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EPISODE · Mar 26, 2026 · 35 MIN

Made Up Movie: Monkey Cop

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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 copA washed-up human partner one write-up away from getting firedA PG-13 movie that somehow includes drugs, bar fights, and monkey hookupsA 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 seriesA prequel origin storyMerchandising plans like he’s already met with DisneyMeanwhile, 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 ViceCreate a musical number about cocaine mid-conversationAnd somehow land on a stalker subplot where Nicki plays a woman obsessed with Monkey Cop’s clothing… and potentially his poopYes. That happens.By the end, no one is entirely sure what just happened—but they are sure of one thing:Monkey Cop is either movie gold… or the exact reason Hollywood should have stricter rules.Either way, this episode proves one thing:You don’t need a real movie to have a better time than most real movies.Just another completely normal episode of Movie Torture. Follow Movie Torture here:https://www.instagram.com/movietorturepod/Buy Merch here:https://www.bonfire.com/store/the-hopecast-network-swag/This show is brought to you by The Hopecast Networkhttps://www.instagram.com/hopecastnetwork/

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