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Welcome to FAKE PRESIDENTS, a real podcast about, well...you know. Each week we'll take a deep dive into a fictional American president from movies and TV to see just how much fiction there really is.

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The Spoof Stops Here (SCARY MOVIE 3, 2003)

Oct 26, 2021

Just in time for Halloween it's a SCARY MOVIE. The third one! The one that introduced Leslie-freakin'-Nielsen as an American president!

What happens when uber-republican director David Zucker (of AIRPLANE fame) teams up with uber-democratic producers Bob and Harvey Weinstein (of getting arrested fame) to make a...

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Scales of Justice (SPLASH, 1984)

Oct 11, 2021

Who knew there was a fake president in this 80s mermaid rom-com?

Directed by Ron Howard, SPLASH made, um, waves at the box office. It also made Tom Hanks a movie star, Howard an A-list director, and Roger Ebert very angry. 

Does this movie have actual politics for us to discuss? (Surprisingly, yes!) Does this movie have...

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