Sean Clements speaks on The Dink, Hollywood Handbook - Bullseye with Jesse Thorn

Sean Clements is a writer for the big and small screen. His latest project is a feature film called The Dink. In the movie, Jake Johnson stars as Dusty "The Hammer" Boyd – a former tennis prodigy turned burnout. He spends his time teaching kids the game at his dad's club. He's dealing with a nagging injury. Dusty reluctantly tries pickleball as an alternative. He ends up falling in love with it. He meets another pickleballer: Candace, played by Mary Steenburgen. They become… best buds? Maybe something more? The Dink is a very fun, very silly movie. You can catch it now on Apple TV. The movie was inspired by some of Sean's experiences with the sport – which he was very skeptical about at first as a pretty serious tennis player. We also get into his work as co-host of the comedy podcast Hollywood Handbook alongside Hayes Davenport and what it's like to make celebrities uncomfortable on that show. 00:00 Intro 00:44 The sincerity of "The Dink" 05:07 Pickleball Talk! And making a feel good movie 09:26 The tone of "Hollywood Handbook" 17:08 Sean Clements isn't a jerk in real life, it's a bit! 26:34 His career in relationship to making a movie as sincere as "The Dink" 32:20 Outro Want to hear more? Subscribe to Bullseye now via Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/n... Get MORE of Bullseye with Jesse Thorn: ► FOLLOW us on Instagram: /   / bullseyewithjessethorn   ► FOLLOW us on X: / https://x.com/Bullseye ► LIKE us on Facebook: /   / bullseyewithjessethorn   ► VISIT our show page: / https://maximumfun.org/podcasts/bulls... Bullseye is a celebration of the best of arts and culture in public radio form. Host Jesse Thorn sifts the wheat from the chaff to bring you in-depth interviews with the most revered and revolutionary minds in our culture. Bullseye has been featured in Time, The New York Times, GQ and McSweeney's, which called it "the kind of show people listen to in a more perfect world." Want to record your podcast in the same studio as Bullseye? Visit https://www.maxfunstudio.com/ for information on how to make that happen.