#096: This Is Spinal Tap with Ryan Verrill

#096: This Is Spinal Tap with Ryan Verrill

From One Track Mind with Ryan Luis Rodriguez by Ryan Luis Rodriguez

April 26, 2026 · 54 min · Season 3 · Episode 96

About this episode

The episode features a discussion on the audio commentary of 'This Is Spinal Tap' with guest Ryan Verrill, focusing on various filmmaking topics and anecdotes.

For our ninety-sixth episode, we’re joined by the great Ryan Verrill (“The Disc-Connected”) for the first installment in our two-part salute to the late Rob Reiner, focusing on the audio commentary for Reiner’s near-perfect 1984 directorial debut “This Is Spinal Tap”. Among the things discussed: deleted lip sore storylines, cheese rolling festivals, surprising comparisons to “Anchorman 2”, the drummer of Toto’s bizarre gardening accident, pruning hours of footage into a manageable 83 minute runtime, deconstructing filmmaking mystique, and so much more. This podcast goes to 11! Ryan’s Recommendations: “Sesame Street: Old School” (1969-1974), “Catch-22” (1970), and “Tron” (1982) For 500 hours of exclusive bonus content and early releases of every episode, join our Patreon and become an Official Minder: http://www.patreon.com/onetrackmindpodcast Our network: https://www.someonesfavoriteproductions.com/network Theme Music by: Bildschirm (bildschirm.bandcamp.com). Artwork by: Lacie Barker.

People in this episode

Host: Ryan Luis Rodriguez

Guest: Ryan Verrill

Topics covered

  • film analysis
  • audio commentary
  • Rob Reiner
  • comedy
  • filmmaking
  • pop culture

Keywords

  • This Is Spinal Tap
  • Rob Reiner
  • audio commentary
  • film discussion
  • comedy films
  • Ryan Verrill
  • deleted scenes
  • filmmaking mystique

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: This Is Spinal Tap, Sesame Street: Old School, Catch-22, Tron, Anchorman 2

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