We near the end of Mike White May, this year all about Francis Veber films and their remakes, with the first pairing of a duo that would become famous for their works together in La Chevre. The Projection Booth's Mike White and Film Foundation's Ryan Verrill join the episode to talk
Martin Short, Pierre Richard, and why the remake doesn't work.

The two films follow a private investigator tasked with finding a wealthy client's supremely unlucky daughter by forcing him to work with an equally unlucky man from the wealthy client's business. It's high concept that struggles to be as funny as the intial setup seems to think it is.

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