Episode 627: Sex Panther Matthew Crawley’s Dacha

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Matthew Belinkie, Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, and Matthew Wrather meet in Edinburgh to overthink Will Ferrell’s Eurovision mock-u-homage, Eurovision Song Contest: The Ballad of Fire Saga. We are devotees of Eurovision and very sorry that the pandemic has forced its cancellation, and this movie, whatever its drawbacks, does a number of things that kiiiiinda fill the gap. For now.

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• “The (Fake) Songs of Summer : A compendium of the infectious tunes in Will Ferrell’s Eurovision Song Contest” (Vulture)
• “Cher’s ‘Believe’ Now Faintly Audible Everywhere In America” (The Onion)

Also, please enjoy this video in which the Eurovision Song Contest parodies itself better than this movie does:

Episode 627: Sex Panther Matthew Crawley’s Dacha originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]