Please Make This
Tired of the same old movies, franchises, and reboots? Us too! Join Hobert Thompson & Laura Petro as they sit down with a special guest to pitch and write what should be Hollywood's next big movie. After their brainstorm, they enlist the help of actors to do a live reading of their scripts to bring each film to life. And finally, if anyone out there is listening: PLEASE make this!
- Update frequency
- every 8 days
- Average duration
- 60 minutes
- Episodes
- 307
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
The Steps
Welcome, mortals, to the interval in which the veil between humanity and the spiritual realm is pulled away revealing arcane horrors beyond your understanding. Even now, shadowed demons clamor for yo…
00:05:53 |
Fri 25 Oct 2019
Media Circus (w/ Zak Kinnaird)
The political campaign of Senator Mills is on the rocks. A public gaff has turned his supporters on him, and for the first time it seems like underdog upstart Max Holliday could win. With the media n…
01:49:50 |
Fri 18 Oct 2019
Minisode 35: Emergency Broadcast for Broadcast
*Alarm Sounds* It’s a very special PMT minisode! The PMT gang is coming to you live(ish) from their “situation room” for an emergency broadcast to remind you there’s still time to donate to the Indie…
00:05:11 |
Thu 10 Oct 2019
Knotty (w/ Brittany Meyer)
It's 1975 and eighteen year-old photography enthusiast Jen Davis is trying to enjoy her last summer before college. She’s staying with her grandparents, Bunny and Walter, in upstate New York doing th…
01:53:03 |
Fri 04 Oct 2019
Minisode 34: Double Trouble (The Number 23/Movie 43)
Please Make This hosts Laura Petro and Hobert Thompson sit down for a conceptual double feature based on the dumbest criteria available: they both have numbers in their titles. In this new Please Mak…
00:20:19 |
Fri 27 Sep 2019
Chicago Handshake (w/ Sydney Back)
Cousins Ashleigh and Brittany have grown apart over the years. Ashleigh lives in Chicago, has a fancy office job, and lives a life of complete independence while Brittany still lives in their hometow…
01:33:39 |
Fri 20 Sep 2019
The Mash (w/ Nathan Hall) Pt. 2 - The Scripts
The old monsters of Hollywood have fallen on hard times. Once the stars of film, screen, and our collective nightmares, they now bicker and laze around an old mansion they share. After realizing they…
01:17:26 |
Fri 13 Sep 2019
The Mash (w/ Nathan Hall) Pt. 1 - The Riff
The Please Make This crew sits down with Chicago writer and performer Nathan Hall to come up with their most ambitious film yet: a dramedy about the Universal Monsters living together in a shabby apa…
00:53:44 |
Fri 06 Sep 2019
Please Consider This
Since January of 2018, Please Make This has written 44 comedies, dramas, and documentaries that stretch from the beginning of time to the distant future. That is why we proudly submit Please Make Thi…
00:01:08 |
Fri 30 Aug 2019
The Adventurers’ Club (w/ John Spillane)
Aoife Flannery’s acting career has been on a long decline over the twenty years since she was one of the stars of the incredibly popular action-adventure TV show, The Adventurers’ Club. When the show…
01:34:12 |
Fri 23 Aug 2019
Minisode 33: Cutting Room Floor - Don's Plum
On this PMT minisode, host Laura Petro starts a new segment 'Cutting Room Floor' where she discusses movies that actually got made and for one reason or another, never made it to release. On this epi…
00:37:01 |
Thu 15 Aug 2019
The Mountain Path (w/ Kristen Hallen)
In a land before time, a permanent night has fallen over the valley of the People Who Live By The Lake after smoke from the nearby, long dormant volcano fills the sky. Something must be done to prese…
01:30:24 |
Fri 09 Aug 2019
Minisode 32: Deadly Prey (1987) w/ Justin Fiocca
Hobert sits down with his friends Justin and Mike to watch Deadly Prey, a terrible action film from 1987. Muscles are on constant display in this guns’n’traps dumbing down of Rambo. Danton, an unkill…
00:11:56 |
Fri 02 Aug 2019
Moon Base (LIVE at Cold Reads, Hot Scripts at iO Chicago)
The year is the future and the world is in peril. Mankind has fracked the moon and caused it to crack down the center. If something isn’t done fast, a part of the moon might break off and tumble towa…
01:03:26 |
Fri 26 Jul 2019
Minisode 31: First Christmas (w/ Ryan P)
Join your host Spencer D Blair as he chats with screenwriter and recent WGA member Ryan P about selling his first screenplay. We discuss how long it takes to get your foot in the door, what happens w…
00:13:54 |
Fri 19 Jul 2019
Knock-Offe: Joust the Two of Us (w/ Gwen Hope)
It’s a new year at the popular Midwest attraction, Ye Olde Time Fun Zone, and the knights of the realm are gathered once again to run the rides, games, and stunt show that make the park a hit with fa…
01:46:20 |
Fri 12 Jul 2019
Minisode 30: Please Help Me Make This
On this week's minisode, Laura is joined by her friend Jeff Paschal to talk about a short film that she wrote and the two have been working on making for the past year. Broadcast is the story of two …
00:18:27 |
Fri 05 Jul 2019
New Look, Same Great Taste (w/ Andreas Aristides)
Helmut and Heidi Tübgürte own a small, artisanal yogurt company in a small nordic city where their family has always supplied the locals with some of the best yogurt in the world. A dream of expansio…
01:48:21 |
Fri 28 Jun 2019
Minisode 29: ASMRMR: Road House (1989)
Join Please Make This’s Hobert Thompson for an ASMRMR (Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response Movie Review) of the action classic: Road House. Enjoy some tingles as Hobert examines the hidden auditory …
00:12:03 |
Fri 21 Jun 2019
Last Call (w/ Chris Jordan)
Death has always been a big part of Carson’s life. Really, it’s a big part of everyone’s lives since everyone knows exactly when and how they are going to die. When it’s time for you to know, a myste…
01:39:13 |
Fri 14 Jun 2019
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