Trev "Big T" Dinkle
An average stunt guy who specializes in getting blown up and jumping into things.
Highlight Bits & Quotes
8The Pride Adjustment and Practical Transformers
Champ Sergeant describes his gruesome injuries from a railroad spike and the lack of 'pride adjustments' in modern stunt work. Trev 'Big T' Dinkle claims Michael Bay's Transformers are entirely practical, including the robots.
"I go through eight shirts a day. I'm always oozing something."
"So when the cars are turning into robots and stuff? That's all practical."
"Michael Bay, the Bay guy, he loves T, which is me."
The Elephant in the Room and the Spaghetti Incident
Champ Sergeant recounts a disastrous 1960s avant-garde film shoot involving a tranquilized elephant that passed out, destroyed craft services, and necessitated the invention of 'elephant doors.'
"We had spaghetti like men. Glasses of milk and spaghetti."
"The elephant died and we had to chop him up."
"That's why they call them elephant doors."
Rush Hour 2 Mattress Mishap
Curtis Suzuki explains how he ruined a high-stakes explosion shot in Rush Hour 2 by accidentally landing safely on Tempur-Pedic mattresses instead of being 'shredded' as intended.
"It sent me straight down a hallway into just a room filled with Tempur-Pedic mattresses."
"I signed something that said I'm okay with it. I'm good to die for a film."
The Teacher-Stunt Performer Pipeline
DJ T reveals her close relationship with a teacher who promised her stardom, leading to a discussion about the romantic overlap between stunt performers and educators.
"When you go to a stunt bar, it's half a teacher bar."
"What is so wrong with me that I'm constantly dating teachers?"
Space Parkour and the Fear of Floating
Trev pitches his dream stunt: parkour in zero gravity, where the primary risk isn't falling, but missing a handhold and drifting into the void forever.
"I would like to parkour in space."
"What if you miss the handhold and you just start floating in space for the rest of your life?"
The Great Stunt Escape
A gunman interrupts the podcast, prompting the performers to use their 'stunts'—including space parkour and being shot out of a gun—to escape the studio.
"We should use our stunts to get them out of here!"
"Put me in your gun!"
The Slippery Cheeto Incident
April Shaun recounts a dangerous stunt on Diary of a Wimpy Kid where she had to land on a moving bus while covered in viscous Cheeto dust.
Roundtable Roll-Call: The Unsung Heroes of Stunts
The panel introduces themselves, featuring a specialist in germaphobe handshakes, a performer who only plays children, and a man whose face was permanently flipped upside down by doctors.
"I primarily specialize in doing handshake stunts for Hollywood's germaphobes."
"They just had to take my whole forehead and flip it upside down."
"I'm petite and I won't let you forget it."