{"podcast":{"title":"Movie Torture","slug":"movie-torture-6397512","podcast_index_feed_id":6397512,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/movietorture/","website_url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/movietorture","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/d0d09220-f912-48b7-8a2c-60da6cca67ca/Party-3000-x-3000-px-1400-x-1400-px-1400-x-1400-px-3000-x-3000-.jpg","author":"Hopecast","episode_count":179,"summary":"Join Brad, Mark and MTD as they tackle movies you may not want to watch, laugh a lot, and figure out if this movie is movie torture or movie gold..","last_synced_at":"2026-06-30T04:18:48.862743+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/movie-torture-6397512"},"episode":{"title":"Made Up Movie: Monkey Cop","slug":"made-up-movie-monkey-cop","published_at":"2026-03-26T22:15:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/movie-torture-6397512/made-up-movie-monkey-cop","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/movie-torture-6397512","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/movietorture","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/e5af0e28-ec0c-4bce-90cb-f1e87339f322.mp3","summary":"This week on Made Up Movie , Brad Lowe brings what he confidently calls “the greatest idea of his life” (ranking just behind his marriage), and Nicki immediately realizes she’s either witnessing genius… or the beginning of a cinematic crime. Welcome to the birth of Monkey Cop . The episode starts normal—talking musicals, Muppets, and whether anyone over 25 should legally be allowed inside Spencer’s—before Brad drops a fully developed, slightly concerning cinematic universe that he’s apparently been building in his head for years . We’re talking: A chain-smoking, beer-drinking chimp cop A washed-up human partner one write-up away from getting fired A PG-13 movie that somehow includes drugs, bar fights, and monkey hookups A VHS intro featuring a monkey watching edited adult tapes (yes, really) And that’s just the pitch. From there, things spiral beautifully. Brad unveils: A full trilogy (with escalating banana-based subtitles) A spin-off called The Splooge (yes, that’s a real sentence) A cartoon series A prequel origin story Merchandising plans like he’s already met with Disney Meanwhile, Nicki is trying to keep things grounded by asking reasonable questions like: “Should this be CGI or a real monkey?” …and Brad responds with a deep dive into real-life monkey crime documentaries and a former coworker who is now apparently in prison. Because of course. They also: Debate casting like this is actually greenlit (Glenn Powell, Sydney Sweeney, Channing Tatum—Monkey Cop is STACKED) Accidentally turn the movie into a mashup of Ted , Superbad , and Miami Vice Create a musical number about cocaine mid-conversation And somehow land on a stalker subplot where Nicki plays a woman obsessed with Monkey Cop’s clothing… and potentially his poop Yes. That happens. By the end, no one is en…","meta_description":"This week on Made Up Movie , Brad Lowe brings what he confidently calls “the greatest idea of his life” (ranking just behind his marriage), and Nicki imme…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2116,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/movie-torture-6397512/episodes/made-up-movie-monkey-cop/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/movie-torture-6397512/made-up-movie-monkey-cop.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}