Paul Scheer

Los Angeles, United States

My NYT bestselling 📕, “Joyful Recollections of Trauma” is avail (🇨🇦🇬🇧 too). 🎧Listen to How Did This Get Made & Unspooled 📝 https://t.co/Sb9xk7LUOc

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Articles

Horny, Foggy, and Full of Vibes: The Big Sleep

6 days ago | unspooledpodcast.substack.com | Paul Scheer

“You’re not very tall, are you?”“I try to be”If film noir is a genre about moral ambiguity, The Big Sleep is a film about narrative ambiguity. Howard Hawks’ 1946 adaptation of Raymond Chandler’s novel drops you into a labyrinth of murder, smut, sibling secrets, and what appears to be the world’s most confusing blackmail ring run out of a porn…bookshop. Somehow, this chaos only makes it better. If the vibes are immaculate, do we even care who killed who?
Welcome to the Unspooled Substack

3 weeks ago | unspooledpodcast.substack.com | Paul Scheer

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My Coachella Diary

3 weeks ago | paulscheer.substack.com | Paul Scheer

I started my career at Pitchfork, I’m the one who gave Mars Volta’s "Ninth Wave" a 0.0 and that is coming from a HUGE fan of Caribbean Yacht Rock! So forget Gaga, Post Malone, Green Day and Travis Scott, these are bands that really made a statement at Coachella. Wet Ghost @ Glow Stick Cathedral An EDM duo who only perform in translucent ponchos and speak like Borat. They dropped one bassline that forced a woman into labor and she wasn’t even pregnant.
Kias Don't Exist and 9 Other Lesser Known Conspiracy Theories

1 month ago | paulscheer.substack.com | Paul Scheer

Faking the Moon Landing. 9/11 was an inside Job. Paul McCartney is Dead. We’ve all heard those popular conspiracies. You know, the ones that are just crazy enough to make you think Conspiracy Theorists are just “nut jobs” but maybe that was the POINT! Those Conspiracy Theories were were a front to keep us from knowing the real truth. The Conspiracy Theories no one wants you to believe or even hear, until NOW! HOCKEY IS A MIND CONTROL EXPERIMENTEver talk to hockey fan? They love it. Why?
Laser Tag Rules We Regretfully Had to Put in Writing

1 month ago | paulscheer.substack.com | Paul Scheer

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"Is it Time to Finally Stop Making the Donuts?"

2 months ago | paulscheer.substack.com | Paul Scheer

NOTE FROM PAUL: As you know, I would like to offer my Substack to people who don’t have a voice on this platform. I recently met Fred, the Dunkin Donuts guy, and he asked if he could use my platform to clear up a few misconceptions and rumors. I was happy to oblige. “Did we go to school together” “Are you an actor” This is my life For those who aren’t familiar, back in the 80s, I let a documentary crew capture my routine as a donut maker at my place of business, Dunkin’ Donuts.
Happy Halloween Birthday Horror Nights pt. 3

Jan 29, 2025 | tinihoward.substack.com | Tini Howard |Blake Howard |Paul Scheer

This month, I’ve been focusing The Scorpio Room’s programming on one of my favorite things: horror movies. Not only was my birthday last week, but like most horror writers, and I are horror movie obsessives. We spend our whole October on a delicious and deadly media binge, catching up on everything from the past year’s horror offerings to long-buried classics.
It's an NBA Power Rankings Tuesday

Dec 3, 2024 | marcstein.substack.com | Marc Stein |Paul Scheer

The plan, in truth, was to chef up a piping-hot batch of NBA Power Rankings last Tuesday. Before November's end. Bringing home the free agent signing of Jake Fischer wound up taking precedence for The Committee (of One):By waiting a week, though, we have brand-new rankings to coincide with the completion of the opening quarter of the 2024-25 regular season.
130. š«šŖ The Fifth Element (1997) | The Nostalgia Test Podcast

Nov 20, 2024 | thenostalgiatest.com | Paul Scheer

Dan & Manny put the 1997 action/sci-fi classic š«šŖ The Fifth ElementĀ to the ultimate test--THE NOSTALGIA TEST! āDid we just watch Captain Planet?ā -Manny Coelho Strap in Nostalgia Testers, because this episode spans multiple time periods, universes, tangents, and overall classic nostalgic joy! Manny & Dan talk about the connection betweenĀ The Fifth ElementĀ andĀ Captain Planet, how "Leeloo Dallas Multipass" is the most memorable quote from the entire movie, the genius of Bruce...
Dinosaur Improv Live in Washington DC

Nov 20, 2024 | allevents.in | Paul Scheer

Select Your City We have got 40,000 cities covered worldwide Discover Events from nearby cities Philadelphia Baltimore Virginia Beach Richmond Atlantic City Norfolk Alexandria Ashburn Fredericksburg Hampton Discover Online Events - Attend from anywhere → Time Fri Nov 22 2024 at 07:30 pm (EST) Lincoln Theatre, 1215 U St NW, Washington, DC 20009-4442, United States,Washington D.C. Only get lost while having fun, not on the road! Find Tickets About the event Dinosaur Improv Live in Washington DC...