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  1. unmapped (similar setup): Dr. Strangelove → The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming. Speaker, a fan as a kid, notes the Russians Are Coming is similar in setup, also a Cold War comedy.
    “The Russians are coming as a kid, which is a movie that is like kind of similar in its setup where, and it is also like a comedy about the Cold War.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Dr. Strangelove... with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) · 1:22:52 · Griffin Newman (0.65 sure it was them)
  2. contrast (contrast): The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming → Dr. Strangelove. Hosts place it near but not as acidic as Dr. Strangelove.
    “Not Doctor Strangelove, but you know, like that kind of thing.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 2:04:56 · David Sims (0.45 sure it was them)
  3. people (people): The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming → Norman Jewison. Number four is a Norman Jewison comedy with Carl Reiner, Eva Marie Saint and Alan Arkin.
    “It's a Norman Jewish and film in 1966.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 2:05:16 · David Sims (0.45 sure it was them)
  4. industry (industry): The Offer (Godfather making-of series) / The Godfather → The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming. A tweet about no one having the courage to make The Godfather today came up alongside Jewison's The Offer-era bit.
    “no one would have the courage to make the Godfather today.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 2:05:36 · Griffin Newman (0.35 sure it was them)
  5. lineage (lineage): The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming → It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. As a kid, the speaker watched it as 'another thing like' Mad Mad Mad Mad World.
    “it's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad world that my parents were like, here's another thing like that.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · Batman (1966) · 2:07:00 · Griffin Newman (0.35 sure it was them)