The hosts report that Myers wanted Jim Carrey to play Dr. Evil, but Carrey was busy finishing Liar Liar, so Myers played it himself.
A host reports that Rhea Perlman was in talks to play Frau Farbissina but had scheduling conflicts.
A host reports that Colin Quinn turned down Scott Evil and has had a lot of regrets since.
It is hard to imagine Colin Quinn as a young Scott Evil like Seth Green, though his Larry Sanders turn as Artie's disastrous intern son would have fit.
A host recalls reading an interview, possibly the oral history, with Seth Green describing being in a play when the call for this role came.

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Roger Ebert gave the film three stars, calling it a funny movie that gets funnier the more familiar viewers are with James Bond movies, the Bond clones and other 1960s films.
The rating is a surprise given Ebert's attention to plot; the explanation offered is the film's overt Beyond the Valley of the Dolls references, a film Ebert co-wrote.

New lead fembot; new Irish henchman

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Replacing Robert Wagner is floated, but the casting pays off when Rob Lowe is put in as Number Two, a Robert Wagner 2.0.
A point is started about the gentleman who played Random Task. — Chris Ryan
That actor is called a complicated figure, to be covered later.
An actress named on air as Ali Larder is proposed as the lead fembot; the fembots needed one future star, and Helen Mirren is jokingly suggested.
It is odd the role did not go to Pamela Anderson; Cindy Margolis was the lower-tier version at the time, and someone reportedly auditioned for a part, perhaps Elizabeth Hurley's.
Heather Graham as the lead fembot would have cost the sequel Felicity Shagwell.
The Irish henchman (the Lucky Charms guy) should be replaced by a young host then working at Newbury Comics; Bono is joked about, and edgy British method actors such as Gary Oldman or Tim Roth are proposed.

Random Task actor's prison sentence; AOL 3.0 product placement; 1961 Jaguar E-Type; Zima replaced by Tab; George Harrison's last letter

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A host reports that Joe Son, who played Random Task, is serving a life sentence and in 2017 received an additional 27 years for murdering his cellmate.
A host notes Austin's computer runs AOL 3.0; according to director Jay Roach, the AOL placement was done to get a free year of service.
A host identifies Austin's car as a 1961 Jaguar open two-seater.
A host says that in the Las Vegas bar scene Austin was meant to drink a Zima, but Zima realized it was being mocked, so it became Tab; this contrasts with the Wayne's World product-placement parody.
A host reports that George Harrison's last letter was to Myers, praising the films and asking for a Mini-Me doll; Myers framed it and told the story on Carvey's podcast.

Bob's Big Boy cryogenic rocket

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There are few nits because it is a ridiculous comedy.
Dr. Evil builds a cryogenic rocket from a Bob's Big Boy statue atop a hip London nightclub, which makes no sense.
Being frozen for 30 years prompts basketball jokes about LeBron still on the Lakers and wishing to have been frozen before game one of the Celtics playoff series.

Is Austin Powers the best movie franchise from a PR standpoint?

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The trilogy may be the best franchise from a PR standpoint: three successful movies, none bad, each adding something, and no fourth.
John Wick will tail off with more sequels and spinoffs; Fast and Furious and Star Wars have weak entries; Mission Impossible is getting better, though 2 is rough.
Rocky would qualify if it ended after four; Peter Jackson could have stopped after Lord of the Rings instead of making three dull Hobbit films.
The take is compared to Jim Brown retiring at the top; Goldmember is the least funny of the three and The Love Guru goes too far.
A take that the Jaws films qualify fails on Jaws 3D; Jaws 2 is proposed for a summer episode.

Likes the second and third movies more than the first

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The producer apologizes, clarifies he likes two and three more than one rather than way better, and says he was three in 1997, saw the sequels first, found the original slower, and still loves it. — Craig Horlbeck
A host partly defends him: like The Godfather Part II, Austin Powers 2 is better, ranking them 2-1-3.
The ranking is 1-2-3 because the first is pure invention and the leanest at 89 minutes. — Sean Fennessey
The second has higher highs but the first hangs together better; that the sequel is even comparable is rare for comedy, leading to Anchorman 2.