Episode Details

Mandy has never seen Psycho. She has, however, seen Hot in Cleveland, which — it turns out — quotes Psycho constantly, meaning Mandy has been unknowingly absorbing the cultural shrapnel of a movie she'd never actually watched. It's the kind of realization that says more about the half-life of a seventy-two-minute-in shower scene than anything else could. Enter Jesse Pfister: voice actor, day trader, and a man who showed up to this recording with a wig, a suspiciously well-lit prop murder weapon, and enough notes to make Mel Gibson's conspiracy board in Conspiracy Theory look understaffed.What follows is somehow both a tender character defense of Norman Bates and a forensic audit of Hitchcock's lighting choices, his taste for laxative-based practical jokes, and his opinion on a certain pop star's music-video security protocols. There's a real serial killer involved. There's a fruit cellar. There is a genuinely upsetting amount of chocolate syrup standing in for blood. Press play.Guest HighlightJesse Pfister, voice actor of nearly a decade, day trader, and regular host on the Trade the Pool YouTube channel, where he covers market analysis and trading strategy. Formerly co-hosted the Love of Life podcast (currently on hiatus).

• Trade the Pool: https://tradethepool.com/
• Instagram: @JesseFister

Films & Shows Discussed

• Psycho (1960): https://letterboxd.com/film/psycho/
• Psycho (1998 remake, dir. Gus Van Sant): https://letterboxd.com/film/psycho-1998/
• The Godfather: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-godfather/
• Jaws: https://letterboxd.com/film/jaws/
• Hot in Cleveland: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_in_Cleveland
• Rear Window: https://letterboxd.com/film/rear-window/
• Dial M for Murder: https://letterboxd.com/film/dial-m-for-murder/
• Rope (1948): https://letterboxd.com/film/rope/
• North by Northwest: https://letterboxd.com/film/north-by-northwest/
• Charade (1963, dir. Stanley Donen): https://letterboxd.com/film/charade/
• Hitchcock (2012, dir. Sacha Gervasi): https://letterboxd.com/film/hitchcock/
• The Babadook: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-babadook/
• Diabolique (1955): https://letterboxd.com/film/diabolique/
• National Lampoon's Vacation (1983): https://letterboxd.com/film/national-lampoons-vacation/
• The Maltese Falcon:

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