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A listless and alienated teenager helps his new friend win the class presidency in their small western high school, while dealing with his bizarre family life back home.

Follows the misadventures of an awkward high school teenager and his quirky friends as they struggle to navigate life in rural Idaho.

In small-town Preston, Idaho, awkward teen Napoleon Dynamite (Jon Heder) has trouble fitting in. After his grandmother is injured in an accident, his life is made even worse when his strangely nostalgic uncle, Rico (Jon Gries), shows up to keep an eye on him.

Hey, Stephen. What did you do for Christmas again? I told you. I spent it with Jon Heder at the Improv hunting wolverines. That's right, we had Napoleon Dynamite himself on our live Christmas spectacular. If you believe you can throw a football over those mountains, have been practicing D-Qwon's Dance Grooves, or just spend your days chatting with babes online, you'll love this interview. Jon tells us his firsthand account of how it all came together, why they used real farmers in the film, and what it was like meeting Will Ferrell on ice skates. Flippin' Sweet. It's THE NIGHT TIME SHOW.

Alan reviews the comedy movie Napoleon Dynamite (2004).

Bust out your moon boots and cake on some ChapStick, gosh. "Napoleon Dynamite" (2004) is a bizarre comedy set in Idaho that stars Jon Heder. Listen as we attempt some (bad) character impressions of quotes we like, learn interesting trivia, talk about Napoleon's unique name, and discuss some deleted scenes.

Napoleon Dynamite was a surprise hit and still has devoted fans to this day. We thought we'd piss those fans off by counting its sins. So we did.

Next up in this podcast's crosshairs: a comedy that started off that inspired a TON of bad impressions as well as "GOSH" and "DANGS." That's right, Napoleon Dynamite has been selected by Zac Amico

Jon Heder joins us this week and talks about the feeling of 'constantly being an outsider' coming to Hollywood from a humble upbringing in the PNW and then heading back to Washington after years in the film industry.