Podcast #9: Spoiler: We Couldn’t Get Green Lantern (with Ryan Cartwright, Josh Brener, Chuck Lorre, Zak Penn, Bill Prady and Jim Lee)

September 17, 2026

Guests: Ryan Cartwright (Kyle), Josh Brener (Trevor), Chuck Lorre (Creator), Zak Penn (Creator), Bill Prady (Creator), Jim Lee (DC president)

Ryan Cartwright and Josh Brener join hosts Wil Wheaton and Felicia Day on the Stuart Fails to Save the Universe Official Podcast to discuss their roles as Kyle and Trevor, the comic book store duo who are “quantumly entangled” across the multiverse and whose bickering helps establish the social rules of each new universe. Brener also tells the hosts about the unusual makeup tests behind Trevor’s forehead transformation in the magic universe. Later, creators Chuck Lorre, Zak Penn, and Bill Prady are joined by DC president, publisher, and chief creative officer Jim Lee to discuss how being denied Green Lantern reshaped “Spoiler: We Couldn’t Get Green Lantern,” inspiring the episode’s mismatched superheroes and villains and its playful approach to comic book conventions. Lee also shares DC’s surprisingly extensive history with centaurs and shows off the Stuart Fails to Save the Universe comic cover he created. Finally, director Robert Duncan McNeill calls in to explain how the “dangerous” cosmic treadmill sequence was developed and filmed.