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You guys... we have an accidentally perfectly timed episode! Normally we have purposely perfectly timed episodes because AY is acutely aware of these things but this one slipped past her radar... or did it?? (It did.) Regardless, this week's Summer of Cult Classics episode is in celebration of the 40th anniversary of David Bowie's pants... we mean, Labyrinth! Join us as we celebrate Drunk...

Coming in hot with another episode for our Summer of Cult Classics! We've got an AY pick: Cry-Baby. And if you know AY, you know about her early-2000s love for Johnny Depp. But what you don't know (and, honestly, we don't know either) is why a large portion of this episode is spent talking about Jesus and John Waters. Tune in to find out.

It's here! The Summer of Cult Classics! We're kicking it off with a cult classic that we didn't know is actually considered to be a cult classic... Almost Famous. Pull out your Jeff Bebe t-shirt, put on your Stillwater record, and rock out with us... sans drugs... we don't know about drugs... Like. Subscribe. Follow. Whatever. Do it for the Band Aids (they'd love having fans of...

We love a summer theme! Thanks to a suggestion from one of our longtime listeners, this summer we'll be featuring cult classics. (But really... aren't most of our movies cult classics? ;-D) So join our cult! Whoa, whoa, whoa... we mean... join us this summer for our cult classic series!

It's the day of the episode, y'all. And we've got a guest! (Christopher and otherwise) We're talking about Waiting for Guffman with Apryl Peroney! We had a blast recording this episode where Apryl gives us a master class in improv by inventing stories about Corky, Bonnie, and Dr. Allan Pearl and we share stories from our own community theater experiences. Check out Instagram to see...

Happy birthday, AY! We're celebrating AY's birthday with an AY pick -- Sixteen Candles! (How appropriate for a birthday episode) Listen to hear: Which part of the movie AY is most excited to talk about Our reflections on our own high school dance experiences AY give a second by second recap of the last five minutes of this movie (hint: this is related to bullet point #1)

Happy Rex Manning Day (belated)! This week we've got a cult classic JDAY pick -- Empire Records! Lots of strong opinions and silliness in this episode: AY is a flawed narrator of her own life, so don't trust any of the facts she shares in this episode JD has issues with how the Empire Records store is run We go down a Margaret Mitchell rabbit hole (ya, like the author of Gone With the Wind...

We heard LOTS of opinions about our last musical movie episode, so why not do another? We've got a JDAY pick -- Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory! (Or "Willy Wonkers" as AY calls it) Theories abound in this episode: Was Grandpa Joe the villain? Did Wonka purposely plant the golden tickets for those specific children to find? What vice would get you kicked out of the factory?

Could you hear AY singing in preparation for this week's episode? No? Well, JD could. It's an AY pick - The Phantom of the Opera! Join us in this controversial episode where: We question the logistics of Phantom-led music lessons AY does an impression of Lin-Manuel Miranda as the Phantom Unfortunately, JD has weird audio at the beginning of the episode. Sorry! But that's show biz, baby...

Valentine's Day is right around the corner, so we decided to celebrate JDAY-style... with Romeo + Juliet... but like, the crazy 1996 Baz Luhrmann version :-D Together we ponder: Is Shakespeare the original emo kid? His hit song could be titled "Biting my thumb at the gas station". Are any of our listeners Shakespeare scholars? We clearly need help in this area. Should "Confessio...

Happy Almost Groundhog Day! We've got another JD pick this week and surprise, surprise... it's Groundhog Day! Have you ever found yourself wondering, "Gosh I wish I knew more about JD?" Well then this episode is for you! JD tells us about his high school project JD regales us with the story of where he was during the Blizzard of '93 JD shares his theories on time travel and m...

It's our first episode of 2026! We've got a JD pick this week -- Hot Tub Time Machine. This episode has everything... including things that have nothing to do with this movie: Rants about the Catch-22 of today's theater industry The Cameron Crowe connection (that doesn't actually exist... though AY still insists it's relevant as we write this) And Scott Patterson Tish invites y...

Merry Christmas, Charlie Brown! That's right. This week's episode is a JDAY pick AND a Christmas classic -- A Charlie Brown Christmas! Who knew an animated children's movie would inspire us to discuss: Commercialization The freedom to celebrate Time travel

Tis the season to be watching movies! And this week, we've got our first made-for-TV movie and an AY pick -- Babes in Toyland... a movie that is so long, you can wrap all of your gifts while watching it. This episode has everything as we wonder: Is this Cincinnati propaganda? How stable is a cookie-based economy? Are kids today weaker because they can pause the movie to pee?

Happy Thanksgiving! To celebrate this year, we're skipping the parade and going straight to the annual dog show! That's right. This week's episode is a JD pick -- Best in Show! And we've got a special guest joining us, JD's sister Courtney. AND like Russian nesting dolls, our guest brought a guest, her daughter / our niece Zuri! So many guests... especially since this movie is...

We love a cult classic and we love Clue. It's a JDAY pick! This episode has everything -- we ponder: What makes a movie a cult classic? Do we have any modern day cult classics? Is Rock of Ages a cult classic? Actually... we talk a lot about cult classics...

In honor of Devil's Night, we've got a very appropriately timed JDAY pick -- The Crow! Usually we say "this episode has everything..." but what this episode truly has is our deep appreciation for this movie, both the story it tells and the story behind it. Like. Subscribe. Follow. Whatever. Do it for Halloween which "ain't until mañana".

It's an ooky, spooky AY pick -- Urban Legend! (singular, not plural) This episode has everything... superstitions about Total Eclipse of the Heart, irrational anger about Charles Breen, AY's close encounter with her own urban legend, and pondering if there really is an urban legend about a shark in the pool. Do you have a favorite urban legend?? Tell us in the comments!

Happy Spooky Season! To celebrate, we've got an AY pick this week -- Buffy the Vampire Slayer (the movie, y'all). We dig into society's obsession with vampires and then, honestly, things get unhinged from there: Bag of Steaks, JD in a Scrooge hat, Evita, women need pockets, Hamlet, hearts shooting out of AY's face, and Superman vs. Luther Vandross?

Doing movies out of order is fun... right?? We sure hope so because this week we've got AY's pick -- Wayne's World! This episode has everything... JD listing Pittsburgh TV stations, Hot Takes & Toasty Opinions, and AY refusing to accept a 6-album deal.

Summer has come to an end and so must our Summer of Sequels series. We're closing out this summer series with an AY pick... Wayne's World 2! This episode has everything -- we question if this movie is part of the Mandela Effect, wonder if Waynestock is the original Fyre Festival, and introduce the theory of the old white man continuum.

It's still the Summer of Sequels AND we have a guest?! Does that make you feel "joyful, joyful"? Well, it better because our guest Tony Rosenthal has brought us Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit! This episode has everything -- Tony sings, schools us on the credits of this cast, and ponders with us "how does a choir competition save a school?"

It's still summer and we've still got sequels! This week is an AY pick -- Hot Shots Part Deux! This episode has everything... a lot of appreciation for Leslie Nielson even though he's not in this movie, discovering AY has a grandpa sense of humor, and be sure to count how many times we say the word "heighten".

Coming hot with another Summer of Sequels JD pick -- Sex and the City 2? You read that right. This episode has everything... JD not actually knowing anything about Sex and the City, AY upset about JD describing the first movie as "Carrie and Big get married", and even more hot takes about this movie in a hot desert.

The Summer of Sequels continues with JD's pick -- D2: Mighty Ducks! This episode has everything... concerns about helmet safety, analyzing the auras of the Mighty Ducks movies, and pondering who in fact is Tori Spelling's cousin.