John: I just got this note from Crystal Boggs, one of our producers, and she gave me a tip. I haven’t used the product, but I looked over all the features. I’ve got it set up to use, but it’s nothing I would use. But I can see it being something that would be very valuable to a lot of people—especially after listening to that horrible AI clip that created itself. For people that want to keep movies and other productions clean, this is a censorship product. I’m gonna read the note from her, and this is gonna be the product. The product is VidAngel.
“ITM John and Adam! On the last show, you mentioned that some TV shows are absolutely unwatchable now because of the stuff thrown into them these days” –
John: I think we were specifically referring to the horrible show—Black whatever it was. It’s got the gay sex scene.
– “We’ve been using the $9.99 per month service VidAngel for several years and love it. It filters out whatever you want. You can customize a show or movie using preset filters. You can watch most titles by linking your streaming services. We originally got it so our kids could watch shows they otherwise couldn’t with us—but my husband and I have used it just as much for our own shows. We don’t have to be surprised by anything unsavory like you both experienced. And if a kid comes downstairs for water, they’re not gonna catch a glance of anything we have to talk about later.
We’ve used it to watch Jack Ryan, The Agency, The Diplomat, and more. I can also enjoy The Office with my team—with all the hilarious social awkwardness, but none of the adult jokes. It’s got like 300 filters in it.”
I don’t know how it even works, but that’s interesting. It’s a very interesting product for people out there that really want to use theirs…
John: I will say this: I have mixed feelings about censorship products like this, although I can see their value for sure. That’s why I’m recommending it. But I remember one time I was on a flight—and movies on airplanes are censored.
So they have the in-flight movie and I watched Get Shorty, which I thought was a hilarious film. But there’s some of it—just for some reason I was unsatisfied at the end of it. I don’t know what it was, but the movie made no sense.
But it was funny. So then I saw it on TV years later, and in the movie—which is a key element—there’s an airplane crash. And they took it out. Airplane movies will never have an airplane crash in the movie. It’s a policy of all the airlines.
Adam: I understand that, yeah. For good reason.
John: But if you don’t know about the airplane crash, the movie doesn’t make a lot of sense.
Adam: This is the irony—of this coming from the guy who just played a not-safe-for-work ISO—is not lost on me.