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Welp, Oscar season 2024 came and went and no teen movie won the little gold man but that's ok because we've got another episode of Save the Last Pod for ya!  In this episode Amy and Dan recap their Oscar celebrations, look back on the 2023 film scene and reaffirm that there is still love for movies. And maybe next year a raunchy teen movie will take top prize?  This week we dig deep into the vault...

It's Oscar Week in Hollywood, dweebs! This week, we honor the Little Gold Man by bringing you to Sacramento circa 2002! That's right, early aughts are now considered a "period piece," babe. Released in 2017, it's the even bigger snub (IMO) from auteur writer/director Greta Gerwig, we're talking LADY BIRD! In this episode, Amy presses Dan on why he dubbed himself with the name "Fresh," and our firs...

Last week we covered a progressive Gen Z film about sisterhood, love and friendship that probably doesn't pass the Bechdel Test, and this week we're following it up with a Boomer teen movie about a retired colonel and his boy servant that absolutely does not pass the Bechdel Test. There's a lot of talk about smelling women though. It's Scent of a Woman! Hooah!  In this episode, Amy & Dan talk Gigl...

Dear Bobby… Dear Ricky… Dear Tony… Dear Terry… Dear Kenny, we're writing you this letter to let you know that this week on Save the Last Pod we've got a Gen Z classic. It's the nice and sweet 2018 smash hit "To All the Boys I've Loved Before"! In this episode, Amy & Dan are talking S-tier crushes, passing notes, Urban outfitters and faking relationships. Why don't you unbuckle those ski boots, coz...

Happy Valentine's Day to all the class couples and hall-rats!  This week on Save the Last Pod we are back chatting about the work of the Sultan of High School, it's the 1987 John Hughes sweet romantic comedy, SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL, and it is some kind of great teen love story!! In this episode, Amy & Dan talk about everything from tomboys to Marty McFly - and, yes, they even enter the Swelce chat...

Freedom, the feeling we all felt for the first time when we were handed a laminated photo that included our age, sex, D.O.B. weight and height - perhaps it also listed that you were an organ donor. If so, good for you. We are, of course, talking about the first time you got your driver's license!  This week on Save the Last Pod, we hop in the driver seat of Grandpa's Caddy and drive backwards righ...

For the second time this month a hit song gets top billing in a movie! Move over Adrian Grenier and Melisa Joan Hart, it's Britney, Bitch! This week on Save the Last Pod, your Time Zone Centennial co-chairs dish on the 1999 classic teen geek to chic, opposites attract, soon-to-be step-sibling romance, "Drive Me Crazy." In this episode, Amy & Dan talk about the Brittney/Justin feud, Domino's pizza,...

She doesn't even go here! Who, you ask? Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, Lacey Chabert, Amanda Seyfried – none of them go here anymore. It's a new generation, baby, and this ain't your Mommy's Mean Girls. This week on Save the Last Pod, your favorite two person clique discuss the book, turned movie, turned broadway play, turned musical movie, Mean Girls (2024).  Get in loser. Are you on the Renee Ro...

The brain is like a muscle. The more you train it, of course, the more powerful you become. And, sometimes it just takes the right trainer to unlock its potential. This week on Save the Last Pod, it's the 1995 classroom drama Gangsta's Paradise the movie, aka Dangerous Minds! In this episode Amy and Dan talk about leather jackets, Butterfingers, and Dylan Thomas poems. Strap up before you press pl...

Oh, oh guess what! Oh boy, you'll never guess! Oh you may! Oh, we are so excited for this week's film, it's a melodramatic reimagining of a Shakespearean classic, "O!"  That's right, just the letter O and it stands for OTHELLO - or rather ODIN JAMES.  This week on the pod we discuss just how terrible of a title O! is for search engine optimization but can you blame a film that was shot in 1999 and...

Boxers or briefs? Trains on the track or in person? These are the questions we ask ourselves this week on the pod. It's every young man's Tangerine Dream, the Tom Cruise rocket launcher - RISKY BUSINESS!  This week we find ourselves disagreeing on a whole lot! Your favorite future enterprise leaders debate the questionably successful 1983 teen sex comedy that gave Tom Cruise everything he has toda...

Happy Holidays y'all! Hope you cooked a goose, drank some brandy and passed out in your childhood bed below a faded Green Day poster.  This week on Save the Last Pod, we're nursing our egg-nog hangovers by counting down your favorite, and our favorite, intros from this past year. It's the best of the best intros, baby! Plus an update on what entering a Hot Topic twenty years later is like. Hey hal...

The holidays are finally here, so break out the cookies, the shish kabobs, the lemonade and the ambrosia salad. Those, of course, are the traditional holiday treats in the Burton household. This week on Save the Last Pod, your favorite hotheads discuss the classic 1990 gothic teen love story Edward Scissorhands. In this episode, Amy and Dan pontificate on troughs, waterbeds, miniatures in movies a...

Gimme a B! Gimme a R! Gimme an I! Gimme an N! Gimme a G! Gimme another I! Gimme a T! Gimme an O! Gimme an N! What does that spell? It spells the title of this week's movie! This week on Save the Last Pod, your frontrunners for most school spirit discuss the Y2K cheerleader flick Bring It On. In this episode, Amy and Dan talk about cheerleading for wrestling, white saviorism in movies, tropey littl...

If you've ever been in a relationship, you know that new relationships can be exciting, they can be overwhelming and they can even be scary. And, if you ever watched the movie "Fear," you might think twice if your significant other seems too good to be true. This week on Save the Last Pod, your favorite grungebags dive headfirst in the 1996 cautionary tale about not listening to your Daddy. In thi...

In Texas football is a way of life, but in rural Pennsylvania, milling steel is a way of life, and football is simply a means to an end – at least it was in the 1983 gritty realist high school drama All the Right Moves! This week on Save the Last Pod, your favorite forman and floor supervisor dive into our first Cruise! In this episode, Amy and Dan take you back to the early 80s when Tom Cruise wa...

"All is fair in love and basketball," - a saying as old as time, and funny coincidence! It is also the title of this week's epic teen movie! It's the romance, sports drama that made every Y2K girl and boy swoon, we are talking LOVE & BASKETBALL! This week on Save the Last Pod, your favorite former power forward and sixth-grade basketball statistician dive into writer/director Gina Prince Bythewood...

As Americans we go to the polls to assess the status quo and to change things for the better. So, with 2023's ballots already cast, we're looking ahead to next year, which may just be the most consequential vote of our lifetime – the 2024 STLP Senior Superlatives!   This week on Save the Last Pod, we reflect on the first 10 episodes and we look forward to the next 1000. It's our Election Day/Thank...

One of America's biggest exports couldn't resist heading to high school for the third installment of their never ending car chase!    This week on Save the Last Pod, we dive into the film that redefined the meaning of family. It's the BowWow/Shad Moss vehicle, The Fast and The Furious Toyko Drift!    In this episode, Amy and Dan chat about a high school car club phenomenon, early to mid aughts vap...

It's the final week of Hallowteen 2023 and it's a SCREAM, baby!    This week on Save the Last Pod, your favorite former Blockbuster customers dive into the film that revived the teen horror genre, spawned a franchise, brought Drew Barrymore's career back to life and put new meaning behind the question, "what's your favorite scary movie?" It's 1996's SCREAM starring Neve Campbell, Skeet Ulrich, Cou...

Hallowteen rolls on as we visit an eerie secluded island in the Pacific Northwest where evil hides in plain sight. It's Disturbing Behavior!   This week on Save the Last Pod, your favorite Blue Ribbons dish about a classic 1998 James Marsden/Katie Holmes vehicle. In this episode, Amy & Dan discuss spooky folktales, buying beer in high school, and ask what exactly is Cook's Ridge Trash? Come on out...

It's still Hallowteen on STLP and we're getting pretty scared because we just spent 2 hours in a witches' coven! We watched The Craft! This week on Save the Last Pod, your Wiccan buds break down a classic 1996 feminist goth tale. In this episode, Amy & Dan talk about their relationship to witchcraft, Ouija boards, practical snakes and appropriate high school sports to have cheerleaders. Sage the r...

It's our first Hallowteen at STLP so we're starting it off with a bang! It's Idle Hands! This week on Save the Last Pod, your ghoulish hosts break down the classic 1999 Devon Sawa horror stoner comedy Idle Hands. In this episode, Amy & Dan dish about some fond Halloween memories, discuss alternate endings for this film and debate the merits of tribal tatts. Put an Offspring CD in your discman, pop...

For the second week in a row, it's a teenage sex comedy that doesn't feature any sex. It's Easy A! This week on Save the Last Pod, your favorite couple breaks down Emma Stone's 2010 breakout role. In this episode, Amy & Dan talk about the hierarchy of high school factions, the delight that is Amanda Bynes and Amy's script coverage connection to this film. Say your prayers, download some Natasha Be...

It's episode three, and that means it's time to dip a toe into the John Hughes canon. It begins with the Sultan of School's horniest film. It's Weird Science!    This week on Save the Last Pod, your favorite 80's babies break down Hughes' 1985 big-haired follow up to the instant classic The Breakfast Club. In this episode, Amy & Dan talk about iconic 80's babe moments, excellent fashion choices an...