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# Melissa McCarthy Takes Theme-Dressing to a New Level
- URL: https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/melissa-mccarthy-takes-theme-dressing-to-a-new-level-10-2024/
- Published: 2024-10-15T20:00:57.000Z
- Updated: 2024-10-15T05:45:18.000Z
- Description: For her new podcast.
- Author: Heather
- Tags: fugs, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-10-07 08:27

Melissa McCarthy and her husband Ben Falcone have a fiction podcast called *Hildy the Barback and the Lake of Fire*, for which she also got participation from their daughters, Octavia Spencer, Glenn Close, Allison Janney, and Joel McHale. [Here is what she said about it to *THR*](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/melissa-mccarthy-ben-falcone-podcast-hildy-the-barback-lemonada-media-1236023650/?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io):

> *“When Ben pitched me Hildy the Barback and the Lake of Fire, he said, ‘It’s a medieval comedy where you battle dragons and an evil sorcerer while still running the family tavern, and deals with issues like sexually narcissistic centaurs.’ I said, ‘That will look amazing!’ And he said, ‘No, it’s a podcast/radio play, so you’ll only hear it. Also, each episode will have an original song, so it will be a tremendous amount of work and we’ll be lucky to break even.’ I looked at my hubby and said, ‘That sounds batshit crazy. I’m in!’"*

I have no idea if this is a kid-friendly joint or what, but I suspect... not entirely? Although they showed up at *GMA* in full garb, which looks kind of like *Spamalot* meets a PG rave. This would make a great birthday party, but as a podcast? I guess we'll see.

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