook everything else and then do this right
at the last minute.
Speaker 5 (16:41):
Yeah, I love that.
Speaker 2 (16:42):
And that's also you.
Speaker 1 (16:43):
Now you're giving me ideas because when I go to
somebody's house and they're like, oh, bring a dish, and
I'm like, have you ever met me?
Speaker 2 (16:50):
But now I don't need eat.
Speaker 1 (16:51):
I don't need to worry because I can just whip
up some macaroni and and bring it on over.
Speaker 7 (16:59):
That exactly right, and I well, for I mean, both
flavors are good, so you don't have to like you
could ask in advance to your friends. You're like, you
prefer creamy cheddar or creamy white cheddar. And then they'll
be like, we'll need four or five hours to think
about this. Your friends are a little weird.
Speaker 1 (17:18):
But yeah, and you know it also makes me seem
fancy because I'm like, not only do I make one one.
Speaker 2 (17:26):
Flavor, you could make both exactly exactly. I like this.
Speaker 1 (17:30):
So you are there's an opportunity for fans to come
out and meet you and taste macaroni, right.
Speaker 7 (17:39):
You mean September twenty sixth in New York City. Absolutely, yes,
we're having this macaroni experience and so and it's anybody
can come down and there's samples and they'll be They're
gonna get a box of macaroni. I'll be there eating
macaroni and people like Joel, what do you think, I'm like,
(17:59):
please don't up me while I'm eating, and uh, yeah no,
So that'd be a whole day on the twenty six
in New York and uh and I's said it's the
perfect time of year because if we did this in January,
it'd be a little cold. And then if we did
this in the you know, like on August first, it
would be uh. I think the macaroni be melting everywhere.
(18:20):
So this all works out great, and uh so I'm
really excited to get there and hang out. And so
please come on down, come down to the event and
get some macaroni.
Speaker 2 (18:29):
I love that.
Speaker 1 (18:29):
And uh, you're you're always so busy working on a
million projects. You have the Bear, right, and yeah, yellow Jackets.
Tell tell me what's what's coming up next for you?
First of all, congratulations on the Bear.
Speaker 7 (18:44):
By the way, Oh thank you.
Speaker 2 (18:46):
Yeah.
Speaker 7 (18:46):
Yeah, as I tell people, I'm the good guy, and
I don't and you'll see, you'll see. Uh but no,
I Chris Door cast me in that, and I've known
him for a long time and he was very trying
to take pity on me and put me in his show.
And Jeremy's you know, he's I had most of my
scenes with him, and he's, you know, just one of
the best actors on a planet. And uh yeah, and
(19:09):
I'm doing Yellow Jackets right now up in Vancouver. And
but Crime Scene Kitchen launches in a week and a
half two weeks and then House of Villains in October
on Eve.
Speaker 5 (19:24):
Okay, I just uh.
Speaker 7 (19:26):
Yeah, my my. I'm in a competition with myself too
to agree to every I I love working, so it
all works out great. It's very nice that people still
want to hire me, so it. Yeah, so that that's
what's I think Yellow Jackets will come out next year
and yeah, but how but Crime Scene Kitchen, we it's
(19:51):
coming out in a week and a half, So go
see me and Curtis Stone and Yolanda Gamp. They're the
real chefs who john all the the amazing desserts and
savory stuff, and I just sit there eating it and
making sure my hair looks great.
Speaker 1 (20:09):
Well, if you never ever need a tasting assistant, you know,
I put my resume in.
Speaker 2 (20:15):
Kyle.
Speaker 7 (20:15):
It's not a bad idea, Like, let's welcome comic man
or tasting assistant.
Speaker 5 (20:19):
Kyle, it's good. I love it.
Speaker 7 (20:23):
You're like, thank you God, great.
Speaker 5 (20:27):
I just come and take a bite and leave.
Speaker 7 (20:29):
You can be assistant Chief Macaroni officer.
Speaker 5 (20:32):
There we go. I love it.
Speaker 7 (20:34):
Bite.
Speaker 1 (20:36):
Where is the best Where's the best way to keep
track of all the things that you're doing.
Speaker 7 (20:43):
On Napster. You know it's weird. I still you know,
I'm still ripping off music from two thousand and four.
I would, yeah, you know, Instagram it's probably the best.
I still am. I'm gonna figure out TikTok here in
a second, Okay, are you on it?
Speaker 2 (21:04):
I am? And I'm horrible about posting on TikTok.
Speaker 7 (21:07):
Yeah, I need to learn better. But lots of Instagram
and it's pretty complicated. Joel McHale at Instagram, and then
you know, learn about Rice. Just go you go to
all the go to the instagrams for Riceerni as well
to get so, you know, for the event and all that.
Speaker 1 (21:25):
On the twenty six your first TikTok could be eating
uh macaroni.
Speaker 7 (21:30):
Oh, I'm sure the people, the Riserni Macaroni people right
now are like, that's a great idea and they're scrambling
tapping out like your first TikTok. I put up a
few tiktoks with Ryan speak Press. That one went very well,
and so I just need yeah, I need to start
putting on.
Speaker 1 (21:50):
Awesome Joel, Thank you so much. It's a pleasure to
talk to you. I love all your work and I
can't wait for everything, including the macaroni coming very very soon.
Speaker 5 (22:01):
I can't wait.
Speaker 7 (22:02):
Yes, and I'll see you on the twenty six And
good luck to all your sports teams. I don't know
if you like the Eagles or your your Jets or
your Giants. I don't know which. You live near a
lot of professional sports teams, so I don't know.
Speaker 2 (22:13):
I do.
Speaker 5 (22:13):
I go by color.
Speaker 1 (22:14):
So the Green team, I like the Green team, right,
and the Jets.
Speaker 5 (22:18):
The silver team is cool too, so.
Speaker 1 (22:21):
Oh the Silver team, Okay, yeah, I just watched for
the concert in the middle of the game.
Speaker 5 (22:27):
That's what I do.
Speaker 7 (22:28):
Is it the seventy six ers?
Speaker 1 (22:29):
Is your seventy six or seventy Yes, seventy six ers
or Philly Yep, yep, Eagles, seventy six ers, Phillies is
all those Philadelphia teams. And then you know there's some
overlap with DC Baltimore and that sort of thing.
Speaker 5 (22:44):
So yeah, we're been a good place for sports.
Speaker 7 (22:47):
So yeah, my Seahawks are two and noo, so I'm
very happy there.
Speaker 5 (22:51):
You can thank you, Joel. I really appreciate it.
Speaker 7 (22:54):
Thank you. Thanks for having me.
Speaker 2 (22:56):
Of course, and we'll talk again right on.
Speaker 5 (22:59):
Thank you, sir, Joel.
Speaker 1 (23:02):
McHale, love him, love speaking with him, and like I said,
love his work, love speaking with him.
Speaker 2 (23:10):
And as I said, he has been hugely influential.
Speaker 1 (23:13):
In my career and everything that I've done, including pop
Culture Weekly right here.
Speaker 2 (23:19):
So all right, that's our show for this week.
Speaker 1 (23:21):
We have some exciting stuff coming up soon in the
next you know, coming weeks and months that I can't wait.
Speaker 5 (23:29):
To get out to.
Speaker 1 (23:30):
You hit me up on socials let's talk, or if
you're on the iHeartRadio app, use that talkback feature and
I might.
Speaker 2 (23:37):
Just feature you right here on the show. All right
until next week.
Speaker 3 (23:42):
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Joe Johma Cattle, John the Cave, macrom Me, hee Jee
In this episode of Pop Culture Weekly, I talk with
Joel McHale, and I talk with Will Reeve, Matthew Reeve,
and Alexandra Reeve Givens all about the brand new documentary Superman.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
The Christopher Reeve Story. Let's go.
Speaker 3 (00:15):
Welcome to pop Culture Weekly with Kyle McMahon from iHeartRadio
your pop culture news, views, reviews and celebrity interviews on
all the movies, TV, music and pop culture u CRABE Weekly.
Here's Kyle mcmahonna.
Speaker 1 (00:34):
No, Hello, Welcome to pop Culture Weekly with Kyle McMahon.
I am Kyle McMahon, and of course I thank you
for tuning in to another episode of pop Culture Weekly.
So we have some great stuff for this episode. I
speak with Joel McHale, who I absolutely love. He's hysterical
(00:56):
all about a new project that he's working on with
the makers of Riis a Roney and that is Macarney.
So we'll talk about that shortly, as well as the
new projects that he's working on in film and TV
and all that stuff. And also I spoke about this
documentary before, but I had the pleasure of seeing super
(01:17):
Man the Christopher Reeves Story, which is such an incredible documentary.
Speaker 2 (01:23):
I went in and was just absolutely bawling.
Speaker 1 (01:27):
It is inspiring, it is heartbreaking, it is all of
the things. It really is such an amazing documentary. I
am so happy that I got a chance to see it.
And I speak with Christopher Reeve's children, William Reeve, will Reeve,
(01:50):
Matt Reeve, and Alexandra Reeve Givens all about their relationship
with their father and the new film Superman The Christopher
Reeve Story. So let's get right into it. We'll start
out with the Reeve's children. So super Man the Christopher
(02:11):
Reeves Story had a premiere at the Sundance Film Festival
back in January. The film is from Warner Brothers Discovery.
There's two day theatrical release September twenty first and September
twenty fifth, along through Fathom Events.
Speaker 2 (02:30):
Actually the twenty.
Speaker 1 (02:31):
Fifth is Christopher Reeves would have been Christopher reeves seventy
second birthday, So happily, happy, heavenly birthday to him. It
has a one hundred percent critics review rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
It really really is an incredible documentary. It is honest,
it is inspiring, you know, it really shows.
Speaker 2 (02:54):
The man behind the hero. For all of us.
Speaker 1 (02:57):
You know, it's a reminder that our hero tie their
shoes one at a time, just like all of us.
If you miss or missed the theatrical release in the US,
because those in the UK, you're getting a release in November.
It will be hitting the Max streaming service and I'll
get you the date as soon as that is announced.
(03:19):
But Christopher Reeve, of course most famously played Superman. He
had an acting career spanning thirty four years. He won
a British Academy Film Award, an Emmy, a Grammy Screen
Actors Guild Award. Was heavily involved in his activism, particularly
around an environmental and human rights causes, and then tragically,
(03:42):
in nineteen ninety five, he was paralyzed from the neck
down in a freak accident during an equestrian competition. He
had to use a wheelchair and a ventilator for the
rest of his life and after his accident he was
a huge advocate for spinal injury research, including human embryonic
stem cell research, and then with his wife Dana, they
(04:06):
founded the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation, which has been
hugely influential and instrumental in the gains not only in
spinal injury research, but in stem cell research in general.
In two thousand and two, he released a book Nothing
Is Impossible, Reflections on a New Life, where he talks about,
(04:27):
you know, life that had completely changed for him. On
October tenth, two thousand and four, Christopher Reef pasted at
the age of fifty two. His children, Matt, Will and Alexandra,
continue to serve on the board of directors of of
the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation. I'm telling you please
(04:48):
see this film, really, really, really is a powerful, powerful
film on heroism, the power of the human spirit, grief, death.
You know, it's it's incredibly powerful. So let's talk with
Matthew Reeve, Alexander Reeve, Gibbons, and Will Reeve. Thank you
(05:14):
to all three of you for speaking with me. The
film is incredibly powerful and inspirational and and it took,
in my opinion, such bravery to do it to put
you know this out there. Matt, If it's okay, I'll
start with you. Why was this important now to tell
(05:34):
this story?
Speaker 4 (05:36):
So when we embarked on this project, we didn't like
have a calculated plan that it would come out sort
of right now. We were approached by originally an archivist
who had seen some other material of our dad when
he was doing on another project, and he asked if
we had home movie footage. And as it happened, we
had just kind of cleared out a family house and
(05:58):
we knew what we had with these boxes of tapes
in different formats, and I tried to digitize some of them,
and anyway, we started approaching production companies and it first
Passion Pictures, and then the directors came on board, and
then Words and Pictures, and you know, it was made.
You know, we just we talked about it most ourselves.
We thought, if we're ever going to do it, this
(06:20):
is the right time. Enough time had passed since our
dad and Dana had had passed away, and you know,
we wanted to ensure that his story was kind of
brought to a new audience, a new a new generation
who perhaps didn't know exactly who he was or what
(06:40):
his story was. And also to remind people who did
know his story and had been a fan of his
from the Superman movies and knew him as an advocate
for the disabled, to remind them of the story and
also tell a more richer in depth story about who
he was and all the other things that he did
and that he wasn't just a guy in a cape
or a guy in a chair, and really tell his story.
(07:02):
And we were just so lucky because we were in
this amazing, unique, privileged position to be able to do that.
So when the opportunity to present itself, we agreed that
this was the time.
Speaker 5 (07:12):
Thank you and Will.
Speaker 1 (07:13):
I lost my mom three years ago to pancreatic cancer
and there was a moment in the film where you
said something like that was the moment that I, you know,
March would I believe it was six that I've been
alone since then, and that really I'm like bawling in
the theater when you said that, it really really touched No.
Speaker 5 (07:37):
I mean, I mean it was a.
Speaker 1 (07:39):
Beautiful statement, something that I could relate to, because you
feel like, you know, this rock for you, these rocks
for you are suddenly not there, and for me it
kind of feel rudderless in many ways. First of all,
thank you for saying that, because there's so many people
out there that feel the same.
Speaker 2 (07:58):
How has that effect did you? Now? You know? Now
you're you're some years on where are you?
Speaker 6 (08:05):
I should clarify that I like I've never actually I've
never felt fully alone. Look who I have with me
I have. I have such a village around me. I
have my sister, my brother, my broader family. That's the
family who took me in, Like, I have so many
people supporting me, rooting for me, loving me, lifting me up,
(08:26):
carrying me through not only that time of grief and trauma,
but through present day.
Speaker 7 (08:32):
I'm so lucky to have.
Speaker 6 (08:35):
So many people who love me and who I love
right back, and we do anything for each other. So
when I say in the film that I've been alone
since then, what I what I mean is I've been
without the two very most important people in.
Speaker 7 (08:49):
My life, my mom and my at.
Speaker 6 (08:52):
Of course, is hard, and grief is a permanent thing.
I missed them in some way every single day, and
I will forever. But part of this process of being
a part of this film and now getting to talk
about it and share it with the world has brought
I think each of us closer back to them. It
(09:15):
helps the grief process to keep people's memories alive by
sharing stories of them and trying to espouse the values
that they put in you. So while I may have
been without my parents for twenty years. I've never really
been without them because of the head start that they
gave me and each of us in terms of their values.
Speaker 5 (09:33):
I love that. Thank you also much. That's my time.
Speaker 2 (09:35):
I really appreciate what you're doing with this film.
Speaker 1 (09:38):
Thank you, Thanks Man, Matthew Reeve, Alexandra Reeve, Givens, and
Will Reeve.
Speaker 2 (09:46):
It is.
Speaker 1 (09:48):
Please do yourself a favor and see super Man the
Christopher Reeve Story. It is incredibly powerful. I was bawling
in the theater as I watched it, and I left
inspi fired by the power of the human soul.
Speaker 2 (10:03):
And will go see it. Do yourself a favor and
go see it.
Speaker 1 (10:07):
All right, We're gonna take a short break, and when
we come back, I talk with comedian, actor, writer, producer
Joel McHale about Macarroni and of course the bear, animal
control and more.
Speaker 2 (10:22):
We'll be back in sixty all right, welcome back.
Speaker 1 (10:34):
Thank you for hanging out with us and supporting our
sponsors that keep us going.
Speaker 2 (10:39):
We're gonna jump right into it. Joel McHale is hilariously funny.
I love him.
Speaker 1 (10:45):
He of course started really blew up with the soup,
which ran for like eleven years. Which was a kind
of a daily talk show or a weekly talk show.
I guess that went over you know so many of
the best moments in pop culture and online culture.
Speaker 2 (11:05):
And it was just hilarious. I loved that show and.
Speaker 1 (11:08):
It was hugely influential in like a show like this
pop Culture Weekly.
Speaker 2 (11:12):
Of course.
Speaker 1 (11:13):
He played Jeff Winger on Community, was in Spider Man,
Two Spy Kids, All the Time in the World, Ted,
The Happy Time Murders. He stars in The Bear, the
Emmy winning show, as well as Animal Control on Fox
and Hulu. Let's get right into my conversation with the
(11:35):
one and only Joel McHale. So I am here with
the one and only Joel McHale, And first of all,
thank you for joining me on Pop Culture Weekly.
Speaker 2 (11:48):
iHeartRadio.
Speaker 7 (11:50):
Thank you for having me. Kyle and my dog if
you can see him, is also here.
Speaker 5 (11:54):
His name's Beinback.
Speaker 2 (11:55):
He's adorable and I love that beam bag.
Speaker 1 (11:58):
So let me you have a exciting new partnership partnership
there you go. Thank you that that you are doing
with the creators of Rice Aroni and uh I'm starving now,
but tell me tell me about that. I'll let you announce.
Speaker 7 (12:17):
It here we go right it Rice, Well, I guess
I'm partnering with Rice Aroni and they are releasing Macaroni.
Speaker 2 (12:25):
I yeah, love it.
Speaker 7 (12:26):
They took the word Rice, remove that and put mac
there and now it's Macaroni. It's pretty good. I'm there.
I'm their chief uh Macaroni Officer. It's a real title.
Speaker 5 (12:39):
Uh.
Speaker 7 (12:40):
They guarantee it, and uh yeah, they're they're launching this
huge uh macaroni brand and uh they got a couple
of flavors and I, through experience, can tell you it's
very tasty. And we'll send you some, Kyle, and you'll
be like, he's right, He's absolutely right. Darn it.
Speaker 1 (12:59):
I can't wait because first of all, I love Rice Aroni,
and now to hear that you have partnered with them
and are doing Macaroni, it's like, like I said, it
just continues to make me hungry.
Speaker 7 (13:11):
Yeah, and I think I grew up eating mac I
mean Riceerni, and it's one of the most iconic brands
that America has ever produced. And so yeah, now with
macw when they asked me to, you know, if I
was interested, I did a Lucy sketch with my phone
to agree, and my ancients are like, don't agree yet.
(13:32):
I'm like, no, no, no, I'm in. I mean I also
have teenage boys, so they're they were quite happy about it.
Speaker 5 (13:38):
I bet yeah.
Speaker 1 (13:40):
And there are two flavors that they are that are
coming starting out.
Speaker 2 (13:45):
What what are they? Are?
Speaker 7 (13:46):
You like, cream cheddar and creamy white cheddar? You say, Kyle, yes,
uh yeah, so there's creamy cheddar and creamy white cheddar.
You can pretty much figure out the difference there. And
you know, it makes the perfect dish. And it's I
you know, I run around like a maniac all the time,
so it's very easy to make and it's quick, and
(14:09):
it's yeah, the the uh the work to uh you know,
satisfaction ratio is pretty uh pretty uncon it's off the charts.
Speaker 1 (14:19):
It's great, which you know that's really important to me
because I am, you know, much like you. You know,
we have busy schedules and I I'm sure yours is
much busier, but I you know.
Speaker 7 (14:31):
It's a dare you, Kyle, You've got a very busy schedule.
Speaker 1 (14:34):
It's it's I just don't cook, you know, I mean
I try and I just don't. And it's like I
feel like, in general, cooking like, you know, you have
to go and buy all these ingredients and they have
to like prepare each one and they have to mix
them all a certain way, and then you eat for
like ten minutes, and it was like I just took
like four hours out of my day to eat this sandwich.
Speaker 7 (14:55):
But but yeah, I like to think that I have
all that time, and then I don't exactly.
Speaker 1 (15:01):
So that's why I love risaroni is because you know,
it takes what ten minutes, I can go and whatever,
check emails to social media while it's cooking, and then
then I'm good to go and done. I didn't have
to do all of this stuff easy clean up. So
I am thinking that macaroni is going to be very
(15:22):
similar in the preparation department.
Speaker 7 (15:24):
Yeah, the payoff for the amount of time that you
were spending cooking it is. Yes, the ratio is off
the charts and there. Yeah, you'll it's you can have
it obviously alone, which I have multiple times, or it's
the perfect dish and because you can sit there and
cook for four hours or cook for two hours and
(15:46):
you'd be like, what am I going to serve with
this roast that I've been slowly or you know, like
smoking meat or something like what I'm going to serve
with it? And pasta, I think is always I think
it enhances the flavors of meat, and it obviously vegetables,
but it really brings it. I mean, that's why pasta
is one of the most popular dishes on the planet.
(16:07):
And when aliens, you know, I'm sure when aliens we
meet them, they'll be like, tell us about your favorite food,
and you'll be like, here's here's some pasta. There you go,
and then they will and the mind control begins. But
but I but yeah, no, it's the payoff. If you
don't have a lot of time, then it's perfect. And
(16:29):
if you have, it's also like that, like, look, Thanksgiving
will be like mashed potatoes are fantastic, but this takes
you can cook everything else and then do this right
at the last minute.
Speaker 5 (16:41):
Yeah, I love that.
Speaker 2 (16:42):
And that's also you.
Speaker 1 (16:43):
Now you're giving me ideas because when I go to
somebody's house and they're like, oh, bring a dish, and
I'm like, have you ever met me?
Speaker 2 (16:50):
But now I don't need eat.
Speaker 1 (16:51):
I don't need to worry because I can just whip
up some macaroni and and bring it on over.
Speaker 7 (16:59):
That exactly right, and I well, for I mean, both
flavors are good, so you don't have to like you
could ask in advance to your friends. You're like, you
prefer creamy cheddar or creamy white cheddar. And then they'll
be like, we'll need four or five hours to think
about this. Your friends are a little weird.
Speaker 1 (17:18):
But yeah, and you know it also makes me seem
fancy because I'm like, not only do I make one one.
Speaker 2 (17:26):
Flavor, you could make both exactly exactly. I like this.
Speaker 1 (17:30):
So you are there's an opportunity for fans to come
out and meet you and taste macaroni, right.
Speaker 7 (17:39):
You mean September twenty sixth in New York City. Absolutely, yes,
we're having this macaroni experience and so and it's anybody
can come down and there's samples and they'll be They're
gonna get a box of macaroni. I'll be there eating
macaroni and people like Joel, what do you think, I'm like,
(17:59):
please don't up me while I'm eating, and uh, yeah no,
So that'd be a whole day on the twenty six
in New York and uh and I's said it's the
perfect time of year because if we did this in January,
it'd be a little cold. And then if we did
this in the you know, like on August first, it
would be uh. I think the macaroni be melting everywhere.
(18:20):
So this all works out great, and uh so I'm
really excited to get there and hang out. And so
please come on down, come down to the event and
get some macaroni.
Speaker 2 (18:29):
I love that.
Speaker 1 (18:29):
And uh, you're you're always so busy working on a
million projects. You have the Bear, right, and yeah, yellow Jackets.
Tell tell me what's what's coming up next for you?
First of all, congratulations on the Bear.
Speaker 7 (18:44):
By the way, Oh thank you.
Speaker 2 (18:46):
Yeah.
Speaker 7 (18:46):
Yeah, as I tell people, I'm the good guy, and
I don't and you'll see, you'll see. Uh but no,
I Chris Door cast me in that, and I've known
him for a long time and he was very trying
to take pity on me and put me in his show.
And Jeremy's you know, he's I had most of my
scenes with him, and he's, you know, just one of
the best actors on a planet. And uh yeah, and
(19:09):
I'm doing Yellow Jackets right now up in Vancouver. And
but Crime Scene Kitchen launches in a week and a
half two weeks and then House of Villains in October
on Eve.
Speaker 5 (19:24):
Okay, I just uh.
Speaker 7 (19:26):
Yeah, my my. I'm in a competition with myself too
to agree to every I I love working, so it
all works out great. It's very nice that people still
want to hire me, so it. Yeah, so that that's
what's I think Yellow Jackets will come out next year
and yeah, but how but Crime Scene Kitchen, we it's
(19:51):
coming out in a week and a half, So go
see me and Curtis Stone and Yolanda Gamp. They're the
real chefs who john all the the amazing desserts and
savory stuff, and I just sit there eating it and
making sure my hair looks great.
Speaker 1 (20:09):
Well, if you never ever need a tasting assistant, you know,
I put my resume in.
Speaker 2 (20:15):
Kyle.
Speaker 7 (20:15):
It's not a bad idea, Like, let's welcome comic man
or tasting assistant.
Speaker 5 (20:19):
Kyle, it's good. I love it.
Speaker 7 (20:23):
You're like, thank you God, great.
Speaker 5 (20:27):
I just come and take a bite and leave.
Speaker 7 (20:29):
You can be assistant Chief Macaroni officer.
Speaker 5 (20:32):
There we go. I love it.
Speaker 7 (20:34):
Bite.
Speaker 1 (20:36):
Where is the best Where's the best way to keep
track of all the things that you're doing.
Speaker 7 (20:43):
On Napster. You know it's weird. I still you know,
I'm still ripping off music from two thousand and four.
I would, yeah, you know, Instagram it's probably the best.
I still am. I'm gonna figure out TikTok here in
a second, Okay, are you on it?
Speaker 2 (21:04):
I am? And I'm horrible about posting on TikTok.
Speaker 7 (21:07):
Yeah, I need to learn better. But lots of Instagram
and it's pretty complicated. Joel McHale at Instagram, and then
you know, learn about Rice. Just go you go to
all the go to the instagrams for Riceerni as well
to get so, you know, for the event and all that.
Speaker 1 (21:25):
On the twenty six your first TikTok could be eating
uh macaroni.
Speaker 7 (21:30):
Oh, I'm sure the people, the Riserni Macaroni people right
now are like, that's a great idea and they're scrambling
tapping out like your first TikTok. I put up a
few tiktoks with Ryan speak Press. That one went very well,
and so I just need yeah, I need to start
putting on.
Speaker 1 (21:50):
Awesome Joel, Thank you so much. It's a pleasure to
talk to you. I love all your work and I
can't wait for everything, including the macaroni coming very very soon.
Speaker 5 (22:01):
I can't wait.
Speaker 7 (22:02):
Yes, and I'll see you on the twenty six And
good luck to all your sports teams. I don't know
if you like the Eagles or your your Jets or
your Giants. I don't know which. You live near a
lot of professional sports teams, so I don't know.
Speaker 2 (22:13):
I do.
Speaker 5 (22:13):
I go by color.
Speaker 1 (22:14):
So the Green team, I like the Green team, right,
and the Jets.
Speaker 5 (22:18):
The silver team is cool too, so.
Speaker 1 (22:21):
Oh the Silver team, Okay, yeah, I just watched for
the concert in the middle of the game.
Speaker 5 (22:27):
That's what I do.
Speaker 7 (22:28):
Is it the seventy six ers?
Speaker 1 (22:29):
Is your seventy six or seventy Yes, seventy six ers
or Philly Yep, yep, Eagles, seventy six ers, Phillies is
all those Philadelphia teams. And then you know there's some
overlap with DC Baltimore and that sort of thing.
Speaker 5 (22:44):
So yeah, we're been a good place for sports.
Speaker 7 (22:47):
So yeah, my Seahawks are two and noo, so I'm
very happy there.
Speaker 5 (22:51):
You can thank you, Joel. I really appreciate it.
Speaker 7 (22:54):
Thank you. Thanks for having me.
Speaker 2 (22:56):
Of course, and we'll talk again right on.
Speaker 5 (22:59):
Thank you, sir, Joel.
Speaker 1 (23:02):
McHale, love him, love speaking with him, and like I said,
love his work, love speaking with him.
Speaker 2 (23:10):
And as I said, he has been hugely influential.
Speaker 1 (23:13):
In my career and everything that I've done, including pop
Culture Weekly right here.
Speaker 2 (23:19):
So all right, that's our show for this week.
Speaker 1 (23:21):
We have some exciting stuff coming up soon in the
next you know, coming weeks and months that I can't wait.
Speaker 5 (23:29):
To get out to.
Speaker 1 (23:30):
You hit me up on socials let's talk, or if
you're on the iHeartRadio app, use that talkback feature and
I might.
Speaker 2 (23:37):
Just feature you right here on the show. All right
until next week.
Speaker 3 (23:42):
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