{"id":645,"date":"2026-05-25T21:00:38","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T01:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/doublefeaturevs.com\/Podcast\/?p=645"},"modified":"2026-08-01T15:30:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T19:30:03","slug":"as-good-as-it-gets-vs-ella-mccay-james-l-brooks-comedies-showdown-spoilers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doublefeaturevs.com\/Podcast\/2026\/as-good-as-it-gets-vs-ella-mccay-james-l-brooks-comedies-showdown-spoilers\/","title":{"rendered":"AS GOOD AS IT GETS vs. ELLA MCCAY &#8211; JAMES L BROOKS COMEDIES SHOWDOWN (SPOILERS)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>James L Brooks &#8211; a name synonymous with classic comedies and legendary TV shows.<\/p>\n<p>On this one, we compare the past and present.  We have the classic 1997\u2019 film \u201cAs Good As It Gets\u201d starring Jack Nicholson vs. the recent polarizing 2025 film \u201cElla McCay\u201d starring Emma Mackey.<\/p>\n<p>Who wins? Let\u2019s find out! <\/p>\n<p>Aftershow:<br \/>\n&#8211; Brad gives a spoiler-free review of \u201cThe Mandolorian and Grogu\u201d<br \/>\n&#8211; Blak gives a spoiler-free review of the recent short film \u201cGary\u201d, a film from the universe of the series \u201cThe Bear\u201d<\/p>\n<p>LIKE, SHARE AND SUBSCRIBE.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_457\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-645-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/doublefeaturevs.com\/Podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/Podcast\/Episode254-AS-GOOD-AS-IT-GETS-vs-ELLA-MCCAY-JAMES-L-BROOKS-COMEDIES-SHOWDOWN-SPOILERS.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/doublefeaturevs.com\/Podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/Podcast\/Episode254-AS-GOOD-AS-IT-GETS-vs-ELLA-MCCAY-JAMES-L-BROOKS-COMEDIES-SHOWDOWN-SPOILERS.mp3\">https:\/\/doublefeaturevs.com\/Podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/Podcast\/Episode254-AS-GOOD-AS-IT-GETS-vs-ELLA-MCCAY-JAMES-L-BROOKS-COMEDIES-SHOWDOWN-SPOILERS.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/doublefeaturevs.com\/Podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/Podcast\/Episode254-AS-GOOD-AS-IT-GETS-vs-ELLA-MCCAY-JAMES-L-BROOKS-COMEDIES-SHOWDOWN-SPOILERS.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/doublefeaturevs.com\/Podcast\/?powerpress_pinw=645-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/doublefeaturevs.com\/Podcast\/wp-content\/uploads\/Podcast\/Episode254-AS-GOOD-AS-IT-GETS-vs-ELLA-MCCAY-JAMES-L-BROOKS-COMEDIES-SHOWDOWN-SPOILERS.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Episode254-AS-GOOD-AS-IT-GETS-vs-ELLA-MCCAY-JAMES-L-BROOKS-COMEDIES-SHOWDOWN-SPOILERS.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>James L Brooks &#8211; a name synonymous with classic comedies and legendary TV shows. On this one, we compare the past and present. We have the classic 1997\u2019 film \u201cAs Good As It Gets\u201d starring Jack Nicholson vs. the recent polarizing 2025 film \u201cElla McCay\u201d starring Emma Mackey. Who wins? Let\u2019s find out! Aftershow: &#8211; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-podcast"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/doublefeaturevs.com\/Podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/doublefeaturevs.com\/Podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/doublefeaturevs.com\/Podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doublefeaturevs.com\/Podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doublefeaturevs.com\/Podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=645"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/doublefeaturevs.com\/Podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":661,"href":"https:\/\/doublefeaturevs.com\/Podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/645\/revisions\/661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/doublefeaturevs.com\/Podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doublefeaturevs.com\/Podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/doublefeaturevs.com\/Podcast\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}