Popstar 10th Anniversary Q&A
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What is this live Popstar 10th anniversary Q&A and who is onstage?
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I'm Akiva Schaffer and I approve this message. Hello, Quaid Army. It's Akiva. Hi. So today we have a live recording from an April 17th, 2026 screening of Popstar Never Stop Never Stopping. It was at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood. It was organized by American Cinematheque, who do cool screenings all over Los Angeles year round. The Q&A that you're going to hear was hosted by Daniel Scheinert of the Daniels, who are a directing team. who made Swiss Army Man and Everything Everywhere All at Once, as well as some of my favorite music videos. And he actually just randomly texted me a few weeks before the screening being like, I'm so excited to see it at this screening. And I was like, well, if you're gonna be there, maybe I put you to work.
So big thank you to him. The screening was honoring the 10-year anniversary of Popstar's release, which just happened on June 3rd. So we just passed that. And the audio you're about to hear is from after the screening. So we're in a room of about 500 people who just saw the movie. I apologize if it's a little sloppy or what have you, because obviously I... Could use a shorthand since we had all just seen it, but I know you guys have it memorized anyways. I hope you enjoy.
Hey, here's a voice memo from me, Daniel Scheiner, the moderator for this Q&A that became a podcast, I guess. I'm so flattered that this is getting released and grateful that I got to listen back to it before it got released. And my main takeaway listening back to it was that I sound nervous sometimes. and I guess that's because I was. I was so excited to get to do this and was kind of giddy. I think meeting a comedian you love is always kind of nerve-wracking because you've heard their voice a lot, but especially if you're part of Quaid Army. I've just listened to a lot of these guys talk lately, but it was such a treat, and I hope you all enjoy it.
How was the screening organized and who moderated the Q&A?
And I'm sorry I just keep interrupting Akiva and saying, right, right, throughout the whole interview, so hopefully that's not too distracting. Roll the tape.
Woo! Hey, everybody.
Hey, Righteous Kel. You beat me to it. Quaid Army.
Do I have to say it each time?
I don't know. Hi, I'm Daniel. I did not make this movie at all. I'm just a huge fan. I've seen it many times, but it's really fun to see it with a crowd again.
I think this was my first time since the premiere, but I'm not sure. Yeah. I've seen it since then at home a few times, but with an audience. How was it? It was good. The first half, I'll give you my honest take, was that the first 30 minutes I ate, I was like, whoa, we really brought this together. Like, it's cooking. And then that kind of intensity cannot sustain. And so then I was just watching and going like, oh, I hope it doesn't dip too much, because this... Which is true, I think, of this genre for all of this genre. Like, even the best ones, like the Christopher Guest ones, there's a moment where you have to, like, settle into a different pace because it's just impossible to do that first 30 minutes the whole time.
It's so dense. Yeah, it's so high-energy stuff. There's so many shots in it where I'm picturing that there was a different scene we had done, and by the end we had edited it down to like a shot. And that is what makes it feel kind of real. Yeah. It's like there's a shot I was watching, and I forgot about it, where it's like MTV Movie Award, or not Movie Award, sorry, Spring Break.
Yeah.
And you're just like, man, that was a whole setup. And it's just in there for a split second. There's extras. Was there a whole MTV scene? It was just longer.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is this live Popstar 10th anniversary Q&A and who is onstage?
0:00–2:31
2
How was the screening organized and who moderated the Q&A?
2:31–14:43
3
How did the filmmakers describe shooting Popstar in only 27 days?
14:43–23:05
4
How did test screenings change the Taylor Swift joke and other bits?
23:05–25:45
5
Which deleted songs and soundtrack tracks were filmed but cut from the movie?
25:45–30:08