BONUS EPISODE PILOT: September Stinker 2026 - If Leos Carax fixed The Hunchback of Notre-Dame II (2002)

Episode recorded: September 1st, 2026 (09/01/2026)

0:00:00 - Announcement from Dom

0:00:21 - Episode starts

0:01:44 - Introducing Patrick and Leslie of The Hunchcast of Notre-Dame (and how Jay discovered them)

0:06:40 - What is The Hunchback of Notre-Dame II about?

0:10:41 - Cons (and Pros) of The Hunchback of Notre-Dame II

0:33:20 - How to fix The Hunchback of Notre-Dame II

0:37:13 - Look into the different Boy-Meets-Girl romance movie set in Paris with a similar premise Les Amants du Pont-Neuf (and why Leslie and Patrick didn’t like it)

0:51:40 - Who is Leos Carax?

0:59:27 - The firework scene in Les Amants du Pont-Neuf (and why Denis Lavant is Jay’s choice for playing King Louis XI in his film adaptation of Notre-Dame de Paris).

1:07:03 - Troubled productions behind Les Amants du Pont-Neuf and whether doing it in animation could work

1:17:06 - Les Amants du Pont-Neuf but everyone is a Muppet except one character (and Jay’s surprising choice)