After six months of secret preparation, Landen unveils a mind-reading experiment that goes wildly off the rails. What begins as a crystal-ball séance turns into one of the strangest on-air pranks in Movie Memory Machine history.
WHAT YOU’LL HEAR-
Landen’s elaborate attempt to “mentally program” Truman into naming a specific actor
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How a single Jennifer Connelly guess derails months of setup
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The shocking reveal of six hundred prerecorded actor names
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A confession, an existential crisis, and a friendship stress-test disguised as mentalism
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The return of The Trailer Game as the hosts predict how Nightmare Alley’s trailer sells the film
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Tags: Nightmare Alley, Mini Episode, Mind Reading, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jennifer Connelly, Prank Episode, The Trailer Game
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