Man on the Moon

"99: Man on the Moon part 1 with Tig Notaro" and "100: Man on the Moon part 2 with Tig Notaro" are episodes 108 and 110 of *Podcast Like It's 1999* covering the films of 1999, hosted by Kenny Neibart and Phil Iscove. The episodes were released as a two-parter on October 16 and 23, 2019. The Freaks & Geeks episode covering "I'm With the Band" was released in between these two episodes.

## Description

### Part 1

"Would you believe, we got Tig Notaro to join us for 99th episode to talk about Man on the Moon (Man on the Moooon)? Phil, Kenny and the best standup in the world, Tig Notaro, breakdown the taxi drivin’, mighty-mouse-lip-syncin’, woman-rasslin’ performance artist Andy Kaufman, the equally eclectic performance artist who played him, Jim Carrey, and their influence on Tig’s life and career. Thank you for being a part of our first 99!"

### Part 2

"Last week we hit our magic number and this week we hit the big 100. It’s the second half of our episode on Man on the Moon with Tig Notaro and we continue discussing the film and Jim Carrey in 1999.

Thank you all so much for listening to our first 100 and we hope you rate, review and subscribe on iTunes so we can continue growing for the next 100."

## Kenny's Intro

### Part 1

"Hello and welcome to Podcast Like It's 1999, the podcast where we talk about the films of 1999, **from a wrestling ring, or from Carnegie Hall, or there's so many places we can come from cause this movie has so many locations** here in 2019"

### Part 2

"Hello and welcome **back** to Podcast Like It's 1999, **it's our 100th episode!"**

## Historical information

"Jim Carrey stars as the late Andy Kaufman, who was considered one of the most innovative, eccentric and enigmatic performers of his time. A master at manipulating audiences, Kaufman could generate belly laughs, stony silence, tears or brawls. Whether inviting the audience out for milk and cookies or challenging women to inter-gender wrestling matches, he specialized in creating performances so real that even his close friends were never sure where the truth lay."

*Man on the Moon* was released 12/22/1999 in 6th place behind Any Given Sunday, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Stuart Little and Toy Story 2. It made $47M on a $52-82M budget. It has 64% on Rotten Tomatoes from critics and 79% from audiences.  Ebert gave the film 3.5 out of 4 stars.

## Trivia

Producer Ernie Hurtado can be heard on microphone for the first time in Part 2.

## Contest

Kenny challenged Tig to identify 7 people in the podcast artwork. Tig identified correctly:

* Nicolas Cage
* Reese Witherspoon
* Gwyneth Paltrow
* Hillary Swank
* Will Smith
* Brad Pitt
* Heath Ledger
* Haley Joel Osment (Phil prompted)
* Partner of Ben Affleck - Matt Damon
* Jude Law
* Blair Witch Project
* Toy Story

Tig could not identify Laurence Fishburne, John Malkovich and Julia Stiles.

## Ratings

**Man on the Moon**
 **Phil** | 75
 **Tig** | Did not provide a rating

Ratings were not given during the podcast but were later clarified on twitter.

## References

1. ↑ Box Office Mojo. Man on the Moon. BoxOfficeMojo.com. Retrieved on May 4, 2022.
2. ↑ Rotten Tomatoes. Man on the Moon. RottenTomatoes.com. Retrieved on May 4, 2022.
3. ↑ Roger Ebert. Man on the Moon. RogerEbert.com. Retrieved on May 4, 2022.
4. ↑ @Khallison94. Tweet Deleted. Twitter. Retrieved on May 2, 2022.
5. ↑ @pmiscove. These are my ratings:. Twitter. Retrieved on May 2, 2022.
6. ↑ @neibart. 91,94,92. Twitter. Retrieved on May 2, 2022.