This week on Pitchin’ Movies With The Sound Off, Marcus and Tra$h Dog pitch a movie about ego, karaoke, and midlife meltdown — Professor Beyoncé. Nathan Fielder stars (in our universe) as Professor Martin Yonce, a tenured computer science professor who’s been overlooked his entire career. After a campus karaoke night and one surprisingly flawless Beyoncé cover, he becomes a viral legend — but fame and obsession hit harder than a final exam. It’s a dark comedy about fame, failure, and the dangers of trying to be “cool.” Cast (in our version): 🎓 Nathan Fielder — Professor Martin “Beyoncé” Yonce 🎤 Matthew McConaughey — Professor David Watterson 💼 Tina Fey — Professor Margaret Laskin 🏈 Jacob Elordi — Zane Maxwell 🎧 Barbie Ferreira — Deb Majors 🏛️ Janine Garofalo — Gem Yonce 📋 Michael Ian Black — Dean Mark Finch 🎧 New episode every other week. 👕 Merch & Totally Real Bands: https://www.totallyrealbands.com 📱 All links: https://linktr.ee/PMWTSO 00:00 – Cold Open Marcus and Tra$h Dog lock in the title *Professor Beyoncé* — and immediately start laughing at how bad an idea it is. 00:35 – Welcome to the Episode The hosts introduce *Pitchin’ Movies With The Sound Off* and joke about missing their horror-movie homework from last week. 02:25 – A Professor with Tenure (and Regret) The concept forms: a mid-career college professor decides this is the year he’s finally going to be “cool.” 03:40 – Casting Begins: Nathan Fielder as Martin Yonce They land on Nathan Fielder as the perfect awkward lead, a computer science professor whose attempt at reinvention goes horribly right. 06:15 – Finding the Name Martin Yonce is born — complete with a tilde debate and the discovery that “Professor Beyoncé” just *works.* 09:50 – Building the World The campus comes to life: Columbia-adjacent, bougie New Jersey vibes, filled with smug professors and cooler students. 11:20 – Enter Zane Maxwell Jacob Elordi plays Zane, the effortlessly cool student who triggers Martin’s midlife identity crisis. 14:00 – The Cool Professor Montage Martin tries to become “that guy” — new clothes, new gym membership, new insecurities. 17:15 – Meet the Faculty Matthew McConaughey becomes Professor David Watterson, the effortlessly cool colleague; Tina Fey joins as his partner, Margaret Laskin. 20:25 – The Wife on the Building Martin’s wife, Gem Yonce (Janine Garofalo), is revealed to be part of an old-money family whose name is literally on the college. 23:10 – Faculty Envy and Awkward Marriage Martin’s professional jealousy and dead marriage boil over — and we get a painfully awkward dinner scene. 30:30 – Totally Real Bands Ad Break Tra$h Dog gives a chaotic live read for **TotallyRealBands.com**, featuring Pineapple Mouse, Favorite Goose, and Priest King. 33:30 – The Makeover & the Meltdown Martin updates his wardrobe, gets ignored by his wife, and starts spiraling toward “cool guy” delusion. 36:00 – The New Semester A new school year begins — and Zane ends up in Martin’s class, sparking an unlikely (and uncomfortable) friendship. 39:10 – Invited to the Scene Martin hears about Zane’s band hangout and decides to show up, uninvited, to a Priest King basement show. 41:10 – Priest King Live Martin’s first taste of “the scene” — chaotic punk, trash cans flying, and total sensory overload. 44:00 – New Friends, Old Pain Martin tries to join in, buys everyone drinks, and embarrasses himself into becoming part of the group anyway. 49:00 – Karaoke Night The fateful scene: Martin’s surprisingly incredible Beyoncé performance earns him a new title — *Professor Beyoncé.* 51:20 – Campus Fame He wakes up hungover to cheering students. He’s gone viral. He’s finally “cool.” 52:45 – Deb Majors, the Student Barbie Ferreira’s Deb enters the story — a student whose brief hookup with Martin sends everything downhill. 53:40 – The Downfall Martin brags about the relationship, rewrites his coursework around Beyoncé, and loses his grip on reality. 54:10 – Dean Finch’s Office Michael Ian Black’s Dean Finch delivers the ultimate meltdown monologue — Martin is suspended, but only because his wife’s name is on the building. 55:40 – The Spiral Martin stalks Deb, hacks her phone, and deludes himself into believing it’s love. 58:00 – The Vent Scene Martin plans a grand romantic gesture: sneaking through the locker room vents. It does *not* go as planned. 59:10 – The Locker Room Finale He crashes through the ceiling, naked, mid-meltdown — the legend of Professor Beyoncé is sealed forever. 01:00:20 – The Arrest Police lead Martin out, pantsless, as students chant “Professor Beyoncé!” One of the most chaotic endings yet. 01:00:45 – Wrap-Up Marcus and Tra$h Dog thank listeners, plug the merch, and tease the next episode of *Pitchin’ Movies With The Sound Off.*
