Taking It Down 126: MCU Casting Ideas, Adam Sandler as a Great, and the Movie Nope

Blaine, Adam, and Donovan award the Listener of the Week, who takes the team into being international (2:30)! Then the group has very specific ideas on how to cast Wolverine in the upcoming Marvel Cinematic Universe adventures — and it doesn’t involve Taron Egerton (3:54).

Natalie joins the crew and the four hosts discuss the recent piece by head writer Patrick Akers which posits that Adam Sandler is one of the greatest (8:31). Is he? And what’s his best performance? And here’s the video referenced in the talk of Sandler’s very early MTV days, pre-SNL.

After a break, Donovan and Blaine dissect the many threads of the new Jordan Peele film Nope (32:50). The podcast episode of Where’s the Line? mentioned in that discussion can be found here on Apple and here in Spotify.

As with every episode, listeners can find it in any podcast app, including Spotify, or listen with the embedded player above.

The podcast Taking It Down releases weekly on Tuesday mornings. Check out the site TheAlabamaTake.com for a lot more, including the online shop where you can find all kinds of shirts, mugs, and bags with many different shows logos!

All this and the Listener of the Week in the episode of *Taking It Down*!

The Alabama Take brings a variety of podcasts — with even more to come — and website writings with no ads, but we still have some bills to pay. If there’s nothing in the shop to interest you, feel free to make a donation: venture to Buy Me A Coffee or visit our Venmo and PayPal to help to keep the site and podcasts going.

Find our other podcasts in your favorite podcast app or here on the site.

The embedded player above will certainly get you the whole show, but perhaps you want options. Here you go:

Here’s a direct link to Apple Podcasts.

Want to listen on Spotify? Here’s a link!

Do you listen to music and podcasts via Amazon Prime? Here we are!