Blockbusters, Laughs, and 44 Episodes Later: Our Year in Review

[00:00:00] Did we survive 2024? We think so! This year-end reflection episode is a chance to laugh, learn, and celebrate all the ups and downs of the past 12 months. Get ready for a candid conversation filled with stories, anecdotes, and maybe some regrettable film choices. Welcome to the No More Late Fees podcast. I'm Jackie.

[00:00:33] And I'm Danielle and we're just two best friends and ex-blockbuster employees re-watching some of the best and worst movies from the late 90s and early 2000s.

[00:00:42] And this week we are wrapping it all up y'all. 2024 is over and we're gonna look back at some of our best and mmm I wish I didn't do that moment from the podcast this year. So join us.

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[00:01:51] Oh Jackie, 2024. Where shall we begin?

[00:01:58] I think the podcast is like my life boat at this point, keeping me afloat in this year.

[00:02:06] Agree. We kicked off our season four in April. April 8th, we did our Drop Dead Gorgeous episode.

[00:02:15] And we did that with the lovely Carrie Francis and it was such a fun ride.

[00:02:21] I was just so surprised because I remember being really excited about re-watching that one because I hadn't seen it in so long.

[00:02:30] And remember just thinking it was like the best movie since sliced bread.

[00:02:35] Yeah.

[00:02:35] I think I still have mixed feelings.

[00:02:41] The whatever pageant sweatshirt keeps coming up on my like Instagram ads.

[00:02:49] And I'm like, I know what that is, but I do not want that.

[00:02:53] Hard pass.

[00:02:55] Hard pass.

[00:02:56] Hard pass.

[00:02:57] So let's do a little breakdown of by the numbers.

[00:03:01] So we had 18,500 ish plays.

[00:03:07] So not too bad.

[00:03:09] We created 5,124 minutes of content.

[00:03:16] So.

[00:03:19] We be talking y'all.

[00:03:21] We be talking.

[00:03:22] And we wonder why we're tired.

[00:03:24] No.

[00:03:25] Just a few podcast content.

[00:03:27] And I'm pretty sure I made this before our last two episodes were live.

[00:03:32] So it's actually a bit more than that.

[00:03:34] Nice.

[00:03:36] Yeah.

[00:03:37] 44 episodes.

[00:03:39] Wow.

[00:03:40] Okay.

[00:03:41] We watch a lot of movies.

[00:03:43] Yeah.

[00:03:46] 37 trailers.

[00:03:50] 38 guests.

[00:03:52] Nice.

[00:03:53] We did for rewind episodes.

[00:03:55] We gave ourselves a little bit of a break.

[00:03:57] A little bit.

[00:03:58] Yeah.

[00:03:59] I think I was talking to Sheila.

[00:04:00] She's like, y'all don't be taking no break.

[00:04:02] I said, you know, we always say we are.

[00:04:05] And then we don't.

[00:04:07] We were putting the calendar together for next year.

[00:04:10] I think we have to rewind episodes scheduled.

[00:04:13] Yeah.

[00:04:14] It'll change.

[00:04:15] We're going to have a week.

[00:04:16] We're like.

[00:04:17] I think we need to do a rewind.

[00:04:19] Yeah.

[00:04:20] Yeah.

[00:04:21] So.

[00:04:21] I showed my mom.

[00:04:23] Like that.

[00:04:24] Cause you know, she doesn't have social media.

[00:04:26] If you are millennial.

[00:04:29] Watching out for an elder parent.

[00:04:32] You need to make sure they don't have social media.

[00:04:35] It's the best thing ever.

[00:04:36] I don't have to worry about random.

[00:04:38] Oh, those being posted without my permission.

[00:04:41] Crazy thoughts.

[00:04:43] Conspiracy theories that they don't realize are fake.

[00:04:46] Fake news.

[00:04:47] All of that.

[00:04:48] I showed my mom our Instagram post.

[00:04:51] Oh yeah.

[00:04:51] First wives club with our moms.

[00:04:54] And I was showing her the clips and she was cracking herself up with her.

[00:04:58] And I was like, I'm going to do a lot of other interview clips.

[00:04:59] So that was fun.

[00:05:01] I love that Christine is her own biggest hype man.

[00:05:05] I love that for her.

[00:05:07] She's she deserves it.

[00:05:08] She's great.

[00:05:09] She, we were also in the top 10% of video podcasts on Spotify.

[00:05:15] That's awesome.

[00:05:16] Well, we're all early adapters.

[00:05:18] We, we like have been on video since day one, except.

[00:05:22] Like Spotify didn't have the capabilities to have video at the time.

[00:05:27] So yeah, I think all but our first six episodes are available with video.

[00:05:35] We have the video for the first six.

[00:05:38] I would just have to go through and re-edit it, which.

[00:05:42] Maybe one day.

[00:05:44] Well, let's begin Spotify.

[00:05:46] Let's talk about our fans.

[00:05:47] So we were the top 10 Spotify show for 121 of our fans.

[00:05:53] We were the top five for 77 of our fans.

[00:05:56] And for the top.

[00:05:57] One spot for like their favorite podcast that they listened to.

[00:06:01] We were that for 21 fans, which is great.

[00:06:04] Higher than last year.

[00:06:06] Yeah.

[00:06:06] Every little bit counts for us.

[00:06:07] Y'all we've got to celebrate our wins.

[00:06:09] That's why we do this episode every year.

[00:06:11] Yeah.

[00:06:12] We have to look back.

[00:06:13] We have to remind ourselves like our hard work pays off.

[00:06:17] What I also love is that since day one, we've been global y'all.

[00:06:22] We're global superstars.

[00:06:23] Jackie, which countries were we popping off in this year?

[00:06:27] The U.S.

[00:06:29] We got a lot of U.S.

[00:06:34] Like, I think most of our fans would agree.

[00:06:37] Yeah.

[00:06:40] Number two, Canada.

[00:06:42] Thinking about it.

[00:06:43] Looking good right now.

[00:06:46] Agreed.

[00:06:47] And number three, England.

[00:06:50] Trash too, because that's where we came from.

[00:06:54] Can't hate the kid if you don't hate the father.

[00:06:56] You know what I mean?

[00:06:57] But we do appreciate our listeners from wherever you are.

[00:07:02] Yeah.

[00:07:02] Y'all are the exception.

[00:07:07] And we were streamed in 20 different countries this year.

[00:07:11] So cool.

[00:07:12] So cool.

[00:07:14] Over the year, we have reached the top spots for the film category and even TV and film in Ireland.

[00:07:23] Russia.

[00:07:24] Russia, for sure.

[00:07:25] Oh, gosh.

[00:07:27] I'm trying to think what was the other.

[00:07:28] Was it like Mongolia or something crazy?

[00:07:31] No, it was like Moderna somewhere.

[00:07:36] No, that's a shot.

[00:07:38] It was some country.

[00:07:44] It was.

[00:07:45] It doesn't matter now.

[00:07:46] Sorry.

[00:07:47] We still love y'all.

[00:07:49] But.

[00:07:49] It's hard because RIP Chartable, which was a great site for podcasters to see where they

[00:07:56] were coming in for rank ranking on Apple's charts.

[00:08:00] It had to die.

[00:08:02] I know it died earlier this month.

[00:08:05] So can't even pull those numbers.

[00:08:07] But we do know Ireland, Canada.

[00:08:11] Like we said, those countries were big fans, big fans.

[00:08:15] So really appreciate it.

[00:08:18] We do.

[00:08:19] So our ratings run down.

[00:08:22] Okay, sure.

[00:08:23] Okay.

[00:08:23] Let me start with never seen.

[00:08:26] We had 24 never seen.

[00:08:28] And that's between us and the guests.

[00:08:32] Yeah.

[00:08:32] Oh, nice.

[00:08:33] Well, that's not nice.

[00:08:34] That's surprising.

[00:08:36] That's a high number, I think.

[00:08:38] Yeah.

[00:08:38] I'm going to have to pull up our chart.

[00:08:41] We got spreadsheets for everything y'all.

[00:08:43] So.

[00:08:46] Well, it's really cool that we had 124 would buy rankings.

[00:08:51] Yeah.

[00:08:52] That was a lot.

[00:08:54] For haters like us, we liked a lot of shit this year.

[00:08:58] We did.

[00:09:00] So let me start with never seen.

[00:09:03] We had 24 never seen.

[00:09:06] And that's between us and the guests.

[00:09:09] Yeah.

[00:09:10] Oh, nice.

[00:09:11] Well, that's not nice.

[00:09:12] That's surprising.

[00:09:13] That's a high number, I think.

[00:09:15] Yeah.

[00:09:16] We had 34 two day rentals.

[00:09:18] That means we were on the cusp.

[00:09:22] Like this really, it really sucks, but not as much as what,

[00:09:27] what, what the one we always say.

[00:09:30] And then our same.

[00:09:36] 27.

[00:09:37] 27.

[00:09:38] Yeah.

[00:09:39] Yeah.

[00:09:40] And everything is compared against kill joy for the same day rental up

[00:09:44] until our first episode of the new year.

[00:09:47] So stay tuned for that because it may have dethroned kill joy.

[00:09:52] Tragic.

[00:09:54] Well, we had some new winners this year.

[00:09:58] Let's roll out our top five episodes by the most listened.

[00:10:01] And you're net number five was our kickoff episode.

[00:10:06] Drop dead gorgeous.

[00:10:09] Number four, our season three, episode 26 pleasant though.

[00:10:14] I really love that episode.

[00:10:15] That was a fun episode, but was it as fun as white chicks?

[00:10:20] Because that's our number three spot.

[00:10:23] Was that Gio that did that with us?

[00:10:27] Yes, it was.

[00:10:28] I loved having him back on by the way.

[00:10:30] I loved Gio.

[00:10:32] Number two, with cousin Mark season three, episode 30, Euro trip.

[00:10:39] That was also a fun one to do.

[00:10:41] It was.

[00:10:42] And number one, Freaky Friday, which so exciting for next year.

[00:10:48] Cause we will be getting Freakier Friday coming out.

[00:10:52] That'll probably be a rewind.

[00:10:55] Yes, you're right.

[00:10:58] 100%.

[00:10:59] And our top episode, which is.

[00:11:02] Rated a little bit differently than our top five.

[00:11:05] So our top five is how many plays they have within the 2024 year.

[00:11:11] Our top ranked episode, I guess we'll call it was Euro trip.

[00:11:15] It was streamed 616% more than an average episode.

[00:11:20] I mean, you can't go wrong with Euro trip.

[00:11:23] And if you guys, I know a lot of you guys will listen to our main episodes, but if you're not checking out some of our interviews, you're missing out some fun.

[00:11:30] We got like Jackie said, we got to interview Carrie Francis, who is an actress.

[00:11:35] She was in the Knives Out movie.

[00:11:38] If you just had a wealth of knowledge because she's pretty cool.

[00:11:41] She's pretty cool and tight with Ryan.

[00:11:44] What's his name?

[00:11:45] Is it Ryan Johnson?

[00:11:47] Ryan Johnson is the director.

[00:11:48] Yeah.

[00:11:49] She's really tight with Ryan Johnson, the director of Knives Out.

[00:11:52] So she gave us some insight about that and her favorite nineties movies.

[00:11:56] It was really fun.

[00:11:57] And we got to hang out with Andrew Buss.

[00:12:02] And that was really cool.

[00:12:04] I know Jackie liked that episode because he had a lot of Kevin Smith knowledge, which was cool.

[00:12:09] He did.

[00:12:10] Yeah.

[00:12:11] That was super exciting to hear that he was partnering with Kevin.

[00:12:14] And might be writing some pieces collaboratively with him.

[00:12:20] And then our moms.

[00:12:23] If you don't listen to anything else this year, you should listen to the episode with our moms.

[00:12:30] Because it's a banger.

[00:12:32] Well, the fact that they just, we asked them lay up questions about us and they're just like, I don't know.

[00:12:41] Oh, yeah.

[00:12:42] Like, like, I think someone who has met me twice would know what my favorite TV show is.

[00:12:53] Mom, no, no clue.

[00:12:55] She's, she just here on vibes.

[00:12:59] Didn't care.

[00:13:01] Didn't care.

[00:13:02] She's like, what?

[00:13:03] Did that happen?

[00:13:05] Okay.

[00:13:07] But their interview is really insightful.

[00:13:10] Also because they are both.

[00:13:12] Divorced.

[00:13:13] And so we paired it with the first wives club and just their insight into like.

[00:13:20] Why these women would react the way that they did with their estranged husbands was.

[00:13:25] Oh, they had a lot of.

[00:13:27] So good.

[00:13:27] A lot of hot tikes.

[00:13:29] I loved every single hot take.

[00:13:31] Okay.

[00:13:35] So moving on to ratings on Apple podcasts, we have a 4.9 with 133 reviews total 37 of which are new reviews from this year.

[00:13:50] Thanks guys.

[00:13:51] You understand the assignment when we say.

[00:13:56] Leave us a review.

[00:13:58] Yes.

[00:13:59] And.

[00:14:01] We are going to come out hard next year.

[00:14:03] Like, there's a few of you.

[00:14:04] We know, listen to the episodes every week and y'all ain't read a review yet.

[00:14:10] We know.

[00:14:11] Oh, I will find you.

[00:14:16] We will make you.

[00:14:19] I knew.

[00:14:21] And Spotify does things a little bit differently.

[00:14:24] They still allow ratings.

[00:14:26] So 4.8 over on Spotify, but they allow comments.

[00:14:30] So we have 69.

[00:14:34] Comments.

[00:14:36] In 2024 on our various episodes.

[00:14:39] And that's kind of neat because they can comment kind of like on YouTube where it's the specific episode.

[00:14:45] Yeah.

[00:14:45] So they can leave specific comments related to the episode, which is fun.

[00:14:50] And Danielle's really good about responding.

[00:14:53] I am not so.

[00:14:57] Some of our favorite reviews and or comments from this year from Jim from Jersey.

[00:15:03] This podcast is so much fun.

[00:15:05] The hosts are best friends and it shows their chemistry is fantastic.

[00:15:09] Episodes are full of insightful and hilarious commentary.

[00:15:12] I look forward to this show every week.

[00:15:15] Love that Jim.

[00:15:16] Thank you.

[00:15:17] The DSM podcast.

[00:15:19] Love this show.

[00:15:20] The show is always a great time.

[00:15:22] The hosts are so insightful and funny.

[00:15:24] They cover movies that give all the nostalgia fields.

[00:15:27] I love the Y2K ratings.

[00:15:29] The guests they invite keep us laughing too.

[00:15:31] It feels like we are sitting with friends and chatting about our favorite film.

[00:15:35] That is like the best compliment people can give us is like, they feel like they're just having a conversation.

[00:15:41] That's what we strive for.

[00:15:45] That's what we strive for.

[00:15:46] From MTV and me.

[00:15:48] So authentic.

[00:15:49] I'm so happy to have discovered the no more late these podcasts.

[00:15:53] Host Jackie and Danielle are so knowledgeable, personable and hilariously funny as they discuss classic movies from our past.

[00:16:01] What I love most is that while they do shower the film, the films with the praise they deserve, they can also be brutally honest.

[00:16:09] That's an understatement.

[00:16:12] I hate it.

[00:16:14] I hate it.

[00:16:15] In their critiques of where a film or actor actress stands in the history of pop culture and nostalgia.

[00:16:21] Kudos to them for not only doing their research, but putting their heart and souls into this project.

[00:16:26] Do yourself a favor and give them a listen.

[00:16:29] Give them a listen sometime.

[00:16:30] You won't regret it.

[00:16:31] You won't.

[00:16:32] It's the best decision you'll ever make.

[00:16:34] I promise.

[00:16:35] 100%.

[00:16:36] One of the interviews that we didn't mention was that we got to interview Tiffany, the owner and creator of Nosta Beauty, which was really cool.

[00:16:47] That's right. Yep.

[00:16:48] Which is a new makeup company inspired by our time period, essentially, that we got to check out.

[00:16:54] So if you haven't gotten a chance to go check them out, go to NostaBeauty.com, check out their really cool products.

[00:17:03] And if you use the code MMLF, you will get 20% off.

[00:17:11] So happy new year.

[00:17:13] Merry Christmas.

[00:17:14] Okay.

[00:17:15] Employee picks 2024.

[00:17:17] So in order for a movie to be an year employee pick, it has to have had a would buy it from both your Y2K rating and your current rating for all of the people reviewing the movie.

[00:17:35] Right.

[00:17:35] So it's a pretty coveted spot.

[00:17:38] And this year, either we were overly nice, or we just chose movies we really, really loved.

[00:17:45] Mm hmm.

[00:17:46] Because we have nine employee picks this year.

[00:17:49] Really?

[00:17:50] Yeah.

[00:17:50] Do you want to take a stab?

[00:17:53] Well, I can see the first slide.

[00:17:55] So I'm going to guess the other ones that I can't see.

[00:17:58] Which also makes it that I have to remember what the hell we talked about.

[00:18:03] Well, Brent, that was one for sure.

[00:18:06] There was one with our best girl, Gwen.

[00:18:10] Oh, Mean Girls.

[00:18:12] Yep.

[00:18:13] Yes.

[00:18:14] There was one that we thought wasn't going to age well at all.

[00:18:18] And we were pleasantly surprised.

[00:18:22] And it was, you know, and you and I did this one by ourselves.

[00:18:29] So bad that I can't remember shit.

[00:18:32] Feels like a warm slice of...

[00:18:35] Oh, American Pie.

[00:18:37] Yes, that was a surprise.

[00:18:40] That was a surprise.

[00:18:42] Well, the other ones that I do see, 51st Dates, which for me, I know is just pure nostalgia that I even said that it held up.

[00:18:52] Because logic knows that it barely does.

[00:18:57] Yeah.

[00:18:57] Dogma and Detroit Rock City.

[00:19:00] Yep.

[00:19:01] Which was so fun.

[00:19:02] We had our girl, Megan, join us for that one.

[00:19:06] Tape girl.

[00:19:07] She is so fantastic.

[00:19:09] And Detroit Rock City is such a sleeper movie.

[00:19:11] And like, you can't even describe it to people.

[00:19:15] You just have to be like, you have to watch it to understand why we love it.

[00:19:22] Go.

[00:19:23] To Wong Fu with our lovely Zach.

[00:19:25] That was a fun one.

[00:19:26] It was.

[00:19:28] And then Evolution with my sister Heather.

[00:19:31] Evolution, head and shoulders.

[00:19:33] That's all I remember.

[00:19:35] All right.

[00:19:36] So let's really get into the nooks and crannies of this year.

[00:19:40] What movie that did that we did this year surprised you the most?

[00:19:47] I'm going American Pie because I thought for sure there was no way that movie held up as much as it did.

[00:19:55] Were there some problematic themes?

[00:19:57] Absolutely.

[00:19:58] But the core story of just these guys that are not competing for girls or anything like that.

[00:20:05] And just being a really solid brotherhood was so nice to see.

[00:20:13] Yeah.

[00:20:14] I had a lot of fun with Star Wars Episode 2, even though that movie makes no goddamn sense.

[00:20:21] Anytime we have Marion, it's just a really good conversation.

[00:20:26] Yeah.

[00:20:27] It's so much fun.

[00:20:28] It's wonderful.

[00:20:29] What surprised me the most might have been The Wood when we did it with Brum Meets World,

[00:20:35] mainly because I really had that movie in my head as like really up there.

[00:20:42] And rewatching it, I was like, huh.

[00:20:46] It's not bad, but I definitely look at it differently now.

[00:20:50] Yeah.

[00:20:51] We had a lot of critiques of that one.

[00:20:53] We did.

[00:20:54] We did.

[00:20:56] We did.

[00:20:57] So what are some of your favorite moments?

[00:21:00] Oh, again, y'all, if you're not watching our like bonus episodes, you're missing out.

[00:21:08] The look on you and Mario's faces when we were ranking the hottest villains and my choices came out.

[00:21:17] I'm not going to say what they were because I don't want to ruin it for some people.

[00:21:20] But they were immediate no's for Maria and myself.

[00:21:25] Absolutely not.

[00:21:28] I like what I like.

[00:21:31] I'm not going to apologize for it.

[00:21:33] I want to like, I do love again.

[00:21:38] It's a bonus episode or bonus episode of rent with Alyssa, where I had to sing lyrics.

[00:21:46] That was something.

[00:21:50] Something.

[00:21:53] And then that evolved into a rant about how don't sing in movies, bitches.

[00:22:00] I loved having Mike and Mike back on and we us doing another superhero movie.

[00:22:05] And then when Mike S went into a whole spiel about Rosemary, what's her last name?

[00:22:13] Oh, gosh, that the one who plays on May.

[00:22:16] Yeah, just like went on a whole diet.

[00:22:17] I think she's amazing.

[00:22:21] And then learning how she did her stunts.

[00:22:23] Like sometimes some of my favorite things are just like the fun facts that we find out that are just.

[00:22:28] Yeah, I think that was really cool.

[00:22:31] We also did our first James Bond movie.

[00:22:35] Golden eye with Nick.

[00:22:38] And just giving him shit about like he loves this franchise so much.

[00:22:45] And then he willingly, I don't know why he keeps coming back on because we just.

[00:22:50] He is our, he is our.

[00:22:53] He is our guest for our first episode of 2025.

[00:22:56] And it doesn't get any better y'all.

[00:22:58] We just.

[00:23:00] We love Nick dearly.

[00:23:02] Our, our DM chat name on Insta is James Bond super fans.

[00:23:09] Danielle and I still like any chance we get spy who shagged me.

[00:23:14] Like mission impossible.

[00:23:17] Anything that is not James Bond.

[00:23:19] Yep.

[00:23:20] Yeah.

[00:23:20] So we, we, we conquered our first James Bond movie.

[00:23:24] We did so many questions.

[00:23:25] And what I love.

[00:23:27] Is how it's the most random movies that will do well on YouTube when we post it.

[00:23:33] And that one did really well.

[00:23:35] And we had so many comments.

[00:23:36] Like we have fanboys really trying to mansplain all the things to us.

[00:23:42] Like why?

[00:23:43] No.

[00:23:44] Like they thought we just didn't get it.

[00:23:46] And it was like, no, we just do not like this.

[00:23:49] Yeah.

[00:23:50] Like we understand.

[00:23:51] This is our whole business is watching movies and talking about.

[00:23:58] Also.

[00:23:59] I loved doing Brink.

[00:24:02] Like.

[00:24:03] Doing another prom.

[00:24:05] And yeah.

[00:24:05] Especially a movie that.

[00:24:07] When I was younger, I just thought it was the beginning.

[00:24:10] Like you couldn't tell me nothing about.

[00:24:13] Yep.

[00:24:14] Brink.

[00:24:14] And so having the guys from, I finally watched.

[00:24:18] Join us.

[00:24:18] Was a lot of fun.

[00:24:19] Alan.

[00:24:20] Elaine and David.

[00:24:21] Oh my God.

[00:24:22] Cause they had.

[00:24:24] A lot of thoughts.

[00:24:25] And also like, it's always fun to do.

[00:24:29] Episodes where we have people who have podcasts as well, but there's two of them.

[00:24:34] And the personality differences are similar to ours.

[00:24:37] Like bra meets world is.

[00:24:38] A really good example too.

[00:24:40] And so.

[00:24:41] And every movie ever.

[00:24:44] Yes.

[00:24:45] Oh, having them on for that episode.

[00:24:47] If you haven't watched our.

[00:24:48] The Grudge episode.

[00:24:52] The Grudge.

[00:24:53] Tangents galore.

[00:24:54] Yeah.

[00:24:55] We don't talk much about the movie.

[00:24:57] Really.

[00:24:57] There is no real plot of the Grudge.

[00:25:00] None whatsoever.

[00:25:02] But it is a fucking wild ride.

[00:25:04] And they were so much fun to have on the podcast.

[00:25:09] I also love that we did.

[00:25:11] And I don't know if like people.

[00:25:13] Well, we, we talked about it, but we did an.

[00:25:15] We did a series.

[00:25:17] This was like our first time.

[00:25:19] Besides doing spooky season.

[00:25:21] We actually dedicated a month to a theme, which is really cool.

[00:25:24] Which also we will be doing next season.

[00:25:28] Hint.

[00:25:28] Hint.

[00:25:28] We're not going to let you guys know yet, but keep your eyes peeled.

[00:25:32] Because we're going to have some fun.

[00:25:34] We did an entire month dedicated to which movies.

[00:25:38] That was a lot of fun.

[00:25:39] That was super fun.

[00:25:41] Yeah.

[00:25:41] Except for Bewitched.

[00:25:45] My brain can't handle that movie.

[00:25:50] Nope.

[00:25:52] So kind of along the same lines, which episodes were your favorite from last season?

[00:25:58] Or 2024?

[00:25:59] Okay.

[00:26:00] Pokemon.

[00:26:01] Really?

[00:26:03] Well, because.

[00:26:06] It was fun.

[00:26:07] I was surprised.

[00:26:08] That one was surprising how fun it was to do that one.

[00:26:12] Euro trip is up there.

[00:26:16] Dogma just because I love dogma and I will talk about it any chance I get.

[00:26:21] First wives club was a lot of fun too.

[00:26:25] I'm looking through our.

[00:26:27] I would say.

[00:26:29] Go was a lot of fun.

[00:26:31] Yeah.

[00:26:31] Because we just love the movie and having Megan back on was good.

[00:26:35] Dodgeball was really fun with Andrew because.

[00:26:39] Love Andrew.

[00:26:41] It was.

[00:26:42] It's always cool to have someone who like really listens to our episodes and like he was so excited to like join us.

[00:26:48] He had so many fun tidbits and.

[00:26:50] And knowing that you absolutely hate what's his face makes your.

[00:26:56] Ben Stiller.

[00:26:58] Makes it funnier because you're just like not having.

[00:27:02] Anything to say.

[00:27:03] Just like our anchorman episode.

[00:27:05] I'm like.

[00:27:07] Yeah.

[00:27:08] Oh, the faculty with Johnny was a lot of fun.

[00:27:11] Yes.

[00:27:12] I, you know what?

[00:27:13] Like having Johnny on twice this season was fun.

[00:27:16] And then.

[00:27:16] I love Napoleon dynamite, but I feel like.

[00:27:20] On the faculty.

[00:27:21] He had so much more fun doing.

[00:27:23] He loves spooky movies.

[00:27:25] I had fun with saw not because you hate it.

[00:27:30] Just our conversation because you were not into it.

[00:27:34] Was a lot of fun.

[00:27:36] I love that we had actually boy back on and we did cat woman.

[00:27:42] The.

[00:27:42] So.

[00:27:43] The tirade that she goes on.

[00:27:48] About.

[00:27:49] Cause like, I didn't know she was like a.

[00:27:51] Hardcore.

[00:27:53] Comic book.

[00:27:54] Just the character cat woman.

[00:27:55] She.

[00:27:55] She loves.

[00:27:56] She cherishes it.

[00:27:58] So I thought it'd just be like fun little bit.

[00:28:00] No, she came in with a thesis.

[00:28:04] How.

[00:28:04] This.

[00:28:05] And we were here for it.

[00:28:07] Every second of it.

[00:28:09] Like tell us more Ashley.

[00:28:11] And then rent.

[00:28:12] Is always.

[00:28:14] A good time.

[00:28:16] Like.

[00:28:17] It.

[00:28:17] Definitely.

[00:28:18] But one that really did.

[00:28:20] Like.

[00:28:20] When I think about.

[00:28:22] Someone that surprised me was freeway.

[00:28:25] I remember the movie being good, but it was just really fun.

[00:28:28] Because I didn't.

[00:28:29] I never put together all the little red riding hood.

[00:28:33] In that one.

[00:28:35] Yeah.

[00:28:35] So that was cool.

[00:28:37] And.

[00:28:38] We got another Christmas movie that I will willingly watch, which is a divas Christmas.

[00:28:44] Again with bra and.

[00:28:46] And.

[00:28:47] The way Siege.

[00:28:51] Muses.

[00:28:52] About that movie.

[00:28:54] Is so.

[00:28:56] Like.

[00:28:56] How can you not love it after listening to his love for it?

[00:29:00] Yeah.

[00:29:01] And I love that him and Tony bonded.

[00:29:03] Like when they were younger.

[00:29:05] Yeah.

[00:29:06] Like that was cool.

[00:29:07] Cool.

[00:29:08] So what movies are on your short list.

[00:29:11] For next year.

[00:29:13] Let me pull up my actual list on.

[00:29:17] My notes app.

[00:29:19] So.

[00:29:20] Doing this podcast.

[00:29:22] Is.

[00:29:23] It's hard to watch nostalgic movies.

[00:29:26] Because.

[00:29:28] If there are movies that I want.

[00:29:30] To do.

[00:29:31] I try not to rewatch it, especially if I haven't seen them.

[00:29:34] Like in years.

[00:29:35] I try really not hard not to rewatch them until we do them.

[00:29:39] So it's like.

[00:29:40] The nostalgia flashback is fresh.

[00:29:42] So sometimes movies get put on my list just because I want to rewatch them.

[00:29:47] Yeah.

[00:29:47] So I know.

[00:29:49] Almost famous.

[00:29:50] Has been up there.

[00:29:52] I'm still really looking forward to bio dome.

[00:29:56] What about you, Danielle?

[00:29:58] Definitely sleep over.

[00:30:01] I'm still to the end to the day I take my last breath.

[00:30:06] We'll be pushing for mighty ducks.

[00:30:08] Any one of them at this point.

[00:30:10] I'll take it.

[00:30:11] Fair.

[00:30:14] Oh, Charlie's angels.

[00:30:17] Like.

[00:30:17] Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.

[00:30:18] Which the first or the second one?

[00:30:21] Either one.

[00:30:23] Either one.

[00:30:23] Yeah.

[00:30:24] I just.

[00:30:25] I really love that.

[00:30:26] Oh, and then my beloved sky high that we haven't done yet.

[00:30:30] Yes.

[00:30:30] Yes.

[00:30:32] That.

[00:30:33] And like remember, we talked about the movies that are just the highest echelon, which was

[00:30:41] Mean Girls.

[00:30:42] I was surprised.

[00:30:44] Like, I think I hyped up Mean Girls so much in my head and then we did it and I was just

[00:30:47] like, okay, well, you know, but clueless a hundred percent.

[00:30:53] Can't wait to do that one.

[00:30:57] Oh, I want to do this movie because we can talk about how obsessed I was with it when we

[00:31:07] were young, which is Snow Day and the logic behind me being obsessed with that movie.

[00:31:13] There is none.

[00:31:14] Like I can't understand why younger me was so infatuated with that stupid ass movie.

[00:31:21] And when did it come out?

[00:31:22] I feel like we were grown when it came out.

[00:31:24] You're right.

[00:31:27] You didn't have to say that to the people.

[00:31:30] They weren't going to do the math.

[00:31:33] I was too old to be obsessed with it the way that I was, but I really, really excited

[00:31:41] about that movie.

[00:31:42] The heart wants what it wants.

[00:31:45] Okay.

[00:31:45] So I will say this.

[00:31:47] Snow Day came out in 2000.

[00:31:51] We were senior or seniors in high school.

[00:31:54] Yes.

[00:31:56] We were.

[00:31:59] I just love the fact that you haven't seen Hercules or the Emperor's New Groove because

[00:32:09] the cartoons and you were too grown for that, but the Nickelodeon films, Snow Day and sleep

[00:32:18] over from 2005.

[00:32:21] I was in college and I went, I remember going to the movie theaters to see this on purpose.

[00:32:27] I didn't accidentally see it.

[00:32:28] I didn't stumble upon it.

[00:32:30] I didn't say, Hey, I need to go to the movies.

[00:32:32] Oh, there's nothing I want to see.

[00:32:34] I'll just do this sleepover thing.

[00:32:35] No, I went with intention.

[00:32:38] Which I read it.

[00:32:40] I mean, I love that you say that with your whole chest.

[00:32:46] I love that.

[00:32:47] I love that.

[00:32:48] I love that.

[00:32:49] I love that.

[00:32:50] Yeah.

[00:32:51] And that's okay.

[00:32:53] I just, Snow Day is just a really interesting choice.

[00:32:56] I'm not going hard for Snow Day now.

[00:32:59] No.

[00:33:01] I just know.

[00:33:03] And there was a moment in time, February of 2000.

[00:33:06] So I was still 17 at least.

[00:33:09] 18.

[00:33:13] Was there anyone in it that you were just like, I love that actor.

[00:33:18] It doesn't even, I'm telling you, logically, nothing makes sense about me being upset.

[00:33:25] I don't know if it was, and I'm, I don't even think I was watching Nickelodeon like that

[00:33:30] for me to be, I don't know what it was.

[00:33:33] Maybe it was D comma Jason.

[00:33:35] And you were just like, Oh, I'll do this.

[00:33:37] No, I, I don't know what it was.

[00:33:41] That's okay.

[00:33:42] But it'll get done for you.

[00:33:45] I'm going to have a lot to say about it because before we started the podcast, I did rewatch

[00:33:51] it and I was like, wow.

[00:33:56] This is bad.

[00:33:58] I was going through some things when this was, this is bad.

[00:34:06] Yeah.

[00:34:06] Oh, another one.

[00:34:08] I that's been on my short list just cause I haven't seen it since the early two thousands

[00:34:12] is whatever it takes.

[00:34:15] Yes.

[00:34:15] It was like James, one of James Franco's.

[00:34:18] His first movies.

[00:34:20] And it had, Oh, what's his face?

[00:34:23] Oh, Shane West, who you'd like to compare to Joshua Jackson, even though no ma'am.

[00:34:30] Yeah.

[00:34:30] Yeah.

[00:34:30] Marla Sockloff.

[00:34:32] Mar.

[00:34:32] Yeah.

[00:34:33] And Jane, Jamie, Leo, Jamie, O'Keefe.

[00:34:36] Jamie, O'Keefe.

[00:34:37] Jamie, O'Keefe.

[00:34:38] Jamie, O'Keefe.

[00:34:39] Yeah.

[00:34:39] And then that kid, that kid from breaking bad, breaking bad.

[00:34:43] Yeah.

[00:34:43] Jesse.

[00:34:44] Yeah.

[00:34:45] And wait, was Hanks in it too?

[00:34:50] He may have been a supporting character.

[00:34:53] I'm going to look at it.

[00:34:55] Um, I'm cool with whatever it takes that it's one of those, like, C B movie.

[00:35:05] Yeah.

[00:35:06] Teen movies that came out, but back then if it was a teen movie, I was eating it up.

[00:35:10] I would put it on the same caliber as drive me crazy, which y'all know we love.

[00:35:17] So it's right there.

[00:35:22] I love doing that movie.

[00:35:27] Who else?

[00:35:28] Oh, there was another movie that I just had in my head that just disappeared.

[00:35:33] Floated.

[00:35:33] Oh, one day we're going to do center stage.

[00:35:35] That.

[00:35:36] Yes.

[00:35:36] I'm surprised I haven't made that a birthday movie.

[00:35:39] Cause when I tell you, I used to watch that all the time.

[00:35:42] All the time.

[00:35:44] That was a, that was a classic.

[00:35:48] And this podcast is going to have a Roswell episode.

[00:35:54] But which will just be Daniel talking.

[00:35:57] Cause I've never seen her.

[00:35:59] I have to watch like, I'll give you like three or four episodes.

[00:36:03] No, that's not true.

[00:36:04] You have seen it, Jackie.

[00:36:05] You saw a few.

[00:36:06] Cause you said, I'm, you told me once that you were watching.

[00:36:09] I tried to watch it.

[00:36:10] I got like an episode or two and I was like, I can't, I can't do this.

[00:36:15] I can't do this.

[00:36:17] Yes.

[00:36:18] Colin Hanks was in whatever it takes.

[00:36:20] Okay.

[00:36:22] Yeah.

[00:36:23] So it's one of those movies that, especially if you watch it now, you're just like, Hey,

[00:36:27] that person, Hey, that part, because like they were just starting out when they made

[00:36:31] it.

[00:36:31] It was like probably one of their first, first movies for the majority of those actors.

[00:36:36] And they've gone on to have lifelong careers where now you go back and watch and you're

[00:36:41] like, Oh, that's a baby Colin Hanks.

[00:36:45] Oh, Aaron Paul is the guy from that.

[00:36:49] That's the guy.

[00:36:50] That hit Pardews in it.

[00:36:52] Even Nick Cannon has a cameo or like a very small role in that.

[00:36:57] That's going to be fun.

[00:36:59] It'll be fun.

[00:37:00] Yeah.

[00:37:01] Well, that's it.

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