12 Months of Mike Month 5: Austin Powers – The Spy Who Shagged Me

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Well, folks, we watched the second Austin Powers movie and lived to talk about it. Join us as we discuss infuriating anachronisms, the decline of Mike Myers’ side characters, and of course, the “Urkelization” of Dr. Evil. And then join us next month as we examine the first of… Jesus Christ, are we really watching four Shrek movies?!?!

00:00:00 “Dr. Evil” by They Might Be Giants (from More Music from Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, 1999)

00:03:08 Our Podcast on the First Austin Powers for the 59% of Our Audience Who Couldn’t Hear It

00:14:06 The Independent: “‘Groovy, baby!’: How Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me became the greatest comedy sequel of all time”

00:22:43 The Star Wars-Referencing Teaser Trailer for The Spy Who Shagged Me

00:26:11 Vanessa’s Fembot Reveal

00:29:29 The Similarly Abrupt Wife-Killing Scene in On Her Majesty’s Secret Service

00:32:22 James Bond (Sean Connery) Uses Fiona Volpe (Lucianna Paluzzi) as a Human Shield in Thunderball

00:32:38 Austin Powers Uses Robin Swallows (Gia Carides) as a Human Shield Repeatedly in The Spy Who Shagged Me

00:35:06 Dr. Evil and Scott (Seth Green) on (Sigh) Jerry Springer

00:38:21 Kid Rock with His “Mini-Me,” Joe C

00:38:25 Wee Man, the “Mini-Me” of Jackass

00:40:47 The Mildly Amusing Chess Piece-Fellating Scene

00:41:42 “Zip It”: Like “Shh,” But Not as Funny

00:48:05 A Selection of Fat Bastard’s Catch Phrases

00:53:54 Austin Powers in a Heineken Commercial

01:08:58 The Other Movie Scene that Haunts Zach

01:11:05 The Inexplicable “Dr. Evil Covering Joan Osborne” Scene

01:11:59 Probably the Best Original Gag in The Spy Who Shagged Me (By Default)

01:12:50 The Triggering “Just the Two of Us” Scene

01:16:12 The Much Funnier Will Smith Version of “Just the Two of Us”

0:17:47 The Rocket Sequence (Remember, They Do This Twice)

01:19:50 The Overlong Mini-Me Fight Scene

01:23:45 “Word Up!” by Melanie G (from Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me – Music from the Motion Picture, 1999, for some reason)