High School Slumber Party

Swap a glass slipper for a flip phone this week as Hilary Duff and Chad Michael Murray star as a sort of modern day fairy tale couple in 2004's A Cinderella Story. Good friend Jenny O'Connell joins Brian on the Slumber Party to unpack all the turn-of-the-millennium fun. Get an unexpected feminist breakdown as well as some well deserved Jennifer Coolidge praise, too! Were we too harsh? You decide.

Dear Mr. Rodriguez, We accept the fact that we had to sacrifice a whole hour on a Friday to listen to your special detention episode on the The Breakfast Club (part two of two) with Wistful Thinking's Cara Gael O'Regan, in which you discuss Molly Ringwald's New Yorker article, how the characters got to detention in the first place, and where Cara thinks they will end up in thirty years. But we thi...

What happens when you lock a brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess, and a criminal in a school library on a Saturday morning for detention? You get one of the most iconic teen films of all time. Our guest this week, Wistful Thinking's Cara Gael O'Regan put it best: The Breakfast Club is a primary document for high school movies. This is a big one, so big we had to split it in two. This week...

Considered one of the most violent high school films of all time, Class of 1984 is an exploitative grindhouse classic (if you are in to that sort of thing). CageClub co-founder Michael Manzi joins Brian for a slumber party not only to discuss the film, but to share his love for Roddy McDowall and to debut a lost musical treasure from his high school days. Oh, and did we mention that this movie fea...

The first thing most people say about The Outsiders: "What a cast!" C. Thomas Howell, Matt Dillon, Ralph Macchio, Patrick Swayze, Rob Lowe, Emilio Estevez, Tom Cruise, and Diane Lane form a "who's who" of young stars in this Francis Ford Coppola-helmed adaptation of the classic S.E. Hinton novel. While this film is no Godfather, it does have its nostalgic charms. Join Brian and his special guest M...

A great oversight is corrected this week as CageClub co-founder Joey Lewandowski joins the slumber party for the first time to chat about a hidden gem from 2016, The Edge of Seventeen. With a sharply written script by Kelly Fremon Craig, as well as stand out performances from Hailee Steinfeld and Woody Harrelson among others, this film shines as one of the top coming-of-age stories of the decade....

This week on the slumber party, the quack attack is back! Brian is joined by friend and hockey fan Chris Carroll to talk about 1996's D3: The Mighty Ducks. Not much Gordon Bombay here (despite all the promotional art), but there's plenty of high school hijinks.

Ready for your second piece? Brian's high school friend and co-host on P.S. I Love Hoffman, Kyle Reinfried, is back for night two of the slumber party as the guys continue their discussion of American Pie. Brian and Kyle talk about the film's most dated and controversial scene as well as their favorite types of pies as they get a sneak preview of Kyle's next podcast venture.

Old P.S. I Love Hoffman friend Kyle Reinfried joins the slumber party this week to take a slice of 1999's American Pie, which is -- for better or worse -- the defining teen sex comedy of its generation. Join Brian and Kyle as they discuss a theory on why Kyle didn't lose his virginity in high school, the differences between the rated and unrated versions of the film, and the physics of pie sex.

This week, true crime superfan Alex Schroeder joins Brian's slumber party to discuss 2017's My Friend Dahmer. Tune in to hear how this film straddles some complex lines in order to shine a light on the high school days one of America's most notorious serial killers.

Join guest Jenny O'Connell at Brian's slumber party this week as they chat about 2001's Get Over It. Listen for midnight musings on Shane West's accent, Shakespeare in 60 seconds from friend of the program John Hardin, the hotness of Kirsten Dunst, as well as Vitamin C and, of course, Sisqo!

This week, the slumber party continues! CageClub pals Mike Manzi and Kyle Reinfried are still over at Brian's and still chatting up the 1985 cult high school classic, Better Off Dead. Listen to part 2 of our discussion for some epic Howard Cosell accents. Also, find out what it takes to ski the K-12 and which celebrity is currently blocking us on Twitter!

A debut episode so big, we had to split it in two. From skiing the K-12 to dancing stop-motion hamburgers, John Cusack kills it in 1985's Better Off Dead. This week, CageClub buddies Michael Manzi and Kyle Reinfried stop by Brian's to celebrate his first ever podcast slumber party! The guys talk about their unique high school experiences as a punk and a band geek (respectively), in addition to tak...

Whether you were the popular girl or the jock, the rebel, the outcast, or the geek, you remember high school. Don't act like you don't! Brian hated who he was in high school, and he's pretty sure the feeling was mutual. That's why he decided to start this podcast. Each week, Brian and friends will dive into their sleeping bags and discuss a high school-based film. They'll also be talking a trip to...