---
title: "Episode #455 \u2013 Poolman, with Josh Gondelman"
url: "https:\/\/www.flophousepodcast.com\/2025\/07\/episode-455-poolman-with-josh-gondelman\/"
date: "2025-07-05T10:00:00+00:00"
episode_number: 455
movie: "Poolman"
guests: "Dan McCoy, Elliott Kalan, Josh Gondelman, Stuart Wellington, Tom Holland"
---

# Episode #455 – Poolman, with Josh Gondelman

No, it’s not a biopic about Jim Poolman, former insurance commissioner of North Dakota. It’s a comic sunshine noir about an actual pool-maintaining [Poolman](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt18077924/), played (and written/directed) by fave Chris (Pine), who finds himself tangled in a criminal conspiracy… or maybe he’s just whacked-out and paranoid? We’re joined in this pool party by one of our most beloved returning guests, Mr. [Josh Gondelman](https://bsky.app/profile/joshgondelman.bsky.social) — [check out his new stand-up special, available for free, right now!](https://youtu.be/RAvNlgpdKKo?si=vBQJyELuXxfq_pcQ)

   
![](https://www.flophousepodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Poolman_2024_poster.jpg)

  Download the MP3 directly, [HERE](https://afp-9384.calisto.simplecastaudio.com/fd7fc5f6-2d39-4a19-a56f-c31910966c15/episodes/fca29b3e-db69-4d24-878f-00ca7599fd0b/audio/128/default.mp3?awCollectionId=fd7fc5f6-2d39-4a19-a56f-c31910966c15&awEpisodeId=fca29b3e-db69-4d24-878f-00ca7599fd0b&nocache)

 Paste [https://feeds.simplecast.com/EOAFriME](https://feeds.simplecast.com/EOAFriME) into iTunes (or your favorite podcatching software) to have new episodes of The Flop House delivered to you directly, as they’re released.

 [Wikipedia page for Poolman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poolman_(film))

 Recommended in this episode:

 Dan: [I Like Movies (2022)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14913282/)

 Stu: [28 Years Later (2025)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10548174/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_1_tt_7_nm_0_in_0_q_28%2520y)

 Elliott: [Nightcrawler (2014)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2872718/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_7_nm_1_in_0_q_nightc), [Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112857/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_7_nm_1_in_0_q_devil%2520in%2520a%2520blu), [Mulholland Drive (2001)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0166924/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_5_nm_3_in_0_q_mul)

 Josh: [Queens of the Dead (2025)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt32986431/)

 Head to [squarespace.com/FLOP](http://squarespace.com/FLOP) for a free trial, and when you’re ready to launch, use OFFER CODE: FLOP to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain.